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-1-The Statesman. Salem.' Oriqaxi TriAerjXpril lb. 1351 if i ; Court Tunis Expc7jtr-TopSpellei:s Compete in Finals an Salem Elks Lodge Visited by National Leader t? i : Back Protest Oh Fast Time Every i - fV "JV e ' V- M , , U .,irr,--,-r,:.0,L 4 3 4 111- - - rod I 1 '7 US Top officials ef the Elks lodge received loud and warm welcomes to Salem Thursday noon during a brief visit. Above, entering the Salem slab are, from left, Herbert Hacker, Astoria, district deputy 'grand exalted rider: Joseph Kyle, Gary, - er; and Jadge Frank Lonerran; , and sUteboose were included In Elk's, Leader Asks Sacrifice - I '' V. . Tobilization in Brief Visit This 'Is a v time for all-out mobilization, to last as long as the communist threat exists, Joseph P. Kyle, grand exalted ruler of the Elks lodge.-, told Salem Elks Thursday. He called on members of the order to exert leadership in the duties of sacrifice and service. " In a meeting of officers and past leaders of Salem lodge 336, Kyle praised Geru Douglas. MacArthur's speech to congress as "a great example ox loyalty to his country." st ;.-jV- . The Gary.ndL, public relations man called this "a time of trial' with the results dependent upon strength of character, imagination and will. "It's time to empty our minds of Fourth of July platitudes and decide whether' freedom is worth the price it ebsts. - - The present is no tune for busi ness and politics as usual'he de clared, but iW crisis should be recognized cidlrnly and faced with faith - and eurage with God's help we shall not fail. . Kyle " expressed hope that the country would have time to pre pare enough? to avert a world war, recalling that the Korean crisis, and especially China's interven tion, revealed "our naked defense lessness" and ' the fact that the Kremlin .would use war to con quer the world. The lodget Jeader said his trip over the country had impressed him with "the great vitality of our order," now numbering more than k million members. He added that he found an awareness of the op portunity and necessity of devot ing the organization's resources of men and money in wider public service. ." - ' Kyle was escorted through the city and to the.lodge at noon, then spoke at a luncheon in the Sen ator hotel. Past Exalted Ruler C. A. Howard presided. The visitor was welcomed , by Gov. Douglas McKay, Mayor Alfred W. Loucks and-Harold M. Randall, exalted ruler of Salem lodge. Kyle was introduced by "Frank Loner gan of Portland, a past grand exalted ruler. - The speaker paid tribute to the memory, of. the late Gov. Earl Snell and Secretary of State Rob ert Farrell of Oregon. . i He praised . the : organizational work of Clifton Mudd of Salem, a member of the grand lodge. J Officials attending icluded Her bert Hacker, Astoria, district dep uty; Al Wagner, Eugene, grand lodge committeeman; Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry, a past dep- 800 Turn ! v Pxlan fever runs high threcxhect Salem, pointing U fra!gMg 9ea- Iax rxma between bome-ewned Salem Senators and Tri-City. Ttm ; prataret began ta soar Thursday noon when more than tZi per tszn trae4 set for tha Senator's Bproariocs homeeaminjr at tha 1 i v i i i i - .... J Ind national exalted ruler; Harold M. Randall, Salem exalted ml Portland, past grand exalted ruler. Kyle's brief Itinerary. (Statesman Talent Show Set at Keizer A community benefit show, fea turing local talent, will take place at Keizer school tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Proceeds will go to the Keizer News, a weekly publication, spon sored by the Keizer Commercial dub. Representatives from all of Keizer's clubs and organizations are on the 16 -man committee in charge of the show. More than 30 entries, including ventriloquists, dancers, musicians, and whistlers, are expected to per form. G. C. Pomeroy will be mas ter of ceremonies The Rev. Geo rge Holmquist and Mrs. Shirley Scholtz are In charge of the pro gram committee. : Three Youths Reach Speech Test Finals Three junior high schoolboys won in the preliminaries of the Salem Optimist club sponsored oratory contest Thursday night at Salem Heights school. Winners were 5 Stephen Little and Julian Thruston, both Leslie junior high school students, and Paul Beck, Parrish Junior high student. They will compete in the finals to be held next Thursday night. Time and place of this con test will be announced later. Others competing Thursday night were David Weaver and Floyd Hughes. All five boys are members of the Optimist spon uty; A. C Van Nuys, Frank Hise, Lyman McDonald and Justice E. M. .Page, all of Salem. Out for Salem Baseball Sendoff .... , j I" 'xj.