'It's Complete ;
VWatch your Oregon States
saan. See bow It covers the
Mil completely, present
;WealIier: "-
Occasional rain today and
Seaday; snow ever higher
mountains Max. Temp. Frl
lay, 88, Mia. 44. Southeast
wind. Rain 1.74 laches. Hir
er jS foot. FtoSET. '
.tt Interestingly each day.
with dn attention to
local
happenings.
NEiLTlLTH YEAH
Salem. Orecjotv Saturday Morning, December 21, 1943
Pricv 3c Newsstands 5c
No. 230
Four Killed.
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Liverpool Hit;
British Ships
Attack Valona
20,000 Italians Trapped
at Bardia, Is Claim;
Greeks Advance
Rome Finally Admits Aid
Given by Hitler; Dive
Bombers Are Sent
(Br the Associated Press)
British and Greek announce
ments of slashing new blows at
Italy by land, sea and air in Italy,
Albania and Libya were paired
Friday night with German dis
patches suggesting that the nazls
finally have decided to aire their
Bag-gins; fascist friends a boost
and that the Qerman-Italian-Japa-nese
pact will be implemented by
military and economic missions.
Soma German political quarters
retarded the establishment of
these missions as a hint to the
United States of the hazards of
lending unlimited aid to Britain.
German airmen gave Liverpool
snd the surrounding Merseyside
area their worst bombing of the
war, last night and early today,
smashing homes and buildings,
and striking a hotel where sev
eral persons were Injured.
Liverpool Deaths
Are Reported Few
Total casualties were said by
th British to be low, but the
early estimate did not Include
possible victims in a line of
wrecked - homes where rescuers
began digging.
Raiders were reported over
wide areas of Britain and two
bombs from an unidentified plane
crashed In neutral Eire's Dublin
and Monaghan counties last night.
Topping off the tale of Italy's
woes was the British announce
ment that the army of..the Nile
has surrounded the Libyan has
of Bardla, trapping. 24,40 flght-IngItalian-
troops wttbrn a" steel
ring. . '
British ships completed the
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Isa iiae Bar..
PcixJ Uauser Column
Well,-we're been' reading the
papers again and we started off
with Josephine Mahoney's com
ments on the
its on iner
ither. Jose-l
tne is the!
weather.
Heppner coTre-I,
spondent for the;',
Pendleton East j
Oregonlan a n d it
we hare yet to
find a n y b o d yK
who has as teel-r
ing a touch. for
the weather. Jo
sephine . shares
honors with M.
Petersen of the
Sheridan Sun as
pur favorite two Fsul H. Baassr, Jr.
Country correspondents. H r e's
Josephine and the Marrow county
weather outlook:
The variable weather that
engulfed Morrow county all day
produced vagaries of tempera
ture aad atmosphere thai kept
even the old timers garesing.
The old Indian signs failed to
work when the clear dawn gave
way to a high fog that rolled
la billows; that cleared away
with a bitter cold wiad out
front the northwest; in tarn
" a doldrums held forth an til a
gentle chiaook - wafted down
from the eastern mountains;
the mailt sky clouded, rata be
Kan to fall bat Jast to aaake ft
interesting ft soon thickened
and n slosh waa actually fall
lac There may be aaow in the
morning, a silver thaw, a sleet
atoms, a balmy chiaook, or
what hare yon? On guess Is
aa good as another.
Tou said it, Josephine.
And Mr. Arthur Hampson of
Pawtacket, RI, who acta aa a de
partment store Santa Clans, would
like to know which 4ne of the
dear little kiddles lifted hi
watch. '
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ssTcsinf the wsrla tt s astwal
eaewy l tk prickly ysar. TTMy
flstUy fsaaa a aisth Vsrcr, Cmo-
tekUatls setrsaaa. wklak wka
i
f ara4 Um la the sa sua a
Mr. Darwin, that's erolutlon
that Utrolutloa. ., V . ;
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Milk Law s Am lment
May be Askej yjoming
Session of Legislature
Tightening of . Corrupt Practices Act Will Be One
' Effort Preliminary to Later Submittal of
Referendum, Local Group Indicates
By PAUL H. HAUSER, JR.
. Milk, either directly or indirectly, will probably again
be a problem for the Oregon legislature when the 1941 ses
sion convenes January 13.
