i - nrrp I s efCH if ff Nothing to Say State employes around the re tirement age of 65 are regarding the new system of retirement an nuities with mingled, feelings. Some who are ready to quit are happy at the prospect of receiv ing a monthly check, although the date when payments under the act will begin is still indefinite. (The law makes the effective date : July 1, 1947 or the legal termina tion of the war, whichever is later). Others who are not ready to retire iew with apprehension the time when they must. The system however is one which when it gets to working will be beneficent to employes and satisfactory to the state as employer. Most retirement systems set 65 as the age for retirement, though tome set 60 for women. In the case of persons in particular occu- up 0f President Truman's decon pations, like firemen, the age is trol program. usually 60 or 55. Thus we look forward to a dav when most of the people past 65 will be pen sioners. Part of the retirement annuity DhilosoDhy perhaps carries the , thought of having older people vacate Jobs in order to give em ployment to young men and women. This grows out of the experience 01 aepression aajs when many were unemployed. I believe it is quite probable how ever that this idea will play us false, because of the changing age pattern of our people. In a recent statement Dr. Louis I. Dublin, statistician of the Met ropolitan Life Insurance co. said that careful forecasts indicated that hy 1960 nearly one-third of our population will he 43 years 01 age or older, and that by the end of the century two-fifths of our population will (Continued on editorial page) Churches Plan Services over Yule Holiday Several Salem churches will hold Christmas eve services tonight and many services will be held throughout the city on Christmas day. St. Paul's Episcopal church will have 11 p m. Christmas eye serv ices with a 20-vo4cevhor partici pating and a candlelight service will-.be held by the First Metho dist church "at the same time. A solemn high mass will be held at St. Vincent's Catholic church at 6:30 a.m. Christmas day and masses will be at 8, 9, 10 and 11 at St. Joseph's Catholic church will have masses at 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Among churches planning spe cial Christmas observances are ' the Central Lutheran church, w ith 1 ' r - an an 11 a. m. Christmas day cnarges. rceniai projects must De serice: the Calvary Chapel Full heM 30 das for veterans. Gospel church, with an 8 p. m. Under the new program, non Chnstmas eve program: Christ veterans may obtain permits to Lutheran, with a 7:30 d. m. ! build homes for their own occu- -i : . . i i r 1 v iii i . 1 1 1 ii cc ciou ct i . in. ; Christmas day service: St. John's ' Lutheran, with Christmas day services at 9:30 a. m. and 10:45 a. m. Christmas will be the main theme of many other regular Wednesday night prayer meetings held in Salem churches. 61 Injured as Trains Collide ORTONVILLE, Minn., Dec. 23-(jP)-Sixty-one Christmas travelers were injured, 1 1 of them seriously enough to require hospital treat ment, in the collision tonight of the Milwaukee road's eastbound coast j train, the Olympian, and a freight j train a mile east of Waubay, S.D. F. R. Dowd, div ision superinten- I dent for the road at Aberdeen, S. I D.. said the two trains came to- gerner on ine mainline wnen tne freight overshot a siding. Both locomotives, a baggage car and four freight cars left the rails, he said. Animal Crackers -By WARREN GOODRICH "Frankly, dearie, I wmddn't trust that waxed mtutache," NINETY-SIXTH YEAH 10 PAGES Salerm, Oregon, Tuesday Morning. DKtmbM 24. IS45 Price 5c No. 231 ' lXiOi 1 ; : UkT A: Rent Unit Finances Loosened WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-t;P)-The federal housing agency an nounced tonight liberalized financ ing for builders of rental housing simultaneously with the removal of a number of controls over the housing industry. The action was one of a series 1 in wnich government agencies scrapped a series of industrial controls in a pre-holiday speed Charges Reduced In liberalizing rental housing monthly carrying charges on FHA insured mortgages, which had the effect of extending the average maturity for such mortgages from 27 years and 7 months tow 32 years and 7 months- on the ba.MS of a 4 per cent interest rate. The reduc tion was made by lowering the 2 per cent initial minimum principal payrnent to lper cent, with subsequent principal payments re duced accordingly. The agency said too that it would provide a means for ad justing its insurance commitments to meet fluctuating construction costs and was studying means to protect builders against decreased : earnings after the current housing shortage is relieved, j Al N conference Revision of housing controls was announced earlier at a joint news conference by Federal Hous ing Expediter Frank R. Creedon and National Housing Adminis trator Raymond M. Foley. Removed were the old cost ceil ing of $10,000 on houses built for sale and a ceiling price require ment. These conditions will be at tached to the granting of a house building permit under the new system: The dwelling must be suitable and intended for year round oc cupancy. The total floor area must be limited to 1500 square feet, which officials said was sufficient for an ordinary three-bed room ' house. 