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l . I : " i . Astoria Republican GUT 1 0HHQ3 f All the world'! stage." Shakespeare's line became lit erally true When the USO camp shows put on entertainment to meet the proportions of global war, The USO ramp shows put on their acts in 42 countries, areas i. rid continents. From Iceland and Alaska to Australia and New Cal edonia, from Irak and Iran to ftPeru, Brazil, the Philippines and "Burma the actors and musicians nd entertainers trouped, in the greatest series of performances in history. The USO curtain was said to go up 700 times a day! The story of the USO is one of the fascinating tales of the late wr; and brings a vast amount of satisfaction to those who contrib nied to the War Chests which financed this great enterprise. Those with an appetite for ata tistics will be interested in thJs summary, taken as of Oct. 31st last: "USO-Camp Shows had given a grand total of 293,738 perform nces through 208,178 separate visits of entertainment groups, to a cumulative audience of 161,000, 000 service men and women over seas and In ; the United States. 4484 entertainers, including stars of screen, stage, radio aod the concert stage, were sent overseas on 702 separate trips lasting from three weeks to more than six months. Of these; 228 units were overseas at this date. Of the 702 units sent overseas, 462 were va riety units, 74 were concert units, 49 were legitimate play units, 15 were musical j comedy unitsi, 34 were sketching artists units, 6 were name-band units, 20 were all-Negro units, 26 were sports units, and 16 all-girl units." What a growth that was in the four and a half years since the camp shows (Continued on editorial page Nimitz, 'Ikft' To Testify at Senate Inquiry WASHINGTON, Jan. 11-MV The army and navy agreed today to send Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower and Admiral Chester W Nimitz to a senate-house meeting Tuesday in ..the .demobilization furor. The army reacted, too, by cut ting the training period for troops to replace veterans overseas and deciding to let some long-service men out of the air force regard less of the need for specially qualified personnel.. The Army Times, unofficial service publication, reported that Eisenhower has issued orders to all army commands against giv ing basic" and other elemental training to combat veterans. The newspaper quoted him as saying that "a schedule prepared pri marily to keep such men busy for the required number of hours has no place in the army." Some vet-, erans have complained they are compelled to undergo basic train ing repeatedly as a make- work, device. Tax Forms to Be Distributed A The sending out of 400,000 state income tax return; blanks cover ing 3945 incomes will start not later than Tuesday, the state- tax commislon said Friday. Included will be the short form blanks ap proved by the 1945 legislature. Tax commissioners said the work of sending out' these forms was delayed because of a legal at' tack questioning validity of the short form law. Both the Marlon county circuit court and the state supreme court held the act valid Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Room clerk? There $ a ttrahge woman in my roor throwing thingtFl Piles Up Big Lead: In Special Election Proposal to Buy Bush Pasture is Approved 2 to 1 Walter Norbfad, ' 37-year-old Astoria republican, was Oregon's newest congressman today. He was given a decisive majority over Bruce Spaulding of Salem in Fri day's special election called to name a successor to the late Rep. James Mott in the 10-county first congressional district. At the same time, the city of Salem by a 2-1 margin re-endorsed the expenditure of $125,- 000 for 43 acres of Bush pasture. The margin' (3225 to 1537) was even greater than in last June's voting (3155 to 2199) which was declared .void through lack of legal advertising." - In the Norblad-Spaulding race, the Associated Press early today said the tabulation from 358 . of the district's 500 