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U. S. Continues
To Transport
China Troops
CHUNGKING, Dec. 2-(r)-Tht
arrival of Central Marshall from
. Nanking u followed by. a China
Central Newt agency report today
that U.S. Seventh fleet tranaoorU
had debarked central government
troopa from Haiphong at the
a. a .
iancauran port ei rfulwlao on
Friday. The number landed "was
not perilled.
Report from Peiptng aaid that
one concrete effect of Marshall's
first talks with Generalissimo
i Chiang Kai-Shek on peace for
, China was a brightened prospect
fur the use of U. S. ships to carry
huge Chinese occupation forces to
Manchurlan ports. 1
A dlfpatch from Nanking said
the first conference last night was
"extremely cordial" and lasted for
two hours. The discussions will be
resumed tomorrow when Chiang
and Madame Chiang fly in from
Nanking.
Yuletide Plans
Usual at Little
White Housed
US Production Moving Despite
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22,-CrVThe labor department counted
up the strikes since V-J day today and concluded that most of
the nation's industrial plants "are -proceeding with production
without work stoppage or significant labor-management con-
troveriies." - ' -' ' 1 r ; ' ;
From the end of hostilities in the Pacific through Dec. 21,
the department i estimated that
The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. December 23. If IS
Confess to
State Building
Program May1
Be Delayed
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Dec.1 22
-aVExcept for President Tru
man's scheduled attendance , at
three Christinas dinners' with all
the trimmings. Yuletide plans
were "as usual at the "little
White House" this year.
Last minute gift shopping, un
accompanied by secret service
men. In the stores around the
town square, Christmas tree dec
orating, and menu planning, in
cluding a 33 pound turkey with
plain sage, dressing, have absorb
ed the attention of the first lady
and her daughter since their ar
rival late Wednesday night. ;
More strenuous, gastronomically
speaking, are the items on the
president's Christmas agenda. !
Present plans call for the first
of the chief executive's three
feasts to be served at home im
mediately after his arrival from
Washington Christmas day.! A
second dinner .will be held at his
mother's home . in . Grandview,
with "maybe' a big Missouri
ham. his sister, Mbts Mary Jane
Truman, admitted. The third
rmeal will be eaten with his aunt
across the street , from his Inde
pendence home. ! '
If bids on the construction of
the new patients cottage at Fair
view home, state institution for
the mentally incompetent, are
considered out of reason when
they , are called early In January
it is possible that a considerable
portion of the state's postwar
building program may be delayed
until labor costs and material
prices are stabilized.
The entire state building pro
gram involves an expenditure of
$10,000,000 approved by voters at
a special election last June, of
which $8,000,000 Is to be spent by
the state board of control and
$4,000,000 by the state board of
higher education. Another $3,500,
000 had been appropriated by pre
vious legislature for postwar con
struction.
"It is our desire to proceed with
the entire program," one member
of the board said recently, "but
present costs may tend to throttle
the prospects of early construe
tion."
Just how high building costs
must be to over-balance what has
sometimes been described as "the
desperate need" for more accom
modations at the state hospita
here, other state institutions and
the crowded colleges no one has
said. ,
Some officials have predicted
that a settlement of strikes, par
ticularly in the lumber industry,
might result in a level of build
ing costs which would invite con
structi6n without material delay.
about 1650 work stoppages occur
red. The conciliation service was
instrumental; In settling - 1236 - of
the 1450 which were terminated,
the labor department said.
Strikes or lockouts since V-J
day involved about 1,550,000 work
ers who lost about 24,000,000 man
days of work 84100 per cent of
the total available working time
of the nation's wage earners.
The figures do not include plants
shut down or crippled because of
the lack of materials or parts from
plants closed by strikes.
Bishop Baxter
Recovering
From Wounds
PASADENA,' Calit; Dec. 22.-
Cf)-Dr. Bruce Jt Baxter, 53, Meth
odist bishopfof the Portland area.
was recovering today from slash
wounds and hospital attendants
said he would be released.
