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... v 2 (Sec 1) Statesman, Salem. - Kail Crossing Plea Under Advisement; Talks End Oregon Public Utilities Commissioner Charles Heltzel has un-. der advisement the request of the city of Salem for more adequate rail-etreet crossing protection following the completion of a two and one-half day hearing Thursday. , . r . i . The hearing ended at noon with the defendant Southern Pacific p-Co. submitting no direct testimony in its own behalf. It ended after Molotov Hits MOSCOW (JB SovieV Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, in a long statement published on the anni versary of Stalin's death, charged contemptuously Friday that the United States is "brazenly" claim ing the leadership of the world. The,, "practical" expression of this aspiration, he said, was the . North Atlantic Treaty which he compared to the "well known anti Comintern pact-which was con cluded in 1937 by Hitler Germany, militarist Japan and" Fascist Ita ly." ' - "There are no grounds for doubt " ing that the fate of the North At lantic Pact will be no better than the fate of the "anti-Comintern pact," he said. - Molotov's statement, reviewing the; Big Four I foreign ministers conference in Berlin, was spread over 2Vi pages of the Moscow press and was broadcast by Moscow Ra dio. i ' Molotov said chances of settling the Indochina war at the Geneva conference depend "on the posi tion of the French government and also on the 'position of the U. S. A., which is increasingly interfering in the affairs of Indochina." , "The main thing however," he added, "will depend on recognition by all the conference participants of the need to settle the question of restoring peace there, not through continuing a hopeless war but through an agreement conforming to the principles of freedom and the national independence of peo-; pies." Lumbermen tunistic SAN FRANCISCO W Lumber leaders here to attend the Western Pine Association's convention ex pressed optimism Thursday re garding the industry's future in view of current business " condi tions. Their views were expressed at a press conference held in con nection with the 23rd, annual meet insfwhich has drawn' lumbermen from the 12 Western, states, ot:the western pine region. , Leo V. Bodine' of 'Washington. D.yC., executive vice president of tho National Lumber Manufactur ers 'Assn said a drop, in housing starts is expected but he saw no reason to change the association's forecast of last November that these would be down perhaps 5 to 10 per cent from 1953.- - Garage Fire Causes Considerable Damage A garage fire at 875 Belmont St Thursday night prompted a run by city firemen. Considerable damage was reported to the roof of the building which is owned by P. W. Meier. ' Cause of the fire was not de termined, firemen said,- and .no electrical wiring was located near by. The blaze was confined to an area where camping equipment and bedding was stored, they said. Friendly United States T 1 ' V Leaaersn Ob New Serving Delicious Fried Chicken Dinners $1.45 Also Try Our mo Co. Spec. Deluxe - Weekday ir.Kti ir.M. r ' Friendly Farm ' . - Closed Mon. and Tees. - - 2 Miles R of Salom on Hi-Way SALEM 20-30 CLUB SPONSORS f.TARCH 18, 8:00 M. Pcrrhh J::i:r i;!;h $ch::l A'jfilcrii ' -'r ' - , . . . . . .j. . , i ..... . - -. '' - , t r-'. 'vv r- . . -t Professional Now York Cast - : Direct From Nov York- To Salem . TICKETS ON SALE AT STEVENS I SON'S Reserved Adm. $1J5 - GVn. Adm. $1.35 Ore- Friday, March 5, 1S54 I Dotn me ciiy s array oi witnesses and a PUC engineer testified that many of the 16 SP mainline cross ings in Salem were not adequately protected and should be further signalized. y ' : " SP attorneys : indicated they would probably carry the PUC commissioner's decision into the courts in ah attempt to secure some sharing of costs of addition al signals. ? i Authority Clarified ' l- . Heltzel told the SP attorneys Thursday that under the statute on which the hearing was based he was authorized only to direct the railroad to install (or not to install) certain devices. He was not, Heltzel said, authorized by this statute to allocate costs. Frank McColloch, chief counsel