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Survey of Plans for State Bonus Asked; Pay Bill Starts Row Br Wendell Webb Managing Editor. TV Statesman A proposal that an interim committee study the feasibility of fUlfbonu for veterans of World War II was being readied for introduction in the house today. Th committee would report back t the 1949 1 gi.-laturr. The pian. in the form of a house joint resolution, was prepared by Rep. Paul Hendricks of Salem at the instigation of the VFW Meadowlark post and the VFW state legislative committee. It cite that four states (Vermont. New Hampshire. Massachu setts and New York) alieady are providing such bonuses, that tevtn other states either are considering it or facing a referendum vote. and that Oregon gave a state , , T35555SSr I LI LJ In an E Koth. interihance with Almon repiesctitini shipowner-. who endowed letii-latiori banning the closed shop. Senator Wayn. L Morse took isaue on constitu tional ground.-., indicating doubt that the supreme court would up hold uch legislation because ' Its loljition of freedom of con tract. The AP quotes the -enatoi lis saying "I don't think it is safe for us to pass legislation which has so manv constitutional dangei s Now who am 1 to tilt a lance with Wayne MOi-e on ground i f hi own special skills: labor it-la-tions and constitutional law- N'ev -ertheiess I make bold to do so. There aie substantial aigument.s fili.im-t prohibiting the closed rhop. but the one employed by tin sfi..tor does, not seem to me to I- .,'id. Kit if there is one thing which has been ki kr(l out of court . nd clovs ii the steps and out into the gutter it is the old legal concept f freedom of contract It is the Vtiy heart of the lai-sez fair? theory which has been loundly ibued for years and veais. De cision after decision, law alter law have eaten away at freedom of contrac t in labor relations till only the skeleton remains. Yet Morse tries to make it stand, clothed in fl-sh and breathing In the vigor oi life. For years "freedom of contract'' Was the protecting bulwark for employers opposed to labor and o lal legislation. It was used in (Continued on editorial page) Bank Plans For Hollywood Depend on Bill Organization of an independ ent bank in the Hollywood district awaits final passage of a bill (SB 59) passed by the senate yester day. Al C'rose, chairman of a spec ial legislative committee of the Hollywood Lions club, said Wed nesday The bill, which goes to the house tcday. would allow the organiza tion of banks with $50 000 ca-h capital located more than one mile from the central postoffice in cities with between 20,000 and 50.0O0 population. The present law requiies that banks w ith but $50 000 cash cap ital must not bcprloser than two miles from the cemer of the city Financial backing estimated to total $80,000 will come from bus inessmen in the Hollywood dis trict, (.'rose indicated. The Holly wood Lions club has been inves tigating the feasibility of such a bank for two years, he said A site for the institution has not been elected (atlmiet Section Aks Lower Lumber Price WASHINGTON. Feb 12-D-I,ower prices for lumber were urged today by the commerce de partment's forest products section. "Lumber prices since decontrol have gone up much more sharply than have prices of other building materials and there is now dan ger that lumber dealers may !se ome of their markets unless prices can be stabilized at more mrxlerate levels," the agency said. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "It's a UttU pointless, but you've got to let them ex press themselves." lnus of $15 a month after World ; War I for service between April. 111917. and November, 1918 ri HI IC I KOIS.I-ATIVE NrAIINCS BUDlli far C'vtr Tod V at 1 p m in room Z04. f tat housr . called b --n Lew Wallace. Portland, to discunn advisability of declaring bounties on to otes Mr, mar In lasaraarr (SB m-UTT) - Mondar February 17. J .TO p m . icom 303. utatrh.ous. before senatr insurance rcmir ittei Immigration Memorial (HJM 4) Monday. Fcbiuarv 17. 3 p m. room 423. statehous. before houw military and e1,ran affairs roivrrtllrf AaU-'lrrk IHB ll Mcndjv February 17. following afternoon ad ifiurnmnl. room 32S. tatenouse. be !ore h(,u Mate and federal affair committer f aiPBtT laninc plai ( HB at) -Monday. February 17 . 