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Tho'fUoSosinaii, ScdomOrecjon, To day' October 111351 British Send " A. . ; . : Troops to Control Anti- Keny Ship to Gunner Tosses a Whites : ft 4 NAIBOBI, Kenya UP) The British tent a battalion of troops and a cruiser to Kenya and declared a state of emergency Monday night in this East African colony in an effort to control; the fanatic, secret, anti-white society known as Man Mau. i ' The liau Maus, who take t blood oath to drive the British out of Kenya, have murdered at least 43 persons, set bn tidings and crops on fire and slaugmerea canje m the last few weeks. The organiza tion is said to number 200,000 of the Kikuyn' tribe. The announcement of a state of tial law followed by a few hours the arrival in Kenya of a battalion of the British Lancashire Fusiliers Xlown in from the Middle East, Uganda and Tanganyika. An airlift; of 12 planes made a nitrht landing on a clockwork ba- " sis at the Nairobi Airport Use of the airoort after nightfall-is con sidered an ' emergency operation. The action was taken under the military code nam "Operation Sterlinf. The men came equipped with rifles, lightonachine guns and sten guns. I At the same time the colonial office announced in London that the Cruiser Kenya would go to Mombassa. 400 miles from Nairobi, troops in the Kenya HighwayBoard show of in East to support capital. It was the first major' force Britain has made Africa in years. Britain fears Ken ya coxiki become another1 area of sruerrilla warfare like Malaya. So far as can be learned, however. -the Mau Mau has no Communist leadership or backing. Two thousand European volun teers Joined reinforced .police and British soldiers is patrolling Nai robi fafter a new wave of Mau Mau atrocities. Kenya's exclusive Nyero Polo Club, where Queen - Elizabeth watched the Duke of Ed inburgh play earlier - this year. was burned to the ground by Mau Mau raiders Saturday night. -It was in this African colony that Elizabeth learned of the death of her father. King George VI. She returned home from here to become Queen. Lie Detector Inconclusive' in California Case j RENO. Nev. IBDistrict Judge John Betford ordered Louis Ed mond Blair, 37, released Monday after Washoe county dist, atty, Jack Sreeter said the results of two lie detector tests were incon clusive. Blair had been held in connection ! with the mass slaying of four persons in Chester, Calif. Oct. 10. I The first lie detector test lasting almost two hours, was made by Inspector Albert E. Reidel of the Berkeley. Calif., poluice depart ment. The second was conducted by Streeter. 4 v -' - The' district attorney said both were Inconclusive because of "ad verse conditions." Streeter said the tests failed because Blair's at torney was in the room at the time. r . btreeters statement, was sec onded byj Disk Atty. Bertram Janes who added: "At this time we do not have sufficient evidence to charge Blair with murder, pur investigation is continuing in all its aspects. ' Milne Takes Oyer As New Manager Of Marion Hotel Del Milne, formerly assistant manager of Portland's Multnomah Hotel, Monday began his duties as manager of the Marion Hotel. He succeeds Guido Clerico; who re tired recently. . Milne said he plans no imme diate changes in the hotel opera tion. i . . ' y Acting manager until Monday was William' Hammond, vice pres ident of the Union Security Com pany which towns the Marlon. 7E ARE SORRY! . .; But the Film for . "HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" Wat Lost In Shipment and We Were Forced s To Substitute . NOW! The Film ; Has Been Found v And Will Be Shown as Advertised At The- Okehs Travel ParkBiid gets PORTLAND IB The State Highway Commission, holding its monthly meeting here Monday, approved 1953! budgets of $274,711 for the Travel Department and $1,001,000 for the Stat Park De partment. - ' i Commissicners reported, though. that these budgets and the general nignway budget, now under con sideration, would ; have . to be re considered If f a constitutional amendment providing for flat fee vehicle taxes is approved by vot ers at tne Nov. 4 election. The commissioners reported that the amendment, proposed by the trucking industry, would reduce highway revenues 17 million dol lars in the next two years. The trucking industry contends that tne weight mile tax program, approved by the last legislature. penalized them.; , Other Actio r.f' .- In other action Mondar the com mission: ; -l . Discussed asking the Legislature for an amendment to the law to allow the commission to sell logs which weightroasters force over loaded truckers to dump at weigh ing stations, j s Approved : an , agreement with Salem for cooperative' traffic sig nal installations, Approved ; expenditure " of 1400. 