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Councilman Resigns Jean
Hoss has resigned his position
as a member of the city coun
cil at Taft due to personal busi
ness pressure. He is succeeded
by Jay McCall, one of the ori
ginal candidates for the coun
cil when Taft incorporated. Mc
Call is also a member of the
Taft - Nelscolt - Delake water
board.
Pomona Date Changed The
Marion county Pomona Grange
meeting scheduled for the An
keny Grange Wednesday, has
been postponed until the third
Wednesday of the month with
the session scheduled for Febru
ary 15.
Mrs. Nelger Home Mrs. Hen
ry J. Neiger, who has been dis
charged from the Salem General
hospital, is convalescing at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Gust
Heider, 915 Saginaw.
Sewing Club Called The
Keizer Ladies' Sewing club will
hold an all day meeting Thurs
day at the home of Mrs. A.
Goldsby with a no host lunch-
Cookers Will Meet The 4-H
, Cooking club at Hayesville will
j meet Thursday at the home of
the leader, Mrs. Galen Siddall.
June Barnes and Betty Zahara
will demonstrate the making
end baking of chocolate chip
cookies.
Church Is Delegate A. M.
Church is delegate to the state
convention of the Farmers Union
here next month with Otto
Heinke alternate and Louis
Brown insurance delegate. The
Salem local will meet February
1 with a no host dinner at the
Farmers Union hall. Reports
will be heard on the investiga
tion into the possibility of set
ting up an unemployment coun
cil with other civic groups.
Guest Brown Home Mr. and
Mrs. E. Brown, of the Hayesville
community, have as a guest her
sister, Mrs. Marguerite Harvey
of Long Beach, Calif.
Cherry Growers to Meet The
annual meeting of Polk and Ma
rion county cherry growers has
been scheduled for Friday, Janu
ary 27, in the dairy co-op build
ing, 2135 Fairgrounds road, Sa
lem. Starting time is 1:30 p.m
Stone fruit virus diseases, fun
gus disease and cherry insect
control, and problems of the
cherry industry will be discuss
ed during the program.
Hallock Appointed Blaine
Hallock, Baker, was reappoint
ed by Governor Douglas McKay
today to a four-year term on the
state sanitary authority.
Prospector Dies Abraham L.
Kromling, 80, veteran Oregon
prospector of the Applegate
district in southern Oregon who
was born at Hubbard, where he
lived when a young man, died
at a Medford hospital. Funeral
services will be held in Med
ford Thursday at 2 o'clock. He
prospected for gold most of his
life and as a hunter, fisherman
and trapper, lived alone at Ap
plegate for a number of years.
He never married. Survivors
are a sister, Mrs. Amanda Dim-
ick, of Hubbard, and eight
nieces and nephews.
Additional Petition Another
petition requesting the county to
set up a weed control district
was received by the Marion
county court Tuesday. The docu
ment was signed by 27 persons.
A similar petition, carrying over
500 names, was submitted to the
county court last week. District
Attorney E. A. Stadter is con
ducting an investigation as to the
legal procedure required to es
tablish and finance such a weed
control project.
Flag at Half Mast The court
house flag is flapping at half
mast in a symbol of mourning
for the death of Gen. H. H.
(Hap) Arnold. The flag will re
main at half mast until after
Arnold's funeral.
Smith Returns Dr. G. Her
bert Smith, president of Wil
lamette university, who left for
the east early in November, re
turned to the campus Tuesday
During his absence Dr. Smith
attended the sessions of the
Association of American Col
leges, of which he is a board
member and educational con
ferences of the Methodist
church.
Dallas Event Postponed The
January 19 evening meeting of
the Dallas Garden club sched
uled to be held in the Chamber
of Commerce rooms in the City
hall and featuring a pot-luck
dinner with members husbands
as guests has been cancelled due
to illness of members and bad
weather. The next meeting will
be held on February 16 as sched
uled.
