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BY rorn OTOETT - w ' - - - ' - - - - - ' ' r- FSve One as PDaoiie IKliifts G13:lhiainni Skyscraper XEV? YORK. May W.-T)-Aii amr airplane, speeding- through fee and a visibility of 4 feet, crashed into the 5th floor of the 72-sUry Bank of Manhat tan eeanpaay feaulding in Wall treet tonight, killing the plane's flee ecewpaata. The known dead were fear nay men and a woman. Army officials informed police that the plan had left the army air baae at Smyrna. Tenn.. hwnnd for Newark. N. J- airport and had fire persons aboard. The plane. Identified as a two engine C-45. tore a 15 - foot sqaarc hole In the brick wall of the building. The control tower at Newark airport reported It was last In contact with the plane's pilots at 7:08 p. m. (EST) after previous ly giving him clearance to land. The bodies were fonnd piled together in the foreward part of the plane and police and firemen experienced difficulty in extricating- them. The bodies were not burned. The office into which the plane crashed - - the Atlas Corporation - - was a ruin. A fire started but was soon extinguished. As parts of the ship fell - - one engine dropped into Pine street --fire also started on the 24th floor, but the flames there also were quickly put- out. The ship exploded as It hit the building. Windows in another building were shattered. One wheel of the ship bounced from the street to the fourth story of another building. : A few persona In the street were struck by falling debris and flaming particles of the plane. Edward Schiffbauer, who was working In a loth floor office of the struck building, said: was sitting- at my desk when I heard an airplane motor. Then all of a sudden I heard a violent racing of motors Increasing la Its Intensity. Then there was the sound of the crash and an explo sion.' "I started to run when I noti ced flaming fragments of the plane. Including parts of a para chute, streaming past the win dow I and about eight other employes ran to the far side of the office fearful of another ex plosion." Schiffbauer said he saw one wing of the plane in an areaway on the 10th floor and portions of a parachute on an eighth floor ledge. A portion of the rear fuselage appeared to be on an 11th flot,r landing, he asid. The dead were identified as: MaJ. Mansel R. Campbell, the pilot, Foatiac. Mich. Camp. Tom L. Hall. Sioux Falls. S. D. First Lt. Robert L. Stevenson, Bronx. N. Y. First Lt. Angclo A. Ross, Whitehall. N. Y. First IX Mary E. Bond. 237 South Chancellor at., Newtown, Pa. City Vote On Annex June 26 New Zone, Spur Track, Okehed By Citv Council OUNDID 1651 IHnETY-SDCTH TEAR 10 PAGES Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, May 21, 1S46 Price. 5c No. 47 fFP I SELQQOQB "Walter Lippman is back from a trip Into Europe to study con a.nons there. He brings rather a forry picture of the situation. ome. he says, regard another war as inevitable; some want it; some hope It may be avoided; leaders seem to be preparing for It Not pretty picture; put it Is far too early to regard another war as Certain or even probable in the Immediate future. , A more vital comment made by X-Jppman is the possible future for Germany, in a realignment of tower. Thus he intimates that Ger fcoany by virtue of its position may awing the future balance of power In Europe. The practical pouti clans of Russia and Britain know this; the thoughtful Germans who look ahead a long time also must know this. .1 have sensed it. but hesitated to write of it. Now Lipp- snan has done so frankly. - Germany, stripped of industry, broken -politically and reduced in territory, is still intact. The time easily may come when one or the other of the late principal allies may desire an alliance with Ger many as against the other. History Is full of such revisions of allianc es. Condemn "balance of power" as we will, it remains a vital force In the affairs of the nations. It may be- mat fear among the an ioa may (Continued on editorial iW) Pay Increase Fails to Draw Prison Guards The wage Increase of $10 a moots for guards at the state penitentiary here as recently ap proved by the state board of con trolapparently has not materi ally Improved the labor situa tion at the prison. Warden George Alexander declared Monday. Alexander said the number of Job applications has been about equal to the number of resigna tions and that the 11 new guard , positions have not been filled. The board of control increased the Ware schedule and authorized employment of additional guards tn the hope that prison