nJCIte
Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS
THERE la an interesting de-
volopmont today In whut
might bo termed tho "CI gripe"
news. It In cuntiiiiiccl In a dls-
patch from Munllu, which nays:
"An urmv officer exorcised
BUI'EHVISOUY JUDO M12NT
(censorship) todny over mutcriai
curried In the urmy riewspupcr,
Dully Piiclflenn. including its
IKipnlar Mull Ung culiunn in
WHICH soldier nir ineir views.
A MONO tho subjects to bo
banned horctiftor from the
Mull Bng am ruca relutlons,
re u on und officer privileges vs
diluted men's privileges.
Thu officer cluing llie censor
ing (Col. W. I!. Waters, heading
the Information-education sec
lion of Army Forres In tho Went
rn Puelflc) explain that tho
new POLICY hns for its uhn
build Inu ud rather than under-
, (.milling the. army. Ho adds:
'Nothing can bo done at thin
rommuna icvui auuut nm-n uu
lems, und 1t-des no good to pro
voko til feeling." t
TO get a reasonable under
Ktiiiidlnii of this "urine" nrob-
lm, you must put yourself in
tint nlai e of Die American GI.
lie Isn't professional soldier.
Ho Is n CITIZEN soldier, re
moved from his status as a cit
izen and inducted Into the urmy
to defend his country against its
enemies. Hu recognizes this oo
llgutlon and ACCEPTS it. Tho
record of our armed services Is
proof enough that ho DOES HIS
jou In a wiioic-nouriea una
workmanlike manner.
! Uut ho remains a CITIZEN
soldier nt heart, and as such ho
is burned to tho coro by the re
strictions and the regimentations
of army life. ("Browned off" is
thu army term lor u.i no en
dures theno restriction and
regimentations (Including a casto
system that reduces tho enlisted
man to the humiliating position
of a member of an inferior class)
nartlv because ho has to but
chiefly because lie realizes that
dlsclpllna Is neccssury In han
dllnit vast bodies of men In war
fare and so contributes to tho
winning of the war and tho de
fense of his country's Ideals.
So he puts up with the system,
nd relieves ins iccungs oy grip
ing just us we do on the home
front,
THE telllng-the-edltor column
carried by tho army news
papers under various headings
v ueh as "Mull Bug," "B Bug," etc.
i' hns provided for tho browned
off GI an outlot for his pent-up
discontent Hint hns been simply
invaluable. Up to now, the urmy
policy toward these publications
has been liberal and Intelligent,
based unon tolerant understand
ing Hint getting It off our chests
docs us Americans a tremendous
amount of good and enables us
to get our troubles under our
feet wncro wo can nnnmc mem.
Now comes this new and ut
terly senseless policy of censor-
shin that takes from tho citizen
Soulier what he rcgnrds as his
traditional American right to air
his necves. It looks llko
typical caso of brass hat bung
ling.
MOTHING Is more undersland-
oblo than the GI's desire to
f(ct homo. So fur us ho enn see,
lis job Is done. It is up to him
now to make his place In the
world to get going on his per
sonal job of reconversion. He
knows that tho longer he Is kept
away from home tho senrcer the
good jobs und the promising
openings will be when ho gets
back.
Ho hears vaguely about the
responsibilities his country hns
been committed to, but ho Isn't
told what these commitments
are. It isn't surprising If In his
frame or mind nil this nazy taiK
of commitments appears to him
to be a lot of bushwah.
It would bo far better If In
stead of censoring his gripes out
of print, thus compelling him to
uottio them up- m-nis system
whero they will be pretty sure to
foster, the GI were told frankly
and lullv all about theso commit
ments that prevent him from
getting home and getting back
to work.
There Is a lot of room for
more frankness In our govern
mental system.
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GM Turns Down
Wage Proposal
By The Associated Press
Another mnjor development
along the inbor front today was
tho flat rejection by Goncrnl
Motors of Mr. Truman's fact
finding board's recommendation
of a 171 per cent wage increase
lor Its some 200,000 striking em
ployes. The GM strikers comprise
nearly one half of the 416,000
workers idle throughout the
country because of labor dis
putes. In Detroit today, officials of
tho CIO United Auto Workers
union who culled the strike Inst
November 21 In support of de
mands for a 30 per cent wage
rate hike, met to study tho re
port, ucnorui Motors termed
, as "unacceptable In wholo or in
port" the bonrd's proposnl for a
101 cents an hour wnge increase
and reinstatement of the union
contract.
