Grant Ratzlaff
Permit for Bus
Line to Coast
Direct Service Salem
to Newport to Be in
Operation by June
By STEPHEN A. STONE
John Rattlaff of Albany, do
ing business a the Pacific Coast
Lines, was today granted au
thority to operate a line of
stages between Salem and New
port. Ratzlaff, in Albany, told the
Capital Journal by telephone
that he expects to have the lines
in operation before the first of
June
with stdps at all pointsh, 1948, to March 31. 1949 total
en route between the two ter
minal cities.
Sells Santiam Lines
At the same time Ratzlaff an
nounced that he received Thurs
day from the interstate com
merce commission approval of
his application to sell the San
tiam Lines to Mt. Hood Stages,
doing business as Pacific Trail
ways. Until the transaction is
completed Ratzlaff will continue
to operate the lines which run
between Albany and Bend via
Lebanon and Sweet Home.
"For the new operation be
tween Salem and Newport,"
Ratzlaff said, "we will get the
equipment within the next two
weeks and be running the sched
ules before the first of June.
To Use New Vehicles
"The vehicles will be one
new and one used bus, each of
29-passenger capacity."
Ratzlaff buses will make two
round trips daily between Sa
lem and Newport. Hun No. 1
will leave Salem at 9:15 a.m.,
arrive at Valley Junction at
10:21 a.m., Taft at 11:09 a.m.,
and terminate in Newport at
11:48 a.m.
Run No. 4 will leave Salem
at 3 p.m., arrive at Valley Junc
tion at 4:08 p.m., Taft at 4:54
p.m., and Newport at 5:33 p.m
Run No. 3 will leave Newport
at 7 a.m., arrive at Taft at 7:39
a.m. at Valley Junction at 8:27
a.m., and at Salem at 9:35 a.m.
Tarriff of Fares
Run No. 2 will leave Newport
at 3 p.m., arrive at Taft at 3:39
p.m., at Valley Junction at 4:27
p.m. and at Salem at 5:35 p.m.
The total elapsed time on the
schedule is two hours and 33
minutes.
The tariff of rates and fares
"are identical with the fares as
sessed by Oregon Motor Stages
and Pacific Greyhound Lines at
common fare points. At other
points that will be on a base of
2i cents per passenger mile.
The Salem terminal of the
lines will be the Continental
Trailways station at 520 North
High street. Arrangements have
..been made to use Oregon Motor
Stages stations at Rickreall and
Dallas.
The order permits the lines
to operate as common carrier of
passengers and their baggage,
and express, mail and newspa
pers. Ratzlaff was able to show at
the hearing that his service will
be more convenient than any
other now existing between Sa
lem and Newport.
The order shows that on a
day's trip from Newport to Sa
lem the passenger would have
five hours and 25 minutes time
In Salem.
The Pacific Coast Lines will
not give local service between
Salem and Dallas, since this is
taken care of by Oregon Motor
Stages and Valley Stages.
Tunnel Forces
Traffic Detour
At 7 o'clock Monday morning
the detour of traffic, made nec
essary by the digging of a tun
net trench across Court street
between the new State Office
building and the State House,
will be made effective.
Signs to give motorists clrar
directions will be posted at that
time. City Engineer J. H. Davis
aid today the detour will be
necessary for about 60 days.
Southbound traffic on High
way B9E will turn west from
Capitol Into Marion instead of
going on to Court. On Marion
it will go clear through to Com
mercial, and then south on Com
mercial to the highway.
Northbound traffic will use
Court as usual as far as Sum
mer street west, between the
Sunken Gardens and the state
library. Then it will move
north to Chemeketa, on Che
meketa east to Capitol and back
Into the highway flow.
Pedestrian traffic on the
north side of Court between
Summer and Capitol will be
closed, but will be open at all
times as usual on the south
side.
In the detour arrangement
there will bt no
streets.
one-way
The detour plan does not
apply to through trurk traffic
This will, as usual, move from
Capitol to South 12h. and tn
the highway it the 12th street
junction.
61st Year, No. 102
Liquor Sales in
Oregon Continue
To Diminish
By JAMES 1). OLSON
Liquor sales by the Oregon
Liquor Control commission con
tinue to decrease according to a
commission report of March 31.
During the period from July
net sales by the commission
were $30,698,449.19 as compar
ed with $31,996,244.78 or a
drop in receipts of $1,297,795.59
during the same period in 1947
and 1948.
