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Tho Oregon Statesman, Solano, Oregon. Saturday, June 9. 1951
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Today will be the last day ef Lebanon's annual Strawberry festival.
Queen Deloris Welch, center, 17-year -la Dan on men scnooi junior. At leu is junior wiaeen waria
Garrison, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Garrison; and at right is Junior Kinf George Myran, jr,
5 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Myran. (Merv Jenkins photo). i
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'LKD LOOS
The house appropriations com
mittee used its axe vigorously, on
the budget proposed for construc
tion work of the corps of engineers
for rivpr and harbors imDrove-
ment and flood control. A saving
11C AAA nnn i ' 'yn iur rent
was ordered by cutting off pro
jects that had been included.
Among them were two northwest
projects, a Columbia river dam at
The Dalles and one on Snake river
t Ice Harbor above Pasco.
- The committee's objection to the
former is that the engineers. can
not tell just what the ultimate cost
of this project will be. The In
dians have treaty rights to fish
there which have not 'been satis
fied. Until this is settled so that
the costs are known the "commit
tee says it will not give further
consideration to the project.
As to Ice Harbor the committee
responded to the strong protests of
the commercial fishing industry
which has fought this dam stren
uously. The committee says this
dam should not go ahead until the
effect of McNary dam on fish runs
Is determined. ' -
These are valid reasons for hold
ing up these projects, having also
in mind the need for economy
Meantime the committee has clear
ed very substantial appropriations
for advancing northwest projects
now building: Detroit, Lookout
Point, JJcNary, Chief Joseph. All
of these will produce hydroelectric
energy in such quantity that, un
less it is largely diverted to alum
inum plants or the Hanford works,
should take care of substantial
growth in the northwest for the
next several years. - . -
Congress is right in studying all
the factors relating to these pro
jects. The objections of the fish
inz Industry against Ice Harbor
are valid. It is not urgently need
ed: its . navigation benefits are
slight.
On the whole congress has been
very generous in recent years in
.appropriations for western devel
nnmAnt Tt will Vw In th future
as public finances permit and as
we can prove our case. We should
not condemn the house committee
for holding up these two projects
now.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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250.000 See
Portland Rose
Fete Parade
PORTLAND, June S-F)-A
crowd estimated upwards of a
quarter-million persons: jammed
downtown streets today for the
43d annual Portland Rose Festival
parade, f - f ! ' -
Some 40 floats, augmentea Dy
marching units, horsemen, 21
bands, public officials - and Hop
along "Cassidy (Actor ? William
Boyd) paraded over five miles of
city streets. fj I
Crowds were deep all along the
route, from the civic! stadium
where an estimated 12,000 watch
ed the parade form,1 on across the
Willamette river, where the par
ade disbanded on the east side of
the city, i .
Crowds ; Orderly j " J
The people, who began gather
ing on curbstones as early as 7
ajn. some three hours before the
parade started were orderly. The
400 police who kept watch, re
ported no violence. J j
Capt i Eugene Ferguson of the
city police estimated more than
250.000 were watching. I
That was the highlight of the
annual festival, but activities go
on two more days. The children
of the city will put on their own
show tomorrow, the juniqs par
ade, a miniature replica of today s
pageant complete: down to the
parade marshal. Straight Arrow
(radio actor Howard Culver) will
be junior parade marshal.
The Golden Poles ski race, held
above Timberline on MU Hood,
will be staged Sunday. j ' .
Salem Entries Place i
A Vancouver, Wash- entry won
the top prize for non-commercial
floats in the parade, It was put
together by Vancouver t firemen,
who only last night -were issuing
public) appeals for ; more roses.
Their 'entry depicted a; river, a
canoe and a blockhouse of the
period of Dr. John J McLoughlin,
early day Hudson's Bay Co. factor.
This was in keeping with the
festival's theme, "Do You Remem
ber?" commemorating Portland's
centenniiaL lis
Marie McKenney I of I Wheeler
won top prize in; the equestrain
division. Rose Mae Franke, Salem,
was fourth and Gifford Wilhelm
son, Salem, seventh tin this div
ision. j ;
Nationalist Deny
Buying Influence
TAIPEH, Formosa, Saturday,
June s-tav-The director of the
Chinese nationalist Central News
agency today denied his agency
spent $634,000,000 between 1946
49 to influence American public
opinion t i
H. P. Tseng, director of the gov
ernment controlled I agency, de
clared the assertion by U. S. Sen
ator Wayne Morse (R-Ore.) that
Central News had spent millions
was as "groundless as It is fan
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Reigning over the 39th festival is
McKay Gets 'Boyd'
From Hoppy Fans
PORTLAND. June 8-CTV-For
one brief, bright moment today
the governor of Oreron enjoy
ed the cheers of thousands.
