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EZLQ :;; -Ol-v OEZiEZJ -O O O O O CZJ; O EU EZ3 O E3 O .o o a, - w iFiree ssooqs Trams POUNDBD 1651 Wet!: T In") ' Stirrings of discontent in the field of Oregon higher education Indicate that peace is still some thing of a truce between the uni versity and state college. Thus when the state board last week in a special meeting elevated the division of business and, technolo gy at the state college into a -School," with a dean, mutter ing were heard from Eugene. The Register-Guard raised the ques tion "Is this a 'duplication'?" Pressure for restoration of the I'd "School of Commerce" at OSC was applied alter the board voted in 1941 to restore upper division pure sciences to the university. These losses were part of the original definition of institution al curricula made by the newly organized state board following the Kelly report. In 1943 the board granted the college the privilege St offering work leading to a de ree in business and technology. The present action dignifies the offering by making it a major school at the college. Required for a degree in this school will be 36 hours in other schools such as agriculture, engineering, science, forestry, home economics. Presi dent Strand in a statement said: "Nothing basically new was asked for by the college or granted by the board in its action." The fear at the university is that the new school will expand all over the curriculum and be come a parallel to the liberal. arts college at the university; or will be a duplicate of the school of business administration 4 at the university. Undoubtedly there will (Continued on Editorial Page) Initiative Seeks To Ban Boost In Income Tax Preliminary petition for an ini tiative measure that would wipe out the state income tax increases resulting from defeat of the 3 per cent sales tax bill at the special election last October was filed at the statehouse Tuesday by the State Federation of Labor and the Oregon Farmers union. The 1947 legislature provided that if the voters defeated the sales tax bill, state income tax exemptions would be reduced from $1,500 to $1,000 for married couples and from $750" to $500 for single persons. The reduced ex emptions affect income earned in ; The initiative measure, if ap proved by the voters, would re store the income tax exemptions to what they were prior to the spe cial election. Sponsors said they hoped to place the initiative measure on the ballot at the geer.ral election next November. Man Dies after Auto Accident Near Lebanon LEBANON, March 2-(Special) Charles O. Wilson of Portland died in Lebanon General hospital to night within four hours of a San tiam highway collision of a sedan driven by Wilson, and a local lum ber truck. Mrs. Sam Carter, 69, Sweet Home, an aunt of Wilson and his only passenger in the accident, incurred head injuries and was in a critical condition at the hospi tal late tonight. Wilson, 44, was a merchant ma rine captain. . The accident occurred about 3:30 p.m. three miles south of here. State police who investigat ed, said Wilson's sedan passed an other passenger vehicle and struck the rear of a Darwin Lumber Co. truck as it was turning left off the highway. William M. Smith, the lumber truck driver, was not injured. Spring Brings Birds to Feed on Madras Fields MADRAS, March 2-;P)-Spring came to central Oregon today and the state police was asked to do something about it. Spring brought thousands of wild geese and ducks, which be gan settling to feed in the grain fields of the Metohus district. Farmers asked state police for help, saying destruction was heavy Animal Crackers "By WARREN GOODRICH ."This h th best ud,tK r'r crer JbdV NINETY -SEVENTH YEAR Paternity Suit Nami&s A labama Governor Costa IRicans Hold Top Politico A-Scienist's Loyalty File Asked Dr. Condon Said Nookie' Arrested I President-Elect Minus Access To Top Secrets WASHINGTON. March 2-4JP)-A loyalty files of Dr. Edward U. Condon, atomic scientist and head of the National Bureau of Stand ards, were demanded today by a congressman who says Condon associated with suspected Russian spies. At the same time, the atomic energy commission told congress that Condon has. no access to its top secrets. Chairman Thomas (R-NJ) of the house ' un - American activities committee directed a subpoena for records of the commerce de Dartmertt loyalty board. This board stated last week that in i its unanimous opinion there are I "no reasonable grounds" to believe Condon is disloyal. The Thomas' complaint against Condon wa- based principally on a letter irora J. togar noover chief of the federal bureau o investigation. A quoted excerpt from the letter said Condon had been in contact "with .an- indi- vidual alleged, by a self-confessed Soviet espionage agent, to - have engaged in espionage