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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1953)
Monday, December 14, 1953 Boy Escapees Land in Hospital Oregon City 0KTwo es capees from the state training school tor boyi stole car tad. chased by poUce, careened wildly down the Pacific high way, iideiwiping five other vehiclei in a 15-mile chaie that ended only when police blew out their tire Saturday night with a ihotgun. Speeding at an estimated BS milea an hour when the two rear tiret were ihot out, the escapees' vehicle left the high way, jumped a ditch and went 250 feet into a muddy fte'd, overturning twice. The boys were knocked unconscioui and were hoapltalized here. Neith er waa in aerioua condition. They were identified aa Richard Lesley Gregor, 18, Beaverton, and Jeue Ella worth Duncan, 17, of Turner. They left the training achool Thuraday and later took a panel truck owned by the Ore gon Turkey Groweri' associa tion. State police aaw it near Gervaia Saturday night and began the chase that proceed ed north at speeds seldom un der 90 miles an hour. The youths drove wildly, bouncing off the aides of five cars be fore the shotgun blast atopped them near .Barlow. Boy Runs in Front Of Thrown Knife A 13-year-old Salem boy suf fered a minor injury Saturday evening when he ran in front of a knife thrown by another boy while playing at the YMCA. Robert Walery, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Walery, 625 Caterlin avenue, was cut in the right leg when he ran in front of the other youth who was throwing a pocket knife at a board in the handball court City first aidmen treated the wound. They described it as not serious. TERMITES 5-YEAR GUARANTEE PHONE 1-0711 CurnlMd Pert Control Jerrkt its 80. 20TH Beef Prices are Going Up These Prices Good for This Week BUY LOCKER BEEF Packing House Wholesale Front Quarter lb. 16' Our 1000 head White Face head bought before prices lowest price in the state. Salem Meal Co. fcfcatfTnttA'H'llr'sri illUlssl mmmt I I t . . by lengthening his waist- lino. For better health and longer life ... see your doctor if you are overweight. You'll (eel better and look better if you let your doctor help you overcome excess weight. And when your doctor prescribes, remember that our Pharmacist is always ready to compound your pre scription the way your doctor wants it dona . . accorafefy andeartfulty. I ilk Leveret t Gets Fine and Jail, Portland W.i? Walter H. Leverette, 63, Medford orch ardist and businessman, has been fined $7500 on each of two counts charging him with Income tax fraud. He must serve a Jail term ending Feb ruary 1, 1954. Leverette was found guilty on counts which accused him of defrauding the government of taxes on the 1946 income of the Llthia Investment com pany, of which he is president, and of the Northern California Amusement company, a thea-J ter chain The prominent Rogue River valley orchardist was sentenced Saturday afternoon by Federal Judge James Alger Fee, who turned down a request of de fense attorneys that Leverette be placed on probation. 'Lev erette had been held at Rocky Butte jail here since his con viction two months ago at Medford. Half or Whole lb. 20 Baby Beef Yi or whole 23 Beef as previously advertised are sold. We now have only 150 went up. So we can sell to yon only while they last at this DON'T F0RGCT1 AKNUAl YM-YWU SMOSGaSiOSO, TMUDftl, STWIP.K. CAPITAL DRUG STORE 405 State St. (Corner ol Liberty) We Give Green Stamps BETTER THAN TRAFFIC SIGNALS 1 ' I' -.. MhVi These Mallard ducks make daily trips across heavily traveled Center Street near 17th. They are not in the pedestrian traffic lane, but motorists, so far, have halted their cars to permit them to take their time in wadding across the street. In the picture they are on their way to Mill Creek from Fred Riedesel's service station, where they often pick up a few tidbits. Once across Center Street they usually walk abreast down the sidewalk to Statesman Street which they must cross before reaching the safety of the lawns bordering Mill Creek. . Interesting Questions by Readers of Science Stories By J., HUGH DItuIo The answers to the ques tions of certain correspon dents will likely be of inter est to others. 