Oil Board
Proposes
Pay Raise
Fact Panel In Favor
Of 18 Per Cent
Increase
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 Ml
A presidential fact-finding panel
toduy proposed a general HI per
cont wage Increase for CIO oil
workers Involved in a three-month-long
pay dispute with a
major portion of tho Industry,
Settlements have already been
reached between the union und
severul Individual compunles on
that bunis.
The proposed Increase would
boost tho uvernge hourly pny of
the 25,000 workers involved
from $1.20 per hour to $1.40 per
hour.
Tho nnvy, which took over 53
refineries und pipelines on Octo
ber 4 when government concili
ation efforts fulled, still Is in
control of 30 plants and pipe
Hues of 23 companies.
Settlements were reached In
canes affecting the other facili
ties. Secretary of Labor Schwcllcn
buch, to whom the thrcc-mnn
fi a n e I reported imdf who re
cused the findings, described
the report and recommenda
tions us "sound und fair."
"The recommendations pro
posed by the panel provido a
basis for the speedy conclusion
of collective bargaining be
tween tho parties so that the
plants and facilities may be re
leased promptly to their own
ers by tho navy," Schwcllcn
bach said.
The CIO oil workers hod de
manded a 30 per cent wnge
boost.
The oil board wus the first
fact-finding panol appointed by
Mr. Truman to investigate a
major postwar dispute. Subse
quently President Truman ap
pointed similar bourds for tho
General Motors strlko and tho
CIO steel workers dispute with
the U, S. Steel corporation.
Klamath Firm
Changes Hands
Sale or the Wilson Title and
Abstract company, pioneer busi
ness concern of Klamath Falls,
to Commonwealth Inc., of Port
land was announced todny by
Arthur B. and Roxana P. Wil
son. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson came to
Klnmath Falls 35 years ago in
February of this year, from
Pueblo, Colo. They engaged in
tho abstract business under tho
nnmo of City and County Ab
stract company. Their first 13
years were spent at 517 Main
street. In 1029, the Wilsons in
corporated under the name of
Wilson Title and Abstract com
pany. The business continued to ox
pund and It became necessary
for tho company to seek larger
quarters. In 1023, the firm built
the present building at 311 Main
street across from tho court
house Wilson announced that the
title plant only was sold to Com
monwealth and he and Mrs. Wil
son will retain the building and
management of tho title plant
for an indefinite period. They
expressed appreciation to the
community in a statement made
today. The present staff includes
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Thor
Newman, Mrs. Stanley Hojicck,
Mndnlinc Schrclncr and Haurby
Bcchcn.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OBEGr 'ffikpAY. JANUARY 12. 1948 Knmbtr 10717
II. PHONE ftftp Sill
Local Service Assured
In New York When Union
Members Pass Pickets
NEW YORK, Jan, 12 (A1) Paralysis gripped the nation's long
distance telephone system today, but in New York a continuation
of local phone service was assured whan members of two unions
crossed picket lines to return to their jobs.
The New York Telephone company reported at mid-morning
that all operations for the clty exchanges reported for work
despite picket lines thrown around 30 of the 38 exchanges by
striking installation workers of the Western Electric company.
The strikers had asked telephone workers not to cross the
lines and in many sections of the nation the request was obeyed.
Long distance operators at the American Telephone and
Telegraph building at 32 Ave-
Six Nations
Voted Seats
On Council
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
LONDON, Jon. 12 VP)
Overriding Russian efforts to
postpone the balloting, the
United Nations assembly today
elected six nations to non-permanent
seats in the important
security council along with a
five-power permanent bloc.
Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Mex
ico, The Netherlands and Po
land were chosen to non-permanent
membership on the coun
cil, which will control the pro
posed world police force. The
United States, Britain, Russia,
China1 and Franco are the per
manent members of tho 11-nn-
tion body.
The election was completed
after Canada and Australia
went through two indecisive
ballots in a run-off between the
two members of the British
commonwealth.
Ruled Out .
Canada then proposed that
Australia bo chosen by accla
mation. That procedure was
ruled out of order but, Canada
having In effect withdrawn,
Australia received 46 votes on
tho final tally.
