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Dresses for Her Dinner F38 ? 'til IV K - f 1 J ' VCN OC POUNDDD 165! 104TH YEAR 4 SECTIONS 32 PAGES Tlx Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, May 21, 1954 PRICE 5c No. 55 4 Light Voter TurnoiLit Forecast Today jr.i -ii , I IF rJ I VIZ I IS M " . M U 1 Kema Poitras, a State Forestry Department secretary as proud of her traditional buckskin dress as of her Indian blood, displayed the costume to co-workers recently. One said, "If you wear it to work someday, I'll take you out to a hotel dinner." She took him up on it, with the result pictured above. At left is Lee Port Jr., making good his offer. warn A shipment of arms frnm Po land to Guatemala provoked more commotion in Washington than the size ot" the shipment or the receiving country would normally justify. What gave the item its prominence was the origin of the military gear in a Russian satellite and its destina tion in a country whose govern ment is rated as Communist-controlled. Senator Wiley spoke up to urge that the resolution of Caracas be invoked and Western hemisphere countries confer on the "ominous threat" posed by this shipment. He termed it fresh evidence that the Communist conspiracy is intervening direct ly in the affairs of this hemi sphere. President Eisenhower ad mitted that the incident was dis turbing to him and declared es tablishment of a Communist dic tatorship in the Western hemi sphere would be a 'terrible' thing. So it would; but there are and have been other terrible dicta torships in this hemisphere. Their usual saving grace how ever was mat tnev were striciiy domestic, without any forei '"a entanglement, though Peron Argentina was disposed to play i footsie with the Falangist party of Spain. However, what have we been ! doing but shipping arms and mu nitions and building air bases in the Eastern hemisphere? We've made no bones about our pur pose to ring the Soviet Lnion with another "cordon sanitaire . True, our purpose is defense. but Russia isn't willing to accept that excuse, and labels the USA as an "imperialist warmonger," plotting a third world war. And Chou En-lai raises the old cry of "Asia for the Asians" (which shuts the U. S and Western Europe out. but lets the USSR which straddles both continents in i. Of course we are concerned if Communism sets a toehold in this hemisphere. particularly down in Central America which is relatively close to the vital Panama Canal. But we can't form alliances and Tmild up our allies militarily without encour aging Russia to try some tricks in our own backyard. The Guate- mala report may stimulate our statesmen to pay a little more attention to Latin America and less to Southeast Asia. RHEE PARTY WINS SEOUL UP Liberal Party fol lowers of President Syngman Rhee appeared Friday within reach of a majority in the one - house Na tional Assembly as unofficial re turns from Thursday's election reached the 80 per cent mark. ANIMAL CRACKERS V WARRIN GOODRICH "Close your mouth, kids, yew'r putting Mama to lUaol" PCDCBDCa 0 Heart Attack Fatal to New Circuit Judge Statesman News Service f SWEET HOME John D. Ga ley. prominent attorney who was appointed temporary circuit judge for Lane County Wednes day died of a heart attack in his office here Thursday afternoon. He was named to the Lane Coun ty post by Chief Justice Earl C Latourette to help relieve a doc ket congestion. Galev, about 50, was born at Ashland. On graduating from the University of Oregon Law School in 1929 he became associated with the Clarence Becker law firm in Portland. He remained a member of the firm until 1941 when he took charge of the rent control pro gram in Portland, & position he held until 1948. He then moved to Sweet Home here he practiced law with his wife, Cecilia Galey. Galey is survived by the widow and two children, Michael, with the Marine Corps in Korea, and Anne, a student at Reed College; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Galey. Funeral services will be an nounced later by the Huston Fun eral Home in Lebanon. 