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reau. McNary Field. Salem): Fair i
continued mild todav. tonight, i
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Portland, Sunday
Here I am, fog-bound, until
Hoon. The fog though is in Seattle,
not Portland. 1
The delay gives me time to read
the Portland Sunday papers be
fore taking off for a several
weeks' stay in New York. One
needs to travel in other parts to
realize the high, quality of Ore
gon's newspapers, not only the two
in Bortland but others in various
cities of the state.
The item which caught my eye,
however, was Robert Vogeler's
urging us to "get tough" with
Russia. He is the guy our State
Department paid ransom for to
.Czechoslovakia. . Then we were
; "soft," yielding to the plea of his
comely wife. Now we are "tough" ,
and are letting William Oatis lan
guish in a Prague prison.
Just how tough does Vogeler
want us to get with Russia? We
have shut off most of - our trade
, with the USSR and discouraged
trade of other nations with Rus
sia. We have headed a military
alliance against Russia. How much
tougher should weget?
It comes in poor "grace for Voge
ler, who was ransomed from a
Communist prison, to be preach
ing "getting tough" with Russia
(and campaigning for Joe Mc
f Carthy in Wisconsin). He should
- be eternally grateful that our gov
ernment was "soft" enough to
"fork aver" for his release.
Before we swallow the glib
phrase about getting tough with
Russia we should know just what
it involves, and what the chance
of success such a policy has. As
the supreme isolationist nation of
ur time, Russia may welcome our
. "toughness. Or does Yogeler want
' us to go to war, now that he is in
a free country? ;
Washington Mirror
Cordon Findjs
Time Lag' in
Europe Defense
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Statesman Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Sens. Guy
(Cordon (R-Ore.) and John Mc
Clellan (D-Ark,) found "defici
encies" in the mutual security re
armament program for Western
Europe which they believe "are
dangerous to its success."
The Senators reported their i
findings briefly in a letter to
Chairman McKellar of the Appro
priations Committer which sent
them tol Paris, Heidelberg, Munich
and London in September to ex
amine into the expenditure pf
funds which the committee had
approved. I
' "We found the American Armed
Forces working hard and intelli
gently to forward the over-all de
fense program," they reported.
"We-were struck, however, by the
fact that certain components of
the program are facing a danger
ous time lag." i
They attributed the lag to "the
differences in attitude between
the nations seeking to co-operate"
i and the problem of getting agree
ment among the various nations
who each have different political
and economic factors to weigh in
, considering military 7 necessities.
They noted a lack of civilian man
power in certain areas and dif
ferences in construction methods
and customs in various countries.
Illustrating their findings, the
senators said: "Where our people
in charge of defense planning and
execution seek to advance the de
fense program with the greatest
Eossible speed and adequacy, the
ost nations feel they are required
to develop thei defense program
with a view to. the least possible
injurious effect upon their own
civilian economy, with particular
respect to inflationary aspects.
This ... results in the time lag
of essential portions of the over
all program." !
Sen. Cordon said no detailed
report would be made public, add
ing, "That's a good way to get a
I headline but it doesn't help our
relations with these countries."
He said the 10-day trip -was sat
isfactory and valuable to his ex
amination of the new budget and
to questioning of Administration
officials in committee hearings.
Animal Crackers
Bv WARREN COODRICH
so this Columbus' fellow
comes cshore and sex, bud. Is this
India? end I MX. men, org you
ver lost! ..."
102nd YEAR
Boy Nimrods Show Up Fathers
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These two boya ontlneked their dads In stirrinr up deer In the Me-
tolios River country west of Bend. Gene Shirley (left), is, bagged
the 220 pounder shown In the photo. Fred Caswell, 12, shot one
which dressed oat at 185. Fathers T. F. Shirley, 445S Sunnyside
Ave and L. K. Caswell, 470 W. Madrona Ave didn't ret a shot.
Lebanon Given Praise
At hospital Dedication
T.F.RANONTon nublic health officials of the nation including
the U. S. Surgeon General helped Lebanon dedicate its $750,000 com-
mimitv-Vniilt hnsnital here Sundav. ' ' '
i PHnrtnal sneaker at dedicatory
High School auditorium was Leonard A. Scheele, surgeon general of
the Public Health Service. He lauded Lebanon citizens who con
tributed time, money and effort
toward the hospital project.
'Today, we must . . . rejoice
with the people of Lebanon in the
completion of a job long needed,"
Scheele said. "We see here how
one small community has solved
its problem.' Who can doubt then
that the country as a whole will
do likewise? The strength and
vision of Lebanon can be multi
plied a thousand-fold, or ten
times a thousand-fold if need be."
