Local Paragraphs
Bids on Traffic Lights The
state highway commission will
call lor bids early in February
for installation of traffic lights
at South Commercial and Owens
street and at Portland road and
Lana avenue. The call will be
made at a meeting in Portland
when the commission issues a
call for bids totaling about $2,
500,000. Truck Ablaze on Bridge Fire
equipment was called to the
Polk county approach of the
Center street bridge shortly
after 6 o'clock Saturday evening
when a truck driven by R. J
Short of Dallas caught fire. The
blaze had been extinguished by
the driver when the firemen ar-
rived. He said that gasoline that
had escaped from the tank had
been ignited by a short in the
wiring.
March of Dimes Coffee Hour
It's free coffee at the Capitol
coffee shop Tuesday morning,
located in the state capitol
building, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott are
serving free coffee and all con
tributions placed in the minia
ture iron lung will go to the
March of Dimes. The novel
Idea will aid the March of
Dimes campaign.
Townsend Clubs Central
Townsend club No. 6 will meet
Monday night at 259 Court
street for open forum. Town
send Victory club No. 17 will
meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. Olive Rcd
daway, 1421 North Church
street.
Minard Rites Held Funeral
services for Michael Monroe
Minard, 61, of Dora, who died
at a Myrtle Point hospital Thurs
day, were held at Dora Monday
afternoon. He was a brother
of S. L. Minard, of Salem. Min
ard was born near Dora June
22. 1882, and is also survived
by two children, two sisters and
two other brothers.
Hubbard Rites Tuesday Fu
neral services for Pearl Hub
bard, 76, of Marquam, will be
held at Molalla Tuesday at 2
o'clock with burial In Miller
cemetery. He is survived by
three brothers and two sisters.
Edmond R. Hubbard, Portland
Archie R. Hubbard, Salem; Bert
M. Hubbard, Ocean Lake; Mrs.
Delia King, Fossil and Mrs. Mil
dred James, Molalla.
Elva Kesterson Dies Mrs.
Elva Kesterson, of Vancouver,
..Wash., half-sister of Mrs. Annie
J. Tuttle, Salem, died at Port
land Sunday. Funeral services
will be held at 11 o'clock Wed
nesday in Portland with vault
entombment at Damascus cem
etery. She is also survived by
her husband, Charles Kesterson;
two children and five grandchil
dren. McKay Will Speak Governor
Douglas McKay is scheduled to
speak on "Oregon and Its Po
tentialities" at the Monday eve
ning dinner and installation of
officers of Portland Federation
of Community Clubs, Inc.
- Club Date Changed The Jol
ly Neighbors of Brown road
have changed the regular date
of meeting and will be at the
home of Mrs. Mehling Friday.
Coast Gardeners Elect Mrs.
William Wood is the new presi
dent of the Depot Bay Gardeners.
Other officers are Mrs. Orie Ro
malne, first vice president; Mrs.
Emil Seiffert, second vice pres
ident and Mrs. Roy Riley, secretary-treasurer.
Egg Prices Drop Buying
prices for top grades of eggs
dropped a cent here Monday
morning, following similar
changes in Portland. Large AA
are listed at 35 cents here, A
grade 32-36 cents, medium A at
32 cents (unchanged) and me
dium A, 29-30 cents, all buying
prices. All other produce prices
remained unchanged here for
the day.
BORN
The Capital Journal Welcomes
the Following New Citizens:
RICH To Mr. and Mrs. fitanler Rich.
St tha Sllrtrton hospital, a girl. Jan. 19.
JZLX To Mr. and Mrt. Joseph Jell ot
Canbr, Jan. 31, a son at Slrrertoa hospi
tal. MtHilOAH To Mr. and Mrs. William
A. MuUltsn, 31S Norwar. at the Salem
General hospital, a flrl, Jan. 33.
LAPIN To Mr. and Mrs. Stanley la
pln, rout 3 boa 313-B, at the Salem
Oeneral hospital, a tlrl, Jan. 33.
BARRY To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Barry, BSs H. Church, at the Salem Cen
tral hospital, a boy, Jan. 33.
REI9 To Mr. and Mrs. William Rets,
Sclo. at the Sslera Memorial hospital, a
flrl, Jan. 33.
RUSSELlr To Mr. and Mrs. Harold E.
