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2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Thursday, June 21, 1951 Police Officer Shannon Offers Resignation An officer, admittedly sympathetic to Ice Follies star Jean Paul LeDuce who allegedly was denied the right to post bail on a speeding charge, submitted his resignation Thursday to the chief of police. The officer was Alton Shannon, who has been with the force - Salem Men Go To Germany When the 547th ordnance field maintenance company, which has been training at Fort Lewis, left this week for Germany for duty it took a number of Salem men. The outfit made-up mainly of Oregon, Washington and Monta na men also has several men from other sections of the Wil lamette valley in its ranks. Among the Salem men in the 547th are: Pfc. Layne Cooper, whose wife resides at 125 Gerth avenue. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Cooper of 910 Churchdale ave nue. Pvt. Dennis R. Berthold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Berthold of 2385 North Fifth street. Pvt. Roger Lang, whose wife makes her home on Madison street. Pfc. Ronald Dane Watson, son of Mrs. Frank Railsback of 2560 North Fifth street. Pfc. Valfred Mauck. Pfc. Paul F. Lohse, whose wife resides at 1590 North Capitol street. The company had been sta tioned at Fort Lewis for seven months prior to being sent over seas. Gun Range Soon Ready for Use Soon to be ready for the edu cation and recreation of mem bers of the Salem police depart ment is a shooting range being built in the airport area near the city pound. One of the old barracks build ings that was used by the army air force during the war is be ing used. This particular build ing was the camp PX. The range will be of regula tion 60 feet in length, with tar gels both stationary and moving, and with scenery so that a man moving through the brush can be simulated. By the ingenius use of discard ed bicycle wheels at each end of the range the targets may be moved tho length of the range for examination and then re turned to their places. At the front of the building will be a lounging room for the members. Klamath Student Killed at Tule Lake Klamath Falls, June 21 (&) A Willamette university student, former athlete at Klamath Union high school, was killed this morning on a bureau of reclama tion construction Job at the Tule Lake sump in Siskiyou county, , Calif. Bob Fclzoldt, 19, was operat ing a dump truck on the USBR job. He stopped to lift the bed for repairs. While he was work ing on the rig, the bed fell, crushing him. Petzoldt was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Petzoldt of Kla math Fnlls. His twin brother Dick, also was a Willamette stu dent last school term. Bob Petzoldt, Willamette stu dent, who was killed on a recla mation construction project in Siskiyou county, California, to day, was a freshman at Willam ette during the last school year, as was his brother Dick. Bob was a member of the ten nis team and won his athletic letter in (lint activity. Farmers Utilizing Planes for Service I Farmers own 37.6 per cent of the privately operated airplanes of the stale, said Jack Bartlett, of the state board of aeronautics during a talk before the Salem Linns club Thursday noon. The plane, snld Bartlett, will augment but not supplant other methods of transportation. He spoke of the multiplicity of uses to which aircraft is being oper ated, including the dusting of crops, and the movement of a wide variety of crops and manu factured articles. At the conclusion of the talk, tho motion picture "The Air Age," produced by the state of Idaho deparlment of aeronautics, was shown. 'lilim'i Unit Horat Owned TheaUr" NOW SHOWING OPEN 6:45 burt LANCASTER Vengeance vat.t.fy COMF.OY CO-FEATURE "MOLLY" for five months. He testified in the speeding case against LeDuc, and at that time said he had discussed the case with superior officers. His resignation said: "In view of the circumstances and statements made to me by my superior officers since the day of June 18th, 1951, I feel that I can no longer exercise my duties as a loyal officer bear ing in mind my oath of office and the interest of the public. I respectfully request that you accept my formal resignation, effective as of this date." The resignation was dated Wednesday and was submitted Thursday. The incident which concerned the officer followed LeDuc's ar rest on June 18. A civil suit by LeDuc named Sergeant Donald Nicholson as the member of the department who allegedly de nied the skater the right to post bail on the speeding charge. The civil action is for $30,000. It was considered likely that Shannon would be called as a witness in behalf of LeDuc in the damage action case. His reference to "statements made by superior officers since the day of June 18th, 1951" (the day of the LeDuc arrest) in his resignation was not explained. Shannon said, however, that Sergeant Nicholson had not dis cussed the case with him on sub sequent tours of duty. His shift captain, Lee Weaver, is on vaca tion as is Assistant Chief E. C. Charlton. Chief Clyde A. Warren was unavailable for comment. Shannon said that the resig nation was submitted voluntari ly and because he felt his views were not consistent with de partment policy. He said no feel ing of personal Injustice was in volved. Summer Ushered In By Rain in Midwest Chicago, June 21 (IP) Sum mer is being