Jito Declares
Yugoslavia Has
Atomic Bombs
Dictator Claimed Also
Jet Planes for Annihi
lation of Reaction
Trieste, Free Territory, Jan.
21 (P) Premier Marshal Tito
was quoted by La Voce Libera
today as telling Yugoslav com
munist leaders that "we shall
use our own atomic bomb" in
any future conflict for "the final
annihilation of reaction."
(A version published by the
pro - DeGaulle French weekly
"Dissidence 40" quoted Tito as
saying: "War against the Anglo
Americans is inevitable. It is
perhaps even a question of
weeks."
La Voce Libera, a pro-Italian
newspaper, said Tito had deliv
ered the speech to his party ex
ecutive' in Zagreb last November
18. It said he had reported Rus
sian arsenals are turning out
30,000 vehicles a month and "our
jjjet-propelled lighters and our ar
(jjfiillery will eliminate from the
Tenemy aviation any desire to
come and see us."
The paper said it had had the
ttt of the speech for a month,
but delayed publication, until it
learned it was authentic and had
been published in "Dissidence
40" pro - De Gaullist French
newspaper.
Strong Army Ready
La Voce Libera quoted Tito as
saying that reactionary forces,
with the aid of American and
British capital, were working
against the "Yugoslav proletar
iat," but that he had a "very
strong, well organized army
which we do not feed chocolate
and sweets but which stands in
readiness, not only to protect our
frontiers, but also to oust the
division of gangsters concentrat
ed in Italy and Austria." The
quotations went on:
"We are ready to sink their
fleet in the Adriatic; against their
atomic bombs we shall use our
own. We do not stand alone this
time.
"Our jet propelled fighter
planes and our artillery will ef
ficaciously discourage visits by
enemy aviation. Our materiel
comes from an inexhaustible
source. Our lines of transport
will never be cut.
Boasts of Power
"Russian workshops turn out
30,000 cars a month. Headquar
ters have at their disposal 150
I divisions ready to march on 48
trfhouri notice and capable of-wip
1 ' ins out all obstacles- nbstruetinff
their advance up to Paris.
Tito was quoted as saying a
few thousand "bandits" were in
the Yugoslav mountains and
were vexing, but of no conse
quence. (Balkan government
spokesmen regularly use the
term "bandit" for opposition
forces.)
(Concluded on Fate 11, Column 7)
200,000 Strike
In Germany
Nuernberg, Jan. 21 (U.I!) An
estimated 200,000 German work
ers struck in the coal-rich Ruhr
and in the American zone today
in protest against food condi
tions. More than 100,000 industrial
and office workers walked out
in the big Rhineland city of
Cologne and a similar hunger
strike was reported to have
brought out a number of work'
ers in nearby Essen. The Co
logne strike was expected to last
throughout the day.
Thirty thousand metal work
ers struck for a half day in
Nuernberg starting at noon and
union leaders said that the city's
entire labor force with the ex
ception of transport workers
would join in.
There was no accurate esti
LUtte available of the number
jV? fuernberg strikers. The city's
population is . about 400,000.
The food shortage, according
to allied officials, is the result
of flaws in German food col
lections and distribution.
Food unrest originated in the
Ruhr when the area's fat ration
could not be fulfilled for three
weeks recently. To mollify the
industrial workers, food authori
ties reduced rations in the Amer
lean zone in favor of the Ruhr
Strikes then began in the Amer
ican zone.
At least 30,000 strikers are
expected to demonstrate in
Nuernberg's principal square,
the Hauptmarket, during the aft
ernoon in protest against the
state government': refusal to
adopt the Bavarian union's
seven-point food collection plan
The Weather
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Some cloudiness tonight
and Thursday. Lowest expected
temperature tonight, 28 degrees;
highest Thursday, 49. Maximum
yesterday 41. Minimum today 28.
Mean temperature yesterday 32,
which was 8 below normal. Total
24-hour precipitation to 11:30 a.
m. today 0. Total precipitation
tor the month 63 which Is ta
Inches abort normal. Willam
ette river height at Salem Wed
nesday morning, 2.0 feet, Jailing.
