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- Jmt u President Truman is tell
1ns the congress that we may need
to extend our mobilization before
the 3,500,00-man figure, and that
we need stronger economic con
trols and another ten billions Jn
taxes in other words we must
bold to our pace of rearmament
and even quicken it, Aneuran Be
van, lately resigned from the At
tlee cabinet in Britain, is putting
out his pamphlet "One Way Only?
which urges a slowdown of . the
west's feverish ruch for rearming.
Bevan calls on Britain to put : a
brake on the "hysterical" leaderr
ship which the UJS. is giving the
west He professes to favor a "sen
sible" armament .program but he
would have -Britain demand , veto
authority on use of British bases
for anv U. S. offensive. Bevan's
nlea is for a oolicy virtually of
neutralism. . s s
1 The Bevan proposals have had
bo favorable consideration from
the present parliament, and if in
the anticipated fall elections Labor
should lose and conservatives taxe
over; it is even less probable that
Bevan's ideas would find support
in ruling circles.
Nevertheless there is a pro
nounced feeling of neutralism in
western Europe. In large measure
It is the result of the experience of
two wars within a generation, me
people have not gotten over their
war fatigue. Another reason is un
willingness to have their lands
gain become war targets, France
for invasion, Britain for bombing.
There is even some disposition in
France, it is reported, to let theS
reds take over rather than have
France again become a battle
ground. . Then there is a mental reaction
of another sort. The feeling exists
(Continued on Editorial page, 4.)
Alorse Refuses
To IJear McGirthy
At GOP Picnic
PORTLAND, July 2MflVSen
Wayne Morse of Oregon wont
attend the Multnomah county
republican club's picnic at which
Sen. Joseph McCarthy (B-Wis) is
to be speaker.
The picnic Is scheduled for
August 28.
In a letter to State Rep. Graham
Killam, Morse indicated he did not
approve of Sen. McCarthy. Morse
wrote he "was sure republicans
could not win the 1952 election "if
' the responsible leaders of the re
publican party ... do not recog
nize . . that the independent
voters of America will 'never go
for the program of the" reaction
ary wing of the republican party."
Sen. McCarthy is well known
for his attacks on the U. S. state
department He has contended that
the department harbors commun
ists. . .
ITALIAN LEAD EX ILL
ROME, July 24-WVCarlo Sfor
za, foreign minister in Premier
Alclde de Gasperi's recently re
signed cabinet. Was reported se
riously ill tonight r
Animal Cractccrd
y WARREN COOORiCH
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Bradley Stars
JuggliedScore
InOSCGame
PEORIA, IIL, July 2 AU
America Gene .Melchiorre and
four Bradley University basketball
teammates admitted today! they
had taken bribes to fix basketball
games as college sports' blackest
scandal spread from New York to
the midwest and threatened to
snare even more college heroes.
Police revealed that Melchiorre,
fiery Braves guard' who was nick
named "Squeaky" by adoring
fans of the cage-conscious city,
had confessed; with his teammates,
to taking 15,500 from gamblers.
District Attorney Frank S. Ho
gan of New York ordered the ar
rest of Nicholas and Anthony
Englisis, brothers, on charges !: of
conspiring to fix two Bradley
games. They already were in po
lice custody for' questioning; j
The brothers allegedly f , paid
Melchiorre i and the others i to
manipulate scores of the games
one during, the 1949-50 season, the
other last season so that - they
would have an advantage in bet
ting on "point spreads." 4 . ,
Soared Margins ; j " jL
Authorities "said the five Brad
ley players had admitted shaving
the margin of ; victory in wins over
Oregon State; Dec. 7, 1950, and
over Washington State, Dec 2U
1949. ! J s j I-
Besides the 23-year-old Melchi
orre, others who authorities said
confessed to' taking bribes i were:
' Bill Mannt?-23, of Chicago! cap
tain of last season's great team.
Charles "Bud" Grover, 22,! Dun
dee, 111., another regular, j if
Aaron Preece. 24, Canton, Hl-
with Melchiorre the team's "spirit
guy" and its free throw artist.
Jim Kelly, Peoria, junior Center
expected to spark next year's: team.
