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f-(Ste. ll-Stcrttfmaa, Saltm Jazz Star Jailed 'After ; Attempt to G et 'Drugs - h SEATTLE tf) A Los Angeles jazz saxophonist who had just ar rived in Seattle was arrested at a leading hotel Friday after police said an attempt was made to hold up a nearby pharmacy. Police Patrol Capt. Lee Jackson identified him as Stan JZetz. 27. The offer said Getz "'admitted orally going to the pharmacy in an attempt to get narcotics. Getz was scheduled to play in a public Scouts' Rally Marks 44tk Anniversary About 450 Scouts and their parents turned out at Leslie Jun ior High School Friday night for a city-wide rally of units in the Cherry City District to mark the 44th anniversary of scouting. Cub Pack 16 and Scout Troop 5 led 33 units represented in the i number present, said James Kern, j district executive. The program included songs led by Scouter Richard Wyatt and camp stories told b$ J. Bur ton (Pop) Crary as well as a t film on Philtmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, N.M. The Order of the Arrow, hon orary camping society, conducted closing ceremonies. Scouts tak ing part were Kent and Cleave Miller, Jerry Pekar and William McAllister. At exactly 8:15 p.m. the scouts Joined other scouts across the country in rededicating themsel ves to the scout oath and law. Scout Week will be climaxed locally tonight with an Explorer Scout ball at 7:30 p.m. at the Naval and Marine Corps Train ing Center on Airport Road. Baker Blonde Princess for Capitol Fete WASHINGTON Nancy Scott an 18-year-old blonde, Friday night i was chosen Oregon s princess for Washington's annual Cherry Blos som Festival. Miss Scott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, for. merly of Baker. Ore. Scott is an aide to Secretary of the Interior McKay. - - The selection was made at the annual dinner of the Oregon State Society at which' these officers were elected: i Harold Kelly, president, a busi nessman formerly of Portland, Ore.; John Cavanagh, Army attor ney, formerly of Clackamas: Dor othy Briggs, secretary, formerly of Corvallis: J. Howard Hicks, treas urer, union official from Portland, and Mrs. Furney Miller. GOP na tional Committee employe from Portland. i Injuries Fatal To Father of Salem Woman Word has been received here of the death Wednesday of Guy K. Rawlings, Hermosa Beach, Calif., as the result of injuries re ceived in an automobile accident in California Sunday. Rawlings is the father of Miss Ruth Rawlings, 984 Edina Lane, Salem, State Highway Depart ment employe. i . Mrs. Rawlings was seriously injured in the accident and is reportedly still in critical condi tion. Miss Rawlings left here Sun day night by plane for California. Mr. and Mrs. Rawlings formerly resided in Portland and Mrs. Rawlings lived as a child in the Turner area. Landscaners r Set Meet Here The Oregon Association of Land Scape Architects are holding their annual board meeting in Salem to day at the Marion Hotel. Arthur Erfeldt of Portland is state presi dent The architects, accompanied by their wives and husbands, will tour the Bush Home (Salem Art Mu seum this afternoon at 2 o'clock, The afternoon business session wDl also be held at the home when plans will be. discussed for the park and garden center. The : women will be entertained at tea at the home of Mrs. Glenn Whar ton while the men are holding their business meeting. Preceding the evening session the group will gather for dinner at Chuck's Steakhouse. J. Haslett Bell will discuss city planning and , Mrs. Phillip Brandt will show 1 slides of the state fair gardens. Old Tim DAIICE Evory Sal. High! Oror WMttn Auto 259 Court St. Dicrs orchestra Ada. COc lac. Tax Oft SoWTtb. 