breaks would be curbed. There were 10 escapes st the prison within Stem weeks. - Most of the returned veterans who accepted positions at the pen itentiary remained there only few days before submitting their resignations. Virtually all of the Veterans complained, of the com pensation while a few others said they were not satisfied with insti tutional work. Railroad Pact Held 'Closer' By the Associated Press Prospects rose last night that a nationwide railroad tieup would be averted, but it appeared that federal seizure was the only hope of keeping the coal mines of the country operating after Saturday. Both disputes are now in a "truce period. Hopes that a railroad strike would be averted rose as A. F. Whitney, president of the Broth erhood of Railway Trainmen, said he had presented a new "proposi tion" in Washington, and a rail la bor source at Cleveland said pros pects of a settlement "look good." John R. Steelman, presidential adviser in the matter, conferred with the carriers negotiating com mittee and later a railroad spokesman told reporters that "We made some progress but not too much.. Government officials m a n while appeared convinced only federal seizure might keep coal mines operating after two-week truce expires Saturday night, and even then they lacked assurance the miners would work. John L. Lewis, reoprtedly said Sunday that he lacked authority to commit the miners to work for the government, without word from his policy committee. Sen. Cordon, Peterson Wait to See Anderson Animal Crackers By WAKEEN GOODRICH St J OioloVl f ' "Sort I know about the Bg end tii Flowers but whaft that got fo do with Gwen dolyn and tmT Boyington to Have Would Be Spouse Jailed SAN DIEGO. Calif., May L. Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boying ton, famed marine flyer, today swore to a criminal complaint here charging Lucille Rogers Malcolmson, who once said in Reno that he had Jilted her, with grand theft of more than $9000. Mrs. Malcolmson who was in Reno establishing residence for divorce when Boyington married actress Frances Baker, was re ported to be in New York City. The flyer, now under treatment at naval hospital here for an ail ment attributed to his war im prisonment in Japan, alleged he had allotted $420 a month in 1942 to MrS. Malcolmson from his marine corps pay. This allotment, he asserted, was for care of his children by his first wife, whose recent marriage to a Seattle newspaper vendor has ended with divorce action. WASHINGTON, May 20 -iJF)-Representatives of Oregon and Washington continued today to urge the agriculture department to take Immediate action to re lieve the poultry and livestock feed situation in those states. Gov Mon C. Wallgren of Washington conferred with Sec retary Clinton Anderson, pre senting data showing the critical need of his state for feed. Because of the world food con ference here, the secretary was unable to see Senator Cordon (R-Ore), and I. L. Peterson, Oregon's director of agriculture today but made plans to confer with them Tuesday morning. Cordon said he would invite the other members of the states congressional delegation to at tend the! conference. Meantime, the question of whether Oregon would get part of 50 cars of feed sent from North Dakota Wednesday night to Spokane, Wash., remained un answered. Washington congres sional members said they under stood all of the grain was to go to Washington producers. Although the agriculture de partment said it understood the grain, shipped by a commercial company, was to be equally di vided between the states Cordon said he feared none of it would reach Oregon. He added ' this made lt more necessary that the department start shipments of feed to his state at once. Members of the Oregon dele gation said they feared Ander son might not be able to act to aid the Oregon growers and In case he could not they would carry their appeal directly to the president. Battle On Iran Edge Mounting LONDON. May 20.