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Reds Distorted
Crow's Diary
To Injure U.S.
WASHINGTON I The Army
says Mai. Gen. Robert W. Grow
didn't write in his behind-the-Iron-Curtain
diary all the statement
Soviet propagandists said he dirt
and that the Reds distorted many
notes he actually jotted down.
These notes,' however; resulted
In Grow's conviction by court mar
tial Tuesday, ;
The Army, In a surprise move
Wednesday, said the Russians pub
lished portions of the general's
personal journal in such a fashion
that it appeared he pictured the
United States as a potential ag
pressor when he really was refer
ring to the Soviets.
As an example, the Army re
leased excerpts from Grow's diary
in which he said repeatedly he
believed Russia felt that 1951 was
the ripe time for war in Europe.
The Reds, the Army said, twisted
this to indicate America wanted
to wage war in 1951.
Falsehoods Listed
The Army branded as "complete
fabrications" these statements at
1 'I to the diary:
"War! As soon as possible! Now!"
' mu-i ,enrn that in this war
it is fair to hit below the belt.'"
"We must understand that this
war is total war and is fought
with all weapons."
iiiis unexpected twist in the year
old story of the diary Grow kent
while military attache to Russia
came one day after a court mar
tial of eight top-ranking generals
convicted him of improperly keep
ing information and of not safe
guarding it.
He was sentenced to a formal
reprimand and suspension from
command for six months both
deterrents to further promotion.
The Army said it hadn't made
the disclosure earlier because pub
lication of any portion of the diary
t?xt might have prejudiced the
fincHngs of the court martial.
M.cArthur Won't Talk
In G.O.P. Campaign
NEW YORK I Gen. Douglas
MacArthur said Thursday he would
lake no part in Gen." Dwight
D. Eisenhower'i presidential cam
paign. MacArthur, keynote speaker at
the Republican National Conven
tion, had backed Sen. Robert A.
Taft of Ohio against Eisenhower
for the GOP nomination.
' "I will take no part in the pol
ical campaign," MacArthur told a
reporter at a luncheon given him
upon his acceptance of the chair
manship of Remington Rand Inc.
"I will not be a part of the
political picture," he said.
MacArthur's aides and Reming
ton Rand officials halted the ques
tioning when they saw that the
general was being interviewed.
Thev explained the luncheon was
entirely non-political.
OSC Draws Students
From 33 Countries
OREGON STATE COLLEGE -Every
Oregon county, 36 of the
48 states and 33 foreign countries
were represented at Oregon State
College last year according to the
registrar's office.
Benton County, as expected
was the Oregon county leader with
1086 students. Multnomah was
next with 898; Marion. 288: and
Lane, 216. Total Oregon enroll
ment at OSC was 4,373.
Neighboring states supolie-.l the
big part of the 794 out-of-state
students. From California came
412; Washington, 154: and Idaho,
51. The representation from U.S.
territories included 30 students
from Alaska, 41 from Hawaii and
2 from Okinawa.
Countries ranging from Argen
tina to West Africa were on the
foreign list. There were 17 students
from Canada: 9 each from India
and China; 5 from Janan, Ger
many and Malaya and 4 from
Egypt and Iceland.
The state, national and foreign
groups combined to make the
total registration of 5,335.
agricultural commodities and a
so tends to justify the large in
vestment capitalwise and produc
tionwise, "Since these figures were com
piled, we have seen a modesi de
crease in the price of things that
farmers sell, but unfortunately the
things that farmers buy have been
continuing to increase and that
means that a profitable produc
tion must be carried on and that
theacres under cultivation must
be utilized to their fullest.
"Mostly the needs for capital
have been supplied to farmers and
ranchers by the banks throughout
the state. The eleventh annual na
tional survey of agricultural lend
ing by the Agricultural Commis
sion of the American Bankers As
sociation discloses that the vast
majority of farm and ranch loans
made by banks are for production
and operating costs."
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AUSTRALIAN TAG TEAM MATCH
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First Match Starts 8:45 P.M.
