Russia Orders
Berlin Blockade
Shanghai Drive
Pushed Toward
Constitution for
West German
Lifted Thursday
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Salem, Oregon, Monday, May 9, 1949
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Sokolovsky Says Only
New Type Red Army
Could Win in War
London, May 9 VP) Moscow
radio said tonight the Runian
gone commander "has issued an
.order restoring transport, trade
'and communications services in
Berlin."
The order, signed by Gen. V.
I. Chulkov, lifts the blockade at
12:01 a.m. Thursday, the broad
cast said.
The Soviet monitor said recep
tion from Moscow was poor and
it would take some time to de
cipher details of the order.
Allies to Lift Too
The western allies will start
their traffic moving into the
eastern zone at that moment,
British transportation experts
announced in Berlin. Under a
four-power agreement reached
In New York the blockade is be
ing lifted Thursday and a meet
ing of the four-power council of
foreign ministers will be held in
Paris May 23 to discuss the fu
ture of Germany as a whole.
German rail men in both west
ern and eastern occupation zones
have made their plans. Russian
approval is expected tomorrow,
the British said. Auto highway
traffic will be opened, as far as
British and American check
points at Helmstedt are concern
ed, at 12:01 a.m. (z:ui p.m., roi,
Wednesday).
Onlr Russians Can Win
Moscow, May 9 UP) Marshal
Vasslly Sokolovsky today accus
ed the V. S. and Britain of cre
ating "artificial tensions" in in
ternational relations and declar
ed only the "new type" Soviet
army could win a modern war,
Sokolovsky repeated Soviet
charges that the western allies
carried out only "limited oper
- ations" against Germany during
the war. He added that the
western powers' attitude toward
their Soviet allies was brought
out even more clearly during
the postwar period when, he
claimed, they sabotaged the Yal
ta and Potsdam agreements.
Sokolovsky, until recently
Russia's top commander in Ger
many, added that as a result "up
to now there is no peace treaty
with Germany."
His statements were made in
an article written for Pravda, of
ficial communist newspaper, on
Russia's victory day, fourth an
niversary of the day when Prim
Minister Stalin proclaimed -the
end of the war In Europe.
Seasonal Rise
In Columbia
Portland, Ore., May 9 VP)
Warm weather in the inland em
pire began swelling the upper
tributaries of the Columbia
river, but there was no immi
nent flood danger.
The weather bureau here not
ed, however, that it was the first
significant rise of the upper Co
lumbia this year.
The upper Columbia that
stretch above the mouth of the
Snake river rose six-tenths of
a foot at Trinidad, near Grand
Coulee. The Snake river also
was on the Increase, rising nine
tenths of a foot at Lewiston.
Both rivers were far from
flood stage upstream. At Lew
iston the Snake was 12 feet be-
low flood level of 22 feet. The
Columbia as far downstream as
Umatilla was 13 feet below
flood level of 25 feet.
The lower Columbia was cov
ering some low-lying pastures,
but was below flood level of
IS feet at Vancouver, Wash. It
Inched above that mark last
week, but then dropped to this
morning s reading of 13.2 feet.
The weather bureau forecast
a slow, steady rise for the mid
dle Columbia and the lower
Snake for the next few days.
The lower river Is expected to
fall for the next 24 or 30 hours,
then begin a slow rsie.
The Willamette river of Ore
gon, which neared flood stages
last week, then subsided, is ex
pected to be steady the next few
days.
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Atlantic Pact's
Approval Urged
By Pattersoir
Washington, May 9 VP) For
mer Secretary of War Robert P.
Patterson said today the case for
the Atlantic treaty is simple: It
would preserve peace because
Russia would not dare to go to
war against the combined
strength of the pact nations.
Patterson testified before the
senate foreign relations commit
tee. It is holding hearings on
the question whether the senate
should ratify the treaty of mu
tual aid against aggression, sign
ed here April 4 by the United
States and 11 other nations.
The treaty will not be binding
on this country until it is ap
proved by a two-thirds vote of
the senate.
Holds Russia Guilty
Patterson told the committee
that Russia's "guilt" in starting
World War II in 1939 "was sec
ond only to that of Hitler."
This was an obvious reference
to the Berlin-Moscow agreement
which preceded the nazi's march
into Poland.
Calling Russia "an ambitious
and power hungry dictatorship
that has never had any scruples
against launching a war," Pat
terson said the Soviets under
stand only force.
