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t4Sec. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sat, April 13. 57 Saflom's Blossom Day -Sunday Rain or Shine Blossom Day. Satan's official day lor viewing Um springtime scene, will be observed this Sun day coma rsia r coma shine, ac cording ta tha Salem Cherriane, sponsors of th event i lisps a( tha blossom rails which Theater Time Table CLSINOM , OASIS" 1 sstAK nivor tes -HtAVCN KNOW. 4X ALLI SON ' IS J J CAMTOL fContlnuaua from t m "INCH EDIBLE SHRINKING HAS" 1:80. J,:ae, tor. or the cnr tM, IJS, IM CSRAW -XkMit tUUKN tn at l-OS sul at S:IS "SHAKE. RATTLE at HOCK" 1:14. I M. 1144 "S U N A W AT DAUGHTElur IJS. S .15. I N NORTH SALES! ItRIVS W (Cale epm S:4i. SDmt at Ouak) THE KINO AND . FOUR t)UEENST Clar Gahla "CUHUCU BEAST OF THE AMAZON": John Bremltald HOLLYWOOD -TCAHOUSE OP THE AUGUST MOON": M IS WONDERS OF HEW OR LXAKS 'j- S IS Bids Opened For Insurance -Firm Office Bids' for tha propoaed Salem northwest office building ef State Fan Mutual Auto Insurance ce were 'opened Friday in tha offices of AjVhietet Jsmes U Payne. CflMractors and their bask bids werer Vieske and Poet-7SS.7U; Erwla E. BaUermaa 7S.Tg8; Robes D. Morrow E7MJM; J. G. V. atta ConrtrucUoD $837,171. all of Salens; and Donald M. Drake tsitlM: Henry M. Mason tBOS, 04: 0aA Junes 8. Hickey, Inc., 7M.KH. all of Portland. Ore. Tha propoaed ane-etory stnseture ta relocated near tha intersection of Portland Road and tha Baldock Expressway, will hare approxi mately 70,004 square feet of floor space . Floors will be of reinforced concrete, with asphalt tile and terraine covering. Exterior walls will be ef masonry with brick and marble facing, and interior walls will be of plaster. Tha building will have acoustical tile ceilings and ateeT joist roof construction. - South Salem's Sphkers Star In .Speech Meet ttfitVALLlS, April u - Five inentbers of South Salens High School's forensic farces voire amofg thoae whs Friday gained the final round ta tha State High School Speech Tournament here. The five were Bill Ford, extem poraneous speaking: Bettl Dyke, diKipaion; Ljunt Johnson, radio; Bill tRicbter. humorous reading; Dona Stone, poetry reading. Miss Amanda Anderson it coach of the South Salem group. The Weather Max. Attn. Trwr S4 43 A3 SS IS AS Aitarla Bakar NiK-IUdaHa4 Euaaaa . Klamatfe fans . MadSarS . ST 41 hawaort A! 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SALEM PRSCSPfTATTOir lata Start a Waalhar Taw awt 1 Ta Data Laat Yaar Normal "H SIM MAS VJcsiiura Drive-la Open(:45, Starts 7:1S 4-ENDS SATVTtBAY ;kut ikomoiiyi oust 1 Pies G BE PROUD ONES TARTS SUNDAY i TKii c:t.:n ruunv 'Ptnt - "COCKLES ii tlX HEROES .tOTOit-VU Dallas Csjes Open :4& Shaw at :M ENDS TONIGHT! 5 . "SAFARI" , sad . tLACKLASH" STARTS TOMORROW Wf lam Polden. Dehwrah Kerr V V lata rial ta . Second Feetaro Jiies Carney, Irene Papas la n X;U.iMllAr1AJI" -'. dnetMtttoe winds its war through tha Eola Hills west of Salsm will ba aviil abla ia all Salem restaurants sod hotels. Robert Fischer Jr King Big ef Cherriane, said. Signs have also beea placed along tha route ta direct viewers Ex-Valley Children Die in Fire Siatiaana Natra lamce SILVERTON. April U Two children ef a former Silvertoa couple were' among three persons who died in a recent hotel fire at Curry. Alaska, the Associated Press said Friday night. Contrary to earlier reports, tha parent, Mr. and Mrs. Jsmes E. Blakeley. survived the blaze. ' The