The other five non-permanent
members were elected on the
first ballot. All ballots were se
cret. The five countries elected on
the first ballot were Brazil (47
votes), Egypt (45), Mexico (45),
Poland (30) and The Nether
lands (37). The five elected
states and Canada were on a
slate which lind been circulat
ed by tho United States delega
tion. WEATHER
(January 12)
Max. (Jan. 11) ... 31 Min. 8.
Procipitation last 24 hours 00;
Stream year to date 8.38.
Normal ....5.38. Last year ....4.50.
Forocast: Clear Sunday.
GI Heat Keeps Capitol
Hill Uncomfortably Warm
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (JP)
ui nom Kept uupitot nut un
comfortably warm todny, de
spite the promise of n speedy
airing ol the wholo demobiliza
tion situation.
Announcement that Gen
Dwight D. Elsenhower and
Adm. Chester W. Nlmitz would
discuss the thorny problem be
fore a joint congressional ses
sion next Tuesday brought no
Immediate halt In the flow of
angry cables and radiograms
irom overseas personnel,
"When tho blazes is a tuba
player considered cssontlal for a
fighting army?" one GI cabled
a senator.
Messaged another from Gunm:
"Don't let tho Pentagon become
me center of American life.
And from Munich:-"We want
home quick with none of the
damned excuses."
Tho war and navy depart
ments are so desirous of talking
buck that- they rcaucstcd the
joint house-senate session bo ar-
rnnged to henr Eisenhower and
Nimltz. This Information enmo
from a congressional leader who
would not bo quoted by name.
The session is tentatively set
for Tuesday morning (7 a. m.,
PST) in the auditorium of tho
congressional library.
Meanwhile, the nrmv cut tho
training period for new recruits
In order to step up tho flow of
replacements to relievo long
service men overseas. The train
ing period was reduced from 17
weeks to 13.
Eisenhower also was reported
to have cautioned all commands
against giving veteran troops
any retakes in basic or other
elemental training just to keep
them busy. There have been
loud GI gripes about such a
made-work routine.
A cross section of other GI
demobilization gripes was made
public by Senator Johnson (D
Colo.), chairman of the senate
military sub-committee assigned
Thursday to investigate the en
tire demobilization tempest.
From a foot-high stack of
cables on his desk, he produced
such samples as:
Dogs, horses, Hitler's silver
ware and GI brides get rides
homo but high point men wait
for weeks and months A sold
ier in Germany. "For God's soke
get eligible high pointers home
for discharge" A Wac in
France.
"We smoll brass want out
too." A homesick second lieu
tenant. , Johnson said most of the
scores of cables protest the army
is welching on promises to re
lease men at the end of two
years' service. Others complain
because fathers are being re
leased; because low-point men in
tho United States have been
freed, because men who have not
been overseas are being re
leased. ' I
nuo of the Americas nerve
center of all long line opera
tions continued to observe
picket lines and supervisors and
emergency employes were try
ing to handle urgent .calls.
The two independent unions,
representing 13,700 local tele
phone operators and 2500 com
mercial and headquarters work
ers of the New York Telephone
company, voted last night not
to honor the picket lines. Union
officials declined to estimate
how many returned to work
this morning.
The unions are the Traffic
Employes association, - repre
senting the operators, and the
Union of Telephone Workers,
representing employes in New
York City, Long Island, West
chester and Rockland counties
and Greenwich, Conn.
Change Plans
Several hours after the oper
ators went through the picket
lines, officials of the Associa
tion of Communications Equip
ment Wdrke'rf (Ind.) which set
up the lines, said pickets would
be withdrawn from the local
exchanges and concentrated on
the Avenue of Americas build
ing and the main office of the
company at 140 West street.
The latter office houses three
local exchanges, in addition to
executive offices.
Mexican Freed
Of Rape Rap
It took a circuit court jury
less than 30 minutes delibera
tion yesterday afternoon to find
Felipe Olalde not guilty of sta
tutory rape and this morning
a similar case involving the
same Mexican girl against
Pedro Palato was dismissed.
The jury's verdict in Olalde's
case was unanimous. He had
denied, speaking Spanish and
testifying through, an interpre
ter, that he had ever been in
timate with the 14-year-old girl
who was the complaining wit
ness. Palato was brought into court
yesterday to testify for Olalde
but he was not put on the
stand.
