Local Paragraphs
Tax Committee to Meet The
legislative tax interim commit
tee will meet Monday at 1 p m.
in the board of control room in
the state capitol, according to
Mrs. Walter Socolofsky, secreta
ry. Sen. Howard Belton of
Clackamas county, chairman,
will preside.
Going East Emerson Teague
of the Teague Motor company
left by plane Saturday for the
east, planning stops in Washing
ton, D.C., Philadelphia, Detroit
and Chicago. In Detroit Teague
plans to view the new Kaiser
car lines. He plans to be gone
from Salem two weeks.
Health Program The activity
schedule for next week of the
Marion county health depart
ment includes the following cli
nics: Monday, immunizations for
children, health dept. 9-11:30
a.m., 2-4 p.m.; Tuesday, school
health exams, first graders, Hub
bard, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Wed
nesday, child health conference
by appointment, health dept.;
Thursday, child health confer
ence by appointment, health
dept.; immunizations at Monitor
school, 9:30-10.30 a.m.; Friday,
food, milk handlers, beauty op
erators exams, tuberculin, blood
tests, immunizations, health de
partment, 9-11:30 a.m., 2-4 p.m.
Saturday, immunization, adults
and children, health dept. 9
11:30 a.m.
Pastor Will Tour Rev. Philip
Ellman, pastor of the Augus
tana Lutheran church in Port
land, will spend the next two
weeks touring Oregon in the in
terest of the parish evangelism
program being conducted dur
ing the next three months. He
will be here February 10 to
speak for the Lutheran church
es of the greater Salem area and
to the Silverton area churches
February B.
Hoffman Hospitalized Ed
ward E. Hoffman, 2170 Trade, is
in St. Mary's hospital at Walla
Walla, Wash., following a heart
attack Wednesday. He will be
confined for about six weeks.
Mrs. Hoffman, who left here to
be with her husband, was forc
ed to resort to hitchhiking be
tween Pendleton and Walla Wal
la when commercial transpor
tation was not available because
of snow, friends here have been
Informed.
Bank Man Promoted Donald
Driggs, of Salem, who joined the
Stayton branch of the First Na
tional bank of Portland last Ju
ly has been promoted from be
ing in charge of installment
credit loans to assistant cash
ier according to G. W. Schacht
sick, manager of the Stayton
bank.
Leave Salem General Dis
missed from the Salem General
hospital with recently born in
fants are Mrs. Clyde Bailey and
daughter, 340 W. Ewald; Mrs.
Stanley Lapin and daughter,
route 2, and Mrs. Walter Kroe
nin and daughter, Amity route 2.
Social on Sunday A social
meeting for the Chin Up club is
to be Sunday afternoon at Dwy
er's lodge between 1 and 4
o'clock. There will be motion
pictures and refreshments will
be served.
Movies for Scouts A moving
picture "First Aid" will be
shown at the Hayesville Boy
Scout cabin Monday night at
7:30 o'clock, according to Robert
Hartzel, chairman of the Scout
committee. All persons interest
ed are invited. The film "Hum
on r.mmih" will be shown Feb
ruary 6 and on February 13 the
film "Safety.'
Schaeffer in Custody Sheriff
Denver Young went to Portland
Saturday to take Leo Schaeffer
into custody and return mm to
Marion cnuntv to face a charge
of la r c e n y. The complaint
against Schaeffer was signed by
Opal Engelbretson, route 9. Bail
was set at S75U.
Bernard in Custody State po
' lice turned Kenneth John Ber
nard over to the Marion county
sheriff's office Saturday for
confinement pending court ap
pearance on charges of obtain
ing money by false pretenses
and writing checks with insuffi
cient funds.
Escape Returned Glenn
Thompson, 1 i s t e d as an escape
from Oregon state hospital, was
hack in the institution Saturday,
returned by Salem police who
apprehended him
BORN
The Capital Journal Welcomes
the Following wew mmen-.
