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4-I(Sec I) Statesman, Scriem. Ore.. Week July 14. 1854 GRIN AND BEAR IT ii&e re iiontatcsmau J "No Favor Stoaya Vs. No Fear Snail Avft" From Firt Statesman. March t. 1851 - CHARLES A: SHRAUUE. Editor and Publisher Published vy moroiaf Butineu eificc 280 North Church St Slm. ut. Tlpnon .441 -- SwBrtt undtr act oi Conirest March a, U7 ' Member Associated Pressl The Associate Praa la nUUed eacluaieiy to Um ass lor republication ot ail local newt orlatad la . -' ' th)a Mwtpiwi Propaganda 'or Newg a - Foreign . correspondents . in Iron Curtain countries are having quite a problem de termining - what "news",, with" the , censors' ' permission, should be sent back to the Unit ed States. ?v ."" Recently, one of them, for lack of more portentous information at hand, dug up a story in Moscow saying "the weather; is hot and Muscovites are gobbling up two million portions of ice cream daily, the official news aigency I reported 'today. A common sight is children buying chocolate-coated ice cream on a stick from little street wagons." . A southern editor in this country protested the item was "outright communist propa ganda." Perhaps so. And we don't want pr&paganda. But, for the sake of argument and probably because it's true, let's assume the foreign correspondent at least stuck to . the facts in the story. The Muscovites did have ice cream. The story was a little "brightener" and somewhat interesting. On that basis, would the southern editor have said it was propaganda if the reverse had been true and the correspondent had report- . ed Moscow was sweltering and children had no ice , cream? v r ; 1 It's pretty hard to write factual " stories that are pleasing and no newspaperman of good repute makes any attempt to . please or displease. But like the McCarthy hearings, ; a reader's personal bias can make a . story appear favorable to one side or the other even though actually it steers straight down the middle and simply reports facts.! - We don't think it's necessarily propaganda to report that . Moscow children have ice cream.! But we might suggest, if censorship permitted, that the reporter tell us how the quality, portions and prices compared with ice cream in our own country. From Sukiyaki to Sirloins A full-page advertisement in a New York paper designed to attract food-conscious tourists mentions that the great metropolis has everything "from sukiyaki to sirloins," and we have been wondering just what was meant. . ' " ' . If the two extremes were used to denote the alpha and omega of international flavor, all well and good. If they were used in the from-errand-boy-to-bank-president sense, or f rom-bread-crusts-to-broiled - lobster, ' we want to protest. There need be nothing be littling said about sukiyaki. , , . The thin-sliced beef cooked right on your own table with onion tops and other more '"mysterious ingredients makes quite a dish even if it was invented by a Dutch priest instead of the Japanese to whom it normally is credited. . f . For that matter, chop suey and chow mein and egg foo yong rank right along with sukiyaki, too and Salem is fortunate to have places serving such food of a quality which needs take no back seat to any place in San Francisco's Chinatown. Any place that has everything "from suki yaki to sirloins" is a pretty good place to eat and both extremes, if that's what they are, come under the category of good food in out book. : , Longevity Increases Problems Three-score-and-ten, once regarded as a 'fairly considerable age for anyone to reach, apparently will be no more . than the ex pectable average for any baby born in the very near future. 1 - ' ' " Life, insurance statistics made available this week show that the average life span; based ton the year 1951, had been boosted to 68.5 years, and that for 1954 it is anticipated the average "will be 69. And it's interesting, ;; too, to note that while the increased potential is greater at the younger ages it also has made it feasible for the average man;at- age 65 to look forward to 13 additional years of life (the average woman 15 years), i ; For the baby, its average potential is 20 'years more than it was at the turn of the century. Such statistics not only are inter estingthey point to the growing problem' of jobs for. and the welfare of the elderly. Sometimes He Makes Sense , It is seldom of recent months that we have had occasion to be in agreement with Sen. Morse but