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Mac Epley. managing editor of
the Klamath Falls Herald &
New, is doing his column "in ab
sentia while on an automobile
trip to eastern states. After two
days and many parasangs of jour
neying across " desert and green
farmland, through sunshine and
rain and snow be arrived at
iT n00'.1 d Sent lister V. M. Molotov on calling a
bac the oUowing report: J general European peace confer-
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important appearance we saw here
was a -night club a white block
windowless edifice ablaze with
neon.
: "In fact, it's getting to be (out
west, anyway) that the leading
building of a community is a
Joint- Local people used to point
with pride to post offices, church
es, courthouses, mansions, frater
nal structures, etc.
"Now they show you the fanci
est club, and if you do what is ex
pected of you there (which we
don't, of course) you couldn't see
the rest of the town, anyway.
It a trend, . that's certain.
Whether it's a trend to the good
might be a subject for argument."
Interesting phenomenon, to be
sure, one to intrigue the sociolo
gist and moralist. Think of the
day an eon hence when curious
srrheologists delving in the 1 dust
and rubble of What once was west
"ern America comes across the
ruins of our night clubs and mar
vel at the gauche rie style and ob
vious vacuity which tempted dol
lars to flow from the habitants
In this 20th century. The baths
of Pompeii exposed again for the
gaze of the uninitiate!
X can share something of Epley's
wonder. In 1940 campaigning
cross the
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Que Points to
New Degnan
Case Suspect
CHICAGO. June 28-C-P)-State's
Attorney William J. Tuohy said to
night that prints' on the Suzanne
Degnan kipnap - slaying' ransom
note "jibe with" finger and palm
prints of William Heirens, 17-year-old
University of Chicago student.
Heirens, a 180-pound youth held
for questioning about a burglar,
'was, questioned here about the
brutal killing and dismemberment
cf the Degnan girt as. a man held
In Phoenix, Ariz.; repudiated a
story he told there that he was
the kidnap-siayer.
Tuohy said "Heirens finger
prints or portions of fingerprints
or parts of his palm jibe with
seven points on the) Degnan ran
som note. i
An hour's attempt by Tuohy to
question Heirens proved fruitless
tonight.
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Drowii in Bay
COOS BAY. June 28-OPi-Two
persons drowned today and two
others were saved as their row
boat swamped in Coos Bay across
from Empire.
The victims, whose bodies were
sought by coastguardsmen, were
Itr. and Mrs. Elmer Bartruff, La
comh. Ore.
Also in the boat were Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Peoples. Silverton.
They were saved when Peoples
clung to the boat and Mrs. Peo
ples was rescued by her brother-in-law,
Ralph Peoples of Silver
ton,' who with his family was in
an accompanying boat. Ralph
Peoples is democratic nominee for
Oregon labor commissioner.
KIOTEX KILLED IN IRAQ
BAGHDAD. Iraq. June 28-iP)-One
civilian was killed and seven
other persons, including three po
licemen, were wounded today
when police fired on a crowd
which marched on the British em
fcassy shouting anti-Zionist slo
gans. The gunfire dispersed the
snob.
Animal Crackers
i BvWAJSEN GOODRICH
"And ha taxd I have a neck
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Treaty
Conclave
At Issue
PARIS, June 2S-A) Secretary
of State James F. Byrnes served
notice tonight of a showdown to-
following a heated exchance
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in today s foreign ministers ses
sion, American informants said.
At the end of a lengthy argu
ment with the Russian official,
Byrnes declared he would insist
upon a decision at tomorrow's con
ference meeting on whether to call
the 21-nation parley.
Looks at Molotov
Byrnes looked squarely at Mol
otov and asserted he wanted a de
cision one way or another. Amer
lean informants said. Molotov then
conceded that any council mem
ber could speak on any topic at
any,time of the "day or night
The exchange rounded off a re
view of outstanding issues in the
Italian and Romanian treaties
which resulted in a shelving of the
key Issue of Trieste when Trench
Foreign Minister George Bidault
asked for additional time to study
the entire question of the Italo-
Yugoslav frontier,
Other Deadlocks
The council was deadlocked al
so on the question of an Interim
administration on Italian colonies.
provision for arbitration tribunals.
and compensation for Allied na
tionals property losses in former
enemy states
Three Dallas
Fires Cause
Minor Damage
DALLAS, June 28 Minor dam
ages wej", caused In three fires
which broke out here within the
last 38 hours.
A woodshed and garage were
destroyed at the T. M. Sharp
home by a fire apparently started
by fireworks set off by young
sters. Sharp smelled smoke when
he and his wife returned from a
visit to the coast and used a gar
den hose to keep the fire from
the house until the fire depart
ment arrived.
