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i t Clhurclhiill By EV3eptai Fatiigiuie WESTERHAM, England WVPrime Minister Churchill is "suf fering from general fatigue which is probably more mental than physical," his son-in-law, Christopher Soames, said Sunday. Soames, who called on Churchill at his Chartwell country home here Sunday morning, told newsmen "Sir Winston's condition is not such that it is likely either to deteriorate or improve from day . - . '. . , , to day." 7t "T yr 1( "K IT I "He is simply suffering from gen- i - In PaIiAT P!a IVUiC London Richard Austen Butler, Britain's budget chief, will take ever the reins of the Con' servative government while Premier Winston Churchill takes a complete rest on orders of his physicians. Tne 78-year old Churchill will be out of action for at least a month, forcing another postponement of the Big Three Bermuda con ference which had been sche duled to get under way July 8th. (AP WDJEPHOTO) v A bill now in congress would increase the number of members of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from seven to ten mem bers. This circuit embraces Cali fornia, Oregon, Washington, Ne vada, Idaho, Arizona, Montana and the territories of Alaska, Ha waii and Guam, the largest area of any of the ten judicial circuits. Chief Judge William Denman recommends splitting the dis trict instead of merely adding three more judges. The new circuit would include Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana and Alaska. Assigned to this cir cuit would be the three judges now serving: William Healy, Boise; Walter L. Pope, Missoula; and Homer T. Bone, Tacoma. One effect of a division and reassignment would probably be that new Appointments would go to the remainder of the ninth circuit Oregon judges and at torneys with aspirations might not like this; and Oregon surely is in line for consideration if new circuit judgeships are created by this administration. Oregon has had no 'judge on the circuit court of appeals since the late Bert L. Haney of Portland. Now there are three from California, one each from Nevada, Idaho, Washington and Montana. Ranking just under the U. S. Supreme Court the Circuit Court of Appeals is one of the most important courts in our judiciary. A great many cases get no high er because the Supreme Court refuses jurisdiction which means f that the-decision of the Appellate court is final; The Oregon State Bar Bulletin endorses the creation of" a new circuit- Also it reports there is a growing interest in setting up (Continued on Editorial Page) Max. Mia. Prccip. 91 .12 alem Portland a 54 .13 Ran Francisco 63 SI .00 70 trace Chicaro M New York 84 FORXCAST (from V. S. Weather Iy doudy with scattered showers to day. Partly cloudy tonight and Tues day. Not much chance In tempera ture with the high today near 70 and the low toedcht near 46. Temperature at U.-01 un. waa 54 decrees. SAUCM rKEdFRATIOK Sfaee Start of Weather Tear Sept 1 This Year 43 JU Last Year 41.97 Normal 21 SI Animal Crackers1 By WARREN C000WCH ai ioo44d.mja.ooo aft: jMh XI CRT sauce TO) ODDS Pfegioedl: i eral laugue wmcn is prooauijr more mental than physicalA Soames. a Conservative member of Parliament and husbandVef Churchill's daughter Mary, did not elaborate. But he said "I don't think it is a case in which there wi'l be any daily bulletin." Complete Rest' ' Churchill, who is 78, was ordered by bis doctors Saturday to under go a complete rest and to light en his duties for at least a month." The medical report was signed by Sir Russell Brain, world-renowned nerve specialist, and Church ill's personal physician, 76-year-old Lord Moran. On their advice. Churchill post poned the big three Bermuda meet ing, scheduled for July 8, after conuslting with President Eisen hower and French Permier Joseph LanieL 'Doing a Little Work1 "I have seen Sir Winston this morning," Soames said. "He is about and has been doing a little work. He was seen by Lord Moran this morning." Lord Moran also remained at Chartwell overnight. Churchill was understood to have spent a com fortable night. He rose late Sunday morning after breakfasting in bed and busied himself with a few gov ernment matters. Churchill's close friend, Lord Beaverbrook, the publisher, arrived at Chartwell just before lunch and lunched with Sir Winston and Lady Churchill. But there were few other callers at the mist - enshrouded country' home. Even the British public showed its sympathy for Churchill in a practical way by not driving past the prune minister s home. A few motorcycle messengers ar rived with get well telegrams from all over the world. A police sergeant took the telegrams at the door. Despite his doctors' orders to take a complete rest, Churchill plans to keep his hand on the wheel of gov ernment from a distance. He has asked that important official pa pers and decisions be sent to him at Chartwell. 