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TOODDEg
: I m whefe tome of the Mult
tiomah sent ton are threatening to
question the! right of Merje Chess
nan of Clatsop county and John
Carson and Frederick Lamport ' of
Marion county to hold teats in the
coming legislative assembly. Car
son and Lamport hold certificates
of appointment by the county
court because of the absence of
the duly elected senators, Douglas
McKay and 1 Allen Carson, in the
armed - service, x . r
It is true the last senate recog
nized - these appointees as sena
tors only until November, 1944,
but they can present their old
certificates which remain valid as
far as the county court is' con
cerned. If the senate should de
clare the seats vacant the for
malities of making new appoint
ments would be gone through
with, so the only probable result
would be delay. The purpose ;of
the protest, if it should be filed,
was clearly to. throw the election
of a president 'of the senate away
from Howard Bel ton whom' all
three of these senators have en
dorsed. . - -. .
, . In the case of Senator Chess
man, the protest would be based
on the claim that a man cannot
bold two offices at the same time.
Chessman is member of the state
highway commission by appoint
ment of the governor as well as
state, senator. Since 'the senate) is
judge of the qualifications of its
own members it can act as it sees
fit But it may be set down here
that the Senate ' will not eject
Chessman, for two reasons: first,
because of his personal standing,
and second, because it would have
to apply the same rule to Senator
Strayer of Baker county, who
also is a member j
(Continued on editorial page)
' -" ..-If? - ,;
Scobie Issues
Stern Warning
, ATHENS, Dec. 20.-A)-IA. Gen.
JL M. Scobie, British commander
In Greece announced tonight that
as of 9 a. m. tomorrow any Elas
batteries i still firing" in Athens and
Piraeus will be attacked "with all
the., arms .at , my .disposal," and
warned civilians to. put 500 yards
between . themselves .and- leftist
gun positions. .. -i . S - :
. Jean Rallis, the! pro-Nazi for
mer -premier who! escaped from
the Averoff prison two days ago
after Elas guns, pounded the build
ing rf or 12 hours,-was arrested io
.bight. i . - . - -
In , leaflets captioned "urgent
warning" and dropped from RAF
planes, the British commander an
nounced
that - he intends to use
machine
guns, rocket weapons,
bombs, land artillery, mortars and
' naval bombardment on an all-out
scale in Tan effort to silence in
surgent guns wbkh have been ac
live for Id days. ' f
' Earlier there had been signs lot
an impending , political develop
. ment when men using megaphones
in some das-held areas announced
that t regular leftist forces soon
'. would withdraw from Athens and
- Attica and that only reserve troops
Would surrender their arms.
SnelljMay Say
Something on
Niseif Return
V Following the receipt Wednes
1 Say of the official army i order.
Gov. Earl Snell indicated he might
liave something to say shortly in
connection with the return of Jap
anese Americans to the Pacific
-coast, J . - - ' -
L The governor previously had.
conferred with Governors Arthur
s Langlie of t Washington and Earl
Warren of California in the hope
that the three coast states might
decide upon some uniform action.
Warren said the Japanese Amer
icans were entitled to protection
Under the constitutional rights the
same as other citizens while Lang-
v lie declared it would be a mistake
to allow! the Japanese to return
. to the Pacific coast at this time.
'German Of f icers Riot,
13 Make Escape from
pritish ; Prison Camp
i x.s ; '!
F LONDON, Dec. 20 Hund
teds of German, officers rioted snd
13 escaped Monday night from; a
prison camp near ' Penkridge,
Staffordshire,"lt was disclosed to
siisht. . i v " '
The prisoners were believed to
have been inspired by news of
the German counteroffensive.
All but one' of those who escap
ed have been recaptured, although
two got as far as Liverpool' and
were about to board a ship leay
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ELAS Group
lag England. . . .. . , .v
KE2TY-TOUSTH TTAB
08
Nazi Counterblow
Grows Steadily
In Fierce Attack
News Blackout Lifted to Reveal . .
1445 Enemy Divisions Swarming
Through Breach in U, S. Lines
By NEDVILLE NORDNESS . .
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITION
ARY FORCE, Paris, Dec. 20 (AP) The gfeantic German
counter-offensive is "the big thing" and is increasing steadi
ly in fury, supreme headquarters said late tonight in lifting
the blackout of news relating to the savage fighting on the
US First army front.