The new Lebanon hospital was
the thousandth to be completed
under the National Hospital Con
struction Program in which the
federal government matched community-raised
funds to finance
building.
Gov. Douglas McKay praised
Lebanon's "hundred" who kept
the fund raising drive rolling to
wards a completed hospital. "This
hospital is one of the most out
standing1 cooperative community
efforts that I know of," the gov
ernor said. McKay also noted that
Oregon now" has the lowest ma
ternal death rate in the U. S.
which he said is because 99 of 100
babies are born in hospitals.
Other dignitaries here for the
program which included a tour of
the hospital and guest luncheon at
Melody Lane were Paul Caulk,
formerly with the Public Health
Service; Siewart Hunter, assistant
to the surion general; R- E. Heer
man, president-elect of the Amer
ican Hospital Association; Dr. Al
phonso Brand, regional director of
PHS;-Dr. Masou Hargett, on the
regional board of. PHS; and
Harris Ellsvorth. congressman
from the .Fourth District. Master
of ceremonies was William R.
Thomas, Lebanon attorney. John
Nylund, president of the Lebanon
Hospital Association, presided.
South Koreans
Beat Off Reds
SEOUL (-South Korean troops
battling from newly dug trerc
positions atop White Horse M ob
tain in the glare of Red search
lights, beat off one savage Chinese
Communist charge Sunday night,
and braced for more enemy as
saults on its bloodied slopes. ,
Nw lighting flared on another
hill three miles east of the em
battled height during the night as
the swaying action raged into its
seventh day. . ' .
Despite casualties estimated at
more than 0,000 dead and wound
edequivalent to a full division
in less than a week, the Chinese
showed few signs of giving up the
battle for White Horse. '
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ceremonies held in the Lebanon
Trenton Prison
Revolt Fails
TRENTON, N. J. (ff)-About 20
knife-carrying prisoners barrl
caded themselves in a wing of
Trenton State Prison with 300 fel
Low inmates i Sunday night and
staged s two-hour revolt.
The riot was broken up when
correction officers firing machine
guns over the inmates' heads
broke through a barricade of
stools, tables and wooden scaffold'
Ing.
Two Inmates were wounded by
ricocheting' bullets, prison ofii
dais said. One of the prisoners
was reported in serious condition
In the hospital with a bullet
wound high in his chest. The other
suffered only a superfiical wound
in the hand, they said. '
Three correction officers were
held as hostages by the convicts
but were unharmed.
RED TEA CP MEET ENDS
TOKYO (F The Red China
Radio safd the Communists' Asian
and Pacific "peace" conference in
Peiping cosed in the eary morn
ing hours after urging the United
Nations to "bring about an im
mediate armistice in Korea" on
Red terms.
Soviet Armies in East Germany
Pull Back; No Build-up Noted
By DANIEL de LTJCE
BERLIN m Four of the six
Soviet armies in East . Germany
are now pulling back to winter
quarters after the calmest man
euver period in Iron Curtain his
tory.: . .' . . .
Only two armies still are en
gaged in tough affensive exercises
along the Elbe River. Allied infor
mants said, but these are due to
be completed early in November.
No significant changes in Rus
sian "invasion" training were re
ported during the mock war
games, which began last April.
They involved a total of 200,000
troops in 30 divisions. Western mil
itary analysts said today that So
viet ground aad air strength in Ger
many has undergone practically
no buildup in 1952 fronl other cold
war' years.. ::
The Oregon Stcrtekmcm,
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uss.
Murder
t
Found
rwrcSTER. Calif. UrV The wid
ening hunt for the vicious killer of
a well-liked Chester grocery man
and three children was intensified
Sundav with the discovery, of a
blood-caked lead j pipe, believed to
nave Deen ine :muraer weapon.
-The pipe was found in the under
growth near : a L backwoods logging
road where the I beaten rxxues oi
Gard Young, . 43, his daughters,
Judy, 6, Jean, Tv and a neighbor
boy( Michael Saile, 4, were stuffed
In the trunk of a car. r
The only survivor was young's
third daughter, Sondra, 3, who
the killer aDDarently took for dead
before jamming her body In with
uie uuicrs. t
An autoDsv bv Dr. Robert Green-
man. Plumas .County deputy cor
oner, revealed all the victims died
of crushed skulls; ,
Greenman said Younf. ' whose
wrists were bound with white sash,
CHESTER, Calif. Wi Three
men were detailed at Aubuquer
o.ne, N. M., Sunday night in con
nection with the; brutal robbery
alayinr of a Chester rroeeryman
and three children. The men
held evernight for questioning by
New Mexico state . police re
turned voluntarily to Albuquer
que for questioning after; being
stopped east of Sthere. v
was struck twice on the head,
The children were beaten from be
hind. !