While no direct attack is anticipated on the Oregon milk
control law in the face of the voters' affirmation of it at the
polls, opponents of the law will be present and may attempt
Halifax Probable
Choice for Envoy
Name Already Submitted
to FDR for Approval
Is London Claim
LONDON, Dec. 21-(Saturdar-(ytp)
- The authoritative British
press association's parliamentary
correspondent said early today
that Lord Halifax now was re
garded as the most likely choice
for the British ambassadorship in
Washington.
An official announcement was
expected shortly, he said.
The Dally Mail declared Lord
Halifax's name already had been
submitted to President Roosevelt
for approval as the successor to
the late Lord Lothian.
Halifax, foreign minister under
both the late Neville Chamberlain
and Winston Churchill, will be
succeeded In that post by War
."Minister Anthony Eden, the paper
added.
' Lord Halifax has been repeat
edly attacked In some sections of
the press, for his handling of the
foreign office, principally because
of hv coolness toward soviet Rus
sia. '
Cabinet changes Involved in the
Halifax nomination which the
Dally Mail asserted already had
been handed to President Roose
velt would include a post as yet
undesignated for David Lloyd
George, world war prime minis
ter, the paper said.
His specific job, it was added,
would be to spur the war effort
at borne.
Wheeler
Opp
oses
Leasing Proposal
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20-(JP)-The
adoption of President Roose
velt's plan for lending war mater
ials to Great Britain would be the
first step toward making the
United States """the greatest mili
tary oligarchy the world has ever
known." U. 8. Senator Burton K.
Wheeler (D-Mont) said here to
day. "If we art to start on a program
of loaning guns, boats, aircraft
and munitions to every nation that
gets into war with another nation,
we'll be entering every war that
starts, whether It be in Africa,
South America or Asia," Wheeler
told newsmen.
He criticized what he termed a
new effort of the president and
hit advisors to get around the
Johnson act, criticizing high gov
ernment officials for what he
called law violations In the pres
ent situation.
Portland Student
Is Killed by Auto
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 20-VPi
-Clyde Waymire, about 11, Port
land high school student, was
killed by an automobile tonight.
Patrolman Andy Crabtree re
ported. Crab tree said Waymire was
struck by a ear driven by Hans C.
Karsteas. 25. of Helix, Orew stu
dent at the University of Oregon
Medical school.
Fleet9 8 Adriatic Invasion
Is Declared Unchallenged
LONDON, Dee. 20P)-Brltlsh
warshlna enterlnc throuxh the 60-
mile-wlde Strait of Otranto oft the
southeastern Italian coast hava
swept the lower Adriatic without
bains: challenged br n single Ital
ian fighting ehln,or encountering
n single Italian aommerelal reaaet.
the Admiralty declared today.
Thia foray, said unofficially to
indicate that the fascists had been
run to cover In the lower Adriatic
aa well aa the Mediterranean and
put in great pert! in Albania, waa
rounded off in a heary aasault by
a separate force of battleships on
the , vital . Italian supply port of
Valona in southern Albania.::
la the bombardment, , the ad
miralty said, nearly n hundred
tout of 'high explosive shells were
hurltd at the port and in the
whole operation ."no , opposition
from the enemy was encountered.
' The admiralty's ' communique.
to get some revisions of the law
through the legislature.
More probable Is it that the
coming legislative session will see
laying of groundwork by oppon
ents of the milk control law for
another battle to throw it out by
the referendum method.
Lewis Judson, a spokesman for
the group of Salem dairymen dis
contented under the milk control
board, said yesterday that an ef
fort would probably be made to
revise the corrupt practices act
to preclude use of "misleading
statements" in campaigning for
or against measures. Judson de
clare1 that dairymen fighting the
milk control board recognized
during the campaign that the
"misleading character of adver
tising put out by friends of the
law had a marked effect on the
result."
The local group expects to com
bine Its efforts with a Portland
group said to be seeking revision
of the corrupt practices ast as an
outgrowth of the circulars put
out in an effort to "smear'.' Com
missioner Earl Riley In his suc
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Japan's Cabinet
Shaken up Again
v.
New Justice Minister and
Home Minister Named
by Premier Konoye
TOKYO, Dec. 2 1-( Saturday )
(P) Premier Prince Fumlmara
Konoye shook up his cabinet to
day, naming new ministers of jus
tice and home affairs in a sur
prise move observers believed was
aimed at stricter enforcement of
economic restrictions.
Baron Kllchlro Hlranuma, for
mer premier and minister with
out portfolio, was named home
minister to succeed Eija Yssui.
Lieut. Gen. Helsuke Tanagawa
was appointed minister of Jus
tice, replacing Aklra Kazaml.
