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SALEM DOCTOR Orinase May Bring End of By MARGARET MAGEE y Capital Journal Writer -itifinase," a sulfonylurea com pound now being tested in treat ment ot diabetics, may eventually 'mean the end of the insulin needle Sot. some of them.. . , - 'kS" piU ?orm anli tal(en Uy, itiuase will nave tne same effect ; insulin shock. It is not yet avail able for general use. V"It is being given only to dia betic specialists for investigative purposes." Dr. Robert Schneider, Salem diabetic specialist, said in recent interview. "It will have to bii tested further before it can pass federal drug controls "and come into general use." Definite Relief for Some Noting that Orinase had been Used for four or five years in Ger many and France before informa tion on it was given the United States, Dr. Schneider, who has been working on the project the past year, said there was definite evidence that Orinase was provid ing relief for some diabetics and Spuld come into general use in ue time. ''Orinase," .Dr. Schneider said, "is not insulin and it does not work at all like insulin does." r '"It is thought that it either in creases the efficiency of insulin luilntt ni-nrlnnal in IU k,. ;... - I..UUUV.LU III Ml). UUU, OUIIIU- lates the release of stored insulin . Of mav nrevpnt Hm fnrmnlinn nf insunnasc, a substance produced by the liver,- which inhibits the ac tion of insulin .. ho said. ... -.'(liven to a now-diabetic person. , Orinase produces the same effect pointed out. ' - The Salem physician stressed the fact that Orinase is not effective : on all diabetics, saving. "It the blood sugar in about 65 to 75 Per cent of the older people with Unit Tells Estimate On Protection 7 Preliminary figures Indicate ap proximately $6,000,000 will be spent In 1957 for forest protection on 12. 00.000 acres of forest lands under the jurisdiction of the state for estry department and cooperating lorcst protection associations. Asst. Slate Forester James H. Walker, in charge of protection, said the greater part of this money , comes from operators and land owners. ' f They will spend approximately .ft $4,500,000. This includes the cost ;'; of falling snags in operating areas, watchman services, tools ' and equipment. Cost to the state will include ap - proximately $700,000 from the gen . eral fund and an additional $300, 000 to be spent in fire proofing the Tillamook Burn and other areas ' v. of state forest land under the for ' est rehabilitation program. The federal government will contribute an additional $600,000 under the cooperative Clarke-McNary Act. If conditions are such as to re quire additionl expenditures, Walk er said there would be over $1, 000,000 more in a special fund. It i i; will be available for fire supres !' sion in case of a serious fire situa tion. This fund includes the western Oregon fund of over $700,000 ac cumulated through a four-cent sev erance tax on all limber harvested in the western part of the state. It also includes another fund of nearly $300,000 made up of 10 per cent of the gross income from the sale of products of the various , state forests. The latter is limited to fire suppression on state owned land. Chcmekelans Plan Program A program termed "Chemeketan Hi-Lites" will be shown at Leslie Junior High School at 8 p. m. Tuesday. The project is the annual pic ture night show of the Chemeke tans. Salem's mountaineer organ ization. X Pictures to be shown will be the best taken during the several an- .....I f tka nitrarc HUdl UUtlllga ui iiic iiintia. CARRIER OF THE WEEK Robert Tate Saves His Money For Future College Education "Carrier of the Week" this time Is Robert Tate, son of the Thomas O. Talcs of 1885 E. Nob Hill St. He has been i carrier for five months. An eighth grader at Leslie Jun ior High School, Robert, who will be 14 April 23, carries a route on Myers street to Rural, up South Commercial and Liberty streets to Hieh and up High street. In carrying his route, Robert uses a bicycle that he bought with money earned on his route. Most of the money earned on the route, however, goes into the bank to be used for a college education. The route takes up so much of Robert's time that he has few ex tra school activities, but he was in the eiehth grade play this year. He belongs to the Christian Endeavor at the South Salem Friends church and his hobby is the building and collecting pictures of model cars. Robert has two other. brothers. Ken. who was a former Capilal Journal carrier, and Tom.. SAYS Insulin Shots diabetes and it is of occasional value in younger diabetics. But it is not a replacement for insulin in these. At this point he explained that persons