Voice Demanded
By Marines in
Armed Services
Series of Amendments
Offered to Revise
Unification Laws
Roaring Battle
Follows Reds
Shanghai Entry
61st Year, No. 124
Enured u Mcond cUu
natur tit Slom. Ortioa
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, May 25, 1949
G apital A JouraaJ
Russian Peace
Feelers Rejected
In Berlin Strike
Rail Workers to
Continue Five Day
Lay-off
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Washington, May 25 Two
ex-marines came out fighting on
the senate floor today to five
the marine eorpi more voice In
the unified armed services.
Senator Douglas (D-Ill) and
McCarthy (R-Wis), who served
in the marines during the war.1
were joined by Senator i lan
ders (R-Vt) in that proposal.
They offered a series of
amendments to pending legisla
tion to revise the law that uni
fied the army, navy and air
forces.
One would give the comman
dant of marines a place and
vote on the joint chiefs of staff
whenever that top-level agency
was considering a matter invol
ving the marine corps or their
specialty of amphibious warfare.
Amendments Offered
Normally only the heads of
the army, air force and the na
vy are members of the joint
chiefs. The navy represents the
marines. The pending bill would
add a permanent chairman to
the joint chiefs.
Another amendment would
spell out functions of the ma
rines and eliminate a present
requirement for coordination
with the army and give a boost
to the army.
It would give the army au
thority to operate "tacticaf
close-support" aviation. This is
a duty now handled by the air
force, some navy aviation, ana
marine aviation.
Flanders hit at an amendment
by Senator Morse which would
let the secretary of defense shift
around functions of military
personnel. The marines fear
that fighting duties might be
taken from the corps.
Oppose Morse Amendments
Morse argues that the secre
tary of defense ought to have
more authority and be able to
"knock some heads together
down at the Pentagon."
After the ex-marines propos
als were offered, the .senate
slapped down 46 to 26 Morse's
Idea of giving the defense sec
retary a free hand in shifting
personnel among the services.
That was a key item in
Morse's plan to give the secre
tary head-knocking powers.
Unless Secretary Johnson can
deal this way with top leaders
of the army, navy and air force
and cut out "tinsel and title,
Morse said, there never will be
either "true unification" or the
multi-million-dollar savings that
real unification would bring.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 5)
Public Health
Meet
Friday
A number of Salem and Mar
ion county residents will be in
Portland Thursday and Friday
for the annual meeting of the
Oregon Tuberculosis and Health
association to be held in the
Masonic temple. The group
will include Mrs. Agnes Booth,
Mrs. Robert Wulfj-C. A. Schaef
er. Dr. Henry Morrisi Mrs. Ruby
Bunnell and County Judge
Grant Murphy. A number of
others from the county depart
ment of health will also attend
Judge Murphy will give a his
torical background of Marion
county, in respect to its effect
on the health of the community
Principal speakers during the
conference will be Miss Dorothy
Nyswander, Ph.D., professor of
health education at the Univer
sity of California, who speaks
Thursday on the subject, "The
Importance of Volunteers in
Solving Local Health Prob
lems," and Dr. H. McLeod Rig
gins of New York City. Dr,
Riggins, nationally known au
thority on streptomycin, will
speak Friday on "The Role of
Research in the Control of Tu
berculosis."
Board members of the Marion
County Tuberculosis and Health
association will compose a panel
on "Health Education Planning
in action.'
Skyscraper Kite
Flying Kills Youth
New York, May 25 UP) Atop
a five-story building, Rubin
Ubinas, IS, was trying to get a
new kite into the air yesterday.
His eyes fixed on the kite, he
walked backward towards the
roof s edge.
From a nearby rooftop, An
thony Martin, 17. saw the dan
ger. He tried to leap a 10-foot
airshaft to stop Ubinas. The
shaft was too wide. Martin didn't
make the other side.
Simultaneously, the two boys
plunged to the ground. Ubinas
was killed. Martin was reported
la critical condition today at a
j nospitai.
Allies Demand
Political Unity
Of Germany
Paris, May 25 UP) The three
western powers today demanded
the political unification of Ger
many as a condition for German
economic unity, French sources
reported.
The American, British and
French foreign ministers took
this position in replying to So
viet Foreign Minister Andrei Y.
Vishinsky, who yesterday insist
ed upon reestablishment of the
four-power allied control coun
cil for Germany. The council
has not functioned since the
Russians walked out of it almost
year ago The western min
isters contend the council had
been greatly hampered by So
viet vetoes.
