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By Wendell Webb
Managing Editor; The S talesman
The Oregon legislature gave Gov. Douglas McKay full power to
act in the power shortage Monday, and then proceeded to get enough
new business to make the predicted short session look like a dream.
The house caught the brunt of the upsurge in introductions.
First, it was asked to approve three proposed constitutional
amendments (1) exempting all real and personal property from any
state levy; (2) requiring initiative petitions to be sighed by 8 per cent
of voters in each county instead of 8 per cent of the state at large
and (3) letting the legislature, by a two-thirds votei pass tax legisla
tion without submitting it to referendum. 4?
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SGSHjOB
TO) QUI
Is Generalissimo Stalin trying to
Xnrow ixaruuai .
Is Uncle Joe worried and anx
f Ana for- a peace settlement?
Is the Russian peace offensive a
bid for time for developing atom
bombs of their own?
These questions and answers to
them are bandied about wherever
diplomats, statesmen ana puDucisu
meet, as well as in coffee shops,
pubs, women's clubs and Pullman
car smokers. They are pentrating
questions; and who gives the cor
rect answer gets not a jackpot but
holds the key to the future of the
world. .
Th content of Stalin's answers
4 an TNS correspondent's inter
rogatory is not surprising. Stalin
has always insisted na wnu
peace and that Russia needed
peace. Russian propaganda is that
the United States and the west are
warmongers plotting an. imperial
ist war. About a year ago Foreign
Minister Molotov used a portion of
Ambassador Smith's conversation
as excuse for a peace appeal, which
came to naught.
When the diplomats gather about
the table the conference progresses
from haggling 'through delays to
stalemate. And in tne u tne rre
quentlyinvoked veto stymies the
activity of that body. Peace in the
cold war can come at any time,
but it must coma through deeds
not words. -.
At the same time our own gov
ernment must not assume an In
transighi (Continued on Editorial Page )
Revised YWGA
Building Plan f
Wins Approval
Revised plana for a new Salem
YWCA building ware approved
Monday night,' but no time has
been set for construction of the
three-floor structure.
Revamped plans, prepared by
Portland architect Pietro Belluschi,
were presented at the annual din
ner for members of the YWCA and
their husbands at the Knight Me
morial Congregational church.
Dr. Robert D. Gregg, Willam
ette university dean, spoke on
"Two Worlds, Can They Be One?"
New officers were announced
at the dinner. Elected for a second
term on the board was Mrs. Bruce
Epaulding. Elected for first terms
were Mrs. A. Ju. Archibald, Mrs.
Chandler Brown, Mrs. Chester Cox,
Mrs. Charles Fearing, Mrs. Robert
Gangware and Mrs. A. E. Ullman.
New members of the nominating
committee are Mrs. G. F. Cham
bers, Mrs. A. C. Hagg, Mabel Rob
ertson, Mrs. Harold Rosebraugh
and Mrs. A. A. Schramm. A. C.
Hagg was elected to the board of
trustees.
In the building report, presented
by Mrs. Esther Little, executive
secretary, the new plans were air
ad to meet zoning restrictions and
financial limitations. Provisions
have been made for a swimming
pool, bat it will not be construct
ed with the new building. Original
plana called for four floors. The
new plan provides two floors plus
basement and will still have room
for M girls.
Steers in- Portland
At 2-Year Low Price
PORTLAND, Jan. ll-iVat
steers sold at $22 a hundred
pounds at the North Portland
stockyards today, the lowest price
In two years.
Animal Crackers
f By WRREN GOODRICH
"Oh, it's Just another one el
loose school fids." ,
Then It got 21 new bills.
One would reduce the corpora
tion income tax rate from 8 to 7.5
per cent, and repeaTthe provision
whereunder 50 per cent of the per
sonal property tax can be offset
by corporation income tax. Spons
ors, who said the clan would raise
several million ollars annually,
were Kens. Merman (jmno?ren,
Herman Hendersbott. Lvle Thom
as, Raymond Coulter and John D
Logan. V.
