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It's all right for us who rely
on oil, gas or wood fuel to keep
our houses warm to feel pretty
snug as paralysis hits the coal
mines and railroads. But it will
be serious business in cities and
towns and In large portions of the
rural areas of the nation if the
work stoppage continues long.
I recall very well the similar
crisis in 19 1. We lived in eastern
Washington and had moved into
another house and had not laid
in the winter supply of coal when
the strike was called. Then came
a period of severe winter weath
er. Many will recall how bitterly
cold it was in December, 1919,
II mmm thtm northwMt with heaW
freezing reported even in the Wil
lamette valley. Trying to conserve
our coal supply we.iei ine -
nsnainn tank in the attic freeze.
which put the hot water heating
system out or D us in ess. wiw a
wiwi we hovered with two
babies over a fireplace trying to
keep warm.
Various substitutes for coal
were used. The dealer shipped in
a carload of stuff off the culm
banks of the coal mines but that
khiimH m nutr heat than so
much . sand. We tried coke but
that burned up in a nasn. i an
ally when in desperation we were
about to resort to pulling up the
board walk in the back yard or
pulling down a picket fence the
strike .was ended and coal soon
became available. It was not a
pleasant experience.
Through the plains states there
Is no adequate supply of
(Continued on editorial page)
Ukraine U.N.
Delegate Shot
In New York
LONDON, Friday. Nov. 22-P)-The
Moscow radiej declared today
that an attempt was made "on the
life" of Gregory Stadnik and A. D.
Voima, Ukrainian delegates to the
United Nations assembly, in; a
New York delicatessen Wednes
day evening. SUdnik's thigh was
fractured.
"Two unknown men armed
with revolvers fell upon the
Ukrainian delegates Just as they
entered the shop where they were
in the habit of buying fruit," the
broadcast said. "Stadnik was se
riously wounded by an explosive
ballet fired from point-blank
range.
"Although the attempt was
riade in the center of the city the
attackers succeeded in making
their escape."
According to the broadcast, "in
dignation" has been expressed in
U.N. assembly circles over the fact
that "American security organs
were unable to safeguard the in
violability of delegates."
(In New York, Police Commis
sioner Arthur W. Wallander
termed the affair as merely "a
stickup" and said "it was no poli
tical plot." Stadnik was taken to
a hospital where his condition was
reported not serious.)
Timber Sales
Schedules Set
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 21-VP)
-The first post-OPA forest serv
ice timber sales were scheduled
by the forest service today for
next month.
Some 139.44.000 board feet of
Oregon and Washington timber,
appraised at $684,424.43 but ex
pected to bring' far more with
OPA ceilings off, are involved.
Bid openings:
Dec. 1949,324,000 feet, mostly
Douglas fir, from 1207 acres In
Clearwater river shed. Umpqua
National Forest; Dec. 16 8,650,'
000 feet, mostly Ponderosa Pine,
on 2400 acres on Cougar creek,
Deschutes Forest; Dec. 20 28,
730.000 feet, mostly Douglas fir,
on 831 acres on Iron creek waiter
shed, Columbia National Forest,
Wash.
Animal Crackers
Bv WARREN GOODRICH '
"You take the melody and
fU carry the cblicato."
ks I I ;
2 Killed
In Strike
Violence
WELCH, W. Va, Nov. ll.-VPf-Deputy
Sheriff Harry Cyphers
said two members of the United
Mine Workers were fatally shot
today during a dispute with the
foreman of a small truck mine
near here and that the foreman
had been taken into custody pend
ing filing of formal charges.
Cyphers identified the victims
as Roosevelt Thomas, 43, of Bot
tom Creek, and Will Hunt, negro,
of Eckman.
He said Sam Curry, 39, forer
man of a small, truck mine at Eu
reka Hollow near Eckman, had
been taken into custody in the
shooting but that no formal char
ges have. been placed against him.
Cyphers said he was told that
Curry and two other men were
unloading coal from a truck near
the mine and that Hunt and Thom
as threatened to pull him off the
truck.
