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Allied Forces Ram
Into Red Triangle
In Crushing Blow
TOYKO (AP) Allied tanks and infantry crashed
into the apex of the old Communist Iron Triangle on Korea's
central front today in perhaps the heaviest armored blow of
the war.
Elements of three United Nations divisions powered the
mifehty assault.
A field dispatch snid the giant task force late Friday
completed its first day objective. The mission: to seek out
Communist.strong points and shoot up every target in sight.
AP correspondent John Randolph said the assault force
rolled deep into the broad valley massing area before it ran
into firm resistance. I
ine ooys are negmning lo nave
a little trouble," an Allied officer
fa id.
Front line reports said one spear
head was locked in savage com
bat with Red troops swarming on
all sides.
Overhead, Allied warplanes
darkened the skies.
The thrust was dubbed "Opera
tion Cleaver." But it was not of
ficially labeled an offensive.
Rather, it was an armored raid.
Pyonggang, apex of the triangle
which also is bounded by the key
cities of Chorwon on the southwest
and Kumhwa on the southeast, is
29 miles north of parallel 38.
Marines Hit Peeks
On the mountainous east-central
front, leathernecks of the U. S.
First marine division knocked
nearly 2,000 Reds off a 3,000 foot
peak they had defended stubbornly
four days.
In more than (our hours of sav
age fighting the marines pried the
Reds out of their eight-foot bunk
ers and captured the high ground.
Nearby, a marine company
which was ferried to a hilltop by
helicopter Thursday linked up
with the main Allied force. No en
emy opposition was reported.
Thursday the Reds hurled fresh
combat troops in regimental
strength Into the bloody "battle of
the hills." The reinforcements tem-
fiorarily stalled the month-old Al
ied 'advance.
Onlv local patrol clashes were
reported from the western front.")
Eleven times Thursday U. N. in
fantry stormed the spiny ridges of
the east Eleven times they were
thrown back. It was the strongest
Red resistance in months.
'Operation Cleaver'
"Operation Cleaver" kicked ofi
at dawn Friday. Armored spear
heads ranged out ahead with the
. infantry right behind to mop up.
The sky was a cold bright blue.
Allied fighter planes droned over
head like a giant aerial umbrella,
seeking out any moving target.
It was a new phase of the Ko
rean war. Until now, save for the
Naktong breakthrough last fall, ar
mored operations have been com
paratively small.
This newest armored thrust re
called the raids of Rommel and
Montgomery in the African desert
and the horse cavalry sweeps of
Jeb Muart and Phil Sheridan m
the war between the states.
Anything Communist was a tar
plies, gun positions and formica
tions.
Top Level Police Brass
May Feel Gross Scandal
NEW YORK OP) High po
lice brass may feel the impact of
the cop graft scandal as the Brook
lyn rackets - probing grand jury
swings back into action today.
Kings county District Attorney
Miles F. McDonald, recovered
from the shock of boss bookie
Harry Gross' sabotage of the mass
police graft trial, said yesterday
the grand jury was far from dis
couraged. The panel, he said, was going
ahead with some "very special
business" which might produce
court action today.
In the Day's News
a f r r m 1 1 r nMns
Tokyo:
'The United Nations command
agreed to a c o m m u n i s t re
quest to send a liaison team to the
Kaesong neutral zone . . . The
red request for a meeting raised
speculation that the Communists
may want to discuss resumption
of the stalled talks . . . Or they
may want to lodge another charge
of allied violation of the neutral
zone."
Well, we've lust had a new cas
ualty list. In the last week, we
lost only 103 men kil cd. 782 '
wounded and .10 missing, if we I
have to stay in Korea and ob
viously we have to it's less costly
under this half-truce-half-war busi
ness than when we're fighting
ALL-OUT war.
Wnshington:
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States to foreign countries totaled
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on uiiuim uuuars inrnugn last
March 31, the national advisory
council on international monetary
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The Weather
Clear and continued warm today,
tonight and Saturday.
