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ONE MONTH AFTER INVASION Her. it the geography after
a month of fiahtina in South Koree. It wai just a month ago
(June 25), when the North Korean invasion got under way.
After 30 day! of fighting, the Communist forces control roughly
two-thirds of the area south of the 38th parallel. Map shows
the relative siie of the southeast area where U.S. forces are
fighting, with relation to the entire Korean peninsula. (AP
Wirephoto Map.)
Unchecked Polio Epidemic In
Virginia Locality Draws Two
National Foundation Heads
WYTHEVILLE. Ya.. (API
which has killed almost IS per
I I I
disease, continued uncnecxeo
town of 5,500 persons. The normal death rate is about four
Sutherlin Faces
Water Shortage
New York city has nothing on
Sutherlin, when it comes to the
water situation.
Sutherlin, the fastest growing
city in Oregon, if not in the U. S.
is having its growing pains, too;
and water isn't a small part of
the problem.
Sutherlin residents have been for
bidden by the municipally-owned
water works from all sprinkling of
lawns. Water is not to be used for
any purpose except household use,
until further notice.
The census bureau figures show
Sutherlin has jumped from a 1940
population of only 525 to 2227 in
1950. This, according to the math
ematicians is a 324 percent gain,
which tops the claims of Sweet
Home and Empire, percentage
wise. But unlike New York, Sutherlin
has a partial solution to its prob
lem. Reports are the well-drilling
business has picked up. Well drill
ers have been kept busy the last
month, working night and day, to
try and catch up with their or
ders.
0. L. Torrey and Hugh Wahl are
amone the latest residents to have
wells drilled on their property, pri
marily for irrigation purposes
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The war news as this is written
isn't good at all:
Up in the Taejon area, we're
digging our toes in and stopping the
enemy, and here and there we're
even throwing him back a little
a places where we find a week
spot in his line.
But yesterday the Reds took a
long, wild, free - wheeling swing
down the west coast to the rail
way and highway center of Kwan
Kiu. If you'll get out your map,
you'll see what that MIGHT mean.
This is the picture:
Kwangju is in the flatlands of
the southern part of South Korea.
It is in the flatlands that .he tanks
are at their best. In the way of
tanks, the Russian-backed North
Koreans have us UTTERLY out
classed. They have far more tanks
on the ground thar we have. The
guns of their tanks OUTRANGE
the guns on our tanks, which means
that they can pick off our tanks
before we can
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boxer fighting a short-armed box-
From this town of Kwangju a
road leads eastward through the
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The Weather
Fair today . becoming
partly
cloudy and slightly cooler tonight
and Friday.
Highest temp, for any July ...
Lowest temp, for any July ...
Highest temp, yesterday
Lowest temp, last 14 hours
Precipitation last 14 hours
Precipitation from July 1
Precipitation from Sept. 1
Deficiency from July 1
Sunset today 1:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:51 a.m.
PUSAN
STATUTE Mild
A virulent outbreak of polio.
cent of those who contracted the
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toaay in mis sournwsst tirginia
per cent.
Wytheville itself has had 59
cases. Wythe county as a whole,
fnon. 23.000 including Wvtheville)
has had 75 cases, with 11 deaths
and average of almost three cases
per day since the epidemic began
July j. .
State Health Commissioner L. J.
Roper termed the town and ad
joining Wythe county an area of
"tension.
Four new cases and two more
deaths were reported yesterday
trom tne polio-ravaged county
hardest hit spot in the nation this
year and scene of the worst out
break in Virginia s history.
The 15 percent death rate
brought the most alarm to Dr
Roper, who noted that the normal
polio rate is about 4 percent. He
said it is too early to say how
mucn paralysis may result.
Dr. Roper and other officials of
tne state neaitn department nave
conferred with Wythe county health
oiticiais, wno nave ruled out
quarantine as having little effect
on the spread of the disease.
Basil O'Connor and Dr. Hart E
Van Riter, president and medical
director of the national foundation
of infantile paralysis, now in Rich
niond, will discuss the situation
with state health officials. Thev
planned tp leave here tonight after
me conierences.
In addition to the use of all
known methods to combat the eni
demic, tests are being made by
Dr. Alexander Meigman, consult
ant ot tne national foundation.
But activities are at a standstill,
despite the lack of a quarantine,
Lnuaren are Dcing Kept at nom
by ' frightened parents, and all
branches of the armed forces have
refused to accept enlistees or draf
tees from the area until the out
break dies down.
