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PAGZ TEH The OnSCOIT ITTATECMAIJ. 2kx!m.. Oregon, Friday Horning. December 6, 1S43 i i- Conditions Icy At Crash Time Tiro More Die of Injuries From Plane Wreck as . Probes Launched ' - CHICAGO, Dee. 9 OT-An eye witness told m coroner's jury to day that lcfavg conditions" pre--vailed at the time of United JUr Uaea plane crash that re wulted la eight death. While the witness. Policeman Thomas F. O'Hara, waa relating bis account of last algat'a trage dy, eight survivors were being treated ia hospitals. The pretty tsirardess, Florence at. Little of -Chlcsgo, was reported to be Is a -saiT orlUcal statav O'Hara,- testifying at the la . quest hef ore a Jury composed of .six aviation experts, said be wss .In ihe: radio control tower of -tfeo .Chicsso municipal a airport, .: ap- proximately: two blocks from the vaeaat ht where- the malnliaer tell, at 6:48 p. m. He reported that lie saw the plane approaching a ranway for a landing at what he judged was a. normal altitade of about ISO feet. It seesied to make a left tarn with tho nose down into the ground." he added. "There was a Cash as the ship felL" He figured that the "Cash oc curred when the liner struck elec trie power lines. O'Hara testified that earlier the pilot had asked for landing Instructions and that the control tower operator had advised a west landing dne to "icing conditions.1 The policeman added that he did not know whether the "icing conditions" were on the plane or the ground bat that a light snow waa falling. Officials ot the UAL and the federal government also began in vestigations. Company spokesmen denied a report that1 the plane waa carrying a heavy amount of Ice. They stated: 1 "Evidence indicated that Imme diately after the accident there was only a minor amount of ice on the airplane. During tho period Immediately preceding sad fol lowing the accident other airliners were arriving and, departing from tne caicago airport wuaout ia terruptlon because of icing. Two men, Keller F. Leltea of Chicago and Charles W. Man villa of Cleveland, died this morning. The latest information was Miss Little and Owen M. Frederick. Olsastead. Ohio, were in critical condition. British Claim Bomb Hit on German Luxury Liner; t 'Jt t T 5 Company CeU Coutraet ' "Washington, dc. The navy department amoanced today that .the Morrill said Stur geea LAmber coaapnay t Part laad. Or.. had been awarded an ll,14.7fl contract for lumber. Legal Notices KOTICK OF SHERIFF'S MAUR WOUOL PBOFKRTir Xottos hereby Is given that by v4rtue of an Execution sad Order T Sale issued out of the-Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Mario County on the lZth day of November, 1949, upon and pursuant to a Decree duly gtrem Jd made by said court on the SSth day of October, 1940, in a nult pending therein in which the Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora tteav a corporation, was plaintiff and Krwln Mowrey and J ana Dee Mowrey, a husband and wife; Lola Case and Marshall A. Case, wife aad husband; Helen M. Mawrey Clay and F. S. Clay, wife and hsa bSnd; Almond A. Bkh. a widow er; and Gertrude Olson, a widow, were defendants, which KxeeatSea and Order of Sale waa to mo di rected and commanded ate to seU the real property hereinafter da scribed to satisfy said lions aad charges la said Decree pcctfled. I will on Saturday; the 14th day of December, 194 at the hoar of 10 o'clock ajau at the west door of the County Courthouse at Sa lem, Marion County, Oregon, of fer for sale and sell at public auction, for cash, subject to re demption as provided by law, all of the right, title and interest of the defendants in said salt and of all parties claiming by. through or under them, or any of them, since the 1st day of December, 1934, in or to the following de scribed real property, to-wit: Lota Tweaty-five, ' Twenty-stay Twenty-seven aad Fifty-seven, in Friends Oregon Colony, ac ; cording to ihe- recorded pint thereof of record aad on til In the office of the Recorder of Conveyances for Marion County.. Oregon. la olumo S at page St. Record of Tewnlhxta. hems - la Section Twenty-six. To wn ahip Six South, Rang One; East ot the Willamette Meri dian; ' Together with th tenemeata, heredltameata aad ap parts nances thereunto beloagiag nr. in anywise appertain lug; Situated In Marion County, ' State of Oregon. Dated November ISta, 194s. A. C BTJRK, Sheriff Marion County Oreconu- -First Puhlicatloa, , Tfoyeaber 15. 