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Friday, May 21, 1954 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon SECTION I Pan 9 PRINCIPALS IN PRISON FLIRTING a V Sh- if V T IF 15. 1 1 I V mt mm mk 7" Francis Silva, right, 23-year-old life termer at San Quentln, Calif., state prison, has been disciplined by prison officials for trying to flirt with Barbara Graham, left, 31-year-old murder ess and the only woman inmate of the penitentiary. Silva's prison privileges were suspended for 30 days after he was caught emiting "wolf whistles" and comment in the direction of Mrs. Graham. Their cells are separated by a courtyard. Of ficials say the flirtation was one-sided. (AP Wirephoto.) Williams Says If Taxes Cut Must Up Debt Limit WASHINGTON iffl Sen. Wil liams (R-Del) said Friday that if the Senate votes big tax cuts in the omnibus tax revision bill, it should write in a provision boost ing the national debt limit, i "That would bo the honest thing to do," . he said in an interview. Williams, noted that the revision measure as submitted by the ad ministration calls for $1,400,000,000 Of Resources GALORD, Mich.lfl Solicitor Clarence A. Davis of the federal Interior Department said Friday legal restraint through gov ernment is necessary for the pres ervation of the nation's natural resources. At the same time, he cautioned against steady pressure for more .government control. . - He", also expressed belief that when the. government becomes the dominant factor in supplying elec tric power in any area "a- most unwholesome situation" Is created. "The leeal restraint through gov. ernment is absolutely necessary if wo are -to adequately-preserve the natural resources of the country," he said in a speech prepared for a ' conservation conference sponsored by the university Ol jvucnigan. .. "The government must neces sarily exercise powers of restraint against excesses but it must also hold open the door of opportunity and lend a helping hand to its tjitizens. "The way of "federalization of these resources, of their socializa- tion, of their bureaucratic opera tion and the regimentation that accompanies it, is not primarily the American way. Andrew McNally, Map Maker, Dies CHICAGO ,V-Andrew McNally, 67, chairman of the board of Rand, McNally & Co., printei , publishers and one of the nation's leading mapmakers, died yesterday after a short illness. McNally, grandson of Andrew McNally, founder of the firm in 1856, had been associated with the company since 1907. He served as president from 1932 to 1948, when he was named chairman and one of his sons, Andrew III, was elected president. He also is survived by his widow, two other sons, Frederick of New York City and Ward of Chicago, and a daughter. . McNally maintained homes i Chicago; Thousand Islands, N.V and Pasadena, Calif. Red Cross Drug Store to Close After Fifty Years A Hmtf fnri iHut lihS TiMn r,Q- eratlng Ui'Salcmior 46 ?J5rs will close May 31, 'according to its owners, c. is. , wues, ueorge Swartsley and Herman Jochim- .The drug store, known as the Red Cross Pharmacy, has been located at its present location at State and High ' streets in the in Dedi of tax cuts in the first year, with the revenue' loss increasing in later years. . in addition, he said, there will be a big battle in the Senate to add on a sizable Income tax reduc tion by raising 'personal exemp tions a move sponsored by sev eral Democrats. "If we vote total tax cuts of several billions in this bill, there is no way the government can get by without an increase in the debt limit in the last half of this year," he said. The Delaware senator, a mem ber of the tax-writing Finance Committee, has said he will oppose even the big tax-cutting items al ready in the revision bill ' on grounds that a balanced budget should come first and that the debt ceiling should be kept at the pres ent 275 billion if at all possible. ' The federal budget is out of bal ance by an estimated $3,300,000,000 for the current fiscal year and red ink spending of almost four billions is forecast for fiscal 1855 starting this July 1. For months now the federal debt has hovered just be low the leeal limit. President Eisenhower asked Con gress to raise the national debt limit to 290 billion last year -and the House complied. But the Fi nance Committee shelved the bill at the end of the 1953 session and never has touched it this year, ALBANY Annulment of her marriage to Kenneth J. Bond at Lebanon December 3, 1953, is ask ed by Vera Rose Bond in a com plaint filed here In circuit court, based upon the allegation that her husband employed fraud in induc ing her to marry him. She was only 20 years old and inexperienced in business matters, the plaintiff sets forth, and be lieved Bond's statement that be had a house and truck in Arizona; that his father owed bim $700 which would be paid on their ar rival there and that the father ,had offered his son 'employment at $600 a month as manager ot the father's trailer court. Mrs. Bond states in her com plaint that she herself paid for their 6-day honeymoon; for trans portation of personal effects from Oregon to Arizona and made the down payment on a car now in possession of the defendant. When she arrived in Arizona, the plaintiff alleges, she found she had been deceived, so came home She asks restoration of her maiden name. Dean. Masonic