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EUCSNS, QRSOON
BEND BULLETIN
State Forecast
OREGON Partly cloudy
with scattered showers or
thundershowers today and 4
Sunday. Slightly warmer ,
afternoons.
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LEASED WIRE WORLD
NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LIX
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1948
No. 6
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U.S. Aircraft
May Have Hit
Korea Vessels
Officials Admit Fliers On
Mission in Area Where
14 Killed, 10 Wounded
Tokyo, June 12 lBThe U. S.
far east air forces admitted to
day that Tuesday's bombing of
Korean fishing vessels In which
14 Koreans were killed, and 10
wounded "may have involved far
cast air forces aircraft.
An official announcement said
that a practice bombing mission
was airborne aDove tne Japan sea
off the east coast of Korea at the
time the incident was reported to
have occurred.
Will Study Photos
"Strike photographs and mis
sion ports are being studied and
a complete Investigation is be
ing made to determine whether
these aircraft were involved, tne
announcement said.
Earlier the Korean national po
lice In Seoul reported the bomb
ing was carried out by nine four-
engined aircraft bearing the star
and circle insignia of the U. S.
air force. Eleven boats were sunk
In the 20-minute attack, the police
said. j
An airforce spokesman here
said there is an established bomtw
ing range in the general area
"used by bombardment aircraft
In carrying out live bombing
training assignments."
Marking Not Determined
It was not known at headquar
ters here whether the area was
marked as a bombing range.
Standard procedure, however, re
quires reconnaissance of the area
prior to live bomb practice.
American authorities in Seoul
Insisted that no Korea-based air
planes were in the area Tuesday.
The incident occurred near the
island of Dok, also known as Ko,
eight miles east of Korea. . .
Wreckage Yields
Body of Airman
. Randall, Wash., June 12 (IP)
The state patrol today said it had
received a report that the body of
a pilot has been found in the
wreckage of a light Stinson air
plane in the mountains 10 miles
south of Mount Rainier.
The body is believed to be that
of Billy Guy Holliday, missing
since Feb. 7 on a flight from Ken
newick, Wash., to Oregon City,
Ore., state patrol officials said,
A coast guard rescue party left
Seattle this morning to aid a
voluntary rescue team locate the
wreckage.
Wreckage Found
Clyde Koher told the army air,
search and rescue service at Mc-
Chord field he found the wreck
age last night mile southwest
of Howard lake. He said the
plane's number was NC-97506.
CAA officials confirmed that
was the number of the missing
plane, owned by a "Mr. Henney"
of Kennewick. '
The CAA said it had been ad
vised by McChord field that a res
cue team would contact the'state
patrol at Morton, Wash., 10 miles
west of here this morning.
Ex-Kinq, Princess
Invited to U. S.
Hollywood. June 12 (IP Form-
or King Michael of Romania and
rrincoss Anne of Bourbon-Parma
were invited today to spend their
royal honeymoon on an island es
tate off the nnnKf nf New Eng
land. I
Sineer Gertrude Niesen cabled
the invitation to the newlyweds
;(t Athens yesterday, just before
leaving for the midwest.
nor father, Monte Niesen, said
tie slncer'.Q MnnH le 9n mlniltps
hy boat from Greenwich, Conn.,
and fullv staffed with servants.
Miss Niesen and Princess Anne
met several years ago and have
corresponded regularly since,
Meson said. The princess wrote
Jjovprai weeks ago that she and
;-wlcnol hnnpt tn tlclt thle rnnn.
fry. -7
Body of Ex-Bend
Boy in Portland
Thn UnAxt Af t nnnii
'Jaker, 20, who was killed in a
orld War II battle in Germany,
is among those who have reached
wuana from Europe, it was
learned here. The youne veteran
the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
"aker, former residents of Bend.
' uneral services will be held Mon-
1?)f at 3 D. m.. from thp A. J.
w.?18!1 af Southeast Sixth
and Alder, in Portland.
hioCs,T was 8 student at Bend
"51, ool, and volunteered for
wvice in the army.