Fire Razes Singapore's
Biggest Rubber Factory
SINGAPORE m At least one
voman worker perished today in
a fire which razed Singapore's
largest rubber factory. Police said
the blaze was set by Communists.
Rescue workers dug through the
rubble of the huge Aikhoe plant,
which employed almost 1,000 per
sons, in search of more victims
believed trapped in the fire.
The factory was insured for 12.
300,000. It employed almost 1.000
persons.
Police said the blaze looked like
part of an ambitious Communist
plot to destroy Singapore's econ
only, iwu
omy. Two previous attempts nan
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! Massachusetts Court
Puts Ban On Sexy Novel
BOSTON -UPW- The Massachu-
setts supreme court has banned
Erskine Caldwell's novel "God's
Little Acre' from state sale.
The court ruled yesterday that
. the book is "obscene.1 The deci-
'. sion upset
previous ruling of
Superior Judge Charles S. Fair-
109 hurst that it was not obscene.
40 The supreme court opinion, writ-
II ten by Justice John V. Spaulding,
. .. 56 1 said:
0 . "The book abounds in sexual
trace , episodes and some ire portrayed
34.15 with an abundance of realistic de
... .32 tail. In some instances the author's
j treatment of sexual relations de
! scends to outright pornography."
Established 1873
National
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Mobilization
For War Plan
To Be Studied
Thret Labor Chiefs To
Serve; Baruch's Idea For
'Ceilings' Frowned On
WASHINGTON UP) The gov
ernment today announced it will
organize a 12-man national policy
committee, from agriculture, in
dustry, labor, and me public, to
consult on war mobilization policy.
W. Stuart Symington, chairman
of the National Security Resources
board, said his agency is organiz
ing the advisory group.
The three labor representatives
will be AFL President William
Green, CIO President Philip Mur
ray, and Al Hayes, president of
the International Association of
Machinists (unaffiliated).
Symington said labor proposed
the committee.
When asked who the other nine
members will be. he said he has
not yet had a chance to invite the
other groups to take part.
congress meanwnue seemea di
vided over whether there should
be all-out mobilization of the U.S.
home front with most members
apparently against such a move
right now.
Hard on the heels of Bernard M.
Barucb s proposal for an imme
diate "ceiling . on everything."
some lawmakers called for full-
scale economic mobilization, com
plete with consumer rationing and
wage-price controls.
Baruch's Plan Opposed
Baruch, venerable presidential
and congressional adviser, criti
cized President Truman and Con
gress yesterday, saying they have
not moved far enough or fast
enough to get the nation ready
for a finish-fight against Commu
nism.
Bluntly he said all-out controls
must be clamped on and the
sooner, the easier for the American
people.
While most congressional leaders
shied away from the Baruch pro
posal, Senator Sparkman (D-Ala)
told a reporter he would ask the
senate banking committee to con
sider it fully.
A barrage of questions hurled
at Baruch made it obvious that
most committee members did not
think highly of his suggestion. But
Sparkman said the Baruch propos
al must be taken seriously.
Sen. Taft Urges Caution
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) announced
that a committee of GOP senators
from the banking, finance and arm
ed services committees would be
gin drafting today proposed
amendments to curtail some of the
administration's bill for production
and credit controls. Taft said that
controls voted now might turn out
to be permanent and Congress
should move cautiously. Taft also
forecast a 10-year preparedness
program costing at least $100,000,
000,000 and renewed his call for
heavy taxes as an alternative to
controls.
The Senate unanimously passed
a bill removing all limits on the
size of the armed forces until July
31, 1954. The House had passed the
bill without any time limit and
now the two versions must be
reconciled.
Prisoners Use
War-Type Bottles
To Attack Guard
EDDYVILLE, Ky. UP) A guard
at the Eddyville state penitentiary
was burned seriously yesterday in
an attempted escape by four pris
oners described by warden Jess
Buchanan as "poorly planned."
The warden said Carl Reidling,
27. was burned on the face. head.
arms and hands when the orison-
ers hurled bottles stuffed with gas-
oiine-soanea cotton into his guard
station on the prison wall.
Dr. Sidney Dyer, orison nhvsi
cian and operator of Dyer hospital
at Kuuawa, said last night that
Reidling "is in bad shape but has
a good chance to recover.
