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Friday. March 7. If 32
U. S. Non-Battle
Casualties Total
Nearly 2 Million
Washington (U.R) Amer
ican servicemen suffered 1,853,
910 non-battle casualties through
out the world from the Korean
outbreak to last December 31,
according to Defense Secretary
Rohprt A. Lovett.
The figure Includes all mili
tary personnel treated for dis
eases and non-battle injuries. Of
the total, Lovett said, 94.7 per
cent returned to active duty.
Disclosed in Letter
Lovett disclosed the figure in
a letter to Sen. William F. Know
land (R., Cal.), who protested
recently on the Senate floor that
the defense secretary had re
fused to divulge non-battle cas
ualties to him.
Lovett warned that the term
"non-battle casualties" was "mis
leading." It includes, he said,
everything from a simple head
ache to a major surgical opera
tion, from a minor-bruise to a
serious injury caused by an au
tomobile accident. "
"In thousands of cases," he
said, "these figures include the
repeated admission of the same
individual."
De Gaulle Patiently
Awaiting Summons
As Savior of France
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(Sen: Charles De Gaulle is
waiting patiently in the wings of
the French political stage for the
cue he is sure will come to re
sume his favorite role savior
of France.
Vincent Auriol, president of
France, hopes he won't have to
give the cue. So do the U. S.
and Britain.
For De Gaulle's return to pow
er not only would result in a
drastic revision of French do
mestic and foreign policy, but
also might upset the delicately-
balanced European defense plan
worked out by the North Atlan
tic Treaty Organization in Lis
bon last month with France as
the keystone.
May Have No Choice
However, Auriol may have no
other choice than to entrust the
formation of a new government
to the 61-year-old World War II
hero who quit , the presidency in
a huff Jan. 20, 1946, because the
new constitution stripped the
office of almost all executive
power.
The situation is desperate
France is facing its worst crisis
since it was overrun by the Ger
mans. It is near bankruptcy,
with no government, no budget,
and an almost empty treasury.
It borrowed another $71,000,000
just the other day to pay salaries
and day-to-day administrative
expenses.
Delaying Fateful Call
Auriol is delaying the fateful
call to De Gaulle as long as pos
sible. He is trying desperately
to find' some middle-of-the-road
political leader who can rally
enough support in the assembly
to patch together a new govern
ment, beholden neither to the
Communists nor to De Gaulle's
extreme right-wing rally of the
French people.
Antome Pinay, an independ
ent, is the latest to attempt it.
But he faces an almost impos
sible task. There are a dozen
parties in the assembly divided
roughly into six main groups,
and none has a majority.
Largest Party
De Gaulle's RPF is the largest
party with 114 of the 624 seats
in the chamber. Then come the
Socialists with 106, the Com
munists with 102, the Independ
ent Republicans and the Peas
ants with 102, the Radical So
cialists and their allies with 95
to 100, and the Popular Re
publicans with 81.
The last middle-of-the-road
coalition under Radical Socialist
Premier Edgar Faure lasted only
five weeks. It resigned Friday
after the Assembly defeated a
proposed 15 per cent tax hike
hi its record-high budget.
There is no reason to believe
any other government, excuding
the De Gaullists, would be any
more successful.
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EMULATING FAMOUS FATHER, Lt. William Foster Rickenbacker,
24, son of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, America's top ace in first
world war, stands for photographer at Long Beach, Cal., airport
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Redfield, Victim of Safe
Theft, May Quit Gambling
Workshop Slated
On Conservation
Ashland A two-day program
devoted to conservation meth
ods - and accomplishments will
be held at Southern Oregon col
lege on April 8 and 9, it was
announced today by Dr. John
D. E. McAuley, associate prpfes
sor of education. Conservation
exhibits, motion pictures, field
trips and panel discussions will
highlight the program.
Purpose of the workshop Is .to
integrate the work of the biol
ogy, . natural history, physical
science and elementary educa
tion departments at the college,
Dr. McAulay explained. Student
teachers will be introduced to
conservation methods and learn
how such material can be used
in elementary teaching.
Workshop Members
The-workshop will be direct
ed by Dr. McAulay, Dr. Elmo N.
Stevenson, president of the col
lege; Dr. Wayne W. Wells, pro
fessor of science; Dr. H. S. Fowl
er, assistant professor of phys-.
ical science; Elliott B. Mac
Cracken, assistant profesosr of
mathematics; Harold Thomas,
Ashland district forest ranger;
C. H.. Ault, U. S. Soil Conser
vation service director, and Fair
Griffin, educational consultant
of the northwest district con
servation service.
