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tenancy -
fornla. professor of paleontology.
But China is a long way from Ore
gon, and one naturally would as
... (m surviving rem
nants of old forests would have
little connection wun
So it might seem; but such is
not the case as will be discovered
by reading the latest pamphletre
port of the Condon lectures: The
BaSTw. Chaney (State System
of Higher Education, Eugene,
$1.00). The lectures were given
in Eugens and - Corvallis in 1948.
t 4k. i.trvl between their
iMAianr . i ii em cm ui wsvmv
j.,! tyi, Miration Chaney
QCUVriJ slim -
visited China; and has revised toe
text of his lectures to relate toe
j nf China whose
fossils may be found in toe rocav
exposures ol tne jonn uj
are identical with the living pnmi
MamnH, r Metasauoia) of
China; and are not the same as toe
Sequoia sempervirens ui u
al region of California and south-
cm Oregon, in me rvu
Shui-hsa-pa (where the dawn red
woods survive) we may see hoW
the forests of Oregon appeared
long before man came to live here."
. In an earlier .epoch, the eocene,
Oregon s forests naa own o uw
a. t..n4ar with tree like
ferns and palms, due undoubtedly
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to a suD-tropicai cumaie. u
ensuing oligocen trees of temper
ate rone type appeared. They
(Continued on editorial page)
Conservative
Baptist Meet
in
Salem First Baptist church will
be host to the Oregon Baptist Con
servative conference Tuesday and
Wednesday, with nearly 400 dele
gates and observers expected from
0 to 60 churches.
Mnrt nf the churches are of the
'disfranchised' group whose dele
cations were refused seats at last
November's Oregon Baptist state
convention in Portland. The ouster
was said to be over the issue of
contributions to missionary pro
grams. Addresses will be given by Dr.
Edward B. Hart, pastor of First
Baptist church, Corvallis; Dr. John
Houser, First Baptist, Lebanon; Dr.
Gabriel Guedj, pastor of First Bap
tist, Fresno. Calif,, and Dr. Vance
Webster, 'pastor of First Baptist,
Eugene. ,
The provisional counseling com
mittee is headed by the Rev. Ken
neth Tobias of Bend, who will
E reside at toe sessions. The Rev.
loyd T. Anderson will be host
Sastor. Registration will begin at
; a jn. Tuesday.
(Other church news on page 3.)
Dean Acheson
Takes Oath
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 - VP)
Graying, mustached Dean Ache
son, 55-year-old lawyer and diplo
mat, became secretary of state in
a solemn White House ceremony
. today, and immediately faced
welling demands here and abroad
for clarification of President Tru
man's new program to raise world
living standards.
Mr. Truman himself was re
ported as "saying that if living
standards in Asiatic countries
could be raised 2 per cent UJS.
production could not catch - up
with demand for 100 years.
In the forefront of those who
want to know precisely what the
Truman administration is planning
came Senator Vandenberg (It
Mich), who Issued a statement
saying he could not pass judgment
on much of Mr. Truman's "new aid
programs until I know concretely
what he had in mind.'
Animal Crocltcrs
- By WARREN GOODRICH
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order for M full iutgth mirtorf
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Oipoir Fwnnidl Fiiradis Swippoirtteirs
Truck License System
Reduces Revenue 30
Despite a 12 per cent gain in 148 motor vehicle registrations,
revenues from license transactions were 30 per cent below the prev
ious vear Secretary of State Earl T. Newbrv reDOrted Friday.
Registrations of all types of vehicles on December 31 aggregaedcb:
C0U,4UU, a gam oi O4.ouu over me
vehiele and driven transactions
U.S. Troops,
Czech Guards
Trade Fire
FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan.
21 -UP)- U. S. troops and Czechosl
vak guards were disclosed today
to have exchanged fire in a fron
tier incident.
U. S. army headquarters an
nounced no Americans were
wounded. American officials said
they did not know i whether any
Czechs were hit They accused the
Czechs of firing first.
