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Driver Killed by
Streamliner at
f HA A f I III I I I I U I I I I II I
Turner
Statesman
TURNER Grady Edmiston,
Drive-In at Stayton, was killed instantly and his wife critcally in
jured when their auto collided at 10:15 p.m. with the northbound
Shasta Daylight I
i The accident occurred at the intersection, of C Street and the
Southern Pacific tracks, about two blocks from the center of Turner
ram onus
Through the usual mechanism
of a legislative interim commit
tee Oregon will have another go
at its tax problems. This time
property taxation will be the
principal subject for exploration.
Last biennium it was income
taxes and how their proceeds
could be covered into the gen
eral fund.
The new committee met last
week to organize, electing as
chairman Sen. Howard C. Belton,
a "blooded" expert in this field,
liaving served on numerous in
terim and legislative tax com
mittees and veteran of many tax
battles. Other members are: Sen.
Lowell W. Steen of Umatilla
County, Representatives Lee
Ohmart of Marion, Pat Dooley
of Multnomah and Roderick T.
McKenzie of Curry County; also
Sam B. Stewart, chairman of the
State Tax Commission, Giles
French of Moro, former repre
sentative, and Mrs. Louise
Humphrey of Portland, who is
identified with Oregon Business
and Tax Research, an organiza
tion alert to taxpayer interests.
The assignment given this com
mittee is to define "true cash
value" in assessments, to report
on possible legislation for aver
aging inventories through the
year and on exemptions from
personal, property taxes, also to
look for a substitute for the per
sonal property tax.
In working in the field of
property taxation the committee
covers a field well plowed and
harrowed, but one beset with
manx thorns and tares. How to
assess real and personal property
and levy taxes thereon on an
equitable basis has troubled the
minds and conscience of asses
sors and legislators and tax gath
erers from time immemorial. For
years Oregon, largely at the in
stigation of the member of the
State Tax Commission assigned
to the property tax division has
labored to standardize assess
ments in
(Continued on editorial page 4.)
Draft Director
To Visit Salem
Major Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
national director for Selective
Service, will pay a Salem visit
next week, according to Maj. Al
bert H. Wright commanding of
ficer for the Oregon Mobilization
Designation Detachment in Sa
lem. Hershey will inspect the de
tachment, training to handle mo
bilization activities here under
selective $ervi c e, and will be
guest of the unit with Gov. Paul
L. Patterson at a luncheon meet
ing at the Marion Hotel July 31.
Multnomah Demo
Chairman to Quit
PORTLAND OP William H.
Way of Portland reported Monday
that he would resign next month
as chairman of the Multnomah
County Democratic Central Com
mittee. Way, who also is business man
ager of the AFL Boilermakers
Union, said he was resigning to
give more time to his union job.
Way said the resignation would
be tendered and his successor
elected at an Aug. 20 committee
meeting.
Max.
78
74
73
Min. Precip.
42 ,M
Salem
Portland
54
.00
JOO
.10
.17
San Francisco 73 .49
Chicago 88 70
New Yoik 88 72
Willamette River 2.4 feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. Weather
Bureau. McNary' Field. Salem):
Mostlv fair today, tonight and Wed
nesday. A little warmer today with
the highest near 80 and the low to
night near 46. Temperature at 12:01
a.m. was 54 decrees.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1
This Year . Last Year Normal
43.29 42.69 38.23
Animal Crackers
Bv WARREN GOODRICH
Crossin:
News Service.
27, manager of the Honey-Beit
business district A - dog with
them was also killed. I
His wife, Mrs. Magdalena Elsie
Edmiston, 22, was taken to SalenS
General Hospital by Wil
lamette Ambulance Ser-
Sice. Ambulance attend
ants said they didn't
think she had any broken
bones, but there was a possibility
of a skull fracture and concus
sion. Hospital attendants said her
condition was considered critical
early Tuesday morning.
Edmiston was the eighth traf
fic fatality in Marion County for
this year.
Impact of the collision was so
great that the motor of the west
bound car, a 1949 Willvs Station
Wagon, was ripped from thjs
chassis and thrown 30 feet from
the tracks. The rest of the caj
was battered and banged abotft
and turned completely around by
the train. Edmiston apparently
was knocked from the auto it
the point of impact, decapitated
and his body thrown 132 feet up
the tracks from the. intersection.
