10 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, March 3, 1950
Fireman Rescues
Doll; Child Dies
Oklahoma City, March 3 m
A fireman mistook a life-size
doll that cried "just like a ba
by" for a two-year-old girl and
carried it from a flaming bed
room yesterday. The child suffo
cated. Carolyn Thompson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.
Thompson, was alone in her
parents' upstairs apartment
when the blaze broke out. The
home is in the Will Rogers field
veterans housing unit.
The hysterical mother scream
ed for firemen to rescue her ba
by as they arrived on the sceiie.
She couldn't reach her because
of dense smoke.
Fireman Bob Coley dashed in
to a west bedroom where he had
been told the child was sleep
ing, but failed to find her and
had to return for air.
' "Mrs. Thompson screamed to
me that the baby was in anoth
er bedroom," Coley said.
"I crawled on the floor to
the bed. I couldn't see a thing
because of the smoke but I felt
something wrapped in a blan
ket. When I pulled it off the
bed, it cried, just like a baby,
"When I got outside I saw it
was just a doll a big baby doll
that cries."
Coley brought the child out on
a third attempt, but was too late.
W. P. Bruce, Veterans hospit
al fire chief, said the fire start
ed in a closed closet and spread
to he child's bed. He added the
only possible cause was spon
taneous combustion in heavy
clothing.
Man Chokes to
Death on Egg
West Los Angeles, Calif.,
March S ff) Charles McCar
thy, 59, choked to death on a
fried egg on the eve of his wed
ding. McCarthy choked on the egg
during a prenuptial drinking
party, an autopsy surgeon dis
closed yesterday. Police, how
ever, detained the bride-to-be,
Mae Bower Ingraham, 45, one
time Mack Sennett bathing
beauty, and three men cele
brants for further questioning.
Dr. Frederick Newbarr said
that a wound on McCarthy's
head, which police thought had
been made by a bludgeon, evi
dently occurred when the man
fell as he strangled on the egg.
Mrs. Ingraham is the former
wife of Irving Ingraham, who
she said was of the watch and
clock family.
New Building Replaces Old Sublimity Grade School Mod
ern schoolhouse of latest design and constructed in accord
ance with modern concepts for teaching efficiency and pupil
welfare replaces the one room Sublimity grade school built
about 60 years ago. The lower photograph shows the old
school being dismantled by B. W. Holt, Charles Dahl and
Darrell Foltz who are taking the material to Jordan valley
for other construction.
Whistling .Swan Increases at
Washington's Birthplace
By VERN HAUGLAND
Washington, Mar. 3 VP) The whistling swan is increasing in
numbers in the national park area centering around George
Washington's birthplace in Virginia.
Wild turkey tracks have been discovered in Big Bend na
tional park, Texas, and Chiricahua and Walnut Canyon na
tional monuments, Ariz., where
wild turkeys had not previously!
been known.
Everglades national park in
Florida has become a spectac
ular rookery for the Wood Ibis,
Snowy Egrets, Anhingas and
other conspicious birds, and more
protection by a larger Ranger
force is needed.
These are observations from a
report by Victor H. Cahalane,
chief of the national park ser
vice biology division, on the
wildlife resources of the nation
al parks and monuments.
Cahalane said waterfowl are
found in large numbers, through
out the migration season, at
George Washington's birthplace,
and at nearby Colonial National
historical Ark, as well as in the
Everglades.
"Only at the former area is
the whistling swan found, and
here it has increased in number
each year for a decade," he said.
Other observations:
Trumpeter Swans had a
good nesting season in Yellow
stone park; a census in late Aug- severe reductions.
ust, 1949, showed 21 cygnets and
54 adults.
Sandhill Cranes nested as
usual in Yellowstone, and seen
more regularly than in the past
two years at Grand Teton, Wyo.
national park.
Bald Eagles frequent
George Washington birthplace,
Colonial and Everglades parks.
Ospreys occupy much the same
range, occur in about the same
number yearly.
Golden Eagles subnormal
in numbers at Big Bend park,
Texas; fairly common in many
western parks; found in small
number at Crater s of the Moon,
Idaho, and Lava Beds, Cal., na
tional monuments.
Ruffled Grouse slight in
crease at Cave, Ky., but ques
tionable whether sufficient num
bers have been restocked there
to insure their survival.
Sage Grouse fairly common
and increasing at Jackson Hole,
Wyo., national monument. Good
hatches at Dinosaur Monument,
Utah-Colo., but poaching causes
Farm Income Fell
Sharply in 1949
Washington, March 3 ff)
Farmers income from market
ings fell sharply in all except
five states last year, the agri
culture department reported to
day. Cash receipts were up in
Florida, Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona and Delaware as com
pared with 1948.
Higher prices for citrus fruits
pushed Florida farmers' 1949 re
ceipts up 19 per cent, tops for
the nation percentagewise.
On the other extreme was
North Dakota, with a 32 per cent
decline, resulting mostly from
smaller marketings and lower
prices for wheat and flaxseed.
Texas with a 10 per cent in
crease, led in total arm income
from marketings. The big south
western state overhauled both
California and Iowa, 1948 lead
ers, to take the No. 1 spot.
Texas and California topped
the two billion dollar mark in
farm income for 1949. Iowa
missed it by about six million
dollars.