13, 1954 downtown concert Friday night and his name had been displayed prominently oijjthe theater mar quee, jf The officer flsaid Mrs. Mary Brewster, 44, the drugstore clerk, reported the holdup man threat ened to "blow my brains out Getz charge was jailed on an open: In mid-forenoon, detect-; lives louna nim unconscious in ui j j t.'.. : u:- city jail cell and he was taken to the King County Hospital in what was called a f'grave condition." ' Jackson also; quoted Getz as say ing he went to the pharmacy im mediately after: checking into his hotel room. He told Mrs. Brewster: "Look, Lady. I want some drugs immediately. I've- got a gun.' The woman bluffed -me out and I walked back to the hotel. "now, does this look like the way a stickup man acts. As soon as I got back to the room I called up the lady on, the telephone and apoligized for; what I -had done." His call- was the clue which led to the quick arrest. Jackson also quoted Getz as say ing he was to be sentenced in Los Angeles next jweek as a drug ad diet, but that a judge had said he would postpone; sentence until aft er Getz wife' has her third child. Doctors at the hospital diagnosed the musician's ailment as "acute heroin intoxication." They said his condition was; Critical but improv ing. I Mrs. Brewster told police that when Getz telephoned her to apol ogize he said "I've never done anything like 4 this before." He went on to say jhat he had to have some morphine, she related, and he planned to - "commit" himself Wednesday f prj treatment. "Why don't you commit yourself today?" Mrs. i Brewster asked. "I can't." was the reply. "If I don't get drugs. I'll kill." Earl A. Fisher, a police patrol man sen( to; answer a call made by Mrs. Brewster after the initial holdup attempt, then took the phone and said: "I am a doctor. Maybe I can help you. What room are you in?" The caller gave a room number in the hotel land Getz' arrest fol lowed, i Prison Guard Hurt ! in Crash State Penitentiary guard Glen I. Robey, 53 of 795 S. 20th St., was injured I late Friday after noon in a two-ear accident near Canby on Highway 99E, state po lice reported. Police said he was taken to an Oregon City hospital suffering from a possible skull fracture and lacerations.' Two passengers in the other car received! minor injuries hut refused hospitalization, police said. j . Principals Pick Salem Teacher ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. UPl - Miss Ethel It Nash, principal of the Lafayette. School. Fredericks burg, Va., i Friday was elected president off the Department of Elementary --School Principals, Na tional Education Assn. Other officers chosen at the de partment's annual meeting in cluded: Miss.i Mathilda A. GOles. Salem. Ore., a member of the ex ecutive committee. Miss GOles is principal of Rich mond grade school in the Salem Public school system. The new officers take over July 1. ! fi NEW DANCE BAND ! So as to offer Salem Dance Fans a better class of DANCE MUSIC we have hooked bands for the next few weeks cap able of i playing Modern Swing, Old-Time, or whatever you request . . Come help as select the best music available Ladies FREE 'til 10:00 as usuaL i t Dickson . S Ar 12rh St. Junction ; Ta Mi.Sourhof Solem DINNER AT NORTH'S - Sunday Specials 1170 Center St - la the Capitol Shopping Center Roast Turkey and Dressing, $1.00 Sour Cream Cole Slaw - Potatoes and Giblet Gravy . Home Made Rolls and Butter - Tea - Coffee Milk - Dessert Prime Rib Roast of Beef $1.25 Whipped Potatoes and Brown Gravy - Parsley Buttered Carrots - Home Made Hot Rolls and Butter - Sour Cream i . Cole Slaw - Tea - Coffee - Milk - Dessert We Invite You to Visit Salem's Most Comfortable 1 Dining Room f ;. 