Oregon Farmers Make Good Record
During 1951 In Repayment Of Loans
Oregon farmers 'during 1951 paid back almost as much
money as they borrowed. The industry's atfirreKate indebted
ness is quite low. These facts are revealed in the annual na
tionwide survey by the American Bankers Association, which
compiles figures each year to ascertain the kind of job the
country's banks are doing in caring for the farmer's require
ments.
Each county in the nation has
"key banker," who represents the
association in its study. H. E.
Schmeer, Hoseburg banker, who
holds the "key banker" job for
Douglas County, reports figures
compiled by the association for the
state of Oregon.
In 1951, the reports shows, Ore
gon banks serving agricultural
communities, loaned $88,876,000 to
24,807 farmers and ranchers for
all types of financial needs. Of
this amount, $82,587,000 was bor
rowed by 23,695 farmers and ranch
ers to finance production and op
erating needs. This compares with
23.628 production loans totalling
$70,106,000 during 1950. As proline
tion loans tend to be repaid quick
ly, only $31,464,000. remained out
standing Dy tne end or tne year.
The year 1951 showed a very
small increase in the total of bank
held farm and ranch mortgage
debt. At the beginning of the year,
the total agricultural mortgage
debt held by Oregon banks was
$9,267,000.00 During the year, banks
made 1,112 additional farm and
ranch real estate loans for an
aggregate of 56,280,000.00 Howev
er, the payoff of the mortgate
debt was so rapid that on Decem
ber 31, 1951, the total amount of
this long term debt outstanding
had risen onl $1,355,000.00 to a
total of $10,622,000.00.
, The average production loan
was $3,485.00 during 1951, and
the average farm real estate otn
was $5,647.00. Excluding Commod
ity Credit Corporation loans, the
total of bank-held agricultural debt
outstanding in Oregon on January
1st of this year, was $42,086.00.
"One thing that is very evident
from reviewing these figures is
that it takes a great deal more
money to grow a given sized crop
today than it has in years past,"
i Schmeer says. "It requires a larg
i er investment in the first place,
and it requires a larger produc
! tion loan in the second place. Of
! course, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer
; are aware of that in a roundabout
j fashion ' through having to pay
I more for agricultural products for
j table use.
Farms Mere Mechanized
I "It is interesting to note that
insofar as Oregon is concerned,
the average Oregon farm has in
creased in size during the last
ten years, and of course the work
has become tremendously more
mechanized than formerly. The
productivity of a given acre has
been increased. This permits the
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Atomic Energy
Items Interest
Northwest Area
WASHINGTON on An Atomic
Energy Commission rsport issued
Thursday contained several items
of interest in the Pacific North
west. 1. An AEC committee is still
studying the question whether th'-i
Wahluke slope near the commis
sion's big plutonium production
plant at Hanford, Wash., will be
retained under government control
or released as some groups have
requested for agricultural pur
poses. The AEC says that one con
sideration has been the additional
potential hazard that will result
from the construction of new pro
duction facilities at Hanford under
ths recently-authorized expansion
program.
2. A new processing plant to re
cover uranium from fuel compo
nents of reactors is nearing com
pletion at the AEC's national re
actor testing station. Arco, Ida
ho. Its estimated cost is $4 mil
lion. 3. An AEC man told a reporter
the commission is now appraising
a report of uranium possibilities
in the Portland, Ore., area.
Control Oregon Weekly
Bought By Californiart
PRINEVILLE Ifl L. R. Bat
man of Niles, Calif., will become
publisher of the weekly Central
Oregonian here Friday.
He purchased it for an undis
closed price from Mrs. Theresa
Cox who had published it since
death of her husband, Remey Cox.
Batman, who recently sold the
Township Register at Niles after
publishing it eight years, got nis
first crinl-shop iob on the Grants
Pass Courier when he was 12 years
old. Included in his experience is
10 years with the Stanford Univer
sity rress.
Mrs. Batman and their two chil
dren will join him here.
Weight-Mile Truck Tax
Ruled Legal In New York
SALEM Word was received
here Wednesday that the New
York state court of appeals, high
est tribunal in that state, had af
firmed the lower court sustaining
the constitutionality of the weight
mile tax as applied to commer
cial trucks.
The New York law was enacted
ui 1951 after a delegation from
the state visited Oregon and
studied the Oregon truck-tax struc
ture. .Trucking groups in New Yorl:
state attacked the law : on the
ground it was unconstitutional.