1. "Are there places in the world where the sun does not cast a shadow?" A ' leafy iree with the branches well above the ground will cast a shadow at any time, if by "shadow" we mean the darkened image seen on the ground. But a solid, narrow pole and many other objects can be so set that at certain times of the day no ahadow can be seen. Every Day Only NOW Prices Young Steer Beef Vt or whole 25' lb. 1325 Soulh 25lh Phone 3-4158 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Ortge :T i. FBTJETT Orwoa BltMr smoc.uob Syium) Let us consider a pole set vertically in the ground. The only time that an unclouded sun would not cast a ahadow would be when directly over head, So the question resolves Itself into this: "Are there any places on the earth where the sun is ever directly overhead at noon?" Yes, . there are plenty of them, but we who live in the temperate zonea never ob serve the sun in the zenith. In our part of the world the noon sun is always south of over head. In the southern tem perate zonea the sun is al ways north of this point. Its distance from the zenith varies with the time of year. But in the torrid zone, that strip which extends 23 de grees both north and south of the equator, the sun at noon seems practically fn the zenith I for a few daya each year. At I the northern limit of this zone, the Tropic of Cancer, vertical I posts will be shadowlesa at : noon about June 23; at the ' southern limit. Tropic of Cap- ricorn, about December 22. The noon sun will be vertical : over the equator at the times ; of the equinoxes, March 21 ' and September 23. I ... ! 2. "Why len't It the hot ; test In ' January when the earth is nearest the sun?" ; This is a very frequent j question. If the axis of the j earth stuck straight up from i me piane ox us pain arouna me sun, men an parts or me earth would receive the great est heat in January when it Is 3.000,000 miles nearer the sun than In July. The difference Is that in January the 23 W degree tip of the earth's axis makes our northern part of the earth inclined away from the sun so it does not get as direct heat as in July. But the southern part of the earth is then "catching it," both be cause of inclination and near ness. ... 3. "Did the transit of Mer cury across the face of the aun take place November 14 as predicted?" Exactly. At (he wrtler's lo cation we set up a telescope to project a 15-inch Image of the sun on a white paper acreen. The transit lasted over 2V4 hours but clouds in terfered during all the time excepting five "clear" min utes around 8:30 a.m. Then we had a fine picture of the little round black spot on the solar face. LOUIS' MOTHER DIES Detroit un Mrs. Lilly Bar row Brooks, mother of former heavyweight c h a m p lo n Joe Louis who once wanted the Brown Bomber to become a musician instead of a boxer, died at the age of 69 last night following a prolonged illness. Phone 4-1451 Nettie Spencer, Pioneer, Passes Portland (UP) Private funeral service were held here today for Nettie Spencer, 82, whose grandfather, Thomas Cox, was one of the framers of the Oregon constitution. Miss Spencer, born on a farm near Corvallis in 1861, was the daughter of George W. Spen cer, a pioneer of 1851 and Lu cinda Cox Spencer, who came to Oregon in 1847. She died just two days before what! would have ben her 93rd birth day. Miss Spencer graduated from Oregon Agricultural college in 1896 and later taught achool in the United States, Europe and India. She had lived In Port land the last 25 years. Survivors Include five nephews snd nieces, including Dr. Burt Brown Barker, vice president emeritus of the Uni versity