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Nl ui o)M JHUVL nr rift o)(mf? lly I HANK JKNHINM CIX nullum west ill tlm KIIm river " lU. M., Illitlllll, I''-II1L'!, UllllUlitl, lit- lu I in 1 1 und Luxembourg arr-mur agreement un a separate, Irderul government lor WICHTHKN tier Imiliy. tHuwila hulda liastcril Um inuny III her giip.i TMIHHIA, naturally enouuli. iiki" n II. At YnlUi, hii was Klveti Ger many ciial ul Uic Kibe. Him wains ALL ul It. Hho flumes Unit II Uic Germans cull Ik kept hungry iiii.I fnmlraU'd Iiiiik ciiuukIi shell gel nil ul It. Frame In fearful ul II ir Idra. Hlic h lihtorlml reasons lor hrr Irar. Kvrry lime Germany linn been ul lowed to gel strong, Franco hu tullrird. The French will probably iiu along llh Uir plnii, however. A new inrn aee Ui French Horny him arisen. 'I lit- menace la KonMn. Looking nl Oujchoaluvakla, the Frcnrli cult see luiw KiiMin could on worse than Germany. How do we in ludtvtduuUi Irrl rj!;7iiit II? Well, we re cuiiIum-iI. Wr have Ihr liiatlucuve trvllng Hint (lie deeper we gel Into the huruH-uii mriv i lie worse oil we'll be. llrMdo, III lllii roiiiuiy. tlirre la wiilrnprrud dis trust ol leadership. Hill- I . Ulilll the western Genitalia get tik unlo Ihclr Irrl mid bruui lo I'ltUOUCE we II hnvo to 110 on Ircd liiu llirm undrr Hie WI'A system we've art up thrrc. ... BKNKH rralgim at plrMllrnt ol I Ctciilutluvukia. The new tmnimini.it dk tutor t Prague announces hypotiitiiully II in I lie will or given the piriidrn. Iil country home at Lany 124 unlet from the rapluli mid Uiul "as a tubule lo hit work" lll prcaidcnllul salary will continue lor llle. In many way! Muriryk. ly.ng in his grave taller jumping (rum a window or bring piuiird, utcurdiug Ui which vcniuii ol hu drain you pielrri la better oil Uimi licura. ... TN America we tuke liberty to com. plrtrly Inr granted Uiul we re pl to Hunk ol Patrick Henrys draih lr 'Give me lilx-rty or give me drath" as h wisecrack, llul It re mains that when liberty is lost ALL U lol. m TN Callliinila world eascinlily it bring held to celebrate the truth iiiilvriaury ol the Ideu'ol MORAL rr-m niunirlil. iMurul re-armament U bated tin the thought that ll wr re good we II be happier.) The Ideologlml p r I u c I p I e a ol 4Tiioral re-armamcnt are expressed In Uie Oolden ltule: "Do ye unlo allien at ye would Dial other! ahull do unto you." The Ideological principle ol com nullum la expressed In tint ninxim from the teachings ol Karl Marx: "Kroni each according to hit abll lilrt: lo each according to hit need." TIIK weak pot In the Marxian principle U that It SOUNDS QOOD but hasn't worked out to braullfully In practice. In applying Marx'a rule lor split ting up the proceed!, this It the KM question: "Who It to be the judge ol l ltOM AND TO?" 'Hilt la the answer, aa bused on Riruiian practice: The Judgea of who It to give and who Is to receive AND JIOW MUCH are the upier brackets of the com munist big shots who hold forih In Hie Kremlin. The way they tee It, THEIR NKKD8 AftE CI It EAT. The common muzhik, from the standpoint of the big hoya at the top, doesn't need much and doesn't get much. THK only fault In the principle of the Oolden Ilule la that we are too selfish and thort-tlghled to put It Into practice. WEATHSR Mat. 'Jan 4) SI Mln. ... Pr.Hpllall.n lait 14 bears... Blr.am year t fata I.aat fair .... a.si Narmsl rar.rs.l; Psrllr rUa4r tnallared IhaniWr alarms. Gets Army Post I'ltlCH l"VK OUNTH KI.AMAIII FAI.I.H, OIlt.liON, MONDAV, Jt NK 7, IBH Telephone 1111 No. 1389 13) W I 11 n n rvo rui anie To Mi Elm ItV WII I IAM riuri'H I'itltM AM). Orr., June 7 Tlir iirniy lutUy Ihrrw m fmh rn lliirrrlng flrlil rwmmiifid nxitlitiit the ruflnjt 'tilumlil rlvrr. It wn m dmprmtr attempt lo hold the wruk rnliiR 100-mllr dlkr front from rnrtland t tlir I'urlflc. Twenty-nix urilcrm of thr urtny niKlnrrr curp runhrd to critlrnl IHilitU In the liruvily burrlcndrd Inwrr vullry nn ihr ifrcut river built up prrwmro ullli 1U wcond Hood Wttvit Hi k wrrk. The rrlnforcp mntut, Inclucllnu flvr hrulrimnt col-iint-.ii, (tiw in dun in. the niifht (ruin Kort