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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.