1949,' Last Publicatloa. , Poconibor 11. NOTICS OF FXJCAXt aWTTXKSCKNT Notice to hereby given that the undersigned have filed la the County Court of the State of Ore-J Son, for the Ceuary or nun-sea. their duly verified final account, as Executors of tho last will and testament and estate of Jeanio A. Jones, deeeased..aad that auid Court baa Qxed Tuesday, the S4th day of December. 1949. at the hour of ten o'clock A, U, ot said day. as the time, and the County Court Room tn tho County Court Honso.at Salem,' In Marlon Coun ty, Oregon, aa Otm place for hear lag said final account and all efe Jectlona thereto.. , . Dated; at Salem, Oregon, f&is 32nd day-of Nov em bar, 194S.V--- TERA HILL and I - i.-:;--- MER1J& JONES.- i '' - 1, Executors ,of tho last will .,; and testament and estate- of - Jennie aw. Joneaj Deceased. rXlONALD C. GLOTER. - ... . Attorn eys tor Execators, ' Calem. Oreexnx, N.12-29 D.f-lt-t. According to the British, the German luxury liner I record, has been Europe, one-time holder f the Atlantic crossing dock at Bremen, bombed squarely amidships tn Its Germany. Pasteur Medal Is Given at Seattle SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. MPy The Pasteur medal, awarded an nually for outstaading heroism by tho National Milk Industry foundation, was presented to Earl M. Kaowles of Seattle to night for his bravery In rescuing a drowsing boy from Lake Wash- intgon last jury. Col. B. F. Castle of Washing ton, foundation president, mads the award during the state dairy men's convention, praising the Seattle dairy worker for acting promptly and efficiently when the plight' of the unnamed la- year-old boy was called to his attention. Colonel Castle said Knowles saw the lad struggling in the water, tossed aside his coat and swam to the rescue. Ho took tho boy to shore aad revived him with artificial respiration, the speaker added. PT&T Transfers Wise as Manager PORTLAND, Ore., Dec f-V The Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company announced today that E. D. Vise, vtca-preaideat and general manager of the Ore gon area, had been, named general manager f the Washington Idaho regioa. The transfer will be affective January 1. wins will succeed L F. DJx. who win retire, with headquarters at Seattle. F. D. Tellwright, Idahe-Wasa- iagtoa area chief engineer, will replace Wise here. FBI Wonders if Term Is 366 Days PORTLAND. Dec S-UPV-A fed- oral bureau of investigation agent left Municipal Judge Julius Conn today pondering FBI thorough- and the problem of whoa a year la not a year. The agent made this ouery: time ago you sentenced to one year In jail and what wo are wondering is did you mean ICS days or, this being leap year. die) you Intend that he should serve xist- Judga Cohn said ho SCt would be enough. Hotelmen Open 3 Sessions, Portland PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. i Hotelmen of the west opened a triple convention here today. Dele gates of the Associated Hotels of the West, the Pacific Northwest Hotel Exposition and the Oregon State Hotel Association were present. Mayor Joseph BT. Carson, Jr., will welcome the hotelmen at the first business session tomorrow. Injunction Taken To Protect Quiz PORTLAND, Dec s-(ffVrwo Portland theatres filed Injunction suits in circuit court today to protaet quiz contests. District Attorney Jamas K. Bain and Sheriff Martin T. Pratt wero ordered by Jodgo Loula P. Hewitt to show caase way they should not bo enjoined from in terfering with the contests. Tho injunction suits were filed by tho Hollywood and Oriental theatres, which contended that the cos teats wars tests of Skill and not lotteries. Theatre attor neys said that soma radio sta tions, whoso aula programs are of a similar typo, might Join the action. District Attorney's Deputy Maartea Tarsals, representing Bain and Pratt, aald the county cos tended that the contents wero lotteries aad illegal. Pierce Suggests Columbia Region Be New District WASHINGTON. Dec Oregos's legislature will redlatrlct the state to provide a fourth rep resentative In congress. Reps. Homer D. Angell (R-Ore) and Walter M. Pierce (D-Ore) pre dicted today. Increased state population prob ably will caase tho legislature to carve a fourth district out of tho first aad third, making the Colum bia river district. Pierce said. Bach of these districts, ho said, would have largo populations whrle his own district, the second, would