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Oregon Generally fair to
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both dayi 86 to 96. Low to
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No. 229
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NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1949
Yugosla viced Cuts More Ties With 'Russia
THE
Sheriff M. Elliott
Faces Bond Loss;
Pearson Will Act
Portland, Sept. 2 IU.R Twelve Oregon Htuto democratic
party leaders today handed a recommendation to State treas
urer Walter J. Pearson tliat the $110,000 bond covering
Multnomah county Shorlir Marion L. (Mike) Klliott be with
drawn. IVarMon, representing the Maryland CuHiiully Co., Hald he
has already requested the company to camel the bond made
out to the sheriff. If the bond in withdrawn and Klliott can
not And another bonder, he will be forced to vacate Mh olllie.
; A democratic leader who re-
i J I r
mine Lecco
Case Dropped
In Portland
Portland, Sept. 2 dH-Dlstrlct
Attorney John H. MeCourt today
dropped III", rum' agulnst Mike
DeClceo, mule treasurer of ihe
democratic pally, mill announced
that a win rani chin ulnu DeClceo
wllh harboring a Los Angeles
fugitive will bo recalled.
At I lip ump limp, McOourl an
nounced thai Walter F. Hergen.
former l-o Angeles county re
rrvp deputy sheriff, will be nr
rested nl Hip Washington-Oregon
Rtiilc line In the middle ol the
Interstate bridge over I hp Co
lumbia river shortly before noon
today. DeClceo hud been nerUHpd
of giving sanctuary lo Uergen in
Portland.
MeCourt Hold the DcCTcco case
mny tie given to the Mullnomuh
eon uly grnnd Jury.
As the fact of the Bergen
rate present themselves, we may
find It neepjuwry to present I lie
facta to Ilia grand jury, wlioia
tlu mailer will be fully explor
ed," MeCourt said. "The warrunt
will be recalled. DeClceo la free.
Enforcement Difficult
"We feel the Interests of Jus
tlce have been accompllNhed. 1-aw
enforcement Ik difficult at be.il
and citizens muni help and nut
hinder In thp legal process."
McCourt pointed out that tie-
fore DeClceo could bp successful
ly prosecuted. wltJieaae lo Her
Ken's aliened ehlld stealing would
have lo tie called from southern
Culifornlu and perhaps Mary
land; and nlHo It would have to
be proved Ihut DeClceo had
knowledge that Hergen won n fu
gitive from Justice,
Thoniaa R. Mahoney. attorney
for DeClceo, issued a brief stale,
nienl saying DeClceo hud no
knowledge thai Uergen was
wanted by Los Angeles authorl
ties until so Informed yesterday
by police officers.
"It Is my opinion that the pub
licity attendant upon this affair
hus a direct connection with the
DeClcco's defense of Multnomah
county sheriff, Mike Elliott." Ma
honey aald.
After spending a half hour In
thp district attorney's office, De
Clceo walked out with Mahoney.
AFL Longshore
Strike Possible
New York, Sept. 2 illi Joseph
P. Ryan, president of the Inter
national Longshoremen's associa
tion AFL, hinted today that
the 60,000 members of his union
would strike from Portland, Me.,
to Hampton Roads, Va., Sept. 30.
unless they won demands for new
wage Increases.
Ryan said the union's 120-man
negotiating committee voted
unanimously to reject a counter
wage proposal made by the New
York Shipping .association, em
ployer representatives. The union
had asked for a 22-cent-an-haiir
Increase but the employers asked
Unit they take a 13-cent-an-hour
wage cut.
Ryan was asked whether - lie
was ready to strike to .back up
the unions original demands.
"Wo are ready to stop work on
the doth of September, lie said.
"Thnt's how ready we are."
Tho longshoremen's contract
expires on that dale.
"We nolo the employers' state
ment of yesterday regarding con
ditions In the Industry," Ryan
said. "They talk about the four
wage increases they have given
us, but they forget that we had
to go on strike and to arbitrate
two or those four times to get
what we. got."
Ryan said it was "an InsMlt
for shipowners to "expect us to
take that kind of proposition
considering tho loyalty, tho coop
eration and the production we
navo given tno industry." ,
fused to be named suid the
cancellation "should be nuto
ntatic." He added that the rec
ommendation was butted on a
combination of many reasons,
and that il has no relation to the
current warrant out for Iho ar
rest of democratic party treasurer
Mike Itactcco for harboring Wal
ler V, Uergen, u fugitive from Los
Angeles.