having diabetes since childhood are truly deficient in in sulin and that there are some older diabetics who have just as much insulin deficiency. "Dosage may vary from one to four grams daily and sometimes it can be reduced," he said. Then talking of the response to the treatment, he said, "Some times what appears to be an initial good response does not continue, but most of the time it continues New Look9 Described The new look in farm and home loans to veterans was presented Friday noon - to members of the Salem Board of Realtors at the Marion Hotel. Making the presentation was H. C. Saalfeld, director of the State Department of Veterans Affairs, who sketched the achievements of the organization since its inception Salem Students At OSC Picked For Show Cast OREGON STATE COLLEGE (Special) Salem students Ruth E. Hornschuch and Al Williams will take part in the production of "The Merry Widow," musical show sche duled by students of Oregon State College for Mothers Weekend, May 10 to 12. Miss Hornschuch will sing in the chorus, and Williams will carry one of the leads of the musical. A freshman majoring in mathe matics'education, Miss Hornschuch is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lcroy S. Hornschuch of 1757 Che meketa, Salem. Williams, a sophomore majoring ir, pharmacy, is the son of Mrs. Bcrnice Williams of 2513 Maple Ave., Salem. Williams Reveals : Two Associates Tloy H. 'Trask and'W.' Reginald Walker have become associates in the architectural firm of William I. Williams A.I.A. A graduate of the University of Oregon in 1947, Trask became a registered architect in the state in 1956. He has been with Williams since 1949 and for the past several years has been in charge of con struction supervision. A veteran of World War II, he served in the Intelligence Service in Panama. Walker, an Oklahoma A & M graduate, has been a registered architect in Oregon since 1953. He served in the Air Force during World War II and the Korean War and presently is a major in the Air Force Reserve. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, district camp director of Camp Fire Girls and is a member ot, the First Presbyterian Church. He is married to the former Dor othy Blaisdel. They have two daughters. HERE 11S THE HOMETOWN Suit Filed on Will Disposition of $100,000 in the es tate of the late Margaret A. Will is involved in a civil suit filed in Circuit Court Friday by Harold F. Smither who was conservator of the estate for a year before the death of Mrs. Will. The suit asks for decision by the court relative to claims against the estate of Betty Bedford, former housekeeper, for $85,000. The entire estate was estimated at $300,000. Most of it was left to the YWCA, Willamette University and the First Methodist Church. ROBERT TATE X 1 for at least a year. How much longer cannot be forecast without longer experience." Some patients. Dr. Schneider said, can reduce their insulin dos age, but cannot do completely without it. But most of the pa tients, who respond to treatment by Orinase, he noted, can get along without insulin. Commenting on the effectiveness of Orinase in controlling diabetes, Dr. Schneider said: "It is still too new to make ac curate prediction on its long term use, but leading authorities feel that it will eventually have a per manent place in the treatment of diabetes." in Loans to Realtors in 1945 and then followed with an outline of what new legisla tion means. . - . Saalfeld said his department would be "conservative" in t h e matter of making farm loans. The farms must be self-supporting and tne person securing the loan must have had least two years experi ence as a farmer or the equiva lent in college work. The maximum amount that can be loaned on a farm has been raised to $50,000 while the home loan now will have a ton of $13 500. Loans may be made up to 85 per cent ot tne appraised value. When the law becomes effec tive Saalfeld said he expected a rush of applications for loans. His office will process as rapidly as possible ne told the realtors. isince the program was launched in 1945, the department has loaned some 95 million dollars to 18,000 veterans, Saalfeld reported. Cur rently no tax funds are being used to lane care of the operation. Carter Charged With Shoplifting James Alfred Carter, 658 Center St., was charged with petty lap ccny in connection with a group of items taken from the Paf-Less Drug Store, 484 State St.; city police reported. Officers said Carter is charged with shoplifting some hair dye, eyebrow pencil, powder, paper doilies and deodorant from the store. Value of the items was set at $4. Carter was taken to District Court where his arraignment was continued to