4 The Statman, Salom, Oregon. Monday, f angary 30. 1850
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' "ri SttBaaa March XJ, 1851
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Entered at the postofflec at 8alem, Oregon, as second eUn matter under set ef congress March S, 1179.
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Future for Dairying
Jhe Oregon Dairymen's association ; met in
Eugene last week and the Oregon Jersey Cattle
dub met at Salem on Saturday; At both meet
ings plans were drawn up for an aggressive
promotion of dairy products. They include such
items as labeling milk for its butterf at content
and joining together to acquaint the public with
the food values of milk. :ul:ll!!!!:l!!i J !' ' '
The tone of some recent speeches by dairy
' men has been somewhat pessimistic. They have
been disappointed over the repeal of margarine
; restrictions and taxes by congress and disturbed
because of the fact that price supports for grain
increase costs "of their cow feed. But as one
speaker said at the Jersey meeting at Keizer
.'jyange hall Saturday dairymen will have to
adapt themselves to new marketing conditions.
The best defense is progress land attack. As
legislative protection is lowered the industry
must take a fresh grip on itself and seek ac
tively to hold present and gain new markets.
Here in Oregon the best security for the dairy
man is the rapidly, growing population. Now
there are more consumers of milk, but the num
ber of dairy cows in the state has remained al
most stationary. This means that the long-term
outlook for dairying here is good. If more em
- phasis is put on acquainting the people with the
food values in milk the market! for fluid milk
will grow. : , j i : j i
This is a transition period for all business and
industry. Dairying will advance if dairymen,
like those we have in Oregon; da not standi still.
Because it is the largest contributor of wealth
in Oregon agriculture the whole', state has a
stake in the prosperity of dairying.
Beware of Ideas
The Portland schoolboard whose major duty
is to provide the city's youth with an education
beat a retreat from intellectual
they lowered the boom on Carey Mc Williams,
California writer and publicist,1 land denied him.
fcihp nrivilff of iineakiner in1! a! school auditor
ium. Mc Williams had spoken in the same audi
" torium in 1947 under the auspices of the Port
land cojmcil of churches, apparently without
contaminating , the premises or 'subverting the
populace. This time because Capt.. William D.
(Big Bill) Browne of the Portland police force
tagged Mc Williams and the sponsoring organi
sation with a subversive brand applied first by
California legislative committee the school
board canceled out the McWilliams meeting at
the schoolhouse. . J M j i V !"' i : -
Now McWilliams is an ardent left-winger but
to the best of our knowledge land 1 belief not a
communist or fellow traveler. He has exposed
deplorable situations in the way of racial dis
crimination and distress among rural labor, but
we have never heard of his advocating changes
other than by peaceful processes. : . j
The unfortunate consequence is that Portland
will now be advertised as a city hostile to
ideas, which is not the case. The re is a large de
gree of intellectual freedom in Portland. Reed
college for instance is a lighthouse for liberty
of the mind. The daily papers there criticise
this decision of the schoolboard.j Perhaps in the
'future the schoolboard will act on its independ
ent judgment and not accept the! verdict of those
jrho rate as a red anyone a little
Wayne Morse or Robert Taftl
England's Leading Novelist
George Orwell, the author of the best-selling
"Nineteen Eighty-four" is dead. He had, in his
last months of illness (tuberculosis),. the satis
faction both of seeing his earlier works reissued
and of being hailed as "the
novelist of the day" by !j the
New York Times. : , ' inMii
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The three -Orwell novels just published by
Harcourt-Bruce are autobiographical excerpts
from his active and varied life. (He was born in
Bengal of an Anglo-Indian family and, as a
member of the" Indian Imperial police in Bur
ma, grew to hate imperialism. His "Burmese
Days" reveals the complex and tragic working
of race and class ;prejudiciayfj':;;H . .j j-
In the early Thirties, Orwell traveled the skid
row circuit, competing with other hoboes! for a
place in the soup-line and a flea-bitten 'bunk.
