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Show X i !! grain f- S 2364 245 2 - g.'i - Clow Low n High '4 f- Range i 235 236 238 'i 242 2394 237 243 k 241s IE VOL 42, NO. 137 AILED - JJdDUJffilMM J LCGAN, UTAH. M n F The Weather SATURDAY JUNE 9. 1951 Partly cloudy today, mostly clear tonight and Sunday! High today 71. Low Sunday morning 49. High Sunday 75. FIVE CENTS REFL Mac Says Marshall ChinaProbed, Erie Cocke Mission Was Blunder Says Acheson Convention Lobby To Be WASHINGTON, June B (UP. The deposed Far Eastern comGen. Douglas MacArthur charged mander added that ' the free today that the postwar Marshall will mission to China committed one world in all probability of the greatest blunders in Ameri- continue to pay this blood price can diplomatic history for which "indefinitely. the free world is now paying in MacArthur, relieved from his blood and disaster. Tokyo commands last April for Pres war correspondent MacArthur said the Marshall public criticism of administration on the west the Comnuin- - missions attempt to pacify China policy, hurled his charge at the 'oahan by fostering Communist repre- 1945-4- 7 China mission headed by Stheastem comer of then sentation in the government favor- - Gen. George C. Marshall in a teleHum-Kwaed the Reds "at the expense of gram to Sen William F. Know-lanret. eat from Kumsong, U miles the forces of freedom." R., Calif. 29 mut Lel To Bloodshed? MacArthur declared that the northeast and And any inference that he ever Marshall mission used the rtotthe 38th parallel. potenNationalist-Communifavored a Chinese Delaying Action tial of American assistance as a the said dispatches 's coalition, MacArthur weapon to force ,w front Chiang 1 Reds apiieared to have said, is a prevarication without Nationalist government souththe Zed Chorwon. color of factual support. into a political alliance with the Ife asserted that the policy pro- Communists. ern anchor point, d Kum-,inboth moted by the Marshall mission led nthe approaches to "Its effect could have been forewere Chorwon, the Reds to the present bloodshed in the seen," MacArthur said. "It at once which actions Far East. tail delaying weakened the government , (of intensive to merely ,j(d from U.p Sunday. June Scommunists have retreat from the two 3ron anchors of their eentral in redoubt to- dispatches reported 10-4- Pjjr l-- feyeste'day ! rd d, st Kai-shek- China) and materially strengthened the Communist minority. "It was one of the greatest blunders in American diplomatic history for which the free world is now paying in blood and disaster and will in all probability continue to do so indefinitely. Marshall, now secretary of defense, went to China in late 1945 as President Truman's special ambassador and returned in early 1947 to report failure of his mission to unify warring Chinese factions. On Wednesday, a 1945 telegram was read to the senate committee investigating Mar Arthurs ouster which quoted him and I.t. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer and Adm. Raymond Spruance as proposing U.S. efforts to bring Chinese political elements together. resistance. Sore Kumhwa. the Reds left weapons teams on dom-Driving hill positions. the GIs pushed forward, the fire, for gains of 1,000 Logan Child Is p. mjutic ly mgh JO yards. of Chorwon, Chtn-isttali- k. men TO (to the than one mile Crimore H War Correspond-- l Hansen, reporting this quoted Allied officers as iace, that the Reds are abandoning Chorwon of the withdrawing north likely of recess loss of Chorwon would cost Communists t he only good sweat road south of their next Mle defense line, Hansen Hi and would give Allied ar-- qi fine targets in the vast a Triangle" plain. lit ( Hints Tossed It Of Zone June 9 three iiLZBURG, Austria, -C. S. troops threw of a Russian relation mission out of the Am-ratio!7 members Austria today when an American ulti-t- o go peacefully. a three Russians two offi-n- d a sergeant scrambled their Mercedes sedan and withe doors when U. S. troops tasfter tjem. AGI tipped open the door and rf the sergeant into the back - Three Atnet iean soldiers 1 jumped into the car, one in tinvers seat, and raced the pi shouting trio to the Sov-Wiat the head of an Am- convoy of military vehic- the Russians were dumped of 7 3 3i ignored er J 9- Is 9 with unceremoniously kuckloads. I I Of sev- - of their luggage a baby carriage and ng plants. otler three members of bad departed yester-houbefore the midnight l 8ijsso'n rs 3 umatum a rathp' than fight the to get out or, 'w?0 sT?1 out American author-tende- d the mission's work mshed because no more nations in the zone wish-fep'. at hated. -- tim in three years Glen Scott Burris, son of Glep and Beth Johnson Burris, 171 East Second North. The childs body was pulled from the gratings at the bridge C. George by his grandfather, Evans, Mesa, Arizona, who had arrived in Logan just this morning for a visit. Mr. Evans found the boy at 12 noon; at