2 Passengers Vanish From Wreck Scene Puzzled police Sunday were trying to clear up "The Case of the Two Missing Sailors" who may have been involved in an automobile accident on WW shortly after midnight r Robert Everett Ayres, 33, Port land, driver of a 1938 Plymouth which missed a curve and slam med into a bridge railing five miles north of Rickreall, told investigating officers he had picked up two hitch-hikin sail. ors just before the mishap- Ayres, who suffered minor in juries, was knocked unconscious by the impact A passing motor ist who discovered the accident about 12:10 a.m. Sunday said there was no evidence of pas sengers when he arrived on the' scene. And . police were unsuc cessful in a search for the missing pair. Ayres. who incurred numerous lacerations, was taken to a Me- Minnville Hospital for treatment Police quoted Ayres "as saying he had gone to sleep while driv ing towards Portland. His car, considerably damaged in the mis hap, crossed over the highway and struck the bridee on its 1ft side. A post kept the car from plunging into a gully, police said. Vetch Laid Flat by Rain, Cherries Hurt Acres of vetch in the Willa mette Valley which have grown particularly lush because of the heavy ains this spring were laid flat during the weekend because of further rains. Chief harm so far will be in the difficulty of harvest For today, the weather man forecasts more clouds , and more showers and about the tame mercury readings as in the past few days. Cherries,' in the valley were showing some cracking and other weather spoil, growers reported Sunday night However, grow ers added, it is still too early to determine extent of injury. Strawberry picking in the S0 verton Hills area which has been delayed 'this year, win get into full swing Monday. Falling Beam KillsDaughter COLUMBUS, Ind. U) ' Julius Perry was working on a home-construction project on his front porch Sunday when a. large wooden beam began to faO. At the same time, his three-year-old niece, Joyce Perry, ran around the corner of the house and into the path of the beam. Perry leaped at the falling timber and Ldefelcted it over her head, saving ner me. -; But P e r r y s three - year - old daughter, Pamela, running after her playmate, was struck by the beam and killed. Misses Niece, 103 YEAR 14 12,000 Chinese Stage Daylight Offemsipe Farm Machinery Stalled by Drought in Texas LAMESA, Texas Dry, drifting topsoil gathers around idle farm machinery on the B. J. Hoffman farm about four miles northeast of Lamesa, Texas. Hoffman, whose farm is in one of the worst hurt parts of the West Texas drought area which Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson went to Texas to inspect recently, examines his combined A P Wirephoto to The Statesman.) Japan Cities Evacuated As Flood Toll Mounts By FRED SATTO TOKYO (AVThe toll of dead, injured and homeless in a ravag ing flood on Japan's southern island of Kyushu rose steadily Mon day as flood waters, fed by seven days of torrential rains, surged ever higher and1 forced virtual evacuation bf two large cities. Kyodo News Agency said National Police at Fukuoka, largest city on the island, reported 409 dead, 997 injured, 1,178 missing and U0 President, Family Hurt In Car Crash GOLD END ALE, Wash. UP) Eight persons one of them the president of the University of Ore gon were injured Sunday in a two-car headon collision 13 miles north of here. It was blamed on slippery pavement The educator, Dr. Harry K. New- burn, 47, of Eugene, suffered chest head and leg injuries. Dr. Newburn and the other injured were admit ted to Klickitat Valley Hospital at Goldendale. Dr. Newburn's wife, Wanda, 43, suffered head and leg injuries. She was reported in fair condition. Their son Michael, 8, was treated for scalp and facial cuts and shock. State Patrolman D. H. Pruitt said the Newburn car was struck head on in Satus Pass by an out -of -control automobile driven by Russell Best, 53, of Yakima. Pruitt said Best, northbound on a downgrade stretch of the Golden dale - Yakima section of U.S. High way 99, applied his brakes on wet blacktop. The officer said the Best car skidded across the road into Dr. Newburn's car. Best suffering chest, face and scalp injuries, was listed as in fair condition. His wife Sylvia. 