1 ACCORDION SPECIAL j 120 Bats, Reg. $280.00. . . ...... .NOW $140.00 12 Kais, Rtg. $89.00 ...... NOW 545.00 : 1 50 Others REDUCED UP TO 50 J I .1 1 20 lass, Used, AS LOW AS $50.00 f Enroll now for a course of lessons. Wo furnish tho instrument FREE. No obligation to buy. THE MUSIC CENTER I Dump Truck Kills Driver COTTAGE GROVE W The bed of a dump truck fell on Til man Stroud here Friday fatally crushing him against the chasis of the vehicle. . . j Stroud's four-year-old daughter was a witness to the mishap which occurred about three blocks from the Stroud home. j Stroud, about 33. reached under the lifted bed pf the dump truck to release the holding lever. The bed crashed down on him, crush- ing his chest. GOP Accused Of 'Rat Sewer' Politic Tactics WASHINGTON UP Democrats hotly accused the GOP Friday of "rat -sewer" politics and a con tinuing "plot" to tag them all trai-; tors, in defiance of President Eis enhower's plea; to party followers to avoid extreme partisanship. The assistant Democratic leader of the House, Rep. McCormack of Massachusetts thundered out in a' speech' on the floor that: j "Accusing another party of treal son. . . goes far beyond immorali ty. Over and above our party poli tics, we are all loyal Americans." From Rep. Rabaut (D-Michf came a demand that the President put "teeth into his words" by oust ing Leonard W. Hall as Republican national chairman for his "part in this plot to brand millions of Amer? icans as traitors." In Lincoln Day speeches around the country, Republican orators still kept hammering the Demo crats and chanting praises of the Eisenhower administration. Even so. there were some signs that the Eisenhower bid for more temperate treatment of the opposi tion was being heeded. ' J Postmaster General Summerfield hit at "the incredible mess inherit ed from 20 years of Democrat mis rule" and claimed the GOP hat brought a "resurgence of public faith in the integrity of govern ment and the new crusading mor ality in public service." New Women's Block Sought ) ForP rison Among projects to be request ed for the state penitentiary at the next legislature will be a new building to house women prisoners. women prisoners are now housed on the second floor of the main prison building above the administrative offices. War den Clarence Gladden said the current quarters are inadequate and additional room is neces sary. Also to be requested will e an exercise area for the women prisoners. "The proposed new building for women prisoners would be within the prison walls. Cost of the new building has not been determined. i The warden indicated he ould not ask for another cell block unless there is a drastic uptrend in ; the prison popula tion. - I A new segregation cellblock recently was completed at the prison. In ! this cellblock are house approximately 90 of the most troublesome prisoners in the institution. f 1 EVERY SAT. KITE QUARTER CIRCIE ?'0" Hells Canyon Backing Urged Of Democrats POCATELLO, Idaho The Democratic Party should support the high 'dam at Hells Canyon, Stephen Mitchell, national party chairman, told an overflow crowd of party workers at a luncheon Friday., ' The building of Hells Canyon dam on the Idaho Oregon border wov'.d open vast new industries j for Idaho, Mitchell said, especially i for development of phosphate de-l posits. The chairman charged the Republicans and private power companies are tryin? "to divide ; north and south Idaho" over the j Hells Canyon issue. ' Idaho Power Co. has? applied for permission to build three low dams in the same area where public power proponents have proposed construction of a single high dam f meed by the federal govern ment He said the Republican admin- istration has made the. decision not to develop Western rivers . to give away Hells Canyon and termed this decision "the war! against the West." Two Bandits HoJduo Store A' Portland PORTLAND Ul - Two bandits Frirfav hpM iin a Safpwav Ktor ' full of customers, and took what officials said was a "considerable sum from a safe and three cash registers. They escaped in a car without an attempt being made to stop them. Police here were searching for two escaped convicts from the i