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LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE . Volume LIX Diehard Chiefs Still Hold Hope Ike Draf table Frantic Leaders May Call on Truman for Aid; Appeal Is Made By Joseph Nolan (United Press Stuff CorrviponJcnt) Diehard anti-Truman democrats made up their minds today to try drafting Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower, even if they nave to ask the president's help. Apparently satisfied that when Gen. Ike said no politics he real ly meant "maybe," his boosters stepped up their efforts to put his name before the democratic national convention which opens in Philadelphia on Monday. Sen. Olin D. Johnston, D., S. C, said he is planning to oner demo- cratic party leaders on Saturday a resolution calling on president Truman to step aside and "give Gen. Eisenhower a chance to be elected president. A withdrawal by the president, he predicted, would "have lots to do" with changing the generals attitude. Draft Suggested Sen. Claude Pepper, D., Fla., proposed a "truly national draft" that would give Eisenhower a chance to form a coalition gov ernment" to prevent world war II. He will ask party leaders to promise the general a free hand In writing a platform, choosing a running mate and picking a cabi net of both democrats and repub licans. The Chicago Sun-Times appeal ed to President Truman to do an "unprecedented thing" by urging Eisenhower to accept the nomina tion. The Marshall Field paper said in an editorial that regard less of his latest disclaimer, the general probably would accede to a "non-partisan" draft. Truman Favored However, party veterans like James A. Farley and E. H. Crump of Memphis were saying that de spite all the shouting for Eisen hower, it looks like Truman on the first ballot. Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney. D., Wyo., who has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential run ning mate for Mr. Truman, joined National chairman J. Howard Mc Grath in a "come home" plea to the dissidents. The party, said O'Mahoney, can win only by car rying on "the program for which the president made a remarkable fight against . ; . a reactionary, republican congress." The president, apparently un perturbed by the row within his own party, returned to the White House last night from Missouri. i Yank Deserter I Rates in Russia ; Washington, July 7 (IB The J U. S. army sergeant who went I AWOL from his embassy post In Moscow was reported today to be I living in one of the better apart J ment houses in the Russian cap I ital. His Russian girl friend do j scribed by the state department as an official soviet agent, is liv .? Ing there too, according to re I ports from Moscow. Normally, $ it was said, residence in the apart ment requires a "high priority" from the Russian government. It was not known here wheth er the soldier, 21-year-old James M. McMlllin, Boulder, Colo., had in lob in Moscow. He left the U. S. embassy post May 13. short ly before his scheduled return s nome. I The Moscow radio subsequent- 'i ly broadcast what is described j as a statement by McMillin prals- ing the ideals of the soviet union -j and saying he wanted to remain vxthrre. 3 However, officials here said they were confident his defection is was caused by his "Infatuation" 3 with Mrs. Galina D. Biconlsh and X not by politics. She was described as an "experienced" soviet agent. J I London Hears Five fBritishers Seized . London, July 7 0P The British foreign office announced today jthat members of Irgun Zval Leu ;mi, Jewish extremist organiza " Hon, last night kidnaped five Brit t . ishers from United Nations truce . , commission headquarters in Jeru salem. j The foreign office did not know the names of the British citizens Skidnaped by the Jewish terrorists, for whether they were UN truce observers. 1 It was said only that it was jKnown they were taken by the Jrgunists from a building which ;yaa flying the United Nations rWUce flag. TIE TWO SECTIONS Violent Blast Wrecks Plant; Explosion Rocks Wide Area Three Bodies Removed From Debris, With Several Persons Hurt; Fire Sweeps Building Seattle, July 7 (U.P) Firemen today pulled the body of a third man from the ruins of a violent explosion which demol ished a $350,000 fish oil processing plant' and rocked the north end of Seattle late yesterday. Coroner John P. Brill tentatively identified the crushed body as that of Ira Snider, 34, boiler engineer at the plant. Two other bodies were removed from the debris shortly after Federal Forces Nearing Victory Nanking, July 7 ip A major battle on the east Honan plains In volving more than 300,000 nation alists and communists, is rapidly turning into a smashing victory ior tne