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i 4-Sec lMntesman, Salem, Or., Wat!., Aufust 3T, 195S Let's Wado in ofr cDrtfiontatesman ATo Facor Stcays 17. iVo Fear Sfozfl Awe" Fnm First Statesman March 2. 151 Statesman Publishing Corxfpaiiy CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor & Publisher Published everv morninf Business office -2ta ' North Church SU Salem. Ora. TtJepbona 4-SSU ' entered at the postofflce at Salem, Ore., at second clan matter unoer act of Congress March 1. H7t. Member Associated frees Tit Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the us for republication of all local news printed in i this newspaper. Ralph E. Moody In the galaxy of distinguished members of the Oregon bar the name of Ralph . Moody vill long shine with lustre. Admitted to the bar of Oregon In i888, he practiced his pro fession continuously until a few months ago when infirmities of age forced him to give tip his work. Now death has put a kindly ' :eal to his life's labors. Son of one who served Oregon as governor :n the 1880s, Ralph Moody was given the rdvantage of a good general education topped vith a course in law at the Albany N. Y.) Law School. His professional career em braced practice in Oregon and Washington, service as attorney for Oregon railroads, membership in a prominent law firm in Chi cago, and then in the 1920s a special attor neyship in the U. S. Department of Justice, following this last assignment he returned 'o Oregon, renewing in brilliant fashion the c areer at the Oregon bar which he had "Token off years before. In this latter stage -e distinguished himself in the successful Tosecution of very important criminal cases. Ie had various special assignments, as at 'orney for the capitol reconstruction com--nission and as special legislative counsel. In ,-ddition to his private practice he was freely -nd frequently consulted by other lawyers .or aid in the preparation of cases. Possessed of a brilliant mind, Ralph Moody '-'as learned in the law, but he pursued the" tudy of law in connection with the causes "a which he was counsel with a zeal found sually among younger men. He was exceed ingly thorough in his research, skilled in the preparation of briefs, but equally competent rs a trial lawyer in examinaton of witnesses md in the arguing of cases. His range of interest outside his profes sion extended to public affairs and politics lie was a staunch Republican. But lo him ihe profession of the law was a jealous mis iress, and for a span of over 65 years he rprved in his profession with honor and distinction. A. colorful personality, his fame vill become part of the legend in the traditions of the Oregon bar. The Holohan Case Another chapter in the bizarre case grow ing out of the apparent murder of Maj. Wil liam Holohan in Italy during the war has been opened in Washington with the indict ment on charges of perjury of one who has been convicted, in absentia, of Holohan's murder by a postwar Italian court. The story is cloak-and-dagger out of the cloak-and-dagger operations in the late war. Holohan and others were parachuted into Northern . Italy to see about support for Partisans op posing Mussolini and the Fascists. Holohan disappeared but later the Italian police found his body weighted with stones in a nearby lake. Evidence pointed to some of his asso ciates, Aldo Icardi and Carl LoDoce, as his probable niurderers. A big sum of money, $100,000, was part of the tale, also contro versy over giving the money to the Commu nist Partisans. . American courts ruled that" Icardi and LoDoce, on their return to America and being discharged could not be tried for an alleged x crime in Italy, nor could they be extradited. A House investigating committee reported the evidence justified murder indictments. The present case involves a charge of per jury against Icardi for his testimony before the House committee. Thus after many angular turns one of the pair may be brought to trial in, which the facts on Holohan's disappearance may be brought to light. Elsa'g Party Elsa Maxwell is throwing another party, ostensibly her own, a cruise out of Venice. Her guests are a mixed lot of the interna tional social set, titled folk out of work, movie stars, an ex-premier of France (if all had been invited the boat would have been swamped), and Mrs. William . Randolph Hearst Sr. But not the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The latter had a spat with Elsa and all is not yet forgiven. Elsa, rigged out in admiral's uniform, is in command, socially speaking, that is. But she. will not pick up the check. The cruise from Venice to Athens is a pitch for more