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Died Wedge Threat
To Dien Bien Phu
HANOI, Indochina UP) Red-led Vietminh troops smashed to
within 2,400 feet of the heart of Diefi Bien Phu Thursday and split
the battered bastion's east-west defenses. The move was seen as a
prelude to another mass rebel assault on the northwest Indochina
fortress.
A French Union spokesman said the rebels had managed to dig in
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UVJJULAJUE
Recently Salem was host to a
group of Germans from Passau,
Bavaria. Mayor Loucks appointed
a committee to show hospitality
to them during their stay, with
Rep. Robert L. Elfstrom as chair
man. The visitors remained about
a week and were shown many
points of interest in and around
Salem and siven the ODnortunitv
to meet with many individuals and ;
groups.
Their visit to the United States
was sponsored by a private orga
nization, the Governmental Affairs
Institute, of Washington, which
works in cooperation with our
State department. From its direc-to-,
H. Philip Mettger, I have a
letter which compliments Salem
on the reception given the visit
ors from Passau. They had reach
ed Washington on their way home
and had given him a good account
of their stay in Salem. Mr. Mett
ger writes:
"Whereas, I was somewhat fear
ful that they would be somewhat
travel and activity weary when
they reached Salem, their enthus
iasms for the United States reach
ed its greatest heights in Salem.
The direct yet very friendly ap
proach of the people they met in i
the Salem area touched and im-1
pressed them very deeply. Mr.
Heueck, the newspaperman in the
group, liked Salem so well that he
said he would be willing to forego
his important newspaper position
in Passau to take any routine
press job in Salem. The very fav
orable experiences they had in
Salem helped dispel many false
and often negative notions
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
Man Dofh
Pap
lamas to
Pay Taxes
Three people monopolized the
time of three auditors in the State
Tax Department office at 10
minutes before the deadline at
midnight Thursday and two of i
them had unusuai tax situations, i
One of the men explained that
he was sitting home in his paja
mas, munching popcorn and lis
tening to the radio when he pick
ed up his morning Statesman and
realized it was April 15. He hur
riedly dressed and rushed to the
tax office in the nick of time.
One of the other applicants ex
plained that she had gotten into
the tax office at 15 minutes be
fore midnight last year and 10
minutes before the year previous
and that this wasn't unusual.
The third applicant simply filed
his form wordlessly and left
Democratic Edge in
Multnomah Drops
PORTLAND Iff) Multnomah
County had 134.254 Democrats and
122,084 Republicans registered
through Tuesday.
That is a margin of 12,170 for
the Democrats. Two years ago at
close of registration they led by
16,388. Registration this year closes
next Tuesday.
COAST LEAGUE
At San Diego 1, Portland 2
At Los Angeles 3, San Francisco 2
At Sacramento 4, Seattle 1
At Oakland 13. HoUywood 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 4
At Philadelphia 2. New York 0
At Milwaukee 7. St. Louis 6
At Chicago 5, Cincinnati 11
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At New York 3. Philadelphia 0
At Boston 6, Washington I
At Baltimore 3. Chicago 1
At Cleveland 2, Detroit 3
ANIMAL CRACKERS
V WARREN GOODRICH
Til b glad when Lent is
over."
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I Along trie north part of the fortress
mam air strip after blowing up
part of the runway under cover of
darkness.
The thrust faced the beleaguered
garrison with its gravest threat
a"?? rebels mounted their assault
ui Bien Phu March 13. It
appsardd the opening move for a
feid.raljel try to smash the has
ten.' and score a 'major victory
wsdd catch the attention of
?eneya conference set to begin
f. i French spokesman said
ier - attacking French infan
try had succeeded in filling in Dart
of the trenches, but that the Viet
mmb still Hield a long section of
the vital ftrip.
The French must knock out the
Vit'trninh entrenchments, to re
store contact between the east and
west network of the union de
fenses. Lack of contact could weak-
en a11 the French defenses par
ticularly if the Vietminh launch an
all - out assault soon.
900 Si?n In at
Meet of Job's
Daughters
Over 900 Job's Daughters and
members of the Grand Guardian
Council registered at the Scottish
Rite Temple Thursday afternoon
for the 30th annual capitol session
of the International Order of Job's
Daughters. Late Thursday 761
Bethel girls had registered with
several hundred more expected by
the grand opening this morning at
the Armory at 9 a.m. 139 voting
delegates of the Grand Guardian
Council have also registered.