Sondra, who buffered a skull
fracture, was: reported ."doing
well" at nearby Westwood Hospi
tal and is expected to recover
Plumas Sheriff M. H. bchooi-
er had- planned; to Question the
child Sunday, but she was sun in
shock. i I
The piece of pipe was found by
sheriff's deruties who scoured the
rugged pine zorests oi mmas ana
Lassen , counties 1 for leads to i the
killer, who escaped with $7,100 in
loot. i i " :! ! -
Young had withdrawn the mon
ey Friday from a Westwooa Danic,
taking the childjren along fori the
ride. He and the children were en
route home -when attacked,
Officers, said they had few leads
to go on. They questioned 14 per
sons but released them -: all t by
early morning.
Twistirig Roads
Throw Curves
To Couhcilmeh
If councilmed aren't careful
they are liable jto take a wrong
turn tonight as they consider pro
Dosals to change the names of
some streets in the twisty confus
ion of Kinewood Heights.
Public hearings and city brdirv
ances are on the: agenda tonight
which would make these changes:
1. Part of Cascade Dr. between
Parkway Dr. and Rosemont Ave.
to Rosemont Ave. " f
2. Part of Cascade Dr. between
Parkway and Rosemont Ave. to
Bonnie Way. i .
3. Part of Parkway Dr. between
Bonnie Way and Orchard Heights
Rd. to Cascade Dr.
This means that sections of Cas
cade may become Rosemont or it
may become Bonnie way and parts
of Parkway, also! tangled up in the
hill area, may become a part of
Cascade. That Is if you're north'f
Bonnie Way otherwise it -will still
be Cascade, or Is it Bonnie Way7
Rosemont? ; i- : '
Mister Mayor!! V I
THUNDERJETS HOP OCEAN
AN AIR BASE IN NORTHERN
JAPAN (JP) Twenty-four F-84G
Thunderjets landed .Monday on
schedule at this! air base after a
2,500-mile flight from i. Midway
Island during which they were re
fueled In the aiir by huge JVtt-zif
1
With Allied soldiers outnumber
ing Russians iri Germany by at
least 100.000 men. this year was
marked by an I absence of Euro
pean invasion jitters,
. Allied generals no longer : ex
pressed worry over the possibility
of a Soviet surprise attack, cy reg
ularly based forces in East Cer-
many. They said - the - Russians
would have to reinforce heavily
and thereby lose the element of
surnrise.
For the first! 'time, too, these
generals looked on the Rhine Riv
er as a line wmcn nugnt De new
even under a huge Red onslaught
Before, it had been rated, as a
best, a position for a delaying ac
tion. ' - ,j: -:, I --v.. , i.-
In September! Europe's tradi
tional : invasion j months more Al
lied troops than; Russian maneuv
ered across Germany.
Weapon
Salem,' Oregon, Monday, October
Admit Firing
Earthquake Felt
In San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP)- A
rolling, earthquake felt in
downtown San Francisco as two
distinct shocks struck the San
Francisco area Sunday after
noon apparently without caus
ing : any more serious damage
than broken dishes and crock-err-
j
The quake was felt at 4:34
pjn. in (he San Francisco As
sociated Press bureau as a slid
inr, sidewise m o 1 1 o n lasting
aboat 15 seconds.
' It was felt in all parts of the
city, in 'suburbs to the north
and south and along the eastern
shore of , San Francisco Bay.
Mother Jailedin
Fatal Stabbing
ROSEBURG (VA. 29-year-old
mother of two children Sunday
admitted the fatal stabbing of a
man who roomed in . her home
here. -.
District Attorney Robert Stults
said the woman, Mrs. Mary Jewel
Gilpin, said in a signed statement
she stabbed L. C. Parker, 40, with
a hunting knife in a quarrel that
started at a dance. Saturday night
at nearby Tenmile.