five minutes after, one p.m., he was pronounced dead, . following efforts to revive him by Logan-Cach- e firemen and Dr. C. J. Daines. Mrs. Burris stated that the boy left the yard, and had been gone about 10 minutes before the ALL AI.OXE Four handlers drive a lone steer to the slaughterfamily began looking for him. Mr. house in Chicago's storxyards. Cattle ieceipts are down! Evans found him at the bridge, after hurrying along the canal banks, fearing he had tumbled in. Mr. Burris is a trucker, by occupation. He and Mrs. Burris have a daughter, Linda, 4. Surviving besides the parents and sister are corin U.R the than week this 9 Meat cattit CHICAGO, June grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. Evans of Mesa, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd supplies shrank on some butcher responding week last year. Ca.tle receipts dropped 31 per H. Johnson, Logan. counters and in the nations Funeral arrangements are under leading packing houses todav as cent during the week, the AMI direction of the Nelson Funeral some of the added and that a posssaid, the country prepared for Home. normal other moved into beef beef ible major shortage. The American Meat Institute channels of trade. said 95 of the country's biggest Packers and producers haVe beef producing plants reported wapfd tliat a shortage resulting they dressed 76 per cent fewer from the governments price rollback order on beef may result in black markets. The National Association of Retail Meat and Food Dealers, TEHRAN. Iran, June 9 U.P representing about 70,000 deal- Iran ntav shelve a sharp note to ers thioughout the country, callon the oil nationalBritain Great on to ed the government change as the result of its politj and said some fnarkcls ization' dispute n discusswill be tunning out of beef today. said But in Washington the admints-trat-o- n ions, well informed sources today. decision held firm to its ' The Cache stake quarterly East government planned to conference opens this evening, to rollback meat prices furtnor, send the note yesterday. It was a demand from House the meetdespite with a priesthood leadership held up, as the result of the three-natio- n stake-hous- e. Agriculture committee to cancel ing at 6 o'clock in the talks, in an attempt to creor modify the program. i ate a good atmosphere for disPresident ElRay According to cussions with a delegation of oil L. Christiansen, there will be no comnany delegates. other sessions tonight. If these talks succeed, the enis clinic Sunday, Tin; welfare tire note may be sheived in favor Gen8:30 a.m. in the stakehouse. of a new and more Iriendly one, eral sessions are at the customary informants said. hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. 9 U.P June WASHINGTON, will service No Sunday evening be ht Id. Each ward in the stake President Truman will make a major talk to the nation the night ment program honoring restoraSALT LAKE CITY, June 9 (U.R) of June 14 about his tion ct the Melchizedek priestThe highest number of higher program. hood. The White House announced degrees ever awarded by the UniRepresenting the general authorities will be Elder Ezra Taft that the speech at 10:30 p. m. versity of Utah will be given durcommencement exercises this Benson, member of the L D S EDT, will be carried by all the ing weekend at the University Council of Twelve, and LeRoy A. major radio and television Wirthlin welfare committeeman. COUNTRY FEARS BEEF SHORTAGE: A PUZZLER! j Iran May Ditch Note To Britain East Cache Confab Opens American-British-Irania- Truman Will Give Major Talk j jMhall jn Highest Number anti-inflati- ret Parley j,? B Junp Id il'.Pb ense top secret, helAt iff-- 'attons . ("i-T- p Secre- C. meetings with commander-in- - w .?,tUlew B- Ridgeway continue the con- !Past ,wo more days. ed la,c todav. Vfund - wrt 1 Vl1 iituj g s s,al"n'pnt has been adqiiarters officials ' lPIed on Marshalls 5 mjor development ean war seemed Intmi- - arsball probably fcof morp light on hi Tokyo :t C thp pur-- j SUr1'e vis't to Korea a news conference Tuesday He Plans pect the kpy U. S. Gklnawa. but his T was kept secret. Crash fi :hciUK ' 1 N'M" Kai-shek- 's The secretary testified, however, that he has inspected state department files and found only evidence. What he "hearsay found, he said, would not justify his making a charge that there had been improper use of aid funds. But he added that If this evidence proves to be correct, it supports the charge .that there is very considerable use of foreign funds in the United States for the purpose of influencing opinion. There also is reason to believe if the evidence is true that there have been violations of law, BY BOB HATCH National commander of the. American Legion this morning voiced a note of optimism on the international situation when saying he felt the "Washington political fog could be resolved and set once again on a basis with mandates from such groups as the