Pearson And
Newbry Feel
Public Anger
Wave of Resentment
Refuses to Down
Following Tax Ouster
Shanghai Cut
Off as Reds
Berlin Strikers
In Pitched Battle
Push Attack
i
Sea Lane Menaced
As Fire Blazes Across
Whangpoo River
With Commies
61st Year, No. 121
EnUrMl u Meond clu
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Salem, Oregon, Saturday, May 21, 1949
Neveda Divorce
Legion's 40 et 8
East Berlin Rail Men
Demand Payment
In Western Marks
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Granted to Wife Annual 'Wreck'
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Br JAMES D. OLSON
Nothing of a political nature
in Oregon in yean haa resulted
In the wave o( resentment
throughout the state following
the ouster of Earl L. Fisher and
Wallace S. Wharton, tax com
missioners, by a coalition be
tween republican Secretary of
state fcari T. Newbry and demo
cratic State Treasurer Walter
J, Pearson,
These two officials, over the
vehement protest of Governor
Douglas McKay,' last Monday
replaced the two veteran tax
commissioners with Ray Smith
Portland lodge secretary, and
Robert MacLean, Lincoln coun
ty commissioner and rancher.
Adverse expression to the ac
tion of thecmajority members of
the board followed speedily.
-Vrit came editorials in both
' metropolitan and upstate news
papers unanimously protesting
replacement of the long-time
experienced men on the com
mission with untried, inexperi
enced political appointees.
Law Cited in Case
Then State Senator Frank H.
Hilton dispatched a letter to
Gov. McKay pointing to a sec
tion of the Oregon code relating
to qualifications of tax commis
sioners. This section requires
that "each commissioner shall
be skilled and expert in mat
ters of taxation." Hilton implied
that neither of the appointees
could meet this qualification
and suggested that Gov. McKay
obtain an opinion from the at
torney general with a view of
estopping the two men from
taking office on June 4.
Even the possibility of a re
call against Newbry and Pear
son has been suggested.
Hector MacPhearson, former
professor of political science at
Oregon State college and
member of the state legislature
in four sessions, is considering
possibilities of sponsoring a re
call movement against Newbry
and Pearson. MacPhearson said
that he was checking around the
valley to get the reaction of va
rious political figures and indi
cated that he would not pro
ceed unless he was assured of a
reasonably large backing.
included on Pate 5, Column 1)
Of Roosevelt Jr
Loucks Heads
Hospital Drive
Alfrd W. Loucks, Salem civic
leader and fuel oil distributor
was selected today as city man
ager of the $300,000 general
lifts campaign of the Salem
hosoital program.
The announcement was made
by Charles A. Sprague, spokes
man for the drive steering com
mittee, who said that Loucks
was asked because "this import
ant committee must be headed
by a person who is able and well
, versed in management wun
record of outstanding commun
ity service. The Salem hospital
drive is the type of project that
comes once in a lifetime and it
is imperative that the program
h nlaced in able hands."
Loucks is vice president of
the Salem Community Chest
he served that organizatoin
as advance gifts head in 1947
nd cenera! chairman last year.
He is 0n the board of directors
of the YMCA and the Salem
Khrine club.
Other civic activities include
service on the committees of the
Freedom Tram, governors re
ception, Salem Memorial audi-
tnrium. blood program and Sa-
Klem Breakfast club. He serves
as deacon in the Presbyterian
church and is a member oi K.1
wanis.
The advance gifts solicitation
is now in its fifth week and Is
progressing satisfactorily, ac
cording to reports from Ford
Watkins. who is general chair
man for the campaign. Other
leaders in the drive are Dr
James Sears who heads the doc
otrs' division, and Thomas Mc
Neill, rural chairman.
The members of the steering
committee of the hospital pro
.rum are Mai Rudd, Tom Win
dishar. Loyal Warner, Clair
Brown, James Walton, Paul
Wallace. W. L. Phillips, Sr., Leo
K fhilds. Carl Hogg, v.
Sc-rague, Linn Smith and Ford
Watkins.
THE WEATHER
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Victn
iiv Mmtlv fair tonight and Bun-
day. Slightly warmer Sunday.
Lowest temperature tonlaht near
44 degrees, highest Sunday near
78 deRrees. WJIIUIWOIM muauy
favorable for larm activity sun
div. Maximum yesterday M.