we can go right along with the. senator's opinion that the U. S., in the un fortunate event that Red China is admitted to United Nations before it has shown decent responsibility, must stay in U. N. regardless. Morse says the U. S. has lost prestige through an apparent tendency to "go -it alone," and that "America's voice must not further be silenced by stubbornness or with drawal or a petulant attitude." . Sometimes the senator from Eugene still makes sense like he used to. ' lt fMi tmwrfrim. lam . Al rights mr4 Go Ahead and Beef ' We have noted in a contemporary a letter-' to-the-editor which declares that whoever doesn't like Oregon's climate can bloody well get out and quit the. beefing. And on first thought there would seem merit to the idea, loyalty being as it is.. But, on pause, it be comes quite apparent . that if everyone left everywhere because of periodic beefs about the weather there wouldn't be anyone any where. " Besides that, who is there with tongue so dead he hasn't beefed about his, job, his friends, his fortune, his country and the world at large? After all, it can be well agreed that we've had too much rainy, cloudy weather for too long and still be even more agreed that there isn't any place in the world we'd rather live. Particularly on days like Tuesday as this is written. Why not take it out on the weather some times? It's harmless and we can't do any thing about it anyway. And it doesn't alter our opinion one whit that, Taxes notwith standing, Oregon is the greatest state in the Union...; ,. - . . Editorial Comment HARD AND CLEAN-CUT Last April a high-ranking board of inquiry recommended and the Commandant of the Ma rine Corps directed that Marine CoL Frank H. Schwable be aassigned in the future only to "duties . . . making minimum demands . .-. up on the elements of unblemished personal exam ple and leadership."-"" . Scarct two months later, undoubtedly with the full approval of Commandant Sheperd, the Ma rine Corps bestowed upon Colonel Schwable the medal of the Legion of Merit r - Are these actions contradictory and inconsist ent? They are not The rebuke (amounting to disciplinary action) was compelled by the relentless code imposed inescapably upon a senior officer such as Colonel Schwable by virtue of bis calling. He had finally succumbed to weeks of degrading torture at the hands of the Reds in Korea and "confessed' to taking part ifl "germ warfare." . ' The medal was awarded in recognition of his distinguished combat service as chief of staff for the First Marine Air Wing before his capture .by the enemy. There is something refreshingly hard and clean cut about all this. Colonel Schwable had been rec ommended for a decoration because of what he did well under the test of battle. That recogni tion did not stand in the way of discipline when he failed to stand up under the test of torture. Nor was bestowal of the honor withheld because of the intervening rebuke. . These are times when codes of ethics and fair play are in danger of erosion by confusion, fear, and ruthlessness. The sequence of events culmi nating in an uspublicized ceremony on the pa rade ground at Cherry Point has lit at least one, steady beaeoan at which the nation can look. (Christian Science Monitor.) ...AnJth4utyol9orpol'rtkolcommitttvlllbtolisttatoth cWf e W report to vs.. I no us ALL ef investing our 1meT (Continued from page 1.) City model. The business section is on a narrow flat between the mountain (Deer ML) and the water; and the houses rise by tiers on the side , of the moun tain. Located on an island, it has only 25 miles of highway, part of which is now being sur faced. But the city has parking meters' and there is talk of a pigeon-hole parking structure, which would seem to be .very practical for a city as congested in its business district as this one is. B? Lichty County to Get $136,897 Out Of State Funds ' Marion County will receive $136,897 from the apportionment of two state funds, one involving $2,179,274 of State Highway De partment revenues and the other $240,000 of liquor privilege tax money, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry announced Tuesday. Distribution to counties of the highway fund is based on motor vehicle registration for 1953. The 19 per cent distribution to coun ties represents funds' from ve hicle registrations, motor vehicle fuels taxes, motor carrier fee and fines for motor vehicle viola tions. The liquor fund is distributed on a basis of 75 