-UPV-A broadcast from Tabriz, capital of separatist Azerbaijan prov ince, declared tonight that Iranian gov ernment troops had mounted a new, heavy attack on Azerbaijan forces near the Kurdistan-Azerbaijan border. Government troops used mor tars and artillery in the new as sault the radio said, opening the attack at 10 a. m. (12:30 a. m. EST) on Sainkaleh (Shahindaj), 100 miles south of Tabriz. Fire Under Control In Linn County The 600-acre fire which broke out Saturday in the Thomas creek section of Linn county was under control Monday, Lynn Cronemil ler, assistant state forester, an nounced. He said 200 loggers from the Roaring River and Snow. Peak Logging companies fought the blaze for two days. The burned area is seven miles east of Scio. This was the largest timber fir reported so far this year, cronemiiier saia. Appeal Filed in Macomber Case Appeal was filed in the state supreme court here Monday In the case of Ted Macomber, who re cently was ordered released from the state penitentiary by Circuit Judge George Duncan, Marion county, in a habeas corpus pro ceeding. The appeal was filed by the attorney general's office. Macomber was serving a 39 year sentence under the habitual criminal law and was received at the prison from Polk county on a larceny charge prior to his latest conviction. Judge Duncan held that his conviction under the hab itual criminal act was illegal. Angus Gibson Forges Ahead By the Associated Press In a neck-and-neck race for re publican nomination as state sen ator from ; Lane-Linn counties. Sen. Angus Gibson, Junction City, was only 71 votes ahead of Jack A. Draper, Albany, as delayed re turns from Friday's primary were reported. One Lane country pre cinct was missing, but Gibson had a substantial lead of 2701 to 1087 in that county, while Draper carried Linn county. Nearly complete totals give Gibson 3724. Draper 8653. The democratic nomination for first district congressman was as sured Lyman Ross, Aloha farmer. Reports from 500 of" 507 pre cincts gave Ross 6462 to 5699 for Rufus Wood, Clackamas county assessor. Complete, unofficial Washing ton county returns showed State Rep. J. O. Johnson leading former State Sen. Earl E. Fisher 1634 to 1607, as republican nominee to the state legislature. Falling Tree Kills Logger DALLAS, Ore., May 20-(P)- Paul F. Karl in, rt. 2, Dallas, was killed today at the Pope and Tal bot Logging company operation west of here when crushed be neath a log. Workmen said Karlin was set ting a choker on a .log resting on a stump and stepped under the I log to the other side when it 1 rolled on him Mausoleum Asks Permit to Build Addition Construction of a $78,000 addi tion to ML Crest Abbey mausol eum will begin in the near future if the project wins approval of the civilian production authority. it was stated Monday by Lloyd T. Rigdon, president and manager of Salem Mausoleum & Cremator lum. Inc. The Portland office of CPA re ceived Rigdon's application for ap plication for approval of the build ing project Monday, but had not yet acted upon it. Also filed with the CPA Monday was Salem school districts second application for a $78,000 gymnas ium at Salem senior high school, previously rejected by the auth ority. The new application pointed out that the building was designed for physical education classes, not for games and spectator sports. GOP Conclave Set for Salem The annual convention of the Oregon Republican club will be held in Salem, the state executive committee of the organization announced here Monday. The date of the convention probably will be fixed for October, prior to the general election In November. Joseph r Felton, club president. said he would invite ex-Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota to give the principal address. A membership drive now being out lined will be statewide. Felton will attend a meeting in Portland Tuesday when a successor to Niel Allen, Grants Pass, chairman of the state -republican central com mittee, will be elected. NEW YORK, May 20-;P-Iran-ian Ambassador Hussein Ala noti fied the United Nations Security Council tonight that his govern ment had been unable to investi gate reports that "soviet soldiers have been left in Azerbaijan in civilian clothes and that military equipment has been placed at the disposal" of the separatist Azer baijan provincial government. Ala asserted his government was without "effective authority" in Azerbaijan province and that soviet interference in the internal affairs of Iran has not ceased." Several delegates to the United Nations Security Council indica ted there was only a remote chance that they would be able to drop the controversial Iranian case when the council meets Wed nesday to take up the question again. Slogan Taken Too Literally "A Friendly Place to Trade" Les Newman's men's clothing store slogan was taken literally over the weekend by a pair of burglars who broke in through a small lav atory window, departed with en tirely new outfits and left their old clothes behind. City police are investigating the theft of clothing from the store at 179 N, Commercial St., which was discovered and reported when the store was opened Monday