Damages which were partially
covered by insurance. Included
water and smoke damage to the
house.
M inor damage was caused at the
Dallas Machine and Locomotive
Works, Thursday morning by a
blaze of undetermined origin
which started in the furnace room
and spread to the attic. It was
discovered by two workman in
time to prevent serious damage.
The third fire, also of undeter
mined origin, at the home of Mrs.
T. M. Drake was confined to the
upstairs and damage was not
great.
Butter, Sugar Sale
High Despite Rise
Neither butter nor sugar sales
have dropped because of the re
cent price rises, representative
Salem grocers declared Friday.
Nor has production of butter
materially increased since the 11
cent raise, although It is expected
to go up In some areas shortly.
Upping the price of sugar,
scarcely noticed by a majority of
horn makers, has brought some
scoldings from women who had
failed to buy family canning ra
tions before the slight rise, gro
cers said.
Firecracker Damage
Letter in Mailbox
A firecracker dropped in the
mail box at 1605 S. Hieh st. dam
aged several letters which will be
returned to the persons who
mailed them as soon as the names
and addresses are determined
Postmaster Al Gragg said. The
boy who put the firecracker in the
mail box and thereby damaged
government property is sought by
federal officers.
State VA Advisory Group Asks Investigation
Of UJS. Vets' Employment Service in Oregon
The seven-man advisory com
mittee of the Department of Vet
erans' affairs, meeting with newly-
appointed Director George E. San
dy in the department headquar
ters Friday in Salem called for an
Investigation of the activities of
the federal veterans' employment
service in Oregon. J
Advisory members Carl Frei
Linger, Harry V. Reed and John
Walker Jones, all of Portland,
were appointed on a sub-committee
to investigate the veterans'
employment setup, and to report
back with recommendations either
that the service be "geared to
get Jobs for veterans, or be elim
inated." This service is under the fed
eral repartment of labor and was
set up to coordinate veterans' em
ployment with the efforts of the
U.S. Employment service. Head
of the veterans' job service for
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workers wbe are pRklng cherries la this area. Being signed late
the farm labor camp near the airport are (top) Jesus Ortis, Rafael
Serraiuto. Juan Castro. Guadalupe Mejta. An to bio GoMsaies and
Eliseo Olmos. and seated at the table are eaaap officials, Ktaaley
Gray. Harry Weinsteln and Carl McMahaa. Singing la the borracks
after work are (renter) Dodalfe Marias. Agsplte M. Loses, An
tenia Case, with the gaitar; Beajasnin Estrada sad GatUersae Mo-
ran. Banning while reeetving some spaghetti rrorn (saltaam) Head
Cook Jimmy Lee la Carlos Ramirez. ( Statesman photos by Bill
Scott, staff photographer.)
Salem Canneries
Employing 1,500
Despite a current cannery work
er shortage, Salem plants are now
employing about .1500 workers, E.
S. Benjamin, secretary of the can
nery workers local 60, said.
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quired when the canning peak is j
reached in Aueust. he said. Worn-
en for night shift work are partic-
ularly lacking, although several I
U.S. employment service employ- '
ees are working In s local plant j
'at night, to help out.
Oregon is Richard Smurthwaite,
with headquarters in Portland.
The advisory committee also
elected Jones chairman to succeed
Eugene K. Oppenheimer, Portland.
William F. Toomey, Portland, was
elected vice-chairman and Frank
J. Hoi brook, Med ford, secretary.
Floyd K. Dover, Grants Pass, the
seventh member, was absent, due
to Illness which has him confined
in the veterans' hospital in Port
land. Freilinger and Reed, whose one
year terms expired June 26, have
been reappointed by Gov. Snell
for four years.
Earlier Friday, Colonel Sandy
was sworn in as director of Vet
erans' Affairs by Justice J. O.
Bailey of the state supreme court,
and received his commission from
George K. Aiken. Snell's executive
secretary, in behalf of the gov
ernor. Sandy succeeds Hugh E. Hus-
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Woodbutn Fire District
Will Elect Directors
WOOnBIIHN Jim 28 A an
cial election wiU be held at the
Belle Passi schoolhouse. a m. to
8 p.m.. Monday July 1 to elect five I
directors of the newly created I
WrwrwUmrn Rural Fir PrnM-tion
district.
Property owners in the rural
area of this district are eligible to
vote at the election. Candidates
are Gail Landsden. John Kinns.
Jr., Paul Townsend. David St. John
and Joe Serres.
son, who recently resigned. Ros-1!' area- and ""J immedi
son was on hand to turn over "'J nnounced it would shoot for
his office to Sandy and to make ! f vn. rea.tef ltitude m another
recommendations to the advisory j Juiy 8
committee.