activities with th Russians in Washington, DC, from 1941 to 1944." Tonight the Washington Post said it had been told by two re- ! liable persons who saw the letter that Hoover added that there was no evidence of disloyalty or sub versive activity. Thomas headed a subcommittee which blasted Condon in a report yesterday. The report called Con- don "one of tne weanest arms in our atomic security. Scientist Replies The 46-year-old scientist, whose j department deals in highly im- j portant defense research, said in ! reply: "This is gratifying information because I'm absolutely reliable." I In New York. Henry Wallace. who was said in the report to have recommended Condon for the bureau post, declared that Thorn- : as does hot "seriously believe that j Dr. Condon has betrayed a single scientific secret, directly or indi- rectly, to the Soviets. Farmer Jones Files in Salem H. R. (Farmer) Jones, Salem republican, filed Tuesday his can didacy for the state representa tive post he held from 1941-45. Also filing was . Riddell Lage, Hood River, for state senator from the 16th district. Hood Riv erand Wasco counties. Lage, a re publican! is now a state repre sentative and had been mention ed as a prospective candidate for speaker of the house for the 1949 legislative session. Other filings Tuesday: Oliver JC Smith. Portland, demo crat, tor state representative, Stn dis trict, Multnomah county. Walter I. Tooze. Portland, for cir cuit Judge. 4th Judicial district, de partment t. Multnvmah county. Non partisan. Albert G- Valle. Portland, republican, for state representative, 5th district. Multnomah county. Georfe L. Dukek. Fossil, republican, for district attorney of Wheeler county. Finland Concludes Trade Pact with Britain LONDON, March 2 -(JP)- The board of trade said tonight trade negotiations had been concluded successfully with Finland. The board of trade said Great Britain had agreed to supply Fin land with 500,000 tons of coal and coke and 50,000 tons of steel. Finland will pay with wood pulp, pit props and other timber products. Truman Called 'Dead Bird' as Civil Rights Measures Gain By Ed Creagh WASHINGTON, March 2 flp) A cry that "Harry Truman is a dead bird" was raised by Rep. Rivers (D-SC) today as republi cans piled new fuel on the Dixie "civil rights- revolt. v Rivers beat the anti-Truman, drum after: 1 The house judiciary com mittee, dominated by republicans, approved federal anU-lynching bill. 2 Seven senators, five of them republicans, pressed for; sen ate action on a bill to set up a permanent fair employment prac tices commission . to outlaw job discrimination against negroes and other minority groups.: The anu-lynch and FXFC bills are among; th Trunaam recom 71m Oregon By Portland Police As Ordinance Test PORTLAND, March 2.-;p-A horse race "bookie" was arrest ed here today in what Police Chief James Fleming said was an attempt to test the city's or dinance against bookmaking. Fleming said Plainclothes Of ficer C. E. Howard had purch ased a $2 betting ticket in the Santa Anita turf exchange to day. Later the patrolman and Officer H. O. Anderson quietly arrested Ralph M. Scott, 52. Scott was released on $250 bail on a charge of violating the ordinance, Fleming said. Legality of the city ordinance has been questioned by attor neys. In a recent civil suit. Circuit Judge Walter L. Tooze had dis missed a case involving claims against a bookie. The court said it had been unable to find an Oregon law outlawing book making. : Klansmen Hear . . - I aonAI 1 AjCclUCl tJlalv 'Blood to Flow' WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga., March 2.-(p-Some 300 hooded and robed klansmen paraded here tonight 9nH hMrrf their leader declare i wiIi now ;n the streets of j soul jf the negro takes a place at tne Bide Qf wrute men through rorce cf federal bayonets." The klansmen burned a 13-root high crpss on the courthouse lawn after parading around the square, They formed in a circle around the cross and heard Dr. Samuel Green, Georgia grand dragon, criticize President Truman's civil rights program with these words: "ve reaffirm our loyalty to the constitution, our vow to uphold the laws but there are some things beyond the law. "The klan will not permit the people of this country to become a mongrel race. President Truman ; is facing certain defeat unless he j retracts some of his statements. ! If he wants to take the negro as i his equal that's his business." Green told the crowd "We want j to see the negTo treated fairly, but I whenever the negro takes a place j at the side of white men through force of federal bayonets, blood will flow in streets of the south." Fire Destroys Highway Cafe Fire believed to have started in the french fryer destroyed the Homestead, Salem-Dallas highway cafe, early Tuesday afternoon, but adjacent buildings were saved. Salem