government forces, re ports claimed today. They said communist resist' ance was beginning to crack as the battle entered its sixth day with no letup. Shansi reds under General Ho Lung were reported to have crossed the Yellow river into Honan to rescue their com rades, but Ho Lung's advance units of some 2,000 men were in tercepted by nationalists around Mlhsien, 30 miles southwest of Chengchow. Power Line Job Nearing Finish The Cove-Madras section of Pacific Power & Light company's new Central Oregon transmission line will be practically complete Dy the end of this month, accord- ing to a progress report on the big power supply project released today by W. A. Lackaff, district manager for the company. At the same time, rapid prog' ress is being made on the Madras Maupin section of the line in spite of delays. caused by the Columbia river noop in arrival oi vital ma terials, he said. I Tall poles and heavy crossarms especially were held up by the nign water, which shut down a number of mills and pole-treating plants and isolated some of the biggest producers. Lackaff predicted, however, that the line will go into operation on schedule in early October in spite of this unexpected difficul ty. The contractor, McPhail Engi neering of Tacoma is pushing ahead other parts of the job to make up for the delays on sec tions where materials are held up by high water. - New Work Started Work also has been started by Pacific crews on two more ele ments of the new line, with a third to be started next week, the dis trict manager said. Under con struction now are switching structures at the company's Cove and Tygh valley hydro plants. These will tie the new power cir cuit into the company's system here and at The Dalles. Scheduled to start next week Is reinforcement of the present transmission line north from Tygh valley to a switching sta tion at Dufur. This section of line runs through an "ice belt" sub ject to dangerous frost loading each winter. To make it sturdier, the company is setting in Interme diate poles and replacing the pres ent line with heavier conductor. Hole digginc on the Madras- Maupin section, sub-contracted to c.a (J. t-astman ot aena, is wen along, Lackaff said. A number of wood pole towers already have been erected, too, and will contin ue to go up as rapidly as treating plants can ship in the poles. TUB MYSTERY SOLVED Chicago. July 7 (IPi The mys tery of the rings around the bath tubs was solved today with the arrest of George Springer, 13, who confessed breaking into 10 homes and taking a bath in each.' Democrats, New Dealers Leading in Move To Stop Truman Head for Another Smashup Washington, July 7 P New dealers and democrats leading the stop-Truman movement headed toward another smash-up today in dispute over the party's presl tential campaign platform. They nave no mutually accept able candindate now for the demo cratic presidential nomination and they bitterly disagree on the issue of civil rights for negroes. Some of the wisest heads in the party predict President Truman's nomination on the first ballot next week when the party meets in Philadelphia. Among these are James. A. Farley who master minded the late FDR's early tri umphs and boss E. H. Crump of Memphis, Tenn. But other party veterans and machine bosses are so far out in their opposition the explosion. Another victim was burned critically. Fire Chief William Fitzger ald said a tiuge tank used in rendering fish oil exploded. The blast crumpled the two story steel and concrete build ing into a pile of rubble, and shat tered hundreds of windows in the area. Crew Leaves Plant The explosion occurred shortly after most of the 35-man day crew had left the plant. A few minutes earlier and the death toll would have been much higher. The blast rocked Seattle's en tire north side. Residents seven miles away felt the shock. Two bodies, crushed and burn ed beyond recognition, were pull ed from the ruins. Coroner John P. Brill, Jr., identified the dead as Roland Stebbins, 27, a chemist, and John Zengar, centrifuge op erator in the plant s laboratory. Engineer Hospitalized Walker W. Lanphere, 56, an en gineer, was hospitalized with sec ond and third degree burns over most of his body and a fractured left arm. Brill said the charred hands of one of the dead were clamped over the face in a protective posi tion, indicating the tank exploded alter a moment s warning. Fire broke us after the explo sion and flames shot 300 feet into the air. Debris was scattered over a 150-foot area. Splintered wood was found on a bridge high above tne devastated area. Thousands Idle In Coal Mines Washington, July 7 IP) Robert N. Renam, national labor rela- tions board general counsel, said toaay ne will decide possibly