Russell Jr., Sublimity, at the Salem Mem
orial hospital, a slrl, Jan. 33.
WOODS To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Woods, route 7 box 307, at the Salem
. Memorial hospital, a -boy, Jan. 33.
POLK To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Polk,
loll Elm, at the Salem Oeneral hospital,
a flrl, Jan. 33.
HUNTER To Mr. and Mrs. James Hun
ter, 083 N Liberty, at the Salem General
hospital, a boy, Jan. 33.
AOALZOF7 To Mr. and Mrs. John
Atalzoff, route 3 box 856, at the Sftlem
Oeneral hospital, a alrl, Jan. 33.
DAILET To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde nailer.
340 w, Ewald, at the Salem General
hospital, a llrl, Jan. 33.
WATERS To Mr. and Mrs. James Wat
ers. 1330 8. 17, at the Salem Oeneral hos
pital, a flrl, Jan. 31.
FORRETTE To Mr. and Mrs. Cyril
Porrette, stayton, at the Salem Memorial
hospital, a flrl, Jan. 31.
HAT To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hsy,
route 0 box 880, at the Salem Memorial
hospital, a boy, Jan. 31.
WOLP To Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Wolf,
1470 3nd, Burton, at the Salem Memorial
hospital, a boy, Jan. II.-
WOODRUM To Mr. and Mrs. M'lvln
Woodrum. 1B84 state, at ihp Salem Mem
trial hospital, a boy, Jan. U.
Embalmers Board Carlos
W. Morris, Medford, and Ben
O. Coleman, St. Helens, were
appointed by Governor Douglas
McKay today to the state em
balmers examining board. They
succeed Glen S. Macy, McMinn-
ville, and W. L. Finley, Jr.,
Portland. The terms are for two
years.
Two Burglaries Police re
ports Monday listed two separ
ate house burglaries as a result
of week-end criminal activity in
Salem. A window and screen
were forced at the John Zer-
zan residence at 1845 John street.
There, a total of some $21 in
cash, a $5.76 check and a $30
ring were stolen. A window
was forced open at the R. O.
Larson home at 678 North Com
mercial street, but nothing was
found to be missing.
Mrs. McGee Home Mrs.
Frederick Arthur McGee, 81V
Mill, and Infant son, were dis
missed over the week-end from
the Salem Memorial hospital.
Leave General Leaving the
Salem General hospital over the
week-end with recently born in
fants were Mrs. Delmer Doyle
and son, 219 High; Mrs. Donald
Lundeen and daughter, Indepen
dence Rt. 1 Box 133; Mrs. Loren
Hicks and son, Rt. 8 Box 30;
Mrs. Dan Hinshelm and son, Mill
City; Mrs. Robert Clark and son,
562 N. 14th and Mrs. Robert
Elmlund and son, Rt. 1 Box 339.
Probe Airfield Arson Em
ployes of various McNary field
enterprises were called to Salem
police headquarters Monday as
a probe of the arson of a small
hangar and planes at the airport
continued. The investigation
was being conducted by city po
lice as well as Fire Chief W. P.
Roble and separately by state
officers. The purpose of the
interrogations Monday was ap
parently to establish possible ar
son motives.
Wrights Are Parents Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Wright of Port
land are the parents of a girl,
born in Portland Monday morn
ing. The baby has been named
Rebecca Susanne and weighed
8 pounds IVz ounces. Mrs.
Wright is the former Patricia
Leary of Salem.
Coast Bids Rejected All bids
submitted last week for the con
struction of the proposed sewage
treatment plant at Oceanlake
have been rejected by the city
council. All the bids exceeded
the estimate of $33,000 of the
engineer by 50 percent. Lowest
bidder was H. G. Carl, Salem,
with $5?., 500. The bids ranged
upward to $81,308. Another call
for bids will be issued by the
council in the near future.
Lansing to Talk Walter Lan
sing, state police captain, will
address the Salem Kiwanls club
Tuesday noon. His talk will deal
with safety factors on the high
ways.
Optimists Meet The Salem
Optimists club will forego its
customary weekly luncheon for
a dinner to be held at the Sena
tor hotel at 7 o'clock Thursday:
night. At that time plans for
forming an Optimistress auxili
ary will be discussed. Guests
will include Louis Larson, Op
timistress governor for the dis
trict, and Barney Bell, district
lieutenant governor. Kermit
Peterson will preside. New mem
bers to be introduced will be E
A. Gamford, Robert Allen, Don
Griffith and Glenn Chaloupka.