Deschutes Red Cross Chapter
Seeks Funds for Disaster Aid
No Organized Drive Contemplated, But Funds
For Stricken People Wiil Be Accepted Here
- The Deschutes county chapter of the American Red Cross
has been authorized to ask for contributions of money to aid
uie vicLims oi me norm west
Robert E. Nicholas, chanter
The tragedy at Vanport, in which 20,000 people saw their
homes destroyed in a matter of minutes and whose emergency
needs were acute in a matter of hours, is only a part of the
storyoitne nortnwest floods,
Portland Holds
Floral Parade
Portland, Ore., June 12
Thousands of spectators
(IP)
lined
Portland's eastside streets today
to watch the grand floral parade,
climax of the 50th annual rose
festival. ,
The route of the. parade was
abbreviated and switched to the
eastside from the traditional
westside procession because of
traffic problems caused by flood
conditions.
The weather was overcast and
light showers were falling Inter
mittently. Grand sweepstakes winner In
the Junior floral parade yester
day was the "king and queen of
nearts Iloat of district No. 4.
The float was a rose-covered
crown bearing Princess Judy
Dameron of Sacred Heart school
and Prime minister Dennis Wil
liams.
For Arch Crew
Water In Mirror Pond was low
ered about two feet today to pro
vide access to tne water pageant
arch piers below Drake park foot
bridge.'.
An inspection and strengthen
ing of -The support piers is being
earned out toaay, so tnat con,
struction of the pageant arch can
get unaer way next week.
Activity in Pageant park and
the north end of Harmon play
field is increasing dally as prepa
rations continue for the big show
on the nights of July 3 and 4.
Several hundred 12 by 12 timbers
have been assembled at the north
end of the playfield and will be
bolted together into a new boom
to guide the floats downstream.
Platform Constructed
On Pageant park, platforms to
carry the floats are being con
structed and oil barrels, which
provide buoyancy for the floats,
are being assembled.
While water in the pond is at
a low level a city crew, under the
direction of Charles Bishop, park
superintendent, is constructing
rock retaining wall along Harmon
playfield.
WallofWater
Takes Two Lives
The two Klnzua people drowned
in a flash flood about 15 miles
south of there Thursday night
have been identified as Charles
Rittie, about 25, and his 70-year-
old mother, Mrs. William Rittie,
it was learned nere today.
The couple lost their lives when
they tried to escape to higher
ground from the ranch house,
which is located in a dry canyon
near Thirty Mile creek. Another
son, Bob, and a sister stayed in
the house and were sale.
A 15-foot wall of water surged
clown the dry canyon as the moth
er and son were attempting to
cross it.
The cloudburst In the Klnzua
area was one or several wnicn
struck that part of the state
Thursday evening, cutting the
John Day and Ochoco highways
in several places. 1
Arniy Troopers
In Flooded North Portland; People Escape
Bv William Warren
(United Prena Staff Correspondent)
Aboard an army amphibious
boat, North Portland, June 12 (Ui
A large section of North Port
land today was inhabited princi
pally by Indignant cows, cats,
roosters and pigs.
When the big new flood came
yesterday, most of the humans
escaped. But they had to leave
behind some of their pets and
livestock.
Near a submerged golf course,
a row of roosters perched on a
log floating by this army "Duck"
as It criss-crossed over the flood
waters. A mother cat, carrying a kit
ten ,hy the neck, took refuge on
a fiiy spot. They huddled. In
nood disaster, according to Kev,
chairman.
according to word received by
'Nicholas. In addition,' there
are 27,000 other disaster vie
tims in the Washington, Ore-
gon, Idaho and Montana area,
many of them as severely
stricken as the Vanport vie
tims. . . . ' i
Heavy expenditures from the
Red Cross disaster fund will con
tinue for more than two months
rendering emergency assistance.
Under disaster- experts, thous
ands of Red Cross volunteers are
manning shelters, canteens,
clothing centers, inquiry bureaus,
nurseries ana medical centers.
Disaster Extent Told
The northwest flood is one of
the largest disasters known in
the history" of the American Red
Cross, in human suffering and
loss of property. In disaster an
nals it ranks with the Texas City
explosion, the San Francisco
earthquake and some of the
worst Mississippi floods.
Oregon is hardest hit, with
more than 26,000 homeless. More
than half of these will lose their
homes entirely, while it will be a
month or more before the others
may return to theirs. Relief and
rehabilitation for these families
will be a Red Cross job that will
extend many months beyond the
time, when the flood waters re
cede, Nicholas said. He pointed
out that the Red Cross is still
making expenditures on cases re
sulting from the Texas City dis
aster. '
. WU1 o Into Fund
Contributions of money receiv
ed by the local Red Cross office
will be forwarded to area head
quarters at San Francisco and
will there go directly into the Red
Cross disaster fund.
