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Plane Crashes In 3 Countries
Spell Death For 24 Persons;
Toll May Be Increased To 53
'By th AuocUttd Prts
Fourteen persons died end it wet feered 39 othtrt lost their
livei in (our plene mishepi in this country, Mexico end England
yesterday.
The moit spectacular eccident involved e Mexican eirlinei
plene with 24 eboerd. A shepherd said he tew it fell into the
tnow high on the tlopet of Popocatepetl volcano.
Rescue worker! toiled toward the scene. Mexican Senator
Ramos Millan, chairman of the national corn commission, wet re
ported eboerd. The line teid two of the pessengert may be
Americans.
A 8-29 eir force bomber on treining flight from Smoky Hill
base, Saline, Kes., crashed end burned near Talihina, Okie. A
rescuer seid he hed counted 10 bodies. It wet believed the
other three crewmen also perished.
Twelve British fliers died and two were missing in the air
collision of two foor-engined RAF bombers in. Central England.
The accident occurred during exercises testing western allied
air strength.
Two'university of Tennessee students were killed in the cresh
of their single engine plane neer Heiskell, Term.-
In the DaS NeWS
By FRANK JENKINS
OREGON'S Senator Morse sur
prised a lot of people the other
day by coming out flatly in oppo
sition to the Columbia Valley
adm'nistration that seems to be
the newest darling ot the Wash
ington bureaucrats.
He thinks the government
should go ahead with construction
of projects in the billion-dollar co
ordinated program of the army
engineers and the reclamation
bureau for development of the
Columbia river basin, but he
added that he believes the Repub
licans should Insist that the
recommendations of the Hoover
commission for creation of a de
partment of public works, to com
bine the work of the engineers
and the bureau, should be carried
out.
"Approval of a CVA as pro
posed," he said to a reporter in
Washington, "would place the Pa
cific Northwest In a straight
Jacket."
THE senator went on:
"I favor a program that would
check the serious political ten
dency in this country to place
(Continued on Page Four)
2 Larceny Cases
Occupying Court
A verdict ot "not guilty" was
returned by a Jury of 12 this
morning after deliberating less
than a hour en the larceny case
of Nelson James Sawyers.
While one jury is considering
the case of Nelson James saw
yers, charged with larceny, the
selection of a second jury was
in progress today to try Robert
D. Nelson, also charged with lar
ceny. Testimony in Sawyer's case
was completed Mondav evening.
Circuit Judge Carl E.'Wimbeiiy
gave his instructions to the jury
this morning and the Jurors re
tired about 10:20. Sawyers is ac
cused in a grand Jury indictment
with the theft of a wallet contain
ing over the value of $35 and th
property allegedly of Mrs. Jessie
Dedrick.
Nelson is charged with the theft
of a safe containing currency and
other valuables from the office
of the Gas Appliance Co., Inc., at
Reedsport.
Nelson's ease will complete tl e
delayed May term docket, with
the next circuit eourt term to be
gin in November.
ECONOMY PLAN JUNKED
House-Senate Conferees .
Agree On Arms Aid Fund
In Reply To Soviet Claim
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-J.1V-Sw i ft agreement In a senate-house
committee on a $1,314,010,000 overseas arms program sped along
today one U. S. answer to Russia's A-bomb claims.
The news of an atomic blast in Russia served to speed agreement
among the lawmakers that friendly nations must be strengthened
igainst the threat of communists. ;
A Senate House conference lae bi nnw s,,nd, con,Mnf.
yesterday sidetracked a House $1,000,000,000 for the North At
econnmv move and agreed, in i,n,i, ., -,!..
.. . ,c ;
piugiHm viiim fi in-i nit- ii- i
ate. The discarded House figure
was $S9.415.0nO. nr $444,595,000
less than the agreed-upon Senate
figure.
This will clear the way for final ;
congressional action. I
Chairman Connally tDTexl of j
the Senate Foreign Relations i
committee told reporters the Rus-
sian atomic reports "have given
the arms program new,
strength."
Republican Senators Bridges of ;
New Hampshire and Know-land ol j
lalllorma agreed
i suauv. eonierees appoiniea ic
settle Senate-House difference
reach agreement by an in - be -
tween compromise. In this case
the House mem hers dropped .,; :
pretense of fighting for the lower I
figure. And as the authorization !
