Oregon Phone
Rate Increase
Effective June 1
Flagg Grants $3,563,
892 Additional
Rtvcnue to Company
G apital Aouniaj
Big 4 Powers
Likely to Settle
Shanghai Quiet
Under Red Rule
After Long Siege
Complex Problems Al
ready Felt Currency
Troubles Halt Trade
'Berlin Strike
61st Year, No. 127
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, May 28, 1949
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Increased telephone rates In
Orecon totaling $3,563,892 an
nually mi granted to the Pa
eifie Telephone and Telegraph
company In an order Issued Sat'
urday by George H. Flagg, pub
lie utilities commissioner. The
new rates become effective on
June 1.
The company had requested
rate boosts yielding-$5,496,000
annually.
For residence service in the
Salem area the Increases grant
ed were: one-party line, 75 cents
a month: two-party line, 50
cents; four party line, 25 cents.
There is no change in the farmer
line rate.
This boost will bring the
monthly residence rates in Sa
"lem: one-party, $4.75; two-par-C(y,
3.75 and four-party, $3.50
Business Rate Increase
Business phone rates will be
generally increased by $1 a
month for individual line sta
tions, except for Portland where
the rates will be boosted by $2
a month. In addition extensions
to business phones will be in
creased by 25 cents a month.
In the Dallas, Independence
and Monmouth areas -the resi
dence telephone increases will
be: one-party line $4; two-party
line, $3.25 and four-party line,
$2.75.
Commenting on the order
Commissioner Flagg stated that
"the increases granted are as low
as will meet the requirements
of the Oregon law and provide a
reasonable return to the compa
ny." '
Extensive Investigation
He said that the case had re
ceived the most extensive study
and investigation of any rate
case in the history of the com
mission. 'The public pays a terrible
penalty today whenever it is ne
cessary to increase rates such as
these," Flagg said. "In this case
the Increase will bring about a
levy of federal income tax to the
company amounting to $1,354,
278, leaving the company $2,
209,014 of the increased rate re
venue. In addition the company
faces an additional federal excise
tax amounting to $597,873.
Service Charges Out
In addition to the granting of
increased rates, Commissioner
Flagg maintained his position
canceling all payments by the
Pacific company to the American
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, on a license contract for
services.
Breaking down the total in
crease granted, Flagg pointed out
that the exchange rates are es
timated to produce $1,397,000
annually to the company Other
Increases granted were service
connections, installations, and
move changes, $316,000; exten
sion stations, $94,000; message
telegraph, $4000; regrouping due
to growth, $117,000, long dis
tance tolls, $1,270,000 and mis
cellaneous, $365,355.
$5000lrom PGE
To Hospital Fund
A subscription of $5000, rep
resenting $50 for every employe
of this community, has been
made by the Portland General
Electric company to the Salem
Hospital Development program,
according to announcement by
James Walton. This brings the
total subscriptions by the Wal
ton committee up to $86,300.
Units selected in the new
building since the last report
include:
Doctors room on the first
floor by Gov. and Mrs. Douglas
McKay, as memorial to their
son, Douglas, Jr.; council room
on the first floor by Mrs. Otto
J. Wilson, Sr., Otto J. Wilson
and Kenneth Wilson In honor
of the late Otto J. Wilson, Sr.
flower room on the surgical pa
tient floor by Miss Elizabeth
Lord, in memory of her mother,
Juliett Montague Lord. '
At Salem Memorial: Doctors
scrub-up room by Al Loucks,
and sterilizing room in the ob
stetrical department by Douglas
McKay Chevrolet company.
$389,023 Building
Permits in May
Building permits issued dur
ing the month of May In Salem
totalled $389,023.
Among the larger buildings
for which permits were issued
included an apartment house to
be constructed by John Steen
block at 1175 Court street for
$70,000; a concrete store build
ing in the Center street shopping
center for $60,000 and an apart
ment building at 144 South 13th
lor 120,000.
April was the banner month
for building permits during the
1 1 rm t J ... .1 .u. .....
wnen the total value of the per
nita was $1,271,734.69.
Ford Strike End
HingesonChoice
Of Arbitrator
Detroit, May 21 u. Thir
teen hours of continuous all
night peace talks left the near
ly 24-day old Ford strike still
unsettled today.
Negotiations called off the
long session at 9:25 a. m. (EST)
and set another for 8 p. m. (EST)
tonight.
