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"Barkus is willing" says Gov.
Earl Warren of California when
Invited to stand as California's of
fering to GOP for the presidential
nomination. - !
The governor's slatement that
he would be a candidate but not
seek delegates from) other states
indicates that he is exposing him
self to the lightning rather than
entering the scramble for votes
like Taft, Stassen and the as yet
undeclared Dewey. I Also his ac
tion puts the California delegate
In a comfortable situation. They
can fend off the pressures of the
rival candidates, can play for. the
breaks if a deadlock develops at
the national invention and be In
a good trading position If their
man doesn't draw lightning.
r.ewrnnr Warreni has aiven Cal
ifornia a good administration. He
was so popular in! his first term
that he won nominations for the
wmH frnm hnth ! nvaior Darties.
Some regular republicans criticise
him for being too j "non-partisan
Kut ctill thiv 'want him to stand
as the party candidate for presi
dent I i - ; . ..
California is "drawing a lot of
ww in national affairs. Its po
sition in the entertainment world
is well established.) Now its steady
growth in population is making it
more of a factor in national poli
tics. It would not be hard for Ore
gon to go along with its sister state
m Warren, though our delegation
would be bound by whoever won
in the preference primary.
The real worry for the big three
(Dewey, Taft and Stassen) prob
ably is the army (Eisenhower or
MacArthur), but theycannot over
look Warren. He has a good rec
ord, comes from a critical state
Klitically. It is true that Warren
s made no pronouncements on
national issues, but he is not alone
in that respect. Warren's an
nouncement adds one more name
to the list of those to turn to if
the convention gets tied in a knot
over Taft and Dewey.
Joe Wilson
First to File
-Joe" Wilson, Newport, has the
distinction of being the first, can
didate to file at the state depart
ment here for the primary elec
tion next May.
Wilson, for three terms a mem
ber of the house of representa
tives, is now seeking the office of
state senator from the 24th sena
torial district, Lincoln and Tilla
mook counties. He is a republican
and in private life a public ac
countant George Winslow, Tillamook, in
cumbent has indicated he will not
seek reelection .
This is the fourth time that Wil
son has been the first - candidate
to file for the primary election.
Cake Givps Stassen
Edge on Warren
PORTLAND, Nov.. 14-V On
ly an active campaign could un
ite a western republican bloc be
hind California Governor Earl
Warren as a GOP presidential no
minee,' Ralph Cake, republican
national committeeman, predicted
today. ,
Cake, who last spring cited
Warren as the man most likely to
obtain western j support, pointed
out that other presidential aspir
ants have toured Oregon for sup
port since then, j
He expressed belief that Harold
Stassen appears strongest in Ore
gon at the moment
Judge Unimpressed
By George Washington
STOCKTON, Calif!, Nov. It-UP)
A 21 -year-old laborer named
George Washington, hailed before
Police Judge E. E. . Breitenbusher
on a drunkenness charge, told the
court today he could not tell a
lie and pleaded guilty. The judge
without a smile sentenced him to
180 days in the clink. .
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH '
"Gat, she's beautiful! What
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3. Tax Slash Plan Urged
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -(JP)- A three-point program to combat
the rising cost of living was proposed today by senate-house subcom
mittees for speedy consideration of congress which opens a special
session Monday.
The program calls for:
j 1. Voluntary food rationing but backed up with a control law
if the voluntary system fails.
2. A longer work week to in
crease production. Although there
is ho law against working more
than 40 hours, overtime premium
pay rules are considered a deter
rent to employers arranging over
time work schedules.
3. Reduction in taxes on low in
comes, voluntary checks on profits
and wage increases, plus renewed
curbs on installment buying. !
These were the overall sugges
tions of a senate - house group
which were submitted today to
the joint economic committee,
headed by Senator Taft (R-Ohio).
Taft announced that the com
mittee would meet next Wednes
day to take up the anti-inflation
recommendations which President
Truman will outline in his address
to a joint session of the senate
and house Monday.
The three - point proposals were
drafted by two investigating sub
committees. One, headed by Sen
ator Flanders (R-Vt) has been
conducting hearings on the. cost
of living in the eastern part of the
country. A second group, headed
by Rep. Bender (R-Ohio), covered
the central section. A third report
covering the western area will not
be released until next week. Sen
ator Watkins (R-Utah) said.
