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Newspaper Page TextfHYlllK liiu bri. u ttrcnt dm I ol P - - B f J 1 I'll II W. KMl. I ;I.MH I Hl.AM T r flKKCflN. yitllllV MiV 71 1lnti'in Hill Nn. 1H7S I H i f J ' : : - t , , comment In Oregon to the affect Hint (I)' apectuiular Drwry-Hiaasen I'lenlilciillal primary ritiiiimluii ha overshadowed uur Orcmiil political affairs. There haa been some cuin plaint to thai cllcct. Kl's not niiiiiilnln. Ul'l bo 'I'HANKKUI,. This linllmi-wuin nun oil in Uic Oregon primary election cnuipaliiii ul Jimuld fcHuJu.rn mid Thomas Dewey (both ul llirni coinpeUmt, promising yuung mem In one ul the most reassuring developments In American polltlm since MW1. II Hitllialvs Hint people In Dig United Males ul America are Dili year taking an lulcrrat In nallouul altulra un a basis utlirr tliun the nnu-tirnc-taiiilllar one ul WHAT IS THKHK IN IT Ktllt MK. QKKUUN'H plait III the lllliclluht III u Una rrlllral yrar ul decision la an accident. 11 Juat happens thai our prlmury election, In which uur peo ple will express a prelerrnrtt lur two ul the muni miuiundliiii ul the can MMnIro lur the Itcpllbllian iioiiilna. ' uun lur President, la l he I.AHT prl. ntary elecllun before the Kepuhllcan national cunvenllun afmtmulcs In I'hllailrlplilu un June i. In ellnt, that pllta Ulrlull this yrar In Uie political position that over I ho lunil years ul the paal llua been held by Maine. Maine's gen rral election culllra AHEAD j November, the inonin in whim nljier alatra vole. For that reason, Maine, haa always bt-rn a straw m the wind. Out ul that tail culnrl the old lltlral pruvrrb: "Aa Maine Kura. ao guea the natiun." A lot ul us, yutl know, are band wagon riders. It hoj been pirauinru In the pajil thai many people Ituutiuhuut the cuuntry havr o,-en InlHirncrd by Uie way Maine haa voted. Mo 11 haa been pieauined Una yrar llial a lot ul dru-Ka.in -u the Itcpulilliaii natlonul convention will be Influenced by the way Ore un vulra. Hence Orrgou's hour In the polit ical spotlight. a TIIK Krpubllcan candidate lor I'rrslilrnt will be chuarn AT A (,'ONVKNTION. At that conven Uun there will be Uie tiual trlclu and stratagems. The lulluwrra oi every candidate will be trying to act thrir man in. t'linr win uv ci tuita to create dradliK-ks, au tha; oiiiebHly can 1IKKAK the deudlorit. Hut It la reasonably evident by thla time lha,t lwcy and diaucn are the otilaundlng cuntendera, I hat may not have been true before the Orrtton primary cainpaiitn. but i It la true liuw. Ill their Oieuu.l I . i ampaiaiunii. buth hkte had a 10 lnue ol Drwapnper and rdiu coi -leajiundenta. Kvery ward they have had to lay haa berti carrlrd to every curncr ol the country. Orriuti a primaiy verdict will carry a lot ul wemhl thla time. TT haa been a pity, In a way. that Uiere waa only one loimal Dewey. Ktoaarn debate In Orrnon. It la a neater pity that thla debate waa 0:1 the comparatively nuKnlllcanl aub lect ol "ahall we or ahall we not Jail the communlaU." far greater la auea arc belurc the people ul the United Blalca in Una campalitn. Hut alter all Amrrlcan people, listening In on Una Uewey-Hlaawi allow Uial haa been put uu In Ore gon, have been given an opixirtunity to loun their oplnlona aa to Uieu two tneii who will dominate me Philadelphia convention that wid rhixue Uie man who will probably be the next President. Because t I ho vastly better communlcnllom ul thla day, the IJcwey-Bussen drbntca In Oregon In 1V48 must uke their place beside the Lincoln Douglas debalea In lgMI-evcn it i hey have revolved around a minor quesllun. Oreiion candldutrs have doublleu been pushed Into Uie background, but Oregon people geuerully will Irel pleased because ol the place our state hns held In this vustly Im portant imtloiutt political campaign. Robins Win Row Over Nest Site AVKIUI.I, PARK. N. Y., May Jl ' Kor werka the Edward Hollaya ilnged In a running "nrgiiinenl Hh pnlr ol acolrilng robins build ing a nest on their Ironl porch. Today the Hollars had lost the debate. Th -ublna were raising a lamlly of four. The llnliaya were using the back door. Canby VoutlW k Oar Wreck It Took A Lot Of Help To Get These Women Out Of The Cor Eft '?:.st r ., i a IfcrfCU, , ? -, rmf VWLV.ii !. Ir.wiB . . . J Clearly vUihlt llirouih llir wlndthlrld rr two women paMrnirrt of an rat bound conp whlfh Ttr turned on the Lake view highway one mile from Olrne at t o'clork lait nlfht. I'lnnrd