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2 Sac I ) Statesman, Salem Or4 Friday, SapL 17, 1854 Mother Goes Unrecognized Son in Salem Amnesia Case By Society B7 GARTH FANNING M si,-- SU Writer, The Staiesmaa j ! -A "mother faced i son that didn't know her over a hospital bed in. Mlem Thursday. : . - ! . M -. , . f The son, Warner C Gaub, 27, 1068 Eighth St, Is under psychia tric care lor amnesia after wandering into a store at laanha wed- net night and reporting he had no idea who he was. : ! j The mother, Mrs. Paulina Gaub, also of 1068. Eighth St, Thurs day stood over her son, then in a bed at Salem Memorial Hospital, and sorrowfully told him, "I am your mother. - j -;; The son replied, "I don't know too. But they tell me that you are my mother. What has happen ed to me? Who am I?" With Mrs. Gaub at the bedside were neighbors who had known her son since he; was nine years old. He knew none of them. Gaub told his mother that all he can remember is seeing lights from a road "sometime Wednes-" day night"! He said he didn't re member, the last time he had eat en or how he wound up in Idan- na. --t I ; , i Mrs. Gaub recounted this story to The statesman: 1 ; Her son worked until 3:30 Wed nesday at the Western Paper Converting Co. He returned home soon after and brought the mail in. : - i Mrs. Gaub left the house for a short time and when she came home found that her son had left, taking his car and two army blan kets. 1 - i - - : j ! That was the last she heard of her son until Marion County she riffs deputies notified her late Wednesday night that they had taken her son to Salem Memorial Hospital .". i j ; j . Mrs. Gaub says her son seems in good spirits, except that he complains of a constant headache. Thursday, he was taken to the State Hospital .for! shock treat ments, which it is hoped will en able him to recognize who he ia. When found Wednesday, Gauh's clothes: Were badly torn and his car was found at Detroit The she riffs office reports it has no evi dence o foul play, i Rose Fetes Dallas Pastor, Wife i . . ! - i the Rev. and . Mrs.; Earl ! W. Benbow of Dallas, were given a farewell party Thursday night at the-YMCA by the Salem Rose Society. r ' 1 ' - j A pastor more than 40 years and a widely known rose authori ty, -Bev. Benbow plans to retire in October from, the pastorate of the, Dallas First Presbyterian Church where he has served ior the past eight years. Upon retire ment, the Rev. and Mrs. Benbow plan, a trip into Arizona and Iowa. ' : I Held in conjunction with the farewell fete was an informal rose show that included more than 100 exhibits. Approximately 40 persons attended the ; affair. Koreans Protest i Troops Removal SEOUL (A South Korea's army command Thursday protested the withdrawal of U. S. forces from Korea and said "America is hesi tating to give us the minimum mil itary weapons of self defense.". 1 "The timing of the withdrawals Is so fast that we could not possibly be ready to meet a strong enemy attack within the immediate fu ture." said a' joint statement by Gen, Lee Hyung Keun, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff; Gen. Chung n Kwun, army chief of staff., and Gen. Sun Vup Paik, commander of the 1st Field Army. Driver Scores I Grand Slam? j BARNWELL, S.C (UP)-A local woman put in for a grand slam while driving around a; downtown traffic circle. , . . .i She sideswiped a parked state Highway Patrol car, struck a car nrfnmertatf ta Mayor Herman I. Ma- mrskv. inmoed. the curb and struck a utility pole in the city park but managed to narrowiy mus ramminff Into the solice station. i She was charged with driving while tipsy ana witnour, a license. ATOMIC REPAIS