llrlvoir. Vit. Tlmr hhurt Thr time un uhort, the tnnk ' Iiukf: I I'rrvrnt exinln of the flood toll by the olumbla mtd t-'rttawr ! rirr In Orr on. Waahlniton. Idaho, MoittmiK and Canada! Itrltliili ( olumhht 0 drad. 52 ml ItiK, about (.0.000 iHimrlru, daniaie of prrhap IMO.000.000. The new 1I(mxI vrvni won deep Into llir iilieitdy hard hit Indithirltii area uroutid i'orlliuKt mid Viuicouver, ultokm the CohnnblH In Wn.ihlnK ton. H wiih hurniiiK downriver, bulld ItiK up the current that hun brrn urlndliiK Huuy the dlken itlnce the Itrht creht rolled down mx dityK aito. The weuther teamed with the j river. So did the wu, I 1 hrrmomrtrra Koar Thrrmomtlert hounrcl to eiiAontil IwkUh throtmhottt the Northwetst j Hundiiy DO drtireeH nod alxive In . the tnountiili.H where the nnowpuck ; nielled fiiKt and Mreuiurd down to i add new water to trlbularlea of the Columbia. And Hit Maa Ihr day of the ara ' atin'i hlhrt tldr ninr frrt. It rhurnrd uprlvrr tltU mornliif and rrathrd into the flood current In I the erllleal limrr river arra. The , rollUlon arnt thr watrr level hi b her, i Inrrranliir the Knawlnf on ever- aoftenlns levrr walli. Col. O. K. Wuliih, commandlim the j U. 8. eiuclneer' Purlin nd dUitrlct, : uiuiiifiied the 20 new eiiKlneer offl ' cvrn to opera tlonul coinmnnds all along the front of 43 dike dlMrlctx. Troops l ived i After early mornlnti briefing, they wrnl lo the leveca to relieve weary men who have directed nandbag battallonn of thoUMiiicU of troopn : and civilian volunteers In the week Ioiik, around-lhe-clrx:k etruKKlc. j In tupporl. the roast guard utart ed an air patrol and put a flotilla of : eultrra and auxiliary craft on the lurbulrnt atrram. Itadlo - phone truck maintained constant com munication In the trouble zone. I I'. H. River f orecatrr lAmer riher aaid the Columbia crent wai "within a hair" of lait week's mark 30.3 fret at Vancouver, 20.95 at Port- ; land In the Willamette river near III confluence with the Columbia. j Crent Movlni I The crest 1a moving through the i lower valley below Portland, Dan- 1 grroujtly high waters will remain In i IU wake for day. There itlll will be threat of breakthrough. And of blowout the ' sudden b urn! hi r of a big section of dike like that which drowned the war houklng city of Vanport s week ago yesterday. J At leaht, another disaster of Van , port's proportions can not be. No chance for one unexpected blow to ! chalk up two known dead, leave 45 children and seven adults missing, ; make 18,700 homeless. All danger areas downriver have . been ordered evacuated long since. Towns have been cleared. However, there Is the possibility of a few unheeding In the farmlands like the six marooned on the second floor of a home In the ClaUkanie area by yesterday's break of the small Johns dike, 50 miles up from the river mouth. Damage But property damage can mount tremendously. Soft dikes In the Portland area can give way, flooding the 43.000. 000 Reynolds Meials company alu minum plant at Troutdale, Port land's municipal airport, several golf course, many commercial gar- dens. I Downriver, levees are weak around i Longvlew and Kelso In Washington. ' They are precarious before 12.000 Acres of fertile farms on the Oregon aide. .?! V lJP . 1 i i - cA Peace For Palestine Hopes Dim lly The Associated Preaa Peacr was aa elusive as ever today In Palestine. Arabs said there Is no likelihood of a truce or arm U tire this week be came the Arab league will not meet before Saturday. Whether peace Indeed would ever rome except through a knockout military cam paign or armed Intervention of the ( nited Nations seemed In doubt. Count Pulke Itermulotte, the UN's mediator, completed his rounds of the Arab capitulA and wits ready to lay before bo Ui sides htx interpreta tion of (he four-week armistice terms. Both sides had accepted, but the Jews with "nanumptluiu" and the Arabs with "explanations." Ber nndotte grimly wild he expect re plies from boil, sides by Wednes day. They were mile apart The jews, for Initanre, wanted unlimited Im migration and an open road to the l surrounded and brfllrgrd 