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NEW GOP CHAIRMAN
G. C. Gabrielson's Election
By Five-Vote Margin Victory
For Backers Of Senator Taf t
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON. Agg. S. (API A Republican National com
mitt split tqurly down th middl found itself under the
commend todey of 4 new chairmen, Guy G. Gebrielson of New
Jersey.
Cabrielson ii 58-year-old lawyer-industrialist. Elected by
a fiv-vot margin over Axel J. Beck, South Dakota farmer-businessmen,
he promised complete neutrality as between candidates
for president end Congress.
But Gebrielion's election yesterday by a 52 to 47 vet over
araie vnairman A. I.
single vote put the national
milier hends of long time supporters of Senator Robert A. Teft
ot Uhio.
The new chairman succeedel
Rep. Hugh D. Scott, Jr., of Penn
jylvanla, picked at last years
republican convention by Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey ol New York.
Taft himself took no apparent
part In the National committee
contest, but many of his backers
contributed to Gabrielson's bare
margin victory. Fifty-two was the
minimum vote oy wmcn any
candidate could win out of the
total 102 qualified votes at yes
terday 1 session.
1 Gabrielson's opponents called
."the pro-Taft wing the party old
guard and insisted the fight wai
more againsi mm man ugairei
hp new chairman.
Supporting Beck, who had been
active in politics less than a year,
were Dewey backers plus some
who felt allegiance to bcott
Scott was forced out as chair
man in part because he was
blamed for Dewey's failure to
win the presidency last Novem
ber. Cabrielson told the committee
after his election that so far as
he is concerned "there are no fac
tions, nor any groups in the re
publican national committee."
Will Hayes, former motion pic
ture industry chief and GOP na
tional chairman 30 years ago,
told a 1950 campaign kickoff din
ner honoring Cabrielson last
night that the new chairman may
not know just what he has let
himself in for.
"The least he deserves for his
fortitude in tackling the tough
assignment is an earnest promise
of understanding and coopera
tion," Hays said.
Harlan I. Peyton and Mrs. Neal
Tourtellotte, Washington state
members, who had voted to oust
Scott, voted against Cabrielson
vcterdav.
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
FROM Richmond, Virginia, comes
this dispatch:
"Quiet conservative John Stew
art Battle, a. state senator with 20
years of legislative experience,
captured- yesterday's four -way
Democratic election for governor
and proved again the potency of
the Virginia political organization
headed by Senator Harry Byrd."
THAT Is to say:
A quiet CONSERVATIVE
wins out in a hot political battle.
Not only that but a quiet con
servative backed by Senator Byrd,
who believes and misses no op
portunity to proclaim that govern
ments should (and MUST, if ulti
mate bad trouble is to be avoided)
spend less than they take in.
The story really ought to be
printed in the "Oddities In the
Day's News" department.
THE news from overseas is lib
erally sprinkled with cracks
about "slave" labor.
Russia starts It off with an ac-
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TO AID FLOOD FORECASTS
U. S. Weather Bureau Will
, Establish Reporting Units
On Umpqua And Tributaries
As aid to its flood forecasting
Is planning to establish six river
and its tributaries, said Thomas
feather bureau here.
Plans are still tentative, he
Jerome van de Erde, Seattle, the
fulfillment.
River reporting stations would
be established at Winston, Win
chester. Roseburg, Riddle, Drain,
and Elkton. said Hill.
Under the bureau's plan of vol
unteer reporting of weather in
formation, these stttions woulo
be put in care of reliable persons
who work near and observe the
river every day.
Hill explained that the city
sewage p 1 a nt superintendent
might be asked to watch the
gauge at the plant which mark
the river's depth there. He would
a bo be given a rain gauge to
measure precipitation.
. wincnesier, ior anoiner ex-
ample, the California Oregon
Power company might be asked
to take daily measurements of
Bert Howard ot Nebraska got a
party's machinery back in the fe-
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GUY C. GABRIELSON
Takes tap GOP post.
State Treasurer
Backs Latourette
PORTLAND. Aug. 5. (At
State Treasurer Walter J. Pear
son came out today in favor of
tne appointment 01 circuit juage
Earl C. Latourette to Oregon's
new federal judgeship.
Pearson, a democrat, said he
had tried vainly to persuade de
mocratic national committeeman
Monroe. Sweetland to withdcaw
his support of Gus J. Solomon,
Portland attorney, for the post.
"I told Sweetland that if he
continued to support Solomon and
bolomon Is appointed, it will
split the democratic party in
Oregon right down the middle
I suggested he withdraw bolo
mon s name and the democrat?
try to select a man upon whom
they can agree.