What the pact does, Patterson
added in a prepared statement.
is to bring together strength
"far in excess of any that Mos
cow could muster."
(Concluded on Page 5, Column S)
McKay Vetoes
Tax Pay Bill
Governor Douglas McKay ve
toed his first bill today.
Tomorrow is the deadline for
acting on bills, and he has only
six bills left to consider in
cluding the controversial old
age pension bill.
The measure of which he
disapproved today would have
provided that letters containing
tax payments be cancelled in
the post office before the legal
deadline for payment.-.
The governor's veto will con
tinue the same system whereby
tax payments must be in the
hands of the tax collector before
the deadline.
The governor said the bill
"would cause serious compli
cations with numerous provi
sions of the Oregon laws."
Dysenterv Kills
Two Children .
A dysentery epidemic that
claimed the lives of two children
in three weeks was reported un
der control Monday at the Ore
gon Fairview home.
Dr. Irving B. Hill, superin
tendent, said 10 of the 13
stricken patients were children
All were improving and there
were no new cases.
"The cases are similar to ones
reported throughout Salem dur
ing the past few weeks," said Dr
Hill. "About two months ago
we had several cases of dysen
tery and called in the state board
of health for a check on our wa
ter and milk supply. Both were
found free of any contamina
tion."
The dead include a 12-year-
old Portland boy and a 14-
months-old girl. Dr. Hill said
the two were not as physically
as strong as the others stricken
Effect of Ford Strike Felt
By Industry in Many Cities
Bf Mm AMMUted Preu)
The effect of a strike of 65,000 workers at the Ford Motor Co.'s
two Detroit area plants was beginning to be felt in the indus
try today. The strike started last Thursday.
The company said it will lay off 8,000 workers at Ford plants
in St. Louis, Minneapolis-SU Paul, Los Angeles, Iron Mountain,
Mich., and Metuchen, N. J
within a few days.
Many small plants -among
Ford's 3,500 suppliers were be
ginning to feel the strike's ef
fect also.
Elsewhere in the automotive
industry, 47,600 workers pre
viously made idle by strikers
were told to return to work to
day. Hudson recalled 25,000 laid
off last week by a shortage of
brakes; Briggs Mfg. Co., recall
ed 16.800 made idle Friday by
a small walkout. And Chrysler
resumed operations in Plymouth
Mich., where 5.800 were laid off
by a shortage of Briggs car bod
ies.
Some 1.800 San Francisco cab
drivers returned to work today
after settlement of their 128-day
strike. The Yellow and Plymouth
companies agreed to a $9 73
Reuther Asks
Ford to Reopen
Peace Parleys
Detroit, May 9 (UP) The Unit
ed Auto Workers (CIO) propos
ed to the Ford company that ne
gotiations for settlement of
strike of 65,000 Ford workers
be reopened tomorrow.
UAW President Walter Reu
ther sought resumption of peace
talks in a letter he said was
delivered to President Henry
Ford II of the company at 2:45
pm. (EST) today.
Negotiations, which has
sought for two weeks to avert
last Thursday s strike, were
broken off when the strike be
gan. Reuther's move is the
first by either side to have them
resumed.
He asked that Ford himself
participate in the talks.
Challenges Debate
If negotiating fails to settle the
strike by Friday. Reuther chal
lenged Ford to debate the issue
before the 65,000 persons "di
rectly involved in the strike at
the Rouge and Lincoln plants
here."
Reuther suggested that such
a debate be conducted at Briggs
stadium, the Detroit Tigers'
home basbell park, which would
seat more than 60,000.
There was no immediate com
ment from the company regard
ing Reuther s letter.
Mayor Turned Down
Acting Detroit Mayor George
Edwards made personal appeals
to Henry Ford II and Walter
Reuther today to try to settle
the five-day strike of 65,000
Ford workers.
Edwards, a fortner organizer
for-the CIO United Auto Work
ers, proposed three alternatives
to the Ford Motor Co. presi
dent and Reuther, president of
the UAW:
Resumption of direct negotia
tions, broken off a few minutes
after the walkout started last
Thursday noon.
Mediation of the "speed-up"
dispute by Detroit's labor-man
agement-citizens committee.
(Both Ford and Reuther helped
set up this group.)