The bishop was unable to ac
count for the attack- last night,
He told police that when he got
out of his car at a street intersec
tion a "large negro" grabbed him
When Dr. Baxter resisted, the
man fled after, striking out with
a, sharp weapon. He made no de-
theatre broke , and fell on him.
Bowen, a doorman at the theatre,
had been irt the basement and
was ascending a . ladder leading
to the street wheri the ladder fell
and the doors crashed in, cutting
his scalp. .
The first aid. squad ' answered
the call and took Bowen to a
local hospital where his condition
was reported' as not serious. :
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Police Comb
Sweet Home
Area for Men
ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 22-rV
Sherifrs officers and state police
mand for money or valuables.
Superficial wounds on the left I tonight! were combing the Sweet
hand and left side were reported Home area for several men want-
by Huntington Memorial hospital I edV in robbery of three Browns-
The deDartment said in a state-1 where Dr. Baxter was treated. He I ville stores.
ment accompanying its routine was asked to remain there' for Sheriff Mike Southard reported
November strike figures, that: - observation and today his condi-1 arrest of Jack Orville Mann, of
Labor 4 management disDUtes tion was described as "good." Corvallis, a former Sweet Home
which result In strikes often over-1 Dr. and Mrs. Baxter came here resident, on a charge; of burglary.
shadow the fact that most of the 1 to visit friends. He is the former I He is being held in the Linn
nation's industrial plants are pro- dean of the University; of South
ceeding with production without ern California school of religion
work stoppages or significant; la- and former presdent of Willamette
bor-management controverses. 4 I university.
tn Twwnt mnnthi man? ttlanf I t
have granted, without mjr jdlffl- CJJ-IL nnA1,B
culties, wage jincrea-s under the loIQewaiK. i-FOOrS
president's announce- wage-price si f
policy.! Several hundred general IOliapS, inquire
wage increases made since- v-J
day have Already come to the at
tention of the department of labor,
covering a large number i of in
dustries. I
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county jaiu f !
The sheriff said. Mann
charged with helping others
crack a safe' at the Graham phar
macy and getting $2000, dynamit
lng safe at the Carlson hard'
ware where they; obtained $1000
and entering : the Chambers gro
cery where they stole $100 from
a ' cash . drawer. ' , 4 4
Albany Police Chief R. L.
Chandler said Mann was also
Face Problems
Upon Return
By Willkun Y. Arbegast
WASHINGTON, Dec. IIMJPY-
No congress in recent years has
faced S election-year docket
laden with controversy a that
which confronts the 79th when it
reconvenes next month. ;. '
Between January 14 when they
come back from vacation, and
next summer I when they hope to
get away for; political campaign
ing, 1 the legislators must grapple
with more than a dozen f major
subjects, each primed with poli
tical dynamite. j '
There are many items on Pres
ident Truman's legislative pro
gram that haven't been acted on,
and there are many others, not
qn the chief! executive's priority
list, that are likely to become bit
ter issues. , j I ;
The senate in particular faces
a prospect of diving immediately
into a row, f with Senators Ball
(R-Minn) and Chavez (D-NM)
planning to bring up the Mil for
a permanent fair . employment
practices committee.
has. started trouwe every .
has come up. Senator buw w
Miss) already has let it oe Known
he will filibuster. .
fim tim before May 15, con
gress must decide what it wants
to do about the ;dra law. It ex-
nina thm. and many nmnoen
of congress want it to . go right
on with its dying. -
Th Hccislon on the draft prob-
mkfrw wl h couDled ' with uni
versal military training legislation
the- president has requested. The
house military committee is In the
midst of hearings on peacetime
military training now.
Before the end of June, some
decision must be reachfd about
price control if i-gjgl. .done.
the controls enu u
for the priceomrol law expire!
on June SOT945-
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t.Lta. Price S42S0. Fnooe
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Dwight Bowen, 18, 1690 MiU
st., escaped serious injury Satur
day night at 9 o'clock .when the I listed wanted in connection with
steel overhead doors in the side- a robbery and burglary of a safe
walk in xront ox uie xasinore 1 m jsenion county,
flOAFEftS wanted
II . . k $10 per mnth
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22
Tentative assignment of 42
(frequency ' modulation) : radio
channels to Oregon was announc
ea today by the federal com
munications commission.
