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Thursday, April 80, 1953 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon Pmte I Local Paragraphs Chang in Air MaU While United Air Lines has not adopt ed daylight savings time, all flights involved in the carrying ol mail have been changed, re ' ports Postmaster Albert C. Gragg. The most important flight, the one that formerly carried 6:20 closing time at ' the post office, is changed to 1 8:20 pjn. Closing time of other ; flights are 11:15 a.m. and 2:35 p.m. High School Game Off A i baseball game scheduled for 6 o'clock Thursday evening at ; Waters Field between Salem High ; School and Corvallis tHigh School has been post poned because of the wet con dition of the field. The Salem Senators and the Edmonton team will play as scheduled to night unless there is further . rain. Salem Soldier Promoted Orville B. Rose, 3235 Triangle Drive, Salem, serving with .the Army Signal Corps Alaska Communications System, has been promoted to sergeant, ac cording to word just received here. He is currently located at Juneau. He has had approxi mately six years of army serv ice. t, Hop Growers Called A meeting of hop growers has .been called for next Tuesday evening in the Cave Room at , the Senator Hotel. The call is jissued by Eugene McCarthy ".and Herman Goschle, direc--tors of the Oregon Hop Grow ers' association. Flan Training Schedule .Flights one and two of the Civ il Air Patrol will hold a week end training schedule at the .airfield here Saturday at Sun. '.day, May 30 and 31, according to Lieut. Wilbur Garrett, conv mander. It will be similar to the .one held the week-end of April .18-19. Body Not Recovered It is believed the search for the ' body of George (Todd) Walker of Salem, who drowned in the Alsea river last Monday morn ' ing, is still unsuccessful. Walk er was thrown into the river ' when a boat carrying him and . Orval Hale, another fisherman was capsized by striking a snag. The search has been un der the direction of the Ben , ton county sheriff's office. ' Ohmart to Talk Lee Oh ' mart, Marion county represent ative in the' legislature and a realtor, will address the Salem Board of Realtors Friday noon at the Marion concerning ac tivities of the legislature as they apply particularly to the real estate profession. Nominees Listed For Salem Lions A eommltee headed by Fred Starrett Thursday noon placed .before the Salem 'Lions club .nominees for the next fiscal year. . The list Is headed by Denver Young, Fred Halvarson and Loren Mort as candidates for the presidency. . Others placed in nomination Included: Joseph B. Felton .Bruce VanWyngarden and C. A. Schaefer, first vice presi dent; Bryan Goodenough, R . B. Hynd, Gale J. Herbst, second . ..vice president; Richard G. Den. ton, Milan Boniface, Vernon W. Gilmore, third vice presl dent; Norman F. Young, Geo, A. Brown, Cornelius Lofgren, Earle H. Riggs and Lloyd Hock ett, directors (2 to be elected) Introduced as new members by Monroe Cheek were Jack D. Surles of the Oregon EleC' trie Railway; "Nick" Nichols of the executive office for Boy Scouts, and Jim Linden, Ore gon Flax Textiles. Only 3 Cases Set For Pendleton Term The State Supreme Court will hear only three cases when It holds its spring term of court at Pendleton next Monday. The cases are Weatherford vs. Weatherford, from Gilliam County; Keller vs. Gibson i Packing Company, Union County; and Jewell vs. Harper, Malheur County. ' Al of the justices except Justice George Rossman will make the trip. Rain and Snow Hit Wide Area ' (Br Tin Auoclated Pruil Rain and snow, with strong winds, hit wide areas of the country Thursday from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians.. Winds, with gusts up to 80 to 60 miles an hour, whipped over some Midwest areas dur ing the night but diminished by morning. Storm warnings, however, remained posted on all the Great Lakes except Lake Ontario. A storm center over North eastern Oklahoma and Eastern Kansas dominated the weather pattern over the country. Gen eral rainfall was reported over the Northern Plains with showers and thunderstorms in the Mississippi Valley. Light snow fell in Western South Dakota, Eastern Wyo ming and Northwestern Ne braska. Falls measured two inches at Moorcroft, Wyo., and one inch at Rapid City, S.D., and Chadron, Neb. Heavy thundershowers oc curred in the Lower Missis sippi Valley. One of the areas heaviest hit was Jackson, Miss., which reported a rainfall of nearly five Inches. Alfred Starts Boys' Town Col. Lee Alfred, who used to live in Silverton, Ore., has started a "boy's town" on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, his father, I. B. Alfred, dis covered when he listened to i broadcast this week. There are 35 Japanese boys in the town now and Alfred hopes to develop it to 150 and says it will be self-supporting. The radio message