Sheriff Elliott, police officers
have charged, was present when
Hergen was allegedly with De
cleco. Statement Quoted
The committee's statement says:
"Until this lime, the majority
of democrat le leaders huve be
llevpd Marion L. Klliott lo lie en
lltled to prove his alillilies to
serve us sheriff of Multnomah
county.
'"nicy have done o, not be
cause Mr. Klliott run for office
as a democrat within a few hours
after leaving ihc republican par
ty, but because he was chosen by
the ieople to replace a republican
politician who had turned the
sheriff's office Into a burdensome
political machine.
"Mr. Elliott has had a chance
to prove himself, lip has made
poor use of It. 'more Is Increas
ing evidence that the cause of
good government will not - bo
served by prolonging his proba
tionary period.
"Therefore, the democrats who
sign this stnteincnl have recom
mended lo Walter J. Pearson that
Mr. Elliott's bond be cancelled."
Olitulncd In December
Referring to the above state
ment, Pearson said as an Insur
ance agent, I obtained the bond
for Elliott .last December at the
request of several democratic
party loaders. I have requested
me Maryland casually Co. to can
eel the bond."
Democratic loaders signing me
bond cancellation rccommenda.
Hon Include:
Slate senator Jack Bain: Mrs,
l.eonle Brooke; Robert D. Davis,
president of the young democra
tic clubs or urecon; Ed w. Kg
gen; Stole senator Austin V. FIc-
gel; William L. Josslln. chairman
of the democratic slate central
committee; State senator Thomas
R. Mahoney; State representative
Howard Morgan; State senator
Richard L. Neuberger; Slate
treasurer Walter J. Pearson;
Nancy Honey man Robinson, na
tional committcctoman for Ore
gon; Monroe Sweetlund, national
committeeman for. Oregon, and
George S. Tourtellotto, treasurer
or the Multnomah county demo
cratic central committee.
illionsPlan
Labor Day Trips
Illy United Praia)
Millions of Americans had their
picnic baskets packed and their
cars tuned up, ready to take off
for the country at the end of
their day's work today for the
lust long week end of the sum
mer.
The weather generally over the
nation was clear but somewhat
cool. Highways were expected to
be Jammed throughout the Labor
day holiday period.
The National Safety council
predicted that 280 persona would
lie killed In traffic crashes as
33.000,000 curs crowded the pave
ments, burning up 270,000,000 gal
Ions of gasoline to travel 4,000,
000,000 miles.
Ned H. Dearborn, president of
the council, pleaded with drivers
to use extreme caution to "start
trips early, take It easy, and ex
ercise courtesy."
Last year. 492 persons died vlo-
lent deaths over Labor day 302
in automobile accidents, 62 by
drowning, u in plane crashes,
and 128 In miscellaneous mishaps.
In 1947, a total of 456 persons
died In accidents 272 on high
ways, 70 by drowning, 24 In plane
crasnns, and 90 in other types of
accidents,
Deserter Returned to Russia
Soviet Lt.
Anatiilv P. Barsov. 31
serter who spent seven months In the United States was returned
to the Soviets from Vienna. Austria, al his own request. Barsov fled
from the sovlel Ukraine last October 9 with Peter Pirlgov (left I.
28-year-old sovlel navigator (pair are shown together in new
American suits shortly after their flight), Pirlgov, the state de
partment announced, was still in this country, happy and wanted
to remain.
Diary of Russian Deserter
In State Department's Hands
By Edward V. Roberta ,
(United Press Stuff Correspondent)
Washington, Sept. 2 The pencil-scrawled diary of Anatol
Har.sovj the "repentunt" Russian deserter, has fallen into the
hands of the state deportment, it was learned today.
Officials are at work on a
whether the diary will Hhed
ase of the red ollicer who deserted to the United States, and
then voluntarily went back home to face the music.
Examination of the diary
State Republican
WomenW.ill Meet
At Prineville'
Prlnevllle, Sept. 2 Prominent
republicans from all parts of the
state arc heading for this city
next Thursday, Scptemlior 8, as
the Crook county chapter or the
Oregon Republican Women plays
the role of host to the quarterly
slate board meeting of the Ore
gon chapters of Republican Wom
en. An impressive lineup of guests
are scheduled to attend, includ
ing Representative Lowell Stock
man, State legislators James
Short, William Morse and Giles
French; Mrs. George Gerllnger.
president of the Oregon council
of Republican Women; Mrs. Mar
shall Cornett. national committee
woman; Ralph Cuke, national
committeemon, and many others,
including a representative of Gov
ernor McKay.
