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EARI.E, N. J., April 30 ll") Eight men were reported missing
nd 110 Injured todiiy two explosions rocked tho destroyer
escort UHH Solor which sunk In lower New York bay off the
Earlo navy depot.
A nuvy apnkcsmun hero, who made the carnally estimate,
said It win not complete.
The wounded were taken to the Eorle depot pout hospital and
fort Hancock honpltal, aa well ai to municipal hospitals In the
area.
The ship blew up aa ammunition wai being loaded.
The third naval district hrudquartrrs In New York (aid moil
personnel got clear after an Initial blant, which waa moderate.
OA aecond explosion, the naval
In Ths
Br FRANK JENKINS
JUST before tho arrlvol of the
Russian editors described In
this column yesterday, the ses
sion was In recess, walling for
thorn. As is usual In such periods
the room was abuzz with conver
sationmostly shop talk.
As they entered, there came
a dramutlc hush and when,
after Introduction by the presid
ing officer, the first of them arose
to speak you could havo heard
a pin drop In the deeply car
peted room.
It was a perfect example of
the acute, almost strained, atten
tion that throughout tho world
Is focused upon everything Rus
sian in these days when Russia
holds tho key to war or peace.
IN the opening minutes this wai
dramatically evident:
They were SUSPICIOUS of
us even the roly-poly major
general representing Pravda, the
good will mini of the party.
Suspicion lurked in their eyes,
sharpened their voices, cut
through even tho unfamiliar ca
dences of the Russian tongue. It
throbbed In the air of the quiet,
Impresslvo room like tom-toms
In tho Jungle.
THE "rl apeaker slowed to a
i stop. The Interpreter trans-
I Uled. Aa he ceased rendering
I the Russian words Into English, a
burst of applauso rocked the
chandeliers.
11 was so genuine, so sincere,
so obviously straight from the
hearts of the Americans aown
there beneath the visitors on the
rostrum that it cut tho veneer oi
suspicion as spilled alcohol cuts
the varnish of a table.
It wasn't mere approval of
what the visitor had just sum,
for hn had uttered only a routine
and slightly formal greeting. It
was a spontaneous outpouring of
fervent American desire to be
FRIENDS WITH RUSSIA if only
Hnmla will let lis bo friends.
There could ho no mistaking
what lay back of It.
THE Ice was thawed.
From that moment, the edge
of suspicion in the voices of the
Russluns became Increasingly
cordial. Speaking as INDIVID
UALS and not as rcprescmauves
of tho Moscow government, they
told of their personal desire to
be friends with Americans.
Thlrtv-veur-old Simonov spoke
movingly of his two children
whom, ho suld, he dousn't want
to bo through what ho has gone
through. There was strong emo
tion in his volco.
THIS incident of the Russian
y visitors tins been dealt with
, hero at considerable length be-
Day's Sews
L cause it is so TYPICAL. And so
T significant.
Wherever Americans and Rus
sians meet, this drama of pre
liminary, instinctive Russian sus
picion that melts gradually as
American good will becomes evi
dent la re-enacted. General Elsen
hower, whoso opportunities for
observation huvo been perhaps
greater than any other Ameri
can's and whose warm, generous
nature is admirably constituted
to allay suspicion, speaks of it
over and over, illustrating his
statements with numerous spe
cific Instances. This insignificant
writer saw Instnnco after in
stance of it In Russian-occupied
Europe Inst summer.
If THEIR government will per
mit It, If OUR government makes
no tragic mistakes, It enough
Russians and Americans can
come into faco-to-fnee, man-toman
contact with each other, It
ought to be possible for the
Soviet Union and tho United
States to go forward Into the
new world whoso doors are
opening up in n spirit of partner
ship and understanding rather
than a spirit of conflict.
THE Brent present barrier Is
LANGUAGE.
It would be a fino thing for
the future if lnngiingc study
could be Introduced Into our
schools as a useful, almost In
. dispensable tool rather than as
a superficial social polish as has
been the case In tho past.