Highott temp, fer any Sept. ... 104
Lowest temp, lor any Sept. . 29
Hiqhett tomp. yesterday B3
Lowtst tamp, last 24 hours S3
Prtcip. last 24 hours 0
Prteip. from Sept. 1 T
Dtfic. from Sept. 1 JJ
Sunstt today. 7:13 o. m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7 a. m.
Surrender
Offer Faked
EAST-CENTRAL FRONT, Ko
rea UP) Two hundred Korean
Reds offered to surrender to the
Allies today and a warm wel
come was prepared.
When the surrender offer turned
out to be a hoax, the welcome got
really hot. Allied artillery
opened fire and warplanes strafed
and bombed the Reds.
At least 50 Reds were killed by
artillery. Pilots were reluctant to
estimate Communist casualties
from the air strikes, but they re
ported 80 to 90 percent coverage
of the area they hit.
The fake offer was delivered by
one North Korean soldier who
walked into U. N. lines north of
Yanggu at 5 a. m. Friday. He said
his battalion wanted to surrender.
On another sector of the front, a
surrender offer by 22 Red Koreans
turned out to be genuine. Stunned
by air attacks they laid down their
weapons, raised their hands high
ana crossed to u. N. lines.
U.S. Capacity
For War High
SAN FRANCISCO -i!P The
nation's defense production chief
said today the U, S. has the ca
pacity to pour out 30,000 tanks and
50,000 planes a year plus stra
tegic stockpiles "to carry us
through a year of total war."
Manly Fleischmann, defense
production administrator, said in
an address prepared for deliv
ery at the 70th AFL convention
stockpiles of startegic materials
needed to carry through a year of
all-out conflict would be avail
able even though the U. S. is cut
off temporarily from all foreign
sources.
Steel .Capacity Up
For example, steel capacity will
be up 18 million tons over the out
put before the Korean war. There
now is a 90 percent increase in
primary aluminum capacity, with
proportionate increases in electric
power "and the other things we
need."
Flcichmann said the nation is
threatened by a "shrewd, veteran
back-alley fighter" who would use
"every dirty trick in the book
military, political and economic.
"Since the Soviet threat may be
with us for a considerable period,
and since one of its goals is to
break down our economy." he as
serted, "we must go about achiev
ing rearmament in a way that will
assure us tne arms and the produc
tive capacity we need and at the
same time strengthen, rather than
weaken, our over-all economy.
That means building our defenses
and at the same time protecting
the integrity of bur civilian econ-
oy.
Foreign Beef Is
Ordered By Army
WASHINGTON ()The army
today ordered the purchase of up
10 iu.uuu.uuu pounds ot ocef in for
eign countries outside the Soviet
bloc.
It acted after a request to do
mestic packers for bids on 13,000,
000 pounds of boneless beef
brought offers of only 190,000
pounds from two smaller packers.
Major packers refused to sub
mit bids, citing government price
controls and a shortage of high
quality beef as the reason.
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I he army order authorizing the
kets was issued today by Under
Secretary Archibald Alexander.
An army announcement said the
action was designed to "insure an
uninterrupted flow of meat to
army, navy and air force person
nel overseas who are normally
supplied from eastern seaboard
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Benton Demands Evidence
WASHINGTON -UP) - Senator
Eenton (D-C'Biin) demanded today
that Senator McCarthy (R-Wis)
give a u. S. district attorney "any
evidence he has to support nis
rharpe that vral nmhr nf
Congress have known Communists I
on their staffs."
SUMMER CLOSES
WASHINGTON - UP) Summer
will end at 1:38 p.m. (PDT) Sun
day Sept. 23, thP naval observa
tory decided today. At Aat tima
the sun crosses the celejoMl
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WINNER OF A BLUE RIBBON for her display of dahlias at the Roseburg Woman's club annual flow
er show Thursday was Mrs. Earl Plummer, above, who is president of the Woman's club. Hun
dreds of dahlias were among fall flowers exhibited by garden enthusiasts at this year's show, which
opened Thursday-and will close at 5 o'clock this evening. The show is being held in the social hall
of the First Methodist church. (Picture by Paul J enkins).
