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A I Decontrol of ! Shoe Industry Effective Today White House Directs Discard of Ceilings on All Leather and Hides Washington, Oct. 31 Wj De control or the nation's 52,000,-000,000-a-year shoe industry be came effective today after the While House publicly directed OPA Chief Paul Porter to throw shoe price ceilings into the discard. . rrienas 01 rui lur sam iiu nau " I refused 'o take any action until ordered to do so. Also in com- i pliance with White House wisli . ? cs, they said, he removed ceil- .! ings on all leather and hides. These sources told a reporter i the price administrator resisted I the White House request because ' f he was opposed to piecemeal A removal of controls before OPA f is ready to publish its major de control list. Steelinan Gives Order .! Stcelman issued the order late yesterday and OPA fol- J lowed through within a few I -fmnutes with its brief decon- 1 trol announcement. i OPA officials said retail shoe .! prices might soar 20 to 30 per- j cent above present levels be- i fore they begin to turn down- j ward. Porter demanded the White House directive, it was learned, ; because he publicly had taken .' an opposite stand in a statement ' on October 18, shortly after s President Truman had released "; all meat and livestock, if In forecasting a price rise, j the OPA noted that production is expected to lag 50,000,000 behind the estimated 550,000,- i 000 Pari needed in 1947. I Master Plan Held Up ( The end of all price tags on shoes cams exactly one year to the day after wartime ra i Honing of shoes was lifted. OPA meanwhile let it be known that its master decontrol 'I plan originally scheduled to be made public tomorrow will not i be released until next week, presumably after the election. Officials have said the admin istration's decision on what to I do about the present wage sta ) bilization board is to be an ' pounced simultaneously, and the White House said yesterday that announcement would not be '; forthcoming until alter next Tuesday's balloting. Keyed with the swing back to j a free economy, the administra- Aon for the third time in two ; dipys sought to banish gloomy ! forecasts of a possible recession. Major Items Under Control Washington, Oct. 31 Here are the major items still under price controls after sharp reduction of the program: Rents, building materials and most textiles and apparel. Most heavy consumer durable goods such as household me chanical refrigerators, washing machines, electric ranges, vacu um cleaners, cooking and heat ing stoves, floor coverings, and bedding products such as springs and mattresses. Most major items o house hold furniture, some capital goods machinery and equipment, farm machinery and equipment, automobiles, basic metals, news print and some other paper products, most automobile tires and other rubber items. Many chemical and drugs, sol id fuels such as coal and coke, some transportation services, services such as laundry and dry cleaning, automobile repairing, Including replacement parts, su gar, syrups and rice. eenan Arbitrator In Movie Strikes Hollywood, Oct. 31 Wj Jos eph Keenan, secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor (AFL) for 11 years, has been chosen by film labor groups to act as permanent arbitrator in settling minor disputes between rival AFL unions in the movie industry. His acceptance was awaited today. The 80-year-old former ad viser to the office of production management was selected by a committee representing the con ference of studio unions, its rival International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, and the Screen Actors' Guild, acting as a neuira; agent. The Weather (Released by the United States Weather Bureau) Forecast for Saiein and vicin ity: Cloud.! witt: ughi, rain for tonicht and Friday morning. Lowjt temper-ante tonight 44 degrees. Conditions will be un favorable generally for all farm worx lor next 24 hours. Max. temperature 5.5. Min. today 41. Mean temperature yes:e;day 48, whio, ww 2 below normal. To tal M-hour precipitation to ! 1 :30 a.m today .08. ToaJ precipita tion for aie month .;, which Is 1.37 Inches nbovc Hernial. Wil lamette river height -.1 ft. 58th Year, No. 258 Price Five Cents Bomb Wrecks Embassy of Britain in Rome Koine, Oct. 31 M') A thun dering bomb explosion which shook the city wrecked an en tire wing of the British em bassy early today and wound ed an Italian passerby, perhaps mortally. Polite ami embassy officials confessed themselves without a clue as to the identity of the perpetrators. A gaping hole reaching back for a depth of two rooms was lorn into the building by the blast, resulting from two suit cases full of explosives detonat ed by clockwork. The heavy masonry of the block-long, three-story structure was crack ed so deeply that police said part of it might have to be pull ed down. Personnel Escapes , Embassy personnel escaped injury, but two Italian passrrsby were wounded. One of them, Nicolino Plitta, was said to have been hurt so badly that he may die. Four embassy guards were thrown from their beds but were not hurt. J. G. Ward, the British charge d'affaires, said the blast, which occurred at 2:43 a.m., sounded to him like "a 500-pmmder." (bomb) Windows throughout the building, on Vcnti Sctlcm brc street in uptown Rome, and in buildings across the street were shattered. Reason Unknown Italian investigators said t hoy could not even think of a rea son why anyone in Italy should want to bomb the British, for sustained criticism of British policies has been lacking in Italy since the war ended. Ward and Michael Stewart, British press attache, said they also were mystified by the bombing. 