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Primary Elections
Slated This Week;
Talt Not Opposed
Truman, Ohio Solon,
Pepper Star in Fight
Washington, Apr. 29 (U.R)
President Truman, Sen. Robert
A. Taft and Sen. Claude Pepper
star this week in primary elec
tions in three states with Taft
sitting pretty because he can't
'lose this one.
f The senator is unopposed for
republican renomination in
Tuesday's Ohio primary. Seven
democrats are contesting for the
privilege of opposing him next
November for the United States
senate.
Democrats Race
Senate Auditor Joseph T. Fer
guson and Mayor Michael V.
IJisalle, toledo, appear to te
leading the democratic pack.
Taft has prepared and cam
paigned carefully for the 1950
election but his target has been
November throughout because
of the certainty that the repub
lican nomination was his for the
taking.
Six years ago Taft was re
elected to the senate by a skim
py 72.000 votes out of nearly
3.uuu.uuu cast, mis snow ot
weakness at the polls convinced
millions of Republicans that
Taft lacked vote appeal.
The other primaries Tuesday
are in Alabama. Florida and In
diana. President Truman has a
big stake in Alabama and Flor
ida pollings. There is no Indi
ana contest of national signifi
cance.
Alabama Big Test
Alabama will elect a state
democratic executive committee
Tuesday in addition to nominat
ing candidates for federal and
state office. Anti-Truman demo
crats won control of the execu
tive committee by vote of the
people in 1948 and Mr. Truman
was barred from the Alabama
ballot. The state cast its elec
toral votes for J. Strom Thur
mond, states rights candidate.
Tuesday's committee contest
is to determine whether states
rights or Truman democrat
forces control Alabama's party
machinery. If states rights com
mitteemen win Mr. Truman sure
ly can expect no help in 1952
from Alabama.
Mr. Truman's prestige is back
ing the campaign of Sen. Claude
Pepper, of Florida, for demo
cratic renomination.
Three Girls, Youth
Forensic Champions
Kenosha, Wis., Apr. 29 U.R
Three girls and a boy walked
away with the National Forensic
league championships here Sat
urday night.
Virginia Landwehr, Elgin, 111.,
became the first girl to win the
extemporaneous speaking con
test; Grant Barnes, San Fran
cisco, Calif., took honors in
original oratory; Kathryn Bow
ser. Springfield, O., won the
radio speaking division; and
Sandra Lee Kitchen. Bluefield,
W. Va. won the poetry reading
contest.
Runners up tn Barnes were
Wesley Johnson. North Phoenix,
Ariz., Carol McKuen, Nashville,
Tenn., Bob Slavens. Davenport,
la., and Ben Porad, Miami
Beach, Fla.
Most of State Turns
Clock Ahead to DST
By United Prtu
There will be some dissenters
east of the Cascade mountains,
but elsewhere the cities and
towns of the Pacific northwest
will move their clocks ahead one
hour Sunday morning to "gain"
daylight during spring and sum
mer months.
Daylight saving time was op
tional in Oregon and Washington
again this year, but most of the
major cities of the two states de
cided to follow the lead of Cali
fornia and Nevada. The province
of British Columbia also will be
on fast time.
Contempt Action Asked
Against Earl Browder
Washington, Apr. 29 U,R
A senate sub-committee investi
gating charges of communism in
the state department today or
dered contempt actions against
Earl Browder and Frederick
Vanderbilt Field for refusing to
answer certain questions under
oath.
Browder is the deposed boss
of the American communist par
ty. Field has been described as
a financial "angel'' for commun
ist causes.
YREKA MAN ELECTED
Yreka. Cal., Apr. 23 .U.R)
Ernest T. Johnson. Yreka, was
elected president of the Califor
nia County Recorders' associa
tion at conclusion of the group's
39th annual conference today.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL
Telephone
Installers
Picket Lines Monday
New York. Apr. 29 U.R
Western Electric telephone
equipment installers announced
Saturday night they would set
up picket lines around key tele
phone exchanges Monday and
the government moved immedi
ately to prevent a nationwide
telephone strike.
The installers, members of
Division 6 of The Communica
tions Workers of America,
announced their intention to
establish picket lines in 43 states
after negotiations with the com
pany broke down over wage
issues.
Observe Picket Lines
Joseph Beirne, international
president of the CWA, has said:
"It is our irrevocable policy to
observe picket lines."
Henry M a y e r, attorney for
Division 6. said he had been in
contact with international head
quarters today and expected the
320,000 CWA members to re
spect the picket lines.