HELVEY To MP. and Mrs. Clete Hel-
vey o Scotia Mills ri du'"
a, boy. Jan. 24.
STEWART To Mr. and Mrs. Charles
W. Stewart OI saiem at wneiiun ""h.
tal. a boy. Jan. 36.
ROWDEN To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J.
Rowden at Buverwn nospin".
Jan 31.
unnTRnT Tn Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Ho-
bison (Irene Oalel at Silverton hospital.
t boy, Jan. 37.
wAPRPNTn Mr. and Mrs. Jesse War-
Ten. 1U3 H. 3nd. Woodburn. at the Sa
lem General hospital, ilrl. Jan. 28.
JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. William
L. Johnson Jr.. Independence, at the
Salem General hospital, a girl, Jan. 37.
Hints Tn Mr. and Mrs. Russell L.
Hlcka. route 1 box 4J5. at the Salem Gen
eral hospital, a girl, Jan. 37.
martin Tn Mr. and Mrs. Andrew w
Martin, 4555 Monroe ave., at the Salam
General hospital, a boy. Jan. 27.
HAMILTON To Mr. and Mrs. William
A. Hamilton. 1949 N. Church, at the Sa
lam OenaraJ hospital, a. boy, Jan. 37.
Watch Stolen A police report
disclosed Saturday that Betty
Barber, 1320 North Liberty
street, had listed a $50 watch as
stolen. It was presumably taken
from her home.
Norpac Gets Permit Norpac,
Inc., which will manufacture
aluminum articles in Salem, has
taken out a permit for the pre
liminary part of its construction
at 1515 South 13th street where
the factory is to be located. The
permit is for $4300, and covers
concrete for footings, walls and
floor slab, and also structural
steel construction. A later per
mit will cover the remainder of
the building. A permit has been
issued to Sam Eshleman to build
a one-story dwelling and garage
at 955 Hickory, $6000.
Elfstroms to Arizona As soon
as the weather is favorable, pos
sibly this week-end, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert L. Elfstrom will fly
with Lee Eyerly to the Flying
E dude ranch at Wickenburg,
Ariz., and will be away about 10
days. Mayor Elfstrom expects to
return in time for the city coun
cil meeting of February 13.
Pint of Milk a Day Average
daily consumption of milk in Sa
lem during the six months per
iod ending December 31 was ap
proximately one pint per capita,
according to records compiled
in the offices of the county dairy
inspector. Four grade A milk
plants are now serving Salem
with pasteurized milk and milk
products: Curly's, Mayflower,
Maple Dairy and Meadow Dairy.
Two additional grade A dairies
are supplying raw milk: V. L.
Cooley and Creamland.
Bananas All Gone Th Pron
Pepper Pot, an organization of
youngsters at tne ymca, enter
tained the Ranger group Satur
day forenoon with an old fash
ioned melodrama entitled "Ban
anas All Gone."
Wreck Delays Rrnntl Tiie-
tice James T. Brand, of the
state supreme court, was a pas
senger on the southbound Shas
ta Daylight halted at Oakridge
by the derailment of -a freight
car in a Southern Pacific tun
nel north of Klamath Falls. Jus
tice Brand was snhprinlprt tn
speak at the annual dinner meet
ing of the Klamath county
nhamhpp nf Pnmmro DnrI iha
iunior Chamber of Cnmmppcp
The derailment also caused the
cancellation of a concert bv
two Portland musicians.
Fellowship Changed The
Unitarian Fellowship meeting,
scheduled Sunday for 1785 Fair
Oaks Way, in the West Salem
hills, has been changed to the
Salem YWCA for 7:3 f o'clock.
Larger Budgets
Add to Tax Load
In speaking before the Salem
Board of Realtors Friday noon
Robert B. Nelson, employe of
the state tax commission, was
quoted as saying an approximate
2? per cent blanket increase in
property valuations was levied
by the county assessor. Nel-
sor says he had no intention of
making such an implication.
