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Students Autograph Vikings The Viking, annual pub
lication at Salem nigh school, was distributed to the students
Thursday, and the students cluttered the halls as they ex
changed autographs in the books. In this picture, from left,
are Barbara Franzwa, Ron Nelson, Marv Langland, Jim
. Hill and Dick Smith. The student hidden by Smith's hand
couldn't be identified.
Sailor Freed on
Assault Charge
Seattle, May 21 W A second
degree assault charge against a
tailor, accused of stabbing a 4-year-old
youngster with whom
he was baby sitting, was dismiss
ed Saturday. The sailor, Wesley
Bond, 28, was released to navy
authorities.
Bond's attorney, George Ward,
told the court Bond had been
drinking at the time of the as
sault and that the youngster was
not seriously injured. He said
Bond had served five months
in jail and has had a good record
during nine years in the navy.
Police said Bond and the
child's mother formerly were en
gaged. They quoted him as say
ing he stabbed the youngster
with a pocket knife in anger be
cause the engagement was brok
en. The assault charge was dis
missed by Justice of the Peace
William Hoar.
The United Nations prisoner of
war camp in Korea contains
nearly 150,000 POWs, both
North Korean and Chinese for
mer soldiers.
Ex-Maharjah
Loses Income
New Delhi, India, May 21 (ff)
President Rajendra Prasad
ruled today that the deposed
Maharajah of Baroda will not
get back his confiscated $556,
500 annual income. He added
that the maharajah can still call
himself "his highness" if he
wants to.
The Indian government
stripped the maharajah of his
titles, privileges and income
April 12 after accusing him of
activities against the security of
the country, including agitation
to restore himself to the rule of
Baroda now merged with Bom
bay state.
President Prasad said the ma
harajah appealed to him April
Salem Site of
1952 KC Meet
Grants Pass, Ore., May 21 W.R)
Jasper W. Kennedy, Eugene,
is the new state deputy of the
Oregon Councils of Knights of
Columbus and Salem will be the
site for the organization's 1952
convention.
The Knights of Columbus con
cluded their three day annual
convention here yesterday with
a resolution opposing atheistic
communism "and other isms of
this nature." Delegates also
voted to hold a statewide
"Catholic Day" on July 8 at
Champoeg starte park in Mar
ion county.
Other officers named were
Edward J. Bell, Stayton, secre
tary; Vernon W. Collver, Reeds
port, advocate:. Jack Lynch
Oregon City, warden; Jasper
Kennedy and past state deputy
Sylvester Smith, delegates to the
supreme convention, along with
Dr. F. A. Reiling, Eugene, and
William Plasker, Tillamook.
Convention alternates were Don
Doefler, Salem; Thomas Bagan,
Salem: W. Douglas Harris, Mt.
Angel, and F. Ross Coleman, St.
Paul.
20 for "sympathy and another
chance."
Prasad said he found the orig
inal order "fully justified by the
facts.
He said the maharajah's first
wife, Shanta Devi, will keep all
her titles and privileges and his
son, Fateh Singh, 21, will be
recognized as the new mahara
jah with an annual government
allowance of 1,000,000 rupees
($210,000).
Million Chinese Starving
Taipeh, Formosa, May 21 W)
The China Union Press said to
day 1,000,000 persons are starv
ing in the South China province
of Kwangtung.
Burt Commended Cpl.
Darrel G. Burt, a Salem ma
rine, is shown here following
presentation to him of the
Commendation Ribbon with
Combat V at ceremonies at
Otsu, Honshu, Japan. (U. S.
marine corps photo.)
Cpl. Burl on
Leave ai Home
Cpl. Darrel G. Burt, Salem
marine, who was presented the
Commendation Ribbon for he
roic service in Korea, is now
home on leave which he is spend
ing with his wife and small
daughter at 635 North High
street, and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. McKeith G. Burt, same ad
dress.
With nine other marines, Cpl.
Burt established a defense line
against a company of enemy
troops that protected a convoy
from Chinese Reds for more than
an hour, despite heavy enemy
fire.
Burt, a member of the Salem
Marine Reserve unit called to
active duty, left for overseas
October 1, 1950. He arrived back
in tne state in April and on ter
mination of his leave will be
stationed at Bremerton.
Perfect Circle
Wins Frog Hop
Angels Camp, Calif., May 21
(U.R) Perfect Circle was the most
celebrated jumping frog in Cala
veras county today.
The 17-ounce athlete, owned
by Louis Fisher of Stockton,
Calif., won the grand finals of
the jumping frog jubilee yester
day with a prodigious leap of 15
feet 6 inches, only 8 inches short
of the world s frog jumping record.
Perfect Circle beat 200 other
contestants from swamps, ponds
and rivers all over the United
States, including two specimens
named Isotope and K-25 which
were said to have been juiced-
up with radio-active materials at
Oak Ridge, Tenn., until they
rang up 200 on Geiger counters.
The second best jump of the
grand finals was made by a frog
named Heliotrope, owned by
William Follette of San Fran
cisco. Heliotrope soared 15 feet,
3 inches. The third best frog was
Lucky, entered by Mrs. Merlin
Fisher of Stockton. Lucky went
12 feet 7 inches.
The winner of the junior
jumping frog championships was
Willie, owned by Jum Lundsden,
11, of Placerville, Calif. Willie
made a non-stop flight of 13 feet
7 inches.
The jumping frog jubilee,
made famous in a Mark Twain
story, has been held annually in
Angels Camp ever since pioneer
days.
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, May 21, 1951 3
Journalism Graduates
Nearly All Find Jobs
University of Oregon, Eugene,
May 21 For the 10th consecu
tive year, every graduating sen
ior in the school of journalism of
the University of Oregon who is
available for work in June eith
er has obtained a job or has in
terviews scheduled with prospec
tive employers.
Many of the students will
work on the news and advertis
ing staffs of Oregon daily and
weekly newspapers. Others will
go to radio station news staffs
and to magazine editorial staffs
Professor Carl C. Webb, of the
journalism faculty, and also
manager of the Oregon Newspa
per Publishers association, point
ed out that despite this record, i
"We still have many more jobs
on file than we possibly can fill
with trained personnel."
The situation of more jobs
than graduates has existed for
the Oregon journalism school
constantly since 1941. During
that time the average starting
pay for graduates has more than
doubled, with the average pay
for trained men and women this
year exceeding $225 a month.
Two More Candidates
For Timber Queen
Albany Two more girls
have been announced as candi
dates for the 1951 Timber
Carnival queen race. The latest
to enter are Penny Norquist, 17,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Norquist, Sweet Home, and
Shirley Mae Wood, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wood, Al
bany. Miss Norquist is sponsored
in the race by Dave Epps Stores
of Sweet Home, Mill City and
Albany, and Miss Wood is spon
sored by the Nissen Motor Co.,
of Albany.
The Timber Carnival with its
world championship logging ev
ents will take place July 2, 3,
and 4 in Albany and at Waverly
lake, and is sponsored by the
Albany Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
We have successfully purchased Oregon Fruit for cash for
15 years. We need additional commercial growers. Our de
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7 Your Fruit Needs a Home Call Us
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