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' A?r n 7i . 'i l Iff Y i M I t 1 If J M m Firemen Seqrcli Blast Wreckage 7 A NINETY-nrTH YEAR 18 PAGES Salfrcu Or9on Friday MorniiKj. icmbr 23. 194S Ka.237 1 . ft V. M IlrcaMii esrch for Tictims la the wreckage of a warehouse-apartment halI41af deotroyed br aaezplalBed blast at Santa Barbara, Calif. FlTt bodies were remoTed from the debris, while five other nertoM were, lnjartd. (AF Wlrephote) ffTT' SlHZHjjQB trams 2 Women Hit In Downtown Salem Accident , Most of the attenUoa respect ing, the postwar army hat been absorbed by the discussion of the proposal for. universal military training Little reference has been made to the future of the national guard and the organized reserve which are the civilian components, cf our defense sys tem a r v,?rnt to the sti&4f lng anii."nk- Krfland Wednes day, Brig. Gen. Tom Rilea, ad jutant general on leave, stated that the national guard would be continued on an expanded basis, If appropriations come through. and further, that the 41st divi aion would be reactivated as a northwest national guard divi' Ion. The acting adjutant gener aL Brig. Gen.. Raymond Olson, had similar assurance on a recent trip to the national capital. . . The national defense act of . 1020 set up an excellent frame of organization for the national de fense. , It never was realized in full, but t h e skeleton is . still sound: the army,, the organized reserve and the national guard. There .was some talk about aban doning. the national guard, which Is state-connected, and having the federal government establish a separate military training or ganization of civilians. This idea has been dropped. It was found that the expense would be ter rific, and the . states still .would feel it necessary to maintain' a state guard in addition as a mil itary force available to maintain order if the police complements i: proved insufficient. Since the chances of passage of the May-Gurney bin for- uni rcrs&l ' ' (Continued on Editorial Page) HopesFor iners GrowDim Rescue Workers 7000 Feet From Trapped Men PINEVILLE,, Ky Dec 27 K Rescue 'workers trying to .reach more than 30 trapped miners here are at least 7000 feet from the area. where the men are. be lieved - - entombed. Earl Lewis, superintendent of the No. 1 mine of thef Kentucky ' Straight . Creek Coal company, said tonight - Previous estimates had placed the rescue teams within 200 feet of the trapped men. Lewis, son ' of owner W. ' E. Lewis, had Just emerged after 26 hours in the mine with a res cue" crew. "It would be a miracle if they found even one of those men alive," Lewis told the Associated Press in an exclusive interview. There is not even a mouse alive In there." The mine superintendent was the first man to enter the mine yesterday after the explosion, and officials and workers were agreed that he knows every foot of the Santa's Alaskan Neighbors Show : Fear of Jolly Gent KOTEZEBUE, ' Alaska, Dee, tS -(Pi- Santa Clans appear ance at a community observ ance at this, town far'north of the Arctic circle nearly broke up the party. His resemblance to the fear ed little hldlnr men". an Eskimo superstition of beings believed responsible lor .many 1 evTJ deeds sent the children Into a near panic. Some cUmbed over the teats and Jammed the door trying to get oat; others tore C the wings - off - tableaa "angels"' and broke shepherds) "erooka: y- '.,?.-'; :: Santa nnmasked and reveal ed himself as one el the com- manity's parents. . Things . then ,mieted down,.- ; G. M. To Deliver sift ifSii&i Oecision ; ;;Atom ' WASHINGTON, Dec 27--(aVnie foreign sec retaries of the U. Russia and Britain annotmced these agreements; , Russia Agrees to Broaden1 Balkan Governnients : Salem's 194S traffic toll got In last minute blow Thursday i!?8 mine better than one else on General Motors To Tell Hearing Plans Today The possIbilitT - of two ; big strikes -increased- the- nation's in dustrial" problems 1 a s t " night: while General Motors corporation, party v to - another: dispute, an nounced its representative- would attend President - Truman's fact finding hearing, today, to present a formal statement regarding .the company's position "with respect to