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Plant Working
On Fertilizer
i i The manufacture of fertilizer
1 started this week at the plant
; , of the Continental Chemical
; company on Cherry avenue
! : north of the city.
' I Arch W. Metzger, general man
i ager of the plant, said that
' about 100 tons of sulphate of
j ) ammonia fertilizer is being turn
i ed out daily and that it is all
j for local use. A supply for Ore
i gon farmers will De Kept on
hand also at the company's ware
I house.
Ammonia, which is needed in
i the manufacture, is still some-
j what short, but enough is being
i received, Metzger said, for the
i present operation.
Two Killed in
Political Fight
Guatemala, Guatemala, July
! 21 VP) Two persons were killed
and 10 were injured in a wild
street fight between rival poli
tical groups here yesterday
. Police scattered the mob with
1 tear gas.
One of the victims was a stu
; dent, Edgar Lemcke. The politi
. cally powerful San Carlos Uni
versity students association
angered over his death declar
ed a general student strike.
Local newspapers said a third
man was killed but there was no
official confirmation.
The clash came between fol
lowers of Jacobo Arbenz. gov
ernment-backed presidential can
didate, and supporters of his
leading opponent, Gen. Ydigoras
Fuentes, former Guatemalan
minister to London.
The battle began In the capi
tal's shopping district when some
300 government supporters
heckled several thousand demon
strators who had gathered to de
mand that President Juan Jose
Arevalo resign.
Arevalo's backers armed them
selves with tree branches, while
the opposition broke up concrete
manhole covers for ammunition.
A few shots were fired and one
man received a bullet wound.
There was no confirmation of a
report from university students
that one of their number was
killed. '
The presidential election Is
scheduled to take place next No
vember or December. Arevalo's
six year term expires next
March, i
Two Killed in
Jet Plane Crash
Moses Lake, July 21 (IP) A
F-94 Jet fighter plane crashed on
the takeoff at Larson air force
base near here last night, kill
ing the pilot and hU radar operator.
The armed forces public In
formation office at Seattle iden
tified the dead as:
Jst Lieut. Leonard F. Hawk,
29, and 1st Lieut. George W.
Murphy, 26. Both were from
Ehprata. They were assigned to
the 318th fighter squadron at
Larson base.
The PIO said the F-94 Is the
air force's newest radar-equipped
Jet fighter. It was aslgned to
Larson base from Lockheed only
last month.
A member of a crash truck
crew was Injured enroute to the
crash.
Landru L. Thornton, mem
ber of the sales division of
Valley Motor company, who
died Thursday. Services will
be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
at First Evangelical United
Brethren church.
Hiking Main
Camp Diversion
Hiking and nature study have
highlighted the program for boys
spending an outing at Camp Sil
ver Creek, operated by the Sa
lem YMCA.
Stuart Cooper, of the Oregon
state game commission,' spent
two days in camp giving chapel
talks and conducting nature
hikes. One of his expeditions
was to the beaver dam. Twenty
seven boys took part In the
trip.
All of the boys housed In the
Hillside unit made a tour of
the falls Thursday and slept out
Thursday night. They were led
by Bob Golf.
Another group Is now en
gaged on a Sky Line trail hike,
including visits to Pamela lake,
Hunt's cover, and Hank's lake at
the foot of Mt. Jefferson. Lead
ers are Paul Bell and Dick Car
ter. Boys in the group are Vern
L,entz, Walt Craycroft. Bob
Thurston, Gerry Carleton, Ger-
id Erickson, Gary Zwicker,
Pete Musgrave, Charles Ham-
mersted, John Hammersted.
Dcnzell Fox, Ronnie Coon, Nick
Gilman and Delwyn Schulze,
Holcomb, Plummer
On FEPC Commiffee
Gov. Douglas McKay today
announced the appointment of
George Holcomb and the reap
pointment of Ulysses G. Plum
mer, Jr., both of Portland, to
the advisory committee of fair
employment practices act, four-
year terms.
Holcomb Is labor renreientn
live on the committee and Plum
mer represents the public at
large. Albert L. McCrcady, who
has been representing labor on
me committee, did not wish to
be considered for reappointment
because of press of business, the
Kuvemor saia.
Fax Revenue Share
To Help Linn Roads
A 1 b a n y A little brightness
ivas shed upon the dismal Linn
county general road fund pic
ture by a 159,618.82 check re
ceived Wednesday by County
Treasurer Raymond Tomllnaon
from Secretary of State Earl
Newbry.
The check represents second
quarter payment of Linn coun
ty's share of state highway de
partment revenues from gasoline
taxes, motor vehicle, PUC and
drivers' license fees and traffic
road fund.
