Corvallis Gazette-Times from Corvallis, Oregon • 1

-lb mmSmim I Uses 26 Penc 'fit- $M4 British Loan Agreement Gc Group of SesmeiiyPqlifieions 1946. ESTABLISHED 1862 mmm 15, X)0Vlllt NO. 62. CORVALLIS, OREGQN7s; MONDAY, JULY Corvallis Chamber Chetnik Leader, Congress flakes Final Effort In OPA Revival WASHINGTON, July 15 President Trumaa signed the $3,750,000,000 British loan agreement, terming it a major step to carry out a program "for reviving and ex-pandncr international trade." The loan, Mr. Truman said in a statement, serves the immediate as well as long-time interests of the United States, panding international trader" At the same time, he added, it enables Great Britain to "cooperate in creating a pattern of mutually benefkigl economic relatons among the nations of the world." "It gees far to remove the rtx of rival and antagonistic economic blocs," the presw continued.

He emphasised that the agree- 'J 1 1 1 11 Project iVill Be Called Bids for construction of four new to- the "Corvallis city school system will be called for this week; following receipt I over the weekead of plana and specifkations for the-proiect -cr-iii Choke Steers Top Ai $25 in Chicago CHICAGO, July 15, VP) A no-holds-barred trade chalked up-the highest live beef price and one of the sharpest price rises today when strictly choice steers topped at 25, fully over Friday's peak of At the same time a price record on live hogs was established. Good and choice kinds brought sp to $19, topping the $18.50 figure set July 1, which had been the highest since la that year pork ment between the two countries is npt-directed i-against any other country -adding: A'lprC siliwli, rCUiiwUf 100 Year-Old open on the same fair terms 1 1 -the United Nations." IJi Wit i Th. wuh avaUabU and for which bide4probably wiU be sought in- dividually will be new Franklin elementary school, wings on the Washington elementery and senior ki4wm ig new cyrwuuur nsscnvu uiw wiea pens wiuaj ana al shop at the senior high. 4000 came In direct to packers, com- Superintendent W. H.

Van Loan pared with 19,000 and 6500 re-said a representative of the archi-jspectively hut Monday. tecta firm of Marion F. Stoke and Cattle receipts were slightly re- Clifford D. Pierce of Memphis Tennessee, is the new 'president ef the International Association el Lions ehibs. He is a lawyer.

USioj(eep Aloniic i Secrefs Under Guard WASHINGTON, July ItC- John Hancock, a member of. the American delegation to the United Nations atomic commission, asserted today that the United States will not dispose of its atomic bombs or yield, basic aUtnic secrete until creation of an effective world con- ado at Adair The Corvallis ehamber -of commerce board of directors today di-' rected Manager, Clarenee White and its housing committee to do everything possible lit obtaining additional housing space at Camp Adair, as soon aS details of the dismantling of that area for emergency housing become White, told; the. Jraardi that his office continues to be swamped with requests for bousing from virtually all classes of' people, students," instructors, business men seeking, additional hired help, and veterans." While the chamber of commerce has no priority such as public gov. ernmental agencies, the twsrd felt that' any service could give in pushing plans for additional space should be offeredr The area formerly occupied' by the naval hospital could very well all be set aside for emergency housing unit, the group said. The board recommended that a meeting of the merchants committee be called to study the proposal of the Allen company of Portland for publication of a Corvallis city directory, which the city has not had for four years.

British Dig lnr In Indonesia Say Reds MOSCOW, July 15-rVThe communist organ Pravda declared today in an- article by Boris Izakoff that while British circles have been talking about a Russian "iron curtain" in eastern Europe Britain has hung up a "velvet curtain" in the Pacific and middle east The article, which invited Prav-da's leaders to lift the "velvet curtain" and look behind it stated: "Curious details are outlined from time to time behind theJolds of the velvetcurtain, which divides Indonesia. from the outside world." It added that in Indonesia a year after the war there is "occuring war activity on a big scale of which we read daily in the newspapers" and that than five months After foreign Secretary; Ernest Bevin's speech before the United Nations security council "war in Indonesia is unceasing day after day." Behind this same "velvet curtain," the article continued, a British government mission went into India with a plan of treating all possible qeustions "except the most important the evacuation of the English army from Veteran's Education Number One Problem reacaea a level oi sza.w a nunarea pounds. Today's high hog trade resulted from sharply lower receipts that a 'week ago. Then thousands head duced from a week ago, but still were second highest In numbers since last October There were 000 head received for Bale today nd 5Q0 came In direct to packers, compared 'with-, 22,000 'salables week An estimated 4000 head of salable sheep came in, the highest since July 1 when there Were 5000, A 12 leading western rnarkets bog receipts totaled 65,800 esti mated, compared with 107,035 a week ago and 60,129 a year ago. cattle touted 98.000 today, 603 last Monday, and 72,172 a year ago and sheep were 60,300, 22,055, and 41,872.