98 Million Days Losl by Strikes Washington, Oct. 31 (P) Strike idleness during the first nine months of 1946 exceeded by nearly three limes the work ing time simiUr.'.y lost in all of 1945, the previous record year. Government figures which showed this today placed at 93, 225,000 the number of man days lost due to management labor disputes during the Janu-ary-through-Seplembcr period. For all of last year the total was 38,025,000. Earlier peaks were 28,425.000 in 1937: 26.219, 000 in 1027 and 23,048,000 in 1941. The bureau of labor statis tics, which compiled the figures, said the number of strikes and lockouts for the first nine months of this year totaled 3, 575, compared with 3,784 for all of 1945. The reason for the big jump in man days lost, officials said, is that postwar strikes have been bitter and for keeps, hence extended for longer periods. During the war walkouts gen erally were small, spontaneous and quickly settled. " " Bong's Widow Weds Sales Manager Hollywood. Oct. 31 Mar jorie Bong, 22, pretty widow of one of America's lop flying aces, and James H. Baird, 22, sales manager for a woolen im port firm, were married last night in a double ring cere mony. They met at a modeling agency last March where both Mrs. Bong and Baird's siser were working. Five Contests Positions Go Before Voters Contests for five city offices, all ol them memberships on the city council, will be before Salem voters in next Tuesday's elec tion. Running without opposition are David O'Hara, dean of the council, who will again be alder man from Ward 5; Howard Maple, who will again serve Ward 7; Robert L. Elfstrom for mayor, and Paul Hauser, who will succeed himself as city treasurer. For the first lime, starling January 1, the city council will comprise a mayor "and only seven aldermen, instead of 14 aldermen as now. This is under the new council - administrator form of government, which re duces the number of aldermen from two lo the ward to one per ward. In Ward 1 the candidates for alderman are Ed W. Acklin, now serving, and James H. Nichol son, whose late father served on '.hat po.st for several years. Ack lin is chairman of the committee Entered ta second class matter at Salem, Oregon Lewis Certain to Win Victory In Coal Crisis Washington, Oct. 31 W) John L. Lewis appeared certain to day to emerge from his fight with the government a bigger winner than ever. .With Lewis holding the whip hand backed by the tacit but nonetheless real threat of another strike by his 400,000 soft .coal .miners all signs point to eventual new gov eminent concessions in the ne gotiations scheduled to start to morrow. Whether a walkout will tcrvene remains to be seen, but here arc the signposts that say the United Mine Workers' chief in the end will get at least part of what he wants. 1. Lewis apparently has won the first round getting the government to talk higher wages with him. The officials who are going to negotiate with him Secre tary of the Interior J. A. Krug and Navy Capt. N. H. Collisson, federal coal mines administra tor still haven't agreed to re open the present contract, but Ihcy say Ihey are willing lo dis cuss anything that is on Lewis' mind. Government's Fears 2. The government is anxious lo avert a coal strike in No vember, with winter's chill ap proaching. And the adminis tration is well aware of what would happen under the min ers' historic no-contract no work stand should Lewis can cel the agreement on schedule, November 20. Moreover, any move lo invoke the jail penalties of the Smith Connally war labor disputes act against Lewis in the event of a walk-out might only prolong the controversy because of the unswerving manner in which the miners always have stood behind their chief. Asks Shorter Week 3. Top administration advis ers acknowledge that they are searching for a satisfactory pay concession to Lewis yet one which would not upset the labor-management apple cart and set a pattern for other union de mands. Lewis is expected to ask for a shorter work week without loss in pay for the soft-coal miners. They now work six days of nine hours each, a total of 54 hours, with overtime pay beyond 35 hours. The miner who puts in a full week gets $75.25. Armour Guilty OPA Violations Philadelphia, Oct. 31 VP) U. S. District Judge Guy K. Bard today convicted Armour & Co., meal packers, on 17 counts charging it forced butchers to buy other products in order to obtain meat and butter. Sentence was defefred until Dec. 2, pending hearing on a motion for new trial offered by Charles A Kenworthcy, former Pennsylvania superior court judge and attorney for the com pany. The court earlier this week dismissed 23 counts on a motion by Assistant U. S. Attorney Jo seph E. Gold and today acquit ted the company on six others. The maximum penalty would be a fine of $5000 an each count. Gold said he thought the ver dict was