'Equipment For
Police, Firemen
Bought By City
Contract for the purchase of
a police and fire department two
way radio system was let to the
Link Radio Co. at a special city
council meeting Mondav.
The contract for $3992.50 calls
for the purchase of a central
station, tpe 2490, with 75-watt
power, five 10-watt mobile units
type 2210. and two motorcycle
Link Vetric 3 1-2 ampere sets
for two motorcycles. Two of the
mobile sets would be for the
police cars, two would be for
fire trucks, and one for the fire
chief's car.
Two other bids were consider
ed. One was the Communication
at $3946.50, and the other for a
30-watt Motorola set, costing $3
70. The council decided upon the
stronger station with the slight
additional cost, to make sure it
would reach the entire rural fire
area. The equipment purchased
is the same as that used bv
Roseburg Lumber Co. In it oper
ations. Installation cannot take place
until the city's radio license has
been secured. The call letters w ill
be KOA. The company has offer,
ed delivery service oh the equip
ment within 45 days.
A-Bomb Bogey Blamed r
For Two Gun Deaths
ARCADIA. Calif.. Sept. 27 (.4?)
Reportedly despondent over Rus
sia's atom bomb, a college in
structor killed himself and a stu
dent, police said vesterday.
The victims are Walter H. Grif
fith. 35. language professor at
John Muir college in nearbv Pas
adena, and Donald Otto Magne
son. 23. a univeristy of Southern
California student.
Their bodies were found In
their home yesterday. Magre
son's was in a bathtub and Grif
fith's on the floor nearbv. Near
his hand lay a .38 caliber re
volver. Iron Lung Display Conies
In Handy In Salem Case
SALEM. Sept. 27 I.T) A 12-year-old
Salem boy, John Rein
wald. was being kent alive in a
hospital here today by a portable
iron lung.
He was taken to the hospital
with polio last Saturday. The lung
had been on display' downtown
to support a polio fund drive.
TO ATTEND DENVER MEET
County Agricultural Agent J.
Roland Parker left for Denver
trtftaxf tn attnnrl lh. ..........I
j vention of the National Agricul
tural County Agents' association.
ine garnering is scheduled to
he held Oct. 3. 4. and 5. Parker
l attending as a delegate by
virtue of being past president of
the state association. He will be
gone about 10 days.
SJll.370.000
for Greece and
Turkey
$27 640.000 for Iran, Korea and
the Philippines:
$75,000,000 which may be spent
by the president as he sees fit
in the China area:
Permission to ship $4."0.000.000
of surplus arms.
Briefly, the program would au
thori7e the bulk of arms aid for
Western Europe and make $125.
Onn.000 available immediately to
gpt the aid program under way.
The remainder of the cash and
contrart authority would be pro
vided by appropriation. The aid
r i-rv i. hi.-m
rvv) , rh $.-,00 00,, ;
,n UInoritv , enler mn.
-r)lri
Gn,v 100 0no.ono In cash could
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(Continued on Page Two)
The Weother
Fair and slightly warmer to
day and Wednesday.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:07 a. m.
Sunset today 4:02 p. en.
Established 1873
Victoria
Defendant's
Calm Breaks
At Sentence
Thanks Extended Those
Believing Her Innocent;
Probation Request Fails
Ending the fight of Victoria
Sanders attorneys to save her
from a prison term. Circuit Judge
Carl E. Wimberly Monday sen
tenced the pretty 2'-year-old
woman to serve seven years in
the Oregon penitentiary.
Victoria's calm, w hich the main
tained all during her nine-day
murder trial, broke when the
j judge read the sentence. She
i started to cry, wiDed her eyes
! ith a handkerchief, and turned
. to her lawyers for comfort.
I A seven-woman, five-man jur
returned a manslaughter convic
i tion 10 days ago. finding Victoria
I guilty of the death of Ralph Mo-
jonnier In the home they shared
j near Drain, almost two years ago.
Victoria's defense attorneys last
I night released the following ex
pression of her appreciation for
those who believed in her inno
cence. Written in her own hand
on a page torn from a steno
grapher's notebook, It said:
"I would like to thank all of
the many people who have con
tinued to have faith in my inno
cence and It will be my daily hope
and prayer that 1 may yet be able
to prove their faith is justified,
because I am Innocent.
