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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION CITY EDITION LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER VOL. 108 .CIRCULATION YESTERDAY 24,635 EUGENE. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1947 NO. 21 Freighter Sinks Off Astoria; (rew All Saved 48 Aboard Rescued I Smooth Operation ' ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) af freighter .S. S. Drexe SL, sank five miles west rf Cape Disappointment Tues- L after a smoothly organ knight rescue that brought totf-man crew to shore un 'jjnd, many of them not even damp. . The ship, carrying 4563 ton! of -lw Yokohama, struck sand K, the Columbia River mouth -undar night, ripping her deck K and sending water gushing lo the mess hall where the crew SaJ dining. fitst I ielt a dull thud that waned to empty my stomach," Larry Sharpe, Portland, one a the rescued crewmen. "Before I knew it everybody waa falling IS or backward. Plates hashed to the floor and the ocean TO pouring through the porthole. We were excited and rushed top side. : Ihen we tried to fix her. She ms cracked between holds four and five. We tried pumping water ait of her, but we knew she was lost" : Capt. Canute Rommerdahl, San Mateo, who ordered his men to abandon ship after a vain two hour fight to save the vessel, blamed unusually deep swells which' smashed the ship against the bar. When the abandon order wag riven, the vessel had drifted four Biles north off Cape Disappoint ment The pilot's schooner, Colum bia, itanding by, took 19 men aboard. Others took to life-boats, and were picked up In a light fog bj the Coast Guard vessel Triumph and the freighter Joseph Gale, bound for Portland. So smoothly was the rescue car ted out that the nearest approach to casualty was one novice seaman who lumped overboard in excite ment and had to be fished out by tie pilot's schooner. Larry Brown, Seattle, injured earlier in the day aboard ship, had to be helped into I lifeboat. . . The Coast Guard cutter Onon in stood by the abandoned ship, bit was unable to prevent its sub merging In the shallow waters when many vessels have been tot i . , City Model to Show Parking Problems A graphic illustration of Eu- Pm'i parking problem will be presented Wednesday noon at the ftjene Hotel to Ford 1 Hand's chamber of Commerce parking (ommlttee, city officials and the lugene Planning Commission, in melormof a model of the Eugene business district prepared by Cen tral Lane Planning Consultant Howard Buford and his staff. va model shows just where too greatest parking congestion "curs, as revealed by recent sur "!. It will be part of a report "iwiung sruaies made by Bu W and The Register-Guard, wuauon and coordination of mch has been under way for au weeKs. The committee hopes to arrive Wtoately at a decision on how uch off-street parking apace is m Eugene, where .it ZuDe Iocated and hw H ld be financed. "AI-DCROCHER MARRY LOS ANGELES- VP) Actress Uraine Day and baseball's Leo WPPy) Durocher were married in to, i Tex" Tuesiay, her at ,?iBernard M- Silber. aid he . ' 1'--' l) c'K I' mmmmmm 1 - . u It T i f I UK. WILLIAM WACHS (arm upraised, center), teacher at James Monroe High School In the Bronx, speaks from steps of Hall of Records, Brooklyn, N. Y., as teachers from the city's schools stage a demonstration to press demands for an annual wage increase of $1,050. The Board of Education was holding budget meeting in a nearby building. (AP Wirephoto). State Solons Ask Amusement Taxes Admissions Levy of 20 Per Cent Sought To Support Increased Pensions for Aged SALEM UP) Measures to tax amusement devices and admissions to theaters, athletic events, dance halls and other places of enter tainment were ready for introduction in the state House of Rep. resentatives Tuesday. Reps. Giles L. French, Moro, and Henry Semon, Klamath Falls, are introducing the amusement device tax, endorsed by tha State Tax Commission, which would levy a 30 per cent tax ongross revenues from devices in which there is an element of chance, such as illegal slot machines and punchboards. The tax on devices .which which have an element of skill, such as pinball and iron claw games, would ce 10 per cent of the gross revenue. Hep. Joseph E. Harvey, Port Hospital Plane Crashes in Fog ; OAKLAND, Calif . (jPH-A four engine Navy hospital plane crash ed and burned making a radar controlled landing at fog-shrouded Oakland airport Monday, killing WAVE Margaret