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Newspaper Page Text1 (Sec IV Statesman, Salem, Or Sua March 21, 1954 Solon Asks McCarthy ' Leave Subcommittee; During Army Inquiry WASHINGTON ( Sen Sym ington D-Mo) suggested Satur day night that Sen. McCarthy (R Wis) step off his investigations sub committee temporarily or let some other group determine the "ques tions of veracity" between McCar thy and the Army. 'The good name of the Senate is Involved," Symington said. Symington, one of three Demo crats on McCarthy's subcommittee, said that if the Wisconsin senator and his three Republican col leagues insist that McCarthy ap pear in the "triple role of accusing fitness, .prosecutor and judge," Blue Monday DueforW.U. Soohomores , (Story also on Page One There were a lot of cheetOrom the senior section of Willamette University's Freshman Glee as sembled contestants ,when it was announced that the class of 1954 had won its fourth straight vic tory. ; i , And there were tears among the students too some for joy and some sadness for, of course, someone had to lose. This , year , the fourth-placing sophomores will swim the Mill Stream during Blue Monday" tomorrow. There seemed to be some pre- oicnon in one oi me semor yam dies which proclaimed, musically, "We II take those poor sopns, down by the river's side . . ." And so they shall when, tradition ally, the Blue Monday proceed ings on campus tomorrow will re sult in a swim in the Mill Stream for sophomores. Saved from a watery dip; .but probably due for other fun paying Glee bets for not winning, will be the junior class which; placed second and the freshmen bringing up a third. Ratings Given Judges rated the student per formers this way: Out of a pos sible 360 i points. seniors306.8: juniors-298.7; freshmen 271.3, and sophomores-238.9. Words were judged by Mrs. Florence Hutch enson. Phillippe da la Mare and John C. Peery. Music was rated by Kenneth Schilling, Prof. T. S. Ro erts and Robert B. Walls. Presen tation came under judging surveil lance of Robert M. Putnam. Theo dore Kratt, Miss Gretchen Kream r and Prof. W Herman Clark. As is the annual habit, the win ning class re-sang its winning - song, but for the first time since 193S the victors also sang their four previous years of winning songs. Letterman Sweaters Seniors, who came into the field- of musical competition in caps and gowns amid "Pomp and Circumstance," removed their gowns to reveal letterman sweat ers for most of the men and dark blue skirts and sweaters for the women. Their winning formation -i was a streal- of lightning. Second place juniors portrayed a pennant on the stage and sang their song, "Bearcats to Vic tory!" The freshman third place song was "Mighty Bearcats" and the sophomore song was entitled. "Beat 'era. Bearcats!" There seemed obvious indica tions of cadence ability by males marching during Saturday night's competition and many students admitted that Air Force ROTC marching did them in good stead. Women students did a commend able job of marching, too. Fife and Drum 'Juniors employed a unique en trance to the gymnasium when they were preceded by fife and - spirit oi oo. The three lower classes made light of the "aging . . . and slow" seniors and especially made mis tical jest of the fact that no sen ior class had won Glee for the past five years. 1 Glee Manager William Wheat gave his report to the assembled audience preceding the perform- man class president . After the four classes had sung their songs and given their formations, en tertainment was orovided while judges conferred. Student Tom Larson sang From the Day We Met," an original song composed by Lizbeth Shields and Larson. A x ne song is stated lor early pno- Gamma Quartet sang several numbers and the campus German s Band played several Dixieland numbers. Dr. Daniel H. Schuhe, V 'in traditional form, teased stu dents and audience, for several long minutes prior to making the official announcement of win ners. ' Staffs, TorJav! Amenta's twits F UMymoontrt . 