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Royal Greeting Given
Platoon at San Diego
Staff Sgt. Robert Wilson, Salem
Marine Corps recruiter, Sunday
night returned to Salem from San
Diego and brought Salem its first
report of the men of the second
Oregon Beaver Platoon, which last
Week left for training m ban Diego.
' Wilson, because he recruited the
most men for the platoon had been
'Platform Price'
For Milk Mulled
PORTLAND Iffl The Milk Mar
keting Administration Monday re
lumed a hearing on whether the
, State Board of Agriculture should
establish a "platform price" for
milk. .
A bearing on the proposed new
price category was held last Sep
tember. Fred Meyer, a Portland
grocery chain, and Sunnybrook
Farms had asked a new regula
tion to permit grocers to pick up
milk at the distributor's plant and
receive a 14 per cent discount on
the wholesale price.
At present the distributor deliv
ers the milk to the grocer's refrig
erator. Testimony taken at Monday's
hearing will become part of the
evidence in the case. A decision on
the matter is expected later.
Among dairymen opposing the
plan at the hearing was Richard
Racette, Aurora.
The attorney for the Oregop Milk
Distributors, R. R. Bullivant, said
he thought the board did not have
legal authority to establish a plat
form price.
Jim Landye, representing the
Teamsters Union, said any change
in the present method of handling
milk might result in a dispute be
tween the union and the industries
involved.
East Salem
EAST SALEM One of the
most popular home extension
unit meetings of the program
for this year to date has been
the demonstrations in "Simple
Home Repairs."
A large percentage of the
members of Edina Lane unit at
tended this meeting on Thurs
day at the Vernon Gilmore home.
Mrs. Arlie Bean and Mrs. Otis
Bradbury were project leaders.
Attending this meeting were
special guests, Mrs. Henry Sing
er, Mrs. James Gorton, Mrs. Rob
ert Clark, and Mrs. Ray Howard
who will be a new member.
Members present were Mrs.
Bean, Mrs. H. A. Biskie, Mrs.
John French, Mrs. Scott Fosterm,
Mrs. Rita Griffin, Mrs. Ronald
Hopper, Mrs. F. Knight, Mrs.
Thomas Lay, Mrs. George Sey
mour, Mrs,' it Stephenson, Mrs.
Floyd " Thompson, Mrs. Brad
bury, Mrs. Leo Dumler, Mrs.
George - Hanauska, Mrs. Frank
Caspcll, Mrs. Howard and Mrs.
Gilmore.
This unit will sponsor its own
work shop for rcfinishing home
furniture with Mrs. Gilmore,
Mrs. Stephenson, Mrs. Caspcll,
Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Gordon
taking part
Washington , School Mothers
club meeting at the school
Thursday afternoon had as guest
speaker, Mrs. Joy Hills Gubser.
She discussed general school
problems, with the incrcaso in
enrollment expected for the next
few years and the shortage of
qualified teachers.
Pupils of the fifth grade of
Miss Eva Wolfe and the third
grade of Miss Lorna Rifigs enter
tained with songs and dances.
Hostesses were Mrs. Mosc Van
Dell and Mrs. Dale Malicoat. The
attendance award was given to
the fifth grade of Miss Wolfe. A
rummage sale
for March was
planned.
The Washington school com
munity 4-H cooking girls met the
past week with Kay Englc at
her home on Silverton road.
There were 14 girls and two
guests present. The demonstra
tion and discussion was given
by Judith Howard and Kay En
glc with eggs the food prepared
and value in nu ts discussed. Mrs.
Dale Malicoat and Mrs. Kred
Smalloy. 4 11 leaders, attended
the leaders' training meeting in
Salem the past week.
Merry Minglers club will meet
Thursday at 1 o'clock, Jan. 2ft,
in the home of Mrs. Allen Mc
Cain on Silverton road.
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
DRAFT PLANS
MADRID Wi Spain and Tor
tugal began general staff talks
Tuesday to draft common plans
for the defense of the Iberian
Peninsula.
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honored at a dinner in Portland
last Thursday.
The chartered United Air Lints
plane taking Wilson and the firsn
group of the platoon a total of
64 men to San Diego arrived in
that city at 5:10 Friday evening.
