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Accused In Bridges Case
waits arraignment and Mrs. Betty Telxelra, 29, (right)
signs her bond before U. S. Commissioner Francis St. J. Fox
In his office at the Federal building, San Francisco, as a
result oi a federal grand Jury indictment which accused
the women of conspiring and attempting to intimidate Mervyn
Eathborne, prospective witness in the Harry Bridges perjury
trial. The women denied the accusation. (AP Wirephoto)
1949 Eventful Year for Units
Of Organized Reserve Here
By MARGARET MAGEE
Nineteen hundred and forty -nine was filled with many
vents lor those organized reserve units taking their training
at the Naval and Marine Corps Training center.
The move into the new training center from the temporary
one at the airport was made In
Year Good for
National Guard
Salem's two National Guard
companies, B and G of the 162nd
Infantry regiment, 41st division,
found the year 1949 a good
year. Both made gains In enlist
ed personnel during the year.
For company B there were
two outstanding events. At
summer training camp the com
pany was chosen the outstand
ing Oregon National Guard unit.
During the fall the company
lost Its commander, Capt. Burl
Cox, who went to the first bat
talion of the 162nd Infantry re
giment as S-3. Replacing Cox as
commander was a veteran of
Company B, First Lt. Joseph
Meier.
Company B started the year
with five officers and 74 enlist
ed men end at the year's end
bad six officers and 120 enlist
ed men. Attending summer train
ing camp were six officers and
88 enlisted men.
During 1949 Company G,
which In 1949 went to summer
training for the first time, lost
one officer but gained 11 enlist
ed men. When 1949 started com
pany G had five officers and 65
enlisted men, at its ending the
company had four officers and
76 enlisted men on its rolls.
Summer camp time found four
officers and S3 enlisted men of
the company In attendance.
Polk Livestock Men
Will Meet January 4
The annual meeting of the
Polk County Livestock associa
tion will be held Wednesday,
January 4, at the Dallas city hall
beginning at 8 p. m., announces
Stanley B. Fansher, county ex
tension agent.
There will be a regular elec
tlon of officers, discussion of
plans for the coming year, and
appointment of delegates to the
western Oregon livestock meet
lng to be held in Corvallis.
Pat Hardy, livestock market
ing specialist, will be the speak
er and will discuss price trends
In marketing livestock.
Shew Room Enlarged
Amity Workmen are busy
building an extension to the
show room at the Texaco service
station on Trade street. Space
that has been used for a drive
way la being utilized from the
north of the building extending
south to the main entrance to
the building.
A Short
Story . . .
In the past year we have had
visitors from all parts of the
United States, also many from
the Pacific islands and Alas
ka, as well as our own local
customers. All of which wns
very much appreciated. To
all of you we wish
A Happy
and Prosperous
New Year
and solicit your patronage
for the coming year.
THANKS AGAIN FOR
ALL FAVORS
Pop's Agate
and Novelty
Shop
Box S994, Portland Road
Salem, Oregon
Ore., Monday, January 2, 1950
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Mrs. Jean Murray, 33. (left)
March, 1949, and about that
ftlme the training
aids and
equipment began arriving.
Commissioning ceremonies
for the building were held in
July with the Rear Adm. How
ard H. Good, USN, commandant
of the 13th naval district, and
Brig. Gen. William L. McKIt-
trick, chief of staff of the inspector-general
department of
Pacific, the speakers.
Organized surface division
13-28 commanded by Lt.
Comdr. Coburn Grabenhorst,
had 75 enlisted men and eight
officers taking two weeks cruis
es during 1949. Seventy enlisted
men were advanced in rate and
five officers promoted, while
two officers were commissioned
from enlisted status.
Big Personnel Turnover
Turn-over in personnel be
cause of members moving away
transferring, or dropping out of
the unit for other reasons have
permitted enlistment of 100
men during the year.
The unit's full strength is 209
enlisted men on drill pay status,
io otricers on drill pay status
and 41 men as associate mem
bers on non-drill pay status. On
the division rolls now are 170
enlisted men and 15 officers on
drill pay status; and 20 men on
associate, non-drill pay status.
In the latter group are nine en
listed men and 11 officers.
Given organized status only a
short time before 1949 was ush
ered In organized SeaBee com
pany 13-9, commanded by Lt.
Donald M. Fisher, now has four
officers. Its enlisted ranks in
the year have grown from sev
en men to 32. Tractically all if
not all of the members of the
unit, with the exception of those
Joining the past two months,
have taken their annual cruise.