for the railroad, said later the city, of Sal em's. action was taken under a statute enacted in 1862 which does not provide., for division "of costs of protective devices at rail road crossings in accordance with benefits, in the hundreds of grade crossing cases heard in Oregon, he said, this was the first time this statute had been used. Cost Minions' "Inasmuch as the Southern Pa cific serves many communities in Oregon any action in this case would serve as a precedent one that would cost the railroad mil lions of dollars," he said. v 1 McColloch said he was aware that additional protection was needed at some of the crossings in Salem. In some instances, he said, this need was brought about by. buildings and other view ob structions, for which the railroad was not responsible.' - -i He stated that the city as well as the railroad woujd derive bene fits from any improvements in stalled through the increased aid in traffic .flow and the reduction in accidents. i f Pastor Hurt As Two Gars Hit Head-On A head-on collision in the 430Q blocte on Portland road Thursday afternoon injured two persons and caused extensive damage to the two cars involved, statt police jre- hported. ",; .. -' , I - Taken to Salem Memorial Hos pital by Willamette Ambulance were the Rev. Jack O'Hara Tot Seattle, and Maytba: Engstrom, LinS,td.iJifi:P3iraya. was-treat? tea lor chest onuses ana released and. MrsEngstjom. wjw'suffered lacerations about the mouth, was retained for observation Thursday night, hospital authorities "said: "-The Rev. Mr. O'Hara Tvas a pas senger in a southbound car which was driven by his wife, state po lice said, when it collided with a car operated by Cleve Grover Zeigenbalg of Linwood, Calif. The right front ends of .both vehicles received major damage, police re ported. . . BENEFIT FOR VETERANS S WASHINGTON WV-Senate pass age, Thursday sent to President Eisenhower a $27,517,616 supple mental money bill containing il5 million for jobless compensation for veterans. BIBLE MARATHON REPORTED ARCADIA, Ind. Mrs. Golden Fippen of Arcadia says she has read the Bible from cover to cover 26 times since. 1947.' , 1 : Farm Delicious Dinners Sox .$1.35 Sondays f 12 Noon te I 7 P. Mr ! ' Phone 2-9318 99 - E .. 4 N. ) 1) V FOR POLICE COMMUNICATIONFoUc technician Lawrence SeUth, left, shows lveeuace radio he de-. Vised for caps u won by Srt A. C. Wilson, rirht, in Atlantic City. Witness Say s. PORTLAND J UTI A "witness testified Thursday that he thought he saw George; F.1 Sack. 57, quar reling with his third wife on a street corner the day Mrs. -Sack disappeared' last month. The witness, George Carey, then reiterated previous statements that he saw a man carry a heavy burden that night from Sack's car into a vacant lot. where MA. Sack's body was found two days later. ' The testimony came at a prelim inary hearing on the first-degree murder charge: against Sack, who then was ordered held for a grand. jury hearing. The murder charge accuses Sack of asphyxiating his wife, a former Great Falls, Mont, school teacher Goldie Goodrich, 56. "! ; '; -.. 4" Sack's first two wives died vio lently in Chicago in the. 1920s. Sack was accused of shooting his second wife there, was found insane, and spent seven years in an Illinois mental hospital. Released in 1932, he came west ; t Democrats Favor Tax Reductions announced Thursday they will fighton the House floor to knock out excise taxes on movie or other admission tickets costing 50 cents or -less. , Rep. McCormack (Mass), assist ant Democratic leader, said they also would put; up a floor tight to fix a one - year limit on present excise rates on liquor, cigarettes. automobiles, gasoline, trucks and buses and beer and wine. Republican leaders said they would. bring lip next Wednesday a two edged excise tax bill ap proved almost I unanimously Wed nesday and Thursday by the Ways and Means Committee. Air Transport Feared Lost ROME tm The U. S. Military Air Transport Service said Friday one of its C-47 planes with 11 or 12 passengers aboard ' was missing ever the AlpsJ '. - f The plane left here Thursday for Bitbrg, Germany, but no report has. been received of its arrival. Reports from Paris said