"Victoria E. Sanders."
Court Endorses Verdict
Making a last appeal In behalf
of his client. Paul E. Geddes, de
fense attorney, asked Judge Wim
berly to place the girl on proba
tion. "I still honestly and con
scientiously and without reserva-
(Continued on Page Twt)
Iris Helliwell
Resigns Manager
Post At KRNR
Mrs. Iris Helliwell. for the past
two years manager of the News
Review radio station KRNR. an
nounced her resignation as sta
tion manager today.
In making the announcement,
she said she will continue to
serve the station in another ca
pacity, thus enabling her to de
vote more time to her family
and other Interests.
Bud Chandler. Klamath Falls,
director of the Southern Oregon
Publishing company radio divi
sion, said it was with regret that
Mrs. Helliwell's resignation is be
ing accepted. Chandler also said
that It will probably he several
days before an announcement
icen be made regarding KRNR's
; future management.
1 Thin n , nm moomttnt t,A arlrlfwi I
! will very probably come directly j
: irom r ranK jenKins, presiaeni oi i ,
I the company.
Mrs. Helliwell became mana
ger of KRNR two years afo,
when Marshall Pengra, former
manager, resigned to help estab
lish a new radio station at Oak
Ridge. Tenn. Mrs. Helliwell for
merly was program director. She
has been with the station seven
years.
John Castner Named
Truck Driving Champ
John Castner. a Portland truck
driver who formerly worked out
of Roseburg. Saturday w-as nam
ed the champion truck and full
trailer driver of the United States
in the finals of the American
Trucking association event In
Phoenix. Ariz.
He rolled up a score of 344
points out of a possible 350,
against the 325 of his nearest ip
ponent. Castner will go to Boston
to receive his award when the
solo and semitrailer events are
held there. The truck and full
trailer event was held in Phoenix
because heavy rigs are not al
lowed in the east.
Gasoline Fire Burns Kill
Motorist Following Crash avenue. jSast Elmwood, Wlnnl
..,,.. peg, Manitoba. Canada. The ar-
TP'-' -;.-William
Mellor. 47. Eugene, died yester
day of burns received when he
was thrown from his car into a
pool of burning gasoline. His wid
ow. Agnes, was dismissed from
the hospital after treatment for
minor injuries.
Their car had collided Sunday
night with a cattle truck. The
I gasoline spilled from a broken
gasoline tank.
Fine Of $30 Paid For
Deer Spotlighting
i Victor Josenh Nork. Azalea, at 5:30 p.m. in the Junior High
j was arrested i... the Pacific hich- ! gym. Marlen YodPr. YMCA gen
, way near Azalea Saturday night, eral secretary, reports that there
' after he had allegedly spotlighi- lis room for many more men and
ed and killed a deer. Stale Police It is hoped that the men will get
Sgt. Lle H. Harrell reported, out Thursday and take advantip"
, Pleading guilty to the charge, of this exercise time. Volleyball
! Nork paid a $30 fine Monday li ; will be the main game and last
I the court of Jusiice of the Peace ! week all that were present seem
Robert M. Jones at Glendale. i ed to enjoy It very much
ROSEBURG,
Sanders
Petitions For
Annexation Up To
Council Tonight
Special meeting of the city
council will be held at S:15 to
night to consider petitions ask
ing tor the annexation of West
Roseburg. Miller's addition and
Sleepy Hollow.
Petitions bearing 206 namee
asking for the West Roseburg
election have been filed. The
Miller's addition and Sleepy
' Hollow petitions contain 89
names, although 2 are checked
off at not being registered vot
ers. There are still sufficient
names, however, to call the
election In those districts.
If the council approves the pe
titions, the next slep will be to
call lor a special city election to
vote upon annexation. There
would also have to be elections
in each of the respective districts.
West Moreland has already pe
titioned to come into the city on
a 100 percent consent. While' this
section is considered a part of
West Roseburg, it would not nec
essarily be affected by the vote
In that area. If the city votes
approval, this section would auto
matically come into the city, re
gardless of the outcome of the
West Roseburg election.