This morning Deputy District
Attorney J. Hawkins Napier
entered a motion before Judge
David R. Vandcnberg that the
case against Palato be dis
missed, saying that there was
even less evidence1 corroborat
ing the girl's charges against
him than there was in Olalde's
case and that he believed it
would be a waste of time to
try him.
Olalde's trial took three days
in court. Judge Vandenberg
granted the motion and Palato
was released from custody.
Also this morning the case
against William Daniel Rich
ards, alius Bill Murphey, was
continued until January 19.
Richards has waived indictment
ana picauca guilty 10 giving
Merrill Billiards a $50 bad
check and was to be sentenced
this morning.
The district attorney's office
has not received all the wanted
information concerning Rich
ards past activities, so his sent
ence was postponed.
This One Got Away!
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A heavy Beacon truck crashed Into the- residence of Mrs.
Beryl Houston. 526 N. 12th, at 11 o'clock this morning when
brakes failed to hold. Carl F. Sandell, 1219 Lincoln, operator of
the truck, was unloading heavy timbers across the street when
the machine got away. Mrs. Houston was uiing the vacuum
cleaner in the living room when the truck hit the side of the
house, showering the interior with glass. No one was injured.
Seattle City Of Aching
Arches, Curtailed Phone
Service, No Newspapers
SEATTLE, Jan. 12 VP) Se- mobile was called Into service
attle today was a city of aching
arches, no newspapers and cur
tailed telephone service as a
strike of bus drivers set many
afoot, a strike of printers went
into its 56th day and picketing
by Western Electric installers
kept may telephone company
workers off the job.
It was one immense traffic
jam through most of the day
time working hours yesterday
and a strangely silent place at
night as every available auto-
Arriving In
United States
V
By Associated Press
Walter P. Sexton, MSgt.,
Weed, arrived on Marine
Shark due in Seattle January
12.
James D. Alger, PFC,
Klamath Falls arrived on Ma
rine Shark due In Seattle Jan
uary 12.
Ira O. Wilkerson, PFC,
Tulelnke, arrived on Thomas
Denton due in New York
January 12.
Vera Crisler
Will Probated
Distribution of the estate of
Vera L. Crisler, who died here
suddenly November 20, 1945, is
provided by a will and two
-codicils filed at. Sacramento,
Calif.
Three houses in Klamath Falls
are bequeathed to John L. Stew
art Jr., Klamath Falls, and one
at 45 Pine to Dola N. Clemens
of the Ewauna Box company.
The residue of the estate is set
up in trust for Mrs. Lena King
Nelson, an. aunt, of Ashland. Its
net income goes to Mrs. Nelson,
sister of the late Mrs. C. B. Cris
ler, Klamath pioneer.
When Mrs. Nelson dies the
net income will be equally di
vided between E. G. Funk, Sac
ramento lawyer, Dola N. Clem
ens of Klamath Falls, and Rollin
P. Rodolph, San Francisco, ac
countant for tlie late Miss Cris
ler. Rodolph is named trustee.
On the death of Mrs. Nelson,
the entire estate is to be Distrib
uted among the above three
heirs.
Terms Of Will
Under terms of a will dated
February 1, 1940, Charles W.
Rose, husband of the deceased,
was to have received $10,000 in
cash and Vera Crisler's half in
terest in the Rose apartments in
Sacramento. Promissory notes
held against Rose were to .have
been cancelled. However,' the
first codicil, dated March 9,
1944, revoked this provision and
shifted the cash and apartment
house interest to the residue of
the estate. '
Hollls K. Trask and Alfred
"Al" Ned Brotherton, given
houses in the original will, were
cut off by the codicils. Trask,
a cousin, died in Ashland in De
cember, 1945. Brotherton is a
Klamath Falls resident.
The value of the personal
property and the annual net in
come of the estate are estimated
at $80,000. I
to haul folks to stores and of
fices and left at home in the
evening.
A University of Washington
Western Washington college
basketball game in the Wash
ington pavilion, which seats
10,000, drew 2500 customers
last night. Gone from the city
was the flash of the hurrying
trolley and the stench of
scorched diesel oil from the
stuttering motor coaches.
Still a fourth strike was in
the offing. Officers of the Unit
ed Steelworkers of . America
(CIO) said 750 employes of two
Seattle steel plants planned to
leave their jobs Monday in line
with a nation-wide dispute.
