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Si A merican A rmy Officer by A nti-U. S. M ioters in Shanghai Demonstrators Hit Photographer, Try To Disrobe Woman SHANGHAI. Jan. t -tf)- An American army officer was beaten on the head with bamboo canes, an attempt was made to disrobe his girl company and an Associated Press photographer seeking to film the incident was given a black eye by Chinese students today in a continuation of anti-U. S. demonstrations. , (The girl's nationality was not given but the area where the m ecooooe TFQ30M3 An echo of the Tom Pender gas t scandal in Missouri sounds in the news that the Missouri supreme j The lieutenant, grabbing the court has levied fines totalling $2,- Rjr t,y Xhe hand, began forcing 090,000 on 122 of the country's in- j nis wav through the cane-wield-surance companies. Heading the ! in crowd which abruDtlv ceased . ist is the Home Insurance Co.. one of the country's largest, with a fine of $132,000. The crime for which, they are convicted and fined is that of attempting to make a fraudulent settlement in a rate case in Missouri. The deal which was consumat ed over ten years ago was handled by a representative of the. insur ance companies who is now de ceased. He negotiated with the Kansas City boss, TomPendergast, and the Missouri state insurance commissioner on the basis of cut ting them in on 20 per cent of $10. 000,000 of funds held up in a rate case, with the remainder to be re turned to the insurance compan ies. The deal came to light and Pendergast and the insurance commissioner were sent to prison for failure to include their cut in their income tax, report. This was indeed a shabby piece of business, reflecting on the busi ness morality of men handling huge sums of money. One can t help wondering ir tney violate laws thus recklessly and indulge in etude corruption like this how safe funds of investors and policy hold ers may be in their hands. The probability is that the heads of most of the companies involved had no direct knowledge of the transaction. The go-between acted as their representative and the "as-; lessment" he made may not have (Continued on editorial page) Salem Rains Below Normal In December Despite some heavy rains and flood conditions, Salem's rain for December was 2.19 inches below the expected normal of 6.64 Inches, the McNary field, U. S. weather bureau, announced early today. The rainiest day was De cember 14 when 1.97 inches cf rainfall was recorded. Temperatures were only slight ly above normal, the mean daily was 41.6, compared to the ex pected 41.0 degrees. Average max imum temperature was 47 4, the average minimum 35 9. A 20 degree lowest temperature for the month was recorded oh the 3rd and the highest was 59 degrees on the following day. December experienced 24 cloudy days, three clear days and four partly cloudy days in Sa lem. Prevailing wind direction was south. No high winds were recorded. Rob insons Start New Year Right ORLANDO. Fla . J..n. 1 -iPi-The anniversary problem is sim ple for the Wendell Robinsons of Orlando. Eight years ago they were mar ried on New Year's Day. Four years ago, they became the parents of the city's "New Year's baby" when Alexander. Jtobinson was born at 12:01 a m. Today, Airs. Robinson again was the mother of the first child of the new year when Joyce Ann j was bom at 2:06 a.m. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH TT "Boy, did my wife ever rip into me!" attack took place is popu'ar With Russians, French and other Europeans.) The officer, a lieutenant, and the girl were walking along Ave nue Joffre in the former French concession when set up by some of the 1,000 Chinese students who staged a parade in protest against the retention of American mili tary forces in China. Shout Obscene Words While the demonstrators, shout- ing obscene words at the pair.! struck the officer on the head and i grabbed the girl's clothing, the photographer was given a black eye and forcibly prevented from taking a picture of the incident the attack. The ohotoeraDher swung his camera at his assailants and reached safety. Grabbed by Neck Louis F. ; Roth, American man ager of an import firm but a resident of this country for so long that he considers China his home, was grabbed by the neck and shaken up. The demonstrators carried signs reading "China is not an Amer ican colony" and others warning "Get out or we'll throw you out; get out, you beasts.i- The violence here was in con trast with the orderly if noisy demonstrations earlier in the week by thousands of students at Peiping. It was at Peiping on Christ mas eve that