10 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Dec. 8, 1949
Governor in Position to Sing
About His Job in States Navee
By WILLIAM WARREN
United Press Staff Correpondent)
In the words of Gilbert and Sullivan, Gov. Douglas McKay
can sing:
"Oh, I am commander of the state s navee!"
The 1949-50 Oregon Blue Book one pound, five and a half
ounces of information about our state, county and city officials
and functions
custody of all records of all Ore
gon personnel, commissioned or
enlisted, participating in the war
of rebellion, the Indian wars,
Spanish - American war and
World wars. And all other wars
or insurrections participated in
by residents of this state, ex
cept those of the selective serv
ice system
State Agricultural Director
Ervin L. Peterson has to enforce
the Oregon apiary act and the
Oregon seed law. His division
of animal industry has to estab
lish quarantine against infec
tious animal and poultry dis
eases, including diseases of fur
bearing animals.
Pipeline Conference Things are quite crowded in this
Berlin sewer pipe as a trio of youngsters hold an after-school
"Jam session" on arithmetic problems.
New Sharpshooting X-Rays
Pick Off Atoms at U of I
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
Associated Preu Selene neporterl
Urbana, 111., Dec. 8 W) You can pick off atoms with some new
sharpshooting x-rays at the University of Illinois.
This is a new kind of marksmanship, with many promising
uses. The x-ray sharpshooting was developed by Dr. George L.
Clark, of the department of chemistry.
Ordinary x-rays are like decks
of playing cards, except that in
stead of 52 there are thousands.
. Each ray differs from the others
In wave lengths.
The new way of making x
rays produces nothing but aces.
All have the same wave length.
The ordinary rays are made by
shooting a stream of electrons
against a piece of tungsten met
al. The new rays are made by
targets of molybdenum, copper,
Iron, nickle, chronium and co
balt. Each kind of metal pro
duces a different x-ray.
Both for seeing the invisible,
and for killing powers, these
ace x-rays surpass anything else
of their kind. Each class of rays
selects some substances as pre
ferred targets, and bypasses the
others.
In practical use one of these
monochromatic (single - color)
rays will reveal certain details
in a solid object, which may be
anything from a metal casting,
to the flesh and bone of your
Injured hand. After you get a
view of these details, you switch
to another ace ray, which shows
you some different, but addition
al details.. And so on with one
ray after another.
For the x-ray man, this is like
having a dozen eyes instead of
one.
In killing power, the ace rays
may be made thousands of times
stronger than the ordinary rays.
Thus some germs and micro-or
ganisms that usually take hours
for x-ray killing will die in a
few seconds.
Two in Hospital After
Car Wreck Near Dam
Anton C. Wichlac, 53, of Bend,
and Melvin W. Wallace, 28, of
Malin, are hospitalized here with
injuries received when their au
tomobile went over a 150-foot
bank near the Detroit dam proj
ect Wednesday afternoon.
Wichlac received head inju
ries and Wallace a broken col
larbone and back injuries. Both
are in a fair condition.
The men were found by a
state police officer a few min
utes after the. accident when the
officer stopped to investigate
tracks leading to the edge of the
road.
The accident occurred about
400 yards west of the place
where two men were killed and
six others injured ten days ago
when a truck-load of ten log
gers went over a bank.
Prior to the accident the two
men had become stuck in a
snowbank near the summit of
the mountain pass, the officer
was told by a man who stopped
to pull the vehicle out of the
drift.
cold storage business here. He
is survived by his widow, Ra
chel and two daughters by i
former marriage.
Leader of Famed 'Castner's
Cutthroats' of Aleutians Dies
Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 8 The leader of the famed "Cast
ner's Cutthroats" of the Aleutians campaign died last night.
Col. Lawrence V. Castner, 47-year-old West Point graduate,
died at the home of his mother in Oakland, Calif. He had been
In ill health for some time.
Castner gained his widest re
nown as head of the Alaska de
partment combat intelligence
platoon during World War II,
also known as the Alaska scouts.
It was composed of miners,
fishermen, natives and others
who knew Alska well, and It
picked up the nickname "Cast
ner's Cutthroats." He never
liked the nickname, Insisting
that the name belied the charac
ter of hli well-trained unit.
His Alaska scouts were scat
tered throughout the vast areas
of western Alaska and the Aleu
tians as the eyes and ears of the
army intelligence branch.
Castner once commanded
Chllkoot barracks in southeast
ern Alaska when It was the
U.S. army's northernmost post.
As a West Point undergradu
ate, Castner was a member of
tha United Slates Olympic
games dueling team.
Castner was president of a
wholesale produce, seafood and
UNKNOWN CHORES OF OFFICIALS
Q 2J
snows inai.
among his other
chores, the gov-t
ernor is com-?
mander in chief
of the military!
and naval forcesi
of the state, andl
may call out
such forces to
execute the
laws, suppress Willi." W.rren
insurrection or
repel invasion.