Opening events Thursday in
cluded the formal banquet and
Queen's Ball at Crystal Gardens
with nearly a thousand attending.
The grand officers will partici
pate in the opening this morning
and reports of officers and elec
tion for 1954-55 will highlight the
afternoon session.
The Grand Bethel, composed of
Job's Daughters, will meet to
night with exemplification of rit
ualistic work. This will be follow
ed by a drawing for the Grand
Bethel officers.
Among the distinguished guests
here for the session are Mrs. Dor
othy Tyson, grand guardian of
Idaho: David Davis. Payette, Ida
ho, vice-associate grand guard of
Idaho; Mrs. Florence Melgard,
Moscow, vice-supreme guardian of
the International Order of Job s
Daughters; Mrs. Lulu Leyda, Spo
kane, past supreme guardian;
Mrs. Gladys Claypoole, Spokane,
grand guardian of Washington;
and Mrs. Marion Jordan, Bremer
ton, past grand guardian.
Plans for More
Colorful Postal
Service Revealed
WASHINGTON UP Postmast
er General Summerfield Thursday
announced plans for a more color
ful mail service.
He said the department is start
ing a program to gradually convert
the familiar olive drab mail truck
to a flashy red, white and blue.
The department is also figuring
on eventually painting street mail
boxes red, white and blue.
Politics on Parade . . .
Who's Running for What in May Primaries!
(Editor! note: Stories In The Ore
gon Statesman' exclusive Political
Parade series are written by or for
the candidates on Invitation of this
newspaper and opinions expressed
therein may or may not be in ac
cordance with The Statesman's own
policy.)
Today'ssnbject:
W. W. CHAD WICK
Candidate for
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Marion County (R)
In seeking a sixth term in the
Oregon legislature, I am actuated
purely by the motive to serve in
tne interest 01
good government
for our state and
county.
Born in South
Dakota, I mov
ed to Oregon
with my parents
54 years ago. I
Am on4 Anav
iLXwaJ ate 75 acres ; of
. . iruii suu hub.
W. W. Chad wick and know at
first hand the problems of the
farmers.
I entered the hotel business : at
Salem in 1923, and today operate
the Chadwick Hotel System with
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The Orgon Statesman, Salem Oregon, Friday, April 16. 1954
Arm
Charges
Revealed
A .
WASHINGTON (JP) The
Army's "bill of nartirnlar
against Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) was
made public Thursday, after parts
of it leaked out, and brought from
the senator's camp a charge of
"one-sided smear." It appeared
that the new row could delay the
start of public hearings.
In 29 specific afleeations. the
Army said McCarthy and his
aioes sought by "improper
means" including threats
to get special treatment for draf
tee G. David Schine. And the
document asserted:
"These requests and threats
are believed to have been made
with the knowledge and consent
of Sen. McCarthy."
McCarthy's chief counsel, Roy
M. Cohn, himself a principal tar
get of the Army's formal com
plaint, promptly protested its
publication and declared the Mc
Carthy forces won't supply any
further information until (1) the
"leak" has been investigated and
2 ) assurance is given there will be
no repetition.
So there may be another delay
in the Senate investigations sub
committee's public hearings, set
to start next Thursday, into the
Army's charges and McCarthy's
counter-complaint that the Ar
my tried to "blackmail" him out
of investigating alleged subver
sives. (Additional details on page 12,
Sec. 2)
2 Met Stars
On Community
Concert Slate
Two Metropolitan opera singers,
Richard Tucker and Rise Stevens,
and the Ballet Russe de Monte Car
lo were selected by the board of
directors of the Salem Community
Concert Association for the 1954
55 series at the conclusion of the
annual membership campaign
Thursday night. The fourth artist
engaged to complete the series is
Byron Janis, young pianist.
The Ballet Russe has been com
pletely reorganized and is return
ing to the states for an extensive
trans-continental tour. It will be
composed of brand new ballets
and brilliant new dancing stars.
Richard Tucker, who will open
the series in October, is the lead
ing tenor of the Metropolitan
Opera today. Rise Stevens, mezzo
soprano, one of the great stars
of the Metropolitan, is- popular
with millions as star of opera, con
cert, television, radio, movies and
recordings.
Byron Janis, rising young pia
nist, has been soloist with Ameri
ca's great orchestras, among them
New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
Max. Min. Prec.