Washington reformatory at Mon roe, wanted for questioning about the holdup. Clarence Young, store manager, said one of the holdup men ap proached him "Friday and asked for a job. Then the second came along wheeling a grocery cart, drew a gun and told him, "You are being robbed. Young told police the gunman forced him, in full view of the customers, to open the safe. Mean while the accomplice forced a woman clerk to help him empty the registers. Young added, "Then this guy took the wrist watch off my wrist the one my wife gave me for an anniversary present." The store's butcher called police but they arrived too late. Police identified the pair, being sought as Ralph Elmer Lockerby, a native of Boise, Idaho, and Louis Earl Reifenstein of Los Angeles. The same store was robbed by a lone gunman 11 days ago. Boatman Drowns In Columbia River VANCOUVER. Wash. I Ed ward Grossgriff, 53, Portland, drowned Friday afternoon when hi fell from his small cabin cruiser at a boat moorage into the Co lumbia River about a half mile from the Vancouver Coast Guard station. Police said he was working on the boat when it tipped and he slipped into 28 feet of water. L Every Night A Special Night Open 6:30 P. M. Til 2:30 A M. PRIME RIB OF BEEF AU JUS WEDNESDAY ' AUMSVILLE PAVILION DANCE 'Every Saturday Night Nine ISfiles S. East of Sales at Aumsville Music By LYLf AND THE WESTERN AIRES NOW PLAYING! 2ND BIG HIT. 1 BELa 1,1 !.M, Broadcasters Name Hoss - -7 ! 'I v EUGENE- Ifi The ' Oregon State Broadcasters Assn. opened its twoklay annual meeting here Friday with election of Paul Walden of KODL, The Dalles as president .1 He succeeds Si W. McCready of KVAL-TV, Eugene.. Robert Holmes. KAST, Astoria, was named vice president and Iris Rice Holliwell, KXTU Roseburg. secretary-treasurer, j Dave Hoss. KSLM. Salem, was named a director - f Ol Cat. hill tfsTflP'fi '"f Ut 5 Worked Out WASHINGTON Ifi A Washing ton State congressman said Friday surplus wheat will be loaded at fix Pacific Northwest Ports for storage aboard reserve fleet ships now at Astoria. Ore., and Olympia. tvpsn. Rep. Magnuson, Scati1". faif re Democrat from i nnersto-' the! vumuwuitjr . v,'" "' a,,u """j ! i it-me Administration nave worked ; out all details w;th a final announcement awaiting only ap-ro-l by jrovemr-ent attorneys. The storage Drogram, announced previously calls for using the laid - up ships at the two ports to ftore an estimated 30-million-bush-el wheat surplus. Ma"nuron said he was told the hiPs mothballed at Olympia would re n-oven 10 atxvra an'! acau-e for loading, expected to begin about March 15. He said the As toria ships would be loaded at As toria and Portland, Ore., and at Longview and Vancouver. Wash. Thursday - Rep. Pelly 'R Wash) said he had asked the, government agencies to recheck whether Wt would be cheaDer to tow the As toria ships to Olympia or to under take a $750,000 dredging job at Tongue Point, Astoria. The dredg ing would be required at the Ore gon port because the water there is too shallow to accommodate the vessels after they are loaded. Sen. Cordon Brief Speaker At GOP Rally PORTLAND I Sen. Guy Cordon told a Republican Lincoln Day rally Friday that the difficul ties President Lincoln faced can be compared with those which now face the nation. But Cordon made this excep tion: "In Lincoln's day, you could tell Who the : enemies were and where they were, but that is by no means always the case today.'the Oregon senator told the more than 1,000 persons attending. He spoke only 30 minutes after arriving by air from Washington, D. C, to fill the principal speaker vacancy left when California Gov. Goodwin J. Knight developed lar yngitis. Speaking of critics of the Eisen hower administration, Cordon said, "Criticism that is objective and to the point is to the benefit of the country. But much of today's crit icism is not in that category." BEDROOM SUITES Drastic Reductions Famous Makes Bradley Furniture 1978 North Capitol mm Ends Today! Starts 5:45 . 