On their arrival the men were
greeted by Miss San Diego and the
Marine Corps Recruit depot band.
Platoon leader, Pvt. Ralph Louis
Peterson, 1700 Barnes, Salem,
presented Miss San Diego with a
bouquet of roses, which he had
been presented by the sweetheart
of the platoon. Miss Barbara An
derson, and in return received
poinscttas from Miss San Diego.
A second group of the platoon,
consisting of 11 men, arrived in
San Diego on a regular plane of
United Airlines about one half
hour after the chartered plane.
The approximately 18 men of the
Webfoot squad came in very early
the next morning via United plane.
The group arriving Friday was
taken right to the receiving bar
ricks of the Marine Corps, given
a platoon number to go with their
designation as the Second Oregon
Beaver platoon and turned over
to a drill instructor.
Integration of the Oregon outfit
into the Marine Corps was com
plcted, Wilson commented, before
the men went to bed that night'
bedtime was sometime after mid
night, the sergeant estimated,
Before starting north Saturday
morning the Salem recruiter paid
a visit to the platoon and found
the men to have already started
tneir training.
They were practically Marines
already," Wilson commented as he
told of the beginning of their
training and seeing the men of
the platoon out marching the
next morning.
During his brief stay in San
Diego Wilson also visited the of
fice of the information officer.
"Everyone still remembers the
First Oregon Beaver Platoon," the
sergeant said, and then remarked
that other areas were also send
ing platoons. "There was a cobra
platoon, and a Mississippi Valley
piatoon, ana just before we arrived
the Arkansas Traveler platoon ar
rived," he remarked.
En route home Sgt. Wilson stop
ped briefly in Burbank, Calif., for
a visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Turner and his sister
and her family.
St. Helens Has
Waler Service
ST. HELENS U) - Water service
to this Columbia River town was
fully restored early Tuesday and
residents heaved a sigh of relief
that there had been no serious
Bres.
The threat of fire without an
adequate water suddIv has been
uie principal concern of city offi
cials. The main water pipe line
from Salmonberry Dam, 12 miles
west, was snapped by a landslide
Saturday.
The break was discovered Sun
day when the town's main reser
voir ran dry.
An auxiliary well system and
smaller reservoir supplied some
water but there was not enough
pressure to carry it to the higher
half of the city.
Salem Folk in
Corvallis Meet
Dr. Walter E. Sn-tor. sunorln
tendent of the Salem public
schools, will be luncheon speaker
during the Friday noon session of
the conference of the Oregon Audio-Visual
association scheduled ti
be held in Corvallis Friday and
Saturday.
On Saturday, Albert Ziegler, an
exchange teacher at Parnsh jun
ior nisn irom isow Zealand, will
ilescribc nudio-visual programs
that arc in his own country.
The two day conference will
feature feature demonstrations and
discussions of such audio visual
aids as the television eye, the tape
recorder in the class room, school
rroduced 16mm films and the ov-
crfyrad projector.
From about 300 A.D. to after
1350 most Europeans considered
that riding in a vehicle instead
of on horseback was unmanly.
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Get PT at
Gas Profits to
Dimes March
Next Sunday's profits from gas
oline sales at the Zosel service
station at North High and Che
mekcta will all go to the March
of Dimes for the fight against
polio.
Usually the station is closed
on Sunday; but next Sunday the
gasoline pumps will be manned
by members of the Salem fire
department which they are au
thorized to do by the city coun
cil Monday night.
The offer came from Wal
ter Zosel, manager of the
station, who said his employes
had offered to give their time
that day, and they too will be on
hand to help the firemen. The
hours will be from 7 a.m. to 6
p.m.
Fire Chief E. L. Smith said
that while a dozen or so of his
men are voluntarily filling gaso
line tanks, others will put on
an all-day program of entertain
ment. Schrunk to Run
Again for Sheriff
PORTLAND Ufi Two men,
mentioned as possible Democratic
candidates for major political posts
in Oregon, were reported over the
weekend to be out of the races.
Terry Schrunk, who many Demo
crats hoped would run for the con
gressional post now held by Repub
lican Rep. Homer Angell, said he
would instead be a candidate to
succeed himself as sheriff to Mult
nomah County.
