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Univ. nf 4 i WORLD-WIDE NEWS SERVICE 49th Year Stevenson Now Willing To Make Run By RAYMOND LAHR . . I. (United 1'resA Suf J Corruiponilent) WASHINGTON. June 21 (IH Uov. Aldai E. Stevenson of Illi. nois has decided to make himself available for the Democratic presidential nomination, party sources said Saturday. These sources a high admin : istration official and a senator in close touch with behind-! he-scenes maneuvering in the Democratic camp said they had "heard" from White House Quarters that Stevenson had solved "personal - problems" that have kept him from announcing his availability. The administration official said he understood Stevenson would announce his decision Monday. Favored by Truman Stevenson has insisted that he Is running only for reelection as ; governor, although he is reported to rate high with President Tru man and is favored by many Northern Democratic leaders. The governor has said repeatedly that r he could not accept the presiden- - tial nomination. The Senate source said he had conferred with Democratic lead- ers who met recently with Stev enson. He named New York State Democratic Chairman Paul E. 'Fitzpatrick as one of this group. :.The Senator said he thought Stev : enson would announce his avail ability soon, but did not know if ' the announcement would come Monday, Reasons Personal The administration source said it was reported that Stevenson's v reluctance to run for President was based on purely personal rea sons which now have been clear ; i ed up. ' . This official said that accord ' ! lng to his information, Steven son's decision to make himself available for the nomination had . no connection with the eventual , Republican presidential nominee. It has been reported that Steven 4 HSon might run if Sen. Robert A. f 1'aft of Ohio is nominated on the GOP ticket. Meantime, Gen. Dwight D.Eis enhower's supporters braced for another defeat in their battle with the Taft camp for Republican National Convention delegates. The Louisiana State GOP Com mittee was scheduled to meet at : Shreveport to decide seven con tests over district delegates. The committee is dominated by Taft followers. Little Hope Held The Eisenhower forces held lit tle hope that the committee would rule in their favor. They lost two other contests Thursday when the Virginfa State Committee approv ed two Taft delegates from a contested district. The Louisiana district delegate disputes were among 123 contests referred by the Republican Na tional Committee this week to state committees. The national committee took jurisdiction over 72 other contests involving dele gates elected at large from the states. .' Eisenhower headed from Den ver to Denison, Tex., his birth- place, where he was to address a group of Gold Star Mothers. '' From there he will go to Dallas ' to deliver a major campaign speech Saturday night. The general told newsmen that (Continued from PaBi 5) Wilson Brothers Near Last Mile; Judge Denies Petition V: OLYMPIA, June 21 HP) Gov. Arthur B. Langlle wild Satur day noon he cannot Justifiably save Turman and Utah Wilson from the gallows at 12:05 . m. . Monday. The governor said there Is . not the "slightest shred of evi V dence that Innocent men are - suffering or that their trlul was ; anything but fair." WALLA WALLA, Wash.. June 21 (IPI The longest day n tno ycnr;meu hi tw--.u - probably seemed the shortest Sat- a request for a stay of execution urdav to Turman and Utah Wilson. ' Turman showed no emotion when The two brothers were denied 'Judge Driver read his decision, a petitfon for a writ of habeas; The younger Utah was nervous corpus by Federal Judge Sam ! and fidgety Driver here late Friday. Only twoj "I can t 'hread o r evi-lce-il wavs remain for them to es-i dence that DeWitt Jones uarK caepe hanging at 12 05 a.m. Mon-i county Pouting """ K & nap-slaying ,ME Judge Driver granted a ccrtifi-jed by the attorneys cat" of probable cause, allowing The judge sa,d he cou M only the brothers to appeal the case to! determine if the rights of the wu , Z Ninm Circuit 0urt of Appeals! son brothers have . beer, denirf m 'tin San Francisco. The Wilsons he lower courts. He said he found other hope is a commutation of: that due process of law was car contango trt Tifo lfYinriSOnmriU Gov Arthur B. Langlie t rT r Mix EtterUormer C ark county Sheriff Earl j today by Marion E. Cady. Cham Irvin Goodman. R. Max rr m ' deputies ber of Commerce manager, and Sanford Clement attorneys N. A person