As home minister. Baron Hlra
numa will control the nation
wide police system, prefectural,
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New IEU Local Is
Formed, Silverton
SILVERTON, Dec. 20 A
new local of the Industrial Em
ployes Union, Inc., was organized
here tonight to replace the one
dissolved at Thursday night's
meeting. H. W. Burton, execu
tive secretary of the IEU, present
ed the charter and stated that
the local will start with 187
members, a majority of all em
ployee of the Silver Falls Timber
company.
Mr. Burton also denied truth of
a rumor that the eompany was
prohibited by the national labor
relations board from dealing with
the IEU. The conference com
mittee was instructed to demand
full recognition of the new local
by the employers.
Officers of the new local. No.
50 in district No. 2, are Clifford
Ekluad, chairman; Jack Scott,
vice-chairman; Ed Lambert, secretary-treasurer.
The conference
committee inclndes JoeLaRue, Os
car Bentson, George Christen sen,
Joe Clancy and Randall Bailey.
Trustees are Edgar Huddleston,
D. P. Starrett and Loula Sawyer.
which was characteristically spar
ing of language, did not, mention
the damage to Valona, bat other
British sources pointed oat that
such a heary shelling could make
rubble of the port facilities.
TnrssTU eorreaponaeat ox ta
author! tatire British Press asso
ciation observed without ampllfl
catlont '
- "It would aeeml that the Ital
ians, driven from Taranto (a ma
jor base in the Instep of the Ital
ian boot) and hounded again by
the royal air force at Naples, hava
sought fresh bases where they
hope their fleet will keep out of
the way of the (British) Mediter
ranean fleet.
"With the Adriatic sea now open
to ns, 'important' derelopments
may be expeeted.". : , . i
The British maneuver, . as the
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Four Compose
New Speed-up
Defense Board
Bill Knudsen Chairman;
Hillman, Slim son and
Knox Are Members
Four Separate Functions
Prevent. Naming . One
Chief Says FDR
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20-UP-
President Roosevelt designated
two of his defense commissioners
and his war and navy secretaries
today as a new high command
charged with the momentous Job
of stimulating America to greater
arms production.
He asked William S. Knudsen,
now industrial production boss of
the defense commission, to serve
as director of a new organization
-an office for production man
agement for defense. That office.
he explained, will be created by
authority of the government re
organisation act of 1939.
Sidney Hillman, In charge of
labor problems . for the defense
commission, will be assistant di
rector, and Secretaries Stimson
and Knox will be the other mem-
i bers.
Three subdivisions, Mr. Roose
velt told reporters, will handle
production of raw materials, de
fense purchasing and priorities on
deliveries of war supplies.
The decision to create the new
office followed repeated declara
tions by Knudsen, among others
that the defense program was
behind schedule..
There had been frequent de
mands, too, that the president ap
point a chairman of the defense
commission or select some one in
dividual to head the enormous pro
gram for obtaining war equip
ment. But the chief executive, wli
called in reporters to explain the
new arrangement, asserted today
It was Impossible to find one
Czar, Poohbah or Akhoond of
Swat to take over the task. That,
he explained, resulted from the
fact that In every process of pro
duction three elements were in
volved labor, management and
the buyer-user.
In the new office, he explained,
Knudsen will represent manage
ment, Hillman labor, and Knox
and Stimson the buyer-user in
this case the army and navy.
The president said the new set
up probably would not be effec
tive for perhaps . 10 days pending
the drafting of the necessary ex
ecutive orders.
The present defense commis
sion will he retained, Mr. Roose
velt asserted, but he Indicated its
activities would be overshadowed
by those of the production man
agement office.
The aeven defense commission
ers, he said, will he responsible
for coordinating the civil life of
the nation with the work of this
new office.
The four-man agency, Mr. Roo
sevelt declared, will bars full
power to make decisions and car
ry them out without first refer
ring them back to him for ap
proval. He added, however, that
if a decision were made that went
wrong, he would call the quartet
in and talk it over with them.
Adopted Baby Is
Widely Traveled
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20-
Janet Greer, S-week-old trarel
er, slept peacefully in a station
ary bed tonight after a swift
flight across the continent to a
new home and new parents.
Unexpectedly home in time for
Christmas, Janet was nestled in
her foster-mother's arms as Mrs.
Leonard Greer stepped from a
transcontinental airliner to give
her husband his first glimpse of
the infant.
They explained that Mrs.
Greer's sister, Mrs. Harry -Wlsner
of Rochester, NT, had "found Just
the baby you've been looking for
and arranged adoption two days
ago.
