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Navy Carrier
Sent to Pacific
Washington, Feb. 2 VP) The
navy said today that it soon will
strengthen the Pacific fleet with
an additional escort aircraft car
rier. Only last Tuesday, it had an
il ou need plans to add two
cruisers and six destroyers to
the forces in that ocean.
An escort carrier is a parti
cularly useful vessel for anti
submarine service.
Russia's principal naval
strength in the Pacific is in sub
marines. The navy said the 11,000-ton
escor carrier Sicily will be
shifted from the Atlantic fleet
to the Pacific fleet in mid-April.
The Sicily is now being over
hauled at the Boston naval ship
yard. After its move to the Pa
cific it will be based at San
Diego, Calif.
Judge Warns to
'Quit Arguing'
Portland, Feb. 2 (P) Federal
Judge Claude McColloch warn
ed the chief government coun
sel to "quit arguing with me"
today as he shut off one aspect
of the government s anti-monopoly
suit against Oregon's or
ganized medicine.
Dr. John H. Besson of Port
land was on the stand. He was
testifying on his former associ
ation with the Multnomah Me
dical Service bureau which la
ter became affiliated with the
defendant Oregon Physicians
Service and was asked to look
over a long memorandum.
Government C o u n sel Philip
Marcus was told by the judge to
get on with his questioning but
Marcus wanted Dr. Besson to
read the memorandum. There
upon the judge stopped that part
of the testimony temporarily by
ordering Dr. Besson from the
stand.
"This procedure is dragging,"
he said. The trial started in Oc
tober, was recessed after a
month, then took up again two
weeks ago.
While still on the stand Dr.
Besson said he once was con
nected with the Industrial Hos
pital association, but gave it up
when called before the Multno
mah County Medical society
board of censors.
There wasn't any coercion or
conspiracy the govern ment
charges there was a conspiracy
to put private pre-paid medical
plans out of business he said.
Rather, he explained:
"If I have done anything
against any pre-paid medical
plan it would only be in the way
that Meier & Frank does some
thing against Lipman Wolfe
(Portland department stores) in
the way of competitive busi
ness. My allegiance was to the
Medical society org anization
which was established to furn
ish pre-paid medicine to the
people and I felt we had a bet
ter type of goods to offer the
people and I was promoting and
pushing it and I was trying to
get business before the compe
tition did."
Hydrogen Bomb
Scares Europe
London, Feb. 2 (IP) The Brit
ish press expressed hope today
the hyrogen bomb may shock
the world into atomic disarma
ment. In Berlin a Soviet-licensed
newspaper called the H-bomb a
"big bluff" and said the U.S.
will have no monopoly over it.
Newspapers of all political
leanings in Britain agreed that
the threat of the new horror
weapon must cause new soul
searching in capitals of both the
free west and communist east.
Said the independent London
Times: "It is the inescapable
duty of the western powers at
least to seek agreement with
Soviet Russia on atomic control,
however remote the possibilities
must appear.
"The Russians must be told
frankly that their mania for se
crecy makes it almost impos
sible for any democratic govern
ment to resist pressure for more
powerful weapons . . . only a
system of international control
could put an end to this fearful
competition."
The conservative Daily Tele
graph saw a chance there will
be a change of heart on the Dart
of the Kremlin before It is too
late. "Look for example at the
change In temper between Na
poleonic France and France to
day," said the Telegraph. "Rus
sia may change, too."
The Tabloid Daily Mirror,
which supports the labor gov
ernment, declared "The H-bomb
is the answer to nothing ... the
Gangers of an arms race must
be as clear in Moscow as In
Washington. No real contribu
tion towards settlement has ever
come from the Kremlin. There
has not been realism but only
cynicism and a seeking of prop
aganda advantages. When there
Is sincerity In Moscow the rest
of the world will listen."
Unionism Bug
Virus in Bridges
San Francisco, Feb. 2 (IP) A
Catholic priest testified at Harry
Bridges' perjury trial today that
the waterfront labor leader is
infected with a virus the bug
16 trade unionism."
I don t think he will ever
rest until everyone white col
lar workers and all is in
unions," said the Rev. Paul W,
Meinecke, defense witness who
earnestly expressed his belief
that Bridges is "no communist.'
It was on cross examination,
for which the slender priest was
recalled by the government to
day, that he said "there is a bug
in him."