tourist business for Greece. The international playboys and girls couldn't resist the chance to be free loaders on a Mediterranean cruise. They do not fear Greeks bearing gifts of food and champagne. Caboose Before Engine Says the Ashland Tidings, apropos of threatened curtailment of passenger train rervice on the railroad , from San Francisco -iay to Eureka,, following the dropping of the last passenger train, to Southern Oregon: it "It is becoming more and more apparent 1 that the Southern Pacific high,level policy . is to make it almost solely a freight railroad, with the possible exception of a few trains between metropolitan centers." We wonder if the Tidings isn't mistaken :n assessing the blame. Isn't it the public which is deserting passenger train service rather than the other way round? Is the golfer's Jiole-in-one shot result of skill or luck? This question was posed to the Illinois attorney general when the-Rock Island Junior Chamber of Commerce wanted to stage a hole-in-one contest. After thumb ing the lawbooks and puckering his brows the AG concluded that making a .hole-in-one depends "to a large extent" on luck or chance,, but he reasoned also that the fact is "equally obvious and more persuasive" that "considerable skill' is involved, so the official gave his blessing on the Jaycee enter prise. Golfers will hail him as a Solomon come to judgment, but the argument will continue on which factor is more important in making a hole-in-one, skill or luck. To , our desk comes a circular from the "Vigilant Women for the Bricker Amend nenL" Postmark is Oshkosh, be-gosh. The ladies appear to be fighting a rearguard ac tion, in spite of their ringing declaration: "The fight for the Bricker Amendment is on. , President Curtice of General Motors says " Congress should enact legislation for high way improvements first thing when it meets again. That's a clear case of what's good for the country . is good for General Motors. This is the season to visit the mint farms around Jefferson. A good route is to go south on Liberty road, down Ankeny fill to the Ankeny bottom and then on to Talbot which is a center for mint growing. One can drive back through Jefferson and the old Pa cific highwayy or through Parrish gap and back- through Marion and Turner. The trip gives one a good view of harvesttime in Mar ion county, plus the scent of mint from the fields and mint stills. Senator Lehman of New York is proposing federal risk insurance to cover major disas ters like the recent Eastern floods. The gov ernment offered war risk insurance during the late war to cover damage from enemy at tack. It proved the most profitable bit of business Uncle Sam ever engaged in. Keep ing up with all the girls Edna, Carol, Con nie, Diane however, might prove too expen sive. ' We have had a prized golden age, and 'a platinum age; but it is hard to anticipate a "uranium age," or a "thorium age." " 'tffep f?J-WMrffa 'v'J PRIM'S' World, Devoutly Wishing for Disarmament, Could be Badly Damaged by Its Achievement By J. M. ROBERTS AP News Aaalyst The United ' Nations subcom mittee on disarmament has begun its sessions under considerable po litical pressure of a type which carries potential danger. Tbe pressure, inherent in the world situation and expressed in such statements as President Eis enhower's that tbe meeting can contribute to relaxed international tensions, is for some show of pro- jress. The danger is that such a show of progress will play into tbe bands -of Soviet Russia. The subcommittee is meeting be fore the big riddle of the day has been solved, and that is whether Russia is putting up a front for her own purposes, or is really working toward permanent coex istence. Russia has been trying for years, ever since tbe organization of the United Nations, to get the West to give up the nuclear weapons which give it military equality with; the vast manpower available to the Communists. That still seems to be the key point of her proposals. Strangely enough, then, there is a situation in which the world, devoutly wishing for disarmament, could be badly damaged by its achievement. Certainly any agree ments or seeming agreements reached in a hurry, under pressure to keep the picture on tbe concili atory side until the foreign minist ers meet in October, would take on tbe aspects of dangerous sopor lfics. - ' As the meeting opened there ap peared to be little chance that any thing would be done. The Allies are demanding' such- detailed safe guards that acceptance by Russia would require a change in- her whole character and wbole policy. Tbe West has not given up hope that thij change vill eventually take place, but