' Gov. Douglas McKay, here
for the Rose Festival, entered
the Civie stadium. Up went
shouts of delight. The governor,
in western garb, came on smiling-.
Then a disappointed "o-o-oh"
came from the crowd with its
big percentage of youngsters.
"They thought he was Hopa
long Cassidy," said a festival
fficiaL. Hoppy (William Boyd)
showed up a little later.
Guard Units
Enroiite to
Summer Camp
Mid-valley national guardsmen
are on their way to their annual
summer encampment today, slat
ed for two weeks of intensive
training in military techniques.
Battery D, 72nd antiaircraft gun
battalion, was to leave early this
morning by truck convoy for Yak
ima firing range. Two officers
and 69 men are in the group.
Companies B and G, 162nd in
fantry regiment, stayed overnight
in the armory here and are to
march to the railroad depot via
Mill-street about 8:30 this morn
ing, for departure, at 9:15. They
will go to Ft. Lewis, Wash., for
41st division training. They in
clude, respectively, four officers,
one officer and 91 enlisted men,
and four officers and 60 men.
Advance detachments already
have gone to the camps for prep
aration.
Court Building
Repairs Near
Bids will be called within about
two weeks for repair and renova
tion of the state supreme court
building, a project expected to
cost nearly $80,000. Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry said Friday,
Architect W. I. Williams of Sa
lem is drawing plans' for the work.
The job calls for repairing of
the roof, replacement of wooden
sash, badly weather beaten, with
metal sash, and a new elevator,
as well as revamping of the
plumbing system and repointing
of the terra cotta exterior.
Convict Paroled to Start
Ministry
A 25-year-old convict,' with a
long criminal career, left the state
penitentiary Friday to become a
minister in the Seventh Day Ad
ventist church. i
Berkley Jones, who entered the
prison in 1945 for a robbery in
Curry county, said he would be
baptized today, and then will go
to Walla Walla, Wash, college,
to take theology. - -i
The Rev.' H. D. Strever, for
merly of Albany, Ore., but cow
from Tucson, Ariz-, came here to
baptize Jones. Strever is a Seventh
Day Adventist minister who has
been working with' Jones-
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Highlight of 39th annnal Strawberry festival at Lebanon Friday was
to thousands of spectators. The cake, upper left, is billed as the world's largest, and was served fol
lowing the grand parade Friday morning. The festival continues through, today with stock ear races.
children's parade and softball in
Agents
Notes from
2 Diplomats
LONDON. June 8 -UP)- The
mystery of Britain's two vanished
diplomats deepened tonight with
the disclosure of teieftms from
France saying one fanned a
"long Mediterranean holiday" and
the other "had to leave unexpect
edly."
The messages supposedly c ie
from the .diplomats, Donald . D.
MacLean and Guy Burgess, but
were sent in their behalf by a
third person believed by Paris po
lice to be of a different nationali
ty. .... . . :
The messages gave rise to a
dozen different theories in this
baffled capital, increasingly fear
ful that the Russian speaking pair
may be taking Anglo-American
secrets to Russia perhaps under
duress. There was speculation
about the safety of the British
diplomatic code. A -high govern
ment source, however, said neith
er had worked with codes only
translations.
Watch Behind Curtain
Crack counter-espionage agents
stepped up the search throughout
western Europe and especially
around the Mediterranean. Diplo
matic missions behind the Iron
Curtain already had urgent orders
to keep their eyes and ears open.
lne foreign office gave out the
texts of three messages received
this week by relatives of the two
men, wo went to France by steam
er and disappeared two weeks ago
today.
The text of one. received by the
American wife of MacLean, 38-year-old
head of the foreign of
fice's American department:
-iiaa to leave i unexDectedlv.
Sorry, darling. I love you Please
do not stop loving me. Donald.'
Message Unsigned!
Another, unsigned, received by
his mother. Lady MacLean:
"I am quite all right. Do not
worry. Love to all.
One received by Mrs. J. H. Bas
sett, mother of Burgess, 40, a stu-dent-of
Marxism, recalled recent
ly from his Job as second secre
tary to the British embassy in
Washington: '
"Terribly sorry for my silence.