45. was treated for head and body injur ies. Their three children. Anita, 15; Owen, 18, and, Ralph, 11, were re ported in fair condition. All suf fered body injuries. Dr. Newburn resisned recently effective October 1 to leave bis post at Eugene to become head of the Educational Television and Ra dio Center, a non-profit Illinois cor poration. Fall Into Ocean Fatal to Girl CANNON BEACH (ft Julie Kersten. 9. Portland- died Sunday when she fell into the ocean while playing on rocks near Haystack Rock here. Her father. Gilbert, who was nearby on the beach, and others pulled her out and pulmotor treat ment was given. But she was dead on arrival at Seaside Hospital Newbry Due Back At Desk Today Secretary of State Earl T. New bry was expected to return to his iesk here Monday front Sacra mento, Calif, where be spent part of last week attending a con vention of motor vehicle lav en forcement officials from all parts ox tne umtea states. While at Sacramento Newbrr let it be known he is a candidate for Governor at the next Republi can primary election. It is gener ally believed be will be opposed by Governor Paul Paterson, al though the latter has sot made any official announcement PAGES 1,000,000 homeless. Fukuoka, the island's largest city with a population of 392,649, and nearby Moji, with 124,399, were all but deserted by residents seek ing higher ground. All rail movement on Kyushu was at a standstill. Highways were next to useless, because of wash outs and swept away bridges. Coal mine shafts were collapsed and all industry was at a.' halt - Damage was unestimated but was expected to run to millions of dollars. 1 U.S. Army and Air Force units were deep in efforts to help strick- en Japanese ana some oi meir own people. 400 om Traia ' The Army said 400 persons, in cluding UJS. soldiers, sailors. Ma rines and their families, were tak en from a stalled train at Moji Sunday and housed in the Army's recreational faculties there. The U.S. Air Force airlifted food and clothing to them. In addition, American installs tions were supplying food, medi cine, clothing and blankets to in jured and homeless Japanese. A delayed report reaching Tokyo Monday said 29 American service men, the wives of six of them, and two children were rescued Satur day from the Aso Kanko Rest Ho tel on Kyushu after a landslide nearly buried the hotel. By Breeches Buoy The Americans were moved by hasitly rigged breeches buoy across a 40-foot wide ravine filled with raging flood waters. They were taken to the Army's camp wood for treatment, food and dry cloth ing. . Rescue workers found mothers crying over babies lost In flood waters. Their cries mingled with those of men who had lost entire families. Many of the dead were pulled out of houses crushed by landslides. Many of the missing were swept away by swollen rivers which broke dikes at 1,448 places. 38 Bailed Alive At Kumamoto, Central Kyushu, 36 elderly men and women were buried alive when an asylum col lapsed. At Moji, In the northernmost part of Kyushu, a landslide buried 80 homes. Twenty five men still were buried there under tons of rock and mud. Police officials said several vil lages with all homes and peo ple disappeared. ' j Hundreds of refugees owed their lives to the fact that they were good swimmers. Reporters saw mothers, clutch ing their children, carried off tby the floods. ! A Kyodo reporter wrote: "I will never forget the desperate faces of the mothers . and the cMldrens' voices crying "Oka chac! Oka-chan!- Mother! Mother! j The newspaper Asahi estimated 1,852 homes have been destroyed or completely washed away and 149,667 other homes have been Inun dated, j American troops worked side by side with Japanese rescue work ers, . including 10,000 men of Ja pan s national safety corps. . j ; Tcdas Statesman Editorials, features , Society, women's Valley news v...; sporu i ; World This Week - Comics Classified ads ...... A L7 11 Tb Orcjon Statasman, Salonv 79.Year.01d Woman Driver urt A 79-year-old woman driver was seriously injured Sunday morning when her light coupe was struck by a truck on rain slicked Portland Road, throwing her to the street : A Salem Memorial Hospital in "fair" condition was Mrs. Er mine Bushnell Fawk, Rickreall Route 1, Box 186. She incurred fractures of the pelvis and right leg and multiple fractures of the right arm along with severe facial lacerations.