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Security Measured
Indochina Air
By LARRY ALLEN !
HANOI, Indochina (A Rigid
security precautious protect Amer
icans working on airfields in In
dochina from attacks by- Communist-led
Vietminh commandos, a
French air commander said Mon
day. Coffee Boycott
Possible, Latin
Nations Told
CARACAS, Venezuela tt Sam
uel Waugh, U. S. assistant secre
tary of commerce, told the 10th
Inter-American Conference Mon
day no one can keep housewives
from boycotting coffee sellers if,
they think the price is too high.
Waugh spoke in the conference
Economic Subcommittee after Gua
temala introduced two resolutions
aimed at the United States, al
though neither mentioned the Uni
ted States by name.
The subcommittee voted down
the resolutions, one to ban eco
nomic boycotts, the other to forbid
formatiot. st monopolies in mining,
Industry and agriculture. Only
Guatemele voted for the resolu
tions. v
The Dominican Republic, Nica
ragua and Peru joined the United
States in voting against the boy
cott resolution. All others ab
stained. Nine other countries and
the United States voted against the
monopoly resolution. Argentina,
Ecuador, Brazil, Cuba and Mexico
abstained.
Carlos Azevedo, Guatemalan del
egate, told the subcommittee that
Guatemala had been threatened
with a possible economic boycott
A number of U. S. newspapers and
magazines, he said, had suggested
boycotting Guatemalan coffee "as
a means of overthrowing the Com
munist regime of Guatemala."
Waugh recalled that Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles had told
the conference the United States
did not intend to place ceiling
prices on coffee. Then he added
his remark about the right of
housewives not to buy coffee.
Serra Principal
To Talk Tonight
The Rev. Kevin Murphy, prin
cipal of the Serra High School,
bow under construction in Salem,
will speak tonight at the meeting
of the Knights of Columbus on
the history and development of
orders of the Catholic Church.
He is a member of the Francis
can Order which will operate the
sew high school here,
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fields
More than 300 American air
technicians and civilian transport
pilots are' now aiding the 'French
air forces in servicing planes or
delivering supplies; !
Brig. Gen. Jean Dechaux com
mands the warplane operations
from military airports in the inten
sive assaults upon the Vietminh
rebels besieging the dustbowl for
tress of Dien Bien Phu.
He said every step is being tak
en to assure the safety of Ameri
can air technicians and the pilots
of the Civil Air Transport.
Airfields Fortified ;
The airfields have been encir
cled by barbed wire and fortified
with machine gun pillboxes. Each
airport has strong: paratrooper or
French infantry patrols.
Forty-four Americans live in
quonsettype huts on the fringe of
Catbi airbase near Haiphong, ser
vicing French aircraft
Another 10? are based at Doson
airstrip, 12 miles southeast of Hai
phong. I
About 130 Americans work at
Tournae naval airbase on the coast
of Annam. ? i
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Commandos Raid 1 !
Within the last two months, Vi
etminh commandos have raided
the civil airport at Hanoi and mili
tary bases at Catbi and Doson,
wrecking aircraft This was before
most American air technicians ar
rived in Indochina.
The air technicians have not
gone into the actual zones of fight
ing. j
At Saigon, the French Command
denied Vietminh radio and Red Chi
nese agency reports the French
had been forced to evacuate two
support positions at Dien Bien Phu.
A wounded French lieutenant
brought out of Dien Bien Phu told
reporters at Saigon that morale
among the outnumbered., fortress
defenders was good. Some German
and Italian Foreign Legionnaires
are among the group, he said.
CAP Cadets to
Vie for Trips
Two cadets of the Salem Capi
tol Squadron's Civil Air Patrol
have been selected to compete'
with cadets of 22 other squadrons
in Oregon for trips to foreign
countries this summer, Capt Wil
bur D. Garrett, commanding offi
cer, announced Monday.
The two art Theodore Lawson,
17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Lawson, 1162 N. 14th St,
and Miss Joanne Everhart, 16,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
C. Everhart, 3755 Garden Rd.
State competition in Portland
is scheduled for late April, Capt
Garrett said, and winners, two
Mrs. Wilson,
93, Dies; Rites
Statesman Newt ferric
MONMOUTH I Mrs. Sarah E.
Wilson, S3, former resident of
Salem, died at her borne near
Monmouth Monday. '.
Born in Illinois April 8, 1861,
she moved with her parents to
Story County, Iowa, as a girl and
taught school there for many
years. In 1882 she was married -to
James U. Wilson in Iowa and in
1900 the couple moved to Salem.