Among the other 20 new house
bills were those calling for a tax
on illegal slot machines: caving
the way for the merger of Salem
and West Salem story below on
this oare): uooing the state's take
on pari-murnel batting: giving new
dowt to the game commission:
barrini davt'VM . savin time bv
mmne11"f U nff?c1 tatute. or
e'er, rn'e and ru''tions to ue
sfpnrd time-swtoriTing 1-mill
lew bv counties to are for poo'"
folk In nosTit!ls. vl inulring 25
per renf of rii'ru voters to
rP5t tvsTtots in sf-Vioot fyw
ti'nn before such election could be
VaT.
.- te Pse. Nine P-11
Te ente nawsed five of t
own biPs. InHudiri on to m t
fax exemntlon on homesteads
from S3 000 to An0, and fom
hoie-aroroved Wis. d had
eight new IntrpdoHlnwe including
tho to dfove fh lTnon F'v-er-Grsnde
Ronde viohwar
rHet: pn'onHt: sfi.non for Oi
Oregon Trail. Inc and all a
lo'nt memoHal seIon at 2 n. m
Tuesday. Mrvh I. In memorv o
seven fat offlMsrt who have died
sirwe te la session.
The house po mearu,-e com
ing uo f or final action today, but
the sesate faced i prospect of a
brisk debate over Sen. Richard
Neuberrer bill fn raise legisla
tive nav from ?00 oer vear f8
per dav for !Sn- davs evnr two
ears) 4o si. 200 a vear. The sen
ate elections ertmmite turned
thumbs down on 'the plan but the
sponsor said he would attempt to
ovrule the aoerse renort.
': Meanwhile. Fp. R a 1 n h T
Moor of Coos Rsv. chairman of
the house taxation committee
said his groun set to "Start
tomorrow on th: Me conniex
tax program wbMi t exoected to
be incorporated fn tree or four
bills. One would put personal and
corporation income tax in the gen
eral fund and it was understood
another might adlust income tax
rates to raise another S10.n00.000
The committee ! tabled, and
therefore veritable killed, a bill
by Rep. Joseph Harvey desiened
to tax theatre and other entertain
ment admissions to raise $3,000,
000 per biennliim. The meaure
bv Reps. Lyle Thomas and Carl
Francis to put liquor revenue In
the general fund was tabled tem
porarily pending other legislation.
Referendum Proposed
Tax committee members also
said they were leaning toward the
idea of refei ring to the people that
part of the tax program affecting
old age pensions, state buildings,
higher education construction and
school ' support.
The bill to let the governor deal
with the pewer shortage was pass
ed bv the houe 47 to 9. The sen
ate had passed it unanimously.
It would authorize Governor
McKay to declare an emergencv.
This, in turn, would let Public
Utilities Commissioner George
Flagg restrict the distribution or
use of power, affecting any firm
or person.
I The house suspended its rules,
on motion of Repi Douglas Yeater.
to speed the bill through final pas
sage. Opponent of the bill, led bv
Reo. Lyle D Thomas, Dallas re
publican, protested it "would
make the governor an absolute
dictator In matters such as this "
; Those voting against the bill
were:
Reps. Phil Brady. Phil Dreyer.
Joseph E. Harvey John D. Logan.
Howard Morgan, i Grace Peck, all
of Portland; Vilas Shepard. Clats
kanie; Thomas; and Gerald Wade,
Newport. i
Both the senate: and house will
resume at 10 a. m. today.
(Additional details page 3)
Houses Dominate
City's January
Building Report
; Construction in Salem was off
to a $255,897 start for 1949, with
complications of hew building and
alteration permits for January by
the city engineer'! office Monday.
f Twenty-one neg dwellings ac
counted 'for the bulk of the
month's total of new construction,
with $222,500 in new construction
counted. Alterations and repairs
accounted for the remaining $33,
497. 7 ,
i There was no major construc
tion started during the month.
Largest; permits Issued were for
dwellings costing' $12,500 each.