Minimum today (1. Mean tern-
rrature yesterday 58 which waa
above normal. Total 34-hour
precipitation to 11:30 a m. toca
11 Total precipitation for t'.ie
month 1M which Is 43 Inch
above no mill. Willamette river
tielaht 22 feet.
Staged in Salem
Minden, Nev., May 11 (Pi-
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr,
today divorced the son of for
mer President Roosevelt.
The decree was granted by
District Judge Harry Watson on
Mrs. Roosevelt s charge of ex
treme mental cruelty. The court
approved an agreement, dated
March 10, determining custody
and support of two children and
property rights.
Mrs. Roosevelt, the former
Ethel Du Pont, had no comment
whatever.
The private hearing; before
Judge Watson was brief. Mrs
Roosevelt wore a brown suit and
a small brown hat.
Her attorney brought the case
to this town, 50 miles south of
Reno, to avoid publicity.
"may Be President"
Mrs. Roosevelt arrived here
April 8, under an assumed name.
But her identity soon became
known. She had hoped the di
vorce would escape public no
tice. Young Roosevelt then was
in the midst of his first cam
paign for public office, climaxed
this week by his election to con
gress from the late Sol Bloom's
district to New York.
Yesterday, her attorney. Geo.
Springmeyer, asked the press to
treat the divorce with "de
corum."
Alter an, ne told a news
conference, "Mr. Roosevelt some
day may be president of the
United States."
(Because the son of the late
president was born in Canada
there is a constitutional question
wnetner he could be president.)
Held Not Eligible
That question of elieibiltv
however, has never been ruled
on, it was pointed out today bv
experts in tne law library of the
u.s. supreme court.)
Springmeyer appeared horri-
fied when reporters greeted him
as ne walked into the courtroom
Fifteen minutes after the hear
ing ended, Mrs. Roosevelt re
mained secluded behind the
courtroom doors while the attor
ney argued vainly trying to per
suade reporters to leave.
The 34-year-old Roosevelt
married Ethel DuPont at her
family, mansion at Greenville,
Del., in June, 1937, at a time
when his president-father was
being criticized as a "soak the
rich" advocate.
Maintaining the tieht-limied
silence she has displayed with
but one exception since her ar
rival six weeks ago, Mrs. Roose
velt had no comment to make
about her divorce. In fact, she
had nothing to say about any
thing.
Cup of Coffee
Proves Costly
Louis R. German, Kansas Ci
ty, Mo., was fined $33 in police
court Saturday as the climax to
series of events which came
after he drank a cup of coffee.
German was traveling south
on Commercial street, drank
some coffee from a thermos bot
tle, and placed the container on
the seat of his car. When it fell
to the floor, he reached over to
retrieve it
His car smashed into a parked
auto registered to E. M. Barnes,
26S S. Commercial, and the
Barnes car was tossed against
another machine and toppled
parking meter.
The force of the impact drove
German's car under the rear of
the Barnes auto, lifting the rear
wheels from the ground. Ger
man's car was so badly dam
aged It had to be towed away.
He was treated for cuts by first
aid.
The Missourian was then ar
rested for reckless driving, and
fined $35.
Salem streets were turned into
a medley of wild action early
Saturday afternoon, as the state
American Legion's 40 et 8
"wreck" made its annual Salem
Invasion.
Pranks and horseplay were
flourishing recklessly, with no
signs of a letup until some time
in the night.
The helpless males, dressed in
all sorts of weird costumes and
being ordered around by a hard
boiled gang of overseers among
the "goofs" who will be for
mally initiated into the 40 et 8
honor group of the Legion, Sat
urday night.
Banquet and Induction
Formal induction ceremonies
will take place in the armory
following a banquet at fl 30. But
first each "goof must go
through the less organized in
itiation ordeals, which, judging
by some of the stunts staged
in previous years. Is quite a test
of endurance sometimes.
An American Legion member
becomes a "goof" when he is
accepted by his local post into
its 40 et 8 voiture. And he re
mains a "goof until he formally
takes the 40 et 8 oath at services
conducted by a ritualistic team
at a state meet.
30 "Goofs" Taken In
Provided they survive the In
itiation exercises being handed
them Saturday afternoon, about
30 "goofs" will stand before the
ritualistic team to become full
fledged member of the 40 et 8
during tonight's services in the
armory.
Posts from throughout the
state have sent their "goofs" to
Salem for initiation. All in all
over 300 delegates are on hand
for the 12-hour session which
began at noon.
The grand cheminots, the state
executive committee of the 40
et 8, will conduct a breakfast
meeting at the Legion club Sun
day morning.