fire equipment was called, but firemen said the building was nearly razed upon their arrival. Part of a shed at the rear of the structure was burned but a resi dence only a few yards away escaped the blaze. Whether the loss was covered by insurance was not determined Tuesday. $l,00O,000 Tillamook Hospital Approved PORTLAND. March 2-fJP)-The state health officer said today that the U. S. public health service had approved a proposed $1,000, 000 hospital for Tillamook county. One-third of the funds for the 75-bed hospital would come from the federal government, two thirds from Tillamook county. mendations which have - touched off a revolt among southern dem ocrats, with threats to break with the national party if the presi dent Is nominated for a full term in the White House. . Rivera told republicans in a house speech they were makir'g a mistake in trying to "embarrass Mr. Truman by pushing through his program. , , , "You are going to burn down the house to get at the rats," he shouted. "You had better make friends with the south right new while there Is still time. A committee of southern demo crats in the house who axe fight ins; the Truman program met later in tketday. Chairman Col mer (D-Miss) told reporters no decisions went made. 12 PAGES St C Salem. Oregon. Wedno dcry. March, 3. 1948 Arrested on Slaying Charge SAN JOSE, Costa Rico. March 2 President-elect -Otilio Ulate Blanco was arrested tonight on a charge of complicity in the slaving of two customs guards. Ulate, whose election was an nulled by congress Monday night, was placed immediately in an army prison. A short time before charges were placed against him. Ulate was found in hiding by govern ment troops. lie and a group of his followers were discovered in a private residence in San Jose. The two customs guards were shjt to death Monday night while attempting to enter the home of Carlos Valverde, a newly elected parliamentary deputy and fol lower of Ulate. iyiu u , l - , . Li a t e was Known to have used - v,i.,.. v, Lij.,, the Valverde home as a hideout ft .i-tinn Mini.fr f c.ritv Rene Picado, accompanied by United States Ambassador Na thaniel P. Davis and two church officials, were present at the time ofthe arrest. Picado said that the ambassador and clergymen were taken along to 'guarantee Ulate's safe conduct to the prison. Picado, a brother of the Costa Rican president, said that Ulate's case will be taken before the Costa Rican courts "later." Arretted with Ulate were six of his political lieutenants. Earlier today President Teo doro Picado threatened martial law if the union national tried to back Ulate. its candidate, with a general strike. Picado ordered all banks closed today and tomorrow to halt heavy withdrawals which Tesulted from the political ten sion. $50 Monthly Aged Pension Sought in State A preliminary petition provid ing a minimum $50 a month old age pension in Oregon, to be ad ministered by a one-man old age commission, was offered for fil ing Tuesday in the office of Dave O'Hara, in charge of the state elections bureau, but will be sent back for correction. , Sponsors are Joe E. Dunne, Henry Meiasco, Opal L Howk, G. L Artz, J. A. Williams and Charles A. Townsend, all of Portland. In event the sponsors obtain 18,569 signatures the measure would be on the ballot at the general election next November. Old age pensions are now ad ministered by the public welfare commission. The measure also di rects the legislature to provide sufficient funds to pay the larger pensions. Wage Gains Fail To Offset Soaring Prices in Oregon PORTLAND, March ing costs mounted $500 for the Oregon working man the last three years. Meanwhile, his wages went up $250. The result was a $250 lowering in the standard of living for the average worker, the department of commerce district office said to day. The average earnings were giv en as $2,750 for last year, a fig ure equivalent to $1,750 at 1935 39 levels, the office said. It listed the 1944 average income at $2,500, equivalent to $2,000 in 1935-39. Salem, with a net increase of 8.7- per cent in bank debits, was the only Oregon city falling be low the 9 5 per cent average gain reported for all west coast cities. Board to Receive Bids on House .Bids lot purchase of the Charles IL Robertson home, 277 N. Capitol st, will be received by . the state board of control March 8. This is one of the last homes to be re moved from state-owned proper ty to provide space for the proposed new $2,000,000 state office build ing... The purchaser under his con tract with the state, must remove the home within 30 days. Divorcee Charges Folsom CULLMAN, AU , March t-(JPy-An Alabama woman asked a court here today to declare Gov. James E. Folsom her legal hus band and the father of her 22-months-old son. The woman, suing as Christine Putman Folsom, asked the Cull man circuit court to issue a de claratory judgment establishing both points. She sen out in the suit that she asked no money for herself or her child. Governor Folsom, a candidate for the democratic nomination for president, was inaugurated in January of last year. He is a wi dower. En Route t Capital The 6-foot. 8-inch Alabama governor, who said he "kissed all the babies over 18" in his cam paign for that office, was enroute to Washington tonight and could not be reached immediately for a statement. In a companion suit, filed by "James Douglas Folsom," through I his "next friend,' Carter E. Put- ; man, a brother of trie cnild s mo- . ... , , , . . . 