90,000 jews In modern Jerusalem. The Arabs contended any truce la meaningless If Israel continues to exist. They opposed the Immigration and Jeru salem road opening "assumptions" and proposed that Israel's army be disbanded. The Israel army said It trapped 1000 Kgyptlniu at Indud, 23 miles south of Tel Aviv, and destroyed many at rong holds. Cairo countered with the auertlon that Egyptian advnnce lines had beaten back the Jews. The force which moved up from the south ortglimlly numbered 5000 men. some In armored aulta. Of even greater potential Impor tance was the mounting preasure Israel applied to the strategic Arab triangle bounded by Tulkarm, Jenln and Nablus. The Jews said they had thrown a half circle around the tri angle, which threatens Tel Aviv from the northeast. In the north, the fiyr.au armv got on the move and claimed aome hut'cex-tca near the border. One report from the Arab ramps maid truce negotiations appeared to be falling apart , Gusty Wind Smacks Light Plane At Malin Hangar I -tJi . Three Killed In Truck-Car Wreck PORTLAND. June 7 ()) A cur cruahed Into the tide of a dump truck Jut cat ol Portland Saturday and killed three youiiR bank rTiiployet. , The vlctlnw, rldlnt toiiclher In the car, were E. Charlea Carroll, 31, Orenham; Lawrence Homer Paque, Pnrllnnd; and Oenrito Ruino, Bridal Veil. All worked lor the Clrenham branch of the Flint Nallonnl Dank of Portland. The truck driver, Arthur B. Ir- 'Ine. S3, Portland, cacaped acrloua harm. Tlilt hint plane, half nay In the lunr.nr at the Malin flylnt field toutheast of town, vaa crushed late Saturday allernoon when a ttronr wind toppled the theet metal hangar at the airport. No one wai in the plane at the time. It belonia lo llyron Jobnton. Woman Saves Baby Rabbits BEIXFLOWFR. Calif.. June 7 o1 When a mother rabbit with 1J ymuiK died three weckt auo Mrs. Juaiilln Slck'lf took over a 34-hour chore ol feedlmt the yoiingtcr. With a tiny bottle, equipped with a nipple, the led the entire brood through the critical period. Today they're last-growlim, sturdy and able lo InraKO lor themselves. "Well, yea, I Rucia you mlRht tav I tuned them," admltt Mrs. .Sleule. "but now I'm up to my ankles In rabbits." Nebraska Demos Split OMAHA, June 7 iA'i Nebraska's delegation to the national demo cratic convention was split today, but the width of the split remained uncertain. Ulate Chairman William Ritchie, Who complained yesterday that Iowa and Nebraska democratic leaders had been "Riven the bum's rash" during the president's visit to Oma ha Saturday, declared he has with drawn his support of Mr. Truman for the presidential nomination. He said a number of others In the Nebraska riclrgallon "feel as I do." Of six others among the 12-mem-ber delegation who expressed them selves, one supported Ritchie's stand, three are solidly for the presi dent and two were non-commltal. Clarence L. Clark of Lincoln, who was elected chairman of the delega tion during a Srturday meeting in Omaha, was one of those supporting- the president. Senate Kills Proposal To Forbid Race Segregation Tracy S. Voorheea fabovel. New Vork attorney, waa nominated by President Truman to be assistant secretary of the army. He. is shown in the Pentagon building. Waah inrtnn. D. C waa an army officer in the last war. AP wirephoto I WASHINGTON. June 7 Ml The senate, pressing toward action on draft legislation, voted down today a proposal to forbid race segrega tion m the armed services. The roll call vote was 67 to 7. The vote was not a direct test on how Uic senate feels about race segregation. Senate leaders were confronted with the prospect of a filibuster from southerners If the proposal was not sidetracked. I They arc anxious to get final ac-' - lion on the draft measure which, j ment of detente the question whether the army, navy and air as it stands, leaves to the depart- Pilot Killed In Plane Accident DAYTON, Ore., June 7 Wi Pilot Clare A. Parker, 31, Newberg, whs killed late Saturday evening when a rented plane he was flying went Into a tallspln at low altitude and crash ed In a orchard near