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. 0 Capital A. 0 G GO 0 Q o 0O Journal o 0 oc0 0 0 0 , tf3 G0 G ' t0E E$THEIfl0o nsid9rable o cloudiness5 with scattered tiowers togight and Friday. Slightly tooler. Lowto- c night 26f high Friday, 42. Go o " 43ECTI0MS 44Pdge$ 68th Year,No. 46 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, february 23, 1956 FBI Grabs 8 in Theft Of Liquor 7 Longshoremen, Guard Arrested In Seattle SEATTLE OB A 5 a.m. FBI waterfront raid Thursday netted seven longshoremen and a security guard on charges of pilfering vod ka from a million dollar liquor shipment. Richard D. Auerbach, in charge of the FBI office here, said the arrests came after a night-long vigil by agents in longshoremen's garb. The men were arrested as they left the pier where they had been unloading the freighter Marin Leopard, which brought the cargo from the East Coast to the Wash ington State Liquor Control Board. The longshoremen were charged with theft from an interstate ship ment and were scheduled for afterr noon arraignments in U.S. com missioner's court. Auerbach said the alleged offenses are misde meanors because none of the in dividual thefts involved more than $100 worth of liquor. Auerbach said his agents wit nessed the opening of cases of vodka. The guard, Eugene Carle Shoaff, 34, was charged with aiding and abetting. All of the eight men were held in lieu of $1,500 bail each. After the men were seized, six police cars arrived with blaring sirens to disperse a group of belli gerent longshoremen who gathered around the arrested men. Tho envan Innnchnrnmpn uifro identified hv the FRI as fienrpp ! Rutherford Watson. 50; A r t i e i '"8 the NCS! bus boycott m Mont Franklin Adams, 49; Otis Alvord ' gomery, was arrested Thursday for Reese, 28; Robert James Lang- boycotting. mood sj- Willie Rill .inline jo The 27-ycar-old pastor of the and Jesse Hamlin Gray, 64, Blustry, Cold Weather Will Continue Here Blustery at times, rainy and cold, Thursday was a typical win ter day for Salem and the valley area. And Hie Tains go on, according to the forecast, scattered showers with possibility of some snow "mixed with them being due to night and Friday. Below freezing temperatures arc due again tonight, too, a low of 26 being called for in Salem. Rivers are subsiding for the lime being with the lighter rain fall of the past two days. At Sa lem the Willamette was at 10.9 at 11.1 earlier. Any renewed rimvnnnnrs. however, would brina them up in a hurry with the ground so saturated and river lev els currently high. Only .12 of an inch of rain was measured in the 24-hour period to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, bringing the month's total rainfall to date to 4.26 inches. All major highways of Oregon were open again Thursday, but some of the secondary ones con tinued closed because of slides. The secondaries blocked included the Elkton-Suthcrlin one. the Was-co-Heppner stretch, the French glen road and the Tiller -Trail highway. Chains are still needed for mountain travel because of pack ed snow, the highway commis sion reports. Government Camp reported 1 inch of new snow this morning; Timberlinc, 4 inches; Santiam Pass, 4; Willamette Pass, 1 inch: Detroit. 2 inches; Bend, 3 inches; John Day, 5 inches. nans rire On Fishermen JERUSALEM W Syrian rifle men opened fire on Israeli fisher men on the Sea of Galilee early Thursday breaking 10 weeks of calm in the area, an Israeli spokes man reported. The announcement said the fish ermen cut their nets, returned the fire and made off without casu alties. Later Thursday, the spokesman said an Egyptian position in the Gaza strip opened fire on an Is raeli patrol inside Israeli territory and one Israeli was wounded. The parol was first brought under rifle fire and later machinegun fire, the spokesman sajd. . The United Nations truce super visor Maj. Gen. Edsnn L.M. Burns, called on. Foreign Minister Moshe Shared Thursday morning, U. N. sources said. He is continuing his effort? to reduce tension between Israel "and her Arab neighbor. Weather Details o o Maximum yesterday, 44: mlltlmum tnriav 31. Total 24-hour Drrf lplUllon. 12: "for momi. 4.24; normal. 4 IS. miM. 4.24; normal. 4.JS. "eiice in u,ui i u. ...... ipSation. 