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2 (Sec. 1) Stcrtetraem, Salem, Ore., Wed.. June 2. 1954 French Units Push Reds Back From Key Road Junction By LARRY ALLEN HANOI. Indochina i French tanks. artillery, infantry and planes Tuesday drove V.etminh troops six miles back from Phu Ly, key road junction 30 miles soutr, ot Hanoi. French Army Head quarters announced. Primary Votes Fail to Set Early Trends By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Primary elections were held in South Dakota. Nevada and Ala bama Tuesday and politicians watched the Dakota returns espec ially for any hint of vote sentiment toward Eisenhower farm polities. The results were clouded in early returns, in which Democrats got (1) far more votes than they got two years ago. but 2 apparently (wor than thpv had forecast. Democrats hoped a big vote i would dramatize opposition to ad ministration farm policies in a it ate where wheat is important and Democrats campaigned for fixed price supports on major crops. The Eisenhower administra tion is supporting flexible supports. With 1,126 of the state's 1.962 precincts reported, the combined vote in the two-man race for Dem ocratic nomination for governor was 18,069. Democrats had polled only about 15,000 votes in 1952, but had hoped for 35,000 this year. Voe Foss. Sioux Falls Marine ace in World War II, won the Re publican nomination for governor. Two opposing candidates conceded as Foss held 53 per cent of the vote with a few more than half the precincts counted. 1.000-Vote Lead In the Democratic race for gov ernor, E. F. McKellips, Alcester banker, held a 1,000-vote-lead over Ed C. Martin, a Chandler rancher. Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R SD), busily presiding over the McCar thy - Army hearings in Washing ton, was unopposed for renomina tion and will run this fall against Kenneth Holum, a farmer unop posed for the Democratic nomina tion for U. S. Senate. . Incumbent Reps. Harold O. Lov er and E. Y. Berry, bora Repub licans, also were unopposed for renomination. Seek 35,000 Democrats had hoped for 35.000 rotes, more than -double the 1952 figure of 15,000, while Republicans had predicted a 100,000 vote, some what smaller than the 1952 tally. In Alabama, where former Gov. James E. Folsom already has won the Democratic nomination for governor, three of four candidates nHnrMi bv Folsom in a runoff primary apparently won nomina tion for state offices. Only a few hundred votes separated the op ponents in the fourth race. In the one congressional nomi nation at issue. George Huddleston Jr.. Birmingham attorney and son of a former congressman., appar ently won nomination for the Ninth District congressional seat, relin quished by Rep. Laurie C. Battle who unsuccessfully opposed Sen. John Sparkman for the Senate nomination. Means Electioa Republican candidates will op pose the Democrats in the Novem ber election, but in Alabama. Dem ocratic nomination is tantamount to election. In Nevada, former Gov. Vail Pittman and former Representa tive Walter Baring, both attempt ing political comebacks, grabbed early leads in scattered returns. Pittman, a 70-year-old Ely pub lisher who was unseated in 1950, led four opponents for the Demo cratic nomination to oppose Re publican Gov. Charles Russell in November. Russell is unopposed for the GOP nomination. Baring, twice Nevada's only rep resentative in Congress, shot well ahead of his opposition in first re turns from Republican voting. Jaycees Hear Talk On Fishing Ban Dr. Duis Bolinger of Corvallis, portfishing enthusiast, addressed a dinner meeting of the Salem Junior Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night at the Marion Hot el on behalf of the initiative pe tition which seeks to bar commer cial fishing in coastal streams. The speaker sought recruits for an effort next Saturday to obtain signers on the petitions ia Salem. $50 CASH Given Away TONIGHT For Answer of Crystal Gardens "CONTEST QUESTION" Old Time and Modem Dancing CRYSTAL GARDENS 74c Salem The Red-led rebels fled in sampans and junks across the Day River to seek protection in the limestone hills as French B26s podnded them with l.ooo-pound high explosive bombs. French armored units reported broke the long Vietminh encircle ment of Yen Phu. which had been harassed for 18 days by about 12 rebel battalions using mortars, heavy machineguns and recoilless rifles. The continued French drive cleaned up a triangular area embracing Phu Ly and the nearby towns of Ninh Binh and Thai Binh. apparently ending any immediate tnreat of attack on those towns whose defenses shield a rich race