The 1949 total is far below 1948's
record $400,975 for January, but
well above the 1947 total of only
$106,980. I
ELLSWORTH SELECTED
; WASHINGTON Jan. 31
West coast republican house mem
bers today chose Reps. Ellsworth
(R-Ore) and Anderson (R-Calif)
as members of the house republi
can steering or policy committee.
83th Year
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More Cold Snow Due
S. China
Will Keep
Up Fight
CANTON, China, Jan. 31 -JPi
China's four southern provinces
centered on Canton will make a
last - ditch stand against the com
munists, whatever the outcome of
peace efforts elsewhere. Gov.
Hsueh Yueh declared today.
The new governor of Kwan
rung, who reluctantly took over
last week after T. V. Soong de
parted, said in an interview that
he was "ready to be a martyr"
and intended to lead the lndepen
d e n t defense of Kwantung,
Kwangsi, Hunan and Fukien pro
vinces. He predicted that Generalissi
mo Chiang Kai-Shek would try
a comeback from his questionable
10 - day - old retirement, but in
timated Chiang would get a cool
welcome in the south.
As he spoke, the communists
formally took over the old north
ern capital of Peiping.
(From Peiping. AP Correspon
dent Spencer Moosa reported 15,
000 to 20,000 communist troops
marched in through the northwest
gate behind two bands.
(He said they were victorious
but quiet, while spectators showed
no signs of either hostility or Joy
(Surrender of Peiping was ar
ranged January 22.)
Hoover Avers
U. S. Taxes at
Saturation9
WASHINGTON, Jan. SI -Wh
Herbert Hoover told congress to
day the United States has reached
the "saturation point" on taxes
and he urged a federal house
cleaning which he said might save
billions.
The former president asked the
lawmakers to give President Tru
man the authority for "grievously
needed" reorganization of the 1.
800 government ape"ies. The ad
ministration has a this power
in a specific bil now before con
gress. "The first question to solve is
economy," Hoover said. "I be
lieve this country has reached the
saturation point by way of taxa
tion." Hoover declared the overlapp
ing, conflict and duplication of
federal agencies has become "in
tolerable," and with a slight smile,
he went on to say:
"We have a form of government
that is hopeless of economy."
(Additional details on page 2)
ParaguayCoup
Boosts Rolon
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Jan. 31
-ipy- A new revolutionary govern
ment formally took control of Par
aguay today.
Gen. Raimundo Rolon, a retired
professional soldier, took over the
presidency from which the revolu-
tionists yesterday deposed J. Nat-
alicio Gonzelez in a bloodless coup.
Not a single shot was fired.
Rolon s first act was to swear in
his cabinet.
The crowd gave Rolon a big
cheer as he stepped up to take his
oath. The national assembly ses
sion last night elected him to suc
ceed the deposed Gonzalez. The
constitution requires that a new
election must be called within two
months.
EDISON HONOR URGED
OLYMPIA. Jan. 31 -iffV Gov.
Arthur Langlie today urged that
the 102nd anniversary of the birth
of Thomas A. Edison be observed
February 11 by conserving elec
tricity the inventor's stock in
trade.
Bills (Designed to Aid Mergers
The Marion countv legislative
delegation attempted to pave the
way Monday for the possible mer
ger pf Salem and West Salem, and
also to give Salem immediate Jur
isdiction over roads and highways
in the recently annexed Kingwood
water district area of Polk county.
Five companion bills were in
troduced in the house.
One would permit the merger
of cities in different counties (Sa
lem is in Marion, West Salem in
Polk) providing they are separated
by no more than "1,500 -feet meas
ured over, across or along a river.
slough or other waters."
(Opponents to the merger have
contended and been upheld that
under present law Min to island in
the Willamette river separates Sa
lem and West Salem so that the
Tha Oregon Statesman. Salam, Ongon. Tuesday.
Gas Bomb Misfires in New York Gun Battle
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NEW YORK, Jan. SI While three policemen (circle) crouch behind
ear and another (right) stands ready, a tear gas bomb explodes In
front of house on East 69th street Sunday as police closed In on
Elmer Stanford, 40, arrested as a suspect tn the shoo tins of a
Catholic priest In confessional of a nearby church Saturday night.
