2 Capital Journal, Salem,
Farm Bureau
Region Meets
The 15 Oregon Farm Bureau
centers of four counties, totaling
over 60 men and women, were
represented at a regional meet
ing of the federation being held
Saturday at the Marion hotel.
The regional jurisdiction here
is Marion, Polk, Yamhill and
Benton counties.
Marion county has five cen
ters, Yamhill and Polk three
each, and Benton four.
Eddie Ahrens of Turner is re
gional director and is presiding
at the meeting. It is the first
regional meeting here.
"I am much pleased at the
good attendance," Ahrens said
"and am glad to note the inter
est shown by the women. It is
also a good sign to see that the
four counties are evenly reprc
sented."
A guest of the meeting is Doris
Van Blockland of La Grande.
president of the Associated Wo
men of Oregon, who spoke at the
meeting.
In a progress report it was said
that Benton county has just fin
ished an expansion program that
has taken the membership to 100
family members. Polk is just
starting a drive that is expected
to reach ISO family members by
October.
The following subjects were to
be covered in the afternoon pro
gram: "Officers, Duties and Respon
sibilities," by Dick Cheadle,
chairman of the Irish Bend cen
ter in Benton county; "Secretar
ies," by Alma Schroeder;, "Coun
ty Board Meetings," by L. W.
Magce, president of Yamhill
county bureau; resolutions, by
Raymond Hobson, president of
Polk county bureau; "Publicity,"
by Eddie Ahrens, president of
Marion county bureau; "Farm
Bureau Services," by Jack Wake
field; "Reapportionment Based
on Balanced Representation," by
Mark Hatfield of Willamette uni
versity. Swallows Due
At Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, Calif.,
March 18 W) The engrossing
legend of the San Juan Capis
trano swallows will be perpetu
ated again tomorrow.
Tomorrow is St. Josepn's day.
The legend of the San Juan Cap
istrano mission, , dedicated in
1776 by Father Junipcro Serra,
founder of the Franciscan chain
of California missions, is that the
swallows arrive here annually
on March 19 and depart October
23, St. John's day.
Father Arthur J. Hutchinson,
74-ycar-old head of the rambling
adobe mission, said the swallows
never have varied their arrivel
date since he came here from
Brooklyn 13 years ago.
"The swallows will be here
early tomorrow morning," the
white haired padre said.
There were none on the mis
sion grounds today.
How the swallow finds his
way from winter quarters in
South America is still and may
always be a mystery to man,
who has to depend on his five
senses for data from which to
shape his actions.
Swallows born inside the an
cient walls of San Juan Capis
trano mission this summer will
band together in the fall and
without guidance from the older
birds, will embark alone on a
flight perhaps 10,000 miles to
their winter habitat along the
southern coasts of South Amer
ica.
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
On USS Coral Sea
A Salem mnn. T'irr nan Richard
L. Covey, and a Sllverton man.
Airman Apprentice Roger H. Seed,
have recently reported aboard the
aircraft currier USS Coral Sea lor
duty wltli the Atlantic Meet. Covey
Is the son of Mr. and Mis. Lewl
W. Covey of 1235 South 17th nn!
Heed's parenUs are Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Seed of route 2, Silvcrton
.'.t Exercises
Two men from this area. SA
Richard W. Sockp o( Salem and
SA John J. Payton of Stayion are
among those men serving aboard
the armed trunsport vessel USS
General Butner. vhtch participated
In the Joint Army, Navy and Air
Force exercises in ttie Caribbean
area. Sogge. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Sogge of 1091 Ruge street,
Salem entered the navy June 13.
1948. Payton, whose parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Paul O. Payton ol
Stayton, enlisted In the navy Sep
tember 22. 1949.
WHOA!
DANCE
FANS!
By Popular Demand
JOE LANE fe
Dance Gang
Returning to
Sloper Hall
TONITE!