Fourteen to 15 German
are panzer (armored) divisions are swarming into the
breach of the first army's
bourg, it was disclosed.
Today fresh infantry waves
were fighting behind the armored
units which first smashed through
the American positions last Sun
day and headquarters said the
German advances had made con
siderable progress with more to
be expected.
Allies Lay Plans
Plans are being made to stem
the onslaught, it was stated, but
the feeling at this headquarters
was that the situation would not.
be restored this week or even
next week. j
Appallingly bad weather today
kept allied' air-force on the
ground, thus eliminating support
which 'the American troops sore-
needed. No heavy bombers
could ' leave their British bases
and- not a single fighter-bomber
got into . the air during the day
to . help the hard-pressed dough
boys. : " l. ;
Nasi Use Vets
Some of the panzer units spear
heading the German drive are
first : class fighters, veterans of
units which faced the allies at
Caen, it was disclosed. They have
been reorganized and refitted for
this great do -or -die German
counter-offensive, and now are
fresh and physically fit.
The German infantry divisions
are mostly ; made up of ? volks
grenadiers, Hitler's home guard.
(If at full strength, as seems
likely for this carefully-prepared
German thrust, armored divisions
would number about 10,000 men
each and infantry up . to 15,000,
making ' a total force of up to
200,000 men in the first assault
No dispatches disclosed the na
ture or extent of the second wave
ust put into action.) vt .
Situation Confusing
Crack American troops, ap
peared to be stemming the on
slaught at one point, but else
where the nari power gathered
steadily, and a late Associated
Press dispatch from the front said
the situation along the entire 60-
mile-wide line was "both con
fused and serious."'. .
Another late dispatch from the
Stavelot sector some 20 miles in
side Belgium said both the Amer
icans and the Germans were pay
ing great prices in lives and ma
teriaL
Monschau, German town at the
extreme northern end of the ene
my's assault, was recaptured by
counterattacking Yank troops,
who surrounded and presumably
seized nazl forces who had fought
into the town. Monschau, 18 miles
southeast of Aachen, was the
Jump-off point for a short-lived
American .attack last week.
Congress May
Scale Pilfering
WASHINGTON, Dec. f 20 -
Reports that thefts of gasoline
and "food from 1 supply lines has
been a serious problem for Amer
ican armies in . Europe brought
talk: today of a congressional in
vestigation,
Both senate and house commit
tees evinced interest in press dis
patches - saying that pilfering of
supplies reached such proportions
at one time as to menace mili
tary operations, but had since
been, curbed. - .
: . Dispatches have told of in
stances of American soldiers sell
ing supplies and of gangsters "hi
jacking" them for resale on the
black market ;
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divisions -of which five or six
lines m Belgium and Luxem
Stettinius Eyes
More Changes
Iii Department
WASHINGTON, Dec.! 20 - (Jf) -Secretary
of State Stettinius made
public today his plan for tighten
ing administration and speeding
up his department's work.,
At the same time, he disclosed
that he is going to 'make more
changes and ask congress for in
creased appropriations so he can
enlarge the department. V--- 3
The " organization ; was tnadel
public 3ust after Under-Secretary
Joseph C. Grew and fouf new as
sistant secretaries took the oath o !
office in an unusual and informal
mass ceremony. - ' "',' '
The word Stettinius and - hi
new aides kept repeating wheiji
they spoke of the changes was
teamwork reflected in the reor
ganization chart which eliminated
divided responsibility , and places
all the work under what Stettinius
called his eight generals in the
field. '
Italy Based
Planes Busy
- LONDON, Dec. 20 -()- Flying
Fortress and Liberator bombers
of ; ihe 15th air force, based- in
Italy, smashed at strategic tarj
gets in ? Czechoslovakia, Austria
and Germany for the . sixth
strsight 7 day, ' but bad weather
strangled the allied , British-based
fighters and bombers sorely need
ed to combat German armor 'u
Belgiunv'.: C,''-:-.- . ''" V
' Thunderbolts of the 15th al
strafed gun positions and rail
lines In" the Spezia-Genoa area,
struck at the Padua-Mestre dist
rict in northern Italy and swung
north to the Brenner pass to cut
the railroad at four places south
of Trento.
