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S (Sec lVr-Stditsman,' Salem, Or.. Thursw Mar. 25. 1S54 Israel Warned to Tighten Defenses; j Syria Units Move JERUSALEM. . Israeli Sector W) Prime : Minister Moshe Sharett Wednesday called for tightening Israel's border defenses. He made the appeal in Parliament shortly after a . military spokesman an nounced Syria was concentrating new forces on its frontier with the young Jewish slate. Sharett declared the explosive Middle Eastern situation "now calls for the utmost preparedness and the strengthening of Israel's defenses." He also announced Israel was asking the United States. Britain and France to bring up before the Ike Opposes Man Judging His Own Case By ED CREAGH WASHINGTON un President Eisenhower said Wednesday, when the subject of Sen. McCarthy R Wis) and his row with Army of- ItMAle r imA nn that in AmArina 9 tiVIU4 Villi I Mauv M-m mm man doesn't sit in judgment on his own case. Eisenhower refused at a news conference to talk specifically about 1) McCarthy's insistance on cross-examining' witnesses at forthcoming public bearings in the dispute, or (2) moves by Senate Republican leaders to have Mc Carthy remove himself completely from the conduct of the inquiry. But the President did say, and the White House permitted him to be quoted directly: "I am perfectly ready to put myself on record flatly, as I have before, that in America, if a man is a party to a dispute, directly or indirectly, he does not sit in judg ment on his own case, and I don't believe that any leadership can escape responsibility for carrying on that tradition and that prac tice." Meaning Not Gear The President's meaning, as it might relate to the immediate point in the McCarthy controversy, was not 100 per cent clear. Some of the 212 newsmen pres ent thought he was backing the Senate leaders, who want McCar thy's role in the investigation to be stricly that of a witness. Mc Carthy, on the other hand, said he and Eisenhower , "agree with each ntVia rnmnletelw Thm tsnatnr hat stepped down from his subcommit tee chairmanship and given up his vote for the. purposes 'of the hear ings while Jfolding last to his stand that he should cross-examine witnesses. Question Arises - The question came up at the beginning of a news conference in which the President also: 1. Said unemployment hasn't reached the point of calling for any slam-bang emergency program to cope with it. Some things such as easing credit and making mon ey cheaper already have been ddhe. the President said, and and his advisers are watching the situation day by day. 2. Praised House Republicans and the nine Democrats who joined them in passing his tax bill last week. Magnificent work, said the President. Ot Congress' progress in general, he said adoption of his whole program is necessary to the country, and the longer action is delayed the more opportunities are being missed. Backs Dulles 3. Reaffirmed that the forth- m PnAir ' AAnfArAftAA with the Chinese Communists sitting in, doesn't change this country's re fusal to give Red China diplomat ic recognition under present world circumstances. 4. Offered a long-range opinion that non-Communist forces hard beset by the Reds at Dien Bien Phu, in Indochina, will come out all right if their morale holds up and laughingly said he hinted to the French that their brilliant col onel in command there Christian de Castries ought to be made a general. s x 5. Backed up HPnme Minister Churchill's statement that the West ern allies have all the arrange ments for instant consultation, In the event of a defense emergency that possibly can be made. 6. Indicated belief that there's been some exaggeration in early reports about 23 Japanese fisher men being badly burned by far drifting ashes from this country's recent hydrogen weapon test in the Pacific. Nonetheless, he said, it's clear something happened out there waicn must ue am yi iscu emu astonished the scientists, ana ex- tra precautions will nave to De ia en in the future. Correction CHIPPED BEEF Kb MIDGET MKTS. 351 State SL 1121 Center SL U.N. Security Council the killing of 11 Jews inthe Negev Desert a week ago. X..: ' s After three hours of debate Par liament passed, by a large major ity, a resolution supporting Shar