4599; normaiotcntion that all of the work done Reason prerl w.43. fttver neurit. iu fet iffleport by U. 5. Weather Bureau ) u leather Bure; - o o Negro Pastor Arrested for Bus Boycott MONTGOMERY, Ala. Wl The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a Negro minister whose home was bombed while he was actively lead Dexter Ave. Baptist Church in downtown Montgomery, was among, those indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on charges of vio lating Alabama's anti-boycott law. King's indictment was kept sec ret under Alabama law until he was arrested. He was the 24th Negro minister taken into custody as sheriff's offi cers rounded up the defendants named in the wholesale indict ments. More than 50 other Negroes also have been arrested. The total number of defendants named in the grand jury indict-1 tnenls was first announced as 115, 1 but the sheriff's office said Thurs day it would be about 90. King s Home was damaged ny a dynamite explosion the night of Jan. 30. He was away from the house but his wife, their 7-wcek- old daughter and a neighbor were' there at the time. No one WaS injured. 12 CZECHS IMPRISONED VIENNA, Austria tffi Nine Czechoslovak Kulaks t I 11.11 ItJllll- ers' and three Communist PrOn ! I I collectors have been sentenced to . " "" . . . sabotage, theft and plotting, Ra dio Prague announced Thursday. Their trial took place at-Holesov, in Moravia. State Court Upholds Brennan Care Award By JAMES D. OLSON A judgment for 13.6B0 recovered by Mrs. Evelyn T. Baker against the administrator of the estate of Robert-T. Brennan, to "over serv ices and board and room furnished to Brennan for 21 years, was up held Thursday by the state su preme court. The First National Bank of Port land, acting as administrator of the estate, appealed the judgment awarded to Mrs. Baker by a cir cuit court jury, claiming the serv ices had been rendered gratuitous ly. The supreme court, in an opinion written by Associate Justice Wil liam C. Perry, said that the claim raised an issue of fact which was determined by the jury adversely to the administrator and that the findings of the jury are binding upon the supreme court. An action by LeRoy Buck to re cover damages for breach of a covenant in a lease granting him Ian option to re-lease certain prop i ertv from Dora McLcod Meuller 1 I Tillamook, and to which the trial court had sustained a demurrer, was reversed by the supreme court with instructions to the trial court j t0 0Verrule the demurrer An action brought by Cliff Za- dow against the Ilorth Coast Man ufacturing corporation for com missions earned as a salesman in excess of his drawing account and in which a jury' returned a verdict of $5,939.35, was' affirmed by the high jcourt. in an .opinion written by Associate Justice James T. Brand. " The principal Issue between the parties, related to the rate of agreed' compisation, tho defend- ant claimine that in some cases the commission shmild be lowr - than the plaintiff claimed. ,X,h. court said an examination of the fecoffl disclosed"' substantial evi- was( h- comnensated arthc rate I, , j,u ,r (h of 7li per cent andotiercfore the Boycott Leader Booked MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., (right), a Negro minister whose home was bombed while he was leading the Negro bus boycott in Montgomery, was booked today by city police Lt. D. H. Lackey (left). Another Negro leader, The Rev. P. D. Abernathy (center), accompanied King. He was arrested yesterday. They were ' arrested on indictments returned by tho Grand Jury in the bus boycott. (AP Photofax) Gov. Smith State-wide Candidacy State ment Brief and To Point Governor Elmo Smith announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor late Wednesday, as was predicted by the Capital Journal Wednesday. His formal announcement was brief and to the point, promising a vigorous campagin throughout the state during the several montns Dciorc me May i primar- ics. His statement in full follows: "My duty and responsibilities are clear. I will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in the May primary, ..0rcgn has treat need for far. . .. , d aBBressive leadershio. rri, 1 f rw ;,nn lilt JCUJli; Ul uituu iiuu ai decisive support to the leadership and program of Governor Patter son. I believe they want this pro- rrr-im .nnliminrl and mmnlnlori , ,. -n ,, T ,n.r IIIUIC llldll 111 JfCdia 1 liuvt Unnn inlimqlnllt a CCIWI !ll Oft With the problems of the state and state administration as a senator and as president of the Senate. The governorship is a challenging op portunity for me to continue and trial court could not properly grant the company's motion for a directed verdict. In an opinion by the entire court, a