The deputy said Hunt was shot
first and Thomas began to run but
was cut down by a bullet before
he had gone 25 feet
McDowell County Prosecutor
Richard Parsons and L. J. Brin
dley, an investigator for the pros
ecutor's office, were taking state
ments on the shooting at the city
hall at Keystone.
Gas Poisons 4
In Local Motel,
One 'Critical'
Jay Ritchie. 72, of Coffeyville,
Kan., was still in critical condition
late last night at Salem Deacon
ess hospital, where he was report
ed as unconscious after becoming
ill of carbon monoxide gas pois
oning at a Salem tourist camp
early Thursday.
His wife, age 65, and Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Ritchie of Oxnard,
Calif., who became ill of the same
cause while in the tourist cabin
with Jay Ritchie, were reported
by the attending physician last
night as improving satisfactorily.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Ritchie
were taken to the home of a rel
ative, Mrs. Mary Ritchie, 270 N.
20th st. Mrs. Jay Ritchie is at
Deaconess hospitaL
: Gas heating equipment In the
cabin was examined by Portland
Gas and Coke company employes
and was pronounced in good con
dition. The two couples came to Salem
Wednesday, en route to Portland
and Tacoma.
Grangers Ask
End of Draft
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 22.-4JP)
-The national grange closed its
80th annual convention today aft
er reaffirming its traditional
stand against peacetime conscrip
tion. Citing "the shocking immoral
ity prevailing in our armed for
ces," the grange rejected a strong
appeal from Army speakers to
endorse universal military train
ing. A voluntary system of edu
cation and military training was
recommended instead.
Last action of the eight-day
convention was the installation of
Herschel D. - Newsom, Indiana
grange master, as an executive
committee member. No other of
fices were up for election at this
time.
The grange again asked that
social security be extended to
farmers and farm workers. It also
demanded an end to farm and
consumer subsidies.
One resolution opposed state
hood to Hawaii.
German Doctors
Plead Innocent
r
NUERNBERG, Nov. 21. - CP) -Pleas
of innocence were given to
day by 23 German doctors, includ
ing one woman and a former per
sonal physician to Adolf Hitler, to
charges that they murdered hun
dreds of thousands of persons in
medical experiments in nazi con
centration camps.
Each of the defendants, includ
ing Karl Brandt, who once ad
ministered to the fuehrer, and
Herta Oberhauser. 35, who was a
physician at the Ravensburg con
centration camp. Jumped to- their
feet to voice crisp "not guilty"
pleas to a 17-page indictment read
by Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor, Am
erican chief prosecutor.
Postal Delivery to Start
Tuesday in Vets Colony
Postal delivery service will start
daily next Tuesday to the veter
ans housing project in southeast
Salem, it is announced by Post
master Albert Gragg. Residents
of the project heretofore have
been getting their mail in general
delivery at the post office. j
MONTANANS FAKSIGHTED
BILLINGS, MonU Nov. 21. -VP)
Six-below zero weather: didnt
alarm 88 Billings shoppers today
they bought lawn mowers. In a
special sale buyers purchased all
but 12 of a lot of 50 mowers
which arrived seven months late.
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NINETY-SIXTH TEAB IK PAGES
Ice
(Eoat
f Silver
Thaw' in
Portland
A "silver thaw" sheathed the
Columbia river gorge in ice last
night, and stopped street car ser
vice on some Portland lines as ice
glazed the wires.
The Portland airport was closed
at 6 p. m. as ice began, to form on
the runways. A number of minor
accidents' were reported on slip
pery streets.
The weather bureau at Salem
said early this morning there was
little possibility that the "freeze"
would extend as far south as Sa
lem. Three thousand telephones were,
out of order in Portland and six
inches of new snow dn the Mt.
Hood area closed the road to Tim
ber line lodge.
8 terms off Coast
Meanwhile, federal weathersta
tions warn of southeast storms to
sweep in off the ocean from nor
thern Washington to . Cape Con
ception. Calif. " Strong to gale
force winds. Winds had already
attained 40-mile an hour veloci
ties off the mouth of the strait of
Juan De Fuca in Washington.