Authorities i continued to ques
tion two other Bradley players in
the mushrooming scandal, i Ij
Others Involved i - E s
Michael A. Shore, Peoria 'coun
ty state's attorney, said tonight he
believes players for several: other
schools are involved In the bribes,
and that new schools will be
named in the! scandal in a day ; or
two, "probably in a break we ex
oect in New York" i i
(Additional details on sports page)
Western International'
At Yakima lJSalera 4 V I
At Vancouver 4. Victoria 8
At WenatchM S. Tacoma S
At Trl-Oty 10, Spokan U
Coast Lea rue .1
At Sacramento 0. Portland S j
At San Dieeo 4. SeatU S f '
At San ITanclaeo 3-1. Loa Anfeles
At Hollywood 8, Oakland 0
: I -: ' - ' : . " f
National League
At Chicafo 3.-: Brooklyn S
At PltUburga: S. New York 4
At Cincinnati 1. Boston S
1-3
At St. Louis S, PhiladelphU S
American Learae 1
At New York 3. Oeveland S
At Boston S. Chicafo 1 -. .
At Washinstoa 1. Detroit I
(Only game scheduled). '
State Considers
Suit
... ; ' ' - i 5
. FHing a condemnation suit, in
volving purchase by the state of
the H. L. Stiff residential proper
ty in the state: capitol area for the
purpose of fixing an appraisal on
that and "other properties to be
purchased later, was indicated I at
a meeting of J the state board of
control Tuesday.; ' i , :s .
AH properties involved Event
ually will t utilized for con
struction of future state buildings.
The board was advised that Mrs.
Stiff has set i price of $50,600 on
her property but the state had of
fered her only $38,000. Attorney
Wallace Carson - told the board
that other properties purchased
by the state land located in the
same area had brought a higher
price per square food than asked
by Mrs. StifLs- - I
State Treasurer Walter J. Pear
son countered with. the statement
that all properties to be purchased
by the state involving its Capitol
area expansion program had! been
appraised by i competent apprais
ers and the state had been gener
ous in fixing its . prices Carson
said Mrs. Stiff also employed ap
praisers with , long experience, i
"In most cases prices raid fcy
the state have been close to the
appraisals," Pearson declared.
Over Capitol Zone Home
Hi Oregon Statwmou,
Basketball
jjE Mribe Case
Accordionist
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 Accordionist Dick Contino, whose salary
is $4,S09 a week as an entertainer, pleaded guilty today to charges
ordraft evasion. He is shown here conferring with his attorney.
James T. Davis. (AT Wirephote.)
CohtincrPleads
Guilty in Draft
Evasion Case
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24-t
With his psychiatrist holding his
hand, accordionist Dick Contino
was led off to jail today for two
weeks. He had pleaded guilty to
trying to dodge the draft I
On August 7, Federal Judge
Michael J. Roche will hear a pro
bation report on the case, and will
pronounce sentence. v
The 21-year-old musician, wh
made as much, as 14.000 a week
playing the accordion in theaters
and nightclubs, skipped out of Fort
Ord on the eve of his Induction in
the army. He was found several
days later in a rest home. :
His attorney, James T. Davis,
had pleaded that Contino be per
mitted to enter military service
now.
Davis said "the boy now has
enough . strength to go into the
army and make a good soldier."
His draft evasion trial was in
terrupted today as the young man
told Judge Roche he wanted , to
change his plead ..to guilty. The
maximum sentence on the charge
is live . years in prison and a
$10,000 fine.
- Contino was trembling as he
was led from the courtroom. Dr
Percy Poliak, San Francisco psy
chiatrist, held one of bis hands. A
deputy marshal held another.
Condemnation
"but in this instance there Is
substantial difference between the
appraisal and the amount asked."
The Stiff property is the former
John McNary home on North
Summer near Center street.
The board made It plain It was
in no hurry to purchase the Stiff
property and that some agreement
might be reached without - court
action.
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry said a court "appraisal of the
Stiff property . might assist the
board in future purchases.
The board approved a bid; of
171,732, involving- construction: of
a new boiler Plant at the Oregon
state tuberculosis hospital. Sec
end bid was 'submitted by P. S
Lord mechanical contractor, j in
the amount of 311L35L
The board secretary was author
ized to advertise for bids for im
provement of 'the state supreme
court building here.
The state flax industry manage
ment was authorized to make ad
vance payments on 1S51 flax pur
chases on the basis of $30 a ton
for No. 1 Sax, (24 a ton for No. 2
flax, and $15 a ton for No. 3 flax.
Total payment will aggregate $23,-
Salem. Otvxtoq, Wdn day July
Ate
Pleads Guilty
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ing
Study Results
In Suggestions
Salem's League of Women Vot
ers recommended Tuesday that
this city's railroad crossing prob
lem be met by grade separation
at the Southern Pacific mainline
and by improved warning signals
at most other crossings. .
