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i ( Italy. i arried By Rearming Of Balkans -" WASHINGTON, March 22 -P)-The Italian government has warn ed the West that rearmament of Russia's Balkan satellites has built up a dangerous situation, in the Mediterranean, officials said to day. : : . At the same time, it was learned. Ttalv indirectly aDDealed for re vision of peace treaty restrictions to allow increases in her own arm ed forces. The Italian government's warn ing.' the officials told a reporter, " was passed on to the governments of the United States. Britain. France and Yugoslavia. The state department has re plied that it shares Italy's serious ' concern over the illegal military buildup in Romania, Bulgaria and! s. Hungary. But the United states e said to have insisted it does not consider the present appropriate for any discussion on possible changes in the Italian peace treaty. The American answer, officials said, pointed jout that the rearma-J rfient of Russia's satellites in east-1 era Europe is among the topics the Bir Four foreign ministers depu ties -are trying to discuss now InJ Paris. The reply, however, left the way! open for scrapping Italian peace treaty restrictions- on rearmament later. IX the Parts talks lali. At present, Italy is limited to an army of 189.000 men and a police force of 5,000. Its navy is re stricted to 67,500 tons. Woodworkers Complete New Organization Woodwork plants and shops of the Salem area Thursday night completed their organization for a united effort 1 in obtaining new " business . in connection with de fense production. , . , Earle Filsinger and Marvin Mill er of local woodwork concerns were added to the group's execu tive board by vote during the din ner meeting of 25 men in the Senator hoteL ' The group adopted the name of Salem Area Woodworkers As sociates. ' ' President Louis Gerlinger ' ap pointed Morse Stewart, Marvin Miller and Lester Houston a com mittee to expedite the Salem! Chamber of Commerce survey ofj the area's woodwork plants, for a publication to be circulated among government procurement agencies and prime contractors. He also named, i. A. Linden. Ho ward Anderson' and Frank Brown to work with the chamber staff in outlining policies for the SEIIVIIIG ilS9 So. 12th Young, lean and out of our smokst mmu en 1 ULAU ( I ( CIj EZccIis u, Ezclx Bonou. 15t Figs Feci i. 3 ) ! ( Peril Liver jfc. - Drop otzt and see oar fin stock of ocrts. ThVTrsi buys th moat '. that Is wlrj wo wcmld Hi for you to a soma of & choicest cuts that can bo had. )) f 0) IM Jurt riah! fc tW ur pl j jT)7u V - HOME-CROVH HOBBY MrvIUaert African violets if which she Little Cliance Seen for Five-Day Week for County Courthouse A proposed five-day week for Marion county courthouse, cutting out the 3 hours of Saturday business, has the support of most, em ployes but stands little chance of approval at this session ol the state legislature, it appeared -Thursday. ;j Nearly all courthouse employes and most elected officials signed a petition asking the change, as well as several attorneys and others. This Is directed to tne state legis lature. : Members of the county court did not sign, but they said they would not oppose it. Judge Rex Hartley said he did not feel it would, de crease efficiency. 1 I ! It was pointed put that working and office hours would be reduced only from 41 to 40 per week, since the day would start at' 8 instead of 6:30 a on. Some officials noted also that Saturday business is us ually less than during other com parable periods. i ; Legislation for a similar change In Tillamook county has been in troduced but was tabled ! in the house local government commit tee. 't . ! i Some officials expressed! the opinion that senate bill 295, giving county courts and budget commit- rtees power to set county salaries. also would allow county courts to establish business .hours, but the intention was not known. C4 DPs In OREGON f i Displaced persons admitted to Oregon now number, 604, T. L. Ballard, chairman of the ; Oregon state committee for displaced per sons, reported to Governor Doug las McKay here Wednesday .1 n 1 I f ! II I A -: - THE PUBLIC FOB 30 And Sugar curedl Bight I j SPECIAL Loan Lean - - ' -i. INTJrTTDTJAL ; 25J T-Cono Slcah ! TOUNO AND TENDER 1 Pries Bib OoU rou Dcof 100 1IIBK l- C(tt?; Peri Si has Acheson Asks Friendship of Soviet Peoples WASHINGTON, March 22-CV Secretary of j State Acheson ap pealed here for friendship from the Soviet bloc .peoples, but ad vised them that while Americans "covet peace, we will not sell our souls f or if j "The peace we seek, is not simply the absence of war but a sound, and free collaboration among nations In a pattern of re sponsibility based on mutual re spect! he said. The great ; structure of peace which the United States and its allies are building will never be complete until all the peoples now under domination by the Kremlin participate in full partnership." - Acheson's statement was in let ters to senate and house foreign affairs committee