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CITY EDITION
WEATHER
SUNNY
(Complete Report, Page 1-B)
LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER
, No. H2
TWO SECTIONS-20 PAGES
EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1954
Phone 5-1551
6,000 locai Mei2 072 Sfrz'Ae
Northwest Mills Idled
(AP Wirephoto)
FIST AND A VETO Fist clenched for emuhasis Snvon K Tn.
bsian delegate to the United Nations Security Council, Sunday vetoed a reso-
, rcier a uuaiemaiau aggression complaint to the Inter-Amcr can Orsjaniza-
I rieht, U.N. security guards eject a man identified as "William naw nt
Hch Village, in care of the American Labor Party" who shouted against "tyr
iuring the council session. Later he said, "I said down with the Guatemalan
invasion Dy the American State Department."
U.N. Seeks
Cease-Fire
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. Wl
The U. N. Security Council
called unanimously Sunday night
for a cease-fire in Guatemala and
for all U. N. members to with
hold aid from the fighting forces
there.
The action came after the So
viet Union cast its 60th veto in
council history on behalf of
Guatemala's leftist government.
The veto defeated a motion to
refer the Guatemalan complaint
of aggression to the Western
Hemisphere's regional organiza
tion, the Organization of Ameri
can States (OAS).
SOVIET WARNED
U.S. Delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge Jr., council president for
June, said the Soviet veto showed
obviously the Russians have "de
signs" on the Americas. He
warned angrily:
"I say to the Soviet delegate:
Stay out of the Western Hemis
pnere. Don t try to start your
plans and conspiracies here."
Despite the Russian vote, Gua
temala has already asked the
five - member inter- American
Peace Committee of the OAS to
help stop the invasion against
President Jacobo Arbenz Guz
man's government. The commit
tee scheduled a meeting in Wash
ington late Monday.
CEASE-FIRE VOTE
The cease-fire call was voted
after Guatemalan Delegate Ed
uardo Castillo-Arriola charged
neighboring Honduras and Nica
ragua, backed by the United
States and the United Fruit Co.,
had connived in an aggression
against Guatemala's territory by
mercenary expeditionary forces.
Lodge hotly defended his gov
ernment and denied the charges.
He said information available to
the United States "strongly sug
gests that the situation docs not
involve aggression, but a revolt
of Guatemalans against Guate
malans. The council took no action on
Guatemala's request that it send
a peace observation commission
at once "to prove the conniv
ance" of Honduras and Nicaragua.
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4
lajor Battles
Partial Law
In Guatemala
CIGALPA, Honduras W) President Jacobo Ar-
;man of Guatemala proclaimed martial law
his invaded country Monday as his Communist-
overnment mobilized for a showdown battle with
rebels.
'gent leaders claimed their forces were pushing
a three-pronged drive aimed at key rail and road
ications in the southern part of the country.
artiai law decree was announced late Sundav
a government appeal for all private cars to be
for use in moving troops. Reports from Guate
mala said the decisive phase
of the battle for that neigh
boring Central American na
tion may come within 48
hours.
Associated Press Correspond
ent Jack Rutledge, in Guatemala
City, quoted Guatemalan army
officers as saying no field action
had yet been fought. They added,
however, that a battle could not
be delayed much longer.
The U.S. Embassy in Guate
mala City announced its making
plans to evacuate wives and chil
dren of U.S. citizens. With a
wave of anti-U.S. feeling sweep
ing the city, the embassy report
edly feared violence might
break out against North Ameri
cans. There are about 1,200 U.S.
citizens in Guatemala.
HEAD FOR HIGHWAY
Part of the rebel force was re
ported striking toward the Pan
American Highway, near the Sal
vadorean border. This is a two
headed drive from Nouva Oco
tepeque, Honduras, toward the
town of Jutiapa.
Another invading column re
portedly was moving in from
Macuelizo, Honduras, about 20
miles west of Puerto Barrios,
Guatemala's chief Caribbean port.
