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Newspaper Page Text, o, C - 7 o n O O I --- li ; 'i V !: , 7 ip-; v u .Jjl".Ji(DlL- W a-. -a Comedian Fred Allen Dies , j V i a , 7 . J ,.,li.t.- ul ... f iii in ii inn TZ h'EW YORK Fred Allen, comedian of stage, screen and television, died here early Sunday morning; after collapsing on sidewalk. lie , was pronounced dead shortly after midnight. (AP Wirephoto). ' (Story on Page z, Sec. l. Storm in 72, Grounds Ships NEW YORK (JT-Tbe storm-battered Northeast Saturday dug slowly out of a mountain of snow heaped upon it by a violent winter's-end tempest which cost 73 lives, staggered transportation and smashed five ocean-going vessels ashore. Five other persons died in a Maine fire at the height of the storm. There was no immediate estimate of property damage but the Iff U CD COM y VW mmm tjy mf nj n m From New Jersey comes a let ter written in WiohanH aclcincr the' editor to put on the front page of thevnewspaper: t , ' "fhe fin Commandment! it law, . "Cod u the Ttn Commandment. "Cod if law. "Write the nam Cod for a candi date on 'your 19M primary flection ballot. Write hii nam for every of fice ahown e th primary election ballot . . " God Is omnipotent, but I don't believe he seeks election to. all the offices in Oregon and Marion county. That is a duty and privilege He leaves to his human creation. . An editor might conclude that this was just another letter from a crackpot, but it is not the usual letter that comes from a religious crank. It is well com posed and the penmanship is ex cellent. Perhaps it is just an ex treme example of the God-fervor which has spread among people in recent years. ClnA iwmi in Km tnnri nmnlar than ever before. Congress voted to Insert "under God" In the pledge of allegiance to the flag. Agnostics like Robert Ingersoll seem to be silenced, and the cynics like H. L. Mencken appear to have lost their' voice. Churches are well filled church attendance and support appear to be popular too. Fact is however, that the post war surge to religion has some of the theologians guessing. They are not sure that it signifies (Continued on Editorial Page, 4) Slightly Cooler Forecast Today Gradual cooling, but .not much, was predicted for today and Mon day by McNary Field weathermen. No rain was in sight but some high cloudiness is expected. High temperature totiay will be about 63 and tomorrow it will be round 60, they said. Irish Pick Wrong Day for Mistake OTTAWA WV St. Patrick's. Day fot off to a bad start Saturday for the Irish Embassy. The em bassy's flag flew at half staff for more than an hour. "It was a mistake and already has been corrected," embassy of ficials told callers. The Weather Mix. al is ... M Portland ., 70 Raker . S7 Madford OS North Bend SS BoMburf ., 70 San Franciaco M Loa Anfelea 7S Chlcairo 41 kw York . Jl Mia. Prtel 12 M 32 M as .oo M M XI , . .00 M .09 H M SS .00 18 .14 20 tract Willamette Xlver I I feet FORECAST I from U. S. weather ttureau. McNary field. Salem): Variable hlfh eloudtneta today, to ' nifht and Monday. Hijh today, (3; low tonight. IS; cooler Monday witn hlfh of SO. Temperature at 13:01 am. today aa 42. SALES! rUCTTITATIOW evla Viu Last Year Normal East dills I fury of the blow with winds of 70 miles an hour creating buzzards at some points made it one of the worst ever recorded so late in the season. Nearly Spring Spring is due to arrive in only four days. The snow, rain, sleet and1 gales which began early Friday ravaged a vast region stretching from Vir ginia to Ohio and into Canada for nearly 24 hours. The wind whipped up thunder ous waves that pounded coastal areas, drove many residents inland and battered shipping both in port and at sea. , Death List Deaths by states were: Massachusetts 16, New York 15, Ohio 12, Rhode Island 9, Connecti cut , New Jersey 4. Pennsylvan ia 3, Maine 2, Maryland i ana New Hampshire 1. Air and automobile travel was all but brought to a standstill. Many trains were delayed. Thousands of automobiles were abandoned along city streets and country highways-alike as angry skies deluged numerous areas with nearly two feet of snow. Wind swept it into mountainous drifts. Nine or more oceangoing ships suffered violent effects from the storm. Add. Details Page 2, See, Free Speech Issue Raised In Bus Boycott MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Rais ing the issue of free speech, S3 Negroes including 25 clergymen face trial here Monday for the mass refusal of their race to ride segregated city buses. They have waived the right of jury trial, choosing instead to let Circuit Judge Eugene Carter de cide their guilt or innocence. That is permissible under Alabama law in a misdemeanor. Defense attorneys declined to dis close the reasons for that decision. The