Bucnanan said the prisoners
crept behind a boiler house and a
smaller adjoining structure in thi
prison court yard to within about
35 feet of the elevated guard sta
tion and threw at least four bottles
into the guard station.
The bottles burst into flame and
ignited Reidling's clothing. The
prisoners fled when the guard fir
ed one shot, the warden said.
Buchanan said the prisoners' ap
parent plan was to "knock out the
guard station and go over the wall
in broad daylight." The prisoners
did not have a ladder.
The bottles thrown by the pris
oners were similar to those used
by the Russians to knock out Ger
man tanks in World War II. They
became known as "Molotov cock
tails" during the war.
Reidling is a veteran of World
War II.
DIES AT 107
BERWICK-ON-TWEED, Eng.
(,P Mrs. MariU' Gauld died yes
terday at the age of 107. She was
believed to be the oldest woman
in Britain.
ROSEBURC, ORECON
Policy Board To Be Formed
!
Atomic Bomb's
Atomic Bomb's Use In Korea
Not Now Planned-Truman;
Wage, Price Controls Wait
WASHINGTON, (API President Truman said today
he is not now considering use of the atomic bomb in the Korean
war.
Mr. Truman made this statement at a news conference. He
had been reminded by a reporter that he once said he would
not hesitate to use the atom bomb again if it became necessary
to assure world peace.
He said he still hopes reverently for world peace.
Pacific Ports To
Be Guarded From
Ships With Bombs
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) -Security
measures designee to guard
Pacific coast ports against "Tro
jan horse" ships which might be
carrying atomic bombs are in ef
fect. The newly ordered government
loyalty check to prevent Commu
nists from shipping on American
merchant vessels was expected to
be instituted immediately.
Federal officials confirmed that
customs inspectors will board and
examine all foreign ships as they
enter the three-mile limit.
Collector of customs Paul Leake
reported the ships would be search
ed by inspectors carrying Geiger
counters.
Any indications of atomic o r
bacteriological warfare cargoes or
of improper ship registration will
result in holding the ship offshore
for full investigation.
Customs inspectors normally do
not board vessels here until they
are inside the Golden Gate.
Coast guard ships will cooper
ate with the customs service in con
ducting the examinations.
The coast guard also will admin
ister a screening program for ship
crews.. A coast guard spokesman
said it was expected .that its in
vestigations would begin with its
shipping commissioners who cus
tomarily check on all seamen re
porting for duty aboard American
merchant ships.
The spokesman added that the
commissioners will be empower
ed to make immediate decisions re
garding a man's loyalty.
Seamen rejected by the commis
sioners would have the right of ap
peal but such appeals would not
delay ship sailings, the spokesman
said.
Douglas Scores 100 Pet.
In Sayings Bond Drive
Douelas countv's auota in the In
dependence Savings bond cam
paign, which closed July 4, was
completed 100 percent according to
H. O. Pargeter, county chairman.
He said today sales in the countv
totalled $160,581 or 100 percent o'f
the set quota of $160,580.
Oregon as a whole went "over
the top on the bond campaign with
a purchase of S5.940.83l. tannine
the quota by nearly $50,000. Suc
cess in this recent bond sale
brought praise from Larry Hilaire,
vice chairman of the Oregon drive.
In part he said "Oregon maintain
ed its record of never having failed
to make its quota in 11 successive
war and savings bond drives."
ANTI-HOARDING CAMPAIGN
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labovel has launched a one-man
ers in Detroit. Whenever any one buys an over-supply of items,
the merchandise is packed in one of these bags and the pur
chaser has to carry it from the store himself. Murphy hopes
his idea will be accepted by other food dealers throughout the
nation. INEA Telephoto.l
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1950
Use In Korea
The President also said he saw
no necessity now for wage, price
and manpower controls to meet
the current emergency, adding that
if these measures come they will
be part of an all-out mobilization
he hopes the country will not need.
Mr. Truman advised that steps
are in the making to deal with trai
tors and saboteurs in the current
emergency.
But he said the government was
to act very carefully to see that
it doesn't proceed along the line
of the old alien and sedition laws.
Those were laws of the early
days of the republic which repress
ed freedoms and took away rights
of free expression and of the press.
He said the bill of rights is a
very important part of the Con
dition and it will not be ignored.
