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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, April J, 1936
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After Norway and Denmark
war invaded by lha Nazis, Ice
land broke away from Denmark
and became independent. When
the United State, entered the
world war, Iceland welcomed U.
S. military forces and became
very uteful ai a bate (or air and
naval units in the North Atlantic.
Following the war Iceland agreed
to let the United State retain
an air base and became one of
the founder of NATO. Last week
the Iceland parliament voted to
have the U 8. force withdraw. It
would remain a member of NATO
but rely on it own defeni?
though it hat no military unit
at all.
Since the U. S. ha (pent tome
llM.oqp.000 in developing it air
bate on Iceland, and tince Ice
land o&upies a very atratpgic
position in the North Atlantic, our
defense authorities cannot help but
be perturbed at this action in Ice
land A sovereign, Iceland can
expel our units and go it alone,
though that would make our task
of keeping the free world secure
more difficult.
Thi turn reveal a weakness in
eur system of overseas bases on
foreign land. In Britain we are
bound not to use base there for
military action save on notice to
the British government. France
might expel our forces and if the
Commies got control of the gov
ernment (Coatlaurd editorial page 4.)
Plane Crash
Fatal to Four
At Pendleton
PENDLEf OJCOrertPi ToW
Spokane men were killed Sunday
in the crash of a plane into a
wheat field eight miles south of
bere.
The victims were Wayne Jen
ney, 41; John Mifflin, 49; Edwin
M. Rasmussen, 30, and Delvan B.
Adams, i
The plane was registered to
Mifflin but Jenney was in he pi
lot's seat. ; '
Marvin Blom was seeding a
wheat field adjacent to . the one
into which the plane crashed. He
said he saw the plane flying low
as he was making a turn in his
field but that he didn't see it the
'next time around. But Blom said
that when he made another turn,
he discovered the wreckage.
The plane, believed to have been
a Cessna, plunged nosedown into
.the ground. There were snow flur
ries and fog at the time.
The bodies Were-brought to the
coroner s office here.
British Ready
Country for
fB and IC Visit
' By JAMES F. KING
LONDON W You're a stage
manager with a headline attrac
tion booked.
It's sure fire, There's only one
mag.
The two artist are tempera
mental with a flair for the uncon
ventional and throwing away the
script.
How do you make sure every
thing can be kept dignified?
That's the uneasy position con
fronting Prime Minister Eden as
he looks forward to the April 18
visit of the Kremlin Twins.
Britons have already given the
act a flippant title "B.. and K."
. Soviet Premier. Nikolai Bulganin
and Communist Party boss Nikita
Khrushchev have set the stage to
give a top flight performance.
They even sent an advance man
an ex-Soviet Premier, no less.
Georgi Malenkov, here to in
spect British power plants, has
slipped bis guides repeatedly to
snow tne people what a hail fel
low well met the new Soviet lead
ers can be.
WILBERT
Wal yoa told sna to do some
thing' oboat wta atorblta 1 awit osa
siaasavtUaljrotir;
Thmgs f TMagiler aad grewiup are ptctared nirllag abrat
Wllltof Tark Kaaday at the tk anaial Easter Egg Huat. spoa
aered by the Salem M-M Club. As parents watched, small fry
r embed the spacious park far bushels f eaady egg plaated by
2,500 Present
For Salem's
Sunrise Rites
An estimated 2.500 persons gath
ered early Sunday morning at Mc
culloch Stadium for annual Easter
Sunrise Services sponsored by the
Salem Ministerial Association.
The assemblage heard Prof. Bur
ton Bastuschek of Willemette Uni
versity state that Christ's comment,
"I am the Resurrection and the
Life" is the heart of the Easter
message. Prof. Bastuschek deliv
ered the sermon at the traditional
event,' which vss Jield In cloudy
but rainless weatwr.
Numerous Salem area ministers
also took part in the services and
music was provided by the Salem
Academy male choir and organist
Wayne Meusey.
Crowded Charches
Throngs of area residents at
tended special Easter service held
later in the morning at the maby
churches, in and about Salem.
I Prof. Bustaschek told his sunrise
i audience of the discouragement
land disallusionment of Jesus' dis
ciples before the Resurrection and
how they for the moment harbored
the feeling they were identified
with a lost cause.
"But Easter morning was the
living illustration of theAvords, "I
I am the Resurrection , and the
Life," said the speaker.