BORN
The Capital Journal Welcome
the Following New Citizens:
ROTH To Mr. nd Mr. Harlan E.
Roth, a daughter, January IS, at Sll
verton hospital.
McMORRIS To Mr. and Mr. Gordon
McMorris, 4745 Claxtar road, at the Sa
lem aeneral hospital, a boy, Jan. 17.
ZINGSHEIM To Mr. and Mrs. Danfel
Zingshelm. Mill City, at the Salem aen
eral hospital, a boy, Jan. 17.
SCHRA To Mr. and Mrs. John Schra.
route 7 box 431-p, at the Salem Memorial
hospital, a zirl, Jan. 16.
OOHSER To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Con
fer. 3070 Bruce, at the Salem Memorial
hospital, ft girl, Jan. If.
Cougar Hunter Collects Joe
M. Challender, Mehama, is the
first cougar hunter to collect
bounties this year from the Linn
county clerk. He received a to
tal of $130 for a day's hunt. A
male and female were killed on
Tater hill," two miles south
of Lyons and two miles west of
the Crabtree mill near the North
Sanliam highway. Both were
treed by dogs. Rounties collect
ed were from the county and
the state.
Bernards Rites Slated Fu
neral services for Herman J.
Bernards, brother of Mrs. Frank
Donnelly, of St. Paul, will be
held from the St. James church
Wednesday at 10 o'clock with
burial in the St James ceme
tery. Recitation of the rosary at
McMinnville Tuesday night at 8
o'clock. He is also survived by
his widow, Mrs. Minnie Ber
nards, and nine children.
Breaks T.ec .Tnsfinp T.pwis
13 vear old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Lewis, 440 Mill
street, broke a leg while sliding
down the Lcfelle street on a
toboggan. The toboggan over
turned. She was taken to Salem
Memorial hospital.
Restaurant Expands Altera
tions are being made on the Ore
gon building at State and High
streets for expansion of the Cup
board cafe, operated by John
Glodt. The cafe will add 22 feet
of space along South High
street.
Building Permits L. C.
Smith, to alter a two-story apart
ment house at 420 South 20th
street, $500. Henry Benz, to
wreck a two-story store building
at 1B20 State street, $50.
Contractor Payment Approv
ed Payments for W. R. Ransom
& Sons for work performed in
December were approved Tues
day by the board of control. The
payment included $10,068.22 for
work on the new boiler plant at
the state hospital; $12,913 on the
new boiler plant at Fairview
home and $6558 for boiler in
stallation accepted at the state
blind school in Salem.
Weather Cancels Meeting
The meeting of the Women's
Missionary society of the First
Baptist church, which was
scheduled for Thursday at 2
p.m., has been postponed indef
initely on account of the weath-
Benefit Game Slated A bas
ketball game for the benefit of
the March of Dimes will be
played at the Sacred Heart acad
emy gymnasium Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock. A game had been
scheduled between the academy
quint and one from the Concor
dia academy but was cancelled
because of the weather. The
Willamette university freshman
team offered to substitute and
the contest will be played as or
iginally scheduled, Fr. Callahan
announces.
Meeting Cancelled The Dis
abled American Veterans auxil
iary has cancelled its Thursday
business meeting until further
notice, according to Pauline Ri
chards, commander.
Rose Society Meets The Sa
lem Rose society will meet up
stairs at the YMCA Thursday
nignt at b o'clock with Rev. Earl
W. Benbow, Dallas, showing pic
tures of roses. Reports on vari
ous varieties will be given by
Ollie Schindell and George Ail
ing with a round table discus
sion on cultivation to be led by
Darrel Burns, Ailing, Rev. Ben
bow and Schindell. Robert
Brady, the new president, and
his staff will take their chairs
for the first time.