Monday. Bail-is $150. Cook Bill Would Bar College Discrimination Rep. Vernon Cook, Grcsham introduced a bill Friday lo make it illegal for schools of higher education to refuse to admit s student because of his color, re ligion, sex, financial status or per sonality traits. The bill says that students should be admitted only on the basis of merit and ability to learn, except that students from other states could be denied admission on any grounds. WELCOME SIXTH CHILD SUBLIMITY (Special) Word has been received of the birth of a daughter, Margaret Rose, born to Mr. and Mrs. John Wilz (Ida Reistcrer) of St. Marie's, Idaho. This is their sixth child, three boys and three girls. Mrs. Rose Reisterer is the grandmother. Driver Fined $15 Cloy Lee Flanerym, 583 Tryon Ave., was fined $15 in District Court Friday lor disregarding a stop sign at an intersection after a collision on March 19 that caused five persons to be hospitalized. The collision occurred at Lan caster drive and Hayesville drive. None of the injuries was serious. Treasurer Reports County Treasurer Sam Butler's report at the end of March shows a total of $4,349,751 in the county treasury. In the general fund the total was $1,066,387 and the general road fund showed a balance of $1,344, 579. Balance in the county school fund was $35,733 and in the county trust fund $44,634. Charges Dismissed When a state's witness failed to appear Friday, Judge E. O. Stad ler of the District Court dismissed charges of lewd cohabitation against David Countryman of Bea ver Creek and Mrs. Jean C. Doyle of Eagle Creek. Motion for dismissal was made by Deputy Dist. Atty. Thomas Hansen. The two had been arrested on a complaint signed by the husband of Mrs. Doyle. Zeigler Named Dr. Harley H. Zeigler, chaplain at Willamette University, has been named recipient of a Freedom Foundation award, a George Wash ington honor medal. Awarded for "contribution to a .better understanding of the Amer ican way oi me aunng iy:w. inc Foundation medal went to Dr. Zeigler for a sermon written on Holmes Claims His OEA Talk Misunderstood Tells NEA Gathering He's Clad Not All Believe The importance of providing ed ucation that trains people to think for themselves and that will keep the mind of man open to the rapid advances being made in the world of science, literature .and kindred subjects was stressed by Gov. Robert D. Holmes Friday night. The Governor, guest speaker for local observance of the 100th an niversary of the founding of the National Education Assn., held at the Marion Hotel, made a brief reference to a Portland speech that resulted in some criticism among the educators. He's Glad' The Governor said that he was glad to discover that not all teach ers believed what some people thought he said in Portland as compared to what he did say. At the Portland meeting he was quoted as saying that most teach ers thought more of their pay checks than they did of educa tional values. Friday night. Holmes pointed out that "there are no invariable truths connected with the teaching of skills such as food processing and the driving of automobiles." While he did not decry instruc tion in the fields of science and mechanics, the Governor gave the impression that too much em phasis may be being given in this field. 'Should Search for Repose "We have been taken ud with things to such an extent that we have overlooked the necessity of preparing young people for the new and unexpected," said the Governor. "We should search for repose of soul and peace of mind." The dinner-meeting was spon sored by the Marion County Chap ter of NEA. Rex Putnam, state superintendent of .public instruc tion, presided as toastmaster. Brooks Girl Picked Head Of OSC Unit OREGON STATE COLLEGE (Special) Brooks student Mary Ann Sartain has been elected president of Phi Chi Theta, na tional honorary for women in bus iness, at Oregon State College. The honorary has a freshman tea each year and has a Wednes day night radio shorthand broad cast. . i A junior majoring in. business. education. Miss Sartain is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle R. Sartain of Rt. 1, Brooks. She is a 1954 graduate of Gervais High School. Judge Unit Mulls Juvenile Problems Juvenile problems and proced ures for handling them in the courts were discussed by a special committee of Oregon circuit judges that met Friday at the courthouse. It was the first meeting of the committee that was appointed in February by the State Judicial Council. Present at the conference were Judges Virgil H. Langtry of Port land, chairman, Charles S. Wood rich of Roscburg, P. K. Hammond of Oregon City and William S. Fort of Eugene. Judge Joseph B. Felton of Salem, a member of the committee, was unable to at tend. Estate the subject, The Greek Spirit Ver sus the Christian Spirit, while he was director ol the Hawaii School of Religion. Zeigler joined the faculty at Wil lamette as its first full-time chap lain in January. , The educational system in the United States now can handle 80 per cent or more of eligible stu dents. In 1900 it could take care of only 11 and one-half per cent of eligibles. DENNIS THE MENACE 4 f HE'S THE KINO THAT SNEAKS IH THE CLOSET AHO has eweiEs.MyoApDy wont isrm kepphim. Capital Section 2 Jobless Line Waits for Meal Tickets r -r-i .