Officials of Wreck
One member of Salem's Capi
tal t-osi no., v wui oecome a
member of 40 et 8 Saturday
night. He is Marion Lamb, who
has devoted much time to local
Legion affairs since World War
II. especially in serving on the
food committee.
Serving as general chairman
for this year'a wreck is John
Wood. Committee chairmen are
Sephus Starr, fjnance; Chet
Zumwalt, tickets: Ted Brabeck,
banking; John Olson, banquet;
Ethan Grant, publicity; Walter
Kirk, housing; A. J. Fielen, dis
tinguished guests; Lawrence Os
terman, law and order; Jess
George, refreshments; F. W
Poorman, goofs; Kelly Owens
special events; Art Johnson, rit
ualistic teams.
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Academic Juvenility Faculty members at Parrish Junior
high school agreed to dress like and somewhat emulate the
activities of their pupils during Friday. Shown are some of
the teachers in the school gym practicing a yell under the
leadership of Carl E. Ashenbrenner, principal. Front row,
from left: Fred Perin, Ralph DaMetz, Roy Foster, Margaret
Simms, Gretchen Kreamer, Mabel Carder and Kay Groghan.
Second row, from left: Georgia Rowell, Willma Wright, Fannie
Douglas, Leona Golz, Frances Dix, Marjorie Johnson, Etta
White, May Hole, Rosemary Wiles and Florence Emerson.
Third row, from left: Albert Johnston, Marjorie White, Anne
Smedley, Maybelle Burch, Constance . Weinman, Marjorie
White, Anne Smedley, Maybelle Burch, Constance Weinman,
Madalene Suko, Doris Ranson, Helen Cherry, Loraine Meusey
and Maxine Heringer. Fourth row, from left: Charles Owens,
Clay Egelston, Bob Voigt, Karl Thelen, Neil Broun, Henry
Landis, Mary Robinson and Vernie Schachtler.
Knights of Columbus
Open State Convention
The first contingents of delegates to the annual Knights of
Columbus convention in Salem arrived early Saturday for regis
tration and pre-assembly meetings at the Marlon and Sentor
hotels. '. - i.
Nearly 50 of an estimated 600 to 700 convention delegates
were registered before noon, and
fourth degree assembly, held
Wreckage Sighted
Of Two Jet-Planes
Williams Air Force Base,
Ariz., May 21 () Wreckage,
believed to be that of two F-80
jet fighters missing since last
night, was spotted this morning
35 miles southeast of Florence,
Ariz., by one of the 17 planes
engaged in the search.
A ground rescue squad is now
on the way to the scene, offi
cials at this base said.
The wreckage was discovered
by Maj. George W. Adams, fly
ing a T-6 trainer from Williams
airforce base.
Taking part in the search
were three planes from the air-
sea rescue service at March air
force base. California.
The jets failed to return last
night to their base here from a
routine training flight. , Search
for the planes is extending from
Phoenix to Tucson, Ariz.
Polk County Voters Reject
Proposed Road Tax Levy
Dallas. Ore.. May 21 Thirty of the 36 precincts in Polk county
rejected a proposed 10-mill road tax levy by more than a two to
one vote at a sccial election Friday which resulted in a vote of
1351 to 717 against the proposal with but one precinct. South
Falls City, not yet reporting.
Approving the road tax were
the following precincts: Salt
Lake (Perry dale), Jackson
(Ballston), Spring Valley, Pedee
and Rock Creek (Valsetz). The
favorable votes were cast in
sections of the county hardest
hit by the severe winter, Ball
ston approving the tax by a
vote of 43 to 1.
Independence and Monmouth
went strongly against the tax,
one Independence precinct stan
ding 73 to 3 against it while the
total vote there was 218 to 21
against, a margin of ten to one.
Rejection of the special tax vir-
the Independence bridge over a
12-year period.
The special levy was designed
to raise $480,000 over a three
year period for the general Im
provement of county roads.
Though the vote was adverse,
some money will be available
for thia purpose under the 6.3
mill road tax still paid by rural
taxpayers. Under the proposal
this would have been Increased
3.7 mills to bring the amount to
the 10 mills set for city resi
dents. Voting throughout the county
was comparatively light, Sher-
tually eliminates S240.000 that iff T. B. Hooker estimating It at
IJ had been included lor use or 30 percent.
