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Tanadar. January It 1954 . THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Orc-oa Paf. CONESTOGA CAJ fete Q Du n laanl till laftirn .. . J Tb original Studebaker Conestoga wagon built In 1834 and la which the Studebakcr family moved to South Bend, Indiana, in 1891, provide! authentic background for the new Coneitoga, Studebaker'i all-steel station wagon. The old "prairie schooner" waa in use for nearly thirty years, and now ii preserved in the Studebakcr museum. Conestogas Roll Again On Highways of America SOUTH BEND, Ind. The Coneitogai are rolling again! iNearly a bunded yeari ago the about of "California here we come" rang out along the Santa Fa trail from old St "J" to the Cimarron country as trains of 30 to 90 Conestoga wagons rolled and .jolted toward the "new" West Peope were going places. Comet Jetliners Are Grounded LONDON 1 The pride of British commercial aviation, the Comet jetliner, was a groundling casualty Tuesday pending a "min ute" investigation of Sunday's crash of the eight-mile-a-minute aircraft in which 35 persona died off Elba. The government-owned British Overseas Airways Corp. took its seven Comets off commercial runs in Europe, Asia and Africa. The crash in the Mediterranean was the seventh involving a Comet since the aircraft went into reg ular service IS months ago, and the third in 10 months with fatal ities. In all, M persons have died in the aircraft. Today, for people who to places, the sound bss changed, but the sturdy, dependable trans portation again bears the proud name of Conestoga. It's the new all-steel station wagon by Studebaker. Up In the conestoga valley of Pennsylvania, from which the original wagon took its name. John Studebaker was recognized among the skilled German crafts men ss an expert wagon builder and blacksmith. His vehicles were among those that withstood the crossing of the Allegheny range in freight service from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. John Studebaker built his first Conestoga in 1934, and in 18S1 this same wagon, with its swamp oak wheels and hand wrought hardware, brought the Stude baker family to South Bend. Here they plied their trade during the westward expansion, building more Conestogas, and later the equally famous farm wagon. Then came the automobile. The year 1904 saw the first Stuacbaker gasoline automobile. During the next 90 years apJ proximately four million Stude baker vehicles followed the 'na tion's highways wherever people traveled. , America is still on the move, and for people who go places the new Studebaker Conestoga sta tion wagon proudly lives up to the name at its. Pennsylvania an- Can Company Calls Workers PORTLAND W The American Can Co. plant here began Tuesday calling some 350 employes back to work following Monday night's set tlement of the CIO Steelworkers strike. Lee Caldwell, international rep resentative of the union, said he understood the workers would be producing half-pint milk containers and coffee cans. John G. Griffin, assistant plant manager, said he expects that about the same number of workers will be employed as when the plant was closed by the Dec 1 strike. Meetings Listed by Home Extension Units Marion County Home Extension i unit meetings for the week of Jan- j f I A-l iswirtr uary 1116 are listed below. Any ,QgT) UPIIITalSTS - limA intntoH tn Attend. I ' For additional information write or call the Marion County Home Ex tension office, 47S N. Church St. The dates, units, time, place and projects are as follows: All units will have the project "Simple Home Repairs" during January. January 12 Donald, 1:30. Ma sonic Hall: Fruitland, 10:30. with Mrs. John Shamberger; Hayesville, 10:30, Halbert Memorial Church. January 13 Aumsville: Bethany, 10:30, with Miss Merle Bowen: La bish Center, 1:30, Labish Center January 14 Pringle, 10:30, Woman's club; Middle Grove, 10:30, with Mrs. Wilbur Wilson: Lansing Neighbors, 10:30, Grace Lutheran church. January 19 Clear Lake, 10:30, with Mrs. T. C. Mason; Marion, 10:30, with Mrs. Chris Schmidt Poster Panel Bill Killed By indefinite Dostnonement the City Council Monday night killed an ordinance bill that would have placed further regulation on bill boards by restricting their location as well as requiring renewal of per mits each year. The council tabled the controver sial bill that would have boosted the license fees exacted from ped dlers operating from vehicles. It passed a bill providing that tie votes in city primary or fall elections may be decided by cast ing lots. Alderman Claud Jorgen sen is now serving as a member of the council although Clayton Jones, his opponent, tied his vote in the election year. Jorgensen continued Is serve under the law providing that i official shall serve until his successor is elect ed and qualified. The council tabled for two weeks a petition for the improvement of Brooks avenue in the J. F. McDon ald Fruit Tracts. City Engineer Davis reported that a petition was sufficient for the improvement of Kansas avenue from North 18th to North 19th street. Arch Bailey to Lecture Here Trust ia God as a powerful means to solve dally problems will be the topic of a public lec ture oa Christian Science to be given in Salem oa January 19 by Arch Bailey of Sacramento, Calif. Bailey, who is a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship, wil speak at the In vitation of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Salem, in the church edifice. Liberty and Che. meketa Streets, at 8 p.m. Ad mission is fee and there is no eo lection. Bailey's subject will be "Chris tian Science: Too Joyous Way of Love." Currently on a nationwide tour, be has devoted his time to the practice of Christian Science healing since 1940. Prior to that he had a distinguished career in the field of music. He Is a na tive of Kansas. He was director of the music depatment of Iowa State colege at Ames, and served on the faculty of the Home In stitute of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Mo., and the Chicago Musical college, Chicago. LECTURER 2 I Arch Bailey of Sacramento, who will lecture her Friday night on Christian Science. RECREATION DEPARTMENT NEW BRITAIN, Conn. HP- Four teen-agers accused of string ing a steel cable across a street two feet above the pavement ex plained they