Norris E. Dodd, mentioned as a
candidate for governor or for con
gressman from the second district,
will not seek any office this year,
according to Monroe Swcetland,
Oregon Democratic national
committeeman.
Dodd, who is reljring as director
general of the United Nations Food
and Agriculture Organization, will
not return from Rome in time to
enter the Oregon primaries, Swcet
land said.
Portland May
Up Meter Fees
PORTLAND W - Another in
crease in parking meter fees to
30 cents for two hours is being
considered by the Portland City
Council.
The increase from the present
20 cents for two hours was sug
gested Monday by traffic engineer
c red T. Fowler.
The proposed increase would ef
fect parking in the busy downtown
area. A five-cent increase to 15
cents for two hours was suggested
for surrounding business areas.
The council also discussed plac
ing parking meters in outlying
business districts.
Rnswrll Buehard Perkins
(above), 27-year-old New York
attorney, is the youngest man
to he named to a "Little Cabi
net" post. President Eisen
hower nominated him to be as
sistant secretary of health, ed
ucation and welfare. (UP Tele-photo)
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death from the roof of a 3-story hotel at Phoenix, Ariz. A
friend on the roof had tried to talk Failey out of the leap. The
photographer was Walter D. Bolton, who spotted the dramatic
rooftop scene from an office building window across the
street. (AP Wirephoto)
Tongue-Twister Fails
To Click as Tree Name
Foresters and lumbermen in the
state are upset about the recent
cliangt in the scientific name of
one of the most valuable timber
trees in the country the widely
known Douglas fir.
According to the State Forestry
Department, the International Bo
tanical Congress elected to rename
the majestic fir, which is the of-
Grand Knight
Visits Council
WOODBURN The regular
meeting of Father Rubis Coun
cil, Knights of Columbus, was
Wednesday night, Jan. 20, at
St. Luke's parish hall with
Grand Knight Robert Volz pre
siding.
Main speaker of the evening
was State Deputy Dr. F. A.
Roiling of Eugene.
District Deputy Don Doerflcr
of Salem also spoke and com
plimented the Council for ex
cellent work. He stated that
Initiation will be held by. the
Salem Council on Sunday, Jan.
21 at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
and extended an invitation to
the Woodburn K. C. members
to attend. Chaplain Michael
Fleming praised the Council for
iis spiritual activities ana en
couraged the members to con
tinue this activity.
Main topics were discussed
and committee reports revealed
that since 1951 the Council has
115 members and out of the 38
councils in the state were third
to have a Squire Circle and
fourth in insurance. The "cof
fee hour" now a regular feature
on Sunday after each mass, is
now one year old. The sum
of $1275 has been contributed
to the support of the parish plus
a pledge of $1000 of which $600
has already been paid.
The grand knight of the lo
cal council has appointed the
following members to serve
i Sunday, Jan. 31. at the "coffee
hour after each mass, which
will be a "Kahut Special" and
will consist of Tony. Eddie,
Milton, Art and Glen Kahut.
DEPOSED SULTAN IN EXILE
BRAZZAVILLE, French Equa
torial' Africa i.f Morocco's de
posed sultan. Sidi Mohammed Ben
Youssef, landed here Tuesday on
his way to a new and more re
mote home in exile. The French
moved Hen Youssef from t h c
Mediterranean island of Corsica
Monday, after Moslem leaders in
Spanish Morocco reaffirmed their
allegiance to him.
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ficial state tree by action of the
1939 legislature, to "pseudotsuga
menziesii," after Archibald Men
zics, an early botonist. The change
was effected by an European bot
onist named Joao Franco, who
claimed that the former name of
the fir, "pseudotsuga taxifolio"
was illegal.
Probably no one will prefer to
call Douglas fir lumber "Menzie's
lumber" as a result of the action
by the international body, although
the U.S. Forest Service was oblig
ed to officially record the change,
over their strong objections, in
their latest handbook.
Local foresters sav it is certain
the fir will remain as it has for
the past half century Douglas fir,
after David Douglas, a Scotch bot
anist who sent the first fir seed to
England in 1826. During the past
150 years, there has been consider
able confusion about the correct
scientific name of the fir. It has
been given the names of "abies"
and "pines" in its early classifi
cations. However, it is now agreed
that although it has characteristics
of pine, fir, spruce and the yew, it
is rciaiea 10 none ot tnem.
