2 Capital Journal, Salem,
Salem Commended for
Pure Water During '49
By STEPHEN A. STONE
Salem has Dure water.
A letter from Dr. Harold M.
officer, to City Manager J. L.
the fine condition of city water
"My attention has been drawn to the bacteriological record
LJ-: ,1
; i: 1
''('' '
: V : w 1
'V f
i .4 Jr. Ht,. U
Gerald R. Watson of Salem,
who underwent heart surgery
In Boston Monday, and is in
serious condition.
Gerald Watson
III in Boston
Critically ill In Boston with
an unusual ailment, and not ex
pected to live through the day,
Is Gerald D. Watson, 812 North
20th street, Salem.
Watson is being treated by on
eminent heart specialist and has
undergone heart surgery.
Watson was for some time as
sistant to Paul Hauscr, Salem
city treasurer, and left that of
fice in the summer of 1947. He
is now half owner of the Sunset
Donut company, 2362 North
Front street.
He is in Children's hospital.
Boston, In the same medical cen
ter as Peter Brent Brigham hos
pital where he was treated once
before.
In the operation performed
Monday part of the lower aorta,
main artery leading from the
heart, was removed and re
placed. He has received, it is
reported, 28 blood transfusions,
and if he survives the surgery
will require many others in com
ing weeks. Friends have been
Invited to donate blood for him
at the next visit of the Red Cross
bloodmobile January 30.
His wife- and mother of Sa
lem are with him.
New Gale Fans
Colorado Fire
Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan.
18 (P) Fires flared up again to
day in the ravaged area south of
here where a gale swept brush
fire left two soldiers dead and
three missing.
The blaze, started early yes
terday, leaped over more than
50 square miles, running on
winds of hurricane force. It
burned much of the east face of
Cheyenne mountain, singed the
palatial homes in the Broadmoor
district and ran across powder
dry prairies nearly to Fountain
Colo.
It was brought under control
after a shift in the wind last
night. But fresh winds from the
east today were starting up old
fires.
Weary firefighters sped to the
scene of each new blaze and
quickly brought most of them
under control.
Sprawling Camp Carson, war
time home of 30,000 troops, was
considered "out of danger" by
post officers barring a sudden
shift and upsurge of the wind,
It was fighting the fire when
It flared into the Carson build
ings yesterday in which one sol
dier was killed. Another died
this morning, There were 19
more In the post hospital, 10 of
them on the critical list.
A check of personnel during
the night showed three missing.
Names of the dead, missing
and Injured were not released by
army authorities pending noti
fication of next of kin.
Buses Fail to Run
WesfofCorvallis
Corvallis, Jan. 18 (P) Bus
service on the Oregon Motor
Stages lines between Corvallis,
Toledo and Newport was dis
continued lute yesterday and will
rot be resumed until two-way
traffic on the highway has been
restored.
The highway 20 between Cor
Vallis and Newport has been bu
ried under heavy snow and one
way traffic is now in effect at
various points.
Between Salem and the coast
Stages are maintaining all sche
dules with a minimum of weath
er disturbance near here, but
some trouble in the Falls City
area.
Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1950
Erickson of Portland, stale health
Franzen commends the city for
through li)4a.
fof the balcm water supply dur
ing 1949," he writes. "Water
samples have been submitted to
an approved laboratory regular
ly each month and the reports
have shown the water to be free
of coliform bacteria in every
portion examined. This indl
cates that every sample was of
safe bacteriological quality.
"This is a very fine record,
and we wish to take this oppor
tunity to commend you and your
staff for this accomplishment.
Such results reflect careful oper
ation of the water system."
The secret of Salem's good wa
ter is a system of checking every
hour of the day and night, City
Manager Franzen explained.
At the Stayton Island source,
as for practically every city, it
is necessary to put a certain
amount of chlorine into the wa
ter. Chlorine dissipates Itself as it
attacks bacteria. To be sure
enough chlorine is put into the
water It Is necessary that some
remain when the water reaches
the city system. This is the pur
pose of the hourly test, which
is known as the chlorine resi
due check. It's made every hour
oi tne Z4.