a Chinese girl re ported to police that two U. S. marines raped her. Today a ma rine board investigating the in cident made its report to Col. Julian r risbe, marine comman- dant at Peiping. To Order Cburtmartial Contents of the report were not disclosed but it was learned from maiine sources that Colonel Fusbe will order a courtmartial on a basis of its findings. Sources said that failure of Chin- ese police to offer their evidence weakened the case. The two marines are In cus tody, one denying he was in volved with the girl, the other saying she agreed to intimacies on a professional basis. La Follete Due For U. N. Job WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 -,P President Truman and Secretary cf State Byrnes were reported today to have decided upon ap pointment of Senator IWolIette (Prog-Wis) to succeed former Ambassador John G. Winant as American member of the United Nations economic and sotial council. Winant submitted his resigna tion several days ago and it will be accepted if it has not already been, according to responsible informants. The reasons, for his action have not been disclosed. Selection of La Follette will add a second republican to this country's top representation in the United Nations. President Truman designated Sen. Warren Austin of Vermont, a colleague of La Follette on the foreign re lations committee, to be United Suites representative on the se curity council and ranking UN delegation member last year. General Denies Cliina Reports SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1 -tJFi Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Noble, ma rine corps officer back from duty in China, said today the recent reports from China depicting American marines as taking part in the Chinese civil war are pure j fabrication. General Noble said the reports are the work of dissident ele ments which, for reasons of pol icy, want the marines out of j China and use propaganda to build up the most trivial inci- ' dents. I hit nidi nic, tic iiu. uie . j vi 1 1 lion Rrtriru 111c new j v a maintained an absolutely neutral n expresslons of hope and position. The government was for danc as well as our ally during the war and wei," ,r.,,nna vrnH revelrv recognize it now." Sorority Reports 'Hannah' Missing j Hannan. anuquated Model T ! Ford owned and operated by the Delta Gamma sorority at Willam ette university, is missing again, the girls reported to city police last night. An anonymous tele phone caller told members of the sorority at about 8 p. m. yester day that police had the vehicle, but checks at headquarters proved to no avail. "Hannah" was missing one day last week, too, the girls say, but was found in Sweetland athletic field. Lmv WDDsifiDrDS ir(dD"dr NINETY-SIXTH YEAR Football Scores ROSE BOWL Illinois 45, UCLA 41 EAST-WEST West 13, East 9 . w r OKA is tit. BUVtL Rice 8, TennfSef 0 SUGAR BOWL Georgia 20, N. Carolina 10 COTTON BOWL Arkansas 0, Louis. St. SI N BOWL 0 Cincinnati 18, Va. Tecll j OIL BOWL Ga. Tech 41, St. Mary's 19 RAISIN BOWL San Jose St. 20, Utah St. 0 GATOR BOWL Oklahoma 31," Car. 13 British Offer To Consider Palestine Plan LONDON. Jan. 1 -OTVFirst In dications of a possible settlement for troubled Palestine came today ; when a British official source promised full and serious con sideration" of proposals to divide the Holy Land into independent Jewistt and Arab states. The source implied, flbwever. that Britain would not offer such a plan herself. He said the plan would be studied if Jews or Arabs offered such proposal at the scheduled Jan. 21 resumption of ine London conference on Pales tine. . 1 oiper inaicaiions oi an ap proaching effort to solve the pro blem were anrouncements that the British cabinet will concern itself almo;-t solely, with the pro blem at a meeting nc-xt week, and that Gen. S Alan Cunningham. Palestine hifh commissioner, was flying to London fur conferences. Reports from Jerusalem said Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker, commanding general in Palestine, would ac company the commissioner. Government quarters said Cun ningham's mission was to give Colonial Minister Arthur Creech Jones a complete up-to-the-min- ute report on Palestine conditions. Babes Arrive On New Year's Two huhv hnv Wan Vi f o Mith the new year yesterday at Salem General hospital. The parents of the boys are Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Ramey of 570 Locust St., and Mr and Mrs. Frank" Ediger of 525 Hawthorne ave j About 2000 babies were born in Marion county Marion county during 1946.i figures compiled by the county health department show. The tentative estimate shows approx imately 200 more babies born in 1946 than in 1945. Exactly 1788 infants were born during the first 11 months of the year and late figures from Salem ! Deaconess and General hospitals j and outlying towns and cities i bring the total near 2000. The health department had also listed 796 deaths during the year's first 1 1 months, compared with 704 in 1945.. 