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S Sc. U-Stotwaan, Salto. On. liun. Nor. li. 19S West Salfeitn Firm Files Court Action (Story also on page one.) A plywood firm that at! one time operated' in W e i t Salem seeks $533,113 for allegedly be ing driven out " of ; business v by what it claims wert fraudulent practices. : ' Bearer Plywood Cooperative, bow in process of dissolution; fil- ' ' ' "if Move Halts to I -- . : ' --.if liepiaccjuugC; For Latiiriore ! By JwW. DAVIS ; WASHINGTON (l The Justice Department has decided against any further steps to remove Judge Luther W. Youngdahl from tfie Owen Lattimore case. f U. S. District Attorney Leo K Rover. wb has accused Young- dahl of bias toward Lattimore. an nounced the decision of his super iors Wednesday. u i n Lattimore, Far Eastern affairs specialist and educator, is due to f o on trial Jan. 10, charged with awearinz talselv to a senate sun committee he had never followed the Communist line or promoted Communist causes, i u i Lattimore , was originally indict ed in 1952 on seven counts. When the proceeding reached Youngdahl he threw out the key count that Lattimore lied when he swore he had not been a Communist sym pathizer or promoter h and three lesser counts." ! I ' The V. Court oft Appeals up held Youngdahl on dismissal of the key count but reinstated two of tte other, three youngdani naa tarown out. , - : Grange Asks Expansion of j RE A Program I SPOKANE (It - Grangers askld Wednesday that trie lending pow ers of the Federal Land Bank be broadened and that j the Rural Electrification Administration be ! given enough money to expand Us program. j , Resolutions on both subjects vers included in the report of the committee on : cooperative I activi ties,: approved by delegates to tht 83th 'annual Orange; convention heaLv-i W'. -ki t-r.j-yj They''prPO'edi tjiet mi'BM banks be allowed to! double the limit on single loans j now set at $100,000," and that lending author ity be extended to loans for non farm purposes, i They also asked that loans be made available to people employed in partime farm ing. ' - - ' .: i. ' f. The report on the REA urged that enough money be made avail- . able to the agency to extend the program into areas now not Served and to modernize present " sys tems. And it asked that the REA telephone program be! carried for- ' ward "until all feasible . areas have adequate service.". and dependable The Grangers pooled any pro posal to increase the; Ctr cent interest rate on REA bs. r ; Weed Meeting Asks Control 1 Of Ragweed PORTLAND Ufl The Oregon Weed - Conference recommended Wednesday that the jnext Legisla ture appropriate enough money; to control ragweed in Oregon, The conference took the action after hearing a report that rag weed, which affects . hay fever victims, now has spread to i 15 counties, with' the most serious infestations in Josephine and in the Milton-Freewater area of UmatiUa : County. i Dr. Harold Erkkson. state health officer, said Xhe infestation f in those two counties is approaching the point where ragweed pollen may cause hay fever symptoms. Both infestations, he said, may be beyond eootrol. 1 . 4 He said Oregon may lose tourist - trade along with its reputation; as a state fret of ragweed. . j ' NOW SHOWING! Two Top Thrillers! TtCMMtCOtOj Technicolor Co-Hit 1 as s " r ed the suit in Marion County Circuit Court Wednesday through its three trustees. Named as the defendants are si individuals; and four firms. Thi suit states that the defend ants represented to the Beaver firm that they had an option on a large tract of . timber in Lincoln County, known as the Boeing Timber Tract; the plaintiffs al lege that no such option existed. James B. Carr, one of the de fendants, is alleged to have rep resented to the1 Beaver firm that he had ; obtained - patents for a process of applying graining ma terial to plywood, and that tht patents .bad. been conveyed to Coop Forestry Products, another defendant, which would grant ex elusive rights to the Beaver firm for the use of. such a process in Oregon. , i Manufacturing Cost The suit alleges that Carr never. obtained the patents and that the costs of such a manufacturing process were misrepresented. The suit further states that fi nanees for the construction of a plywood plant for the Beaver, firm would be obtained by the defendants -from a Spokane bank The plaintiffs claim that no application for funds was made. to the bank. t.j ,,t w tM iht v,l tional Cooperative stores would buy all of the firm's output and that a "great backlog" of orders existed for the finished plywood; producL , ' , ; 1 1 -.(' f. Added Complaint The suit, states that the stores bad made no offer and that no orders for the finished product existed. I Beaver Plywood Cooperative al so alleges that it was promised peeler logs from a logging con cern in Tillamook County, but that the defendants "wllfullyf omitted; to state that litigation had been started against the log. King firm, "placing all of the mj wi- W . V - via firm's interest in said timber in jeopardy." 