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FltANUK, through her iU-ti-ynto lu
tlio United Nullum social and
iconomlo council, today makes a
low apcal to Ittuala (o Join In
implementing" tlio Mnralmll plan
tor aid to Eurojw.
The French drlrgule lOcorjic
UnrUi says dlalrual between Ituaal
ami Hie Wctern power In par
alysing Kumiieim recovery, Speak
nil of the ItUMlun contention Dial
Ilia Mnralmll plun, a it I being
worked out with lirlUall-Krrni.il aid,
will interfere with imtloiml tov
eieliiiiuea, he y: "We hoie thla
nilltmlo will chuniie when distrust
disappear."
It will 11' dlalrtlal disappear. Ilul
dlatruat, like a bargain, Involve!
two purtlea. Up to a yenr or ao
ajio, we wanted to" trual Kumita and
link with her toward a peaceful,
prosperous world.
Now we are AFRAID to.
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' pHKllE la full ly good evidence that
1 111 the conlllcl Uinl la arising
lirlwern cumiiiiiiilun and the Wel
ri it Idea ol democracy Ituaala U
Imping lor an economic co!laue In
tile United Stales.
Thai hoe aeema tu be one ol
roiiimunum a lnd-by. At any
rate. Dr. T. F. Cheng, a member
ol Chiang Kai-shek central com
inlltee, tuya in I'orlland, where he
arrived a day or ao ago, thai China a
cummuiuat are walling for a col
Upae III Nnllcmallat China before at
templing to aelui power from the
central government.
lie adda that China la looking
forward lo a good food harvest tint
fall and aaya that If thla hope la
realised the poaalblllllea of a col
lapse tliere will be greatly reduced.
UJ HKKKVKK hunger and hopclcu
" nei iwralal, corninunlam ha a
bright future. It la unfortunate, but
till true, that Kuaala altitude ever
amre the ahootlng atopped looka
like deliberate promotion of cliaoa
throughout t h e non-cummunial
world In the hope that non-com.
munUl counuiea will graap at com
munlam aa drowning people grasp
at alrawa.
Until we ran gel rid of that
uaplclon. II will be hard (or uf to
work with ituula.
TNTEKKSTINIJ aUirlea drifting out
from the Kual laa yel unverified I
hint that aomcthlng new and highly
timilflcanl may be happening In
COAL.
The nilncra. thee reiwrui anaerl,
are turning In and Working hurd.
They are said to be mining more
coal In the shorter work week pro
vided by the new contract )ut
aigned than in the longer work week
under the old contract. There are
hopea that Una Increaaed output per
man may offaet the higher wagea
and thue remove the neceanlty for
higher coal prlcea.
aiial la a lancinating proapect.
Higher wagea rOK INCREASED
PRODUCTION are economically
aound. Higher wagea provide a
market for Increaaed production II
prlcea can be kept at a level that
people can afford to pay.
Maybe we are finally beginning
to turn the corner.
THERE la a lot of talk these daya
1 about the Kaiser contract lor big
cargo-carrying planea. Most of the
talk hints al scandal.
Well, there muy have been cause
for scandal. When money la tossed
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Council Meeting
Slated Tonight
The city's official business was
lorccd to wall until tonight, Tues
day, since only two councilmen
turned up for the regular council
meeting Monday, Hoping that more
of Uie city dads will be available,
Mnyor Ed Oatendorf set the council
session for 7:30 tonight,
at A. F. Condrey nod Angus-Newton
were the only coincllmen present.
The meeting adjourned soon after
7:30 p. m. since no business can be
undertaken unless a quorum of
members Is on hand,
The sharp rul-a-tiit-tat of a drill caught the ear of the 9 o'clock
phnlog, and II. n. AusUn, who, was manning the drill, caught his eye,
Austin is working on the front steps of Klamath Union high school.
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I'ltICK FIVE TENTH
Man Killed
In Hit-Run
Auto Crash
Joe I.. Alvarado. 27-year-old Mri
Iran residing at Merrill, waa killed
Inalanlly rany this morning a half
111ft lllill'
10
diIIii above the rlly
limits of Malln on the
Merrill highway In what
was evidently a hit-and-run
accident. Ills
death brings the IU47 11.47 !,
total of traffic fatalities aalalUy
In Klamath county to 10.