Tokyo Rose Jury
Still Deliberates
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27
Opy The fate of Iva Togurl D'
Aqulno, rharged with treason as
the "Tokyo Rbse" of wartime
radio Tokyo, was still in the
hands of the Jury today.
At 11:11 p.m., last night, weary
court attaches, newsmen and
scattered spectators were In
formed that the Jury of six men
and six women was retiring for
the night. Deliberations were re
sumed today.
The Jury received the rase
from Federal Jure Michael I
Roche at 11:44 a.m. vesterdav.
With time out for meals and re
quests to the court, It had delib
erated eight hours and 4 min
utes when it called a halt last
night.
The 33-year-old defendant. Los
Angeles-horn Nisei, was palpab
ly nervous. She wept once during
the forenoon recess. When th-
Jurors filed out to start delibera
tion's, it required five minutes
and two efforts to get her out of
the courtroom.
She went on trial July 5, charg
ed with treason for wartime
broadcasts aimed at lowering
morale of United States troops.
She broadcast on radio Tokyo's
zero hour as "Orphan Ann." But
it was she, charged the govern
ment, who became known to
thousands of GIs as Tokyo Rose.
The government did not ask the
maximum penalty death, for
treason In wartime. The mini
mum hi five years Imprisonment.
Sportsmen's Association
Plan Of Meet At Albany
Bruce S. Yeager, John Amach
er and Charles V. Stanton Mon
day night attended a meeting of
24 Willamette Valley sportsmen's
groups at Albany.
Purpose of the meeting was to
effect the organization of a Cen
tral Willamette Sportsmen's as
sociation, which would become
affiliated with the Oregon Wild
life Federation. The area would
take in clubs from Cottage Grove
north to Oregon City. Organiza
tion will probably be completed
at the next meeting scheduled in
October.
The local delegates represent
ed the L'mpqua Basin Conserva
tion council, of which Amacher
Is president.
Illegal Entry Into
United States Charged
The arrest Monday night of
Robert Leonard George Porter,
w ho allegedly entered the United
States from Canada Illegally, was
reported by State Police Sgt. Lyle
Harrell.
Porter's address w-as listed bv
the state notice as 743 F Herbert
rM, , mad(. on Highway 99
south of Roseburg Porter, who
allegedly entered the United
States Sunday at Oroville, Wash,
is being held in the Douglas Coun
ty Jail to await action by immi
giation authorities, said the of
ficer. YMCA Exercise Hour
Scheduled Thursday
The second YMCA exercise
I hour w ill he held next Thursday
OREGON TUESDAY, SEPT.
Dram Seven -Year Term
Chest Drive
Appeal Voiced
Cooperation
Money Badly Needed,
Speakers Tell Forum Of
Chamber Of Commerce
Community Chest leaders Mon
day asked for the "full cooper
ation of Roseburg citizens I n
raising the chest's $25,550 goal
this year, during the campaign
Nov. 7 through Nov. 19.
Speaking to the Chamber of
Commerce forum luncheon, Har
rison Winston, president of the
Roseburg Community Chest, said
each of the organizations com-
orising the chest "needs the mon
ey badly
"The Boy Scouts are fearfu
that we won't raise our quota
this year. They have requested
permission to raise their money
in a separate .drive should we
fail make our goal," Winston
said.
"We're not going to let that
happen," he continued. "We're
going to raise our budcet this
year!"
Winston recalled that last
y e a r' s Roseburg Community
tnest quota was approximately
$23,000 but the money actually
collected amounted to about $lfi.-
000. It was believed that many
people who would have given to
the chest gave instead to the
Community hospital fund, which
preceded tne chest campaign by
a few weeks.
"You've heard of the 'one
package' campaign," he said.
"It's not going to be a nnepack
age campaign this year. The Red
Cross, which conducts a separate
campaign, has a national policy
preventing them from Joining the
Community Cht. .
' flie Infantile pa ralysls1" drive
and the cancer fund could pro
hahly he persuaded to come tlnto
the Community Chest, provided
we make our quota," Winston
declared.
Winston said that all members
of the Community Chest board
will he asked to take an active
nart In the fund campaign. The
board of IS members this year
Includes three women Mrs. Ben
lamin O. DuFresne, Mr. Ralph
E. Herman, and Mrs. Vera Me-
fContlnued on Page Two)
Planning Board's
President Quits
Petitions seeking annexation of
two large suburban areas to the
city were received by the City
Planning commission last night.