Fewer liquor permits are be
ing purchased, the report show
ing that during the last eight
months 292,092 permits were
issued as against 306.040 during
the same period a year ago.
Although the commission re
duced its operating expenses by
$312,636.08, total revenues in
all divisions were in the red to
the tune of $1,596,221.02.
Inventory Reduced
The huge inventory that was
built up by previous commis
sions has been materially re
duced by a reduction in pur
chases. On July 1, 1948 the in
ventory of liquor on hand was
valued on the books at $13,
520,608. On March 31, 1949 this
inventory had been reduced to
$7,418,077.
Purchases of liquor stocks by
the commission during the eight
months ending March 31 totaled
$16,995,931 as compared to pur
chases totaling $22,503,799 made
during the same eight months'
period a year ago.
License Division Gains
The license division and the
privilege tax department both
showed profits. In the license di
vision the receipts of $336,441
were $66,030 in excess of re
ceipts for that division in the
previous period. In addition ex
penses of this division were re
duced by $58,914.
The total earnings of the
commission during the quarter
ending March 31, 1949 is shown
in the report at $1,937,033.24 or
$660,114 less . than earnings dur
ing the previous quarter.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 5)
Ease Credit on
Home Repair
Washington, April 29 UP)
The federal housing administra
tion today eliminated the re
quirement that persons borrow
ing for home repair and mod
ernization put up 10 percent of
the Job costs in cash.
This easing of credit came on
top of four similar moves by
the federal reserve board in
less than two months.
The latest of those four came
only last night, making avail
able next week and extra $1,
200.000,000 for loans by the
7000 banks of the federal re
serve system. .
The rules changes Indicated a
swing in government policies
to combat deflation instead of
recently menacing Inflation.
The 10 percent "cash down
payment" on modernization and
repair loans obtained from pri
vate lenders under FHA guar
antee had been in effect since
April 20 last year.
FHA Commissioner Franklin
D. Richards, said the elimination
of the down payment require
ment is effective immediately.
Financial experts said the re
laxation of bank loans is enough
to give the lagging economy a
powerful "shot in the arm"
provided banks and borrowers
want to take risks.
ECA Asked to Change Rules
To Aid West Coast Lumber
Washington, April 29 UP Expectation that the economic co
operation administration will change Its regulations on lumber
purchases by European countries using United States funds was
expressed today by a northwest member of congress.
The member, who declined the us of his name, said he be
lieved ECA would announce '
mar be today a charge that
will assure American firms get
ting more of the European lum
ber business.
In the meantime two more
northwest house members pro
tested to Paul G. Hoffman, head
of ECA, that Canadians were
getting more than their share of
the lumber business from Eu
rope which Is made possible by
use of foreign aid U.S. dollars.
Rep. Mack (R-Wash) protest
ed to Hoffman yesterday that
now Canada is getting
share of the European lumber
business.
Rep. Tollefson (R-Wash) and
Rep. Nnrblad (R-Ore) sent simi
lar protests today.
Nnrblad aked that Hoffman
review the situation thoroughly
j saying that the unfair allocation
Capital
tntarod tu twoiMl cUm
BfttUr At Stlam. Ortiot.
House Defeats
Simple Repeal
T-H Labor Law
Washington, April 29 Pi The
house refused emphatically to
day simply to repeal the Taft
Hartley law and go back to the
original Wagner labor relations
act.
The proposal was made by
Rep. Marcantonio (AL, N.Y.),
but was voted down.
The roll call count against it
was 275 to 37.
The house got around to its
first votes after four days of de-1
bate on a new labor law.
Still ahead was the big test
whether a substitute offered by
Rep. Wood (D., Ga.) would be
taken instead of the administra
tion's bill.
Truman Angers Many
Off the floor, there was con
tinued rumbling over President
Trumans' broad hint that demo
crats who do not support the
administration on this issue need
not look for any political plums.
One house leader said private
ly that the president "lost votes"
for the administration's bill by
tying it in with political patron
age. But he still predicted the
administration's measure would
be passed.
Marcantonio's move put three
principal choices before the
house: (1) The administration
bill to repeal the Taft-Hartley
act and reinstate the Wagner act
with several revisions; (2) a sub
stitute offered by Rep. Wood (D.,
Ga.) which would keep a large
part qf the Taft-Hartley law, and
(3) Marcantonio's bill.