respectively. PORTLAND, July lMV A record high of $21.00 a hundredweight was paid on the north Portland livestock market today for alMia. The lnt ttsa MnntinB 1tu tat 1,027 pounds. og I2Q.B0, a new aign tor tne season ana tne mgn-est since 1919 when they were S23.35. Cattle revived were 3,200, largest number since last October Public Dept Again Whittled Downward WASHINGTON, July 15, treasury announced today it wmild -redeeirrnvitn 'feash Another 31,250,000,000 6r public 'debt securities maturinguguslf 1, The money for this debt reduction will come out of the treasury's big idle cash balance, listed, today at over 312,281, 9,000, since the government is still operating in the red.

The announcement Brought to nearly $13,500,000,000 the debt retirement apcomplished or projected since March I. The total federal debt stood today at 3268,234,683,249, Few Independent Candidates to Run SALEM. July 15-VIt looks like Oregon's November general election will be just a battle between Republicans and Democrats, with few, if any, independent candidates in the races. The state elections division said today that interest in independent candidates is the least in many years. The division said It does not know of a single person who is planning to run independent.

Housing Development South of Eugene EUGENE, July 15-)-Plans for 33,000,000 to 34,000,000 housing levelopment south of Eugene, with work to start this week, were announced today by Frank Kinney. Kinney said his Oregon Settle ment association would build 600 ic, To face Rifle Squad By GEORGE PALMER BELGRADE, July lfi-WVGen. nnja Milhailovie, former Chetnik Lgijer, and 10 of 23 co-defend-Jnti were convicted today by VorlaV military court on charge collaborating with the Germans were aeptenced to die before firing squads. The bushy-bearded defendant, the first underground leader to attract -de attention during the war, was riven eight and a half years to ap- peal for leniency from the presidium of the Yugoslav parliament. The deadline 8 p.ra.

(li ajn. BfiTJ i imnntirmnA renorts said the fcV HVV" executions would be private, pro-AaA the sentences were upheld. "Ind that the penalties would be ex acted swtftiy. Milhailovie became minister of ar to former King Peter's exiled government in London. American and British officers served at his mountain headquarters as liaison efficers during the last years of the war- Prison sentences ranging downward to 18 months were imposed on the remaining defendants, it was nof immediately announced how soon death sentences would be carried out.

Two ef those sentenced to die were tried and, -convicted in absentia. -3 Crowd Cheers Sentenced to be shot with Mjhail-vic were: Redoslav Rade Radich, 56-year-old former commander of the Brat-slav Chetnik nnit' Milos Glisch, 36-year-old Chetnik feeder. Oskar Pavlovich, 54, former Zagreb police chief. "i Dragi Yovanovich, 44, former Belgrade police chief. Tanasje-Tasa Dinich, 55, former (Continued on page 2, column 2.) By DEWITT MACKENZIE i A.P.

Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Byrnes is iome from the Big Four foreign ministers' adjourned meeting which bid the groundwork for the world peace conference of 21 nations epening in Paris July 29 and, to quote his restrained summary, "made some progress on the road back to peace." Mr. Byrnes Is scheduled to give tii report of the foreign ministers1 parley by radio tonight but one would expect that his account would be calculated to make us Cnteful for part of a loaf, rather than to set bells ringing over a tremendous success by the Big Four negotiators. It's, indee'd. a matter of satisfaction that the' conference didn't break up in failure, split as it was by the great divergence of views between Mos-ow and other allies. There could have been a knockdown fight easily enough.

That there wasn't is explained part or Mr. Byrnes' ramark in Paris that the U. S. accepted some compromises on European treaty, proposals to avoid a "clash that nobody One hasten to add that this Isn't meant to detract from concessions made by the other powers. The foreign ministers reached a Urge measure of agreement on the 1 a 1 fjujiuneu treaties jor itaty, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Finland.