verdict in favor of Charles A. Boyer of Tillamook county was re versed. According to the court Boyer agreed to build a barn 1 M. L. and Anna T. Dawson for the sum of $7,200 less the value of certain lumber furnished by Daw son. Such lumber was valued at $1,200 but Boyer filed his lien for the full amount of $7,200 with no credit for the lumber. The decree of foreclosure was reversed. Hagerty Vows Anyone Whether It's Yes or No THOMASVILLE. Ga. Wl Pres- yesterday that Adams and Leon ident Eisenhower's press sccre- ard W. Hall, chairman of the Rc tary says that as far as he him-1 publican National Committee, had self knows, the chief executive: has passed word to no one on whether he will seek re-election. James C. Hagerty made that statement to newsmen late yes terday in breaking silence for the first time to discuss some aspects of the big question: Will Eisen hower rug again? Hage'rty did not come anywhere close to answering the question. For that matter, a literal inter- prctotion of his own statement i President will bid for another that Eisenhower has passed word, term if he decides ohc is physi to, no one would mean Hagerty cally able. doesn't know the answer for sure Hall issued a statement Thurs- anvway. u..i .lni, n mtnllcVinrl m.l port ihQi iKn Pmcilont'c rhmf j aide) Sherman Adaifts had told He 1 publican leaders Elsenhower Bl i decided to bid for reelc-ton and would) say so publicly gext week. tasked Shcraian about tbatinn secret 1 tove cxprcsie! it ii- :J u - ana ne sam ot- iwvei ij-ui.tn. w q u such statement," Hagerty ,-said in I Until yesterday Hagerty had re reply tW Cftewsmen's inqu.fJes. (-.fused to discuss any aspect nf the Detroit Nevs in a dispatch ine from its fs Washington bureai? said' comment" scores of t!icsoftl58. Promises Campaign expand my service to the people of Oregon. "During the course of the year I will visit every section of the state. I want to talk with people in all walks of life about how state government may best contribute to the well-being and prosperity of its citizens. I should like to start these trips at once but sudden and unexpected change of administra tion produces problems that de serve immediate attention. 1 know the people of Oregon will be pa tient and understanding when 1 must temporarily decline invita tions I would like to accept. "The untimely death of my close friend Paul Patterson has placed in my hands the greatest oppor tunity I have ever had for service to my state. I ask for the help of all the people of Oregon in faith fully discharging the trust hc left to us." Heltzel Bars Rail Increase Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel Thursday or dered suspension of railroad tar iffs recently filed which would increase intrastate rail rates in Oregon by 7 per cent. The new rates would have become effec tive February 25. The order recites that the level of all rates and charges within the state of Oregon would hc greatly increased and no evidence establishing the propriety and reasonableness of them has been offered by the railroads, Heltzel also said that the published in creased rates should not be al lowed until after a hearing. Time and place of the hearing will be announced laier. The intrastate tariffs filed by the railroads is companion to the 7 per cent increase in interstate rates pending before the Inter state Commerce Commission. The Oregon commisioner intervened in this case and the effective date of the interstate filing has been extended to March 7. Ike Hasn't Told informed parly icaaers tne i-resi- dent would announce for re-elec tion next week. Hagerty said he had not asked Hall about the matter. But Hall said in Washington when asked about the report: "It's news to me." To a question whether hc still believes Eisenhower will run. Hall did reply, "I certainly do." He has been predictinj for weeks the aay saying "Ac I hnvn cairt mnnv lime hnvp nnl Axi't iTeurlr-nt l-.isen- - 'hower whxther he yimld be a .canuyjaie tor a second term. nor,ior iciepnone company, has hc told m'his intentions. "My jpersonal opinion is surely Ari,n " A U i second, term questionCHn hadsavdi Air Plant Skirmish Injures 3 400 PickeTs Try to Bar Nonstrikers From Work FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Ifl Hordes of pickets skirmished again Thursday with nonstrikers at the big Republic Aviation Corp. plant on Long Island, where production has been paralyzed since Sunday. One nonstrikcr was knocked un conscious in the clashes as 