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Newspaper Page TextC3 O hip ffff AsftdDHs Takes Office (TCP sconce Try To Made Beach IFg. ymim ftsCQi aj tp Mat r r I ... . -J i 4 mo mas A letter came recently from the publisher of Collier's. William L. Chenery, asking me to give the names of three senators and three representatives in the congress who had rendered the country the most distinguished service' in 1946. Many editors and publicists were similarly invited t make selections. When the poll is com pleted the magazine will an nounce the results, and appro priate $10,000 to such welfare endeavor as the persons chosen recommend. I am going to report here my nominations, and then await with interest the announcement of the final score. Of course, without waiting for that readers can de cide for themselves whether my nominations are ery good or not. For the list from the senute I chose: Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan for his effective leader ship in the senate and in the councils of the United Nations, end at parleys for the peace in behalf of a Found peace and fa durable world order. Brien McMahon of Connecticut for his work as head of the com mittee handling legislation to con trol atomic energy. Due largely to his efforts the dangers of mili tary control embodied in the house bill were overcome. Wavne L. Morse of Oregon, for torv in obtaining the f UnS NaUoS f the tvniteo wauons his great vie adherence o to the new International Court of Justice and for his efforts to remove discrimination on grounds of race and against filibustering. In the case of the house of representatives it was difficult for Continued on editorial page) Senator Asks Portal-Pay Suit Judge Ousted WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -(JP)- An investigation "with a view j A spokesman fo rthe govern to impeachment" of Federal Judge ! ment said it a.0 was sjgnifjcant Frank Picard, author of the basic i .nhat in lQ districts where the portal pay decision, was suggest ed today by Senator Eastland (D-Miss). Eastland, member of a senate judiciary subcommittee consider ing bills to outlaw more than $4,000,000,000 of portal pay suits, ! proposed tne action alter a nry- , Mikolajczyk accused the govern sler Corporation attorney, Theo- j ment of arresting his candidates, dore R. Iserman, testified the intimidating his fillowers, strik judge declared himself "pro- , ing tne names of his candidates labor" and tried to get a jury to j from election lists, and packing reverse a verdict, which was in ; the polls with pro-government favor of the company. j election officials. Picard commented in New York I that he is both "pro-labor" and j "pro-capital" but his decisions j fTn 1 never have been "influenced by j UllC 1 01111) those feelings. cnairman rtarx- ; ley (R-NY) of the house labor committee announced he will in troduce legislation in that cham ber tomorrow to outlaw the suits. Lee Pressman, CIO g e n e r a 1 i counsel, revealed that when the , CIO had proposed collective bar- gaining on the portal claims, Tom ; Pattan, attorney for R;public i Steel Corporation said: "We have no need to because we have discussed this with rep- , resentauves or congress ana we ; feel certain there will be legis- lation amending the fair labor standards act and depriving the employes of any rights to which they may be entitled under the court decision." Reds Aprove U. S. Arms Bid LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Jan. j 20 (P) Overriding Russian and ( Polish opposition, the United Na- j tions security council today ap proved an American request to put off consideration of world wide arms reduction for two weeks. The 9 to 2 vote on the arms motion came after the Soviet Union lost a fight to keep British charges against Albania off the council s agenda. The ballot there was 10 to 0 with Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gromyko abstaining. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Pleattl Yoar tentacles are coldT Cfecac Sva 8yif f O "C Walter C. Wlnslow. Salem at toraey appointed to the supreme court during the absence of Justice James T. Brand, now enronte to Germany as a ar crime judge, who will take his oath of office at 2 p.m. today from Chief Justice George Ross man, with all members of the court in attendance. . Pro-Communist Bloc Captures Pole Election WARSAW. Jan. 20. .