Entertainment numbers will be
provided by Mary Parke, vocal
ist, and Virginia Benner, pian
ist. . Contract Drawn Up Marlon
county and Warren Northwest
contractors have entered Into
contract for the improvement of
Southview Place. The county
had previously accepted Warren
Northwest's bid.
Rummage sale over Green
baum's Wed., Jan. 25. 20'
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. If
you miss your Capital Journal.
Wood slat Venetian blinds
can be made like new by re
painting and adding new tape
and cord. Call 2-3639 Reinholdt
& Lewis for free estimate. 19
Ringlet machine permanent
wave $2.50 complete. Beauty
Shop, 250 S. Cottage St. Ph.
3-4844. 19
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal.
Specials! dresses $5, $10, &
$15, formerly $8.95 to $32.75.
Coats $15 to $25, formerly
$22.95 to $49.75. Lorman's, 1109
Edgewater. West Salem. Open
unitl 7 every evening. 21
LeGray Boarding & Training
Kennels. Phone 3-1398. 26
Knabe Grand Piano, mahoga
ny. Phone 3-4641. 21
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal.
Exclusive presentation Imper
ial wallpapers. R.L. Elfstrom Co
Johns-Manville shingles ap
plied by Mathis Bros., 164 S
Com'l, Free estimate. Ph. 34642
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal.
Quiz Suspects
On Burglaries
Salem detectives were sched
uled to continue interrogations
of two prisoners Monday in an
effort to secure information con
cerning a series of burglaries in
the city.
The pair Harold B. Lancelle,
29, and David K. Cook, 35, both
of 635 South Liberty street
were held on forgery charges
They were arrested by state po
lice for attempted burglary in
Hillsboro and a check protector
stolen in a burglary of the West
Coast Fast Freight office in Sa
lem, was found in their pos
session.
The forgery charge was based
on some $400 worth of worthless
checks written with the check
machine and passed among mer
chants of the Salem area.
Detectives had flashed a warn
ing concerning possible forger
ies after the freight office burg
lary, but merchants operating
businesses on the outskirts of the
city fell victim to the bogus
checks.
Detectives Monday still had no
information which could tie the
duo directly to the freight com
pany burglary or others in the
Salem area, but their identity in
the check scheme was presum
ably established by merchants
who were victimized.
When nabbed, the men had
money bags from a Salem bank
in addition to tools and a gun.
Cook was identified as a linol
eum layer for a Salem firm. He
was reported to have served time
in a Wisconsin penal institution.
Pi Beta Phi Elect Diane
Procter, Portland, has been el
ected president of the Willam
ette university chapter of Pi
Beta Phi. Others named to of
fice were: Janet Stark, Portland,
first vice president; Kay Stark,
Portland, second vice president;
Nancy Adams, Brooks, corre
sponding secretary; Sue Mellor,
Portland, treasurer; Martha Be-
nard, Portland, recording secre
tary, Margie Gulce, Seattle,
pledge supervisor; LuDene Har-
grave, Portland, rush captain;
jeannette Gilbertson, Gresham
panhellenic representative; Car-
olann Snarr, San Bruso, Cal., so
cial chairman and Martha Be-
nard, Portland, song leader.
McMullen Named In a
cent election held by the Wil
lamette university chapter of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Bob Mc
Mullen of Taft, Ore., was elect
ed president for the spring se
mester. Voted to serve with him
were: Bob Shangle, Medord, vice
president; Claude Nordhill,
Newberg, correspondent; Gene
Peyton, Klamath Falls, treas
urer; Don Pritchett, Bend,
chronicler; Dick Brouwer, Sa
lem, warden; Cliff Girod, Salem
herald, and Jim Ellis, Salem,
recorder.
Hit-Run Accidents Two hit
run accidents were listed by
balem police over Hie week-end.
In one, a car belonging to Hol
land P. Eastland of McMinnville
was the victim of an accident
near the intersection of 12th and
Mission streets. In the other, a
traffic pole light at the inter
section of Highland avenue and
Portland road was toppled by
a hit-run driver.
