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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem. Oregoa
978 Join Armed Services
jHere During Last Year
, , . , i ib Trie A'AOCiiica rr?s d 1 ...
Salemi' airport durir.K 1953 1953 had a new boiler installed Recen( and pianned layoffs ! ui . , m,n and ... Bumber of men of any
lor us neaung system. ( employe, in industry and 5 ,' .H" rfu, with'branch of the service during
. Dunn 1953, a contract was; rajlrMdwhicn employ near- cl ' v.e . dul " I Past year with their fig-
- sicnfd between the city and , , mllli ,.,, ,i some branch of t n e Armea.me pasi
Improvements and One
Major Loss at Airport
Railroads Hit
By Layoffs
had several minor improve lor us ncaung sysn-m. iof empioyes in industry and
menu, DM it also naa one ma- uuhhk t.iuot a
jor loss the CAA control low- mnn K-iwren wic ..iy ..u , 2() million workers, total - r r ..- ,87 The Air
ir. which was used in con- Richard and J. C Krenz for 3 ,u has disclosed. Force, during the year 1953 , ure for he e ar 28 7 T he A.r
trolling air traffic. , the farming of the land includ-i D e ,; total unemJ.nd many were training here . Force Wrd 127. me navy
The tower was lo.s.d the d on the airport Arrange-1 , rf , November, was as members of reserve units of had "i W 1
last day of June and the men mints also were made for leas-, J 42 00() gn lncreaie o onlviSome branch of the service nine re-enlistmenu arm nc
nneratinf it moved to other ing buildings on the airport to! ,;. ,, .,, Kwmhr law 1 Two hundred ana eighty-1 Marine corps ennsiea m
Stations. Consolidated Builders, t h e: of the fi, fl25 000 worier, in ; five of these reporting for men.
It was during 1953 that the Oregon National ouara ana .,.....,,, inn, Nn., ... i v e duty were called . several
women from this
in through the draft. The local area also joined some branch
fmtallatinn nf fhn hich in-' me VIV11 mr rairoi. i iaim nn1 ......
tensity lights at the airport was N W t0 thc airPrt ln 1953 1 manufacturing industries and selective service office had of the Armed Forces during
completed and one of the taxi- v. as George Kretzberg. whoi 2 g5g Q(j0 m raj,roatis. cans for 356 men, but part of j 1953, with a total of 23 enlist-
ways also was patched, along purchased both Farm Air and: ' Tne Associated presi survey these men were either reclas-led. Ten of these joined the
with the maintenance of the the Salem Air Service and op- show.d ,ha, mos, of the 53 n00 ; sifild or .nlisted j some Waf: eight, the Wacs and five
I craics ui wie uirpuri uuuci wit
airport equipment.
workers were laid off in the
Th. irrt u,n in Krctzberg Aviation company. ... . ,,. f. ,,-.
July and August bv a Navy I Thc v"ar ?3 'oun h,mU ; ployment bv the middle of
blimp, which was moored near " Pm. nenlly barred from ! Januarv Although most of the
ik. i. Woi f... t .e airport by having the field ,.. ' f u. - .u.
layoffs appeared to be of the:exammations
long-range type, mere ap-i The Army enlisted the larg-
After the visit, the Navy Iff t . P'"? ,lne a
the deadmen for the mooring wu" ' f .,. I peared openings in other fields
tower and now the airport has; "unl?- n'"ve ""J! Railroads and related indus-
a D ace where a Dortable blinin ' ""vc "Ml""'"'
branch of the service before the Waves.
ordered to report During' "All of the recruiting ser-
1953 a total of 893 men were vices except the Navy topped
given pre-induction physical j their last year enlistment fig
ures and the navy is operating
he nn-i
taxpayers is the reduction of
mnnpinff tnunr fan
chored. I "ie DudKe' for 'he airport by
Speaking of the Salem Naval I about 3.000. and AirPort Man"
Alr facility, which is on theia"r Charles Earclay points
airport, the facility during out it is the only department
in the city reducing its budget.
LUXT0ILET50AP
3 bar. IOC
SAVING CENTER MARKETS
tries appeared hardest hit by I
the recent layoffs, the Asso-j
ciated Press survey disclosed.
At least 18,680 rail workers
have lost their jobs or face un
employment in the near future.
Is Your Fuel Bill
Over I U A Month?
Better Convert to
Continental Radiant
GLASSHEAT
1540 Fairgrounds Road
Phone 4-6263
More Born, Fewer Die
Here During Past Year
Baby Conlesf
At Woodburn
on a quota and so that it had
only 49.68 per cent of last
year's enlistment figures.
