2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1949
NLRB Hearing
In Portland
Hearing before a national la
bor relations board member,
Robert Tillman, in a dispute be
tween the Valley Concrete com
pany and the Salem Teamsters
union, was continued today, but
In Portland instead of Salem.
The hearing started here Tues
day. It is on a petition by the
company that a plant employes
election be held to decide wheth
er the union shall be the bar
gaining agency for the employes.
To have jurisdiction it is neces
sary for the company to show
it is In interstate commerce, and
testimony taken Tuesday was for
that purpose.
Arthur B. Woods of Dallas,
one of the owners of the plant,
said the plant had been placed
on the unfair list by the Salem
Trades and Labor council, and
that earlier an attempt had been
made by the union to organize
the plant.
Woods contended the plant
was in interstate commerce be
cause it had bought heavy equip
ment made outside the state. The
plant, he said, sells material
to the Southern Pacific and the
state highway commission among
other buyers.
Among others questioned were
Fred H. Swift, president of the
Independence Lumber Manufac
turing company; Frederick Far
rar, a district superintendent for
the state highway department;
and Hewitt R. Richardson, road
master for the Corvallls district
of the Southern Pacific.
Boys af YMCA
Plan Program
The boys' department of the
YMCA 'will hold its customary
program of holiday season In
spection of industrial plants and
state Institutions beginning Dec-
cembcr 27.
The first trip, scheduled for 9
a.m. next Tuesday, will include
visits to the state penitentiary
and the state forestry building.
December 28 the boys will visit
radio station KOCO and the
Capital Journal and the follow
ing day Kay Woolen mill, the
supreme court and Capitol build
ings will be Inspected.
The program will close De
cember 29 with tours of Valley
Packing company and Salem lin
en mill plants.
The afternoons of the holiday
season at the Y will be devoted
to swim classes for boys and
girls, basketball games between
teams formed from the boys
who took part in the recent
school, motion pictures and lob
by games.
The Y will be closed all day
Monday, December 26, and Mon
day, January 2.
Post Office Receipts
Up by 20 Per Cent
' Receipts of the Salem post of
fice during the current Christ
mas season are running a little
better than 20 percent ahead of
those of a similar time last year,
Postmaster Albert C. Gragg re
ports. A part of the increase is due
to higher rales for parcel post
packages and for Christmas
greeting cards. However, the
larger volume of business being
handled is reflected in total
gross receipts.
Cancellations Tuesday were
1815,000 as compared with 150,
!000 the same day a year ago.
Firm Stand Taken
Against Authorities
; Western Stales Council of the
Chamber of Commerce will take
a firm attitude against valley
authorities, particularly the Co
lumbia valley authority at the
,nationnl board of directors meet
ing of the C h a m b e r of Com
merce in Washington, D.C., Jan
uory 6-7.
' That Information was roceiv
ed in a letter to the manager of
tho Salem chamber, Clay Coch'
ran, in listing the projects that
Our Holiday Season
ICE CREAM SPECIALS
CHRISTMAS SNOWBALLS
The Most Attractive Dessert
You Ever Saw
BELL CENTER QUARTS
DECORATED SLICES
PISTACHIO IN BULK
Place Your Order Early
THE PIKE
Phone 36828
138 So. Liberty
Downtown
the president of the council, Gus
Backman had been directed to
present and back. The Salem
Chamber of Commerce previous
ly has gone on record as oppos
ing the Columbia valley author
ity and had informed the Oregon
congressional delegates of its
stand.
B. C. Carleton
Dies at Lebanon
Lebanon, Dec. 21 Blondel C.
Carleton died at his home here
Monday evening, December 19.
He was born in Utlca, Miss.,
December 4, 1865, and had just
passed his 84th birthday. He
came with his parents, Rev. I.
Carleton, a Congregational min
ister, and Mrs. Phoebe Carlson,
to Lebanon in 1884.
Carleton was married to Mary
E. Brewster on October 10, 1894.
They owned a large farm about
four miles northeast of Leb
anon, and lived there until a few
years ago when they retired and
moved to Lebanon.
Carleton always took an ac
tive part in the civic affairs of
his county and state. He was an
ardent Republican and in the
old convention days the dele
gates from Lebanon and all the
neighboring precincts looked to
him for leadership and guidance
in selecting the party nominees.
He was deputy assessor of Linn
county for several terms and
served as clerk of his school
district for 20 years. In World
War I he was still active and led
the drives in his community for
the Red Cross and the sale of
"Liberty bonds."
Surviving are the widow; two
brothers, E. F. Carleton of Sa
lem and G. H. Carleton of Her-
ril; and a number of nieces and
nephews, among them E. A
Carleton and Mrs. R. E. David
son of Salem.
Funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. Harvey J.
