2 Capital Joamal, Salem,
Clearing Streets of Snow
Proves Most Difficult
Clearing the streets of snow is an uphill job at bast, says City
Engineer J. H. Davis, and he adds that "there isn't any perfect
way to do it." ,
But by working crews all night and part of the daylight hours
since the first of the week, and loading the city's available trucks
Coal Shortage
Held Critical
(Br tht AuocLted Preu)
Some American cities are fac
ed with coal shortages which
threaten to become critical soon.
A nationwide survey Indi
cates the shortages are region
al. The weatherman is the big
gest single factor which has
kept the nation from suffer
ing. A severe drop in tempera
ture could result in all-out em
eraencv conservation measures.
Both soft and hard coal short
ages are reported in various sec
tions. There's no accurate estimate
on the amount of hard coal
available. But New York City,
which uses hard coal, reports a
12-day supply on hand.
The best estimate of the am
ount of soft coal above ground
comes from the Southern Coal
Producers association which
puts the figure at 22,000,000
tons. That's the lowest in the
past IS years.
Coal rationing already has
been put into effect in at least
four large cities. They are Chica
go, Cleveland, Detroit and Pitts
burgh. Officials of the Retail Coal
Merchants association in Pitts
burgh say only 9,000 tons are
on hand for retail distribu
tion. Last year they said the
stockpile was 84,000 tons on
January 20.
Lewis to Testify
On Coal Issue
Washington, Jan. 20 () The
senate labor committee decided
today to invite John L. Lewis to
testify on a resolution asking
President Truman to invoke the
Taft-Hartley law to restore full
coal production.
Chairman Elbert D. Thomas
(D-Utah) said the United Mine
Workers chief would be welcome
to appear next Wednesday "if he
wants to be heard."
. Thomas added that the invi
tation would be sent to Lewis
later in the day.
The resolution asking Mr. Tru
man to use the national emer
gency provisions of the Taft
Hartley law is sponsored by
eight republican senators, in
cluding Senator Taft (R-Ohio),
co-author of the act. .
The committee acted amid re
ports that mine owners are
planning to hold back payments
to the miners' welfare fund. A
UMW official called it a move
to force a full-scale strike.
AEC Donates
Schools Lumber
Richland, Wash., Jan. 20 u.
The atomic energy commis
sion has donated nearly 1,000,
000 board feet of lumber stored
here to educational Institutions
of Oregon and Washington, It
was announced today,
Oregon schools will get 500,
000 board feet, and Washington
schools 450,000 board feet. The
donation was made under pub
lic law 1S2, an AEC spokesman
said.
The law enables federal agen
cies to donate surplus "personal
property" to educational insti
tutions. The lumber Is part of a stock
pile which last spring contained
$19,500,000 board feet purchas
ed "in contemplation of a much
bigger program" at the Han
ford atomic works. At that time
the stockpile was valued at $2,
000,000. Nearly 4.000,000 board
feet was sent to the Chicago op
erations of the AEC and 87,
000 to the atomic Installation at
Aroo, Ida.
Rita Leaves Hospital
Lausanne, Switzerland, Jan.
30 VP) Rita Hayworth today
left the fashionable Montchoisi
clinic where her baby, Princess
Yssmin, was born Dec. 28.
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Or., Friday, Jannary jft, 1950
-""at the rate oi a xrucKioaa every
two minutes, he thinks his de
partment is doing a pretty good
job.
Davis considers the city cen
ter area in pretty good shape
with the excetpion of High street
between Court and Chemeketa
where crews have been unable
to work because of automobiles
of hotel guests parked along the
street.
Friday night that block will
be barricaded. The cars will
have to park somewhere else
and the snow-clearing crew will
have its innings. Some snow,
the engineer admits, remains on
parts of Commercial, Chemeketa
and State.
Also Friday night the outlying
business districts will be at
tacked Hollywood, East State,
and South Commercial between
Mission and Miller.
Starting at 7 o'clock Friday
night the crews will go straight
through in two shifts until 11
a.m. Saturday. So far this week
the crew has started at 10 p.m.
and worked until 6 a.m.
The snow Is loaded on the
trucks mechanically, and last
night the loader was getting ac
tion at the rate of a truck every
two minutes. Only three or four
city trucks are available. The
snow Is dumped into the South
Mill creek canyon where the
Oregon Electric track crosses
South Liberty street, but when
the work starts In the outside
business districts another dump
ing place will be used.
The engineering crew has also
been working to relieve the sit
uation at the cemeteries. Sev
eral funerals have been delayed
because of weather conditions.
It isn't the city's grief, Davis
explains, to keep sidewalks clear
in front of residences. That, by
city ordinance, is a duty of the
property owners.