precincts gave Norblad 16,809 and Spaulding 8152. The tabulation Included 72 of Marion county's 82 precincts, as compiled by The Statesman, which gave Norblad 4981 and Spaulding 3309. Norblad carried all but 10 of the Marion precincts reporting, and all 27 precincts In Salem. There was an approximate ly 30 per cent j vote in Marion county, but only about 15 per cent in the district as a whole. Norblad, the son of former Gov. Al Norblad, was on the ballot as a "republican-independent,'' by virtue of receiving formal party endorsement. He obtained his place on the ballot via representa tive assembly after other potential candidates withdrew when first Couiity-by-Counly Congress Voting By the Associated Press Total Pet. County Pet. BpU Norblad Spanld. Benton 31 IS 1.05S 382 Clacakamas 118 Clatsop 45 Columbia -r 32 Lincoln - - 3S Marion 81 Polk .. 34 Tillamook . 34 Washington 5S Yamhill 33 105 33 7 11 31 7 40 33 3,000 2.852 317 1M 4,981 1.159 244 1.368 1.638 1.423 413 139 2 3.309 817 90 5M 941 TOTALS 500 354 11,809 1,152 The Voting on Busli Pasture How Salem voted on the Bush "pasture acquisition, showing bal- lotting by wards (with general areas Indicated) and precincts: WARD 1 (West) Yes No Precinct 9 188 60 Precinct 10 131 38 Precinct 15 74 47 Precinct 22 134 53 . Total 527 198 WARD t (Central) Precinct 2 133 50 Precinct 11 118 48 Precinct 23 78 34 Precinct 27 160 38 Total 487 . 70 WARD S (Downtown) Precinct 16 71 49 Precinct 17 142 48 Total .....213 97 WARD 4 (Southeast) Precinct 4 98, 86 Precinct 5 131 65 Precinct 12 123 34 Total X52 185 WARD 5 (North) Precinct 7 151 , 104 Precinct 8 99 81 Precinct 14 82 72 Precinct 21 73 74 Precinct 26 .. 71 65 Total ..476 876 WARD 6 (East) Precinct 1 169 62 Precinct 3 118 71 Precinct 19 76 46 Precinct 20 89 53 Precinct 25 133 59 Total 585 291 WARD 7 (South) Precinct 6 60 58 Precinct 13 169 45 Precinct 18 146 69 Precinct 24 .210 48 Total .585 220 Grand Total 3225 1537 CIO GIVEN PAY BOOST EUGENE, Ore., Jan. ll-VThe Willamette Valley Lumber Opera tors' association and the CIO In ternational Woodworkers of Amer ica have agreed on an additional 2-cent hourly wage boost, the union said today. PATTERSON MOVES ON ATSUGI AIRFIELD, Japan, Saturday, Jan. 12-P)-Secretary of War Patterson and. his party emplaned today for Seoul, Korea. The secretary is scheduled to leave Seoul Monday for Shanghai. Gone ressman i WALTER NORBLAD district congressional 'committee men endorsed him fori the race, f Spaulding, a democrat, ran only as an "independent,", his party having attacked the ruling which permitted!: party designations. A representative assembly called for him failed to include the necessary 250 persons and he went on the ballot via the petition method. At hist home in Astoria last night. Norblad said. "I want to thank all whof voted for me. I promise that I will serve the first "district voters and the state con sdentiousiy." His term expires next January.! He must campaign for re-election in this year's party primary and general -i November vote. 1 Marion County Voted .The congressional vote by pre cincts in Marion county: Preeiact Norblad Spanld. Auburn .' .., , 63 39 i Aumsvlfle , 30 17 urora .... 60 12 Breitenbush Brooki .1 46 20 61 15 19 13 45 38 si 33 31 IS 46 25 13 35 15 37 24 19 16 Buttevffle Champoeg Chemawa GroUan Donald ..- , K.nKlrwood Fairfield i.. Fairgrounds ... E. Cervaia W. Gervals Haytsvllle , SO 25 : 2? Horeb . ..i C. Howell; 38 33 33 59 88 22 35 18 N. Howell E. Hubbard W. Hubbard Jefferson Liberty Macleay Marion McKee .. Mehama Mill City Monitor i E. Mt. Angel W. Mt. Angelj M 189 38 36 38 40 42 Joe 23 34 301 201 21 43 24 73 87 i 8 . 55 42 23 20 41 85 34 11 23 15 23 29 27 33 35 38 44 41 63 19 10 28 38 U56 1959 pnneie Quinaby Rocedaie , , E. Salem Salem Helfhts di. raui ... Scollard ..... Scotta Mills Shaw Sidney i Silver ton Rills w. N. Silverton S. Silverton E Silverton . W. Silverton Stayton .4.v 58 77 33 2 30 26 63 71 e. stayton W. Stayton Sublimity T urner i. Union Hill Waconda .1 E. Woodburn . W. Woodburn TOTALS- Salrm total .2149 -2832 C It AND TOTAL ' POm COUNTY w49Sl Salem -Follows Trend in Giving Norblad Victory How Salem Voted In regard to the congressional race: i Pet i No. NorfcUo gpauld 131 151 1 105! 