Am embarking on long Mediter
ranean holiday. Do forgive. Gut."
A foreign office spokesman said
Britain "is accepting the messages
as having originated with the two
men," because of ! their general
tone and phrasing. :
TOLLETT WEAKENS
" REDDING, Calif., June 8 -UP)
The condition of Henry Clay Tol
lett, 56-year-old bandit and fugi
tive from justice who was shot by
a highway patrolman near here
Sunday, worsened tonight.
rations
Strever ; said . ' Jones has been
studying Greek and European his
tory while in prison. These credits
will . be allowed toward his col
lege coarse. :.-
; Jones left a trail of hold-ups
and stolen ears all across the Unit
ed States,' but he was finally. ar
rested at Gold Beach while rob
bing a store. - . j
- He was sentenced to 19 years
in the state penitentiary, and was
paroled alter serving six years.
Warden George Alexander said
Jones had a bad record in prison,
being sent several times to isola
tioa cells. - 4
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Throng Gobbles
2Vfe-Ton Shortcake
LEBANON, Ore- Jane S-AV
The world's bifgest strawberry
shortcake, 5,518 pounds of it,
made its annual public appear
ance here today, then quickly
disappeared down the throats of
an estimated 22,000 persons.
It was the annual t Lebanon
strawberry festival,, for which
the city turns out a mammoth
shortcake. . I
It was fortunate this year's
was as large as it was. Offici
als estimated the crowd as the
largest ever. : j
The festival continues through
tomorrow, with carnival attrac
tions and street dancing on the"
program. I
Maj. Hitcliner
Wins DSC for
Battle Heroism
The nation's second highest mil
itary decoration, the Distinguish
ed Service cross, has been award'
ed posthumously to Ma. Omar T.
Hitchner, infantry, whose widow,
Mrs. Janet B. Hitchner, lives at
2008 Market, Salem. The award
was made for "extraordinary he
roism" in Korea, it was announced
at Sixth army headquarters at
San Francisco. j
As commander of the second
battalion, seventh cavalry regi
ment. First cavalry division. Ma
jor Hitchner-was mortally wound
ed September 6, 1950, while draw
ing fire away from his men as they
deployed.
The citation states, in part:
"While inspecting the, battalion's
position. Major Hitchner noticed
that the enemy had domination of
the terrain and was rendering one
section of his line untenable. Re
alizing that in order to continue
operations, his battalion would
have to shift positions to gain fire
superiority. Major Hitchner, with
complete disregard of his safety,
exposed himself to extremely
heavy fire, in order to draw the
enemy's attention away from his
pinned' down unit. In this action
Major Hitchner was killed.
Besides his widow, he is fur
vived Dy two children Omar T.
Hitchner. II, aged 12, Pamela L
Hitchner, aged 7, and his mother
who resides at Salem, N. J.
THIEF TAKES JEWELS
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NEW YORK, June -The
theft of $40,000 in jewels from
Mrs. Frank G. Tasker, wife of the
Oregon lumberman and herself
the co-owner of - the Bedell de
partment store chain In Oregon
was reported by police today.
t Western International
.At Salem U. Victoria S i
At Wenatchc 2. Vancouver 4
At Spokan , Yakima
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At "Sacramento 4. Saa Diego t
At Oakland 1. Lett Ancela
At Hollywood 4-ft. San Tranciaco 2-3
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At Chicago 1. New Yark 4
At Cleveland T. Boston J
At Detroit t. Philadelphia S ' '
At St. Loula-Waihlngton, rain. .
National League "
At Boaton 1, St. Voakm. t -At
New York -Chiearo. rain. : ..
At Brooklyn-Pittsburfh. rain.
At anrtniutt-PhUadelphia. rain.
the serving of the huge shortcake
8 F-84 Jets
Crash During
Thunderstorm
By The Associated Press ; .
Eight air force F-84 jet fight
ers plunged to earth in a thunder
storm near Richmond, Ind., Friday
killing three pilots. Six other air
men died in four separate crasnes.
The one-man jet fighters feu
out of the sky in quick succession
around Richmond, showering
wreckage over a wide area. In ad
dition to the dead, two other pilots
were injured, , one critically. Two
more' rode their planes . to orash
landings without injury. The
eighth parachuted to safety. .
There was no official explana
tion of the mishaps : pending an
inquiry. I
Near Lubbock, Tex- a B-25
training plane plunged into a field,
carrying its three occupants to
death. It was 15 minutes out of
Reese air force base on a practice
flight- -
Two navy fliers died in the ex
plosion and crash of a navy vttack
bomber five miles south of Albu
querque, N. M. I
Five miles south of Bagdad.
