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MOLOTOV CHARGES WESTERN POWERS WANT 'STRATEGIC' BASE IN GERMANY'S RUHR

LONDON, Dec. 8. (UP)—Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov refused today to consider any revision of the Potsdam agreement, maintaining that since it was devised by chiefs of governments it could not be modified by the foreign ministers. In a statement of German economic problems, Molotov accused the western powers of dividing Germany and making its western part, especially the Ruhr a "strategic base for the purpose of establishment of domination in Europe." Molotov submitted to the council of foreign ministers just before today's meeting a Soviet proposal designed to break the big four procedural deadlock on German economic problems. The paper was circulated to other ministers shortly after lunch, when the council convened at 3:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EST) the ministers agreed to recess for 50 minutes to study the new proposal. They resumed their session at 4:20 p.m. No details were available immediately about the new Soviet proposal, but Secretary of State George C Marshall had asked Molotov at the end of Saturday's meeting to try to present by Monday a single paper containing all Soviet ideas for coping with German economic problems.

Advance Stages of Inflation Already Here, Eccles Warns

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (UP)—Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, said today the country even now is "in the advanced stages of inflation." "The longer corrective action is postponed," he said, "the more severe will be the inevitable reaction." Eccles appeared before the house banking committee to explain anew his plan to help curb inflation. Banks would require banks to hold a special reserve fund in addition to their existing regular reserves. This would reduce the amount of money they could lend. He stressed that he was speaking for the board of governors of the Federal Reserve and not for the administration or for the presidents of the 12 Federal Reserve banks. Eccles said the need for the special reserves would be lessened if Congress would restore controls on consumer installment credit and if stricter appraisals and less liberal credit terms were applied under various Federal housing programs.

Six Palestine Jews Slain by Arab Assassins

JERUSALEM, Dec. 8. (UP)—Arab assassins today killed at least six Palestine Jews, including Joshua Globerman, one of the top officers of the Jewish Hagana defense force. Globerman was shot by two Arab gunmen when he impatiently drove his automobile ahead of an escorted motor convoy traveling from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. Four other Jews were killed in the Jaffa-Tel Aviv area, and another was stabbed to death in Jerusalem. An Arab also was found slain in Jaffa. Arab killers worked with more boldness and efficiency than at any time since the outbreak of wild rioting against the United Nations decision to partition Palestine. The ranking Hagana leader was shot just as Hagana prepared to take over the policing of the coastal plain from Tel Aviv to Petah Tikva, where half the Jewish population of Palestine is concentrated.

Atomic Workers 'Far Apart' On Wages as Strike Looms

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 8. (UP)—A union official said negotiators were "as far apart as the poles" on wage demands as they resumed conferences this morning hoping to prevent a strike that would choke atomic energy production. The spokesman was Clyde L. Terry, local president of the 2,800 United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers (CIO) who want a 25-cents per hour flat increase, among other things. The union has called a strike for midnight Tuesday at the huge uranium separation plant of the Carbon and Carbide Chemical corporation if a new contract is not agreed on before then.

Production to Hold Upswing, Jobs Head for 'Dream' Mark

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (UP)—Americans won't be able to get everything they want next year and prices will be high, but as a whole the nation's production will surpass this year's record rate, the Commerce Department said today. The report dealt with just about everything but employment and the U. S. Employment Service took care of that. Robert C. Goodwin, director of the service, predicted that employment in 1948 again would hit the "dream" mark of 60,000,000 jobs.

Japs Ignore Pearl Harbor Date; Shun War Policies, Says Hirohito

TOKYO, Dec. 8. (UP)—The Japanese people took little notice of the sixth anniversary of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor yesterday, but emperor Hirohito told survivors at atom-bombed Hiroshima that Japan never again would pursue policies which might lead Japan into another war. The Japanese had food and shortages to remind them that six years ago their radios blared the announcement of the "spectacular victory" on the Hawaiian Islands. Not one Tokyo newspaper carried an editorial commenting on the anniversary of the attack, nor did the radio stations remind the people of the event.

Tanned Truman Back on Job After 5-Day Key West Vacation

KEY WEST, Fla., Dec. 8. (UP)—President Truman took off today at 10:20 a.m. (EST) to fly back to Washington after enjoying a five-day Florida vacation. The chief executive and members of his staff drove to near-by Boca Chica naval air station and boarded the presidential plane, "The Sacred Cow" for the flight back to the capital. Mr. Truman was pink from the sub-tropical sun and greatly rested. He was to land in Washington at 3 p.m. (EST) after a flight over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.

Nicholas Murray Butler Rites Slated for Columbus Tomorrow

NEW YORK, Dec. 8. (UP)—Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, 85, president emeritus of Columbia University, who died yesterday. Services will be conducted in the chapel of the campus where Dr. Butler server as president for 43 years, from 1902 to 1945. Dr. Butler died at 11:52 a.m. (EST) yesterday of bronchial penumonia at St. Luke's hospital. He entered the hospital Thanksgiving Day after an attack of indigestion.

AIR PATROL ASKED FOR GABLES AREA | McIlwain Seeks New Checks on Low Flying

City Manager William T. McIlwain announced today that he is writing to Senators Spessard L. Holland, Claude Pepper and Rep. George Smathers asking that CAA be required to furnish patrol planes to control low-flying over Coral Gables. McIlwain said that he was appealing directly to the congressional representatives because he had been notified by James M. Leslie, chief of CAA air carrier operations in Atlanta that "no planes assigned to the air carrier operations are based in Miami or are available to patrol over Coral Gables." Flights May Increase Leslie also informed the City manager that air carrier traffic during the next several months may make more take-offs over Coral Gables necessary. He assured the city manager that Homestead is still being used as the base for practice flights, and added that a contract has been awarded to relocate the Miami range station but that operations have been held up because of high water on the new site. He said that "it is impossible to set up traffic rules to completely eliminate flights over Coral Gables and still allow the airlines to operate." Leslie stated that the CAA will again stress to all air carriers the undesirability of flying over Coral Gables and will process violation reports in cases involving low flying except while such flying is necessary for take-offs or landings. "We are interested in the elimination of the noise nuisance," he informed McIlwain, "and we appreciate your cooperation."

BACON ON HOOF FOUND IN PATIO

David E. Hard of 328 Avenue Cadima, caught a pig in his patio this weekend and this morning is hoping the porker won't be claimed. Hard could use some bacon. Hard found the animal rooting up his garden when he awoke Saturday morning at 7:30. He grabbed the pig by the ears and his wife called police. The cops took him to the city incinerator, where his rightful owner can claim him. Neither the police nor Hard know how the pig got into the patio. "Somebody claims him, I want him," says bacon-hungry Hard.