Dental Group Meeting The
Capital City Dental Assistants'
society will hold its monthly
dinner meeting at the Golden
Pheasant Tuesday night, Janu
ary 24, at 6:30 o'clock. All
dental assistants in the district
who are interested are invited
Legion Club Closed The
American Legion club dining
service has been cancelled this
week and will resume Friday,
Jan. 20. The closure was made
necessary by needed repairs, in
eluding the overhauling of the
electric range, according to Ira
Pilcher, manager.
As the price of beef has re
cently gone up, now would be
the time to fill your lockers
with some of our young beef at
39c lb. Orwig Market, 4375 Sil
verton Rd. Ph. 2-6128. 18
We repair, repaint, record and
retrpe all makes of Venetian
blinds. Pick up and delivery
service. Ph. 2-3639, Reinholdt
& Lewis. 16
Exclusive presentation Imper
ial wallpapers. R.L. Elfstrom Co
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal.
Johns-Manville shingles ap
plied by Mathis Bros.. 164 S.
Com'l. Free estimate. Ph. 34642
LeGray Boarding & Training
Kennels. Phone 3-1398. 26
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal.
Green Stamps
Not Securities
The state corporation com
missioner has no jurisdiction
over S&H green trading stamps,
it was ruled In Marion county
circuit court Monday by Judge
George R. Duncan.
The ruling was handed down
in a suit of Sperry and Hutchi
son company, issuers of the
stamps, versus state corpora
t i o n commissioner Maurice
Hudson and Attorney General
George Neuner.
Sperry and Hutchison filed
the suit against the Oregon of
ficials in a move to prevent the
officials from placing the
stamps under the securities law.
Duncan ruled that the stamps
could not be classified as securi
ties since they "lack the ele
ments of purchase and sale
which are characteristic of se
curity transactions."
Duncan explained that cus
tomers who request green
stamps when they make a pur
chase are charged no more for
the merchandise than customers
who do not secure stamps with
their purchase.
In making his decision, the
judge also considered that the
merchant issuing the stamps to
customers actually does not ever
gain title to them. The stamps
are merely handled under con
tract from Sperry and Hutchin
son company.
The company places stamps
in the hands of certain retail
merchants, who in turn pass
them along to their customers
on a ratio of one stamp for each
ten cents of merchandise pur
chased. After the customer se
cures a specific number of
stamps, he may turn them in
to Sperry and Hutchison com
pany for various items of mer
chandise. 4-H Club for
Richmond
Interest in sewing and wood
working projects has resulted m
the organization of two 4-H
clubs at Richmond grade school
reports Jim Bishop, city 4-H ex
tension agent.
Thirteen girls selected the
name "Fine Stitches" for their
clothing group, states Betty Ann
Johnson, sewing club reporter
Club officers are: Dorothy Cook,
president; Sharleen Scott, vice
president; Nancy Ladd, secre
lary; Betty Ann Johnson, re
porter, and Josette Wood, song
and yell leader. Other members
are Joyce' Burke, Giovanna Da
vies, Joanne Hill. Marcia Hum
phrey, Jackie LaDue, Bernice
Puhlman, Mary Lynn Stevens
and Donna Swartout. Their
leader is Mrs. H. M. Cook, 2148
Mill.
The next meeting will be held
January 26 at 3:30 at the home
of Mrs. W. N. Stevens, 348 South
18th street.
The "Beaver Woodworkers"
4-H home woodworking club
consisting of eight boys and Mrs.
Ralph Barnes, 2235 Mission St.,
leader, elected Jerry Reh presi
dent at the club's first meeting.
De Vern Puhlman was named
vice president; Keith Burres,
secretary; Rodney Schmidt, re
porter, and Bruce Hall, song and
yell leader. Other members are
Fredrick Barnes Larry Wright
and Douglas Tamcke.
A squared board will be the
first of six articles to be made
by each member. The club will
meet at the home of the leader
at 3:30 Friday afternoon.
