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Tlx Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, May 21, 1954
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No. 55
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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