2 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 3, 1950
Polio Unit Spurred
Though Short of Funds
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
A total of nearly $6000 in unpaid bills for the past two months
against a sum of $13 cash on hand; no answer from the na
tional organization on an appeal for emergency help; and always
the dread that the coming year my bring an even greater load
all this did not deter Marion county chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
sis, Inc., in annual meeting last
night, from taking a determined
stand "to see It through" and
strive to provide necessary help
for those stricken with polio.
Never in its history has the
situation been as black for the
chapter; and never before has
the group conducted a meeting
that brought so many helpful
suggestions for solution and so
much genuine interest in seeing
the problem is met.
Quick Action Wanted
. Action taken by the chapter
members included the following:
1 Contact the National Foun
dation at once, by telephone, to
find out if help is forthcoming
for emergency relief.
2 Contact the federal-state
crippled children's service to see
if some of the load of care is
not its responsibility.
3 Push the current March of
Dimes campaign to a successful
conclusion, chapter members
and campaign workers all to re
double their efforts to bring In
more contributions
More than six weeks ago the
chapter made its application to
the national headquarters for
emergency help of $4000, but
to date no answer has been re
ceived, it was reported at the
meeting.
Records for the year's work
revealed nearly $14,000 paid out
lor 31 cases in Marion county,
the greatest case load ever ap
plying for help here.
By using $1600 reserve in
.bonds, the last amount of reserve
funds, and the $900 to be re
turned to the chapter which ex
tended that amount in setting
up the campaign expenses, there
will be but $2500 to meet the
unpaid bills of more than $5800.
New Cases Reported
And applications for help for
three new cases breaking out
in January were before the chap
ter at the Thursday night meet
ing. From several attending the
meeting came the suggestion
that "charity begins at home,"
and that if the national head
quarters cannot extend the
emergency relief, then the por
tion from the March of Dimes
campaign that is to go to nation
al should be held back until
those obligations already as
sumed here are paid.
Any action on the suggestion
was held back until the chapter
receives word from the national
and ascertains what assistance,
if any, can be obtained from the
crippled children's service.
County Drive Reports
Howard Ragan, county chair
man for the 1950 March of
Dimes campaign, said to date
slightly more than $8000 had
been raised. Both he and Gene
Malcckl, campaign manager, ex
pressed their belief that the
drive will end successfully al
though it will be several weeks
yet before the full amount is in
Malcckl said he looked for
the total to exceed by $1500
to $2000 the amount secured in
1949. Both men said it means
a lot of work ahoad, however,
and they pointed to the fact that
a large contribution is lacking
this year because there was no
show presented at the state peni
tentiary, as in previous years,
and there was no theater collec
tion this year.
Under the usual procedure,
after expenses of the campaign
are paid, the total left is divided
50-50 between the national head
quarters and the local chapter.
Considering the amount already
Walton League Appeals
For Funds to Feed Birds
Game birds in this area are feeling the effects of the cold
weather even more than the human beings, for they have to get
out and hustle for their food.
That food is scarce, too, and if the cold spell lasts much longer
there will be a terrific loss among those birds, Salem Isaak
Walton League members point
out.
The league Friday made an
other plea for contributions to
its bird feeding fund, which now
has been exhausted. In fact the
fund is more than exhausted and
the league members are making
desperate efforts to find more
funds for more feed.
In the past sportsmen, when
weather was bad an-i the birds
needed feeding, have made nu
merous contributions This year
most of those contributions arc
missing.
Isaak Walton League members
have volunteered their service,
assisted by the Fur Fin and
Feather group a lunior group
composed of high school age
youngsters in feeding the birds.
What they need now is more
money for purchasing the feed.
One of the members noted that
already a number of ducks had
been found with dozen feet
and pheasants found with balls
of ice on their feet and their
tail feathers pulled out. In this
condition, he pointed out, it is
impossible for the birds to get
Rail Systems
Fight for Freight
Seattle, Feb. 3 (IP) Three
railroads announced today the
start of a faster California-Seattle
freight service in a challenge
to long-standing Southern Paci
fic line dominance.
The roads are the Great Nor
thern, the Western Pacific and
the Santa Fe.
