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4-Se& I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sat., March S, "57 draouG&lMafesiaau "N Faoor Sany U, No Fear Shall Aw.' Free firet gtateamae, March tt. 11 , Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor k Publisher Published every moraine, Busineu office SSO Worth Church St.. Salem. Ore. Tel. M 4-SlI Entered it the paetofflce at Salem. Ore., ai eecond elaaa matter under act of Comma March 1. l7t. Member Associated Preee The Aaaoctated Preaa la entitled exeluaivelr to the use tor republication of all local ntwi printed u thla newapaper. Morris Dunne to Retire In 1933 Gov. Julius L. Meier appointed TV" Morris Dunne of Portland to the State Indus trill Accident Commission. When later leg islation was enacted to provide unemploy ment compensation, a new commission was created whose personnel was the same as for the Accident Commission. Dunne was made chairman of the Unemployment Compensa tion Commission and has retained that posi tion ever since, together with his membership on the Industrial Accident Commission. This means he has served under nine governors. Now he has resigned at the request of. Gov ernor Holmes, who has indicated his desire to reorganize the offices within his jurisdic tion. To succeed Dunne the Governor has named Mrs. Celia Galey,- attorney of Ontario, formerly of Sweet Home. Dunne can leave his office with .a conscious ness of dtity well performed. His work in the field of unemployment compensation has been outstanding. His mental keenness, his clear judgment and his essential fairness brought him to a place of leadership in this field. He served as president and in other capacities on the organization of state officials admin istering unemployment compensation laws. This was virgin . territory in America and Dunne enntrihutexi much tnwarrl makers th - - - - n laws workable, .serving the worker displaced in employment and conserving imate interest of employers.-One Dunne fought and helped to win rating, in which the tax for unemployment insurance is graduated with relation to em ployer experience. ' Oregon' administration of workmen's com pensations and unemployment compensation has been conducted with a minimum of crit icism and an absence of scandal. Morrie Dunne i entitled to a large share of credit for the fine record of the two commissions. As he retires April 1st after 24 yean of con tinuoos and faithful service for the State of Oregon, its workers and its employers, the gratitude of the people should attend him, and their best wishes for his pleasant re tirement - An "Oregon" Company To the editor's desk has come an attractive- ly painted brochure, "The Story of Standard Insurance in the West" It is the history of the Standard Insurance Company, which is still known to many by its former' name of Oregon Mutual Life Insurance Company, The booklet was published to celebrate in I95 the 50th anniversary of the company's found ing. From very humble beginnings, though -backed with a formidable list of guarantors, the company has grown steadily in assets and in service. Though it dropped the more provincial "Oregon" several years ago to assume the broaderthough very conventional ''Standard" name the company still cherishes its close identification with Oregon. The brochure by text and illustration attaches the ' company to the men and events familiar in Oregon'' development. 'Washington report that Nathan Zusman "flunked" his test for truthfulness via the lie detector. Evidently he did protest "too much." Regain Big Part of Own Satellite (losses By JOSEPH ALSOF PARIS, March a For the Sov iet citizen, the gradual evolution of the iron society in which he Uvea and has his being must be a matter of really passionate concern. And this same evolution should also be a matter of deep ajlnterest for I " ... .. l ' . au we same, 4 tk. ,.l..ti.. i U1C CVUIUUUI1 U that began with ' tne oeaui . S Ct -K L. : ciauii nan nri- t h e r softened rr deflected Soviet foreign 1 : s . i contrary, while considerably more supple than their - late -master,- Stalin's heirs -have actually proven somewhat more adventurous. And on the basis -of a rather Intense experi ence in the Soviet Union, this reporter is convinced that a whol ly new generation of Soviet lead ers will probably have to come to power before there is any real change in the meaning of "peace- , 'ful coexistence." That the faadameatal Western BreMrra remain aaaltered ei cent la detail. Ia the satellite area of Ceatral Earaae, to be aare, the Savieta have, reeeatiy eafferedi a severe setback. Bat B7 the rathleas ate af their great military aawer, tber have reeav ere a large part af their Ueaet, at least far the Ume beiag. Mean while, the Wett has alt titter r4 severe setbacks, especially la the traveled Middle East. Aad the Wettera lasses have meat eaa aaieaaaaly aotkeea recavered. . ''.;. , At the present Juncture, more- vm, uiv new nmm luwiv n w fectiv way to exploit the Soviet setbacks. Yet the Soviets are ex- . ploiting the Western setbacks wiin great oaring ana aituxencH. Thus Soviet world strategy has ' actually gone forward. What then la the nature of this Soviet strata-' g-y which the Wettera allies must somehow fin4 means to parry? ' B eames la three parts. 