further. proceedings." The new strikes notices of which nave been served by two unions would affect the electri cal and telephone industries. Officials of the CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine workers in New! York termed a walkout of 200.000 workers in WASHINGTON, Dec 27-- rjlants of General Motors. West- Hauea as a xore-runner 01 an un- inghouse and General Electric proved orld economy, the Bret-1 nnevitable1 and . said it might be ton Woods monetary agreements I called late next iweekJ 1 were formally signed today by 28 1, . of the.45 nations which had draft- trttt ... V. T. , ui( mm oj ax m iwvu Avavaasjt Japan .China " By Doaglas B, Cornell ' "Washington, . Dee. 27 jp) Foreign ministers of the United States, Britain and Russia for mally announced tonight agree ments on . governing Japan and Korea '. and on' United Nations control of atomic power. , s . In a lengthy communique they proposed, in effect that the Unit ed Nations security council see to it that atomic -energy is used "only for; peaceful purposes. , The mmmnntqpw nwTpM ,N'P results- 10-day conference in'.. " lioscow 10I -Secretary of State There must 1 a unified aftfV BxjBesqroreign"ecretary Bevjn The United Nations assembly ' ' meetirnr next month should set up a commission v to propose controls of atomic energy. Genera MacArthur remains in ; chanre. But a commission of 11 nations is established to fix policies and a coun cil of four nation is established to advise the com mander and wyiew hlg actioiis. . - 28 Nations Sign Bretton Woods Monetary Pact ' democratic .China .under - the national (Chiang Kai-shek) government", TheA 'U.S. and Russia win withdraw their. troops'as. soon .as ieasioie. , . 1 The U. S. and Russia will form a joint commission to unify norea. a iour-power trusteeship will be establish ed for a period up to five eyars. An independent Ko rea is the ultimate aim. : - r -v - Treaties! Final peace treaties with Italy, Romania.' Bulsraria. Hungary and Finland will be concluded along lines announced Christmas day. . ... The governments of Ro- 9 mania and Bulsraria now recognized by Russia will be broadened, looking toward their recognition by the U. S. and Britain. 1 labor conciliators, General Elec- tol and ' Marioh streets at 7:30 pjn. Mrs. MatUe White, 54, 595 Statesman st, and Mrs. Lillian White, 72, a resident of the Meth odist Old People's home, 1625 Center si, were crossing the high' way at Marion street when . the accident occurred. Both, women ed them in July, 1944. Russia was the only big power I A m UHCUk UUt UiC wu uuut VCV W J. to ratify and sign as one of the tbe strike. The executive board of the ERMW meets Jan. 5 to ar range the walkout, authorized by the union of demands rate V increase; Negotiations : be- Co unists walkout, authorized br f TVI 4 membership In support I wl VP V I fiW fT Is for a $2 a day wage V " V t1A XXJl China Truce Lewis said the mine- is almost exactly two and one-fourth original 45. The larger nations miles long, and expressed the be-1 ,1,. wer the United states. lief that the miners! bodies would Great Britain, France and China. oe louna at me iar -ena 01 uie , The agreements establish a $9,- tunnel. . - . 100.000.000 international bank to l-jTTr;LVrrzr, r i " o:iivt" nau imaKe loans 10 riciD reuuua ana convinced that the 31 names on rehabilitate war - torn countries werTuncomdo mt of men to whom $8,800,000,000 fund to keep - Mwhxle, imependent umon were unconscious when taxen to 1., vesterdar mornins 1 IT. .' ' ...t.:ii.-i -v.-f-i spokesmen said a nation wide Salem - General hospital where ""I . . ' . 