" If so, it should be put Into the
earlv unities nnunihlv an fur
down us tho third or fourth
lor even high school is too late
(t'onllnuta ri S, Column I)
district spukrsinan laid, was or
malor violence and demolished
a lighter across the pier which
extends out ZVi miles Into Wo
bay.
A police alarm summoning
all doctors and ambulances to
tho scene was cancelled three
quarters of an hour after the
blast. The police teletype said
the navy had said It had suffi
cient naval and army personnel.
Within a few miles of the
huge naval reservation are Fort
Monmouth and Fort Hancock,
both of which have operating
hospitals. The Earle depot also
has a post hospital.
Ptarl Harbor Casualty
The Solar, named for Boat
swain's Mute. First Class Adolfo
Solar of Philadelphia, who was
killed at Peari Harbor, was
launched at the Philadelphia
navy yard on May 29.
Tho Solar was tied up at the
pier this morning.
The depot, built by the navy
in 1U43 at a cost of $1)0,000,000,
is the largest In the cast and
has been continuing since the
end of the war as a permanent
naval Installation.
Tho pier for loading and un
loading is 2 4 miles long and
Is the longest of its kind in the
world.
The depot had a storage ca
pacity for 230,000 tons of am
munition,
U. S. Demands
More Butter
WASHINGTON: April SO (Pi
The agriculture department to
day ordered producers to set
aside 20 per cent of their May
output of creamery butter for
sale to the army, navy and other
war agencies.
The set aside program will be
continued through June, but the
percentage of the June output
which producers will be re
quired to reserve will be an
nounced later.
No butter will be set aside for
export to foreign countries, It
was announced.
The department said tentative
Indications are that the armed
services will need at least 43
000,000 pounds to meet their re-
Suirements until next spring,
y obtaining a year's needs dur
ing May and June, the military
services compete with civilians
only during those months, when
butter production Is at its peak
Lewis Threatens
Anthracite Strike
WASHINGTON. April 30 UP)
John L. Lewis today notified the
Government he would call out
3,000 Pennsylvania anthracite
miners In 30 days to back up con
tract demands similar to those
which havo shut down the soft
coal mines,
Lewis informed the ago stabi
lization board that anthracite
contract negotiations would be
gin Friday, May 10 and that
notico of dispute waa being
transmitted "in order to protect
our membership under the terms
of the war labor disputes act. '
Klamath Man Hurt
In Bus Accident
PORTLAND, April 30 OP) A
collision of a Vancouver-Portland
stage with a loaded trailer on
tho Interstate bridge slightly In
jured three passengers last night,
deputy sheriffs reported today.
Glenn A, Beck, 40, Klamath
Falls, was treated tor arm and
side Injuries.
Oregon Vets Seek To Buy
Sti'ikc'Bouitd Bus Lines
PORTLAND, Ore., April 30
VP) Sale of strike bound city
bus systems of Salem and Eugene
to a group of ex-servicemen
awaits approval of city councils
in the two cities, an Oregon
Motor Stages official said today.
The veterans, organized as the
Veterans Transit association,
plan to purchase the buses In
dividually and pool their opera
tion in the two cities.
A, L. Schneider, general man
ager of tho strike bound com
pany, said agreements had been
completed. The company's over-the-rnad
buses linking Portland
and Oregon coast cities are not
involved in the sale, he said.
Salem city council will meet
late today to consider the ap
plication of the veterans' group
to take over the bus franchise
and put buses idle since April 8
Hryt'am IBB
PRICE riVE CENTP
Daylight Sc'vV; 4
Decision Soon
8ALEM, April 30 lI') Gov
rnor Earl Bneit said today ho
would decldo In a lew days
whether Oregon should go on
daylight saving tlm. asserting
he is koaplng In close touch
with Governors Wallgrtn of
Washington and Warren of
California so that the three
states may take uniform action.
