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Dedicating Organ The new
Baldwin electronic organ at
Oregon College of Education at
Monmouth will be dedicated
with a program in the Campbell
hall auditorium Thursday night
at 8 o'clock. A special program
will be presented by Glenn Shel
ley, Portland organist, with oth
er numbers by the OCE choir. A
recording will be made of the
program for a later radio broad
cast. Underwriters Meet Members
of the Salem Life Underwriters
association will have as guest
speaker for their Friday noon
luncheon at the Senator hotel,
Lawrence J. Evans of Portland.
Evans bears the recommenda
tion of the "Quarter Million
Club" of Portland. He is assist
ant director of agencies of the
Northwest Mutual of Portland
where he also holds the position
of general agent. Evans is a grad
uate of the University of Iowa,
later gaining advertising exper
ience and selling in New York
City.
Buys Coast Motel Edith C.
Carey, of Salem, has purchased
the Chief motel on N. Holladay
drive in Seaside from the Man
kers family. The price is said to
have been around $25,000.
4 Grangers Celebrate Mem
' bers of the Macleay Grange and
their families will hold a Christ
mas party at the Grange hall
. Saturday night with a no host
supper to be served at 7 o'clock
followed by an informal evening
and exchange of gifts.
Truck Derays Traffic
Though no one was injured and
damage was small, a Salem
Packing company truck caused
one-way traffic to be establish
ed on the highway south of Am
ity after it had overturned. Traf
fic was completely tied up for a
little time until a wrecker came
from Amity and partially clear
ed the highway.
No Breakfast Club There
will be no further meetings of
the Salem Breakfast club until
after the Christmas holidays, ac
cording to Al Loucks, president
of the organization.
Car Reported Stolen Wilson
A. Biles, 1880 Hollywood drive,
reported to Salem police that
his 1934 model car had been
stolen from where it had been
parked near the intersection of
Highland and Church.
Hearing Continued Harlan
Semler, up before Judge George
Duncan Wednesday morning for
a pre-sentence investigation,
was continued by the court to
January 3, after some testimony
was taken. Semler had pleaded
guilty to larceny of a fur coat
from the dwelling of Marie Hen
ry on route 3.
Program Cancelled Due to
illness of Mrs. Margaret Polan
ski, the community Christmas
program planned for December
22 at the Bethel school has been
cancelled.
Stale Chest Eight of the
state's 36 counties have secured
their quotas in connection with
the 1949 chest campaign, a re
port issued from chest headquar
ters indicated. These counties
are Clackamas. Currv. Gilliam
Grant, Harney, Hood River, Lane
ana onerman. Marion county
with a nnola nf s12R3fia y,,.
subscribed $98,000 or 76.34 per
cent. The state as a whole has
reached the 83.57 per cent mark.
Building Permits A. G. Ha
milton, to build a one-story
dwelling and garage at 2700 Se
dona, $7000. K. L. Talley, to
build a one-story dwelling and
garage at 2455 Englewood, $9,-
uuo. George C. Reed, to build a
one-story dwelling and garage
ai luoa iviorth 24th, $10,000.
Christmas Party Dated De
Molay commandery, Knights
Templar, will have its annual
Christmas observance at the Ma
sonic temple Thursday night,
Dec. 22 at 7:30 o'clock, under
the direction of the commander.
Harry K. Clark. The program
i will include music, and the prin
cipal speaker will be Rev. Dan
H. Schulze. The public is invited.
Junior Chamber Files Wood
burn Junior Chamber of Com
merce has filed articles of incor
poration with the county clerk
by William E. Dunn, Jn, Jesse
W. Fowler and Charles B. Corn
well.
Lottery Charged The Marion
county grand jury Thursday re
turned an indictment against Ha
zel Marie Howard Mehama nn
a charge of lottery for allegedly
selling chances on a quilt at a
community club benefit. The
benefit was to sec jre funds tn
assist in the erec on of a com
munity hall for West Stayton's
Woman's club. Not true bills
were returned in favor of Den
nis O'Harra, 2495 Maple ave
nue, and Chester Deatrick, Mar
ion, releasing them from charges
of non-support.