Ariz- an 1 -80 Shooting star plum
meted into a field killing the pilot
who was' unidentified. The plane
was believed ' from Williams hit
force base, Ariz. i -
A Navy Hellcat fighter plane
crashed in hilly country near.the
Pennsylvania - Maryland border
Friday night, the Anacostia naval
air station reported. The sinsle
seater World War II type craft
was on a flight from Norfolk. Va
to the Anacostia base when the
crash occurred. It was not known
if the pilot was killed.
The jets feu to earth about 10
minutes after a flight of 34 had
taken off from the Wright-Patter
son field at Dayton; Ohio. They
were part of a group of 71 based
at Bergstrom air force base, Aus
tin, Tex. They were enroute to
Selfridge Field, Mich, i
North Carolina School
Ends Race Segregation
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. June 8-
(tfVThe University of North Caro
lina lifted a 150-year-old segrega
tion bar today and assigned ne
groes rooms in a dormitory hous
ing white students.
The university announced tnat
two negroes had been given rooms
in Steele dormitory. They were
among four admitted to the uni
versity law school by a recent fed
era! court decision that followed
a year-long legal battle.
Father Seals Body of 'Noisy9 Son ji
In Oil Drum; Count Bares Slaying
DETROIT, June t-VPy-k "fieav-
ily tatooed father, smoking a big
cigar, today calmly admitted kill
ing his two-year-old son and seal
ing the body in an oil drum for
eight weeks: - - -?
-It's just one of those things,"
Leo List, 38, a bulky diesetter, told
police. "I did it and I got caught
Sure I . feet better - about getting
it off my chest. I 'knew 1 done
something bad.'' ; .
.The body, of: the child, Walter,
was discovered in the drum in the
Lisa apartment after a constable,
seeking to serve eviction papers,
reported five " children there.
Ndghbpri remembered six;
Liss and his wife, Dorothy, 28,
both claimed that the missing boy
had been sent to California. When
that wag proved false, they sarid
On
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". By 'Robert B. Tnckman ; , , -TOKYO.
Saturday, June -WVSecretarv of Defense Marshall tkM
day began a closed conference with
heavily guarded doors at the allied
The new conference followed
Marshall's surprise arrival from the United States. It stirred specula- .
tion that some big development in the Korean war was near. "
Marshall was tight-lipped today as he strode into the DaTlchl
building, across a moat from Emperor Hirohito'i palace. He arrived
shortly'bef ore noon. ' . - - ;,- ; : . j
Yesterday he said his presence
with any current peace moves; that
hess. ' '- ' ' - ' i' ' .
One at Dai Ichi headduarters
wuuj enterea into me supreme.'
commanaer s office. Military no
nce guarded the door and barred
all other visitors. . v -
Across the hall from the confer
ence room was a plush reception
room with guest register.' Marshall
did not stop to sign the register. '
There was no indication from
any authoritative source about the
subject of today's conference, v
' Last night when Marshall ar
rived from Korean talks, which
included one near the front with
in sound of artillery pounding the
reds, he said he bore no new di
rectives.
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An' aide to General Ridgway
said Marshall had not given any
indication as to mture plans or
when he would return to' the Un
ited States. 4 v
All we know is that he will eo
back to the states sometime," the
aide said.
Marshall, wearing a blue suit
and polka dot tie, strode up the
steps of the Dai Ichi building at
11:53 ajn. (6:53 pjn. PDT Friday).
i The allied supreme commander.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, was in
his office on the sixth floor. But
just before Marshal's surprise ar
rival, the press had been informed
General Ririrwav wmtlri on tn h;
homein ihe U. S. embassy shortly
for lunch. -
Reasons for Talk : 1
The defense secretary said his
trip was "purely military." But he
added that carried no new direc
tives on fighting the Korean war.
Yet there were two reasons for
the round of speculation concern
ing his conference with "General
Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme al
lied commander, and Lt. Gen.
James A. Van Fleet, U. S. eighth
army head.
Only two weeks ago. Gen. Law-
ton Collins, army chief of staff,
told a senate committee hearing
that a "definite new directive" for
the - Korean campaign was being
prepared and would be issued
soon. "- ,
Whirlwind Visit ,
And ambassadors of 18 nations
which have troops fighting in
Korea were meeting in Washing
ton to discuss prospects for a.
cease-fire.