Meanwhile, the league's railroad
project committee continued its
survey by shifting emphasis to the
work of interviewing as many as
can be found of the 105 persons
injured and 471 motor , vehicle
drivers figuring in Salem crossing
accidents of the past 10 years,
During the same period 14 were
killed. -
On-the-Spot Studies
The broad recommendations
formulated Tuesday followed the
completion of the survey's initial
phase in which seven teams of two
women v each made on-the-spot
studies of nearly 150 rail crossings.
Members hearing the reports of
these teams in a general project
committee meeting under Mrs.
John Goldsmith's leadership Tues
day concluded that they already
had enough information to recom
mend better warning devices.
As for the mainline, they agreed
that the best safety solution would
be adoption of a four-year-old
Salem long range planning com
mission recommendation of a tun
nel for the mainline. But if the
cost is bar to this, league women
said, then individual grade separa
nons should be made and some
crossings,' like the Nebraska street
site of a reeent fatal accident,
should be closed. .
Signs for Alleys
- The recommendation yesterday
also called for stationary warning
signs in alleys' which - open into
streets with railroad tracks. :
. Team members, who studied
spur brack and other crossings as
well as mainlines of both Oregon
Electric and SP, reported many of
them without signs of any kind, or
with signs on only one side,; or
with no overhead iUuminaoon.
The information on each cross
ing will be forwarded to the city
traffic safety commission. League
teams included for the survey Mrs.
Frank Oettinger and Mrs. Farley
Mogan, co-chairmen, Mrs. Howard
Sargent, Mrs. Robert EL Gangware,
Mrs. Marvin Nettle ton, Mrs. Rob
ert Friedenrich, Mrs. John Dorr,
Mrs. Harper Wright Mrs. Bruce
Spaulding, Mrs. George Swartsley,
Mrs. Arthur Sliffe, Mrs. Hal De-
Sart, Mrs. L E. DeWeese, Mrs.
Gerhard Paeenstecher. . . . v .
In "the interview program begin
ning this Week, new league teams
will seek out the past victims of
crossing accidents to compile in
formation on accident causes and.
particularly, the economic cost of
accidents. Heading this program
will be Mary Laughfln. assisted by
Mrs. John Rademaker and Mrs.
Neil Brown.
Rail Cross
25, 1951
Phone
Strike in
'Recess'
Salem's 200 telephone workers,
who are members of the Com
munication Workers of America
were back on the job Tuesday,
after a strike by the union through
out Oregon had tied up phone sys
tems in Salem and' other mid
valley areas. I
Exchanges at Klamath Falls,
Forest Grbve and Gresham were
the only Oregon offices picketed
Tuesday. . V ! r
Jack Byrne, strike chairman of
local 8204, said that intermittent
strikes probably would continue
throughout the state until negotia
tions . with Pacific Telephone ! and
Telegraph Co. are concluded.!
Next time, uyrne said, tne plan
is for no notice to be given when
the strikers go otrL .
Back to Normal
Operations at Salem's four tele
phone 'company offices were ap
parently back to normal Tuesday,
according to Elmer A. Berglund,
Salem manager. He added that he
could not say how long this situa
tion would continue. !
Switchboards Monday, Berglund
reported, were operated by super
visory i employes of . the company
who were not members of the
union and who did not strike:
Fairly Normal" t :
"Even with many of the essen
tial people out, we still were able
to maintain fairly normal service,
except during peak hours when
calls were delayed," he said, j
Many men manned switchboards
throughout the day and evening
until the demand decreased j late
Monday night, Berglund said
Bruce .- Pickett. Salem : district
manager of Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company, said Tuesday
morning that the operating force
was never below 60 per cent of
normal in Salem Monday, j
Firemen-Battle
Yellow Jackets
Statesman News Service i
FOUR CORNERS, July . 24
Fire fighting isn't all fighting fires.
Dale Jeffries, a member of the
Four Corners volunteer fire de
partment can attest to that and
has the lumps to prove his point.
While the department was fight
ing the fire which destroyed the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wodze-
woda ' at Macleay Tuesday night
they raised the wrath of a nest of
yellow jackets. And Jeffries took
the brunt of the winged attack.
Treatment by a physician was re
quired for the estimated 40 stings,
mostly about Jeffries' face and
head. : '
Other members of the depart
ment, who also counted several
stings, had to turn the hoses on
Jeffries to dislodge the angry bees.
