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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1956)
I) 'Li den Home, Tells of Failure io Sway Ike To Quit Chiang Isles Ity SEYMOIH TOPPING LONDON cf! Prim Minister Eden came home Thursday to re port British-American relations , better than ever but he admitted failure to way President Eisen- hower to the British idea of giving off-shore Chinese islands to the Communists. Eden smiled confidently but looked tired on his return from a two-week swing to Washington and Ottawa. He told newsmen at London Air port after a delayed Atlantic flight that the only difference which per sists after this global conference Union Eyes Defeat for GOP Solons MIAMI BEACH, Fla. tfl - AFL CIO political leaders Thursday tin gled out Republican senators from a dozen states for defeat in the 1936 elections if organized labor is to achieve a liberal" Senate ma jority. Copies of the ALF-CIO political analysis were not made public but distributed to union leaders here for winter sessions of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. AFL CIO President George Meany said he had received the rrpun oui naa not yet reaa it. Me i ia that published accounts that the AFL-CIO has prepared a list of Congress members, marked for la bor unioa support or opposition, were "absolutely untrue." The private report, it wai learned, lists a dozen states in which It says Republican senators must bt stopped in reelection ef forts this fall if organized labor Is to succeed in repealing or amending the Taft-Hartley Labor Relations Law and otherwise ob tain union-supported legislation. The states are listed as Califor nia. Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wis consin. McMinimee Candidate for Senate Chief - PORTLAND Iff - State Sen. Warm A. McMinimee, Tillamook "Republican, announced Thursday he is a candidate for president of the ststs Senate In the 1937 ses sion. State len. Warren Gill. Lebanon Republican, earlier announced he would seek the position. Gill said at the end of the last session that he had IS pledges for the position. Sixteen votes -would assure elec tion. McMinlme did not say how many pledget he has. State Sen. Howard C. Belton. Canby Republican, who has been mentioned as a candidate, said "that honor was mine in the 1945 legislative session and I am not an active candidate at this time." Gunfire Kills Two in Boston BOSTON m - Two Chinese merchants were killed and the mayor of Chinatown was wounded in aa outbreak of gunfire in the mines Mercantile Building Thursday night. Police said they could not de termin immediately who fired the fatal shot. First reports in dicated, they said, that a man went berserk, grabbed a, hostage, and started firing wildly in the building. The dead were Identified at Jim Chin Kal. 50. and Fum Lee. 40, both of Boston. The wounded man, Wong A. Jayne, 59, known at the mayor of Chinatown, is secretary of the Chinese Merchants Assn., and manager of Gamsun Restaurant widely known Chinatown eating place. COP READIED RIO DE JANEIRO WUThe city ef the Cariocat is getting 30,000 military, federal and city cops ready to keep order in the three day pre-lenten carnival starting Sunday. The big job is enforcing atrict rules to control drinking and costuming. , .....,,-,,,....,..,-.,....,.,... NOW OPEN MS . J J i "S'.7A R PASSACl" John O Faith Pyn . Dcmarfv ui. S.i!nn, Ore, I n., Feb, 10, 1956' with Eisenhower conrerns the dis puted islands in the Fromnsa Strait. Frank Expression Without elaborating. Eden said; "We were frank in expressing our view and the Americans in expressing theirs The British want Chiang Kai- Shek's Nationalists to withdraw from Quemoy and the other For mosa Strait islands. They contend this would help keep the Far East peace by creating a 100-mile water buffer between Chiang's forces on Formosa and the Chinese Reds. Eden emhpasized he and Eisen hower reached agreement on ac tion to preserve peace and security in the Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia, and declared: "I can assure you that the rela tions between ourselves and the United States have never been closer than they are today." Rough Weather Eden's tired appearance con trasted with the fresher look of his foreign secretary, Selwyn Lloyd, who traveled with him. Their plane ran into rough weather on the flight from Ottawa and mechanical trouble forced an unscheduled stop at Gander, New foundland. Eden was greeted with cheers from Conservative supporters when he made a brief appearance in the House of Commons after driving there directly from the air port. He called a cabinet meeting in the Parliament building to give ministers a quick report on results of the Washington parley. Another cabinet meeting