"I hava btan In communica
tion with Governor Wallgren
lor 10 days." Governor Snail
said, "and wa ll work 11 out
together. It would be chaos
unless the states took similes
action."
USN To Allow
Airfield Use
The navy department has In
formed the city thut civilian
flyers who were recently or
dered off the navy leased munic
ipal airport win be permitted
to use the field as soun as the
city completes arrangements to
protect government buildings
and installations.
A recommendation from the
locul airport commission thut the
city buy $30,000 in property dum
age Insurance and from $30,000
to $2110,000 in liability Insurance
was tubled for further study by
tho cily council last week. The
insurance committee is ul work
now to complete a desirable In-
uranco set-up.
liefore a definite step is taken
the airport committee will meet
with government officials for
their okay, according to Mayor
Ed Oslendorf.
Originally it was believed
that the civilian flyers would
not be permitted to use the field
until the interim permit offered
by the nuvy is officially accepted
by the city. The council has
given the mayor authority to
sign the permit, and tho five
aircraft service operators who
otr.-icd to manage the field un
til the city takes over will do
so when they arc again given
uw of the airport.
The navy wire informing the
city of its intention to gWu thii
llyms use of the field cimc in
response to the city's r .-quest
tli:.t iction be rushed as soun ft
.touib'c for Ihe convenience ol
:hu operators. Mayor OsUvidef
was unable -i say when the in
surance m.Hei would be .
pleted. but he stated that vauous
special n.tclings wii be ca' cd
this week ii. an attempt to get
speedy action.
Bridges Planned
Near Chiloquin
Two concrete bridges will be
built by the state highway de
partment near Chiloquin in con
nection with the re-routing of
U. S. 97 north from Lobcrt.
Bids for the bridges were
called today and will be opened
In Portland May 13 or 16.
Bids will also be opened at
that time on two rock produc
tion projects in this area. One
will provide 12,200 cubic yards
of rock on the Bly-East Forest
boundary rock production proj
ect on the Klamath Falls-Lake-view
highway. The other will
provide 12,000 cubic yards on
Klamath Falls Lukevicw and
Dairy-Bonanza highways.
U. S. Steps In
To End Dock Strike
PORTLAND, Ore., April 30
(AP) A U. S. conciliator, ap
pointed by the counciliation
service regional director,
stepped today into the dispute
which has halted most water
front activity in lower Columbia
river ports.
Commissioner Oliver Goodwin,
Los Angeles, summoned the two
factions the Waterfront Em
ployers association and the CIO
Supercargoes and Checkers un
ion to a meeting this afternoon
to try to reach an agreement.
Five ships were exempt from
the general port paralysis that
began yesterday when the em
ployers cancelled tho checkers'
contract.
back on the streets at the state
capital. The Eugene council is
expected to call a meeting soon.
William B. Adams, attorney
for the veterans, reported earlier
in tho negotiations that the vet
erans were mostly cx-army
truck drivers who had planned
while in service to enter tho
transportation business. He said
tho veterans would drive the
buses themselves.
Meanwhile, a charge that a
bus of tho strike bound firm had
injured a union picket at a Port
land garage was made hero by
Harold Oathcii, union business
agent. He reported Fred Sum
mcrvlllc, Portland driver and a
veteran, was struck to tho street
and suffered back injuries when
a bus left the parking lot.
Schneider reported tho bus was
an old model sold to a bull club
here prior to striko.
UK Begins
Spanish
Inquisition
NEW YORK, April 30 (IP)
The first investigating subcom
mittee of the United Nations
security council began compil
ing evidence in secrecy today to
determine whether Franco
Spain menaces the peace as
charged by Poland,
In the first phase of an in
quiry authorized yesterday by
a resolution stamping the coun
cil's "unanimous moral condem
nation" on the Franco regime,
the subcommittee disclosed it
was committed to keep certain
submitted documents confiden
tial. The subcommittee called first
for duta on Spain now In the
hands of the various United Na
tions. This will be supplement
ed by other evidence, including
thut of Spanish republican lead
ers exiled in Paris.