Capital
59th Year, No. 18 ?.r,d".
United Nations
Again Tackle
Palestine Issue
Lake Success, Jan. 21 VP) The
United Nations Palestine parti
tion commission today tackles
two major questions: that of
asking for an international army
to enforce the aplitup of the
Holy Land and that of opening
Tel Aviv to Jewish immigration
February 1.
A Philippine request for action
by the security council, the only
UN organ empowered to provide
military units, to enforce parti
tion topped the commission pro
gram. Immediately after a de
cision on that point, the five-
man commission planned to hear
from Sir Alexander Cadogan,
British delegate, on London s
program in connection with the
general assembly's recommenda
tion that a port area be cleared
for admitting Jews within the
next 10 days.
Army Held Needed
In its present form the Philip
pine resolution merely calls on
the council to consider whether
the situation in Palestine con
stitutes a threat to international
peace or breach of peace, but
informed quarters said it was
virtually certain that a specific
request for force would be made.
The commission already was
understood to have reached a
mutual understanding that an
international force was neces
sary to implement the plan to
carve up Palestine into independ
ent Jewish and Arab countries
effective next October 1.
Once the commission makes
the request, the question will
arise as to how the council can
raise an army. The UN charter
provides for an international
force but so far differences be
tween Russia and the western
powers have blocked agreement
on setting up , the units. The
council thus can be expected to
seek some means of putting into
the field a temporary interna
tional army.
BudgetTrimmed
Of $3 Billion
Washington, Jan. 21 (P) A
GOP determination to slash
President Truman's budget by
"at least ?3,uuu,uuu,uuu" was re
ported by Rep. Knutson (R
Minn) today to have formed the
basis of house republican leader
ship approval of the $5,600,-
000,000 tax reduction bill.
Knutson, author of the tax-
cutting measure, told reporters
both senator raft (R-Ohio),
chairman of the senate republi
can policy committee, and Chair
man Taber (R-NY) of the house
appropriations committee had
agreed that Mr. Truman's $39,-
700,000,000 , spending estimate
can be "cut sharply."
Meanwhile, the house ways
and means committee bogged
down in a detailed reading and
diseussion of the 28-page tax
bill, and Knutson, the ways and
means chairman, said that al
though committee approval is
assured it probably will not
come until next Monday or
Tuesday.
The measure, which faces a
virtually certain veto, will be
brought to a showdown vote in
the house on Friday or Satur
day of next week, he said, with
passage practically assured.
Strike Closes Plant
Detroit, Jan. 21 (U.R) Hudson
Motor Car company shut down
its main plant "indefinitely" to
day, because of a body shortage
caused by a week-old strike of
S50 foremen.
Survey Will Be
Salem s Hospital Needs
An immediate survey will be made by C. A. McClure, engineer
for the Salem long-range planning commission, to determine
Salem's hospital facilities and
for building funds that havef
been proposed by the two hos
pitals. The survey by the plan
ning commission is at the re
quest of the board of control of
Salem General hospital and the
board of trustees of Salem Me
morial hospital, formerly the
Deaconess.
McClure was assigned to the
survey, on motion of George
Putnam at a special meeting of
the planning commission Tues
day night. The survey will de
termine the extent and valua
tion of property owned by the
two institutions, the hospital
ownership, condition of build
ings, and financial resources. In
the process of fact finding it will
also show, at the suggestion of
Paul B. Wallace, the scope of
Salem hospital service to the
central Willamette valley area.
McClure indicated, among oth
er things, that his report would
teond elku
Sfclem, Orefon
GOP Tax Slash
Bill Certain to
Pass in House
Washington, Jan. 21 VP) Ap
proved "as is" by the house re
publican leadership, the $5,600,
000,000 tax slashing bill moved
today toward swift house pas
sage and a virtually certain veto.