a nd lor mer P chamber pas received a for the brothers, indicated the WJuam Scott ana h i letter from Art Monero. a Port latter was the method they wouU Hanson to test, aroSt land newsreel photographer ask seek to prevent the brothers f rom . Antoson qu g description of hanging. . n 15 T vriicnn brothers in Van- the pageant. He advised the lo- "At the moment we know of no; cell of the Wilson bro her s in van-, v ' Banlzatlon he is expecting t further legal move than can ne we are posime TH Laftimore Cannot Leave U. 5. Under State Department Ban; Trip to Russia Rumored Plan By MICHAEL J. 0'JjF.ll.L WASHINGTON, June 21 U.P The State Department has barred Owen Luttimore from leaving the country until it nails down a report that he had planned a trip to Russia. The department said late Friday it took the "unusual" step as a "precaution" against the possibility of Luttimore deliberately violating the strict ban against travel behind the Irrigation Rule Violators Fined, In 1st Crackdown Police today reported the sea son's first "crack down" in the enforcement of stringent irrigation rules imposed earlier this month in an effort to conserve domestic water, with five arrests made. All arrests were made on charges of use of domestic water for irriga tion pui-poses between the hours of 1 and 4 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Waddell. 290 Portland, who were cited on a charge of irrigating between the hours of 1 and 4 p.m. on the wrong day and with a hose nozzle open, entered a not guilty plea and their trial was set for June 26. Persons who received citations and entered guilty pleas on irriga tion charges were Mrs. C. Hauck. 304 Lee Lane; T. W. Coulter. 6 Hastings place: Mrs. Jack Starlig. 1135 Columbia, and Ralph A. Bailey, 948 Roosevelt. Each was fined $2.50, according to informa tion on file in the local police sta tion. All arrests were made earlier in the week, prior to yesterday's rain. Damage Actions Filed in Salem Damages totaling $37,750, are sought from the estates of Ro land P. Mark and Mary Culp Mark, in suits filed in the Marion oounty circuit court at Salem yes terday by Herbert Welch and Bomlce I owe. The two suits are the outcome of the fatal automobile accident which occurred about 15 miles east of Burns on Nov. 25, 1951, when the two Bend residents, to gether with Miss Kaaren Kanne gaard, a Kenwood school teach er, were among the four persons killed. J. C. Lowe, driver of one of the cars, also was killed, and h'is widow, Bernice, seeks 515,000 damages from the estates. Welch, a passenger with Lowe at the time of the accident, claims to have suffered a broken nose and other injuries. He seeks $22, 750 In damages. Mark had been a resident of Bend for several years prior to the death crash. He was operat ing a printing concern. Mrs. Mark was a teacher in the Kingston school. 30 INJURED IN WRECK CHICAGO, June 21 (IB-Charles Cot, Astoria, Ore., and Dorothy Van Dendale, Portland, were among 30 persons who suffered minor injuries Friday night when two coaches of a streamliner train were derailed here during a switch ing operation. Both were treated in the rail road dispensary. The streamliner "City of Port land." belongs to the Chicago & North Western railroad. the crime for which they are about to die," the attorneys said in a statement. They added, "We will again urge Gov. Langlie immedi ately to commute the death sen tences to life imprisonment. We are positive that if the governor will let them live the truth will set them free." No Execution Stay Judge Driver, after an all-day hearing which saw the brothers in ervn-t under heavv Euard, also de- f - - mlhp -, come r ue. uj p. si (Continued on Page 5) E BEND BEND, iron Curtain. It said the action was based on an- "official allegation" that the controversial Far Eastern expert was making ar rangements to visit Russia even though he did not have a pass port. Iittlmore Comments Lattimore said Friday night at his home in Balimore: "I suggest they (the State De partment! should investigate the evidence, whereupon they will find out there isn't any evidence since I have no plans to go to Russia or any other country now or in the foreseeable future. I haven't booked passage anywhere." ' Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins Uni versity professor, has been under heavy congressional fire for his connections with the much-criticized Institute of Pacific Relations. Sen. Joseph . R. McCarthy ( R Wis.) has charged him with being Russia's "top agent" in the