The local- office . received
number of contributions In the
days 'following the Vanport dis
aster, long before a call for funds
was received from national head
quarters. There will be no fund
drive, Rev. Nicholas said, but it
is hoped that many local people
will be able to make contributions
that will extend the amount of
relief work the Red Cross is able
to accomplish in the flood zone,
Henderson Asks
Hearing by Jury
Paul R. Henderson, Bend lock
smith who allegedly attempted to
break into the Eagles lodge build
ing early Monday morning, de
clined to waive grand jury indict
ment. District attorney A. J.
Moore said today. A circuit court
hearing had been tentatively set
for yesterday, on the supposition
that Henderson would waive in
dictment. Henderson is at liberty
on $1,000 bond, and the grand
jury will be summoned probably
witnm tne next two or three
weeks, to review the evidence.
Henderson is being represented
by George H. Brewster, of the
Redmond law firm of Cunning
and Brewster.
The locksmith was arrested by
city police when he dropped from
the roof of a building near the
lodge quarters. Officers said that
he admitted ownership of a cache
of tools, including an axe, brace
and bit and other articles, found
on the roof of the building.
DRIVER LOSES LIFE
Salem. Ore.. June 12 ttPi Abra
ham Louis Goldberg, 39, Salem,
was killed yesterday when his
car went off a bridge near the
state penitentiary, state police re
ported today.
Goldbere. who was thrown
from the vehicle, died from inter-
nal injuries, police said.
Join in Rescue
flight as the "duck" tried to
rescue them.
A black torn cat sat discon
solately atop a fence post, survey
ing the water that rose toward
him.
The army troops aboard the
"duck" rescued six cows, three
cnlves, four pigs and one cat.
They tied ropes around the necks
of the stranded livestock and
hauled them through the water,
two or three miles, to refuge.
There were a few reports of
people still In houses flooded up
to thp second story. Most of the
reports were false. Several fam
ilies Attempted to return to their
Hooded houses to retrieve val
uables and a few articles of furniture.
Truman Heads
For Berkeley; ,
Visits Klamath
Stalin Gets Attention: !j
In Speech at Eugene; .4
Meeting is Recalled ' '
. y:.
. By Merrlman Smith
(United Pros Staff White Houne Report)
En route with President Tru
man, June 12 iu President
Truman switched abruptly ; from
domestic to foreign issues today
in preparation for his speech on
Soviet-American .relations v. at
Berkeley, Cal, ' . j .vf
The president may have Indi
cated the tenor ot his speech at
Eugene, Ore., last night when he
told a crowd gathered about the
rear platform of his train, that
Marshal Josef V. Stalin was "a
prisoner of the politburo." . v;
Recalling his meeting with
Stalin at Potsdam in 1945,!, Mj
Truman said: . .
"I got very well acquainted
with Joe Stalin, and I liked, old
Joe." - 1
The crowd laughed. I.
"But Joe," the president added,
"is a prisoner of the politburo.
He can't do what he wants to-
He makes agreements, and if .he
could he would keep them, nut
the people who run the (Rus
sian) government are very spev
cific in saying that he can't keep
them."
President Get Serious ft 4 i
Speaking more seriously, the-
president said:
some time or other that great
country and this great country
are going to understand that their
mutual interests mean the wel
fare and peace of the world as a
whole." .
The president's remarks about
Stalin were not new. He made a'
similar statement in April to the
Washington meeting of the Amer
lean Society of Newspaper Edi
tors. However, at that time Pres
ident Truman, said It in confi-,
denoo and-reporters were Instruct
ed to treat it as off the record.
rhere was no indication whir
the president changed-his mind
about talking publicly about Sta
lin. But newsmen accompanying
him interpreted it to mean there
would be more about Stalin in
his address at the Unlversitv of
California this afternoon.
Wallace May Be Factor
Another theory was that Henrv
A. Wallace, third party presiden
tial candidate, nas Deen. insisting
that it was possible to reach an
agreement with Russia Much of
Wallace's strength is on the west
coast.
The president told a ernwri at
Albany, Ore., that ;he country
was not getting the truth about
his administration "through the
press." He said the Dublic need.
ed to know the truth about how
tne presidency operated. His of
fice could be handled properly,
he said, only if he received the
cooperation of the congress and
nis constituency.
"And I've cot ten neilhpr one"
he added.