But that isn't all. Every day
three samples of the water are
tested against coliform bacteria
This is done by a chemist.
And once a week reports of the
tests are sent to the state board
of health in Portland. And then
the state board has Its own test
made each month.
Hop Markets
Strengthening
Portland, Jan. 18 () The hop
market influenced by a compar
atively low European crop and
an Increase of about 10 cents
pound in parity prices, was
strong during the last three
weeks, the U. S. department of
agriculture reported today.
The USDA said the European
crop has not proved as large as
expected. Czechoslovakia, whose
hops have long been one of that
country's major exports, pro
duced 9,612,000 pounds, com
pared with a pre-war average
of 21,402,000.
Oregon trading in hops was
light, though the market stayed
firm. A few small lots of 1949
regular seeded clusters sold at
60 cents a pound. A larger lot
of seedless hops with only 2 per
cent leaf and stem content sold
at 80 cents. .
Reports indicated that at least
80 per cent of the prospective
1950 crop has been placed under
contract. The latest transactions
set 60 cents a pound for seeded
clusters and 65 to 70 cents for
seedless, on the basis of 6 per
cent leaf and stems.
Fight Confirmation
Of Gus Solomon
Washington, Jan. 18 Iff) A
dispute was growing today over
whether to confirm President
Truman's appointment of Gus
V. Solomon, Portland, as fed
eral district judge in Oregon,
The federal judiciary commit
tee of the American Bar associa
tion has opposed the appoint
ment, charging that it was made
for "political reasons."
Sen. Wayne L. Morse (R..
Ore.), however, told the associa
tion he would support the ap
pointment unless someone
brought forth evidence to show
Solomon unqualified.
Oregon's other senator, Guy
Cordon, conferred with the
chairman of the senate Judiciary
committee today over the ap
pointment. The judiciary com
mittee will hold a hearing on
Solomon's nomination along
with other similar nominations
later on.
16 Inches of Snow
Coyer Central Oregon
Prlneville, Jan. 18 W) The
deepest snow in 15 years cov
ered this central Oregon area
today, causing trouble to mo
torists, but delight to farmers.
Sixteen inches of snow 11
of it new promised relief from
the drought that plagued ranch
ers last summer. There were
three feet of snow at the head
waters of Ochoco creek, which
feeds the big reservoir.
Twenty-two inches of snow
fell at Sisters last night. All
rural roads were closed. There
were drifts as high as eight feet
on some routes around Bend
Small Craft Warnings
Continued Cape Blanco
Seattle, Jan. 18 m The wea
tht-r bureau issued the following
advisory warning today:
Continue small craft warn
ings 7 a.m. Tatoosh Island to
Cape Blanco and through Strait
of Juan De Fuca for easterly
winds 25-33 mph."
Bearcats Hope
For New Game
Willamette university has
hopes of arranging one or two
outstanding games for its foot
ball squad in the not distant fu
ture, but nothing definite in this
connection has been decided
upon. This was the report of
Chester "Stack" Stackhouse, di
rector of athletes upon his re
turn to the campus Wednesday
after several weeks absence.
Coach Stackhouse while at
tending the sessions of the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic asso
ciation in New York City, con
ferred with the director of ath
letics of the University of Ha
waii. Nothing was decided upon
concerning a proposed grid con
test between the two institu
tions for next fall. "We hope to
arrange such a contest, even
tually" said Stackhouse.
The "sanity code" fight in
the N. C. A. A. was a bitter one
and it is by no means settled
said the Willamette director. He
added that the small schools
could be a determining factor
should they become aroused
over the situation.
Air Attacks on
Chinese Cities
Taipei, Formosa, Jan. 18 (P)
Canton and Shanghai were at
tacked yesterday in stepped-up
air operations against the Chi
nese communist mainland, the
nationalists announced today,
(Hong Kong dispatches said
the Canton raid was the big
gest yet. Nationalist Mustang
fighter - bombers swooped over
the city and environs i n waves,
bombing and strafing targets in
the city and shipping in the Pearl
river. Chinese press reports said
23 civilians were killed and
scores wounded.)
