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5 1-5 1 kBalkan Nations Stage Military i Conferences ' Missions from Bulgaria, I Czechoslovakia Meet i In Belgrade By the Associated Press) Yugoslavia disclosed today that Bulgarian military mission was in Belgrade, broadening the scope of Balkan conferences which have developed since the communists seized power in f Hungary. A Czechoslovak military mis sion also was lo arrive tomorrow ! in Premier. Marshal Tito's capi ' tal, already host to a Romanian , delegation headed by Commu nist Premier Petru Groza. The Bulgarians. Yugoslav in formation authorities said, actu ally arrived Saturday. The de lay in the announcement was not explained. The Czechoslo vak mission ostensibly was to make a 10-day tour of Yugo slavia. 1 Federation Proposed ;. Groza waved aside suggestions in a news conference last night that a Balkan federation, such as has been suggested by Tito, was in the making. But he said that the cultural and economic cooperation be tween his country and Yugo slavia eventually would lead to complete political cooperation. With the Bulgarian mission was Lt. Gen. Zaharje Zaharijev, who, a Yugoslav announcement said, was in Belgrade "for the Soviet Union." The announce ment gave no indication of the purpose of the visit. H u n g a r y's parliament was summoned into session as ru mors persisted that anti-communist members would denounce communist pressure which brought about the coup d'etat unseating Premier Ferenc Nagy. (Concluded on Pare 13, Column 8) Hungary to Take Over Banks Budapest, June 10 (U.R) Pre mier Lajos Dinnyes today an nounced that the Hungarian gov ernment would nationalize the country's large banks, but said his new cabinet favored private ownership of property and would welcome foreign loans on . reasonable terms. ' Dinnyes addressed the Hun garian national assembly for the first time since he succeeded Fer enc Nagy at the outset of the political crisis. The new government was pledged to the closest coopera tion first of all with Russia. Dinnyes had made the same commitment in a Saturday press conference for foreign corre spondents. Echoing his words then, he told the assembly: "We want the closest collab oration with our neighboring countries, with the United States, with Great Britain, and first with the Soviet Union, which has attested its friendship with friendly gestures toward us." Dinnyes said the government would maintain Hungary's sov ereignty "and build it up furth er." He denied that there had been a coup in Hungary, observ ing that almost all members of the former cabinet still were in office. Broadcast Bill Upheld by House Washington, June 10 (fP) By a tellers' tally of 119 to 92, the house rejected today a new at tempt to kill a measure author izing the administration to op erate a foreign information and educational exchange program. The action came on a motion by Rep. Noah Mason (R 111.) to strike out the measure's en acting clause a procedure that, if successful, would have auto matically meant the bill's de feat. Earlier, Secretary of Slate Marshall told senators it is "es sential to the conduct of our for eign relations" that the state de partment have funds and free dom to make foreign language broadcasts and conduct a world wide information program. Architect Sues Portland Track Portland, June 10 (JP) The Portland Meadows race track operators were named today in a judgment suit asking $36,939 as unpaid fees for architectural services for the $1,037,000 track. Architects George M. Woff and Truman E. Phillips, Portland, al lege only $25,296 has been paid. Harvey Dick, president of the track, said negotiations had been under way over the fees, but that the suit was a surprise to him. 58th Year, No. 138 Mongol Troops, Red Warplanes Invade Sinkiang Nanking, June 10 (IP) The official Central News agency to day said government military sources confirmed reports that Outer Mongolian troops, sup ported by four Soviet warplanes, invaded Sinkiang province Thursday, The agency said the Mongols had penetrated to a depth of more than 200 miles and now were fighting Chinese defense troops 200 miles northeast of Tihau. Invaders Fought The official report followed closely a similar report by semi official sources. Until today the ministry of national defense had suppressed a stream of excited cables to local newspapers by their Chinese correspondents in Sinkiang reporting details. Central News agency reported in a dispatch from Tihau that "bitter fighting" was continuing between native Sinkiang troops and invading forces. The dispatch, the agency