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Dinner lor Employes Wil
lamette Grocery company,
wholesale concern, gave a din
ner at Chuck's Steak House Fri
night for the firm's warehouse
employes. About 30 were pres
ent. Last year a dinner was giv
en for the office employes and
salesmen.
Fire Alarm From Church
The fire department responded
to an alarm Saturday morning
from the Church of God at North
Cottage and D street. A fire
Parted in the basement but did
little damage. A chimney fire
occurred at 940 Madison street.
Demo Leaders Due State
leaders expected to attend a
meeting of the Marion county
Democratic central committee
Sundav include W. L. Joss
lin, Volney Martin and Mike
DeCicco, all of Portland, and
Joada Leonard, Klamatn cans.
The business session will follow
a luncheon.
Leave Salem General Leav
ing the Salem General hospital
with recently born infants are
Mrs. Robert Conrad and son,
271 S. 21st and Mrs. Boyd Hart
man and son, Tillamook Rt. 1
Democratic Meeting The
" Democratic Central committee
of Marion county will meet at
the Mayflower Dairy hall, Sun
day, February 12 foi a no-host
dinner and conference between
1 and 6 p.m. State officers will
be special guests. They include
W. L. Josslin. chairman; Joada
Leonard, vice chairman; Volney
Martin, secretary; Mike DeCic
co. treasurer and Jim Goodsell,
executive secretary. Louis Mar-tine-Lally
is chairman of the
Marion county central commit
tee. Babies Taken Home Dis
missed from the Salem Memor
ial hospital with recently born
infants are Mrs. John Meissner
and daughter, Cascade Summit,
and Mrs. Robert Hamilton and
daughter, Mulino.
Rotarians Hear Howard Dr.
C. A. Howard, former state su
perintendent of public instruc
tion and county co-chairman of
the national conference of Chris
tians and Jews, spoke at the
Woodburn Rotary club luncheon
this week. The club named Ed
gar Tweed to the board of direc
tors, succeeding Pat Dejardin.
Long Trip Home Coach Har
old Hauk and members of the
Salem high school basketball
team spent seven hours on ice
covered highways, returning
from Astoria Friday night. They
left Astoria after winning the
ball game, 51 to 21, at 11 p.m.,
reaching Salem at 6 o clock Sat
urday morning.
Picture of the Week In con
nection with the weekly radio
program, "The Land of Make
Believe," sponsored by KOAC,
the picture drawn by Georgia
Ann Brown, second grade pupil
at Garfield, has been chosen
"picture of the week." This is
competition with all elementary
grades in the state. Justin
Woyke, third grader at Garfield,
received honorable mention this
week. This class has won a
number of awards, both this year
and last.
Postponements Planned The
North Howell Grange meeting
has been postponed until Feb
ruary 13 and if weather has not
moderated by that time tne
meeting will be continued until
the evening of February
McKay Will Speak Governor
Douglas McKay will be the prin
cipal speaker at the dinner meet
ing of the Men's club of the Rose
C.ty Presbyterian churcn
Portland Tuesday evening at 6:30
o'clock.
Police Chief Heard Duties
of police officers and other af
fairs connected with the depart
ment were explained to a group
of Salem insurance men Friday
by Clyde A. Warren, chief of
police, He said that the radio
operator at the City hall answer
ed 130,064 calls last year with
switchboard operators in the
radio room handling an aver
age of one call a minute during
the year. He also listen a, arm
systems available and :n con
nection with security measures
pointing out that patrolmen
found 731 doors and windows
unlocked in business houses
while patrolling their beats last
year.
BORN
The Capital Journal Welcomes
the Following Neff Citizens:
ARMSTRONG To Mr. and Mr. Donald
Armstrong, Rt. 5 box 178, at the Salem
General hospital, a Doy, reo. 4,
LFORS To Mr. and Mra. Almas he-
Tors, 3i5 Court, Dallas, at the Salem
General hospital, a Bin, Fes. 4.
