Quezon Family
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In Ambuscade
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Widow, Daughter,
Son-in-Law, 9 Others
Killed by 'Bandits'
Manila, Friday, April 29 (Pi
Mrs. Aurora Quezon, widow of
the Philippines' first president,
her daufhter and son-in-law
were among 12 persons killed in
a roadside ambush northeast of
Manila yesterday.
Ten others were wounded by
the unidentified machine gun
ners on the road 88 miles north
east of Manila.
President Elpidio Quirino said
he believed the killers were ban
dits, and ordered an immediate
all-out campaign against them.
However, Manila papers rais
ed the possibility that Quirino
himself may have been the in
tended victim. He had been in
vited to make the journey with
Mrs. Quezon but was unable to
do so at the last minute.
The Quezon party, 'with an
(to armed constabulary escort, left
Manila shortly after 5 a.m., for
Baler, on the northeast coast of
Luzon. The 60-year-old widow
was to have unveiled a marker
in memory of her husband, Man
uel Quezon.
Story of Ambush
Ma. Gen. Rafael Jalandonl,
former Philippine army chief of
staff, who was in the first auto
mobile of a caravan with Mrs.
Quezon, described the ambush
tonight.
"Shots in rapid succession
were fired at our car," he said.
"We stopped at once. The at
tack was so sudden that the first
thing I knew Mrs. Quezon was
slumped over me.
"Mayor Ponciano Bernardo
"(of Quezon City) shouted:
. . " 'Donna Aurora is in this par
ty.'
"Then Bernardo himself was
hot. I pulled my gun and was
about to use it when someone
appeared by the side of the car
and hit me on the right side of
the face with the butt of a rifle.
I was knocked unconscious."
100 in Attacking Party
When rescue parties arrived,
the general estimated there were
100 in the attacking party and
about 50 in the Quezon group.
, He said the bodies were rob
bed of their jewelry and that he
lost his wrist watch and identi
fication bracelet,
-v. Later at the scene of the am-
f bush the constabulary found the
4 bodies of Mrs, Quezon, her
daughter, Maria Aurora (Baby)
Quezon and the mortally wound
ed Filipe Buencamino, III, 28,
husband of Mrs. Quezon's young
est daughter, Zenaida.
Mayor Also Slain
Also dead were Mayor Ponci
ano Bernardo of Quezon City
(outside Manila), Maj. Primitivo
San Augustin and his brother,
Maj. Antonio San Augustin, both
noted guerrilla fighters during
the war with Japan, a Lieuten
ant Lizzam and three constabu
lary privates. i
(Concluded on Pane 5. Column ()
Southern Soft Coal
Men Independent
Washington, April 28 VP)
Southern soft coal operators to
day broke away from the rest of
the industry and prepared to
negotiate a separate contract
with John L. Lewis if necessary
The board of directors of the
Southern Coal Producers' asso
elation voted to remain away
from further operator meetings
-at least for the time being.
Southern President Joseph E
Moody said his directors believ
ed they had formulated a defi
nite policy for negotiating with
liewis and the United Mine
Workers this year. The other
- operators, meeting here yester-
,day and today, have not yet
reached that stage, he said.
For that reason, the southern
en generally Inclined to be a
little tougher with Lewis than
most of the other operators
have decided against any fur
ther meetings with the other
industry representatives
Construction Halted
On Albany City Hall
Albany, April 28 Work on
construction of the ntw city fire
hall at Sixth and Lyon streets
was halted abruptly Wednes
day by City Building Inspector
Robert Knapp when he discov
ered that concrete that had been
used for the footings was defec
tive.
Knapp explained that seven
day compressive tests have
shown the newly poured con
crete does not meet stress re
quirement and unless it qual
ity Improves through further
setting it must be replaced.
At any rate, said Knapp.
work will not be resumed until
all defects have been corrected.
Dave Beckman, superinten
dent of construction, Wednes
day notified the George Isaak
son company, Portland contrac
tors, of Knapp's order and of
local situation.