7 30 p m . room 321 lihour. before joint committee on Wl yoemer t Meanwhile, the 44th biennial session mover! in stepped-up tem po Wednesday, albeit taking time out for a 90-minute program in observance of Lincoln's birthday, vith Fiarik Branch Riley as the -peaker of the day. The subse quent afternoon legislative ses- sions were short, but plenty of work was voted for trxiav's cai and endar in both the house senate Judge' Bill PaAe House approval of bills raising the salaries of circuit and su preme court judges brought to a head Wednesday the argument whether 'he lrrjislaiure should act on wage and appi opi lation meas ures before thev are considered by the ways and means commit tees charged with financing them. Rep. M. M London of Sweet Home lost by a narrow margin (32 to 28) hi motion that the supreme court bill be referred to ways and means, and the bill subseouent! v was passed SI to 9 It raises the salanes of high court justices from $7500 to $10 -000 and now goe to the senate where the ways and means com mittee will get it in the final analysis ar.yway. The bill raiding circuit court salaries from $6000 to $S000 was passtd 54 to 6. Seven Bills Approved The house passed seven of its own bills Wednesday, including those increasing acreage filing fees for irrigation, boosting the ; law librarv fund, letting 10 per cent of voters ask an election on fairs and giving cooperatives right-of-way privileges for irri gation But it delayed until 10 45 am. today final action on the senate-approved bill to void the state's right to take over a hy droelectric project within a 20 year amortization period. The senate passed three of its own bills, one designed to permit : formation of a bank in the Holly wood district of Salem, and a house bill limiting deposits in smaller banks. i Adopted Wednesday by the house were joint memorials ask ing congress to develop western phosphate deposits and appro priate funds for agricultural re search, and a senate concurrent re-solution expressing appreciation for the war-time services of the state guard f.ichteen New Meantye Eighteen new bills were intro duced in the house, including those amending the basic school support act to eliminate the prop erty offset feature: appropriating $150,000 for a boys' camp near Timber in Washington county: changing annual school district 1 meetings f i nm the third Monday in June to March 15. and allow ing county courts to authorize formation of cemetery districts. The senate received six new measures, including those calling for a 1 per cent withholding of ' income taxes to prevent major evasions and increasing from $10 to S100 the fee for transferring osteopathic licenses from other states to Oregon. Also introduced was a senate ' bill prov iding that hack pay suits, including portal to por4a""pa y claims, must be filed in court within a year of the cause for claim The bill, however, would allow such claims a far back as 'six vc.irs-. up to Oct. 1. 1947. Up for final action in the house j today, in addition to the hydro- electric bill, are 15 house mea- , lire and five alrer.dy approved bv the senate I Fire Escapes Sought I The major house bills would remote fire es-cane-s on two-story , buildings vv.th bedrcxms. other lhan private residences: allow cities to issue bonds up to 60 : per cent of their market value ! regardless of assessed valuation: levy a half-cent tax on wheat. ! except that grown for seed or feed, for research and marketing work, and levy a new nursery tax for research. Eleven senate bills and four i measures from the house will be : up for passage in the senate to- I day. The senate bills include one providing that congressional com mittees shall nominate to fill va cancies in congress whenever a 1 special election has been order ed. The house bills include those increasing from $4 to $6 the pay of election clerks and judges and transferring $200,000 from the commodity stamp fund to public welfare. The house will resume at 10 a.m. today, the senate at 10:30. , (Other legis. news page 3.) NINETY -SIXTH YEAH 2 Survive Mountain Air Crash MEDFORD, Ore. Feb. 12 -iJF) The two survivors of the coast guard airplane that crashed north of here were in a Med ford hos tital tonight. State Police Sgt. L. H. Harrell said the two men were passengers on the PBY craft that crashed into Diamond Rock mountain side yesterday and that the four members of the crew were burned in the wreckage. From Seattle coast guard head quarters identified the names of four coast guardsmen killed in the crash as Lt. Cmdr. John Mac intosh, Lt. (jg) Ralph E. Oster berg. Aviation Chief Machinists Mate Roy Maon and Aviation Radioman 1c Ruff in E. Crosby, all of Port Angeles. Wash. The two survivors were identified as Seaman 1 c Melvin E. Savage, Plymouth, Mich, who was badly burned, and Seaman 1 c Rand olph M Creasy. Lvnchburg, Va., apparently not badly hurt. The uninjured survivor told how the airplane was flying in a fog when the mountain suddenly loomed in front of the plane. The pilot swerved but it was too late and one vv ing of the plane was torn off It crashed and burst into (lames The two men able to get out era v. led from holes broken into the side of their aii plane and tumbled into the snow to extin