morn ing. Missing were two pair work shoes, two pair trousers, two sports shirts, two jackets and miscellan eous items including army insignia and discharge buttons. Left behind in the store were two pair of old dungarees and other discarded clothes, police reported. Out of a welter of ordinance bill, resolutions and arguments in a four-hour session last night at city hal!. Salem's city council emerged with a zone change, an alley vacation, a spur track fran chise and an earlier date for the contemplated annexation elections Annexation of nine districts ad jacent to city limits, principally along the north and south bound aries, will be decided by a vote in the districts and the city on June 26. The ordinance authoriz ing the elections was adopted last night by the council after it had gone into committee of the whole in order to move up the date from July 19 to June 26. The earlier date was considered advisable in order to get the outlying districts, should they "join"' the city, on ialem tax rolls next year. New Spur Track Another ordinance bill given emergency treatment to speed it through last night authorized a new Southern Pacific spur track. on a five-year franchise, in the vicinity of Wilbur, Howard and 14th streets. This was passed, un der su5pension of rules, after Al derman Lloyd T. Rigdon stated that its passage at that time would enable Paulus Bros, to get an early start on the $800,000 cannery building to be built in that area. Zone Change The zone change ordinance formulated last night will permit R. J. Martin to build and operate a novelty and drug store on Mar- j ket street near 21st. The change from residential zone, class I, to business zone, class III, was ap proved by s to 5 vote after At tomeys Chris Kowitz, Ralph Moo dy and Lawrence Brown repre senting Martin, three property- owner objectors and the aty, re spectively gave lengthy legal ar guments pro and con. Another ordinance bill, unani mously approved upon final read ing last night, will vacate an un used alley and turn it over to Terminal Ice Co. at its plant site lor $500 fee. i Veterans ! ! r ! LL Col. George Sandy I A ox AM:1 ft Hagh Rooooa City Budget Subcommittees to Make Final Reports Monday Final reports of subcommittees working on the city budget for the coming year will be made at 7: JO p.m. Monday, June I, when the citizens' budget committee meets with the city council at city hall. Chairman David O Hara, budget chairman and acting mayor, set the meeting last night after a budget committee meeting at which several sub-chairmen gave brief reports. Alderman Lloyd Rigdon told the body that the overall cut necessary to balance the budget will be $190,000 In stead of the $227,000 annonuced previously. Rigdon said that closer examin ation of the anticipated city in come determined that the differ ence of $37,000 will be In the city Income. Alderman "Kenneth Perry ex plained that of the 12 new police men whose salaries are provided as one item In the budget, three already have been employed and their salaries approved by the council In the past year. The to tal budget item is $26,454. Tornado Wrecks Town In North Carolina KINSTON, N. C, May 20 -(JP) One person was killed tnfl at least 22 injured by a tornado that struck two widely separated sec tions of Kinston and surrounding farmland tonight. The tornado, coming on the heels of a hard thunderstorm, was reported by Kinston police to have completely flattened two filling stations within the city limits. Washington Institutions Permitted to Buy Flour WASHINGTON, May 20.-OP)- The agriculture department advis ed Senator Mitchell (D-Wash), to day it had instructed the commod ity price corporation to make flour available to Washington state in stitutions. Mitchell appealed to the depart ment for aid after state officials notified him the Institutions were unable to purchase flour from us ual sources. Four Injured As Car Leaves Road, Hits Pole Iva Miller. 