Schmidt, Presbyterian minister
of Lebanon, at 2 p.m Thursday,
December 22, in the chapel of
the Glenn Huston parlors. In
terment was in the historic cem
etery at Providence.
Trading Slow
On Wall Street
New York, Dec. 21 Wl In the
slowest trading day of the month,
the stock market slipped lower
today.
Losses ran from fractions to
more than a point among the
leading Issues.
The total volume of trading
was at the rate of 1,200,000
shares for the entire day, a sharp
contrast to the 2,000,000 share
days of last week.
Selling was not centered par
ticularly in any of the major
groups.
American Telephone lost more
than a point. Directors today
voted to make the third stock
offering to employes of subsidi
aries since the plan was authoriz
ed three years ago. At the same
time A.T.&T. directors author
ized a new issue of debentures
amounting to $200,000,000.
Studcbakcr stood out with a
gain of more than a point while
other motors remained virtually
unchanged. All of the steels
were fractionally lower. Super
ior Oil of California Jumped up
10 points to 220.
Lower were Santa F Bethle
hem Steel, Goodrich, Montgom
ery Ward, American Can. An
aconda Copper, Standard Oil (N
J.), Loew's, and Allied Cheml
cal.
On the higher side were U
S. Gypsum, Union Pacific. Gulf
Oil, Dow Chemical, Du Pont,
Lockheed and Zenith.
Dazed Girl Says She
Was Thrown from Car
Portland, Dec. 21 (T) A 16-
ycar-old girl, picked up uncon
scious in the street this morn
ing, mumbled that she had been
thrown from a car.
The girl, Donna Harlman, was
taken to a hospital, where at
tendants said her condition was
2234 Fairgrounds Rd.
Hollywood District
Captain Brown
Finishes Course
From rt. Benning, Ga., comes
word that Capt. Andrew J.
Brown, Oregon National Guards-
man from Salem December 16
was graduated from the associate
basic course at the infantry
school there.
Brown, veteran of World War
II, serving with the 43rd infan
try division, leaves Fort Ben
ning to go to Camp Lee, Va.,
where January 11 he starts a
course at the adjutant generals'
school. That course will be
completed April 7.
Now on leave from the publi
cation section of the Oregon ad
jutant general's office, Capt.
Brown has been with that of
fice for about a year. When
company G, 162nd infantry regi
ment Oregon National Guard
was organized in Salem in the
fall of 1948 he was a member
of that company. From com
pany G he went to S-l section
of the first battalion of the 162nd
infantry regiment Oregon Na
tional Guard.
Burns Couple
Held by Police
Winnemucca, Nev., Dec. 21
&) A couple from Burns, Ore.,
chased for 120 miles over icy
roads, was held here today on
armed robbery and assault
charges.
At one point in the chase po
lice opened fire and put three
bullets into the car occupied
by Russell Rakestrom, 31, and
his wife, Doris, 20.
Officer Don Macstreeti of Bat
tie Mountain said there was an
swering fire from the car but
it hit nothing.
The chase started after a Min-
nemucca service station was held
up and its attendant was slugged
with a gun. It ended when the
car, trying to take an ice-glazed
curve at 73 miles an hour, skid
ded off the road near Carlin,
120 miles east of here.
City, county and slate police
from Winnemucca, Battle Moun
tain, Carlin and Elko took part
in the chase. Police Chief John
Duarte of Winnemucca was in
It for the whole 120 miles. He
came on the Rakestrom's wreck
ed car shortly after state police
had forced the couple out of it.
Durham Urges
Yule Hangover
Major Roderic Durham, divi
sional officer in charge of Sal
vation Army operations in Ore
gon and southern Idaho, sug
gested to the membership of the
Salem Rotary club Wednesday
noon that they have a "Christ
mas hangover."
"Not the type that comes out
of a bottle, but the continuance
of the spirit that pervades at
this season throughout the bal
ance of the year," he said.
Major Durham said the Christ
mas spirit should be carried In
to the deliberations of the Unit
ed Nations with benefit to all
concerned.
"The spirit of Christmas
should continue to flow after
midnight December 25 in great
er abundance."
The speaker said Christmas
had become a "weary round of
buying more than we can afford
and eating more than our sys
tems can accommodate." He
suggested the reading of the
story of Christ in the Bible to
make "Christmas different" for
many.
A large chorus of Leslie jun
ior high school pupils provided
number of carols as a prelude
to the address.
not too serious. She had head
and back Injuries.
She was not able to tell police
just what had happened. A girl
friend said Donna had left her
home early last evening with a
young man.
NOW OPEN
CHINA CAFE
(J11ST ItlFOSC TOU GET TO Till HOLLYWOOD STOPL1GBTI) J
We Serve Chinese and American Dishes 1
"ORDERS TO TAKE OUT" '
Open 4:30 P.M. to 2:00 A.M. Saturday 'Til 3 A.M.