At Klamath Falls. Ore., as the
presidential train neared the Cal
ifornia border, Mr. Truman de
nouncer! "gloom artists" who
have little faith in the future
of the country.
Schwellenbach
Rites Are Held
Seattle, June 13 IP Funeral
services for Secretary of Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach will be
held today In the Trinilv Knls.
copal church here.
Services also were held In the
national cathedral in Washing
ton yesterday. The body was then
put aboard a special nlane. which
arrived here last night.
President Truman, unable to
attend the funeral because of a
crowded schedule, will be repre
sented bv Secrelarv nf Tnfni-lm-
J. A. Krug.
Schwellenbach died Thursday
after a long illness.
of Livestock
une rueful householder, who
had ignored a summons to evac
uate several days ago, said:
"I wns a darn fool. I didn't
believe there would be a flood
here. Now look at me."
A "no trespassing" sign was
visible over the top of eight
feet of water. Another sign no
tified ll.e boat crew that It was
at n "dangerous intersection."
At the rmy air base canton
ment, which was under ten feet
of water, the duck's crew read a
notice saying: "No smoking with
in 50 feet of thp hangars."
At a pol-t where the water
was six feet deep, a sign read:
"Warning well water in this
area may be contaminated."
Fights for
(NEA Tele photo J
Charging that the House used a "meat-axe technique" In cutting the
"guts" from the European Recovery Program, Senate President
Arthur Vandenberg mates an unprecented appearance before the
Senate appropriations committee to ask his colleagues to restore the
" some of 12,160,000,000 which the House slashed from the fund. ,
Senate Supports
Europe Aid Move
Washington, June 12 dPi
President Truman had a senate
go-ahead today to lend American
support, and perhaps eventually
U. S. arms, to western European
alliances to check aggression and
insure world peace.
.'. The senate voted 69 to 4 yester
day to "advise" the president it
favors renewed efforts to curb
the United Nations. veto power.
The resolution also looked toward
U. S.: backing for such defense
Lpata as the flve-poweii"westem
Punton" arrangement in Europe.' ,
It. came amid even stronger
hints that the-U. S. will not stand
idly by in event of a military
showdown in Europe.
Sens. Walter F. George, Ga,
and Carl A. Hatch, N. M., demo
cratic members of the foreign re
lations committee, told the sen
ate that in such a case this coun
try would give "actual military
support to Europe.
Peace May Fail
Senate president Arthur H
Vanderberg called upon members
to, face . the grim reality that
peace may fail by voting for the
resolution. He termed it an effort
to make certain "another war
will not be our fault."
Diplomatic sources hailed the
action as the first step In a move
to furnish peacetime military aid
to the "friendly" nations of Eu
rope.
Truman Draws
Sen. Taft's Fire
Philadelphia, June 12 Hl'i Sen.
Robert A. Taft rested his defense
of the 80th congress today with
an appeal to tho people to filve it
a vote of confidence by electing
a president that will carry out its
program.
Taft, the Republican policy
maker In the senate and one of
the leading candidates for the
GOP presidential nomination,
went on the air (NBC) last night
to defend congress against Presi
dent Truman's charges that it was
the "worst" in history.
He accused Mr. Truman of
"blackguarding congress at every
whistle station in the west . . .
for the simple reason that con
gress happens to differ from him
in his whole philosophy ot gov
ernment." Taft called Mr. Truman "tho
gallivanting president" and as
sailed him for traveling about
the country in a 15-car special
train at the taxpayers' expense.
Taft made three speeches and
tne president was his special ta
got in all of them.
Columbia Flood
Covers 5 Courses
Portland, June 12 tli Five of
Portland's golf courses have been
hit by floods-four by the latest
break.
Water covered the Riverside
course to the club house eaves.
Columbia EdRowator had been
submerged previously. Broad
moor and Colwood public courses
were hit by the last washout. The
lower pnds of both layouts werff
under 15 to 17 feet of water but
the upper parts were still dry.
At Alderwood country club, wa
ter had begun to sweep over tho
southwest corner of the course
with no apparent sign of let up,
ERP Funds
U.S. to Send
Truce Patrols
To Palestine
Lake Success. N.Y.,,June 12 U
The United States will send
truce patrol ships and planes to
Palestine in response to an ur
gent appear from United Nations
mediator Count Folke Berna
dotte, it was learned today.
Bernadotte telephoned UN
headquarters to report that the
six ships he had requested from
the United States, France and
Belgium were needed urgently to
maintain the uneasy truce which
began- yesterday - morning. - He
urged UN officials to exert every
effort to speed the delivery of the
small force which will do the
truce policing.
