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APRIL 21, 1950
NO. 26
United Prest
KIDNAPED GIRL
FOUND BY COPS
Los Angeles, Apr. 21 (U.R) A
gunman kidnaped a pretty stu
dent nurse today after knocking
out her boy friend, then raped
the girl and turned her loose.
Blonde Carol Ann Cope, 22,
and Robert Mueller, 22, were
parked in a lonely lovers' lane
area in Highland Park, about six
miles from downtown Los An
geles when the kidnaper ap
proached their car.
Pointed Gun
"He pointed a gun at us and
forced us out of the car," Miss
Cope told police. "Then he
forced us to he down on the side
of the hill."
Twelve stitches were required
to close the gash in Mueller's
head caused by three blows from
the kidnaper's gun. Mueller also
was robbed of his wallet contain
ing $35. Mueller said he first
met Miss Cope, of Santa Ana,
Cal., at a service dance last Jan
uary. (The couple had been parked
near the base of a hill on which
is located the studio and trans
mitter of radio station KRKD.)
As Mueller, a navy veteran
from Costa Mesa, Cal., lied on
the ground, the man struck him
viciously four times over the
head. He then ordered the girl
to walk with him to his car
parked further down the hill.
Just as he forced Miss Cope
into the car, Mueller regained
consciousness and crawled-up the
hill to the radio station where
Douk Arsonists Held
In Demonstrations
Krestova, B. C. Apr. 21 U.R)
Rebellious members of the
Doukhobor religious sect seeth
ed with unrest today after nude
arsonists burned five homes de
spite police -reinforcements and
the pleas of a bearded Bible
student.
Eight of the terroristic-inclined
sons of freedom cult of the
Doukhobors were arrested last
night following the blazes, and
police said they would be charg
ed with arson at Nelson, B. C,
today.
More than 200 naked men and
women put the torch to the
homes of three clan members
yesterday, then burned the over
turned automobile of John Lebe
doff, one of their leaders.
The arsonists struck despite a
curfew by reinforced British
Columbia provincial police and
doffed their clothes in riotous
demonstrations.
Actor John Agar's
Driving Nets Fine
Hollywood, Apr. 21 (U.R)
Actor John Agar, recently di
vorced by Shirley Temple, has
been fined S200 and given a sus
pended 30-day jail sentence for
reckless driving.
Beverly Hills Justice Court
Judge Henry H. Draeger sus
pended the jail term on condi
tion that the actor not be arrest
ed for reckless or drunk driving
in the next year.
Drunk driving charges filed
against Agar last February 12
were dismissed because of insuf
ficient evidence. The actor paid
S25 of the fine yesterday and
will pay the rest of the money
in S25 montly installments.
' Nationalists Smash
Communist Toeholds
, Hong Kong. Apr. 21 (U.R)
' Nationalist troops have smash
ed all but one of the three toe
holds communist forces estab
lished on the northwest coast of
Hainan island, nationalist re
ports from the Hainan capital
of Hoihow said today.
The third and last , commun
ist beachhead is near the town
of Fushan, 25 miles west of Hoi
hnw. the reports said. Commun
ist troops in that area were re
ported retreating north toward
the coast under heavy nationalist
assault.
The tide of battle was turned
in the past two days fighting by
air. ground and naval reinforce
ments sent in from Formosa, the
Hainan reports said.
Flood Waters Filling
Prehistoric Lake
Bismarck. N.D., Apr. 21 (U.R)
More than 6.600 persons were
homeless today as pre-historic
Lake Agassiz. dried up since the
ice age 20.000 years ago. slowly
refilled with snow-fed flood wa
ters from the Red river and its
tributaries.
The waters were spreading
rapidlv over vast areas of east
ern North Dakota and north
western Minnesota.
The weather bureau predicted
still higher temperatures and
some rain for today to swell the
rushing waters.
President Truman late yester
day allocated $100,000 from his
emergency fund to relieve hard
ship and suffering in the stnek-
- - . i- ni,ni. r' m' Frerl
en area, .onn ii-iw.c. -j" -G.
Anndahl had appealed for the
funds.
he had Engineer Eddie Waters
call police.
The kidnaper, described as
about 25 years old, six feet tall
and wearing a crew cut, drove
the nurse to another secluded
area a short distance from where
the couple had been parked.
Girl Attacked
He forced ner out of the car
and then attacked her, Miss
Cope told police.
