2 -(Sec. IMtatesman, Salem, Or.r Thursday, Jan. 13, 19551 Death Takes William Wechter, 88, Long-Time Salem Builder . Wi!!L-a Wedbter, 88, who supgr virod con-tmcuLon work on tie Salem YMCA building. Odd Fel lows Fall, Lac-anne: Hall, aad msny otter buildings in Salem and te surrounding arte, died Wed-De-day in a Salem hospital. Wccht3T had been retired about France, Italy Agree on Arms Control Need ROME UT) Two World War II . enemies France and Italv agreed Wednesdav on. a need for wider contrcls of . armaments to insure world peace. ; J A joint statement winding up two days of swiftlv paced confer ences between France's Pierre Mendes-France and Italian govern ment leaders indicated the French premier had been successful in winning a friendly Italian recep tion for his proposed . European arms pool 15 years efter a lifetime career as a general contractor in Salem. He had lived in a Salem nursing heme since the death of his wife two years zgo. " I ' " Born bept S, 1866. in Iockana, Wechter settled in Salem in 1900. m He was own political party Wednesday. Chcmeketa Odd Fellows Lodge; SeiT William Goodloe. Seattle nere. Wechter had been hospitalized Gov. Langlie Assailed for Tax Suggestion OLYMPIA ( Gov. Langlie! suggestion to the legislature that it probably should let the people vote on an income1 tax was 'bit terly attacked by a member of his since suffering an attack of pneu- Republican. rebelled against the titular head oi his party, soon after the chief executive had de- monia two weeks ago. He is sur- uvered- his biennial message to v.ved by five Caugfitert. Airs, vur- the 34th session of the .legisla Inia Dcrmelly, Service Creek.' ture - Ore.; Mrs. Iva Mobley and Mrs. Gov. LangUe told the legislators Norma Smith, both of Salem: Mrs, the sUte wiii need approximately tuitn nut, ruusiae, n.; snu mi. 41 million dollars additional tax Elizabeth McMuffi-, Vida; three sons. Kenneth Wechter. Salem; Herbert Wechter, Eugene, and Harry Wechter, Coos Bay; a brother, George Wechter, Carlton; 16 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral services "will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Virgil T. Golden Chapel. Burial will be in Belcrest Cemetery. British Firm The tement said the French 'SpplfS tO BllV ,d. Italian leaders agreed to lJCCAa w V Record House and study .further Mendes-France's arms pool plan. Areliable source said the Italians hid agreed to it in principle but cautioned that the plan exists only in rough form and that hitches may develop. One hish source in the Italian Foreign Ministry said the French premier was disappointed, but other au thoritative reports said he did not expect to win complete Italian ap proval this soon. ) s Agreement also i was reached on economic matters including trade, industrial cooperation and immi gration. ' College Youth Shot to Death Over Jokes SWARTHMORE, Pa. ( A i: 22-year-old Swarthmore College i student flashed a light into a dark dormitory room' early Tuesday, spot-lighted a fellow student and then fired a fatal rifle bullet throueh the sleeping youth's head in a fit of rage over a series of ; practical jokes. j This quiet" little Quaker college community awoke with a start to ' what police said was its first mur der since the borough was incor porated in 1893. Delaware County detectives arrested Robert Bech tel. a scholarship -. student ! from Pottstown, Pa., for the slaying of Francis Holmes Stroiier, 19, Akr ron, 0. ; i BechteL son of Helen Bechtel. a divorced waitress, later waived a hearing before Magistrate Mor ris Smith at the Swarthmore bor ough hall and was held without bail for action by the Delaware .County grand jury on a homicide charge. Detective Earl Allen said Bech tel told him he was enraeed over pranks other students played on him and be was determined to get even. ! The detective said Bechtel felt Strozier was a ringleader of the tormentors. "I felt they were persecuting me." he told police.' I x Bechtel, who was the student ' proctor in charge of the third floor of an ivy-covered dormitory in the center of the Swarthmore campus, said students had refused to respect his order. . He