"The tax income is not influenc
ed by the level of assessed val-
Little Furred Animal Takes
Stroll Among Big Fur Shops
New York, Jan. 28 (IP) this little fur went to market . . .
But they sent him home again because he hadn't gone through
the right channels.
He was a baby civet cat from Malaya, the kind that gives
musk to the perfume makers. He had learned to squeeze through
the bars of his cage in central1
park zoo and go play in the
bushes. Bu the always came
back and, squeezed in again at
night, so the keepers didn't
mind.
But yesterday the police call
ed up.
"We've captured a silver fox
on Fifth avenue," they said.
The zoo knew there is a lot
of silver fox on mid-town Fifth
Avenue, but not running around
loose. So they knew it was the
little civet cat.
He had picked out America's
richest fur and fashion center
for his debut. Then he wander
ed into Bergdorf Goodman,
. Fire - Auto - Liability - Burg
lary, Ken Potts Insurance Agen
cy, 229 N. Liberty. 24
Window shades reversed or
repaired. Direct factory distri
butors of Tontine Washable
shade cloth. Reinholdt & Lewis
Ph. 2-3639. 24
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal.
GIRLS WANTED!
All-girls dance band being or
ganized in Salem. If you are in
terested and car read. 18 years
or older, phone 38269 Open for
all Instruments and vocalist
24
LcGray Boarding & Training
Kennels. Phone 3-1398. 26
Phone 22408 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal. '
Exclusive presentation Imper
ial wallpapers. R.L. Elfstrom Co
Coming Week
In City Schools
A Girl League initiation at
senior high, an assembly pres
enting candidates for Parrish
junior high student body of
fices, a band and orchestra con
cert at senior high and a jun
ior class dinner at senior high,
are among the highlights of
next week's schedule of the Sa
lem public schools.
The schedule for the week in
cludes:
Monday; 10 a.m., secondary principals
at ad building; 10 a.m.. Girls' Letter
club formal Initiation, senior high; 10:05
a.m., a&semoiy at rarrisn presenilis
candidates; 12:20 p.m., sophomore tal
ent show, senior high; 1:10 p.m.. Girls'
Latiue, Leslie; 3:15 p.m., Campllre Girls
Mothers, West Salem: 3:30 p.m., swim
ming, Salem vs Benson, YMCA pool,
Tuesday; 9 a.m., Pep assembly, senior
hlsli; 11:15 a.m.. West Salem Girls'
League; 12:20 p.m., noon movies, senior
high; 1 p.m.. Bush Mothers club meet
ing; 3:40 p.m., Lincoln faculty meeting;
5:30, p.m. Junior class dinner, senior high;
8:00, p.m., OSC Freshmen vs Salem; 8
P.m., Swegle P.T.A.; West Salem Mothers
club food sale.
Wednesday: 8:45 a.m., Parrish party cau
cus; 9 a.m., Olrls league, senior high;
10:45 a.m., West Salem assembly; 12:20
P.m. noon movie, senior high; 2 p.m.,
Middle Grove Mothers club; 3:30 p.m.,
swimming, Salem vs Vancouver, YMCA
pool; 3:30, p.m.. Swegle Brownies; 4 p.m.
Art in service, grads 1 and 2, Parrish;
4 p.m., Physical education inservlce,
grades 1 and 2; 7 p.m., SwegleGra-Y; 7
P.m., wrestling, Salem vs Albany; 7:30
p.m., Girls Letter club informal initia
tion; 7:30 p.m., report of prgoress to
date on funds raised for proposed war
memorial, Chamber of Commerce, Inter
ested teachers Invited to attend.