Negroes were indicted by a predominantly white grand jury Feb. 21 as leaders and active par ticipants in the 16-week-old boycott of Montgomery City Lines buses which has continued without pause since last Dec. S. Some of the defendants, particu larly the ministers, were charged with lending vocal encouragement and leadership to the protest. Southern Solon Fears 'Carpetbagger' Return WASHINGTON - A southern Senator cautioned his people Sat urday night to avoid any show of violence in resisting school Inte gration lest they invite a return of "reconstruction" government and rule by "carpetbaggers." Sen. EUender (D-La) told a Lou isiana radio audience in an address recorded in Washington that he and other congressional signers of last Sunday s "manifesto" against integration are committed to re sistance by "any lawful means.' He added: "What the south must avoid at all costs is violence, lawlessness, hatred and bloodshed. The outside agitators who seek the subjugation of both the white and Negro races in the South are hovering like greedy vultures for the time when racial antagonism lead to chaos. the breakdown of government au Story of Riots Seen Through Censorship MOSCOW (AP) - The Tif Iis newspaper "Dawn of the East" has demanded that "provocateurs and enemy ele ments" in Stalin's native Georgia he cnishetL (The editorial In this official or gan of the Georgian Communist party came on the heels of re ports in Washington and London that demonstrations and riots against the Kremlin's denunciation o( Stalin took place in Tiflis on March I. (The stories in the foreign cap-! itals are known to be based on reports reaching diplomats in Mos cow from Tiflis itself.) Oae-Maa Rule Meanwhile knowledge of the se cret speech of Nikita Khrushchev at the 20th Party Congress ex plaining the reasons for collective leadership and . pointing out the harm done by one-man rule such as that of Stalin was being dis seminated to an ever wider audi ence of Soviet citizens. Soviet censorship of correspond ents' dispatches from Moscow sup pressed for the past five days until Saturday all references to the secret Khrushchev speech. Terse Messages Finally Saturday afternoon the Russian censors permitted terse messages mentioning' this import ant declaration to be transmitted to the outside world. The initial reports in the Western press on the speech came from diplomat ic sources. It is now possible on the basis of information from various quart ers including Moscow to recon struct the general sequence of events in Tiflis. March J was the third annivers ary of Stalin's death. It was ig nored not only by the Moscow press but also by Tiflis newspap ers. By that date all Tiflis was buz zing with the news of Khrush chev's denunciation of Stalin. Apparently this denunciation aroused great feeling. Last Straw Georgians are Intensely nation alist. Before the attack on Stalin they had been discontented and that apparently was a last straw. The result: On March 7 Georgia University students and school children paraded through the Tif lis streets carrying banners pro claiming "Long Live Stalin." Oth er Georgians swarmed into the streets. It is reported posters with por traits of Khrushchev, Bulganin and other leaders were torn down and that demonstrators even occupied important buildings. Troops", it is said, were called out to quell the disturbances. Other reports say there were also dis orders March I. On March 9 the paper "Dawn of the East" came out with a full page spread honoring the third an niversary of -Stalin's burial. (Add. details. Page z. Sec. 1.) Science Test Burns Salem Youth, Mother A South Salem High School junior and his mother were hos pitalized Saturday with burns re ceived when oil squirted from a hydrogenator, the boy bad built. Sixteen-year-old Danny Quinn and his mother, Mrs. Joe Quinn, 1156 W. Third St, were reported in satisfactory condition Satur day night at Salem Memorial Hospital, where they stayed over night for observation of first de gree burns. The equipment for separating fatty acids and glycerin from oil is to be exhibited at the annual Northwest Science Exhibition this spring in Corvallis, the bud ding scientist's father said. The accident occurred about 6 p.m. when Danny opened a steam valve at the wrong time while testing the apparatus, Quinn said. Danny's burns were on the chest and face, hospital attendants said. The injured persons were taken to the hospital by city first aidmen. West Salem firemen went to the scene but found that they were not needed. The ga rage and equipment appeared un damaged except for a coating of oil. thority, and general lawlessness. "If this condition should occur, then I fear they will not hesitate to press for the use of force. If this should occur, then all our people could look forward to would be a repetition of the reconstruc tion regimes which brought the South only oppression and self seeking exploitation." Carpetbaggers were northern politicians who Invaded the South after the Civil War. EUender added that the South ha. been invaded by "unprincipled, self-seeking, outside agitators I refer primarily to the NAACP (National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People.)" Until the Supreme Court desegre gation decision and this "invasion" mender added, "relationships be tween the white and Negro races Had been constantly Improving. 