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GENEVA W Russia and the
Western powers Wednesday sight
broke up the Big Four conference
in confessed failure to secure the
peace of Europe, unify Germany,
or expand East-West relations.
The three Western foreign min
isters bitterly accused Russia's
V. M. Molotov of bad faith in all
his major proposals during the J-.
week conference. - .'
Molotov, - in his concluding
speech, claimed that only the So
viet Union -had maintained the
"Geneva spirit" which marked
the summit conference bere four
months ago. ; L
- In - a separate declaration di
rected to Germans on both sides
of the. Iron Curtain, the U.S.,
French and British ministers said
their governments would "not
cease their efforts to end the in
justice and wrong now being done
by dividing the German people."
All four ministers agreed ' on
only one thing no commitment
to meet again.
In 21 days, the conference scor
ed a series of massive failures.
They froze harder the division
of Germany between Western and
Eastern blocs, with Russia no
longer even paying lip service to
the principle of free elections to
unite 70 million Germans.
They torpedoed four plans from
the summit for making a quick
practical start on disarmament;
The turned the development of
East-West contacts into a tempor
ary fiasco. The West would not
discuss giving up its strategic
goods embargo. Russia would not
open up a single chink in the
Iron Curtain for Western ideas.
(Story also Sec. 1, Page 2.)
Snow, Freeze
Hatfield to Tell Candidacy
For State Secretary Post
State Sen. Mark Hatfield of Salem is scheduled to announce
today his candidacy for Republican nomination for secretary of state.
The announcement is to be made at a press conference at 11
a.m. in Portland at the Benson HoteL Notices of the conferences
were sent out Wednesday. They were signed by Carl W. Salser Jr.
cf Portland, a personal friend of Hatfield.
Speculation, on the thirty-three
year old senator's candidacy has
been in the air for some time.
pie will be the first in the field
for the office now held by Earl
T. Newbry, Republican, who is
constitutionally ineligible to suc
ceed himself.
Prominently mentioned as a
Democratic "candidate is Terrv
Schrunk, Multnomah County
sheriff, who said Wednesday he
is considering it seriously, but
nad not made up his mind.
Also linked as a Dossible- miw
didate is William Healy of Salens
now assistant secretary of state.
Healy told The Statesman Wed
nesday night it -is too early to
make a statement
Hatfield, dean of stndente t
Willamette University has served
two sessions in the House of Rep
resentatives and is now serving
ms iirsi lour-year term in the
senate.
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Two distinguished American
men of letters, both winners of
the Pulitzer prize died this week,
.prematurely one might say, for
neither had reached the age of 60.
Robert E. Sherwood, who won his
laurels as a playwright, was a
New Yorker, aged 59. Bernard De
Voto. 58, native of Utah but long
time resident of Cambridge, Mass.
was a man of varied interests and
talents: teacher, novelist, histor-
ian, critic, conservationist
Each, took a keen interest in
public affairs; both were liberal
in political outlook, but their ex-
pressiOns of public interest dif
fered. Sherwood was a frequent
aid to the 2ate President Roose
velt as speech-writer. He was a
strong internationalist in the pre-
World War II days. The only
American author to win the Pulit
zer award four times, Sherwood
won it for his plays: "Idiot's De
light," "Abe Lincoln in Illinois"
and "There Shall Be No Night."
and fourth - for his biography,
"Roosevelt and Hopkins." He was
still busy at writing plays for stage
and screen, and his death removes
one of the; ablest cf American
dramatists.' ; ; r
De Voto was a much more ver
satile individual. His writings
were addressed to a much wider
audience, and his frequent plunges
into controversy brought him into
nation-wide prominence. Not only
were his interests diverse, his
scholar' attainments were mul
tiple. Teaching and lecturing at
Harvard where he graduated aid but he
(continued on editorial page, 4)
Adlai to Run
In Minnesota
ry Race
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louri
Conviction for
House Arson
ASweet Home couple who
burned their bouse down to collect
the insurance must serve three
years in the state penitentiary, the
Oregon Supreme Court ruled wed
nesday.
