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(Story in Column 8) Weather Max. ... 34 MM. Preclp. M .! SI .00 M 00 raai less Portland S333J0Q8 San Francisco 4S Chicago 34 New York ., 37 Willamette river 0 feet tl .traco M tiace FORECAST (from U. 1 weather bu reau. McNary field. Salm: Partly cloudy today and tonight, becoming cloudy Thursday. Little chanee in tem perature, with highest today 3. Low est tonight 29. POUND EI D 1651 NINETY-SIXTH YEAR 10 PAGES Solent, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, January t. 1947 Price 5c No. 244 Yesterday I received the follow ing telegram from E. B. Mac Naughton. president of the First National Bank of Portland: 'For Hni( time request have been made by edilom ind chamber of com merce In cities where e have branches that we publish on call dates the totals for deposits and loans orif inating in their communities. We be lieve this to be proper and desirable public Information and therefore we are today releasing the 14 year end figures of deposits and loans totals of our branches and we will continue henceforth to do so. Such figures are one of the best indices of a commun ity's prosperity and enterprise and we are glad to furnish the information. We hope this practice will became general throughout the state The December 31. 194. call figures for Salein branch of First National fol low Deposits $12,086,752. Loans $4. 114.793." Let me congratulate Mr. Mac Naughton and his bank for mak ing this decision. It will be great ly appreciated in all communities upstate where they have branches. I hope the United States National will make similar information available for its branches. With local figures made public of these two banking systems ' which pretty well dominate the banking situation in Oregon com munities will recover an identity in matters of finance. The aggre gate of deposits gives as good a revelation of local financial health as can be found, and chambers of commerce and business men will be gratified and greatly assisted to have this information available at regular intervals. The First National has broken the ice. I hope that quickly the other great banking organization will adopt a similar policy of pub licity on local deposits and loans. Icy 'Rocket Head' Thought Student Prank PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. The so-called " "mystery rocket missile" has every indication of being a student prank. A spectroscopist said today the missile, a three - inch cylindrical object, which Is supposed to have fallen on the Hill military acad emy campus out of a clear sky last Saturday, was made of plas ter. Furthermore it matches plaster found In a dud artillery shell, vised for decorative purposes, on the campus just 40 feet from where the "missile" reportedly fell amidst an ice shower confined to a 15-foot square, Tom Matth ews of the Oregon department of geology and mineral industries laboratory, said here. Capt. Ieon G. Thompson, mili tary instructor at the academy, reported the ice shower and the missile. He said it neatly struck Thomas A. Pigott, school regis trar. They had no idea where it came from unless it was from a rocket. Today It was noted that of a number of artillery shells on the campus, one had a missing nose. In the remainder of the shell, there was a hole where a fuse has been. The hole was about the same size as the "missile." A piece of material found in the hole turned out to be plaster. Further more the base of the "missile" was painted aluminum, as was the entire shell on the campus. About the only mystery remain ing was how or where it got launched. Someone suggested stu dents might have used a catapult. But the students weren't talk ing. There were second - guessers, though, and one prominent theory was that the weather, not prank sters, was to blame. It went like this: Ice formed around the shell casing. Then water inside the shell started to freeze. It created such pressure that the plaster plug and ice around the casting alike were blown into the air. They came down 40 feet away, narrowly missing Pigott and the astounded captain. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH That's all the worms, dears nou; close your mouths, it's going to rain." V OH mm San hMcM . Truman, Congress Split Seen Br J. W. Davis WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. -JP)-President Truman headed tonight for real trouble with congress on his ideas for running the govern ment. At noon tomorrow the field of conflict may be further widened when the president submits rec ommendations fur avoiding de pression and working instead for prosperity. Already, these difficulties had arisen for Mr. Truman in his ef forts to get his program through the new republican congress: 1. Reports that the president will submit a $37,000,000,000 bud get for the fiscal year