. Mayor William Devin called
to his office at midday the Se
attle transit commission, which
operates the city-owned bus
lines, and representatives of the
striking bus drivers. At dinner
time he left with the request
that they remain until a basis
for settlement could be estab
lished. At. 3 o'clock this morning,
the mayor called the Associated
Press and said in a very tired
voice that "progress has been
made but the meeting has re
cessed until 1 o'clock this after
noon, when I hope further prog
ress will be made."
Increase
To HqucaD
A FL level
A 1V cents an hour raise for CIO lumber employes of
this area appeared a certainty today after negotiators for
management and unionists agreed on the boost which puts
Ci'O wages on o level with the recently negotiated AFL scale.
The pay hike will affect about 6500 employes from
Prineville in central Oregon well into the California pint
belt to the south of here. The agreed effective date Is Janu
ary 1, making the boost retrooctive.
Negotiations were signed by Chet Irving for the Pine
Industrial Relations committee, representing 20 companies
with CIO affiliations. The some agreement will no doubt b ,
extended to several other CIO operations not represented by
PIRC, and some have already put the boost into effect by
independent action.
Both Irving and Vernon Chase, CIO official, said today
mey expect xavoraoie action on
the agreement by management
and union locals. It reads:
"To close all outstanding
general wage issues between
the parties, the two commit
tees recommend to the local
unions and individual employ
ers that, by mutual agreement,
i 2K cent per hour wage
increase be made effective
January I. Whether or not
this increase shall be con
verted to a contract rate for
employes paid on a piece
rate basis, and if so the
method of conversion, shall
b decided by each company
and its local union."
AFL Strikes
Early in the fall, the saw
mill wage minimum for both
CIO and AFL operations was
87 A cents in the pine belt. AFL
went on strike for $1.10. CIO
negotiated a boost to $1 on
November 1, continuing to
work. The AFL finally got a
raise to $1.02 H and has just
returned to work. Today's an
nouncement brings CIO up to
the $1.02 level. This figure
sustains the 2H cents differ
ential between pine and fir op
erations. !-
The company operations for
which the new CIO increase
was recommended today in
clude: Big Lakes Box company
woods, of Klamath Falls,
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber com
pany of Bend, Burney Lumber
Logging company of Klamath?
unuoqum tiox ana Lumber com
pany, Deschutes Lumber com
pany of Anderson, Calif.,
Ewauna Box company of Klam
ath Falls, Graeagle Lumber cor-,
poration of Graeagle, Calif.,
Kesterson Lumber corporation
of Klamath Falls, Kesterson
Box company of Klamath Falls,
McCloud River Lumber com
pany, Medford corporation
woods - operation of Medford,
Meadow Valley Lumber com
pany of Quincy, Calif., Ochoco
Lumber company of Prineville,
Sacramento Box and Lumber
company of Woodleaf, Calif.,
Shevlin - Hixon company of
Bend, Setzer Box company of
Greenville, Calif., Sugar Pine
Lumber company of Ashland,
Tite-Knot Pinemill at Redmond,
Weyerhaeuser Timber company
of Klamath Falls.
Pelican Bay Lumber com
pany is a major Klamath mill
with CIO affiliation but not
represented by PIRC. Chase
said today he would recom
mend to the local that it seek
the same settlement with Peli
can Bay that has been made
with the others.
Two CIO plants not connect
ed with PIRC, the Rogue River
Box company and the Pacific
Wood Products company at
Grants Pass, have effected the
raise.
ion.
onmnonv nf Plll T31ul UUlOn Dt
timhi'milm. f triamnKtd- the """company's "TiaFayette.
RELEASE SILK
TOKYO, Jan. 12 (IP) Allied
headquarters directed the Jap
anese government today to re
lease 15,000 bolts of silk for sale
to occupation forces through
post exchanges. The army will
select weights, colors and widths.
Negro Handyman Seized
In Degnan Kidnap Case
CHICAGO, Jan. 12 VP) Chief
of Detectives Walter Storms an
nounced today a negro handy
man who worked at an apart
ment building near the home of
Suzanne Degnan, 6, kidnap
killing victim, was seized for
questioning about the fiendish
crime.
The man was seized in the of
fice of a doctor in suburban
Wilmette.
Police Capt. John L. Sullivan
ed the handyman had been the
said the Wilmette police report-
subject of complaints by women
for annoying them and children.
The handyman worked at least
part time at an apartment build
ing near the Degnan home. He
was reported to have been miss
ing from his usual haunts for
several days.