The court found that Mr. and
Mrs. Kermit A. Molitor had started
the fire by putting a lighted candle
in some wood shavings impreg
nated with oil and gasoline.
They bought their home ' for
19.000, and insured it for $16,500.
Just before increasing the insur
ance, the Molitors. were served
with a summons in a suit to fore
close the mortgage on their pro
perty. The opinion upheld Circuit Judge
Victor Olliver of linn County, and
was written by Justice Walter
Tooze.
(Additional court news Sec. 1
Page 5.) ,
Jet
Sets Record
BOULDER CITY. Nev. McDon
ald Malcolm Campbell piloted bis
jet speedboat to a new record of
218.2 miles per hour on nearby
Lake Mead Wednesday.
The dapper son of the late Brit
ish speed king. Sir Malcolm Camp
bell, surpassed by nearly 14 mph
the speed mark he set earlier this
1 year at England's Lake UUswater.
(Additional details on sports
pages.)
CHICAGO CH Adlai E. Steven
son seized the initiative in Demo-
cratic'presidential nomination stra
tegy Wednesday by announcine he
will enter the March 20 nrimarv
in Minnesota. ,
Stevensonv who won the 1952
nomination without making an ac
tive bid. said he will enter the
Minnesota primary at , the invita
tion of the Minnesota Democrat-Farmer-Labor
Party..;
Stevenson, the. first of his party
to make such a move on the po
litical chessboard, took the position
that, health -should not be an issue
in competition for the presidency
added: 4
It would be foolish to say that
people don'J take into account the
survival of a candidate in office
or his fitness to perform the of
fice." .
Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee and
Gov. Averell Harriman of New
York who, with Stevenson, are the
most mentioned possibilities for the
Democratic nomination win be in
Chicago for a round of party
meetings that will get under way
full-scale Thursday. ;
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4 SECTIONS-32 PAGES
Tha Ortgon Statesman, Salem Oregon, Thursday, November 17, 1955
PRICE 5c
No. 235
W inter s
GfId
iolds;
Relief F
orecast
Many
Valley Schools
By CHARLES IRELAND
Valley EdiUr, The SUtesmaa
Schools at Silverton, Dallas.
Rickreall and Falls City definitely
will remain closed today, while
Turner, Aumsville and Cascade
Union High are on the "doubtful
starters list. .
And. with snow still swirling
down in some parts of the valley
late Wednesday, parents in many
other districts were encouraged by
school authorities to check with
the schools this morning should
weather of road conditions become
worse during early morning hours..
Schools that operated Wednes
day and planned to continue today
include Woodburn. Hubbard, North
Marion High. Independence. Mon
mouth,. Central High. Albany, Wil
lamina, Sheridan. Dayton. Ger
vais. Valsetz, Mill City. Jefferson,
Detroit and McMinnville.
Schools Clesre' -
, Marion County Schools outside
Salem District 24CJ which closed
Wednesday included Stayton. West
Stayton. - Marion, Cloverdale,
Aumsville, Turner and Cascade
High. .
Amity and Hopewell schools re
mained closed in Yamhill County.
Mari-Lmn at Lyons was the lone
Linn County school reported
closed.
A cluster of rural Polk County
schools Guthrie, Bridgeport,
Salt Creek, Greenwood, Rickreall
and Oak dale joined Dallas in
closing. Wednesday.
Base X Read
At Silverton Supt. H. M. Balder
stone said decision to keep Silver
ton's 1,230 pupils home today was
reached after two of the districts
seven buses failed to complete
their runs after school Wednesday.
The empty buses were left along
the road overnight. St. Paul's and
Evergreen' schools also will be
closed in Silverton area.
At Dallas,' where the snow depth
was, four, inches Wednesday night,!
