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In Face of Soviet
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WASHINGTON, July 4-OPHPresident Truman declared tonight ft j
is still too early to say whether the communists rulers really want a
peace The United States, be said, must be fvigilant and ready for!
, whatever may come."" :
la a fourth of July address, the president said a Korean settle
swnt would still leave in existence Jhe greatest threat to world peace
the tremendous armed power of
the Soviet Union.
, Therefore, be added, the United
States must continue to rearm ra
pidly, help other free nations to
build defenses, restrain Inflation
and combat with, "truth and fair
dealing" Russian efforts to domin
ate the world by flies, threats and
subversion.' i
The president's 20-minute ad
dress was given at a massive in
dependence day celebration on the
Washington monument grounds
marking the 175th anniversary of
the birth of America's freedom.
leal Pat U Test
He said the very -Idea of self
government for which this coun
try severed its political ties with
England nearly two centuries ago
ii being put to r the test in the
-.'or!d today as It has never been
intrii .before." ! -
: ' He struck at what he called 'the
v 'prophets of doom" and expressed
i confidence that the "whole great
" experiment that began in 1776"
. will succeed.
But he discussed warily the im
pending cease-fire to bring a bait
t the fighting in Korea. He said
that time and again the United
i Nations have proposed that the
v fighting end on the basis of U.N.
principal es and now, at last, the
communist leaders have offered to
confer-about an armistice.
"It may be .that they have de
cided to give up their aggression
In Korea," he said. "If that is true,
the road to a peaceful settlement
be the Korean conflict is open.
Canniet Is World-wide ;
-, But we cannot yet be sure that
. ibe communist rulers have any
auch intention. It Is still too- early
t say what they have In mind. I
d not wish to speculate on the
outcome of any meetings General
Jtidgway may have with the com-
knanders on the other side.
t I hope these meetings will be
successful. If they are not, it will
be because the communists do not
Really want peace. Meanwhile,' let
' tu keep our heads, and be vie 11-
"int and ready for, whatever may
tome."
. ,! The president; warned again that
Korea is world-wide and is not
simply an attack by fire and
word, but one of "subversion,
threats, violence, torture, impris
onment, lies and deceit."
' He said free nations cannot ig
nore the danger of military out
breaks in other parts of the world,
and the threat of Soviet aggression
till hangs - heavy over many i
Country including our own."
1 "We must continue, therefore.'
: fee said, "to build up our military
forces at a rapid rate. And we
must continue to help build up the
defenses 'of other free nations.
: - The ? chief executive, accusing
Soviet rulers of trying to dominate
the world by "lies and threats and
ab version," said "they hate us not
; : -because we are Americans, but be
cause we are free because we are
the greatest example of the power
f freedom."
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Armed Power
1
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Ends in Jail
For Driver
A police car and auto chase
through downtown and westside
Salem early Wednesday morning.
with speeds up to 98 miles an
hour, ended in a capture by Salem
police. .. r.y
As a result Valdys DeLane Sal-
ling, Dallas, was charged by po
lice with reckless1 driving and with
driving with an expired operator's
license. He was held in Marion
county Jail in lieu of $200 bail.
. The chase started from a stand
still downtown after a police car
turned to investigate actions of a
man standing beside a parked se
dan. The auto drove off. crossing
the Center street bridge and at
taining a speed of 90 miles an hour
on Edgewater street, police re
ported. From there the fleeting car
headed onto Kingwood heights.
eventually; taking a dead-end drive
and stopping behind a barn where
police caught up with it,
Police identified the driver as
Sailing, a 1 soldier reported absent
without leave from Fort Benning,
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Trade Unions
Win Workers
From Commies
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MILAN.I Jury 4-WV-Trade un
ion organizations of the free world
have beenf "highly successful" in
weaning workers away from com
munist influence, the Internauon
al - Confederation of Free Trade
Unions general secretary reported
today. ! . . v 4 ... J
i J. H. Oldenbroek of The Neth
erlands said in his report to the
ICFTU world congress; here that
"about half" the 84 trade union
federations now affiliated with the
confederation "once were in - the
communist-dominated World Fed
eration of Trade Unions (WFTU).1
,The' process is continuing,'
said Oldenbroek. He cited the attendance-at
the present congress
of Finnish observer Olaf Land'
blom. who is expected to apply
for ICTFU membership ' fos ; the
rmnisn union center. niYi',
The 300 delegates to the con
gress roundly applauded Olden
broek's reference to Finland when
he said, "notwithstanding the geo
graphical position of this country
on the Rusisan border, the union
federation! there voted a few days
ago, 143 to 63, to leave the com
munist WFTU. si
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CIO arnji Price.
Curbs Essential
i : WASHINGTON, July 4-W-The
CIO's research and education de
partment said today that labor
wont take pay curbs if prices are
not checked, - '-.;' !
