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written, U till sciuth und hnivlly
i ensured, but our Hinte. ttnrreury
: Marshall (who l on the grouiidi
.doesn't tirnltulc to pin rciHiiillilllly
I(ir what happened mi inlcrnulliiiml
'oinmiiiilsm. Ho points mil lllul
j K hut happened III llogolu followed
pattern similar tu oullirriiks lliut
have provoked nimble In Finnic and
vlulenco III Italy.
NOTE llml III Bogota CIIURCIIKH
-nrf,.....! lii...iltj 'rl..,i iwl'i
lIMllil'Ill III Lllllll-AllUiiCa, WllllhO
people lilt luhuluun. It IH Chill mier
Isilc cil coiiiiiiuiiliil, Him unt AN't'l
irllgloilt, They hold lliut religion Is the
pnii'goliu of tlir people, teaching
thrm to submit to cuiiitliiiird au
thority. Mliuo thr puipoMi uf com
tl In 1 1 loll) la til UI'KKT coliatlt utrtl ail
tltiirlty evcrywhrie auvo In Russia
where the raubllhliril older la irm
ly bui-krd up by Iho led uuny mid
tlr rrd IIIAtltllllull of the nccrrt po
jirei thry seek to drhtruy religion
wherever thry uprrtilr.
It would thrieloic Ik linluiiil for
thrm Ui wreck cliurclira In UoguU.
f JOfcMKMIIKR, lea.r, that tllla la
gucMiwotk. In tlir upm-iicc of
ilrprlldiiljlr news, we hiivr to uuriv
at what hupiiriird. When wo gums,
we put two mid IW'o toitrtlirr itud If
thr rrMill arrnu to bo lour wc draw
comiuMniis.)
TT seems piobublr. on thr sUrnijth
of wllul Mulct news wit hnvr tllla
moinhiK. that llic Jiilui Ainrricuu
rolitrirnro will coitunuo In llogola.
That la to say, tlir attempted cum
muiit.1 roup uf tlml la whul It really
M FAU.KD.
Collimuiliftlll, yuu rr, IHN'T Infallible.
MKANWHI1.K. the Rumwiis get
louithrr III Uieir TALK.
A hllfll Soviet official trlla II
German youth meeting In Berlin U
day Hint the "Mnrahull plan mr.uu
the division of Germany, the division
of Kurupe-IT MKANS WAR'
la that true?
The answer U NO!
Germany was already divided. It
wo divldrd at thr Kibe rivrr. Thui
hspiKilrd hi Y.IU 'Mine ran be
hlilr doubt thnt thr puiixue of Mo
cow hua been to make the Kibe thr
western boundary of Russia in
Kuropc.
It la as near certain a anything
ran be thai what has brru liupiell
ing In Ilrrllu hua brru mrrely a port
J the continuing Iuvli4ii pin pose
St drive li out ol Uic UUHSlAtf part
of Germany.
JQR. EDWARD U. CONDON, chief
of thr U. S. buirau uf ataiuiurda,
who haa brrn iniide thr tjtmot of
rharifra by the house committee on
un-Aiiirrlciin activltica. wya in a
aurri'h III Nrw York la.il lilt hi:
" The United Uutra la 111 thr Klip
of hyalrrla and frar, KOIt NO
MOUNU KKA8ON8."
To Uic rxieiu that areinit a cum
niunlal behind every buh and
rluigiim everybody with whom we
dlauKire with being a cuiiiiiiunlat la
obviously a form of hyvtrrla. whnl he
aaya la true.
lint J ui I the auuir. thrre AKK
aouiid renMina for thr frrlnitf uf In
aecurlly. of uiicertnlnty, even of cur
thnt unqurAtluiiiibly dora extal In
thla country.
I Fn' 8 Hat hoiiic uf llieae rcuaom.
l'or our ihinii. we aren't produc
lux enouKh to iiirrt our nreds. Luck
ol production memu:
I. KntAl wrnkneu in a pinch. In
a plnrh, we nerd THINGS plenty
of thrm. The Inat war taught ua
that.