Czechs Seek
31 Refugees
LONDON (P) Czechoslova
kia has demanded that the United
States send back 31 refugees who
escaped to freedom in Germany
when an enginer raced nis ex
press train across the border Sept.
11.
The Prague official radio an
nounced that a sharply-worded de
mand served on the U. S. embassy
in Prague yesterday insisted on
extradition of the refugees on
charges they kidnapped the 77
other passengers on the train and
damaged Czechoslovak railway
equipment.
The note also accused them of
threatening the lives of the other
passengers.
The Prague broadcast charged
that persons charged with such of
fenses must be returned for trial
under a 1952 extradition treaty be
tween Czechoslovakia and the
United States.
The Allied high commission re
turned to Czechoslovakia Sept. 12
tne 77 Czechs unwilling to remain
on this side of the Iron Curtain.
It granted the others, including the
engineer and his family, refuge
in tne u. a. zone of Germany.
The Prague broadcast charged
that the "freedom train" plan was
"drafted and financed by a foreign
agency." It did not name the
agency, but hinted at it strongly
by charging U. S. occupation auth
orities ii Germany with granting
"these criminals their support and
aid prepared beforehand."
Charges Made
Against 2 Boys
KLAMATH FALLS (P)
Two St. Paul, Minn., boys are
held in jail at Dorris, Calif., today
and District Attorney D. E. Van
Vactor is considering charges of
armed robbery, kidnaping and car
theft against them.
The boys were identified as Bu
ford Faust and William Charles
England, both 17.
James R. Edwards, 24, Med
ford, told police authorities the
boys robbed him of $60 and at
gunpoint forced him to accompany
them out of Oregon into California.
Community Chest Agencies
Representatives of three local
agencies which receive funds
through the Community Chest
Thursday urged Roseburg Rotari
ans to lend their support to a suc
cessful Chest campaign this fall.
The speakers were Mrs. Dean
Ross, board member of the Camp
Fire Girls; Merlin Donaldson,
YMCA secretary, and Lt Dal
Madsen, commanding officer, Sal
vation Army in Roseburg.
Determined To Roach Goal
Irv Pugh. Community Chest
publicity chairman, introduced the
speakers. Chest personnel are "all
fired up this year," said Pugh,
with determination to reach the
Chest goal for funds for the first
time in five years.
To Oiis end, agency representa
tives and Chest personnel even
went .to.tt,e troule lo f'ure out
two budgets, one an alternate.
The first, which is designed to
provide for' the year's planned
services of the five agencies, has
been set at $29,800.
The alternate is for $24,500 but
Pugh stressed that the reduced
goal would mean drastic curt-iil-mentg
of needed apvlces. For $5,
300 less, you get That much less
ROSEIURG. OREGON
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Taft Raps Farm
Subsidy 'Fraud',
Hits Useless War
GRAND FORKS, N. D. - UP)
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said to
subsidy proposals are a "fraud"
to promise high prices to farmers
and low prices to consumers.
The Ohio senator said in a speech
prepared for a cooperative power
plant dedication here that farm
ers are entitled to support prices
just as much as laborers are to
minimum wages.
But Taft assailed the Brannan
farm subsidy payment plan which
congress has rejected, witnout di
rectly naming it. The Brannan
plan, named for the secretary of
agiiiuuuie, caueu lur suusiuies
to farmers to make up the diffe
rence between the amount they
received for perishable commo
dities in the open market and a
predetermined "farm price."
"I have always thought this
subsidy business was a fraud,"
Taft declared. "It enables an ad
ministration to promise a farmer
high prices and a consumer low
prices at the same time.
"The idea is that the difference
is charged to the taxpayers, but
in the long run the consumer and
the farmer pay most of the taxes
and so they really do not get
the benefits which are promised
them. In fact, they get a bill for
the benefits almost before they
receive them."
