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16 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, March 21, 1952 f' Scrap for Tanks The Erie railroad delivers 11 old steam locomotives (background) which .steel mills will junk for scrap metal. Erie says the aged engines will produce more than 3,00ft tons of scrap, enough to make steel for 500 army tanks. The scrap steel may become part of tanks like the 19 new ones, fresh from the Cadillac tank plant, spotted on Cleveland, O., siding. (AP Wirephoto) Reds Illustrate Perfect Sense Of Timing in World Affairs By riHL NEWSOM Unlleil PreM Foreign New. Editor) In their recent peace pro posal for Germany, the Rus sians Illustrated again their per fect sense of timing and their ability to seize the initiative in world affairs. That they have done so is Illustrated by British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden's re mark that the proposal is being given "most careful considera tion" and by the fact that the French and British foreign min isters talked it over in Paris Wednesday with West Ger many's chancellor, Konrad Ad enauer. All this despite the fact that plans already are far advanced for West Germany's participa tion in Gen. Dwight Eisenhow er's European army and the fact that West Germany soon is to be given practically inde pendent status under which al lied ambassadors will replace commissioners appointed by the occupation. It Is Just that indepedence and cooperation with the west that Russia hopes to prevent. And it is that point which illustrates the perfection of the Russian timing because it hits two particularly sensitive . chords: ' ' 1. The natural German de sire for the elimination of East and West Germany and a com plotely unified nation. 2. The French preference toward a Germany which could serve primarily as a buffer state against Russia rather than a rearmed Germany which some time might pose another mil itary threat to France. On Its face, the Russian pro posal seems straight-forward enough a unified Germany under a central government, a strictly defensive German army and freedom of religion, speech, press and thought. However, in considering it, the allies have both Russia's past record in dealing with its satellites and the fact that few, if any, of Russia's actions in East Germany have suggested n short-term occupation. Politically, East Germany has been set up In the pattern of Russia and her satellites, includ ing the single system election slate in which lip service only is paid to opposition parties All suggestions that UN inspec tion teams be allowed to over see East German elections have been refused. Russia set up the East Ger man democratic republic In 1949, and this government since has entered independently into treaties of friendship and trade with other satellite states; signed away some 45,000 square miles of German territory to Poland, and accepted the expulsion of some 2,000,000 Germans from the Sudentenland by Czechoslo vakia. Industrially, also, East Ger many has been integrated with Russia. Included has been an over-all five-year plan to in crease German production for the benefit of Russia and an at tempt to build up in East Ger many a "Little Ruhr." Despite Russian protest against formation of a West Germany army, the Reds themselves have set one up in the East. Some reports say the East Germans could put 25 divisions into the field in six months, as opposed to the 12 expected from West Germany for Eisenhower's army. $700 Million In Checking Bank Account New York VP) Mrs. Sylvia Wilks, the wealthy eccentric who inherited nearly 100 mil lion dollars from her mother, the fabulous Hetty Green, kept the tidy sum of 31 millions in just one checking account. Most of her wealth will go to 63 charitable institutions. The banking practices of Mrs. Wilks became known Wed nesday in an accounting of her estate by a surrogate court. In addition to her big check ing account at the Chase Na tional bank, Mrs. Wilks kept five million dollars in check ing accounts or in safety de posit vaults in another New York bank. Mrs. Wilks, 80, died a year ago last month. Her mother, who died in 1916, amassed her fortune in New York realty in vestments and in Wall street securities. S. S. United States, Finest Ship In U. S. Has Little Wood Aboard Tiny State of Bilaspur to Get Wiped Off Map by Drowning Washington Stales geo graphical patches on the quilt of the earth often have been destroyed by war and treaty. India's tiny Bilaspur will lose its niche by drowning. The small state on the Sutlej river in eastern Punjab is scheduled to pass into history some time within the next five years when the giant twin-dam project of Bhakra and Nangal in the Punpab is completed, says the National Geographic Society. Then, all of Bilaspur's 453 square miles will lie beneath water and its 110,000 people will be redistributed on other lands in other slates. The sacrifice nf the niva lncc than half the size of Rhode Is land, is expected to onen. through irrigation, a farming area larger than the slate of Connecticut. The Indian povprnmpnt hnnM mat tne new agricultural acres will Drodurp. snmp 1 nnn nnn tons of vitally needed food each year and many thousand bales of cotton. As an indenendpnt. sfatp Riln. spur reached its modest peak oi power at the turn of the 20th century. Then its own rajah, who had been acenrdpri Hrp of honor and an 11-gun salute Dy tne ruling British, lived in a neat but unDrenentinus nal- ace in the caDital. Bil iown, on tne left bank of the outlei river. He ruled somp on nnn nnnnto wno uvea in the state's one town and 421 villages. BilaSDUr's TYltlilarv 1 1 v i s though not large, was specific ii cavalrymen, 187 infantry men unciuaing gunners and po lice), and two field guns. Its people raised Brain, nninm fn bacco, and ginger, much as they uo toaay. at the beginning of the 19th century when the