Lutheran Leader in Salem,
Stroke
Strikes
Cardinal
Prelate Stritch
Receives Last
Rites of Church
Creek
Fishing
At Issue
No Stocking
Plan May Be
Reconsidered
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Tht Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, May 20, 1958
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No. 58
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Dr. Franklin Clai Fry (right), titular head of 70 million
Lutherans, talks with Rev. L. H. Steinhoff, Portland, pres
ident of Pacific Synod of Lutheran Churches, as the two
arrived for the synod's convention here.
Lutheran Conclave
ns; 750 on Hand
Drawing Power of Religion Singled Out
By JERRY STONE
Staff Writer, Th Statesman
Despite the idolatry attached to science in these times,
ever increasing numbers of persons are turning to religion,
a world protestapt leader said in Salem Monday as he arrived
for a convention of the Pacific Synod of Lutheran Churches.
"The realm of science has con
tributed wonderful and construc
tive things," added Dr. Franklin
Clark Fry, president of United
Lutheran Church of America, head
of the Lutheran World Federation
and also chairman of the powerful
central committee of the World
Council of Churches.
"But those who think science is
a kind of escalator to peace, pros
perity and everything else the
heart desires they will find that
it falls short of complete fulfillment."
Dr. Fry, who only recently was
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For five years Charles de Gaulle
una Biwu in uic wings, witnessing . . i p:
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actors on the stage of French pol
itics, waiting a "call" to power to
set things straight. Last 'Thursday
he broke the silence of recent
years by announcing "I hold my
self ready to take over the powers
of the Republic." Yesterday he
came to Paris from his country
home and held a press conference
at which he repeated his readiness
to lead France out of chaos.
But the government has refused
to Invite him to take over. And
the workers staged a strike of
sorts to show their opposition to.
his return. Only in riven Algeria
does he have a strong and vocal
following. There the French army
has joined with French solons to
hail "Vive de Gaulle."
France's political woes are many
and grevious. Its party fragmenta
tion prevents developing and pur
suing a unified policy, though the
government manages a marked
consistency in spite of the frequent
overturns of cabinet memberships.
Haunted by the psychological
trauma of its 1940 collapse, it was
worn down after, liberation by the
revolts in Indochina and North
Africa. Now Algeria is the rack
on which la belle France is' sorely
drawn. There the French appear
to be fighting a war they can't win,
(Continued on Editorial Page 4)
article as "Mr. Lutheran" and who
is subject of an article appearing
in the issue of Coronet magazine
appearing today, will be a featured
participant in the 58th annual four
day session of the Pacific Synod
at St. Mark's Church.
Some ISO delegates from 61 dif
ferent churches in Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, British Columbia
and Alaska were on hand Monday
for opening convention program
which included afternoon business
session, dinner and evening com
munion with host pastor Rev. John
L. Cauble as liturgist. The con
vention runs through Thursday.
Today's agenda will include or
ganization of committees, officers'
reports, nominations of officers
and evening ordination service at
St. Mark's Church, with Synod
President Dr. L. H. Steinhoff
preaching.
(Add. details on page 2)
ROME (AP)-Samuel Cardi
nal Stritch was felled by i
stroke Monday. He received
last rites of the Roman Catho
lic Church Monday night for
the second time in three weeks.
A blood clot in the brain im
peded the speech and partly par
alyzed the right side of the 70-
year-old American prelate.
His right arm was amputated
April 28 to check the threat of
gangrene arising from another
blood clot.
Given Extreme Unction
The cardinal received extreme
unction also before that operation
There was a question in Roman
Catholic circles as to whether the
last rites should be given again
after Cardinal Stritch suffered the
stroke.
A priest explained the sacra
ment cannot be received twice for
the same illness. He said it was
decided to administer the rites be
cause the cardinal had been re
covering from his first illness, but
now for the second time is in dan
ger of death.
Crisis Expected Today
Doctors expect his condition to
reach a crisis Tuesday.
Cardinal Stritch was able to
to drink fruit juice and water. His
personal physician. Dr. Ralph Ber
gen of Chicago, said the cardinal's
condition was stationary and
'there is nothing we can do at
present."
The Weather
Today's foretsif: Mostly
sunny today and Wednesday,
xcept patches of early morn
ing clouds. High 82, low 50.
(Complete report paf 1)
Stassen Bids
For Governor
Post Today
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pennsylvania and Maryland
hold primary elections Tuesday
with widest attention being given
to Harold Stassen's bid for the
Republican nomination for gov
ernor in Pennsylvania.
Stassen, former governor of
Minnesota and more recently an
aide to President Elsenhower, is
bucking the Republican state or
ganisation. Its support went to
Arthur T. McGonigle, a pretzel
manufacturer,
Stassen also Is fighting off
charges he Is running in hopes
that, as governor, he can hurt
Vice President Richard Nixon's
chances of winning the GOP pres
idential nomination in 1960.