ushered in officially with a lot of rain in the middle west. Showers and thunderstorms occurred last night over the central plains and lower Mis souri valley, and in some points of the northern Rockies and Ne vada. Several Kansas weather stations reported moreahan an inch of rain in six hours. The rainfall is moving cast ward and is expected to spread into the eastern part of the north central states tonight and tomor row. Temperatures are summer-like in most areas. The summer solstice, which officially ushers in summer, will occur at 12:55 a.m. (EST) to morrow. That's the time when the sun Is at its northernmost point, and then it starts back southward. Today and tomor row are the longest days of the year. Pelton Dam Hearing At Portland Ends Portland, June 21 (P) The federal power commission hear ing on the proposed Pelton dam ended yesterday with , the exam iner denying a state fish com mission motion to dismiss the Portland General Electric com pany's application. Examiner William J. Costcllo pointed out that the power com mission would rule on all mo tions and would reach the deci sion on whether the utility com pany should be allowed to build the dam on the Deschutes river Through the two-week hear ing, fishing interests argued that the dam would cause great dam age to fish runs. Proponents said it wouldn't and that It would produce badly needed power. KEIZER DAYS DANCE Salem Armory - June 22, 23, 24 - 9 to 12 p.m. Musk by TOMMY KIZZIAH And 'WEST COAST RAMBLERS H DOOR EVERYONE Sponsored gjtiara Keizer T I A Lions Club Eccles Quitting Reserve Bank Washington, June 21 W) Marriner S. Eccles, long-time critic of administration financial policy, resigned today as a gov ernor of the federal reserve sys tem. The resignation is effective July 14. There was no hint of his dif ferences with the Truman ad ministration in the letter of res ignation, dated today, which was made public by the White House. In writing Mr. Truman, who demoted him from the chairman ship of the board, Eccles said: "My Dear Mr. President: "It is now more than 17 years since I came to Washington to engage in a public service that I fully intended and expected would be of camparatively brief duration. A succession of events, including the war period and the special problems of its aftermath let me to stay on. It has been a great honor and priv ilege to serve my country for so many years, but I now feel the time has arrived when I can and should return to my home and private business affairs in the west." Flier Escapes Mountain Crash Cascadia, June 21 An air plane working on the state spruce bud worm spraying project crashed near the Santi am air strip at the junction of the North and South Santiam highways at 9 a.m. today, but the pilot escaped serious injury. Reports to the U. S. ranger station stated that the pilot, George Schenck, walked away from the plane suffering only slight face lacerations. He was flown to Eugene, however, for a medical check. The accident occurred a mile west of the air strip and half a mile south of the highway. The airplane was demolished when it crash landed between two large rocks, shearing off both wings. He was flying for the West Air corporation of Yakima, Wash. Asks $535 Million For Civil Defense Washington, June 21 W) President Truman asked con gress today to vote $535,000,000 for civil defense. He declared for the first time in history this country's major cities face the threat of "sudden devastating at tacks." "We must act on the assump tion that the Soviet Union has atomic bombs and that they have the planes that can drop these bombs on our cities," Mr. Tru man said in a letter to House Speaker Raybrun (D., Tex.). The president asserted: "Every city, factory, office and home must be organized for civil defense. As long a there is a chance of any kind that atomic bombs may fall on our cities, we cannot gamble. We cannot be caught unprepared." American Airlines Pilots Join Strike New York, June 21 Of) American Airlines pilots posted notices at LaGuardia field today saying they will refuse to fly DC-6B airliners after midnight Sunday, June 24. The DC-6B is a larger and faster craft than the DC-6, wide ly used by commercial airlines. Dance! EniZ"' Cascade Range Riders Every Saturday Night At Jordan Hall Ladies Free 'Til 9:30 8 Miles S.E. of Stayton $1.50 Per Couple Tickets at the Door PRIZES WELCOME LATE SPORTS Baseball Scores AMERICAN Detroit 200 210 1309 12 0 Philadelphia . .001 000 0023 7 1 Cain and Robinson; Scheib, Mar tin (8) and Murray. LP Scheib. NATIONAL Philadelphia .503 010 00110 11 0 Pittsburgh ...101 000 201 5 12 0 Roberts and seminick. wuoer (7) : LaPalme, Walsh (4). Queen (6) and McCullouch. Fitzgerald (6). LP LaPalme. Koerner Takes Office in Austria . Vienna, June 21 (5 Austria's 78-year-old socialist president, Dr. Theodor Koerner, was sworn into offiec today and pledged himself to defend Aus trian independence. Dr. Koerner, goateed former mayor of Vienna, took his oath before a joint session of both houses of parliament. He was elected by popular vote May 27. The one-time general in the Austro-Hungarian imperial army told the joint assembly: 'Austria s wish to be a respect ed member in the society of free and freedom-loving nations will be the guide of my actions. "I do hope the day will" soon come when the universal ac knowledgement of this sincere wish will remove the last