Wood Bill Amendments
The parliamentary situation
shaped up so that votes on am
endments to the Wood bill were
first in order, to be followed by
a vote on Marcantonio's propos
al. Rejection of Marcantonio's
plan would bring in order a vote
on substituting Wood's bill for
the administration measure,
sponsored by Rep. Lesinski (D.,
Mich.).
In the first voting test the
house approved' a republican
sponsored amendment to the
Wood bill.
The vote, taken without
roll-call, was 202 to 158 with
about 40 southern democrats
joining an almost solid republi
can front to make the change.
The amendment, by Rep. Ford
(R., Mich.) would enable a man
on strike to vote in a plant elec
tion up to six months after he
had been replaced in his job, in
stead of three months as in the
Wood bill.
The Taft-Hartley act forbids
replaced strikers from voting at
all.
Old Road Vacation
On North Santiam
Hearing by the county court
Friday on the proposal to va
cate parts of the old North San
tiam highway between Gates
and Niagara brought out quite
a scattering of residents who it
developed had a misunderstand
ing about the vacation and
found it would not affect them,
especially back of Niagara
where a piece of road Is left to
serva the families interested.
The vacation will be allowed
with some adjustments, notably
a 24-months easement granted
to Ferris Lumber company to
use the road between Bad Banks
creek east to the junction for
hauling logs. To vacate the road
completely now would put their
operation out of business, it was
shown.
of the major part of the Euro
pean lumber business to Cana
da was forcing Pacific north
west lumber mills to close.
Tollefson told the administra
tion that prior to the Marshal
plan 72.8 percent of the lumber
shipped to ECA countries came
from the United States and only
27.1 percent from Canada. Now
he said the picture has changed
completely.
He said that of $1,600,000
worth of lumber to be Import
erf kv franr in the VAST tlart-
lion'S1;,,- .i,.iv Panaris will furnish
tl. 000.000 and $600,000 worth
will be from the United States.
He called this 1 "gross dis
crimination" against American
lumber firms."
Tollefon urged lhal the
ECA art at once to remedy the
intuition.
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Oregon Youth Legislators Register Young men and women -of
Oregon, selected by their own groups, register at the capitol
for a two day session offering experience in legislative pro
cedure. James Cooke, Salem high school boy, is serving as
. governor.
Boys State Government
Takes Over at Capitol
James Cooke, Hi-Y governor-elect of the state of Oregon spoke
to some 150 students participating in the annual youth and
government legislature at a joint
prior to the opening of the legislature.
Governor Douglas McKay welcomed the students with a short
May Festivities
At Willamette
Willamette university's May
week-end program, to be cli
maxed by coronation ceremonies
incident to the crowning of
Queen "Edie" got under way on
the campus shortly before noon
Friday with the inter-sorority
sing in Waller hall. In between
the two events the program will
be packed with a variety of ac
tivities, including the stage pro
duction, yOur Hearts Were
Young and Gay," a Waller hall
performance, Friday night.
Two hundred and fifty pounds
of pit barbecued meat were
served on Sweetland field fol
lowing the inter-sorority sing
while the freshman-sophomore
competition included a greased
pole climb and tug-of-war con
test across the mill stream.
The schedule for Saturday in
cludes the YMCA breakfast, an
inter-fraternity sing in Waller
hall at 11 a.m., coronation cere
monies and May pole dances in
front of Eaton hall (weather per
mitting) at 1:30; baseball game
between Willamette and Port
land at 3 p.m. on the Bush pas
ture diamond.
Queen Edie and her court will
attend services at the First
Methodist church at 11 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Wallgren Still
Alter Same Post
Washington, April 2B lP
Mon C. Wallgren conferred with
President Truman today but said
afterwards he had "no news" on
his tabled nomiantion to be
chairman of the national secur
ity resources board.
The nomination was tabled re
cently by the senate armed serv
ices committee. That action pre
vents its submission to the sen
at for a vote.
"It does seem like the com
mute would let the senate vote
on it," Wallgren told White
House reporters.
He said that the nomination
was not the subject of his call
upon President Truman.
Asked If he was being con
sidered for some other Job, theja
former governor of Washing
ton state replied;
"I doubt if I would want to
be considered for any other Job."
He said he did not know of
any move to get another vote by
the committee looking tn sub
mission of the nomination to
the senate.