-Landslide votes in cities and heavily populated industrial areas gave a mountin majority tonight to the Pr-5ommun,st Ifvernmert bloc . partieSi apparently assuring them parties, apparently assuring nf HO nr rrnt nf t h . p.. f c in Pn- ! iand s new pariament. j More than 100.000 volunteer militiamen stood guard as elec j tion boards continued canvassing i the ballots from yesterday's vot I ing Poland's first parliamentary ! election since 1935. A near-maxi-j mum vote of 12,000,000 was indi j cated. i Unofficial results indicated that j the bloc had captured about 355 i of the 444 parliamentary seats. Most of the remaining seats were won by vice premier Stani slaw Mikolajczk's Polist peasant (PSL) party, the labor party, and the new liberation party. Polish peasant party called for a boycott, the vote was very heavy." Mikolajzyk, however, said the boycott was effective, and that the j only peasants who voted were i t i j . u ity Bnd militia ifiuMe loiten iu iu mi uy tevui- Probed for Sea Tragedy ATHENS. Jan. 20-,-The pos- sibility that a time bomb sank the ! Greek steamer Chimarri, sending 1 an estimated 392 panic - stricken persons to their death yesterday , in the frieirl waters of the Gulf bt petalion. was beine investieat- e(i tonieht bv oflicials of the mer- chant marine ministry. 1 The original announcement of the sinking, the worst maritime disaster in modern Greek history saia tne i.owu-ion ioraicr uerman vessel hit a mine. The ministry i did not rule out a floating or a magnetic mine as a cause, but i said it also was inquiring into j whether a passenger might have been carrying explosives. The ministry said 550 passen- gers and a crew of 87 were aboard i the vessel when it left Salonika on Saturday Of these 229 were saved A search was continuing for . additional bodies. Divers were be- ! ing sent to the scene in an attempt to inspect the wreckage and ascer tain the cause of the explosion. Parole Board Recommends 5-Point Legislative Program A five-point legislative program including establishment of an in- trmrUn t rorrotional institute was recommended Monday in the i Increase of director's salary ers at the AlcJNary aam site, biennial report of the state board from $4000 to $6000: maximum . n,va xi m a c it of parole and probation. salaries of $350 monthly for senior ; El GENE MAN DIE8 IN CKAsH The report states that such an parole officers and $300 for district i EUGENE, Jan. 20-JP)-A light Oregon institution is necessary to parole officers. plane crash in early morning fog fill the gap between the boys' The board reported also that yesterday claimed the life of Carl training school and the state peni- during the biennium ending June ton Markham Campbell, 34, stu tentiary. It suggested an age limit 30. 1946, it studied 1189 cases and dent pilot and assistant manager of 24 for the intermediary prison ordered paroles for 445 inmates of the Eugene airpark. and the provision there for full educational and vocational train ing The board's four other recom mendations to the 44th legislature: rfo;,.m ,n;n K ' mandatory to Oregon criminal courts to provide uniformity of , ! prison sentences but not to inter j fere with probation nor suspension of sentences. Repeal of bench parole law of 1905 which already has been over lapped by the 1931 probation act modernizing and enlarging, court powers regarding probation and suspension. InmMU if staff hir ttir Aim- ' I trict narole officers and twolployment of two additional na ' clerks. 1 MTNETT-SIXTH YEAB Schools Merger Rejected Monmouth downed the proposed school district merger with Inde- ; pendence last night by voting 261 against the proposal to 140 for it. Independence, however, favored the merger 150 to 13. Highland and Parker districts also voted in favor of the unification, and i will be consolidated with the In i dependence district. The adjoin ! ing Monmouth dirtrict. Mistletoe, would be left out of the consoli dation, however, i Monmouth's 401 ballots cast rep i resented the largest turnout since I pre-war days. j The con.solidation was compli ' cated by the fact that Monmouth ' and Independence elementary schools are state-owned training schools for the Oregon College of Education at Monmouth. Mon mouth has 295 pupils enrolled. Independence 375. The plan was to have sent all senior high school I students to independence and all , junior high gtudenU to Mon- ' ,,tt, mouth. Objections Voiced An objection voiced was the claim that it would cost more to buy buses to transport pupils the short distance between the two towns than to construct additional buildings. Monmouth owns its own buses. Independence hires buses to transport its pupils and addi tional buses would be needed un der the plan proposed. Another contention vs as that when many employed in Dallas, Salem or West Salem are able to live where they work, it will reduce the popula tion of the area which has in creased in the last few years in both towns. Total Votes Include Total votes in the five districts affected by last night's election included Hiuhland. 