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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1954)
Wednesday, February 24. 1934 1200 at Cooking School... nuuui iuu women were on hand tfor the cooking school put on by Marie Gilford of Armour company under auspices of Sa lem's IGA stores, Tuesday after noon, at the Klsmore theater. "Short Cuts to Square Meals" was the theme for ih j Hiss Gifford demonstrated seven preparing a roast iun ior turkey, beef stroganoff. nizia corned beef hash, a Americana, District Meeting Of OES March 8 WOODBUn.V-At the regular meeting of Evergreen chapter, No. 41 Order of the Eastern Star, Monday . iKht at the Ma aonic temple, invitations werei read and accepted to visit Chad-' wick chapter of Salem for friend ship niqht on March 2 and Ains worth chapter of Srlem on March A district m -ting will be at Woodburn on the next meeting date, March 8, by Evergreen and Gcrvais chapters when the worthy gram' matron, Mrs. Irene McKinloy of Portland, will make her official visit U the two chap ters. Evergreen chapter will con duct the opening, escort, good of me onicr ai.a closing ceremonies. Gcrvais chapter will exemplify balloting and initiation. The refrcshrcnts committee lor the Farch 8 meeting will in elude Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright, Mrs. Marjorii Kehm and Mrs. Lois Hershberger of Ever green chapter to work with a committee fror Gcrvais chapter. A practice for the officers of the two chnpter will be on Sunday, March 7, at 2 p.m. at 'he Masonic temple in Woodburn. Under "good of the order" the 222nd birthday of George Wash ington was observed and high lights on his life were given by Mark Thompson, worthy patron. Short talks were given by a num ber of members including Mrs. Edna Peterson, Mrs. Nela Det weiler and Mrs. Florence Butter field. Members having birthday anniversaries in January, Febru ary and March were honored and presented with gifts. Announcement was made of Rainbow initiation on Feb. 24. Refreshments were served aft er the meeting by Mr. and Mrs. Gail Wcng nrolh and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hann. Decorations for the month of March will be arranged by Mrs. Lillian Ahrens and Mrs. Hazel Enos, Before you buy floor covering See the many new textures ind fibers in tweeds and patterns illustrated in color in the March issue of Better Homes & Gar dens. Read how to get your floor covering dollar's worth in decoration' and individuality. If you know what you want and how you're poinf: to use it be fore you go shopping for floor covering, you'll sase lots of time and avoid disappointment with your purchase. So don't miss, "There's exciting glamour underfoot!", in March Better Homes & Gardens. Get it today om pour newsstand. ham broiler meal, a chocolate pany pie, and a cheese-fruit cracKcr tray. Not only was the stress on short cuts in preparing the food but on getting the most out ot the product one buys. Here are the menu and recipe u4 ueui sirugannn: i MENU Beef Stroganoff Parslied Noodles Buttered Green Beans Relish Plate Pineapple Sherbet Cookies Coffee Beef Stroganoff Vi pounds beck chunk (cut in 1-inch cubes) Vi cup flour 1 teaspoon salt i teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons lard 1 cup onion rings 1 clove garlic (minced) i cup water 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 2 tablespoons 'beef extract . 2 tablespoons catsup 1 4-ounce can sliced mush rooms cup buttermilk Coat meat in seasoned flour. Brown slowly in lard and in heavy pot roast kettle. Drain mush. rooms and add liquid to meat with remaining ingredients ex cept for mushrooms and butter milk. Cover and simmer until tender (approximately 2 hours). Stir in mushrooms and butter milk and cook just long enough to heat. Serve on parslied noodles or rice. 6 servings. Donner-Calkins Wedding Feb. 21 WOODBUr.N The wedding of Mrs. Alma Calkins of Portland, daughter of Lincoln Stcpp of Payette, Idaho, and Richard Don ner of Woodburn, son of Mrs. Ivy Donner, was Sunday, Feb ruary 21, at noon at the Church of God in Woodburn immediate ly following the morning service. The Rev. Edward H. Baldwin, pastor, offi;ated at the single ring ceremony, i'ottcd palms were arranged about the chancel. Gordon Stcpr of Hubbard gave his sister in marriage. She wore a street dress of navy blue ny lon with pink h.