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To) Dfiri nn MEM? o LAi. .11 I - I ' STOCKTpN. Calif, March 9 HAD YOUR CAE STOLEN LATELY? Here' the answer. The Jack Y eater of Stockton, Calif own a 20 pound African lion "erasy about riding." When they park the ear the' lion stays In and they write "Dancer Keep away" on the ear window with soap. This pic tore was made when the Yeagera Visited San Francisco. Onlooker Is unidentified. (AP WlrephoU) OtP ecaaroe mo mora Much of the appeal for housing is In . the name of war veterans, Returning from the war, anxious to establish their own homes, these men have bumped head-on let the housing shortage. As a result they have been put to all sort of expedients in living; trailer houses, shacks, furnished rooms, residing with ln-law. The legislation now being written and controls placed on materials are all designed to give preference to veterans. There is another class which is having difficult time of it to find places for living. subscrib er called up the other day to report the case of an elderly cou ple who were forced to move. Though they "scoured the town" they could find nothing and fi rally had to go to a hotel. Since they are dependent on old age assistance this can be but tem porary because of the expense. Recently I had a similar ex perience in trying to obtain liv ing quarters for an elderly man, finally sending him to the hospi tal for a few days until other prb- i.sion could be found for him. Everywhere the story was the t'rrB- Vn'l nn nn mnrt rrr,m I turning people away. This plight of the old folks is serious. Many have no relatives to look after them. Many are un able to search for a place of resi dence for themselves. It is strong ly .urged that those who could accommodate one or more of these aged persons report to the public welfare office. Phone 9241. I believe the state may ha"ve "to establish homes for the " (Continued on Editorial Page) STRIKE VIOLENCE LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 9-tP-Attempts at conciliation in the strike of the CIO Transport Workers union against the Louis ville Railway company were made today as violence broke out, resulting In three persons . being injured, one seriously. TO VACATE LEBANON PARIS, March 9 -JP)- The Trench foreign ministry an nounced today that the last Brit ish troops would leave Lebanon April 30 and that French forces Would be evacuated by degrees ending April 1, 1947. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Clothing shortage, old ckapV 8a Glacial Floes . Crush Homes In Michigan BAY CITY, Mich., March 9-UP) Swept Inshore by strong wind gusts, huge ice floes moved gla cier-like on fashionable Lake Huron beach resorts before dawn today, crushing a community of cottages under a weighty impact. In the wake of the freak ice rampage were 48 destroyed sum mer homes of fashionable Kit larney and Ricomo beaches. Elev en others were damaged. The gigantic floes were lifted onto the shore by wind and water and cracked into tumbling blocks that ground cottages off their foundations. Some piled as high as 40 feet. No Injuries were reported. Po lice said one family only partial ly clad waj'removgij front dan ger by neighbors. , ..- Damage was estimated at "more than $300,000" by state police, who said that figure might be topped when the area Is surveyed. Some residences were twisted around on their foundations at angles ranging up to 45 degrees. Living rooms and porches were filled with chunks of Ice, an eye witness reported. In one area only the housetops were visible oyer the ice and several cottages were surrounded completely. Red Cross at i Goal Mark With $20,597.87 reported col lected in the Marion county drive for Red Cross funds, workers. Saturday approached the one third mark toward the goal of $66,000, campaign headquarters announced. A considerable rise in the col lection total is expected Monday and Tuesday, as several of the large divisions made no Saturday report, it was predicted. Campaign Chairman Dr. E. E. Boring Saturday again requested that all chairmen turn In reports as rapidly as possible. It is hoped that the drive will be completed by the end of - the week, he said. 33 Killed, 500 Hurt as English Soccer Grandstand Collapse BOLTON, England, March 9- (JF)-At least 33 persons were killed and scores injured today In Britain's worst sports disaster wfcen two retaining barriers col lapsed in a soccer stadium grand stand, tumbling hundreds of LONDON. Sunday. March 10 A referee's decision to continue the soccer match between Bol ton and Stoke yesterday at Bolton after 33 persons were killed and more than 500 In jured when retaining barriers In a grandstand collapsed, was criticized In the British press today. The Sunday Pictorial's front page story was headlined: "The most horrible game ever played. 