Mrs. Greer flew east at once,
adopted the child, named her
Janet and waa home 24 hours
later.
The Greers wars busily mulling
over Christmas presents worthy
the "queen of the house tonight.
McNary Resting
. At Fircone Home
Home at Fircone again after
three weeks in the hospital here.
Senator Charles L. McNary waa
resting yesterday and rapidly re
gaining his strength. Mrs. McNary
reported. He hag been advised
by his physicians to receive no
visitors between ' now and the
time, probably after January 1,
when he returns to the national
capital. -:. . '" -. -
Senator McNary was taken to
Salem General hospital when ' an
attack of influenza -developed In
to pneumonia- --.,"
AUTO SMASHED IN FATAL HIGHWAY CRASH
This is what remained of the frost aasexably of one of the two aatomobiles which collided, apparently
ncaa-on, with fatal results 11 miles northeast of Balem late Friday.
car, was picked up by the "wrecker and dumped back onto its
-Statesman photo.
Waterfront Pact
Is Finally Signed
Names Morse as Arbiter;
Stability of Shipping
Industry Forecast
8 AN FRANCISCO, Dec.
-A. new work contract covering
all longshoremen in west coast
ports and designed to briny about
marl time- labor peace for two
yearn 'at -least was signed late
today by CIO longshore leaders
and the Waterfront Employers'
association.
The contract provided for an
unfixed wage Increase next Feb
ruary, established Wayne L.
Morse of the University of Ore
gon law school as arbiter of any
dispute that might arise, snd
was made effective until Septem
ber 30, 1942.
Morse, who was west coast
longshore arbiter under the old
contract, said he believed the new
pact would "bring about greater
stability in the shipping indus
try."
The signing of the contract
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Battered Vessel
Limps Into Port
ASTORIA. Ore., Dec. 20-(P)-
The 209-ton steam schooner West
Coast limped into port here to
night, her seams sprang and eight
feet of water in the hold from
battling a gale last night.
W. L. Williams, Portland, one
of the owners, said the crew of
27 men was safe and the vessel
out of dancer. . .
The 2 3 -year-old wooden west
Coast, formerly the John C. Klrk
patrick, sent a minor distress
call off Umpqua bar. The coast
guard cutter Pulaski of Coos Bay
accompanied the crippled vessel
to the Columbia river bar where
the cutter Onondaga took over
the convoy.
Captain John Olson said the
West Coast was en route from
Belllngham, Wash., to Los An
geles with lumber.
Bombs Fall Near
Dublin and Three
Persons Are Hurt
nrroT ttj tw. sazci p w a
bombs from a single unidentified
raiding plane f eU ' within ' seven
miles .of neutral, brilliantly light
ed Dublin tonight injurinr three
persons and damaging aereral
linaiM In ntmrhtt of 11 a n
Laoghalre (formerly Kingstown.)
Bombs also reil in jaonagnaa
eoaaty. which la near -the fron
tier of belligerent northern ire
land. Thla la the first re p o r t of
bombs landing near Dublin, al
though both exploslre and lncen
dlayr missiles bars landed In neu
tral Eire daring, the battle of
Brltalau- -.: : - ----- ,"
For each vrevious bombing, -one
of which proved fatal to three
girls, the German government has.
apologised. . r - - - - . "V :
Although it has "mobilized re
serves and la guarding ports, Eire
re fates to permit British-ase of
its harbors as bases..,.--
Von Ribbentrop Is Father
NEW YORK, Dec. 2(MV-The
German radio reported today that
a fifth child a son was born to
German Foreign Minister , a nd
Frau Joachim ron Ribbentrop in
Berlin last night.
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Lato Sports
DENVER, Dec. 20-jP)-Oregon
State college basketeers defeat
ed Colorado college of the Rocky
Mountain conference 42 to 36 in
an orertime game that completed
tonight's Invitational tournament
program. .
Colorado State beat New Mex
ico SS to 39 in the opener and
Denver outpointed Marshall col
lege of West Virginia 45 to 40
in the second game.
The tourney started last night
aad continues tomorrow- night.
Oregon State and Colorado col
lege were tied at 34-all at the
end of the regulation playing pe
riod. Bill Lewis, stalky CC for
ward, knotted the score with a
long shot 48 seconds before the
final gun.
Clayton Shaw, forward, and big
John Mandlc. center, each scored
field goals and Guard George Me-
Nutt sank two free throws for
Oregon State in the extra session.
Oregon State held a 21-13 lead
at halftime.
