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Newspaper Page TextExplosion Razes Los Angeles Plant, Rocks Downtown Area rra r-v n cm nn i t J, - - - ; (Story in Column 4) - ttmm I6SI NINETY -SIXTH TEAR 18 PAGES Sodom. Oregon. Friday Morning, February 21, 1947 Prico Sc No. 282 . , .,nl""PI 11 r '- :-. 4 ."' -' -ft'?- r'-' TKDODQO Before the legislature met I of fered a prediction that the appor tionment of the basic school sup- port fund would prove a vexa tious and controversial problem, and so it has developed. Sixteen million dollars is a lot of money to divide, and the formula for its division is of intense interest to school districts most of which had looked toward this fund as the solvent for their financial ills Now they find it is not a cure-all, though in many cases it will be a real boon. sue should arise between Portland and upstate over the apportion ment. The big city is the natural tw PortianH trhr.r.1 a.,thoritie have not helped their case mate- r.ally, because they haven't man- aged their represenUtion very well. First they proposed a for- mula which wouldn't hold up un- der mathematics and leave any- Ihinu fnr em 1a I i7atirn and er- . i , ond they are backing an appor- tionment by congressional dis- tricts. a purely artificial basis quiit- ill wiiii uic jhiii- i cipie oi a general suite iunu nu iwit-iur uisuiuuuuH. . k 1 i nen ine comparison snows that Portland pays the lowest school tax or any nrsi-ciass ais- , trict. and while it has the excuse for this year that it wa, den,ed I a chance tor a special election Dy a freak omission of the law in previous years it rode on lean rations for schools. ' But the ineptitude of the Port- land school authorities is no prop- . i .1.4 ; I , er i coiiiiiiuri 011 cuhuihi (W(r Blasts Cut Pipe Line Near Haifa ...... r.-4,i- i I"" company s pipeline in two to I four places near Haifa today aod a purported spokesman for Irgun r.fhr v.olenre were "..r Idier' reply- to Bnt.sh restrictions ; against Jew sh mmigration to the holy land . romo oiasis, moriar urt mna the chatter of small arms were , 1 .1 1 . 1 . 1 1 . ! neara inrougnouv i-si "Km ' the area of Haifa, principal Pales- tine port and scene of forced j evacuation of would-be Jewish ! immigrants j Inilian-Owned Timber I .-..I . j BltlS tO Ife Opened Here i PORTLAND. Feb. 20-uPV-Bids will be opened at Salem March 11 on some 29.000.000 board feet . I I t l: .v.- U. S. Indian service announced I today. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Now down two feet end over one-eighth of cot inch." r i -I ' A fc -Hf- Blast Kills at Least 15, Hurts More Than 100 LOS ANGELES, Feb 20 -iP A tremendous explosion blasted a one-story brick building into smoking rubble today, killing at least 15 " person, jolting the en tire downtown district and break ing windows in houses and office buildings TO blocks away. More than 100 were injured. Shortly after the explosion at 9:45 am., which leveled the O'Connor electroplating plant. As sistant Police Chief Joseph Reed told reporters he f eared the 1 ?eaih ls miht "nf fr,?m 30 DUl y nignuau ouuaozer J I rT , f "in i i in'- i i "mi ti i- i - t . .til I. 1423 power shovel and other workers. committee. However, a major probing the debris, could find but ty of the changes cannot go 15 bodies. The plant was located at 922 East Pico St.. about a mile south- T,!, -,f ffJLJ 1 Plant Doing Government Work J. J. O'Connor, head of the electro-plating firm, told report- late today: "We were doing mrul,ns r. " uvrl"'I, Jou c? wb,a bfPPened- He declined toamplify the statement , but that f warc department , representative from San Francis- to was investigating. . The revet herat inc enrilnsinn . - which also demolished three near- by residences, was followed by a fierce fire. In a mile square area ouu nouses rrt uamagca in wnai ponce aescriDea as tne worst siiuiiirni a 1 1 1 or iiit uisajirr since iiM a., r ( Km i'i I. a Ift ui "i" . IJMJ. when more than UU were 1 Earl H. Richardson, chief of the f city fire prevention bureau at- ; : .tHI,ic.l.7n t p along i the plant, when inspected only 'two weeks aeo. was found to be iriouvea tne explosion 10 cnem- t two weeks ago, was found to be practically free of gas hazards. Elevators in some buildings ' i . several diiars away were ism- med in their shafts by the force ! of the blast. I Bine Smoke Soars High A a blue-black column of smoxe oar en nunoreos oi leet in . . . . the air. inhabitants of nearby i 'fc..r.,.. .1 . houses stumbled out of their col Psed dwellings some with r-.i(f . . ;, rtukn trVped SdT j ' w-,,,. . , V I William Tynan, battalion fire1 ho