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Piye 1 Enf ne Register-Guard. Wednesday, March 1.1. T946 Housing Survey Starts for City A survey of dwelling units In Eugene and Springfield was be gun Wednesday by the Bureau of the Census, according to an an nouncement by Charles W. Clarke, wlj is supervising the local sur vey. The survey is being made at the request of the National Housing- Agensy. purpose of the survey is to find hqW many vacancies are in the city, provide a comprehensive pic ture of the housing needs of re tJfning veterans in typical locali ty, and obtain information on 1)5 size, monthly vent, condition, agi facilities of the existing vac ancies. Only a sample of dwelling units v.ll be visited, Clark said. He ad dp that he would need abbut 12 eSjmerators to do this work. TBose interested should apply tlaough the United States Em pftyment Service. Compilation of the data collect oShere will be made in Washlng tcft, D. C, and the report may be cpBalned on written request to the National Housing Agency's re gftnal office in Seattle or to the EHreau of the Census in Washing- c .Now on display! LIGHTING FIXTURES ELECTRIC 3 1070 Willamette Phone 234 We Give S&II Green Stamps PORTABLE MILLS SOLD PORTLAND Portable Army sawmills designed during the war for hurried production of lumber in theaters of operation are going into civilian production in the Northwest Fourteen such units, recently declared surplus at Spokane, were quickly snapped up on preference certificates. OPA Edict Hit By Lumberman (CONTINUED orously advocating the complete abolishment of OPA as the first step In a return to normalcy. "The only way we can get rid of these Palace Guards and dreamers is by congressional act, and the sooner Congress stops voting them money, and waiting public -fundi, the quicker we can return to full production and permanent pros perity." Named on the committee at the local meeting were: Robert Bran son, Rube Ross ana Honert Aaair of Eugene, and Jack Kerr of Me- Minnville. Similar groups will be set up in the other major lumber producing regions of the west to draft proposals aimed at solving the current dilemma, Another action of the Eugene meeting was a protesting telegram to OPA in Washington. It was also announced that Louis Gervals, former OPA lum ber head in Portland, had been selected as successor to Peter Stone, national OPA lumber chief. Self-Help Food Store To Open on USO Site Opening date of a self-help delicatessen, and meat market, a restaurant and a bake shop at Broadway and Pearl Streets, site of the former USO building has been set for some time in May, according to Kenneth L. Hulse, who will own and manage the three new business establishments. Construction is now underway for the 82-seat restaurant on the Pearl St. alleyway. The delica tessen and meat market are being built next to It. All three estab lishments will provide 24-hour service and will employ an esti mated 40 persons, said Hulse. All meat will be weighed and packaged In cellophane. Celery and other vegetables will be wsrhed and ready for the table. Archways will connect the three stores and the bake shop will specialize in fancy pastries. I The new building has 40 foot frontage on Broadway and ex tends for 115 feet back to Park St. Hulse Is former owner and manager of the El Capitan Supper Club on Highway 99 South. He recently resold the Snappy Serv ice Cafe on Olive St. to Harry Leaton, from whom it was origin ally purchased. Truman Recalls Pauley Bid (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1), IRVING IRVING The Irving Home Ex tension .Unit will meet Friday, March 15, at 10:30 with Mrs. Belle Earl. The demonstration on "Main Dish Meals" will be given by Leah Gibbins and Clarice Patton. Visi tors are welcome. RETROSPECTION Many loyal customers have been doing business with us for a number of. years. We have endeavored through all that time to give them insurance ser vice worthy of their patronage. We feel that we have been reason ably successful in our efforts to please. If you are not a customer of our agency we ask an opportunity to serve you in the same capacity that has satisfied so many of our present policyholders.' . r GENERAL INSURANCE FIBOMP (V M'KINLEY AOBNCY 1. R. MeXlnlrr Henry A. Trams) B. Straesmaler t list Broadway - Eocene, Or. Pbon 121 Member Eugene-Lane Co. Anoelatioi of Insurance Agents General Motors Strike Settled (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) out the automobile industry." These victories, the union said, were a result of the "campaign spearhead by the courageous and determined strike of the General Motors workers." Union headquarters here, in Its announcement, declared it and the top GM negotiating committee "shall heartily