'Freight Rates On NW Grain Cut 10 Cents i CHICAGO 'JP A cut of 10 cents pounds in the freight rates of arain moving from the Pacific Northwest eastward to the Mis souri River was announced Thurs day by the Western railroads traf fic executives. The proportional cut affects the movement of grain from the North west to the principal grain market cities of Chicago, Minneapolis and Duluth. The new rate will be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commis sion at once and will become ef fective in 30 days after the filing unless suspended by the ICC. The adjustment was made to en courage a greater eastbound move ment of grain from the Pacific Northwest. The present rate is 86Vj cents per 100 pounds. Grain growers had j askcd for a cut of 12 cents to 74Vi cents, Northwest grain growers have won a great victory. Public Utili ties Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel said Thursday. "This is a great boon to the grain growers of the northwest," Heltzel said, "because they have been shut out of eastern markets by blanket percentage freight rate increases. "Now, with this reduction, they again will be placed on an equal footing with growers in other areas." Head of Hillcrest Girls. School Quits Mrs. Lena R. Smithson, super intendent of Oregon's Hillcrest School for Girls here for the past four years, has resigned effective Aug. 15, She said her reasons for re signing are personal. Before coming here, Mrs. Smithson was superintendent of the State Training School for Girls at Chillicothe, Mo. The board said it is looking over the whole country for a successor. at Bronx Students Riot in Subways NEW YORK (JP) High school boys and girls by the hundreds rioted in the subway Thursday, surging m waves through moving cars and smashing all before them. A porter in their path was beat Debris Keeps Auto From Lake Plunge Statesman News Service MILL CITY Detroit Lake partly swallowed an auto Thurs day, but debris at the shoreline kept the car from plunging to the bottom. Hospitalized with injuries re ported as minor were Mrs. Mary Smith Manolovich, Mill City, lone occupant of the car when it left the North Santiam Highway about 6 a m. and dipped into the lake. State police said the car went in deep enough to hide the license plates. A patrolman said the wreck happened near the Corp of Engineer's building, several hun dred yards east of Detroit Dam. A group of workmen sighted the car soon after it was wrecked and took Mrs. Manolovich to San tiam Memorial Hospital where- her injuries - were described as scratches and bruises. Courthouse Remodeling Due (Already) Concrete wall lining the base ment drive on the east side of the Marion County Courthouse are considered a hazard to pedes- rians and soon will be remodel ed. County Commissioner E. L Rogers said Thursday. The walls extend to the Court and State street sidewalks and make it impossible for drivers headed up the ramp to see pedes trians, he explained. Corrective action probably will amount to making the "walls low er near the sidewalk, he said, but work on the project will not be started until contractors com plete their present work. In County Court Thursday morning the problem of inade quate parking for county em ployes came up. County Clerk Henry C. Mattson pointed out that his office had 16 employes and only four parking spaces. When questioned Thursday af ternoon. County Judge Tlex Hart ley said it would be impossible for the county to provide parking for all courthouse employes. He emphasized that the unmarked spaces facing Church street are provided for persons conducting business at the courthouse. Customer Doesn't Ring True, Nor Does Cheek For It A young suitor is apparently ; starting romantic bliss the hard way according to a bogus check report with citv police Thursday filed by P. W. Hale of Hale's Hollywood Jewelry, 203J Fair grounds Rd. Hale told officers that a young man, about 25, came into his store Thursday and purchased a $90 diamond ring. He paid for the ring with a check signed "John Maddox" of the Salem Branch. First National Bank of Portland. Hale said he became suspicious of the youth and followed him a short distance before contacting authorities. A call to the bank indicated there was no account by that name. Max. S3 39 7 70 . 60 60 61 63 59 ... 69 Min. 4i 49 46 54 52 43 50 43 54 57 Salem Portland Baker Medford North Bend Roseburg San Francisco Chicago New York Los Angeles Willamette River -0 7 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem) : Mostly cloudy today wtth a few widely scattered light showers. Cloudy tonight and Saturday morn ing clearing Saturday afternoon. Lit tle change in temjfe rature with the highest today near TO, lowest tonight near 40. Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today was 4S. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Year Septo 1 This Year La?t Year Normal 41.21 39.74 37.23 en. ; There was no apparent motive beyond sheer rowdyism. Twenty-four boys and 19 girls were taken in for questioning by police. First reports had said po lice rounded up 100 youths. : Most of the students slithered out of the grasp of cops and vanished. The young vandals smashed windows, ripped apart seats and hurled them from the trains, broke light bulbs and wrecked vending machines. They pulled emergency cords and held open train doors to disrupt' travel schedules. The riots grew out of a field day for Commerce High School stu dents at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Police said students from other high schools some distant played hookey and converged on the park until there were some 2,- 000 in all. In the morning, and again in the afternoon, heavy rain sent the stu dents fleeing for shelter to the nearby west side subway en trance at 242nd Street. Anti-Red Unity In Guatemalan Dispute Asked WASHINGTON UP Nicaragua raised the possibility Thursday of invoking Western hemisphere mu tual defense and anti-Communist pact against a "well conceived Communist-type plan" in Central America Nicaraguan Ambassador Guiller mo Se villa Sacasa advanced the idea in a formal statement that mentioned among other events an arms shipment from Red Poland to leftist Guatemala which has brought expressions of concern from President Eisenhower, the U. S. State Department, and members of Congress. Chairman Wiley (R-Wis of the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee again called for "immediate consultation" among all the Amer ican nations on the arms shipment. Senator Smathers (D-Fla) pro posed in a Senate speech that this country invoke the Monroe Doc trine against the shipment and 'Communist infiltration into other Latin American countries." He, too recommended "conferences with our neighbors." on prosperity and development as well as mutual defense. Smathers said the Monroe Doc trine of 1823 is under attack by recent Communist moves in this hemisphere and: "We must decide now are we to stand with the principle of the Monroe Doctrine or are we to re treat from it and let it become a meaningless memory?" Fortune Waits Valiant Nurse HANOI, Indochina (JP A fortune awaits nurse Genevieve de Galard whenever she gets out of Dien Bien Phu. All she'll have to do is write and talk. ' Offers running into tens of thous ands of dollars have poured into this French headquarters city for relay to the lone French air force n;urse who administered to the French Union wounded troops as the Red - led Vietminh rebels crushed their fortress. Sketch of the proposed rectory -4 JP mr-riru .3?' h 1 $Lsim :ttfr- Joseph's Catholic Church at Chemeketa and N. Cottage streets is show above, with the recently completed ew church to the Airline Officials Eye Flood Plans Three airline officials from Portland's International Airport were in Salem Thursday after noon checking whether facilities at McNary Field could handle their flights on an emergency basis if the Portland field is flood ed this spring. , The three, representatives of Western and Northwest Airlines, expressed confidence that the Sa lem . field could handle the in creased traffic, according to Har old F. Sweeney, United Air Lines station manager here. Kootenai Rolls Over 3,000 Acres in Idaho BONNERS FERRY, Idaho UP Nearly 3,600 acres of rich farm land was flooded by the swollen Kootenai River Thursday but there was cautious optimism that this town of 1.800 will be spared. Einar Nelson, a civilian observ er with the Army Engineers, said flood fighters appeared "very con fident" that the 37 - foot dikes sur rounding the town would hold through the crest. The river broke through dirt dikes at five places early Thursday despite efforts by scores of volun teers, 100 Army Engineers and heavy equipment to build them up. Another 350 soldiers from Fort Lewis, Wash., were ordered to leave by truck for Bonners Ferry to help out. The river, bulging with the run- on irom record mountain snow- packs, reached a peak of 34.7 early Thursday more than three feet above the recorded "flood stage." As the water broke through and spilled onto rich farm land in the Kootenai vauey, the pressure eased on the city dikes and the river level dropped to 33.65 late Thursday. The Weather Bureau said the