1 I The suit further contends that the; plywood firm entered into a contract for the purchase of a franchise based upon the patent rights for the plywood process, and agreed to pay $30,000 for the franchise, of w h 1 c h, the suit states, $24,000 has been paid to the defendants. j Following this, the , plywood firm contends, a plant was set up under Carr's direction at West Salem in 1833 and that because of Josses suffered Beaver Ply wod Cooperative .was', unable t6 continue as, a going concern. . f it : i . t ..S I . lownot ard Sales Stores Planned CHICAGO (J) A shutdown of some 14 of its 640 retail stores ef fective Christmas Eve is planned by Montgomery Ward k Co., huge retail merchandise I firm which several rival groups are seeking to control. 11 i John A. Barr, vice president and secretary, said the planned shut- gram of concentrating on larger stores and better locations." . f He said "a few" of Ward's smal ler1 stores that the exact number has not been determined would be closed when their leases expire at the end of the year. Another company official who asked to remain anonymous gave the number as U, and the shut down as Christmas Eve. Portland Area Rezoned for Big Shopping Center PORTLAND The City Council rezoned . a 40-block area Wednesday to make way for ia huge shopping area, but delayed J! a. A ii aecision on a oispuiea zoning problem. I ; I The 40-biock rezoning was in the Holladay Park area. Now classed is a business conei the area will be developed by the Lloyd Corp. as a big ast Side market f . 3; 2J "I was called the j wildest beauty i ih the Paris whirl! j Life was rich..." ? ! THUlSTTi:J!EiaWPm ' 1 M-G-M's Teehaicolor restsace sttrriag ELIZABETH TAYLOR VAN JOHNSON WAITER PIDGEON DONNA REED , j COMING - ; J; ' fOK THANKSGIVING TO - .IT - . IT1 1 . . ruieraus iu Settle Ontario, ute ONTARIO (UP) A battle that raged between Ontario and-Vale Chambers of Commerce prior to the i Nov. 2 election has changed only slightly,' although the subject was "settled" by Malheur county voters at the polls, . . y 'The subject is a new courthouse. In the background is location of the Malheur county seat. The county vcourt proposed to purchase the former Vale high school building to serve as a new courthouse after remodeling. Thi was placed on the ballot. The On tario Chamber of Commerce open ly Apposed the purchase. Ontario claimed that the county should build a new courthouse rather than remodel the old achoolhouse. The Vale Chamber of Commerce came back and said that Ontario was not in reality seeking a new courthouse but aa opportunity to have the county seat moved from Vale to Ontario. . , At election time. Ontario voters almost unanimously turned down the proposal to buy the school building, while Vale voters ap proved the plan overwhelmingly. However, the measure was de feated. Soon -after election, Pat Wilkin of Radio Station KSRV, Ontario, questioned County Judge C. Y. Chester about the issue. He said: "Everybody in the county must face the fact that the real issue 15 county. cat. No matter how much anybody tries to disguise the issue with condemnation of the court's plan to purchase and re model the sctftol building, i the undercurrent of Ontario's attempt to move the county seat are ob vious. v. j And Wednesday, Ontario Cham ber of Commerce President R. R. Robertson replied: "We would like the court to present a plan for a suitable building. If that is done I'm sure Ontario will back it just as vigorously as it opposed the pur chase of the Vale school building. However, if-there is any question as to where a new courthouse should be, then by. all means let the people of the county express their preference." : Dixon-Yates Asks Finance Plan Okeh WASHINGTON Of The Dixon Yates power group asked the Se curities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday for quick i ap proval of its' financing plans for a 107 million dollar generating plant at West, Memphis, Ark. The project has been, the subject of hot debate in 'Con-cress, and a group of Democrats say they will try to km it when their party takes over control of the House and Senate in J January. I -In applying for SEC approval. the Dixon-Yates group said it would require 36 months to build the steam plant and that by that time the Memphis area will be facing 'a critical power short age." 1 ! SEC officials indicated they would schedule Thursday a hear ing to start probably in two to four weeks. Bulgaria Accepts Conference Bid i . VIENNA, Austria (A Commu nist Bulgaria has accepted Rus sia s proposal for a conference on European security Nov. 29,' the So fia radio said Wednesday. New Playing Opes 1:45 'The Student Prince' Cinemascope , Abb Birth Edmund Purdom And the singing voice ef MARIO LANZA Plus "Wicked Wonan" Htl-Jhrf.) 1 NOW SHOWING! Here is Remaace and AdvcetMre beyond year wildest m 1 dreaiml Color Co-IIlt T" Vale Disp At Thej Theaters ; ; Today ELSINOftB -..V--' THRIB HOUR TO KILL," Dana Andrtwi V Donna Heed. WA BVLUT IS WAITING Rory Calhoun. - ? , i Capitol .. '.' , : ' "ADVENTURES 1 I OF - HAJJI BABBA," with John Derek in Cinemascope. 'ADVENTURta OF ROBINSON. CRUSOl- in eolor.; I GRAND "SUSAN SLEPT i HERE-' "With Dick Powell St Debbie Reynold. DUEL IN THK JUNOUS" with Dana Andrtww Jeanne Craln. " HOLLYWOOD "KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE." 