said, reported that warplanes accom panying the Mongolian cavalry and other troops into Sinkiang strafed Chinese troops concen trations and bombed and strafed civilians and towns in the inva sion path. Garrison Small No Chinese government offi cial here immediately confirmed these reports but an official mil itary spokesman, questioned, re ferred the Associated Press to the Central News agency report. The agency is a government or gan. Military sources said it was believed that only a small num ber of native troops and a few trained Chinese officers com prise the western Sinkiang gar rison. The region has been in a stale of continued unrest since Outer Mongolia was granted in dependence. Military observers said that because of the great distances involved and the lack of readily available forces it was unlikely the government would dispatch adequate defense forces to Sin kiang. Chinese Reds in Mukden Drive Nanking, June 10 JP Artil lery regiments were flown into Mukden today to strengthen the Manchurian city's outer de fenses as strong communist forces battered Szcpingkai to the north and the Fushun area to the east. Mukden dispatches to the pro- government newspaper Hsin Min Pao said 50,000 Red troops had renewed ittacks on Szeping kai, 60 miles southwest of Changchun on the Mukden Changchun railway. The same dispatch said severe fighting had developed around government held Fushun, 20 miles east of Mukden. The report said com munists appeared to be moving troops in to form an arc around Mukden on the north and cast From Changchun, the official Central News agency reported the arrival of Gen. Sun Li-Jen American-trained former com mander of the government's crack first army. He left his command because of differences with Manchurian commanders but was recalled when the com munist offensive developed. Retail Trade Center Given Approval by City Council The city council Monday night by unanimous vote approved a zone change to permit establishment of a retail trade center, a proposed SI, 500.000 project, in the North Capitol and Center street district. By a tie vote of four to?- four the council defeated a zone change that would have permit ted the Salem Feed & Seed com pany to build a warehouse on Myrtle street near Locust. The North Capitol street proj ect, which centers about plans of Sears, Roebuck company and involves the development of about two and a half blocks, was approved by passage of an ordi nance, and the Myrtle street project rejected by defeat of an ordinance bill. Public hearings on both preceded the vote. Protesting the North Capitol project were Mrs. George Ross man and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Monk, and defending it George H. Grabenhorst and Dr. Floyd B. Dayton. Application for the change was made by Graben horst. Details of the project had been threshed out at previous hearings. The Myrtle street matter drew a large crowd of protesting citi zens and it was necessary to ad journ the meeting from the of apital tSVao Salem, Industrial Users Get 10 Percent Sugar Increase Further clarification of the order ending sugar ration bank ing was received here Tuesday and released by the Chamber of Commerce after conference with W. A. (Bill) Bisbec, representa tive of the Western Sugar Re finery of the Spreckles compa ny, who assisted the chamber in obtaining a 10 percent increase in the industrial sugar allotment for Marion county. Included also in the order made known several days ago in press dispatches and a wire to the chamber from Congress man Walter Norblad are Lane and Yamhill counties. All industrial users whose 10 percent increase has not already been included in their rationing checks for the third quarter al lotment will get them shortly, it was said at the chamber offices. The checks are being processed at the Portland office of the su gar rationing division and should be received in the next few days. Points stressed in connection with the ending of ration bank ing, which closed Monday, are: Retailers, industrial users and institutions may make no depos its of sugar ration evidence after June 9. On June 1 1 those users must draw checks for the balance of their accounts to the order of the suppliers. After June 1 1 they must sub mit sugar evidence lo the dis tribution center of the sugar re fining administration (SRA), and obtain SRA checks. No wholesalers may make de posits after June 14. Wholesalers must draw checks for the balance of their sugar accounts and surrender them to primary distributors (refiners) on June 14. . After June 14 they must pre sent sugar ration evidence to