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The overwhelming vote iix faw-l
or of the wheat control program
presented by the Department of
Agriculture for - the 1954 . crop
knocked the wind oat of - those,
who had asserted that the farm-
era wanted to get away front
fixed price supports. But Allea
B. Kline, President of the Amerfc
can Farm Bureau . Federation
who had favored setting away
from the rigid program now
being follorwed, 'doesn't concede
that the farm problem is settled
by the recent wheat vote. - i
He has issued a statement it i
which he points out that the vote I
was not on any long-range farm
program or on alternate ape
proaches to - the problem.
The
issue which confronted the wheat
farmers , on August 14th was
simply whether the acreage ad-
justments for 1934 should be
under price support at 90 pet
cent of parity cr 50 per cent 04
that question they voted for the
90 per centi guarantees
The Kline statement goes on
to say:
' ' On the jother hand, farmert
know perfectly: well that this is
not a permanent solution. No.
.markets . were enlarged. No vote
was taken on facing the conse
juences oi a forced reduction of I
SO or 40 r-tillion acres in 'those
crops with relatively high price
supports which; would put such
acres intOTompetition with other
farm products . not under price
supports.
- "No decision , was made with
regard to the probable conse
quences of forcing guaranteed
- profitable price support programs I
for sucn competing farm pro-1
aucts, Dota storabie and non-
storase. No aDDraisal was
(Continued 6n Editorial page 4) 1
j.
Succumbs to
CORVALLIS W Former State.1
Sen. Julian N. McFadden, 70, well-
known for many years in horse
racing circles in Oregon, died) in;
a hospital here Saturday night, fol
lowing a heart ack. -
McFadden was driving a car
when he suffered the attack. The
car smashed into a tree and he
was injured. He died later at the
hospital. McFadden s widow was
taken to the hospital shortly after
wards for treatment of a heart
ailmentr ; - - )
McFadden first became interest
ed in horse racing as .a sideline.
and specialized in breeding thor
oughbred racing horses. In 1333
while av member of the State Sen
ate he was instrumental in getting:
the parimutuel betting law passed
in the Legislature. "
McFadden was chairman of the
State Racing Commission for six
years.-' 1 i -
He practiced law until 1902 and
then took up farming near lor-
vajlis. He built the Julian Hotel
here in 1910.; ;
Ironically the sixth race at Port
land Meadows Saturday afternoon
was the J. N. McFadden purse.
It was run just a few hours be
fore he died. :
European Recovery j
Said Help to Far East
NEW YORK UR Harold E. Stas
sen, director of the Foreign Oper
ations Administration, said Sunday
that improved conditions in Eu
rope mean increased economic help
will b possible from this country
for the Far and Near East and
South Korea.1
Stassen arrived by plane from
Paris after a meeting with United
States mission chiefs of foreign op
erations in. western Europe and
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion countries;
Dissension Betiveen
Koreans Reported by POWs
FREEDOM VILLAGE. Korea Ul
American soldiers freed by the
' Communists in the Korean War
prisoner exchange told Monday of
increasing ill feeling between the
Chinese Reds and North Koreans
.behind the Communist lines.
4 Repatriates returned Sunday In
the 27th day i of Operation Big
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Dixiecmt
5,.
Rally
Nothing to Off er
- Br JACK BELL -WASHINGTON
tB Sen. Holland
(D-Fla) said Sunday he- has de
clined an invitation to a Democratic
I rally featuring AdTai E. Stevenson
I at Chicago next month because he
I thinks the South will gain nothing
there.
Holland, whose home1 state ' of
'Here We
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SAN FRANCISCO Friends, relatives and loved ones jam 'the pier
at Fort Mason as tne transport
to dock. The vessel, 'second troopship to' return' repatriates to
San Francises, brought home 437 'liberated Army and Marine
Corps personnel. One of the spectators at other end of .pier holds
up a sign to attract the attention of one of the returnees. (AP
Wirephoto to the. Statesman;.
Four Corners
By Automobile
Statesman New Service .