Democrats mobilizing to bat
tle the measure claimed enough
votes to block its final enact
ment, however, unless the sen
ate trims the size of the tax
cut when the legislation reaches
that bedy.
Speaker Martin (R-Mass) set
the house vote for next week,
probably Friday.
The house republican steering
committee,, in approving the
measure late yesterday, refused
flatly to make any concessions
that might attract democratic
support. A two-thirds majority
is needed in both houses to over
turn a presidential objection.
Rayburn Predicts Defeat
Democratic Leader Rayburn
of Texas told reporters "the
bill as it is will never become
law, and I think the republicans
know it."
But Rep. Knutson (R-Minn),
author of the measure, shot back
that Rayburn is "indulging in
wishful thinking" and added:
the bill will become law."
The GOP leaders ignored
President Truman's substitute
proposal calling for a $40 "cost
of living" tax cut for everyone
and a compensating $3,200,000,-
000 excess profits levy on cor
porations. The ways and means commit
tee was called into closed door
session (10 a.m., EST) to con
sider the Knutson measure. But
with republicans outnumbering
democrats 15 to 10, the commit
tee's formal approval was vir
tually certain.
Approval Certain
Martin told a news conference
after the steering committee de
cision that the republicans will
slash Mr. Truman's $39,700,000,-
000 budget to make room for
the tax cut and a payment on
the national debt of at least $Z,
000,000,000. ' - . .
"We need to cut the budget
only by $1,500,000,000 to do
that," Martin said, "but we are
going to reduce the budget
much more than that."
To which Chairman Taber (R
NY) of the house appropriations
committee added in an inter
view: "When we get through
with the president's budget we
will have money enough for a
$5,600,000,000 tax reduction and
at least a $5,000,000,000 pay
ment on the debt."
Gandhi Has Mercy
For Bomb Thrower
New Delhi, Jan. 21 VP) Mo
handa K. Gandhi said tonight
he will ask the police to be
mcciful with a youthful Hindu
accused of exploding a home
made bomb near his prayer
meeting last night. The suspect
could be imprisoned for life.
"We should not harbor ha
tred," Gandhi said. "I will re
quest the police not to trouble
him but to have compassion to
wards him and make him see
the righteous path."
Gandhi, too weak to walk be
cause of his recent fast for com
munal peace, had been carried
to the prayer meeting in t
chair. He laughed when an un
identified man in the audience
demanded that Gandhi proclaim
himself a reincarnation of God
When the speaker persisted,
Gandhi impatiently told him to
sit down and be quiet.
Made on
needs with reference to campaigns
show a history of the hospitals,
ground plans, investment in
equipment, returns from a ques
tionnaire to doctors giving their
opinion on facilities, a compari
son of existing facilities, pres
ent and future population data
A committee from the commis
sion will assist the engineer with
the doctors questionnaire.
On the basis of the report the
planning commission is expected
to recommend whether Salem
should have one or two new hos
pitals, and if two are deemed
advisable, whether -the cam
paigns for funds should be con
solidated. The total cost of the
two as proposed would be
around $3,000,000.
Submitted was the return on
a ballot taken among, 33 Salem
doctors, who unanimously fav
ored one big hospital rather than
two small ones.
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, January
B i nf'1 .It " Wm r llasMlin hi XWi
Chinese Demonstrators at Canton Cantonese mill around the
bent and twisted British consulate
tearing down the British flag and
a demonstration protesting the
British from the walled city of Kowloon, across the.bay from Hong
Kong. (AP Wirephoto)
Hunt $17,000 Cache
And Missing Woman
Seattle, Jan. 21 VP) Two King
the husband of a missing Seattle
eastern Oregon in search of a
husband said he had written an
ment with his wife.
13 Injured in
Airliner Crash
Boston, Jan. 21 VP) Thirteen
passengers were injured as they
leaped front h big Eastern Air
lines Lockheci-Constellation tHpressed jfo wiiiihghcsi
uaj olici me plane aiLiuucu iiilu
a snowbank and caught fire
when it landed in early morn
ing darkness at Logan inter
national airport.