has jx evidence that it is imminent. As one step leads .to another in negotiations, the nations seem, to be falling into one encouraging at titude, and that is to fight out the ana economic rather than mili tary lines. But the world has not yet progressed to the point where military power will not be needed to give tone to the voice of diplomacy. As the plans of the Western j powers began to take form, with I details from the United States still ' to come, one thing threatened the whole post Geneva atmosphere. Tbe west seemed to be devising proposals which would eventually force Russia into outright rejec tion. There was a good chance, however, that the subcommittee would get around them in such fashion as to leave all questions open until after the Geneva meet ing. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty i i Time Flies FROM STATESMAN FILES v 10 Years Ago ; Aagnst 31, IMS Fire which leveled the Hudson Duncan company's packing plant at Dundee, Ore., wrought damage estimated unofficially at $300,000. The three-story frame structure . sent flames 200 to 300 feet in the air. Adolf Hitler's compensation for leading the German people to war and destruction ranged from $2,640,000 to nearly $6,000,000 a year, records showed. Besides his salary as chancellor. Hitler was paid $100,000 a year as pres ident of the reich. The Rev. F. H. Neff, minister of the Evangelical church in Ore gon for more than 50 years, died at Florence, Ore. Services for the pioneer circuit rider who for merly lived in Salem was held at Florence. 25 Years Ago August Jl,. 195 Plans were being formed in Salem for a meeting of Willam ette University alumni with the view of perfecting a local organi zation of that, group. There are 250 Willamette alumni in this city. Robert C. Notson, president of the general alumni association, was to be consulted. Grasshoppers which appeared in the Walterville district east of Eugene about a month ago are reported to ' have increased to such numbers they clog farm machinery and threaten destruc tion of green crops. . Comparative valuations and earnings of the Southern Pacific and the Oregon Electric railway systems in Oregon were aired at the interstate commerce com mission hearing where the two railroads are fighting for the right to acquire the Valley le Siletz. a lumber line running west from Independence. 40 Years Ago August 31, 1915 Gov. Withycombe was present at a banquet given by the Penn sylvania club of. Portland in honor of Gov. Brombaugh of that state. The affair was given at the Hotel Benson and the Oregon executive was one of the speak ers. The Misses Gretchen Brown. Edna Ackerman. Eddys Reyn olds, Isabel Judd and Amelia Babcock. members of the Chinig Chinik camp fire girts enjoyed a camping trip at Spong's landing near Lincoln. i Six second -cabin passengers, six third-cabin passengers, and 13 of the crew of the steamer Hesperian torpedoed ISO miles off Queenstown were unaccount ed for. Several Americans were aboard but saved. mssm (Continued from Page 1) Artillery Unit Praised in Of f icer's Note Cart. Walter O. Schold. person nel officer for the headquarters and headquarters battery of the 929th field artillery which recently completed summer traininig. has received a letter from Hugh M. Milton II. assistant secretary of the Army. Milton spent some time visiting tbe Salem battery when it arrived at the Yakima Firing Center Aug. 14. His letter, in part, said: "It-was gratifying to me to ob serve the sincerity with which each of you participated in the training, which is so necessary if we are to maintain the strength which has always characterized our great nation. "I enjoyed the opportunity to chat with you for a few, minutes and my only regret is that I did not have sufficient time , to talk with you longer. "The contribution that you and your brothers-in-arms are making to this country is sincerely apprec iated, and I am sure that it is grat ifying to you, as it' is to me, that we are building a strong defense force to protect our great heritage." 