Supt. S. E. Whitworth said school
would " remain closed because' of
high routes some buses travel. The
closure affects. someJ0Q PUfiiJ
"Almost Certala"
Aumsville Principle Richard
Gwillim was "almost certain" his
school would, remain closed. Cas
cade High reported it would be
closed if Aumsville was. Principal
Louis High said it was doubtful
that Turner would reopen.
School events postponed due to
weather included a Room Mothers
Club meeting which was scheduled
today at Turner and a class play
at Gervais High School tonight.
The play now is scheduled at 8:15
p.m.. Friday.
Among schools definitely plan
ning to be open Thursday was Val
setz where the snow blanket was
seven, inches deep.
"We're equipped for this sort of
thing up here in the mountains," a
school spokesman reported. ,.
Snowfall Turns Police to Directing Sled Traffic
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KANSAS CITY m Former
President Truman denied Wednes
day that he has decided to back
Adlai Stevenson for the Democra
tic presidential nomination. .
Nimble Brain
4 Tots Die in
Tacoma Fire
Speedboat
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Unaffected by
MClr-
TACOMA. Wash. (JB A fire
Kiuea lour ot live cmiaren in a
Tacoma family early Wednesday
while their fireman father was on
duty at a fire station in another
part of the city.
Both the fireman. Donald Evans.
and his wife, Doris, were under
sedatives at a local hospital fol
lowing the tragedy.
The dead are Charles Evans, 5:
John, 4; Pamela, 3, and Patricia,
2.
Evans was on duty and asleep
at a fire station in another part of
town when the fire broke out at
about 3:20 a. m. Fire Chief Harold
risa saia it was caused ny a
fective fireplace.
: Mrs. Evans discovered the blaze
and ran next door to phone the
fire department. She left the night
latent on and found herself locked
out on her return.
By the time she and firemen
were able to break in to the home,
only 6-year-old Donald Jr., was
still alive.
Chief Fisk said the fire did $7,
000 damage to the home. Three
firemen were injured
Cold Weather
-Sub-freezing weather Wednesday
froze a lot of things in the Salem
area but apparently spared the
nimble brain of a Willamette Uni
versity student.
A local radio announcer, broad
casting the news that nearly all
schools in the Salem area would
be closed Wednesday added that
he had not heard from Willamette
University.
Minutes later he announced that
a "Mr. Clark from Willamette
had phoned to say there would be
no school.
He was back on the air in short
order, thouzh. to report. "Mark
Hatfield, dean of students at Wil
lamette University, just called to
sav there is NO Mr. Clark at the
university. There WILL be school
I today." '
W.T; Grant Co!
Salem Store
ToOpenToday
.W.' T. Grant Co.'s sparklin?
new -Salem store will open at 10
a.m. today at 260 N,, Liberty. St
where four types of store are
combined in one on some 35,500
square feet of floor space. ..
The opening signifies a new
business, new building and new
payroll for Salem's . downtown
business .community.
Managed by D. R. McGeorge,
who came from the Grant store
at Lewiston, Me., the new Salem
retail establishment embraces a
hardware-houseware store, a fash
ion store, a variety store and dry
goods store. V
For early customers today the
store will offer gifts of orchids
and yardsticks. The store will be
open from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.
today, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fri
day and from 9 a.m."to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday. Beginning next week,
the store will be open from 9 a.m.
5:30 p.m. weekdays except
Monday and Friday when the
hours will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. I
This store is second in Oregon.
The 500-stcre national organiza
tion opened a Eugene store last
month.
Normal staff for the new store
will be approximately 100 em
ployes; however, well over 200
Salem persons are employed in
the opening operation t get the
new store started.
(Additonal details Sec.
Pages 5, 6.)
Closed, schools and near perfect sledding conditions combined to
give Salem kids their first whirl at winter sports Wednesday.
Police cooperated by blocking several hills to traffic so children
could slide in safety, but in a few cases, kids spurned the closed
streets and congregated on hills like Superior Street (top photo).