fair and would act as a deterrent against further use "of this vicious and aggravated practice " He also declared the company faces possibility of losing S480.000 in government subsidies. for Council on licenses, chairman of the committee on building regula tions, and member of the com mittees on bridges, lights and electric signs, and public utili ties. In Ward 2 Alderman Albert H. Gille is opposed by L. F Le Garic, a former councilman for the ward who was among the most active members. Gille has been an especially active mem ber throughout his incumbency, with important committee posi tions. Ho was the first to broach the Bush's pasture park pro posal, among other things. He ts chairman of the committees on accounts and current expenses and public utilities, and member of the committees on police and traffic, and ways and means. (Concluded on Page 13, Column 1) Salem, Oregon, Q i.i t Jilt mt Regimental Colors Returned ments, the 218th field artillery regiment and the 249th coast artillery regiment color bearers and veterans of the four regiments return the salute of Gov. Earl Snell following the return of the units' regimental flags to the state at a ceremony held at the capilol building Wednesday. Below The staff of Oregon's adjutant general. Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Rilca, paused before ascending the capitol steps for the ceremony. In front is the general's flag orderly for the day, M. Sgt. Carl V. Shoemaker, II, veteran of the 41st division. Front row. left to right, the staff members are Brig. Gen. Raymond F. Olson, Col. H. G. Maison, Col. Carl V. Shoemaker, Col. Harold A. Taylor, Col. Charles A. Fertig. Back row. Col. George E. Sandy, Lt. Col. Garlyn Munkres, Maj. William H. Adams and Maj. Robert H. Kruhn. Valuable Data Exposed To Danger of Fires Hy Don Upjohn Surveyors' .books containing notes on all the roads of the counly running back to 1855 are lying in the county surveyor's office on the fourth floor of the courthouse unprotected by vaults and inviting quick and complete destruction should a fire sweep that venerable structure. County Engineer Hedda Swart, who is more familiar with county roads and all things pertaining to them. probably, than any other man in the county attributes many of his gray hairs, and lack of the rest to this fact.. "Whenever I hear the fire siren, whether day or night, the shivers run up and down my spine," said . the county engi neer, "for my first fear and one that continues until I find out otherwise is whether the siren is singing a requiem over the courthouse. No fire department was ever assembled that could control a fire which got under anything like good headway in that building." Then he went on to elucidate why these fears, and something of the significance to the county that any fire would be that gut ted the surveyor's office, let alone the rest of the structure. (Concluded on Pare 14, Column 1) British Standardizes Arms on U. S. Sizes London, Oct. 31 MP) Well- qualified British military sour ces, say the British empire has agreed in principle to the stan dardization of all its armaments on U. S. sizes and patterns. In practice, these informants said, standardization would serve the United States by mak ing such countries as Australia and New Zealand, in effect, "ad vanced bases" for U. S. forces in the event of future conflict. Britain would gain the advan tage of being able to order most of her land, air and naval wea pons and munitions from Amer ica with considerable less trouble, and in far less time, than in the past. Arabs Denounce Truman's Letter Jerusalem, Oct. 31 UR Pres ident Truman's recent letter to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia was denounced today by the Arab higher committee as in dicating "an aggressive, oppres sive policy threatening the Arabs of Palestine with extinc tion." The Arab higher committee cabled the president that his letter was "an open challenge to the Arab nation which is de termined to preserve the Arab character of the Holy Land and oppose all Jewish immigration." JoHirna Thursday, October 31, to Oregon Commanders of the Estonians to Remain in U. S. Miami, Fla., Oct. 31 (JP) The attorney general of the United States assumed authority over 48 Estonian refugees who sailed 6,000 miles from Sweden to Mi ami in small boats and a repre sentative he sqnt here said to day the group will not be do ported until another order is given by the attorney general's office. Thomas B. Shoemaker, dep uty commissioner of immigra tion sent here by Attorney Gen eral Tom Clark after President Truman personally expressed concern over the Estonians, said the refugee group will remain under the supervision of the immigration department. The next order regarding their stay in the country, how ever, will come direct from the attorney general, he. reported. "We are not going to lake snap judgment from the stand point of law, government and the people involved," said Shoe maker in a verbal statement. "These Estonians are not of a criminal nature, but they en tered without visas. They will be given mature consideration in every shape and form." New National Forest North California San Francisco, Oct. 31 (Pi A new national forest, as yet un named, has been carved out of the Siskiyou, Klamath and Trin ity forests in northwest Cali fornia. Headquarters will be at Eureka. Regional Forester S. B. Show of the U.S. forest service said the chief reason for creating the new areas was "growing indus trial development and utiliza tion of the heavy stands of uncut commercial timber on the west slopes of the coast range." The 800,000-acre forest in cludes virtually all Siskiyou forest land south of the Oregon boundary, the exception being several thousand acres at the headwaters of the Illinois river which flows into Oregon. Two Trinity forest districts and part of the Orleans district of the Klamath forest are included. 