Alvarado'a badly mangled body
waa found In the center of the high
way al 4:411 a. m. by leamon Kowler,
who was driving toward Mulln to
work. Kowler called Wllfnrd Dixon,
who lived nearby, to wntch the
body to see that It wusn'l disturbed
or hit by another car, and weul to
Malln to call officers.
I'ollre Arrive
mate police, Deputy Hherlff
Marlon Hames and Deputy Coroner
Marvin Albee went to the scene of
the accident. They determined that
Alvarado had died about 4 a. m.
The Mexican, known as "Indian
Joe," waa seen In Mulln last night
and apparently was walking down
Uie highway back lo Merrill early
thla morning when he waa hit by
a car or truck. Physical evidence
Indicated thai Uie death machine
was traveling toward Malln and
thai Alvarado'a body was dragged
some 30 feel before the wheels of
the vehicle passed over It.
Ills head waa badly fractured,
both arms were broken and the
body was severely crushed as to be
almost unreeognlaable. II was
brought to Wards funeral home.
lnvesllgatora aald Uinl there
were no skid marks on Uie pave
ment or no broken glass which
might lead 4a IdenUflcaUon of Uie
hit-and-run driver.
Alvarado la survived by hi wife
and a child In Merrill. He Is snld
to be a veteran of World War II
and had been working around Mer
rill a a potato sorter.
Chinese Rap
Foreign Aid
NANKINO, July 3 t1 Repre
sentatives of the Democratic league
told Lt Gen, Albert C, Wedcmeyer
today that the Chinese people are
bitterly opposed to any foreign as
sistance which would likely prolong
the civil war "whether It cornea from
the United States or the Soviets."
Lo Lung-chl, league spokesman,
told newamen after a conference
with Wedemeyer'a American fact
finding mission that he waa con
vinced the Investigation was im
partial "but we are more Interested
In what happens after Uiey return
to Washington."
Conferences were also held with
representatives of Uie Young China
party and with Independents. A
spokesman for Uie fact-finding mis
sion said Uiat "Important Informa
tion" about Uie Chinese situation Is
being contributed by unofficial
sources and that It complements or
supplements Information from Chi
nese and American officials.'
S Steel To AniMtnfie race
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The nitrate-loaded Norwegian freighter Oceai, Victory burns la the harbor of Brest, France, today
thorUy before eiplodlng with a blast which klll.d at least fifteen persons and Injured hundreds. The ex
plosion leveled waterfront buildings and started fires In the heart of the city. (AP wirephoto via radio
from I'arlal.
Ship Blasf Grills 15
Soviets Block
Balkan Watch
LAKE SUCCESS. July 20 11
Using her veto. Russia today blocked
a United Nations effort to establish
a border watch over Uie Balkans
and brought a warning from the
United States that a "grave situa
tion'' had been created.
Herschel V. Johnson, U. S. deputy
delegate, declared that Uie Soviet
action had created a situation that
required Uie consultation of some
delegate with their government im
mediately. On Johnson's motion the council
adjourned until tomorrow afternoon,
fiireslalllng an expected speech from
Andrei A. Oromyko, Soviet delegate,
on his veto.
The council had previously ap
proved the commission plan para
graph by paragraph with Russia
abstaining on all these votes but
when It came to a final vote on
the plan as a w hole Oromyko used
his power of veto.
The final vole was nine to two,
Russia and Poland In the negative.
French Ask
Cooperation
LAKE SUCCESS, July 29 iJ'i
Franse made a new appeal to Rus
sia today to Join In Implementing
Uie Marshall plan.
The appeal was made by French
Delegate Ocorges Boris as the
United Nations economic and social
council launched a general debate
on the economic commission for
Europe.
Boris said distrust between Russia
and the' western powers was ' par
alyzing European economic recov
ery. He blamed the failure of me
recent three power conference in
Paris on this distrust and urged
that tho big powers make every ef
fort to develop "freedom from dis
trust." '
Speaking of Russia's contentions
that the British-French plan of
Implementing the Marshall plan
would interfere with national
soverelgnlles, Boris said:
' "We hope thus attitude will change
when distrust disappears."