INDEPENDENCE
Ore., Saturday, March 18, 1950
Doctor, Cooks
Fight Oyer
Truman's Diet
Key West, Fla., March 18 WPj
President Truman looked on
amusedly today at the perpetual
struggle between his physician
and his Filipino cooks.
Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Gra
ham, eyes afire, carried on what
he conceded was a hopeless bat
tle to keep the fat out of the
presidential diet.
Mr. Truman weighs 175 punds
and he ought to weigh a lot less,
General Graham said.
He said he considered Mr. Tru
man the healthiest president
this country ever had," but he
isn t satisfied with that.
Then, he poured out his feel
ings about the navy men who do
Mr. Truman's cooking.
"They fry everything in but
ter. General Graham fumed
The food is too rich for any
one."
Graham, who likes to eat as
well as any man, would like to
see a bit more corn bread and
mustard greens served to the
president at the "Winter White
House" at this naval submarine
station.
"Don't gel me wrong," he
cautioned. "The navy is provid
ing the president with the fin
est food in the land while he
is here. But, he is a midwestern
farm man and used to the simple,
staple foods. He isn't pushing a
plow, but working at a desk.
A broiled steak wouldn't hurt
once in a while, and simple veg
etables." Graham deplored the serving
of breaded pork chops cooked
in fat.
He gave Mr. Truman a com
plete scries of X-rays before the
president left Washington Sun
day for his sea voyage to Flori
da and found him an unusually
healthy man for 65.
Once, Graham recalled, he
thought he had won his battle
of the bulge after a heart-to-heart
talk with the cooks.
"They promised to do better,
and all they did was cut out the
pics," he said. They continued
to serve the rest of the food
cooked in butter."
Hillbilly Roundup to
Being Many Dancers
A corral for the orchestra, sur
rounded by saddles and other
cowboy accoutrements will lend
hillbilly atmosphere for the
Willamette Valley dance round'
up scheduled for the Salem
armory the night of March 24
Art work Is being done by Rod
Rcnaud and Don Pence, Parrish
junior high pupils.
Scores of dancers from many
parts of tile valley are expected
to take part in the three-hour
program that will include a wide
variety of square dances and the
maximum activity.
Invitations have been extend
ed to the Silver Square Dance
club, Amity Folk Dance club,
Forest Grove Dosido club, Port
land ONO club. Portland ONT
club, Dallas Hoppers, Circle All
club, Eugene; Czech Jolly Danc
ers, Scio; TaTt Coast Dwellers,
Salem Gate Swingers, Oregon
Stale Promcnadcrs, Jeans and
Calico club (McMinnville), Do
sido club, Portland; Circle A.
club, Portland, Castle Engineers
club, Portland, Salem Heights
Square Dance club, and YMCA
Square Dance club, Salem.
Four-Year-Old Child
Returned to Home
A sign of springtime was evi
dent in police reports Saturday.
Members of the department
were called upon lo hunt for a
4-year-old youn g s t c r Carrol
Turner, 348 East Meyers who
went for an unattended stroll
Friday afternoon.
The youngster was returned
home within a half hour after
police aid was sought
Two 18-year-old youths admit
ted shoplifting activities in state
ments to Salem detectives Fri
day, but the pair was released
when the store management
where the thefts took place fail
ed to sign a complaint
Li
To The
OLD-TIME vJJf "IV
MODERN 4f2'
WESTERN
VALLEY
BOYS
TONIGHT
MARCH 18th
FINE MUSIC!
FUN FOR ALL!
Admission Only $1.00
GLENWOOD
BALLROOM
Just 4 Mi. North of Salem
on 99E
It
Reward for Father Lord Mountbatten, captain of "HMS
Liverpool" polo team, receives trophy from his daughter, Lady
Pamela, after his team defeated Malta Polo club.
Censorship of
Movies Feared
Washington March 18 (u.R)
Sen. Sheridan Downey. (D-Cal),
said Friday a proposal to li
cense the movie industry could
develop into government cen
sorship of radio television,
newspapers, magazines and
books.