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George (D-Ga), slated to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Eisenhower promised such ad vance consultation "so far as that was practical." f i For two and a quarter hours, tht President, Secretary of Stats Dulles, Secretary pi Defense Wil son and 23 Democratic and Re publican congressional chieftains explored America's! present and future course in the fields of for eign affairs and national security. ?ney conierreo in tne white House cabinet room at Eisenhower's in vitation. ' Afterward, presidential press secretary James C. Hagerty ! Is sued a formal statement saying that: ; "The President opened the meet, ing by saying it was essential to have a continuing I bipartisan ap proach to foreign affairs and na tional security matters that would represent the best interests of our nation, regardless of which politi cal party controlled the Congress." Those present included House Speaker Martin (R-Mass), Rep. Rayburn (D-TexJ, who will suc ceed Martin as speaker in Janu ary, Republican and Democratic floor leaders and (whips of both Senate and House, pad top Demo crats and Republicans on the For eign Affairs, Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. Various participants described the meeting as entirely harmoni ous. - Potato Pf rice Increase S een . i VICTORIA OB An Increase in potato prices in British Columbia due to blight - reduced yields with in g and withouf the province It ex pected shortly, the Provincial Ag. riculature Department said Wed nesday. Blight has bit about 10 per cent of B. C.'s 80,000 to 90,000-ton crop, the : department said. The loss represents about $360,000 out of the total estimated J3,500,ooc crop value. ; - OO' n- nun n n m r"W: pur V w '? ' ' Famous Sealy "300 SEALY IS LIKE SLEEPING If rings You Save 49? f 00 Check This Qualify and These Outstanding Features: Motor Company Employes Picket Firm, Seek Contract A picket line went up at Loder 1 Bros. Motor Co., 455 Center St, Wednesday as officials of the firm and members of the AFL Machinists Union . argued over whether the work stoppagewas a strike or a lock-out -O--. Milo Holt, business agent of the union, said the 20 employes who are members of the union will apply for unemployment compensation on the grounds that they've been locked out "We consider it a lock-out be-M cause the company made unilat eral changes in working condl.; tlons," Holt said. The union members quit work Monday noon, Wayne P. Loder, manager of. Loder Brothers, said the stop-; page is a strike and said tht en tire disagreement eould have been prevented in September exi cept'for union Insistence on a union - shop provision in a re newed work contract The prev ious contract expired June L i "If we'd been willing to con4 tinue as a union shop, the union was willing to reach agreement with us on all other points," Lo der said. ! Previous Contract ! The union shop provision was included ' in the previous con tract Other points which have been considered in negotiation! Include Saturday overtime pay, a 40-hour work guarantee, paid Veterans' Day holidays, a senior ity clause and payment of laun- dry costs. j' Loder aaid Loder Bros, is con tinuing to accept repair and serv ice work although . the firm'f plant is closed down. The work is done by mechanics at other establishments with Loder Bros. supervisory employes overseeing the jobs, f . i Holt who has represented the machinists in the negotiations, NOW PLAYING! 'rii ell TaJ : tab: issnf Did POWELL Debbie KIYX0LDS ALSO TUCTlHTIIE Ian r7r.irrjAi Hogg Bros, Oil A CLOUD" .ar i i rir a r is Both For ess Ion over Springs o. Built by Master (raftsmen e Matching Box Springs for Sturdy Support said, the company "haMjt been bargaining la good faith." Rep resenting the company has been Portland attorney Will Masters. Loder said th. company had decided to resist a union shop provision because "all we're in terested In is whether a man can do his work." "We do not believe it's our function to force anyone to join any organization," Loder added. The union shop provision re quires new employes to join the union within 30 days of the time they are hired. Holt said members of the union had previously agreed to strike at Loder Bros, if so agreement was reached. "The members au thorized us to scale down our de mands," Holt said. "We want working conditions 1 to continue as they were under the old con tract" ! ' Ht said the machinists quit work Monday noon after a dis agreement over who was to bear the cost jof laundering coverall uniforms wore in the garage. The union also represents ma chinists at McKay Chevrolet and Valley Motor Co. Friday, nov. 19lh Parrish Jr. High AudiJorinn 8:15 p.n. ;cw va sate at nuici a. 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The figure is achieved by adding the 3a" official figures to the total supplied to the Associated Press Wednesday by Scott Sasaer, Wheeler Cauntv clerk. Piimahi 0Hara will find-barring a differ- I - J JH! . ence m aaaiuon me same wneeler total u that reported by Sasser. and the final Oregon toUli then will read: Cordon 283.21J and Neuberfer 385,775. FRANKIE SAYS: Do you folks realize just how close Christmas is? If you Haven't already started your shopping, you better be think ing about it Another thing to tninjc a oout li what and where to eat either before or after shopping. Naturally you'll be wanting quick service and good nourishing food at low prices. Right here is where I come In. You stop at my place, anytime and XH fix you a super-giant Smorgasburger. Youll so away feeling 100 satisfied. Try us ana see. la the Candalaria District Adjaeent to the Dairy Queea South en 99 fuiicx i ioxi ruiisms Due Today Sr. .1