-;;- A: "''-: A luncheon and tour of .'the city photo.) sored rifle club j or of Boy Scout troop 2. The winner of next Thursday night's contest will be eligible to compete in the district contest at Victoria, B. C, May 10 to 12. Delbert Ramsdell, J. J., Werner ana Steven irving, ail non-mem bers; ators, Praise Speech Comment among state officials and legislators here was virtually unanimous in praising the address of General Douglas MacArthur, before members of congress Thurs day. A lot of legislators skipped com mittee meetings so they could lis ten to the address by radio while both' the senate and house were late in starting their forenoon ses sions. The senate and house loung es, in which radio had been in stalled, were crowded to capacity, "A very outstanding speech and strong presentation of the Far East situation," said Senate President Paul Patterson. "It also was a dig nified bowing out of a great gen eral." House Sneaker John Steelham. mefsaid the MacArthur message should appeal particularly to the people on the Pacific Coast His discussion made it clear that we in Oregon should think more about defense. "Whether right or wrong Gen eral 'MacArthur has called atten tion of the American people to a number of problems which have been overlooked too long," Rep resentative Paul Geddes, Rose burg, commented. Senator Manley Wilson, Warren, said the general's address shed new light on the situation in Asia. "He certainly gave us a clear pic ture involving the agression by Chinese communists, Wilson said. CYCLIST INJURED Frank H. Alley, 43, of 1130 Hood st., suffered skinned. hanH and knees when his motorcycle and a car collided at Center and Church streets about 5 p.m. Thursday, police reported. Officers said the car was operated by George A. Ely, Stayton route L i I Legisl State Officers Crystal Gardens baSrseei. Abara is a pari el & ervwd wii Cie bea4 ta.Ua af alX br&en-swar baTayers prsrllma' prims targets far XHnd Umpire" Lea Eelmasn at rear. Members cf the learn were tiered amaxtx tha erewd at CZerest tables. (Stotesmaa paetsj The ttate supreme court. In unanimous decision Thursday af ternoon declined to accept original jurisdiction in a mandamus pro ceeding seeking to compel Gov ernor Douglas McKay to revoke and rescind bis proclamation, of April 5, declaring daylight saving time in Oregon effective at 12 pjn. Sunday April 29. - Members ot the court deliberair ed less than 10 minutes in arriving at its decision. The mandamus proceeding ' was filed in the court earlier in the day by the Oregon State grange and the Oregon Farmers union on relation of the state. Defendants included Governor McKay, both as an executive and private citi zen, and Attorney General George Neuner. ' Plaintiff's attorneys centered much of their argument on the contention that Governor McKay was premature in issuing the pro clamation and there was no writ ten record showing the scope of the Investigation he conducted to determine whether Oregon's eco nomy and general welfare was placed at . a disadvantage because California had adopted fast time. Oregon Electric Station Agent Heart Victim Death Thursday claimed John B. Henshaw, 44, Salem agent for Oregon Electric Railway Co. for four years. Henshaw collapsed at bis desk at the railroad freight depot. Death was attributed to coronary thrombosis. A valley resident for 10 years, Henshaw had worked for Oregon Electric about 25 years. He was station agent at Lebanon for five years before moving to Salem and worked at Albany briefly before that. Deceased was a member of the Salem Elks lodge and lived at 1580 Pearl st. He was bom at Moscow, Idaho, Oct. 27, 1906. Surviving are his widow, Olive, whom he married in Washington in 1925; a daughter, Lucinda, also of Salem: and three sisters, Mrs. Fay Sitton, Vancouver, Wash-, Mrs. Ida Gaston, Pullman, Wash., and Mrs. Margaret Griffith Spo kane. V j ' Services will be"anounced later by Howell-Edwards r chapel. Habeas Corpus Bid Rejected For Guymon Petition for habeas corpus filed by Chauncey Guyman, state peni tentiary inmate, was quashed and thrown out of Marion county cir cuit court Thursday on a ruling by Judge George R. Duncan. The judge's ruling held that prisoner, to be entitled to cutting of his sentence, must have faith fully observed rules of the insti tution, have the warden certify to his Industry and general re formation and have the warden's recommendation It said that Guy mon apparently had satisfied the requirements but had sot received the warden's recommendation. Duncan held that, based, on the case of Fehl vs Martini the recom mendation was a matter of judg ment on the warden's part and "this court is -without authority to compel the warden to find that petitioner has reformed. Guymon was sentenced 'to life in 1931 on a charge of murder. The term was commuted to 25 years in 1941, and he was paroled, on Aug ust 16 of that year. His parole was revoked, and he returned to pri son Jan. 23, 1942. He alleged that with "good time allowance be was entitled to be released