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Today writing and editing are
much less meticulous than for
merly. Newspaper habits are more
slovenly than magazine or book
practices. The comma for instance
is used far less frequently than
the rules of punctuation com
mand: and the apostrophe has to
struggle to hold a place.
The fewer characters used the
swifter is trie composition, and
the more words that may be em
ployed in a given space. Both
economies are important in news
paper production. Hence the more
Informal style of neswpaper com
position less attention is paid to
the rules of the road, punctuation.
There still is a place fur the
comma, however. For examfple in
the current issue of LIFE maga
zine appears a very interesting
article on 18th century London,
which accompanies some beauti
ful reproductions of works of the
artist Hogarth. I quote:
lt was a foul-mouthed, coarse
and hard-living age, and by no
means all of London was pic
turesque. Ditches filled with of
fal and dead dogs ran dowh the
middlj of the streets: and house
wives poured their slops out of
upMjir windows."
This sounds as though "dead
dogs ran down the middle of the
streets." something admittedly
eiy unusual. The older style
would probably have employed
commas so the sentence would
read :
' Ditches, filled with offal and
dead dogs, ran drwn the middle
of the street. . . ."
This punctuation makes the
mttintng quite clear, but it -calls
for two more commas. They are
not absolutely necessary fur an
analysis of the sentence ihows
that "ditchen" not "dogs" is the
subject of the predicate "ian;"
but the modern practice of de
leting commas forces the reader
to reread moie sentences in or
der to get the correct meaning.
Punctuation marks are the
fuxes. the little foxes, the lack
of which often apoii the vines of
sentences: but in this fast-moving
age there is little prospect of re
turn to the strict rules of the old
books of rhetoric or manuals of
sty le
Talimiclge Takes
Turn for Worst
ATLANTA. Dec1 20-..-PY Governor-elect
Eugene Tal nudge has
taken a "very definite" turn for
the worse within the last few
hours, his physician said tonight,
after an unusual II p. m. visit.
"The governor is now coma
tose." said Dr Edgar J. Paullin,
"and this condition Is not due to
his medicine."
The doctor termed the governor-elect
"critically 111." using for
the first time that phrase. Here
tofore the physician has called
Talmadge's illness "very serious."
Troller Sinks as Waves
Hatter Astoria Docks
ASTORIA. Dec. 20 -lA)- A 28
foot troller sank, another troller
was damaged, and the 12th street
dot k here was undermined by
battering waves and a 30-mile-an-hour
east wind today.
Ground swells pounded the
troller against the wharf until
It sank. The owner removed the
other troller after It was dam
aged. Animal Crackeri
Ey WARREN GOODRICH
"It's no turn even he can't
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Television Audiemce
hypnotized in Britain
By Ed Creagh
LONDON, Dec. 20 (JPh-The
British Broadcasting corporation
always willing to try anything
at least once, especially behind
closed doors experimented with
hypnotism by television, counted
the victims and decided today
never to do it again.
The trouble was, it worked,
BBC reported.
One member of the cheerful
dozen c.f the BBC staff who as
sembled to see if they could be
put to sleep by television over
a private wire suddenly snooz
ed and dented his chest with his
chin.
Another yawned and went into
the same, sort of trance. A third
looked hard, at the television
screen, but before anyone could
prop him up. he sank limply
into dreamland. So did two oth
ers. "My goodness.' said an offi
cial. "If you can hypnotize peo
ple by television, think what
$705,000 Bonus Given
To Employes of Pottery
SCIO, O., Dec. 20-GP)-L. P. Reese, who was on poor relief 14
years ago, tonight distributed $705,000 to the 827 employes of his
Scio-Ohio pottery a surprise Christmas bonus which set a record,
even in this dish-making village of 1400 persons.
In addtiion, the 53-year-old owner of the pottery announced a
20-cents-an-hour increase in wages with a $1 an hour minimum
In-State Calls
Reduced Under
Lone Rate Plan
Salem residents who telephone
to other parts of the state will
i find a reduction in rates today,
since the elimination of all "other
1 line" rates in Oregon beginning
Under an agreement arrived at
between the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company and the
West Coast Telephone company,
charges frcm now on will be made
on a uniform airline basis. This
means that even though calls pass
over two or more systems, there
will be no additional charge on
this account, public utilities offi
cials explained yesterday.