Murder Count
Filed Against
t DALLAS, Nov. 14 John Earl
Peoples of Amity, who will not be
17 years old until January, waived
preliminary hearing here today on
a charge of second degree murder
and was bound over to the Polk
county grand jury by Justice of
the Peace Charles Gregory, sitting
as a committing magistrate.
The second degree murder
charge was filed .by District Attor
ney R. J. Kreason as a result of
an alleged voluntary confession
made by the youth to Sheriff T.
B. Hooker, in which Sheriff
Hooker says the boy admitted set
ting a fire which resulted in the
death of Robert J. Armstrong, 78,
last September 8. After striking
Armstrong, the youth admitted
setting fire to the house, seven
miles from Dallas, Sheriff Hooker
said.'V
The case will come before the
Polk- county grand jury which
Will convene November 20 at 1J0
p.m. Meanwhile the youth Is being
held in the Polk county jail since
second degree murder if not a
bailable offense.
"All of the evidence we have
against the boy is his own con
fession. He is a very much scared
boy and has been for. months,"
Kreason said here tonight
Armstrong's place was de
stroyed by fire early on Septem
ber 8, and at first he was be
lieved to have lost hiSife In a
fire started accidentally. Later it
was learned a boy had been help
ing him for a time and eventu
ally the search was started to lo
cate the youth.
Peoples was arrested at Hills
dale near Portland Thursday.
State to Wipe Out
Welfare Aid Debt
The state liquor control comr
mission next Monday will turn
over to the state treasury depart
ment here $650,000 which will
wipe out the state's obligation of
approximately! (620,000 to Port
land banks covering funds bor
rowed by the state board of con
trol for state public welfare ac
tivities. State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott
said this obligation which at one
time reached $1,500,000 steadily
has been reduced. He declared,
however, that other borrowings
may be necessary later in October.
FLAXSEED. PIG GOALS SET
PORTLAND, Nov. 14-()-Ore-gon
fanners will plan to produce
as much flaxseed and as many
spring pigs in 1948 as they did
this year, the U. S. department of
agriculture state council decided
today.
R. H. BALDOCK IN BEND
BEND, Nov. 14 -(JP)- The Ore
gon Motor Court association open
ed a two-day convention today,
with R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer, addressing the annual
banquet tonight.
SEA LIONS SAID SAFE
PORTLAND, Nov. U-UP)- The
federal fish and wildlife service
said today there was no indica
tion of disease among the sea lion
herds on the Oregon coast, fol
lowing a report that disease was
killing jnany of California's sea
lions.
FIRE AT NEVADA HOSPITAL
RENO, Nev Nov. 14 -VP)- A
mammoth dairy bam immediate
ly adjacent to the Nevada state
mental hospital burned to the
ground tonight. Fire fighters pre
vented e flames from spreading
to ine institutions ltselL
Amity Youth
Age Bar Drops
ToAUowMinto
To Retain Post
City Manager J. L. Franzen Fri-
day announced that Frank A.
Mirito will be retained as city po
lice chief for another year despite
his reaching - retirement age and
eligibility at the end of this year.
Franzen said he requested per
mission for the continued ap
pointment from the retirement
board under provisions by which
such public employes as Minto
may be retained where necessary.
The city manager did not amplify
his statement.
Another city official 'planning
to remain in service an additional
year is Paul Hauser, city treas
urer the past 11 years, who comes
under a retirement law provision
permitting elected officials to
serve out their terms. In Mauser's
case this permits service until
January 1, 1949.
WU 'Big Axe'
At Walla Walla
WALLA WALLA, Nov. 14 -(JP)
The "Big Axe," a 125 - pound
whopper chopper that Willamette
university reported stolen from
its trophy case at Salem October
15, mysteriously appeared tonight
as the feature piece on a four
teenth float in the biggest and
liveliest Whitman college pep ral
ly and parade seen In many years.
The parade was the opening ev
ent of Whitman's homecoming ac
tivities to be featured by the
football game tomorrow with the
College of Idaho.
The "Big Axe" goes annually
to the Whitman - Willamette win
ner and was- won last Thanksgiv
ing day by the victorious Bearcats.
Policemen's Ball
Attracts 2,200
Salem's annual police ball, held
Friday night at Crystal Gardens,
was declared a success early to
day by officers of the dance com
mittee. The committee reported that
more ithan 2,200 persons attended
the event paying $1 each. Prizes
were -awarded for the best cos
tume and the best prize waltz
and a portion of the program was
broadcast over station KOCO.
Dave Hoss of the KOCO staff was
master of ceremonies. The profits
from the dance will go into the
policemen's retirement fund.