The $1,000,000 airliner was
almost completely consumed by
the flames that spread from one
of the four engines while 20
passengers and five crew mem
bers jumped or dropped 15 feet
from a doorway on the opposite
side into snowbanks. Enroute
from Miami to Newark, the
plane was rerouted first to New
York and then to Boston be
cause of stormy weather.
Seven persons were treated in
hospitals and six others were
given first aid all for hurts suf
fered as they escaped from the
burning plane to the ground be
low. A 14th person not a pas
senger who ran to aid occu
pants of the plane, was injured
by a police car as it sped to the
scene.
A snowstorm had reduced
visibility to "zero" according to
one crew member.
Flight Engineer Harold Coon-
ley of Miami said ice on the run
way and not enough braking
surface caused the skid into the
snowbank and, although Cap
tain Merrill E. Thayer, also of
Miami, cut his engines, there was
a flash from one far at the
right, and flames raced over the
big craft.
Probe Baby's Death
In Mayor's Office
Minneapolis, Jan. 21 VP)
Mayor Hubert Humphrey today
summoned for 4:30 p.m. (CST)
an emergency meeting of the
Minneapolis public welfare
board for what he said would
be an "exhaustive inquiry" into
the case of a four-months-old in
fant who died in his office re
ception room yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jensen,
Minneapolis, parents of Arthur,
Jr., told William C. Sims, aide
to the mayor, the child died fol
lowing refusal of General (City)
hospital physicians to admit it
Monday night.
Dr. Russell R. Heim, Henne
pin county (Minneapolis) coro
ner, said the Infant died of laryn
gcal-tracheal bronchitis. He said
an inquiry by his office disclosed
physicians at the hospital had
administered penicillin injec
tions and taken X-rays of the
baby for a pneumonia check but
had found no traces of that dis
ease Monday night.
Polio Death Reported
Butte, Mont., Jan. 21 0I.R
Montana's first 1948 polio death
was recorded here today.
Mrs. Virginia Tippett, 32-year-
old wife of a Butte city engineer
died of the diseaf last night.
Joure
".in
21, 1948
w
flagpole at Canton, China, after
setting the consulate afire during
eviction of 300 Chinese by the
county sheriff's detectives and
woman set out this morning for
$17,000 cache, against which the
'I. O. U." in a property settle-
Chief of County Detectives
Adam Lyskoski, leader of the
expedition, said officers became
interested in the reported cache
in connection with their invest!
gation of the disappearance of
Mrs. Ellen Buckingham Coyle
Hayton, 46, two weeks ago
Lyskoski said the husband
nosco i-iee iiayion, 63, parpen;
ter and, former merchant, ex
to take
officers to the cache in the hills
near Milton, Ore., to which he
said he had been adding money,
mostly in $1000 bills, for about
20 years.
The officer said Hayton con
firmed that he and his wife were
contemplating a divorce, but
that he could throw no light on
her mysterious disappearance or
her possible whereabouts.
Held without charge for fur
ther questioning, Hayton said in
signed statement last night
that he actually had given his
wife but $3000 in cash instead
of the $20,000 he originally as
serted. The remaining $17,000, he
was quoted as saying, was "in
the form of an IOU."
Mrs. Hayton, 46, disappeared
Jan. 8. Hayton said he last saw
her that day when he loft a res
taurant where they had met to
effect a property settlement.
Hayton told officers he had
started the cache, from which he
took the money, about 20 years
ago. The officers quoted him as
saying that part of the money,
hidden in a five-gallon oil can,
was "hush money" from a cat
tle rustler in eastern Washing
ton. He started the cache, he
said, because of his fear of bank
failures.
Meanwhile a suit was filed in
superior court against Hayton
by Mrs. Edna Rayborn, a sister
of the missing woman, to com
pel cancellation of deeds assert
ed ly given by Mrs. Hayton to
her husband, and to restrain him
from disposing of the properly.