He would not agree with me.
so I told him if he continued to
support Solomon, I would suiv
port Latourette. I wrote to the
national committee urging La
tourette's appointment."
Latourette has the backing of
the state democratic central com
mittee chairman.
Nod Given Low Bid On
North Umpqua Road Job
PORTLAND, Aug. 5. P
The low bid on grading 4 miles
of the North Umpqua road 40
miles east of Roseburg was
$316,387, submitted by Kucken
berg Construction Co., Port
land, the public roads bureau
said today.
W. H. Lynch, division engi
neer, said he was recommend
anw award of the contract to
Kuckenberg.
CHARGES DISMISSED
H. H. Harper, Roseburg, who
was held in the County tail on
charges of larceny and maiidous
and wanton destruction of per
sonal property, has been released,
following dismissal of the charges
on the district attorney's Infor
mation, according to Justice of
the Peace A .J. Geddos.
service, the U. S. Weather bu-eau
reporting stations on the Umpqua
A. Hill, observer In charge of the
said, and await a visit here of
bureau's regional engineer, before
the North Umpqua's depth. The
company has not yet been con
tacted regarding this, however.
Hill pointed out.
At other places, where no reg
ular gauge of the river is Xaket
at present, a school bus driver
who would cross a certain bridge
at a regular time every day,
might be asked to assume this
extra duty for the weather bu
reau, said Hill.
River information from sta
tions on the Umpqua and its
tributaries would be sent to the
collection center at Medford, and
there relayed to Portland, the
forecast center. The information
collected would be used bv the
Army Engineer In Iti river de
velopment work.
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Cloudy this morning, fair this
afternoon and Saturday.
Sunset today 7:30 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:01 a. m.
Established 1873
Truman
Broad Power
Request Out.
Fund Not Cut
President Must Settle,
However, For Reduced
Sum, Republican Says
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.
The administration sent to Con
gress today a new arms-for-Eu-rope
bill shorn of provisions giv
ing President Truman power to
decide when and where aid
should be riven.
The new measure, submitted
to the House and the Senate,
named specifically the countries
to be aided under tne i,43u,uuu,
000 program.
It made no change, however,
in cost of the proposed program.
The proposed outlay has been
criticized sharply by both Repub
licans and Democrats In Con
gress. The rewritten measure was
submitted to the Senate by Chair
man Connally of the foreign re
lations committee and to the
House by Chairman Kee of the
foreign affairs committee.
Connally told reporters the
new bill was .drafted by Secre
tary of Defense Johnson. Con
nally disclosed the changes after
members of his committee and
the Senate armed services com
mittee had met with Acheson and
Johnson.
Authority Not Sought
Mr. Truman told a news con
ference yesterday that he did not
care whether he gets authority
which critics had claimed would
have empowered him to give mil
itary aid to any country in the
world under almost unlimited
conditions.
He did make a fresh demand
for the full amount of money
askpd, however.
The revamped bill spoils out
that rearmament assistance
should be given to the nations
which have signed the North At-
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Dewey Rejects
Demand To Run
For U. S. Senate
NEW YORK. Aug. 5.-WP)
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey today
turned down a demand that he
'make good ' for the Republican
party In New York by seeking a
li. S. Senate seat this fall.
The demand came from Rep.
W. Kinesland Macy. former state
GOP chairman, who accused Dew
ey, In a letter, of "placing the
party-Denina ine eignt-oau in in?
coming campaign.
The governor's office In Al
bany referred questioners to Dew
ey's unqualified statement at a
news conference June 29. Dewey
said then that he would not
seek the senate seat.
Dewev s office said there would
be no comment from the govern
or of Macy'i letter. Macy wrote
Dewey:
"You have shaped things In
such a manner as to make your
own candidacy the only possible
solution. Now it is up to you to
make good.
Macy s letter said Dewey nao
impeached the candidacy of your
own appointee" to the Senate,
Sen. John Foster Dulles, by sav
ing Dulles wuold not run in the
fall.
The letter, predicting Dewev
could win, said, however:
'Even if doomed to defeat.
you would have no moral right
to run away irom tms nomi
nation." Truman Calls Conference
On Education Aid Bill
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. Pi-
President Truman called Demo
cratic congressional leaders to
the White House today In an ef
fort to get passage on a contro
versial federal aid to education
bill.
The controversy over whether
public funds should be made
available to parochial and other
private schools for auxiliary serv
ices has blocked efforts to get the
measure to the floor in the
House.
