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V. TOM1 ron n o)rn LA1UJ EE - -- - - - - . I II ,, , ,,. .,, .n Butter Price Stages Comeback as U.S. Launches Inquiry. By th Associated Press While federal investigators probed into charges of market man ipulation, butter prices in New York made a sharp comeback yester day from the post-Christmas break and again established a marked disparity between New York and Chicago quotations. Wholesale prices for top grade butter rose four cents to 79 cents, a pound in New York, wiping out part of the nine to 10 cent drop DIP SHEDDQS TKDQjDS The Sheridan Sun report the sale of that community's largest industry, the Wideman Lumber Co., to a eompaiVy in Michigan operating retail yards in the mid dle west. The Sheridan mill is not large, having a cut of only 65,000 bd. ft. daily. The item is of inter est because it is one of a series of transfers in which local mills are being acquired by outside in terests. The reason for the purchase, the Sun says, is that the buying like others, has had trouble obtaining a steady supply of lumber. It takes this means of insuring itself of lumber for its j yards. There have been a good many large transfers in the past year or two. The Edward Hines inter ests, with main offices in Chicago, which have for a number oi years , had a big pine mill at Hines, near : Rums, acauired the mill at West- fir in the fir and hemlock belt. Long-Bell bought the Snellstrom mill in western Lane county. The Dollar interests bought the Glen-j dale mill. Many small mills nave been acquired by wholesalers or chains of retail yards located out side the state. This means that the mill oper ating profits go outside the state, although the sales have brought big siims of outside capital into the state. The greater tne exieni nf foreien ownership tne more Oregon Decomes """'- ; nol wan i 10 dc jjiuvmn.! not obiect to.. foreign investment in. nmmn business except as u might drain seriously the state's economy. Absentee landlordism is never wholesome for farms or for industries. ccme The Dattern may change a reversal of the prosperity in lumbering. Then foreign corpora tions may conclude it is better to sen e' '"7' the market. That day doesn t seem i near at hand, however. Recently ! O & C timber was sold on bio at over $12 a thousand feet and in Washington the forest service got $16.45 for the Douglas fir stumpage. As logging these tracts will take a considerable period of time, the price indicates that the bidders anticipate good lumber markets for a number of years. The rapid cutting of timber will deprive many mills of logs and the number of mills will be con siderably reduced. We can only hope that Oregon's chief industry will not become merely a fief held by outsiders concerned only about supplies or profits. Ask Reds Pay Lend-Lease WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -(A) , Demands on Capitol Hill that j Russia "settle now" for its lend- lease aid were met today with a cry of "give them time.'' I The mixed reaction stemmed ' from the administration's 23rd i report to congress ' on the ope- j rations of the mutual aid supply j program. It showed that 70 per . cent of this nation's 50-odd-bil-lion-dallor contribution to joint j victory had been marked paid or t written off. j The report said that Russia, which received 23 per cent of the ; American outlay, "has been in- j vited to open negotiations," thus far, apparently, without response. ' Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "No, no, not iuf ap and downT HtG Omv tm Si .v I tnat nit tne market inursaay when the organized support of dairy interests was suddenly with drawn. The comparable price in Chicago yesterday was up one half cent to 74 cents a pound. Secretary of Agriculture Ander son ordered agents to New York to investigate what some consum er groups called the artificial maintainance of abnormally high prices there in the weeks prior to December 24. Butter dealers in New York said almost anything could happen under existing up-and-down price conditions. If prices rise in Chi cago, they said, there might be less fluctuation in New York. Whenever there is more than a one-cent difference between the two markets the approximate cost of shipping supplies gener ally flow in the direction of the higher price. PORTLAND. Dec. 