7V'. I "jj.j . vftrktnnnn h-r tlnhftn. C W7" their condition was. reported I. f-w v- - I Y. r. . . . lnVivM micrht rmaiit from a strike uMt . ws - - - 1 uexi xonaaj dj ui uuiex- tuuii-1 - . . . . . . - 1 - - others" but he doubted it m M?anif tthI Ior ne mursaay Dy wesxern i full-dress peace discussions, sub- Hillard U Golden, 910 Ship- wf. loi tar nf.. Electric company workers in the mitted in writing today their plan ping tu was the driver olthe Wnltr NnrWlfl ence at Bretton Woods, N. H. Aft- w,ew xorx-wew jersey area. CHUNGKING Dec 27 - VP) - er that date, a nation wishing to polen ChfgCd Tlth Nnminaiinns Fllpfl participate, will have to be ap-U 1 - ni" tJ . to give right of way to a pedes- iominaiions iuea pToved by the fund or bank Salem Merchants u ion, iuiu ie,iAuuiUtuu car pending investigation. The nomination of Walter Nor- blad as independent republican candidate for congress from the first Oregon district became offi cial Thursday when it was filed I boards. TEACHING TO APPLY - Employes of state departments who had tought school before as-1 twice at the state department in suming. their, present Jobs 'may Salem. count the years they spent teach-1 One candidacy was given by the ins in applying for benefits under assembly which met in Astoria on the state's new public employes' Wednesday night; the other was posed retirement pension system. Attor-1 the result of action by the first ner General George Neunder rul-1 congressional committee, which 1 United Nations organization were ed Thursday. , I met in Salem on December 8. for a truce to end China's civil turmoil. "All we can do is hope," declar ed Chou En-Lai, head of the com munist delegation, on emerging from the preliminary conference at " which the rival factions met formally for the: first time since Nov.-17, fM M J? To close or not to close?-Thai kJS - is ftequesfion which will beposed Tthr 0 SodI LONDON, Dec. 27-)-Ali pro- ntvV a?T f, Th. 2 ertson, U A charge d'affaires, also sed sites in the midTwest and HJl:. attended by representatives of the south for a world capital for the East Coast to Get UNO Site To Discuss Dec 31 Holiday proposal 14 t n in'4 4a 4AlantAmn (am ruled out tonight by the UNO pre- Z paratory commission's seven-man I rv. j I-V7 reau is asMng lomces or Salem government china's demo- Lakeview Man to Represent Draft Boards at timents on Monday closure pre ceding New Year's day. When merchants met to discuss closing Armistice day, they agreed Salem Electricity to ; Be Off for 3 Minutes Harry Ileed of the . Salem Elecn trie' Co.. announced Thursday night that ower service- to-Sa- 'Vm users jrom ine uonnevuie power plant would be interrupt- - ed for three minutes beginning at 4 un. Saturday: December '29: The interruption has been made necessary by the installation ' of larger transformers which will be rut .into operation at the time of the break in service. Animal Cracltcrs By WAKEN GOODRICH.,'. wm i,f ncrrir t iamOf arm you rvjuirb . uVr tolacco bust?" (Picture on -page 14) O. C Gibbs, Lakeview attor ney, whose name was drawn' in yesterday's selective service "re verse lottery," will go to - Wash ington, D. C to return the presi dent's greetings : and. represent Oregon draft boards at ceremon ies at the White House on Jan- nary 21. ..- ' .- Gibbs is a member of, the Lake county selective service: boards He gety an expense-paid round trip to tlie nation's capital - and , a. two-day-stay there. - . . Mrs. Earl . Snell, wffe of Ore-f gon's . governor, v drew " Gibbs name at the state capitol build-! lng.'and picked also from the 101 names of board members who have served continuously since selective service became 'law in October,' 1940, .the names-et. the following alternates:- ; -, " Reuben W. Wei?, - Hillsboro, Washington county board No.- 1; Alfred D. Collier, Klamath Falls, Klamath county, board No, t; and George H. .Bell, : Stayton, Marion county - board- No. - 3. However, Gibbs hits declared he wtU.'g. to Washington.- ' "There are 262 board members and former board members who served two, years or more," and thus are eligible -for a congres sional medal and certificate for their . services, which they. ' gave without pay. 'There now are 171 draft board members in the state. ..Governor Snell will present the two-year medals on behalf of congress at ceremonies to be held In Portland, Salem, Eugene, Medford, Klamath Falls, Bend, Baker and The Dalles. Also present at today's draw ing were Col. Elmer V. Wooton, L state selective service Uirector, and his wife; Governor - Snell; Maj. Troy D. Walker of the state paratory investigating committee. The action . by . the committee, expected to leave for the United States next week to make "on the snot" investieations. eliminated to lock doors ion iNovember lCbut bids from all cities except those 1 expressed the! wish to keep. stores in 10 Atlantic coast seaboard I open uecemDer ;sit Kooerc weea,- states. ? - ham, president of the bureau, said States still in the running,' the Thursday. However, some have committee said, .are Maine. New now expressed a desire to close Hampshire, Vermont, Massaehu-1 so that the threelay holiday (Sun- ies. honoring the nation's draft setts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, I day, Monday, Tuesday) may be board members will be one rep-1 New York, Pennsylvania, , New used for taking of inventory, Need- resentative from each state. 