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Mary Martin Wins V' Congratulations for Peter Pan Portn wal 48 Million See TV Show Monday NEW YORK '-. Monday night's audience for the NBC-TV "Peter Paa" was estimated at 48 million persons on the basis of a Trendex spot sampling in 15 cities, NBC announced Tuesday. The normal andience for "Pro ducers' Showcase," the every fourth Monday 90-minute "spec tacular" which presented "Peter Pan," has been between 24 and j 38 million. According U TV trade talk. Mary Martin collected $30,000 for her work in the production. v Icebreaker Ends 2-Month' Antarctic Trip .'BUENOS AIRES, Argentina WV- The U.S. Navy icebreaker Atka docked in summery Buenos Aires Monday after a ' two-month trail blazing expedition to the Antarctic. Many of her 276 crewmen and civilian technicians away from civilization since the ship ' sailed Jan. 7 from Wellington, New Zea landheaded for the city's steak bouses as soon as they were grant ed liberty. They had been without beef for three weeks because the supply on board had spoiled. . The Atka will remain In Buenos Aires a week to take on supplies for the, trip back to the United States. . Carrying out the first U.S. ex plorations in the" South Polar re gion in seven years, teams from the Atka visited Rear Adm. Rich ard E. Byrd's Little America and scouted the Atlantic side of An tarctica. Bases Surveyed ' x They discovered several good sites for new bases. Helicopt ers and weasels tread-equipped jeeps were used in the sur veys. The work was In prepara tion for a wide range of scientific studies in which someM nations are expected to take part in 1937-68. Summarizing the Atka prelimin- . ary expedition, the Navy reported Teams investigated Little Amer ica, the Ross Sea base of four earli er American expeditions. It was found that shifting ice virtually bad destroyed its usefulness. Damaged Camp The protected Bay of Whales and part of one camp had been wiped out. The others ;were imperiled. Some equipment from the 1946 47 naval expedition was salvaged. Food supplies were perfectly pre served. A 1934 windmill, found still turning, was dismantled r and brought back as a gift for Byrd. The Atka reached a point 686 miles from the South Pole. The only-vessel that ever got closer was one with Amundsen's 1911 ex pedition. It moored 680 miles Irom the pole. I I The only recreation off the ship during the two months was a beer party on ice ledges at newly dis covered Adm. Byrd Bay and oc casional skiing and hunting jaunts. The Antarctic weather was mild all during the explorations. The lowest temperature aboard ship was 11 degrees above zero. The lowest on ice where the scientists worked was zero. By JACK. GAVER United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK (UP) One of tele vision's largest audiences watched for two hours Monday night while Mary Martin flew through the air with the greatest of ease in ivs first presentation of a complete Broadway production., the musical version of "Peter Pan." After the performance, climax ing some 35 weeks of the most ardious work an actress has ever undertaken, a friend asked Miss Martin, "What are you going to be doing tomorrow (Tuesday)? "I told her," said the laughing star, "that I had been vertical long enough and that tomorrow and probably ! tomorrow and tomorrow I was going to stay horizontal. Sleen that's for me." The vanguard of thousands of congratulatory messages to Miss Martin, the National Broadcasting Company and others involved be gan pouring in Monday nigni a most before the end of the program at 9:30 EST. Shown In Hospitals "I started up to my dressing foom in the NBC Brooklyn color studio after the show when some body came after me to answer the nhone ." Miss Martin said. "It was a call from Ethel Merman in her home out in Denver. Her two chil dren were listening in on exten sions. TV.y said it was just won derful. It was a great thrill for me to eet that call. "I started back to the dressing rocm again and I was called to the phone a second time, it was Martha Rave at her home in con necticut. She and her daughter saw it. Goodness, I guess I havens seen Martha to talk to her for 17 years. r "'I gotta tell ya. I gotta tei va.' Martha yelled, They talk about jealousy among show peo ple, but nobody can be jealous of vou: that was outta inis woria Well believe me, that was a tnnii, too. "But I must say that the most exciting thing the very most- was the response we received irom doctors and people in hospitals all over the country. They put sets in wards just everywhere and the children and others had a chance to see the show. That just satis fied me so much that I can't begin to express it." She's Combat Fatigued Aside from the combat fatigue that accrued even to one of Mary's extraordinary vitality as a result of eight solid months of stage performances as Sir James Barrie's beloved Peter Pan, fol lowed by a week of clock-around TV rehearsals, the 'star came out of Monday night's engagement with a slightly cut right hand. The cut was not sustained during performance but during the final dress rehearsal about an hour and a half before air time. The piano wire cables used to make Peter Pan fly became