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CRT SQSjjQS A news itory on an inside page in the Saturday papers reaily deserves much more prom inence. It reports that the rail roads have agreed to cut the freight rate on steel moving from Geneva, Utah, to Los An geles, San Francisco and Port land from 70c to 48c a hundred pound.-. To Seattle the new rate will be 54c. This is a major victory (or the west's indutns. It brings the coat of steel laid down in Port land down $420 per ton over the present cor-t by water from the Bethlehem Steel Co. plant in Maryland. Thu.s it virtually as sures the Geneva plant, now owned by U. S. Steel, of domi nance in the market along the west coast, and it assures the coast of cheaper steel. Industrialization of the west has been greatly retarded by the cost of steel which is basic in modern manufacturing. The plant. which have operated here hayc been largely local, doing special ty work or local fabrication. Competition from the big plantf in the east has been too keen fo. wide expansion. The new cott ol steel will dull that competition somewhat and give western in dustry a better chance to progress. . This subject of wetern devel opment is dealt with in sharp criticism of westerners by Ber nard DeVoto in an article in the January Harpers, following up a previous article on the same theme. He heads it "The West Against Itself." He. accused west erners of blindly and stupidly selling out the long-range inter est either for immediate profit or as pawns to the east. There is much of truth in what he says, but his complaint is lacking somewhat in historical perspec tive. DeVoto accuses the cattlemen of consuming the range so that rivers (Continued on Editorial page) Gov. Arnall Acts to Block Talmadge Son ATLANTA. Ca.. Jan. l-i FT-Ellis Arnall resigned today as gov ernor of Georgia, "effective im mediately after the qualification of the lieutenant-governor," in maneuver apparently aimed at blocking succession of Herman Talmadge to the office won by his late father. The 39-year-old governor, who unseated 'Gene Talmadge in 1942 and who was ineligible to seek re-election when Talmadge won a fourth non -consecutive term in 1948, dramatically removed him self from the controversy which has torn Georgia since death claimed the defender of "white supremacy." His resignation automatically makes M. E. Thompson a claim ant to the governorship the mo ment he is sworn in as Georgia's first lieutenant-governor. Commenting on Arnall's quali fied resignation, Herman Tal madge said: "That Is just another effort by Gov. Arnall to dictate his successor as governor, in or der that he may control him. I am confident that when the legis lature elects me governor that Gov. Arnall will comply with the law." Death Takes Eva Tanjniay LOS AtNG ELES. Jan. ll.-ctfV Eva Taaguay, who, earned $2, 000.000 at one of the big names of American vaudeville only to spend her declining years in poverty, died today of a cerebral hemor ihage. She was 08. One of Florenz Ziegfeld's dis coveries. Miss Tanguay was a sen sation in 1910 in "The Chaper ones." and she became known as the "I Don't Care Girl" for the song of the same name that she made famous. At the peak of her success she earned $3,500 weekly, but the stxk market crash and the decline of vaudeville reduced her to poverty after she was forced to sell her $45,000 home and its $50, 000 worth of furnishings at near by Toluca lake. Animal Crackers By WAJJRENOOOCICH Hcrt'$ th place, ma." 1 ml om a arm, yi Six Missing Navy Fliers NINETY-SIXTH TEAR AudiomPter Helping in Better-hearing Program ssssajBBSMsjMSMMsMMg n .lamwiaii -r mmmmmmmmmmmm ! . i Fe-wer. ay-ei if yea bear the numbers yon are doing all right. Above are pupils of the St Joseph's grammar sdiool taking an audiometer test to determine their ability te hear. The little first graders are being tested while the older eighth graders cheek them. Giving these hearing tests throughout Ms r ion county in major school centers is Rebecca Overstreet. audiometrist with the state department of health, near the transmitter. Helping; her are, (left to right, standing) Janice Jackson and Helen AJbrich. both eighth graders, and Eleanoro Swedenburg, county health department nurse. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.) (Story on page 4.) Albania Rejects British Demand For Apology LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.. Jan. 11 (JP- The British made public to day a long Albanian note flatly rejecting a London demand for an apology and compensation for mine damage to two British de stroyers and the loss of 44 sailors. S i m u 1 1 a n e ously, a British spokesman said Sir Alexander Cadogan, United Kingdom dele gate to the United Nations secur ity council, would press for an early airing of his government's charges against Albania. These were filed last night in the first case Britain has brought before the council. The case began last October 22 when the bows of two British de stroyers were damaged by mines off the Albanian coast in the Corfu channel, and 44 sailors