3. A declining atnudiird of living.
A high aluiidiird of living niriins
plenty of things. Nothing la truer
than that wo can't have what Ian I
produced.
XHE masa tiiMlucl uf our people
' ' recognize that becutiae of luck
uf adruualo production we could get
into arrlotiN trouble. What we need
la to SNAP our of our Irura and
savur unrrrtalntlea and gel buck tu
'work. If wo will do llml, we will
have nothing much to worry about.
Police Approve
Civic Spirit
SPOKANE, April 13 A') Police
approved tho civic spirit, If not the
tc hnl(tir, shown In two reports re
ceived yesterday.
Nino giillnna nf pnlut and two
brushes were stolen from a home,
six gallons of pnlnl and two brushes
were removed from a local hard
ware store.
The city la In I hit midst of a clty
wlde cleanup campaign.
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(Sommoiiists Losing M k loly
, .
Lake County
Men Blast
Forest Roads
l.nke county rrprrnrnliillvra lit
yMtrnlnyn hiKhwny lutrriin wim
mltlri' hriirlnit rnllnl furrht hlyh
wuyn in tl)P Htutr tlir "iniidholrjf of
Ihf AVMlrm" n tl uriird (lint linmrdl
Ht tttrM be Inkrii to complete uil
flniihrd forrL hlnhwuy proJrcUi.
Kuril ruuclt cupi ftvr-mllr
lrilrh on Qtwrts mciuuUln on Ihf
KUnmltt-Ikrvlrw highway wrrr
rltrit by Jrk Itrlkrur, l.nkr ruunty
hMikrkiiiatt, In vlgurous drnunrU
lion uf forrkt lilihy potlvy. Ilr
proi(Mirl trmiftfrr nf forrtt litxhway
money rrum thr tlrpurtnipni of ngri
rulturi lu tlir pulillr roncli atlinln
Utrntlon. Thr I.ukr drlruutlon Uftknl the
IrulAhitom to nirinorlJillz cointrcMi
to correct thr frdrrul forcnt hluhway
AltUHt.on.
Mil (ilvrn
llilftcur llMnl the IoIIomiiik load
project, of nil du.viea, ua iikjM ur
Kriitly nerdlint Improvement :
1. Illfhw.y 60 iKlamiith-Lake-vlen
) In (funrU niounuin kretlon.
2. II. H. hlf hwiiy 395, ( rooked rreck
mi-t ion.
2. U'ttriier vullry M-condAry (part
of llili job la now undrrway.t
4. Itoad ronnectiiir Hllvrr lake
with V. S. hlchway 91 near Diamond
Idttif.
5. hprague HUrr road over Klam
ath Indian reservation.
6. Completion of rouiily road.
7. Completion of atrrrl paving In
Lake view.
i. Completion of North J tree I In
Lakevlrtr.
The takevlrw group hImi plunged
Rlroiiulv fur recon nl ruction wtnk on
the Willamette hlgliway. hhh t ! DKNVKR, April 13 tA-A Denver
aiioihor project hi the federal lorent I Pt writer ntd todiiy a European
highway JurUdUUoii. I bound flight of Superforirrwes rrmkc
Uike county Joined Klaiimth and " "w of strength for the weatrrn
othera in favoring pay-an-you-go j ptiwem" before the April 18 elections
highway financing. Including uch " Hly.
llenu aa oooaU In the gas tax and I Calllaon. mrltlng under a date
rriiuirailoii fee If necewiry. Uls- ! line "Over The Atlantic Aboard a
Lake County Men Make Highway Presentation
n it
u m
..' f 1 ' ini
fftY-Yl , - -
Three mem ben of Lake county! contingent at the atate highway Interim committee hearinr here yea
trrday are iliown In thl picture with Kalph Moore, chairman of the legislative committee. Left to right:
County Commlwloner Flu mat llotchklaa. County Judge J. R. Heckman, Kep. Moore and Jack Briscoe, who
made the formal Lake county presentation.
Bombers May
Visit Italy
trluutlot of highway money on a
bajils of the federal foimula roud
mileage, area and population was
favored by the Lake contingent.