The suit was brought in behalf
of Mrs. Hayton's son by a prior
marriage, Jack G. Coyle, 15
Mrs. Rayborn is his guardian.
The complaint alleges that
immediate relatives of Mrs. Hay
ton "are convinced she is dead
and has been deceased since
Jan. 8."
Open Temporary
Bridges on Umpqua
The highway commission said
today that the temporary bridg
es over the South Umpqua riv
er, eight miles south of Rose
burg, will be opened late tonight
They will replace the continuous
truss span that was damaged by
flood waters two weeks ago
The 9 a.m. road report:
Santiam Junction t- 18 de
grees, clear, spots of packed
snow and ice, sanded. 53 inches
roadside snow at summit.
Odcll Lake, Willamette high
way 28 degrees, overcast, spots
of ice, sanded. Road slushy be
tu.aan Qolt r.nnl, (nnnnl n n r! nH
of Odcll lake. 45 inches roadside
snow.
Price Five Cents
11-Year-Old Boy
Slayer Sent to
Boys Town, Neb,
Bend, Ore., Jan. 21 Wi Little
11-year-old Cecil Snyder, who
sang in his penthouse cell atop
the Deschutes county courthouse
and roller skated down the cor
ridors while held on a charge of
murdering his father, was head
ed for Boys Town, Neb., and a
new life today.
Arrested following the Decem
ber 12 death of his father, Jo
seph V. Snyder, the boy, small
for his years, was formally
charged with murder. Sheriff C.
L.. McCauley said he told a story
of abuse at the hands of his fa
ther, with whom he lived alone
in a farm house five miles cast
of here, and admitted putting
poison in two cheese sandwiches.
Paroled by Hamilton
Circuit Judge R. S. Hamilton
yesterday paroled Cecil to the
juvenile court where Judge C.
L. Allen conducted a hearing
based on his being a dependent
child. Howard S. Page, Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, representing Fa
ther Flanagan's Boys Town.
asked that the boy be released
to him to live at the famed Ne
braska town. The petition was
granted, with the court holding
the boy under parole until he
is 21.
Decked out in new clothes.
bought by money which was sent
to the sheriff from interested
persons in all parts of the coun
try, Cecil seemed confused and
uncertain of what life at Boys
Town would be. Told that he
could sing in a choir there jail
attendants said he has a "beau
tiful" child's voice he only
looked about unhappily and said
he would rather wear his old
clothes because they were "more
comfortable." He was unsmiling
and seemingly apathetic as he
started on the first train ride
of his life.
Mother Died in Child Birth
Cecil's mother died when -he
was born. He has seven brothers
and sisters, the youngest 16, all
of whom had left home previ
ously. ,
. Young Snyder was given No. 1
position over 3300" boys who
sought admission to Boys Town.
Many local residents and frater
nal organizations interceded in
behalf of Snyder.
To Force Sale of
Film Theaters
Washington, Jan. 21 VP) The
justice department today asked
the supreme court to require
five motion picture producers,
distributors and exhibitors to
dispose of their local movie
houses scattered throughout the
country.
Solicitor General Philip B.
Perlman told the court in a brief
that "the only way in which
the domestic film market can
now be opened to competition
is by divorcing" the five "from
their affiliated theaters."
The companies involved are
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Lowe's Inc.; Radio-Kcith-Or-
pheum corporation; Warner
Brothers Pictures, Inc., and
Twentieth Century-Fox Film
corporation.
The govcrnmi nt in 1940
brought an anti-trust action
against these five so-called "ma
jor defendants" and Columbia
Pictures corporation, Universal
corporation, and United Artists
corporation, alleging monopolis
tic practices. Columbia and Uni
versal are engaged only in mo
tion picture production and dis
tribution and United is engaged
only in distribution.
New Cold Wave Sweeps
From Canada Over East
'By the Auoclftted Prcu
After a brief respite from last
less severe cold wave appeared
the country.
surged across the Canadian bor
der and moved into the north
central sections of the country
It was expected to cover the
same area gripped by winter's
iciest blasts last week.
