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ONLY BOATS CAN REACH many parts of Missouri River basin
near Leavenworth, Kan. This bridge, which once spanned stream,
now is Isolated in vast Inland sea ol Hood water. (International)
Suit To Void Sale of Land
Near Gold Beach Due May 13
Portland U.R) Trial of
tovernment suit to void the sale
S 800 acres of Indian-owned
timberland near Gold Beach on
charges of fraud will begin Tues
day, May 13.
Federal Judge Gus J. Solomon
refused Monday to heed pleas of
two deputy U. S. Attorneys that
the FBI needs 30 more days to
complete the investigation of the
transaction, and that for this rea
son the government was not
ready to go to trial.
Conferences Scheduled
Meanwhile, pretrial confer
ences were scheduled to continue
next Monday.
Judge Solomon also took un
der advisement a motion to drop
two defendants from the action.
The two defendants, Fred M.
Marsh, Lebanon timber buyer,
and William F. Brenner, had an
option to buy the timber for
$300,000.
Their attorneys argued that
they permitted the option to
lapse and therefore there was no
basis for action against them.
U. S. District Attorney Edward
Twining objected strenuously.
Said Aware of Value
Twining said the defendants
Marsh, Brenner, Mrs. Ernestine
Siniscal, and her father, Elmer
Reed, both of Cutler City and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Taylor,
The Dalles were aware the
property was worth more than
the $135,000 for which it was
sold to Mrs. Siniscal. The Siletz
Indian woman was represented
as a bona fide buyer at the In
dian office. The Indian bureau
requires that its trust lands be
sold only to another Indian.
However, Twining charged,
the same day Mrs. Siniscal
bought the land, she sold it to
the Taylors for $25,000 profit,
and the Taylors In turn gave an
option to Brenner and Marsh. .
Portland (U.PJ The largest
number of Chinook salmon to
pass Bonneville dam in one day
since the spring run began,
1,485, was counted yesterday by
the Corps of Engineers.
Medford
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Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1952
Pages 1-6
Russia Claimed
Responsible (or
Polish Massacres
New York OJ.Rl Rep. Al
vin E. O'Konski says there Is
"irrefutable evidence" that the
Russians were responsible for
the Katyn Forest massacre of
12,000 Polish troops during
World War II.
"There Is not one scintilla of
evidence, at present," the Wis
consin Republican said, "to indi
cate that anyone but the Rus
sians did the job."
Attended Europe Hearing!
O'Konski, who is serving on a
House committee investigating
the slaughter, arrived from
Europe after two weeks of hear
ings in London and Frankfurt.
The Germans charge the Rus
sians were responsible for the
slaughter, contending it oc
curred in April, 1940. The Rus
sians charge that the Germans
massacred the Poles in the fall
of 1941.
Bodies Disinterred
O'Konski said a German spon
sored medical investigating team
of leading pathologists irom
many European countries disin
terred 982 bodies and reported
unanimously that the Polish
troops were slain in April, 1940.
before the Germans entered the
Smolensk area where the mas
sacre accurred.
Church Heads Claim Gratifying
Victory in Religious Instruction
Mill of Corvaffi's
Damaged by Flames
. Corvallis (UK Flames de
stroyed possibly one-third of the
$1,000,000 Chapman Manufac
turing company plant here Tues
day as fire struck twice at the
big hardboard concern.
Washington OJ.R) Church
leaders have claimed "grati
fying" victory in the long legal
battle over "released time" relig
ious instruction lor public school
students. '
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to
3 decision Monday, sanctioned
dismissal of children one day a
week for religious instruction off
the school grounds if. their par
ents request it.
Law Changed
Two New York city parents
had challenged a state law per
mitting this "released time" pro
gram on grounds that it violates
the constitutional principle of
separation of church and state.
I Gerald E. Knoff. general di-
rector of the Commission on
'Christian Education ol the Na
tional Council of Churches, said
in Chicago that church leaders
are "greatly pleased at this de
cision." He said the court had upheld
precisely the system of "released
time" religious instruction which
the National Council has been
advising Its affiliates to sponsor.
Program Cooperation Urged
Knoff said there are now
about 3,000 communities- In the
nation in which some such form
of week-day religious instruction
is being offered. He said the
council will urge all participants '
to "make sure that their pro- j
grams are so constructed as to
be in accordance with both the
spirit and letter" of the court
decision.
Msgr. John S. Middleton, sec
retary for education of the Ro
man Catholic Archdiocese of
New York, said the court ruling
was a "new vindication" ol par
ents' rights to direct the educa
tion of their children.
Dr. J. M. Dawson, a leading
Baptist clergyman, said he did
not oppose the ruling, but had
some serious questions about
it. "Will the element of compul
sion in the framework of the
plan be pencraUy acceptable?"
he asked. "If children can be dis
missed one day, may they not
also on other days, with possible
disruption of the public school
system?"
Mother Throws Infant
Off Bridge; Tot Saved
Portland W.P.I Police Tues
day questioned a woman who
threw her month-old baby girl
50 feet off the Burnside bridge
into the Willamette river and
then jumped in herselt. Both the
baby and mother were rescued
by a passing tug.
Witnesses said they saw the
woman, identified by police as
Mrs. Beatrice French, 34, kiss
her baby before she threw the
child oif the bridge Monday
evening.
The Baptist Joint Committee
on Public Affairs, of which Daw
son is executive director, took
part in the celebrated McCollum
case ol 1948. The committee op
posed a "released time" program
on Camhpalgn, 11. v which was
declared unconstitutional.
In, Monday's opinion, Justice
William O. Douglas noted that In
Champaign the classrooms were
used for religious Instruction
whereas in New York they were
not. He said the McCollum case
could not be expanded to cover
tlie New York program "unless
separation of church and state
means that public institutions
can make no adjustments to
their schedules to accommodate
the religious needs of the peo
ple." The court also uphetS 5 to 4
the bitterly disputed Illinois
"group libel" laws.
The law prohibits publication
of material which libels "any
race, color, creed or religion."
Our Special Spring Prices on
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May 10rh.
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SJabbing Victim Leaves Hospital
Paul Blair, Shady Cove, who
was severely stabbed April 20,
was dismissed wl c tv d. a y at ter
noort from Community hosptlat,
where he had been since he suf
tered the injury, the hospital re
ported Tuesday.
The three men involved in the
Sunday mornimj brawl have
been held In the county jail and
were arraigned on April 22 on
charges of assault 'with a danger
ous weapon, according to Dis
trict Attorney Paul rlavlland.
Dee Stockton was released on
$3,500 bail Monday, according
to Kaviland, but Monte Stock
ton ancf Donald E. Yule ate stilt
in Jail. The original bait haot
been set at S7.500 each, but was
lowered to $3,500, he stated.
"Washington JO.KI Rep. Reld
F. Murray, R-Vf is., died Tuesday
at the Naval Medical Center in
nearby Bcthosda, Md.
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