, FOUR CORNERS A 76-year-old
woman was seriously" injured
in front of her home here Sun
day night when she was - struck
by a car while crossing the street
She was Mrs., Minnie Laurit
son, 4140 E." State St, - who was
listed in "poor" condition at Sa
lem General Hospital late Sun
day night with the following-in
juries: -
A compound fracture T of the
right leg, fracture of the left leg,
left bin : and collar ldne,r and
possible bead and internal injur
ies. - -
She was rushed to the hospital
by Willamette Ambulance Ser
vice alter treatment oy taiem
first aidmen at the scene. '
; State police said the accident
occurred shortly beiore 8:30 p.m.
when MrsvLauritson was hit by a
car driven by Texas Frajklin
Neuf eldt 19, of 3417 D St . r
Police said tne car was Deing
driven west towards Salem, ap-
Darently at a moderate speed as
indicated by short skid marks.
Switch recounted numerous Instan
ces of Chinese brutality to North
Korean civilians. An airman: said
ie was hidden by a - North Ko
rean family and others said the ci
vilians gave indications of hate for
their Red masters.
I An American officer said it was
his belief the Chinese Communists
have taken over North Korea from
the local Red government I
i Stories of brutal . treatment of
North Korean civilians by Chinese
soldiers came from CpL James A.
Arntson, Cloquet, Minn.; CpL Rob
ert O. Gray, Roanoke, Va, and
Sgt J. P. McMillan. Sweetwater,
f'ex., among others.
i Arntson said one day. an old wo
man perhaps even a great-grandmother
with a child on her back
walked up road alongside his
POW camp one day and was knock
ed down and kicked by a Chinese
guard. .. V' i :
Gray said one day Chinese guards
at his camp wanted a sled to haul
wood, so they ordered the prisoners
to take one away from a North
Korean farmer. The prisoners re
fused. i A Chinese guard walked vp to
the farmer then and demanded the
Sled," Gray recalled. The farmer
Shook his head. The Chinese hit
him in the kidney with a rifle butt,
knocked him down and took the
slel The farmer lay on the ground
trjing. - - -
Reds
12 PAGES
Spurns Be:
Asserts
91
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Florida went 'for Eisenhower and
against Stevenson Jn.' last yearsl
rresicenuai eiecuon, saia in an
interview he finds no tangible signs
the prty leadership has changed
its views on issues that cost Steven
son 57 electoral votes in four South
ern states,
In ' this connection, the Florida
Are h Folks'.
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Gen. William v llase moves up
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Driver Stuck
Tivice; Only
Once in Mud
-David Gordon Pfau, 1120 James
St, got stuck twice Saturday
night: in the mud with his car
and with a citation in court on a
reckless driving charge.
A police officer said . be fol
lowed the Pfau car through sev
eral city streets until it went into
an alley in the 300 block of Co
lumbia Street - 1
The car continued through al
leys, said the officer, until it
reached River Street. and the road
ended. But the car didnt stop
until it had traveled 120 feet over
rough , ground and finally got
stuck.
The driver was arrested and
wrecker called to free the car.
Full Service
Of Weather
Plans to operate the Weather
Bureau at McNary Field on a 16-
hour a day basis have been tossed
out the window and the' bureau
will continue its around the, clock
operation, a Weather Bureau
spokesman said Sunday night
Word of the reversal in the ex
pected change came in a telegram
from the . Weather Bureau's re
gional director at Salt Lake City.
It is expected the 24-hour op
eration will continue for the next
year at least ' t.
At the same time, H. A. Peter
son, wno was transferred . xrom
the- Salem bureau to Washington
June 15, was re-assigned here and
begins work today. - " s .
Peterson's , return ' brings the
staff up to its normal complement
of five men. . .
Reduction of the staff and the
16-hour a day operation was
planned in light of budget cuts. '
Piccard Eyes New j
Sect-Diving Record I
NAPLES, Italy U! Swiss sci
entists Augusta Piccard, who took
his sea-diving bathyscaf e down
1,100 meters 37S feet) last Wed
nesday off Capri, hopes to try for
4,000 meters (13,000 feet) and a
record ' within -; two weeks.
STRIKE SETTLED -
CLEVELAND (fl "A strike of
Z5,S00 Firestone Tire k Rubber Co.
employes begun last Wednesday
mirinirht -' ended Sundav in an
agreement providing a 12-ent hour
ly pay raise package, muueng a
a -cent general Increase. '
Party
ocrat .