Mazamas Visit
En Route East
On their way to a. little-known
part of Oregon, the scenic Leslie
creek country of Malheur county,
a group of Mazamas - and two
members of the Salem Geological
society stopped in Bend today.
There were 16 In the party, and
they plan to be in the field for an
entire week.
Colored pictures will be taken
in the isolated region, and various
agate localities and fossil beds
will be explored. Tonight, the
group planned to camp east of
Burns.
Heading the group is Earl A.
Marshall, of Portland, accompa
nied by his wife, Dorothy, and
their three children, David, Al
bert and Nancy. Others from
Portland In the party are Mr. and
Mrs. I). B. Lam, Harrle Jennison,
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huntress.
Mrs. Huntress is the author of
articles that frequently appear In
the Oregonian.,
Joining the party In Bend were
Mr. and Mis, W. E. Richardson,
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lay-
port and son, of Ihe Salem Geo
logical society.
Bishop Barton
To Sail June 24
Bishop LaneMW. Barton, of
Bend, head of the Episcopal Mis
sionary district of Eastern Ore
gon, will sail on June iM from
New York on the Queen Mary to
attend the Lambeth conference of
the Episcopal church at London.
Bishop barton will leave ny
train from The Dalles on June l(i
for New York. He expects to be
gone about three months.
Ihe Lambeth eonlerelice, which
Is held every 10 years, brings to
gether bishops from all churches
of the Anglican Communion. It
is held at Lambeth palace, the
London residence of the Arch
bishon of Canterbury.
Bishop Barton Is spending this
week end In Mllton-Fieewaterand
Pendleton and will return to Bend
Monday to complete preparations
for the trip.
Russians Restore
Traffic to Berlin
Berlin, June 12 IP The Rus
slan army cut off rail freight
traffic from western Germany to
Berlin for a time today but fin
ally reached an agreement with
the British permitting resump.
tlon of normal shipments to the
German capital,
Portland-Columbia Airport
Covered by Water as Flood
Continues Spread Over Area
Thousands of Trooos
Into Battle to Save Blue Lake Dike Along
Campbell Road; 2,000 Homes Are Inundated
By Roger lohnson
(United Prtma Stuff CornsMionilent)
Portland, June 12 ':U.E Flood waters today engulfed the
huge Portland-Columbia airport, swept over 2,000 homes in
north Portland and threatened the $43,000,000 Reynolds
aluminum plant. ,
The Columbia river reached a third critical crest along its
lower reaches, bursting new dikes and pushing brown water
over a vast expanse of north Portland. - '
A wave of water, whipped with whitecaps, coursed through
a 200-foot break in the Peninsula drainage dike. The water
swept over a 12-mile, 8,000-
acre strip of rich farmlands,
dairies, golf courses and sub
urban homes in the north
Portland area.
The crisis was unabated
throughout the Pacific North
west. At Wenatchee, Wash., the Col
umbia buckled the city's pumping
station and left the 12,000 resi
dents with only a single day's
water supply. Work crews labor
ed through the night to tap an
alternate reservoir.
Dike in Bad Shape
Army engineers said the Col
umbia river dike at Richland,
Wash., near the government's
atomic energy plant, was in "cri
tical condition." Army planes
flew 100,000 sand bags to Rich
land at the request of officials
of the plutonium works.
At Longview, Wash., the Col
umbia rose six-tenths of a foot
above the June 1 crest, sending
It to the highest mark since the
1894 flood stage. Levees were
holding, but 1,200 men worked in
three shifts to hold back the wa
ter. -
At Trail, British Columbia, res
idents ran out of sandbags as the
upperv -Columbia rose steadily.
The Royal Canadian air force
had been scheduled to deliver 13,-
000 bags Friday afternoon, but
was unable to take them in.
Floods Sweep East
Floods from the latest Port-
lend dike break swept eastward
toward the Sandy drainage dis
trict. Waters edged over the Port
land airport runways. The air
port previously had been aban
doned. Four golf courses were
submerged.
Next major threat in nortn
Portland was directed against the
Blue lake dike along Campbell
road, which protected the big
aluminum plant. Thousands of
troops and civilians were thrown
into the battle to save the em
bankment and keep -the flood
away from tho plant ' and the
Troutdale airport.
