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I' S (Sc 3r-Stcrtesman, Sckm. Or Friday. July 9. 1954 XJiS. to Rullrbops Off Key Japan Site - TOKYO Cf Far East cam Oander Gen. John E. Hull an Bounced Friday that' American troops will be withdrawn from Hok kaido Japan's Soviet frontier later this year. -- The new Japanese army will take aver the northern island's defense, pull' said. , ; Ho exact date has been set for the 'American withdrawal which will take place "during the remain ing months of 1954." Hull said. The U. S. 1st Cavalry Division, Jeter an of the Korean War, is now garrisoning Hokkaido along with '(fiat imi rl 1 -k m Planned for lonnaires ...C7 - CHARLES TOWN. W. .VAMB -American Legion delegates from Oregon to the national convention at Washington, D.C., Aug. 30; Sept 2 will be special guests on a tour it thic area' hietmM ennfe "C Francis Prinvz. post com mander here, said the Department of "Oregon delegates . would be brought here by chartered bus and tfie tour will include Harpers Fer ry, the courthouse-where John Brown was convicted of treason. many historic homes and other points of interest , A lawn party and buffet also aje icing arranged for the Oregon Visitors. - : , . - Many people who went on the Oregon Trail to the West came originally from this region. , Lowell Slates " . Incorporation LrUvviL.Lx., ure. w xms use Point Dam is located is going to incorporate as a municipality. Only 119 out . of 400 registered voters went to the polls Wednes day," but they decided 7643 for the Incorporation. Later jotes will be fiM ran tpUvtrncr rniiiuilmii anrl on approving a charter. Tt .L - r: . t - f - .. nicipal incorporation ' since . 1934 when Oakridge established a for mal government 2k' total eclipse of the sun can occur only when v the moon is close to the earth. Eclipses which Cccur at times in the. moon's cy cle when it is far away are an nular a rim of the sun showing UtJsnd the moon s shadow. the northern corps of the Japanese National Safety Force, ; ' Redeployment Due Hull said theredeployment will Herate the 1st Cavalry for "stra tegic employment in the Far, East as conditions may require. The move is apparently the first major step in an American Far Eastern - redeployment , that has been under consideration 'Since the Korean War ended. Two U. S. divi sions have already been withdrawn from Korea, .i . Hokkaido, Japan's "wild north" frontier, is less than rifle shot range from Soviet-held islands off the coast and would be a likely beachhead for any Communist in vasion of Japan. Low Volcanic Mountains An island of low volcanic moun tains, deep gorges, leafy trees and broad beaches, cold fog - bound Hokkaido i is the scene of an un ending cloak-and-dagger war be tween Communist and allied secret agents. . ' ; To the north on Sakhalin Island and in . Eastern Siberia the Bed Russians have massed American! officers say 35 divisions, 700 jet bombers, 2,500 four-engine bombers copied from the U. S. B29, and perhaps 100 submarines. Informed sources herd said the 1st Cavalry Division would be sta tioned on northern Honshu, Japan's main island, south of Hokkaido. One of the most important Amer ican motives behind Thursday's move is to prod Japan into aware ness of its danger from the Soviets. Japan's rearmament legal now for more than two years, has dragged while u. 5. forces protected the empire. ' ' j 'Firm Indication American radar and antiaircraft batteries will remain on Hokkaido, however, until the Japanese are able' to organize these technical arms for themselves, official sourc es said. ' Hull's statement said in part: "The projected employment of self-defense force troops in Hok kaido is a firm indication -of Ja pan's awareness that she must be prepared to defend herself from potential aggressors. "This important move is a major step in the direction of Japanese self-reliance, and clearly places the stamp of success on the sincere efforts of far-sighted Japanese leaders who realize their country can survive and; prosper only if it can defend its territory and its sov ereignty." - Hull said the program will "con tribute materially to the. flexibility of U. S. and U. N. forces, making force formerly tied down on Hok kaido free for strategic employ ment in the Far East as conditions may require: Jet Pldne Crashes, Sets Houses Afire N - - " lll iff:- ''-,''"'''iv' ' " ' ' ' KANSAS CTTY,' Kas. General viewi ef area near the downtown section of Kansas City, Kas., where an Air Force F 84 jet plane crashed and set several residences afire. The plane first struck ' the house in the left background, collapsing it then bounded ' ' ' , t! across the used car lot in the foreground, setting two motor cars afire. The plane then struck the building at right setting It ablaze. The pilot 2nd Lt John H. Kapeles, based near Austin, Texas, died in the wreckage. - (AP Wirephoto). Youngest Lobbyist Becomes Editor - ANN ARBOR, Mich. ()-A young woman who drew dead lines as Michigan's youngest lob byist has achieved another "first She is the first woman city editor in the 64-year history of The Michigan Daily, Univer sity of Michigan student publica tion. : . Dorothv Mvers. 20. pretty po litical science major from Wash ington, D. C, will take over the newspaper desk next year. Miss Myers became Michigan's young est lobbyist when she registered with the secretary of state as an advocate of the 18-year-old vote. She also' is national committee woman for Michigan's . Young Democrat Clubs. PERMANENT MARRIAGE HESPERIA, Mich, m Myrtilla Ramsey had been 18 years old for about a week when she mar ried Ellis Rumsey in Mainesburg, Pa. She's 92 now; he's 94. Cele bration of their 74th wedding an niversary was quite an affair. The Rumseys have 89 living descend ants. Their oldest daughter is 70. They had nine children, four of whom have died. T-H Emergency Procedures Aimed at Key H-Plant Strikes WASHINGTON The govern ment Thursday put in . motion the Taft-Hartley. Law emergency pro cedures aimed at stopping a two- day strike at plants producing key atomic and hydrogen bomb materials.