1 Only the number of fixtures normally used in equipping one bathroom may be installed Builders of dwellings for sale to veterans are required to hold them for veterans for 60 days after completion. Rent Oiling Due Rental properties must be sub mitted to FHA for establishment of a rent ceiling based on cost. Instead of a flat ceiling of $80 per month, the average for an entire ! ; a l tj a oo : a i P'"-"11 1 15 "t,u Per P'us 3 per room in service ! nanev anrl for rnntrurtinn unrier . . , some oiner circumstances. Driver Held in Hit-Run Cases State police at Albany are holding Ivan Clark of Parkdale. who allegedly was driver of a hit-run car involved in accidents at Salem and Albany last night. Clark's license number was ob tained by a witness at the scene at Hoyt and South Twelfth sts... in Salem, where a car operated UJ A UllJ UdUCI JL V 13 Id tfVC. W aid struck by a hit-run car, the Sa lem state police office reported The number was broadcast and Clark was picked up in Albany shortly after the second accident. IWlll ta (OI(I iNlsIlt . 401 C 1 V. Ut I UUUUIUdll, 4- T 4-iKTC: ror ailta IJaUS in Salem reported to 'police at about mid- j night that the glove compartment A 25 degree low temperature of his car had been smashed, but is predicted for tonight by Mc- that he did not notice anything Nary field weather station. Low- missing. Two flashlights, a earn est low temperature of the month, j era and a deck of cards were this would make for Christmas found in the boys' possession eve several degrees colder than j when they were arrested. The last, which was rainy, expei ienc-: youthful pair is being held in jail ing .41 inch of precipitation. j pending further investigation. Vancouver Youth Charged with Murdering 17-Year-01d Girl VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 23 iA)-A 16-year-old high school athlete was charged with first de gree murder today in the stabbing of a girl when she resisted his advances. He was Joseph Henry Maish, a high school sophomore who had never been in trouble before. Su perior Judge Charles W. Hall re manded him to criminal court and the murder charge was filed at i once. D. M. Gilpin, Clark county chief probation officer, said the boy. son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Maish. admitted knifing La Dona Toscas, 17, .Saturday night in the Eight Women, Three List of Salem's r Courteous Driver' " Mrs. Frank: A. Waldorf. 115 Lee st Is shown receiving the major grand prize a 17-jewel wristwateh at the conclusion of The Oregon Statesman-Warner Brothers Courtesy Driving campaign. Presenting the award is Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell. Jr.. head of Oregon's traffic safety division. Between " them is the camellia given Mrs. Waldorf for winning first in one of the It daily campaigns. ( Photo by Don Dill. Statesman Staff photographer) Amnesty Board TnR JI Q 1U11CV1CU tJo Ui Conchie Cases WASHINGTON. Dec 23 -A In a pre-Christmas move toward possible clemency for some per sons convicted of violating the draft act. President Truman to- 1 Hav wt nn a thw-mpmhpr anl- rf tn review all such i nnrL ir-ticn . . In recent weeks demonstrators.! some of 1hern clad sumbolicaIly I in prison stripes, have been parad ing before the White House de manding release of "conscientious obiectors still in U. S. prisons." The While House emphasired n o w e e r that conscientious ob jectors comprise only a small pro portion of the 11.000 cases which the new board, headed by Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J Roberts, will review. The board i was directed to recommend ex -' ecutive clemency in "deserving" cases. Cars Prowled By Loeal Boys Two 15-year-old Salem boys admitted KUHt of 12 to 14 car v 8ll cprnmitted within a few hours last night, on a trip from Paulas Bros, cannery to Parrish junior high school, city police report. Arrested at about 11 o'clock last night, none of the boys' acts were reported by the victims un til an hour after their arrest, po