Labor Bill Tests
Parly Loyalty
Says President
Washington, April 28 VP)
President Truman said today
democratic votes in congress on
Taft-Hartley repeal will be a
test of party loyalty.
He put actions of the law
makers on other democratic plat
form measures in much the
same class.
Thus Mr. Truman indicated
that the senators and represen
tatives who fail to go along
with striking out the two-year
old labor law and adhering to
other platform pledges will have
little to say about who gets fed
eral jobs.
To Apply Pressure
The president left wide-open
the question of whether the law
makers who failed to back the
party candidates in last fall's
election will have any voice in
patronage. On that point he
suggested that reporters wait
and see how it works out.
Mr. Truman's news confer
ence discussion of the issue of
party loyalty went beyond
if it was not in actual con
flict with earlier comments of
democratic national chairman,
J. Howard McGrath.
Discussing yesterday's con
ference with democratic party
and congressional leaders, the
president said that democrats
are those people who support
the democratic platform.
Platform Party Law
He described the platform as
the law of the party.
Mr. Truman said he regards
the vote on the pending bill to
repeal the Taft-Hartley act as
one of those tests of party loyal
ty.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 7)
Hopes Calder
Accepts Post
Washington, April 28 VP)
President Truman said today he
hopes that Curtis E. Calder, New
York utilities executive, will ac
cept appointment as secretary of
the army. -- -
Mr. Truman also told a news
conference that Jonathan Dan
iels, editor of the Raleigh (N.C.)
News and Observer is under
consideration for appointment
as secretary of the navy
Describing Calder as a very
capable man, Mr. Truman said
he had talked with him three or
four days ago and he hoped he
would accept the job.
Told that a high defense of
ficial had said yesterday that
the utilities executive would
take over within 60 days a
statement that Calder later de
nied Mr. Truman smilingly ob
served that the announcement
wasn't made by him.
At the same time, the presi
dent said there was no founda
tion in fact for fears that the
marine corps might be eliminat
ed and the navy's air arm ab
sorbed by the air force.
He said that report was like
the prognostications people read
in the columns.
A reporter interjected that
the apprehensions were raised
by John L. Sullivan when he re
signed as secretary of the navy
earner tnis week.
The president said he did not
read Sullivan's letter to Secre
tary of Defense Johnson, pro
testing against cancellation of
the navy's plans to build a super
airplane carrier.
Douglas Will Save Cm
London. Aoril 9ft OJ.R1 Tha
left eye of United States Am-
Dassaaor Lewis Douglas, pierced
by a fish hook early this month.
will not be removed, the am
bassador s doctors said today.
Patronage Purchase Tag
Angers Senate Democrats
Washington, April 28 HP) Northern and southern democrats got
into a hot fight on the House floor today over President Truman's
warning that party members who refuse to vote for Taft-Hartley
act repeal will be out of White House grace.
The chamber was in the midst of debate on the union-hated
labor law. The fireworks began-
popping right after Rep. Wood
(D-Ga.) formally asked the
House to take his bill, which
would keep most of the Taft
Hartley act, as a substitute for
the administration repeal meas
ure. Only a couple of hours ear
lier. Mr. Truman had told his
news conference that democrat
ic votes in congress on Taft
Hartley repeal will be a test of
party loyalty. The administra
tion bill would repeal the T-H
law and return to a modified
version of the 1S39 Wagner Lab
or Relations act.
The implication of Mr. Tru
man's remarks was that demo
crat who fail to go along with
Auto Mileage
Fee Increased
On County Work
By DON UPJOHN
The Marion county budget
committee Thursday recom
mended that the county court
increase the mileage fee paid for
privately owned cars used on
official county business from 5
to 6 cents a mile which was
done on the suggestion of Coun
ty Judge Murphy and approved
by other court members.