Plans call for an afternoon
business session, with Mrs. II. D.
Peterson, state central committee
vice-chairman, to speak on state
affairs.
The evening's program follows
a pot luck dinner at the Lutheran
church, after which a discussion
of leading questions of the day
will be highlighted. The gover
nor's representative will discuss
CVA; Representative Stockman
will report on the 81st congress;
Giles French will discuss reappor
tionment of legislative represent
atives; socialized medicine will be
Ihc subject of Dr. Bradford Pease
of Bend and Miss Cella Bast, sec
retary of physicians' service hos
pitals and superintendent of Hoi
laday Park hospital.
As time will allow, other guests
will be heard from.
The newly organized Young Re
publicans club have been issued
special Invitations to attend, as
have members of the Council of
Oregon Republican Women of
Redmond, Bend, Madras, and
other pats of the state. The en
tire affair, however, is open to
the general public, and all are
Invited to attend, according to
Mrs. Paul B. Kelly, who is In
charge of arrangements for the
meeting.
Parole Granted ,
To Check Passer
Charles Clay Johnson, 29, of El
gin, who was sentenced July 18 to
five months in the . Deschutes
county Jail on o charge of ob
taining money under false pre;
tenses, today was paroled by R, S.
Hamilton, circuit court Judge.
Judge Hamilton said that his
basis for paroling Johnson was
the latter's good record prior to
his conviction on the money
charge; his excellent record while
serving as a trusty at the county
Jail, and the fact that he had a
Job waiting for him.
Johnson was convicted on a
charge of passing a bad $50 check
One of the stipulations' of his
parole was that he make rcstltu
tlon for the check,
right), a Russian air force de
translation in an effort to see
further light on the mysterious
marks the first time that the
government agents have in
spected any of the possessions
which Barsov left in hia
Washington hotel room when
he. was arrested August 17,
He was held secretly at Ellis
Island for five days, then flown
to Austria and finally handed
over to the Russians on Wednes
day.
Lett at Hotel
Barsov left the diary, another
notvbook. a few clothes, a Rus
sian novel, and his shaving kit at
the Alturas hotel.
The diary was turned over to
the state department by Edward
F. Jones, assistant chief of the
Time and Life magazine bureau
here. Jones said his bureau had
borrowed the diary from the Al
turas munager Wednesday to
translate lt.
He relinquished it after the
manager. Mrs. Ethel K. Allison,
told him she had been served with
a court order requiring her to
give the diary to the state de
partment.
Later It developed that the
court order had been taken out.
not by the state department, but
by the owners of the hotel. Ap
parently for their own protection,
they legally Impounded Barsov's
belongings and directed the man-
ager to surrender them to no one
but the state department. The de
partment knew nothing of the
order.
"As far as we are concerned,
the diary came to us voluntarily,"
one department official said.
Persons who have scanned the
diary said it deals mainly with
Barsov's Impressions of America,
with whisky drinking and with
the condition of his heart.
Century Drive
Fire Controlled
Fire found at 11 a.m. today in
an acre of lodgepolc pine nine
miles from Bend on Cnnfiirv
drive, was brought under control
by 1 o'clock, according to Gail
Baker, fire assistant, at Des
chutes national forest headquar
ters In Bend.
Gordon George and Cal Minks,
with the fire caterpillar tractor
and two tankers, plus a large
crew, brought the fire Into sub
mission. The district assistant of
Bend district, Kenneth Clark, and
Ed Parker, district ranger, di
rected activities.
The blaze, which occurred at
the end of the pavement in a site
where woodcutters have been
working, was caused by careless
ness with cigarets, forest service
officials said.
Baker Issued a warning that
the opening of school has depleted
forest firefighters, and that the
force would be skeletonized by
September 15. Additional vigil
ance against fires such as today's
will be necessary, he said, if hot
weather continues.
With school's opening the many
teachers and students who work
for the service have returned to
their posts.
Flood Strikes
Tokyo Region,
After Typhoon
By Earn cut Iloberecht
M.'ditMl PrM Staff C.urrPrftMit
Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 3 'in
The threat of a major flood dis
aster on the heels of the recent
typhoon waned today as rain
swollen rivers north and east of
Tokyo ceased rising and streams
within the city began to subside.
The news brought hope for re
lief to millions of Japanese from
flooded sections of eastern Tokyo
to Muebashi, 00 miles up the Tone
river to the northwest.
Weather observers said the
break may be only temporary,
however, as rains were expected
to continue through Sunday.