The third was reported toward
Zacapa, midway on the vital rail
line between Puerto Barrios and
Guatemala City.
Rebel sources said their planes
also are dropping arms in west
ern Guatemala, where uprisings
against the government have
been reported.
President Arbenz reportedly
has taken personal charge of de
fense strategy. It was speculated
the taking-over of private auto
mobiles could mean he plans to
emulate the famous "taxicab
army" which France rushed up
to defend the Marne River dur
ing World War I.
DESERTION CLAIM
Rebel headquarters claimed
government soldiers "are desert
ing to our side" and declared the
Arbenz government had no con
fidence in its army. Spokesmen
gave no estimate on the number
of deserters, however.
A spokesman said the rebel
force consisted of 5,000 men, all
Guatemalans.
Th Arhenz Government has
LANDY
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8 Mile
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John Landy became the
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as he set a new
rd with a clocking of
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on May 6 at Oxford.
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Mil May 31 and the
week later.
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assault this vear. the 'charged Castillo Armas received
was held bv Sweden's laid from Nicaragua. It also has
W Haogg's time was asserted the rebel force is com
"i 1945. i nosed of adventurers from other
Central American nations, in
addition to Guatemalan exiles.
The Guatemalan fighting spark
ed some anti-U.S. demonstrations
in other Latin-American nations.
By HERBERT C. BAKER
Reelstcr-Guard City Editor
The Emerald Empire's lumber
industry was virtually shut down
Monday as more than 6,000 AFL
and CIO sawmill and woods work
ers walked off their jobs or failed
to report for work..
An estimated 100,000 workers
were on strike in Oregon and
Washington, cutting off the re
gion's main source of income.
The Southern Pacific Co. Mon
day reported a 50 per cent drop
off in lumber shipping.
Frank Nelson, Portland divi
sion freight agent, said he be
lieves the decrease in shipments
will hold true for at least a week
unless there is a change in the
overall strike picture.
The redwood lumber industry
of Northern California was shut
down, too, but most plants in the
pine belts of California, Oregon,
Washington, Montana and Nevada
continued to operate.
The AFL Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union and .the CIO In
ternational Woodworkers of Am
erica, joining in a cooperative
strike for the first time since 1937
when they split, have demanded
an increase of 12'A cents an hour.
PICKETS ON DUTY
Almost every major mill and
woods operation was shut down in
the Eugene-Springfield area at
the start of the 8 a.m. shift. Pick
ets were on duty at most plants.
Among the larger mills struck
Monday in Lane County were
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. at
Springfield where 1,000 employes
Fag Smokers
Die Sooner,
Report Shows
SAN FRANCISCO Wl-Cigarette
smokers die sooner than other
men aged 50-to-70 and they die
mainly from heart attacks and
cancer, an American Cancer So
ciety study reported Monday.
It finds cigarettes have an ef
fect on other types of cancer as
well as lung cancer. Numerically
the biggest effect could be in
heart disease, since far more peo
ple die of coronary disease than
die of lung cancer.
Just what the effect of cigarette
is upon men under 50 or upon
women can only be guessed at
until more studies are made, the
authors of the report said.
The report is based upon inter
views in 1952 with 187,766 healthy
men aged 50 to 70 about their
smoking habits, and a checkup
upon causes of death of 4,854 of
them who died within 20 months.
It shows the death rate from
all causes among the cigarette
smokers to be up to 75 per cent
higher than among the men who
never smoked.
For men who smoked a pack-a-day
of cigarettes or more, the
death rate from heart disease and
cancer is at certain ages double
that of non-smokers.
The risk seems to rise the more
cigarettes are smoked.
Smoking only a pipe or only
cigars doesn't seem to affect the
death rates except possibly for
cancer in general, but this possi
bility needs further study, the re
port said.