"Jesus said, 'Because I live, ye
shall live also," observed Prof.
Bastuschek and added that "Life
i the piessage the Resurrection
carries to those who follow XhrisLl!
Call To Warship
The Rev. Wayne Greene of First
Christian Church mide the call to
worship and invocation for the
service and a scripture reading
was contributed by Rev. T. M.
Gcbhard of Christ Lutheran
Church. Prayers were offered by
the Rev. Robert Mclllvenna, Les
lie Methodist Church, and the Rev.
Louis White, Knight Memorial
Church. Calvin Moore, associate,
pastor of First Methodist Church
gave the benediction.
(Add. Easter news Page 1, Sec. I.)
Con Stabbed
In Walla Walla
WALLA WALLA, Wash. Iff) - A
Seattle convict at the Washington
State Prison with a penchant for
early morning typing was stabbed
in the abdomen Saturday by an
other inmate annoyed by all the
clack-clack.
The victim was Richard Aasa,
23, serving time for robbery. He
was reported in good condition in
the prison hospital,
- The name of the attacker, who
was clapped into an 'isolation ceil
after the fracas, was not dis
closed. The attack weapon was not
found hut was believed to be a
homemade knife. -
Associate Warden Bob -Rhay
said Aasa had been typing on the
machine before breakfast. At 6:30
a.m., just after the morning meal
was finished and t!ie inmates were
lined up outside their cells, the
annoyed prisoner stabbed Aasa.
West Park Name
Change Opposed
MANZANITA, Ore. I - Peti
tions opposing the proposed name
change of nearby Short Sand
Beach State Park to Orwald West
Park have been forwarded to the
State Highway Commission ' by
residents of this coastal commu
nity. The petitions. bear the signatures
of 100 residents of the area.
The highway commission re
cently approved the name change
to honor West, a former fovernor
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Little Miss Debbie Grattaa, 2t-aalh-old daaghter of Mr. aad Mrs.
Walter Graftaa, 101 N. 23rd St., waa the big prize at Sunday's
annual Easter Egg Huat at Wlllsea Park. la being the youngest
la find a prlze-wlaalas; eaady egg, Debbie came ap with the rocking
horse which she is pictured above. At left is WUIiam Uadsoa,
secretary f tat Salem, 2M auk. sponsor of tke egg huat.
Salem Building Record Set
-For First Quarter of 1956
Building in the first quarter of 1956 was at the highest level in
Salem history, according to estimated values on city permits.
March drooped a little, with $470,498 against (868,036 in March, 19f5,
but was active enough, to keep 1958 in front-running position at the
first turn.
The three-month total this year is $1,860,892, with $664,886 in Janu
Fists Fly in
Milk Strike
DETROIT Rocks, clubs
and fists flew Sunday ' in Michi
gan's week-old milk strike as
striking dairy farmers battled
non-strikinc producers to throttle
supply lines and force creameries
to meet their price demands.
Squads of state police were
rushed to tiny Elsie and Ovid,
roughly 100 miles northwest of De
troit, where Sheriff Percy J. Pat
terson of Clinton County reported
he was unable to cope with grow
ing violence at milk collection
depots.
Cities outside the metropolitan
area, which contains roughly half
of Michigan's six million people,
reported sufficient "milk to go
around or "no pinch at all."
The strike was s called by the
Fair Share Bargaining Assn.,
which is demanding $6.50 per hun
dredweight (46l4 quafts) for farm
ers, against a $4.41 rate when the
strike began with the picketing of
two Detroit creameries and quick
ly spread to outstate supply lines.
Business Block
Sold in Portland
PORTLAND' 11 - A city block
in Portland's downtowm commei
cial district has been sold for
$215,000. Joseph A. and Gainor
Minott sold the property to ths
Goldstone Investment Co.
, The block is occupied by several
one and two-story business houses.
FLUORIDE GETS VOTE
LA GRANDE IX The question
of whether, to add fluorides to the
city water supply will appear on
the May II primary election ballot
; h, ynkr
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the speasariag greup. A total tf 44 prise went U lucky finder.
Officials estimated that snore thai ?I,t0f "children leak pari la
the Easter event, which escaped raia theagh skies wr clouded dor.
lag mest ef the day.
M - 1
ary and $723,508 in February. The
previous record for the first quar
ter was set last year with $1,
747,521, City Engineer J. Harold Davis
has no pat explanation for the con
tinning boom in construction.