said they set fire to paper in waste baskets, rolled a 16-oound shotput ball down the long halt to bang into his door, set off iirer crackers and dumped his bed in the hall, apparently in retaliation for the strict discipline be sought to maintain. j HOLLYWOOD () A British firm has made a $4,350,000 deal to buy the major interest in Capi tol Records and its assets, which include ' Frank Sinatra. Jackie Gleason and Hopalong Cassidy. Capitol president Glenn E. w al liens announced Wednesday that he. songwriter Johnny Mercer and the estate of producer Buddy de Sjlva have agreed to sell 248,433 of the firm's shares to Electrical and Musical i Industries Ltd. of Middlesex, England. The trio founded Capitol in 1942 with $17,- 000. The English company, a large electronics concern which markets j Angel Records here and abroad, has offered $17.50 a share. The sale is conditioned on an offer by E.M.I. to all other stockholders at the same price and tenders of a total of two-thirds of the common stock outstanding, including the majority share. Total shares num ber 476,230. so the entire deal could amount to 84 million dol lars. . ! The change of ownership would not affect personnel of Capitol, it was announced. revenue to run state government curing 1955-57 and a boost in the sales or business tax may be the only immediate way to raise that kind of money. v Langlie reviewed the possibili ty of an income tax, said the peo ple h2d turned it down at the polls before, but probably should be given another chance to vote on it in 1956 to see if they had changed i their minds. Rut, he added, such a tax would not bring in any money; this biennium when it is needed. ! i Langlie advocated a .reassess ment of property taxes, asserting they are far . out of line. Again, he said it would be several years before such an adjustment could bring in the money the state needs now. ;. . . - Y v I , J ; I 1 . v.-V , l H J Alleged Informer HospiiisediNominees f or County Demo Qub Revealed Candidates 'for offices in the Marion Countv Democratic Club were named Wednesday night at a meeting in the home of Gu Jones. Nominees were announced byMzs. Elizabeth Leonard, chair man, of the nominating commit tee. I Tom Enright was - designated as candidate for chairman of the club. Other candidates are Vera Groves for vice chairman, Ruth Skinner for secretary, and Glen Sorensen for treasurer. Named as candidates for the club's board of directors were Mrs. Hattie Stanley, John Rade- maker. Mrs. Sheila Laure, Mrs. Betty Horn, Guy Jonas, Earl Rey nolds and Steve Anderson. Qub elections will be held Jan. 22, when the Democratic Club will hold a joint meeting with Oregon Young Democrats. The Young Democrats will hold a two day legislative convention in Sa lem Jan. 22 and 23 to discuss the Democratic legislative: program. Participating in the convention will be members of the legislative committee of the State Democra tic Central Committee. ' V? 1 . j .p- . f N jury Acq aits HormelHeir LOS ANGELES David Brews, 49, an ffidal of the tlvU Rights Congress who recently claimed ke was a paid FBI informer, is pic tured at a receiving hospital Tuesday where he was treated for 16 razor wounds on his wrists, arms and temple. Police said he told them the wennds were, self-inflicted, after they found him in a downtown hoteL The Civil Rights Congress has been listed by the U5. Attorney General as "subversive and Communist." The FBI has denied that Brown is an employee. He revealed Monday that his story of being kidnaped last week and later released was a hoax. AP Wirephoto) J Registration for College Classes Officially Closed Registration in adult extension classes for college credit here of ficially ended Wednesday with 223 enrolled. , , Classes are held at North Sa lem High School in the evenings. Thirteen courses are offered and they will meet 10 times. Persons may still register, but will face penalties, said George Porter, su pervisor of the program. Meanwhile, an income tax class in the adult vocational program taf nainra mlr on wHl Begin next Monaay in room education and taxation to a meet- U08 .t.N?rth. S1"1 High