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Newspaper Page TextHP mm mm WZ7& 7V ry z WIATHlR i?" u .j. ,m, I i "V f i x r II No. 135 ' Mi. Maul lei . u hid ... II I trarlillan laat 14 Maura .14 Rlrvam aar U rial lu It ' N.im.l. ... t ut I. l it Mracaalt Cltn4ri anaw flimlaa. I'HH'K HVE CKNTM KI.AM ATI! KAI.I.H. OHKOON. TtJKKDAV, APRIL 7' a 1 Telephone SHI Itr I'll ANK JKNKINH DAI KHI'INK Ilia lirkllaii pol 'n Uie hows today. A Jerusalem dispatch reports that annlei ol the Inur encircling AruU nations ro rondy l invade Die Holy laud before Ihe week onda. CITip (our Arab natlona air Truua-Juidnn. Hvrla. l,olinnin and KuypU You never can Irll, ill course, bill ,u the moment llir In la picliy clu Ka Ilia powder. RHTItONO, competent Unlled Nn lldiK. overwhelmingly backed by world opinion, could handle the sll imilon promptly and rlllrlenily. United Nation, unfortunately. ' neither strong nor competent. It l lorn by rivalry between commimlMn. headed by Russia, and antl-cnm-muniam, headed by the United Htatea. Mince these are the only natlona with iHiwer enough ui make H work. United Nallona l lor the present hclpleaa. riTII Italy temporarily oul ol Ihc wav. with Wentern Europe gei- llnit t'welher to hold Ilw line at ihe Kibe, the Near and Middle r-asl ale the world hoilent spot. Huaala'a present oblecllve la ob vioualy to li ' r,nv ",10 Ul"1 traieiilcaliy crlllral area. Once hr could lift an army there. he could proceed aa aha ha proceeded 111 Kaaiern Germany, the Ualkana and elacwhere. Our task U to prevent that troin happening. 80 lar. wa have mraacd the Job badly. It la to be hoped that wa can do belter Iroin here 011 oul. THIS general Near and Middle Kaal itee your map (or detaiUi la relrrred to In practically every dla patch aa "oll-rlch ." Wherever poa aible. the term t being UM-d lo amcar Uio Unlled Staica. (letting oil enoukh to keep our economy run ning elllclently In all ll world-wide phaara la upioed lo be a ilnlul and eked purpoae. if lit Hoomiae llUMla wa able lo gel w Full Year Urged For 18-Year-0lds AbHINtVI ON, April 27 Vi Mllltury IrMilrri rr propoulni 11 full ymr In ihr Hrmrit furrr for IH-yrur-iltU uinlrr ft "rmiriimUf" univrriiul IrnlniiiK program. It wm Irtiriinf (oil ay Oml llili l bring aiaigratril tu ruitirmnlonal tummltlrr ttli.rlt rr ruiulrlrrlnr ji liroail tlrfriiM' prog mm revolving a bou I llirrv puititv: I, unlvrrftiiJ ImliiltiK; 2, Umpnrnry rrvlvnl of Ihr tint f I. it nil , rvpmiiloii of the 11 Ir fnrrra. 'Ihr oiluttutl "(-onipidinlM" kr oit unlvrrniil tinlnlnit wun that 18-yrnr-oltln hhoul(( hiivn nix month (if tntliilhif lo lr followed by nervier in the imilomil Kunrd or twimn other ncilvc, oiunnlrt clvlllnit retrrve. lful iMiine oKlrinlJi contend now Hint n nmu with only six inninhn' lealnln.i U..M11 iu. i.f lltllaa v.tltaa 111 a military unit and that hl mln-! 'n '"' ! .. f Imum lime ahouUl be at Iraal one May Lad King Abdullah fabove) of Trni Jordan reportedly will prroiially lead hU HrltUli-tralnrd Arab Le- year. 1 tie draft and Iraliilitf prupuftaU are Urd In rluarly with Ihr ronlro vrriiv uvrr how largr ihr air fore should be. Home air nirn want a 70-group air forre. Hrrrrlary of Or frnr t-'orrratal has brrn baltllng to hold It to OA groupi. Senator Kdwin C JohiiMi U Colo i Mtld KorrrKtal'a 60 -k roup pro pmiil ut a "lot of pjpycoclc' and a "camouflnite" for unlvenal military lrainu.it. W.S.Knudsen Dies At 69 DKTItorr. April n '.-William H Kiuiil.rn. World War II coordi nator o( Atnerlca'a Induairlal might, died tiHlny lollowlng a long illneu. IJruth came to the ilB-yrar-old Ior:ner prealdenl of General Moiora corMirallon at 4'4H a. m. The white-haired IJaninh lin Home 10. (KM) of Abdullah'a aoldlera. about two tlilrdi of the Arab l.e glun already are In I'aleallne on arrurlly duly Willi Hie Brlllih. Youthful Trio Shoot It Out With Alturas Police; 1 Wounded, 1 Captured ALTURAS, April 27 One suspect was wounded ond one escaped in a blaze of gunfire here early this morning when Alturas officers shot it out with three youths who opened fire on the police on Fourth street near the center of this town. The trouble started when three officers started to pick up the three young men for questioning, about 2:30 a. m. Two of the youths were armed, ond started shooting. The officers returned the fire. A 19-ycar-old suspect identified as Floyd Boardman believed a deaerUT from Port Qrd. wart ahol In the arm and nnntured. An Unexpected Visitor in- duairlnllaia aa "ihe greatest produc tion Kcnlua ol modern tlinca He gave up Ihe preMdrnry o( Gen eral Moiora, tht country'! Inrxeat producer of aulomobilea. In 1040 to head the mammotith rearmament program Initiated by the late Presi dent Htxiaevclt. Knudaen w a a coinmiaaloned a lieutenant-general, the unly civilian ever to move directly to thai high military office. He frequently ad mitted his embarra.tamcnt, remark ing "I'm not a military man," he aald: "my buaineaa la to make thmga." .lu wife, Clara, and their four children were at hla bedMde. Accident Victim Said Improving t he condition of E. R. 8wiler. Loe Augelea re.ildent w ho waa Injured III an accident late yeaierday morn ing which look the life of hla wife, wna reported fair at Hlllaide hos pital today. Hwllrr haa cheat hurta and po alble broken rlba. X-ray waa being made late ttila morning. rinnl rltea for Mra. Bwller have not been announced by Ward'a. The couple waa en route aouth when their ear and one oierated by Car rol Roblaon. Ml. Hebron rancher, were Involved In a collision aa Robl aon entered the highway from a aide road. He waa but allghlly Injured. Ihe bulk of the woild'a available oil m,Kmm ., known by fellow into her poaaeaalon. Bile wouiti uien have a THKMKNIX)U8 advantage, rven the atom bomb dependa on oil, for It Ukea oil to gel the bomb lo IU largeu II you coma pm down lo one Uilng, lack of oil waa probably reaixuulble for Hitler de feat. II he had had oil enough, he might have conquered Ihe world. Who wanu lo put a weapon like thai in Ituaaia'a handa? ... tN theae daya. everybody paiu oil. 1 To hear the looae talk thai la go ing around, youd think oil u ihe aource of all evil. Everybody cuaaea oil. KverybiKly USES OIL and WANTS MOKE ol II. poMMUNlHM boba iwlca into pol It Ira todaV. ataaaen. apeaklng In Portland, aaya Ihe United atatea ahould outlaw Ihe comnninial party. He referred tre iiuenlly lo Uie "menace of Ihe com miinlal lowlllartanlam ol JUuaia." He aimke of the aucceaaea of Uie communlata III ailrrlng up uouble all over Ihe wurld. He added: An American policy nmat be formulated to coupler theae dangera. outlaw Uie cominunlal purly over ground and vlgoroualy dig It out Irom underground." . CENATOIl VANUENUKRO. In an " unacheduled apcech In Waahlng l.iii, loaaea n hint lo Ruaalu Unit the U. 8. may Join Wcalein Europe In n inllllary alliance agalnal cominunlal I aggrcaalon. Then, referring ob vloualy to conimuiilam, he aaya: "We are aulcldul foola If wo do not rool oul and destroy any treason at home which may dream of bringing wurld revolution to the Unlled Htntea." ... ' "Tllia writer haa a noilon thai If we concentrate aufflclenlly on mak ing our ayaiem work ua well na It can work, wo won'l have a lot lo fear from coinniunlMn hero In America. Anybody who would swap what we have for what communism oltera ought U have his head examined. British To Oppose Arabs LONDON, April 37 V The for eign office aald today Britain will resist any Arab "Incursions" Into Palestine before the British lay down their mandate over the Holy Land May 16. "That means our Intention," a apoleeaman said In response to ques tions concerning Britain' position In the event Trans-Jordan's war rior monarch, King Abdullah, should carry out hla reported Intent to scire control of Palestlno Immedi ately, i The spokesman snld, howover, Hint the foreign ofdeo hna received no olflclnl report Hint Arnb troops nc Innlly hnve been moved Into Pnlcs llnc, In response to oilier questions, ho snld Brllnln'a forces "obviously" nrc limited In slr.o for the Job of pa trolling the Holy I.nnd borders. He wns unnlilo to confirm report Hint Arnb troops hnve tnken Jericho. Riots Claim 351 In Korea HEOUL, April Tt iTf Communlat violence In opposition lo the U. N. aponaored South Korean elections haa coal 361 Uvea In three and a half months. The U. ft. army announced the death toll today for aoutheaal Korea and Cheju Island, where the cam paign of bloodshed has centered. In cluded M Korean police. 194 com munlata and (T rightists. No Americans have been Involved and no maaa rioting has taken place. American occupation head quarters at Seoul haa been left atrlclly outside the sphere of ter rorist activities. The campaign against the May 10 election to form a provisional Korean government haa taken the form of flying attacks by groups of from two to 3i youths against no- J police record lire boxes, registration centers and homes of rightist lenders. A United Natlona committee i siMikesman said today that final dis cussion on whether to observe the election would start tomorrow. The officers also captured Walter Bradford, 1. of John Day. Ore. In the melee the third auapect. Identified aa Pardy Allen. 