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O..: . 1 v,. ': .; Jliil Undecided; iilonday Decision for New Farm Bill Seen Hich in 4J (l'Ulare M wlreyhele page) AUGUST A. Ge. ill Secretary el Agriculture Bunion Saturday i V.'.ed IN politically enplonlve farm mraaure " bid till" but preiMrnt Elaenhower Kill Was Undecided Whether 10 lift tr The House Mid. mean while, the Prealdent will announce drctaion regarding the blli early beat week, poaaibly Monday. At nrw conference flrf Img meeting Hh Elsenhower, Ilenaon Mid be fell the President hit tWI.Ion," but "li neerlnf addad: "I am quite sure H has not been 'l-n. Rales Stale Speech Meet North and South Salem High Rihooli eah ad a first place Inner la the enaual tournament finals' of Oregoa High School Speech League Saturday la Iw Extra Farm Inc6.7aC.Scen If Bill Vetoed tt WILMOT RWCHEt WA5HINGT0M t fannert mar t tome antra benefltt thil year evea U President Elsenhower vetoet tha controversial (arm bill bow awaiting actloa at tha Whita JiOUM. Agricultural clrclea here and elvwnere ara discuaslng Ufa pos sibility that tha administration, la tha avtnt of a veto, might ralia eric a aupoorta ta E's par cant af parity aa cartaia basic crops. 7 1 1 1 would not give farm era tha e. ..tated two bi.lion dollart la a ' UonaJ benefltt contained la tha I t patted by Congress laat Wed rr lay. but tt would flva tharn a a extra Incoma before they go In tha polls, ta vote la tha general c' tioa next fall Eica it bow supported at 71 par cr t of parity, wheat at 71 per f t and corn at It. Tha aupport p: tt for cotton, another basic er p, baa not yet beea fUad for t! year but Secretary af Agri- c ura Benton bu Indicated It d ba about M par cent af t ity, If existing law remains aa Cinjed. C?culatloa about a possible rise In support leveli wat bated ei tha fart that tha administration i willing ta compromise aa a f .Me support system ranging f n kT to M per cent af parity 1 t before tha showdown voting b an In Congress last week. Existing law, which would con t. ia ta affect If Elsenhower ve- tha new bill empowers tha nlnittratloa ta tupport prices basic cropt at from 73 ta M r cent af parity. Tha new bill j for mandatory supports at TT cent, a provUIoa apposed Use nhower. 1 Irs. Letz, 61, Succumbs; liitc3 Tuesday lira. Itosle Faornm Lett, Salem T'.ident ainca 1923, died Satur il y at her home, 1720 Berry St, at tha agt of 6L , , f ha wis born at Eureka, S.D, Ib. 4, 1825. Sha and Mike Lett, who survives her, wara married Feb. 4, 1914, at Hebron, N.D, and moved from North Dakota to Sa lem 28 years ago. Mrs. Lets wis a member of I hel Baptist Church. ;"n!det her widower, tha letv ei three eons, William Lets, Port- 1 id; Roy Letz, Bend; tnd Wtlter Iris, Salem; daughter, Mrs. Es 1 rr Helton, Salem; three sisters, I ; s. Lydia Cardner, Salem- Mrs. irtha Amos, Eugene; and Mrs. ( dtline Gunch, Golden Valley, r ,).; threa brothers, Emanuel u)mm, Tacoma. Wuh.; Robert rramm, Canby; and Henry iTomm; ana ii crtnacnuaren. Servlcei will ba I p.m. Tues f y In Howell Edwards chapel, Ve Rev. Alfred Warden officia ting. Burial will ba in Belcrett I : mortal Park. X " Cigarette Causes Ceneral Alarm .A smoldering cigaret on the rDnf of a garage at tha rear af Iteberts Apts., 157 S. Winter St did do damaga Saturday night, fiCemen laid. Becauaa of tha location of tha alarm, however, the call was answered by four firetruckt and i;a first aid car. . Jha firemen also had a good audience U they raked toe cigaret from the garage roof. A large nqmber of dancers at tha Y-Teen Cotton Ball In tha neighboring VWCA cam over to tee what all the excitement was about made In his awn mind yet. It Is a vary difficult derlnion to make." Earlier Ihia weak tha Preaidcnt said aa did not think tha bill measured up ta tha standards of good Initiation. But ha had said still earlier that be would not In alit oa perfection If ha could gat farm kgiilatloa ba conaldered generally good. AJwaya a tkaare A reporter aiked