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Adlai Squeaks to Close Win Oyer Estes in Florida Vote The Weather FORK-AST I from U. I. weather bureau, MrNary field, Salem i: Fair today and toniehl, partly cloudy and cooler Thurdav; the hlth today, SO-M, and the low tnniht. JO. J; tht huh on Thurdy, 7B-80. Temperature at 12:01 am. todiy Waa M SAI.FM PRKIPITATIOV lliiet lurt f Weather Vear Seel, I Tali Year Lau Vear Normal MM MM 37.71 ofemati POUNDBD 1651 106rh Year II PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, May 30, 1956 MIC! Sc No. 64 Balloon Relay Competition Guaranteed to Make Warm Day Warmer ,: ; VJr. ' -1 f ' . -JJ I W "-" - . J f&g . " . , Clements Defeats Chandler Forces In Kentucky Race Stevenson Ad(lst)cle2alc Strength In Alabama; Eisenhower Popular DlF mam Aanual Physical Eduratlei day at Keizer School Tuesday saw students eampetias: a bal loea race (above). Waneta Cable. 4350 Verda Lane. Ii showa performing the various itepa ia the ballooa race: 1. After running to the ether ead of the course Mow up a mall ballooa. I. Sit oa It aatU It breaks. J. Race back aad tag a teammate (Judy Daniels) who was to repeat the process ia the complicated relay race. (Stalesmaa Pho tos by staff photographer Joha Erkksea) This is Memorial Day, the day of remembrance ... a public holi day in most of the states, set isidc fo do honor to those who have fought to preserve our nation and the freedom for which it stands. The day derives from the period just before the Civil War. Though it now commemorates the services of those who have worn the uni form in all the nation's wars, the significance of its Civil War origin still attaches to the day. Nearly all who served in that war have passed on, and few are living wild Offices to f loe any personal memories of that All government offices and most bitter conflict between the states businesses will be closed today to Its events and characters are now honor the nation's war dead, history and biography; but of late stair police urged careful ririv there has been a marked liter, y jn(. recalling that four persons revival using material from Civil wfT(, kjN in 0reRon over (he War days to acquaint this gener- hiidav ast JPar No highway -fa-ation with its story. Noteworthy m taitic-A were reported in Oregon this are Bruce Catton s stl" Tuesday niijht ness at Appomatox" andMcKinlay! Memorial Dav activities in Sa Kantors Andersonville. 1(,m wjI1 includf eercmonic5 at 9 Among the authentic documents am. at the Civil War Monument dealing with that war the "Per-jin Pioneer Cemetery and at Legion sonal Memoirs" of Gen. Ulysses S.1 Circle in filv View Cemetery fnl- Ideal Weather Forecast 'Woman Lives For Memorial Day Rites M Salem Home Ideal hnlidiy weather v. as seen for Memorial Pav rites today bv McNary Field weatliennen Maximum temrcralure was expccled In he about 9) or a liltle better, slightly warmer than Tuesday's 88, with no precipitation in sight. Warm, sunny weather will hold good for most of Western Oregon, Associated Press said. Northern Oregon beach weather will be fair with patches of morning fog. Beach temperatures will range from SO to 72 with light to moderate north winds. State police reported heavy traf fic Tuesday night but no accidents. Sheriff's deputies said traffic was heavy to Belcrest Memorial Park and Salem police reported traffic snarls on South Commercial street at Pioneer and City View cemeteries. High School Plan Beaten In Fox Valley Statesman Newt Service VOX VALLEY Voters of Fox Valley community Tuesday crushed plans for a proposed new , 'j hint. Atr.l !,.., ,.J pOlieO, one-sidedly against the issue in girl prnPpcd UP out nerc in ,ne a special election. The measure parage. would have joined Fox Vallev.! Mrs- Nasn ,ool( one lonk at the Mill City and Gates into one dis-,w("i slumped asleep behind a! trict. ! stored Fox Vallev voters east 64 "No" P01lce A 50-year-old Portland woman who walked away from Oregon State Hospital May 21 was found Tuesday in the garage of a Mar ket Street house under which she apparently had lived for a week. The woman, a "mentally unbal anced patient in the hospital's recovery ward who was allowed liberty to stroll on the grounds, was in "satisfactory