United States. Lattimore repeatedly has denied being a party member or Red sympathizer. . Investigation Started "An allegation was recently made to the department that Mr. Owen Lattimore was making ar rangements for a possible visit to the USSR and or its satellites," the State Department said. "The department immediately began an investigation of this alle gation. Pending the results of this investigation, the Customs Bureau was notified that Mr. Lattimore . . . should not be permitted to leave the United Stales." The order was sent to the Cus toms Bureau June 3. The bureau relayed it to its Baltimore and New York district offices the fol lowing week. The State Department refused to say whether the "allegation" was based on evidence that Lattimore had actually booked passage for the Iron Curtain. Milwaukie Flier Hurt in Crash PORTLAND, June 21 (lf- A Mil waukie, Ore., flier suffered a brok en leg and other injuries Saturday when his small mosquito-spraying airplane crashed into a swamp about a mile east of the Sauvies island bridge north of here. Roy L. Darby, 38, saved his life by climbing onto the fusiluge of the Steerman PT-17 plane after it turned upside down in three feet of water. He was lying on the fusilage when found by David Mc- Cormick, 18, and his sister, who live near the scene of the crash. They borrowed a boat to row out and take Darby to shore. Darby also suffered face cuts and lacerations. The plane, owned by Aero Flight company, Trout dale, was demolished. India Would Aid In Truce Parley NEW DELHI, India,' June 21 IIP) India offered Saturday to try to help break the Korean ar mistice deadlock over repatriation of war prisoners. India's services were offered by Premier Jawaharlal Nehru in a statement to the press. He said India was ideally suited to me diate because she is friendly with all countries Involved on both the United Nations and Communist sides. "When I say India would go all out to find some solution," he said, "that is as much as any body can say." The repatriation issue is the sole question blocking an armis tice in Korea. The Communists are demanding the return of all war prisoners; the United Na tions refuses to return any pris oners against their will, Water Pageant May Be Televised There may be a televised news- i nu I nr etnn a rninniii WHii.r ud' ; Beant this year, it was reported q assjgned t0 Bend to obtain television newsreels of the lete. CENTRAL OREGON'S DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE R eopening A ssure Preside These men. one of thi-ni a former resilient of Bend, had un active part In the tuo-ilay convention of the Oregon Slute Life I nderwrltem' AhhocIuUoii which ended here thin morning. From the left they lire John ,1. Howe, The Dullen, national committeeman for the Mule group; Verne (illheri, Portluml, NAM' trustee; (iordon E. Wilson, ev Bend resident anil president this past year of the Oregon State Life Underwriters' Association, ami Malcolm I,. Williams, 1'ortlanil, OSI.IIA secretary. treasurer In HIM-ISJ. Allies Repulse Strong Assault By Chinese Reds By ROBERT UDIC'K SEOUL, Korea, June 21 UPI Fresh American and Filipino In fantry replacements beat hack the biggest Communist attack of the year west of Chorwon Satur day In a desperate battle forcon trol qf three strategic hills. ' More than 400 Chinese were killed or wounded in the fierce six-hour battle. The 179lh Regiment of the U.S. 45th Division and men of the Philippine 19th Battalion combut team absorbed the initial shock of the 3,500-man red attack. In the air, American Sabre Jets shot down one Communist Mig-15 jet fighter over the North Korean capital of Pyongyang in a dog fight with five of the Russian built planes. Bayonets Used Lt. Gen. John W. Iron Mike O'Daniel, commander of the U.S. 1st Army Corps, said the com paratively green newcomers on the western front met the mass Chinese attacks with the "cold steel" of bayonets. He said they were capable of repelling "any Chinese offensive." The American and Filipino foot soldiers repulsed the hordes of Chinno in the hlnnrlv battle whirh I marked the Reds' 21st futile at tempt to recapture the strategic heights wrested from them by the 45th Division 10 days ago. Artillery Used The Reds moved in behind a heavy artillery barrage which poured 60 shells a minute on de fending United Nations forces. Scrappy U. S. soldiers climbed out of their foxholes and took on the raiding Reds in hand-to-hand combat with grenades ahd bayo nets. B-2G bombers came in low over the