HILL To Mr. and Mra. Clifford Hill,
Rt. 9 Box 168, at the Salem Memorial
hospital, a boy, Feb. 3.
Lvona To Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lyons,
937 Columbia, at the Salem Memorial
hospital, a boy, Feb. 3.
CONNELLY To Mr. and Mrs. Troy Con
nelly, Rt. 3 Box 9BG-A, at the Salem Mem
orial hospital, a boy, Feb. 3.
VAN ORSDELL To Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Van Orsdel. 1380 N. 24th, at the Sa
lem General hospital, a ooy, reo. j.
SATTER To Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Sat-
ter, 1690 S. Church, at the Salem General
hospital, a boy, Feb. 3.
PLAMBECK To Mr. and Mrs. Hans
PI am beck, of Corvallis. a boy, Jan.
named DoukIks Kent. Plambeck. who at
tended Mill City schools. Is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Plambeck, of Mill
City. The baby has t five-year-old sis
ter. SARGENT Mr. and Mrs. Ruuell Sar
gent, of Grand Island, are the parents of
a fir), Cheryl Lee. bora Jan. 31. She has
m suier, Andrea Kay.
Garvers Buy Store Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Garver, of Salem,
have purchased Val's grocery
and food locker business from
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Valen
court, at Aumsville. They have
three children. Gene Garver, a
senior in Salem high school, will
complete the year here. Ardyth,
freshman and Arlene, Junior,
have enrolled at the Aumsville
high school. Mr. and Mrs. Val
encourt are now at 395 N. 14th
street.
Five Join Lodge The Salem
chapter of Sons of Norway in
initiated five new members at a
special meeting Friday night.
These are Marie Pedersen, Fran
ces Louise Boatwright, C. Louis
Amundson and Mr. and Mrs
Kirby Johnson. Hanna Olson
of Silverton, will show slides of
Norway at the next meeting of
the club February 18. Music
will be furnished by Ciaia Han-
n, also of Silverton.
Deer Hunter. Freed A hunt
er, accused of taking an excess
ive bag of deer during season,
was set free of the charge Satur
day by a district court ruling
which recognized that the state
failed to establish venue. Under
Oregon law, the state must
prove, beyond reasonable doubt,
that the crime was committed
in a specified county. Although
a state patrolman took a con
fession from the hunter, Henry
C. Burkhart, the confession and
the state's presentation of the
case failed to show that the deer
had been killed in Marion coun
ty. Y's Men's Meeting Arthur W
Kirschenmann, Pacific North
west regional director for Y's
Men's clubs, of Yakima, Wash.,
will pay an official visit to the
Salem group next Monday night.
Kirschenmann plans to make the
trip by air. A dinner meeting in
his honor will be held at the
YMCA, with Bob Smith, presi
dent, presiding. Norman Wins
low of the Salem club is a dis
trict governor.
Not Accused On January 24
a news item on information from
Astoria was published to the ef
fect that Robert Leland Gal
braith of Astoria and Joseph B.
Emmons of Salem had been ar
rested and held in jail at Astoria
on a charge of having used an
automobile without consent of
the owner. Investigation shows
the item was erroneous and that
no charge was filed against Em
mons.
Duniway Speaker
Optimist Speaker
State Archivist David C. Dun
iway will discuss the heartaches,
headaches and sometimes the
trying duties of a state archivist
at the regular weekly Optimist
club lunch next Thursday.
Duniway said he is asked such
questions as, "What is the his
tory of wool raising in Oregon?"
'My name is John Q. Smith. Can
you trace my ancestry?"
Other questions, some more or
less important, are asked of
Duniway because of the tremen
dous amount of historical Ore
gon documents under his care
in the state archives.
Last Thursday Lt. Stanley Fal-
lander, USNR, executive officer
of the Salem Naval Air Facili
ties at McNary field, gave an
instructive talk on the operation
of the naval air arm and what
it means and will mean to Salem
in the future.