The following recommendations
for legislative action were adopt
ed: 1. That the committee be per
mitted to hold meetings other than
in Salem.
2. That the state veterans' loan
act be amended to make for eas
ier administration and to make it
more favorable for veterans.
3. That in reiteration of the
committee's previous stand, teeth
be put into the veterans' prefer
ence law for public employment
and on all public work contracts,
making the hiring of veterans
mandatory regardless of their or
ganizational affiliations, and pro- i
viding penalties for non-compli- I
a rice.
Oregon Statesman, Salem. Ore..
Famine
Picture
Brighter
OTTAWA. June 28-C!P)-Her-bert
Hoover said tonight that mass
starvation in the world apparent
ly has been prevented, except for
China, and the gap between
available cereal supplies and min
imum needs has been closed.
In a broadcast prepared at the
Invitation of the Canadian gov
ernment, the former United States
president made what he called
his "final report" upon his famine
mission for President Truman In
which he visited 38, nations.
"It is at least reassuring that if
we have continued cooperaUve ac
tion of the various nations, mass
starvation will be prevented, with
one exception," Hoover said
"That exception is China, where
transportation to the interior and
inadequate organization has rend
ered relief only partially success
ful." "In other famine areas there
will be suffering," he said. "Many
of the old people and the weaker
children v 111 fall by the wayside;
nevertheless the great majority of
the endangered will be savejj." !
He warned, however, that the
"precariousness of the situation
is nor-over."
Two Recent
Escapees Held
In California
Two of the. three ctwtvicts who
escaped Tuewday from the prison
farm are being held In Yreka.
Calif , following their capture by
Tulelake police smith of there,
penitentiary officials were in
formed last night.
Frederick E. Cleveland. 25. and
Alfred W. Strain. 28. are the two
apprehended and Lav erne Ft fink
Keller is still at large.
Tulelake officers said the con
victs aroused suspicion while
they ate breakfast In a restaurant
while wearing new khaki work
ing clothes. Police were called
and captured the fugitives after
they had hitchhiked a ride with
Bill Welch. Merrill.
Cleveland was ser ing one
year on a larceny charge and
Strain was serving concurrent
three and one year ' sentences for
possession of stolen property.
Both were sentenced from Linn
county.
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The question of how soon to
establish an office of the U.S. em
ployment service at Detroit,
where the next great dam of the
Willamette valley project is to be
installed next year, is under dis
cussion here.
Clark Woodrode, area represen
tative for the USES servine
northwestern Oregon
has been
here from, his Portland office.
1U w- '"e. executive at
Salem office, t heking on the
uain area noeas. nignway re-
alignment is preceding the actual
construeUon Job.
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Ascends
WHITE SANDS, N.M.. June 28
(A'A 14-ton V-2 rocket soared an
estimated 75 miles Into the cloud
less New Mexico sky today, trail
ing white vapor visible over a
i-i. oi. naroia n. xurner. in
charge of ordnance department
experiments at the White Sands
proving grounds, said it was a new
world's record for guided missiles.
On the basis of preliminary re
ports, he estimated the rocket
climbed at least four miles above
the best previous mark 71 miles
achieved in a test flight here seven
weeks ago.
Possible indication the missle
failed to reach the 100 miles sought
by army and navy technicians was
seen, however, in the disclosure
that its 10 tons of alcohol and
liquid oxygen fuel were expended
four seconds sooner than expected.
Pronouncing the test a perfect
shoot." the experts said it would
probably be two or three days be
fore they were able to compute
i the. exact altitude. In addition1
Saturday. Jan 29. 1946
WeaftBneir (Soodl at
A-lBemnilb Test Site
'50-50' Chance Bomb to Drop July 1
KWAPALEIN. Saturday. June
2-0,)-Adm. W. H. P. Blandy,
chief of operations crossroads,
said today there was a "50-50
chance" the atomic bomb, will
be dropped as originally sched
uled on July 1 (Bikini time
June 30 in the United States )
Weather expectations are
good, he said at a conference
attended by Navy Secretary
For rental.
Earlier he v isiled foreign and
scientific observers on their ar
rival at Bikini and told them
"we can have the test any day
when the sky is not more than
half covered with clouds," and
expressed confidence this would
occur within the next seven
days.