Negotiations to accomplish this
result were begun about five
years ago and the west coast con
tract is the final one to be com
pleted. All other independent
companies eliminated "other line"
rates at a savings of about $30,000
per year to Oregon users of toll
service. Under the recent contract
signed with the west coast con
cern, a total of approximately
$90,000 per year will be saved,
PUC officials declared.
Oregon is the only Pacific coast
state to entirely eliminate other
line charges. Principally affected
in Salem will be those who tele
phone to Oregon communities us
ine the West Coast romoanr's fa
cilities, which include Marshfield. !
Coos Bar. Vernonia and LaGrande
district and Lakeview.
Plane Missing
With 2 Aboard
PORTLAND. Dec. 20 A A
J two-place single-engine Western
Skyways plane and two mechan
) ics employed by the airline have
! been missing since 4:30 a.m. to
day. Western Skyways vice-pres
ident said.
John P. Mifflin said the me
chanics were Willard Chase, 22,
Troutdale. and Clarence J. Bauer,
27, Portland, both employed on
the night shift at TroutdaJe air
port. Western Skyways sent two ae
rial search parties over the Co
lumbia river gorge without sight
ing any wreckage.
Oregon Produce Fintling
Market in Los Angeles
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20-(P)
There's a lot of Oregon-grown
goods being sold down Los An
geles way, the chamber of com
merce reported today.
A survey made by the Lot An
geles chamber showed that An
gelenos bought $46,074,926 worth
of Oregon goods last year more
than from any other state except
California Itself.
COMMUNISTS NEAR PEIPING
PEIPLNG, Dec. 20-6P-Corn-munist
guerrillas, continuing to
harass the environs of Peiping,
were reported on the offensive
today 12 miles south of the city
near the airport used by the U. S.
marines,
Salem. Oregon. Saturday
would happen if everybody had
a television set as everbody
will shortly-t-and a Hitler sort
of fellow started working on
them all!"
Far from BBC'S palatial of
fices, the slight, serious young
man who had done the historic
hypnotizing Peter Casson, 24.
an ex-navy enlisted man took
a scornful view of such timidity.
"I personally think that the
BBC is perhaps being too con
servative in deciding not to put
me on the air." said the six-foot-orie
mesmerist. '"When I got be
fore the televisioq cameras, I
fixed the attention of my audi
ence by talking to them, and
there was a Hoseup of my f&ce.
It was mainly the sound, helped
by viewing my face, which did
it."
Two of the BBC hands who
fell so sound asleep that Casson
had to wake them up personally
said they thought he under-estimated
his powers.
scale for unskilled workers.
Then because he was a World
War I machine gunner, he pre
sented to the local American Le
gion a new home for which it
had been trying to raise anoney.
He also .gave away the bride at
the public weddfng of two em
ployes. Miss Elizabeth L. Tackett
and John J. Campbell, Jr., a Pa
cific war veteran.
A carryover from the war when
pay increases were restricted, the
gifts which were disclosed at an
annual Christmas party, averag- I
ed $840 for each worker. New
ed $840 for each worker. New
employes received
$10, but each
of the 88 men and women who
have been with him 10 or more
years received $3500.
Called by Nicknames
In the high school auditorium,
gay with Christmas decorations,
Reese handed each of the 10-
year employes a $3500 check,
calling many by nicknames and
telling stories about them.
A glance at the checks dazed
the recipients. Jaws dropped,
hands were held to heads. Shak
ily the employes walked off the
stage and some ran back to shake
Reese's hand.
Scio Bank Cashier William
Hughes, also state representative
elect, commented: "This will play
the dickens with the notes at our
bank."
Relief Clients
Reese, penniless, came with
seven other relief clients during
the depression to live in an aban
doned pottery building. For four
months they lived In that barn-
like structure as they worked on
Reese's ideas
for mass produc-
tion of dishes.
At his first Christmas party in
1933 Reese gave each of the
plant's 123 employes a 39-cent
box of chocolates.
Open Windows in Traffic Essential to Qualify
For Awards in Courtesy Driving Campaign
If a driver has his left-hand
window closed In travelling
through Salem's downtown area,
he (or she) doesn't have a chance
at prizes in The Oregon Statesman-Warner
Brothers Courtesy
Driving campaign.
Observers, who pick out li
cense numbers of courtesy driv
ers for the campaign's judging,
stressed that fact during the
chilly weather Friday and also
commented that far more women
than men had their windows open
for ready signalling.
