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Orecon senators ate Btrawberry shortcake for lunch Thursday as the rncsts mt Sen. 'Warren GUI. Leb
anon. In n the chew line above are, front left. Senators Dean Walker, Gill, Eng-ene Marsh, President
Paul Patterson, Philip Hitchcock, Truman Chase, Marie Wilcox, William McAllister, ex-senator from
Medford;. Russell Gardner and Jack Bain. Of coarse the shortcake also pointed op Lebanon's annual
strawberry festival 1 June. (Statesman photo.)
OTT
The hotly-debated school dis
trict reorganization bill, first SB
4. and now worked over as SB
315, is due to come out in the
senate today. The gist of this bill
Is the simplification of the com
plex district organization struc
ture and the creation of unified
districts offering both elementary
and high school instruction. It
contemplates Incorporating all ter
ritory, unless It be lor certain iso
lation sections. Into such districts.
The leverage is the .denial of basic
state school support to holdout
districts, after a three-year period.
Quite intense opposition to this
bill has been shown by a number
In the ruraL school field. They call
ix undemocratic. They feel they
are being legislated out of control
of their home school which is an
Institution dear to their hearts.
Some think this legislation should
be put off, evidently Ignoring the
fact that very similar legislation
was put off effectively 12 years
ago when individual districts were
given the right to veto a reor-t
ganizatkm plan affecting them.
Under the proposed law, school
organization would still be demo
cratic The area would be larger,
there would be more voters, but
the form of government would be
the same: Election of directors.
While that "dilutes" the voting
strength, the same thing occurs if
more people move into an area.
In many ways this objection is
Illusory. There are so many over
lapping districts now regular dis
tricts, union high districts, rural
school districts, all with elected
directors that the voters are by
no means
(Continued on editorial page 4)
Sally Rand9 s
Bid for Godiva
Role Rejected
- COVENTRY, Eng., March 29-(T-Fan
Dancer Sally Rand and
six other American, girls eager to
re-enact Lady Godiva's ride here
June 23 lost out today to British
talent. :';
Ann Wigg, 28, c a curvesome
brunette actress, got the job.
She gets also a long flaxen- wig
and a skin-tight, flesh-colored
bra and panties set for the role
of the fair-haired Saxon lady
supposed to have ridden naked
on a white horse through this city,
to induce her husband, the miser
ly Lord of Coventry, to cut taxes.
. The ride is to be an incident of
the 1951 Festival of Britain.
A r committee spokesman said
' Sally Rand cabled an offer to em
ulate the nude ride down to the
barest detail, but she was "never
in the running.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN COODRICH
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School Fy imds Caul!:
By Lester F. Cour
Staff Writer, The Statesman -
The Oregon house of representatives, 43 to 14 Thursday, defeated
a bill to let the people revote in November. 1952. on the basic school
support fund increase they approved
oer.
1 The $30 per pupil increase passed by 2,588 votes in last Novem
ber's general election will add $11,000,000 a year to the amount the
state contributes to Oregon public
H Doosiea irom sag to sag a year
the amount the state will pay for
each census school child between
the ages of 4 and 20 years.
Rep. Giles French, Moro, spon
sor of the bill to wipe out the
increase, said the people were en
titled to revote on the issue "be
cause Oregon's financial condition
has drastically changed since last
November."
Cited Holy Report
"It is an American tradition to
hold a rematch after a close fight,"
French told the house. "The in
crease passed by only 2,583 votes
in November after those favoring
it ! spent $45,000 while - those op
posing spent nothing."!
French cited that the report on
Oregon schools , made by Dr. Tv C.
Holy, Ohio education expert, prov
ed that Oregon schools are suffer
ing from a lack of organization
rather than money.
He told the house that $2,000,
000 a year would be wiped off
school needs during the next two
years because the pupil load will
be about 30,000 less than antici
pated by school authorities.