They were given the commis
sion's approval and referred to
the city council, which Is sched
uled to meet tonight.
The resignation of Walter S.
Olmscheid as president of the
planning commission was accept
ed. He was elected at last
month's meeting, hut he stated
that other matters will prevent
him from exercising the office
of president.
At the suggestion of Mayor Al
bert G. Flegel, a special commit
tee was appointed to determine
the terms of office of commis
sion members. In order to rotate
the office of president automati
cally. Paul S. Elliott, acting presi
dent, appointed K. D. Lytle and
Ben B. Irving to the special com
mittee. They are to report at the
next meeting, with the name of
the person who will assume the
presidency for the coming year.
A number of subdivision plats
were given tentative or final ap
provals last night.
!L MARY'S HEARS "MAMMY"
Al Jolson, Rabbi's Son,
Visits Catholic School
He Attended As Runaway
BALTIMORE, Sept. 27. (. Al Jolson sang "Mammy" and a
couple of other songs for the boys at St. Mary's industrial school last
night and told them "St. Mary's did a lot for me."
Jolson was a St. Mary's boy
for several months about .V) years
ago' after running away from
his home in Washington. Another
famous graduate of St. Mary's
was the late Babe Ruth.
"I've been waiting to do this
for a long time." Jolson said as
he rolled up to the gray stone
buildings with a police escort last
night.
Look, honey, do his wirei
that's where 1 used to play. The success. I guess, and I owe a
! gate's open. It was alwavs shut , great deal to the teachings of
I when I was here. I remember those wonderful brothers. I guess
j bars all around. I m the only Rabbi s son who wai
; "Thev didn't let us smoke, so ever taught In a Catholic school.
1 I got a plug of tobacco from an i "Now, Ir there anything in pr
j iceman and spit In my shirt vk-i ticular you'd like me to sing?"
let. The pocket got pretty stiff.' "Mammy." the hoys shouted
He met 74 earold brother. Jolson sang It. He's never done
Benjamin, former St. Mary' s st-' It better.
27, 1949
Blackmer Pleads
Guilty To Charge
Of Tax Evasion
HENRY M. BUACKMCR
DENVER. Sept. 27 4f Aging
Henry M. Blackmer, who fled to
Europe 25 years ago to escape
testifving in the Teapot Dome oil
scandal, pleaded guilty in U. S.
District court yesterday to an in
dictment charging income tax
evasion.
District Attorney Max Bulkley
then moved that four perjury In
dictments pending against the 80-year-old
millionaire oil man be
dismissed because of Insufficient
evidence.
o., rlmilt IiiHo rirrl I . Phil.
Una declined to go along with the
arrangement immediately. He
said he would mane a morougn
iludy of the case to "satisfy my
.... littnmnnt nnH mnsrience'
before dropping the perjury cas
es.
He deferred sentencing on the
Income lax plea and released
Blackmer under $3,000 bond. The
defendant's attorney. Harold R.
Roberts, said Blackmer could not
remain In Denver's mile-high al
titude because of the condition
of his heart.
Blackmer was charged with In
come tax evasion and perjury in
tax returna filed from 1920
through 1923. He has paid $3.
670.784 back taxes and penalties.
The Teapot Dome oil frauds
during President Warren G. Har
ding's administration sent tne
then secretary oi ininwi
r trail mnii nil maenate Harry
f! Sinclair to prison.
General Trout Season
Closes September 30
Anglers were reminded today
that the general trout season
l,... Friday Sent. 30. ROSS
Newcomb, game commission bi
ologist, stressed me irnpoimm
of the return of tags from fish,
a these aid the study of fish
runs in the river.
For areas that are open for
tum uiniAi tMtnn. anclers mav
catch two fish a day. or four In
any week. Each must ne more
than 12 inches In length.
Hollywood Boy Star,
Two Producers Fined
BEACONSFIELD, Eng., Sept.
27 Hollywood boy star Bob
by Driscoll was fined 100 pounds
(2801 today on a charge of tak
ing a Job In Britain without gov
ernment permission.