After attacking the nurse, he
drove her back to a spot about a
mile from the radio station and
let her out of his car. She called
police from a nearby house.
Mueller's head injuries were
not considered serious, receiving
hospital doctors said.
President Urges
Continuance of
Rent Controls
Washington. Apr. 21 IU.R)
President Truman today urged
congress to continue federal
rent controls until June 30. 1951,
to prevent "a wave of exorbitant
rent increases.
In a special message to the
house and senate, Mr. Truman
said the housing shortage is still
acute and that abolition of rent
controls would mean "serious
hardship for millions."
But in extending rent con
trols, the president said, "we
should continue the present pol
icy of granting the landlord all
justifiable increases in rent."
Increases Authorized
Under the law which expires
June 30, Mr. Truman said, land
lords in the past year alone have
been granted increases covering
more than 900,000 units. The
average increase authorized, he
said, was 18 per cent.
But experience has proved, he
said, that where controls were
dropped "prematurely," rents
as much as 56 per cent.
"It is clear, therefore, that a
sudden and simultaneous re
mocal of rent controls on a na
tional scale would precipitate a
wave of exorbitant rent in
creases. Espee Will Remain
On Standard Time
San Francisco. Apr. 21 (U.R)
The Southern Pacific railroad
will continue to operate its pas
senger trains on standard time
when daylight saving time be
comes effective April 30.
However, the company will
schedule many trains operating
entirely within California an
hour earlier. This means that
trains will arrive and depart at
the same time as they do under
standard time.
These intra-state trains include
commuter trains between San
Francisco and San Jose, San
Francisco and Los Angeles
(coast), San Francisco and Sacra
mento and most trains on the
San Joaquin valley lines.
The changes to be made in intra-state
trains include service
on the Owl, to afford convenient
connections with the Shasta Day
light, the Starlights and the West
Coast between Los Angeles and
Sacramento.
Northwestern Pacific will
schedule the departure of its pas
senger train between San Rafael
and Eureka a half-hour later un
der daylight saving.
DC-4 Plane To Be at
Airport Here Sunday
Heralding the innaugural of
United Air lines DC-4 airliner
service to Medford on April 30,
tho air rnrrior firm will have
one of the big planes at the Med
ford municipal airport on Sun
day, April 23, for public inspec
tion. Thp three women who suggest
ed Hawthorne park, name chos
en after a poll tor ncsignaung
the new city park, will get rides
aboard the DC-4 as part recog
nition for proposing the winning
name. They are Mrs. nazei Bur
ger, Miss Neva Samuels and
Mrs. Charles Snedden.
President- Will
By Latest War Machines
Washington. Apr. 21 (U.R)
iinHnr louden skv. President
Truman flew south today for a
two-day look at some of the na
tion's latest war machines in
action. .
The president, with members
of his staff, took off at 7;39 a.m.
EST from National airport for
Ft. Benning. Ga. They flew
aboard the president's plane, the
lndpnendence.
To Watch Plants
After a seven-hour visit at one
of the army's largest installs-.-.
k flv to F.Iain field,
and air force base in North Flor
ida where he will devote most oi
tomorrow to watching the new-
, -l-np in action with live
ammunition and bombs.
While at Benning ana tigm,
ip Tmmon uill tee ground and
air denjccitraUoni staged by the
Race Information
Abets Corruption,
Committee Told
Charge Made at
Hearing by Senators
Washington, Apr. 21 (U.R)
Senate crime investigators were
told today that racing informa
tion provided by the Continental
Press service leads to "corrupt
ing police departments through
out the country."
That charge was made to a
senate commerce subcommittee
by Mayor Delesseps S. Morrison
of New Orleans and Police
Chief William A. Worton of Los
Angeles.
Linked to Killings
Thev linked the racing news
service to the old Capone gang
of the prohibition era and to
more recent gang killings on the
west coast.
Both officials, along with
Mayor Fletcher Bowron of Los
Angeles, asked the committee to
approve a proposed justice de
partment bill to outlaw the in
terstate transmission of certain
gambling news. The measure
would hit Continental, which
operates out of headquarters in
Cleveland and is owned by one
Edward J. McBride, according to
Worton.
Worton. a retired marine ma
jor general, charged flatly on the
witness stand that the racing
news service is responsible for
"corruption" of police depart
ments all over the country.
Testimony Amended '
He amended that, testimony
later in talking to reporters. Ex
plaining that he did not mean
the service itself is corrupting
police officers.