Thursday: 9 a.m., Salem Youth Coun
cil, senior high: 9:15 a.m.. Richmond
student assembly; 12:30 p.m.. Noon movie,
senior high; 1:15 p.m., Mothers club,
Highland; 3:40 p.m., party conventions,
Parrish; 7:00 p.m.. Gra-Y. Sweater 8 n.m.
band and orchestra concert, senior high.
Friday: 8:15 a.m., Richmond student
body election; noon, Honor Society lunch
ein meeting; l p.m., Highland assembly;
1:10, p.m., Leslie award assembly; 1:30
P.m., Mothers club; 3 p.m., McKlnley as
sembly. Chains Needed
On State Roads
More snow and more snow
made it rough going on Oregon
highways today, and the state
highway department advised
chains for most routes.
The Siuslaw highway between
Eugene and the coast was still
closed by a slip-out eight miles
east of Florence. The Santiam
Pass where a foot of new snow
fell overnight was open for one
way light traffic, but the high
way department warned that it
might close again at any time.
The road report, based on in
formation received up to ' 9
a. m., included:
Government Camp Snowing
lightly. Seven inches new snow;
135 inches roadside snow. Pack
ed snow.
Santiam Pass Open for one
way for light traffic. But it's
snowing hard and the wind is
blowing hard, so may close
again. Packed snow, Chains re
quired. Twelve inches new snow
159 inches roadside snow.
Willamette Pass Snowing
lightly. Packed snow. Chains re
quired. Nine inches new snow;
136 inches roadside snow.
ues," Nelson stated. "The blan
ket increase as applied by the
assessor was not the cause of
the additional tax load." The
levy, Nelson pointed out was
brought about by the budget
worked out by various tax levy
ing bodies.
Special school levies, outside
the six percent limitation play
ed an important part in the up-
ping of the tax load, Nelson
said.
where they sell mink almost by
the yard.
Bergdorf Goodman looked at
him carefully. He was not chin
chilla.. He was not ermine. He
wasn't even sheared beaver. So
they couldn't use him.
The zoo people had to take
him back home to his mother
and tack up a wire mesh to
keep him home.
They haven't told him yet
that nobody wanted him on
Fifth Avenue he wouldn't un
derstand. He's a nice little civet cat,
and they don't want to hurt
his feelings.
Are you troubled with leaky
Basements, drains, roof, or flash
ines? Phone 33292. All work
guaranteed. 28
United Petroleum Station Y at
Fairgrounds road and Capitol St
will be open from 4 p.m. until
8 a.m. Closed from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. until further notice. 24
Dance tonight, 259 Court.
24
Phone 22406 before 8 p.m. If
you miss your Capital Journal.
Johns-Manville shingles ap
plied by Mathis Bros, 164 S
Com'l. Free estimate. Ph. 34642
Remember we are open Fri
days & Saturdays until 9 p.m
Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Flow
ers by Jary. 590 N. Capitol (Cap
itol Shopping Center). 24
Phone 22406 before 8 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal,
- "Mwwit.r
Birch Trees Presented This Snow Pattern Scene on 14th
street between Court and Chemeketa showing cars immobilized
by snow and parked beneath birch trees drooping with their
heavy, white burden.
Col. Babcock's Widow No. 2
Designated as Official
Washington, Jan. 28 (U.R) Widow No. 2 was designated as the
'official widow of Col. William T. Babcock today when the
52-year-old former deputy U.
buried with full military honors at Arlington National cemetery.
Army and state department representatives attending the serv
ices made it clear that they con-;
sidered 32-year-old Jean Bab-I?,
cock of London, England not!""? V , , . 7 el-
middle-aged Mrs. Mary Magda-
lena Babcock of New London,
Conn. to be the "official"
widow.
Both "widows" attended the
funeral. Both showed grief.
Both wept softly. They ignored
each other.
But it was Mrs. Babcock No.
2 who rode in a state depart
ment automobile in the funeral
procession ahead of Mrs. Bab
cock No. 1. And it was wife No.
