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Th OREGON STATESMAN. Satan, Oregon. Friday Morning. December 21. 1345
10 Lives Taken
In Northwest
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Due To Fires
SEATTLE, Dc. 20 (AV Hve
flrw accompanying the winter's
severes t cold have taken 10 lives
In Washington and Oregon the
past 43 hours, three in a rooming
house blaze here early today.
Property loss in other Washington
' fires this week tops the quarter
million dollar mark.
A two-story wooden home in
the rirst Kill district, near hot
pitala, was fire-swept shortly aft
er 9 a. m, trapping two women
' and an elderly man. They were
Mrs. Myrtle Kaefer, landlady, Mrs.
Anna Peterson and Fred Winters,
A Spanish-American war veteran.
Oecapants Escape .
A woman boarder, Lucille Col
lins, awakened by the smoke and
flames, ran from her room and
gave the alarm. Merle C. Stall-
. cop. living next door,- was unable
to break into the back door of the
burning building but meantime
the other occupants escaped. Three
were .seriously burned.
: Eight miles east of Kent, south
of Here, a farmhouse fire burned
Thomas Menty, about 55, to deatfe
about 1a.m. His wife was awajK
for the night. (
, Leeal Fire Added
The worst of yesterday's Crbs
was . near Woodburn, Ore., In
which Mrs. Bessie Seely, 25, and
her three babies perished. A child
was fatally burned here and an
, elderly man died in a Mount Ver
non fire. I .
The property loss at Mount Ver
non was $80,000 and a paper box
company plant was destroyed at
Tacoma yesterday,! with $50,000
loss. Other bad fires this week
were at Kelso, Copalis Beach and
Belfair, near Bremerton. '
Legless Flier Weds
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Bill Proposes
To Give River
Control to U.S.
. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-JP)-Creation
of an authority; to de
velop the resources of the Colum
bia river region in Washington
and Oregon is proposed in identi
cal bills introduced today by Sen
ator Mitchell and Rep. Jackson,
Washington democrats.
The authority would be pattern-
. ed after the Tennessee valley au-
' thority and have headquarters In
the northwest
The CVA would have authority
to generate andj distribute hydro-
electricity, irrigate arid lands, im
prove navigation facilities, pre
vent floods, conserve soil and pro
tect forests and wildlife. '
. "Congress must soon adopt some
kind of a policy regarding widely
scattered functions in the Colum
bia valley," Mitchell and Jackson
said In a statement There
much confusion. The handling of
power facilities alone is on a
confused basis with different agen
cies operating the dams."
"This measure," he continued,
. "incorporates suggestions made by
; the president to us in our dis
cussions with him. It provides for
sound and orderly development
of a unified basis rather than un
der piece meal arrangements now
prevailing." I
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CeL Graham W. Weil, 34, of Portland, Ore, army flier who lost
both legs In North Africa, was married In Denver, Colo., to Phyllis
HoUey, S3, of Beverly Hills, Calif. With artificial limbs, West
flew again in the Normandy invasion, only to be knocked on t of
action by nak wounds. (Ar wtrepnoto) ) . -
Insurance Commissioner
Condemns Federal Control
Any very strict surveillance of the insurance business by
the federal government, with an accompanying tax, could be
come a heavy burden upon the business, which in some: states
already bears an unfair portion of the cost of government, Seth
E. Thompson, state insurance commissioner, declared as he
addressed the Salem Lions club at iti Thursday luncheon meeting,
For almost 100 years insurance
CIO, GM Talks
li ,
To Continue
Despite 'Policy'
(Story also on Page 1) .
; By the Associated Press v
At the request of President
Truman's newly appointed fact
finding board General Motors and
the. UAW .. agreed .to meet . this
morning to try to - agree on a
basis for resumption of collective
bargaining on the. strike Issues. I
The president's statement T of
pol'cy came a few hours after
General . Motors informed Mr.
Truman's fact-finding b o a r d it
would withdraw from 1 hearings
on its wage dispute if profits and
prices were considered as evi
dence, f
Walter 0. Merritt, New .York
labor lawyer who represented
the corporation, told the board the
issue of profits and d rices was
entirely irrelevant" to the hear
ing since General Motors was
'not pleading poverty or inability
to pay." ... -
Confidential
Merritt ; Contended the union
had demanded highly ' technical
and conf i d e n t i a 1 information
on the company's financial posi
tion which; would have to be
based on speculation and predic
tion "on future conditions. ; He
added the union, if such informa
tion were given, could weU sug
gest that the company operate its
business differently to save money
or otherwise attempt to influence
management operations.
President; Truman said that
since neither the government nor
its board would endeavor to fix
a rate of return for the employer
"since wages are paid out of
earnings, the question of earnings
is relevant.? ! i
Informed!; that General Motors
had objected to submitting its
records tola fact-finding board,
the president said he was sorry to
hear that and hoped they would
Of a 12.4 per cent wage fate in
crease and negotiations were ad
journed to Jan. 8. i . !
"Shackle" Unions J I T
r The union criticized a condition
attached to the 1 wage proposal
that the ' union not seek more
wages even if higher OPA price
ceilings are granted for. new cars,
asserting this would "shackle" the
union. It charged that "aurrender
of other union demands such. as.
increased vacation pay, ..removal
of interplantand intra-plant'in-equalities"would
amount to no in
crease at an ior some employes. .
Schools jGlosed
By Icy Roads,
Flu Epidemic
VANCOUVER. Waslu Dec- 28
-6P)-The flu epidemic, coupled
with icy roads, today had halted
Classes in 27 Clark county schools
with total enrollment of abouf
4000.
