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New Salem Heights Well Produces 420 Gallons a Minute i.-i Mi mm .) ... r'X f V - 1, :'-H: 3 Legion Asks U. S. to Warn Asia Commies WASHINGTON The Ameri can Legion called Thursday for a U. S. warning that any further Communist aggression in Southeast Asia "will bring forth-; immediate military retaliation with or without the, cooperation of the other free nations. In another resolution at its 36th annual convention, the nation'! largest veterans organization sug gested that America seriously con aider breaking off relations with . Russia. - - - - ? "The American Legion, it said, "will never accept the principle U coexistence with gangsters, athe ists, ruffians and murderers." : Sappers InvestigaUeas f i i On the domestic scene, the Le gionnaires called by resolution for full support and unlimited investi gative power for congressional committees investigating commun ism and subversion, ii : , ? These include the Senate investi gations r subcommittee headed - by Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis), the Senate Internal security subcommittee led by Sen. Jenner (R-Ind) and the .House Committee on Un-American Activities, headed by Rep. . Velde (R-IU). - ' - j In taking this stand, the delegates turned down attempts to have the Legion declare specifically it does oot approve of investigating meth ods which "violate the traditional American concepts of due process '-of law." ,v - -j . Asia Treving G round' The resolution proposing a warn ing to the Reds on Southeast Asia said: "We believe that Indochina, and other areas of Southeast Asia, will be the. proving ground of the Free World's ability to stop the march' of communism." -It expressed hope that "a policy of massive appeasement will not replace the theory of massive re taliation and said retaliation to ag gression should be with weapons of our1 choice. . . aimed; at the heart of any enemy which may create such aggression.' In still another resolution, adopt ed with a less enthusiastic voice vote, the Legion- delegates voted continued support of the United Na- turns, v ; SALEM HEIGHTSA sew well that produced 420 gallons of water : a minute produced a flurry ef excitement for officials of the Sa lem Heights Water District Thursday. The well is said te be the highest prodncer ever tapped in the area. The district has five ether wells, bat this one will Increase capacity nearly 50 per cent 1st insert, George Diets, Zlt E. Ewald Ave, a member of the water board, prepares te sample aew water source. Duf field Bros, drilled the 292-foot well, located near Boyce rest home. (Statesman Photo) $14 Bid at Or egbn City Auction Buys Fortune in Gold. Silver LONG BEACH. Wash. (UP)-A treasure in gold and silver, jewelry dating from the last century languishes in the bands of a pong Beach curio dealer an unexpected windfall from , last week's auction at the Shively Opera House in Oregon City. ( , Indifferent Bid Wellington W. Marsh, a curio and antique dealer, was in the market mostly for old store fixtures' when be attended the auction of all eon- tents of Oregon City's venerable show place. At the end of the day. when everything had been sold but odds and ends. Marsh indifferently bid $14 for a pile of old boxes, corsets and fans. The contents of one ! of the boxes be has now in sured for $7000. ; v ,;k It was . not i until several days 'Federal Power ' Needed to Halt Unemployment' i PORTLAND (UP) State Sen. Richard L. Neuberger said Thurs day Oregon faces a crisis in em ployment unless there is an . im mediate return to the federal low cost power program, e - ! The Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate told a meeting of sheet - metal trade unionists that Oregon "lost" 10,000 jobs in manu facturing between Ma. of 1953 and May of 1954. "Yet," be said. "The state's population rose approxi mately 34,700, according to the State Board of Health, during. this period. "Recent history tells us what to do," he said. "We should go back to the great public power pro grams, which erected Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams." He said that in the first decade after low cost Bonnevuie kilowatts were available, Oregon experienced the major industrial boom in its annals as a state. COMING TO SILVERTON . SILVERTON The Rev. and Mrs. Joseph A. Luthro have received word from the pastor's sister, Mrs. Elton S. Thayer of McXinley Park, Alaska, that she will come to Sil- vcrton the middle of the month to live for a few