BORN
The Capital Journal Welcomes
) the Following New Citizen;
SILVERTON Pour biblu Wfr born
" the Silverton hospital, Dec. 13. ton
10 Mr. and Mrs. Freddie CrlCa. a daugh
ter to Mr. and Mre. Wilford Nebon of
H Jtrtard a. daughter to Mr. and Mr?. Don
ald 1 c.-wlc nf Mt. Anei, and a ion to Mr.
and Mr. Duine Reed
Edwards Convalescent Billy
Edwards, now of Albany, form
erly of Salem, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Edwards, is conval
escing at Albany General hos
pital. He suffered a fractured
skull in an accident while on
a hike with his Sunday school
class last Sunday.
Leaves Firm Harold Gordon
248 Marion street, has filed no
tice of retirement with the
county clerk from G & B Used
Cars. v
Porter Rites Held Final ser
vices for Henry I. Porter, 79, fa
ther of Doyle G. Porter, Salem,
were held at Kelso, Wash. Thurs
day. He died at a LaCenter nurs
ing home Tuesday. Porter was
born in Utah, Feb. 10, 1870 and
besides his widow, Lovina Por
ter, is survived by three other
sons and a daughter.
Opportunities Outlined Miss
Beuna Stewart, physical thera
pist at the Salem Memorial hos
pital, spoke on physical therapy
opportunities and training for
members of the Aesculapian club
at the Salem high school Wed
nesday. Miss Stewart received
her registry at Stanford univer
sity.
.Jory Goes East Harold B.
Jory, registrar at Willamette
university, will leave December
25 for Chicago to attend the bi
annual meeting of the national
council of Phi Delta Kappa, na
tional professional education
fraternity. Jory is secretary
treasurer of the Alpha Tau field
chapter, which he is represent
ing. Dr. George Martin, profes
sor of eduucation at Willamette
is president of the local field
chapter which includes faculties
of Oregon State college, Oregon
College of Education, Linfield
Willamette and state department
of education.
Hatfield Talks Mark O. Hat
field, instructor in political sci
ence at Willamette university.
was guest speaker Wednesday at
a luncheon held by the South
Lincoln County unit of Repub
lican Women's federation in the
Cliff House at Waldport. Sub
ject of his adress was "The Tax
payer s Dollar, How to Save It.
Later in the day he was guest
of the Young Republicans of
Lincoln county at Newport.
Beckett Rites Friday Final
rites for Mrs. Cleo Elsie Beck
ett, formerly of Salem, will be
held at Beaverton Friday at
1:30 o'clock with burial in the
Riverview abbey. She was born
at Pueblo, Colo., Nov. 24. 1895
and was married to Carl W.
Beckett in Salem Dec. 22, 1917.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by three brothers, includ
ing Orval C. Kennen, of Salem.
Leave Salem Memorial Dis
missed from the Salem Memor
ial hospital with recently born
infants are Mrs. Lawrence Buh
ler, Rt. 8 Box 815 and son; Mrs.
Stewart Clason, Lyons Rt. 1 Box
162-A and son; Mrs. John Nib
ler, Woodburn Rt. 1 and daugh
ter and Mrs. Wilson Beckford,
Woodburn Rt. 2 Box 130, and
daughter.
Do your Christmas shopping
at your Singer Sewing Center,
open Fridays till 9 p.m. 299
Christmas sale of potted
plants, flowering begonias, 25c
to $1. Primroses in full bloom,
special 50c & 75c. Mixed pots
for centerpieces, $1.50 & $2.00.
Lge. fern, 50c. Also ivy and phil
odendrum, 25c, 2 for 45c. Arthur
Plant's Greenhouse, 1298 S.
13th. 298
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Just arrived! Famous Lady
Alice half size jersey dresses,
one and two-piece styles at the
Little French Shop, just across
from the courthouse. 300
A year of fun for your son
is a Christmas membership in
the YMCA. Ph. 39117. 298
Art Assoc. Gift Sale.
Com'l. Fri.
193 N.
299
DuBois Barber shop, 429 N
Church, opposite Greyhound bus
depot. 9
Fresh killed young turkeys for
Christmas dinner, 39c lb. C. S.
Orwig. 4375 Silverton Rd. Ph.
2-6128. 306
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. 11
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Decorating holly wreaths and
gift boxes. Ph. 58F12. 303
Holly wreaths and decorative
greens for home or mailing The
Flower Basket, 1020 Market,
phone 2-4802. 301
Jary Florist, 365 Court and
The Flower Basket, 1020 Mar
ket open Friday evenings until
Christmas. 301
Exclusive presentation. Imper
ial wallpapers R L Elfstrom Co.