Ask New Attempt
why not make one more at
tempt to reestablish the council
if the three-power organization
in the western zones was such a
success? Vishinsky asked, ac
cording to American sources.
Vishinsky was referring to
the statements made yesterday
by the western ministers that a
return to the status of the Pots
dam declaration now would be
disastrous for Germany The
Allied Control council was set
up by the Potsdam declaration.
The American informant said
Vishinsky pictured the Soviet
government as dissatisfied with
western claims against progress
being made in the joined west
ern zones of Germany.
Russians Dissatisfied
The Russians are not convinc
ed, he added, that the demili
tarization and denazification in
the west are completed.
"If we are not able to unify
Germany, then what shall we
do with the Potsdam agree
ment?" Vishinsky asked. "Why
discuss unity? Why are we
here?"
(Concluded on Page 3, Column 61
Storm Signals
For Big Bills
Washington, May 25 UP) The
administration's housing and
foreign aid programs were im
perilled today by a house econ
omy drive which yesterday
helped bowl over a military pay
raise bill.
The storm signals were up for
all pending measures involving
big money.
Impressed by the 227 to 163
vote that sent the $400,000,000
a year military pay bill back to
committee to the accompani
ment of demands for economy,
administration leaders came up
with a compromise the hope
may save their foreign aid bill.
The aid measure, financing
the European recovery work of
the economic cooperation ad
ministration, faces its big test
in the house tomorrow.
It already has been chopped
up by the appropriations com
mittee, which whacked $629,-
730,000 from the $4,198,200,000
President Truman wanted for
ECA for the 12 months starting
July 1.
This cut is almost half a bil
lion dollars bigger than was or
dered by a subcommittee that
wrote the bill.
The administration wants at
least the $4,015,900,000 approv
ed by the subcommittee.
Admiral Gatch
Memorial Day
Final plans for the annual observance of Memorial day next
Monday are announced by Col. Carle Abrams, grand marshal of
the parade; Col. G. Spaur, chief of staff and Lt. Col. H. H. Lyon,
adjutant, with the reviewing stand in front of the J. C. Penney
store on North Liberty.
Adm. Thomas E. Gatch, USN
and former Salem resident, will
give the main address-from the
west court house steps. He will
be escorted by the Salem high
school band and a naval guard
of honor. The usual ceremonies
will be carried out, including
the placing of wreaths at the
American War Mothers memor
ial. The parade will pass in five
divisions, forming at Marion
Square at 10:30 o'clock and mov
ing 15 minutes later. The line
of march will be South Com
mercial to State; east to Liberty;
north to Court; east to High and
south to State where it will dis
band after the program.
Col. Spaur will command the
first division which has as com
ponents the Salem high school
band. Col. Abrams and staff,
color guard, reviewing party in
a u t o m o b 1 1 ei: distinguished
guests and Major J. Cattroll,
liaison officer.
Commanding the second di
vision will be Lt Col. Sydney
Hoffman with troops of the arm
ed forces, army organized re
serve units, Oregon nationallorganizations.
Last Honors Paid
James Forrestal
At Arlington
Washington, May 25 UP) The
nation paid last honors today to
James V. Forrestal,
Led by President and Mrs.
Truman, high officials of the
government and leaders in the
United States' business life gath
ered where the unknown sol
dier lies, in funeral services for
the first secretary of defense.
Bright sunshine bathed Arling
ton national cemetery for the
ceremonies.
Forrestal died in the early
hours of Sunday in a leap from
a tower at the Bethesda Naval
hospital where he had been un
der treatment after a collapse
from overwork. He left behind
a book opened at a Greek poetic
passage taken as a clue to his
last thoughts:
'Better to die and sleep the
never-waking sleep, than linger
on and dare to live, when the
soul's life is gone."
The 57-year-old former sec
retary of defense was buried
with high military honors.
Salute Guns Boom
The boom of a saluting gun
sounded when his body reached
the main gates and continued
as it was slowly conducted to
the cemetery's amphitheater.
The salutes sounded, one a
minute, until 19 guns were fir
ed. Diplomats in top hats, govern
ment officials and high digni
taries sat in white marble boxes.
The cabinet was with President
Truman and Vice ' President
Barkley.
The nation s four leading mil
itary men sat together in one
box near the entrance. ten
Omar N. Bradley, army chief
of staff, rubbed shoulders with
General Clifton B. Cates, com
mandant marine corps. Adm.
Louis E. Denfeld, chief of naval
operations, sat beside Gen. Hoyt
S. Vandenberg, air force chief
of staff.