Car Recovered An automo
bile, reported stolen by Robin
O. Mlon, 392 South High street,
was recovered by Salem police
in the 200 block on Ferry street
where it was apparently aban
doned. File for OfficeCircuit Judge
Fred McHenry, Corvallis, and
State Rep. Vilas L. Shepard,
Clatskanie democrat, filed their
candidacies today for reelection.
Chemical Society
Meets January 28
The monthly meeting of the
Oregon section, American Chem
ical society, will be held Jan
uary 28 on the Willamette uni
versity campus, Professor
Charles H. Johnson, conference
host announces.
Dr. Ralph H. Muller from
New York university will be the
featured speaker in the Collins
hall auditorium at 8 o'clock.
Topic of his talk will be "Instru
mentation," a subject he has
written several articles on in the
last few years for "Analytical
Chemistry."
A dinner at 6:30 in Lausanne
hall and a business meeting at
7:30 In Collins hall will precede
the lecture.
COURT NEWS
Probate Court
Arthur 7. Hob&rt estate: Order ap
points Theodore R. Hobart administra
tor and ROMoe Lamler appralaer.
Albert Ina Semke eatate: Order approves
final account, directs parment ot claims
and distribution of estate.
District Court
Larceny br bailee: Harold L. Smith,
continued tor plea to January 34th, ball
1750.
Police Court
FoTterj: Harold B. Lane fie and David
K. Cook, both of Ut tteuth liberty, held.
Reckleas drlTlnt: Bus en W.
route 4, Albany, ball ISO.
Drunk and disorderly: VlrtU t. Sloan,
taso McCoy, bail mo.
Marriage Licenses
Benlamie User. 38. farmer. Peoria.
nitnots, and Helta UarL M, domesUe,
lUlTtrtoa,
Arrive In a Cold World Snow or not, lambs have to be
born. These baby sheep arrived at the Ike Reimer place in
the Perrydale district of Polk county while the snow was
deepest. They don't mind much, you can tell that by the ex
pression on their faces, and then, too, they are dressed in
all-wool. The lamb on the left is about a week-old, the other
only a couple of days. (Photo by Abel)
Bulldozers
Cause Damage
Privately - owned bulldozers
hired by the county to clear
snow off the Bridge Creek road
in the Crooked Finger area have
caused several hundred dollars
damage to the road, the Marion
county court reported Monday.
Due to the demand for bull
dozers during the recent period
of heavy snows, the county was
unable to send its own crews
out to work on all the roads. It
was necessary to hire private
bulldozers to do some of the
work, the court explained.
The persons who operated
bulldozers on the Bridge Creek
road evidently were not experi
enced in their work, the court
said. In some places, as much
as four inches of the road sur
face were taken off by the bull
dozer blade, and in many places
all the gravel has been scooped
off the road.
Consequently, only a slick
mud surface remains on much of
Bridge Creek road and other
roads in the area. Due to the
distance from any gravel sup
plies, the cost to repair these
roads will amount to a high fig
ure.
The county court did not make
an estimate as to the cost, but
said it would run into "several
hundred dollars." The county
will have to perform the road
repairs, the court said.
Road Damages
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"The frost did not go as deep
into the highways as was the
case a year ago," said Williams,
"and this factor kept road dam
age down. Also favorable was
the fact that the snow came be
fore the extrme cold weather
and provided a blanket of pro
tection to the highways."
Highway maintenance crews
have been forced to work around
the clock, he added, in order to
remove the snow from high
ways sufficiently to allow traf
fic on the highways. Some are
still closed, he said.
Bank Deposits Off Bank de
posits in Oregon declined $54,
546,165 last year, the state su
perintendent of banks reported
Saturday. Deposits in 73 banks
were $1,351,861,741 at the end
of 1949. This compared with
$1,406,407,906 at the end of the
year previous.
Open for Bids Bids are now
open for the improvement of
Neef avenue in the Neef sub
division south of Salem, the
county court announced Mon
day County surveyor A. D.
Graham has estimated the cost
of rebuilding the road at $3,-
850.99.
Y's Men Attend Council Fol
lowing Monday night's meeting
of the Salem Y's Men, the mem
bers will attend the meeting of
the city aldermen. Attendance
at the council meeting is in con
nection with the Y's Men's pro
gram of taking interest in gov
ernmental affairs.