guish flarr.es on their clothing. The giound party led by Har rell reached the crash scene about 5:05 pm PST ) today and im mediately started down the moun tain side bearing the two men on stretcher-. Thev i cached a large military type four wheel drive true k on the mountain road and then pushed through the drifts as rapidly as possible. They reached the Tiller-Medford high way at about 7:40 p.m. China to Stop Circulation of U. S. Currency NANKING. Feb 12-fPr-China's prescription for its madly fluctu ating currency an order to stop the circulation of U.S. currency and to restrict public transactions in gold was pres-ented tonight to Chiang Kai-shek for his signa ture Official sources indicated the generalissimo would sign. Other development in China's financial crisis included: Chinese overran a Shanghai rice shop and took most of its stock; Shanghai authorities took extra ordinary defense measures, al- though insisting that they were not anticipating rice riots; Shang hai mayor K. C. Wu urged a meeting of 60 merchants not to raise prices; in Nanking, an offi cial spokesman said a suggestion made by members of the legisla tive yuan (council) to nationalize gold was rejected. Byrd Predicts World Ice Box At South Pole LITTLE AMERICA. Feb. 11 (Delayed) - i?)-Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd today invisioned the eternally ice-capped wastes of the Antarctic as a great re frigerator in which the world could store bumper crops against lean ye;irs. possibly saving future generations f i om famine. "The nation- of the world may some day use thi- great refrigera tor." Byrd said. "When countries have crops in abundance, they could put surplus supplies here to be used in famine years. The woi ld s supply of food thus would be evened out. Byrd pointed out that fcxxl stuffs he had purchased 20 years ago before his first Antarctic expedition were found perfectly preserved in snow tunnels in the first base he established in Little A me i ica. Sale of Public Land for Salem Rental Housing Considered Report on a proposed city-county-state-sponsored low cost veterans' housing program for the Salem area will be presented at tonight's meeting cf the Marion county federated veterans' coun cil at the Salem Legion hall. Joseph Hopkins, manager of the local veterans' housing col ony and chairman of the council housing committee, will read the report. Aim of the proposal is to create additional rental housing in this area by offering state. city and county owned land for sale at low cost, Hopkins said ; j last night. The land would be sold, ac cording to plans contained in Top kins' report, only to individuals who agree to erect housing to be rented under a fixed ceiling. The 12 PAGES $400-a-Week :f jV, V -': 5 HOLLYWOOD. Calif., Feb. 12 (A)- Bobby Driscoll. t. the first live actor ever signed by Walt Disney, appears in court for approval In Los Angeles of an option on his contract. He'll re ceive $40 weekly under the contract renewal, bat must in vest 35 per cent of it in gov ernment bonds, the court ruled. (AP Wirephoto) Georgia Court Opinion Holds For Talmadge McDONOUGH. Ga.. Feb 12 P) A superior (circuit) court upheld Herman Talmadge today in his claim to the governorship of Geor gia, but final decision rested with the state supreme court which al ready has one diametrically-opposite decision of another judge in review. Judge Walter C. Hendrix of the Fulton (Atlanta) circuit held un equivocally for Talmadge and dis missed suit by Lieut. Gov. M. E. Thompson for a declaratory judg- ment ousting Talmadge from of - fice. He ruled that Georgia's legis- lature was within its constitutional rights when it elected the late Eugene Talmadge's 33-year-old son to serve the elder Talmadge's four-year term. Another superior judge last week held the legislature had ex ceeded its authority, and declared Lieut. Gov. Thompson was legal "acting governor" in succession to Gov Ellis Arnall, resigned. Counsel for Thompson said to day's decision by Hendrix would be appealed "at once." Thompson's claim to the gover- norship is based on contention that the death of Eugene Iaimadge voided the entire election for gov ernor, and thus no successor to Arnall was "chosen and qualified" as required by the state constitu tion. Statesmen of Oregon Hailed By Speaker Stephen F. Chadwick, Seattle attorney and 1938 national com mander of the American Legion, commended Oregon's early states men in briefly sketching U. S. his tory before a capacity crowd at the Lincoln day banquet held last night by county Republican groups in the Marion hotel. Chadwick's grandfather was secretary cf state and governor of Oregon during the 1870s. State Senate President Marshall Cor nett of Klamath Falls introduced Chadwick. The speaker declared: "For sci- ence and for men, America, if she accepts her destiny, is and must forever be what Lincoln said she was. 