1 ther, the child asked the court to establish the "legitimacy of his relationship" to the governor The child was born at Nashville, Tenn., April 17, 1946, the suit al leges. That date was in the midst of Folsom's whirlwind campaign for governor. Ne Stat story Procedure The suit asserts that political considerations influenced the governor-to-be. since the "marriage was not effected by the custo mary statutory procedure and was not given general or press pub licity." The mother's suit said she also is known as "Christine Putman Johnston,1 and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. L Putman of Cullman county. Birmingham friends of the at tractive divorcee said she Is "about 30" The petition asserts that . Fol som arranged for the birth of the child, and then arranged for Mrs. Johnston and her baby boy to go to Michigan until after the runoff primary in June, 1946. Change of Heart' Afterwards, the suit continued. Folsom "had a change of heart." and "under pressure from politi cal advisers, disclaimed his previ ously acknowledged marital rela- ; uoriship." Folsom has two girls. Rachael, 8, ! and Melissa. 5, by his late wife. , ! Under Alabama law, Folsom j will have 30 days after a summons is served in the suit to file his i answer. Hall to Announce Political Decision Within Five Days TILLAMOOK, Ore., March 2-1 (ifpy-Governo Hall promised here today be would announce within five days whether h will seek the republican nomination for governor. Hall conferred with representa tives of coast chambers of com merce, Izaak Walton league units and sportsmen's clubs ' on recent coast stream closures ordered by state game authorities. Senator McKay, of Salem, ap peared here with the governor's party. McKay is a candidate for the republican gubernatorial nom ination. Argentine Duel Minus Bloodshed BUENOS AIRES, March 2-0P- Two members of congress fought a duel with pistols today. No one. was hurt. Rodolfo Decker, editor of the newspaper Laborista which sup ports the government of Presi dent Peren, and Lt Col. Gregorio Pomar, ai member of the radical opposition, each fired one shot. They left the field without re conciliation.- Duelling is illegal in Argentina but, duels are held frequently to settle political disputes. 1 House to Abandon Probr I p- Into Long Tax Returns WASHINGTON, March 2 : -W- Tbe bouse decided today against looking Into income tax 'returns of Earl K. Long, democratic nominee for governor of Louisiana. By vote of 239 to lit it turn ed down a resolution which would have authorized seven-member special committee to investigate "possibly fraudulent taut returns in Louisiana. . j . CITY MANAGES TOTTc CORVALLIS, March 2-vTr-A proposal for a city manager form of government will be on the bal lot at a special election to beheld here some time In April, , i No. 304 Warns O WASHINGTON. March Jf WillUm c. Ballitt. farmer U.S. ambassador tm Rsumla, h warned today that "an attack n ear country by evrrw helm ing masses f SUIiN-drfvea slaves' la possible. (Story In eolonui at right.) Air Crash at London Burns 19 Persons LONDON, March 2.-P)-Nine- teen persons were burned to death tonighf when a Belgian Sabena air lines DC-3 plane crashed at the London airport. The plane was coming In for an emergency landing in fog when it nose-dived and burned at the end of a runway. There were only three survivors among the 22 persons aboard. The three, all passengers, were thrown clear of the wreckage or pulled out quickly by airport employes alerted for the crash by a radio message from the pilot. The others were trapped inside. The plane was on a. regularly scheduled Brussels tr London flight. It apparently hit the rough ground outside the airport at an angle. One wing and an engine of the twin-engined craft were missing entirely as firemen removed the last of the charred bodies shortly after midnight. Soviet Supports Partition Talk LAKE SUCCESS. March 2-4 A") Russia accepted conditionally to day a United States plan for the Big FiveTtmry to solve the Pal estine problem. Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet de puly foreign minister, voiced Rus kia s aecision against creating a formal committee of the Big Five powers for consultations with Arabs, Jews and British. Gromyko told the United Na tions security council that the five great powers certainly should con sult among themselves but that a committee as such would only drsg out a settlement Britain Informed the council she could not join in the proposed big power consultations. Auburn First to Fill ARC Quota Auburn community is the first district to complete its quota in the current American Red Cross fund campaign in Marion county, it was announced from the drive headquarters late Tuesday. Frank A. Doerfler has served as chairman for the Auburn solici tation. The community's quota was $150. More than 1.000 workers are soliciting in the campaign for Mar ion county s quota of $53,000. Pries Sc vv.:'- A 11 Social Democrats Accuse? Finnish Reds of Causing Unrest HELSINKL March 2-UTI-The powerful social democratic party accused Finnish communists to night of trying to "provoke un rest" to Finland. . The social democrats, one of the "big; three parties which con stitute the government bloc in parliament. Issued a statement urging the use of "constitutional and democratic means in dealing with the question of a military pact with Russia. J :, "ijommunisx circles nave snown their Intention to use this situa tion for the purpose of national conflict and discord among the classes, the statement said. ' ' It was drafted at a meeting of the, party's parliamentary' group to consider Prime Minister Stalin's request that Jlnland den de Reduction in Foreign Aid Sought hy Solons, Led by Sens, Ball, Drews Icr J ; n , , , WASHINGTON. March 24tVA new International agency to. protect this nation and all its friends against both aggression and sub version was proposed tonight by group of republican senators. It would be outside the United Slates, frea of the Russian vto which has stymied many U. N. security council moVs. Russia, hew. ever, is not mentioned by name in the proposal, fl i Senator Ball (R-Minn) said ho will offer the plan for the pro posed "supreme council In the senate tomorrow as an amend ment to the $3,300,000,000 Euro pean recovery plan. Senator Brewster (R-Me), an other of the senators who put the proposal together, called it an of fensive - defensive alliance." lit said It provides way of "collect ive security without tne paralys ing power of veto." Others in the group were Cain (Wash), Malone , (Nev), Ecton (Mont). Wherry (Neb), Know land (Calif), Reed (Kas), Hawkes (NJ), Watklns (Utah). Butler (Neb). BrooVs (111). Dworshak (Idaho) and Robertson (Wyo). Ball Oatllnes flan Ball outlined the plan to report ers after, a meeting of the repub lican group. He is chairman of the steering committee of the coali tion whtrh is working on changes for the recovery program. Earlier Ball, in a floor exchange with Chairman Vandenberg ( H Mich) of the senate foreign rela tions committee, said there could be no economic recovery, in Eu rope without political stability. Ask Aid Jt educed Ball said the 14 revisionists at tending the meeting also agreed that the 15,300,000.00,0 recom mended by the committee for the first 12 months of the program should be cut; but had not settled on any definite amount. He pro posed $3,500,000,006. The proposal for a new Interna tional agency came on the heels of a warning by William C. Bul litt, former ambassador to Russia, that "an attack on our country by overwhelming masses of Stalin driven slaves' is possible. Bullitt was urging $100,000,000 for "military supplies to Chins' in a talk before the house foreign affairs rommitee. Food Vanishes In Communists' fHnnger Strike9 NEW YORK, March lrrin alleged alien communists held m Ellis Island continued tonight their self-styled -hunger strike" but. the state of their appetites was some what in doubt. Immigration officials said a sup ply of food the men had in their quarters yesterday had vanished and it hadn't been determined whether they had eaten it or not. The men are being held without bail pending deportation hearings. They sent oat word they were not eating in an effort to obtain re lease on bail. They are Gerhart Eisler, de scribed by a congressional com mittee as the "No. 1 communist" in the U.S.; John Williamson, labor secretary of the communist party Ferdinand C. Smith, West Indian- born Negro and secretary of the CIO ' National , Maritime union; Charles A. Doyle, regional director or the CIO Gas. Coke and Chem ical Workers at Niagara Falls, N Y., and Irving Potash, an officer of the CIO International Fuf and Leather Workers union. More Snow Falls in Oregon's Mountains More snow fell ir sections of eastern and central Oregon Mod day night with packed snow In the higher elevations and rnoun tain passes, the state highway de partment reported Tuesday. Ice was reported on the Wilson River highway