Rain, 1.29 inches of it, pelted
Salem all day Thursday and Into
the night This is to continue
through Friday, McNary field
weather station predicted.
Mountain Saads Werse
Hazardous mountain highways
will become worse with heavy
Thursday night snows, the state
highway commission said. The
commission had no reports from
eastern Oregon, where snow made
travel difficult throughout most
of the region. Eastern Oregon
points could not be contacted on
its radio network, the commission
said.
Thursday's road report:
McKensie highway- - Road
plowed but slippery because of
packed snow. Snowing lightly to
day, chains required.
Geverpasent Camp --26 de
crees, 4 inches new snow, total 18
inches. Packed snow from Rhod
odendron to White school.
Saatlaaa Saaaaait - - 30 degrees,
snowing lightly; 16 inches new
snow, total 38 inches. Packed
snow throughout district, roads
slippery. Chains required.
Odell Lake. Willamette highway
--21 degrees, snowing hard. Six
inches new snow, snow plows and
sanding crews operating. Packed
snow over entire section.
8teklyea Saawaatt. Pmeifle high
way - - Road icy, chains advised.
The Dalles - - Snowing through
out district, 26 degrees. Two in
ches new snow, packed snow at
The Dalles.
'Mail Earlf
Plea Issued
Postmaster Albert Gragg has a
problem today how to say "Mail
Early" in a new ana more exiecuve
way.
Mailing of Christmas parcels
overseas already has passed its
peak, but the busy domestic sea
son Dossiblr the busiest in the
history of the Salem pos toff ice
has not yet started, tsui uragg is
getting ready for it, he disclosed
Thursday, and hopes to find
ciuxiih veterans at Willamette un
iversity to see him over the help-
shortage hump.
He issued one preliminary word
of caution sealed packages can
not be erected for narcel post
unless they bear stickers (gener
ally available at stores; giving
permission to open them.
GEKMANS EXONERATED
FRANKURT, Germany, Nov.
21. (JPi - German denazification
tribunals have exonerated more
than 21 per cent of German de
fendants in 75,361 trials In the
American zone, the U. S. army
said tonight.
A-Power Plant Plans
By HOWARD BLARES LEE
Associated Press Science Editor
NEW YORK, Nov. 21-(5)-The
proposed atomic power plant
whose diagram was released to
day by the Monsanto Chemical Co.
and the- Manhattan engineer dis
trict shows a concrete building
shaped like a cube. It is apparent
ly without windows.
The building is divided Into two
parts by a very thick walL The
thickness of the concrete walls is
not given,, but at the Hanford,
WashV atomic plant the walla of
a very-similar plant are several
feet thick and arc road of con
crete. The. walls have to be very
thick in order to stop gamma
rays and neutrons that come from
the hot uranium.
The diagram shows that one of
the two rooms Inside this con
crete cub contains the uranium
Covers
Philip rJ3uiriray"tiaties
'MbCOOSMEses Wear'
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, Nov.
21 -JPy- The national CIO con
vention called on American in
dustry today to grant "substan
tial wage increases" this winter
to meet advancing living costs
but President Philip Murray im
mediately gave assurance "there
is not threat of strikes in the off
ing." A 1300-word resolution adopt
ed by the convention declared in
dustry was "running amok with
ever advancing prices" and said
it was "imperative that American
industry in collective bargaining
give substantial wage increases."
Secretary of Labor Lewis B.
Schwellenbach told the conven
tion that real weekly earnings of
factory workers had declined by
16.6 per cent between April, 1845,
and September, 1946, because of
increases in prices of items the
workers must buy.
Sizeable wage increases in the
first year after V-J day "did not
maintain the wartime level of
average weekly earnings,"
Bay Area Go
ToPassAFL
Dock Pickets
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21 -OP)
-The bay area committee for
maritime unity, composed of CIO
shipping unions, tonight informed
the AFL Masters, Mates and Pi
lots association it would disre-
FOKTLAND. Ore, Nev. 11-(yP-CIQ.
lengsberemeat creased
an AFL picket line today ie u
lead a ship, bat were perraaded
by AFL aaeasbers net te ge ahead
with the work.