, Mrs. Gilpin said Parker became
angered because she danced with
other men. She said she went
home in a taxicab with a 17-year-old
youth, whose name was with
held by police, r
when I Parker arrived later,
Stults quoted Mrs. Gilpin as say
ing, the quarrel was resumed, and
she seized the knife and plunged
it into his chest. She then flagged
a car and told the occupants to
call police. ; 1 .;
Parker was found on the back
porch, of 'the house. He died on
the way. to a hospital.
Stults said he would file a man
slaughter charge against Mrs. Gil
pin. j I
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French Drive;
In Indochina
HANOI, Indochina (VFrench
Union forces launched their ' first
winter offensive against the Com
munist-led Vietminh Sunday. It
is aimed at entrapping and wiping
out sizeable enemy concentrations
between Minn Binh and Phat
Diem, 85 to 65 miles southeast of
Hanoi. 1 - - !
Squadrons of planes dropping
napalm i bombs, mobile artillery
and 1,000 paratroopers led off the
attack in the rice fields and hills
along the Day River. The French
were using an estimated 10,000
troops in the first big drive since
the long seasonal rains ended.
hTwo Fires in
The State ' Forestry Department
reported two fires burning in Coos
County Sunday, as the fire danger
continued to remain high under
acontinued -forecast of fair weath
er. I ' :
One fire is near Langlols and
burning in a slash area. The other
was at Belmar. -
' All Western Oregon woods re
mained closed to loggers and hunt
ers. : ,.i j ..
The weather bureau forecast
fair : and warm weather through
Tuesday. ri; ; i :.
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Train Scrapes
Side of Auto
A Portland man narrowly es
caped injury Sunday night when
his ran was scraped by a south
bound ' Southern Pacific ; freight
train at State and 12th streets.
Police said David C. Demers
said he stopped behind another
car at 'the intersection and failed
to see the oncoming train." Demers
was going north. The entire right
side ox Jus car was caved in.
Bos to Take Stevenson
Backers to Pendleton
PORTLAND (Volunteers for
Stevenson said Sunday a chartered
bus would take supporters of the
Democratic candidate' for Fresi
dent from here to Pendleton Wed
nesday,. ?
Gov. Adlal Stevenson Is sched
uled to make an afternoon address
there Wednesday It will be his
only Oregon . stop on a western
campaign tour. He. visited other
Oregon paints on an earlier trip.
Roseburg After
Coos-County
13, 1952
State Civil Defense Chief
Stricken by IHIeart Attack
Jack A. Hayes, state director of civil defense, was in "extremely
critical" condition at Salem General Hospital Sunday where he waa
taken after collapsing from a heart attack at his home.
; Hayes, 45, was working in the garden at his home, 2045 Virginia
tL, when ne had the neart at-
tack, but first aidmen said he was
able to get to the house before he
collapsed. He had two more seri
ous attacks after he was brought
to the hospital, attendants said,
Jbut was resting comfortably later
Sunday evening. !
Hayes has been director of the
state civil defense since February,
1951.Before that he was affiliated
with the state fire marshal's of
fice, r
As vice chairman of the Far
West Association of State Civil
Defense Directors, Hayes is sched
uled to attend a meeting! of the
association next week in Phoenix,
Ariz. "-
Associates in Hayes office said
he had been working at an intense
pace for the last few months but
apparently he had not suffered
from heart trouble before he was
stricken Sunday.
Adlai Aide Says
Independents
Leaving Ike
SPRINGFIELD, m. tf) Gov.
Adlai E. St)evenson's campaign
manager claimed Sunday night
there is a "major shift" of inde
pendent voters underway : from
General Dwight D. Eisenhower to
ward the Democratic nominee.
Wilson Wyatt. Stevenson's too
adviser, told a news conference he
believes the movement is of such
"emphatic volume" as to point to
ward victory lor the Democratic
candidate in next month's elec
tion. .
In the same vein. Secretary of
Labor Tobin came up with a pre
diction that Stevenson -will carry
xvew York state, with Its vital 45
electorial votes, because Of "disil
lusionment" mong the voters with
Eisenhower s campaign actions.
When Eisenhower marriwl .Tptw
ner and McCarthy, he had "to pay
a great price and that price is
losing uie state oi New York."
Tobin told a meeting of labor
leaders here.
Tobin said this had caused a
tremendous number" of inde
pendent voters in New York to
switch from Eisenhower to Stev
enson. Wyatt said that trend is
widespread throughout the coun
try.; ; -! -
"This is going on to such an ex
tent that we think the shift of peo
ple from Eisenhower - is being
made in a major way," Wyatt
said.