Z'fi current rate on your
savings. Salem Federal, 560
State St Salem's largest Savings
association
Extensive line of gifts In
hardware, houseware, china &
sporting goods Use our 10
lay-.way plan. Salem Hardware
Co. 120 N Commercial.
Phone 22406 before 6 p m I'
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Mrs. Dibble, 92
Dies at Home
Mrs. Gertrude Dibble, who
had lived in the Willamette val
ley and in the vicinity of Salem
for nearly 60 years, died Wed
nesday at her residence, 593
South Commercial street. She
was 92 years old.
' Mrs. Dibble was widely known
and was a charter member of
the Salem Woman's club.
She was born Gertrude Sharp
in Springfield, Ohio, September
18, 1857. She was married in
1891 to Wilson C. Dibble, who
died eight years ago. Their only
child, Carol Sharp Dibble, who
was for some years a newspaper
woman in Salem, died in 1947.
Mr. and Mrs. Dibble came to
Salem soon after their marriage
and lived for many years on a
farm on Wallace road where Mr.
Dibble raised tulips commercial
ly in partnership with W. C.
Franklin.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by the W. T. Rigdon
company.
Zontas Plan for
Xmas Activities
Plans for their Christmas ac
tivities and for future meetings
were discussed by Salem Zonta
club members at their luncheon
meeting Thursday noon at the
Golden Pheasant.
A basket of food for a holi
day dinner is being presented by
the club to a needy family, Mrs.
Robert L.. Elfstrom from the
service committee being in
charge of this project. Also the
club has purchased gifts for pa
tients at the slate tuberculosis
hospital.
A sum of $25 has been given
by the club to the playground
project of the Junior Woman's
club. The Zonta club has as
its major project the Helen
Yockey Memorial fund to be
used for the new Salem General
hospital, this fund already ex
ceeding $7000, and until this
project is completed the club
is not providing large contribu
tions for other service projects.
The club voted to have initia
tion of new members at the Jan
uary 26 meeting and an inter
city meeting with the Albany
club on the fourth' Thursday of
February. The initiation meet
ing in January will be at the
home of Mrs. Karl Becke.
Stayton Store Change Ger
aid E. and Edna I. Tharp, both
Stayton, have filed certificate of
assumed business name with the
county clerk for T. 'n T. Grocery
and a certificate of retirement
from the same business has been
filed by Lyle E. and Rose M.
Thayer.
Judges Assigned Chief Jus
tice Hall S. Lusk today made the
following assignment of circuit
judges: Judge Fred McHenry,
Corvallis, to go to Columbia
county to hear the case of Reed
vs Land. Judge Charles H.
Combs, Lakeview, to Klamath
Falls to hear the case of Ship
man vs Shipman.
Rummage sale ovei Green
baum's, Royal Neighbors of
America, Fri. and Sat. 298
The Little French Shop doesn't
want to be conceited but we have
the most outstanding collection
of holiday hats. 300
Refinish your Venetian Blinds
Blinds during Fall cleaning.
New tapes, cords and new paint
job will make them look like
new. Reinholdt & Lewis will
pick up and deliver. Ph. 2-3639.
298
Baked food and handwork
sale. Dec. 17. Stiff Furniture,
151 N. High. Spring Valley Sun
shine Club. 298
Old fashioned Barbeque Pit
for sandwiches and lunches. Al
so grilled steaks. Corner Silver
ton Rd. & Lancaster Dr. 303
Fire - Auto - Liability - Burg
lary, Ken Potts Insurance Agen
cy, 229 N. Liberty. 298
Gifts for Sale: Model home,
Good Housekeeping, 467 Court.
Coffee ii Donuts. DAV Aux.
298
Lunch, Dec. 17, Elfstrom base
ment. Swegle Women's club.
299
Hand crocheted Afghan, all
sizes. Ph. 3-8856. 408 W. Rural
299
For Sale: Health foods greatly
reduced. 885 N. Winter. Ph.