The death toll from the typhoon
"Kitty" rose to 173 as thousands
of Japanese manned the levees
to prevpnt new breaks. An esti
mated 400,000 were homeless.
New Breaks Reported
New breaks In the big Tone
river and Watarase river. 25
miles north of Tokyo, were re
ported over disrupted communi
cations lines. Earlier, embank
ments bf the Tone collapsed in
several places, but damage was
localized by surrounding uplands.
The weather bureau warned
that if torrential rains continued
throughout the night a sea of
muddy water would sweep over
great areas of central Honshu.
Women, stripped to the waist,
worked beside men in a race
against the flood menace.
; Ten members of one work crew
Were crushed to death when the
surging waters threw heavy tlm
becs against them.
S Lights, telephones and other
means of communications were
, gashed out. Rail service to the
south and - northwest of Tokyo
also was suspended.
Emergency relief parties, work
ing under the Tokyo citv govern
ment, distributed 350.000 meals,
50,000 candles and 120.000 DDT
treatments to guard against pos
sible epidemics.
Meanwhile, seven inches of rain
whipped Yokohama in 12 hours,
four inches fell in Tokyo and
from four to eight inches fell in
the mountains on the western
edge of the Kanto plain.
The first cavalry division head
Quarters reported that small riv
ers In the mountains west of
Tokyo were swelling.
Robeson Concert
Trouble Feared
Peekskill, N.Y., Sept. 2 UPi
Excitement spread through this
community today as veterans and
left-wingers squared off lor Sun
day's Paul Robeson concert.
Tension was heightened by a
statement by the negro baritone
that there would be plenty of po
lice on hand' but "even if there
aren't, our women and children
will be protected."
Police and local radio stations
received many telephone calls
threatening both the veterans and
the concert planners.
Fourteen posts of four veter
ans organizations planned a
"miles long" parade near the old
Hollow Brook golf course, where
the outspokenly left-wing singer
was scheduled to perform.
The site is one mile from the
scene of the rioting between 500
veterans and Robeson fans which
prevented a Robeson concert last
Saturday night.
The veterans, members of the
Catholic war veterans, the Jew-
I lsh- war veterans, the American
Legion, and the Veterans of For
eign Wars, requested the parade
permit after learning that Robe
son had accepted the concert In
vitation of the Westchester coun
ty citizens committee for law
and order.'
The committee said it also had
Invited Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, and Trygve
Lie.
BULLETIN
Washington, Sept. 2 Ui The
state department today accused
soviet Russia of welshing on an
agreement defining principles for
an Austrian peace treaty.
The department said that some
of the most important issues
deadlocked were-"those on which
soviet demands for economic ad
vantages to be derived at Aus
tria's expense exceed the princi
ples which had been agreed on at
the Paris conference of foreign
(.ministers."
Bend Float Places Second
In Kick-Off Parade Staged
At Jefferson County Fair
Madras, Sept. 2 (Special) A float entered by the Bend
chamber of commerce, symbolizing the famous Fourth of
July water pageant, won second place in the section for civic
organizations, in-the hour-long parade this morning that was
the kick-off for the annual Jefferson county fair and rodeo
celebration.
First place winner in the division for civic organizations
was the Prineville chamber of commerce, with a float featur
ing a cowgirl on a life-size wooden horse, and baton twirlers
anil a irirl rlnincr an pvhiliitinn
State Forest
Fire Danger
Held Acute
Portland, Sept. 2 iUi Acting
slate forester George Spaur to
day said forest fire danger in
five Oregon forest districts was
"critical."
Spaur said the Coos, Douglas,
southwest, northwest and east
ern Oregon districts were placed
on the top critical list while all
of Oregon's parched forests,
baked bone-dry by 94 rainless
days, were as explosive as pitchy
kindling wood.
He said an accumulation of
combustible material on the
ground and the prolonged drouth
had created hazards and expos
ure of unequalled danger."
A sparK on the loose, started
from a campflre or cigarette
could cause disaster. An east
wind anytime this fall, coupled
with mans carelessness, couia
take hundreds of human lives.
could destroy payrolls and for
est wealth to cripple our state
for generations." Spaur said.
Greatest Since 1939
Frank Hamilton, forest super
visor for southwest Oregon, re
ported there had been no general
rain in that area since late May
and that it was bone drv "from
the floor of the valleys to the
top of the mountains. . .
In eastern Oregon the fire haz
ard exceeds that of any year
since 1939. according to district
supervisor L. C. Moorehead.