Air force headquarters said
the Celestial River airfield at
Canton was damaged and four
200-ton motorships in the Pearl
river were destroyed.
Lunghwa airport at Shanghai
was left in bad shape after the
planes on that operation fin
ished their mission, the air force
asserted.
It also declared nationalist
planes sank 30 craft In an at
tack on communist shipping
gathering for an invasion of
Chu Shan island, nationalist
blockade base 100 miles south
of Shanghai.
Nationalist naval headquar
ters reported warships shelling
Hangchow bay and Red-held is
lands of the Chusan group in a
night action, blew up ammuni
tion dumps, demolished many
gun emplacements, and sank
two big Red junks.
Punch Bowl
Blast Burns 8
Detroit, Jan. 18 VP) Calamity
was an unbidden guest at the
AFL Cooks' union party last
night.
Eight guests at the union's cel
ebrated Istag party were injured
four seriously when the
"Cafe Diablo" in the punch bowl
blew up.
Flaming fluid was hurled
across the table by the force of
the blast.
The victims included some of
Detroit's most prominent citi
zens.
Recorder's Judge Joseph A.
Gillis and Malcolm W. Bingav.
editorial director of the Detroit
Free Press, were badly burned.
Both were in hospitals today
along with others scorched by a
tongue of fire which guests said
extended 20 feet.
Circuit Judge Ira W. Jayne
was burned in extinguishing i
blaze in Blngay's clothing. Bin
gay and Judge Gillis suffered
bad burns about the head and
face.
The lighting and serving of
the "Cafe Diablo" was to have
been the high point of the ban
quet s splendor.
Each year the Cooks union
pitches this party, a gourmet's
treat.
Celebrated citizens are invit
ed. Seventy were at hand this
time in a seventh floor room of
the AFL s labor temple.
The "Cofe Diablo" you also
know it as "Devil's Coffee" is
a burning brew of coffee and
liquor.
From a great, glass Dunch
bowl between two arms of the
U-shaped banquet table the brew
DANCE
Tonight
CRYSTAL
GARDENS
Old Time
and
Modern
74c including tax
Ex WAC First to Receive
Insurance Dividend Check
Former GIs of the Salem area
National Service Life Insurance
Probably the first ex-Wac to
was Susan Faherty, of the Marion county Red Cross office. Miss
Faherty, an officer in the Wacs,
in the Monday morning mail and
that same day deposited it at
the U. S. National bank, Ladd
& Bush branch.
There'll be no frivilous things
out of that check for the former
Wac officer. Her dividend goes
right back Into insurance. She
will use It in paying her prem
iums. Miss Faherty's number
was L918000.
Several other former service
people also received their checks
and banks in this area have be
gun to receive them. United
States National's Ladd & Bush
branch cashed at least one other
dividend check besides Miss
Faherty's check.
First National Bank by Wed
nesday morning had cashed nine
of the checks. The largest divi
dend check received there was
for $396, while the smallest was
one for $83.
Other checks were for $150,
$260, $88, $203, $180, $90. and
$220. The lowest insurance ser
ial number on dividend checks
received by that bank ended
with 001, while the highest end
ed with 011.
Both the West Salem branch
of the United States National
bank and the Willamette Val
ley bank in the Hollywood dis
trict cashed one check each. It
was a West Salem resident that
presented the check for cash
ing at the West Salem bank and
a resident of Salem that cashed
his check at the Willamette Val
ley bank.
All banks in the area em
phasized the fact that the ex
GIs who have dividend checks
to cash should take care to pre
sent proper identification when
bringing the checks for cash
ing. Pickets Close
63 Groceries
San Francisco, Jan. 18 (P)
Sixty-three Safeway stores here
and in Daly City were closed
today following a refusal of
butchers and teamsters to cross
the striking clerk's picket lines.
The strike, brought about by
345 AFL clerks and managers
of the company, is in its third
day.
Retail operations manager,
Quentin Reynolds, said:
"We made an effort to keep
these stores open but we are
unable to get supplies to our
stores, therefore, continued oper
ation is impossible."