As this column previously has remarked, it strikes me as unlikely that any treaty could alter the status of the four smaller countries, since they already are under Russian domination. The Potion of Italy, however, is still the kneea of the gods, i One of the outstanding features the vital Italian treaty is the tenement to internationalise the tegic Adriatic port of Trieste. Bmea said this could well serve an experiment in international "operation. (Continued on Page 2, Colnmri 5) TODAY'S FIRST CASH AD This Is the first cosh od between 10 and 50 words token offer 8:30 o'clock this morning. TtDt CONT1 ACT with powr M4r.

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Jh firs cosh ad between 0 and 50 words token, offer 8:30 a.m. each day. will appear on the front. Mihailov The Wo ri Tnrinv WASHINGTOJuly JUS C-WV Democratie Leader (Kyi indicated today congress la making its final effort to pasa-OPA revival legislation by telling reporters be hopes for adjourhmenjt by July 27. Barkley statement was made at the white house after legislative leaders held their customary morning conference i President Truman.

It promptly was-interpretd at the capitol as a sign that, if does not sign-the bill next 4enJt him by congress, po further effort will be made to extend OPA'i general authority. "-The' president indicated be would veto'Ue'ienate-appfWed biir it stands by commenting yesterday that it "couldnt be any worse. Today Barkley saii the' remarks made before reporters! at the airport yesterday did not "constitute everything the' president said on the subject Congressional leaders i nope to remove, in a 'senate-house conference committee, pwiyof the bans voted, by the senate', against, the placing of ceilings Oli major com-modities. -r Barkley told the reporters that the "general legislative situation had been discussed with the presv dent" As a prospective member of the OPA conference 'committee, he declined to discuss OPA prospects 7 Teat Tomorrow i Barring a. last-mingle change in plans the first test wf! take place on the house floor tomorrow.

The issuewith -each aide 'confident of victory-ia whether any controls at all shal) be damped back on a dozen or rnore items in legislation to "breathe new life into OPA until next June The senate, by top-heavy majorities, ordered these things kept free Continued on Page iL Cokima Churchill Urging iv 41 Strong Ull Forces LUXEMBOURG; July i8.v(rP)-Winston Churchill strongly advocated today unlimited armed forces for the United Nations against all aggressors. Addressing the Luxembourg chamber of deputies, Churchill urged a collective force exerting its action from a world center so that aggression would powerless." "I hop Germany will resume her place in the circle of Europe in the form of separate states," th: former British prime minister said, that, not one of them will be Tie-up Seattle Porl SEATTLE, Julyl 16 -W)- The walkout of approximately 2,000. Seattle longshoremen today apparently will last another 24 hours as a second work-stoppage meeting Was called for 8 a.m. tomorrow. The northwest committeff of unit tr.MUi went into tivities were solely In the interest of the war effort and.

that he did not profit The combine received wartime contracts amounting to more than $78,000,000. "Was the congressman' cooperative inquired Mead. "Not always," said Freeman. Under questioning, Freeman testified that sometimes he had to wait as much as a week in order to get May's help on problems involving the Erie' Basin and Batavta Metal Products companies, two of the concerns In the Before Freeman was called to the stand, Mead announced that the committee is examining the law "as to brisging Congressman May before the committee by1 legal process." '3 )' Mead this etotement. when (uoatlnued on Pnge 2, Column 4) Ridiculous Heights i wwb mti More than SO Portland writers i ix.

i. came to Corvallis Sunday morning for the gathering held at 'the old 100-year-old home of Dr. Beulah DeJanvier and her mother, Mrs. A. C.

Tunison. The Portlanders and a group of Corvallis writers gathered for a picnic dinner in Avery park and Tunison home in South Corvallis where seats for more than fifty guests were placed on the lawn. The program was presented there, Roy D. Avery, descendent of Cor-1 vallis' founder, Joseph Avery, spoke briefly of early life in Cor-, vallis, and Mrs. Tunison told the history of the city park, site of the old Avery homestead, and of the i b' and heel there, J.

L. Cault, local Applegate trail representative, spoke briefly, and Walter Meacham of Portland told of the plan to place markers along the trail in. tins area. Earl La- Forge, singing barber of Portland. sang his own songs and one writ ten- especially- for the Sunday gathering.