2-6835. 299
All trees over 3 ft. for 95c
under 3 ft. 50c 10-11 Drive In
Market 995 S. Com'l. 300
Holly and wreaths. Hormone
treated. Swags' and mistletoe,
greens, 2960 S Com'l Ph. 21993
300
Johns-Manvllle shingles ap
plied by Mathis Bros., 164 a
Com'l. Free estimate Ph. 34642
Gift boxes, fancy holly and
mistletoe postpaid anywhere in
the U. S. $2.00. (Leave the ad
dress we do the rest). Jary
Florist, 365 Court, phone 3-7375
or The Flower Basket, 1020
Market, phone 2-4802. 301
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Willamette Hawalians See Their Program Transcribed
Hawaiian students remaining on the campus over the holi
days joined in a transcribed program of greetings to be
broadcast in Honolulu on Christmas day. Only Norma Faa
borg, who appears at the right with a suit case, will spend
Christmas in Hawaii. She will be married there during the
holidays. From left, front row: Taneko Tsubaki, Beverly
Tribble, Leihulu Kealoha, Helen Takayama, Jean Shepherd,
Ethel Nishioka, Norma Faaborg. Back row, from left: Bill
Ewaliko, Robert Witham, Charlie Nee, Newton Kekahio,
Timothy Lyons, James Noa and Al Minn. Bob Suing is engi
neer in charge of transcription.
Vogue of Salem, New Ladies'
Apparel Shop, Opens Friday
Salemites are going to have an opportunity to do part of their
Christmas shopping at the city's newest ladies apparel shop, The
Vogue of Salem, located at 445 State street.
Work has been rushed on completion of the store fixtures to
permit it to open Friday morning at 9 30 o'clock for business, so
Too Many Bacteria The state
agriculture department said to
day that 29.5 percent of ice
cream in the state has too many
bacteria. The department an
nounced the results of the first
tests under the 1949 ice cream
law. The department made 147
tests, and 43 of them had too
many bacteria. Eighteen of the
147 samples had too little butter
fat. Students Carol More than
300 Willamette university stu
dents serenaded state institu
tions, Salem hospitals and the
Methodist Old People's home
with Christmas carols Wednes
day evening.
Better Road Sought Im
provement of the road leading
into Lobster Valley, recently an
nexed to Benton county, will be
asked by a delegation of men
from that locality and of Cor
vallis who will confer with Gov
ernor Douglas McKay and the
state highway commission De
cember 22. The present road in
to the valley is said to be nar
row, rutted and virtually im
passable at times.
COURT NEWS
Circuit Court
Jerry Sinnett v.t Raymond H. Brown, re
ply admits and don lei.
Lade V. Koutnr va Lorn an C. and Cecil
Wright, complaint aska $10,000 damaseH
Krowlnc out, of an automobile accident
Auk tut 18, 1940, at High and Center
streets.
Valley Farmer Cooperative Oil associ
ation v R. A. WortenbcrE, demurrer to
complaint.
Florence v Norman O. Coosler. div
orce complaint alleges cruel and Inhuman
treatment and ask plaintiff be restored
the name of Florence Evans. Married
September 18, 104B, at LaOrande. ,
Southprn Pacific company va George H.
Flagg, motion to set.
Jack R. Moore company vx Wm. Miller,
amended answer making denial.
Charles Slxenvlne v Denver Young and
others, answer of Continental Casualty
company makei denial.
Oregon Turkey Growers vj Milton Van
Zanten and others, complaint for S103S.44
alleged due for goods, warej and mer
chandise. Northwest Poultry and Dairy Products
vs Milton Van Zanten and others, com
plaint for $1291.29 alleged due for goods,
ware and merchandise.
DuFrene Bros, vs Frank V. Qulgley,
complaint for (745, $26 and 11220, grow
ing out or an automobile accident Aug
ust a, 1948, near Detroit.
State vs Bob McCully and Larry Fields,
motion by defendant,, for separate trial
for Larry Fields. aBsla of defense allied
to be different and Incompatible with that
of defendant McCully,
MarJorle vs Burl Bug ley, request for
hearing.
State vs Everett Ward, demurrer (o
information on grounds It does not it ate
facts sufficient to constitute a crime.
Staats, application
Volarta Opal vs Gerald B. Jones, default
order.
Probate Court
Edward Marius Reltan estate, final ac
count of Arnold Harry Johnson, adminis
trator, final hearing January 17.
