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Friday, May 21,1954 . .j THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon SECTION I Pae 8 Local Paragraphs Appeals To Court Charles L. Mill;, living at 4690 Jones road, has appealed to the county court In connection with measures thai might be taken to prevent flood ing of his land. He reports that water from the road drains onto his property causing considerable erosion.. - Dog Control Conference Rep resentatives of all of the state's counties who are engaged in li censing and control of dogs will meet in Salem for an all day con ference,' May 26.' Arrangement for the conference are being made by Ervin A. Ward, Marion coun ty dog control officer. Students Will Dance Senior high students will dance under the instruction of Clyde Charters at the YWCA all-school dsnce this Friday evening from 8 to 11. The non-date dance will include mix ers and square dances plus social dancing. Parents helping with su pervision for the evening will be Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Rootter and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Braun. Meeting Place Changed The meeting of District No. 3, Ore gon State Nurses 'Association, scheduled for Monday night, June 7, at 8 o'clock, will be in the con ference room at Salem General Hospital. It was previously an nounced for the chapel at Salem Memorial Hospital. Cars Collide Minor damage was done to cars driven by Pet eris R. Caune, 475 North Com mercial street, and Dorothy S. Wollner, 290 Sonora way, Thurs day noon when they collided at the intersection of Mountain View drive and Candalaria boul evard, city police reported. Only Injury reported was a bump on the head by Mrs. Wollner's daughter, a passenger in her car. - Pleads Innocent Charles Melville Kinney, 3465 Abrams avenue, pleaded innocent to a charge of wanton waste of game fish Thursday in Marion county District court Kinney told Judge Val D. Sloper that fish he threw back in the water were too small to keep legally. He was arrested near Detroit lake by state police. Trial date is to be set.. i ' . Cuts Leg A cut on the leg was suffered by Terry Kincer, 8, 1465 Douglas avenue, Thursday while nl-vine in the 2200 block of South 12th street, city first aidmen reported. , They treated the wound and aavisea me par ents to take him to a doctor for further treatment. . Youth Arrested Cleo Elmer Harris, 19, Salem, was arrested Thursday on charges on theft of a government check and forgery. TTo was arrested at his home by Marion county- deputies and secret service agents, who . said the charee involves a treasury rherk made out' to Henry H, niMr nf Salem. . Block is since deceased. Officers said the check was believed' removed from Block's mailbox in the apartment house where he lived. Harris was taken to Portland to face . the charges. Graduates Meet Graduates of 1954 of Sacred Heart .Academy will be welcomed as new mem bers of the school Alumni asso riaiinn at it's annual meeting Tuesday evening at the school, it was announced Friday Dy nay Greene, association president. May Festival Program At Fairview Sunday A May festival' program will be held at Fairview Home Sun day afternoon beginning at n'rlnck with Drescntation of May court as the principal fea ture of the Drocram. . The Mav Queen and her Court, accompanied by a Boy Scout Honor Guard will be presented The remainder of the program will include rythm games and dances, mavoolc dance, band selections and cowboy songs. The public is invited to attend. ' MILITARY MB N AND VETERANS Check Passed P. Hale of Hale's Hollywood Jewelry, 2031 Fairgrounds road, is wondering if one young Salem man isn't starting his romance off on the wrong foot. The youth purchased a $90 diamond ring at the store Thursday and paid-f - it with a check. Hale became suspicious after he left and called the bank to find that there was no account listed for the name given, he re ported to city police. J Baseball Scores 9 '. NATIONAL .' ' Mllwtukte 030 000 110 10 1 ChlCHO . ) O0O 300 304 1 0 Caniy, Jollr S and Cruidalli KUPP stein, JeIfcoat . S and Oaraglola. - 6 Boston Reels Under Arrest BOSTON lB' Three men and three women faced Superior Court action today on charges of con spiring to overthrow by force' or violence the governmeni 01 Massa chusetts or the United States. All were arrested last night after a Suffolk County grand jury inves tigating communism in-Boston re turned seven