warlike Gurk has swarmed in from nearby Nepal and nearly destroyed Bilaspur Town. The British drove the Gurk has out in 1815 and reinstated the rajah, confirming his pos sessions after the conquest of the Punjab in 1847-48. Bilaspur Town was rebuilt and by 1900 proudly claimed a number of stone houses, a ba zaar, dispensary, school, and the ruler's home. In 1948, when India began the reorgani zation and conidating of her 584 states into 26, tiny Bilaspur was left separate and intact. Long before Bialspur became stale, however, the area shared the colorful history of the Punjab. Alexander the Great marched near by, down the Indus river, on a mission of conquest. Later, during the Roman Empire, spice-seeking caravans out of Smyrna and Antioch crossed the Sutlej near Bilaspur on their way to Mathura (modern Muttra) and the richest of the East. Conqueror . after conqueror blazed across the region, and it became a part of the Gupta empire in the 9th. In 1236 it was included in the sultanate of Delhi, which stretches across northern India from the Indus to the mouth of the Ganges. Later, it lay in the invasion path of Timur the Turk and Babur, his descendant, and was included In the Mughal empire which lasted well into the 18th century. Thoueh life was nnt ri.li was at least more peaceful than builders claim there shouldn' be any. But that romoin. 4 i - --..,io iu ue seen. I ve been aboard ship when " ,'ne crew stuck a neck over me side. By HARMAN W. NICHOLS Washington (U.R) The finest! ship this country ever built has very few hunks of wood aboard her. Specifically, the butcher s chopping block and a couple of pianos. That s the word from the Maritime Administration and the U. S. Lines, which collab orated in putting the S. S. Unit ed States together. The S. S. United States will be mostly steel and will cost around $70,000,000. Launched last year, she will be on the high seas in the early summer. The idea about no wood Is very sensible indeed. Steel doesn't burn. Even the toilet seals are of non-inflammable plastic. The United States Lines purchasing department is shop ping around for checker boards that won't attract a flame. There will be about 30 of these aboard. Some of the samples which have been submitted are a de parture from the usual kinds which, as you know, are made of red and black squares. The samples without any paper or wood arc of contrasting shades of gray. The new vessel is being fitted for her maiden voyage right now at Newport News, Va Originally she was designed as a troop ship. Then along came the war in Korea and there was a wait to see If she would be needed immediately. It became npparcnt she would n't . . . So the outfitting for passen ger service began. But, the de signers tell me that it would be but a matter of days before the United Stales could be dragged off the waves and reconverted for troop-carrying if the need arises. There have been stories about the money we had to pay to rent the "Queens" the Elizabeth and the Mary from Britain during the war. They did us a lot of good, but the govern ment estimates that the rental on those mighty vessels amount ed to a lot more than the $70,- 000,000 price tag on our new first lady of the seas. Anyhow, the U. S. United States will be a luxurious ves sel. For one thing there will be an air-conditioned compart ment for dogs. Also, there will be a dog-doctor aboard to fix sore dog-nails, busted legs or to smoke ou painful cases of ca nine bellyache. And as for sea-sickness, the All Aldermen Now Opposed Mayor Al Loucks and all four members of the city council whose terms expire this year now have opposition for reelection. This is the first time in many years that all city council offices have been contested in an elec tion. Alvin N. Whitlaw yesterday filed as a candidate for alder man from Ward 7 in opposition to Alderman Robert F. White. His slogan is "More considera tion for taxpayers, more super vision for tax spenders." Whitlaw lives at 2140 Yew street and for 25 years has been in the feed and seed business. He was one of the organizers of and president nf the South 12th Street Civic Improvement club. All present aldermen whose terms expire are candidates to succeed themselves. In the May 16 primary Alderman James H. Nicholson of Ward 1 will be op posed by E. W. Acklin. Alder man Claud Jorgensen of Ward 3 will be opposed by Clayton Jones. Alderman David O'Hara of Ward 5 will be opposed by Kenneth Hutchins and Wallace Bonesteele, Jr., and in Ward 7 Alderman White by Whitlaw. Candidates may file up to April 1. Paul Hauser, city treasurer, and City Judge Douglas Hay so Officials Discuss New Freight Rates Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Possible cooperation in proposing a new system of freight rates is being discussed here at a meeting of shippers, railroad men and west coast state officials. J. D. Paul, secretary-treasurer of the Seattle Traffic associa tion, said shippers and carriers will decide whether it Is feasible to work together on a new "class" rate schedule, or whether the matter should be left to the Interstate Commerce commission. State rate regulating officials from Washington, Oregon, Cali fornia, Idaho and Montana are attending the meeting, as well as the shippers and railroad representatives. FRESH far have no opposition and It Is not expected they will have. Doughnuts Hot - Fresh 7:00 A.M. Each Morning Treat the Office Gang with Top Quality Doughnuts Special Price This Week on 1 Doz, or More AL'S BAKERY 1040 Market, Ph. 21097 MEET THE LOVABLE, LAUGHABLE COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS IN POGO and his alligator pal, Albert, will make you tingle with warmth in Walt Kelly's original comic strip starting SATURDAY In the Capital JtJournal Salem's Leading Newspaper IT SERVES THE FARMER MANY WAYS, USE BOTTLED GAS. 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