1946 162nd and 186th infantry regi East Swelters: Rockies Freeze fBy (lie Assodatrrt Press) Spring-like weather warmed the norlhcast today while most of the west shivered in a battle of weather fronts. In New York City, where the mercury hit 79 yesterday for the warmest temperature for the date since the weather bureau began keeping records back in 1871. a high of between 75 and 80 was forecast for today. It was shirt-sleeve weather, loo, in such scattered points as Pittsburgh, Pa., and Portland, Me., where residents generally are donning winter coats at this season. In the Utali mountains, how ever, searching parlies pushed through waist-deep snow to res cue all but four of 33 snow bound persons. Two deer hunt lers remained isolated near Og den and two others were strand ed near Cedar City, but both parlies had shelter and were be lieved in no immediate danger. Clearing skies apparently sig naled an end lo the two-day storm which swept several in tcrmounlain slates. The U.S. weather bureau ex plained that warm weather in the east was created by a high pressue area which is circulat ing moist air from southern lat itudes northward to the Great Lakes. Watson Given 3 Years Prison For Hesse Jewelry Theft Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 31 (Pi Maj. David F. Watson was sentenced to three years imprisonment and dismissal from the U. S. army today upon his conviction on charges of conspiracy and receiving stolen property in connection with the $1,500, 000 Kronbcrg castle jewel theft. It was the second conviction in the case of the stolen Hesse family pewcls. Wae Captain Kathleen Nash Durant was sen tenced earlier to five years' im prisonment. Her husband and Watson's commanding- officer, Col. Jack W. Durant, is await ing trial. Col. John Harlan Amen, Wat son's attorney, had asked the U.S. military court for an ac quittal on the contention that the Burlingamc, Calif., officer "had no intent to steal." The prosecution said Wat son's defense that the treasure was "legitimate loot" was an "insult to the armed forces of the United States." Amen asserted, that Watson was "nothing but a dupe" in the removal of the rich gem hoards from the army"-occupied Kron bcrg castle. Capt. Abraham Hyman of Gary, Ind., said in final argu ments for the prosecution that Russia Wins Open Hearing For Arms Limitation Program In United Nations Assembly Go-Ahead Given When Steering Committee Unanimously Votes to Place Soviet Proposal on Agenda Along With Spanish Question New York, Oct. 31 W The Soviet Union won a wide-open hearing for her arms limitation program today as the United Nations assembly wound up its opening round of general debate with a vigorous plea from the Soviet Ukraine for approval of the Russian proposals. The go-ahead on the disarmament discussions was given when the 11-nations steering committee voted unanimously to recom mend that the four-point Soviet proposal be placed on the as sembly's agenda. The committee also tossed another highly controversial Issue to the assembly floor when It recommended that the Spanish question be placed on the agenda for a full airing of charges against the Franco regime. The Soviet Ukraine's white-haired foreign minister, Dmitri Manuilsky, last speaker in the general debate, declared that "the time has come" for action to slash armaments and free the world of competition for mili tary might. Manuilsky devoted most of his hour-long speech to a stout de fense of the veto rights of the five major powers in the secur ity council, charging that the campaign to limit use of the veto was closely linked with a prop aganda drive to spread fear of a new war, divide the big pow ers and "discredit" the United Nations. Hits Anglo-Saxon Bloc He declared that the United States fully supported the veto at the San Francisco confer ence, but that Warren R. Aus tin, chief U.S. delegate, now was expressing doubts about it. Ho called on Austin to "slate more precisely" his views when the question comes up for de bate. "The Anglo-Saxon majority desires a monopolistic position in the security council," he as serted, after pointing out that Russia had been on the minor ity side on every important question before the council. That, he said, is one good rea son why the veto must be re tained. Long Debate Expected The assembly prepared lo start immediately on its debate over the adoption of the agenda, expecting to hear a long list of speakers led off by Field Mar shal Jan Christian Smuts, prime minister and chief delegate from the Union of South Africa, against Indian charges of racial discrimination in his country. The agenda already had been approved by the general