Rep. McCormack of Massachus
etts, the Democratic floor leader
in the House, told reporters that
Mr. Truman was very urgent in
his appeal for passage of the bill
at this session, to redeem one of
his 1948 campaign pledges.
Innkeeper Defrauding
Draws Fine, Jail Term
Roy Pake, Roseburg, pleaded
guilty in Justice court this morn
ing to a charge of defrauding
an Innkeeper, according to Jus
tice of the Peace A. J. Geddei.
He was fined $75 and sentenced
to 30 days in the county Jail.
Sheriff's deputies arrested Pake
on a complaint signed by the
r.roprletor of Chuck's Cafe, Roseburg.
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ROSEBURG. OREGON
Revamps
LEGION HEADS
Ex-Commander Belgrano
Charges "Racketeering,"
Says Bankruptcy Nearing
SALEM, Aug. 5. P) Controversy gripped the annual state
American Legion convention here today, after a former national
commander denounced the Legion's national leaders.
The ex-commander Frank Belgrano, Portland banker, yesterday
called the national officials "racketeers . . . king-makers . , . poli
ticians" who spend the Legion's money to "advance their own con
trol."
Belgrano said today he had re
ceived support from legionnaires
in 12 states In his attack on the
organization's heads.
Belgrano said approving tele
grams and telephone calls had
come from complete strangers,
most of them veterans of the last
war.
This drew a prompt denial
from Mrs. Laura Goode, Port
land, national president of the
Legion Auxiliary, who was not
included in Belgrano's attack, and
Perry Brown, national command
er. Brown, who was not identi
fied by name in Belgrano's key
note speech, said at Fort Worth,
Texas, that the attack resulted
from "either misinformation or
a deliberate attempt to deceive."
Belgrano had stated, "we are
at the bottom of the barrel fi
nancially. This squandering of
Legion funds must be stopped.
If we operate another year on a
deficit we will face bankruptcy."
Brown asserted, "anyone who
says the Legion Is bankrupt does
not know what he is talking
about." He added he was asking
for a transcript of the complete
text of Belgrano's speech.
He said the Legion is in "ex
cellent shape," and warned,
"there are a lot of things be
hind the scenes In this thing that
will be taken care of by others
than myself,"
Belgrano drew muchJpplause
for his speech but yMfs. Goode
draw a like amount later when
she defended national officers.
She characterized Brown as a
"fine leader" and a "true legion
naire." Prestige Lost, Assertion
Belgrano said the Legion had
lost prestige and failed to grow
in recent years. Despite promises,
the Legion's "king-makers" failed
to move young men into posi
tions ot responsibility lest the
officials lose control of the or
ganization, Belgrano said.
He went on to list tne num
ber of national Legion commit
tees at 47 and the number f
committeemen at 441 In 1945.
This year they are up to 62 com
mittees and 773 members ne
said. All are entitled to travel
and housing expense when at
tending meetings, he added.
On his bankruptcy charge, he
said the Legion spent $427,141
more than it received in 1947.
The deficit was $32,944 in 1948,,
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Lover Convicted
Of Murdering
Girl's Mother
REDWOOD CITY. Calif.. Aug.
5. (JP) A Jury today convicted
Kermlt O. Frazier of second de
gree murder for slaying the
mother of the girl he wanted to
marry.
I he 34-year-old former air
force officer will be sentenced this
afternoon.
He shot and killed Mrs. Marv
L. Thompson in her nearby Ather
ton home last March. He wounded
her twin daughters, Doris, whom
he loved, and Sharle, 29.
The Jury of six men and six
women also convicted the former
North Carolinian of felonious as
sault in wounding the twins.
Under California law, the
penalty for second degree murder
is five years to life.
Frazier, who wept frequently
during the trial, testified he
"loved Doris more than life."
The defense argued he intended
to hill himself last March and
shot the Thompsons when his
mind went blank.
Doris Thompson told the Jury
Frazier was paying court to her
when she lived in Denver and he
was stationed there during the
war. She said he told her of his
f plantation with a swimming pool
n North Carolina: She said she
visited him but found no such
plantation existed.
Executive Needs Cash To
Pay Help; Picks Pockets
TOKYO, Aug. S ' Police
picking up pickpocket picked
up the president of an auto
mobile body plant.
'And what, they asked the
little Japanese industrialist, was
euch a respectable citizen do
ing picking pockets?
Collections from customers
were most difficult, he replied.
Had te get money some way
te pay th help.
