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N " Dun SanQ)g)(0)ir pounddd 1651 J 104TH YEAH 2 SECTIONS-M PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Salem Oregon, Monday, April 5, 1954 PBICE 5c No. 9 Yelling Paris Mob Attacks Premier, Cabinet Minister PARIS (JP) A yelling mob, screaming hatred of the Euro pean Army, Sunday kicked the shins of Premier Joseph Laniel and slapped the face and pulled the hair of Defense Minister Rene Pleven. The rioters burst police lines to attack France's top political figures during a solemn ceremony honoring the heroes of Dien OTP 033JJQB nJCD QjDCB One can get some rather inter esting facts from the record of traffic fatalities and injuries as compiled by the Secretary of State. There was a drop in total number of accidents and in re sulting fatalities in 1953 as com pared with 1952 but an increase in number of persons injured. Deaths from traffic accidents to taled 390 last year and 460 in 1952. The injuries comparison is 15,563 for 1953 and 15,122 for 1952. While the number of urban ac cidents last year (49,197) was much higher than non-urban (19,772) the greater number of fatalities occurred in the coun try: 253 to 91. There were many more persons injured in the cit ies however, 5,831 to 4,339. Fe males are safer than males ap parently, at least only 104 of the former were killed to 286 males. The ready explanation is that many more males are driv ing and riding motor vehicles, but it may indicate that females are more cautious in driving. (Males were drivers in 106,147 reported accidents and females in 21,665). The safest time of day for mo toring is between three and six a.m.; the riskiest from six to eight p.m. Friday is not an un lucky day on the highways for the record shows 37 deaths oc curred on Wednesday and on Friday while Saturday ran up a total of 74 and Sunday 71. Of the 79 pedestrian fatalities 21 oc curred in crossing an intersec tion (Continued on Editorial Page 4) Man Found Dead at School In Pringle Statesman Newt Service PRINGLE Emil Blaser, 51-year-old Pringle area laborer, was found dead on the steps of Pringle School here Sunday, ap parently the victim of an epilep tic seizure. Blaser, who resides alone in his home at Turner Route 2, box 35, was apparently walking home from Salem and went to the school doorway to rest or get out of the rain when stricken. The dead man had been re leased from the Salem city jail at 9:30 a.m. Sunday about three hours before his body was dis covered by a passerby. Police said Blaser, arrested early Saturday night on an in toxication charge, had suffered one seizure about an hour be fore be posted bail and was re leased. At that time city first aidmen were called, Sgt Ersel Mundinger reported. Blaser was born in Berne, Switzerland Jan. 27, 1903, and had been a resident of this area for many years. Only known survivor is a broth er, Ernest Blaser. residing at Liveoak, Calif. 17 HUKS KILLED MANILA UF) Battle-tested Phil ippine Army units in a series of attacks last weekend killed 17 Communist-led Huks. wounded 18 and captured one, headquarters said Sunday night. Animal Crackers WAftftEN GOODRICH "It's a new gam called Tested SaledV men fnu at lae country s most. sacred spot-the tomb of the un known soldier at the Arch of Triumph. Stones were also hurled but hit no one. Police said it was the first time in the modern era anyone had suc ceeded in making a physical at tack on a French Premier or Cabi net minister under such circum stances. Seven Arrested They arrested seven of the 100 demonstrators. Most of the crowd were identified as supporters of Gen. Charles -de Gaulle or mon archists, but police said it was pos sible some Communists had infil trated. Even as the riot was being brought under control, some dem onstrators tried to overturn Pre mier Laniel's car as he drove away. Laniel. Pleven and a hushed throng of about 1,000 persons had gathered around the Arch of Tri umph for services honoring thde fenders of Dien Bien Phu, the Communist-beleaguered fortress in In dochina. The rally was sponsored by the Association of Former Com batants in Indochina. No Connection So far as could be determined", there was no connection between the reason for the rally and the violent outburst by persons oppos ing possible French ratification of the American-backed European Ar my Treaty. The crowd, shouting, singing the Marseillaise and playing taps, held