Gene Poindexter
Heads Sigma Lambda
Salem high school's Sigma
Lambda chapter of National
Honor Society elected Gene
Poindexter president for the
second semester at a noon
luncheon held Friday.
Poindexter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Loron Poindexter, 195
South 18th street succeeds Bob
Hamblin.
Carol McLeod was elected
vice president at the dinner
Dorothy Tonning was voted sec
retary for the second semester
term while Ellis Von Eschen
was voted the office of treasur
er. Installing of the new officers
will be on the agenda for the
next meeting.
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Salem Writer
Has New Story
Mrs. Solveig Paulson Russell,
1635 State street, one of Salem's
magazine contributors, is auth
or of a story in the February ed
ition of Highlights for Children.
"The Valentine Party,, is the
title of the story. Garry Cleve
land Myers, editor of the maga
zine which is published in Hon
esdale, Pa., with business offices
in Columbus, Ohio, says of her
stories:
"For several years Mrs. Rus
sell has been a frequent contrib
utor to Highlights for Children.
We consider her stories of very
high quality."
Riley Lincoln
Day Speaker
Speaker for the Marion Coun
ty Lincoln Anniversary program,
February 10, will be Frank
Branch Riley, nationally known
lecturer.
The rally is to be in the Salem
armory next Friday night, start
ing at 8 o clock, and will be car
ried out in the old-fashioned
theme, complete with apple ci
der, fiddlers and 10-second talks
from leaders arranging the ev
ent. In order to give the rally the
authentic atmosphere, a gallon
of apple cider is to be flown
west from President Lincoln's
home state of Illinois. The "eats'
for the evening are all free.
"We believe we have a real
live-wire program lined up, and
invitation is extended to all Sa
lem folk and their families to
come and join in on the fun of
the evening," states Roy Har
land, general chairman for the
rally committee.
Originally, Congressman
James Dolliver of Iowa had been
scheduled to be here to speak
but a change in his schedule pre
vents his appearance. Harland
said.
Icy Runways
Cancel Flights
All United Air Lines flights
into Salem today have been
cancelled with the exception of
the northbound flight 175, slat
ed to arrive here at 7:45 p.m.
Condition of the Salem run
ways at that time will deter
mine whether the flight is able
to stop here then. Early in the af
ternoon there was still about
three-fourths of an inch thick
on the ramp and runways.
All flights into and out of
Portland had also been cancell
ed, though United had tenta
tively scheduled one southbound
flight to leave Portland at 3
p.m. if the ice on the runways
cleared. In the morning United
in Portland reported to the Sa
lem station that there was about
two inches of ice on the run
ways at the Portland airport.
Farther north in Seattle the
planes were landing at Boeing
field, Seattle, instead of the reg
ular stop at the Seattle-Tacoma
airport.
Young Thief Caught A 16
year-old youth, caught in a thief
trap set by Salem detectives,
was taken before district court
Saturday on a larceny charge
before his case was transferred
to juvenile court. The arrest of
the youth cleared a half dozen
cases dealing with thefts of pur
ses and overcoats as well as oth
er winter clothing.
COURT NEWS
Circuit Court
Carrie Marie Long year vs Norman H.
Edwards: Defendant moves for settlne
aside of summons, on grounds that court
nas no jurisdiction over him.
LaVerne Cox vs Raymond P. Dvorak: J.
C. Cox appointed guardian ad-lltero
for LaVerne Cox,
Salem Auto Parts Co. vs W. T, Porter:
order aumisses suit with prejudice.
Claire Seeley vs Oulllint Carlno Ycoy:
Order dlsmi&sea suit with prejudice and
without costs.
Prances Elaine Wray vs Lester Everett
Wray, Jr.: Complaint for divorce alleges
desertion, seeks custody of minor child.
Married Jan. 7, 1939, In Salem.
J. O. Marsh vs Jim Bartlett: Default
order against defendant.
Jim Andrews vs Grace Neff Spencer:
Jury verdict awards 11972 damage, to
plaintiff as claim against estate of D. B.
Spencer.