per cent to coun ties and 23 per cent to the state's general fund with the provision that counties spend the money for old age pensions, mother's aid and direct relief to the needy. Amounts slated for other coun ties in the area are Polk, $21,568; Yamhill, $49,218: Linn, $78,879; Lane, $189,199: Washington, $87, 389; Benton, $36,538; Clackamas, $110,012. Others are Clatsop, $39,498; Deschutes, 32,291: Douglas, $93, 357: Gilliam, $5,724- Grant $12, 825; Harnev, $9,823; Hood Riv? er, $19,829: , Jackson, $93,561 Jefferson, $9,433: Joseohine, $44, 451; Klamath, $64,011: Lake, $11, 578: Lincoln, $30,120; Malheur $32;463: Morrow, $9,114: Sher man, $4,806: Tillamook. $28,357; Umatilla, $71,004; Union, $26, 059; Wallowa, $11,555; and Was co, $28,104. ; TO) una conspicuously posted a placard promising a $1000 fine for min ors frequenting the' premises or trying to buy drinks. Leaving Ketchikan at seven p.m., we really sailed into sun set only the sun refused to set until 9:25J And it was . bright again this mof ning when we rose at 5 to visit Wrangell where the ship had docked during the night A-neat bright little city, which was hardly astir when we shoved off at 7 ajn.' ; It has a substantial new fed eral building, as do most of these Alaska cities legacies of the public works of FDR; and a substantial schoolhouse and attractive t churches. At Ketchi kan .a young woman who was born there said the city had as many churches as bars, which shows that Alaska has progress ed since the days of the gold rush. Evidently - the bars give trouble, tor In their doors was Leaving Wrangell the route led through the famous Wran gell Narrows, where the ship must thread the needle through a tortuous but well marked passage. We went right by Pet ersburg, on the point of land at the terminus of the Narrows, its white houses and metal-roofed warehouses glistening in the bright sunshine. Most of the passengers found the trip through the Narrows exciting enough to give it their fyll at tention; but there was one well groomed dame who was playing solitaire in the lounge. I over heard her remark: "I just love Chicago. A penthouse at State and Madison is what I ' would like." It takes "all kinds of people" even to make a cruise to Alaska. Now we are sailing along Stephen Passage, the mainland on our right starboard, the sailors would jay and Admir alty Island on our left or port side. We are getting into the - country of tall mountains, snow covered, with glaciers. The ship is due to dock at Juneau, the capital of the territory, at 6:30 pjn. . v- , RIFLE, SLINGSHOT STOLEN Roy G. Arney, Woodburn Route 1, reported the theft of a 32 rifle and a slingshot from his barn Tuesday morning, . state police said. , Time Flies I ROM STATESMAN FILES The Safety Valve posters, banners and costly ra dio programs begin to blanket Oregon later in the summer let's ask ourselves this ques tion: Is Cordon hoping to spend his way back into office? . , Eldon Caley 935 Madison Street Salem, Ore. Soviet Regime Gains Apparent Stability J In Year Since Arrest of Lavrenty Beria " 1 By TOM WHITNEY j CAP Foreign Staff) It's now just a few, days more A than a year since the Soviet gov ernment announced the arrest of .the dreaded police chief Lavrenty Beria.: How have things gone in the So viet leadership since that sudden - development which indicated to the world: there .had been cracks in the Kremlin walls? Some foreign observers - when Beria was purged expressed hopes the Kremlin clique would tear it self apart in a big power struggle. But they've been disappointed. Nothing' of the sort has matured. - Te fact is that the Soviet gov ernment and Communist Party , 'leadership during the past year have managed to maintain a seem v ingly high degree of stability. ; There still , may well be some -acute personal conflicts within the ' . Soviet leadership. It wouldn't be surprising, .sooner or later, to see i one or more of these erupt into .1 Tt ft ai ; - J I 1 we vpeo. xui mere is serious ooudi whether anything of this sort will undermine the Soviet government To put it simply Premier Malen kov could do in Nikita Khrushchev, Khrushchev could get rid of Malen kov, or Nikolai Bulganin could get rid of them both. But any such developments would be handled, it is believed, inside the leadership and neither during their course nor in their result would have much important effect on the Russian people or the outside world. The present system of rule in the