Police, however, soon broke up the traffic blocking sledding
(bottom photo), and herded the youngsters to nearby closed
streets. (Statesman photos), j
Truck Follows
Woman Driver
'Just Too Close'
JONESBORO, Ark. W) A wo
man drove into a service station
Wednesday night and said to the
attendant in a confidential whisp
er: v- j
, "I wish you would check that
guy behind me; I think he's
drunk." . j
Police said the "guy" behind
was a driverless pickup truck,
whose bumper was locked rnth the
rear bumper of the woman's car.
She was charged with driving
while intoxicated. ;
Israel Asks to
Buy U.S. Arms
WASHINGTON ( Israel form
ally asked Wednesday for U.S.
arms at cut-rate prices on easy
payment terms. 1 Egypt promptly
protested that this would start a
Middle East arms race and lose
America the friendship of Arabs
Isarel's Ambassador Abba Eban
told the State Department his coun
try urgently needs defense wapons.
He said Israel has a "sense of
alarming vulnerability" arising
from Egypt's purchases of Com
mumst arms. - !
But five and a half hours later
Egypt's Ambassador Ahmed Hus
sein turned up at the State Depart
ment to say: . I
"We believe Israel doesn't need
American arms. We need arms
ourselves for defense." (Additional
details. Sec. 1, Page 6.)
Gasoline Lamp
Explosion Kills
St Helens Lad
ST HELENS Ricky J&rvey,
5. died Tuesday night in a fire
caused by an exploding gasoline
lamp at the home of his family.
Michael Baseel, St Helens fire
chief, said, the blast came as the
father. Art Jarvey. was filling a
lamp with gasoline. The home had
no electricity.
Three other children and the
parents suffered only minor burns
or injuries.
It the water hot enough
v ' now, Dear?
Mrs. Fong Trial
Jurors Selected
PORTLAND UH Selection of a
jury was completed Wednesday for
the first-degree murder trial of
Sherry Fong, 24. accused of slay
ing her lS-year-old friend, Diane
Hank, in January," 1954.
Testimony will begin Thursday
in the court of Circuit Judge Alfred
P. Dobson.
It will be the third trial for the
woman. V
St. Paul Dairy Farmer
Killed by Bull's Attack
SYRIA. RUSS SIGN PACT.
DAMASCUS, Syria tf) Syria
signed a trade agreement with the
Soviet Union Wednesday to ex
change farm products for Russian
automobiles, farm implements,
machinery, steel. Timber and pa
per.
SUtetma New Sric
ST. PAUL, Ore. A 65?ear-old
SL Paul dairy farmer was killed
Wednesday afternoon by a bull
he was leading from the watering
trough to the barn. ;
: Charles' Richard Buckley, a
Newberg area resident 18 years,
was pronounced dead from mul
tiple neck, chest and pelvis frac
tures on arrival of a physician.
He also had apparently been
kicked in the face.
Evidence indicated that Buck
ley had been struck .some dis
tance from the 'point where his
body was found crushed between
a1 shed and a fence. The bull
had been dehorned. .
There were no witnesses to the
triffdv ahfmt 3 n.m. Bucklev's
son, Donilci Buckley, partner in
I
the 30-head dairy ranch one mile
west of the SL Paul Fire Station,
working nearby, said he saw his
father lead the six-year-old
Guernsey breeding bull at the
trough, and later discovered the
accident when he saw the bull
roaming loose in the yard. I
He said he usually watered the
bull himself. They had owned
the bull about four years and
had no previous accidents with
him, although he had appeared
nervous at times when the elder
Buckley watered him, he said.
The bull offered no resistance
when chased into the barn fol
lowing the accident Coroner's
deputies and Deputy Sheriff Cecil
Cross investigated ior Marion
County.