Certified Tree
Seeds Offered
State Forester George Spaur,
concurs in the policy approved
by the Pacific Northwest Forest
Industries calling for the use of
certified tree seed on all artifi
cial reforestation projects.
"With both the private tree
farmers and the state board of
forestry using the finest of certi
fied fir seed obtainable," said
Spaur, "Oregon's new forest will
be the best timber stands possi
ble." The forester explained that
"genetic forestry that of re
cording and using the best seed
from known locations, eleva
tions, parent trees, and frost and
rainfall variations was econo
mically impossible until recent
years. In the past, when mature
timber could be purchased chea
per than it could be grown,
Spaur stated, large artificial re
forestation program with the
more expensive seed could not
be supported.
At the Oregon Forest Nursery,
which 'produces over a million
seedlings annually for farm
windbreak and wodlot use, ah
additional two and a half million
Douglas fir seedlings will be
supplied this fall for state forest
land rehabilitation and conser
vation plantings. All seedlings,
with the exception of a few
species of hardwoods, have been
grown from certified seed.
Seedlings, which are to be
hand planted on state forest
lands in Tillamook and Clatsop
counties, will be an essential
step in the forest management
plans for those areas. In addition,
the more favorable sites will be
seeded by helicopter this year.
This aerial seeding project will
require three to four tons of cer
tified Douglas fir seed.
Man, 141, Reported
London, Jan. 28 (P)-
-Moscow I
radio last night reported the dis
covery of a 141-year-old man in
a mountain village in Soviet
Azerbaijan, near the Iranian
border.
The broadcast said the villag
er, Mahmud Aivadov, heads a
family of 120, including great-great-grandchildren.
'
COURT NEWS
Circuit Court
Fred Albert Mattheu va Elizabeth Me
Mtllen: Suit to quiet title to real proper-
Ida A. Newton va WUHam L. New
ton: Order allowa 30 day, for Ulna trana
crlpt of appeal In Supreme court.
State of Oregon and Elate Spencer va
Donald Spencer: Defendant ordered to
appear in court February 11 to ahow
cause why he ihould not be adjudged
Kullty of contempt of court for failure
to comply with decree.
Frank Halferty va McNeaby and Aub
ry. incorporated: Order dlamlaaea ault
with prejudice and without casta to
either party.
Probate Court
Ruth P. Chapmen eatate: Walter 6.
Lampkln appointed admlnlatrator.
Anna B. Mllea eatau: Appralaed at 149,
535. Morriaqe License!
S. R. Barry, leaal, dairy farmer, 440
fdy, 335 N. astb.
S. commissioner in Berlin was
who was given the American
A legal solution to the mari
tal tangle remains to be deter
mined by the courts, however.
The London Mrs. Babcock
married the colonel in Germany
in 1945 and has a three-year-old
son by him. She accompanied
his body from Germany this
week after he died of a heart
attack in Berlin Monday. The
son remained in Berlin.
The Connecticut Mrs. Bab
cock, who has three grown chil
dren by the colonel, contends
that her 30-year-old marriage
never was legally dissolved.
Connecticut court records dis
closed that the colonel's petition
for divorce was denied in 1946.
The two Mrs. Babcocks ignor
ed each other both at the serv
ices in Ft. Myer chapel and at
the cemetery.
Gen. Wedemeyer Talks
On Communism Spread
By MARGARET MAGEE
Neither military nor physical
communism.
America's best weapon against
of life that of the free man and democracy and showing the
world the advantages of that kind of a life.
Those were the thoughts thatf
Lt. Gen.- Albert C. Wedemeyer,
Sixth Army commander and
noted military figure, left with
the group who gathered to honor
him at a luncheon during nis
visit here Friday. '
He warned that with the ad
vent of the bomb and new weap
ons and planes, if war were to
come, every backyard and farm
was a potential battle ground.
The general urged that Amer
icans, all of them, exercise one
of the greatest rights of this free
country, the right to vote.