22. an ex convlcl from Lakevlew, got away. He dlsap)eared In the darkness, shoot ing as he went. A widespread search waa under way todny for the fugi tive, who la believed In this locality. The offlcera who engaged the trio in gunplay were Deputy Hherlff Charles Cantrall and Cltv Officers Bill Johnron and Frank Roads, the latter former police chief at Tule lake. None of the officers was hurt. Authorities said thev understood the trio came Into California by way of Lakeview. Ore. yesterday, driving a car allegedly stolen at John Day. The car Is believed aban doned near New Pine Creek, but haa not yet been located. Police were tipped by a taxi driver that three suspicious-looking men were loitering on the streets early today. When they went to Investi gate, the shooting started. No charges have been filed while police concentrate on the effort lo capture Allen. State prison authorities at Salem said today that Pardon E. Allen, 22. Is on parole after being sentenced to serve a year for aasault while armed with a dangerous weapon. He was received at the prison on September 4. 1R47. Hla parole will not expire until September 4, 1848. He was identified aa a rancher, burn In takevtew, height 6 feet 9 Inches, 126 pounds, llfhl complected, blue eyns! light brown hair, and slender build. He has no other School Heads OK Contracts Principals of the seven city schools accepted their appotntmenla and signed contracts for the coming year, It was announced last night ; at a Joint meeting of school boards I 1 and 2. ! Several changes in the teaching staff were announced. Mra. Ber nadine Noggle of the KUHS English department haa returned from a leave of absence and resumed her duties which have been handled by Mrs. Don Rosa. Due to Illness, Mrs. Ross waa unable to complete the assignment. Dorothy Bailie. KUHS commercial j teacher, waa granted a leave of absence due to Illness and her post- ! Uon Is being filled for the re- i mainder of Ihe school year by Mrs. ! Harold Palmer. Mrs. Lois Anne Scotl. KUHS girls' physical education teacher, advised board 2 hut night she did not wish lo accept the assignment lor the coming year. In elementary-. Myron wheeler of Conger, part-time music and teach ing a-ssignmem. haa resigned to change residence. The elementary board announced bids for the Mills auditorium would be published within one week. tenr . j The Liberty ship Charlea Tufts. Ha bow Jammed into a rork break water, resu in ahallow water off Sea Gate, Brooklyn, where It went aground. Returning from Marseilles, France, the 7100-ton Teasel chat tered wfndowa and dishes In homes near the shore when It smashed into the breakwater. The ahip waa refloated at high tide. Student Body Elections See Much Action At KUHS Bank Looted Of $1,000,000 TEL AVIV, Palestine. April M iPi Heavily armed youths who aald they were members of Uie Jewish under ground Stern group pulled a $1,000. 000 daylight bank robbery today un der the eyea of Haganah guards. The youths. Just after dawu, visit ed the homes of all directors and cashier of Barclay's bank. At gun point Uiey took the matched keys needed to oen vaults. Just after the Dank opened, two of the group, wearing military police armbands, asked admittance to ln secl the armed guard kept by Hag anah. the Jewish mllltla. because of the wave of recent robberies by dis sident underground groups. When the doors opened, a Inrgrr group of youths ru.vhed up. They disarmed the guards, herded the employes Into one room, and niened the vaults with the matched keys Canada Ripped By Floods WINNIPEO. Man., April 27 wP Flood damage ran into millions of dollars today across the Canadian prairies. Manitoba's position is still the moat perilous of the three prairie provinces, even though there haa been some abatement. Saskatche wan and Alberta are regarded as "over the hump." The death toll from the floods stood at 12. In Winnipeg, city authorities ex pect the murky waters of the Red river to reach the 25 -loot mark by the end of the week. This would be three feet over flood stage. Between Monday noon and midnight the river rose only 115 inches, to 22' j feet, compared with an average dally advance of one foot since late last week. Approximately 40 Oreater Winni peg families have