"You look around and think that
everything has been built up but
it still keeps coming in," he ob
served. Alterations played a large part
in the March total, 49 permits for
work estimated at $128,038. - But
19 new houses, largest monthly
total since September, boosted the
month's business by $237,000 And
five new commercial buildings
added another $85,040. Eight build
ings were wrecked during the
month to make way for new con
struction. Biggest project so far this year
is the American Can Co. plant at
3333 Industrial Way, $425,000, with
the $378,232 YMCA addition in
second place. Largest projects
started In the first quarter of last
year were W. T. Grant Co., $368,
000, and Candalaria School, $285,
000.
Raincoat Need
Seen Tonight
Late shoppers bad better car
ry raincoats or an umbrella to
protect their purchases from the
light rains predicted for tonight.
Those shopping during the day,
however, can. probably do so un
encumbered, according to the
weather ' forecaster " at McNary
Field, who predicted only partly
cloudy skies this morning with
increasing cloudiness during the
afternoon hours.
Tonight's rain is forecast to
be followed by partly cloudy skies
again Tuesday,
Today' and Tuesday' predict
ed high will be 08, with a low
tonjjht of 18, . . ;
WillsonPark
Egg Search
Draws 3,000
Bushels of Easter em didn't
have a chance Sunday as swarm
of youngsters operated with blood
hound efficiency in the 6th annual
Willson Park Hunt, sponsored by
Salem 20-30 Club.
The mass of egg hunters ranged
from wee toddlers to high school
ers, with officials estimating their
numbers at better than 3.000. Hundreds-
of grown-ups watched the
proceedings under cloudy but
rainless skies. . .
- When the- worL-J'Go!!Lrame
from an amplifier, the host of
egg-hungry hunters dashed and
dodged to every corner of the
park in the quest for the quarry
and 44 merchandise prates put
up ty iaiem merchants.
To tiny Debbie Grattan, 28-months-old
daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. Walter Grattan, 103 N. 43rd
St., went a special prize of a
rocking horse for being youngest
to find a prize egg. A close com
petitor was Janet Stewart. She
is two years, eight months snd
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Stewart, 1490 N. 24th St. She re
ceived an Easter duck as prize.
President Robert Bishop of the
20-30 group said an age limit may
be imposed next year after one
of Sunday's winners turned out to
be 18 years old.
Members of the sponsoring club
hid $100 worth of candy eggs
about the park in preparation for
the colorful Easter event.
Hundreds Net
Smelt Limit
PORTLAND ( - Smelt-dipping
was far better than it had been
in the Sandy River 6unday, as
hundreds of netters dipped 23
pound limits with ease.
Smelt fishing will be prohibited
in the Sandy from midnight Sun
day to midnight Monday to per
mit the fish to escape upstream.
The run became thicker Sunday
and the water was low and clear.
Earlier the run was somewhat
thin and the fish were running
deep in mid-stream, making it
difficult for bank fishermen.
Fishermen's cars going to and
from the river, a few miles east
of here near Troutdale, created
traffic troubles for the sheriff's
office.
. Reports from the Cowliti River
in Southwest Washington indicated
that smelt also were abundant in
that stream.
British Plan
H-B6mb Drop
LONDON on The Daily Ex
press said Monday Britain's first
hydrogen bomb "will be dropped
next year from a jet bomber over
the central Pacific Ocean near
Christmas Island.
The Express said it may be the
first' H-bomb ever carried aloft
by a plane.
The date of the test has not
yet been announced, but the Ex
press laid a team of engineer
and scientists will leave soon for
th, Isolated atoll.
Christmas Island is part of
Britain's Gilbert and Ellice Is
lands colony, about half way be
tween Australia and the coast of
Mexico.
WRECK FATAL
H1LLSBORO Of -Richard Wal
ter Bess, 22, Beaverton, Ore., died
in a hospital here early Sunday
from injuries suffered in a high
way accident between Forest
Grove and ilcilinnvlll.
Craft Falters Near Pittsburgh Airport,
Crashes in Flames; Passenger Missing
Picture aa Pag 2, See. 1
PITTSBURGH (AP)-An airliner taking off from greater Pittsburgh airport Surtday ntglit
crashed into a hillside a few second from the runway and burst into flame.
( Twenty-one fxxlics were rentoved from the wreckage of tle TWA twin-engine ship. On
passenger, not identified by name, was listed by the airline as missing.