THE WEATHER
Released bv United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Considerable cloudiness with
scattered showers tonight and
Saturday. Little change in tem
perature. Lowest temperature
expected tonight, 44 degree;
highest Saturday, as. Condi
tions will be mostly favorable for
farm work, Saturday. Maximum
yesterday 61. Minimum today 4-V
Mean temperature yesterday 54
which was 1 above normal. Total
24-hour precipitation to 11:30
a m. today .12 of an Inch. Total
precipitation for the month. .Aft
of an inch which Is 1 11 Inches
hflow normal. Willamette river
height st Sslem Friday morn
ing, I feet.
JO XISJA)Un
JULGUL
29, 1949
session of the house and senate
talk which was followed by the
main address by Governor-elect
Cooke. State Senator Dean
Walker, of Independence, com
mented on parliamentary pro
cedure prior to the separate
meetings of both the senate and
house of representatives.
Cooke's address pointed out
the need for youth to recognize
the problems of the state. His
speech closed with the chal
lenge "build at home, build
with youth, and build for the
future.
Preceding the joint session the
house and senate held short
meetings to enable them to or
ganize before settling down to
affairs of the state. Thursday
evening the youths attended an
advisory board committee meet
ing with Dr. U. G. Duback, chair
man of the state-wide youth and
government, and professor of po
litical science at Lewis and
Clark college, presiding.
Senator Howard Belton, Can
by, explained various procedures
at the meeting which was pre
ceded by a dinner The dinner
and meeting were held at Nohl
gren's cafe. Present were
James Cooke, Hi-Y governor of
Oregon; Rod French, president
of tne senate, La Grande; Dan
Boyd speaker of tne hous?, Port
land; Carol Winslow, clerk of
the senate, West L;nn; Barton
Adams, clerk of the house, Kla
math Falls; Bill Brady, haplain
of the senate, Roseburg; Phil
Ringle, chaplain of the house,
Salem.
Commiilees appointed for the
various bills at the meeting last
night are agriculture, education,
building and institutions, elec
tions, fish and wild lite, labor.
medicine, resolutions, revision of
laws and roads and highways.
Salem high school delegates
participating in the sessions are
James Cooke, Hi-Y governor;
Richard Wyatt, representative;
Tom Angle, senator: Rollin
Cocking, senator; Tom Paulus,
representative; Gordon Sloan,
representative and news report
er for the house of representa
tives.
The legislature sessions are
scheduled to continue until Sat
urday at 4 o'clock.
Oregon Postmaster
Appointees Listed
Washington, Apr. 20 fli.B
President Truman's nominations
of 27 Oregon postmasters was In
senate committee today. Some
nomin a 1 1 o n i were holdovers
from last year when republicans
refused to confirm them. The
list included:
Fern Miles, Rcotts Mills; John
.1. Clark, St. Benedict, (Mt. An
gel); Leonard A. Ficker, Mt
Angel; Harriet A. Fleischhauer,
Aurora: Rose Mable Haskell.
Gates and E. Cleone Blaisdell,
Valsetz. Among the larger cities
were Leon L. McFarlane, Ore
gon City; Ethan L. Newman, Eu
gene and Melvin J. Tufford.
Newberg. The list was referred
to the senate civil service and
post office committee.
Crew Members llafa
Nanalmo. B.C.. April M M -
All seven crew members of the
tug Strath narrowly scaped
drowning yesterday when their
vessel broke up on rocks in
howling gale near here. The
wreck scene was near Texada
Island, 20 miles north of Nanai-
4J'lJk II
(20 Pages) Price 5c
$54,200 Listed
For Hospitals
With new larger gift sub
scription announced today, the
total now subscribed to the Sa
lem Hospital Development Pro
gram is $54,200.
This amount is in 23 sub
scriptions averaging $2358.52
each. A comment by Ford E
Watkins, general chairman of the
program, was that "the average
size of the subscriptions is ex
cellent. They will be coming in
taster from now on. '
Additional subscriptions an
nounced were:
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mc
Kay, $7500; Mr. and Mrs
Oscar D. Olson, $1000; a friend
$6000; A. A. Krueger, $500;
Capital City Transfer, $800;
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Vandeneynde,
$500; the Heltzel family, $800;
Orval's Used Cars, $1000; Jud
son's Heating and Plumbing,
$1500; Salem Title company.
$1500.
Eola Acres added $400 to the
$600 previously reported and
took the flower room on the
maternity floor in the new hos
pital building.
The Olsons selected the men's
lounge on the first floor, and
Orval's Used Cars took the ad
mitting room on the first floor.