Many Wartime
H Jam II- White
AP Foreirn News Analvst '!
SAN FRANrTRPn Jan 9aTA
-Where are Japan!s wartime
puppets .today? j
Some are dead, some are for
I gotten, but a lot are still in busi-
' neSS. . . : I." ' r :
The question is raised by a
" correspondent in Honolulu. He
was in Asia right after the war
ended and saw some of these
characters rounded up.
He now suggests that the cold
war against communism may be
: pushing the United States into
. a - position of backing some of
, these former collaborators
against rivals who were wartime
j- allies of the. west. ; j
A survey indicates this Is true
; to : some extent, but the picture
is very mixed. Country by coun
: try, it shapes up like thisrnT.piM
French Indo China One of
three outstanding cases cited,.
' Here the Emperor Bao Dai was
a Japanese puppet and now has
been restored by the French.
j There are reports the United
States may recognize or support
him indirectly against his com
munist rival, Ho CM-Minh. Both
men head governments called
, Viet-Nam. Ho Chi-Minh was 'a
refugee In Kumming. ! China,
during the war when i the 14Ui
air force intelligence (under
, -n,enerai uiennauit) picked i him
up and sent him to Indo
Portland's chamber of commerce will study
the feasibility of holding a world's fair in 1954
or 1955. It could feature the phenomenal elec
trical development in the northwest. A much
smaller Portland put on a good show in 1905
(Lewis & Clark exposition). The present larg
er and richer city should be able to stage one
much bigger and better a half century later.
, . : :
Vancouver, Wash, has been sharply divided
over a state highway recommendation of a free
way through town. The commissioners voted to
approve the plan by a two to one vote after a
stormy public hearing. Resembles Salem's con
troversy over the Baldock plan.
freedom When
With Jim Thorpe famed athlete of Carlisle
Indian school rated top football player of the
half-century and Jesse Owens, negro picked as
the top track athlete for the same period "white
supremacy" gets shot full of holes. However,
Jack Dempsey got the nod over Joe Louis as
the "best fighter." .
Defense chiefs told a senate committee that
Formosa is not vital to American defense. That
should deflate those who have urged us to jump
in and save Formosa from the reds. There are
bigger fish to fry in the orient than Formosa.
Senator Vandenberg is yefiring from mem
bership on the atomic energy committee. His
successor will be Senator Bricker of Ohio: Poli
tically speaking Bricker belongs in the stone
age, not the atomic age.
Wayne Morse's reelection slogan is "Principle
above Politics." Reminds one of the saying of
that veteran Indiana politician, Senator Jim
tyatson: "There comes a time in the life of ev
r ery congressman when he must rise above prin
ciple' j
to the left of
f According to B. Mike socialists invited Demo
cratic Committeeman Monroe Sweetland to a
jdinner honoring Norman Thomas, but Monroe
is thumbing the bid before replying; "In times
past Monroe was the one arranging the dinner.
A Nigeria (Africa) newspaper has appealed
to the British government to control the price
of brides. It seems inflation has hit the marriage
mart of Africa and relief is wanted. Don't laugh;
brides come high in this country too.
Sheldon Sackett announces plan to publish
the Seattle World. Previously he operated brief
ly the Seattle Star ed the Portland Sun. At
least it can be said he's getting down to earth.
Weather news has crowded sex crimes out of
leading English
! praise-pinching
the newspapers,
weainerman.
J a p Puppets Still in Business
to build a pilot-rescuing under
ground. He did more than that.
He built a strong communist-led
-nationalist movement which set
up as a "republic soon after the
war ended and has fought the
French ever since."
The United States of Indonesia
headed by Soekamo and Mo
hammed Hatta, both wartime
friends of the Japanese, who let
them set up a government just
before the war ended. They now
head the U.S.L which has been
I established through United Na
tions action and strong Ameri- '
can , support. The anti-Japanese
Indonesian leader, Soetan Sjah
rir, is now sitting on the side
lines. Another non-collaborator,
Amir Sjarifoeddin, turned com
munist j after the second Dutch
police action and was killed in
an abortive red putsch last year.