Wllhelm Opposed
"The major thing wrong with
Oregon schools is that they have
too much money," French declar
ed. "We were told that the basic
school support act would equalize
taxes and educational opportuni
ties over . the state. The equiliza
tion of educational opportunities
hasn't occurred."
Rep. Rudie Wilhelm, Portland,
chairman ' of the house tax com
mittee, opposed eliminating the
increase. ;
"This would have no affect on
the budget for the next two years
because the voters wouldn't de
cide the issue until 1952," Wilhelm
said. "I can find no grounds to
support the belief that the public
wants to revote on the increase.
All States Contribute
Rep. Donald Husband, Eugene,
supported the school fund increase,
warning that wiping it out would
result in higher property taxes on
the. local level to support schools:
He pointed out that all of the 48
states contribute to support schools.
Rep. Edward Geary, Klamath
Falls, said the voters were misled
by school interest campaign propa
ganda before last November's elec
tion. v .
"The voters were told that the
state's money barrel was bulging."
Geary declared. "The $30,000,000
surplus the state had two years
ago just doesn't exist anymore."
Geary predicted the legislature
wouldn't pass any appreciable
amount of new taxes this session.
Rep. Herman Chindgren, Molal
la, said asking the people to re
vote on j the increase compared
with the case, of a ball player who
struck out and then asked for a
"fourth strike."
Ohmart Favored Cat
Rep. Lee Ohmart, Salem, said
"the basic school support theory
assumes that the quality of educa
tion depends on the amount of
money spent. . The records dont
bear this out." , -
Voting for abolishing the $30 in
crease were Reps. Sprague Carter,
Pendleton; David Baum, LaGran
de; William Bradeen, Burns; Jos
eph M. Dyer, Astoria; Dean Er
win, Enterprise; Giles French, Mo
ro; Edward Geary, Klamath Falls;
Russell Hudson, The Dalles; John
rfpunsell, Hood River; Roger, Lo
ennig, Haines; Lee Ohmart, Sa
lem; Henry Peterson, lone; Henry
Semon, Klamath Falls, and B. A.
Stover, Bend. - -
Both the house and senate will
meet at 10 a.m. today, ;
(Other legislative news on pages
12 and 13).
ARMY INSPECTS CAMP
, MED FOR, March 29-35-Army
engineers yesterday Inspected
Camp White, which has been men
tioned for possible reactivation.
The engineers left after their sur
vey without conunenL .
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by a narrow margin last Novem-
schools, effective July 1, 1951.
Two Medford
Fliers Found
Dead in Crash
BENSON, Ariz., March 29-P-Two
missing Medford, Ore., men
were found dead today in their
crashed airplane 20 miles east of
here.
They were Donald Stan sell, sec
retary of the Medford AFL Team
sters unions and John (Al) Turtle
typewriter agency operator. Both
apparently were killed outright In
the crash. .
The plane, owned and piloted by
Stansell, crashed a quarter-mile
from U. S.. highway 80, on the
edge of the rugged Cochise strong
hold, where the famed Apache
maian cmei, Cochise, once held
out.
It went down Monday while
enroute to El Paso. The ultimate
destination for the four-place
Navion was Chicago, where Stan-
sen was to attend a union meet
ing. ' The victims were identified by
iwanon u. Mayo, Robert Rucker
and L. Christian, friends of Stan
sell, who came from Medford to
join in the search that had been
conducted since Monday.
U.S. Soldier
Sentenced for
Selling Secrets
TOKYO, Friday, March 30--
a court martial today sentenced
a 20-year-old U. S. airforce cor
poral to 20 years in prison on a
charge of trying to sell military
secrets to a man he thought was a
Japanese communist agent.
Far east airforce headquarters
identified the airman as CpL Carl
E. Mills of Sayre, Okla.
ine ainorce saia tne - com
munist agent" was a Japanese
policeman in disguise.