He said action by congress is
"vital." because "it is a national
problem of the very greatest con
cern to all branches of govern
ment ... an even greater prob
lem than the prohibition day
gangsters."
The law is needed, Morrison
said, in the same way that fed
eral statutes were needed to
curb "kidnaping, bank slickups,
auto thefts and narcotics . . .
without any encouchment on
local self government."
Marshall Brought Into
McCarthy's Charges
Washington. Apr. 21 (U.R)
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R.,
Wis.) broadened his attack upon
the state department today to in
clude former Secretary George
C. Marshall, who. he said, was
"completely unfit" for the cabi
net post.
McCarthy said "it was a crime
. . . a pathetic thing" to put Mar
shall in charge of John Stewart
Service, Owen Lattimore "and
so forth." He suggested that Mar
shall "boned up" on China by
reading the works of Lattimore,
the man McCarthy has accused
of being a communist and a spy.
spy.
Injection of Marshall's name
into the current controversy
came as a complete surprise. Re
publicans have grumbled about
his ill-fated mission to China, but
they have avoided direct criti
cism of the wartime chief of
staff.
Coast Guard Probes
Crash of Vessels
San Francisco, Apr. 21 (U.R)
A headon collision between a
freighter and a large navy tank
er in San Francisco bay was in
vestigated today by coast guard
and navy officials.
The two vessels, the Pope and
Talbert freighter Laura Bridge
man and the navy tanker U. S. S.
Chipola. collided while making
their way through a patch of
heavy fog near the Golden Gate
yesterday.
Coast guard officials said the
ships hit "dead center, stem to
stem." The freighter suffered a
caved-in bow and the navy ship
sustained ".8.94" damage above
the watprline. Both vessels
docked under their own power
and no injuries to personnel
were reported.
The Chipola was outbound for
San Pedro, Cal., while the
Bridgcman was inbound from
Los Angeles.
See Show
defense department as part of
the annual joint civilian orienta
tion conference.
The conference was designed
to acquaint representative busi
ness, labor, religious and profes
sional men with up-to-date prob
lems and techniques of the army,
navy arid air force.
The conference began here
last Monday and will end at the
Pensacola naval air station next
Monday night.
Mr. Truman will participate
in the exercises today and to
morrow only, returning to Wash
ington late tomorrow afternoon.
He was scheduled to reach Ft.
Benning at 10:15 a.m. Maj. Gen.
Withers A. Burress. command
ing general of the infantry cen
ter, will escort the chief execu
tive immediately to a review of
tbe 3rd infantry division, -
Russia Claims Western Powers
Making Military Base Of Trieste
Washington, Apr. 21 (U.R)
The Soviet Union stepped up its
cold war offensive in eastern
Europe today by accusing the
western powers of turning the
free territory of Trieste into a
military base.
Officials believe the Russian
maneuver is designed to upset
the west's effort to settle the
Trieste question peaceably.
In an effort to offset the new
Russian drive, the state depart
ment sought ways of increasing
the effectiveness of U. S. propa
ganda abroad.
May Increase Broadcast
There were indications that
congress may be asked to
boost and possibly double
the appropriation for the Voice
of America. Its chief, Foy Koh
ler, said the U.S. broadcasts
amount to about half the output
of radio Moscow at a time when
the voice is the most effective
means for presenting the Ameri
can story to the peoples of east
ern Europe.
Russia reopened the Trieste
dispute last night in notes deliv
ered in Washington, London and
Rogue River Bond
Issue Beaten by
Two Vote Margin
Rogue River, Apr. 21 A pro
posed $115,000 school bond is
sue to provide funds for erec
tion of a six-unit grade school
and an addition to the high
school here, was voted down at
a special election last night by
a vote of 158' to 1 54. Fifty per
ceni or ciiginic voters in tnc dis
trict cast their ballots.
School board members met
after the election to discuss solu
tions for the problem of the
overcrowded grade school. They
asked taxpayers for their sug
gestions. '
A taxpayers' group had met
last week to consider a more
conservative building 'program
in event the bond issue failed.
It was reported at that meeting
that an eight-acre tract of land
within the city limits was avail
able for about $4,000.
Additional Signatures
Ask Ashland Recall
Two more petitions have been
filed with the county clerk here
bearing signatures of Ashland
residents favoring the recall of
Mayor Thomas WilliHins and
Councilman Elmer Sheldon.
The clerk's office has validated
146 signatures on the petition
aimed at Williams' job and 147
on the petition against Sheldon.
