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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1954)
SWEETHEART TROPHY PRESENTED Tm? CAPTTAC JOTTrYAI", FaTnri. Orfo Tuesday, Janoary 12, 1954 Msror Al Loucki (seated at deak) presents a awectiicart trophy to Barbara Anderaoa (seated on desk), Willamette University iresbman, who ia to be aweetheart of the Second Oregon Bearer Platoon, Marine Corps, which leavea for San Diego, January 21. Behind the Mayor and Miae Anderaon, left to right are: ataj. W. F. Simlkk, USMC, commander of the Port land Marine recruiting office; Staff Sgt Greg Pearson, PIO for the Portland recruiting office; Staff Sgt Robert WiUon, Salem Marine recruiter, who aecured the moat men for the platoon; Pvt Charles Hana Jepsen, USMCR, Dallas, leader of the Salem area Leatherneck squad of the platoon; Dennis Kent Garland, 1180 Hood street, Salem, leader of the fourth Salem Capital quad; and Pvt Ralph Louis Peterson, TJSMCR, 1790 Barnea avenue, who his been chosen as the leader of the Second Oregon Beaver platoon. 1 -er 1 an accurate rneaaura of agricultur al prosperity. Americans Win Liars' Contest MUNICH, Germany VI Two American aportamen were award ed prizes by the Munich Rod and Gun Club Monday night for telling Whoppers. First prize went to MaJ. Gordon Lemke of Milwaukee, Wis., and aecond to CoL George Godfrey of Eugene, ore. Russell Hawkins, the club presi dent, of Richmond, Tex., presided. Forty Bavarian hunters and fish ermen were guests. Godfrey's tall tale: "One while fishing In a Bavar ian stream I caught a nice trout When I pulled him out of the wa ter, he said: Throw me back, I know a fish bigger than I am and he'll take your hook.' ' "So I threw him back and sure enough, I soon caught a much big ger trout He said: Throw me back. I'll are you catch an even bigger trout.' "I did, and believe It or not, I caught a trout almost aa big as I am. The fish aaid: Throw me back and I'U aee that you catch a bigger one.' "After throwing him back, 1 felt a tug on my line 1 pulled It In and wand a. note which said: "We know you dont' aat fish , . . you had a good time ... 8 ogo home and eat a hamburger." Voluntary Draftees Called for February February's call for draftees from Marion county will be for colun teers only. The number of men called to report in February haa not been received by the local aelective service office yet, but ia expected this week. In announcing that onlv volun teers would be taken at that time, the office pointed out that thev had so many volunteers there was no space for other men that month. Fifteen men wil lreport for their preinduction physical examina tions in January. The men are to leave Salem Monday, January 25, ana win receive their physicals in Portland. TWO KOREANS CONVICTF.D shUUL Iffi Two Koreans were convicted Tuesday of betraying ma, uen. wiuiam r. uean to the Lommunm in lusn fin t tenrnrl In itoath mnA k A,k uie imprisonment Old Battleship Saved by Himitz Portland UP Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimltz. who helped lead the U. 8. to victory in the Pacific in World War II. today recalled on how his personal or der once saved the Battleship Oregon of Spanish-American war fame from being sunk. Nimltz was here to personally award tonight the Nimitz trophy for the beat all-around Navy re serve submarine division in the U. C. to Portland submarine divi sion 13-7. Nimitz said his order came during World War II when the Oregon wis to be sunk at Guam to form a breakwater. Instead, it waa used as a storage ship for construction explosives. The battleship was left at Guam after World War II. Nurses Meeting for Kick-off Dinner The kick-off dinner, preliminary to entertaining the state convention of the Oregon State Nurses Asso ciation in Salem next October, will be held in Salem Tuesday evening at the Senator Hotel at 6:30 o'clock. This ia the Soth aniversary for the Oregon State Nurses Associa tion, District No. 3, taking in Sa lem and area, to entertain for the state conclave. At the dinner this evening, Misa Henrietta Dolts of Portland, stale president will install the local officers. Mrs. Louise Arneson ia the incoming president for (he local group. Farm Price Supports No Prosperity Measure WASHTKrVtYiW im - : . . ... -' .""" 1 riexiDie pnee guarantees wnicn bower adminntraUoo. hi advocat- would move up and down with Ins a farm nrneram hiiilf am fl-- I . . i . - - , " - -- - - f, iKm cnangca w euuiny m major JT" 'iSWi to dilcropa-have been Ton Uwbooks - " iarn jnr ifui but congress Baa never allowed them to operate. Under this plan, price supports would be high in times of shortages to encourage production and low consumption and discourage over- yrwucuon. inucs cumcna support prices would be low when farmers Beeji h1n wnrmt in HmM of surplus and low market prices. In the past, rather than put the flVIhl K - inf.. mttm alwava estrvtori the war-hnm mvm. tern requiring price supports at rigid high levels. Both major parties Joined in 194t In msritlns flavihl In flu Senate. But the House