SRA verification center and re ceive SRA checks. The primary distributors (re finers) may make no sugar de posits after June 19, and on that date they must surrender checks and other consumer evidence of sugar to the distribution verifi cation center. The SRA distribution verifi cation center, a'ler June 14, will issue checks on application upon receipt of ration evidence. Ap parently the maximum number of checks that will be drawn at any one time will be six. OK Bill Ending Sugar Rationing Washington, June 10 (U.R) The house banking committee to day approved a bill to end im mediately the allocation and ra tioning of sugar for household use. The measure, introduced by Rep. Ralph A. Gable (R., N.Y.) would not affect price control of sugar. A similar bill to end sugar ra tioning at once is being consid ered by a senate banking sub committee. Chairman Jesse P. Wolcotl said the house bill was approved "overwhelmingly but not unani mously" by the committee. The Michigan republican said he hoped to have the house con sider the measure within the next two or three days. fice of the city manager to the Chamber of Commerce to ac commodate them. The protest centered mainly on Myrtle street which, in that district, has been vacated for over 40 years, or since 1903. This was the dale when Attorneys E. O. Stadter and Walter E. Keyes said it had been vacated. But Alderman David O'Hara, who voted against the zone change, said a record of the vacation was lacking un til the last two or three days when a notation had been at tached to the plot. Dr. Dayton mentioned a sug gestion that had come from the capitol building commission that business development not be permitted within 1500 feet of the state capitol, a policy which he did not approve. The devel opment, he said, would permit of an expansion of the business district along normal lines, while otherwise it would devel op at outlying places far from the business center. mJobi Oregon, Tuesday, June Army Colonel Found Guilty in Japan Col. Edward J. Murray, Palo Alto, Calif, (second from left) stands with his defense counsel lo receive his verdict in Yokohama. Japan. He was found guilty by a court martial of misappropriation of a fortune in Japanese diamonds lo take home as "souvenirs of war . . ." and sentenced to 10 years at hard labor and ordered dishonorably discharged from the service. (AP Wirepholo) County Welfare Budget Cut $8,154 by State By Don Upjohn The county welfare commission has been notified by the stale welfare commission operating under a new law of the last legis lature that it is cutting a budget for county funds for Marion county welfare work from $247,692 set up by the county body to $239,538. The law as enacted by the last session provides that UN Debates Global Police Lake Success. June 10 UPi Security council delegates mar shalled more arguments today against Russia's insistence that every big power supply exactly the same number of men, ships and planes to a proposed UN global police force. Britain and China were among those expected to speak (noon PST) in general debate, and both held views opposed to those of the Soviet Union. Along with tile United States and France, the two favor "comparable" con tributions. China's reasoning pivoted around the contention that ac ceptance of the Russian proposal would leave the international force virtually without major weapons. Dr. C. L. Hsia, Chinese deputy delegate, posed the question of how China could match contri butions of the United States and Britain aircraft carriers, battle ships or long-range bombers. He also raised the problem as it I would affect France or, in the case of the carriers, even Russia. Sir Alexander Cadogan of Britain planned to couple his opposition to the Russian plan with a plea for progress in es tablishing the global force, which the British view as one of the major keys to success of the UN. King and Queen Hosts to 5000 London, June 10 IK1 King George and Queen Elizabeth en tertained 5000 guests including more than 100 Americans to day at Buckingham palace's sec ond presentation party of the year. The event was held on a sunlit expanse of grass as smooth as an oversize putting green. The Americans, all but a few of them members of the U. S. embassy staff in London, were among the first lo be greeted by the royal family, and a vast, ad miring circle looked on as the top-hatted men made their bows and the filmy-frocked women their abbreviated curtseys. Lining up two by two 'iikc going to the movies," a gold braided major whispered the Americans were introduced lo the king and queen by U. S. Am