Truce Reached in
Battle of Newark
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NEWARK, NJ Nov. I4-P-
wewark city officials and counsel
for the salvage form which pur
chased- the decommissioned bat
tiesnip iMew Mexico reached a.
truce late today and postponed the
"battle of Newark" at least until
Sunday.
The truce, which came about at
a city . hall conference, provides
that the city will delay its argu
ments for a federal court injunc
tion if no effort is made to move
the onetime queen of the Pacific
fleet up the Newark channel to
morrow , thus providing moral re
inforcements to Newark's two-
fire boat navy.
Louisiana Town
In Tornado's Path
DERIDDER, Nov. 14-UPWA tor
nado out of the southwest cut a
60-yard path across Deridder in
southwest Louisiana today, injur
ing at least 15 persons and leaving
a trail of more than 100 demol
ished and damaged homes and oth
er buildings.
A group of real estate men said
the property damage in the De
ridder area would approach $500,'
000.
Of the injured, only one person,
ten-year-old Derice Shirley, was
hurt seriously.
But Does He Have a
Wall Plug in His Teepee
NEW BRITAIN, Con.; No. 1-(JP)
-Here s evidence, that Indiana an
n't as rugged as they used to be:
A local manufacturer reported
taday the sale of an electric blan
ket to a Sioux Indian in South
Dakota.
SOCKET BLAST KILLS S
AYLESBURY, England, Nov. 14
(JP)- A German V-2 expert and
two British research workers
were killed and 11 other persons
were injured today in an explo
sion at Britain's rocket station at
Westcott, seven miles from here.
Aid Plan
Gets Top
Priority
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -(JP)
The senate's powerful republican
policy committee gave top prior
ity late today to legislation grant
ing emergency aid to Europe at
the special session of congress be
ginning next Monday.
Chairman Taft (R-Ohio) said
he agreed with President Truman
that multi-billion dollar foreign
spending must be paid for out of
current taxes but declared that
this does not necessarily rule out
a 1948 income tax cut.
Taft, a candidate for the repub
lican presidential nomination, said
the 12-member committee agreed
that help to Europe must be pro
vided quickly. But he said there
was no decision on how much aid
the republicans will approve.
Secretary of State Marshall has
proposed to give $597,000,000 to
France, Italy and Austria this
winter and some $7,000,000,000 to
16 European countries in the next
15 months.
Taft, who has declared himself
absolutely opposed" to such large
expenditures, said the senate's for
eign aid bill would be ready for
presentation November 24 and
that no other legislation would
be taken up during the " special
session's first week.
Chairman Eaton (R-NJ). told
reporters earlier the house bill
might be completed next Thurs
day Two Detention
Wards Ready
For Use Today
Remodeling and redecoration of
Salem's two detention wards in
Salem Deaconess hospital base
ment is completed and the wards
are ready for use today, according
to city and county officials who
inspected them late Friday after
noon.
Frosted windows and new doors
with small panel doors for food
service are two new features of
the remodeling which is being fj-.
nanced by the Salem Lions, Ki
wanis and Rotary clubs. The new
type doors will prevent weapons,
or other harmful objects from be
ing smuggled to future inmates of
the wards, according to Howard
Higby, Salem juvenile officer, and
Police Chief Frank Minto, who
were instrumental in getting ac
tion on cleaning up the wards.
Present for the inspection were
Gardner Knapp, president of the
Rotary club; Guy N. Hickok, KI
wanis president; Burr Miller, Sa
lem Lions club president; Howard
Higby, Salem juvenile officer; Mrs.
Dorothy Kennedy. Salem police
matron; Chief Frank Minto; Mar
ion County Judge Grant Murphy
and Commissioner Ed Rogers, the
Rev. Sam P. Neufeldt, Deaconess
hospital chaplain; and F. F. Wad
del, manager of the Salem Dea
coness hospital.
Winter Closes
Grip on Passes
Snow continued to fall in the
mountain passes of central . and
eastern Oregon Friday night and
the weather bureau at Portland
warned of a new storm bearing
down from the Pacific ocean.
- Chains were advised for motor
ists on all mountain roads, and
R. H. Baldock, state highway en
gineer, warned against any at
tempt to use the McKenzie pass,
where a snow storm raged.
The state highway department
road report Friday said there
was three inches of new snow on
the South Santiam pass and pack
ed snow throughout the entire
section.
