this Gusimaii 4 " P P ...... DETROIT. Mirk. (JU-A patient gunman robbed and bound II vie tlmi la a five-hour marathon rob bery Friday la a basement wash roam af the new Mlrhlfaa Lift Insurance ft. buildinf la sonar baa Royal Oak. The gnnmaa's first victim wat George Bandshuh, a bailer apera tor la the buildinf. Buadshna wai hrld up la a basement corridor about Lit a.m., forced Into the Washroom and bound with tape. Thea the gunman, armed wllk .38 pittol, propped Bandshua agalnat a wall and proceeded Iriaurely to follow the tame rott. tine with nine other men who In nocently wandered Into the walk room betweea t:W aad 1:3 p.m. At 1:M p.m., the gnnmaa re leaned Bundihuh and forced him to walk la front of him out of tha buildinf which froata one of metropolitan Detrolt'i moat hear lly travelled tboroughfarei. Police aaid the loot totaled about 45l. They said the victim reported their captor wai polite and never complained, althoaf h one of the men didn't have a ceat oa him and only one of the II; kad mere than lit. Biggest loaer wai Aafui Smith of Royal Oak, who waa earrylaf I4M la caih. Bundahuh laid when tko fua maa reached the atreet he or dered him to walk north and 'don't turn arouad." & ( it1 & 111 PCUMC3D 105th Ya.r 2 SECTIONS-16 FACES Tha Oregon Statesman, Salom, Oregon, Saturday, January 7, 1954 PRICE Sc XP 1 Third of State's Employes Work in Marion, Polk Area One-third of the Slate of Oregon's 20,654 employes are sta tioned in Marion or Polk Counties, with in annual payroll here of bout $22 million. This was shown Friday in a new survey of state employment announced by the State Civil Service Commission. Taking figures from a recent test month considered average 1 for employment, the commission found a total of 14.939 full-time state employes and 9,693 part time state employes. Payroll Noted ! Of these, Marion County had 8,570 state employes, including 3,160 full-time employes in Salem and 114 full-time employes at Wood burn. Monthly state pay roll in the county was $1,758,243. Polk County (Dallas and Mon mouth) had 299 state employes: most of them at Oregon College of Education. Monthly payroll was $58,189. Portland, Corvallis and Eugene ranked in that order as centers of state employment after Salem. Other cities had a scattering, in cluding 121 at Oregon City (pay roll $34,818 for the month), 128 at Albany ($46,111), 73 at Mc Minnville ($22,351). In the Portland area are 2,749 full-time workers and 796 part time workers. The monthly state payroll was $1,018,589. OSC Role In Corvallis, location of Oregon State College, there are 1,505 full-time state workers and ,1,261 part-time workers with monthly payroll of $659,270. Eugene, base of the University of Oregon, has an average monthly state pavroll of $455,044, for 1,064 full-time state employes and 883 part-time employes. Mrs. Edith Green, congress woman, from the 4 Third Oregon District, touched some live nerves in her comments on Mississippi following a recent visit there, She was critical, and particularly con cerned over the complications in race relations in that state. When her comments were published down South however they stirred resent ment, some of which has spilled over to the desk of this editor, A Texan sends us a copy of his letter to Mrs. Green in which he . calls her "uninformed" and her "propaganda" as "exceedingly tinwi.se." Attacks on Mississippi and Southeastern United States by "you and others of your uninformed, biased and, to use your own word, bigoted intellec . tuality" w 1 11 do "irreparable barm" to the United States. In similar vein was the letter which Dave Womack, of Belzoni, Miss., member of the state House of Representatives from Hum phreys county, wrote to, Mrs. Green. In his letter to the States man accompanying me copy of his letter to Mrs. Green, he deplores Mrs. Green's statement, made, he lays after a two-day visit to the Itate capital. To quote: "We are deeply hurt that one of your statesmen would make such an unwarranted attack upon our state without more complete in vestigation of the facts." His own resentment at Mrs. Green's criticism is revealed in (Continued on editorial page 4.) Ike Calls Umpire 'Robber' as Staff, Press Play Bali KEY WEST, Fla. Iff - A grin ning President Eisenhower hol lered "Robber" at the , umpire from the sidelines Friday as Se cret Service agents and White House newsmen tangled in a wild and wooly softbali game. It's a sad thing to report, but the press lost the five-inning game, 12-4. The losers claimed, however, that it was superior physical condition and not athletic prowess that beat them. They had been leading, 4-2, when the President left the diamond at the end of 2'i in nings. The President, convalescing here from his heart attack, walked three-quarters of a mile to the ball park from his living quarters at the naval base, then walked back. Concert on Gift Organ to Highlight Ceremony Judge Rejects JVcw Trial for sherry long PORTLAND m The murder conviction of Sherry Fong. 24, was affirmed Friday by Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobnon, who had over turned an earlier conviction of her. Dobson rejected a motion for a new trial. He said he doubted there had been any error or prejudice in his instructions to the jury. The conviction, of second degree murder, was in the death of Diane Hank, 16. The' girl's body was found alongside a highway west of Wshougal, Wash., in February, 1954. The prosecutiom charged that Mrs. Fong and her husband, Wayne, killed the girl and disposed of the body because Miss Hank knew too much ahout what, it tairi LaFourche fisherman could match was Fong's narcotics dealings boasts Friday with the proudest of jn an earlier trial both Fongs fathers. His new twins are De- were convicted of first-degree heved to be the third largest born ( murder. But Judge Dobson upset in medical history. the verdict on the ground that the Early Layus of Leesville says his ' jury had not properly considered twin girls, born Monday at Bap-; the case. He ordered separate, New Turns -Tip Scales At 191 Pounds Picture on wirephoto page) NEW ORLEANS I - A bayou list hospital here, weighed a total of 19 pounds and six ounces. Dr. C. W. Love!!, resident at Bap tist, says the Layus twins are the third largest reported in the an nals of medical history. The heaviest pair, born In the 19th century, weighed in at 3514 pounds, Dr. Lovell says. The larger of the twins, Marilyn, weighed 10 pounds, eight ounces. Carolyn, the smaller, tipped the scales at eight pounds, 14 ounces. Max. Mln. fr. SaUia ...... M 4 M 1 Ml Portland j. 17 SS .04 ! Bakar ...41 S3 .00 i Mtdford 59 3S .40 1 North Bend it J 1 4 'ftoachurf . M 'I San Franrisro ST 44 .00 Lns Anieles 57 42 .00 ' Chicago .. 39 f. M . .00, New York 3D M .00 1 Shots Kill 2 Near Umatilla '. UMATILLA, Ore. I - The bodies of Clarence A. Brady and , Ralph Dillon were found Friday l in Brady's home near here. Each : had been shot in the head. Dist. Atty.-John E. Walker said It wat murder and suicide. -He , said it .apparently happened sev v" eral days ago. ' Walker said he was not yet ready to say who had done the shooting, but remarked the the gun. a .38 caliber revolver, was beside the body of Brady, an em ploye of Army Engineers at Mo i' Nary Dam. Dillon, an iron worker who .had been employed at McNary Dam and later on the Umatilla Bridge, was married. The whereabouts "of his family was not determined at once. new trials, later. Fong's is to come The Weathei Garbage Firm Faces 4th Gity Count in Year A Salem area garbage firm Friday waa charged with collect ing garbage without a license for the fourth time within a year city police reported. In previous encounters with city regulations, the Suburban Garbage Co. won its argument when found innocent in three separate municipal court trials. The third ease was won despite a specially prepared ordinance amendment. . The latest citation came Friday when officers said a truck was seen picking up garbage in the 2700 block of Ellis Avenue near Park Avenue. Cited for the third time on the' charge was Emery Hendrickson Jr., 687 Brenner Ave., who operates the business with bis brother, Rod Hendnck son, and father; Emery Hendrick son Sr. Rod Hendrickson also had previously been cited Cases Lost . After losing the first two cases against the firm,, the city by amendment deleted front an or dinance a portion having to do with collections for lure. The firm in its arguments, had claim ed it wai miking collections in an area around Park Avenue without charge. But even with the amendment, the firm also managed