-adpiece and cor sage of pink carnations. Mrs. Fred Chapelle, sister of the bride, vas matron of honor wearing a tan dress and hat and corsage of white carnations. War ren Donner was best man for his brother. A reception at the Fred Cha pelle heme followed the cere mony, with about 50 relatives and friends attending. A buffet lunch was served with Miss Ruth Anderson presiding at the urn. After short honeymoon the couple expect to make their home in Woodburn. Mrs. Donner is a nurse at the Veterans hospital in Portland and Mr. Donner is a veteran of World War I and Korea. BRITAIN READIES ATOM ROCKET LOXDON un Britain's atom age army is readying a guided atomic rocket for use in ground attack, a War Office memoran dum disclosed Wednesday. Bonus Exempt From Taxation The Oregon bonus is exempt from state and federal income taxation, along with most other benefits payable to war veterans or their survivors, the state De partment of Veterans' Affair re ported this week. Other items exclude in computing federal and state tax returns are: Bonus paid by other states; CI insurance dividends; all Vet erans Administration benefits in cluding educational subsistence, compensation, and pensions; in surance proceeds paid on death of the insured: mustering-out pay and jobless benefits paid un der the Korean GI bill: and so. cial security benefits, workmen's compensation and sickness bene fits. Retirement pay for length of military service is taxed both bv Uncle Sam and the State of Oregon. Disability retirement pav is exempt from federal taxation, while Oregon taxes any amount in excess of $3,000 with this ex ceptionif the Veterans Admin istration had at one time been responsible for making the pay ment, then it is totally exempt'. Oregon servicemen on active duty enjoy a tax exclusion on the first $3,000 of their annual mili tary pay. This includes pay earned during annual National Guard summer camp nr. Reserve cruises or maneuvers of two weeks or more. Servicemen must pay federal taxes on their military income except for periods of service in Korea or adjacent waters, or for periods of hospitalization as the result of service in Korea. Any income taxes owed by a service man who dies on active duty as the result of service in Korea are forgiven by Uncle Sam. Son Locates Father; Two Days Too Late CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. (VP) Norman J. Speer of Grants Pass, Ore., found his father after a 15-year search. But he was too late. Speer wrote here seeking In formation about the missing man. After investigating, Detec tive George Connell Monday replied: "Yes, the I.eRoy Speer here was your father, but 1 regret to report that he died two days before you wrote your letter." Honoraries Pledge Two Salem Students Two. University of Oregon stu dents from Salem have been pledged to freshman scholastic honoraries of the University of Oregon. .Miss Sally Jo Greig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Greig of 935 Academy, will be initiated March 9 into Alpha Lambda Delta, na tional freshman women's scholas tic honorary. A freshman in jour nalism, she met the requirements of the honorary of making a 3.5 grade point average or better dur ing fall term. Urltn Scott Page, son of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Page of 295 West Lincoln, was initiated February 17 into Phi Eta Sigma, national freshman scholastic honorary for men. He filled the requirements by earning a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better dur ing his freshman year. He is a sophomore in prc-med. Both students are graduates of Salem High SchooL LEBANON PREMIER RESIGNS BEIRUT, Lebanon itfi Presi dent Camille Chamoun Wednesday accepted the resignation of Pre mier Abdullah Al Yafi's cabinet, but he likely will ask Yafi to try to form i new cabinet. THE PEERLESS BAKERY Bakers for her Majesty the Housewife Z?C Green Stamps 170 N. Commercial leney isn f everything... ' but if you want flo $ave money & still enjoy... t ... V 1 s f - r- n r r F. v 1 m'y '.fiSMT 1 : VWi.' fj L.iWJ' r m . W r-' --:' - .. iiT W20. All your . -S.. V i 5TLKiv'rJt ravorire uisnes i " vvri wr m 1 ffvi-.M . o. i I V mm data a r ViX5rlr JK&a V mooter UPA1 ' Sir : tSfe" l x. v ; FREiSlDiv v Hos Easy-to-See FRY-GUIDE and HEAT CONTROL DIAL right in the handle. 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Batchelor, onetime leader of a group of pro-Communist American prisoners who refused to return home, boarded the plane 35 min utes net ore the plane took off. Just before walking up the ramp Batchelor bade farewell to his Japanese wife, Kyoko. whose love letters played an important part in his decision to renounce com munism, he said. She hopes to join him later. Batchelor has been living at Tokyo Army hospital since short ly after he asked an Indian guard for repatriation Ne Year's Day. The corporal said he had no idea where the Army will send him after he lands at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco. He hoped to go home to Kermit. Tex. period of eight years required for chemical akteration of a child's teeth, will give that bene fit at a cost as low as 12 cents a year per patient. He charged that some dental publications, newspapers and other periodicals have refused to publish facts opposing fluor idation, which he called "an em pire building scheme of