2 Capital Joarnal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Dec. 22, 1949
Santa Claus Didn't Forget
Poverty-Stricken Mining Town
Shallmar, Md., Dec. 22 W The spirit of Christmas burned
brightly in this little mountain town today.
And it it spreading to other poverty-itrickcn communities of
the mountain area.
All but a few of Shallmar's 200 residents were utterly desti
tute a four weeks Alio.
There had been no work in
the community since its only
mine closed down In March for
Jack of orders.
Thin, scantily clad children
became faint in school for lack
of food. Some families had sub
sisted for weeks on a diet made
Red Cross Moves
To Liberty Street
Headquarters offices for Ma
rion county chapter, American
Bed Cross, are being moved to
the Liberty building, 241 North
Liberty, it was announced this
afternoon by Charles H. Hug
gins, chapter chairman.
The chapter offices will be up
stairs in the suite of offices for
merly occupied by the Portland
General Electric company.
The move is being made dur
ing the holiday week, the Red
Cross office to be open in the
new location January 1, Mr.
Huggins said.
The Red Cross offices have
been upstairs in the McGiichrist
building, State street, for many
years. The move is being made
to provide more convenient of
fice arrangement, Mr. Huggins
said.
$10 Sent Police
Fund lor Boys
An unsigned Christmas card
i bearing a short note and includ
ing a $10 bill was received by
the Salem police department
Thursday morning.
The note said:
"For the boys fund keep it
up."
The money was promptly put
In the fund which Is devoted to
aiding needy juveniles. Thus
far most of the expenditures
from the fund have gone for
feeding runaway boys and girls
picked up by members of the
force.
The fund was created by the
officers to meet the need for
giving a helping hand. Prior to
the creation of the fund, off!
cers on duty usually met the
problem of feeding and other em
ergencies from their own per
sonal funds.
Ruling on Ex-GIs
Tuition Fees
Washington, Dec. 12 ftl.R)
Veterans Administrator Carl R.
Gray, Jr., made a multi-million-
dollar ruling today In favor of
schools charging non-resident
tuition rates for certain ex-GI
students.
Gray affirmed the legal Tight
of the VA to pay the so-called
non-resident tuition rate for
veterans studying under the GI
bill of rights even though such
veterans are residents of the
state in which they are going to
school.
The decision settled fears of
hundreds of institutions that
they might have to pay back to
the government millions of dol
lars collected by charging such
non-resident rates.
The government's general ac
counting office, watchdog of the
treasury, claimed that the VA
had overpaid the University of
Wisconsin, among others, from
$7,000,000 to $8,000,000 because
the non-resident rate was charg
ed even though students lived
in the state.
Gray said that the GAO raised
the question of legality of pay
ments "undoubtedly" because
of a lack of clarity in VA regu
lations some institutions which are
prohibited by state law from
charging tuition to state resident
students have charged the VA
non-resident tuition rates for
former servicemen who art res
idents of their states.
$250,000 Memorial
For Ford Is Offered
Detroit, Dec. 22 OJ.R) Mrs.
Henry Ford Wednesday offered
the city a $250,000 site for a
park in memory of the founder
of the Ford Motor company.
The widow of the automobile
pioneer said she would prefer
to have the 66 -acre plot con
verted Into a recreational area
However, the private cemetery
where Ford is buried would be
preserved, and a small church
would be built on another part
Secret of 64 Married Years
Corunna, Mich., Dee. 31 (U.RV Mr. and Mrs. William Morris
today revealed the secret of their 64 years of happy marriage.
"When I Jaw and sputter, Pa keeps still. When Pa Jaws
and sputters, I keep still," Mrs. Morris said. "That way, we
never ftt mad at the same time."
up mainly of potatoes and ap
ples.
Then the plight of the town
and its 80 children leaked into
the outside world.
Soon trucks loaded with food
and clothing started bumping
their way over the narrow
mountain road to Shallmar. The
packages were sent from all
sections of the country.
Hundreds of toys arrived and
the mails brought letters from
each of the 48 states. Many con
tained a coin or a check. More
than $3,000 is on hand now.
It will be used to assure hot
lunches for the children.
In all six and one-half tons of
clothing and foodstuffs have
been sent to Shallmar.
That would have been enough
to carry the community for a
long time.
But Christmas is coming and
many families of nearby Mary
land and West Virginia commun
ities all have been facing a
cheerless yule.
So Shallmar is dividing its
gifts with less fortunate neigh
bors. -
Seventy neighboring families
have received Shallmar food
baskets in the last day or two.
The children of 30 families have
been clothed from Shallmar
stocks.
Many toys are being repaired
by the men of the town. They
will be sent to mountain homes
where Christmas stockings
would have been empty.
Shallmar has given so much
that there is just enough food
left for the week-end.
But this is a big week-end. The
folks here are glad they have
had a chance to spread the spir
it of Christmas.