Probate Court
Millie A. Morris estate: Arthur Amlther
appointed appraiser.
Alice J. Hlller estate: Appraised at 1500.
Appraised at
R. S. Clough estate: Order appoints Mrs.
Alene Lawrence administratrix and Glen
Haynes appraiser.
Charles J. Thomas estate:
Inheritance tax at 1543.
W. A. High estate: Order approves final
account, directs distribution and closes es
tate. Marriage Licenses
Kenneth A. Hovenden, 24, farmer, Hub.
bard, and Norma Jean Sohmldt, 30, clerk,
Woodburn.
Charles P. West, legal, carpenter, 346 8.
17th, and Antoinette L. Behrens, legal,
stenographer, 349 s. Cottage.
Richard Lawton Whltely, 31. bank book
keeper, 1785 Saginaw, and Ruthanne Nel
son, 20, at home, 109 Brown.
Donald O. Blebee, 33, farmer, Inde
pendence, and Lois Jean Shepherd, 20,
domestic, Rt. 5, Box 132.
Clair E. Prlem, 25. Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph, 170 S. 25th, and Oene
vleve A. Olson, 20. Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph, 1599 State.
Harold J. Larson. 24, mechanic. Silver
ton, and Shirley M. Mathre, 31, book,
keeper, Portland.
Chosen to Speak Eleven-year-old Judith Ann Fay, whose
father lost his life in the Coral Sea battle is given a hug and
a handshake at Westmont, N. J., by Walter E. Alessandroni,
Pennsylvania State American Legion commander after the
youngster was chosen to speak for the nation's childien when
the Legion sends a freighter from Philadelphia with 900,000
toys for children of Western Europe. Beaming approval is
Judith Ann's mother, Mrs. Gertrude T. Fay. (AP W'rephoto)
Hog Sale on
At Fairgrounds
By CLAUDE STEUSLOFF
"Independent as a hog on ice"
somehow didn't sound funny to
members of the Oregon Swine
growers struggling to get their
fancy stock from farm to sale
ring in time for the fifth annual
bred gilt sale at State Fair
grounds Saturday afternoon.
Moving the skating " slipping
so to the pens took time, but
once there the well-fatted ani
mals soon settled to contented
grunting, oblivious to the cold.
Original entry list of 33 was
cut to 32 when one gilt, fitting
ly called Rita, went to the mat
ernity ward a little early, and
yesterday presented her owner
with eight lusty pigs, thus elim
inating herself from the sale.
Temporary sales equipment
ha ; been set up in the old milk
goat barn on the east side or
the big stock barn. Several
stoves have been erected to take
the chill off seats around the ar
ena. Golden Pheasant restaur
ant served a noon meal, hot food
and drinks throughout the sale.
Saturday morning the sifting
committee, consisting of A. W.
Oliver and Joe Johnson of Ore
gon State college and Edwin
Ridder of Sherwood, checked
the animals- to make sure all
were in presentable condition
for their prospective duties with
new owners.
Auctioneer H. J. McMurray
opined this would be a typical
winter day for an active well
attended sale back in . his na
tive Iowa.
Lewis Rejects
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United Mine Workers repre
sentatives said that the letter-
one of the most cryptic Lewis
ever has used in a dispute
would be the only word from
their chief over the week-end,
Lewis made his reply in the
midst of Reports that strikes
would continue or possibly
spread in the fields next week,
In Illinois it was reported that
Lewis already had telegraphed
local leaders across the nation
that a full scale strike was set
for Monday.
Strike to Continue
There was doubt, too, that ev
en a direct order from Lewis
would restore normal work in
the mines.
There was nothing in Lewis'
letter to confirm or deny the
reports that a full scale mine
stoppage is imminent
Here, in part, is what Lewis
wrote the president:
"The industry contract ex
pired June 30, 1949. For eight
months, the organized coal op
erators have refused to execute
a successor agreement. For eight
months, the operators have glo
ried in the protection given
them by an oppressive federal
statute. For eight months, Mr.
