16 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, March 21, 1952
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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.
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