Two issues choice of an ar
bitrator to settle the dispute ov
er manpower on assembly lines,
and the disciplining of 35 Ford
workers after the strike began
held up an expected settle
ment. Federal Mediator Arthur Viat,
who only last night expressed
great optimism, was downcast
at the turn of events.
"The situation looks hopeless
at this time, but maybe there
will be a change by tonight," he
said.
Both Sides Exhausted
Exhausted negotiators for
both sides left the conference
room with word that the choice
of an arbiter was the main
source of the deadlock. This
man, presumably an outside ex
pert, would weigh the issues f
the Ford "speedup" dispute and
reach a verdict
John S. Bugas, the chief Ford
negotiator, said the company
still was standing firm on its
demands that the arbiter be an
industrial engineer.
He said the company had pro
posed that both Ford and the
striking ClO-United Auto Work
ers work for 72 hours to pick a
third party to settle the dispute.
Strikers Reject Proposal
Then, if still in a deadlock,
both sides would submit a list of
engineering firms to Dr. Harry
Shulman, labor umpire between
Ford and the union. Shulman
would select the arbiter.
The auto workers turned this
town.
In reply, UAW President Wal
ter Reuther proposed that the
strike be ended immediately.
with an arbiter to be selected
within the next 72 hours. If one
could not be selected by -then.
one of three men would choose
him. These men, the union pro
posed, would be President Tru
man, Michigan's Governor G.
Mennen Williams or Cyrus
Ching, director of the federal
mediation service.
On the matter of discipling of
the workers, both sides were ap
parently adament. Ford refus
ed to take back its action in fir
ing 21 of them and suspending
14 more. The union demanded
that Ford rescind the action.
Nevertheless, hopes were still
high that the crippling strike
which has idled 106,000 Ford
workers soon will be over. To
night's session was expected to
be devoted towards working on
the knotty problems.
Truman Cruises
During Week-end
Washington, May 28 (IPI
President Truman is cruising to
day aboard the presidential
yacht Williamsburg.
Mr. Truman with a party in
eluding Fleet Adm. William D.
Leahy, his former chief of staff,
left yesterday for a week-end
trip along the Potomac river
and up Chesapeake bay.
The president expects .to at
tend religious services at the U.
S. naval academy in Annapolis
tomorrow. He will be represent
ed at Memorial day services here
Monday by military aides.
15 Year Old Dionne Quints
Unspoiled Little Girls
Callander, Ont, May 28 ()
years old today intelligent, unspoiled little girls.
They plan a happy family celebration with their parents, Oliva
and Elvira Dionne, and the other
they plan a party in honor of their father.
The girls, Annette, Emile.
Yvonne, Cecile and Marie, still
are disinterested in dates and
fine clothing. None of them uses
powder, rouge or other make-
"That will come soon enough,"
says Sister Aimee Des Anges.
head of their school. "We want
them to stay little girls as long
as they can."
They dress alike usually In
dark blue jumpers with bright
blouses and are so amazingly
similar In appearance that few
can tell them apart, except for
Marie. She wears glasses.
The girls go to school in the
reconverted nursery built with
money from movie, photo and
magazine earnings, and royal
ties. Although the school is on the
Dionnes' property and they pay
the bills, ten othei neighborhood
-iris of similsr age also attend
it.
The quint ari In the first
Senate Interest
In CVA Hearings
Held Unusual
Washington, May 28 (A1) Un
usual interest being shown In
the pending Columbia Valley
administration bill by members
of the senate public works com
mittee has been noted by Chair
man Chaves (D.-N.M.).
Seven members of the 13 on
the committee were present
when testimony started yester
day. Chavez commented that
it was seldom he had seen mem
bers show so much interest in
a measure that seven were pres
ent when a hearing opened.
And, during the five hours
devoted to testimony others
showed up, so that most 6f the
13 heard some of the discussion.
Senator Magnuson (D-Wash.),
senate sponsor of the Truman-
backed bill which also was in
troduced by Senator Cain (R
Wash.), made the first state
ment for the bill.
General Pick Witness
He was followed by Maj. Gel.
Lewis A. Pick, chief ot army
engineers, who outlined me
comprehensive plan of the en
gineers for development ot the
aasin.
In reply to a question. Gen
eral Pick said he dil ot see
how enactment o the CVA bill
wo'tUt speed construction of
(.roj.cts plani-d oy his agn-
y but at v otn'.r point said
that in his official position he
felt obligated to support the
president's program.