Log Permit John H. Cook
has been given a permit to haul
logs over county roads. The
permit was issued by the Mar
ion county court Monday, but
the court warns that all county
roads will be closed to logging
operations for probably another
week.
Izaak Walton Meeting The
Salem chapter, Izaak Walton
League of America, has post
poned its January meeting un
til the night of January 30 in
the Mayflower Dairy Co-op
building. The program will in
clude talks by Ted Howell and
Bob Holloway of the state game
commission and a discussion of
fishways for Willamette valley
streams. The proposed fishway
over the Valsetz dam will be
taken up. A recently filmed mo
tion picture "Back Country
Lakes," will be shown.
f JSWil
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The Santiam at Jefferson
crested at 18.6 feet Sunday night,
5.6 above flood stage, and was
down to 16.8 in the Monday
morning reading. Main damage
there was ' to pasture lands
washed by the overflow.
Out of Banks, Harrisburg
At Harrisburg, the Willamette
poured out of its banks as the
waters went to 15 feet, two
above flood stage, and at Al
bany the Willamette crested .2
of a foot above flood stage.
Salem residents looked gloom
ily out their windows early this
afternoon, snow flurries being
mixed with the light rain falling
at that time. Weather forecasts
for Portland area said rain mix
ed with snow was due there
again tonight. Rains of the past
few days had melted away the
previous fall of snow by the end
of the week.
Slightly cooler temperatures
and continued occasional show
ers are the outlook for tonight
and Tuesday in Salem and vicin
ity. Light rain fell over the
week-end, .56 of an inch being
recorded in the 24-hour period
ending at 10:30 a.m. Monday and
.16 of an inch in the 24-hour
period ending at 10:30 a.m. Sun
day. Boost Requested
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He said the biggest "loophole"
is "the excessive fdepletion ex
emptions now enjoyed by oil and
mining, interests," adding:
"'Under these exemptions,
large percentages of the income
from oil and mining properties
escape taxation, year after year.
Owners of mines and oil wells
are permitted, after deducting
alll costs of doing business, to
exclude from taxation on ac
count of depletion as much as
half of their net income."
Other Recommendations
As to business, the president
recommended:
A "moderate increase" in the
tax rate applicable "to that part
of a corporation's income which
is in excess of $50,000."
At the same time he recom
mended that the tax rate on cor
porate income between $25,000
and $50,000 which is now taxed
'"at the excessively high 'notch'
rate of 53 percent, be reduced to
the same rate as applies above
$50,000."
He proposed that estate and
gift tax laws be revised to pro
vide uniform treatment and re
duce present exemptions so as to
"not only bring in more reven
ue," but to "improve the fair
ness of the estate and gift tax
laws.-'
As an example of what he had
in mind there, Mr. Truman said
that if a man leaves an estate
of $300,000 to a wife and three
children, the estate must pay a
tax of $17,500.
But a man of the same wealth,
he said, could give $180,000 to
his family over a five-year pe
riod, leave an estate of $120,000
and there would be no taxes.
Spread out that way, the gifts
would be tax exempt. The re
maining $120,000 would be un
der the $60,000 estate exemption
($60,000 to the widow and
$60,000 to the three children.)
The message avoided many de
tails in the proposed tax legis
lation, leaving this to be filled in
later by the treasury depart
ment.
However, the president made
it plain that he would veto any
tax cut that doc3 not at the some
time bring in new revenue to
make up the loss.
Theater Door Forced Doors
of both the Liberty and State
theaters In Salem were dam
aged over the week-end, one
apprently by potential burglars
and the other by someone in
terested in leaving the building.
The attempt to break in was
made at the Liberty theater. The
successful attempt to break out,
by a patron who presumably
fell asleep during the show was
made at th Stat theater.
Bates to Head
Local Jersey Club
Floyd Bates, Salem, retiring
president of the Oregon Jersey
Cattle club, was elected presi
dent of the Marion county club
at the annual meeting Sunday.
He succeeds Neal Miller who has
served for two years. Bates pre
viously served as president of
the county group.
Other officers are Leonard
Lee, Salem, vice president, The
odore Hobart, Silverton, Secreta
ry: Mrs. Arthur Buyserie, Wood-
burn, assistant secretary, and
Fred Davis, Woodburn, director
for three years.