The- "Economic Outlook" pub
lished monthly by the labor or
ganization tied its assertion di
rectly to the row over beef price
rollbacks, declaring:
"The destruction of OPS (of
fice of -price stabilization) beef
price regulations will i wreck any
possibility of the government's at
tempt to achieve over-ail econom
ic stability. . . . An equitable wage
stabilization program must be pre
mised upon effective control over
Irving costs, including beef prices.1
Parade, Shows
Close Shodeo
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McMINNVUXE. July 4-4rVA
big fireworks display i closed the
ninth annual Shodeo here; tonight.
Floyd Bare, Hermiston, won the
grand champion cowboy award in
rodeo events that wound up this
afternoon. . i
Grand sweepstakes In the par
ade went to a McMinnville store
float enhanced by the presence of
Ann Baker, Miss Oregon of 1950.
The Salem Saddle club perform
ed between events. ! i
Jeff Teague, Salem, won third
in the i rodeo calf roping event
Melvin, Bockes was first and
Lawrence De Witts was second In
cow milking. Both are of Dallas,
ore.
Secret Blast
Liquid Stolen
HANSON, Mass., July 4-3V
Police said tonight 12 bottles of a
top secret liquid explosive were
stolen from the Hanover plant of
the National Fireworks Co. and
hurled from a speeding j car by
three teen-aged youths,
State and local police began an
extensive search of the area for
the bottles and located six. Auto
mobiles were barred from the dis
trict and residents were warned
to remain Indoors until the dan
serous exnlosives were found.
Officials explained that the bot
tle contained a concoction which,
if spilled and allowed to dry, would
be ignited by the slightest friction.
Samuel Porter, National Fireworks
Co. expert, accidentally stepped on
a still damp patch of the explo
sive on county road and the sole
of his shoe was blown off.
Reese Back From
Judicial Conclave
: i Dr. Seward P. Reese, dean of
Willamette university's college of
law, returned to Salem Wednes
day from Santa Barbara; Calif.
where he attended the I annual
conference of the 9th judicial cir
cuit. -1
Dean Reese participated in
demonstration staged by Oregon
attorneys on pre-trial conference
and other aspects of federal pro
cedure. The conference attracted
some 80 federal judges and attor
neys from several western states.
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40,000 7atch ,-
AlbanyTimber
Carnival Qose .
Kews tarvlca
ALBANY. July 4 A crowd es
timated at more than 40,000 rim
med Waverly lake here tonight for
a fireworks display that climaxed
the Albany .Timber carnival. .
One' new world championship
was claimed during the aXtern jen
logging-event finals when Gas
Tfiraell, Otis, Ore., logger, chop
ped an 18-inch alder log in 30.6
seconds.' -
Carnival officials said this
smashed the previous Mrd, set
last year, by 22.15 seconds.
Lew Whipple. Xongvtew. wash-
cracked two nbs in the speed-
climbing event when he slid half
way down a 100-foot pole out of
control.'
Malcolm Harper, Cheshire, Ore.,
won the speed-climbing event in
47.7 seconds and gained perman
ent possession of the speed-climb
trophy. He also won the event
here in 1948 and 1949. --. .
Paul Sear Is, Silver Lake, Wash-
won .the bucking event. He sawed
through a 30-inch fir log in one
minute, 38 seconds. George Moen
of Shelton, Wash who flew here
from a Canadian timber contest,
placed third without talcing time
to sharpen his saw.
Eddie Herron won the log rtD-
ing title by dumping bis brother,
Jim, twice in three tries. Bath
are from Kelso. Wash. Seven log
gers entered this event.
carnival sponsors saia Wed
nesday's crowd was by far , the
largest single-day throng in the
seven-year history of the celebra
tion. Both police and sponsors es
timated it was between 40,000 and
50,000.
The hour-long fireworks dis
play included hundreds of aerial
bursts and several ground pieces
touched off on floats on Waverly
lake. : 1
Jet Pilot Killed
On Whidbey Island
OAk HARBOR, Wash, July '
(PV-An air force jet interceptor
pilot - was killed shortly before
noon today when his plane crash'
ed on the government reservation
four miles from Ault field, U. S.
naval air station, Whldbey island.
r The plane was from the 318th
fighter interceptor squadron . of
the $25th fighter interceptor
wing, mtcChord air force base. .
: Cause of the crash was unde
termined. The name of the victim
will be released after next of kin
have been notified.
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CUNTON. Mo. Jury 4-MVThe
fourth of July celebration here
was muffled today by the death
of a little girl victim ol an at
tempt by a group of boys to make
their own firecrackers.
The child. Virginia Bell OBan-
ion, 3, died in a hospital last night
several hours after she was burn
ed when a! keg containing black
powder exploded. Four other chil
dren, 'including j Virginia's 19-
month-old brother, Johnny, were
injured. f ; j - - rv .
The others were FJmer Lee El
liott. 17, and Ernest Elliott, 13,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer El
liott, and James T. Bayne, 13, son
of Mrs. Neoma Bayne.
