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." (AP Wirephoto)
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