Accompanied by snow flurries
and strong winds, the cold air
moved down the Missouri and
upper Mississippi valleys and
temperatures dropped rapidly in
the Dakotas and Minnesota,
reaching sub-zero levels this
morning.
The edge of the new cold air
entered northern Missouri, Illi
nois, Indiana and lower Michi
gan. The mercury was expected
to dip to near the zero mark in
Chicago tomorrow.
Temperatures had moderated
considerably throughout the cold
belt in advance of the fresh fri-
'g'd blasts, particularly in the
Petrillo Denies
Conspiracy in
Broadcasting
Musicians' Czar
Admits Favoring
Networks Over FM
Washington, Jan. 21 VP)
James C. Petrillo denied today
there is any conspiracy between
his American Federation of Mu
sicians and the long-established
radio networks to hold back the
growth of FM (frequency modu
lation) broadcasting.
Petrillo told the house labor
committee he met with the rep
resentatives of the fledgling FM
industry a month ago and tenta
tively agreed to "make a deal"
with them on use of musicians
but said he told them:
I have got to talk to the
regular (AM) networks first."
Banned 'Live' Music
Petrillo has banned "live" mu
sic on FM networks and the dup
lication of music programs on
AM and FM networks. He also
has prohibited union musicians
from .making phonograph rec
ords.
As Rep. Owens (R-Ill) ques
tioned him about his relations
with the old-line radio networks
in connection with FM, Petrillo
screwed his chubby face into a
grimmage and broke in:
"Please, Mr. Congressman, if
there's anything in your mind
about a conspiracy between the
American Federation of Mu
sicians and the AM networks,
please dismiss it. It's not so."
He explained that he wanted
to consult the old-line networks
first because they pay his union
members $23,000,000 a year
"and it wouldn't be good busi
ness" not to consult them.
Prosecution Lax
As the hearing opened, Chair
man Hartley (R-NJ) told Pe
trillo the justice department was
"exceedingly lax" in preparing
a Lea act case in which the
union leader was acquitted
Speaking face to face with the
labor leader at a committee
hearing, Hartley - declared Pe
trillo was "clearly in violation
of law" despite the acquittal in
a federal court at Chicago last
week. He added:
"I am not particularly upset
by the justice department. 1
must say it was exceedingly lax."
British Imports Hit Union
Petrillo,.. w.ho .Aat . sllqntlyas
Hartley took him 1o task, was
accused under the Lea act of
coercing a Chicago radio station
to hire more workers than need
ed.
He was called before the com
mittee to answer charges that he
is attempting to throttle the
American entertainment indus
try through a monopoly on mu
sic. Hartley told him the British
flew in 12 tons of phonograph
records last week, after Petril
lo banned union musicians from
making records in this country.
Moreover, Hartley said, 250
tons of other records arc now
en route to the United States
by boat.
"What effect do you think
that will have on American mu
sicians, Mr. Petrillo," Hartley
asked.
Petrillo launched into a long
statement contending that the
record-making industry Is reap
ing huge profits whereas the
average pay of American musi
cians in making recordings is
$400 a year.
"Our future is very dark,"
Petrillo said.
British Battleships
Slated to Be Scrapped
London, Jan. 21 UP) The ad
miralty announced today that
four British battleships, veter
ans of many years of service in
the royal navy, will be scrapped
as obsolete.
They are the Queen Eliza
beth, Valiant, Nelson and Rod
ney. week's frigid weather, a new but
In prospect for the eastern half of
Lakes region, but the southeast
slates continued to shiver in ab
normally cold readings
From three to eight inches
snow was forecast for New En
gland as a snowstorm which
centered in the Carolinas moved
northeastward.
The prospect of several more
days of cold, dry sunny weather
in California emphasized the
probability that this winter will
be California's driest in 70
years.
