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BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1949
No. 230
Bendix Air Race Records Fall By Wayside
Bend Residents
Plan to Observe
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Double Holiday
Activity reitihod u high peak thin afternoon in downtown
Hend, as residents of the city and of nearby rural communi
ties made prcpiirntloiiM for tho Labor day holiday. Shoppers
thronged stores, many buying supplies for outings to the
mountains or trips to other Oregon cities or out-of-state.
Kor many, the holiday afforded a three-day" week end and
tho lust opportunity of the Hummer to arrange a late-seli.Hon
vacation.
Many local residents seeking entertainment this week end
will attend the Jefferson eoun-
Tito Sees Little
r
Prospect;
War
Issues
Explained
By IiohmiIi V. (irltfic
(tinltttt I'rru Staff 'urriotiil-iil I
PlirlK, Sept. 3 llh - Marshal
Tlto'8 quarrel wlih Joseph Slalln
times buck five yours' to ii secret
meeting In Moscow hut Tito doe
not .hlnk the Kovlet-Yugosluv dlf. '
ferences will lend to war. it was
reported today.
Tito made Oils' known to n
group of visiting Americans who
tauten wiin mm tor several nours i
on tils Adrlullc island hideaway
of Hrtonl on August 2-1.
Tito told the visiting Americans
he does not cxe-t u soviet mili
tary Invasion but that the Rus
sia im will Intensify their efforts
to strangle Yugoslavia economi
cally. The Yugoslav leader made It
clear he realizes Stalin regards
him as "small fry" and wants to
make him "knuckle under"" to the
Kremlin.
An uccount of Tito's conversa
tion was retained by one of the
visiting Americans, fr. Klrtley F.
Mnllier, professor of geology of
Hurvurd university.
Others Listed
Others of the group received
by Tito were Louis Adnmle; au
thor; Or. Jerome Davis. West Ha
ven, Conn., formerly of Yule uni
versity; Dr. Henry Knlrchlld, pro
fessor of sociology at New York
university; Rev. George Paine,
Huston. Mass., and Arthur Long,
graduate, student of Ohio State
university. -
Mather said Tito emphasized
that his differences with Stalin
resulted from his refusal to ac
cept soviet Interference In Yugo
slav Internal affairs'.
The real differences between
Russia und Yugoslavia are much
deeper than those generally pub
licized, Mather quoted Tito.
"He said the real differences
are ones of principle between
centralized power In a monolithic
communist world organization
and decentralized power recogniz
ing the autonomy of various seg
ments of a communist world."
Mather (Add.
Interference Opposed '
"Ho told us he objected to Sta
lin's program for tile satellite
countries for the same reasons
he objected to tho Marshall plan.
He said he would not tolerate any
foreign power, either east or west,
dictating to him or determining
the economic program of his na
tion. "One of the group asked him,"
Mather said, " 'at the time of your
meeting with Stalin In 1944, were
your relations' with him harmon
ious and happy?'
"He had been leaning back In
his chair. He suddenly sat .up
stiffly, planted his elbows firmly
on the table and answered curt
ly, 'No, they were not'."
Mather said the group asked
Tito point blank whether he was
not disturbed by the war of words
launched against Yugoslavia by
tho comlnform and whether he
did not fear It might be followed
by open war with hush in.
"Ho replied without a moment's
hesitation, 'No, I do not expect we
shall be attacked militarily',
Mather said.
WOMAN IS SUICIDE
Portland, Sept. 2 (ll'i The. cor
oner's office said today Mae Hazel
McDougal commltcd suicide at
her home here about noon Thurs
day. 1
Iter body was not found until
early Thursday nigh! hy her hus
band, Hoctor. She died from car
bon monoxide poisoning from the
exhaust of the family car.
The coroner said an autopsy
will be performed today.
, ty fair, today and Sunday at
thu Madras fair grounds.
Indli-ullonH lire Hint l.iilior iliiy
will he qulel In llenil. Stores 111
llif downtown section will he
closed, iih will clly offices, the
coiiiily courthouse, stale ui:eiicleii,
Including the eiiiiloymenl ser
vice, and federal agencies. The
Deschutes rounly library will lie
closed, allowing Hlulf members to
Join In the holldny.