The man's head " was found 88
feet from the car. Groceries that
the couple had in their car werjs
strewn all along the track. I
Three teen-age Turner boyj,
Clayton -Taylor, Eugene Winklji
and William Norris, were sitting
on the bridge one block froip.
the tracks when the accident oc
curred. They said the car, drive p
by Edmiston, was not travelling
at an excessive speed. They all
said the train blew its whistle
several short blasts as it ap
proached the crossing and the
wig-wag was said by the boys tb
be operating. The passenger traih
does not have a regular stop ajt
lurner. The collision delayed th
train about 30 minutes. i
Friends said that the Edmil
tons were visiting Mr. and Mrj.
Paul Messer at Turner. She a
Mrs. Edmiston's sister and Messer
owns the Stayton drive-in.
Boarding House
Blaze Kills Man
In Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Wash, un Fir
killed an 83-year-old man, David
E. Cota, in a boarding house here
Monday. Twelve other boarders
fled the house in pajamas to reach
safety at dawn.
The fire was believed to have
started in Coat s room, Firemea
tentatively blamed smoker's care
lessness. Cota was found on hit
bed. Coroner Paul Myland sail
asphyxiation and carbon monoxl
ide poisoning took his life. 1
The blaze was confined mostly
to Cota's room. Damage was esti
mated at $1,500. 1
Mild Weather
On Schedule
Mild temperatures in the high
70s and generally fair weather
are predicted for the next fe
days by the weatherman. Some
high cloudiness is forecast f
Breezes which stayed at li)
miles an hour or better all dajk
Monday kept Salem cool. High
reading was 78 degrees. j
Bohlen on Way
Back to Moscow j
i
NEW YORK iff) Charles E
Bohlen, American ambassador to
Russia, left by plane Monday to
return to his post in Moscow, jj
Bohlen came back to the Unite
States nine days ago to confei"
with Secretary of State John' Foster
Dulles on the situation arising
from the purge of Lavrenty BeriaJ,
Soviet deputy premier.
2 Russians Killed
In Nationalist Raid
I
TAIPEH. Formosa The Ena
lish-laneuaee China News reported
today two Russians, "presumably
rauar icviuuiiaui , ircit oih"
the communists slain in last week'p
Nationalist commando raid oh
Tungshan Island.
The Defense Ministry said therjb
was as yet no confirmation.
House Group to Give Matthews
Hearing on Clergy Charges
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL I
WASHINGTON tf The House
Un-American Activities Committee
agreed Monday to give J. B. Mai
thews a chance to defend hip
charges that Protestant clergymejji
comprise "the largest single grouj
supporting the Communist appai?
atus" in America. f
No specific time was set an4
there was no decision whether the
hearing will be open or closed. It
may be held in the fall, sometime
after Oct. 1. f
Matthews' charges, in a maga
zine article, stirred up a row that
resulted in his resignation as chief
of staff of the Senate investiga
tions subcommittee hearted by Sen.
McCarthy (R-Wis.). j
The McCarthy Committee reject
ed Matthews' request for a hearing
and he turned then to the Un-American
Activities Committee. V j
Another offshoot of the ruckus
was a move by a fellow senator
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Just Debris-That Is All That's Left in House Fire
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1 -. s-Sfi k xs.
TURNER Nicholas Jenkins, 85 -
WniCn ueSirOyCU JUS numc HIVUUIJ uiwiuiug, uu vuku iw uu v iu vvui-iu-Mn A iaug.
don. A bachelor, Langdon lived in a house adjoining Jenkins'. He diedfrom a heart attack while
fighting the fire. The fire which completely gutted the small frame house apparently was caused
by an overheated stove. (Photo by John Erickson, Statesman Staff Photographer.)
Heart Attack
Fatal to Man
Fighting Fire
Statesman News Service
TURNER One man is dead
and a woman suffered from
shock as the result of a fire that
wiped out the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Nicholas Jenkins on the
Turner-Marion Highway at 8 a.m.
Monday.