School. ing of the Marion County PTA D"u" DTT J.onn HOLLYWOOD (UP) George Hormel Jr., 26. heir to a meat packing fortune, was acquitted Wednesday of marijuana posses sion charges.! , . The young jazz musician smiled broadly at the verdict handed down by the jury of nine women and two men which deliberated the case since 2:35 pjn. Tuesday. Hormel was arrested Sept 19 on charges of having 13 marijuana cigarettes in j his Car. i County PTA Hears Solons Advertising Award Goes ToLipman's NEW YORK (AP) Lipman's, Salem, Ore.,! . one ' mne stores winning top awards in the National Retail Dry Goods Assn.'sJ contest for outstanding newspa per advertising. - The advertising for which Lip man's was honored covered a series of full-page displays pub licizing the opening of the Salem store last Sept 9. It was planned jointly by John Adlon, general manager of the Salem store, Phil lip Hawley, merchandise man ager, and Colan McKinnon, sales promotion manager for both the Salem and Portland stores. - The advertisements were pro duced by the Portland advertising staff of Lipman's and appeared in the Oregon - Statesman and Capital Journal in Salem. Association Wednesday night at Hubbard Elementary School. Sen. Don; Husband, Eugene, spoke on taxation. Sen.' Warren McMinimee, ; Tillamook, on edu cation. Several boys from Mac Laren School presented musical numbers. ! Mrs. Clyde Gideon, state PTA legislation chairman, also spoke. "Some 75 attended the : meeting and heard that the Oregon PTA Association now has 90,097 mem bers. Escaped Con Attacks Pen to Free Friends ' Portland U, Plans Three New Buildings PORTLAND OTP) An . expan sion program for Portland. Univer sity including a new library build ing and two dormitories during the next two years was announced Wednesday by the Rev. Theodore Mehling, a former president of the universiyt . ? The program will cost from $750,000 to $1,000,000. 4 J j -Father Mehling, now provincial of the Holy Cross order with head quarters in South Bend, Ind., said the program would include both a men's and a women's dormi tory. ; ' I " : The dormitories probably will not be started for about a year, he said. They will be financed through a government loan plan. - ; " ;v Cattlemen Ask Continuation of Present Tariff RENO, Nev. CD The nation's cattlemen Wednesday urged con tinuation of present tariff bars on livestock imports and asked the government to watch carefully the flow of - Mexican cattle! into the United States. . Winding up Its three-day annual convention, the American Nation al Cattlemen assn. re-elected Jay Taylor of Amarillo. Texas, as pres ident and named New Orleans as the site for the 1936 convention. The 1, 500-odd delegates recom mended the Agriculture Depart ment negotiate with Mexico to cut down the flow of cattle into the United States should imports become too heavy.- : LA BELLE, Fla. UH James A. Harrell,, an escaped convict wounded in a bold, pre-dawn attack on a prison camp here, said Wednesday he had intended to turn his friends loose. ' "It would have been easy to do, he told reporters. "At night mere s nooouy around but one guard." The guard. Frank Warren, shot Harrel through the stomach when he made a shooting attack early Wednesday.' Warren was shot in the foot but the prisoner denied be had fired the shot "If Td shot him. I would have killed him Harrell said. The 26-year-old Hialeab Fla.. prisoner escaped from the camp Jan. 4 when he and three other Bend Host to Dairy Meet REND an The Oregon Dairy mens Assn. opened its annual meeting here Wednesday amid much speculation on whether the dairymen will call for new milk controls. ! State milk control was voted out at the polls last November. There was much division of opinion i among dairymen here. some wanting a revised state control, some wanting a federal milk pool, and others favoring a free market. Committee meetings began Wednesday, j Paulus of Willamette University, Persons may register at the room or at the Public School Ad ministration Building. March Draft Set at 11,000 - i I ; 1 WASHINGTON JH The Army Wednesday issued a draft call for 11,000 men in March, the same number previously