Clyde Mills, chief assistant to
Federal Mediation Chief Cyrus
Cyrus Ching, asked Division 6
Medford Sees 'Flying
Saucer Green Streak
The phantom "flying saucer'
has finally made its way to Med
ford. At least, the illusion of it
hovered near Medford for sev
eral minutes last week, accord
ing to reports.
The "saucer" was described
as being "bright and shiny and
about half the size of the moon,
was said to have traveled stead
ily northward at a low altitude.
Those sighting the object did
not believe it was a real flying
Acheson, Marshall
Say Laftimore Not
Policy 'Architect'
Washington, Apr. 29 (U.R)-
Three former secretaries of state
and the present secretary, Dean
Acheson, said today that Owen
Lattimore was not the architect
of U. S. policy for China and
the far east.
The former secretaries, who
took issue with the charges
made by Sen. Joseph R. McCar
thy, are Gen. George C. Mar
shall, Cordell Hull, and James
F. Byrnes.
Marshall said McCarthy's
charges against the state depart
ment lend assistance to the pow
ers that would destroy us."
All four took direct issue with
McCarthy's statement that Latti
more. a far eastern expert and
professor at Johns Hopkins uni
versity, Baltimore, is tne prin
cipal architect of our far east
ern policy."
The Wisconsin republican has
charged that Lattimore is a com
munist and a Russian spy.
Unidentified Planes
Engage in Gun Fight
Trento. Italy. Apr. 29 (U.R)
A police chief said today three
uniricntifed planes encaged in a
machinegun fight over the Alpine
village of Ruffre, near the Aus
trian border.
Maj. B. Tornello, head of the
Trento carabinieri (federal po
lice) headquarters, said the
planes appeared over the village
at an altitude of about 15.000
feet "and fired at each other."
"Shells carrying the inscrip
tion PM43 were found by our
investigators in the streets and
on rooftops. None of the vil
lagers was injured," Tornello
said.
(An American spokesman In
Vienna said no United States
planes could possibly have been
involved in the reported dog
fight because no fighter planes
were stationed in Austria. Aus
trian officials said they knew
nothing of the incident.)
Belgian Parliament
Out; Election Dated
Brussels. Apr. 29 (U.R)
Prince Regent Charles dissolved
the Belgian parliament today
and ordered a general election
June 4.
This will be the third attempt
in less than a year to decide
whether King Leopold III shall ,
return to his throne after five
years of exile. Tiny Belgium is
almost hopelessly split on the I
royal question.
Equipment
to Set Up
union officials to "stand by in
hopes the government people
would find a solution to this
particular problem.'
Intervention Asked
Thomas R. Steutel, federal
mediator who has been meeting
with Western Electric and union
officials, said he would ask for
immediate government interven
tion to prevent the union from
setting up its picket lines.
In Washington a spokesman
for the communications workers
union would not say whether
other union members would re-
SDect the installers picket lines,
Asked whether picket lines
would be respected, he reminded
reporters that Union President
Joseph A. Beirne directed that
there be no picket lines when
the threatened nationwide strike
was called off last Tuesday.
Paul M. Williams, strike direc
tor for the installers, said in
Chicago that if other CWA mem
bers "are union-minded people,
they will refuse to cross picket
lines whether their union leaders
tell them to or not."
saucer, however. They were
among on-lookers at the Harold
H. Brown residence fire on Old
Stage road Sunday. They be
lieved it to be a olane which
they saw through high-billowing
smoke from the fire.
An eerie blue-green streak
that sped over Medford about
9:15 p. m Friday mystified Clyde
Wilson. Delta Waters road, he
reported yesterday.
He said the .streak appeared
over Medford about one-half
mile above the town. Wilson es
timated that it was about 20 feel
long and perhaps a foot wide.
He spotted the weird light
through a kitchen window
watched it a few seconds then
looked out the door but could
not see it again.
There was no noise, Wilson
said.
One or two third hand reports
were heard yesterday also con
cerning the mysterious light. It
was speculated by some people
that Wilson might have seen
the exhaust of a jet propelled
plane but a check with air force
flight service indicated no plane
of that type in the area at that
time.
Mixed Pear Crop in
Prospect, Group Says
The Pacific coast winter pear
committee meeting in Portland
Fridav forecast a mixed pear
crop for the 1950 growing
season.
In California, crops probably
will be good to excellent, the
committee said, but are highly
uncertain in the northwest be
cause of considerable winter
damage in the Hood River and
Yakima districts.