38 killed at cup tieand they went on playing football." screaming spectators forward and piling bodies four feet deep. Police said .four persons were injured seriously, 22 others were treated at hospitals and discharg ed and 500 were given first aid near the scene of the accident. i - 'J t . : i ! . i i v u : i : 1 i f NINETY -FIFTH YEAR 24 PAGES Salem. Oregon. Sunday Monetary Meeiuig Convenes Vinson Opens MeelinWith Warning1 Note i i ; By John F. Chester i SAVANNAH, Ga., March 9-;p) In a colorful inaujural ceremony in front of the massed flags of 43 nations, the governors of the $18, 800,000,000 international bank end monetary fund were told to day that theirs, was "a ' race against time for sanity" in re" building a sound world economy. The alternative was pictured bluntly by Secretary of the Treas ury. Fred M. Vinson, chairman at this first formal meeting of the International monetary confer ence, as a possible next and "last" war. British Speaker Vinson was joined by Lord Keynes of Britain, one of the key figures of Breton Woods, and by spokesmen for China, France, Mexico, and Czechoslovakia In urging the delegate! to breathe life quickly into the two lending or ganizations designed to promote world trade and facilitate foreign exchange transactions J In front of them in five close packed rows sat the governors selected by their countries as di rectors of the project initiated at the New Hampshire! meeting near ly two years ago. 'A J Observers ' ' In a single row behind them, under a placard labeled "observ ers," were representatives of eight of the ten eligible nations which have not yet rati field the Bretton Woods agreements.! I Fedor Bystrok vas the lone Russian in the row, but two of his aides, one of them a young woman, sat silently , behind him. j 1 2 Additional Filings in Mail' Two primary election filings, in addition to those received at the stale department hire prior to 5 p m. Friday, arrived in Saturday's mail and were accepted by state election officials. Envelopes con taining these filings were post marked prior to the (deadline. These filings; j F J. Winder, Portland,- repub lican, for state representative, 5th district, Multnomah j county. W. Joseph O'Connor, Baker, democrat, for state Representative, 27th district. Baker County. -I U Dan lane Survey Complete A survey of McNajry f'ield with a check on damage! done to the field during army - wartime use, was completed Saturday by J. R. "Hughes, army engineers. The survey precedes signing of a formal interim permit, next week, for use of the field by the city until the government lease is ter minated. The city has been operating the facilities under a temporary agree ment, Hughes was assisted by Wallace Hug, airport manager, and Tom Armstrong, chairman of the I city council aviation committee. The barriers collapsed shortly after the start of the champion ship match at Burden park stad ium attended by a record crowd of more thany70,000 persons. Bolton police said at first there were 38 dead, but later revised the total to 33. Two of the dead were women. J 1 Chest and head injuries killed 32 persons outright, j i The retaining barriers suddenly collapsed under the pressure of the tightly-packed crowd, : and spectators toppled from their standing positions in one grand stand : tier onto other persons standing bn lower tiers in the "cheat-seat" side of the stadium. As the screaming victims fell they were smothered 'by waves of spectators tumbling through the broken barriers. Some were swept over' a retaining wall! onto the playing field. Despite the accident the soccer game between Bolton and Stoke City, for the professional league cup Iwas suspended for only 26 minutes while ambulances, police and fire vehicles and private cars removed the casualties. euN The Statesman's. , Inquiring . . , Reporter . . . Today's question: Do you think Salem should have a city manager? (Spec) Keene, 540 Lefelle st., mer chant: "The city r w-aaa ,be run like any e. , ; l 1 designated head. . He should act as Q V j - coordinator, eni V J ciency expert and administra 7 tor a man LmJ ' L I trained to man age a large business. Since upend r Ing three years In the service, I am more than ever convinced that this (city manager) plan will get quicker results on many prob lerns;' Edith Shaffer, 605 Breys, secre- tarjy: "I've al ways thought the I city mana ger form of gov ernnHent would be a good thing becaiuse it would be more busi nesslike. And anything about 4i IffcM the housing pro-i-blem and rent situation, I'd al most finance it myself. Salem appears to me to be fully large enough to warrant a fulltime manager to look after its affairs.' H'llliam A. Lovelace. ,t 21st st. 159 N. sales- iman: "I think a city manager would be all right if it were fixed so we 9 t could get rid of such a manager if he weren't do ing all right. Sa lem is facing a lot of problems which need attention and a full- time' administrator probsbl could do a better Sob than some one who has his own business to look after, too." - j Fred Rnpp, 3295 8. Commercial St., a p p 1 1 a nee i1 electrician: "I do h '? not favor the l Z? city manager plan. I prefer ?V5? lection, the; tf democratic way, ; ' because with ap- pointment y ou X'p nave no way ui i , i. kn o w i n g who ' gets into office. ! The present set-up is O.K. We had the city manager plan in my home town. It worked all right there in a Small town but I don't think it would work here; there's too much opportunity for graft." Alice Dahlen. 