beginning next July 1 aroused GOP oppo sition. Chairman Taber (R-NY) of the house appropriations commit tee figured $29,500,000,000 is enough. To Ask Surplus Reduce Debt The president's budget message, according to some officials, would predict a surplus of not more than $1,500,000,000. He wants the sur plus to be used to reduce the national debt of about $253,000, 000,000. Some republicans argue that, with stringent economies, it will be possible to cut most individual income taxes 20 per cent, and still reduce the debt too. The presi dent's reported budget plans evi dently do not contemplate any such tax cut. Action Needed 2. A majority of congress seem ed inclined to pay little attention to the president's plan for a 20 man committee to investigate means to prevent dangerous strikes. The general republican at titude was that action, rather than inquiry, is needed. 3. Chances of the army-navy unification which "Mr. Truman asked appeared about even in a survey of the new congress. How ever, sentiment generally opposed universal military training and favored letting the wartime draft law expire March 31. 'Not a Ghost of a Chance' 4. Republican leaders threw their support to the Smith-Ball-Taft bill providing for federal aid to states and local governments for voluntary health insurance. Sen ator Aiken (R-VT) said today that if Mr. Truman is thinking of com pulsory health insurance under federal law, "it doesn't have a ghost of a chance." The report which Mr. Truman hands to congress tomorrow on economic measures will be fol lowed Friday by his recommen dations on spending in the coming fiscal year. 121 OPA Rent Cases on Files Of Local Board Approximately 121 non-compliance cases have come to the at tention of the federal rent control office in Salem. Clare A. Lee, di rector of the Salem office, said Tuesday. Most of the cases in volve landlords who failed to comply with the freeze date and are still overcharging rents, Lee said. Some of the cases have been referred to compliance attorneys. Registrations from Marion county and West Salem now total about 4,000 landlords which is approxi mately 60 per cent of the .total, Lee declared. Job Service Peak Reached Peak load in the local office of the Oregon employment service has apparently been reached, with 557 persons passing through Tues day and 125 going through the Mill City office. Manager William Baillie reported yesterday. The number filing claims and seeking employment dropped from Mon day's total of 648 through the Sa lem office, Baillie said. Baillie said that the present rush, normal for this time of year, would con tinue for about three weeks. Legislative Routine Revision Urged PORTLAND, Jan. 7 -(Jf)- Rep. J. E. Bennett of Muutnomah coun ty said today he would introduce a bill the first day of the. legisla tive session to change session routine so that most committee meetings would be held in the morning. He said it would re quire the house and senate to debate and act on measures only in the afternoon. Brief early morning sessions would be re served for- introduction of bills. General Praised By Solons WASHINGTON. Jan. 7 - (Pf -Congressional expressions of re gret that Secretary of State Byrnes is quitting were tempered tonight by an outpouring of gen eral praise for Gen. George C. Marshall as his successor. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich), chairman of the senate foreign relations committee who has worked hand-in-hand with the outgoing secretary, said in a typ ical statement: "I deeply regret the resigna tion of Secretary Byrnes. He has been an able, courageous, effec tive secretary in the lmest Ameri can tradition. He has been a staunch defender of American ideals when they needed defence in a critical period. He has made a tremendous contribution to peace. His departure is a major loss. Rich in Experience "General Marshall is rich In useful experience. He has always enjoyed the total confidence of congress as well as of his military and civilian colleagues at home and abroad. I wish him well in his great responsibility." Senator Connally (D-Tex), for mer chairman of senate foreign relation committee and, like Van denberg, an adviser to Byrnes, said: Great Influence "Secretary Byrnes has rendered distinguished service as secretary of state. It has been invaluable. I regret deeply that he has seen fit to resign. I have worked with him in London, Paris, and New York on international conferences, and have observed his skillful and patient negotiations. He wielded a great influence. The gratitude of the United States will follow him in his retirement. It's un fortunate." Other comments included: Sen ator Wagner (D-NY), member of the foreign relations committee: "Secretary Byrnes did a remark able job. I am very sorry to see him go. Marshall will be a very capable successor, but It will be