Court Upholds
Anti-Red Rule
WAHIUNOTON. April 13
Hilltiing 2-1. a special three-Judge
court today ruled constitutional two
key provisions of Hie Tall-Hartley
labor act those rrqiilrlng union of
ficers to awpur thry are not com
munists and unions to file financial
statements.
The provisions apply only to tluwc
unions which waul to make uso of
the national labor relations board!
machinery. Hut unions which do
not go to NLHH cannot get legal
status as exclusive bargaining agent
In a plant.
ll was the second major court
ruling on roiiMitutlouallty of Im
IMirtMiit provlslous of the Taft
Hartley act. On March 13. U. 8.
District Judge Urn Moore ruled un
constitutional section forbidding
spending of union funds for polit
ical purposes. The MLHH has ap
liealrd Moorcs ruling to the su
preme court.
13-28." wrot this:
The group's top officers say they
exect to go from Germany to Italy
for a show of strength for the west
ern powers' before the April IS elec
tions." CalllMin Is with what U. 8. air
force officials term the mightiest
peace time air fleet ever lo be sent
overseas. The flight Is en route now
to Germany.
Calltson added:
"The number of Superfortresses
and men are secret, but II will take
hours for the group to land when
they arrive at Purstenfeldbruk.
Germany, their 'home' while In
Europe . . .
Kolluwlng the expected Italian
maneuvers by the group, Ihe B-J9
gollaths are expected to fly to Saudi
Arabia where the U. S. has one of
ll.i biggest H-'.'O airdromes and a
point. Incidentally, within close
range of mast of Kuuia."
Tax Exemption For Medical
Expenses, Life Insurance
Asked By McKay In Speech
Deductions should be allowed In
the stale Income tax to allow for
medical expense and life Insurance
payments up to $250 a year, Doug
las McKay, candidate for the re
publican nomination for governor,
declared In a talk to the Young
Republican club here Monday night.
"Health and financial security
for old age and for survivors are
so fundamental to the welfare of
the atate that they deserve the en
couragement of partial tax exemp
tion." the candidate said. In a dinner
spech heard by ISO in a well-filled
banquet room at the Winema hotel.
"Income taxes should be based
upon ability to pay but should rec
ognize that health and financial
Independence are Important not
only to the home but to the future
Wounded Soldier
May Lose Arm
WESTOVKR AIR FORCE BASE,
Muss., April 13 ill A Portland.
Ore., soldier, shot by a Russian
sentry in Vienna, may lose an arm
as the result of Ihe Incident, phy
sicians at the Wc.stovcr Htallon
hospital said today.
Tho soldier, Pvt. John Qruudrn,
arrived hero from Europe last Sat
urday. He was to bo transferred
to the Walter Reed hospital in
Washington, D. C, today.
Oruudoi! said he was shot In the
shoulder by a HukaIiiii sentry dur
ing a street scuffle a month ago.
Hanford Slates
Atomic School
RICHLAND, April 13 M'i Moving
to overcome what atomic energy
commission chairman. David E.
Llllenthal has described as a "critical
shortage of trained scientific and
technical personnel," Hanford plant
officials today announced establish
ment of a graduate school ot nuclear
engineering for Its employes.
The school will be run by F. Ellis
Johnson, former dean of engineering
at the University of Wisconsin.
Johnson said the University of
Washington, Washington State col
lege, University of Oregon. Oregon
State college, and the University of
Idaho have agreed to cooperato by
granting credits toward degrees for
work done here.
More than 70 plant employes have
signed up for the now graduate
study.
A similar program of under
graduate study last year attracted
500 studrnls. -
Johnny Meek, Missing For 20 Years, Sued By
State Of Oregon In Condemnation Proceeding
lly IIAI.K NCAItllKOlKill
Johnny Meek, who disappeared
from Klamath Fulls over 30 years
ago to escape arrest for tho murder
of Johnny Ansel, Is bring sued by
thn Nliila of Oregon III a condrmna
lloii proceeding over Meek'a homo
aleud near Ducky Point.