Marines were above last year
and the total figures for 1952
for the Air Force and Army
were 233 compared to the 432
this year.
Marines, Air Force, Navy
Woodburn The annual and the Army all have reserve
"First Baby of the New Year" i outfits in Salem, and Salem
contest, sponsored by Wood- has three National Guard
burn merchants, is now under uniU. Also a number of Salem
Thc health of Marion Coun
ty residents during 1953 ap
peared about on a par compar
ed with previous years, judg
ing by statistics issued by the
Department of Health.
With the exception of
measles there was no great
upsurge in communicable dis-
WE WILL BE
CLOSED
Saturday, Jan. 2
WATCH FOR OUR ANNUAL
STORE-WIDE SALE
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eases, although thc incidence
of popiomyelitis was g renter,
stepped up from 27 to 30 be
cause of a rash of 10 cases in
November. There were 739
eases of measles as against 165
during the first It month per
iod of 1952.
The birth rale, mounting
rapidly since the close of
, World War II. leveled off dur
ing 1953, although the 2519
j babies who were born through
November were six in excess
Iof those who appeared during
jlast year. Male babies out
numbered female 1315 to
! 1204.
Deaths 804 during the 11
months, were less bv 25 than
for the preceding similar per
iod of 1952. Male deaths total
led 457.
Heart disease continued to
be the chief killer, with 309
deaths being attributed to that
cause. This is an inrrease of
44 over 1952. Cancer claimed
107 victims, up from 98. Apo
plexy was responsible for 78
deaths, and increase of 31 over
last year. Automobile acci
dents killed 19 persons during
the 11 months, identical with
the number who died from
this cause in 1952.
In the field of communic
able disease, there was an in
crease in mumps from 7 to 182
cases in comparing 1952 with
1953. There were decreases in
bronchial pneumonia, 63 to 30,
scarlet fever, 52 to 16; and
rheumatic fever, 14 to 9.
way and a wide variety of
valuable gifts await two lucky
babies. One group of awards
will go to the first baby born in
1954 to parents residing within
the Woodburn city limits, and
another group to the first baby
of the new year born to par
ents living in the Woodburn
trading area.
Included in area I of the con
test are residents within the
Woodburn city limits served by
the Woodburn city mail serv
ice. Area II is designated for
persons residing on Woodburn
routes 1 and 2, Hubbard city
and Hubbard route 1, Gervais
city and Gervais route .1, Mon
itor, Donald, Aurora city and
Aurora route 1 in Marion coun
ty. To be eligible the parents
must be bonafide residents of
the area for which prizes are
claimed and must have lived
in the area for at least the en
tire month of December, 1953.
It will be the responsibility
of the parents of the babies
eligible for the awards to re
port the birth to the local In
dependent office by Tuesday
noon, Jan. 5, 1954. Informa
tion required will be: I, the
name, sex, weight and color of
hair and eyes of the baby; II,
the place, date, hour and min
ute of the birth. The informa
tion must carry the signature
and address of the attending
physician and the signatures of
the mother and father and their
address. In case ol a tie the
gifts will be divided. If no
winners are reported in one or
both areas by the expiration of
the first deadline the time for
reporting will be extended.
All of the prizes to be award'
ed in the contest have been do
nated by Woodburn merchants.
Post Office Receipts for
Year Just Under Million
Cash receipts for the Salem
post office were $984,596.62
for 1953 according to compil
ations made late Thursday by
the office of Prstmaster Albert
C. Gragg.
The total is $13,230 greater
than for the calendar year
1952. but is short by some $15.
404 of the millon-dollar mark
at which the office had Jeen
shooting.
However, there is a strong
possibility that the million
dollar figure will be reached
when thc office is credited with
certain sums that are handled
WINDOW SHADES
CAPITAL SHADE i DRAPERY SHOP
i Formerly Oflnholdt Lewis)
260 S. 21st SI. fMM 4-1856
TALLMAN
PIANO STORES
395 S. 12th, Solem
by the U. S. postal department
Receipts for December of
this year were $146,864.29,
greater by $16,122 the amount
taken in during the final
month of 1952.
While the parcel post rates
were upped during the last
three months of this year.
Postmaster Gragg stated that
the increase didn't make too
much difference, especially in
the Christmas trade. "People
just bought and sent smaller
packages, he explained.
Postal receipts have more
than doubled since 1943 when
they were $433,507. The period
of greatest growth appears to
have been between 1943 and
1949. In the latter year they
reached $850,796. In 1950 the
figure was $876,486; 1951,
SH7B.444, and i- 1952, $995,
955.
There was considerable
harkina anA i11in M.MU k..