Salem Bidder Low The Wal
ton-Brown electrical firm of Sa
lem was low bidder for the pro
posed installation of a lighting
system at the Corvallis airport
with a bid of $7384. Another
bidder of the eight making of
fers was the City Electric firm
also of Salem, with $7622. High
est bid was $12,630. Bids are
still under consideration and the
materials and other specifica
tions have yet to be approved
before the contract is awarded
This is expected to be done at
a meeting of the Corvallis city
council next Monday night.
Meeting Postponed The
meeting of the Woman's Society
for Christian Service of the First
Methodist church, planned for
Wednesday of this week, has
been postponed for one week
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal.
Coming Fri., Jan. 20th, the
famous "Sons of the Pioneers,
with Eddie Majors "Hollywood
Outlaws." Four-hour dance and
show. Glenwood Ballroom. 14
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal.
Notice!!!!! Hearing Aid Users.
Our new office hours are from
9 a.m. until 5 p.m. including
the noon hour, every day except
Saturday, when we close at 3
p.m. Come in and let's get ac
quainted. Batteries for all kinds
of hearing aids. James N. Taft
and Associates, Salem. , 14
Window shades reversed or
repaired. Direct factory distrib
utors of Tontine Washable shade
cloth. Reinholdt & Lewis. Ph
2-3639. 14
Fire - Auto - Liability - Bur
glary, Ken Potts Insurance
Agency, 229 N. Liberty. 14
$ ":T ;
Fry's Hill Sport Center When the police blocked off
Fry's hill on South High street for the exclusive benefit of
coasters it immediately became the chief sport center in
Salem. Hundreds of youngsters and plenty of grown-ups are
enjoying the snowy season on the hill.
Sellwood Story
Brinqs Letters
Publication in a national ma
gazine of the story of Beth Sell
wood, of Salem, state president
and founder of the Chin-Up club
of Oregon, and of the establish
ment of a home for handicapped
persons where they may obtain
an education, learn a trade and
create their own job in hopes of
becoming self - sustaining, is
bringing unexpected results.
Since the article was publish
ed in May last year, the club has
received 530 letters from 37
states, Alaska, Hawaii, Philip
pine islands, Canada, Canal
Zone, Mexico, England, Holland
and China. Most of these ask for
further information and many
contain donations for various
club funds, according to Miss
Sellwood.
Total receipts up to December
10 were $1128.79, of which the
building fund received $789.79;
general fund $160.50; Oregon
Beacon (official publication)
subscriptions $66.50; Beacon do
nations $82; sustaining member
ships $15 and the Sunshine fund
$15.
Unit Members Called The
tri-extension unit, composed of
residents of Liberty, Salem
Heights and Prospect communi
ties, will meet Thursday at the
Salem Heights community hall
at 1:30 o'clock. Miss Eleanor
Trindle, Marion county home
demonstration agent, will pre
sent "Giving Home Sewing the
Professional Look."
Club Is Postponed The Hub
bard .Woman's club meeting,
scheduled for Wednesday has
been postponed.
COURT NEWS
Circuit Court
Norma A. McDowell vs Floyd R. I
Dowell: Default order lor defendant.
Valley Farmers Cooperative Oil asso
ciation vs R. A. Wo-stenberg: Order over
rules demurrer. Brants defendant 10
days to enter further plead.
Jack R. Moore company vs T. Wil
liam: Order authorizes return of crtln
merchandise to plaintiff.
Fete Tolentlno v Dora Tolentino: Fin
al divorce decree aranted.
State of Oregon vs Earl Knothe: Order
dt-smlsses case on motion of district at
tnrnrv thnt there is not sufficient evi
dence to warrant further prosecution.
Evalma ArilflKO VS ruarui. nriimu.
Final divorce decree granted.
Sperry and Hutchinson company vs
Marice Hudson and Georse Neuner: De
cision favoring; plaintiff finds ftreen
trndlnft stamps do not require registra
tion under Oregon Securities law.