The Investigators did not dis
close the sources of documents
on Spain which are classed as
too confidential to be aired in
public now, and there was no
indication that Spain herself
would offer any information,
Spanish-German Treaty
Shortly after the subcommit
tee was named by the council
on a ballot of 10 affirmative
votes, with Russia abstaining,
the Moscow radio last night
said a signed draft of a secret
1943 Spanish-German military
protocol had been captured in
the German foreign ministry
during the battle of Berlin more
than a year ago.
The broadcast said the docu
ments showed that when Gen
eralissimo Francisco Franco for
mulated the alliance with Hit
ler he "undertook at the ap
propriate moment to come out
against the allied armies."
"It is clearly evident from
these documents that in. fact a
military alliance between Hit
lerite Uermany ana rranco
Spain existed long before the
signature of a secret military
protocol, which only juridically
formulated this alliance," the
radio continued.
Exiles Present
The exiled Spanish republi
cans, who are represented here
by two observers Fernando de
Los Rios and Jose Antonio
Aguirre indicated that Prime
Minister Jose Giral of the ex
iled regime was expected to ar
rive here from Paris at any mo
ment with new information.
Although the Spanish repub'
lican observers regarded the
council's appointment of a sub
committee as a necessary min
imum" measure of action and
accepted it "with reservations,
thev said their views on Fran
co certainly would be laid be
fore the inquiry.
Lost Skiers Found
By Rescue Party
LONGMIRE. AdHI 30 ffl
The two Seattle skiers, lost on
Mount Rainier since Sunday,
were found "safe and sound" this
morning, John Preston, park
superintendent, announced.
The men, George Zipp and Don
Cronln, were met walking down
a road at Laughing Water creek
hv a national Dark service rescue
party two and a half miles above
Ohanapccosh ranger station at
10:30 a. m.
Baseball Scores
American
NEW YORK, April 30 (P)
Rnrjid Robert Feller, out to show
the New York Yankees he isn't
"slipping," hurled a no-hit, no
run game today before 37,144
Yankee stadium fans as Cleve
land blanked the Yanks l-o on
Catcher Frank Hayes- ninth in
nina home run, R. H. E
Cleveland 17 2
New York 0 0 2
Feller and Hayes; Bevens and
Dickey.
At Boston. R. H. E,
Detroit 0 3 1
Boston 4 8 0
Ncwhouser and Richards;
Dobson and H. Wagner.
National
R H E
Philadelphia 1 5 2
Pittsburgh 4 7 1
Hughes, Karl (8) and Hemsley;
Gables, Hallott (8) and Salkeld,
Camolll (8).
Brooklyn 17 1
Chicago 2 12
(11 innlncs)
Head, Casey (10) and Ander
son; Borowy, Kush (5) and MC'
Cullough.
SYRACUSE. N. Y., April 30
Earl Harris, 25-year-old
Syracuse pitcher, hurled the
first no-hlt, no-run game of the
1946 International league season
today as the Chiefs whipped the
Buffalo Uisons o-o.
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. TUESDAY. APRIL 30, 1948
Th four ftiixr ilitars In Detroit were married la a Quadruple
cakes. Here thay cut their wadding cakes with assistanca from their respective grooms. Loft to
right! Farah Canaiui and Rosio; Louis Snage and Dorotbyj Mitchell Salhaney and Marie, and
Goorgo Saiag and Helen.
Income Tax New Weapon
Againsi
WASHINGTON, April 30 (AP)
The government turned the
heat on the black market today
with the double aim of improv
ing the domestic food situation
and halting the diversion of fam
ine relief supplies for overseas.
The justice department an
nounced the start of a "vigor
ous crackdown" on income tax
evaders suspects of reaping huge
black market protits.
Were going after tnese iei-
lows," Attorney General Tom
Clark announced, promising that
the drive "will be strengtnenea
and accelerated."