Voters Approve
School Budget
Aoproximately 800 voters out
of a possible 22,000 went to the
polls Friday afternoon to p a s s
judgment on a Salem district
school budget of $z,0H5,uuu. Tne
vote was necessary because the
budget exceeded the 6 percent
limitation by some $700,000
which the voters approved 434
to 358.
Incorporation of Salem
Heights and the Pleasant Point
schools within the consolidated
Salem district was approved by
all three sections involved, 496
to 358.
The east section of the Salem
district, involving suburban ter
ritory went against the budget
which carried by a favorable ma
jority within the city proper.
The vote by precincts on the
budget was: East SO for, 63
against; West 42 for, 38 against;
North 230 for, 186 against;
South 112 for, 71 against.
All Salem precincts voted 496
to 270 for the Incorporation of
the two additional districts;
Pleasant Point voted 20 to 2 In
favor of consolidation and Salem
Heights 130 to 80 for inclusion.
Gatch Speaker for
Memorial Day
Plans for the annual observ
ance of Memorial day are pro
gressing with Don Madison, pres
ident of the Federated Patriotic
Societies, announcing that Vice
Adm. Thomas Gatch, RNR and
former resident of Salem, the
principal speaker.
Military and patriotic organi
zations planning to take part are
asked to notify Col. Carle Ab
rams, who will also be grand
marshal of the parade, which
starts from Marion square at
10:30 o'clock.
Official observance will be at
the court house at 1 1 o'clock with
the day to start with annual wa
ter rites from the Marlon-Polk
county bridge.
Representatives of patriotic
organizations, with massed flags,
will attend services at the First
Presbvterian church Sunday
May 29.
Fort Stevens for Sale
Astoria. Ore., May 21 (UP)
Historic old Fort Stevens was
up for sale today. The fort, only
continental united States bastion
to be under attack since the War
of 1812, has been transferred by
the army to the War Assets Ad
I ministration for disposal.
in conjunction with the con
ference, opened at 2 o'clock.
Other pre-conference pro
cedure, including the naming of
convention committees was
scheduled to start at 5 p.m.
The social highlight of the
three-day meeting in Salem is
scheduled for Sunday night
when Judge Frank Lonergan is
expected to address the assem
bly with a speech on the Ameri
can heritage.
Among the list of church and
public leaders who have been
invited to the Sunday banquet
are Archbishop Edward D.
Howard of Portland, Governor
Douglas McKay and other top
state officials.
A buffet luncheon at the May
flower hall Saturday night will
close the organized activity for
the first day.
A Knights of Columbus mass
will be sung at St. Vincent de
Paul's church Sunday morning,
and the convention will formally
open at 1:30 p.m.
A tour for delegates has also
been arranged for Sunday aft
ernoon and a formal tea for
wives has also been listed as a
Sunday event.
The convention will convene
for its final sessions on Monday
with the opening set for 10 a.m.
and the closing expected late in
the afternoon.
The convention will be in
charge of Sylvester Smith, state
deputy from St. Paul. "
Dan Hay, national convention
chairman for the 67th annual
meeting of the Knights of Co
lumbus, is expected to be one
of the speakers on the Sunday
program in Salem.
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Senate Boosts
Detroit Funds
Washington, May 21 UP)
Following are Pacific northwest
and Alaska projects included in
the flood control and waterways
bill passed by the senate yester
day (first figure is amount ap
proved by senate; second in
brackets is amount approved
by house as allocated by army
engineers):
Rivers and harbors:
Alaska Nome harbor, $701
000 ($701,000); Wrangell nar
rows, $343,000 ($343,000).
Oregon Columbia river at
Bonneville, $1,500,000 ($1,030,-
000); Columbia and lower Wil
lamette rivers, below Vancou
ver, Wash., and Portland, Ore
$160,800 $111,000); Coos Bay,
$1,500,000 $(687,000); Depot
Bay, $442,000 (none); McNary
lock and dam, Columbia river,
Ore., and Wash., $40,000,000
($27,479,480); Umpqua river,
S1UU.UUU ($100,000); Yaquina
bay and harbor, $35,000 ($24,
000). Flood control:
Oregon Cottage Grove res
ervoir, $14,000 ($104,200); De
troit reservoir, $11,300,000 ($8,
408,200); Dorena reservoir $2,
9 2 4.000 ($2,175,700); Fern
Ridge re s e r v o i r, $208,000
($154,800); Lookout Point res
ervoir, $11,000,000 ($8,185,000);
Milton Freewater, $710,700
($528,800); Willamette river,
bank protection, $500,000
($371,100).