YARD.. .:. X ! . VALLEJO, Calif. W The Navy announced Thursday night that Mare Island Navy Yard has been selected as the first yard on the Pacific Coast for the repair and construction of nuclear . powered ships. If - " i 1 1 Burglars Ransack Hubbard Market Statesman Newt Berries - HUBBARD A Thursday night burglary; of the Hubbard Food Market resulted ia! almost com plete ransacking of jthe premises, authorities reported.' ; Amount d loot taken could not be immediately determined. Officers said entry was made between 8 and 9 pjn. The thieves broke into the store by kicking in a rear 'door. rt' ;i . ' Investigation -showed the cii frits had prowled the store from stem to stern and also forced open SEEKS MILITARY AID ' ? INDON m Australian For eign Minister Richard Casey flew to Washington Thursday night nAoVinff massive American mili tary aid for i the newly formed Southeast Asia Treaty organiza tion. p . j . arMifiarBrarBHrBrBrsiriPj Hi If 11 1 A rnnouncutcj- . . . j Salem's Own Ballerina SANDRA BU VEN Vill Accept Registrations ! at her new dancing school at ' li i ; -; ' Columbus Hall just East of Fairarounds Road ' i BALLET - TOE - CHARACTER - ACROBATIC SeptJ6tii-17th.18th1-2Qth.21st Saturday, Septi 18, 9 A.fil-5 P.M. w ' Com Visit Our Beautiful Studio Phone 4-2762 for Appointments m 725 Shipping St. I i i i Li fd-l-Jhtl ll IIOV PLAY111G1 L ffJL 4 MP mi ftr.Toi KOiVARD KEEL 'ALSO Paul Douglas in j THE SABLE SCARF Another "Calling Scotland Yard" Series.; , ' "THE THIEVING ' ; MAGPIES An eTerture in cinemascope Price This Engagement: Adults: MiL 80c Eve. L0 Chilirw 20c AH Pit )i!lUE.l TUEftTiu- U man CAttiia tcsmr ft & Gates Open 6:45 tj Shew at Dusk I low Playing! Ion ki O'Connor I ! Julia Adams ! IChHl Williams ; Mamla Van Derail "FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS" ALSO Den Ddl:y 1 Ann Bancroft "THE KD ROM LEFT .nUD" 1 ALSO-. ' 'Ccrtccn CcrnivaK Briax the Whole Family County Reports Five Polio Cases . ' - - Daring September ! Five cases of polio have been reported in Marion County since Sept 1, it was reported Thursday night at a meeting of the county's chapter of the . National Founda tion of Infantile Paralysis. . r Chapter members were told that the county's total for the year now stands at 10 cases, one under the 1953 total for the same point in the year, Albert, C. Gragg, county chair man, announced that contribu tions itill are being accepted in the polio emergency fund cam paign. Emergency collections in the county currently total $5,700, Gragg said. ; North Santiam Civil Defense Chief Chosen ' The North Santiam Civil De fense area has been reactivated by the appointment of Floyd Vol keL, postmaster at Gates, as di rector for. the area, announces Wallace S. Wharton, director of Marion County Civil Defense. Because i of the similarity of the problems of Mill City, Gates, Detroit and Idanha, the civil de fense organization has been cre ated on an area plan. Volkel's ap pointment resulted from agree ment between Mayor J. C. Kim inel of Mill City, Mayor W. R. Hutcheson of Gates, Mayor Arch ie Mattoon of Detroit and Mayor Huber Ray of Idanha. ! CountyXaunclies Fight to Prevent j 0 & C Transfer 1 - - . - ; i" I WASHINGTON GB An Oregon county opened a fight here Thurs day to halt transfer of jurisdiction over 472,000 acres of Oregon & California railroad grant lands. R. L. Merrick, Washington at torney, filed a petition in U. S. District Court challenging consti tutionality: of the act which took jurisdiction over the disputed lands from the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management and gave it to the Department of Agri culture's i Forest Service. : President Eisenhower recently