Benson: "With all the amlniitratloa ehjectlona la this bill, da you really think there la serious chance that tha Preatdcnt might alia It?1 Benaoa smiled and replied: "I think there la always a serious chance until the Preatdent ma art up bla mind and maket hit de cision. " Elaenhower will end week's working vac a tioa bare Sunday aft ernoon and fly back ta washing' ton. Benson said Elaenhower prob ably will accompany bit decision with a public statement, but the secretary Mid there had been aa decision ret aa whether tha Presi dent will make a lelevialon-radle address ta rxplala whatever ac tion ba takes. Benaoa Mid ha made "aa firm recommettdattoa" la Elaenhower regarding act ton aa tha measure. Benaoa aaid Eisenhower "it making a very careful analytlt and study af tha bill." and that tha President hat "aaked us ta provide cartaia technical informa tion" for eae ia making up hit mind. Very Beat Asked whether ha "la good con science could administer the bill If Eisenhower should tlga it, Ben ton replied "If tt It signed Into a law. we will do the very best wa caa to administer It as long as the President wants us to da to." Soma influential Democrats ia Cort frets have Mid that if Elaen hower vetoes the bill, he will get bo farm legislation at this session. But Benson Mid It la "entirely conceivable" that the administra tion. In a new bill, might get the toil bank tha President wants cre ated with a view ta reducing crop surpluses. There it provision for that In tha pending bill, but there site ara provisions the adminie tratlon does not want. , is montht before M becomes the oprrty of South Salem High iwuin Bim nigh ih hooi, in a tie with llillabore Huh School la the debate team event was awarded permanent possession of that trophy fur winning three times la five yean. Hillabore High School will hold the trophy for S School. And George Andrews, North Sa lem High School, woa first place ia numoreua reading. Other winners were Nethsa Douthtt, Crater High School, Cen tral Point, the only double wiener, la extemporaneous speaking oratory; Gregory Lowe. Central Catholic High School, Portland, dlecuuloa; Tlra Keating, Ashland High School, Impromptu; Carleea Eelka, Roaeburg High School, sert aua reading: Jay Stern, Grant High School, Portland, poetry reading; James Johnson, also af Grant High School, radio apeakiag; and Joe Burnt, Medford High School, after dinner Speaking. L Concordia High School af Port land woa tha debate leant event la the "B" division for smaller schools. Rating pear the lop la the finals af tha two-day tournament at Uni versity of Oregon were J oca Boll maa af Dallea High School, who placed second la dlacuuioa, and Bill Ford, South Salemlfigb School, second la after dinner sneak Inf. Tournament efflclala reported that 117 speakers, all district win ners, from 41 schools took part la tha contest Theatre Time Tahle ti.aiwoaa -rU Hr"- I II ma 4 n er4 1 IS n4 t II arrrot. roMANc r. t i oe a4 II a4 1 U III 41 HiIBnrK aitXit"! Ill Oi LtWOOD -r.sArss nr waATH"t I u an4 i i'4 S l ' ToaACCU MUADTl 4 at ai4 tea aoTd iai.sm baiva-iN TMI TAIX VtlTt Karrtdf CU'k riahl n4 Jana Riimll "iitMrs i Nii-rn in ml tl'N" lariu.i Aide Bay si4 Mil faun (Skew elarUj at Duakl Man Wanted in ' Oregon Arrested By Reno Police RENO, Nev. lit Aa armed maa aaid by police to ba wanted in Oregon en extortion charges wu arrested at he ttepped off an airliner here Saturday. In custody It William Jack Flit- gereld. IS, wba ia Vented la Mil waukie. Ore., aa charges af ex torting 12,000. Police here Mid they know aa other details af the charge. Fitzgerald wat apprehended at ha arrived by plana from Las Ve gas. Ha had a loaded JS caliber pistol In hit belt and another load ed gun ta hit suitcase, but offered bo resistance, detectives aaid. North Salem High Paper Rates Award EUGENE ID Tha Clarion. school paper edited by students at North Salem High School, woa second place ia a statewide con test sponsored by tha Oregea Scholastic