No other selections of rooms
in this week's added subscrip
tions have been made at the pre
sent time.
The Heltzel family selected for
its subscription the medical sta
tion in the obstetrical depart
ment at Salem Memorial hospi
tal, Alsea School House
Destroyed by Fire
Corvallis. April 20 MV-Fire
of undetermined origin last
night completely destroyed the
combined high school and grade
school building at Alsea.
Unofficially the loss was es
timated at between $75,000 and
$100,000.
One hundred and eighty stu
dents were left without school
facilities but the district board
planned to meet today to see
what could be done about re
suming classes.
The fire had a big slart be
fore it was discovered. Limited
fire fighting equipment at Al
sea broke down and by the time
and engine arrived from Phi
lomath, about 20 miles away,
the entire structure was in
flames.
Atlantic Pact Creating
Confidence Wave in Europe
Washington, April 29 UP) W.
today the North Atlantic pact
confidence" In western Europe.
Harriman, special representative in Europe for the economic
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ratification of the treaty and ap
proval of an arms-aid program
for the pact nations.
The administration Is prepar
ing a program which It says will
call for $1,130,000,000 of arms
aid In the first year.
That figure already has come
under fire from Senator Wat-
kins (R-Utah.) He told report
ers the true cost will be several
Imes that amount and that the
administration Is "trying to fool10' ,h Nor,n Atlantic treaty
the people.
Watkins based his contention
on testimony the enmmlttet got
from Defense Secretary Johnson
yesterday that surplus military
W'?" "v"
to western European nations un
der the program.
Harriman told the eommittee
that nothing should interfere
with Ihe economic recovery of
Europe. "But alongside of it."
he said, "I earnestly believe we
tntuld. kilp cur auocittM In
Hangchow Not
Shanghai Main
Red Objective
Communists Seize
Wuhing, Key Point
West of Nanking
Shanghai, April 2 W Com
munist troops today seized Wu
hing, a key point 40 miles north
of Hangchow, the main prop for
Shanghia. Wuhing Is 36 miles
west of Kashing, control point
on the Shanghai-Hangchow rail
road. Kashing, 62 miles southwest of
Shanghai, was in the path of a
Red column driving south from
Soochow (Wuhsien),
A Nationalist communique
said a Red drive on Shanghai
appeared to be a move to pro
tect the flank of the southbound
columns.
It asserted the force coming
from the west had been checked
about 37 miles west of the me
tropolis near Kunshan, on the
Shanghai - Nanking railway.
Trains to Kunshan had quit run
ning.
Delay Shanghai Drive
The Shanghai garrison report
ed the captors of Wuhing now
were advancing south toward
Hangchow. It earlier had report-
ea tne communist 23rd army
was operating in this region.
It appears that the main Red
push is aimed now at Hangchow
not Shanghai. With the capture
of Hangchow. Shanghai would
be sealed by land.
This could mean that an at
tack on Shanghai will be de
layed. Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger,
commander of the western Pa
cific fleet, said U. S. navy forc
es would be retained at Woo
sung as long as needed "in the
safe evacuation of American na
tionals from Shanghai." Woo
sung is some 10 miles from
Shanghai where the Whangpoo
flows into the Yangtze,
Transportation Ready
The announcement Issued
through the U. S. consulate said:
"Ample provisions have been
provided transportation to leave
Shanghai if commercial trans
portation is not available."
President Truman said yester
day in Washington such provi
sions were made.
Landing facilities used by the
navy on the Whangpoo at
Shanghai have been closed. Bad
ger's announcement was taken
here to mean the navy will keep
units near the Yangtze mouth
with perhaps one vessel at Woo
sung.
The Shanghai American con
sulate moved into the Glen Line
building on the waterfront.
Air lines said evacuation had
slackened. Some flights report
ed a few vacancies and cancel
lations.
Osa Johnson Gets
Divorce from Getts
Chicago, April 20 IIP) Mrs.
Osa Johnson Getts, who with
her husband, Martin Johnson
won fame as an explorer and
big game hunter, was granted
an uncontested divorce yester
day from Clark H. Getts, 55
New York City booking agent
Mrs. Getts, 55 year-old au
thor, charged her second hus
band deserted her November
25, 1046, after a disagreement
over management of her busi
ness. They were married
secretly on April 29, 1939, she
said.
Mrs. Getts was granted the
use of her former name. Oso
Johnson, by Judge Joseph A
Sabath.