lice said. kitchen of the house where she roomed. Gilpin said the boy ran to the 1 police station to give himself up ; sweeping post-war reorganiza and told this story: j tion of the Soviet Union's eco- He called at the home of Pete , nomic planning system involving Tamia,' where the girl roomed, to i more planning powers for L'.di see a friend, Ted Tamis. The girl ' vidual ministries, was alone, practicing on a type- Under the new decree, which writer. He left, then returned via relaxes the strict centralization the kitchen door. When the girl of riming activity prevailing resisted him, he picked up a 12- ! here luring the war, individual inch Das try knife and stabbed ! ministries will submit economic inch her five times. i The girl, - who came here two , rather than quarterly and will weeks ago from San Francisco to have new authority to modify be near her father, a cafe chef, j production assignments to enter ran next door, where she died in ' prises under their control within the arms of Mrs. Cecil Beedie. 'limits aa circumstances require. Grand Prize Winnersrrli r?;cc Polite Driver r Just Tries to Obey the Law9 Mrs Frank A Waldorf of 1150 Lee st . Salem, winner of the major grand prize in The Oregon Statesman - Warner Brothers Courtesy Driving campaign, thought "that certainly is a srand surprise.-' when informed by The Statesman of the judges' action "But I didn't know I was be- ing extraordinarily courteous; I just try to arive as xne law savs. Mrs. Waldorf, who lived in Woodburn many years, was awarded a 17-jewel wristwateh on the basis of a courtesy record listed elsewhere in The States man today. She is the wife of Frank A. Waldorf, locomotive en gineer for the Southern Pacific who operates the dayligKTVciiesel yard engine in Salem. She com mented last night that perhaps one reason for her careful driving rests with the fact her husbd for years has mentioned the court esy which he said the S. P. has I stressed in its campaign to be "the friendly line." Mrs. Waldorf has driven for nearly 24 years with one minor accident which her husband says ; "certainly was not her fault." Waldorf also commented that ; "she's a better driver than I am." Mails Getting Back to Normal B. Daugherty, superintend- E. B. Daugherty, superintend ent of mails at the city post of fice, announced last night that : mails were gradurlly sliding back) The Oregon Statesman-Warner to a normal flow with a cancella- ; Brouiers campaign held the en tion yesterday of 77.000. dorsement of high state and city He also indicated that most I officials from its inception, and is Christmas cards delivered from credited with markedly improv- ii.. w u,i wuum w mow irom.mg traffic conditions w horn you didn't expect to re- streets. CCI e n I No deliveries, except specials. will be made from the office on ; Lnrisimas nay tnougn mail will be received, as usual, up till 6 p.m. tonight. First class Christ mas cards that are incorrectly addressed are being given direc tory service. Daugherty said. Soviet to Expand Planning Bureaus MOSCOW, Dec. 23-OPH The Soviet government decreed today plans to the government annual! ly rJ3enn on Traffic Experts Judge Tops in Driving Courtesy Eight women ar.d three were announced today as men wm- ners of the grand prizes in The Oregon Statesman-Warner Broth ers Courtesy Driving campaign, with Mrs. Frank A. Waldorf of ..p - ..., WVVm in 1 Usl- Most of the 11 grand award! went 1o the drivers who placed first in the daily campaigns. ! Records of the entire 100 daily winners were thrpwn into the ! pool for the grand prizes, how- , ever, and in re-evaluating their good deeds the campaign's judges traffic experts from the office of the secretary of state found T -4 C -1 : 4U I some of the second-place daily winners also entitled to sharein the grand awards. The grand prizes went to driv ers from Salem, Turner, Perry -dale and Detroit. Merchant Donations The cooperative effort toward driver-consciousness was made billions of yen. The ministry pro possible through Salem merchants' ceeded slowly with its estimates, donations of prizes valued in ex- Relief on Way cess of $1000, and was designed Relief trains speeded through to reduce the expectable pre-hol- '' the choked railway system, c.irry iday accidents .and make traffic ing supplies to the 24 prefectures in Salem more pleasurable. out of Japan's 47 which felt the In addition to Mrs. Waldorf, "Hock of Saturday's gigantic earth woo w. aw-aiueci ine major grand prize a 17-jewel Harvel wristwateh from Slevens & Scm the 10 grand prize winners were announced as follows (all prizes who was awarded the major are available at The Statesman): First: Mary Jane Weinberg, 5TSI-. V f -1, r, i , , 1 Col-m n-norol tire and tube," State Tire Service. ie m Second: E. J. Seharf, Perryda! (Dishes, service for 8, Salem Hardware.) Third: Mrs. Albert Switser. 