off physical action until the two dignitaries were signing the "gol den book" at the shrine. Then they surged forward and blocked the departure of the offi cial party. Police were unprepared. There were no troops present except for an Army band and a token group of colonial infantry. Laniel got away in his car, with police aid, but Pleven remained stranded in the center of a group of gendarmes for nearly half an hour until reinforcements arrived. Twins Born to Mpther Here, But One Dies A Salem mother gave birth to twins Sunday night. The first baby, a girl, was born in the women's washroom at the Tem ple Cafe, 211 N. Commercial St., and the second,, a boy, arrived an hour later at Salem Memorial Hospital. City first aidmen were called to the cafe at 8:10 and found 43-year-old Mrs. Pearl Ames, 237 N. Cottage St., in the washroom holding the baby girl in her arms. She was rushed by Willam ette Ambulance to the hospital where the second baby arrived at 9:05. The twins, born prematurely, were placed in an air lock, hos pital authorities explained. The baby boy died at 10:15 Sunday night and the second baby was in critical condition early this morning. Mrs. Ames was said to be in satisfactory condition. GUN WOUND FATAL ROSEBURG W) David Elmer Gilstrap, 16, was wounded fatally Sunday when struck by a bullet from his gun which accidentally discharged.' Politics on Parade -. " Who's Running for What in May Primaries! lutttau Ncwi Service (Editor' note: Stories in The Ore gon Statesman' exclusive Political Parade series are written by or for toe candidates on invitation of this newspaper ' and opinions expressed therein may or may not be in ac cordance with The Statesman's own policy. The stories are pnhUshed solely in the public interest, and wtthont cost or blifatton on the part of anyone.) M Today's subject: IV, M. JACK : POWER 'it Candidate for POLK?' COUNTY JUDGE (D) Mr. M. Jack Power, .born . in North Dakota, has been a resi dent of Oregon since 1929, and Polk County . where he has been engaged in dairying and 4 farming. He; is 4 married, h a s i three frowns . ' , . f. children, and lives in Dallas S where he owns j 4 f f and operates a j ness. Jack Power Police Department Adds Two-Tone Look V - I ts " 1 ' MWMMk ry vr . i-i f -. - 'IK Salem's police department added a two-tone look recently with a white-paneled patrol car for down - town traffic duty. The black and white car will be used 24 hours a day for traffic control daty in the downtown area. Heading out on patrol duty with the newly decorated car is Patrolman Robert Keefer. (Statesman Photo.) Demos Ask President To Tell How U. S. Can Meet H-Bomb Threat By JACK BELL WASHINGTON (JP) Democrats called on President Eisen hower Sunday to spell out in his radio-television report to the na tion Monday night how the United States proposes to meet the threat of hydrogen bomb attacks on America. Republicans generally applauded the President's decision to speak out to the people about their fears, domestic and interna- 1 tional. Toscanini Puts Down Baton For Last Time By W. G. ROGERS NEW YORK us Arturo Tos canini, the man who means music to millions even to millions who never set eye on a symphony or chestra laid down his baton Sun day night for good. To some members of the en thralled audience in Carnegie Hall, it looked like an ordeal for the vet eran 87-year-old maestro. Neither the listeners in the hall nor those who heard Toscanini conduct the NBC symphony over the air learned, during the con cert, that he was retiring. They did know it was his last scheduled appearance of the winter season with the orchestra formed for his special and particular use 17 years ago. But there were signs it was more than that. . .In the slow pace with which he crossed the stage, in the way he let his last number slide along to its finish with no more than a mechanical beat for the climax which usually stirs him to action, and finally, in his dramatic and unparalleled exit. NBC's post-concert report on the famed maestro said it was he who, because of his shyness, objected to any advance notice of his retire ment. The NBC report also said the reason he did not return to the stage was that he was too moved; that he had even cancelled a dinner party Sunday night because of the emotional strain of this occasion. WIFE DUE FOR SURPRISE KINGSTON, Jamaica tffl - Dock worker James Williams, jailed for the past nine