A moment before Chief Prose
cutor F. Joseph Donohue had
asked the priest if he knew
Bridges had followed the com
munist party line, early in the
war, of opposing lend-lease, the
United States draft and "the
Yanks are not coming."
"I do not know whether he
was for or against these things,"
the priest answered.
The Eureka, Nev., priest add
ed that if he thought Bridges
was a communist he would not
be testifying for him.
"I'd be with you I wouldn't
give aid to the enemies of our
country," he said.
The government accuses
Bridges of lying during his 1945
naturalization hearing when he
said he was not, and never had
been, a communist. Two of his
union aides are on trial with
him on charges of fraudulently
conspiring to help Bridges ob
tain citizenship.
Flying Mystery
Over Arizona
Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 2 VP) An
object which flashed noiselessly
over Tucson at an estimated 30,-
000-foot altitude remained
mystery today.
Thousands witnessed the long
black plume of smoke that trail
ed over the city about 6:30 p.m.
yesterday, but no one had the
answer on its cause.
Sighted by the control tower
operator at Davis-Monthan Air
Force base, the object was first
believed a plane with engines
afire. ,
First Lt. Roy L. Jones, Jr., of
the second air force refueling
squadron, piloting a B-29 bomb
er, was instructed to attempt to
intercept.
"Whatever it was, it was go
ing too fast for me to catch,"
radioed Jones.
The object had zoomed out of
th" east across Tucson municipal
airport and quickly disappeared
behind a range of mountains to
the west, leaving its funnel
shaped trail of black smoke
hanging in the sky.
Theories that it was a meteor
or a stray rocket already have
been blasted.
Dr. Edwin F. Carpenter of the
observatory at the University of
Arizona here, said a meteor
would not leave a vapor trail.
"A meteor trail is usually in
visible," he said.
A spokesman at the White
Sands proving ground in New
Mexico said the object could
not have been a rocket fired
from there. He said there was no
firing yesterday.
The object was sighted while
the evening sky was still light.
U N Police Corps
Held Necessity
Washington, Feb. 2 (U.R) Two
senatorial advocates of United
Nations reform asserted today
that unless UN creates an inter
national police force, the com
munist drive for Asia may touch
off "a final bloody struggle" be
tween the United States and
Russia.
They also said at a senate for
eign r e la t i o n s subcommittee
hearing that the time is "now"
for strengthening UN by curb
ing the big-nation veto power.
The subcommittee is seeking an
answer to:
"What's wrong with UN and
what can we do about it?"
Sen. Paul H. Douglas. (D-Ill).
proposed a plan to unshackle UN
from the Russian veto and give
it power to act against aggres
sion. Such action would require
a iwo-tnirds vote of the general
assembly and acquiescence of
three of the "big five" nations.
Douglas said the UN should
have "on call" land, air and sea
forces which could be sent into
action after such a vote.
This plan also is sponsored
by Subcommittee Chairman El
bert D. Thomas, (D-Utah).
Douglas said Russia has won
a "great victory" In China and
that a communist drive into
Burma, Ceylon, Indonesia, Thai
land and Indo-Chlna is "almost
certain." He told the subcom
mittee that this would mean
that:
A final bloody struggle
would become almost Inevitable
in the near future in which the
weight of the world's population
would be thrown against us.1
$2 Billion for
Columbia Basin
Seattle, Feb. 2 (IP) The Times
Washington, D. C, bureau said
it learned today that presidential
approval has been given and a
go-ahead is expected soon on
the coordinated $2,000,000,000
Columbia River Basin develop
ment. The Times quoted Senator
Magnuson (D., Wash.) as saying
the president's views on the 20
year plan are clarified and will
be made known by the head of
the bureau of budget.
Magnuson said the plan ap
proved is substantially the same
as in his senate bill introduced
last year to authorize a coordi
nated plan of development ag
reed upon by the bureau of rec
lamation and the corps of army
engineers.
He said, however, he expects
some modification of the pro
gram set up in his bill.
The plan, he explained, is se
parate from the proposed Co
lumbia Valley Administration,
but approval of the project gives
weight to the demand for a
CVA.
The senator said presidential
approval paves the way for con
gress to approve a program that
will transform the Columbia riv
er into the greatest hydroelectric
source in the world.
The ultimate power developed
by the dams envisaged in Mag
nuson's bill would total approx
imately 4,500,000 kilowatts. The
maximum ultimate power po
tential of the Columbia has been
set at 20,000,000 to 23,000,000.
