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NEW WORLD ROTARY PRESIDENT Frank E. Spain ILftl.
Birmingham, Al attorney, ntwly elected president of Rotary
International, racaivei the gavel from retiring president Arthur
lagueux, Qua bac, Canada at Atlantic City, N.J. I AP Wiraphoto)
Phone Co. Asks Increases
Application, If Granted,
Would Affect Roseburg,
Other Douglas Localities
Sharp increases are in prospect for local telephone
users if applications now before the public utilities com
missioner are approved, reports R. J. Henwood, Roseburg
manager for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company.
The company has filed a request for rate increases to
tclinjr $5,980,000 annually, which includes the application for
$2,900,000 made in April. The April request was denied by
the utilities commissioner and appeal is now pending in the
sunreme court. I
The company, pointing out that
approximately one - half the in
crease would go for federal taxes
reports that increasing tax and
wage bills make more earuings
essential.
Should the proposed increases be
granted, Henwood said, monthly
charges on the Roseburg exchange
would be advanced from present T"re'1 PnSh'rm,n,
to proposed rate as follows: In- i,rd Gen' J0"' ,M:A,r"1ur ap
dividual business phones, from f" b.elj5v'd 1't December
$7.50 to $10; two-party business""1 United Nations lorces in Ko
phones, $5.75 to $8 00; individual r" ,m'Sh hv to "nge an ar
residence phones, $4.50 to $1 70; " best terms avail-
two-party residence phones, $3.50 ,
to $4.45; four - party residence. ,Snerm.an: ch' of. nval oper
nhone. $2 75 to 1S.S0: suburban ! tlons- ,ol1 senators inquiring into
business phones, $3.00 to $3.75;
farmer line business phones, $1.50
to $2.00: farmer line residence
phones $1.00 to $1.25.
For the Camas Valley exchange
the monthly rates, present and
proposed, would be: Business in
dividual, $4.25 to $6.00; business
two party, $3.75 to $5.00; resi
dence individual, $3.50 to $4.25;
residencetwo'- party,1- $3.08 to
$3.25; residence four party, $2.50
to $2.75: suburban business, $3.25
to $4.50; suburban residence,
$2.75 to $3.00; farmer line bust
ness, $1.25 to $1.50; farmer line '
residence. 75c to $1.00.
For the Glide exchange: Bust
ness individual, $4 75 to $6.50; busi.
ness two - party, $4 00 to $5.50;
residence individual $3.75 to $4.50
residence two party, $3.00 to oi me uninese communists.
$3 40- residence four - party, $2 50' In the Washington gloom, there
to $2 80; suburban business $3.50 i were reports that the United Na
to $4 75- suburban residence, $2.75 1 tions forces might have to be pulled
to $3.05: farmer line business, $1.25
to $1.50: farmer line resioence,
75c to $1.00.
Oakland - Sutherlin exchange:
Business individual, $5 25 to $7.00;
business two-party, 4. to u
rxictAnre individual. $4 00 to $4.80: i
residence two pa-ty, $3.25 to
$3.60; residence four party, $2.75
to $2 90; suburban business, $.1.75 1
to $5.00; suburban residence, $3.00
to $3.15; farmer line buiness $1,501
to $1.75; farmer line residence,
$1.00 to $1.25. j
Under general increases, intra-j
atate day station long distance
rates will not be changed, except ,
that on present 10c routes the ini-
17.:; -in!Ti.rr
at certain mileage steps ranging ,
from 5c to 25c are proposed for I
"L. ..j t..tj.. .lL well
niKMl aim o.M.u., .........
V as person long distance rates;
' local calls on coin box telephones
would be increased from 5c to 10c.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Washington on the politi
cal front:
halls a proposed inquiry into ;
whelher members of congee... have
improperly exerted pressure on
Kt construction vinantc oi.;o. .
tinn loans. , . .
, . . A senate hankint subenm
mittee late yesterday approved a ! I- "' ""'"J";
slatf report that several hundred ' Puh' Har" d Schmeer, Ken Lin
letter, ind telegram, from law- i A" "d. A;' Campaign
makers to the RFC 'do not show
that the big government lending
acency was subjected to pressures
(from members of congress) which
it could not hae resisted.'"
What dors it all mean?
This. I'd say:
The less said about the whole
nasty RFC business from here on
nut. the belter it will be for the
boys who are in office.
.