Receipts in Texas were up be
cause of increased sales of cot
ton and wheat.
The lop three states in 1949
were the same as in 1948, with
Texas moving from third to
first and Iowa dropping from
second to third. Here are com
parative figures, with 1949 list
ed first: Texas, $2,150,794,000
and $1,954,655,000; California,
$2,026,815,000 and $2,164,088,-
000; and Iowa, $l,993,871,uuo
and $2,136,682,000.
Farm income figures for the
other states, with last year's fig
ures first include:
Oregon $334,420,000 and
$386,562,000, and Washington
$505,867,000 and $566,181,000.
Cascade Union High School Nears Completion Consolida
tion of districts comprising Turner, Aumsville, West Stayton,
Marion, North Santiam and Cloverdale results in construction
of new Cascade union high school between Turner and Mar
ion. Cost of the building, ready for occupation by 274 pupils
about April 15, is approximately $346,000.
Middle Grove Notes Change
In Corner Grocery Property
Middle Grove, March 3 A change has been made in the own
ership of a business at the corner of Silverton road and Lancaster
drive. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson of Hollywood drive have
bought the grocery department of the C. S. Orwig store and took
charge on Saturday.
Ruling Favors
A. R. Wilson
Washington, March 3 (ff)
Western Union must pay a pen
sion to Arthur R. Wilson, long
time telegraph office manager
at Salem, Ore., the national
labor relations board ruled to
day.
The Commercial Telegraphers
union brought the complaint on
which the order was based.
The board's report said that
the question was whether Wilson
qualified through 20 years' con
tinuous employment with Postal
Telegraph Cable company and
its successor Western Union.
There had been gaps periods
during which he was on leave or
out of the firms' employ on his
own volition between 106
when he first started work and
1946 when he retired at age 60.
The board held that those gaps
had been "bridged" that is,
crossed over by Postal with
the intent of having the record
show continuous employment for
pension and vacation benefits,
Brooks Starts Work
Upon Packing Shed
Lafayette Bert Brooks of the
Lafayette nursery announced
completion of a new 40 by 66
building in Lafayette which
will be used as a packing shed,
and a 16 by 18 office. Brooks,
with his son, Glen, operates the
nursery, which is one of the old
est such establishments in Ore
gon. The business was estab
lished by Bert Brook's father
in 1890, when there were five
brothers in the family. They
deal in all sorts of fruit trees,
berry vines and shrubbery.
Orwig will continue to operate
the meat market and George
Hardy will have the food lock
ers as in the past. Mr. and Mrs.
Jackson have had a store at De
Lake which they have sold.
Ralph Jackson, Jr., will be in the
store after the close of the col
lege school year.
A ham supper will be served
at Middle Grove school house
Friday night by members of the
Associated clubs of Middle
Grove. This is one of a series
of special benefits planned for
the raising of funds for the com
munity club house building fund.
Supper will be served from 6
to 8 o'clock.
The Middle Grove WSCS held
an all day meeting in the home
of Mrs. Lawerence Hammer. The
lesson theme was "We Press On
in Fellowship of Widening Chris
tian Horizons in Japan." Febru
ary was an important month in
the calendar for this group of
women.
Three events were noted and
discussed: Mrs. J. Irvin Wagers,
"Ways of Directing Prayers,"
from the World Day of Prayer,
women from 70 countries gather
ed on this day for special services
giving thanks; second, the
Women's Society World Service
Day, and a report of this was
given by Mrs. Bertha Wilson
and third, the half way mark in
the society year's work and this
was noted by Mrs. Esther Wil
son.
Special emphasis of the meet-
Winter Damaged Light
Wheatland Inventory of pos
iible loss or damage by freezing
to trees and shrubbery has been
made by many who report the
loss negligible. At the Mrs.
Clyde M. LaFollette farm in
Wheatland district, the large
orange tree with the cold weath
er protection usually given it
seems to have escaped with only
a few frosted leaves on tips of
lower branches. Many camellias
are apparently badly damaged
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ings this month was prayer and
the leader, Mrs. Roy Scofield
led the devotions using first
Thesselonians as the Bible book
and spoke of the importance and
purpose of it all.
Mrs. Randall the branch presi
dent, will be at the March meet
ing which will be with Mrs. Wil
liam Scharf. New officers will
be elected. New members for
the society will be Mrs. Helen
Walker and Mrs. Leo Hammer.
In the absence of Mrs. Law
rence Hammer, who is in Grants
Pass with her father who is seri
ously ill, her daughters were
hostesses.
And It so ordered Western Unlot
to grant the pension which it
had previously withheld.
Chairman Paul M. Herzog dis
sented. He said he was unable to
find that the gaps had been brid
ged by Postal or by Western
Union and hence while there
was ample total employment for
a pension it was not continuous.
That had been the company's
position.
Loftons Purchase Store
Lafayette Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Lofton of Fossil have re
cently purchased the local va
riety store from Mrs. Charles
Davis, and are now ready for
business. Mrs. Davis moved
from her rooms in the building
to the home owned by Thomas
Ranes near the schoolhouse.
Lofton is contemplating the
purchase of a home here.
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Adolph Gerling of Salem. The
Millers and Gerlings lived near
each other when they resided in
Nebraska.
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