After hearing Magnuson and
General Pick, the committee re
cessed over the Memorial day
weekend until Tuesday. Recla
mation Commissioner Mitchel
W. Straus is to testify then.
Sees CVA Improvement
Magnuson was closely ques-
tioned by the committee mem
bers as to need for the CVA and
whether it would be any im
provement over the work now
being done by the engineers and
the reclamation bureau.
(Concluded an Pass ft. Column 7)
Russia Wins
On Airways
New York, May 28 (JPl The
Voice of America admits the
Russians have regained the up
per hand in the growing battle
of the airways.
A voice spokesman said last
night that American broadcasts
to Russia virtually have been
drowned out by a record 205 So
viet jamming stations.
"We are getting through only
for brief and scattered periods,"
the voice spokesman said.
Working with the British
Broadcasting Corp.. the voice has
only 61 stations with which to
beam American information to
Soviet listeners. The Russians
are using as many as seven or
eight jamming transmitters
against a single voice station, he
added.
Jamming first was stepped up
by Russia last April 24 until it
virtually blanketed the voice
broadcasts under a cloak of con
fusing noise.
The voice threw more trans
mitters into the contest and be
gan broadcasting around the
clock. This worked for a while
until Russia stepped up her
jamming operations again,
The spokesman said the voice
broadcasts have been trimmed to
bare news essentials of major
importance so that Russian lis
teners who do pick up the voice
briefly will be interested enough
to listen.
The Dionne quintuplets are 15
children of the family. Sunday
year of high school now and
study from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
under the supervision of nuns,
Instruction is In French their
parents' native tongue. The
girls understand English but
speak It with difficulty. I
After school they rush home
to the big house and help their
mother with the cooking, clean
ing and caring for baby brother,
Claude, just two years old.
In the basement they have a
rumpus room which is the cen
ter of neighborhood play.
One end of the room can be
turned into a stage by drawing
curtains. There the youngsters
put on plays and amateur con
certs. None of the girls has yet
chosen career. Their parents
insist they will choose for them
selves. There have been reports
that one or more of them may
inter Roman Catholia eonvent.
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Kita and Aly Married Seated around table in City hall,
Vallauris, near Cannes, France, during ceremony uniting in
marriage Brooklyn-born screen actress Rita Hayworth and
Prince Aly Khan are (left to right) Prince Aly, Rita, the Aga
Khan, Aly's father (white suit). Man standing right, fore
ground, is unidentified. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Paris)
Moslem Wedding Looms
For Rita and Aly Khan
Cannes, France, May 28 W) Two Moslem imams (priests) ar
rived today from Paris to perform Moslem marriage rites for Rita
Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan who were married in civil rites
yesterday at nearby Vallauris.
Just when the Moslem ceremony will take place remains a ques-
tion. Yesterday Rita and Aly
Confesses to
Torso Murder
Klamath Falls, May 28 (JPl
Sheriff Jack Franey announced
this morning that William H.
Rice, Klamath Falls cement con
tractor, is held in the county
jail on first degree murder
charges growing out of the dis
covery of the dismembered tor
so of a woman in Klamath river
yesterday.
Sheriff Franey said that Rice
came voluntarily into his office
this morning and confessed that
he had killed Mrs. Eire and
disposed of the body in the
river.
On advice of his attorney, the
contractor refused to divulge
further information, the Sher
iff said. Franey immediately
filed the first degree murder
charges and lodged Rice in jail
without bail.
Sheriff Franey said Rice told
him that the woman's head, arms
and legs were disposed of in
the river along with the trunk
which was found yesterday neat
ly packaged and floating among
tules near the Klamath river
bridge five miles southwest of
town on US 97. The sheriff or
dered further search of the river
area this morning.
City police revealed they had
been investigating reports from
neighbors about the alleged dis
appearance of Mrs. Rice from
the family home at 304 South
Rogers street, Klamath Falls.
and the case immediately came
up for further sifting when the
dismembered body was found
in the river yesterday by M. C
Cook.
Cook's boat nosed into the
grisly bundle when he wss sal
vaging log butts from the river
to use for firewood.
16 Cars Derailed
In Missouri Wreck
' Strasburg, Mo., May 28 u.n
Sixteen cars of a Missouri Pa
cific freight train, eastbound
from Kansas City to St. Louis,
were derailed one mile east of
here late last night.
A. K. Boyce, chief dispatcher
at Jefferson City, said there
were no injuries.