been evacuated. At Emerson, on the Minnesota border, the worst appeared over. Three-quarters of the town still Is under water, but the crest of the Red river has moved past and the water level Is droDning slowly. Take Over As New Coaches .. Vv Paul McCall, left, and Rob Ilendershnlt will he at the respective helms of next year's Fellran basket ball and football squads. Both members of the present Kl'HH staff with experience and assistant varsity coaches, they were appointed by the school board to fill the positions left vacant by Wayne Scott and Eil It van. (See alory on sports pare), Chinese Push Reds Back TSINGTAO. April 27 (Pi Chi nese communist troops In a sur prise lightning thrust today cap lured the government's north Shantung province base of Welh slen. The city waa burning;. Memoers of the Chinese air j force, supporting the government retreat, confirmed that the city waa abandoned. The city had stood firm against two weeks of communist assault. Then the communists, under Gen. Chen Yi, pretended to abandon the siege. Two days ago. the communists sprang back to the stuck with such ferocity that Welhsien's thin garri son could no longer hold out. With the exception of Changlo. whose fall Is expected momentar ily, the communists now have com plete control In central and north central Shantung province. Clashes at widely separated points were regarded as mere prelimin aries to the expected red offensive in Manchuria. Red forces were re ported attacking Tangshan. gTeat coal mining center of Tientsin, and Pingchuan. gateway to Hopel pro vince from Jehol: By RONNI BROWN This la the year of the presiden tial election and the local primaries are Just a few weeks away, but in Klamath Union high school today's student body elections grossly over shadow any such matter as a national poll. The youthful politicos and their campaigners have posted signs and posters In every conceivable nook and cranny In the halls of their alma mater, and In campaign speeches Monday morning pre-election fervor reached fever pitch. One agile candidate succeeded in hanging a large, block-letter sign bearing his name directly above the main entdance to the building, and from a distance it appears that this might be the name of the school. ' Within tha building then are "signs hung from the ceilings, walls, clocks, students and light fixtures, and one equatlc-mlnded supported rigged a floating campaign sign in Aussies Worry Over Rabbits PORTLAND, April 27 & Aus tralian farm -experts now touring Oregon to see how we do it are still puzzled by what they report is a criminal offense In the sub-continent. Australian Wallace Mears gasped when he snw rabbits being sheltered, fed and raised as livestock. "That would be a criminal offense at home." he explained, and said that bunnies are his homeland's greatest curse. The creatures are so plentiful they are classed as a pest. After a day of touring, the visitors were still mulling the situation until they noticed It was snowing. Then one asked If they were "snow shoe rabbits." Alaska Railroad Plans Still Hazy OLYMPIA, April 27 M If Pres ident Truman haa approved plans for construction of a railroad to Alaska, lt'a news to Governor Wnll gren. The governor said last night he knows nothing of any such plans. Earlier, F. O. Hngie. vice presi dent and general malinger of the Seattle chamber of commerce, told a meeting of the Pacific Northwest Trndea assoclntlon In Victoria, B. C, thnt the president's approval wns contained In a letter sent Gov ernor Wnllgrcn. "The president often hna express ed Interest In developing Alnskn nnd recognizes Its Importance from a defense standpoint." Wallgren aald. "But aa far aa I know, the army haa not made provisions In Ha bud' get for an Alaskan railroad." Blast Kills Plant Workers NEW YORK. April 27 W) A shat tering series of explosions followed by fire killed two workmen and de molished a gas company building in Brooklyn late yesterday. The blasts blew out sections of the walls of the three-story building, knocked aside iron bars on the windows, and broke windows in buildings a block away. The dead were identified as Ed ward Hehir. 