bassador Lewis W. Douglas, who wore the customary top hat, frock coat and striped trousers Mrs. Douglas, slender and vi vacious, wore a blue frock andify, was convicted today of con- the Douglas' blonde daughter, Sharman, a figured chartreuse dress. Each had a white straw ish hat, Mrs. Douglas' with a blue pompom and Sharman's with a veil down the back of her blonde hair. Armenians Removed Salonika, Greece, June 10 (IP) A Soviet Armenian delegation arrived here yesterday to super vise the removal to thc Soviet republic of about 17,000 more of the Armenians who have been in Greece since their expulsion from Asia Minor in 1922. About 5000 were transferred last year. 10, 1947 the county commission shall for ward lis budget to the state com- mission which may revise it up wards or downwards but if the amount fixed by the stale com mission is in excess of 4 la mills on a dollar of the county's as sessed valuation then the latter amount shall be the appropriate contribution. The cut made by the slate commission, in fact the amount suggested by the county commission, is below the 4 'j mills mark. County Judge Grant Murphy stated on receipt of the advices from tile stale commission it is evident that the county program as set up by the commission here is on a higher level than the state can follow from fluids available which caused the re duction of $8154 made by the stale commission from the fig ures presented by the Marion county commission. The county judge said that the county com mission reached ils figures due to a different matching basis set up for the year. (Concluded an Page 13, Vacation Tour Planned by WU A three-week educational tour which will include 1400 miles of travel by chartered bus is lo oei held July 7-26 in connection with Willamette university's! summer session. The conductor! will be Herman W. Clark, pro-1 fessor of physical science, who I has traveled extensively over Oregon in the interest of his profession. While the tour is being ar ranged primarily for those in terested in securing two semes ter hours of college credit in physiography of Oregon, the trip will be made evailable to others who wish to spend their annual vacation in this man ner. The cost of the lour will include transportation, lodging, meals and all fees and tuition Registrations are being taken at tiie' university. The tour will include slops at Crater Lake, Mt. Hood, Ore gon Caves, fossil beds, lava beds, volcanoes and (he seashore Daily lectures will be held ex plaining the origin of the scenic spots visited. Eisler Convicted On Contempt Charge Washington, June 10 Gerhart Eisler, alleged No. 1 communist leader in this coun- tempt of congress. Thc federal court jury delib erated only 20 minutes before returning the verdict, ' which carries a maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine and four months to a year imprisonment. Judge Alexander Holtzoff set June 27 for sentencing. Eisler was indicted on con tempt charges for allegedly re fusing to be sworn in for testi mony before the house commit tee of un-American activities. He contended the committee re fused to let him read a prepared statement before administering' the oath. s I 1j nal Price Fiw '"ints 14,800 Miners Cease Work Unionlown. Pa., June 10 Work stoppages among soft coal miners protesting labor legisla tion before congress spread lo 22 mines employing 14,800 men today as AFL-Unilcd Mine Workers officials pondered their strategy in the idleness they termed "unauthorized." The stoppages verc scattered through the three counties that comprise the heart of an ex tremely rich southwestern Penn sylvania bituminous section Fayette, Greene and Washing ton. Two mines voted lo resume work after being idle over Ihc week-end. They were the Gates mine of the II. C. Frick Coke company, employing 400, and the Kyle mine of the same com pany employing 600. They ac count for a combined daily pro duction of 5,600 tons. Among the closed mines was the world's largest, the famed Robcna mine of the Frick com pany which employs 1.80(1 miners and has a normal daily production of 10.000 tons. Some of Ihc other larger pits affected range from 2.000 tons to 7,000 tons in output. Without exception, all of Ihc larger mines are "captive" pits those mines whose production Column 7ilgocs to steel plants and never sees the open market. The U. S. Steel Corp.. one 'if the steelmakers involved, re ported it was losing 25,000 tons of coal daily, 5,000 tons short of the total used each 24 hours at the Clairton Coking work; which supplies 80 percent of the coke used by the company Pittsburgh district