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Center Street Span's Lights
Get New Year's
New lights oa the C e n t e
idee west on tor tne lirst
time shofTi t before 5 o'clock
Thursday evening. v
- Lawrence Flagg, superintend
ent of the Willamette division of
Portland General Electric, ex
plains the lights are turned on
"and off automatically by a sun
switch located on Union , Street
Ex-Prisoners
1 . " '
Term Gamps
As Hell Holes
- By TOM REEDY
' BERLIN Two American
ex-prisoners one a World War i II
veteran and the other a merchant
seaman who calls himself a cured
Communist described Soviet pris
on camps Thursday night as "hell
- holes" where men died daily or
worked without 'hope amid brutali
ty and chaos.
The veteran, Pvt. Homer H. Cox,
33, of Oklahoma City, said he was
drugged in West Berlin Sept. 5,
1949. and apparently abducted into
the East. The merchant seaman,
Leland Towers, 28 of San Francis
co, said he entered the Soviet Un
ion illegally in 1951 "to see what
it was like" and spent almost three
years learning.
. Released by the Russians Tues
day after longi negotiations be
tween the State Department and
the Kremlin, the two were pre
sented by the Army and the State
Department at a news and- televi
sion conference. : .
" Cox reeled off the names of five
Americans and a half dozen other
Westerners he said were being held
in Russian camps on trumped-up
charges that turned them into
slave laborers.
Ramoz Held,
Gun Victim
Very Critical
Statesman News Service
GRAND RONDE Johnnie
Ramoz, 47, waived preliminary
hearing in Valley Junction Jus
tice CourJ Thursday afternoon on
a charge of assault with intent to
kill and was !ound over to Polk
County Grand Jury. :
" Ramoz was arrested after his
brother-in-law, William E. Riggs,
30, of Grand Ronde, was wounded
twice Wednesday afternoon by a
.22. caliber rifle. !The complaint
against Ramoz was signed by
Hattie Strom, Riggs sister.
Riggs is in McMinnville Hospi
tal where his condition was re-
acribed as "very critical" Thurs
day night He was shot in the left
elbow and left side.
State and county police said the
shooting occurred about 3 p. m.
in Ramoz's home here.
Ramoz is being held in lieu of
$2,500 bail at Polk County Jail,
Dallas. ' .
WORKER CRUSHED
JOHN DAY UP' - A Canyon City
man was crushed fatally at the
resaw operation of the Blue' Moun
tain mill here Wednesday. He was
Richard Bridgesl 29, who left a
widow and three small children.
NEW YEAR'S PAY DINNER
12 Noon to 8 P.M.
ROAST TURKEY
OVENBROWN STEAK
BAKED SALMON
-with-
V 30 Buffet Foodi to Help
Yourstlf to . . .
V Hot Entroo with tho Fixins'
V Coffco. by tho Silox Full
V Choice of Dessert
ALL YOU
CAN EAT
99
for
(of anything and everything)
(Kids under 10 44c)
FAMOUS BUFFET
Downtown on State-
DIFIM at
Roast Turkey
I And Dressing !
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Sour Cream Cole Slaw ;
Potatoes & Giblet Gravy
Home Made Hot Rolls j
and Butter J I
1 Tee-Coffee-Milk, i
, Dessert
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Stmt br
mm
Wen Year's Special
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; We Invite Yew te Visit
SALEM'S MOST COM FO UTAH! DINING ROOM
vsrovon. rnaaj job
Eve Sendoff
The switch also controls lights in
the Marion Street area near the
Marion Street bridge, he added.
The bridge lights, 30 in all, are
of the mercury vapor type similar
to lights .on South Commercial
Street, Flagg said. Each light has
a 400-watt tube emitting 21,000
lumens. A lumen, Flagg said, is
a unit of light similar to one
candle power. Lights are placed-j
on arms overhanging the bridge.
The State Highway Department
paid for the Center Street bridge
lights, according to R. H. Baldock,
highway engineer, because lights
were on the bridge before it was
rebuilt Lights for the Marion
Street bridge will be financed by
the city, he added.
J. Harold Davis, city engineer,
said lights probably will not be
installed on the Marion' Street
bridge until after July, 1954. Lack
of city funds to finance the proj
ect will delay it until after the
end of the fiscal year, he explain
ed.