He was referring to the licens
ing bill introduced this week by
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson (D-Colo)
who was incensed by the ro
mance between Actress Ingrid
Bergman and Roberto Rossellini,
the Italian director
"Though well-intentioned. I'm
sure, the proposal is so danger
ous and so contrary to democra
tic ideals that I cannot express
too strongly my opposition to
any such restrictive measure,"
Downey said in a statement.
"Without in any sense con
doning the actions of certain
members of the industry who
have violated our accepted code'
of behavior, I would like to point
out that for every one individual
who offends, thousands of mem
bers of the same industry live
decently and wholesomely pro
viding far more examples of
good conduct than bad "
Downey said the proposal
would mean policing all film
workers "for the sake of punish
ing a film star.
"The proposal before the con
gross would set up a govern
mcnt censorship over the movie
industry which might easily be
extended to radio, television
newspapers, ma g a z i n e 8 , and
books," he said.
Donahue of Baker to
Manage Albany C. C.
Albany, March 18 ) The
Albany Chamber of Commerce
yesterday named Donald J. Don
ahue, 38, Baker, Chamber of
Commerce manager, to become
manager of the chamber here.
He is to lake over April 1.
succeeding Walter Underwood,
who resigned.
OLD TIME DANCE
Every Saturday Night
Over Western Auto
259 Court St.
Join the crowd and have
a good time.
Music By
BEN'S ORCHESTRA
PUBLIC DANCE
Admission 60c. Inc. Tax
BIG DANCE
Saturday Nite
Aumsville
Pavilion
TOMMY KIZZIAH
and his
WEST COAST RAMBLERS
A
DANCE SATURDAY
In the Newly Remodelled and Newly Decorated
POP EDWARDS
and Hit
OLD TIME MUSIC
THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY'S FAVORITE OLD TIME ORCHESTRA
And to the Modern Music of BILL DeSOUZA
and His Talented Ten-Piece Band
"THE TALK OF THE TOWN"
TWO FLOORS - TWO BANDS - ONE PRICE
Home League
Host to Rally
The Salem Salvation Army
Home league will be the host
organization March 21 for the
semi-annual league rally for
northern Oregon. Delegates will
be present from Eugene, La-
Grande, The Dalles and Port
land. Mrs. Major G. R. Durham, di
visional Home league secretary,
will conduct the meeting, while
Brig. Pauline Eberhart of San
Francisco will be the guest
speaker
The rally will be held at 241
State street, and will open with
a luncheon at 12:30. The after
noon will be devoted to business
of the league.
Mrs. Edith Phillips and Maj
or Ellen Finks are secretary
and treasurer, respectively of
the Salem league. During the
past three months the league has
sent a box of clothing to the
Philippines, contributed $25 for
the Army's missionary work,
furnished several articles for Ar
my officers' quarters and spent
many hours in visiting the sick
and those in need.
IOOF to Meet in Astoria
Astoria, Ore., March 18 (U.R)
Plans for the IOOF and Rebekah
grand lodge assembly of Ore
gon convention here May 15-18
have been made in a meeting
of Astoria and grand lodge of
ficials. The convention is ex
pected to bring 1500 delegates
and visitors to Astoria.
BIG
DANCE
COTTONWOODS
ALBANY-LEBANON 1
HIGHWAY
TONIGHT
Glenn Woodry's
Orchestra
Salem's Home -Owned
STARTS TOMORROW
MIGHTY IN STARS!
Crystal Gardens
NEIL BROWN
Popular Square Dance Caller
Calling the
SQUARE DANCES
Jinxed Trawler
Sinks: 1 1 Drown
Halifax, N. S., March 18 Wi
A jinxed Nova Scotia trawler
was rammed and sunk in the
early morning darkness off Hali
fax harbor today, carrying 11
of her 17 crew members to a
watery death.