Tito's Fqrces Reported
In German-Held Zagreb
LONDON, Dec 20 -(P)-1 The
Swiss . radio . reported tonight
without Confirmation that Mar?
shal Tito's partisans had broken
into Zagreb, main German-held
center in Yugoslavia. Tito's, com
munique said yesterday his forces
were near Zagreb.
Probe Large
in Europe
Acting Chairman Thomason (D
Tex.) of the house ; military com
mittee said the question of an in
qulry 3 probably would binge on
the ' reports brought back by
subcommittee' which has been in
specting battle ; front conditions.
V' Members of the group returned
here tonight by air and - Acting
Chairman Costello (D-Calif .) said
they found : "things In excellent
condition. He said there appeared
to be no critical supply shortages.
Members generally declined com
ment pending a conference , to
morrow with war department of
fidals. ,
PCUNDDD, 165!
Salem. Oregon, Thursday Mornings Dscetnhtt 21. 1S44
Chamber Head
Loyal Warner
Loyal Warner
Salem C. of C.
Loyal Warner, vice-president of
the Salem chamber of commerce
and recently re-elected a director,
was chosen president of the group
for 1945, at a meeting of the di
rectors Wednesday noon. He suc
ceeds Carl Hogg.
W. L. Phillips was elected first
vice-president; Linn Smith, sec
ond vice-president; Lester 'Barr,
secretary, and Guy Hick ok, treas
urer, ' "
The board appointed Director
Ralph Campbell, to head fc'eom
mittee named to draft a-rreaolu-t
tion commending Hogg's three
year leadership during which
chamber membership was trebled
and new industries drawn to this
area. . v
Hogg, who remains a director,
was, named chairman of a newly-
created committee to act with the
post - war , planning commission.
Other committee chairmen:
- Industrial,: Robert Elfstrom; ag
riculture, Frank Doerfler; legisla
tive, Ralph Campbell; social Doro
thea Steusloff ; membership, Ralph
Johnson; publicity, F. W. Shepard;
administrative, Grover Hillman;
civic, Leo Childs; director-at-
large, Lowell Kern.
(Additional story page 7). ;
Berlin Claims
Allies Rush
In Divisions ;
LONDON, Dec. 20 7 (A) - The
German radio claimed tpnight
that "several" . allied, divisions, had
been rushed from the Aachen Vnd
Saar fronts to check Marshal Karl
Gerd Von Rundstedt's counter
orrensive ana ; ooasted tnat ac
cording to incomplete data, three
to four American divisions either
have i been destroyed or badly
mauled." ; - s ' -t-
.The German daily war com
munique claimed that. 10,000 pris
oners had been taken in the nazi
counter-offensive. . s i .
American .tactical .reserves
thrown in on the right wing of
Lt Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' US
First army have been1 engaged
and beaten in very heavy bat
ties" during the past two days,
Berlin claimed.
ASR Transport Pilot
Mustered from Service
LONG BEACH. Calit, Dec. 20
(P)- Twenty: WASPS of the Sixth
ferrying group, mustered .Out of
the service today, appealed to
President Roosevelt and war de
partment leaders for any flying
duty within the United States for
$1 a year, but were turned down.
Miss Barbara Erickson, squad
on leader, 'said the group was
dvised by Gen. H. H. Arnold,
army air force chief that suffl
cient male transport pilots are
available. '
Weather
- Maximnm temperatvre Wednes
day 42 degrees, minimum SS de
grees, 4l.1neh rain, river -2 ft
't Mostly clendy Tharsday and
Friday with few light shewers
west ef Cascades Thursday, and
Intermittent rata Thtrsday night
and Friday, ii Few anew florries
eastern pertion Friday. . Little
temperatare change,
bii! - -,-4 iV v' f
..... 1 . .. i
Blackout'
Of "News -Protested
... . .i
SHAEF Promises
.Bigger Viewl of.
Battle Situation
SUPREME HEADQUART ERS
ALLIED. EXP EDITIONARY
FORCES, Paris, Dec. 20.-P)-As
protests poured in from almost
all the allied world over the sup
pression of news of German gains
on the western front, supreme
headquarters pulled the curtain
aside partly and promised a bigger
iew of the situation tomorrow.