Bishop Heads Procession
Ahead of the coffin marched
the Right Rev. Wallace E. Conk
ling, bishop of the Episcopal
church diocese of Chicago, and
Rear Adm. William N. Thomas,
navy chief of chaplains.
Bishop Conkling, a close
friend of the Forrestal family,
read from the 46th and the 130th
Psalms "God is our hope and
strength, an ever present help
in trouble.
"Therefore we will not fear,
though the earth be moved, and
though the hills be carried into
the midst of the sea."
Arid from the 130th Psalm,
"My soul layeth unto the Lord
before the morning watch."
President Truman stood at
the head of the casket as the
service was read.
Mrs. Forrestal and her sons.
Michael and Peter, attended pri
vate services and were not seen
among those in the amphithea
ter. New Wheat Plan
Spokane, May 25 VP) A plan
to control wheat production on
the basis of the number of bush
els sold rather than the acreage
grown will be sent to congress
by the Pacific northwest -farm
council.
The recommendation came
out of the semi-annual meeting
of the council's six Washington
and Oregon groups yesterday.
Speaker
Exercises
guard, naval reserve, air force
reserve and Maj. R. N. Phillips,
liaison officer.
Don Madison, general chair
man for the day, heads the third
division which will have all pa
triotic organizations, Including
the Willamette university band,
Spanish American War Veter
ans, American Legion, Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary, Veterans
of Foreign Wars and all others
with Major K. Flory liaison of
ficer. Heading the fourth division
with Salem schools, will be Paul
Thoralson with Sgt. G. C
Schroeher liaison officer. This
section will have the Parrish
junior high school band and the
Salem schools.
Command of the fifth division
is under Maj. Reginald Williams
with all Salem civilian organi
zations in line. These will be the
Leslie Junior high school band.
Boy Scouts, police reserves,
American Red Cross, Salem rid
ing club, Governor's mounted
guard, Salvation Army, Salem
day nursery, and all Fraternal
Salem to Coast Bus Service Starts First to buy a ticket
and board a bus out of Salem when the new Pacific Coast Lines
started operations between Salem and Newport Wednesday
was Mrs. Grace Beach, going to Ocean Lake to visit her pub
lisher son, Jerry Sittser. She is shown here as she is about to
board the bus. Next in line, following her, is Ori Ewell, 1766
Broadway. Mrs. Lou Wilson, 430 North 14th, is the lady
fartherest left, and behind her is Lee Swartzendruber, asso
ciated with the bus operation H. G. Cooper, Trailways agent
is talking to the passengers. With backs to camera are Mrs.
John Ratzlaff and small son and an unidentified man. The
driver is Marl Sydnam. Another passenger, not in picture,
was Floyd McNall, who has the cafe at the terminal.
New Bus Line Begins
Salem-Coast Service
Mrs. Grace Beach, 1740 North Fifth street, was the first pas
senger to buy a ticket and the first to board an outgoing dus,
when the new Pacific Coast Lines began running buses between
Salem and Newport Wednesday morning.
And the first passenger to get off a bus in-coming from the
Assert Bridges
To Be Indicted
San Francisco, May 25 UP)
The CIO longshore union charg
ed today "the administration
has ordered" the indictment of
Harry Bridges, the union presi
dent. U.S. Attorney Frank Hennes
sey said a federal grand Jury to
day would consider an "import
ant indictment."
He declined further comment
except to say, "I have strict or
ders from Washington not to
say anything about this.
The statement issued by the
International L o n gshoremen's
and Warehousemen's union
headauarters did not say on
what grounds indictment of
Bridges had been "ordered."
One of the key figures in the
1939 Bridges deportation hear
ing arrived here from Washing
ton. - He is John P. Boyd, special
assistant to Attorney General
Tom Clark. He declined com
ment on his mission. He told a
reporter last night, "111 be
happy to talk to you tomorrow."
Bridges, an Australian, was
termed an "energetic radical"
but not a communist in findings
submitted to the then Secretary
of Labor Frances Perkins after
the 1939 hearing. He became
a U.S. citizen in 1945.
Bridges was reported in New
York City.
Sears to Construct
Second Buildi
A building permit was issued
Wednesday to Sears, Roebuck &
Co., for one of the six small
stores to be erected at the north
side of the large Sears building
on the Pacific Mutual trading
center. The address of the small
building is 550 North Capitol
and the cost $5000.