chairmen ex tending strong administration support to a resolution reaffirm- i rv one, FT U m YEABS Schreder'a 4-Star Market O )C3 1 JLBV -Per Lb. 4 75t Lb. 4-Lb. a py It 53 JJB. 1 1 I I?0 i . .. Per Lb. ' ) at Kansas dry, S2au tends Oa lSI varieties to year. Jerusalem Scene of Pilgrimage JERUSALEM,' March 22 -&-Pilgrims from all parts of the Holy ; Land and many foreign countries thronged the walled old city of Jerusalem today in antici pation of Good Friday ceremonies climaxing Holy Week tomorrow. In Israel, permits were being is sued to facilitate passage over the Israel-Jordan armistice lines by clergymen and others wishing to attend services in the old city and in Bethlehem. - w , The highlight of the Holy Week ceremonies in the Arab-administered old city will be a solemn procession led by Msgr. Alberto Gori, Roman Catholic patriarch, through the narrow Via Dolorosa, along which are the 14 original stations of the cross. ; - : Along this historic way of the cross are shrines rnrng the spots,, as described in the New Testament,' where-Jesus Christ paused on his way to calvary and where he later was buried. ' The burial of Christ wd be re enacted at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, near the northern wall of the old city. ing American friendship for all other peoples. . ERCURY II MTI(ML COI5PETITI6H Uot only did Mercury out -perform all j cars in its price class in lihelMo'bilgas Economy Run for the second year in I - ' : J' : ' ! a row, But its great V b0lds the record for stock engines adapted to racing! Mercury wins major stock car events from coast to coast! Wiiat a I . r' -"1 ::v: tribute to Lincoln- Mercury engineering! with thrift; Touch-O-Uatlct OTardrira I " i..v.i,-i.:;;Vi--.'',.- -. :: , . ; vi'---" -.-, - . . ( :.)':'- 4 :- '"'.."V v . . -T- ; . i . irJeatHandlefs- Premise No Strike Monday CHICAGO, March 22-aVAFL meat handlers today promised no AIT. strike Monday"; but "CIO packinghouse workers said they are "ready to striked when a date is set !.-.'-.-' f " A CIO spokesman said the un ion's strike strategy ' committee will meet tomorrow morning to complete strike details and set a date. 1 ' . v ' -. ' ; A strike of 120.000 CIO United Packinghouse Workers 'could cur tail sharply but not atop the flow of meat to the American dinner table. "i :'"' ' n ." V , Thev AFL Amalgamated' Meat Cutters - and Butcher - workmen promised not to strike Monday after AFL President William Green telegraphed a request that it be delayed. The union has some 100,000 packinghouse workers. Workers In both unions are free to strike after midnight Sunday, at the expiration of present wage agreements, w j-. The unions' had threatened to walk out in plants across the na- rXon Monday j in protest against governmental refusal to approve an 11 cent hourly wage Increase they negotiated with the major packers. 1 , t The CIO Spokesman said pack inghouse union officials had re ceived no communication from CIO President Philip Murray along the lines of Green's plea. - Green sent Shis appeal to both unions. He contended a strike Monday might upset negotiations in Washington between the Un ited labor ' policy committee and defense mobilization officials. Both unions received a raise of IT cents an hour in August, 1950. The' unions I and major packers also agreed on an Increase of 11 cents an hour in February, It would be effective as of Feb. 9 provided thej wage stabilization board approved it by March 29. fomic stabilizer, declined to ap prove the raise. He held that only three cents of the hike could be allowed under the government's wage formula. This formula lim its pay increases to ten per cent above Jan. -IS, 1950, levels. Pay of meat plant workers ranges from $L28 to $111 an hour. TBOOP ISSUE VOTE SET WASHINGTON March 22-JrV The senate agreed here to vote April 2 on its controversial troops-for- Europe resolutions. The two resolutions approve President Tru man's plan to send four more di visions of American ground troops into the North Atlantic defense force. - ! WINS REPEATEDLY word's iperfoe Year after year ArffliiiaCKimsi; U. S. Used Albletea To Conduct Smear - -i I? J - i , BUENOS AIRES, March 2z-4P-A government newspaper charged here that United States athletes at the recent Pan-American games here bad instructions" from the U. S. bureau of . Investigation to take -photographs which would damage, Argentina's t prestige abroad. . i . -' : I, :, In Washington, an FBI spokes man said "There Is absolutely no truth or basis 1 to this ridiculous assertion. The! FBI has: not even been in , contact with - the ath letes." ,. ! j , . i The paper, ! Noticias Graficas said that photographs taken from two members of the U. S. team proved there was a plan afoot to paint Argentina as a totalitarian country. It added: 1 , H I Police on duty at the national military academy, . where all the visiting athletes were housed seized "suspicious" photographs taken by William Roetzheim, jr, of Florida State college at Talla hassee, Fla and Stanley Stanczyk of