2 Capita Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, March 15, 1950
Nohlgren and
Fleael Debate
Debate on the Columbia Val
ley authority with State Senator
Austin F. Flegel, Portland, tak
Ing the affirmative and Ralph
Nohlgren, Salem, the negative
featured the meeting this week
sponsored by the Central How
ell local of the Farmers Union.
Roy Rutschman vice chair
man, conducted a short business
meeting of the local prior to the
debate, presiding in the absence
of Lloyd Beutler, attending the
national FU convention in Den
ver. He was accompanied by Hu
bert Aspinwall with the two
making their way home by way
of Mexico and California.
Following the open meeting
Frank Beutler reported on the
meeting of the Health associa
tion held in Salem this week
while Silas Torvend read an ar
ticle on free enterprise prepared
by the state office Serving
lunch were Elton Watts and
Torvend with a social hour held.
Bands Slated for
Spring Opening
Many Salemites have heard
the Castle Jazz band of Monte
Blue either on the radio or on
recordings. '
But the night of Spring Open
ing, Thursday, March 23, they
are going to both see and hear
that band. As one of the tea
tures of the annual event the
band is to play in the streets of
Salem,
Other bands, too are to make
their appearance that night
Three bands are to play at the
armory and a well-known name
band will play at the Crystal
Gardens.
Tickets for the treasure hunt
to be held that evening will be
available next Monday and can
be had by asking participating
merchants for them. Both mer
chants in the downtown area
and in the Capitol Shopping Cen
ter are to have the tickets, which
will be distributed Monday
through Thursday.
One of the other features of
Spring Opening is to be the se
lection of Cinderella and Prince
Charming. Following the an
nouncement of their selection
and their presentation to the
public in front of the Chamber
of Commerce the winners of the
contest will make an appear
ance at both the armory and the
Crystal Gardens.
Windows of the stores'arcT!
be unveiled at 7 p.m. and judg
Ing them will be three out-of-town
men. For the window dis
play contest, wnicn this year
Is having greater participation
than any previous time, the stores
are to be divided into 10 divi
sions. Also participating in the
spring opening, as they did in
Fall opening with an auto show.
are tne automobile dealers of
the city.
Embrace Interferes
In Operation of Car
Buddy C. Fisher, listed bv nn.
lice as a resident of the Blaine
hotel, failed to appear in muni
cipal court Wednesday to an
swer to charges of illegal driv
ing.
The information against Fish
er specified two counts:
Driving while in the embrace
of another and driving without
a license. A report on the arrest
explained that Fisher's embrace
prevented proper operation of a
car.
The "another" was left un
named in the report.
Works for Red Cross
James Hunt handles the pro
motion phase for the current
American Red Cross fund cam
paign, looking after window
displays and a speakers' bu
reau, lining up advertising,
radio programs and other
phases of publicity. (Bishop
Modernc picture)
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Friday, March 17
Organized and volunteer Seabee
reserve units at Naval and Marine
Corps Reserve training center.
Thursday, March 18
organized Naval Reserve Surface
division, at Naval and Marine
Corps Reserve training center.
tinapier o. uav. at Salem wom
en's club house.
Company O, 162nd infantry regi
ment Oregon National Guard, at
Salem armory.
4i4in volunteer air reserve
training unit, at Army Reserve quon
set huts.
Smith Promoled
Promotion of Gerald B. Smith
from corporal to sergeant, effective
March 15 was announced this week
by the office of the instructor for
the Army Reserves here. Smith,
who is a member of the 369th boat
and shore regiment, engineer re
serves, enlisted in that outfit Jan
uary 23. this year. He is a veteran
of World War II.
Hudson Home Seaman First
Class Melvin J. Hudson, is spend
ing a week's leave in Salem visiting
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
H. Hudson at 2265 Center street.
Hudson, who recently received his
promotion to a seaman, first class.
since July, 1948, has been assigned
to auty on tne uss oeHaven.