Police had attempted to toss the tear gas bomb Into his second floor
window but missed. Stanford was captured after a gun battle. The
priest was slightly wounded. (AP Wlrephoto to The Statesman).
New A-Bombs Produced
By U.S. Bigger, Better
By Frank E. Carey
Associated Press Science Reporter
WASHINGTON, Jan. SMjfrVThe United States is producing
super A-bombs substantially more powerful than the missiles that
blasted Japan during. World War II.
The Atomic Energy commission made this disclosure today for
the first time in an official report to congress.
The commission recorded "an expansion of effort in all phases
atomic energy development, both
for arms and peaceful pursuits. 1
rAnd it announced that emer
gency defense measures have been
taken to safeguard the world's No.
1 secret against sabotage and
"against attack."
A major objective, the commis
sion reported, is a greatly stepped
up production of the two atomic
fuels uranium 235, which is
found sparsely in raw ore, and the
synthetic new lement, plutonium.
To this end, officials said there
is now under way "the biggest
single construction effort in Ame
rican peacetime history," which
will eventually cost more than
$700,000,000 It includes construc
tion or major alteration of 20
plants centering around the plu
tonium plant at Hanford, Wash.,
where nearly 15,000 workers are
now employed.
its fifth semi-annual report
to congress the commission further
reported:
1. That the $3,000,000,000 atom
ic energy program has attained "a
momentum which. If sustained, the
commission believes will maintain
and increase the nation's lead in
atomic energy development."
2. That a new office of "intelli
gence" has been set up by the AEC
"to correlate and evaluate infor
mation on foreign atomic energy
.developments."
3. That continued effort are
being made to release as much
still -secret information as poss
ible without endangering the
"common defense and security."
Wic'ow of Justice
McCamant Passes
PORTLAND. Jan. 31-Gf-Kath-erine
S. McCamant, widow of Wal
lace McCamant, former associate
justice in the state supreme court,
died died at her home here today.
A son, the Rev. Thomas McCam
ant, Portland, survives. Funeral
arrangements have not been com
pleted. McCamant, who died in 1944,
created a stir in the 1920 republi
can national convention by bolt
ing the Oregon delegation, which
was supporting Sen. Hiram John
son of California for the presiden
cy. river cannot be regarded as a com-
mon boundary. The new bill ap
parently is designed to overrule
that technicality.)
The other four bills would:
Provide that appeals to circuit
courts should be made to the court
of the county In which the city af
fected has its seat of government
. Require that county clerks in
both counties be notified regarding
elections.
Set up means of voting procedure
as regards the city in both coun
ties. Give the city of Salem Immedi
ate jurisdiction over all roads and
highways within its corporate lim
its. An amendment to the latter
measure is contemplated to remove
state highways from its provision
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Solons Battle
On Labor Bill;
Lewis Figures
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -JP)-The
hot fight over the Truman
labor bill! opened today in con
gress. Secretary of Labor Tobln
called for its enactment, and re
publicans r immediaetly objected
that it had "no teeth" to deal with
union leaders like John L. Lewis.
Lewis, though absent, dominat
ed the hearing before the senate
labor committee on the adminis
tration bill, which would repeal
the Taft - Hartley act, and re
place it with an "improved" Wag
ner act.
Much of the discussion center
ed on an administration proposal
to wipe out the Taft - Hartley
law power to block "national em
ergency" strikes by means of
court injunctions.
Tobin said this provision would
be scuttled and replaced with a
30-day voluntary cooling off pro
cedure. Senator Aiken (R-Vt) protest
ed. Talking about the chief of the
United Mine Workers union and
its coal strikes, Aiken said:
"In the case of Mr. Lewis, that
(the voluntary plan) would be
hardly any teeth at all unless
you might say false teeth.
Tobin argued that settlement
recommendations by emergency
boards under the cooling off pro
cedure would be backed by the
"powerful force" of public opin
ion. Tvather
Max. Min. Precip.
SALEM SS 32 .