plants. Ross Mclntyre Dies in Portland Portland. Ore.. June 10 iVt Ross Mclntyre, 68, prominent in Portland business life for 30 years and the city's 1940 "first citizen," died today. He was president of (he In ternational Sales and Produce company, owner of a number of stores, and was a member of the boards of the United Stales Na tional bank. Portland Woolen Mills and Portland Gas & Coke company. Truman Arrives in Ottawa On 3 Day Good Will Visit Ottawa. June 10 m' President Truman arrived at 11:30 a.m. PST today lo begin a three-day good will visit lo this capital, the first such stale visit by a United Stales president in the history of the two neighbors. : : ; T . ,, , , I Canadian air force. I hey board- Accompanied by Mrs. Irumancfl thc lrain ,,. (h(, u.ip l0 Gi and their daughter, Margaret, , (;lwa the president arrived aboard a ' Thc Kovcrno. Kr.nora and special nam iiuiii v ci.ni which nulled lo a slow slop al a temporary station erected at the! spot where the Canadian Nation- al railway tracks intersect nic- turesauo Island Park Drive, on the cuys ouismns. The sun broke through an ov- ercasl sky and a roar of spoil- taneous greeting went up from; closely-packed throng as Mr. Truman stepped down from a red-plush carpet to be welcomed I by thc governor-general, Prime Minister MacKonzic King audi other state dignitaries. St. Laurent was accompanied by Ray Athcrton, United States ambassador; W. H. Measures, chief of protocol for Canada, and three honorary aides-de-camp to the president. Commodore F. L. Houghton of thc Royal Canadian navy; Brig. S. F. Clark of thc Canadian army and Air Com- Imodore D. M. Smith of Ihc Royallaskcd a small boy. Fair Weather Ends Rainfall In Northwest Damage to 'Oregon Fruit Laundry, Patients' Cot Crop May Be as High tage and Employes' As $3 Million tile Associated Oregon and Washington farm lands, seared by drought in May and deluged by rain this month, got a promise of relief today. The weather bureau in Portland i . recasi. clearing sk c.s over not" anu cd 011 Ju,v n accord slates tonight and t ednesday. :. , decisian ,chcd today The forecast break in the j weather came, however, onlyj after an estimated $4,000,000 in crop damage was caused by the rainstorms in the two states. In Washington the damage was estimated at $1,000,000. the big gest loss coming in the We-natchnc-Okanogan orchards, where damage was placed at $400,000. Oregon's Fruit Loss Oregon's loss mav be as high a. $3,000,000. the U. S. department of agriculture estimated. The damage to fruit orchards was declared the worst on record with the sweet cherry crop the hardest hit, the department re ported. Some cherry areas re ported a 50 percent loss of the 20.000-ton harvest. In the Hood River area alone fruit growers estimated damage from rain and hail at nearly Sl. 000.000. Lane county in the Willamette valley of western Oregon estimated cherry loss at S7:"Sn (inn Other nrpns h:iH sim- Jilar damage. I The pear and apple orchards of Hood River and Mcdford areas suffered from the storm, and the strawberry season of the Willamette valley virtually was ended. Rivers Rising The heavy rains sent the Wil lamette and the Columbia rivers boiling up. The Willamette has risen five feet in the upper val ley in the last few days, and with the rise in the Columbia will send the river up to 19.6 feet. 1.6 over flood level, at Portland by Saturday. No up river flood is expected. Little damage is expected in Portland, but at Vancouver. Wash., the Columbia is expected lo lift lo 19.8 feel by Saturday and flood thousands of acres of paslureland bclnw Vancouver Flood stage at Vancouver is 15 feet. The weather bureau said that the rivers would begin lo fall early next week if no additional heavy rains occur. The Willam ette river measured 4 feet' al (lie Salem gauge Tuesday morn ing. Salem Auto Co. Safe Cracked Safe crackers Monday night broke into the Salem Aulo com pany, 435 North Commercial, and got away wilh $311.92 in cash and $307.92 in checks. Po lice said the safe vas forced open with tools obtained from the garage. The burglars entered the building by climbing a telephone pole at the rear of the build ing, gaining the roof and re moving a section of skylight, then lowering themselves to the floor. With company lools they knocked off the combination of the safe and punched the lock Contents of Ihc safe were scat tered about the floor and else where in Ihc building. In addi tion lo the money they look three garage air gun attach ments and a bar culling tool which was in the saTc, and also seven keys to the building. To get out of '.he building