Thailand (Siam) Premier
Luang Pibui Songgram invited
the Japanese in before the war
and worked with them. Near the
.end of the war an underground
movement, which had been sup
ported j by America, took over.
Ifcwas headed by Nai Pridl Pha
nomwong. who is now in exile. ,
Two years ago Pibul Songgram
seized power again and now is
an avowed anti-communist who
seeks American and British help
r on that basis.
1 ;, ri i i
Malaya Sultans who accept-
The record of those years is in his Down and
Out in Paris and London."
Orwell fought against Franco in the Spanish
civil war in 1936 with POUM, anti-fascist, anti
Stalinist left-wingers. He was badly wounded
and went back to England where, in 1939, he
published "Coming Up for Air," a story about
small-town life in pre-war Britain. The moral
here is that man cannot live by security alone.
And that, too, is the message so dramatically
conveyed in "Nineteen Eighty-four" a parti
cularly timely prophetic novel aimed against
the welfare state, the inevitable result of which
is absolute security at the price of individual
liberty. This latest book would seem to be the
realization of Orwell's own experiences and his .
first novels. He learned that exploitation of
humanity is evil and that a society which serves
the flesh and neglects the spirit is evil, also.
Totalitarianism imperialistic, fascist com
munist, socialist is evil in any form.vAnd a
society which does not care for its unfortunate, .
its down-and-outers, is evil.
The ideal society, we may conclude from Or
well's works, gives the individual an oppor
r tunity to render unto CaesaT and unto God, both.
It is a message not only England but the whole
world needs to hear. Publication of Orwell's
books in this country will speed its distribu
tion and enlarge its audience. The tribute to
George Orwell is implicit.
so don't be too hard on Mr.
y
ed Japanese rule In place of
British during the war, general
ly speaking, have picked up the
British pattern again without
apparent strain. The British are
still fighting a wide-spread com
munist guerrilla movement in
the interior which has grown
out of allied-supported under
ground groups formed during the
war. -
Burma This was the end of
the line, and the Japanese never
got into the puppet business as
deeply in Burma as elsewhere.
The present premier, Thakin Nu,
was not a collaborator, but like
many other , Asiatic leaders he
has had to work with some men
who were. His socialistic govern
ment is now engaged in fighting'
off at least two dissident com
munist groups, who oppose each
other as well as the government
-".".'
The Philippines Collabor
ators have not . got back - into
power but charges of treason
have been dropped: Former pup
pet President Jose Laurel ran
unsuccessfully against President
Quirino last fall in the national
election.
South Korea Nobody ever
called President Syngman Rhee
a collaborator, but, his govern
ment and army Include many
men who worked for the Jap
anese. In North Korea the Russian-backed
communists have
liquidated many collaborators.
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representative voted doesn't tell
the whole story. Much of the
work of legislation, is done in
committee. There the language
of bills is studied -and revised. ,
There on a man-to-man basis
the arguing is done. Yet there
is no satisfactory way of report
ing how valuable and how ef
fective a legislator is in com
mittee work.
A score sheet may fail to re
flect on a legislator's moral
character, on his integrity. It
doesnt reveal -what influence he
exerts on his fellow-members.
In his voting he may just take a
free ride behind the man ahead
of him on the roll call, and so be
just a blank save for his vote.
Finally it is, a mistake to in
sist that legislators vote exactly
according to the choice or the
whim -of any group or individual.
It is for example a fine thing;
that wehave had in the legisla
ture mqn from organized labor
like Phil Brady and Gus Ander
son of Portland.- They can speak
for workers whose voice deserves
to be heard. It is well also that
we have farmers and business
men and housewives (and a few
democrats) In the legislature.
Thus we get more of a composite
of Oregon's population and get
a sounder legislative product
than if members were exclusive
ly of one class or caste.
It's all right to scan the score
sheets, but do not -accept the rat
ing "Good" or "Bad" of any or
ganization as final. See what
the report card is based on.