Archibald Menzies, also a Scot
tish botanist, is reported to have
first found the extensive fir forests
growing on Vancouver Island in
1791 and brought back a branch
to England where other botanists
called it "pinus taxifolia." There
also is some question if the bough
was actually a Douglas fir at all.
but was another conifer species
which grew on the island.
Revolt of the foresters against
accepting the name stems from
the long time acceptance and Gen
eral usage of its scientific name
and belief that David Douglas
first brought it to the attention of
the world.
Joe Carson to Make
Statement Feb. 14
PORTLAND Ml Joseph K.
Carson Jr. will announce in a radio
and television broadcast Feb. 14
I whether or not he will be a Demo
cratic candidate for governor in
the primary election this Mav.
Carson, a former mayor of Port
land, announced plans for the
broadcast Monday.
He returned to Portland some
time ago after serving from 1947
to 1950 as a member of the U. S.
Maritime Commission.
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Thornton loAsk
For Conference
COQUILLE tfl A conference
of law enforcement officials to
iron out friction among law agen
cies will be proposed to Gov. Paul
Patterson this week by Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton;
Thornton made the announcement
here Saturday in press and radio
interviews, following a series of
conferences with district attorneys
throughout the state.
The conference would Include
representatives of the Oregon State
Police, district attorneys offices,
city police departments and slier
iff's offices.
One of our biggest problems,"
Thornton told newsmen, "is build
ing up greater co-operation among
various law enforcement agencies
Co-operation is good in some coun
ties, but in others there is much
friction.
Thornton cited a need for "sitting
down and getting the friction
ironed out. When a crime is com
mitted, it is of interest to the
public that the law enforcement
agencies co-operate.
Byrd Warns of
Business Dips
WASHINGTON W - Sen. Byrd
(D-Va) said Monday the Eisen
hower administration may have
overestimated tax revenues by
making no allowances in its new
budget for any dips in business in
the next year.
Byrd, a Senate Finance Commit
tee member who has worked close
ly in the past with Secretary of
the Treasury Humphrey and Bud
get Director Joseph M. Dodge, said
in an interview he fears a "level
ling off" process may take place
in 1954 from the record high pro
duction of 1953.
"I'm not predicting any depres
sion or recession," the Virginia sen
ator said, "but this prosperity is
going to be difficult to maintain
without dips.
Sen. Humphrey (d-Minn), going
farther than Byrd, Sunday night
accused the budget makers of
"false assumptions" and said the
deficit for the fiscal year begin
ning July 1, instead of the figure
of less than three billion dollars
predicted by President Eisenhower
will be more like 4 to 4 4 billion.
Color Travel Slides
Shown Sports Club
The monthly social gathering
of the Indoor Sports club was in
the form of a no-host dinner Sun
day afternoon at the Hollywood
Lions den.
The group was taken on a tour
of Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, the
Dakotas and Canada via the color
slide route with Clement Ewing,
poscssor of the slides, acting as
guide.
Another feature of the pro
gram was electric guitar music
provided by Leonard Hays and
Floyd Hughes.
The Indoor Sports club, for
the handicapped, has a social
meeting on the fourth Sunday
of each month and interested
persons are welcome to attend.
POPE PIUS 'SLIGHTLY'
INDISPOSED'
VATICAN CITY W - The Vati
can press office announced Tues
day Pope rius XII was sinter
ing from a "slight indisposition."
A general audience scheduled for
Wednesday has been cancelled.
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Bridging of
Building Project Okayed
Bridging of the alley In the
block bordered by Commercial,
Liberty, State and Ferry streets
as part of the C. L. Corporation's
office and mercantile projects
was approved by the City Council
Monday night.
This will make possible car
parking on the different levels of
the building and also permit ar
cading of the alley for mercantile
andhop purposes.
In routine business the council
tabled, because of the absence of
Alderman Tom Armstrong, a let
ter from the Englewood Parent
Teacher Association expressing ap
proval of the architect's plans for
improvement of Englewood Park.
To avoid setting a bad precedent
the council denied a request from
Emma Blixseth for refund on an
apartment house license because
she had sold the property. The li
cense was paid for a year.