93 118 63 I 129 i Mi 135 99 100 78 85 68 79 62 127 66 94 68 61 62 89 87 53 46 70 83 .59 41 65 70 54 106 73 87 87 S 6 7 S. 9. 10 13.. 104 96 125 102 70 74 124 133 65 102 80 117 57 150 119 81 113 14.. 15, 18 19. 20- 21. 22, 13.. 24. 25. 26,. 27- TOTALS. .3833. 1959 Weather. Max. Min 34 . ' 25 40, 2ft' -42 . 28 66 40 34 29 Salem Portland Seattle San Francisco; . Eugene -i. Willamette river 10.4 ft. FORECAST t from VS. weather bu reau, McNaryf field, Salem); Morning tog, lifting near noon, cloudy In after noon, Increaaing toward evening. Max imum temperature 43 degree!. 1 NINETY-FIFTH YEAR Security Council Bid Eyed Powers Agree lo Canada, Brazil, Egypt, Poland By John A. Parris LONDON, Jan. i;i-(VP-The five major UNO powers were report ed tonight to have agreed upon Canada, Brazil, Egypt and Poland for - non-permanent "membership on the United Nations all-powerful security council which will control the new ! "world police force." Reliable sources said, however, that there was disagreement on the remaining two council seats to be filled and that the council elections, scheduled for tomorrow at the assembly meeting, either would be postponed or the difference-between Russia and oth er key powers would be aired in discussion on the floor. Andrei Gromyko, acting chief Soviet delegate, asked at a con ference Of the five major delega tions tonight that the election be deferred while the Soviet delega tion sought instructions from Moscow, informants said. To Convene For a time there was. uncer tainty, in view of developments, whether tomorrow's session would be -held at all, but late to night conference officials said they would convene at 10:30 a.m. (5:30 a.m. eastern standard time), as planned. American and British sources emphasized that the overall at mosphere of relations among the major power delegations remain ed harmonious. ( Fewer' Agree . . They said the'" powers had reached an agreement on 16 or 17 of the 18 nations to be chosen for membership on the UNO's so cial and economic council. The key powers United States, Russia, Britain, China and France - were elected with Venezuela and South Africa today to vice presidencies of the general assem bly. Each of the delegations rep resenting these nations will meet soon to choose the person to serve as its vice-president Mac's Control Undiminished9 TOKYO, Jan. 1 l-W)-SecreUry of War Patterson assured allied newsmen today that General Mac- Arthur's command "remains un diminished" under the new four power control setup for Japan, and said he did not believe emperor Hirohito's war responsibility was such as to require his abdication. The Japanese cabinet meanwhile decided, after an all-day confer ence, that aged Premier Kijuro Shidehara should remain in office pending attempts to solve by re organization the crisis touched off by MacArthur's Jan. 4 political purge directive. NEW FACE FOR WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, Jan. 11-4V Plans were made public today for $1,650,000 architectural face lifting for the White House, including an addition to the west wing that would house a 375- seat auditorium for shows, broad- casts,' and news conferences. - 1 Men Operate Telephone Switchboards -it - p- . I -" 1",." -' .yO WASHINGTON, D.O, Jan. 11 i Telephone company In Washington answer emergency long- distance calls while 3000 peratora at- tend a meeting preliminary to the tie-up today. (AP Wlrephoto) - x 10 PAGES Salem. y. espoft Seattle In Throes of 3 Strikes SEATTLE, Jan. 11 -F)- Post war strikes toeing up two public utilities in a city without daily newspapers 55 days, shut off all bus service and telephone service in large areas here today. Representatives of the city's 1100 bus drivers, who walked out at 12:01 a.m., the transit commis sion and three United