28. and Michael Gillen, 46. the government canal near the bridge across Alameda. In the assembly Monday in which the candidates were tendered the traditional opportunity to make known their platforms and vote grabbing Ideas and stunts varied from verbal to musical and artistic demonstrations. One presidential candidate bor rowed from the methods of his older counterparts and entered complete with brass band and appropriate election .music. Another candidate somehow wangled use of the audi torium spotlight and spoke In style with the spot playing upon his own person and upon a suspended sign behind him. The elections are a highlight of the school year and the students vote in regular polls, Just as they wul in- yeara - to come -when they cast ballots for municipal and na tional measures. The large number of condidates involved in the voting often necessi tates a re-balloting to get the neces sary majority. This will likely be necessary in the present election. The re-balloting is run on an elim ination basis, those students with the lowest number of votes being eliminated in the initial balloting. Some 35 candidates are on the ballot for the present election for offices of president, first vice presi dent, second vice president, secre tary and yell leader. Woods Okayed As Housing Boss WASHINGTON, April 27 tiPr The senate banking committee today voted H to 0 for confirming Tlghe Woods as housing expediter and rent control chief. Woods' nomination, which goes now to the senate, first was sub mitted by President Truman last December 15. The committee took no action on it during the 1947 spe cial session and Mr. Truman resub mitted it January 9. The committee put off a vote until the rent control extension bill was on the statue books. Committee mem bers said they wanted to make sure Woods interpreted the law as con gress Intended. Winslow Busy Blasting Mines GEARHART. April 27 ( Navy Lt. Don Wlnslow's work-a-day Job of blowing up derelict Japanese mines involved heaving one aboard a truck and hauling It away yester day. The mine, washed ashore near Haystack rock at Cannon beach late Sunday, was disarmed before it was loaded on the truck by a coast guard crew. The navy officer then dyna mited the globe on an isolated sfetch of beach north of here. It was the second such task In two days. He remained in Astoria last night and today headed for Westport. Wash., to destroy a third sighted there. Snow Falls Over State PORTLAND. April W) Oregon's weather-retarded crop season was under fresh restraint today as temperatures plummeted to below freezing at scattered points from Tillamook to Baker. Cold and rain and in places snow and hail caused no immediate crop damage, reports indicated, but they moved back the planting season. Early morning temperatures to day included 23 degrees at Baker, 24 at Bend. 26 at La Grande. 28 at Salem. 29 at Tillamook. 90 at Eugene and Klamath Falls, and 32 at Port land. Other weather bureau reporting stations had readings close to freez ing. Klamath Falls had a heavy fall of snow early today. Snow which fell yesterday on Portland's west hills was still on the ground today. British Say Units Move On Orders JKR1IHAI.EM. Anril It - liable Arab aource said troops of an r.gypuan armored division crossed Palestine's southern frontier at dawn today. The report came on tha heels of a Damascus report that a Trans Jordan Arab legion had occupied the town of Jericho and waa moving Into the Dead valley of Palestine. This was discounted here sine legion security lorces are on loan to the British under both the old and new Brltlsh-Trnns-Jordan treaties. Reports that Haifa Is being shell, ed from Acre across the bay wert) unconiirmea. On Duty An official British armtf annlceaw man In Jerusalem said one company of the Arab legion "under British armv orders" had enlAreH .iMrtahrt on specific duties. "When their duties are finished," he said, "they will be withdrawn." A Palestine government spokes man said that "any Trans-Jordan troopa now in Palestine are under command of the Briliah general of ficer commanding and their conduct la not In question. We have not heard nf in riMlarallnn n , . J e nsider any such declaration aa ez tremeiy unlikely." A Jewish flffpnrv tnnlrMman tniA newsmen Jews had learned that last nignt tne Trans-Jordan parliament agreed to King Abdullah's demand to send trnnna Intn TnlMtfn ordered a general mobilization. Armies or the four Arab natlona which encircle Palestine are report ed ready to Invade the Holy Land before the week ends. Defy Order The reports said the foices of Trans-Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and EgVDt will launch tha throat in de fiance Of the British TT1 anrl a fa nitV scheduled to end until May 15,' and ui uie umiea nations security coun