Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1947)
Thirteen Workers Killed in Mine Blast PLYMOUTH, Pa., Jan. 15 (AP)— Edward Griffith, presi dent and general manager of Glen Alden Coal company, an nounced Wednesday night 13 miners were known dead in a gas explosion at the company’s Nottingham colliery. Two other men are not accounted for, the mine' official said. The blast was discovered by an unidentified foot tender at the bottom of a shaft who saw cloud's of dust and sounded an alarm to the outside, Griffith re ported. He said the bodies of the dead men were still in the mine. Three others were removed, two of them badly injured. Griffith said the explosion oc curred in the top ross vein, about 850 feet below the surface. Min ers expressed belief the blast re sulted from an accumulation of gas. Rescue crews battled fumes to get to the bodies while on the sur face hundreds of anxious rela tives and friends gathered at the colliery entrance, some weeping. A police cordon was formed quickly to expedite the work of the rescue crews. Arms Question Delayed LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Jan. 15 (AP)—The United States and So viet Russia failed Wednesday to agree in a last-minute conference off the floor on the best way to tackle the arms question. The United States then requested the United Nations security council to delay action on the question until February 4 to allow time for study. Volcano Erupts Again MANILA. Jan. 16.— (AP)—Ma yon volcano appeared boiling up to its most violent eruption of the cen tury Wednesday as four more erup tions and a severe earthquake spread desolation along its slopes. Weather Forecast Oregon—Mostly cloudy Thurs day and Friday with rain or snow extreme Northwest portion Thursday night. Not quite so cold Thursday night. Gentle, variable wind off coast. AWS Council Forms Activities Commission Petitions for the Women’s Activ ities commission may be turned in to Alice May Robertson at the Kap pa Kappa Gamma house by sopho more women before 5 p.m. Mon day, January 20. Miss Robertson was chosen chairman of this newly formed committee by the AWS council at the last meeting. Purpose of the group, which will be composed of the chairman and a five-woman committee, will be to keep up the permanent activities cards for all women students, pre viously done by the dean of wom en's office. Each committeeman will be responsible for checking through one Emerald a week for women’s activities, which will then be entered on the cards by the chair man. ____ v, Petitions Due Petitions for the directorship of the Oregon Federation must he submitted to Tom Kay at Mc Arthur court before Saturday, January 18. The position will en tail planning the work of the Ore gon Federation this summer. The federation contacts high school graduates Interested In at tending the University and makes arrangements for the animal sum mer picnic at Jant/.en heaeli. A tour of the state will In- made by j the director, probably accompan ied by the alumni secretary. State Supervision Of Jails Requested SALEM, Jan. 15 (AP)—The leg islature should provide for state supervision of county and city jails, either through the hoard of con trol or a new department, the Fed eral Bureau of Prisons recommend ed after investigating local jails. The state should, the bureau said, inspect and approve jails, prescribe minimum standards, pre scribe rules and regulations, have power to transfer prisoners from one jail to another, to consolidate jails, and have power to establish budgets to maintain jails. Navy Asks Legislation; Weapons Swap Hinted WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (AP) — The navy Wednesday asked con gress for legislation to expand re search on submarines and to swap weapons and information on arms with foreign countries. The bills were among several navy legislative proposals, which speaker Martin R., Mass., referred to the house’s new armed services committee. Nations Sign Alliance LONDON, Jan. 15—(AP)—Brit ain announced Wednesday night that she and France had agreed to conclude a treaty of alliance “at the earliest possible moment”—thus continuing the historic partnership which has bound them as allies in two wars in this century. 60 Oil Companies Hit WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (AP)— The CIO oil workers, first major union to strike over wage demands after V-J day filed 30 day strike notices with the labor depai-tment Wednesday involving more than 60 oil companies in California. Tax Evasion Issue NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 15—(AP) —The defense and the government completed their cases today in the federal court trial of Joseph S. Fay, AFL union leader, on charges of evading payment of income taxes. Ford Slashes Vehicle Costs DETROIT, Jan. 15 (AP)—Henry Ford II, president of the Ford Mo tor Co., Wednesday announced price reductions ranging from $15 to $50 on current models of Ford passenger cars and said the action was intended as “shock treatment” to halt “the insane spiral of mount ing costs and rising prices.” The action, first of its kind since the end of the war brought an im mediate commendation from presi dential assistant John R. Steelman, who wired young Ford: “Your announcement of price reductions is good news for the country and I believe good business for your company.” While the price cuts were an nounced as ranging from $15 to $50 in Detroit they will amount to from $16.26 on some of the super de-luxe eight cylinder models to $54.20 on the super-de-luxe series. In explaining that the reductions applied only to Ford models, Ford said Mercury and Lincolns were excluded because “the Ford cars are our main line.” Policy of China Unseen NANKING, Jan. 15 (AP)— Qualified observers in this govern ment capital found no hint of com promise Wednesday in a policy speech at Yenan by General Chou En-Lai, chief Communist negoti ator, sharply replying to General Marshall, the next United States secretary of state. Final'Baby' Blast Over LAKE LENORE, Jan. 15 (AP)— The last of 20,000 pounds of sur plus metallic sodium dumped into Lake Lenore was destroyed Tues day in a 10-minute show of fire, smoke, and steam. War assets ad ministration officials used TNT to explode two 3,500-pound drums which failed to dissipate all their sodium contents when roiled into the lake from a bluff last Friday. Border Lines Disputed LONDON, Jan. 15—(AP)—Dep uty foreign ministers of the United States, Russia, Great Britain, and France started spadework for treat ies with Austria and Germany Wed nesday and were confronted unof ficially with border disputes, a fre quent cause of European wars. Red Victory Predicted WARSAW, Jan. 15—(AP)—Pre mier Edward B. Osubka-Morawski predicted Wednesday night a sweep ing victory for the Communist dominated government bloc parties in next Sunday’s elections and termed “fantastic” suggestions that the opposition Polish peasant party might score an upset. ii HARDWARE PROBLEMS? • Auto Accessories • Gillette Tires also Sporting Goods and Housewares Marshall & Meyer **11 o Eh* 1 t*' * Your Marshall-Wells Dealer' See Us For • Tools • Paints 326 Main St. Springfield Phone 423 94 W. 8th St. Eugene Phone 4461 Emerald ■ WORLD NEWS SECTION Gloria Smith, Wire Editor NEW FIRE ESCAPE SHOWN . . . Irvin Bassett, 65, of Detroit, Mich., demonstrates the “Safety Scape” at an Atlanta, Ga., hotel for firemen and underwriters. Designed to save persons trapped in hotel fires, the simple mechanical device per mits descent by steel ribbon re leased from an automatic reel. Left, Bassett leaves the 12th story window with the strap looped under his arms. Right, he descends at elevator speed toward the ground. The drop is completed in approxi mately 18 seconds. Rent Ceilings Boosted WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—(AP) —Announcement of a widespread boost in public housing rents was cited by a spokesman for some pri vate property owners Wednesday as “Convincing proof” that private rentals also should be permitted to rise. WIRE STAFF Charles Dalton HEY GANG! When you’re Hungry between those far apart meals, stop AT KELLER’S DUTCH GIRL 1224 Willamette Phone 1932 Laughter Swift and compelling in its appeal to the pleasure-loving, type of man . . . with a drowsy, oriental undertone beneath the open simplicity of its blended flower scents. Perfume . . . $3.25 to §50 Eau tie Ptirfum . . . §4.50 Hath Essence . . , §5.00 Dusting Powder. §2.75 PERFUMES TIFFANY-DAVIS