' The pear committee said that
indications pointed to a good
crop in the Medford district, but
growers were warned that there
is still a possibility of frost
damase. and it was pointed out
that orchard heating or smudg
ing has been necessary several
times.
California fruit may be
shipped to the northwest from
California for processing because
of the over-all light fruit crop
prospects in the northwest, it
was indicated.
Americans Evacuated
From Tientsin, China
San Francisco. Apr. 29 0J.R
The American President Liner
General Gordon departed from
the port of Tientsin tonight
bound for Hong Kong with 154
Americans and 546 other per
sons aboard in the last major
evacuation of westerners from
Communist China.
The ship's sailing was report
ed by the President Lines head
office here. A spokesman said
the company had been advised
by radio that the repatriation
ship left Taku Bar. off Tientsin.
at 10 a.m. Sunday. (Tientsin
time) 6 p. m. Saturday, PST.
Ski Conditions
Rain last night and poor
skiing today were predictions
late yeiterday for Crater Lake
National park. It was expect
ed that mow surface would be
icy early in the morning but
wet after warmed by the sun.
The lunch counter will oper
ate today. The commercial ski
tow U out (or the season.
Tribune
30, 1950
NO. 33
Grand Jury Reports
Shocking Evidence
K. C. Law Violation
County Prosecutor
Fires His Assistant
Kansas City. Mo., Apr. 29
(U.R) The federal grand jury
which has been investigating
underworld activities here at
the instigation of President Tru
man today reported "shocking"
evidence of state law violations
and corruption in public office.
The c 9 u n t y prosecutor an
nounced tonight he would re
quest a county jury be impan
eled immediately.
Henry H. Fox Jr., Jackson
county prosecutor, said also he
had fired Sam Hayden, an as
sistant prosecutor, who was list
ed in the grand jury report .as
a "partner" in a gambling house
here prior to 1948.
Fox set 7 p. m. as a deadline
for Hayden to resign. When
Hayden failed to act, Fox fired
him.
The grand jury reported that
it was helped along considerably
in it inquiry by one of the so
called "tough men" of the local
underworld, slain Charles Gar
gotta. The 49-year-old hoodlum,
long known as an underworld
"enforcer," was shot to death
along with Charles Binaggio,
north end democratic boss and
gambler, April 5.
Gargotta feared the federal
government. He "sang" when
questioned.
Good Illustration
The jury remarked that it was
the "most striking illustration
of salutary awe and respect for
the federal government" to lis
ten as Gargotta became the
first witness to "violate the code
of the underworld by disclos
ing the names of his partners
and associates in the race horse
wire news and gambling enter
prises." Having uncovered numerous
instances of state law violations.
the jury reported it was making
its interim presentment in the
hope that its information would
be made available to county au-
inoriues, upun prupur u-iiumi,
so that this "blight upon our
community may be extermin
ated."
Millions Americans
In Loyalty Parades
Chicaco. Anr. 29 (U.R) Mil
lions of Americans watcned and
marched in "Loyalty day" par
ades todav held to counteract
any May day demonstrations by
left-winccrs.
Mav dav traditionally has
been a day ot ceiepration ana
display by radical groups, in
Russia it is a holiday and com
munist leaders make jingoistic
speeches.
But the veterans ot foreign
Wars decided that "loyal" Amer
icans should celebrate too and
VFW officials said the parades
today and tomorrow will more
than offset any demonstrations
the reds attempt.
Governors of 40 states and
Alaska and Hawaii issued Loyal
ty day proclamations and at New
York an estimated 100,000 per
sons marched down 5th avenue.
About 30,000 marched at Chit-ago,
including 1,000 firemen,
1,000 reserve army officers and
members of 15 brass bands.
Marines in Command
As War Games Held
Camp Lcjcune, N. C, Apr. 29
U. S. marines entrenched
themselves on the "island of San
Lejeune in operation cross
over" today hoping to prove
thBt amphibious assaults are not
outmoded.
Some 6.000 combat-hardened
marines who swarmed onto the
beach on amphibian tractors ex
panded their beachhead to com
plete the first phase of the war
games operation.
A navy pilot became the first
casualty of operation crossover
when his F8F bearcat plane
collided with a marine corsair
and plunged to earth. The ma
rine plane was damaged by its
pilot was not seriously hurt.
The name of the navy pilot
was withheld until next of kin
could be notified.