Today is the last of the 10-day
campaign, and license numbers of
the final 10 winners of the. daily
prizes will appear in The Sunday
Statesman. : On Tuesday, names
of the winners of the major
grand prize (a 17-jewel wrist
watch) and the 10 other grand
prizes will be made known. Only
those who have claimed their
daily prizes by 5 p. m. Monday
will be eligible.
Several winners of prizes
called for their awards Friday at
The Statesman, where all are Is
sued, including:
Mrs. Clare A. Lee, 2465 S.
Commercial (camellia).
Mrs. Albert Switser, 3845 Sil
verton road (camellia).
Merwin G. Hickman, route 2.
box 176B. Salem (3 pairs nylons).
Morabsg. Dcmbr 21, 1948
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Victory
For U. S.
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Dec.
20-JP)-The United States atomic
control plan was approved in
principle today by the United Na
tions atomic energy commission
over strenuous Russian objec
tions which prompted Delegate
Andrei A. Gromyko to withdraw
dramatically from the discussion.
The vote, the first taken on an
atomic plan since the commission
took up the problem last June 14,
represented a partial victory for
American Delegate Bernard M.
Baruch, who had persistently de
manded a yes-or-no ballot on
hi far-reaching proposal.
Baruch finally yielded and
agreed to a Canadian compromise
which provided for acceptance in
principle and called upon a work
ing committee to make the word
ing conform to the arms reduc
tion resolution recently passed by
the general assembly.
The Soviet delegate made it
clear that his silence was not to
be construed as an abstention
after earlier advising the com
mission that he was refusing to
engage in any discussion on the
substance of the American plan.
The ballot came after the 12
nation commission turned back
Russian demands for a week's de
lay and rejected a Polish move
I to toss the American plan di
rectly into the hands of a com
mittee without comment.
Today's action paved the way
for the committee to draft a final
atomic report for submission to
the parent security council by De
cember 31. There, of course,
Gromyko will have- the right to
veto any part or all of the plan.
Board to Form
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -0P)-President
Truman's new advisory
committee set to work today on
a broad universal training pro
gram designed to stress physical
and spiritual as well as military
education.
"Any adequate program must
recognize the fact that the na
tion's security depends not only
on its military strength but also
the physical, spiritual, religious
and moral fiber of its young men."
said Dr. Karl T. Compton, the
chairman. The president in an
impromptu talk to the commission
members, said they "are not to be
rushed" but Dr. Compton said they
expect to make their recommend
ations by the end of March.
Capt. Zumwalt Resigns
From State Police Job
Capt. Chester Zumwalt, head
quarters man and auditor for the
state police, has resigned effec
tive January 1, to enter private
business, and will be succeeded as
state police auditor by George W.
King, previously supervisor for
the Office of Price Administra
tion, State Police Superintendent
H. G. Maison said Friday.
M. E. Branch. Oregon Motor
rv..-4.1 Ql. Mi m-lcl
Mrs. Francis W
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Smith, route
1, box 17, Salem (3 pairs nylons).
Lloyd and Doyle Baughman,
route 1, Albany (album of rec
ords). Albert Brant, 510 Beck, Salem
(flashlight).
Nan Peterson, - 1935 Virginia,
Salem (flashlight).
Luella Newton, RoyfJ Court
apartments, Salem (two theater
tickets).
All winners also receive cer
tificates good for an 8x10 brown
tone photograph.
Today's winners of the 10
awards donated by Salem mer
chants to aid in reducing acci
dents and making' driving more
pleasurable are as follows (time,
location, weather, traffic condi
tions and other factors also are
considered in the Judging by the
secretary of state's office):
Van (temporary sticker) : Dec. 19:
High. Court. Liberty; 2 :03 p.m.; turned
from proper lanes, signalled at stops,
gave right1 of way to pedestrians; ex
tremely courteous and apparenUy able
drtver.
47-37 (1947) : Dec. 20: on High street;
P.m.; good arm signals uniformly.
signalled for stop, and gave car right-
ray w
Z-ZSS:
when could have taken it.
ZSZ-ZiS: Dee. 20: downtown: 1:13 d.
courteously worked
way through
S ia saSukET
Partia
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Planner
WASHINGTON, Dec. f Gen.
Jacob L. Devers, army ground
forces chief, who tonight re
leased a plan for reorganizing
U. S. Infantry divisions with
added speed and fire power to
cop with the atomic age.
Atomic Age
Army to Make
Debut Soon
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 JP)
The army disclosed tonight plans
for making its infantry divisions
"unparalleled fighting machines"
with lightning mobility and more
than three times the gunfire of
existing units.