condition," although apparently hungry and thirsty when found, OSH atten dants said. She was found by Mrs. Helen Nash, 21)25 Market St., when Terry Scott, three, same address, re- Grandma, there is a little! Bread, Ice Cream Price Increases Expected Soon Indications are thai Siilem area folk will 1 paying more for bread and Ice cream within the next week or so. The Associated Press reported' Tuesday that Portland whole salers expect to raise prices on the two commodities within the near future. Similar jumps in all probability would go into effect Wre since Portland dealers set the pace for firms here and at other points in the state. In prospect for Portland, accord ing to the AP, are bread price In creases of 1 to 2 cents t loaf and ice cream raises of about 15 cents a gallon. One Salejn wholesaler said he knew nothing definite about any immediate price increases. He added, however, that dealers here are sure to follow the Portland price line. Similar comment came from a spokesman for a major Salem bakery. Wage Increases Need to absorb wage increases was given as reason for impending ballots and 35 in the affirmative 1 sleepy woman said she had lived in the election held at M&M ply-( under the house since her escape wood mill. Their sentiments were and police found her coat , in sharp contrast to Mill City and 1 purse there to lend credence to Grant rank high not only as history lnii;ft hv niacins nf wroaiht at th. Gates communities, which pre-: her claim. but as literature. Three ye ago ! Doughboy Statue at Marion County viously had approved the pro-; Mrs. asn said she had called a new edition oi nis .Memoirs was Courthouse at 10 a m posea new district, published and the memoirs i rati er! ' I The measure on the Tuesday than the edition drew high praise ; "r,ns B'u11 Sf 'special ballot included a S20.000 from so distinguished a critic as1 The Ttev. .loseph Vanderbeck. : purchase price for the Mill City Edmund Wilson. This appraisal ; Dr. Harry Brown and the Rev. j high school plant, which probab was not new. Mark Twain, whojLlcfd G. L'ecker will speak at the ly would have been site of the nau persuaaeo urani 10 ' rue me, court nouse ceremony, in wnicn an . new nisiricis school. bread jump at Portland. Higher garage door and called I L"'m ',BB "' "u"'nl to report a "body." TheiprlyFS are D,nlna Pr0DaDle of ice cream costs. Greater opera tion overhead also is being ex- spokesman said. I : i and PC" 'cncea nere Train Wrecks Car Trailer, ; I Sprayer Tank work, said that Grant's port was Oregon National Guard firing the best thing of its kind sirce squad. Sea Scout buglers, Leslie Caesar's "Commentarie s", Junior High School band and the Matthew Arnold made the memoirs , Federation of Patriotic Orders al (Continued (in editorial page, 4.1 j so will participate. ! Flowers will he placed on Wil- jlamette River at Wallace Marire Park at 11:13 a m. and a wreath i will be dropped on the water from an Ace Flying Service airplane at 1 11:30 a m. MEDFORD UP - The sheriff's office announced belatedly Tues- P-S.C GRADUATION SET day that Billy Junior Nunn. ac- PORTLAND Seventy-one cused slayer, tried to saw his w ay dearees will be eranled at Port- Accused Slaver's Escape Trv Fails Fox Valley's rejection of ihe district apparently means that its high school students will contin ue coing to Stayton High School. What course Mill City and Gales will take as result of the ballot defeat was not known immediately. Statesman Newi Service Fawn Killed on Road Near Salem police to investigate mysterious noises around the house Saturday night but they were unable to find anything. The proprietor of nearby Chris' Market also had been on the verge of reporting sudden increase in fruit pilfering. Mrs. Nash said, and Mrs. Nash horcolf u-ac mvctirinrl tw tV.n Ac. appearance of a pound "of ground m k B TM car lrlf i1lcr1,at round steak from her freezer Moa- s T"i:sday "T n'le tl,c dav nighl helpless driver stood off to one Th .oman k,H hn ,h sid" and watched. nrpa hv snvpral nniohhnre uhn Philip commented on the unusual appear ance she presented after several days in her dusty hideout, Mrs. Campaign for Doug McKay Cost $49,040 The committee that ran Douglas McKay's