Meek waa thn number one suspect
In Iho Ansel nluylng, Dercnibrr .11,
Ill'JV. Ha had liomeslcnded n small
ulaco nriir tho Wiimpler ranch it
4'tocky Point and three days after
tho murder waa culled to como in
for tiuestlnnlng. Meek disappeared
and Iiiih never been located. The
Ansel murder Is the foremost "un
solved" crime In Klamath county
hlslory.
It so happens tho Meek home
stead lies near the I. like o' Ihe
Woods road and on It Is a cinder
pit tho stato highway commission
would like to huvo for use In re
building and maintenance of tho re
sort highway.
The condemnation stilt, filed with
tho circuit clerk hero, seeks about.
10 acrr of ground for the stale and
a.sks that a Jury deride on a rea
sonable vitluo for Iho property.
The suit aela forth that the high
way commission hua made a "dill
gent search" and Is unable to locale
the owner, Johnny Meek.
Named as co-defendant In the
suit with Meek Is Mickey Wamplcr,
who has paid the taxes on Mcek's
homestead for the past 20 years and
thereforo Is presumed to have some
claim to tho property. Wamplcr Is
In possession of the land.
The Meek homestead patent has
nrver been filed, becauso of the
owner's disappearance. Ho had
qulllfled for a patent under home
stead laws and the paper had been
officially signed by everyone neces
sary except Meek.
Another paper with his name on
It Is on file at the sheriff's office.
A warrant charging him with first
degree murder.
T. J. Prather,
Basin Pioneer,
Passes At 87
Death took another well known
Klamath county resident with the
death early Monday night of Thom
as Jefferson Prather of Keno, well
known merchant of that commu
nity. "Dad" Prather. as he was famil
iarly known, was 87 years at the
time of his passing at the home
of a daughter. Mrs. Clara E. Sim
mers. 645 Alameda, at 7:45 p. m.
Monday.
Born December 3. I860, at Astor
ia. Schuyler county. 111.. Mr. Pra
ther moved to Klomath Falls from
liliuicn. Colo., on April 14, 1914.
At that time he bought the Klam
ath Transfer company and oper
ated the business until 1017. He
then entered the employ of the
old Hlrvl Baking company and re
mained with the firm for five years.
In 1923, he purchased a grocery
store In Keno and operated the
store until his retirement In 1928.
Mrs. Sulena Elnora Prather pre
ceded her husband In death on
April 8, 1937. A son, Harry, who op
crated a drug store at Malin. and
a daughter, Mrs. Addle M. Hefner,
also preceded their father In death.
Survivors Include the two daugh
ters, Mrs. Simmers and Mrs. Julls
Kemp of Placervtlle. Calif.
Final rites will be announced
later by Whltlock's.
Freedom Train
Sponsors Short
SPOKANE, April 13 tPt Organi
zations sponsoring Ihe freedom train
appearance hero today still were
$700 short this morning of the
SBOOO needed to pay the train's ex
penses. Tho Elks lodge, directing the fund
raising drive, launched a drive to
collect lnst-mlnute pledges needed
to meet the quota.
The freedom train will arrive la
morrow morning and will be open
for Inspection hero 13 hours. Spon
sors said thry expected 10,000 or
more persons to visit It.
of fhe stale. The. exemption for ua-
ustittl medical expense should par
allel the pattern of the federal In
come tax which permlu deductions I
for medical costs in excess of 5 per
cent of income. j
"The temporary loss of tax in-
come from these deductions would
ei'enlually be repaid by greater i
prosperity of an important part of I
the people and by lowered costs I
of public welfare assistance. It is I
sound legislation that places human
welfare and the security of the
home In their proper place of first
Importance In a fair and far-sighted
apportionment of the tax load."
McKay declared for soil and
water conservation as a vital fea
ture of wildlife conservation. He
pointed to the Inevitable effect of
Interrupting nature's processes.
Coming to the issue between agri
culture and wildlife enthusiasts,
he said there Is need for over-all
coordination- of these activities in
the state, so that the best policies
could be developed with a minimum
of sacrifice on the part of any
sound interest.