At the same lime, it announced
a corresponding strengthening of
the other major ground combat
component, the armored division.
The reorganization, which Gen.
Jacob L. Devers, army ground
force chief said in a statement
"takes into account lessons learned
in World War II and which looks
forward to the atomic age," will
do this to the infantry divisions:
Provide a wartime strength of
between 17,000 and 18,000 men, an
increase In manpower of about 20
per cent, produce a 200 per cent
increase in the number of weap
ons of various categories with a
250 per cent increase in firepower
due to improved automatic and
other characteristics.
Instead of merely attaching
elements such as armor only when
needed in the field, (as was done
in World War II) provide the in
fantry with an organic tank bat
talion and antiaircraft battalion.
The division will have six com
panies of M-26 tanks mounting 90
millimeter guns. Division artillery
will include fifty-four 105 how
itzers and eighteen 155 howitzers.
The division's armament will in
clude more of the valuable re
coilless guns, forty-two 75 milli
meters and eighty-one 57 milli
meter recoilless rifles.
(Additional details on page 2)
CHRISTMAS TO CAPETOWN
CAPETOWN, Dec. 20-(A)-Christmas
came to South Africa
today. The American ship African
Dawn docked with 560,000 pairs
of nylons.
I5-M: Dec. IS: dowiiWn; 1:43 p
m : extremely careiui uy giving tig
nals tn ample time, allowed pedestrian
lanes to clear even though it meant
awaiting another light.
212-737: Dec. 20; Commercial and
State: arouncf noon; stopped at Inter
sections before 1'gnt changed to al
low traffic jam to clear.
J32-J93: Dec. 20: Court and Liberty:
1 25 p.m.: unusual courtesy to pedes
trians, relinquishing right of way to
allow crosswalks to clear.
144-5C5: Dec. 18: Cottage and Cen
ter: 3:38 p.m.: stopped to let children
cross intersection.
39-S25 (1947): Dec. 18; 14th and Cen
ter: 3 .50 p m ; came to stop so pedes
trian could cross street safely.
212-912 (1947): Dec. 20 Ferry street;
1 -33 p.m.: stopped and motioned traf
fic through when street limited to
single lane by double-parked cars.
332-328: Dec. 20: Commercial and
Trade: 1:40 p.m.; stopped and backed
out to allow lane of trucks
through one-way traffic.
to get
The winners yesterday, few
of whom have not yet called for
their awards, were as follows:
259-11 L 74-661. Z3-7SL 76-5S7.
77-286, 15-556, 159-533, 836-828,
338- 989. 9-424.
Previous winners with prizes
awaiting them (some of whom re
side out of town) are: 338-824,
76-369. 338-446. 161-562, 56-622,
339- 661, 268-694. 233-336, 41-392,
54-645. 6-189. 379-813. 256-426,
258-754, 263-784. 246-321, 259-431,
T9-461. 99-377. 266-742. 329-521.
257-548, 264-499. 399-437. 8-781
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236-371.
No. 229
Brown
New Head
Of Cof C.
Keith Brown, Salem building
supply manufacturer since 1928,
is the new head of the Salem
Chamber of Commerce replacing
E. Burr Miller, retiring president.
Brown, president of the Keith
Brown Lumber yard and of the
Keith Brown Building Supply,
was elected chamber president
for 1947 at a meeting of the
newly-elected board of directors
Friday noon at the Golden Pheas
ant. Other Officers
Other officers elected were
first vice president, James Wal
ton of Walton-Brown EJectric,
replacing Douglas McKay; second
vice president, Floyd Shepard,
manager of the Salem Brewing
association, replacing Reynolds
Allen; treasurer, Guy N. Hickok,
manager of Salem Branch of
First National Bank of Portland,
replacing Len Smith, and Les
ter Barr, reelected.
President Brown pledged him
self to "an aggressive and indus
trious administration," adding
that he was sure "the new board
will have a constructively am
bitious program of aims and ob
jects for the year." "With the
wholehearted support of the en
tire chamber 1 am confident that
another banner year can be
achieved in 1947."
Business Expanded
Beginning in a small way in
1928, Keith Brown's business en
terprises in lumber and building
supplies has steadily expanded to
include a retail article manufac
truing plant in West Salem, a
manufacturing plant in the Hol
lywood district and a new retail
store in downtown Salem which
was opened in January of this
year.
The firm announced Thursday
plans for a $100,000 expansion
program which will include a
complete resaw mill and a new
dry kiln nearby. The new pro
gram is expected to start soon
after January 1.