105lh Year s j:ctions-4i pac:s Junkets Calling Solons Congressmen to Ride A-Ship, See Cuba, Florida By LEWIS GIUCK WASHINGTON - A hundred members of Congress . are slated for a trip to Cuba next week in one of the first congressional tours of the season. The lawmakers are flying to Guantanamo Bay, at the Navy's invitation, to take a look at two of the service's proudest posses-j sions the giant supercarrier ror- restal and the guided missiles cruiser Boston. Next month more congressmen are heading south to ride the atom ic sub Nautilus, while others nlan to work out at sunny Daytona tseacn, nan practice- wr an;- exhibition baseball game. Whether the list of "iunkets." at AAnmAcmAit thamcaluAt Aft m call them, will be as long this elec- uun year iu icmaiua mi uc seen. 20 G Abroad Canitol oldtimers retard 1955 as an all-time hieh to date. More than 200 reoresentatives and senators went abroad last year. 'Some junkets are paia lor out of congressional committee funds. In other cases, like the Guantana mo trip, another arm of govern ment picks up tne tan tor travel, food and lodging. Sometimes the legislators pay all or part of their own way. S Navy Planes The Guantanamo excursion be sin Wednesday afternoon, accord ing to congressional and adminis tration informants,, when three big Navy planes lake oil irom wasn Ington. At latest count 90 House members and 10 senators were ex nected to be aboard, ttlus several nprrn The total comes to about half the planes' passenger capaci- 'in Cuba the group Is slated for an a r operations snow rrom aboard the Forrestal and missiles demonstration from the Boston. Most of the travelers are expected to return late Friday. A -Sub Trip la April The Nautilus expedition, with the Navy again expected to provide transportation, is ticketed for Ap ril 12-13. Twenty members of the House Merchant Marine Committee are expected to fly to Key West, ride the atomic submarine from Key WestioJ.liamir-thea-returnla Washington. The "spring training at Dayto na Beach is an annual anair, arheduled for Anril 2-7 during Con gress' Easter recess. Transporta tion costs come out ot the lawmak ers' own pockets After arrival, the visitors become "guests" of the local Chamber of Commerce. So far 24 congressmen are signed up for the affair, witn ineir fami lies, the total comes to 75 to 100. More are expected. Idaho Power Dam Continues BAKER. Ore. 1 - Threat of criminal action by the Oregon at torney general is not halting con struction of Brownlee Darn by Idaho Power Co. Officials for the firm said Sat urday that some 500 men were at work on a' diversion tunnel to car ry the Snake River around its nat ural bed so the dam can be built. Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton contends that Idaho Power is vio lating the law by starting construc tion when it does not hold a li cense from the State Hydroelectric Commission. But Idaho Power says such a license is not necessary because it holds a permit from the Federal Power Commission to build Brown lee and two other Snake River dams. Company officials also said they were not closing down a bridge at the Brownlee site despite notifica tion from Army Engineers that it was violating federal law by build ing the bridge without an engi neer!' permit. ! Franklin Wins A-l.Tournamenl; Dons Take Title rraakUa High ftcbetJ of Part taad wm tke Oregon Class A-l basketball ehAmpleiahlp Satar day aigbt at Eageat la the fiaals f the high Kbetl Uirumtit, aid at CervaUls the Saa Fraa clsce Dobs eaptared tke NCAA Far West Regteaai title by dewa Ing I'tafc. .. Fraaklla defeated Medferd, 71 M, far the prep title. The Deas won the NCAA playoffs by tmaclBg I'tab. K-77. (Add. details oa sparts page.) tV j) i Evme OTIiairaiis UsgiiuW BairdIo Lage ADs Salem Lawyer Appointed by awawwwwMMiiwawiHiiSfci.Miwiiimwaiii n w- rrv l; IP i I x - s . i 4 r . - 1r v , i,L il IK I t ,.. . - leaf J eaJafr 4fteaW IS-aMikWI Bruce Williams, Salens attorney no noiuover commissioner www eawa or Aioany tngni; conferred Saturday with Gov. Elmo Smith (seated) at the Capitol Immediately after Smith announced the appointment of two sew commissioners, mot present ai memoer or ine commission, sioners for Tuesday. Phil