School (Hn Tui'fcdoy
Pupils uml teachers alike will
Kel ready this week end for the
opening of schools on September
6. Teachers completed In-service
trnlnlnK this past Week, and most
J"' "'em will remain In Rend over
' " "'fi' " "I
Employes of The Htilletln will
loin In the holiday Monday, and
no paper will be published thtit
W() Mwni w, KU.
M.n, operations on Uhor.da?. ,
DEATHS KKI'OIU KII -
. Ill United I
Millions of Amrrlrnns took to
the road today for the long Labor
day wceh end, and the Inevitable
toll of accidental deaths began its
steady climb,
Hv 10:30 a.m. (f'DTI holiday
deaths totaled 38, including 3(1 in
traffic accidents. One person
drowned and another died from
a miscellaneous cause.
Travel was reiKirted heavy on
highways, railroads, airlines and
bus routes In what promised to
be one of the biggest travel Jams
In history.
But nt Chicago, the nation's
rail hub, railroad travel was es
timated at 10 per cent below last
year s heavy Labor day volume.
Bus traffic, loo, was -below last
year.
Airline traiiic was reported
"extremely heavy" last night but
had diminished today.
Traffic lams on the highways
were expected to develop as the
day wore on and workers leu
their lobs early. Tho Dunes resort
area in northern Indiana along
the shore of Lake Michigan re
ported tlje heaviest highway trav
el In history.
Traffic Jam Hue
An estimated 33,000,000 cars
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Legion Officers
Are Installed ;
Allen Ryman was Installed as
commander of the Stevens-Chute
American Legion pos,t In a cere
mony conducted Thursday at the
courthouse, with William K. At
Leo, newly elected district 12 com
mander, Installing officer.
Others taking over offices in
the post included: W. C. Klckls,
first vice-commander; E. E. John
son, second vice-commander;
Thomas J. Casey, adjutant; E. E.
Shanahan, finance officer; Rob
ert Rrecfl!enrl(lge chaplain I W. C.
Coyner, historian; Harold Ander
son, sergeant-at-arms, and M. Ray
Coopeu, service officer.
The executive committee will
be composed of George, Brick,
A. T. Nlebergall, II. S. Rovelstnd
and W. E. AtLee.
Objectives Outlined
One of tho objectives of the
post this' year, according to plans
outlined at the meeting, Is to
make the organization's social ac
tivities appealing to all ex-servicemen
In the Bend area. Among
other things, the post will also
continue Its work with the Jun
ior Rifle club, the Boy Scouts, and
In (he field of child welfare.
Hans S. Rovel.stad, chairman of
the Bend Rifle club, appeared at
the meeting and requested the
support of the post In a'moVe to
have tho city allow the continued
use of the Indoor rifle range at
the west end of town until such
a time as a new location can be
found. Ho promised that shooting
would end promptly at 10 p.m.,
and that there would be a mini
mum of noise and congest ion of
traffic about tho building when
it Is In use,
Play
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Harmon play field has been fenced, with six-foot, heavyweight mesh fencing, and last year's grass
planting, which covered half the field, hus been fully fertilized and the sprinkling system improved.
The road In front of the field has been paved, anil parking for cars provided. The 2.000 feet of fence
cost the city $4,300. Picture shows children utilizing the playground facilities at the field.
Dewey to Police
Robeson Concert
Albany, Sept. 3 illitiov. Thorn
at E. Dewey today ordered all
available New York state police
to lp at Peeksklll tomorrow to
prevent violence ut the scheduled
concert by Negro.' singer Paul
Robeson. . --r
Dewey acted at the request of
Sheriff Fred W. Rosroe of West
chester county, who requr-sted
Secliil assistance In preserving
order at Robeson's' second sched
uled concert In the Peeksklll area.
At the same time Dewey an
nounced he would hold Westchest
er county officials "strictly ac
countable for the full iierform
ance of their duty."
There was iio estimate avail
able on the "lumber of state
troopers Unit would be dispatched
to the scene. It was learned, how
ever, that a large detachment
would be led by State Police Supt.
John A. Gaffney.
Tho governor acted as tension
mounted throughout eastern and
southern New York over the Ne
gro singer's concert, scheduled
for 2 p.m. tomorrow. t
It lot Kccailed
A week ago an announced ap
pearance by Robeson turned Into
a three-hour riot that injured
eight persons when antl-commu-nlst
veterans clashed with a
crowd gathered to hear the con
cert. "In this country of ours the
greatest free' nation left in the
world we must maintain and
ever strengthen the Ideals and
principles of our free republic,"
Dewey said.