SPOKANE, Dec. JO - (JP) Su
perior height and speed carried
Washington State college to a 42
to 39 basketball victory over Gon
zaga tonight in a game that was
close from start to finish.
High School Basketball
Dunsmuir, Calif., 25, Grants
Pass 20.
Astoria 49, Walla WaRa 24.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20-(tf)-Al
"Turkey" Thompson, 182, 20-year-old
Los Angeles negro, made
an impress! vo debut as a full-grown-
heavyweight tonight when
he belted out Junior Munsell, IS 7.
Oklahoma City, in the second
round of a scheduled 10-rounder
in Hollywood stadium.
Bucket Upended;
1.74 Inches Rain
Old June Pluvius upended the
bucket on Salem streets yester
day making swirling "baby ' nr
era out of gutters. The airport
weather station rain gauge reg
istered 1.74 Inches of rain in the
preceding 24 hours by midnight
last night,
Pradlction for today and to
morrow waa occasional rain with
JitUs change in temperature. The
weather station mercury stood at
44 degrees at 12 midnight with
little change forecast.
Bis Barrels Are to Receive
Canned Food, Mon day Show
TIii-m ala barrela were delir-
nui tA tfc Elalnora theatre yes
terday,-' first consignment ot con
tainers la which eannea looaa wiu
bo placed for transportation fol
lowing the Warner - urowers-
Stateaman "canned food matin ea
to be held there Monday fore
noon. . ,;.'- - ; - . !
"From all the Interest shown in
this show, it' looks as though we
will have -an even larger crowa,
and thereby n much greater con
tribution of foodstuffs tor the
needy, than we did at the Capitol
theatre a year ago," Warner
Brothers Manager Carl Porter re
ported. - -
As last year, the foodstuffs
given at the Elainore Monday .as
admission to the special -- motion
picture show arranged by Mr,
Porter will be turned orer to the
Salvation Army to use In making
up its Christmas dinner and pantry-filling
baskets.. These baskets
will be delivered to families se
lected from lists being made up
at the chamber of Commerce 1 by
the Council of Social Agenclea ot
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The motor, wrenched free of the
mounting to be towed into Salem.
Woman Charged,
Murder of Lover
Portland Widow Claims
Intent Was to Take
Her-Own Life
PORTLANDS Ore., Dec 10-(JP)
-Mrs. Julia Carison, plump, mid
die-aged Widow, was charged with
first degree murder today for the
axe and -.razor siiytae or her ad
mitted iorerrpaul'NotzoId. 82.
Police Detective John Abbott.
who signed the complaint, said
Mrs. Carlson, 50, admitted the
slaying and declared she Intended
to take her own life but "lost my
nerve and got drunk instead
Police found the body of Not-
zold, the head battered and
throat repeatedly slashed, in a
bed In Mrs. Carlson's home yes
terday. Mrs. Carlson was In a
stupor on the floor of the kitch
en, they added.
Abbott said she told him Not-
zold was slain Wednesday, that
she spent Wednesday night at a
hotel but returned to her home
the next day. Intending to
take
her own life;
Mrs. Carlson waived prelimin
ary hearing and waa ordered held
for the grand Jury.
Police said Notzold, a cook,
had a wife living on a farm at
Battleground, Wash.
Multiple Trading
Permit Demanded
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-JP)-The
securities commission de
manded tonight that the New
York stock exchange remove its
ban against so-called' multiple
trading by Dec. 28.
Unless this order Is complied
with, the SEC Indicated in a
brief statement. It will call jt
public hearing and test Its au
thority under Section 19 (B) of
the securities aad exchange act
of 1934 to compel compliance.
Such a step would be the first
of its kind under the law.
The fight between the commis
sion and the exchange over mul
tiple trading began shortly after
the governors of the big mart
ordered Its members who also are
members of local exchanges' to
cease trading for their own ac
counts on the local exchanges in
securities which are listed also en
the New York board. '
the Community Chest.
The Army and the Catholic
Charities both will turn St. Jo
seph's hall Into A supply depot
for the filling of baskets which
will take place Monday and Tues
day.' ; - n ; - - v
x While the motion picture fea
ture and short subjects for Mon
day's "matinee" bars been se
lected with their interest to chil
dren in mind, attendance la also
open to grownups who bring the
requisite, can of fruit or regetables
or meat. The feature picture will
star Laurel" and Hardy, popular
eomedians, In Tha Flying Deuc
es. ' - - - - -;--',:--.