com mittee, but some of the items were expected to be debated at length on the floor, possibly ex tending the debate through to morrow. The committee agreed unani mously to send the armaments issue to the 51-nation assembly and to have it referred immedi ately to the assembly's political committee. The proposal to put the ques tion on the agenda was offered by British Delegate Philip J. Noel-Baker as soon as the gen eral (steering) committee met. Vishinsky Accepts "I accept the proposal of the representative of the United Kingdom," said Soviet Delegate Andrei Y. Vishinsky. No other delegates spoke on the question. Committee action on the arms issue was confined to the So viet proposals, but it was taken for granted that once they came up the debate would embrace all arms proposals including de mands by the United States that adequate inspection and en forcement measures be adopted along with any limitation ac tion. Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov seeks to reduce arms and outlaw atomic weapons by agreement, but Warren R. Aus tin, chief of the U.S. delegation, declared last night that the United Nations must go beyond that to guard against secret armament. a share of the jewels apparently was given Watson by Mrs. Dur ant, who was in charge of an officers' club at the castle, but asserted the major knew she had no title to them. "This was private property, not subject to confiscation," Hy man said. Watson did not take the wit ness stand. The big. balding, 33-year-old major took the verdict stoically, standing erect and expression less in front of the military court. The judges had delib erated an hour and a half. Watson was acquitted of ac tually stealing the gems, but was found guilty of conspiring with Durant and Durant's wife to convert the jewels lo their own use and also of receiving a por tion of the jewels, "well know ing them to be stolen." The major's father, Albert J. Watson of Hillsborough, Calif., was among the spectators in the small courtroom. Occupation Chiefs Recalled Washington, Oct. 31 Sec retary of State Byrnes disclosed today that he has summoned American occupation chiefs back from Germany for consul tation in connection with a pos sible German peace treaty. The get-together would b to discuss the possibility of laying the groundwork for such a treaty at the forthcoming for eign ministers' council. Byrnes told his news confer ence that he has asked Gen. Lucius D Clay and his civilian adviser Robert Murphy, to re turn here Nov. 10 for confer ences on both preliminary and permanent problems involved in reaching a peace pact. The secretary made it clear that he is firmly oppascd to making any further trips to Eu rope in question of peace there unless concrete hopes for reach ing a settlement in Germany can be found at the council meeting. Byrnes scoffed at reporters" suggestions that the allies could best reach an accord by attempt ing to solve their problems "on a global ralher than a piece meal basis." He said the jury involved in the settlements is a four-man affair and that it has to render a unanimous verdict in its de cisions. It is difficult now, he added, to gel such verdicts on separate problems. Churchill for Arms Publicity London, Oct. 31 tV) Winston Churchill declared today ha hoped tfi e United Nations would "sweep away" war talk by pro viding for an interchange of "actual military facts, support ed by adequate reciprocal in spection." Britain's war-time prime min ister called by Prime Minister Stalin an "instigator" of a new war gave his reply in a speech accepting the freedom of the city of Birmingham. The honor was presented at his London home. "We are told that one of the great evils from which we suf fer is international suspicion," Churchill said. "There is a very good remedy for suspicion. "It is the full disclosure of the facts, and that simple sov ereign remedy, I hope, will be applied to the world situation by the United Nations organi zation now meeting in the Unit ed States, and what is called war talk swept away by an in terchange of actual military facts supported by adequate reciprocal inspection on terms of honorable equality between all the powers, great and small, which arc involved." Battles Staged at Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee, Wis.. Oct. 31 U.M --The mayor of suburban West Allis, Wis., appealed to the gov ernment today to settle the bit ter 184-day strike which has turned the Allis-Chalmers farm equipment plant into a turbu lent battleground of picket-line violence. While 400 police and sheriff's deputies stood guard at the huge plant in anticipation of further violence. Mayor Arnold Klentz sent a telegram lo Sec retary of Labor Lewis B. Schwcllcnbach asking that the government conduct negotia tions for a settlement. Meanwhile, 10 more pickets were arrested after yesterday's mass fighting and 26 men, in cluding leaders of the striking CIO United Automobile Work ers, were cited for contempt of court. Storm Warnings Hoisted Portland, Ore., Oct. 31 (UP1 Southeast storm warnings were hoisted at 7:30 a.m. today for strong lo gale force winds today and tonight along the Washing ton and Oregon coasts, the U. S. weather bureau hero report ed. Winds arc expected to shift lo southwest later tonight. 1 f 1