The mileage matter arose on
consideration of the budget of
the county surveyor who had
included request for $1650 for
purchase of a pickup trick and
Judge Murphy said this again
raised the matter of broad pol
icy as to whether the county
wishes to engage in purchase of
county cars for all departments
or continue in many cases with
paying mileage for use of cau
privately owned by the officials.
Some departments such as the
sheriff, health department and
assessor have some county own
ed cars but the concensus vas
against broadening the policy
and the plea of the surveyor for
the truck was rejected. How
ever, mileage allowance was in
creased and his traveling ex
pense was upped from $100 to
$300.
Justices' Pay Upped
The committee granted $600
annual raises in salary to jus
tices of the peace of Silverton,
Woodburn and Stayton but re
jected a plea from the Silverton
constable to up his salary from
$900 to $1800 a year and to add
a part time constable at $900.
In a letter to the court the Sil
verton constable said by putting
his office on the full time basis
suggested the constable could
srve money for the county by
eliminating numerous trips by
sheriffs deputies.
This idea too, was rejected as
a matter of policy which might
be broadened into scattering
full time constable at Breiten
bush at $175 a month and i
part time deputy for him at $300
a year. This, it was explained
presented a different situation
than Silverton because of the
isolated condition there, the
tremendous upsurge in business
due to the Detroit dam and the
far distances necessary to travel
Additional Deputies
Whether an additional full
time deputy sheriff now and
four others later will be added
as requested, is still something
under consideration with indi
cations developments there will
be awaited before going into an
extensive increase in the sher
iff's force there. The sheriff
also has asked for an extra man
to be used in transportation of
prisoners when erection of a
new courthouse and jail will
necessitate transportation of
prisoners to and from outlying
jails.
The committee has granted a
$20,000 appropriation for con
trol of Bang's disease in cat
tle, the same as last year. Com
plaints received by a delegation
of cattle and dairymen as to
enforcement of the law were
passed over by the committee as
one concerning the matter of
administration and not coming
under the purview of the bud
get body.
County Judge Murphy Thurs
day said he hoped to see the
budget making job rounded out
by night but admitted it might
drag over into Friday. He said
he was certain that the commit
tee would be able to keep the
budget within the 6 per cent
limitation required by the con
stitution. "I think there's no
question about it," he said.
the administration of a new la
bor law will have little to say
about who gets federal jobs.
Rep. Hebert (D.. La.) took the
floor "to advise my democratic
colleagues" that President Tru
man "has placed a patronage
purchase tag" on votes for the
administration's labor bill.
Hebert, who supported the
southern states rights ticket in
last fall's election campaign,
said Mr. Truman had been ask
ed whether votes in the house
on the labor bills would have
any effect on the distribution of
patronage.
"His answer was in the af
firmative," Herbert said to loud
applause and cheers from the
republican side.
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State Treatment Hospital to Hold Open House Ultra-modern
treatment hospital at Oregon state hospital, recently com
pleted at a cost of approximately $1,700,000 will hold open
house, Saturday, April 30. About 300 patients can be accom
modated in the new building. Below: Physio-therapy treat
ment room and some of the personnel who will administer
treatment: (from left) Mrs. Mae Norwood at control panel,
hydro-therapist; Dr. Dean Brooks, Nurses Merle Mortenson,
June Berry, Kathryn Amot and Marion Jansen.
Decks of American Liner
Jammed with Refugees
Shanghai, April 28 VP) Bars, gymnasiums, lounges and the
promenade decks of the liner President Wilson were jammed with
refugees today.
Last minute decisions to leave communist-threatened Shanghai
scattered foreigners about the vessel. She is likely to be the last
Clark Slated
For Berlin Post
Washington, April 28 (un
informed Pentagon sources pre
dicted today that Gen. Mark W.
Clark will succeed Lt. Gen. Lu
cius D. Clay as U. S. military
governor in Germany.
Defense Secretary Louis John
son is expected to name a new
commander in Germany soon,
so that Clay can get home within
30 days, because of his health.
