TWO MEOrOltO (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
War Correspondent Sees Okinawa
On Seventh
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naat Hoberecht was with tha
XT. S. flaat off Okinawa dur
ing part of the battle for thai
strategic Island. Hobaraehx.
United Praaa general manager
for Asia, tails in this dispatch
about an anniversary visit to
tha battlefield.
Br EARNEST HOBERECHT
Okinawa (U.P) Tuesday
ia the seventh anniversary of the
Allied landing on Okinawa in
1945 and the beginning of the
last and bloodiest battle of the
Pacific war..
I walked today in reverent
alienee along the debris-liltered
invasion beaches and climbed
the scarred, blood-soaked hills
where more than 12,000 Amer
icans and 110,000 Japanese died.
No Kamikas Planes
There were no kamikaze
planes today like those that
came raining down on the giant
fleet which steamed up to Okin
awa's beaches with the invasion
forces seven years ago. There
were no dug-in positions, no
flame-throwers, no hand-to-hand
combat, no mass suicides by de
feated defenders of the island.
The beaches are quiet except
for the rush of the tide around
rusting landing craft. The hills
re bare except for once-shattered
trees which are trying to
grow again.
Activity Sean
But from both the beaches and
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hills you can see lots of activ-i
ity.
The busy scene today results
from a gigantic construction pro
gram by the U. S. military forces.
By the time it is completed in
1956, it probably will have cost
$350,000,000. More than $200,
000,000 has been spent already
on the Army and Air Force in
stallations. You can see the hustle and
bustle from almost any part of
the old battlefield from Purple
Beach, Brown Beach, Nakagu-
Tunisia Strike Said
Only Partial Success
Tunis, Tunisia (U.R) Two un
ions staged a 24-hour strike
Tuesday protesting French rule
of Tunisia but their walkout was
only a partial success.
Strong units of infantry and
field gendarmerie patrolled the
streets of Tunis and other cities,
ready to cope with any violence.
But in Tunis the strike was
almost unnoticed, and authori
ties said, public utilities were
operating normally. Employees
of streetcar and suburban rajl
lines refused to take part in the
strike.
The walkout followed week
end riots against the French in
Tangier and another disturbance
Monday at Safi, Morocco.
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Japans Contractors
Interestingly enough, much of
the work is being done by con
tractors from Japan, America's
newest ally in the Pacific.
The Japanese, from whom the
island was taken in fierce fight
ing seven years ago, are now
helping the United States make
Okinawa into "the Gibraltar of
the Pacific."
There are more than 4,000
Americans engaged in the big
U. S. construction program or
carrying out military duties on
Okinawa today. There are also
70,000 Okinawans on the U. S.
payroll.
SHORT CAREER Ronald Brodo
wicz, 7, hailed a cab in Detroit,
asked to be driven to the airport.
He confided to the cabbie he was
"going to Hollywood to become a
television star." Next thing be
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Spokane U.R) A ruling by
U. S. District Judge Chase Clark
brightened prospects Tuesday
that natural gas soon would be
imported from Canada to the
Puget Sound area.
Clark enjoined Trans-Northwest
Gas, Inc., Monday from
continuing "any "act or action"
which would delay plans of the
Northwest Natural Gas company
to pipe in gas from Alberta.
To Turn Over Franchise
The ruling stated that Trans
Northwest could not construct or
twn any main natural gas trans
mission line and "should be en
joined from doing business with
any company having such main
lines in competition with North
west." Clark also ordered Trans
Northwest to turn over to North
west Natural Gas all franchises
obtained by it for construction
of main trunk fines, and also
enjuined the law firm of Graves,
Kisqr and Graves from "repre
senting and advising connecting
companies.
Will Speed Gas
Northwest had brought the
case on the grounds that Paul
H. Graves, partner in the Spo
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company's attorney and then be
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a competitor.
N. Henry Gellert, president of
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Election Stakes High
For Sens. Taf Kerr
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington (U.R) Repub
lican Sen. Robert A. Taft and
Democratic Sen. Robert S. Kerr
have the most at stake in Tues
day's two Midwestern presiden
tial primaries.- ' "
Taft's position as a candidate
for the Republican presidential
nomination depends somewhat
on his-, showirfg in Nebraska's
primary and very much on how
The Grange
Eagle Point Grange
Eagle Point Grange HEC met
March 26 at the home of Carol
Clymer, with Mary Redding as
co-hostess. Roll call was an
swered by Irish stories. The
meeting was mostly concerned
with planning the ham dinner
scheduled for April 15, at 7
p. m., in Grange hall. Tickets
will be on sale soon. There will
be a speaker after the dinner,
introduced by Holly Swingle.