Florence B. Pittam vs Paul Pittam:
Complaint for divorce alleges cruel and
Inhuman treatment, asks custody of mi
nor child and J35 monthly support money.
Married December 8, 1935, at LaOrande.
State of Oregon vs Delbert Smith
Chariie of assault with Intent to com
mit rape dismissed on motion of district
nttnrnev: defendant Plead guilty
charce of assault and battery; continued
to January IS for sentencing.
nivrfn N. Kaiser and others vs A.
Wanner and others: Order for default at
defendants.
Alice Crary Brown vs Fearon M. Smith
and others: Defendant J. H. Price's an
swer 'admits and denies.
Selo Mill and Elevator Co. vs Art Han
sen and others: Plaintiff moves for con
tinuance on docket.
Harold W. Mason vs William A. Thomp
son and unknown others: Complaint seeks
quletlne of real estate title.
Probate Court
Albert Q. Walker estate: Order ap
points R. H. Coppoclc appraiser.
Olive M. Bcardsley estate: Order ap
points Orvllle D. Beardslly admlnlstra-
Edward Marlus Reltan estate: Order
approves final account and directs dis
tribution. Edward Marlus Reitan estate: Renuncia
tion of Interest In estate by E.ari, Ulaays,
Edward and Lester Reltan and A led a and
Arnold Johnson.
estate: Petition for
J. Benlamfn Bvwater estate: Order clos
es estate, discharges Urna H. Bywater as
administratrix.
District Court
Obtaining money by false pretenses;
James M. Miller, waived preliminary ex
amination, Iveld for grand Jury, ball con
tinued at SI, 000.
Drunk driving: Herbert H. Hutton, 419
West Rural, pleaded innocent, trial date
to be set, posted I3ou oau.
Morn'age Licenses
James E. Bentley. 31. laborer. 395 N.
14th, anJ La June Shirley, 10, at home,
319 S. 18th.
Wade L. Eaelston. 27, IoBer. 587 N.
22nd, and Gloria M. Vandlver, 23, state
employe, 1012 6th.
Cecil H. Johnson, 23. student, Willam
ette university, and Jane Hendren, 20,
typUt, 60 i Nor til Winter.
New Offer
(Continued from Page 11
The group that submitted the
first offer for purchase of con
trolling interest of Pacific was
headed by B. J. Van Ingen &
Co., also a New York investment
banking firm.
The SEC has scheduled a hear
ing for Jan. 23 ' after which it
will approve or reject the con
tract for the proposed sale.
Keep It Private Enterprise
Paul B. McKee, president of
Pacific Power & Light, said it
was his understanding the Al
len group, "if permitted to pur-1
chase the common stock of Pa
cific Power & Light, intend to
keep Pacific in business as a
forward-looking private enter
prise."
It had been reported without
confirmation that the Van Ingen
group, which made the original
offer for control of Pacific, in
tended to sell parcels of the pro
perty to Various public utility
districts in the northern Oregon-
southern Washington area ser
ved by the utility.
McKee. who has been in New
York for several days, added:
"This plan has my complete
and enthusiastic support. The
men behind the proposal are
development minded and awake
to the needs and the opportuni
ties of the great and growing
Pacific northwest. In my opin
ion it will mean much to the
origin if the proposed plan is
permitted to be placed In effect.
Miner Ousted
For Using Gas
Springfield, 111., Jan. 17 ()
A 56-year-old coal miner's ous
ter from his job because he is
equipping his new home with gas
heat has been upheld by the
state president of the Progres
sive Mine Workers union.
Charles Waichekauskas, a mi
ner for 37 years, was taken off
his job at the Lumaghi No. 2
mine, Collinsville, a week ago
when other miners refused to
work with him. The PMW local
union there has a by-law provid
ing a two year suspension for a
member who uses other than coal
or wood for heat.