Keith Young, district forester
in Coos county, reported no rain
since the middle of May.
"People down here are praying
the east winds won't blow."
Young said. "They remember the
loss of life and property when
the Bandbn fire started Septem
ber 26, 1936. after Just such a
long dry period. We're more than
worried, and I believe our citi
zens are trying to help."
So far this year the Coos dis
trict has had 66 fires, all man
caused with 1,214 acres of tim
ber destroyed. Young said.
Spaur said Douglas and- Coos
counties together contain the
largest continuous block of vir
gin timber in the United States.
He said it was Oregon's "timber
breadbasket." He said it was
doubtful that the area ever could
recover from a conflagration
such as the Tillamook bum
which in three fires destroyed
thousands of acres of timber
valued at millions of dollars in
northwestern Oregon.
John D. Cronin
Taken by Death
John D. Cronin. 56. prominent
Central Oregon sheep man, died
yesterday at St. Charles hospital,
following a lingering illness. He
had been a patient there about
a month.
Funeral services will be Mon
day, September 5, at 9 a.m., from
St. Francis Catholic church. Kev,
William Coughlan will officiate.
Recitation of the rosary will be
Sunday at 7 p.m., at the iNiswon-ger-Wlnslow
chapel.
Mr. Cronin was born in County
Cork, Ireland, in 1893. He had
been a Central Oregon resident
for 33 years.
Surviving relatives include two
sisters, Miss Nell Cronin, County
Cork, Ireland, and Mrs. Nora
Scanlan, County Limrlck, Ireland,
and two brothers, Daniel, County
Cork, and Timothy, Bronx, N.x.
SPREAD MISSING
Bend police are looking for the
former lodger at Cozy hotel, who
last night took with him a green
chenille bedspread when he de
parted. Hotel personnel told po
lice the occupant of the room was
from Seattle, and a truck-driver
by occupation.
EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be in Bend next Thursday and
Friday at 1050 Bond street, be
tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Persons
seeking licenses or permits to
drive should apply before 4:30 or
earlier, to assure completion of
applications.
of fancy roping. The Madras
chamber of commerce float
was third.
The Mud Springs grange had
the best agriculture float, accord
ing to the Judges' incomplete tab
ulation of winners. The Madras
Saddle club placed first in the
mounted groups, the Prineville
club second and the Redmond
club third.
Commercial Winners
In the commercial division,
winners were as follows: Farm
ers Supply, Culver, first; Jeffer
son County Co-op. second; Paul's
cafe, third. The Madras aerie of
the FOE lodge (Eagles) placed
first in the section for fraternal
organizations. The Madras Rebek
ah lodge was second, and the aux- j
iliary of John Sloss American Le
gion post, third.
Other winners Included the fol
lowing: Garden clubs Jefferson
County Garden club, first; Farm
erette club, second; Green Thumb
club, third. Churches Madras
Free Methodist, first; Madras
Seventh-Day Adventist, second.
Fire departments Madras volun
teer squad, first; Madras fire de
partment auxiliary, second; Cul
ver fire department, third. '
The parade, longest in Jeffer
son county fair history, was
watched by crowds that lined the
streets of Madras. It lasted a full
hour. ; -.
3-Day Celebration .
The parade was bficiaj begin
ning of a three-day celebration
which will feature a rodeo and
race meet with more than $600
in prize money; an action-packed
fight card tonight at the fair
grounds; a home-talent show to
morrow night, two dances, and
exhibits of Jefferson county's
finest livestock and produce, from
farms irrigated by the famed
North unit irrigation system.
Riding on Bend's float this
morning were Joan Tilden, water
pageant queen this past July,
and Pat Blakely, Ella Sterling
and Charlene Dahlin, princesses.
The float, decorated by Jim Lan
zarotta, general chairman, fea
tured the pageant swans that an
nually head the colorful river
fete. They were mounted on a
large truck provided by the Mil
ler Lumber company. The court
members were seated on the
huge birds. The Hunnell Motor
company furnished transporta
tion to the Jefferson county seat
lor the queen and princesses.
WILL RESUME CASE
David R. Vandenberg. circuit
court judge from Klamath Falls.
will be in Bend tomorrow to re
sume trial of the case. Lay Broth
ers versus J. A. Strauss, which
was begun here July 27.
Lav Brothers, trucking contrac
tors, seek a $4,435.24 Judgment
against Strauss. According to the
complaint, the plaintiffs were
damaged in that amount when the
defendant failed to carry out
contract entered into by the two
parties.