2,000 Homes Inundated
Two thousand homes were In
undated during the swift rise of
floodwaters throughout the Mult
nomah drainage district. Most of
the residents previously had been
evacuated. A few returned in
boats in an attempt to salvage
furniture or valuables.
Army amphibious boats churn
ed across the new flood lake, res
cuing cows, calves and marooned
pets.
Another body was recovered
from the wreckage of Vanport
City, raising the number of
known dead to six.
Bend Man Held
Following Crash
Elmer J. Russell, 2525 North
First streel, was arresled by city
police last night on a charge of
driving while under Ihe Influ
ence of Intoxicating liquor. The
arrest was made after a car driv
en by Kessell hart crashed into
the Intersection "island" at East
Third street and Franklin ave-
nue. Ho was released from the
city Jail this morning after post-
ing nan oi wuu.
Masked Men in
Raid Girls' Camp in Alabama
Birmingham. Ala., June 12 HI
Authorities today promised to
investigate a night raid on n
nearby Girl Scout camp by a
band of men wearing the white
robes and hoods ot the Ku Klux
Klan.
Two white Girl Scout Instruc
tors conducting a "leadership
training" course for some 20 Ne
gro girls reported that the mask
ed men broke into their tent late
Thursday night and gave them
21 hours to "gel out."
Scout officials said the camp
was broken up yesterday to safe
guard the lives of the students
and Instructors.
Th.' incident came to light when
Mrs. L. K. Geohegan, a member
of the Birmingham Girl Scout
council, complained to authori
ties. Deputy solicitor II. A. Sulllnger
and Civilians Thrown
JukI I Iwl wvl kllip
Yielrk m Mm
Copenhagen, June 12 U? Dan
ish navy divers reported today
that the bodies of an estimated
150 men, women and children
were packed In the submerged
camns ano engineroom oi tne
coastal steamer Kjobenhavn,
which struck a mine and sank in
10 minutes off the coast of Jut
land yesterday.
The divers said most of the
bodies were in salons and cabins
just below the surface, the far
thest point they were able to
reach before the water reached
them. -
The mine blew a hole 30 yards
square in the bow below the wa
ter line, divers reported, letting
the water in so fast that more
than a third of the passengers
and crew wore trapped below
decks.
Chopped by Propeller -
The divers said some victims
who tried to struggle out of sub
merged compartments became
entangled in the propellers and
Were chopped to bits by the blad
es, .wnicn contipueiijp turfl.as tne
ship went down.r , '
The United Steamship com
pany, owners of the vessel, said,
no more survivors have been
found other than the 261 persons
rescued yesterday. Nineteen bod
ies have been recovered. Divers
late today will begin the task of
bringing the other bodies to the
surface.
Truce Violation
Charges Studied
Cairo, June 12 (Ui United Na
tions observers under Count
Folke Bernadotte began moving
to the fronts In Palestine today
to investigate Arab and Jewish
charges of truce violations and
report on present conditions.
Bernadotte himself, accompan
ied by Harold Evans, the Ameri
can Quaker named as United Na
tions mayor of Jerusalem, was
scheduled to fly to Jerusalem to
day to confer with the consular
truce commission there.
Both Arab and Jewish charges
of truce violations had been ex
pected by Bernadotte before the
armistice went into effect. The
acid test of the four-week truce
agreement was expected to come,
however, after Ihe Initial 18-hour
period of tension had passed.
There was optimism In Berna
(lotto's party that the presence of
United Nations observers on the
eight major fighting fronts of
Palestine would solidly Ihe hard
won truce and set the stage for
Ihe next major step of negotiaN
Ing a permanent peace.-
A total of 68 truce observers,
split Into learns, were expected
to be roaming the Palestine,
fronts within the next few days
and others may be added If the
need arises
Klan Sheets
of Bessemer, near which Ihe camp
in located, promised an Investiga
tion to determine if any state
laws had been violated.
And In New York, Scout offi
cials said the federal bureau of
Investigation was checking into
the Incident.
Scout officials identified the
threatened white girls as Miss
Katrine Nickel of Birmingham
and Miss Elizabeth IJams ot
Knoxville Tenn., instructors on
the Girl Scouts' national staff.
The two girls reported to scout
headquarters that "eight or ten"
men In white robes and hoods,
who looked like klansmcn, en
teitKl their tent late Thursday
night.
The girls said tho men awak
ened them, questioned them
about camp operations and rifled,
their personal belongings. .