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.
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TOKYO
Batchelor,
changed his mind about staying
with the Communists, left for
home Wednesday aboard a plush
military plane carrying 14 offi
cers, including two generals.
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.
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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
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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.
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