Woman Dies as
Home Burns
ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 20-()-Fire
in a country home three
miles east of Holley today fatally
burned Mrs. Velma E. Weed, 73.
Deputy Coroner Walter Kropp
said he believed the flames
started from an overheated oil
stove in the living room. Damage
was confined largely to the one
room by neighbors, who fought
the blaze until the Sweet Home
fire department arrived.
Mrs. Weed's body was found
near a door leading to the kitchen.
She was alone in the house, which
is owned by her daughter, Mrs.
W. R. Robinett. Two other
daughters and two sons survive.
Courtesy Driving
Campaign Prizes
Following is the list of prizes
In The Oregon Statesman-Warner
Brothers Courtesy Driving
campaign:
MAJOR GRAND PRIZS
ScTntw-jtwl wristwatch. choice
f men's or women's (Stevens Jc Son).
GRAND PRIZES
1st: New tire and tube (State Tire
service).
2nd: Dishes, service for (Salem
Hardware).
3rd: Sandwich grill and fly rod
(Sears Roebuck).
4ta: Permanent wave (Larsen's Beau
ty Studio).
Stk: Wool auto robe (Bishop's Cloth
ing). 4U: Airplane suitcase (Miller Mer
cantile). 7th: Table lamp (EHstrom'i).
St: Electric room heater (McKay
Chevrolet).
Stk: Table lamp (Court Street Radio).
10th: Andirona (Dough ton Hardware).
DAILY PRIZES
1st: Camellia (F. A. Doerfler St Sons).
2a4: Three pair nylons (Army at
Nary store).
trm: Ten gallons gasoline, oil change,
lubrication 1 General Petroleum ) .
La: Umbrella (J. C. Penney co.)
Sth: Car vacuum (Hamilton Furni
ture). ch: Album of record (Heider Ra
dio). 1th: Ante flashlight (Teater Appli
ance). Stk: Half gallon Ice cream (The
Pike).
Stk: Two ucketa K3sinore theatre.
Mtk: Two tickets Cain ore theatre.
In addition, every on of the prize
winners (daily and grand) will re
ceive certificate entitling him or bar
to an S x 10 brown tone photograph
(Bishop-Modern).
All prizes are being made
available at The Statesman office,
with the exception that certifi
cates Instead of actual merchan
dise will be issued for the photo
graphs, gasoline-oiL the perma-
ssai jojs tad lf
By Tom Lambert
TOKYO, Saturday, Dec. 21-(P)-The most disastrous
earthquake and tidal wave in 23 years struck southern Japan
today and the U. S. army estimated at least 1,000 Japanese
were killed, with thousands more hurt and homeless.
The quake, which had set the seismographs of the
world to quivering and sent reports of an unlocated earth
quake flashing from nation to nation, spread damage along
a belt 150 miles long, knocked down communication lines
and isolated whole communities.
Then within 15 minutes, eye-witness accounts said, the sea rose
in fury and lashed the shores of Shikoku and south Honshu with a
seven-foot tidal wave that hit at feast five cities, including Osaka,
Japans second largest.
There were no reports of casualties among British and Amer
ican occupation forces, although the British were in the heart of
the quake zone and their headquarters at Kure was damaged.
The estimate of casualties came from the U. S. army in Tokyo,
which felt the shock as did Fukuoka and a broad stretch of Japan's
western coast more than 500 miles away from the capital.
As the reports flowed in it became evident that Japan had suf
fered its worst seismic disaster since the devastation of Tokyo in 1923.
The full shock was felt on the eastern shores of Shikoku, south
ern Japanese island, where the army, said a swiftly-following tidal
wave "wiped out 200 families" and washed away 250 houses in the
area of Kochi, capital of the province of the same name.
The same wave, lashing at the town of Takaoka. 13 miles south
west of Kochij killed 90 other persons, seriously injured 126 and
destroyed 28 homes besides damaging 461 ethers, the army said.
And this w-as only one small sector of a belt of destruction
stretching for 150 miles along southern Honshu, the main home
island, and northern and eastern Shikoku.
Police reported that 14 persons were killed in the collapse of
their homes at Osaka, Japan's second largest city 250 miles west
of Tokyo.
1,000 Homes Inundated in Kochi Area
The U. S. army estimated that 1000 homes were under water
in the Kochi area. It was difficult to determine whether the quake
or the tidal wave caused the most damage.