'Te- wmrda i i the United States, the Sev- . r . r I w l also the legit battle which Ihirwill contribute to earnings. Despite the de- was for merit crease tn number of motor car manuiacturers competition is - Claytonr Jackson invert .limmv lets areeeat a Hrat military fraat. At Ike tame time, they seek bi lateral aegatlatlaas between the twa (I at aawera. bat alwaya aad aaly aa strictly Sevlet term a, la . an the valaerable ea-aad armlfleartal areas la which the Weatera aawera have vital later etts, meaawhile. the Savieta are aaiag everythhtg aaaaible U traasfarai the tafia me aatlve aatloaallaia lata a weapea agalaat the West. Ia Stalia's Ume. the eealer at this effort was la the Far East. Bat the great laaava tie af Um Khraaaeaev era has area Sevlet iaterveaUaa la the Middle East, where Stall hardly rater a flager a tier kit retreat ' frem Aaeraalkta. In his talk with me, for In stance. Nikit Khrushchev open-' ' ly indicated active Soviet sup port for nationalization of the Middle Eastern oil sources, hence flows the economic life- . blood of Britain 'and western Eu rope Thus he revealed the foviet aim. The masters of the Krem lin do not want Communist satel lites in the Middle East. They want Soviet-backed, vengefully anti-Western Arab governments which will, nationalize the oil sources and take other step of a similar nature. - Thus Britain, particularly is to be ruined. France and the other western European powers are to be weakened. And by thit eco nomic flank, attack, the chief trans-Atlantic partners of the . Western alliance are to be 1 knocked out of the great power game. But while they are thus encour aging their Arab friends to. strike at the vitals of Britain, France' and the other European nations, the Soviet leaders are shrewdly seeking quite another sort of suc cess in Britain and France. In both these countries, the men of the political right place the whole blame for the setbacks in the Middle East on the follies of American policy, conveniently forgetting their own folliet.. And An the nnlitfa-al mtt the inurl. can alliance haa always been a source of profound disquiet. Split on Utility Excise Tax? Our legislator appear to be mora diligent divesting the state of revenues and revenue opportunities than of Increasing the flow to state coffers. Latest "giveaway" is i bill by Sens. Boivin and Lewis to give counties half the receipts frdm the state excise tax on util ities. The justification for. the bill lies in the . shift through property revaluation which has" resulted in raising the ratio for non-utility property. Counties have complained. They have lost no revenues as a result, but the share paid by utilities has been less In pro portion. Utilities now are being made subject to the corporate excise tax which, of course, goes to-the state. ' It doesn't seem to The Statesman that cor rection of inequities in assessments warrants a diversion of utility taxes to counties. With all the calls on the state for government serv ices, its need for funds is paramount. Nobody seems to be happy over the nation al budget or the state budget for that mat ter. Complaints of taxpayers are being heard in legislative halls, and there is some evi dence that legislators are listening. The Dem ocratic target in Oregon, as stated by Speaker Pat Dooley, is considerably under previous estimates. In Washington the administration seems disposed to have Congress hack at the budget submitted if it can see any soft wood that might be cut off. And the President says he is asking department heads to sharpen their pencils in. figuring their expenses. The House Ways and Means committee has done some paring of department requests. In terior's first of all. When the job is done, probably the savings will be mere shavings compared with the total. : "V , , LI j- Ford Motor Company reports that its stock- holders number 300.000. Pretty big family in itself. Ford stock still sell at several points under its offering price of two years ago. This year the company will get into produc tion of Hs medium-priced Edsel line and hopes : keen- and earnings restricted. Mayor Terry Schrunk of Portland is vigor ous in his denial that he picked up an envel ope containing S500 by a telephone pole in Portland, a parcel left there as an alleged payoff for protection when