MINNEAPOLIS P) Senator
Taft (R-Ohio) says the U. S. is
"fighting a useless war in Korea"
because "the Russian threat is just
as great as it was before we un
dertook this operation."
"We still find ourselves faced
with the greatest military threat
from foreign sources that we have
faced since the days of the Amer
ican revolution," Taft told a din
ner audience of Carleton college
alumni here last night.
Local Fires In Hand
Routine patrol and "mop up"
operations continue on Douglas
county forest fires, but there is
no threat of trouble, reports the
Douglas Forest Protective associa
tion.
All fires are under contol and
are gradually burning out, a DFPA
spokesman said.
service for your money, he said.
The five agencies served are
YMCA, Camp Fire Girls, Girl
Scouts, Salvation Army and the
Oregon Chest, which serves 17
state agencies. Funds given for
the Oregon Chest do not leave
Roseburg entirely, Pugh noted,
with benefits available to local
citizens increasing yearly.
Full Fund Urgod
About 85 percent of Chest funds
received by the Camp Fire Girls
are necessaVy for merely "main
taining" the Roseburg office, said
Mrs. Ross in pleading for no cur
tailment of funds below the $29,
800 drive mark.
Any curtailment from those
funds would make necessary a cut
in the vital department for train
ing of Camp Fire Leaders, for
which only 10 percent is budgeted,
emphasized Mrs. Ross. This is in
stark contrast to the fart that a
need exists for nearly double the
present number of leaders, she
added.
She pointed to the increasing
need for Camp Fire organisation
among the growing number of
youngsters. (--The Roseburg office
serves 78virls, sh aaid, with
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Post Workers
Given Raise
WASHINGTON OP) More
than a million and a half postal
enyloyes and government white
collar workers can each look for
ward today to around $400 a year
more in their pay envelopes from
now on.
Three pay increase bills retroac
tive to July 1 and totaling $670,
000,000 annually were shouted
through by the House in rapid-fire,
order late vesterdav.
The Senate hail approved almost
similar measures earlier one
of the biggest pay boosts ever
given federal employes at one time
and a senate-house compromise
committee now must iron out the
differences.
The big salary hike even had
the House talking about more
money for its own members, now
getting $15,000 a year in salary
and expenses.
Democratic leader McCormack
of Massachusetts told the house
he hoped that before the next ses
sion ends 15 months from now,
Congress would have "the cour
age" to vole its members $25,000
a year. Members applauded.
McCormack said the present pay
of senators and representatives is
"unfortunate" and he thought their
constituents favored more money
for hard-working congressmen.
"I have the courage to vote for
such an increase in mysalary and
I am sure all of you have," he
said.
The pay increases voted yester
day were to help government work
ers especially those in the lower
pay brackets offset the rising
cost of living.
Belgian Troops Wound
Soldiers In Accident
HAMBURG, Germany VP)
Belgian troops, accidentally using
live ammunition during war games
in the British sector, wounded 11
Allied soldiers and a German child
yesterday, the British army re
ported. Some of the victims were
said to be in serious condition.
The nationalities and names of
the wounded men were not dis
closed. Three British divisions and
troops from the United States,
France, Belgium and The Nether
lands are taking part in the maneu
vers.
Urge Support
many additional youths working
in groups but unable to pay en
rolment dues. About 300 more
girls in the elementary schools
want to get into Camp Fire, she
maintained. The organization is
divided into Blue Birds, Camp
Fire and Horizon clubs.
"See to it that we get the money
we really need," Mrs. Ross urged
Rotarians.
"Y" Anniversary Noted
This is the centennial year of
the founding of the Young Men's
Christian association in the United
States, Donaldson reminded. The
local group is only three years
old, he noted.
The group has a decentralized
program which is directed by a
board of directors through the sec
wtary (Donaldson). The board is
comprised of 23 local men.
In the past few months, about
1700 boys and girls have partici
pated In the "Y" program, he
said. Four new groups for young
people are in the process of for
mulation here, he said. In addi
tion, there are frts leagues for
kids, all dedicated to the ideals
and rQndards of Christian character.