1 Heads of Natioms Take New Year's Day AsOpportunity to Ask for Work, Peace By the Associated Press, world facing the manifold problems of postwar reconstruc- . , . 1 . , n in lanas mosi iavoreu vy u? 101 tunes of war. The trumpeting of silver bugles in Wales, marking the start of government ownership of coal mines, heralded Britain's hope for , . a 1 v v a new ana reuer me ior 115 peo- nM throueh socialist postwar planning. At home milllions of United States citizens had their biggest and costliest new year's blowout which was marred by at least 32 air and ground holiday fatalities, f President Truman worked on his state of the union message for the new congress after returning to the White House from the yacht Williamsburg, anchored in the Po tomac, where he greeted 1947. Russia said in a radio message that hope for peace was improved SoUm. Holiday Accident Toll 101 By Uva Associated Pre. The new year opened with a relatively small cost in human lives with 101 persons meeting violent death, 72 in highway ac cidents, in the period that began at 6 p.m. local time New Year's eve. . California, which topped the nation in traffic deaths during the Christmas holidays, again led the list with 21 deaths, 15 on the highways. Five persons perished In the crash of an air freighter near Charleston, S. C, and two cou ples en route to a New Year's party were injured " fatally in a collision between their automo bile and a train near Madison, S. D. The national safety council had estimated in advance that 130 persons would be killed in traffic accidents on New Year's S SJS injured during that period but who die later, was expected to be much higher. . Two factors apparently held the toll in check. One was the bad weather slippery roads, cold, snow, sleet and rain which reduce travel. The other was caution induced by the Yule- tide slaughter. Over the 1946 Christmas holi- day 297 Americans lost their 12 PAGES lives, 244 of them on the sti eets pointed out yesterday by JJr. rier and roads. During the four-day man Clark, professor of physical New Years holiday . last year there were 437 fatalities, includ ing 213 in traffic. Messersmitli, Byrnes Talk Of Argentine W ASH ING TON, Jan. l--Secretary of State Byrnes today talked over Argentine and other Latin Afnerica matters with Am bassador George E. Messersmith in a meeting which apparently averted for the moment any showdown on Argentine policy. The two conferred for one hour the calendar to be almost contin and 20 minutes on this New . uaily ahead ofthe actual solar Year's holiday. Talking to report- year ers, Messersmith left unchal- j According lo astronomical cal lenged reports hat he was in ! culatJonj;. ony 23 hour?. ,5 min. sharp conflict with Assistant Sec- , . . , av rlht department handling of relations! . with Argentina U' nis meeting wun Byrnes in the ful1 secrecy of the secretary s ! office, the veteran envoy would r only that "we discussed prob- lems of the Amenn republics ln general rather than any spe-j clflc Problem." He will see Byrnes again, he! - said, and expects also to see Bra- den and to talk with President I Truman before he leaves on his, return trip to Buenos Aires. His 1 trip to Washington was his first ! since the asignment to Argen- , tina as Braden s hand-picked trouble shooter and tough-handed diplomat for dealing with Presi dent Juan Peron last spring. Since that time, virtually all responsible informants agree, Messersmith has departed sharp ly from Braden's day-to-day management Argetina. of relations with by a victory won for her foreign policy and a defeat handed "atom ic diplomacy, t atner :xew Year pIayed Sanla Claus to Soviet chil- dren. German newspapers termed 1947 the "year of decision" for that na- 1 tion and the rightist liberal demo cratic party proclaimed, "United and confindently into the new year: over our ruins forward." King George II of Greece told i his chilly and hungry subjects ', that "some of our old allies" had made "an unfair and hostile dip lomatic and press attack" on j Greece. j In Spain, Generalissimo Fran ! cisco Franco told his people in a New Year's message that "our ; conscience rests on the exquisite j and recognized gentlemanliness, I nobility and h I g h - mindedness ; with which our policy has been carried out." Premier Yoshida of Japan warned in Tokyo that Japan's in- dustrial strife might alienate the j the south in protest against un allied nations, and in Manila ' employment and rising food costs. fOUNDBD 1651 Oregon,' Thussday Morning, January 2. 