ett's statement of Israel's policy in the tense situation. Some speak ers expressed bitter opposition to any additional arms deliveries by Western powers to the Arab states. (fvt Consultations nNew York, U. N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold called in the ft$jf$entatiyes of the West ern Big THriftdfor urgent consul tations on thVjddle East' The Israeli rcf report said Syria had sent an Ifls&try brigade probably about 3,000 n to the Syrian-Israeli border. The new and dangerous fbv-e-up in relations between Israei"std her neighbors followed the atta'dw on a dus in ine Negev a week ago in which the Jews were shot to death. Blames Jordaa Israel charged that neighboring Jordan was directly responsible. Jordan denied it. Tuesday U.N. mediator Cmdr. E. H. Hutchinson of the U.S. Navy refused to back an Israeli denunciation of Jordan at a meeting of the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission. Is rael then walked out. Commenting Tuesday, Sharett said: "As a representative of the Unit ed Nations it was up to him (Hut chinson) to give expression, on this crucial occasion, to the conscience and authority of the U.N. truce supervision organization charged with the implementation of the armistice agreements, and in duty bound to uphold the aggrieved par ty and condemn the aggressor. "But the chairman chose not to exercise his authority. Like, one "of those in Dante's Inferno who took no side as between good and evil, truth and falsehood, he neith er repudiated the Jordan fabrica tion nor gave support to the Israel draft resolution. "In 'this way the deadlock was rendered complete." Hutchinson said that there was not sufficient proof to condemn Jordan since other elements might have taken part ; in the slayings. Klamath Man Beaten. Dies KLAMATH FALLS (jft-A! young man; apparently beaten to death. f was found on-.an old logging road 40 miles east of here Wednesday, Sheriff Murray Britton identified him as Floyd Mallory ' Wilson, 24. Beatty. The sheriff said his face was battered severely. A coroner's report is awaited. The sheriff said Wilson was seen in Beatty Tuesday. He said he was looking for Wilson's wife, Dolores, to try to learn what might have happened after that Awarding of Honor Medals On Schedule WASHINGTON UH Medals of Honor awarded to three Marines who died in Korea will be present ed, to members of their families at a Pentagon ceremony Monday. Secretary of the Navy Anderson will give the emblems of the na tion's highest military honor, to Mrs. Mary Jeanne Johnson, widow of Sgt James E. Johnson, Pocatel lo, Idaho: to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Matthews, parents of Sgt Dan iel P. Matthews of Van Nuys, Calif., and to Mrs. Izora B. Can trell, mother of : Corp. Lee Hugh Phillips of Hopeville, Ga., The Marine Corps has announced 41 Medal of Honor winners for valor in the Korean War. of these. 27 lost their lives. Johnson was last seen fighting desperately,, wounded and alone, covering the withdrawal of bis Marine platoon during the bitter fighting in December, 1950. Three years later he was officially pre sumed to be dead. Animal Attacks Capitol Policeman WASHINGTON ( - Protection for congressmen? -What about a little protection for capitol police, asked officer John Thompson Wed nesday. Hv During a lull in the morning traffic. Thompson, v member' of the capitol force from Tacoma, Wash., -was bitten on the finger by one of the many squirreh which frequent the capitol grounds. After treatment by the capitol physician, he returned to duty. ; SALEM COMMUNITY CONCERT PRESENTS Eugene Conley, Tenor ? 1 Fridoy, March 26, 8:15 KM. ; SALEM HI AUDITORIUM 14TH AND D STS. : Attendance by membership tnly- r f Dnes payable before April 12 i Vacancies filled April IMSCan J IM7 318 Words Needed to End Spell Contest "(Story also on Page 1). It took 318 words, 49 of them not used in earlier, stages of competition, to - decide the out come of The Statesman-KSLM Mid-Valley Spelling Contest Wednesday Bight at Parrish. Jun ior High Auditorium. : , ; When the last syllable had been spelled out, Sharon McKim mey of Hazel Green was top win ner, followed by! James Oberg of. St Paul and MaryAnn Cain, Turner. . ji ... ; -, ' But. 17 other ; seventh and eighth graders from Polk, Yam hill and Marion County Schools were still their; school cham pions and .semi-final winners. They were recognized last night by the contest sponsors in the presentation to each of anv en graved tippered notebook. Placement List j ; Here is how the others' placed in-the finals, their schools and the words that beat them: m, 4th place Charlene Kauble, WtUamina, on the . word "witti csn fT ! 