Military strength did not stop
the spread of communism in
China," the genera reminded
the group. Then he noted that
the communists of China were
imbued with an idea and by ex
ercising super salesmanship did
a better job of pushing their
commodity.
He urged Americans to sell
the commodities of democracy
and freedom, to meet their prob
lems squarely and to do their
utmost to combat those forces
and ideas contrary to the Amer
ican way of life.
Stress was also placed on the
fact that we are now interna
tional, with boundaries removed,
and that America as a country
should contribute intelligently
in the international field. The
military departmenf he com
pared to a fire department, say
ing it was for protection.
In his informal talk, the gen
eral again toid of his admira
tion for Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek, noting thai while the
two of them had had their dif
ferences, which wcr settled in
a friendly way, he found the
Generalissimo honest, sincere,
concerned abou the people of
China and wanting to help his
people
Wedemeyer told the civilians
in the group that he expected to
do his part in keeping them in
formed on the international sit
uation and problems and make
information and knowledge
available through his advisory
committees in the Sixth Army
area.
"Today," he reminded them
"there is little difference be
tween the military and the civil
ian
The National Guard and the
reserves have an important place
to fill, and it is essential that
they receive the best of training
the general said, as he reminded
his listeners that in the past this
country had had from 18 months,
New Manager
Senator Hotel
Taking over the position of
manager of the Senator hotel is
H. Clark Roberts, who has been
assistant manager of the hotel.
Announcement of Roberts'
apDointment to succeed the late
Cedric Reaney in' the position
of manager was made Friday by
W. W. Chadwick, owner of the
Chadwick hotel system.
Roberts has been with Chad
wick since 1930, spending all of
that time at the Senator hotel.
For approximately three years
during World War II he was
away in the service, returning
to the hotel staff on leaving the
armed forces.
' At the same time that Chad
wick announced that Roberts
would take over management
of the hotel he announced that
Mrs. Cedric Reaney would be
come assistant to Chadwick in
management of the hotel system,
which also includes the Jackson
hotel in Medford.
Prior to her marriage Mrs.
Reaney was connected with the
Senator hotel for a time and
when her husband managed the
hotel at Med.ford worked with
him there.
force can stop the spread of
communism is the American way
to two years to prepare for war
Another war would be differ
ent, he warned, noting that the
United States would have to be
prepared to defend itself im
mediately and the guard and re
serves would be needed at once.
Talking of the branches of
the services, Wedemeyer empha
sized the support of all branches
of the armed forces by advisory
committees and not just the
army, telling of the need for all
branches and of the importance
of ach.
Air Search
(Continued from Page 1)
The R.C.A.F. previously re
ported none of its aircraft is
missing in the Chapleau area.
Taking off from bases scat
tered in the Yukon and north
west territories, 40 planes fan
ned out over the area between
Snag, Y.T., and Watson Lake,
Y.T., in "operation Mike." The
armada was made up of one
third Canadian planes and two-
thirds American.
Object of their search was a
C-54 which was reported over
Snag, 1,500 miles northwest of
here, Thursday, bound for Ed
monton and Great Falls, Mon
tana with a mother and child, 34
military personnel and eight
crew members.
The search which yesterday
covered 2,700 square miles in
the Watson Lake area, 520 air
miles east of Snag was expanded
today to cover the air route from
Snag to Whitehorse, Y.T., a dis
tance of 300 miles, and from
Watson Lake to Nelson, B.C.,
about 230 air miles.
The gap between Whitehorse
and Watson Lake was covered
in a search yesterday but poor
flying conditions forced the
planes to skirt it today.
Operation Mike has been con
centrated between Snag and
Watson because the plane failed
to report at Whitehorse on its
southern flight after passing
over Snag safely. Search offi
cials believe that if it crashed
it will be in the area being cov
ered today.
Anderson to Speak Rev.