Maj. Gen. Franklin A. Hart,
commander of the assault forces
of the operation, disagreed with
a statement of General of the
Army Omar Bradley that the
atomic bomb has outmoded am
phibious operations.
COMMIE PARTY OUTLAWED
Panama, Republic of Panama,
Apr. 39 (U.R) An executive
resolution today outlawed the
communist party as the "abso
lute negation of all democracy,
contrary to Christian civilization
and a menace to all democratic
regimes,''
grr rO'sSi (V O&W
survived.
Jet Fighter Plane
Crashes Landing .
At Airport Here
One of a flight of five F-86
"Sabre" jet fighter planes under
shot the runway, tore off its
landing gear and skidded to a
stop about a thousand yards
away, at the Medford airport
yesterday afternoon. The pilot,
Lt. B. E. Gibson, was uninjured,
and walked away from the
crash.
The crash occurred at 3:55
p.m., and the plane which
crashed was the third to land.
The other two are still at the
field. The last two in the flight,
which was understood to be
from McClellan air force base in
California, were forced to return
to the airstrip at Montague, Cal.,
because the crashed jet blocked
the runway. The two jets had
only a small supply of fuel left,
but made it safely to the nor
thern California field.
Crowd Assembles
An estimated 3,000 people
were at the airport Saturday
afternoon; as spectators came
out to see the jets land, and to
see the crashed plane. The latter
was resisting efforts of air force
men to drag it from the runway
late in the afternoon.
The airport was a swarm of
activity due to the crash and
because of other planes. Six
navy F6F fighters landed here,
and one of them blew out a tire
as it landed. They were flown
by. navy reservists from Los
Angeles en route to Seattle.
In addition, two F4U marine
corps fighters landed here to
spend the night. A C-46 Curtis
"Commando" of the Oregon air
reserve, landed and departed
during the afternoon and two,
navy personnel transport planes
also came in. Normal civilian
and commercial transport traffic
continued unabated during the
day.
Three other jet F-86's arrived
from .the south later in the after
noon, and landed after the
crashed plane had been removed
from the runway.
Cigarette Excise Tax
Reduction Foreseen
Washington, Apr. 29 (U.R)
House tax writers said tonight
the excise levy on the cheaper
brands of cigarettes may be re
duced. The house ways and means
committee, which has already
tentatively agreed to cut federal
excise taxes on some items
$987,000,000 a year, prolably
will get around the cigaret tax
next week.
Cigarette taxes now are seven
cents a pack on all brands, re
gardless of nricc. The proposal
before the committee is to re
duce by two cents the lax on
brands selling for 12 cents a
package or less.
This would enable retailers
to sell the so-called economy
brands a nickel cheaper than
they sell the standard brands,
it was said.
Rubble Marks Tornado
Swept Oklahoma Town
Hoidenvillc. Okla., Apr. 29
(U.Ri Rubble and road blocks,
clay-after signs of disaster,, to
day marked this city ripped
open by a hell-bent tornado.
Five Holdcnville residents
were dead, along with seven
other persons accounted for by
a series of twisters that bounced
across Oklahoma and west Texas
last night. Twenty-two victims
still lay in hospitals here, four
critically hurt.
WEATHER
roftKCAflT C 1 i r to nariiy
cloudv today. Cloudy tonight,
Pomble rain Monday.
Tamp.
HUlieat YMtrrfav .......-
Lowe it Yesterday lt
Doctors described his condition u
SPORTS BULLETINS
Venture. Cel.. Apr. 29 (U.R)
Ventura defeated the Stock
ton Ports here tonight 8 to 5
to stay at the top of the crowd
ed California league ladder.
Sacramento, Apr. 29 (U.R)
Three Portland Beaver pitch
ers gave the Sacramento Sol
ons a total of four measly
hit here Saturday night as
Portland took a 3 to 0 Coast
league shutout.
Pullman, Wash., Apr. 29
(U.R) Washington State col
lege defeated Oregon State col
lege 84-47 in a northern divi
sion track meet here today,
taking eight firsts out of 15
events.
Idaho Falls. Ida., Apr. 29
(U.R) Chuck Cheshire, former
Medford. Ore., Nuggets infield
er, was catcher for the Idaho
Falls team Saturday night in
its game with Billings, Mont.,
which is managed by a former
Medford Dodger, Larry Shep
ard. Idaho Falls won 9 to 1.
Reno. Nev.. Apr. 29 (U.R)
Sparked by the hitting of Al
Bolen. the Medford Rogues
defeated the Reno Silver Sox
4 to 3 in a Far West league
game here Saturday night.