signed the transfer bill, authored by Sen. Cordon (R-Ore.). Merrick, acting for Clackamas County, said in his petition that the transfer would open the door to future efforts to place; control oi approximately 80 per cent more of the grant to the Forest Service. The transferred land, containing valuable timber, ia part of about three million acres in 18 western Oregon counties which Congress re claimed from the Oregon t Cali fornia Railroad for violation of its grant early in the century. LINE WORK TO RESUME PORTLAND LR. Stringing oper ations : on the McNary-Wishram 345,000-volt transmission line, halt ed last week fay technical diffi culties, will be resumed next Tuesday, Bonneville Power Admin istratkn announced Thursday. Crash Fatal To Lebanon Civic Leader (Story, also on j page L) Statesman NeV Serrlc LEBANON Funeral arrange ments for Dan Nofziger, Lebanon civic leader who was killed In a Wednesday plane crash near Raedsport, will be, announced later by the jJost funeral home. Nofziger's . bodyi was found lodged in the plane Thursday in the Umpqua River, where the air craft plunged after hitting a pow er line in stormy weather. A son, Morris, 35, critically injured in the accident, was re ported in improved condition Thursday at a North Bend hos pital, t ! j I . The elder Nofziger, a late resi dent of 320 Wheeler St, Leban on, was on the board of direc tors of the Lebanon Community Hospital, a project he was in strumental in establishing. His efforts had much to do with the taking over of the hospital opera tion by the Lebanon Mennonite Church. ; T'; I p He was a resident of Linn County for 40 years and was long a farmer in the Lebanon area. He had been semi-retired in re cent years. Mx. Nofziger was born at Stuttgart, iArkv in 1894 and came to Oregon at the age of 17. , ' j : ! I- . ' T Survivors in addition to the son, Morris, include the widow, Mrs. Lydia Nofziger, Lebanon; eight other children; Mrs. C. J. Mulptt Mrs. Sam King and Mrs. Roy Willrig, all of! Albany; Vur- giU, Alfred, vern i-ana ieo, au of Lebanon; and Mrs. Orie Roth, ir.ivhart. lni; brothers.! Ernest, Alvin, Victor' and; Sam, all of Lebanon, and another r Droiner in California; and two sisters, mm. Emma ; Gerlg andj Mrs. Martha Sander, both of Lebanon. . ' I i i Milk Production Costs Stabilized, OSC Report Says PORTLAND Un -4 Milk produc tion costs in Oregon compare favorably with those! of last March, the Milk Marketing Administration was told Thursday iat a senu-an-attnde bv about 100 uu o - . cmiaiut 1 rpi Columbia ana mid - Willamette Valley industry reoresentativet. Th renort was made by Melvin J. Conkhh, assistant farm manage ment professor at Oregon &iaw College. He said a seasonal feed price drop was offset by recent nairv feed nrices probably wIH it ' A iii:. otI.. mm oe aoout me Mmcuui they were a year ago, Marion u. Thnmai. OSC extension arriculture economist and price specialist, said. Hay prices, however, may be higher than last winter because of livestock increases ana ; uniavor able harvest conditions, i TJLS& TO STAT CLOSED , at.vmpta rtTPWWhite eass In the Cascades ! will remain closed until Nov. 1 at least, the State Highways Department announced Thursday. j- ' j i i LrJ U U t f ot 12:45 fM. HEY KIDS! o 4 Cartoons! 6 Two Big Features! Si) i : . I -. I , i. I j : THE WORLD'S LAST Qutntin Reynolds' LOST TRIBE ... ! Story U j I UNTOUCHED BY ' ffHH I ! ? CIVILIZATION! 