thev drove a Chevrolet coupe under the skylight and placed a I chair on lop of the ear. i I irl A Inv.turlnr :inrl Primn Min- ,n , im....i.,,; i; hcad (he w;ck.omin(! par(v for Pl.P.sitonl Trllman in Ottawa. :i: L .i, '.,i'...f.,rm'r' i,it i private car when Ihc train came j to a halt about 600 yards from the Canadian border at Rouses point A microphone was held up by radio man. "Will vou say hello to Can- j ada?" he was asked. Speaking into the microphone. the president said; "I'm saying licllo lo Canada right now. I'm very, very happy to." Some one called for Mrs. Tru man. The president explained that she did nol pi; n to come but finally out on thc platform he persuaded her lo. "Hey, is Margaret there,' !$825r000 New Buildings OK'd Fairview Home Dormitories Approved By James T). Olson lids for construction of X laundry building, patients cot tage and employes' dormitories at Fairview home, estimated to icost s825,0fl0 will be called for bv (hc board , control. ,,.: ,: nion. I dent, informed the board that j until the laundry building, which will include a sewing room, has been constructed, new boilers cannot be installed. He told the board that the present boilers were antiquated and dangerous and should be replac ed as soon as possible. Housing Inadequate Inadequate housing facilities for employes are preventing the institution from obtaining the right kind of help, Dr. Hill said, and increased numbers of pa lienls have led to an overcrowd ed condition at the establish ment that should be corrected, the superintendent said. Contractors will be permitted to bid for one or all of the build ings. Estimates on the laundry I building is $125,000; the em ployes' dormitories in six units, $450,000 and the patients' col lage. $250,000. Bids for construction of an admission building at the Pen dleton state hospital, estimated to cost $700,000 will be called and the date for opening was set on July 31. Seeks Land for Navy Chandler Brown, represenling the Salem Chamber of Com merce, appeared before the board requesting granting of a long term lease on two and one half acres of land situated south of the state highway department shops for use by the navy. (Concluded on Pare 11. Column 6) Mississippi Floods Recede Hannibal. Mo.. June 10 iPi The swirling Mississippi river began receding slightly today along a flood-ravaged 80-mile stretch in eastern Missouri and north central Illinois where the evacuation of an estimated 3, 500 persons ran the number of homeless from high water in a four-state midwestern area lo more than 22,000. "The rather long crest" of the Mississippi rose slightly overnight from record heights reached yesterday but with a slight fall noted today rivermen and U. S. army engineers ex pressed belief that only fur ther rains would aggravate the situation. Flood waters now cover 58.000 I acres in the upper Missouri-Illi nois area. U. S. army engineers and the coast guard had every available worker on the job in the flood area and the American Red Cross had 50 staff workers and about 600 volunteers aiding the homeless. Water was eight to ten feet deep in the village of Alex andria. Mo., near the Iowa line, the result of a levee break, and all residents have been evacuat ed. In Hannibal, a city of 20.000, Ihc water covered nine blockj of the town's main street. Four thousand residents of South Hannibal were partially isolated. No buses were operating and it least a dozen stores were flood ed. 102-Year Old Vet Receives Diploma Meadvillc, Pa.. June 10 (U.R) A 102-year old veteran, whose studies at Allegheny college were interrupted when he join ed the northern forces during the Civil war. returned to the campus after more than 80 years yesterday lo receive his college diploma. Robert M. Rownd of Ripley, N. Y., participated in 64 engage ments during the war with the Ninlh Ohio volunteer After his M'rv"'" he became Ohio canal commissioner and later served las president of thc First Nation- ;il bank of Milton-on-the-Hud- son, N. Y. In 1939 he headed thc Grand Army of the Republic. The Weather (Relented by United States Weather Bureau) Forecast for Snlem and Vlcin itv: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; slowly rising day time temperatures, lowest tem perature tonight 48 degrees. Weather will be favorable for all (arm work. Wednesday. Maxi mum veslerday 68. Minimum to day 50. Mean temperature yes terday 60 which was 1 below normal. Total 24-hour precipi tation to 11:30 a.m. today .05 Total precipitation for the month 232 which Is 2.56 inches above normal. Willamette river height Tuesdny morning. 4 feet.