AP listed the children as Christine, 1, and Charles, 1. Alas ietally burned in the April t fire was Mrs. Even Heara, wile of a section laborer. Mr. and Mrs. Blakeley, who re portedly managed too Curry Hotel in which the lira occurred, left Silvertoa for Alaska in March Its. Blakeley. reported to be about x. bad lived in and around Silverton for about 11 years, ac cording ta his sister, Mn. Ruth .DooeJdson, ' Silvertoa. Blakeley also formerly lived ia Salem and Albany. Mrs. Donaldson said she first was led ta believe her brother and rister-io-law alae had died in the firs after a radio breadcaat in Alaska gave out that information. Mrs. Donaldson's : mother, . Mrs. Paul E. Wennenten, Homer, Alaa ka, heard the broadcast and re layed word to the daughter ia Sil verton. v It was not Immediately learned whether Mr. and Mrs. Blakeley suffered any injuries ks tha fire. FieryiCrash ' ' Of Bomber Kills 6 Fliers BRUNSWICK. Maine. April 11 (It A- long-range Navy antisub niarina patrol somber fell aad burst inta fire ta a takeoff, today killing aB six crow members in the violent crash into woods Just beyond the runway. Cmdr. D. D. Decker. Brmtswick Naval Air Station administrative oKieer, said The plana didn't get toe high. It appeared to be a little steep. Then it dove tote a tittle wooded area, tt was Impossible ta get anyone out' The P1VSE Neptono Lockheed has two conventional engines and two Jeta set in pods naed ta assist ia takeoffs. The craft, bound on a routine training mission as it took eft southward ea the north-south strip, carried almost a full load ef gasoline which burned furi ously. - , - ... The miQiaa-doDar plana narrow ly mtesed five workmen who were clearing the pine grove into which the plane crashed.. 'The big craft, normaTly carry crews ef nine to 11 men, but dur ing training flights tha roster is reduced to six. Amoag the virtlme was James L. Waggoner, whs leaves his wife Violet ef Bath and four children. He is the see of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lea Waggoner of Portland, Ore. ;.. Portland Firms Get Timber Tracts PORTLAND. April 11 m The U.S. Forest Service today said 11 million board feet of Willamette National Forest timber has beea sold ta twa Portland firms. Cascades Plywood Corp. paid tHM for five million board feet, tha forest service said, while Santiam Lumber Ca. paid ! 101 .MS for six million board feet Tjx Carcass Clean - CHANDIGARH, India. April U UV-Cfeairman K. Saatanam at the India Finance Commiaaioa twit led Punjab state officials for lack ef imagination ia saying they bad exhausted all sources of taxes. Things never get that bad. he told thern, but didat specify any I ' ----t: fpHO phoni im ENDS TONIGHT -ri-:3 rut i.1u-,:::s ex m i annua BOnsnnoRaMstannMB ff fitir r,""Tr S3t -'- - 1 . -JT crmi r.::;:r.3faT3 SIAJI1S TUMUAawUtV AI 1:4 'inn m di z37aZILZP in - inn . ( " ' nil CarannASeoPlS i gl ssRawasj(ai tBtf&fUft S. It , t . armaii mm after they cross the Marion Street bridge into West Salem. This year's observance, 44th since Its inauguration ks uu, will bo minus the organ musk, guiding Cherriaos and special tours of the Capitol which have highlighted previous observances. : "Growth of bousing , develop ments In and around Salem has re sulted ia removal at many ef Sa lem s surrounding cherry or chards," Fischer said. ."Because of this development, the 'south route,' a feature of many Salem Blossom days, was taken off the schedule last year. It Won't be long before many ef the cherry orchards on this year's route will also be removed,'1 be added. la conjunction with this year's event, the public is invited ta at tend a YWCA Wives fee Cream Benefit at the' YW building. 