secret indictments. Still being ' sought is Daniel Boone Schirmer, 39, once ' an avowed member of the Communist party of Massachusetts. Otis Arther Hood, 54, four times Communist party candidate for governor and self-admitted titular head of the party in Massachusetts for many years, was arrested in his Boston home. Ann.Burlak Timpson, 43, also of Boston, known as the Red Flame when she led demonstrating strik ing textile workers m the early depression years, said her arrest was "a campaign stunt by Dist, Atty. (Rrrett H. Byrne ... who believes the way to get elected is to prosecute Reds. The two other women seized and taken to the Suffolk County jail are Mrs. Barbara Bennett Rosen krantz, 31, of Springfield, and Mrs. Edith Abber, 33, of Boston. Also arrested were Franklin P, Collier Jr., 48, of Melrose, head of the party's bookstore on Boston's Beach Street for many years, and Herbert I. Zimmerman, 29, who authorities said was education di rector of the' Communist party in the .Greater Boston area. Still in Tie . Rifle teams of the Marine Re serves and of the Aimy Ktsems are still tied for the top spot in tne balem Armed Forces Small Bore Rifle League matches. Each has six and a half wins and one and a half losses for a percent age of .813. - , In the matches for the week of May 10-16 the Marine Reserve team and the Army Reserve team met and each had a, score of 1,811. This also was the high est score of the week. The pos sible score U 2000. Results of the , other meets were Company D, lb'2n Infantry regiment, Oregon. National Guard, defeated Battery D, 722nd AAA.AW battalion, Ore gon National Guard with the scores 1,778 to 1,682; and Com pany B, 162nd infantry regiment, Oregon National Guard, defeated the U.S. Naval Reserve team by forfeit . Pfc. Glen W. Wagner of the Marine Reserves was the individ ual with the highest, score, firing 386 out of a possible 400. In the second place spot was Cpl. Rob ert A. Young of Company B, who had 374. Standings at the end of the eighth week are a sfollows Team Won . Lost U. s. Marina Resea ..s'i 1'4 S. Army Reserve ..6V4 ivt . "Dr. James W. Connor, Dentist announces the opening of his of fice May 10, Pacific Building, 518 State St. Ph. 4-7313. : - Special on Azalea mollia. All plants $1.00 off for Saturday and Sunday. Doerfler Nursery, su in. Lancaster Dr.. Fit everybody just right: Class! tied ads! To hire help, rent va- cancics, sell things, phone 2-2441 Television sale; price reductions on new 1954 famous make televi sion sets. Ralph Johnson Appli ances. 355 Center. Open week nights til 9. Close out sale. Save up to 50 & more. Drugs, cosmetics & fix tures go. Also soda fountain. Crown Drug Store. 150 s. um i. Snecial on Azalea mollia. All plants $1.00 off for Saturday and Sunday. Doerller Nursery, zou is Lancaster Dr. ' Friday, May 21 Seabee Reserves, at Naval and Marine Corps Reserve training center.- Monday, May 24 Company B, 162nd infantry feg iment, and headquarters detach ment, Oregon National Guard, at Salem armory. Company E, 413th infantry reg iment, Army Reserves, at USAtt armory. " Organized Marine Corps Re serves at Naval and Marine Corps Reserves training center. Oregon Mobilization designa tion detachment, No. 1, at USAR armory. 9414th Air Reserve squadron at USAR armory. Births K.l.m Memorial HosDltll GREENWOOD To Dr. and Mri. Ern est P. Greenwood, 1B10 s- cnurcn bi., Klrl. Mar 30. Ratrm General Hospital BCHM1DT To Mr. am! Mrs. Norman Schmidt. 03 Earl Ave., a ilrl. Mav 30. RANDALL To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Randall. 1103 Elm SI . a llrl. May 30. DILLER To Mr. and Mrs. Charles TJtll.r. Ibii N. 4th St.. a tlrl. May 30. BACH To Mr. and Mrs. Willis Bach, 139 Delmar Dr., a tlrl. May 30. XRUOER To Mr. and Mrs. WlUlam Kruser, 3170 Byram St.. a tin. May 30.. Pet. .113 .813 .ISO .500 13S .000 weak Co. B. lMnd Infantry 6 Co. D..l3nd Infantry 4 TJ. 8. Naval Reserve ..1 1 Blry. D, 733 AAA Bn. o . a The schedule ror tno nintn matches 17-33 May Is as follows: u. B. Marine Reserva ts u. a. Naval Reserve. ' U. S. Army Reserva ts Co. D, loand Infantry, Co. B, 162nd Infantry ts Btry D, 733 AAA Bn. Presbyterians Favor Merger DETROIT W The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America unanimously approved Friday a plan for uniting with the Presbyterian church in the United States and the united fresDyter- ian Church. The assembly is the governing body for 2,581,580 Presbyterians in Northern states. The