recommend" ac ceptance of the terms to the na tional GM conference of local del egates to be convened here Friday. Ratification Expected In view of this, ratification was regarded us certain. General Motors previously had said that it probably would be in position to place all the 175,000 workers back on the job within a week or 10 days of ratification. Ratification by the locals would be expected within a few days after the conference approves the settlement. General Motors, the union said, has agreed to grant the" general 18'.! cent an hour increase "and other economic gains" to all mis cellaneous units of employes in cluding office workers, clerical workers, technicians, and plant protection employes, and other such groups, BLACHLY 4-H CLUB Mrs. M. E. Norton is the leader of a new 4-H Health Club at Blachly. Twenty-three members are enrolled. Officers are: Donnie T o 1 1 n e, president; Raymond Jones, vice-president; and Delaine Barnes, secretury. WAGE RAISE OKEHED WASHINGTON, March 13 (U.R) The Wage Stabilization Board today unanimously approved an 18 Vi cent an hour wage increase for 100,000 employes in the "big four" rubber companies. t m i I n FOR 60,000 THRIFTY FOLKS g a I i 5 si. e- I !. 5 I 19 M ! ; J Eugw Broach ,$300,000 Was nna.OV) ' ' i 1 ".V I Ul' Pacific First Federal SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 10th and Willamette Streets Eugene, Ortqon to duty and capacity for public service have been completely es tablished," Mr. Truman told Pauley. In apparent reference to charges made against Pauley bji Harold L. Ickes, who resigned as Secretary of Interior during the- Pauley nomination battle, the President wrote: "You stand before your country' men after vicious and unwarrant ed attacks with integrity un scathed, with ability unquestioned, with honor unsullied." Current Hysteria Pauley's letter to the President, dated today, asked Mr. Truman to withdraw the nomination De cause he felt that under circunv stances of "current hysteria" it would be Impossible for him to render either the Navy or Mr. Truman the type of service he said both deserved. Walsh's statement for the Sen ate committee said, in part: "The majority of the committee assures Mr. Pauley in closing these hearings that they have no doubt regarding his personal in tegrity and administrative compe tence. Mr. Pauley has stated, and we believe him, that he did not seek this position, and also, that he is entitled to have his name cleared of any charge made against him. ' "It should be noted that the record shows that no witness at tempted to criticize his ability or integrity while serving in high public office before Pearl Harbor and during his most difficult as signment on .German and Japa nese reparations." Statement Approved Walsh said the statement was Issued "without objection." He emphasized, however, that it did not necessarily have the support of all republican committee mem bers. Highlight of the six-week dis pute, over Pauley's qualifications was Ickes' charge that Pauley told him he could raise 3uu,uuo oi democratic campaign funds from oil interests if Ickes would aban don his efforts to get federal pos-. session ul iium un jauus. Pauley vehemently denied the charge. Ickes then charged that Mr. Truman wanted him to lie in order to protect Pauley. Ickes sub mitted his resignation, and tne President accepted it instanter. Was Demo Secretary Pauley was treasurer of the Democratic national committee at the time of his conversation with Ickes in 1944. The charge that Pauley told .Ickes that California oil interests would contribute $300,000 to the Democratic campaign fund if the Tidelands suit was dropped first was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Oct. 23, 1945. The Post-Dispatch quoted "au thoritative sources" and at the same time printed Pauley's denial that he ever suggested such a proposition to the Secretary of Interior. The newspaper carried the ac count of the Ickes-Pauley conver sation in connection with a series of stories .dealing with efforts of California oil interests to stop the government suit and press legisla tion which would affirm state rights to tidelands oil. Military Leaders Urge Strong Army Forces WASHINGTON, March 13 (U.R) The nation's top-ranking mili tary leaders declared today that the United States must maintain a strong military posture in a world which Is unsettled." Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Air Forces Chief Gen. Carl Spaatz made this recommendation to the House Military Affairs Commit tee in a closed meeting. They recommended extension of the Draft Act, and said the Army expects to retain a force of close to 1,070,000 fficers and men after July 1, 1947. CHAMPION DESERTER HELD NEW YORK, March 13 (U.R) One of the champion deserters of World War II was held by Army authorities for court martial today. The Federal Bureau of Investi gation said George C. Wimmer, 31, had deserted the Army, the Ma rines, the Coast Guard, his wife, and the Merchant Marine since 1941. LAST PENSIONER DIES INDEPENDENCE. March IS W Mrs. Esther Ann Morgan, 89, Independence, the last sur viving pensioner from the War of 1812. died Tuesday in a Dallas hospital. Her father, John Hill, and two brothers fought in the War of 1812, and a special act of Congress in 1927 granted her a pension. Hospitals Care For All Veterans tirtDTr a Mn (S Th vter tint; hnenifal fannHpH tflflflV that not a single ex-serviceman was awaiting admission at tne ena ui February. plications during the month and naa 437 patients in ine vewjoii or private contracted hospitals at Five veterans with disordera not caused by service were await ing admission to the Veterans Hospital at Roseburg. That insti tution handled 13 applications in February, and was caring for 599 cases at the month's close. Reds Reported Moving in Iran (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) partment in Washington, but laid he needed to make further inquiry before the could say anything re garding the reports. Qavam described as "ridiculous" reports circulated during his visit to Moscow that he agreed to six Soviet demands which were re ported to have included the incor poration of -Azerbaijan into the Soviet Union, granting of oil eon cessions to Russia and direction of the Iranian Army by Russian of ficers. Finn Stand Taken He said he took a "firm stand" against "certain concessions which the Soviet Union expected the Persian government to make in their favor" and that the Russians in turn took a "firm stand" against his demands for immedi ate evacuation of Iran. He said negotiations remained in the stage of discussion except for a "few proposals" he mads to the Soviet government "in writ ing." He said the proposals "have not been answered" and that "evacuation and Azerbaijan" were the principal points of discussion. The premier said he was "great ly impressed by the warm wel come" he had received in Moscow. He added that his country, "with its long boundary adjoining the Soviet, must muintain friendly re lations with this neighbor but this does not mean we -should not protect our own interests." Wallace Hits Military entry Into Atom Control WASHINGTON, March 13 Secretary of Commerce Wallace said yesterday that an atomic energy control bill drafted by the special Senate atomic Committee "has the potentiality of deliver ing us into the hands of military Fascism." Wallace commented with anger in his voice after the committee voted six-to-one to incorporate into pending legislation a provi sion giving a presidentially-appointed military liaison committee a right to intervene before a ci vilian atomic control commission of five. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich) held that military regulation "is necessary until stabilized interna tional control is developed effec tively to prohibit the use of atomic energy for military purposes by anybody at any time." 'No Beer' Signs May Reappear in State PORTT.ANn. March 13 PI The "no beer" sign of war years is threatening Oregon bars again. u. A. Mcuiean, executive secre tary nf lh Tavprn Oumwrs Acsn of Oregon, reported here that the presidential order reducing use of wheat 30 per cent will close many taverns two and three days a week. He reported some 700 Portland taverns have already instituted curtailed hours and others close when beer Is sold out. SURPLUS PROPERTY SOLD PORTLAND, March 13 (X) The War Assets Corp. here today announced sale of $689,783.88 of surplus property during February through the Portland office. Among surplus property sales were 14 portable sawmills, used by the Army for quick lumber production in theaters of operation. COUNCIL MEET POSTPONED NEW YORK, March 13 (U.PJ Travel difficulties were blamed for the postponement of the meet ing of the United Nations Security Council from March 21 to 25. The session will be held at Hunter Col lege in the Bronx. PATTERNMAKERS PICKET PORTLAND, March 13 () Seventy AFL patternmakers, on strike since Monday for higher wages, announced today they would place picket lines around 15 plants Thursday. There were only 100 dentists in the United Stales In 1820. ) Valley Beauty Shop 1 JUNCTION CITY PHONE 8-W lndrJJewIanagemen whaw m. I A If r bow 01D4NGIKH SCRATCH REMOVING POLISH does all its nam implits! Thtrt wai, a big, ugly tagtd Oath n th pmiow htirloo dtk. tut Otd-Englih Scratch -nevina Polish tank Into th cr k, hiding th Kraft nd blinding pr ftcry with tht fin imIIow finish. What'i mere. 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