At his trial. Mills testified he
had a "pressing need for cash." He
said he thought the information
he tried to sell had no real mili
tary value.
The airforce said the informa
tion covered air force operations
and installations. Evidence pre
sented at the trial disclosed Mills
tried to sell the information for
800,000 yen (about $2,000).
Mills also . was ordered dishon
orably discharged from service.
The sentence will be reviewed
by higher authorities.
Spell Contest on; Home Stretch;
Public Invited to All Semi-Finals
. The Statesman-KSLM spelling
contest is past the half-way mark
today 8 out of 14 finalists, have
been chosen for the grand finals
in Salem on April 19. -The
event Is expected to be held
in the Salem Senior high school
and will be on direct radio broad
cast (KSLM).
The last six semi-finals are at
Buell in Polk county tonight; Par
rish Junior high at 730 p-m. Mon
day; Dallas Junior high at 2 pjn.
Tuesday; Jefferson and Silverton
elementary schools at 730 - pan.
Tuesday, and Stayton Elementary
school at 7:30 pjn- Wednesday.
'Six contestants are assured for
Parrish Junior high Monday. .
Th schools they represent, and
National
54 Sales
Tax
Bid
WASHINGTON, March 29-(V
The committee for economic de
velopment called today for a $10,
000,000,000 tax increase, including
a federal sales tax, coupled with a
$6,000,000,000 cut in next year's
spending budget to achieve a real
"pay-as-we-go" policy.
The program proposed by the
businessmen's private research
group was frankly tailored to res
train consumer spending by the
sales tax and higher excise taxes,
a surtax on individual incomes,
tight restrictions on bank credit
and encouragement of. private
savings. Only $1,000,000,000 of the
proposed additional revenue would
come directly from corporations,
in the form of a "defense profits
tax."
Impact Unavoidable
The CED said impact on low and
middle incomes is unavoidable; "It
is these incomes that provide the
largest part of consumption ex
penditures." The recommendations made
public at a news conference sug
gested a scaling down in the fol
lowing classes of federal spend
ing: Farm aid, public works, for
eign economic assistance, civil de
fense, and appropriations to ex
pand defense production.
CED is a non-profit organization
founded by businessmen and sup
ported by voluntary contributions.
Its aim is to develop economic pol
icies that encourage high produc
tion and employment "within the
framework of a free society."
Retail Level Tax. .
The research group proposed a
5 per cent sales tax at the retail
fevel on items not now subject to
(-federal excise taxes, but excluding
food, housing, utilities "and certain
items difficult to tax." The main
categories of goods subject to the
new tax would be clothing, house
furnishings, transportation, recre
ation and personal services such as
haircuts and clothes cleaning. CED
figured a 5 per cent tax would
yield $2,750,000,000.
Record Rains,
Heavy Snow
Pounds South
By The Associated Press
Record March rains or heavy
snow left parts of the south weath
er groggy Thursday.
A 24-hour rainfall measuring
5.91 inches sent creeks spilling out
of their banks near Birmingham,
Ala., isolating 5,000 persons. Most
of the families affected were Ne
groes who refused assistance.
Heavy rains also doused parts
of Mississippi, Louisiana and Ten
nessee. "' ;
Municipal crews and , the Red
Cross at Chattanooga prepared to
evacuate several families from
lowland areas swept by back
waters of the Chickmauga and
Chattanooga creeks.
The Tombigbee river left its
banks at Columbus, Miss.
The upper Texas . panhandle
worked out from under one of its
worst snow storms in years. The
storm piled up four foot high drifts
Wednesday "and 150 cars were
stranded on highways in the Per
ry ton, Tex., area alone.
A freezing rain preceded the
snow. Three Texas towns were
without power for the second
straight day and five communi
ties were without telephone ser
vice, because of damage to poles
and wires. . -' -". .