to win round No. 3. Municipal Judge Douglas Hay reportedly ruled in that third trial that the amend ment concerned only a sub-clause of the ordinance and did not change the general clause. Opposing Forces liowJlhei)pposing..iorcet..willXw 'T , i . ....... " ' : ' ' . ' yjy X : ) y : (' t. p L lfL ... ,.l:if n -' L ; ' . WaaaaaVBaaWBHa n ill tt Til Hiii i tf in air I Ht tt ' ' li ill aaliil1 ii I al Flood Threats Grow in Wake a Tickle9 Valley . Weather Sends 1 Snow Flurries : Josef Schnelker (seated), First Methodist Church organist, (s shown testing the keyboard of the church's handsome, new pipe organ, which will be dedicated Sunday. Looking aa Is Dr. Brooks II. Moore, pastor, who will conduct the 4 a.m. dedicatory service. The org an was donated by Dr. . and the late Mrs. M, C. Flndley, long time church members. (Statesman Photo.) Salem Church Plans Judge Named line up for round four, with' j hearing still to be set. The garbage truck involved in the Friday citation was tempor arily put out of operation as police had it placed in storage pending further developments in the case. Area in which the controver sial garbage collection! have taken place was annexed to the city about a year ago. Willamette River 151 feet. FORECAST from U. I. weather bu. rem. McNary field, Salem): . Moitly cloudy with occasional ihoweri today and tonight; acattered ihowen Sunday with perloda of clearing;: hih temperature today 41, low tonight Temperature at 11:01 a.m today waa J5. IALIM PRECIPITATION Sine Start of Weather Year Sept 1 This Year Last Year Normal 34. St IS 31 II JO Lung of Green Polio Victim Said Collapsed CHICAGO Ofl - A polio-stricken farm boy whose body has a strange. green tint suffered a collapsed lung Friday the third day he has been in a coma. , Doctors announced collapse of his left lung a few hours after reporting he had shown a slight improvement. They said collapse of the lung in effect cut his air intake in half. The boy, 15-year-old Edward Walsh, is one of the 10 Karon Walsh children who came down with polio last summer. The par ents also had slight infections. But four other Walsh children escaped Infection. Examination of Edward's blood serum showed tt, too, wai green ish in color, instead of the normal red. Dedication of Organ By CONRAD MANGE Staff Writer, The Statesman One of the finest church organs in the Pacific Northwest will be dedicated in Salem Sunday It is the newly installed, beautifully-toned instrument at First Methodist Church in downtown Salem. Console of the organ is in the chancel, just behind the pulpit. A gift of Dr. and the late Mrs. M. C. Findley, long time Salem residents and church workers, the large three-manual, 1,500 pipe or gan will be dedicated at ceremo nies beginning at 4 p.m. at the church;---- i Sports Center tVeFdict Faces Injunction Suit PORTLAND if! Residents of East Portland filed Friday for an injunction against construction of the proposed eight million dollar sports, center on the west side of Portland. They also announced they would j start a move to refer the matter j to the people in the May primary.! Their proposal will be for a man datory east side site. The East Side Commercial Club took the lead in the dispute. The injunction was asked by Joe- Dob bins, an East Side car dealer. Canby Woman Killed by Car 'CAN BY, Ore. WV- Anna Dallas, about 70, of routrtl, Canby, was killed by an automobile as she walked along the Pacific Highway at New Era, north of here Friday night. Slate police said the driver of the car was Walter Werronen, 48, Canby. The police said Mrs. Dallas waa in dark clothing and Werronen said he did not see hef walking on the edge of the highway until too late. aBBBBBaBBBBBBlaaBBBBBBMBfcBaaBa "We're people-watrhlag. Car ta Jell ns?" ' Radiant Actress; Handsome Prince Sweep Into Waldorf To Serve on Hisli Court Pfre-titit ft isln lamaa W Praw. xsiLiai auuii vaini a . via" ford, Portland, was appointed Fri-1 "mVnr! onagri Of Heavy Rain Additional Slides Feared on Soggy -Hills in Oregon, Washington Areas j By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather hy the bucketful continued to slosh down on ! ready socuv western slope regions ot IJrecon and Wairunetorj Friday, posing the threat of more slides, possiljle floods and extensive damage to road