400 pickets greatest number so far patrolled the main gates. The victim was soon revived by treatment at the scene. Two other persons were bruised. Six pickets were arrested, bring ing to 97 the total of arrests since the strike began. Thirty-three per sons have been reported hurt. The company iaid 2,700 employes were able to get to work at its four Long Island plants, which employ a total of 19.000. Twelve thousand members of the International Assn. of Machinists struck in a dispute over wages. At the main' plant in Farming dale, more than 1(15 carloads of nonstrikers got through the gates in the predawn hours before the mn.j h., Eight hundred other workers got I onto the premises by virtue of a ruse used previously. They boarded a Long Island Railroad train at Farmingdalc and got off at the Re public station, inside the company's 2-squarc-milc enclosure. But the union apparently found the answer to such tactics. About 100 pickets boarded a later train carrying some 300 more nonstrik ers. when the train halted at the 1 Republic station, the pickets hopped off the train first and formed lines in front of the plant gates. llContinucd on Pago 5 Column 3) t State Forest ' Aide Chosen Vance L. Morrison, " executive assistant in the protective division, has been appointed assistant' state forester in charge of service divi sion of the Oregon Slate Forestry Dept., according to an announce ment made Thursday by State Forester Dwight L. Phipps. The appointment will be effective March 1. Morrison will have charge of the forest nursery near Corvallis, all farm forestry acti'dtics, engineer ing, research, tho Oregon Forest fee and yield tax law and other matters of this nature, Phipps said. Hc replaces Lynn F. Croncmill er, who has been assigned special work in an advisory capacity to Phipps. Croncmillcr will also have charge of the department's public relations activities. Morrison has been in forestry work since 1934 when hc started with the Umatilla national forest. After World War II service in Alaska and Europe, be came to the office of the state forester. Hc was made an executive assistant in the protection division in 1949 a position he has held since that time. Evans to Add Oregon Plant DETROIT. Mich. Wl The Evans Products Co. of Detroit, which owns two lumber products plants in Oregon, is adding an Oregon hanlboard plant. E. S. Evans Jr., company presi dent, said it will acquire Chapman Manufacturing Co.. Inc., Corvallis, i t i '""". """"B . ... u...t iii) board factory. Evans said the Chanmnn firm .. 111 win iiv; ir(i:i aim uy a mi "ii uumi j controlled Dy l-.vans and a syndi catc headed by Fred C. Dalley of Chicago. Evans has wood products plants at Coos Bay and Gold Beach in Oregon, and at Vancouver. B. C. It has a plywood plant at Winchest er, five miles north of Roscburg. Besides wood products, the Detroit firm also manufactures railroad logging equipment, aircraft engine parts, tricycles and other items. Pay Telephone IFeistcd From ooi" Booth The theft of a telephone from a Monitor telephone booth was reported by the Marion County Sheriff's office Thursday. Tho pay telephone was pulled loose from the wall of the booth soflietinte over the weekenjl, dep uties said. It included the coin T ! hnv and Ihp mrinnl in ! hrnrrl The roin it-x eon .-iincn .in e.sl matefl S18 W S23, according to rtic Moni- ,nl the phone Tne outdoor booth from which the phone was taken is located on the corner at the intersection of the Silvorton highway and tW Winjdburn-.Molalla road in Moni- tor' ThcTjhono has a new value Q oi Applicants See CityManagerPosti Council Sifts Lisi Dealer Says Ford Raised GOP Fund - (Chicago Ford dealers who refused StnltllS Inlfl llflirv l contribute to the Eisenhower j Himself Asked Donations WASHINGTON Wl A former Chicago Ford dealer Thursday quoted n second dealer as telling him in 1952 the Ford Motor Co. had sent word for its Chicago dealers to raise $50,000 for Dwight D. Ei senhower's presidential campaign. Milton Ratncr, who said he was ? ' " u "Ji'"" ,u "'" i.uarcn. r.iaa, mauc tne statement at a Sc"i,,e ht'arin' Ho never did j ccnjL 0 .I'ii .' the funds came from "the office of j Henry tord. Ratncr was a witness before a Senate subcommittee that has been investigating automobile marketing practices. He said that "as far as I know" he was one of only two State to Build New . Bridge at Newherg . ; ( ,OSl I'.Sl mlnlfM a i l.l Million lor -Present Site Plans for the construction of a new bridge