Influenza closed Camas schools
where officials reported 225 stu
dents and 18 teachers m. " xne
Vacolt grade school also was shu
down because of illness, -which was
blamed along with: sleet for clos
ure at Battle Ground. -
Treacherous highways,: slowing
and-stopping school buses,-, were
responsible for most of -the othe-
Closures, officiala said. Vancouver
in this country has been regu
lated by the various states, which
have established similar laws but
have made provision for specific
conditions peculiar to their own
areas, Thompson said. Recently,
insurance was declared "com
merce" and as such most of it
may be regulated under the inter
state commerce provisions of the
federal constitution. To date that
regulation has been either expen
sive nor troublesome, he indicated.
Costs High
Because of the long term con
tracts involved in insurance more
regulation has been required than
over other types of business deals.
Thompson said. In Oregon, insur
ance regulations cost $40,000 to
$50,000 to administrate, but the
policies pay a 2 per cent tax
which amounts to 51,250,000. In
some states the tax is 4 per' cent.
Thompson spoke of taxation for
other than the purpose of paying
costs of regulation as Unfair in
states where other commodities
are not forced to pay a sales tax.
Insurance Is second only to
transportation in the United States
in the amount of money involved,
Thompson said. E ?
Carols Played
frank Sanders, Laons accom
panist,' played a group of Christ
mas carols as a special feature of
the! luncheon meeting, which was
held in the mirror room of the
Marion hotel, where a big Christ
mas tree was lighted. 0
The 25,000 civilian airplanes in
the UJS. in 1941 represented one
plane for every 5200 people.
reconsider,
Kecess
The GM ; fact-finding board re
cessed until Saturday, before re
suming a study of the month-long
strike which has kept more than
200,000 idle. By then, the board
said, it would have- reached de
cision on (whether to consider
prices and I profits in relation to
wages!. f
Under legislation advocated by
the president and up for consid
eration in congress after the
Christmas holidays, fact-finding
boards would be given authority
to subpoena records power lack
ed by fact-finding boards now in
AvIetatnM I
V Aid V-U j: . "
Efforts to restore harmony on
another front in the automotive
industry were stalled when the
CIO-UAW j rejected as a "mock
ery" a Ford Motor company offer
Truman Sets
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Out to Rescue
Full
Job'Bill
. WASHINGTON, DecJ . 20.-iPr
President Truman set out today to
rescue nlslsoalled fuU-employ-inent
bill, terming, a bouse substi
tute inaectablATW r cri. . "
He disclosed ; that he l has- made
an appeal to a joint congressional
conjmittee.llor quick enactment of
a measure passed by-the senate,
which he said meets the essential
characteristics of his program. .
At the same time, the chief exe
cutive disclosed he will! apeak out
forcibly soon on a congressional
proposal to transmer the U. S.
employment service - back to the
states over his opposition.
In his final news conference be
fore Christmas, Mr. Truman also
said he wants navy secretary For-
restal . to remainat his post at
least for the present, despite their
differences over army-navy uni
fication. i i J r
UNO Preparatory Group
To Select 6 U. S-iQUes
LONDON, j Dex. 20 -()-.The
United Nations 'preparatory ypr
mission decided .tonight to set ep
a committee with representaUvea
from 12 nations which: will tour
the ; United States .and select t
maximum;o six cities as candi
dates ior a world capital. : r f ;
1 The committee will fix a dead
line for new1 offers and for bear
ings from representatives! of pros
pective sites' for headquarters, of
the -United - Nations organization.
schools stayed open. Among those
shut down in Clark county's 23
districts: Walnut Grove, Chelat-
chie,-Pleasant Valley, Good Hope,
Fargher Lake, Amboy, Union High,
West Mill Plain, EasVMill Plain,
RusselL Fisher, Proebstel, Or
chards, Burton, Harmony, and
'Pleasant Valley.
Weallier Holds Back 1
Trnnn-Tjirrfer FLmes
5 SEATTLE, Dec 20 -ilPh Two-1
giant aerial troop carriers hurry
infilo Seattle to speed xnldwestern
veterans home for Christmas baye
landed at Great Falls Mont, bei
cause of weather -conditions" the -Seattle
port "embarlatlonre
ported . tonight. ". Vs ' i . -. c -
The big I planes were to have
landeoy.at jBoeWfSdd bere.,iv
530 p, m. (PST) and started the
return; to- Chicago Journey at. 7
p. : m; each carryintr 100 men.
Jus! Arrived
Ilev; Shipment
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Reforestation
Bill Postponed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -)-Pkuns
to obtain a congressional
appropriation to rehabilitate areas
in Oregon and Washington na
tional forests have been abandoned
until after Christmas, northwest
senators said today.
The senators decided not ) to'
lurry the measure after forest
service officials told: them incle
ment .. weather would delay . the
work unUl spring or later. Sen.
Wayne Morse (R-Ore) said the
work would require about $1,
000.000. . ,
Morse quoted Lylc Watts, forest
service chief, as saying the service
had no funds for restoration and
maintenance at Timberline Lodge,
800 camp and picnic spots and 23
ski areas In Oregon.
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REDS HANG 7 NAZIS
LONDON, Dec. 20-OFr-The
Moscow radio said tonight that
seven German storm troopers
(SS) convicted of war crimes
were hanged at noon today in a
Smolensk square before . 50,000
onlookers. M
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1 A new spray has been developed
which kills weeds among vege
tables at a cost of less than $12
per r.cre, as compared with about
$G0 for hand-pulling methods. '
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