were killed. Volcano Base Cities Evacuate MANILA, Sunday, Jan. Two towns at the foot of fiery Mayon volcano were evacuated today as the erupting giant sent streams of molten lava down its slopes, press reports from the scene said. Government agencies and the Red Cross were alerted to sUnd by in event of a violent eruption. The populations of the fishing town of Libog. six miles east of the summit, and Camalig. about the same distance south of the glowing peak, were ordered to leave. Streams of persons moved along the highways, their house hold goods piled atop oxcarts, said reports from nearby Legaspi, principal city of the area. Britons Ignore Troop Threat LONDON. Jan. 11 -OP)- Brit ain's labor government tonight dangled the threat of using troops to replace London's 16,000 striking truck drivers, but with the city's millions facing a crit ical food shortage the workers ignored a Labor ministry warn ing to return to their jobs. Dock workers, market porters and public transit w o r k e rs threatened to quit in sympathy walkouts after the government announced a plan to use army, navy and air force personnel to man idle trucks. Faced with this counter-threat, a labor ministry spokesman indicated the plan would be held in abeyance. McCormack Concedes Tax Cut Vole in House WASHINGTON, Jan. HHvPV Rep. McCormack of Massachu setts, house Democratic whip, conceded today probable houxe passage of a 20 per cent reduc tion in income taxes, "because the Republicans have got the votes " But he denounced the cut fathered by Chairman Knutson (R.-Minn.) of the house ways and means committee and endorsed by Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) as an "unsound" approach to fiscal problems. 22 PAGES Passenger Plane Reported Down ATLANTA. (Sunday). Jan. 12 -OPJ-The Eastern Airlines traf fic office here said early today one of its passenger planes bound from Detroit to Winston Salem. N. C, was reported down "somewhere near Wythe ville. Va " Richard D. Hager, traffic representative, said he believed there were 16 passengers and a crew of three aboard. He said he did not have any further information. Miller's Store Official Dies In Portland Loren Wise, 58, of 165 W. Le felle st, assistant manager of Miller Mercantile Co. store here, died Saturday morning in a Port land hopital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Tues day morning in the Clough-Bar-rick chapel and interment will follow at Lincoln Memorial park in Portland. Wise was bom at Artesian, S. D , October 23, 188, and is sur vived by the widow, Eva May Wise, of Salem; two sons, Loren A. of Portland, and George A. of Salem; his mother, Mrs. Loren a Wise of Portland; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Emmert of Tracy, Calif.. and Mrs. Francis Matthews of Seattle. He had been assistant man ager of the Miller firm here for three years and previously held a similar position with a Port land Miller store. He was a mem ber of the First Presbyterian church and of the Salem Lions club. Gamble to Head GOP Fund Drive PORTLAND, Jan. ll-(yp-Ted R. Gamble, former assistant sec retary of the treasury directing bond sales, will head a state Re publican party campaign to repair the party's financial condition, State Party Chairman James A. Royney said today. The fund will be used to finance state activity in 1947 and to boost the Oregon contribution to na tional Republican funds, Royney said. Foodstuffs Generally, Fail to Follow Butter Price Tumble in Salem Area By Conrad Prange . Stiff Writer, The Statesman 1 Although local butter prices I I have taken a sharp tumble in the ' past few days, other foodstuffs in . Salem markets, w ith the exception of canned fruit juices, are holding 1 firm, it was reported Saturday. In the last three days butter prices dropped 3 cents in Salem. ! 5 cents in the Los Angeles area and 4fj cents in Chicago, local dairies reported. The product is now retailed locally at 80 cents a pound in practically all stores and the wholesale price Saturday was 75 cents a pound. Credit for the price drop goes to increased production of butter, a Salem dairyman reported. The output has been stepped up rap idly in recent weeks primarily be cause milk, which had formerly gone in great quantities into cheese and other products, is now flowing back into the butter market, he stated. However, he foresaw no drastic reduction in butter prices for the future rather he indi t pOUNDDD 1651 Salem, 27 Saved in Plane Crash On China Sea MANILA, Sunday, Jan. 12 -JP) Twenty-seven persons of the 44 aboard a giant passenger plane that fell into the China sea have been saved, the rescue ship Gen eral Collins radioed the U. S. navy today. The General Collins reported that 16 survivors had been taken aboard and 11 more remained to be picked up from nearby life rafts. This would leave IT un accounted for. The plane, the Far East Air Transport corporation's Miss Lu zon, was en route from Shanghai to Hong Kong when it ran into bad weather and tried to land in the Philippines. The survivors were found only 15 miles off the northern