McKay also tackled the subject
of the $30 million state Income tax
surplus, saying this surplus might
well go to tbi million in another
year. Noting that there are pro
posals to make use of part of this
lund for other purposes, McKay
reminded his listeners that the In
come tax was voted In Oregon spe
cifically as a property tax offset.
"Before we promise any particu
lar activity or group any of this
money, we must make a complete
study of the overall picture," he
said, referring to talk of using in
come tax surplus for higher edu
cation construction.
McKay said Oregon should work
out a comprehensive tax program
without the sales tax. which should
be recognized as a "dead duck."
Gordon Loomis Introduced Mc
Kay, who came here as a member
of the highway interim committee,
and remained over last night to
make the Young Republican ad
dress. .
Oeorge H. Flagg. candidate for
secretary of state, spoke briefly on
the political needs of the state, Uie
ever growing population and re
sultant responsibilities, and the
need for quick thinking, experi
enced men at the head of the gov
ernment. Flagg is a former assistant secre
tary of state under the late Gover
nor Snell. and is a former PUC
commissioner.
Insurrection
Threat Over
Election Out
ROME, April 13 IIP There are
Increasing signs in Italy today that
the communists are losing ground
in the April 18 election campaign,
and that the opposition U cashing
in
For one thing, Ihe communists
have quit talking about arms and
Insurrection if the parliamentary
elections don't to their way.
And Communist Chief Palmiro
Togllattl has taken a different at
tack on the Marshall European aid
plan. Up until now. the communist
have contended aid from America
was meant only to enslave the Ital
ians. Last night at Parma. In Italy's
leftist north. Togllattl said:
Compromise Freedom
"The communist party does not
purely and simply relect American
aid. but asks that it does not com
promise our independence."
A one -hour nationwide strike
yesterday called bv the commu
nistdomlnated Italian labor con
federationwas pretty much of a
fi7'te.
There was only one report of
Tinlrnre In yesterday's campaigning,
and that was against the eommn
niits. Somebody threw a bomb In
to a communist-led popular front
meeting at Lixzanelll in Southern
Italy. A man waa killed and 21
persons were wounded.
As communist strength appeared
to be waning, the Christian demo
crat put on an even more vigorous
drive.
The poster men were busy In
Rome today. They were using long
ladders to put campaign posters up
high to be sure they stoyed up at
least a day . before, somebody tore
them down.
Mine Disposal
Officer Busy
ASTORIA, Ore., April 13 I!
The navy's Northwest mines dls
pasal officer Is busier blowing up
Japanese war explosives than a boy
shooting firecrackers on July
Fourth.
The coast gunrd reported more
turned up along he Oregon and
Washington coasts Monday. Five
drifted toward the beaches or
ashore 8ttnday.
Several are along the Lincoln
county shore, at Grays Harbor,
Wash., mid at Oystervtlle, Wash.
Lt Don Wlnslow, the navy officer,
still has several to detonate from
the week-end reports. '
NLRB Okays
Pension Rule
WASHINGTON. April 13 Pv The
national labor relations board ruled
today that employers must bargain
with their employes on pension plans
If the employes request lt.
The 4-1 decision was the first on
this subject in the board's 13-year
history.
The four-man majority held that
such plans come within the scope of
the Taft-Hartley law which requires
both employers and unions to bar
gain collectively "in respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment,
or other conditions of employment."
The board held that the payment
of benefits under pension plans falls
within the meaning of "wages."
It said the terms of retirement
such as the age when pensions be
gin would come within the category
of "conditions of employment."
The ruling was made in a case in
volving the Inland Steel company.
The board found the company guilty
of refusing to bargain collectively.
It held the company hat) violated
both the Taft-Hartley law and the
Wagner act under which the case
was originally filed In August, 1946.
Hit-Run Accident
Reported Here
A hit-and-run Incident was re
ported to state police early Monday
night by J. L. Ross, Altamont auto
courts. Ross told officers he was
t-aveling near Weyerhauser Junction
when a sedan, carrying two men and
a woman, hit his car.