Virginia and Johnny, children
of Mrs. Ruby Elliott, were watch
ing: as the older boys packed pow
der into paper tubes and attached
fuses. Two of the firecrackers had
been completed when the powder
went off. I i
The i explosion came after one
oi the boyi -threw a handful of
powder on a nearby bonfire.
BAKER SAID DISORDERLY
DE LAKE, Ore- July 4-V-
5am Bakery Oregon State college
xuiioacx, was lined Z5 and given
a ' 30-day suspended sentence by
City Judge Arnold; Earnshaw here
yesterday. Baker was charged in a
complaint signed by William E.
Van Dyke, proprietor of an appli
ance store, with conducting him
self in a "violent, riotous and dis
orderly manner." i
TRI-CTTY WINS 13-9
KENNEWICK, July 4-V(Sec-
ond game) (9 innings): i
Victoria -.300 000 150-i 9 12 2
Tri-City 023 040 40x 14 14 0
Hedgecodt, Brkick : (3), Smith
(8) and Thrasher; Zande, Stone
(1), Michelson (8), Nicholas (8),
Brewer (8) and Pesut.
TO CAMP ROBERTS
PEDEE Pvt. Francis Spinney
left Sunday for Camp Roberts,
CaL He has been! home with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Spinney, for a 60-day furlough,
after spending 2 years with the
army in Germany.
VANCOUVER TAXES SECOND
Yakima, j July 4-vP)-( Second
game) (9 innings).
Vancouver 100 010 001 3 13 0
Yakima 000 000 000 0 7 2
Beazley and Ritchey; Anderson
and Tiesiera. i
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In Finn Vote
HELSINKI. Finland. July 4-CP
-The communist-supported left
wing front gained seven seats and
the conservatives lost five in the
latest counting of votes today in
Finland's parliamentary elections.
But with x an estimated 90 per
cent of the votes counted, it ap
peared the rightist parties would
keep a majority of 104 seats to 98
won by the communists and other
left-of-center parties.
More than 80 per cent of the 2,
560,000 eligible votes "cast . ballots
in. the two-day general elections
Monday and Tuesday.
Most Searchers
Walk the Plank
In Florida Hunt
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla July
4-P-T,he hurrah and excitement
kicked up by this city's second
annual buried treasure hunt to
day made pikers of the old-time
pirates.';'
In the frenzied hunt for 200 sil
ver dollars: "l
Six persons were sent to hos-4
pitals for emergency treatment
from auto j smashups connected
with the chase.
Several searchers fell into the
bay as they paced off distances in
the moonless darkness nowhere
near the treasure.
The hunt, sponsored by the St,
Petersburg Times, ended when
three girls and two boys dug up
the $200. They found the money
at 1:25 a. mi only 25 minutes aft
er a published eighth clue sent
3,000 searchers off on the quest.
ARRIVES FROM RENO
GRAND ISLAND Mrs. J JL
Dodd- (Muriel Stoutenburg) of
Reno, Nev,ihas arrived here to
visit relatives. '
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For Traffic
To Be Sought
A South 12th street delegation
will appear before the state high
way commission July 1? in Port
land 'to urge traffic improvements
for the 12th street hill, it was
announced Wednesday by Presi
dent Alvin WhiUaw of the 12th
Streets Civic Improvement club.
Whitlaw said preliminary ar
rangements "for the appearance
will be made this Friday at a 1
p. m. luncheon of the club in the
Tic-Tpk cafe. Dave Hoes, chair
man of the Salem traffic safety
council, will present data on 12th
streets traffic conditions.
Club members-have been urg
ing creation of a third lane on
the bill to serve slow moving
truck
Lbffaris' Two Sons
On
Army Furlough
it
Tw Salem soldiers, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. E. Logan. 3440 Holly
wood lave, arrived home on leave
Wednesday night
Sgtj Harry M. Logan, 22, ar
rived on a five-day pass from Ft
Ord, Califs where be is training
tecruits, nd PFC George E. Log-
where! he is stationed with a para
trooD 'coffiDany.
Sgtj Logan has been In the
army ;six years, while his brother
Joined last November 9. He 'ex
pects
to go overseas soon.
SPOKES EDGE WENATCHEE
SPOKANE, July 4-F-NIght
game:i i
Wenaichee 121 000 0028 14 1
Spokane 410 000 20x 7 10 1
Raimondt and Roberson; Rock
ey, Roberts (9) and Nutty.
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traffic
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Death Postponed
Chin-Up Meeting
Sudden death of a Chin-Up club
member has caused postponement
of the Oregon board of directors
meeting scheduled for! Sunday at
Salem. r .--Iv"'
Mrs. Marguerita ;4Karolevitti-
Portland, died Tuesday at a Port
1 a . r m . - .
uukl nospiuu. uer nusoana, xonl
Karolevltzr Is a member of the
state board. !
The next meetinf of the board
will be at ? pjn, July. 13 it the
club headquarters, Salem route 2.
box 338. . i . . s
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