Portland Flection June 7
Portland, April 20 irMult-
nomah county voters will go to
the polls June 7 tn ballot on $4,-
520.000 In tax levies.
Averell Harriman told senators
is ereating "a growing wave of
their own efforts to build up
meant to defend themselves."
The Europeans cannot devel
op their military defenses alone,
he added. He said they must
have military equipment and
raw materials from the United
States.
"In western Europe today,"
Harriman said, "there Is a grow
inK w,v nf confidence, confl-
arnn msuneo ny ine concept
mat iree men win wiana ingpin
er in common defense of their
liberty and freedom."
But, Harriman said, if the
United Slates should "turn aside
at this moment I doubt whether
we can ever again recapture
that spirit (nf confidence.)"
He said the strength of the
United States alone now gives
"strength and meaning to the
pact. XXX The Europeans have
confidence in us have conll-isole command until the two
dence that In any war we would! Soviet officers showed up this
eventually ba yietoneui," J morning.
U.S. and Russian
Envoys Meet on
Berlin Blockade
Written Reply From
Moscow on Position
Expected
New York. April 29 IIP Am
bassador Philip C. Jessup met
tndav with Russia's Jakob A.
Malik, apparently to receive a
Soviet answer In American
questions shout lifting the Rer
un blockade.
The Soviet deputy foreign
minister asked Jessup by tele
phone this morning to come to
the Soviet United Nations dele
gation building on Upper Park
avenue at 4 p.m. (noon PST).
Western circles in the UN Im
mediately speculated that:
1. Malik has received defi
nite information from Moscow
to answer Jessup's question
about when and under what
conditions the Berlin blockade
will he lifted.
Big 4 Meet May 25
2. Malik will propose to Jes
sup that the four-power council
of foreign ministers meet about
May 25 in Paris for a review of
the whole Berlin problem.
During a meeting of the
steering committee of the UN
assembly at Flushing Meadow
park this morning. Malik sud
denly urged that the assembly
set a deadline for "1 p.m., May
18 to complete its work.
The adjour n m e n t proposal
was made by the Russian Just
as the U.S. delegation was an
nouncing elsewhere In the UN
building that Malik bad asked
Jessup to meet him.
Adjournment of the assembly
on the dale proposed by Malik
would give key delegates here a
week to get to Paris for a May
25 meeting.
(Concluded an Page B, Column T)
Berlin Youths
Clash in Riot
Berlin, April 2ft fPr Several
hundred communist and antt
communlst German youthi
clashed in bfloody street fighting
this morning, . '
A number! of Reds were hos
pitalized after the battle which
was broken up by police. T h
fighting took place In the Am
erican sector, near the soviet
sector border.
The communists claimed their
opponents tried to break up
their pre-May day meeting in
the American occupied Borough
of Templehof. The communist
press charged American mili
tary police Inspired the disord
ers. American authorities said no
allied personnel was Involved.
American public safety offi
cers said the communist free
German youth organization had
been given permission to hold
a meeting. They said that scores
of those attending the meeting
came from the Russian sector
and this "invasion" created re
sentment among the anti-communists.
The ruckus stirred fears of
further clashes Sunday when
communist and anti-communist
trade union federations plan tn
stage rival May day celebrations.
The Christian democratic un
ion newspaper Der Tag said to
day the communists have arrest
ed r German priest and several
Roman Catholic students at
Warnemuende in soviet - occu
pied Mecklenburg. The report
was confirmed by a spokesman
for the diocese of Berlin.
Berlin Barge
Battle Over
Berlin, April 29 W The Rus
sians apologized today and th
brief "Battle of the Barges" ap
peared to be over.
Soviet headquarter not if if d
, (hp Rrj , jsh , R.iar. Soldiers
who attempted yesterday to halt
traffic in British sector canal
locks had acted without author
ity. The Soviet action opened the
way for a conference of British
and Soviet transportation chiefs
on the question of barge traffic
tomorrow.
Two Russian officers who had
directed the attempt to halt
the barges yesterday and Wed
nesday returned today and an
nounced they had orders "not to
cause any trouble" and not to in
terfere with Brit ish canal traf
fic. Rarge traffic was normal
this afternoon and the atmos
phere much more friendly.
Five Russians carrying side
arms, who had announced their
intention to remain at the canal
locks to atop barges lacking So
viet registry, pulled out during
the night, leaving the British in