Pioneer Trust company took
out a permit Wednesday for al
terations of its offices in the
Pioneer Trust building, recently
announced. The estimated cost
is placed at $5527.
Other permits Wednesday are:
J. L. Batdorf, to build a garage
at 2231 North Fourth. $840. J.
G. Avery, to repair a woodshed
at 595 South 22nd, $10 H. C.
Pyle, to alter a one-story dwel
ling at 710 South 13th. $650
Winifred Pettyjohn, to reroof a
two-story apartment house at
145 North 14th, $48.
THE WEATHER
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Fair and warmer tonight
and Thursday. Lowest tempera
ture expected tonight, 4a de
grees: highest Thursday, S5. Con
ditions will be favorable for farm
work Thursday. Maximum yes
terday 73. Minimum today 4$
Mean temperature yesterday 60
which was 2 above normal. Total
34 -hour precipitation to 11:30
am. today 0. Total precipitation
for the month 3.07 Inches which
Is ,3s of an Inch above normal.
Willamette river height at Salem
Wednesday mornlnj. 1.7 feet.
gcoast was ueorge risner oi ei-
scott, in Salem for the day on
business.
The first bus going out of
Salem left almost on scheduled
time, which is 9:15, and the
first arriving bus was on time at
9:35. Those are to be daily
schedules. Also a bus will leave
for the coast at 3 p.m. daily and
one will arrive in Salem at 5:35
p.m,
Pacific Coast Lines recently
received a permit from the state
public utilities commission to
operate the lines, with Salem
and Newport the two terminal
points, and stopping at all places
between the two.
The Salem terminal Is at Pa
cific Trailways depot on North
High street. Temporarily Trail
ways buses are being used. John
Ratzlaff, head of the new trans
portation company, is en route
from the east with a new ve
hicle. Mrs. Beach, the first outgoing
Salem passenger, had as her des
tination Ocean Lake where she
will make a 10-day visit with
her son, Jerry Sittser, who is
publisher of the North Lincoln
County News. Mrs. Beach had
bought her ticket a week
more before the starting date of
the bus service,
Second purchaser of a ticket
was Mrs. Ori Ewell, 1766 Broad
way, also going to Ocean Lake
Others on the bus included Mrs.
Lou Wilson, 430 North 14th, go
ing to Taft; Mrs. John Ratzlaff
and young son, to Newport and
return; Floyd McNall, operator
of the cafe at the Trailways de
pot, and Lee Swartzendruber of
Albany, associated with Ratz
laff, and H. G. Cooper, Trail-
ways Salem agent, all to New
port and return.
Driver of the bus was Marl
Sydnam.
Spring Finally Comes
To Most of Nation
Chicago, May 25 UP) Lady
Spring, wearing a few be
draggled flowers In her lovely
hair, took a tentative peep to
day at the U. S.
The weather bureau, which
forever is attempting to read
the lady's mind, said she liked
what she saw. True, there were
thundershowers along the gulf
coast and rain along the Atlan
tic coast
The Pacific coast was almost
as pretty as the lady normal
and seasonal.
The midriff had some show
ers and a few below-normal
temperatures nothing extreme.
So the lady, the bureau said
hopefully, decided to stick
around and warm up to us.
Sec. Newbry to Fly
To Nation's Capitol
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry will fly to Washington,
D. C, tomorrow to attend Pre
sident Truman's annual highway
safety conference.
Newbry will address the meet
ing, at which he will represent
the 11 western states.
Mayor Dorothy Lee of Port
land also will attend, represent
ing the mayors of the western
states.
8-
Gunman Shoots
Victor Reuther
Detroit, May 25 (IP) Doctors
operated late today on Victor
Reuther, shot by an unknown
assailant last night, and report
ed he had lost forever the sight
of hie right eye.
Dr. James Olsen, of the
Henry Ford hospital, said:
"Any hope of restoring sight
or saving the eye has to be
abandoned. Otherwise, his gen
eral conditions upon return from
the operating room was satisfac
tory."
Reuther, brother of CIO Unit
ed Auto Workers President Wal
ter Reuther, was struck by a
shotgun charge of six slugs.
Thus, for a second time with
in 13 months, police today sought
a man, or men, apparently bent
on murder in the UAW-CIO's
Reuther family.
The union s President Walter
Reuther escaped death at the
hands of a mysterious assailant
the night of April 20 last year.
That attack remains unsolved
despite one of the most painstak
ing investigations in Detroit's
police records.
Walter called his brother's
shooting "another dastardly and
un-American trick."