The 11 CIO members who had
started te aalead eepra freaa the
Norwegian vessel .Ylagnee, here
from the Philippines, left the
ship after aa appeal freaa Capt.
M. D. MacRae, ef the AFL Mas
ters. Mates and PUeta.
gard picket lines "that may be
established on other than PASA
vessels if they are not removed by
7 a. m." tomorrow.
CIO longshoremen and CIO
marine engineers earlier this
week approved settlement of their
strikes. Today the longshoremen
were barred from the waterfront
by MMP pickets, prolonging the
tie-up into its 52nd day.
The MMP membership was vot
ing today and tomorrow on terms
of its contract with the Pacific
American Shipowners' associa
tion (PASA).
The bay area CMXJ said its ac
tion was taken at a meeting
"which unanimously approved na
tional recommendations of the
CMU, made November 19, to ob
serve picket lines on PASA ves
sels but not on East and Gulf
Coast, foreign, or army and navy
vessels."
Capt. Charles F. May. West
Coast president of the MMP, said
its members would offer no re
sistance if the picket lines were
crossed.
"But we won't forget it, either,"
he said.
Diamond Stores
Found in Nippon
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -JPf-Diamonds
worth $20,000,000 to
823,000,000 hidden by Japanese
armed forces before the occupa
tion have been uncovered in Ja
pan, Gen. Douglas MacArthur no
tified the war department today.
They are now in the vaults of
the Bank of Japan to be disposed
of eventually in accordance with
agreements of the Allied powers.
The stones had been cached
throughout Japan, and when
brought into the vaults, were "in
a confused condition, dirty and
mixed with worthless debris."
heating unit This unit Is a large
rectangular or square mass made
probably of graphite brick, and
graphite Is the material that has
been used most in Washington
state and at Oak Ridge for simi
lar atomic ovens. The graphite
has holes bored through it from
top to bottom. Into each of these
holes is thrust a rod made of
uranium. When a sufficient num
ber of these rods is placed! in the
holes the uranium begins to get
hot. This start of the atomic heat
Is spontaneous. No lighter of any
kind M needed. The :. atoms - of
uranium 235 that are splitting in
the uranium rods give off atomic
particles called neutrons.! These
neutrons pass from the uranium
into the graphite alongside the
holes. In the graphite the neu
trons lose most of their speed and
after they have thus slowed down
Ttidaj Morniag. Rorwnbcc 22. ISiS
Gorge
Schewellenibach said, adding: .
"If the cost of living had re
mained reasonably stable, the po
sition of .workers, even though
slightly below the wartime level,
would have been satisfactory.
But the living costs, as measured
by the bureau of labor statistics, ,
rose 14 per cent between April,
1843, and September, 1946."
Schwellenbach suggested, how
ever, that "certain union lead
ers" might pay attention to the
economic "law of diminishing re
turns," without elaborating on
the' statement
Murray made it dear In a
speech that the CIO would fight
for more pay, but said "we're
not running around this country
with a club in our hands trying
to beat the American people into
submission."
He said employers "can avert,
if they will, industrial chaos by
meeting our representatives in
good faith."
Just before' Murray; spoke in
support of the wage resolution.
Eastern Oregon
Seriously Affected
By Coal Shortage
The coal-burning Blue- Moun
tain area cast corried eyes
today on the threatened nation
wide coal shortage.
St Elizabeth hospital, the only
hospital in Baker county, re
ported its coal supply would be
exhausted today, and was at
tempting to obtain emergency
additions. La Grande and Pen
dleton were rationing out scarce
coal, and Baker dealers ran
completely out of stocks yester
day.. Grade and high schools in
the Blue Mountain region re
ported from one to three months
of coal on hand, and eastern
Oregon College of Education
had a 23-week supply.