From Tallahassee. Florida still
on the political Iront:
"The Florida house of represen-
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C. R. FIREMAN SHOT
4
MARTINEZ. Calif - I.P - -stray
bullet critically injured firM"ignof tomp. for any May IM
man Jnhn r Url.anrhlin -in , . Lowest tomp. tor ony May Jf
hi. switrh enmne rah Wednelav
X night
Physicians said he was too cri
tical for an operation to remove
the 22 bullet from his brain.
Police said someone prsrticing
wi'h a rifle presumably fired the
hot.
Armistice Once .
M'Arthur's Idea,
Sherman Says
WASHINGTON P Adm.
MacArthur's ouster that the mil-
rjr situation was regarded then
",oomr b 00,11 Washington and
Tokyo.
tic said the joint chiefs of staff,
after messages from MacArthur,
sent Gen. J. Lawton Collins, army
chief of staff, to Tokyo. They also
messaged MacArthur that they
were "forced to conclude that
evacuation ia a- possibility. ' '
On Dec. 4, Sherman went on,
Collins messaged from Tokyo
"that General MacArthur feels
best solution would be to arrange
" armistice on best terms avail
able as soon as possible
This was at the low point from
United Nations strength, after
U. N. troops had been thrown
back by the surprise intervention
out by sea in a Dunquerque-like
evacuation.
The situation changed thereafter
and, in the light of recent U. N.
counterattacks and the crushing of
a spring offensive of the Keds,
Sherman told the committee he
believes the Korean conflict is buy-
ing time for improvement of the
anti-Communist military position
all over the worlu.
He said in response to questions
he believes "time is on our aide"
'n the armaments race.
gov Scout Fund Drive
T b- i l.j
nam 10 Be Launched
RTh"t"f ' hih ..r.W
Srout fund-raising campaign
begin to move lonight as captains
and majors of the campaign meet
in h, Pril ehamher nf Ih.
hall. The meeting is set for 7:30
o clock.
Upon withdrawal from the Com
mumty Chest, the local Boy Scout
organization began to make plans
for an independent fund raising
drive to be staged Tuesday, June
12. No quota has been announced.
Headed by campaign chairman
Vic Bakala, the organization is
made up of nine majors already
cnosen. wno win contact ran-
" Th'se captain, will in turn
'"'" 1 b.u''n7 m ,or con!r"
b1""on on lne 'un 12 campaign
Majors selected are: Vic Lewis
Bud Parsons, Charles Thomas, J.
V. Lang. W. H. Gerretsen, try
executive is Bruce Elliott.
AGED MAN MISSING
Vic, O'Berne. 60 year-old resident
of the Steamboat area for many
years, has been reported missing
for about a week, according to
stale police. He has no family,
formerly living alone in a camp.
Slate police and the sheriff's of-1
fire are investigating. !
, He was an active sportsman, 1
'acting a. a guide for fishing par-)
ties on occasion. '
The Weather
Fair today and tomorrow with
scattered showers avor the higher
hills.
Highest tomp. yesterday
. . 44
41
. 1.J0
. 40 52
m;
Lowest tomp. last 24 hours
Precis, last 24 hours .. ..
Piocip. from May 1
Procip. from Spt. 1
Excess from Sept. 1
Sunset today, 1:45 p m.
1 Sunrise tomorrow, S:M a.m.
I sat "ir ml aW T W MM I
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Estoblishod 1873 HOSflURO. OREGON THURSDAY. MAY 31. ItSI - 128-51
Russia Challenged
To End 4 -Power
Soviet Asked
To List Issues
For Discussion
N. Atlantic Pact Under
Program Ban Because
Russia Not Signatory -
PARIS t.P) The United
States, Britain and France have
challenged Russia to accept a four
power foreign ministers' meeting
in Washington July 23 "in the in
terests of strengthening peace."
The three western powers sent
identical notes aimed at breaking
the deadlock over what world ten
sions the four foreign ministers
should discuss. The four - power
deputies have been trying to do
that in Paris since March.
The American, French and Bri
tish deputies here handed the notes
to Soviet Deputy Foreign Minis
ter Gromyko at their 64th meet
ing nn n ton . loual f-nnrnrpn..,.
agenda Copies also were handed
over at the Kremlin in Moscow ;
by the western ambassadors ,
The notes blamed lack of agree-
ment on an agenda upon the So-i
Viet insistence that the Bis Four I
should discuss the North Atlantic
- .. .. .. r.. ..
alliance and the establishment of
U. S. bases in Europe.
The Soviet Union contends that
the Atlantic pact is a major cause
of international tension. The West
rejects this claim.