Bobby's father. Clethus J. Dris
coll. and RKO-Walt Disney Brit
ish Productions. Ltd., summon
ed on a charge of aiding and
abetting, were each fined the
same amount.
All three gave notice of ap
peal perlntendent and the only teach
er who remembers Jolson when
he was there.
They went Into an assembly
room where 135 boys were wait
ing. Jolson told them about the
time he was at St. Mary's.
"I've carried beautiful thoughts
from those months all my life."
he said. "I've had a measure of
Nonunion Coal
Mines Open In
Pennsylvania j
1,100 Workers, Carrying
Guns, Return To Pits As
State Troopers Patrol
PITTSBURGH. Sept. 27 (TV
Western Pennsylvania's nonun
ion bituminous mines reopened
today despite t h e nationwide
strike of John L. Lewis' United
Mine workers, and state polite
quickly arrested 17 pickets t o
block violence.
Heavy state police forces In
vaded the four-county Clearfield
area where some 35 operations
resumed after ft week of lldeness
due to picketing by unionized
hands.
Lieut. Frank L. Garnow report
ed 17 arrested for mass picket
ing around the Wlngert mine near
Sligo in Clarion county. A court
Injunction Issued recently pro
hibits mass picketing.
Eleven hundred non union bi
tuminous miners defied the strik
ing Unlled Mine Workers and
went back to the pits. They went
to work carrying rifles and shot
guns. Armed guards paced near
entrances to mine workings or
stalked In underbrush nearby.
Scores of automobiles contain
ing pickets cruised leisurely on
narrow winding roads skirting
the mines but made no reported
efforts to interfere. Squads of
siate police trailed them and oc
casionally brought them to a
halt for Inspection.
Mines being reoiened are lo
cated north of Pittsburgh. Most
of them are strip workings In
which steam shovels dig coal
from surface veins. Others are
underground operations.
Govarnor . Duff Aots
State police reinforcements
were brought in after local au
thorities called on Governor Duff
for help.
Some of the armed sentries
around workings recruited Imin
ranks of non-union diggers were
posted atop the latticed tipples
or derrick like structures at
mine openings.
Some rode beside the drivers
of loaded coal trucks, their "rif
les protruding menacingly from
cah windows.
The clearfield developments
came as the slrike of John L.
Lewls' 480,000 United Mine work
ers entered Its ninth day. The
miners walked out after trus
tees of the soft coal welfare and
pension fund cut off payments
and after Lewis has emphasized
that some southern operators had
quit making the 20-cents-a-ton
roytalty payments.
There are no signs the strike
will end soon. The UMW is sche
duled to meet Wednesday with
southern soft coal operators at
Bluefield, W. Va. apparneily
on the question of hack royalty
payments. Lewis has served io-
tice he'll not bargain on a new
contract, to replace the one which
ran nut last June 30, until they
ante un.
On Thursday, Lewis is slated
to meet with northern and wes
tern operators at white sulphur
springs, W. Va.
Strikers' Wives,
Children Prevent
Work Resumption
BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 27-Pl
Wives and children of striking
CIO United Auto Workers picket
ed the Bell Aircraft Corp. plant
todav and turned hack several
carloads of non-strikers.
At one time there were 61 wom
en and 18 children, one In a baby
carriage, parading In a circle be
fore the main gate. Many wore
army helmet liners.
The women, members of tlf"
ladies auxiliary of UAW Local
501, carried placards with such
legends as:
"Hu.'bands, wives and kids
united.
Wives say no peace un-
til we win," and "My daddy fights
for me."
Some of the picketing women
used the placards to beat on the
hoods and tops of autos attempt
ing to enter.
A crowd of several hundred
strikers and union sympathizers
shouted encouragement.
When sheriff's deputies tried
to clear a passage Ur some nt
proaching non - strikers, the
women encircled the peace offi
cers, completely blocking the ap
proach to the plant.
The demonstration lasted about
an hour.
Today marked the second day
of activity since about 1,000 of
the 1,700 members of local VII
voted Sunday night to continue
picketing.
Negotiations reached an Im
passe last week.