systems. And with the rain, which ranged from drizzle to steady downpour, cam word from the weatherman 4t could be ex pectcd to continue for at least five inore days. Slides plagued much of the region, sluicing houses off hill sides or hillsides into houses the ultimate result was ahout the same for the house. A number of homes in the Puget Sound region got the treatment but a let-up was reported in the Port land area. - Tracks Swept Aside j Great Northern. Railway tracks north of Seattle were swept aside for 500 feet by a huge landslide. A heavy snowfall along Oregon's coast range summit caused the collapse of seven miles of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. lines serving the Tillamook area. PTT officials hope to have service restored by Saturday; meanwhile long distance service is being relayed around the break through Seaside. Roseburg got three Inches of snow between 3 and S p. m. and traffic soon was badly snarled. Roads Break L'p Roads which froze late last month were breaking up every where as the rain and thaw made quagmires of them and load limits were being placed to save what remained. Continuing low temperatures In the mountains held back snow melt and reduced the flood threat al though rivers were rising slowly because of the persistent lowland rainfall. Hopes were held that bar ring a definite rise in temperature the flood problem would be held to minimum. (Picture on Wirephoto Page) NEW YORK UB - Grace Kelly, radiant and beautiful as any prin cess to (he manor born, swept into the ultra-fashionable Monte Carlo ball Friday night on the arm of her prince, his serene highness Rainier III of Monaco. AU eyes turned to the entrance of the Waldorf ' Astoria's lavishly decorated grand ballroom as the actress entered with her royal fi ance, the night after the announcement-of their engagement sur prised the knowing from Hollywood to the French Rivitra. Miss Kelly was dressed in t dai-' zling off the ahoulder dress vol uminously belled and pure white. She wore a spray of white orchids. The S2 year-old prince, consid ered one of the most spectacular catches of many a Mason, wore formal evening attire, with white tie. A dozen orders and medals splashed colorfully across his breast. The orchestra struck up the na tional anthem of Monaco, the tiny principality on the blue Mediter ranean whose hub is the Monte Carlo casino. Then came the Star Spangled Banner. The couphripacfjd to the royal box in the center of tht ballroom. It was weighted with red and white carnations and decorated with a social season. Prince Rainier had agreed to attend the ball a year ago. The proceeds go toward mus ic therapy for hospitalized war vet erans in the United States and Britain. Guests of honor in the center of the room Included the actress' par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kelly, of Philadelphia. He is a million aire construction executive. They gave their blessing to the story book marriage at their Philade! The dedicatory service, will be conducted by Dr. Brooks H. -Moore, pastor. It will include a dedicatory concert on the new organ by Prof. Josef Schnelker, regular organist, assisted by a string quartet. Repeat Performance A repeat performance of the mu sical program will be presented Monday night at 8 p.m. for those not able to attend the origiml ceremony. Also to be accepted will be a number of special gifts, all a part of the recent remodeling program carried out at the church, located at Church and State streets. "The gift of the Findley Memo rial Organ is one of Die finest me morials, in its ability to bless and to inspire hearts and lives through the years, said Dr. Moore. 