were bored because there were no recreational facili ties in their neighborhood. Easing Sought For Quarantine Oregon is urging seme modi fication ia the new Porto Rico quarantine affecting the ship ment of gladiolus bulbs into that country, according to Frank ate- Kennon, chief of the division of plant industry of the 'Oregon state department of agreuttiure. A bearng on the matter is slated for January 11 at San Juan, . Shipment of at least one order about $2000 worth of Oregon glad bulbs is being held up until this quarantine a clarified or modified, says McKennon. The Puerto Rico quarantine, which went into effect last De cember 8, apparently requires that gladiolus bulbs entering the island bo grown in an area free from Curvularia tunata and Fit-1 sariura ozysporum diseases and also be from planting, not flow ering, stock. The quarantine (Oregon officials have not yet received a eopy) also prohibits entry of four varieties cf glad bulbs Picardy, Spotlight, Corona and Purple Supreme. McKennon has advised the Puerto Rico plant quarantine service director, Luis A. Catonia, that Oregon can certify to free dom from Curvularia lunata on bulbs grown ia the northern part of. the state but that Fusarium oxysporum is known to be pres ent wherever glads are grown although Northwest Oregon is the most favorable area tor pro duction of Futarium-f.ee gladio lus eornu. This disease is not I difficult to control" " McKennon supported his letter urging modification with infor mation from Dr. Roy A. Young, plant pathologist at Oregon Slate College, relative to the disease covered in the quarantine order. Jaycee-ettes Meet WOODBURN Members of the Wood burn Jaycee-ettes will meet Thursday, Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. at the borne of Mrs. Ray Miller. Fol lowing the business meeting a program will be presented by Mrs, Miller and Mrs. Thomas V. Engle, chairmen. Refreshments will be served by Mrs. L. H. Hil debrandt Mrs. Waller Scarbor-' ouga, J., and Mrs. A. B, WiMeford during the socitl hour. ENROLL K0W1 . SPRING SEMESTER STARTS JAN. 18 (Accredited) BELT KINDERGARTEN AmA DAY NURSERY Ph.2-1482 Ph.2-3045 Three Killed in Plane Crash KNIGHTSTOWN. Ind. (1 -rThree men from Columbus, Ohio, were killed early Tuesday when their four-place Stiiuon plane crashed on a farm a mile and a half north east of Knightstown. They were: Walter M. Clark, S3, Joseph W. Dobbins, 37, and John Edward Oyer, 47. Dobbins was identified as a sports announcer for radio station WCOL in Columbus. He broadcast the Ohio State- University-Illinois basketball game from Champaign. 111.. Monday night Oyer was identic tied as a real estate operator. The cause of the crash was not known. Temperatures were near zero and a stiff wind was blowing. Ltt BKU). V Furniture Refinishing 1 u Leading All Others Salem's Optimist club is lead ing all of the other Optimist clnbs in District 13 in the number of points for achievement, with the Salem, club having a total of 600 points. In second place is one of the Portland clubs. Peninsula club. which has 450 points. 1 District No. 13 includes 29 clubs j in the states of Oregon. Washing ton. Montana and Idaho and clubs in Edmonton. Alberta, Canada, and in British Columbia. Points are received on boy's work, attendance, membership, life memberships, attendance at board meetings and other projects under taken by members of the Optimist clubs. More than 70 per cent of the forest fires in the Rocky Moun tain region are started by lightning. Council Lets River Leases The City Council Monday night rejected a ground lease proposal from Willard Taylor, operator of the Salem Boat House whereby Taylor would have paid the city a nominal rental of 150 a year for five years, but with obligations to maintain a rescue service on the river. Instead, the council, on motion of Alderman Dan Fry, voted ta ebnrga him IV a month free at obligations. Under a lease that ex pired last . May, Taylor paid the. city s5o a month. . Just before considering the Tay lor proposal the council approved a permit to C. E. Staller, Phillip Tuor and Gain Merwin to use S5 feet of the river bank for moorage purposes for SIS a month. Among the obligations that Tay-' lor offered to take on, if his nom inal rental proposal was accepted, was to keep a watch over children playing in the vicinity of the river, maintain rescue boats, and assist the police whenever their services oh the river were necessary. White Re-elected as President of Council Alderman Robert F. White of j Ward 7 was re-elected Monday night as president of the city council. White was elected first a year ago when the post of council president was created. He pre- sides over the council in the ab-1 sence of the mayor end repre-! sents the mayor at other times when the mayor for any reason is unable to' act. ! White is a probable candidate for mayor in this year's elec-! tions. 1 Up to Senate WASHINGTON III President Eisenhower's first big batch of ! nominations of the 1954 session ap peared likely Tuesday to win quick 1 Senate approval. j The President sent 121 names to the Senate Monday for posts ranging in importance from chief justice of the United States to lieutenant junior grade in the 1 Coast and Geodetic Survey. j Judiciary Committee sources said hearingr might be conducted next week on the nomination of former Gov. Earl Warren of Cali fornia to be chief justice. Warren, named last fall to succeed the late Fred M. Vinson, has been serving since the current court term opened Oct 6. No important opposition has de veloped to Warren, although Ju diciary Chairman Langer (R-ND) has said a few letters have come in attacking the appointment. i Similarly, a spot check of Sen ate Labor Commttee members in dicated James P. Mitchell of New Jersey would be confirmed with no trouble as secretary of labor. Wirth Accepts Park Position Unexpectedly, Walter Wirth of Harriabure". Pa., accented an offer from the city of Salem to be ite tuperlhtendtnt of parks at a salary of xooou a year. -Several weeks ago the Parks Advisory Board, which had been looking about for a superintend ent, requested that an offer be made Wirth, and City Manager J. L. Fransea was directed by the city council to write him. A telegram from Wirth, accept ing the offer, came Monday morning. 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