Collins Leaving
wasnington, March 15 (U.B The
Army announced Tuesday that Maj.
Gen. Laurence B. Kelser will suc
ceed Ma. Gen. Harry J. Collins as
commanding general of the Second
lnianiry aivision. rort ljewis. wash.
Collins becomes commanding gen
eral of tho New York-New Jersey
military district witn neaaquarters
at Fort Totten, N. J.
On Leave
Hayesvllle Col. Bill Willis is
spending a two-weeks leave here
at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Willis. The corporal Is
stationed at Elgin, Fla.. and has
Just completed half of his enlistment.
Homesteads for Vets
Sixty-five farm units, totalini 7.-
273 acres, will be opened to home
stead entry In the northwest this
year, Willi world War n veterans
Retting first chance.
Eleven of the farms totaling 723
30 Days for
Aiding Escape
A young blonde. Mary Eliza
beth White, pleaded guilty Wed
nesday in district court to char
ges of aiding the escape of two
inmates from the Oregon State
hospital last week-end.
District Judge Joseph B. Fel
ton sentenced her to 30 days in
the county jail, but suspended
the jail term and placed her on
probation for one year.
A condition of the probation
was that she keep away from
inmates and parolees of the Ore
gon Slate hospital.
State police nabbed Miss
White in Portland after Salem
officers uncovered the fact that
the escape of two inmates, one a
murderer, had been facilitated
by a woman friend of one of the
escapees.
Armed Forces
Plans Forming
Preliminary plans for Salem's
observance of Armed Forces
Day, May 20, will be made at a
meeting called for the night of
Tuesday, March 21, at the Am
erican Legion club by Carl Cov-
who is to serve as coordina
tor of the Salem committee.
Included in the plans will be
speakers, a dinner, luncheon
speakers, radio broadcasts and
spots, newspaper editorials and
articles and exhibits.
Asked to attend the meeting
by Cover, who is president of
the Marion County Chapter of
the Reserve Officers association,
are representatives of military
groups here and military committees.
These men are to serve in an
advisory capacity to Cover and
work on subcommittees. They
include Lt. Comdr. David N. Mo-
rey, Jr., inspector-instructor for
Naval Reserves, Salem; Lt.
Comdr. Wallace Hug, officer in
charge of the Salem Naval Air
Facility; Maj. Leonard Hicks,
commander of the Organized
Marine Corps Reserve unit; Lt.
Col. Bob Irwin, commander of
the 9414th volunteer air force
unit; Capt. Richard Reynolds,
instructor for Salem Army re
serves; Maj. John N. Nielson,
PIO of the Oregon adjutant gen
eral's office and member of the
state Armed Forces Day commit
tee; Lt. Comdr. Bosch of the
Coast Guard reserves; Lt. Ernest
Eldridge. commander of the
AVUA Naval unit; R. Board-
man, Salem Military Manpower
committee; and Col. Carle Ab-
rams of the Salem Army Advis
ory committee.
acres are in the Roza division of
the Yakima project in Washington.
The other 54 units totaling ".000
acres are In the Rlverton, Wyo.,
project.
Veterans also will get first chance
on 59 farm units of 974 acres to be
sold in the Burbank unit of the
Columbia basin project.
No homestead openings are plan
ned this year for the Klamath proj
ect at Tule lake nor In the Boise
project in Idaho.
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Draft Chief in Salem Maj. Gen. Lewis P. Hershey, U. S.
selective service director, (right) with the Oregon director,
Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea (left) as the two stepped from
the Cascade Wednesday morning en route to Portland, where
Hershey plans an overnight visit. The two were coming from
a conference at the Presidio of San Francisco.
Sig Unander
Gets Engaged
Of statewide interest was the
announcement made Wednes
day of the engagement of Miss
Vivian Martin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Martin of Wenat
chee, Wash., to Sigfrid Benson
Unander of Portland. The news
was told at a luncheon given by
Mrs. Gordon D. McCutcheon,
sister of Miss Martin, and Mrs.