Schrunk was sheriff. The story is hard to believe. A sher iff certainly wouldn't be that-dumb. Editorial Comment DURANTE THE MAGNIFICENT On March 17 at the Waldorf-Astoria the American entertainment industry is uniting to honor one of' it great men. Only Jimmy Durante could be the subject of to universal and heart ' felt a tribute. Very few others have maintained to lengthy and to undimmed a reputation at a great comedian; very few others have engen dered in audiences such a tense of personal af fection. lA wlu rtn halr tn the Have M f and Durante ha ve known " and for veari mat teem counties. Youngsters who have encountered him for the first time on television have responded to him with a kindred enthusiam. Like Cyrano de Boigerac pardon, de Bergerac Mr. Durante has expos ed the great soul that lies beneath a massive nose, and also like Cyrano, he has at times left his audience uncertain whether to laugh or to weep. . i If versatility is one of the hallmarks of a great entertainer, Mr. Durante certainly has a powerful claim to greatness. In vaudeville, in night clubs, in the movies, oa records, on radio and, finally, on television, he has invariably de lighted his audience. Today he is known to and beloved by more Americans than at any time previously, and the good wishes and thanks of all of them will be extended to him warmly as he receives the formal appreciation of the pro fession of which be is a part. New York Herald-Tribune. Ia this eeafaae state af pah Be aaialea, the Sevlet leaders , haa to make great fahte with still a natter weaesa the eaM fear which always msatres wtahfahteet a a had jadfmeat With vb-aleat aaU-Amerteaaltm already rampaat. they are gt tag; to braadlth their aew arm. (It ta a fair bet that they win - that-sly make seme tart af pah Be abewlag af aa latermealato raace halllsti, minlle with ka ataanle ar hyaragea warhead, which win laaplre very eel fear ladeed.l Aa they are ga ng to say to aar Baataers hi the Weatera alliaaee: "Tact Amerlcaas are terrible . people aayway. If yaa aaly were act Naked with them, we aheaM be Bice at ale ta yaa. Sa wky da yaa rut the risk af being rdevaatated by these daagereai toys af eart la a aaarrel be iweem at aad the Americana, yett hecaear yaa aaatlaately re a- tlaaa to great the Amerlcaat " baae la year eeaatriet? Once again, in the htrrview he granted me. Nikita Khrush chev quite discernibly hinted at thit Soviet approach. He also quite confidently predicted that the American overseas bases would eventually be liquidated. J By these mean, in sum, the masters of the Kremlin hope to organize a gigantic upset of , the world balance of power, only comparable to the upset in the European balance of power that occurred in the Thirties. , If you look at this Soviet : foreign policy cold bloodedly, without the cheap self, indul gence of essy indignation, yon have to admit that the Krem lin's masters are very far from stupid or weak. Their strategy, alas,, is prudently bold, well ad justed to the means at , their disposal, and on the whole well calculated, to attain the aims they have set for themselves: , In truth, 'the Soviet strategy leave only one key question un answered. If the world balance : of power is successfully upset , as planned, bow will the sud denly aroused United States then - Ttci't fConvrtatit 1M1 New York Htrald-Trilnui GRIN AND BEAR ' ZU Vk 53M WW i "If they're gonna use canned laughter in filming niy new comedy series, it porta be in the econtract they'll use only belly laughs and no giggles, titters or chuckles! ..." - (Centlaaea . further punishment as may have been prescribed by law." Curious to' know ; why the drafters of the state constitution . had foresworn the remedy of impeachment, I looked -up the -matter in Carey's history of the constitutional convention. Ap parently there was no debate on this section. It war part of the original draft on the judi cial department and sailed through first, second and third readings to final adoption... A related provision which ap pears as Section 20 "Original Article VII" did provoke tome debate. Thit read: ' "The governor may remove from office a judge of the su preme court or prosecuting; t- torney, upon the joint resolu- tion of the legislative assembly,' in which two-thirds of the mem bers elected to each house shall concur, for incompetency, cor ruption, malfeasance, or delin quency in office, or other suffi cient cause stated " in such . resolution." .: The debate in the eohstitu . tional convention was ever a proposed amendment to change "may" to "shall." This would have required the governor to oust the official on resolution the Legislative Assembly. ...;.. --- members feeling that- the gov ernor should have some option in the matter lest an official be ousted for mere political