Gunman Frees
Asylum Patient
Waltham, Mass., Feb. 2 (IP) A
young gunman bluffed his way
into a mental hospital last night
to free an ex-convict undergo
ing tests prior to his trial on rob
bery conspiracy charges.
The gunman armed with a
pistol and long-bladed knife
locked two attendants in a third
floor office of Metropolitan State
hospital before walking out
leisurely with Atwood White, 24,
of Boston.
White was committed to the
hospital after his recent arrest
on charges of conspiring to com
mit armed robbery, transporting
a stolen auto and unlawfully
possessing firearms.
The break was enacted in the
presence of 60 mentally ill pa
tients, none of whom became
alarmed.
The gunman, accompanied by
two others, asked Superinten
dent Maurice Havey for permis
sion to visit White.
Havey denied the request be
cause it was after visiting hours.
He relented, however, when the
spoKesman told him he was
White's brother and that bad
driving conditions delayed his
arrival.
Havey permitted the spokes
man a five-minute visit. The
other two returned to their car
parked at a side entrance.
In the five minutes alloted
him in White's ward, the visit
or, armed with a gun in one
hand and a knife in the other,
forced Attendant Francis Gan
non into an office, took his keys
and locked him in.
He repeated the process when
another attendant, Salvatore
Lisacki, appeared on the scene.
With the two attendants out
of the way. White and his visitor
fled from the third floor ward.
They got away in the waiting
automobile.
Broker Kills Wife,
Daughter, Then Self
Wenatehee, Wash., Feb. 2 u.B
James E. Fraser, prominent
northwest fruit broker, fatally
wounded his wife and 14-year-
old daughter and then killed
himself in his expensive sub
urban home, detectives rcp-.rtcd
today.
A school girl found the bodies
when she stopped to accompany
the Fraser girl to school.
Sheriff Clco Allen said Fra
ser had been 111 and showed
signs of fatigue and overwork.
Surrounded Entirely surrounded by ice, tug huffs and puffs
to keep ice moving in the Columbia River and prevent It from
crushing docks at Vancouver, Wash. The Columbia is a mass
of ice from the mouth of the Willamette River eastward and
is frozen solid above Bonneville Dam. Ice floes accumulating
behind the dam threaten to cut its power output. (Acme
Telephoto)
Imports From Canada
Menace U. S. Lumbermen
Portland, Feb. 2 (U.R) The lumber industry in Oregon and
Washington may be "ruined" by increasing Imports from British
Columbia, the West Coast Lumbermen's association said today.
In a letter to Sen. Guy Cordon, H. V. Simpson, executive vice
president of the association, said British Columbia producers
were able to under cut Ameri-
can lumbermen because of la
bor wage scales, the devalued
Canadian dollar, transportation
i estrictions, and excise taxes.
"Canadian mills, taking ad
vantage of ocean freight savings,
savings on transportation tax
and their discounted dollar have
harply increased their ship
ments by water 'to the United
States Atlantic coast," Simpson
wrote.
He pointed out that lumber
produced in British Columbia is
of the same species as that pro
duced in western Oregon and
western Washington, under sim
ilar conditions.
But the wage minimum in Or
egon and western Washington
is $1.45 per hour, compared with
$1.07 'A per hour in British Col
umbia. 'In nearly all markets Brit
ish Columbia lumber is in di
rect competition with Oregon
and Washington lumber, On the
basis of wage costs alone, most
Canadian mills can undersell
most American mills and have
frequently done so," Simpson
said.
Additionally, Simpson said,
Canadian sawmills can sell their
product in the United States
or the world market at the cur
rent market price in American
dollars and receive a net return
at the mill 10 per cent greater
than Americans because of the
90-cent Canadian exchange rate
on the U. S. dollar.
Simpson said most shipments
of British Columbia lumber are
made on tramp steamers of var
ious foreign nationalities, while
under the transportation act of
1920 Oregon and Washington
lumbermen must ship on ves
sels of American registry, at
higher cost.
Freight on shipments of lum
ber by rail and by water from
Oregon and Washington to any
point within the U. S. are sub-
je. to a three per cent trans
portation tax which Canadian
lumber shipments escape.
"Under present conditions,
British Columbia mills can drop
their delivered price to the At
lantic coast about $10.60 per
thousand board feet, Simpson
said, and still net the same f o.b.
mill price in Canadian dollars.