Since the Korean crisis develop
ed, he has issued an executive
Price Freeze, Rationing
Plan Loses In Committee
WASHINGTON, July 77 P
A proposal. to freeze all prices
and wages, and to authorize ra
tioning was defeated in the house,
banking committee today by one
vote, 10 to e. The committee
then approved e large part of
Mr. Truman's proposals for lim
ited economic controls to or
ganize the home front behind the
fight against Communist aggres
sion. order asking all law enforcement
officers to cooperate with the
federal bureau of investigation in
dealing with subversive activities
He also called for the help of cit
izens, asking them to report any
information to the FBI.
Attorney General McGrath made
a plea, meantime, for quick pas
sage of the controls asked by Presi
dent Truman. He was before the
Senate Banking committee.
The attorney general told the sen
ators he believes the powers the
President seeks are broad enough
and flexible enough to handle the
situation unless there are "more
serious developments."
Lightning Kills 2nd
Member Of Family
COLUMBIA, S. C. -4m Light
ning killed Thomas Nelson Porter
near here Tuesday, the eve of his
40th birthday. Lightning killed his
5-year-old daughter 18 months ago
at Polkton, N. C.
EL PASO, Tex.(tP) Two men
were killed yesterday when they
were buried under rock after light
ning exploded a dynamite charge
at a stone quarry.
The two were W. A. Harrison, 41,
of El Paso, and Teofilo Vera, 43,
of Juarez, Mexico.
Grocer Earnest L. Murphy
campaign against food hoard
174-50
DpfpndPK Of
Negro Claim
Mob Beatings
Incidents Provoked For
Propaganda, Answer Of
Mississippi Officials
JACKSON. MISS.. -UP) North
ern defenders of a convicted Negro
rapist who was to have died today
in the electric chair charged they
were set upon and manhandled by
mobs here.
Mississippi officials countered
with the assertion that Communists
provoked the incidents for propa
ganda and were seeking to af
ll out the south.
Mid-between these charges and
counter charges was 37 - year - old
wiuie Mcuee, wno was convicted
three times for raping a white
woman in 1945 and who yesterday
was granted a stay of execution
by Justice Harold Burton of the
United state supreme court.
The Nemo' third conviction was
affirmed by the slate supreme
court and the United Stales high
court refused to review the case.
Two previous convictions had been
reversed by the Mississippi su
preme court on legal technicali
ties. Burton explained that he was not
criticizing any court, but that "jus-
nee can Dest be served by grant
ing a stay."
two members of a delegation
which came here to plead with
Gov. Fielding Wright for executive
clemency for McGee aaid they
were beaten.
Aubrey Grossman, organizational
secretary for the civil rights Con
gress ot Mew York, which the Jus
tice department has listed as a
Communist group, said that soon
after the stay was granted he was
beaten in his hotel room here.
Grossman and the Congress have
been defending McGee.
Steve Fischer, a reporter for the
New York Daily Compass, told
reporters mat anout zo men as
saulted him and that he "got slug
ged pretty hard."
Another member of the delega
tion, radio commentator Sidney Or-
oower oi inicago, said ne suffered
lacerations and bruises when about
15 men attacked him at the Jack
son airport.
Seven Doomed Negroes
Are Granted Reprieve
RICHMOND. Va" -4JP) Seven
Negroes convicted of the rape of
a 32 -year -old Martinsville, Va.,
white woman today had an indefi
nite reprieve from Virginia's elec
tric chair.
And it aoneared that the men.
believed doomed when Governor
John S. Battle refused them exec
utive clemency on Mondav. con
ceivably could stay in the "death
row lor many more months of
legal maneuvering.
Hustings court judge M. Ray
Douglas ordered stays of execu
tion late yesterday, less than 36
hours before the first four men
were to have died at the Virginia
state penitentiary.
ine judge granted the stays, ef
fective until further court order.
after Martin A. Martin, Negro at
torney lor tne men, filed petitions
for writs of habeas corpus contend
ing the seven were denied "equal
protection of the law" under the
14th amendment to the federal
constitution.
Martin's appeal Contended the
state of Virginia consistently has
executed Negroes for rape but nev
er has sentenced white men to
death for the same crime.
Red Literature Sale
Squelches Newsstand
DETROIT, July 27 UP) Izzy
Berenson's newsstand hard by De
troit's city hall is now out of ac
tion. Police hauled it away yesterday
as a "public nuisance." It had
been so labeled by the city coun
cil, which is making a drive
against Communist propaganda
distribution on municipal proper
ty
Berenson. 57, sold the Commu -
nist Daily Worker and other Com
munist publications.