0 Tht Bit fcf $at-l Cote ! Lucille BALL Desi'AnnAZ Cotbt wiaManoricMAlN-KeenanVYNfl JOAN LESLIE - FORREST TUCKER ia . ' . "FLIGHT NURSE" then he will ask the Armed Serv ices Committee to take; over. Prefers to Say. McCarthy, informed U Oklaho ma ,City of Symington's sugges tion, said his "present thought" is that in any case he will want to cross-examine every witness who appears before the subcommittee. If they tell under oath the same story they have so far, he added, the case will go to a grand jury. "There is no reason why any one should fear my cross-examination unless they are ! guilty of perjury," McCarthy said. He also said that he had offered to submit himself to cross-examination. Symington's' proposal appeared to take Sen. Mundt (R-SD) by sur prise, I "I have not talked to Joe about this." ' Mundt said, meaning Mc Carthy. : Acing Chairman j " Mundt is acting chairman of the subcommittee in McCarthy's ab sence on a speaking trip. McCarthy has agreed that. Mundt take over the chairmanship while the group is conducting its proposed investi gation of conflicting charges ex changed between McCarthy and his staff on the one hand and Secre tary of the Army Stevens and his aides on the other, f j Previous suggestions that the in vestigation be transferred to some other Senate committee,! however. have met firm resistance by Mc Carthy, who insists that his sub committee will take care fit its own affairs. j Mundt spent part of the day in a mysterious quest for a special counsel to direct the subcommit tee's projected probe ( its own chairman and his differences with officials of the Army Department Mundt and Sen. McClellan of Ar kansas, senior Democrat on the subcommittee, settled oil a "na tional prominent attorney," not otherwise identified, who 'apparent ly was taken aghast at the idea but who promised to think it over. Mundt declined to identify the top choice, other than to say he was a lawyer living outside of Washington and was not govern ment service. If he declines the job, Mundt said his name will not be announced. j In an official report, the Army has accused McCarthy and some members of the subcommittee staff of using improper pressure in ef forts to win special favors for Pvt. G. David Schine, wealthy New York draftee and former subcom mittee aide. j McCarthy has countercharged that Stevens and John G. Adams, assistant counsel to the Army, sought to use the drafting of Schine in a "blackmail" scheme to block the subcommittee's Investigation of Reds in the Army. Schine was a non-salaried consultant to the sub committee until he was drafted last November. Doudas on Muddy Hike Along Canal ALONG THE C & O CANAL IN WESTERN MARYLAND OH Su preme Court Justice William O. Douglas and his 33 walking com panions, muddy of foot and slight ly damp, reached the Cardinal Club Saturday, first stop on their 184-mile hike to Washington. D. C. They made the 14 miles from their starting point in about four hours, including a 45-minute rest over at Oldtown. And since the day was still young, Douglas and about 20 of the heartier hikers struck out for Paw Paw, W. Va.. about five miles farther! along the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Although this was the first day of spring, it wasn't apparent to the hikers walking along the nar row canal tow path made muddy by nearly an inch of ram Friday, It was cold and drizzling most of the way. ! Saturday night's resting-place, an exclusive hunting and tfishing lodge in southeastern Alleghany County, marked the end of the shortest hop of the long trek. The hike, expected to take eight days, resulted from a challenge by Justice Douglas to editorial writers Merlo Pusey and Robert Esta brook of the Washington Post and Times Herald. - i They had written editorials favor ing a federal parkway along the unused, government-owned canal. But Douglas protested! the idea, saying it would mar the natural beauties of the area.f He chal lenged them to walk it with him and see for themselves.! Pusey and Estabrook quickly accepted and naturalists and other outdoor en thusiast decided to tag along. - Mm Easter Seals l .l U M ' U- I v P'- "Tit i f f 1 1 ' :;l j -.11 .15 nr - ' - -: 1 i i . r Five-year-old Edris Korop of Lane County practices lacing her braces : at the Easter Seal Society's .hospital school for crippled children ; at Eugene, where youngsters from over 20 Oregon counties are enroll -mL Helen Wood, occupational therapist, assists the young- ster. The annual Easter Seal sale, which finances the hospital school and ether projects, is bow under way throughout Oregon. Morse Tops 'Mystery ; Statesman Newt Servic ; SPRING VALLEYSen. Wayne Morse 'topped Secretary Doug las McKay as a dollar-getter in a benefit sale of "mystery packages" here Saturday night i i , A sealed package from Morse brought $13; the McKay package brought $11. I j "By golly, Morse gave me the bird," said Robert Yuhgen of Deputies Can't Get Con Into Two Columbia County author ities got more of a drive Satur day than they had originally bar gained for when they left SL Hel ens to bring Harold Robert Keith to the State Prison only to be turned away. Keith, whose home is listed as Vernonia, finally had to be placed in the Marion County jail when complications started pop ping up. Marion County Sheriff Denver Young explained it this way: It seems that