Presby terian Church in the United States includes the denomination s mem bers in Southern states. The plan now will be sent to the U.S.A. Presbyterian Church's 256 district presbyteries for ap proval or rejection by their mem' bers. If members approve, a - final vote on merger would be taken at next year's -meeting of the as sembly. - Dr. Ralph Waldo Lloyd, presi dent of Maryville College in Ten nessee, was- elected moderator of the Assembly Thursday. He was elected unanimously on the sec ond ballot to succeed the Rev. Alexander MacKay, president of the Princeton Theological Semi nary, Princeton, N.J.. ", ..... t"""l-"2-""- tM- I ; i" r - LAUNDRY ASSOCIATION MEETS n 1 T'& a U A 1 .... S -t' A 0 Public Works Shown above are the retiring officers of the Oregon State Laundry Owners' Association who are attending the asso ciation's 32nd annual convention. The group is meeting at the Senator Hotel Friday and Saturday and will adjourn Saturday afternoon following the election of new officers, From left to right above are Duane Lawrence, secretary-treasurer; Albert, Anderson, vice president; Bert Farris, Eastern Oregon district director; Richard Rawlinson, president; Lynn Hughes, lower Columbia district director; and Van Wieder, Willamette Valley district director. . .' . . . ' ' Stephen Speaks Here To Laundry Operators The importance of reducing unit cost of services suppjjed to the public was emphasized by Hugh Stephen, Victoria, B.C.i at the mormng session ol the 32nd Annual Convention of the Ore gon State Laundry Owner's As sociation being held at the Sena tor Hotel Friday and Saturday. Stephen said that by an infin ite capacity for taking pains to effect the reduction of costs, tne one-tenth of one percent saved here and the one-tenth save there would soon add up to. over one percent saved. He stated that one percent more profit was an im portant item considering the margin of profit upon which a laundryman works. Ed Christie. Puyallup. - Wash., was the other morning speaker and he told the gathered laundry owners how important it was to rely more upon doing things in one's city for the other citizens. He said that this would pay divi dends faster than would straight advertising of his business. As an example, he explained how, during his city's daffodil festival, he decorated his laun dry office with more flowers than were used for decoration by the entire remainder of the city. He said he also gave ponies to var- 7nnta rummage sale Fri. & Sat. May 21 & 22 at Brownell Electric 335 State. Ship $52,226,015 01 Surplus Foods NEW YORK (rtl Protestant, Jewish and Catholic relief serv ices have shipped $52,226,015 worth of government surplus foods to needy areas overseas in the past year. In a joint announcement yester day, the services said the ship ments included 155 . million pounds of butter, cheese and powdered milk. The surplus was released by the government on condition the relief agencies take over distribution. The religious groups also took care of the handling costs. ious institutions, including . the home for mentally retarded chil dren. ,i . , .-. . ... A "Handful of Peas" was the topic of a talk to be given by Lea Francis an advertising manager of Emery Industries, at 2:30 p.m. Max - Seller, president of . the Baker Liner Company of Seattle, concluded the afternoon' speech es with an address on "Textiles Are Our Business." A dinner dance is scheduled for the Capitol Room of the Sen ator Hotel for this evening at 7. Dress is dinner dresses for the ladies and informal for the men. Saturday's morning sessions will begin at 9:30 with a talk by Eddy Anderson, Eugene Laundry and Dray Cleaners, on "Indus trial Supply Operation," and will be concluded by a discussion of "Changing Trends and Opportun ities" by George Isaacson, Amer ican Institute of Laundering. The final business . session of the convention will be held at 2 p.m. and an election of officers will follow. An informal banquet at 7 p.m. in the Capitol Room and an installation of officers followed by an informal dance will conclude the convention. Russian Sub Strength 400 WASHINGTON" W - The Navy Friday estimated Russian subma rine strength at more than 400 a figure a half hundred higher than the Navy has used for . several years. ' Rear Adm. W. G. Schindler, as sistant chief of naval operations, disclosed the new estimate in pic turing "chaos" he said could result if a Russian submarine penetrated an American