OPA also disclosed a stepped-
up enforcement campoign, aimed
primarily at me piacn marnei
Johnston For
Price Curbs
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. April
an i;pi Erie Johnston, president
of the United States chamber of
commerce, contended today mat
if federal nrice control were
wiped out in the immediate fu
ture business wouia De oacii m
the national doghouse within one
week and I mean the last stall
in the doghouse, too."
He made this statement to a
reporter shortly before he
opened the 34th annual meeting
of the U. S. chamber. Approxi
mately 2000 business men. drawn
from every state, aiienoea.
Johnston's position fell square
ly athwart that of the National
Association of Manufacturers,
which has advocated tne com
plete elimination of OPA after
its present powers expired on
June 30. It also indicated a
divided opinion within the
directorate of the national chant'
ber of commerce Itself.
"Ciar" Appointed
For Rodeo Riders
CHEYENNE. Wye. April 30
(jp) E. N. (Pink) Boylcn, arena
director of the Pendleton, Ore.,
roundup, rode herd today on
more than 200 rodeos in the Unit
wl states and Canada as high
commissioner or tne international
rnripn association.
R. J. Hofmann of Cheyenne,
president of the newly-formed
organization, said Boylen was
selected by the executive com
mittee to represent rodeo man
agers because he was "liked by
both management and con
testants." Franey To Explain
City Measures
Police Judge Harold Franey
will be interviewed Wednesday
at 4:15 p. m. over KFLW on the
three city measures to be on the
special municipal ballot at the
election on May 17.
The Judge will appear on Mal
colm Epley's "Managing Editor's
Report" program. Purpose will
be to explain the measures for
the benefit of city voters.
Legion Meeting
Date Postponed
PORTLAND, April 30 (AP)
The American Legion state con
vention was postponed today
from its July 29-31 scheduled
dates in order not to conflict
with Market Week here.
.Legion officials will meet
with chamber of commerce and
hotel representatives May 2 to
set other dates. "Market Week,"
to be held from July 28 to Au
gust 10, Is the time when mer
chants come to the city to view
fall and winter wearing apparel
and place orders.
(TsUpbone
Four Sisters Wed In Quadruple
111,
wmpnum,
Black Markets
In meat, which Secretary of Ag
riculture Anderson sa 1 d is
thwarting the nation's efforts to
meet relief export goals in lard
and meat.
The broad food picture was
marked by these developments:
1. The agriculture department
reported that it will take five
years to restore European food
production to prewar levels.
Z. Another agriculture report
placed the nation's April corn
supply stocks 19 per cent under
last year s figures.
3. Secretary Anderson warned
that food shortages here may
continue into 1948 and asserted
in a speech yesterday that fur
ther food sacrifices win be
nought from the people J He did
not go into details on the latter
point.
4. Latest government statistics
disclosed that the general level
of farm product prices soared
this month to their highest mark
since July, 1920. The lift came
irom major advances in prices
for meat animals, fruits and
cotton.
President Truman canvassed
the food situation again yester
day in a conference with four
high-ranking aides. A brief
while earlier he appealed to a
group of 300 Washington clergy
men for their help in promoting
food conservation.
"You can help In that. You
can make the people realize
ineir respuiisiouuy. xou can
awaken in them the moral re
sponsibility that goes with lead
ership, ' he said.
Wild Plums Bloom
In Klamath Area
Wild plum bushes, which bear
the succulent, tangy fruit which
is peculiar to this section of
southern Oregon, were coming
into full bloom on Klamath hill
sides and along highways, the
heady perfume filling the air.
With plenty of moisture in the
ground there should be a bump
er crop of the plums and the
commercial demand will be as
heavy this year as last. Some 12
tons were shipped from here for
commercial use late in the sum
mer last year and there was also
a shipment from Lake county.
Wild plums, however, resnnnri
to the weather despite their
hardy appearance. Many a fine
crop has been killed by heavy
frosts in May and June.