here less then one-fourth of the stats's population. "But," ho added, "the laglalA tare wiH arrange the districts to I suit Itself." . f ' "a : muttluuwSu9 "' 'llMuwM , ... , VOR CWaiSTf.lAS for ri ii fan or hegkewi. youTI Cad Ctm iissi ya ct WarrfJ Ccauai tii, Cn prcjaetary sjrforsaa mnrjtJiij to glva , now h &m catalog OTrfar tfepcuinsont of me Bra. WsfBfta?? wdfnaka yo&9&Cam,m4 . harm tbm nadjimsiit nwnsuT tor for yoil Yow : I can bvr- tft WenSt .fui sou Jbvr csfctioj -frke$ wlKad nwna fcryihg Ssmp or a ajoasy-ordarl ; r . .' ... f . -,.. Z " -d ,t ' , - T Ocr podf CLtufmet CeStsZf ' ;f7--- r.iOMTGonntiY yard Rites Held for Norse Admiral PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. S-JPr Quiet funeral services were held here today for Christian Sparre, SI, vice admiral and former com mander of tho Norwegian Navy. Admiral 8parra died alone and unknown la a small hotel here last weekend of a heart ailment after being separated from his country by war. His body was found Monday and Kmil P. 81o varp, Norwegian vice consul, es tablished identification Tuesday. A Lutheran church missionary officiated at seniles for tho ad miral, known also as an author of several books. The body was cremated aad the ashes will ho sent to a son. Lief, la Brooklyn, NT. Guesses 3 Bliliion Prisoners of War PORTLAND, Ore, Doc -VPy-Traey Strong, general secretary of tho TMCA world committee, estimated tonight there were more than 2,999,0 prisoners of war la Earope. Here la behalf of prison camp work of tho TMCA. ho said that t.199.009 of the prisoners wore In Germany, f9.999 la occupied France, between Z9.a ad S9. aaf la England and 1999 in Canada, ' 7heat .ijlea Hear Laiy 7ifl Benefit Some Urge Ilednctlcn of , Wheat Acreage, TUgx OlfidaU PENDLETON. Orsw. Doe, UPl -Tho Wheeler-Leo law to place nil fdrms ot transportatloa vnder tho tnterstata conunereo commis sion will benefit producers and shippers first i arrivals at - the Eastern , Oregon . Wheat league meet heard today. John H. Car kin, superintend ent of transportatloa tn tho state public utilities ! department, said that with proper administration tho law would improve tho present situation. Charles Baker. Walla Walla, representing ths Inland Waterways association, agreed. Tho men appeared before tne transportation committee which previously had opposed ihrUw. Five committees were at worn: preparing recommendations land roports for the regular session. which opens tomorrow. Many county delegations urgea tho production and marketing committees to recommend reduc tion of wheat acreage aad substi tution of seed crops. Indications tonight wero that the meeting would draw tho larg est attendance on record. Delega tions were here from Idaho and Washington as well as individual representatives from other states. Attending the taxation and leg islation committee sessions were Leslie Scott, state treasurer-elect, and Claude Buchanan. Corvallia. president of the Oregon Tar league. Weather Grounds Searching Planes Fail to Find WalberU, Missing for Week in Cascades PORTLAND, Ore. Dec f-(AV Squnlly weather groanded planes searching east of Eu game tor Mr. and Mrs. C K. Walbert. missing Medford aviators, today. Six private and two army pianos wore held at Eugene after a gathering storm dispelled ground fog along tho rugged backbone of tho cascaoio moun talus. Additional reports of a light plane In tho vicinity of H areola. northeast of Eugene, gave point to a theory at airmen that tho Walberta. firing hiked, mistook tho oust log of a beam at Eugene for tho aorth-eouth leg oa tho air route from Medford to Port land. Tho Walberta disappeared last Friday. They mod no night plan aad wero not reported missing until Monday. Meantime stats poQes searched aa isolated area aouthoast of Eu gene after residents reported that a piano might have crashed thorn. Other fliers eontisrued to search from bases at Medford aad R burg. Higlivay Prograra Unsure Defense Needs Is Cause LAlUCVUCW. Doc -WV-Ore- ron's highway program tor next year aad perhaps longer will be uncertain because of national de fense road handing demands. State Highway Commission Chair- Henry F. Cabell said yester day. Cabell told Lake county citizens that while defense seeds and mo torists .wishes coincided:! 