harbor filled with war shipping. "Think what would happen u the explosive were nuclear weapon," he. said. Ho also said that American sub marines could approach an enemy coast and launch missiles "which may contain atomic warheads.' The i admiral s . remarks were prepared for an Armed Forces Chemical Assn. meeting here. WASHINGTON 11 The House Armed Services Committee Friday pproved an 875-milUon dollar mil itary public works construction program. c - The measure authorized the con struction but does not appropriate money to pay for it. The money will dc provided m another bill. Debate of the autnonzstion bill to begin in the House Wednes day. . involved are projects at nearly 200 military installations in 43 states and the District of Colum bia. In addition are projects in Alaska, Hawaii, the Marshall Is lands, Philippine Islands, Japan, Iceland, Cuba, Okinawa and at un disclosed locations. Bonners Ferry (continued xrom Page 1) Axe and Fire (ConUnued from Page 1) The Knit Shoo in Turner is hav ing a sale on all yarns. Shop will be closed for the summer June 10th. Ruth Nybcrg Barber. Fresh killed broad breasted hen lurkevs. 35c lb. Orwig Market. 3975 Silverton Rd. or Ph. 4-5742. Marshalls Open for lunch daily 11:30 a.m. Special Sunday dinners. Bie Bov hybrid tomato plants, flower plants, choice plants, finest varieties. Jay Morris, 135 E. Ewald at Liberty Rd. COURTS District Court Benrr Jchn Ltraon, Portland, driving while Intoxicated, found innocent by Jury. Charles MfWille Kinney, 3465 Abrams avenue, wanton waste ol name llih. Pleads Innocent, trial to be set. Municipal Court Clifford Arthur Elfller Jr., 1959 Pront street, drlrini while intoxicated, held In lieu of ball. Robert Omer Bunntil, 120 North 24th street, disorderly conduct, cited to court. Arlo William Kimball. 2403 Dallas road, driving while Intoxicated, fiund lulltr, fined 1250. NAM Officials Greeted Here A forecast of industrial and economical development on the Pacific Coast in the next 20 years was made at a conference at the Marion Hotel today between rep resentatives of the National As sociation of Manufacturers and Salem industrialists,' business men and Chamber of Commerce executives. James Douthat of Washington, D. C, assistant vice-president of the NAM, was here to talk about national legislation, lie was ac companied by Jack Shields and Tal Jones of the Portland office of the NAM. In a resume of preparedness plans of the na tional association Shields pre dicted that by 1975 the coast states population would have in creased to 60 million people, which would be reflected in schools, jobs, necessary city serv ices to the people. Douthat, speaking about legis lation in Washington, mention ed reform among other things desired by the NMA. Mention was made of a film picture recently made of the Eyerly Aircraft operation in Sa lem, which later is to be shown on television throughout the na tion. Russian Agent (Continued from Page 1) Khokhlov himself told .the sena tors he was in a unit specially assigned to such activities as sabo tage of defense lpants, murder, the throwing of bombs and the setting of fires in harbors. "This witness has given a great deal of testimony in executive ses sion which, for security reasons, he will not be asked to repeat in the open session," Jenner said. One thing the senators wanted to learn from. Khokhlov was any thing he might know about Amer ican operations and plans of the MVD's international network. Testifying through an interpret er, Khokhlov said he had been "a collaborator, a worker" in the MVD for 13 years and an officer since 'September 1950. He de scribed it as a service "engaged in intelligence and counter-intelligence," and in the sending of agents abroad to counter the activ ities of "enemy agents." The murderer entered the house, armed with an ax, and crept into Cofran's room, then occupied by Lt. Rosewater. He struck the sleep ing Rosewater with the axe before discovering his error. Then he went to an adjoining bedroom and attacked Capt. Wessler, believing he was Cofran.' When he learned of his second mistake, he went upstairs to the attic where Cofran slept on a spare bed. cofran was then bludgeoned with the ax. Then the slayer set fire to the House and fled.' - Canfield recalled what he said were the following facts in the in vestigation which prompted nim push the charges: Leech had been friendly with German girl secretary who was discharged by Cofran. Cofran also cancelled an . order which would have provided business funds to her father "and financially ruined the old man'.'