The dash occurred last night
near Schirnding, directly opposite
the Czechoslovak border town of
Eger, 75 miles northeast of
Nuernberg.
Estimates of the number or
stiots fired! ranged from 20 to 200.
The incident was' touched off
when a German truck, possibly
loaded with, smuggled ball bear
ings and machine fools, tried to
crash the .; border into Czechoslo
vakia.
First German border police and
the occupants of the truck engag
ed in a gun fight.; Two ox tne
persons in the truck were wound
ed in that exchange! Thirty min
utes later American constabulary
troops reached the scene and
"were fired upon from the Czech
side of the border," the army an
nouncement said. The Americans
fired back.
Resolution Calls
For Indonesian
Liberty by July '50
LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 21 -UP)
A watered down resolution" cal
ling for Indonesian independence
by July 1, 1950, was placed be
fore the security council today by
the United States and three other
countries.:
The resolution which Cuba,
China and Norway joined the U. S.
in sponsoring, calls on the Dutch
and the Indonesians to halt imme
diately all fighting in the Indies
and demands immediate release
of republican leaders held prison
er by. the Dutch.
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Salem's every -other-day snowstorms provide new fun far the kids
. every time the snewflakes fly. Patting finishing touches en their
snowman above are Virginia. 4Vi rears, left, and Margaret, 54
years, ric-hW-danghters of Mr. and Mrs. George Lefley ef 226S Mis
sien sii Friday's anew, while it lasted, was reported excellent for
snowmen, snowballs and general anew activity. Statesman phete).
PAGES
Kai-
uni ugure. rees irom au moiur
were $4,315,529. compared with
$5,865,632 a year ago.
The drop in revenues was due
to a change in the method of as
sessing trucks and buses adopted
by the 1947 legislature, Newbry
said. Trucks are now licensed on
a flat fee basis, but pay a use tax
based on weight and mileage to
the public utilities commissioner.
Drivers' license transactions.
a-after a full year of the staggered
renewal systems, totaled $475,615,
or 39 per cent over 1947. This
gain, combined with the loss in
registration fees, put gross reve
nue collected by the motor vehicle
division 26 per cent below the
previous year.
Madras Likes
Idea of Dam
On Deschutes
MADRAS, Jan. 21 -UP)- This
town appeared today to like the
idea of a new $12,000,000 hydro
electric plant on the Deschutes
river near here.
Harold J. Eidemiller, director of
the Jefferson Water Conservancy
district, said the specifications for
the dam apparently do not
threaten the fishing value of the
Metolius river.
The dam would not back water
up as far as the Metolius, he said.
BEND, Jan. 21-;P)-The chair
man of the Central Oregon PUD
refused today to say whether the
PUD would oppose the application
of three power companies to build
a $12,000,000 dam on the Deschutes
river.
-The PUD" which was formed
long ago, but never actually oper
ated, has an application on file to
build a dam of its own on the
Deschutes. The application, filed
eight years ago, would take pre
cedence over the new one.
BANK DEPOSITS DROP
PORTLAND, Jan, 21 JP)- Bus
iness as reflected in bank depos
its wasn't as good in Oregon
last year. State Superintendent of
Banks A. A. Rogers reported total
deposits declined $53,000,000 dur
ing 1948. Loans and discounts
dropped, too.
Their Snowman
J?tt
tThm Oregon Statesman, Solenau Oregon. Satardcry, January
Retires 'as Leader of
By Wendell Webb
Managing Editor, Tne Statesman
There was every indication Fri
day that the Oregon house of rep
resentatives is determined that
public welfare no longer will be
dependent upon liquor revenue.
although it refused to be hurried
into the decision.
By a 2 to 1 vote, it decided to
refer to its tax committee the bill
placing all liquor revenues in the
general fund. Its alcoholic control
mmittee had urged the bill's
passage without further delay.