Rain fell over much of the east
era half of the country. A mixture
of rain and snow sprinkled an area
from Southern Iowa to southeast
ern Kansas.' .. " :;. . , ..
their names, ages and grades are
as follows: . ,-- - ..
Parrish Mark Harris 13, 8th.
: Leslie John Dowries, 11, 7th.
- West Salem Nancy Owens, 13,
8 th.
- Salem Academy Roberta Free
man, 14, 8th. :
Liviiurstone school J o A & n e
Pence, 13, 8th. '- .
State School for the Blind
Gayle Sandine, 13, 8 th.
' Host principal at Parrish will be
Carl Aschenbrenner. The judges
and the word pronouncer will be
representatives of the sponsors of
the--contest.-." C 3' ; ' -:. ,
All contests- are open to the pub
lic and there are no charges or col
lections of any kind.
(Other spelling news pass 5).
HOLLYWOOD, March 29-V
A11 About Eve," Jose Ferrer and
Judy Holliday ...
Those were the winners tonight
in Hollywood's 23rd Annual Aca
demy awards chase for the gold
plated Oscars emblematic of the
movies' top achievements of 1950.
"All About Eve, a sophisticated
look behind the footlights of
Broadway, featuring Anne Bax
ter trying to usurp the crown of
Matinee Queen Bette Davis, won
nominations for both of them as
best actress.
But Miss Holliday, playing the
dumb blonde of "Born Yesterday"
in the comedy hit of the "ear,
edged them both out. The picture
was the story of a rich junk man
trying to buy influence in Wash
Crime Probe
Given New
Lease on Life
WASHINGTON, March 29-flJ)-The
senate today gave its famous
crime investigating committee a
new lease on life just two days be
fore it was to die.
An extension of 30 days was
voted to let the investigators pre
pare a report But there was a
strong likelihood the senate will
order another round of sensational
city-by-city crime studies running
far beyond the new April 30 ex
piration date.
Costello Cited
: A few minutes earlier, the com
mittee voted to recommend, a con
tempt of congress citation against
Frank Costello, big shot racketeer
accused by the committee as the
top man of the nation's . under
world. Costello refused to tell how
much he is worth.
President Truman, in a news
conference statement, paid tribute
to the work of the committee, but
he declared the fight on crime is
the job of every citizen
Mr. Truman said the justice de
partment filed more than 38,000
criminal cases last fiscal year and
"many notorious gangsters", are
being prosecuted. But he said the
federal government cannot alone
cope with crime problems.
Action Swift
Senate action on committee ex
tension came swiftly and by una
nimous consent. The committee re
quested it be kept alive until April
30 for the sole purpose of reporting
oh its ten months nationwide
study of organized crime; and of
preparing its ideas for laws to
combat interstate crime operation.
Shortly before that, Chairman
Kefauver (D-Tenn) and Senator
O'Connor (D-MD) told reporters
in answer to questions that the
group still may recommend crea
tion of a permanent crime com
mission to carry on investigations
and coordinate activities of federal
law enforcement.
Hoax' Admitted
In Kidnap Tale
PORTLAND, March ,29 -)- A
service station attendant today ad
mitted that his stnrr nf hn 1H
napped was a hoax. Detective Jo-
sepn ttiewett said.
- The - policeman said Dell - F.
Clouser. 35. Aloha, confessed tnslr-
lnf up the story of being robbed,
men trussed up and left In his
automobile- near Troutdale on
Tuesday.,: T.--;r..;-i:T.i.i
; "I wanted to create some ex
citement by being involved in a
kidnap-robbery so the army would
not get me," Blewett quoted him
as saying. - -
Clouser is an enlisted man in
the 403d troop carrier wing, sched
uled to go on active duty April 1.
Blewett said Clouser was book
ed on 'a charge of making a false
police report with bond set at $500.
Halsey, Stetlinius '
Linked in Ships Deal -
WASHINGTON, March 29-CSV
The names of Admiral William F.