Central Oregon Restaurants
Given Department Ratings
Restaurants in Jefferson, Des
chutes, and Crook counties which
in 1948 had their eating utensils
tested for bacteria counts, were
rated seventh, eighth, and thir
teenth, respectively, among the
36 counties of the state on the
basis of the tests, according to a
statement released jointly today
by Dr. Elizabeth Bishop and Al
bert VV. Westfall, of the Trl
County health department. Pur
pose of the test was to determine
cleanliness of the utensils.
Multnomah county, with the
largest number of restaurants,
was rated 21.
.Westfall, who is sanitarian for
the three central Oregon counties,
said that only about 50 per cent
of the eating establishments In
the state were covered In the 1948
tests, and the remainder were
covered in tests which were con
ducted In July of this year. Re
sults of the latter will not be
available until next year.
Many Satisfactory
Of the tests made in eight res
taurants In Jefferson county this
past year, 61 per cent showed up
as satisfactory. Westfall explain
ed that the tests which were made
Air, Steamer
Lines Severed;
Crisis Looms
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Sept. 2
dP. Yugoslavia announced to
night that It has cut two more
ties with Russia by liquidating the
air and steamship lines it operat
ed Jointly with the Soviets.
The announcement came as
the Comlnform Journal wasf
promising "total support" to
Yugoslav communists opposing
Marshal Tito. The report of a
soviet-backed fifth column in Yu
goslavia stirred up government
fears that Russia might try to
"liberate" the country. '
An official government an
nouncement reported the liquida
tion of the Yugoslav-soviet Dan
ube Navigation company
'(YUSPAD) and thb Yugoslav
soviet Aviation company
(YUSTA).
It said the liquidation was ar
ranged at Yugoslavia's request in
negotiations with tiie soviet un- -
ion.
Fifth Column Formed
Bucharest dispatches disclosed'.. -
that the cominform, through Its 'in
official journal, reported that a 1
fifth column communist party '
was being organized throughout
Yugoslavia against the nto re
gime.
Diplomatic sources said after .
reading the cominform announce
ment that it could be the opening
gun in a campaign to "free the
oppressed people of Yugoslavia.",
Official Yugoslav quarters ad
mitted only last night that they
were worried about the possibil
ity of some such move by Kussta.
f-But they said they did not believe
it was likely now. . .
They emphasized the possibili
ty that . some 'uprising ' might
be staged to give the Russian -1;
troops massed along Yugoslavia's
northern border a pretext to
move in.
Tito Returns
Tito himself was reported to
have returned to Belgrade from a
vacation hideaway to deal wltn
such a possibility. Only this
week authoritative sources re
ported that 50,000 soviet troops,
500 tanks and many planes had
been assembled in the Romanian
and Hungarian border areas fac
ing Yugoslavia. ,
The Cominform Journal, pub- '
lished In Bucharest, also report
ed that a cominform radio was
bombarding Yugoslavia with "the
truth," and "every communist" in
Yugoslavia listened to lt.
Responsible quarters' here de
nied that numerous Yugoslavs
were listening to the new station,
which has been jamming the Bel
grade radio for the last few
weeks. On the contrary, they
said, "only a few" tuned In.
CASE DISMISSED
Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 2 IB
"Sure I was drunk," Earl Co
tanch told the judge. "And I'll
tell you why."
"I was sitting next to a man
in a restaurant when all of a sud
den he pulled a gun and blew his
brains out. I saw the whole thing.
Do you blame me for getting
drunk?"
"No, I don't," Municipal judge
Walter Richards replied yester
day. "Case dismissed."
on the eating establishments
cups, glasses, spoons and forks,
allowed for a maximum bacteria
count of 100. Any count above
that was considered unsatisfac
tory. Similar tests made in 28 restau
rants in Deschutes county proved
60 per cent satisfactory, and of
the tests made in nine Crook
county establishments, 42 per
cent were satisfactory.
The tests revealed that some
restaurant utensils had bacteria
counts ranging from as little as
three to as high as 15,000.
Methods Important
The major factor in keeping
the count low, according to West
fall, Is the use of the proper meth
od of washing. He explained that
two methods are considered satis
factory. One Is the "hot water",
method, which calls for the wash
ing of the utensil in soap and wa
ter, and then the rinsing of it In
water heated to 170 degrees Fah
renheit. The other method,
"chemical," which is preferred
over the hot water system, requir
es a three compartment unit, Ono
unit contains soap and water for
washing the utensil. The second
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