successful primary cam paign for U. S. Senator reported to the State Department Tuesday that it spent 149.040. The committee for Phil Hitch cock, whom McKay defeated for the Republican Senatorial nomi nationt said it spent $40,020. Other expense statements: Committee for Adlai Stevenson for President, $22,581. Commitee for Dwight Eisen hower for President, $1,054. Committee for C. Girard David son, who was elected Democratic national committeeman, $3,512. Sen. Wayne Morse, for renoml- I nation, $1,869. Committee for U. S. Rep. Edith Green, who was renominated, $321. Committee for Phil Roth, Port land, for Congress. $4,723. Committee for Elizabeth Carson Sailor, Portland, for Congress, $4,082. Peter W. Welch, Portland, for Congress, $490. Committee to renominate Gov. Elmo Smith, $18,526. The new company will be man-1 Committee for Mark Hatfield, aged by Jack Boyd, with the firm j nominated for secretary of state, for the past ten years, and will $5,492. employ about five or six persons. Committee for William E. Healy, Berkheimer signed a long term defeats 'or secretary of state, lease on the warehouse, McGil- $3,859. Christ said. Committee to renominate State Treasurer Sig Unander, $5,684. Roof Firm to Move, Building Firm to Open The relocation of one Salem firm and the introduction of a new one to Ihe city was tnnounccd Tuesday by Elton McGilchrist of McGilchrist and Sons roofing company. Beginning June 1 the Berk heimer Company of Portland and Seattle, one of the country's larg est '' stributors of building mater ials, will open a Salem office in the former McGilchrist roofing warehouse at 320 S. Church St., McGilchrist said. By THI AfSOCIATIO ftS Adlai E. Stevenson squealed through to a close victory over Sen. Lstes kefauver of Tennessee in Tuesday i DcmocTa tic presidential primary In Florida. , Stevenson had built a shaky lead into a decisive margin of more than 7,(XX) votes with only 119 of t'te state's precinct unheard from. Most of missing precinct, were in Stevenson territory. These were the standings in 1,6-19 of 1,778 precincts: Stevenson 209, 4W; Kefauver 202,391. The outcome will decide the di vision of Florida's 28 votes at the Democratic National Convention next August. The .nner of the popular vote gets 12 delegates. The others two for each con gressional district are allocated according to which candidate car-i ries eacn aistnct. Ike Gets Delegates ia the Republican voting. Pres ident Eisenhower handily collect ed 24 irlore delegate votes - add ing them to a totai that already assures him of renomination for a second term. He had only token opposition from supporters of Sen. William r. Knowland of Califor nia, who favors Eisenhower's re nomination. ,; In Kentucky, non-presidential primary voting pushed Sen. Earle C. Clements toward renomination and a big victor) over the forces of Gov. AB. (Happy) Chandler. Clements rolled early to a whop-1 ping lead over former Rep. Joe B. Bates, who waa supported by Chandler in a bitter Democratic factional battle. 141,297 far OemeaU Returns from 2,234 of 4,036 pre cincts gave Clements 146,297 votes to Bates' 73,298. James R. Deft drew 2.760. Bates' campaign chairman. Charles M. Blackburn, conceded defeat "speaking for myself, net Mr. Bates" even before the sun had set. Chandler said "it's obvious' Clements was the winner. The apparent winner of the Re publican senatorial nomination was former Rep. Thurston B. Morton, who resigned a assistant secretary of state in the Eisen hower administration U make tht race. Morton rolled up a big lead over two opponents. Six of Kentucky'! eight U.S representatives had primary op position and all six were leading in their races lor renomination. in Alabama, Democrats held a runoff primary Tuesday and Ste venson picked up additional dele gate strength. Seven of the 11 del egate candidates who were lead ing in early returns have lndi catcd they favor Stevenson. Heat Revives Flood Danger On Columbia By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wirm weather spread aver tlw fclambla Baala Taesday, and) that was farebedtag news for the knrer CeJambla River. Farer asters at anea revised -ward their flaed predict let, and said they eaald ftal waw let! what