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idgway Agreed9
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!)S ANCKl.KS I - Defense
eVcretary Wllaon Mid Thuraday
that Mh he and Admiral Hartford
thought that Gen. Matthew Ridj
ay had concurred In the 1Jj4
(Halt at the Union Message.
In Saturday F.venlnf Pout arti
cle Cen. Rldgway. who retired )a,4
June aj Army chief of itaff, con
tended that he waa againat mili
tary ruti and bad been preurd
to fit hia views to "preconceived
politico-military party lint."
At hit preai conerence Thurs-
Farm Waccs
Up
in Oregon
CORVAIXIS UP Farm wain
ent up la Oregon last year. ,
They average, without board or
mom, 11.14 an hour Jan. 1, a jump
f 1 cents ever the atari of mi.
Elvera Horrell, Oregon Stat
College extension agriculture econ
omist, aaid Thuraday only two
states have higher farm labor
wafts. Connecticut, at ll.U, if
high and Washington's ii 11.17.
Rhode Island's la 11.14. the lame
as Oregon. South Carolina U km
at R cents an hour.
Thert wu an average hourly
fe crease ever the country of I
cents, OSC said. Meanwhile farm
rces fell aa averagt of I per cent
Oregon and I per cent nationally.
Gty Court in
New Quarters
day Prenident Fluenhnwer referred
the controveny to Wilson and Rad
ford. "The Preaident did rkactly the
right thing In referring the con
troveny to Radford and me,' the
secretary told newsmen.
He aald he knew of no Defence
Department prenaure against
Ridgway.
"1 - never thought I was that
good, to preiaure a four-atar gen
eral like that," Wllaon said.
F.iaenhower wai aked about
Rldgway's aasertion at the White
Houae news conference Thursday
morning.
Elsenhower told reporters that
every section of hit 1054 message
had been sent to departments in
volved to be checked. And he add
ed that If there wert any questions
about Incorrect neM they should
Uke them up with Radford or WU
" .
Wilson's statement Thursday ws
not exactly in line with what he
had said two dsys before. To a
Pentagon news conference ques
tion, Wilson had ssld he thought
Ridgway'i statement wss "in
correct," that the former Army
chief had "continually advocated
a higher strength for the Army
than the other chiefs."
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Salem's Municipal Court opened
In new quarters Thursday on the
Roberts Taken
To Albany to
Face Charge
ALBANY, Ore. I Sheriff
George Miller brought Robert Lee
Robert! S3, to Albany Thursday
to face v charge of slugging the
Linn County treasurer with a gun
and making off with (1,001 of the
county's funds.
Roberts, who said he was from
'Cat' Burglar
Given 3-Ycar
Prison Term
Theatre Time
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SIK I AI. PH.IVMY" II II
SalciTi'i "rat" burnliir hanj;rd
hn plea to guilty Thurtday and
n sentenced by Circuit Judge
Ceoree Dunran to three years in
the Oregon Stale Penitentiary,
Pint-sired John Kdmond Frrricr
Partner hitd admitted, then plrwl
ed Innocent to chargM he hud
burglarized l Salem bmlneu ! Q( AAA
hmmes following his arrent by city i 0OUUU III
tuili,. kt-lu fliinrlau nuirnlnH i '
Rnrbirr, 3.1 year old Canadian,
was nabbed in downtown alley
sftrr Judson'i Plumbing Shop and
the Rlnlne Hotel had bren entered
from the roof esrly Sunday. Caught
with rubber gloves and rrepe-snled
shoes which had marked other
break inn, .Barbier admitted the
burglaries during the laat two
months.
The next dsy when he wss ar
raigned in Marlon County Circuit
Court, the 107 pound, 1-foot 2 Bar
bier pleaded Innocent. But when
he appeared in court for arraign
ment Thurnday he changed his
plesd to guilty and drew the three
year sentence.
A would he-robber found lots of
epposltlea Thurtday night In aa
attempted holdup of Keiser
area market Mrs. Dei a Mc Par
land (top), wife of grocer shot
(bottom), nearby neighbor,
teok bit gun. (Statesmsn Pho
tos). (Story also on psge 1).