One Union for
Lumber Industry
Washington, Dec. 22 VP) As
serting that separate craft or
ganization "is not appropriate
for employes in lumber indus
try," the national labor rela
tion board has declared a policy
of letting one union bargain for
workers in that industry.
The ruling was announced
yesterday in a case involving a
proposed bargaining representa
tive election at the Weyerhaeu
ser timber company's new saw
mill and logging operations at
Springfield, Ore.
A similar policy of letting
one union rather than many un
ions bargain for workers was
announced by the board last
year for the basic steel produc
ing industry.
In the Oregon case, the NLRB
ordered an election within 30
days among the company's 630
employes. It will determine whe
ther they wish to be represented
by the CIO's International Wood
Workers association, the AFL
Carpenters union, or by no
union.
Reservists Pay
For Drills Ends
Washington, Dec. 22 P) The
army Is cutting off all drill pay
for 78,464 enlisted men and of
ficers in 2.866 of its reserve
training units.
The order' goes into effect
January 1 for at least six
months.
Army officials disclosed the
action today. They said a tre
mendous jump In the number
entering the paid drill program
has left the army without
enough money to continue the
payments.
The order affects 57,705 offi
cers and 20,751) enlisted men.
They are In units which would
be used as "fillers" in army
groups in event of mobilization.
The reservists can continue
drilling, but without pay, the
officials said. They pointed out
that until congress authorized
drill pay at its last session, all
such drilling had been on a vol-(
uniary, non-pay Dasis.
Congress gave the army $22,
400.000 for drill pay In the cur
rent fiscal year, which ends next
July 1.
Not counting Australia, which
is regarded as a continent,
Greenland is the largest island
in the world.
of the land.
Preliminary construction
plans have been drawn by park
officials and will be submitted
to Mrs. Ford. When she has ap
proved them, a formal offer of
the property will be made to
the common council.
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$5 for Crippled
Vet Losing $157
A friendly, grey-haired wom
an who asked that her name be
withheld from publication,
asked the Capital Journal
Thursday to accept a contribu
tion to help replace money re
cently lost by a Salem veteran.
The veteran, who is unable to
work and receives a total dis
ability pension from the veter
ans administration, lost a wallet
containing some $157 which
represented his monthly pen
sion. The wallet was never re
turned. "I wish I had more to give,1'
the woman said, "and my hus
band felt the same way. too. But
our Christmas gift to that vet
eran Douglas Smalley is five
dollars. Will you see that he
gets it?"
The veteran is living with a
sister at 445 Academy street.
Fllinfl's Wife
Brakes Romance
New York, Dec. 22 (IP) Faye
Emerson Roosevelt, estranged
wife of Elliott Roosevelt, today
put the brakes on a reported ro
mance between the late presi
dent's son and Cafe Singer Gigi
Durston.
The third Mrs. Roosevelt said
she found the report "a little
surprising" and that she "may
not be able to get away to get
my divorce.'
By getting away "to get my
divorce," Mrs. Roosevelt' appar
ently meant going to another
state which has more liberal di
vorce laws than New York
which only recognizes adultery
as grounds for such action.
Roosevelt had no comment on
his reported romance with Miss
Durston of Hartford, Conn. Yes
terday Mrs. Gladys Durston, the
singer's mother, said her pretty
brunette daughter and Roosevelt
were "interested in each other."
Mrs. Roosevelt, a pretty
blonde, apparently took this as
an announcement of an engage
ment. She told a reporter that
her television program would
keep her in town maybe for
two months, maybe two years.
"And when I get ready to get
my divorce," she added, "I will
announce it myself."
Miss Durston had no com
ment. 2 Prison Escapees
Sought Near San Diego
San Diego, Cal., Dec. 22 0J.R)
The San Diego sheriff's office
said today that two men who
escaped Dec. 2 from the Oregon
state hospital at Salem are be
ing sought in National City,
south of San Diego.
Officers said that Robert Mel
vin Burr, one of the escapees,
telephoned his sister in Portland
asking that money be sent by
Western Union to National City
under the name of a brother,
George. The sister reported the
call to Portland authorities, who
called the San Diego sheriff's
office.
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Compile Credit Facts Shown above is a portion of the
crew of .office workers who were kept busy for three months
tabulating data which went into the compilation of the Credit
Bureau's "Who's Who." The two-volume publication lists
more than 50,000 names, indicating an actual trading popula
tion of some 150,000 persons for Salem and this area.
50,000 Persons in Trading
Area Get Credit Ratings
A two-volume publication listing well over 50,000 names of
residents in Salem and the surrounding mid-Willamette trad
ing area was completed this week by Salem Credit Bureaus.
The books, tediously prepared from ledger reports of more
than 300 Salem and Marion county merchants, are aimed at
offering retail credit managers1- :
information on credit risks.
The volumes are known as the
"Credit Bureaus Who's Who"
and list paying habits of the in
dividuals named in the books as
well as addresses and other
credit information.