Lloyd T. Anderson, Salem, is
scheduled to speak at the Youth
for Christ rally in Portland Sat
urday night at 7:30 o'clock.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.,
Lack of Facilities Force Airlines
To Skip Salem in Bad Weather
Portland, Ore., Jan. 28 (U,R) Northwest and Western Airlines
did not follow United Air Lines lead in moving their Portland
operations to Salem during heavy weather because of additional
expense and inconvenience involved in such a transfer, spokesmen
said today. 4
"Salem is a regular scheduled
stop for United. It's neither an
alternative or provisional stop
for Western or Northwest.
You can't schedule a flight out
of an alternative base you've
landed on. On a provisional
stop, you can.
"We have Troutdale as our
provisional stop and Eugene as
our alternative. But experience
has shown us it is easier all the
way around not to use even
Troutdale or Eugene. If a west
bound flight can't land at Port
land, the plane goes to Seattle or
is held at Spokane until land
ing conditions improve at Port
land." A Western Airlines spokes
man in Portland pointed out that
Western's base operations in
Portland are handled by North
west. "Northwest decided not to
move to Salem, so we didn't
either," he said. "Also, at the
time when United moved to Sa
lem, the Port of Portland was
estimating that the weather
would moderate here within six
to 10 hours. Actually, it was
36 hours before the Portland
airport was useable."
Northwest also said the Salem
strip was not adequate for strat
ocruisers "at least, we be
lieve," H. P. Hill, assistant regional
CAA administrator in Seattle,
said;
"It's a moot question whether
the Salem runways, even the
longest, are arequate for landing
a stratocruiser."
He rated the airport as "class
4," or trunk line. Seattle-Ta-coma
was rated 8 or 9 intercontinental-express
airport.
Portland's airport also was
classed presently as class 4, but
a project is under way to
lengthen the runway from 5,500
to 8,800 feet.
Hill and Whitney Shook of
the civil aeronautics administra
tion said two compass locators
and two radio markers are in
use at Salem. The compass lo-
caters have been commissioned
by the CAA, whereas experimen
tation still is underway by the
CAA on the markers. The CAA
plans to commission the mark
ers when they have established
the best locations.
The Northwest spokesman
said emergency ' use of Salem
would mean possible expense in
putting up passengers in hotels
or use of buses and trains to
shuttle them to Portland.
"By that time, it's probable
weather conditions at Portland
would have improved enough to
permit landings."
Snow and Cold
(Continued from Pag-e 1)
All Oregon continued to re
port troubles here and there with
snow-blocked roads, some pow
er a n d communication lines
knocked out with the ice and
snow, many schools closed and
several cases of snowbound res
idents and livestock in need of
food.
With the snow flurries again
Saturday morning, the Salem
area now has had snow in some
varying degree for 25 of the 28
days of the month.
Areas adjacent to the city re
ported the snow much deeper
than in town.
Salem's minimum Saturday
morning was 25 degrees against
16 mark m Portland.
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Monday. January 30
Companies B and G. 162nd infnn
try regiment and headauarters de
tachment, OreRon National Guard,
at saiem armory.
OrRani.ed Marine corps reserve
Dr. Baum Denies Conspiracy
On Medical Associations
Portland, Jan. 28 (IP) The government's anti-trust suit against
Oregon Medical societies went into week-end recess today after
two leading Oregon doctors defended their refusal to deal with
hospital associations.
Dr. William W. Baum, Salem, and Dr. John H. Fitzgtbbon,
Portland, asserted in federal
court yesterday that their refusal
to deal with the associations did
not mean there was a conspir
acy to run the associations out
of business.
The government has accused
the medical societies of trying
lo monopolize the prepaid med
ical business through the doctor
owned Oregon Physicians Serv
ice. Fitzgibbon said he objected to
commercial hospital associations
making a profit as an interme
diary between a doctor and his
patient. He added he would ac
cept no checks from the associa
tions and would handle any as
sociation members only as pri
vate patients.