with in 24 hours whether to seek a fed eral court injunction to halt the strike of 40,000 soft coal miners employed by steel-owned mines. Denham said he hopes to com plete today his investigation into cnarges that the miners are strik ing for illegal contract demands. Then, within 24 hours, we should be in a position to decide wnetner to issue a formal com plaint and ask district court for an Injunction," he said. Meanwhile, throughout the soft coal fields, district officials of the United Mine Workers union urg ed some 36,000 .commercial min er to return to the pits. These men left their Jobs yesterday in sympathy with the strike of the captive. miners. Follow Old Policy The captive miners those working in mines owned by steel companies followed their tradi tional "no contract-no work" pol icy and stayed away from the pits because the steel firms refused to sign the new Industry contract. me steel companies contend a portion of the contract violates the Taft-Hartley act because it provides for a union shop. They have asked Denham to charge the union with illegal bargaining and to request an injunction to force the miners to give up their demands for a union shop. MAY QUIZ RAILMEN Washington, July 7 U" A h o u 8 e investigating committee said late today that "about a doz en" railroad executives who serv ed as military officers during the war will be questioned next month about "unreasonable" war time freight rates charged to the government. against President Truman's nom ination that they cannot retreat. Among them is Frank Hague, the New Jersey democratic boss. Hague and many other stop Truman leaders are keeping the draft-Ike movement alive btit without much hope of getting the general. His Monday statement said he "could not accept nomina tion for any public office." Men who know Ike best here say that is that. They advise anti-Truman democrats to look for some other candidate. Another draft-Ike democrat who is refusing to give up Is Sen. Olin D. Johnson, D., S. C. He said he is thinking of placing before the democratic national commit tee on Saturday a resolution call ing on President Truman to step BEND CENTRAL OREGON'S BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY Factions Gird ii In Holy Land Pitched Battle Occurs In Palestine as Count Seeks Time Extension Cairo, July 7 tP Count Folke Bernadotte demanded final de cisions today on an extension of the Palestine truce which already was crumbling with a pitched battle reported south of Haifa and a United Nations observer killed in a mine explosion- ' The 28-day truce expires Fri day. Both sides were girding for renewed fighting. Bernadotte, the uw mediator who negotiated the truce, was shuttling between the Arabs and Jews in hope of getting a new lease on the uneasy peace. Tel Aviv dispatches reported- a bloody struggle going on around Tireh on the Haifa-Tel Aviv high way. The armistice restrictions apparently had been cast aside. A UN source reported that 4tn ob server was not allowed to go to tne scene. Blast Kills Officer A French truce observer for the UN, Commandant Rene La- barrlere. died of wounds suffered in a mine blast near Afoula while investigating an alleged violation of the armistice by Jewish forces. It was the UN's first casualty in Palestine. Another French officer, Com- mandant Du Moustler De Canchy, was wounded In the leg, and an interpreter was injured slightly. UN sources reported that the three were proceeding toward the Jewish lines. They halted their jeep and, waved a white flag. The explosion occurred while the jeep was standing still. The Jews hur ried to the scene, gave all possible aid, and provided transport. Troops Move In Tel Aviv reports said the fight ing at Tireh was touched off when Iraq troops, who had en trenched themselves in the area during the truce, converged on camps evacuated by the British in their withdrawal irom tne coun try. One report said the Jews cap tured Tireh, but gave it up under Iraq pressure. UN sources reported that some where along the highway in the same area Pvt. Robert Lee Kidge way of the U. S. marine corps, a chauffeur for the UN mission, was fired on. He ran into three men who fired at him, and when he failed to halt his truck they blasted the windshield with ma chine gun fire. Rldgeway was re ported unhurt. Bend Mill Crews On '48 Vacations Manufacturing operations are at a standstill at Bend's two big pine mills, The Shevlin-Hixon Company and Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., while woods and mill crews of both concerns are on their annual vacations. At both mills, general overhauling and repair work is being completed, while operations are suspended, so that all equipment will be In top shape when the