Mr. Meacham, had a song for the occasion and Daisy Bevan of Portland, who wrote the music, was here to play the accompaniment Jeanne Flemming composed and read a poem regard ing the old home, and Mrs. Breedon of Albany spoke briefly. With the groun from Portland were Judge L. Mahone, Miss Evangeline Philbin and other writers.

Mrs. John B. Horner was- among the guests. rii rfi 9 1 When Jap Var Ended TOKYO, July 15-(P)-'A Japanese repatriate from Manchuria asserted today that at the end of the war' Japan was preparing to invade, the United States from Manchuria with balloon brigades ferried across the Pacific in man-carrying free balloons. Lance Cpl.

Isamu Takagi, who said he was- captured by the Russian army and escaped, told the story to Kyodo News agency, adding that the man-carrying balloons, similar to the explosive carriers which were launched, in great numbers, were perfected too late for use. 1 i The man-carryingballoons, Tak agi said, were in reality double units, one of which was to be detached to permit the soldier to land on United States soil to carry out sabotage. Senate Kills Single i IM nouse Agency nan WASHINGTON July 15-0P- The senate today killed President Truman's plan to centralize all government housing in a single agency. By a 45 to 31 vote it disapproved reorganization plan No. 1, of which the housing consolidation was the msjor point of controversy.

This killed the proposal 'because the house also previously had ret Jected the plan. Commercial Works Quits Business PORTLAND, July lS-PMJqul- dation of Commercial Iron Works, the firm that built the first and finished the last World War II naval vessels In Portland, was reported today. The firm built 185 naval vessels of 15 types and converted 15 others from June, 1941 to fijay 26, 1946 when the escort carrier Kabaul was delivered. The peak wartime payroll was 10,000 workers. Baseball Results National New 000 0101 9 2 Chicago ........002 O00 lOx 7 0 Koslo, Trinkle (7) and Cooper; Wyse and McCullough.

Philadelphia 000 101 0002 0 Cincinnati ....100 030 OOx 4 8 1 Stanceu, Mulcahy (7) and Hems- ley; Hetki and Mueller. Weather Forecast Oregon Partly cloudy west and scattered showers east portion tomorrow, slowly rising temperatures. Gentle moderate south to southwest winds off coast Mr. Truman signed the at a ceremony attended by group of notables, including rd Inverchapel, the British ambassador Secretary i of State Byrnes, Chiejf Justice Vinson, Treasury Secretary Snyder and members of both political parties from Capitol HilL The president used 26 pens in signing the measure, handing them out to his visitors as souvenirs 0f the historic occasion. With the British loan arrangements now complete, attention hat turned to a possible loan to Russia.

There seemed little prospect that a credit for the Soviets, could be negotiated for at least a year. LONDON, July 15. (Jt) Chan AlIm tt fllA IP vVltUYII Ak llttfwV rial ton told the House of Commons to- day that the first effects of the $3,750,000,000 U. S.loari would be a more varied British diet, but "we cannot yet afford to buy all we would like." Fighting Flares In North China Area NANKING, July' 15-(P)-Fight-ing flared in Manchuria and North China again today as the nation's sporadic peace negotiations were stifled by summer heat. Meanwhile, American marine corps headquarters in Peiping reported that seven marines had been captured by a band of 80 armed Chinese north of Chinwangtae and held prisoner since Saturday.

The thand 'was not identified. Associated Press i correspondent Totn Masterson also reported from Peiping that Communist troops had struck at a railroad station south of Tientsin, in. Hopei province, and launched new attacks in the vicinity of Tsingtao and Tainan, at the base of the Shangtung peninsula. There are American- marine bases at Tientsin and Tsingtao. The reports were carried In the Independent Peiping Press, which late last week reported 20,000 Red troops had opened attacks on nationalist outer defenses at Tientsin.

Russia Hungers for United Slates Money WASHINGTON, July' 16. Russia probably will have to wait until next year at least for a loan even a fraction of the size of the 33,750,000,000 credit eongrtss okayed for Britain. The Kremlin reportedly is Interested in borrowing about from this. country. Little has been heard of a Russian loan since the United States some months ago notified Moscow of a willingness to discuss it provided Russia would agree to talk at the same time about her trade relations with the Balkans and other areas within the Soviet of influence.