He requests, however, that
when property owners clear
their sidewalks they do not
throw the snow into the gut
ters. It must be thrown on the
parking strip or Into the street
beyond the gutter. If not, man
holes will be plugged and prem
ises flooded. .
Sections of BC
Semi-isolated
Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 20 (CP)
British Columbia was semi-
isolated today as rain and warm
air brought a fast and treach
erous thaw.
Telegraph communications are
disrupted to eastern Canada and
throughout the province.
The Canadian Pacific tele
graphs reported a communica
tions break at Stave Falls, 42
miles east of Vancouver, where
ice-coated lines crashed under
the heavy weight. Canadian na
tional telegraphs reported some
delay in service following diffi
culties in the Fraser valley. Tel
egraphic service to the south
continued without interruption
Air line service was disrupted
and trains were running hours
late. In the cities ice-slicked
roadways made travel hazard
ous.
Virtual rivers of melting snow
are flowing down Vancouver,
New Westminster and Victoria
streets. Many basements are
flooded.
Oak Bay, a Victoria suburb,
faces serious flood conditions un
less heavy rains cease. To bol
stcr weakened creek banks 500
sandbags were ordered from
Vancouver.
A silver thaw cold rain
which freezes the moment it
reaches the ground is general
throughout the Fraser valley,
where blizzards raged yesterday.
The flood of warm air brought
temperatures above freezing in
Vancouver and Victoria areas
for the first time in nine days.
The low for the night In Vancou
ver was 28; Victoria 28.
Weather Bureau Isolated
Portland, Jan. 20 W) The
weather bureau was a weather
casualty today. A broken tele
phone line there were lots of
them In the city isolated the
forecasting office In the customs
house
'Big lnchr Gas
Line Explodes
Caldwell, O., Jan, 20 W) The
"Big Inch" gas pipe line explod
ed near here early today with a
roar heard miles away spout
ing flames which reached an
estimated 800 feet into the air.
No one was reported injured.
The flames destroyed one un
occupied farm house and barn,
and threatened three other
dwellings.
The state highway patrol re
ported the flames were being
brought under control about 8
a.m. two and a half hours
after the explosion.
Pipeline workers closed shut
off valves on either side of the
break, and it took about an
hour for the gas between the
valves to become exhausted, pa
trolmen said.
The pipe-line carries natural
gas from Texas fields to mid
western and eastern areas.
Capt. Ray Miles of Glasgow,
Mo., pilot of a TWA airliner
bound from Newark, N.J., to
Kansas City, reported he saw
the flames from the pipe as soon
as he took off from the Pitts
burgh airport about 100 miles
away. The flames still were vis
ible 4,000 feet over Columbus,
he reported.
Germany Wants
Saar Valley
Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 20
UP) Top allied officials are
deeply concerned because the
West German government is
neglecting threatening domestic
problems for a preoccupation
with international affairs.
Latest thorn in the allied
flesh is the Bonn government's
bitter attacks on French refusal
to give Germany back the Saar
valley and its rich coal mines.
The Saar, which through his-
troy has swapped from French
to German hands and back again,
now has an autonomous domes
tic government under French
control. The French early this
week said final action on the
valley's status would not be
taken before the German peace
treaty is written.
American, British and French
officials don't want to criticize
openly the West German regime
they helped create. But privat
ely they say that they feel West
German politicians are hurting
their own cause by not buckling
down to the problems gnawing
at the area's vitals.
They point out there is no
possibility of settling the Saar
problem now. The allies have
agreed that any change In the
valley's status must await the
peace treaty.
Demand for Plywood
1950 Estimated High
Tacoma, Jan. 20 W) Realiza
tion of economists' forecasts of
continued peak activity in the
construction industry will bring
a demand for nearly 2,000,000,
000 square feet of plywood dur
ing 1950, O. Harry Schrader, Jr.,
managing director of the Doug
las Fir Plywood association, said
yesterday.
Schrader told a - group of
northwest loggers that emphasis
of the plywood Industry this
year wuold be on the utilization
of what are now waste prod
ucts. He expressed concern over
the small supply of select peeler
logs available.
Mayor Lee Proposes
New $750,000 Levy
Portland, Jan. 20 (PI The on
ly way out of Portland's finan
cial troubles may be for tax
payers to reach deeper Into their
pockets. Mayor Dorothy Mc
Cullough Lee suggested today
She proposed a $750,000 spe
cial levy to enable the city to
keep Its essential services going
until the end of the fiscal year
In June. She added, though,
that a thorough study would be
made before she determines
whether to ask an election on
the levy.
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You walking up
over paint store
Minister's Coat
And Keys Stolen,
Keys Are Returned
Borne thief, a professional
evidently, concedes to Rev. O,
L. Jones, West Salem Metho
dist minister, the right to drive
a car. But he has deprived the
minister of his overcoat.