The positions 'of the German
and allied armies will in the fut
ure be made public once daily, it
was announced after a sufficient
time lag to make sure the enemy
will reap no benefit from the In
formation. '. .
Time Lag Used '
TVi5 ' rim a lorf to AvnAf 4a Va
between 24 and 48 hours. Tomor-
row's promised disclosures, there-
':;n k- ' . v.
stood yesterday or today.
The supreme headquarters an
swer to critics of the news black
out has been that it was imposed
on the basis of opinions of gen
erals directing the fight and that
the situation was so fluid that
information of the whereabouts of
German troops, "even if it were
days late, might help the enemy.
Smi Httpleas
George Hf Lyon,' OWI represen-
taUve at suoreme headmiarters
said tonight that he had been
trying for 48 hours to get the army
to let the. people know what was
happening on the battlefields, but '
without much success.
In my opinion, -the army, is
r making a jigger mistake than it
ma .in ine fatton case (ine lnct
denr of, "Lt. Gen.' George S. Pat-
tons slapping a soldier in Sicily),"
Lyon - said. : ,
Snell to Hear
Request oh
Folkes Case
A request that the death . sent
Le?Folkes. negro; for the
.I.!.L I. - Yl .
IS" ..-tlAvinff of MartHa Virginia
o
muted to life imprisonmen will
be heard here Friday afternoon by
Gov. Earl Snell.. , . '
,A delegation of Oregon citizens,'
whose request for a hearing, from
the governor ' was received in a
attorneys, is
VWI"CJ,BT -
. , . .r
.Tr "!rr,tr rrr
George Rossman. The I opinion
ua. iKof iki
ZZ. XrZl
wt. u w v
court trial to warrant a rehearing.
In this opinion, . Justice Percy" - .x; ,
Kllv tvmmrroA. -
Folkes is scheduled to die in
the 'lethal gas chamber of i the
state penitentiary here January I.
Former Solon
Dies at Home
George Higgins, former US sena-
tor from New Hampshire andOI1D ,Mtw wwn woyea oy
once described as "the most excit-
ing man in American public life,
died tonight at his home. He was
75.
The widely known republican
leader, who served three times In
the United States senate, lost his
seat' In the democratic landslide
of 1942.
He' had .been 111 In a Concord
hospital for over a year and had
just returned to his home for the
Christmas , holidays when . death
came of coronary thrombosis.
Bomb Crashed Into
Queen's Apartment
' LONDON,; Thursday, Dec. 21.-
iffi-A bomb crashed through the
root i Budungham palace and
.Sd .. . ' M - ' A
mrougn me apartment oi met partment said enough - civilian
queen to. the early days of the
ixmdon blitz, but failed, to ex-
plode, it was disclosed today.
Eight men of the palace home
guard unit disposed of the three-
foot-long explosive. -- , --
Superforts Blast
Mukden Targets V
Wittf Great Force
i.
WASHINGTON. Dee. ll-UP)
Svperfertresses in substantial
foree today pummeled Indos-
trial Urgets la Makden. Max
chsuria. , f!
Up to SO B-29's ef HaJ. Gen.
Curtis E. Lemay's 20th bomber
command participated ' in the
daylight strike against the Jap-,
anese-domlnated' puppet state.
Thej warx department ; an-
nonneement said a cemmnniqme
, will be ttsned on . thel mission
when results ef operational re
ports . are received from . the
theatre.
ForPost-War
Ed Lage, Hood River, , was
elected president of the' Oregon
Reclamation congress at the clos
ing session Wednesday afternoon.
.mewaa
ade vice president and.Art King
Of Corvallis secretary. J
trict W. L, Powers, Corvallis;
Frank Doerfler, Salem;? , Chester
Cumming, Salem; Dean! Walker,
Independence; U. S. Alderman,
Dayton. - i
Second district John H. Mohr,"
Hooq River; Howard W,; Turner,
Madras; Olaf Anderson,4 Bed
mond; Frank T. Morgan, Nyssa;
F. A. Baker. Umatilla.
Third district Kemieth MU
1 1r Lewis A. McArthur, IMarshall
N Dana s: Scrismeief, 'Arthur
8rmer' u ioruandj;
Fourth district Victor BoehL
Grants Pass; Charles Edwards,
Eugene; Niel Allen, Grants Pass;
Wuiiam Tugman, - Eugene? Ried
Carter; Grants Passv niit.