2 TECHNICOLOR HITS! -"WAR OF THE WORLDS" "ARROWHEAD- Starts Tomorrow - Cont 1:45 wurUiTuiuKt 8i!.'fo:is T""SlllT 3 CO-FEATURE "SAILOR OF THE KING Jeff Hunter, Michael Rennio HOLLYWOOD KIDS MATINEE Today -1:60 to 4:00 P. M. r S CARTOONS . SERIAL Z Matinee Features -"KID FROM BROKEN GUN" Dnrango Kid, Smiley Baraetto -LISTEN JUDGE"; 3-Stoore Comedy ; . also - Benson's Birthday Cake -- t r for , Luther Neuharth, Sherill My ers, Denny Gregg. Kathy sierp, uary waiting, Jimmy Schulz. Nancy Fuller.' Eric Brown, Larry Woodward, Ste ven Baker. Susan Nelson. Rose Pade, Ted Albriehe. Darlene Unrein, Ann Musser, Lynn mw'm North, South Join in Honor For Lincoln1 WASHINGTON m North and South joined hands Friday in hon oring the memory of Abraham Lin coln. : .-. For the first time in history, a representative of the Sons of the Confederacy placed a wreath, at the Lincoln Memorial as part of the ceremony marking the 143th birthday of the nation's l6th Pres ident "We decided 90 years 'was long enough to hold a grudge," said the wreath-layer. Col. John Virden. "It's time old wounds were healed," said Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 3d, grandson of the general who led the Union forces to victory over the Confederates nearly a century ago. President Eisenhower lent a hand to the ceremony as he i placed a gigantic wreath of red, white and blue carnations at the base of the celebrated Lincoln statue. Immediately after the ceremony, Eisenhower took off for a vaca tion trip to Georgia. He paused long enough to offer what ap peared to be a prayer in com- memoration of Lincoln. The president stood bare-headed ,or a "ulc " l,lc L"fl"s ; euru- ary wind as his naval and mill- tary aides saluted the statue. Oldest Sister At Mt. An?el Dies on Friday SUttiman Newi grrvlrt MT. ANGEL Sister Mary Theresa Kramer, 91. the oldest member of the Convent Oueen of AncrpU AeA Frirfav noon. She had been in ooor health for the past eight months, Sister Theresa entered the or der in 1886, about 3Vi years after the Convent was founded. She was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, July 0, 1862 and came to this country in the year she entered the Convent ; -Sister Theresa worked for many years in the printing de partment of the Benedictine Press. Later she was in charge of the gardens and grounds at the Con vent until her health failed. Other Sisters at the Convent said she was mentally alert until her death. Surviving are several nieces and nephews in Germany. A brother, the. Rev. Willi m Kramer, Mt Angel, died in 1929. Requiem high mass will be sung at the Convent chapel Mon day at 9:30 a. m. Interment will be at the Convent cemetery. Un ger" Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Icy Highways Close Schools PENDLETON I Many schools in this area were closed Friday be cause of heavy icing on highways. Pendleton, Helix, Weston and other schools in the eastern part of the county were affected. In the western area there was less icing and schools stayed open. SATURDAY LUNCH at NORTH'S la the Capitol Shopping (infer SWISS STEAK Whipped Potatoes and Natural Gravy Cole Slaw Hot Biscuits and Batter 65c Fast Service ... ... Delicious Food Try Salem's led Place to Eat! Starts Tomorrow! WILD. . .WONDERFUL . . . MUSICAL ('flf' . ISO IfeU HIT - ) - IDA LUPIIIO GELESIi HOLM Lebanon iMan Victim of Polio EUGENE The condition of Robert J. Hinkle, 23, Lebanon, was described Friday as very slightly improved" but still' criti cal by his doctor, who said Hinkle's ailment was polio not' botulism food poisoning. ; ' i Anti-toxin for botulism was rushed from Walla Walla to' a Eu gene hospital Wednesday (night Doctors had not determined at that time whether Hinkle's ailment was botulism or polio. ; , Pair