9 per cent, some road improvement un doubtedly would- be sidetracked la favor of military highway batldlax. He added that ho hoped the legislature would appropriate enough money to permit the com mission to continue essential road building- not covered in the de fense: program, . of Heiress Dies in South, 64 Hntton Was Retired From Career aa Broker; Babs at Side CHARLESTON. 8C. Dec -CPt -Franklyn L- Hntton, father of the Woolworth heiress, Barbara Ilutton, the Countess Haugwits Reventlow. died at his plantation SO miles from here, today after an illness of several weeks. He was 94 years old. Huttoa. who was a retired New York broker, was ill when he cam to Charleston from Atlantic City about two weeks ago. At the time he was said to he suffering from a deep cold. Shortly after his arrival. Bar bara was summoned from the west coast to bo at his bedside Besides the countess other members of tho family were at tho bedside whan he died at 11:19 pjn. They Included his wife, the former Irene Curley Boddo of Detroit, his brother and atstsr-tn- law. Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Hntton. who have a winter homo near here, aad a sister, Mrs. Thomas Mlddloton, of Pleasant- dale, NJ. Button's first wife tho mother of his titled daughter, was Kdna Woolworth, whose father found ed tho Ove sad-tea coat store chain that made his name a household word aad brought him miUlons. She died In 191T. and nine years later Hatiea married Mrs. Bodds, a Detroit divorcee. Injuries Prove FmUd To St. Helen Youth CAMP MURRAY, Wash, Doc a cjy-Dean Boomhowur, 19, Si. Helena, Ore a member ot Ore gon's tilth Infantry, died last night of injuries tafttcted hr aa automobile while walking on tho Fort Lewis-Cacao Murray higheray FiveSMpClall Frcn Heavy Gale Hiree Disabled West . of - Dritaia bj Seas, Two Are Greek NEW TORK. Dec -iS-Tir ships, at least throe of thorn dis abled by -heavy gales and 'Mat tering teas" called for help today from the submarine-Infested wa ters west of Britain. At f:18 p. m- (PST) tho New chang. S4SX-toa British freighter, radioed that aha "requires imme diate assistance" at a position approximately T 90 miles west of Scotland. The vessel did not give tho causa of btr distress. : Early this evening. ' tho- Empire- Thunder.1 1999-ton British freighter launched recently at Sunderland. England, sent an SOS heard here by Mackay radio. She reported her.imaln engine dis abled" at a- position 475 miles west of Scapa Flow. " The 4295-toa Crook vegetable on tanker Tarretos-sent tho first distress signal this morning. Her position and cause of distress wero not clear, but she waa be lieved to be close to the British coast. Later, the storm-tossed S775 t o a British steamer Saltwick. about T99 miles west of Scotland, and tho 4 XI 0-ton Greek freight er Aghia Eirini, 109 miles rwest of Ireland, also called, tor help. Both reported steering gear trou ble caused by storms. r At 10:19 p, kl. almost 11 hoars aftsr that first distreaw call from tho Aghia Eirini. tho powerful Lands End radio station reiayua another SOS from her. It aald -fOromr e-ala broke left lifeboat- Other parts missed, sea water rushing inside engine room." Pterin Firliermen Ponder 2 Uoriies Albaeore Tuna not Bilinj , aad Fergus Cnltixij . Sznelt Catches ASTORIA, Ore. Dec tfv. Fishermen pondered two prob lems hero , today why albaeore tana stopped taking lores last September and what to do aboat fungus Injury to smelt catches. ' Vernon Brock, stats fish com mission biologist, said hs believed aa abundance of natural feed caused the tana to pass up hooks, but that ha still was unable to determine habits and breeding places ot the fish. Most tnma arriving a ths Ore gen coast came In with. the Jap anese current from the west, hs said, apparently in two grosps4 two and three-year-old fish swimming in separate schools, I Henry Klemela, secretary of the Columbia River Fishermen's union, aald fungus pollution ia tho Columbia elnng to fishermen's necs so inicaiy uisi smeic guneu Ing might not bo possible this winter. ; Tho fungus fills the small mesh of ths nets, so badly that fish cannot enter, he explained. Locomotive Rams ..Caboose, Kills 1 KLAMATH FALLS. Orev Dec 5 A loeomotlTO backed lata a f caboose, killing Oscar Klath. freight conductor, and lnjurlag man, la tho railroad yards hers tonight. - Gray and Eck required hospl-Ulisatlon. AN IDEAL GIFT! FfJS C:2eri FHOTS KUTS rXESSTiIS Surprise and de&ght .Timcansaudm Bioads wkh gifts of daOdoas local by tWiwids Xafiwar vasxtttlaasr- ItoSftcSSs 2a9se.SL24 AAAPiurrsopi 18b.C2s S9 the. 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