here. Yamhill county Deputy Coroner Olen C. Macy said Parker was living out of the Newberg airpark. He is survived by a wife and two children. Truman Reaches Idaho With Recommendation For USBR Projects; Omaha Crowd Too Small fly HIINHHT M. VACCAHO AIIOAItl) TIIIIMAN TRAIN KN IHIDTK TO HIIN VAM.KY, Idaho, June 7 P( President Truman en tered Idaho today advocating pub lic power and reclamation projects against what he said was the op position of tome "who would put the welfare of a few promoters over the welfare of the people." Tlio chief executive told a train side crowd at Pocalello that he hoped tci get congress lo provide nl least "some of the funds" neces sary for the development of the Co lumbia river basin and other pro jects. Mayor (irorgc Phillips, who fame aboard the president's private ear, ejMmaled the crowd which had y flrxk at the president, his wife, and daughter, Margaret, at SOI), "I'm out. here lo let you look nt me and then make up your minds about whether tome of the things they say about the president are Hue," Mr. Truman said, grinning a! his audience. He said he had been up since Stilt, looking over the scenery. He saw, among other things, a mare mothering a mule eoll. "Tt looks Just like Missouri," he said. He told the crowd he had Just been looking over a report from the Interior department on the Colum bia liver basin. He added he was familiar with another report on the Snake river basin. This is the home town of Hrnaior (llenn Taylor, running for vice pres ident on Henry Wallace's third party ticket. Aa the president pushed westward Willi his preeonventlnn campaign hit aides sought to strengthen their ad vance planning to assure maximum crowds for his appearances. They attributed the size or Sat uidny night's crowd of 2000 In Omnhn's 10,000-seat Ak-Sir-Bcn coliseum on failure of a local ar rangements committee lo glvo full notice Jtint the general public was Invited. This explanation also was offered by coliseum Manager .1. J, Isaacson at the lime of Mr, Truman's ar rival for hit farm policy speech. The address was under auspices of Ihn .IS Hi division, but not limited to Its members. Thousands of westerners greeted the president In a series of plat form appearances yesterday and up. wnrds of B000 saw him at cheycnnc, Wyo., where he spoke last night from the steps of tho executive man sion with democratic Governors Les ter Hunt of Wyoming and Lec Knnus of Colorado. Eisenhower Takes Over NEW YORK, June 7 ITV-Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower today be came Columbia university's 13th president a Job he hopes will be "a lot of fun." He assumed office Just four years and one day after leading the mighty allied Invasion of Europe. There was no ceremony. He will be formally Installed In office next fall. The general indicated to report ers he considered his civilian post an adventure during a tcn-mlnutc walk from his home to his office In the Low Memorial library. "This time four years ago," he said, "I was visiting (Ocn. Omar) Bradley, (Field Marshal Bernard! Montgomery and people along the beaches." "After 36 years In one profes sion," he said, referring to his army career, "it has been a little ad justment." "At least I had been trained for that business," he said. Ocn, Elsenhower succeeds Dr. Prank Fackenthal, who has been acting president of 104-year-old Co lumbia since Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler retired October 1, 1045 after 43 years as president. Dr. Butler died December 7, 1047. force are to have units of mixed races. Senator Lunger (R-N. D.) of fered an amendment to prohibit discrimination or segregation be- i cause of race, color or religion in assignments or induction Into the armed services. It was tabled on a motion by Chairman Gurlley iR-S. D.l of the armed services committee. The motion was not debatable. This was the first test of a set of seven Langer amendments cov ering most of President Truman's "civil rights" measures such as anil-lynch, anti-poll tax and aiul scgregatlon. Gurney told his colleagues before the vote that the two-year