announced for February, f The Pentagon cut the calls for those two months as part of an overall reduction in military man power. ':' Previously the monthly quotas had; been for about 20,000 men. Secretary of Defense Wilson said last month the 11X00 level would be I continued at least through June. The Army, now the only service using the draft, is du to lose the greatest number of men in the manpower cutback program. $52,619 Suit Results Frouiu Truck Wreck A damage suit which seeks $52,619 from Safeway Stores, Inc. was filed Wednesday in Marion County Circuit Court. Plaintiff, Leonard Gauntt al leges an employe of the store. Lloyd Kelsey, was negligent in a two-truck accident one mile north of Hubbard on Highway WE Jan. 23, 1953. Kelsey, states the suit was driving a truck owned by Safe way Store. Gauntt says he suffered a frac tured jaw and crushed nose in the mishap. He was driving a pickup truck, which he alleges was demolished. An earlier suit which named Safeway Stores and two other persons as defendants, was dis missed on motion of the plaintiff several weeks ago. Space in City Post Office May Tie Used Plans for utilizing basement space in the Salem post office may be carried out during this fiscal year. Congressman Walter Nor- blad learned Wednesday. S. G. Schwartz, operation man ager for the Portland regional of fice of the U. S. postal service, has Informed Norblad that funds may be forthcoming soon from the bureau of facilities, j , ' v. Efforts to utilize the waste space were initiated some time ago by Postmaster Albert Gragg. Except for a boiler room, the basement of the post office has never been finished. It still has a dirt 'floor. Gragg has suggested that aq elevator and. chutes be installed,! and ramps and air conditioning.: Such facilities would permit the handling of all parcel post matter in the basementrelieving the first floor- workroom, which is badly congested, said Gragg. New Director of Handicapped Society Named prisoners sawed through the fence. -t ' i r " 1 He said he and a friend, whom I Ke tired lCHera! Cannon Succumbs ne refused to identify, drove a stolen car to the camp Wednesday. The friend waited in the car while he went inside the wire fence surrounding the compound. Harrell returned to the car after he was injured, but he said the friend was gone.. : f - -' Hospital attendants said Harrell was in "fair condition.' MOST WANTED MAN TAKEN WASHINGTON orw The Fed eral Bureau of Investigation Wed nesday night announced the ar rest of Walter James Wilkinson. one of the agency's ten most want ed fugitives, in Los Angeles. Holly weed Open C:45 Color TRENCH UNP ' Jaa Knell y . "WO HEAT" . Glean Fori ARCADIA, Calif. (UP)-Retired Air Force Gen. John Kenneth (Uncle Joe) Cannon. 62, who once headed the; Air Force training pro gram, died early Wednesday at his home of a heart attack. Cannon. : a personal friend of President Eisenhower, retired last year after service which included commands in Europe and Africa. Men who served under nun af f ectionately nicknamed him "Uncle Joe." PORTLAND James M. (Mush) Tprson, former bead of the depart ment of physical education and basketball coach at University of Portland, has' been named execu tive director of the Oregon Society for Crippled Children end Adults the Easter Seal Society. Edgar White of Coos Bay, president, hat announced. Torson succeeds Howard Feast who resigned recently to accept a post as director of welfare and evacuation for Region 6 of Crrfliau Defense, with headquarters in Denver. After resigning from the Univer sity of Portland last year, Torson became associated wun me mc- Guire Bearing Co. as a salesman. He is a graduate of Oregon State College, where be was an out standing athlete in botH basketball and baseball. At The Theaters . Todav KLSINORK - . "ATHKNA" wtth Jan Povrrn. Kdmond Purdom and Debblt Reynold. " Also ,-MyiUry Lake." -? - CAPITOL ' "CATTXX QCUEJf OF MON TANA" with Barbara Stanwyck and Ronald Ri3an. "HUMAN JUNGLE wit Gary Merrill and Jin SterHnfv 1 " ! GRAX " RJEAP THE WILD WIND with John ; Wayne. Susan Hayward, Ray Milland. "MASSACRE CANYON" with Phil Carey and Audrey Totter. -" 1 . HOLLYWOOD ' r'"'".. TRENCH UNB7 with Jane RumeU ' THS BIG BEAT with Glcna Ford. . rn.tr- Manag ement Unit Installs - - 9 Officers Suburbs Add 1,500 Homes Within 2 Years More than 1,500 new homes have been constructed during the past two years in suburban areas around Salem, the Marion County Health Department revealed Wednesday. The homes are located within two or three miles north, east and south of Salem. County sani tarians, who made the discovery iri checking septic tank and tile installations in the areas, did not examine the west Salem locale, which is in Polk County. 