(Bull) Halser, World War II hero,
and the late former secretary of
state Edward R. Stettinius, jr.,
were drawn tonight into a senate
investigation of profitable trading
in war surplus ships.
The maritime administration
identified, them, as- associates of
former Rep. Joseph E. Casey-(D
Mass.) in the transaction, which
Casey refused yesterday to detail
to a senate banking subcommittee.
nrrs narcotics trade.
NEW YORK, March 29
Senator Esses Kefauver (D-Tenn.),
chairman of the senate crime in
vestigating ' committee, said to
night the illicit narcotics trade Is
the most peftiicious and well or
ganized racket la to United Statas.
ington, but the squeaky-voiced an
tics of its star stole, the show. :'H
' ; Ferrer took the male acting
award 'for his ' poetry-spouting,
swordNswinging part of "Cyrano
De Bergerac," one of the I most
spectacular in recent years. He
played the famous lover with gus
to and a large putty nose, t
There were other notable high
lights: . s
Joseph L. Manklewicz, for the
second year, took both writing and
directing awards. This time it was
for All About Eve," two of six
which the picture garnered. Last
year, it was
Three Wives."
for
"A Letter to
Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th Century
Fox's executive producer, won the
Irving Thalberg memorial award
for outstanding ' movie achieve
House Tops Mark.
For Bills Entered
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The house of ; representatives :
ran up Its total of bills intro
duced to C3C Thursday te break
a record that has stood since
1927. -y:'-
In that year, there were 32
bills introduced In the house.
The senate, however, isn't close
,te a record. It has 352 bills,
compared with the record num
ber of 49S in 1939; -
The total number In both
booses, " SSS, compares with the
record of 1,62 In 1939. However,
this record may be broken this
session. M
Truman Mind
Made Up on
1952 Plans t
WASHINGTON, I March 29-V
President Truman said today he
knows now whether he Is going to
seek reelection but he refused to
tell a. news conference what his
decision is." . : i s
The statement brought an imme
diate surge of speculation by poli
ticians as to the president's 1952
plans, with an apparent majority
believing that he; wont run again.
Mr. Truman's comment came in
response to questions about pre
diction by Michael J. Galvhv un
dersecretary . of j labor, that the
president will be re-elected in
1952 by 68 per cent of the popular
VOte." S
Teclines Comment )
Mr. Truman said that was a nice
prediction but he couldn't com
ment because he hadn't seen ad
vance copies of a Lancaster, Ohio,
speech tonight in which Galvin
had included the forecast.
Pressed by reporters, Mr; Tru
man said he doesn't think anybody
except himself knows what his
plans are.
- The president
wouldn't say
wnetner ne is planning a j cross
country trip this spring, such as
he took in May of last yearj
May Take Tour j j
He has too much to do right now
even to think about it, the i presi
dent said. But he added with a
grin that that doesn't mean he
might not take such a tour if he
believed it was necessary. I
; There have been reports that Mr.
Truman might take to the country
his recently -expressed contention
that aU of the men in his adminis
tration are honorable men and his
enemies are trying to make po
litical hay. i j -
: Galvin's prediction that the
president would be re-elected in
1952 was made without any clear
ance from the White House, Mr.
Truman said. f i i .
( In a speech prepared for a Jefferson-Jackson
day banquet in Lan
caster and distributed here by the
Democratic national, committee,
Galvin said: 11 ' : it - f
on lestmes
AtflJcjuor; Inquiry
PORTLAND, , March .29; HV
Tx)nnle Logsdonv slot machine op
erator, testified today before the
grand Jury investigating, the state
liquor commission. - r - i i -;
As with the 50-odd witnesses
preceding him, the nature s of ' his
testimony was not disclosed. : ' --:
District Attorney John B. Mc
Court said the investigation might
wind up next week. j
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This year L't Year formal
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ment for the third time more
than, any other individual.'
