CITY EDITION
CITY EDITION
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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
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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. .
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