shack les imposed on us and our free dom. "But if the day ever should come and may we be spared this fate when we have to de fend our independence and the inner freedom of our republic which was brought to life again six years ago, then I will be at my place." Not Enough Pilots To Picket UAL Offices Portland, June 21 (P) United Airlines offices here were not picketed today there weren't enough pilots around to share the load. W. S. Hughes, captain of the Portland unit of the Pilots' union, added that besides there wasn't much point to it: "Every one knows by now there's a strike on." Both Western and Northwest Air Lines reported capacity loads and long waiting lists. Nei ther added extra flights because of lack of equipment and man power. West Coast reported it was nearly at capacity and plan ned three extra flights daily to its Oregon and Washington points. BELLOWS & presents two great whiskies - each, we feel, the For 120 years the house of Bellows has held unfailingly to the highest standards of excellence. Our century-old reputation and integrity stand behind all Bellows products, of which these two nation-wide favorites are typical examples. 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Keller said the co-operative is trying to meet this situation by increasing the work units per man hour and by spurring mar keting and sales. Ray Hobson of Amity said that although Marion county stands at the top in the state in number of milk cows its milk supply has fallen off 3,000,000 gallons in three years. Hobson is a cooperative director. The reduction is general all over the state, he said, and the Oregon cow population has de creased 23,000 in the three years. Oregon dairymen, he declared, have reached the point .where they must decide whether they want to stay in business or al low milk to be imported from California and Idaho to sell here at a higher price. Some of the dairymen said they had recently sold dairy cows for beef, making from 10 to 15 per cent more on them COMPANY best of its kind and moderate price. jf NOW SHOWING! r-JJ Open 8 Starts at Dusk! B 1 1 Free Pony Rides! I J 1 1 Gregory Peck I I Barbara Peyton I f II Ward Bond in II Jl "ONLY THE If Ml VALIANT" Ih III Joseph Cotten III 111 "WALK SOFTLY I 111 STRANGER" Uf 1 ..,..! ""?'" A-1.. y.-i than if they had sold them to dairymen. Grover Poe talked about me thods of improving the quality of milk produced and said 53 per cent of the Dairy Co-op's producers were bringing in milk of less than 20,000 bacteria count, which is considered re markable. Presiding at the meeting was Richard Barnes of Silverton, vice president of the Salem unit. S. B. Torvend, president, was absent. Strawberry shortcake was served after the meeting. Seabee Unit In 3rd Place Salem's organized Seabee unit took third place in its class in the 13th Naval District annual Naval Reserve competitive inspections recently completed. The unit, which officially is the U. S. Naval Reserve Organ ized Construction Battalion 13-9, had a score of 83.66. It was com peting with 15 other organized Seabee companies in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Taking first place with a score I ELSINORE Doors Open 6:45 Tonight - Continuous Sat. and Sun! ' NEW TODAY! Roaring Successor to "BATTLEGROUND"! "Go For Broke" means "Shoot the Works" - - - and they shoot the works with lead, love and lauahter! VAN JOHNSON IJ THE HEROES if the : JgU- K mm TEif POPEYE CARTOON JOE McDOAKES "Doublecross Country Race" "8o Want to Be Mat. Daily from 1 p.m. 1 NOW! ADVENTURE! Smugglers island JEFF Iim EVELYN KEYES And . . . ROY ROGERS In "TRIGGER. JR." 2 Fun LEMON DROPrCID IWMkWm-VMlML No one can hold a candle to Joan when Joan is knee-deep in fellows It's tops In tay fun! of 87.21 was Seabee company 13-1 in Seattle and in second place was the Portland company 13-13, whose score was 85.41. Competitive scoring included military appearance, percentage of personnel regularly attending weekly meetings, utilization of training facilities and instructor personnel and general admnis trative efficiency. The Salem unt, which meets Friday night was activated No vember 15, 1948. Commanding officer from that date until June 10 of this year was Lt. Donald Fisher. Fisher was relieved of his duties on that date to report for active duty with the navy in Seattle June 25. Lt. (j.g.) Rus sell D. Barry, Lacomb, has now been designated as the com mander of the unit. Excellent Clam Fishing Astoria, June 21 Another day of excellent clam fishing ar rived at Oregon beaches today as the morning tide was at a low level. A tide of minus 1.9 feet was slightly higher than the mi nus two feet recorded yesterday when thousands visited beaches to enjoy clamming at the unusu ally low tide the lowest in this area since 1947. Reach for your hat and your f"L ,w m fin "x ip iL FOR YOUR ADDED ENJOYMENT! 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It is estimated that 3,404,000 World War II veterans will still be living at the turn of the next century. Mrs. I WE RECOMMEND: "Go For Broke" to you as outstanding entertainment for the entire family I in WARNER Cowboy" Newi I' -I Y Please Jr Dial 3-5798 for In I Show Times! OPEN 6:45 P.M. HURRY! ENDS SOON! Walt Disney's "DUMBO" Color by Technicolor and John Wayne Lorraine Day in "TYCOON" vh'i And Here'i MORE FUN! Color Cartoon "Putty Tat ' Trouble" Airmail Warner News 0 1
