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Newspaper Page Text7Tte mrwTfWp CITY EDITION Forertst: Fair Saturday afternoon, evening and Sunday. Western Oreion tame, with occasional patches of morning for alone the coast. Somewhat warmer in the Interior. High SO to 65 along coast both days. High interior 11 to 84 Saturday and 78 to 88 Sunday. Phone 5-1551 LANE COUNms HOMt NEWSPAPCa No. 225 EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1949 far, F5---'- j J"- V. V K nn .j... iaV.sB'SraTTV: . al Hf o.ijit' . . .1 j .. .. .1 ti': 11 .i t . T-" a in oDinfE to replace lne um u e M"uaa tfiimiiicne mver ai rcrry ai. will ? when completed. The office of the planning consultant for the Lane Coun- Commission drew this sketch from aerial photos and architect's drawings. . the Eiieene side of the river. The two-span structure will cost tl BfR Ul b $400,000 Mll"1P..nn ...J he comDleted in 1950. (Wiltshire eneravine.1 n 7' Oj. 7 CI Plunge' to Ocean Depths IT . .rrirpn IV OFFiing into," Barton said, "we ex Rn ittAKD, Calif. pect to find strange and gigantic & Otis Barton plunges fteific in nit sic" . cmirdtT in an attempt 0 (eet below the sur- Uy twice the exisuug 1 i u-year-old suoma Ltr (torn Boston, believ Eii dire In the 7000-pound to would pioneer ex Lf the deeps where scien U lome of the world's sources are deposited. IlKord Dt, William Beebe of the lets Zoological Society, End to i record 3028 feet til in 1934 In the bathy- rtith he designed. Hut Wlevei his benthoscope kit that record. smew world we're go- sea animals never before seen by man." The scientist said his only worry was the possibility that the cable lowering' him to the ocean bottom might break In rough weather. Before Barton went down into the Santa Cruz basin himself, he sent the 57 4 inch ball down twice as a precaution first with only a ringing bell which continued to ring as long as communications were in order. A second drop was made with a 8 mm. camera and glaring lights recording the "underworld." With the tests completed, Bar ton planned to crawl through a 13-inch opening into the bentho scope, then signal his assistants, Jack Eaddy and Bailey McCune to operate the winch to lower the sphere from a 100-foot barge. The barge was towed by the Vel ero IV, a marine laboratory ship. Barton said he felt reasonably safe inside his benthoscope, which was equipped with two windows from which he could make obser vations or take motion pictures, Lights outside the ball illum inated the black depths where sunlight never penetrates. Oxygen tanks supplied him with fresh air and helped maintain normal atmospheric pressure. Large wooden wheels, about seven feet in diameter and four feet wide, permitted the benth scope to be pulled along the bot tom and acted as bumpers if it hit any obstacles. Probers Study Home Freezer Gifts to Notables 5 Per Center Inquiry Hears New Testimony WASHINGTON Senators investigating five per centers Sat urday sought a motive for the reported shipment of unasked-for home freezers to Mrs. Harry S. Truman and other Washington WASHINGTON Mai. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan said Saturday that home freezers sent to him and other Washing-, tan notable were simply gifts from two old friends and there was nothing improper about "this courtesy." ugoslav, Soviet jft is Widened By United Press lit between Yugoslavia and Russia widened further Satur- l! unconfirmed reports of Communist plots to assassinate or jiMinhalTito. Mowed up its formal note branding' Yugoslavia "an, wi ll idversary of the Soviet Union" with a Fravda editorial Tito of blackmail and deception in allegedly 'dealing with the western powers. Russia's satelite, Czechoslavia, asked three members of the Yugo slav tmbasty staff to leave the country immediately on grounds they had tossed anti-Czech and anti-Russian pamphlets from the windows of their diplomatic cars. The London Dally Mail re ported American military Intel ligence agents had informed President Truman that Russia may try to overthrow the Tito government within two month. lewis Porter, 51, Wal-1 Th. Hisnatrh the ,ihm wploye of the Globe attempt would be made bv infil- Co, oi Walton, was