"American mills would have
to drop their f.o.b. mill prices a
disastrous $10.60 to compete,
And Canadian mills with their
substantially lower wage costs
can in addition reduce f.o.b.
prices to a level which would
rui-" the Oregon-Washington
lumber industry."
Simpson suggested to Cordon
that a limiting quota might be
put on lumber imports into the
United States; that an equaliz
ing tax on ocean freight might
be placed on lumber imports;
that duties might be increased,
ECA lumber purchases restrict
ed to American production and
the transportation tax removed.
Senate Passes Bill
For Court in Eugene
Washington, Feb. 2 OP) A
bill to authorize a term of fed
eral district court at Eugene,
Ore., has passed the senate and
will be sent to the house.
The court now aits at Medford,
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France Ratifies
Bao Dai Regime
(By the Associated Press)
The French upper house of
parliament today ratified an ac
cord giving the Bao Dal regime
of Indo-China partial self-government.
This paved the way for
early recognition by the United
States, Britain, and other west
ern powers.
East and west were thus lin
ling up on opposite sides on the
explosive case of Indo-China,
potential communist doorway to
southeast Asia.
Western recognition of Bao
Dai would counter Russia's ac
tion in recognizing the regime of
the rebel leader Ho Chi-Minh.
Britain acknowledged she
would offer recognition of
French-supported Bao Dai with
in a week and the United States
is expected to follow suit.
Under the new accord, alrea
dy approved by France's lower
house of parliament, the Bao
Dai government is given a large
measure of control over internal
affairs except that defense is
still in French hands. France
also will continue to administer
Indo-China's foreign affairs.
In Bangkok, Thailand, the
Vietnam news service said troops
of Moscow-trained Ho Chi Minh
had killed and wounded 4000 of
20,000 Chinese nationalist sol
diers fleeing from China into
Indo-China.
Eastern Groundhogs
Fail to See Shadows
Punxsutawney, Pa., Feb. 2
(JP) The groundhog seer of
Gobblers Knob made it short
and sweet today. It'll be an ear
ly spring.
The little animal with the big
reputation as a weather pro
phet did his stuff for a little
band of the faithful under clou
dy, dark skies.
Lack of a shadow, according
to tradition, means spring is on
the way.
For 50 years, members of the
Punxsutawney Groundhog club
have kept the watch. This is the
first time he failed to see his
shadow.
Klamath Falls, Pendleton and
Portland. One of the Oregon
judges has announced he will
hold court in Eugene twice
year under a law which permits
the court to hold special sessions
at such places as the needs of
the business require.
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Youth Training
The vocational education pro
gram of the Salem schools was
sketched for the benefit of Sa
lem Lions clubs members Thurs
day noon by Theo. K. Pierson,
coordinator at the high school.
The program is two fold, said
Pierson; One that involves
trades and industries and one
that provides training for fu
ture salesmen, receptionists.
cashiers arid similar lines of en
deavor. The vocational education de
partment is anxious to train
youth in the habits of work, said
Pierson. He added that any com
munity is just as strong as the
young people who reside there.
The young person, who
through necessity is compelled to
work part time, is being given
every consideration in the train
ing program. In Salem the proj
ect was inaugurated in 1931.
Pierson, a relative newcom
er to Salem, praised the schools
and the programs being carried
out.
Presses Action
On FEPC Bills .
Washington, Feb. 2 VP) Pres
ident Truman said today that he
is doing everything he can to
get congressional action on fair
employment practices legislation
(FEPC).
That was his reply when a re
porter asked at his news confer
ence if he had any plans to get
House Speaker Rayburn (D.,
Tex.) to recognize Chairman
Lesinski (D., Mich.) of the labor
committee to bring up the FEPC
bill.
Then he hinted that he has
been putting some pressure on
Rayburn. He said that if report
ers could sit in on his weekly
meetings with congressional
leaders they would know how
hard he is working to get FEPC1
action.
He added that the question of
recognition of Lesinski is a mat
ter for Speaker Rayburn.
On FEPC, the house situation
is this:
The bill has been approved by
the labor committee but the
rules committee, which has gen
eral control over the legislative
program, has refused to send it
to the floor for a vote.
Under house rules, there are
certain days when it could be
brought up anyhow. But in or
der for that to be done, Speaker
Rayburn would have to recog
nize the labor committee chair
man to make a motion to con
sider FEPC.