Fourteen persons, including the pilot and co-pilot, were treated at nearbv hospitals.
, One of the first Unites to be identified by the office of Dr. William D. McClelland, Alle
gheny County coroner, Was : . " '
that of Mary Jane Fanning,
the stewardess, ot Llmliurst,
Long Island. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James rannmg, of Albuquer
que, N.M.
The airline said it was all but
certain that 30 persons had been
aboard the plane at takeoff, a
spokesman noting that "such list
are checked very carefully, and
we have the tickets that were
turned over to the stewardess."
One Misting
' Howeverthe spokesman added
It was "remotely possible" that
one of the 36 might not have
boarded, and suggested also the
possibility that some one person
might have been treated at a dis
tant hospital or had left the scene
without reporting or requiring
treatment.
Police and firemen cordoned off
the crash area to keep out curious
spectators. Dr. McClelland said
he was satisfied all bodies- had
been removed from the wreckage.
Thousands of sightseer on an
Easter Sunday night- promenade
at the airport watched he fire
from vantage points within a few
miles of the tragedy. Thousands
more helped create a monsttr
traffic jam that blocked police and
emergency worker rushing to the
scene.
Cause Unknown :
TWA said the cause of the crash
had not been determined, but a
preliminary investigation indicat
ed no engine trouble. .
A survivor, Mrs. Dorothy Ylng-ling.-44,
of Camp Hill, Pa., said.
hrwever, that she had heard
sounds like sn engine "conking
out before the crash,
"I had the sensation I was go
ing to burn to death,' she Mid,
in describing her narrow escape
from the wreckage. "The plane
broke open right across the aisle
from me. There were a couple of
anxious moments while I strug
gled with the safety belt-but I
finally made it on the second
try."
One of the less fortunate passen
gers was Alex Fox, one-time Uni
versity of Pittsburgh football star
In the era ot the late coach Jock
Sutherland.
Fox's body, the only one ImmM
(Uately identified, was recognized.
The bodies were brought to the
county morgue, in Pittsburgh.
Martla Plana
The plane, a Martin skyliner,
was en route to Newark, N. J.,
with scheduled stops at Harris
burg, Reading, and Allentown, Pa.
Flames fed by the gasoline
spilling from the plane leaped up
almost immediately as passen
gers and crew members fought
their way out of the debris.
Only the tail was left intact of
the big plane. It Jutted high above
the ground, shining like a silvery
tombstone in the glare of flood
lights as police and firemen
combed the debris.
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Politics on
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Who's Kiiiiniiig
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arlra Ii written kr or for thr randidalri IhfimHvn Tha malarial It
rrientad ai a public irrvlrr. without rot ar obligation to anyonr, and
mar or may not ba In accord with tha odilorlil pohrart ( thta newt
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ROY J. RICE (R)
Candidate lor
Marion Commissioner
A native, snd life long resident
of the state of Oregon. Born fn
Rainier, Oregon. Attended public
schools tn
W a s h i n g ton
rountv and col-
lege inMcMinn-
ville. Married,
has two chil
dren, Mrs. Fe
lix ' Wright of
Silvcrton and t Xjr
Roy J. Rice Jr., f
of West Salem I A
branch of Unit- l-wa
ed States N- f
tinnal bank of Salem. The past
26 year hiving resided in Mar
ion County.
Member of Uasonig lodge,
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Grove to Remain as
Salem's C of C Chief
Stanley B. Grove, popular Salem
will stay In Salem after all.
He announced Sunday that he
chamber manager after spending
resignation of last Friday.
Chamber officials expressed themselves as pleased with Grove
Aide Says Ke
Disappointed
With Congress
WASHINGTON tfl -Sherman
Adams, President Eisenhower's
top assistant, said Sunday he Is
sure that Eisenhower - "so far
has been disappointed in the ac
complishments of this Congress."
Adams spoke of Republican
charges, disputed by Democrats.
that the Democratic-controlled
Congress has been a "do-nothing"
Congress this election year.. He
added:
"It's quite natural that our op
posing party doesn't want to see
any appreciable accomplishments
Off our part It this session, r .
' "We hsve some very construc
tive suggestions legislative sug
gestionswhich the President has
made, and certainly they're en
titled to better consideration than
they havt or than they art ap
parently going to get."
Adams was interviewed by Rep.