Reds Take Ballot
Beating in Belgium
BRUSSELS, Belgium W So
cialists made important advances
and Communists were taking a
solid beating in municipal elec
tions throughout Belgium Sunday.
The Conservative Social : Chris
tian Party, which now controls
parliament and the government,
was losing ground nearly every
where in the country. It looked
as if the Socialists would have suf
ficient backing to launch a cam
paign for dissolution of Parlia
ment and the holding of new na
tional . elections. i ,
ANGLO-RUSS PACT NEAR
LONDON (yP)-A new trade pact
for further British purchase of
Russian grain is near the . signa
ture stage, a Food Ministry official
said Sunday. He said negotiations
have been going on for several
weeks, with deliveries . from the
1952 crop involved. ; ; n -
Secret Alaska Radar Base Plugs
Gap in American Arctic Defenses
. SEATTLE UP) A secret radar
base, plugging a gap. in the Far
North's air raid warning network,
has been carried, out by airlift in
the inaccessible 'wilds of Alaska,
the Post-Intelligencer said today.
Quoting tlie Alaska Air Com
mand, with headquarters at An
chorage, the newspaper ; said the
base on an interior Alaska moun
tain peak , was built-entirely by
Air Force and Army workers at
a cost of $275,000.
Comparable installations in Al
aska were said to carry a price
tag of about IVx million dollars
under civilian contract. Neither
figure included electronics equip
ment.'; . The exact site of the new base
remains undisclosed. But the Air
Force said it is in the heart of
the Alaska mountain wilderness
100 miles from the nearest trail or
navigable river.
The Post-Intelligencer said -the
Alaska Air Command told this sto
ry about the new radar installa
tion: f " ,
-'A hole. In the Arctic radar
"fence" was discovered - in mid-
PRICE 5c
at U.S. Bomber
Councilmen
To Oppose 2
Bills on Ballot
I Opposition to two ballot meas
ures covering labor regulations for
police anq foremen will be pre
sented by six of eight Salem alder
men at tonight s city council meet
ing. .....
A resolution against the meas
ure prescribing a 40-hour work
week for police and radio depart
ments will be introduced by Alder-1
man Don w. Fry, Ward 4; Chester!
I. Chase, Ward 2; Earl Burk.
Ward 8; Tom Armstrong, Ward 6;
Robert White, Ward 7; and James
Nicholson, Ward 1. Aldermen
David O'Hara, Ward 5 and Gaud
Jorgensen, Ward 3 did not join in
introducing the bin.
The same six expressed objec
tions in a resolution to a proposed
charter amendment which pro
vides for a bargaining committee
or compulsory arbitration for the
police and fire departments for
matters of pay, pensions and work
ing conditions. Both measures will
be voted on at the general elec
tion, Nov. 4:
i Along with the 40-hour week bill
is authorization of a special tax
levy not to exceed two mills to
cover expense of additional men
and equipment necessary to com
plete the week.
The second measure Is appar
ently designed to withdraw from
city government the right to legis
late on matters relating to com
pensation, ' pension and working
conditions of members of the
police and five departments.
Deer Hunter's
BulletKillsSon
i KLAMATH FALLS (ff)-A Kla
math Falls man was fatally
wounded Sunday in a deer hunt
ing accident on Little Aspen Butte,
16 miles nrothwest of here.
The victim was Richard Andrew
Moore, 23. He was hunting with
his father, Vernon Moore, and
Raymond Beauchamp, also of
Klamath Falls.
The accident occurred when the
party was seeking deer in heavy
brush. The father spotted a deer
and fired and the son, wandering
into the line of fire, was struck in
the throat He died in about half
an hour.
Burglars Rob
Wink's Tavern
An estimated $84.50 was taken
from Wink's, Tavern at 536 Edge
water Dr. early Sunday,-In the
third burglary try in the past two
months.
. In one previous entry the rear
of the tavern was broken Into,
but nothing was taken. Several
weeks later, an attempt was made
to saw through the floor of the
tavern. . ' . '
Sunday the burglar rifled a shuf
fleboard machine of some $70, and
cleaned a little over $14. out of a
music box. . -.
Entry was made, police-reported,
by splitting open a rear door which
entered into the storeroom. t
1951. Air . reconnaissance showed
the remote peak to be the best
location for a new installation.
The next question was "how to
build it?"
Maj. Gen. William D. Old, bead
of the Alaska Air Command, said
"go ahead, regardless," although
there were no funds to pay for the
Job and no time to wait for esti
mates and bids by civilian con
tractors, v
CapL Frederick D. R- Sparre
vohn, of the 10th Air Rescue
Squadron was the first man to
set foot on the mountain, flying
there by helicopter in July, 1951,
after frightening away four de
fiant bears.
