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CITY EDITION CITY EDITION fa 107 omit Council agrees Over lo Elimination Delegates Unsure hf Friday's Vote EW yORK-(AP)-Dele-B to the United Nations mic Energy Commission isreed Saturday over ether they had approved a ited States proposal to ninate the big power veto punishment for violations atomic energy control, rhis was a major point in I American atomic control n which was approved "m nciple" Friday by the com mon and it appeared at it that the controversial np had been decided finally Cthough without the ap- tval Oi soviet xvusbia. embers ol the U..S. delegation d the commission's action as fimplete victory for Bernard Baruch, 76-year-old sponsor ie American proposals, but it me clear Saturday that the I (lion of tne veto on punisn it as well as some other points the Baruch plan still laced a ier fight. Mition Overlooked fmokesman for Canadian dele- It Gen. Andrew G. L. McNaugh- sponsor of the compromise fcch the commission finally feted, emphasized that the Can to nrooosal laid down an im- ttant condition, which should I be overlooked. Ibis was the stipulation that the Wing of the Baruch resolution tt be made to conform to (jseology of the resolution bch the general assembly passed k week outlining a program I world arms reduction. . It was recalled that the assem- h resolution recommended that brcement of arms limitation ulations, including the control atomic energy, be placed with tbi framework of the security adL where the veto applies. b resolution omitted any ref ute to the veto. (While members of the V. S. legation contended that this iission did not prevent the se nt? council from agreeing not dm the veto on atomic matters, ni pointed out that the assem i bid rejected several attempts write in provisions on the veto. Met Foreign! Minister V. M. lotoy declared during the as ibly debate that Russia would to an international control I inspection system free of the t, but he insisted that enforce it must be kept under- the se tfy council. fmt was no Indication that pas firm opposition to any nation ol her veto rights had inged. tadrei A. Gromyko, Soviet We on the atomic commis si did not express his views on i provisions of the Baruch plan ht insisted he was not ready ifaiss the substance of the ulution and would not even part in the voting. St demanded that tha Baruch "are be submitted to a "search I analysis" to ascertain "wheth " corresponds to the resolution EM by the general assembly." (.swell Xmas Tree imaged by Vandals JEWELL Vandals again used The Community Christ ines erected on the city hall Sunday night only a few "a after it had been set up by rs of the VFW and also " on Monday night. Wires Bt bulbs were broken and of Tuesday was taken in N the repairs. ' annual custom of having a Jfflity tree here has been "Jon for many years, origin ' established by jp. Lane who J owner of the electric light " at the time and later by '7 Scouts. This year the ' s placed on the city hall ostead of the intersection ""wets hoping it might have Protection. Cars were driven lawn in order to dam- tree. War the tree was also des Lad "umerous other dep " against public and busi ' Pfoperties and homM haye ned out durin Past 4ttL T.rue years in Creswell, JW the recent fire at the ncol, thought to have been ry, and me breaking of Jdow panes at the school o that. Broken win- "stores and homes, dam iwlT15,' and mysterious fires signs of the presence of SfeSS518 SOUGHT (T Jewelers were asked by Saturday to be on the look jgems answering the de- ol those stolen from the ij oi Windsor, police insist tJ' only a routine request latino ium uvnuun ui V"" of the Windsor valua- CIRCULATION YESTERDAY 24439 ' 1ANE COUNT? HOME KEWSPAPEP : . .' EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1946 . . , . NO 174 fei j f?j(? J prat w. m f i r I - Shortest Day Set for Sunday SEATTLE W) Sunday, Dec. 22, should be the year's shortest day by .8 of one second of time, Prof. T. S. Jacobsen, University of Washington astronomer, fig ured out Friday, but temper ature variations may throw his whole set of figures out of kil ter. Emerging from his logarithm table, he decided: Sunrise and sunset times Sat urday will be 7:54:34:9 a.m. and 4:20:18.7 p.m., for a day eight hours, 25 minutes, 43.8 seconds long. On Sunday: 7:55:05.8 a.m. and 4:20:48.8 p.m., or a day of eight hours, 25 minutes and 43 sec onds. . It happens because the winter solstice! at 2:54 a.m. Sunday, so closely coincides with midnight, he