Thrae Agendas Proposed
The new notes point out that the ;
western powers proposed on May e lnd his wife first came to 'he future insofar as we can prc
2 that there be three alternative Douglas county in the spring of diet with reasonable certainty, is
Kenuas. une oi incse nas oe-
come known a. the "split agnda"
because it contains ootu tne i.es s
and Russia's workings, side by
side, on the qucstioaolrmavlaaleriMoager. 'He then wrvrd six
ments and armed forces.
The note, contend that agree
ment could have been reached on
this "split agenda" except for Rus
sia's demand tnat the AUanuc oart
be discussed. The West holds it
is ready to attend a Big Four
meeting on the basis of this "split
agenda" or on e.iher of the otner
two alternative agendas.
All three agendas call for the
examination oj uie torei?n ;
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Diplomas Will Be Given
Tonight To 179 Students
Commencement exercises for
Roseburg Senior high school's
class of 1951 numbering 17W
student. will be conducted at 8
o'clock tonight on Finlay field,
weather permitting. The exercises
will be held in the Senior high gym
if it rains.
Dr. Alburey Castell, author, lec
turer and chairman of the depart
ment of philosophy at the Uni
versity of Oregon, will give an ad
dress on the subject of "Darkness
at Noon."
George Erickson, principal of
Senior high school, will present
the class and Vernon Harpham.
chairman of the district 4 school
board, will present the diplomas.
Miss Hope Stubbs, who won top
scholastic honors in the class, will
deliver the valedictory and Gor
don Gibbs, the salutatory.
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SALUTE TO HEROIC DEAD National quardtmon are pictured
above firing a salute in honor of the nation's dead as part of the
Memorial day services Wednesday on the Veterans hospital
grounds. Boy Scouts ere shown in the background end men form-
commissioner
Richard G. Baker
Dies Suddenly
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RICHARD G. BAKER
Richard George (Dick) Baker,
Douglas county commiSitor
a'lri"""3X., suitT; heart '
1 ' tu"sX morni
attack su tiered Tuesday morning.
Baker, long active in Roseburg.
civic affairs, was elected to the
nosition of coun V cmmissioner on
the Democratic ticket at the gen
. .
"'ecZn ".8 and Tlook ofce !
eral
in January 14. i
ltitu 1
"In
Baker was born in Bennington, its medium bombers.
Kan., Nov. 9, 1S95, and moved with 3. Said "we are making substan
his parents to Colorado at an early tial advances in the Hie of guided
age. and was married in that ; missiles and other methods of im
state to Myrtle Zenor, who sur-1 proving our air defense system'1
vives.
1924 and returned in the fall of
1927 to make their home. For IS
vniri h wmm mnlnvnrl hv 1lnnn
Motor Co. as a salesman and as
years with the sheriff's office, hold
ing the position of criminal deputy.
Baker was a member oi Bi'U
Elks 326; Umpqua post 16, Amer
ican I.cion, aiit, -riir.- .viiv . t
2468, Veterans of Foreign Wars. He
was a member of the Dnuclas
! County Sheriff! posse, holding the
positions both of captain lieutenant
.and secretary-treasurer. He as-
: sisted with the management of the
posse's rodeo for four years. He
served in the lirst World war in
France.
Surviving are the widow, Myrtle:
two daughters, Mrs. Howard (Eva)
Marsh. Koseburg, and Mrs. Clar
ence (Dora Mae) Mickesh, San
Dieo; oie 'iaH.;o" ...w."i
George Marsh, Roseburg; his
mother. Mrs. Anna C. Baker. Gree-
ley, Colo.; a brother, Oscar, and
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Auto Driven By Missing
Roseburg Barber Found
The automobilo roporttd to
have boon drivan by Emmit
Moak whon ha disappeared May
13 has baon recovered in Mod
ford and Impoundod by Medford
authorities, according to Roto
buro: police.
The car a 1941 maroon Chev
rolet will bo repossessed by
Smith Motors of Roseburg, from
whom Mook had boon purchas
ing the vehicle. Mook, former
Retoburg barbor, (a still missing.
In Move
Deadlock
Piecemeal Use
Of Air Force
Frowned On
Tactical Units Should Be
Held For European Duty,
Secy. Finletter Warns
MINNEAPOLIS IPi Most
of the U. S. air force's tactical
units, now numbering more than
50 groups, will be available to the
North Atlantic treaty defense
force. Secretary Thomas K. Finlet-
.
ler saia nere.