According to the highway
patrol, railroad authorities said
the accident was caused by a
dropped draw bar.
The train was the first 'sec
tion of No. TO and officials said
only quick thinking by William
Robert Green, operator at
Pleasant Hill, Mo., prevented
the second section from plowing
into the wreckage.
THE WEATHER
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast lor Salem and Vicin
ity: Mostly cloudy with occa
sional rain tonls'ht, becoming
partly cloudy with scattered
showers Sunday. Little change
In temperature. Lowest tempera
ture expected tonight, 50 de
grees : highest Sunday, 70. Con
ditions will be mostly favorable
for farm work. Sunday. Maxi
mum yesterday 72. Minimum to
day SO. Mean temperature yea
terday M which was 1 above
normal. Total 24-hour precipita
tion to 11:30 am. today 06 of
an Inch. Total precipitation for
the month 3 12 Inches which la
.3s of an Inch above normal
Willamette river helsht at Sa
lem Saturday morning. 1.1 feet.
were talking about having the
Moslem rites in Paris.
Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit, head
of the Moslem church in France,
said in Paris:
"A Moslem marriage is a very
simple ceremony. It only means
that the husband must declare
the amount of dowry he Is giving
his wife. Then the marriage is
registered in the Moslem rec
ords. The newlyweds were in seclu
sion today at their luxurious
Chateau de L'Horizon.
Gone were the gay, beautiful
ly dressed guests who yesterday
toasted their wedding in cham
pagne (the prince provided 15
bottles- per guest), J strolled
around the scented swimming
pool and tasted caviar and other
delicacies.
Intimate friends of the couple
lingered Into the early hours
of the morning on the brightly
lit terraces overlooking the blue
Mediterranean.
The prince and princess said
they would still be at the cha
teau late this afternoon, but be
yond that their plans are their
own secret.
Where will they spend their
honeymoon?
Well, Rita giggled yesterday,
it will involve some traveling.
Aly chimed in to say that he
hoped to attend the English der
by at Epsom Downs June 4 and
"I'm sure my wife will come
with me."
The prince Is heir to the spirit
ual leadership of the Ismaili
Moslems now held by his fa
ther, the Aga Khan.
Rita was born a Roman Cath
olic. If she still considers her
self one, a Vatican source said
yesterday, the Moslem marriage
service would automatically ex
communicate her
Barneft Memorial
Cottage Dedication
Dedication of the Barnett
Memorial Cottage at the Turner
Memorial home will be held
Sunday afternoon at t o'clock
under the direction of Dean
Schomaker, chairman of the
board of trustees of the home,
with C. F. Swander, Portland,
giving the main address.
Taking part in the program
will be Rev. Gilbert Carey, pas
tor of the Turner Christian
church; Rev. Elery Parrish, pas
tor of the Liberty Church of
Christ; Rev. Clyde Freeman,
pastor of the Stayton Church of
Christ and J. E. Gllstrap, super
intendent of the home. Rev. W
F. Morse, pastor of the Amity
Church of Christ, will give the
dedication response. Singing
will be lead by Robert Hender
ihot. The new cottsge is one of six
on the 17-acre tract. The collate
has been erected by Dona Bar
nett and Mrs. Trannie B. Parker.
Lexington, in memory of their
parenta, Mr. and Mrs. William F.
Barnett. 1
Margaret In Paris
Paris, May 28 IIP' Princess
Margaret arrived in Paris today
on her return from her holiday
in Italy and Switzerland. She
was met at tht Gare de Lyon by
the British ambassador, Sir
Oliver Hardy, and the Canadian
ambassador, Maj. Gen. George
P .Vanier. A crowd of Parisians
also turned out to welcome her
at tht railway station.
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Bridges Freed
On $5000 Bail
San Francisco, May 28 (Pi
Harry Bridges, stormy labor
leader charged with perjury and
fraud in connection with h I a
citizenship hearing, says the in
dictment is an administration
'smoke screen."
The Australian-born Bridges,
naturalized in 1945, posted bail
of $5,000 yesterday. Trial was
set for June 9. Federal Judge
Louis Goodman refused to in
crease bail to $20,000 nor would
he release Bridges on his own
recognizance.
Bridges, head of the CIO Long
shoremen's union, twice defeat
ed government efforts to de
port him, in 1939 and 1941.
Wednesday, he and two top
aides, J. R. Robertson and Henry
Schmidt, were indicted in con
nection with his naturalization
here in 1945. Bridges was ac
cused of swearing falsely that
he was not a communist. He
ocnmiat ana Robertson were
accused of conspiring to defraud
the government.