months for non-support of his wife, won 10,000 pounds ($28,000) in the Jamaica Sweep stakes Sunday. He graduated from University of North Dakota school of law, then migrated to Saskatchewan, Canada, where he raised wheat and cattle. He was a charter member of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, which he helped to organize. He has bad wide ex perience in administering vari ous: kinds of agricultural pro grams, working for new and bet ter schools and is alwayb inter ested in public work. Mr. Power is a forward-looking, far-seeing man, anticipating the needs of the community. He Is well able to conduct the fi nancial affairs of the county in an economical and unbiased ''man ner. , He believes absolute honesty and impartiality are two prime qualifications for this office; abil ity and full time on the job are two more, all of which he is ca pable of giving if chosen for this office. j s; (Tomorrow: Herman Van Well) 7 t ! DEPT. - ft S Eisenhower will speak from 5:30 to 6 p. m. (PST) on NBC, CBS and ABC television networks, with Dumont probably joining. The NBC, ABC and Mutual radio net works will carry the speech at the same time, and CBS from 7:30 to 8 p. m. Hopes for Clarification Sen. Jackson D-Wash) said he hopes the President will make clear the course this country will take in a situation where Jackson said the H-bomb has become more or less "neutralized" because it belongs to Russia as well as to the United States. "It seems to me that a new statement of foreign and military policy is necessary to correct the blunder that was made when it was announced that our defense would be based primarily on atom ic retaliation," Jackson said. "I think it is becoming more ap parent every day that such weap ons are becoming neutralized be cause of their awesome destruction power and may never be used by either side." He added: "Are we going to put all of our defense eggs in that basket at the expense of building up convention al weapons, the kind that must be used to stop aggression short of atomic and hydrogen arms?" 'Massive Retaliation Secretary of State Dulles has said that the policy of "massive retaliation" relies more heavily on air power and new weapons than on attempts to match ground forc es with the Russians and their sat ellites. Sen. Hill (D-Ala), asserting the President ought to "tell the people what our defenses are against the hydrogen bomb," said: "I hope he tells the people all he can, within the limits of national security requirements." Sen. Hugh Butler (R-Neb) said he is glad the President plans to discuss domestic and foreign af fairs with the people, but he doesn't believe the public is as frightened as many in Washington believe. Search Seeks Missing Boy State and city police joined with Southern Pacific Railroad workmen Sunday night to search for a youth who possibly fell from a SP freight train between Marion and Salem. The station agent at Marion reported seeing a boy, estimated to be about 12 years old, clinging to the side of a box car as the train sped through Marion. Police were alerted and city officers combed the right-of-way from the freight yard to beyond the city limits of Salem with the thought in mind that the lad may have fallen from the train. When no trace of him was found, the Southern Pacific yard master dispatched a motor ear to Marion to check the. right-of-way, Neal Kluckman, SP train clerk, said the boy may have jumped from the train as it slow ed for the Pringle siding. No due to his whereabouts was dis covered early this morning. TALBOTT INSPECTS FORT BATTLE CREEK. Mich, m Secretary of the Air Force Harold E. Talbott flew here Sunday for an unexpected, whirlwind inspec tion of virtually abandoned Ft. Cus ter as a possible site for the na tion's new Air Force academy.! Grants Pass Boy Leaves Hospital Okay GRANTS PASS Of) John John son, the 15-month-old boy who Sat urday put a poison-treated begonia bulb in his mouth, was released from the hospital Sunday. He apparently suffered no ill ef fects, from the poisorn-a phos phate ester, similar to TEPP which killed 6-year-old Michael Ogden at Hood River wo weeks ago. Mrs. Donald R. Johnson rushed her son to a hospital here Satur day after she saw him eating dirt and a bulb which had been treated with the insect poison. John's stomach was pumped out immediately and he was given an injection of atrophine sulphate. The boy's physician, Dr. William