Study the whole record of the
legislator, In and out of office;
then you are better prepared to
cast judgment on incumbents
who seek return to legislative
office.
Hollywood
On Parade
By Gen Handssker
HOLLYWOOD Janet Leigh
tipped a cab driver generously
the other night, not just because
he knew all the short-cuts to her
destination. He earned his tip
when he said, "Say, you're Janet
Leigh, the movie actress, aren't
you!" "You go into different
phases," Janet says, speaking of
her steadily upgrade career. I
asked if there was anything with
which she could compare it
"Well, say it's like going
through school,' Janet reflected.
"If you include college, I guess,
with my last two pictures, I'nt
about a freshman in High." In
"Holiday Affair," with Robert
Mitchum, and "Jet Pilot," with
John Wayne, she is the top femi
nine attraction. Heretofore she
has shared the marquee with
other women. There were Ethel
Barrymore and Angela Lansbury
in "The Red Danube," for ex
ample. Gloria De Haven in "The
Doctor and the Girl" and Greer
Garson in "That Forsyte Wom
an." The girl discovered for pic
tures by Norma Shearer, through
an album photo at a northern
California ski resort, has reach
ed another milestone, too. At 22,
she has learned to smoke. Most
kids experiment while much
younger, usually in secret from
their parents. Janet, who says
she had never indulged before,
had her parents teach her.
As a Russian flier in the cur
rent production with Wayne, she
smokes in several scenes. In
struction took place before a mir
ror in the family living room. Her
tutors couldn't agree on the prop
er grip. Her mother said bold the
cigarette between two fingertips,
feminine-style. Her dad favored
the two-fingers-and-thumb posi
tion. Janet chose his way on the
theory that an aviatrix, being
around male fliers, would adopt
their smoking mannerisms. We
talked some more of careers, and
Janet said:
. "Mine's just getting going. The
next two years are crucial for
me. I've proved myself as a feat
ured player. Now I've got to prove
myself in this new career" (top
starring roles). In the featured
player category, Janet had ample
time for singing, diction, and
dancing lessons. Now her days
GRIN AND BEAR IT
Tm afraid ear members have heard all aspects ef the Atom Bomb,
Professor . . haven't yon something more p to date, to talk about?
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WE usually associate itching
with a rash, but there are many
instances of generalized itching
in which the skin itself appears
to be perfectly normal. In soma
cases, this itching comes and go
es and is not a matter for any
great concern. When it becomes
so severe and persistent that mild
scratching or rubbing does not
relieve it, the condition is ab
normal and requires investiga
tion. In these cases, itching is
frequently due to a diseased con
dition affecting the whole body.
It will continue until the cause is
found and relieved.
A whole series of serious ail
ments is associated with this type
of itching. One of these is Hodg
kin's disease, in which there may
be enlargement of the spleen.
Another is leukemia, a condition
in which the white cells Of the
blood are greatly increased. The
itching may be due to diabetes
or it may even indicate the pres
ence of cancer. Itching is also a
common symptom of chronic kid
ney infection.
.
Generalized itching may also
be produced by the presence of
such parasites in the body as the
tape worm or round worm. It
may often occur in constipation,
in bowl inflammation, and in ul
, cer of the stomach or bowel. Dis
eases affecting the liver or gall
bladder are common causes of
generalized itching. Hence, when
this symptom is present, it is ad
visable to have an examination
made to determine whether or
not there is a jaundiced condition
in which bile pigments collect in
Literary Guidepost
By W. G. Rogers
THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE
WALDORF: THE LIFE OF
CONRAD N. HILTON, by
Thomas Ewing Dabney (Du
. ell, Sloan & Pearce; $2.75),
The spectacular success story
of an innkeeper extraordinary,
with 10,000 rooms at his dispos
al and 10,000 employees to serv
ice them, is told in this book
about the man who bought not
only the Waldorf but also the
Plaza. It was his purchase of the
Waldorf only last October that
added a chapter to this account,
changed the title, and' delayed
publication, for if ever an auth
or was hard pressed to keep up
with his subject, it was Dabney.
