dncfday, December 9,
Jury Selected
In Murder Trial
Hood River ( Donald
FQwain Imlah, 18, went on
kritl her Wednesday, accused
the gunibot death ol Bruc
Houck; a Hood River area
rancher.
I A jury to bear the cue wai
fleeted Tuesday. ,
i Houck a body iu found on
the ranch July It alone with
tie carcasses of a number of
(oats and chickens which also
Td been shot
Imlah, who has pleaded In
nocent because of Insanity,
was arrested July IS at his
mother's home In Harysvllle,
California.
' Imlah, GI farm trainee, had
been living at the Houck
ranch.
i - -
Seed Commission
Being Considered
Portland O Formation of
,vJe considered by the Oregon
Seed Growers League.
That was decided Tuesday
at the league's convention
here.
-The proposed commission
Would levy a tax on all grow
ers producing more than $300
worth of seeds annually, the
Xney to finance research,
motion and other Industry
programs.
; The league will nam a
committee . to hold meetings
throughout the atate to deter
mine If local growers want
such a commission formed.
Delegates elected three dl-
i rectors: Harold Worth, As
toria; Verny Scott, Sublimity,
and Wally Thompson, Kla
math rails.
Felfon Re-elected to
Rural Fire Board
Woodburn Frank Felton
, of the Mission Bottom area was
? re-elected ta the hoard r Hi.
rectors of the Woodburn rural
' fire protection district at the
, annual election Monday. Dec.
1 7, at the American Legion
. building here, for a three year
' term, to fill out the unexpired
term or uau Lansden wbo re
signed because of illness.
Manton A. Carl of Hubbard
Rt 1, was elected for the five
year term, succeeding Lester
Henn who was not a candidate.
Twenty-nine votes were cast.
Judges were Joseph McCor
mick, Dave Dryden and Sid
Selme.
Brooks
Brooks The annual Christ'
mas program presented by the
students of Brooks school will
be given Wednesday, Dec. 23,
at 8 p.m. In the gym.
Mrs. Dorris Ramp has been
selected as the new leader for
the Girl Scouts of the Brooks
area, she will s-rve for the
next year, replacing Mrs. Wal
do Lowery, who has finished
her tern '
Presentation of the new 18
mm. projector and screen to
the school was made at the
regular monthly meeting of the
PT-A. Mrs. Howard Carter,
president of the PT-A made the
presentation to G. H. Archer,
principal of the school.
Eldon Tumidge of Jefferson,
showed a film on the Holy
Land.
Mrs. Leupold'a 4th grade
class won the award for the
most' parents attending the
PT-A meeting.
Mrs. Texle Hillyer, clerk for
school district 81, reports an
increase of 21 ver last year's
I census. The number of school
age students In this district is
232114 boys and 118 girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hutch
ison and Diane of Portland,
Ore., were guests this past
week at the William R. Pfau
residence.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hol
land, Susan and Janis. are
back horn now after a two
week trip to southern California.
1953
HELPED WIN
hi
i
4
Carole Warren, Salem
High school student, who
helped her squad win
sweepstake honors in the
lnterscholastie speech tour
nament at Pacific Univer
sity Saturday. Miss Warren
took first In women's hu
morous speaking and second
in oratory.
New Resuscifafor
Ready at Dallas
Dt lias Elmer Maslker. dis
played the pneophore resuscl
tator recently purchased by the
auxiliary of the Carl B. Fen
ton Post of the American Le
gion, at the December meeting
o: tne auxiliary.
Describing the machine to
the group, Masslker explained
its purpose and operation. Sev
eral members of the auxiliary
have been instructed to oper
ate the pneophore.
When placed in a home on
an emergency call, a qualified
operator will accompany the
machine and explain to the
members of the family how to
tend It while in use.
It must be checked at inter
vals by a person who under
stands It. It is automatic and
perfectly safe to us on per
sons of any age.
The pneophore is In the cus
tody of Elmer Masiker at the
city hall. The machine la used
in cases of heart attacks, se
vere attacks of asthma, crdup,
smoke when inhaled, also
drowning resusatatlon. No fee
la charged for tts use.
Judge Latourette on
National Committee
Chief Justice Earl C. La
tourette of the Oregon Su
preme court has been appoint
ed by Chief Justice Arthur T.
Vanderbllt of the Supreme
Court of New Jersey, chair
man of the Conference of
Chief Justices, on a committee
to meet with the Judicial Con
ference of the United States
called by Chief Judge John J.
Parker of the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals.