difficult to replace Jimmy Byrne." Representatives Opine Typical of the sentiments ex pressed by house members were those voiced by Rep. Bloom (D-NY), ranking minority mem ber of the house foreign commit tee, and of Rep. Wadi worth (R-NY), a member of the com mittee. Bloom said that Byrnes was owed a "tremendous debt of grat itude" for his work in consolidat ing treaties with the Axis satel lites and for helping to put the United Nations on an operating basis. Wadsworth termed Marshall a man with "everything necessary to make him one of the greatest secretaries of state in the coun try's history." He said that he felt confident that Marshall would carry out the work that Byrnes has "so ably begun." Fog Curtain Lowers Again Fog which enveloped Salem last night closed McNary field to air traffic all day Tuesday, the U. S. weather station there reports. Fog which made ceiling zero in the evening hung at 600 to 700 feet during the day and prevented landings at the local field, the weather station said. Prospects for today were not forecast. The Eugene airport was closed early in the evening and Portland airport closed at about 10:30 p.m. Fire Losses Low in State Protective Area The northwest Oregon state pro tective district has shown an en viable fire record for the first year it has been under state jur isdiction, according to figures re leased by state forestry depart ment officials here Tuesday. There were only 35 fires in the district in 1946 with burned over area limited to 1,236 acres. The fire loss was $3466. CAR LICENSE SALE SLOW PORTLAND, Jan. 7-(P)-The state motor vehicle division said today that approximately 150,000 Oregon motorists have not yet applied for 1947 automobile li cense plates. run LnJ SloivsDown WASHINGTON, Jan. 7-(P-ime F. Byrnes today announced his resignation as U. S. secretary of state. Doctors' orders to "slow down', resulted In the move. Byrnes said. Vets' Colony Bus Line May Start by Feb. 1 Bus service to the Salem veter ans' housing project at 16th and Cross streets should start before February 1 if present plans ma terialize, R. J. Davidson, local manager of Oregon Motor Sta ges, said Tuesday. Davidson, after talking with A. L. Schneider, general mana ger of Oregon Motor stages at Portland, and J. L. Franzen, Sa lem city manager, said three new 27-passenger buses were sched uled to arrive In Salem within the next week, and after being painted they would be placed in service immediately. At present, the stage line has 14 buses operating in Salem, nine new ones and five re-built. Da vidson said it was possible one of the old ones may be withdrawn, which would leave a net gain of two when this month's expectable deliveries arrive. It was not an nounced what other areas would be served by the additions. ANTARCTIC WEATHER BAD ABOARD USS MT. OLYMPUS IN THE ICE PEAK, Jan. IMJF) Overcast weather prevented flights today by either the east ern or western task groups in the search for the nine missing navy airmen who disappeared more than a week ago in the icy ant arctic wastes. W-mj.mm a - - . - - - .-.,.- ,. : ' - British Charge Americans 'Not Doing Right' by War Brides By Joe Hall NEW YORK, Jan. 7-igV"Tain't so. That was the widespread American reaction today to Lon don reports that British war brides were being ill-treated and neglected here. Mrs. Dorothy Geast Henn, the newcomer who recently gave birth to quadruplets, said in Bal timore that "everyone in America has been just the same to me wonderfully kind." "Since the first day I arrived when the GIs helped up with our luggage at the boat I have felt welcome here and well looked after. Nothing has made me change my mind. "I think the London newspa pers made a big splash about a few instances. The war brides I have talked to all seem nappy." Brides Said Stranded "Gross exaggeration," exploded Daniel Green, director of the home service department of the New York Red Cross chapter, when informed of a dispatch to a London paper that hundreds of British brides were "stranded and living in squalor in New York, awaiting passage" home. "We have not had occasion to help more than 30 women who were returning to British homes after leaving American husbands 'Slow Down' Warning Given by Doctors Causes Resignation of Top U. S. Diplomat China Envoy Boards Plane For America NANKING. Wednesday. Jan. S tVP-General Marshall left by plane for the United States today, leavlnr behind him the unofficial best wishes of the Chinese gov ernment in his new post as sec retary of state. If Marshall was aware of his appointment before his departure for Guam, en route to the United States, he gave no hint and even his closest associates were unin formed, it was learned. While Chinese officials followed the usual course of declining a formal statement, government sources expressed satisfaction that President Truman had selected a man who, from 13 months as spe cial U. S. envoy, is probably the best informed American on Chi nese problems. Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek saw Marshall off at the airport. Marshall is due to reach Hono lulu Thursday night, where he will Join Mrs. Marshall. The gen eral expected to rest In Hawaii for three days before continuing to the United States. The big plane bearing Marshall took off at 8:15 a.m. (7:13 p.m., today. Eastern standard time). The recall of President Tru man's special envoy left this Chi nese capital with mixed reactions one of concern on the pert of the government and of hopeful joy on the part of communists. Speaking on the not unexpect ed development, a government source said that the greatest con cern of Chiang Kai-shek and oth ers nearest him was whether Gen eral Marshall would advise Presi dent Truman that the United States continue to support China. The reaction at Yenan head quarters of the communists was not readily known but a commu nist spokesman in Nanking said "If Marshall's return means the end of the United States policy of supporting the kuomintang (gov ernment party), we are very hap py." (Details of Marshall's China policy statement on page 2.) Judge Ready to End OPA Suits PORTLAND. Jan. 7. --Federal Judge Claude McColloch said today he was ready to clear the books of OPA charges against Ore gon firms. He dismissed two OPA Indict ments and Instructed the federal grand jury to prepare no more. He ruled there was no power to indict after June 30, 1946, the ex piration date of the first price control act Five OPA indictments remain on record. The judge said he would entertain motions to dis miss them. in the year that the brides have been coming over," Green said. Meanwhile. at Birmingham. Ala., Circuit Judge Robert J. Wheeler set aside a divorce de cree granted last May 9 to Charles W. Vincent, husband of Mrs. Minnie Vincent, whose statements in London after her return there touched off the controversy. Marriace Dissolved Mrs. Vincent had said she ar rived here in August only to be told her marriage had been dis solved. She complained vigorous ly of her treatment in this coun try. Judge Wheeler said he granted the divorce on an allegation of abandonment "through an over sight on my part." He explained he mistakenly read the date of abandonment in the divorce pe tition as March, 1945, although the petition read March, 1946. Alabama laws require aban donment to be of at least 12 months duration before it may be used as grounds for divorce. A British consulate spokesman snapped "rubbish" when parts of the London reports were read to her. "It sounds like a tempest in a teapot," she said. "We certainly have not received any complaints from brides here." First China, Now the World ' '; t r WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -(VP) -General Coerce C. Marshall, who Is on his way home to become the new secretary of state. He has been President Tm man's special envoy to China since late In 1945. Farmer Prods Hibernating Bear With Pitchfork CANYON CITY, Jan. 7 -UP-Ira Kimbell jabbed his pitchfork ipto a haypile and got a bear. The bear came up with the dis position one might expect. Kim bell s dog leaped between them and knocked the bear over, but the bruin grabbed the dog and began squeezing. Kimbell charged in with his pitchfork. The bear dropped the dog and turned to the rancher. Both Kimbell and dog fled the barn. The bear waddled out a door and into the woods, seeking a quieter place for a winter's snooze. East State Hospital Sewage Disposal Plant Considered Figures covering construction and operation of a sewage dis posal system for the Eastern Ore gon state hospital at Pendleton were asked for yesterday by the state board of control. L. R. Stockmtin, engineer at Baker, wiis requested to bring the figures down to date. No action has been taken by the board on a request that it join with the city of Pendleton in con structing a municipal sewage dis posal plant which also would serve the state insitution. Sepa rate surveys have been conducted by engineers for the board of con trol and the city of Pendleton. QUICKIES "Don't mind me I JusV wanted to clip this Statesman Want Ad!" Sy(S(DESl3 J :. aT 1 ' .. '''V: ' in i n mi mm n, , Active Volcano Threat to Town In Aleutians SEATTLE, Jan. 7-(A-Akutan volcano, a 4100-foot peak six miles from a native village in the Aleutian., was in active erup tion yesterday with orange flames playing above the crater and lav;i flowing down the mountain tides, the navy reported. Rear Admiral Freeland A. Dau bin, commandant of the 17th na val district with headquarters at Kodiak, ordered a navy auxiliary dispatched immediately to Akutan Harbor to evacuate the villagers if needed or give any other aid. the navy said. Messages from the north said the peak