draft bill "ts of paramount Importance." He said civil rights legislation should "atand on its own feet" and not be hooked on to the draft bill. New Feature nrilnnlng on June 14, The Herald and News will inaugur ate a cross-word puttie feature. Thereafter, the pilule will ap pear daily, with a solution of the previous day'a brain-tickler. The pilule Is being Instituted In the paper In response to re quests from many crossword fans among our readers. PO Branch Plans Okayed The post office department an nouncd today approval of plans for establishing postal station No. 2 at th Schneider variety store on South Sixth street. Carl E. Schneider, the store's pro prietor, was awarded the contract, and the suburban station will be gin operation on July 1.' Stamp sales, money orders, parcel post, and other postal business will be trans acted there, but it will not be a mall distribution center. Station No. 1 is located at the Hendricks drug storo, also on South Sixth. Mihai, Anne To Wed Thursday , ATHENS, June 7 lP) Ex-klng Mlhal of Romania and Princess Anno of Bourbon-Parma arrived in Athens today and announcemJnt from the royal palace said they will be married liore Thursday. The Greek alrforce band played the Romanian national anthem as Mlhal and his brlde-to-bo stepped off a plane from Geneva Into the i embraces of King Paul and Queen Prederika of arecco and of Queen Helen, Mlhals mother. The palace announcement said the wedding ceremony Thursday will be performed by Archbishop Damas klnos of the Greek orthodox church. The only witnesses will be mem bers of the royal families and Pre mier Themlstokles Sophoults, For elgn Minister Constantin Tsaldarls and Mrs. Tsaldarls. 73 MPH In Gusts Here A 72-mile gust lasting for several minutes, followed by a 36-mile wind blowing saddenly from the south east, whipped the Klamath basin late Saturday afternoon and covered this section with a thick, black cloud. The CAA office at the airport re ported the 73-mlle gust which reached Its peak at 4:08 and sub sided to 20 miles per hour at 4:28. A 36-mlle wind blew for five minutes steadily starting at 4:17 p. m. it left some damage in its wake before calming down. i S rw mlniilM arlijr -1 1 . 1 1 ! p. m., lig' tning struck the California Oregon Power company installations and line were out for hours lead ing into the Lakeview and Bly areas. . f . Blows Bushing By a rare coincidence, lightning struck the line which runs to Bly and Lakeview and blew up a bushing on the main control switch at Texum, south of town. Copco then called on Fall Creek, a switching station on the Klamath river, to open the incoming trans mission line by way of Uorris to clear Texum. Lightning struck at Fall Creek at that moment and two transmission lines were out. Klamath Falls and vicinity was without power from 4:13 to 4:25. but Lakeview and Bly were without elec tricity until 3 a m Sunday. Radios Off Both radio sti Hons were off the air during that 15-minute period and theatre schedules were set back by the outage. At Malin, the wind was of suf ficient force to overturn a sheet metal hangar, crushing a light plane belonging to Byron Johnson. This occurred at the Malin field one half mile southeast of town. The plane was halfway in the hangar. There were no personal injuries as no one was in the plane at the time. Copco, which reported the 36-mile wind Saturday afternoon, said a 32-mtle northwest wind blew Friday morning at 10:43 a. m. but there was no damage. Motorists who traveled the Green springs highway late Saturday after noon experienced a cloudburst at about 5:45 p. m. and were forced to stop their cars as the rain came in such force as to make windshield swipes virtually useless. Valley Hit Valley towns were whipped by high winds Saturday afternoon and littered streets with twigs and small branches. At Lakeview there was no damage rrom the flash flood which hit Fri day at about 8 p. m. although con siderable water was reported on the streets In town. An electrical storm broke in the Quarts -nountain area to the west of Lakeview late Saturday afternoon but