Let's see now.
The state's navy as of the
present consists of a ferry boat
at Wilsonvule and another at
Wheatland, both on the Willam
ette river; one on the Columbia
between Astoria and Megler,
Wash., and one on the Coos river
at Enegren. Don't know how
effective any of them would be
at repelling invasions
And come to think of it,
doesn't this also make the gov
ernor head pilot of the ferry
command?
The obvious duties of our var
ious officials are well known,
but some of the others also have
seldom-heard-of jobs and chores,
For instance:
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry is also head janitor and
chief grounds keeper (lawn
mower). He gets those ratings
under his designation as cus.
todian of capitol, supreme court,
public service, agricultural,
state library and state office
buildings and grounds.
State treasurer Walter J
Pearson could hang three balls
out over his capitol quarters
door and become known as
Uncle Moe. It is his duty to
keep surplus moneys of the gen
eral and other funds on deposit
with the state depositories and
to collect such interests as is
earned thereon.
Attorney General Ncuner, un
der Oregon law as listed in the
Blue Book, must be the most
opinionated man in the state.
He must give, when required,
his opinion in writing upon all
questions of law submitted to
him by the governor or any ex
ecutive department, board
commission, upon any question
in which the State of Oregon
may have an interest. s
Superintendent of Public In
struction Rex Putnam has to
administer the school lunch pro
gram and the program for Indian
education.
Labor Commissioner W. E
Kimsey has to inspect steam
boilers and unfired pressure
vessels. Maj. Gen. Thomas E.
Rilea, as adjutant general of the
Oregon National Guard, has to
maintain records concerning the
inactive national guard and has
Dates Set in Bus
Express Service Case
George H. Flagg, public utili
ties commissioner, has set De
cember 19 as the date for a hear
ing in Portland on application
of Pacific Greyhound Lines for
increase in rate on express shipments.
The requested increase ranges
from 10 cents to $6, according
to weight and distance hauled.
Also the application asks for
a rate on flowers of double the
regular rate, and also asks that
the scope of prohibited ship
ments be extended.
book, with its techincolor cover
photo of the Capitol to be out
of stock soon.
Getting the Blue Book to
gether was quit a chore.
Assistant Secretary of State
William E. Healy started work
on it last February, sending out
questionnaires to all departments
and divisions for the information
which 373 pages plus a map of
the state In the back of the book
He broughi the first part of it
to the state printer last August.
The final batch of the 25,000
Blue Books left the state print
ing plant Wednesday.
A copy is sent free to each
school room in the state. Pub-
officials also get one on the
house. Others must pay 50 cents
a copy for this book which cost
nearly a dollar. The legislature
raised the price to help meet
part of the increased cost of
of printing it.
It's a book with box office
appeal.
Only 25,000 copies were made
because the state printer had in
structions to keep total cost to
$20,000. At the rate of demand,
Secretary Newbry looks for the
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Patricia Owen, Brought Home
For Her Last Christmas, Dies
rt- : t-v - - a mm v...- tSatrinia DuMkn wild WaS
lniCagO, JjeC. O u.r. ruui-Jcai-UJU -
brought here from California for "her last Christmas, died
Wednesday after a desperate effort to save her by surgery, the
Illinois Research hospital said.
The little girl, suffering from a rare disease that caused her
lungs to fill with a heavy fluid,
was brouent to unicago Tues
day from California.
She has had to wear an oxy-
opn mask almost constantly
since her lungs became affect-
,ed.
Dr. Henry G. Poncher, head
nf th rionartment nf rjediatric:
at the hospital, said that a tra
cheotomy, an operation cutiinf
a hole directly into the windpipe
was attempted Wednesday aftei
she had difficulty breathint
even with oxygen.
DnnnVior oarlipr had said that
the hospital was set to battle for
Patricia s life, but admitted tnai
her condition was critical.
Patricia was brought here by
ler mother and was taken di
ectly from a cross country
itreamliner to the hospital.
The grave, big-eyed girl was
van and pale when carried from
he train, and a conductor said
hat she had weakened notice
ably during the final hours of
the trip.
Doctors said she suffered
from a fibrocystic disease of. the
inn slowlv filled her
lungs with choking fluid. Tues
day the doctors here emptied .
some of the fluid from her lungs V
oki. n r-nntimip tne treatments.
and had said they hoped to be
Club Selects Name
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eighth grade 4-H sewing club
chose the name "The Thimble
Club." The president, Wanda
Powers, conducted the business
meeting, during which the group
HoiHpH with the assistance of
their leader, Mrs. Albert Bar
endse, to take division No. 2 in
4-H sewing. The meeting was
hplri at the school. Mrs. Bar-
I endse served refreshments.
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