Windshield Cracking Spreads
To 3rd County in Washington
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. OB
Windshield cracking spread to a
third county Tuesday and there
were almost as many theories as
to who or what was doing all the
damage as there were windshields
damaged.
One thing seemed certain as of
ficials in Sedro Woolley. Anacortes
and Mount Vernon, in Skagit Coun
ty, and at Is la no county s uax
Harbor, sought the malefactors
who were peppering the parked
automobiles:
The culprits were operating
from the sidewalk or their missile
had a curved trajectory.
This bit of detective work was
possible because the 500 or more
damaged automobiles in those
communities were angle-parked
with their noses pointed toward
the sidewalk.
Juveniles were blamed generally
by law-enforcement officials for the
outbreak which followed a similar
wave, of depredations which start-
Peasants of
Indochina in
Need of Guns
SAIGON, Indochina France
and the United States must arm
Indochinese peasants within four
months if Indochina's war is to be
fought to a successful end. the
nationalist governor of North Viet
Nam declared Tuesday. ,
"We can not reproach our peo
ple for remaining outside the bat
tle since we have not given them
the means with which to partici
pate," said the governor, Ngen
Huu Tri.
"The peasants do not ask for
cannons or tanks, but for tommy
guns. They want automatic pis
tols, not rifles 20 or 30 years old
which fire every other time."
ed in Whatcom County three weeks
ago.
The most recent outbreak first
was reported Friday night but the
activity was not limited to night
time and darkness- Tuesday's bag
included 60 windshields scarred In
Sedro Woolley between S and 10
a. m.; scores got it in Anacortes
about 11 a. m. and 40 cars parked
at the Great Northern depot were
damaged during undetermined day
light hours. k
Police Chief Neil iMcLeod re
ported at Sedro Woolley he had
McKay Says
'Partnership'
PolicyWorkin
Veep Barkley
Named Willie
NEW YORK J Alben W.
Barkley the Veep of 1948-52
pilled a secret Tuesday night. He
spent 47 years in public office
without disclosing that his name
originally was "Willie."
In the first installment of his
autobiography, "That Reminds
Me." published in the current is
sue Of the Saturday Evening Post,
the 76-year-old former veep dis
closes his parents named him Wil
lie Alben at birth not even Wil
liam, which he has used as his
middle name.
"I kept the 'Willie' business as
quiet as possible," he recalls,
"and as soon as I was old enough
to assert myself, I let it be known
firmly that my official name
henceforth was Alben William
Barkjey and no foolishness."
WASHINGTON (if Secretary
of the Interior McKay said Tues
day applications by local interests
in the Pacific Northwest in the
past year for preliminary permits
and licenses for water power proj
ects "demonstrate that the depart
ment's partnership plan for hydro
electric development is moving
forward."
The partnership plan has never
been precisely defined As outlined
generally by government officials
it calls for federal development of
multi-purposes projects "which log
ically fall within the federal
sphere." local participation where
I possible in such projects and local
aid, of other projects.
11 Applications
McKay said in a statement that
11 applications were filed with the
Power Commission during the year
ended March 31 for permits or li
censes for projects in the North
west.
He said that if the applications
are approved and the projects com
pleted they will provide more than
34 million kilowatts and cost about
one billion dollars.
McKay said two applications
filed earlier and still pending be
fore the r Ft would provide an
additional 1,700,000 kilowatts.
In one proposed partnership pro
ject. Eugene, Ore., and the Army
Engineers would jointly construct
the multi-purpose Cougar Dam and
power plant on the South Fork of
the McKenzie River. The city has
applied for a preliminary permit
and legislation to authorize the
partnership arrangement for that
project is pending in Congress.
On Middle Santiam
McKay said the Pacific Power
and Light Co. also is reported
planning to apply for the $58,305,
000 Greed Peter project on the
Middle Santiam River in Oregon
under the partnership plan.
"The applications filed with the
Federal Power Commission in the
past year are an encouraging dem-1
onstration that local interests are
willing to join with the federal gov
ernment in developing water pow
er resources." McKay said.
picked up a man in an alley as
a possible suspect but it was an
hour later easy driving time
that Anacortes got its dosage.