A total of 30 names was stricken
as not valid.
Added to the signatures that
were filed here on the first re
call petitions, the new names
make a total of 687 registered
voters protesting Williams and
694 opposing Sheldon. The law
requires only 493 names on each
of the petitions,
As a result of the petitions, the
recall mesa lire will be placed on
the May 19 primary ballots in
Ashland.
Warrant Issued for
DeCicco Son's Arrest
Portland. Ore., Apr. 21 (U.R)
Pierce county police in Tacoma.
Wash., today notified Multno
mah county police here that a
warrant charging grand larceny
has been issued against Louis
WiUiam Decicco, 34, son of Mike
Dccicco, prominent Portland tire
dealer and treasurer of the Ore
gon democratic parly.
The sheriff's office was ad
vised that bail would be $5,000
in the event louis Decicco is ap
prehended. Decicco is charged
with taking $1,007 from a Ta
coma business firm April 7. He
has not been seen in Tacoma
since.
Posthumous Awards
To Fliers Approved
Washington. Apr. 21 (U.R)
The house with an emphatic
vote of .'130 to 0 approved to
day posthumous decorations for
10 American fliers who died in
the Baltic plane incident.
The house added its approval
to the senate-passed resolution
after Chairman Carl Vinson of
the armed services committee
called the incident a "barbar
ous attack" by Soviet fighters
on an unarmed American plane.
The Georgia democrat said the
congress should promptly fol
low up its tribute to the navy
fliers by putting up more money
lor more air power.
N
Paris. Its accusations were inter
preted as part of a series of
Kremlin power plays along the
eastern European front of the
cold war.
Here is a box score of the Rus
sian offensive so far:
1. The United States was
charged with "deliberate inter
national provocation" in sending
a bomber over Soviet-occupied
Latvia, which opened fire on So
viet fighter planes. (The U. S.
position is that the Russians shot
down an unarmed American
plane over the open Baltic sea.)
Dardanelles Campaign Opened
2. A campaign to wipe out
American influence in eastern
Europe which was culminated in
the closing of American "libra
ries" in Czechoslovakia and the
ouster of a U.S. embassy attache
on "spy" charges.
3. The long-dormant Soviet
campaign to gain control of the
Dardanelles flared anew as the
controlled Moscow press at
tacked Turkey and demanded
revision of the Montreux conven
tion designed to keep Russian
warships out of the Mediterran
ean. o f
P.O. CUTS JOBS Joseph Dodge scratches his head In bewilder
ment ax he ponders newspaper headline and Postofflce notice on
mailbox In San Francisco announcing the extension of clerk-carrier
examinations. Confusing, Isn't 11?
Bell System Resumes
Phone Strike Talks
New York, Apr. 21 (U.R)
The Bell system, rejecting an
arbitration award which the
union endorsed, resumed its ne
gotiations today with the com
munications workers of America
(CIO) In an effort to head off a
nationwide telephone strike.
Western Electric officials and
representatives of the CWA's di
vision 6 met at the hotel New
Yorker wilh federal mediation
Commissioner T. R. Steutcl.
Wag Boost Rejected
J. H. MacKenzie, Western
Electric labor relations manager
for the installation division,
headed the company negotiators.
Transportation Seen
As Russian Target
Indianapolis, Ind., Apr. 21
(U.R) National American Legion
Commander George N. Craig be
lieves any potential Russian
atomic attack will be aimed first
at the nation's transportation
system.
"Transportation is recognized
as the first line of defense." he
told a dinner meeting last night.
BULLETIN
Jackion county's Mercy
Flights air ambulance plan
was called en an emergency
trip to LikeTiew at about 1:45
p, m. today. Airport lourcei
id that Rogue valley cou
ple war Involved in an auto
mobile accident near that city
and that the woman suffered a
broken back. The plan was to
bring her to Medford and then
on to Portland for emergency
medical treatment. Nam of
the couple was not learned.
George Milligen, Mercy Flights
chairman, was piloting the
hip, and co pilot wss John
Appltgtt, lirport msngt
4. Increased pressure on Fin
land to force her more firmly
into the Russian orbit through
thinly veiled charges that Fin-
nisn-Amencans are spying on
the Soviet Union.
In its Trieste note, Russia said
the situation has become "intol
erable" in the Adriatic seaport.
It charged that the western pow
ers had violated their obligations
under the Italian peace treaty.
which set up Trieste as a free
territory and provided for ap
pointment of a governor by the
u.i. security council.