21 yes, none nn - i-'aric!-- u ves. no: ana niv.rtrf R-aii nf the cose 'vote in the Parker district, v k takn within ten - j : nrote$t is lodged CffiC- ials there said. Nations Urged To Help Others In A-Research LONDON, Jan. 20 - (JP) - The United States. Britain and Canada, .., , ., ,: tne Snow MOW """" i A K K- Rr l ih AlnmiP uicu "J I" -A an"515 " ' "Z T, countries in setting up non-mili- tary atomic research plants as a , step in achieving world control of , atomic energy. a 2400-word report issued by the council for the association, j f isn nf Rritain't leaH- i..mi ientit suppested a niintin nf fissile mate- rjais as a means of reconciling ' differences between Russia and j the United States over control of jj,e atom bomb. Commenting on the Soviet pro posal to require destruction within a limited time of existing stocks of bombs as aaint the U. S. plan to postpone such action until inter national safeguards are estab lished, the council said: "On this question it is easy to j understand the reasons for either point of view, but we think it : would be reasonable to ask at least I for a declaration by all countries i of the amounts of fissile materials in their possession and of the pro- , duction rates in existing or project- I ed plants. Increase of staff by three trict parole officers and clerks. of the state penitentiary and coun ty jails, a parole percentage of 37 per cent. Of the total, 373 were state prison paroles. During the two-year period, 212 narnlees were releaoxl from th conditions of their paroles. Out of 530 parolees under jurisdiction of uie Doara auring. tne first year covered in the report, 90 were re voked or 17 per cent. For the sec ond year with a supervisory case load of 538, 65 or 12 per cent were revoked. "Credit for the 29 per cent re duction in revocations should be given to the 43rd legislature which arlDmnriatml fimHe trr 1 k m oie oiiicers. the report declared, 12 PAGES 14 Nurses, Patients Injured, 1 Killed As Hospital Plane Explodes, Burns Passengers, Wreckage Scatter Like Chaff as Transport Hits OAKLAND, Calif, Jan. 20-VP) A four - engine navy hospital plane crashed and burned while making a radar-controlled land ing at fog-shrouded Oakland air port today, killing a Wave medi cal corps man and injuring the 20 other passsengers and crew. Passengers and wreckage were scattered' like chaff over the runway when the big plane struck an embankment at the southeast edge of the airport, exploded and burned. The plane, flown by the naval air transport service (NATS), was en route oast on a regularly scheduled flight from Moffett Field. Calif., near Sonnyvalle, only about 40 miles south of Oakland. In addition to its crew of seven, it carried 14 patients and attending nurses. Four women, two Wave corps- Talmadee Firm s mi I CJ I hnmnCnTI X IlUIIlUaUII i . I Sets up Shop ATLANTA, Ga.. Jan. 20-liTV Herman Talmadge stood pat to day on claim to Georgia s dispu ted governorship, and Lieut-Gov M. E. Thompson immediately es tablished rival executive offices on another floor of the state cap itol. pending court adjudication. Talmadge rebuffed Thompson in a brief, face-to-face exchange when Thompson demanded sur render of the executive offices and governor's mansion lately oc cupied by Gov. Ellis Amall, who resigned Saturday. Talmadge, elected by the leg islature last Wednesday morning to the four-year term of his fath er, the late Eugene Talmadge, has held the executive offices and mansion since ousting Amall. Thompson, who was sworn in as i lieutenant - governor last Satur- a ; j v. ..... - i U"J B"u ,,c ni ui ma : Btin a rw cm r r nruMi ri tfna tirn acting governor upon resignation of Arnall. The bitter controversy flared into direct action on another front as students from five Atlanta col leges and the University of Geor gia at Athens, announced to march on the capital tomorrow to protest Talmadge's seizure of power "by force and violence." Talmadge forces meanwhile won another test of strength in the legislature when both branch es accepted a concurrent resolu- tion inviting Talmadge to address a joint session tomorrow noon. D.K Tl,m oH T9lm ! "uul " t .have announced they will abide i by decision of the Georgia courts, -,,,. r-r f lir ,nnounced he had r e c o g n 1 z e d Thnn!Con hi.f -xecutive. and had accepted direction to substi- tute his name for Amall's in a sujt enjoining Talmadge from ex- n..ik.Arit.. f Th. iit,otir. fnr honhnu in .nniirin- rimiin muri rhm. ary 7. . Retail Butter Prices Down Butterfat prices skidded Mon day in Salem, dropping 6 cents a pound for ail grades, reflecting probable 3 to 4 cent reduction in retail butter prices. jn Portland, grade A butter was offered at 68 cents at some out- etft but dealers said demand was not heavy and one industry spokesman said lower prices wou Id be needed to get house- wives DacK 10 uie nuuer .mu i Butterfat prices in Salem wer ii i i .i I a ww: f 1. l r n 7 1 rntm fnr l ! premium grade, 70 cents for first grade and 66 cents for second grade. WAA OKEHS DAM HUTS j PORTLAND, Jan. 20-VP)-The ' war assets administrate ntoday dis- approved use of 24 buildings and two some huts by the corps of engi neers as a project town for work- 14.ZM VETS NEED HOMES PORTLAND, Jan. 20-HiP-At least 14,200 veterans In the Port- iland area still need homes, Rob- en n. coiioiu cuauuiaii ui n American Legion state housing committee, said today. Weather Max. Mtn. Prerip. Salem 51 M .11 Portland JO SI Jl San rancisco 53 3S trace Chicago - 3 S3 M Nw York 5S 34 -M Willamette river: A teet. FORECAST ifroin U S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Sfciemi: Cloudy today and tonight with intermittent !ight rain. Moderate to strong winds 1 h,.-,fcM,4 tK .4 1 u UiffhMl temperature 55. low. 34. POUNDBD 1651 Salem, Or9aa, Ttwaday Morning, January 21. 1947 men and two navy nurses, were among the occupants. Making what the navy de scribed as a normal radar, ground controlled approach to the fog obscured airport, the planes back was broken by the impact of the landing. Ensuing explosions shook it for nearly an hour as gasoline-fed fire swept the wreckage. The injured were picked up from the runway and rushed to the navy Oak Knoll hospital af ter emergency treatment. The plane was landing at Oakland to pick up additional passengers for the flight east. It roared in over the field area under radar control and an eye witness said it appeared to be making the approach too low, with the pilot correcting a low right wing by slipping to the Td:. ?rn8?r yji i roiiiniiion yci, Dies in Minnesota GRANITE FALLS, Minn, Jan. 20.-(,-Andrew J. Vol stead, former Minnesota con gressman and father of the Vol stead prohibition act, died to day. He was 87 years old. Volstead, a lifelong dry, and in poor health for years, had lived the life of a country law yer. Appeals from his friends that he lead the fight against establishment of a municipal li quor store in 1942 went un heeded. Volstead was elected to con gress on the republican ticket in 1903. He sponsored measures to repeal board powers granted the president during World war I, fathered the farmers coop erative act, in addition to the prohibition act. He was de feated in 1922. All during his life he declined to be interviewed or photogra phed and refused numerous of fers to write about his life, the Volstead act and his philosophy. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Carl Lomen. l col- I "v ;nr,kasperi Quits Position as Italy Premier ROME, Jan. 20 -P-Premier Alcide De Gasperi. bringing to a KnH a snvornmontal rricia whirh developed duang his recent visit. : to the United States, submitted i his resignation tonight. He was expected, however, to form a new government pernaps one in j Moderate to strong winds with which the leftists would have less intermittent light rain was pre voice. dieted for Salem today by the Almost simultaneously, the Italian political situation was fur- ther complicated wtth the an- temperature of the new year at nouncement by the foreign minis- 55 degrees. ter that Italy had filed a strong Over Oregon, too. warmer tern protest with the United States, ' peratures were predicted, with Hreat Rriiain Rus&ia anei Franr-elrain west of the Cascades and against terms of the proposed Italian peace treaty. The pact