C. P. Langdon, 66, in his ef
forts to quell the fire by carry
ing water in buckets from a
pitcher pump, died from a heart
attack. He was the brother of Mrs.
Jenkins, who suffered from
shock.
Langdon was born in Douglas
County and lived in a house ad
joining the Jenkins'. His resi
dence was not damaged".
The fire started in the chimney
and is believed to have been
caused by an overheated stove.
Neighbors turned in the alarm,
which was handled by the Turner
fire department
Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, age 85
and 78, respectively, were able
only to save some bedclothing
and dishes from their home.
Poultry on the five acre property
was unharmed.
Nail-Gulping
Champ Found
ALBUQUERQUE Sword
swallowers, flame-eaters they're
nothing to 22-month-old Randy
Green.
His mother. Mrs. Sidney Green,
found two nails in his mouth. She
rushed him to a hospital. Exami
nation revealed he'd swallowed 10
nails.
Doctors told her to feed him cot
ton. which she did, mixed with
spinach. She says she thinks he's
rid of the cotton-swathed nails. An
other examination is to be made
to make sure.
Monday to clip McCarthy's wings.
Sen Monroney (D-Okla. intro
duced a resolution to give the pres
ident of the Senate and. by appeal,
the Senate itself, the right to choke
off, any investigations members felt
were getting out of hand.
Monroney told the Senate the
proposal would "transfer back to
the Senate powers assumed in the
one man rule" of certain commit
tees particularly the one head
ed by "the distinguished junior sen
ator from Wisconsin,
j Be said the step is desirable in
order to make certain that inves
tigating committees observe rules
of, fair play and don't overstep the
authority the Senate intended them
to have.
j McCarthy denounced Monroney's
resolution as one which, if adopted,
"woul give a great feeling of se
curity and safety and confidence
to) every crook and Communist in
the ovenmenL,
The
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year - old resident of Turner Route
Policewoman Job
Sought by Gal with
Arresting Figure
LOS ANGELES OB A South
Carolina girl with a most arrest
ing figure applied Monday for a
policewoman's' job. .
Mary Kempt Griffin. 23, Miss
Myrtle Beach. S.C.. and runner-up
for the Miss United States title at
last week's Universe Beauty Pa
geant, filled out a Civil Service ap
plication. The Moot. 8-inch south
ern beauty told officers:
"Since I didn't win the contest
and get a movie contract, I'd like
to stay In Los Angeles, and a police
woman's job always fascinated
me."
Miss Griffin faces a written ex
amination August 1. Officers said
there was little doubt she would
pass the physical test.
Bread Price
Rises Cent
Salem housewives paid a penny
more for bread and buns Monday
as local bakeries took their cue
from a one-cent increase in Port
land. Almost all brands of one-and-a-half
pound loaves of white and
wholewheat bread have retailed
here at 25 cents.
Higher preduction costs caused
the increase, bakery industry
spokesmen said.
Copter, Frogman
Help to Rescue
2 Men on Rock
CANNON BEACH Ufi Two
men, trapped by the heavy surf
as they tried to get off Haystack
Rock here, were rescued Sunday.
But it took a. Navy helicopter, an
ex-Marine frogman, a Coast
Guard patrol boat and two life
guards to do the job.
The pair, Sherwood Willeta, 22,
Portland, and on Kinney, a coast
guardsman from Portland, both
fell into the ocean while trying to
climb down the rock.
Willets was washed back to the
rock where he clung until a heli
copter was flown from Seattle to
rescue him.
Two life guards swam out to
Kinney but they were unable to
make it back. Then Roger Shan
nahan, the ex-Marine, swam out
with a line and the four men were
towed back to shore.
Hundreds watched the rescue
from the beach.
mmm.
Western International
At Victoria 9, Spokane S
At Vancouver 4. Txi-Cities 3
At Calgary 12. Yakima 19
tOrvly ims played.)
National League
At Pittsburgh S-4. St. Louis 4-t
At Brooklyn 3. Chicago 0
(Only games scheduled.)
Coast League
(No game, scheduled.)
American League
(No games scheduled.)
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Onqon Statesman Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, JY 21. 1953
7
No. 1, sifts through debris of fire
Charge Filed
Against Man
In Knifing Case
A charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon was lodged
against Raymond John Rightnour,
1211 S. 17th St., Monday in con
nection with the fatal stabbing
of the Eskimo logger from Val
setz. 31-year-old John Melton.