Daily fresh tests for butterfat
by milk distributors instead of
the present composite test now
used by many distributors, was
approval by resolution. Anthol
Riney, county extension agent
for 4-H clubs, told the group
that dairymen as a whole are
lagging behind the younger peo
ple and suggested that Jersey
breeders donate a calf to a be
ginning 4-H clubber.
New members received were
Mr. and Mrs. G. Paul Johnston,
Mill City, and Mr. and Mrs. El
bert deliuire, Silverton. Visit
ors were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Al
exander, Woodburn, and George
Genteman, Independence.
Irvin Slater, western field
man, will make his annual re
port and talk to the Marion coun
ty club February 11.
Changes
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West of the river, or in that
part of Salem lying in Polk
county, the engineer will use,
as a base line or starting point
for numbering buildings and
premises on streets running east
and west, a line or street lying
four blocks east of and parallel
to Wallace road. Both sides of
the street will be in the same
hundred series with 100 num
bers allowed per block. One
result of this will be that build
ings or premises in the first
block west of Wallace road will
be in the 500 series.
In assigning numbers
streets running north and south
in West Salem the engineer will
use Edgewater, or its westerly
projection, as the base line or
starting point in each direction.
On buildings or places of busi
ness on short, long, irregular or
winding blocks the numbers will
correspond as near as possible to
the numbers on the nearest ad
joining blocks on regular streets,
Odd numbers will be on the
north and west sides and even
numbers on south and east sides
For multiple dwellings dif
ferent numbers will be assigned
for each entrance
On Highland avenue changes
will be made all the way from
Myrtle to the east city limit
At present all of that avenue
from Myrtle to Highway 99E
is in the 1000 block. Under the
new ordinance that stretch of
the street will be in the 900,
the 1000, the 1100, the 1200 and
the 1300 series.
The changes are In response
to many complaints. M. L. Mey
ers, member of the planning
and zoning commission, was ac
tive in getting the matter into
the city council.
Church Women Meet The
Women's Society for World Serv
ice of the Middle Grove district
will meet Tuesday at the home
of Mrs. Emory Goode.
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Monday, January 23
Joint meeting of Company B and
company u, lfina liuaniry regi
ment, Oregon National Guard at
Salem armory. Physical examina
tion for men.
Headquarters detachment, Oregon
National Cruara at Baiem armory.
Organized Marine Corps Reserve
unit at Naval and Marine Corps
Itescrve traimnp- center.
6322nd Engineers Construction
Training group, Army Reserves, at
Army Reserve quonset nuts.
Tuesday, January 24
Third battalion, 413th infantry
regiment, Army Reserves, at Army
Heserve quonset nuts.
Wednesday, January 25
929th Held, artillery battalion
Army Reserve, at Army Reserve
quonset huts.
At Air School
Headquarters. Air University. Max
well AP Base. Ala. Mai. Bruce
W'lllam Glllanders of Woodburn,
Ore.. Is among those attending the
air communication and electronic
staff officers course, which started
January 16 at the special staff
school, Air University, Qunter AF
base, Ala, The major completed a
two-year tour of duty with the
Par East Air Material Command
in Japan before he came to school
at ounter.
On Cruise Three men from this
part of Oregon are slated to return
to Norfolk, Va., January 27, from
four month cruises In the Medi
terranean. They are Airman Ar-
prentice Richard A. Wagner. USN
of Lebanon on tne aircraft carrier
USS Leytc; Seaman Apprentice
Richard A. Qarner. USN 1551 North
Capitol street. Salem who Is on
the destroyer USS Turner; and Sea
man Donald W. Lucas. USN. of
4918 Richman. Salem, whoso ship
is tne oestroyer uua waiiace L.
Llnd.
INCOME TAX
Returns Prepared
LEON A. FISCUS
4947 N. River Rd.
295 Pine St. Dial 35285
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.,
Mrs. Roosevelt
(Continued from Pape 1)
Newspaper folk and photo
graphers were first at the plane
to greet Mrs. Roosevelt, who
was the first passenger off the
plane, and they had to work
fast, the tall Mrs. Roosevelt
making long strides toward what
she assumed was waiting trans
portation to take her on to
Portland. She came off the plane
smiling.
"Mrs. Roosevelt, would you
please give us a statement if
you believe America should
extend help to the Chinese Na
tionalist government now set up
on Formosa?" she was asked.
"No, I have no statement to
give on that subject," came the
very gentle but definite answer.