battle area to bomb Communist concentrations. This main enemy attack, a pin cer movement designed to cut off the hill positions, lasted four hours, but the Reds jabbed back in lighter probes for two more hours. Federation Ends Seaside Session SEASIDE, Ore., June 21 OPI-Thc Oregon Federation of Lalmr, In the final session of its 15th annual convention here, Friday picked Pendleton as convention city tor 1953 and acled on the last of the' 90 resolutions submitted by dele gates. One of the record-breaking num ber of resolutions called for an 1 indorsement of two power dams constructed by private tower in terests. Moth the Pelton dam. pro-1 posed by the Portland General : Electric Co.. and the California- j Oregon Power company's Klamath ' river dam received the approval ! of the 311 delegates. Leo Kotin. regional wage stahili-! zation board chairman, speaking 1 before the last session, defended the action of the WSB in the Jteel case and predicted Congress would extend the life of the agency. His ; statement was made as the house of representatives voted tentatively ; to strip the WSB of most of its , authority. I ; BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER cL as R at Convention in Summer Makes Offical Bow; Reception Cool Summer arrived at 3:13 a. m Pacific standard time, today, but winter was not far behind. The mercury in Bend dropped to 30 degrees last night, and a trace of snow was reported from the Cascade highlands following yesterday's slorm that released ,29 of an inch of moisture in the Mend area.' At sunrise this morn ing, the mercury was still in the thirties. Tlio spring season that ended in the pre dawn hours today was one of the chilliest In many years, It was announced from the weath er station. Bend's highest tem perature of the year up until to day was 88 degrees. Yesterday's rain dampened much of Central Oregon and alle viated the fire danger In the Des chutes woods.' Warmer weather is in prospect for the week end. British Secrets Held Betrayed LONDON. June 21 (111 The state charged Saturday that a British Foreign Office radio op erator betrayed government se crets to the Russians over a pe riod of three months and had been found with a "highly dan gerous secret" document. Four new charges of obtaining secret information and giving it to the Russians were lodged against William M. Marshall, the 24-year-old defendant, at his sec ond healing in the Southwest London magistrate's court. No Ball I'ermltled Tile court denied Marshall's appeal for ball and ordered him held for trlul next Thursday un der Britain's anti-espionage law, the Official Secrets Act. No in dication was given of the type of Information Involved, other than that lt might be useful to an en emy. Marshall, whose job was to transmit both coded and open messages to British missions abroad, was arrested in London's King George's park a week ago as he kept an appointment with Pavel Kutznetsov, second secre tary In the Soviet embassy In London. Kutznetsov also was named in the oddltional charges filed Sat urday. However, as a diplomat he Is immune to prosecution. Class of 32 Plans Pageant Reunion Between 60 and 70 members of the Mend high school graduating class of 1932 are planning a Iwo day reunion to be held here dur ing the water pageant celebra tion. A picnic will be held at Pioneer Park on the afternoon of July 4'h. and a no-host dinner and party will be held on the evening of July 5th. All local members of the class of '32 will hold an Important meeting at the Chamber of Com merce offices next Tuesday eve ning to complete plans for the reunion. 21, 1952 of Lumber esu Bend Taft Now Claims Almost Enough Ballots to Win WASHINGTON, June 21 (III Sen. Robert A. Taft snld Saturday he is figuring his convention del egate count at enough to win the Republican presidential nomina tion but that it would be question of "strategy" whether all would be mustered on the first ballot. The Ohioan told a hews con ference that he has counted his national convention delegates at "Just about 603 or 604." It lakes 604 voles to win the nomination. The United Press tabulation based on pledges and known first ballot preferences gives Taft 471 votes and Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower 405 voles. Strategy Involved "It's a question of strategy whether to try to win on the first ballot," he said. Taft also said: 1. Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower, his chief rival for the nomination, is "apparently unwilling to go after the administration fur luck of Judgment and mistakes" In for eign policy. 