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Military Unit
Set By NATO
OTTAWA (JP) The United
I Slates, Britain and France have
! substantially agreed on organiza
i (ion of a separate North Atlantic
i Treaty military command1 in the'
Middle East, it was reported to
day, when Greece and Turkey join
the Atlantic alliance.
Diplomatic informants said this
was an unexpected result of pri
vate Big Three talks held here
during breaks in the Atlantic coun
cil. The last of these was held yes
terday just before the council, as
the last big decision of its Ottawa
meeting, finally voted unani
mously for Greek-Turkish mem
bership. Eisenhower Invited .
The conference ended in late aft
ernoon. The next session will be
held in Rome in November and
General Dwight D: Eisenhower,
NATO commander in Europe, is
being invited to report personally
on the progress and future require
ments of his force. '
Secretary of state Dean Ache
son, British Foreign Secretary
Herbert Morrison and French For
eign Minister Robert Schuman
were reported to have found agree
ment on major points of the new
command problem with surprising
speed. General Omar Bradley,
chairman of the American ioint
chiefs of staff and other Big Three
military leaders joined in the dis
cussions. The plan the three are reported
to have agreed on tentatively sub
ject to expected approval of other
NATO members and Greece and
Turkey would put Greece un
der General Eisenhower's Euro
pean command.
Turkey Is Keystone
Turkey would serve as the key
stone of a new command around
which the powers here hoped to co
ordinate the strategy and armed
forces of the key Middle Eastern
countries, like the Arab states,
even though they do not belong to
NATO. The contention of the
military men Is that the practical
basis tor sucn an extraordinary
grouping of countries could be
found in their common need for a
joint defense against possible So
viet attack.
The heart of the idea therefore Is
to forge a new and powerful mili
tary clement on Russia's flank, to
link it tightly with NATO through
Turkey but not to be bound by
NATO membership limitations in
making it effective. The critical
question now is what the reaction
of Egypt and other non-NATO
countries will be.
Trooper Saves
Woman's Arm
WICHITA FALLS, Tex. -UP)
Oklahoma trooper raui scon s
vague knowledge of bono surgery
may enable a 37-year-old old
Oklahoma woman to regain full
use of her mangled right arm.
Mrs. Mildred Rynolds was one
of four persons injured in a wreck
on U. S. highway 81 near her
home, Comcnahe, Okla., Wednes
day night.
Troopers Scott and Joe Bowling,
checking the wreckage, ran across
the piece of bone, a sliver about
five inches long. Scott said he al
most threw it away, but suddenly
remembered something about res
torations doctors make these days.
After contacting a doctor in Co
manche the troopers rushed the
bone fragment to Wichita Falls
cliaic hospital where Mrs. Rynolds
had been taken. They made the
50-mile run in an hour.
Dr. Jack Maxfield, who pre
formed an emergency operation
yesterday on Mrs. Reynold's arm
indicated the limb would have been
rendered useless had the bone not
been retrieved.
In Campaign
Madsen said that he knew all
funds asked for in the budgets nf
the participating agencies repre
sented actual need.
The Salvation Army Is a spirit
ual organization wilh a social aim,
he defined. The group Is devoted
lo applying the belief that God
Is love.
The program includes Bible
study, recreation, education and
welfare. The Salvation Army camp
is not provided for by the Chest,
he pointed out, although youihs
from Roseburg are sent there.
He thanked the Rotary club for
its part in sending three youths
out of 12 from here to the last
camp.
Other aspects of Salvation Army
work include the Christmas pro
gram, the White Shield home and
emergency work.
All of the city's service needs
are bound together in one pack
age in the Community Chest, Mad
sen declared. He urged that Ro
tarians voluntqnr to help put the
drive over the top this year.
Pugh concluded the program by
saying, "If thf Chest falls short
this year, it n akin to taking
something very necessary from
this community."