reasons. So far as I know this provision of the constitution has never been applied. There may even be some question. a to its validity since' it was omitted from the 1910 revision of Article VII. Some provision should be made for suspension of a public official who la under indict ment, especially- for a district attorney. His salary should be continued pending a disposition of the case: but he ought to be 1 ; . . ninaiing oi criminal matters. If a law can do the Job, all right. However h looks ss tnougn tne eonstitu- tion should be revised to pro- vide mechanics of removal or suspension of a public official irom office, where sufficient caus exists. This Legislature also is con- port of legislation to extend cov sidering a proposal for selection erage of the minimum wage law of jurors insuring that selection to . thousands now exempt from is msde by lot from names of . Time Flies FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago Mar, I, 1MT Fnrmeiinn rJ m m c.inU club of the Pacific Northwest nj.PlTm " r fewer people sub took place at the YMCA at a con- ,idlM Integrated lumber and pa ference of five Oregon Garden Pr companies "at the expense of clubs. Elected president, of the ip of, helpless workers." group was Mark Taylor, and "The recent protests of publish Harry M. Each, secretary of the era against the t4-S increase per Salem club. . ton, that the paper companies Planned addition, to Rohland'1 EVti Z fh..rLe? store in the Hollywood district. Z'jL L V &L J Z approved by the civilian produc- f teeS'conS J? He added. ' 25 Years Ago Mar. t, ltlt Mr. Isabel 'Gray Clifford, ISM Ferry street, received word that she was the winner of first prize in a "Feature Story" contest conducted by "The Writer." which is the oldest authors' mag azine in the country. Word that the Salem high h,uddle sfking compromise school "Clarion" newspaper had P1" .INtt would require no new received one of. the principal fovernment outlays, awards In the contest conducted Rep. Poage D Tex), acting by the Columbia University of chairman of the Agriculture Corn New York achool of journalism, mlttee, reported "progress" was Margaret Savage Is editor of the Clarion. ! 40 Years Ago Mar. I, HIT . . "Z At th meeting of the direc club plans were made for new club quarters In the building that la being constructed by Steut loff brother on Liberty street. Most people like smelt moat agree on one of' several compro Salem people at any rate. Last mis plans which Poage said were week it took more than It tons advanced at today's closed-door of smelt to satisfy this city. By Lichfy from Page 1) citizens. In this connection the provision of ,the constitution applies (Sec. 8. Art. VII): "The Legislative .Assembly shall so provide that the most com petent of the permanent citizens of the county shall be chosen for jurors." Just how the Assembly can sort out the '"most competent" from among . the "permanent citizens" is a question we pass on to that Honorable Body.. Better English By D. C. WILLIAMS 1. -What is wrong ' with this sentence? "He was born the first of February, and now he weighs in - the neighborhood of 12 pounds." " J. What is the correct . pro nunciation of "delinquent"? 3. Which one of these words i misspelled? Bavarian, subter ranian, historian, chameleon. 4. What does the word "pan acea" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with la that means "incapable of being avoided"? Answers JLSay..J!JIewas.J)om-othe. first of February, and now he weighs ABOUT 'or, ALMOST I 12 pounds." 2. Pronounce dee-LING-kwent, and not dee-LLN-kwent. 3. Subterranean. 4. A remedy for all diseases: a cure all. (Pronounce panah-see-a, ac cent third syllable). "His faith in God is his panacea." S. In evitable. , $1.25 Hourly Wage Termed Barely Enough . WASHINGTON, March I IH - Jofeph A. Bierne. president of the communications Workers of America CW),-said today i si is hourlv "ia th email. est amount that will bring bare insistence to an American fam- ily." Bierne appeared before it Sen ate Labor Subcommittee in sun the present f 1 minimum. Max Greenberg, president of the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, said 20 million work' era "are now denied the protec tion" of the minimum wage law and the 40 hour week. Nearly one- third, he said, are retail workers ' A. F. Hartung, president of the International Woodworkers af Portland, Ore- aaid elimination of coverage for logging operations House Farm Chiefs Huddle WASHINGTON. Msrch I iu House farm leaders, worried .by, criticism of the cost of their new' corn-feed grain bills, went Into a mane at tn meeting and added: "I think there is 50-50 chance of getting a bill we can both agree on." ' '" . . . Republicans aqd "Democrat have split sharply on rival bills designed to reduce overproduc v, v,,i ii aim i in irr-u niaiin with resulting price drops. . A meeting of the fall House Ag riculture Committee was called for tomorrow mofnino In trv tn session of key farm members. - IT Mentally III Duo Captured SPOKANE, March IW - Two escapees from the maximum se curity ward at Eastern State Hospital were captured in down town Spokane .tonight, tired, hun gry and unarmed. Charles Barrett. 