1 The figure is (a conservative estimate, said the sanitarians, as they did not attempt to make a comprehensive survey. i Some of the septic tank in stallations in these areas, com mented the sanitarians, have al ready created public health nui sances and are potential hazards. ! It was pointed out that infec tious hepatitis, spread through contaminated water, has inereas-' ed 500 per cent in Oregon since Salem chapter of Pacific North west Personnel Management As sociation installed officers Wed nesday; night and beard a panel discussion on "Applications, Let ten of Keference and Their Worth." New presidents Hazel Mc Laughlin; vice president, Joe W. Thomas; secretary, Barney Car roll, and treasurer, Ellis Drake. Participating in the panel dis cussion were Warne Nunn, assist ant commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission; Roy Rice, chief clerk at Ladd and Bush branch, U.S. National Bank, and Gerhard H. Pagenstecher of the Commercial Placement Agency. County Prisoner Treated for Cuts . A Marion County jail prisoner was treated Wednesday morning for non-serious wrist cuts, said Sheriff Denver Young. ' The prisoner, Joe C. Blansfield, 36, had shallow cats on the wrist, apparently made by a razor blade, said city first aidmen who treated him. j Blansfield, from Houston, Tex is in his fourth month of a six month I sentence for concealing stolen property. Committee to Aid Refugees Gov. Paul Patterson appointed a committee Wednesday to aid in settling refugees in Oregofe The committee, asked by Presi dent Eisenhower, will act unrier ithe federal Refugee Relief Law, .under whkh 200,000 refugees (vill. be brought to the United States. : Members of the Oregon com imittee include: Joseph D. Wilson, i state employment service. Salem: the Rev. Albert F. King, Beaver- wn, chairman of the Oregon Church World Service commit-' tee; the Rev. Everett J. Jensen. Corvaltia, chairman of the Luth eran refugee committee; the Rev. William Van Meter. Salem, deuo. ty state 'labor eonmUskuiMr pharles E. Royer, Portland, assist am airecior oi catnciie Charities; Hariey Libby, Jefferson, presi dent of Oregon Farmers Union; Dr. J. C Chu. Salem, state Tnher. culosis. Hospital. New Gavel Club Formed By Jaycees A Jaycee Gavel Club was or ganized Wednesday -at a break fast meeting of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce i Purpose of the club is to give" each member of the junior chamber a chance to develop his speaking ability. The club will meet each Wed nesday at 6:30 a.m. at Nohlgren's Restaurant The next meeting will see officers elected. Russ Conrad has been appointed tem porary chairman. H Meanwhile, 20 members of the junior chamber will travel to Stayton tonight to talk to a group there that is interested in form ing a jaycee group. - In charge of the trip is Lloyd G. HammelL Mrs. Gormley Of Hubbard Succumbs h Statesman Newt Senrie !. HUBBARD Mrs. Iness V. Gormley. 84. died Wednesday at S Woodburn Nursing Home, i She had moved to Hubbard from Tangent about 10 years ago and from Hubbard to Aurora three years ago to live with a son. . Born near Halsey, July 30, 1870, Mrs. Gormley was a member of the Halsey Methodist Church. Surviving are two sons. Frank Tobey, Aurora, Ralph Tobey; Ven-j tura, Calif.; a daughter. Miss' Myrtle G. Tobey, Oabu, Hawaii; ! two brothers, Arlie Cummings. I Brownsville, Barney Cummings. 