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THAILAND 7. ,n, V :. :.i : lllgg y CAMBODIA V j : :::: : :- r J )NAMyj :i ::::::SCSTaiHOA HAO FANATICS I i ' i3 '3c!l HASTATE SADEC. MYTHO J MILES 1 f" ' LONG XUYEN IN FREE VIET I 0 100 NAM S "K'CE BOWL." I WAR FLARES ANEW A week-long Ian io free Viet Nam's civil war is ended with widespread fighting in rice-rich Mekon River delta area below Saigon as Hoa Hao troops attack. Newsmap locates Sadec, Mytho and Long Xuyen, hard-hit with artillery, mortar fire, by forces under fanatic Gen. Ba Cut. Casualties among civilian population believed high, according to reports from refugees straggling into Saigon. A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United PrM FHir Wriar mAm Washington (U.R) A century ago this week, Congress was in recess, but several offices were earning xneir salt and sow belly. One was the office of the Secretary of the Senate. Under a re cent act, the secretary was busy buying a lot of inter esting things. These he list- Harman Nichols ed u n alpha phabetically in the papers. Like: Fifty reams of hardware paper, "very tough and with a very smooth surface."-. Two dozen ivory handled erasers. . Six dozen match'boxes equipped with wax matches. Two dozen boxes of pencil leads. Ten dozen inkstands, and eight dozen V2 pint bottles of the very best quality ink. And, among other things, one dozen bottles of red ink. Incidentally, the Secretary of the Senate asked that all bidders on things to be bought should send samples to him. Another incidental item in the prints of 1855 reported that Wil liam Clauncy Landon of Ken tucky was elevated from assist ant to Chief Examiner of Pa tents and Jhat the raise in pay would put Mr. L. up to $2500 a year. New Assistant Examiners, Amos T. Jenkens of Rhode Island and Isaac D. Toll of Mich igan, were to be upped to the munificent sum of S1800 per annum. No tax deductions. But to get back to things wanted and those for sale, the Bureau of Yards and Docks ad vertised it would offer "to the highest bidder" such things as 250 pounds of hard soap, 15 crowbars, and 20 dozen files. Not to mention four hearth rugs, three office stool3, and two iron ing boards. The Willard Hotel, one of the oldest in the Capital, advertised that it was forced to increase rates to S1.50 a day, but swore on a stack of, that it was the best buy in town and that baths were "free for paying guests." Our government office said that for $5 a head there would be a trip up and down the river in the "Vessel George Washing ton" to celebrate the landing of the Pilgrims. The boat, the gov ernment agency said, was char tered by the "Young Catholic Friends Society of Washington, which needs the money." Medford united fresi Full Leased wire Tribune united Press full Leased Wire Section Two MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1955 Pagesl-6 Mrs. (Green (My Oregon (Delegate To Vote in Favor of Statehood Measure By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington (Special) Ore gon's congressional delegation contributed or1 one vote to the cause of statehood for Hawaii and Alaska last week, and that was cast by the congresswoman from Portland, Rep. ' Edith Green, Democrat The House vpteu down a com bined statehood bill for both ter ritories by a 48-vote margin after two days of debate, apparently wiping out any chances the American flag will get its 49tb and 50th stars very soon. Norblad Absent Rep. Walter Norblad indicated he would have voted for the statehood measure if he had been present, but he was in Nica ragua attending an international conference, his office reported. Rep. Harris Ellsworth said he voted against the bill because he is opposed to statehood for Alaska. Like the Eisenhower ad ministration, he said he favors Hawaiian statehood. Ellsworth said he wasn't convinced the peo ple of Alaska want statehood. Rep. Sam Coon also voted against statehood. Del. E. L. Bartlett of Alaska said the best evidence of the prevailing opinion in the terri tory is that the only candidates for public office in Alaska that ' -vi. 1 4 i 41 xn : . gel eieuiea are muse idvuiuig statehood. Postal Bill Backed Postal workers got two sup porters from the Oregon dele gation in the House and support from both Oregon senators last week for their pay increase bill. Sens. Wayne Morse and Richard L. Neuberger voted, for the" 8.8 per cent bill in the Senate, and Ellsworth and Mrs. Green sup ported it in the House when it ; came to a final vote. Norblad was out of town, as was Coon, who was attending the Oregon Cattlemen's meeting at Corval lis when the bill came up. Ellsworth, however, earlier voted in favor of sending the pay bill back to a House-Senate con ference with instructions to trim it down to a 7.6 per cent in crease, which is in line with what the administration wants. In the recent battle over farm price supports in the House which saw the Democratic ma jority successfully put through a bill to restore rigid supports at 90 per cent in place of the current sliding-scale supports, the Oregon delegation divided on party lines. Longer Chance Wanted Ellsworth, Coon and Norblad all voted against the high sup port bill, explaining they thought the flexible approach ought to be given a longer chance to show what affect it might have on the nation's economy in terms of agricultural surplus