said. "However," h e cautioned, "should the air be as much as degree colder at sunrise and sunset on Sunday than Satur day, the .8 of a second differ ence will be cancelled out. The refraction of light affects the length of the day." , ,EN CHECK the Northwest Cities Gas Co. plant at the root of Eighth Ave. for damage after an unexplained explosion, followed by fire, damaged the plant Friday evening. (Wiltshire photo and engraving). Gas Planl Burns After Explosion Ulrich Lauener, night fireman for Northwest Cities Gas Company in Eugene, suffered minor burns on the hands and face Friday night when an explosion at the company's plant caused a two alarm fire. Damage to the plant was not extensive, but because of the po tential seriousness of the blaze, 22 of the entire 26-man fire depart ment staff were called in to stand by. Equipment Lacking The alarm was turned in at 11:23 p.m. while the fire depart ment's 1925 model, type 12 truck was handling a basement fire in 1 house at 950 Patterson St. The type 12 truck, with a 1000 gallon pumper, came back and was tak en to the gas plant fire with truck 91, a 1929 model with a 500-gaI-lon pumper. Only three trucks, including the department's old 1920 model, were left on duty at the station. "We were plenty short on equipment, but had enough men," firemen said. Of the five fire trucks, the new est was purchased about 1941, but a 1000-gallon pumper is expected to arrive here in January. Lauener was cleaning a boiler flue at the time of the explosion, and aparently was the only man in the plant. No estimate of dam age has been given, but the roof was damaged, steel girders were bent and sagged and windows were broken during fighting of the blaze. Lauener was not hospital' ized. Creosote Helps Blaze Firemen said creosote, a by product of the gas manufacturing process, helped the blaze to spread. A similar fire occurred in th ; plant in 1931. Seven firemen brought the blaze under control at midnight, and there was no interruption of serv ice. Gas company offi.lals said repairs were started ; Saturday morning. The basement fire at 950 Patter son St was caused by hot ashes in a combustible container, the second such fire this week. Walls were partially burned and there was some smoke damage accord' ing to the fire department. ; Yugoslav Soldiers At Invasion Route ATHENS W An informed source said Saturday allied mili tary authorities had received con fidential reports that large num bers of Yugoslav troops were massed at Bitoli (Monactir) and at Skaplje along the traditional Vardar river invasion route to northern Greece. (There was no comment on this reDort from Belgrade. Tanjug, th Yuffoslav news agency, dis tributed a report Saturday under an Athens dateline saying tne present Greek government was noniptratinB "terroristic acts" against the Greek people. 'Families of Greek national liberation front fighters are being arrested. deDorted and murderea while their homes are being bum- erf." Tanioe said.) The United Nations Security rmmcil is sending a commission to the Balkans to investigate bor der troubles. The reoorts to the Allied auth orities said that heavy movement of ammunition trains southward through Skoplje, 70 miles north of the Greek border, had been noted for three weeks,, and that normal highway traffic naa oeen naueu from SkoDlie to Djevdjelija, im- mediately north ol Uie Doraer, since Dec. 8- ' Fog Shrouds Valley; One Accident Listed Heavy fog in the Willamette Valley Friday cancelled all plane flights in and out of Eugene, Uni ted Airlines officials said Satur day, but normal service was re stored Saturday. DesDite fears of city and state police, only one accident occurred in fog-shrouded Eugene Friday night, resulting in a minor leg Injury to Beverly Wolf, 330 Sixth Ave. W. The accident occurred at 11 p. m. at seventn Ave. w. ana rum St. when an auto driven by E. F. Lusk, Rt. 5, Eugene, collided with the parked car in which Miss Wolf was sitting. Also passenger in the parked car was Hubert L,una, uoo Seventh Ave. W. Throughout the state, highways were nearly normal again Satur day after last week's flood damage had been repaired in most cases. Wilsonville Ferry was reopened Saturday, and one-way traffic was -nnino nver other Oregon high ways that had been closed by slides! and wasnouis. At Santiam summit oaiuruoj k. morf oia hare, and Willamette summit reported spots of ice and snow have been well sanded. Temperatures over ine ... VriAaV were generally warura night and early Saturday morn ing, with Eugene recording 3i ntr at- Portland. 