Yet he had plenty to write
about without awaiting new de
velopments. Hilton, born 62
years ago in San Antonio, N. M.,
tried his hand at trading, bank
are filled with acting, rehearsals,
and wardrobe preparations.
Janet's self-assurance has In
creased. Her blue-green eyes are
as wide as ever but a shade less
awed by it all. As we emerged
from the studio commissary, she
went .into a ballet glide and sang,
"It's a big, wide, wonderful
World!"
by Lichty
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By Dick Wingert
e m
Written by
Dr. Herman N. Bnadensen
the blood and tissues.
Inflammation of the liver,
which interferes with the liver
action in general, as well as gall
stones and tumors of the liver, all
may be responsible for the itch
ing. Chronic infections of the
bladder may also produce itch
ing. Persons who are sensitive to
certain dusts, pollens from plants,
or drugs and foods, may have
itching of theskin without any
rash.
Drugs which may cause itching
are morphine, cocaine, quinine,
or sedative or quieting' drugs,
such as the barbiturates.
Infections in the teeth, tonsils,
gallbladder, or appendix, as well
as in the prostate gland, have
also been reported as a cause of
the generalized condition. Per
haps the most common cause is
some type of nervousness.
In view of the large number of
causes of generalized itching, it
should not be neglected. A
thorough study should be .made
at once to determine its source.
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
A Reader: Will you please tell .
me what might help psoriasis? ;
Answer: The treatment for
psoriasis consists in the use of
various ointments, such as chry
sarobin. Coal-tar ointment and
treatment with ultraviolet light
have also been found very help
ful measures.
You should consult a skin
specialist concerning proper
treatment In your particular
case.
(Copyright. 1950.' King Features)
ing, oil, silver mining, theater
management and politics. The
1907 depression started, him in
the hotel business. Thanks to his
drive and determination, he
found the money to buy three
Texas hotels on which, by 1921,
he was clearing $6,000 a month.
The struggle to finance and
erect the Dallas Hilton, which
opened in 1925, set a pattern for
subsequent operations. Though
the .1930 depression was a severe
blow, he came out of it with a
stake and went on to the purch
ase of the Stevens and the Pal
mer House, the control of the
Mayflower and Waldorf, the
management of the Roosevelt,
and so on.
It seems that, once fairly
started, he couldn't help earn
ing money. On the Clark hotel
in Los Angeles, a $250,000 an
nual profit for four years; on the
Town House In Los Angeles,
around $250,000 annual gross op
erating profit; on El Rancho Ve
gas, $1,000 a day net profit; on
the Stevens, $1,730,242 net in
1942, and rising ever since. At
the Palmer House he saved mon
ey, or earned more, by reorgan
izing floor space, restaurant, bar,
laundry, convention service, bar
ber shop, beauty parlor, check
room, washroom and shoeshine
parlor.
About Hilton as a person we do
not learn much. He has been
married and divorced several
times. He's a republican, a dan
cer, a golfer. This is rather a
ledger than a book, and the com
pilations of figures are left pret
ty much to speak for themselves.
They do all right at it. They add
up to quite a picture ofthe op
portunities still open to Ameri
cans, even after taxes.
Better English
By D, C Williams j
1. What is wrong with! this
sentence? "It sounds as if it was
out of tune."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "finance"?
3. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Hurricane, horrify,
harrass, harrier.
4. What does the word "indem
nify" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with la that means "a place full
of intricate passageways"?
-ANSWERS
1. Say, "It sounds as though it
were out of tune." 2. Pronounce
fi-nans, 1 as in fin (notas in
fine), accent last syllable. 3.
- Harass. 4. To secure against loss
or damage. "The merchant was
indemnified against any damage
by flood waters." 5. Labyrinth.