The three lines are combined
in what is known generally as
"the second trunk line south."
R. P. Starr, western traffic
manager of Great Northern, said
the new schedule cuts one day
off the shipping time. It makes
San Francisco-Seattle a three-
day run.
The service goes over several
railroads lines in swinging
eastward along the Columbia ri
ver to go southward through
central Oregon and Beiber,
Calif.
The Post-Intelligencer said
railroad circles here view it as
the start of "a battle of the ti
tans" for lucrative coastwise
rail freight.
in, the local chapter would not
receive enough in its 50 per cent
share to pay unpaid bills, let
alone have any funds to help
with new cases occurring this
coming year.
Old Cases Helped
Money in the work of the
foundation is not paid out to
help only current or new cases,
Under its program help, if need
ed, is given for old cases to
persons who may have been
stricken years ago but are in
need of care because of crippling
conditions brought on by an ear
Her case of polio.
Clair Brown, president of the
Salem Chamber of Commerce
Herb Barker, from the Central
Labor council; Vic Withrow,
representative on the chapter
board, and others expressed the
view that if the general public
knew how serious conditions are
and If they understood the valu
able help being extended
through the chapter, there
would be no question of the suc
cess of the 1950 fund campaign.
One case that stirred the
group in its determination to
make the drive successful in or
der to assure needed help con
cerned a man who is 46 years
old with a family of six chil
dren. The man has been in an
iron lung most of the time since
mid-July and several hundred
dollars in bills were before the
chapter for care and help given
the man. His family, meantime,
is struggling to get along.
Officers Elected
At the business session the
following officers were elected:
Mrs. David Wright, re-elected
as chairman; Elmer J. Church,
vice chairman; Miss Lucille Sat
ter, secretary; Albert Arpko,
treasurer, the latter two also re
elected.
A recommendation from the
nominating committee, of which
Charles Felke was chairman,
was accepted, the action placing
on the chapter board all com
munity chairmen who serve in
the annual March of Dimes
campaign for the year they are
serving. This would make the
chapter board a more represen
tative county-wide group.
There were 42 at the chapter
meeting held in conjunction with
a no-host dinner at the Ameri
can Legion club.
away from foxes and raccoons
and the only way to save them
is by feeding them.
The Livingston Dusting Serv
ice at Corvallis has volunteered
use of planes free of charge for
distributing feed from the air for
the pheasants song birds also
feed on this grain and Robert
Taylor's Towing Services has
volunteered services of boats,
free of charge.
Boats are used in placing food
on gravel bars for the ducks.
Recently 400 pounds of food
were placed on one gravel bar
and on returning later the men
found hundreds of ducks feed
ing there. The following day
on returning to the spot they
found no feed left.
Issak Walton League members
have been putting oul the food
twice a week for the birds and
point out that those ducks now
being fed are those that re
main her all winter and that
ducks coming from the north
have already moved on to the
south.
School Merger
Vote in March
An election on a proposed con
solidation of Hubbard and White
school districts will be held
March 13, according to a deci
sion reached in a meeting be
tween County School Superin
tendent Agnes Booth and the
Marion county court Friday.
Construction of a new high
school building to replace the
North Marion school, located at
Hubbard, is nearing completion.
If the proposed consolidation
carries in the March election,
the new Hubbard-White district
will take over possession of the
current high school building at
Hubbard.
A hearing on another propos
ed consolidation, that of trans
ferring a portion of the Lake La-
bish district to the Brooks dis
trict, will be held in the court
house at 10:30 a.m. on March
17.
Spud Support
Prices Slashed
Washington, Feb. 3 (IP) The
agriculture department today
announced a cut averaging nine
cents a bushel in the farm sup
port prices for the 1950 potato
crop.
Set as low as possible under
the law, the supports were an
nounced as the government de
bated what to do with 50,000,
000 bushels of surplus spuds
already on hand.
This discussion echoed in con
gress where Senator Williams
(R-Del) proposed lowering all
government farm price supports.
Bi-partisan opposition to the
proposal developed immediately,
The agriculture department
announcement set the national
average support price for 1950
potatoes at $1.01, a figure which
it said would insure price lev
els at 60 percent of parity. This
is five cents higher than a pre
liminary e s 1 1 m a te announced
last Nov. 16.