This brings to $134,451.04 the
total of such fundi received by
the county during the first six
months of this year. It Is a $40,
437.34 Increase over the amount
received during the correspond
ing period last year.
adillac to
Build Tanks
Detroit, July 21 (P) The army
is negotiating with the Cadillac
division of General Motors for
mass production of tanks.
Col, David J. Crawford, com
mander of the Detroit arsenal,
confirmed negotiations are under
way and predicted a contract
will be worked out within a few
days.
Col. Crawford declined to say
what type tank Cadillac will
build, but unconfirmed reports
said it would be the new 28-ton
light tank. Gen. J. Lawton Col
lins, army chief of staff, has de
scribed it as "superior in maneu
verability and operations to any
type ever seen in warfare."
Cadillac was a major tank pro
ducer in World War II,
No Word Comes fo
Naval Reserve Here
Navnl reservists in this area
have received no word that
would Indicate that any of them
will be taken as a group.
The navy's statement that it
is calling up some of Its reserve
oir units will probably not af
fect the men at the Salem Naval
Air Facility as a unit.
The announcement, it appears,
applies only to organized air
units. Snlcm's facility trains
only volunteers who take their
training as individuals. Because
of this it is presumed that these
reservists will be called up as
Individuals, if they are called.
As fnr as the surface division
of the naval reserve Is concern
ed no word has been received
on that. To date only word re
ceived by the navy reserves here
Is a call for reservists with cer
tain specified rates to volunteer
for active duty.
Guard for King
Leopold's Return
Brussels, Belgium, July 21 U.fi
The government's "big three"
leaders left by air for Switzer
land today to bring King Leo
pold III home from his five-year
exile.
Premier Jean Duvieusart, sen
ate president Paul Sturye and
house president Frans Van Cou
welaert took off for Geneva less
than 25 hours after the social
Christian (Catholic) majority in
parliament voted to recall Leopold.
The king's return tomorrow
was expected to be the signal
for nation-wide strikes and dem
onstrations sponsored by the so
cialists, Leopold's chief oppo
nents. He has not set foot on
Belgian soil since June 6, 1944,
when he was deported by the
nazis. For five years he has been
barred from the throne as "unfit
to reign."
Already, anti-Leopoldists had
plastered the road from Brussels
to Laeken palace with signs
reading "Abdicate!" and "Leo
pold III no!" in letters three
feet high.
Dam Projects
May Be Speeded
Washington, July 21 (P) A
conference on whether to speed
up construction of federal pow
er projects is under way In
Washington today, an assistant
secretary of the interior dis
closed here.
C. Girard Davidson said the
emergency planning that fol
lowed the Korean fighting
brought on the conference, at
tended by Paul J. Raver, Bon
neville administrator, and other
power administrators from oth
er sections of the country.
Davidson said no announce
ment of decisions was to be ex
pected soon. He added, "We
are very hopeful we can get
construction of some dams and
power projects speeded up
It would be in line with the
president's emergency plan, and
would also take care of civilian
growth."
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Joe Dunne Plans
To Enter Race
Portland, Ore.. Julv 21 (U.R)
There may be a third candidate
for the Oregon gubernatorial
race in November's general elec
tion pitting democratic nomi
nee Austin Flegel of Portland
against Gov. Douglas McKay on
ine republican side.
The third candidate, an inde
pendent, would be state nension
leaaer Joe E. Dunne, 68-year-
old Portlander who announced
in legal notices of today's Port
land ana Oregon City newspa
pers that he was calling an as
sembly for July 31 for the mir-
pose of nominating an indenend-
eni candidate.
He admitted to the Oreirnn
City Banner-Courier that he
would run If nominated at the
assembly because he felt he had
tne support- of 312.000 voters.
Dunne was a GOP nominee fnr
the top state post in 1934. Just
Deiore this year's May 19th pri
mary, he threatened to run on
an independent ticket If Flegel
won the democratic nomination
because he claimed Flegel would
not aid pension candidates sup-
yurung a pension amendment.
If Dunne is nominated by the
assembly, he must file the nom
ination and get his name on the
oauot Dy Aug. 14.
From 13th naval district head
quarters In Seattle word was
received Friday that retired of
ficers and enlisted personnel
will not be called at this time.
The communique further stat
ed that no deferments will be
granted lr. the case of those men
recalled to active duty except In
cases involving key billets in In
dustry activities vital to national
defense and in cases wherein
community welfare will be sorl
ously affected.
Members of the voluntary
units, it said, will not be re
called, except In ineclnl in.
24 Per Cent Jump
In Department Stores
Washington, July 21 (P)De
partment store sales soared last
week to 24 per cent above a year
ago.