Silvers Wins 3 Top List of Television Awards (Picture oa Page I, Sec. 1.) I HOLLYWOOD -Phil Silvers, I the double dealing sergeant of ; "You'll Never Get Rich." won an unprecedented three Emmies Sat urday night in the eighth annual Television Academy awards. The graduate of burlesque was named as the best actor and best comedian. His show was selected the best comedy series. Two other New York stars, scored double wins. Nanette Fab ray was acclaimed the best com-! edienne and the best supporting actress. Perry Como won as best. singer and best master of cere monies. Mary Mart la Wins To nobody's surprise, Mary Mar tin was declared the best actress Texas Town Fights Vandals it p. , i DALLAS. Tex. Ifl Top repre-! . . . t a. i sentat ves of Dallas high school key clubs banded together Satur - day in an effort to stop vandalism as officers reported glass cracked witn peiiet guns in an additional' 332 cars and trucks. A Dallas News tally showed that by late Saturday more than 1,000 vehicles and 250 windows and oth er glass fixtures had been dam aged since a pellet and EB-gun epidemic broke out March 10. Estimates of losses have ranged from $23,000 to iGO.ooo. Representatives from five high schools voted to send copies of a pledge, drawn up by Bill Crowell to all Dallas high schools. Bobby Goldstein, who presided at the meeting, reported he had verbal backing from two other high schools. Meanwhile, police clamped down on youths in autos under suspi cious circumstances and arrested more than 30 persons within a 24 hour period ending Saturday aft ernoon. Most of the 30 were sent to the coupty juvenile home. Videoless Tavern Guarantees Fight NEW ORLEANS Ufw A French Quarter bar frequented by sea men posted this sign in its win dow proclaiming as an added at traction? w "We don't have a television set. but we guarantee a fight every night, ' " ""' ;'"" ip line a) vcunobo twA The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, appointed chairman of the Oregoa Liquor Control Commlnlon, the session was E. Riddel! Lage, inairman nuiiams has called the - in a single performance for her hiKh WW role m "Peter Pan." Lucille Ball, an old hand at win ning awards, was tabbed the best actress in a continuing perform ance. Lloyd N;olan, the tyrannical Captain Quecg of "Caine Mutiny Oregon Indian Skull Studied By Scientists ASTORIA t Anthropologists at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, are making a study of the skull of Oregon In dian Chief Concomly. The skull of the old chief, who greeted Capt. Robert Gray in 1792 and the Lewis and Clark Expedi tion in 1805, is of interest because of the flattened forehead. A board had been bound to his head when he was an infant, in keeping with aits uiu luuiau vuaiuiii. tk- .ir.,ii ,. i ri;.i. n nM iMlitaN MllainlM in onuii naj sis csia i&ssis museurn or more tnan , century Mort it was returned here jn 193J Muscum officfall 5aid they nope1 hav. it ha(,k from Washington before the tourist season opens. The skull is one of the most popu lar items of the Astoria museum's exhibits. France to Airlift Tvo Divisions to Algeria PARIS UN-Premier Guy Mollet's government put its new emergen cy powers into swift effect Satur day night, ordering two mechan ized divisions airlifted to Algeria to fight the Nationalist revolt. All available aircraft were directed to the emergency airlift of crack troops from West Ger many to the fighting front. Naval vessels were ordered to give the air force a hand. The Mediterranean fleet was put -on a warlike tooting to help guard Al gerian coastal cities. The swift action was taken un der the emergency powers bill au thorizing stern military, economic and administrative measures in strife-torn Algeria. The National Assembly ap proved the drastic legislation in four thumping votes of confidence for Mollet Monday, The Council of the Republic I Senate added its overwhelming approval Thursday. Beside the airlift and the ready- III Sunday, March II, 1936 Heads Eqvdgqc3 Gov. Smith (inset) Hood River, second aew first session of the aew commis Emmies to Court Martial" was named the best actor in a single perform ance. The meteoric rise of "The $64, 000 Question" to television fame was climaxed with an Emmy for the best audience participation s ties.. The CBS giveaway program, which rose fast to the top in audi ence ratings, drew hearty ap plause from audiences for. the eighth annual event. - Some 4,500 gathered at dinners at Los Angeles and New York for the alfair. Another swift-rising show, Dis neyland, took honors for the sec ond straight year as the best ac tion or adventure show. The 2,100 members of the Academy passed up puppets, cartoon figures and comedians to select a dog (or the best children's series. Lassie, once a film star, won