Mw tn explosion, said m district 'seemed to go up r"" -""- we ye seen of the atomic bomb explosions. l.ce'f!TfrreCTPanir- 5? " ;'C!1S, .nt.ngenu of marines and soldiers converged the hectic scene 8 . SALEM Bl'ILDING OK EH ED PORTLAND. Feb. 20--Nor- a" s pJowe'lrsw was authorized by the federal housing adminis- traton today to build a five-unit nriiv wuiiuing on r air grounds Road, Salem. The Salem Woodworking c o m p a n y was granted a permit to erect i Ur. , SAYS LYNCHERS CONFESS GREENVILLE. ' S C. Feb. 20 (-Sheriff R. H. Bearden said today he had obtained signed ad missions from 11 Greenville taxi drivers to taking part in Mon day s lynching of a 24-year-old negro near here, but was push ing his investigation in the hope of rounding up other possible sus pects. WOOD SCHOONER SAFE ASTORIA. Ore, Feb. 20.-0Fr-The vessel Catherine II, last of the wooden hulled schooners on the west coast, reported late to night it was outlet danger from leaks and would continue down the coast to San Francisco. The steam schooner earlier had re ported two leaks in the hull and rudder trouble. 'Utter Desolation9 That's what JastJee Janes T. Braa4 of the Oregoa npreme eeart says he found la Ger oaay oa arriving there to sit as trial Jadge oa aasl war erfases. Ia The Statesmaa oa Suday. .1 . ' LOS ANGELES, Feb. t$.-(At-Thia Is a ceneral view f the wreckacc f two-try building destroyed by terrific explosion la downtown Los Anceles, killlnf at least 15 persons and injnrins more than IN. Bare spot at left of this picture Is scene of actual explosion Itself (arrow). ( AP Wire photo) Army Accepts ' 1 . ' 'rSu WASHINGTON, Feb 20 -f.4) -The army moved tonight to sit on courts martial and to make other reforms in its sys tem of military justice, which has been a target of criticism. Another change will end the mandatory sentence of death or life imprisonment for rape. Secretary of War Patterson announced that the army has accepted most of the recom- mendations made by a commit tee of the American Bar associ ation and the house military into effect immediately because congress must amend the arti cles of war. Death Takes C. V. Galloway Of Tax Group rmries v. oauoway, . mem- 1 - if o.li ait ... ' . . oer or me state tax commission . 28 vears ril Thursdav in piaj ,.,KiK tered two weeks ago. He had en I . oeen jn jjj health for several years Galloway who headed the tax comm sion. w yamh reeiv. Minnville college and the Uni versily ot Qrejon. and entered Z 7l 24 ,lsltur ' . . , ,. ,tate serv ice in 1902 when he was ine commissioner in earner years was a farmer and orchard- ist on the original donation land claim of his parents, and was a f., 1SI 1 1 1 ;j imiikci ill Liaii v. iui m iuiibiu- erable time. He is survived by the widow and a daughter. . ... , . . , Galloway is the second of the , . ; ; 4 .. a i 'irl" 1 -4i mil J rai v .rz n. tiiirvciina uitu year ' early in January. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Macy & Sons, McMlnnviU.. Morse Says Labor TVJs ' : Mot l.OOperatlllg C WASHINGTON. Feb. Seator Morse (R.0re) com- plained today that labor unions are not cooperating in revising la- ; bor laws, and warned that if he has to choose between no legisla tion and bills which go too far, "I'll vote for legislation that goes too far." A witness before the senate la- bor committee. President Josepn issions property tax divi- iu"" , 1 J 1 u..." . r - - , uswego, attorney ior me Lagut mem nc nfn,JVe, Tan i of Oregon Cities, and Inkster. ers' union and Standard Oil Com- : 111 county (Jan. 6, 18.8);, , .t Rll r,anv of ralifomia oH hi eHuralion at Tr- m--v-w. v.. - . r------------ A. Beirne of the National Federa- ' FIRE DESTROYS rRL'NES tion of Telephone Workers, hinted CHICO, Calif., Feb. 20. (JP) that this union might not go on i Fire today destroyed two ware 4W.. .. ,, ..n - lrl ' rl sonally. I would be inclined to arbitrate." Beirne said. Big Guns By Wendell Webb Managing Editor, The Statesman The big guns in the power issue unlimbered for action in the house at 10:15 a.m. today when the move to override the governor's veto of senate bill 99 will come up for final action. The bill was re-passed by the senate 27 to 3 Wednesday, but a determined battle is forecast to day in the house to thwart at tempts to win the two-thirds margin necessary to enact the measure into law. The bill previ ously passed the house 46 to 14. Crux of the measure is the pro posed abolition of a law which lets the state take over a private hydro-electric project anytime on two years' notice. Under the bill to be debated today, the state could not acquire such a utility during the life