34. Washougai, Wash., and Cornelius Nowell, 35. Seattle told officers they had walked' all the way to Spokane after escaping from the mental hospital at Medical Lake, Wash. They told police of. leaving Johnd L. Wilson, 28, Yakima, after aca ing the hospital fence and sai they did not know where the third escapee had gone. petective Fred Obde said the two men offered no resistance when he stopped them at the intersection of Main and Washing ton. They gave wrong names at first, 'he said, but later admitted their identity and complained of being hungry. Police planned to' return the men to Eastern State tonight. ', The three inmates, described as dangerous, used a mandolin wire and hacksaw blades in their es cape. 1 TV; Radio Ads Monitored by Critical FCC WASHINGTON, March I Chairman John W. Gwynne said today Federal Trade Commission investigators are' tuning in on TV and radio ads and may soon lodge complaints against "illegal claimsT""- Gwynne gave this word to' the House Commerce Committee aft er some memberr complained -of what they called misleading, "exaggerated" or "absolutely de ceptive" advertising op radio-TV or elsewhere. The FTC chairman said his men have been checking advance scripts of radio-TV ads for along time, but recently investigators in nine field offices throughout the country have been ordered to ac tually monitor the live broadcasts on apart-time basis. "And in the very ncarfuture." Gwynne, aairL "it could result in complaints against illegal claims including visual misrepresenta tions." Negro Church Infiltration Tried by Reds' ... 'BATON ROyGE,..March.liv Two former Negro Communist leaders testified today Red agents have been trying aince 1929 to in filtrate Negro churches, especially in the South. Leonard Patterson told the Lou isiana Joint Legislative Committee on Segregation, probing influence behind racial unrest, "The Negro people in the South never accepted the Communist party program;" And Manning Johnson said Communists worked on Negro pas tors in Dixie, pressuring them to participate in various front move ments. Both New Yorkers were former Red leaders before they turned against the party. Johnson said Communists fa vored the churches in the South as a target because they provided a cloak of respectability and place to hide from police investi gations.. "When a cry arose against the law investigators," he added, "the agents thus created sympathy for their cause. The Communists were very clever in this.' The committee hearing in a state Capitol courtroom was less than half full when the hearings opened yesterday. But an overflow audience was present today. . Ghana Joins . U.N. Family UNITED NATIONS, NJ V., March I l Ghana became' the 81st member of , the United Na tions today less than three days after it came into existence. The new African nation was welcomed by unanimous vote of the General Assembly., Its action came a day after the 11-nation Security Council unanimously rec ommended Ghana for member ship. Ghana combines ' the former British Gold Coast colony and the U. N: trust territory of British Togoland. II became Independent Wednesday. Ghana's Setha Kobla Anthony was on hand for the U. N. vote and took his seat in the Assembly immediately. Bank Bandits Get 30,000 AKRON. Ohio. March OT-Two masked men held up , the Evans Savings Assn. branch bank and escaped with an estimated $30,000 here today. ' Gerald Foley, branch manager, said the two men, wearing masks, came into the bank about 6 p m: and, holding employes at gun point emptied the tellers' cash boxes. They then forced Foley to open the hank safe. -1 The bank is located in the south shopping plaia on Waterloo Road just outside the Akron city limits. Akron police, Runmit County. deputies and the FBI are investi gating. 1 Probably the most familiar of all ! operas, Bizet "carmen, was first performed! in. Pan in 1875. Insurance Firm ' Snaps Records Mounting sales in Oregon during 196 was a big factor in the break ing of Allstate Insurance Company records in premiums written dur ing the year, it was announced Friday by B. M. Barrett, manager of the Salem regional office. Barrett said the company't di rect premiums in Oregon during 1956 were $3,424,400 an increase of $391,192 over 1955. Allstate policies in force In Oregon ' now total more than 00.000. Nationally, Allstate premium tales during the year amounted to $2(13.015,000 a jump of more than $30 million over the year before. Marine Guilty Of 'Touching' His-Recruits PARRIS ISLAND. S C.. March A atrapping. 