Press. Winners were announced in Eugene Saturday. -The Ait or Press of Astoria High School won first place ia the divt tioa for larger schools with print ed newspapers. Tha North Salem Clarion, editied by Samp Ramp, wat second, and Marthlield High School's Ms Hi Timet wu third. Ia the smaller school compet tition, Pendleton High School's The Lantern woa first place. Pen ny Inpam ia the editor. Tha White Buffalo of Madrai Union High School wat second, and tha Talent Hi-Life wu third. Drain High School'i The War rior wat tha top winner among schools with duplicated papers. The Hornet's Buu of Henley High School wu second. Sen. Morse Endorsed hy Labor Units PORTLAND ( - Oregon labor forces endorsed Sen. Way at Morse (D-Orel for re-election Sat urday, and added endorsements for aevea other Democrats tnd twa Republicans la other state wide contests. The endorsements were an nounced by James T. Marr, execu tive secretary af the State rede ration at Labor, and George Browa, executive secretary of the State Industrial Union Council. They favored Democratic candi dates in tha four congreuional contests: Jasoa Lee af Salem In the first district: Al lUman of Baker la tha second; and Rep. Edith Green ia the third. They Mid either David C. Shaw of Gold Beach ar Charles O. Porter of Eu gene It acceptable la tha. fourth district Other Democrats endorsed: Rob ert D. Holmes af Astoria for gov ernor and Monroe Sweetland of Mllwaukie for secretary of state. The groups, however, did not endorse Democrat Robert Y. Thornton, incumbent ia the state attorney general's office. The en dorsement went to the Republican aspirant State Sen. Carl Francis af Dayton. The ether Republican endorsed, Sig Unander, state treasurer, "should be retained oa the bails af his record," tha groups announced. 'Car Engine Runs, on All Fuels, Even Peanut Oil DKTM0IT. Mu h. un-Grneral Motors Cwp. said Saturday It hat developed an rnKlne Dial burns alimnt any kind of furl. It runs onfall types of mlnrrel oils from high octane gasoline lo raaldtial fuelt. One experimental unit haa beea fuelled with Whale ell, peanut and other vrgHalile oils. (IM s piemdent. Harlow II. Curtice, said the XP 900. the first auto mobile la the world powered Hhl ,, rnZTZCr, www aiaaafta, a seavvw 9fW Br y "in phaae" with a connecting de vice. CM said (lie free pinion engine has been used in Europe for large sim ibs, such at powering ships and locomotives. CM claims its engineers ara the first to desiga a free platon engine into a small, compact unit suitable for an automobile. SERVICES PLANNED SAN JUAN, P. R. Iff - Services for all denominations at San Juan International airport start Sunday. They will be In a reception room accommodating about too people until chapelt caa be built. . Fossil of Turtle Believed to Be 5 Million Years Old THE DALLES Iff - The foaail skeleton of a turtle, believed to be more than flva million years eld. waa found en tha Art Sharp wheat ranch five miles southeast of here. Sam Sargent, geologist for the Corps of Engineers, uid the Sharp ranch wu once the bottom of a lake and that the turtle bad died and sunk ta the bottom. He uid the fossil wat more complete than those usually found In this area. A back shell, bottom shell, twa leg bones and several neck bones were found. The shells were about three feet long. TOURISTS SOUGHT MEXICO CITY ( - The gov erament't national tourist council announces it ia spending $300,000 for advertising and public rela tions in the United States the re mainder of thlt year. MOM 4-47U Mi HAITI TODAY Tw liniirtgjgiil HiH "TKI CRAPIS OP WRATH" TOBACCO IOAD Hewry Fonda 1 jane DarwaA Maa, Femees Charecfaf Wa h Pmm Him Trtwtpke iieM leak ' ar DJLIIA5 i:3TC2-YU Dallas Salem Blway I Open t AS Show al 1:0 Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tleraey TlllLlfUaOflCO" second feature Robert Wagner, Joha Leal Ftl In Cinemascope A color -'V v.. From the moment he hit town... she knew it was just a matter of timet Y