Any such loan would have to come through the export-import bank unlike the one to Britain which late Saturday won a 219 to 155 bouse vote approval, following sen- ate clearance previously. their 25th annual grand voiture promenade and elected Ira O. Pil cher, Salem, grande chef de gare of the Legion's frolic loving group. Other officers: M. E.

Cooper, Klamath Falls, grand conducteur; Walter J. Kirk, Salem grand garde de la porte; L. T. Chellis, Corvallis, grand cheminots. The parade tonight will be led by Brig.

Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, adjutant general of Oregon on leave to the army. The program Tuesday will be opened with the state commander's breakfast at 7:30 a.m. The joint memorial service with the women's auxiliary delegates will be at 9:00.

a.m. and the afternoon will be devoted to business sessions. A banquet and dance is scheduled for (Continued on Page 2. Column 8) rrea Auyn or rortland will be in vomws Tuesday. night for laat' minute of the structures wiui mi scnooi coara.

nrst call lor bids probably; will. maae weanesaay and 'ex pected- to take three week for advertising. The superintendent said the plans were in his office and would be available for inspection by Inter-' ested Five Fatalities Over Week-End Reported JBy Associated Press Three traffic fatalities and two drownings were reported in northwest Oregon over the. week end. Deputy Sheriff Ronald Callbeck reported two Joseph ort- Hufft, 49, of AlamogordO, and B.

Morrison, 86. Port- land, were struck' and killed by a truck on St Helens road ahd the driver, Joseph Nakvastl, 24, Scappoose, was arrested later oh a charge of negligent homicide. The sheriffs office said the driver failed to stop and was arrested at Scappoose; Mrs. Margaret Portland, was fatally, injured when an auto in which she and her husband were passengers collided with a second ear In Portland. 'The drowning victims were Low ell- urant rox, 19, recently discharged from the navy, who tumbled into the Nehalem river while fishing Saturday, and Paulson, 58, Multnomah 'County- Home inmate whose body was recovered Sunday from the Sandy river near Troutdale.

Tillamook county coroner Arthur Lundberg reported Fox's older brother, E. C. Fox, attempted a rescue but also slipped on the rocks. When he recovered his footing the younger brother had disappeared In the water. The body was recovered.

Japanese-American Fighters Are Lauded WASHINGTON, July 15 -)-President Truman stood in the rain today to pin the presidential distinguished unit citation banner to the colors of the 442nd regiment al combat team of Japanese-Americans. Standing on the elipse, a park just south of the white house, the president congratulated about 500 Nisei soldiers Japanese of Ameri can extraction for victory both over the enemy and "prejudice." He urged them to continue the fight after their return home to prove that the constitution is designed for the "welfare of al) people." Byrnes Preparing European Reports WASHINGTON, July 16. -W)-Secretary of State Byrnes drafted reports today for President Truman and the nation on the halting prog ress toward reestablishing peace in Europe. The cabinet officer, just returnee from the four-power foreign ministers conference at Paris, plans to address the nation by radio tonight at 6 p.m., (PST) over the Mutual and ABC networks. State Senator Burke Dies At His Home NEWBERG, July 15 --tFV Stat' Senator William Erven Burke, 79, a Republican member of the Yamhill county senate delegation since 1931, died at his home in the Gibbs district yesterday.

Death was attributed to a heart attack. Freighter Aground On Sandy Beach JUNEAU, Alaska, July 15-WV The Freighter Northern Voyager of the Alaska Transportation Co. ran aground on a sandy beach a half mile below Juneau early this morning. The vessel may be refloated at high tide. PORTLAND, July 15-W-' strong enough to menace the safe-Governor Snell called upon the 0j peace." American Legion today to give im- After lunch Churchill paid a trib-mediate attention to the problems nte to all United States soldiers of veterans' education and housing.

wno fell in the battle of the bulge Speaking to the opening session by placing a huge wreath of red of the 1946 state Legion eonven-J roses and white gladioli on the tion, Snell reported that "nearly grave of Gen. George 5. PattofiJ Jr. 5000 veterans wanting education i will be unable to get into state in- trol system. He strongly indicated also that jn order to make atomic controls effective the United States would be willing io go outside the framework of the United Nations if necessary to nullify the great power veto.