the air rescue center at Aix-en-Provence, 15 miles north of Marseille, had been alerted. i Reconsidering of NLRB Action Killed in House WASHINGTON III Foorteen members of the House Labor Com mittee failed Thursday to get the committee to reconsider its recom mendation that the National Labor Relations Board be stripped of power to try unfair labor practice cases.. : 1 -,:::: .. ? t ; A motion for reconsideration was lost km a 14-14 tie vote. Chairman McCbnneli (R-Pa) announced after a closed session of the committee. A tie vote defeats a motion. ' - - FREE Aecerdlan fnmlsliel f er : C weeks while yem leans Th Music Cnttr In the Capitol Snepping Center FRIDAY LUNCH AT NORTH'S In the i v Capitol ShoppiniOater Cckcd f.ccrcr.i Zt 1 Cfesese Tossed Salad French Dressing Butter". . i . . V 65t : Fast Service, DeHdeu Feedt Ttj Salem's Beat Place te Eat! Quarrel On Fatal Day 5 - . 1 I j an ression ST. LOUIS Former Presi dent Harry Truman said Thursday he could see no reason for "hard times" ahead and remarked that the "best remedy" for Sen. Mc Carthy (R-Wis) is to "ridicule him."; - j . Truman made tnese observations during an interview here as he and Mrs. Truman changed trains en route to New York from their Inde pendence, Mo., home. ; Final Rites Set Saturday for E. W. Riddell . State unin Newt ServJct x INDEPENDENCE F uneral services for Ernest Wilson Rid dell, 64, 1 late resident of Mon mouth Route 1, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday from the Smith Mortuary, Independence, with the Rev. Daniel B. Wessler officiat ing. He died in a Salem hospital Tuesday.! Born at Monmouth Feb. 1, 1890, Riddell had lived in this community all his life where he tarmea ana operated a service station, i J He is survived by four bro thers, William, James and Edward Riddell, all ! of Monmouth, and Leslie! Riddell of Dublin, Tex.; al so several nieces and nephews. Concluding services will be held at Fir Crest Cemetery, Monmouth. Naval Reserve Unit to Crmse - The Salem Naval Reserve unit. Surface Division 13-28, will leave Salem Saturday morning for a weekend ! training period aboard the USS Gilligan in Portland. The Gilligan, a reserve training ship for the! 13th Naval District, will leave Portland Saturday and cruise to Astoria for the night. The following day she will return to Portland. Salem reservists will take duty stations next; to the regular crew members during the cruise and will also take a tour of the ship. 1 (tjgMJIQ l Boys and Girls Tomorrow at 12:30 i SPECIAL KIDS SHOW I r- I See The Great Adventure . Of Captain Kidd ! and 4 Color Cartoons ALSO WaDdsgEIjBabjBack "ALSO-" Jeen Fontaine S v- i-Jaek Palanee , . i ' to ..-- ' Tlight to Tangier Dep PALLAS m THEATRE ; ' - One Mile East olDalUs - Jwtt Off Dallas-Salem Hiway REOPEUUIG iTOniGIIT Gates Open-:30 $how-7.-00 Cemo on out and help vs got started TWO BIO WIS i' IN TECHNICOLOR . I Jeff Chandler, Fahh Dornerguo r "m GHEAT SIOUX UrTdSKIG" "-:fp.-'' y 'J -:AIS0.v,v . I ... Donald O'Connor In I ! "i love f.mvn." v CAKTOONSV " . j Weathr Forecast -"Fair!; Fun You Have Never Seen A Brighter Picture Than en Our Ur8e'60ft. Scnen If'.' . ; ' NOTTJ - Shews Only On Weekends During March 400 KotariansvEeQted Herel For Annual District Conference ' ; . ! , ' . ; - - ! i ' - : ; ' ; , ; , " Approximately 400 members of Rotary International and their wives and guests will be in Salem over the week end for the Rotary District 154 annual conference Sunday through Tuesday, v About 250 of the delegates wiU be from out of town Rotary Clubs in Oregon and Southern Washington. Features of tie con clave will be appearances and talks by Prentiss A. Rowe of San Francisco, on the board of Rotarv "international directors, and Jack English, Portland, a past interna tional director and now-president of the Pioneers of Rotary- s ; Unusual highlight of the open ing day, Sunday, will be the fire side fellowship program : in 37 homes of Salem Rotarians follow- mng the vesper hour at First Meth- itf ist Church. The delegates will oejronen up into gruups aim eacnoub will visit a home and spencNseveral hours' in getting acquainted x with each other, ac-' cording tJoseph A. H. ! Xodd, general cbaCarian. V ' Reirjstration Sunday ! ! r Registration wU take place Sunday afternoonNat ; the Marion Hotel cbnference, headquarters. Reception, at 4 p.m. and a buffet supper at! 6 p.m. at the Marion wm follow. : H , About 50 Rotarians, who have been members 20 years or longer, will make? up the Pioneers break fast Monday at 7:30 a.m. at the Marion. Election of officers will take, place. . '!' : First general session of the con ference will take place at the El- sinore theater at 9:15 a.m. Mayor Alfred W. Loucks will welcome the visitors. Main address will be given by Harry I. Dillin, McMinn- ville. district governor. Also speaking will be Prentiss Rowe. Luncheon: for Ladies A luncheon for ladies of Rotary will take place at noon wHh the main' speaker, Dr. Clifford E. Ma ser, dean: of school -of business and technology at Oregon State College, j Business sessions and : group forums will follow. The confer ence banquet will follow at the Ferry Street Armory at 6:45 p.m. Monday. Gov. Paul Patterson will deliver the main address on "Ser vice Through Government" The conference all will follow at the Marion. I Business sessions Tuesday will precede a song contest and final passage of resolutions. Adjourn ment will! follow the noon lunch eon at the Marion. ' Also oh the conference com mittee are Salem Rotary Presi dent Reynolds Allen, President elect Sharkey Arbuckle, Secretary Robert W. Fenix and Treasurer Leo Page. Robert D. Gregg, Salem past president will be main speaker at the Monday noon luncheon. CHANNEL STUDIED - WASHINGTON UB A House Rivers and Harbors subcommittee, headed by Rep. Angell (R-Orel, held f .hearing Thursday oq a biU to authorize , dredging, of a 48-foot chaitnel across the Columbia River entrance. ! ; ! We Jth produced oh urban and nonfarm lands (a. out 2 per cent 4c"'t:ts - ta,!S: ' ! - MODERN DANCE Every Saturday "Sight nirircnii'f s Ban At VI VfUVfl J Room STUBBY MIllS With AND HIS MUSIC 9:30 to 12:30 Adm. $1.00 NOW PLAYING ciEiin tliiiEn: 3 vmmsatm I -Plos- Short Subject ' THEY WERE CHAMPS" ; Plus News Carteon , 1 ' ' I Prices This Engagement Only Adalts .31.00 f 1 A3 il8HBfenm. rr, i TT - Money Order Lack Blamed For Slaying; T RENO, Nev. l The night manager of the Western. Union of fice here, paid with her life early Thursday when she couldn't pro duce a money order demanded by a man who, police said, had been losing heavily at gambling. ( The victim was Mrs. Margaret Jenkins, 46, a widow. She died of a broken neck and stab wounds from a screwdriver. . Booked on a charge of murder after he walked into a trap set by police for him at the motel was James J. Cleary, 30, former Bell wood, 111., tavern owner. Police Chief L. R, Jreeson said Mrs. Hazel Willaman, 47, on duty with Mrs. Jenkins, related that Cleary had been in and out of the telegraph, office numerous times since Sunday, occasionally picking up money orders from Chicago. Early Thursday he returned and was told there were no money or ders' waiting for him and he de manded money. Mrs. Jenkins hand ed hunt $105 and moved to open uie saxe. : Then, Mrs. Willaman continued, Cleary attacked Mrs. Jenkins with the screwdriver. Mrs. Willaman ran for aid and police arrived as Cleary was running from the tele graph office. He outdistanced them fn his late model Cadillac but officers traced it by the license to a moteL When Cleary walked in 20 minutes later, officers were waiting. Police quoted him as saying at that time: . "Go ahead and shoot me. I de serve it" . Later, however, Asst Dist Atty. William Raggio said Geary denied the slaying. He said nothing when arraigned in justice court on the murder count Waiting at the motel for Cleary was his bride of only two weeks, Elisse Cooper Gelinas Cleary, 30, who said she was a former Chicago singer. I 4 COlCttI ARTISTS AT 'N Monday, March 15 Salem High Auditorium, 8:15 p. m, ' Reserved Seats, 2.40 3.00 ' Unreserved Student, 1.80 Tickets at STEVENS St SON Now Showing Open 0:45 Adalts 50c Children 20c . "Gentlemen Prefer Blendes" Technicolor Marilyn Monroe. Jane Rnssell Co-Feature VICKI" i Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters j !I0W PLAYING! 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