2aiem; and a sister, Mrs. Eliza beth Stevens, Hollister, Calif. Services will be nek) at 11 a.m. ; Saturday at the Halsey Methodist: Oiurch with the Rev. J. C. Johann officiating. Burial will be at Pine Grove Cemetery near Halsey. The Ringo-CornweQ Chapel, Woodbnrn, is making ararngement. - , IP "1 Area Farmers Seek Social Facts Security Salem district - Sori i Semrtfv Administration office has recerv ed more than 100 inquiries on coverage for farmers which went into effect Jan. 1. and the ber probably will increase this weelt, according to Richard C. StiDweTL district manager. ; The new nrorramA covers all self-employed farm operators with incomes greater than $4(70 a year. Farm operators who have never had a Social Seeurirv card can obtain information or cards at the Salem office. Those living in Mar ion, Linn, Benton, Polk, Yamhill and Lincoln counties are in tke Salem district : Payments for coverage this year are to be' included in annual in come tax navments. the1 Salem office reported No Social Secur- ity tax is to be paid on 1934 in comes. The first payment will be due in 2956. ' r FRANKIE SAYS: First of f, I want to extend a hearty welcome to each and every member of the State Legislature " visiting Salem. Secondly, I' want to tell you about Salem's taste sensation Smorgasburgers. Broiled beef on a large bun, garnished with relishes of y o u r own choice. One taste and you'll cast a unanimous vote FOR such ia tasty creation. For a tasty dish to go with your Smorgasburgers, we suggest tossed salads, baked beans or crisp French fries. Mmmmm, good; We'll be looking for you. In the Candalaria District South oa 99 Adjaeeitte tie Dairy One en Salem Man Dies Following I Stroke Moses Honaker,-:84, a resident; of a Salem nursing home, died Wednesday in a Salem hospital where he was taken after suffer ing a stroke. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Maude Honaker. Howell-Edwards Funeral Home' will be in charge 'of funeral ar rangements. - ! . SALEM COUPLE HURT Mr. and Mrs. Walter Larson, Salem Route 2, received non-serious injuries early Wednesday when their car skidded on icy pavement and went into a ditch beside the Pacific Highway near Albany.' They were treated for bruises in the Albany hospital ana released. THEY SAY! Tn caart Tue a se ua w-tra aly ant that went chanft his fia4. On Aartat 1Z, I waa e-ljTt4 Ty the m warn waa nrrhawi the ataca ant ftxtares of the . ChtkN Ska tm llaaidai tba eatir atoch a4 w ttmte thai tha i.i. Clothe She wmM ?m elo4 larger, la the aMaatlame, thaamaB f aar aaOaflea imatmrntrt reraaM mm aM tm ft b the carthta hruhaeaa, heeatan they M hot knew When a m mwf their chMhea. S with raathlac to 4m at ray a f ua ytan,' watch waaM eriT m ants I chaacee bit ai win take aver the J. J. Ctathea Sha mm Juurr a. tSM. aa faaaca with a fem4 aew stack. Mr aha wUl ha to taatlaaa to tlvm jraa the llaaat mnaOtr caUM aa- " laiaahU far atea aa yaaag aaca at the lowest aaaaisle yriees. Here's my stoeaa: -Eie ar ssaan. J. 1. Clothes Shaa heats thesa all to style. aoaUty, aa4 creator vatoe to.aaeB's aa4 yaajae aaesrs fla m aaaHlf clothe. Year tosaoetlea sarttM wlthoaa ahttottoa.1 f SlcaoO J ph .Jaseahsaa. sew swan, J.t. Ctothas Shaa. SSI State Street. . TEATIME FLOWERS It costs less than yon think to have flowers added to your enter taining. We supply do-it-yourself materials or will plan and arrange our petal-fresh flowers as you wish. POST KAST SPECIAL i This Week HEATHER. T- W HEATH - B R E I T H A U P I 620) Marion Where Parking Is Easy Phone M175 3. STARTS SUNDAY I m9 ve m wwiiiw u I i-Y M i 2ND HIT I Behind the Scenes with the U. S. Armyi "THIS IS YOUR ARMY STARTS SUNDAY! ahiazi Tfik aaTCzxn mm out ' AL&O NOW PLAYING! UmlVtSMAli 11 I 4 It mm 2ND HIT V- ; ; ' -TjSum mmimt on out mot -V7JKW satntfT K3ff REGULAR PtICESf KUS1CW.! tA COLOX rfswwaa . POWELL Edzmd PUHDOr.l vz nErnoLDS ! Vic DAL!0:iE LcCAL!IZmi ALSO- STfaACUlAW Im U1C a cartlainaka bit the Mitnen states, diverted -Bfississippl liTer, tore try trees and fanard Keel Feel Lake la the state of Tennessee. Tide pktare skows the fabalaus will f to faajM there. A water hasccasbs fights a wbmawaVr te deatk! EDGAR TSE3CGTEN ; In - "MYSTERY LAKE" . NOW P1AYING1 nipper Mw S8SSJ W - IZ2-EKZ) Cf - fSSXTTT ixd big nn 1 rnJ IWs fanSest latSr' ncnat