Marshall's visit also came at a
time when the communist armies
were being pressed back deeper
into north Korea and were faced
with the stark prospect of a long
and bitter retreat toward the nar
row waist of the peninsula.
: Marshall returned shortly'' be
fore midnight from his whirlwind
visit to the Korean -battlefront,
where he heard .the roar of can
non pulverizing the enemy lines.
Conferred at Front
Marshall arrived from the
United States about midnight or
early Friday morning. He was met
by Ridgway and within 20 min
ute?" they were off for Korea in
the darkness. .
They flew to a forward landing
strip. In all, 11 light planes set
tied down on the. strip, bringing
in Van Fleet. Maj. Gen. Frank W,
Milburn, first corps commander,
anU several division commanders.
They conferred under heavy
military police guard for. 45 min
utes. Fighter planes droned over
head. The thunder of artillery
echoed.
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they had given him to a couple
they met In a bar. . -
Police then searched their apart
ment and found the drum in a
closet only four feet from the
parents' bed. The drum had been
repeatedly sealed with plaster.
Officers told liss of their find
ings, and he gave them this story:
,"On that day I was out drink
ing with some of-the boys. I start
ed out about 7:30 ajn. and came
home after two. I was tired and
wanted to sleep. r
"But there was the kid crying
and kicking ud. a-fuss; I never
liked him. He just made too much
noise all the time. I got tip and
slapped him a couple of times and
laid down, but he kept yelling. I
got up and hit him again." -
"My wile came in, screaming
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Gen. Matthew B. Ridewav hohinA
supreme commander's headquar-
others vesterdav in Knra ft
had "no connection wlntuK
he came "purely military" bus-
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Fight Back !
For Triangie' !
TOKYO, Saturday, June MffV
Tightly massed reds fought bitter
ly today against armored allied
columns inching toward lithe
threatened communist - bases:: of
Chorwon and Kumhwa in North
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. Loss of the two big bases noleht
force a red retreat of 65 miles
north to the next east-west high
way across Korea. 4 jl
An eighth army spokesman Said
there were indications of a slight
withdrawal from the two anchor
points of the reds' "iron triangle"
assembly area. But, he added,
there was no reason to believe the
reds were attempting a widespread
pull back from either town, u
Allied artillery blasted the east- "
west highway between the two"
towns. - - ' - jl .
AP Correspondent Tom Brad-.
shaw at eighth army said North
Korean reds fought fiercely to
prevent a United Nations flanking
threat from the eastern tip oftho
sprawling Hwachon reservoir.
That threat developed .45 mile
southeast of Kumhwa. ?
On all three fronts west, oeo
tral and eastern the hardest
fighting was in the middle of the
line rather than On the flanksJ .
Bradshaw said the . reds wer
employing mass defensive tactics
rather than spreading resistance
thinly all across the front. -
By Vbgeler.
WASHINGTON, June 8
Robert A. Vogeler, grim and un
smiling, told today of 17 months of
torture and degradation in a rom-
munist Hungary prison, and disa
vowed as "rubbish his purported
confession of sabotage and spying. .
Seemingly physically fit j I but
still tense after four weeks in a
hospital,' the 39-year-old Ameri
can business man detailed for tho
first time the ordeal he underwent
before being freed. He was? re-
leased April 28 through a j deal
with . the Hungarian regime ; ar
ranged by the state department.
In a talk at the National Press
club Voegeler said he was denied,
sleep and grilled for 78 hours fol
lowing his arrest, plunged-naked
into ice water, slugged, and plied
with strong stimulants.
At his communist exploited
trial in Budapest Vogeler said he
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stooge." He was denied the, iser
vices of an American lawyer and .
forbidden contact with the U. S.
legation. . - If
and grabbed him out of the crib.
I hit her, with my fist I guess, and
I guess I knocked the kid out of
her arms. She ran out and I pick
ed me sua up ana tossea mm va -
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Massed
Reds
Confessions
lue upper n wh buu iu-
ing a little noise. ' r v
The next morning, he said, bis ,
wife told him something ; ; was
wrong with the "child. "I lifted!
him up and his head flopped fsom
side to side ... I decided to put
the body in the oil drum." H '
Several times, he 1 added, be
thought of giving himself up, but
each time he lost his nerve. His
wife, he said, talked him ut cf it ,
several times. She told police the)
Liss still is held for investiga
tion of murder. His wife also is
hM a rvVliro witnexs. . v.