Iliitcliins Gives
s
Controversial
Idaho U. Talk
MOSCOW, Idaho OB - Dr. Rob
ert M. Hutchlns made his much
discussed appearance at the Unl-
versity of ldiho Thursday after
taking a crack at members of the
Americsn Legion who objected to
his addressing the students.
Dr. Hutchina. Dreiident of the
by gunman, broke a broom, Fund for the ReDublle. made no
over bandit, and Sam Davis reference to the state-wide con
troversy In his prepared talk on,
"The Promise of Educstlon".
But in an Interview earlier, he
said the protests against him by
Idaho legionnaires "amounted to
a threat to America's civil liber
ties." Two district conventions of the
legion In North Idaho passed reiw
lutions last year critical of Hutch-
Salem citr ooliee were inveitl-'ins scheduled appearance on the
gating early today a report by a university's public events lecture
Gold Stolen
In Switzerland
GENEVA. Switzerland OF) - A
truck bearing 1280,000 worth of
gold bars wss stolen here Thurs
day night in a daring coup by
thieves who may have come from
across the French border.
The gold, owned by a private
Swiss firm, weighed Wl II pounds.
In bulk It wss small, since it takes
about a ton of gold to make we
cubic foot.
The gold bars had arrived from
Parts by sir In Genevs.
No guards were provided for
the consignment. It wss regsrded
as a routine shipment and gold
robberies are so rsre In Switzer
land that guards ordinarily ire
not assigned for the transfers.
The truck driver drove to .lis
company's headquarters and left
the truck for a few moments.
When he returned it hsd disap
peared. The truck was found empty In
a lane near Geneva, barely a mile
from the Trench border.
Swiss newspapers reported rt'
marks showed the gold had been
loaded Into a car In the lane.
Death Claims
Mrs. Martin
Mrs, (ille Martin, late resident
of M N. Winter St., dird Thurs
day at a local hotpltal following
S heart ailaifnt.
She rams to S.ilrm Vi yean
agt from Portland, where she hsd
lived for V yesrs Survivors In
elude the widower, Giles E. Mtrtin
of Salem: molhrr, Mrs. Msude W
SiMon, brother Guy L. Kiison snd
several nieces, all of Ixmgview,
Wah.
Services will be Saturday at 11
a m. at (he Clough Barrlck Chapel
with the Rev. Gerald Emerson
officiating,
U.S. to Honor
Doctor Salk
WASHINGTON -The lovern
mrnt will present a gold medal to
Dr. Jonas E. Balk next Thursdsy
for his work in developing the ami
polio vaccihe which bears his
name.
Secretary of Welfare Folaom will
mske the prenentatioa on behalf
of President Elsenhower and the
nation but details of the ceremony
have not been completed.
Police Probe
Attack Report
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juuiui uwi in vii umu, mm uiUi swrowiiei, a cyb, wmm jivbhvu - - . w . - ' . aMri
up from 1U former third-flood site, at Coos Bay, where police noticed l'"mna , iv. ,i.un. ttuU 4o,w
The larger, lighter room la what' him on a Uvern spending spree. i"bbd downlo n JlK .V jSSi
wss the city hall's former attic will ; Police said he told them he Md n,ht- . w . . . ftSTJ
aat about U nersons. accordlnf won iron In a lUno die i.m I .The man Is Walter J. Walker, 58, nd out of the legion, claimed
. n.,fft.. f. m th. ihI ... : of Milwaukie. He told police he nuicnins ana me runa nave mini-
,fLnrr, C! ,ou . was beaten and robbed of $00 in miwd the Communist danger to
to Judge Douglas L Hay. The old
i a
counroom. now neing remoaeiea -.lth Roberts. The search is on for
for a city attorney s office, seated
bout IS.
The new court has separate Jury
and file rooms, thus eliminating
much of the congestion which pre
vailed la the old room. The new
room is finished in mahogany pan
eling and excoustical tilt. Jury bos
and Judge's and witness stands are
all roomier than in the Jonner
courtroom.
It at, ii.
