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Tuesday, October 25. 1953
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Five Airfields Being Readied for Soviet-Chinese Use Opposite Formosa
Expansion Said
Important Fact
Confronting Allies
Tokyo (U.R) A string of
five airfields opposite Formosa
are being readied for use by the
combined Soviet-Chinese air
force, U. S. Far East Air Com
mander Gen. Laurence S. Kuter
said today.
The southward expansion
through mainland China of bases
available to Soviet and Chinese
air power, Kuter said in an ex
clusive interview, is one of the
most important new facts con
fronting U.S. and ailied defense
chiefs in Asia.
Russian Advantage
It gives Russia the advantages,
but not the political liabilities, of
an overseas base chain extend
ing toward Southeast Asia.
Kuter said he would discuss
the status of the Reds' five For
mosa straits jet bases Thursday
with Nationalist China's air
force commander, Maj. Gen.
Wang Tiger Shu-Ming. Kuter is
scheduled to, fly to Formosa
Wednesday. ,; '
Taipeh dispatches have quot
ed Nationalist sources as saying
the five bases already are ready
' for use by jet planes but so far
are unoccupied. The bases at
Foochow, Swatow, Shanti, Lung
tien and Shiffu have been under
construction since last spring.
Power Remains Stable
Kuter said total Communist
air power in the Far East has
remained stable this year at
about 7500 warplanes, including
3000 jet fighters, 500 to 700
1L28 light jet bombers, 200 TU4
and similar propeller - driven
medium bombers, several hun
dred obsolescent light bombers
and attack and fighters planes,
transports and other aircraft.
Against this big Red air force,
the United States has based in
the Far East only about 2000
planes, which might be joined
in an emergency by the small
air forces of Nationalist China,
South Korea, the Philippines and
Thailand.
Taleni-Ashland
Youth Fund Drive
At One-Fourth Mark
Ashland Progress' reports
on the Ashland-Talent Youth
fund drive by organization
members at a meeting held Fri
day night in the basement of the
city libraryt show that only 25
per cent of the $14,300 goal has
been achieved thus far.
Ken Jones, president, urged
all committee members to re
double their efforts in order to
achieve the goals for which their
organizations were responsible.
Final plans for a radio auc
tion over Station KWIN were
discussed but details must be
worked out with station per
sonnel before definite dates and
times may be announced. This
feature has averaged nearly a
thousand dollars a year in the
i past for the drive funds.
Another meeting has been
scheduled for Thursday, Octob
er 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the base
ment of the city library.' It is
urged that every Youth Coun
cil member and other interested
members of the community at
tend this crucial meeting.
Those who wish to volunteer
'their services should contact
Ken Jones or Sam Hays immed
iately, is was announced.
Hkmalh Rancher
v Grassman of Year
Portland (U.R) Oregon's
."Grassman of the Year" is Lloyd
Gift, Klamath county rancher.
G$The Portland Chamber of Com
merce, sponsor of the grassman
contests, named George Milne, a
Tillamook dairy farmer, as sec
ond place winner. -'
Gift will be Oregon's entry in
the regional contest and will re
ceive $300 as a state award pro
vided by the United States Na
tional bank. Milne will receive
S200.
Gift's rangh consists of 6,000
acres once considered worthless
land in the Langell valley. On
700 acres Gift dug five miles of
drainage ditches, increased the
storage reservoir, leveled 'the
land, and seeded it to a grass-
legume mixture.
Holdup Men Left
Holding Wrong Bag
Lot Angeles (U.R) Bank
teller Leonard S. Pirri, 50,
left two holdup men holding
the wrong bag Monday.
Pirri said the two ap
proached him as he left his
car during the noon hour and
walked toward the bank. Af
ter a brief struggle, the men
grabbed the bag he was car-.
rying and fled.
The bag contained the re
mains of his lunch, Pirri said.
Higher Education
Board Seeks 19
More Teachers
Portland (U.R) Enroll
ment increases on six campus
es prompted the State Board of
Higher Education to move for 19
more teachers and $50,250 in
additional supplies and equip
ment. The board, meeting as a com-mittee-of-the-whole,
decided to
ask Gov. Paul Patterson for
permission to use $146,685 of
"over-realized" student fee in
come. Chancellor John Richards said
the following apportionment of
teacher help was planned:
Oregon State, equivalent of
2.6 fulltime teachers or $17,600.
Oregon, 3.2 instructors, $11,
865. Portland- State, 5.6 teachers,
$21,700.-' v
Oregon college, .3 teacher,
$3350.
Southern Oregon, 2 teachers,
$900.
Eastern Oregon, 1 teacher,
$6000 and summer session,
$9000.
Extra money for supplies and
equipment would include $29,
680 to Oregon State; $10,000 to
Oregon; $2800 to Portland State;
$3325 to Oregon college; $2275
to Southern Oregon, and $2170
to Eastern Oregon.
Some $17,920 for water was
not allocated.
Both Dr. O. Meredith Wilson,
president of the University of
Oregon, and Dr. A. L. Strand,
president of Oregon State, warn
ed of housing shortages to come.
Dr. Strand said, "We are in des
perate' ' circumstances how." '
Housekeeper Left
large Trust Fund
Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) A
housekeeper of wealthy Henry J.
