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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1954)
V Air Lift for French Wounded If. .-ww til BACH-MAI A woursdeu member of the French defending force it the besieged interior Indochina fortress of Dien Bien Phu is tak en from a plane at Bach-Mai airport near Hanoi. Planes are shut tling wounded to the French headquarters area of Hanoi and are dropping ammunition, food and war material to the beleaguered French troops. (AP Wirephoto.) china HCj - X Final Rites for Cheshier Due On Saturday Services for William Cheshier, 65, resident of the Salem-Gervais area since 1942, who died Wed nesday following an extended illness, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Virgil T. Golden Chapel. Cheshier was born Nov. 19, 1888, in California and moved from there to Goldendale, Wash., and later to Yakima prior to com ing to Oregon. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include the widow, Jesse E. Cheshier, Salem; daugh ter, Mrs. H. M. Vearrier, Empire, Ore.: four sons, William E. Chesh ier Jr., Portland; Merle Cheshier, Yakima, Wash.; Marion Cheshier, Alaska, and Virgil Cheshier, Salem: ab rother. Wilfred Chesh ier, Yakima, and 11 grandchildren. Forty et-Eight Elects Martin Chef De Gare Claude Martin of Salem was elected chef de gare of Marion County Voiture, Forty et Eight, at the group's meeting this week in Mill City. Named as delegates of the lo cal voiture. the honor and fun society of the American Legion, to the state convention in July were John Crockatt, Carl Roth, Vern Stulken. Fred Lucht, A. J. Feilen, Harry Humphries, John Muir, T. J. Brabec and Luther Jensen. Other officers HrctrH Wednes day night included Stulken, as chef He train: Rnth, enmmissaire intendant, Friesen, correspond ent; l.es Beard, conductor; Rob ert Steves, garde de la porte; A. D. Apperson, voyaceur; B. E. Owens, lampsite. and C. V. John son, Humphries and Jensen, che-minots. ft Map locates spread of Red control in southeast Asia, Land within shaded outline which includes North Korea and Manchuria is un der direct control. Black area of Indochina (A) indicates Red held portion of that war-torn nation. Burma (B) and the Philip pines (D) have had narrow escapes from Communism. The Reds have not been able to gain control in Japan (C) due to military occupation. Indonesia, circled by a broken line, one of the richest areas coveted by Reds, has to date escaped Communist control. (AP Wirephoto map.) Schaefer's Anliacid Tablets You Mary Eat What You Lik When You Like 40 TABLETS Only 60C Schaefer's Drug Store Open Daily, 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 1S5 NORTH COMMERCIAL School District Funds Voted BAKER if Two measures allowing school district No. 5 to exceed the 6 per nt constitutional limitation were approved by voters this week. The margins were nar row. A measure providing a $36,000 bond issue to hire more teachers, raise salaries and improve light ing at the junior high school passed, 1,089-946. Approved by a 1.013-995 vote was a measure providing $4,000 or construction of new streets near schools. SLIPS INTO PRISON JACKSON, Mich. L e r o y Jackson, 39, is spending seven years in Southern Michigan Pris on because his lace curtain slip ped. Jackson used a curtain as a mask in a holdup. It slipped and his victim recognized him. j VALLEY FARM STORE j Specials for the Week! : : Date Prunes, Closeeut Lb. 12 Red Roosters Pormenter Day Old While They Lost Each Fortified Peat Moss Bag 6 bags, $5.00 Straight Run BABY CHICKS Leghorns, Parmentert, New Hamps. i Each VALLEY FARM STORE 3935 Silverton Rd. Phone 44624 Puzzled about the best nitrogen fertilizer for your pastures? Let the Lewi County Grassland tests provide the answer. These widely-hailed tests, conducted in 1953, show beyond question the advantage o using Vising Ship Calcium Nitrate. In every test conducted, Calcium Nitrate appreciably increased pasture yields. And, in general, Calcium NifeCate gave larger crop returns than other fertilizers tested; gave the best average dollar returns! Pasture fertilization is more effective with Calcium Nitrate because each ton of Calcium Nitrate gives you: rrameduttly mOabla and tfficient aitratt ortrogea that works in any weather it doesn't bavt to bt converted. 400 lbs. of water-soluble calcium to help combat acid soil, supply much needed calcium. And Calcium Nitrate leaves no harmful residue in the soil. Calcium Nitrate is pelleted, readily soluble in water, and easy to apply through your sprinkler system or by broadcasting over the soiL Piece these facts together and you'll order VIKING SHIP CALCIUM NITRATE from NORWAY Distribatts fcj WILSON & GEO. MEYER & CO. PORTLAND SEATTLE New Church Pondered by Presbyterians Members of the First Presby terian Church at the annual con gregational meeting Wednesday night named a committee to study the possibility of establishing a branch church in Salem. With present membership over the 1,700 mark, church officials feel there is a need for an addi tional congregation. If a decision i? reached to authorize the new congregation. It will be sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church until it is able to support itself financially, according to Harold Phillippe, clerk of the session. Wednesday night's session also authorized the appointment of a committee to investigate the pur chase of additional property on which to build the First Presby terian Church now located on pro perty which eventually will be come part of the Capitol Mall. A possible site for the new struc ture is the block bounded by Court, Winter, Chemeketa and Cottage streets, where the con gregation already owns consider able property, Phillippe said. Gardner Raised To Lt. Colonelcy Promotion of Cecil A. Gardner, commanding officer of the Ma rine Corps Reserve's 3rd 155mm Battalion, to the rank of lieuten ant colonel was announced this week. A Marine veteran of World War II, Col. Gardner has been commander of the Salem unit since It was organized in Novem ber, 1951. He is an engineer with the State Highway Department New way to build a small house If you're ready to build home of your own, this article may well help you get a lot more house for your money. If you're planning to build aome day, it may mean your dreamt of a new home are a lot closer to reality than you think. For here is aa important new construction idea for good low-cost homes. Read all about it in May Better Homes A Gardens. Ob sale today, wher ever magazines are told? ttcjumm. 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