Only six escaped from the
115-foot Gertrude De Costa, out
of Yarmouth, N .S., after a sud
den collision with the Interisland
Steamship Co., Ltd., vessel island
Connector.
Sitting in the steaming engine
room of the Connector, the still
shivering survivors told of a
frantic scramble for safety dur
ing the few short minutes be
fore their craft took her last
plunge. ,
All were taken to a hospital
shortly after the 1,386-ton Con
nector brought them into port.
Some suffered injuries and
shock.
In the companionway outside,
lay the bodies of two of their
shipmates, the only two re
covered. All the survivors one actual
ly was carried under with the
ship but lived to tell the story
are from Nova Scotia. All the
dead, except one from Grand
Bank, Newfoundland, also were
Nova Scotians.
Among the dead were Capt.
Haslen Knickle of Lunenburg
and his father, Otto. Another
father and son, George Schrader
and his son Dave, also were lost
in the crash, which climaxed a
jinxed voyage for the De Costa.
On the banks a few days ago
a dory upset and one crew mem
ber, was lost. His dory-mate,
Morton Tanner of Blue Rocks,
was saved. Today, Tanner was
one of those lost.
Cadet Feared
Murder Victim
West Point, N.Y., March .18
W A handsome West Point
cadet who disappeared mysteri
ously two months ago on his
way to a dinner date, was be
lieved by authorities today to
have been slain.
While a nationwide hunt for
the cadet continued, Lt. Col. Ed
win N. Howell, provost marshal
at the U.S. Military Academy,
said yesterday:
I am convinced this Is foul
play. I's sure we will not find
this man alive."
The cadet, 21-year-old Rich
ard Cox of Mansfield, O., disap
peared last January 14 when he
left his quarters to keep a dinner
appointment on the reservation
with a man he referred to as
"George."
DANCE
TONITE
to
Wayne Strachan's
Music
k Best Dance Floor in
Town!
it A Super Snack Bar!
VFW HALL
Hood and Church Sts.
ENDS TODAY!
"STAMPEDE"
"HOLD THAT BABV
TWO BIG ttF.-lSSUF
TERRIFIC IN SCOPE!
CAKY GRANT VICTOR MeLMUN
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, k. JOAN FONTAINE
K
V
Zip-Your-Lip
Idea Wins
For Woman
Kelso, Wash., March 18 IIP)
Remember the wartime
s:gns that read "Zip your
lip?"
Mrs. Patricia Controy, 24,
carried the idea into superior
court here yesterday and
won her freedom on a liquor
law violation charge. She
hired no lawyer, had no de
fense, but just sat without
saying a word.
The jury split, 6-6, and
wouldn't bring In a verdict.
Red's Currency
At Ail-Time Low
Berlin, March 18 VP) The So
viet zone's currency plunged to
day to an all-time low value,
gripping holders of the east
mark in a near panic of sell
ing to unload.
The crisis started yesterday,
spurred by reports of a possible
sudden currency reform in east
Germany.
Money exchanges in West Ber
lin were besieged at opening
time this morning by Berliners
seeking to dump millions of So
viet-backed east marks for the
more solid west mark, supported
by American credits.
Following secret crisis meet
ings last night, western ex
change offices opened the mar
ket today at the lowest rate it's
been since it was established in
the summer of 1948 nine east
marks to one west mark.
The black market rated the
east mark even cheaper, at one-
tenth the value of the west
mark. But east German offic
ials continued to maintain that
the east mark actually is worth
one west mark.
Portland, March 18 P The
first regional conference of the
governor's industrial safety ad
visory committee is to be held
in Tillamook. Officials named
the site yesterday, and said the
date probably would be set for
May.
2 of the Year's
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and
"ALL THE .