Congressman James W. Mott
surprise visitor at tthe congress,
Said that the - Willamette : valley
control project , held one of the
highest priorities and will probr
ably be completed shortly after
the war is over. . t, ' r
(Details on page 5.) . ,
Houses
IJA
. . .T,-,-. -, Winti.M' t Sl.
d '
wSJ?7 "J"
SSSS". nno"nc Plan
dose their , doors' that day..
; ouem negiaurani jerators,
association w h I c h inclttdes the
Blue Bird, Spa, Schneider's, Mar-
ion hotel. Chi.rrin Tn h. r.A1n
I Pheasant and Hull's, has voted to
give employes the day at , home.
Z. v, 1 1
Spot the food and beverage
diapwaer.', oriition wiU not
. tk mr. J 111 t; j j
KITJ?"?1" i1
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Jr. M. KODingOIt IMCW XAu
Secretary at Albany
ALBANY, Dec 20 -UPi- P. M.
Robinson, former' Portland Cham.
ber of Commerce employe, will
fill the vacancy left when Carl
Curlee resigned as secretary of
the Albany chamber.
n eruii,re., uutomo, non-
Valley Projiect
Holds Priority
Eating
nday
U. S. Comiimersr Spend Record
Smashing 97 Billion in944 '
By Max Ball r
.WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 - CP)
I American consumers are ringing
I up a new spending record this
lyear.
The commerce department esti
mated today that. 97 billion dol
lars will have been spent for
goods and services in 1944. That's
six per cent bigger than, last year.
It's more than half a ?a in a hi
las 193 SDendinsr. 1 which totalled
$81,700,000,000. iU' ;.-::!
There's war on. But the de-
1 - .- . ii ? .
goods were produced Jn 1944 to
satisfy most of consumers wants.
There were "some Inconveniences
Ibut no hardships." ;
Rising prices account for some
lof the increased spending, but not
1
Ho. XSS j
Churchill Say 8
'Big Three' Still
Iri Full Accord
By Alex Singleton
LONDON, Dec. 20 P)-Assut
ing the house of commons that
Britain's bayonets would not ini
pose aking on the Greeks, For
eign Secretary Anthony" Eden to
night eased political controversy
over Britain's armed intervention
after reports of differences among
the three big Allied powers had
received partial confirmation from
Prime Minister Churchill himself.'
Calls For Meeting
Eden, apparently giving up hope
for an immediate meeting of the
big ; three but . bent on finding
method of eliminating future mis
understandings, pleaded for : re
establishment of quarterly meet
ings '"between the -foreign secre
taries of the great powers as we
used to have to deal with some
of these matters." . ' il
His plea was entered only a few
hours after Churchill, in grim ref
erence to "this dangerous and mof
mentous phase of the war," main
tained that Britain, Russian and
the United States were in "entire
agreement about the general aimi
which bind our alliance but ad-f
mittod that "whether there is
complete agreement on every as-i-
pect of these matters is
question altogether."
Sldeeteps brae -!
Churchill quickly side-stepped
argument over whether the acft
cord among the Allies ; could be
applied to fspheres' of influence.??
One 'member' pointedly 'asked
him whether ; "he did not agre
that , there is a danger in implex
mentation of proposals of the
Dumbarton ' Oaks conference ' ii
certain powers assign themselves1
spheres of influence ' and "othet
powers are not brought into co4
operation" during the war. -" :.
ul think . that is a topic i- that
obviously I should not attempt td
deal with now,"' replied Churchill!
FRSignsBill
For Road Aid
WASH INGTON, Dec 20 i(M
President Roosevelt signed today
a bill authorizing a $1,673,250,000
federal contribution toward a
$3,17350,000 . three-year ' postwar
highway' program.'' ,fj
And, in an accompanying state
ment, he praised congress for
havinVt.made' t possible advance
planning of "needed facilities on
a r; sound 'basis." Mr. - Roosevelt
"Now it becomes a challenge to
the - states, ' counties and cities
which must originate the specific
projects ' and get - the program
ready for construction after the
war fendi--r:M',s'::J- v.T;::'V,-4
A-13 Gas Coupons - '
Will Expire Today
Friday will be an unlucky day
for holders of - gasoline coupon
A-13. The coupon, good for four
gallons of gasoline, expires today,
the OPA " warned " Wednesday
night' . :;--'-'p-r- :
all. The actual j quantity of goods
and - services bought this year
has been somewhat , larger, than
In 1943. . - - !