was firt een erupting by the coast guard cutter Wachu sett at 4 p.m. Sunday. The erup tion was observed through a blinding snowstorm and the sky above the crater was lighted by "bright orange flames" of varied intensity. The navy fleet tug Sarsi. en route from Kodiak to Dutch Har bor, messages at 8 p m. laj-t night: "Akutan peak acJive. Hot lava flowing down mountain side." The peak is on Akutan island about 40 miles east of Dutch Harbor. Broadliurst Trial Feb. 24 VALE, Ore, Jan. 7-iP) Pleas of innocent to first degree mur der and to being an accessory af ter the fact were entered today by Mrs. Gladys Lincoln Broad hurst, red-headed 40 - year - old widow accused of slaying her hus band, W. D. Broadhurst, 51, pros perous Caldwell, Idaho, rancher. After her pleas, Circuit Judge M. A. Biggs set trial on the mur der charge for February 24 and postponed from February 3 to March 10 the murder trial of Al vin Lee Williams, Mrs. Broad hurst's chauffeur who is jointly accused with her. Biggs ruled against demurrers filed by attorney for the widow j to halt proceedings on both counts again&t her. General Next In Line for Presidency WASHINGTON', Jan. 7-iJT) -Jameft F. Iiyrne reig-nrd tonight aa secretary of Mate and I'rtftidrnt Truman rhot as hi? hurreHMor the man nho guided American military fortune in the war - - Gener al George C. Marshall. Byrne declared the doctors had warned him he muit "slow down" and that he couldn't slow down in the Job of secretary of stale. Marshall, army chief of staff in the war, is presently ending a presidential mission 10 China. The announcement of his se lection to the cabinet came at al most the exact hour, 7 p. m.. East ern Standard time, at which he was due to leave Nanking, en route home. The Pennsylvania-born, Virgin-la-educated Marshall takes over the job of helping maka peace Mr curt at a time when republicans have taken over congress. In the army tradition, he haa shown no political connections. Senate Followed Byrnes This was not believed to be the reason for the change, however. The senate, which rules heavily on foreign relations already bad shown a disposition to follow Byrnes policies. Congressional leaders were wift Lto heap praise on both men when the news reached Capitol Hill. Republicans and democrats alike joined in. The change in the top diploma tic post was a surprise. It hsid been known that Byrnes had grown tired some months apo, but the 67-year-old South Caro linian looked to be in very good health lately. Distinguished Jobs For Byrnes, the secretaryship was the last in a string of distin guished potts. He had served as a senator, as a supreme court jus tice and as "nssistarit president" to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the role of war mobilier. With senate confirmation f Marshall -- and no one doubled that it was sure - - the c hange means that Marshal', instead of Byrnes tanda next in line for the presidency in the next two yvuru. There is no vice president now and the secretary of stale heads the line of ucreion under law. Cen. Marsba.ll t Marshall turned 66 last Decem ber 3l, having retired earlier n chief of staff Hailed as one of America's military geniuses, the five-starred; general was Presi dent Truman's pick to try to un snarl the affairs of unhappy China. Incidentally, Marshal's wartime deputy, W. Bedell Smith, is now ambassador to Russia. The White House mde public an exchange of telegram in which Ihe president accepted "with great reluctance and heait felt regret" Byrnes' resignation, to become effective January 10. Nought to Resign Earlier The cor re pondenre disclosed that Bymes first sought to resign on April 16 in a letter in which he told the president that he was advised after a medical eximini tion tLat he must "hIow down." He wanted that resignation to be come effective last July I. Again on December 19, Byrnes wrote the president that he had intended to leave hi post July 1, hoping that the peace conference would have concluded it4j deliber ations at that time. "When it be came obvious that I was too op timistic as to the completion f the woik upon the five treaties with the Axis satellite states, I told you I would continue until they were finally agreed upon," Byrnes wrote. Asks to Be Relieved "Now that we hav reached complete agreement and the treaties are scheduled t be igned February 10 I thould like to be relieved." He ended by saying that "No man serving as secretary of state could ask or receive greater support and encourage ment than you have given me." The president, in accepting the resignation, wrote: "I realize full well how arduous and complex have been the problems which have fallen to you since you took office In July, 194S. Yours has been a steadying hand as you have met the difficult problems which have arisen in such unvarying succession," the president sal 4