KING'S MEN"
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Special Sunday Dollar Dinner
Tomato or Fruit Juice Cocktail " Soup Salad
Grade A Ground Round Steak with
Fresh Mushroom Sauce
Choice of Dessert Rolls and Butter Coffee or Tea
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All Legionnaires, Auxiliary
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Sen. Byrd Gets
Confidence Vote
- Washington, March 18 VP) A
unanimous vote of confidence
for Chairman Byrd (D-Va.) by
the senate-house committee on
reduction in federal expendi
tures failed to day to halt a drive
by Senator Humphrey (D
Minn.) to abolish the group.
Humphrey told a reporter
Chairman Hayden (D-Ariz.) of
the rules committee has agreed
to hold hearings on the Hum
phrey bill. It would wipe out the
14-member economy group
which Byrd has headed since it
was formed in 1941.
"The rules committee has ask
ed government agencies for
their views on my bill and I in
tend to push it," Humphrey said.
Commenting on the senate
house committee's action yester
day in re-electing Byrd as chair
man, Humphrey said he was
"glad to see that the committee
has held its first meeting in two
years."
"Maybe some of those folks
over there who have been on the
government payroll so long do
ing nothing will get to work
now," he said.
Humphrey previously charg
ed the committee with being
"extravagant and wasteful."
Boyd replied that the group had
helped cut government expens
es about $2,000,000,000 in the
nine years of its existence.
In a closed session yesterday
Begins Their
Entertainment
! Season
VIRGINIA WOLF
.-S (From Portland)
10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Dancing in the
Burgundy Room
' tattucJ
; Chateau
to 9:30 p.m.
Members and Their Guests
2650 So. Commercial St.
back to invite
honeymoon!
-WILLIAM HOLDEAT
JOAN WLYIELD
BILLY DE "WOLFE
MOM FREEMAN
EDWARD ARNOLD
We
LATEST
WARNER NEWS
the group rejected Eyi";
to resign the chairmanihir. T ;
Virginia senator u?Cs.ri I
Rep. Doughton (DSC
elected chairman, in l m- i
the usual custom of alteir'
representatives and : '
yearly as heads of joint .
tees. Doughton countered w.tli u
suggestion that Byrd be retain
ed as chairman. This was ap
proved unanimously by those
present. Secretary of the Treas
ury Snyder and Budget Direct
or Frank Pace, non-congressional
members of the group, were
not present.
Deputy Warden
Quells Convicts
McAlester, Okla., March 18 P)
-The deputy warden at the stato
penitentiary here walked into a
punishment building where 22
incnrrieihlp nrisnnnrc war. lnncB
and successfully bargained yes-
leraay lor ine lives of two guards
they had overpowered.
Warden C. P. Burford was in
vestigating the incident today
after the prisoners staged a one
hour riot in the prison's "Little
Alcatraz" yesterday.
"Little Alcatraz" is a building
ineirla ihn ,nll , ., lit
confinement of incorrigibles kepfl'
separated from the over 1,850
prisoners.
Mat. Daily From 1 P.M.e
NOW! A BIG PARADE
OF LAFFS AND FUN!
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I HOME -
THRILL CO-HIT!
Cont. from 1 P.M.
NOW! ROARING
ADVENTURE!
ONTMOHSHOUITUAr?'
Ends Today! Cont. Shows
Dana Andrews
In Technicolor
"CANYON PASSAGE"
Anna Lee
"HIGH CONQUEST"
TOMORROW!
Susan Rayward
"SMASH-UP"
Doug Fairbanks
"THE EXILE"
SC-T ION . - TL'E.' J'
Opens 6:15 Starts 6:45 L
Tyrone Power I I
Orson Welles I I
Wanda Hendrix I f
'PRINCE OF FOXES' I
1 Richard Travis Iff
I Pamela Blake ill
I "SKYLINER" til
Hilarious Co-Hit!
ll!sT TIMES TONITE! 1'
p Opens 6:15 Starts 6M5 Wl
1 1 Brod Crawford I I
1 1 John Ireland 1 1
1 1 Joanne Dru I (
II "ALL KING'S MEN" 1
III Robert Young Iff
ill Barbara Hale Iff
111 "Baby Makes Three"