The rise, by far the biggest
yet for 1950, was noted in a fed
eral reserve report that followed
by one day President Truman's
warning to the American people
against panic buying and hoard
ing. It was spread across the na
tion, with sales showing gains
ranging from 12 per cent In the
Richmond Federal reserve dis
trict to 39 per cent In the Dallas
district.
Throughout the first half of
this year, 1950 sales by depart
ment stores were lagging under
me comparable period of 1949.
Ragtime Kid of Yukon Poem,
'Dangerous Dan McGrew', Dies
Seattle, Wash., July 21 (U.R) "The kid that handled the music
box"the night dangerous Dan McGrew was shot in the Malemute
saloon died quietly Monday in a Seattle hospital, his relatives
reveaiea today.
Harvey Claude Myrick, 65, was the ragtime kid of Robert
service s immortal poem of the
Yukon. He was a sourdough In
stances, but may volunteer for
active duty. Waves will not be
recalled involuntarily at hi
time.
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Woodburn, Oregon
TONITE
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Tue., July 25th
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the northland at the age of 13
ana played tne first piano
brought into Skagway, Alaska.
In 1907 he was playing a piano
in Whitehorse, Yukon territory,
the night Service got the inspira
tion for "The Shooting of Dan
McGrew:"
A bunch of the boys were
whooping it up in the Malemute
saloon.
The kid that handled the
music box was hitting a rag
time tune ..." '
The poet said two years ago
that the names in his ballads
were fictitious, but the poem
was based on actual happenings.
Myrick became known from
Nome to Chilkoot Pass as the
Ragtime Kid. He followed the
gold rushes of the north and
later, the glitter of the stage,
pounding on his "music box," but
he didn't mak a "strike" until
he set up business in Seattle
He was wiped out in the 1929
stock market crash, but reestab
lished himself in business and
lived comfortably until his death.
During World War II. the Rag
time Kid "hit" out a few tunes
for servicemen in the Seattle
USO building.
Funeral arrangements were
pending today. He was survived
by his widow, Mary, a son
Claude and a daughter, Joy.
Entertain Chicagoans
Liberty Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Solberg and daughter Darlene.
of Watertown, S. D., and Bev
erly Hanson of' Chicago, were
house guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul frcharn on Vita Springs
Road. Mrs. Solberg is Mr.
Scharns sister. Mr. and Mrs.
Scharn honored them at a din
ner party at their home. Guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wal
ling, Sharol and Gary. Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Scharn, and Paul
of Eugene and Gerald Scharn'.
French Student
May Come Here
Plans to bring an exchange
student from France to Willam
ette university for study next
fall are now being made by the
campus UNESCO, (United Na
tions Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization.)
Numerous organizations, indi
viduals and clubs throughout
Salem have contributed to the
program for tuition and expens
es of the student. He will be
housed in Baxter hall.
Three names will be chosen
from the applications sent to
Willamette to be interviewed by
Dr. George Hocking, professor
of romantic languages. Dr. Hock
ing is spending the summer in
France with a group of Willam
ette students.
Dr. Edward C. Kollmann, as
sistant professor of philosophy,
is advisor for UNESCO on the
Willamette campus.
Egg Prices Boosted
Another Cent Friday
Egg prices were boosted an
other cent on all top grades here
rnday.
Similar advances were report
ed on the Portland produce mar
ket, eggs having made several
advances during the past three
weeks, seasonal boosts at this
time of year.
In the new local list, buylns
quotations are: Large AA, 88
cents; large A, 49-55 cents; me-
aium aa, 50 cents; medium A,
48-50 cents; small, 28-32 cents.
Wholesale prices were boosted
two cents to 60 cents on the large
size, generally; and the mediums
at 55 cents.
All other produce continued
unchanged here Friday.
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"ROSES ARE RED"
HOLLYWOOD KIDS CLUB
Tomorrow 1:00 to 4:00 p. m.
S CARTOONS SERIAL
Special Matinee Feature
"PHANTOM OF THE PLAINS"
with
Red Ryder and Utile Bearer
aho
BENSON'S BIRTHDAY CAKE
For
Connie Ashton, Casper 8ehnell,
Corky Hill, Jan Thrde, Jack Max
well, Clarence Chrlaman, Bar
bara Hupp, Dorothy Hartman,
Corby Mlnnlch, Herbert Oram,
Bob JarrtU, Janice Lyona, Bonnie
Schwarts, Bobby Miller, Joann
Buchanan, Lynn Jackaon, Larry
8 terms, Kent Herbert, Juddle
Baker, Betty Blakely, Linda Mor
ley, Marela Hewitt, Janet Chapel,
Janice Cork, Norman Harper,
Frank Worden, Lorraine Owen,
Nancy Walte, Doaflaa Adams,
Eddie Hamilton. Tara Fay Lama,
Howard Hooken, Patricia God
lore, Roaemarie Jones, Barbara
Erans.