Salem 72 34 .Ofl
Portland 70 38 .00
Baker 62 23 .00
Medford 80 37 .00
North Bend 60 40 .00
Roseburg 75 34 .00
San Francisco 80 44 .00
Chicago 76 61 .08
New York 65 60 .04
Willamette River 5.7 feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. weather
bureau, McNary field, Salem):
Partly cloudy today and tonight.
High today near 70, low tonight near
40.
Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today
was 45.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1
This Year Last Year Normal
40 93 36.70 34 83
headquarters at the Senator Hotel,
Salem.
Was elected mayor of Salem in
1939 and re-elected to that office
in 1941. Served as state represen
tative from Marion County in the
1943, 1945, 1947. 1949 and 1953 Ieg
islativee sessions. During my
terms of office in the legislature,
I have served on nearly all of the
important committees including
rules, taxation, ways and means,
labor and industries and local
government.
Organized labor has a definite
place in our present-day society,
and I have always recognized the
benefits that have been' brought
about for the employees by orga
nized laDor. However, I am op
posed to tne type of labor bosses
who foment labor troubles nurw
to enhance their own welfare and
position without regard to the in
terests of the union members.
1 1 believe my past record for
business administration; in public
office as mavor of Salem a a
reoresentative in the state leeisla.
tare, together with my years of
experience as a successful busi
nessman in Marion County quali
fy me for this office.
(Tomorrow: Robert Cook)
Only 29,000 Waterdogs to Go
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Bass fish in Lake Mead, Ariz., are crazy about the salamanders these
two Salem women are holding here. The two, Gwen Childs (at
left). 425 Locust St.. and Mrs. R. B. Moore, 475 Lost Lane, are
displaying only two of the little mad puppies in a tank containing
a thousand of them Leo "Ace" Demers, Salem flyer, is collecting
thousands of salamanders to fly down to Arizona. Insert shows
close-up of "water-dogs." (Statesman photo by Thomas G. Wright,
Jr.)
Plea for Salamanders
Brings Batch ofl, 000
From 'Secret Source'
They laughed when Leo "Ace" Demers said he could use 30,000
salamanders.
Demers, operator of Ace Flying Service at Salem airport, was
up to his ailerons last night in the small lizzard-like animals. A
young couple came in Thursday afternoon and sold him 1,000
of the "water dogs" and promised more today at the going rate of
$25 per thousand.
Other people have called and j
said they were coming in with sal
amanders too," said Ace. "Heck!
I didn't know there were that
many salamanders in the coun
try." The Statesman ran a story
Thursday morning telling how Ace
had been asked by a friend at Lake
Mead in Southern Nevada to sup
ply salamanders at the rate of
about 30,000 a week for use as
bait for bass fishing. Lots, of sala
mander families must have read
it.
Arriving with the freshly-caught
first thousand Thursday after
noon were Wayne Moore, 474 Lost
Lane and Gwen Childs, 45 Locust
St. They wouldn't reveal ,the loca
tion of their salamander mine.
Ace dumped the "hellbenders"
into a large tank and says when
he collects "enough for a good
load" he'll fly them all down to
Lake Mead.
He turns colors like a chame
leon, though, when someone asks
what if all those little ambystamae
would hapen to get loose while the
plane was up in the air.
PGE Stockholders
Appi
rove 2 for 1
Splitting of Stock
PORTLAND Ut A two-for-one
stock split was approved by Port
land General Electric stockholders
at their annual meeting here
Wednesday.
They increased authorized shares
from 2V to 5 million shares and
cut-par from $15 to $7.50 a share.
Board Chairman Thomas Delzell
said this will keep the capital in
vestment unchanged and not
amount to a stock dividend.
He said the arrangement should
make it easier to raise equity cap
ital in the future.
The company reported 1953 net
income was $3,821,464 or $2.55 a
share, compared with $3,715,661 or
$2.4S a share the year before. It
said it spent $8,332,593 on construc
tion in 1953 and will spend $10,-
250,000 to meet growing demands
in 1954.
House Solons Take
10-Day Easter Holiday
WASHINGTON W House mem
bers headed homeward Thursday
for a 10-day. Easter holiday, leav
ing the Senate os the job. .
The Senate plans to meet every
day next week. ; However. : n did
take a weekend" recess Thursday
until next Monday.
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Rose Parade
Brewery, Float
Entries Sought
PORTLAND UF The Portland
Rose Festival Parade committee
Thursday asked the Oregon Liquor
Control Commission to approve
entry of floats by breweries and
distilleries in the June 12 parade.