Farmers, fruit growers, cattle
men and forest rangers were re
ported concerned over the lack
of water and the dryness of farm
and range lands. Another peril
to agriculture was frost threaten
ing deciduous fruit areas of nor
thern California. Sub-freezing
marks were reported in many
parts of the citrus belt.
Long and Jones
Neck and Neck
Louisiana Vote
Former Governors Out
In Front and Close
Together in Primaries
New Orleans, Jan. 21 (if)
Two arch-rivals of Louisiana
politics since the days of the
"scandals" former Governors
Earl K. Long and Sam H. Jones
today were out in front and
close together as the slow count
of yesterday's democratic guber
natorial primary election contin
ued.
There were four candidates in
the race and it was certain that
runoff primary, set for Feb.
24, would be necessary. But hun
dreds of country boxes remained
to be tabulated, so it wasn't yet
certain that Long and Jones
would qualify as the two high
est and therefore eligible to re
peat their run-off primary battle
of 1940. The prize is a nomina
tion equivalent to election.
Jones Led Revolt
Jones is the man who led a
ballot box revolt in that year
against the late Huey P. Long's
political organi z a t i o n , which
backed Earl Long, Huey's broth
er, for the governorship. Jones
won and was succeeded in 1944
by a political ally, the singing
governor, Jimmie H. Davis This
year Jones and Long again were
made standard-bearers by their
respective factions.
The old regular organization
of New Orleans, breaking an al
liance originally imposed by
Huey Long, backed its own can
didate, U.S. Rep. Jam-;s H. Mor
rison. Judge Robert F. Kennon
made an appeal for the ex-servicemen's
vote with an "all-GI
ticket."
Long's Lead Slight
Unofficial returns from 596 of
the 1878 precincts in the statt
gave Long 74,115 votes, Jones
69,647, Morrison 45,350 and
Kennon 38,574.
Some of the worst winter
weather seen for years in Lou
isiana including snow and ice
storms failed to prevent a huge
vote from being cast. The large
number of ballots and the leng
thy lists of local candidates com
bined to slow the count. Negroes
voted in unprecedented numbers.
The Negro vote will amount
only to a small portion of th
total.
. Several parishes (counties) in,
Morrison's congressional district
and a number of rural boxes in
which Kennon supporters claim
ed strength remained to be heard
from today.
Hoarding Due
To Ration Threat
Washington, January 21 VP)
All the hot talk in congress
about meat rationing is simply
serving to build up private
stocks in cold storage lockers,
Senator Thye (R - Minn) con
tended today.
While steering clear of the
controversy between GOP Sena
tors Wherry (Ncb.i and Flan-
dors (Vt.) over Wherry's "kid
ding" accusation that his New
England colleague is a meat
hoarder," Thye said he wishes
the whole subject of rationing
could be dropped.
Otherwise, he told a reporter.
housewives will buy all the meat
they can and put it into frozen
storage. Thye said talk of ra
tioning "already is jeopardizing
our meal supply" by discourag
ing the feeding of beef cattle
to full weight.
His contention is that produc
ers, wary of the future, arc eager
to take advantage of current
high prices and arc rushing
their cattle to market.
Flanders and Rep. Javits (R
NY), sponsors of a bill to let
the administration get set for
meat rationing, take the posi
tion that if a spring shortage
predicted by the agriculture de
partment develops, the public
will demand rationing. .
Under their measure, congress
would have the final say on
whether any program prepared
should be put into effect.
The Whrrry-Flandcrs incident
came about when the Nebraska
senator departed from the pre
pared text pf an address he was
delivering before the republican
national committee yesterday to
take note of reports that Flan-
oflders has a locker full of meat.
Yugoslavia Honors
Dead Yank Fliers
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Jan. 21
VP) Yugoslav fighter planes
dived In salule, and a military
band played a funeral dirge to
day in tribute to 700 American
fliers whose bodies were slart
cd toward home.
Their graves had been found
during a two and a half years'
search by a U. S. graves regis
tration unit. The fliers fell whilo
bombing the German and Kalian
occupation forces. Their coffins
will be placed on a ship In Italy.