the U. S. Public Health Service." Two other opposing speakers were Francis I. Smith, a Port land attorney, and Robert E. Mil lard, Portland musician. Speakers Against Wafer Fluoridation Arguments against fluorida tion of city water were heard Tuesday night at a meeting at Salem Labor Temple where chc Central Labor Council has spon sored oanels both for and against the trjatmcnt. The main speaker Tuesday night was Dr. Arthur B. SlcWhin nie, a Seattle dentist, who said that the family dentist can fur nish a prescription that, over a Odd Fellows at Silverfon Hosts SILVERTON George How ard of Canby, grand warden of the Grand Encampment of Ore gon, was special guest of Silver Lodge, No. 21, IOOF, in the Fri day evening annual homecoming observance. Other guests were wives of members and deceased members' widows. A 6:30 turkey dinner was served. More than 90 were in attendance with lodges repre sented, Longvicw, Oregon City and Scotts Bills beside the Sil ver ton and Canby members. With Walter Rowcn, noble grand of the host lodge, presid ing, a social program was en joyed with Ernest R. Ekman showing several travel films in color, depicting scenes in the South Pacific Islands. Time in Race Held Too Slow FAIRBANKS, Alaska tfl -Veteran mushcrs In this land where men are men and dogs are horses can hardly believe the winning time in the North American dog racing championships down south in Montana. They can hardly believe it could be so slow. A dispatch from West Yellow stone Tuesday night told of Ernest Harrlnglield's hounds from Ash- ton, Ida. 10, winning the all-breed, five-mile race in 27 minutes. By Alaska standards that barely would get 'em there with the mail. Is this polio's last year? Will this really be the last yeu you have to worry about the terrible threat of polio? Polio fighters believe it will be if the public cooperates. To find out what you can do to help end the polio scourge and how med ical researchers are planning to win the battle, read "No more . polio after '54?" in March Better Homes & Gardens. Oa your newsstand. Get a copy to day. 288 pages to help you bet ter your way of living. -a TALLMAN PIANO STORES 395 S. 12th, Salem For GENUINE PARTS I and SERVICE on... Briggs Stratton and Clinton Engines . . . and All Makes and Models of Magnetos ... $66 OrsBEssOTsrara u" LH.BURRELL CO. 565 North High, Salem ' Ph. 3-9106 4 METROPOLITAN'S ANNUAL REPORT TO POLICYHOLDERS FOR 1953 Over a Billion Dollars Paid to Policyholders and Beneficiaries the Largest Sum in the History of Insurance Mora benefits to mora people were paid by Mclropolitan in 1953 than have ever been paid by any Life insurance company in a single year. Payments to policyholders and beneficiaries amounted to SI, 029,000,000. When it is realized that Metropolitan's benefit payments are only a portion of those of the Life insurance industry as a whole, one can readily visualize the tremendous stabilizing force that the people of the United States and Canada have built for themselves through Life insurance and re lated coverages. All in all, 1953 was an outstanding year in your Company's operations. In most re spects, it was the best in Metropolitan's 86-year history. In the light of the high level of economic activity in the United States and Canada, and the ability of our Field organization, this is not surprising. We can take pride in reaching new heights in service te the peoples of our two countries. . Notional Economic Conditions In retrospect, 1953 was a year of tran sition. Uppermost in the minds of all, but particularly those with sons of military age, was the cessation of hostilities in Korea. Nevertheless, we fully realize that our goal of a world at peace is far from won, and it is incumbent upon us to continue to remain militarily strong. With Korea no longer an active military theatre, we can convert some of our industrial facilities from production of materiel for human destruction to the satisfying of human wants. On the domestic front, a number of in fluences have been at work to materially re duce the inflationary forces, which for so many years have been driving the cost of living to ever greater heights. The curtail ment of war production, a temporary catch ing up with civilian demand in some areas, a determined effort to achieve a balanced budget, and a return to more orthodox management of public debt and fiscal affairs all have played their part. We in the Life insurance business are particularly conscious of the effects of in flation, which bear so heavily on the thrifty and those dependent on fixed incomes. All cIToris to control this danger should receive our fullest support. In the year ahead, business will be more competitive, but this is no cause for con cern. Competition provides the same goods at lower prices, or better goods and services at the same price. The United Suites