granary and direct routes to Hanoi itself. Elsewhere in the Red River delta the French reported Tuesday the killing of 71 Vietminh and captur ing to others in scattered mopups The rebels who have infiltrated the delta in numbers estimated at between 70,000 and 100,000 stepped up their attacks near Hanoi, assaulting and capturing one small post. French Union defenders who j withdrew reported suffering "some losses." Vietminh also attacked but failed to take two Vietnamese-manned posts six miles southeast of Hanoi. For the fourth consecutive night, the garrison at Chonoi, eight miles northeast of Hung Yen and about 30 miles southeast of Hanoi, beat off a heavy rebel attack. Striking before dawn after heavy mortar and machinegun fire, the rebel infantry vastly superior numeri cally to the one defending" company of Vietnamese, tried unsuccess fully to storm the post. Police Acquire rBlue Maria' A brand new bhie paddy wagon has become part of the regular equipment of Salem' police this week and will serve a variety of purposes. The "wagon" is a 1953 model panel truck with two benches in stalled in the rear section for convenience of passengers. A heavy wire7 screen separates the passenger' section from the driv er's area. Chief Clyde A. Warren explain ed Tuesday that the truck is to be used primarily for picking up stray dogs, tost bicycles and for transporting of city prisoners to and from work details. He said there is no present plan for using the truck for pickup of persons arrested on the streets. For the time being this transportation is done in regular police cars, he said. House Ransacked By Burglars Burglary of the Morris Klorfein home, 1782 Childs Ave., apparent ly sometime after Sunday, was dis covered Tuesday. No estimate of the loss was available due to the family's absence. Investigating Marion County sheriff's deputies explained that entrance was gained by remov ing a basement window of the home and forcing a door leading into the main portion of the house. All .rooms in the home were rifled, but many items of value were left intact, officers said. Klorfein is presently in a hos- STARTS 'Mm 1 ADDED JOHN PAYNE IV - til Mime am amies JOfftNY MEHCEK Tornadoes in West Texas IGllLHurt9 PADUCAH. Tex. UT) Tornadoes smashed West Texas Tuesday night, killing one and injuring nine persons at Paducah and ruining much near-ripened cotton. Another, smaller tornado was re ported near Bakersfield, 110 miles west of San Angela Hundred mile an hour winds battered Wichita Falls. The death was that of a Latin- American infant, about six months old, caught in a house which was blown in about eight miles south east of Paducah. Betty Laney, administrator of Richards Memorial Hospital at Pa ducah, said nine other persons were injured and under treatment but none was in. serious condition. Miss Laney did not have the names of the dead and injured. The Weather Bureau confirmed that the storm which skirted the west edge of Paducah was a torna do. Preceded by biting, wind-blown sand so thick residents couldn't see whether there was a funnel, the twister roared along the city's western outskirts. Hospital sources said tornadic ac tivity also was reported southeast of Paducah. . At Bakersfield, ranchouse win dows were blown out and a small barn was blown down. A windmill was twisted into the shape of a pretzel. No one was hurt there. Byrnes Asks Schools Delay Mixing Races COLUMBIA, S. C. J1) Gov. Byrnes Tuesday told South Caro lina school officials to leave out any plans for "mixing the races" during the 1954-55 school year. Byrnes also said if Negroes at tempt to enter white schools in Clarendon County where one of the successful cases to end segre gation started! the trustees "should deny admission. . .unless or until they are ordered by the court to admit them." Referring to what he called "threats of the NAACP (National Assn. for the Advance of Colored People) officials to push for ad missions next year," Byrnes said: "The trustees of other school districts are not parties to the pending suit (before the U.S. Su preme Court) and should ignore the threats of the NAACP, refuse to admit Negro students, and plan to employ Negro teachers for Ne gro schools for the next year." Byrnes' remarks came in a state ment released here following a meeting with the Executive Com mittee of the State School Admin istrators Assn. He told the group he does not intend "to decide the question of calling an extra session of the legislature until the legisla tive and governor's committee ap pointed to study the (school segre gation) problem meets and I have conferred with the committee." In