Portland 34 17 Trace
San Francisco 55 37 .00
Chicago .k. .34 t .01
New York 1 J3 M .7t
Willamette river -1 J feet.
Forecast (from U. S. weather bureau,
McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy
with scattered showers of rain or snow
today and tonight. High today near
40. Low tonight near 33.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
(Sept. 1 to Feb. 1)
This Year Last Year - Average
33.13 26.44 22 64
and to coordinate it with whatever
plans may be effected by the state
highway commission.
Some of the five bills also are
designed to aid annexation efforts
underway in the Mill City area of
Marion and Linn counties and in
the Willamina areas of Yamhill
and Polk counties.
The measure specifying the 1,
5 00-foot common river boundary
apparently is designed to make cer
tain that Salem and West Salem
could merge even if the recent an
nexation of the Kingwood Water
district is declared void. It is now
in adjudication. If the annexation
is upheld, Salem and West Salem
would have a common land boun
dary and make the proposed new
provision unnecessary.
February L 1949
for Salem Area
v..
Southern U.S.
Crops Ruined
By Record Cold
By the Associated Press
A surprise attack on Dixie by
winter's bitter cold dealt Texas
crops a sub-zero blow Monday,
causing multi-million-dollar dam
age. The frigid, snowbanked western
plains and Rocky mountain areas
had soma slight respite from ex
treme conditions, permitting prog
ress by a corps of army, air force
and civilian teams striving to aid
beleagtired tfumaru end livestock.
But the vulnerable south had
record-breaking low temperatures,
heavy snow, sleet and freezing
rain, in llano, Texas, situated in
the central part of the state, the
mercury reached 6 below zero.
San Antonio had a record zero.
The death toll In recent days
from floods and cold In the south
reached 21.(
Three persons were found froz
en, one at Seneca, S.C., and two
in a flooded cotton field near Char
leston, Mo. In Kentucky, five per
sons died in fires and four in ac
cidents. There were two flood
deaths in Arkansas. Louisiana re
ported two traffic fatalities, and
Tennessee one because of glazed
roads. A negro froze to death in
Chattanooga. A Maryland man was
killed in a fall on ice.
In Texas' Rio Grande valley to
mato and potato crops were a
complete loss. Ripening fruit was
heavily damaged. Even hardier
crops such as cabbage and car
rots suffered damage.
Only Florida of the gulf states
remained fairly mild. New Orleans'
29 and Mobile's 33 were unusual
ly cold, but inland conditions were
more severe.
Shreveport, La., had a minimum
of eight above, and it was 17 at
Memphis. Snow up to five inches
in depth blanketed much of Ken
tucky and Tennessee.
Atlanta was hit by freezing rain
which reached underground con
duits, knocking out virtually all the
city's power for more than 2
hours.
The Atlanta gaz was part of
a storm which moved northeast
ward up the Atlantic coast during
the day, bringing rain and snow
to most of the seaboard. Washing
ton had four inches of snow, fol
lowed by ram. Rain and snow fell
northward into New England.
Meanwhile, on the west coast,
Los Angeles and southern Califor
nia were recovering from late Jan
uary freezes, with daytime temper
atures of 55 to 80 expected during
the next few days.
In northeastern Arizona, a party f
oi men reacfted 40 children and
an undetermined number of adults
at the Navajo mountain school, but
reported that they, too, were trap
ped. The threat of new snow and sub
zero cold in the Nevada-Utah area
spurred new efforts to get feed to
sheep and cattle herds there. Near
ly a million pounds of hay have
been dropped by the air force to
livestock in this region.
Approximately 300 pieces of
snow-fighting eqnuipment were at
work under Fifth Army direction
in the Nebraska - South Dakota
area. And new trainloads of snow
plows, bulldozers and heavy con
tractors' equipment moved into
Nebraska from Colorado.
Tobin Cains Senate
Okeh as Secretary
WASHINGTON, Jan. ll-(P)-The
senate gave unanimous ap
proval today to the . nomination of
Maurice J. Tobin of Massachuset
ts, to be secretary of labor.