J. Moore, said: 1'He's okay this morning. I think he will be all right He spent a somewhat rest less night with some fever." The doctor added there had been no sign of damage of the respira tory system. Nude Chest Pose Bared By Red-tfead LONDON on Buxom red-headed Simone Silva of British films said Sunday she posed nude from the waist up for -a photo with Holly wood's Robert Mitchum last week because she needs the publicity. "Look what that nude calendar pose did for Marilyn Monroe," said the flashing-eyed 25-year-old, whose movie parts up to now have been mainly confined to supporting roles. ("They always cast me as a bad girl." The incident occurred at a pic nic held in connection with the an nual Film Festival in Cannes, France. Taken by Surprise There were reports that Mitchum, taken by surprise, was somewhat put out There were further reports that festival officials had asked Simone to take her 37-inch bust elsewhere. This she denied. Miss Silva's picnic costume was a grass skirt with a scarf top. "The photographers got down on their knees to plead with me to take the top off," she told reporters upon her return from France. "As long as sex is box office and I keep my figure, I'm out to be the sexiest thing on two legs. "So I took off the scarf." Mad Scramble In the mad scramble which fol lowed. Miss Silva said, three photo graphers' fell into the Mediterran ean, a fourth broke his ankle and a fifth emerged with a fractured elbow. She said she held her hands over her chest for the pose with Mitch um. "I want' to go to Hollywood" Miss Silva said earnestly. "I thought a startling photograph tak en with Bob Mitchum would en hance my chances. After all, he's a top star out there. And she added: "I don't drink. I don't go out AH I do is work to get parts in films." . i . KHD6 WG&vnGm Max. Mia. Fred. 1 4 J 63 49 .49 S2 97 J4 42 23 .00 43 24. 00 Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago . New York Willamette River 4.0 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau. MeNary field. Salern): Intermittent rain thia morning'. Partly cloudy with a few scattered showers this afternoon and tonight. High today near 99 and low tonight sear 36. Showers Tuesday, Temperature at 12 .-01 a jn. today was So. , SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Ytar gent. 1 This Year Last Year ' Noraaal XM 241 " S3-S Sears Goes If Army Objects, Says Mundt WASHINGTON ( Sen. Mundt (R-SD) said Sunday night that the Senate investigations subcommit tee will not keep Samuel P. Sears as counsel during its probe of the Army fight with Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) if the Army objects. Sears, a Boston lawyer, faces questioning by subcommittee mem bers Monday about statements at tributed to him in 1952 as hailing McCarthy's re-election and prais ing the Wisconsin senator for a great job" in driving Communists out of government These statements came to light after Sears was appointed last Thursday. He told a news confer ence, in answer to, a question, that he had never taken a stand pub licly or privately on McCarthy or "McCarthyism." Stevens to Decide Mundt said he presumed Secre tary of the Army Stevens would make the decision on whether there was any objection to Sears In talking to reporters after be ing interviewed on NBC's TV show "Meet the Press," Mundt also said the Defense Department had opened a "Pandora's box" in ap pointing its own counsel and rais ing the question of whether the counsel would be permitted to cross examine witnesses at the hearing. The same rules should apply to both sides, he said. Mundt. who will serve as chair man of the subcommittee while McCarthy steps aside during the inquiry, said he had almost per suaded the "Wisconsin senator to give up his own rights to cross examine. This, Mundt said, was upset by the appointment of Joseph N, Welch, S3, another Boston attor ney, as the Army counsel. The only way McCarthy could be pre vented from maintaining his right to cross-examine, if he insisted, Mundt said, would be the Senate itself to overrule him. Dying Mother, 71 , Hopes for Return of Son BOSTON Of) A 71-year-old mother, dying from an incurable throat cancer, clung to life at City Hospital Sunday hoping to see a long-missing son. Doctors have not told Mrs. Mary Murdocca she is dying. They have told relatives she has only a few weeks to live. They have advised relatives to make happy Mrs. Mur docca's final hours. But there is one happiness they can t bring to the dying woman. They cannot fulfill her wish to see her son, Joseph. He was last heard from in Sacramento, Calif. Mrs. Murdocca received letters from Joseph until September, 1953. Since that time, cards and letters from relatives have been returned unclaimed. Postal authorities can not trace Joseph's general delivery address. 