trating Yugoslavia with Soviet death beneath a roll- agents and disguised troops and Si companion, David l ol Walton, managed me way of the run- Ion Logger jured pa wis killed Friday aft p mother escaped death p( accident near Lin- fc line County Coroner I suisey, Springfield, re F two men were setting by encouraging itemal revolt, several Italian newspapers quoted Trieste reports that a Communist information bureau plot to kill Tito last month had been nipped in time. Cominform agents were said to have placed a land mine at the Europe Council Rejects Debate On Irish Union STRASBOURG,. Trance UP) By an overwhelming show of hands, the Council of Europe's assembly Saturday rejected Ire land's attempt to call up the Irish partition problem for debate. Ireland had sought to have the newly-created assembly take a hand in its long-standing demands for union of Northern Ireland with the 26-county republic to the south. British Against Proposal Strong opposition to the con troversial proposal came from most British delegates in the 101 member assembly. Since 1921 the six counties of Northern Ireland have been part of the United Kingdom, along with England, Scotland and Wales. Rejection of the Irish bid came on a point of procedure whether proposals backed by less than 10 deputies could be considered for the assembly's agenda. The as sembly endorsed its special agen da committee's recommendation to throw out such minority pro posals. Sought Discussion Ireland's four deputies had asked the assembly notables. The subcommittee has a subpoena out for Harry Hoffman, Milwaukee advertising man whose name cropped up in testimony at the inquiry. Lawmakers hoped he might shed some light on the subject. Invoices Seen A committee member said pri vately that he has seen invoices showing that a freezer was sent to Mrs. Truman at Independence, Mo., and that two were shipped Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, President Truman s Army aide. The senator said the invoices also list shipments to Chief Just ice Fred M. Vinson, federal re serve governor James K. Varda man, and Presidential secretary Matt Connelly. Not in Record The vouchers not yet in the record are dated 1945 and early 1946. At that time Vinson was first reconversion director and later Secretary of the Treasury. Vardaman was Mr. Trumans naval aide. The invoices were brought to the inquiry by Albert J. Gross, a Milwaukee businessman who tes tified Thursday that he shipped a freerer to Vaughn and other prom. inent Washingtonians. He said all of the units were paid for by the Albert Verley Co., ,the Chicago perfume firm for which John Mar aeon worked in 1945. Maragon, who once had entry to the White House, is a key figure in the committee's search for influence peddlers. Testimony Cut Oft . Gross' testimony was cut off after he named Vaughn as a re- cipient of one of the freezers. Chairman Hoey (D-NO) said the committee wanted to get all the facts before putting out the rest of the names. He added that one peson listed already has told him he did not get one. Another committee member said he was told Mrs. Truman sent a thank-you note to Gross, thinking he was the donor. Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) told reporters Gross is "entirely in the clear" with respect to the myster ious freezers. What the committee is trying to do is establish a reason for shipment of the freezers to Vaugh an and the others. They want to find out whether it was an at tempt to curry favor, and if so why. Iw4k s Warn I IDLE DOCK WORKERS LINE UP at the Aloha Tower in Honolulu to apply for jobs offered by the Hawaiian Territorial Government following its seizure of the Island's strike-bound stevedoring industry. Manpower needs have been filled, the government announced Saturday, with the hiring of 1680 applicants. Work will start Monday, the government said, . Stevedores Hired; Dock Action Set HONOLULU (UP) The Hawaiian government finished recruiting stevedores Saturday and prepared to go into action Monday unloading seven strike-bound vessels. Ben F. Rush, manager of the Harbor Board, which has the task of operating the government-seized Island long shore