Pat Allen, aunt of Mr. Unander,
at the Town club today.
Mr. Unander is state chairman
of the state republican central
committee and is well known in
Salem also for the time he was
here as secretary to former Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague.
The wedding is planned for
March 31 in Trinity Episcopal
church in Portland as an after
noon ceremony at 2:30 o'clock.
Miss Martin attended Wash
ington State college and is a
member of Kappa Alpha Theta
sorority. Miss Martin was a visi
tor here recently as a guest at
the annual military ball of the
Marion County Reserve Officers
association.
Mr. Unander is a graduate of
Stanford university and is a
member of Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity. He was a lieutenant
colonel in the army in the last
war, serving overseas for sev
eral years.
FDR, III, Has Measles
Poughquag, N. Y March 15
(A) Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Jr., (D., Lib., N. Y.), was at his
farm near here today to be witn
his sick son. The boy, 11-year-
old Franklin D. Roosevelt, III,
has the measles.
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Final Rites for
Reuben Graves
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the V.
T. Golden mortuary for Reuben
Ross Graves, native Oregonian
and retired fruit grower in the
Salem Heights area, who died at
his home Monday Interment
followed at the City View ceme
tery. Pallbearers were Jay Morris,
James Summers, Arthur Chase,
William Browning, Elbert Jones
and Waldo Lowery
Graves, a late resident of 3830
Liberty road, was born April 2,
1873, at McCoy in Polk county,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben
Graves. He had lived most of
his life in the Salem area and
had never married.
Surviving are three sisters,
Mrs. Fred Browning of Salem,
Mrs. E. E. Farr of The Dalles
and Mrs. Leota Howard of Los
Angeles; and three brothers, Wil
liam Kingston of Salem, E. B.
Graves of Baker and Charles
Kingston of Portland.
Insurance Man
Under Arrest
The arrest of an insurance
agent by Salem police on charges
of soliciting without a permit
threatened Wednesday to force
ail such agents to secure city
permits for the, conduct of their
operations.
Edward J. Burnside, 725 North
Summer, a representative of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance
company, was released on his
own recognizance after being
cited to appear in court on
charges of soliciting without a
permit.
He was one of three men ar
rested Tuesday on similar counts.
Aubrey Clare Jolly, 1470 McCoy,
was identified as a Fuller brush
salesman. He posted $25 bail.
Melvin L. Stahlman, Hollywood
Cottages, was fined $25 for soli
citing for magazines without a
permit.
Court hearings on the Burn
side arrest were expected to de
termine the application of city
ordinances dealing with solici
tation td insurance agents and
similar operations.
Ginny Sims Wins Divorce
Santa Monica, Calif., March 15
lP) Singer Ginny Simms testi
fied that her husband deserted
her for the desert on the day
before the birth of her second
son. She was awarded a divorce
on cruelty charges yesterday in
a default decree.
Teachers Hear
New Staff Man
Dr. George R. Mursell, who
has recently been appointed psy
chologist for Oregon Fairview
home gave an address yesterday
to the Marion County Teachers'
issociation at Hazel Green
school.
Dr. Mursell studied and work
ed under such international lead
ers in the field of psychology as
Goddard, Arps, Kuhlmann and
Wells. He was called to active
duty with the army as a lieuten
ant in 1940 to assist in organiz
ing and setting up the new army
classification system. He serv
ed with various army organiza
tions as a psychologist and per
sonnel expert, both In the Unit
ed States and overseas. He was
demobilized as a colonel in 1045
while with the army of occupa
tion in Germany, and was imme
diately employed by the war de
partment as chief of manpower
for military government in Ger
many, where he had supervision
over all German governmental
and private agencies dealing
with employment, housing, social
Loch Sloy, at an elevation of
800 feet in the Scottish High
lands, is the site of the largest
hydroelectric plant in the Unit
ed Kingdom.
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