WE CLOSE MONDAYS
20S5 Fairgrounds Road Phone 2-6S96
; DANCE
CRYSTAL
If Modern Ballroom
Modern Music
TWO FLOORS TWO DANCES
If Modern and Old-Time j
llll DeSouia Pop Edwards A
If ONE PRICE 74c Includes Tax jf
Santa's Dressed in Blue, Too Sleepy baby sitters allowed
little Helen Celenza (above) two-and-one-half years, to slip
out of her house In New York, in search of the Santa Claus
she had seen on a shopping tour. She found him complete
with brass buttons and a badge. He took her to two other
Santas, Patrolman Eugene E. Siegfried (left) and Desk
Officer Conrad Walters. They provided her with gifts until
Mama claimed her. (Acme Telephoto)
Office Advises
Use of Chains
The slate highway commis
sion warned motorists today to
carry chains on the Wapinltia
highway, Santiam highway, the
Weston-Elgin highway, and on
the Old Oregon Train near Mea-
cham.
The 9 H.m, road report:
Government Camp Snowlna HfthtlT,
Ducked mow. Plow ope ratine, carry
chilnx. 1 inches new Jinow.
SlJikljoiu and Oreen 3pnna Bpou or.
Ice.
Oehoco PackeO snow, well janded.
Bend Icy spots.
Santiam Paaa SnowlnB Ifffhtlr. packed
snow, plowing, carry chains. 2 Inches new
snow.
McKensl Paw Clewed by snow.
Staler and La pint Packed anow, well
sanded.
Willamette Pa.u Picied snow, well
sanded, 1 Inch new Know.
Chemult Packed anow. well sanded.
Cast and West Diamond Lake Closed
by snow.
Chlloquln, Klamath raits, Keno, Bly
Packed anow, well sanded.
Weslon-KltlD Snowinc llihllr. packed
snow, plowing, carry chains, t Inches new
anow.
Meacham snowing mntiy, pacx0
snow, plowing, carry chains.
La Grande Packed snow, well sanded.
Baker and Ontario Icy a pot.
John Day and Austin Packed snow,
sanded.
fieneca Bare in exposed area.
Burn Packed anow, plowing, carry
chnlna.
Basque Packed snow, well sanded.
Two Committees '
Ask Resource Saving
Two state conservation com
mittees urged state department
heads today to work hard on a
long program to save the state's
resources.
The two committees, meeting
here Jointly, were the gover
nor's advisory committee on re
sources, and the 1949 legislative
interim committee on natural
resources.
Governor Douglas McKay In
dicated he would favor the le
gislature creating a state re
sources conservation depart
ment. This department, he said,
could include existing state de
partments, such as those dealing
with forestry, fish, game, min
ing, and irrigation activities.
Veterans' Office
Pays $214,171 Taxes
The Oregon department of
veterans affairs paid $214,171
In taxes on farm and home prop
erties this year, the department
said today.
These taxes are paid on 3.360
farms and homes for which the
department made loans to veter-
- THE NEW
TONITE I
GARDENS i
ans. The department collects
the taxes from these veterans
and then pays them to the coun
ties.
Multnomah county received!
the largest tax payment from
the department, $70,414. Marion
county was next with $15,231.1
Clackamas was third with $13,
113, and Douglas was fourth with
$12,999.
Meter Headache
Relief Just Ahead
A cure for the "midnight"
headaches of parking meter vio
lators in Salem is in store.
New tickets which will be
placed in use when the old tags
have been used point out that a
50-cent fine will be charged
provided it is "paid before mid
night" on the date the ticket was
issued.
The old tickets listed the
time at 12 a. m. Instead of mid
night. An editorial campaign con
ducted by the Capital Journal a
year ago called for clarification
of the time on tickets. After
midnight on the date the ticket
is Issued, the amount of the fine
is doubled.
iiouviunna
STARTS TODAY OPEN 6:4.5
kkClWitBMA
Randolph Scott, George Raft
George Brent, Joan Blondell
GO-FEATURE
OF CALIFORNIA
Boy Puzzled
By Shooting
Pittsburgh, Dec. 21 (P) Little
Joe Langston, a bewildered 5-year-old,
wouldn't talk to detec
tives who gently queried him for
hours about the fatal shooting of
his mother.
But later, when Joe was taken
back to the scene of the shoot
ing, he told his aunt, Mrs. Fran
ces Kearns:
"I saw a bird in the room. My
pussy cat was there too. I saw
the gun and I shot my mom."
County Detective Steve Puck
er said that he and four others
from the district attorney's of
fice heard the youngster's ad
mission. The words confirmed what
Joe's two older brothers had told
police and what a paraffin test
made almost positive.