In an address prepared for de-1 Acheson foreign policy Commu- lo in the ((fort to scuttle 1 Seoul
livery at a chamber of commerce nist-inspired aid today his view. wlRe .price control, and then yonchon itself said AP corre.
meeting here, the secretary of the are shared by "an overwhelming th, ,,,. He H n . JJ RjiA,,n"
air force also: ' majority of American fighting ' ch,mber and the National Associ- K. . land "AencSns patrol it
1. Expressed opposition to any I men in the Far Last. ,,ion o( Manufacturers. bv day "hhieVe bv n"cht
idea of "frittering away" parts of I Former I.t (J. G.) William H. ! C'arev sni'i meci'iraPv that the The Chinese' started their first
the strategic bomber force in ex-j Evans Jr., 21, of Edgewater, Md., ! Wcstinghouse Electrical Manufac- soring offensive prematurely April
tension of the Korean war to China said there is widespread belief turing Corp offered to give its 22 to keep the allies away from
a position also expressed by the among officers and men of all i workers a nine-cent an hour wage ' chorwon At that time U N forces
air force chief of stall. Gen. lloyt services engaged in the Korean boost if the unions involved would were four miles awav '
V"ndenb,,r' in h' recent tesli'
mony to sena," Investigating
Gen. Douglas MacArthur'. ouster.
2. Said that despite progress in
building a long range bomber
i j u -u -iiil
berg, in his recent tesli-1
to senators investigating
lutlc aiuuit.i u. '
?fV Xl'
"" ' ...
,eas base. for strategic attack with
but U. S. air defense now and "for
1 incapauie oy useu oi guaranteeing
1 us immunity from enemy atomic
! fttt&Ck."
Warned that "unless our esti-
' mate. ar'4nconWrthe eommo-
n::t. have a very substantial tacti'
cai air force" being converted from
old piston-engined planes to jet..
(A tactical air force i. composed
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Iran To Grab Oil,
D:i ! VlV,te.A
TEHRAN, Iran (IP) Iran's
critical oil dispute snarled itself
into a still tighter knot today as
the government told Britain it
plans to go ahead with nationaliza
tion of its giant British-controlled
oil industry at once. It gave the
Anglo-Iranian company live aays
lo make any suggestions.
A memorandum to the oil corn-
pony left, little hope of any solu
tion to the problem, in the opinion
of British observer, here.
The note, outlining "regulations
for execution" of the nationaliza
tion law, said a three-man gov
ernment board was going to Ktiuti
stan province, site of Anglo-Iranian's
operations, to run the na
tionalized industry.
(The British admiralty an
nounced in London last night that
the cruiser Mauritius had been
alerted to sail for Iran if needed
"for an evacuation or lor any even
tuality." The cruiser is now in Cey
lon. The admiralty described the
stand by order as a routine pre
caution.) TV-ssji
Ing the color guard are at the
was the principal speaker for
Jenkins )
Wage-Price Control Scored
U. S. Chamber Executive
Urges Alternative Plan
To Stem Inflation Tide
WASHINGTON (AP) The U. S. chamber of com
merce urged Congress today to wipe out the government's
authority to control wages and prices and adopt in their
stead an indirect program to combat inflation.
Herman W. Steinkraus of Bridgeport, Conn., president
of the chamber's executive committee, said in a statement
prepared for the house banking committee that price con
trols can only aggravate the inflation problem by stifling
production and that the present wage board is encouraging
wage ooosis ratner man controlling them.
Ex-Navy Officer
Talks Of Letter
That Fired Him
WASHINGTON UP) A navy
officer fired for writing a letter
n.j ,u. d....ii t...,
i " ""
war that the State department is
"the enemy behind the enemy."
'r ,h,t ,ne Sl,, department
"the enemy behind the enemy."
That contention already ha. been
di,DUied bv Admiral Forrest P,
I Sherman, chief of naval oper-
: ... j -a
- aions. wno aisciosea cvans uis -
! "!!' l..J!L.
kips niffl'TMiur lv7
inVOStnCl'O"
Sherman declared he did not think
inai was so ana saia a uimuusu
investigation showed Evans ship -
mates did not share Evans views.
At a news conference todav the
ex-officer produced a copy of the The chamber official, In his tea-. sensitive to any approach to Choc
letter that led to hia dismissal and timnnv for the hnuu nimaiiin i won and Kumhwa. These point.
said he felt it was his duty to
write it.