(Additional details Sec. 1, Page
1)
The Weather
Salem
Portland
Baker
Medford
North Bend
ftoeeburt
San rranciaco
Loi Angelea
Chicago
New York
Max. Mln. Preclp
. 2S IS JSS
.25 20 .10
. IS -5 trace
.14 27 .56
.-47 34 .11
. 3 25 .17
.52 ,42 .23
. 61 47 trace
. 46 23 .08
. S 46 .78
Parents Lose
Court Fight
For Youngster
HILLSBORO W) Mr. and Mrs
Charles W. Remington Wednesday
were granted adoption ot a one-year-old
boy over the objection of
nis parents. x .v.;
Circuit Judge Harry TL Seabold
ruled for the Remingtons against
the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
CasteeL . . " - .
The Casteels put Hie child, David
Martin, up for adoption and he
was given to the Remingtons. Last
August the Casteels decided they
wanted him back and authorities
returned him to them.
Remington then went to the
Cast eel home and took the child
by force. He was acquitted of a
riot charge in the case.
i In his decision on the Remington
adoption petition. Judge Seabold
said, "There is no question in the
court's mind that consent to adopt
may be withdrawn under certain
circumstances. But these circum
stances do not exist in this case.
where both parents did not want
the child before it was born or
after birth, until outside interfer
ence caused them to change their
minds. '
The Remingtons, who live in
Beaverton, have three other child
ren. The Casteels have two. '
Willamette Eiver 1.4 feet
FORECAST tfrom U. S. weather
bureau. McNarjr Field. Salem): i
Considerable cloudiness ana iigni
intow (lurries this morning: a -few
rain showers late this evening or to
night as a slow moderation continue;
rain Friday. High today 35 to 37.
rising during the night to the low
40s. . j
Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today
was 24.
Widow Smith
Files laim
For Estate
VANCOUVER, Wash Uh Mrs
Marjorie Smith, acquitted less than
two weeks ago of the car bomb
murder of her husband, Kermit,
has taken a preliminary step to
get his estate.
Gark. County Auditor Bruce
Worthington said Wednesday he
has received a request, dated Nov
14, for a certificate of her marriage
to Smith here Feb. 4. It was
remarriage. They had been separ
ated several months. Worthington
said he would send the certificate
The Oregon Department service
office of the American Legion
made the request It said the
certificate was necessary for her
to claim his WorM War II life
insurance policy and other bene
fits. The office 'said it did not know
the amount of the policy but that,;
as a widow, she, is entitled to a
service-connected ' monthly disabil
ity payment of $30.40. :
Mrs Smith, 34. was acquitted in
her recent trial at McMinnville,
Ore, of a charge of plotting the
killing of her husband, also 34.
Death Blamed
On Snowstorm
At Monmouth
SUtesmaa News Service .
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Stnee Start W Weather Year Sep. 1
This Tear Last Tear Kermal
lias ' 1.90 ' " sjj
SURPLUS SALE PLANNED
WASHINGTON W) The Agri
culture Department Wednesday an
nounced agreements to sell sur
plus farm commodities to Brazil
and IsraeL .
MONMOUTH Exertion from
slhoveling' snow at his home was
blamed for the death Wednesday
of J a.m e s Ridell, 79, prominent
Monmouth farmer and sheepman.
Ridell died about 30 minutes aft
er he was stncicen. Born near
Albany, Nov. 3, 1876, he came here
with his parents a few years later,
attending the old normal school
here.
The deceased made a specialty
of raising Lincoln and Cotswold
sheep and Angora goats. His wife.
Anna, a son, . James, and live
grandchildren survive. Services
are pending here.
Fire Destroys
Trucking Firm
At Prineville
PRLVEVILLE Wl ' Fire des
troyed the Owens Freight Lines
garage and offices early Wednes
day .afternoon, causing a $70,ooo
loss.
The blaze, of undetermined ori
gin, swept through a structure
occupying half a block. Several
acetylene tanks in the garage blew
up. and a truck and a supply of
tires were destroyed. Power lines
were knocked down and electrical
service to the east side of the City
was down for half an hour.
Also lost in the fire was $5,000
worth of beer. The ownerMarion
Owens, was a local distributor for
a Seattle brewery. -
"Owens said about half of the
loss was covered by insurance.