will be signed at Paris February 10. De Gasperi s resignation " handed to President Enrico De Nicola, who said in a communique that consultations had begun to form the new government. The first person the president is sched uled to see is De Gasperi him self. In his resignation today, the premier elected to precipitate a crisis which developed when the Italian socialist party broke apart over the question of collaboration wilh communist party l Democrats Cry 'Gag Rule' as GOP Cuts at Taxes, Budgets WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-(7P)-A democratic cry of "gag rule" min gled with renewed republican de mands for budget and tax cutting today as an unprecedented con gressional committee organized to review President Truman's $37, 500,000,000 budget and put its own ceiling on spending. Tempers flared as' the 102 member senate-house budget committee, created by the new reorganization act, held Its first meeting behind closed doors and named a 20-man subcommittee to do the actual work 12 republi cans and eight democrats. Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) emerged from the executive ses sion shouting to newsmen: "A gag rule has been adopted at the beginning of this congress. The committee has voted to give carte blanche authority to a 20 man subcommittee, with members of the full committee denied an opportunity to voice their views. The subcommittee will not even tell the whole committee when it is meeting." Rep. Dirksen (-111) of the sub left. It struck the levee at the I southeast edge of the field and exploded. Visibility was virtually zero as the plane came in under control of the radar approach unit. It touched about 150 feet short of the runway in the mud flats, and ran inlv trr nHnnf 40 ft K fore crashing into the four-foot w.v iv. ih. field The undercarriage was sheared off and the plane skid- ded an estimated 1000 leet. dis- integrating as it slewed about, before it came to rest in flames Passengers and wreckage were scattered in it wake The navy said its planes had made more than 85,000 "ground-oontrnl-approach" radar land- ings by instrument without an accident until today. Byrnes Signs Peace Treaties As Last Job WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. -UP)-Secretary of State Byrnes signed the peace treaties with Italy, Hun gary, Romania and Bulgaria as his last official act today but kept his office an extra day when bad flying weather delayed Gen. George C. Marshall. Marshall, flying from the west coast, was grounded at Chicago by the weather. He and his party transferred to a train which will bring them here tomorrow morn ing. The swearing - In ceremony, scbeduled at the White House at 11 a.m., was put off until tomor row. Chief Justice Vinson will ad minister the oath in the presence of President Truman, congress men and others. Byrnes' signature of the four peace treaties which he negotiated during 16 difficult months was only a formality. Another cere mony will be held in Paris on February 10 when all the allien will sign. Then the treatie will be submitted to the senate for ratification. i Senators Vandenberg (R-Mich) and Connally (D-Tex) of the for eign relations committee, who aid ed Byrnes In the negotiations, , were at his side for the two-min- 1 ute ceremony. Wind, Rains Foreeast Here McNary field weather i which also forecast the bureau, highest snow over the Cascade! and northwestern parts of the state. Turbulent weather and warm lmrArhiri o f f Astst th QtArn i . . . i . nan oi me country as a new coia wave blew down from Canada into the north central states Mon day. New York City experienced its warmest January 20 in 57 years of record, the temperature rising to 57.1 degrees. Monday's weather in the Rockies brought some snow flurries and temper atures generally below freezing and most of the winter's snow, as deep as 91 inches at Mullan Pass on the Montana border, according to Associated Press. committee explained it was set up to expedite the woik. The full committee is required to arrive at a spending ceiling before Feb. 15. Dirksen emphasized that the subcommittee will report to the full committee before the recom mendations are presented to the senate and house. Tall, white-haired Chairman Taber (R-NY) of the house ap- MAnl m 4amm .n n. , . V. L, o ! piuH"""a vuimumrt, wnu " liromuca to use a icuj(eiiiiiirner and meat-axe" on Mr. Truman's spending program, was chosen chairman of