In the letter Evans referred to
Secretary of State Acheson as
Ked Dean Acneson - ana spoxe
o4 w?bb praoRed gang."- He - wrout -
also of "that pro-Soviet, one world
administration of oura and our
senile, ignorant Congress."
The letter declared that "Amer
icans are dying by the thousands,
thank, to the pro-Red administra
tion." Evans wrote the letter to Al
fred Kohlherg, New York Importer
and administration critic, while
serving as assistant operation, of-1
Iicer oi tne oesiroyer noxrra wn
the coast of Korea last April, and
gave Kohlberg permission to pub
lish It.
Public Parking Lot Plan
Of Edward Kohlhagen
The excavation in progress south
of the Kohlhagen apartment, on
Jackson and Mosher streets is for
the purpose of making a public
parking- lot out of the formerly
vacant area. Edward Kohlhagen,
representing the George Kohl
hagen estate, is making the ar
rangements. The lot ia expected to handle
60 automobiles on a monthly rental
basis. It will be ready for oper
ation within a few weeks, Edward
Kohlhagen said. Gravel will be
used to surface it and three drive
ways will be installed.
Kohlhagen said that apparently
a concrete retaining wall will be
necessary along Mosher street.
Roseburg Sand and Gravel com
pany is doing the excavating.
.fx;
left. The Rev, W. A. MacArthur
the service. (Picture by Paul
In advance of his anoearnce h.
fore the house committee. Stein-; battle the Reds pushed the dough
kraus said in another statement i boys off the ridge, and shoved
it was a cheap trick on the pub-1 them back 1.000 yards,
lie for James Carey of the CIO; At dawn Thursday the Ameri
to accuse business of trying to , cans leaped to the attack. By noon
bribe organized labor to end price
no wane controls.
Carey, the CIO's secretary.
treasurer, told the senate banking
committee Wednesday that b i g
' : mm mi
, business in effect has uraed unions
' help persuade the government to
i let the wage hike be reflected in
' help persuade the government to
let the wage hike be reflected in
higher prices for Westinghous.
I products,
j All.g.d "O..I" D.ni.d
'""a
t cta ntr.. ..ii.j r .... . i
! M'K
I ..hvnlnl.l. ....J" (.
he ch,mber "proposed any such
, dcal with orJan,ze( iabor or .ny.
: else .. s,.inkr,u, ldded.
..And Jim c,y know, tnat ,
a fart "
I urged that Inflation be controlled
by six steps: (1) maximum pro-
duction, (2) reduced government
spending, (3) pay-as-we-go taxes
consistent "with maintaining 1 n
' - centivea to work- and - produce,"
1 (4) fiscal policies k neutralize the
federal debt a. a source of jnfla
lion. (5) credit curbs, and (6) atim
ulalion of personal savings.
Both the house and senate bank
ing committees are considering a
administration request for e x
tension and tightening of the de
fense production act, which au
thorizes wage-price controls. It is
due to expire June 30.
Steinkraus said price controls
"slow down changes" and "divert
managerial, supervisory and , 4
mimstrative Business talent ana
time from production to attempts
to find out what the rules and reg
ulations are and how to comply
with them."
Tornadoes Lash
Nebraska Areas
SCOTTSBI.UFr, Neb.-WPl Two I
Memorial day tornadoes, roaring I
down on western Nebraska com
munities, killed one and left IS in
jured.
They were part of a hodge-podge
?' TM,rJv'!.enc '!!.' .h,.N'"
uniH. irrai.., n. ." "- missed a curve on the old Ore
er. in the eastern part of the state, Tr.,i ,..,h. ..ohi ...
S.37 inches of rain fell. Many base-
menis were iii.ea wun waier, oui The drlVf L E Sorann, Se
no other flooding was reported. ! ,,. wa kMel wai hl, nitcti
Heavy raina hit other scattered : Mrs. Paul G. Hansen, who wa.
communities, hail frequently ac- visiting from Denmark,
companying them. I Her husband, also from Den-
Hundreds of persons on holiday 1 mark, was hospitalized at La
outings near here watched horri-1 Grande with a skull fracture,
fied as one of the twisters appeared . broken iaw and other injuries. The
out of a sunny afternoon sky. Weav-, Hansens' daughter, about three
ing in and out among half a dozen years old, was uninjured,
communities, it struck only two, i Earlier irf the day Thomas Lee,
the villages of Bayard and McGrew.