months. Thayer was killed last May in a mountain climbing accident while making the descent on a climb to McKin fey. . Mrs. . Thayer has been em ployed at- McKinley Park during aftej the auction, that Marshsjft-J thing, iflg through his loot, opened a beaten old garment box and came on a stock of solid gold jewelry and sterling silver what would have been typical stock in a good jewelry store in the 1870s and '80s. Price tags were still on some, re flecting the $16.50 per ounce price of gold which was current in those days. ' " - - - Over ZOO Pieces -The bonanza included solid gold watch chains, watches with gold cases, a cameo locket, cuff links rare gold thimbles, rings, bracele lets, brooches and scores of other items totalling 200 pieces. Marsh is still checking the authenticity Of a well - preserved newspaper purporting to be a 1770 issue of the Boston Gazette, a val uable find in itself, if it is the real Madef-for Horns Canning! ; MSQIIJARS fo4cninATfons BtM7-B fmi V " - mm mm :mm. mm.M j Jl v: 1:112 ad lYlSI-ttCUTH - if ; MK-llip ribi. Tk ONlY fmt Mat cm with ten OOME IW . . , eraaavwkita INAMCt liaise wo pOVCttfa x IAU MOTOOJ COMPANY tiKrf4 Wti Coast SWImo S Meat, Calif. offer expires S:?fc.bcr 15,1954 Thanks f or the hundredsof snapshots of your dogs' and cats. There u still rime for you to take ' advanuge of this opportunity to have your pet's picture in future Beg-More advertising. 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The Harvey project would be lo cated about 85 miles above the Rains Delay k Reds' Release Of de Castries SAIGON, Indochina (UP) Heavy rains lasnmg j northern xnaoctuna Thursday delayed the return to freedom of Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries and other, high - ranking prisoners of the taanmumsts. : Communist sources in Saigon said they hoped the hero of Dien Bien : Pba would reach , the ex change point at Jfing Gian Thurs day night - J ; j " j The Communist Indochinese an nounced Wednesday , they would resturn de Castries and other im portant captives on Thursday and it -was indicated their repatriation would be accompanied by a fan fare of Communist propaganda. There was a sudden news black out in Hanoi, the northern capital of Viet Nam where de Castries and the other' prisoners were scheduled to be taken. Mail, telegraph, cable and 'tele phone services in and out of Hanoi were cut suddenly and the i only news from the North was broad cast over the French army radio. Bad weather and poor commun ications failed to stall the return Wednesday of 409 French union prisoners in the Vietri area where de Castries was believed held. it was oeiieved that commun ications may have been cut in an effort to stem the torrent of Red propaganda expected to follow de Castries-release. -j Fulling Pole Short-Circuits Noisy TV Set LOS ANGELES (P) A Wil shire District resident has found a .way to silence his neighbor's TV set whenever he wishes. ! The idea came to him during a recent hot spell when he was unable to sleep because of the blare of commercials from the set next door. i j He stuck a metal fish pole out his -: third story window and leaned it against the antenna ri the neighbor's roof. It did a beau tiful job of shorting reception. He resorts to the fish pole now as often as necessary, removing it In the morning. The neighbor and aTV repairman, be reports, are slowly going nuts. ; mouth 'of the Copper river and 65 miles northeast of Valdez, Alaska. 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Statesman, Salem, Or Friday, Sept 3, lS5i (Sac 4 3 Insurance Group Opens Convention KLAMATH FALLS (UP The Oregon Association of Insurance Agents opened its annual conven tion here Thursday with some 400 members expected to attend. Prin cipal speaker Friday ; will be Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon College at' Ash land. - CONFIDENT CROOKS LANSING, Mich. (JfV-While rob bing a supermarket safe of $3,000, burglars thought of their comfort They drank beer and whiskey and kept a fan running. I . Marilyn Faces $3,000 Suit ;. BEVERLY HILLS. Calif, (UP) Actress Marilyn Monroe faces a S3000 damage suit in municipal court stemming from an auto ac cident last May zL Bart Antinora, physical edu cation instructor, filed suit yester day for personal injuries, charg ing Miss Monroe's auto struck the rear end of his convertible at an intersection. . . ' Antinora said, he was : stopped at the intersection at the time of the accident' . i ft! 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