fouled and Mary cut the hand between the thumb and forefinger as she sought to un tangle the wires. The wound, bled, but by show time it was mended by a small piece of tape invisible to viewers. "The only trouble was that it was my sword hand," said the star. "It hurt a little when I had to duel Captain Hook. At the party after ward I went around shaking hands lefty." i There wasn't a dry eye In the huge and suddenly desolate Brooklyn studio when the show ended and it was time for the many kids and grownups in the cast to say farewell after an association that began with rehearsals last June. , But "Peter Pan," of course, Isn't dead just staying "horizontal' for a spelL rnDT uui uciiucia Sure Senate to Down Tax Cut By WHITNEY SHOEMAKER WASHINGTON tfl Republican leaders expressed renewed confi dence Tuesday the Senate wQl turn back a Democratic drive to reduce income taxes by $20 a person. The showdown could come early next week. Coming away from a White House conference. Senate GOP Leader Knowland of California pre dicted rejection "by a very sub stantial margin." . Not backing down. Democratic Leader Johnson (D-Tex) said he believed a forthcoming report by proponents of the cut "will appeal to the reason and good judgment of the Senate." Johnson announced in the Sen ate that the bitterly debated tax measure will be taken up Thurs day. He commented that "many members will want to express their views" and said no vote would be called before Monday. Democrats supporting the gen eral income tax cut were given until Wednesday midnight to send in more ammunition. The six Fi nance Committee Democrats who voted for the $20 provision original ly were to have submitted their report ! at noon Tuesday, but the Senate agreed unanimously to ex tend the deadline. Two other Democrats on the committee Chairman Byrd (Va) and George (Ga) r- sided last week with the seven GOP members to disapprove the section of a House measure which has caused all the argument It would allow a $20 credit for every income taxpayer and dependent, beginning next Jan. 1. y The reduction would cost an es timated $2,200,000,000 in revenue, Democratic votes in the House forced the provision into an ad ministration bill to continue for an other year present corporate and excise tax rates. Without legisla tion,, those rates will drop April 1 at a loss to the Treasury of some three billion dollars. Senate rejection of the income tax proposal would send the meas ure back to the House. Sharp dif ferences have been voiced on whether that body would accept a bill without the income tax pro vision or force it to a compromise- seeking conference with the Sen aie. Lester Henson, Former Salem Resident, Dies Word of the death of Lester Henson, former Salem resident, was received here Tuesday. Hen son, 86, died at the home of daughter, Mrs. Charles Milbrandt, Newport, after a lengthy illness, Henson was born in Otoe Coun ty, Nebraska, but came to Oregon some years ago. - He is survived by five children, -Mrs. Milbrandt, Newport: Mrs. Vera Hartford, Portland; Mrs. Alta Powell, Lea- burg; Vera Henson, Seattle Wash.; and Ora Henson, Klamath Falls; 20 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren and two great- great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Lebanon at Huston's Home at 1 p.m. in Funeral Neiv Bridge Spam Columbia J UMATILLA, Ore. Traffic time-saver searing completion in the Northwest is this new span being bout by U.S. Steel's American Bridge Division across the Columbia River at Umatilla, Ore., just below McNary Dam. The 3500 -ton steel crossing will replace a ferry operated. by Umatilla County. It wUl cut motorists driving ume irom Oregon to Spokane and otner wasmngton locations. , Rebel Troops Attack Force! Of Viet Nam 1 SXlGON. Indchina (UP) Bit ter fighting has broken out ' be tween government forces end reb el auxiliary troops seeking! to overthrow the government of free Viet Nam, informed sources said today. i - ; The sources said the government dispatched seven crack battalions supported by armor and artillery to put down the uprising. A dozen rebels were reported killed and many wounded in the first clash. The first battle was reported in the Quang Tri region of central Viet Nam. , Armored cars took up alert positions around the residence of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem whose regime is also threatened by a new coalition of religious sects. Informed sources said National Army troops had been ordered to destroy the rebel movement made up of hundreds of deserters from hard pressed Viet Nam's auxiliary forces. The rebels were centered in the Montagneuse neighborhood of Be lang, some 12 miles west of Quang Tri. The fighting was reported serl ous, but informed sources called the threat by the religious sect coalition the greatest to Diem since he weathered a crisis last fall over control of free Viet Nam's National army. Tension mounted in Saigon and the armored cars moved . into alert positions in the gardens of Diem s residence. . The atmos- phere in the refugee swollen city reflected uneasiness in high quarters. The religious sects, each with its own private army, were the Cao Dai, Hoa Hao and Binh Xuyen. Last week they