The offending machine sped on.
Ross said, but he was able to give
police a good description of the car
and occupants. Considerable dam
age was done the Ross car.
Final Rites
- fY
Services will be held In Lakeview
Thursday at 9 a.m. in St. Patrick's
Catholic church for Ernest A.
Fetseh, prominent Lakeview mer
chant, who died suddenly Sunday
night. Recitation of the Holy Rusary
will take place at the Owsley
Osterman chapel Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. The Rev. Father F. L.
Geis will officiate. Interment will
be in Lakeview.
US Bomber
Fleet Leaves
For Germany
WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE.
Mass., April 13 IIP) One of the
mightiest fleets of V. S. airforce
bombers ever sent overseas took off
today for Germany possibly other
stops abroad.
While officials here said the
number of B-29i was "classified" In
formation, it was learned that about
30 super-forts make up the fleet
attached to the 15th airforce.
The flight longest peacetime hop
of such large numbers of B-29s in
airforce history was officially de
scribed as "a routing training mission."
Leaving Smoky Hill air base in
Kansas during the night, the fleet's
first bomber piloted by Lt. James T.
Bloyd Jr., of Portland. Ore., set
down here at 5.48 a. m. and took off
at 7:38 a. m. for Goose bay to re
fuel. The other planes zoomed in at
15 minute intervals making only
brief stopovers.
The planes will leave Goose bay
independently for Furstenfeldbruck,
Germany, approximately 4600 miles.
Three squadrons of the 301st very
heavy bombardment group the
32nd. 362nd and 363rd are in
volved in the flight.
The 362nd will remain in Europe
to fly regular missions replacing
another squadron now in Europe.
The others will return, home shortly.
Symington
Pleads For
US Strength
WASHINGTON, April 13 VP)
Russia la building the greatest air
force In the world, Air Secretary
Symington told the house armed
services committee today.
"They seem to want to reach
decision with us and they want to
reach It In Ihe air," he said.
Symington testified on draft leg
islation. A bill before the committee
would authorize a draft to boost the
armed forces to 1,944.000 men, about
559.500 more than they now have.
The bill would provide for 70 air
combat groups compared with 55 at
present.
12 To 1 Ratio
"We know Russia Is building 13
times as many planes aa we are,"
Symington told the committee.
"They are building up the great
est air force In the world."
In response to questions from Rep.
Johnson ID.-Tex.), Symington said
he considers the air force of 7
groups more Important to national
security than universal military
training.
Johnson asked whether produc
tion control, such as allocation of
steel, might be necessary to build up
the air force to 70 groups. Symlng- .
ton said he does not think any con
trols would be necessary.
Symington said that plans for ex
panding the air force to 70 groupi
call for purchase of 2174 war planes
by July 1. 1950. Of these, he added,
1312 would be purchased in the com
ing year.
Symington said the air force doe
not believe it would have to use the
draft to get the men needed for 70
groups.
"The primary reason we are for
the draft," he said, "is that the army
is for It As yon know we onee had
to stop our (volunteer) reeruitinr
because we had all the men fer
whom we had money.
3 Treated For
Broken Bones
Three matrons are receiving
treatment for broken bones at Hill
side hospital.
Mrs. Marie Young of 2536 Kane,
who fell recently at her home, is
recovering satisfactorily from a
fractured left hip. She will be able
to be about soon, the attending phy
sician reoorted.
Mrs. Dorothv Oliver of 2444
Wiard. who suffered a broken leg
hi a recent automobile accident. Is
also improving following further
treatment, and Mrs. George Hill of
Mt Shasta, who fractured a leg 10
days ago. also had additional sur
gery Tuesday.
Dog Rescue
Howling Success
OLNEY. 111.. April 13 .JN-Caroline
Stroud's plan to free her pet
dog from the city pound was a howl
ing success.
The 13-year-old girl went to the
pound after she discovered her dog
was missing. She couldn't find the
dog-catcher so she went Into the
pound to get her pet.