27-7P-The price of butter and eggs to the housewife dropped several cents in most grocery stores today, re flecting a fall in wholesale marts. The price to retailers was 58 to 60 cents a dozen for grade A large I eggs and 79 cents a pound for grade A butter in prints, Armed Bandits Net $2,200 at T 1 l 1 I I lYIarKPf IV 11 j Two armed bandits took $2200 I from the safe of Krueger's Kash and Karry market at Lancaster ! drive and Center streets at 7:15 o'clock last night. Investigating state police rid j the gunmen stopped C. T. Far ' men of route 6. Salem, an employe, j who had just closed the store and was in his car, preparatory to go- jng home, and forced him at gun- point to open the store's sale Farmen was then tied with a ripped apron while all the safe's contents were removed. He ex tricated himself from his bonds in about 15 minutes and tele- phoned state police. State, coun- s.; 4 . 1-.,., w.r,-r.r. rr; cers have been alerted in efforts to apprehend the robbers. The Krueger market is about a half mile outside the east ijmjt, clty nmi Salem James Bowden Draws fLif e' PORTLAND. Dec. 27 - (TPi -Again declaring his innocence. James W. Bowden. 49, convicted "Pandora's box" slayer of his ! wife, was sentenced to life im- j pri'onment today. Bowden, accused of luring his j wife to open a dynamite-rigged i box by arousing her curiositv, told Circuit Judge Walter L. j Tooze he was the victim of "a i chain of circumstances." ! In court, Bowden testified he had built the lethal box for an- I j other man who had been friendly j 1 with his wife, but later decided i against using it. The jury found 1 him guilty of first degree mur ! der, but recommended life im ! prisonment. RITA HAYWORTH ILL HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 27 - UP) -Actress Rita Hayworth collapsed on a movie set at Columbia studio today and her illness was diag nosed as a severe cold bordering on influenza. 400 Attend Meeting of Mt. Angel Creamery Patrons, Milk Quality By Lillie L. Madsen Farm Editor, The Statesman MT. ANGEL, Dec. 27 Quality milk, in keeping with the new grade A milk program being un dertaken by the Mt. Angel Co operative ' creamery, was stressed at the annual patrons' meeting held at St. Mary's auditorium to day. Approximately 400 attended the program and the luncheon served by the members of the Mt. Angel Businessmen's club. Frank Hettwer, manager and secretary of the co-op and chair man of the day, and C. E. East man, president, both urged pro ducers to cooperate in the Qual ity program. Hettwer expressed hope that in time the creamery would have no "lower grade" milk. He also told that during the war years. 600 patrons of the local plant had stopped producing al together because of lack and high price of help. Patrons now num ber 2800, he said. Touching on "high prices" of milk, he pointed out that in 1940 a carpenter's wage could buy a quart of milk in nine minutes, while now it takes but seven minutes of a carpen ter s tune to earn a quart of milk. Eastman told that the largest ! retums ever mad to patrons were ' T '"I . NUNDID I4VSI , m v. 1 . Sr.. M i 1 SAN DIEGO, Dee. 27 Richard Weber (above), co-pilot of the i Western Airlines plane which crashed on a flight in soathern ; California. Bodies of the nine! passengers and three crew , members were located today. 1 (AP Wirephoto to the States man.) Bodies Found In Airliner on Mountaintop SAN DIEGO. Dec. 27-P-A Western Airlines plane mining since Christmas eve was found smashed and partly burned against a mountain peak todiy with all nine passengers and three crew members dead. The wreckage was discovered on an unnamed 6000-foot peak near Cuyapaipe peak in the La guna mountains, about 50 miles cast of here. It was 100 feet from the top. This is approximately the lo cation of the "blaze" or sky "glow" which" a number of per sons reported seeing at about the time the transport disappeared after giving its last position over the mountains at 7:09 p. m. The pilot of another passenger plane reported that night that he had actually " seen the craft afire but stormy weather had delayed locating the spot. Coroner's aides were dis patched to the scene, in an area of rugged peaks rearing up from ! the Imperial valley. Sheriff's dep i uties telephoned it would be im ; possible to bring the bodies out I