suddenly put. an end to their private .wars and united to demand the formation of a national union front to set up a strong and bonest demo cratic government. The statement was regarded as Salem GAP ricKSLJiapi am TT I JL 5h"Mi Man, Orri, Wed, March 9, 1955-Sec 2-5 am m rm m m m msiiaiiiai Injures Two A head-on crash southwest of Liberty Tuesday afternoon result ed in a fractured knee for Ray mond . Corcoran, Portland, state police reported. Driver of the second car was Mrs. Glenna Meredith Hampton, Salem Route 4, who was taken to an Independence physician by her husband. The accident occurred about 5:30 p.m. on Bunker Hill road. Both drivers were alone. Corcor an, taken to Salem General Hos pital, was subsequently transfer red to St Vincent's Hospital in Portland. Plans Made For Meeting On Education Leonard H. Camp, pastor of Gar den Road Christian Church for the past two years, have been named squadron chaplain of the Capitol Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, k was announced Tuesday by Capt. W. D. Garrett, commanding offi cer. : ;- r In other senior member promo tions, Lois Alsip was named war rant officer in charge of person nel records, and Robert Suing was promoted to first lieutenant in charge of communications end squadron radio. . A ? Among the cadets, LL Jerry Gilming and Cpl. James Pemers have earned aeronautical : ratings as CAP observers. This rating re- quires20 hours of airborne orien tation and observation flying. Mrs. Myers Named Girls Counsellor Mrs. Ray Myers, a recent Wil lamette University graduate, as sumed duties as girls counsellor in the Marion county juvenile department Tuesday. She was appointed by Judge Joseph B. Felton. Mrs. Myers replaces Jo-Allen Bradley who resigned to accept a job as matron with the sheriffs office. Mrs. Myers, 23, was a sociology major at Willamette where she did some casework as parole offi cer for boys from MacLaren School for Boys. She also has done youth advisory work with a Y-Teen group and served as camp counsellor ior tne uiri Scouts. She is a member of Psi Chi, national psychology honor ary. , Before coming to Salem to at tend college she lived in Lebanon. Her husband, Ray, is now com pleting college work after serving with the Air Force until recently. Mr. and Mrs. Myers live at 3123 Fredrick St. Rose Queen Plans Alaska Appearance PORTLAND VF) Jan Marsk staller, queen of the 1934 Rose Festival will leave Wednesday for Fairbanks, Alaska, where she will represent Oregon in the 1955 Win ter Carnival, March 10-13. Miss Markstaller now is a fresh man at Oregon State College. Gliickenpox Cases Lead Five cases of chickenpox In Salem and eight cases in the re mainder of the Marion county made it head the list of com municable diseases reported from Feb. 26 through March 5. Other communicable diseases re ported to Dr. W. J. Stone were: dysentery, 1; impetigo, 1; gastro enteritis, 1; German measles, 1; scarlet fever, 4; strep sore throat. 5; tuberculosis, 2; and venereal disease, syphilis, 3. Both tuber culosis cases were in institutions a challenge to Diem who rules on a personal mandate from the Emperor Bao Dai. Viet Nam chief of state. South "Viet Nam has i no Parliament The governor's planning com mittee for the state and White House conference on education will meet here March 11 to make plans for a state conference to be held sometime in June, Rex Pu nam, committee chairman, an nounced here Tuesday. At a meeting Feb. 15 the com mittee tentatively outlined plans for the conference and decided that six topics recommended by the national White House confer ence would serve as an important step toward meeting the respon sibility placed on the conference program by the President These included: What should Our schools accomplish? In what way can we organize our school system more efficiently and eco nomically? What are our school building needs? How can we get enough good teachers? How can we finance our schools and build and operate them? How can we obtain a continuing public inter est in education? The state and White House con ferences on education are a part of a national plan to enlist citizen action to improve education. Salem members are Gardner Knapp, president of the Oregon School Boards; Rex Putnam, su perintendent of pubbc instruction Meteor Seen From Salem A bright orange glowing meteor, described by a Salem man as hal as big as the moon, was seen head ing through the skies about 6:53 p.m. Tuesday The Associated Press account, quoting the Yakima Weather Bur eau, said it was last seen headiing south toward the Yakima Indian Reservation, southwest of Yakima Dozens of Portland persons report ed sighting the glowing ball, des cribing it variously as red, yellow, blue and ereen. It was spotted, from Salem by David C. Ferguson, 4933 Liberty Rd., who described It as ' being orange with sparks tailing on be hind. " Von Neumann AppmeHfor AEC Position Salem Finn Wins Contract D. F. McKenzie of Salem Tues day was awarded a state' highway department contract for grading and rock surfacing 2.67 miles of the Beaver Creek-Greenberry road 10 miles southwest of Corvallis. The contract, for whfel McKen zie submitted the low bii of $66,- 310, also includes one