2. He believes, however, that differences with Eisenhower over foreign policy are not "tremen dous differences o principle but in emphasis." 3. He would frame a balanced $70,000,000,000 federal budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, cut it to $60,000,000,000 next year, permitting a 15 per cent tax reduction. Two Motorists Injured in Crash Two motorists, one of them a Bend resident, were brought lo St. Charles Memorial Hospital here last night following a col lision between two cars on U. S. Highway 07 some 10 miles south of Bend. In the hospital ate Jack Dallas. 37, fiend, who suffered possible fractures, and William K. .McDon ald, of Lawndale, Calif. Dallas was said to be the most seriously injuied. McDonald, alone in his car. told Investigating officers that he was driving north, en route lo Port land, when he noticed a car ap proaching and moving in an ap parent erratic manner. McDonald said he pulled over on his side of the road until he was some five feet away from the yellow line, and brought his car to a stop. The southlKjund car, moving at a speed of about 25 or 30 miles an hour, moved over the center strip and hit the McDonald car, officers were told. Elmer C. Markham, Bend, said he was operating the southbound car, which was carrying three men. the third not yet identified, to Paulina lake on a fishing trip. Markham was not iniured. Because the southbound car, owned by Dallas, was not mov ing fast, and the other was stop ped, the machines escaped major damage. The accident occurred around midnight, and the injured men were brought to the local hospital about 1a.m. It of P Delegates , Hold Final Conference Delegates and visitors attending the 1952 convention of the Oregon State Life Underwriters Association in Uend held their fiml conference just prior lo the noon hour today, following election of officers for the coming year and the tentative sel ection of Eugene as their 1953 con vention cily. The Bend convention opened yes terday morning, and wus high lighted by a banquet Inst night at the Pilot Butle Inn, with Don R. Thompson presiding as loustmiister and with Don Hlanding, nationally known poet and lecturer, ns speak er. M. L. (BUD Williams, Portland, was numed president or the OSLUA for 1952-53. Charles O. McGee, Eu gene, is to serve as secretary treasurer. Leltoy J. Marker, Sa lem, wus named national commit teeman. . . I'lnns Outlined Eleclion of lenders for the new year followed a general session that opened with Gordon E. Wil son, Portland, president this past year, In charge. Plans lor the year were outlined by the new officers at the final meeting. Wilson presided as the banquet opened last night, then introduced Thompson as toasl muster. Thomp son In turn introduced Miss Maxine Brown, Llon-Klwunliin candidate for queen of Bend's 1952 Mirror Pond piigennt. Hlunding read n number of his poems, first telling the slory behind the poems. lie answered repeated encores. ,.i ,;;" Bend's "Tune by, Fours," Lloyd Robideaux, Vei n Larson, Hon Dud rey and Gull Sigtnund, weft pre sented in a group of songs. The banquet wus preceded Fri day afternoon by business discus sions and training sessions. All con ferences were held in the former KBND radio room, In the Pilot Hutle Inn. Red Cross Swim Lessons Slated Red Cross swimming lessons will begin at the Bend city pool Tuesday, July 8, Mrs. Mux Hem ingway, water safety chairman announced today after a meeting with Wayne Hamilton, city recre ation director; Bob Iltiwes, super visor of Ited Cross swimming classes, and Mrs. Maybelle Math ews. Red Cross executive secre tary. Mrs. Seaton Smith will act as water safety vice-chairman for the summer. Classes will be held on Tues day, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays. The first series of les sons will be from July H through July 25, and the second series from July 29 through August 15. Registration may be made only at the Red Cross office In the Penney building, (telephone 4671 between the hours of 2 and 4 In the ufternoon, starting Monday, June 23. No registrations will be accepted at the city pool. Child ren must be 8 years old to regis ter, and are entitled to only ono series of. lessons during the sum mer. Swimming classes will he of fered for beginners, Intermedi ates, swimmers, and Junior life savers in the morning from 10 to 12. Time schedules will be an nounced later. Junior life saving will cover the entire six-week per iod, ns