In the ear are iMrt. H'llma A(ne Bradley of Sacramento, and her pasaenxer, June .May field of (iranU ln. Iluth are rreovrrlnc from thock and body brulsei at llilliide hospital. State police said the driver attempted to catch up with a rar ahead when a row atepped Into the lane of traffic. Mr. Bradley applied the brakes and skidded on the wet pavement. The car iwervrd Into the borrow pit and came to rent on Ha aide. Stassen-Dewey Vind Up Oregon Campaign In Photo Finish; Dewey Heads For Vashington , By B. I I.IVINOHTONE POKTLANI), .May 21 (fll fiov. Thomaa K. Dewey and Harold K. Ktaaaen eame to an end of the Ore ion polltlral trail today In their race for Orefon's republican presi dential faror. . It waa a photo fmUh to a furloui and aometimeii acrimonloua three weeks of canipalnlug. Neither the New Yorker nor the .Minnesota n waa bold enoiifh to Austria Talks Broken Off LONDON. May 31 uPi Kour pnw er ellorta to write a peace treaty foi occupied Austria hit dead end today, atlrr nearly two years of futile negotiations. Official United 8latrs sources said the negotiations broke down com pletely Wednesday, after a two week temporary suspension during which ellorta w ere made to compro mise the differences between Russia and the western powers the United Slutes, Britain mid Prance, As a result, these Informants said, It was decided last night to call nlf the confabs Indefinitely. Tile breakdown came, they said, when 8aimicl Reber, chief of the American delegation, privately con ferred with M. P. Kotlmov. head of the Soviet delegation, to discuss the prosiiecta of compromise. Kotlmov. the II. 8. sources snld. advised Reber he had been Instruct ed by Mnsrow to stand fast In sup port of Yugoslavia's clnlms against Austria. The western powers op pose these claims. Fifth Graders Study Comic Book, Take Off On Air Trip OKLAHOMA CITY, May 3 (IP) Two fifth-grnders who studied' fly ing In comic booka confessed to Urn statu pntrnl last night they piloted a stolen plane almost to Texas. "There la no doubt about It," the patrol said. The plane wna two-place Er roupe with simplified controls ad vertised ns nearly fool-proof. "They said It was easy," Trooper Arch Hamilton snld, "They'd looked at some comic booka that told nil about It, They thought wo wore silly not to know how. "They made a perfect landing." AHtonlsliment nt the 120-mtlo flight nlr distance almost drowned out. tnlk of a Juvenile court hearing tomorrow morning. "It's Incredible .,, I am as tounded. Thla la more than mere -Wchlcf." ono of the fathers, At uVney Durney P. Dodard, aald. The grado-actinol nvlnlnra are .flmmy Hodard, II, and Robert Ronald Peterson, 13, Both families are prominent here. Robert, the largest, weighs 86 pounds. Troopers cracked the case when nil evidence pointed to an unbe lievable but tinoscapnblc conclu sion. Jimmy and Robert played hookey from school Monday, and were reported missing the next day. Tuesday night they wore picked up In the little, Western Oklahoma city of Cheyenne., due west of hero and Ifl miles from the Texas panhandle. They told a like ly story of hitchhiking by road, and Wednesday their folks brought them back home. But yesterday tho sheriff of Roger Mills county found the Er coupo abandoned In a field eight nillra northwest, of Cheyenne. Inspectors from the CAA traced tho numbers to Ted Clollcr, former Ercnupo denier at the downtown air park here. II hadn't been seri ously missed, "When wo put It to lliem they broke down and told u.i all about It," Set. Otis Hamilton said. claim Tlelory In advsnrc of today's voting. A record turnout waa indicated. Rrpubllran registration waa at an all-time high of 333.490. of which 65 or 10 per cent were expected to cast ballots before poll closing time at 8 p. m. Both Dewey and Ktaaaen were pinning a lane share of their presi dential hopea on the outcome of the elections the last direct presi dential preference primary before the republican parly nominates a standard bearer at Philadelphia nrvt month. Stassen. speaking at suburban O'csham. told his audience: "I SBy It frankly we can win na tionally only If the people of Ore gon make our campaign their cam paign." The Minnesolan, who confidently called the turn In advance In Ne braska and Wisconsin, made no pre dletlon on the Oregon outcome. Neither did his rival. Governor Dewey, In his concluding statement, voiced the hope Oregnnlans would see eye