Keating (R-NYI on a television
Program filmed for upper New
'ork state stations. He did not
specify what Eisenhower propos
als he thinks have been held up.
Adam had warm praise for
Vice President Nixon and said no
body could have been more loyal
to the President in his policies.
Adams described the President
as "in fine shape" and said he
has carried on all the duties of
his office since his illness except
some of the "irrelevancies," such
as social duties which have been
passed on to the -staff.
Wheelchair
Invalid Loses
Fire Fight
OKLAHOMA CITY I A 84-year-old
Oklahoma City invalid
fought a fire from her wheelchair
early Sunday when her small one
room house burst in flames. '
Mrs. Nell Latham told firemen
she was awakened by the blaze,
which apparently started from a
short circuit at her bed lamp.
"I lifted myself Into my wheel
chair and grabbed a kettle of wa
ter from the stove," she said. "I
tried to put out the fire and
thought I had done a pretty good
job. . .but it blazed up again."
Mrs. Latham, an invalid since
1946, said she wheeled herself
down -4" ramp when the fire
swelled out of control. Her frame
home was destroyed.
Parade. . . .
for What Office
Elks, Kiwanis, charter member of
the Knife and Fork club, treas
urer of Association of Oregon
Counties, past master of Marion
County Pomona Crange, and six
years s member of Marion coun
ty non-union high school board.
I have been your county com
missioner for the past 14 year.
I have slway Interested myself in
all things that were for the bet
terment of the community and
county. I recognire the demands
for good roads, education, assist
ance fjr ,thc sged and welfare
organizations.
If elected, I will cooperate
with the court 1n, every way pos
sible to relieve need, improve
roads and promote educational
and other projects that will give
the best results to the people of
Marion County,
ivininni vuuiiit. a
(Tomorrow: Emmet T. logers),
Chamber of Commerce manager)
" x
had decided to remain her aa
the week end reconsidering bia
change of mind. President timer
Berg said, "It's extremely bene
ficial to the city of Salem that
Stanley Grove will stay bere,
since he has dons such an out
(landing job with the Chamber '
of Commerce. This will permit
work started under him to be car
ried on under hit supervision,"
family Ceasideratlea
Grove himself reiterated Sun- ,
day that it was only family con
siderations that had led him, tern .
porarily, to accept a chamber i
managership offer from Santa
Ana, Calif., near where his chil
dren, grandchildren and wife!
family all arc located.
I have always liked Oregon
snd Salem and have wanted to
live here. My wife and I have
decided after considerable thought
to stay on, despite certain family
inconveniences.
Sllaattea Gawd -
"The Chamber of CommercsJ
situation is a good one here, and '
cooperation has been excellent. I .
especially want to thank eur many
friends on the chamber board and .
otherwise whe urged us to stay i
Salem." .. - -
Grandmother
Chases .Thugs
From Store
TAMPA Fla. ID A apunky
St-year-old grandmother chased
three armed bandits from tier
floral shop with a butcherknifo
Sunday, then pursued them In a
pickup truck before losing them
in heavy tranie.
The gunmen forced Mrs. Ana
Daniels into the rear of her com
bination house and floral shop
while they ransacked the place.
One of the bandits, the a a I d.
threatened to amash her televi
sion jet and another picked up
the Masonic Bible belonging to
her husband, who was attending
a baseball game.
She said she "blew my top
wl en "they put their dirty fin
gers on my Bible."
Grabbing a knife from the
kitchen, she stabbed one of the
bandits in (he 'arm and chased
them all from the shop.
Still armed with the knife. Mrs.
Daniel leaped into her pickup
truck and took out after the mea
who fled In an auto.
Annexation
Vote Tuesday
Residents of a 57-acr area oa
West Salem Heights will vota
Tuesday to determine whether
they want the area annexed to
the city of Salem.
Some 25 residents are eligible
to vote In the election on annexa
tion which already has been ap
proved on behalf of the city by
Salem City Council.
The area is adjacent to present1
city limit near the KSLM radio - ,
station. Petition for annexation
was initiated some months ago by
Jake Lowen, property owner and
subdivider in the area.
Voting will be conducted be
tween 2 and $ p.m. at the Marvia
Lowen residence, 265 rir Garden
St. Jake Lowen is chairman of .
the election board; Marvin Lowen,
judge; Betty Bonbam, Dorothy -Pynch
and Betty Lowen, clerks.
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