. An ax identified as one usually kept in the basement of. Leech's home was found by German divers in the river at Passau shortly after the killings..., ... . VELLER SOLOIST NEWBERG Dick Zellert son t,f Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Zellcr. 2195 S. Summer St, presented a music recital at George Fox college, Newberg, Tuesday, May 18. Zel ler is a bass soloist in the George Fox a cappella choir, and is also a soloist on the "Quaker Hour" rsdio broadcast, heard each Sun day at 9 a.m. on radio station KEX, Portland. Reds Assault (Continued from Pate 1) into and capture either of the posts. . . The mud and wood constructed forts with blockhouses and ma- -chinegun pillboxes but no heavy -artillery are in the besrt ot, rice fields with limestone hills ' nearby. From these hills the Viet minh can pump over hundreds of mortar shells to pave the way for infantry charges. .... .. . ... . Yen Phu is six miles south of Phu Ly, which is on a direct high way to Hanoi 30 miles to the north. Anxa is 15 miles northwest . of Thai Blnh, which is 50 miles southeast of Hanoi. Coquan is nine miles northwest of Thai Binh. - Earlier, the French command ' said 159 wounded nave been -brought out of Dien Btcn Phu . Another 350 soldiers from Ft. Lewis, Wash., arrived in trucks at 8 a.m., set up cams and went into action a short time later with sandbags to build up the dikes. tne Army engineers nave had 100 men and 50 pieces of heavy equipment in the battle most of the week. , 20 Diking Districts .. . There are about 20 diking dis tricts in the valley and seven have now gone out. Two more were in serious trouble Friday, and were getting major attention from mili tary and volunteer workers. The river was rising upstream again but cooler weather cut the rate of increase. The Kootenai stood at 17.3 feet at Libby, Mont. Friday, up a foot as compared with a 1.6 foot rise Thursday, It takes less than a day for that water to reach here. The Weather Bureau forecast a crest of 17.5 at Libby Lake Friday and said it should start dropping after that. Near the Canadian border at Rexford, Mont.: the Kootenai was up only .9 of a foot compared with l.s-loot rise umirsnay. .- Card of Thanks We are sincerely grateful to friends and neighbors for their many kind acts of sympathy dur ing our sad bereavement, our ap preciation can not be adequately expressed. The Holt famuy Russia Offers (ConUnued from Page 1) Bidault went to the nine-party session prepared to sidetrack for the moment the questions of Laos and Cambodia and concentrate on Viet , Nam, where Communist-led forces are threatening the Red River . delta. Before Thursdays recess, the conference came to a dead stop over French demands for an im mediate withdrawal of Red troops from Laos and Cambodia. France insists the problem of these two kingdoms be treated separately from the proposed cease-lire in1 Vict Nam. : ' Beware the neutral parent - . Have jo been frightened by warnings not lo interfere in "your child's JeeloptDeot? There . arc dangers to being a neutral Birent, loo. la June Better omes A Gardens there is an important article for patents - vtucb vail help - yen avoid man; of the pitfalls that lead to : unhappy dan-parent ttiatioo . ships. Don't mrss "Don't be a neutral parent" is hate Better . Homes ft Gardens. Get k today , vbeievci trngtziBci are sold 1 Transcripts of (Continued from Page 1) In other developments: 1. Sen. Gillette (D-Iowa) took the Senate floor to lambast both the present McCarthy-ATmy hear ings and the kind of hearings Mc Carthy has run in the past. He said American prestige has been damaged. The "so-called McCar thy . subcommittee," Gillette de clared, has violated constitutional rights of citizens. And the senate has the power and the obligation to meet that situation, he said. CALENDARS FOR XMAS Be practical, send a desk cal endar, your name before your customer for twelve months, cost no more. Calendars all siies, all kinds for every busin ess, also hundreds of advertis ing novelties, plastic signs, etc. Ask tn sec samples and prices, no obligation. ADVERTISING SALES AGENCY, INC. Phone 4 4754 BflltV DELILAS! IIUK LEADER FACES CHARGES MANILA UR Communist Huk Leader Luis Taruc was charged Friday with 24 counts of rebellion, murder and other crimes. 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