Rightnour is accused by police
of holding lelton when he was
knifed in the stomach during a
street fight early Saturday morn
ing in the 200 block of North
Commercial Street
A similar charge (in the name
of John Doe) was issued in
Marion County District Court
against the unknown slayer of
Melton who is still at large. Bail
for each is $7,500.
Rightnour is in jail here where
he has been held on an open
charge since his arrest by city
police Saturday.
Police Chief Clyde Warren in
dicated Monday further charges
may be brought against the two
men after receipt of an autopsy
report on Melton from Dr. Homer
Harris, pathologist with the
Crime Detection Laboratory,
Portland.
Rightnour's case was continued
to July 22 at .9:30 a.m. for ar
raignment in district court.
Meanwhile, city police pressed
their search for the slayer. Scores
of persons have been questioned,
but no definite leads have de
veloped, detectives said.
A knife uncovered by police
yesterday was being checked to
determine if it was the murder
weapon.
Jess Coleman, 64, of Wicken
burg, Ariz.. wht, police said, was
punched in the nose by Melton
before the stabbing was sentenced
to five days in jail Monday for
vagrancy.
Coleman became involved in a
brief argument with Melton at
Bligh Billards, North Commerc
ial Street tavern,' and received a
broken nose when punched by
the Eskimo.
Melton was then ordered to
leave and was followed by two
men who attacked him with a
knife, according to witnesses.
Nude 'Sunbather'
Lying in Shade,
Arrested by Police
A Salem man found "sunbath
ing" in Wallace Park on the west
side of the river with nothing but
his shoes on was arrested by po
lice Monday and charged with dis
orderly conduct
The arresting policeman point
ed out, however, that the man
was "sunbathing" in the shade.
Asked to explain his actions,
the man replied: "I get nervous
and this helps me to relax."
He posted $50 bail and was re
leased clothed.
NOVELIST TO MARRY
LONDON OB British novelist
playwright J. B. Priestley said
Monday he will marry Mrs. Jac
quetta Hawkes, noted writer and
archaeologist Thursday.
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U.S. Asked for
Assurances
Of Unification
PANMUNJOM (AP) -Allied
and Communist
staff and liaison officers
worked busily Tuesday on
the apparent final ar
rangements for a Korean
armistice, but a hint of new oppo
sition came from a South Korean
source.
In Seoul, Foreign Minister Pyun
Yung Tai said the republic "may
change its attitude" of not ob
structing an armistice unless it gets
assuurances from Washington as
to unification of the divided na
tion. A highly placed government
source, who declined to be named,
said President Syngman Rhee was
awaiting a reply from Washington
on matters left unsettled in con
ferences earlier this month with
U.S. envoy Walter S. Robertson.
But the hustle and bustle of prep
arations for a truce went on apace
in this dusty western Korean vil
lage. Two groups of staff officers
met during the morning one ap
parently working on a cease-fire
line 'and the other on administrative
details.
Talks Recess
Allied and Communist liaison of
ficers met- at 1:05 and recessed
22 minutes later. Liaison officers
usually exchange communications
between the two high commands.
For the second day, final arrange
ments for the historic signing went
on within sound of Communist
hammers and saws rushing to
complete a huge, 10,000-square-foot
Korean style hall for the ceremony.
The Reds also had swarms of
workers building a side road in
the neutral zone.
Ready by Thursday .
Under floodlights, 200 Red labor
ers hammered and sawed through
Monday night in order to have the
historic hall ready by Thursday.
No date for a signing has been
set as yet. Some observers said
there could be a signing within a
week, followed 12 hours later by
a ceasefire.
Occupying a backseat. South
Korea officially took a dim view of
these preparations. A high official
who asked that his name not be
used called the current moves an
"unconditional surrender by the al
lies." '
To Continue Boycott
Maj. Gen. Choi Duk Shin, South
Korea's truce delgate, said he
would continue the boycott he has
observed since May 25 and Foreign
Minister Pyun Yung Tai said no
South Korean representative would
attend the signing ceremony.