has been called for Friday. Boy Admits Starting Fire A 12-year-old boy has admitted setting a recent kitchen fire at the Don Winters residence, 2165 S. Cot tage St., city police said Thursday. The boy told officers he also placed a call for firemen. The fire was extinguished by firemen before causing serious damage. Officers said the boy re lated that he was a frequent visitor at the Winters home. He added that he went to the house prior to the fire, noticed that no one was present and decided to burn the house down. ' The boy said he set tome papers afire in a box near the kitchen store, then left for school. He said he returned about half an hour later, saw smoke coming from the kitchen and called firemen. The case is in the hands of the Marion County juvenile depart ment. Soviets Almost Close Air Power ; Gap, Airman Says CINCINNATI (aV- The Air Force issued one of the strongest notices on record Thursday night that the Soviets "have almost closed the air power gap." Gen. Thomas D. White, vice chief of staff said in a talk before a General Electric Co. dinner that the Russians "in airplane after air plane are approaching us in quali ty and surpassing us in quantity." The superiority of the U. S. Air Force, he said, "now rests almost entirely upon our better system of world-wide bases and upon our bet ter, more experienced crews. "The Soviets are presently beat ing us at our own game produc tion." Pole Falls on Truck, Man Dies ROSEBURG tfl - A 120-foot-high spar pole toppled onto a log ging truck Thursday- and killed Allen F. Williams, 37. Winston. Witnesses said a guy wire broke as the pole was being used to load logs onto Williams' truck in the woods 17 miles southeast of Rose burg. It was the third logging fatality of the year in Douglas County. , TOMORROW NIGHT! SNEAK PREVIEW 4 CHAT ITAKSI TM1 VVKT OS TODAY AND IT RANCH tOCIfTYt " ; ' urn k. rX VislT i K . J.7" S-JNEMASCOPt TOM 1 tHCftd CUn l . unnm i ui i uuu' nun in i -CO-WT- ewf.VvHrT.BIA)l Marion County Polio Drive Tops $22,000 Collections from the 19.H5 Marion County March of Dimes campaign thus far total $22,217..To. it was reported Thursday night at the an nual banquet and installation of the county polio chapter at the Senator Hotel. Leonard Rowan, Salem, was elected new county chairman. i William E. Healy, who directed v Ofitltl ITllflllSSP' the March of Dimes drive, said ,T lSUIlgUUIiniy expectations ere that-the '56-te tr ' tal would eventually match or i sur MediatOrS LTC pass the 19o5 figure of about $28,- J 000. It was pointed out that some inrr, J 1 of last year's final contributions ltlltlTaWal did not arrive until August. j The funds from the '56 drive j PITTSBURGH Uf -An official will be greatly welcomed by the o( tne AFL-CIO International Un Marion County chapter, which at inn of Electrical Workers said year's end found only $1.083 94 in Thursday night he has been in the bank with $6,413 owing in forrned the Federal Mediation "'" , 'Service is "considering" . with- A check containing approximate- drawing from negotiations in the ly $450 in donations from inmates 117 day. . Westinghouse Electric of the State Prison was among. latest contributions' received by the chapter. Healy said a num- ber of schools throughout the coun- try had not yet sent in their col- wages and length of contract in lections; the dispute. ' Other officers elected Thursday' Federal Mediator John R. Mur night included Philip Hawley. first ray, who has been guiding peace vice president; Mrs. Robert White, 1 efforts between' the company and second vice president; Mrs. Ted union, was not available for corn- Jenny, reelected secretary; and Albert Arpke, reelected treasurer. Gene Maleki, state polio director, conducted the installations. Named members of the executive committee were out-going county chairman Alfred Domogalla, Al- bert C. Gragg, Leonard Kephart to discuss, and Glen Bowman. Chairman of Meanwhile, 47 strikers were con various committees named Thurs-1 victed of contempt of court in con day include: Mayor Robert White, jnection with a demonstration Jan. honorary chairman: Dr. George 3 at the Columbus plant of West Schunk, medical advisory: Irwin 1 Wedel, patient care; Mrs. Kenneth Muller, women s; Earl Cook, fi nance; Rev. Joseph E. Vender beck, schools and colleges: William E. Healy, fund raising advisor. The Thursday night program in cluded showing of slides of polio patients by Dr. Robert Anderson. Ike Accepts Resignation of Missile Chief WASHINGTON U - President Eisenhower Thursday accepted the resignation of Trevor Gardner, chief of research and development for the Air Force and a critic cf the guided missiles program. Gardner announced Wednesday he was quitting after three years in the Pentagon. At the same