French See
'54 Victory
In Indochina
By LARRY ALLEN
' HANOI.' Indochina U) The
French High Command pre
dicting a surge in 1934 toward
Jtnai victory over ine communist
led Vietmnih announced Thurs
day a minor success in the cam
paigning near Dien Bien Phu and
a minor defeat in the Red River
delta.
A communique said French
ground units, backed by war
planes and mobile artillery,
fanned out from entrenchments
on the fortified plain of Dien Bein
Phu near the Laotian border
180 miles, west of Hanoi and
routed "a battalion of the rebels'
"iron" division, No. 316, in an
hour-long fight that left 54 Viet
minh dead.
French ' losses were reported
light in the action, staged four
miles south of the town.
On the other side of the picture,
the French admitted one of their
patrols was ambushed by the reb
els in the delta 55 miles southeast
of Hanoi, with "appreciable"
French losses.
But reports of stepped ' up
French activity came from all
quarters. Elsewhere in the delta,
the French-held wedge regarded
as the key bastion of Indochina.
French Union troops continued to
mop up infiltrators. They reported
killing 30 of the rebels and cap
turing 45.
In central Laos, French patrols
made their first contact in five
days with troops of the Vietminh
division which surged last week
from Viet Nam bases westward
to the Mekong River frontier of
Thiland at Thakhek.
The French said six of the reb
els were killed in two clashes.
Mines killed two of the French
patrols' Laotian guides.
French planes ranged up and
down Indochina, strafing and fire
bombing Vietminh supply bases.
Gen. Rene Cogny, Trench conv
mander in northern Indochina,
predicted the moment was near
when the French Union force could
deliver blows from which the Viet
minh would not recover.
"The enemy is worried and
speaks of negotiations." Cogny
said, referring to repeated peace
overtures by Vietminh chief Ho
Chi Minh broadcast over the reb
el radio. "We are here to win."
Matinee Today Cont 2:00
THE MOONLIGHTER"
Barbara Stanwyck
Fred MacMurray
- - -Technicolor Co-Hit -"MASTER
of BALLANTRAE"
With Errol Flynn
pmoni s-Mer
Kathrya Grayson
Howard Keel
in
"KISS ME KATE"
Also --
Rhonda Fleming
in
"SERPENT OF
THE NILE"
WORTH'S
Prime Rib Roost
Of Bee!
Whipped Potatoes and
Brown Gravy j
Parsley Buttered Carrot
Home Made Hot Rolls x
and Butter
Sour Cream Cole Slaw
Tee-Coffee-Milk
Dessert
1.25
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Mrs. T.
Brabee (left), president
dent of Post 136 Auxiliary, look
Dimes collection containers to be distributed Saturday and Monday
police department. The new containers feature a test tube in place
years. (Statesman plygo.) j
Multiple Death
Mishaps Get
afety Study
State traffic safety division of
ficials reviewing Ore son's
traffic accidents for the year
1953 here Thursday referred
particularly to five smashuprf in
which a total of 19 persons lost
their lives.
Two of the multiple death ac
cidents were in Lane County.
One occurred when a driver lost
control of his car at high speed
and struck another vehicle. Five
persons were killed in this acci
dent and both cars were reduced
to wreckage.
dent occurred j when a driver
traveling at nign speea sxiaaea
in loose gravel and catapulted
across the highway into a lake.
The driver and three passengers
were drowned.
1 Four other persons lost their
lives in a Yamhill County colli
sion following a driver's disre
gard for a stop sign. His car col
lided with another vehicle. The
driver at fault later was arrested
and convicted pf negligent homi
cide. , '
Another accident in Jackson
County resulted in the deaths of
three persons.! This accident oc
curred when a car, out of con
trol, skidded off the highway and
plunged down an embankment
Two occupants of the car were
killed almost instantly while the
third died in a hospital a short
time later.,
u Twenty-seven other accidents
brought death to 54 persons dur
ing 1953. to boost Oregon's multiple-death
collisions to a total
of 73.
AGED CYCLIST ACTIVE
WICHITA, Kas. () C. N,
Horner, 82-year-old cycling j en
thusiast, has piled up 3,000 miles
at the pedals since the autumn of
1952 nearly 7, miles a day. He
recently made a pleasure jaunt
on his bicycle to the Fan River
reservoir 78 miles each of Wich
ita.- !
STMTS
WiHIOEG
But i CX
'
a ili lr
Readyfor Marolil of
r m or 'k-..-. . .v.. ill i
of the American Legion Auxiliary
on as Patrolman Robert Keefer
Might Fit in Well
JDuring New Years
EAST JORDAN, Mich. () A
totally blind man was fined $10
Thursday on a charge of driving
an automobile without a license.