Miami, Fla.1-' ; ; j r j Annual Scout t cus - f . -. ' . I 1 Due iii Week First plans for the annual Boy Scout circus will be: laid next week, it was I reported j from the sponsoring Salem f lions club Thursday. - -. ! . : ;. : . - General Chairman . lioren Mbrt has called committee chairmen, to meet at 7:43 pjn. Wednesday in the Eot scout office to initiate preparation for the big scouting show in which some 2,000 boys are expected to participate. ' j The Lions dub at its luncheon meeting in the Marion hotel Thursday heard a report from Ko rea by Dave Hoss, KSLM broad caster recently back from a mon th's tour as special correspondent. Belton Discusses Legislative Work Statesman News Srrlc j PEDEE Sen. Howard Belton, Can by, spoke before ' the Farmers Union Friday, -. explaining - and leading a discussion on many major issues in the present legis lature. ' '1 i 1 1 - r- Alvin Leach, Instructor in vo cational agriculture I and Future Farmers of America advisor j of Central high school, and members of the FFA gave a program. Par ticipating were; Darrel -Ward, FerreD. Sanders, - Jack Cook, Bob Barnes and Cleon Christopher. Mrs. Rufusj Dodge reported on the state convention at Wood-burn.- . . ; j "i - - 8 engine 3-f Af-Sni A-Test Area -;-.:,-'T' "" - ' V"v :t ) , -- -; s Br Bar Enma -: PEARL HARBOR, March 22P) -A violent typhoon in the deep cental Pacific today swung toward the Eoiwetok atoll atomic blast testing: area that may see the big gest nuclear explosions ever. The typhoon rising In the Mar shall islands veered sharply west during: the day and headed for a point north of the atomic area. The island was not considered in any immediate danger and, the storm was not expected to I reach j the Eniwetok area for 43 hours. I . What effect the storm, would have an plans for the atomic tests was not known. The tests are ex pected; to be of -a dual-purpose variety and could t involve : a primitive model of the H-bomb. In anir case, they! probably will result in the largest explosions to date, j '." - " r ' i . The -dual nature of the tests Is indicated by atomic energy com mission (AEC) and air force an nouncements, "i - "f--- The . AEC said this ! week that instruments will be set up to mea sure the explosive force and ef fects on "structures and materials of various kinds.'" , 1 ; i. The' air force: announced it would study explosion effects on all types of planes. , j Lumber Controls Being Prepared ' WASHINGTON, March 22-V A temporary regulation covering prices of lumber and lumber pro ducts will be issued by the office of price stabilization (OPS) soon, probably, to take .effect sometime in ApriL - j An official in the forest pro ducts division said OPS has: de cided (not to include the lumber, industry under a general manu facturers price regulation which has.. been under consideration for several weeks. ' . ' r -: ; j-- . Instead, he said the order: be ing prepared - wHl ' deal with the lumber industry separately. ; FOR SALE wetok I Small 1 Bedroom House ! 4w .-r in WetfrSalem S ' " -. ', ..I : ' ."" " - . V i . .. ' $ Automatic gas heat and water heater. Apt. size electric range. All floors have inlaid linoleum. . , - ; ; $4750 -Total 'Price j Phone 3-41 51 r Extension 452 f for appointment to teo! :. i . ; ' -; ' . .: : fC MMmHMn'll,a,,,"MI11 1111 Economy Winner ; . two jrears in a row! : . Wci7C3T fJlcto Co, - ...! j. -4-L (:. ... . ' ' . 43d. N. Commercial St., Salem - s GBS Y7ill Leavea Estate to Promote 10-Letter Alpliabet .' LONDON, March 22 -iJPf- Geo rge Bernard Shaw's will, disposing of a net estate of $338,840.04, was published here today, t ' The" gross estate was worth this equivalent of $1,028542 but was cut sharply by taxes and debts. This is believed to be the largest fortune; ever left by a British, writer, i 1 Shaw, who died last Nov. 2 at the age of 94, specified that his estate- be - used primarily to pro mote his idea of a new 40-letter alphabet, which he considered simpler; than the 28 letters now used, in the English language. O&C Board Asks Timber Ssalt3S Return J., ... i PORTLAND, March 22 H?V The O&C advisory board appeal ed to: federal price officials today to clear the way -for a resumption of timber sales by the bureau of land management. . A resolution to the office of price stabilization asked that price ceilings be suspended temporarily on O St C stumpage. Chairman Charles A. Sprague announced. The resolution also asked -that World War II timber sales prac tices be reinstated -r- with some improvements added, The board also asked the secre tary of the interior to call further hearings before approving any . more' cooperative sustained yield agreements 1 negotiated prior to June,! 1948. .:; : t ",i .:)- ' "' ' Good Friday Services Set at Willamette Chapel Good Friday will be observed by the Willamette university student body! with a special chapel in the First Methodist church this morn ing at 10 o'clock, s Dri P. Malcolm Hammond, pas tor of the Grace Methodist church in Portland, will be the guest . speaker. - BY OWNER r