.The weather bureau at McNary
field said that .55 of an Inch fell
in the Salem area Friday, bring
ing November's total to 2.81
inches, as compared with the nor
mal of 2.53.
A 200-foot slide covered rails
between Astoria and West port Fri
day and delayed a Portland-bound
train for three hours. Officials of
the SP&S railroad blamed heavy
rains which covered the tracks to
a depth of five feet in places.
Truman to Hold Loyalty Check
Ab o ve Level of Red 'Witch Hunt'
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 JP)
President Truman declared today
that the "campaign to oust disloyal
government employes will not de
generate into witch hunts -' by
"kangaroo courts.
"Rumor, gossip or suspicion will
not be sufficient to lead to the
dismissal of an employe for dis
loyalty," he said as the newly
created loyalty review board held
its first meeting. i
Nearly all his 1,090-word state
ment carried the theme that strict
fairness must prevail in the pro
tection of the civil rights of all
employes.
There have been complaints on
2 Rail Unions Win
15lz Cent
CHICAGO, Nov. 14-0P-Two
railroad operating brotherhoods
one of which took part in the
paralyzing railroad strike of May,
1946 reached an agreement to
day with the nation's railroads
on a 1514 cents hourly wage
boost.
The railroads estimated ' the
raise, covering 200,000 members
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen and the Order of Rail
way Conductors, will hike their
operating costs $100,000,000 an
nually. j
The settlement came 14 'days
after the five operating brother
hoods demanded "immediate
consideration" of their proposal
for a 30 per cent wage Increase,
declaring that "further neglect
and delay could disturb railroad
operations."
Negotiations with three brother
War Contracts Linked to
Former Meyers' Firm
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -(JP)- Testimony that Maj. Gen. Ben
nett E. Meyers figured in the flow of $1,053,573 in wartime subcon-
Sacts to a firm in which he once acknowledged part ownership and
ter said was owned by friends was given today before senate in
vestigators. The firm concerned, the Aviation Electric Company of Ohio, was
Hall's Reply
Pleases Pastor
Dr. Raymond B. Walker, one of
five Portland pastors Vho recently
wrote Gov. John Hall asking con
tinued enforcement of the Knox
liquor control law, said In Salem
Friday that he had been gratified
to1 receive a reply from the gov
ernor that law would be strictly
enforced under bis administration.
Dr. Walker, pastor f Portland's
First Congregational church, who
came here to speak at the Salem
Churchmen's forum, continued
that he had noted additional signs
of law enforcement when state
police officers halted his car on
the way to Salem to check opera
tor's license and title certificate.
Committee Seeks
$3,500 Fund for
Yule Decorations
A soliciting committee of the Re
tail Trade bureau Friday began
the work of raising $3,500 from
Salem merchants for new, more
elaborate Christmas decorations
for downtown streets than used
heretofore.
Bureau President 'Mai Rudd
said the merchants' plans also in
clude amplified recorded Christ
mas music from the T. A. Lives
ley (old First National Bank)
building and an official welcome
for Santa Claus.
The Christmas decorating fund
sought would provide for profes
sional decorating by Allied, Arts
studio of Portland, which also is
decorating Portland, Walla Walla,
Medford, Corvallis and other ci
ties. Included in 13 downtown Sa
lem blocks would be four garlands
crossing-the street In each block,
with hanging Christmas - theme
plaques, plus decorative dome cov
ers for -the top globes on street
lights.
Police Headquarters No
Haven for Fleeing Thief
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 14-P-Jack
Evans, 37-year-old negro,
outdistanced the pawn shop clerk
who pursued him hut he dodged
into the wrong doorway. It was
police headquarters.
"Stop thief," yelled clerk Paul
Price. The detectively obligingly
stuck out one foot, tripped the
negro just outside the jail bars.
behalf of persons already fired
that they were falsely accused and
not even told the nature of the
accusations.
Further, officials of the CIO
United Public Workers have call
ed the loyalty program a "union
busting . campaign, a statement
disputed by the federal bureau
of investigation.
The FBI is to fingerprint all
employes and check further where
a 'question of loyalty develops.
There will be boards in each
agency, with the top board the
one which met today under the
civil service commission.
Mr tFir
Pay Boost
hoods representing 150,000 oth
er operating workers still are un
derway. On September 2, an ar
bitration board awarded the
carriers' 1,000,000 non-operating
workers a 15 Mi cents hourly in
crease which the roads estimated
would cost them $438,000,000 an
nually. A spokesman for the railroads
said negotiations with the five
operating brotherhoods were
split, with the demands of the
trainmen and conductors on
wages and working rules being
considered simultaneously be
cause of their similarity.