Mediation by Edwards hlm-
self- V
Mediation "Rejected
The acting mayor, serving In
the absence of Mayor Eugene I.
Van Antwerp, previously had
suggested use of the labor-man
agement-cltizens committee. This
group was founded several years
ago but never has settled a major
strike.
That offer, along with a med
iation proposal by Mayor Or
ville L. Hubbard of Dearborn
was rejected Sunday at 5,000
Ford strikers marched through
Dearborn, home of the giant,
strikebound Ford Rouge plant.
Reuther and Hubbard led the
parade. Reuther already had ac
cepted Hubbard's offer and was
believed willing to accept Ed
wards'.
Ford has insisted on arbitra
tion of the UAW's speed - up
charge. The union contends that
such a human" problem involv
ing how fast employes have to
work can be settled fairly only
through the "give-and-take dem
ocratic process of negotiation."
Kelly Heads State Jaycee
Baker, May 9 VP) The Junior
Chamber of Commerce of Ore
gon has elected Bruce Kelly,
Portland public relations agent,
its new president. Byron W
Henry, Enterprise, and Duane
Duke, Oregon City, were elec
ted national directors. District
vice president are Ted Love
lace, Albany; Jim Maguire
Grants Pass; Bob Johnson, Bend.
daily minimum wage or 50 per
cent of weekly receipts, which
ever was higher. The union had
asked $10. Three other compan
ies which operate 230 cabs had
settled with the strikers earlier.
Sixty-five hundred workers
returned today to 21 plants and
warehouses of the Philco Corp.,
in the Philadelphia area. Two
locals of the CIO Electrical
Workers union ratified a new
contract yesterday, ending a
week-long work stoppage.
An agreement was reached
yesterday between the CIO
Transit Workers union and the
operators of New York City's
largest privately owned transit
system. The agreement averted
a strike of 4.000 over the dis
charge of two workers accused
of slowdown tactics. The transit
system serves 2,000,000 riders
daily.
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Blimp View Shows Progress for Capitol Street Shopping
Center View from 1000 feet shows Berg building completed.
Sears building near completion and work developing on the
Kress project. Capitol street is toward the bottom of the
view, Center street to the right.
Baldock Plan and DST
To be Settled Tonight
The city council will take final action on the Baldock plan
Monday night.
That was quite certain, since a meeting of the state highway
commission looms next Monday, and it is necessary that the
city reach a decision before that meeting, and traffic relief in Sa
Road Damage
$2.6 Million
Highways in western Oregon
suffered more damage than those
in eastern Oregon as a result of
the severe weather last winter,
State Highway Engineer R. H.
Baldock reported Monday
Baldock returned to his office
after making a tour in southern
and southeastern counties with
members of the state highway
commission.
He estimated that the repair
to damaged roads will cost the
state $2,600,000 with the coun
ties faced with even a greater
expenditure. Some counties have
no money with which to make
isirr but "unaer an act
passed by the legislature; coun
ties can borrow funds from the
commission to cover cost of road
repair.
The commission. In its tour
last week, covered approximate
ly 1700 miles. Already crews
are at work repairing roads dam
aged by the cold spell, Baldock
said, but it will take several
months to complete the repair
program.
On main traveled artery now
under repair, he said, is the Wll
lamette highway which was bad
ly damaged during the cold spell
between Goshen and Oakridge,
- Members of the commission
who made the trip included T.
H. Banfield, chairman, Ben
Chandler, Coos Bay, and Charles
Reynolds of La Grande. Rey
nolds is a new member of the
commission.
Carle's Defiance
Cost Him $50
There's at least one man In
Salem Monday who can boast
of coming out best in an argu
ment with an agent of the fed
eral Internal revenue depart
ment.
A member of the Salem police
force stopped Hugh Henry Earle,
1100 Chemeketa, former state
insurance commissioner and now
revenue agent, north of the city
limits for speeding. The chase
began in Salem along Portland
road shortly before 5 a.m. Mon
day.
Earle. who told the officer
"to make it snappy" in filling
out a ticket as he was in a hurry
to get to Portland, eventually
became chagrined at waiting
while the citation was being
made out.
He left in his car.
A second chase ensued, and
when Earle was stopped, he was
advised he would have to re
turn to police headquarters on
reckless driving charge.
There was more comment from
Earle, and he left again.
For a third time, his trip to
Portland was halted. This time,
he advised the arresting officer
force would be needed to make
him return.