Jimmy Stewart to Star
In Film Shot on Mt. Hood
PORTLAND, July 24-(ffV-Movie
Star i Jimmy Stewart and other
members of a moving picture com
pany arrived here today to begin
filming a new movie on nearby
MtHood. , I
A crowd congregated at union
station when the actor left; the
train to shout greetings. :..
Memory Blackout
TACOMA, July 24-flJ-An ;eye-
witness story of a three-yeaf-old
slaying resulted today in the ar
rest of a man in Burlingame, Calif,
by the FBI and dismissal of mur
der charges a&nst another iman
here. ; r:y:-
The story was told to Pierce
county 1 sheriffs deputies by an
18-year-old girl, who said she
witnessed the rape-slaying of 17-year-old
. Noreen . McNicholas in
Bresemann's Park at nearby Span
away, Nov. 5, 1948. j
Silent for nearly three years,
Ella Mae Couper sobbed out her
story after entering the park July
14 under circumstances similar to
those of the night of the slaying.
In Burlingame, the FBI arrested
Bill Smith, jr, 28, named by Miss
Cooper as the slayer of the) 17-year-old
beauty school student
Smith told authorities he knew
the McNicholas girl, but didn't kill
her. - -v
.In Tacoma, Superior Judge
Bartlett Rummel dismissed a first
degree murder charge against
Robert Goebel, 72-year-old han
dyman charged 4With the - girl's
murder, -zj - 'jX vs v
The nude, battered body of the
Hrl was found in the park covered
with moss Jan. 18, 1949. A path
ologist said she had been ra
then strangled. Goebel bad
her do thine a week earlier.
Chief criminal deputy DickiMc-
Creadie said when Ella Mae. a
girl friend and two service men
drove into the park on their way
PRICE 5c
S HufOR9' Nations Favc?
Armed forces ftAerner
PARIS, July 24-ALand, sea
and air power of five European
countries would be merged in
to a 2,000,000-man internation
alized force to oppose commu
nist aggression under a preli
minary agreement reached here
today.
Delegations of France, Italy,
west Germany. Belgium and
Luxembourg decided that their
countries can best contribute to .
the western world's defense by 1
doing away with their separate i
-national armies and creating a !
single military force. . . J
- The decision still' needs ap- 1
proval by their
governments
and many details remain to be
worked out V , i gan because France has insisted
Geiu. Dwight D. Eisenhower Germany should be limited to
would have the top command as f something like combat teams of
supreme commander of . allied j 5,000 to 8,000 men to avoid the
forces in Europe. It would serve 1, danger of a rebirth of unbourid
as part of the European defense ed German militarism. i
: ' . ;
Fire Dest
roys
6-RoomHome
At Macleay
I Uteamaa Newt Service
FOUR CORNERS. July 24 Fire
destroyed the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Wodzewoda at Macleay
tonight while the family was
away.
Nothing was saved from the six-
room frame house which was lev
eled in less than half an hour. An
adjoining woodshed and garage
were also destroyed.
Four Corners volunteer fire de
partment was called to the scene
at 6:45 p. m. but the house was
completely; ablaze when they ar
rived. They succeeded in keeping
tne lire rrom spreading to nearby
grain and hayf ields. .
Neighbors said it appeared there
had been an explosion, breaking
windows outward. Cause of the
fire was not "determined. Mrs
Wodzewoda, who had gone shop
ping, said there had been no fire
in the house since morning. Their
four children were at neighbors
when the fire broke out.
The house, owned by Mrs. Louise
McGee, Portland, was valued at
$8,000. It was partially covered by
insurance! Household goods were
insured, Mrs. Wodzewoda said.
The Wodezwodas, including chil
dreh ranging from IS months to
18 years, were being sheltered by
neighbors. A drive was already un
derway to collect clothing, bedding
and furniture for the stricken fam
ily. !
Bonneville Eyes
Rainmaking Test
PORTLAND, July 24 The
Bonnevillei power administration
is considering artificial rain mak
ing as a means of boosting hydro
electric power resources of the Pa
cific northwest v
A Bonneville spokesman said to
day that negotiations had begun
with a nationally known weather
control firm for a preliminary sur
vey to determine if rain making is
practical, j
The area to be surveyed is in
northern Idaho and Montana.