The trainmen and conductors
also agreed with the carriers on
changes in four working rules
and the number of rules changes
demanded was trimmed from 44
to 15. Negotiations on the 1 1 rules
changes pending are still being
negotiated.
shown to nave received the sub
contracts from Bell Aircraft com
pany.
Lawrence D. Bell, president of
the Bell concern, said Meyers, who
retired in 1945 after holding high
army purchasing posts during the
war, suggested to him that Avia
tion Electric company might be
interested in accepting a subcon
tract for materials for British
planes which Bell had contracted
to produce.
Bell said Meyers also recom
mended other firms for subcon
tracts, but that a check showed
these others were too busy to take
ine work.
Meyers supplied one highlight
of the day's developments. He told
reporters that he had asked for
a trial by court martial "to prove
my Innocence or guilt" of any mis
doing. The request was denied.
Part of the testimony on Mey
ers' relationship with the firm
getting the $1,053,573 came from
Oliver P. Echols, retired major
general who was Meyers imme
diate superior. ' 1
Echols' recollection was that in
"about 1940" Meyers told him he
had some stock in the company
but either had or would dispose
or it men.
Woman Bitten
On Nose by Rat
Mrs. Rose Hardin, 1348 Waller
st., Friday was recovering from
a serious bite on her nose admin
istered by a rat as she slept
Thursday.
Mrs. Hardin told the Marion
county health department Friday
that she and her three children
Sharon 4, Clyde 5, and Carlus 6
had been troubled at night before
by rats in the house. Poison and
traps have not been effective, she
said.
The woman said her nose bled
profusely and she was referred to
the health department as her pri
vate physician was out of town.
MARSHALL SELECTS AIDES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -UP)
Secretary Marshall today named
Ambassadors Lewis C. Douglas
and Walter Bedell Smith as Unit
ed States delegates to accompany
him to the Big Four foreign min
isters conference at London which
opens November 25.
TOLL RISES IN HOLY LAND
JERUSALEM, Nov. 14 -(VP)- Po
lice sources said a 20-year-old
Jew was killed tonight when a
bus was shot up on Mount Carmel
in Haifa, raising to five the day's
toll of violent deaths in the tense
Holy Land.
MARKS IMPROVED
ALBANY, Nov. 14 -UP)- Wil
lard L. Marks, 64, president of
the state board of education who
suffered a stroke last night, was
reported better today by hospital
attendants. His condition i had
been described as critical last
night .
Weather
Max.
47
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Win.
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43
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Salra
Portland
San Franctece ,
Chicaxo
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57
41
zs
36
Mew York
Willamette river tJS feet.
FORECAST (from VS. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem I: Mostly
cloudy with scattered showers today
and tonight." Continued rain Sunday
and little chance tn temperature. High
temperature today S3, low tonight 45.
Snow m expected
at derations above
Wm?
$ky-Minded
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WASHINGTON, Nev. 14 Air Sec
retary W. Stuart Sysnlagtea whs
. said Wednesday that America's
present air fleet weald be suf
ficient i wue war fer enly
a few days. (Story 1m eelvmn
at right)
Tire Traps9 in
Salem Gted
ByChiefRoble
Handicapped by lack of equip
ment and manpower, Salem fire
men did a grand Job in handling
the Guardian building fire two
weeks ago, and Salem Fire Chief
W. P. Roble Is proud of them. He
made no excuses in discussing the
fire, its causes and the later in
vestigation which was made, for
the benefit of Salem Credit asso
ciation members Friday noon at
the Golden Pheasant restaurant.
The Guardian building is gone.
it was a fire trap, but there are
many others In Salem, Roble said,
noting specific buildings and sec
tions of town.
Ne Fire Steps
"You can stand in the base
ment of one building and look
right into the next in many cases,"
Roble said, deploring the lack of
Fire stops.
Rople traced in detail the in
vestigation which was made to
determine the cause of the Guard
ian building fire. Overloaded elec
tric circuits plus the fact the line
passed by shelves holding highly
inflammable material stored there
for the first floor pharmacy trade,
Roble said, was the cause deter
mined. Every fireman fighting the
Guardian building fire did the
work of 3i men, Roble said point
ing out that the fire hoses weighed
187 i pounds per 100 feet and the
men were tired out when they
got the hose raised without doing
any other work.