Wallace, Pit- carln, Pa., and injuring the 20 other passengers and crew. . Passengers and wreckage were scattered like chaff over the run way when the big plane struck an embankment at the southeast edge of the airport, exploded, and burn ed. 21 Passengers -The plane, flown by the Naval Air Transport Service, was en route east on a regularly sched uled flight from Moffett Field, Calif., near Sonnyvalle, only about 40 miles south of Oakland. In ad dition to its crew of seven, it car ried 14 patients and attending nurses. Four women, two WAVE corps. men and two Navy nurses, were among the occupants. . Making what the Navy describ- ed as a normal radar, ground con trolled approach to the fog ob scured airport, the plane's back was broken by the impact of the landing. Ensuing explosions shook it for nearly an hour as gasoune- fed fare swept the wreckage. Treatment Given The -injured were picked up from the runway and rushed to the Navy Oak Knoll hospital after emergency treatment. . Among those escaping with only minor iniuries were L. E. "Pinker- ton. 19. Storekeeper 3rd Class, of Marion, Ohio, " and Arthur Chan, dler Machinist's Mate 3rd Class. land leader in the old age pension movement, said the admissions tax would duplicate the 20 per cent federal admissions tax, and that the revenues would be used for pensions. French said the amusement de. vice tax might have the effect of driving out slot machines by mafc ing it too expensive to operate them. . Bookkeeping Necessity Owners of all amusement de vices would have to keep' books. If they failed to do so, they would have to accept the Tax Commis sion's estimate of the amount of tax due. Then, if they failed to pay the tax, the state could get a lien on all the owner's property. The records of the Tax Commis sion would be confidential. The bill would apply to clubs as well as to individual operators, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) Portland Police Hold Trio For Murder of Sea Captain Ionnd Tn JP) The battered body ot "hip's captain was dei;"esd??.belw a cliff in the fashionable West Side Hills, and over n , VJ , ree men tell a 8sly tale of tossing the man, groan iv. , .. e 50-foot dron. .... Hth.s e 1!,wa.s CaPt- Fnmk B. Tatum, 53, Billerica, Mass., master been mLwi ln Abbev of the Shepard Steamship Co. Tatum had appearand 8 " weeK Dut his dis tS" reported o Police &thief James PrceU nngThNen' taken int0 custody nSwhlrt?? a"-ni8ht investi raid .nT''!hted "y night club Pants, lpj "O ou occu- ffoldi "id the trio told this "tot ch?h"y!,lr"0ld owner o' the Won. e.f the thfee men S mur J ?r?e 01 suPi:in rat,W ta th- ,"1 'igM with H thru,. T.ClUD a week ago, ,bCra. tUmi injured- Into lrtlht'he,:llb owner !nd ordeeddTatu"'s groans, to '?JT? youn8er col- to m him out ot here." W9W into tht Want Sid Hills and dumped Tatum,' still groaning,, over, the 50-fbot cliff. Police, checking the report of Tatum's disappearance filed Mon day by' the steamship company's agents, were led to the night club as the last place Tatum had been seen. On Jan. 14 he was noticed standing outside with R. J. Peter son, Grant Pass, Ore., his ship steward. Investigating, detectives learned that a 20-year-old youth . who lived in the club had been wear ing for the past week an $1800 diamond-studded platinum watch like the one Tatum owned. Taken into custody, Purcell said, the youth broke down and admitted he had helped throw the missing man over a cliff, and im plicated ihe two others. They, too, were arrested; and the two younger ones, Purcell said, led de ttctivu to tht man'i body. Legislature's Topics Today SALEM (U.R) Salaries of Su preme court justices would be raised from $7300 a year to $10,000 and circuit court judges would re ceive a pay boost from $6000 to $8000 a year if a bill introduced in the House Tuesday bx. the Committee on Judiciary is passed by the Legislature. ' WOMEN BARTENDERS SALEM (U.R) Women bar tenders would be banned from serving drinks in state-licensed liquor establishments if. a bill pre pared by the Oregon American" Federation of Labor is passed by the Legislature. ; ' . . ELECTION JUDGES SALEM W) Election judges, who now get $4 a day, would get $1 an hour under a bill introduced in the Legislature Tuesday by Rep. Paul R. Hendricks, Salem. t . TRAFFIC SAFETY SALEM W) The State. High way Commission should give the State Police Department $1,000, 000 during the next two years to provide for more adequate patrol of state highways, Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., said