3845 Silverton road, Salem. (Sandwich grill and fly rod. Sears Roebuck.) Fourth: Mrs. Harold F. Chris tiansen, route 2, box 110, Turner. ( Permanent wave. Larsen's Beautv Studio.) Fifth: Dora H. Burrough. 2395 N. Front. Salem. (Pendleton robe, B.shop's Clothing.) a t . tliill. 1 1 d . v la I r n . rx-, a.wjj S. c suitta Se S. 23 Elfst Eighth Serv room heater. McKay Chevrolet. ) Ninth: James Brandt, route 6 box 431. Salem. (Table lamp Court Street Radio.) Tenth: Mrs. M I Dnnkn . iJUUKI J 1 1 . "A" ommercial. Salem. (Airplane junction granted just before Lewis 1 r . . ' ' , ' ' ase. Miller Mercantile.) i called off the walk-out. T? : were mart ud in the fall of venth: Mrs J. H. Hann. 196! Still before the high court is ' 'r'''K', , U 1 rd st. Salem. (Table lamp. 1 the appeal ot Lewis and his United V . ' rom s ) I Mine Workers against convictions i i: i..ir uhim-. ' . fV O C lilt VSAOC I AC I i A ul Bv-n n : R. E. Vincent. Dool.ttle ! and M. 510.000 in fines for viola-To ' w' " " ice station. Salem. (Electric . tions of the preliminary restrain- ' ... troit. (Andirons, Doughton Hard- ' that rederal Judge T. Alan Golds ware.) borough was within his rights in (A recapitulation of the win-' issuing his restraining order. ners courtesy-records is on page 4, as is the list of new claimants " I to the daily awards and the ca license numbers of drivers whose prizes still await them at The i Statesman office). All winners Hoth diilv and a io ;,i ..rar4ii. I rm,rtv- cV,nU.i .hirlUl1h the crucial first 24 hours of . . ... . : f4.. j i o'liiiiuuiiuii i" ii diiiL aiei, aim all are entitled to certificates for 1,1,1 ' an 8 by 10 browntone photograph at Bishop-Moderne. In addition to the merchants noil i vr i a utniui ? v-'i 1 1 1 tt diia awards, those who gave valued prizes in the daily campaign were F. A. Doerfler 8c Son (first prize, camellia). Army and Navy store (second, three pairs nylons). Gen eral Petroleum (third, 10 gals, gasoline, oil change, lubrication), J. C. Penney Co. (fourth, um brella), Hamilton Furnituref fifth, car vacuum), Heider Radio (six th, album of records), Yeater Ap pliance (seventh, flashlight), The Pike (eighth, half gallon ice cream), Elsinore theatre (ninth. and tenth, two theatre tickets). r.iinrH Fndarmnt Salem I Official observers have express- ed regret that "we just couldn't be everywhere at once." because correspondence to The Statesman has indicated many good deeds went unheralded. Judges who still prefer to remain anonymous commented that "it was real pleasure to read the kind of re ports from which we had to choose winners." City police offered the only solace to men for the 8 to 3 ra- i tio against them in the list of winners the police said at least it could be said there were more women than men driving Salem streets during the shopping hours when observers in the courtesy campaign were on duty. Weather Mx. . JS ... 43 Kin. 2S 2S Precip saleai Portland .00 trace 0 M San Francisco 64 40 Chicago - 41 New York 43 35 Willamette river: SI feet. FORECAST (from U S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem I : Partly cloudy today with some clearing In afternoon arid night Fog In morning, lifting la early afternoon. Highest temperature 43. Low SS NipOuake M. V-F M M. JIllOVO To 1,088 TOKYO, Tuesday. Dec. 24. (vV The official cafualty toll for Ja pan's great earthquake and tidal wave disaster reached 2,395 to- night including at least 1,088 dead as all agencies strove to get quick aid to nearly 300.000 home less in bitter winter weather. The official figures came from the home ministry, which said 1 1.088 were dead, 165 were missing. I and 1.142 were injured by its last' compilation made at 1 1 o'clock last j night. It placed the number of I homeless at 94,669. Kydo High 1,125 Kyodo news agency previously had listed the dead at the even higher figure of 1,125. and its total of injured closely tallied with that of the ministry's, although its , figure of 104 mis.Mng was lower. Supreme headquarters' health and welfare section in its inde pendent survey put the casualty total at 2.051982 dead, 266 miss ing and 803 injured. It was believed that the prop- i ertv damage figure would reach movement The homeless, estimated unoffic- ially as more than 100.000 stoic ly dug in to salvage possessions from the mud and debris of their homes or huddled around fires built out in tne Pti- ! . i Scope of Lewis I M- Case Widened By High Court WASHINGTON.. Dec. 23 -0- The sunreme rnr 3oruH ,o. ., to broaden the basis on which it j will judge the government's legal move against a coal strike. It de- cided to hear an appeal by John I. Iwi, frr,m tK ilrl.