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FRIDAY, AUG. S, 1949
Foreign
BLASTED
NOMINATED State Senetor
John S. Battle (above) the
candidate of the U. S. Senator
Byrd organization, beat three
opponents Aug. 2 to win the
Democratic gubernatorial nom
ination, for governor. The nom
ination is tantamount" to elec
tion in ' Democratic Virginia.
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Ten Men Surrender At
Tocoma On Rape Charge
TACOMA, Aug. 5. JP All 10
men accused of participating in
an 11-hour sex orgy with a 22-year-old
woman have surrender
ed to the sheriff's office and been
released on $1,000 bond.
The voluntary surrender of
three of the men last night com
pleted the roundup within 24
hours after Issuance of Superior
court warrants for their arrest.
The warrants were Issued bv
Superior Judge W. A. Richmond
after Prosecutor Patrick Steele
had released the men on their
personal recognizance on grounds
a conviction would be difficult
to obtain.
Each of the 10 is charged with
rape. The woman had been releas
ed from a state hospital, but
has since been returned.
Segregation Issue At
Klamath Falls Settled
KLAMATH FALLS. Aug. 5.
OT) Segregation in the munici
pally owned Klamath Memorial
cemetery drew a protest today
from the National Association
for the Advancement of colored
people.
The problem arore over the
burial of a Negro war veteran.
It was found that deeds restrict
ed burial to so-called Caucasians
Whites and Negroes objected,
and the city ordered the restric
tion removed, but then set aside
a designated area as a burial
ground for non-Caucasians.
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FORESTS STILL BLAZING
Crews Battle In Various
Sections Of Northwest;
Jumper Drops Into Fire
'Br th AMorUtdf PrMtl
A forest service plane loaded up with food and water today, as
foresters continued taking to the air to help battle fires burning
over widely separated sections of the Pacific Northwest.
The biggest fire a thousand acres on the Ochoco National forest
of central Oregon was corralled last night, but fire fighters con
tinued battling on smaller fronts over the northwest.
A smoke Jumper who parachut
ed right Into the fire he was go
ing to fight was carried out of
the Kaniksu National forest on
a stretcher last night, and was
taken to a hospital in Bonners
Ferry, Idaho.
Lloyd C. Knapp, Col vi lie.
Wash., parachuted Into the Ka
niksu yesterday to fight one of
20 small lightning blazes. He
landed In a tree, and crashed In
to some burning timbers on the
ground.
His back, Injured, he rolled
away from the fire, but could not
walk out. An eight-man rescue
team parachuted Into the forest
and carried him on a four-hour
trip over a trail to an ambulance.
The forest service said he was
"3-49
Aid Bill
Fire Damages
Residence Of
Mrs. F. Barker
Two Rooms Destroyed,
Smoke Blackens Others;
Fire Origin Not Known
The Roseburg fire department
and volunteer firemen were called
to the home of Mrs. Fred Barker,
213 E. 2nd Ave. So., at 3:45 this
morning as flames and amoke
surged through the five-room
house and Into the attic.
Lloyd Barker 31, son of Mrs.
Barker, said he was alone In
the house when he was awakened
by smoke and flames. Prior to
calling firemen. Barker said he
brought buckets of water from
the bathroom in hope of ex
tinguishing the blaze but failing
in his attempt, turned in the
alarm. Barker aaid he thought
the fire started In his bedroom
but he could not determine the
exact cause.
When fire fighters arrived,
flames were roaring through the
structure and into the attic. Fire
completely destroyed Barker's
bedroom and most of the living
room and furniture before it
could be controlled, although fire
men la 10. two lines of hoses. The
kitchen and another bedroom suf
fered only damage from smoke
and water.
Mrs. Barker, who reported the
structure was covered by Insur-
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Ingrid Bergman
To Seek Divorce,
Quit The Films
ROME, Aug. 5.-m Ingrid
Bergman announced today ahe
will divorce her husband, Dr.
Peter Lindstrom. She also said
she will quit the movies.
The beautiful Swedish star
made the declaration In a deeply
emolional statement issued to re
porters by her personal represen
tative, Joseph Steele.
Sources close to the actress re
ported she intends to marry Ital
ian director Roberto Rosselllnl
after her divorce.
Steele said Miss Bergman prob
ably will claim Incompatibility
in 'her suit and that "she doea
not expect her husband to con
test the divorce."
He declared that Miss Berg
man will not seek exclusive cus
tody of her 11-year-old daughter,
Pla.
"That should be worked out sat
isfactorily later," he said.