The report is the first disclosure
of an alarming rise in lung can
awaited ACS study which set out
to learn about any effects from
smoking on cancer or other dis-
Smith Back Home
WASHINGTON (.Pi Undersec
retary of State Walter Bedell eases.
Smith flew home from the Gene- The findings were reported to
va Conference on Southeast Asia
Monday with a pledge that the
West will continue "a sincere,
patient effort" to negotiate an
Indochina peace settlement.
the American Medical Assn. by
Drs. E. Cuyler Hammond and
Daniel Horn, director and assist
ant director of statistical research
of the ACS.
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U. S. FLAG BURNED
In Havana, police reported a
group of Cuban Communists at
tacked the office of the United
Press, throwing stones and other
objects at the news agency quar
ters. Windows were broken but
:no one was injured. Police said
they made some arrests.
Chilean students snouting pro-
nnolamolnn slneans burned the
file trin it ..n,.jiti c flair in rimvntnwn Santiago
' 16 hours. There will' Saturday night. The demonstrate
t i 11 rn rou,c from ors represented seven political
rem parties, ranging from left-wing
PWving bombers a SnralUt to conservative Social
'TIPSY1 EARTH BRINGS
SUMMER TO REGION
Summer came to Lane County, Oregon and the nation Mon
day because the north end of the earth's axis tipped to its limit
toward the sun.
Monday in Eugene was expected to reach a sunny 80 de
grees with warm, fair weather predicted for Tuesday. There
will bo some cloudiness Tuesday morning.
Monday is also the longest day of the year, but only a sec
ond or less longer than last Sunday.
The weather bureau reported Monday that Saturday night's
low temperature of 60 degrees was the highest daily minimum
in the past four years. A protective cloud cover and lack of air
disturbance resulted in holding the ground temperature, bureau
officials said.
The maximum tipping of the earth's axis signals the begin
ning of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. In
this period the longest days are recorded and a maximum
amount of heat and light is received from the sun, whose per
pendicular rays arc falling 23.5 degrees north of the equator.
Temperatures near 90 have been forecast for parts of South
ern Oregon and warm, dry conditions are expected to continue
over the state through Tuesday.
For the second week, a record breaking heat wave gripped
the Midwest and floods forced hundreds of flee their homes in
Iowa.
Ninety degree readings were the rule from Nebraska, Iowa,
and Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico. Chicago, which has endured
over 90 degree temperature for 10 straight days, expected to tie
an all time city heat record with more of the same Monday,
walked off their jobs. The workers
are members of CIO-IWA, Local
5-246, Springfield. The local's bus
iness agent, Frank Worley, re
ported approximately 1,600 men
on strike in his area.
Other major plants include Gius
tina Lumber Co., Eugene; Ros-
boro Lumber Co., Springfield;
Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., Spring
field; U.S. Plywood Corp., Maple-
ton; Hult Lumber Co., Junction
City; and Woodard and Rickini
Lumber Companies at Cottage
Grove.
The list includes a major por
tion of Lane County's 118 sawmills.
SOME OFFERS
Meanwhile on the brighter side,
Eldon Kraal, business agent for
the Willamette Valley District
Council's 11,000 AFL workers,
negotiating in Portland Monday,
told the Register-Guard, "We
have firm offers to settle the dis
pute from 24 operations in the
district and are considering these
offers. More are expected. Those
operations that have made offers
to us have not been struck; those
that haven't, are struck."
George Metzger, manager of
the Willamette Valley Lumber
Operator's Assn., Monday report
ed employes of three firms Vik
ing Lumber Co. at Sutherlin,
Martin Bros. Box Co. at Oakland
and Empire Mills of the same
area voted to continue working
under present wage scales.
"The situation this morning is
both fluid and confused," Metz
ger reported. He said a few
plants are working under the old
wage scale and some are appar
ently negotiating for new con-
tracts.