Hancock, an intimate associate of Bernard Baruch, VS. S. delegate to the atomic, commission, spoke before the institute of the national committee on atomic information. Outlining reasons for American objections to a veto over riergy matters, Hancock said in his prepared speech least that must be insisted upon is that (1) once violations of the treaty (for atomic control have occurred, punishment must be swfft and certain, and (2) the operations of the ADA (atomic development authority) cannot be Interfered with by the device of the unanimity (veto) tuW- i Japanese scientists 'knew more about atomic energy "the time" of Hiroshima than American had be- Philip. Morrison Of the Los Alamos, N.M., atom bomb project, said today.

f-H'j'- Morrison declared that when he was in Hiroshima a month after the first bomb was dropped on Japan, Professor Nishina, one of Japan's foremost physicists "talked intelligently with me about the physics of the bomb." The Japanese scientists' first question to hint was "what was the efficiency of the bomb?" Morrison tola" the institute 4 "It (the bomb) wasTro irecret to him, but a problem, to be attacked by methods he knew well, along lines quite as familiar in Tokyo as tar- New Mexico," Morrison said. While 'American -scientists gave the Japanese-no data on the efficiency of the bomb, he added, the Americans were "amazed" at the professor's technical questions regarding the bomb. Morrison said world control of atomic energy, "can be made to Work" and that United Nations negotiations indicate a general agreement "on means and on objective." Wholesale Price of Butter Drops Today NEW YORK, Jury 15. iff) -The wholesale price of butter dropped three cents a pound today in the first decline since prices shot up following the expiration df OPA two weeks ago. The highest grade butter, AA 92 score, was quoted at 72 to 73 cents a pound." Dealers reported that heavy offerings were unsold on the mercantile exchange because the asking price was too high.

One leading produce merchant said the decline was sit least partly due to consumer resistance to the present retail price. 1 Howard Hughes In Critical Condition LOS ANGELES, July 15-0P)-His temperature and pulse still above normal, Howard Hughes remained in critical condition this morning in Good Samaritan-hospital, where the famous piano builder was taken a week ago yesterday after crashing his experimental photographic plane. 7054 Gl Loans in Northwest Reported SEATTLE, July.lS(AVThe veteran administration guarantee office announced today lending agencies hv made 7,054 G.I. loans to veterans of the four northwest states and Alaska for a value of $27,285,662. Of the loan total the veterans" administration has guaranteed $13,133,035.

r. Longsnoremen auxiliary members registered for OUfllV 1UVV the three-day session. Employed Persons Dwindle In Oregon SALEM, July number persons employed by Oregon industries covered by the state un- employment compensation iaw expected to total 275,000 in Septem-1 session today after the union local ber, compared with the war-time met while Seattle ship high of 339,000, and the pre-war loading came to a virtual standstill, high of 208,000, the unemployment I The longshoremen are protesting compensation commission estimated what they term a delay in the pay-today merit of retroactive wage awards. houses of 36,000 to 38,000 each The British credit will come di-slong with a shopping center, play- rectly from the United Spates treas-grounds, streets, and bridle trails, ury. Senate War Probe Shows Salaries Oregon American Legionnaires in Portland For Meetings This Week PORTLAND, July 16-W-Ore-1 Earlier, the "8 et 40" staged Skyrocketed to WASHINGTON, July 16 -()-Joseph Freeman, a munitions manufacturer's Washington agent whose salary skyrocketed from to $70,000 in four years, testified today that he asked Rep.

May (D-Ky.) for business help "six or eight times." But Freeman told the senate war investigating committee, searching into the wartime operations of an Illinois munitions combine, that he "didn't know" whether May bad ever visited his office. That response came after Chairman Mead cautioned to "think hard and long, and remember that you are under oath." The committee has received testimony that. May, chairman of the house military committee, Interceded with the war department to give contracts to the munitions combine. May has declared his ac Con American Legionnaires opened their depsrtment's 1946 three day convention today as 700 delegates registered for the morning meeting. Business sessions this afternoon, a parade tnis evening ana a mass Initiation ceremony at the armory tonight are on the first day's program with State Commander Neil Morfitt, Astoria, presiding.

Delegstes started arriving yes terday, wearing multi-colored service hats amid street crowds and staging impromptu drum and bugle demonstrations. Past- National Commander War ren Atherton, Stockton, and Major General Rapul W. Kendall, who will represent General Joseph IStllwtll, were-i goeetad yesterday jby f'-y.