- ' i Police said . apparently Mrs. Fawk, southbound on Portland Road, made a left turn for Carl ton Way directly into the., path of an empty 1942 Sterling cab nd chassis truck operated by William E. Gannon Jr., Albany, Gannon said the Fawk car was proceeding at about five miles an hour across his lane anH he swung hard left to avoid the col lision. But the right rear end of the truck skidded into the 1939 Ford, spinning it around and into the curb and throwing the woman out. The wheels of the car narrowly missed striking her body, police said. The injured woman was treated at the scene by Salem first aidmen and taken to the hospital by Will amette Ambulance service. Gannon was not hurt. Police said the highway was wet and slippery from a shower at the time of the 9:43 a.m. accident Prohibition Drive Starts PORTLAND ( A drive to bring back prohibition to . Oregon was launched Sunday. The Oregon Anti-Liquor League announced it would try to put a constitutional amendment on the November, 1954,' election ballot banning the sale, manufacture or importation of alcoholic beverages. The measure would need 37,399 signatures. The league failed last year to get enough signatures to put a prohibition measure on the ballot George Smith Brown, league president said $50,000 is available for the campaign and that plans are being made to raise more. Seriously H (fttaossiairos Geftmnrira Eas4 Geinnroain) (Soveinniiniueinitt fto Clench Pooppefts By TOM REEDY i BERLIN W The Russians ap peared satisfied Sunday that East Germany's Communist regime has recovered from the June 17 work ers revolt enough to govern again without the open backing of Red Army bayonets. Throughout the Soviet Zone, Com munist leaders staged 'loyalty rallies as Russian commander re laxed the tight military controls that smashed the rebellion. ! Reports reached West Berlin that troop units are moving back to their barracks. In East Berlin parts of the two armored divisions that raced in when the workers rebell ed have been withdrawn in; the downtown areas. People's Police have taken over . routine patroll ing. ..... In some cities the curfew I has been lifted. In Berlin, the Russians have gradually cut it down until it now extends only from 11 o'clock at night until three in, the morning. Announcement of the lifting of martial law is expected from the POUNDBD 1651 - " V . ." r : . X " ' Orvgozw Monday,-Jun 29, SEOUL tf The Chinese Com munist Army poured out a thund erous artillery barrage and slammed more than 12.000 troops into the Western Front north of Seoul in an unusual broad day? light attack Monday, Chinese attacks usually are launched late at night or before daw4. An American officer said the UgAt was raging around soutposts Queen and Bak, about 40 miles north of Seoul, where the South Korean First Division had been fending off heavy Red attacks for three days. "It's something ' terrific how," the officer said. "Their artillery is as heavy as I have ever heard.. The top of the hills are being ham mered like an anvil." After Counterattack j- He said the Chinese suddenly SEOUL (P) -Gen. Mark W. Clark, U.N. commander, Mon day replied to a1 Communist letter June 19 violently pro testing President Syngman Rhee's release of 27,000 anti Red Korean War prisoners, the U.N. Command said. The release has stalled truce talks as the Allies and Reds appeared on the verge of sign ing an armistice. The nature of the -reply was undisclosed. threw their punch at 11 a.m., just as South Korean troops haa swept to the top of Bak in a successful counterattack. "They ran us right straight back off theShill," he said, "mere "was nothing we could do about it." South Korean and Chinese in fantrymen were locked in a swing ing, stabbing, hand-to-hand battle on the southern slopes of outposts Bak and Queen while the Red ar tillery reached Into and past the maior Allied positions to the rear. Lt. Gen. Bruce G. Clark, com mander of the U.S. First Corps, was pinned down in a bunker by one 1,200-round Red concentration while he was making a reconnais sance of the fighting. He was un harmed. Gains in Fury The