12 Homeless
In Detroit Fire
Detroit, Ore., Feb. 3 Twelve
people were left homeless Thurs
day when fire destroyed a two-
retory rooming house operated
by Mr. and Mrs. Vern Franse.
Loss is estimated at $7000 par
tially covered by insurance.
None of the occupants were in
the building at the time.
The fire broke out about 9:30
o'clock and spread to the adja
cent Earl Layman home, de
stroying around one-third of the
building. The Laymans place
their loss at $1500 for both the
property and furnishings.
Firemen from Idanha and
Mongold answered the call and
arrived about 20 minutes after
the alarm was given. Detroit
docs not have a fire truck or
similar equipment.
2 New Service
Stations for Union
The Union Oil company will
shortly have two new service
stations in Salem. One will be
at the northwest corner of 12th
and Mission and the other at the
southeast corner of 19th and
State.
The 100 by 80 property at
12th and Mission has been leas
ed from Coburn Grabenhorst
and ground has been broken.
The property at 19th and State,
103 by 105 feet, is the location
of the former C. M. Epplcy store
which is now being torn down.
The property has been leased
from Fred C. Ritner.
Both transactions were han
dled by Grabenhorst Bros.
Magazine Pictures
Golden Mortuary
The Virgil T. Golden mor
tuary and Salem are prominent
in the current issue of Mortuary
Management, published in San
Francisco.
The cover page offers two
views, one of the exterior of the
building and the other of the
reception room. Thrt'e other in
terior scenes, including the dis
play room and chapel, are pic-
lures on an inside page which
is listed as "modern mortuaries
of the west. The third picture
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CRYSTAL GARDENS
To the Old Time Music of POP EDWARDS
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THE WILLAME1 ."3 VALLEY'S FAVORITE
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And to the Modern Music of
BILL DeSOUZA and His Talented Ten-Piece
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Sprayed With Acid Mrs. Helen Shelley (right) shows her
employer, Mrs. Thurlow Evans, Jr., the burns she received
when a flashily-dressed man sprayed her with acid from
a water pistol in Atlanta, Ga. Police have begun a wide
spread search for the culprit after three women reported
similar acid attacks. (Acme Telephoto)
Johnson Says U. S. Ready.
To Lick Hell Out of Russia
Washington, Feb. 3 (IP) In some of the toughest language
yet used in the cold war, Secretary of Defense Johnson said
last night the U. S. is ready to "lick hell" out of Russia on an
hour's notice.
"Joe Stalin will know that if he starts something at 4 a.m.,"
Explains Bank
Loans on Realty
Factors entering into a bank
loan on real estate, particularly
residences, were detailed Fri
day noon for the benefit of the
Salem Board of Realtors mem
bership by Orval Kennen, man
ager of the mortgage loan div
ision of Ladd and Bush bank.
The bank takes into consider
ation location, age of the house,
whether it has hardwood floors,
modern plumbing and it s size.
While there is no ironclad rule
as to the amount of square feet
involved, Kennen said less than
800 square feet was not desir
able. As a rule a modern home on
one level will be appraised for
a bank loan of $7. 50 to $8.00
per square foot. The bank will
loan approximately 60 per cent
of its assessed value with a
maturity of not more than 10
years.
Sawdust Fuel
Famine Hears
Householders who heat with
sawdust and haven't a supply
on hand are in. a bad way now,
unless they can use another kind
of fuel.
The shortage just now is caus
ed by the demand and by the
fact that cold weather has shut
down the sawmills. Mills in
form the dealers that they will
start up again as soon as the
weather moderates.
Sawdust to be good fuel must
be delivered fresh cut. If it
stands in the weather, it's no
good for fuel. All dealers ques
tioned today said they were out.
Some dealers reported plenty
of slab, but they reported de
liveries were slowed because of
the demand. One dealer said he
was four or five days behind
because of the numerous calls.
One dealer reported lots of
briquets and coal. Another said
he had been rationed on bri
quets, and coal edough on hand
for a few days. Weather condi
tions eastward that are hamper
ing transportation, and labor
conditions hamper the coal sup
ply.
is that of a family room.