building . for 24 , year?, having been moved from Its orig inal location at 177 North Com mercial. . The group still retains posses sion of the South Salem Pharm acy on South Commercial street, and the University Drugs at State and lain streets. . , , . ' The new owner of the building space, Alex Jones, intends to use the building for his clothing store business. At preesnt he is located two doors to the north of the drug store on High street. He. is re ported to be planning to occupy the new building about June 15. The stock and fixtures of the store have been purchased by Andrew Johnson, an employee of the drug store, who intends to open a drug store at 135 North Lancaster Drive.? ... ' . ' The present partnership of the pharmacy took over control of the store in 1946. A. S. Hussey, now retired, was the druggist - for many years at the pharmacy. Mishap Claims Third Victim at The Dalles THE DALLES On -i..'A ronstnuv tion accident at Tlie Dalles Pam last rnaay nas claimed its third victim. Two. men were killed when a huge concrete bucket fell on work men there, and David Anderson Pearson, 46, The Dalles, succumb ed Wednesday night. The two to cue earuer were Ferrell a .Ball and Elmo Lawson, both of The Dalles. Five others were Injured Negro Executed In Kansas Prison LANSING,' Kan. OH Muttering a prayer, "Forgive me, Lord, for my sins," a 29-year-old Negro dropped to his death on the gal lows at the Kansas State Prison at 1:01 a.m. Friday. He was Nathaniel Germany of Kansas City. Kan'., who was exe cuted for the fatal shooting oi ut- v d W. Gray. 18; Oct. 38, 1947. Germany, the ninth person exe cuted at the prison since Kansas reinstated capital punishment In 1935, maintained he was innocent Grav was shot by a man who ac costed the youth and his girl friend on a country road. Sack Murder Trial To Open June 3 PORTLAND Wl The trial of George - F. Sack,, 61. apartment house owner accused of killing his third wife here, will open in circuit court in Portland June 3. Judge Lowell Mundorff set the date Thursday, alter,. back with drew his motion for a change ot venue. ' v"1' ' Lamb Brings Out Unlady Like Remarks ' PUEBLO, Colo, (ff) As a Pueblo, man stopped his truck at a stop light, a lamb he was hauling let out a healthy "Ba- a." The woman driver In the car alongside stared coldly at th trucker, then yelled: "Ba-a t to you, you :" The light turned green, the trucker turned red and the lady with the unladylike lan guage raced down the street NEHRU MODIFIES EDICT NEW DELHI, India W Prime Minister Nehru said Friday his government does not oppose trans. it of French 'wounded from Indo china over Indian soil provided the planes are unarmed and Hy ing alone. East Salem WASHINGTON W - The 'gov crnment reported Friday living costs declined slightly in April. The drop, the third in : three months, was almost entirely due to lower excise taxes effective April i. . -.. .- Too nci?r. means a penny-an- hour pay' cut for about 1.230.000 workers in the auti, aircraft and farm equipment industries whose pay rates are geared by union con-! tracts to the government ' living cost index. ..-- -. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 'Its index declined two tenths of one per cent from mid March to -raid-April, lowering the index to, 114.6 per cent of the 1947- 4 average. This is seven-tenths oi one per cent below the October 1953 peak when the index was 115.4. The 'April index, however, is eight-tenths of one per cent above year ago. , Commissioner Ewan Clague of the bureau said' the April decline was entirely due ts the April excise tax cuts and the index would have remained unchanged without the cuts. Food i prices rose in April by three-tenths of one per cent, main ly due to higher prices for fresh fruits .. arm i vegetables,-, potatoes, lettuce," some meaU .ahd coffee. Thist was countered by lower prices for" clothing,-, seasonal re ductions in coal pnees, .ana lower costs of house furnishings,' house hold operations and personal care. Although the northern boundary of Indochina touches the Tropic of Cancer, the area itself extends 1,000 miles' into the tropics. .. Would Strip Milk Board's Price-Fixing PORTLAND ( The Oregon Farmers Union intends to try to get the next Legislature to take, price-fixing powers away from the milk control beard. Harley Libber, state Farmers Union president, said Thursday the executive board also has de elded to try to get the milk law changed to raise the mini mum buiteriat content of stand art milk from i.S to 4 per cent. The board also wants to pre vent any cuts in basle grade A market allotments of dairymen with quotas of lest than SO pounds. The- group tried w)that sue. cess to get the last Legislature ta make similar changes. Ideas for your summer comfort , Why not make this the year you really do something with your porch and terrace. You can v tidia much to the pleasure and "comfort of summertime living br creating a place where the family can relax, take it easy ' and cool off. The June issue of Better Homes -at Gardens in eludes 6 pages of ideas on bow to set porch, lawn, sod terrace . ready for summer.