Like his brother, Victor holds
high office in the UAW. He is
the 1,000,000-member union's
educational director.
ine assault on victor was
strangely similar to that on Wal
ter.
Resume Peace Talks
Henry Ford Strike
Detroit, May 25 IIP) Negotia
tors In the Ford strike headed
back into peace talks today on
the 21st day of the "speed-up-walkout
of the CIO's United
Auto Workers.
Management and the union ar
ranged to' meet to discuss the
UAW's arbitration offer as re
lated to one phase of the dis
pute idling 106,000 Ford work
ers. An agreement, the union said.
could lead to an early end of
the strike with settlement on
"minor issues."
Last night's gunman attack on
Victor Reuther, a union official,
will not stand in the way of the
resumed negotiations, according
to the union.
Revetment Repairs Bids
Portland, May 25 UP Bids for
repair of revetments along the
right bank of the Willamette riv
er one and a half miles southeast
of Corvallis will be opened by
tne corps of engineers June 8.
About 2580 cubic yards of dump
ed stone revetment are involved,
Raver Visits Mill City Airport
To Inspect Alternate Line
Time is the controlling factor in regard to the elimination
hazards at the east end of the Davis airport at Mill City but any
change that can be made to reduce this by re-allignment of the
main power line into the Detroit dam will be given immediate
consideration.
Dr. Paul Raver, administra
tor for the Bonneville power
administration, accompanied by
a group of officials and Joined
at Mill City by W. E. Tronner-
sheunen, Eugene, manager of
the southwest district for BPA,
visited the airport Tuesday aft
ernoon in company with Mayor
H. D. Klievcr, Byron Davis,
owner of the airport and Ted
Galbraith, manager.
Dr. Raver proved sympathe
tic but said that the August 1
deadline for completion of pow
er line construction had to be
met and any changes that might
be made in its re-routing would
have to be completed prior to
this date.
Two alternate routes were In
spected with those interested in
the continuance of the airport
suggesting a by-pass of the line
to do away with the erection of
Berlin, May 25 UP) West Ber
lin rail workers today turned
down a peace feeler by the Russian-sponsored
railway system
and said they would continue
their strike, now five days old.
Willy Kreikemeyer, president
of the system, had offered to
pay the workers in west marks.
But this was only one of three
main demands made by the
12,000 UGO (independent labor
organization) members.
The strikers also want recog
nition of UGO as the legal bar-
gaining agent for the rail work
ers, and the re-hiring of em
ployes fired for "political rea
sons" in the past year.
On Russian Orders
Kreikenmeyer said workers
would be taken back, except
those the company considered
guilty of damaging property
This obviously left the rail sys
tem wide leeway in levying pro
posals.
It was indicated Kreikemeyer
made his offer on Russian or
ders to end the bloody strike
which has cost two lives, hun
dreds of injuries and split Ber
lin into two war camps.
Money also is a consideration
It is estimated the strike is cost
ing the communist run railway
the equivalent of more than
million dollars a day in passen
ger and freight revenue.
The union called an immedi
ate conference to consider the
terms.
Kreikenmeyer made it plain
that the plan called for charg
ing west marks, worth four times
as much as Russian-zone east
marks, for train fares in the
western sector.
To Take Strikers Back
The railway head said in his
interview that the strikers would
be taken back, except for those
the company considers guilty of
damaging property.
The 12,000 western sector em
ployes left their jobs Saturday,
causing a complete halt In rail
transportation within the city.
The Russians threw a new dis
cordant note in the rail situa
tion by demanding custody of lo
comotives in American sector
railyards. Forty Soviet soldiers
entered the Anhalter station
shortly after noon and Insisted
on permission to take communist
workmen with them so they
could remove locomotives which
had been tied up by the strike.
Concluded on fage 5, column 6)
BPA Lines to
Be Rushed
Portland, May 25 (IP) Trans
mission facilities to critical load
centers of the Bonneville power
system will be constructed at
faster pace with $7,500,000 sup
plemental funds provided by
congress.
Bonneville Administrator Paul
J. Raver said the president's
signature on the bill yesterday
meant installation schedules
could be stepped up to sched
ule. He said they had been de
layed.
The bill allots the BPA $6,
047,800 cash and $1,452,000 in
contract authorization.
Three new generators being
installed in the Grand Coulee
right power - house this year
make it imperative everything
possible be done to provide
transmission facilities to take
the power to key shortage
areas," Dr. Raver said.