1 llHIlVifV "Itaramoja" lo Hell" S.Salem Drive-In j j i 'M Closes Affer This Week-end I . Phona 2-2888 TONIGHT AT DUSIR As tha bats leava their caves to fly tha night in saarch of a helpless victim, wa will show tha tins ling, frfghtaning ' , j i t SPOOK. SHOW UIJDER THE STARS The Original Uncut i Version of the Classic Thriller! BORIS KARLOFF it it FRANKENSTEIN ALSO The Vampire Bat that lives an Human Bloo4! BEIA IUCOSI : la i , "DRACULA" At the Theatei'8 - Today ( ELSINOEJE :.' I -' "DRAGNET" with Jck Webb "CAPTAIN KIDD AND THE SLAVI GIRL" , - CAPITOL ! "SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS." Howard Kefl, Jane PowcU; filmed la colorful Cine mascope ; i GRAND '- if - . "KARAMOJA" ' I . HAUf WAY TO HE1X- I , BOLLYWOOD i "ALASKAN. SEAS" i with lob ert Ryan f : "ELEPHANT WALE" with Elix abeth' Taylor s NORTH SALEM DRIVE IN I "FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS with Don O'Connor and Julia Adams i I "THE KID FROM LXTT mXD" with Dan Dailey i r SOUTH SALEM DRIVE IN "FRANKENSTEIN," Boris Kar. loft i t "DRACULA" with Bel Luoci Wreck Lands Car in Ditcld A 1930 Mercury wound up in a ditch Thursday night in a colli sion at Market St, and Lancaster Dr., intersection, but drivers of the two vehicles involved escaped injury. - j Officers listed the drivers as Joe Hay, 18, of Salem Route 6, Box 528, and Frank J.Weissheck, Salem Route 6,. Box ,870. Hay's car received considerable damage after landing in jthe ditch, police said. Weissbeck's 1941 Chevrolet was 'moderately damaged. ,f , Weissbeck later was cited on a charge of going through a! stop sign. 1 Injuries to Girl by Jet Plane Bring Suit for 174,000 , ! : i . PORTLAND CD Injuries suf fered by a 5-year-old girl when aa Air Force jet plane crashed in the yard of her home last January led Thursday to .actions for $174,000 damages. f i . The government was named in two suits filed by parents of Bar bara; Lee Cox who asserted the child, suffered skull and other in juries that will cause paralysis of the face and limbs. ! The complaints asked $100,000 general damages and $74,566 in medical loss of future livelihood awards. . t . r: ; . J ITtotvAvfiiiffll New Flaying Opea 6:45 Elephani Walk" ; ; 10;. Lis Taylor...; . "Alaska Seas" Scio Youth Hurt as Car Hits Bridge j Statesman Newt Service SUBLIMITY A Scio youth suffered son serious injuries Thursday night when his car went out of control and tore out most of the railing! of a small bridge on the Stayton-Silverton highway, about a mile north of Sublinrity. j - - Reported In good condition later at Santiam Hospital, Stay ton, was Robert Key, 17, of Scio Route 2, Box 247. j 1 Key indicated that he must have gone to sleep prior to the accident Officers said the youth's 1941 Studebaker sedan ripped out three-fourths of the! bridge rail ing. Key, was reportedly thrown from the car and into a six-foot ditch. He was taken to the hos pital by a passerby, j . The car was reported exten sively damaged. i , Beer Consumption Drops in Oregon ! PORTLAND UB Oregon resi dents drank three million fewer gallons of beer in the Oregon Liq uor Control Commission's fiscal year - ended June 30.1 In percent ages, that was a .decline of 11.7 from the previous year. , Malt beverage consumption for the year was 24,196,579 gallons, wines, 1,077,931 gallons and spiri tous liquor, 2,017,860 gallons. The combined wines and liquor gallon age increase was 1.82 per cent. NOV PLAYING! f AVEBB k; , IIATUSE- I 'hi A?CviacTi CO LOB CO-H1T- now PLAYING! I WE j . Last Nighfs Crowds fe Sea ;;"Karomoia" and fHali Way to Hell" war tremendous. Our capable stiff simply could not handla rham. W apolofllxal 1 EXTRA praonnel will ba en duty tonight. Be patient. Coma aarty at possibla. Ceeparatt , please. 1 DO NT MISS THIS AMAZING SHOW! aoricorisonoD! 001 UnCIUILIZED! r (m RJCREDISLE SIGHTS THAT Wjyf CAM HEYfR EE FILMED sf,p yj AGAIN! v 'f&' i ' . 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