Sunday "was a nice day." Chiloquln Storm Chlloquln felt a strong storm on Sunday, both wind, rain and hall between 4 and 5 p. m. Residents of that area said the rain fell as heavily as they had ever experienced in that part of the county. The hail was localised and In many Instances damaged gardens. At Klamath Agency hail pelted the area and a Portland motorist, Harry N. Bird of 11609 NE Klickitat street, had the top of his sedan ripped to ribbons by hail which he described the site of a "small ban tam egg." Mother Tells Of Shooting VAN NUYS, Calif., June 7 '.vy A young mother's statement that she committed a murder for which her husband was convicted was under close police scrutiny today. Mrs. Colleen Berry, 31. wife of Harold Berry, 20, now serving a life term in San Quentln prison, signed a statement saying that she fatally shot her husband's brother, Murrill Berry, 37, last December 4. The warden said Berry had hoped to escape prosecution by pleading innocence by reason of insanity because he had once been in Men docino State hospital. Det. Sgt. W. M. Fuson reported Mrs. Berry said her husband took the blame for the shooting, which occurred after a drinking party, because she had an infant child, Zelma, nearly two, to care for. Accompanied by her husband's parents. Mrs. Berry walked into the police station and volunteered the statement. Investigators said frank ly they were dubious, but would In vestigate. "Ever since the murder the whole family has been bothering us, in sisting that Berry ts innocent," said Det. LJ2.T. Johnston. Mrs. Berry was booked on sus picion of murder. Oregonian In New Building PORTLAND, June 7 0P The Oregonian's editions today were published hi the newspaper's new S4.0O0.000 building. The newspaper's editorial and me chanical departments moved into the new building Saturday night and Sunday. The first editions from the new press rolled out at 10:30 last night. The new block-square structure is to house both the newspaper and its radio station. KGW. The 14-unit Hoe presses can turn out 90.000 papers of a 56-page newspaper an hour. Moving began early last week. Only three departments are still left in the hostorlc brownstone building which the Oregonian had occupied for 56 years. Five Point Paper Faces Russ Battle By JOHN M. IIIGIITOWER WASHINGTON, June 7 the face, of certain Russian op position the western powers an nounced today five-point proposal for creating a separate, federal gov ernment In Western Germany, At the same time they revealed new measures to block any future Oerman aggression. The agreements, results of a six- power western nation conferenc which ended at London a week ago, were announced simultaneously here and In Europe. They are suoject to formal ac ceptance by the governments bt the United States, Britain, France, and the low countries and a stiff fight - over them is expected at Paris. The five steps projected for cre atine a federal German government are based on the expressed belief that the German people themselves should take maximum responsibil ity for each step. The steps Include an authoriza tion meeting of the allied military chiefs and German heads of each. Western German state, election of delegates to a constituent assembly, drafting of a constitution by tha assembly, ratification of the con stitution by the German people, and consideration of needed revisions' in German state boundaries. French Security It reportedly was to meet French security fears and ease French ac ceptance of steps to fit Western Germany into European reconstruc tion, that the three western powers laid down their most comprebenslva agreement thus far projected for keeping Germany under eontroL Another victory for the French) was contained in an agreement fo an international control of thj Ruhr "in which United States, United Kingdom, France, Benelux countries and Germany would par ticipate, and which docs not involve the political separation of the Ruhr area from Germany. ' "It does, however, contemplata control of distribution of coal, eoka and steel of the Ruhr," the com munique