The principal Issues when the
strike began June 13 were a 10-
cent hourly pay Increase and pen
Ions The comnanv declined to
negotiate those points maintain- j d BUntiiia toeftoa, schedules
ingjt. wage, .ver.ged S178 .nfof 0efJ yj
Situation In
North Coastal
Sector 7orst
Burning Areas Total Up
To Ten Thousand Acres;
Umpqua Unit Is Touched
By Th AwoeUttd PrM
Residents of two Oregon coast
al towns prepared todav to move'
out of their homes as a mile
wide forest fire licked down a
mountain side and near their
doorsteps. Farm families In an
other Oregon area in flamea
were moved out last night.
The fires were among dozens
that hurst out of control in west
ern Oregon and southwest Wash
ington Monday.
Smoke hung over timbered
mountain ranges In sreat clouds
and hampered the aerial survey
plans of foresters. There were no
reports of injuries among the two
thousand men working the fire
lines last night. More men and
school boys were being recruited
today.
Foresters said the burning ar
eas totaled up to ten thousand
acres.
The most menacing fire was
near the coast resort communi
ties of Cannon beach and Tolo
vana park. A few families leit
their homes last night. Others
had packed their belongings. Fur
ther inland, west of McMinnville,
Ore.. State police estimated SO
persons were evacuated from
farm and lumber area homes by
midnight last night. They were
in the paths of three fires ex
pected to merge today,
andon Disaster Rccalltd
The coastal fire recalled ths
destruction of the beach town of
Bandon 13 years ago yesterday.
A grass fire swept into the town.
Foresters were fearful too that
the McMinnville area fire may
become worse. This fire rone was
southwest of the 200.000-acre Til
lamook hum area which was gut
ted In the 1930's of virgin forests
in the worst forestry disaster of
Oregon hisltry.
The coast fire had scorched 2,
000 acres yesterday. The Mc
Minnville area zones added up to
over 1.000 acres. In southwtst
Washington, the Plnchot National
forest had a 1.500 -acre timber
fire. South of Grand Rande, Ore,
some 3.000 acres were burning.
One farm home was destroyed
yesterday, hut McMinnville file
men saved 14 others In the Pea
Vine canyon tHi.' 1 Reporta
there said the fires along the.
mountains last night made 111
countryside look flke a vast camp
ground. In another small fire east
of Portland a harn was leveled.
Scores of scattered fires of t
few acres to several hundred
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Senate Votes Hike
In Military Pay
WASHINGTON. Sept. 27
The Senate voted Monday to raise
the pay of members of the armed
services.
It was a voice vote.
The bill, providing for the first
general armed services pay boost
in 40 years, Is similar to one al
ready passed by the House. But '
minor differences between Sen
ate and House will have to be
ironed out before any legislation
Is sent to President Truman.
The Senate hill would give rais
es to almost all ranks, from pri
vates to major generals. In In
army and to corresponding ranks
in other services.
The pay boosts would become
effective on Oct. 1.
The bill la one of a series ot
pay measures pending on Con
the Senate to speed action on on
the Senate to speed action on one
which would give bigger salaries
to his Cabinet officers and top
ranking government officials.
That brought some talk among
the legislators of an Increase also
In the expense allowance of sena
tor's and House members. Sena
tor Lucas (d-Illt said he under
stood Senator Bridges IR-NH) in
tended to promise a $5,000 ex
pense allowance. Senators and
House members nnw get $12,500 a
year salary and $2,500 tax free
expense allowance.
Auto Blow Kills Woman;
Husband Is Near Death
OREGON CITY, Sept. 28 UPl
A Calgary woman tourist was fa
tally injured and her husband
was not expected to survive aft
er being struck by an automohils
last night as they walked across
highway 99 near here. Their three
cnimieii weir in iriinwmij v.w
of the Red Cross.
Stale Police said Mrs. Charles
Warren. 34. died three hours s:ft
er the mishap. She was carried
45 feet bv a car driven by Carl
M. Zern. Oregon City. Police said
Zern swerved his car In trying to
avoid the couple. He was not cit
ed bv police.
They were staying at a motel
north of Gladstone and were
walking across the road to cafe.
Police said Zern reported thev
hesitated In crossing and then
ran directly into the path ot his
car.
Livity Fact Rant
By L. T. lUlMmtahl
The day' biqqeit question in
Ortqon: Will the current forest
i i;rM deter the eoenina of tho