to eye with him. He let It go at that The count wns expected to be slow. Closeness of the contest made It probable the final outcome might not be known before Saturday eve ning. In keeping with Oregon tradition, Candidates Waiting Vote PORTLAND, May 31 tA'i The "forgotten men" of this election scores of state nnd local candidates whose campaigns were almost drowned out by the presidential tumult place their political fate In tho hands of Oregon voters to dny. Oregon todny select, not only H.i presidential preference, but also the nominees for the largest num ber of offices ever up for election. The state's three highest posi tionsgovernor, secretary of state, state treasurer head Oregon con tests. Behind them are lined four races tor U. S. representative, and an almost endless string of state and local contests. Officials seeking re-election bunked hopefully todny on the Harold E. Stasscn-Thomas E. Dewoy battle, as Increasing the natural advantage of Incumbents, both Stassen and Dewey were to leave Uie state today without wait ing for the final results. Htaasen waa scheduled to fly to Minnesota in preparation for a visit to Hprlngfield. Mo, next Monday or Tuesday. Hometlrae next week he Is due back on the west coast to pa a rail on Gov, Earl Warren of California. Oov. Dewey files to Spokane and Seattle today. Tomorrow he calls on Warren at Sacramento and spends the night In Reno, Nev. He then goes to Salt Lake City Sunday, Poca tello and Butte Monday, New York City Tuesday, and Trenton, N. J., Wednesday. Sheriff Okayed For Bond Boost Sheriff Lloyd Low's bonding com pany has qunllflrd him for an in crease In his sheriff's bond, It waa lenrned todny, The sheriff has been bonded for many years at $-16,000110.000 as sheriff and $36,000 as lux collector. Recently, the county court raised the bond required for tax collector from $35,000 to $60,000, making a total of $00,000. The sheriff received word todny that his bonding com pany had approved the Increase, Warning Given Passengers HAIFA, Israel, May 31 (A'h-Jewish officials said today they have warned 106 Jews, Including 35 Americans, they will travel at their own risk If they embark for New York on the United suites steamer Marine Carp. The ship Is the same from which the Lebnnc.se seized 69 Jews, 41 of them Americans, when she stopped In a Lebanon port on her way to Haifa. Jewish authorities made offi cial representations on Uiat selsure. "The ship is stopping at Alex andria, Egypt," said one official to nuy, speaking of Uie return trip, "and how do we know the Egyptians might not take off Jewish passengers just as Uie Lebanese did . . . ?" The ship's agents said they did not know when she will sail, or just how many Jews who have booked passage will go. Jewish officials said the 61 Jews, mostly women and children, who were permitted by the Beirut au thorities to continue tho Journey to this port, probably would be disem barked here some time today. Six Miners Die In Coaf Mine Slide DANTE. Va.. May 31 Res cue crews early today brought to the surface the bodies of six min ers killed last night when a "bump" shot tons of coal over them In Uie Clinchfleld Coal com pany's No. 3 mine. The men were buried under coal, earth and debris which burst from a seam where Uiey were working two miles under ground. A. R. Matthews, company presi dent, described a "bump" as a combination of overhead pres sure, hardness or softness of Uie seam,- degree of hardness of the coal and the weight on it. He said It was not an explosion In the sense of a gas or. dust ex plosion. Mine Dispatcher J. M. Smith said the collapse of the roof "blew the coal out and over Uie men working near It." Matthews listed the dead as Harold Park, 33: Okley Creger. 39: James Darrell Rasnlck. 