John Marchiando, state PMW
chief, ruled yesterday that he
could "do nothing but sustain
the action of the Collinsville
local. He said the miners "acted
to protect their jobs and the jobs
of their co-workers in the coal
mining fields elsewhere."
Waichekauskas had appealed
to Marchiando for help in get
ting the by-law repealed. He said
his 20 year old son, Edward, suf
fers from rheumatic fever and is
made ill by coal furnace fumes,
Marchiando said in a state
ment that he didn't believ Wai
chekauskas' son's illness had
anything to do with it that this
merely was an excuse.
Marchiando said Waichekaus
kas can appeal the local union's
action to the Collinsville district
board member.
Flagg Has Surgery George
H. Flagg, 690 S. High, public
utilities commissioner, who has
been hospitalized at the Salem
Memorial hospital, underwent
surgery Tuesday morning.
Leave saiem General Dis
missed from the Salem General
hospital with recently born in
fants are Mrs. Stanley Home
wood and son, 3780 La Branch
and Mrs. Wayne Halseth and
son, nt. 3 Box 623.
Flag Half Masted The flag
at the post office will remain at
half mast until after the funeral
of General H. H. Arnold ex
pected to take place Thursday.
Instructions concerning the low
ering of the flag to half staff
were received from Walter
Myers, assistant postmaster gen
eral. The flag on top of the
courthouse was placed at half
mast Tuesday in honor of Gen
cral Arnold.
Townsend Club Townscnd
club No. 4 will not hold its cus
tomary meeting at 2125 North
4th street Wednesday night
First Citizen
Dinner Tonight
Coburn Grabenhorst, 32-year-old
Salem realtor, will be hon
ored Tuesday night as Junior
First Citizen of Oregon's capital
city at a banquet sponsored by
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce. Governor Douglas McKay is
scheduled to give the principal
address of the night while May
or R. L. Elfstrom is slated to
make the official award of the
First Citizen honor to Graben
horst. In a departure from usual pro
cedure for the 1950 selection
the Jaycee committee charged
with planning the banquet ori
ginally called for nominations
by the public k. general for the
honor.
Members of a special commit
tee studied nominations an an
nounced Grabenhorst's selection
on January 7.
He is a war veteran and has
been active in Red Cross, Com
munity Chest, the Memorial Au
ditorium association drives as
well as service groups. He is
commander of the surface divi
sion of the naval reserve unit in
Salem and is also treasurer of
the, Salem board of realtors.
The banquet is scheduled to
begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Sena
tor hotel and it is open to the
public.
Bids Opened for
Airport Building
Bids for the contract of con
structing the administration
building at McNary field were
opened at 2 o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon In the office of J. L.
Franzen, city manager.
At 3 o'clock bids were to bo
opened on the High street an
nex to City hall, which will be
occupied by the police depart
ment. City Manager Franzen said he
expected about seven contract
ing concerns to bid on each proj
ect. All would be local contrac
tors, he said.
For the administration build
ing only a first unit will be built
now. The estimated cost of the
unit is $45,000 and it will be
built on the west side of Mc
Nary field. It will be a federal
aid project, the government's
share of the estimated cost to
be $25,000 and the city's part
$20,000.
The estimated cost of the City
hall annex is $5000.
If bids are satisfactory Fran
zen said the administration
building should be under con
struction by spring, and the an
nex within 30 days.
He said he expected all bid
dcrs to be present when the bids
are opened.
Civil War Veteran
Begins 108 ill Year
Oregon City, Jan. 17 M) A
Civil War veteran who consid
ers Abraham Lincoln the na
tion's greatest president, today
began his 108th year. Michael
J. Thralls celebrated his birth
day anniversary here yesterday.
His war service remains up
permost in his thoughts these
days.