end of Luzon in Bangui bay. The transport crashed at sea 80 miles northwest of the northern tip of Luzon Saturday. Rafts "full of survivors" were sighted earlier today in the aerial search, and there was no indication whether there might be others not yet reached by the Collins. Included among the lost trans port's 30 passengers were six British and 24 Chinese. Four members of the crew were Americans. Plant to Make Greenhouses E. N. Gerlinger, Salem, well known gardening authority, and Jack Rhine, Portland, former University of Oregon tennis star, announced yesterday the forma tion of the Apex Wood Products company here. The plant, to enlarge In the spring, will manufacture pre fabricated garden greenhouses and other wood products. The greenhouses are to utilize newly developed shatter-proof flexible glass which will admit approxi mately 50 per cent of the sun's ultra-violet rays. Gerlinger is to manage produc tion of the greenhouses and Rhine is to direct sales of the firm, the pairannounced. cated that the price might swing upward slightly within a few weeks. For the present, eggs retailing locally at 60 cents per dozen for the large size and 55 cents for the mediums appeared to continue on an even keel. A big surplus of cold storage eggs this year is propping up the fresh egg market, arte local egg man declared. Usually at this time of the year the egg prices experience a decline, he stated, but storage egg men are keeping prices up so that their product will not be sold at a loss. He anti cipates an egg price decline short ly. In other lines of edibles, meat prices appear to be holding firm, with several markets reporting a few prime beef cuts up a few cents over the last week. In general beef steaks are going in most markets at from 59 cents a pound to 65 cents, with pork ranging from 65 cents to 69 cents. Ham and bacon, now on display in quantity, has been holding steady at around 79 cents. Most shops report that cus Found Alive in Antarctic Wastes Oregon, Sunday Morning. January 12. 1947 Rescuers At Scene Of Crash 1 ABOARD THE USS MOUNT OLYMPUS, Jan. 11 -iff3)- The burned wreckage of a Byrd expe dition plane, missing for 12 days, was found today with six of its crew of nine still alive and a few hours later a rescue plane landed at the scene. The plane landed in the open water near the point where the men had been found 10 miles in land. Twenty minifies later the pilot and a pharmacists mate went ashore in a raft to greet the sur vivors, struggling across the snow from the crash scene. Going ashore were Lt. Cmdr. John Howell, the pilot, and Phar macists Mate R. R. Conger. The discovery plane returned meanwhile to the sea plane ten der Pine Island, the mother ship, and reported the six men danced with joy when they were first sighted from the air. Hit lee Barrier The plane had crashed into an ice barrier at an altitude of 1000 feet on a peninsula of Antarctica jutting out into the Roosevelt sea. Wreckage was scattered over a wide area. The discovery ended agonizing days of waiting and uncertainty since the two-engined plane, a Martin Mariner, vanished Decem ber 30 on a mission to photograph Ellsworth Land along the Roose velt seashore. (Capt. Henry Howard Caldwell, Loomis, Calif., commander of the navy tender Pine Island from which the missing was launched, was one of the survivors, relatives in Loomis were advised by the navy.) Three-Hour Flight The second PBM from the ten der Pine Island took off at 2:58 p.m., eastern standard time, for the three-hour flight to the scene. It carried two pharmacist's majes in ease some of the surviv ors were injured. The first rescue plane found the wreckage at 12:29 p.m. (EST) four and a half hours after it left the Pine Island. The first plane has been in com munication with the grounded sur vivors by visual signals only. A request was made to send in sig naling equipment. Parachuting- L'nmentioned Dispatches from the first place did not say whether the pharma cist's mate aboard had parachuted to the scene. The first plane carried 20 hours of fuel and will be able to stay at the scene for several hours. Capt. Robert Quackenbush, chief of staff, said the second plane prabably would be able to take the six survivors aboard since their additional weight would be partly offset by gasoline consumed. The names of the three casual ties had not been announced. Equipment Dropped Emergency equipment was drop ped, including additional dye markers and trail flags to spot the area thoroughly. There always is the possibility of fog closing in quickly. Quackenbush reported that the men apparently had recovered some of their emergency equip ment from the wrecked mariner, since the men must have had some food and equipment in order to survive the 12 days in that cold and desolate region. CONGRESS HOTEL FIRE PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 1I-0P-Guests were cleared from the mid town Congress hotel today as fire blamed on smokers' carelessness broke out in a fourth floor hall. Fire Investigator William Goerz reported damage to paint and fur