States con ciliation service men met with Mayor William S. Dcvin this af ternoon, attempting to reach a settlement which would stop paralysis of transportation. Major stores reported the day's sales well down, because of few er customers, but no estimates of the drop were made. Two large high schools and a junior high school had a 25 per cent attend ance drop. Share-the-ride, started during the gas-short wartime days, brought thousands to work. One large store reported crowds "were about two-thirds of a nor mal day" but individual shoppers told of being "alone among many clerks." Shut-off of bus service, be cause of strike called by the AFL street car men's union when their demands of $1.37 an hour for a 40-hour week were refused, was accompanied today by a telephone tie-up when association of com munications equipment workers pickets, in their nation-wide strike, surrounded all telephone exchanges here. Meantime, a settlement of the newspaper strike which has clos ed the afternoon papers, the T'mes and the Star, and the morn ing Post-Intelligencer since Nov. 18 over printers' union demands of a $2.95 a day increase appear ed possible tomorrow. First Boasting Of Clay Due at Alumina Plant , First roasting of clay at the alumina plant on North Cherry avenue will start today. This is the initial phase in the process of reducing aluminum-bearing clay to alumina, the source of com- mercial aluminum. A large quan tity of clay has been stockpiled, having been shipped in from Castle Rock, Wash., and Molalla. The plant, which is being ope rated by the Chemical Construc tion company, has been at work manufacturing ammonium sul phate which is required in the alumina process. Ammonium sul phate is also in heavy demand as a fertilizer and the plant had engaged to produce 5000 tons for fanners of the northwest. This production had to be suspended when defects in the machinery caused a shutdown. Repairs are now being made and the manu- facture of ammonium . sulphate will be resumed around February 1, company officials said. i f T-. V". 4 Office workers and plant officials POUNDID 1651 Orogon. Saturday Morning. January 12. 1946 wo"(chlbsi(rdls inicoDusiu(Q)ini Try Degnans Leave After Mass t I 17 ' CHICAGO, Jan. 11 Mr. and Mrs. James E. Degttaa and their daugh ter Elisabeth leave St Gertrude's CaUiolle ehnreh today after at tending a Mass of the Angels for Snxanne Degnan, 8-year-old kidnap-murder victim. (AP Wlrephoto to The Statesman.) Manufacturing of Pulp Expected to Start Next Month Workmen are busy fastening the ! panels of corrugated alumi num! t the steel frame of the pulp plant of the Oregon Pulp and) Paper mill which was de stroyed by five four months ago. The panels resemble ordinary sheets of corrugated iron, but are lighter in color and lighter in weight. They are fastened to the frame with screws anf.anchoFS instead of by rivets. Thet bright ness of the aluminum will change gradually under exposure to the air, taking on a duller hue, about like nickel, experts say. Work on rebuilding the pulp plant is being rushed and the conipany expects to be able to start manufacturing pulp by early February. Gaston Man Elected to Head Oregon Dairymen's Association By Utile L. Madsen Farm Editor, The Statesman Fred Knox of Gaston was elected president of the Oregon Dairymen's association at its clos ing session Friday afternoon. He takes the place of Lee Holliday, n , if I f ' I 4 V I of the Chesapeake and Potomac i v. Degnans Hold No Vengeance CHICAGO, Jan. liH)-Janies and Helen Degnan buried the dis membered body of their little daughter, Suzanne, today with out vengeance, a priest declared, for the maniac who wreaked ghastly tragedy on their happy home. Some time Monday morning a murderer crept into their daugh ter's darkened bedroom, carried her off after leaving a 3)20,000 ransom note, strasgled her to death and dismembered her body. The 36-year-old parents. Fath er Donahue said, have "only a prayer for you mothers and fath ers and the people throughout