Flying Discs Pop Up Again
Pilot Reports One Near
'BOISE, Ida., July 29 JP) It's fly
lug disc time again In Idaho, and
the United Air Lines pilot who
spotted the latest one says "they
ought to be kept off Uie olvtl air
ways." Capt. Charles F. Glblan, who while
coming In to Bolso for a landing
last night reported spotting a disc
IIkc object "going like hell" at about
9000 fect, told the Bolso Statesman:
"If It Is real It must bo some sort
of military experiment and If that
Is the rase they ought to arrange
to keep the objects off the civil air
ways." Army and navy spokesman had
denied knowledge of the discs.
Glblan, who talked to the States
man by telephone from Pendleton,
became the second United Pilot on
flight. 105 to report seeing tho fly
ing objects. His predecessor was
Cnpt. E. J. Smith who said he spotted I
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Nitrate-Laden Freighter Blazes
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BREST, France, July & iPr Of
ficials reported 15 dead and at least
422 Injured In this port today from
the explosion and fire that wrecked
the nitrate-laden Norwegian freight
er Ocean Liberty yesterday.
Four of the injured died this
morning, the French ministry of
marine said. Uadly Injured and
hospitalised at nearby Landerneau
were 46 others, five of whom doctors
termed criUl,
chalet hospital rrported It had
treated 378 for cuts and bruises In
flicted by flying deeds.
(Ammonium nitrate is a synthetic
product relatively recently developed.
It Is made by Uie Introduction of
ammonium gas Into nitric add, and
now Is used principally as a ferU
lirer.l Jules Moch. minister of public
works, said the United States and
France might confer on new ways
to transport ammonium nitrate, re
calling the similarity of this ex
plosion to the one at Texas City,
Tex., last April which killed 470
persons and Injured 376.
Origin Mystery
Moch said he had no definite In
formation on how the fire started
In the hold, but he praised Uie har
bor boat crew who tied a line on
the Ocean Liberty and towed her
awny from the docks.
"The casualties might have been
as bad as in Texas City," Moch said,
"If It were not for the bravery and
quick thinking of the men who
towed the burning ship toward Uie
sea."
The explosion did not set off a
series of oUier blasts, as happened
at Texas City, but It did blow up the
city gas system and gasoline storage
depot. Several wooden structures In
tqwn caught fire.
Hundreds more were severely
shaken when the nitrate went off
with a shattering blast that smashed
In building fronts along the sea
front, set off an explosion In Uie
city's go system, fired a gasoline
storage tank and demolished lines
of communication.
All Uiose killed were dock workers
or seamen. The crew had been
taken off the ship before Uie ex
plosion, but her captain was re
ported killed by flying debris.
SHAACK DEATH
CHICAGO, July 29 OP) Harry C.
Schaack, 60, former president of the
Chicago board of trade and a mem
ber of the grain exchange since 1911,
died fast night. He was born In
Chicago.
two groups of discs July 4,
near
Emmett, Idaho.
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 29 IP1
One of the two United Airlines pilots,
who last night reported after land
ing at Boise that they watched
what appeared to be a dlso object'
In the sky, told an Oregonlan re
porter later, "I'm not convinced this
was a disc."
Capt. Charles F. Glblan, who with
First Officer Jack Harvey was quot
ed as telling of seeing something in
the sky as they nearcd Boise, told
the newspaper reporter as their
westbound plane landed here 'at
11:05 p. m. that "this" might have
been a small tragmcnt of a stratus
cloud which dispersed as we watch
ed it."
He added, however, that If It were
some sort of aircraft "it could only
have been a disc."
Smith's story came during the ell-
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Plane Crash
Kills Nine
EOLIN FIELD, Fla., July 29
Nine crew members of a four engine
l bomber were killed today when their
r'CS
field. Capt. Robert Oaughon. Eglln
field public relations officer, re
ported.
Another crew member was seri
ously Injured, and another escaped
injury, Captain Gaughan said.
Names of Uie victims were with
held pending Identification of next
of kin. '
The plane was on a training flight
when It crashed. Captain Gaughan
reported, shortly after 8 a. m.
Central Standard Time.