nishings totaled $150 and that there was no panic among the guests. tomer buying hs remained con stant and choice of cuts has not changed in the past month to any great degree. All kinds of canned friut juices have dropped in price about 7 cents per can in the past few weeks. Most other canned goods, including fruits and vegetables, are continuing without change in price to any great extent it was said. It was anticipated that with the spring and early summer veg etable pack approaching, prices in canned goods will be pushed down. Fresh vegetables of good qual ity, most of which are from Wash ington and California, appear on market shelves in abundance with no decline in price. Most markets predicted that when local fresh vegetables hit the market, they will appear at greatly reduced prices. Soaps and shortening once on every shopper's shortage list are aburhdant and at steady prices. Shortening continues to retail at around 40 cents a pound in most downtown markets. i -1 '"tVVf'V' 3-. . M . mJ SEN. MARSHALL CORNETT Prospective President of Senate REP. JOHN HALL Prospective Speaker of the House Survey Shows Fire Escapes Needed Locally Many Salem rooming houses and hotels need improved fire es capes, reports of a survey in progress by City Fire Captains Ben Faught and Robert Mills in dicate. The survey has Included all buildings except private homes. After an approximately 60 per cent complete survey, corrections and- 86 building objections have resulted from inspection of 344 buildings. Faught said that "many room ing houses have no fire escapes at all," and, though some need improvement, all hotels are with in the law which provides for specified numbers of exits. Room ing houses three or more stories high are required to have fire escapes. An occupied attic is con sidered a third story. Sprinkler systems and im proved facilities to guard against rapid spread of potential fire in hotels were suggested by Captain Faught. A number of overtaxed elec trical circuits and of drop cords of fixture cord quality were re vealed by the inspection. The year's total estimated fire loss Is $750,381.88 and insurance collected is $562,331.21. Sound value of property involved in fire was (8,673,987.60 and Insurance coverage $5,782,650.40. Woodburn "Voters Okeh School Bus WOODBURN, Jan. 11-(Special) -Voters today approved $5000 warrant indebtedness for the Woodburn school district to finance a new 65-passenger school bus. The vote showed 57 for the measure and 17 opposed, of the 74 who cast ballots. Although the bus will cost ap proximately $7000, funds on hand left it necessary only to raise $5000. The Woodburn school dis trict now operates three buses, all reported overcrowded. It is expected the new bus will lighten the load for two 11-year-old 42 passenger buses which now are overtaxed with loads of about 55 passengers each. 1 STUDENTS MISSING SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 11-(7P)-Three Gonzaga university students were reported missing tonight af ter a skiing trip on Mount Spo kane and Park Superintendent F. J. Dunton said a five hour search for the boys had been halted by a raging snowstorm. r - ' j " ' Price. 5c ft fiw Sfiftirti Caucuses Today to Decide Committees Gov. Snell to Give Biennial Speech At Joint Session Monday Afternoon By Wendell Webb Managing Editor, The Statesman Legislators, lobbyists and bright-tuckered secretaries de scended on Salem today- for a lengthy stay. There appeared little doubt in most minds that the 44th biennial assembly, opening tomorrow, would extend pretty near to April Fool's day. But at least there wasn't much worry about getting started Sen. Marshall Cornett of the wide-open Klamath country and Rep. John Hall of Portland apparently were "in" as president of the senate and speaker of the house, respectively, with only the formality of floor elections between them and their offices. They'll get . the final go-ahead in caucuses at the Marion hotel at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The caucuses, too, will determ ine the number of senate and house committees, personnel of which will be announced tomor row with quite a bit of eye raising surprise, if advance, off-the-record information turns out to be true. And by tonight, also, it should be known whether sec retaries will be allowed to con tinue sitting with their bosses in formal sessions. Secretary 'Problem' The secretary problem, so called, promises to bring consid erable debate in caucus. There are still plenty of legislators who think their feminine aides can be useful as well as ornamental on the austere floors. The caucuses were expected to make short work of re-electing officers of the two houses, but considerable argument was deem ed likely over the proposal to use mornings for committee work and delay formal session until 2 p.m. each day. The initial session of the sen ate and house will start at either 10 or 11 a.m. tomorrow, the cau cuses to set the exact time. Gov Earl Snell's biennial address in which he is expected to disclose the source of funds he says will