000 when funds become available for improvement of the Territorial Secondary Highway between Crow and . Gillespie j Corner in Lane County. -; i -j;: r .... Later Consideration Filed for i later consideration communication from tho Lane County Economic Developmen Committee and the Eugene Cham ber i ox Commerce urging early construction of the Clear Lake Road linking the McKenzie and Santiam Highways. Approved !a:s survey for perma nent location of Highway 99 West between Monmouth and Orr Cor ner in Polk County. ' Refused to reconsider-Its rejec tion of a plan calling for an over pass at the intersection of Boek- man Road and the Portland-Salem expressway in Clackamas County. The meetinff will continue Tija- day. i - s j . - Hot' Bomb From Plane TOKYO CR The Air Force said Tuesday a young aerial gun ner on a B-29 bomber throttled the fuse of a "hot" bomb with his bare hands to keep it from ex ploding, then literally "threw" it at the enemy.. j It credited Airman Jackie A. amerson, Asheboro, njc- with saving the lives of his fellow crew- members during- a mission over North Korea. J amerson, manning guns in the tail compartment, saw a fused (set to go-of!) bomb dangling loose in the bomb bay. He asked his pilot he should try to rehang the bomb, : although he was afraid this would be impossible since the cable was undoubtedly broken, j "That was really a spot to be in," the pilot said later. -If the bomb couldn't be renting, we'd have to salvo drop the load. To do this, the bomb bay doors would have to be opened.. The air blast would have started the bomb's fuse spinning and might blow us up. The only alternative was to head for the sea and bail out." Meanwhile, on his own initia tive, J amerson pulled off his para cnute, to reduce his size, and crawled into the bomb Kav The fused bomb, shackled with another one. was flapping danger ously against the bomb bay door. J amerson unfastened the fused bomb. Crouching low, he pushed I back to his tiny gunners com partment. There, he straddled the bomb, holding his hand over the fuse to keep it from arming it- sen, i .- The B-28 continued toward its target of, supply shelters in the Wonsan area on the East Coast of North Korea. When the "bombs away signal was given, tho gun ner lifted the bomb and gave it a "heave-ho" out of the compart ment, j " ;' EXPLORE MOUNTAIN LONDON ()fA party of British scientists started recently on a three-month expedition to explore the "Mountain of the Moon, the Ruwenzori range in Western Uganda, Africa; The group plans to explore j equatorial glaciers, prepare topographical data and make a geological map of the range wnoso j highest peaks are 17,000 feet above sea level. i Open 1:45 FJL Janet Lei ': ... Keenaa Wyna j Tearless Fagan" i-LI -'- 1 Shelley Winters "My Mem end H OPEN 6:43 P. M. NOW SHOW1NGI i fcy Continaoas Linda Darnell - In Technicolor - "Island of Deslra"' Tim Holt "Trafl Guide" CONTINUOUS Menard Todd -STORY OF ROSIN HOOD - In Technicolor -.; um Audio' Mnrphy "Duel at Silver CrteVf Color day. Adlai Say Ike Minus Policy, Faith m U.S. SPRINGFIELD. HI. UP) - Gov. Adlafc EL Stevenson Monday night pictured Gen. Dwight D. isen- hower as a man "with no policy, no program, and no rear faith in the future of America." Stevenson, the Democratic pres idential nominee, said in an ad dress prepared for a home town audience that Eisenhower, his GOP opponent, "goes around say ing one thing" only to have Re publican Sen. Robert A. Tart of Ohio, "assure the country that he (Eisenhower) really meant some thing else." Describing Taft as "the grea est authority on what the general really i thinks," the Illinois gov ernor added: followers ride off in all directions with the general struggling might ily to keep from falling off the thrashing elephant, tne expedi ency of it all is showing through no policy, no program, and no real faith in the future of Amer ica." Cattlemen Hire Latoyer To Handle Hustlers BAKER (AVThere's no doubt now that the days of the wild west are over and the vigilante meth ods for dealing with cattle rus tlers a thing of the past. The Oregon Cattlemen's Asso ciation has hired a lawyer to pros ecute cattle theft cases throughout Oregon. He is Attorney Blaine Hallock of Baker. Fred Phillips, a member of the board, said Mon X- "Ml -Lit: A iieallvuit - -. V l v . ers Supreme Court - a- m m t? - w-tj - - : Building FJ an Jury Selection Starts at Trial Of Mrs. Hansen (Story also on page 1.) Installation of a new Supreme Court building at the site pro posed just south of Union Street could be accomplished at any time to mark the limits of a long-range plan that would carry Oregon's needs for the next 25-35 years. This is the feeling of Architect Francis Keally of New York, in Salem this week to confer with state officials ! on Capitol - area plans. . ; - S Office BaUdhus The location; would allow three office buildings along the ALBANY. Ore. W Selection of a jury began here Monday fori more the second trial of Mrs. Margrethe mall south of Marion Street, and Hansen, accused of crushing her would not prevent extension of husband, Sigurd. 