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Tuesday, December 21, 1954 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem, Oregon StCTION IV Page 3 CRASH AFTERMATH ' ..V ,v - "tt- -. - m I , i. tfllTllWIKKI I ! Hl 111 lili'flifB i " f i -li f 11 ii il. nwaMgi'ii ' ...n I Only $6.70 Will Get You Flag Flown Over Capitol By FRANK FXEAZER I'nlled Press Slafl Correspondfnt NEW YORK Smoke pours from burning approach pier at New York's Idlewild Airport Dec. 18 after an Italian Airlines plane crashed attempting a landing following trans-Atlantic crossing from Europe. Six persons survived the crash from the 31 reported aboard the DC-6. Note runaway at upper right. (AP Wirephoto) West Europe and U.S. Face Six Critical Months By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) This week begins a supremely critical six months period for Western Europe and for the United States. Unless the London-Paris agree ments to stiffen Western defenses are ratified within that six months period, it is "believed likely that they will fail altogether. Mid-June might be called a dead-line for hope of ratification. Under ' these anxious circum stances, but confident that the first big hurdle toward acceptance of the agreements will be cleared this week, Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles returned today from Paris. Dulles left Paris Sunday night well pleased with the scries of Western Alliance conferences which he attended. His bets are down that Premier Pierre Mendes Franee will jam through the French Assembly this week a rati fication of the fateful agreements. Soviets Oppose Agreements That would be a major reverse fr.r Soviet Union foreign policy. The Kremlin is out to kill the latest agi cement among the Western Al lies just as Communist policy helped knock out the European De fense Community plan for a Euro pean army. Both would put arms again in German hands The agreements which Moscow opposes and which are basic in United States policy would provide: 1. Sovereignty for West Ger many: an end to the Big Three oc cupation. 2. Rearmament of West Ger many as a member of and under ci ntrol of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. S. Temporary settlement of the Franco-German dispute over con tiol of the col-rich Saar Basin, looking toward ultimate permanent settlement. The Soviet Union is all out to prevent rearmament of West Ger many. France was warned last week that ratification of the rear mament agreement would annul the 1944 Franco-Russian treaty which each promised to aid the other against attack. Moscow in sists, further, that ratification would bar any subsequent Big Four negotiations seeking world peace. Mcndcs Assures Dulles Mendes-France, however, is re- ported to have assured Dulles he will press and win the battle of ratification in the assembly this week. The United Press reported in Paris dispatches that: Dulles left Mendes-France two powerful trump cards to play in the showdown debate. One was a letter assuring him that Dulles had recommended to President .Eisen hower, and the President was so disposed, to pledge that American forces would stay in Europe as long as the Russian threat exist ed if the agreements were ratified. "The other was a letter assuring Mendes-France that the United States would back up the agree ment with Germany over the baar until the German peace confer ence, and. with Great Britain, would guarantee it. if both Ger many and France so requested." Men Living n Tubes WASHINGTON Ul Somewhere in Greenland several score men are living in a series of connected tubes. 18 feet in diameter and of varying length, which are sinking slowly into the arctic ice cap. The Air Force said the quarters include sleeping space, mess hall, recreation room and a kitchen. It said they are in an area where standard buildings could not be erected on the packed snow. Since the tubes are heated to about 72 degrees and the outside temperature goes as low as 75 degrees below zero, the Air Force said, the tubes can be expected to sink into the snow at a rate of about three feet a year. In Miami, Fla., retired Brie Gen. Robert G. Lovett, who super vised the construction, said the quarters were built 18 months ago He estimated they could be used for 15 to 18 years before they will have to be abandoned. The Air Force said the men liv ing in them make weather obser vations and collect other informa tion. The exact location was not given. Sweet Home Firemen Have Yule Party SWEET HOME The Fire man's Christmas party which was preceded by a no-host dinner hour was held here-recently in the Fire Hall recrestinn rooms. Gifts were exchanged following an evening of games by the group with Mrs. Bill Reed chairman of the entertainment. Other chairmen were Ernie Toland and Loring Johnson, punch bowl: Mrs. Don Surry and Mrs. Cliff Cannon, decorations. and Mrs. Wayne Smith and Mrs. Ernie Toland, food. There are about 6fi.823.000 auto drivers in the United States. 