balance the budget is set for a joint session at 2 p.m. The gov ernor also will be inaugurated then for his second term. Routine Bills Early Routine bills of departments are expected to be introduced earlier than usual this session. One will pertain to the renewal of motor vehicle drivers' licenses. Indica tions are that Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, jr., will ask legislation permitting issuance on a staggered basis, at the rate of 30.000 a month. Nearly 700,000 will expire June 30. One of the first bills to drop, possibly tomorrow, will be one to permit Oregon judges leaves of absences to serve on military tri bunals. The measure will be de signed particularly to allow James T. Brand, supreme court justice, to serve in the trials of war crim inals at Nuernberg, Germany. He has been asked to report to Wash ington, D. C, by January 20. There were reports, too, that another bill might ask increase compensation for stenographers, clerks and other employes of the legislature. Fireworks Expected The "heavier" bills were ex pected to be more slow in hitting the floor but there was no doubt they would produce fireworks farticularly the anticipated legis ation regarding labor. There was talk of a move to bar the closed shop, another to regulate strike ballots and still another to com pel union financial responsibility. Any closed-shop measure would constitute an amendment requir ing popular vote, but emergency clauses could be put on other leg islation to make it immediately effective if legislators so decide. Arguments pro and con over -increased unemployment compen sation benefits, liberalizing liquor I laws, placing liquor revenue in the general fund, increasing taxes on liquor and racing, sports ver- sus commercial fishermen, broad- ; ening of veterans' benefits, limit- ! ing access to highways, restricting PUD elections, revising industrial j accident insurance rates, the state i employes' retirement and civil ser- , vice laws, and larger pensions I these were but a few of the issues deemed certain to arise. The budget itself remains a paramount item, and the ways and means committees as well as the taxation committees face a heavy schedule. There are predictions the ses sion will last 70 days one day longer than 1945's record with $8-a-day legislators compelled to work free after their 50-day pay limitation set by law. But how ever long it lasts, it remains axio matic that it will end with par ticipants exhausted by a last min ute crush. (Additional details on page 6) (Story in Column 5) Weather Max. Mm. Frwip. Itka Portland as M San Francisco 44 34 trace Chicago 40 JS .00 New York . II XX .00 Willamette river -.4 feet FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau, MrNary field. Salem : Cloudy today with intermittent light rain. Temperature lower today with highest 36, lowest 30. No. 243 1 ' : Earth Tremor Reported in Salem Area A slight earth tremor was sus pected in scattered Salem neigh borhoods Saturday afternoon when numerous residents felt their houses shake slightly, but determinedly, for a priod of about one second. Numerous calls to The States man office, from West Salem and1 South Salem residents, told of the tremor which . occurred shortly after 4 p. m. A check of the local weather station, law enforcement agen cies and builders who might have been blasting provided no immediate explanation for the incident. One caller said he worked often with dynamite and that the tremor he felt in his house yes terday afternoon did not resem- bll that resulting from a . blast. Persons who called all said they were in their homes when they felt the tremor and that neigh bors who were outside at tho time noticed nothing. One per son said the tremor was hard enough to jiggle ashtrays and other small items across a table. No one reported damage. Another Cold Spell on Way "Red flannels, army and navy foul weather clothing and ear muffs will find themselves leav ing closets again tonight, as Salem residents face a new cold wave predicted by the weather bureau at McNary field. A temperature of 26 degrees is expected, the cold est since January 4 when the mer cury dropped to 16, coldest day in Salem since January, 1943. The warmest minimum temperature of the past week was reached yes terday with a low of 38 degrees. Statesman Sets Pace! The 44th legislative as sembly of Oregon, begihing tomorrow, will find Tho Ore gon Statesman all set to give the more complete, compre hensive and accurate cover age possible to obtain. Wendell Webb, managing editor, and Robert E. Ganq vare, city editor, have offi cial press desks or. the floor of both the senate and house, with adequate facili ties In the statehou33 press room in addition, and will be assisted as the session prog resses by J. Wesley Sulli van, news editor, and Conrad Prange, The States man staff writer. The Statesman also will have available the full facili ties of The Associated Press throughout the assemby. For the finest coverage of the work of your state gov ernment, read 0rfaoni0lfile5nian Your Home Newspaper