Fire Fighters, Wind Shift
Save Trapped Community
FORKS, Wash. (AP) This fire-encircled logging
town survived a night with the doomed.
Pogged fire fighters and a "providential" shift in the
wind brought it through last night after authorities had vir.
tually given it up for lost late yesterday. .The forest fire
veered off after consuming most of one residential corner of
the town. Nearlv a score of buildings was burned.
Evacuees of the town of 1,120 began returning to their
homes in smoky haze this morning. An estimated 85 percent ,
or me popuiace leu Deiore or
imu-uiiernuon yesicrcitiy.
r ire control officials were op
timistic today after the wind sub
sided overnight.
District U. S. Forest Ranger San
ford Floe said the fast-racing fire
yesterday was fanned from one
that had lain dormant for a month
in Ihe Olympic national forest.
He said it orginally was started
last month from logging engine
sparks. Riding a 25-mile-an-hour
wind, it raced southwestward 18
miles in less than 12 hours yester
day. Forks Is midway between the
Olympic national park and the Pa
cific ocean, about a dozen miles
from the seashore.
But the 20,000-acre fire did not
head westward ahead of an east
wind until it had seared off a two
to three block strip on the north
and east sides of town. Nineteen
buildings were consumed by
flames Including two' sawmills,
two big logging truck garages and
15 residences.
Appeared Impossible
"It looked impossible to save the
town at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon," recounted J. W. Hull,
owner of the Forks Telephone Co.
"then the wind shifted, providen
tially, you might say."
Some 85 percent of the popula
tion was evacuated over smoke
choked highways and by airplane
during the afternoon and evening.
They were ordered to remain out
of town lor tne nignt, even inougn
Ihe fire danger lessened in the
"ghost town."
A dozen state patrol cars cruised
the streets to guard against looting.
Road blocks at both the north and
south end of town sifted those al
lowed to enter.
It was "pitch dark, like mid
night," at 5 p.m. yesterday as
smoke and ashes almost smothered
the streets, punctuated by flash
lights.
Firamon Credited
Townsmen who remained
credited the Forks volunteer fire
denartment with saving the town
Thev held the line against the fire
until state and national forest serv
ice crews and highway and con
struction camp workers arrived to
Give them a hand.
Fire chief Vic Hulin and his as
sistant, Oscar Herd, directed op
erations. Late last night they built
a backfire to protect the new 10
bed hospital.
The flames were heading west
ward toward La Push, an Indian
village on the Pacific ocean about
a dozen airline miles away,
Someone's Been
In My Room....
PLYMOUTH. Eng. UP) An
drei Gromyko touched off an early
morning alarm on the liner He De
France today by reporting that
someone tried to enter his $1,100
luxury suite.
The Soviet deputy foreign min
ister, enroute back home from the
Japanese peace treaty conference
at San Francisco, called a stew
ard and said he had found one of
the doors to the suite unlocked.
"Somebody has entered or tried
to enter my room," Gromyko told
him.
The steward called night watch
men who searched the area thor
oughly but found nothing amiss.
Gromyko finally dismissed
them, locked his door and gave or
ders he was not to be disturbed
during the liner's stop here.
Gromyko is the only occupant of
the big suite, which has accommo
dations for four.
Two Restaurants
Given C Licenses
The Oregon Liquor Control com
mission has issued restaurant "C"
licenses to two Douglas county
establishments. Licensees are
Audrey and Clifford Vang, oper
ators of the Sky Room at 115 W.
Washington street, and Emerson
Kennedy, who operates Kennedy's
two miles south of Roseburg on
highway 99.
The restaurant "C" license al
lows the sale of malt beverages
and of wine with meals and per
mits the mixing, storing and serv
ing of alcoholic liquor from cus
tomers' bottles. Dancing and other
proper forms of entertainment
also are allowed.
Stiffer Control Laws
Needed, Says DiSalle
PORTLAND UP) Prices
are edging still higher, and the
best way to stop the trend is to
stiffen regulaimns in tne price
control law, Michael V. DiSalle
said here yesterday.