continued. "In order that on the one hand Industrial concentration in that area, shall not become an instrument te all countries participating In a Eu ropean cooperative economic pro gram, including, of course, Germany itself.' , .. Security Provision - i ".wr. On security, the official statement reported this general provision: - "The United States, the United! Kingdom and French delegates re iterated the firm views of their gov ernments that there could not by any general withdrawal of then forces from Germany until the peace of Europe is secured and without prior consultation." The conference also agreed that the military governors of the West ern tones should create a military ; security board to assure continued disarmament and demilitarisation isi Germany. Solons Kill Bill For Army Training PORTLAND, June 7 (P Robert D. Dellwo, Spokane, won the Northwest zone speech contest of Toastmastcrs International Satur day night. Ralph S. Nohlgren, Salem, was second. Six finalists appeared In the contest covering Oregon, Washing ton. Montana, Idaho and British Columbia. Indians Hit Fund Boost WASHINGTON, June 7 m Klamath Indians of Oregon object ed before a senate appropriations subcommittee Saturday to the house's providing more out of their tribal funds than the tribal council has approved. Representatives of the tribe tes tified the house had Increased a $203,900 appropriation out of their tribal funds to $213,900 at the re quest of a school district official who asked It to provide service te Indian children. Glenn A. Wilkinson, an attorney, and Boyd Jackson, tribal delegate, asked that the increase be taken out of the Interior department ap proorlation bill. They contended the tribal coun cil alone should have authority te say what should be appropriated from the fund. They added that it had not been consulted about the additional $10,000. Hospital Bills Cut Aid Fund LA GRANDE, June 7 JPi Hos pital bills for people on relief have used up 25 per cent of the Union county welfare commission's yearly budget. The commission had to get a supplementary $2000 to tide Itself over this month. Paul M. Hclde brecht, welfare commission ad ministrator, said funds have been hard, pressed by an increase in welfare patients and higher hos pital costs. Vanport Flood Recalls Tragic Sunday In 1903 When Heppner Was Destroyed And 247 Died HEPPNER, Ore., June 7 VP) When the mighty waters of the Co lumbia crushed Vanport a week ago, It was not the first time an Oregon city had been virtually wiped off the map. Willow creek did It here on an awful June afternoon 45 years ago. Heppner wasn't wholly destroyed but 247 persons died. Lexington, nine miles downstream, had two houses left, , Vanport's dike broke on a sunny afternoon when people were out doors. They had a chance to get away. That Is, most of them did. Heppner never had a chance. In late afternoon June 14. 1902 the town clock slopped at 5:18 most of the town's 1500 people were Indoors having supper or getting ready for evening church services. There was a darkening In the sky, a roll of thunder, the swift splatter of rain and hall. That drove most of the people who had been outside Into the shelter of their homes. Then there was a rolling low hoi- low sound that built up Into fearful resounding roar. It was a wall of water 30 feet high, 200 yards wide, sweeping dowa the narrow canyon walls. Those whose homes were In 113 path were swept away almost he fore they knew the meaning of the ' sound that shattered the air. Leslie Matlock and Bruce Kelly, at the Palace hotel, saw the water. They dashed into livery stable, seized the first horses they came upon and lit out for Lexington. They shouted warnings as they went. Lexington was wiped out, but the people had time to flee. It was a flash flood from a sud den, tremendous rain that swept down Willow creek. There hsd been no build-up of suspense; no chance to plan and execute an evacuation. It was a one-hour tragedy: start ed and finished before the time the bells would start their call to eve ning worship en what had been a oulet sabbath.