Tuesday at a meeting of the Joint Legislative Ways and Means Com mittee. Farrell said traffic safety can be broken into three phases en gineering,, education and law en forcement. He said the engineering phase is well handled by the Highway Commission, and that his own de partment Is doing commendable work in education and publicity. But enforcement, he added, could be improved by employment of additional state police officers by use of highway funds. MEDICAL REPORTS SALEM W A measure to compel doctors to report names of their epileptic patients and those subject to attacks ot uncon sciousness to the secretary of state won approval of the House Medi cine, Pharmacy and Dentistry Committee Tuesday, and will be considered by the Hons Wednesday. Marshall Takes Office; Refutes Political Rumors General Avers College Students Follow Precedent: Talmadge Hanged in Effigy; Offers to Resign - IF ATLANTA. Ga. (U.R) Gov. Talmadge was hanged in effigy Tuesday from the arm of a statue on the state capitol grounds by some 2000 leering university students who march ed on the capitol to demand that he get out of the office he took over last week. The crowd, joined by scores of citizens in a march through downtown Atlanta, hoisted the grotesque swastika-marked fig ure to the statue of the late Tom Watson. It was the same spot where five years ago other students had hanged young Talmadge's father in effigy during a protest over his firing of two univer sity professors which led to dis accreditation of Georgia col leges. The chanting mob of students descended on the capitol lawns shortly after Talmadge had told the s'ate legislature that he was willing to resign and run for the office in a state-wide election If Acting Gov. M. E, Thompson would also agree to do so. The effigy of Talmadge was attired in bright red suspenders hallmark of the Talmadge "white supremacy" political faith for many years. Talmadge had taken some of Hoover Asked To Survey Food Needs in Reich WASHINGTON W) Former President Herbert Hoover has been asked to undertake a survey of food problems in the American and British zones of . occupied Germany. This was disclosed Tuesday by a war department official who asked that his name not be used. He said Mr. Hoover has not yet given his answer, British Interest Presumably the proposal to the 72-year-old former President has the approval of the British gov ernment and President Truman as well as the highest War Depart ment officials concerned with oc minaftnn nnliniM . , . The British nn. u, .miJnow totaling more than $4,000,- wlth that of the United Staten tar00'000, ' ' ' ' '. ; ;.' the edge off of the demonstra tion by his dramatic proposal that both he and Thompson re sign. His statement brought thunderous ovation from legis lators convened in joint session. Talmadge's surprising propo sition was made in a hastily appended section of a speech before a joint session ot the assembly. As he spoke, the col lege students were preparing to march on the capitol and de mand that the people of Georgia at large be given a voice in the governorship battle. Conditional Offer , Announcing that he -would resign if his conditions were met, Talmadge said: "I therefore propose as follows: that the legislature complete its duites in accordance with the Democratic Party platform (passage of a white primary law.) After completion of this duty, if the lieutenant governor will resign, your governor will resign. "The speaker of theHouse of Representatives will assume executive authority. "I will meet any candidate for the governorship of Georgia in a Democratic primary to let the white people of Georgia deter 'mine who is their choice for governor." Portal Pay Claims May Hit Uncle Sam WASHINGTON W The War Department's liability in con. nection with portal pay claims may reach $500,000,000, Under secretary Kenneth C. Royall said Tuesday. Royall testified before a Senate judiciary subcommittee which is considering legislation to outlaw or restrict back pay portal suits the proposal, officials said. be. cause of the recent agreement to unify them economically. As a world authority on food problems since World War I days, Mr. Hoover was asked to make a personal survey expected to re quire several weeks and then to 8 u o m 1 1 recommendations - on means to increase food output and to assure its most equitable distri bution. Those familiar with the proposal said that among specific problems which need solution