Clay probably will retire from
active duty on his return.
Others mentioned for Clay's
post include Lt. Gen. Albert
Wedemeyer, army deputy chief
of staff, and Lt. Gen. Clarence
R. Huebner, Clay's deputy com
mander and chief of staff in
Germany.
Clark has been commander of
the Sixth army with headquar
ters at San Francisco since
June 19, 1947. Before that, he
was U. S. high commissioner in
Austria and commander of Am
erican occupation forces there.
If he succeeds Clay, Clark Is
expected to stay in Germany
only until the state department
takes over civil administration
of western Germany. July 1, at
the latest, is the present goal for
this switch.
Clark is understood to want
to retire from the army within a
few months to take a position
with Sears, Roebuck & Co.
THE WEATHER
(Reifts'fl by United States
Weather Bureau)
Porersst for Salem and Vicin
ity: Partly cloudy tonlsht and
Friday with widely ncattered
light showers. Slightly cooler
tonlaht. Lowest temperature
expected tonlatit. 44 degrees;
highest Friday, U. Conditions
will be motly favorable for farm
work Friday. Maximum yester
day 71. Minimum today SO.
Mean temperature yesterday M
which wm ft above normal. Total
S4-hour precipitation to 11:90 a.
m. today .04 of an inch. Total
precipitation for the month,
,M of an inch which la 17
Irx-hea below normal. Willamette
river height at Balem Thursday
morning. 2 7 fee.
trail Ull
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ship of her class to call at
Shanghai for- a long time. There
were about 300 foreigners
aboard when she sailed.
The evacuees were of all
ages and color. There were
Americans, Germans, Russians
and Chinese. There were in
fants in arms, old men, young
women and sprightly elderly
ladies.
Some carried worn luggage.
Others had new, apparently pur
chased at the last minute for
their hurried departure.
Dogs, cats, goldfish and other
pets passed through harassed
Chinese customs men.
Many passengers carried their
own luggage aboard rather than
pay the exhorbitant prices ask
ed by Coolie porters for a 100
yard haul onto the ship.
There was considerable con
fusion on board and a trace of
annoyance on the faces of the
Wilson's regular passengers. But
the evacuees grinned with joy
at their good fortune in obtain
ing space.
Mrs. Helen Karimiroff, 23,
who spent 22 years of her life
in Shanghai, bounced her three
months old son on her knee and
said she was glad to leave the
city. She and her husband and
son are going to Springfield
Mass.
Fleming Chairman
Maritime Board
Washington, April 28 UPi
President Truman today ap
pointed Maj. Gen. Philip B
Fleming to the maritime com.
mission. He said Fleming, will
be designated as chairman.
The president said that Jesse
Larson, now war assets admin
istrator, will succeed Fleming
as public works administrator
Rear Admiral Paul Luker Math
er, now associated administra
tor, will head the war assets
administration.
Fleming is a veteran govern
ment career officer. Mr. Tru
man described him as an inde
pendent with no political affili
ation. On the maritime commission
Fleming will surceed Vice Ad
miral William W. Smith whose
term recently expired.
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British Seize
Canal Control
Berlin, April 28 (U.BSquad-
rons of armed British military
police seized canal control locks
in west Berlin today from Rus
sian troops who had halted
barges plying the waterways
with supplies brought in by the
airlift.
Soviet officers backed down
and finally ordered the canals
in the British sector of Berlin
reopened for traffic after the
British military moved in and
ordered the Russians to give up
control of three key locks or be
put out forcibly.
The British, who had taken
over the locks, then withdrew.
But Brig. E. R. Benson, deputy
British commandant here, said
they would not submit to Soviet
traffic restrictions in the Brit
ish sector.
The british military govern
ment issued an ultimatum to the
Soviets to stop interfering
with the canal traffic or lose
control of the locks which are
vital to water transport in the
Soviet sector.