Approximately half of the
stores had operated with skele
ton crews during the first two
days of the strike.
The clerks were called out
Monday in a dispute over in
cluding store managers in the
new clerks' contract. The strike
brought to 138 the strike-bound
Safeway stores in the Bay area.
Seventy-six stores have been
struck in Contra Costa and Ala
meda counties across the bay
since mid-September.
Seattle Officers
Visit Naval Facility
Flying a twin-engine Beach-
craft, Lt. Comdr, Thomas Bon
durant and Comdr. W. W. Jones
were in Salem Wednesday from
Seattle to confer with Lt. Com
dr. Wallace Hug, officer in
charge of the Salem Naval Air
Facility.
Bondurant is from the Naval
Air Reserve unit at the Naval
Air Station in Seattle and Jones
is from the office of the direc
tor of naval reserves from the
13th Naval district. Jones, as
sistant director in charge of the
volunteer air reserve units, plans
another trip into this area at a
later date, visiting volunteer
units throughout Oregon.
was already .giving out a gentle
blue flame. Brandy was being
poured into it.
Then it blew up. Flame cas
caded across the table.
"It looked like a flame throw
er," said Circuit Judge Miles N.
Culehan, a guest.
COMING
FRI., JAN. 20
GLENWOOD
America's Tap
Western Attraction
SONS OF
THE PIONEERS
&the
"HOLLYWOOD
OUTLAWS"
4 Hour Dance
I Show
1.25
Adm.
Plus Tax
this week began receiving their
dividend checks.
get one of the light green checks
received her check for $78.20
Renovation of
Hotel Finished
Renovation of the interior of
the Marlon hotel was this week
completed and dining and coffee
shop facilities and the new cock
tail lounge opened Wednesday.
The remodelling program of
the hotel has included not only
the re-decorating and refurnish
ing of all of the rooms In the
hotel but renovation of all of the
banquet rooms, the kitchen, the
coffee shop, the dining room and
the lobby and construction of
cocktail lounge.
Modernistic glass and brass
doors have been installed on
both the South Commercial
street and Ferry street entrances,
In the coffee shop two horseshoe
shaped counters and booths have
been constructed.
The manager of the hotel,
Guido Clerico, in announcing
the completion of the renovation
of the interior of the hotel stated
that the hotel expects to start
work In the spring on the ex
terior of the hotel.
Asks Funds to
Fight Budworm
Governor Douglas McKay
asked congress today to hur
ry up and appropriate $900,000
to fight the spruce budworm.
He said speed is needed be
cause the only time during the
year that the pest can be kill
ed is in late May or early June.
The state emergency board re
cently gave $197,000 for the
state's share of the project.
"Without an early federal ap
propriation, most of the control
work will have to be abandon
ed," the governor said.
"Timber killing is already In
progress and forest entomolo
gists estimate that unless large
scale control is undertaken this
June, trees will be killed on at
least 800,000 acres.
'Such a danger threatening
our forest economy and the jobs
of 91,000 forest workers must
be met quickly and forcibly. Co
operation in obtaining this ap
propriation has been requested
from Oregon's congressional
delegation."
State Forester George Spaur
said more than 2,250,000 acres
of timber lands in Oregon are
infested with this tree-killing
pest.
He said that if congress pro
vides its share of the money,
1,000,000 gallons of DDT would
be sprayed this year by more
than 70 airplanes.
Union Objects to
Job Classification
Portland, Jan. 18 VP) The
Pacific Coast Metal Trades Union
council objects to a government
proposal to revise workers' pay
classifications at navy ship
yards.
Jack Hollinsworth, Bremer
ton, Wash., told the council yes
terday it would break down
craft standards. He explained
the government wants all ship
yard workers grouped in four
pay classes. Hollinsworth said
this would reduce the pay of
most of the union members.