764 State St., between S and 4 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds from the benefit will go toward construction ef the proposed YWCA swimming pool. $300000 For Fair Use Urged Use af a KKf.OOO fund "sitting idle since ltu" for a building to bouse 4-H and FT A, centers at tha State Fair was a hope ex pressed by, Allen Lee, Future Farmer representative, Friday. . Lee, with Burton 1 Hiitton, ap peared before tha State Fair Com-' mission asking for support at Sen ate Bill which would provide housing for the two youth organi sations, as well as non-livestock exhibit, space and a cafeteria. . The commission expressed In terest, but asked bow the two proposed to pay for the building. It was ia answer to this that Allea said be bad been told ef the $300. an fund, but added that ba had aa assurance "of course, that it would actually ba available.' Sap'VetT The commission, on motion of Del Milne, and a second by Mrs. Elmer 0. Berg, voted ta support the bill and provide a location for the building if the bill passes. The commission spent the entire day Friday listening ta requests and applications for posMons at the fair. No action was taken ea these, but the board 'will ga into session again Tuesday to head additional applications before tak ing action, John Travis, Hood Riv er, chairman, said. la the opinion af toe show mas, Monte Brooks, whose band has delighted Oregon State Fair goers ia recent years, tt is "foolish ta pay more than between S1S.0M ta 17,00 for tha night revue.- Geed Acts Cecity , ' Brooks said that good acts were costly, and that while the fair was eery eight days, it had ta be counted as two complete weeks because it took the two week-ends, "tha showman's pay-time." However. Brooks said, the state fair grandstand "as it now is, caa't bring in returns to pay for a more expensive show." The state fair commission paid S22.0OS for tha show last year, which returned tn.lSi, according ta the etiiciai audit. Mrs. Lynch Of Salem Dies Mrs. Reta Lynch, believed to be SS. died Friday Bight enrouto to a Salem hospital. Mrs. Lynch was a resident of U77H S. Commercial St She was ill for some time. The deceased was bora la Braia ord, Maine. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Haxet Wilson, St Paul. Minn., and aieces, Mrs. J. H. Allison, St Paul, and Mrs. Margaret Jones, San Diego' Calitf -s, s, .. t ' Services are pending at the Clough-Barrick Funeral Home. AEENS gPKAEES . L. A. Arena af tha State Indus trial Accident Commission will be among speakers at tha Klamath Station Industrial Salary Confer ence this weekend at Klamath Falls. 44713 1 Thieves Reduce Shiny New PITTSBURGH, April IX Heap irotiesmaa was, two weeks ago, a shiny new 1937 gedai valued al some I5.S00, like ant at left. Gettetmia reported kit car stolen March 31. Auto thieves apparently cut off body ia chunks witk a acetylene torch, possibly ta effort to avoid any futuro IdeaUflcsUoa af rcmalader of car. (AP Wlrephoto) U.S. Navy Things on - By NOAH aULPEat PHILADELPHIA. April 11 VW Tbe U.S. Navy squared things swsy on Noah's ark today. The Philadelphia Zoa received sa official communication - from Thomas S. Gates Jr., secretary ef the Navy,' resolving some nauti cal problems concerning