industry, announced that manpower needs have been filled with the hiring of 1680 job applicants. "We Sunny Week-End Forecast for Resorts Sub-Sfation Bids Opened 'best methods for eliminating causes of disputes between mem ber states." Previously Irish Foreign Mon ister Sean Mac Bride made it clear the proposal was aimed at getting assembly discussion of Ireland's dispute with Britain over partition. Local Statistics: Highest temoer- urdav that mnntlv mnnv U7athar to discuss! would greet weekend vacationers who travel to Oregon s mountains and beaches. Coastal forecast is for fair weather with winds only eight to 15 miles in velocity. Forecasts for the Cascades area are for fair to partly cloudy with slightly warm er temperatures than in the past week. h. .t ope ! enhance to a shipyard Tito was t Wve them Vroke .rfi.d - f:,.. n.,. PMd Porter against,, port on the Istrian oeninsula uuing nun instantly, which Vi.Bncl.,,,'. r..iv. fm Mi the man died in-(treaty. ;" eoroner'c uorrKn, tu- j: t i . toto. The body was fore Tito's arrival and 30 persons fcw " en Funer" j were rrested, the dispatches said. PJ A. Stewart, Fall f i slkht nn. lacerated far. Fl iccident t-.,. I?0 operation nn I m m m .... .... Dim UnPnPn Earned His Nickname on Battlefields l!H 0Ved ,0 Sa' P4-" Hum iil iiSnn pJ; a... f , .' Fourteen bids were received and PJ u "f.ir" ? ' 0Pened Friday at the Portland of-; ident u-hirh Z. ' e 01 the Bonneville Power Ad Ut ihoi ministration for eradin th gt ' I.. , "u P m-i Goshon Suh.cf.Unn ! Pirf. nr. L unea. lT-..ii.i- . ' I. ' Y u-l H..I-. Amn.i., tVm mnn-,,n n .Tsnsn. mvuaiion tor ine grading, , D vwni.cMa V-K.. mark the beginning of construe- NEW YORK (IP) Gen. J. Law-; ese on Guadalcanal and New tion for this important power ton Collins, the new Army chief ; Guinea. link. !0f staff, earned his nickname Relied Utah Beach Low bidder was Spade Bros. &; "Lightning Joe" on many battle- is.. L. , Dack Construction Co. of 1 fields. Ladder Truck Arrives At City Station The main Eugene fire station in the city hall building was a bee hive of activity Saturday morning with delivery of the city's new $33,000 aerial ladder truck. Capable of raising a steel lad- dqr.-alrfiost eleven stories high in a" matter 'of moments, the new truck will replace a 1921! model that only transported ladders to a fire scene where they then had to be assembled by hand. The automatic ladder on the new truck also will serve as a hose turret. When necessary, it will carry two fire lines up with it so they' may be directed into the upper stories of a burning building or down into the center of a Maze in a lower building. Purchased with proceeds of a special fire department bond issue approved by the voters in May, 1948, the Seagraves ladder truck need be manned by only two fire men, a driver and an assistant perched like a "trailer monkey" over the rear wheels of the sec tion on which the hydraulically operated aerial ladder is folded. Yet the truck is so large that it was shipped here on two railroad cars. Upon reaching a fire, the driver will be able to raise the ladder into position without leaving his seat. Furthermore, he will be able to aim it to an exact position, The truck, powered with a 12 cyllnder engine, also will carry a power generator and floodlights, life net, forcible entry tools and ladder nozzles. Saturday, Chief Ed Surfus r- hope to start next week to unload the ships now in port," Rush said. "The gov ernment's next duty will be to load these vessels, and any other which make our ports, with Island products lor Mainland markets." . He added a warning to the striking CIO International Long shoremen s and Warehousemen's Union that interference with the government-supervised "loadlni and unloading operations will not be tolerated, . "I want to make It perfectly plain that we shall brook no interference and the entire po lice power of the territory Is behind us to enforce the law," said Rush In a radio statement Friday night, ' He echoed a previous warning by Gov. Ingram Stainback. Meanwhile, as the strike en tered its 105th day, the ILWU served notice that it will fight what it terms "out and out strike breaking" with more than