This will precede the regular
Grange meeting. Dinner and lec
ture are open to the public.
Lillian Force reported on the
State Grange HEC program for
1952 and told of the fancy apron
contest to be held at Central
Point in May. -
Gladys Ragsdale showed the
year books which are finished
and these are on hand for any
member who cares to have one.
There will be a plant ex
change at the April meeting at
the home of Gladys Ragsdale.
Gold Hill Grange.
Gold Hill Grange H.E.C. met
in regular session March 26. The
dinner was attended by 18 mem
bers, one visitor, Mrs.- Nora
Bailey, and six gentlemen, Her
man Kampmg, Charles Doote,
Charles Askins, Lester Dusen
berry, Mr, Fiene and Glenn
Chase. Members present for the
first time since being ill were
Nina Duscnberry, Blanche Mer-
riman and Jean Densmore.
Members sorted rummage in
preparation for the auction. Get-
well cards were Sent to the
Dahls, Chaffees, Nora Walt and
Dale Collins. Mildred Wright
was remembered with a gift
from her . Flora friend. Carrie
Dierdorff won the prize.
Roxv Ann Grange
Roxy Ann Grange Home Eco
nomics club will meet Wednes
day, April 2, at 1 p.m., at Grange
hall with Stevie McMahon as
hostess. Roll call will be "Money
making Projects."
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he makes out in Wisconsin. Kerr
figures only in the Nebraska
poll. '
Original Selection
Wisconsin was the state or
iginally selected by Taft man
agers for . a show of strength.
That was before their luckless
decisions to. go into' New Hamp
shire where the senator was
beaten and into New Jersey
where he felt compelled to with
draw. In addition to those re
verses, Taft lost the popular de
cision on Gen. Dwight D. Ei
senhower ' in Minnesota by a
spectacular write-in vote ' mar
gin. So Wisconsin is the starting
post for Taft in a primary come
back effort. Wisconsin does not
permit write-in voting. Taft,
Gov. Earl Warren of California,
Harold E. Stassen, Grant Ritter
representing Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur minus the general's okay
and a local candidate of no con
sequence are on the Wisconsin
Republican ballot.
Ike Support Invited
Stassen openly and Warren
almost openly have invited the
support of Wisconsin enthusi
asts for Eisenhower. The situa
tion almost shakes down to a
contest between Taft and Ei
senhower in which Ike will get
credit for most of the Warren
and Stassen vo.tes and delegates
and Taft will be credited with
what he gets in his own name
and what Ritter may accumu
late in behalf of MacArthur.
Neither Taft nor Eisenhower
is entered in Nebraska. Stassen
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Front line Troops
Get Rotation Bonus
Seoul-(U.PJ The Army's new
scheme for rotating troops. from
Korea went. into effect Tuesday
giving front-line troops a clear
cut "bonus".
Under the new system only
soldiers in frontline units ex
posed to enemy fire will get the
maximum four points a month.
Intermediate zone troops will get
three points and support units
will get two. A man is eligible
for rotation when he has 36
points.
Previously many support
troops attached to units in the
front lines received front-line
is in. But interest centers on
write-in campaigns undertaken
for Eisenhower and Taft. Such
votes are not binding but a land
slide either way would be im
portant A landslide for Ike
against Taft would be a severe
blow to the senator's standing.
With some wins under his belt,
Ike better could withstand a
hard blow. There is a stand-in
candidate for MacArthur in Ne
braska, lacking the general's
sanction. -Kerr
on Own
Kerr had been campaigning
as a stand-in for Mr. ..Truman
until Saturday night's announce
ment. He is on his own now as
an avowed candidate and says
he likes it. Nebraska is near
Kerr's home state of Oklahoma.
This primary is the first and
perhaps the best chance for Kerr
to show he has some vote-getting
ability away from home.
Kerr needs to demonstrate that.
His opponent is Kefauver, a hard
man to beat.
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keep soldiers not actually under
constant enemy fire in Korea
longer.
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