Kyodo News Agency said, however, that water was five feet
deep in parts of Kainan, a city south of Osaka on the Wakayama
peninsula east of Shikoku, which also was hard hit.
Water was even deeper farther south in the town of Yura,
Kyoda said, with the water up to the second floors of buildings.
Water was three feet deep in parts of Osaka.
All communications were out with the island of Awaji, which'
stands at the eastern end of the Inland sea and which was in the
path of the tidal wave as It surged up Kii strait from the quake
epicenter.
Kyodo said heavy damage was expected there, because trugftvater
would rush in from the open sea through narrowing Kii straight as.
though it were the neck of a funnel. Far higher waves consequently
were feared.
Kyodo in its first account said thousands of persons were "killed,
injured or drowned" but these figures were discounted, although the
scope of the disaster' was broadening with every new report pouring
into army headquarters.
The disaster of Dec. 1923 cost the lives of 143,000 Japanese.
Quake Reportedly Overturns Train
The newspaper Asahi carried an unconfirmed report that a train
was overturned by the quake ne.ar Okayama, which is midway be
tween Osaka and Kure, on the Inland sea 170 mileiNo . west.
The quake was timed at 4:20 a.m. (11:20 a.m. Yx- . PST) and
shortly thereafter the tidal wave began rolling up the Wakayama pen
insula and along Shikoku's eastern shores.
Communications were broken briefly with the 24th division head
quarters at Osaka and British occupation headquarters at Kure, but
later were restored.
One allied train was delayed because of a blocked tunnel near
Okayama, but service was resumed after two and one-half hours.
Among the first reports filtering in here said at least 150 fishing
boats were lost.
(An earthquake had been recorded on various seismographs in the
United States, in London and in Honolulu, as "a great earthquake"
or of "terrific intensity" but this was the first announcement of an
exact location.)
Salem Police to
Wear White Shirts
"Officers will wear white shirts
and dark ties in the future," reads
part of an order issued to Salem
police officers by Chief Frank A.
Minto. All the uniformed police
men are directed to purchase
white shirts instead of the usual
blue.
Present city police uniforms
consist of blue shirts, trousers,
and a blue blouse with Sam
Browne belt or a dark jacket.
Bilbo to Take
Yule Holiday
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -(JP)
Senator Theodore G. Bilbo CD
Mi? s) made plans today to spend
Christmas in his "dream house"
in Mississippi while attorneys for
the senate war investigating com
mittee dug through his personal
office files here.
The investigation of Bilbo's
transactions with war contractors
and others still was held open
but Senator Ferguson (R-Mich)
told a reporter it may be neces
sary to forego additional public
hearings before completion of a
report.
PGE to Promote
District Manager
John Enschede, district manager
of the Portland General Electric
Co. at Woodbum the past year,
will become assistant superinten
dent of the Willamette valley divi
sion, with headquarters at Salem,
effective January 1, Fred Starrett,
division manager, has announced.
New manager of the Woodbum
office will be William A. Merriott,
langtime estimator at the Salem
headquarters.
Weather
Max. Min. Precip.
41 JZ Jtl
42 3S
SO 38
. S3 24
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
Chicaeo
New York 40 2S ,76
Willamette river 10 feet.
FORECAST (from VS. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Contin
ued cloudiness with occasional light
rains today and tonight. Highest to
day 44. lowest
Rush -Declines
At Postoffice
Letter cancellations in the
Christmas mail rush began to
show a decline late last night when
the po6toffice revealed that 122.
G00 cancellations had been made
yesterday as against the all-time
record of 137,000 reached Thurs
day. On December 20 a year ago
cancellations reached 110,00, E.
B. Dougherty, superintendent of
mails, reported last night. He pre
dicted that cancellations would
run between 90,000 and 100,000
today. He also revealed the in
coming parcel load was beginning
to climb and expected the peak
to come about Monday.
Parcel post will be delivered in
the residential district -again on
Sunday and the postoffice parcel
post and stamp windows will be
open this afternoon. Postmaster
Albert Gragg said Friday.
Koreans March on Home
Of Yoshida, Riot Ensues
TOKYO, Dec. 20 -(A,- At least
12 Japanese policemen and un
determined numbers of Koreans
were injured today in a pistol
shooting melee at the doors of
Premier Shigeru Yoshida's offi
cial residence.
The Koreans, estimated by po
lice to number 15,000 and by the
Koreans themselves to tal 50.000,
marched on the residence to pre
sent a resolution accusing the
government of "illegal discrimi
nation" against Korean residents
of Japan.
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