Arlow Ebenstcin. 23 and blind,
wasn't caught driving but he ad
mitted he had drive several times
in the last week or so, with, a 16-year-old
telling him whether he
was going straight, to the right
or left and what was approaching.
Rain Ushers
Out Third
Wettest Year
The year 1953 had the distinc
tion of being the third wettest
year on record. Rainfall hit 52.99
inches 13.4 above normal.
It was beaten out by slightly
sopping 1937 when the Mcmry
Field Weather Bureau measured
a fall of 63.5 inches. In 1950 rain
fall tallied 56.55 inches.
Greatest rainfall in a 24-hour
period Jan. 19-20 when 2.48 inches
fell.
Other statistics for the year
were not unusual. Mean tempera
ture was 52.7 degrees, just a
shade below normal.
Aug. 11 was the hottest day of
the year' when the mercury boil
ed' over at 95. The two coldest
days were. Feb. 24 and March 1
when the thermometer read 24.
Only a trace of snow fell here
during 1953. It was noted on sev
eral days.
The month of December was a
near normal month weatherwise.
Rainfall totaled 7.80 inches--.68
above normal.
Seven days it was 32 degrees
or below and the low mercury
reading was 26 on the 22nd. High
est was 58 on the 19th, the day
when the most rain fell in a 24
hour period 1.88 inches.
There were no clear days In
December. Three were partly
cloudy and 28 cloudy.
The prevailing work day in
Japan Is nine hours. '
TODAY!
IT'S A
, STEAL...
TN Ymt's liggtst
Fva and Lough
lorgoia!
I'M
wIM'J-ns,JIEII
Dimes
9, and Carroll Robinson, presi
unloads three boxes of March of
by the Legion auxiliaries and the
of the iron lung used in previous
Publication
By Romanian
Embassy Cut
By WILMOT HEIHR
WASHINGTON W - The State
Department took the Romanian
legation out of the magazine busi
ness Thursday with a note ban
ning further publication of "The
Romanian News" and miscellan
eous Communist pamphlets. '
A department spokesman sajd
the ban was in retaliation for aic
tion taken by the Red Romanian
government last Tuesday, when jit
ordered the American legation jln
Bucharest to discontinue "News
from America," a monthly pub
lication printed in Romanian.
The exchange of bans appeared
to hurt the Communists more than
this country, since "The Roman
ian News" has been coming out
once a week here for more than
five years. "News from America"
nrsi appeared m October with a
circulation of 1,600, and there have
been only three issues. j
Rep. Overton Brooks (D La) lis
sued a statement wis week pro
testing distribution of "The fto
manian News." but the State Pe-
partment said- the i ban was hot
related to this. j
. The department had issued bans
agaipst the publications of two
other Communist governments;' in
recent years. In July. 1952. m
department suspended distribution
of the Russian Embassy bulletin
after the Soviets banned the Aroer
ican magazine "Amerika". i
In August, 1951. The Polish i in
formation offices in New York
were cjosed and a ban placed on
all its publications. This followed
the forced closing of the 3 S.
information office in Poland, j
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Frankieand Ava
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! ROME un Crooner Frankie
Sinatra and: his wife actress Ava
toasted in the new year at a
fashionable Rome restaurant,
i It was their first time out in pub
lic lince they arrived from Spain
two days i ago amid signs of a
reconciliation. Since then Ava's
cold, caught in Spain had kept her
confined to her Corso d'ltalia
apartment; where Frankie is stay
ing with her.
Con Blocked
Jn Tunneling
Out! Scheme
WALLA WALLA Uh A state
prison- inmate, locked in isolation
since early this year, was stopped
in an abortive attempt to tunnel
out of the institution, Warden John
Cranor said Thursday, j
The warden did not identify the
prisoner jbut said he was one of
five who had been placed in isola
tion as punishment for producing
the bomb that last February
claimed the life of one prison offi
cial and injured another.
Cranor said officers have been
investigating the incident for some
time but had no Way of knowing
how long: the tunnel digging has
been going on. i
The tunnel started in the man's
Cell in isolation where thp nd stppl
or iron floors are fairly-soft. The4
prisoner! Cut a hole 10 by 18 inches
through the floor and then through
an inch and a half layer of con
crete. He bad started digging in the
dirt when the hole was discovered
but he Was allowed to continue,
Cranor isaid. The dirt he removed
was wrapped in cloth. When he
was not digging, the man would
put the I cloth-wrapped dirt back in
the hole. .