City's Students
Get Holiday;
Warmer Seen
By CONRAD PRANGE O
Staff Writer, The SUtesmaa,
An out-of-bounds arctic front;
which has held the mid-Willamette
Valley area in a deep freeze
for0 five days, is showing signs
of ..crumbling, the U.S. Weather
Bureau at McNary Field reported
early today. ''-;
Snow and sab-freezing temper
atures which Wednesday closed
schools, turned city'streets into
sled runs, snarled city bus and
air travel and damaged exposed
plants,, is expected to slowly iatn :
to rain and higher temperatures
this afternoon and tonight ty
The weatherman expects the
mercury to climb to between 35
and 37 degrees today. If it does
it will be the first time since last
Friday at 7:30 p.m. that Salem
has beeiw above freezing. .
Pacific Storms - ?
Pacific storms, say weather.
forecasters, are expected to begin
moving across this region tonight
bringing along snow flurries and
rain to drive out the cold air. '
Wednesday's four inches of
frozen snow permitted the tem
perature here to rise to only a
frigid 25 degrees the lowest
November maximum on record.:
Minimum reading Wednesday
was 19, just 10 degrees higher .
than the all-time November low ;
of nine degrees touched Tuesday.
School Announcement Dae
Unless the weather situation
changes this morning all Salem .
schools, both public and paro .
chial, which did not hold' classes
Wednesday, will probably not
operate today. Announcements
will be broadcast this morning.
Salem City Transit Lines and .
West Salem Bus Co- which oper- "
ated on curtailed schedules be-
cause of . icy streets, will be in
similar straits-today unless the
situation changes. United Air
Lines, which operated only three -oat
of six scheduled flights Wed "
nesday, expects to be in full op
eration today, visibility permit
ting. ; , v
Winter Equipment
Although the numbing cold
"kept many ' shoppers at home.
Salem stores reported a ran on
such winter equipment as heavy
clothing, electric heaters and"
anti-free ze.
"We've sold more snow tire
and chains in the last two days
than in the past two years," said
the manager of one large depart
ment store. . ; ;
Hundreds of kids, unfettered
by books or weather, turned
streets in the hilly sections of -
the city into .toboggan slides:
Police closed to traffic five areas
for the kids Derby Downs ramp
in Bush's Pasture, Rosemont Hill-
I. tIT A. V ir . .
in west aaiem, west superior
and Boice streets and the south
side of "Fry's Hill" in the 500
and 600 block on South , High
street
Fire Warning
Meanwhile Fire Chief Ells-,
worth Smith, taking note of '
the icy streets, urged household
ers to take extreme measures fo
prevent fires because bis trucks
can only negotiate . slippery "
streets slowly. , , ;
In general Iroads in Marion
County are expected to be onen
to travel today but chains, espe-
cially in the Santiam Pass area,' :
wnere snow was tailing early to
day, are helpful.
(Additional details in Sec 1.
Page 2.) "
Child Burned ;.f
As Nightgowijg
iaicnesrire
A five-year-old Salem girl was
in balem General Hospital wita
first and second degree burns re .
ceived when her nightgown caught .
fire from an electric heater. -
Virginia Murphy's condition was
listed as "fair" by hospital atten
dants . Her mother, Mrs. Thelrna
Murphy, was treated for burns eit
her hands which she had received
in putting out the fire . :-"
The accideit occurred at 7:55
a.m. at tne Murpny nome, 1334 N.
Summer St. Virginia apparently
had stood too close to the heater.
first aidmen said. She was burned
on her legs, arms and body. 1 .
Today's Statesman
Sec. Page
Classified ......IV. 3-5
Comes the Dawn .. I. 4
Comics ... : III- 8
Crossword - IV 3 '
Editorials l. 4;
Farm ... JILL6,7 "-
Home Panorama Jll.. 13
Markets ...IV 3
Obituaries , IV-, 3 '
Radio, TV III 9
Sports ....... ..IV 1, 2
Star Gazer I 9 ,
Valley III 4, 5
Wirephoto Pag JIL, t :
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