Shanghai, May 21 11 Snang
hai today was cut off by air, her
sea lane was menaced, and great
fires biased across the river to
the east and north where Red
besiegers are on the attack.
One of the fires burned at the
Standard Vacuum depot on
Gough island, eight miles north
of downtown Shanghai. At least
one tank was ablaze at this big
gest oil installation in east Asia.
Lungwha air port, five miles
to the south, suspended opera
tions. The menace of nearby
Red artillery was too great. Of
ficials said, however, flights
might be resumed later in the
day. .
Plane Lands Under Fire
Despite the suspension, a Chi
nese National Aviation corpora
tion plane from Tokyo made a
two-m i n u t e landing to the
crackle of small arms fire near
by.
It hastily discharged A. S.
Brown, Peekskill, N.Y., new fis
cal officer for the U.S. consu
late. John Stutesman, Mendham,
N.J., the vice-consul, then got
aboard and the plane roared off
for Hong Kong. Stutesman is
headed for home on leave.
Three Chinese civilian planes
at the airport were comman
deered by the military. They
were standing by to take out
biggies (high Chinese officials
still in Shanghai.)
Fighting Ebbs and Flows
The garrison commander or
dered all but military traffic off
the Whangpoo Shanghai s sea
lane during afternoon hours,
Red small arms fire has been
hitting junks and sampans on
the river.
The fighting ebbed and flow
ed around Potung, the industrial
district across the Whangpoo
from Shanghai. It raged through
the night It continued under
soggy skies this morning.
At one time last night, 27
tires could be counted in and be
yond the Pootung district.
Buckley Inspects
Salem Naval Unit
Flying here from Seattle,
Capt A. E. Buckley, USN, com
manding officer of the Naval
Air Reserve training unit at
Sand Point, Seattle, stopped at
McNary field briefly Saturday
morning to Inspect the Salem
naval air facility.
Buckley, a graduate of the
U.S. Naval academy at Annapo
lis In 1927 and active in naval
aviation for 20 years, March 18
replaced Capt C. F. Greber as
commander of the unit at Sand
Point
After a short conference In
Salem with Lt. Cmdr. Wallace
Hug. Capt. Buckley left Salem
for Astoria, planning to arrive
there before noon.
Farm Labor Camp
Reopens Monday
The farm labor camp, occupy
ing former barracks buildings
east of Turner road and the Sa
lem airport grounds, will open
up Monday morning for farm
labor occupants.
This was announced Saturday
following a meeting of the di
rectors of Salem Agricultural
Inc., and members of the Wil
lamette Cherry Growers.
The directors are William J.
Linfoot, Lynn C. Smith and
Bruce Spauldlng, and Frank
Crawford Is chairman of the
cherry growers committee.
It was decided to hurry the
opening of the camp because of
the acute shortage of strawber
ry pickers. Occupation of the
housing will be carried through
the harvest season.
Break in Levees
Floods Land
Rosser, Tex., May 11 W) The
rampaging Trinity river broke
through its levee near Rosser,
Tex., early today and flood wa
ters rolled out over 11,000 of the
richest acres in Texas.
C. F. Swenson of the U. S.
engineers in Fort Worth said a
38-foot rise spelled curtains for
the levees that hundreds of farm
ers and volunteers had worked
so hard to defend.
The levees at Rosse are about
thiry-seven and one-half feet.
Shortly after midnight, the
swollen river topped the levees.
Since Thursday night, hun
dreds of men had toiled wearily,
sandbagging the threatened lev
ees. Farm equipment and livestock
had been moved to high ground.
So rich is the'land being flood
ed that it is called "The Texas
Valley of the NUe."
Had Greyhounds
But Wrong Kind
Portland May 21 When
Mrs. R. W McComb answered
the telephone, someone asked
"Do you have greyhounds
there?"
It turned out she did have
greyhounds. She raises them.
"Well." the voice continued,
"when does the next one leave
for Salem?"
Things got confused then, un
til Mrs. McComb finally con
vinced the voice that she was
not the Greyhound bus depot.
Berlin, May 21 (" Twelve
thousand striking railway work
ers fought young communists
cast in the role of strike break
ers today in nearly a doxen sta
tions of Berlin's elevated railway.
Hundreds were injured dur
ing the fighting, which raged
through the morning. The out
break shut off rail shipment
to western Berlin and threaten
ed to force the city back to th
austerity of the blockade period.