Has.:
to South
Senator said he believes Dixie Dem
ocrats won-kicked over the traces
in 1952 are going to be difficult to
woo back into the national party
fold unless some changes are made.
"All of the efforts to bringvthe
Solid South back into the national
party will be unavailing until the
party organization takes the South
into .full partnership in drafting the
platform and picking the nomi
nees." be declared.
Holland's decision not to. attend
the Sept 14-15 Chicago rally ap
parently is in line with the intended
action of some other Southern Dem
ocrats. . .
Byrd Uninvited
Sen. Byrd (D-Va), who helped
swing Virginia to Eisenhower last
year, said he had not been invited
to the. Chicago meeting. He said he
has no present intentions of .attend
ing.' .-. I '
However, Sen. Ohn Johnston (D-
SC) said if he can work 'out his
schedule, he will go to Chicago.
He said he doubts there "will be
much discussion there of last year's
Southern defections. '
Byrnes to Bypass - '
Gov. James F. Byrnes, South
Carolina Democrat who supported
Eisenhower, recently made it clear
that he will take no part in the
Chicago proceedings. He said he
hadn't been invited and wouldn't
accept if he were.
Byrnes said at the annual gov
ernors' conference in Seattle earlier
this month that the South Carolina
Democratic Party is an entity
which can back any national ticket
it chooses. He said he won t attend
any further national convention that
demands advance pledges of sup
port for its nominees. 9
Shun Stevenson
Byrnes and Gov. Allan Shivers of
Texas have made it plain they have
no enthusiasm for Stevenson as a
possible 1956 nominee.
Texas also went Repuolican In
1952 and Shivers publicly backed
Eisenhower on the submerged lands
issue last spring. Although that has
faded into the background with en
actment of a new submerged lands
law, the fundamental controversy
over civil rights remains as much
alive as it was when it plagued the
1952 convention. ... - - , , .
50 Sergeanjts
Amonsf POWs
Exchanged
By JIM BECKER
PANMUNJOM US Fifty Amer
ican sergeants returned to free
dom in the first contingent of Mon
day's war prisoner exchange
tne Z7tn day of Operation Big
Switch.
They were among 150 U.S. per
sonnel and 250 South Koreans in
volved in the day's operation.
Tne repatriates came back amid
growing nopes tnat as many as
500 more Americans than expected
may be liberated.
The additional Americans pre
sumably would be those captured
late in the fighting but carried on
U.S. casualty lists as "missing in
action."
The sergeants returning in Mon
day's first group jumped briskly
from the six Russian-built trucks
which brought them from the Com
munist North. But they were quiet
There were no sick or wounded
among them.
There were 28 officers. Including
two Navy ensigns, in the second
group of 50 Americans. Most of
the others were senior non-camr
im'tfinnwl AffiM . A
The Communists said they would
release Tuesday 100 Americans, 25
Enusn. 20 Turks. 5 Australians and
250 South Koreans.
Tragedy Ends
Young, Pilot's
Plane Flight
OAK RIDGE. Tenn. tfl A 16-
year-old girl who received her pi
lot's license a month ago took her
father for a plane flight Sunday
lor the first tune.
The plane took, off, then hesitat
ed at an altitude of about 500 feet
and nosed over into a cornfield
about 30 feet from a house.
Both Jane Dobbs and her fath
m vtr vr YVvkH vti
view of her brothers, William C.
Dobbs, la, and Jimmy- Dobbs?. 7.
Their mother was at home in Oak
Ridge. . ' .. . .
WINDS VEER OFF
MANILA If! A typhoon wi2i
winds up to 140-miles-an-hour veer
ed west early Monday toward
sparsely - settled islands clustered
between the northern Philippines
and Formosa.
MEETS WITH RITEE . , I
SEOUL IB Sen. Knowland CR-
Calif.) conferred with President
Syngman Rhee for an hour Sunday
at the presidential xnansion.
Tb. Oregon Statezncrxu Salm,
Twice A POW
r
NgajSsflsjMaSjpsjVp aiiia-www.j-
PANMUNJOM Marine Sergeant
Frederick J. Stumpges, Sheboy
gan, Wise, -who survived the
Bataan Death March during
World War II, story on page
5) is shown at Panmunjem fol
lowing his release by the Com
munists in Korea.' He has spent
nearly 7 of his 14 years in the
Marine Corps as a Prisoner of
War. (AP YVlrephoto via Radio
from Tokyo to the Statesman).