U. S. S. R. is obviously not --a one-man dictatorship on the Stalin pattern. The .Russians themselves- de scribe the present situation as 'collective' leadership. This term can be misleading. Ia actuality the Soviet Union is still very clearly an absolute dictatorship in which power.: are exercised not by any one man but by a small commit tee a board of directors, in which two men play leading and apparently approximately equal roles. - The two men are, of course. Premier Georgi Malenkov , and party boss Nikita Khrushchev. The committee behind them fa apparently in a broad sense the big-mne , - the nine-member presidium of the Central Commit tee of the Communist Party, which corresponds to Stalin's politbureao, Likely the nine-man group is for all practical purposes dominated bv a smaller prrum nt fiv men consisting of Malenkov, Khrush- cnev, rorein Minister v. M. Moio tov, Defense Minister Nikolai Bui ganin and First Deputy Premier Lazar Kaganovich. It's certainly an open question whether the present form of com mittee dictatorship in . the TJ. S. S. R. is destined to survive. In past history committee rule or committee dictatorship has rarely been long-lived in any society. Your Health By Dr. Herman N. Bnndesea, MJ. Malnutrition caused by poor eat-1 ing habits can give delusions of parasites infesting the body more vividly than if the insects were actually there. Many times pa tients wfil bring to their physicians a specimen of dirt or crusts from their skin,-honestly believing that parasites are contained in these bits of debris. ' These people constantly' wash their beds and linen and even boil their clothing'daily. They take fre quent baths and use insecticides. Mose of them have, due to over self -treatment of the so-called parasites, a more or less general ized dry, scaly skin," secondary to the irritation that, they have caus- ea oy treating inemseives. Persons who live in the same home with someone having this affliction often become convinced that they, too, are afflicted with parasites. These people usually have a prompt cure as soon as they are removed from contact with the "parasitic person. In the oast - this nrohlem has been difficult to treat Recently it was shown that people who suf fer from this disease have a his tory of poor eating habit. - They felt crawling sensations and burn ing pain, as if from the bite of an insect This led to their belief in parasites. r However, the central nervous system of man is particularly vulnerable to changes due to mal nutrition. .These changes, due to improper eating habits, can cause the symptoms so like parasite in fection. This problem thus becomes amenable to .treatment as soon as the nutritional deficiency at fault is corrected. Questioa'and Answer -. Miss J. J.: Can a cyst of the ovary turn into cancer? Answer: Some cysts do turn can cerous. If you have a cyst you should be under the frequent ob servation of your physician. .CORDON REPLY CRITICIZED To the Editor:' - In regard to your editorial concerning the challenge issued by State Senator Richard Neu berger toGuy Cordon to hold the campaign to $50,000, it comes as something of a shock to me that' your paper, which in my opinion is generally quite astute, could so completely miss the issue; . - . The challenge was not -Issued for the purpose of quashing ru mors concerning Neuberger's fi nancial backing, but was thrown out in an effort to' pursuade Cordon and his backers to keep their campaign budget, official . and un-off icial, down to a level where the Neuberger people can compete. It has been estimated that those Who back Cordon plan to spend t least $250,000, one quarter of a million dollars, on this campaign. This means both "official' and 'un-official" ex-, pendltures. Cordon's reply that his spending is limited by state and federal law is an obvious , dodge and is of no pertinence at alL Of course he is limited in what he can spend, but the law does not limit or frustrate a private individual or organi zation from striking out on its own in support of a candidate in whom he has a "peculiar' interest' Needless to say, these who would venture that amount of money in a state which up to now. is supposed to be a lead pipe Republican cinch have their reasons. . . . The i investment of that amount ' of money in anything would necessarily include a tac- it promise to repay a calculated . return on the investment It is little, short of obvious who in this state has that kind of . money. -; It is also patent what type of return" Cordon is peculi- arly in a position to give as the recently designated, chairman of the Senate Interior Committee which deals directly with our state's resources. 