battle began three days ago and picked up in fury Sunday night when the .Reds threw a re inforced reeiment. about 3,500 men. intc action. Fighting continued all night on Queen and Bak. with a South Korean counterattack getting underway at 10 a.m. It made good progress until the Reds suddenly uncorked their hay maker punch with beefed up forces and artillery, and swept forward. (Additional details on page 2.) Tornado llits Lumber Mill In California STOCKTON, Calif. (Jl A tor nado almost unheard of in Cal iforniaroared down on lumber mill in Stockton's industrial sec tion Sunday, wrecked a 50 by 100 foot building then skipped out of town without doing any more dam age. x i Fortunately, nly two truck driv ers were at the mill, and they es caped unharmed. Frank Quartero and another driv er were changing the oil on a truck for a morning run to Los Angeles when, in Quarter's words: "I heard a noise like a diving iet plane. I looked up and there's this big black funnel coming dowtf on us. We ducked ... The tornado lifted a wood-frame and sheet metal building, slammed its roof against overhead high-tension wires 60 feet away and then skipped away. Russian High Command, perhaps early in the week. ' Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl and an army of his lieutenants are using the loyalty rallies to spell out their promises of better living for the fed-up workers. They axe also making public one step after another in a de-Commu-nuing program designed to restore German efficiency, which had been bog-tied by the Marxian methods of nationalizing business and col lectivizing farms. The Soviet sector government tn nounced 38 plants and shops have been returned to their former pri vate owners in the past 48 hours. Hundreds of dispossessed farmers in the zone are back on their prop erty, the regime added. a-'m Seven hundred men Jailed in Hal le for infractions, of the Red econ omic laws now virtcally abolish ed have been pardoned. Officials : told workers'' meetings that the speed-up tactics in heavy Industry are now a thing of the past. They said the government Commie Artillery 'Terrific' 1953 PRICE 5c m rn 2M 2 SHips tow BARNEGAT CITY, fyj. (AP) --An pil tanker and a freighter smashed together! off the fjlew Jersey Coast Sunday night, and 25 persons were reported missing in waters shrouded by allense fogl The Coast Guard said one man was known dead and (wo others injured. The '28 were off the S.S. Loide Panama, a Brazilian freighter which the Coast Geard said was listing badly "in a 'sinking condi tion.'' The 5,408-ton freighter and the SS. Gulftrade collided sight miles offshore at 7 p.m.. (EST), the Coast Guard said. Five hours later, rescue vessels were still seeking the 25 missing. The Coast Guard at Atlantic City, some 20 miles down the coast from here, said the 25 missing persons were without life boats. They were said to have leaped overboard. Ambulances Wait Twenty-two persons from the freighter were picked up by the Africa Endeavor, a merchant ship first at the scene. .The injured were being taken to Barnegat Coast Guard Station, with ambulances meeting them. No casualties were reported aboard the 10,195-ton tanker, which stood by for rescue operations. The Coast Guard said the Gulf Oil Com pany vessel reported only a stove in bow and a brief fire shortly after the accident Carried 53 Three men the captain, chief en gineer and chief mate were stay ing with the freighter which was bound for New York from Rio uranae, itrazu. She carried '83 persons. The Coast Guard said the three refused to get off the ship although she had a 50-degree list Four Coast Guard cutters two 83-foot patrol boats and two 36-foot vessels were at the scene four miles southeast. f Barnegat Lightship halfway down New Jer sey's Atlantic Coastline. Flares Dropped Overhead droned a plane and two helicopters dropping flares to light the gloom. A thick fog had hung over the area most of the day. First reports said the Gulf- trade, built in 1943, caught fire after the crash, but the Coast Guard later called this erroenous. The collision, took place off Long Beach Island, a strip of land rough ly 12 mUes long and only a few hundred yards wide, five miles off the mam New Jersey shore. The smashup followed a day of fog so bad that a Coast Guard of ficer at Atlantic City said: "I've never seen anything like it. It practically clings to the oceait- sunace, malting