Tabled pending investigation
were applications from the An
unsen Company and Capital Lum
ber company for city fire protec
tion. Both are outside the city.
Referred to the Park Advisory
Board was a letter from the Salem
School District asking the council
to indicate its intentions relative
to the city manager's long-range
plan for building community cen
ters and providing rccreatoinal su
pervision. Approval to use the city sewer
system was given Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Sims, 2170 Alberta; Mr. and
Mrs. Pat Jarvill, 2705 Alberta; and
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ellis, near
Park and Ellis avenues.
The council tabled for review
February 8 an application by Mr.
and Mrs. . James W. Callaway to
remodel a store at Kansas and 18th
into a dwelling and garage and to
make other applications and the
application of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
M. Snider for a variance permit
to convert a former concrete
pumping station into an office.
Both had been given approval by
the Planning and Zoning Commis
sion, and the council's move was
the first time variance rulings
permitted the commission under
the new zoning code have been
called up for review by the coun
cil. The annexation policy presented
by a special committee to the
City Council was tabled for two
weeks.
A petition for the improvement
of Larson avenue from Silverton
road to the city limits with waiver
of sidewalk requirements was
tabled because of the absence of
Alderman Armstrong.
Petition for the improvement of
Brooks avenue, adjacent to the J."
F. McDonald Fruit Tracts was
approved and will go on the im
provement program.
A resolution to prohibit parking
on the east side of Broadway from
Columbia north to the city limits
was tabled until a traffic count is
made by the State Highway De
partment. Adopted was a resolution nrn.
hibiting parking on the west side
of 17th street between D street
and Maikct. and rescindini? a
prohibition against parking on the
cast side.
Hearings will be civen on an
ordinance bill to vary the setback
line on the south side of Silverton
road between Evergreen and the
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Telephonon for the iWd-of-hparlntf. The "hear
ability" of the special telephone above can be adjusted to
"low", "medium", or "high" simply by turning the plunger
on the instrument. It's available for people with impaired
hearing. Fortunately, few people need this special tele
phone. But for throe who do, it's an important part of our
constant effort to bring everyone more service, better serv
ice, at the lowest cost possible. Pacific Telephone workg
to make your telephone a bigger Talue every day.
Tuesday. January Z6, las
Alley for
State Fairgrounds in front of prop
erty owned By Mr. and Mrs. Fla-
vius Meier to permit the construc
tion of a building within 10 feet of
the street line; also an ordinance -bill
to vacate narrow strips of Stat
and Liberty streets over which
the Livesley building stands. '
The peddlers license bill which
was on the agenda for third read
ing was tabled.
Unemployment
Tide Changing
WASHINGTON Ifl - The govern
ment says a survey of employers
indicates belief the tide of unem
ployment is turning and a modest
increase in jobs can be expected
between now and March.
That is the summary made by
the Labor Department's Bureau of
Employment Security of hiring
forecasts obtained from employers
by various state employment serv
ice officers. i
The government's latest figures,
indicate unemployment this
month may top two million.
The department said:
1. Over half of the 149 major
labor market areas surveyed anti
cipated little or no change in
over-all employment between Jan
uary and March.
2. But one-third of the areas
looked for slight to moderate job
gains in the first quarter. These
areas included Los Angeles, St,
Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati,
lanta, Providence and Seattle.
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Ken Potts Goes to
Campus Conference
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene (Special) Kenneth M. Potts
of Salem, a member of the Uni
versity of Oregon Alumni Associa
tion, -will attend the sixth annual
Alumni Leader's conference to be
held on the University of Oregon
campus next Saturday, January
30.
The yearly meetings feature
forum discussions on various
phases of University activities in
cluding scholarships, curriculum,
atheltics and association business.
Featured speakers will be Dr.
John R. Richards, vice-chancellor
of the Oregon State System of
Higher Education, and Dr. Victor
P. Morris, acting president of the
University.
All those attending the confer
ence will be guests of the Univer
sity at the Oregon-Oregon State
basketball game to be played that
evening.
INDIAN INDEPENDENCE
OBSERVED
PANMUNJOM W Delegates
from the five-nation neutral Re
patriation Commission met at noon
Tuesday over cocktails in obser
vance of Indian Independence
Day. Indian Gen. K. S. Thimayya,
chairman, was host.
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