. Officers watched him for two
days, then put a stop to further
burrowing. Had he continued, the
officers said, the tunnel would have
come up in a small exercise yard
which apparently was the last
thing he needed. a
Boat Upsets,
Dunks Driver
In Willamette
A Salem man got a chilly dunk
ing in Willamette River Thursday
afternoon when his 12-foot out
board motor boat flipped over off
Mjnto'a Island.
Within minutes after the upset,
John Gordon, 185 S. 24th St, was
pulled 'from the water by a Sea
Scout! and his craft was saved by
Willard Taylor of Salem Boat
House;
The Sea Scout, Sterling Willi-
ver of 1970 Maple St was operat
ing his own outboard nearby when
Gordon flipped over.;
Taylor went to the scene in his
towbpat and rescued the speed
boat just as it was drifting under
a log raft. The boat and its 25
horsepower motor were valued'at
about $1,000 by the owner.
Witnesses said Gordon had a
case of knocking knees and chat
tering teeth, but apparently suf
fered no other ill effects.
The incident occurred about
3:45 1 p.m.
Savings Received
On or Before
Jan. 11th
Earn From.
Jan. 1st. v
irst-Is
arningi -
129 N. ComfnorcUl
j MORE ))
ei u AccouriTS Insured jj
j .tw-ziM TO $10,000 r I
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Little 1954
Rides in on
Wind Storm
Old man 1953 rode out (of
lem astride a driving wind and
rainstorm Thursday night and
little Mr. 1954 arrived just in
time to get ! a taste of Oregon
mist i I H
About 20 minutes before, the
New Year bounced in, heavy rains
and winds slacked off and gave
the new youngster a break.
Downtown : Salem rocked to
horn blasts and car backfires, at
the count of 12 as traffic got on
the. heavy side, but police said
just plain noise seemed to! be the
only disturbances. !- J .
The weatherman says the mid
valley is starting off 19541 with a
few showers. 1
Salem night spots reported good
crowds on hand to bring; in the j
New year. : ,
Senator and Marion hotels were
hosts to several private j parties
and business in their lounkes was
brisk. j
The community's five dancing
clubs all held parties jfour of
them formal dinner affairs.
Spots where public dances were
held included the American Le
gion Club, Crystal Gardens Ball-
xrciir rr.il
Most of the city's fraternal or
ganizations celebrated the New
Year.
There were scores of watch and
dinner parties at private
homes.
Fifteen Salem churches
and the
Salvation Army held' worship and
walchnight services and
many of
them early evening socia:
hours.
RESERVE HOUSE
. ASTORIA W) A sixth house
has been moved from the sliding
West Commercial St hillside here
and property-owners plai to move
two others. j
r
MEETING SCHEDULED
MEDFORD UPi ThelOrder of
the Arrow, a senior Boy fScout or
ganization, will hold its annual
state meeting here, Sept. 12-13.
START!
TI-IE
NEW YEAR
At The
HOTEL
MARION
Dining Room
an
Marion Lounge
Open at Noon
Oak Room
At 5 P.
pen
M.
Bowl i Games
Televised
HOTEL MARION
Downtown Salom
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Special: Fried Eggs
PORTLAND l Fire destroyed
a semi-trailer loaded . with eggs
on the Columbia River Highway
east of Cascade Locks Thursday.
The blaze broke out after the
truck driver. had pulled the rig
off the road, apparently to go for
help in fixing a flat tire.
Complete
Hew Year's
Dinner
Roast
Prime Bib
Of Beef
AUJUS
Extra Thick, Tender
and Delicious '
THE RANCH
3260 Portland Road
Phone 2-9887
For Reservations
Hew Year's
Dinner
AT THE
SAN SHOP
Roast Turkey
and Dressing. Gole Slaw
with Sour Cream dressing,
Mashed Potatoes and Gib
let Gravy, Cranberry Sauce;
Hot Biscuits and Butter.
Roast Veal
With Roast Potato, ! Gravy,
Cole Slaw, Hot Biscuits and
Butter. i
BRING
THE FAMILY
Sorrico in tho Dining Rooa
or Sorvico in Your Cot
lAJoodroffe'j
San Shop
Vi Mil N. of tho UndorpoM
supervised.
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