the Columbia County prisoner : was released from the state penitentiary last Feb. 17 on parole. He had origin ally been committed to the pris on June 12, 1952, to serve five years for threatening the com mission of a felony.. Shortly after his parole last month, Keith was re-arreted n a charge of parole violation and returned to the penitentiary' Sat urday. When the Columbia County deputies brought the man to the penitentiary they were . turned back because there was an error in the prisoner's I papers in that the specific charge for Ms re-arrest had not been listed. This re sulted in the authorities leaving the prisoner in the care of the county and they then drove back home to get the papers cleared. Warden Clarence T. Gladden said Saturday night that such happenings are not uncommon. Siamese Twins Born in Scotland GREENOCK, Scotland tf A 24 - year -old Scots woman, Mrs. Mary Mount, gave birth Saturday to Siamese twins. Doctors said au three are doing well. . The twin girls are joined by an oval 'Bridge" uniting the lower parts of- their chests and abdo mens. Doctors said an operation may be attempted later to separate them. r ; Prime Ribs of Beef AU JUS -SUNDAY SHATTUCS Penitentiary 17 ' V. LABISH GARDENS HIGHWAY 99 Gates Open f:39 Show at 7:90 TWO GREAT TECHNICOLOR HITS! KESFE EXASSQ1E MARILYN CXSXINI "THE EDDIE CANTOR STORY RACHEL L. CARSON'S "THE SEA AROUND US" ACADEMY AWARD WINNER Helps Her V McKay Lincoln as he unwrapped a large, ceramic rooster Morse had donat ed from the event The McKay package contained a box of sta tionery, i The event was a benefit for the Lincoln Community Center Asso ciation in this Polk County com munity. I Two tiny geld nuggets from Alaska brought $10, and a box of tinned seafood'from the secretary of Alaska brought $8. County-level politics got into the act when Agnes Schucking bid $8 for a package donated by Dr. O. A. Olson. -The two oppose each other for a seat in the legis lature. The sealed package con tained an amateur gardener's out fit Mrs. Schucking is a profes sional florist The ("mystery" sale followed a talent show witnessed by a crowd that overflowed Spring Valley schoolhouse. First prize of $10 went to Betty and Deanna Nelke who sang a duet They represented the Community Center Associa tion. ; . . Second prize of $5 went to Car oline Whittington and Marjorie MischeL representing Spring Val ley Farmers Union Juniors. They presented a pantomime act Third place went to young Larry Pur vine who played an accordion solo. He represented Zena Sun day School. Judges were Mrs. Schucking; Herb Smith, KSLM announcer; and Charles Ireland, valley editor of The Statesman. ; , Army May Reinstate Saluting Requirement WASHINGTON UH The Army may reinstate the old requirement for soldiers to salute officers even when off military posts. The Army-Navy-Air Force Jour nal, unofficial service publication, said Saturday the : proposal has been under study .and a decision is expected shortly. : DALLAS r; lliojiioiir Fri. Sat. Sun. r Two Technicolor Features Stephen McNally, ; Julia Adams in . "Stand At Apache. River" aim : Everything;! Have Is Your" Tire Cartoons Packag '929 . I ( 7 1 1 c .-mm ALSO R Will Provides Burns Area Scholafsliip BURNS in A scholarship fund of 125,000 for Burns area, high school graduates and a number of $20,000 bequests are among the items in the will of the widow of William Hanley, distributing a big Harney County estate. Mrs. Hanley, whose husband was a pioneer cattleman of the area, died March 2 at the age of 86. Details of the will were made public Saturday by the U. S. Na tional Bank; the executor. . The lands! which made up the estate were sold before her death, lvintf mHv s,S on1 Ksin4 .r. Among tne Dequests, tne $25,000 scholarship fund provides that notl " V wo . s. f K-4veral sections of the nation Sat- more than 9300 & year is to- be given any one student and as many as 10 can be aided in one year. The Pioneer Presbyterian Church is to receive $20,000. The same sum is made available for a mausoleum for Mrsf Hanley and her husband.! ; , Principal heirs are her sisters. Mrs, Anna Cater, Burns, and Miss rBernice Cameron, Medford. and her niece.' Eula Jacobs, Medford, each of whom is to get $20,000 plus the residue of the estate after all specific bequests are paid. Poison Gas Made,' Stored In Rockies DENVER (J) - A new weapon in a class with atom and hydrogen bombs is being made and stored at' the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver. IX. CoL S. J. Efnor, deputy com manding officer at the arsenal, confirmed Saturday that deadly GB gas, which can cause death in 30 seconds, is made behind the ar senal's windowless walls. It is known