time he called for greatly accelerated drives to perfect an intercontinent al ballistics missile and a similar weapon oi 1,500-mile range. Gardnef may be asked to appear before a number of congressional committees to enlarge on his views about what is needed to speed up the work. Sen. Jackson (DWash) ex pressed interest in having the ex research chief come before a Sen ate subcommittee he heads. Phone Company Planning Tests Of Musical Tone NEW YORK UI - Bell Teleohnne laboratories announced Thursday it would field test this spring a new musical tone device to replace the traditional telephone bell. The new sicnal is an lwtrnnl. cally produced sound resembling tne note of a clarinet Instead of the insistent mechanical rinelns of a bell. It is a aeries of staccato notes all of the same pitch, not loud, but pleasantly distinctive. BOYS AKD GIRLS! How wall do you know your Geography, History, Arithmetic, Spelling? Have your perent or guardian got coupon for you each week at Paylet Drug Store or Key'i Apparol. Fill in and bring it to the Capitol Theater, le at the Capitol darting Saturday at 9:00 a.m. If your coupon la drawn, you will be called on ttage to entwer question! of your grade cleu and tert earning your way up the ladder of the Payless Drug Store & Kay's Apparel SILVER DOLLAR QUESTION PARADE . TO AS MUCH AS $50. i.OO HERE ARE THE RULES: Contettentt to be drawn from Jrd grade through 6th grade, or up to 12 yean of age, only. Three conteatantt on ttage each week, drawn by coupon broupht 1 Capitol Theatre. I Standard tett queitlont of verioui grade groups will be etked. PriiH atert at SI 00; next it S3 00; next it 15.00; next it St 00. If contestant withe to keeo trying for top priie, he will be etked to return the following week to try for 11300 prize; if he withel to keep going, he return the 3rd week to try for S30.00 price. If he keept going, he will return the 4th week for the S50.00 priie. tail three quettiont will be teked from tittle ted School-houte bole letion booth on ttage. - Quettiont get progrettively tougher at prltt money mountt. 7 fxample: a third grade ttudent would be ektd atendard 3rd grade quettiont through St quettiont at $15 hit quettion would be 4th grede calibre; at S30 tt would be 5th grade quettion; at $30 M would be a th gredo question. Contettent get! 30 tecandt to answer queitlont. Contestant can quit at any time end take money he Km won. H he goet en end mist, ho will pe given one month pete end $2 cash if priie R St or below; or if priie it above SI, ne will get S3 cash and 2 months pats to theatre. Contestant who misses first round of question gets one month past to theatre. When priie money mountt to $13 end above, parents of contestant will be asked to accompeny contestant on ttege. Contestant limited to one eppeerence and try for priie. Here's this week's progrem from the Approved Children's Film libraryt teddy McDowet - Prettoei Footer "THUNDERHEAD, SON OF FLICKA" AISO-I Celt Cartoona : .. ,.,. .. Theatre Time Tabic ri SINOItl THK MFITFVAVT WORK SKIRT": 7 ' and 10 17 1 AST Or THE DESPERA DOES': 1.01. rpiToi. "SQUARE JUNGLE ": 1 i and "'' SANTA' ft PASSAGE"? 'I .'31'" HOLLYWOOD "TO CATCH A THIEF' at 7 00 and 10 M "THE TRAIL OF THE LQXt; SOME PINE'' at 15 Corp. strike. The official, who declined use of 1 his name, said Westinghouse has 1 not moved from its position on' men! A Westinghouse spokesman said "it is not true"' that the company has not moved from its original bargaining position. He said ne gotiators "have made several pro- posals, which I am not at liberty inghouse, but their union leader was acquitted. Police Capture Escaped Killer SAN FRANCISCO I - Police Thursday arrested Leslie (Mad Dog) Irvin, who escaped jail at Princeton, Ind., Jan. IS where he was awaiting execution for the slaying of one of the six persons he was accused of killing. ' Inspectors John O'Keefe and Leo Ferroggaro picked up the 31-year-old Evansville pipe insulator at a pawn shop at Third and Market Street Thursday afternoon while he .was trying to get rid of a diamond. "He acted suspiciously," O'Keefe said, "as if the diamond didn't belong to him." The slayer, object of a nation wide hunt, at first insisted that he was "Victor Davis," and pro duced such identification. But O'Keefe got In touch with Davis, a pianist with Tex Williams orch estra in Los Angeles, and after wards Irvin admitted he was the Indiana killer. 