5th-Mary FreemanBethel (Polk County), Reprehensible 6th Clamdette Olson, Stayton, "octogenarian." 7th Pauline vXuenzi, Willard, "susceptible." 'A sister of Delia Kuenzi, who was! second place winner in the 1952 finals, Pau line had spelled down Sharon McKimmey, last night's topwin ner, in the semi-finals. , p First and second place winners from each of 10 regional semi final contests entered the Grand Finals. Lost on "Propeller", 8th Frank Thomas, Clover dale, "propeller." , 9th Marios Rogers, Eldriedge, "erroneous." Marion had beat out James Oberg for first In their semi-final round. . 10th Karen Oveross, Ever green, "kerosene." 11th Yvonne Lofton, Dayton, "fuchsia." " 12th Lonnie Kilmer, Ballston, a Statesman carrier, "crystallize. 13th Dewey Cummins Ill, Pedee, "acquaintance." It was his second year as finalist 14th Kennie Ruth Carlson, Brush College, "psychology." 15th Vondra Anderson, Par rish Junior High of Salem, "ob solete." s! 16th Cara Lee Whitten, De troit "diaphragm." 17th Loree King, Victor Point "cemetery.'' 18th Robert Richardson, Val setz, "exhilarate." 19th David Vanderhoff, Greenwood, "professor." 20th Judy Baker, Leslie Jun ior High, "laundry. In the finals .last night the hard-spelling participants were 14 girls and six boys. Third Boy Winner - James Oberg became the third boy to win a bond in finals since the Mid-Valley contest started in 1951. f And his school St Paul, be came the second school to place more than one student among the top three winners in the con test records to date. Last year Gerald Martin of St Paul was third. I i The other school was Broad acres whose Shirley Helen Brown won first in 1952 and JoAnne Parker won third the year be fore, i; ; The intense competition on the Parrish stage last night I was broadcast over S KSLM direct with a moving microphone above the spellers' heads as each spelled his words. - i Harder Words !. The contest required 318 words and most of the spelldown action came only after the unpublished words began coming up. j In the first 14 rounds 263 words only three contestants dropped out The next round saw two more go and after that it was really tough. ! Before the "knockout" words came, however,; these : spellers were tossing off such words as hemisphere, pneumonia, isthmus, conscientious, resuscitate, j rhy thm. j Grand finals a year ago was Barbara Paulson of Woodburn. Mack 'Harris, Parrish, won in 1951. Shirley Helen Brown, 1952. Teachers Listed! j Teachers of the 20 contestants in the Grand Finals last; night were Roberta Rogers of Parrish, Mary Ann Foley of Leslie, Norma Goddard of Turner, Raleigh Ca rothers of Brush College, Mrs. Alice Murphy of Pedee, Russell Tuma of BetheL Curtis Benefiel of Willamina, Minnie B. Smith of Ballston, Dorothy Carpenter of Victor Point, Emma Schreder of Willard. Vance Noble of Dayton, Darrel D. Brown of Hazel Green, Frances Draper of St' Paul, Eu Ialia Macbeth of Stayton, Odelia J. Park of Evergreen, Ralph A. Miller of Valsetx, Theresa Dehler of Eldriedge, Mildred Meunier of Cloverdale, Gertrude Gragg of Greenwood and Albert E. Warby of Detroit ii: i ! Legibility j r . , r.--- --- .. -Tiim, 1 These men (above) are shown participating in. the state traffic engineering division's program to test the value of legibility of different types of state highway traffic signs. They are (from left) Lee BvKies, Eugene traffic engineer; C. C Robson, Portland city traffic department, and Bud George of the state highway department (Statesman Photo) State Testing pad Signs Various tfeesl of illuminated and reflectoriiH traffic direction signs are being tcfted these days by the traffic ehlering divi sion of the state highly , depart ment fts. The sign tests; which lauded reading ' dummy I signs prefixed with reflecting materials suenlis Scotchlite. Stimsonite and Reflef ite, are to determine the signal value and