said Mrs. Alfred, now on her way to Japan to join her husband, has a large number of T-shirts with her donated for the camp by the Sunnyslde Methodist church of Portland. Col. Alfred was with the National Guard when it left Silverton in the fall of 1940 and has been uv the service since then. Scholarships to WU Debaters Both members of Willamette University's top men's debate team have been honored with fellowships in speech at state universities, it was revealed to day. . Thomas M. Scheidel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Schei- del, 1995 North 24th street, has been awarded a graduate fel lowship in rhetoric and public address at the nUiversity of Washington for next year. Scheidel will work for his master's degree in speech and join the staff of the university as an assistant in the speech and forensics program. He will receive his B. A. in speech and drama at Willamette late this month. James Allen Wood, son of Mrs. Marie Wood, 385 North 12th street, has received a fel lowship in the Department of Speech at the University of Oregon. He will help in the coaching of debate and discus sion at the university while do ing graduate work in speech. Wood is a graduating major in political science at Willamette. Both Wood and Scheidel have won top state and region al awards in all types of speak ing during their four years at Willamette. Both have receiv ed the top national honor of being invited to participate in the National Invitational For ensic Tournament at. West Point, New York. Slash Cost of POISON TRIAL OPENS Agreement (Continued from Page 1) Another 500 Communist pris oners were turned over today. U.N. Willing to Concede ' Harrison has indicated the U. N. is willing to go along with some concessions on the length of time reluctant Red prisoners would be held in Korea while Communist salesmen attempt to convince them they should go back to their Red homelands. But he also made it clear to the Reds yesterday that he Is prepared to suspend the cur rent series of negotiations un less the Communists come up with some constructive proposals. London (ff) The price to sit and watch Queen Elizabeth's coronation procession June 2 has dropped almost half in two months. But it still isn't cheap. Late in February, the mini mum price was i around 20 pounds ($56). It - now is around 12 pounds ($34). But the falling prices do not mean that places are going begging. Ticket agencies say compara tively few seats are available now and they are going fast. The available seats are mainly of two kinds the dearest and the cheapest The cheapest are usually high above the route, offering a sparrow's eyeview and an aching neck. The dearest, now around 50 pounds ($140) offer a window seat in a lux ury hotel with free-flowing champagne and a -television screen on which to view the Westminster abbey ceremony, Heart Attack Follows Aid Given Neighbor Portland (U.B Death by heart attack of a 42-year-old man here was attributed today to an explosion that caused death by burns of Roland D. Russell, 39, Portland. George Nagel became ill Tuesday night after he ran to his neighbor's aid. Another neighbor took him to Provi dence hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Sheriff's deputies said Rus sell, working on a car in his garage, set off the explosion accidentally. Hospital attendants listed Nagel's death as related to heart condition. MILITARY MEN AND VETERANS Thanday, April 30 Organised Naval Reserve surface division, at Naval and Marine Corps reserve training center. Company D, 16Jnd Infantry reg iment, Oregon National Ouard, at Salem armory. Battery D, IMnd AAA, AW bat talion, Oregon National Guard, at quonset nut. Friday, May 1 Seabee reserves at Naval and Marine Corps Reserve training center. Saturday and Sunday, May -l Organized Naval Air Reserve souadron AAU 893, at Salem y.vAl Air Facility. BORN 1ALT.M MSMOB1AI HOSPITAL DOXMTCT-TO Mr. and Hri. FrenUIn Doomm. Bl. 1. Boa Jl, Independence, Sto"-tV''- and aire. Kenneth SALrMOrSSRAL HOSPITAL ' eim-TON-To Mr. .i Mm. Perry Ml Minn Lne. slrl, April mown To Mr. and Mn. Jemn ron JMJ Brown Rd.. bur. April . MWUra -To Mr. and MM. Harlan MUlir. I1K n. Lancanter Dr., a slrl. f jShi'icK HOSPITAL. SVflET HOMR ulYDITTa-To Mr. and Mm. Walter Mlrdette. 1! r Street, sweet Home, a ,ivfrPto"hop1tai ntX'sTr-To Mr. .IX Mr.. Bob Ben Muuno. Ore, nor. April 21. 