Baum described formation of
the Salem Physicians and Sur
geons Hospital association about
1929, and said, "we wanted to
set up a service on a high ethical
level."
Saturday, January 28, 1950 5
Dates Feature
Club Meeting
Salem Heights, Jan. 28
Many parents and friends at
tended the Salem Heights school
assembly Friday at the hall.
The program was in charge of
the third grade, under the di
rection of Mrs. Mildred Fenni
more. On the program was the Flag
salutation and singing led by
Claudia Weaver. The play "Pre
view of Important Dates in
1950" was announced by Clau
dia Weaver.
Richard Burkland was 1949
and David Hubbard 1950. Jan
uary was portrayed by Karen
Harris, Richard Lott, and Sue
Swearingen; February, Richard
Post, Glenda Browning, a val
entine, and Russell Bartlett;
March, Webster Smith; April.
Judy McClellan, Sue Zwicker,
and Linda Rich; May, Nancy
Baker, Sandra Stelzenmueller,
and Claudia Weaver; June, Ju
ly and August, Gordon Franke,
Sue Bartlett, and Jackie Clark;
September, Bruce Bressler; Oc
tober, Ricky Laetsch, and Mary
Wilbur, a witch, the group sang;
November, Bill Allen and Bon
nie Jean Kurth, a Dutch girl,
with a son, Charlotte Ponsford,
an angel, with the group singing.
I he program closed with ev
eryone singing "Auld Lang
Syne." The school group thank
ed Mrs. Kenneth Zwicker, pres
ident of the Mothers club for
the paint brushes purchased re
cently by the club for the school
children.
Unemployed
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With continuing cold weather
together and seasonal shut
downs in the general trade, com
mission officials expect further
increases in claims figures, al
though hopeful that the peak
will be passed earlier than last
year. Lumber and logging con
tributed wen over half of the
claimants in some areas, but
construction and food process
ing also were responsible for
much of the new year's uptrend.
Unfilled job openings listed
vnrougnoui ine state declined
slightly in December, although
keeping pace with the previous
year. As 1950 opened, 618 job
oi jortunities remained on file
as compared with 774 a month
ago and 619 a year before. Also
a slight drop was noted in skill
ed and semi-skilled jobs, al
though professional and manag
erial offers increased. December
placements were seven per cent
higher than the previous year
with 3,135 reported for the
month.
Between 20 and 25 per cent
of those applying for job or
Wing claims in local offices
are women, the report shows,
and in some main occupations
and industries they constitute
majority. The commission re
ports that recent studies show
nearly two thirds of the clerical
and sales people claiming com
pensation are women, while they
also lead in food processing.
finance and realty.
unit at Naval and Marine corps re
serve training center.
369th engineers ana wm quar
termasters, army reserves, at army
reserve quonset nuts.
Wpilncsdav. February 1
Headciuarters ana Headauarters
company, 318th replacement depot,
army reserves, at army reserve
ouonset huts.
At Pearl llarbnr
Clyde E. Bonney, fireman apren-
tice, USN. of Dallas, Ore., is pres
ently servinc at the Naval subma
rine base. Pearl Harbor. T.H. Bon
nev enlisted in Uk; nnvy March
29, 1948 at Portland, Ore.
"We are interested and desir
ous of helping the average in
dividual to have some method
by which he might avoid the
impact of expensive illness," he
said.
He admitted in cross-examination
to speaking against a 1947
stale legislative bill that would
have made it a misdemeanor to
conspire in restraint of a hospi
tal association.
He also admitted he was in
fluential In determining the poli
cies of the state medical society,
but said he was not more influ
ential than perhaps a dozen oth
ers.
Both Baum and Fitzgibbon ad
mitted they were members of the
state council that upheld expul
sion of two Portland doctors.
The government contends the
two were expelled for dealing
with hospital associations other
than the Oregon Physicians
Service.