Kootenai was rising everywhere upstream and that it would reach 35 feet here Friday and perhaps cre9t at 36 feet Saturday, or 36.2 Sunday. Col. Louis Foote, North Pacific division engineer from Portland was flying into Bonners Ferrv Thursday night to take charge of emergency operations. uov. Len joraan organized a provisional National Guard flood control unit of 30 men late Thurs day and ordered it to Bonners Ferry to help in the battle of the river. It was expected to arrive earlv Friday morning, with 19 pieces of equipment including cranes and truck-mounted shovels. (Additional details on page 5 sec. 2'. Businesses Set Memorial Day Closings Most Salem retail businesses will close Monday, May 31, in recognition of Memorial Day. The Post Office will be on holiday schedule and city, coun ty, state and federal offices also will close. A store closing was decided by unanimous vote of members at tending a meeting Wednesday night of Downtown Salem Mer cnnis Ass itii.n. Since Memorial Day falls on Sunday this year, the holiday ob servance is being made on Monday. Catholic Rectory, Auditorium Scheduled and auditorium plained by St GOP Governorship Race Dominates State Interest Senate Choice Uncontested; Debates Down PORTLAND (. Oregon votes in its primary election Friday, and there's scarcely an issue or an argument on any party ticket. Local affairs dominate even such things as the Republican contest for the governorship between Gov. Paul Patterson and Earl Newbry, Oregon Secretary of State. The general assumption is that Patter son who moved up when Douglas McKay became Secretary of the Interior is a shoo-in. Power Issue Newbry's espousal of federal de velopment of hydro-electric power failed to produce an issue in which the people took much interest. They, apparently, are waiting for the fall when there will be a first class fight on that and related is sues. That fall contest will be between Sen. Guy Cordon, the incumbent Republican, and Richard L. Neu- berger, author, state senator and vote-getting Democrat. Neither is opposed in. the primary. The Democratic candidate for governor also is unopposed. He is Joseph K. Carson, former Portland mayor and former member of the U.S. Maritime Commission. In Fourth District For Congress, three of the state's four representatives, all Republicans, have no opposition in the primary. The fourth. ReD. Homer Angell, has a stiff contest with Tom Lawson McCall whois widely known in the state as a radio commentator and secretary to McKay when the latter was gov ernor. Their district is Multnqmah County of which Portland makes up the larger part. Today Is Zoo Day for Blind School Kids About 70 youngsters from the School for the Blind, ranging m ages from 54 to 13 years, will spend all day today at the Port land zoo for a first-hand investi gation of the animals. This is the first trip for most of them. The visitation, an annual af 'air for the school, was arranged for by Mr. and Mrs. Ross L. Huckins, staff members of the school and the children will be accompanied by several other members of the staff. Superintendent Walter Dry ex plained that the directors of the zoo have generously consented to have as many of the animals as possible available for "inspec tion." Included will be "Rosie," the elephant, a camel and some harmless snakes. A picnic lunch will be eaten in the park. Sack Withdraws Bid To Move Trial Site PORTLAND UP George F Sack, 61, apartment house owner accused of killing his third wife here, withdrew Thursday his mo tion to have his trial on a first degree murder charge transferred away from Multnomah County. Circuit Judge Lowell Mundorff at once set the trial date here for June 3. right. The rectory, la the fore i frame church now is located. I launched a f 150,00; ampaiga Out Again Eamon De Valera, who Thursday lost to John A. CosteUo for the post of prime minister of Ire land. Costello Wins Irish Vote: De Valera Out DUBLIN UP Silver - haired John A. Costello. Ireland's Prime Minister from 1948 to 1951, dis placed aged, nearly blind Eamon de Valera again Thursday night as the lirish Republic's chief of government. Voters in Tuesday's general elec tion gave undisputed control of the Dail (Parliament) to a coalition formed and kept together -by Cos tello, a leading Dublin attorney. The voters rejected a bid by De Valera only surviving command ant of the 1916 Easter uprising against the British to