An elevated passenger train
was set ablaze during one melee.
Clothing was torn from women
who got into the fight.
Demand Western Marks
Western Berlin police said
Maj. Gen. Pavel Kvashnin,
transport chief of the Soviet
zone, was insulted and threat
ened by a group of strikers at
the Tempelhof elevated station
in the American sector.
The police said they gave
Kvashnin protection from the
strikers and he was able to drive
away in his staff automobile
without physical injury.
This is the crux of the situa
tion: The Soviet appointed
reichsbahn management con
trols both zonal railroads and
Berlin's entire elevated line.
Railway workers went out on
strike early today to enforce
their demand for payment of
wages in west marks instead of
east marks. West marks are
four times as valuable as the
Soviet zone currency. East
marks are banned in the west
Girls Utilised
Fighting broke out when the
Russian-controlled management
sent squads of militant young
communists, including teen age
girla, into the western sector of
the city to "recapture" elevated
stations seized by the antl-com-
munist strikers.
The strikers outnumbered the
communist strike breakers. Both
sides fought with clubs, showers
of stones and their fists.
Western Berlin police fought
side by side with the strikers
against the communists and So
viet-controlled railway police.
In breaking up one fight the po
licemen tired their pistols into
the air. That was the only shoot
ing. Western allied officials main
tained a hands-off attitude in '
connection with the walkout but
were sympathetic toward the
strikers.
Preliminary Session Held
By Big 4 Prime Ministers
Paris, May 21 P The foreign ministers of Britain, France and
the United States met here today to forge a common front in
preparation for Monday's Big Four conference on the future of
Germany.
Secretary of Slate Dean Acheson of the U. S. and Foreign Sec
retary Ernest Bevin of Britain
met In French Foreign Minister
Robert Schuman's office In com
pany with their top experts on
Germany problems.
They had before them a de
tailed plan for German policy
drafted by their deputies during
the week.
The deputies' recommenda
tion are secret and probably will
remain so until after the Big
Four conference starts. Well-informed
officials, however, pre
dict that the ministers will ap
prove It quickly. It was worked
out under guidance of the min
isters themselves.
Well-informed French sources
said the report embraces a proj
ect for a provisional, semi-uni
fied German regime, which
would maintain soma liaison be
tween a newly-formed West Ger
man state and a regime in proc
ess of formation in the Soviet
occupation zone.
The plan also is said to con
tain provisions for exchanging
West marks and Soviet zone
currency, and arrangements to
stimulate trade between the two
sections of Germany.
The western powers are ex
pected to urge extension of the
West German constitution to all
of Germany, but will offer semi-
unification if Russia refused to
put the Soviet, rone under the
constitution.
The foreign ministers' confer
ence will open Monday after
noon at an hour dependent upon
the arrival of Russia's foreign
minister Vuhinsky.
Greek Crisis
Before Big 4'
Washington, May 21 (P) Di
plomats said today the United
States and Britain may hold the
door open to further behind-the-scenes
discussions of the Greek
situation with Russia if the
Soviets are still interested.
They said there is some doubt
Russia would engage In such
talks, following the flat stand
taken by the two western na
tions on Soviet proposals for
settlement of the Greek civil
war. And they predicted further
that the west will reject any
Russian suggestion which could
give the communists a atrong
new foothold in Greece.
The state department stressed
yesterday that any actual set
tlement will have to be handled
within the United Nations, where
Greece can sit in on the discus
sions. But western officials ap
parently are ready to hold in
formal talks on the matter any
time the Russians want to do so.
In any case, the next step is
up to the Russians unless offi
cials here and in London devise
some new move to resume the
three-power talks which were
disclosed yesterday.
Wartime Air Ace
Dies in Jet Crash
Maupln, Ore., May 21 W A
young wartime ace credited with
downing 23 German planes died
yesterday In the flaming crash
of his F-R4 jet tighter on t h
Bleak tableland near here.
The armed forces information
service in San Francisco Identi
fied the pilot as Capt. Ray H.
Llttge, 25, whose widow and
voung son live at Hamilton
Field, Calif. His mother, Mrs.
Martha Lichtncgger, makes her
home at Altenburg, Mo.
Among the decorations Capt.
Llttge received during the war
were the distinguished service
cross, silver star and air medal
with 15 clusters.
The F-84 was one of a flight
of three flying from Hamilton
Field to Moses Lake, Wash. An
eye witness said the plane plung
ed to earth it top speed and dis
integrated when It hit