I month during 1953. Receipts
' were: January, $77,924; Feb
ruary, $80,607; March, $76,938;
April, $82,173; May, $79,086;
June. $78,259; July, $68,800;
August, $75,438; September,
$67,710; October, $75,243; No-
I vembcr, $78,967.
CLOSED
Price S will be
SATURDAY, Jan. 2, 195
We at Price's wish to extend to all of you a Happy
and Prosperous New Year. We are closing to al
low our personnel an extended weekend. Our
Clearance Sale will continue Monnday with many
great savings and values.
men belong to the headquart
ers of the Oregon National
Guard.
The National Guard claims
the largest number of men.
Company B. 162nd infantry
regiment, has five officers,
one warrant officer and 81
enlisted men. D company of
the same regiment has four
officers, one warrant officer
and 62 enlisted men. The
third National Guard unit
here, D battery, 722nd anti-
air c raft artillery, automatic
weapons, has four officers.
one warrant officer and 57
enlisted men.
Uncle Sam's Navy has three
different types of units here,
the air, the surface and Sea
bees. Naval airmen train at the Sa
lem Naval Air Facility in
three different squadrons. To
tal number of pilots training
is 70 and the enlisted men in
these squadrons numbers 67.
Also training there are the
10 officers of the aviation
ground unit.
Fifteen officers and 135
enlisted men train with Nav
al surface division 13 28,
and the Seabee reserve unit.
division 13 9, contains four
officers and 19 enlisted men.
These men, like members of the
Marine Reserve unit, train at
the Salem Naval and Marine
Corps Reserve Training Cen-er.
Salem's Marine reserve
unit is the Third 155 mm Gun
Battery. Belonging to this
outfit are four officers and 26
enlisted men.
Both members of the Army
reserve units and the Air
Force Reserve unit train at
the Salem Army Reserve
Armory.
The Army has 72 officers
and 37 enlisted men taking
training with some unit or in
one of the school branches.
Army reserve units are E
company of the 413th infantry
regiment of the 104th division
(reserves); headquarters and
headquarters company and A
battery of the 929the field r
tillery; and Oregon mobiliza
tion designation detachment
No. 1.
Branches of the Army Re
serve school attended by re
serves nere are command and
general staff, military intelli
gence, medical service and in
fantry. Salem's Air Reserve unit is
the 9414th Air Reserve
squadron. This outfit contains
o onicers and eight airmen
and has five officers, attached
to the unit for training.
Staylon Phone Co.
To Elect Directors
Stayton Stockholder.
the Stayton Mutual Telephone
company will meet at the city
hall at 8 p.m., January 11
with one of the major issue.
conversion of the present sys-
lem to dial as approved at the
last meeting.
Also at this meetins h...
directors will be elected, re
ports of officers will be heard
ana opinions will be voiced
on the matter of consolida
tn of the company with others
operating through the switch
board association.
CHILD IN HOSPITAL
Webfoot Jeanette Richards
six-months-old daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Clayton Richards of
Webfoot district, has been crit
ically ill at the Providence
hospital. Portland. several
days nd has received three
blood transfusions, one given
before an emergency operation.
Jasper McLevy. a Socialist,
is serving his 11th con..ti..-
j Jerm as mayor of Bridgeport,
Ml WVEHTOfiY TBADE IN
WATCH SALE
Up to $25.00
THE JEWEL BOX
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Friday, January 1, 1934
FOOD
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Our New Yeor'. Ra.olurion If to Con.inu. to Giv. Contum.n In Solem th. Lowm,
Possible Prices Throughout 1954.
WE SELL FOR LESS
BORDEN'S FINEST
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Quart .. A1
SWIFT'S PEANUT
UTTER
20-01. cj jj C
miliniflll SOUTHERN BEAUTY SWIFT'S
PE! OYSTERS TAMALES
a? cam
10' 29' c. T
Candy iars
All
Reg. 5c
Sixes
10
35
HUNT'S TOMATO
46-oz.
ALL BRANDS Toll Cant NESTLE'S SWIFT'S
CIGARETTES MILK BABY MEATS
$169 9 4Q(
A. Carton JO' u cans
Reg. Size attfii Call Reg. 21eSizet
Fresh VEGETABLES Fresh
29
NAVEL
14
Case
CRANBERRIES GRAPEFRUIT SPUDS
1 19 5 45 19
29
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Cake Mix
FRESH MEATS
SWIFT'S SWEET SMOKED
Iked iacon
59c
BEEF KOAST , IT
Rib Steaks ,,,,39'
Collage Rolls ,b 63'
Short Ribs::3V KB'
Ground Beef 2?
Boneless Beel Roasts , . M
Jowl Bacon k25'
441 State
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