The new angle to the many
phased search for the killer
came as the police had settled
into painstaking analysis of all
information they have assembled
since the crime occurred, Mon
day. WICHITA, Kas Jan. 12 VP)
A 44-year-old man held in Sedg
wick county jail as a mental
case, was found dead hanging by
his belt from the cross bar in
his cell yesterday and Detective
Capt. R. B. Price said he was
contacting Chicago police to "de
termine if there was any con
nection" between his death and
the kidnap-murder of six-year-old
Suzanne Degnan in Chicago.
Dr. Lang F. Bowman, county
coroner, identified the man as
Victor Emanuel Malstrom of Chi
cago and listed his death as sui
cide. He said Malstrom, arrest
ed Wednesday night at the bus
depot on a peace disturbance
charge, had been held on the
order of Probate Judge Clyde M.
Hudson as a mental case.
The coroner said the man left
a note which Bowman said was
in the form of a "confession."
The note was not clear, Bowman
said, but mentioned being in
trouble with police in Chicago.
In Chicago, Police Sgt. James
Berglund said that there was no
record ef Malstrom at the cen
tral detective bureau and that no
one by that name had been
sought in connection with the
Degnan crime.
Three Steel
Plants Hit
By Strikes
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 12 (&)
Three steel plants were hit by
strikes today, with thousands ot
employes idle, while the indus
try awaited outcome of a last
minute effort by President Tru
man to avert a nationwide walk
out of 800,000 steelworkers at
12:01 a. m. Monday.
Thousands left their jobs at
the Bethlehem Steel company
mill at Lackawanna, N. Y.. and
quickly - formed picket lines
closed the entire plant at 7 p. m.,
a union official said. A CIO
United Steelworkers spokesman
said the strike was authorized
after Bethlehem officials refused
a union offer to assist in plan
ning maintenance service during
the national walkout. The mifl '
employs 11,000. ; , '
4500 Quit
Some 4500 walked out ' at
Aluminum Company of America
plants at New Kensington and
Arnold. Pa., where workers al
so are members of the CIO un-
ine dispute was local, the.
protesting shipment of die
Ind., plant. National USW head
quarters, which had cautioned
against premature work' stop- ;
pages, said the strike was un
authorized. About 2000 workers at the All
quippa. Pa., works of Jones and
Laughlin Steel corporation wer
on strike for the third day.
Steel mills throughout the
country began banking blast fur
naces and otherwise slowing
down operations in preparation
for the expected strike. Spokes
men for the three largest mills in
Youngstown, O. Youngstown
Sheet and Tube company. Carne
gie Illinois and Republic Steel
corporations said the first iron
and steel furnace units would
be down by noon today and that :
most of them would be out of
operation by midnight. ' , "
Steel industry representatives
said these were precautionary
measures that must be taken to
protect equipment. . v
Norblad Wins
Seat In House
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 12 (JP) .
Walter A. Norblad, Astoria at
torney, assured of a 2 to 1 vic
tory over Bruce M. Spaulding,
Salem democrat, prepared today
to don the republican shoes of
the late Rep. James W. Mott. -
Nearly complete unofficial re
turns from yesterday's snecial
election for representative from
me nrst congressional district
gave the republican nominee the
same heavv lead he showed in
first reports.
wnn 418 of BOO precincts re
porting, Norblad tallied 18,655
votes to Spaulding's 9114.
Spaulding conceded the election,
congratulating his opponent on
"your fine vote.
The 37-year-old former state
legislator and son of a former
Oregon governor was carrying
all of the district's 10 counties.
Norblad, a recently dis
charged air corps captain, will
fill the unexpired term of the
late Rep. James W. Mott. He
must run for reelection in this
year's primary in order to re
main in congress after next Jan
uary. - ,
At Astoria, Norblad was warm- "'
ly appreciative of support. "I
want to thank all who voted for
me," he said. "I promise that
I will serve the first district
voters and the state conscienti
ously.". The first congressional dis
trict, true to its tradition of
never sending a democrat to con
gress, gave Norblad a strong lead
in the first returns from yester
day's special election.
BULLETIN
SEATTLE, Jan. 12 (IP) .
George Donlan, printers' strike
committee spokesman, said the
union voted late today to ac
cept the wage increase agree
ment worked out with the pub
lishers of the three Seattle
dailies, strikebound since No
vemboT 18.