Truck Driver Killed
On Cornell Hill
Molalla, April 28 P) A truck
driver was killed last night on
Cornell Hill west of here in a
mishap in which his two pas
sengers escaped unhurt.
State police said Clarence
Broadhurst, 54, Estacada, was
at the wheel. His passengers
were Mr. and Mrs. William
Carr, also of Estacada.
Investigating police officers
and Clackamas county sheriff's
deputies reported Broadhurst
had been drinking earlier in the
evening.
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Truman Says Navy Ships
To Remove All Americans
Washington, April 28 Wj President Truman declared today
that the navy is amply prepared to remove all Americans from
Shanghai.
The president told news conference he understood there were
reports the navy had run out on American civilians at Shanghai,
now threatened y Chinese com-
munists
Speaking solemnly, he said
there Is no foundation in fact
for any such report.
The navy, Mr. Truman went
on, has done an excellent job
at Shanghai and has been ready
at all times to take out Ameri
cans in the city.
The liner President Wilson,
the president said, left Shang
hai with vacancies and the Pres
ident Pierce and President Van
Buren are still available for
further evacuations.
The President Wilson sailed
from Shanghai today.
The, new ha aHHeH haa heen
available at aU timet to help
Last Rescue Ships
Leaving as Reds
Leisurely Approach
Shanghai, April 28 W The
escape gate from communist
threatened Shanghai began clos
ing slowly today.
For foreigners, the last ships
were preparing to get under
way. For the Chinese, land
routes were coming under Red
troop domination. Airplanes
still took out refugees over land
and sea.
The American liner President
Wilson, likely to be the last lin
er to call here for some time,
sailed down the Whangpoo this
afternoon. Aboard were 300
evacuees, 150 of them Ameri
can.
Those Americans who elected
to stay in Shanghai some 1,500
of them are now here come
what may.
Last U. S. Boat Out
One small U. S. navy craft
during the afternoon took a few
straggler refugees down the
river to the hospital ship Ref
uge. Navy sources hinted that
may be the last boat out.
Big naval craft moored down
the river, out of range of com
munist shore guns, may depart
tonight or tomorrow, one naval
officer said.
British warships still are in
the Yangtze and Whangpoo but
the British are not undertaking
emergency evacuations.
People who leave Shanghai
from now on will move mostly
by air. Both the American
Northwest Airlines and Pan
American still are running regu
lar flights and some special
planes to the United States, Ma
nila and Hong Kong. British
flying boats are going to Hong
Kong and Tokyo daily. All are
booked solid until next week.
30 to 40 Miles Away
The approaching communists
appeared to be at least 30 or
40 miles away in mid-afternoon
although they took Soochow
(Wuhsien), about 50 miles west
of Shanghai, early yesterday
Their advance may be slowed
down because they still have
not sufficient forces ferried
across the Yangtze to handle
the various drives which are de
veloping. The Reds seemed to be taking
their time toward Shanghai pos
sibly because they want an ade
quate occupying force at hand
when they enter the city. Shang
hai, the world's fourth largest
city, is also big geographically
and the Reds will need many
men even for a peaceful take
over. Shanghai Being
Well Fortified
By FRANK BARTHOLOMEW
Shanghai, April 28 U.R)I
have just finished a 25-mile trip
around the outer defenses of
Shanghai. The defense pcrim
eter bristles with barriers and
tank traps. You might get the
idea that Shanghai is going to
defend itself to the death.
But I am not convinced of
that. The battle may never be
fought on and in front of the
barriers. Instead, it may be
fought in the streets of the city
before the Red armies now
only 35 miles away ever come
within rifle shot.
I fear that Shanghai may fall
from within. Economic chaos
inside the city that now shel
ters 8,000.000 persons could
bring about a collapse. Or a
fifth column could do it.
Nationalist authorities are do
ing everything they can to avert
the possibility of a stab in the
back. Today, for instance, c
house to house search was start
ed. Anybody who doesn't have
a residence certificate will be
driven out of town.