Motion to refer the bill was
made by Rep. Ralph Moore of
Coos Bay, the tax committee's
chairman, whose stand was sup
ported by several members who
said they favored the bill but
thought the tax committee should
study it before final action is
taken.
Rep. Lyle Thomas of Dallas op
posed the re - referral, calling for
immediate action instead, and
flayed the earmarking of funds
generally. Such earmarking, he
said, gave rise to "the myth of
Oregon's unbalanced budget." He
was joined by Rep. Carl Francis
of Dayton, who said the bill had
nothing to do with taxes.
No Opposition Indicated
The re - referral motion was
approved 39 to 19, but not one of
the members so voting indicated
on v nnWicitinn 4s tha Will itcitlf
Representative Moore is known to
favor it.
Meantime, with actual debate
on the floor at its usual early
session minimum, legislators were
looking forward- to a show-down
fight on a private power - PUD
fishing issue. A conference be
tween fish commission officials
and members of legislative fish
committees is to be held early
next week regarding a measure
to prohibit private power dams
on the Deschutes.
Apply for Dam Permit
A battle over the issue became
certain when the Northwest Pow
er Supply company Thursday fil
ed application for a preliminary
permit for a $12,000,000 Des
chutes dam near the site of a pro
posed PUD project.
Five bills were passed in the
house Friday and sent to the sen
ate. They would let Multnomah
county acquire Columbia Pioneer
cemetery; allow pan - mutuel bet
ting on quarter horse racing; lc
the state tax gasoline sold to the
-federal government except that
used in ships and aircraft; permit
summonses to be served by any
competent person over 21, and re
quire the highway commission to
pay cities their snare of highway
revenue semi - annually instead
of annually.
No Final Action in Senate
The senate took no final action
Friday, most of its activities be
ing confined to a squabble over
whether a proposed interim hous
ing committee should specifically
investigate Portland's situation.
But eight new measures were
dropped in the senate hopper.
One would provide each state
policeman a $5,000 insurance pol
icy. Others would increase state
aid to girls in institutions.
Bills Introduced
Nine new bills were introduced
in the house, including those
which create a potato marketing
commission; set up a state rent
control authority, to become active
when federal control ends; in
crease from 25 to 50 cents the
price of the Oregon Blue Book,
and require examinations of min
ors before they are sent to cor
rective institutions.
Twenty house measures will
come up for final vote in the house
Monday, as a result of "do pass"
committee reports.
Among them are bills requiring
county surveyors to be registered
engineers or surveyors; having li
cense numbers assigned perma
nently to car owners rather than
to vehicles, and staggering renew
als throughout the year; continu
ing permission for school districts
to incur indebtedness up to 10
per cent of their valuation, and
providing for an interim commit
tee on low cost housing.
'The house will resume at 10:30
a. m. Monday, the senate at 11.
(Additional details on page 4)
Venezuela, El Salvador
Win U. S. Recognition
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -VPV-The
United States granted full
diplomatic recognition today to
new governments in Venezuela
and El Salvador which seized
power last year by foribly means
it has condemned.
S DIE IN B-29 CRASH
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Jan. 21-(P)-Three
persons were killed and
nine injured when a B-29 crashed
five miles east of the Great Falls
airforce base tonight, a Great
Falls-(Tribune) -Reporter said on
returning from toe crash scene.
Move for
IJeacein
Prospect
By Harold K. Milks
NANKING, Saturday, Jan. 22
UP)- President Chiang Kai-Shek
retired from his historic role as
China's leader yesterday and his
successor reportedly agreed to
send peace delegates to meet the
communists. '
Vice President Li Tsung-Jen,
thrust into leadership of stricken
China when Chiang relinquished
his 22 -year command of the gov
ernment, was in constant consul
tation with his top. advisers. One
of these advisers said Li had
agreed to send the delegates.