Bible 'Bomb'
Plan Blocked,
SaysChurch
AMSTERDAM. The Netherlands
(A The International Council of
Christian Churches said Sunday the
U. S. State Department has refused
it permission to float small Bibles
by balloons into Communist-con
trolled nations from the U. S.-occu
pied zone of Germany.
The council's spokesman said he
did not know the reason, but the
refusal might be based on political
erntmde I
The Rev. Dr. Carl Mclntire ef
Collingswood, N. J., president of
the council, wired President Eisen
,
hower asking "your immediate as-
r .a aa earn . f .m . n .
sistance. - i.nc icaoie saia me dsj
loons were not to carry political
propngantia. j v.
Denied Stoppage .
- In Bonn, a U. S. High Commis
sion official denied that the State
Department had refused permis
sion. .
There was no immediate com'
ment from the State Department
in Washington. Dr. Mclntire's par
ty of four arrived here Saturday
night from Germany. Amsterdam
is the international headquarters
of the council, a Protestant organ
ization.
Texas Floods
Cliase3,O0Dy
From Homes
ROBSTOWN, Tex. W More
than 3,000 persons had been evacu
a ted from this flat Texas Gulf
coast area Sunday as new torren
tial downpours increased the dan
ger to their flood' bound homes.
About 1,500 persons were In em
ergency shelters here, 17 miles
west of Corpus Christi, after being
chased from their homes by al
most 10 inches of rain., Another 3
inches feu Sunday.
Bashed to Safety
In Sinton, 28 mQes north of Cor
pus Christi, another 1,500 -persons
were rushed to safety. A total of
129 families were evacuated Satur
day night and more were rescued
Sunday as a 7-inch cloudburst fell
in less than five hours. -
Sunday's rain made a total of
almost , 20 inches in Sinton since
last Thursday. ;
Several families were evacuated
Sunday from the Mathis commu
nity, 16, miles west of Sinton, and
bkidmore, 19 'miles nortnwest
Rains up to 4 inches fell in the
areas Sunday.
No Deaths Reported
No 'deaths have been - reported.
About one-fourtn or Mnton was
reported under water, including
both residences and! business hous
es. The flooding ranged from sev
eral inches to several feet
Western Iaternatiejal
At Salem e-4,rvncouver 1-1
At Spokane r-f?aJf ary 4-
At WenatchVC juCity 9-i .
At Yakima IprKntoa 4-1
Coast Igtte.iT, i.x .
At PortUnd-4yNu Dleso 1-5
At Zxw Aaeles -, Hollywood 4-9
At Saa franciaco 7-J, Oakland S-4
At Sacramento Seatye S-l '
National League 1' ' .
At Brooklyn 30. St. Louis 4
At Pittaburfh 4-3. Milwaukee IS-lt
At New York 10-1. Chicaro 14
At Philadelphia 4-4, Ctnonaatt X-3
Amerlcam League 1 ' '
At ChJcago -l. New York lft-e
At Qeveland e-a, Boston S-4
At SC Louis 3-3, Washlnrton 0-9
1 lMMfitia
Orfyon. Monday, Auout 31
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Mass'
By DON DO AXE
BONN, Germany W The West
German ' government said Sunday
it has! broken up a Communist plot
to disrupt next Sunday's T parlia
mentary election by arresting at
WW II , A -V' A iW
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Cites DaDiaou AciBOtTQ
IjONDON (Pi Yugoslavia published denials Sunfay that she
planned to annex the Slav zone of Trieste and broadcast charges
that British-American military
Italy in a move to grab parts of
Italian charges that Yugoslav
President. Marshal Tito was! ready
ing a Trieste grab announcement
in a speech Sept 6 set off .the
flurry The Yugoslavs counter
charged that - the Italians were
massing tanks and troops about 20
miles I north of Trieste in a seizure
step, t
Toward midnight an Italian crui
ser, tfcro destroyers and a number
of smjall vessels sailed into Venice
harbor, on the northern coast neari
Trieste, Rome newspapers report
ed. ! '
No Explanation j
There was no official explanation
for the arrival of the -fleet at this
time but newspapers in Venice and
Rome said it was "obviously in
connection with the mounting Italo
Yugoslav dispute.