Sax V ' Thhmd i; Pulltzt Prln Way. ttlutl A Vi Va i I If A - ML faVJ M - 7 TTv'M fJk.. J' tssy STARTS TODAY AT 1:00! Pint For Your Added Eatertaiament 1 Special Short Subjects! COPTERS ANfj COWS WONDER OP MAM. HATTAN MACOO MAKES NEWS Prices This Engagement Only! Adulttll.ee Studeata-SOe Children ZOe tiMh an engine, will be unveiled May IV If at the dedication of GM't new Inhnit-ul center, , Curtice oVwrilwd it as a free platon engine that reprearnls an entirely new concept In automotive power. "Although the principle of the free pialoo engine has beea known for more than JO years, General Motors' re ware h staff Is the first lo put It to work in an automo bile," Curtice said. Like Blryrle Pena The engine haa no crtnkihaft ar connecting rods. Its plitons oper ate like a blryrle pump or bel lvs blowing hot gaaes through a pipe ta a turbine. The spinning iwulne powers the rear wheels "CM described the engine as a compact Siamrea unit with two parallel cylinders. Each cylinder contains a set of twa horisontally aavea'l Kent la Phase ' a-c . aren't free la the tense they caa rattle around wlth- Loot Krcovf ml In Bar Holdup; Man Arrested 1.01 AN'GKl.KS i - Police to day arreatrd a abort, slmky es ronvlrt and reported the recovery of all but in of s.vtoo takta in a bar holdup Friday. Paul I'rvgrr, 11, was booked on suipicion . of robbery, police said he was traced after a bartender Harold Zubkoff Indenllfied a police Indent titration picture. Off leers said Ihev found a ahot gun, used In the holdup, a revolver and tlx atitkt of dvnamlte in Proger't room. Moat of the money wtt there, loo, and police laid Proger explained what happened le the remainder; "1 bad la pay ta la parking fines aa tickets I picked up while rating the bar." Kings Crowned At Y-Tcen Ball . Gary Anderson of South Salem High School and Bob Tom of North Salem High School were crowned kings of- the Y-Teen Cotton Ball Saturday Bight ia VWCA gymna sium. The winners also were presented , with cuff links at the dance at- tended by aa estimated 130 Couples. Caret Open 4:45 Shaw Dusk! STARTS TONIGHT Thev SteAd Tall . . . Feaghl Tsll . . . Laved Tsll . . . Aad Oae Maa Towered Above Thee. All! Clark Coble Jane Russell Robert Ryan Burglarlf Aflmhlrd Ity Ulan In Portland POItTUNU UB - Police have arretted a Portland man iil.utitlrd aa Jack K. t)lanr, IS, who they ay has adinltlrd at lead II Portland burglaries In which at If ml H.5O0 was Stolen. Police said several cracked safes were Included in the series, which occurred in the period alnre la it July. The loaaea actually had been reported at more than lil.noa). lirlanry booked on a charge of attempting to break Into a drug atore In f.liniary. REV EN 1IK IN BLAH HI'iltUT, Ubanon IA1 Seven peraona were killed Saturday when their hoirne was dynamited by raiders In Vareen village. The Toll Men" la Cinemascope and Color) 2nd Hit OHeltly Wat a Cay Who Rated Japeeeee . . . l atll the Night He Met a Cirl la a Ptak Kiaaeae! Aid m Phil m Dick Ray " Caraf W Ytrk "Three Stripes in the Sun" HELD OVERI A f- ' L5 - THI MOST FIAIID NAM! OF THI lAtiv cntiTuwieri TaW asaev-wwmaaifj V w V W a f xyUnai a.U WalilLj, ' . '. ' Jl v H A rv DA.HA pu!DaBYS U::DA CR1STAL aa KOT Ban M UTB, BOTal NM COtOtaratkM PLUS . Documentary Pllma wf tha Oreel Prench Stand at Dion lien Phul ' "HEARTBREAK RIDGE" EXTRAI Story of a Princtitl Gract Ktlly's Rlst From Model to Prlnctst in Our Nwsrl Todayl r ; 'e " - J I'M " ' ' y,mm nVWvavan4 'K$j '' Jam , a A A ; .... x'Xi- ... t w & if v::.::: With Agnes NIoorehead Jessie Royce Landis Brian Aherne Leo G. Carroll Estelle Winwood Van Dyke Parks Screen Play by JOHN DlGHTOM From ih Play The Swan" by FeRENC MOLNAIl. Photographed in EASTMAN COLOlt Directed by CHARLES VlDOR Produced by DORE SCHARY An M-G-M Picture M-G-M presenti'in CINEMASCOPE and COLOR! (7RACE JELLYyLEC fUINNESS ouisourdan mTHE Swan STARTS . rn ESDAY 2ND HITI Dramatic Story of a Lovt Unchainedl Anna Ntagl Michatl Wilding "FOUR WAYS OUT"