59, to death with the mall and buildings during the family automobile In 1950. C. succeeding generations to D Circuit Judge Victor Olliver re-1 street, as has; been suggested. M a i -M mar TT. 1 " w twitch th rmirt from ho ntf A the case without a jury. Mrs. Hansen was convicted last year of first-degree murder. A Corvauis jury recommended life imprisonment. The State Supreme Court threw out the . conviction, though, ruling there were errors in the instructions given the jury by Circuit Judge Fred McHenry of Benton County. Three of the Supreme Court judges thought the case should be dismissed for lack of evidence, but four others ruled for a new tnaL A change of venue, obtained by the defense, brought the trial here. The! woman s three daughters were in the courtroom for the start of the trial. They are Mrs. Luua Hansen Markmau, New York City, who caused a. stir by rushing past the ran into the arms of the mother she had not seen in more than a year. The other daughters are Djorg Hansen. Luna a twin, -and Mrs. William Tugman Jr. Djorg ia di rector of the Y.W.C.A. at Stanford University. Mrs. -Tugman is the wife of a Walla Walla. Wash., at torney. ; S jacent to the railroad mainline to another rail-line street, though quieter, Keally: expressed hope, as have city officials, that the Union Street tracks may eventu ally be removed. Asks Approval' ef Model Seeking a commission to pre pare the long-range scneme nn the spirit of the Capitol," the architect said,-: "I hope the state win approve my making a large- scale . model j pf an . buildings to represent 4he. master plan for 50 years." This should be placed in the Capitol rotunda for aU to see and become acquainted with the project and would put on the rec ord a logical diagram. He added he would like to make a complete landscaping scheme as wen. Keally asserted the opportunity for such a plan compares with the work of George Washington and designer Pierre L'Enfant, whose vision and comprehensive plan for Washington, D. C, in 1800 has been followed since. Of ficials retain the same responsi bility for Oregon, be urged. Salem, he pointed out, is devel oping one of the most beautiful capitol sites in the country be cause of planning. Such work is an "investment in the future." Hunters on Way Home From Idaho . Four Salem hunter who were with Dr. E. A. Lebold before he became lost in Idaho wilds for five days are now homeward bound too. Dr. Lebold walked out to safety Saturday and returned to Salem Sunday. The other four are Louf Neu- man, Milton G. Thomas, Dr. WIB- ard Thompson and Fred M. Snider. Their wives learned Monday that they were leaving the Payette Na tional Forest country and would be home by tonight They had bagged a total of three elk before joining in the search for Dr. Lebold last week. Mineral. production In Pennsrl- vania is worth well over a billion dollars a year, second onlv to Tex WAFFLES - flBMoogaBagaejBioooo With Hot Mapk Syrup and Whip Butter EVERY DAY . Brokft, Lunch and Dinner Eada Tonight -Open 6:45 Tuglea In Th Afternoon" Alo . "Aladdin And His Lamp" Starts Tomorrow - Open 8:45 WW iWTKCXT STEEL CIXAX SKERSJUI - Second Snrpriso Feature The Gate Open t:3 Show At 7:15 Starts Tooite (Tnes.) Action and Saape; rtaa - -HIGH NOON Gary Cooper - Plaa -.';-;'L--"-la Technicolor 1YDIA BAJIFT' Dale Sobertsoa T Anna. Francis D:f3 yc'jr TUl:iv!n2cn3yn: of spcrts v.1i!i r i - 00 ar nana I I U J ; U UlU oqju tzzvj vc"73 Willi cxc&sivb CCV7 m. a n j ! : - Tke "CoeHeoetaT IEXMCDA ', . Model C-211I m . True modernity distinguishes . this luxurious cabinet of genuine blonde Korina wood veneer, with rolden-plastie escutcheon. All-channel VHF-UHF, Ra dio, convenient PhonoJack and earphone . plugin provision make it an . H-roond rrJUlP 1KI THO AY I master cf fine r antertainmenL , ' - EASY TEmSI LOT 1 -4(185 w Forecastino; new hori zons in long distance call ing, 10,000 telephone us ers in EnglewoodNew Jersey.. .in a trial service ...can now dial their own calls across the nation. : 4r 7 : I r v -A 1 ,f 5? . iwi?,!'.,f'f.j,.j3 i TivllllTS ; nri ft Is i t i j t I . ! i ? : v - ' 'I 1 r- - . . hm . " -A i : ' -- ' , - f How we're thinking and planning ahead to bring you still better, more useful service The telephone service you enjoy today would be almost tin recognizable to telephone men even a generation ago. For, while we obviously can't put out a new "moder of service eveiy year, changes and improvements in telephone equip ment, facilities and service come steadily. Even the best service is never good enough to those who create it for you. . ... i .... .. ':::. j. '.v ' . ' : '"' ' ' V' ' V : " ' A... y r -- .... ,,..,....... ' ' Ift 'n ilWi.ll1,iilr'.t..'IIHH rtandaett One of its advantages Is allowing us to use smaller wires to link telephones with the central office, saving for defense needs an estimated 3,000 tons of copper in the Bell System in 1952 alone. Hie new nanoset, snnpunea Baioauuc aiwuuuu ins of long distance calls are just three examples of how we're planning and building today to keep your telephone service ue Desi in uio wurtu. 1. This machine helps keep tab on outof-town calls dialed direct by telephone users. Irs part of a system called ''auto matic message accountmg.and will prove a more efficient way of handling our record-keeping. If s another develop ment designed to reduce our costs of providing service ...a saving which is. of course, passed along to you as ithelpji us hold down the rates we must charge for service. " Pacific Telephone CASE ENOUGH TO XEA2E ENOUEH-COUUURITY CHEST Your tolophono is ono of lay's best bargains The many new telephone developments in recent years hare both improved service and have helped us grow to meet tremendous, . demands for srvice.'Wve": grown so fast, in fact, that we now have over 10,000 more telephone operators than were on the job ten . years ago. .- I 1570 Lena At. Open 2-Ionu. Wed. FrL Evenrng y 1 i