Italian military " authorities In
Romej also acknowledged that an
Italian infantry regiment and an
armored battalion deployed Satur
day night along the Yugoslav bor
der and other Army units in the
area jwent on alerts in barracks.
Military authorities said, howev
er, the troop movements were part
of "routine exercises" held in man
euvers in that area for some time.
Help Allay Fears
The Yugoslav denials helped al
lay fears of western diplomats in
Yugoslavia. U. S. diplomats in
Rome were reported undisturbed by
the exchange.
The official Yugoslav news agen
cy Tanjug reported the Yugoslav
denials.
; They came after Belgrade radio
broadcast a. speech' at Idrija, on
the . Slovene coast by Yugoslav
Foreign Minister Ales Bebler. 4
Italians Charged . , ; .
Behler said "Italy is endeavoring
with all. means available to incor
porate Trieste and part of the Slo
vene coast into its territory. . 4
"Unfortunately,, in- their endea
vors j the .Italians are getting .the
support of the Anglo-American mil
itary (government in Trieste." "
Earlier, radio Belgrade said lo
cal Italian press reports confirmed
Italian troop movements.
Tanjug assailed the reports of
Yugoslav seizure plans as "fabri
cated provocation" by "official Ital
ian personalities.' u
Trieste is an old issue between
the tiro countries.
SUOMELA i LEAVES . I
JUNEAU. Alaska (A Aroie
Suomela, director of the Oregon
Department of Fisheries who was
sent to Alaska for a three month
survey. of Alaska fisheries as per
sonal! representative of Interior
Secretary McKay, has left the ter
ritory; Ike's Son
U f ....
SEOUL President Eisenhower's
one of five U. S. 3rd Infantry Division officers honored by the
Republic of South Korea,-receives handshake from; Klaj. Gen.
Euar Kyin Shin. ROK army deputy chief of staff, after the officer
pinned the Cbongma Distinguished Military Service medal with
gold! star him. The citation said in part "for outstanding pro
fessional skill, resourcefulness, and ingenuity.' ( AP ; Wrephete
to the Statesman)
, 1953; i ; . :;;;.J PBicE-:5c , H y , i
j : . i . l ,
Arrests i:JoiwaFt
least 1,600. Red agents from East
uermainy. ; l ;
About 1,000 were I arrested in
Hehnstedt as they crossed the East
West German border! with ( forged
travel ipermits, it was announced.
government officials wlere backing
the disputed free terr
ory.
Pretty D
ver
m l m i
l anes lriicK
Driving
nze
Btatetman Newt SSrrrlce
RICKBEALL
pretty Dal-
las farm wife steeref, clutched
and braked herself
fto a quick
first place win in the women's
truck driving contest at the Polk
County Fair Sunday.
She is Mrs. Jane Quiring, Dal
las Route 1, Box 433A. The con-
test climaxed the closing day Sun
day of what fair officials Jubilant
ly termed , "the raosf successful
Attendance High
vu. . ..A. , am w mill V.
Ross A. " Simpson, 3 Sice chair
man of the Polk fair board, who
presented the winner's cup to
Mrs. Quiring, told Th Statesman
the three-day attendance at the
fair this year is expected to equal
the total attendance bf the past
10 annual fairs. .Tola
attendance
at the present fair
y Sunday
night 1 was estimate
. at about
eleven or twelve tho
and.
Miss Marceu us
and Mrs.
Mary Lou Payne, both
onmouth.
took second and
place tro-
phies,! respectively
the truck
driving contest They
e sisters.
The contest consisted In piloting
a truck over a course between
'stakes; and Cumulating backing up
to a dock, parking and weaving.
Sevenl In Contest 1
Seven - women participated .In
the contest sponsored py 10 local
dealers, .v. ' '
. Methods of fighting? field .and
grain fires were demonstrated by
the Southwest Polk Jtural ' Vol
unteer Fire Departnaerit, directed
by Chief Walter Yountf of Dallas.
(Pictures on .page 0)
Southwestern Bell,
Union End Dispute .
By THE ASSOCIATE!) PRESS
The Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company and spokesmen for the
CIO Communications workers un
ion announced Sunday bight they
have reached verbal Agreements
on all 'points in the llfday strike
of the utility s 53,000 union em
ployesi . S
SAXXM FRECtPITATIOW
Sine SUrt of Weather ear Sept.
nil Ttar . Last Tear j Nenaal
44.S4 . . 4X72 t SS.1S
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son, Mai. John Elsenhower (right).