the flaed rreat might he. Earlier taey had farreaet a peak at Vaaeaaver, Wash., Wed nesday at 14.1 feet, with the river then hegiaalag a slaw trap. Elmer Fisher, river forecaster at Partlaad, aaM he new expects the river al Vaaeeaver te raw Hate la rise etowty, reaching M.I feet hy Saaday. He said he erald net tell whe ther K might ceatlmw to rite after that, hut said It was a pos sibility. He aaM the ettaatloa eeald became aertou K tht warm weather scads the Baakt River ea the rise. At the same time McGilchrist's roofing division will operate tem porarily out of the firm's North rnmrnitrctal Qtrrait ctnr auraitinn BROOKS A freight train de- oncirn.iinn ni a L, tir' nnn niai at North Liberty and Gains streets. McGilchrist emphasized that the;! If Agcji temporary chance will not affect III, .llfll , Vlllill III IUI .11 Nash said. out of a fifth floor jail cell with a land State College June 10 in the cherry Avenue a """ uiauv iM mm) ni(;m. nrsi graauauon exercises The sheriff s office said word the school became a four-year nolice said of the escape attempt was with- institution. , Thp vmmg . rnn,lp(ilHIv ran . .. ...... a . v. . .VU.J lul, ! in front of the car on Cherry Ave ! nue between Plymouth and Candle , woH drives about 4:50 a m., of- held while officers tried to deter mine where Nunn obtained the SANDY hacksaw blade. A fawn was killed Tuesday morning when struck by a car on short distant ; since north 0f the Salem city limits, state saiem Portland Baker The Weather 1,41" in r"ir?nr?tfThrirJ MAN CRl'SHED SANDY. Ore. P Richard J. Marnnav 44 Sanrlv was rrnshpd CHAPMAN STILL I'NCONSCIOCS to death Tuesday between the ficprs said. Driver of the car was PORTLAND - C. C. Chan man. edit ir of the Oresnn Voter until his retirement last year, remained unconscious in flood Samaritan Hospital Tuesday night. He suffered a cerebral hemorr hage early Monday. trails ot a caterpillar tractor and listed as Keith Kilday. the vehicle's cab. ' sant View Dr. 3180 Plea- Medford North Rend Roseburn San Franclsro Los Angeles Chiran New York Willamette River WILBERT .-..".v.. 'r: '" Senate Votes Giant Road Bill, Sets Up 40,000-Mile System WASHINGTON The Senate j plan lo finance the project with ways. Allotments wound up a marathon session j bond issues was rejected by Con- three federal aid road systems early Wednesday by passing a gress last year, however. would run five years under Ihe giant highway bill providing for : tne i956 version, both branch- Senate provisions, the biggest federal construction es have written in more than 14 "ut no"1 'so provided increased program in peacetime history. , billion dollars in new taxes on federal funds fo, the other thre t'assage came oi . a voice vote hiehwav usprs to run the nrnpram ' systems - the primary, secon pay-as-you-build basis. i Reilke of Brooks, oper- which is primarily ator of an agriculture spraying wallpaper outlet. concern, said he stalled his Jeep with trailer attached on Ihe South- , em Pacific mainline tracks at the ! Brooks depot. "The southbound train was I coming and I couldn't get the car ! started," Beilke said later. "The Jeep was just off the tracks but the trailer containing the 150 gal i Ion tank, pump and motor was smack be ween the rails." i "I jumped out of the Jeep and I tried to push it and the trailer of I, i but I couldn't budge them. When the engine hit that trailer it threw i it 20 leet into the air. I found most of the parts later and not a straight piece among them." The impact tore the trailer coupling loose from the Jeep, but 1 latter vehicle was not otherwise damaged. Beilke said the loss of the spray er tank m e a i s he cannot Mil orders to spray cherry trees lor Ihe cherry fruit fly. But he has "plenty" of equipment for other for the other ,yprs of planl sPrayin and dust' ing, ne saw. Father Cleared ult on lerciai 1 1 paint and stepdaughter Max. Mln Prerip. SI 4( 0(1 S4 4R iff 4A 49 45 4tl SS x .S3 73 41 1 .1 (eel no on on no no no NORTHWEST LEAGUE At Salem 3. Eugene 5 At Trl-City 12-.1. Yakima 5-4 At Wenatchee 4, Lewiston 3 PACIFIC COAST I.EAGl'E At San Francisco 2, Portland 3 At Los Anfeles 9. Vancouver 1 At San Dieno 2. Seatlle 4 At Sacramento 2. Hollywood 1 NATIONAL