Rev. Mr. Jones was attend
ing a session of the school of
religion at First Methodist
church Thursday night of last
week when the thief entered
the foyer and stole the min
ister's overcoat a new one.
His ear keys were in one
of the overcoat pockets.
Two days later Rev. Mr.
Jones got the keys back
through the mail. His name
was attached to them and they
were put In a letter box at the
post office.
But he would much rather
get the overcoat. He has no
substitute. -
Truman Confers
On Tax Plans
Washington, Jan. 20 (IP) Pre
sident Truman talked over his
tax plans with democratic con
gressional leaders and tax ex
perts today and got some sugges
tions from them for changes.
White House officials said af
terward that Mr. Truman still
planned to send a special tax
message to congress next week.
There was no indications wheth
er there has been any change in
his announced plan to propose
a "moderate" tax boost as well
as revisions of present tax laws.
House Speaker Rayburn told
reporters that the congressional
delegation was sworn to secre
cy. Asked whether the president
has his message in final form,
Rayburn replied:
"I think any message, before
it is ready to give out, is sub
ject to change."
"Were there suggestions?" a
reporter asked.
Oh yes, that was one of the
reasons for the meeting."
The Capitol Hill delegation,
in addition to Rayburn, includ
ed Rep. McCormack (Mass), the
house democratic floor leader,
and democratic members of the
tax-writing ways and means
committee, headed by Rep.
Doughton (D-NC).
PTA Conference
At Monmouth
Oregon College of Education,
Monmouth, Jan. 20 Personal
relationship between the child,
parent and teacher was stressed
here Thursday at the first Ore
gon PTA conference on coopera
tion between parents and teach
ers. Because of the complexity of
the times neither the teacher
or the parent alone can bring
about the desired results but
the interests of all must be cor
related, It was held. The PTA
was described as the best group
to work with both the parent
and the teacher with the neces
sity of teaching the parental
needs and not through pressure.
Heading the speakers at the
conference were Dr. Claude Wi
vel, chairman of the commit
tee on college cooperation for
the national PTA and Dr. El
dridge McSwain, dean of the
school of education at North
western university. Other speak
ers were H. H. Hargreaves,
Portland, president of the Ore
gon Congress of PTA; Dr. H. M.
Gunn, director of elementary
teacher education and president
of OCE with Jeannelle Moor-
head, Eugene, first vice presi
dent of the Oregon Congress pre
siding.
No Oregon Motor
Buses for 2 Days
Portland, Jan. 20 W Oregon
Motor Stages announced today
that it would run no buses Sat
urday or Sunday.
A. L. Schneider said the shut
down was necessary to service
buses which have been bucking
snow and ice for a week, with
little chance for repairs.
He said normal service would
resume Monday, unless there
should be road closures.
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ChlntM Tea Oardrn cut lot of
monay but ma tood Amarlcan bua
ItiMi man, maka money in rwtau
rant apend money tn city makt
lot biutneaa for tveryone. Slin
n "Chop Suay" In tea. pot,
lin man make mUup on aim.
American aim man put chop auty
In In pot, Ohlneje man put tea
In tea pot and ehop auey tn nice
blc round a hallow dbh much
eailer to itt chop auay out pretty
ciever wa Ohlneaa, hunt You
llktnc other chin dish you com
vp to my place my cook-man make
any kind Ohlneae JUh you order, he
knows plenty much. Thla place
optn etery nlcht now no c)oj
Int. you come any nlie you want
food food, 1 people 100 people, X
don't ear. Tour friend,
YEISINS
(that's my name, sure)
Jap Reds Bow
To Cominform
Tokyo, Jan. 20 (P) Japan's
communists today shed their
cloak of defiance and bowed low
to their critics in the Comin
form and Russia.
Their central committee is
sued a statement admitting er
rors as charged by the Comin
form journal of Bucharest Jan.
7. That organ of international
communism had blasted away at
Red Leader Sanzo Nozaka.
Nozaka likewise admitted er
ror. He was not disciplined. A
spokesman said he keeps his
party membership and office. He
is a member of both the power
ful Japanese politburo and the
central committee.
Red leaders in other lands
have disappeared in a hurry af
ter being charged with the devi
ations of which Nozaka was ac
cused. The Cominform charged No
zaka was "anti-democratic and
anti-socialistic." It accused him
of serving "the imperialist occu
piers of Japan" by insisting Ja
pan could go socialist under the
occupation.
Pravda, the official commun
ist newspaper in Moscow, called
Nozaka "anti-patriotic and anti
Japanese." Compromise
Draft Extension
Washington, Jan. 20 VP) An
administration request for a
three-year extension of the draft
act in its present form came un
der heavy fire today in the house
armed services committee.
But a compromise suggestion
to keep the law but bar actual
inductions unless congress au
thorizes calls got more backing
than had been expected.