31: Troy J. Phillips, 35. and Euris Artrld, 43, all of Trammel, and Arnold Vicars, 35, of Dante, Four other miners escaped in-' Jury. Two were crewmen haul ing a string of coal cars and Uie other two, Lundy Phillips and Manscll Powers, were some dis tance away from the six men killed. Parked Auto On Highway Sideswiped CAN BY, Calir., May 21 A 13 y ear -old Can by boy was killed and two person injured In a two-ear col Union Thursday afternoon 11 mile north of Canby on highway 39. Killed waa Raymond Kussell. whose mother, Mrs. Belle Ruasell. owner of the Canby hotel, was driving the car in which he was'ridlnf. He died In , an ambulance en route to the Modoc County hospital from severe chest injuries. California slate police said the Russell machine, a 1948 coupe which had been taken out of the show s' oom only the night before, was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed when it crashed into a car driven by Albert Davis of Keno. Police said the Davis car had been parked in a roadside lane, and Davis had just pulled back on the highway when the accident oc curred. His car was in its own lane, headed north. Mrs. Russell appar ently became confused, applied the brakes too hard and skidded side ways Into the Davis machine, her car out of control. Davis was uninjured, but Mrs. avis was treated at the Modoc County hmpltal for slight injuries and shock. Mrs. Russell was slightly Injured, but the third passenger In her coupe, James Morrison, bar tender at the Canby hotel, escaped unhurt. The accident occurred at about 2:30 p. m. Known only as "Rusty," ful amnesia victim (above) Is be ing questioned in a Decatur, III., hospital under the influence of a truth serum to seek clues to his identity. The youth, found in a highway cafe near Decatur, be lieves he has a family in the state of Washington. Lake Streams Open Saturday Lake county Streams open to fish- I 'ng Saturday, but anglers are likely :o find the water high and muddy and the mountain roads extremely wet. Spike Armstrong. Fremont forest ranger at Bly, was in Klamath today and reported it would be impossible o get over the road from Bly to Dairy creek. Cars can be driven to a point four miles this side of Flnley corrals. Fishermen have been getting Into the North Fork of the Sprague on the Klamath county side, but Arm strong said It is unlikelv they could go on over beyond the first crossing by car. He also advised against trying to get into Dairy creek by the Cotton wood road. Motorists can get part way into the Dairy creek-Chewau-can fishing country from Paisley. It was raining this morning at Bly. Father Searches For Lost Son SEATTLE. May 21 (Ai Halph E. Vott of Philadelphia. Pa., will ar rive here tonight en route to Juneau, Alaska, to search for his missing son. The son, Ralph H. Mott, an ap prentice seaman aboord the Cruiser Astoria, failed to return from a climb on Mount Juneau May 16. The father, who asked the navy for swift transportation. Is being flown to Alaska by the naval air transport service. Election Returns To Be Posted At Herald-News Election returns will be available ot The Herald and News tonight immediately after the closure of the polls at 8 o'clock, and on through the night and Saturday until the complete count is in. Under the law, no reports are available until the polls close. An augmented newspaper-radio staff will gather and tabulate the returns with the cooperation of County Clerk Charles DeLap's office, election boards throughout the county, and friends in neighboring communities. The Associated Press will bring in statewide returns on the Dewey-Stossen, gover norship and other general contests. Radio broadcasts will begin with a preliminary at 8 p. m. Emphasis will be on the hour and the half-hour as "election report time" on KFLW, Telephone inquiries should be ad dressed to No. 8 U 1 . Portland To Vote On Fast Time PORTLAND. May 21 iiP The city council will vote May 26 on a proposal to establish daylight sav ing time in Portland and give the city Uie same schedule as other large Pacific Coast cities. The daylight time Issue, given up by the council earlier, was put for ward again by City Commissioner Kenneth L. Cooper after Seattle adopted the time change. UN Force Only Way To Stop Holy Land War LAKE SUCCESS. May 21 OP; The American-French-Belgian consular truce commission reported from Jerusalem today that nothing short of United Nations force could stop lighting In the Holy City. The report was read out in the security council by Alexandre Faroai of France, this month's coun cil president. Similar reports on the gravity of the situation in Jerusalem and the need for international pres sure to stop fighting were read In th. council yesterday. The consuls, apparently hopeless of achieving a truce, said the only eflecUve measure to bring about peace in Jerusalem, is employment of a neutral force able to impose its ill on the warring Jews and Arabs. Besides recommending 'that the council consider assignment of forces to Palestine, the commission appealed for a group of military ob servers to help in its task. Egypt Immediately objected that Uie truce commission had exceeded i's authority by calling for force. Vote Volume Heavy Here Voting started at an unusually heavy volume In the primary elec tion here today. While the count was not large In various precincts, it was heavier than is customary for the early morning, and if the pace continues, a record primary vote may be estab lished here. Skies were overcast but the weather was favorable otherwise. An example was in preclnce 26, which votes at Roosevelt school. There. 