Bolen stood out in what was
otherwise a pitchers duel as
he. slashed out a double and
a single to drive in three runs.
Winning pitcher Carl Hu
eners who came in in the
inning struck out seven batters
and allowed ten hits .
Short scorei
Medford 4 80
Reno 3 10 1
Dykes. Hueners (3) and Gug
lielmo; Trestler and Borich.
Chrysler Walkouts
Still Not Settled
Chicago, Apr. 20 (U.R) Fed
eral mediators drove today for a
weekend settlement of the Chry
sler strike.
Meanwhile, a new railroad
disnute arose to plague the New
York area, already beset by a
building service strike.
Marathon negotiations in the
95-day strike by the CIO United
Automobile against Chrysler
Corp. were reported "in the
home stretch."
"Cliff dwellers" in the sky
scraper apartment buildings of
Manhattan's society belt faced
the prospect of a "lost weekend"
as hope dimmed for settlement
of a strike which has tied up
elevators and garbage disposal.
Washington. Apr. 29 U.R)
Standard Oil company (N. J.)
Inst year paid its 17 officers and
directors salaries and bonuses of
$1,420,637.
$125,000 Slated for
Crater Lake
Reconstruction of Crater Lake
highway from Prospect to Cas
cade Gorge at an estimated cost
of $125,000 has been approved,
it was learned definitely from
the state highway commission
yesterday.
County Engineer Paul B.
Rynning said thai state highway
engineers were here this week
end looking for rock quarries
and indicated that they would
get right to work on the project.
He understood that the work
would Include widening the
shoulders In spots and reinfor
cing parts of the road with better
pavement.
Economics Influence
Rynning reported to Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce
directors Friday that economic
factors involved in use of the
highway by the lumber industry
had apparently influenced the
commission's attention to the
portion of highway.
The highway stretch is Impor
tant to valley lumbering opera
tions. Lumbermen and chamber
of commerce- representatives al
a recent conference with com
missioners here pointed to need
for improvement of the road to
remove the necessity for para
serious.
'Daylight Saving'
Starts in Medford
Area This Morning
Most people are reading their
morning papers todav an hour
earlier than usual except those,
of course, who forget to set their
clocks ahead before they went
to bed last night.
Those who neglected to get on
the daylight saving time wagon
last night should take care of
that detail this morning or they
will be out of step with just
about everyone on the west
coast.
Some confusion is expected as
to whether clocks should go for
ward or backward. They should
be set ahead in other words,
clocks that read 8 a.m., for ex
ample, now, should be set up to
9 a.m.
That is a process being follow
ed by nearly every community
m the stale, by most government
agencies, bus lines, Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company,
California-Oregon Power com
pany, Camp White domiciliary
center, ' Rogue River national
forest and all its field offices and
services.
Here is a list of some of the
towns and services that have
proclaimed daylight saving time:
Medford. Ashland. Grants Pass.
Central Point, Gold Hill, Eagle
Point, Jacksonville, Klamath
Falls, Lakeview, Malin, Oakland,
Rogue River, Phoenix and Butte
Falls.
Siskiyou Area Road
Improvements Asked
Sacramento. Cal.. Apr. 29
(U.R) The Sacramento Valley
council, California State Cham
ber of Commerce, announced to
day a list of highway projects It
will recommend next month to
the state highway commission.
They included:
Siskiyou county U. S. 99,
Dunsmuir to Bin Canyon, four-
lane divided. U. S. 99. Weed to
six miles north, grade and sur
face. Sign route 96, Klamath
river route to Hamburg, grade
and surface portions. Sign route
89, McCloud to Junction with
U. S. 99, plans and survey.
Capt. Crommelin To Seek
U. S. Senator Position
Montgomery, Ala., Apr. 29
(U.R) Capt. John Crommelin,
Storm center of the recent unifi
cation row, today laid aside his
navy blues and embarked on
Alabama's stormy political seas.
He said that he would run for
the U. S. senate from Alabama
on an independent ticket.
Highway
lyzing wintertime load limit
reductions. Other representa
tions had been made to the com
mission last winter, by wire,
letter and telephone.
The commission has instructed
engineers to install truck scales
where necessary to enforce ade
quate check on log hauling
overloading, with scales to be
maintained permanently and at
such hours as needed to control
weight limits on the highway. A
policy of cancelling log hauling
permits after one warning for
second violation of weight limit,
was also adopted.