Quizzed About Talent Scout's Death EL RENO, Okla. ' ' Two young men he described as "just a couple of punks" who belliger ently refuse to discuss .their con nection with a sensational Cali fornia slaying may be spirited back to Los Angeles by federal authorities. Police Chief Le Har vey disclosed .Friday night Harvey said the pair admitted i n,;H i The jn old movie talent scout. Wednesday i mnrninr hut hv tQHfaci no morning but have steadfastly de clined to answer questions about his death. They would not explain why they were wearing Johnston's clothes and driving his expensive auto when arrested here Thursday nighf The officer identified the pair held here as George Edward Long, 24. Astoria, Ore., and Leo J. Dens more, 23. Los Angeles. He said they are being held in jail booked for "investigation j of murder" pending arrival of a warrant frdm California. ASTORIA tffi Max Long of Ar'-ria said here Friday he . has a n named George Edgar Long, i brt police reported; they had no record of an Astoria man named George Edward Long. One of two men held at El Reno, Oka., in connection with a Los Angeles murder identified himself as from Astoria. Police there listed him as George Edward Long. . Max Long said his son, George, has been with army engineers at Fort Ord.. Calif., and was believed en route to a new station in South Carolina. ; SWAMPS HIGHWAYS PARIS (Jt Thawing ice and snow and a 48-hour rain combined Friday to swamp highways in Northern France and immobilize more than 25,000 trucks. i SUNDAY ! I DIIIIIER 1 Roast Turkey j & Dressing j Mashed Potato With : Giblet Gravy, j Cole Slaw Hot Biscuits, Butter : 85 Virginia Baked Ham I & Sweet Potatoes I With Pan Gravy - Sour j Cream Cole Slaw - Home ; Made Hot Rolls and Butter : Tea - Coffee - Milk - Dessert 85 - Bring the; Family 1 Served in the Dining Room : or Service in Your Car s S WOODROFFES ; ! SAN SHOP i j Vt Mile N. of the Underpass : ooooBOaaoaao o Ends Tonite Red Skelton in . "The Great Diamond Robbery" : Also Victor Mature i in "The Vefls of Bagdad CORIIEL VILDE RICIIAIID 7IDUAilK 4th Pedestrian Mishap Sends One to Hospital " The fourth auto-pedestriaii ac cident in two days in Salem sent Mrs. Clara M. DrechseJ.v ,i of 1025 N. 16th St, to the hospital late Friday afternoon with a pos sible broken hip. v J ; Police said Mrs. Prechsel and her husband, Henry, were struck by a car at 13th and . Center streets about 4:43 p.m. It was raining hard at the time' of the accident j , - Drechsel, who was inot hurt, carried his wife to the Physicians Building, 1280 Center St, where she was treated by a f doctor be fore being taken to Salem General Hospital by Willamette AmbiK lance Service. .' Hospital attendants i said her condition was fair last night According to police. . 'the woman .was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Marjorie D. Fiske, 4290 Monroe Ave. j ; Mrs. Fiske told police she had just pulled out of the Safeway parking lot and was heading past on Center street when! the acci dent occurred. f ! In one of the fourjauto-pedes-trian accidents, Mrs. f Doris E. Manny, 60, of 704 N. fcottage St, Avas killed when she f was bit at Court and Church streets early Thursday night , f j CALLED BY ILLNESS, Mrs. Roger F. Hughes of Nash ville, Tenn., is visiting in Salem this week. She was called by the serious illness of her father, P. M. ;Hill, 740 Breys Ave., who is now confined to Salem General Hospital WHAT'S ! With Silfor? Cottonwpbds Stat, Febil3th Roger Crandall AND HIS BARN DANCE BOYS The Jones Kids . - t i - Featuring ( Boy and Girl Vocalists v Adm. $1.00, Tax Inc. STARTS TODAY: j At Regular Prices! -Plus 15c for New Polaroid Viewers Clip-on and Regular I M OR E ROCK DONNA PHIL ROBERTA ca.n TECHNICOLOR THRILLING CO-HIT , ThrUI To Ooo Too ' f root RovolotloM "f T" ' Of MM T1mT Marit BL. 4 L 470 N. Copirol Ph.2-5371 Ertsgaard.