Communists to
Lead Romania
BUCHAREST, Nov. 21-CT-The
communists, it appeared likely to
night, may take over in their own
name the leadership of the Ro
manian government following the
government bloc's overwhelming
victory in Tuesday's parliamen
tary election.
An official communique said the
government bloc which includes
the communists, the Ploughman's
front, socialists and dissident lib
eralshad received more than
two thirds of the 6,823,928 votes
cast Final results included: gov
ernment bloc, 4,766,630 votes. Ju
liu Maniu's national peasants,
879J927. Hungarian popular un
ion 569,631. Constantin Bratianu's
national liberals, 259,306. Nation
al peasant democrats, 156.755. In
dependent socialists, 63,528.
Geographic
Pictures State
Oregon ... Its natural beauties,
resources and industrial poten
tialities draws 44, pages of print
and pictures in the December is
sue' of The National Geographic
Magazine.
Scenic mountain and river views.
crop harvests, fishing and manu
facturing industries, Salem's state
capitol and the Portland Rose Fes
tival were among the Oregon feat
ures described and photographed.
Many color shots are included in
the first section of this month's
magazine.
"Oregon Finds New Riches" was
chosen as a title for this picture of
Oregon described by Leo A. Borah
and photographed by Ray Atke-
Released
they reenter one of the uranium
rods. When slow, these neutrons
are highly efficient In splitting
more uranium atoms.
The beat in the uranium rods
comes from the friction of the
splitting atoms. This heat builds
up very rapidly. In order to con
trol the heat, some metal rods are
thrust into the pile of graphite.
This metal is not uranium. It may
be cadnium, It is a metal whose
atoms can absorb neutrons. After
a neutron has been absorbed it is
no longer able to split any more
uranium. In this way the number
of neutrons Is reduced and the
heat of atom-splitting is con
trolled. The rods work very ' simply.
Pull the rods out part, way and
the. heat increases, push them In
to the pile and the beat decreases.
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No. 204
rnnxJF mukrat
We Carry Ne Club
which was passed unanimously
by 600 delegates, Walter Reuther,
United Auto Workers president,
called for a CIO "common war
chest" of 810,000,000 to $12,000
000 for the use by union in its
fight for higher pay.
BevinClaims
Red Plan Binds
Trieste to Tito
NEW YORK, Nov. 21-JP)-Brit-ish
Foreign Secretary B e v i n
bluntly told the foreign ministers
council today that a Russian pro
posal concerning Trieste would
mean that Adriatic port's economic
incorporation, with Yugoslavia.
Persons present at the delibera
tions said the chunky British dip
lomat levelled his accusation af
ter Soviet Foreign Minister Molo
tov insisted that Yugoslavia should
be given a share in administra
tion of the Trieste railroads.
These same informants said that
Byrnes offered to support reduc
tion of occupation troops there to
a minimum essential to security.
This offer came after Molotov,
seeking a definite deadline for
withdrawal of all foreign troops
from Trieste, repeated charges
that their presence would result in
pressure upon Trieste's elections
when the area becomes a free
territory.
Motov did make one conces
sion in du economic pian ior i n
este, dropping at least temporar
ily his demands for a customs
union between Trieste and Yugo
slavia:
Japs Offer to
Dissolve Firms
TOKYO, Friday, Nov. 22.-P-The
Japanese themselves propos
ed today to liquidate 40 more huge
firms representing nearly 70 per
cent of Japan's corporate wealth
hard on the heels of the latest
MacArthur-directed purge of war
time financiers, industrialists and
journalists.
The proposal came from the
Japanese holding company liquid
ation commission, which already
had taken over the vast wealth of
the five major taibatsu or family
industrial empires - - Mitsubishi,
Mitsui, Yasuda, Sumitomo and
Fuji.
Bonneville Official
Sees Power Lack
In Northwest Area
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2l-VP
A prediction of a possible power
shortage in the northwest next
month and a call for immediate
construction of McNary dam came
before the Bonneville regional ad
visory council today.
S. E. Schultz, chief engineer of
Bonneville power administration,
told the council at Timberline
Lodge oh Mt. Hood that the north
west probably will have no power
reserve during the December peak.