1947 U. S., England Agree To Standardize Arms. Complete Military By WILLIAM B. KING LONDON, Jan. l-J?y-A gov ernment official confirmed to day that the United States and Britain had agreed to standard ize "certain items of military equipment," and British news papers said the armies of both nations would be trained so that they could swing into ac tion under one supreme com mander. Simultaneously, the Paris So cialist newspaper Aurore de clared that British and Amer ican armies would soon he forged into a single fighting arm, extending from the North Pole to the Rio Grande, from Asia Minor to Japan. Expanding a previous account in which it said that Britain and the United States would sign a secret accord March 15 to fight together in the event either was attacked; Aurore said that t -w r np f TT f New Year s Welcome Lonely 1 A w w rrl . Th AS tiOm 1 OOtltlg PrCmatUrC 5 ! uy d Lewis ; staff Writer. Th Statesman ! New Year's celebrants, it seems, have been several hours ahead of themselves for a number of years. The year 1947 actually began shortly after 11:37 a. m., January 1 For. though birth of Jhe new year is customarily celebrated as t1 clock tolls midnight on December 31, an accumulation of slightly i 1 than six hours each year is not taken into consideration, it was sciences at wmameue unnci in an interview. Actually the solar year, being the- time required for the earth to complete a trip around the sun. contains 365 days, S Hours, 40 -j-minutes. 45.5 seconds. Dr. Clark I ItVO'Qf'l I ,51 r S states. Hence, by adding 5 plus 5" AC V O hours each for the two years since the last leap year, the year 1947 began at 31 seconds past 11:37 o'clock on the morning of January 1. The extra day added during leap years is intended to com pensate for the difference be tween the solar and calendar years. However, as the additional day is 24 hours long, there is a small discrepancy and the calen dar gains 11 minutes, 14.5 sec- onds over the solar year during each calendar year. This causes nllv -AAgA tn tVio v ( r j Hav in . ' ",: Thi. KV fihV leap year. This not being feasible for everyday use, a full 24-hour day is added. To make our years come out almost on time in the long run. there is no leap year in years divisible by 100. Exception to this rule is made again for th sake of accuracy, in years divis ible by 400, which retain the leap year. Further calculations show that 1948 will begin at 16.5 seconds at 5:26 p.m. January 1, but 1948 will probably also be welcomed prematurely. Weather Max. JS 42 Mm. 34 32 4 Precip. .3 04 trace Portland Chicago 27 FORECAST 1 from US. wrather bu reau. McNary field. Salem : Partly cloudy today with increasing cloudi ness tonight. Continued cold with high est temperature today 39. Lowest 25 President Roxasof the Philip pines said the new year would determine "whether we can fully use the implements at hand to achieve our national salvation." , King George of England sent greetings to his subjects through the lord mayor of England and said he and Queen Elizabeth "sincerely reciprotate their good wishes for the coming year." Young King Mimai of Roman ia, his nation's celebration shad owed by widespread starvation, broadcast an appeal for unity and solidarity and thanks to Russia for helping Romania reestablish -herself in world politics. In Paris the merriest New Year's celebration since libera tion kept up until 5:30 ajn. yes terday. Rome, her streets deserted af ter the gayest and most expen sive New Year's in six years, slept off the celebration before facing today's general strike in Alliance Rumored equipment and training of all English-speaking armies would become uniform. The eventual unification 'of British, American and probably Dominion troops will begin in the United a,tes, Aurore said, where methoas of West Point will be used as a model for training future British officers. Canada has been selected as the first proving ground of fu ture British-American unity, the Paris newspaper asserted. British newspapers - front paged accounts from New York that Britain and the U. S. were rapidly completing plans for air, sea and land : cooperation in the event of another war. While emphasizing that no "all embracing decision" had been taken to standardize all military equipment of the two countries, the reports did