While not every merchant or
business dealing in credit re
ported to the bureaus, chances
are that virtually every person
doing buying on credit in Salem
is listed in the volumes.
Six field workers and a staff
of 22 office employes worked
for a period of three months to
prepare the survey.
Charles Schmitz, manager of
the bureau who was in charge of
its preparation, points out that
the number of listings are in
dicative of an actual trading area
population well in excess of 150,
000 persons. The records are
proof of that many persons ac
tively doing business in Salem
and its environs.
While the bureau reports do
not actually rate the individual
credit of the listings, the pur
pose of the publication is to give
the credit departments of stores
and other retailers a cue as to
risks they face when surveying
applications for credit.
The reports are for the con
fidential use of credit mangers.
Schmitz pointed out- that the
692-page work, the first of what
is intended as an annual review,
is aimed at providing merchants
with a system of doing bus!
ness in a metropolitan area.
"In bygone days,", the bureau
manager explained, "each mer
chant was well aware of the
reputation of his customers. He
knew their habits and he was
well aware of the risks involved
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putting his business on the
books. And he knew the cus
tomer's limits.
In our Salem of 1949, there
are just too many people for
that close business-customer re
lationship, but the credit 'Who's
Who will help bridge that gap.
"We sincerely hope that the
book will be a stimulus to sound
credit business. Customers will
find it a sound practice to keep
their records clear, and we stand
ready to aid them in keeping
them on a sound credit basis.
And we are interested in re
habilitating those whose credit
outlook is not bright," Schmitz
said.
Regular reports will be made
to enable merchants to keep the
"Who's Who" up to date until
the 1950 volumes are published.
Pecked Snow on
Mountain Roads
Packed snow on highways
near Government Camp, Mea
cham and Weston-Elgin makes
chains necessary, the state high
way commission warned today.
In other areas, driving condi
tions were generally good.
The 9 a.m. road report:
Government Camp Snowing
lightly, packed snow, plowing,
carry chains. 2 inches new snow.
Santiam Pass Snowing light
ly, slush, pack breaking up. 4
inches new snow.
McKenzie pass Closed by
snow.
Willamette pass Packed
snow, well sanded, 1 inch new
snow.
WHISKEY. - IMPORTED IN IUIK
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Farm Worker
Unions Exempt
Washington, Dec. 22 VP) The
national labor relations beard
ruled today that a union of farm
workers is not subject to prose
cution for unfair labor practices.
The decision involved the AFL
National Farm union, which had
been on strike at a ranch of the
Digiorgio Fruit Corp. of Bakers
field, Calif.
The board said that under the
Taft-Hartley act members of
that union could not be grouped
into a labor organization as
such and therefore dismissed
charges of secondary boycott
against a Digiorgio local.
However, the board ruled that
two other well established labor
organizations involved in the
situation the AFL teamsters
and wine workers had violated
the act. They were ordered to
"cease and desist" from the com
plained of activity and to post
notice of compliance.
The NRLB rejected the argu
ment of its own general counsel
that although a union of farm
laborers cannot bring charges of
unfair labor practices against
farmers or obtain bargaining
elections, it is nevertheless sub
ject to prosecution as a labor
organization.
The board upheld the findings
of Trial Examiner A. Bruce Hunt
that the farm union local did not
fit intcC the description of a la
bor organization in the Taft-
Hartley act.
Ruffner Resigns
Aeronautics Board
B. F. Ruffner, Corvallis, re
signed today from the state
board of aeronautics. Governor
Douglas McKay appointed Ralph
Scroggins, Lebanon, to fill the
rest of Ruffner's term, which
expires July 6, 1952.
Ruffner, who has been chair
man of the board, said he had
to resign because of the pressure
of his work on the Oregon State
college faculty. -
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Snider Elected
C of C Director
The Chamber of Commerce
board of directors Wednesday
night elected O. E. Snider, gen
eral manager of Blue Lake
Packers, Inc., as a board mem
ber. When West Salem was merged
with Salem it created a vacan
cy on the board, for the rea
son that the West Salem mayor
was automatically a member of
the board. Snider fills the va
cancy.
W. M. (Jack) Bartlett, chair
man of the chamber's aviation
committee, gave a comprehen
sive report of developments and
improvements at McNary field
Bartlett told the board he be
lieves service in Salem by West
Coast Air Lines would be justi
fied, but he does not want Unit
ed Air Lines to abandon Salem
even temporarily.
The board now has under
consideration sending a repre
sentative to Washington, D. C,
in February to appear at the
hearing before the civil aero
nautics board on' the question of
the United's continuation of
service here. The representative
would be in addition to the offi
cial representative of the city
of Salem.
Hops at 60 Cents
Portland, Dec. 22 (IP) A price
increase of 4 to 5 cents a pound
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The department said contracts
for next year's crops are being
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