picket lines, Union Attorney Harriet Bous- log declared the Territory s newly-passed Dock Seizure Law is unconstitutional and announced the union legal staff is preparing to challenge it in court. When the court action ends "all that will be left will be a bunch of definitions," she said. Blasts Rock Negro Homes In Alabama BIRMINGHAM. Ala. UP) Dy namlte blasts rocked the homes of two negro ministers early Satur day in an area zoned for whites. A group of negroes fired several shots at the dynamiters' auto, ap parently without effect, . Eighteen negroes In the two houses narrowly escaped death or injury. Scores of negroes In angry mood gathered in the area immediately and squads of police deployed to keep traffic moving. One Man Arrested One negro was arrested. The ar resting officer said he refused "to move on when ordered. The negro, Horace Moore, 32, was taken to the city Jail, where in was booked .(in chargvof re sisting arrest and refusing to obey an ollicer. . The crowd later dlpersed with out further incident.' Thronga of the curious jammed the area, nowever. Detective Capt. C L. Pierce said all city detectives were as signed to the case. The department Includes approximately 49 offi cers. Window! Blown Out Most of the windows in the houses were blown out. Neither sustained any major damage. The houses are only a halt block from three others that were heav ily damaged by blasts the night of Mnrch 24. These other houses had been bought by negroes for occupancy. They were vacant at the time. Man Unmasked Residents of the houses said the dynamite was hurled by an un masked white man who leaned out of a speeding car. The houses were occupied by families of the Rev. Milton Curry and the Rev. E, B. Deyampert. Both had been warned In recent weeks by anonymous phone call B 36 Hearings Recessed In Face of Charges Van Zandt Asserts Craft Not Day Bomber WASHINGTON ttl.R) Rep. James E. Van Zandt (R-Pa), pro duced evidence that the B-38 might have to stay away from many Russian targets in summer time if it is only a night bomber, as one top general claims. These targets include Moscow, The Navy reserve captain also heated up the battle of the B-3S with a charge that Air Force and congressional leaders' aim to whitewash "quetlonable deals" which he haa reported. These were Van Zandt's parting blasts as House hearings on B-38 purchases prompted by Van Zandt's charges recessed for a week so a subcommittee can go to California to interview Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, wartime Air Force chief of staff, and aircraft industry executives. The Pennsylvania congressman Inserted in the House Armed Ser vices Committee's Investigation record an .Air Force publication Indicating that many Russian in dustrial targets are In northern areas where there is little if any night in summer. Top strategic bombing expert! have disagreed on whether day light B-36 operations, unescorted by fighters, would result In pro hibitive losses. Chimes Don't Sound; Bird Flock Blamed LONDON (U.R) The chimes ers to move. Tne Hev. curry saia of Big Ben did not sound Friday h was reading his Bible when night as usual, for the 9 o'clock the irst blast occurred, broadcast, 1 An announced explained apol ogetically that the great clock in the tower of the Houses of Parlia- ported that the truck will have ment was 4' minutes slow, to be fitted and tested before itj He said that "numerous" star will be ready for use but that this ling perched on the minute hand work will be completed In the! were responsible, next week. I Big Ben was reset at midnight. fLightning Joe New Army Chief Four Are Hurt In Accidents Gen. George C. Kenny, former strategic air commander, has tes- uned that speedy Jets would hav an easy time with the B-38 In daylight. Lt. Gen. Curtii E. Lemay, present commander, contended, however, that Interception would be "very difficult" in daytime. The publication cited by Van Zandt was the Air University Quarterly Review, whose authors' views are not necessarily those of the Air Force. Kennev now heads the Air University. The article, by Lt. Col. Oliver K. Jonea, a weather expert, said that In summer there would be only t hours, 22 