8 Oregon Post Offices Will Be Filled Washington (U.B Written ex aminations will be held soon to fill eight now-vacant Oregon postmasterships, including the $5570-a-year first-class office at St. Helens, the Civil Service Commission announced today. Date for the tests nas not been set. Announcement of the exami nations is in keeping with the new administration's avowed intention of holding new exams for all postmaster vacancies. Applicants have until May 26 to notify the Civil Service Com mission they wish to take the tests. The first - class Prineville postmastership, at $9370 an nual salary; is also on the list. Second-class offices listed were Central Point, a $4780 post, and Brownsville, at $4770. The third class list includes Fairview, $3917; Lowell, $4298; Rickreall, $3509, and Yoncalla, $4058. Moving and storage across the street, across the nation. Call Russ Pratt, Capital City Transfer Co. 103 Castle Permanent Wavers, 305 Livesley Bldg., ph. 3-663. Permanents $5 and up. Ruth Ford, Manager. 103 Rummage Sale May 1st, above Greenbaums, Salem Unit 136 American Legion Auxiliary. 103 Ham dinner, Middle Grove school, May 1, 6-8 p.m. Adults $1.00, children 50c. . 103' Camp Fire Girls Choose Mrs. Hunter Omaha. Nebr. OH Mrs. War. ren C. Hunter of Portland was elected president of the Na tional Council of Camp Fire Girls here Wednesday. Mrs. Hunter has been a vol unteer worker In the organiza tlon for 18 years, has been I member of the board of diree tors and a vice president. She succeeds Mrs. Richard W. Blalock of Marshall, Tex The two-day meeting closed Wednesday. COURT NEWS Circuit Court Betty J. Nlcholion vi. LeRor W. Nich olson: Complaint dUmlMed upon plain tlfri motion. K W Robert Havden (right) takes the witness stand at Los Angeles to relate his suspicions that his best friend, Rich ard La Force (left) was trying to poison him. Pictured between them is Hay den's red-haired wife, Joyce, with whom the state claims LaForce was in love. LaForce Is on trial on charges of attempted murder and of mixing poi son with food or drink to cause bodily harm. ( AP Wire photo) ' ' ' 1 ' Alexander (Continued from Page 1) Alexander expressed confi dence that Gladden could put the penitentiary in order. He said Gladden already has made considerable progress. O'Malley Out of Town O Malley was not available for comment on Alexanders observations. His home said he was "out of town" at pres ent. He is expected back this week. O'Malley blamed the dual system of administration set nn Vv 4Jia ' hnnrrl nf control for the difficulties at the pris on. He personally recom mended much of the reform legislation which was adopted by the 1953 legislative assem bly with the approval of Glad den. ' Answers Morgan To an accusation by Howard Morgan, state chairman of the democratic committee, that Alexander had authorized use of convict labor for private enterprise, Alexander said convicts were assigned to ground clearing jous us a wore i project and this assignment ! 9 brought a savings in wood! purchases by the' prison.. , ' He observedl "Too many unemployed . prisoners is one of the big problems at the in stitution. The men are hap pier when they work hard and sleep well." Alexander now is retired. He said his future plans, at present, are uncertain. ' If the transmission line Is delayed for lack of funds, Ra ver said the Chief Joseph pow er "will be bottled up." Defense Truck Shown The Civil Defense truck has been exhibited at Salem schools this past week. An assembly was presented by Oscar Cutler in connection with Civil Defense before the truck was shown to the students. The truck was at Leslie Tuesday, Parrish Wed nesday, and at Salem high Thursday and Friday. -. . Sgt. Sproule of Salem Cited for Heroic Action Quiet Someone stole a ra dio from a car while it was parked on Roger's used car lot, 2615 South Commercial street, Monday night, It was reported to city police. i Recently cited for heroic achievement in connection with operations against the enemy In Korea was a Salem Marine, Tech. Sgt William D. Sproule, who May, 1951, left for duty in Korea. The citation to Sproule reads in part: "For heroic achievement in connection with the operations against the enemy while serv ing with Marine Helicopter Transport squadron 161, in Ko rea. As a plane captain Tech. Sgt William D. Sproule on the night of January 18, 1953, without hesitation volunteered to assist in the rescue of a seri ously injured Marine from forward area mine field. "With complete disregard for his personal safety Tech. Sgt. Sproule jumped from a low hovering helicopter into icy water and m a d e his way through the mine field to pick up the injured man. After car. rying the injured man back to the hovering helicopter and placing him aboard, Tech. Sgt Sproule remained in the icy water for approximately 10 minutes until the pilot had completed the evacuation of the injured man to a nearby medi cal company and returned to pick him up." The Marine sergeant is a ne phew of Mrs. E. R. Frederick, son of 754 Ferry street and made his home with Mrs. Fred. erlckson and her husband prior to his enlistment in the Marines about eight years ago. He is a graduate of Salem high school. A brother, Fred Sproule, makes his home in Salem. on Garnet street. ':. :.'