- - Miss Holliday's Oscar was ac
cepted by Ethel Barrymore and
Ferrer's ; by Helen Hayes; Both
Ferrer and Miss Holliday were ab
sent.'. - ' '"- ' .-I''
Her selection 1 was the nearest
thing to a surprise of the evening.
Most of the polls had conceded the
Veteran Gloria Swanson the palm
for her part in "Sunset j Boule
vard." v - - I - ; '
Both Miss Holliday and! Ferrer
were in New York. Ferrer respond
ed over a nationwide radio hookup:
This means more to me than an
honor to an actor. I consider it a
vote of confidence and an; act of
faith and, believe me, IH not let
you down." . : i ..
, (Additional details on page 2)
Of Detivering
Atomic Secrets
NEW YORK," March 29 JP)-
Three ' Americans were convicted
today as traitors to their country
in the nation's first atom spy trial.
Federal Judge Irving R. Kauf
man, accepting the jury's verdict.
Called their crime loathsome and
said their treason made this "a sad
day for America." v j :
It was testified the three con
spired to deliver some of this na
tion s. top war-time secrets in
cluding vital A-bomb data to
Soviet Russia. - I
The trio, Julius Rosenberg, 34,
bis dark-haired wife. Ethel, 35, and
radar expert .. Morton Sobeli, 33,
will be sentenced April 5. A11 are
New Yorkers. :
Will Apnea Verdict
. They -said -they -will appeal the
verdict right up to the U, S. su
preme court if necessary. I
Conceivably they could draw
death sentences. However; such a
severe penalty seldom is imposed
on spies in this country. They also
may be imprisoned up to 30 .years.
A Jury of 11 men and one woman
were out on the case for nearly 19
hours from late yesterday after
noon to almost noon today. Their
actual deliberations covered more
than seven hours." i
At least one of the Jurors held
out for a long time for. leniency
for one of the defendants, presum
ably SobelL The government's evi
dence against him was ! weaker
than that against the Rosenbergs.
Linked to Spy Ring
' Sobeli and Rosenberg ! looked
calmly at the jury as they heard
the verdict. Mrs. Rosenberg shook
her head slightly in apparent dis
belief, then dropped her gaze to
the floor of the federal courtroom
on Foley square. ! .
The guilty verdict marked an
other long stride in the govern
ment's crackdown 'on an interna
tional atom spy ring in the service
of the Russians. f
. The Rosenbergs and Sobeli were
linked to the Fuchs-Gold wartime
spy ring.
Steen, Art Lindberg
Recommended for
Senatorial Position
PENDLETON, March 29 -flV
The Umatilla county court today
discussed possible successors to the
late State Senator Carl EngdahL
Pendleton, but made no selection.
The court's appointment may be
made tomorrow. . i-.
; A Mnton-Freewater delegation
recommended Lowell Steen. The
county republican committee re
commended Art lindberg, wheat
rancher and former state repre
sentative. : ! : .
Sdem
Merchants for
By IJllie L. Madsen
... - . Statesman farm Editor -
Salem merchants in. their co
operation, in purchasing j Willam
ette valley produced and processed
nuts, came in for considerable fa
vorable comment Thursday at the
annual meeting of the Salem Nut
growers Cooperative association
meeting. This was held in the Vet
erans of, Foreign Wars hall with
more than 150 attending the noon
luncheon served by Middle Grove
community clubs.
That 1950 has been the best year
of the cooperative since 1948, was
the statement of J. J. Gallagher,
cooperative manager, while mak
ing, his annual report during the
meeting. . f
- Had the crop been better, the re
port would have been much bet
ter, he added as he told how much
the gross tonnage wasdown and
fixed expenses were up. Gross dry
Allied
Attack
Slowed
I TOKYO," Friday. March
Red forces yielded ground at a
slower pace in muddy central Ko
rea today- and piled up more
strength across a 60-mile front for
an expected spring drive.