regular schedule is re sumed. Mechanics and mill wrights have staggered their va cation periods, so that the regu lar maintenance work may he expedited. Membrs of both of fice staffs are also working. This week, employes of both mills are vacationing. Employ es of Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., start ed their holiday period July 15, and will go back to work Mon day, July. 19. At The Shevlln- Hlxon company, the vacations started June 25, and will end on next Monday, July 12. aside for the good of the party. Sefi. Claude Pepper, D., Fla., urged democratic leaders to offer the presidential nomination to Elsenhower on a strictly non-political basis. The general, ho said, "cannot refuse a truly national draft" that would give him a chance to form a bi partisan "coa lition government" to prevent world war III. Elsenhower's statement splin tered the stop-Truman movement and there Is another shock com ing. Mayor Hubert II. Humphrey of Minneapolis, a spokesman for the new deal- organization known as Americans for Democratic Ac tion, has' lined up 50 prominent democrats and new dealers for a drive to force Truman's civil rights program Into the presiden tial campaign platform. for New Fight BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER Bend Postal Chiefs Confer - , ,J: A, o Farley Elliott, seated, acting Bend postmaster, and John I. Bell, superintendent of mails here since 1943, met this morning In the Bend postoffice for a brief conference and a picture. Elliott, whose confirmation as Bend postmaster awaits senate action, took over the duties of postmaster on July 1, when Robert H. Fox re tired. No assistant postmaster has yet been named, It was an nounced today. Elliott was assistant. Visitor to Bend Listed Missing A 46-year-old California wom an, described as being "dark com plexioned, neat and good look ing," disappeared yesterday in downtown Bend her husband re ported to city police today. She is Josephine Davis, wife of W. J. Davis, of 1723 North Foothill boulevard, Altadena, California. Davis said that he and his daughter were having a late lunch In a local restaurant, but that Mrs. Davis decided, to remain in their car. When her family returned, she had left the car, nd uavis said he saw her enter a drug store. When she failed to return within a reasonable time, they made inquiry, but could find no trace of her. She had been nervous and distressed, Da vis told police but added that she had neurotic spells rather fre quently, and that he had not been unduly concerned. Davis said that she had seemed to be in a normal frame of mind yesterday, and that she had not quarreled either with himself or their daughter. Clothes DescrilMHl Mrs. Davis was wearing a dark brown pin-striped tailored suit, when she was last seen. She was carrying a black tweed coat and a small brown alligator cosmetic case. She had no baggage with her, but she had her check book and about $15 in cash. Davis told officers that she is about 5 feet. 4 inches tall, and welshs about 138 pounds. Her hair is muck, with just a trace of grey, he said. City police alerted other local officers to bo on the lookout for the missing woman. Concert in Park Planned by Band The 45-nlnrp miinlnlnal hnnt Under the rilreptlnn nf rinn p' Ponce, will present the first In a series of concerts Thursday at 8 p.m. in Drake park. The concerts will be given weekly for the re mainder of the summer at the same time and place. The first program includes "Bomhasto March," O. R. Farrar; "Simplicity," Deo-Zmecnlk; "Blue Danube Waltz," Strauss-Lauren-deau; "Indiana State March," O. R. Farrar; "Rhythm-moorls," a band medley, Ellington-Yodor; "Big Brass Band from Brazil," ar ranged by Paul Yoder; "Serenade of the Bells," arranged by Hal Leonard; "Glory of the Trumpets March," J. O. Brockonshire; "A Night in June," a serenade, K. L. King; "Shine on Harvest Moon," arranged by William Teaguo; "When I Grow Too Old to Dream," , Rombe r g B e n n c 1 1 ; "March of the Spanish Soldiers," Smetsky-Lako; "American Pa trol," W. F. Meaehnm: and "Lights Out March," E. E. McCoy. FALL KILLS MAX Yakima, Wash., July 7 (Ui Car roll W. Compton, 37, was killed today when ho fell from a cherry tree on his ranch near here. FIRE FLARES IN' EVENING Firemen wore called Tuesday evening to Eddie's garage, where tires, apparently smoldering since Sunday night's big fire, had re kindled. The call was made In an swer to a still alarm, and the dan ger was quickly eliminated, ac cording to the fireman's report. 