before tomorrow. The wings and tail section were ! the only large portions of the ! plane intact. Charred, twisted , wreckage was scattered over a wide area on the hillside, where j snow, sleet, driving rain and fog ' shrouded the tragedy. U. S. Will Hold Polar Rights WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-P) Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson said today the United States was reserving all rights it may have in the Antarctic. He told a news conference that while this government has never formally asserted any claims in the southern continent. such claims have been asserted in its behalf by American citizens. He noted that this government has never recognized claims by other nations in the Antarctic. Acheson's remarks had fol lowed an announcement that Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will sail from Norfolk, Va., Jan uary 2 for his fourth trip to southern polar regions. j leu tne tsarlow - Hubbard road being made this year in the $100,- western Oregon, all in grade A ; near Whiskey Hill, state police at 000 in cash and certificates re- wrappers, only eight were actual- Milwaukie, who investigated, re turned to the producers. Improve- , ly grade A butter, 39 were grade I ported. ments called attention to by East- j B, and eight were grade C. i The body was taken to the of man were the $30,000 inventory i Professor P. M. Brandt, head of fice of Clackamas County Coro reserve, the new garage to house dairy division. Oregon State col- ! ner Ray I. Rilance at Oregon City, the 28 trucks and cars, expansion lege, spoke on control of disease. of the cheese plant, and the steps , taken toward producing A grade I milk. j Charles Cobb, quality director at the creamery, told briefly of how he was assisting in carrying out the program, telling why some milk is "turned back" and urging patrons to continue in their improvement program. Dr. G. H. Wilster, head of dairying manu facturing products at the state college, spoke of his work and study during his sabatical year in the east, and also touched upon the progress in development of rindless cheese. O. K. Beals, chief of food and dairy division, de partment of agriculture, pointed out that the producers have more at stake than anyone else in the production of quality' milk. He told of how the quality program had "slipped" during war years and how efforts were now being made to enforce the laws alone that line. He mentioned that cf 55 j recent butter samples token in i NINETY-SIXTH YEAB 10 (LPa Mo A-Gouiiiucil CDeadllocks odd eto AIDeou Qaoite, Urges UFC Extended Suggests Plan for Agency WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 - (VP) -Joke-loving George E. Allen, re signing from the reconstruction finance corporation after serving less than half his two-year term, handed President Truman today a blueprint for seeking a new lease of life for the agency from the republican congress. The RFC will expire June 30 unless congress continues it, and some republicans have opposed a continuance even though the agency originated with the Hoo ver administration. Allen's blueprint, drafted by him and the other directors, would lop off the RFC's authority to make stabilization loans to for eign countries, to supply funds for the export-import bank, and oth er obsolete emergency functions. The RFCs broad powers to make business and other loans would be continued, however, and its major subsidiary, the U. S. commercial company, would be extended. The company now is working to restore the foreign trade of Germany and Japan with the object of reducing occupation cost. Mr. Truman wrote that the rec ommendations "will receive my immediate consideration." They may form the basis of his recom mendations on the RFC to the new congress. The oresident named John Dun can Goodloe III, general counsel of the RFC since 1943, to succeed Allen as one of the five direc- tors at $10,000 a year. His ap- pointment will be subject to con i- firmation by the new senate. Allen told reporters today he intends to return to private busi ness. Cold Weather Predicted for Northwest The weather bureau forecast low temperatures for the entire northwest late Friday with a low of 25 degrees for Salem tonight. I Fog which rolled in on the local area last night prevented temper atures from reaching