across the Willamette river at- Newberg wcro revealed at a conference this morning be tween G. S. Paxson, state high way . bridge engineer, and mem bers of the Marion county court. Paxson explained that his de partment has locations for the new structure under consideration. One would be at the site of the present structure just outside the city of Newberg. The other would be downstream about a mile and one-half. The 'proposed span would be of the steel girder type. Location of the span at the site of the present bridge would involve an expendi ture of approximately $1,100,000 while the bridge at the down stream location would cost ap proximately $1,300,000, Paxson said. In cither case the entire cost would be borne by the state highway department. Purpose of the conference this morning was to obtain the views of the Marion county officials as to the location. It was unanimous ly agreed by the three members of the Marion county court that cither location would be accept able. Mrs. llollenbcck Draws 18 Months PORTLAND Wl Mrs. Nellie J. Ilollcnbeck, 55, former bookkeeper of the Standley Bros. Logging Co., Coos Bay, was sentenced by Fed eral Judge Gus Solomon to 18 months in prison. ln uinc iifiMisnn1 nf innlmin a fraudulent report ol the linns in- I come. j'nc partners in the company i -1.....1...1 1 1 i -lliive m-iuiuu niiiwkc-in m .in 111 dictment charging income tax e- vasion. VAVA FED I P Seance Rids Cockney Teener Ot Her Sweetheart, a Ghost LONDON (UP) A three-week "out of this world" romance be tween a pretty cockney bobby soxer and her ghost boy 'rieml was over today. At least her family hoped it was. Spiritualist Harry Hanks claimed after a tumultuous one-hour seance attended by newsmen and angry police, that he had freed 15-year-old Shirley llitchings from her sweetheart, Donald, a ghost. Shirley herscif admitted she felt "so different." "All of a sudden I felt my' mind go, clear." the teen-ager said. "Irm as happ. s can 'fie." At first .Shirley, was reluctant to t'i" iunmin.1. nn.- vm,,.,...! ntT rninu auer uie sciiilv, jimhj ably one of the strangest in the historv of ghost chafing, riDesf'ite warnings that publicity might ruin everythine, the seance was conducted in the presence of a orowd of newsmen, Hanks, tbre- otiwr mcdiuri'fs and Shirley's fatlj- cr who tho8ght,the entire ghosfTjf - romance wi "nonscmc.' campaign. lint nor had just finished a long account of his relations with Ford which ended with the company's cancelling his dealer franchise abou' a year ago when Chairman Monroncy ID-Okln) asked whether it had ever been suggested that Ratncr make political contribu tions. Ratncr replied that in 1952 an other Ford dealer telephoned him and I was told I was down for ,$1,000 for the campaign of our great presicieni. iiainor auucu no was referring to Eisenhower. Ratncr said the dealer who ''"I1 for- hc c0trlb,"!" ,told Mr. Rycrson 1 believe who was bead of the Eisenhower for Prcsi dent Committee." Several Chicago Ford dealers, asked for comment Thursday, said they knew nothing of such solicita tion. I Location of the span down- stream from the present bridge. Paxson explained would involve tho construction of a new high- way from the Champoeg corner into Newberg. This route, how ever, would be actually shorter than the present circuitous road now leading into Newberg, Paxson said that traffic counts conducted by his department show that approximately 1200 vehicles use the present span daily. Most of this is local traffic originating in the St. Paul area and going into Newberg. In the event the downstream lo cation is selected, Paxson said, it is proposed to donate the pres ent structure to the city of New berg since its water mains arc now carried across the river on the piers of the bridge. Paxson said that money for the bridge piers have already been allocated and that it was hoped to get the nc wspan on next year s program. The present bridge constructed in 1911 or 1912 is about ready to fall down, Paxson declared. Britain Lauds U-235 Release LONDON Wl Britain Thursday hailed as "a great gesture" Presi dent Eisenhower's order releasing a billion dollars worth of uranium 235 for the peaceful development of atomic energy throughout the world. A Foreign Office spokesman told reporters: "We welcome the U. S. action as a great gesture following President Eisenhower's proposals in 1953 for the creation of an international atomic agency The spokesman said Britain also will be able to supply "a