Thralls enlisted In Indiana
and served under General Pat
Thomas until he was wounded
in the shoulder during the sec
ond battle of Nashville in 1864
Communicable Disease Report
Approximately 40 instances of
communicable and reportable
diseases were recorded by the
Marion county department of
health during the week ending
January 14. Sixty-two percent of
the county's physicians report
ed: five cases each of scabies and
ringworm, four each of impeti
go, whooping cough and virus
pneumonia; three mumps, two
each of chlckenpox, influenza,
bronco pneumonia and one each
of amebiasis, erysipelas, diphthe
ria, measles, lobar pneumonia,
polio and Vincents angina.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.,
Farmers Rap
Veterinarian
For the first time since the
county veterinarian setup was
revamped to include six veter
inarians in place of one, the
Marion county court has re
ceived letters from farmers who
complain of the work of the
veterinarian in their district,
and request the services of one
of the other county vets.
Under the new veterinarian
regulations, placed Into effect at
the outset of this year, any farm
er has the privilege to so re
quest a change If he is dissatis
fied with the veterinarian as
signed to his district.
The letters were received
Tuesday from W. Jay Denhem,
Fay Webb and Tom Webb, who
all live near Turner They all
stated that the work of Dr. Fred
Lange is not satisfactory to
them and they desire the serv
ices of another veterinarian
The court ruled that the let
ters did not contain sufficient
reason to warrant the sending
of a substitute veterinarian.
Writers of the letters have been
asked to supply additional in
formation. Pittman Lived
At Monmouth
Prof. Marvin S. Pittman, who
with Prof. Robert Conklin was
killed by natives in northern Lu
zon on Christmas day, is believ
ed to have been the son of Dr.
Marvin o. Pittman who was
connected with Oregon Normal
school from 1912 for a period of
several years.
He served as director of rural
education, and the family is re-
membered by several persons
here, among them Cornelia Mar
vin Pierce, E. F. Carleton and
Ida May Smith.
The son, a child when the
Pittmans left here, was known
as "Buddy," and when reaching
maturity went into higher edu
cation. As an exchange profes
sor at the University of the Phil
ippines he was on leave from Mi
ami university, Ohio, where he
was assistant professor of geo
graphy. Midwest Flood
(Continued from Page 11
Engineers explained the evac
uation is merely a precautionary
move. It has not been definite
ly decided as yet if the flood
way is to be opened.
Vinccnnes was putting up a
stiff fight against the river,
which was inches below the 19
foot floodwall. If the river
shoold spill over, large residen
tial sections would be affected
first. The river crested last night
further upstream at Terre Haute,
but the crest was moving south
ward toward Vinccnnes.
Ohio Steadily Rising
The Ohio river continued a
steady rise in southern Illinois.
More rain is expected tomorrow
in the Ohio valley. At Rosiclare,
111., water covered Front street
and 40 business houses closed or
their stocks were moved to high
er ground. About 250 of the
2,000 residents were homeless.
Old Shawneetown, 111., was
isolated. Truck, boat and auto
mobile relays took food and mail
into the town.
In the Carmi, 111., area, the
Red Cross used trucks, boats and
men to evacuate residents of
Maunie, Rising Sun, Concord and
New Haven, 111., all on the Wab
ash or Little Wabash. About two
thirds of the 1,450 residents of
the four towns refused to leave
their homes. Residents who have
beep evacuated are living in
private homes or box cars at
Carmi.
Board Raises
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The present lowest scale for
doctors at Institutions is $480 to
$580 a month and the highest
given to psychiatric physicians
from $600 to $700 a month.
The lowest scale for the pub
lic health doctors runs from $550
to $650 a month and the highest
from $650 to $750 a month.
Ryan also reported to the
board that steps have been tak
en to vacate both the third and
second floors of the state blind
school, which was condemned as
a fire hazard by Fire Chief Wil
liam Roble last week.
Blind School Vacated
The third floor, Ryan reported
had already been vacated and the
second floor will be vacated by
Tuesday. The plan adopted,
pending construction of a new
school building authorized by
the state emergency board, is to
use the first floor and basement
only, with the dining room on
the first floor and classes on the
same floor as well as in the
basement of the boys' dormitory.