new lows as previously forecast for the valley. But with a cold wave rolling down from the north in the central regions and spilling over the Rockies in Canada onto the western slope, Washington, Oregon and Idaho can expect freezing temperatures, the weath er bureau warned. Minimum temperatures for eastern Oregon were expected to reach between zero and 10 de- grees during the night. West of the Cascades it won t be quite so cold with temperatures between 15 degrees and the low twenties, according to weather bureau forecast. Montana and North Dakota were held in the grip of the cold mass moving down from the polar regions while Chicago was basking in the glow of a warm front which, moved the temperature up to oO degrees. Cooperative Stressed stressing in particular the control of brucellosis, from which, he said, "we can protect the con- sumer by pasteurization but which lays the fanners who work with the animals open to many dis eases." Dairymen, he added, are going to hear more and more on "this human side to brucellosis, commcnly known as Bang's dis ease." Brandt also touched brief ly on the artificial insemination program which he said "would increase production and is one of the big moves ahead in Oregon's dairy business." Tod Hamilton, Mary Krugur and Grade Workman told of the work of the Oregon Dairy coun cil. G. C. Keeney brought greet ings from the Pacific Cooperative Poultry Producers, and Rep. Her man Chindgren of Colton greeted the patrons. Accordion music was furnished by Allen Obersinouer. The 34th annual business meet ine of the co-op will be held Jan- uary 27 at St. Mary's auditorium. PAGES SoJaaa. OrogonSaturdcry Morning. Dtctmbr 28, 1946 Fire Follows Quake, Tidal Wave 3 . - i i TOKYO. Dec. 27 Fire sweeps through Shingn city. Wakayama pre fecture. Southern Japan, after the devastating earthquake and tidal wave. Residents of the small seacoast town crowd the beach (fore ground) with what possessions they were able to save. (AP Wire photo from 5th Air Force to the Statesman). j HTl, f'K n lloilfif ft! ! 1 8 J1 a niff-a l- I -f. lIIICIClll UU1U1 SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Dec. 27-Pi-T. H. Campbell rubjbed his eyes in bewilderment when he awoke today. His frame house which had been a gleaming white last night had became a rakish orange red. Dr. John O. Rafferty, Santa Cruz county health officer, ex plained: Hydrogen sulphide swamp gases from a nearby lagoon had mingled with the lead in the white paint. GOP to Delay Bilbo Battle WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-(iP)-Republicans today dropped plans to try to bar Senator Bilbo (D. Miss.) from taking his seat Jan uary 3 in favor of a campaign de signed to oust him later. The strategy was considered at a closed-door session of the Re publican steering committee but a final : decision was postponed nendinff th meetinir KInnriav if tne entire Republican senate del- egation. A senator who attended today's committee meeting reported the anti-Bilbo strategists have de cided that he can be ousted by majority vote after the new members have been sworn in and the Republicans attain their 51 to 45 majority. Canby Youth Killed in Accident on Highway ! Ronald Edward Ott, 19, of box about 6:30 o'clock last night when j , he lost control of his car and it i Telegraph Message Rates to Increase WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 - UP) -Telegraph message rates soon will go up about 10 rjer cent. The increase Tor the Western Union Telegraph company was authorized today by the federal communications commission in a 5 to 1 decision. Weather Max. Min. Predp. Salens 43 n Portland . 42 33 M San Francisco S3 4 .03 Chisace SO 24 M New York 33 16 JDl Willamette river 2 4 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem I : Heavy fog this morning but clearing in af ternoon. Highest temperature 43, low est 23 '- Nine Awards Remaining for Polite Drivers Distribution of awards in The Oregon Statesman-Warner Broth ers Courtesy Driving campaign will end at 5 p. m. today, with all prizes unclaimed by that time going back to the merchants who donated them. The nine license numbers of cars whose owners or drivers are entitled to awards still not claimed are: 338-324. 382-390. 174-506, 262-258. 6-189. 263-784, 15-550. 