Ambiguous Statement
When Chiang flew away from
Nanking late yesterday he left
behind a statement so ambiguous
that officials of his crumbilng re
gime held it up until midnight.
They revised it after conferring
with Chiang by telephone at his
ancestral home in Fenghwa, 210
miles southeast of Nanking.
As- finally released, the official
translation in English said:
"With the hope that hostilities
may be brought to an end and the
people's suffering relieved, I have
decided to retire.
"As from Jan. 21, Vice Presi
dent Li Tsung-Jen will exercise
the duties and powers of presi
dent." Wishes for Lasting Peace
The text of nearly 400 words
continued with a review of
Chiang's devotion to the govern
ment and wishes for a lasting
peace.
Asked whether a surrender deal
might now be, tried with the
ascendant communists or what
would happen next, one high of
ficial replied:
"Frankly, we don't know. It all
depends on what we are able to
do now."
T. V. Soong Fired
No sooner had Vice President
Li taken over than he accepted
the resignation of T. V. Soong,
Chiang Kai-Shek's millionaire
brother-in-law, as governor of
Kwangtung province. He appoint
ed the, Cantonese war hero Gen.
Hseuh Yueh as governor.
Soong was reported leaving im
mediately by air to proceed to
the United States.
Madame Chiang, Soong's sister,
is in New York, where she de
clined comment.
Premier Sun Fo and his entire
cabinet also immediately tendered
their resignations to the acting
president but were asked to re
main. .
SHANGHAI, Saturday, Jan. 22
-(jJpj-This great commercial city,
whose firm support two decades
ago helped establish Chiang Kai
shek as China's leader, today toofc
his vague -"retirement" with com
plete calm.
The fact that Chiang long since
had lost the support of public
opinion was proved in Shanghai's
general apathy regarding his re
tirement whether it be tempo
rary or final.
County Court Cool
To Plan Delaying
Changes in Laws
A stop-gap proposal from As
sistant Attorney General Rex
Kimmell which would postpone
for at least two years the deadline
on state laws dealing with coun
ties of 100,000 population or over
received a cool reception Friday
from Marion county court.
The measure would specify that
such bills, which are based on
population figures, be amended to
provide that the population fig
ures for 1940 federal census be
used.
The court, however, felt that
two years' respite might be more
confusing Uhan helpfuL and the
laws would still require changes.
It asked District Attorney E. O.
Stadter, jr., to proceed with the
task of preparing new bills at the
present legislative session to alter
laws referring to counties with
100,000 population or more.
Israel, Egypt Hold
Showdown Talk
RHODES, Jan. 21 -UP- Acting
U.N. Mediator Ralph C. Bunche
brought the heads of the Egyp
tian and Israeli delegations to
gether tonight for a show-down
on the armistice talks-
His action indicated that a break
one way or another may be ex
pected shortly in the negotiations
which have stalled in a dispute
over final demarcation of Israeli
Egypt boundaries.
22. 1949
Price
Acting President of China
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NEW FORK, Jan. 21 U Tsung-Jen (above), vice president of China,
became acting president today following Chiang Kai-shek's de
parture from Nanking. Chiang left the Chinese capital city amid
reports ' that he was quitting vthe presidency for good. (AP Wire
photo to The Statesman),
2 Men Found Alive in
e
Wreckage
ANCHORAGE. Alaska. Jan. 21
today in the crumpled wreckage of an Alaska airlines DC-3 transport
plane and rescue crews said a third might still be living.
Six persons were aboard the craft when it piled into a hillside on
the Kenai peninsula last night
First reports from the rescue crews said all had perished. Then came
Man Burned in
Launch Blast
ASTORIA, Jan. 1-JP)-A launch
exploded here today, seriously in
juring a boatman who was plum
meted into an ice-packed river
flaming in gasoline. '
But middle-aged John Pember
ton, whose nickname is "Tiger
John," managed to swim his hair
afire through the flames and ice
floes until he was hauled to shore.