Pictures of Golden. Mrs. Grace
S. Golden and Mrs. Belle Niles
Brown are also shown In con
nection with the description of
the mortuary and sketches of the
owners.
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V A V ' ' '.
Johnson declared, "The fighting
power of the United States will
be on the job at 5 a.m."
Johnson's words, delivered to
a gathering of 300 fellow alum
ni of the university of Virginia,
were perhaps the sharpest to be
aimed at Russia by an Ameri
can cabinet officer since U. S.
Societ relations began to sour
after World War II.
Speaking from pencilled notes,
Johnson said this nation's de
fense setup is more powerful
than it has been since 1945. Then
he added:
"There is only one nation in
the world that would start a
war. We seek to have a mili
tary establishment sufficient to
deter that aggressor and to lick
hell out of her if she doesn't
stay deterred."
As a result of the unification
law, he said, "the defense of the
United States is in better shape
and stronger than at any time
since the point system wrecked
it in 1945."
The point system was the
method used to discharge serv
ice personnel after the war.
Johnson said the country's de
fenses are getting stronger daily
and will soon reach a point
where they will be ready for any
thing in an hour's time.
"In the field," he commented,
"the sun shines on unification
and the army, navy and air force
are ready to go as a team.
"There was no unification at
Pearl Harbor," he added, "or
Pearl Harbor wouldn't have
been ."
What's more, Johnson said, he
is "not sure peace would last
a few hours" today. If Russia
considered this country unpre
pared for war.
The nation's top defense offi
cial delivered his address before
a cheering gathering at the Na
tional Press club auditorium. The
meeting was sponsored by the
University of Virginia Alumni
association.
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Stubby Mills and His Music
Saturday Night, Feb. 4
NO COVER CHARGE NO MINIMUM
Located on Solem-Dallas Highway Dial 2-9242
Shoots Women
Spraying Acid
Atlanta, Feb. 3 W. Police
prowled the shopping district
today for the maniac who has
burned three women with an
acid loaded water pistol.
A fourth woman, Mrs.. Alice
Young, reported yesterday she
had been sprayed with the stuff,
but didn't notice it until holes
began appearing in her coat.
Three attractive young ma
trons told police thev had been
"shot" by a young, flashily
dressed man about six feet tall.
Each required medical treat
ment for the burns which a Gra-
dyn hospital physician said ap
parently were caused by storage
battery acid.
Mrs.. Beatrice Shelpey, 22,
said she noticed the man fol
lowing her and felt something
liquid on her back.
"I didn't mean to do that,"
the man told her, adding, "It
was only water anyway."
Mrs.. Sarah Austin told po
lice she had been treated yes
terday for scalp burns.
Another victim, Mrs. D. R.
Baxter, said she felt her side
burning about the time a Negro
woman stopped her to say that
the back of her skirt was being
eaten by acid.
Roads in Normal
Winter Shape
Highways were in normal
winter condition today, state
police and the state highway
commission reported.
The daily road report:
Albany Spots of ice in cen
ter if pavement, otherwise bare.
Astoria Packed snow and
ice, well sanded.
Portland Highways clear.
Salem Spots of packed snow
and ice.
Vancouver, Wash. Ever
green highway open, packed
snow and ice. Pacific highway
bare.
Corvallis Bare in exposed
areas.
Grants Pass Spots of ice.
Santiam Pass Packed snow,
plowing, carry chains.
Oregon Safety
Group Organized
The Oregon safety commis
sion, which will attempt to re
duce traffic and industrial acci
dents, organized here today.
G. C. Knodell, Albany, was
named chairman, State Police
Capt. Walter Lansing, who is as
signed to the traffic safety divi
sion of the state department,
was appointed temporary coor
dinator. Other members of the
commission are Earl Bopp, On
tario, and H. G. Enders, Ashland.
Governor Douglas McKay told
the commission it should co-op
erate with safety activities of
the highway commission, state
department, department of edu
cation, and Industrial accident
commission.
The commission said its main
job will be to get public co
operation.
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Fire Chief W. P. Roble, chair
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The convention is to be in
Salem but the building in which
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Reservation of rooms is now
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