One of the voters, at Gettys
burg, will be President Eisenhow
er who plans to stop off at his
country home there en route to
a speaking engagement in New
York.
In Maryland, most interest was
stirred up by the contest for the
Democratic nominee for senator.
The four major candidates, James
Bruce, Thomas D'Alesandro, Clar
ence D. Long and George P. Ma
honey, all predicted victory.
In the Republican contest for the
senatorial nomination in Maryland,
Sen. J. Glenn Beall had only token
opposition for renomination.
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De Gaulle Poised
To Control France
Renounces Role of Dictator, States
He's Again at Disposal of His Nation
(Picture on Page 3)
PARIS (AP) - Gen. Charles de Caulle declared Monday
he is again at the disposal of France to bring order out of
chaos. He renounced any role of dictator but said he would
require extraordinary powers if he took the helm of government.
The towering gaunt World
MIAMI, Fla. This warty, yellow-brown critter held by Frank Bliss of the SPCA baffled
everybody for a time until a University of Miami zoologist Identified It as a poisonous
South American toad never before seen In these parts. The two shown here were killed
by a resident after one of them leaped at his wife. Another Miamlan reported that his
dog died after biting a similar toad. (AP)
Lung Infection Fatal to
Ronald Golman of Films
On the Brighter Side . . . John Ericksen I
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By BOB THOMAS
SANTA BARBARA; Calif. U) -Ronald
Colman, 67, whose gentle
manly manner set the standard
for class on the screen, died Mon
day of a lung infection.
His wife and co - star, Benita
Hume, was at his bedside when he
died at 5 a.m. at St. Francis Hos-1
pital. He had gone there Sunday
morning, suffering a virus lung
infection. His health had been del
icate since a lung operation a year
ago.
Few in Hollywood knew of his
illness. He had retired from film-
town glamor to lead the gentle
life of an English squire at his
ranch near Santa Barbara.
Jack Benny, on whose radio and
TV shows the Colmans often ap
peared, expressed Hollywood's
shock: "I am deeply saddened at
the news' of Ronald "Colman'a
death. He was a great actor, a
great gentleman and a great
friend.' '
Star for SS Years
Colman remained
years, probably
star for 35
record
. . .the swashbuckling hero
"The Prisoner of Zenda."
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Forecast Says
Mostly Sunny
Mostly sunny weather is ex
pected in the Salem area today
and Wednesday except for patches
of early morning clouds, McNary
Field weathermen said early this
morning.
The high temperature today will
be near 82 with a low of SO fore
east for tonight, they added. Mon
day's high was 80 degrees.
Associated Press reported that
the Northern Oregon beaches will
have low clouds this morning and
tonight and sunny weather this
afternoon.
movie business. He drew star bill-
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Woa Academy Award
The climax of his film career
came 10 years ago when he won
the Academy Award as the Shake
spearian-turned-murderer in A
in the Double Life." Strangely, that
seemed to send him into a decline.
For several years, he and his
wife starred on radio in "The
Halls of Ivy," a comedy about a
college president and his onetime
showgirl wife.
Colman was born Feb. 9, 1891
in Richmond-on-Thames, the son
of a silk importer. After serving
with the English army in World
War I, he came to the United
States with $57, three clean collars
and two letters of introduction.
After scoring on the New York
stage, he was signed for movies
His first marriage to Mrs. Thel
ma Victoria Maud Dawson ended
in divorce in 1934. He married
Miss Hume in 1938 and they had a
daughter, Juliet, now 14.
D.L.. DAk:Mf U nine, A Although motherless, these three baby robins are getting
D3Dy KODInS neipea the best of Cire. when cats caught the mother bird, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Elchlepp, 1065 5th St. NE, took over feeding chores and, from the
looks of things, are doing a better than average job.
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
At Trl-Clty 2, Saltm t
(Only fame scheduled)
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
At Vancouver 4, Sacramento I
(11 Innings)
At Phoenix S, Seattle 7
(Only famet scheduled)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Cincinnati 3, Milwaukee 4
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(Only fama Scheduled)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(No fames scheduled)
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
Screen actor Ronald Colman,
67, who died here Monday.
(AP)
County Tax
Millage Cut
Said Probable
By RONALD REEVES
SUlf Writer, The Statesman
Marion County's tax millage will
probably be cut one or two mills
on next year's levy, County Judne
ing from the moment he appeared Rex Hartley said Monday as the
with Lillian Gish in "The White county budget committee started
Sister" in 1923 until he made his
final film, "The Story of Man
kind," last year.
