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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1951)
pp- J Snowbound Householder Minneapolis has had so much snow recently that plows clearing the streets have it 10 feet deep along the curb in front of the B. H. Stahmer home. Un willing to shovel more than necessary, Stahmer dug through it to reach the street. He is shown, at the end of the tunnel, which is eight feet long. He put up the sign as a warning to visitors. (AP Wirephoto) BUSINESS AND LIFE IN CITY UPSET New Yorkers Stay by TV Sets To Watch Big Crime Hearing By DAVID C. WHITNEY New York, March 21 (U.R) "When are they going back to Wash ington, so we can get back to work?" That was the anguished cry today of residents of the nation's largest city, whose lives have been disrupted by the televised senate crime hearings. Never has any one show so hit the life of New York. ' Department stores reported a falling off in pre-Easter sales. The stock exchange had its slow est day yesterday since May 29. And only a few top Broadway shows sold out last night after the committee announced it was holding a night session. Television network officials estimated up to 10,000,000 New Yorkers were watching video sets to see the men of mystery, racketeers, close-to-the-vest pol iticians, known murderers and shady public officials parade be fore the camera and answer "up to the crusading senators. Another 20,000,000 persons throughout the eastern half of the United States were reported watching what has become the greatest show on earth. Sports promoters disconso lately estimated that more per sons were interested in what Frank "the boss" Costello would say next than were interested in ) last fall's baseball world series. .As far west as Chicago, hus bands were coming home to meals of cold cuts and canned baked beans because their wives couldn't tear themselves away from their television sets. .Mrs. William Hickey, of Chicago, said she solved the problem by set ting up a card table in the living room in front of the TV set and paring vegetables there so as not to miss the show. C. E. Hooper, Inc., whose Hoo peratings judge the amount of listener interest in television shows, reported that 26.2 of New York's 2,500,000 television sets were in use yesterday morning, compared to a normal usage of 1.5 per cent Keizer Grange Has Liar Meet The Keizer Grange entertain ed the Silverton Hills Grange recently when Cliff Orey, Keizer lecturer, conducted a liar' con est. Mr. Mulkey of Silverton was declared the winner. In a hat-making contest, Mrs. Bailer and Mrs. Mulkey won with a hat featuring celery and radishes. The. Home Economics department presented a display of antiques. The Home Economics or tne Keizer Grange met at the Grange hall the 'afternoon of March 14. Those present were Mrs. Burr Black, Mrs. Archie Claggdtt, . Mrs. W. E. Savage, Mrs. Kenneth Hutching, Marg aret Mudge, and Mrs. K. K. O'Connor. ' Members were urged to enter the Grange Cotton Kitchen Apron contest to be held at Pomona Grange meeting, April 18. at 11 a.m. at Roberts Grange. The next Home Economics meet ing will be April 11 at 2 p.m The Dine and Do club met with Mary Sloan March 15. A dessert luncheon was served to Mrs. H. H. Breneman, Mrs. Gerald Lappin, Mrs. Buela Wat son, Mrs. Ida Stredwick, Mrs. J. Clair West, Mrs. G. C. Pomeroy, Mrs. P. O. McFarland. Mrs. ti. H. Goodrich and Mrs. R. K. O'Connor by the hostess, Mary Sloan. Plans were completed for a br';cd foods sale to be held at t'-c Keizer Plumbing and Heat ing offices. 4947 N. River Kd., March 24. Allen Smiley Starts Federal Prison Term Los Angeles, March 21 U.PJ Gambler Allen Smiley, pal of the late gangster Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel, has begun serv ing a one-year federal prison for falsely claiming U. S. citizen ship, U. S. Attorney Ernest Tolin disclosed today. Tolin said Smiley was taken secretly to the McNeill island penitentiary from Los Angeles county jail by U. S. Marshal James J. Boyle. Smiley, born Aaron Smehoff in Russia, was convicted of three counts of falsely claiming U. S. citizenship in connection with arrests. Two of his convictions were reversed by higher courts, out ne still has a one-year pris on sentence to serve and a $1,000 fine to pay. The state flower of both Wash ington and West Virginia is the rhododendron. 660 Days Total In Suspensions The Oregon liquor commission meeting ordered license and per mit suspensions totalling 660 cays. Suspensions become effective April 3, and follow hearings on charges of various violations of the liquor control laws and reg ulations. Thirty-five licensed establish ments were involved, and pen alties total 425 days suspension for licensees and 235 for permit tees. Nine violation matters were dismissed, one license cancelled, one) service permit cancelled, and two letters of warning is sued. The commission approved an amended regulation effective April 2 to make it mandatory for licensees to maintain all offi cial placards and postings in a prominent location on licensed premises. Failure to do so, or re moval of a placard that has been posted by a commission ruling will be regarded as a violation subject to penalty. This ruling will apply to license certi ficates, postings of license sus pension and cancellation, and other official commission plac ards. Reopening of a liquor agency at Wallowa and appointment of Mrs. Mary Bohna as agent was authorized. Announcement also was made f the appointment by Governor Douglas McKay of Dr, Arthur G. Jones, Portland, as a member of the Temperance and Rehabilitation, Division of the Commission. He succeeds Dr. John Montague, also of Portland. New Variety Store Woodburn Announcement has been made of the opening of the new Hiway variety store on Highway 99E at Woodburn March 24 by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Hays of Woodburn, proprie tors who are former Canby resi dents. The store opened for busi ness March 15 but the grand opening on March 24 will feature prizes for both children and adults. The store is located in lacks, alert hangar, runway attention, landing systems and lighting facilities, ll.7S0.0O0, not yet under contract. At Oreat Palls Air Force Base, Great Falli, Montana, proposed work Include! new runway, permanent barracks, run' way lighting system. 