Peiping Radio charged that South
Korea still is trying "to scuttle
the armistice." The Red China
propaganda broadcast, heard in
Tokyo, said Allied assurances that
South Korea will observe truce
terms "will be nothing but empty
talk ... if the American side con
tinues to pamper Syngman Rhee."
Senator Hit
By Automobile
WASHINGTON JD Sen. Bridges
(P-NH, knocked down Monday
morning by an automobile, suf
fered only minor injuries but will
remain in emergency hospital over
night for rest and observation.
The, president pro tempore of
the Senate had stopped by his bank
en route to the Capitol from a
White House conference. He walked
arminrl Hi ffir intn thp lin nf
traffic and was struck a glancing f
blow by a passing car.
He suffered some pain from be
ing thrown to the pavement, but
did not lose consciousness. He was
taken to the hospital in his own
car.
Nearly Full Day Required to
Select Dr. Bartell Case Jury
By CHARLES IRELAND
Valley Editor, The Statesman
DALLAS Selection of a jury
required nearly a full day Mon
day as the manslaughter by abor
tion trial of Dr. Isaac Donald Bar
tell. 58, Dallas physician, opened
in Polk County Circuit Court.
Thirty-four potential jurors
were questioned before seven
men, five housewives and an al
ternate juror were selected.
Several were excused by Judge
William East after declaring they
could not hear the case with an
open mind. Others were challeng
ed because they named Bartell as
their family doctor.
The trial will continue at 9:30
a.m. Tuesday when presentation
of evidence is expected to start.
Brief opening statements were
heard Monday afternoon when
selection of the jury a task
Judge East called "tedious" was
finished.
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j BERLIN (JP) The Soviet Union has agreed to send more than
57 million dollars worth of food to help hungry East Germany, but
the; East Germans will have to pay for the aid with manufactured
goods; '
jThe Communist East German government announced the extra
Russian shipments early Tuesday. It admitted it had. been forced to
callon Moscow for help "several)
times" to ease food shortages.
Tlie announcement said the ship
meifs, to be delivered during the
restiof 1953, would consist of 27.000
ton4 of butter, 8,500 tons of fats,
10,000 tons of vegetable oil, 15,000
tons! of seed oils, 20,000 tons of
mea and 1,500 tons of cheese. The
value placed on this was 231 mil
lionfrubles ($57,500,000).
Te i Russian relief offer to the
hungry satellite was made public
10 days after President Eisenhow
er promised 15 million dollars worth
of American food to help the people
of liast Germany.
Offer Rejected
Te Russian food agreement was
macje public just one day after
Provident Eisenhower renewed a
10-dayj old offer to supply 15 mil
lionSdollars worth of American food
to East Berlin.
EnRoute to Reich
Mlich of the food the President
promised already is en route to
West Germany for distribution in
thejEast if that Communist gov
ernment agrees.
Eisenhower wrote West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer that
the tl.S. offer "was motiviated sole
ly tjy humanitarian impulses and
that the food is available . if that
government wishes to permit its
entry into the Soviet Zone of occu
paioh." Meanwhile West Berliners were
finding ways and means of getting
foot relief to their countrymen be
hind the Iron Curtain. Thousands
of food packages were distributed
alog the border and coupons re
deemable in grocery stores were
aLsa handed out.
Scarcely 24 hours after Eisenhow
er made his offer, the East Ger-
ma government and Soviet . For
eign Minister V. M. Molotov turned
it qown and denounced it as an
empty propaganda gesture.
Their curt rejection made East
Germans boil witn anger since it
seemed to prove to them that their
Reof bosses would play politics
witlj hunger.
Discortent Grows
Unrest, which began in East
Berlin June 17, continued to swell.
Both the U.S. government and
West Germany made further efforts
to feed the satellite citizens.
Molotov, in his rejection, told the
U.S government it had been "mis
informed" as to the need for food
relief in East Germany. Tuesday's
announcement that Russia would
supply such relief apparently con
tradicted that statement.
It seemed to indicate, too, that
thejU.S. offer had been so suc
cessful in stirring up the people of
East Germany that the Soviet Un
ion fpund it necesary to counter
with a dramatic gesture of its own.