Schmidt and Robertson also
posted $5,000 bail each.
Bridges said "this is the re
sult of at least certain elements
in the administration connected
with and surrounding the pres
ident to silence any criticism of
the administration."
Lilienthal Gives
Atomic Data
Washington, May 28 (U)
Congressional sources said today
that Avid E. Lilienthal has giv
en congress important data con
cerning security of the atomic
program while it was under mil
itary control.
They said Lilienthal, chair
man of the atomic energy com
mission, turned a document over
to the joint congressional atom
ic energy committee two duys
ago. But Chairman Brien Mc-
Mahon, D, Conn., so far has
refused to make it public.
McMahon explained that the
document has not been read to
other committee members and,
therefore, is not part of the rec
ord of the committee's investi
gation into .charges by Senator
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, R. Ia.,
that Lilienthal has mismanaged
the entire atomic energy pro
gram.
Lilienthal has bepn trying to
get the committee to judge his
administration by comparing it
with the way the army handled
the atomic program before his
civilian commission took over in
947.
Program of Peace to Feature
Memorial Day
far iht AjuMiitttl Prfwii
The nation will observe Its 81st annual Memorial Day Monday
with prayers for enduring peace and homage for its hero dead who
fell on the field of battle.
All across the land in Hallowed Arlington cemetery, in tree-
shaded country churchyards Americans will gather to pay their
solemn tribute to those who died
in their country's cause.
Only through "divine guid
ance" can the world avert an
other war, President Truman
said in a proclamation calling
for his countrymen to observe
Memorial day with a nation
wide prayer for peace.
'This sacred day," Mr. Tru
man ssid, "is a fitting occasion
on which the people of our na
tion, all of whom, directly or
indirectly, have been bereft by
war's terrible toll, may appeal
to Almighty God for help In
turning the steps of the world
to the paths of permanent
peace."
The graves of the dead will
boom afresh In thousands of
cemeteries throughout the coun
try. Wreaths will be placed on the
tombs of the Unknown Soldier
in Paris, London and In Ailing
High Policy Questions
Prevent Local
Settlement
Berlin, Mar 28 (Pi American
spokesmen said today Berlin's
paralysing railway strike, which I
has become involved In the cold
war, may have to be settled at '
higher government levels by the
four powers.
"If there is no settlement In
the next few days, it may have
to go up to the government lev
el," said James W. Riddleberger.
the U.S. state department's chief
adviser in Germany. "The Paris
conference can, of course, step
in any time and take action."
Another Try Today
He added that "another try"
for a settlement is being made
here.
C A Div American transnnrt
expert, said so many questions of
picture that neither the Russian
nor western officials here can
take a positive stand. The Rus-
s I a n s especially "bump up
against their higher policy all the
time," Dix asserted.
The people of Berlin, pinched
by the week-old strike and rec
ognizing its place in cold war
maneuvering, are getting block
ade jitters.
Called by west Berlin anti
communist railway workers
against their Russian bosses, the
strike has been described by the
western allies as justified.
(Concluded on Pase 5, Column 81
Allies Propose
German Rule
Paris, May 28 (iPi The west
ern powers today proposed es
tablishment of a federal govern
ment for all Germany, includ
ing the Soviet occupation zone,
based on the Bonn constitution
That document, now the basic
law for west Germany, contains
democratic guarantees similar to
those of the American and Britl
ish systems of government.
The United States, Britain and
France also called for the end
ing of military government by
the enactment of a four-power
occupation statute or tempo
rary peace treaty.
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drel Y. Vishinsky received the
western proposals at the sixth
meeting of the Big Four foreign
ministers' conference.
American sources quoted Vi
shinsky as saying the western
plan looked like a "fait accom
pli" by the three western pow
ers and was one sided. He in
dicated it would be "unaccept
able" to the Russians but said
he would study It and take It
up at the Monday meeting of
the ministers. Early this week
the two German communist del
egates to the convention which
drafted the Bonn constitution
refused to sign it.
Under the western plan, Rus
sia was Invited to link the east
ern zone of Germany with the
federal republican arrangements
evolved at Bonn. The Bonn con
stitution has been approved for
the 45,000,000 Germans living
in western Germany. Residents
of eastern Germany number
less than half that many.
