Destitute While his wife watches, Charley Morgan, a one
legged farm worker who sold his blood to buy food for his
children, feeds the children from a box of rations rushed in by
juvenile authorities to aid families found starving to death in
a farm labor camp near Phoenix, Ariz. Almost 100 children
were found in a starvation condition in what one juvenile au
thority described as "the worst case of mass destitution I have
I seen." The families in the camp are destitute because a freeze
ipoiled the crops, throwing them out of work. (Acme Tele
iphoto) Near-Starving Family Gets
Food in Agricultural Camp
By RAY HERBERT
Phoenix, Ariz., March 10 u.R) John Franklin Morgan, 4
munched a burnt biscuit oozing with apple butter today and
said it "sure tastes "good."
His five sisters and brothers got biscuits also, and there
was goat's milk for the youngest, a 17-month-old blonde
youngster who walked better
than most kids his age.
Their father, Charles Morgan,
44, said it was the first food that
had ever been given to him and
he felt "embarrassed."
The food, including several
boxes of staples and canned
goods, was delivered to the
Morgan's one-room metal shelter
In an agricultural camp 16 miles
west of Phoenix last night.
Food was distributed to other
near-starving families In the
huge camp after superior judge
Thomas J. Croaff released a re
port that said the families were
facing "mass destitution."
Gifts of food and medical sup
plies began pouring into the
camp after judge Croaff ' report
was made public, welfare agen
cies in Phoenix, civic groups In
Livestock Men Advised to
Keep Records of Production
Keeping detailed records, particularly in connection with the
raisine of sheeD. was urged by Prof. W. G. Uadmus, uregon
State college, at a dinner meeting of the Marion County Livestock
association at Union Hill Thursday nigiu.
These records should at first be simple with a system recently
developed at the college replac
ing them as soon as possible.
nearby Tolleson and Avondale
and private individuals were in
strumental in starting the flow
of urgently needed supplies.
The camp, with neat rows of
shacks belies the hardship and
poverty most of its inhabitants
are facing. So does its location
near Tolleson, which calls itself
"the vegetable center of the
world," and Phoenix, the winter
resort capital of the southwest.
Morgan, who limps around on
a wooden leg, said his family
wouldn't be in the "fix" it's in
if his truck hadn't broken down
six weeks ago.
Morgan sold a pint of blood
for $5 last week to get money
to buy food for his children.
"It looked more like a short
quart to me," he commented.
Four Corners Volunteer
Firemen Host for Group
Four Corners, March 10 The Four Corners Volunteer Firemen
were hosts to the Marion County Firefighters association. Guest
speaker was Roland Blantz from the Portland General Electric
company. Local fire chief W. R. Gould welcomed the visitors.
One hundred and ten persons enjoyed the old fashioned Medicine
how put on by Bill Cartrighty
Gale Advises on
Milk Control
Need of dairy units to work
toward a more unified thinking
the milk control law was
advocated by John Gale, Jersey
cattle breeder of Canby, at the
March meeting of the board of
directors of the Oregon Jersey
Cattle club here Thursday.
Presidents of various county
clubs comprise the board with
Marlin Fox, Molalla, president,
and Jens Svinth, Grants Pass,
secretary.
Plans were also made for a
series of spring shows, the first
at Rogue River, May 16, followed
by Polk county May 18: Linn-
Benton county May 19 and 20
Marion, May 22; Clackamas, May
23: Washington, May 24; Yam
hill, May 25, and Malheur, May
26 and 27.
Svinth was named one of three
judges to evaluate each show and
youth activities with another to
be a representative of Ralph
Morvan's FFA offices and the
cattle judge to be named at the
April meeting.
George Gentemann, Indepen
dence, president of the Polk
county, stressed youth activities
and said the committee he heads
for this purpose is working on a
program to be presented and act
ed upon in the near future.
Others speaking were Floyd
Bates, Marion club president.
urging thought be given on coun
ty herds for the state fair; W. D.
Mongred, Rogue River, with an
invitation from the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce to hold
the state Jersey picnic in Lithia
park with another invitation for
the picnic extended by Grants
Pass. Neither Invitation receiv
ed action.
Draper to Vie
With Gibson
Albany, Mar. 10 Two con
tests in the republican primary
election of May 19 developed
Thursday, one for nomination to
the office of county commis
sioner and the other to the office
of joint Linn-Lane senator in the
state legislature.
Filing by Wayne Downing,
Lacomb, county commissioner,
for nomination to succeed him
self placed him in opposition to
Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Johnson,
who had previously filed, and
a third aspirant, J. W. Short
ridee. Albany real estate broker,
announced he will file for the
same office.
From Sweet Home came the
announcement that Ed Cardwell
mavor. will file for the office of
Linn county representative in
the state legislature, also in the
Republican primary.
Two representatives will be
elected this year and thus far
Cardwell and District Attorney
Melvin Goode are the only an
nounced Republican candidates.
Another development was the
filing of Jack Draper, founder
of the newly-incorporated town
of Draperville, for the office of
joint senator from Linn and
Lane counties. This will be
Draper's second try at the joint
senatorship. He gave Angus Gib
son, whom he will again oppose,
a surprisingly close race in the
Republican primary of May,
1946.
and his troop of amateur enter-
taineds. At the close of the
evening's program the local fire
men served the guests a "crab
feed."
Gift Bar Planned
The Firemen's auxiliary held
their March meeting in the John
Fox home with Mrs. Fox and
Mrs. Ray Russell as co-hostesses.