President, they have boasted
that the abomination known as
the Taft-Hartley act, rendered
it unnecessary to concede any
thing, and that in the end your
high office, wielding Taft s club
would beat the mine workers
into submission."
Suspect in Jail Vernon F
Kissel, described as a transient
in Salem police records, was
sentenced to 10 days in jail Sat
urday on a vagrancy charge
pending investigation. Kissel
was suspected of having broken
into the Beneficial Standard
Life Insurance company at 439
Court street early Saturday
Harry Couise, who has sleeping
quarters in the same building
with the insurance office, iden
tified Kissel as the prowler. No
arrest on charges other than
burglary was made by police,
Atomic Group
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Groves, now retired, had told
reporters before his two hours
of secret testimony that data re
garding the hydrogen super
bomb was involved.
Fuchs, a 38-year-old German
born scientist, was arrested in
London yesterday as a suspect
ed spy for the Russians.
Senator Tydings (D., Md.), a
member of the senate-house
atomic committee, had emerg
ed from the meeting earlier to
say more witnesses would be
called before the group in an
effort to "prevent a recurrence"
of the inside disclosure of atomic
secrets.
McMahon, talking to reporters,
stressed these points in Groves'
testimony:
McMahon Stresses Points
1. Fuchs was among a group
of 20 scientists who had access
to original work and success
upon the first atomic bombs.
2. Clearance of Fuchs by the
British for this top secret work
was not questioned by U.S. offi
cials charged with responsibility
lor security of information.
3. Fuchs and other British sci
entists "played an integral part"
in the wartime development of
atomic weapons.
4. In this work Fuchs had
'every opportunity of knowing
vital information."
5. Groves may be recalled for
public testimony before the con
gressional committee.
Tydings Says Very Serious
Tydings sat in on the session
for an hour and a half and then
came out and told reporters:
'This is very serious but it is
no more serious today than it
was yesterday."
Groves, he said, has "sup
plied us with new details and
additional background." He
added that a number of addi
tional witnesses will be called
but he did not identify them.
No additional suspects have
emerged from Groves' back
grounding thus far, the Mary
land senator said.
Eight states in central U.S.
produce virtually all American
popcorn.
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Chicago Plans a 'Sky Sanctuary' Chapel
By WILLIAM J. CONWAY
Chicago, Feb. 3 (IP) A "sky
sanctuary" soon will be buiit
high up in the world's tallest
church. It will be a high-ceiled
room that will look much like a
small chapel. Men and women
will go there to pray and medi
tate before an altar.
The sanctuary will fill a va
cant space just under the spire
of the Chicago Temple at Clark
and Washington streets in the
loop.
The temple is an extraordi
nary structure. The best way
to size It up is to stand on the
sidewalk and let your eyes
climb. You see a 22-story
building; then a tower; and,,
last, a steeple topped by a
cross. The distance from the
soles of your shoes to the tip
of the cross Is 568 feet.
The "sky sanctuary" will be
close to 400 feet above the
ground.
"It will be higher than any
other place of worship," says
the pastor, Dr. Charles Ray
Goff.
The building is unusual from
a functional, as well as archi
tectural, point of view. The First
Methodist church and several
stores occupy the first three
floors. The rest of it up to the
twenty-second floor level is oc-
Oregon Traffic
Death Rate Low
The 1949 traffic death rate in
Oregon was the lowest since ac
curate statistics have been kept,
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry reported today.
It was the third straight year
that a new record had been es
tablished. The traffic death rate repre
sents the number of persons
killed for eaclvhundred million
miles of travel and is used na
tionally as a standard compari
son. Oregon's rate dropped to
6.4 from the 1948 rate of 7.6. It
is computed from fatalities to
talling 357 and travel estimated
at just over five and one-half
billion miles.
President Truman's highway
safety conference, called in 1946
in an effort to check the post
war rise in traffic deaths, set as
a three-year goal reduction of
the national rate from 12 to 6
deaths for each hundred million
miles. It was estimated such a
reduction would mean an an
nual saving of 19,000 lives, 650,
000 injuries, and more than
one-billion dollars in loss from
property damage.