Cooperation Assured
It is understood that Iunmber
men here have agreed to cooper
ate with the commission in
seeing that weight limits are
observed.
The commission has also auth
orized reconstruction of the high
way from Cave Junction to the
California line to repair damage
from heavy traffic and overloading.-
Cost is estimated at
$300,000.
Grading and top dressing of
the Lake o' Woods highway In
Klamath county was approved
as permitted by a $230,000
allowance, . .
Private Airplane
Overdue in Flight
From Oregon Town
Pilot 67 Years Old;
Jordan Valley Eyed
Boise. Ida.. Anr. 29 (UP)
Idaho air search and rescue units
went into action early tonight to
search for an overdue private
plane with two Portland, Ore.,
men ueuevect aDoara.
Piloting the craft was W. T.
Peters, who celebrated his 67th
birthday in Portland todav.
Peters is the owner of the Weld
ers' Supply company of Portland.
Visit Sick Relative
Also aboard when the plane
took off from Portland this
morning was Frank Fraser.
Peters was flying him to Boise
to visit Fraser's father, who had
been seriously ill.
The plane, a maroon and yel
low Navion bearing registration
numbers NC4284K, apparently
had lost its way while en route
from John Dav. Ore. tn Rni
and was now unreported and
overdue, according to State
Aeronautics Director Chet Moul
ton. "We've got five or si nlanes
out searching the area arnunH
Jordan Valley," Moulton said.
Assistance Asked
Jordan Vallev l in
Oregon, near the Idaho line.
The pilot, Moulton said, had
asked for assistance about 4:40
p.m., indicating he was confused
as to his whereabouts. He repor
ted an hour's gas supply left at
the time. He made some refpr.
enee Jordan Valley and the CAA
station suggested he land at an
airstrip there.
'But he didn't seem tn he
able to find it and the CAA gave
mm a neaaing oi zd degrees and
told him to make for Boise,"
Moulton added.
Weak Signals Heard
"About six o'clock some weak
signals were received from him
and there was no evidence he
was able to receive signals from
tne laa. nothing more was
heard after that."
Moulton added that he tried
to telephone Jordan Valley but
iiiod infntmnfl f nnm m in
tions were severed shortly be
fore 6 p.m.
In Portland, Mrs. Peters said
her husband had been flying
about five years and .was an ex
tremely cautious pilot. She said'
the pair planned to be Boise by
noon, stay overnight, and fly to
a pilots' breakfast in Pendleton,
Ore., Sunday morning.
Loudspeakers Fight
Expected in Berlin
Berlin, Apr. 29 (U.R) An
estimated 1,000,000 persons will
jam midtown Berlin's flag
draped streets Monday for the
May day "battle of the loud
speakers." All over the continent, other
millions will be demonstrating in
smaller rallies of communists,
anti-cominunlsts and, in many
cases, a mixture of both.
Police will be at full strength
In almost every city, but a sur
vey of western Europe by the
United Press indicates that po
lice do not anticipate any major
disturbances.
Berlin and Paris are potential
trouble spots. In both cities
huge demonstrations of opposed
factions are scheduled only short
distances from each other.
An estimated 200,000 pro-communists
will rally behind their
red banners in the Russian sec
tor of Berlin. Less than a mile
away, on the British side of the
flag-covered Brandenburg gate,
an estimated 300,000 anti-Reds
will Jam the Ticrgarten park
around the burned-out Reichstag
parliament building.
146,500 Army Troops
Located in Germany
Washinglon. Apr. 29 (U.R)
The defense department disclosed
today for the first time that thia
country has about 146.500 army
troops in western Germany.
Until now this information
along with the general deploy
ment of other overseas troops,
has been kept top secret.
The department said an addi
tional 123,500 troops are In the
far esst. By far the greatest num
ber are in Japan. The others are
in Okinawa, Korea, some of the
islands formerly held by Japan.
Of the troops In Germany, an
army spokesman said, 85.500 are
concentrated In Berlin where U.
S. officials are set for trouble in
connection wilh a communist
vouth march scheduled for May
28. Another 10,000 U. S. troops
are stationed in Austria.
Fast Train Hits Truck
At Colorado Crossing
Longmont, Ccyo., Apr. 29
(U.R) The Burlington Zephyr,
en route from Cheyenne, Wyo.,
to Denver, plowed Into a water
tank truck near here today in
juring the fireman of the train.
The train did not leave the
rails and no one else was in
jured, according to Burlington
officials.
In critical condition at a Long
mont hospital was D. M. Gram
ted oi Denver,