The council is still studying a
proposed ordinance to forbid sales
of "subversive literature.'
Angell Predicts Return
Of Ration, Price Controls
WASHINGTON-t'Py-Rep. Angell
(R-Ore) predicts a return of ra-
tioning and price controls after
the November election.
Angell said he felt there even
was a chance the controls might be
brought back before that time.
CANDIDATE INJURED
Howard Crarrnft of Kpllncff road
' dislocated his left shoulder in a
ran wnue ai worK ai ine nocx
Island mill at Sutherlin Tuesday.
He was taken to Mercy hospital
in Rosehurg, where the bone was
set and he was then taken home,
Cracroft is the Democratic candi-1 ing home shooting today,
date for county judge in the forth- The victims were Ella Mae Dry
coming general election. 'er, 45, and Ernest Dryer.
Three Communist Divisions
Mass For Knockout Attempt
In Pace Of Murderous Fire
(By Tim AwociaUd Preis)
Three bio Communist columns innnJ .iiwJ tL.
central sector of the Korean
mi in in race or muraerous artillery and plane fire, and the.
indications were that the Reds were massing for what may be
the biggest battle of the war thus far.
n the northeast flank, South Korean troops attacked
and pushed the Reds back seven miles.
The Second and Third Red divisions their best regrouped
the central front for the bia nush. Th.t. r. witk tU.
mauled Red First division, have
invasion march down the peninsula. They are well trained and
still have much offensive punch, despite their heavy losses.
25 Missing After
Military Plane's
Plunge Into Sea
TOKYO, (AP) A C-47
military transport plane with 26
persons aboard-believed to in
clude four war correspondents
plunged into the sea today
10 miles south of Japans
Oshima island.
General MacArthur's head
quarters enouncement of the
ditching said one survivor was
picked up and others are being
sought.
The four war correspondents
left the Tokyo correspondents
club for Korea early Thursday.
They were indentified in an un
official list as:
James O. Supple, Chicago
Sun-Times; Maximilien Philon
enko, Agence France Presse;
Stephen Simmons, Hilton Press
and London Picture Post; and
Albert Hinton, who represented
the Norfolk Journal and several
other Negro newspapers.
There were 23 passengers and
three crewmen on board.
Nomination Theft
Charged By Loser;
Recount Sought
OLAHOMA CITY, UP) Wil
liam O. Coe charges that the De
mocratic governors nomination
was stolen from him and says
will demand today that a complete
recount be made.
In the face of an unofficial 886
vote defeat by Johnston Murray,
Coe declared "some county and
precinct election officials in this
state are going to the penitentiary
for the election frauds practiced
on me" Tuesday in the runoff pri
mary.
The unofficial totals gave Mur
ray 235.525; Coe 234,639.
Officials were named, but the
bitter candidate asserted:
"Already, in Oklahoma county
alone, we have uncovered at least
3,100 votes stolen from me and
given to Johnston Murray, In an
other county of this state, 29 peo
ple were voted out of one four
room house, listed as their resi
dence, all votes for Johnston Mur
ray." After a campaign fraught with
scathing accusations by Coe con
cerning Murray's character, Coe
skyrocketed from a 88,000-vote de
ficit in the first primary. He call
ed Murray a child deserter and
draft avoider.
Murray said he would withoW
comment, pending outcome of the
official tabulation expected late to
morrow or Saturday. Representa
tives of oth candidates are guard
ing ballot boxes all over the state
Only eight countiees are official
ly reported, and they changed but
one vote to Coe.
Coe claimed he had evidence
that one man was paid $1,500 to
"deliver 10 precincts to Johnston
Murray, after the polls were clos
ed in Oklahoma county."
He sent out an .appeal for funds
for the recount, which costs $19,250
for the 77 counties on the basis
of $250 per county.
Both candidates are Oklahoma
City attorneys. Murry is a son
of former Governor William H.
(Alfalfa Bill) Murray, and Coe is
a former state senator.
Navy Airman Hurt In
Eastern Oregon Crash
BAKER, Ore. UP) A navy
pilot. Lt. (JG) Anthony E. Stroed-
,er, Beaverton, Ore., was injured
last night when a Corsair crash
landed tear North Powder,
The fighter craf was one of 17
being flown from Seattle to Dal
las, Texas, after being used by
marine corps reserves for train
ing at Whidby island naval air sta
tion. The pilot is in the St. Elizabeth
hospital with - compound fracture
on his left arm, a possible frac-
tre
of vertebra and concussion
! and shock.