990 N. 17th st.. stenographer: "I favor the city manager plan because it uses an experienced and s p e c i a lly trained adminis trator. He is not voted on by the people on a ba sis of popularity. I Th.ra 4a 1 politic involved, and fewer eouncilmen make for efficiency. It should also Improve the (ire department which would help the Insurance business." J. W. Slmeral, 1605 N. ISth st.. motion picture operator: "If. don't favor the city manager plan, because, it places too much , power in the central group. ; f Also, outside ! JL - J men are brought In to run the plan when there are plenty of capable men In Salem. I'm not in favor of the present set-up but I do favor the com mission form of government as it operates in Portland; I like that best." tC I (Editor' note: The "Inquiring Re porter" will ha a frequent feature In Tbe SUteoman. Queatiou will vary, and thoc partlrlpaunc tn tht thought provoklnc dtaruMlont will be choaen at random and maye take any alda of aa argument they wbta). Weather i Max. Salem 9 Eugene 72 Portland S4 Seattle 65 San Francisco 73 Mln. 31 33 34 37 46 Rain j Willamette river 0.3 ix. ! FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. Mc Nary field. Salem) : Partly cloudy today, becoming cloudy late to night, with light rains. Highest tem Roy 8. 4? r - tr -j. -' I f s- 1 perature S degrees. duo 1651 Morning, March 10. 1S46 Strikes Continue Decline Nation's Idle Less Hum Half Postwar Peak By the Aircciated Preti The nation's reconversion ture assumed the brightest pic hue since mid-January today as a new week opened with no new major strikes threatened for the immediate future and the number of utrike-idle continuing steady decline. Settlement of a 65 day old strike of Western Electric com pany employes in New York and New Jersey dropped the number of strike-idle in the nation to 757,000 less than half the peak of nearly 1,700,000 in late Jan uary. In San Francisco 7000 indepen dent machinists, whose strike has been branded "illegal and un sanctioned" by of(is of the In ternational Association of Ma chinists (ind), will vote today on whether to return to work. Major disputes still unsettled are the 110 day old strike of 175, 000 General Motors production workers; the seven weeks old strike of 175,000 CIO Electrical workers; a strike of 400,000 Unit ed Mine workers threatened for April 1, and a walkout of 300,000 trainmen and locomotive engi neers which was postponed for 30 to, 60 days last Friday pend ing an investigation by a fact finding board. Relative quiet prevailed on the labor front. Home Built in Single Day for Disabled Vet CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., March 9-W-A home for PFC. T. M. Jarvis, jr., who lost both legs in Germany, stood tonight on a lot that was vacant this morning. It is the gift of the citizens of Corpus Christie Brief flag raking ceremonies on the lot this morning inaugurated Jarvis day in Corpus Christi. Im mediately after the high school band had played the Star Span gled Banner, more than 200 union carpenters and craftsmen began work. Eight hours later, at 6 p.m. while roofing men were pouring tar and rocks on the virtually fin ished home, Jarvis was given the key to the house, a deed to it and an insurance policy covering the residence. The campaign was sponsored by the American Legion. Spends $6000 In 5-Day Spree PORTLAND, Ore., March aWP) A 15-year-old boy was Jailed here tonight after a five-day spending spree that Sheriffs Deputy Earl Anderson reported totaled almost $6000 the youngster admitted tak ing from his grandmother's purse. - Anderson said the youth told of spending over $2000 in Seattle, smashing up a $1250 car here which he Immediately replaced with a $1200 auto. The sheriff's deputy said the boy's grandparents lived In Red mond and had alerted police to their grandson's disappearance March 5. Anderson reported the boy had been paroled to his grand mother's care after being Involved in an auto theft here a few weeks ago while enrolled at a boy's pri vate 6chool. February Traffic Death Total Ties Slate Record Preliminary reports show that Oregon traffic fatalities for Feb ruary, 1946, skyrocketed to a to tal of 31 deaths, tieing the high est recorded February death toll in Oregon history, Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., an nounced Saturday. The high death toll was attrib uted to Inclement weather condi