. Meanwhile, Lt CoL Fred A. De
yo, commander of the 531st Air
craft Control and Warning Group,
ransacked every base and post in
Alaska for used machinery, spare
parts and other needed material.
The only money available was the
small surplus from several com
pleted projects.
i Work, went ahead. , Five men
were ferried by helicopter to the
No. 2C2
Reds Put
Blame
On B-29
LONDON OP) The Russians
said Monday that their fighter
fired on the American B-29 bomb-
er which disappeared over the
northern tip of Japan last Tuesday .
with a crew of eight. 1
i The Moscow Radio said a Soviet
note handed to the U.S. Charge
d' Affaires in Moscow Sunday
charged that the Superfort violet-
ed the Soviet frontier and then
opened fire on Soviet fighters.
The incident, said the broadcast,
took place near Rusian-occupied -Yuri,
one of the small Kuril e -
lands only 18 miles from Hokkai
do, northernmost island of Japan, i
Seen on Radar ' -
The U. S. Air : Force renorirf :
the bomber was last seen on a ra '
dar screen when the bomber -
TOKYO (JP) A Far East Air
Forces spokesman said Monday
the U. S. B-29 bomber that dis
appeared last Tuesday CT
Hokkaido, Japan's northernmeet
island, with a crew of elgfet
"carried no guns and no gua
ners." i: i
track crossed with a plane . ap
proaching from the Russian-occupied
Kuriles. .The plane carried
a crew of eight. -
The Soviet note said the inci
dent originated in the area f
Vladivostock. v
The note said "the Soviet gov
ernment lodges determined protest
against this new case of violaooat i
of the Soviet state- frontier by
American military aircraft and de
mands that the government of fha -UJSA.
adopt measures to preveKt
violation of the Soviet state fron
tier by American aircraft.
Note Informs U.S.
"The Soviet government deems
it necessary to inform the Ameri
can government of the following:
"According to checked informa
tion by competent - Soviet bodies
on Oct. 7, about 3:30 pjn, Vladi
vostock time, a four-engined t
bomber B-29 bearing U. S. identi
fication marks violated the Soviet
state frontier In the area of the
island of Yuri.
"Two . Soviet fighters went Bp
calling on the American bomber
to follow them and land at the--nearest
airdrome. , 1
"Instead of complying with this ;
legitimate demand by the Soviet
fighters, the aircraft that had com
mitted the infringement fired est
them. -
i'When Soviet fighters returned
the fire the American bomber de
parted In the direction of the
sea." i - r
On Traininr Mission
The U. S. Air Force said the
American B-29 was on a training
mission over the narrow wateta
dividing Hokkaido and the KurHet
and was in Japanese waters whes
last, seen on the radar screen.
American officers said the B-Z9
flashed a distress call, and a crew- -man
was heard to shout, "let
get the hell out of here" Just be
fore the bomber vanished from
the screen. -
Search planes later found an
oil slick in .the area where the
plane disappeared.
The incident recalled the disap
pearance of a J S. Navy Priva
teer, an unarmed patrol - plane.
which was lost over the Baltic ;
in Europe In April, 1950.
ULBRICIIT SAID ILL
BERLIN (JP) A rumor drca
lated in West Berlin Sunday that
East Germany's Communist boss;
Deputy Prime Minister Walter Cl
bricht, is seriously ill in Moscow.
" SALEM PRECIPITATION'
bice Start at Weather Tear Sept 1
This Year
JO
Last Year
C.4S
Norm
site of the new lofty base, gic
the code name "bparrevohn"
honor of the 'copter pilot
The next day. 20 more i
were flown there, along with.
tractor frame and tracks.' Withte
the next 20 days. 130,000 pounds
of supplies and equipment, ia-
cuding three tractors and bol
dozers, were dropped by para
chute. An airstrip was scraped out ef
the muskeg on a 7 per cent grade
in the valley at the foot of the
mountain. C-82 Flying Boxcars
were able to make the risky
landing. But so dangerous is the)
let-down and landing that replace
ment pilots for the airlift raost
make 12 trips from a central sa
ply base to the strip before hand
ling the controls themselves.
The radar base was put fade
operation last December, sd
permanent buildings and barratts
were completed this summer.
Men now stationed there recedv
double credit toward rotation. The
normal Alaska tour of duty now i& j
two years.
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