Comp, I Eugene. Oregon &T-i.-.'7 . ron a 7 U. Of 0. Library - r. MM MOT roll i 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 : . (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 (Continued on Page Two! 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