Kenneth Davis, executive sec
retary of the AFL Lumber and
Sawmill Workers Union, said that
while his union had struck most
of the fir belt operations, he was
encouraged by last-minute offers
which ranged around 7te cents
an hour.
Davis reported to the Associ
ated Press in Portland that nego
tiations are continuing with those
who have made "substantial of
fers" and if any pattern develops
that looks like a "fair settle
ment, it will be etiuidered by the
AFL.
J. E. Dicey, vice president of
the CIO, International Woodwork
ers of America, Portland, would
not go so far as to express en
couragement. He said no 74-cent
offers had been made to the CIO,
except in Northern California.
The CIO might have been will
ing to settle for 72 cents before
the strike was called, but he
doubted that the members would
be willing to do so now Dicey
added.
He said however, that his
union would consult with the
AFL on any offers.
INCREASE REFUSED
Most major lumber operators
in the Northwest have refused
to offer any kind of pay increase,
contending that conditions of the
industry do not warrant it. They
have generally offered to renew
the present contracts.
Walter Durham, manager of
the Lumbermen's Industrial Re
lations Committee, an employer
group, said that the union had
STRIKE
(Continued on Page 3A)
FROM SAWS and green chains, Emerald Empire lumber
workers moved to picket lines Monday morning as nearly
every lumber operation in the area was shut down by a
(Register-Guard photo, Wiltshire eng.)
labor dispute. These pickets were posted near the giant
Weyerhaeuser operation in Springfield where 1,000 em
ployes walked off their jobs.
HST 'Satisfactory'
Following Surgery
KANSAS CITY LP) Harry S.
Truman took his first step Mon
day and sat up half an hour in
bed following an emergency op
eration early Sunday for removal
of his gall bladder and appendix.
Dr. Wallace Graham, his physi
cian, said the 70-year-old former
president is "recovering satisfac-
y six
let engines each. Christians.
I-
Benson Orders
Wheat Cutback
WASHINGTON UP) Secretary
of Agriculture Benson ordered a
further cutback of 13 per cent in
wheat-planting for the 1953 crop
Monday. He called a grower ref
erendum for July 23 to approve
rigid marketing quotas to en
force planting goals.
Benson also announced per
haps the strictest controls in the
history of American farming to
prevent the production of new
crop surpluses. The government
now has about 6i billion dollars
invested in farm surpluses, main
ly wheat, cotton, corn and dairy
products.
The wheat reduction comes on
top of a 17 per cent decrease in
this year's wheat acreage.
The secretary is expected to an
nounce later similar control pro
grams for next year's cotton,
major types of tobacco, peanuts,
corn and sugar crops all of which
face surplus production problems.
The rigid overall controls an
nounced by Benson are designed
to keep extra wheat, corn, cotton,
tobacco, peanut and sugar crop
land from being diverted to the
production of excessive supplies
of other cash crops such as soy
beans, flaxseed, oats, rye, barley,
potatoes, dry beans and vege
tables.
Under this program, farmers
will he required to comply with
federal planting allotments for
all crops for which allotments are
made in order to be eligible for
price support aid on any crop.
Allotments are now planned for
wheat, cotton, major types of to
bacco, peanuts and sugar crops.
In addition, farmers whose al
lotments call for a total reduction
of more than ten acres in the al
lotment crops will have to com
ply with a "total acreage allot
ment" for their farms in order
to get price supports.
The total acreage allotment will
include all crop acreage allot
ments established for the farm
and the 1953 acreages (or adjust
ed acreagcs)of all other crops on
the farm except hay, cover cops,
green manure crops, pasture, idle
crop land and summer fallow.
torily" but "still is in a lot of
pain."
He added Truman tires easily
while talking hut he said both
conditions are normal.
The physician said Truman
probably would be able to leave
the hospital in about 10 days,
The physician said he was
"very ill" when he entered the
hospital but had stood the oper
ation extremely well.