Party Line
No Party for
Mctemore
By nenry McLemere
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Jan,
29 -(Jf)- It the Communications
Workers of America really go
tnrougn with
their plan to
bring the Bell
Tel e p h o n e
company to its
knees by flood
ing the switch
boar ds with
calls, tbrus
breaking down
the equipment
by overwork, I
know a woman
the CIO should
hire at once.
This woman.
who
shall be
nameless
because of
( 1 ) myn
chivalry, and (2) her husband is
6 foot 2 and loves to Xignt, snares
nartv line with me. bhe nas
v . J.. - j 7. jVk
snarea u lor yer, "II
out one siiikc
greatest Greco - Roman, free
style, catch-as-Catch-can, no-holds-barred
talker over a tele
phone in all the wide, wide
world. 1
Let the communications union
hire her to Jam telephones; and
they'll be jammed. Shell break
down automatic equipment with
the ease of an elephant snap
ping a pretzel, and what's more
she'll enjoy it. She has already
broken me down, and I know
that day in and day out I am
tougher than any automatic
equipment Bell has to offer.
(
There may be times when she
isn't on the phone, but I have
yet to discover that magic min
ute. She starts at the crack of
dawn and continues until dawn
paints the sky of another day
with rosy fingers. .
And she talks about every
thing. I know it Isn't gentleman
ly to listen in on a party line,
but curiosity has gotten the bet
ter of my bringing up on several
occasions, and I have listened to
her talk. Her range of topics is
Inexhaustible. She talks about
everything from the best way
to make an Arizona cactus plant
bloom monxn earlier than is
normal to, the care and feeding
of young egrets. She is inter
'ested in politics, religion, geo
politics. Senator Taft's chances
in 1952, at what point maple
syrup will boil, the dress that an
acquaintance wore to a barn
dance, and the cost of the air
lift. This woman has three children
and that big, strong husband I
mentioned earlier, but for the
life of me I dont see how they
stay strong and well. I know
she doesnt cook for them, un
less she has her phone In the
oven or the broiler.
The only time I ever get to use
the phone Is when I break in on
her conversation and say that a
terrible emergency exists at my
house someone has just fallen
down the chimney, or the roof
has caved In and scores of folks
are suffering under .the plaster
and beams and that I just must
call half a dozen doctors and the
police.
.
These occasional demands of
mine to use the phone make her
very mad. She was all right for
the first three or four times but
now she says, and testily, that
she'll call the doctors and police
instead that she is quite sure I
am operating something that
borders on a slaughterhouse.
If Mr. Joseph A. Beirne. pre
sident of the Union, and origina
tor of this latest idea to harass
the American public, will drop
me a line I'll furnish him with
this woman's name. And I trust
that he will make New York her
first place of operation. Then,
in De aoie to can tne butcher
sometime without faking a do
mestic disaster.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate.
Inc.
Community Turns
Railroad Depot into
Teen-Age Center
EVANSVILLE. Ind. (INS) A
50 -year -old ex -railroad station
now houses a lively community
center operated by 3,000 teen-agers.
The Evansvffle Community cen
ter, Inc, prides itself on the fact
that 20,000 youngsters are enter
tained monthly, but not one
scrawled initial defaces the walls
of the center, even though "the
kids are free to do what they
want."
Arthur J. Grady, director of the
center, makes an important point
of letting the young members, who
hold dollar-memberships, run the
center. Restrictive signs beginning
"Don't" or "NO" are absent from
the walls, although the center does
have rules to be observed.
For example, there Is a "no
smoking" rule, imposed by" the
teen-agers themselves. i
Grady explained that the center
stresses small group activities. In
door or outdoor dances are held
twice weekly with a 12-piece or
chestra. Sports such as basketball,
volleyball, shuffleboard, pool, table
tennis, and badminton attract oth
ers. The city of Evansville owns the
building in which the center is lo
cated and contributes $33,000 an-,
nually to Its operation. Seventy
five adult groups, which also use
the center for meetings, chose two
representatives each to make up a
council. This council elects an 18
member board to supervise the
center.' -
Drinking water is distilled from
the sea at Baku, US-SJEt.