"The rights of free speech and
of assembly are guaranteed to all,
regardless of political beliefs.
These rights must be respected,
however hateful the views of
some of those who abuse them.
"A. pro-communist meeting has
been scheduled to be held at the
former Hollow Brook country
club In Westchester county on
Sunday afternoon ...
"In view of disorders which
occurred at a similar meeting lat
Saturday, the sheriff of West
chester county has requested the
ild of the state police In preserv
ing order at the meeting to be
held tomorrow . . ."
- Danger of another outbreak of
violence mounted last night when
the Associated Veterans commit
tee voted In Peeksklll to hold a
"miles long" parade, nearby, be
ginning one hour, before the Robe
son concert.
Today's order was' Dewey's
second action since last Satur-
rlav'n lint
Monday he ordered Westchest
er county law enforcement offi
cials to make a complete report
on events leading ui to tho melee.
Robeson sympathizers have ac
cused mst. Atty. George M. Fan
elll and Sheriff Roseoe of "stand
ing Idly by" during the riot.
They also have charged that
tho Investigation ordered by
uewcv was a phoney probe and
had demanded a ''real Investiga
tion." SWIMS CHANNEL
Deal, Eng., Sept, 3 HhFernand
Dumolln, 34-year-old Belgian In
dustrialist, waded ashore on the
English coast today after swim
ming the English channel In 21
hours and 59 minutes.
field Improvements
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School Opening Tuesday
Brings Lasf-Miriute Word
From City Superintendent
With school opening less than 70 hours away, the city
school superintendent James W. Bushonjr gave last-minute
instructions regarding tho school bus, and school district
boundaries. "
It was especially pointed out that students to enter grade
five.jReid school, are to return to Reid. Earlier notices er
roneously announced that .fifth : graders Would not attend
Reid, but would instead go to Allen or Kenwood.
Complete school boundaries
are:
Elementary school boundaries:
Pupils In grades 1 to 4 inclusive
living in ew lane school area is
that part of town bounded on the
north by Alden avenue to tne ran
road tracks, alone the railroad tc
Canal olace. down Canal place o
the Brooks-Scanlon yards, pupils
in grades 1 to 4 Inclusive living
in the Marshall school area is mat
purl of town boundedvon the south
by Greenwood avenue to East 3rd
street, along East 3rd to Norton
avenue to Pioneer park. Pupils
In grades 1 to 5 Inclusive living In
the Keld and Thompson school
area is that part of town bounded
by Greenwood avenue on the
norm and me ranroaa tracks anu
Canal place on the east and the
mill area on the south and the
river on the west, with the ex
ception of 4th graders who live
in the area bounded by Congress
on the east to the Intersection of
Congress and Riverside and
thence to the mill, which pupils
will go to Kenwood. Pupils in
grades 1 and 2 living In Kingston
school area arc In that part of
town bounded by the river on the
east to Kingston, west on King
ston to Federal, north on Federal
to Milwaukee, west on Milwaukee
to 12th and north on 12th to the
edge of town. All other students
In grades l to 7 inclusive win
attend Allen school or Kenwood
school. The division line between
these schools will be from Wall
street to Pioneer park from which
place the river forms the boun
dary. t)ue to building facilities
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Unemployment
Still Declining
Washington, Sept. 3 UBTlie
labor department came up with
good -news on two economic
fronts today.
In two separate announce
ments, it reported that: .
1. Unemployment claims con
tinued to drop last week, with
Initial claimsthose filed for the
first time by a Jobless worker
totaling only 251,000, a new low
for the year. Continuing claims
totaled 2.138,700, a drop of 50,000
from the previous week.
2. Building activity tn the na
Men's cities In the first six months
of 1949 was valued at $3 500,000.
000, only a scant three per cent
below 19 18's unusually high level.
The June -total, $730,000,000 was
Just short of the monthly record
of March, 1946,
Both of these i 'developments
tended to bolster the arguments
of government and Industry eco
nomists who contend that busi
ness is again on the upswing and
that the post-Inflationary "period
of readjustment" Is near an end.