The tentative allocations for
the state are: Albany, two chan
nels; Astoria, two; Baker, two;
Bend, two; Coos Bay, two; Cor
vallis, one; The Dalles, two; Eu
gene, two; Grants Pass, two;
Klamath Falls, three; LaGrande,
two; Medford, two; Pendleton,
two; Portland, 12; Roseburg, two;
Salem, two.
ers on
Buying Spree
By the Associated Prew -
A Christmas buying spree un
precedented in years set the pace
for a busy week in business and
finance. '
An: Associated Press survey dis
closed thej average Christmas shop
per was ( buying witn abandon;
was paying going prices for mer
chandise and in most cases -con
sidered the ' "best" none too good
in this first peacetime Christmas
in five years.
Dun & i Bradstreet estimated
retail volume for the country as I
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a wnoie was o w iv per ccqv uek-
ter than last year's busy week.
Extraordinary turnover in re
tail and Other business establish
ments, coupled with lavish cash I
gifts,!' combined to push money in
circulation j $187,000,000 higher
than; in Vie' preceding week..
A ! stream ol extra dividends,
bonuses and increased pay bright
ened! the j economic outlook of
mm
wm
millans of persons.
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PARIS, Dec. 22 - (A1) - Wide
spread speculation that the cabi
t net would meet tomorrow ! in a
' special session to decide on deval
uation of the franc appeared both
In the press and financial circles
today, but there was no official
confirmation.
sembly predicted that devaluation TlU man Slips in
!lJr.ii:tJ!ff-S. the Wire
y i ') vii iiiiu mm Kau4iin kuwuua &uu
scale resumption of international
trade,' would be enacted before
December 31. ' .
The government is known to
want to stabilize its money be
fore ratification of the Bretton
Woods monetary agreement,
scheduled for debate in the con
stituent assembly the day ' after
Christmas.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -Jfy-
Have you ever arrived at the bank
just a few minutes after closing
time?
Well, that's what happened 1 to
President Truman today. Only he
got in.
The doorman recognized the.
president and the tellers were
happy to take care of his pre-
Christmas business.
New Restaurant
Holds Open House
Normandy Manor, . Salem's I
newest restaurant, will be open
for 'public; inspection Tuesday
fromj: 4 to 8 p.m., preceding its
official opening on Wednesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Flax, ope
rators, announced Saturday.
The restaurant, located at 2650
S. Commercial st, , was formerly
the jhome of the Rose Lawn
funeral home.
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CONVICT RETURNS TIE
DENVER. Dec. 22-P)-Frank
Dillon, Denver probation officer, Yakima Contributes to
receivea a unruunas ue irom 4, r
S. Cillespie in the state peniten-j Keilliy Foundation
tiary whom he picked up for vio
lating parole several weeks ago.
On examining the tie he found It
was his one that was In the
glove compartment of his car
when: he drove, Cillespie to jail.
FALSE ALARM AT HOSrTTAL
Whistles snd an apparent dis
turbance at the Oregon State hos-
pital at approximately 11 AO p. m.
Saturday, noted by residents of
the neighborhood, were the result
of a false fire alarm, attendants
said.
SPOKANE, Dec. 22-(P)-Yaki-
ma's contribution of $10,000 to the
Sister Kenny foundation for in
fantile paralysis control is the
largest' received from any of the
19 Inland Empire cities and towns
reporting so far. State Chairman
Joe Albi said today.
The drive in Yakima is headed
by Orin E. (Babe) Hollingbery,
former Washington State college
football coach.
Contract Averts :-
Denver Paper Strike
DENVER, Dec. 22 -(JP) The
Denver i Rocky Mountain . News
(Scripps-Howard) and the Amer
ican Newspaper Guild (CIO)
signed a contract today, averting
a strike; which had been approv
ed by white collar employes if
necessary to obtain wage in
creases. I
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mooring - basin . here for j small
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US, district engineer corps.: it was
learned here today.
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REMEMBERWHEN
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to cut the Christmas tree instead
of buying one at the grocery? That
tree was almost too large to pull
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