a minimum of 15 hours is required. This class is open to boys and girls from 12 to 15 years of age who pass the required en try tests. Two Night C lassen Two night classes will be of fered from 6 to 7 p. in. One will be a class for adult beginners, and the other will be a six-week course In senior life saving, which will lie open to those over 16 who pass the required entry tests. Reg istration for these classes must also be made at the Red Cross office. The Red Cross office has re quested that any qualified water safety Instructors In this vicinity contact them whether or not they will be available for volunteer teaching, as the chapter wishes to complete an instructors' sur vey. The Bend swimming program Is sponsored every summer by the Red Cross and the City Rec reation Department. Residents of Tumalo. Sisters and other neigh boring communities will be wel come to participate, and they, too, must register at the Red Cross office, it was announced. Bend Forecast Bend: Fair Sunday; local light frost Saturday night. high Saturday 65 to 70; low Saturday night 30 to 35; high Sunday 70 to 75. No. 168 About 30 Men Will Obtain Employment Purchase of the Bend Lumber company remantifacturing plant in the city industrial area by New York lumber interests was an nounced here today by the Huds peth company of Prineville, former owners of the Bend plant. According to information receiv ed here the plant was acquired by Consolidated Pine, Inc., of New York. The plant, which has been closed down for nearly a year, will be in full operation again early In July. Approximately 30 men nro employed in the plant when It is operating at full capacity. Sidney Kullck of New York City is president of the new corporation which is taking over the properly, and Howard Shirvan is secrctnry. These men, who have visited in the Central Oregon area frequent ly in the past several years, hnvo been operating the Consolidated Lumber Corporation of New York, a lumber sales and distribution concern. Due Hero Soon Simultaneously with the an nouncement of the purchase of the Bend holdings of tho Hudspoth in terests, lt also was reported tho New York firm hus purchased tho Central Oregon Pine, Inc., from the Hudspeths in Prinevlllei and , also will operale that plant. Kullck, president of tho concern,, is expected lo arrive In Bend with in the next few days to completo plans for the re-opening of tho plant here. The new owners have announced that James E. Garrett, who has been superintendent of the Prine ville plant, will be In charge of operations for the company. The plnnt In the past hns conlln ed Itself to the manufacturing of molding, and it is understood the new owners will continue the same operations. Lenience Fails, Prison Imposed Leniency extended to Clifford Wlieelnnd on Jan. 29, 1951 failed to produce promised results, and as a result he was sent to the stnte penitentiary today lo serve a two year term for obtaining money nnd goods under false pretenses. He appeared yesterday afternoon be fore Circuit Judge R. S. Hamilton and pleaded guilty to the charge. lie admitted having given the Congress Market a bud check for $20. He pleaded guilty nearly two years ago on another bud check charge and was given probation on his promise to make good several other checks he had passed on Bend merchants. But court records show he failed to keep his promise. Whceland left Bend shortly after his prior release and wus picked up last week by the sheriff in Douglas county. He was token to the stole prison this morning by Deputy Sheriff Forrest Sholes. Pastor Admits Fatal Shooting PORTLAND, June 21 IIB-A 72-year-old pastor told police Saturday lie shot and killed tt handyman, with u pistol, after the man came at him with a hammer und ux. Rev. James LaFayetle Yokum, who operates a mission where the victim was employed, said he kept the .25 caliber automatic for pro tection. He said he entered a rooming house to see one of his parishoncrs when the victim, Frank Wilson, rushed at him with a hammer and an nx. He said he took the gun from his pocket and fired twice. One bullet struck Wilson in the side and the second in the small of the back, police said. Orren Stanley Brusven, a long shoreman, told police he sow an argument earlier between Wilson and the pastor when Wilson was chopping wood in front of the room ing house. Rev. Mr. Yokum told police Wilson previously had "slap ped" at him while he was seated in his car. Plant urchase inaue . . . a.c j ' boys are absolutely innocent of i