the ark which is part of the sew children's sen heTft Th - art is populated Former Revenue Agent Maintains Bribe Innocence CHICAGO, April 11 UB A for mer Internal - Revenue Service agent pleaded Innocent today to a federal Indictment charging that he offered a lioo.tw brio. ' The plea was made by Joseph F. ' Kelly, af Vaa Nays, Calif., a cost accountant, before US. Dial Judge Wis G. Kaoch. - Kelly wm indicted March 17 ea a charge that bo offered $1M,S0 ta agents Donald F. Coca and Raymond W. Garrigsa to fx, a tax case.".' Kelly resigned his revenue Job ia Cbicsgo Nov. 1 Jet Rattles Seattle Area SEATTLE. AprO tt UU - A window-shattering. tile-cracking explosion ever the city this after noon M believed ta have beea caused by a Jet plana breaking the sound barrier. .. A telephone call to police short ly after the explosion said a Nsvy jet plane had broken tha sound htrrier. But San Point Nnvnl Air Station would neither confirm nor deny the report ' The explosion was heard sad frit from Ballard end tha Univer sity district on the north to Mer cer Island Sod Georgetown on the south. Windows were broken la the University district Tile in the floor of a room ia St. Joseph's Parochial School was cracked sad soma- stucco finish came off the outside of the building. McChord Air Force Base at Ta coma reported the only Jet from that- field ia the sir about the time of the explosion lauded at 1:11 p. m. Tha blast cam about that Urns. . u)WlT(T. . TONITEAT9:00 . '. -.'. - A . '. ' V -',' . ' fiai:rSlciio''SMKPREVIEl7'' - ' It Is in Cint ma scop 55 , ' " "" Starring ALAN LADD, SOPHIA LOREN And Clifton Wsbb Tip: It Is a Comedy Susponst Hit That Is Packing tha Thoatros Back East Anetriar Tip TKo Elsinoro Thoetre hi off orina mo ' ; Boat Entertainment Money Cam Buy Tonrta on mm program "Oasis'1 (7:00 pjyg ''SncrkPrsvus'' fooj "Heaven Knows f.!r. Al!isca" All POR THI RECULAI PRICES of auto fragments surrounding auto sales manager Fred Squares . Noah Ark with Iva animals.,'1 " "C The communique, replying to an inquiry from James S. Hatfield, a member of the building commit too ef the Zoological Society, read: "To: The Commanding Officer, Naval Section, Children! Zoo, Philadelphia. "Subj: Noah's ark. "Ref: tA your request for cer tain - official decisions concerning we above mentioned. . "I. The Department ef the Navy has given serious considera tion and much thought to your request for certain official deci sions concerning this ship, which is 'probably the most important vessel in the history of the world. Your onestioRuj and answers sre bated below. "& Wbt type ship would the Navy call tt? The Navy would designate the ark aa aa LSA Landing Ship Animal. "1. What is the rank of (be com manding officer? Nosh is obviously deserving of the special rank of admiral of the world's fleet, as bo commanded just that S IbAa m Maiitar aa ai ,iaaai oat fHa may have started out as. a reserve officer, but ho certainly was a regular by tha tuna ha reached Mt Ararat "1 What should we fly with the United States flag? Tbo church pennant which is the only flag permitted to fly above our national aaigB.' , , Death Takes Edgar Jordan Edgar Jordan. M. died Friday ia a Salem nursing homo. A nurse at the home said known survivors are his widow, Mrs. Edna Jordan, Salem, and three sons, BueU Jordan, Stayton; Lorea Jordan, Oregon City, and Harold Jordaa, Newport Services are pending at the W. T. Rigdoa Mortuary. Car, Train Collide A vehicle operated by Harvey Joe Olson, Salem Rt I, Box 124, collided with a Southern Pacific freight train and then hit a parked car Friday Bight in fbo SM block of Wallace Rood, city police said. No injuries were reported. The parked car was registered to Carol F. Eidler. 