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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.
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rar.rs.l; Psrllr rUa4r
tnallared IhaniWr alarms.
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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.
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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.