'the last best hope of earth.' " B. E. (Kelly) Owens, chairman of the county Republican central committee, and Adam Lefor were in charge of the affair. plan is in a preliminary stage. Hopkins admitted. City officials he has already contacted expressed approval of the plan but informed him that the city had no property to sell, he stated. Hopkins said that Mar ion county and the state own land in and near Salem, and indicated that these two governmental units would be contacted next. The meeting is slated to begin at 8 p.m., with American Legion ; two opponents in a single-party post 136 as host. Veteran repre- ! race, making the finals unneces sentatives from over the county 1 sary. will be present, the meeting is open to all veterans. A report on current state and national legis lation regarding veterans will be presented by H. C. Saalfeld and Arthur V. Dow of the council's legislative committee. 1651 Solam, Orsxjon. Thursday Arms Cut In Budget Protested WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -JP)-Secretary of War Patterson de clared tonight that if the proposed cut in the army budget is made, "the current and long-term mis sions of the army, including those of Gen. MacArthur in Japan and Gen. McNarney in Germany, will be Jeopardized." Earlier, the navy had contend ed that even a $500,000,000 cut in its funds might make the fighting fleets "immobile and" impotent as an instrument of national policy." Patterson, in a statement for the press, said that he was "alarmed by reports to the effect that action is being taken to cut war department appropriations for the fiscal year bv one and one half billion dollars." Atr Forces Hit Hardest i He said that $1,000,000,000 of it I is reported to come from "purely military appropriations and half ' a billion from funds required to I prevent starvation in American I occupied areas of Germany, Japan i and Korea." The cut in the mili tary budget, he said, would fall j mainly on the air forces and ser vices which support them. I Of the military budget as sub ; mitted by the president, 58 per ! cent is for air forces. That bud get, said Patterson, would sup- port 55 combat groups of planes but the proposed further reduc tion would reduce the number of groups to 35. of which only three ; would be in the United States. Would Curb Experiments j Here, said Patterson, are some ' of the other immediate effects cf i the proposed cut: Further cuts in experimental development of aircraft and ground weapons; reduction of the j overall strength of the army by 200,000 or 300.000 men: elimina tion of many headquarters, posts land other installations in the Uni j ted States: curtailment by 50 per ; cent of the planned strength of the civilian components, the na ! tional guard and organized re serves. ly republican vote by the house- siash President Truman's $3"- 500,000,000 figure by $6,000,000,- 000. Chairman Knutson (R-Minn) of the house ways and means com- mitlaa KailoW tH t'1 irn ac ncmir- i ing a 20 percent cut in indiv idual income taxes, and a payment of nno nnn nnn or mnre on the na- tion's debt. Arabs Warned UN May Hear Palestine Case ! LONDON, Feb. 12-oTVA Pal estine solution seems as far away 1 as ever and Britain "probably will take the problem to the l United Nations if Jews and Arabs i keep on refusing the government's projected settlement. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bev in said today. ! Bluntly. Bevin warned the Arabs at the Palestine conference ; that the labor party had opposed : the 1939 white paper, which re stricts Jewish immigration to a 'quota of 1500 a month, that Brit ain now feels she has a perfect ! right to revise that policy and I that British troops could not en i force that restriction indefinitely. A copy of Britain's latest plan disclosed that the government pro posed that Palestine be split up i not in two separate Arab and Jew 1 ish states but into a patchwork of semi-autonomous Arab and Jew- ish "cantons." For a period of five ! years these would function under British central control. j Conductor Killed In Train Brawl IPS WISH, Mass, Feb. 13-(Thur-day )-(Jf)-A conductor of a Boston and Maine passenger train was dead and a 22-year old man was held by police early today after a fight aboard a train bound from Boston to Portland, Me. "Somewhere between Salem and Ipswich along the eastern j route." a B & M spokesman said, "a battle believed to be caused by drunken men forced the train crew to halt the train at Ipswich." When Ipswich police entered the train coach, he added they found the conductor unconscious in a vestibule. He died before reach ing a hospital. tLtLTtll MAI OK AT Z3 KENT, Wash., Feb. 12-(P)-This small valley town south of Seattle will have Dave J. Mooney, 23-year-old war veteran, for mayor in June and all the kids are happy. Supporters think he may be the country's youngest mayor elect, following yesterday's pri mary in which he polled more votes than the combined total of PORT MANAGER NAMED ASTORIA, Feb. 1 2-(j-P)- James R. Bowler, assistant manager of the Port of Astoria, moved up to the managership today, succeed- ing R. R. Bartlett, retired. KUNDID Morning, February 13. 