minutes ot dark ness far a bomber attacking tar gets from 40,000 feet at 55 dt- grees north latitude. ' The line runs through Moscow and south of Sverdlovsk in "the. industrial area of the Urals." Bombers approaching from nor therly directions would have even less night cover than in the tarsal area, it was satf. The California-bound subcom mittee is in quest of fact! about alleged political influence in th B-38 program. Such allegation! were reported to the Hnn hv Van Zandt, whom Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington Friday ac cused of "disgraceful use of con gressional immunity." Elsewhere In Congress: Arms Aid Secretary of tUnU Dean Acheson and Chairman Tom Connally of the Senate Foreign neiauons committee were study ing plans to by-pass the balkT appropriations committee in an effort to speed congressional ac tion on the $1,450,000,000 arms aid program. One plan called for a his boost in proposed authority of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion advance funds for the armj shipments before the appropria tions are made. Another proposal would call for a small cash appro priation now and an RFC advance, with the balance in contracting authority. Either way, congression. al action on the full appropriation could be delayed until next year. Reorganisation Senate Demo crat leader Scott W. Lucas con ceded that prospects are not too good tor President Truman'i plan to convert the Federal Security Agency Into a department of wel fare, with cabinet status. Clark Attorney General Tom Two Eugene people were In Sacred Heart Hospital Saturday morning with Injuries sustained in an accident on the Coburg Road Friday night. Listed as in fair condition were Mrs. Delia Ostrom, 38, 3425 N.c. Clark appeared certain to re- twi II.U1 U Ol., CjUKCUC, flllU UCHIJ m Hits lhn.l LI '"wi noover Portland with a bid of $20,904 sr, ruv ; "'sural did. was suDmmea oy t"- Former! w'Hiam & J- T. Fusco, Tacoma, flin'ii.i Hoover was S5". 3'5. One Eugene firm, Durbin fc ,..;- u'aer ailment crS-, bid S38.575, 7-unti train Satur. Bids are being reviewed prior The graying, 53-year-old sol dier one of the handsomest men His Seventh Corps seized Utah Beach in Normandy. It freed Cher bourg, the first French metropolis liberated from the Nazis. It broke the crust at St. Lo. It was first to crack the Siegfried line and capture a major German city- Aachen. It took Cologne, too, ex- . 4k mntl in the Army was it u ........ colorful and energetic field com manders of World War II. Tnuffh and Cool He was tough and cool and wonpan(je(j the first bridgehead across his battles first hand. He ran his;tne Rhine at Remagen, and at famous Seventh Corps as effi-lthe war's end linked up with the Ogden and tentatively set for December. 1951. 1 cjently as any top business exec- Russians along the Elbe, -old former' According to William E. Trom-iutjve. An all around soldier, hej Rut "Lightning Joe," who never ,mers Hausen, district BPA man- i ce,ud Dlan a battle, fight it through dodged a scrap, once got into a "rf . " aaiur-! die ueing rev tw.. . fip after I'0 award of contract. -'-mi. . .. . ... . ., . sfc ine time oi completion oi tne SjWord boarded tli,Gosnen Sub-station has been ' r-:tad ;H . lc tAniQii.,u. 4 rv- u- iot ... Ill ;5TMr L !Uck u-. i. , aSer. 't is proposed that con-ian(j encourage his own front jjght he wasn't looking for, 1M 11. .. strilrTinn f lh arctu rnart anrt',- . . .i,h nrtpnre noover will "--." "t V. , . - - - line wovy - In Belgium lw .. 'wpr 1 .. ... .... ... .- - r- .... ... Lv" Jork." Th ,:h"'" sraoing 01 tne substation sue : Tni, was his battle formula. j It happened in the "BatUe of nwver report h. j 10 e compieQ vms iu w ..0u, i. . " Sported h V ...i-.u -outguess ui vwj, r the Bulge" in Belgium in uecem- a maniHKe 01 me sue. ana iu piu-h w, ,n,i inn never tiuu PJUhv. ' ; vide for storage of the material , . P C'l' : 10 "hich be arrivin ear'y next' . . Puncher v- z .. 11c r nnr vpar - - - ..... un-i A 'total of 14 bids were received ! Some generals are boxers, and E.nhow.r temporaruy put m. fnr th. ill ht twr, nf umi are puncners. msum.,. ,.,.. -..w .... n. "..rrJ.T,h" i?, h rVon ioe" is a puncher. It was his f.c- field leadership of Field Marshal contractors. ber, 1944. The German break through imperiled the American line of communications, and Gen bv, RAPING 7.a toi"?, -U--! SOAPBOX JOCKEYS BEADY 1 2Ym W William Wolter. 