legibility of the vari ous types of signs. If test results indicate more effective signs would be those using reflected light instead of the present illuminated type signs then Oregon highways may soon use the new kind. So far more than 400 observers have seen the different series of signs in the testing program. But test investigators Tom Yates and Glen Clark need more night ob servers. Between now and April 1 men and women of driving age, who wish to assist in the testing, may call the traffic engineering division. - , Rioting Halted At Maryland CROWNSVILLE, Md. m Anne Arundel County police reported Wednesday that rioting broke out in the maximum security ward at Crownsville State i Hospital for the Insane. But an Hour later, police reported everything secure. . County police said they received the first alarm at 11:36 p.m. (EST) Wednesday and had sent "every thing we've got" to the scene, in cluding officers armed with tear gas bombs. Details were scarce but at 12135 a.m. Thursday county police head quarters at Ferndale reported "all secure," and said two off-duty shifts of policemen had been sent back to their homes. The original call for help from hospital authorities said attendants in- "C" Building, where the riot ing occurred, may have been trapped- The 'hospital Is located about eight miles northwest of Annapo lis, Md., houses insane Negro crim inals. , Cordon Opposes Tax Reduction - K WASHINGTON LB . Only one of the six U. S. Senators from the Pacific Northwest voted Wednes day against the proposal to cut in half the 10 per cent federal excise tax on household appliances. The negative vote, one of 23 cast, was by Sen. Cordon (R Ore). The five senators who. joined 59 others in passing the tax bill amendment were Dworshak and Welker, Idaho's Republicans; Jack son and Magnuson. Washington's Democrats, and Morse,; Oregon In dependent. I . f ' '' DRIVE-IN THEATOE rh. 2-1829 UIISH SAEDENL HIGHWAY fffi , - ' Gates Open :45 Shew at 7:W y NOW PLAYING! I BIG COLOR HITS William Holden Eleanor Parker "ESCAPE FROM FORT feRAVOV Abe t -' " Alan Ladd James Mason "BOTANY" BAY" Brine the Whole 'Family See a Movie Frem Tour Car jfariedType State Hospital of Higliivay Signs Studied f Turkey Egjg9 HailFaUs MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. I A 25-minute storm' dumped hailstones "the size of turkey -eggs" over a wide area late Wednesday. City officials said every flat roofed building in the town was riddled. Merchandise in stores was dam aged by rain which poured through the holes in the roofs. t Windows were broken, street lights were knocked out and trees were stripped by the storm. I WASHINGTON m Sen. Mc Carthy (R-Wis) 3is columnist Drew Pearson fired Jftj barrages in their running feud Wednesday in a free-swinging mixupcenter ing on charges and counter barg es of espionage act violatio; These were the developments 1. McCarthy called on Atty. Gen."H Brownell to check up at once ion what he called an espionage case involving a representative of Pear son. ; 2. Pearson retorted by inviting the Justice Department to let a grand jury decide whether he; or McCarthy had violated the espion age act. Pearson said he would be delighted to have the entire matter investigated by anyone who is competent and sane. s Raises Issue ' : McCarthy triggered the fire works at a hearing before a Sen ate appropriations subcommittee on Monday when he raised the issue of an alleged espionage case in volving one of Pearson's aides J At the time, other senators blocked McCarthy's questioning of Brownell on the subject, on the ground that it had no place in , an appropriation hearing. However, Brownell agreed to check on what McCarthy called a "pigeon holed" case of alleged' espionage and said he would advise McCar thy on what he found. Renews Attack . McCarthy renewed his attack on the subject at Wednesday's ses sion of the subcommittee when he read a letter from Brownell saying that the case is still "un der active investigation" and that consequently because ' of a long standing policy he could not dis close any details about it i i Pearson, informed of McCarthy's inquiry. Issued a statement lay ing: '' : "Apparently Sen. McCarthy ;has heard of my forthcoming television program devoted exclusively to him and U