Made
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Deschutes Rural
Schools to Open
Tuesday Morning
All rural schools in the county,
with the exception of those in Sis
ters, will open their doors to stu
dents Tuesday for the beginning
of the fall term of the 1949-50
school year.
The Sisters high school, and
new grade school which Is under
construction at present, are sched
uled to be opened September 12.
At that time it is hoped that at
least two rooms in the new six
Voom elementary school will be
ready for occupancy. Until the
remaining four rooms' are com
pleted, probably about October 1,
one room in the high school and
one in the gymnasium will be
used for the elementary grades,
it was reported today by Mrs.
Velma Buckingham, county
school superintendent.
Changes Announced
A change in faculty at the Low
er Bridge school was also an
nounced by Mrs. Buckingham.
Mrs. Eva . Adams, of Klamath
Falls', will' replace Miss Esther
Henske, of Idaho', she said.
Earlier this summer Mrs. Buck
ingham estimated that there
would be an eight per cent in
crease in enrollment In the schools
this year.
Many Improvements have been
added to the rural schools during'
the summer. At Tumalo a new
water system has been Installed
and has made possible the plant
ing of. new lawns and the gen
era! improvement of the grounds.
New sidewalks have also been
built there and the building has
been completely renovated in
readiness for opening Tuesday.
Many Improvements
Final work was completed this
slimmer on the new Terrebonne
school gymnasium, and it is now
ready for use. There, too, much
work has been done toward the
Improvement of the school
grounds.
The Cloverdale school has been
redecorated, and similar work Is
now underway at the Young
school. Voters in the Young
school district recently voted a
$5,000 bond issue to be used for
the purchase of a new school
bus. Bids are expected to be
called soon on the bus.
Redmond high school, with a
staff this year of 29 teachers
and administrative officers, ex
pects an enrollment of approxi
mately 400 students. The sehool
will have 11 new faculty mem
bers, two of whom are replace
ments.
Elliott Plans
Fight on Bond
Cancellation
Portland, Sept. 3 IH Sheriff
Marion L. Elliott of Multnomah
county said today he would fight
a requested cancellation of his
$1 10,000 surety, bond and termed
his attackers "politicians . . . per
sistent as' dodo birds."
The 26-year-old sheriff Issued
a statement after State treasurer
Walter Pearson said he had asked
the Maryland Casualty Co., which
he represents, to cancel the sher
iffs' bond, required of him as
county tax collector.
Pearson obtained the bond for
Elliott several months ago when
his first surety backing was sud
denly withdrawn.
Elliott - who has been under
the crossfire of two Portland
newspapers and a recall move
ment, said he would fight the
cancellation of his' bond, "if T
have to go to the supreme court." ,
A statement signed by 13 dem
ocratic party leaders Friday ask
ed Pearson to request the can
cellation ot Elliott's bond because
"the cause of good government
would not be served" by the sher
iff's continuance in office.
Statement Noted
Elliott, who ran for office on
the democratic party ticket, de
nounced the "13" and said some
of them had defended him at a
meeting "only two weeks ago."
The sheriff maintained Pearson
and State Sen. Jack Bain had
pledged to "stay in the fight to
retain my office until the finish.
Why the sudden change?" he
asked.
"I do not believe the people will
tolerate a few alleged democratic
leaders to put a man out of office
Whenv he was elected by the ma
jority of the voters of the coun
ty." Elliott declared.
The statement signed by demo
cratic party leaders said they had
not defended Elliott as a demo
crat but because they had
thought him entitled to prove his
ability to serve as heriff.
"Mr. Elliott," it continued, 'Tias
had a chance to prove himself.
He has made poor use of it. There
Is increasing evidence that the
cause of good government will
not be served by prolonging the
probationary period."
Signers of the statement includ
ed: Pearson, Bain, Robert D.
Davis, president of Young Dem
ocratic clubs; State Sen. Richard
iseuDerger, , rxancy noneyman
Robinson, national - committee
woman; Monroe Sweetland, na
tional committeeman, and George
S. Tourtellotte, treasurer of the
Multnomah county central com
mittee. Scouters Plan
Annual Meeting
Marking the beginning of an
official scouting year, the scout
ers of the three-county Fremont
district will convene Thursday,
September 15, for the annual
meeting of the district, John F.