advising schools to continue their present policy next year, Byrnes said: "The Supreme Court will hear arguments in October on the ques tion as to what action that court should take to implement its re cent decision" banning race segre gation in public schools. pital at Tacoma and his wife Is staying there with him. A neigh bor, who has been keeping up the yard, noticed the window missing Tuesday. He told officers he was there Sunday and didn't notice any disorder. TODAY! SEBT Tlgv YORK AUDIENCES saw rr FOR, ? ZQ nsMAv alius THRILLS EVElYH (EYES Rail Stock Vote " Count Continues ALBANY. N. Y. Reckoning the score in the fight for control of the huge New York Central Railroad will continue to next Tuesday at least, the election in spectors reported Tuesday. The forces of Central president William White and the opposition of financier Robert R. Young main tained their confident attitudes they displayed at the noisy stock holders' meeting last Wednesday. French Solon Fears Asian Catastrophe By HARVEY HUDSON PARIS Of) A French deputy told the French National Assembly Tuesday the Indochina situation is in danger of "turning into a catastrophe" and "it would be a crime to continue the war with half-measures and mediocrity." The deputy, Francis Caillet, spoke on the opening day of Assembly debate on Indochina. He is a member of the small, left of center Union of Socialist and Democratic Resistance (UDSR), which has been supporting the government on most issues. Caillet said he wondered whether it would not be preferable to throw the government of Premier Joseph Laniel out right away and get a new team to run the Indo china war rather than vote confi dence to a, cabinet which was incapable of acting. He asserted that it would be wiser for the government to resign and give way to a national union coalition. A Communist, Jean Pronteau, said "a third of Ihe garrison at Dien Bien Phu was composed of former German SS prisoners of war, liberated on condition that they volunteer for , the French Foreign Legion." Defense Minister Rene Pleven retorted that "these heroes were 13 and 14 years old at the time of the liberation and had nothing to do with the SS. Raymond Dronne, a Radical Socialist (Moderate), said immedi ate steps should be taken to put an end to "the policy of treason ' of the Communist Party which I openly supports our enemy in I Indochina." Meanwhile, Laniel got into trouble on another front. Raymond Schmittlein, who had been named Secretary of State for the Associ ated States (Indochina) Monday, resigned Tuesday when he ran into opposition from his party, the Union for Republican and Social Action (URAS), made up of followers of Gen. Ch a r 1 e s DeGaulle. Vista Lodge Asks Charter, Elects Officers The new Vista Lodge. UD, AF L AM, selected elective and ap pointive officers at a meeting Tuesday night and submitted the list to the Masonic Grand Lodge of Oregon along with a formal pe tition for a charter. ' Officers included. R. (Bob) Wil liams, master; R. G. Hoffman, senior warden; Harold A. Rose braugh, junior warden; James Manning, treasurer, and William Herald, secretary. Appointed officers are Richard Dodd, senior deacon; John Mc Allister, junior deacon; Raymond Hollow, senior steward; John Seitz, junior steward; Irving Schie del, chaplain; Floyd McLellan, marshall, and L. H. Hudson, tiler. STARTS MU WANT TO m JOAN C8AVF03P JOHNWVGlMAfc a mrvrnx scruff MUSICAL A Gay Comedy THE SUN - BRIGHT" At The Theatre Today ELSINORE "TOP BANANA with Phil Silvers "99 RIVER STREET" with John Payne. CAPITOL -JOHNNY GUITAR" with Jon Crawford, Sterling Hayden. Scott Brady. "THE SUN SHINES .BRIGHT." GRAND "THE BEST YEARS OT OUR LIVES" with Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Fredric March. Teresa Wrifht, Virginia Mayo. Hoagy Carmichael and many othen. HOLLYWOOD "MOULJN ROUGE" with Joe Terrer. THE STEEL LADY" with Rod Cameron. NORTH SALEM DRIVE IN WINGS OF THE HAWK" with Van Hefhn. "WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME" with Donald O'Connor and Janet Leigh. Visiting Hours At State Prison Irk Attorney An Eugene attorney's corrmlaint about visiting convicts was aired j Tuesday by Oregon's State Board of Control, with the result that the lawyer was informed there would be no exceptions to the 8 a.m. to 4;30 p.m. visiting hours. I Charles O. Porter, the attorney, j saia warden Clarence T. Gladden wouldn't let him visit two convicts one day last week. Gladden told the state board he hadn't had similar trouble with other attorneys. He gave the board this report. "Mr. Porter came to the prison at 4:55 p.m. last Tuesday to see two