;
to a dance July 14, Ella Mae sud-'
denly screamed: "Don't go into
this parkn
Bewildered, the soldiers took the
Cooper girl to the office of justice
of the peace Delbert Bresemann,
McCreadie said, where a recording
was made of her eye-witness story
in the presence of several deputies.
When Deputy McCreadie and
Russ Wall went to Goebel'shome
to tell him of the new develop
ment, his eyes filled with tears.
He had been at liberty on $7,500
bail. ) , ..- : :
"I couldn't go but of the house,"
ha said slowly. "I was afraid to
meet anyone. Last time X went out,
a little boy! looked at me and said,
"Go away, iyou's the man who sits
on the street and kills people If s
been a terrible thing.
"But God bless you fellows, God
sent you to me." ;.
EUa Mae told her story to a
Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter
late today.:
"AH we ! wanted to do was to
play hookey from school it was
only lust I a spur-of-the-moment
thing. A few minutes later one of
my very best friends, Noreen Mc
Nicholas, was dead. Killed while
I watched. Killed by one of the
boys we had gone with to get out
of school," she told the- reporter.
I had left my home on my way
to school. X got downtown and had
a cup of coffee or two when I met
Noreen and BilL We got into a car
and drove around a bit. Then we
met another man. Then we drove
No. 119
force he has been named to
build up from the 12 North At
lantic pact nations. '
. The agreement calls for . the
governments to enter into 50
year treaties with each other,
and v leaves the way open for
nations other than the original
five to take part.
Several disagreements still ex.
isting among the delegations
have been referred to higher
authorities.
- Among ; them is what size
units each nation would place
under European army command.
This has been the main point
I of issue since the conference be
Twins 'Double Up'
With Appendicitis
LONDON. Conn., July 24-P)
; When Marcia Dale Blake was
i admitted to .Lawrence hospital
here Sunday for an appendec
tomy her twin brother, Monroe
I Metcalf Blake, told her, "I'll
i be in to see you."
; He was. Although doctors say
f it is almost . impossible ' that
i twins should have appendicitis
i as close together as 24 hours,
i Monroe was taken to the hos-
pital forSn operation last night.
I The twins, ten-years-old, chil-
of Mrs. Fred C. Plank of Quak
er nai, are convalescing niceiy.
ins
Nomination
PHILADELPHIA, July 24-)-Dr.
Daniel A. Poling, 66-year-old
Baptist minister, tonight won the
republican nomination for mayor
oi Philadelphia.
: Walter P. Miller, 49, paper box
manufacturer, and Poling's prin
cipal opponent, conceded defeat at
10:38 p. m.; (EST).
At that time, on the basis of
returns from more than one-third
of the city's precincts, Poling had
built up a commaanding A to
lead.
i Poling, a native of Portland,
Ore., was backed by the republi
can city organization.
State Ghin-Up Club
Plans Expansion to
Nationwide Basis
i A plan to expand Oregon's Chin
Up club into a nationwide organi
zation was approved at a special
meeting in ! Portland, Beth Sell
wood, president, announced Tues
day night.
: Members approved a proposed
constitutional amendment to or
ganized chapters throughout the
United States and territories: The
amendment will permit the issu
ance of Chin-Up club charters.
Chapters have recently been or
ganized at Portland, Medford and
Camas, Wash.
Arrest Made
out to Bresemann's park. There
was a bottle of whisky. Some of it
we drank. Then we began argu
ing. Everybody began arguing.;
ill said i something to Noreen
and she ran out of the car: He
chased her.! She ran into a fence
and fell down. Bill begad to attack
her and -beat her then.
I didn't know what to do. I
was only 15.
"I was terrified when I saw that
awful thing happen. Bill came
back to the car and started to
drive us away. He threatened me
then and said he'd kill me U 1 told
anyone what had happened. He
told me to forget his real name
and call him only Jack,
"I went back to school that af
ternoon but I don't remember now
bow X felt.! I guess I just forgot
all about it, but I don't know. I
lust don't know.
1 "I felt bad when they arrested
that old man (Goebel). But I knew
all along somehow that be wasn t
guilty. I didn't- know ,why be
wasn't guilty, I Just knew it
know I would never - nave let
Goebel bang...
When the deputies came to talk
to me Just after Noreen's body
was found they asked me routine
Questions. I didn't tell them any
thing because I guess I Just didn't
remember anything then. ; C
The whole thing came back to
me ; when we drove into Brese
mann's park ten days ago. Since
that happened and I told about it
I feel wonderful.