HARRY EW11IG
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SlavSpyTrial
EndswithDcath
for 2
By Alex IL Singleton
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Jan.
29 -W)- A Macedonian spy trial
ended today in the sentencing of
two Yugoslav army deserters to
death before a firing squad.
Six other defendants were sen
tenced to hard labor for terms of
five to 13 years.
The trial produced clues, that a
Sovlet-cominform guerrilla war
may be launched against Mar
shall Tito in the spring.
All eight defendants had ad
mitted that they sought to organ-
tee guerrilla bands, spy outfits and
propaganda agencies on behalf of
.Bulgaria.
Held la Macedonia ' ,
i oe trial as well as a similar
one a month ago at which 10 Al-
banians were sentenced was held
in Skoplje, capital of Macedonia.
Macedonia, a crossroads of east
and west, has long been regarded
as the spot where the Soviet Union
would be most likely to apply
pressure if it decides to use force
to unseat Tito.
Sentenced to death was the chief
defendant and the giver of the
most sensational testimony, BlagoJ
Spasevski. He is a former com
mander of a Yugoslav army bat
talion who deserted, fled to Bul
garia and became an agent of that
country.
Had Seen Plana
Spaskevskl testified that he had
seen maps and plans for a Soviet '
cominf orm "armored fight"
against Yugoslavia - this coming
spring. He said he had been sent
back to Yugoslavia to organize
opposition cells which would be
supplied with arms from Bulgaria.
He told the court he has supplied
Bulgaria with Yugoslav troop dis
positions and fortifications.
Also sentenced to death was
Pande Ljorovskt, another Yugo
slav army deserter, who joined
the Bulgarian army as a lieuten
ant and testified he returned to
this country to organize spy rings.
Fearth Trial
The trial was the fourth Yugo
slavia has pressed for the purpose '
of uncloaking cominf orm methods
in a year and a half of effort
to regain dominance over this
country. It also was the most sen
sational. .
The others emphasized chiefly
the propaganda maneuvers of
Moscow to undermine. confidence
of the people in Tito. , .
The prosecution emphasized at
this trial that Kremlin leaders are
proceeding to more drastic steps
the building of a fifth column
and preparations for . guerrilla
warfare.
Prosecutor Lazo Mojsov, In
summing up, said the trial dem
onstrated the "hostile and aggres
sive plan aimed at this country.1
He told the court to note the
similarity in direction an obvious
reference to Russia between this
trial and the trial last month of
the 10 Albanians. ':
Lt, Col. Sharp
To Participate
In Maneuvers
FT. BRAGG, N.C, Jan. 29 LL
CoL Frank Douglas Sharp, son of
F. D. Sharp, 30 Evergreen ave,.
Salem, Ore, will participate in
Exercise Portrex, to be held in the
Caribbean In February and March.
Portrex is a joint amphibious
airborne exercise in which 80,000
men at the mrm-v naw rA t
force will participate in the largest
maneuver held by the armed
forces since the war.
A veteran of -over 11 yeaps'
service in the air force, Colonel
Sharp spent 11 months in the
China-Burma-India theatre of op
erations during the war. He has
been decorated with the Silver
Star, Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Now assigned as assistant deputy
for operations for the tactical air
force, he will soon depart for
Puerto Rico on the USS Mt Olym
pus. Upon completion of Portrex
Colonel Sharp will return to Pope
air force base here.
MOKE BtJIUDINO
NEW jYORK -(INS)- A buyer's
market ! in construction and the
start of the federal low-rent hous
ing program will stimulate great
er production of quality building
materials during 1950. R. E. Jor
dan, jr, chairman of the Tile
Council ot ? America, makes this
prediction andiays: -The 1950
home builder will find "no short
ages, and consequently no need to
put up with inferior substitutes,
and he fid in the immediate post
war years.'
Davis dam on the Colorado
river Is expected to back up wa
ter to the foot of Hoover dam.
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