The music room and gymnasi
um on the second floor will be
used one hour daily under su
pervision, Ryan also reported.
Plans are being drawn for the
now school and the board of con
trol expects to call for bids for
the job, estimated to cost $300,
000, at an early meeting.
Tuesday, January 17, 19505
Little Relief
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Over in eastern Oregon sec
tions, varying temperatures were
reported. At Klamath Falls,
where it is supposed to be cold
at this time, the mercury was up
to 28, although up at Pendleton
it was seven below for the state's
coldest spot this morning. Along
the coast, temperatures varied
from around 31 to 35.
The 13-dcgree mark in Salem
was the fourth time this month
the mercury has dropped to that
figure, and on January 3 it was
down to 11 degrees.
Fuel shortages were being re--
ported from sections of the wea
ther-weary state, and from ma
ny areas came new reports of
extended shut-downs for the
logging and mill industries in
Oregon as well as throughout
the northwest.
Some Roads Reopened
Some roads were being re
opened, however. Both the North
and South Santiam passes were
re-opened to traffic today, tht
state highway department re
ported.
Country schools continued to
be closed in some sections of the
state due to the travel difficul
ties.
Six Southern Pacific trains
held up for hours in the high
Cascades resumed their runs late
yesterday, and reports stated
practically all bus and train
schedules were nearing normal
again around the state.
Drops from Firm Harold C.
Lamb has withdrawn as C. W.
Hedges' partner in the H. & L.
Logging company, documents
filed with the Marion county
clerk revealed Tuesday. A cer
tificate of retirement from the
firm was filed by both Lamb and
Hedges, while Hedges filed a
certificate of assumed business
name for H. & L. Logging com
pany. OSEA Meeting Postponed
The regular meeting of Salem
Chapter No. 1, Oregon State Em
ployes association, scheduled for
Wednesday night has been post
poned to next month.
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Wednesday, January 18
Headquarters and headquarters
company, 318th replacement depot.
Thursday, January 19
Organized Naval Reserve Surface
division, at Naval and Marine Corps
Reserve Training center.
Company G, 162nd Infantry regi
ment, Oregon National Guard, at
Salem armory.
894th Army Postal unit. Army Re
serves, at Army Reserve quonsec
huts.
6375th Station complement, Army
Reserves, at Army Reserve quonset
huts.
Ex-Prisoner Applications
Application blanks to be used ty
ex-prisoners of war in filing for
beneilts were received. Monaay as
the office of the Marion county
officer of veterans affairs.
Former prisoners of war will ba
paid one dollar for each day of con
finement on which the enemv did
not provide the quantity or quality
of food required by the Geneva
conference. March 1, 1951, will be
the deadline for filing these appli
cations.
Burch on Cruise
Seaman Apprentice Robert J.
Burch, USN, son nf Mr. and Mrs,
S. J. Burch of Route 3, Albany, Is
now completing a cruise In the Med
iterranean and northern European
waters. Burch, whose ship is the
destroyer uss waidron, is slated
to arrive in Norfolk, Va February 7.
Active Duly Offered
Veterans may now apply lor ex
tended active duty in the same
grade in which they wore discharged
under a new plan announced by Lt.
Col. J. W. Lewis, commanding offi
cer of the 2343rd Air Force Reserve
Training center, stationed at Port
land. The new program, which comes
under category "R," assures those
who are accepted of a full three
year period at the Portland airport.
This ofler Is made to enlisted per
sonnel only.
Men accepted will train and work
alongside the regular air force per
sonnel receive the same pay and
benefits.
Time spent is credited to Individ
ual's retirement and, at the end of
the three years, the category "R"
personnel may apply for another
three-year period.
o day's young men
Unlike Abe Lincoln
Need 'lecric light!
To help their thinlun'.
felted