103 , Eighth St.. police said. Dsmsges to both cars were moderate in the !: mishap, officers stated. JL (10:30) Aufp i o Junk Probe of Nation's Financial Condition Voted by Senatprs WASHINGTON. April 11 SV-A large-scale investigation of the na tion's financial condition, includ ing taxes, interest charges and debt, was voted unanimously by the Senate Finance Committee to day in a surprise move. Chairman Byrd D-Va)-sald It would be "one of the broadest in vestigations -ever undertaken by Congress.' , The staid Finance Committee usually sticks with leg islation and only rarely getr into tne investigation picture. I The probe appeared to have po litical overtones. Some Democrats on the committee said H would center on "tight money and de-i scribed It as the answer to Presi dent Eisenhower's call earlier this year for a study af monetary and fiscal policies. - j The President asked .that this be made by aa Independent commis- j sioo. Republicans have introduced bills ia the Senate aad House to1 set up such a body, but they have ' beea stalled ia Democratic-coo troHed eonwuttees 'f " ' :-.W-:-: :-1saa I t - a.,- r Continuous Sunday .DEBORAH KERR Tonr lendesvoa 4 1 , illCHEIIMORGANsl H:s-I..l STARTS SUNDAYI Continuous rom 1:00 TM. 50c Anytime tl I,M1 I jL,I,,""",M,TT-ali ) i..2"l'T3i..M.i'Ait..Ji.w.....wlil Matnaa-ttitstcr-a PLUS For BOB HOPE RING CROSBT DOROTHT LAMOUR In one ef their funniest coaaedy hitst "ROAD TO DAll" ...... Heart Trouble Said No Deterrent to Pregnancy By FRANK CARET AaP ScIMMv) aWawfflMariafal - BOSTON. April 13 Uh Heart dis ease "need not ba a deterrent to pregnancy" and virtually air womea with heart conditions can safely undertake havlni a baby. ia the opinion of a Harvard medi cal school doctor. He said, however, that he wss "prepared to retreat from the Thief Caught; Wardrobe of Actor Found MUNICH, Germany. April 11 III Munich's Jail had a now inmate today, clad only in underwear sad sweater. Sa Adolphe Menjeu's wardrobe was restored ta almost its fun site. It all started when afenjoa re turned to his dressing room one dsy last month after working a studie at nearby Geiselgasteig, the Bavarian Hollywood. Ha found that a thief bad made away with four suits, two silk dressing gowns. 3S neckties, -three hats, a raincoat and a topcoat - Today Men joe confronted a tt- v ear-old jobless psinter picked up last night for vagrsncy. "That's mine,", Meajssei claimed when he confronted the man. "I bought that tweed jacket in London. And those are mv flannels too." t Tbo culprit had to undress on the spot with Menion aineerlv picking up his clothes. Police said s search of the man's room also produced Meajou's electric raior and several ties af his famed col lection. Game Commission Member Succumbs KLAMATH FALLS. Anril 11 If) Elmer Balsiger of Klamath Fails, a member of the Oregon Game - Commission, died here Wednesday after a two-week Al ness. He was Tt. - ? f Bslsiger operated a motor com pany fat Klamath Falls, where he once bad served oa tha City Coun cil. ,., i. - .. - f . .. DANCE Oyw Mzn Ad, Every bl. i: He 23 Court ERBY'S ORCHESTRA ADM. 50c DAI2CE to m x -f DAYTON LEGION HALL Mtrskby LYLI WESTEnNAinES Ivory Sat. Night 9;3o ta 2:30 