Scientists, army and navy
personnel, and news correspon
dents scattered to their posts of
observation In preparation for
Kennedy Ends Gruelling
Testimony at Redin Trial
Kk'ATTI I' Tin... 7M iJt llvilil Kunilv f Q.vinr.i.LI mniLn
engiieer. a know (edged, with minor reservation's, late today Uiat tlu-
data he testified he sold Russian Naval Lt.-OTroTai Giegorovich Re
din, was freely available elsewhere to the public but, he insisted, it
was the specific information that Lieutenant Redin had demanded.
The 30-year-old lieutenant is on trial under two Indictments
charging espionage and conpir- -
acy for allegedly inducing and
attempting to induce Kennedy to
sell plans for a new type U.S. de
stroyer tender and its equipment.
Completing two days of what
Assistant District Attorney Allan
Pomeroy termed "a gruelling ex
perience" Kennedy's first as a
trial witness- the "erect little old
man was excused ffm immedi
ate redirect examination to per
mit him to r-st.
Kennedy said he was unable
to say whether, Redm's finger
prints were found by the FBI on
an envelope he said he gave Spe
cial Agent Joseph Walters the day
a I
after Redin slipped it to him in
the rear booth of an uptown beety
tavern. Kennedy. said it contained
$200 In currency which is in evi
dence over strenuous defense ob
jections. Senate Passes
$7 Billion Fund
WASHINGTON, June 28 -P)-A
record peacetime army appro
priation of S7.595.449.868 won sen
ate approval toda,y in less than an
hour and with only a dozen sen
ators present.
It now goes back to the house
for action upon senate increases of
more than $500,000,000. The funds
ire to operate the army dutkig the
fiscal year that begins July I.
Mammoth Girder
Being Moved into Place
A pair of 64-foot steel girders
weighing more than 52 tons, cast
in the east and fabricated in Port
land are going into place in the
new First National bank building
at Chemeketa and Liberty streets.
Fifty men comprise the construc
tion crew which Is stringing the
giant girders 32 feet from what
will be the floor ofthe bank's
main lobby.
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75 Miles
they hoped to learn new secrets of
the Ionosphere from Instruments
carried in the rocket's nose to that
height for the first time.
Medallions To Be Presented tq
Willamette 25, 50-Year Alums!
At the first alumni convocation
to be held In the history of Wil
lamette university governmental
bronze medallions honoring the
memory of the late Dr. James T.
Matthews will be presented to
members of the 25th and 50th
anniversary classes at ceremonies
slated for Waller hall today at
3 Pn.
The first recipient of the medal
lions, slightly larger than a dol
lar and bearing the likeness of
Dr. Matthews on one side and the
seal of Willamette university on
the other, will be William P.
Matthews of Tacoma. Wash., a
brother of Dr. Matthews, who will
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the atomic bomb drop.
More than 100 observers and
as many newsmen and photog
raphers who arrived on the
Appalachian. Pans mint, and
Blue Ridge toured this tiny
island Friday. senate urtrd, it urgei s veto ff
Among them was Senator Guy j the hill on the grourxl that "it
Cordon of Oiegon. Opinions on j would only serve to Irgalir In
what the blat will do were still j fatlon" ,nd bring uHimaU "col
being exprenaed. i,,,. With all price rvwttrtW due
Lt. Col. Ulysses Sam Nero. ! to expire at midnight St in. My urw
bombardier fen- the late Hilly eV), extension bill U en u ted.
Mitchell In the first tests of air j Bowles expressed the Ikmm that
bombs against ships, declared congress would yet pruvid "the
that If the explosion doesn't legislation which, is esattitial If
shake the public into a new rea- Wt. fcre (o maintain a staWe eco
lization of air power, "then nomv."
somebody's ssleep." 4 " Mr. Tiumsn replied that
But MaJ. Alexander De Se-! n,,wuv resignation was "empha
veresky, leading apostle of ait , t.c answer to the fantastic charge
power, predicted "damage will of spokesmen for aelfialr intres
be very slight and disappoint-
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atom test,'
think much of
he . remarked.
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School Planned
Near Detroit
Dam Project
Construction of a school at De
troit Reservoirsor workers on the
Detroit dam is provided in flood
control legislation approved by
the senate commerce committee
Friday, according Jo the Associ
ated Press.
Senate action is hoped for next
week on the bill which provides
rfor flood control, navigation.
power and irrigation projects
throughout the country for an
expenditure of more than $950,
000.000. Navigation projects to cost a
billion dollars have been approv
ed previously and both bills hve
urrrn approved oy uie nouse. no
money is provided but construe-
tion is authorized to be financed
blater legislation.
U.S. Marines to
Remain in China
WASHINGTON, June 28 -(JV
Acting Secretary of State Dean
Acheson today coupled an expres
sion of satisfaction over progress
toward peace and unity in China
with an announcement that Amer
ican marines must stay there a
while.