not rule out the possibility of such a decision. f Hostilities End' Order Affects I President Truman's proclama tion declaring the war at an end will have the result of making the state civil ser ice law and the public , employes' retirement an nuity law effective on July 1, 1947. ' The language of the state laws was that they should become fully ef I fective on that date or on the dura tion and six months, whichever was later. The state employes' as sociation 'had prepared amend- ments to present to the legislature 10 rnaice mem enecxive juiy 1 nexi. since the war actually was long since over and soldiers and sailors most of them had returned. The amendments now will not be nec- essary. 1 Under the civil service act ap nointmentu to offic rlnrmp this i , . . .. P;100, naxe Deen porary, aner j v r. ntxt anno nt men Lo made under the act will be permanent, ; Payment of annuities now may start after July 1 next to retired workers. New Revolt In Indo-Cliina PARIS Jan. I-;p)-The French 1 press agency reported today that French forces had overcome an other rebellion ln Indo-China, this time in western Cambodia at the opposite extremity from strife-torn Tonkin in the north. The dispatch said the rebellion was launched by a "two or three thousand" man army of Cam bodians calling themselves "Issa raks" or "free men," who have now been broken into small ! I guerrilla bands after three weeks 1 of fighting in which they lost a large number of followers through desertion. Food Handlers' Strike Slated LOS ANGELES, Jan. l.-UP)-An employers' spokesman said to night that the threat of a food handlers' strike tomorrow in most of Southern California had been narrowed to about 10,000 clerks in 2,000 stores in Los Angeles and vicinity. The AFL Retail Clerks union is demanding $60 for a 40-hour week instead of the current $40. The employers have offered $55. Haskell Tidwell, secretary of the local clerks union in the Los Angeles harbor area, said a ma jority of the 130 stores there have signed contracts at the new figure and that clerks in 14 major mar kets that have not yet signed would be on hand tomorrow However, he said, one or more of them might be picketed at any time in the next three days. ft Pric 5c No. 23 Drafted WASHINGTON. Jan. I Election sent the Bilbo report "and the of Sam Rayburn of Texas as record c f hearings and other evi bonse democratic leader appear- deuce to the attorney general for ed certain tonight as a "Draft such action as may be just and Rayburn" drive reached stam- proper." pede proportions. Rayburn, who Democrat May Join relinquishes the speakership. The report, indicated that re when the house convenes Frl- publicans may be joined by some day, was not available for com- democrats in a battle to oust Bil ment. j bo. The Mississippiari wait elected . to a third term last November ut- Snows, Wind Whip Across Eastern U. S. By the Associated Press Snow storms, rain, cold and slick roads sent 1947 skidding down the trail of time yesterday. The heaviest snow storm in 15 years struck Wildwood, N. J. The fall, piled up to a foot In depth, j was accompanied by a 35-mile 1 wind. Snow swept the New York City area and the weather bureau or dered storm warnings from Block Ii-Jand to the Delaware break wa- , have had about getting home early ter. Winds from 35 to 40 miles per because of President Truman's hour, and snow and sleet, were proclamation of the end of hostil forecast. ities was dashed tonight by tho Fresh snow also pelted North vvar department. Dakota and western Minnesota, t An announcement by Secretary Flurries whirled down in central ' of War Patterson said that "troops; Illinois and central Indiana, and ' serving overseas will not be af sleet peppered the southern por- 1 fected for the present by the res tions of tbote two states. 1 toration of the statutory provision Snow was predicted for the f the two-year maximum for duty lower Great Lakes region and the iri rertain foreign stations." North Atlantic states. Tne statute was one of a num- Rains ln South ker which again became operative Rain fell over a wide area reach- ' w'th ,he presidential proclamation. ing from Kentucky and Arkansas southwestward to the Gulf of Mex ico. Elsewhere, for the most part, the weather was cold in the north and chilly in the south. A rise in temperatures was ex- t tion which provides longer service pected from the Mississippi river 1 in tn discretion of the secretary to the eastern seaboard, but read- j 01 war wh" necessary for "tem ings below the seasonal levels were Prary emergencies." in prospect for the midwest. I Patterson said these "tempor- Snow Expected in N.Y. I ary emergencies do exiut in the As residents of New York City areas listed, dug out their overshoes in expec- j ' tation of a fnur-inrh intiu fo 1 1 o i blow bean kickine uo to tho north, snow started to fall in! southern New England. It was forecast for the rest of that region, visibility was poor, the wind was increasing to north to northeast gales, and storm warnings were hoisted along the coast. Ice-coated streets and a frozen gridiron down in San Antonio, Tex., caused postponement to Sat urday of the Alamo Bowl game b e t w e e n Hardin-Simmons and Denver universities. Vicksburg, Miss., was hit by one of the most severe ice storms in its history. The storm caused I thousands of dollars in property damage. Debris cluttered the streets and many power and com munication lines were down. Irish Crash Toll Raised to Thirteen LONDON. Jan. tWVPI-Durilev Hill, 34, TWA radio officer, died today from injuries suffered Sat urday in the crash of the Con stellation Star of Cairo, the doc tors amputated the right let; of the pilot, Herbert Tansey, as the last hope of saving his life. Hill's death brought to 13 the total number of fatalities from the crash, which occurred near the Shannon, Eire, airport. The radio officer's father, William T. Hill of Alexandria, Va., arrived at Limerick, Eire, yesterday to be with his son. CONSTRUCTION IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Jan. l.-OP)-Seattle's first major 1947 construction pro ject, a 4 Mt million dollar group of low-cost apartments for vet erans, was announced today. 'Misuse Of Office' Reported By Edwin B. IlaakinMn WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 -")- A majority of the senate war inves tigating committee"' reported to night that Senator Theodore G. Bilbo (D-Miss) "misused his high office for personal gain" and vio lated federal statutes. - Along with this finding the sen ate was advised in a statement by Chairman Kilgore (D-WVa) thai the report and evidence have been sent to the attorney general "for such action as may be just and proper." 4 That announcement, made by Kilgore in filing the report with the secretary of the senate, fol lowed the disclosure by a justice, department official that an inquiry into Bilbo's affairs by the depart ment "has been in progress in Mississippi and Washington fir some time." The official said the investigation was independent of any committee preceedinga. Senate U Decide "Final judgment concerning th matter of improper conduct affec ting the fitness of a senator to serve must be made by the senate as a whole," Kilgore said, "and under our form of government ' conclusions concerning statutory violations of the criminal code arc ret-erved to the courts." For this reason, Kilgore said he i ter serving 12 years as a United 1 States senator and eight years a ! governor of Mississippi. I Bilbo told his colleague, in a let ! ter he made public tonight, that "I j certainly have no objection" to ' submitting the record 3nd testi ! mony to the justice department. He urged the senators to approach his case with open mind. (Additional details on page 3) Troops Remain Unaffected by Truman Order WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (.TV '' Any idea occupation troopx might stipulates a two-year limit on foreign ervice of troop in the Philippines, the Asiatic station China, Hawaii, Puerto; Rico and the Panama Canal rone. It contains, however, an excep- D...! I,tV-.- . - "" J..t5111IIS Bank Position WASHINGTON, Jan. 1-6P)-Beardsley Ruml has resigned as chairman of the New York Fed eral Reserve bank, but will con tinue to serve on the bank's ex ecutive committee, the Federal Reserve board announced today. Ruml had served as chairman for nine years, an ununuiJly-long time, and officials here said he had asked to be relieved because he could not spare the time nec essary from his business as board chairman of R. H. Macy and com pany. The position, like other ' Fed eral Reserve bank posts Of the kind, carries no compensation. jtJnliapny New Year For Homer J. Knox PASADENA, Jan. 1 -()- It wasn't a very happy ney year for Homer J. Knox, who came from Klamath Falls to see the Rose Bowl game. Knox told police three men held him up while he was strolling down-town; robbed him of $300 and his Rose Bowl ticket PRINTERS GIVEN RAISE CHICAGO, Jan. 1 -OP)- A ten tative agreement granting 3500 members of the1 Chicago local of the AFL International Typogra phical union wage increases from 39 Vs to 534 cents an hour was announced today by the Franklin association, representing 400 commercial printers. - V r 1