21. of Rt. 2. Eu-1 . ..:., : u," a."- After a spectacular 100-mile gene. Raymond Gillespie, 38, 1625 : Sunr,m. r..,r( night march, Harmon's tankers Norkenzie Rd., wss treated . for Dencn reached their assembly area near first aid and released Friday "oua'nr The House Banking Ccllcs, Belgium. Then they started; night. .Lommittee has agreed on most to run into German outposts. Mov-I Gillespie was reportedly driving I provisions of a bill to help middl ing more swiftly than expected, tne car in which Mrs. Ostrom was income people finance new homes, the Nazis were only a few miles riding when It crashed head-on ! The measure has not been written from the Meuse River. If they !w"h r driven by Wolter at 'In final form yet, but Committee reached it and took Dinant the , th'L Junction of the Oakway Road Chairman Brent Spence said it American armies would be split wi.th Cobu,r Road-, . . . I would be by early next week. The In half. ,In another mishap, Richard measure, similar to a bill approved , . ( , . Wayne Jack, 11-year-old son of by the Senate Banking Committee Harmon immediately relayed 1 Raymond Jack. Harrlsburu. .i ,.L.a "..,L J,hf m , this Information to Collins, who'celved head and chest in Juries 'rect home loan, to ve eran, h, I a.ked: "What do you want to do, Fi day evening. He was riding his , would not Include the hiinnn' was Jnhn finrhn llo mas lrnnxUs.fi t. ua.Kt qui wcrc C0nscl0Ug by the Jmpact nnr WRg not to," said Har-- lifted at in fair mnriitinn hv A nl .U I.-'. t --l . ... . . J r.,i inn . uiuo " ti ssrrtn Heart aturnay morning, GEtf. J. LAWTOV COLLINS Army Chief 0 Stall ..1... .,,dninri drive that led; Montgomery, Gen Omar Nelson Bradley to give Monty immediately named iiir.l battle assignments "Lightning Joe" to head 1 reserve nr m hi. ""r-D"- .. ' "'::.;:. Thi. w. to be used We il't. .'?l'LA7iM in American ... counterblow .t the right time One of the outfit, in the re- " ?l hi, compllmenU to Collins " Polire protpr- t.,hl e . 1 j" J Vu. t..m. h,.inr can match his combat rec- when the German drive had serve corps was th "Hell on n"'m,m kf: V.d-Pr"f Saturday on Xht home-. h''''?';,retch from! been conUined. But in the mean- Wheels" Second Armored Division.' The battle had turned ut to be I. -ta, poUc. said e.,J.'. " ,,"L '..i.' , .( r.,,iH.il to the Elbe. Colliniitime It was under itnet orders led by Ma). Gen. Emu "Old Cri-, one of "Llghtruni Joes' Ito. eULa. Uimt to Euroj titer luccetafuUIU rttriin from itUKk. vl Volc" Harmon. ibUtMg. I Wanted to Attack "I want to under orders mon the orders changed." In still another accident Friday "Go ahead, Ernie," Collins said J night, two-year -old George "I'll take the responsibility." jMyrmo, son of Mr. and Mr,, i In a great grinding battle, fought Ar,hur L- Myromo, 1435 Villard : In snow and fog, Harmon's divis-Ist'- rec!lve'1 enous head and ion annihilated the German armor mouth lnJuries when struck by a and halted the German thm.t ,P?P" carrier in front of his home Field Marshal Montgomery, an gered at first because ha thought his orders had been disregarded, sent a rebuke through channels. But when he learned the full story struck by a car driven by 0Pe"v it int.. i"u,luc "s oenaio I about 7:30 p.m. His condition was best fair. SQUASH FREEZE JS BEND BEND (U.R) The temperature In Bend dropped to 28 degrees Friday night, wilting potato vines, squash and other tender vege tables In various parts of town. It was one of the coldest early August nights here in many ytaii. Chinese Reds Assault City CANTON MV-Kanhsien, gate way city of Canton, was reported furious assaults by from 50,000 to 80,000 Communist troops. A Chinese army spokesman said the Reds still were unable to crack the city'g defenses. Pro-government dispatches said fighting raged in the outskirts of that city 21S miles northeast of Canton. The provincial officials hav fled from that capital of Kiangsi province, but the governor is said to be directing Kanhiien'i defenae.