Chinese Reds
Treat American Flyers Well
MUKDEN. April 30 JP
Maj. Robert B. Rigg, Chicago,
assistant U. S. military attache,
flew into Mukden with his
aide, MSgt. Clayton Pond,
Portland, Ore., and said today
they were well treated after the
Chinese communists captured
Changchun.
"On April 15, two days after
I arrived in Changchun, the
city was under full attack by
Chinese communist forces who
greatly outnumbered the de
fending garrison," Rigg said.
"Heavy fighting prevented
me and my pilot, MSgt. Clay
ton Pond, from reaching the
west airdrome for several days.
The battle developed around
the north railway station which
was only yards from the Yama
to hotel, where we were stay
ing. "The hotel was caught in the
midst of a heavy crossfire that
finally forced all hotel occu
pants into the cellar.
"On the night of April 16,
the railway station and the
hotel area were in the hands of
the communist eighth route
army.
"Meanwhile, peace preserva
tion (home guard) forces were
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Ceremony
!
ceremony which included four
IVA-CIO Take
Strike Vote
The 1WA-CIO local here Is
participating in an industry-wide
strike vote, a spokesman for the
827 International Woodworkers
of America union members in
this district said today, and the
ballots will not be counted until
May 12.
The vote is being taken in all
locals in Oregon, California,
Washington, Montana and Idaho
and the final tabulation is due
May 15.
Some workers here voted Sun
day and the-remainder will bal
lot this week.'
IWA President James E. Fad'
ling said in Portland that nego
tiations ueiween workers ana
employers for' a new -contract
had recessed because of employ
er insistance that a . tentative!
agreement be reached on then
proposals before demands of the
union are considered. The pres
ent agreement calls for a five
day week with a few excep
tions and the employers, Fad
ling said, want many more ex
ceptions. They have asked, the IWA
leader pointed out, for the right
to put workers on a split shift,
objected to overtime for the
sixth and seventh days' work,
and want to exclude the time
spent in fire-fighting from over
time consideration.
The union is asking for four
changes in the contract, includ
ing a pay boost to $1,174 an
hour and sick leave based on
seniority and time worked. The
employers are asking for 33
changes in the contracts.
The vote here and over the
industry generally is whether
to participate in a strike if one
is called next month.
Supreme Court
Sits At Pendleton
SALEM, April 30 VP) The
state supreme court will hold its
spring term of its Eastern Oregon
session at Fendleton next Mon
day, with only two cases sched
uled for hearing.
One is the appeal of Kenneth
W. Bailey, convicted of first de
gree murder in Malheur county
in connection with the slaying
of Theodore W. Chambers, state
police officer. The other case is
the suit of Grace Lowe against
L. P. Harman over ownership of
mining property. The Baker
county circuit court ruled in
favor of Harman.
In Changchun
resisting strongly at their inner
city defenses. The contention
was fierce. Both sides fought
with determination.
"Maj. Gen. Cheng Chi-tlng
resisted heroically in his head'
quarters with a few hundred
men.
"Finally he led them out of
the burning headquarters, but
he and his men were caught in
a machinegun fire and cap
tured.
"General Cheng was wound
ed in the leg and now is in the
hospital,
"Both myself and Sgt. Pond
were generously treated by the
communist forces. Maj. Gen.
Chow Pao-chung ordered his
staff officers to secure fuel and
clear the airfield for us. The
general personally escorted us
to the airfield yesterday morn
ing. "The citv of Changchun had
resumed its normal life before
our departure.
(This dispatch did not men
tion five U. S. correspondents
who also were in Changchun
and who are due to leave as
soon as transportation is available).
till)
Kamikaze
Named As
Assassin
TOKYO. April SO e) -Gen
eral MacArthur was rr Wd for
assassination May Da lomor-
row with hand grer and
pistols "some time du com
munistic demonstrate near
hia headquarters, his e an
nounced today.
American authoritle srned
of the assassination pic !, tough,
one of the participar i . .vliom
Hideo Tokayama, the moused
but unapprehended lcirr, at
tempted to poison, sii Brig.