this nation, who have been so kind, that you may be spared any tragedy' such as theirs." Klamath Falls, who presided over the two-day 1946 con v en tion. U trier Officers elected were vice .presidents, W. O. Chris ten son of North Powder and W. A. Johnson of Grants Pass; secre tary, Roger Morse of Corvallis; directors, Lee Holliday, Homer Shelvy of Albany, A. Lindow of Beaverton and Oscar Hagg of Reedsville. Dairymen expressed themselves "tired of having our cows op re lief and favored the recommen dation of the sales promotion ""uuutux uiat price ceilings oe raised to cover the payment lost as subsidy payments are discon- cent effort in recommending a raise of six cents a pound for j butter, and condemnation was ' voted for the OPA's opposing this . adjustment. Dairymen opposed the removal of the 10 cent federal tax on the sale of colored oleomargarine now proposed in legislation fostered by the oleomargarine manufactur ers. Another; recommenda tion adopted was that prices for all dairy products in the future be based upon a revised parity formula which takes into account farm wages and all other costs. many of which have increased ' .1 H Kreauy since trie parity fixed. was No. 250 QmdM Distance Calls Out Iii Oregon WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 V- The government conciliation tr-, vice failed tonight to halt a pre- reMve tieup of the nation's lor.g distance telephone service and re cess d its efforts until tomocrcv. Howard T. Colvin, assistant chief r.f the service, reported" that meetings would be resumed with Secretary of Labor Schwellcn bach sitUng in at 10 axa. (E.S.X tomorrow. Generally, "only emergency call were accepted on long distance lines throughout the nation, ard through some manually operated local exchanges, as most tele phone worker refused to cro picket lines thrown around key long distance exchanges by 8000 striking installation workers ear ly today. Labor leaders declared in re sponse to questions that the workers they represented would go back to their Jobs If the gov ernment seized the Western Elec tric company or the telephone company. PORTLAND, Jan. 11 V-Ail long distance calls going through the Portland telephone exchange were hampered by a strike caused help shortage today, but other Oregon exchanges wert un affected. Truman Steps Into Steel Wage Controversy NEW YORK, Jan. ri--Pre-ident Truman stepped into the steel wage controversy tonight negotiations broke down in ef forts to avert a strike scheduled for Monday by 800,000 mem be;-? of the CIO United Steelworkers. Shortly after Philip Murray, CIO and ' union president, an nounced that the walkout would begin as scheduled, the president invited Murray and Benjamin F. Fairless, president of the U. S. Steel Corp., to, the White Houe tomorrow for a continuation cf talks, starting - at 2 pjn. EST. Both men accepted the invita tion. Negotiations collapsed here af ter a three-hour conference at which the union reduced its wage increase demands from t a day to $1.60. G. M. Refuses Pfiy Proposal In Detroit the announcement rejecting the GM fact finding recommendation said the report was unacceptable "in whole or in part as a basis for settling the UAW-CIO strike of General Motors plants.' The announcement, signed by C. E. Wilson, company president, said the corporation "rejected the unsound principle that a specific company should be forced to pay higher than competitive wages because of its financial ability.' waiter tteutner, anion vijce president, said "General Motdrs still is in defiance of Us pub responsibility and ', continues refuse to meet its obligations to Jto the men and women who work for if Slick Pavement, Fog Results in Accidents PORTLAND, Jan. 1 1-W)-Slisk pavements resulting from fog ard low temperatures caused nnmef ous minor accidents carry tody in Washington county and other r.earbr. state do lire renorted. t Eleven cars skidded down Reix hill near Newberg on highway 99-W, and live vehiclws hnd mis haps near Aloha. Pric 5c