Oregon was interested in the New
York case because it was pattern
ed after the Oregon law.
BECOME A THREESOME Mr. ond Mrs. Luciano Negrini,
the Italian-born Roman Catholic priest ond the 22-year-'
old American girl for whose love he renounced his vows,
proudly display their three-week-old son, Italo, in their
London living quarters. The Negrinis, whose turbulent
romance and marriage last year won international atten
tion, came to England last April seeking employment. Mrs.
Negrini, the former Claire Young of Chicago, met the
Italian priest while. he was on a U.S. tour. She fell in love
ond followed him to Italy, surrendering her American
citizenship. (AP Wirephoto) .
Suspect Quizzed
On Crater Lake
Park Murders
PORTLAND Wl J. B. Poster,
FBI agent In charge of the Port
land office, said Thursday a man
held in Duchesne, Utah, was being
questioned about the slaying July
19 of two men in Crater Lake Na
tional Park.
The man, Identified as William
K. Russell, is ehargsd with kid
naping and robbing a Sears-Roebuck
truck driver at Lake Tahoe,
Calif. Sheriff's officers arrested
him at Duchesne.
The robbery victim. John Love
lace, Sparks, Nev., told police Rus
sell boasted he had killed two men
in Crater Lake National Park.
Poster quoted Russell as saying
after his arrest that he made the
boast only to frighten Lovelace.
Sparks, who was forced to drive
to Frenlcy, Nev., was robb;d of
$36 and a wrist watch.
Poster said the FBI was check
ing the whereabouts ot Russell on
the day C. P. Culhane. 55, Detroit,
and A. M. Jones, 56,' Concord,
Calif., were shot to death in Crater
Lake Park. Both had been robbed
of money and watches. They were
executives of United Motors Serv
ice Corp., a General Motors sub
sidiary. Their bodies were found
July 21.
Collapse Of Elevator
Spills Most Of Wheat
THE DALLES 11 Most of the
31.000 bushels of wheat spilled
when part of a wall of a concrete
elevator collapsed can be salvaged,
the Moro Grain Growers Associa
tion reported Thursday.
A 50-foot section of the wall
burkled Tuesday ani the wheat
poured onto the ground. The 120
foot elevator was built in 1950 at
Hay Canyon in Sherman CouHty,
50 miles southeast of here.
Because of the dry weather, little
loss was expected.
Jupiter is less than a quarter
as dense as the earth.
BASEL
BASEL, Switzerland Wl July
was the hottest month Basel has
suffered since the city began keep
ing weather records 126 years
ago. The average temperature for
the month was 71 degrees.
New diet
melts off
160 pounds
Helen Fraley proved It can be
done from an almost hopeless
296 pounds, she slimmed to an
attractive 135, and never missed
having 3 good meals a day. Her
day-by-day diet is published in
' the Journal for the flrot time.
- She reveals her reducing secrets
and tells you what to eat be
tween meals. Whether you want
to diet or know someone who
should, be sure to read Am
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August Ladies' Home Journal,
New Wage Board
Will Work Okay,
WASHINGTON 11 Archibald
Cox, 40-year-old chairman of the
new Wage Stabilization Board, said
Thursday "we will make this
board work" despite the fact Con
gress has stripped it of all power
to settle labor disputes.
Presented to a news conference
by Roger L. Putnaml economic
stabilizer. Cox said he was "very
leased ana a little overwhelmed "
V the confidence shown in him by
President Truman.
Cox said his new board will at
tempt to stabilize wages for the
first time without the power to
enter deadlocked labor disputes.
He said this has never been H" '
before, "but we will make it
work."
The expected first order of bus
iness is a new wage policy to allow
increases because of steadily high
er output per man-hour or produc
tivity. Cox would say only that he as
sumes this is going to come up
and that it "must be faced by the
full board."
Annual Kansas Picnic
Will Be Held Aug.. 10
The 14th 'annual Kansas picnla
will be held Aug. 10 in Umpqua
Park at Hoseburg, it was announ
ced today. All persons from
Kansas are welcome to attend,
Picnickers are asked to bring
their own covered dishes and table
service.
Spitsbergen has been the base
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