41 Jersey and Delaware. I ham added I selective service staff, and news paper reporters.' At the White House ceremon Chou insisted the plan text of which was withheld called for an "unconditional" truce, but - the government had. asserted that as made orally last week it contained some booby traps. ' " , . J fsi '" m 't . ; . r ! ft ' t " 2 Planes Lost In Northwest SEATTLE, Dec. y, 27-iP)-The 13th naval district" said tonight two marine-piloted fighter planes of the navy ferry command were missing, after encountering - thick and soupy .weather on a flight from the ' Seattle naval air stay tion to Portland, Ore." ;-' u The district spokesman said a second flight also had made the trip, landing safely, but -only two of the four craft in the first group got through, one of these coming down in a crash, landing at Bea- iverton. Ore. Z ' i , ". ,Britain.--faidSovietr Foreign twumuar xa.oioiov, .-. -Eassia t Jeht ' ; For Japan, they agreed that " Russia should Join a revised fir "' eastern polky '. commission and ' serve with Britain, China and the ' United States on a control coun cil. Gen. 'i Douglas MaeArmur still would play a dominant role as chairman of the council and ' "sole' executive authority for the -allied powers in Japan." ' j The big three foreign secre taries said they were in accord, too, on: .: j 'v 1. Reorganizing the Romanian government to. "free and unfet tered elections" wl - be - held as soon as, possible ind Britain and America can recognize the ex panded government. Reds Rececnlse " , ' - ';. 2. .. Broadening the - Bulgarian government so that this country and Britain also can recognize it. (Russia , recognizes the present governments of both Romania and Bulgaria.) . I - . : 3. Setting tip for Korea a pro- visional democratic government" and a four-power, five-year trus teeship -with "a view to the re- -establishment of . Korea as an in dependent state." Cv - The three foreign secretaries re affirmed adherence to a policy of . "non-interference" in the internal affairs of China. And Byrnes and Molotov said they were in "com plete accord as to the desirability of withdrawal of soviet and Amer ican force from China at the ear- liest practicable -moment consis tent with the discharge of their obligations and responsibilities." - The three top diplomats at the conference had announced, on ChrisUnas eve, plans to - call, 'a -21-nation conference by May 1 to consider peace treaties for Italy. Romania, Hungary,-Bulgaria and, Finland. The communique repeat ed that announcement. ; ' 1 It wound up with the plan for safeguards against atomic destruc tion. In general, the plan followed the arrangements recommended last November by Britain, Canada and the United States the coun tries which 'share the. secret of making atomic bombs. .. ! Atom Reflation . - Russia agreed to join these three today." Johnson told a reporter. I nations in offering a resolution on "Why, we've got more regular ?c to meeting army colonels than the governor Umte? NaUons Z1 President Ready For Return flight To White House , KANSAS CITY, Dee. fl-iJP) , rresldent Trnman ordered 'kla big C-54 readied tonight for bis return to . Washington as his Catrisfero -tiallday-eanM to an end , with another round el vis iting and bandahaklngv . The "Sacred Cow," In which he flew to Kansas City Christ mas day, was scheduled to lake off at 9:30 a. m. EST tomorrow for the eapitaL where he will begin work on a nation-wide speech to the people. , Army Colonels Outnumber Lieutenants WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-(AV Senator Johnson (D-Colo) urged the war department today