He was returned and posted
a total of $50 bail, $25 for
speeding and $25 for disorderly
conduct.
O A C Land! Discussion
Eugene. May S VP) Oregon
and California revested timber
lands will be a chief topic at
the 11th annual Willamette val
ley logging conference to open
here Friday.
mm
lem depends on expenditure oi
state money
Indications were during the
day that the Baldock plan would
be approved. A check with mem
bers of the council brought out
some open-mindedness, but an
edge at least in favor of the plan
was apparent. Mayor Robert L.
Elfstrom, who is definitely for
the plan, said he was hopeful.
The necessity of immediate ac
tion for relief was recognized.
But opposition from some
quarters of the city will be out
in force, and have petitions on
file with the council. The con
troversial questiqn is expected
to crowd the council cnamDer.
As the resolution for adoption
of the plan now stands it would,
to mention the most controver
sial points, still make South
Commercial, South Liberty,
North Summer and North Capi
tol one-way streets.
But it would -remove truck
traffic from South Liberty and
from North Summer and divide
it between 12th street and Com
mer c i a 1 . The diversion of
through truck and some passen
ger vehicle traffic southbound
from the highway to South
Commercial would be by way
of Pine street, and of north
bound truck traffic would be
from the 12th street junction.
The Lancaster drive by-pass, to
come later, would at that time
become the artery for all
through truck traffic.
The resolution will leave lee
way so that alterations in the
plan can be made later if ap
proval of the state highway
commission can be had. One of
these points mentioned is the
possible later widening of South
Commercial street on a two-way
traffic basis with four lanes.
Other controversial matters
are before the council for Mon
day night. There will be the
daylight saving bill, on which
the public will want to be
heard. And another is the bill
that would fix the working hour
for barbers and barber shops.
More than 90 percent of the
barbers have petitioned for the
legislation, but one opposing
barber threatens an injunction
if the bill is passed.
Election of a member of the
civil service commission is on
the unfinished business agenda.
The candidates, Kenneth Perry
and Monroe Check, were nomi
nated two weeks ago, but four
ballots failed to elect.
A public hearing is slated on
application of the Portland Gen
eral Electric company for au
thority to build a sub-station
near the intersection of the Ore
gon Electric tracks with Fifth
street
Quake Shakes Chile
Iquique, Chile, May 9 (UK A
strong earth tremor was felt
here at 5:20 p.m. last night, but
no damage had been reported
early today. The temblor shook
the same region which experi
enced a damaging earthquake
on April 25.
THE WEATHER
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Fair and cool tonight, be
coming partly cloudy and slight
ly warmer Tuesday. Lowest tem
perature expected tonight, 44 de
grees: highest Tuesday, 78 Con
ditions will continue favorable for
all farm activities. Tuesday. Max
imum yesterday 74. Minimum to
day 43. Mean temperature yes
terday 62 which wu 7 above
normal. Total 34-hour precipi
tation to 1 1 : 30 a m. today 0. Total
precipitation for the month I S1
inches which Is M of an Inch
above normal. Willamette river
height at Salem Monday morning
S3 feet.
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Probe Damage
Of Earthquake
Oregon's state buildings
Salem are getting a thorough
examination today and tomor
row to determine what damage
the recent earthquake caused.
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry hired R. A. Case, engi
neer for a Portland firm of ar
chitects, to make the survey.
It was at first thought that
the capitol buildings were un
damaged, but Newbry said he
since has received many reports
of cracks in the walls and fall
ing plaster.
The 19-ton statue of the pio
neer on top of the capitol will
get special attention. The statue
now is leaning slightly toward
the north. Some persons believe
the quake caused the statue to
lean, but others think it was
built that way.
A. M. Hansen believes the
April 13 earthquake cost him
8000 gallons of fuel oil. The
steam supplier for the Starr
cannery says the oil is missing
from storage tanks and a brok
en underground tank connec
tion is the only apparent an
swer, this, he believes, was
caused by the q u a k e. Hansen
said there were 5000 gallons of
on in the tank at the end of
last year's operation. He added
3000 gallons during the winter,
The tanl(s were empty Satur
day.
Truman Asserts
Too Many Bvrds
Washington, May 9 VP) Pre
sident Truman was reported to
day to have told a group of vet
erans that there are too many
Byrds in congress.