5,400 Released By Chrysler in New Layoffs DETROIT Layoffs for an other 5,400 Chrysler workers were announced Thursday. This brought to 26,000 the number of Chrysler workers idled in recent production cutbacks and to approximately 40, 000 the automotive industry total in the last couple of months. Aside from the Chrysler layoffs, 4,600 workers have been idled by Ford, 4,070 by General Motors and 5,500 by Studebaker-Packard in the Detroit area. In addition Chrysler is operating its Detroit plants four dayt weekly. UTUBDAYI Doon Open 9:001 LET YOUR SCHOOLING EARN CASH PRIZES! -IN "CASH! I Intramural Sporls Program Approved by School Board An athletic program emphasiz- ing the first four grades at Halls ing intramural sports in the grade and junior high school lev- els was aDDroved Thursday bv the Salem School Board on recom- mendation of the Salem Parents'! Council and the Marion-folk Medical Society. Recommendations, almost all of which were already in effect in the Salem program, included two weeks of preliminary training be fore any games, health clearance for children who have been sick in addition to the normal pre- athletic physical, and no tackle! foothaii hew the ninth r.H level. High Students The doctors suggested raising of pupils whose physical develop ments were far above their class mates to a higher level of com petition, and urged that proper equipment be available for sports activities at all levels. De-emphasis of the junior high school "graduation" ceremony was also approved by the board. Dr. Walter Snyder's suggestions for a class party on promotion day for ninth graders was given in okeh hv the horH .ft- hur. ing that parent groups at both Parrish and Leslie had endorsed the change. Dr. Snyder said the move was intended to minimize the transi.!Preme Court Thursday approved tion from the ninth to tenth' of radar 'vidence agsinst mo grades to get away from the idea torists charged with speeding. that finishing the ninth grade was an end in itself. The problems brought on by the need for "a new dress for graduation" were also considered in the move. , School Closure ' A board consideration of clos ure next year of Halls Ferry School brought a delegation from that community to protest and to offer alternatives. Spokesman Wilford Wilson said most of the complaints were from parents of smaller children who didn't like the idea of transporting them so far away from home. Dr. Snyder, who had suggested the closure in an economy move j Because oi low attendance. the two-room school, suggested a compromise possibility of keep- PHONI 4-4713 50c Inch TanMrntw-OsM t:4S 20c Ttx PrinuM-tc-l Once Kelly " To Catch a Thief Cc-Itwrint Cmy Grant Tha Pktw That ftUaa a Prince ( Grace KeHylll Actiaa Padrad CcHit Pntct MacMnrray-Hanry fanela THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE - RatvriMW by PsUr tacjuatt A WMaWul Pntfraai far Al Iho Me inborn ef Tear family h Injey KMa Ckie tatwrcUy Matinee 1 to 4 AdvtH er Children 20c Club Membera with leetfea 1 5c Six Cinomai cop Cartoons ' ' Saecief Matinee Peehjre ' , Happy Ge Ucky My Caneva ia I Louisiana Hayride Children Accompanied by an Advb May Sit in lalceny ISAAC STERN guest soloist 'STe, Portland Symphony Theodore Bloomfield, conductor 8:15 P.M. TUESDAY, , FEBRUARY 14 th Willamette Auditorium Tickets available at Stevens & Son,Jewelers Ticket prices: ( 2.50 & 3.50 single concert e " 4.00 & 6.00 two concerts , (Final concert March 15th) : Ferry and transporting the fifth and sixth by bus to Rosedale. Snyder indicated that closure plans were not permanent and that the school would be reopened whenever population demanded. The new school budget commit- foe, meeting for the first time i Thursday night, got a look at this and other problems which they will face in shaping the 1956-37 school budget during the next few months. Enrollment Increase memoer, t. curr Miliar, Robrt Smith and Earl M oo try New members E. Burr Miller. were told the district could expect an enrollment increase estimated at 717 for next year, bringing with it the problems of additional classrooms additional teachers, additional janitors and all-important additional expenses. Resignation of one teacher and election of two others were ap proved. The board accepted "with regrets" the resignation of Mrs. Margit Eisenhut, first grade teacher at Highland School, be cause of illness. Mrs. Elsie R. Jory was elected as her successor, f?d M"- Rutn K..nk t0 Genevieve King as tmra grade teacher at Garfield. POLICE RADAR APPROVED OLYMPIA I - The State Su- your Valentine . . Cupid's arrow couldn't warm her heart more than the cozy warmth and delicious food in the Oak Room. Complete meals now served daily priced from $1.50 up. Remember In Salem if the ' Hotel f.lerlcn Tune In to "Memory Tunes" on KSLM Mob, Wed, and Fri, at S:1S p. m. r -i ACORNS FROM THE -W. WITH DEL MILNE V' Wine and Dine CAPITOL Largs Bottles LUMBERJACK SYRUP MozT Bottle ODD SHAPED Supply LimirtxJ fj em g BANANAS t. P ANOTHER TRUCKLOAD! JUMBO NAVELS Factory Packed. 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