7, 1948 Navy Opens 2-Day Assault On Battleship Pearl Harbor, July 7 (1P The doomed battleship USS New York, survivor of two wars and two atomic bombs, was cast adrift 35 miles south of Oahu today and a task force of navy planes, ships and submarines launched a two- day assault that will send her to the bottom of the Pacific. Still radioactive from the Bikini atomic bomb tests two years ago, the New York is being used as a target ship because it would 'be too expensive Wdecontamlnate her and cut her up for scrap. Oahu-based navy fighter planes opened the two-day operation with machine guns, rockets and 100-pound bombs. The offensive gradually will be stepped up until Thursday noon when submarines will fire the latest type torpedoes Into the 27,-000-ton vessel. Radar-guided "bats", first fully automatic guided missiles used by any nation in a combat opera tion, also will be fired at the New York. Antelope to Hold Bend Conference Plans for the entertainment of members of the Order of Ante lone who are to puss through Bend on Muy 16, en route to their annual convention on Hart mountain, will be made at a meet ing here Friday noon, Alva C. Goodrich, in charge locally, an nounced. The Friday meeting of the Central Oregon Antelope will be at the Pine tavern, at a lunch. Goodrich has asked that all members be present. "An Important change in plans for the local entertainment of the group is coming up for con sideration," Goodrich said. The Central Oregon Antelope will be hosts to the visitors at a lunch eon on May 16. Members of the order from the Eugene, Corvallls and Portland areas are to make a waterhole stop In Bend before continuing south toa Lakevlew. This yoar'B outing of the Order of Antelope will be on July 16, 17 and 18, with the departure from Lakevlew for Hart mountain set for the early morning of July 17. This year, the caravan will be routed north past Abort lake on the mountain trek. Goodrich said that all Central Oregon residents who have ever attended a Hart mountain meet ing will be expected at the Friday luncheon conference at the Pine tavern. Invitations to new mem bers will be considered at this meeting. Official Seeks Navy Rule End Washington, July 7 II Under secretary of Interior Oscar Chap man today urged the end of navy rule and the establishment of civil governments In Pacific island possessions and trust ter ritories. In a statement sent to a joint congressional committee study. Ing American Interests in the Pacific, Chapman also urged ex tension of United States citizen ship to the people of Guam and American Samoa. Russians Carry Tactics to Hamper Movement Of Food by Allies Into Berlin Radio Beam Guiding Carrier Planes to City Warped, Western Powers Charge; Soviets Say U. S. Airmen Violate Air Safety Regulations Berlin, July 7 (U.E) The Russians today were carrying out harassing tactics apparently designed to hamper efforts of the western allies to supply their sectors of Berlin by air. With all surface traffic from the western zones of Germany to Berlin already halted, American and British reports indi cated that the Russians now are seeking to slow or halt the great aerial supply effort by which the western allies are feeding more than 2,000,000 American sources said the' soviet authorities had given them verbal warnings that western planes might be forc ed down if they strayed from, the 20-mile wide air corridor to Berlin during their supply flights. Radio Beam Warped U. S. air force officers also In- ferentlally charged the Russians with interfering with the radio beam which guides allied planes to Berlin, and directed American pilots to fly above 5,000 feet along the corridor because Russian fighters had appeared in it. A British transport pilot on the food run reported that several Russian Yak fighters flew around his plane yesterday and one buzz ed his plane "beating me up a bit with his propeller wash." A rash of soviet protests and gestures was taken In some quar tors to Indicate the Russians were setting out to make the skyways over their zone unusable by the western powers and thus isolate Berlin completely. It already was blockaded In all ways except by air. Beam Not Relluble American airmen were warned that the radio ranee on which they set a course, into weather bound Tempelhof iairdrome was "not entirely reliable, due to inter ference f rom anotaer -station." The station broadcasting on an almost Identical frequency was located In the soviet zone, Ameri can briefing officers said. But it had not been determined whether the interference was intentional or accidental. The radio interference develop ed after the Soviets charged that U. S. air force planes were violat ing four-power air safety regula tions. In addition, soviet fighters appeared yesterday along the air corridors to the west. Weather .Slows Transports Dirty weather slowed the aerial supply operation Into Berlin. Visibility was cut to 200 feet at times. All planes