Russia ignored the fact that
the security council never was
able to agree on a governor, and
that the United States, Britain
and France proposed in March,
1948, that the territory be re
turned to Italy.
That proposal still is the offi
cial basis of American policy,
although U, S. officials now
acknowledge that any settlement
"must take Yugoslavia's interests
into account." This is widely in
terpreted as the result of better
relations with Yugoslavia follow
ing Marshal Tito's break with
the Kremlin.
(Armm Telenhotot
Ernest Weaver, division 6 presi
dent, represented the 11,000 in
stallers who have threatened to
walk out.
The talks were resumed short
ly after another of the Bell sys
tem's subsidiaries, the American
Telephone tc Telegraph com
pany, rejected a $2.50 wage In
crease awarded 11,000 New Jer
sey telephone operators.
CWA leaders, however, re
garded the New Jersey state
arbitrators board decision as
"the first significant break" in
the wage dispute.
H. K. Killlngsworth, vice
president of the long lines de
partment of the A. T. &. T., said
the decision "would have no
bearing on the bargaining with
our union."
The New Jersey Telephone
company said It would challenge
the decision, which was handed
down yesterday in Trenton, In
court. The company also asked
immediately for substantial rate
increase to offset the operators
boosts, which ranged from 50
cents to $2.50 a week and pro
vided for a union shop.
Pendleton Will Be
Major Truman Stop
Pendleton, Ore., Apr. 21 (U.R)
President Truman's major stop
in Oregon May 10 en route to
Grand Coulee dam will be in
Pendleton, it was disclosed to
day, A public meeting is scheduled
for the city's new Vert memorial
auditorium, where Mr. Truman
will deliver an address to be
broadcast throughout the state.
Station stops along the way
have already been announced by
the White House for Huntington,
Baker and La Grande, all in
eastern Oregon. One or more
other platform itopi may be
added later.
RUSSIA DECLINES
PLANE PROTEST
London, Apr. 21 (U.R) Russia today categorically rejected an
American protest against a Soviet attack on an American plan
and warned that its fighters would deal similarly with any other
foreign aircraft flying over Soviet territory.
Radio Moscow said the Soviet reply to an American note of
last Tuesday was handed bv Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vish
insky to United States Ambassador Alan G. Kirk at the Kremlin.
Kirk said he would forward the note to Washington.
Intercepted Plan Claimed Flying Fortress
The American note had charged that Soviet fighters' shot
down an unarmed United States navy Privateer carrying a crew
ol 10 over the open Baltic sea April 8. No wreckage or survivors
have been found.
The Soviet reply:
1. Contended that the plane which Its fighters intercepted
was not an unarmed Privateer, but a B-29 "Flying Fortress" en
gaged in photographing Soviet Defense installations.
2. Insisted that the American plane opened fire first after
Soviet fighters intercepted it 13 miles inside Soviet territory south
of the big Soviet naval base of Liepaja in Latvia.
America Must Bear Sol Responsibility
3. Said the United States must bear sole responsibility for
the incident.
4. Warned that Russia has no intention of altering its stand
ing instructions to Soviet airmen to fire upon any plane over
Soviet territory which resists orders to land.
5. Rejected American demands that Russia pay indemnity
for the loss of the plane and the crew and rebuke Soviet airmen
who fired upon it.
The note said Russia did not1
know whether the American
plane was lost.
"But if the American aircraft
was indeed lost," the note said,
"then the responsibility for its
loss lies entirely with those gen
tlemen who obliged the Amer
ican aircraft to penetrate Soviet
territory and photograph Soviet
defense installations, and so
urged if to violate international
law and the inviolability of the
Soviet frontier."
The Soviets insisted that the
plane which its fighters inter
cepted was "a B-29 Flying Forte
ress . . , carrying American iden
tification marks."
Might Be Mistaken
Actually the B-29 is a Super
fortress, somewhat larger than
the older B-1T Flying Fortress.
The Privateer also is a single-
tailed, four-engined plane and
American airmen said that it
might be mistaken at a distance
for cither a B-29 or a B-17.
However, the United States
has insisted throughout that the
missing navy rivateer was tin
armed. It left Wiesbaden at 10:31
a. m. GMT. April 8, on what was
described as a routine flight to
Copenhagen, Denmark and back.
It lost radio contact after sev
eral hours and never reached
Copenhagen.