-:-yyB --r-yir - -':yr-v.ijvoTr 7f'T"p' "1 A typical line of jobless workers stands in front of the Catholic Charities of Salem office, waiting for a free meal ticket and perhaps a clue to a job. The -lines have Hartley Tells County Budget Hearing Dates County Judge Rex Hartley an nounces that hearings on the an nual county budget will start May 21. Judge Hartley said that most de partments are in the habit of ask ing for more money than, can be provided, and that he exepcts some of them this spring to be higher than usual. The budget committee, compris ing court members and three citi zens at large, is County Judge Hex Hartley, Commissioners Ed Rogers and Roy Rice, Virgil T. Golden, 605 S. Commercial; William Mer- riott, Woodburn; and Ernest B. Hcnninger, Jefferson. , A meeting of the committee late in June will make the final deci sion on the budget, -Hartley recall ed that the final budget total ap- poved last year was $1,512,246. For this year not enough requests have been received from the depart ments to put an estimate on their total. Gilson Records 4.00 at Stanford Layton Gilson, 'Salem High School and Willamette University graduate, now a Stanford Univer sity student mado a 4.00 average for the second successive term, according to information received here by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mcrvin J. Gilson, 1735 N. 20th St. Layton is registered in a 12- months course in physical therapy at Stanford. This term he is re ceiving practical experience in the San Francisco Rehabilitation Cen ter and a school for cerebral palsy students at San Jose. Luncheon Honors PT&T Employe A luncheon and presentation of gifts honored Eugene . II. Kellogg, senior switchman for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., this week at the Marion Hotel. Kellogg was presented a service emblem by F. L, Pittard, division plant manager, signifying Kcl- g s completion of 30 years of service with the company. R. C. Caccia, district plant superinten dent, presented the veteran tele phone man with a golf putter. Kellogg began working for PT4T at Portland in March 1927 as a garageman. Later he worked as a switchman and instructor there, in Klamath Falls and in Salem. By Ketcharn 1-V Salem, Oregon, Saturday, April 6, 19S7 Surplus of Jobless Men Strains Unit A large group of jobless men coming into Salem recently has put a financial strain on at least one charity group, Catholic Chari ties of Salem. ; Day after day lines averaging between 25 and 50 men show up at the group's office at 343 N. DeVine Does Well After Injuries in ' Train-Car Smash Wilson DeVine, 64 , 2607 N. 4th St., was reported in good condition at Salem Memorial Hospital Satur day where he was taken alter his car was struck by a train Friday night. : , Officers-said DcVinne's car was struck by an easlbound freight train at the Liberty street crossing of the Southern Pacific's Union street tracks. DeVine was being checked for possible rib fractures suffered in the 10 p.m. accident, hospital authorities said. SUNDAY, APRIL 7" - ONE DAY ONLY! FOR BENEFIT OF CREDITORS Easy Credit Terms SALES AT 1:30 P.M. AND 7:00 P.M. EVERYTHING GOES -NOTHING RESERVED! Living Room, Bedroom, Bedding, Dinettes, Occas ional Tables, Lamps, Chairs, Appliances, Radios. TRUT - PURITAN OFFICER A. It. BENSON MKT. BLDG. i 735 EDGEWATER sEa'eT' re0 Furniture EM 4-9310 AJoumal been Increasing lately as transient work ers from other states try to find agricul tural work here. (Capital Journal Photo) Commercial St. for free meal tickets.' There aren't any indus trial jobs open and it's still too wet for farm work to begin Most of the men originally came from such far off places as the Pennsylvania coal fields, Detroit's auto factories and the Florida cit rus groves, Lack of work cost them their jobs and they need work any kind of work so they can get home again. "Wo can give them only tem porary assistance," says Mrs. Barbara Lovcik, executive secre tary of Catholic Charities. "But we are spending thrco times our budget at the rate they are com ing in now. There were about 800 cases