The other swooped down at dusk I wnerman, nrownen in tne uoium
near Imperial, 120 miles southeast 1 bia liver. Bill Dexter, 14, St. Hel
of here. It flipped over a car kill- ens, was the other drowning vic
ing the driver and injuring a pas- tint. His body was recovered from
senger. Then it ripped through 'he Rogue River near Gr.nU
three farms. p"-
The earlier tornado, accompa- ,
nied by hail swept along a high-, Driver LtOpS TO Safety
way between Srnttshluff and Mina- A. Truck Dlwet 90 Pmt
tare, a town 10 miles southesst. ,rMt" " rr
Some motorists abandoned their a driver for the Williams Log
cars. One car was dumped Into a , jn . jumpei ,tMy when his
drainage ditch by the wind, but the adj,d truck w,nt of
TeS'Mex"." rm'orker, were "Sr "
niTZ ""k"1 1J!?IZZ ThnycMKrcnt,yoccrred about
L.dr.b bah 1,1't flat ' v ntile. west of Umpqua on
big farm. 40 buildings were flat- Huhbrd frfrk road ";,.,.,.
An auto repair shop and lor !T" l?r,!'!kor,t,on,rce'dd rhJir'j
building were destroyed when the i Jhe, 'J,' ,nd rolled
srm struck McGrew 1 ov,r embankment.
Bayard was harder' hit. Lights. I , The driver, whose name wa. not
gas. wster and telephone service learned, wa. able to jiimp to
were all cut off. A hotel building 'ety just before the truck rolled
a hatchery, a sugar warehouse and ; ov'r-
several houses were damaged.
Uprooted trees and rubble blocked
several streets.
City Swimming Pool
Will Open Saturday
The Roseburg municipal swim
ming pool is being filled today in
r 'reparation for opening to the puh-1
ic Saturdav afternoon, report. City 1
Manager W. A. Gilchrist.
Pool Manager Lyle Eddy fa a r-
ranging for securing pesaonnel toi
h.'.nnle the P"nl. Irrcl:;..- u wii b- i
lifeguards and dressing room at
tendants. I
Enemy Fury
Hits Allied
Spearheads
Other United Nations
Forces Regain Control
Of Vital Hwachon Dam
By OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO P) Red troops
fighting with renewed fury halted
American advances today 13
mile, from the Communist Korean
strongholds of Chorwon and Kum
hwa. Other United Nations forces re
gained control of the 275 foot-high
Hwachon dam with comparaUv.
ease.
Across the 125 - mile Korean
front, Allied forces slogged
through the mud for slow gain,
or fought off sharp attacks.
The stiffest fighting swirled
against American spearheads on
the western and west - central
fronts pointed at Chorwon, and
around Inje on the east central
sector.
Chinese units pitched a fanta.
tic counterattack at dusk Wednes
day against Americans in the hill.
LMi nr rhwunn i . n;v., i
around Yonchon, 13 miles south-
they had regained their position.
on the road to Chorwon.
"Frontline officer, estimated at
least two Chinese division, stood
between the Americans and that
neiween me m
i u. ..hiH en tk
Another Rod Attack Desired
n. nr th innmmrni nhiei-tivr
of the current allied counter-offensive
is to force the Red. into
another premature attack.
During such offensives the Chi
nese have been cut down in the
greatest numbers.
Thirteen mi'es east of Yonchon
on . highway leading toward Kum
hwa, a Red regiment stopped an
American advance south of Chipo.
Chinese and Norm Korean are
have been their main assembly
ana supply ceniers lor momna.
But Allied troop, found tough
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Accidents Kill
Eight In Oregon
n On Memorial Day
Bv Tha Awoelatad Preas
Violent death claimed eight
lives in the Oregon Memorial day
observance. Six died in two high
way crashes. Two other, drowned.
The worst highway wreck wa
' on the northern Oregon shore near
1 ""'"' ' : r . .ll
jured when an automobile over
turned and rolled into swampy
land adjoining Smith lake, south
of Hammond, Ore., late Wednes
day night.
Coroner Raymond O. Luce of
Clatsop county identified two ol
the vjctima as James McPermott,
44, and Thomas Slating, about 60,
both of Hammond. The other two
were men from the 636th aircraft
patrol and warning squadron at
Fort Stevens. Their namea were
not disclosed.
In northeastern Oregon another
car, carrying four persons, went
. ,h. ,,h t, er. killed and
another aeriously injured. The car
( of ( t (;rande.
25. Hood River, a commercial
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstein
If the weather vagaries f the
month now closing are copied
by future months of May, It
May rain.
May frost.
May hall.
May blow.
May slalo.
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