Murderer's Appeal
Filed With Court
Suicm. Ore., Apr. 21 (U.R)
An appeal on behalf of Morris
Lclnnd, sentenced to die in the
stale prison gas chamber here for
the murder of Thelma A. Taylor
of Portland, was filed with the
Oregon supreme court here to
day. The appeal automatically
stays the execution, sentence for
which was made mandatory
when a Jury convicted Lclnnd
November 9 of heating and stab
bing Thelma Taylor to death
Aug. 6. 1949.
T. H. Ryan of the Portland law
firm of Ryan and Pclay, who de
fended Leland, has 20 days in
which to file his brief. Then the
appellant has still another 10
days In which to reply to the
state's brief.
Leland was sentenced by Mult
nomah County Circuit Judge
James W. Crawford November 14
to death in the gas chamber at
Oregon stale prison.
Central Point Bond
Issue Revote Slated
Central Point, Apr. 21 Resi
dents of consolidated school dis
trict No. 6 will be asked to re
affirm a bond Issue previously
approved when they go to the
polls Monday, April 24,
The revote is scheduled on the
7.500,000 bond Issue school pa
trons authorized last November
for construction of a new high
school at Central Point. A Port
land bonding attorney's interpre
tation of law concerning a con
solidation election necessitated
the second bond vote.
Polls will be open from 2 to
8 p. m. at the Gold Hill school
gymnasium and the Central
Point high school gymnasium.
East Coast Shipping
Walkout Is Averted
New York, April 21 (U.R) A
strike that would have tied tip
shipping on the cast and gulf
coasts was everted today when
the shipowners and union agreed
to a contract providing for a
closed shop for ships' officers.
The agreement between some
40 shipping companies and the
Masters, Mates and Pilots of
America (AFL) was reached at
9 a. m. after more than 22 hours
of continuous negotiations.
The strike had been scheduled
for midnight tomorrow.
Railroads Planning
Substitutions for
Striking Firemen
Chicago. Apr. 21 (U.R) Two
of the nation's four strike-threat
ened railroad systems planned
today to keep their trains run
ning even if firemen walk off
the job.
Spokesmen for the other two
systems threatened with a strike
next Wednesday refused to com
ment. To U Supervisors . , .
Officials of the Santa Fe said
the big western road "definite
ly" will try to run trains, prob
ably with supervisory personnel
taking the place of striking fire
men. Spokesmen for the New York
Central and its subsidiaries, th
Michigan Central, Ohio Central,
and Big Four said they, too, plan
to operate despite the strike.
But sDokesmen for the Penn
sylvania and the Southern re
fused to say whether they
would attempt operations.
The four strike-threatened sys
tems include seven major rail
roads and many smaller subsidi
aries. The Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Firemen and Enginemen set
the strike deadline to support
demands that the railroads as
sign an extra fireman to each
multiple-unit diesel locomotive.
No further negotiations liav
been scheduled in the dispute,
but officials of the Michigan
Central said they were hoping
for a settlement before the dead
line at 6 a.m. Wednesday. ' How
ever, they did not elaborate.
Russia, Red China
Sign Trade Agreement
Moscow, Apr. 21 (U.R) Rus
sia and communist China hav
signed a new 1950 trade agree
ment whereby the Soviet will
supply equipment and the Chin
ese raw materials, it was an
nounced today.
The announcement said the
agreement was signed by Soviet
Minister of Foreign Trade M. A.
Mcnshikov and Chinese com
munist minister of commerce
Ych Chi Chuang on April 19.
At Ihe same time a protocol
was signed calling for Soviet de
liveries between 1050 and 1952
of equipment and raw materials
promised in a loan agreement
signed previously.
The Chinese delegation left for
home yesterday. Drputy Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko and
other important Soviet officall
saw them off.
SOC Building Contract
To Be Let Next Week
Ashland, Apr. 21 Southern
Oregon college officials said to
day that contracts for construc
tion of the proposed new $350,
000 library and classroom build
ing at SOC will be let at a meet
ing of the state board of higher
education In Portland, on Thurs
day. April 23.
The final budget for the year
will be presented at the board's
meeting.
Two houses, now owned by
the college, will be removed
within the next 10 days to make
way for Immediate construction
work on the new building. On
is to be torn down and the other
moved.
London, Apr. 21 (U.R) Sir
Harry Lauder, Scots minstrel
who died February 26, left 358,
971 pounds ($1,005,118.80), his
will disclosed today.