43 republicans and 10 demo crats had voted by 11 o'clock. There are 243 republicans and 113 demo crats registered in the precinct. At Bonanza, some 40 persons had voted at mid-morning. Border Line Closed In Retaliation By RICHARD KAHISCIIKE BERLIN, May 21 (At United States occupation authorities ra tallated today against Russian bor der crossing taboos. They restrict ed the entry of Soviet missions U the American tone of Germany ts a single frontier point American officials aald last night's ruling was made by Euro pean command headquarters at Frankfurt because Uie Russians de creed that the American military mission stationed at Potsdam could cross Into the Soviet zone only at Helms tedt. The Americans responded by no tifying members of the four Rus sian missions in the U. S. tone that they, too, could cross only at Ifelmstedt. British Zone Helmstedt Is In the British zona on the soviet border and la on the highway linking Berlin with the west. The American mission previously was allowed to cross the Soviet zone border at any point. American authorities emphasized that the action does not mean a closing of the border between the U. 8. and Soviet zones. They called It merely a reciprocal move affect ing only official Soviet missions. The American military govern ment fn Berlin announced that Germans in the V. S. sector will be "protected against molestation and Intimidation" by persons seek ing si en sturrs for a communist-Inspired national plebiscite on a uni fied Germany. The petitions already had been banned In the western section of Germany. The announcement said the plebiscite la "needless and pointless." Labor Groups To Suoport Strikers SEATTLE. May 21 (flv-Two American Federation of Labor groups announced support today for striking members of the Aeronauti cal Mechanls' Union (Independent! at the Boeing Airplane company plant here. President John M. Chrlstenson of local 2519. Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union (AFL) said Its ex ecutive board voted to support the Boeing strikers. Air Force To Change Sites WASHINGTON, May 21 OP) Senator Wherry (R-Neb.) said to day the army air forces will trans fer headquarters of its strategic air command nerve center of lt lone range striking force from Andrews field. Md., to Offutt Held near Omaha. jf Wherry told a reporter the trana- fer will be made as quickly as pfls- ; . sirjlev'As part of the shifts tha sur forces must more headquarters of the second air force from Offutt ; field to some other mtdwestern lo cation. The strategic air command is under Gen. George C. Kenney. When the transfer takes place, more than " 1000 officers and men will be sta- , cloned at Omaha. ; The command at Omaha will hava under it two subsidiary commands ' now located at Colorado Springs, Colo., and Fort Worth. Tex. Wherry said Omaha was chosen out of some 44 cities which bid for the top strategic command. Girl Reporter Thinks On Feet LONDON, May 21 (P) Reporter Joan Reeder wrote in the Daily Mirror today she wore her night gown to the Paris opera and that Princess Elizabeth and the other customers never knew the differ ence. Joan, 25, was sent to Paris on short notice last week to report the visit of Elizabeth and Prince Philip. She got an unexpected Invitation to th' opera, but had no evening gown. She wore Instead a pink and black nightgown with a bare midriff. It being Paris, no one noticed, sht wrote. "There were new looks every where but. the looks I got were the most old-fashioned in the world," she commented. Barbed Wire Alley In Jerusalem Barbed wire fills Princess Mary avenue In Jerusalem at Zlon Square as the British mandate over Pales tine neared an end. The entire roadway for 150 yarda waa covered with barbed wire to keep Arabs and Jewi from coming In contact. In background la the Jewish section. Right, center, la police headquarters.