Joe's mother, Mrs. Helen
Langston, 39, was shot to death
in the family's home yesterday
after she intervened in a quar
rel between two older sons,
William, 18, and John, 17.
William and John said little
Joe, the baby of the family,
brandished the pistol to make
them stop fighting. Somehow the
gun went off and Mrs. Langston
fell dead, a bullet in the brain.
Little Joe, an appealing tyke
In blue jeans and a bright red
shirt, doesn't know his mother
is dead. He thinks she was
"hurt."
One detective said:
"It's good he doesn't realize
what he's done."
New Record Set by
Portland Post Office
Portland, Dec. 21 P) A new
TODAY AT
!
I
i
I
'I,
i
TWO GREAT ALL-TIME SCREEN MASTERPIECES
RETURNED TO THRILL YOU AGAIN!
The
an undaunted
Love!
Ernest 'Benin- (fL
way's greatest m gtJL
note! lives aaaln Lt-bsL
screen's finest romance!
2nd BIG RETURN HIT!!
1& S amKra
RACKETEERS IH TOMB WAR
1 p msars mumm
NOW! j
William Powell
Shelley Winters in
"Take On False Step
The Original PIKEYS
MOW At Marilyn's
Cherry Red
Grey
record was set by the post office
yesterday.
a tniaPnf 1.826.840 Christmas
cards and letters went through
canceling machines during ine
How Tho nrevious day's high
was 1,656,340, set on December
20, 1948.
More than 1.700 extra em
ployes are moving the Christmas
mail through the post oltice.
Agreement in
Types of Arms
Washington, Dec. 21 (ft Sec
retary of State Acheson said to
day that "substantially com
plete" agreement has been reach
ed on the types of arms the
United States will send to its
European allies.
He reviewed at a news con
ference the status of the pro
gram for $1,000,000,000 of Amer
ican military aid to nations
joined with this country in the
North Atlantic pact.
In summary, these were the
main points:
1. There is a fairly complete
understanding as to the kinds
of weapons wanted and to be
sent.
2. Some differences still re
main as to the wording of the
the agreements which will gov
ern the uses of those weapons.
Negotiations are continuing on
this.
3. He expects the North At
lantic council to meet early In
January to approve a statement
of the defense strategy of the
Atlantic area.
Under the arms aid legisla
tion, the program cannot begin
until agreements covering the
use of the weapons have been
completed and the statement of
grand strategy approved.
WARNERS!:
Unforgettable Story of
2 Bio Hits!
MacDonald Carey
Wanda Hendrix In
"Song of Surrender"
Green Black
Bright Red Navy
Widths
S-N-M
Co-eds from coast to coast ore roving about the new
Pixey Boots . . . they're different, they're piquant,
they're precious! Pixey Boots ore practically weight
less, delightfullv comfortable and good-looking. All
leather soles. Sizes 4 to 10, in slim, narrow and med
ium widths.
BUT . '. . be certain yours are the
GENUINE PIXIE BOOTS
In Salem that means . . .
387 Court
Boat Blasted
Off Newport
Seattle, Dec. 21 VP) Two
men were picked up today from
a fishing boat that was torn by
explosions and swept by fire
about five miles off the Oregon
coast.
Coast guard district headquar
ters said the two men were pre
sumed to be the only crewmen
of the unidentified vessel. The
fishing boat Pacific Belle re
ported it had picked them up.
The Belle reported at 11:36
a.m. that the other craft still
was burning, "with three fuel
tanks yet to blow," said the coast
guard. It was expected to sing
at any time.
The Pacific Belle said it was
staying at the scene until a
coast guard vessel arrives.
The scene was west of the
Newport area.
Commodity Markets
Will Close Two Days
New York, Dec. 21 P) Finan
cial and commodity exchanges
throughout the United States
will be closed Saturday, Decem
ber 24 'and Monday, December
26.
For the New Year holidays,
the New York Stock and Curb
Exchanges and other stock mar
kets throughout the United
States will be open Saturday,
December 3), but will close on
Monday, January 2.
All commodity markets will
be closed Saturday, December
31 and Monday, January 2.
Mat. Daily From 1 p.m.
NOW SHOWING!
TOGETHER,
and nanr
Fun Co-Hit!
Henry Fonda
Barbara Stanwyck
"The Lady Eve"
Greer The
New Year
at the Grand!
Free Hats!
Noise
Makers!
OPENS 6:45 P.M.
NOW! THRILLS! LAFFS!
Ulm b. TiCHWICOtOt
NOW! OPENS 6:45 P.M.
Tyrone Power
"ROSE OF WASHINGTON
SQUARE"
Mickey Rooney
"SLAVE SHIP"
Green & Rust
Domoc Calf
Sizes
4 to 10
Dial 3-8155
II
Y"