Civilians spent two billion -dol
lars more for. food than they did
last year, even though prices aver
aged slightly less than in 1943,
according to the, commerce de
partment .rporjL .,?'?fi
, The consumer laid down nine
per cent morel money for clothes
than In 1943, but since there was
a seven per cent ' rise in prices,
the quantity was little changed, i
As for durable goods, like fur
niture and autos, the quantity
sold was ten per cent less thin
last i year. Dut consumers spent
about the same for goods, because
of price rises, . '
TVl"
i i i ii
Meeting.
Sought
By -Eden
PraViilg;.
To;;End
4 ' W,.v. .ft -, . i.- .
Nips Lose Last
Ground Supply
Route on Isle
- -: By Jim Hatchesea
GENERAL' MacARTHUR'S
HEAD QUARTERS, Philippines, i
Thursday, Dec 2l-(fl3)-The battle
of Leyte island is "rapidly draw
ing to an end," Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur said today, announcing the
complete destruction of the once
powerful Japanese Yamasbita line
on the- northwest shoulder of the
island. .. : i L ' ,,-. h ''.
The scattered enemy defenders! '
last ground supply route was loet
when Yanks surging north up the,
single corridor '.road1 from Ormod
overran Libongao where a road
forks off to. the Nippon supply J
port of Palompon.
Enemy Brokea
The enemy's "cohesion ,1s now
completely broken,", Uie communi '
ique said, "and he is no longer ca4 ,
pable of an integrated defense." ,1
" . Small-remnants of the Japanese
forces have been broken into iso
lated groups and are able to resist '
only temporarily and at isolated
points. . :. : j"
Scattered , Japanese J forces are
fleeing toward Palompon on Ley-' 'i
te's northwest coast, the only port
remaining in enemy hands. -Line
Shattered
Destruction . of the Yamashita
line in the Ormoc corridor was ac
complished when the 77th divi
sion, New York's own, advancedj
four miles north from Valencia,!
Japanese headquarters whose;
seizure was announced Wednes-!
day, and . took a road Junction at
the same time the first cavalry di- -vision
drove south from Lonoy. j
! The cavalry seized Kanango and
approached to within a mile of the
77th, completing . the deadly
squeeze play on the Japanese.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur re-'
ported counting another 1S41 Jap
anese dead Wednesday. . j
The enemy also has lost six
months supplies to the onrushing
doughboys, making his supply
problem more crucial. r J -
Reds
Advance
Up to 5 Miles
4
21i
LONDON, Thursday, Dec.
(JP)-"The Red army in advances up
to five miles in southern Czecho-
sloyakia yesterday . captured 3
towns and cracked and outflank
ed the Germans' strong Slana ri- '
er line in a drive aimed : toward '
the citadel of Losonc. . I .
The Moscow communique last
night and a supplemental elabor i
tion this morning said nothing of
the encircling thrust against Kas-
sa, where latest unofficial reports.
m i i r ; m
irom moscow naa ooviei . iorves
preparing for a climatic' attack n,
the Torysa (Tarca) river fortifica
tions two miles outside that com
munications center. . ,! t -
Moscow announced, however,' .:
that about a battalion (500) Ger
mans were' killed in the day's
fighting on the front 45 to 60 milea
southwest of Kassa and that the
Russians , were closely" threatening
the railway Junction town of Rim
aszombat from the south and east.
Chief of the day's captures was
the town of Tornala, 13 miles east
of Rimaszombat and a strongpoint
of : enemy defenses on the east
bank of the Slana river. While the
Russians had not yet crossed the
Slana, which flows from north ltd
south," they outflanked it on the
west: by ' crossing the ' eastward-
flowing Rimava river. ,
Paul Porter to Become
Member of FCC Group
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-CPf
Paul A. Porter will become si
member of. the federal communU
cations commission tomorrow un
der a recess appointment, FCC of-,
ficials said tonight ; . ,
They said the publicity. director
for the Democratic national com
mittee in the faU political caml
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to go 'before the next congress.
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