Handsomeness, polish, intelli
gence, an inner glow of optimism
a three-day session
The cut from last year's 18 mills
will come about despite increased
departmental requests if property
assessment remains at its present
and good will these were the level, Hartley said.
qualities that contributed to his The total of $3,991,604 in requests
durability. His clipped, nasal, arti- will be balanced with amounts
culate voice helped him bridge the left over from last year's budget
gap from silent films to sound and 1 jng and non-tax revenes.
became his trade mark. D jte the apparent cut in tax
Above all, he was a gentleman, millage, committee members ex-
But he could be a man of action
too. . .the idealist adventurer of
"Lost Horizon". . .the dashing le
gionnaire of "Beau Geste". . .the
pressed concern over the lower
economy and widespread recession
when departmental increases were
requested.
War II hero spoke out at a
crowded Paris news confer
ence. Then he returned to his
village home to awsit his country's
decision.
His statement brought a slight
easing of tension in France. Some
thought it appeared De Gaulle
might come to power through con
stitutional means in the crisis
arising from the Algerian rebellion.
Allied officials in London sug
gested he had lowered his price
to boost his prospects for assum
ing leadership.
Moment Has Come
De Gaulle told almost 700 re
porters he thought the moment
has come when he might possibly
be of direct use once again to
France.
Standing ramrod straight and
speaking in a clear, firm voice,
De Gaulle said he is ready to
serve "if the people wish, as in
the preceding great national cri
sis, at the head of the govern
ment of the French republic."
Shrugging aside a question on
public liberties, the general asked:
"Have I ever attacked fundamen
tal public liberties? No, I restored
them when they had disappeared.
How would you have me, at 67,
start a career as dictator?"
Weakened Country
De Gaulle said France is a
weakened country struggling in a
world of great difficulties and
dangers.
"But there are good cards in
France's hand for the future," he
said. "These cards open the per
spective for a tomorrow - which
will really be a French renais
sance."
De Gaulle was asked a general
question on what he would do in
Algeria in the Nationalist rebel
lion situation now complicated by
the French military colonialist
rebellion against Premier Pierre
Pflimlin's Paris government.
"I envisage the case where the
French people might ask me to
act as an arbitrator, he replied
He declared Algeria must be
kept from separating from France
"something which Algeria does
not want, nor France either.
Instrument of State
3 Perish
On Roads;
Toll 127
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Three traffic fatalities re
ported Monday brought Ore
gon's highway toll for the
month to nine.
There have been 127 traffic
deaths so far this year in the
Associated Press tabulation.
The victims reported Monday
were Mrs. Albert tiossllng, 38,
Canyon ville; James Boyd Smith,
50, Pendleton; and Alva John
Stoneman, 29, Lone Rock, Ore.
Plunges Off Highway
Mrs. Gessling suffered fatal in
juries when a car she was riding
in plunged off Highway 42 near
the town of Days Creek early Mon
day. Her husband, the driver of
the car, and Iris Royer of Tiller,
were injured.
Smith was killed outright when
an automobile he was riding in
crashed into the rear of a grain
truck near Pendleton. The driver
of the ear, Thurman Arant, was
injured critically.
Body Found in Creek
The body of Stoneman, a Brown-
lee Dam' worker, was found in
Pine Creek near Halfway Mon
day. He apparently was thrown
there when his car ran off Pine
Creek road. Two passengers in
the car escaped unhurt.
Killed Sunday was Mrs. Violet
Frickey, 37, of Cplton. She died
In a Silverton hospital after a one-
Icar crash on Highway 211.
(Add. details page 11)
"As for the role of the army,"
De Gaulle said, "it is normally
the instrument of the state, and
thus it should remain. But first
there must be a state."
He declared the French political
party system "is not solving and
will not solve the enormous prob
lems confronting us."
De Gaulle came to Paris from
his country home 150 miles east
of the capital to make his second
public statement in recent years.
He left political ferment behind
him in Paris!
To demonstrate its opposition,
organized labor slowed or stopped
Paris subways, buses and produc
tion lines in factories. This was in
response to a call by the Commu
nists, who depict De Gaulle as
striving for one-man rule.
Cook Booked
After Slaying;
Wife Stabbed
Marion County's young Mill
Creek fishermen may have won
retrial Monday night on the
State Came Commission's de
cision to quit stocking the
Creek with 3,000 catch-size
trout yearly.
More than SO Izaak Walton
League members and others met
in the Salem clubhouse to protest
the commission's sudden decision
last month to cease planting the
creek because it is reserved for
anglers under 18 years old.
J. H. Van Winkle of Oregon City,
chairman of the Game Commis
sion, said, after hearing the pro
test, he would make the matter a
special order of business and in
vited club representatives to the
meeting this Friday in Portland
of the five man commission.
Compromise Offered
He was far from hopeful, how
ever, that the commission would
change its mind.
Some suggestions were offered
that a compromise be made,
leaving the creek open to young
sters six weeks or so and continu
ing the planting.