He was taken to a hospital, seri
ously burned.
The blast blew the cabin com
pletely off the $15,000 launch,
Arrnow No. 2; seared the paint
from an adjoining launch; broke
distant windows; and resounded
throughout Astoria.
Revolt Seen in
North Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 2M-The
information minister of south Ko
rea said today he had reliable re
ports that an army revolt against
the north Korean communist re
gime had been in progress for two
days at the border town of Haeju.
The minister, Kim Don Sun,
said fires were observed and gun
fire broke out the night of Janu
ary 19 and were continuing. Haeju
is near the west coast just north
of the 38th parallel which separ
ates the American - sponsored
southern republic from the Sov
iet - sponsored northern govern
ment. Each regime claims sover
eignty over the whole country.
U. S., Britain Ready
To Grant Status to
Israel, Arab State
LONDON. Jan. 21 -UP)- In
formed sources said tonight Brit
ain is ready to recognize the Jew
ish state of Israel and the United
States to recognize Arab Trans-
Jordan.
Such a move. Intended to ease
middle east tension over the Pal
estine situation, involves a major
revision of British policy. It would
be a minor shift by the United
States.
U. S. government officials in
Washington said the United States
is likely to recognize. Trans-Jordan
next week at the same time
full (de Jure) recognition is given
Israel. They said, however, - there
was no British - American bar
gaining Involved. .
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Chinese
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off AiHimeir
- OPV - Two men were found alive
word there were indications of
life in the wreckage. Saws, crow
bars and axes were rushed In so
the rescuers could break open toe
wreckage.
Peter Palmero, 33, San Francis
co, and Capt. R. D. Land, pilot of
the plane, were brought out alive.
Others aboard were listed by Alas
ka airlines as Roscoe Spears, Dil
lingham, Alaska; co-pilot Robert
Stevens, Seattle; Stewardess Lu
cina Nims, Everson, Wash., and
Stanley HUlman of Anchorage,
one of the three passengers.
The search parties both the
Tenth Rescue squadron and the
airline have crews at toe seen
said they could find no trace of
the stewardess. The report of a
possible third survivor was not
expanded.
The reports were coming by ra
dio, relayed by a rescue squadron
B-17 circling the scene. Sleeping
bags and other equipment were
dropped to the crews before dark.
They said they Intended to work
through the night.
A ski-equipped Alaska airlines
plane, attempting to land on
nearby lake to aid in the rescue
work, flipped over on its back but
no one aboard was hurt.
Cherry Fete
Set July 14-16
Salem Cherryland Festival asso
ciation's directors Friday tenta
tively dated this summer's fes
tival for July 14-15-10.
The board decided definitely to
stage for the third successive year
a community festival on the gen
eral lines set since the celebration
in 1947 revived a custom of earlier
Salem days. (The board met for
luncheon at the Senator hotel.
Directors also ' directed Presi
dent Sidney L. Stevens to call ' a
meeting of heads of all civic or
ganizations, within the next two
weeks, to discuss ways and means
of underwriting a "bigger and
better" show for this year.
Owl Doesn't Give
A Hoot for Snow
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 21 -CP)
The winter's heaviest snowstorm
here chased a small brown owl
iitdoors
Mrs. Frances Phibbs found the
bird sitting on her piano. She
said it had apparently come down
the chimney.
Before turning the owl loose,
she took it around to show neigh
bors. She said it didn't mind that,
for it didn't give a hoot.
Sc
Salem Shakes Off
2-Inch Covering
More snow and colder mnr.
hires was the forecast for the Sa
lem area Saturday after the city
had successfully sloughed off lm '
two-inch snowfall Thursdav nirht
and Friday. '$.
Most of the night's Intermittent
snowfall was gone from street
and unprotected areas bv lat af.
ternoon Friday with some patches
still clinging in shaded spots. Snow
forecast for early Saturday was '
expected to be licht. but mini. -
mum temperature near 24 degrees
was predict ea.