Critical lines directly affect
ed by the fund Include a 230
kilovolt line from Grand Coulee
to the Snohomish and Wenatchce
areas, the Dctroit-Eugen edis
trict line and lines out of Olym-
pia to Covington and Port An
geles, Wash.
a 90-foot power tower at the
cast end of the field. Full co
operation with the Mill City men
was promised by the visiting of
ficials. The Salem Chamber of Com
merce, through Clay Cochran,
manager, who held a conference
Wednesday with Thomas C. Hill
engineer for the state board of
aeronautics, will make a request
to Dr. Raver that the construe
tlon plans of the contractor in
charge of the power line be sol
altered that the hazard will be
removed. The request will also
point out that the Kaiser in
terests. Consolidated Builders.
Inc., in charge of the Detroit
dam, plan to base three planes
at the dam's airport to expedit
construction at the dam and that
under existing circumstances the
tower and line are too great a
hazard for their operation.
Nationalists Fighting
Way Back to Woosung
In Bloody Corridor
Shanghai, May 25 UP) Com
munists marched into Shanghai
today, and a roaring battle far
worse than the siege developed.
Retreating Nationalists, trying
to fight their way back to Woo
sung and escape, were blowing
up everything they could. At 9
p.m. the whole horizon to the
north seemed to explode.
Apparently the government
soldiers, pulling back before the
advancing Communists, blew up
the fuel dumps, bombs and am
munition installations at Kiang
wan airfield.
All the while cannonading
shook the city as the Reds
smashed with everything availa
ble at Woosung fortress. The
Communists were determined to
make the Nationalist escape cor
ridor a bloody avenue if they
can not close it.
Reds Occupy City
The Reds, overrunning the
world's most populous country,
gave Communism its largest city
by occupying almost all of
Shanghai.
Stubborn Nationalist rear
guards held fast at bridges across
Soochow creek. Red mortars
smashed up the main city post
office near the Szechuan road
bridge.
Towering Broadway mansions,
an apartment building when
several Americans and British
are trapped behind the Nation
alist lines, were shaken up.
Even in the old international
settlement in the downtown area
small arms fire crackled as the
Reds hunted down small groups
of Nationalists still holed up in
buildings.
Last Stand Fights
Obviously the Nationalist rear
guard was buying time in last
stand fights. They want the bulk
of their comrades to deploy on
the outer edges of the city for
another fight or reach ships
waiting in the Yangtze to take
them south.
The green clad Reds came into
the city from the west. They
came down broad Avenue Foche
and Edward VII avenue on the
double. It was peaceful there
for most of the city was still
asleep. What few Nationalists
the Reds encountered there
threw down their arms or took
to their heels.
Run Into Ambush
Straight for the billion dollar
Bund built along the Whangpoo
banks they headed. There they
ran into trouble. The bridges
were blocked by machine guns.
Snipers opened up from build
ings.
Riflemen in the Broadway
mansions, tall apartment build
ing across Soochow creek and
from the heart of Shanghai, kept
the Reds low. ,
Nationalist soldiers barricaded
at the Garden bridge, Chapoo
bridge and the Schechwan bridge
held up other Red bands. The
bridges lead to the only arteries
to Shanghai's north.
The Communists deployed into
abandoned Nationalist fortifica
tions on the Bund. They were
forced from their advance posi
tions by rifle, grenades and ma
chine-gun fire from the Garden
Bridge park and from the third
floors of Broadway mansions.
Atilee Calls Down
Laborite Rebels
London, May 25 (IP) Prime
Minister Attlee laid down the
law personally today to more
than 70 laborite members of
parliament who have been
straying from the labor line.
Anxious to restore a united
front against the growing chal
lenge of Winston Churchill's
conservatives, Attlee and Party
Leader Herbert Morrison faced
the rebels at a closed door ses
sion in the house of commons.
It was considered certain that
they rebuked the rebels severe
ly for recent voting against
party instructions and insisted
on loyal obedience in the future.
Training School
Escapees Captured
Roseburg, May 25 (IP) Two al
leged car thieves both escapees
from the state training school at
Woodburn. were taken in custo
dy here about 8 a.m. today, re
ported State Police Sgt. Lyle
Harrell.
The pal. were pursued from
Roseburg south to Dillard. They
finally stopped after the officer
fired in the air. The runaways
were arrested in possession of a
1948 PontiHC reportedly stolen at
Grrvais. They were alleged to
have committed a burglary in
Marlon county, said Sgt. Kar
roll
Police were on the lookout for
the two. After they evaded a
similar chase from Eugene south
at a reported 90 miles per hour
speed.