1947 Acft' DBA Londoners9 Coal Rationed a. ' f HVnnV r.k If.A.fil'itKlinsf aw -m m L mm av a j aj au waaaaj - aa mr,mvw a at: avaaaa S a. B- I a- tures, Londoners wait to draw their coal ration at a London eoal depot. Thousands of industrial plants have been closed to ease the fuel shortage and troops are aiding In the struggle to open rail lines, blocked by one of the nation's heaviest snowfalls in years. (AP Wirephoto.) Baker City School j X eaCllCrS IxaiSeCll Teachers Raised: T'l'f'llll (!flll 1 1 II II fR j vvi.ssiv.o By the Associated Press The trend toward higher sal- nes for teachers continued in , 0r8 on today. 1 Tn Baker city schools granted salary increases ranging from $300 ! to $850 annually, to be effective at the opening of school next fall. I Both the Union County Rchool- j men's association and the Clatsop County Elementary School Teach ers' association, in separate meet ings at La Grande and Astoria, voted to seek a minimum annual ' salary of $2400. ; To jo's Teeth Given Motto DALLAS, Feb. 1 2" -7P)- To jo's false teeth will help him to re member Pearl Harbor, thanks to three young Texas navy dentists, one of them has written home. Dr. Jeff . Bruton, 24-year-old nai-al rocorxo offirr umt hi parents that he and two com panions were ordered to Sugamo prison where Hideki Tojo is awaiting trial as a war criminal, to make impressions for new den tures for the Japanese wartime premier. The three engraved "Remem ber Pearl Harbor" in Morse code dots and dashes on the upper plate, Bruton said. TPn'.4fie IIoSS Thief , . - Caught on I'rize nteea PORTLAND. Feb. 12-u-P)-State police said today they had found the prize horse stolen Tuesday from the Oswego home of Elmer Berglund. A 16-year-old boy was picked up at Gales Creek, briskly trotting on the horse toward the beach. Woodburn School Consolidation Vote Is Scheduled for Tonight By Jennie June Magnnson Woodburn Statesman Correspondent WOODBURN, Feb. 12 Voters from eight school districts, includ ing Woodburn, will ballot Thurs day on the proposed merger of the seven adjacent school districts with the Woodburn district. The vote will be taken between 8 and 9 p.m. at school houses in the districts of Belle Passi, Union, West Woodburn, Hall, Johnson, Grassy Pond, McKee and at Lin coln school in Woodburn. If the consolidation is voted by the eight districts, the merged area would have a school census total of 1215, and become a first class district, not under control of the rural school district equali zation law which becomes effec tive July 1. The proposed consolidated dis trict would have a valuation of $2,787,476. School tax millage in the various areas ranges from 5.6 mills at Belle Passi to 20.8 mills Pric F(W I j In Una, U kolA. eaK.U a.m... Canada, U. S. Pledge Unified Security Work J u noiuiuiui", r eu. i ( f j - The United States and Canada an- nounced today they will continue I in peacetime their close wartime , collaboration for the military se ; curity of North America. I Without entering into a formal treaty or binding agreements, the two governments proclaimed a five-point program for unifying training, standardizing arms and using each other's military, naval and air facilities. Anything to do with the atomic bomb was excluded from the gen eral understanding, it was made clear, since both governments have separate channels for develop ment and administration of atomic energy. Both stressed, too, in formal announcements made simul- i '""eousiy n uiiawa ana wasning- -" in cnarxer oi me united Nations "remains the corner stone of the foreign policy of each." New Veneer for Houses Planned WASHINGTON. Feb. 12 -o-P)-A project to make prefabricated houses with a new type of wood v I S7 I CM veneer, made from low grade , mUSt still be taken on the reso western peeler logs which aren't lution as a whole, presently used, was announced to- The fourth paragraph, pnly cn dabyJthe cornmerce. department. not yet approved, proposes steps The department said $37 000 of , to ppeed up the work yf lh v u its industrial research funds had j military staff ' committee: A fight been allotted for a six-month vric,., i, X "actual cost" contract with a pri vate research organization, the Elmendorf Corp. of Chicago, to produce a model prefabrication structure using the new