Oregon Food to Be
Served in Capitol
Tillamook, Feb. 2 VP) Some
200 Oregonians in Washington,
D. C, will have Tillamook
cheese and assorted other Ore
gon foods at the annual state
hood banquet Feb. 14.
The Tillamook County Cream
ery association today reported
getting word of the banquet
plans. In past years the menu
has featured turkeys, salmon,
cheese, nuts, fruits and other
products sent by Oregon com
munities and firms and the
same is planned this year.
The state's congressional dele
gation, office workers and other
residents of the capital who
formerly lived in Oregon attend.
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U.S. vice consul in Sinkiang
province, China, has been
charged by the Chinese com
munist radio with being a spy
who tried to organize bandits
in the far western province.
State department officials said
they have not heard from him
since September 27 last. His
wife, Mrs. Peggy Mackiernan,
resides in Fairfax, Calif., with
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18 US Hospitals
To Be Closed
Washington, Feb. 2 VP) Sec
retary of Defense Johnson or
dered 18 military hospitals in
the U.S. closed or changed in
status yesterday. He estimated
the move will save $25,000,000
a year.
The hospitals affected by
Johnson's order include:
Army Madigan General hos
pital, Fort Lewis, Wash., to be
reduced initially to an operat
ing allocation of 850 beds, later
to 500.
Navy Corpus Chr'sti (Tex.)
Naval hospital, to be reduced to
an operating allocation of 100
beds.
Mare Island (Calif.) Naval
hospital, to be closed. Of 900
patients now there, 850 are to
be transferred to nearby Oak
Knoll. The naval shipyard at
Mare Island is to be given an
operating capacity of 50 beds.
Long Beach, Calif., Naval hos
pital, to be closed.
Johnson said that, wherever
a change is made under today's
order, there are facilities for the
medical care of military person
nel and their dependents. This
care will be provided, he said,
by joint and more effectiveness
of facilities remaining in these
areas.
His announcement said the or
der will be carried out over a
period of five months so as not
to interfere with medical care
of patients.
Johnson said some of the hos
pitals to be closed can be used
for veterans administration pa
tients. Amity Schools Closed
Amity No school here so far
this week though there has been
sunshine most of the days with
a north wind. There is not much
thawing except on the east side
of buildings.
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Ingalls Retires;
Son Succeeds
Corvallis, Feb. 2 VP) The
Corvallis Gazette - Times, 88-year-old
publication in this city,
today was under new direction
al hands for the first time in
more than 30 years.
The company announced the
principal owners, Publisher C.
E. Ingalls, and News Editor My
ron I. Myers, were retiring from
active day to day participation
and would be succeeded by their
sons, Robert C. Ingalls and
Bruce K. Myers. Robert Ingalls
has been business manager and
now takes over the editorial
page as well. Bruce Myers has
been sports editor and assistant
news editor.
C. E. Ingalls, who first came
to Corvallis in 1915, has been in
ill health for a number of years
although he continued to write
most of the editorials in the pa
per. For many years he conduct
ed a fiery editorial page known
for its staunch republicanism.
Myron Myers became news
editor of the Gazette-Times in
1923 and has served continu
ously since that time
Both of the sons have been
connected with the paper for
some time, Bruce Myers since
his graduation from the Stan
ford university school of jour
nalism in 1935 and Robert In
galls since he was graduated
from Oregon State college in
1937. Both are World War II
veterans, Ingalls serving nearly
five years and Myers four years
as army officers.
The paper also announced the
appointment of Hal Wehmeier
of Corvallis to be sports editor,
and Mike Bradley, a staff mem
ber for three years, as assistant
news editor.
Old Oregonian Block
To Be Torn Down
Portland, Feb. 2 VP) The old
Oregonian building, constructed
in 1892, will be torn down pre
sumably to be succeeded by a
new structure.
Store Properties, Inc., Los An
geles, who bought the nine-story
structure after the Oregonian
newspaper moved into a new
building, notified the city that
they would begin wrecking the
structure by the end of Febru
ary. The city had threatened to
condemn the building, after
some of the masonry came loose
and fell to the sidewalk.
Store Properties did not say
what they planned to do after
the demolition is completed. The
site is a commercially-desirable
one in the heart of Portland.
Lafayette A dance was held
in the school gymnasium to
raise funds for the March of
Dimes. Due to the cold weath
er there was a much smaller
crowd than was anticipated.
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