Local Man Hurt
In Auto Wreck
Jerry O. Tresner. operator of Uie
Klamath Auto and Body Works,
was painfully injured in an auto
mobile accident over Uie week-end
and it confined to a bed in a Red
ding hospital with a broken leg,
broken collarbone and dislocated
hip.
Word reaching here indicated that
Tresner had been driving south and
picked up a hitchhiker between
Dunsmuir and Redding, and that
the hitchhiker was driving and
Tresner was asleep In Uie back seat
of his car.
The driver was unfamiliar with
Uie road and Uie cor went over
rounding a curve.
Runaway Horse
Vs. Iron Horse
PHILADELPHIA. July 29 P A
pair of happy-go-lucky dobbins ran
away from their SouUi Philadelphia
stable today and for several hours
carried on a private feud with Uie
Iron horse.
The two horses decided the grass
growing between the ties of Uie
Baltimore, and Ohio end Reading
railroad tracks on Swanson street
made for pretty good eating.
While freight trains waited, two
policemen finally succeeded ' in
leading the troublemakers back
home.
As Airlines
Boise Airport
max of Uie flying disc reports, which
started In late June In the state of
Washington. During early July there
were few states In Uie nation with
out at least one report of a disc and
persons in numerous other coun
tries, Including Japan, also said they
sited the objects.
Glblan's disc or whatever was
the first reported since word of the
objects tapered off about two weeks
ago.
The pilot said his first officer.
Jack Harvey, also saw the object
last night. .
They said they saw a round, flat
object In Uie sky west of Mountain
Home, a village 45 miles east of here.
Both men said they thought the
object was an airplane until "in a
matter of seconds it disappeared,
apparently going away from us."
Glblan said If the object was 40
miles or so distant from the air
liner, It was as big as an airplane.
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$5 Per Ton
Boost Made
Over Nation
NEW YORK, July 29 fPr-Vniled
H tales Steel corporation, aald It
would announce within the next few
day steel price advaneea of about
IS a ton. Irving 8. Olds, chairman,
announced today after a directors
meeUng.
Announcement by - the big steel
corporation virtually completed Uie
cycle of price Increases by the na
tion's steel producers.
More Increases
Earlier in the day increases were
posted by Bethlehem Steel, Inland
Steel and Youngstown Sheet Ic Tube.
Oven Uie week-end most other com
panies announced hikes ranging
from $5 lo 110 a ton on finished
products.
Olds said: "The costs of V. 8.
steel since present delivered prices
were named by its subsidiaries
around the beginning of this year
had actually increased more than
SS a ton of finished steel, which is
the average amount of this price
increase.
This increase in steel price ts
made necessary by substantially
higher employment cost; the
mounting cost of raw materials
auch a scrap, Un, lead, xinc, copper
and palm oil, which are Important
lngredienta in the manufacture of
steel; the Increased costs of goods
and services which these sub-
I H i ari mint nnrplui' tn nrdpr lo
'carrv on their business: and the
substanUally greater cost of replac
ing worn out facilities. As an il
lustration of recent higher costs,
the price of scrap has advanced
more than 110
months."
ton In Uie two
Red Program
Gets Boost
WASHINGTON, July 29 UP) Ex
pansion of American official broad
casts to Soviet Russia wa ordered
today by the stale department as it
cut back- other programs because
of reduced funds allocated by con
gress. Officials said beginning tonight a
new 30-minute "Voice of America"
program of news in the Russian
language and music will be beamed
to Uie Moscow area. A one-hour
program of news, music and features
which started last February will
continue unchanged.
The new half -hour broadcast was
timed to reach Moscow at midnight.
The present program is heard from
8:00 to 9:00 p. m. Moscow Ume.
The expansion, officials indicated,
result from recommendations of
Ambassador Walter B. Smith. The
new broadcast will be prepared by
the present staff and is .to Involve
no additional cost.
Spud Support
Prices Higher
PORTLAND, July 29 (P) Sup
port prices for Oregon 1947 late crop
potatoes were listed today by the
state committee of Uie U. S. pro
duction and marketing administra
tion at 40 to 80 cents a bushel high
er than last year. x
The rates In 32counties, for U. S.