obtain a majority for his Fianna Fail (Men of Destiny) Party. Fianna Fail ran against the field. It was beaten and the 71-year-old New York" - born De Valera was headed out of the post he had held since 1937, except for 1948-51 when Costello was Prime Minister. Three seats in the Parliament will be decided at a special elec tion in Wicklow next week. WANTS EXTENSION WASHINGTON LP President Eisenhower said in effect Thurs day he would be satisfied for the time being with a simple one - year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act beyond June 12. Today's Statesman SECTION 1 General news 2, 3, 5, 6, 10 Editorials-Features 4 Market news-Classifieds 7 Crossword Puzzle 7 Valley news 8-9 Stargazer 10 SECTION 2 Society-Womens News 1-3 Where to Vote 4 SECTION 3 Food news 1-6 Vacation scenes 8 Comics-Radio TV 8 SECTION 4 Sports news 1-3 Classifieds 4-6 ground, win stand where the old Members of Me ennrra uus monta to build the new structure. Only 20,000 Expected to Vote in County Marion County registered vot ers, but probably Hot more than 20,000 of them, will go to the polls today to nominate party candidates for the fall election and to decide several ballot is sues and some candiate contests. Neither city, county nor state election officials look for more than half the voters to turn out for the election, - mainly because no big controversies have sprang up. County Clerk Henry Mattson said a turnout as low as 35 per cent of the county's 48,369 reg istered voters would not surprise him. For 127 Precincts Ballots and supplies have been distributed to the 127 precinct polling places throughout the county. They will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. No last-minute hitches in elec tion procedure turned up Thurs day, although some late changes had to be made in precinct boards because of illness. A club volunteering to serve doughnuts to voters at one poll ing place was discouraged by the county clerk because of possible political implications. Offices to Close State, county and city offices for the most part close today but county clerk and city recorder offices will be open because of KSLM kas arrange t bra4 east The Statesmaa's Marian and Polk Coaatjr elecUoa re terms direct fram Tae Statesman office periodically Uniffat, as Ubala tiaa prafresses. the usual rush of Election Day business mostly answering questions and settling arguments over voting procedure. - Clerk Mattson and City Re corder Alfred Mundt reminded voters Thursday that several precinct and city ward changes have been made since the last election. Liquor stores, taverns and oth er drinking spots are closed to day, under state law. Taii Service Set Salem Junior Chamber of Com merce will operate its annual get-out-the-vote taxi service to day from 8 a.m. to 8 pjn., with voters needing transportation asked to call the Red Cross chap ter house, telephone 2-3666. Serv ice will be available in Salem and surrounding suburbs. The primary election is con ducted traditionally for party nominating purposes, but many issues are actually decided a this election, like bond issues, special taxes and other proposals put before the voters by county court and city council. Run Offs in November And since city candidates are non-partisan, the primary elec ! tion decides the winner in con i tests where only two persons i seek office or where one person i receivs a majority vote in a larg ! er field of candidates. Runoff voting, where neces- sary. is conauctea oy me city a the November general election. All wainers take office Jan. 1. (Additional details, including citv precinct map, polling place list, ward list and candidate list on Page 4. Sec. 2.) Victim of Accident At Dam Succumbs THE DALLES UP David Ander son Pearson. 46. The Dalles, Wednesday night became the third death victim of a construction ac cident at The Dalles Dam last Friday. He died in a hospital from in juries suffered when a huge con crete bucket weighing several ions brose loose from a crane and fell on him and other workmen. Western- later-national At Victoria S, Vancouver At Calgary S. Yakima At Edmonton S. Wena tehee 4 At Spokane 1. Lewis ton a. Cfely james scheduled) Pacific Coast League t At Portland 3, Saa Francisco S A Oakland . San Diego 3 At Sacramento 1. Hollywood At Los Angeles , Seattle a Americas League No games scheduled.) . National League At Pittsburgh 4. St. Louis IT . (Only g arao ptiyed-i