..'.9ue" riyr
I m Just the 'Bw
Inciting J!lPii'2lL
Type!" JHkfjX
2nd Aee Hit! Color
Robert Lowery 'U:MLu,MU lO' Cartoon
" Pamela Blake in nignWuy l? News
Work to Clear
Flight Airways
Both the state and the city
employes were working Wed
nesday morning on the runways
at Salem's McNary field, hoping
to clear them so that the United
Air Lines' evening flight- can
land here.
Last of the UAL flights to
come into Salem was the Satur
day night flight. Since that
either slush on the runways or
windrows of ice and snow on the
side of the runways have pre
vented the landing of the large
planes here.
Work was started on clearing
the runways Sunday. They were
cleared to a width of 90 to 100
feet with a city grader, which
piled snow to a depth of about
three feet in some places along
the edge. A maximum width of
150 feet is required before a
carrier type plane can use a
runway and before the city could
complete its job the snow and
ice had frozen too solidly to be
moved by the grader.
-Wednesday morning Airport
Manager Charles Barclay se
cured the services of a state
highway department snowplow
and the local UAL station man
ager, Hal Sweeney, reported
that he thought at least one of
the runways would be cleared
by mid-afternoon.
All flights that ordinarily
would have stopped in Salem
during the day, with the excep
tion of the evening northbound,
had previously . been cancelled
because of bad weather south of
Salem. Runways at the Eugene
airport' were reported in about
the same condition as those at
Salem, preventing landing there,
and at Medford and Eureka the
weather had closed in and pre
vented landings.
$20,000 Lumber Mill
Fire at Redmond
Redmond, Jan. 18 VP) Fire
early today caused an estimated
$20,000 damage and shut down
part of the Tite Knot pine mill's
operations here.
The blaze broke out at 3:30
a.m. in the boiler house, on one
of the winter's coldest nig!!
with the thermometer at 3 below
zero
The 30 by 60-foot building
was heavily damaged as were
two conveyors and the heat-
warped stacks.
The dry-kilns and other oper
ations requiring steam from the
mill s two big boilers will be
shut down for a week or more
while temporary repairs are
made.
Phil Dahl, one of the own
ers, said the boiler house will
be rebuilt when the weather
gets warmer.
The planer will run as long as
dry lumber is available, he said.
Armed Forces Strength
Totals 1,555,200
Washington, Jan. 18 UP) The
manpower strength of the na
tion's armed forces totaled 1,
555,200 at the end of 1949 the
Walter Pidgeon
Peter Lawford
Janet Leigh in
"RED DANUBE"
Richard Conte
Lee J. Cobb in
"THIEVES'
HIGHWAY"
TODAY!
It's That Sixxling
Shelley Again!
Last land of lure for ad
venturer, renegade and
outcast . . . where your
past is your passport . . .
and no questions asked!
Shelley Winters
MacDonald Carey
Helena Carter
defense department announced
today.
This was 72,000 more than the
combined armed strength pro
posed in the president's budget
for the year starting July 1.
The strength of the services
on Dec. 31 was:
Army 643,400; navy 415,600;
air force 415,000; marine corps
81,200.
Coal Rationing
In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Jan. 18 OP) Coal
rationing -was ordered by retail
dealers today in this coal capi
tal. With the strike of more than
85,000 soft coal miners tighten
ing its pinch on the nation's
economy, the retail coal mer
chants association said available
supplies will be rationed with
first priority going to such es
sential users as hospitals and
food processors.
One of John L. Lewis' in
fluential lieutenants, President
John P. Busarcllo of United
Mine Works district five, said
he was using his staff to try to
get the striking diggers back in
the pits next Monday. Lewis
has suggested they resume pro
duction. Over, the country, Americans
are learning the hard way that
bituminous (soft coal) is basic.
Above-ground coal supplies
are dwindling. Railroad service
has been curtailed. In Pittsburgh,
coal-hungry power companies
predict they 11 soon have to ra
tion electricity.
As a result, 300 big industries
in the steel capital of the world
may have to shut down.
Less than three weeks ago the
United Mine Workers' new
checkerboard strike strategy ap
peared. Instead of a nationawlde
coal strike, the miners have
struck in segments one group
returning to work as another
walked out.