20. of 2370 S. Sum mer St., was in fair condition and showing gradual improvement at Salem General hospital last night. recovering from injuries she in curred early Sunday while riding in a car driven by Keith Bennett, 24, of 2805 N. Front st. which ran 100 feet off the Silverton road eight miles east of Salem and crashed into a power pole. The accident injured throe other occupants of the car, but not ser iously, badly damaged the car and briefly Interrupted electric service in Silverton, Mt. Angel and Wood burn. Bennett Incurred an injured hip; Robert Canfield, 24, cousin of Miss Miller, was bruised and Phyllis Bennett, sister of the driv er, suffered shock.: Salem's first aid car took the Injured to the hospital, but only Miss Miller mained after Sunday night. Redin Case Names Secret SEATTLE, May 200-Tbe gov ernment today Informed attorneys for Soviet naval Lt. Nicolai Redin, accused of espionage and con spiracy by a federal grand jury, that it had "no names, addresses or occupations of co-conspirators that we can inform you of at this time." At a hearing last week Federal Judge Lloyd L. Black directed the prosecution to give the defense the names of persons with whom Redin was alleged to have con spired. Rosson Quits Veterans5 Post, t Sandy Named Hugh Rosson hat resigned as director of the state department of veterans affairs snd Lt. Col. George Sandy, now serving with the state selective service head quarters, has been designated to succeed him. Gov. Earl Snell an nounced Monday. Rosson, formerly a Portland at torney and state director of traf fic, has headed the veterans' de partroent since last June. He had resigned a position with Equitable Savings and Loan association In Portland to accept the governor's appointment at that time. Rosson In a statement fat con nection with his resignation, said "In accepting the position of director of veterans affairs I was motivated by the challenge to or ganize the new department and develop the administration of laws pertaining to benefits for veter ans. ... "An unusual opportunity which I have accepted has been extended to me to return to the Equitable Savings and Loan association to represent that Institution in the financing of homes in the new Cedar Hills project near Portland." Jap Names New Cabinet TOKYO, May 20.-G3V Premier Shigoru Yoshida tonight named a coalition cabinet dominated by conservatives to govern hnugry Japan. The cabinet as proposed is made up of six liberals snd four pro gressives (conservatives) and five non-partisans. Yoshida himself. president of the liberal party, would hold the portfolios of pre mler, ; foreign minister, and first and second minister of demobili zation. FAMED SADDLE IN SHOW PORTLAND, Ore., May 20.-0P) -The famous saddle presented Admiral William F. Halsey jr., to ride Emperor Hirohitos white horse has arrived in Portland on loan to West Highlands Hunt club for use in the Rose festival and the club's spring horse show. Confident Treaties Possible Secretary Seeks 25-Year Control For Germany Ry John M. HUhtower WASHINGTON, May 20HJV Secretary of State Byrnes, a i mine his words straight at Russia, de clared tonight that no one of tho great powers has a right to veto the making of peace In Europe. He said that If general pear conference Is not called this sum mer, the United States will appeal to the United Nations assembly to make1 peace recommend jtions. In a fighting speech in which he repeatedly expressed confi dence that peace, though difficult, can be built, Byrnes declared that the United States at the Paris foreign ministers conference started an "offensive for peace and will not halt the drive unto! it wins Its objective "Not a peace founded upon vengeance or greexL but a just peace the only peace that can endure." Disappointingly Small He declared that the results of his negotiations with Foreign Ministers Molotov of Russia. Bi- dault of France and Bevin of Britain at Paris had been dis- apnointingly small In comparison with what might have been ac complished. But he said they ex ceeded his expectations at the time he suggested this spring that the council convene. In discussion of problems still m disagreement, Byrnes stressed especially his determination to nut through his proposal for a 23- year German control treaty, his insistence on the prompt with drawal of Allied armies from Austria, and his demand that peace conference of aU the na tions which helped win the Eu ropean war, be called either July I or July 15. , j Soviets Block This demand, tie declared, was blocked at Paris by the Soviet delegation which relied on the re quirement for unanimous agree ment among the four ministers to Insist that no Invitations to a peace conference be sent until all fundamental questions of the pro posed peace treaties have boon settled. If we cannot have a peace con ference until the four nations agree on every subject' deemed fundamental by any one of them, that will give to one member nf the council the power to stop all efforts toward peace," Byrnes said. Defeated PUDs To Reorganize Propwed peoples utility dis tricts, defeated at last Friday's primary election. In order to fits new petitions for organization