the budget commit tee. Sen. Taft (R-Ohio), favoring a 20 per cent Income tax cut, said also he does not believe that would cut revenues S3 ,350.000.000 as some opponents argue but that a resulting stimulation of business would minimize the loss of reve nue. Taft, a member of the 20-man subcommittee, told reporters that after a second look' at the $37, 500,000,000 budget he still be lieves it can be cut $3,000,000,000 or $4,000,000,000. No. 255 Tax Bills Entered In House Major tax bills growing out of recommendations of the interim commission were dropped in the house hopper Monday, along with Pr'Pa to increase benefits un I der workmens compensation. tignten laws on nunung arm :isn- ! "nd ,owr the compulsory ! s00' . " wa the bu8'Mt dy for new ' ntroducUom since the Urt of I th biennial session Januai ' 3 Narly all came in the Mouse, however, the senate getting only four mMiy-routine bills. $18.5A0.0 New Revenue The tax bills, introduced bv f,-pV encn ana sens, r-iri ! Newbry and Eugene Marsh, fol- j lowed closely the pattern dis closed in The Statesman lat Sat urday. It was estimated the bills would provide $18,500,000 added revenue per biennial offset pio vision of the state income and cor porate excise tax; lower state in come tax exemptions from $1500 to $1000 for married persons and $750 to $500 for single persons; making farm co-ops and pub'ic utilities subject to corporate ex cise tax; reduce the corporate excise tax from 8 to 6 per tent, place a 10 per cent sales tax on the retail price of liquor; trans fer liquor revenues to the gen eral fund: repeal the personal property tax except as it might apply In the valuation of corpora- tions; prov ide for the assessment . M , . . v i w i r.ii luprilirB. II If H lax research division, and make as sessors instead of sheriffs re sponsible for tax collections. I New Tax Base Proposed Another measure proposed that t cities, counties and other tax dis ! tricts be empowered to vote a new tax base subject to the 8 per cent limitation. The latter proposal (HJR 6) would be subject to a referendum as a constitutional amendment. Sponsors said it was proposed to implement a recommendation of the governor's tax study com mission so that rapidly-growing -,.. i areas which need more revenue could adopt a new tax base, in stead of having a base limited to the previous three years. Another joint resolution (HJR 4) would seek voter approval of a common-law states' tax parity association. A memorial (HJM 3) also was Introduced proposing that all 40 common-law itUes petition congress to place tax payers of these states on parity with those of community-property states. Another memorial (H.IM 4) would ask congress not to boost immigration quotes. Would Increase Benefits Ten workmen's compensation bills introduced by Rep. Mauley 1 Wilson would increase disability benefits up to nearly 100 per cent. provided for a "free choice of I "leoicai doctor s, and boost the industrial accident surplus fund I ne nsh and game bills, in troduced by the house game com mittee, seek an increase m fish ing and hunting license fees for non-residents, prohibit borrow ing of hunting and fishing license, boost guide licenses ($3 to $25), i prohibit non-residents from hunt- ing or trapping fur-bearing ani mals, provide for deer tags sep V " erate from hunting licenses a mane it possible for the game commission to eliminate require ments that every piece of game in a locker be tagged. Other bills introduced in the house Monday would lower the compulsory school age from 18 to 16 (In effect repealing legis lative action of two years ago) and provide for a licensing sys tem to prevent the indiscriminate cutting of Christmas trees. (Complete bill digest page 3) Silverton Pair Hurt in Wreck PORTLAND. Jan. 20 -iVJ")-Two passengers in an automobile driv en by Lois Lae Richards, 17. Sil verton, were injured slightly Mon day in a two-car collision. Police reported John E. Rich ards, 62, and Mrs. Frances Rich ards, 43, both of Silverton, given treatment at the police -mergen-cy hospital for cuts about the forehead and chin. -. . .n w n m mm S"V iKANsruBi uuu nMi.i.nv SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20-(P)- The army transport Omar Bundy, inbound from New York with 48 passengers and a full cargo, went aground today at the entrance of the Oakland outer harbor. Passen gere were removed after the ship stuck and the army said it hoped to refloat