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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.