Putney B. Perkins estate, return show
sale of US postage Stamps lor 1375 to
Loyal a. Warner out of flva bids sub
mitted. Austin Reed estate, order for salt of
personal property. Estate apparlaed at
$1866 by T. O. Bernard.
Douglas Bord Armstrong tstate,
account approved.
Albert Elwyn Owen estate appraised at
J350 by William Staoey, Harold Davis
and Lillian Davis.
Sarah Belle Mc Kinney estate, report by
Lewis McKinney, executor, shows real
property sold for 13010 to J. A. Wright.
Police Court
Reckless driving:
land, fined $150.
Olen L. Kelly, Port-
Marriage License
Raymond Charles Coursey. Jr., 20, OS
air force, and Olenna Belle Foot, 21, typ
ist, both Salem.
David C. Oetzendaner.
'tudent, and Be t'y Lou
clerical, both Salem.
.1. ffltnUtcrlal
Edwards, 2L
A, TSl o oW
;hat shoppers might have a pre-
Christmas view of the store
Formal opening, however, has
been postponed until in January,
when all lines of merchandise
delayed in delivery because of
the delay in finishing the store,
will have been received.
Owners and operators of the
new store, which will feature a
complete line of women's ap
parel, excepting shoes, are W. A,
Jones and his son, Burt Jones,
who come from Plainview, Tex
as. Jones and his son also oper
ate four stores in Texas, but are
not a chain concern. The Sa
lem store is the first one to be
located outside the Jones' home
state.
Managing the store and in
charge of merchandising is Miss
Eva Taylor, who also comes from
Texas and has been with Jones
for 14 years. Miss Taylor ar
rived in Salem two weeks ago.
Assistant lo Miss Taylor Is Mrs,
Hobart (Ann) Kiggins, Salem
resident, who has been connect
ed with ladies apparel stores
here for some time.
' Modernistic in every detail
the new store has modern show
windows and a marble facing
for the front. Inside is a com
bination of aqua and natural
birch. The aqua is carried out
in the walls, floor covering and
the interior of display cases. The
natural curly birch is used in
panelling, in the store fixtures
and exterior of the display cases,
School Budgets
Prepared in January
County Superintendent Agnes
C. Booth calls attention to a
change in the law which alters
the time for preparation ot bud
gets under the rural district
school board from the old per
iod when they were prepared in
December and voted on in Janu
ary, to a new period during
which the budgets will be pre
pared in January and voted on
in March. The budgets are to be
posted not later than February
20, she slates, under the new
law.
All districts in the county but
those of the first class are af
fected. Those not included are
the Salem, Silverton. and Wood
burn districts and union high
school districts Nos. 4 and 5
Child Sticks Safety
Pin Up Her Nose
Curiosity begins early.
Now take little Shirley Gor
don at 2359 Hazel. She's only 2.
anincy was playing with a
safety pin Thursday morning.
and she got to wondering about
safety pins, began to experi
ment, and learned the principle
of fish hooks instead of safety
pins.
Shirley opened the pin and
thrust it into her nose, closed
end first. Then when she tried
to pull it out it wouldn't come
for the pin hooked into her
nose.
First aid was called and got
the pin out. A doctor wasn't
necessary.
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Friday, December 16
Organized Scabee reserve unit at
Naval and Marine Corps Reserve
raining center.
Saturday, December 17
"Defence Report" (or veterans o
radio station KOCO at 8:15 u rn.
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Police lo Use
(Continued from Page 1)
In view of the fact that qual-
ified pilots and patrol members
work on all three shifts of the
Salem police department, it will
be possible to render speedy ser
vice in cases of emergency. We
hope to be able to have our craft
in the air within five minutes
after a call is received," Skinner
continued, adding:
"Details of that program, how
ever, still are in the planning
stage."
Services of the plane could be
secured to rush medical supplies
or a specialist, the patrol com
mander pointed out in detailing
possible future uses of the plane.
The unit hopes to be able to se
cure a larger ship in the future
which could be used for actual
rescue work. The ship which
was purchased from owners in
McMinnvule has a long range
and operates well at slow speeds
for search work.
When funds of the patrol, de
pleted by the purchase, are avail
able, the plane will be equipped
with a regular two-way police
radio to enable the flying offi
cers to keep in constant contact
with patrol cars and the head
quarters' station.