The head of the Office of Price
Stabilization said in a visit to
Portland that the new control law
fashioned by Congress 0 to blame
lor taiiure 10 noia me price line
in recent weeks. ,-,
TASS ALLOWED
WASHINGTON -i!P) A com
mittee of Washington newsmen
has decided that representatives of
Tass, the Russian news agency.
may continue to work alongside
them In the press galleries of Con
gress.
alter an evacuation order in
Two Oregon
Fires Erupt,
Pose Danger
By The AMOClatpd Pr.il
Flra raced In axplosiva bursts
along high ridgos northwest o f
Oregon's Dotroit dam today and
a hundred mllet away a broad- ,
oning finger of flam ata into the
Tillamook burn.
Both fires and they wore
only two of a number whippad
by a dry oast wind held the -throat
of cataitrophy.
It was the Sardine craek fir
of weeks ago that camo suddenly
to life in the Detroit dam .
area. It headed out in two diree
tions to tha west on state land
and to the oast on fadoral land.
Tho first menaced tha towns ol
Galas and Mill City. Three fam
ilies living between thorn war
evacuated during tha night when
tho wind, showing little night
time let-up, sent sparks flying
into tinder-dry vino maple and
other brush and thraatanod
them.
Foresters, fearful of what to
day's winds might do, said n.i-''
thar Gates, a town of soma 400
population, and Mill City, a town
of 1,800, was safa. Thoy lie thrao
miles apart on tho north aide of
the North Santlam river, about
40 miles from Salem.
There was no accurate count of
tho man fighting tho f iro. Tho
headquarters at Silem said
"hundreds" and put tho ilie
at 4,000 acres or more.
Tha eastward moving break
from that same Sardine craek
firo was on tho south side of tho
river on Kinn.y croak. Federal
man said unless It ware chocked
it might roach an area of "un
limited" slash left In tho clearing
of tha dam's reservoir area.
Cavemen Answer
Red Propaganda
GRANTS PASS UP) Jo
J. Blunk, chief bighorn of the
Oregon cavemen, Thursday an
nounced tint his organization's
answer to the distorted Russian
use of a picture of the cavemen
greeting Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
will be to throw his entire group
into the current campaign 1 o
raise Crusade for Freedom funds.
This Russian pipe dream
should convince all Americans that
no effort should be overlooked to
get some facts to the people be
hind the Iron Curtain," Blunlc
said. "Our members are exactly
the opposite of everything the
Reds claim about them. It's a
safe bet they feed their victims
similar fairy tales about mora
important matters."
English Train
Jumps Tracks
NORTHAMPTON. Eng. -(JP)
An express train jumped the
tracks today near Rugby, and first
reports said from 12 to 22 persons
were killed. One American is re
ported to be among the dead.
Ambulances carried about 35 in
jured to hospitals.
ihe train was the Llverpool-to-
London express, derailed at a
point about eight miles west of
Northampton in the Industrial
midlands.
The accident cut off communica
tions between the Rugby railway
division headquarters and tha
scene, because the derailed train
knocked down telegraph and tele
phone lines along the right of way.
the locomotive and 11 of the 12
coaches left the rails at Stow
Hill tunnel, just south of Weedon,
a village of 2,000 population.
Army Burns Hundreds
Of Comic Books, Report
FORT ORD. Calif. -UP) -Tha
army recently burned several hun
dred copies of its comic book de-
Kicting a "Sad Sack" who lived
appily ever after only after re-
enlisting in the service.
The book is the one Senator
Capehart (R-Ind) denounced aa
"socialist propaganda" 10 days
ago.
A Fort Ord public Information
officer said several unopened
packages of th colored books, con
taining several hundred copies,
were thrown into the incinerator
recently on orders from. Sixth
army.
L evity F oct R ant
By L. F.'Reizenstein
Of all sad words that descend
Jobbing lik a stingingGhorn,
on us,
Saddest art thest from tho
weather man
"Fair ond continued warm."
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