Schlesinger. who died Oct. 10 at
the age of 76, has been left half
the income of a trust worth be
tween $800,000 and $1,000,000,
it was disclosed today.
The housekeeper, Miss Zilla
Helgeson, 64, was also a nurse in
the Schlesinger family more
than 40 years. She is guaranteed
an income of at least $400 per
month for life under the terms
of the trust.
Schlesinger's son, Robert H.,
will get the remainder of the in
come from the trust, if any, at
the trustees discretion.
He disappeared a short time
after a New York jewelry firm
attempted to collect a bil1. of
more than $100,000 for jewels
he allegedly ordered and gave to
movie star Linda Christian. The
firm was unsuccessful in its at
tempt to reclaim the jewels.
Budget Committee
To Meet Wednesday
A meeting of the city citizens'
budget committee will be held
in the city hall at 7:30 pjn.
Wednesday, it was announced
today by Mrs. Marina Gates, sec
retary of the committee. . -
She said City Manager Robert
Duff and City Atorney Frank
Farrell will discuss county bud
gets, particularly funds for road
and street use, and how cities
can share in these funds under
Oregon law.
In addition, Mrs. Gates indi
cated that matters concerned
with personnel administration in
the city will come up for discus
sion. The budget committee in the
past has only met during budget-making
time, but has been
meeting monthly recently so it
can gain a better understanding
of the city's financial prbblems.
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Four Men Fined for
Game Law Violations
Three men were fined yester
day in district court for viola
tion of hunting regulations and
a fourth was fined Saturday for
falsifying information about a
hunting license.
Jimime O. Selby, 27, of 335
F,d wards st., and William Ray
Arnold, 25, route 3, box 204,
were fined $30 each for shooting
a hen pheasant during closed
season.
. Meredith Hart Parsons, 36, of
1525 Grand st., was fined $18
for hunting during prohibited
hours. Hunting hours closed at
5:13 p.m. and Parsons was ar
rested at 5:26 p.m.
. Wiliam Stanley Avist, 25, of
506 Alice St., was fined $15 for
falsifying facts about his place
of residence when applying for
a hunting license.
Mystery Attacks Made on Family
Of Chief of Police in Iowa Town
BOY ELECTROCUTED
Molalla (U.R) Daniel Green
wood, 9, was electrocuted yes
terday afternoon when - he
climbed a power pole near his
home and his head touched a
power- line. He fell to the
ground and died instantly..
Grinnel, la. (U.R) Police
Chief Waldo E. Johnson called
on all his crime-fighting exper
ience today to catch the un
known enemy who is waging a
murderous vendetta against his
own family.
The assailant had set fire to
the bed of Johnson's son while
the 7-year-old boy was sleeping
in it and knocked his wife un
conscious with an ax.
Johnson admitted he has no
idea of the identity of the
prowler who has twice invaded
his home.
But he assumed the attacker
was an unbalanced man who had
a personal reason for hating
him. And he relied on "routine
police methods" to catch his
enemy before he strikes again.
Telephones After Attacks
Both attacks occurred Friday
and were punctuated by a mys
terious telephone call asking
about the condition of the chief's
son.
At about 2 a.m. Friday, John
son and his wife were awaken
ed by the screams of their son,
James. They rushed to his room
and found his bed in flames.
Johnson snatched up his son,
who had suffered minor foot
burns. Then the police chief not
iced that the front door of his
home was open.
Later that day, when Mrs.
Johnson and the boy were
alone in the house, the telephone
rang. Mrs. Johnson picked up
the receiver and a man asked
about the boy's condition. When
she asked who was calling, the
man hung up.
Mrs. Johnson then drove her
son to school and the prowler
was waiting for her when she
returned.
As she entered the kitchen,
someone struck her from behind
with an ax.
Finds Bloody Ax
Recovering consciousness, she
called her husband. ' Johnson
rushed home to find a blood
stained ax, which he owned, ly
ing on the kitchen floor. A
chair was overturned and the
back door was open. There
were no other clues.
Mrs. Johnson had suffered
superficial cuts and a bruise be
hind her right ear. Both she and
her son were in good condition
and Johnson said today they had
overcome their initial fright. '
In fact, the Johnson family
set an example of calmness to
the rest of the town. The police
chief scorned to ask police pro
tection from his own iorce. But
other townspeople were careful
to lock their doors at night
Finds No Tie-In
Johnson admitted he was
"buffaloed" in his investigation
so far. He has checked up on
every unbalanced person with
whom he has had recent con
tact, "but I can't find any tie
in," he said.
. In the meantime, he ordered
tests on his son's bedclothes to
see how -the fire was set and sub
mitted the ax for a fingerprint
check.
"I live here," he said. "They're
not going to scare me." -
Prison Inmates Said
Keeping in Practice
Angola, La. (U.R) "Old
Wooden; Ear," inmate-editor of
the state prison newspaper,
complained editorially today
that there seem to be some un
reformed thieves in the prison.
"The characters to whom this
refers," he said, "are the rapscal
lions who purloin everything
and anything not tied down . . .
seemingly just to keep in prac
tice." -..-
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