balked and ngia supports were retained for in uuu year, tne men secre tary of agriculture, Charles F. Brannan, came forward with a new program promising high level Dries ffuarantee and a broad mvm. tern of government subsidies to give farmers big income. From that time member nf fieithap n.rtv in fnr irw, hu. considered it politically advisable w uiouge toe ngiu Diga leva price guarantees. Even now, Farm Belt congress men 1M lmfA witk hn tmM ,ka some political figures are urging even hiffhpr nrir winrwirta That makes many Republican congress- niea nesiiate to oacK ine rJisenhow er program lest their opponents Convince imrtnprm lhV nrn Anlrin to lower farm income. Hoover Selects f4 Legal Staff WASHINGTON irP-.Vn.n4i.. lav exnerta. .iiuli.ninn . k Judge", have been named by for mer rresiaeni Hoover to a gov ernment nunin nf An . . L. force on legal services and pro cedure. Judge James M. Douglas of St Louis, Mo., former chief jus tice Of the Miunttrl c,.n. ---- - HHU,UI, Court, wss sppointed task force cnairman. Other members of the group lneludvd Herbert W. Clark, San Francisco, special assistant to the U. S. Attorney General; Carl McFarland- Mi&mil u . president of Montana State UmV versiiy ana larmer u. S. aastetant attorney general; and Edward L. Wright, Little Rock, Ark., mem ber of the House of Delegates, American Bar Aara. . Cancer Society Calls Meeting a eoumy-wide meeting for the local unit of the American Cancer SOCletV ia nlxnnnrl tnr WnrfnJ. r -v. -vuiKn,, evenine at 7i n'Mnl, in , u- . National Bank building, called by Aira. ninurea fetujohn, Marion County commander. Mrs. William KlatTnr D.l stats commander; Mrs. Sadie Gra- nam ot Corvallis, District ( re gional vice-commander; James Clark, field rnnrauMitati-n f. aociety; and Mark 0. Hatfield county crusade chairman, will all be on the nnwnm ,n . . I - - r--r.- .. u iuc over the coming campaign. Mrs. James H. Turnbull, education director for me manon county unit, will show a film, "The Warning Shadow." All community captains in the county and their assistants as well as representatives from ail four rhnntnr nf a... c, ... . 1 . - v. ucm oigma rrii, a -""'j', wiu attena. Tearful Singer, Ray. Agrees to Divorce HOLLYWOOD UP A Mexican di vorce is scheduled Thursday for M-year-old Johnny Ray and Mar ilyn Morrison, J3. daughter of Hol lywood night dub operator Char lie Morrison. Thn WfVminff nintfnn uul l.t. t. 1 1 wunw nuu turn WUC, who separated a year ago, have agreea on a financial settlement and she will obtain the decree, her fflthnP faM nnttrmnn CI.- n..M leave tomorrow for El Paso, where ane will meet Ray. The case will come before a judge in Chihuahua. The couple waa married in May 1952 and separted the following January. NEW JUDGE . ,. ... : SILVERTON QuinUn B. Estell, Silverton attorney, who has been appointed Silverton municipal judge. Oregon Highway Conditions Good SALEM (II Highway condi tions were good over Oregon Tues day except for packed snow at two isolated spots, and icy sections on some other roads, the Highway commission sal a. Chains are needed because of packed snow at Seneca, in South ern Grant County, and on the East Diamond Lake Highway. . There were icy spots st Timber line, Santiam Pass, Willamette Pass, Chemult. Klamath Falls. Bly, Lakeview and Burns. The commission reported sanded packed snow at Warm Springs Junction, Bend. Ochoco Summit Brothers, Meacham and Austin. and invitation is extended to all interested in the society and its work to attend QUEEN OPENS N.Z. PARLIAMENT WELLINGTON, NEW Zealand un A re'jaing British monarch Queen Elizabethll opened the 100-year-old New Zealand Parliament Tuesday for the first time. The ceremony waa almost identical with royal openings of the mother of parliaments, the House of Com mons in London. New Romance For Margaret LONDON un-rincess Margaret baa that gay, happy look again and the gossip grapevin ia won dering if she's shaken off aa old heartbeat for someone new. Reports from Brussels say RAF Group Capt Peter Townsend, rumored No. 1 ia the princess' affections last year, has found a new romantic interest in Dutch Countess Ahvtna Van Limburg Stirum. And the Zt-year-old sister of Queen Elizabeth II recently has beer buzzing about with not one but three highly ' eligible young men. The countess has denied rumors of any engagement plana with Townsend but acknowledged to re porters she often goes riding with the handsome wartime air hero. "We are just good friends," she said. , Townsend was trsntferrd from London to Brussls aa air attach last summer amid persistent spec ulation that Princess Margaret wanted to marry him. STIRS STORM Yugoslav film star Milena Vrajakova, 21-year-old wife of army chief of staff Peko Dap cevic, is the central figure in one of the hottest controversies whieh haa arisen in President Tito's communist government Yugoslsv Vice President Milo van Djilas has charged that ranking government leaders and their wives have been giving Milena "the cold shoul der." 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