The 34 other dogs locked up in the
pound spotted the open gate. They
yipped and barked as they ran to
freedom.
Plane Crashes
On Mt. Hood
TIMBERLINE LODGE, Ore., April
13 UP A crashed liaison plane waa
found early today on the edge of
Mount Hood's Newton glacier but
the pilot was not there. ,
Searchers fanned out to follow'
faint footprints leading away from
the plane.
The pilot, Lt. Edward K. Kahoun
of McChord field. Wash., crashed
yesterday while searching for an
Oregon national guard A-26 missing
since Friday. Lt. Eugene C. Gore,
flying a second L-5 plane in yester
day's search, said Kahoun's plane
was forced against the mountainside
by a violent downdraft, but Oore
subsequently saw Kahoun walklnj
around, apparently unhurt.
The plane was reached this 'morn
lng by two search parties, one from
the Hood River Crag Rats, a moun
tain rescue group, and the other dis
patched from Timberline lodge by
the forest service.
Tracks led down the mountain to
the northeast and if Kahoun con
tinued on the course he would get
Into a region of steep canyons and
heavy timber, far from any road,
Langdon said.
You Name It,
We Got It--!
LOS ANGELES. April 13 I PS
The quartermaster's department,
composed of hardy, rugged men,
was hoping avidly today for the
complete success of a war surplus
sale scheduled for San Francisco
next week.
Among the articles the soldiers
would particularly like to get out of
their warehouses are 45 bottles of
leg lotion, nine cases of "apple blos
som" deodorant, 320 powder puffs,
70 cartons of face powder, 22 cans
of skin cream and 1000 lipsticks.
They are not quite so concerned
about the thousands upon thousand
of women's trousers, skirts. Jacket
and fatigue uniforms, also made for
members of the women's army corps.
And oh, yes, the war asset ad
ministration disclosed also lt has for
sale 97,861 pairs of dice.
Stassen, Dewey, Taf t Favored For Top Spots
In Nebraska Primary; Vandenberg Dark Horse
OMAHA, April 13 !P Nebraska
republicans pick from a field of
seven candidates today the man
they want the GOP national con
vention to nominate for president
In June.
With heavler-than-usual primary
voting In prospect, most politicians
here thought top choice lies between
Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota,
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York
and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio.
These three ended their cam
paigns with a blase of oratory di
rected primarily against commu
nism. Stassen was the only one here
for a personal appearance. Dewey
and Taft talked to Nebraska voters
only by radio.
But what they said added up to
a general attack on the communists,
pinpointed at the Bogota, Colombia
revolt.
Taft, who startled Nebraskans
months, ago by a proposal In Oma-
1
ha for scaling down farm price sup
port, stuck to his guns In a radio
platter broadcast to the state.
The Ohloan said that the farm
parity formula must be revised. He
added:
"The trouble with a flat 90 per
cent guarantee of parity Is that it
cannot be carried without produc
tion controls."
Taft Is dead-set against any ma
jor government controls of produc
tion or prices. Parity Is a formula
aided at giving the farmer the same
purchasing power he had In a for
mer favorable period, usually 1909
to 1914.
The Stasscn-Dcwey-Taft trio gen
erally was looked upon as leaders
in the seven-man race for the en
dorsement of Nebraska's republi
cans. But there were some politicians
who forecast that Senator Arthur
Vandenberg of Michigan who says
he Isn't Interested in the nomina
tionmight run well up among the
leaders.
Almost no campaigning has been
done here for him or for Oen. Doug
las MacArthur, Gov. Earl Warren
of California and House Speaker
Joseph Martin of Massachusetts.
Any of this latter group who fin
ishes among the first four or better
is likely to be hailed as strong
darkhorse possibility in .the event
of a GOP convention deadlock.
The campaign wlndup last night
indicated thnt none of the sup
posedly three leading aspirant la
quite sure of the results of today'
counting. Because of local races, re
sults may not be known until the
early hours tomorrow.
With polls open for 12 hour
from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. nearly
300.000 persons are expected to cast
ballot In races ranging from the
presidential popularity primary
down through local offices.