tlons. SEEKS SENATE PRESIDENCY PORTLAND, March 9 -(JF) State Senator Earl T. Newbry, Ashland, said here today he would be a candidate for the senate presidency. He is without oppo sition for reelection from this district aftaman Priest 5c No. 299 Fact Finder WASHING ION, March 9 Dr. Gordon S. Watklns (above), of the economic department, I'niversity of California, has been named by President Tru man to a three-man fact-finding board In the dispute threat ening a nationwide . railroad strike. (AF uirephoto) GOP, Southern Democrats to Organize Bloc WASHINGTON, March 9-(P)-A large group of southern demo crats and republicans teamed up today in an organized bid for con trol of congress. Their leaders disclosed forma tion in the house of an informal ten-member committee to recom mend a course of action. They said a similar organization is planned In the senate. Their immediate goal is to whittle down the powers of OPA, but the political and legislative potentialities are much broader. The committee has been in structed to draft a substitute for pending legislation continuing the agency beyond its June 30 ex piration date. If the OPA drive succeeds, many of the group plan to extend their joint activities to other fields, and gradually as sume the driver's seat on nearly all important legislation. Paratroopers Refuse Jump. WASHINGTON. March 9 -(JP)- Prized wing insignia and boots were summarily stripped from 168 parachute troopers who re fused to Jump from planes In a training exercise at Fort Bragg, N. C, last month, lt was disclosed today. The men were transferred to other army units. Reports to the war department said the Jump was staged as scheduled, however, on February 16, with the Mexican secretary of war a spectator. Why the Fort Bragg group re fused to Jump was not specifically stated but officials assumed that with the war months past the men did not care to face the hazards Involved in stepping out of a speeding plane and drifting to the ground. Salem Basks Under Balmy Weather Salem s streets were crowded Saturday with people enjoying the balmy weather. Shirt sleeves were In evidence and gardeners were hard at work. The day's maximum tempera ture of 69 degrees was the high est March temperature since 1942, when it rose to 72 degrees. Sat urday's record was also the high est since October 29 last year. SILVERTON LEVY APPROVED SILVERTON, March 9 (Special) An Increase of $31,631.73 in the school tax levy over the six per cent limitation was approved in special election here today. Vot ing was 56 for and 21 against the measure. NO OIL AT 6847 FEET PORTLAND, March 9-(P)-The Texas company's test well Cooper mountain No. 1 was reported drilling at the 6847-foot level to day without a show of oil. MARINE POINTS TO DROP WASHINGTON, March 9 -(JP) The marine corps will drop the critical score for all men from 42 to. 40 points on Monday. ( V Y MM if nil Communist Uprising Feared Witji Flames Spreading Oyer City Chineae Fly in Officials; Hnilliuh Free For First Time in Nearly Years SHANGHAI, Sunday, March 1(MP)-RoAian trooft have withdrawn completely from Mukden but the situation there is tense, with fires of undetermined origin raging anal a communist uprising feared, the Chinese central newt agency, reported today. The agency dispatch said, alleged Chinese communUt forces were active in the suburb and it was feared they might attempt to seize control of the hungry, sprawling city of 2,000,000. Before evacuating the city the Russians turned over their garrison duties to the Chinese. A Chinese central government force of some 14,000 men has been in Mukden for son? weeks, but until the Russian eacution wa restricted to a limited section of th city and actual control had been in Kus-ii,n hands. There was no estimate of the strength of the alleged communist forces in the area. Trainloads of Russian troops from Mukden already have airbed in Changchun, the Manchurian capitfil, the rrnttel nrw saM, and t th ers traveled south to Port Arthur, where the Mnofovlet treaty author ize Russia to station t loops. " Factories Stripped of Machinery American coi lespondents ivho recently viited Muk.Ien found I la 1 1 m " . ..... H . nunareos oi Japanese ouill lactone were told by the Kilsmuh commander thi.t J;paneie tcoou captuied in Manchuria had been shippod to Sibeiia i nd that. the Ruuijns had no repatriation program in mind. The news that Manchuria' largest city was in Chinese hanria again after almost M'a year of foreign t.truipation wji greeted w.th relief in Chungking and eaed some of the tension aroui in recent weeks over Manchurian development. Chinese reports said that 560 central gn et nment officul assumed to take over administration of the vast territory would be at their pri by Monday. They are being flown into Manchuria in chartered plane. Some 14,0000 central governmtfrt troops already were in Mukden, but up to now their movements have