Dorsch, district ' chairman, an
nounced today. Women of the
Methodist church of Bend are
providing the banquet, which will
convene at 7 . o'clock. Eugene
Stranahan, local chairman of the
training committee, ls in charge
of the arrangements for the meet
ing and banquet, which will be
a high point In the year s scout
in'g activities.
Entertainment features of the
program are in the hands of
Scout commissioner George Ful
ton of Bend.
Will Elect Officers
The election of new officers for
the coming year will take place
at this time. William Niskanen
of Bend is the chairman of the
nominating committee, and is as
sisted by P. M. Houk of Red
mond, Stuart Sheik of Prineville
and Ilo Thrasher of Warm
Springs.
Council president Cecil Adams
of Klamath Falls will be on hand
to recognize Fremont scouters
and cub leaders who have had
five years service as scout lead
ers. He will honor these leaders
with the presentation of the five
year veteran's award. Scout ex
ecutive Robert H. Lamott will be
one of the honored guests on this
occasion.
C. E. Heln, scoutmaster of
Methodist church troop 21, will
be in charge of the opening and
closing ceremonies of the meet
ing. Wives ot scouters and cubbers,
and husbands of den mothers are
being extended a cordial Invita
tion to attend this annual scout
function.
All Bids High
On Kenwood
Auditorium
Eighteen thousand dollars short
of having enough money to ac
cept the lowest base bid made on
the Kenwood auditorlrm Job, the I
Bend school board, in special ses
sion at the high school last night,
considered authorization of part
of the Intended construction, in
which event completion would be
scheduled for the coming fiscal
year.
Pending 'a decision, the bids
were taken under advisement and
the low bidder, A. Wilson Benold,
was asked to submit figures next
Wednesday evening on the build
ing minus stage, dressing rooms
and plumbing. Last night he ex
pressed belief that, with these
curtailments, the Job could be
held within the $45,000 which the
district has available in its build
ing fund.
He Indicated that he would
have no objection to making a
price guarantee while actually
carrying out the work under
force account to give the district
the benefit of any saving which
might be found possible.
Architect Approves
F. Marion Stokes. Portland,
architect for the district, tenta
tively approved the suggestion
for part construction as well as
the plan for force account under
guaranteed price.
in the three-cornered comDeti-
tion for the award, BenolcTs base
bid was 563,373, with, alternates
as to basement floor, basement
finish, wall paint, brick veneer,
stage ceiling, gymnasium ceiling,
flood lights, maple flooring.
acoustic treatment, chair trucks'
and roofing running to $20,937.
Fred N. Van Matre was next
with a $69,495 base bid and $23,
859.50 for alternates. J. L. Ross
made a base bid of $92,586.92, with
alternates at $20,003.88.
School, board members attend
ing the special 'meeting, werej
uienn ti. uregg, chairman; L. T.
Standifer, Vance T. Coyner and
Mrs. Joe Elder.
Potato Growers
In California
May Lose Support
Washington, Sept. 3 HP Sec
retary of Agriculture Charles F.
Brannan plans to declare Cali
fornia early potatoes ineligible
for price support next year, it
was disclosed today.
His plan was revealed in a let
ter made public by Chairman El
mer Thomas, D., Okla., of the
senate agriculture committee.
Brannan noted that growers of
California early potatoes had
voted that marketing agreements
would be a condition for price
supports for 1950 and later crops.
"We propose that the availa
bility of price supports be condi
tioned on the establishment by
producers of a marketing order,
wherever feasible, because we
are resorting to every possible
authority now provided the de
partment of agriculture by the
congress to bring the production
and marketing of potatoes reas
onably in line with consumption
and to avoid waste and loss to
the government," Brannart said.
Hence, he said, he intends to
declare California early potatoes
ineligible for price support in
1950 and thereafter unless the
growers adopt a marketing pro
gram. Although some persons
have challenged the department's
powers, Brannan said, he believes
that the 1948 price support law
carried the necessary authority.
Brannan wrote that marketing
agreements are !.n effect in seven
areas covering 51 per cent of the
1948 crop and that other areas
are preparing to adopt such pro
grams.
Russia Stalling on Peace
Treaty for Austria, Claim
Washington, Sept. 3 HW High
ly-placed diplomats said today
that the soviet union apparently
is determined to block any Big
Four agreement on an Austrian
peace treaty until Marshal Tito of
Yugoslavia has been liquidated.