Secretary of Defense Johnson.
lead-off witness for the adminis
tration, gave a little ground in
that direction but would not go
all the way.
He held out for at least the
authority to call up men on a
presidential proclamation of an
emergency.
After the hearing ended John
son said he would consult Pres
ident Truman Monday to get his
ideas on a compromise.
Chairman Vinson (D., Ga.)
asked the secretary to let the
committee have his views on the
point tomorrow or Monday.
Johnson replied that he is lunch
ing with the president Monday
and would like to discuss it with
the chief executive first.
Rep. Kilday (D., Tex.) told
Johnson he was willing to ex
tend the law on a stand-by basis
Margaret Truman to Wed
Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 20 (U.R)
Margaret Truman has filed
marriage intentions at the city
clerk's office here. Miss Tru
man, a 24-year-old secretary
from Yonkers, N. Y., will marry
George W. Whitney, a Fitch
burg contractor.
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New Scrap Over
Excise Tax Cuts
Washington, Jan. 19 (IP) The
senate headed into a new scrap
over excise tax cuts today with
Senator Cain (R.-Wash.) spark
ing a republican drive to force
immediate action.
In the face of pleas for delay
from administration leaders,
Cain sought to bring up a bill
that would wipe out wartime ex
cise levies on many items such
as jewelry, luggage and tele
phone bills.
Repeated assurances given by
Democratic Leader Lucas of Illi
nois that the senate will have a
chance to vote on reducing ex
cise taxes at "the proper time"
are nothing but "a meaningless
generality," Cain said.
If Lucas is serious. Cain add
ed, he should agree to fixing a
definite date for senate action.
Cain said the people "are hold
ing back from buying what they
need and want" because they
have been told they could expect
some relief frpm the wartime ex
cise levies.
"The situation is confusing and
bad for both the consumer and
business," he said.
Lucas has said that action on
excise taxes should be delayed
until President Truman submits
his tax recommendations to con
gress. These are expected in a
few days.
New Reserve Corps
Program Army Plan
Washington, Jan. 20 (IP) The
army announced Wednesday
that it is planning a new re
serve corps program designed
to turn out more trained fight
ing men at less cost to the
government.
Secretary of the Army Gray
said the new program aims at a
desirable" organized reserve of
625,000, but the army will ac
cept 367,000 officers and men
as the "minimum total."
It will replace a program be
gun in 1945 that called for
1,000,000 organized reserves, but
had produced only 250,000 up
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to last November 30, Gray said.
The army secretary said that
the new plan will cost about
$153,000,000 annually compared
to the $369,000,000 estimated for
the organization set up at the
end of the war.
Korea Likely
To Fall to Reds
Washington. Jan. 20 WP) Kor
ean Ambassador John Myun
Chang said today that it will
be "very difficult" to keep his
country from falling into com
munist hands if American ec
onomic aid is stopped.
The house of representatives
yesterday rejected, 193 to 191,
a bill to continue such aid to
the post-war republic.
Chang made the statement
after a conference with eco
nomic cooperation administra
tor Paul G. Hoffman.
He told newsmen that Am
erican aid has enabled his coun
try to "remain free from the
communist threat."
He added:
"If Korea is deserted with
out further aid it will be very
difficult to stop the communist
sweep."
Chang said he believes the
house does not represent the
"true feeling" in the United
States but stems from the situa
tion in China.
So far this year, ECA has ear
marked approximately $60,000,-
000 for Korean recovery oper
ations. Both Hoffman and the
Korean diplomatic official ex
pressed the belief that anoth
er $60,000,000 is needed. That
extra money is what the house
turned down.
Republicans hung a "no-confidence"
tag on the administra
tion's Asiatic policy after the
house vote."
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Chiang's Planes 4
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Taipei, Formosa, Jan. 20 .
Nationalist planes today sank 29
more communist junks off the
Chusan islands, fired a Red bar
racks on the mainland and shot
up four trains between Nanking
and Tientsin, Chinese air force
headquarters announced.
The Chusan islands, 100 miles
south of Shanghai, are the ob
ject of a communist amphibious
attack forming In Hangchow
harbor.
The long projected reshuffle
of the nationalist government is
expected here after President
Li Tsung-Jen makes up his mind
whether to return to China or
resign. Li is now in a New York
hospital.
Official quarters here are be
coming impatient over Li's re
fusal to commit himself. Unless
Li resigns no successor can be
appointed nor can mang R.ai
Shek resume the presidency.
If a reshuffle occurs it will ba
along lines aimed at winning
American approval. Many na
tionalists think that despite Pre
sident Truman's hands off poli
cy, aid might still come if they
prove they have some chance of
holding this island. .
Strict martial law has been fj
decreed on the big south China
island of Hainan in an effort to
prevent communist activity.
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