applying his usual diver sionary tactics. He has repeated an old charge he made last sum mer but : was never able to sub stantiate..." . ' 4, pttoMt a-sose . Fraturec i:"-2:!C-3.: -1:4J-l:W NOW PLAYING! GSUT ABYlXTUff 14; fsr-f V nam OF THE Also In Cinemascope i DANCERS OF ! THE DEEP" mci,artnv. Plpon in Newlkrrage I i - i ?; . -vr kwuu l. 1 t Protestants Claim Edge in Conversions -.NEW YORK 0B The Christian Herald reported Wednesday more than four million Roman Catholics have become Protestants in this country in the last 10 years near ly four times the number of con versions to Catholicism, The interdenominational Protes tant magazine said a nationwide survey produced "the startling ha tion-wide figure of 4,144,366 Roman Catholic - to - Protestant converts." during the decade. Over the same period, the Cath olic Church has reported 1,071,897 adult baptisms, or converts to the church. v Dr. Daniel A. Poling, noted churchman and editor of the mag azine, said wide publicity about Catholic conversions had led many persons to believe that mter-faith conversion was a one-way pro cess. He said it was "felt that get tin? th true farts would serve the cause 0f freedom for all religions." rr. Poling also is head of the World Christian Endeavor, inter denominational Protestant youth organization. In Washington, the Very Rev. Msgr. Pajul F. Tanner, assistant general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, said "it is not nvs to us that there are Catholics i$ho . have lapsed from their faithj "Without enterinffinto the vali dity of the statistics? he added, "the Christian Heraldmrticle will serve to remind Catholicshat their faith is a divine gift that ;ean be lost, and stimulate them tdfper- sonal concern of this problem.-- He satd the Catholic Churc "always interested in sincere verts to the faith." North Texas dales Kill 2 DALLAS (4) Vicious storms struck across a wide area of upper Texas Wednesday night, .claiming one life. At least two tornadoes were reDorted. The twisters hit near Albany in Northwest Texas ana at Money Grove in Northeast Texas. Nobody was killed in the twisters. George D. Franklin, about 60, was killed at Argyle in North Tex as when winds toppled a wall of his drive-in theater as he tried to brace it. Damaging storms also hit Fort Worth. McKmney and a section east of Throckmorton. mONt S-B7t NOW PLAYING! ii 2ND HTT- LrjoRcura f t ! NOTE' Tomorrow Night At 8:45! MAJOR STUDIO PREVIEW! Of Headlines Recently In The Newspapersl H-Bomb Makes Peace Essential, - 'If' Parliament Told ."' LONDON Wi: Lord Salisbury. Britain's atomic energy chief, said Wednesday' night the "hideous re ality" of the hydrogen bomb makes necessary a live-and-let-live under standing between Russia and the West . r ; Addressing the House of Lords ia a foreign affairs debate, Lord Salisbury said "it must be the main purpose of us and our allies, with out in any way compromising our fundamental principles, to try and find means of j recreating a world which if not; homogeneous can live at unity; with Itself. " Lord Salisbury declared "there is no reason to- suppose that the Russians are ' hankering ' after a new war. Demublican Day Slated on W.U. Campus "I'm a Demublican Day,' an experiment in politico operation collegiate style, is to be launched on Willamette University's cam pus Friday as the first of similar operations for, other Oregon cam puses. The Demublican day is spon sored by the Oregon Citizenship Gearing House. The citizenship program, originated at New York University in 1947, is designed to encourage collegiate participa tion in politics. Keynote speakers during the affair are to be State Sen. Phillip Hitchcock and Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton who will ?ive their addresses at 1 p.m. in Wal ler Hall. . A panel of six local politicians will follow the main addresses and give a discussion of political techniques. The panel is to be composed of Alfred Loucks, may or of Salem; Mark Hatfield, state representative; Win ton Hunt, chairman of the Marion County Republican Club; Cecil Fames, candidate for the state senate; Guy Jonas, chairman of the Mar ion County Democrat Club, and Preston W. Hale, candidate for Salem city alderman. . . Moderator will be Dean Robert D.