I A navy announcement at Seat-
, tie said the plane crashed from
undetermined causes. Police herr
reported a witness believed the
engine had failed.
Jobless Man Kills His
Estranged Wife And Self
TOPPENISH, Wash. -4P) A
brooding 55-year-old unemployed
carpenter killed his estranged wife
and himself in an early hour nurs-
front today against American
been in the v t 4k wk.l.
South Korean troops with U. S.
air support, delivered two nharn
punches, one on the northeast of
the Yongdong sector and one on
the east coast. In both cases they
drove Red forces back. Six en
emy tanks were knocked out in
battlefront actions by bazooka fire
and plane attacks. Allied warshipg
helped out in the east coast action
with strong shellfire.
At Maromyon, 15 miles north
east of Yongdong, the 24th regi.
mental combat team, the only Ne
gro unit identified as in action,
has beaten off a Communist at
tack. The Communist radio at Pyong
yang, North Korea, said Red Coas
tal batteries have sunk an Ameri
can warship off Yosu, a port the
Reds say they have captured. It is
on a peninsula, 20 miles south of
Sunchon, which in turn is 18 miles
uenina me tannest point of ad
vance of the Reds on the dangerous
southern front. There the Ameri
cans have begun attacking. Amer
ican patrols here pushed dementi
of the Red fourth division back in
the vinciiiity of Hadong. The
Americans are reported ready to
enter Hadong when the town, onl
70 miles from the U. S. supp.y
port of Pusan, stops burning.
MicArthur Confident
General AfaeArthur tnAv maj.
his second surprise visit to the Kor
ean warfront and expressed com
plete commence "in ultimate vic
tory." After conferring with his top com
manders, the general warned, "we
will have new heartaches- and
new setbacks."
"But,' he added, "I was never
more confident of victory ulti-
mate victory in my life than
I ant now.
MacArthur said he was "eom
pletely confirmed" in the estimate
he made to President Truman last
week that the North Korean Reds
had lost their chance for. victory
in the last three weeks.
Clear weather gave Allied air
power another day of free-for-ail
hunting yesterday, along the frost
lines. American and Australian
fighters and U. S. light bombers
shot up tanks, trucks and troop
concentrations. U. S. and British
carrier-based .planes ranged the
front yesterday in sharp attacks.
B-29 superforts struck at North
Korean supply lines and commu
nications behind the front.
Ten tanks and 92 trucks were
knocked out of action .in the air
strikes yesterday.
To the north, carrier based Am
erican planes struck at Suwon air
field near Seoul, fallen South Korea
capital, knocking out two planes.
PUD Vote Called On Plan
To Acquire Adjacent Lines
HOOD RIVER, UP) People'!
utility district commissioners here
have voted to call an election
Sept. 19 on a $1,000,000 bond issue.
The money would be used to buy,
build, condemn or otherwise ac
quire electric transmission facilit
ies in the valley outside the city.
Two systems now serve the area
inside the PUD's boundaries. They
are the -Pacific Power and Light
company and the Hood River ele
ctric cooperative. Members of the
co-op recently voted to offer the
property to the PUD because its
500 members lacked funds to ex
pand the service.
Woman Collapses, Dies
During Fire Near Home
WALDPORT, WrV- A woman
collapsed and died in a summer
home here yesterday when fire
destroyed two dwellings and grass
flames threatened others.
Eirmen said Mrs. J. D. Welis,
about 50, went into a coma when
the fire threatened houses near
where she lived. She never r gain
ed consciousness.
The residence of Claude White
horn and the summer home of
Ray Hoffman, Albany, were burn
ed. Forest Fire Raging In
Area Near Port Orford
GRANTS PASS -4JP) A forest
fire is out of control and has burn
ed over 125 acres of timbcrland
north of Port Orford and five miles
east of 101 highway, Siskiyou for
est headquarters here announced.
Some 65 jnen are engaged in the
fight. The fire was caused by back
firing of a power saw, a forestry
official said.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstein
The war In Korea records the
first time In American history
that U.S. forces had to fight
native guerrillas behind them
and red gorillas In front of them
at the soma time.