Recognition Won
C battery of the 105th mm
Howitzer battalion. Marine Re
serves, commanded by MaJ.
Leonard Hicks, won recognition
in 1949 when the outfit's pistol
team won first place In the
Northwestern Rifle league post
al contest held for all the mar
ine reserve units in the north
west. The unit with an authorized
strength of 135 enlisted men and
seven officers has 120 enlisted
men and six officers. During
15)49 lt Had 82 separations and
CO enlistments. Forty-nine of
their enlisted men won promo
tions and two men from the unit
attended the six-weeks' platoon
leaders' class at Quantico, Va.,
in July and August.
When summer training was
held at Camp Pendleton, Calif.,
August 21 - September 4, 49 en
listed men and four officers
from the Salem unit were In at
I HOTEL MARION
I RESTAURANT SERVICE
Resumed Tomorrow, January 3
in the Marine Room
Pending Opening of New Coffee Shop
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Quonset Huts
Active Spot
Army Reserve units claim
many men in Salem and the
surrounding territory and each
week of the year finds groups
meeting at the quonset huts.
In the year 1949 the units
here made a constant, if email,
increase In the number of men
on their rolls, though some have
been lost by transfer.
Also, the units got a new In
structor, Lt. Col. Bruce H. John
son, assistant senior army in
structor, who came here in Au
gust from headquarters, Third
Army.
One Salem unit, army postal
unit 894, was advanced to A
status; two units, the 369th en
gineers boat and shore regiment
and the 409th quartermasters,
have made advances in their
training status and seven units
sent men to summer training
camps.
Twenty-five officers and 18
enlisted men from units in Sa
lem this year took summer
training.
Units with which they took
their training and the number
of officers and enlisted men
training with each were: 104th
Infantry regiment, three offi
cers; 929th field artillery bat
talion, seven officers and one
enlisted man; 894th army postal
unit, one officer and five en
listed men; 369th engineers,
boat and shore regiment, nine
officers and nine enlisted men:
409th quartermasters, five offi
cers and three enlisted men
and 6322nd engineer construc
tion group, two officers.
tendance. It was at summer
training that the plaque and in
dividual medals were awarded
for winning the Northwest pis
tol contest.
Cjreetinai
for llie
ear
Here's wishing you a happier
year
Than any you remember
Fran January first until
The last day of December!
EDWARD
WILLIAMS
We Feature
HALLMARK CARDS
Boxed Candy
Parry Supplies
330 COURT
Receipts at
UAL $225,000
United Air Lines took In ap
proximately $225,000 in revenue
through its Salem station during
1949.
The local station released that
estimate at the year's end with
the revenue estimated for De
cember and cargo loads for the
last three days estimated from
previous daily loads.
In estimating the business for
1949 at the Salem station UAL's
figures were; revenue $225,000
passengers on, 3,626; passengers
off, 4,206; express on, 11,870
pounds; express off, 19.434
pounds; mail on, 33,485 pounds:
mail off, 16,375 pounds, and air
freight on, 230,223 pounds, and
air freight off, 49,781 pounds.
In releasing those figures the
company compared them with
the last war-time year of 1945.
That year, however they were
carrying no air freight. Other
5,
s
(i
figures for 1943 were; revenue,
$37,000; passenges on, 471; pas
sengers off, 387; express on,
1,729 pounds; express off, 3.850
pounds; mail on, 32,521 pounds;
and mail off, 8.405 pounds.
Consumer Credit
Af All-Time High
Washington, Jan. 2 (P) Con
sumer credit which reached an
all-time high of $17 823,000,000
in November probably will ex
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Auto or Personal CASH LOANS
5100tos1000so.
'.' COMMERCIAL
CREDIT IP LA IV
.1 N CO R POIt AT K Dm
Salem Agency: 4G9 N. Church St
J 135 NORTH LIBERTY
Annual January Store-wide Clearance
STILL GREATER BARGAINS!
During the intensive pre-inventory check of stock on hand
which has accompanied this clearance, we have found ad
ditional odd lots and incomplete size or style ranges.
These are-andwill continue to be added to the clear
ance bargain groups.
Everything in the
ALL SALES FINAL - NO REFUNDS
ceed $18,000,000,000 for 1949.
Installment debt also hit a
record high in November $10,
450,000,000 and the federal re
serve board noted a $257,000,000
jump in charge account volume
which always climbs during the
' - h-,. hnvine season.
LEO H. JOHNSON
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