-All ia color. ' Get it today . . . wherever mag tziaet are sold,,' -, . Publisher Dies MINNEAPOLIS Wi - Gideon S. Seymour, vice president of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and an active civic leader, died of a heart attack at his home yester day. Seymour, 52, had been hospital izad three months after a similar attack last December but had re covered and returned to his desk April 1. . A native of Arlington, S.D., he had seen worldwide service with The Associated Press before join ing the Star as editorial page edi tor In 1939, He joined the AP te correspondent at Pierre, S.D.," In 1923. It was there he met Agnes Peterson, whom be married in June 1926.' , r , He served at Chicago and Indi anapolis before becoming general city editor for The AP in New roric in 1929. Two years later he was named chief of bureau at Buenos Aires and assignments to Cape town, South Africa, and Sydney, Australia, followed. Survives are his widow; a son, Peier, 18; a brother, Forrest, as sociate editor of the Worcester (Mass.) Gazette and Telegram; and two sister;, Mrs. Bert Popow ski, Aberdeen", S.D., and Mrs. George Severson, Bogota, . HELP WANTED? ... liit adaptable : Hit , . n fa 23 taf See Mo at Roberts Soon EAST SALEM Leaders of East Salem 4-H clubs that have been in the Salem school groups taking part in last week s spring show, have their lists ofawards to members compiled. - Merry Mixers club of Cooking I, II and III with leaders,. Mrs. Dale Mallicoat, Fred Smalley and Albert Suran, have the following awards for .the girls: AH 15 girls had exhibits with Marilyn Page, champion in bread baking, and Eileen Smalley, champion with ice box cookies, and a blue rib bon went to Marlene Mallicoat for cup cakes. For their bread Judy Pahl and Monica Smith re ceived red ribbons and a red rib bon to Sharon Suran for ice box cookies and Kay Engle a red, for cup cakes. Gale Marble has a white .rib- bon for her vanilla drop cook ies. Seven of the girls entered the cooking I judging contest and all placed; blue ribbons went to Diane Bueller and bnaron Suran who had the highest indi vidual scores of any judging. Red ribbons went to Jackie and Eileen Smalley and white to Gay- lene Kepplnger, Sharon Muller and Marlene Mallicoat. Marilyn Page also has a blue ribbon in cake baking with her bread baking champion. In the muffin baking contest Sharon Suran was champion, , Jackie Smalley received a blue ribbonj mariene msiutiiM i - een Smalley a white. . Marlene Mallicoat ana Sharon Suran were a demonstration team In measuring and receiv ed a blue ribbon. Marilyn Page, Eileen Smalley nad Marlene Mal licoat will exhibit at the state fair and Marilyn will bake bread. How to diet for a figure This is a battle plan for weight watchers. The first of a scries of three comprehensive articles in Better Homes & Gardens magazine. It's written, to give those of lis who must watch our weight a practical plan that takes everything into considera tion . . . from recipes for low. calorie dishes, to instructions on how tt order when eating oat. Start your dieting for a fig ure with June Better Homes tt Gardens. Get it today, wherever magazines are told! WHY SUFFER? . USE SCHAEFER'S CORN REMEDY 25c No relief, . No pay SCHAEFER'S DRUG STORE Open Dally 1:30 A. M.-8 P. M. Sundays, A. M. 4 P. M. 135 N. Commercial Phone 3-5197 - Minimum $5.00 up to 2,000 Sq. Ft. larger Areas Less Expensive Per 1000 Sq. Ff. WE FERTILIZE LAWNS (THE TRUE ODORLESS LIQUID) Amazing "NO ODOR" Special Low Cost Fish Fertilizer Application UHURGRO LIQUID FISH FERTILIZER moootmtv I I mi ... . ; 11 lit 1 Jv1 . . v. .- A V V iS : d$i yj J Ax J t . fJl X rl .x, , 'vP4 p$ fsi 1 m Awi Ak-4, - masa.ili, liil -fi.MM a i rir sV..I i atoawfam,!! ilm " ' ' .' DO SALEM GIRLS MAKE GOOD TRUCK DRIVERS! to Give You Exact Proportion for Lawn Nourish-! ment Results Guaranteed Phone 3-9517 H. A. Simmon's Fuel Oils and Fertilizers 3157 PORTLAND ROAD The automobile industry is having a lively, year. All the new 1954 models have been on the road for several, months now, and everybody has had a pretty good chance to see what they're like. All the big towns have had Auto Shows. Some towns Have had two! Lavish amounts have been spent to impress "Mr. and MrsAmerican Driver with the splendor and glamour of the;"all-new" . '54 models, -i .' A- : .' , 'A But amidst all th6 floodlights and fanfare, has anybody considered the plight of our women folk! 'Some jof our local gals are getting pretty fed up with the "bulk and bulge" trend in auto design. They are beginning to say things like this: A. The garage now has to be slightly larger than the house, else the car won't fit in. B. Dents and scratches are an every-day occurrence - as traffic gets heavier and cars get bigger. C. It was hard enough to find one parking place down town. Now you have to find two! D. You can't enjoy driving anymore, because you feel like you're piloting the "Queen Mary." But don't despair gals, we have a perfect solu tion for you. It's the 1954 Mercury! Seventeen feet of the most responsive and functional transpor- tation ever put on wheels. Official registration figures show that huge public acceptance has . greeted Mercury's "Reasonable" approach to auto design... giving Mercury owners better re-sale values! In fact, Mercury is America's fastest growing car! Free-flowing lines spell the difference! A look and a feel of solid, rugged, compactness about the whole car! A feeling of control. And a com bination of brilliant performance and sparkling . styling that you can't buy anywhere else! This is the car for you gals! Just ask the men!