The commission took no im
mediate action on the request.
Administrator William Baillie
told commissioners that granting
the request might establish a
precedent that would allow floats
of brewers and liquor distillers in
fairs and rodeos over the state.
Commission attorney George
Woodworth said it might violate
regulations which restrict adver
tising of alcoholic beverages to
newspapers, magazines, s i g n-
boards, radio and television.
Spokesmen for the parade conv
mittee said, however, that the
breweries would not be entering
the floats for advertising, but on
a public relations and community
service basis.
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Good Friday Union Services
Lead Religious Activity Today
By VAN E1SENHUT
Church Editor, The Statesman
Good Friday union services will
highlight religious activity in Sa-
4em and surrounding communities
today.
The service here, sponsored by
the Salem Ministerial Association,
is scheduled from noon to 3 p.m.
at the First Baptist Church. Sched
uled to take part are 14 ministers
along with several choral groups
from representative churches of
the association.
Central theme for the three
hour service will be the final
words of Christ Prayers and medi
tations on these seven words will
be given in order by Thornton
Jansma and Louis E. White; Rob
ert Goertz a"nd Paul W. Gunther;
B. J. Holland and Wayne Bryant;
Vernon G. Story and Julian J.
Keiser; W. Harold Lyman and
Brooks H. Moore; Richard V. Kil
mer ad M. a Miller; Lloyd D.
Uecker and Wayne Greene, j
A Union Service also is 'sched
uled at i the Dallas Methodist
Ike for Assistance in
Windshield Mvsterr
City Deluged
By Reports of
Chipped Glass
SEATTLE Iff) Somebody, some
thing or gremlins were putting pits
in thousands of windshields in and
around this startled city Thursday,
prompting Mayor Allan Pomeroy
to appeal for aid to President Eis
enhower. Reports of pock-marked wind
shields rolled in from all corners
of the city. Sometimes, car owners
reported, the marks appeared
while they watched their cars
and all over town people were bob
bing in and out of offices to check
the parked vehicles.
The mayor's telegram, which
also went to Governor Arthur B.
Langlie, urged that "appropriate
agencies be instructed to cooper
ate with local authorities on an
emergency basis."
Wind May Spread
"Chemical analysis of mysterious
powder adhering to damaged wind
shields indicates," his wire said,
"the material may be spread by
wind and not be a police matter
at all."
Several persons reported finding
a metallic substance in small blobs
on windshields and car tops. The
U.S. Army Engineers examined it
under a microscope and said it re
sembled cinders. Some blobs were
attracted by a magnet; others re
pelled.
Scientists at the University of
Washington said many chemicals
which would disfigure glass also
would affect the automobile paint.
which so far has defied the grem
lins. Hydrofluoric acid is used in
etching glass, but no industrial
plant in this area uses enough to
account for such widespread da
mage. Thus far and heightening the
mystery there have been no re
ports of damage to window panes,
eye glasses and side windows of
cars. A number of explanations
have been offered for this. ' includ
ing that it proves much of the sit
uation is the result of mass hys
teria. Spreading Sooth
The mystery started in Belling
ham, near the Canadian border,
three weeks aeo and snread full
scale this week southward 100 miles
through Seattle, where the erst
reports started Wednesday night
and nounsned many-ioia i nun
day. Tacoma also was hit.
Capt. O.C. Furseth of the State
Patrol district office here viewed
the situation with a skeptical eye.
He said a check of many cars had
failed to show any chipped glass
flecks, and it might be that the
owners, prompted by the wide
spread reports, were finding blem
ishes on close inspection that they
never had noticed before.
1,000 Reverts
Police Chief George Nelson of
Everett, 30 miles north of Seattle,
estimated there were close to 1,
000 reports in that city of 35,000
Thursday. He commented that he
would like to rule out vandalism
but said "at this stage we can't
rule out anything."
One woman reported seeing
blemishes, like a B-B shot might
cause, appear in a windshield as
she stood watching it. She de
scribed it as bubbling action in
the glass.
Glass "Eaten"
An official of an auto glass firm
here said his investigation con
vinced him something in the at
mosphere was "eating" the glass.
Smog-like conditions existed here
Thursday, but Wednesday was
clear.
There were even reports of ef
fects on business. In the small
city of Anacortes, business peopl
said many people seemed to be
staying home instead of coming
downtown to shop, apparently in
fear of the mysterious glass pitter.