Rosselini has directed such
smash hits as "Open City" and
"Paisan." A family source said
he had divorced Marcelle de Mar
cheses several years ago In Buda
pest. The divorce was declared
final in Italy only recently.
For years, Miss Bergman and
Lindstrom had been considered
one of Hollywood's most happily
married couples.
Oregon Justice Belt
III Of Heart Attack'
SEASIDE, Aug. 5. UP) State
Supreme Court Justice Harry H.
Belt, 65, was reported "somewhat
Improved" today, after being
stricken with a heart attack
while vacationing here.
Attendants at the Seaside hos
pital said the Justice was "resting
comfortably" this morning. He
was taken 111 Tuesday.
not seriously hurt.
A third fire broke out In a
rugged, canvon-pocked area of
the Ochoco National forest, Just
as two other blazes were brought
under control.
The new fire about 300 acres
Is in such inaccessible country
that the 150 men dispatched to
fight It will have to be fed by
parachuted meals.
The men are working on the
south fork of the John Day river,
Jut five miles north of the 350-
acre isquaw creek lire tnai wa
controled yesterday.
Other scattered blaze were be
ing fought on the Fremont Na-
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Collapse Before Onslaught Of
Communism Admitted By U.S.
In Secy. Acheson's Statement
Scathing "White Paper" Blames
Chiang Kai-shek For Debacle In
Failure To Establish Reforms
By JOHN M. HICHTOWER
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.-AP)S.cr.tary of Stat. Ache.o.
wrote off China's Nationalist government today as a total fail
ure before the ontleught of communism. He charted a new court,
for America's anti-Communist policy in the Far East.
In bitingly critical "white paper," including the long-sup.
pressed Wedemeyer report, Acheson told President Truman in
a letter that U. S. policy now mutt be shaped to "encourage ell
developments" in China which are aimed at throwing off the
'foreign yoke" of Moscow-directed communism.
Acheson said th. Communist regime serves the interests of
Soviet Russia." He advised the President it may "lend itself to
th aims of Soviet Ruisien imperialism" to start an aggression
against China's neighbor naiioni.
If that aggression comes, Acheion indicated the United States
would try to block it through the United Nations.
; Whlb not all China Is presently
! i "if- under the red banner, Acheson
wnanuMia ruu
To Reds; Way To
Canton Is Open
CANTON, Aug. 5. PV The
fortress of Changsha fell to the
Reds today and a creditable re
port of a nationalist army re
volt on that front may mean the
road to canton soon will be al
most wide open.
Loss of Changsha, 36S miles
to the north, was bad news
enough for the nationalists. But
the Reds in another lunge south
east of Changsha were only 215
miles irom mis reiugee capi
tal.
Both these reversals were ad
mitted officially.
Unofficial but credible reports
said Gen. Chen Ming-Jen, new
governor of Hunan province, the
bread basket province, had revolt
ed. General Chen only recently re
placed Gen. Ch(ig Chlen. The
?overnment chavyes Cheng fled
ram Changsha and went over to
the Reds Monday. The govern
ment ordered Cheng's arrest, ac
cusing him of trying to arrange
a local peace with the Commu
nists.
rrunomciu accounts sam
general i.ncn, ciose irienu 01
his predecessor, also went over
to the Reds taking at least one
of his three armies with him.
His armies totalled 90,000 men.
Defection of the Hunan gen
eral would create a serious situ
ation. It conceivably could com
pel Gen. Pai Chung-Hsl, the
commander in the south, to with
draw, his troops soul h west ward
Into Kwangsl province. This
would leave the road to Canton
open for a swift and easy Com
munist advance.
The Communist timetable calls
for the capture ot Canton by Aug.
15.
The revolt of the two generals
would explain why the Reds have
been shadow boxing on the
Changsha front lately.
Tragedy Damage Verdict
Appealed By Plaintiff
An appeal to the Oregon Su
preme Court has been filed from
a decision recently made in the
circuit court regarding the truck
auto accident which allegedly
took the life ot Llllth Gall Jen
Jtlns. Marjorle G. Davis, administra
trix of the estate of the crash
victim, Indicated yesterday she
has appealed the verdict of a cir
cuit court Jury which awarded
$2,500 damages. She asked dam
ages amounting to $10,000 from
the defendants, Bernard Fenwick
and Flegel Transfer and Storage
company.
Drain And Elkton Masons,
Eastern Star To Picnic
Masons and Eastern Star mem
ber of Drain and Elkton will
hold a Joint picnic at the Hank
Beckley ranch at Elkton Sunday,
Aug. 7, starting at 10 a. m. Pot
luck picnic dinner will be served
starting at 1 p. m.