Gilbert A. Harrison, national
chairman of the American Vet
erans committee and one of
those who called on Mr. Tru
man, told reporters:
"He told us there were too
many Byrds in the congress. He
wants us to see that congress
men are elected who are able to
see things in the terms of
tional interest, rather than lo
cal interest and make large
plans, rather than small plans.'
Senator Harry F. Byrd, Vir
ginia democrat, is the only man
of that name in congress. Byrd
has opposed many of President
Truman's proposals. He Joined
with republicans on the senate
armed forces committee several
weeks ago to bottle up Mr. Tru
man's nomination of former Gov.
Mon C. Wallgren of Washington
state-to be chairman of the na
tional security resources board.
Wallgren has long been
close friend and fishing crony
of the president.
Rescued Fliers Return After
Six Days in Wilderness
Vancouver, B. C, May 9 (UP)
today that "someone upstairs"
top plane crash, a week of cold and hunger, a 500-foot elide In an
avalanche, and the crash landing of their rescue plane.
"Someone upstairs was looking after us, that's for sure," said
cuAiia r-, . on a
She and Pilot Bill Grant, 28,
Vancouver, were flying in
Grant's light plane when It
crashed last Monday 50 feet
from the crest of Mount Hozo
meen In Washington. The plane
belly-landed in 20 feet of snow.
Grant said his greatest fear
came when they set off a snow
slide as they descended the
mountain.
"We rode down a mass of
snow for about 500 feet," he
said. "Sheila's head was Just
sticking out when the slide stop
ped." They built a fire and wrapped
themselves in curtains and a
piece of the plane's fabric to
keep warm their first night on
the mountain, Grant said. A few
chocolate bars provided their
only nourishment.
"We had just about given up
hope when we were spotted by
Business Firms Order
ed to Turn Over Jeeps,
Trucks for Defense
Shanghai, May 8 Fighting
around Halting brought the Chi
nese civil war to an area 17
miles northwest of the heart of
Shanghai today.
Far to the southwest, com
munist armies pressed a twin
pronged offensive along an ir
regular 230-mile front. This op
eration extended from the sea
port of Hangchow on the east
to Lake Poyang on the west.
At some places the Red drive
had carried 200 miles south of
Yangtze.
A bhanghai garrison com
mand communique seemed to
indicate the fighting closest to
Shanghai was on a small scale.
Kaiting is on the Shanghai-
Nanking highway seven miles
north of the railway between
the two cities. Red troops thrus
ting along the rail line were
within 35 miles of Shanghai.
Commandeer Trucks
Inside this largest Asian city,
the nationalist garrison ordered
Chinese and foreign business
firms and some government
agencies to turn over 950 trucks
and 300 jeeps for "military pur
poses."
Foreign consulates, including
the American and British, were
interceding to try to keep the
garrison from commandeering
the foreign vehicles. Many Am
erican and British firms were
hard hit by the order. Some
were engaged in essential acti
vities. The garrison order told own
ers to deliver the vehicles with
drivers, spare tires and tools.
Failure to obey, the order said,
would be dealt with by law.
Since Shanghai is under martial
law, offenders could be execut
ed.
Red Drives Continued
The garrison did not give de
tails of the gigantic communist
operations southwest of Shang
hai but said the communists
were continuing their drive in
Kiangs and Chekiang provinces.
One communist drive, a com
munique said, was toward Nan-
chang, Kiangsi provincial capi
tal 380 air miles southwest of
Shanghai. The other was point
ed for Fukien province on the
southeast coast just below Che
kiang. (Fukien fronts on the big
island province of Formosa
which Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek reportedly has con
verted into a fortress for a last
nationalist stand.)
Shanghai newspapers said a
"state of siege" existed at Han
kow, central China industrial
center 600 miles up the Yangtze
from Shanghai. Hankow is the
northern terminus of the key
north-south railway to canton,
the nationalist provisional capi
tal.
(At Canton, acting President
Ll Tsung-Jen appeared to be
taking over the government
again after a tvo-week stay at
his home in Kweilin during
high-level jockeying over na
tionalist leadership.)
Bevin Reviews U. S.
Troops at Tempiehof
Berlin, May 9 UR) British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin
reviewed American troops at
Tempiehof airdrome today and
said he hoped the Big Four for
eign ministers meeting in Paris
May 23 would bring lasting
peace to Europe.