re-inforced concrete bridge 50 feet long. There were five other bidders. Another contract was let to K. F. Jacobsen St Co. of Portland for grading and paving 3.83 miles of the Damascus section' of the Clackamas-Boring road about three miles east of Clackamas. The Ja cobsen low bid was for, $148,125. Seven others bid higher.. NOMINATION CONFIRMED WASHINGTON OR The Senate Tuesday confirmed President Eis enhower's nomination of Theofhile C. Kammholz of Chicago to be gen eral counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. Man Charged With Assaidt Lester Vernon Monroe!, 1019 Sev enth St., was jailed under $50 bond at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday after bis wife charged him with assault and bat tery for hitting her in me jaw, city police reported. J Monroe was arrested on a Polk County warrant issued by Justice of Peace Elmer Cook o West Sa lem after city first aid ?nen were called to the scene to treat Mrs. Monroe. -f- Carrier Named 'Independence' WASHINGTON ufl jThe Navy Tuesday gave the historic name "Independence" to the fourth new 60,000-ton aircraft carrier that will be started this summer at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard. The first of the supercarriers, launched several months ago at Newport News, Va. bears the name of Forrest'al, honoring the first sec retary of defense. The second of the giant carriers already has been named Saratoga and the third will beai the name Ranger. TO SEATTLE MEET l( James I. Poole of MSI City will attend a spring career conference of the New York Life! Insurance Co. March 10-12 in Seattle, it was announced by Manager B. M. Downie of the company's Eugene branch out of which Paole works. WASHINGTON OB A mathe matical scientist who believes that important discoveries remain to be made in atomic energy Tues day was unanimously approved as a member of the Atomic Energy Commission by the Joint Senate House Atomic Committee. He is Dr. John von Neumann. Hungarian - born researcher who is credited with a major role in the application of high - speed calculating machines to the de velopment of atomic and hydrogen bombs. His nomination to the AEC post by President Eisenhower now goes to the Senate for final confirmation. A member of the wartime staff at the Los Alamrs Atomic Weap ons Laboratory and a consultant to all three of the armed services. Von Neumann was a member of the faculty of the Institute of Ad vanced Study at Princeton, N. J., until his nomination to the AEC last October. In his appearance before mem bers of the joint committee Tues day, he was asked by Sen. Pas tor (D RI) whether he thought he could serve the atomic proJ gram ''better as a commisslonee than as a consultant." 1 Replying he thought he couldl because he'd be working "full time" rather than part-time Von Neumann said "I do think I can be of essential service." He added that he felt scientists could do good work on the commission because '"I don't think it's true that all the important discoveries hava been made," and that therefore a scientific viewpoint can be of pos sible assistance in the AECs over all work. The AEC already has one other scientist. Dr. Willar? Libby. . Denver to Host Potato Meet DENVER (fl - A meeting of potato producers in the upper Snake Valley of Idaho will be con ducted by the U. S. Department of Agriculture March 18 to nomi nate representatives to serve on the administrative committee for regulation handling of potatoes in Idaho and 'Malheur County, Ore gon. ' The meeting will start at 8 p. in. in the Idaho Falls courthouse. J. W. Gannaway, Fruit and Vegetable Division representative of the department's Marketing Service, said here at least two nominations will be sought ior each of the eight committee posts, and a like number for alternate mem, berships. Gannaway explained that from the nominations submitted at this meeting and meetings to be sched uled for producers and handlers from the remaining districts cov ered by the marketing order, the secretary of agriculture will ap point five producers and three handler representatives and their alternates. Depending on feed and the amount of milk she is producing, a cow wiU drink from 10 to 20 gallons of water a day. OSC Students Take Firsts in Speech Contest f CORVALLIS IB Connine Kin ser and David Jabusch, both of Oregon State College, won first places in the annual Oregon Inter collegiate Oratorical Contest Tuesday. Shirley Jaeger, Linfield, was second and Jo Ann Lundy, North west Christian College, Eugene, third, in the women's division. David Arnold, Northwest Chris tian, and Wallace Corey, Linfield, were second and third among the men competitors. ; I Paul E. Ouellette of the Univer sity of Portland, was elected pres ident of the Intercollegiate Foren : sic Assn. for the coming year, Serving with him will be Roy D. Mahanffey, Linfield, vice presi dent, and Thurston Doler, Oregon State, executive secretary. No Restriction On Petitioners, Thornton Rules There is no restriction as to how often a school district board may be subjected to a petition for the selection, purchase, exchange or sale of a schoolhouse site. Attorney General Robert Y. 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