that Russia has the gas, first developed by Hitler's Nazi scientists, because the Red army took the German plant in its push across the "German-Polish border in World War II. Surrounded by elaborate safety precautions, the workers' at the ar senal turn out the deadly chemi cals in liquid form, packed in fin ished munitions ready for use. In gas form, the killer can't be seen, tasted or smeiied. Its pres ence in an attack could go undis covered unless a droplet spattered on a victim in liquid form. Production of the killing gas first was disclosed Friday night by the Rocky Mountain News, Denver morning newspaper; and further details came Saturday from the Denver Post. "Potential military value of GB gas," the Post said, "is greater, in some respects, than even the atomic weapons. "Using it under the most favor able wind, weather and saturation conditions, . an invader ' can wipe out life in a city and take it over intact ' its industries, utilities, transportation and power plants ready to be used again in a few hours, instead of being ruined and radioactive." The gas was described as so deadly it could leave its victim practically ; helpless after one breath. Chemists say there is an anti dote atrophine, a chemical de rived from a plant grown mostly in countries behind the Iron Cur tain. American chemisti have learned to produce the substance synthetically for use through hypo dermic injections. FEATURE: 1:00-3:10 5:25 7:0 9:55 .DSTTf ; wLa CsrJ POWELL WAmE H II Ml Prices This Show: AdilU $1.00; Children 20c Why Rivals Grow Old I f NAPLES, Italy 4A Luigi Cioffi, 70, met an old rival. Gennaro Car eila, 80, on the central square of the village of Massa Lubrense. : Police said Cioffi whipped out an old-fashioned drum revolver . and fired IS shots at Carella. When the smoke cleared, officers rushed up and arrested Cioffi . Carella walked away unharmed. All 15 snots had missed. Cold, Snow By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ,..-j. . t.i... ' . i urday : with a March "mixture of sleet, cold and snow. Some snow flurries, a few show ers and some sleet occurred in, the lower Great Lakes region and Northern New England. Light snow flurries were reported in Montana. Daytime temperatures were near freezing or below in Northern New England, the upper Mississippi Val ley, the Great Lakes region, the Western Dakota s and in the Great Basin area of the West The vernal equinox that's spring came at 7:54p. m. PST. That's the time the sun crossed the equa tor and the days and nights be came ofa pproximately equal dura tion, 'i CHIMNEY BLAZES Firemen from South Salem sta tion Saturday night answered a chimney fire alarm at the home of Miss A. M. Luthy, 1465 S. 13th St No damage was reported. . mm 5 ar i i r-r w m m m s IV illJiMLV I I 4 i Csry Castrei CALIIOUn MITCHELL ALSO Far Year . Added , neat Xetwaatiesi J Parade Across Nation ijp MM." l 2 :;;r. Death Claims Ex-Turber Postmaster TURNER I William A. Ran kin, former postmaster here and rural mail carrier for about 13 years, died unexpectedly in a Salem hospital Saturday morning bf a heart attack. He was 4 Born in Rose Creek, Minn., Sept 2, 1904. he moved with his parents to Oregon as a child and the family settled near Marion. A veteran of World War II, Ran kin served with the Army in California and Nevada and for a time was postal officer at the Las Vegas, Nev military base. He was a captain at the time of his discharge. 1 He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edith Rankin, Turner; step daughter, Mrs.; J. B. Floyd, At lanta, Ga.; one grandson and sev eral cousins. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Virgil T. Golden Chapel in Salem, with interment at Belcrest Memorial Park. Some scientists believe that all pronounced near sightedness is hereditary. I STARTS WEDNESDAY! roay violencs and spzaAcu thatswp You Info fhe Raging Vd of Indial TXJ7 v i ( a i ,-4 TTTV ' , A TTTTTLH Tyrone POWER Terry f.lOORE i . - .;'ii STARTS OT THE FU3Y DF A RD WrJll.ljYPSY COLF CCICTS THE BAJISERS CfTlICEST! ta CORCORAN DOilD-DEE GYPSY ADDED FUN 7i CTZ Vii CARS GET SAFETY BELTS TORONTO (AP) Aircraft, type safety belts are being tried in police and fire department au tomobiles. Study I of accidents showed the most vulnerable seat is that at the right-hand -of the driver, from which the passenger is thrown by collision against the dashboard or through the wind shield. It has been called the "suicide seat" s Starts Today. ContWS Adults 50c Childrealoc ... - . . t VtfJR 1 Jzl & lu BARKER PHYUJSIURs5555 -CO-HIT. , Michael RENtllE x j - PLUS - Dancers of Dee : and News . Color Cartoon - 'f; TODAY! ! 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