"Just wonderful.'
.
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U.N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR-"
TERS, Korea, Wednesday, July 33
-iVAllied and red negotiators
held three sessions, 53, 30 and 29-
minutes today at Kaesong aw4
then adjourned: Thursday tfe"
showdown over the issue of fr
eign troop withdrawals.
They held their first face--
face meeting since -Saturday ia
the morning: Both sides then
agreed to a recess. They held two'
afternoon sessions.
Tne morninr Darlev lasted emto
long enough for each side to baa
read a prepared statement on ib
single issue still in dispute
whether to include troop with
drawals on a cease-fire agenda.
It was regarded as virtual!
certain the U.N. position was un
changed. The reds possibly
brought a compromise proposal Ut
today's meeting but there
nothing official on it
This was the ninth meeting..
The only remaining issue
foreign troops withdrawals. Tte
reds want it on the Sgenda for th
peace talks. United Nations dele
gates say it is a political matter
and should not be:: discussed in
these military talksj .
Asked far Recess f-
In the face of the firm alliaal-
stand, the reds last Saturday
ed for a .four day recess. .
The red radio: has been
mering on the troop withdrawal
demand as one of paramount in
terest to the communists but sumt ,
not said flatly they were prepared
to break up the talks over it.
Radio Moscow joined other i4
propaganda outlets in hammering
hard on the communist demanaia.
that any cease-fire agenda inrluei
the subject of foreign troop with
drawals from Korea.
Poses Ne Problem t
(In Washington Defense Secre
tary Marshall said withdrawal f
foreign troops "at the proper time"
would pose no problem if the red'
sincerely wanted tor work out a
"real settlement.? -a
(Marshall also outlined in
prepared statement four basie
conditions for an armistice settle
ment. They called for agreement
on: A military Hne. which would'
be defensible if; hostilities were
renewed; no reinforcement of
troops now in Korea; adequate
supervision and -actual inspect tea
behind opposing lines; satisfactory
arrangements' for exchange ef
prisoners.) u . .; .
Moscow Radio J .. .
Only a tew hours before the
meeting Moscow radio broadrsfft
the text of the,' Korean Cential
News agency report which said i
part: ?; ... .
"The withdrawal of foreign
troops is a practical; condition tur
the peaceful settlement of Mtm
Korean question. . 4? The interest
of . security and i Independence of
our country and the Interests ef
world peace demand the with
drawal of foreign troops.
"Our representatives in . Kae
song resolutely insist on the final
solution of this question. .
The red broadcast, did not spe
cifically say that agreement now
on troop withdrawal was a con-'
dition to the cease-fire agenda
under discussion, p
A nnarpntlv tVif iYim m.kl.
munis ts with an opportunity to
accept a cease-fire agenda and
yet press for troop, withdrawals
when "final settlement of the)
Korean question 1 is discussed.
Church Ranks '
Fill Rapidly
NEW YORld July 24 -TV-
American church membership in
1950 rose to 85,703,280 an un
paralleled 55 J per cent of the po
pulation, an annual survey show
ed today. , ; ;f .
The new figure ' represents a
membership gain of 2.950,987.
The report is compiled by the
Christian Herald: magazine which'
makes the only! comprehensive,
regular survey off church member
ship in the United States.
"The major faiths, the report
said, "continue in about the tnmm
proportion' to each ether.
"Protestants are still well In the
lead, with 58.5 f per cent cf n
church members; Roman CathcZie
claim 33.2 per cent of the total.
while Jewish congregations
count for 5.8 per cent" --
Other groups snake up the.
maining 2.5 per cent
Second Division Wins
Presidential Gtation
TOKYO. Wednesday Jul v 21W
MP)-The feat of ! the VS. SecvrJ
division in turning: back. se,M
Chinese - reds in central Kcies
May 18-21 and! inflicting 48,14
casualties has won lit the Presi
dential Unit citation.
The famed "Indianhead divi
sion was awarded the citation cn
Tuesday. ' - . ' : -
3-Day-OId Insurance
Policy Pays Off $6,000
KLAMATH FALLS. July 24-0T ,
Willis Glen Piggi signed up for an -insurance
policy with the CIO la-.
ternational Woodworkers of Amer
ica last month and paid a piewJ
um of ? . f
Three days later, on June 21,
he drowned In the Link river. To
day the union delivered to fcis
mother, Mrs. Arthur Pigg, lt,tI3
double indemnity payment for tls
accidental death.
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