The plane, with an original
cost of over $2000 was secured
by the patrol for $550. Funds
for the purchase were partially
secured through the sponsoring
of an auto race last summer at
the Hollywood bowl.
In addition to the needed ra
dio equipment, the unit expects
to add police insignia to the
plane a large star with the
name of the unit. The emblem
will be painted on both sides of
the fuselage as well as on the
wing.
In addition to Skinner, off i
cers and members of the unit
are: Joseph Schuctz, assistant
commander; Clive Scott, finance
officer; Allan McRae, technical
adviser and check pilot; Bill
Page, publicity; V e r n a r d
Schmidt, supply officer; Walt Es
plin, chief of maintenance; Ernie
Finch, photographer, and O. O.
White, LaVerne Jcnness, Dolvin
Potter, Gene Nordone, James
Stovall and David Bain.
Eight of the men hold licenses
as pilots while three more are
currently under instruction.
5 Conventions
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with it the Oregon State Fire
Fighters association. The dales
have not yet been set, but Fire
Chief W. P. Roble of the host
Salem fire department wants to
see the meeting some time in
June. Dates will be set at a meet
ing of the executive board
shortly after January 1.
The firemen and chiefs will
bring between 500 and 600 poo
pie to Salem and also the wives
of many of them, and there
will be special entertainment
for the ladies.
Chief William Arzner of
Lakeview is president of the
chiefs association and Pete Le-
ineweber of Portland of the fire
fighters.
The Salem fire department
has held a Thanksgiving night
public dance and a carnival
during last summei to help in
the financing of the conventions.
The biggest convention of the
year probably will be the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars and their
auxiliary, set for June 28 to
July 1, inclusive, and expected
to bring upwards of 5000 visi
tors lo Salem. Headquarters will
be at the Senator hotel, but
place for the sessions of the en
campment have not been de
cided on.
Verne McCarthy of Condon is
state department commander
and Mel Clemens is commander
of the host Marion Post No. 661
Liberty Girls Meet Girl
Scout troop 51 of the Liberty
district met this week at the
home of Mrs. Robert Morrow on
Boxwood Lane. DcLcc Davidson
was hostess chairman for the
meeting with gifts wrapped for
their mothers. The girls are
working on sewing badges and
are learning three new stitches.
Patty McMillan was chairman
of the game committee and
Yvonne Poole in charge of re
frcshmcnts. The next meeting
will be the annual Christmas
party with a gift exchango.
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon,
Tax Problem Arises on
Land Taken (or Detroit Dam
Robert Smith of tht Jnion Title Insurance company has ad
vised the county court in writing that federal officials interested
in securing a clear title to lands being acquired for the Detroit
dam project have expressed concern over a situation arising as to
taxes on t j lands where they will be reclassified back from
reforestation lands to the use
for dam purposes.
Hr points out that under a
1949 amendment to the law
wherever it occurred that lands
which have been classified for
reforestation purposes are re
classified back to any other use,
regardless of its nature, it is re
quired that a tax be collected
from the time they were named
as reforestation lands equivalent
to the difference between what
the ad valorem tax would have
been and the minor tax paid
for reforestation purposes.
Government officials, he says.
have expressed doubt as to the
clarity of the title to such lands
unless this procedure is followed
especially inasmuch, he says.
that these lands in some cases
involve some substantial values
and they are anxious to a rede
termination of the taxes before
the government takes them over,
The county court is referring
the matter to the district attor-
ney. It is admitted the project
may be one of some magnitude.
as in the first instance it will
be necessary to go over with a
fine tooth comb all the lands to
be acquired for the dam project
and ascertain just which ones
have been reclassified for refor
estation purposes. It will then
be necessary to back track on
the assessment rolls on all such
lands to the time they were re
classified as reforestation lands
and then make a computation of
the difference between what the
ad valorem taxes would have
been, had they been assessed in
that manner, and what has been
actually paid for reforestation
purposes. Then will come the
problem of collecting the back
taxes. County Judge Grant
Murphy pointed out that all the
lien the county will have will be
that running against the lands
and probably considerable por
tions of these will be inundated
by the reservoir.
"Even though the government
would take over these lands with
a tax lien on them, there's no
way we could enforce collection
against the government," said
the county judge, "that is unless
congress wanted to pay us some
thing in lieu of taxes.