Heavy Warm Rain
Rogue River Area
Grants Pass, Jan. 18 (IP) Hea
vy rain and unseasonally high
temperatures are clearing the
snow from the main highways
and bringing a threat of floods
in the Rogue valley.
The minimum this morning at
Prospect, near the headwaters
of the Rogue, was 33 degrees
with rain turning a seven-foot
snow pack to slush.
Since early today, the Rogue
at Grants Pass has been rising
more than a half foot per hour.
If the rate continues, flood stage
will be reached early Thursday.
STARTS TODAY - OPEN 6:45
. ftffityBoor SAMMO irl
funniest Kcfaw of J
MARIE WILSON. '.
j Hwoni
sty,
mi ontmai inn
Of fJW
favorite .
radio siiow.
lima
SECOND FEATURE
"STATE DEPT. FILE 649"
in Color with
William Lundiran, Virginia Bruce
ENDS TODAY!
(WED.)
PHONE 3-3721
TOMORROW! TWO RE-ISSUED HITS!
RIPPED FROM HISTORY'S PAGES!
nfff?M tHinonofBcm i
VnlflAU' HUtOKAMfftKANS E I
HW'' WHO.WIHIMa El J
jf FROM THE. HEASTjOfj ! MATH, MRS Jr
. iUHBtKArpsiTHEIIiat). ! M!!!!?2 vST
DM) wmm
Preston FOSTER t- Lfoyd, NOLAN
William' BENDIXj.RicliardJlONTE
Winy QUINN
g. . CKmtMt fay tfWU S0U
Mod by UTAH For
VISUM Austa .
COLOR CARTOON
RaC-?
Try Again to
Float 'Big Mo'
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 18 UP) The
next attempt to float the 45,000
ton battleship Missouri, stuck on
a mudbank in Chesapeake bay
near Old Point Comfort, will be
made tonight, the navy an
nounced. It was decided to make no
effort to float the huge battle- -
wagon on high tide this fore
noon but to use a dredge to re
move some of the mud blocking
her way back to the main ship
channel. At high tide about 9'
o'clock tonight It is expected the
16 tugs which failed to budge
the "Mighty Mo" In their first
attempt last night will try again.
The last of the Missouri's fuel
oil was being removed today. If
that doesn't help her ammuni
tion will be taken off tomorrow,
the navy said.
Naval officers pointed out that
tides will be progressively low
er until January 26 when the
moon changes, and that the bat
tleship went aground at high
tide yesterday.
Duplicate Bridge
Tourney Winners
In the first of a series of du
plicate bridge tournaments pre
liminary to the regional meet
ing at Portland next month, Mrs.
Stuart Thede and W. E. Kimsey
were high among 20 competing
teams at the Elks Bridge club.
Second were Mrs. Arthur Bih
egar and Mrs. William Wood,
while third place went to Mrs.
Dewey Howell and John Pugh
of Shedd.
Master points were won by C.
L. Frasier of Albany, W. F. Lea
ry and Mr. Pugh in the January
special tournament, while sec
ond place honors went to Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur L. Lewis, and
Mrs. Frasier and Mrs. Pugh. '
Four more tournaments are
scheduled before the Portland
competition. The first will be
held Friday evening, January
20, while the others are on suc
cessive Mondays all somewhat
dependent upon weather condi
tions.' Local tournaments are held at
the Salem Elks club with many
players coming from Corvallis,
Albany, Shedd and Brownsville.
Gervais Stanlpv F.hllro fa n
patient at the Veterans hospital
in Portland.
Mat. Daily From 1 P.M.
. Now! Meet the Girl
Cary Grant Married!
Now! Opens 6:45 P.M.
RedSkelton
"FULLER BRUSH MAN"
Phil Harris
"I LOVE
A BANDLEADER"
FUN CO-HIT!
mamm
Walt Disney's "DUMBO" and
"SALUDOS AMIGOS"
OPENS 6:45 P.M.
AH DREWS CONTE 6RANGB
Km OmM Mr
0'SHEA BARRY MARSHALL
LATE NEWS '