And thousands of nationalist
troops are working like beavers
to throw up outer defenses.
these commercial liners remove
Americans and Is still ready to
do so.
"There are no navy combat
ships there, are there? " a re
porter asked.
Yes, there are, the president
replied.
A reporter asked if a protest
was being made to the Chinese
communist because of the In
vasinn by communist soldiers of
Ambassador J. Leighton Stu
art's residence.
The president said he had had
no complaint from the ambas
sador about the Incident. In the
absence of surh official word
he would not say what might be
done.
Hope Start Made
Toward New Stage of
Mutual Relations
New York, April 28 ( The
world waited today for Russia's
official reply to a western re
quest that she state formally and
exactly her terms for lifting the
Berlin blockade.
There were reports that the
Soviets already have replied that
they will call off the blockade
if the western allies will end
their counter-blockade and fix a
mutually agreeable date for
four-power discussions of the
entire German problem.
Statesmen of many nations ex
pressed hope that the east and
west may be on the verge of ne
gotiations which, with careful
and patient handling, might
bring the cold war to an end.
Start Held Made
A dispatch from Associated
Press Correspondent Eddy Gil
more in Moscow said diplomats
there considered Russia and the
three western powers may have
made a start toward a new stage
of mutual relations. Nobody was
predicting a settlement, he said,
but they felt a settlement could
result. Gilmore's dispatch pass
ed through Russian censorship.
but the copy of his story received
New York did not indicate
whether there had been any de
letions by the censor.
Dr. Philip C. Jessup, Ameri
can ambassador-at-large, submit
ted yesterday the request that
the Russians say officially and
in writing what they have in
mind as terms for lifting the
blockade, a main cold war Irri
tant. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Austin Says Reds
Losing Cold War
Washington, April 28 Wl
Warren R. Austin, chief U.S.
delegate to the United Nations,
told senators today Russia is
losing the "cold war" and Soviet
rulers are beginning to find It
out.
Austin coupled a bitter attack
on Russia with a plea for sen
ate approval of the North At
lantic treaty.
The former Vermont senator
told the senate foreign relations
committee that the pact would
promote UN efforts to keep the
peace and "increase its ability
to remove causes of war.
Austin accused the Soviets of
'brazenly" violating UN char
ter pledges to refrain from use
of threats and force against
other countries. He said this
"deliberate and calculated pol
icy of obstruction" had crip
pled the UN and hampered
work on peace treaties.
While most of the world was
seeking to build a system of col
lective security in the United
Nations," he said, "the Soviet
Union sought security through
the descredited policy of terri
torial aggrandizement. This
feudallstic concept of security
threw its black mantle over
country after country in east
ern Europe."
But, he said, the Soviets are
running into growing opposition
of the non-communist world.
Austin made no direct refer
ence to the proposed U. pro
gram to arm this nation's Euro
pean allies under the 12-nation
pact.
But while Austin was testi
fying, President Truman told a
news conference he intends to
send to congress soon the ad
ministration's detailed plan for
the $1,450,000,000 arms aid.
Faith in Russia
Held by Truman
Washington, April 28 U Pi
President Truman told reporters
today he was encouraged by the
conversations with Russia on
the lifting of the Berlin block
ade. He said he thought the
Russians are acting in good
faith.
The president told newsmen
he thought the conversations
between Philip C. Jessup, for
this government, and Jacob A.
Malik, Soviet delegate to the
United Nations security council,
are definitely encouraging.
But he declined to enter into
any detailed discussion of the
matter at a news conference.
Later In the news conference,
the president was aked wheth
er he thought the Russalns were
acting in "good faith" in nego
tiating with this country on
lifting of the blockade In Ber
lin. Mr. Truman said that if he
didn't think so, this nation would
not continue the conversations.
Prior to Mr. Truman's news
conference diplomatic sources
had reported the U.S.-Russian
blockade talks were going along
"quit well."