Following her husband's death
in 1921 Mrs. Wilson tops: an ac
tive part ill religious' life in the
community and for many years
acted as pastor and evangelist
During the last years of her life
she lived with a son, S. C Wilson,
at Monmouth Route 2. ' K
She is survived: by one daugh
ter, Mrs. W. J. Morf ord, Boring,
Ore.; son, S. Ci Wilson, Mon
mouth; 11 grandchildren, 32 great
grandchildren and one great great
grandchild. g .; N
Funeral services will be held
at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Wi
T. Rigdon Chapel, Salem, under
the direction of the Bollman' Fu
neral Home, Dallas, with inter
ment at City View Cemetery, Sa
lem. S" v
State Medical
Groups Adopt
Press Code
CLEVELAND (ffl Thirty state
medical societies, units of the
American Medical Assn., now have
adopted codes of cooperation with
the press, radio and television, an
AMA spokesman! said Monday
night f
The codes "are? a tremendously
encouraging sign that physicians
and newspapers are alive to the
importance of giving adequate
medical information to the pub
lic, John L. Bachi director of pub
lic relations for the AMA, told the
American Academy of General
Practice. I
The codes name official medi
cal spokesmen whom the press
can consult for quoting on medical
matters and authenticating medi
cal information. 1
CLEVELAND (fl Dr. John R.
Fowler of Barre.l Mass., Monday
was named president-elect of the
American Academy of General
Practice, the medical organization
of family doctors. He will take of
fice m March, 19SS, at the annual
meeting in Los Angeles.
boys and two girls, will go to
Washington, D. C in mid-July as
the starting place for the foreign
trip. The two boys will make a
six-weeks tour of western Europe
and the girls will travel either to
Puerto Rico or Hawaii, he explain
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Set Thursday
Air Reservists
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Getting a final briefing before taking off on the first flight of m
gan Monday at the Salem Naval
to train here this year. Squadron
Eugene; Lt Paul George, The
Lt Wesley Mays, Medford, and
Airmen Start
Salem 'Cruise9
Twenty-three Naval Reservists
13 pilots and 10 enlisted men
-from Western Oregon reported
at Salem Naval Air Facility Mon
day morning to begin their two-!
week annual training cruise.
The cruise is the first of four
which will run' through to the
end of June, according to Lt
Comdr. James L. Thornton, offi
cer in charge.
Squadron AAU 891 command
ed by Lt Comdr. Ivan Esau,
Dallas, checked in yesterday and
immediately began training
which will include instrument,
formation and navigation flying
for pilots and maintenance
checks on planes and studies for
advance in rating for enlisted
men. Both groups will attend
ground school
Pilots will be flying three
types of aircraft: TBM torpedo
bombers, SNJ single engine
trainers and SNB twin-engine
Beachcrafts.
Four Salem men were among
those reporting for duty. They
were- Lieutenants William D.
Troth, Ralph Valentine and Ed
Schiess, all pilots, and Thomas
H. Makey, aviation machinist
mate first class.
Squadron 893 will hold its
cruise April 19 through May 2
and Squadron 892 May
17'
Navy Reserve
Get Brief ins Before Take-Off
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Air Facility are .members of squadron AAU 891 first of four groups
members shown are (from left
Dalles; Lt (jg) R. S. McCIain, Albany; Lt Ralph valentine, Salem;
Lt Cmdr. Ivan saa, Dallas. (Statesman photo.)
Simmons Faces
Arraignment
Arraignment on a charge of
conspiring to commit a felony
was continued Monday in Marion
County District Court to Wednes
day for Vernon Glenn Simmons,
472 NVlTth St t
The charge evolved in connec
tion with several bad checks the
man had allegedly had a 16-year-
old youth pass for him in Salem
stores. The arrest was made by
city police Saturday afternoon
and Monday Simmons was held in
lieu of $3,500 bail The teen-ager
was charged with juvenile delin
quency. I
Northwest Science
Exposition Opens
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PORTLAND (Jl The second
annual Northwest Science Exposi
tion, featuring some 500 exhibits
made by 1,230 Oregon school chil
dren, opened at Portland State
College Monday ' j
The entries are from grade and
high school students. They include
tiny radio sets, miniature vol
canoes, growing plants, and elab
orate mechanical devices. About
40 or 45 of the entries will win
prizes before the exposition closes
Friday.
through 30. The final cruise will
be held June 15 through 28 for
personnel unable to report for
the regular cruises due to their
jobs. 1
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Dirt Moved
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Across Street
About 7,600 cubic yards of
earth was shifted recently from
the east to the west side of 12th
Street onto Sweetland Field at
Willamette University's campus.