Gen. Frayne Baker, Msri rthur'i
public relations officer.
I no Japanese government of
ficially presented its auolocie
at MacArthur's office " report
of the plot spreading Ilk"! wild
fire through Tokyo nUrrd Jap
anese fears of harsher occupation
policies.
Kyuchl Tokuda, gen. ral secre
tary of the commum ,1 party.
quickly said the coi.imunl.its
weren't involved and added, "Wo
nave aDsoiutely no reason to do
away with General MacArthur."
Former Kamikais
Tokayama. former kemotitai
(thought police) officer who bo
came a kamikaze (suicide) pilot,
was known to possess grenades
and pistols, Baker said. He was
engaged for some time in pre
liminary arrangements to "enlist
assistance" in a plot to kill Mac-
Arthur, a headquarters statement
added, and had accumulated
140,000 yen ($9333) for the pur
pose. "At one time in his negotia
tions he attempted to kill, by
putting poison in his coffee, one
of the plotters because he felt
this man would fail," the an
nouncement said. "Fortunately.
the poison was not immediately
fatal. He was taken by the Jap
anese police to an American hos
pital, where through experienced
assistance he was revived and
detailed parts of the plot."
The informant, not identified
by headquarters, will be kept in
custody as one oi tne original
plotters, Baker said. Japanese)
police released a photograph of
Tokayama to the Japanese press
in an effort to speed his arrest.
The headquarters : announce
ment said:
"A plot has been uncovered to
assassinate the supreme com
mander of the allied powers aa
i - .in.irf-t, th. -V,,.,!.
I n.rt nrt .-WW
parade and mass meeting sched
uled for May 1. The leader oi
the plot is Hideo Tokayama. who
has not yet been apprehended.
Other known plotters still are at
large, but are being rounded up.
Snell Displeased
With Legislators
SALEM. ADril 30 VP) The ac
tion of Multnomah county legis
lators in refusing to agree to con- -fine
themselves to a discussion
of Multnomah county's school
problems at the proposed special
legislative session disappointed
Governor Earl Snell today.
- While he would not comment
on the action, the governor ap-.
peared displeased. ,
The governor had hoped that
the session could be limited to
one day, and that the legislators '
vote only for an amendment to '
the Multnomah county election
registrar law which would en
able the Portland school district
to go ahead with its election on
$1,750,000 in new taxes.
A source close to the governor -said
there is another stumbling;
block- in that several upstate
legislators are opposed to doing
anything for Portland schools.
Russians Buzz
Clark's Plane
VIENNA, April 30' UP) Two
Russian fighters buzzed the per
sonal plane of Gen. Murk W.
Clark today as it was being flown
irom Vienna to L,tntz oy hirig.
Gen. Ralph A. Snavely, com
mander of the USFA air division.
This was the third incident
involving Soviet fighters and -American
planes in 10 days. '
Clark was not aboard his
plane, a B-17 Flying Fortress..
He made his third protest against
the Russian activities when ha
learned of today's attack.
Air Express Hauls
To Begin June 1 ,
NEW YORK, April 30 (AP)
Northwest Airlines and the Rail,
way Express agency announced
today it would offer beginning
June 1 "a new type of high
speed door-to-door air freight
service, at rates approximately
50 per cent below present air
express rates."
Croil Hunter, the airlines
president and general manager,
and L. O. Head, president of the)
express agency, said in a joint
statement the service was. being
offered "to meet unprecedented
demands by small and large bus
iness for fast door-to-door tir
freight service at rates keyed to
the country's need for a more
economical transportation by
air."
Arriving In U. S.
Br Th Attoelatefl PriM
Arthur C. Hiirhmn Jr.. Blft,
Klamath FalU arrived on General
Has du in Seattle April 38.
Georie J. Mellow, M Sit., Ml.
Shaata, arrived on Gorge wihlng
ton due in New York April 28.