Meridian Dam Contract
Portland, May 28 (IPI A
$837,295 contract to relocate 2.5
miles of the Southern Pacific
railroad and 2.5 miles of slate
highway No. 58 was awarded by
the army engineers today to
Utah Construction Co., San
Francisco. The relocation work
Is necessary for construction of
Meridian dam on the middle
fork of the Willamette river.
Observance
iton National cemetery. Sen
Millard Tydlngs (M., Md ),
chairman of the senate armr-d
services committee, will deliver
the Memorial address at the
Arlington shrine.
Before the ceremonies at Arl
ington, a floral anchor will be
cast Into the Potomac river In
tribute to the dead of the navy
and the marine corps. Across
the nation, at San Diego, Calif
a floral cross will be dropped
Into the waters of the Pacific
Impressive Memorial day
services were planned for the
Cathedral of the Pines in Rindgr.
N. H., famed outdoor shrine to
all the American dead of the
last war.
At Ipswich In Essex county
Mass., the battle flag of the air
craft carrier Essex extolled h
its crew as the "fightingrst shli
In the navy" will be present
ed to the town.
Shanghai, May 28 (Pi This
largest city under Chinese corn
munist rule was returning to nor-
mat today after the long siege
and disruption of its economic
life.
But the complex problems at
tendant to the running of a me
tropolis of 8,000,000 persons al
ready were beginning to be felt.
Communist officials have not
set the rates for their new cur
rency, the jen min piao.
Consequently, merchants who
are rapidly reopening their pla
ces of business won't take the
old nationalist currency, which
was floated In great volume be
fore the communists took the ci
ty. Red Money In Use
The open money market was
dealing already in communist
money along with Chinese silver
dollars and U.S. currency. These
three are all merchants will ac
cept. The Nanking-Shanghai rail
road is ready to resume regular
service. Newspapers say, howev
er, that there is only a 10-day
supply of coal.
Railway service between
Shanghai and Nanking was get
ting back to normal. The first
train to Nanking departed late
today after two officers arrived
to head the railway department
of the communist military con
trol council. ,
Newspapers said the Shang-hal-Nanking
line has only a 10
day supply of coal.
Shipping Problem
Another problem is shipping,
without which Shanghai cannot
live.
Foreign and Chinese shipping
lines were trying to contact the
proper communist authorities to
negotiate resumption of service.
Foreign air line officials here
were doing the same thing.
A spokesman for American
President lines said it would like
to bring ships in as soon as pos
sible. No more American aid will
come into Shanghai under the
economic cooperation adminis
tration program, announced
George St. Louis, EC A director
here.
The Shanghai Power company
has fuel oil for only 18 days. For
the past several months Its oil
supplies have been paid for with
ECA foreign exchange.
The Red regime will face a
critical situation unless more oil
can be procured speedily.
British Curfew
In Hong Kong
Hong Kong. May 28 U.R Bri
tish administrators of Hong
Kong imposed an eight-hour
curfew on movement along the
crown colony's borders today
as the communist tide in China
rolled closer.
At the same time the first
naval reinforcements, the light
cruiser Jamaica, steamed into
Ihe harbor here from the West
Indies. The Jamaica, under Capt.
F. A. Ballance, brought cruiser
strength on the far east station
to three ships, including the
London and Belfast.
Other reinforcements which
have arrived recently Include a
squadron of Spitfire fighters,
several bombers and several
hundred royal engineers.
The curfew will be effective
June 1 along the Chinese-Bri
tish border and the waterways
in which the border terminates.
An announcement said violators
would be fired upon if necessary.
All overland and water move
ments are prohibited by tht cur
few between the hours of 10 p.
m. and 6 a. m. for a depth of
about two miles along the 15-
mile border and also in Deep
Bay and Mirs Bay.
Oregon Planes Land
At Portland, Maine
Portland, Me , May 28 M.P!
Sixty-seven light planes, scat
tered by bad weather, began
draggling into landings at the)
Municipal airport today to end
a Portland. Ore., to Portland,
Me., goodwill hop.
The planes were forced down
at half a dozen points last night
becaurt of rain.
Most of the pilots were ex
pected here in time for a clam
bake and a ceremony in which
Pilot Ed Parsons of Astoria,
Ore., planned to empty a bottle,
-nntainlng water from the Pa--iflc
ocean Into the Atlantic.
The seven-day tour followed
he route of the Old Oregon
Trail In reverse. The flight
tarted nut with 53 planes but
picked up 14 others en routt.