- . .- . !, , President Eisenhower . ' named three members to a board of in quiry to get the facts on the strike of 4,500 CIO Union Workers at gas eous diffusion plants at Oak Ridge, Tenn., and PaducalvKy. The Pres ident has said the strike could hurt this country's race for atomic su premacy. ' The inquiry board went tight to work, taking testimony in closed- door sessions from representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission and the company and, unions in volved in a wage dispute. Secretary of Labor Mitchell, who has been attempting to get . the strike called off without having the administration apply for a court in junction, conferred with the inquiry board during the day.. , , .The labor secretary apparently was in full charge of th case for the government ''' i Thomas Keitii Glennan of Cleve land, president of Case Institute of Technology, was made inquiry board chairman and he promised that the board will have a full re port on . the , situation, quickly . for President Eisenhower.. The board's report is necessary under the Taft-Hartley Law before the President may take the next emergency strike step. This is an ordef.to the Justice Department to apply" in federal court for an 80-day back-to-work injunction. " The government may apply for the- injunction Friday, because Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the AEC has said the strike is affect ing all this country's facilities for separating U-23S from uranium. He said the U-235 is "essential to the production of atomic weapons, both fission and thermonuclear types." During the 80-day, no-strike pe riod the inquiry board would con tinue to function. - After 45 days it would furnish the National Labor Relations Board with the employ er's last offer so the NLRB could poll employes on whether they would accept it In any case the injunction would be limited to 80 days. Police Provide Glass of Water i GREENVILLE, S. C. W A tele phone operator called the police and said there was a woman on the line calling for help. Officers listened in, agreed it sounded bad. Four patrolmen ' sped to the ad dress and found all doors locked. Entrance was gainelh a pass They found a drunis woman in bed with the telephone receiver off the. book. She said she was all right -but wondered if the of ficers would get her a glass of water. They did. SURGICAL SUPPORTS Of All Kinds, Trusses, V Abdominal Supports. Etastic Hosiery Expert Fitters Private Fitting " Rooms. ; "Ask Your Doctor Capital Drug Store 405 State Street Corner of Liberty : Zrtt Green Stamps , Film Stars Get 2nd Billing to Vienna Cop j . . By ERIC WAHA VIENNA, ' (INS) ; Vienna's best-liked man apparently is not a I movie actor but a traffic cop. His fan mail already goes well over a thousand and letters still keep pouring in from all over Aus tria and even from many Eur opean countries, j 5 Kids of American officials sta tioned in four-power occupied Vi enna make their fathers drive past his intersection and ; one teen-ager was said to have ex claimed: . "I like him better than Greg ory Peck." This feeling must be interna tional because a Vienna bobby soxer was reported in the Vienna press as referring to him thus: More Umph "He may not be as beautiful as Robert Taylor but he certainly has twice as much umph.' " ' His is 24-year-old Josef Lukits and his job is to direct traffic oh a busy intersection of Vienna's fam ed Ringstrasse. Vienna's admiration for. traffic policeman Lukits goes' to show that there is more to the job of a cop than meets the eye. . In the case of Lukits, nicknamed 'Luki" and called the "Bel Ami of Ringstrasse," that what meets the eye is pleasant enough. He stands almost six, feet, has wavy, black hair and ' flashes a boyish grin which shows all his healthy teeth. What earned him nation-wide re putation and even great admira tion among foreign visitors was his "individualistic handling of traffic- - ' '. , "Luki'" does that in the usual European manner of using band signals. He has no- light signals to help him. But how7 be gives the hand-signals makes him different from the thousands of other cops. He halts traffic from one direc tion. While he waves to the driv ers of the other direction to pro ceed, he also shouts to drivers of the blocked direction to go on once he spies an opening. Trams and large buses add to general bedlam. Proctol ogist Stomach and Colon ft Iff APffalM The Reynolds Clinic 1144 Center Sr. Salem, Ore.. . Ph.. 3-9460 Traffic tn his intersection looks -like that in a movie which is spooled down to .fast v During his duty, hours, he works like a madman. He never keeps stilL i He waves, shouts, smiles, salutes, and has still time to look out for old .ladies to lead across the street . -1 Accidents don't5. happen on his intersection. There are always scores of pedestrians" hanging around just for the fun of watching him. Luki's famous words are "Gemma FranzT which is broad Viennese for "Let's go, Franz. : Lnkl Hurt Luki calls everybody "Franz," even women, and the- Russian truck drivers who make the Ring strasse a very dangerous thor oughfare, indeed. But they don't complain. Luki, ironically enough was side lined recently when he suffered an accident Vienna was in mourn ing. A car had rammed his motor cycle and he suffered several frac tures on his leg. He was visited in the hospital by Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab, Police President Frank Holoubek and many other dignitaries. Flower-bouquets rose to hills in his room. v Vienna's teenagers ire polishing their bikes, for the time he'll re sume traffic direction on the Ring. And the doctors said in a terse communique: Herr Lukits will be ready for duty soon. rl DANA CLOTHES SHOWN MYSTIC, Conn. An old sail or suit complete from straw hat down to hand-stitched - flannel underdrawers, has been donated to the Mystic Seaport Marine Mu seum. 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