38: Klamath Falls, 39; and Redmond, 40. Mechanics' Bodies Found in Airplane tnpTT.AND M0 The bodies of two airplane mechanics were found Saturday in ine wrw of the plane they unexpected y flew away from me irumu-- : . XVirlav A searching party reported the plane, which took off in predawn darkness Friday, apparently hit the top of a tree Wi miles from the airport, ana tumDiea T-:J urere Tne DOmeS VI . J HJillarn ence J. Bauer, u, " Chase, 22, the latter a licensed pilot. They took the plane after finishing work in the early morn ! hours at Western Skyways hanger 12 miles east of here. The wreckage first was sighted from air this morning, aiier day-long search yesterday. 500 Dead as Earthquake, Tidal Waves Hit Japan Santa Claus Pickets Store LOS ANGELES OP) Bundle-laden Christmas shoppers paused for a second look when they saw Santa Claus marching back and. forth In front of a de partment store. As he paraded, the Santa passed out candy kisses to chil dren from a bag slung over his shoulder, and on the bag was a sign reading; "This store is unfair!" He was a picket. : CIO Threatens More Pay Suits DETROIT U.R The CIO United Auto Workers union said Saturday it will file suit next week seeking recovery of $270,- uuu.ooo In retroactive portal-to- portal pay for employes of the i ord Motor Co. , It said it would sue the Briess Manufacturing Company, world's largest maker of auto bodies, for aaamonai "millions". Richard T. Leonard, national UAW Ford director, said the Ford total would include $250,000,000 the union claims is due 60,000 River Rouge plant workers for live years' portal-to-portal tivity. Millions From Brigrs Emil Mazey. head of the un ion's Briggs unit, said the amount sought from that company would "run into the millions" but would not give a specific estimate. The total would cover 22,000 employes. Earlier, UAW local 551 at Chi- cago sued to recover $8,000,000 for 2,000 workers in a Ford plant tnere, listing $4,000,000 due in portal-to-portal pay and an ad ditional $4,000,000 in liquidated damages. 1 The UAW Indicated still larger suits are. to come, covering, hun dreds of thousands of employes of General Motors and Chrysler corporations and smaller automo bile and parts manufacturers. Union attorney Maurice Sugar said preparations for the units were moving ahead at "top speed." Indictment Charges Klamath Falls Man KLAMATH FALLS W) A secret indictment, charging Del- bert Lane with threatening to kill a man who later died of gunshot wounds, was disclosed in Lane's arraignment in circuit court here this morning. Specifically, Lane was accused in the indictment of threatening to commit a felony by stating that he would kill Delbert Manuel Chandler. Chandler died, on the day after the alleged threat, in what was reported as a hunting accident. In the hunting incident, which occurred on Thanksgiving Day, Chandler was hunting with Lane and Lane's brother-in-law, Frank Lockwood. Lane and Lockwood told officers that they and other hunters were shooting in the area when Chandler cried out that he had been shot. He died en route to a hospital here. . Telephones Released From Regulations WA SHTNfvrONftJ.RV Govern. ment restrictions on installations of telephones are coming off. After Jan. 1, officials revealed Saturday, you get your phone or don't strictly on your own. For some this may mean a long er wait than ever. Some 2,500,000 orders for phones currently re main unfilled. And new orders are piling up at seven times the pre war rate. Fssential users eot nrioritv dur ing the war. Business headed the list (after military demand t) ana domestic users often went without. More recently veterans were granted some preference, both at home and on tne jod. Many telephone firms are ex tux1 in institute voluntary nrior- ity systems of their own, possibly working m conjunction wnn siaw utility commissions. Stalin Receives Elliot And Wife on Birthday LONDON W) Prime Minister Stalin received Elliott Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt Saturday on t.A tfeneraliscfmn'a A7th blrthdav. the Moscow radio reported Satur day night. VntMur rilsnatches earlier Sat urday reported Roosevelt's return to Moscow, and tne Droaacasi therefore indicated that Stalin IhimseU had returned to the capital Ground Forces Announce New Airborne Unit WASHINGTON (U. The Army Ground Forces Saturday announced a reorganization from which will emerge a new Army division completely transportable by air and possessing 250 per cent more firepower and 20 per cent more manpower than World War II divisions. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, ground forces commander, said the new division will be in the field in four or five months. The said the reorganization "takes into account lessons learned in World War II and looks forward to the atomic age." Transported by Air "American Army divisions, proven equal or superior to the best of friend and foe alike in the war just won, will henceforth be unparalleled fighting machines," Devers said. The new division, although its streamlined and light-weight equipment will be transportable by air, will not constitute an air borne division. Plans for a new airborne divis ion, a hard-hitting striking force designed to spearhead invasions by parachute and glider, will be announced later. To Take Beachhead Under the Army's new tactical concepts, after airborne troops have secured a foothold, the air transported infantry will be flown to captured airfields in big trans ports to expand the beachhead. It would take 1500 planes of the C-47 type to transport this new division. But 400 planes of a new experimental type of transport could do the Job. Hundreds Injured; Damage Extensive TOKYO (AP) A violent earthquake and severe tidal waves damaged more than 50,000 square miles of Southern Japan Saturday. Incomplete figures listed 500 dead, 612 injured, and 43 missing; nearly 28,000 homes destroyed, damaged or flooded. and 500 fishing vessels lost. Only one allied casualty a miss ing British soldier was reported. seismologists said the quake possibly was the world s most violent. Six tidal waves, erupted bv the temblor be neath the Pacific Ocean floor, rushed over Wakayama Penin sula ana wreaked damage over a 370-mile wide area from Shimoda on the eastern Honshu coast to Kochi on Shikoku's southern coast. Some of the waves were 10 feet hieh. Authorities said the loss of life was not far greater be cause the quake epicenter was under water. Saturday night, thousands Armed Forces Sent Greetings WASHINGTON U.R PresI- dent Truman Saturday sent a mes sage of Christmas greeting to members of the U. S. armed forces in all parts of the world. He expressed gratitude for the part they are playing in the strug gle toward "a just and enduring peace for all peoples in all coun tries." Mr. Truman said much remains to be done in this struggle., "The accomplishment of oar task will require the same de votion and the same hlsh ideU which yon, the men and women of onr armed forces have al ways displayed," he said.. "The liberty-loving peoples throughout the world, who in darker days prayed for our suc cess in battle, now offer their prayers that our struggle for harmony and tranquility on earth shall succeed. "I wish to express the nation's deep appreciation of the part that you are playing and the hope that our gratitude will in some small way compensate for your absence from home, friends, and dear ones on this Christmas Day." Other Greetings Sent High-ranking officers and of ficials of the War and Navy De partments Joined the President in sending Yuletide greetings to service men and women. Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson extended "best wishes and warm appreciation for your loyal and efficient services." Secretary of Navy James V. Forrestal said "to all hands I ex tend my sincere wish for 'a joyous Christmas and a happy new year." Contempt Count Asked for Terry WASHINGTON MO Attorn eys for the Senate War Investigat ing Committee said Saturday they have asked for authority to file contempt charges against Edward P. Terry, former secretary of Sen ator Bilbo (D-Miss). The action Is based on Tern's refusal to tell the committee what became of $15,000 which he said a New Yorker gave him to use against Bilbo in the Mississippi election this year. Permission Required Committee counsel must obtain permission of President Pro Tern McKellar (D-Tenn) and then pass the contempt complaint along to the federal district attorney here for presentation to a grand Jury. Penalties for contempt of the Senate range up to a year in jail and tlOOO fine. Chairman Mead (D-NY) direct ed George Meader, counsel for the committee, also to push a perjury charge against Terry. The former ' secretary' testified he got the 115,000 from. Simon Liberman of New York to back any opponent who could defeat Bilbo this year. Unable to find such a opponent, Terry said, he then was told to give the funds to anyone who op posed Bilbo in the run-off pri