'Matchless Musk' "Its music is matchless and draws forth a response from our spirits which we greatly need in this busy age." The organ' a?tua ly has been In use for several weeks and response from the con gregation has been almost "unbe lievable." he added. The $32,000 instrument not only benefits the church, said organist Schnelker, but is a distinct asset to the entire community. "It will permit us to bring into Salem renowed organists for con cert appearances," he said. The in strument was built and installed by the Aeolian-Shimmer Organ Co. of Boston which has installed similar instruments all over the nation, including the one in the Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City, Utah. Music Lavers Dr. and Mrs. Findley, who save the organ, were active in Fir it Methodist affairs for many years and both music lovers. Mrs. Find ley died in November, 1954. Dr. Jindley, who is looking .for ward to his 851 h birthday next August, still leads a vigorous nfe and is a church trustee. He retired about four years ago after practic ing some 54 years as an eye, nose and throat specialist. (Additional dedication details on church page, sec. 1, page J.) day as a temporary member of the seven-justice state supreme court. The appointment was made by Chief Justice Harold J. Warner, who said he plans to name at least two more circuit judges as tern' porary justices. -ThOddlttoriar JuntTrtrarrTieed ed, Chief Justice Warner said, to help the high court reduce its backlog of cases. Circuit judges pro. tern will be appointed to take the places of three circuit judges while they are serving on the high court. "The 1935 legislature authorized the supreme court to elevate the circuit judges to the high court whenever the supreme court dock et is congested, or when a member of the high court is disabled. Chief Justice Warner said the number of supreme court cases now is 40 per cent greater than it was five years ago. Judge Crawford will assume his duties immediately, but he won't receive additional pay. No time limit was placed on his length of service on the high court. crown and the coat of arms of the ' phia home Thursday. house of Grimaldi, the prince's , The big room buzzed with talk family. Quake Jars Seattle Area The Army put two temporary bridges over the hole left when the Salmon Creek bridge was washed out Wednesday night on Highway W north of Vancouver, Wash, it was expected traffic would be moving normally again Saturday. -tPictureiir-SecrirPigrl) t,now1,t'cra,on Southern Oregon rivers began rising again, and there was fear of new slides and floods there as the clouds dumped 3.34 inches of rain on Cape Blanco In the 24 hours ending at 4:30 p.m. Friday, 266 at Brookings and 3.43 at North Bend. There also was heavy rain else where. Bird's Binge Proves Fatal POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. OH - For two years, a robin with a tell tale white spot on the side of his head went on a constant bender when ever the haws were ripe on Dr. Z. Lee Stokelys hawthorne tree. The bleary-eyed bird, named "Old Soak" by "Doc" Stokely, an outdoor columnist, would eat his fill of haws, stagger about the yard, topple over on his breast and sink into a stupor... .. ... It wasn't an occasional drunk, it-happened every da; It probably was during one of these drunks that a hungry cat came along, -All Doc Stokely could find of Old Soak Friday was a few feath ers and a wing. Big Bookie Rin 2 Cracked Iii Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO ( - Federal T-men and local police Friday night swooped down on a half dozen spots and broke up whit they called "the biggest bookie ring in years." U. S. Atty. Lloyd H Burke and Dist. Atty. Thomas C. Lynch personally led the raiders. Burke said the operation ran into "thou sands of dollars daily as large an operation as we have seen around here for years." Burke said 35 agents of the In telligence Division ot the Bureau of Internal Revenue and 10 Sn I south of here. By JER1T STONE ' Start Writer, The Statesnui More than one resident must have muttered, "This fickle we a-. ther, as the elements pulled an other crazy-quilt antie Friday in " the Salem and mid-Valley sectors. ,; The latest was a swirl of snow which failed to stickjn the cits' -but dropped a thin blanket oa outlaying highlands and other sectors in Marion and Polk eoun- i ties. . The snow flakes, coming on the heels of another prolonged rain storm, had competition Fri . day. It also rained and wind hit . top gusts ot 40 miles per hour early in the morning. Precipitation at a 24-hour per iod ending at midnight totalled 1.58 inches. . 