But, in this case it is the gov
ernment officials urging the mat
ler be straightened out before
they acquire the properties.
Truman Studies
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3. Wouldn't say whether he is
reappointing J. Copcland Gray
as a member of the national la
bor relations board. He said he
would let the reporters know
when he decided.
4. Said new housing legisla
tion was under discussion, but
that no definite decision has
been made.
5. Reserved until his "state of
the Union" message to congress
any discussion of further devel
opments in the foreign aid pro
gram. 6. Referred all queries on a
controversial ruling aimed al
lightening restrictions on feder
al housing administration loans
to .deter discrimination against
race and religion to Housing Ad
ministrator Raymond M. Foley.
The president said Foley was the
authority on those regulations.
Find 18 Bodies
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The front end of the
build-
ing was hit hardest. The first
and second floors which hous
ed the office staff and company
restaurant got the brunt of the
blast.
Windows were shattered. Part
of the second floor ceiling cav
ed in. A reinforced concrete
loading dock at the southwest
corner of the building fell into
the basement. Several bodies
were recovered there.
Resembles War Scene
There was an almost war
like atmosphere today as trucks
and bulldozers moved ahead on
the slow job of removing the
debris. A veteran of the Euro
pean front in World War II said
he had seen lots of bombed out
buildings "but never anything as
bad as this."
National guardsmen still par
oled the area around the plant
It is located in the heart of the
Sioux City stockyards, one of
the nation's major terminal mar
kets. No formal investigation into
the specific cause and location
of the explosion had been be
gun. Fire Chief Charles Kuhl as
signed escaping natural gas as
the cause.
Plant Shut Down
A Swiit & Co. spokesman said
the plant would be shut down
"for some time."
Assistant Fire Chief Clarence
Chappelle said last night he ex
pected to find four more bodies
in the debris. This figure was re
duced to three today after one
of the four missing persons re
ported he was safe.
Fire Chief Charles Kuhl, who
estimated the damage "at more
than $1,000,000," blamed escap
ing natural gas for the cxplos-
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Larry Moore, who was
elected Tuesday as president of
the Salem Junior Chamber of
Commerce. He becomes auto
matically a member of th
board of directors of the sen
ior chamber.
Prune Program
Wins Approval
Berkeley, Calif., Dec. 15 U.
The department of agriculture's
western field office of the pro
duction and marketing adminis
tration yesterday approved
packers' applications to partici
pate in the dried prune division
program relative to the prune
juice subsidy on standard qual
ity prunes.
The field office said that 18,-
000 of the 20,000 tons announ
ced Oct. 3 were allocated. An
other 2,000 tons will be held in
reserve for further allocations.
Payment will be made to
handlers who either make prune
juice in the slate from dried
prunes produced by them or ac
quired by them from produ
cers, or to handlers other than
producers who ship prunes to
U. S. manufacturers who make
prune juice, the field said.
Subsidy will be paid at rates
of one cent a pound on smaller
91-100 sizes to three cents a
pound on sizes 70 and larger for
unprocessed prunes. On pro
cessed prunes the rates range
from 1-1 'n cents a pound on
sizes 90-100 to 3'.2 cents per
pound on sizes 70 and larger.
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Kelsorwash., Dec. 15 P)
More than a half - thousand
searchers, spurred by a hopetul
new trail, at dawn went into ths
fifth day of hunt for Ruth
Abcrle.
William F. Aberle, father of
16-year-old girl missing in the
rough, forested country north
east of here, said, "I think we've
got something this time."
That was last night after dogs
took up the scent from footprints
that matched a cardboard cut-out
of Ruth's shoes. The party stop
ped at 7:15 o'clock last evening
but went out again at daybreak.
An army helicopter from Fort
Lewis was ready to scan the area
from the air should early morn
ing rain clouds lift.
Li Facing Operation
New York, Dec. 15 VP) Act
ing President Li Tsung-Jcn, of
China, is suffering from stom
ach ulcers and will require an
operation, a bulletin issued at
Columbia Presbyterian Medical
center today said.
Washington, Dec. 15 Wl Sec
retary of Commerce Sawyer to
day announced the selection of
Boulder, Colo., as the silc for a
$4,500,000 bureau of standards
laboratory for radio research.
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join in another probe. Gas mains
leading inlo the building were
being checked for leaks.
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