"Loss of a Grand Coulee generat
ing unit at that time would run
us into quite serious difficulties,"
be said, declaring that it might
even be necessary to call upon
such small - generating units as
those of sawmills to help meet
power demand.
Meyer Urges Warren
Run for President
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 21.-JP)
Lieutenant Governor Victor A.
Meyers of the state of Washing
ton today urged in an interview
with newsmen that republicans
-nominate , California's Governor
Earl Warren for president In 1948.
"Earl Warren is just as popular
in Washington as he is in Cali
fornia, it that ia possible," Mey
ers said. ' "He baa a wonderful
record and bis vote-getting abil
ity is well known. In my opinion
he is the strongest man the re
publicans could nominate.'
Wa lkou t
Coin p lete; Marshals
Seek Mine Chieftain
T - - ' : I' " ' 1 "
i i ' f" ' i i "
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21-VA federal court cited John I
Lewis on a contempt charge late today but he made no slightest
move to call off the strike of 400,000 soft coal miners.
. Justice T. Alan Goldsborough of the federal district court
here issued the citation. It ordered Lewis to appear Monday,
morning and show cause why he and his union should not be
punished. If . convicted after a
trial, the union might be fined and
Lewis sent to jail, to stay until he
yields.
Some hours after the order was
issued, it had not yet been served
on Lewis, although marshals with
the order were seeking ' his
whereabouts. Theoretically it was
possible for him to avoid the ac
tion by staying at his Alexandria,
Va., home, since the summons
must be served in the District of
Columbia, but officials said they
were confident he would not do so.
Te Serve Papers Tomorrow .
Justice department officials said
arrangements have been made to
serve the paper at United Mine
m a. mi .a a i
Coal at a Glance
By the Associated Press
Federal Judse T. , Alan
Goldsboreech orders John L.
Lewis te snow cease Monday
why he should not be pen
ished en contempt of ceort
cbvrges.
Congressmen ef both par
ties mrge special session.
Soft coal seine shutdown vir
tually complete as 4tO,oaa
walk eat despite U. 8. flags
fljrlng ever pits.
At least 75s ef SMsf aa.
thracite miners also alt;
anion chief blames misun
derstanding. Washington orders local
brewneet, restores capital's
wartime fact rules; ether Io
cs 11 ties delay conservation
Railroads order passenger
curtailments for Monday un
der government order; Re
public Steel cats down pro
ductions. Weather bureau reports
eoM wave heading east.
Workers headquarters here tomor
row and that they "feel sure"
Lewis will be available.
The general expectation was
that Lewis would go into court
Monday battling hard against the
contempt charge.
If the strike continues until
then and there was nothing to in
dicate tonight that it would not
steel mills will be closing down,
railroads curtailing their, service
and crippling effects will begin to
be felt throughout the country.
Already a "brownout" had been
ordered In Washington, the seat
of government, including the dark
ening of the capitol dome.
Ne Immediate Penalty,
Monday's contempt hearing will
bring no immediate penalty upon
Lewis. If Justice Goldsborough
finds then "that the alleged con
tempt be not sOfficiently purged
in other words, if Lewis does not
call off the contract termination '
notice which led to the walkout
he will give Lewis a trial on Wed
nesday. A special jury will be
empannelled which will have
power to advise the judge. The
jurist himself will decide Lewis
guilt or innocence, and mete out
any penalty.
In Alexandria, Lewis' home was
darkened, except for a couple of
windows in the rear. He was seen
to enter the house last night but
when a reporter knocked late to
day, a houseman said the union
leader was "not available"; that he
was at Washington.
British Favor
Arms Probe
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Nov. SI
-i1)-Ernest Bevin, British foreign
secretary, asked "in all solemnity1
today that the United Nations
take up now the whole question
of disarmament.
He rejected Russia's demand for
information on Allied troop dis
positions abroad unless it was in
eluded in such arms limitation
talks.