-Gregg, Willamette liberal arts college, The Oregon program was intro duced last May by A. Freeman Holmer, associate professor of political science xat Willamette under whose direction this year 1 plan is being conducted. Students in charge of the jiew program in campus political raf- fairs are: H. Paul Johnscm, Al-f bany, president of Young Repub licans and Fenton Hughes, Hills- boro, president of Young Demo crats, co-chairman. Committee heads are: Lewis Hampton, Sa lem, follow-up; Bob Batchelder, Lake Grove, speakers; David Rarey, North Bend, Wash., phy sical arrangements; and Bemie Morris, Vancouver, Wash., publi city. LU Three Die in Plane Crash SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. tin -Three men, believed to be from Jerome, Idaho, were killed Wed nesday when a single engine pri vate plane crashed during a nn- storm m Cajon Pass north of here. r.The coroner's office identified 'ihem as Benjamin Frank Fergu- SSj', 42. the pilot; John M. Beck- msp.46, and Lowell C. Bendoe cheij31, his passengers. . FOAM RUBBER Pillows J , 275 np Mattresses,vered .4390 up Remnants . 50 1 up Shredded 69 lb. SLEEPRE 2002 Fairgrounds Rd. STARTS k NOMINATED FOR 13 ACADEMY AWARDS! ta min r mm mm xu3tu:ffsniii.:::ni::3TcuFT cEE:rnu!:x:!iaiaE:3riED " . j FOOTBALL THS1LLSI- ; S Oreson's Van Brocklin in Actionl THE RCAL LIFE STORY Of FOOTBALL'S YANKEE mmT V Shoulders 'Has Good Idea' . Who Got Cash ' KANSAS CITY W Loui Shoulders, former police lieutenr ant, says he believes a tip fron) an old crony an ex -convict enabled him to arrest the kidnap killers of little Bobby Greenlease, i And he says he believes that, man, whom he "is certain" was x Joseph Costello, : "has a darned good idea" who got the missing half of the $600,000 ransom. i This became known Wednesday when Federal Judge Albert A. Ridge released Shoulders' testi mony before a grand jury last October. The grand jury has in dicted Shoulders and his chaffeur patrolman, Elmer Dolan, for per jury. The jury charged Shoulders and Dolan lied in telling their story of the v handling of the arrest of Carl Austin Hall, and . the re covery of some $300,000 of the ran som in a SL Louis Hotel Shoulders said this tipster did not identify . himself but he was certain it was Costello,' operator of a St. Louis cab company. John Hager, a driver for that company, ' also tipped Shoulders about Hall's presence 111 St, Louis. Costello repeatedly has denied that he gave Shoulders any tip that led to the arrest of Hall and Mrs. Bonnie Heady, executed last December in the Missouri Peni tentiary gas chamber. Shoulders showed considerable reluctance to tell the jury that he believed Costello had tipped him about the arrest He said he did not think Costello had got any ot the money and that he was not trying to fix .it so he CQuld get a cut of the money Hall was carry ing with him. N Gourtel to Move Back From Road i The " Oregon Motor CourteL 3230 Portland Rd., is slated to be moved back about 200 feet from Highway 99-E and two new units added, according to a construction . permit issued Wednesday by the city engineer's office. The permit was mode out to R. L. Elf strom and Russell Bone- Steele, owners of the motor court Cost of the change was listed at $6,000... Other permits issued Wednes day by thexengineer's office in cluded a building permit for a $14,000 dwelling at. 1223 N. 23rd to Jackson and Jones.. Alteration permits went to Lee x Weisser, alter, florist shop. 147 NNHigh SL, $200, and J. P. Aspinwall,xal- ter porch at 158 Ferry St, $7400; Permits forwrecking dwellings were issued to Fred O. Repine, dwelling at 402 S. 17th St., $50, and O. W. Klang, at 1208 Court St, $50 Guard Roster Bound in Brass ' ROCKFORD, HI. tfft A new Illinois National Guard company was . activited in Rockford this week with this roster: . One lieutenant colonel, four lieu tenants, seven sergeants, one cor poral, one private first Class and no privates. . Now Showing - Open 6:45 Adults 50c Children 20e s "ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT" . - Technicolor - , Robert Taylor, Ann BIyth Stewart Granger' - Comedy Co-Hit--" "GREAT DIAMOND ROBBERY" With Red Skelton REGULAR PRICES! "- y' sTODAY! murt to I jl III y ii irf h 1 1, liMHrtMjl m i r. s 4 f - Prices: Adults 1.00 Kids 20c