Adas. LM (Tax inc.) 7 m Wo am holding mid groat picture ever! from 1:00 P-M.l ROBERT MITCHUM" For Adventnra . !kl ( n 'AOVCNTURCRS FOR HIRCI ENDS TONIGHT "Shake Rattle ft Reck" , "Runaway Dsaghters ' - Chidlren 20c Mere Lsffs ' latter broader statement pre sumably if evidence contrary to hia am amarleaco were resent ed and outweighed it Dr. James Metcsut votcea tne view today ia an Interview after i. MMj rw - f - Riitnv Rurwall also ef Harvard, reported to the American College af Physicisns ea results ef a sii-year study af preg nancies , a m e s g heart-diseased women. The ACP ended Its nth annual meeting today. Tha maid thorn warn KS nref- nnncies among 174 such women observed In tha study .carried on ai Raataa Lvinain HosoitaL and that only three deaths occurred from heart disease la we su-year period. ' riahtoJIv MP eent of tha wom en had rheumatic heart disease: 11 per cent bad congenital nean irJUhW. arwl tha MmaiianW had miscellaneous heart conditions. "We've sees patients with sll de- araaa al acvaritv ai heart disease go through pregnancy successful ly, lit. aeeicaue wa a reponer. Ha ssid pregnancies in beart diseased womea should ba cared for oa aa Individual basis. WANTED... MORK CUSTOMERS TO TRY OUR n SPECIAL COMPLETE CHICKEN DINNER COLE'S CHICKEN BAR dlSS Portland Rd, Ph. EN 4-SSSS Per Orders to Ga O.ooco kgoIj csanto' o WITH Lcrry a ioo Laaa new belnf featarot) " Tbo Northwest's Fiaeat SPioca Weotern Bead . Ar$vi:!8 PoYi:.:n Evtry S:t. Di ' EVERY SATURDAY NITE STOY VlUS '2 T.USIC wo -v.-.. m Im. a 12:30 Admission I Ta FREE DANCING LESSONS Jaat prr $1 aaailiilia Ma aharot fjaRaaanaW dsnati nsaSvJLaVanaSsaataa SR. -- -A " M BBsr BSRan) wnjsvassREasajwRi mnRnRSfnnfa ajfj tmtm WtaBRR Ami W a. haad at a'tkak nrf Starts Sundayl Cant, aat.iMMta (f Sparkllag roasedy Ce-Ult - A I . STARTS SUNDAYI Gates Open :4S PJa. Tls wosasa ia his srmt wss new the wife af the nun he called . . bis best friend! 4 4 - ' 1 fawawahB JWwiriSj " sV aisnisAwpw A . aaawusaasi f" PLUS SI,, 1 li t i n am i i Winter'Gnpsi Plains,-East By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Spring seemed like aa outcast la many sections af tha nation t where winter-like weather held reign yesterday. J ; . . A msts of cold air, which bid been holding down temperature " in the Great Lakes, stretched east ward to give the Atlantic States some aosetingUng westber, A three-ply spring storm featur- - Ing snow, sleet end raia swept through the Mldcontinent and gave a special Jolt to parts of Oklahoma, Ttxas and Missouri. ' Oklahoma received tha ' com- -pleto winter menu of snow, sleet hail and freezing rain. ' Aa ire sheath slid Inta North Texas and " deep Into the Southern Plains . around Lubbock with the prospect of mora freezing rsia snd drizzls. 1 Southwestern Missouri got a five- inch doss of snow. ' Ccltcivccds Every Scfcrdsy lliA Jcck Kinhh end l.'is l.'j.T Tcxn R rs Adm. $1.00, Tax Jnd. DsRcIng f in 1130 - Heer Them oa KjLM EvarySat.S:30rPJvi. Cosh Prize! fK rwr iwwr rrww l khvt f;CN Ccsccdd Rc.ngs Riders SAMIA . ., RHUMIA MAMBO -TANGO . SWING WALTZ I fc0T ksSVCtwaMO twt tar Ska Satordar aiaAa. . ROOM EndsTenightt "Incredible Shrinking Man" "Edge ef the aty" ' f ram 1 :00 fM. ' fnMni.piaiK" M.TRCMMCOLO Jack Hawking . Margaret Jotiaavon tSUS TON1UHT! "King sad Fear Qneens" "Car Beast af the Aausea" TECHNICOLOR- uasaf)A UvivwrliMii UaVTSJtl rStsitsni Dent Forgot Ivory Wednesday Night Is "Buck Night ' 7 LaBSakySBBaROWaWaRaR