A project for increasing the club
funds was carried out. They
will iponsor a "gift bar" at the
Community Center association
carnival held as a community
benefit each year. Mrs. Earl
Benz was a guest. There were
18 members present. Mrs. War
ren Shrake and Mrs. Everett
Smith will be co-hostesses for
the April meeting in the Shrake
home.
The "Better Dress" work shop
being held in connection with
the Four Corners Home Exten
sion Unit had their second
meeting Thursday in the E. E.
Walker home with Mrs. Walker
and Mrs. Ralph King as instruc
tors. This was an all day meet
ing with luncheon at 12 o'clock,
Those sewing at this meeting
were Mrs. A. C. Shaw, Mrs. Jess
Mcllnay, Mrs. Stan Bradcn,
Mrs. J. H. Igleheart, Mrs. Ar
nold Olson, Mrs. S. H. Cable.
Episcopal Bishop
To Air Sermon
The sermon at the 11 a.m
service at St. Paul's Episcopal
church Sunday, will be a radio
address by the Most Rev. Henry
Knox Sherrill, D.D., presiding
bishop of the Episcopal church.
The presiding bishops sermon
will be broadcast over 600 sta
tions, and will be heard in Salem
over KSLM from 11:30 to 11:45
a.m.
Knute Knutson Dies
Independence, Ore., March 10
Knute Knutson, 72, of Silver
ton, died here suddenly Thurs
day while resting after eating
his lunch. Funeral services will
be held in Silverton Saturday at
2 o clock.
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Air Defenses of
Japan Planned
Toyko. March 10 (U.R) United
States army, navy and air force
officers will meet at three air
bases in Japan next Tuesday for
simutaneous joint conferences on
the air defense of Japan, den
Douglas MacArthur's headquar
ters announced today.
Strategy talks on defending
southern Japan will be held at
Itazuke air base on Kyushu Is
land. Military leaders concern-1
ed with the defense of Central
Japan will meet at Johnson air
base near Tokyo.
The third conference will take
place at Misawa airbase on the
northern tip of Honshu Island,
the nearest major American base
to the Russian port of Vladivos
tok. The meetings were expected to
analyze the results of war games
in which bombers based on Okin
awa and Guam have tried to
penetrate the combined army,
navy and air force defense of
Japan.
Meanwhile, the U.S. navy an
nounced it is establishing a naval
air base at Yokosuka, Japan's
chief navy base during the war.
The American navy wants to
keep it after the peace treaty is
signed with Japan.
Coincident with announcement
of the strategy talks, was the
arrival here of Lt. Gen. Henry
S. Aurand, commanding generai
of the U. S. army in the Pa
cific. He was expected to take
One of the best club years on
record was enjoyed the past year,
according to Anthol Riney, Mar
ion county 4-H club leader, who
said that there are now 225 clubs
with 209 leaders and 2200 boys
and girls working on 3169 dif
ferent projects.
Report on the four bred gilt
sales in Oregon in recent weeks
was given by George Kraus, vice
president of the Oregon Swine
association. He announced the
market hog show in Portland
April 4 followed by a tour to
Corvallis the following day and
through Marion county April 6
with the tour to end in Portland
with a view of displayed carcas
ses. Ben Newell, program chair
man, announced an association
sponsored sheep tour March 17.
Louis Hennies, Turner, presided
with music provided by J. J.
Thompson and E. P. Luthy, du
ets and Keith Scott in accordion
numbers.
' Guests introduced included
Charles Evans, past president of
the Western Livestock associa
tion and Mrs. Evans; Floyd
Bates, representing the Salem
Chamber of Commerce and Mrs
Bates; Henry Ahrens, chairman
of the Turner fat lamb show
committee; Ed Taylor, Mehama;
W. M. Tate, chairman of the
county PMA committee; T. R.
Hobart, field man for the Ladd
& Bush branch of the United
States National bank; Elmer
Lorence and Mrs. Slctto.
A short memorial service was
held in honor of W. P. Emery,
one of the older members of the
county organizaion, who died a
few weeks ago.
Shelton Farm
Sinking in Earth
Shelton, March 10 VP) A puz
zled farmer watched his straw
berry patch sink into, the ground
today and worried over the fate
of his house standing nearby.
The earth began to sink 11
days ago and now Walter Cooke,
who farms near here, has a
water-filled pit where strawber
ries used to grow.
He said the disturbance was
first noticed when water began
bubbling out of the ground. It'
spread water and sand over a
100 yard stream. Then the ground j
crumbled and went down. The
ground has continued to drop;
since it first began crinkling.
The pit today is about six
feet deep and 50 feet in diameter.
Cracks in the earth extend more
than 75 feet away and go under
Cooke's barn. His house is about
150 feet away. He is not too much
concerned about the barn as he
plans to rebuild it anyway.
Mrs. Cooke said the water in
the pit was a strong blue color
and usually "bubbles in fits and
starts."
"I don't know where the
ground is going," Cooke said, "I
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don't know when it will stop."
Mrs. Cooke theorized the
earthquake which shook the area
severely last year might be the
cause of the disturbance.
She said Mason County Engi
neer Arthur Ward had no ex
planation for the phenomenon
but said it might be an under
ground river breaking through
the surface. Andrew Kruiswyk,
Jr., county agricultural agent
said he had never seen anything
like it.
Yawn and Goodnight
Houston, March 9 (ff) "This
must be a joke," said a man who
called the sheriff's office. "I've
gat a good boy working for mo
and he's got a ticket for speed
ing. But it was signed Yawn
and Goodnight." It was no joke,
he was assured. Deputy Sheriffs
Sid Yawn adn Steve Goodnight,
working together recently, had
signed the ticket.
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