I.KAtil'E At Pittsburgh I, Brooklyn 10 At Chicauo 4. Cincinnati to AMERICAN lEAtll'E At Kansas City 4 Chicago 7 At New York 1, Boston 7 Al Baltimore 5, Washington S Marion County grand jury mem- ibers Tuesday . cleared Frank E. Kirby Jr., Salem auditor, e( charges of assault with a danger ous weapon involving his 13-year-old stepdaughter. Harriet Johnson. Kirby was arrested April 25 and accused of beating Ihe girl with a hammer handle at the home, 2455 er Salem Heights Votes $60,000 For Fire Hall Statesman Newt Sendee SALEM HEIGHTS A new fire hall for Liberty Salem Heights Fire District became a certainty Tuesday as a $60,000 bond issue for the project was overwhelming ly approved at a special election. Voters, noting needs for mora facilities and equipment and a chance to cut down cost of fire insurance, favored Ihe measure hy a 224 to 105 margin. The new fire hall is to be built on property purchased in the 4.000 block Sunnyside Avenue. L y 1 e Suitter, member of the fire dis trict board, said it is hoped to have the structure completed with in a year. Old fire hall is situated at Cheney Way and Lansford Drive. The bond issue also provides for a new l.OOO-gallon tank truck and other equipment. The district pre sently has one truck and a pump- Further planning for the new liane juage Wins Fight to Keep Jurors Lane County Circuit Judu Prank B. Reid won Tuesday tht manda mus suit filed against him by Ea ger u Venn, tha county's district attorney... Tha Supremo Court voted 4-1 ta sustain Judgt Retd's demurrer to the action. ' Earlier in the day. tha court bad heard arguments ia tht suit, ia which Vena challenged tha legality of the recently empaneled Lane County grand jury. voting to sustain the demurrer. and thus throw the case out of court, were Chief Justice Harold Warner, and Justices William Perry, Walter Tooze and Earl Latourette. Vote tar Veaa Voting for Venn's position were Justices Hall S. Lusk, James T. Brand and George Rosstnan. Venn, who brought the action to have the grand Jury dismissed, told the high court during oral arguments that the Jury was "hand-picked in violation of too law. N Fraad Charged E. B. Sahlstrom. attorney for Judge Reid, claimed that Venn had no right to bring the suit against Judge Reid because there were no charges that any fraud ia ' Involved and the Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction. - ' The crand hirv was called ta investigate charges of embezzle ment of funds of Moses Moody, state prison convict. Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton was ordered by Gov. Elmo Smith to handle the case before the grand Jury, Ellis St. 'ire hall will be made at a fire One of the state's strongest j board meeting next Tuesday night. claims to evidence fell through when it was revealed that stains WILSON TO VISIT H-TESTS on the hammer handle ';upposedly WASHINGTON ijf Secretary of used in Ihe alleged assault were Defense Wilson will leave Satur not blood. day "to spend several days" at Kirby, 44. works for the Public the Central Pacific P ro v i n g !npr (ron I'lilitics Commission. . He had Grounds where Ihe I9.'6 series ol ,rrAr, Portland Bus Crashes Into Living Room PORTLAND I -"Then the front walls tumbled in." That was the way Pauline Bar bur, 15, described the crash of a city bus into her home in southeast Portland Tuesday night. The bus and a pickup truck had collided al an intersection. Pauline said she was sitting on porch and witnessed the stressed his innocence time of his arrest. Ihe nuclear way. weapons tests are under after the Scnale Bad Been in ses sion more than 14 hours. The major provision of the bill sets up a 4fl,0(iO-mile system of interstate and defense highways 'connecting 42 state capitals and 90 per cent of all cities over 50.000 ponulation. The bill now goes to conference with the Hn-but legislation launching Ihe mult ihillion dollar pr-"jam win probably he agreed on Most of the revenue would be obtained from a penny hike in the federal gasoline tax, now two; cents a gallon. The House Bill, passed April 27. ' calls for 51H billion dollars of federal-slate spending on new roads over a 13-year period. The Senate measure wnild be dary ban of farm-to-market, arid Stocks