1 DO YOUR SHOPPING WHERE ! i SANTA DOES HIS OWN! I I 1 X V-' T" tT-M ,o01 $i no A Pri,ed f'm J your Santa one of our nov elty selections from the Gift Bar. lots of Practical items too, for the traveling man, the service man, the bachelor or the man around the house. It's an idieil I to find that little "extra JmP life Until Christmas Capitol Shopping Center WASHINGTON (UP) Congress is going to hate me for telling you. but for $6.70 a 3-cent stamp and a letter to your congressman you. too. can have a flat that has flown over the Capitol. You can. that is, if your con gressman cooperates and this dis patch doesn't louse up the deal. Your 5-by-8 foot emblem, as good as new, will arrive along with a letter to certify that it has inded fluttered over the heads of the lawmakers. Capitol officials moan that too many requests could wrecK we machinery. Already, on some days, it creaks. Sometimes it takes Capi top Police Pvt. Dix C. Boone an hour or more to hoist and, immedi ately, haul down a single day s flag supply. Started Long Ago The thing got started so long ago nobody can remember when. Orig inally it was a matter of passing along to some worthy group the tattered and presumably historic remains of the big 8-by-12 ensigns that fly night and- day from east and west fronts of the Capitol. These were out at a rate ot about 18 a year. But that wasn't enough to meet the demand. So some bright member, who proban ly lived to wish he hadn't, came up with a gimmick. He went around to the House stationery store, bought himself a flag, and took it to the people in charge oi raising and lowering. Fly it lor me a minute or so he said approximately, "and give me a letter to prove that you did. Then Word Got Around Then he boxed up the flag and shipped, it off. with the letter, to an important constituent (or regis tered voter). This lucky fellow must have been duly impressed. Anyway, the word started getting around, and the flag, flying busi ness has been picking up steadily since. Total flyings this year probably will run about 1000. Some times. on special occasional like Veterans Day and July 4, there as many as 40 or 50 banners hauled up the Capitol stairs, out on the roof, and to the flag staff on the west front overlooking the mall. Pvt. Boone, from Ashevillc, N.C., has had the chore for about a year. He hauls down the regular ensign and goes to work on the pile. It takes him about a minut? and a half to remove a flag from its box, attach it to the halyard, hoist it full staff, lower and detacli it. He doesn't waste time, or stand there admiring the view. But he sees that each flag flutters' a mo ment full in the breeze. Don't Tell Congress The Capitol architect then signs the appropriate letter, suitable for framing, and sends it along with the flag to the congressman, who sends it to you. One more thing: Don t lorgct the money. Congressmen may sound well-paid to people drawing less than their $15,000 a year, but they can't afford to buy many flags out of their own pockets. If you haven t got $6.70 there is a smaller flag, 3 feet by 5, you can have on the same deal for $3.50 Most people seem to prefer the bigger one. One more thing, don't tell Con gress I told you all this. Ed the this Grange Meets At Union Kill UNION HILL Master Henry Peters and the newly-elected of ficers presided during the bus iness meeting of the Union Mill Grange Friday evening. Escorted to the master's stand were Henry Hendricks, state youth chairman from Wauna Grange; Bob Barnes, Pomona master, and Ben Eckley, Waldo Mills master. Robert Humphreys, acting as installing officer, installed Keith Scott as steward, Verny Scott as assistant steward and Donald Ja quet as a member of the execu tive committee from the Union Hill Grange. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riches of the Waldo Hills Grange were installed as assistant and lady assistant steward. The new committees for the coming year were appointed by the Master. A brief report on the seed league meeting was given by its new president, Verny Scott, and Henry Hansen. State youth chairman, Henry Hendricks, spoke on Our Youth In the Grange. Lecturer Mrs. Robert Danh presented Carleton Brown, state Grange insurance agent, who spoke on Social Security. A skit by the Waldo Hills Grange and group singing composed the pro gram for the evening. Pomona Master Bob Barnes an nounced that Pomona Grange would meet in Stayton, Jan. 15, 1955. The January supper com mittee will be Mr. and Mrs. P-n-nld Jaquet, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Krenz, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones. PAPERS .MARK STALIN'S BIRTH MOSCOW m All Moscow newspapers marked the 75th an niversary of Joseph Stalin's birth Tuesday by puhlishing huge quar terage portraits of the late Soviet leader on their front pages. Stalin died in March. 1953. Yule Spirit Moves Bad Check Passer ALEXANDRIA, Va. tl - ward F. Parker told police Christmas atmosphere of Washington. D.C., suburb was just too much for him. , The Yule spirit moved him, he said to come into headquarters and surrender Monday, telling of ficers he was wanted for passing bad checks at Las Cruces, N.M. Police report they are holding him for New Mexico authorities. The Norsemen first Greenland in 982 A. D. colonized 5tf We-u0 Phone 3-9137 MOVING local or long distance WAREHOUSING of your merchandise LOCAL CARTAGE STORAGE of your household goods MOTOR FREIGHT SERVICE CONSOiDATED fREGJTIVAYS No. 21 of series to introduce an Asiociation Member SALEM INSURANCE AGENTS ASSOCIATION GUY JONAS or. INSURANCE 2037 Fairgrounds Rd. Phone 3-9431 J This agency was founded in June of 1952 by Guy Jonas. It represents six Stock Companies, one Mutual and writes all forms of insurance. There are two persons associated with the firm in addition to Jonas. They ere: Don Miller and Dave Nelson. Jonas has been in the insurance business 6 years in addition to having spent some time as a casualty underwriter. He has lived in Salem 28 years, is a graduate of Salem schools and Willamette University. He is also a member of the Elks, Izaak Walton League, Junior Chamber of Commerce and is an active community worker. Abrams & Skinner Becke & Wadsworth Bliven & Klaussen Bourland Ins. Agency W. J. Braun Clarence M. Byrd Bob Callahan Commercial Ins. Agency Curry, Kropp & Catet W. C. Dyer & Sons Grabenhorst Bros, llaskins & Denton Muggins Melvin Johnson McElhinney.Kruegcr Jack Lorhcad Mangis-Hershe E. W. Moses Jas. II. Nicholson Merrill I). Ohling Winifred Pettyjohn Ken Potts Rostein & Adolph Scellars, Foley & Rising Roy H. Simmons Homer II. Smith 1 - i V"-(' iv.-.aTOy-mv,v. ie-.-V.l-Ml '. " ' y , S T K V V a- ':!m 2 ,'-,,: s ;4 If , i-r If A" a V' I ; jwitlu J'!f . V W V . WtiLJ I f I .1 t i , n The Holiday Spirit trnvelR all over town by telephone,.. when you invite friends ion Chrifttmns party, or arrange a family gathering, or exchange perBonal greetings. Chrintmae ahopplnn is another thing tho telephone helpa out with... whether you're ordering gifts for the youngsters or more ornaments for the tree. rt?a IXfe rj We appreciate the chance to serve you during any acaaon. But we get extr sa tis faction from doing so now, when so many calls have special meaning to the people who mnke and receive them. Handy helper at i 'hrlNlinnKlimr Ihe lelrphonn. There are lots of satisfying things about telephone work ... all year long. But at Christmastime, there are even more than usual. There's a good feeling, for instance, in putting in a telephone for Santa , . . even if it's just temporary and in a department store instcao! e( at the North Pole. When you think of tho thrilling voice this telephone will carry to scores of youngsters, can you help but smile? There arc many pleasant momonls for us, too, in helping people here in town exchange personal Holiday greetings ... in helping bring friends and families closer together, when it counts most. Pacific Telephone people everywhere wish you a very happy Holiday Season