H. was appointed during the
last recess of the senate. .
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No. 277
January's
Days All
Freezing
More wintry weather was fore
cast for the Salem area as tem
peratures took another downward
trend Monday after a two-day
break. Lower minimums and s
sprinkling of snow were predict
ed for today and tomorrow.
Weathermen virtually assured
Mr. Groundhog of his spot in the
sun Wednesday with a forecast for
clear to partly cloudy skies.
The two; days of warmer wea
ther werej enough, however, to
ease the power shortage. For the
first Monday this year Bonne
ville administration was able to
keep power up to 60 cycles.
Melting snow boosted the Co
lumbia river stream flow to 82,
000 cubic feet at Bonneville dam
Monday and the demand for pow
er slackened.
January kept its record of freez
ing temperatures intact Monday
with a minimum of 32 degrees. It
was the 31st consecutive day with
minimum 1 temperatures in the
freezing zone. Continuation of the
streak was! assured at least two
more days' with forecasts for a
low of 26 today, and 22 Wednes
day, i
Despite the month-long cold
spell, mean temperature for Sa
lem didn't budge the 1930 recort
of 27.4 degrees. However, the 29.5
mean was good for second place v
the 57-year record of the Salem
weather bureau.
On. record - - lack of precipita
tion -- did ! tumble, with only JJ7
inch of rain recorded for January.
Least previously recorded In Sa
lem was 1,30 Inches in 1817. Thlf
year's total is 5.07 inches below
norma xor tne period since Sep
temper 1. i .
Average! maximum temperature
for January was 37.8. Average
minimum temperature for Janu-
"7 tos J7.. Average minimum
was zi.2. nne month had seven
clear daysj three more than nor
mal, iz were partly cloudy and 12
cloudy. j
Social; Security
Has More Takers
In Portland Area
PORTLAND, Jan. Jl-0P)-Port-landers
are retiring In record
numbers.
James XJ Peebles, Portland of
fice manager for the social secur
ity administration, said January
applicants here for old age ""and
survivors' Insurance payments
outnumbered those from any oth
er office on the Pacific coast.
This month's claims here totaled
662 - - highest number since early
1846 when postwar retirements
caused an all-time peak.
Peebles said he noted two cau
ses - - weather creating tempor
ary unemployment and congres
sional talk; of social security act
amendments reminding people
over 65 that they have something
coming.
He added that comment from
applicants indicated older people
are having trouble finding jobs.
SALEM DOO VICTOR
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Ml-UPh
Rosehall El din Brenda, a Scottish
terrier owned by Mrs. Isobel G.
McDougal, Salem, was judged best
of breedin' the Golden Gate Ken
nel club's 89th annual show here
last night. :
Mt. Angel Creamery Reports
Business Up, Herds Smaller
By LUlle L. Madsen
Farm Editor, The Statesman
.. MT. ANGEL, Jan. 31 Volume
of business; for the Mt. Angel Co
operative creamery for 1848 to
taled $2,229,131.34. Frank Hettwer,
secretary - manager, reported at
the annual : business meeting here
today. This was more than $14,000
above the 1947 volume.
Membership showed a net gain
of approximately 160 but volume
of butterfat produced was down
about 10 per cent, causing offi
cers to urge members to increase
the size of their herds. Estimates
were that i the average herd in
the entire membership was little
over eight cows.
Of the total volume of busi
ness, butter sales still top all oth
er income with $870,904.33 for the
year, and cheese was second with
$56A.249.43. Grade A milk sales
climbed to $221,260.
Reports by C. E. Eatman, pre
sident and Hettwer, brought out
that 48,126,353 pounds of butter
had been manufactured since the
creamery opened a little more
than a quarter century ago. Tha
Seeks
to
Counter
y
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By Edward E. Bo mar
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2r iJr
Any American answer to Prima
Minister Stalin's new "peace ges
ture appeared likely; today t ba
a delayed and carefully thought
out move. f j j
Administration officials i said
there probably will be no response
until the White House, State; de
partment and presumably con
gressional leaders get together on
the best way of countering ihat
the capital generally views as a
Soviet tactical maneuver. 1 1
One Idea reported, under I con
sideration is to use (the occasion
for a review of Russia's postwar
dealings with the west, coupling,
this with a renewed demand 'for
firm evidence that this time Mos
cow is acting In good faith, j j
Meanwhile both i the Whit.