Besides giving details of the
Guardian building fire Chief Ro
ble told of the manner in which a
recent fiome fire was started from
a scorched ironing pad which was
put away in a closet, apparently
when it still had sparks hot
enough to start a fire.
New Bread Price
Rise Contemplated
Possibility that the price of
bread in the Salem and Portland
areas may be boosted one cent a
loaf was predicted by J. Craw
ford, secretary of the Oregon Bak
ers association, in Portland Wed
nesday, the Associated Press re
ported. Crawford said am pound loaf
probably would rise from 20 to
21 cents next week. In the east
ern Oregon area where that sized
loaf is already 21 cents, bakers
will probably make it 22, he said.
Spokesmen for Salem bakeries
were unavailable for comment at
a late hour, Wednesday, and it
could not be determined whether
the boost is being contemplated
here.
FRIENDSHIP TRAIN SPLIT
CHICAGO, Nov. 14 -OP) -The
friendship train, laden with 82
carloads of food for Europe, rolled
into Chicago tonight to take op
22 more carloads and be split into
two sections and sent on its way
to the eastern seaboard.
ACKEKMAN TO RUN
PORTLAND, Nov. 14 -UP)- A
Portland real estate broker, G.
C. Ackerman, whose lone political
effort was an unsuccessful try for
nomination as state senator three
years ago, said today he would
run for the republican nomination
as governor.
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Reserves
To Bolster
Air Fleet
WASHRINGTON. Nov. 14vFV-
The United States air force is
bringing 850 planes out of storage.
to Duim its combat fleet un to
more than 4,000 aircraft.
But today's air fleet would be
sufficient to wage war for only
a few days, said Air Secfetary W.
Stuart Symington, if this country
should suddenly be plunged into
conflict. . -
Symington said demobilization
has brought the air force to such -a
low point that it would be ade
quate to maintain a war for only
a short time before dispersion ot
strength and losses would require)
reserves of men and aircraft. i
Addresses Fraternity
His views were expressed in an
address to Sigma Delta Chi, na
tional journalistic fraternity. It
coincided with an announcement
by the air force that about 250
B-29 bombers and 400 P-58s and
P-47 fighters are being drawn,
from reserves.
By the end of next month the
air force will have 55 group?, th
limit attainable under present ap
propriations, in full operation.
2JSH First-Line Planes
At this tiroes without the addi
tion of the reserve planes, the aia
force has approximately 3.500.
first line combat aircraft. This
force is composed of about 1.2t0
bombers, 1,900 fighters and 4 DO
reconnaissance aircraft.
Approximately 10,000 air. ferret
planes of all, types are in storage.
At I the end of the war, trie,
Uoited States had slightly mora
than 3,000 B-29 Superfortro.-cs.
About 1,500 of the B-29s wei
set aside for "cocooning," the long
term storage plan. Out of the i tn-
er 1.300 came the post-war oper
ating force and the so-called
"pickled"' stock, from which re
placements are drawn as opera
tional planes wear out or are kt
by accident
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U.N. Approves
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NEW YORK. Nov. I4-CPI-A!
United Nations Korean indepenj
aencc commission, me uura am
last big project put throuah th
U. N. by Secretary of State Mar
shall, was approved finally todaj)
oy ine general assembly. ,
The - Soviet bloc immediately
confirmed that it would boycott
this group amidst indications that
the Russias might bar the com
mission from the Soviet military
occupation zone in northern
Korea. v
The assembly voted 43 to for
the U. S. plan for -the commission
created to supervise the set tins
up of an independent Korea.
The delegates batted down, 34
to 7, a. revived Soviet proposal
calling for withdrawal of U. 3.'
and "Russian troops 'from Kcit
by January 1. -
Bride Fights Fire
As Groom Burns
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14 -m
A 34-year-old bridegroom burnea
to death today eight hours aftee
his marriage while his bride wasi
making frantic efforts to rescue)
Kim, using an umbrella as a shield
against the flames.
John Miller died on the third
floor of a north Philadelphia
apartment house. His bride. Rose,
34, was revived at St. Joseph's
hospital after she fled, hysterical
and near collapse, seeking help.
The fire started when the hus
band dozed off with a lighted
cigaret in an overstuffed chair.
WALLGREN TO RUN AGAIN
OLYMPIAN Nov. 14 -.- Gov
ernor Wallgren said tonight that
he intended to seek reelection as
governor in 1948.
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