Jan. 1, 1949. James Marr. Portland executive secretary of the Oregon 'state fed eration of labor, said he would leave any discussion of foreign policy with the people in authori ty. "I am just a labor representa tive," Marr said. Luncheon i Li 1 T- Reand after round of words hurled at these it student speUers were ; taken in stride dnrinr tense moments in Statesman-KSLM spelling contest finals Thursday evening. Left to right are' Mary-Verne Al len of Bridgeport, Elsa Dodson of Anmsville, Dorothy Franten of Turner; Richard Hoots of Grand Rende; Mack Harris of Parrish; Derrell Johnson of Silverten junior hich; Joanne Keck, of Balls ion; 325 Words Necessary to Stop J Sure-Spielling Valley Students ' - By Robert E. Gangware " . . ," . City . Editor. The Statesman - Three good spellers won top honors in The Statesman-KSLM spelling contest at Parrish junior high, last night but the other 11 finalists also were as sure-spelling and poised a group of 12 to 14-year-olds as any parent or teacher could ask. - Spelling progressed from warm-up words to polysyllabic; puz zlers. More words were used than in ay of the 14 semi-final rounds 325 words plus a preliminary 28 words which didn't count while the boys and girls got used to the sound of their voices in the KSLM microphone. " t- The contest, which Statesman Publisher Charles A." S p r a g U e labeled a revival of the old-fashioned spelling bee when he pre sented -the top awards, brought to the Parrish stage the 14 lop spellers from nearly 100 Marion and Polk county schools which participated in the elimination rounds of competition. t Winner Mack Harris of Parrish is the 14-year-old son of Mr." and Mrs. Ross Harris, 103S N. 16th st, who said after the contest that lots of practice spelling at home had contributed to the boy's spell ing prowess. But spelling is no fetish with Mack, who had a brok en finger to display last night for his greater love, baseball. His teacher is Florence Kron. 1 Second prize winner Frances Klenski, 12, of St Luke's at Wood burn, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Klenski, Aurora route 1. Her teacher. Sister-Mary Blan che, could not be present for the contest, but the Rev. V. L. Moff en beler of her parish was in the audience to see her fine showing. JoAnne Parker, -13, third place winner of Broadacres. is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parker of Aurora route 1 . neighbors of the Klenskis. Her teacher at Broad acres is Mattie Jane Osborn. j All contestants in the finals re-; ceived dictionaries i as the semi final prizes in recent weeks. And last night they were presented by Glenn E. McCormick, KSLM pres ident with fountain -pens on which their names and "States-man-KSLM Speller" were engra ved. After 22 rounds of words 181 words in all there were still seven youngsters .battling it out Then things got tougher alter a 9:30 p. m. intermission. Elsa Dodson, pretty Aumsville blonde with a Texas drawl, for cot the "h" in architect and a few words later Dorothy Franzen of Turner spelled out on "slgnm cant" by ending It with "ate.1 June Ludlow of Buena Vista dou bled the T in profession" to go out a word or two before JoAnn Mueller of Greenwood mispelled -sedative" with an "i" after the "d." JoAnne Parker spelled the word correctly and that left three in the running for those last six or sev en minutes when every syllable counted. - Frances Klenski plowed through miscellaneous.'' syllable by syl lable, and; later said it was her toughest word to spell, notwitn standing that she got it right Four words later Mack Harris cau tiously worked his way through "cafeteria," with a big sigh of re lief from his supporters in the audience. Another four words and JoAnne Parker faced a word she obviously had never before encountered: synonym.' She asked for a repi- tition, then slowly started, "e-i-n . . and was out of the contest, a third place winner. Mack Harris spelled it correctly. The next words for the Woodburn girl and the Parrish boy were facility, nu merator, mechanic and analysis all spelled correctly. Then came the payoff word. "embarrassment'' Frances Klenski spelled it readily, but with only r." The word passed to Mack and his double "r" was barely sounded before the audience broke into a spontaneous cheer for the final victor.- ? OHIO WOMAN HURT Mrs. J. t R. Perry, - Springfield, Ohio, was injured slightly Thurs day night In a two-car collision at Portland road and Lana avenue, police reported. Officers said the driver of ; the other car, Peter Musser of Mt Angel, was charged with following too close. Cottcnwccds Dance Every Saturday Night Tommy Kizziah And HU'': WEST COAST RAADLE?.S Hear ESLE1 Tees. A Rat Eve. rwrw. Kay Simmons, Contractor, j Taken by Death Kay Simmons, Salem contractor and house mover, died Wednesday at a Portland hospital following a brief illness. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He was 60. Simmons bad lived at Salem for 15 years. His residence was at 224 Division st. Hwas born Jan. 21, 1871, at Beloit, Kans and mar ried Margaret Johnson at Salina, Kans., Apr. 26, 1921. A World War I veteran," Sim mons was a member of Kingwood post, American Legion. He also was a member of the Moose lodge here and the Odd Fellows lodge in Kansas. Surviving are his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Darlene Boyd and Mrs. Madeline Strickfaden, all of Salem: mother, Mrs. D. M. Sim mons, and two sisters, Mrs. ' Doro thy Bailey and Mrs. Doris r Ham mar, all of San Francisco; brother, Lyle Simmons, Albuquerque, NJH., ana inree granacniiaren. ; Services will be held at 10 ajn. Saturday at Howell-Edwards chapel with interment at Belcrest Memorial park. Auditorium j Bond Issue I Plan Approved A method of securing funds for a Salem municipal auditorium by a city bond issue and contribu tions from major business houses was approved at a meeting of the Salem Memorial Auditorium as sociation Thursday night The association met with 15 members of its 30-member advi sory group at the American Legion club. The advisory members ap proved the association - presented plan which seeks to set aside a small amount of city funds each year for the auditorium, i CoL Joseph Walker of Portland, army infantry advisor to Oregon's National Guard units, spoke on his experiences in Korea. Until wounded there CoL Walker was a battalion commander in the sec ond division. i The American soldier f is a superior soldier in every respect," said the coloneL "We just did not have him in large enough numbers in Korea? s NOW SHOWING - OPEN) C:45 wtcuai-aiUMiuNS. none .: MUSICAL. COMEDY CO-ILTT JAMBOREE J ; ; EVENING . . . Lot's . Sypport Out: Homofovn; GO Franees"KlenskI f St Lake's at Woedbvra; June. Llndew ef Baena VJsU. DeAan McClaurhrr of Tsi fcUh Center; JoAnn Mueller of ttreen- wooV JoAnne Parker fiBrxdicresi Rodney Smith of Dallas junior l lz: aid Irene: Weinacht ef r It: Supremo Ouri-Justice Harold; IV 'ker -and Rex ' KimmeU. V New chairman of Marion Coun fvOfouhi Republican duh is-yal diopter, deputy : district 'attorhey, fbUowiifg Wednesday night's- elec tion.' He succeeds Sidney. Schlesin- ger. V . v . ; .:r, - Other new officers are Margaret Rempel,V:" secretary; - Joan-,' iVoigt, vice chairman; Loren Hicks, treas urer, and. a board 'comprising" the outgoing officers' Schlesinger, William PiDing, Walter-Foster and Mrs. Jack Scott ; - . ; Sloper. said the group bias, plans for an -all-republican. picnic and for a membership ; drive. 7 . ftitii rite v foilit ii A ' J- -7?3 ' ' Funeral-, services .for . J.v Chris Schneider, 42, Salem ' restaurant owner until last January, will be Saturday at 2 p. m. In Clough Barrick chapeL .The Rev: P. W. Eriksen will officiate. Schneider died of a heart attack Wednesday In Portland, where he had lived since January, when be retired because of bis health.' Born May 7. 1908. in Olmltz. Kans., Schneider Tame to Salem when a boy. He graduated from Salem high school and from Wil lamette unlversitT law school in 1937. He served as president of Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity and was -admitted to the Oregon bar. . . , Schneider did legal work with the federal government during World War II. From 1946 to 1951 he owned and operated the Blue Bird restaurant Earlier he had been associated with Schneider's Coffee shop. ' ' ' ' ' Survivors include the widow, the former -Hazel Peterson, of Portland; mother, Marie H. Sch neider, Salem; sisters, Mrs. Vic toria Taggert, Ontario, and Mrs. Helena DeSulley, Portland; broth er, R. W. "Schneider, Salem; un cle, Ralph Skopil, Salem, Valley Obituaries AloU Halter WOODBURN Services for Al ois Halter, 72, former Woodburn area farmer, will bo held at 9 a. o niGHT II0Y7! m Lancaster YEngeance VAIXEY Extra! Speelalt Added AttracUon! "The IIar Arihnr Slory" t BITS NOW! - Red Skeltos "Watcb The Birdie' Plus ' In .Technicolor - Wyoming MalT GOP loung Final Rites Set! - - -'- r--iJ,:li 3ZT i WE WILL BE CLOSED TO THlr BALL :GNB- i JL. ee. At the right are the judges- krner and Circuit Jadres Arlie Wal- m. Saturday at St Luke's Catho lic church here. j j i . ,; Halter died at a Bend hospital Wednesday. Born Aug. 31,-1878, in Switzerland, he came to the Unit ed States in 1905 and to Wood burn from Idaho in 1928. He mov-. ed to Bend three years agoi- s 4 Deceased was a ' charter 'mem ber of the Knights of Columbus lodge here. . Surviving' are i eight sons, Irvin of Woodburn, Joseph, Leo and Alois, Jr, all of Portland, Anton, Otto and Herman, all of Bend, and Paul of lAmarillo. Tex. ' Recitation of the 'rosary will bo at &:30 P-m. Friday at Ringo chap el here. Interment will be at. St Luke's cemetery. si r . 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