Bevin later went to Mclle in
the British zone of Germany
where he had talks slated with
Karl Arnold, state minister-pres
ident, and Kurt Schumacher, so
cial democratic party leader.
A student nurse and a pilot said
helped them survive a mountain-
a ttoyai anaaian mr rorcc
search plane Friday," he said.
Three para-rescue squad mem
bers made a dangerous Jump into
the rugged terrain Friday to
guide the couple out of the jungle-like
undergrowth to a log
ging skid-road. A truck took
them to a helicopter flown to
the area from Port Angeles,
Wash., yesterday.
The helicopter took Miss Cure
and Grant to Hope, B. C, where
they were picked up by an RC
AF Dakota transport for the 100
mile trip here. During the flight,
the Dakota developed engine
trouble and was forced to make
a landing at Abbotsburg. B. C.
A bomber carried them the re
mainder of the flight.
The helicopter was expected
to bring out the three para-rescue
crewmen today. Darkness
prevented the craft from bring
ing them out yesterday.
Rushed to Western
Zone Military Gover
nors for Approval
Bonn, Germany, May 9 VP)
The Germans at last have the
constitution for a new West
German republic democratic,
unarmed and pledged to peace.
Today It is being rushed to
western zone military governors
for final approval. The 11 West
German states' legislatures must
ratify it yet, too.
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Ameri
can military governor, said he
is trying to arrange a quick
meeting of the military gover
nors to approve the new consti
tution. Vote 55 to 12
Despite opposition from states
righters, some centrists and the
communists, the German con
stitutional convention approved
it, 53 to 12, last night.
German democracy was re
born on paper, at least four
years to the day after nazi Ger
many hopelessly conceded de
feat. The constitution leaves the
door open for the Russian zone
to join the new state if free
elections take place in Soviet
controlled East Germany.
The four-power council of
foreign ministers will discuss
the German question generally
in Paris May 23. Free elections
might be planned there.
Communists Opposed
However, at present German
communists say they are pro
ceeding with an "all-German
government" In the Russian
zone. They have Insisted on a
United Germany and opposed a
western state.
The constitutional convention
took eight months to draft the
146-page constitution.
Not mentioned In the final
document were the reservations
which the U. S.. British and
French made at Washington
April 8th when they agreed to
the proposed republic.
These are believed to include
control over basic relations be
tween Germany and the outside
world as well as security against
a revival of German militarism.
Each of the three western
powers would terminate military
government and appoint a high
commissioner. The three high
commissioners would be the top
authority in Germany.
Rescued from
in i . ii
waienau
Maupin ,Orc., May 9 VP) A
man and girl, who leaped from
their runaway boat only a few
feet before it crashed over a wa
terfall, were safe today after
a double dramatic rescue. -
R. H. Meyer, 35, Portland, was
hero of the first rescue. He pull
ed his 26-year-old companion,
Eileen Bcutcr, Portland, to a
rock in the middle of the De
schutes river a few seconds be
fore their boat hurtled over the
fall
A group of Maupin men car
ried out the second rescue. With
a boat and rope, they brought
Meyer and Miss Beuter to shore
after the two had clung for
hours to the mid-stream rock.
The Portland couple had set
out in the Deschutes river, 4
miles below here, with a rubber
boat and canoe paddles Satur
day. Throe hundred yards above a
10-foot waterfall the swift cur
rent seized their boat. It hur
tled, completely out of control,
downstream toward the water
fall. Only a few feet before reach
ing it, the two jumped out; and
Meyer, a strong swimmer, man
aged to tow the girl to a mid
stream rock. There they clung
until a group of men, assisted
by Stntc Policeman D. J. Casci
ator of The Dalles, tossed a line
fastened to a boat to Meyer,
and pulled the couple ashore.
Prince of Monaco
i; Dies at Age of 78
Monaco, May 9 VP) Princw
Louis II of Monaco died today.
Louis, who only last Thurs
day turned over his duties to
his grandson, Prince Ranier, had
been in ill health. He was 78.
He ruled the tiny principality
of Monaco since 1922 when he
succeeded his father, Prince Al
beit I.
Monaco extends over an area
of about six tenths of a square
mile of the rocky Mediterranean
coast, bordered by the Alp
Maritimes province of southern
France. Its principal source of
income comes from the famed
gambling casino at Monte Carlo
Prince Ranier, 25, now be
comes the ruler.