material. in Woodburn. It is estimated that under the new rural school dis trict law which will equalize lev-!The crippled and punctured trans . . , . Port Meiuck still pitched helD- .es in each county for areas out- less in tne J Bn Antarcc side first class districts Marion gale earl tod p than five 5nUnrSn.8CWi fWl 8. . nour a,,er her rudder been 20 mills. Millage for the local .smashed by a storm-tossed ice proposed merged area would j f prooaoiy ne arxut id mills, local committee members estimate. Only property owners in the districts as shown on the 1946-47 tax rolls, are eligible to vote. This includes anyone owning stock in a corporation or business paying taxes in the district. Residence in the district at least 30 days and U.S. citizenship also are re quired. Woodburn district will also vote on a recommendation of the local school board to transfer $5000 of the district special fund to the general fund to apply on pur chase of the district's new school bus. Weather Max Hair in it Portland . 63 San Francisco SO Chicago 42 New York 37 Willamette river: 4? FORECAST (from V. reau. McNary Field, cloudy with occasions! becoming cloudy with evening. H-jrhet tempe Mm. Precifk S .41 42 .79 S4 92 2 tiac 27 .00 feet. S. Weather Bu Salerr.l: Partly jnow?r today, some rain this rature today 54. iowesi tomrnt 43. 5c No. 275 Mar Blackout Decreed In Britain LONDON. Feb. 1 2. -j, -Prime Minister Attlee placed Britain on a virtual war basis tonight, issu ing an order under W3rtime fie fense regulations that decreed fines or prison ser.ter.c- for any of the nation's 49.0v)0.000 people who disregarded a new island wide limitation on household elec tricity. Acting after near!y 72 hours of scheming against threatened dis aster to his war-weakened nation in the coal crisis, Att!ee also estab lished an emergency committee of nine to deal with what he called a "dangerously critic a 1" fuel shortage. The order also app'ied legal pen alties to industrial. J'. who do not comply with a blackout order shut ting all but essential plants in 38 of the 64 counties in England tod Wales. Earlier the goverr.m?nt order ed the five-hour cut iff ;f elec tricity to householdeis extended to the entire island al; of Brit ain except northern Ire! md end directed nation-wide street light ing reductions amounting almost to a war-time blackout. These steps were taker, as the board of trade ar.r.ounted thrit 5.000.000 1c 6.000.000 men vveie out cf work becau-e of ir.dusti ial shutdowns. The first "communiq'ie" of the new emergency copimiitee called for the mobilization cf civilians thrown out of v. or 5c bv closed plants, to help soldiers and tegu lar transport workers in moving; coal. It announced that ar.y relaxation of fuel restrictions mu.-t be gt; cl ual and that full service t' house holders must not be restored un til industry, life blood of exprit ing Britain, was again iir f.il swing. Meanwhile, cold weather crn tinued, with the thermometer he v ering around 26 degrees and the forecaster predicting more sr.cw. v - m -y fgl I I f ' gfifl ' J -Lftl Votes to Keep Atom Separate LAKE SUCCESS. N Y. Feb. 12 (JP-The United Naf:on.-i sec-prity council voted by 9 to 0 tonight lc create an 11-nation commission to study the reduction of ail airna ments except those already being examined toy the U.N', atomic en ergy commission. Rj-;-.ia tnd Poland abstained from voting. The council's acton vv;. a sweeping victory fo.- the United States, which had insisted that any arms commission created by the United Nations mxst be lim ited to the field not covered by the atomic commission. Soviet delegate Andrei A. Gio myko fought the U.S. proposals until the end, but when the shew down came he declined to iriv r ka the big power veto with which ne could have killed the pla:: at this point. The council's decisive vote was on paragraph 3 of a drift lesolu tion outlining the whole machirr erv of arms reduction A vit "-- - f-- - vv .v vi - viju 1 1 i j j 1 tomorrow, when Britisr. delegate Sir Alexander Cadogan presses for approval of his proposal for fixing an April 30 deadline lor the stalf committee to submit rec ommendations on the ba-;ic prin ciples for an international secur ity foice. Antarctic Gales Toss Transport ABOARD U.S.S. NORTHWIND IN ANTARCTICA. Feb. 12 -in - - Heroic efforts of coast guards em aboard the icebreaker .North wind were thwarted when the tow cable they had run to the stricken vessel became entangled in the Northwind's screws and had to be severed. MAY BE VOLCANOES EVANSTON, 111., Feb. 12 .-&)-Dark mounds of apparently bare earth discovered by Byrd expedi tion flyers in an oasis of ice-free Antarctic lakes may be "m u d volcanoes" of unprecedented size, William E. Powers, professor of geography at Northwestern uni versity, said today.