Sat Ere Shaw Cont. after l:M
Century Mark
ForB.F. Ramp
Brooks Easily 100 friends
and relatives are expected to
call at the old Ramp residence
near Brooks Sunday afternoon
to pay their respects to Ben
jamin Franklin Ramp who will
celebrate his 100th birthday on
that date.
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The centenarian was born in
Illinois July 23, 1850, and was
brought to Oregon in a covered
wagon by his parents In 1853,
settling first In North Howell
for a time. In 1874 Ramp mar
ried Elma Fisher of Brooks and
for several years the family lived
at Roseburg and Albany, return
ing to the homestead in Brooks
to farm.
Sponsored by the Brooks Gar
den club, a highlight of the
reception will be the traditional
birthday cake, baked again this
year by Mrs. Dolly Ramp, a
tradition with her for the past
30 years.
All Mr. Ramp's friends and
relatives are invited to attend
the affair . which will be held
from 1:30 to 5:30 Sunday after
noon. '
General Gray
Here Sept. 25
Final arrangements have been
made for the visit here Septem
ber 25 of Maj. Gen. Gordon R.
Gray, Jr., who heads the veter
an's administration.
The general is to leave Port
land for Salem in Gov. Douglas
McKay's car at 3 p.m. that day
and at 4:30 o'clock that af ten
noon will be honored at a re
ception to be given by the Salem
Chamber of Commerce.
The governor's wife is arrang
ing" a tea for the wife of the
head of the veterans' adminis.
tration at the same hour as the
reception Is planned for Gray,
In the evening Gray is to
speak at a dinner to be given by
advisory council of the Salem
Memorial auditorium associa
tion. Gray will leave Salem via
train at 9:10 p.m. the night of
September 25. In charge of ar
rangements for Gray's visit here
is Lt. Col. Mark Hillary.
Russ Stand Firm on
Red China Issue in UN
Moscow, July 21 (U.R) Rus
sia made it clear today that it
won't take part in any settlement
of the Korean war until commu
nist China is 1 admitted to the
United Nations.
The Soviet position was re
affirmed in an official announ
cement detailing conversations
between Soviet Deputy Forelen
Minister Andrei Gromyko and
British Ambassador Sir David
Kelly.
The announcement said Kellv
informed Gromyko July 11 that
Britain believed no definite
peace proposals could be made
until a cease-fire had been ar
ranged and the north Korean
forces withdrew behind their
border.
Gromyko replied Julv 17 that
the cease-fire proposal, like all
others touching on the war,
should be 'considered by the se
curity council. But, he said, the
council could take no action un
til the Peiping government was
seated as representative of China.
Cane Berry
Minimum Off
Woodburn, Ore., July 21 UB
The 1950 minimum on Wil
lamette valley cane berries was
removed by members of the Ore
gon cane fruit control board this
week to facilitate marketing
their crop in face of stiff Cali
fornia competition.
A minimum of 8 '4 cents had
previously been decided upon
for loganberries, boysenberries
and evergreen blackberries. In
dications were that local grow
ers wo'uld get about 8 cents a
pound this season.
The fruit growers co-operative
here said it would begin market
ing its cane berry crop in Idaho,
Montana and Colorado in an ef
fort to find new outlets. The
first carload of Woodburn ber
ries was shipped from Port
land Monday.
Famed Author Dies
Zurich Swit7.prlnnH .TnW Ol
Wl Robert Smvthe Hlnh
85, who wrote "The Paradine
Case" and other best sellers, died
last night.
Hichens. born at Srielrihiirat
Kent, wrote his first novel at 17.
His "Garden of Allah," publish.
ed in 1904, sold more than 800 -
000 copies, was turned into a sue-
ceaaiui piay aiiu juuiea several
times.
The Sirlono Indians, of Boii
via never wear clothes although
they live in swampy forests
swarming with insects.
a
' DoubleyotH money back if you
don't find Sunnybank extra
fresh. Made, shipped, sold
(rest) for extra -good flavor.
BUY SUNNYBANK at SAIXWAT
Woman and Pet Dog
Revived by Firemen
Portland, Ore.. July 21 (U.R)
Portland firemen put a dual re
suscitator and inhalator to good
use last night when they revived
Luella Harkleroad, 74, and her
pet dog after both were over
come by leaking gas from a cook
ing stove.
An imam s lace piece was
placed around the dog's head to
save it.
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