400 units o( houi. Ing for servicemen's families under Wher ry bill authorisation, and fueling activ ities, iii.oto.oov. At Mountain Home Air Force Base. Mountain Home. Idaho, proposed construe tlon Includes rehabilitation of buildings and- utilities estimated to cost gl.O0O.O00. Contracts have been awarded totaling fclOO.OOO. Military Camps and Barracks In Northwest $65,000,000 Portland. Ore.. March 21 0J.R) The corps of engineers today was rushing military construction work totaling an estimated 565,000,000 for army camps, air fields, troop housing and other defense installations in the Pacific northwest. Brig. Gen. O. E. Walsh, North Pacific division engineer, said the work was proceedings through the regular competitivci bidding method. Most of the work is being done in Washington, although large army air force projects in Montana and Idaho are in cluded In the program. The Beaver amunition depot neari Clatskanie is the only large pro ject in Oregon. Now completed,! it involved rehabilitation of loading docks, replacement of dock approaches and replace ment of buildings and utilities. Cost of the work was $1,300,000. Projects in Washington in clude: Fort Lewla Telephone and signal build ing under construction, costing approx imately 1250.000; rehabilitation ol family housing quarters being completed; $150. 000; authorized under provisions of the Wherry housing bill, but not yet under design. 750 servicemen'! family units, $8,000,000. Yamma Training wnwr ouiii ih for 2500 troops, mobilization type con struction estimated to cost about $5. 800.000. Contracts awarded for SB build ings for 1,100.000. Auburn General Depot Water tank and tnrlnltlur nvstem In warehouse, now In design stage, estimated to cost at less tnan ii.qw.uuu. Mount Rainier Ordnance Depot Admin istration building, two warehouses, sand blasting and paint spray building, all under design, 12,060,000. Seattle Port of Embarkation Sprinkler system on Piers 38 and 39, under design, less than $600,000. North Richland Rehabilitation of bar racks and construction of new facilities for army camps, totaling $6,500,000, of which approximately 13,900,000 Is under contract. The following construction works for the department of the air force are also located In Washington: McChord Field Runway extension, in stall fuel svstems and construct alert hangar and lighting and landing ays terns, totaling 3,600.000, of which $600, 000 Is under contract. Larson Air Force Base (Moses Lake) Permanent type barracks and officers' nuarten. B0 -bed hosDltal. fueling facil ities, alert hangars, airfield operations building, landing facilities ana lignung, $7,380,000, of which $240,000 Is under contract. Falrchlld Air Force Base (Spokane) New runway, permanent, barracxs, iuei ing systems and runway lighting, 18.750, 000, not yet under contract. Oelger Air Force Base (Spokane) Alert hangar, runway extension and apron, $375,0000, not yet under contract. Paine Air Force Base (Everett) Bar- Indict Income Tax Officials San Francisco, March 21 (P) The federal grand jury here to day indicted two former execu tives in the federal income tax collector's office. They were Patrick Mooney, retired chief deputy of the Ne vada district of the collector of internal revenue, and Ernest M. Schino, fired last week as field officer in the collector's bureau here, and Martin M. Hartmann, a salesman, also indicted. The indictment charges that the three conspired to defraud the government by attempting to ( (ipital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, March 21, 1951 13 obstruct the revenue bureau's prosecution of Mrs. Gertrude Jenkins of San Francisco for in come tax evasion, Hartmann was a salesman for the Mountain City Consolidated Copper Co. This is a Nevada concern, which the California crime commission reported was organized by some officers of the department of internal revenue. Mooney is secretary of the com pany, a non-producing outfit. The grand jury probe was launched after Mrs. Jenkins, on parole on an abortion convic tion, swore in an affidavit that she bought $5000 worth of the copper company stock in expec tation of avoiding tax difficulties. The Indictments were returned to Federal Judge George B. Har ris. He fixed bail at $1300 each and issued warrants for arrest. Mrs. Jenkins was indicted last December 20 on a charge she tried to evade paying $25,130 in 1944-45 taxes. Her trial has been set for May 14. MIGHTY FAST RELIEF in RHEUMATIC ACHES-PAINS the new building constructed just north of the Hiway market. TlowtjotLfcwv! Tha anawers to everyday Inanranee problems" By SID BOISE QUESTION: If my store is burned out and I have a Busi ness interruption or Use and Occupancy policy, is it the re sponsibility of the Insurance Company to find me new premises and pay rent, for same until my present loca tion can be repaired? ANSWER: The Insurance Company might have as much trouble as you would in find ing suitable temporary quar ters for you "but if such could be found the Company norm ally would pay the rent till you could get back into your own building. frlf you'll address your own insurance questions to this of fice, we'll try to give you the correct answers and there will be no charge or obligation of any kind. 171 V. Church Fhena WHO Represent inr General t America Cos I Moai nut U YABPj : aTT Don't Wait . . . 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