The public will be invited to
attend the 'several" phases of
the program.
Prisoners Escape; '
Jailer Suspended
Portland 0J.R) The jailer
who was on duty at the county
courthouse when two federal
prisoners escaped Tuesday night
has been suspended, Sheriff Ter
ry D. Schrunk said Friday.
Ernie Cutshall, who Schrunk
said was responsible for failure
to check cell block doors when
shifts changed, was suspended
for 10 days. The prisoners who
broke out of the jail were ad
judged juvenile delinquents by
U. S. District Judge Gus J
Solomon.
Reno (U.R) Multimillionaire
La Vere Redfield, long known
as Reno's most fabulous gambler,
said Friday he -was thinking
about quitting the gambling ta
bles for good. -
Redfield, from whose mansion
burglars stole a green safe last
week-end containing $2,500,000
in jewelry,' currency and nego
tiable securities, said he hadn't
made up his mind yet whether
he would abandon the roulette
wheels. ; -
"There is a likelihood I may
quit my gambling," he said.
At the same time, he disclosed
he has decided not to post a pub
lic reward for the return .of the
safe's contents but will "pay lib
erally" anyone who returns the
Dock Bosses Order
Strikers To Return
Jersey City, N.J. (U.R) Dock
bosses ordered .. striking AFL
longshoremen back to work Fri
day after reaching an "agree
ment" with city officials on hir
ing labor for city piers.
Following a two-hour confer
ence Thursday night, Mayor
John V. Kenny reiterated his in
tention of keeping "undesirable
elements" from the waterfront
here even if the niers had to
"stay closed for 10 minutes or
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Lakeview Gets
New Draft Board
Lakeview, Ore. (U.R) Lake
county had a new draft board
Friday although the new mem
bers have not been confirmed.
The former board resigned in
protest to a regulation that al
lows Irish nationals to be ex
empt from military service in
this country.
In Portland, Col. Francis W.
Mason, deputy state selective
service director, said that the
necessary number of citizens told
draft officials they "will be will
ing to serve."
"The names of the new board
members will not be announced
until the individuals have been
processed," Col. Mason said. He
explained that Gov. Douglas Mc
Kay must first recommend the
new members and then the com
missions have to be approved by
the President. He said this will
take time, but he expected the
new board to be functioning
soon.
loot.
This offer, he said, applies to
the "robbers" as well as to the
police or anyone else who can
solve the crime.
'I'm not one to expect some
thing for nothing," he said.
He explained the reason he
was thinking about giving up his
daily sessions at the roulette
tables he never plays anything
else was simply because "every
one knows who I am now.
Once Practically Unknown
Before the burglary biggest
in U. S. and maybe even world
history Redfield explained, "I
could come and go as I wished
and not many people knew who
I was."
"Now." he said, "evervone will
know my identity. They will fol
low me when I gamble. I don't
want to be the goat leading the
sheep."
Skiers Interfere
With Cattle Hauling
Portland (U.R) Members of
the state highway commission
said Friday they will view at
first hand Sunday the controver
sy between skiers and cattle
haulers over use of Highway 26
at Government Camp.
Truckers hauling cattle to
Portland markets complain that
the thousands of skiers who
swarm to the snow slopes on
week-ends create such a traffic
jam they have trouble getting
their trucks through.
Commissioners Milo K. Mc
Iver, Portland, and Charles Rey
nolds,. La Grande, have been in
vited by the Cascade Ski club to
view the situation Sunday when
the Northwest ski jumping cham
pionship tournament is held at
Government Camp.
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Group Participation Sought in Jubilee
Jacksonville A meeting of
leaders of various Jacksonville
organizations was held last night
at the US hoteL It was called by
Scotty Matheny, general mana
ger for the Lions club 1932 Jack
sonville jubilee, to invite the or
ganizations to participate in the
annual event with committee
members to serve with the Lions.
The jubilee is set for August 2
and 3.
Represented at the meeting
were the Odd Fellows and Ruth
Rebekah lodges, the Parent
Teacher association, Royal
Neighbors of America lodge,
Mayor Albert Hackert's office
and the volunteer fire depart
ment. Mathenv outlined various
phases of the jubilee production, 1
and committees are to report
back to the Lions at another
meeting scheduled in mid-April,
Markwith said.
Entertainment at the meeting
included a trumpet solo and vo-
Washlngton flJ.B Bonneville
Power Administration officials
have told a house appropriations
subcommittee they need an extra
$2,200,000 for a 230-kilovolt
transmission line from McNary
dam to Walla Walla,. Wash.
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