The Weather
' Treip,
Portland
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9 7
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Chicara
Ye
ITork
Will melt. Rivr
u. a. -thr
bureau. McN-ry field. Salem): Mostly
cwuoj uiu morning ana tonlf ht. crtn
i ns fair during th aitemoon of
today and Tuesday. Hi(h today near
tt io M and low tonight near SO to
M. : Temperature at it 01 a. m. waa
4 degreea. ..:-)..
No. 154
srapf
Hundreds were seized in various
other areas of Germany. -
' All carried forged papers and
bundles of printed Communist prop
aganda and were well supplied with
West German currency. Many ad-
mitted, police said that they were
sent in by East German Commu
nists to spread Red propaganda.
West German officials feared the
agents also might try to start riots
at election rallies and even disturb
the noting. One Communist disturb
ancp was squelched Sunday at a
Free Democrat Party rally in Dues
seldorf. j , - "
The main target of the agents'
was the . industrial Ruhr, where
Communists are concentrating their
attacks against Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer's pro-Western, govern
ment. - ' :- '"I ' S ' ; j -
But the number seized in outty-
ing areas showed that the reported
campaign was to be widespread
Police admitted that hundreds
probably succeeded in reaching
theif goals before the border con- '.
tro!was clamped on. . j. ,
Government officials, however,
said? they have the situation undet
control. A spokesman expressed
confidence that the majority of the
agents shipped into West Germany
have been or will be caught. !
Every train and road crossing
the Iborder wal guarded and alJ
travielers closely checked. i ,
ies
Eastern Half
Of Continent
Byf THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The sun .broiled the nation from
theigulf states! to the East Coast;
Sunday, breaking heat records in
many cities. Only the Rockies and
the ;Far West escaped the sizzling
aun scorci
temperatures'' -' ' l
The sun melted twd Chicago heat
records as the mercury-soared to
96.L That reading broke a record
for rthe date., B5.7 degrees : set
in 1M5. ; !
Sixth Day la Row f
Sunday also was the sixth con-;
secutive day When the 'tempera
ture! rose to 95 degrees or higher -breaking
a record of five such con
secutive days; set in 1911.'
AtT the Chicago White Sox New
York Yankees' baseball double
header in Comiskey Park 25 fans
were treated Jar heat prostration
before the end of the first game.
Chicago fire department ambul
ances and rescue squads alone han
dled 38 cases of persons overcome
by the heat in a 24-hour periodi
More than 750,000 persons flocked
to the city's beaches. Sunday was
Chicago's 18th ! consecutive day
without measurable precipitation.
New York Mark
The Chicago Weather Bureau re
ported the following mid-day temp
eratures: Baltimore 100; Washing-:
ton 99; Omaha M. New York .re
ported a sizzling 95.9 at 3:05 p.;m.
New York s reading set the sec
ond consecutive new record for the
date. Saturday's 100 also had set a
record. : t i
New England boiled. Boston's
temperature hit 98 Sunday setting
a record for the date. The old rec
ord was 93 set in 1881. Hartford,
Conn;, hit 97. topping the Aug. 30
record of 92 J set in 1921. Five
children drowned In Connecticut .
since? Friday.'
In Richmond. Va.. the mercury
bubbled at 101, breaking a record
set in 1932 for the date. Gordons-
ville,Va., reported 102 degrees and
no relief was in sight for. Virginia
and Surrounding states.
French Drive
i if I ' .
Tp Wipe Out
WITH FRENCH UNION FORCES.
AT VIENAN IKIENAN, North
eastern Indochina (A French Un-
ion troops wading up to their necks;
in rain-swollen swamps and rice'
fields pushed ahead steadily Sun
day night in an attempt to wipe .
out over 1.000 encircled Commun- -
1st -led Vletminh soldiers. , -
The French drive was aimed at:
removing a threat of attack on;
this air and war supply base and'
the city of Haiphong. !
French conmanders reported .
thus far more" than 120 Vietmlnh
have been killed in savage fighting
and 200 captured in the first 43
hours iof the new; offensive in the
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