bn restricted, t a small tac tion of the city, and actual control was in Russian handj. Wedemeyer 'Takes Steps' Meanwhile Lt Gen Albert C. Wedemeyer, commander of Amer ican forces in China, told correspondents here today that he had "takao appropriate steps, as theater commander, to ssccrtain my responsibility in Manchuria." Wedemeyer said Manchuria always had been coniiiered part .f his China theater command, and advised of the American plan for uiey certainty wtu be in the very near future. ' World Op inion Seen As Forcing Move by Soviet (fdltori Note: Spenrer Divt, AuorUt Fre rorreto4nt, haa Mturnca te tUlalnc after l.lt t MnhSra a4 ( fcMirlini, aCaarburU capital, wbrra h aM lt other corretaonaratt rrra hcie iscaaaaaaalra far a time.) By Spencer Da via : 1 " " CHANGCIU'N, Manchuria March S-(DUyed)-T-A Mik Chinese official said today that the Russians fearei U stay l Manchuria because of world opinion and weald pall eat alter that giant Industrial ata was picked clean down to Its steel ribs. Chinese sources assert the soviet stripping has extended te great power dams and coal mines, leaving a grave fuel shertac In one of the world's richest coal region. The official, who declined to permit the use of fata name, declared the Russians were making sure that Manchuria would be Industrially weak while soviet maritime provinces la the Paelfte have a chance to take the machinery and build up strategic Industries. He said the Russians definitely retarded Maneharia as a threat to their security and were ready to use force new to btah concessions. The official pointed out that the Russians had learned from bitter experience that they had to maintain a lares army In . Siberia to watch the Japanese In Manchuria and they wanted to avoid this hereafter. As to what Russia may ask of China In the way of further economic concessions In the rich territory, the official atirucced and said: "I don't know exactly what they want. We only know they seem to take what they want when they want it," .Official Chinese sources estimated It would take at least three years to restore Manchuria to something like the Industrial ca pacity it boasted under the Japanese, who built a productive empire there In 14 years. Since Japan collapsed and the Russians moved In. the Chinese have watched trainloads of vital machine tools In endless proces sion roll toward Siberia, and particularly the great Roaatan base of Vladivostok. Big Three Meeting Suggested As Diplomatic Picture Darkens By Alex II. Singleton WSHINGTON, March 9-(rP)-A dark eloudi of suspicion hung de pressingly over international affairs today with a strong possibility that lt will bring a new meeting soon of the big three chiefs of state to clear the air. With relations at perhaps their lowest ebb; since victory over th axis, Immediate Interest was, focused upon whether the allies win attempt an over-all settlement of their controversies or continue to try for piecemeal solutions. In some diplomatic quartets here, the stand haj been taken that the situation now is so serious that the present policy of tackling one problem at a time will serve only to aggravate the Irritations. Who Will Take Initiative But the question oi another British-Russian-American conference to Iron out current difficulties appeared to hhige immediately upon who will take the initiative for calling the conclave. President Truman acknowledged yesterday that he was not d.s counting the possibility of such a meeting, but indicated strongly his feeling thatit should be In Washington when and if it is held. c- A number of disputes current at this time would produce a krg agenda for 'such a meeting, among them: 1. Italy Here the difficulty centers chiefly around what should be done about the big pre-war Italian colonies. The United States ond Great Britain took the position last fall that they should be placed under United Nations trusteeship for a limited period. Russia held out for a system of individual trusteeships, and maneuvered for con trol of Tripolitania. - j. 2. Iran Both Iran and the United States have lodged protests at Moscow agfinst Russia's failure to withdraw red army forces from Iran by an agreed-upon deadline of March 2. Reds Seek Territorial Concessions 3. Turkey Russia Informally has sought territorial concessions from Turkey with the likelihood she will press for Joint Turkish soviet control of the strategic Dardanelles. 4. Manchuria The United States 1ias entered a protest to Mos cow based upon an official Chinese report that Russia was claiming as war booty Japanese-owned industrial equipment tn Manchuria. 5. Bulgaria Latest development was Russia's charge that the United States is responsible for what Moscow called an effort to "sabotage" a three-power agreement for broadening the base of the Bulgarian government, stripped f their mKhinery. They that if the Russians had not ben repatriating Manchurian Japan