6 fool. I inch drill instructor wat convicted to night on four minor counts of il legally touching Marine recruits. After deliberating for nearly four hours, the special court-martial board found Cpk William R. Walsh of Lyndhurst, N.J.. inno cent of 20 other charges of re cruit maltreatment. In Jindinc Walsh euiltv on the four charges of illegally touching recruits, the court reduced the severeity of the original charges by removing the words "struck" in each incidence and changed it either to "tapping" or "touching." After returning Its findings the court adjourned until tomorrow at which time it will reconvene and consider a sentence. In its finding the court threw out charges that Walsh had -struck the government's chief witness, Pvt. David Lee Porter. M. Hart ford. Vt in the head. It did find Walsh guilty of touching him il legally - ' Had he been convicted on all charges., the 25-year-old Walsh could have been given a bad con duct discharge, a reduction in rank to private, six months im prisonment and loss of all pay during cominement. Police Method School Due" A school in advance police meth ods will start next Wednesday at City Hall, with officers from throughout Marion and Polk coun ties slated to attend. The classes, to be given twice a week re sponsored by the Ore gon Association of 'City Police and the-Oregon Sheriffs Association. Salem Police Chief Clyde Warren is in charge of arrangements. Salem ,1s one of 13 cities in the state to hold such schools. Pro gram includes 18 instruction hours. The first class here on Wednes day will deal with "The Police Ap proach to Human Relations," with Salem Police Capt. Leland D. Weaver as instructor. Classes and instructors for sub sequent classes include: "Traffic Enforcement and Rules of the Road." Lt. William H. Smith, Eu- eene: " Juvenile Prnhlema " n- tective Ronald MrKenrie Port land. "Manrilina Mental P.m. Lane County Sheriff Ed - Elder; "Auto Thefts," Pfc. Robert Wamp ler, slate police; "The Officer in Court," to be Instructed by an FBI agent. C.T. Henry Labish, Dies luteintaa Newa Serrtea LABISH CENTER, March 8 Carl Thomas Henry, 57, died Fri day morning while dumping onions into s bin at the E. M. Boise warehouse. Death was from nat ural causes, Marlon County Deputy Coroner Charles Edwards reported. The Brooks man was working on a low platform when he col lapsed, inflicting a severe head laceration, but this was not a cause of death, ruled the deputy coroner. The body is at Howell-Edwards Funeral Home pending word from a brother, Fred Henry, Seneca, Kan. ' Nutria Pelt Group Forms - Articles of association were filed with the Marion County Clerk's office Friday for the Oregon Nutria Pelting Association which plans to provide cooperative pur chasing and marketing services for nutria growers. The association listed capital at $50,000 including 500 shares of com mon stock with a par value of. $50 and 2.500 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $10. Signing the articles were Don L. Plischke, James Reynolds. Harry A. King, Charles A. Apple and (.larcnce Lysne. 4'0rrBoaG$tutt9ma Phone CM 4-CSll SabaertpUaa Rales Br earner la cltleai Daily only IJS per ma Dall and Sunday II 4S per mo, unday only JS week y aiau Dally aa Saaaayt tin advance! In Oregoa ' 10 per mo I SO at ma UM year By aaall anay onlyt (In advance) Anywhere la VM. $ M per ma 17S eta ma. .SOS year In U.S. outalda , Orecon ., $1.4 per ma. Steaiker A Sum of (irealaeloa Bareaa a of i erttetnf ANP Orecoa Wewapaaer . fohtlihere AaeeelaUaa ASeerttamt Bepreeeataaveat Waia-Orirntk Co Saa tanrtero Bwtrois ' Weet Bolliaa Co . "Hew far Ckleaca . ' Salem's Post Office to Lose Long-Time Worker J t l-t I i' xj-v I-1 t J i -'t ' I Charles E. Eyre, Salem, as sistant postmaster, who 'will, end more than 33' years of postal service with his retirement March 31. ' ! . 'Epidemic' of Scrap Metal Thefts Probed Marion' County, along with most of the state, haa been plagued re cently with a virtual "epidemic'' of theft of scrap metal in rural areas, Sheriff Denver Young said Friday. Immediate disposal of metal by junk dealers makes such cases al most impossible to trsce down, he said. Sheriff Young advised residents to take down license numbers and contact the -sheriff's office when "suspicious persons" or vehicles are spotted in rural communities. Bargains in Books Offered In YMCA Sale For only one thin dime yoii cnuld get, thick 2.400-page copy of "Corpus Juris') Secundum," a scholarly law: book written by three professors. Of, if your taste runs to the classics, you could buy (at 10 cents peri early editions of "A Tale of Two Cities." ''Macbeth," or "Dick Tracy and the Mad Killer." These