has' grown to its present outstanding position on the basis ofcompctitton in a free market We are passing through a readjustment period, and have been for a number of months, but fundamentally this country is strong. Personal savings in the United States are now estimated at approximately 380 billion dollars, exclusive of the holdings of corporate securities by individuals. We have, far and away, the greatest pro ductive capacity of any country in the world. More than this, the people of this country , and Canada have not lost their fundamental trails of thrift, initiative, and faith in Cod. Our two countries will go to much greater heights of prosperity in a peacetime econ omy than ever could be achieved in the midst of war. Metropolitan Highlights of 1953 During 19S3, Metropolitan's gain in Ufa) insurance in force was substantially larger than was ever previously recorded by Metro politan or any other Life insurance company In any one year. Metropolitan's Life insur ance in force, at the end of 1953, totalled more than $56 billion. The number of peo ple covered under all forms of Metropolitan policies reached a record high of over 37 million. The assets ot the Company, which help guarantee the fulfillment of its obligations, increased by $719,000,000, and reached 112,312,000,000 at the close of 1953. Dividends to policyholders during the year reached an all-time high of S2I4.829.000. The interest rate earned by Metropolitan in vestments, after deducting investment ex penses, increased to 3.31 (compared with 3.21 for 1952), and stood at 3.09 after the Federal Income Tax. Mortality contin ued at a low rate. Expenses increased mod erately, largely because of the increased volume of business. ' In citing the 1953 accomplishments, we wish to pay particular tribute to the 48,000 men and women in the Metropolitan organ ization who have made these results possible. For a more complete story of Metropoli tan's operations during 1953, as embodied in the Annual Report to Policyholders, mail the coupon below.. METROPOLITAN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES-DECEMBER 31, 1953 (In accordance with the Annual Statement filed with the Insurance Department of the State of New York.) I,. 90,21)6,334.3) 63,021,712.72 l.M2.49.573.1) (66.913.S49.0) ASSETS WHICH ASSURE FULFILLMENT OF OBLIGATIONS tends $8,437,418,06). 71 Industrial and Commercial . , 14,171,794.576.37 U. S. and Canadian Government . . . , Provincial and Municipal , Public Utility Railroad Sleeks I All but J16.476.0U 61 are preferred or guaranteed.) i . Mortgage- Loans on Real Estate CS urban properties . . . . 12,137,817,445.45 On farms 171,539,689.31 Root Estoto (after decrease by adjustment of )2,IO0.000 in the aggregate) Housing projects and other real evate acquired for inrtmcnt ... . , Proprrtie for C ompany li Acquired in salnfaclion of mortgage indebtedness (all of hich is under contract of sain Policy Loons (made to pnlicyhoMeri on the security of their potirlrt) , . Cash and Bank Deposits Other Assets (chiefly premium and Interest outstanding) , TOTAL ASSETS TO MI.F.T OBI ICATIOSS . . 172,718,060.11 2,3)6,397,134.8) 443,446,660.71 )")6.ni2.:0.l4 47,979,149.96 1.553,100.6 4.853,rKin.73 156,401,445.73 276.618.999.17 SI2.3II.43), 367.13 OBLIGATIONS TO POLICYHOLDERS, BENEFICIARIES, AND OTHERS Statutory Policy Reserves (This amount, required by law, together with futura premiums and interest, is necessary to assure payment of future policy benefits.) S10.438.536.9O9.O0 Policy Procoodt and Dividends Left with Com- ' pony ot Interest by beneficiaries and policyholders, to be paid to them as directed at future dates. , , . Sot aside (or Dividends to Policyholders (payable in 1934) Policy Claims Currontly Outstanding (claims Is process of settlement, and estimated claims that havo not yet been reported) Other Policy Obligations . Touts Accrued (payable In 1934) ...... Security Valuation Rosorve (prescribed by the Na tional Association of Insurance Commissioners) Contingtney Reserve for Mortgage loans c All Other Obligations TOTAL ORtJGATlOHS . Special Surplus Funds . Unatslgnod Surplus , . . 604.709.379.29 TOTAL SURPLUS FUNDS 7I3,392,379.2 TOTAL OBLIGATIONS AND SURPLUS FVHDS . $12.31 1.933.367.13 689.329.021.00 203,618,034.00 60,640,032.54 93,674,723.71 31,6)3.831.51 25,845,145.00 3,050,000.00 28.213,270.94 SI 1,396.540,987.84 SI 10.683,000.00 NOTE Assets amounting to $586,852,293.40 art deposited with various public offlciali uader the retjulrtOMnls of law or regulatory tulhority. Metropolitan Life A Insurance Company 4 MUTUAL COMPANY) Mraa Oma: I Muxxm Avmui. New You 16, N. T. Pirmc Coast Hiab Oman too liueston trassrr, tUa PaAneatco M, Caiss, MITIOrOWAN tsri tttUSANCa CO. tOO StsHktaa Si. lint PrtMlire 30, Cam, OtmikBKD! fteaia sn4 n wthosit abanja l tetefiewAoam) Report to Pollcyboldan for It)). I