must do so within two years.' Charles E. Stricklin. secretary of the state hydroelectric commis sion, reported here ifonday. Four proposed districts defeated at the primary election, according; to press reports, include the Mal heur, Linn county, north Lincoln and city of Lebanon. There were indications here that one or more of these districts would attempt to renew their petitions at the No vember election. Salem Restaurant Owners to Organize Restaurant owners and opera tors of the. Salem area have been called to an organization meeting to be held at 8 o'clock tonight at Salem chamber of commerce rooms. Memhers of the statewide restaurant , association are spon soring the session, declaring that organization is necessary if all the restaurants sre to present their cases fairly to the OPA. FERRY TO 8TART After being down for several months, the Wheatland ferry Is expected to be in operation again Tuesday, the Marion county court reported Monday. Tax Commissioners Hear Manufacturers' Complaint Concerning Twice-Taxed Products ChargA that the existing ex cise tax on Oregon corporations has placed an unfavorable bur den on manufacturers in this state were contained in a letter presented to Gov. Earl Snell's tax study commission which held an all-day meeting here Monday. The letter came from Griffith, Peck, Phillips and Nelson, Port land attorneys. : The letter said that under tne present setup the income from corporations operating both with in and without Oregon have their net incomes determined on the basis of tax apportionment with in the state as provided by tax commission regulations. Under these regulations, the letter continued, "the Oregon commission has taken the posi tion that goods manufactured In Oregon and shipped to other states are included as sales In this state and that goods manufactured In other states and shipped innto Oregon are excluded." It was contended that because of this situation many corpora tions engaged in manufacturing in Oregon find themselves in a posi tion of paying excise tax on goods manufactured in this state and shipped to other states and also are taxed by other states who follow a reverse rule and place a tax upon corporations covering the sale of goods shipped Into their respective states and sold therein. "We feel that the tax study commission should give consider ation to this problem so that Oregon will not continue in an unfavorable position, the letter concluded. A chart prepared by Represen- j tatlve Giles French. Sherman county, showing drastic variations year. In assessed valuation per school child in the several Oregon coun ties also was received by the commission. A report by S. J. Barrick, com mission director, stressed that all western states, with one excep tion, exert a greater tax effort than Oregon, although Oregon has more relative capacity and larger tax burdens than seven states in this group. The average per capital tax burden for all of the populatidn in the western states group is $94.84, Barrick's report . showed. He said that If Oregon's per capita tax burden were equal to this average the total state and local taxes in 1942 would have amount ed to $103,408,000, which is $17,- 069,000 more than the $85,738,000 estimated by the bureau of cen sus to have been collected that Booth Tarkington Dies, Funeral Set Today INDIANAPOLIS, May 20.-iTV Private funeral services for Booth Tarkington, novelist and short story writer, who died Sunday, will be held at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow. Burial will be in the family plot here. Tarkington. author of "Seven teen," "Pen rod and Sam" snd many other famous novels, died of a bronchial obstruction that had made him bedfast two. months. s ; NEW TRIP FOR HOOVER NEW YORK, May 20HTV-FrT-- mer President Herbert Hoover said today on his return from Washington that he plans to leave Saturday for South America to study the food situation. SILVERTON n EARING SET Proposal for a rural fire pro tection district In the4 Silverton area will be heard May 29 at the Marion county courthouse. The district request was signed by 25 per cent of the property owners. HURT IN AUTO WRECK 11 Phyllis Briggs. 2235 Fourth sti incurred leg ruts and bruises tn an automobile accident Monday tn the 2100 block of Portland road. She was treated by the first aid crew. City police had not filed a report of the accident last night. Weather Sate a Eugene T Mln. S Portland . , San Pranciaeo - SS BatU I WtlUmtt river IJ ft. FORECAST 1 from US. reau. 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