Invited to explain the commis
sion's philosophy. Van Winkle said
that while he favored allotting
some fishing areas exclusively for
juveniles, the idea was "dreamy
in theory, but in practice doesn't
work out."
Not enough kids use their privi
lege and most of the fish are
wasted, he said.
Sometimes, he added, young
sters are not always prepared to
be good sportsmen and he said In
several cases in Portland, youths
went wild, kicked fish out of
streams with their feet, used nets
and salmon hooks. Kids should be
properly supervised, he said.
Use of Money Questioned
He said 20 per cent of all legal-
size fish planted go into areas
"not paying one nickle to support
the cost."
It is also wrong, he said, to use
money provided by the sale of
fishing licenses to stock streams
in which everyone cannot fish.
This was the main reason, he said.
for halting the stocking.
"If It's right for Salem to have
a creek set aside for Its young
sters, then it's right for every
other community he said, and if
you're going to-have that you're
going to have to dig deep because
it'll cost plenty."
He suggested that taking a boy
out fishing is far more important
than saying, "there's the fish, go
do it yourself."
(Additional details on page t)
PORTLAND Wl Judith Violet
Braley, 42, suffered a fatal stab
wound in the heart at a rooming
house here Monday night and a
short time later, police arrested
her blood-spattered husband and
booked him on a murder charge.
He is Harry William Braley, 38,
a cook in a restaurant at S.W.
13th and Washington Streets. His
wife worked as a waitress there.
Officers said that the stabbing
occurred in the rooming house
where the Braleys lived and that
he ran out of the place yelling
to the landlady that now you can
call the cops if you want to."
She did and Braley was arrested
as he was entering a nearby tavern.
Officers recovered the knife
from a tavern roof where they
said Braley told them he had
thrown it.
Sen. Kennedy Visits Salem
rogue villian of "If I Were King"! (Add. details aid picture, page 2)
Nixon in Better Spot Than Ever Before
For GOP Presidency Bid, Kennedy Says
By DON SCARBOROUGH
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Vice President Nixon left South
America egg-splattered and cursed,
but in a better position than ever
for the Republican presidential
nomination, in the view of John
Kennedy, Massachusetts senator.
(Picture at right.)
The popular young Democrat
visited Salem briefly Monday aft
ernoon following a Jefferson-Jackson
Day dinner Sunday at Eugene.
Asked at a press conference if
he thought Nixon came home a
martyr in the public eye after his
ill-received Latin good-will tour, I
Kennedy said the experience defi
nitely ,'helped him out politically.
Himself an oft-suggested presi
dential aspirant, Kennedy added,
"Nixon conducted himself well. I
think it's helped him."
Kennedy has been asked the big
question so often "Are you run
nings'that he can turn it aside
In his sleep, and he did it awake
several times Monday.
Obviously a little tired after sev
eral days of traveling and talking,
he replied neither yes nor no to
various shades of questions con
cerning his White House ambi
tions, i
"There are rumors you're going ,
f I;
to be a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination," a reporter
asked. "Just where do these
rumors come from. Senator?"
"I don't know," he answered
with a touch of fatigue and humor.
"There are a lot of other men
being mentioned, too, you know."
It's too early to say much, he
added.
"Have you noticed any ground
swells of popular sentiment here?"
he was asked.
"I didn't come to Oregon for U. S. Sen. John Kennedy of Massachusetts talks politics with
that reason," he sidestepped, "but fellow Democrat Robert Y. Thornton, state attorney gen
only to give my talk in Eugene." eral, during the young senator's brief visit In Salem.
(Add. details ea page I) (Story at left) (Statesman pnoto.j
Forest Fires
Doused; Huge
Blaze Slowed
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
All lightning-set forest fires in
Oregon were put out or brought
under control Monday, forest offi
cials reported.
These included two blazes in the
Siskiyou National Forest in South
ern Oregon, four in the Umpqua
National Forest and two in state
timber near Grants Pass.
Meanwhile in Washington State,
cool, quiet air with a rising hu
midity slowed progress of a forest
blaze in Snoqualmie National For
est and raised hopes the blase
would be brought under control
by Tuesday.
The fire has burned out approxi
mately 800 acres of largely second
growth timber in the forest fires
of North Bend, Wash. Spread
along a six mile front, the wind
scattered flames threatened a
2,000-acre segments of the forest.
It was the biggest of a number of
fires in Pacific Northwest wooded
regions.
Portland School
Selects Indian
Girl for Princess
PORTLAND - Wilson High
School Monday selected an Indian
girl, Gretchen Freed, as its prin
cess for the Portland Rose Festi
val. Miss Freed is the granddaugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Roe
Cloud. Mrs. Cloud was named na
tional Mother of the Year in 1950.
Miss Freed lives with her foster
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Pnndle. She is 17 years old ana
proud of her Indian ancestry.
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