2 Salem Jail: Inmates Flee The city Jail was less two ee cu pants Monday after a pair of men escaped from a work gang at the municipal dog pound, police re ported. - One escapee, said officers, waa Walter Harvey Jenkins, 44. Day ton, serving out $250 and $30 fines on charges of driving while intox icated and driving with a suspend ed license. The other man was list ed as Henry Lewis Griffin, 43, Sa lem, whom police said was serving 30 days on a drunk charge. but that they may present facts and ideas springing from their specialized knowledge. The board embarks on a new and difficult enterprise. It must take the body of laws as they have been built up over the years and administer them. It should look ahead and devise and recommend to the proper authorities changes in laws which appear to be beneficial. The state does have, within limits defined by law, a body qualified to resolve conflicts as to water uses, and to conserve for superior uses the water re sources of the state's lakes and streams. The board will also concern itself early with the relation of its authority to that of the fed eral government The Pelton Dam case decision sharply re stricts state authority in issuing licenses for hydroelectric, devel opment It recognized the Fed eral Power Commission as su perior to state authority in the case of reserved lands. Since most of the power sites on fed eral lands were long ago re served on a wholesale basis, and since there are extensive Indian and forest reservations where the opinion in the Pel ton case may apply, the state finds itself in a dubious posi tion, to say the least, as far as control of hydroelectric devel opment is concerned. Perhaps the most pressing matter before the board will be the administration of the new code covering ground waters which now is subject to state regulation. It will have to do pioneering in this field. The composition of the new board confirms hopes of its supporters that the membership will be broadly representative, free of crusaders of one sort or another, men of experience and prudence and still with a meas ure of vision for the conserva tion and wise use of the state's water resources. Burglars Fail In Attempt to Crack Safe Burglars broke into a Salem electrical firm early Tuesday morning but left empty-handed. City police said the yeggs failed in attempts to open a safe. , Detectives reported that the safe of the Marion Electric Co., Pine Street and Portland Rd., was re moved from the first's office by tbe burglars and rolled into a back room. A selector knob was knocked off the safe and a bottom plate removed to no avail. It was believed the yeggs may have been frightened away while trying to get into the strong box. Detectives said there apparently were no attempts to disturb any thing else in the plant. Entry into the firm was gained by breaking a window and opening a sliding door. The burglary was discovered by an employe when he reported for work about 7 a.m. Pendleton Round-Up Slates Dennis Day PENDLETON (f) - Dennis Day, radio and television singer, will be grand marshal of the Pendleton Round-Up's "Westward Ho" pa rade Sept. 16. . His last appearance in Oregon was as star of the stadium shows in this year's Portland Rose Festival. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE ON 1955 MORGE REFRIGERATORS COME IN TODAY Let's Make a Deal CHERRY CITY ELECTRIC Open Friday Til 9 p.m. 339 Chemeketa Ph. 2-6762 APPETITE TROUBLE GREENSBURG, Pa. UD Police and firemen went all-out in a search for Tommy Long, 8. Rob ert Pierce, police officer, said the lad was found a short time after the search party was organ ized. Tommy oh, he just wasn't hungry so he didn t go home for lunch and dinner. Oil 'Not Responsible For All Good Things' SIDNEY. Neb. (UP)-The editors of the Sidney Telegraph recently published an open letter Jo a state senator who had said that, due to rich oil deposits in the area, Sid ney residents owned more Cadillac cars than "residents of any other Nebraska city. Admitting that what the senator said about the expensive cars may be true, the editors denied that oil was entirely responsible. The let ter read in part: "We had "em (the cars), before anyone found oil in western Ne braska. This country is and was a mighty good country long before they found black gold. - We tilled the soil properly, conserved mois ture and saved our money. she said she would'nt sit with them for a thousand dollars "Sitters are getting. awfully independent ... the last time -T:'- . . NOWViti a mfflionl Better English By D. C WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "We must nail the shingles on the roof length ways, and we must do this right away." 2. What is the correct pro . nunciation of "preventive"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Isinglass, ismus, isolation, irreligious. 4. What does the word "aug ment" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with cm that means "a severe trial or test"? ANSWERS 1. Say, "lengthwise," and, "we must do this immediately." 2. Pronounce this as spelled, with accent on second syllable; and never pre-ven-ta-tiv in four syllables. 3. Isthmus. 4. To en large or increase in size, am ount, or degree. "Rain aug . ments a, stream." 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