inmates. He was very abusive and ungentlemanly to my secret ary', who told him visiting hours were over. "Although I was in a staff meet ing, I came out and told Mr. Port er he could come back the next morning at 8 o'clock. He was very angry and abusive to me, too. "At that time, the men were in the dining room, and it would have required that I take officers off from other duties in order to let Mr. Porter have his visit." Plane Report Revives Coast Area Search Sear for Pilot James Frank, 19, of North Bend, who went down in his silver Ercoupe somewhere near Elkton May 24, was revived Tuesday by reports from a logger in the area that be "heard the plane." George Douglas, in charge of search and rescue for the State Board of Aeronautics, explained that he was just about to give up the search when he received a telephone call Tuesday from his area designee in Coos Bay. Douglas said that the logger, who has figured in air search op erations in the past, told authori ties in North Bend that he was working May 24 on some equip ment at his operation which lies about three air miles northeast of Elkton on Frank's indicated course. He said it was raining hard and it was grey when he heard a plane flying low near where he was. Douglas explained that three planes searched for a while Tues day and others will probably re sume operations today. Ground parties, totalling about 30 men comprised of state police, forest ry and private personnel and coast guardsmen, have been searching in this area for several days. TODAY! Co-Starring Sterling Hayden Mercedes McCambridge and Scott Brady Ward Bond - In Color CO - HIT Romance SHINES Traffic Check Halts Drivers Southbound drivers on High way 99-E were surprised Tuesday night by a one-hour traffic check at Union and North Summer Strets conducted by four city po licemen. The check, held primarily for auto and driver license examina tion, netted 10 citations. City Police Capt. Leiand Wea ! ver explained that similar checks , are going to be held frequently at different times md places in the near future. "Many drivers ! are surprised by the discovery I that their operator's license ex ! pires every two years on their birthday," he said. Ends Tonight! "Best Years of STARTS TOMORROW! No one under 16 admitted without parents. We seggest parents WMwrnvv t . ... on.ir(ji ineir ccuarea to see fine film. Prices: Mat 65e; eve. 80c i - sXvjK5y-i j7 I1 v OHVANfSHnTtUTHI 7ffty jKV ffWi I ftflftM WMNt VlHKt HIM 3 I 1 U vJU I &Y J fUTtYAl AW AID yjrj I TONIGHT AT ALL 4 THEATRES! FREE SEASON PASS TO LUCKY PATRON. WINNER NEED NOT BE PRESENT. BUT IF WINNER IS PRESENT, HE WILL RECEIVE AS A BONUS nmVF.IN THEATRE 9 111 M i i 1AIISM 6AI0INL TT m rn. ii I r-w Gates Open 6:45 - Show at Dusk TWO TECHNICOLOR HITS VAN HEFLIN - JULIA ADAMS IN Wings of the Hawk ALSO Donald O'Connor Janet Leigh IN I WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME ALSO COLOR "CARTOON Bring the Whole Family See Weekend Traffic . Toll Near Record . By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Memorial Day weekend a period dedicated to honoring Amer ica's war dead was sullied by a record high three-day toll for the holiday of 539 violent deaths. The traffic toll reached 362, only one shy of the all-time high record for the holiday set in 1952. The overall toll broke the pre vious record of 510 for a three day Memorial Day holiday set in 1952. There were 93 drownings during the holiday this year and 84 per ished in miscellaneous accidents. Recently we previewed this picture for a select group of Salem, ministers, PTA and mothers groups, doctors and civic officials. Here is one of the comments: Reverend H. W. Black, Methodist minister, West Salem: "A wholesome ex perience. Picture not offensive in any way. Recommend its showing to anyone seeking to understand and appre ciate life fully." this J Ph. M829 HIGHWAY f CARNIVAL" a Movie from Your Car Plot Revealed In Guatemala GUATEMALA l Guatemala' i President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman said Wpd nsrla v a w11.finon&H . - .Auauv-v P j o i 01 serious proportions against his leftist government had been uncovered in this country. It was the first official confirma tion of the widespread rumors which followed the flight of five Guatemalans to foreign embassies here for asylum and reports of unusual police activity. The president said in an inter view he believed, nevertheless, 'he internal situation in his country was under control and general con ditions throughout jittery Central America apparently had eased. Our Lives .2nd Hit!. 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