The Automobile Club of Wash
ington called an emergency ses
sion of its officers and posted a
$500 reward for information lead
ing to the arrest and conviction of
any windshield damagers.
Church from noon to 3 p.m. and
is sponsored by the ministers as
sociation there.
At Silverton this evening joint
services will be conducted at the
Methodist and Trinity Lutheran
Churches. 1
Several individual churches have
announced Good Friday activities
for today. St. Paul's Episcopal
church will hold a three-hour ob
servance starting at noon and
the West Salem Methodist Church
plans a. choral program at 8:15
this evening.
Final showings of the film "King
of Kings" at the Elsinore Theater
are set for 3 p.m. today and 9:30
a.m. Saturday. The film is spon
sored by the Salem Council of
Churches,
On Easter Sunday a union sun
rise service is slated at 8 o'clock
at McCulloch Stadium. Principal
speakers for the service, spon
sored by the Ministerial Associa
tion, will be Dr. J. Edward Oslund
of St-. James Lutheran Church in
Portland.
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Salem's hook and ladder fire track came to the rescue Thursday
afternoon when Henry Benz, city electrical inspector, had to figure
out a way to straighten a balance stem on the City Hall clock.
The truck's ladder was raised to the tower balcony, a smaller
ladder brought up the hydraulic ladder. From there, Benz climbed
up to the clock face. (Statesman Photo.)
Firemen Aid
100 -Foot Climb
Up to Clock
A 100-foot ladder climb to the
south, face of the City Hall tower
clock was made Thursday after
noon by Henry Benz, city elec
trical inspector, with an assist
from the city fire department
Firemen backed the big aerial
ladder truck onto High Street
sidewalk in front of City Hall,
elevated the truck's 85-fpot lad
der and spliced onto it a 30-foot
extension.
When this was done and the
ladder secured, and Benz got to
the top, it took the engineer only
a minute or two to adjust a
counterweight on one of the clock
hands. The weig had gone out
of kilter with the result that the
clock timing slowed considerably.
The south clock was keeping
good time later Thursday.
Portland Police Gieck
Windshields on Autos
PORTLAND U) Portland po
lice checked automobile wind
shields here Thursday to try; to
determine how many might be
found marred in a city where no
windshield-peppering had been re
ported.
They checked 1,500 cars and
found 131 had chips or other marks
on the windshield.
STEVENSON SATISFACTORY
CHICAGO (if) Adlai Stevenson
was reported "progressing satis
factorily" Thursday night after a
kidney operation four days ago,
Today's Statesman
SECTION 1
General news 2, 5, 10, 14, 15
Editorials, features -4
Society, women's . 6-8
Sports 12, 13
SECTION t '
Food news i L : 1-5
Valley news i 6
Comics, puzzle . 10
Radio, TV . 10
Markets .12
Classified ad i 12-15
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Fair Weather on
Easter Forecast
Easter bonnets can . come
equipped Sunday without umbrel
lasif predictions by U. S. weath
ermen prove true with a "fair and
sunny" day anticipated for Sun
day in Salem and vicinity.
Weather in the Salem area re
corded a high of 72 degrees for
Thursday and predictions for to
day appear to be about the same.
Lowest temperature recorded for
Thursday was 35 degrees and tem
perature at Thursday midnight
was a warm 45 degrees.
Temperatures in other parts of
the state hit springy highs Thurs
day with 80 degrees recorded at
Medford and 76 degrees at Rose
burg. Search Opens
For Airplane
Officials of the U. S. Weather
Bureau at McNary Field were
alerted Thursday night by the
State Department of Aeronautics
that a search was being opened
for a plane last reported flying
ever Eugene Monday, afternoon.
George Douglas, in charge of
search and rescue for the State
Department of Aeronautics, said
a light low-wing Ercoupe, silver
aircraft flown by R. W. Hall,
Bakersfield, CaliL, was the object
of search.
Douglas alerted the weather
station to check out any possibili
ties that the plane might have
been spotted landing someplace
in the Eugene area. He said the
pilot was on a flight plan from
The Dalles to Eugene Monday,
but closed the plan oat while Hy
ing over Eugene at 4:45 pjn. and
was believed to have then pro
ceeded toward Newport - There
was no report .that he landed
there. . r
Hall was believed to have been
flying alone. ;
PINBALL LICENSES DUE -PORTLAND
m A majority of
Portland's city commissioners an-,
nounced Thursday they will intro
duce an ordinance in the Gty
Council to license pinbatt ma
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