mary. But Bilbo mustered a ma jority over his four opponents in the first primary and there was no run-off. So, Terry said, he handed the cash back to Liber man. Senator Ferguson declared this was impossible because Liberman died several months before Terry's bank accounts showed the money repaid. Terry said he was "conr fused" and declined to tell who received the funds. Bowden Denies Wife Was Object of Plot PORTLAND (IP) The defense Saturday was expected to wind up its case shortly in the "Pan dora's Box" murder trial here. James Wesley Bowden, 49, charged with first-degree murder, testified Friday that he planned to "eliminate" a rival for his wife's affection with the dyna mite bomb that killed his wife last July. He said, however, lhat he had not actually planned to kill George Frank Hockenyos. "How could dynamite express anything but death?" the prose cuting attorney asked, Bowden thought it over, then replied, "It could not express any thing but death." But he denied the state's con tention he aroused his wife's cur iosity with the dynamite - laden box so that it killed her when she opened it In his absence. of Wakayamans fled into the hills, fearful of repercussions. Tanaba was deserted, its 2500 homeless refugees having sought safety in tht hills. Residents of some other Wata- yama towns likewise fled, carry ing ineir meager possessions. only fraamentarv information was available from the two areas that appeared hardest hit the southern coast of Shlkoku and western Watayama, both isolated. One Allied Soldier Missing u. s. Army and Japanese sources released these fragment ary reports: soo Japanese dead. 612 Japanese Injured. 42 Japanese and one British oc cupation soldier missing. 4500 homes destroyed. 9044 homes heavily damaged, 14,000 dwellings flooded. 500 fishing vessels destroyed. 1 An early estimate that probably 1000 Japanese were killed based on a report that 200 families at Kochi were "wiped out" was disregarded later as Army and Japanese sources compiled their reports of known casulatles. Kushimoto, a fishing town of 10,000 on the southern tip of Wakaya peninsula at the south eastern tip of Honshu was re ported washed away by seven foot waves.. " , Fir destroyed one third of Shlngu, on the east coast of Hon shu, and U. & Army fliers said flames still were visible there Saturday afternoon. Damage extended from the northern coast of Kyushu through onwoKU ana norm to Bhlzuok prefecture on Honshu. Kyodo News Agency (aid the havocked area extended 340 miles at its longest and 60 miles wide. Victim of Kidnapping Returned Home Safe DIXON, 111. OP) Mrs. Delia Stackhouse, 40, a physician's wife; was kidnaped from her home Fri day and six hours later she was released unharmed and her ab ductor was seized at a farmhouse five miles from here. Sheriff Gilbert Finch said the man who forced Mrs. Stackhouse to leave her home with him, after he bound her two daughters and left them In a closet was Frank Sickles, 27, of Wyoming, 111., which is about 60 miles south of the Northwestern Illinois city. Sickles was held for question ing, without charge. Finch said that Sickles had told him that his motive was robbery when he went to the Stackhouse home under pretext of being a newspaperman who wanted a story on Dr. Stirling Stackhouse. The sheriff Identified Sickles as a former employe in a gas burner factory. The sheriff said that Mrs. Stackhouse, whose arms had been bound and her mouth taped with adhesive, was unharmed except for shock. She was returned to her home. Bi'iriti"rimiin -Tin iimn $705,000 in Gifts Goes to Employes SCIO, O. W) L. P. Reese, who was on poor relief 14 years ago, Friday night distributed $705,000 to the 827 employes of his Scio-Ohio pottery--a surprise Christmas bonus which set a record, even in this dish-making village of 1400 persons. . . . .111 .1 n.fliuiM in aauiuun, ine owner of the pottery announced a qn-oAnt-nn-'-Aur Inrrpaxn in waffes with a $1 an hour minimum scale for unskilled workers. Legion Gets New Home Then because he was a World War I machine gunner, he pre sented to the local American Legion post a new home for which it had been trying to raise money. He also gave away the bride at the public wedding of two em ployes ,Miss Elizabeth L. Tackett and John J. Campbell, Jr., Pacific war veteran. A carryover from the war when pay increases were restricted, the gifts which were disclosed at an annual Christmas party, aw aged $840 for each worker. New em ployes received $10, but each of the 88 men and women