He denied any American pol
icy Is aimed st helping one Chi
nese faction against another.
West Salem I'ach
1 9445-47 School Ituriget
WEST SALEM. June 28 The
West Salem school budget passed !
at tonights election by a unani
mous vote of only 10. Special, ap
proval was reouired becmixe 14(1
61151 of the $52,785 budget ws in j
ex cess of the six per
cent lirrllta-
irrjilt
tion ammendment.
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SUBS SI NK OFF ALARKAt
SEATTLE, June 28-(1,)-NWvy
and coast guard authorities Hits- '
closed today that a total of st
least seven Japafiese submarines
were sunk during the war In Alas
kan waters.
received the award in recognition
of his 0 years as a university
alumnus. He will address the con
vocation as will Mrs. Myrtle Mc
Kittrick, representing the 25 year
class.
The anniversary Medallions will
be distributed only to eligible
alumni in attendance at the convo
cation. They were designed by .a
sculptor of the L. G. Balfour com
pany of Attleboro, Mans.
The afternoon convocation will
be followed by an aliimni dinner
in Lausanne hall at 6:15 and by
the annual faculty, reception for
seniors ( and alumni at 8:30 In
La usance hall.
Truman
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')- onvrtiVpaHf.ed Hie com
j promi OVA bill Icntey and
. Chester Howie resigned will
LB fervent plea to President
Truman to veto It an certain
to lead to an inflationary!
boom and a bust.
These events occurred within
three hectii hours!
I. The OPA bill. . extending
measure of price control for an
other year but opening the way
for widespread price fncreatt-s.
pased the senate, 47 to 23. .
2. The White House made pub-ft
lie a Utter from the national
wage Hahilization board drclaring
the bill would inevitably .lead to
'uncontrolled inflation."
Resignation 1'rgea Veto
3. The resignation of Bowie as
' stabilization
director, effective
July 10. was made public at the
While House. Written leore tl
tnat you sought extension of the
price roritrol bill In oMer U per
petuate youiM-lf In office." Mr.
Truman sajd'we shall omtmoe
the battle against inflation viHh
every weapon at our disKval,
but did not state whether he
would sign or veto the bill.
Celling Revised
The bill requires thus.in.' of
price itilingH to be reviwd to
cover tost increases, bars inter
feienre with dealers' normal io-
fit margirLx, limits food aubaidi'S,
s"' " iMl q remove ci-
tiolt from certain Iteina, and t!.
minates a regulation compelling'
clothing manufacturers to turn
out a' percentage of low-price
garments. Much of the OPAs
authority over food prices is
shifted to the agriculture dcpn
merit. The puce control law lUelf1
is ex t-riUti for a Mil yvar1 and
rent controls are Unchanged.
Mrs. Osland
Hurt in Wreck
BAKER, Ore.J June 28-(T)-Mrs.
Carl Osland, 1785 S. 12th st. Sl
em, was In a hospital here today
after a crash- involving a bus. a
Consolidated Freight ways truck
and a cur.
Stale, police said the tangle en
sued when the bus driven David
Henni. Caldwell, Idaho, tried to
stop onta one-way traffic Jane
on highway No. 30, where road
crews were at work.
Neither Osland, driver of thti
j car nof occupants of the bus or
; t were Injured
Five Killed as
Pier Collapses
PHILADELPHIA, June 28-oT)
Thundering collapse of a 150-foot
double-deck pier today apparent
ly hurtled five workmen to death,
ii freight cars which plung.il Into
the Delaware river.
- Twelve workers were on the
pier as It split apart without
warning and dropped them Into
20 feet of water smid two tum
bling cranes, railroad Itox cars
and tons of splintering tlmltcr and
twisting tteel.
Seven fought their war ,out
despite Injuries requiring hrvpi
tel trealment. Acting Deputy Fire
Chief George Hink said the oth
ers were believed rarriel to the
bottom and. trapped In Uus cars
in which they were working
Biggest Berry : Crop-
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By Wootlhtirn Grower
WOODBURN, June 2 Show
ers almost dally, have interrupted
th berry puking in thi territory
but growers say this year's crop ,
is one of the biggest anJ bext ev er
known. A'n estimated 1,000 tons
of strawberries were received by
the three buyers here. '
Logans arid youngberries are
being brought to Woodburn by j
the tons with deliveries made ,
daily at the Birds Eye-Snyrler J,
plant, Woodburn Fruit Growers
Cooperative association and North
Marion Fruit association. Boysen
berries will be coming in next
week. Cherries are arriving at
one dock at the rate of 30 tons a
day.
Our Senators
Won'
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