Have you any comment to
make regarding the Alger Hiss
trial?"
Almost a chuckle preceded the
answer:
"Certainly not, I have no com
ment to make on that subject."
Mrs. Roosevelt . . .
At this moment a youth step
ped up with a copy of the book,
This I Remember," by Eleanor
Roosevelt, and asked the visi
tor if he could get her auto
graph. Oh, by hands are full at this
minute," Mrs. Roosevelt said,
smiling at the young man, but
not missing a step. The former
first lady was carrying her bag,
as well as her purse and two
smaller bags.
Youth's Persistence Wins
The youth, Kent Myers, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Myers,
2375 Madison, followed right
along with the press and photo
graphers. Inside the United Air
Lines office, Mrs. Roosevelt set
down her luggage and reached
for the book, smilingly telling
the boy she was happy to sign
it.
'Mrs. Roosevelt, what sub
ject are you discussing at your
lecture tonight?"
The United Nations," came
the answer.
'What can smaller cities, like
Salem, do toward the United
Nations program?" was the next
question.
Mrs. Roosevelt came back with
an amused smile, and, tipping her
head slightly, replied:
You see, I do not discuss my
lectures in advance.
Worried Over Transport
At this point, Mrs. Roosevelt,
always calm and poised, plainly
was showing a little concern re
garding the ride on to Portland
Both a UAL limousine and a
state police escort were avail
able, but officials had been in
formed during the mid-after
noon that Mrs. Roosevelt's grand-son-in-law
and her granddaugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Van Sea-
graves (Sistie Dahl), whom she
visited while In Portland, were
to meet her.
Thompson Woman
The crowd, reporters and all
were overlooked as Mrs. Roose
velt inquired about the trans
portation. It was nearing 5:30
p. m. She informed the officials
she believed it best to proceed
and off she went in a state po
lice car.
Five minutes after her de
parture, the Seagraves car ar
rived. Earlier in the day word got
around that Dorothy Thompson
was' with Mrs. Roosevelt and
if the distinguished visitor and
her secretary wondered what
ailed" some of the crowd that
early information was the ans
wer.
"Miss Thompson" was with
her, but it was not the noted
columnist. It was Melvina
Thompson, Mrs. Roosevelt's
long-time secretary.
This reporter took a second
look at Miss Thompson and won
dered. Then it clicked sure she
was the same Miss Thompson
with Mrs. Roosevelt in Eugene
nearly 10 years ago, and if she
were Dorothy Thompson, then
certainly something was cock
eyed all these years. A search
through an old scrapbook some
reporters are crazy, too con
firmed it was Melvina Thomp
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Pattern Envelope No. R2911 con-
L-T- Vll-Ul yfe R29 1 1
Monday, January 23, 1950 5
Whatever your politics, how
ever violently you may disagree
with some of Mrs. Roosevelt s
"doings" and writings, she is a
most gracious and courteous per
son and a woman of much charm
and personality.
Always Serene
With all the hub-bub going on
around her Mrs. Roosevelt stood
serenely with that air of de
tachment and of "not a part ot
all this" that comes to those
who have seen much of the
world and dealt with thousands
of people of all types and in all
situations.
This person and that ona
would barge up to pepper her
with questions. To each she
gave a smile and a courteous
answer in a gentle voice. Her
conversational voice is always a
quiet and pleasing one, entirely
lacking in the higher pitch it
attains In her lectures and radio
talks.
Upon her arrival here Mrs.
Roosevelt was wearing a black
broadtail fur coat with white
woolen scarf, a perky, luscious
red "beany" type of hat with a
wisp of black veil and a row
of pearl studded pins at one side,
red shoes matching the hat, and
a whopping purple orchid cor
sage. New York. Jan. 23 (U.rfl Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt won the $500
first prize today in the annual
Irving Geist Foundation awards
for the most distinguished con
tribution to interfaith and inter
racial understanding for her Uni
ted Features column "My Day."
The awards were set up in
1948 by Irving Geist, New York
businessman and philanthropist
in cooperation with the Newspa
per Guild for New York for edi
torial material appearing in New
York City newspapers.
The judges said that Mrs.
Roosevelt's column effectively
revealed and contended against
discrimination of all kinds, ex
emplifying the "American dem
ocratic spirit and temper at their
best."
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