Thel East German government
claimed Tuesday it sought Soviet
special assistance two weeks ago
before the Eisenhower offer.
The j government said the Soviet
regime "after consideration" con
sented to add 83,000 tons of food
stuffs j and 7,000 tons of cotton to
the trade agreement between the
two countries.
Today's Statesman
Scout Jamboree 3
Editorials, features 4
Eddy Gilmore A.
Qen. Clay's visit 5
Old Parsonage 6
Radio, TV 6
Society, women's 8
Valley news 8
Sports 10-11
Comics . ; 11
Classified ads
12-13
District Attorney Walter Foster
read j the indictment which al
leged that Bartell used drugs,
medicines and instruments with
intent to destroy the unborn child
of 4 young Salem woman on Sept.
30,flf31.
d. L. Matters, Dallas, made the
opening statement for the de
fense.! Three Salem attorneys also
were in Bartell's corner as the
trial opened. They were Paul
Burris, Roy Hewitt and Merlin
Estep.
ttjorney Dale Pierson " was
present as special assistant to
Foster.
i As court convened. Judge East
announced he had denied a mo
tion by Bartell to. recover proper
ty taken from his hospital at the
time of his arrest on April 14.
The motion was made last week.
The property he sought to re
cover! included an examination
table and medical instruments.
No. 113
Send Food
Reich, But
must Pay
Agriculture
Bureau Rejects
New Building
The State Agricultural Depart
ment will not occupy space in the
new- $450,000 Service Building
approved by the 1953 Legisla
ture, E. L. Peterson, department
director, advised the State Board
of I Control Monday.
Peterson said the department
prefers to remain in its current
quarters in a building on 12th
Street directly east of the State
Supreme Court and state office
structures. It occupies this build
ing jointly with the State Print
ing Department.
An appropriation of $700,000
was voted by the 1933 Legisla
ture to cover the cost of the;
Service Building and site along
with construction of a garage to
tie used in connection with oper
ation of the state motor vehicle
pooL Plans for the Service Build
ing are being preparedly James
L.I Payne, Salem architect. Offi
cials said actual construction of
the Service Building probably,
would get under j way within a'
few weeks.
It is now proposed that space
originally assigned to the State
Agricultural Department in the
Sendee Building shall be occu
pied by the State Veterans Af
fairs Department, now housed in
the State Library JBuilding.
A part of the garage will be
occupied by the State Purchasing
Division. The Veterans Affairs
Department is now scattered in
three locations. ; J
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Israel, Russ
To Exchange
Envoys Again
JERUSALEM The Soviet
Union and Israel announced Mon
day they will resume diplomatic
relations.
Russia severed ' relations in a
dramatic after-midnight move Feb.
12, three days after a f bomb ex
ploded at the Soviet legation in
Tel Aviv. The legation was badly
damaged and three Russians were
injured, including Claudia, wife of
the Soviet minister, Pavel I. Yer
shov. :'
In an exchange of letters, Soviet
Fojreign Minister V. M. Molotov
announced he was accepting Is
rael's apology for the bombing and
assurances that Israel would con
tinue its attempts to catch the
"ctilprits." j s J :
Molotov also said the Soviet . Un
ion; was taking into consideration
a statement by the Israeli gov
ernment "that it would not take
part in any alliance or agreement
pursuing aggressive aims against
the Soviet Union."
Coos, Douglas
Forests Shut
Closure of 6,000 acres of heav
ily timbered lands in Coos and
Douglas counties, except by per
mit, was announced Monday by
Gov. Paul Patterson, to be effec
tive Tuesday midnight
The closure was asked by State
Forest Department officials.
:Most of the lands involved In
the closure are in the Coast
Range mountain area and include
part of Douglas Forest Protective
Association. The lands extend
from south of Umpqua River to
the South Fork of . the iCoquille
RiVer. -
Officials ' said 'other closures
might follow within a few days
provided warm weather .contin
ues. .
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Commissar for God
Eddy Gilmore is on his way
home to the U. S. after 11
years at Assocaited Press cor
respondent In Moscow. ' On
page 4 of today's Statesman,
he reports how Stalin modi
fied hit suppression of the
church In order to use it for
his own purposes by forming
the "Commissariat for God."