1 Valseti experienced a heavy ' snowfall Friday morning with , some four inches on the ground at noon. The fall eased eft in the . afternoon. Steady Iawwfall- .v At Detroit, a steady snowfall , began at 11 a.m. and had reached ; a depth ot six Inches at midnight -Power was off in the Detroit ' . area from 7 p.n. to about 11 j p.m. when a snow-laden snag fell on a power line. Roads were re ported extremely slick in the De- , troit sector. A total of 1.13 Inches of rain . was measured in the Stayton ' area in a 24-hour period ending at , 5 p.m. Friday. Reports from Dallas told of. , lawns Frtdar-r evening. Snow was causing some ; difficulty on highway 22 in the: . Salt Creek area west of Dallas..-: Sanding Required State police reported sanding ;'. was required on llahee and Jack'', son Hills south of Salem, where a light snow blanket was deposit ed Friday night, ,! Forecast from weathermen at McNary Field calls for cloudiness with occasional showers today through Sunday. The Willamette River, which crested at 16 9 Thursday evening after another rise from the most recent storm, was down to 158 Friday night. Mill Burns in $225,000 Fire : MEDFORD uji The plant of '. the Talent Saw Mill Inc., was de ' stroyed Friday by fire. Lou waa estimated at $223,000 by the owner, ' John Hamacher, who said it was ' ' partly insured. Inside the mill was much new equipment installed recently in a remodeling project. The plant was.'- located at Talent, seven miles' Francisco police inspectors staged the raids MAMIE 'APPROVES CHATTAN Chattanooga Times said Friday night that Mrs. Dwight D. Eisen hower is no longer opposed to having her husband seek another term as President "if he feels up to It." Train May Shuttle Kids To School Around Slide Firemen from Talent city and rural departments kept flames from spreading to the mill office, and lumber yard. Road Mishap Kills .: Ilarrisburg Girl "a SEATTLE .'UB ROSEBUR Gi - A vast earth slide which has closed Highway 38 near Reedsport for two weeks continues to move out across the road, but a by-pass on the South ern Pacific line is expected to start 150 children back to school Monday. , The children as well as 150 loggers shut off from their work have been separated from Reeds- A minor but ! port since the slide came down a . - i pun sausjiuvi . iiw i!.eaViiiviib vi -Scattered around the ballroom 'the 2A year-old movie queen, who were dozens of tables where the has reached almost every goal and laughter. The engagement of sharp earthquake jarred the Ta- in the late December rains. elite of society, counts and count' esses, diplomats and even a few princes) and princesses were seat ed. The 1.000 guests paid $33 each to attend the charity function, one of the high spots of the New York Hollywood has to offer, and the dark-haired prince could not have charmed the romantics among them more if. the script had been written by Hans Christian Andersen. coma-South Seattle area briefly j Friday the Southern Pacific said Friday night, doing no damage 1 it would supply a diesel engine, but startling a large number of two cars and a crew to make persons. daily runs three miles south of The University of Washington i Reedsport where a road crosses Seismograph timed the first shock ! the rails. The children could get at 29 minutes and 4 seconds after 8 o'clock, with a weak continue' tion for one minute. to that point hy bus and the train then could bring them In, bypass ing the slide. When this was first considered at a Thursday meeting ot the Douglas County civil defense offi cers here, Reedsport city manager A. A. Rear estimated it would cost about $400 a day for the railroad shuttle service. But the SP said Friday it would do the Job for $100 a day. . There had been earlier reports that two lumber companies were willing to share costs with the school district. 1 Another transportation plan was disclosed late Friday. Commis sioner Frank Ashley said the Douglas County Court was nego tiating a contract with the Ump qua Navigation Co., Reedsport, for ferry service around the slide area. HARRISBURG (Special) A; 19-year-old Harrisburg girl was ; fatally injured Friday night in. a highway accident on Highway ORE about four miles north of Harrisburg, state, police said. The victim was listed as Delors L y d 1 a Neuschwanda. Officers said several other persons were injured in the mishap, which re portedly involved two cars. Today's Statesr.sn Church News 7 Classified , ...ll... 5-7 Comics II . t Crossword II.. 3 Editorials , 4 Home Panorama .... 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