In 1946 Oregon's death rate
was 10.6. It dropped to 8.8 in
1947 and to 7.6 in 1948. The
1949 figure for the nation is es
timated at 7.2.
Coming Week
School Events
The play "Years Ago," pre
sented the night of February 10
by the Snikpoh club, Salem se
nior school dramatic organiza
tion, will be one of the high
lights of next week's extra cur-
ricular activity of the public
schools.
The Girls Letter club of Sa
lem high will conduct a formal
initiation at 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning while Parrish j unior
high will hold its mid-year stu
dent body election next Friday
morning.
The schedule for the week:
Monday: 9 a.m., Dance band concert. He
ritor mgr.; 1:10 p.m., uiria league meet
ing, Leslie: 2:15 p.m., Campfire Girls,
West Salem: 2:30 p.m., Volga Trouba
dours assembly at West Salem: 3:00 P.m.,
elementary principals, administration
building; 7:00 p.m., wrest li tig, Molalla
vs Salem; 8 p.m., P.T.A. executive board
meeting, Richmond.
Tuesday: 9 a.m.. Girls Letter club for
mal Initiation; 1:00 p.m., Volga Trouba
dors assembly, Leslie; 2:30 p.m., Volna
assembly, West Calem; 3:30 P.m., fac
ulty meeting, Highland; 3:40 p.m., faculty
meeting, Lincoln; 4:00, p.m., executive
P.T.A. committee meeting, llayesvlllo,
weanesaay: p.m. noon movie, se
nior high; 1 p.m., campaign speeches,
Parrish; 1:10 p.m., basketball, students vs
faculty, Leslie: 3:30 P.m., Brownies and
girl scouts, Swegle; 3:30 p.m., West Linn
vs Salem swim meet; 3:50 p.m.. Dr.
Horace Miller meet with Prlngle faculty;
4 p.m., handwrftlng sub-committee con
ference, ad ministration building; 4 p.m.,
physfcal education Inservice, grade 1 and
2, room 108, senior high; 7 p.m., Gra-Y
at Swegle.
Thursday: 9 a.m., McKinley assembly;
9:15 a.m., Richmond talent assembly,
grades 4, 5 and 6; 9:15 a.m.. higher edu
cation visitation, senior high; 1 p.m.,
Englewood assembly; 2 p.m.. Mothers
club Prlngle: 4 p.m., Art Inservice, grades
a, Farrtsn; 7 p.m., ura-Y, bwegie.
Friday: 8:30 a.m.. West Salem student
body election; 8:45 a.m., general elec
tion Pnrrlsh; 1 p.m., singing assembly,
Highland; 1 p.m., Bush assembly; 1 p.m.,
poh Play, senior high; 8 P.m.. Community
Salem Heights assembly: 8 p.m., Snlk
club, Prlngle, Supt. Bennett.
Portland's Grid to
Go in Effect Feb. 27
Portland, Feb. 4 (IP) Port-1
land's proposed one-way traffic
system in the downtown area
can go into effect Feb. 27. a.
scheduled.
The Portland Traction com
pany said today it no longer
would delay the new system, fcr
32 gasoline buses are expected
here within 10 days.
The one-way system was helc1
back while the traction com
pany made arrangement') to re
place its last street car.
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first church on site in hands
of Dr. C. R. Goff.
cupied by rented offices.
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Russians Drop
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These technicalities had been
used by the Soviet guards as the
basis for the delaying of the Ber
lin-bound traffic. The western
allies had threatened a counter
blockade if the Russians per
sisted.
East and West German eco
nomic authorities, it was learn
ed, had held several conferences
in the past two days to iron out
the so-called technicalities.
Icy Streets
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In mid-street and at intersec
tions automobiles performed
about like the pedestrians on the
sidewalks. They did whirls and
slides, and charged toward curbs
and poles and trees. But some
way there was little damage
a few bent fenders, some minor
collisions.