House and State department spied
away from comment on Stalin'a
press interview statement that ha
had "no objection" to a meeting
with President Truman at soma
mutually acceptable place. I J
Presidential Presi Secretary
Charles G. Ross noted that Mr.
Truman's last word on such a
meeting was his restatement: this
month that he is willing to meet
the Soviet leader in Washington.
The president, Ross told! i re
porters, has read newspaper j ac
counts of Stalin's pronouncement
that he "would be prepared to
consider" a joint Soviet-American
no war declaration, i
Moscow's timing deepened offi
cial suspicions that , the Soviet
purpose was propaganda raher
than to feel out the American at
titude toward some!; sort of 1 an
East-West settlements Stalin spoke
out just a day after Russia! pist
pressure on Norway to stay out of
the North Atlantic pact, and th
effect was to push the Norwegian
development off front pages both
within and outside the Soviet bloe.
'Chutists Jump
To Plane Down
p .i-
Near Medford
MEDFORD, Cretan: 31'fjW
Two parachutists jumped to i the
aid of a downed flier on an lire
covered lake north of here today.
The flier, seen walking around
his plane, was thought to be John
L. Krause, jr., Antioctt, Calif., miss
ing since nis plane dlsappered 'last
Wednesday on a flight from Red
ding, Calif , to Eugene, Ore-'via
Medford. if !
From the air, his plane did not
seem seriously damaged and' ha
was able to walk and wave to th.
rescue plane. His plane was a low
wing Silver Swift. I the same typa
as that flown by Krause. h
It has been bitterly cold in th.
mountain area where the plane la'1
down on Fish lake 1 40 miles ndrUa
and a little east of here, with night
time temperatures near zero. ; . t
An air rescue PBY from Mo
Chord field. Wash., piloted by Cept,
Marcey Pengue, was,! sent to th
scene with Capt. Frederick liar
court, a physician, of Millray, Ind'
and Cpl. John Robbins of Portland
Ore., landed about 200 yards front
the downed plane. They had medi-
cal supplies, food, a shelter tent
and a handy-talkie radio. t
A ground party started for tha
scene. Lt. Tony Falcloni of the ai
rescue service, District Ranger Mill
Andrews of Umpqua national for
est, and two other forest service
men planned to drive to the end of
logging road and nuce in eight
miles. They expected to arrive at
mid-morning tomorrow, after go
ing through snows which arc deep ,
er than for many winters.
State police at Klamath Falls said
Allen Mocabee, pilot of a ski-equip
jed plane, had been asked to stand
by for a possible rescue attempt.
Recently Mocabee ! landed on tha
snow-swept high desert country of
south central Oregon and rescued
a downed flier. ' i i I
i cheese plant, ' added only recent
I It. has already manufactured 9.
179.625 pounds of cheese. During
1848, 1,063.646 pounds of buttet
was manufactured from 28.183.97S
pounds of milk received. The but '
terfat test averaged! 4,418 per renf
in the entire membership.
President Eastman jn discussing
improvements hoped for and plan
ned. included the addition of 28f)
lockers in a portion of the ' old
building, remodeling and expan
sion of office spaca and the pur
chase of new covered trucks ta
meet the grade A law. i
Announcement was made that
the 1944 certificates of interest
would be called In during 1949.
Albert Boschler, Alois Duda and)
Lawrence Schneider were named
the nominating committee ; XOf
1950. I -
Eastman and Oscir R. Over,
lund were returned; to the board
of directors. Holdovers are Georga
Kruce, vice president, Ed Ebnea
and Alois Kirsch. In a meeting o
tha ' board which followed i ths)
membership gathering, all olficerf..
were retained. - I ;i ,
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