Field dispatches said the build
up was greatly increasing less
than 24 hours after Red China re
jected General MacArthur's peace
ma. .
There was mounting evidence
that the enemy was halting hie
six-weeks-old withdrawal.
More than - 2,000 red vehicles
were spotted, last night by B-28
night' intruder planes. The light
bombers attacked more than 300
vehicles moving in both directions
on . the communist road network.
AP Correspondent Tom Stone said
it was the heaviest red traffic seen ,
on any night of the Korean war.
Strike at B-2f .
In the first red nieht air attatk -
in more than a month, a Russian-,
type jet fighter made two passes '
at an American B-28 without 6c ;
ing any damage. '
Sabre jets clashed with 25 ether
enemy jei Thursday near the
frontier of Itorthwest Korea. No
damage was suffered . by either
side. ..
Eighth army reported 780 reds
killed or wounded and 57. prison
ers taken in ground action Thura
day across the front.
.Allied patrols fought sharp, bit
ter clashes Thursday with forward
red elements. Mortar and artilkry
fire poured into' United Nations
front line positions. i - - "
Big G reaps Moved
Red groups ranging up to 10,000
men were moving close to the bat
tlefront from northeast of Uijong
bu on the western front to a point .
about 30 miles northeast of Chun
chon on the central sector.
The Chinese were believed cap--able
of throwing nine fresh and
rested army, corps into an offen
sive. The fresh troops would re
place six army corps of the fourth
field army,; which has been fight
ing the main delaying action .
against, the Eighth army advance
north from Wonju to Chechon.
American tanks and patrols
plunged to within three miles of
parallel 38 on the western front.
In the east unopposed South Ko
rean troops were eight miles above
38 along the Sea of Japan coast.
Negre Unit Gains
. An American negro unit' -that
calls itself "fearless," for its dis
regard of red mortar - and small
arms fire, knocked a Chinese regi
ment out of the way northeast os
Seoul and went on toward the parallel.
' It was stopped Wednesday in
bitter fight with about 3,000 Chi
nese but the reds cracked under
pressure and the "fearless" rolled
ahead. . "
There were other indications of '
communist spring offensive pre
parations. Rumors of possible pea-r
ce parleys were spiked by Red
China's scornful rejection of Gen
eral MacArthur's truce bid. The
rejection, in a Peiping radio state
ment, was coupled with the stiffest
resistance In many days on sever
al sectors of the central and west
ern fronts.
Patrols Withdraw
i Northeast and northwest of
Chunchon, Greek and Thai SLa-
mese) patrols battled well-entrenched
reds Thursday. The a
trols, operating four miles and leas
south of the parallel, were forced
to withdraw.
I The Chinese were reported mov
ing more men south of the paral
lel in the area due north of Chun
chon. Previous estimates have
placed some 10,000 reds south of
the border. in that sector and ttir
000 more north of it
On the western front, a tank
patrol reaching the Imjin rtver.
brought United Nations forces
within three miles of the 38th pa
rallel. .
Laud;
Cooperation
tonnage of filberts In 1950 was 41
per cent under 1949 and the walnut
crop was 63 per cent of 1949, he
said. Because of weather corxSi
tions less than 75 per cent of th
1050 crop of filberts could be bar
vested, be added. . . .
The crop , of 302. tons (dried)'
added up to a net pool of approxi
mately. $107,968 or about-17 If
cents a pound. Filberts brought si -cents
ft pound in 1949. In li
they brought 10 cents and in lit
the price was 13 -cents. Of i3v$
entire filbert pool, $74,332 aires.-? j
had been paid to the growers. TL j
pool is expected to dose in ApriL
, The manager expected the wiJV
nut pool, when closed in rnii
late summer, to net a??roxir-st
S1C3.000 for the 310 tons. Of t: j
amjunt $45,CC0 had been rtturr
to the growers before ts tx ;
meeting.
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