Small B-B pellets, bits of white
rock and a steel sliver are among
the Hems believed used by the
anti-windshieldists. The steel sliver
was taken from an automobile in
Anacortes and is being laboratory J
tested.
Road blocks were set up during
the day by Anacortes police, the
State Patrol and sheriffs officials
at Deception Pass and the Swino
mish Channel bridge. Ten persons
were held briefly but released
without charge.
Cars were searched for a weapon
or ' ammunition of the type being
used. Nothing was found and po
lice later began a search for a
green Chevrolet coupe of a 1941-48
vintage and carrying three or four
youths.
Students at Anacortes High
School reported such a vehicle and
cargo was seen leaving the park
ing lot there a few moments before
some windshield damage was discovered.
Flood Threat
Continues
YAKIMA i A heavy snow
pack and continued cool weather
gives cbntinued cause for alarm
over a possible flood threat, a
Bureau of Reclamation official said
Tuesday, and storage space is be
ing reserved to handle some of the
water.
Earl Smith. the bureau's hydro
grapher in Yakima, said 400,000
acre feet of storage space has been
set aside in the Yakima Valley in
addition to other spots inthe Pa
cific Northwest.
Smith said the snow pack in the
mountains present a flood threat
similar to that of 1948, when wa
ter swirled across thousands o
square miles of land outside river
banks.
He said warm weather between
now and the middle of May would
abate the threat somewhat by
reducing the amount of lower lev
el snow.
Vishinsky
Joins Arabs
Against Debate
By FRANCIS W. CARPENTER
UNITED NATIONS OfRussia's
Andrei Y. Vishinsky lined up with
the Arab countries Monday against
a Western power plan for a gen
eral debate on the tense situation
between Israel and Jordan.
The -threat of a walkout of Leban
on from the Security Council hung
over the delegates as Vishinsky,
whose country first used the walk
out as a policy instrument eight
years ago, said it is not expedient
or necessary to lump together con
flicting Israeli and Arab com
plaints. Vishinsky thus pushed a step
farther the new turn of Soviet di
plomacy in siding with the Arabs
in disputes with the West or in
their unending conflict with Israel.
Charles Malik, Lebanese dele
gate, and sole Arab sitting on the
council, denounced the Western
plan as "unfair." He said it was
an attempt to smother discussion
of the Israeli raid on Nahalin
which cost nine Arab lives.
Malik did not mention threats
voiced by Arabs that Lebanon
might withdraw if the West wins
its point.
He repeatedly urged the West
not to try and force a decision on
the Arabs.
The council adjourned at 6:00
p. m., EST without deciding how to
tackle the urgent problems brought
up by Lebanon and Israel.
.
I - ? A
l"H - - - - !
I -s ' "'X' J I
! , - 2 -. ' "
n
iri i i 1 I, .1
Temper Is
Expensive
DETROIT i Detroiter Rich
ard Coker's anger grew with each
block he circled. He couldn't find
a place to park. And, after all,
he'd come downtown to pay off a
ticket for illegal parking.
Finally he drove smack onto
the sidewalk at City Hall, and
stormed in to give the mayor a
piece of his mind. The mayor
was out So Coker stormed back
to the sidewalk only to find po
lice had towed his car away.
That cost him $10 on top of his
$3 ticket
McKay Asks
Interior Fund
Cut Restored
WASHINGTON (if Interior
Secretary McKay Monday asked
a Senate appropriations subcom
mittee to restore $57,780,441 the
House cut from a requested in
terior budget of $422,043,430 for the
fiscal year starting July 1.
If the House-approved cut is not
restored, McKay said, the Bonne
vile Power Administration will not
be able to meet its obligations as
the federal power marketing agen
cy in the Pacific Northwest.
The Budget Bureau recommend
ed the 422 milion dollar figure,
McKay said, and even that repre
sented a 116 million dollar cut
from what Interior Department of
ficials felt they needed.
If all cuts are allowed to stand,
McKay added, it means he will
have to trim his staff by 4,900
employes.