Chief Justice Latourette
left Tuesday night for Wash
ington, D.C., where the meet
ing will be held on Monday,
December 14, In the United
States Supreme Court build
ing, to consider the overlap
ping of jurisdiction of the fed
eral and atate courts in rela
tion to habeas corpus. l
THIEF STEALS
257 WREATHS
Worcester, Msss. UP) Mary
Robblo told police last night
that an energetic thief carried
257 Christmas wreaths down
three flights from her back
porch.
Phone
M "MCI
1 95 S. Commercial
T5rft
E.J. Bell Gets
Federal AG Post
Washington ( The Agri
culture Department Tuesday
named Edward J. Bell of
Pendleton, Ore., as director of
Its program of expanding for
eign markets tor United State
grains and grain products.
Clayton E. Whipple, acting
administrator of the depart
ment's Foreign Agricultural
Service, aaid Bell's "special re
sponsibility will be to direct the
foreign marketing work on
wheat, rice and feed grains.'
Bell has been administrator
of the Oregon Wheat Commis
sion, a state agency assigned to
find new markets for wheat and
wheat products, sine 1947,
MAN KILLED IN
TRUCK PLUNGE
Portland W Richard H.
Carver, 18, of Warren, Or.,
was killed Tuesday when his
pickup truck plunged over a
20-foot embankment north
west of Portland.
Puerto Rico's annual Imports
are valued at about 400 million
dollars and exports at about
250 million dollars. '
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THE CAPfTAI, JOURNAL, SatjC Owgtw
Middle Grove
Middle Grov Th Middle
Grove 4-H Cooking II reorgan
ization meeting waa held at
th Melvln Van- Cleave bom
on Dec. 8.
Officer elected were pres
ident, Gaylen Van Cleave:
vie president, Wilda Blanken-
ship; secretary, Joyce Cham
berlain; reporter, Carolyn
Crum; yell leader. Donna Ro
berta. Other members are Kar
en Patterson and Jean Sc ha
ter. Mrs. Van Cleave, leader, dis
cussed the comments of the
Judges on last spring' entries.
The next meeting will b
Dec. 14 at the Melvln Van
Cleave home. There will be a
card and candy exchange. Kar
en Patterson and Gaylene Van
Cleave will demonstrate how
to make a sponge cake.
Refreshments were served
by Gaylene Van Cleave. TV
waa enjoyed by all.
ANN SHERIDAN IMPROVES
Hollywood ( Actress Ann
Sheridan has been a patient
at Cedars of Lebanon hospital
since Monday, threatened with
pneumonia, her physician dis
closed today. Her condition
is imrovlng. -
BROS.
Convicted Red
SeatU m Bond of 820.000
ha been posted for Mrs. Bar
bara Hartl, 45-year-old wait
ress, bringing th raleas oa
ball of th last of flv persons
convicted in October of com
munist conspiracy.
Mrs. Hartle'a bond was post
ed by her sister, Mrs. Tresa
Cook of Evans Stevens coun
ty, and Mra. Hartle waa given
permission by Federal Judge
William Lindberg to live with
Mra. Cook for two months.
She Is under sentence to
serve five years in a federal
penitentiary for violation of
the Smith Act
Western Building
At Level of Year Ago
Portland Wt Western
building activity in November
ran at about th sam level
as In the previous November.
The trad journal Western
Building reported there were
40,280 building permits Issued
in 292 western cities and coun-
lis
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HAMILTON rZL. M
FURNITURE CO.
230 CHEMEKETA ST.
W00DRY
FURNITURE CO.
474 S. COMMERCIAL
tie last month, compared with
40,714 th previous November-
,
Estimated valuation was up
to 8204.428.204 from the pre
vious November' I184.1JJ.-
048.
Man Hit Twice
By Hit-Runners j
San Francisco (1 John
Coulman waa hit twice In
quick succession last night by
hit-run drivers without suf
fering Ktiou Injury.
Crossing Mission street, he
was struck by a northbound
car which knocked him Into
th path of a southbound auto.
Neither driver (topped.
Th first ear inflicted only
minor cuts and bruise. Th
second ran ever Coulmao'a
right leg.
.That didn't hurt because the
leg la wooden.
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Two Lebanon Men
Rescued From River
Lebanon Lee Surnam and
Glenn Brandell narrowly es
caped death Monday when
their boat capsized In th
South Santlam river.
Th two men were laying
cable across th stream when
their skiff overturned, pitch
ing them Into th cold water.
After drifting a short distance)
down, stream, they grasped a
limb protruding from a
snagged log.
Lyle and Leonard Simon,
firemen, were abl to rescue
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