between mileposts 28 and 41 and one-way traffic on the Pacific highway three miles north of Drain. Use of chains was advised in the vicinity of Santiam highway Junction. KEYNOLDS IN HAWAII HONOLULU. March X-4JPi-VLi ton Reynolds, manufacturer turned Asiatic explorer, landed at the Honolulu airport tonight route to China to chart unsealed mountains. The plane made the flight from San Francisco In 13 (hours and IS minutes. fense and mutual assistance pact with Russia. , Earlier, spokesmen tor the prin cipal parties in parliament indi cated they felt that Finland must negotiate with Russia on a mili tary pact. .1 ' 1 . ' The social democratic attack on "communist provocations' came after the communists put their propaganda steamroller into mo tion to support m pact with the Soviet Union. Cosnmunists control the popular democraue. party which has SI of parliament's 200 seats and the" largest single rep resentation of any party. The communists began organ izing factory; and trade union meetings and demonstrations .to support a pact, declaring It was the best way to guarantee the Interests of Finland and peaca. Court Holds TithingLa w Constitutional Oregon' tithing law Is consti tutions!, the stale supreme court held Tuesday. ;j The majority opinion was Writ ten by Justice James T. Brand with Chief Justice George Rom man dissenting. It reversed Circuit Judge George R. . Duncan of the Marion county circuit court JTie suit originally was brought r T. J. Starker and Margaret O. Starker against the l tat forestry board. State Forester Jtfels Rogem and State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott. Plaintiffs ; objected to any. forestry receipts! going Into the general fund of tfce state and con tested the state!) fire patrol tax which amounts' W as much as cents an acre plus 10 per cent. Under the tithing law aooroii. mately 24 se' sustaining state de partments must par 10 ner fn of their receipts into the general fund. These , departments receive -their revenues largely from tssea and fees which tbey levy -themselves. . ( i The tithing law was enacted In 1833 but has been amended tm several occasions since that ume. Several attentats la rental t law by the legislature were futlJe. Steel Conjpany Head Defends , "!!! Price Boost : It! " ; WASHINGTON March 2-T-Amid a barrage! Of critical out-' tions. the head of U.S, Steel cor poration denied itfrday the rectnt steel price boost was inflationary. President JSenJpmtn V. rlr) Of UJS. Steel told the sena.te-hcu economic committee fJiat many if: the roTRfsfaints against th Indus- , fry were "polJikml. The inrrrste was Justified, he said, to halt a loss in certain steel operations. . He insisted that th $4 R3-a-ton boost in pric sf 1 smi-finihd steel announced jPeb. 0,wgs "too small and unimportant" to be in flationary. It appUed to only about ' 10 per cent of hllfirm'i tonnage, he emphasized. 1 1 1 Its influence On general price levels has been "grossly exaggrr- . ated," he said, and added that his firm "cannot fairly be made the ' scapegoat for the nation's ills." . . Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said the "inevitable result'4 of the increase is to encourage labor to seek an--other wage increase. ! The committee; ts checking into causes of recent price hikes. Hi ' Chiang Urged lb" Permit Kidnaper to right Communists NANKING, Mafch 2-WV-Chi-ang Kai-Shek wa urged today to permit the Manrhunan marshal who kidnaped him in 1936 to fight for the government in Man churla. ' Jii j The marshal, Olsng IIiueh-Li-ang. heir of th j lsit wsr lord ruler of Manchuria, has been under-government I detention tine the kidnapping. Jta now lives In Formosa. , , , . , . A meeting of old Manchurian generals and elder stste.men in Nanking proposed that the mar shal be allowed ta return to Man churia in a prominent position cf trust. Honduras Resident Demonstrate Loyalty BELIZE. Hr ft ish Honduras. March 2 (Ay- Thrtusands of resi dents of this capital city partici pated today in a demonstration of loyalty to the Britkh. They march ed through the streets singing pat riotic songs, and -Waving lint is h flags. - -! V Two British cruisers and a de tachment of troops hav arrived here to protect British lives and property. Neighboring Guatemala claims British Honduras, 1 . - i - .. ' , CART OREGON BOBBERIES PENDLETON, Ore.. March 1 Wj- Police searched today frr "professional safecrackers blam ed for robberies t Ordnance and Ilermiston last nlght..A4oUl of SA.310.7S .wim tkn. eather M'n. si SJ 44 ? Ira-li. " !' , A3 . .! 11 . - lt-5 Portland San francisr Chlrsro h t- 4 IS WH1m(U river ! f. roatXTAST from U.S. wlhr bo-' reaw. McNirf field. Jilm): (War day and tonlsht with local morning Iocs, liiglt today IS. low tonight as. lAirx rratciriTATioM rresa Sept. l ta Marc I) ThH Yar Lt Vtar . MM Avrte IIS . USJ .