The Budget Bureau. McKay
noted, submitted a supplemental
request to boost the Interior De
partment appropriation to $427,
633,110 but he said major changes
would have to be made in the
House bin if the Interior Depart
ment "is to discharge its responsi
bilities in a satisfactory manner."
fS)
1QS4 NiOWW - ft
Studebaker first in actual miles per gallon!
Studebaker first in ton miles per gallon!
Studebaker first of all cars with Overdrive!
Studebaker first of all Automatic Drive cars!
TmiE Studfbakers make clran sweep in 20
car field representing 13 makes all stock
models ! Studebaker gets most miles per gallon
of all sixes and eights in the gruelling 3-day
Mobilgas Run of 1,335 miles from Los Angeles
to Sun Valley !
A Studebaker Commander V-8 Land Cruiser
with Overdrive captures the Grand. Sweepstakes
Award with amazing average of 60.84 ton miles
per gallon 28.1 actual miles per gallon!
A '54 Studebaker Champion with Overdrive
made the best actual gas mileage of all cars in
the Run a sensational 29.57 miles to the gallon !
A Studebaker Commander V-8 Land Cruiser
with Automatic Drive topped all other "auto
matics" in the Run with 24.58 miles per gallon!
Buy America's No. 1 economy car a 1954
Studebaker Automatic Drive or Overdrive is
available at moderate extra cost. See your
Studebaker dealer.
STUDEBAKER
COMMANDER V-8
LAND CRUISER
WITH OVERDRIVE
WINNEI IN ITS CUSS
WITH 40,84 TON MILES PER 6AU0N
STUDEBAKER
COMMANDER V-8
LAND CRUISER
WITH AUTOMATIC DRIVE
WINNEI IN ITS CUSS
WITH 519 TON MILES PEI 6AL10N
STUDEBAKER
CHAMPION
WITH OVERDRIVE
s
WINNEI IN ITS CLASS
WITH 54J1 TON MILES Fit GALLON
BELL RINGER
Cigarette server-lighter like a
telephone, with a music box
that plays when receiver is
lilted, is shown at a Paris,
France, department store.
6-Hour Vigil
Saves Life
Of Woman
SPOKANE (if) A Moses Lake
doctor with a tireless thumb was
credited Tuesday with saving the
life of a 21 year old woman with
a ruptured neck artery.
Mrs. Leota Rogers, also of Moses
Lake, said from her hospital bed
here that she owed her life to her
family physician, who held his
thumb against the broken artery
for six hours Saturday.
The artery gave way while Mrs.
Rogers was working at a ranch
home Saturday. She had been suf
fering from a thyroid disorder.
Then came the race to Moses
Lake by car, and from there to
Spokane by ambulance. Mrs. Rog
ers' doctor held the bleeding ar
tery with one hand during the
ambulance trip and used his other
hand to administer a blood trans
fusion. The thumb pressure was kept
on the artery until the stricken
woman was ready for surgery in
a hospital here. During the opera
tion she was given eight pints of
blood.
Attendants said Mrs. Rogers ap
parently will suffer no ill effects
from her harrowing experience.
Her doctor asked to remain unidentified.
Statesman, Salm. Or.. Wed April 14. 1954 (Sec 2-
Reds Ready for New
Rush at Dien Bien Phu
HANOI. Indochina ifi French
Air Force planes parachuted tons
of ammunition to Dien Bien Phu's
defenders Tuesday and plastered
rebel besiegers on the rim with
high explosive and flaming gas
oline bombs. French patrols sal
ued out to knock out new rebel
trench positions.
Warplanes hit heavily the east
ern fringes around the fort where
the Communist-led Vie tminh
launched six counterattacks in the
last three days seeking to take
back a dominating hill which the
French captured last Saturday.
The rebels need the hill as a
takeoff base for a direct stab into
the heart of the fortress and to
link up with troops which might
be able to break through from the
northwest corner in the next gen
eral assault.
The rebels' were expected to
make every attempt to recapture
the 1,200 foot hill, just 3.30G feet
from the fortress heart.
A French Army headquarters
spokesman said a new massive
general attack could come at any
moment. If it fails, the French
foresee the attack possibly shifting
to the Red River Delta around
Hanoi. That area is still the key
to an overall victory in the war.
The French generally felt the
Vietminh rebels would jump off
on their third general attack at
Dien Bien Phu some time this
week.