are the extent of government controls of crops, black markets, food collection, calculation of requirements, and stock levels. Funds Requested Describing the food situation as among the most pressing of Ger man occupation problems, officials noted the War Department is ask ing Congress for a $300,000,000 deficiency appropriation for the occupation of Germany, Japan and Korea. Of this sum, more than $50,- 000,000 is earmarked for the cost of meeting German food require ments. The money would be available for use between the time of its ap propriation and the end of the government's fiscal year next July 1. Additional sums have been asked for the 12 months beginning then. . At President Truman's request, Mr. Hoover made a world survey last spring of international food problems. He traveled more than 35,000 miles and visited 38 coun tries all the. major ones except Russia. . ! He emphasized that his test! mony dealt only with contracts of I the War Department. Navy wit Butter Price Drops On Wholesale Market Wholesale butter prices were cut another four cents a pound in Eugene Tuesday, bringing the total drop in the last two: weeks to 13 cents. Prices posted Tuesday were 72 cents for Grade AA prints and 71 cents for Grade A prints. The re duction is expected to take effect in retail stores in two or three days.-Retail prices' in the city at present are from 78 to 82 cents a pound. , The slash followed by one day four-cent drop in the Portland wholesale price. Reports: from Portland Tuesday said that trad ing was steady although distribu tors noted low sales. Butterfat prices in Eugene also went down four cents. Both but ter and butterfat prices have been dropping steadily since the ex posure two weeks ago of artificial price-setting on the New York market. CUBA GENERAL STRIKE HAVANA, Cuba (P) Air plane service was suspended be tween the hours of 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. Tuesday for a general strme protesting the coat of living. The City waa qulat. Extended Ration Power Urged WASHINGTON OP) The Department of Agriculture ad vised a congressional committee it will ask for continued rationing and price control of sugar throughout this year. James H. Marshall, head of the department's sugar branch, told the House Food Shortage Investi gating Committee he hopes the sugar ration for individuals might be increased by 10 pounds this year. He indicated, however, there will be no increase before April 1. Despite improvement in world production, he said, the supply is still far short of demand. "If sugar rationing and price control were lifted at this time," Marshall said, "it is my opinion that the price easily would go to 40 cents a pound." In such a situation, he said, the great bulk of the available sugar might be bought by industrial users, "and the housewife might get much less." The authority to ration sugar expires April 1, and the price con trol powers end July 1. Marshall said the department will request that both powers be extended through Dec. 31 as they relate to sugar. Youths Nabbed at Drain With Stolen Automobile ROSEBURG VP) Two youths, reported to be escapees from the State Training School at Woodburn, were captured at Drain Monday night in an auto mobile stolen a few hours earlier in Roseburg and belonging to Rev H. P. Sconce, Roseburg Baptist minister, State Police Sgt. Paul Morgan reported. The boys, whose names were given as Walter William L. Per due and Roger Byron Rolof, alleg edly abandoned here an automo bile they stole in Portland, then doubled back north in the Sconce car, Morgan said. . Enough Public Works Authorized, Says Solon WASHINGTON M) Enough flood control and rivers and har bors projects alread. have been authorized by Congress, Chairman Dondero (R-Mich) ot the House, Public Works Committee said Tuesday. . He told a reporter that commit tee records show $3,635,000,000 worth of these projects have been authorized and are "laying on the shelf." "There is no necessity tt all for any mor, added. , . . . nesses have yet to be heard. Royall said portal pay claims arising under cost-plus fixed-fee contracts which have been closed by renegotiation probably would not require reimbursement by the government. In contract renegotl' ttions, the government has re claimed excess payments , to con tractors. There are lump aum contracts ' where the payhnwtef full portal elalms wonld exceed the firm's profit, he said, and the result would be a net loss to the eon tractor . la performing tht Job, he said. The undersecretary said the government faces - the greatest liability on cost-plus-fixed-fee war contracts. Under these, he testified, the War Department must compensate contractors for additional costs which may arise, such as portal pay. . Royall said that cost-plus-fee contracts for the period 1941-46 total $40,000,000,000 to $45,000,. 000,000. Claimed Already He estimated that already $200,- r.00,000 in portal claims "have been asserted against the govern ment." He added that the total claims "probably will exceed $300,000,000 and may reach $400,. 000,000 to $500,000,000." ' -T 1 Weather V. S. Weather Bureau Forecast: Eugene and vicinity, mostly cloudy Tuesday night- and Wednesday, with occasional light rain Tues day night. Little temperature change. Oregon, same, with snow flurries northeast portion, moder ate southerly winds off the coast except fresh to strong In northern portion. Local Statistics: High Monday, 54 degrees: low Tuesday morning. 32 degrees; no. precipitation in 24 hours ending 10:30 a.m. Tuesday; total for month, .93 inches; nor mal for month,. S.42 inches stage of Willamette River at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, 0.00 feet; wind at 11:30 a.m., ESE 8; prevailing Monday, SE 7. Sunrise and Sunset (PST): Wednesday, 7:42 a.m. and 5:07 p.m. Thursday, 7:41 a.m. and 5:09 p.m. shihlaw tints Wednesday High 1:08 .m. .9lt l:IJp.m. S.Sft Low 6:35 l.m. S.Sft. 7:19pm. -0.4 . IS ; AL CAPONE, Chicago gang land's "little Caesar" of the prohibition era was repc. ted to have suffered a stroke and died Tuesday at his walled villa on luxurious Palm Island, near Miami, Fla. His doctor could not be reached for immediate comment. Painters Named Painter Painted Very Confusing Two painters named Painter who attempted to paint the town Monday were given a shellacing in the office of Justice of the Peace John Bryson Tuesday to the tune of $15 each. Leslie K. Painter and Hobart M. Painter were both arrested right in front of the state police offices and charged with being drunk on a public street. They plead guilty. Both are painters by trade. ' Gas Firm Asks For Rate Boost -Northwest Cities Gas Co. asked for rate Increases ranging from 3.81 to 39.03 per cent at a public neartng in Eugene Tuesday. Com pany officials testified that the concern operated at a loss .of $263.12 during the month of October. "Unless these rates are granted, the company cannot expect to continue operations In the Eugene-Springfield area," W. G. Forshaw, company audi tor from Walla Walla, Wash., told the Public Utilities Com mission. The 39.03 per cent increase would aifect several large bakery consumers. Residential customers would pay fa 7.42 per cent increase.- Cites Costo The company -based its request on increased payrolls, freight rates, fuel and distribution costs, and on increased cost of mainten ance supplies. Forshaw said that a wage increase ot 20 per cent had been granted, and that' the company's financial report indi cated it would be impossible to grant another wage increase re quested by union representatives in this area. He testified that 1946 production costs Increased 56 per cent over costs in 1945. His report shov.-ed a profit of only $142.29 for the ten-months period ending Oct 31, 1946, a 98 per cent reduction over the same period in 1945. PUC Men Hear The hearing was conducted by David Don, chief PUC engineer, and by J. L. Kennedy, chief ac countant for the PUC. Both are from Salem. Testimony Was given by For shaw and by D. W. Olsen, Eugene general manager of the gas com pany. Kennedy said the rate increase would become effective with the February billing if it is granted by PUC. HeWillHot Enter '48 Race Firm Renunciation Kills 'Draft' Talk WASHINGTON (UP) Gen. George C. Marshall took office as Secretary of State Tuesday after bluntly squelching speculation that he might be available later as a Democratic candidate for President. Some Democrats had dlscuued the idea of drafting him if Presi dent Truman should not run in 1948. Before taking his new tmmL Marshall in an unsolicited state- . ment to reporters declared: I cannot be drafted for an political office." In addition to sauelchine nresl- dential speculation concerning him, Marshall also said that he considered the secretaryship of state to be a non-political job. ' "And." he added. ' "I am unln. ' to govern myself accordingly." . Kecalls Sherman's Stand Marshall's statement was per haps the most explicit disavowal of political ambition since another general took himself out of politic! after the Civil War. At that time Gen. William T. Sherman declared ma; ne would not run for Presi dent if nominated, and would not serve if elected. "I am being explicit and em phatic." Marshall said, "in order to terminate once and for all any discussion of my name in regard to political office." Whatever his feelings about po litical office, the moment Mar shall took oath as secretary of state he became heir' to the office of President should anything hap pen to Mr. Truman in the next two years. There being no vice presi dent,, the secretary of state is now nrsv in ine line of succession. ' Oath Administered . , .': Marshall took the oath of office as successor to James F. Byrnes from Phipf Jlistlrn TUT VIn- SOn in Mr. Truman's executive of fice. Present at the ceremony in addition to Mr. Truman wert Byrnes, the cabinet, high govern ment and congressional officers, and friends of the general. The former Army chief of staff arrived here by train from Chi cago at 7:35 a. m., completing a journey from China which was in terrupted by several days in Honolulu and by a brief layover at Chicago - where his plant was grounded by .bad weather. Prohibition Act Author Passes GRANITE FALLS, Minn. UP) Andrew J. Volstead, former Min nesota congressman and father of the Volstead Prohibition Act, died Monday. He was 87 years old. Volstead, a lifelong dry, had been in poor health for years and had abandoned daily visits to hit Granite Falls law office four yean ago. He had lived the life of a country lawyer, devoting himself largely to probate cases and took little part in community activities. A native Minnesotan, Volstead was elected to Congress on the Republican ticket in 1903, after serving as mayor, city attorney afhd county attorney in his home community. In Congress, he spons ored measures to repeal broad powers granted the President dur ing World War I, fathered the Farmers Cooperative Act, in addi tion to the prohibition act. Wool Growers Eugene Meet Recognizes Western Flocks From 150 to 200 sheep raisers will meet In Eugene Wednesday through Friday for the annual convention of the Oregon Wool Growers Assn., the first such meeting west of the Cascades in the organization's 51-year history. Although sheep raising is by tradition an industry of the Eastern Oregon plateaus, Willamette Valley farmers have Increased their Mnrkft to such an extent that I ' and welcoming addresses by Mayor Earl McNutt and Associa tion President W. C. Stewart, Day ville, at 10 a. m. Women Meet Mrs. Mac Hoke, Pendleton, will report on work of the women's auxiliary, of which she is presi dent. The auxiliary is holding its convention in conjunction with the association. Walter A. Holt, Portland, will outline nis work as secretary treasurer and R. L. Clark, Port land member of the Executive Committee, will respond to the an several counties In this region now have more theep than some of the eastern counties where single flocks may number In the thousands, Lane Agricultural Agent O. E. Fletcher said. Flocks Large Lane has approximately 37.000 sheep on 727 farms, the agent re ported, and the animals are valu ed at $400,000. committees on public lands, wild life and predatory animals, and general resolutions will hold preliminary sessions Wednesday In the Eugene Hotel. Thursday's program includes I registration at tht bottl at 9 a. m. (CONTINUED OH PAGE 2). Colin Kelly Opening Set for January 27 An estimated 370 students will file into the new Colin Kelly Junior High School in tha River Road area Monday, Jan. 27, mark ing the opening of classes in the yet unfinished building. ; For the first time since Septem ber, 1945, 550 students at Wood row Wilson Junior High, and members of the Kelly student body, will go on a full day shift. Because of the consolidation of several suburban school district with Eugene School District, mora than 900 children were forced to double atWoodrow Wilson. The student body of Colin Kelly Is made up of seventh, eighth and ninth graders from Garden Way School. Willagillespie, River Road, Santa Clara and Whiteaker, in addition to ninth graders at Bethel. Ninety per cent of th students will be transported by four buses. Another bus . 1 on order and is expected to arrive in February. construction or the new school 1 J 1 T I. 1AJI I auiiicu .ill iiuveuiuoi, IPIJ. ana about two months work will hav to be don after th students mov in next Monday.