1.21 Inches of Rain Falls in Salem Area Rain totalling 1.21 inches fell on the Salem area during the three day period ending at midnight Sunday and raised the Willamette River reading to four feet early this morning. Continued rain is forecast for this morning with scattered show ers predicted for tonight and Tues day. Low temperature tonight is expected to range near 36. U.S. Army Raids Smash Giant International Smuggling Ring HEIDELBERG, Germany UFi A giant international smuggling ring, estimated to have handled at least 24 million dollars worth of goods and currency annually, was smashed Sunday in a coordinated series of raids throughout West Germany and France, U. S. Army headquarters said Sunday night An Army spokesman said that scores of people, : among them American civilians, : Germans and stateless persons were arrested in the raids in which more than 800 American, German and French po lice in eight cities took part The ring operated in four European countries. He said investigators reported that many of the ringleaders have been caught but that the raids will continue. j He added that the names oTthose arrested would not be disclosed un til chargs are filed. j Contraband currenc. , Jewelry, gold, cigarettes and vehicles worth more than $175,000 have been con fiscated, the announcement said, i Army officials estimated that the ring, one of the largest uncovered in Europe since the war, handled smuggled goods totaling between two and three million dollars monhtly. . j - . j By LEE GARRETT WASHINGTON MV-National chairman Stephen A. Mitchell Sun day denied the Democratic Party's support to JameS Roosevelt and suggested that he get out of the race for a California congressional seat Mitchell also withheld the national party's backing from Rep. Robert L. Condon, a first term member; seeking re-election in the face of charges which ne has denied that he is a security risk. ' Accused of Adultery Roosevelt eldest son of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt was accused of adul tery in a separate maintenance suit brought by his wife, Ro melle. But he has said he would go ahead with his polftical race as "the answer to whatever smears the opposition might ever raise against me." Mitchell said he believes "that most Democrats would feel that candidates would serve their parties best by standing aside from election contests until per sonal problems are disposed of in the proper place." Takes Similar Stand He took a similar stand with regard to Condon, on the ground the Atomic Energy Commission barred him from witnessing an atom bomb test in Nevada last May 7 despite his denial of a charge of Communist associa tion. The national chairman gave his views to Paul Ziffren of Los Angeles, California Democratic national committeeman, in a let ter saying a man's "innocence or guilt should not be the burden of the Democratic Party." (Additional Details on Page 3, Sec, 2.) Man Credited With Saving 2 Tots in Salem An unidentified man was credited with saving two Salem youngsters from possible serious injury Sunday afternoon when he guided their runaway car away from several power and telephone poles. Investigating officers explained the incident this way: Mrs. Irene D. Kirby. 1432 Park Ave., stepped her 1948 sedan at Fawk and S. Commercial streets and after setting the emergency brake, got out to mail a letter at the mail box. She left the en gine running and also left her two sons, ages 2 and 1, in the car. One of the boys managed to release the brake and the car started to roll north on South Commercial street with no driv er. After passing the Jerris and South Commercial streets inter section, the car veered west across the street and headed for the poles at Rural avenue and S. Commercial street At this point the unknown man rushed to the car and turned the wheel to avert a crash. The car was headed back into traffic and was finally halted when it collided with a south bound car driven by Arthur R. Barnard, 308 S. 19th St Nd in juries