-, ; . i - " . . ipoi s j f 1 1 'junction superceded. ! It wa ooihi ,.r th c..r,m e " "K1'! cs i j tit court to h3v H.cr.c-H f ih. ' " ! car ipr anneal hv moro v ... . " - " -' J . . . . . t j iiuiuillE f Quads Born To War Bride BALTIMORE, Dec. 23 - Al) BALTIMORE, Dec. 1'ieir lives safely passed, the .1 1 - 4 1 . . . .-i , V fw's- friaries j iiriiij. ji., d niiuMi war oriae, ' and their mother were reported "setting along very well" at St. When weighed for the first time late today, the only girl of the foursome tipped the scales at 3 pounds 55 ounces, and the boys weighed 2 pounds 10 ounces, 3 pounds 12 ounces, and 4 pounds even. Their collective weight was 13 pounds 11 ounces. Dr. George Bowyer. the attend ing pnysician, gave uie babies "a very, very good chance" of sur- ! vival. and the mother, the former Dorothy Geast. of London, was re covering rapidly. Her only anes thetic during delivery, said Dr. Bowyer, was the hand of the at tending nurse. ELLIOTT ON WAV HOME LONDON, Dec. 23-;p)-Elliott : Roosevelt and his wife-arrived by i P,ane at Northolt airport, near London, tonight on their way home from a tour of the Soviet Union. 1 der existing circumstances. Gen. Clay Irate a.s French Set Up Custom Barriers in Saarland By Richard Kastsebke BERLIN, Dec. 23. -HA)- The American and French military) governments in Germany were at ) odds tonight over the French ac- l tion in sending 1,200 men into the coal-rich Saarland to set up a customs barrier between the Saar I and the rest of Germany Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, deputy American military governor charg ed that the French move con stituted "an entirely unilateral ac tion which was not presented to the allied control council." The French, who desire separa tion of the Saar from Germany or at least its economic integration with France, contended officially that their action was an anti-black market operation designed "to pre- vent the exporting of food pro-1 1 s?r 2 WASHINGTON. Dee. 23 George 8. Messersmith, Americas ana buudor to Argentina. wh re turned here today with "absol utely nothing to say" on reports that he is seeking a showdown with Secretary of State Byrnes w, Kt.r,t by William H. Newton, on Argentine policy. Byrnes ha Scripi s Howard staff writer rep backed Spruille Braden" 'get resenting the combined World tough' policy with Argentina Press, which Is contrary U the opln- Officers Hurry Aboard' ion held by Mesoersmlth. 'Yule Present' Bride Denied Silverton Man One of the "saddeft perse. n ii London" last night was Irene Oehler, Knglish war-brid of Harry Oehler of Silverton, whose schedule) plane (light to America "as a Christmas present" was can celed because of bad weather. A transatlantic plane carrying 25 hastily recruited CI brirles. one bride-to-be and 25 children of former American servicemen as forced by ocean storms to turn back over Ireland and return to , f.mri,,n afir mmnletino a .h,,rt u T I rhri 1 1 i . d lat rdcht ..c,jj, , Saddest People The wives, denied a Christmas reunion with their husbands in the United States, were "the sad dest people in London," an air port official said as the plane re turned to Heathron field. The passengers were sent to hotels for the night and weather nrmilt.n0 will vtnrl ih. fl.H. again unjdj . mc trip was to nave : i 11 . . . i been a Christmas present for the wives, who until yesterday had been on waiting lists for sea I ,ra"spjr' . , . T , 0TIh,4,r LIJ,Ill- the 7- rnonths-old son whom Harry Oeh- ,er fs ,nev" a perted by her husband for sev- ; s Jl m et a i a a . me -year-oia veteran hen living at the home of has his I parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie rioklo. CI N.nrt.n V, L . I. i "t"" ' . . r i.as urr n wt.i n- ing with Mr. Oehler at the Oehler Lockers and has been building a home for his bride on Silver street. Oh, well maybe . New Year's. BrHkr, Txift to Decide Entrant in Presidential Race WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-c7!)-l Taft said to- j Senator Robert A. night that he and Senator-elect John W. Bricker will sit down to-r gether soon to decide which shall bid for Ohio's support in a pos sible race for the Republican pres idential nomination in 1948. HLs words to a reporter seemed to commit him or Bricker as a potential candidate Earlier in the day, friends of ; 1. : - n 4 Z' ' 1 . I 4 l . 