-,. ' -.: . Sgt. Sproule is now with Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161, of the first Ma rine Aircraft Wing. He plans to return to the states in June of this year. A cousin of Sproule and a son of the Fredericksons, A 1c George Frederlckson, is also on duty in Korea, serving with the Air Force. He is to leave for the states in early May. Freder ickson's wife and family have been living here while he was overseas. DECORATED CAP Members Thirty-four members of Bal- em Civil Air patrol uaael squadrons were romoted or ap pointed to new grades In April, Salem Squadron Commander William Garrett announced Thursday. : . Included In the number were Cadet First Lieutenant -Larry Hewitt and Dean Bish opries Hewitt la the com manding officer of Cadet Squadron 1 and Bishoprics if the executive officer. Also named as cadet first lieutenants were Clinton Ken ton, Marlon Lawson and Mar tin Schroeder and as cadet second lieutenants, Joanne Iv erhart and Theodore Lawson. Others named and their grades are: v Cadet sergeants - Betty Brakeman, Leo Demers, Gor don Fromm, Garla Henderson, Dean Klarr, William Maddux, Wayne Morriss and Frank Tul- lius; cadet corporals, Larry Bales, Loretta Bates, Rote Ann Eiffler, Frank Garmon, Jack Kinney, Gary Langele, Helen Stelnbock, Kenneth Van Cleave, Harold Wright and Peter Wright; cadet private first class, James Bento, Sally Billings, Slgrld Converse, Lar ry' Enslln, Gary Gogle, Lor raine Howard, Paul Schmidt, Jerry Watson " and Joseph Wright. Tech Sgt. William D. Sproule, Salem Marine who recently was cited for heroic achievement while serving with Marin Helicopter Transport squadron 161, in Korea. i Undergoes Surgery L Brown, 2410 South Church Street, underwent leg surgery at Salem Memorial Hospital Tuesday and Is getting along well. He is employed by Pacific Fruit & Produce company. THE WEST'S OLDEST AND LARGEST RETAILER OF AUTO SUPPLIES I: i W0Y 80POW '(Continued from Page 1) Mrs. Goldie A. Corey of Es- condldo, Calif., said Ritenour's information about Pfc. Thomas W. Corey came just at the right time. She is his aunt and guardian. His parents are dead. "I was just writing a letter to the defense department to see if I could get some infor mation about him," Mrs. Corey said. "I haven't received a letter from Tommy since last October." "I couldn't understand why, some of the released prisoners . didn't bring back information' about the others still held.! Well, now here's one boy who finally did." The widowed mother of Pfc. Maurice E. Field of Hols ington, Has., told the Associat ed Press: "I'm happy to hear that he is all right, but I'll feel a lot better when he gets out of that prison camp." Mrs. Julia C. Field, 64, said she had listened "to the radio all last week when they were turning those other prisoners loose, hoping to hear my boy's name, but I never did." At Kennett, Mo., Mrs. Elsie Smith, an aunt of Cpl. Charles Smith, commented, "It's won derful hearing about him, al most direct." She said he had been a prisoner 29 months. The family received a letter from him Wednesday, but it had been written before Christmas. McKay Asks (Continued from Page 1) r. I. arWuter tj. Joe H. Upholf: Complaint for Judgment ef tl.33.3. Welter Weldlt i. Kreli end Joieph K. Otolr: DefendenU answer to com plaint a.Elni that complaint b IU-mlaMd. Hucb N. Colion and Hugh J. Oolion re. L. J. Bertrand: Complaint for iudfl. mint of H.7U 1. Probata Court Anna Kalherlnt Wodeefo tuardlan ahlp: Ouardlan anthorlaed to horro M.TSo, ilTlm mortaaia on real prop-ertr. Cleavr uiler aatau: order authoris ing Mnrtranca of real aetata. 11 Hcnrr Barl aetata: Order eon firm ing gala of real propertr. Lutgl Bean aetoement. aetata: Oaerea of final Kiln MeOord aetata: at ta.M.M. aetata apprahead Marriage License Albenp Donald L. Hofilger, II, and Daloree S. Jeaner, 17, both of Labanon. John X Whaller. Jr. II, and Bar bara J. ZarnowAkl. 11, both of Xuieno. Norman W. Andernerg, Olorta Van aioan, Albany. requested to do this by subcom mittee Chairman Cordon (R. Ore.). Raver returned to the hear ing to advocate Eisenhower's request. Under the weight of Vki statement, the subcommittee will meet Friday to continue discussing eliminations In the Bonneville appropriations, Hem by item. Chief Joseph Dam Time Table Wednesday the group consid ered the Chief Joseph-Snohomish transmission line, designed to bring power from Chief Jo seph Dam, now under construc tion, to a distributing point north of Seattle. Eisenhower had recommend ed 19,750,000 for the line. The House dropped this to 68,552, 000. Raver said construction of the line is being timed to meet the date in October 1955 when power will start flowing from Chief Joseph. I I YOUl COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC FOR MORE ft A II fsW m an. ffl .t. Wl I LEISURE TIME. CORONADO Automatic washer 269.95 AUTOMATIC DRYER 219.95 40 ... J h , i , Weighs Only JV4 Pounds . 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