recorded in March, The number has "skyrocketed" aince Decem ber, reported Mrs. Lovcik. Some of the cases are Salem area fam ilies, -but most are outside worki crs just trying to mako enough to eat on. Catholic Charities, a United Fund agency, gets virtually all its finances through the UF drive. Its budget is about $400 a month. NEWI-mSOO IN ALL Page 1 Okay Bunny, Go Ahead and Lay; You're Poultry The Easter Bunny can legally go ahead with hla egg laying now he's poultry. - Gov, Robert D. Holmes signed Senate Bill 117 into law Friday which among other things legal ly designates rahbits as poultry. The bill deals with voluntary Inspection laws on chickens, tur keys, and the like, and rabbits, the unlike. Team Nursing Will Be Theme For Institute Team nursing is to be the theme of a one-day state institute for nurses in Salem next Friday at the YWCA. The meeting, slated from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., is sponsored by the Institutional Nursing Ser vice Administrators Section of the Oregon State Nurses Assn. It is expected to draw approximately 150 nurses from throughout the state. Salem is hosting the annual event for the first time. Featured speakers on- the pro gram will be Miss Elizabetn S. Moran, national chairman of INSA, and Dr. John Watkins clinical psy chologist at the Portland veterans' Hospital. . . To Speak on 'Team Nursing' Miss Moran is also director of nursing at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. She is to speak on "Team Nursing, An Instrument for Bet ter Patient Care," at the noon luncheon of the group. Dr. Watkins will discuss "Over coming Resistance to Change during an afternoon problem clinic, , Presiding at the problem clinic will be Mrs, Anna Mae Ritchie, Salem INSA chairman, and leading the discussion will be Mrs, Johnne Schick, director of nursing service at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Eu gene. A panel on the concepts and ap- pication of team nursing is sche duled for the morning. Taking part will be A. C. Branson, administra tor, Salem General Hospital; Harry A. Swanson Jr., administra tive assistant to Gov. Robert G. Holmes; Sister Madeline of Sacred Heart Hospital,' Eugene; and Mrs. Tina Boyce, . Emanuel - Hospital, Portland. Films Billed Two films, "Team Relationships in Nursing," and "Meeting in Ses sion are to be shown during the day and closing the meeting will be NEW FURNITURE-NEW! Approved List Includes Four Area Hospitals Ommission Does Hot Mean -Failure On Survey Four Salem hospitals are on tht approved list of the Joint Com mission on Accreditation of Hos pitals as of Dec. 31, 1956. They are Salem General, Salem Memorial, Oregon State and Ore gon State Tuberculosis hospitals. There are approximately 6,000 hospitals eligible for accreditation, but Dr. Kenneth B. Babcock, com mission director, pointed out that the omission of a hospital from the list did not necessarily mean it has failed to pass an accredi tation survey. "Accreditation of a hospital means," Dr. Babcock said, "that it has voluntarily submitted to a survey of Ha facilities and its patient care. It is a badge of recognition which the hospital can display to its community to prove that it conforms to high standards of patient care." A hospital is rated on' certain basic requirements such as: A safe physical plant free from fire hazards; proper supervision and review by the medical staff of the clinical work done in the hospital; maternal, infant and anaesthetic death rates that are not exces sively high; adequate medical records; ethical practices: investi gation of all tissue removed at operation;- mortality rates that are within reasonable limits: proper nursing care: proper administra tive' and medical staff organiza tion, ' V Unit to Uree Mental Health Participation Participation in the activities of the Mental Health Assn. of Ore gon will be urged by a committee of six Marion County residents, whose appointment was announced Friday. The committee is headed by Mrs. William Pfau, Rt. 1, Brooks. Tiie associates are Miss Elsie Maxwell, Mrs. Gilbert Jones and Mrs. Sidney Schlesinger, all of Salem; Father Cyril Lebold, Mt. Angel; and Mrs. Claude Phillips, btayton. y , The group will advocate mem bership in the Mental Health Assn. in view of the fact that Mental Health Week" will be observed April 28 - May 4. a demonstration of "Brainstorm ing" techniques to. develop- crea tive, thinking for new ideas and new Ways to solve problems, Presiding over the institute will be Mrs. Fao LeFor, director of nursing service at the Salem Mem orial Hospital and chairman of INSA section of the State Nurses Assn. Mrs. Helen Yulk is publicity chairman for th" meeting.