quantity" nssionai.ie materials lor export i but did not elaborate. At one point newsmen made so much commotion police c a m e banging on the doors to relay neighbors complaints and plead for quiet. Shirley's father, a motorman admitted the seance was "uncan ny." "I couldn't feel the spirit leaving but 1 fell the power. I'm vrry happy about it. I won't be kept awake any longer," he said, muff ling a yawn. Ildnks said now that' Donald lias qui) following Shirley, he would probably have to get a job. "lie was not an evil spirit," the med ium said, adding that Donald will "now be taken fare of by the spiritual ygplc and put to" work." Omald cost her luh as "a shop gif), Shirley said. He oscared the other 'Shopgirls by his constant rappings, sire sailj She said she liked having him anutnd even lhou'!i hc frightened her a bit. But Ifftchings was0 fed up With Uhe whole busDicss. "Thjs iBiocnse mi to (BUiJ saii. is Aspirants from 18 States and Germany By STEPHEN A. STONE ' Thirty applications from 18 slates and one from Germany have so far been received for appointment as Salem's city manager, an office to be open for a new official July 1 when City Manager J. L. rranzen retires. -.; The applications have been re ceived by Mayor Robert F. White, who is placing them into the hands of City Council members for examination. When all have studied the applications, the may or said, a general meeting of the council will he called to give them first consideration. Most of the applicants hold city manager's offices at the present time. Most arc young men and all arc college men. Many o them are engineers, and many have held other municipal offices. A large number of the appli cants have sent their photographs with their applications, and sev eral of them have accompanied applications with copies of lat-. est city budgets in their home cities, brochures, newspaper clip nines and much other data.. The Northwest Association ot City Managers is meeting in Port land Thursday, Friday and Satur day of this week. Two ot the ap licants will be there and will be interviewed by Mayor White. With the exception ot two ap plicants who have requested that their names not no made punnc HI lilt: iiiiiu uuiu to a lioi. wic men who have so far applied lor -1 .1.!- .1 U ...... I- n nl th selection by the Salem City Coun cil: . - V Howard J. Sears, 43 years olnv V eight years a county-manager and IIUIT MIVy IliailOgbl V. VHOI 1EPIU.II S.C. Frank H. Lawler, 37. city ma ri nger of Newton, Kans., and for merly manager of Abilene. William A. Gildea, 34, city manager of Newport, R.I. (Continued on Pago 5, Column 3) 2 New Salem Schools Pose Road Problem Location of the two new Junior high schools outside the city limits may save the school district jzoo, two in building costs but It has dumped a financial headache onto the Marion county court. John Anderson, county engineer, told the court today that in order to handle traffic that will be at tracted by the new schools it Is going to be necessary to widen and improve both Jones road and Lansing avenue. The present 40 foot right of way will have to b widened to (50-fect, Anderson said. This will involve acquisition o additional prppcrty along both county roads. While Anderson himself would make no estimate of the probable) cost of these improvements County Commissioner Hoy Mice said it will cost "from $(10,000 to $70,000" and the court is wondering just where the money is to come from. In the case nf Lansing avenue improvement, it was explained, it will be necessary to secure property from approximately 70 separate ' owners. Thirty - seven property owners live along Jones road which extends Irom Brown ing avenue to lioonc road south of the city. Members of the county court were sharpely critical of the school board for locating t hc junior high school on Jones road. "We were not consulted as to this location." County Judge Hex Hartley declared. "In fact wo had recommended an entirely different location." "I don't like It a bit." Commls sinner Kd Rogers declared. "We don't have any say in the location of these buildings yet the county is expected to make these expen sive improvements and just how are we to find all this money to do the job, 1 don't know." Today's Index Section One Amusement l-iditorial Local ..ti V' :.s , '. Section Two. Society ' 1. 2, 4 Section Three fVwl .M. Classified -13, 14, IS ., "Section cFour . t o.. - rNpnris 1-2 - jl-u-VT-wtig -.. Comics Si.... - .... ' I 1 G' 13 , o i O 1 Pi & G 8