American "World War 212." history will record It as World War III. The U. S. has always advocated a war for victory. We are now in a war, and sometimes I dont think we want a decision," he said. "It is time a policy decision was made." He pointed to the current MacArthur hearing as bringing out some "good facts," and said they are doing much to awaken the American people to the dangers that confront them, adding that he hoped it would serve to muster more of an effort that our "paper defense, which he said we had used "long enough." But he deplored congress recent action In whittling down the national civil defense budget non-decisi- Legion. Erie Cocke Jr Georgia native and commander of the National Legion, spoke to over 600 members of the Utah department of the American Legion and auxiliary during their morning session in the Capitol theater. Noting the apathy of the American people, he said that while many would tab Korea as t 15 j h i ii (Continued on Page 5) Acheson said. Acheson said most if not all of The Irrigation canal on Second this evidence has been supplied to East and Second North in Logan investigators in the executive today had claimed its second vic- agencies. He offered it to any against Leroy is Irrigation Canal Press sited It Drowned In a anywhere from 150 essayed a vain coun-irtacThis was beaten off, west another UN unit Southwest June 9 (U.B WASHINGTON, President Truman has ordered an Investigation of the "China Lobby, of Secretary State Dean Acheson announced today. Acheson made the disclosure before the senate committee investigating the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Some committee member have charged that the "China Lobby spent American aid funds to influence U.S. public opinion in beNationhalf of Chiang alist regime. Only Hearsay Eight Thunderjet Planes Crash Mysteriously; FBI And Air Force Probe Sabotage Possibility RICHMOND, Ind., June 9 Ui5 Air force and FBI agents inves- tigated today whether caused eight sabotage Thunderjet fighters to clash In the biggest disaster in multiple airplane peacetime history. Three pilots were killed and two injured late yesterday when the planes crashed mysteriously while llying in a flight of 71 an electrical through planes The three other pilots storm. were F-S- 4 unhurt. 9 Engines Explode an invcsti- At least two pilots said their crash of a engines exploded after they were fJmber which Pow safely through the storm. Another bur r sp'en miles south said his engine "conked out and tiic two men and In- '( i that he saw at least two of the All the planes ships collide. todav Strdere1 rtacif Knto the pvaWM radius near command whose chief, Lt. Gen. Curtis Lemay, flew here today to here. take personal charge of the InAn air force spokesman said it vestigation. Heavily-arme- d apparently was the biggest numair police guards ber of planes ever lost during a surrounded the wrecks here and peacetime operation. The biggest the planes of the flight at Selprevious, to his recollection, was fridge field and Dayton. Mechanics began making an when a flight of pursuit planes check of every part flew into bad weather near Raleigh, N. C in 1939, and six of the wrecks and the surviving were lost. planes, seeking evidence of possiSixty of the planes in yester- ble sabotage. cooperated with the air days flight flew to the Selfridge Field, Mich., but three others force investigators. The air force refused all comturned back and landed at Wright Patterson field, near Dayton, O., ment on the trend of the investiwhere they had taken off only gation, but one spokesman said 10 minutes before the crashes. "sabotage is always considered as Escort lighters a possibility until the cause of The planes vere escort fighters the crash has been determined or assigned to the strategic bomber the Investigation completed. crashed in a le Inch-by-in- . congressional committee which may want to investigate the "China Lobby. llis Report He added that he has reported to Mr. Truman, the views of MacArthur committee members about the alleged lobby. I am authorized and directed by the President," Acheson reported, "to say to the joint committee that he has instructed the agencies of the executive branch having powers and duties In regard to this matter to get together all their material and bring it together so that there can be an immediate, or as soon as possible, an appraisal of what is known (about the lobby) in the view to executive branch, with going forward to legal action if that is provable by what is known, or by conducting investigations further if that appears to be the proper course to follow, or in making public the situation if that seems to be the proper course. "He has also authorized me and directed me to say that he will direct all these agencies of the government to cooperate to the fullest possible extent with any committee or committees of the congress which wish to go into this matter for the purpose of informing them what is known, for the purpose of helping any investigation, for the purpose of assisting them in comiftg to a conclusion as to whether or not they wish to have one. eral? E. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE sales talk, Gen- W. Timoerlake, Cache chamber man- American Legion. The frlehdly young chief came to Logan by plane. At right.'he is shown climbing into a waiting car. De- COXGRATILATIONS, COMMANDER! and C. David center, Chief Forsey, partment conAdjutant J. Floyd Wignall, left, receive gratulations of Scoutcrs for sponsoring over 4000 packs, troops and posts in the ration. Scouters are Cache Council President A. George Raymond, right center, and Vice President Byron Spow, a Legionnaire. Assisting are Cub Scouts Richard Mecham and Conley Raymond. ager, describes the greatness of this Valley tg National Commander Erl Cocke Jr. of the Election Fever Is High With Legionnaires Political fever began running as American Legionaires began nominating individuals for state and national committee posts Elections were expected to be held late this afternoon. been waving Banners have throughout the , various meet'ng spots for the past two days, but word of mouth campaigning and pledging have taken up most of the aspirants efforts. Leading candidates for the office of department commander of the state were Herman Jansen, Salt Lake City, and Russell Thray-e- r, while Rawlins S, Provo, Hughes, Spanish Fork, who is outgoing first vice commander ana Harry D, Herscotijz, Ogden, outwere also going in nomination fa the Job. Candidates for national committeeman to replace Robert L. Shelby, Salt Lake City, were Ferris R. (Tommy) Thomassen, of Sait Lake City, and Franklin C. Riter, also of Salt Lake City. Nine new district commanders were also due to be named this afternoon. Elections were held under thfi direction of the convention committee on judges of election with Joseph Howell. Hyrum, commander of District 1, in charge. Howell was named outstanding district commander, and the commander with the highest number of members during yesterdays at a high pitch this afternoon sessions. Offices to be filled include commander, first vice commander, second vice commander, department executive committeeman (Continued on Page 5) American Legion Has Great Scouting Record Throughout U.S. With over 800,000 former Boy Scouts in the American Legion, this national organization has become o leading sponsor of Scouring experiences for boys who otherwise might not have Ihe opportunity in America. Total units number over 4,000 in the nati.ni. They have many groups of colored boys in the South, 1m- - Italian Police Detain Luciano migrt.nl Scouts in the large eitis, and Mexican Troops In the Southwest. At the last national convention an Eagle Scout, Erie Cocke Jr. )f Dawson, Georgie, was elected national commander of the American Legion. At that. time he said regarding Scouting: "I am an Eagle Scout and I know that the lessons I learned and the experience I gained in Scouf-in- g made me a better and more versatile man and a better. for I was taught the true meaning of love of God an! country and home. The training I received as a Scout developed my dependability, adaptability, and resourcefulness and certainly made me a bette- - citizen and soldier. I have the highest regard for the Bov Scout Program." The Belgrano Trophy is awarded each year to the state department' which does the finest job of promoting Scouting. Frank N. Belgrano, Jr., National Commander 1934-3is the donor of the award. The Deleware delegation won the trophy for 1950, e, NAPLES, Italy, June- - 9 (U.B Italian police said today they had detained former New York vice king Charles Lucky Luciano on charges of illegally importing from the United States ' $57,000 and a new American automobile. Police sources said Luciano, who lives a carefree life here and on the Isle of Capri In the best hotels, was taken Into custody last night and had been questioned almost steadily for 20 hours. 5, n ? Commander Receives Royal Howdy Il U K", IT St; Hundreds of legionnaires and auxiliary members crowded the Logan Cache airport this morning to greet their National Commander, Erie Cocke, Jr., as he arrived . from Salt Lake City. V Substantial The affable, good-lookin- s 5"t ? H 6. g Georgian jumped from the cockNavion pit of the cream-colore- d plane and W'as shaking hands with local and state dignataries before the newspaper photographers at the scene could raise their cameras. Wearing a red legion cap, Cockes first question as he ar rived was Hows the membershrefered to the national ip?-He campaign for members that the Legion has been carrying on during the past year - pnder the title of the "Cocke of the Walk, drive". A 50 car procession, with an escort from the Logan city police honked their way department from the airport to the Hotel Eccles and then to the Capitol (Continued on Page 5) j.. . |