He first became ill Friday
night while attending the play
"Call Me Madam" at the outdoor
Starlight Theater.
Mrs. Truman remained at the
hospital during the operation.
After a visit with her husband
later in the day, sha said ho was
"in good spirits as usual."
During his seven-year-stay In
the White House, Truman suf
fered several gall bladder attacks
and had periodic X-ray checks,
Dr. Graham disclosed. The doctor
said these were painful but not
very severe.
He described the gall bladder
as being in gangrenous condition
at the time of the surgery.
Inside Today
Hope held for R e d - h e 1 d
Americans. Page 3A.
Youth dead in Iowa floods.
Page 2A.
Women's News 6, 7A
Editorials 8A
Radio, TV Log 9A
Sports 2, 3B
Comics 4B
Market 6B
Classified 7,8, 9B
Lane Electing
School Boards
Lane County voters in first,
second and third class school dis
tricts went to the polls Monday
to elect school board members.
Polls close at 8 p.m.
Union high school districts
will vote in their boards June 28.
In addition to voting for a
candidate to succeed Harry I.
Hamilton on the Eugene board,
voters in District 4 will consider
consolidation of Pine Grove Dis
trict 78 with the Eugene system.
Hamilton, not seeking reelec
tion, will be replaced by one of
the following candidates: R.
Grant Crakes, Fred R. Carlson,
L. W. Rutherford, Orval E. Dyer
or Otto Vonderheit.
In Springfield two men are
seeking election to the one board
position. They are Don Burch
and Melvin Bryson.
In Bethel, Marvin Hcndriek
son, outgoing board chairman, is
opposed by Harry Do Young.
BASEBALL
Bv United Pre
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New York 110 510 OOx B 12 1
Stalcy, Lint 15), Braile (7) Sarnl;
Hoarn, McCall (7), Grlsnom (7) &
Wcatrum.
Only game scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
Li nd strom Boy
Lost, Found
In Mountains
John Davidson Lindstrom, 115-
year-old son of University of Ore
gon Business Manager J. Orville
Lindstrom, was found unharmed
Monday about . 11 a.m. after
spending Sunday night lost in
snow fields at the foot of Three
nngerca jacK in tne iasi-utie
Mountains.
John, who lives with his par
ents at 1256 E. 20th Ave. in Eu
gene, became separated from his
father and several friends Sun
day about 2 p.m. while fishing
in the vicinity of Jack Lake,
His father and forest rangers
picked up the boy's trail later in
the day and followed it until 2
a.m. Monday when it became ob
scure in a snow field near a pre
cipitous mountain drop. The
search was resumed at dawn
Monday with state police and
residents of Bend, Sisters and
other communities assisting.
Sgt. L. L. Hirtzel of the state
police at Bend reported that
searchers worked with two-way
radios and with a plane piloted
by Al Tilse of Redmond. The ef
fort was directed from Ailing
ham range; station near Camp
Sherman unlil the boy was found
by two state police officers on
Middle Pas-; trail.
Young Lindstrom reportedly
hod no special equipment or
heavy clothing when he became
separated from his party. State
police reported two members of
the party, Man Hayden and Nick
Squires, bo:h of Eugene, joined
searchers Sunday afternoon and
continued to help Monday.
H'JK MARKS BIRTHDAY
MANILA iP) Luis Tame, sur
rendered Communist Huk rebel
leader awaiting trial, observed
his 41st birthday Monday. Tarue
is charged with rebellion, mur
der, robbery, kidnaping and arson.
VALUES
You'll find a lot of them In today's paper
through it right now and check the ads.
look
PARKING
It's much easier to park midweek. Shop Tuesday and
Wednesday to avoid the big wool- nd rush.
SHOPPING . . .
BESS TRUMAN
Visits Ailing; !f-Vband
You'll get better service in the stores because the crowds
are not as big as on the heavier shopping days.
YES . . . IT PAYS TO SHOP TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY