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I President Asks 2nd Truce; Hope Seen in Coal, Ford (Labor Box Score Truman Asks Both Sides to Honor Decision of Fact-Finding Board , By United Presi (Bee Page One Also) President Truman asked for another six days of truce In the threatened steel strike Wednesday while hopes were revived for settling the impending Ford walkout and nego tiations were resumed in the nationwide coal strike. The existing truce ends at 12:01 a. m., Sunday, Sept. 25. Mr. Truman made Ins new truce request after conferring with federal mediation di rector Cyrus Ching. He called on both sides to begin bar gaining on the recommenda tions of his fact-finding board. Ching recessed negotiations until Friday pending a re sponse to the President's re quest. Ching was said to believe that neither the steel companies nor the CIO United Steel Workers actually want a strike, which would idle 1 million workerB across the nation at 12.01 a.m. Sunday. The union stuck to its demand that steel companies accept the recommendations of President Truman's fact-finding board for a ln-ccnt hourly pension and welfare "package" financed by the industry alone.. But CIO President P li 1 1 i P Murray raised hopes for avert In! the threatened walkout when he postponed a meeting of his steelworkcrs' policy com mittee until Thursday to enable him to participate in Wednes day's negotiations. In the soft coal dispute, north ern and western mine operators who previously hod failed to do so paid $3 million into the wel fare fund of John L. Lewis' strik ing United Mine Workers for the month of July. Most northern and western operators had con tinued the welfare payments, but the failure of southern operators and somo of the others to pay had touched off the walkout of a halt million miners. At Detroit, the Ford Motor Co. announced It was making "real progress" In pension and Insurance discussions with the CIO United Automobile Work en, whose 115,000 Ford mem bers threaten to strike Sept. 29. It was reported that the com pany was preparing an 84 cent "welfare package" along the line recommended In the steel dispute Ford already contributes IV cents toward employe Insurance, At Cincinnati, stereotypers of the city's three daily papers struck In a wage dispute but publishers said they plan to con tinue publishing despite the walk nut. The 08 members of the AFL Ktareotypcrs' local struck to enforce demands for a weekly wage of $A8. The three papers had offered t 93. Including the 480,000 coal miners, a total of 610,000 Amer ican workers were on strike or idled by strikes Wednesday. That figure would swell to 1,725,000 If the steelworkcrs and Ford cm ployes struck on schedule during the next seven days. The chain reaction of fuel and material shortages eventually might idle close to 3 million em ployes. Military Rule Comes to End In Germany BONN, Germany fP) Military Government rule in Western Germany ended Wednes day and was replaced by a high commission of the United States, Britain and France. The ceremony opened with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenaur informing the three al lied high commissioners that he had formed a German federal government. Andre Francois-Poncet, speak ing for the commissioners, said in reply that an occupation statute a form of peace treaty went into effect "at this very moment." More Freedom The occupation statute gives the Germans far greater rights of self-government than they have possessed since the war. under the statute, the allies retain con trols only over such key affairs as foreign trade and relations, de militarization, decartelization and displaced persons. Adenaur described the occasion as the "first contact between the Germans of the federal republic and the Allied High Commission." He said that the occupation statute was a "new chapter in German postwar history." Asks Revisions The chancellor, however, asked the commissioners to consider, as soon as was possible, making re visions that would allow the Ger mans still greater freedom than they will receive unaer ine statute. The only nonofficial guest at the ceremony was Paul Patterson, publisher of the Baltimore sun newspapers, and a director of the Associated Press. He was a guest of U. S. High Commissioner John J. McCloy. ' . . . , Adenauer said Tuesday Gcr mans must never forget the aid the United States has given them in postwar reconstruction. At the same time, he rapped Poland and the Soviet Union for seizing territory in East Germany and continuing to hold German war prisoners. Two-Thousand Students Signed at University University of Oregon students were signing up for fall term classes Wednesday morning, al lust about the rale University of ficlals hoped for. By Tuesday night 2003 had completed the reg istratlon process. By staggering the system over i week-long period, officials be licved they could eliminate the long lines and bottlenecks which had plagued students for yenrs. They were confident Wednesday that they had done this. CHICAGO PAPERS IN TVPK C1I1CACO ( Regular type returned to Chicago newspapers Wednesday after 22 months of printing with photo-engravings of ropy produced by typewriter-like machines. By United Press ' The following is a "box score" on the number of American workers on strike, Idled by strikes, and threatening to strike in the near future: On strike Coal miners 480,000 Missouri - Pacific rail roadmen i 5,000 California AFL Farm Workers 15,000 Goodrich CIO Rubber Workers - 17,000 California CIO Ware housemen 6,000 Miscellaneous 33,000 Total 556,000 Idled by strikes Railroadmen idled by coal strike 28,000 Railroadmen idled by Mo-Pac strike 20,000 Workers idled by Cal. ' warehousemen 6,000 Total 1 54,000 Threatening to strike CIO Steelworkers 1,000,000 CIO Auto Workers against Ford 115,000 CIO Electrical Workers 200,009 Total 1,315,000 Total on strike, threatening to strike and threatened with idle ness through strikes 1,025,000. Knowland Hits Arms Program WASHINGTON (TP) Sen ator Knowland (R-Cal) Wednes day joined a drive in the Senate to slash the $1 314,010,000 for eign arms program. He told his colleagues the ad ministration had "failed to justi fy" the need for the full amount. Knowland said he will support Senator George (D-Ga) in his ef forts to trim $200,000,000 from the cash proposed for arms aid. And if this move fails, Know land said in a prepared speech, then he will offer a compromise plan of his own. He proposes to cut' $100,000,000 from the cash authorization and another $100, 000,000 from the contract author ity. Knowland voted for the bill when it was approved by the sen ate foreign relations and armed services committees. He is a mem ber of the latter committee. But he said many who voted for the measure did so with a firm understanding they could try later to make any changes they be lieved necessary. There Is still room for improve ment, he said, and for this reason he would vote for a cut. CG Library Files Report COTTAGE GROVE The II hrnry statistical report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1049, has been filed with the city re corder. The library was establish ct in March, 1012. There have been 247 new borrowers during the past year bringing' the present total to 2058. The prrcenlaj of population registered as borrowers Is 45.7 per cent. There were 210 new volumes added by purchir.e and 140 added by gift, making the lotal 7487 received by subscription and 4 books. There are 13 publications by gift. Adults borrowed 7253 fiction and 1292 non-fiction books while children "look-unt" 1470 fiction and 4.18 non-fiction books. The total of 10,495 books borrowed is a decrease of 2194 as compared with the previews fiscal year. Receipts, Including city funds, fines, rentals and unexpended balance from last year total $17(12.80. The library has $17,000 in bonds and $792.45 in savings account. Portland Store . Burns in Early Morning Blaze PORTLAND W A spectac ular fire swept through a group of buildings on the waterfront here Wednesday, burning out a five-story furniture warehouse, a supply ffrm, and part of a hotel, at a loss of more than $100,000. The blaze called out 300 fire men, tied up traffic for two hours, and caused heavy smoke and water damage to other surround ing buildings. The occupants of the Dayton Hotel fled to safely as the owner, Tamme Yamamoto, ran down the smoke-filled halls telling resi dents to leave. The top floor of the hotel burned, and some of the root collapsed. Pound's Slash Cuts Wool Sale PORTLAND. Ore. (U.B The first impact of foreign devalua tion on competing trade zones landed Wednesday and blocked a scheduled 5 million pound sale of Oregon wool. Boston buyers, who traveled 3000 miles to bid, entered token bids, 15 to 20 per cent lower than last week's price as they antici pated price cuts on Australian wool. Australia, along with other sterling-bloc nations, had cut her pound from a dollar valuation of 3.22 to 2.24 and Eastern importers expected her wool prices to drop accordingly. Oregon traders refused the Bos ton buyers offers, thereby tabling the product for the warenouses. The wool; at last week's sup ported prices of $1.30 to $1.50 a pound, represented a transaction in the $7 million class. It was of fered in two lots, the first was 2,500,000 pounds. Market observers expected the sellers and buyers to stand pat on their offers and price demands, though the buyers were confer ring with their home offices about the possibility of raising the offers. City Firemen Answer Four Alarms Tuesday Four alarms were answered Tuesday afternoon by Eugene firemen and a fiftli was received Wednesday morning. None of the calls involved serious property damage. At 1:07 p.m. Tuesday a grass fire was extinguished near the railroad right-of-way at Crocker Lane in (he River Road district. This fire - was believed started accidently by hoboes. Half an hour Miter firemen were called lo check a large trash fire at 1010 High, but found it under control and being burned under proper permit. At 3:26 a car was reported leaking gasoline at 1140 Illlyard, and at 9:22 p.m. a flue fire call took firemen to 735 Willamette St. The Wednesday call resulted from an electrical short in a creamery truck at 1737 Walnut St. This fire was extinguished with only minor damage resulting. ' rrJoi hit i iuing" Enjoy the 'li,Ulipfl hill quality ol this except ioiully line ice cram the best money can buy. Rich and deli cious . . . there's a tantalizing flavor to pica every taste. Buy it Irom your nrarot ArJcn dealer . , , 7'oMir.' Child Accosted On West Side The mother of a six-year-old girl Tuesday reported to Eugene city police that her daughter had been molested while on her way to school. The incident, on the west side of the city, reportedly took place at a.io a. m. A man In an auto mobile made advances to the lit tle girl, her mother said, and fin ally drove away after the child had run to the porch of a near by residence. lib.'' ,1 r - I Ik. ' ,'A -1 W IV I r f j ) L Capacity Crowds At Elmira Fair ELMIRA Route F's bountiful produce made a wonderful dis play Saturday at the grange sponsored Community Fair. The old Grange Hall was gaily decorated with flags and festoons. Comical signs, handpainted by artists Ruth and Earl Curtis, pointed the way to the attrac tions. The ham dinner and free movie in the evening were en joyed by a capacity crowd. Judges were: Mr. and Mrs. Gus Swanson and Fread Petzold of Central Grange; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bow ers of Four Oaks; Mrs. James Stoll of Crow, and Mrs. Virgil Allison of Elmira. There were many distinguish ed visitors attending, a few of whom were: Lennic Haldorson of Junction City, state grange gatekeeper: Mr, and Mrs. Frank Rogers of North Bend; Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Baker of Portland, Elmira's first high school principal; Mr. and Mrs. E, Solberg of Eugene; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Uteer (Mountain States electrician for this area); and Rosa Warthen of Elmira Grange. Some of the most noticeable exhibits were: A collection of antiques be longing to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Parker, including an old spinning wheel that traveled across the plains with Parker's grnndpar cuts on tho Oregon Trail; juvenile and 4-H displays of woodworking, cooking, 'canning and produce by Elmira's Juvenile Grangers; hob by display also by the Juveniles Curtis ceramics, odd and beauti ful specimens done by Ruth and Earl Curtis in their studio, also dogs modeled in clay by Alice Reid, some very remarkable work by an artist who may make El mira famous some day; Flowera A rock garden surrounded by old fashioned flowers by the El mira Garden Club; a most com plcte display of dahlia varieties, also fuchias, begonias, asters and even roses; the traditional mons trous pumpkin was there and tunup as big around as a dinner plate; The women of the community were represented by a display of articles made from feed sacks. The scrumptious cakes enter ed In the exhibit didn't last long after they were put on sale at the- lee cream booth. Thanka to Scouts The evening's entertainment which included a one reel film on "Scouting" was made possible by the use of the Scout's projector operated by Ted Baker, district icout commissioner. The decorating of the booth Is in charge of Ruth. and Earl Curtis. Slmira Grange's artistic couple .vhose effort helped make the Community Fair so successful. . PT!S?i---rfi .uiiTiii ll ninnnr--ri FBUT HROLV A RtcH T HeKT OH. HE v -...J . II M VOUTH- PHlUWrrHRCPICTORHET) 6TR0NG-WHV ON Sr THE oxm J?. rHft WE'D KNOWN ) V&ZfSZZarn NOTBE LMNG IN A 006SNT HE fl THE FKM WhS2 I ly""" '!!!.f'fT BUT rr S NOW f ( fWETHB LOST ACOCOMAN ) IwTVr T, HEAR raOMJK'"; OBGANIZATICN MEN WORKING VKTERDAV WHILE 1 1 COME ? )m THAT W1LMEUS CLEANUP. I NIT NUMBER J I MUST BE . 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