No. 1 grade, f.o.b. cars, are: Sep
tember, $2.40: October, $2.50; No
vember, $2.70; December, $2.90; Jan
uary, $3.10.' .
Rates for Malheur, Baker. Wal
lows and Union counties are 20
bents a bushel lower.
Perfect1 Cribbage
Hand Dealt At Last
PORTLAND. July 29 MV- After
a half a century of cribbage play
ing, E. R. Francis knows what a
39 hand looks like.
One was dealt to him by his
brother, C. H; Francis, the latter
reported. It contained three- fives
and the jack of spades with Uie
five of spades turned up.
Gold Miner Shoots Partner To
Death, Kills Self With Dynamite
QUTNCY, Calif., July 29 VP) Sheriff Melvin Schooler of Plumas
county said today a gold miner shot his partner to death before Uie
eyes of the partner's wife, then killed himself with a dynamite blast
which sealed his body in an abandoned mine shaft.
Schooler related that Donald Walte, 35, Blairsden, was killed Satur
day night as the climax of an argument with Fred Larsen, also 35,
over some remarks by Walte that Larsert "didn't like." He said the
two had drunk three bottles of wine.'
Larsen first knocked Walte unconscious with an Iron pestle In a
cabin near their Black Pepper mine, Sheriff Schooler said.
While Mrs. Walte tried frantically to revive her husband. Larsen
shot him through Uie heat with a .32 caliber revolver, Uie sheriff said.
According to a note Larsen left, Schooler said, the miner held
Mrs. Walte hostage from 7 p. m. until dawn Sunday while he "de
cided what to do."
Then he wrote his note, told Mrs. Waite to telephone the sheriff
and blew himself up.
A searching party found the body by entering another part of the
mine shaft, I
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JoAnn Amorde, 20, blonde blue
eyed Hoseburg, Ore-, grade school
teacher, wa crowned "Mis Ore
gon" a that state's first entry in
the annual Miss America contest
(AP Wirephoto)
Miss Oregon
Honor Guest
ROSEBURO. July 29 oPi Mua
Oregon wa to be Uie guest of honor
at two recepUons In this area today
as civic boosters and resident turned
out to welcome home Miss Jo Ann
Amorde, Uie 20-year-old blue-eyed
blonde who won the state UUe at
Seaside.
The Sutherlln grade school teacher
wore the banner of the city of Rose
burg In Uie state's, first Miss Oregon
contest that takes her to Atlantic
City In September to compete for Uie
naUonal tiUe.
-I Boseburg's Paul Bunyan - club
members will escort her Irom tne
airport to the city, where Mayor
Albert O. Flegel will present tne Keys
of the city. Later another reception
at Sutherlln will welcome her home
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Amorde.
Medford Fire
Claims Settled
MEDFORD. July 29 Wt An out
of -court setUement of five damage
suits by Medford firms against Uie
American Fruit Growers. Inc.. re
sulting from Uie Industrial secUon
tire here last summer, was reported
today.
Amounts of Uie settlements were
not disclosed, but Uie original dam
age claims totaled $420,081.
The firms, and the individual
claims, were: Monarch Seed and
Feed Co.. $85,131; Portland Lumber
Co., $100,059; Sherwin-WUliams Co.,
$3245: Maurice Spats of Crystal
Springs Packing Co.. $11510: V. J.
Namitz of Medford Milling Co.,
$116306.
Fishermen Halt
Duster With Ease
OMAHA, July 29 VP) A fisher
man annoyed by a DDT-spraying
plane flying low over nearby Carter
lake, downed Uie plane by heaving
a beer can into its- propellor.
Pilot Larry Anderson of Ksmsas
City had no trouble landing Uie
plane at the nearby municipal air
port, but repair of Uie propellor
"cost us five hours' flying," H..A.
Herschfleld of Aerial Crop Service,
said.
Price Up For Book
Of 1947 Laws
SALEM, July 29 (fl) The state
printing board decided 'today to
charge $4.35 for each copy of the
laws passed by the 1947 legislature.
The books will be distributed within
two weeks.
The price two years ago was $3
and before that was $1.25. .
The board raised Uie price be
cause of increased printing costs,
and because the book, which weighs
4li pounds, is the heaviest in his
tory, as the 1947 legislature passed
a record number of new laws.