Meanwhile the whot nnrihw
area from Seattle to Grants Pas
was counting up the Inches ef
snow which fell In the winter's
worst storm. Three Inches of snow
at Srokane was addtvf a1) Inch
already on the ground. Portland
naa six inches and expected to
have eight by late Saturday most
since the Januarv storm nf 1043.
Astoria was blanketed with six
inches, Tillamook 4, Medford 4 .
Grants Pass 3, Dallas 5. I
Kequest Travel Cat ; j;
Oreeon state's hifhwiv mmmla.
sion was urging everyone to hold
travel to a minimum as Ice and
snow-Dacked roads made hlrhwira
hazardous.
Some pupils fn Salem schools
got an unexpected vacation when
buses did not run Friday morning
because of slippery roads. They
were operating again in the after
noon to take home any who got to
school. (
The lack of transportation ws
announced over area radio stations .
but apparently few heard it. Dal
las schools dismissed an hour early
to give bus drivers more time to
negotiate to snow-packed routes.
' City Transit line buses also had
their trouble Friday morning be
cause of the snow and slush. Buses
were unable to negotiate Lincoln
street hill on the Saginaw street
loop or the Hansen hill in the Lib
erty district. On some runs High
street was skipped on the return
trip. t I
Power Demand Jumps ;
Regional power shortages didn't
improve Friday as power demands
Jumped by 155,000 kilowatt and
flow of the Columbia river at
Bonneville dropped to 85,500 feci
second, 3,000 below Thursday.
Three deaths were attributed in
directly Friday to th northwest's
snow-storm. Ernest I Foskett, 74,
died of a heart attack at Seattle '
while shoveling snow. Charles
Fisher, 83, Ocean Park, Wash, was
found dead on the beach near his
home after he had apparently lost
his way in the storm. Rollie L
Gaar, 83, Portland, apparently died
ox neart attack after a twn-mili
walk from his horn toward a gro
Morse Aids in
Fight for T-H
Law Hearings
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 -4JPU
A drive by Senator Pepper (D
Fla.) to rama Taft-Hartley re
peal bill through the senate labor
committee without hearings ap
peared today' to be running out of . -gas.
Pepper himself stayed in tb
fight and he claimed some sup
port in the committee. A
But two of his democratic col
leagues in that group came out for
hearings on the repealer. They and '
the five republican members who
want hearings constitute a txJl-
Jority of the 13-man committee.
Senator Elbert Thomas (D
Utah), the committee chairman. ,
told reporters the labor unit would
not "dare" to skip hearings. He
said Pepper's plan is doomed.
And Senator Hill (D-Ala.), an
other member, predicted that tb
committee will arrange for lim
ited hearings at a meeting Mon
day. Hill said he will support s a
motion by Senator Morse (R
Ore.) to start them next week apd ,
wind up by March 1.
(In a telegram to the Statesman
Friday night, Morse said final ac
tion will be taken on his motion
at a special meeting of the com
mittee Monday. "Mr motion pro
vides that the committee should
plan to spend the month of Marin
in drafting a bill based on facts,
evidences and recommendations
presented at the hearings," h
said. I
("That will giv us plenty or -time
to give fair consideration in
this session to a well balanced la
bor bill." "It should be a bill a
nearly nonpartisan as it possibly
can be, because industrial peace)
should be recognized as an econ
omical problem rather than poli-
Ucal," Morse added.)
Weather
Max.
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4
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willamtt river -. of a foot
FORECAST (from VS. weather bu-
McNirr field. Salem): Mo tlr
cloudy with a few mow flurries thl
morn inf. clearing considerably Inth
afternoon. High, today near 40. ,Lw
tonight near 24.
SALEM raeCIPITATtON
(Sept. 1 te Jan. 22)
This Year
Lart Year
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Average
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