the vessel on high tide tomorrow. BILBO 'DOING FINE NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 20-OP)-Senator Theo G. Bilbo of Missis sippi rested in a hospital room to night, his face heavily bandaged following a mouth operation, but "doing fine," according to his doctors Pric Sc Freighter ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 20-V The coast guard announced to night all crew members of the Drextl Victory, sinking off shore here, had been removed and thers were ro reports any men were miffing. Thirty of the Drexel's crew are aboard the cutter Triumph and the roast guard tail it presumes the 19 i Ihers are aboard the Col umbia liver pilot' h.xner. Col umbia and the freighter Joseph Hale which also aided in the res cue. The diMreed ship. Its decks awaj-h i.nd kinking by the stern, i drifting north into ihiuoiris! channel and the coast guard cut- ter Onondaga la attempting to put a line aboard her to tow the hio 1 imo n.now waier ana aground. j Rescue opt rations were hampeied by a dense fog. Both the Columbia and the Til umph wtie tanding by the Orion riaga temporarily, but were ex pected to return here about 11 p m. PST) and put Uie rescued men ashoie. The ship radioed it was in dis tress late this af'ernoon afler clearing Astoria at 4 30 p.m. (PST) and began sinking when few mile off the Columbia liver bar. Radioed Coast Guard The 10.500-ton ship is registered to the Oliver J. Olton company and is skippered by Capt C. Hom merdahl (address unknown) who radioed to the (ot guaid that holds weie flooding. The Poit Adarrw cwnt guard station haul the Vic tory whip, out bound for Yokohama with a car go of it-luf grain loadl at Poit land, ran agrour.d on Peacock Spit hnci was damaged under the watei line. Two lumber lsrgM rxing towed to Honolulu in tr.e inauguration of trans-oceanic barge service by th P,,.ii .ri t., ., .i u - ' M Rtri IMIKV lllfll pany were abandoned tin the spit Saturday where they ran aground during lough seas. Ships cfficeia of the Diexil Victory and a partial lut of crew men reported by the Portland port authorities include: Canute Hommerdahl, master, San Mateo; Francis G. Harmon, Seattle, thief ma'.e; Donald C. Lind, Redondo Beach, Calif., ond .mate; Martin E. Johnson, Portland, third mite; John C. Dean, Everett, Wah., junior third officer. ul 'u r"i ., Selah, Hash.; Chris If. Nessen. 'Everett. Wash.; Archie W. Craw j ford. Tacoma. Waih Paul K. Clarke, Jr., Stay ton. Ore.; JtmS F. MaMm. Li.ke Grove, Ore.; War ren R. Kngi-r, Tacoma, nrid EJmer A. Minor, Jasper, Alaska. Taft Supports Extension of Rent Controls ; WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.-IT)-Senator Taft (R-Ohio) today sup ported the extension of rent con i trol beyond June 30 ln some I form" bnd renewed his backing for a federal public housing pro gram. i The republican legislator said, j however, that he believes there ! should be an "adjustment'' to rem edy "injustices." He declared that I many owners have been caught j by rent ceilings frozen "at a level I where they do not get a fair le ( turn." Senator Taft said the Wagner- i Ellender-Taft long-range housing j bill, of which he was a co-spon sor in the last congress, will I re-introduced with his support. It passed the senate in the last Mis sion but never emerged from com mittee In the house. .Southern Farmers To Migrate West, Newnmaii Avert PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20-W) Mechanization of the south'! farms) will drive 10 million southerners to the west coast in the next dec ade, Jonathan Daniels, news edi tor of the Raleigh, N, C, News Observer, predicted here today. "Th problems we have will alsoUx-n be yours," the former preftr secretary to the late Presi dent Roosevelt declared. He added the west would "get a lot of g ood people, both white and negro, and a lot of poor, ignorant, sick and criminal people" during the mi gration. He said the trend was westward because - industry xmnHintf k. . . nrre ana wages were high while industry in the northern states la nearlnsr the saturation . point for absorbing great masses of new workers. School Official to Explain School Law LINCOLN, Jan. 20 ' Josiah Wills, Polk county school super intendent, will explain the rural school law, adopted by vote of the people last November, at the Com munity club meeting Friday, Jan uary 24, at I p.m. "The Lamp Went Out" will be presented by local talent as a program feature.