This determination, they said,
was responsible for soviet stub
bornness at the recent unsuccess
ful London talk on the treaty.
In 1947, the four powers were
on the verge of an Austrian
agreement. The only barrier was
Russia's' adamant support of Ti
to's claims for reparations and
territory from Austria.
Within a few months after the
Stalln-Tlto break, however, Rus
sia agreed in a Big Four meeting
to abandon support of Yugoslav
ia's claims. At the same time,
she agreed to give up all "war
booty" seized in Austria, and to
De Bona Wins
In Fast Time;
Jets in Show
By Charles Corddry
tUnlu-if PrcitM Suit CnrrmiKndnt
Cleveland, Sept. 3 tuV-Joe C.
de Bona, Hollywood real estate
man and transcontinental speed
king, won the Bendlx transconti
nental speed dash today, whip
ping two planes sponsored by his
arch rivai, Paul Mantz, to take
a $10,000 prize.
De Bona buzzed the municipal
airport at 2:51 p. m. EDT for an
estimated elapsed time of 4 hours
21 minutes over the gruelling 2,-010-mile
course from Rosamond,
Calif., to Cleveland. It appeared
likely that he had broken the
all-time record of 4 hours 26 min
utes 57 seconds, or 460.423 miles
an hour, set in 1947 by filmland's
flashy Mantz.
Mantz decided not to fly either
of his two bright red F-51 Mus
tangs this yeat, and turned them
over to Stanley H. Reaver, Glen
dale, Calif., and Herman R. (Fish)
Salmon, Van Nuys, Calif., test
pilot, both of whom were tralh
ing de Bona's Mustang. Salmon
and Reaver flashed over the line
several minutes behind de Bona.
Jets Also Race
The Mustangs and three other
converted war surplus planes
took off from the Rosamond dry
lake at 10:30 a. m. EDT and
winged eastward In the feature
event of the opening day of the
air races.
Flying over the same course
but not competing with the propeller-driven
planes, five air
force F-84 Thunderjet planes
flashed to Cleveland from Mu
roc, Calif.
Mai. Vernon A. Ford, Middle-,,
ton. Pa., came in -first with an
elapsed time-of 3 hours 45 min
utes, oi j seconds lor an average
speed of 529.614 miles an hour. -It
was the first time in race his-..
tory that the Bendix Jet division
dash had been made in less than
four hours. The air force fliers
won medals but are not eligible
foj cash prizes.
Ford's plane roared over the
Bendix trophy transcontinental
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Coe Takes Lead
In Golf Match
Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 3 (lit
Playing ragged golf with the
pressure on, Charley Coe of Okla
homa City still managed a 5-up
lead over Rufus King of Wichita
Falls, Tex., at the halfway mark
in their 36-hole battle for the
U. S. amateur championship at
Oak Hills Country club today.
Both Coe, the slender stylist
who drew the favorite's role, and
the husky King, upset conqueror
of defending champion Willie
Turnesa, were nervous as they
started slugging It out for the
title. On the first three holes
neither was able to match par
as 2,000 spectators encircled them
in the cool sunshine.
King went 1 up at the third
with a bogey, but Coe squared
it on the fourth with a birdie and
settled into stride. The Okla
homan won the seventh, eighth
and ninth with pars for a 3 up
lead at the turn. He went 4 up
with a par on the ;0th, and then
King, too, settled- down. They
matched shot for shot through
the next seven- holes but King
lost the 18th to go 5 down.
Coe had a 38-3674 and King
a 41-3879 on the 6,800 yard par
71 course.
discontinue her claim against
"German assets" In Austria In
exchange for $150,000,000,
Troops Malntal-ned
Western diplomats seriously
believed that this agreement
would pave the way for an Aus
trian treaty that would come Into
force before the end of 1949.
However, under the current oc
cupation agreement, Russia not
only maintains "occu p a 1 1 o n"
troops in Austria, but also "line
of communication" troops In Ro
mania and Hungary. These "com
munication" troops, now engag
ed In maneuvers near the Yugo
slav border, play a prominent role
In Russia's "war of nerves"
against Tito, officials said.
An Austrian treaty would force
Russia to withdraw these troops,
estimated at more than 100,000,
and deprive the Kremlin of a val
uable weapon against Tito.