of Oregon. Thomas Cox, first Salem merchant arrived in Salem in 1847 with several wagonloada of merchandise hauled across the plains. In that year he start ed his store at a location that became the northeast corner of Ferry and Commercial streets. Later he became an agricultur ist His account books as Sa lem's first storekeeper have been preserved. Funeral Tuesday for Former Saleswoman Funeral sendees will be held in Portland at the Colonial mortuary at 14th and Sandy, Tuesday morning for Mrs. Ella B. Title Cousins, former Salem resident. Graveside , services will be held at the1 Stayton cemetery Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o clock. Mrs. Cousins, who died at her home in Portland, Decem ber 12. resided in. Salem for about 25 years prior to moving to Portland. She was a native I Oregonlon, being born at Fern Ridge, Oregon, January 21, 1886. Her parents were Frank and Caroline Titze. Survivors included the hus band, Jed Cousins of Portland; a daughter, Mrs. Qertrude Smith of Fulfport, Fla.; a sis ter, Mrs. Louise B. Penton of Salem; two nieces, Mrs. Ruth Halley and Mrs. Lucille Davey of Salem; two great-nephews. William R. Porter and R. F. Divey of Salem, and a brother-in-law. Jack Richards of Stay ton, Oregon. POOR BOY SANDWICH At NORTH'S 117 Center St ( Dairies Using Glass Bottles Portland J a serious shortage of fiber milk bottles here resulting from the 10-dsy-old American Can com pany strike today forced Pa cific Northwest alr7mta to sdopt emergency measures. Some Portland dairiea al ready had switched back to glaas bottles which have been largely replaced on the mar ket in recent years. A few of the larger dairies here prepared to use Pure Pak fiber containers, a competitor with the American Can prod uct A Vancouver, Wash., firm manufactures the cartons and ahlps them flat Because machlnea are necessary to fab ricate the cartons Into shape, only the bigger bottling com panies can afford to Install tbem. Small dairies may make arrangements to buy cartons from them. DONT Tfcrw foar Wtlea Awm w rii TfcersB Whm Otent Cul THE JEWEL BOX . 4U DM, Un, Onm Own rtM KUfcl til I SALEM, OREGON OPEN TILL 9 P.M. TONIGHT EXTRA STRENGTH ...FOR EXTRA WEAR! t 4 Si 4 607 k S-i ! V- .1 Li One oi the largest Portland dairies said it has- made ar rangements with schools to supply half-pints of milk la glass bottles. Little North Fork Road Opens Friday Opening of the Little North Ford road above Elkhorn, closed for several days because of slides, Is scheduled for Wednesday, reported County Commissioner. Roy Rico Mon day. The closure has hampered the hauling of loss -from the area and it is expected opening n I In what car ' do you get . modern, onc-picc "aero-fram" construction? AERO WILLYS of count-1 EISNER MOTOR CO., 332 N. High nine SPECIAL FEATURE! BOY'S STURDY 8 0Z. DENIM JEANS FEATURE BUY AT ONLY LIMIT 4 TO A CUSTOMER 8-ounce Sanforized blue denim, amply cut ond solidly joined by Penney craftsmen for durable comfort! Bar tocks, copper-plated rivets, heavy duty orange stitching objorb Jolts ond strains. Four deep sturdy pockets. Button fly. MAIN FLOOR 1 MftpP ...a. ..... - a j ix ...t Comfort? Great ! when you go Great Northern EITIPIRE BUILDER WESTERN STAR TWO OMAT STtfAMUNtH OARY SfTWKN FOOTIAND AND CHICAGO VIA trOKAMS, ftUNNIArOUS AMD ST. 'AM Cnmint awmtini m Onttft wkk ftut trmmt H CdMrn U. 5. titm. MimHi l i. W. eaitHMAN, Tmk Ptn. Afnl, 1 W. Waihinstoa St, Portland ), Ortgoa eHONst SIACON 71TS Pan II of the road win be followed by considerable activity. The steel bridge) that has bees under eonetmetioss lor several months has, been eoea pleted and this structure will be opened for an Wednesday. Steel for the bridge waa re moved from a crossing ol the BreiUnbuah river at point where the Detroit reservoir flooded It out Linoleum NATIONAL BRAND! , CAPITOL FLOOR COVIRINOS 111 8. slifh fft. 411 tEEVCI "St'? Wt LH ilr,! $1 Shot 4-12 195 5. Commercial