The dirt is to be used in the
landscaping program of the pro
posed Bishop Memorial Health
Center and Fine Arts-Auditorium
Building The building is part of
the university's expansion pro
gram. '
The earth was dug out across
12th Street where the state's new
Finance Building is to be located.
Dog Obedience
Show Scheduled
K public dog obedience demon
stration, sponsored by the Salem
4-H dog training club, will be held
Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
State Fairgrounds in the sales
arena of the livestock barns.
With a Labrador retriever and
an Irish setter, Miss Lucile Lund,
dog trainer, Silverton Route 3,
will demonstrate basic obedience
techniques.
McCarthy rank clarified
WASHINGTON (fl The Marine
Corps Monday ended published
speculation about the reserve rank
of Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) by
stating that be is a lieutenant
colonel and has been for a year.
moiatM. rsmouuM eooAno
Declaration
Of Caracas
CARACAS W An affirmation
of the political principles of the
American states which may be
come known as the Declaration of
Caracas was approved Monday
night by a 10-nation subcommittee
of the Inter-American Conference.
The resolution recognizes the
"inalienable right of each Ameri
can state freely to choose its own
institutions in the exercise of rep
resentative democracy. .-. .without
loreign intervention in its internal
or external affairs and. in particu
lar. . without intervention by any
form of totalitarianism.
Argentina and Mexico abstained,
while Brazil, Panama, the United
States, Uruguay, Peru, Venezuela,
Colombia and Nicaragua : voted in
favor of the declaration. :
Brazilian Foreign Minister Vi
cente Rao, whose proposal consti
tuted 50 per cent of the final dec
laration, said this resolution was
intentionally written in ! general
terms. j
Uruguay reserved the j right to
introduce amendments when the
full. Juridicial-Political Committee
takes up the declaration.
Less Making of U;S.
Films Abroad Asked
HOLLYWOOD () The Holly
wood AFL Film Council announced
Sunday night that because of grow
ing unemployment in film studios
it is asking government: help to
curtail the number of movies pro
duced abroad by American com
panies. The council is composed of un
ions and guilds representing more
than 24,000 film studio workers.
For a trip east
Wins Approval
you'll novel forfjet,
travel the "magic circle
Swing around and sec more for the same fare! While breathtaking
Canadian Rockies,' prairies and Great Lakes glide past your
window enjoy Canadian Pacific's famed service and W food!
Then return by any U. S. rail route refreshed!
For MMt;iC Circle" reservations, sec roar local travel agent, or
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AL LAUE TRADES
OLDEST REFRIGERATOR
Al Laue Gives Prizes For All, Refrigerators
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Over Twelve (12) Years Old .
"OLDEST REFRIGERATOR ROUND-Ur
CONTEST REGISTRATION FORM BELOW
AL LAUE will trade without costa brand new Inter
national Harvester Refrigerator to, the person registering
the oldest ; electrically-operated refrigerator presently in
dally use in a home or household (commercial equipment
excluded) within the geographic limits of a 20-mile radius
of Salem, Oregon, s
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All refrigerators, registered, which are older: than twelve
(12) years will entitle the registrant to a free gift. If entry
is brought in to our store. j
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USE THE REGISTRATION FORM BELOW
And Deposit Same fat the
Box in the Appliance Department of
AL LAUE REFRIGERATION
2350 State St.,
DEAR. MR. UUE .
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I wish to register my refrigerator described below la year
i "Oldest Refrigeration Round
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21 believe that the refrigerator described below and pres-i
: ently fat use in my home, is
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Refistrant's Name
Address
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AL LAUE will fire all retlstrants fair consideration and
registrant most agree to inspection ef registered unit
Decision of the contest Judges shall be final. ; All entries
must be received by as before p.m, Saturday, March 27.
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j REFRIGERATION HEADQUARTERS
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Stock grader
Faces Charge
KLAMATH FALLS to A Klam
ath Falls stockman Monday ac
cused George A, Martin, tfl, of
writing a worthless $3,175 check
and then leaving town last month.
The stockman, Reuben S. Latfiv
hammer, signed a complaint x
against Martina stock trader who
had lived here IS years-before his
disappearance early in February.
WRECK INJURIES FATAL
GRANTS PASS Injuries
from an automobile coll Lsion
proved fatal Sunday to Newton
Lott, 49, Crescent City. Calif., in
a hospital here. Hii car collided
with one driven by Walter Yar
borough, 42, Selma, Ore., on the
Redwood Highway Friday. Yar
borough is recovering from bis in
juries. . i
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