BATAVIA, Java, July M VP
The Indonesian republican radio
aald a transport plane bearing Red
Croa medical supplies was shot
down tonight by two Dutch fight
er planea and that nine persons.
including at least throe British
cltlxena, were killed.
The broadcast. Identifying Uie
plane as an Indian Dakota, said
Uie pilot, former RAP Wing Com
mander Constantlne, and the co
pilot, former RAP Squadron Lead
er Hazelhurst, both were killed. It
said Conatantine's wife was found
dead In the plane, a maohtnegura
bullet through her head.
Crashed In Flames
The broadcast said Dutch fight
ers opened fire as the transport
was circling Jogjakarta for a land
ing, and that the transport crashed
In flames.
An Indonesian named Abdul
Ganl waa the lone survivor. He
was quoted aa saying the attack
waa a complete surprise and that
he saved himself at the last minute
by lumping. The broadcast said
the Dutch consul general at Singa
pore had cleared the plane's cargo
of medieinie.
A radio speaker who identified
himself as Peter Radcliff, a former
British army colonel, gave what
he said was an eye witness ac
count: "I saw a solitary transport plana
approaching. It circled at low al
titude with landing gear down.
Suddenly from Uie east two fight- '
er planes approached. They were
modern and fast and they could
not have been other than Dutch.
"There we?; four bursts of fire.
Then silence. I heard the trans
port plane crash. At 8 p. m. prima
Minister SJarlfoeddln called me.
He took me to the hospital. There
I learned first band the plane had
been privately owned and totally
unarmed. It carried two tons of
medical supplies. Radio Malaya pre
viously announced it was coming.
Even the Dutch radio at Batavia
said the plane would arrive with
these supplies."
UN To Vote On
Balkan Vatch
LAKE SUCCESS, July 28 W
The United Nations security council .
agreed to begin voting late today on
a United States proposal to set up
a watch commission over the Bal
kans. . r . .
The council concluded discussion
on the Balkan problem shortly be
'fore lunch, thus paving the way to
ward a climax of a month-long fight
between the United States and Rut- .
sia. ' i . - ;
With Russia maintaining a 24
hour silence, a majority of the coun
cil members expressed approval of
a U. S. proposal that the proposed
commission be composed of eleven
members.
Whether the Soviet Union would
inject Uie veto on this part of the
American resolution was still a mat
ter of conjecture.
Throughout the morning session
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister An
drei A. Gromyko worked busily on
a speech. -
Robber Asks
Bankruptcy
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 VP)
Bank robber Richard A Numer, now
serving Uie 12th year of his 35-year
sentence at Alcatraz prison, want
federal court to declaie him bank
rupt and make Warden James A,
Johnston pay him 54 cents.
The warden, Numer's complaint
says. Is holding his only assets, the
54 cents, 80 paint brushes and 30 ,
tubes of colors, for a, fracas causing
$75 damage to isolation cell block D.
He asked the court to wipe out
the damage claim against him in
the bankruptcy action and said hi .
assets were not subject to bank
ruptcy seizure.
He was sentenced to 45 years for i
a bank robbery In Tennessee, and
his sentence was reduced to SJ '
years. , '
Strange Death
Mangles Boy
PROVIDENCE. R. I., July 29 VP)
Seven-year-old Frank Goddad, on ,
his way to the movies in an old
jalopy, met death in a way the ,
movies probably never have pro
duced. As he sat In the rumble seat of
James Mitchell's machine yesterday,
with the six-year-old Mitchell boy
with him, the rusty metal flooring
gave way.
Frank! clothing caught on the
whirling drive shaft. Before
Mitchell could stop the car, Frank
was dead badly mangled.
Mitchell, hysterical, was taken to '
a hospital. His ion escaped harm.
First License
Plates Arrive
SALEM, July 29 VPy The first
shipment of Oregon's 1948 motor ve
hicle license plates was received by -the
state department today.
The plates have red numeral on
aluminum background. This year'
plates are black on aluminum.
There were 50,000 plates lit the
first shipment . They are made by
Irwln-Hodson company, Portland, '
which has mad: Uie Oregon plate
ior many years.