"They appear to be ready and
to have made a big buildup of
troop reinforcements and war sup
plies," an Army spokesman said.
"Of course, it is possible that
they are still waiting for more."
It was also regarded possible
that Vietminh Gen.- Vo Nguyen
Giap may be waiting for bad wea
ther. Moon rains would cripple French
armor and planes. But Giap's forc
es could charge through mud as
well as through the dust of the
fortress plain.
Slavs Appeal
For Wheat
WASHINGTON L Yugosla
via's new ambassador, Leo Mates,
said Tuesday his government has
urgently appealed to the United
States for 350,000tons of wheat
to relieve a serious food shortage
caused by drought.
He said these emergency ship
ments were needed to feed the
Yugoslav people until the next har
vest in September.
The United States, he said al
ready has supplied some food and
is negotiating with Yugoslav rep
resentatives in a move to meet
this new request.
No Trace of
WetiriKouee
Official, Wife
SEATTLE ( No trace was
found Tuesday of a Canadian West
inghouse vice president and hi
wife, whose light plane apparently
fell from the skies yesterday after
engine failure over Seattle.
A "saturation" search Was car.
ried out by air. sea and ground
as weather conditions improved.
ti . aim c4i. vulcB.
Hamilton, Ont., were en route Mon
day to Vancouver. B. C..; in their
single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza
when trouble developed above
cloud-blanketed Seattle.
Coles, 58. radioed his engine '
failed at 10,000 feet. Radar at the
Seattle-Tacoma Airport i tracked
him down through the ground-hugging
clouds. He is believed to have
come down somewhere within a
10 mile radius of the airport.
This area includes both heavily
timbered tracts and deep channel!
of Puget Sound.
The Washington State Aeronau
tics Commission said 21 light
planes, four Air Force helicopters,
and Coast Guard planes and sur
face vessels took part in Tuesday's
search. They will resume the hunt
at daybreak Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the commission is
sued a radio appeal for any clues
to the Canadian plane's disappear
ance.
EXPENSIVE TASTES
KEENE, N. H. JPh-Mrs. Wil
liam H. MacDonald was cooking
lunch in her kitchen one day re
cently. Hearing a noise, she walk
ed into the dining room, found
her purse open and the ft-month-cld
puppy, Rags, cheerfully mun
ching on nearly $100 in bills.
Now.' MMTO 7-rwe
Transportation Tax Cut One -Third!
Tie Lowest of Fares!
From Salem
MEDFORD $5.10
LOS ANGELfS 15.40
EUGENE 1.80
SAN FRANCISCO . . .11.10
TODAY, more than ever,
your Greyhound trip is the
Best Buy in Travel!
Return Trip 20 LESS...
on Round-Trip Ticket
THIIt'S A O I IT H O D N D 6f MT N(AI YOU
J. L. WELLS
450 N, Church St.
Phone 2-2428
I
i fo)
DS VOGUE DflrJlE o)
ATT TTDOE GEAfJlG?
, . m : W JJLaJ
FIRST NATIONAL
HOMO I r.l PR ENT LOAN
Some ThiBgs Yen Can Dt
With a First Notional
Home Improvement Loom
Point Decorate
-roof New Siding
Garage Attic
Basement Ream
New Kitchen ar Bath
Fireplace
Fences Landfcapinf
Foundation Steps
Insulate New Furnace
Water Heater
X I ' ' '"
Are you outgrowing your bouse? Is storage space a problem?
Start that exransion project today!
Add a room. ..install a second bathroom... bring dead storage
space to life. It's easy with a Home Improvement Loan
from First National! Consult your builder or building materials
dealer and ask him to arrange your Home Improvement Loan
...or see any First National branch. And it is not necessary
to be a customer to obtain a Low Cost Home Improvement Loan
from First National!
Quick Approval Life-Insured Loans
No Down Payment No Mortgage Required
: T 1 r -I
LFL1
6
I
E2STT
t t SALEM BRANCH!
dnsrcrjAiL Denies
"tirs suite oifGOM roeirHit
I
KoMlfeejF fdwl $eJHBe (eWltdfQV
I . ' ii