Doors to the' Elsinore will open
a t 1 0 : 2 0 a.nu Monday. The show
will start at 21 and run tor ap
proximately two hours, .
- The Salvation' Army waa noti
fied Friday of the availability, of
a supply of walnuts to be placed
in the Christmas baskets. This it
an item 4m which there lsv still a
shortage and " further contribu
tions of nuts or -ether .foodstuffs
will be welcomed. v. ; .
Ambulance Is
I, One
Of Accidents
Three, Scotts Mills Folk
Vind One From Turner .
V- Lose Their Lives
Time of Death of 2 Who
Were in Both Crashes '
Cannot Be Learned
i Four persons were dead and
three ethers seriously Injured
last night as the result of a se
ries of two accidents in which an
ambulance carrying rictims of the
first accident struck another car
on its way to the hospital.
All the dead were passengers In
the two cars inrolred in the first
head-on collision on the Has e l
Green-Sllrerton highway 11 miles
northeast of Salem.
The dead:
Arch Clayton Winn, 37, 770
North Front street, Salem.
Ted Crltes. 34, Scotts Mills.
Mrs. Ted Crltes. St, Scotts Mills.
Mrs. Tillie Vallet, Scotts Mills.
The injured:
William Winn, Capitola district,
fractured skull and other Injuries,
at Silverton General hospital. -
Darllne Crltes, 3, fractured hip,
at Silverton hospital.
Mrs. Champ C. Shepherd, 170
Evergreen avenue, Salem, severe
second degree burns, at Salem
General hospital. '
Receiving minor injuries were:
Champ C. Shepherd, 170 Ever
green avenue, shock and bruises,
at Salem General hospital. '
James Bennett, 21, ambulance
attendant, C58 North High street,
treated for minor injuries-at Sa
lem Deaconess hospital and re
leased. r ' :
The first accident occurred In
a heavy rain about 5- o'clock at
what is locally-; known as Shan
nou s corners. -
Xjfcbalance on Way
to Salem Crashes
Arch C. Winn, believed o be
tbe driver of one of the cars, was
killed outright, William Winn,
Ted Crltes and Darline Crltes were
taken to the Silverton General
hospital by a Silverton ambulance.
Crltes died there about 8:30
o'clock, State Police Sergeant Far
ley Mogan said.
The two women, Mrs. Crltes
and Mrs. Vallet, an employe of
Mrs. Crltes, were picked tip by a
Salem Taxi ambulance driven by
Reuben Skubovlus.
The ambulance headed for Sa
lem, but its trip ended tragically
-when it collided with the car
driven by Champ C. Shephera
about a half-mile north of the
North Salem underpass.
The Shepherd car, driven Into
a ditch, burst into flames. Mrs.
Shepherd, severely burned, was.'
pulled from the flaming car by
firemen of the east Salem fire
station.
State Policeman Jamea Darby,
who investigated the second col
lision, said one of the women in
the .ambulance was thrown out
onto the pavement by the fores
of the impact. 11
Women Are Dead on
Arrival at Hospital
Mrs. Shepherd and, one ot the
two previously injured women
were taken to the Salem General
hospital by the Salem first aid
car. The woman injured in the
first accident was found to be
dead on arrival.
The second, woman was taken
to the Salem Deaconess hospital
by the Deaconess ambulance and
waa also-found to be dead on ar
rival. First Aid Captain Percy L.
Clark said it waa not known
whether the two' Women died be-
; (Tarn to page 2, col. 5)
Third Death Due
-PORTLAND, Dec. tt-(JP)-A
third death here from influenza
and Its new cases were reported
today by Portland health authori-
Health officers- recorded, tie
death of Mrs. Julia Olson, '72,
from - influenza last Monday and
added the death of Raymond
Burns, 44, last Wednesday from
pneumonia. - . -
Meantime, several churches and
other organizations cancelled
plana ;, for Christmas parties be
cause of the epidemic
v VANCOUVER, Wash., Dee. 20
-iffy-Three Vancouver hospitals
and four more schools were or
dered 'dosed today by Clark coun
ty health officers because ot the
Influenza epidemic , - -
Strike Report Denied, ,
" t Gucntanamo Naval Dcse
' HAVANA, bee. 2 0 - (3) - Con
tractors in charge of work: ca - .
new projects at the United States
naval - base at Guant&naxuo said
today the 1 S 0 0 , Cuban workers v
engaged there-- went to work . -usual
today and that there wtj
my atxn of a strike as report:!
in unconfirmed adrices rttitlz?'
here last night-:-- - - 5
To Flu Reported
r-v. ....