4 . . ' . it is the return on the earn- Financial Condition of ' paign investment which Cor- . don's backers will demand and Insurance iirm Good ' receive which shocks those of . . " . " . ; us who love Oregon as she is. The financial condition of the You are right though, money is American Guaranty Life Insur- not the Issue directly: the issue Company, Portland, is satis- in tM MniT!im im Ortifnii ho,-, factory, based on a financial m- FAVORS CORDON To the Editor: , I have heard over the radio and read in' the newspapers all the faults Richard Neuberger, the Democratic candidate, finds with: Sen. Guy Cordon, the Re publican candidate. My father never voted a Re publican ticket in his life and I have always tried to vote the , same way, but this time I shall change and vote for Guy Cor don as in my mind he is the best man for the job heN now holds. I, Marion Miller f Star Route, Silverton, Ore. Better English By D. C. WILLIAMS ; 1. What is wrong with this sen tence? "The acoustics of the room are very bad, and I couldn't hardly hear the speak er." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "bindery"? , 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Soulful, souless, son orous, somnolence. 4. What does the word "alac rity" mean? .. . 5. What is a word beginning with sa that means "to yield"? ANSWERS 1. Say, "The acoustics of the room, is very bad, aid I could hardly hear the speaker. 2. Pro nounce bin-der-i, first i as in ice; three syllables, and not bind-ri. 3. Soulless. 4. A cheerful readi ness or promptitude. "He obeyed his father with alacrity. 5. Suc cumb. - . ' ; : 10 Years Ago July 14, 1944 ' C. W. Smith, regional food distribution director, reported the war food administration had awarded "A" distinction to nine western canneries for processing achievement Among them was Paulus Bros., Salem. The Battleship Oregon, queen of the U. S. fleet in the Spanish- American war, was converted into a barge and is in action against the Axis, navy officials announced. v. Blazing heat in some states and a general drought in most of' the territory east of the Rockies ended chances for bumper crops this year, the American Institute of Food Distribution said. 25 lean Ago July 14, 1929 At Portland, H. L. Stiff, Salem furniture man, was elected pres ident of the Furniture Dealers Association of Oregon. Salem was chosen the convention city for 1930. . Premier Mussolini, in a letter of farewell to retiring American Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher, wrote that he was one of the best and most sincere collabora r tors . in strengthening the ties between Italy and the United States. ' - Miss Pauline Terrill of New berg was a guest at the B. C. Miles home. Miss Terrill has been in London following a per iod of study at Geneva. , 40 Years Ago f July 14, 1914 . The new bitulithic tennis courts just constructed on the Willamette University Campus are being put to use by Chaun cey Bishop. Paul Wallace, John Farrar and O. B. Gingrich. To avoid paying the federal tax, a local brewing company had a deputy revenue collector supervise the distribution ' of 17,000 gallons of beer which had been left over when West Vir ginia went dry the first of July. '' Teddy Tetzlaff broke two state records at the Potlach au tomobile races at the Meadows in Washington state when he set a mark of 54 15 seconds for one mile and one minute 49 35 seconds for two miles. Motorcycle, Car Collide A car and motorcycle crash at Shipping and N. Summer streets Tuesday morning caused non-ser ious injuries to one man and damaged both vehicles, city police reported. Examined by city first aidmen and later treated at Salem Mem orial Hospital was Donald Swart wout 1744 Chemeketa St., rider of the motorcycle. He sustained a laceration on the forehead. Police said the motorcycle col lided with a car operated by Wil liam Franklin Moore, 3565 Silver- ton Rd. 2 Jefferson r .i it i our ns iwane As Gar Rolls Two Jefferson youths escaped serious injury early. Tuesday morning when their car struck a bridge railing and rolled over near the Talbot junction on High way 99E .south of Salem, state police reported. Taken to Salem Memorial Hos pital were the driver, Richard Gibbons, 19, and a companion, Loran Heman, 17, both of' Jef