who have been with him 10 or more years received $3,500. Strnk IS Tmk An Fourteen years ago Reese didn't have a dish on wmcn to put a solid meal if he'd had the solid meal. Today he has what he describes as "the finest white ware pottery In the world." He recently refused an offer of $3, 000,000 for the plant, this com munity's only Industry. At his first Christmas party In 1Q3a RM vavm marh nf thm plant's 123 employes a 39-cent box OS SJlOCOlAMSl GEORGIA GOVERNOR-ELECT Eugene Talmadge died early Sat urday morning at Piedmont Hos pital in Atlanta. His colorful polit ical career was climaxed when he won an unprecedented fourth term. Talmadge Ends ? Colorful Career ATLANTA. Ga, (U.Fo Gov.. Elect Eugene Talmadge who won an unprecedented fourth term aa Georgia governor In November on a promise to maintain whit su premacy died this morning leu than a month before his scheduled Inauguration. He was 62. , The end came at 7 a.m. (1ST) in Piedmont Hospital where mem bers of his family and a few close friends Had kept vigil since his condition took a turn for the worse) Monday. , . Exodus Quiet 1 . In contrast to the stormy aad colorful life that marked his as cendency In Georgia politics, Tal madge passed away quietly. His death climaxed an illness that was aggravated by the seal and drive of his 1047 political campaign when he stumped the state to make 272 speeches against the advice of his doctor. Death was due to complications' following the stomach hemor rhages suffered at JacksoctviUet Fla., Oct 8. Talmadge suffered no pals sa his last hours but physicians said "his kidneys and liver both lock ed." Talmadge never regained eesv- sclousness after Friday mld-aftas noon when he momentarily recog nized his family and friends. Talmadge's passing prior to his Inauguration loosed a storm of po litical speculation as to who would govern the state. There were these) three principal conjectures: 1. That the legislature conven ing Jan. 13 would elect a governor to succeed Ellis Gibbs Arnall, whose liberal administration the conservative Talmadge as to in herit. 2. Gov. Arnall would hold over for another four-year term. 3.. Lt.-Gov. M. E. Thompson, scheduled to take office Jan. ,14, would file suit claiming succession to the governorship. ' ' ; Edgar Buchanan Visits -Family in Eugene Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Buchanan and son Billy, of Hollywood, Calif., are here to spend Christ mas holidays with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Buchanan of Eu gene. Miss Kate Buchanan of Areata, Calif., also is home for the holi General Eaker Plans To Make Oregon Home PORTLAND U. Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, famed Air Corps general, is msklng good the state ment he made to Mayor Earl Riley when the Portland official visited London during the war. Gen. Eaker said at the time that he expected to become a resident of Oregon upon his retirement Saturday Mayor Riley was in receipt of a letter from Glenn Jackson, Medford, formerly a colonel on General Salter's staff. He disclosed that the general was attempting to get title to the old Frank Tou Veils property on the Rogue River and planned to come to the area next year, upon his re tirement, TAFT MAT TAKE POST WASHINGTON (U.B Sen. Robert A. Taft, (R-O) said Fri day night that he would announce Saturday whether he will take the chairmanship of the Senate Labor Committee in the Republican-controlled lotb Corf ess, BYRNES NAMES DEPUTY WASHINGTON 00 Secre tary of State Byrnes named Lt Gen. Mark W. Clark Saturday as his deputy to begin preliminary work on a peace treaty for Austria. Weather TJ. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Eugene and vicinity, increasing cloudiness Saturday night, with light rains Saturday .night and. Sunday. Not so cold. Oregon, same, with snow at higher eleva-' tion, and fresh to strong southerly winds off the coast, Local statistics: Highest tem perature Friday, 38 degrees; low Saturday morning, 32 degrees; 24-hour precipitation ending 10:30 a.m. Saturday, trace; total for month, 3.84; normal for month," S.72: total since Sept 1, 19.99 inches; stage of Willamette River at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, plus 1.20 feet; prevailing wind direction and velocity at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, South 8; prevailing Friday, SB 3. Sunrise and sanset P8T): Sun day, 7:46 a.m. and 4:38 pjn. Moor day, same. . BIUSLAW Tines . . Hlsh 11:11 a.m. S ft Itists.at. M tm Mfcsa SJ St St am Mai