Prison Guard
Sentenced for
Selling Drugs
A penitentiary guard charged
with taking drugs inside the prison
wu sentenced to 90 days in jail
and fined 1230 in Marion County
Circuit Court Thursday.
The 22-year-old guard, Charles
E. Jones, 4892 Verde Lane, wu
arrested last July 10 on the charge
involving passing benzadrine to
convicts.
Judge George R. Duncan, who
passed sentence, ordered probation
for Jones on payment of the fine.
Jones has established himself in
the garage business since being
discharged from the prison the
court wu told.
Oregon Shares in
$2 Billion MUitary
Building Request
WASHINGTON (ft - More than
M million dollars of a $2,012,283,000
military building program submit
ted to Congress Thursday is for
projects la the three Pacific North
west states and t44.117.000 in
Alaska. Totals by states include:
Washington, 111,684,000; Oregon,
$14,838,000; and Idaho, fU.471,000.
Here are the project requests
for Oregon projects:
Army Umatilla Ordnance Depot
$258,000.-2; 7T- :
Air Force Klamath Falls Muni
cipal Airport, $1,130,000; Greater
Portland area, $13,508,000.
more money and a second man.
Several courthouse employes said
they saw two men run from he
courthouse shortly after the rob
bery Tuesday. Miller said several
had identified Roberta by photo
graph as one of the men.
Roberts, when arrested, wss in
possession of an automobile. He
told police a stranger In Eugene
had given him the keys and asked
him to drive it to Reno,' where It
had been rented.
The sheriff ssid investigation has
shown the car was rented in Reno
by someone other , than Roberts.
The investigation is continuing.
County Treasurer Raymond
Tomllnson, who was knocked out
by the gun-wielding holdup man,
Is continuing to recover.
District Judge Wendell Tompkins
set bond for Roberts at $18,000. he
is expected to be arraigned Friday
on a charge of armed assault and
robbery.
Hospital Elects
7 Directors
At Stayton
auteiaaa Newt Service
STAYTON Elections of seven i
directors, to serve seven year
terms of office on the board of
Santiam Memorial Hospital, were
held at a meeting Thursday night.
' Newly elected board members
and the areas they will serve are
John Frank, Sublimity; Merle
Crane, West Stayton; Peter Mertz,
Scio; Huber Ray, Detroit and Idan-
ha; and Walter H. Bell. M. J.
Msrtia and G. W. Schachstkk, di
rectors at large.
Merton Coi of Stayton was elect
ed president of the Hospital Board
for 1938. He replaces outgoing ;
president T. G. Freres.
John Frank was also elected
vice president and member of the
hospital executJvecommittee.G)
W. Schachstick was reelected ec-retary-treasurer.
the alley between Ferry and State this country. They called for an
street and S. Commercial and Lib- investigation of Hutchlns and some
erty streets. members demanded the university
After interrot stinf Walker do- cancel the tali.
lice arrested him on a charge of
being intoxicated. He had received
cuts and bruises about his face,
police said. Walker placed the al
leged attack at about p.m.
One suspect was being question
ed by police early today.
Reed Student
Found Dead
PORTLAND OF - An 18-year-old
college student from Phoenix,
Ariz., wss found dead in a Reed
College dormitory Thursdsy. ap-"
parently of a self-inflicted bullet
wound.
Police listed the death of Rich
ard Townsend as accidental They
said he apparently had been toy
ing with a .43 caliber automatic
owned by another student. The
bullet struck him in the hesd. The
gun was found under his body.
The death occurred about t a.m.,
when Townsend was alone in the
room.
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The school declined to do so and
Hutchlns told reporters Thursday
that the university "performed a
valuable service in calling atten
tion to the first amendment (free
dom of ipeech) of the Constitu
tion." --,
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Extortion Try
SACRAMENTO, Calif. I - Wil
liam J. Ellis, Jobless father of
three, pleaded guilty Thursday to
aa extortion attempt that started
at $100,000 but ultimately was whit
tled dowa to $10,000.
, He was caught Jan. 10 In a trap
act by police and admitted de
manding the money from George
Steiner, a Sacramento lumber
dealer.
PoUce aaid Ellis, V. admitted
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Oregon officers, however, said
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