212-959 ('47), 256-420. Ninety-one of the 100 daily prizes already have been calld for or mailed to claimants. Latest to receive their awards are: Edgar Pomeroy, Independence, 10 gallons gasoline, oil change lubrication job. John Schram, 1713 Water St.. Salem, 10 gallons gasoline, oil change, lubrication job. Harry J. Correll, route 1, box 121, Turner, umbrella. C. D. Runner, route 2, box 280, Salem, car vacuum. Sponsors have been widely commended for their furtherance of the campaign which is cred ited materially for the fact that one of Salem's busiest Christ mas seasons in history passed without a serious shopping-hour traffic accident of any kind. CARIBBEAN EARTHQUAKE CIUDAD, Trujillo, Dominican Republica, Dec. 27 -(P)- A strong earthquake was felt here at 8:05 p.m. (EST) today. The tremor was of about 10 seconds duration and caused great alarm but no damage in this capital city. Re ports have not yet been received from the interior. U.S. Population Seen Smaller In 100 Years as Orient Doubles COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 27-OP)-1 mistic view of occidental civihza The United States may expect a uon( Mying: population decrease of 40,000.000: , , . , . .. ; ,i , ,,,, j, ' 1 This modern occidental en"' in the next century while orien tal peoples will multiply two-fold, ization now is facing the ravest delegates to the 25th annual con- dangers, both from wi'.iin and vention of the National Council , without. Within it is be ng weak -of Geography Teachers were told ! ened by the love of luxury and tonight Speaking of the U. S. 100 years hence, O. E. Baker, University of Maryland geographer, asked: "Can 100 million people living in relative luxury, and with an abnormally high proportion of aged persons, keep out one to two billion people in the orient pos sessing an industrial power many times greater than at present?" Russia's population, too, will continue to climb. Professor Baker said, reaching about half a bil lion, or more, and bringing Euro pean population to one billion; all consolidated, probably under one government. The geographer took a pessi- Pric. 5c - No. 235 j Nations Oppose I U. S. PJan ! By Larry llaurk LAKE SUCCESS. N.Y., Dec. 27 (P)-The United Nations atotnit energy commission tonight post poned its final vote on an Inter national control plan after Ber nard M. Baruch taid that the United States could not surrender the secrets of the atomic bomb un less the U N. ruled out the eto on punishment of violations. Standing firm in the face of Russia's silence and new opposi tion from France and Great Bri tain, Baruch demanded that the veto phrase remain in the repo; I and add,ed that vuthout it he could not recommend M-nate approval. The commission, meeting In e- i cret kession as committee of the whole, then decided to forego any vote and tosved the whole report into the hands of the full commis- . sion on Monday. It was stipulated that agreement without ballot had been reached on all pha-s of the Baruch plan except reference to the veto Prof. S. P Alexandrov, who held the Soviet r-eat in the un expected abf-ence of Andrei A. Gromyko. took no part in the dis cussions but announced near the close of the meeting that h want ed to be considered "present but abstaining in full." An American pokesman said thst the United States had the solid support of five other na tions on the 1 2 -member commis sion China. Egypt, Brazil, Mexi co and Australia in the veto fight, and counted Canada and Great Britain as doubtful. Poland and France both said they would not accept any version which in cluded the word veto, and the Netherlands sought a compromise to avoid use of the specific word FI Bu axincn v Jefferson Plant WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 - (Ay -Sale of the Jefferson, Ore , tur plus flax fiber plant to the Sari tiam Flax Growers was approved by the war assets administration today. The plant, which cost the gov ernment $151,308 but has suffered fire damage since, was sold to the cooperative for $10,120 ca.h The salvage value had been esti mated at $12,400. The Santiam Flax Growers op erated the plant for the govern ment during the war. U. S. Ship Sinking Off Norway Coast OSLO, Saturday, Dec. 28-OP-The radio operator of the 7,176 ton American freighter Am-Mer-Mar was quoted by the Farsund radio early today as reporting that the ship was