words were on sale Fri day at the YMCA's snnual "Book Fair" but maybe they've already been swallowed up by knowledge thirsty Salem readers. . By the time the first day's sale was halfway over, an estimated 4,000 of the approximately 7,000 volumes had been sold. The public will have a final crack at the re mainder today, from t a.m. to 7 p.m. The books are laid out on tables and sold - cafeteria style. There are separate tables for fiction, non-fiction, textbooks, children's books, and paper-covered books. tPaperbacks are half prlce.T This is the third such "Fair." The YMCA solicits book donations from altover Salem, and then uses the money for worthy "Y" cause. Soldier Reports $110 Missing Army Specialist S C. Harold Roll, Camp Irwin, Calif.,' told city po lice Friday that $110 was missing from his wallet when he woke up in a Salem motel. He related to officers that he and three other men went there about S a.m. and that when he woke up the money was gone. Total County Funds Reach $4.5 Million Some $1,591,000 remained in the Marion County general fund with total county funds standing at $4, 5G4.424 at the end of February, ac cording to county treasurer Sam uel Butler. , Other aixable fund balance in cluded the general road fund, $1,- 413.148; market road maintenance fund, $164,733, and the county school fund. $228,171. ' , Idaho Finest Qualify U.S. 6 IPTATES we a, 1 10-lb.BagASize POTATOES UJ. N. Slctri The Salem Post Office will lose on of its long-time -employes March 31 with retirement of Assist ant Postmaster Charles E. Eyre. He has' been on the payroll for 33t years. After first joining the postal , service here in August, 1923, as a substitute clerk. Eyre advanced through every clerical position. He i was named assistant superintend ent of mails in 1944 and later was promoted to head of that department. . Eyre was named assistant to Postmaster Albert Gragg on March 1. 1951, The retiring .veteran is second oldest employe of the Salem fa cility in point of service, His stretch ' of service is reportedly exceeded only by Sam Spider, downtown Section carrier who has been with the po.stnffice for about 36 years. Gragg indicated that he -will name a lucccsnw mirr inia monin. ReDlarement Drohahlv will coma from the postoffice staff: The 66-year-old Eyre, a native of Salem, said that after retire ment he' will "devote a lot of time tn gardening, flowers and some Interior decoration on my house." . Eyre and his wife, Stella, who live at 1045 N. 15th St., also plan, to see ntore of their daughter, Charlotte, and her two children in California. WU to Play Host to Two Meets Today Willamette I'niversity will b host to two conferences today the second annual Counselling and Guidance conference, and the Collins Scholarship competition. High school counselors from schools throughout the Pacific Northwest will meet at the Salem campus Saturday morning at I a.m. in the fine arts building. The value of a liberal arts back ground in training for business careers will be discussed in a panel. "Education as a Prepara tion for Business and Industry." -Panelists include GerstdFrank, manager of Meier and Frank store. 'Over .75 students are expected from -Pacific Northwest high ' school to take the Mary L. Col lins competitive scholarship ex amination. - Ten such scholarship are awarded annually to outstand ing high school seniors; five of these are awarded to men and five to women. Five Salem ROTCCadets Assigned Branch and length of service as signments for five Salem senior Army ROTC cadets at the Universl ly of Oregon in Eugene, who wiff; go on active duty next year, were announced by the Department of Army Friday. . -They are Chuck B. Huggtns," Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Huggins, 743 Stewart St., assigned to serve with ; the transportation corps for two years; Murray A. Jensen, son jil Mr, and Mr.1 Luther L. Jensen, -1790 N. 23rd St., adjutant general corps for six months. . Gilbert E. Jones, son of G. E. Jones, 495 N. 21st, military police corps for two years; Charles R. McClelland, son of C. R. McClel- a land, 903 Union St., ordinance corps for two, years; and William Main waring, son of Mrs. Bernard Main-1 waring. 2M0 Doughton, military in telligence for two years. 7 Students to Lead Service t Uteimaa Newa Service "FRUITLAND, March B A spiritual clinic composed of sev en students from Cascade Col lege, Portland,- will a p p e a r at two services Sunday evening In Fruitland Evangelical United Brethren Church. They will con duct a discussion at the 6:30 Youth Fellowship Service ia which problems of Christian youth will be considered. ..The young people of the church are inviting adults and children to this special service. No. 1 ltlt WtihJ, Mrt EcMonlc if JpecW Prlc t Jli Idah 10 k, 59c Uajltnsj Sin toil I