4 41 I Bricker said at Columbus that the senator-elect wants an early de cision whether he or Taft should steP aside coming rac e. BrirKer oul OI la"s way for the latter's , -unsuccessful bid for a nomination in J940. Taft returned the compliment for Bricker in 1944. JEWS VOTE TO SKIP MEET BASEL. Switzerland. Tuesday, Dec. 24 4')-The World Zionest congress voted 171 to 154 today against participating in the Lon- don conference on Palestine un- ducts from the Sarr and an influx 0f currency intn th. territ.rv , . . ... . . " - 'rc.gn or- fice spokesman supported the French action, saying that it was a step against currency manipula- tors and black marketeers and that the French had informed the for eign ministers council in New York that such action was contem plated. But Clay, obviously irked by the action, declared: "Under quadpartite government of Germany any action like that taken by the French without plac ing lt before the allied control council for consideration is a uni lateral action. There was no immediate reac- tion from the Russians. Vessel Departs Dairen WASHINGTON; Dec. 23 -P)-The state department tonight sought full details on "verbal ultimatum" issued by Soviet mili tary authorities ordering a U. S. navy craft to leave the Port of Dairen, Manchuria, within 20 minutes or risk unnamed con sequences. A state department spokesman said the department was awaiting a report on the incident' from H. Merrill Benninghof, American consul general at Dairen. The spokesman ad.Sed that If a report were not forthcoming xhorllv Ihs Hmrtmil iiiij4 ; prtgs ' A dispatch from Dairen said the American ship, an unarmed war-time troop landing craft, pulled tut after receiving the Russian ultimatum. Th Hikintrh Under Soviet pressure, the ship departed so hurriedly that its I commanding officer, L.t. (jg) Ray C. White, of Solver City, N. M., j and the American diplomatic j courier, Harris H. Ball, of Amaiil I lo , arrived on board only nt the j last minute before the vessel left. I The dispatch quoted the Rus sian commander, Maj. Gen. V. U. I Kt7hanof f, as sending word to the ship that "unless you leave within 20 minutes we will not be .esponsiUe for the conoquenres.- The navy department here with held immediate comment, faying only that the crjff. the LC1L (landing craft infantry large) 1090 left Dairen Dec 21 (Dec. 20, V. S time) on its return trip to the American base at Tsingtao on the north China const Even before the order for the American vessel to lc;ive, Kor- f zhanoff had refused to permit hi) V . V"-"-" " o American businessman to deb.uk, despite the fact that he carried ,uU fl''1',anf' from V S authori- 1 ,les Soviet troops have occupied Dai ren, the fmet searxtrt in Man churia, Mme the Japanese .ur render. Red aimy forres still con trol the city, although the Chinese -Russian treaty of 1945 called for its designation as a free port. carried Mail, Supplies n,"J ",,l,ru "Tn on tstr i ember 18 carrying diplomatic mail and supplies for the U. S. , consulate, and requested permis sion to remain in port 41 hours. Without comment, Soviet authori ties accepted the request. The vessel remained in hi bor two additional hours while B n ninghrff sought permission for the American bu.sinessmin, Jese L. Poole, of Atlanta. Or , repre senting the Standard Vacuum Oil Co. to !o ashore. Almost im mediately, the Soviet "ultimatum" was presented. The incident recalled a recent charge by Edwin W. Pauley, U. S. reparations commissioner, that the Russians h.id virtually "sealed off Dairen during their ncret operations in stripping key in dustrial machinery from Man churia. Pauley said his inntion group had been unable toobt;.in the necessary credentials to visit Dairen, either from Soviet or local authorities. Indo-Chinese War f Serious' "A HIS, Dec 23. -(P)- French troops, supported by pl.ines and 1 tanks, battled through the main streets of Hanoi todjy in their showdown fight for control of northern Indo China. An official proclamation expressed fear that warfare might soon erupt in south ern Indo China and thus engulf all of the rich empire ouiost. Leon Blum, interim president- premier of France, told the French . ... national assembly here that the situation was "serious" and might grow worse. He promised a policy of firmness and said ru was rush ing the famed armored warfare specialist, Maj. Gen. Jacques Le Clerr, to the troubled far eastern colony. 2 Bodies Found in Quebec Hold Fire QUEBEC, Dec. 23.-(CP)-Twt persons were burned to death to night when fire,wept the Mount Royal hotel on lower-town Hen derson street here. Firemen fought the flames for three hours from ice-laden lad ders before the three-alarm blaze was brought under control. The fire department officer in charge said other bodies might still be in the debris. ( n SHOPPING 1 I U DAY LEFT