Rainbow Girls are to operate
a stand at which they will tell
ice cream, cold drinks and can
dle, for the purpose of raising
funds with which to carry on
their program.
Hornets Credited With
Preventing Burglary
PARRAN. Md Aug. 5.-VP)
Police today gazed at tracks )ca
Ing to and from a window ot a
combination store and post office
In thi Calvert county town, lhey
deduced the following:
Burglar had pried open me
outside set of shutters. Between
the shutter they discovered a
hornets' nest. The burglars left
hurriedly, hornets In pursuit
Rent Controls Ended
In 3 Utah Counties
WASHINGTON, Aug. i.-ilPt
Rent controls were ended today
in Salt Lake City, Utah, and in
Salt Lake and Tooele counties,
Utah.
Tighe E. Woods, housing expedit
er, said the action was based on
local decontrol resolution passed
by th. Salt Lake City governing
body.
saiu in another document of the'
white paper, the communist can
take over the rest any time they
want and nationalist armies will
be powerless to resist. He thus ad
vised Chairman Connally ID..
Texas) of the Senate Foreign Re
lations committee March 15.
National Armies Impotent
por the "ominous result of th
Chinese civil war." Acheson placed
full klsn.. r- if.-: "
Chiang Kai-shek and other lead
era of the crumbling national gov
ernment. He said they "lost no
battles" in the last crucial year
for lack of American weapons.
im-ir lauures, ne said, were
due to loss of popular support and
loss by the armies of the will to
fight. The communists battled
with "fanatical zeal," Acheson
added, but: "The nationalist
armies did not have to be defeat.
ed; they disintegrated."
10 support the position .that
Chinese not American leaders
were to blame for the disaster,
the State department Included
among the unveiled state docu
ments a sensational letter from
China's current acting President,
General LI Tsung-Jen.
L.1, wno succeeded Chiang Kai
shek as chief of state, wrote Presi
dent Truman May 5, 1949, that
China was brought to its present
yugm Dy ;ne laiiure 01 1U preVU,
ous government (Chiang's) to
imaKe judicious use of American
aid and In nut thrmi. h "ru.niiBi
economic and military reforms.'1
. The two-inch thick white paper
(official diplomatic record), span
ning more than a century, con
tains probably the most slashing
criticism ever issued by the
United States against another
friendly novcrnmenL even a
dving one. It pour out all the
known and secret reasons and
arguments why the Truman ad
ministration for more than a year
now has fought all demands in
Congress for any major new
China aid program.
Reform Need Pointed Out
Even the two-year-old report ot
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Rodeo Rider Kills
Judge, Onlooker
nrrj spptvr:s t in k .
(P) Bullets from a cowhand's
sixgun killed a rodeo Judge and
an oniooKing cowooy college stu
dent last night.
Herb Fri-sfll a Rt-ahma Ki.ll
rider from Beaumont, over near
me easi lexas line, ignored a
rodeo crowd of about 2,500 when
he went nunnino fac TiirlfTA UAn
ry Preston (Buck) Jones, about
He cut down James with a .38
caliber bullet through the chin.
A wild shot killed Carl C. Myer
of Abilene, 23, president of the
rcaruin-aimmons university rodeo
association.
Former Howard County Sheriff
Je Klaimhlor lumnwl fin EVW-.
ell and yanked the pistol out
oi mi nana, a ouncn oi cow-
hnv. rilnninfr nwlfunrHlu In (hal
high-heeled hoots, dashed up to
nein niaugnier.
Sheriff Bob Wolf locked Friz
ell In thn rniimtu lail CVI 1 1
was charged with murder in both
Wold said the shooting ended
an arniimjint that Kari mirA
about two hours earlier between
rrizzeu and Jones.
Larceny Of Furniture,
Mill Equipment Charged
Garland Dillard. Tenmile. wai
arrested yesterday by sheriff
deputies on a charge of larceny
of furniture and mill equipment,
according to Sheriff O. T. Car
ter. When arraigned In Justice
court this morning, Dillard asked
for a preliminary hearing. He
was remanded to the custody of
the sheriff.
Livity Fact Rant
By L. T. Reieemteln
Unci. Som's diplomatic and
financial fiasco in China can
now qo down in history at mt
another Dunkirk. What a pity
Madam. Chiang wasted a good
speech In th. U. S. Congress
two years ago for an incompe
tent spous..