Stage Fastest Rise Under present plans of the Bu-1 SltlfU' IMl'f reau of Public Roads in coopera- lM J tion with state highway depart ments, all but about 7.000 of the 40.000 miles would be more than two- ane. In some cases the routes would have as many as eight lanes. The highways would have lim- "How'i that for a fd bog . . . Mom's poktbook filled with SfSXKhr about Ihe sam- if it also were ited access, with no stop lights. , on soon because House and Senate projected over 13 years. But its an'' n most cases divided high version differ only in details. actual total is only about 37 bil ways for opposing traffic currents. Most of what President Eisen-: lion in federal-state funds because There would be ? controlled num- hower wants in the way of a high-1 it extends for 13 vears only the ber of entry and exit points, and jway modernization program is in- authorization for the 40,000-milei these would be through clover- Icorporated in the measure. His interstate system of super-high-1 leafs, underpasses yd overpasses, i NEW YORK UP The stock mar ket made its greatest advance Tuesday since the outbreak of World War II ; The Associated Press fin-slock a' -raar climbed $3.30 In $ 17H 50, its biggest jump since Sept 3, IMP four days after Hitler invad ed Poland, when the avrrate ad v 'reed $3 50 The rise in the average indicates ar estimated rise of nearly four billion dollars. IMarket Stories aa Page I.) Berry Growers Fear Shortage of Pickers As Migrant Arrivals Fall Short of Normal By I.IIJ.Ii: I.. MADSEN Parm Editor, The Statesman Strawberry growers were ex pressing worry Tuesday that there would be a definite short Se f pickers. "So many crops come in all at once,-' that we'll probably have the same problem as we had last year ... loo few pick ers when we need them most." F. M. Smith, manager of the Stayton Canning Company said Tuesday. Strawberry growers as well as bean growers, indicated that transients were not 'coming in as plentiful" as in some former years One bean grower said that while he usually had a lot of offers for help while beans were being strung, none was on hand this year. Strawberry froccssiiij at the Stayton plant will not get un derway until next week Charles Henry of Producers Cooperative at Salem, had much the same story to tell. "We fear a shortage of pick Tfsf aTtf If there-Pe Sflffi- pie--ers who want good fields, tell them to call on the canneries processing strawberries and well direct them." Henry said. The Producer's Cooperative will get going Thursday Only a small park is expected Thurs dav with a larger one Friday, and heavier next week when school children will be available for nicking The cooperative plans a some what l.traer pack than last year, and this will be true ton of the plants gooseberry park whirh will slart next week, also (ioosebernes look "very good" licnrViid. I'nited Growers, loo said its planl would get underway with strawberries Thursday. Willam ette Cherry Growers, which also packs strawberries, said their pack would get underway Fri diyr Other processors would start cither Friday or early next week, their fjeldmen said Fri day. All were looking for a "much better crop than at first expected" The berries "look larRc" and "well developed" growers were saying Tuesday. Rains have "come just right" in many of the fields, while others have been irrigating regularly for Ihe past month's lime Flavor of the Willamelle Val lev strawberry is said to he ' 'un usually guild ' this spring. Willamette Valley strawber ries have been on the local ajjarkf ti Uua voaia. "I saw what was going to happen. I screamed for my Dad when I saw the bus and truck heading for each other. They hit and then the bus skidded toward me. I jumped up and pushed open the front door." The girl escaped injury, but the bus driver, Judson Masters, 10, his five passengers, and the truck driver all were injured. Pauline's father. John Barbur, estimated damage to his living room and porch at $1,000. T Jm. CllilAeiMliH iiuuu I 1 Jiuioiiiuil Page Classified 10, 11 Comes the Dawn ....4. Comics Crossword Editorial Home Panorama Markets Obituaries Radio, TV Sports ....... Star Gazer Valley News .... Wirefbote Pat , .10. . 10 6,7 .12 . Sec.