to "re duce the number of colonels and get more bright young second lieutenants." ' i "We've got an army of colonels sembly hi London' next month. France and China were Invited to sponsor the resolution, too. - f "It provides for the general as sembly to establish a control com mission wito the same member nations as - the ' security ' council plus Canada, " ; . j . The '. commission's reports and recommendations Would go to the security council. Thus each- of five big .'powersthe . United , 4 States, PITTSBURGH. Fa Dee. 27 The city limits of Los Angeles extended clear to Pittsburgh today, inso far as the above-shown taxi Is concerned. It came across eonntry with five marines who refused to 'bo bold vp by the train-plane-bns bottleneck' on the west coast They and their driver weroper weary from ii days of traveL Left to right are Sgt. Helvin Upton, Niagara Falls, N. T.j Sgt. S. Orisohn, Los Angeles, and Sgt Gordon W. Edwards, Queens, L. L (AP Wirephoto to ; The States man). (Story oa page 2) R - "- " , y 2 Urosby Ke tains Gmvn. Van JoHnson Second HOLLYWOOD. Dec. .27P- Bing Crosby was named .the mo-i vie box office leader - again r ni 1945 in a poll of exhibitors cbn-f ducted by the. , Motion Picture Herald. ' - ' i-, . ' ; Ranked in the top 10 in six of the 14 annual polls, Crosby scored heavily in - "Going ; My Way," which the Herald said has grossed $8,000,000. Crosby also appeared this year.: in "Here Comes , the WAVES," "East Side of Heaven,'; TJufrySi Tavern, and "served as the voice, of Eddie - Bracken in- X5ut of This World." 3 ;; . , y an Johnson was ranked as the No. 2 drawing power, followed In order by Greer G arson, Betty Grable and Spencer Tracy, with Humphrey. Bogart and Gary Coo- tied for sixth; Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien and Roy Rogers. From 10th place to 25th, here's how they finished;- ot Kentucky has honorary col onels." ;- .- ,-; , ... . "I just asked the war depart ment for its list of regular com missioned officers," Johnson said. "It shows we have 3337- Benten ant colonels and only 2295 second lieutenants. . We've got more col onels and lieutenant colonels than we have first lieutenants. "; "lieutenants and captains are valuable, to an army. Too many Russia.. France, Britain and China older colonels are worthless, y , 1 would have "veto authority over -r"We have so many colonels tor I any major action -dealing" witlx. day it s. almost a ; comic opera I atomic questions." army.' Convict Escapes from Penitentiary Annex .. Charles Breeden, S3, an inmato of . the state penitentiary escaped from the annex sometime Thurs day, after 4:30 p.mU the state po lice reported. Breeden was. sen tenced from .Multnomah county burglary charge. He is de- Box Office f on a Abbott and Costello, Betty Hut- ton. Inffrid 'Rprpman TZAtlA TWvi Alan Ladd, Dane Clark, Joseph Bp M 5 ie 8.inches taU and Cotten, Claudette ; Colbert Wal- weignmg v. k cc. tor Pidgeon, Fred MacMurrav. Drown .ana - Danny Kaye, Gregory PecX Gin-1 Pw"-. The distmguishing feature ger Rogers, John Wayne ?and .n,v-y .- Mickey- Rooney. yy: ' Prominent mouth. f -'Crosby won the poll'i top spot FRANCE MAX. APPROVE :i i in 48441 Betty " Grable in 1942. PARISH Dec. : 27. rWi Official Abbott and Costello in -1942.1 sources 'said today that Franco Mickey Rooney in 1933, 1940 and would. probably approve .the Mos- 1941,'i Shirley Temple from'. 1835 cow conference peace treaty pro- to 1933 inclusive, Will Rogers in posals tomorrow, .provided .they 1934 and Marie Dressier in 1932. contain no debatable tnatter." "I and 1932. -'. . ;.":-: V ' V: ' ' " " "' " ' .'Far. western- pictures" exclus-i 7eallier.:'-?: y(y"-y " ively, the poll this , year shows Max. Mm.': Bam trvr. m. - - I sateM ' M. os Eugoto Portland Seattle 55 S3 60 11 40 J M Si Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Haves. William BoydT Bill Elliott 1 saa FrandKo o .- t Tnv 1I..V I Wlllinwtt rtvvr ft. Z J nv Vi W. FORECAST it&m 0.s7 werther bo- Brown, Charles Starrett, Red I reao. McNary field. Salem): Showers. T49i-rv T T?:tfpr mmi V.nA Cam- occasional periods of clearing. Wind of . - - , -. . I is to 20 m riJi- decroasukc Mazlmi eron. . ItcmBoraturo Sa Cecxeca. h i '.., '.''