the coveted Em my. Other Honors Honors for best contribution to daytime programming went to NBC's ambitious, hour-long dra ma series. Matinee Theater, which is telecast in color each weekday. It was no surprise when Edward R. Murrow was named best news commentator or reporter. And Onv nibus was a popular choice as the best documentary, CBS's cover age of the bomb tests at Yucca Flats was selected as the best 'special event or news program. ing of the Mediterranean fleet to meet any coastal attacks by the rebels, the cabinet also ordered: 1. Troops from French West Af- riea to ne n siamo out ine Aieeri- . an rebellion, 2. A speedup in the Induction of draftees of the 1956 class. No fig ures were given, but informed sources said 300,000 more men would be called to the colors by the end of this year. Release of the 1934 class will be delayed. 3. Preparations by the general staff to call up reservists for dutyf In North Africa If necessary. 4. Assignment by the air force of "a certain number" of battal ions (or infantry service against the rebels. K. The military command setup in Algeria reorganized to permit declaration of a state ot siege In particular areas. ' a. "Battle bonuses' for men lerving against the rebel j. t JS, V, 1 N.337 t EmssGui) Albany Man Remains on Commission ay inwJias V. TIBium JSU Staff Writer, The Stalesaaa . Oregon's controversial Liquor Control Commission got two new-. members Saturday Including," young Salem attorney Bruce Wil-vi Lams who also was appointed chairman of the three-man com- mission. . Williams and Hood River Or-. chardist E. Riddell Lage were , named by Gov. Elmo Smith to succeed Lester Ireland of Hills,! boro and J. Harry Sroufe, Port-, land, who had offered their res-; ignations when Smith succeeded: to 4be governorship six weeks ago. ; In announcing the appoint-', inents, Gov. Smith said be was ', giving the new commission a free hand to make procedural and personnel changes, but Wil-, uams wno caned me first meet , ing for Tuesday said he antici pated no changes immediately at least Albany Maa Remains Williams succeeds Ireland as chairman and his term will ex-v pire Jan. 1 1062. Lage, a former 11 state legislator, replaces Sroufe whose term would. not have ex pired until Jan. 1, 1960. Hold over member Is Lowell Seaton, Albany. - Commissioners control manu Z facture and traffic of liquor un der Oregon law, and direct the trlttllaBda TeWta ea ttAtta I ft et . tt.l4 vui v iitaov, we m . uvuaiui. oiCt fci licensing ot liquor throughout V than attatda T Viaw-aT tPaTMaituaw aWnaataiuaa ll iv m vea v u. j ivvi v sc saavc and 10 a day while engaged la performance of their duties. They meet several days a month.: Outlines Oblectives Seaton and Williams met Sat- r PRlCIlOc iirrtiv mnrnlntf with l.nv Smim . at which time he set down objee uvn naw auaiu lias wattiLcru iiia tiuiiff " mission to accomplish this year. H' uperauon mat win in every . particular -earn and justify the -confidence of the public in the ' Integrity of administration and M freedom from every improper in,, fluence; commission policy that advances the purpose of the Knox law which is liquor control ;' rather than sales, promotion or taxes: and more effective protec tion against the sale of liquor to minors." ' The commission has been unf . i . i . . . i i . year, particularly from Democrat f ' ner cruicnin uuriua mo last. Attorney General Kooert y. Thornton whose charges of brib ery and defective administrative. practices led to a running leuc between him and the late Gov,. Paul L. Patterson. A grsnd Jury: Investigation of charges tailed to;. produce any Indictments ana Thornton was denied access to ; report records of special investi; ' gators. ; : "1 am going into this with a . open mind," Williams said Satl ; urday morning after accepting- , the appointment An announced: candidate for Congress who with' drew after Rep. Walter Norblad , ... returned to the race, Williams, ; said he had weighed thit decision-, ; a long time. He Indicated his.; primary interest would be dlree( ted toward tightening of controls; to prevent liquor becoming avail. able to minors. (Additional details oa Page I,. Sec 4.) V Dulles Meets Japan Chiefs s TOKYO m ' U S, Secretary of arrived here from State Dulles j Seoul Sunday for a scries of top- level conferences with Japanese leaders and American ambassa- dors to Asian countries. In a jam-packed 24-hour sched ule in Tokyo, Dulles will hold top-' level conferences with Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama and oth er ranking Japanese leaders and, with U.S. ambassadors from South- east Asia. . w DiiUm is expected to fly homV; to the. United States Monday. TcdayY S.sfssr.sa ....X Sec Pag ; Classified IV 4-4 . 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