visibility almost zero in spots." Whether that brought on the ac cident was not clear. Hours later, nobody ashore could say exactly what happened. Turks Reject Dos Food? WITH THE UJS. 25TH DIVISION, Korea IB You should have seen those Turkish soldiers back away from the C-rations when a Connec ticut GI tried to explain in their own language what a can of frank' furters and beans contained. Pvt. Gordon Calano, East Hart ford, who has picked up a bit of Turkish, used the Turkish words for "hot" and "dog." The Turks took him literally. had made a big error in trying to industrialize the East Zone, adding that .the Ruhr provided. enough in dustrial output for all Germany. This "unity" theme, .started by the Russians several months ago, is now creeping into every Com munist declaration. The announced plan to slash the rearmament and Army budget to find funds for welfare measures the rebellious East Germans de mand has been put into effect Deputy Prime Minister Oott Nus chke said: "Butter instead of cannon. Quietly, Security Police Chief WI1 belm Zaisser was rounding up cul prits to be punished for leading the rioting. Seventy six were ar rested in Stalinstadt on the order and 68 in Warnemuende on the Baltic. Underground sources said there had been three more executions by 'Russian firing: squads. This brought the' known total of exe cutions by Red Army squads to 32. . i r ' No. 91 -1 Mti Everest er Fans NEW! DELHI. India m dub swinging police charged a - wildly' hysterical, hero-worshipping Crowd which inobbed MM Everest con querorsj Sherpa Tensing and Ed mund Hillary upon their arrival Sunday; at New Delhi's Paiam Air port 11 j The enthusiastic Indians numb ering more than 3,000 broke police cordons! at the edge of the air field and surrounded the! plane. .Then they' pijished Tensing; his wife and two daughters and Hillary nearly a quarter? of a mile down the field. A sqiad of 50 police clubbed the admirers . away from the dazed t Tensing, who vainly tried to break through the screaming human wall , ! j "Tensing ' zindabad" (Long live Tensing), shouted the crowd. The police finally whisked Tenz ing ana his family aid Hillary into the Neiialese ambassador's car. The veteran mountain climber, who was born in Nepal but h lived for many years in India; arrived here from statmandu, Nepal, and Cal cutta lor a round of official hon ors. I , ! ; .1 V In fie evening,. iNehru enter tained the climbers. at a party. Altany Yote Sef pTbdiSy on Fluoridation lutraui Ntwf Scnrica Albany For the second time in a little over two years residents of Albany will vote! Monday upon the question of fluoridating the city drinking water. Some two years ago the jcity council brought up the question of fluori dationi and it wasr voted down at a aecial election. ' Rece ntly the present city coun- cil passed an ordinance instruct ing the Mountain States Co., to proviae lor tne fluoride supple- mentation in accordance with the' regulations of the Oregon Board' of Health and its future regula tions concerning such fluorida tion. J !,. In ithe meantime a petition headed by ciitzens opposed to tne' measure, was signed by many ' morefthan the required 500 citi zens Required, and; as a result another special election is to be held today.' Voting places will be set tip in each of the' three wards of the city, and will be open from J8 a.m. till 8 p.m. If the ordinance passes -it is understood that a flat fee of $1.00 a yejar per meter would be charged, with the installation costs 5being around $6000 for the Mountain States Co. Danish Freighter BlistJKills fifty BEERA. Mozambique ' (A TS Danish tanker Eenheim blew up in th harbor here Sunday while unloading gasoline, killing 30 na tives land injuring 50 other per-, sons,! including several .Europ eans.! ; ' I : ; I 3 : i "Western International . At galcm S-S. Tri-Clty 1S-4 At LtwWea S-S, Spokane S-4 ' At Yklm 4-1. Wcaatebc 1-0 list 1 Inn.) 4 Only fame acheduled. 1 Coast League At Portland 13-4. Los Anseles S-t At Seattle t-. Oakland 11-5 At Hollywood si Dicfo S-T At tan Francisco 10-7 Sacramento p-9 l; ..) - ,. . . 3 - American League At Kw York 1, Cleveland 4 -At Washington S-l. Detroit 2-9 ' At Philadelphia 1-2. St. Louis S-l At Boston , Chicago U j . I National League At Milwaukee 1. Brooklyn if . At St. Louia J. Phlladephla 4 , i H Inn.) -At Chicago 1, New York IS At Cincinnati 4-S, PitUburgh 1-1 4 ' - t I ! ' J n . i. Climb