"It sure was easy to turn the
corners," said a light delivery
driver. But he delivered his
doughnuts on time.
Utilities have gotten -by so
far with little trouble A trans
former went out on Filmore
street, but was immediately re
paired.
But we ve got our fingers
crossed," said Fred G. Starrett,
district manager for the Port
land General Electric company.
"They're sitting tight all over
the system."
What the power people fear,
Starrett explained, is ice. If
moisture starts to freeze on the
wires then look out.
Among the casualties reported
were these:
David Griffith, 12. newspa
per carrier, was hospitalized
early Friday evening after being
struck by an automobile driven
by Louis A. Neuman 945 North
38th, at Mission and Winter
streets as the boy was nearing
the end of his route. He received
a fractured leg. Griffith is the
son of William Griffith, 715
South Capitol.
Mrs. Carolina Olen, 77, re
ceived a bruised arm and leg
in a collision between automo
biles driven by her husband,
Nels Olen, 2605 Laurel, and an
unnamed driver. She was hos
pitalized and he was released
after being treated for minor
chest injuries. The accident oc
curred at Winter and Market
streets shortly before 4 o'clock
Friday afternoon.
City Engineer J. H. Davis is
hoping for a gradual thaw. He
thought a patrol of catch basins
would be sarted Saturday after
noon. Already, with the Higher
temperature, enough slush has
formed to threaten tho drains
in some parts of the city. They
will be watched closely throujh
the week-end.
Retired Butcher Kills
Daughter, Then Self
New York, Feb. 4 (IP) A well-
to-do retired butcher, brooding
since the death of his second
wife, fatally shot his ill daugh
ter last night, then killed him
self.
Minutes before the shootings,
the 61-year-old father, Ernest
Haas, telephoned a neighborhood
doctor, and said:
"Get over here there's going
to be trouble."
Unable to gain entrance, the
doctor notified police.
Haas was found dead, a .22
caliber rifle bullet in his chest.
The daughter, Lucille, 22, woun
ded in the head from the same
weapon, died a short time later
in a hospital.
Police could uncover no rea
son for the shootings.
Heaven
wants to turn in from Clark
street any day of the week.
The 1800 places are filled al
Sunday services. Six of each
ten worshipers are from out of
town. On an average Sabbath 35
states are represented.
Dr. Goff, a folksy, able, Iowa
born man of 60, took over the
pastor's post in 1942. Skyscrap
ers always had fascinated him.
One of the first things he did
was to climb the interior steps
to the peak of the spire.
He came down with an
idea. One day he would use
that empty space in the tower.
He would build some sort of
chapel there, and he would
live there, too.
He lives there now. He re
cently moved Into an apart
ment that was constructed at
the 330-foot level a move
that brought him the title "the
penthouse parson."
Within the next few weeks
work is scheduled to start fur
ther up in the tower in the room
that will be known as the "sky
sanctuary."
Dr. Goff plans it as a place
for small weddings, for prayer,
meditation, counseling the trou
bled. Far above the din of the
city, he hopes to create an at
mosphere of peace.
Saturday, February 4, 1950 5
Final Exams over
At Willamette
Final examinations at Wil
lamette university for the first
semester were completed Friday
and registration and orientation
for the spring term will be held
Monday. Class work will begin
at the same time.
Highlight of the first week of
the spring semester will be the
Founders and Benefactors' cha
pel program, to which the pub
lic is invited, at the First Me
thodist church Thursday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
The academic convocation
will honor Jason Lee, pioneer
missionary, and the late E. S,
Collins, former member of the
board of trustees. Each succeed
ing year another founder and
benefactor will be honored.
Principal speaker during next
Thursday's chapel will be Jason
Lee, administrative assistant to
the state tax commission, whose
family were Oregon pioneers.
Lee was born near Baker and
his great grandfather and moth
er, Nicholas and Sarah Lee,
founded the Dallas Methodist
church in 1848.