cil, which has ordered a cease-lira in Palestine. (In London, the foreign office an nounced that Britain will resist any Arab "incursions" IntA PalHllna k- fore the British mandate ends.) two Britons were killed In Jeru salem tfldav. (Mliinn over the threatened invasion. Capt. R. B. Leggett, retired Brit ish naval officer, who came to Pal estine hut wek tA upmi a mmkM appointment when the mandate ends, waa shot by Arab near Bar clay's bank in the heart of the city. . A, British public works official waa shot dead by unidentified assailant this morning near the Jerusalem Sports club. A British source aaid the official, B. O. Denham, had been threatened by Arabs for "fraterniz ing" with Jews. Officer Shot A Roval artillerv nfNri nt.-h scene when Leggett was killed. Join ed in the gun battle with the assail ants. He said Leggett had Just emerged from the bank with 480O pounds (about 119.2001 and waa placing the money in an armored police car when an Arab two feet awav firerl hm ihnti I,. m v. j - " ....uw UIH, 1 1 .IIBU and one into his chest. Some 250 people in the area fled when police and the army opened fire. One Arab Was killed and ln iniur4 Th sailant escaped. Machine guns chattered In Jeru salem all morning, after a night long Arab-Jewish skirmish In the Katamon area for control of the city's suburbs. Large scale fighting was reported in half a dozen other parts of the noiy una. A traveler frnm T.vrfrla aM Ak looted the customs house there and set it anre. He said the flames ruin ed some J50.0O0 in stores. British Argyll and Sutherland Highlander troops now control the Lydda airport, which the Arabs took over Sundav. Soldiera firM4 An Innf- ing Arabs and killed five. BUTTER DOWN CINCINNATI, April 27 iiP) The wholesale price of butter dropped to 80 cents a pound todny. marking a decline of four cents in the last two days. A dairy industry spokesman said the arrival of the "flush" season on dairy farms jiad forced Cxe price down. River Bridqe Gets Go Ahead SALEM. April 27 (IP) Construc tion of the $980,000 highway bridge across the Willamette river at In dependence was assured today after Polk county had agreed to pay a fourth of the cost. Marion county already had agreed to pay a fourth. The atate will pay for half of lt. The agreement was signed at a conference here yesterday between the highway commission and the two county courts. Construction of the 2200-foot structure will begin early this sum mer and will be completed In about 18 months. Two Officers Killed When Violence Flares In Trieste Husband Couldn't Make Up Mind DETROIT, April 27 ) Mrs. Harold S. Howe had a divorce to day from her indecisive husband. She told Circuit Judge Miles N. Culehan her husband pulled out a deck of cards in a lawyer's office to help him decide between his wife nnd a girl friend. "For two hours he tried to get up nerve enough to flip a card to determine which of us he wanted," she snld. "He never did decide." ROME, April 27 iPv An Italian soldier and a Yugoslav officer were killed last night hi a border patrol fight near Trieste. Amid rising ten sion. British and American author ities tightened precautions today against any communist Infiltration of their sone of the free territory for May Dny demonstrations. The Italian defense ministry said the clnsh occurred In a narrow strip of territory which Yugoslav forces had seized "In one of their many sallies" out of their lines. Three other Italian soldiers were wounded in the brief skirmish, one critically. The clash occurred nenr the villnge of Rauna dl Lulco In Venezia Glulla, Just northwest of the free territory. The defense ministry said the Yugoslavs have refused to return the body of the dead Itnllnn sol dier. Its communique said the Yugoslav commander had refused to leave his headquarters to talk to an Italian general who went to the scene. It added thnt an Italo-Blav military commission nlready haa be gun to Investigate the incident. The ministry said the clnsh oc curred In a short strip of territory 200 yards deep, west of the line laid out by an allied commission. It aald the Yugoslavs arbitrarily took over this strip, Just west of Drenchla and north of Nabrles pass. The western powers have pre posed that the free territory of Trieste be returned to Italy. Russia turned the idea down. The United Na tions security council has been un able to agree on a governor for the territory and British-American ttoops occupy one sector and Yugo slav troops the other.