resulted, police said. Blossom Day Date Decision Due by Cherrians Tonight Salem Cherrians will decide to night on the date for the annual Blossom Day, tentatively set ear lier for April 18, Easter Sunday. The Cherrians annually serve as guides along two prominent routes through valley orchards near Salem at the height of the blooms. First blossoms began appear ing Sunday and a week of warm weather could rush the trees into full bloom within a week. It was believed the ring had been operating for several years with headquarters in Paris, Zurich, Mu nich and Frankfurt, the Army an nouncement said. In addition to France. Switzerland, and Germany the ring also operated in Belgium, officials reported. "Dozens of persons already have been apprehended and arrests are scheduled to continue." the an nouncement said. The first arrest took place at a German - Swiss border crossing point near Constance where a ring member was arrested after cus toms officials discovered his car contained 250,000 marks ($59,500) worth of smuggled goods and cur rency. -' A husband and wife, both state less, were arrested almost simul taneously in Paris and Munich with two suitcases of watches and American currency the Army said. The woman was seized in Munich as she prepared to Cee with more than $24)00. More than 500 watches scheduled for shipment to the Unit ed States were reported to have been confiscated in Paris. The Army said investigations be gan last October. SIdrmish Sees South Korean Killed by Reds PANMUNJOM tf) American officers confirmed. Monday, that Communists killed one South Ko rean and captured another in a Saturday night patrol skirmish in the demilitarized ; zone near here. Three f others escaped. All five were ; South Koreans. American officers in the area said. Peiping Radio reported the inci dent first in a broadcast heard Monday in Tokyo. It said "this in cident; constitutes a serious viola tion of the Korean armistice. Peiping accused the patrol of pushing more than y mile inside the Red-controlled section of the neutral zone. The Reds placed the shooting about two miles east of Panrnun jom at a small point near Majang. A joint observer team met Sun day on the incident The Red mem bers said the five men crossed the demarcation line to the north side at 8:40 p. m. Saturday, refused to answer a Red challenge, and op ened fire as they withdrew. There was then an exchange of fire, the Communists said. The zone is 2.5 miles wide, with the demarcation line running down its center. Eisenhower Sees NATO as Unity Symbol WASHINGTON Iff President Eisenhower said Sunday the North Atlantic Treaty Organization "sym bolizes the unity of free men in an age of peril." and Secretary of State: Dulles expressed confidence that Jtossia will fail in efforts to disrupt it T Both spoke out Eisenhower in a statement and Dulles in a (CBS) radio broadcast on the fifth anni versary of the alliance. Dulles said Russia is "trying very bard" to break up the alliance "not because the Soviet Union wants really to -protect the free dom and wellbeing of Western Eu rope, but wants to undermine it" "I believe these maneuvers are seen through and I am confident that they will fail," he said. Eisenhower organized and first headed the integrated European defense force created by NATO. rown Princess Dies OSLO, Norway (Jf Crown Princess Martha of Norway died early Monday after a long illness. She was 53. Ailing with a chronic liver con dition, she had been in the State Hospital since March 13 when she . suffered internal hemor rhages caused by jaundice. Martha was born a princess of the : royal house of Sweden March 28, 1901. Her father was Prince Carl, Duke of Vastergot land,: and her mother was Prin cess Ingeborg, 4 daughter of the late King Frederik VIII of Den mark. She was married to Crown Prince Olaf March 21, 1929, in a gala : wedding at Oslo. YOSHJDA TO TOUR TOKYO ( The newspaper Ashi i said Monday that Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida will leave about May 20 on a 43-day tour pf the United States, Canada, Britain. France, West Germany, Italy, India and Pakistan. Today's Statesman SECTION 1 Editorials, features 4 Society, Women's news 6 Radio, TV, Comics 7 SECTION 2 , Sport news .-1-2 Valley news i ... 2 Classified ads 45 REGISTER I To April 2t is deadline If yoa expect to vote in May Pri mary election. ' ' REGISTER WITH MARION COUNTY CLERK mT i lwwavL i