sinking slowly off Ryvingen lighthouse on the south coast of Norway. The ship had struck and was ; resting on a submerged rock be fore it started to sink. The uninjured 38-man rrew of the Am-Mer-Mar has been trans ferred to the Norwegian rescue vessell Anton Poulsson I ease, and by decline in the in tegrity of the family as an -institution for the reproduction of the race. "Without, it is being threatened by a very efficiently organized group possessing a lust of power, associated with an ever more ma- ' ' terialistic philosophy of values; also strangely with a religious J conviction which makes a strong appeal to the masses of Eurasia, who will Increasingly feel the pressure of population on the na- ; tural resources. "If the masses do not feel this j pressure now, this group of lead- ers Will make sure that they feel ' it in the futur." t Twelve Survive Accident RINEANNA. Eire. Dec. It-iA) A Tiarm World A:r:.ne Conitella tion plane bound from Paris to New York, and believed to hav 23 persons aboard, crashed and) buined early todav in inacceibl be g country two miles from Shan non airport. FirM unofficial reports Indica ted there were 12 survivors In cluding a baby. The crash, ac companied by a gieat expUion, occurred at 2:15 AM. (6:15 P.M , Friday, PST) acrnj the iwnmpy Ferun river tubutary of th Shannon from the airport. llonteM Kurvlves The f irt r mud-cuvered survivor brought in by ha.U'.y oiRanlecf rescue squads wi the hot-m, Miss Kay Fergu-.n, 22. of Jack son Height, N. V. ' I had jut told the passenger to farten their safety belts for landing when the accident oc curred." Mimi Feiguoii said whil being treated for khmk and tutg on on foot at the airport. "My god, l e r.ever seen such wieckaye,'' said Capt. Sidney 1. Harrington of Pan -American Air )', who led or.e i encue party. He raid other survivors brought across the Fergus in email boat had i-ri loaded on ambulance waiting to rush them to Limrnik lu'H ital. Th plane was believed to hava caiiit-ri 14 i'Hn--ngrs and a crew of rune. Planes' Hark Br ken Other membei i,( Harrington ' Pan-Amer ic an c ieu' aaul that the plane a red to have broken tt back in the ciath before fire spi ad Robert Mevens, TWA station manager, declined to iksue any statement cm the accident until the Paris cffice haj authorized hitn to do ao. Mi Ferguson nked airpoit of ficials to table her pa renin, "wiith you all happy New Year." with out mentioning the accident. Law School at W.U.Wins Top Recognition Willamette university law r hoc.l has been elected to membership in the Association of American Law Sc hoc. Is, th highest recogni- tion acrorded in the field of Jegal education. Word of Its election was received Friday hy President G. Herbert Smith of th unlver Mty from Dean Seward P. Hees., who is attending the annual meeting of the association In Chi- Chfo Other institution fn th north-, west which have been admitted to membership are the law schools of the state universities of Idaho, Oregon and Washington The as sociation was formed in 1900 with a purpose of Improving education in law An inspection of Willam ette was mad rcently by a irp i esentati ve of th akftoHtion. Pieviously th WilUmette law school had been accredited by th Amer ican Bar ass tciation. Th new recognition is the final step in the long effort to bring th. law school up to standards re quired by th best professional organizations. Requirements that had to be met were nit and com position of the law library and number and qualifications of th. faculty. With over 100 enrolled this year th law school Is in the best x no tion in its long history. Dean Reese took over th danhip at the opening of th f ill term. Crack Red Troops Open China Driven PFIPING, Dec. 27-y?VNew Communist attack in Shantung and Hopen province south of Peipiog were repotted by pro government paper today whil. government sources claimed vic tories over persistent guerrilla Lands on the outskirts of Teiping iL-elf. Ten thousand of the best Com munist troops, well-equipped with artillery, were said to b. making a determined asaault In western Shantung province. The battle, in progress since December 20, was reported still raging with heavy casualties on both sides. QUICKIES 'V.ar ftUteamaa Want Ai guar anteed reaalts la II easy lea sons h.w r.m mr wife pointed sne again last night?"