Bevin told Foreign Minister
Vyacheslav M. Molotov of Russia,
author of the arms reduction and
troop information proposals, that
the British government felt the
two should be "taken together,
367 Enlisted in Y
Membership Drive
The YMCA reported enlisting
367 new senior members in its
55th annual membership drive
which closed last night with a
meeting at the "Y." The Rev.
Chester Hamblin, in charge of the
drive, reported the following
leaders among individual recruit
ers: first, with 12 new members
enlisted. Bob Smith; second, 10
members, Carl Grieder; third, Del
DeSart, 7; and fourth, Ann Dol
zelL 6.
The Weather
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Chicago
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New York
Willamette itvor II foet.
FORECAST (tram US. woather bu
reau. McNary Cold. Salem): Cloudy
with rain today and tonight. Bis beat
temperature 4s. Lowest .
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11 Wrecked in j
Alps Plead for
Rescue Soon u
PARIS. Nov. ll-ify-A despair
ing plea "It is urgent, we want to
live," reported received from the
1 1 occupants of a VJS. army trans
port which crash-landed Tuesday,
in the frozen Alps, spurred
searchers to new efforts tonight,
but hope gradually dimmed of
finding all of them alive. -
Nearly 30 planes straggled back
to their bases and reported failure
in their efforts to sight the party.
So far as was known the- French,
Italian and American Alpinists
struggling through deep snow had '
failed to reach the plane. Moun
tain fogs swept into the area.
Reflects Despair
French radio stations at Lyon
and Grenoble told of receiving the
message reflecting the despair of
the 11 Americans eight of whom
were termed "stretcher cases" in'
an earlier appeal recorded at head
quarters of UJS. army forces in
Vienna as they prepared to spend
a third ntght in the cold wilderness
battling for surv ival without medi
cal attention or adequate food.
Said the message, as recorded
by both stations "It is urgent, we
want to live." The party includes'
a brigadier general, the wives of
three brigadier generals and an
11-year-old girl. The plane was
en route from Munich to Pisa, via
Marseille.
Another Message V
The Lyon airport announced re
ceipt late today of another mes
sage, which it said was from the
transport, stating that "someone
on the ground" has been sighted. It
could not be determined whether1
this referred to one of the ground
rescue parties. , No ' other . station
reported such a message. , , -,
Rumors were heard also that SI
second plane had crashed some-t
where in the Alps, but these were
discounted by both French and
American officials.
10 Vallev Men
Enlist in Army 1
Eight valley men enlisted anrl
two reenlisted In the regular army,
M. Sgt. Thomas J. Massey of thd
local army recruiting office an
nounced today. S. Sgt. Irvin Mur
ray of Salem, a European cam
paign veteran, enlisted for three
years with the medical corps and
T. 5th Gr. William Millican of
Waldport, veteran of Pacific war
fare, reenlisted for three years
with the engineers. i
Harry J. Schroder, box 1000,
Salem, and Richard A.j Kennedy.
Route 2, box 1J74, Salem, and
George E. Willi, ms of 2205 S,
12th st., enlisted for three year:
with the army a$- forces. Donald
D. Crocker of Albany enlisted for
three years with the first mech
anized cavalry in Japan and
Hemdon Harris jt Wood burn enl
listed for three years j with tb4
army air forces.
Enlisting in the regular army
for 18 months, unassigned were
Wyatt R. Surgeon, . route 1, bo
38A, Salem; Charles MT! Morley of
Silver ton; Alden Purscll of Jef
ferson. j
Liquor Board to jSurvcy
Juvenile-Frequented
Beer-Selling Spots I
PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 21HJPH
The state liquor commission today
ordered a survey fo all beer-selling
confectioneries and hambur
ger spots where juveniles gather.
Administrator Ray Conway said
the places would be "screened
more carefully" when annual beet
licenses come up for renewal next
month. j
One confectionery came up to
day and Commissioner Georg
Lllley said he objected to a licence
in a place "where children go in
and out" Other commissioners ,
agreed and commission inspectors
were told to start the survey in
time to report findings to next
month's meeting. ; . : '
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