Joseph Daniel Lee. grandfath
er of Jason, was long a leader
in the First Methodist church of
Salem, while superintendent of
the state penitentiary. Jason's
father, J. Roscoe Lee, has been
organist lor the Methodist
church in Baker continuously
since 1906.
The fifth generation of Ore
gon Lees, include Jason Davis,
three months old, and two
daughters, aged four and six.
Jack Berkley Gunn, Mon
mouth, wholds the Mary L. Col
lins scholarship at Willamette,
and Russell Tripp, Albany, stu
dent body president, will partici
pate in the progras as will Presi
dent G. Herbert Smith and the
university a cappella choir, di
rected by Dean Melvin H. Geist.
Ice-Glaze
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To the south, Roseburg re
ported a minimum of 33 degrees
this morning, Grants Pass re
ported mixed rain and snow,
turning to slush; and Klamath
Falls reported slushy streets. Eu
gene reported rain and looked
for a maximum of 45 degrees
baturday. Corvallis was icy
but reported some moderating
later in the morning.
There were several quirks in
the weather deal during Friday.
Salem's minimum Friday at
minus four degrees occurred at
8 a.m., and at 10 a.m. a flier up
2500 feet said the thermometer
read 45 degrees with warm air
moving in. But the warm air
hovering above did not bring ex
pected rain, resulting in the
snow and then the freezing rain.
Dimes Dance Planned An
Elks' public benefit dance for
th- March of Dimes will be
held at Crystal Gardens Tues
day night with two orchestras
and dancing on both floors.
Tickets will be available only
i ine door.
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Monday, February 6
309th engineers and 409th quar
termasters, Army Reserves, at Army
Reserve quonset huts.
Headquarters and headauarters
company, 6322nd engineer construc
tion naming group, Army Reserves,
at Army Reserve quonset huts.
Organized Marine corps reserve
unit at Naval and Marine corns Re
serve training center.
lucsuay, I'curuary 7
894th Army Postal Unit, Army
Reserves, at Army Reserve quonset
huts.
Wednesday, February 8
829th field artillerv battalion. Ar.
my Reserves, at Army Reserve quon-
tmi nuts.
Hewitt Promoted
234rd AF Reserve Traininer Center.
Portland Melvin S. W. Hewitt, 3095
Earhart street. Salem, has been
promoted to a first lieutenant in the
air reserve. Hewitt is assigned to
the (i4th Troon Carrier sauadron
of the 403rd troop carrier wing in
r or nana.
Four Enter Maiincs
Four men from this area Thurs
day were enlisted in the Marine
corps for four years a;id the same
day left for San Dietjo to begin
their basic training.
me enlistees were Merr I Ed-
wir Christenson of 1360 Norwav
street, Salem: William Eugene Stull
of route 3, box 608, Salem; James
Le Crosby of route 1, Jefferson; and
Lavenie Wtebe, son of Otto Wiebe
of route 2, Dallas.
Scabees Commended
rwo Salem Seabee reservists were
&nion(r those commenaed bv the
commanding general of the Fifth.
armv and the commanding officer
of the 14th infantry, Camp Carson,
i or meir accions minnc the tire at
Camp Carson the latter part of Jan
uary.
1 he two. Lt. ( .a.) Russell O.
Barry, CEC, USNR, and Harrison
Fisher, udg. USNR. both of or
ganized Seabee company 13-9, here,
were among those particiuatinir in
special cold weather training pro
gram at uamp carson Colorado,
January 14-28.
Tne Janm carson commander
commended the men foi responding
immeaiaieiy ana scayng ai ineir
pasts until relieved, without re
sard to their personal safety. Their
action, he stated, contributed much
to the saving of human life and
government property.
In Mediterranean
Machinist's Mate 3c James w.
Olngrich, USN of Silverton recent
ly arrived in me Mfeoiterranean
area aboard the destroyer, USS E.
Q. Small with fleet units which re
lieve ships of the Sixth Task; force