commodities, subsidies and far mer income. Mrs. Green went for the high bill. The sliding - scale approach went into affect only last year, but under the persuasive leader ship of Speaker Sam Rayburn the House passed the rigid bill Korea Flour Mill Fund Said Unfair Washington (U.R) Rep. Walt Horan said yesterday he had learned that the Foreign Opera tions administration is supplying funds to furnish machinery to Korean flour mills and said this was "not fair" to Northwest wheat growers. "I strongly protest this action since the Pacific Northwest, ag riculturally, has a wheat econ omy," the Washington Republi can said in a letter to FOA Ad ministrator Harold E. Stassen. "Right now we are hard pressed with our disposal programs and have great quantities in storage." For the first time, the North American pulp and paper indus try in 1954 exported more paper than it imported. 'A daily Main Street visitor so familiar a sight you scarcely notice it. That's the motor freight truck, with its load of things to be sold in the stores, and used in the shops and on the nearby farms a cargo of the things you use or wear or eat everyday. By providing frequent, efficient motor freight service everywhere in the state, the trucking industry helps to assure Oregon's continued economic progress. Every Oregon city, no matter what its size, is served by at least one of the many reliable motor freight carriers. Many Oregon communities depend exclusively upon trucks for freight service but they can be as confident of sharing Oregon's bright economic future as the larger centers served by additional forms of transportation. Regardless of where you live, you can be sure your good neighbor, the trucking industry, is there to serve you to serve Oregon to help Oregon grow. v 1 LJ Good. Neighbor in Y our Community Consolidated Freighrways serves 150 el Oregon's 230 incorporated cities. Here's how we serve you in MEDFORD Motor Fnfglit Servk Pool Car Distribution total Cartoon Merchandise Storage k Household Goods Storage k Packing and Crating Moving Van Service Heavy Hauling 206-201. It's not expected to come up in the Senate this year, if ever, due to opposition from Sen. Ellender (D-La.), chairman of the Agriculture Committee. In one other issue brought to a vote last week, Ellsworth, Coon and Mrs. Green supported the defense appropriations bill which won unanimous House backing, 382-0. Norblad was still out of town. Said Uneconomical Only controversial feature in volved the-program of . the Eisen hower administration to turn over certain functions formerly handled by civilian employees of the Defense Department to pri vate business, such as making paint and rope by the Navy at established naval bases. Something Wrong Seen In Graham's Crusade London (U.R) London news papers took a long bard look at Billy Graham's east side visit Sunday and agreed that some thing went wrong. Only 5000 persons turned up and 100,000 had been expected. Some papers blamed the weather, others public apathy and others said the American evangelist was trying too hard to sell himself. . Only one, the News Chronicle, was optimistic about the meet ing. It said the Sunday meeting and the Saturday opening meet ing at Wembley Stadium consti tuted a "week end of fresh tri umphs for the preacher." Many lawmakers complained this was unwise, uneconomical and not in the interests of na tional security in many cases so the House voted 202-184 to re quire the Pentagon to get con gressional approval of every such proposed transfer. Coon and Ellsworth voted to let the Pentagon go ahead without get ting approval, and Mrs. Green voted for the clearance procedure. Red Jet Fuel Said ilul for Attack Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The Tatao News Agency of the Min istry of Interior said yesterday the Chinese Communists had stockpiled enough jet fuel at coastal airfields for a major air effort against Formosa and its island outposts. The agency said fuel suffi cient for 5000 missions had been stored at Luichiao Airfield alone The agency, which claims close Nationalist intelligence sources, said truckloads of jet fuel were sighted en route from Shanghai and Hangchow. Luichiao is within easy fight er range of Matsu and Quemoy island and Formosa itself. The Tatao agency said jet fuel for the fields originally came from the Romanian oilfields via tanker. Postal Pay Veto Expected To Stand Washington (U.R) Senate Re publican Leader William F. Knowland reiterated his forecast that President Eisenhower will veto the average 8.8 per cent pay raise approved by Congress for the nation's 500,000 postal workers. The Californian made his pre diction that a veto would be sus tained, despite the fact that both the House and Senate passed the meaisure by more than the two thirds majority needed to over ride a veto. Mr. Eisenhower is expected to announce this week whether he will sigh the bill which is out of line with the 7.6 per cent postal pay raise requested by the administration. SHARPSHOOTER Weare, N. H. (U.R) A con servation officer," Roger Grit wold. broke up a brawl between two bucks with a single bullet. The deer had locked antlers and were unable to free themselves. From 20 feet, Griswold took careful air and shot off one of the antlers. The freed bucks fled into the woods. 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