ferson Route 1. Gibbons- was treated for cuts and bruises and released Tuesday afternoon. He- man, who sustained minor injur ies, was not hospitalized. Police said the Gibbons car, a convertible, . traveled about 160 feet on its back after striking the railing. .... !' Klamath Legal FeudBrinsrs Investigation Investigation of 'the Klamath Falls judiciary situation, resulting in a series of affidavits of preju dice being filed against Circuit Judge David R. Vanderberg of Klamath Falls and Judge Ralph Holman. ' assiened there from Clackamas County, was in progress Tuesday under direction of Jonel Hill, administrative assistant to Chief Justice Earl C, Latourette of the state supreme court. Hill wiH report to Justice La tourette upon completion of the investigation. Chief Justice Latouratte said he also is conferring with officials of the Oregon Bar Association bv would not elaborate. Judge Vanderberg Tuesday .war assigned by Chief Justice Latoup ette to Deschutes County to hea the case, of Bradetich vs. Plese. Most of the affidavits of preju dice against Judge Vanderberg were filed with Chief Justice La tourette by District Attorney Fred Alderson of Klamath County, who has been under verbal attack by Judge Vanderberg - for several months. Following filing of these affida vits of prejudice Justice Latourette assigned Judge Holman to Klam ath County with a general circuit court assignment. Attorneys for at least two defendants in criminal cases later filed affidavits of pre judice against Judge Holman. Cir cuit Judge Charles H. Foster of Lake County was then order"' " Klamath County. GOP Delegates Due to Attend Portland Meet Sidney Schlesinger, newly elect ed chairman of the Marion Coun ty Central Republican Committee and Mrs. Edna Stacey, vice chair man, will represent Marion Coun ty at the state, meeting in Port land Saturday morning, July 17.. Important business at the State Republican -Central Committee meet "will be the election of offi cers lor the ensuing, two years, Schlesinger said Tuesday. "Other business at the meeting will be the organization of the Republican State Central Commit tee and the formation of the exe cutive board. flans lor the tail campaign will be considered and finances discussed, Schlesinger added. Group Elects ' H. C. Saalfeld H. C. Saalfeld, director of the state department of veterans , af fairs here, was elected a . member of the executive committee of the National Association of State Di rectors of Veterans Affairs at the group's annual conference in Mackinac Island, Mich., recently. He will represent district six of the association, including eight western states and Hawaii and Alaska. Saalfeld reported that other di-, rectors at the conference were keenly interested in the Oregon veterans home and farm loan program. Only California "has a comparable loan for its veterans. TRAFFIC SLOWED IRON RIVER, Mich. (Jfl - r . 10 hours motonsta didn t whiz through the tiny crossroads town of Basswood, without a look around. Lightning struck the sig nal mechanism controlling a rail way blinker. Until repairs could be made, the blinker flashed, forcing all cars to stop before crossing the tracks. SEE THE olivet ti F uliy A uiommtlo Printing Caleulntor Does All Your Figure Work All makes of adding ma chines and typewriters for rent Typewriter Exchange Phone 3-6773 456 Court Free PARKING OFF THE STREET 46 CARS Payed, Curbed, lined 9 FAIIILY CARS Under Rbol Finest Parking for Funerals in Salem v. Our Last 1,000 Funerals: Under $250 . " . . . $251-$350 . $351-$500 . . $501 -$650 . $651 -Over 138 276 468 99 19 CLOUGH -- BARRICK FUNERAL SERVICE Church at Ferry Sts. Phone 3-9139 self. Do we want her natural beauty and wealth carefully, covetously developed by per sons responsible to the people themselves? Or dowe want her shortsightedly exploited by those who Just happen to have vestigation report, the state in surance commission announced here Tuesday. Examination of the company was made at the request of the new management after Circuit Judge Martin Hawkins of the a quarter of a million dollars. -declared tte controliing stock to spend. ... v aed Dy the promoters of the As the Cordon billboards, company to be Improper. THIS I THIS I s m time: lom STHE PLACE Salvation, Healing, Holy Ghost Revival with Nationally Known Evangelist 7:45 P. M. ' Every Night Except Sat. . : New Lancaster Assembly of God ' Church 577 N. Lancaster Dr. (Between Center and State) G. O. BAKER Chef Schaberg Pasfor