had to resort to instrument landings. The planes were coming In, but the instru ment procedure was an added burden. Officers said the soviet charge of safety violation stemmed from U. S. notification that all informa tion on the greatly stepped-up traffic would ho posted on bulle tin boards In the four-power air safety center. The Russians de manded that they be handed typo written copies of such informa tion, and charged that the Amer ican procedure was a violation of rules. Leads Run Out in Search for Fliers McChord Field, Wash., July 7 Ml Air rescue officials today announced that search for two navy men, missing since Juno 20 on a flight from The Dalles, Ore., to Whidhey Island, Wash., had been suspended until further leads arc uncovered. Missing aboard the private plane, a Cessna M0, are Aviation mate James Milton Henry, Lewis ton, Ida., and Electronics tech. Adln Earl Brown, Los Angeles. Campaign of Tito to Woo Kremlin Meets With Failure London, July 7 (ll'i Marshal Tito's campaign to woo the Krem lin while continuing to denounce the rominform In the bitterest terms appeared today to have failed. Tito, head of the Yugoslav com munist party, has been rebuffed by the soviet union's communist partv, of which Premier Josef Stalin Is the head. The Yugoslav communist par ty's fifth congress Is scheduled for July 21 In Belgrade. After the "nmlnform's excommunication of Yugoslavia and Tito, the Yugo slavs sent Invitations to all com munist parties of eastern F.uropc to attend the congress. An emphatic no was Issued by tho Kremlin last night. The Mos cow radio announced that the central committee of the soviet Sfate Forecast OREGON Partly cloudy today, tonight and Thurs day. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms. No. 26 Out Harassing persons in their zones of Berlin. Berlin Blockade Removal Asked Washington, July 7 Ul Diplo matic officials said today the American demand for removal of Russia's Berlin blockade was pre pared carefully to deny the So viets a chance to distort It into more "peace propaganda." They said the American note, like those sent to Moscow by the British and French, was Intended to be "air tight" so far as any "in terpretation" might be concerned. They recalled that the Soviets on May 9 accepted an American or fer that was never made on nego tiating cold war Issues. Notwithstanding the special precautions,- these officials did not discount the possibility that Moscow might try to twist the three protests into bids for re sumption of big four talks on Germany. This has been regarded as one of Russia's chief reasons for halting highway and rail traffic into Berlin. Wholesale Food Prices in Drop New York, July 7 Wholesale food prices, as reflected by the Dun & Bradstreet index, in the week ended yesterday dropped slightly for the third consecutive week, the agency announced to day. Representing the sum total of the price per pound of 31 foods, the Index this week declined to $7.12 from $7.14 last week. The price was $6.41 a year ago. Foods declining Included flour, wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, beef, hams, lard, cottonseed oil and potatoes. ELEVATORS FILLED Omaha, Neb., July 7 Ui Rail roads reported elevators cram med to capacity with wheat In many sections of Nebraska today, and some farmers were "storing" the grain on the ground. Impressions of Central Oregon Visitors "Well, we've been out here seven times. You can draw your own conclusions," said R. D. Feth erstone today, when asked If he liked the Central Oregon country. Mr. and Mrs. Fetherstone and J. B. McConathi were In Bend to day from Lexington, Ky., "in the heart of the famous blue-grass country." The Fethorstones have 11 first cousins risldlng In Oregon. One of thorn Is Sig SkavUin, of Bend, whom they are" visiting. "Wo don't like some of the country wo have to pass through," Mrs. Fetherstone said, "hut when wo get here we are crazy about It." She further commented that "there is something pretty to see almost everywhere you go In Ore gon." communist party rejected the In vitation because of Yugoslavia's refusal to attend the recent corn Inform which "thus placed the Yugoslav communist party out side tho family of communist parties." Russia's refusal to attend tho Yugoslav party congress follows several days of continued defi ance by Tito to tho comlnform charges, flowery praise of the so viet union and efforts to place tho blame for Yugoslavia's present plight upon communist loaders of other eastern European countries, especially Bulgaria, Albania and Hungary. Nothing has happened In the Tito-Statin crisis yet to change tho views of western exports that It may signal the start of the crumbling of Russia's vast east ern European empire.