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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
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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.