of its license ex cept by condemnation. The house today also faces a heavy calendar otherwise 22 measures being up for final pass- j and justices of the peace by set age, including the one to bar . ting up a system of salaries based fireworks and the cnatea too, is oa population and requiring Jhat Amendments To Road BUI Are Proposed An apparent hope of reconcil- mg auirrtiices uriwroi v nenis ana opponents oi irue so- called freeway bill (senate bill 1911 ft-u rait et m miHIir hear- in before the senati and house roads and highways committees i.t ni.M in the hn,, rhamher Proposals to settle the differ- . - - ences came in rebuttal laixs. : voie in eacn municipality is n : Fred Inkster. Oswego, favoring j essary to effect a merger, but the I freew ways, suggested an .mendacities can vote at separate elec- t to bar their establishment tions so long as they come within infill Iff Udl IIICTII C2l0LMtIJIIIIll i in cases wherein existing high- ways have more than 10 tourist- catering businesses to a mile, and " t r r .-i - ' r . I i : i... rv. nwMti oi lUiiwauiiic, uu- . . i. . . i b. taite 1:21 The joint legislative committee will consider the bill next lues- day. Several speakers opposing the measure last night were sharply critical of the highway commission. -i r rt ihnu favnrinc the v,uoi ! . " bin wag Howard Merriam of Eu ci, fP .r a C ene- peasing ior ii cit a v. Koenr. t-oniana cnaraocr m . Uama TtevA PAHlanH" mcilT, nuiait , ui.k.lr GolAm .KvK.r- Al- VJUJT Illiaun, iv i. ..... 1 len Wheeler, Eugene; William XL"! operates a store south ot slem; Patrick O Leary, Wood-! burn chamber: Joe Davie5. Oak Grove representing the Oregon Prop.rty RiKht., association; C L. MiddIet0n. Portland, representing ,K ,7-.-. ,,r wo. T, i mnon Cimono - Viroil I.antrv 1 trwiav hv a tentatlv I reDresentine the state motor ine agreement, wnicn aaas iu Grove representing the Oregon ' rornia, Oregon, wasnington, An- suu,vuu,uuu, wnere r-resiueni iru ProDertv Rights association C L. zona and Nevada. The union's man had set $37,500,000,000 as "' .tic...... - .f,.. - - - . Lyman Ross, representing the j Washington County Farmers Un- nn- Harrv fearre Harkr Knw i ...... - - - - - - -- chamber; Eric Enquist, mayor of , . . . . Ar.uUla ana. ulse ralmer ! wh r fnrl and T ,,,,1 f Awl In Search for Plane Local fliers of the civil air pa trol will help in the search for i a single-engine Navion plane, "NC86098," which was reported missing last night by the civil aeronautics administration after it left Red Bluff. Calif., Sunday at 4:45 cm. en route to Beaver- ton. Ore.. Lt. James E. Cannon of the Salem CAP announced. The pilot was thought last heard from Sunday at 7:45 p.m. by Eugene airport radio operators who heard a plane report it was lost in that area, Associated Press said houses containing almonds and dried prunes valued by company I officials at more than $1,000,000. in Power set for a busy day with an identi cal number of issues. The house Thursday passed senate bills transferring functions of the world war veterans aid commission to the department of veterans' affairs; letting the board of health administer cancer re search funds, and asking the Unit ed Nations for a free flow of in formation throughout the world. It also passed its own bills to sub ject to state taxation whatever publicly-owned property is held on lease or is under contract to buy, and adopted memorials ask ing congress to increase by 50 per cent the gross earnings-of veteran trainees, and to make part of Vancouver barracks a national monument The senate argued for an hour and three-quarters before defeat ing, by a vote of 18 to 12, a bill introduced by Sen. Alan Carson of Salem to eliminate the "fee sys tem for payment of constables Flan Set To Allow Merger A bill constituting the final step to pave the way for the merger of Salem and West Sa lem, when and if such is desired, was ready for introduction in the legislature today. The bill, signed by the Marion county legislative delegation and Rep. Lyle Thomas of Dallas, spe cifically provides only that cities having a river as a common boundary shall be deemed to to go to Portland Tuesday to lo- ! independence by next year s dead adjoining. But its avowed pur- j cate accompanied by th British may turn control pose gjoes beyond lU wording. Councilman Earl Burk and Fred over to provincial governments. Most Be Adjoining Under Oregon law, annexations and mergers can be effected only when areas are adjoining. The new bill is designed to remove all technicalities regarding boun daries of the two cities for which it was drawn. Informed of the bill by The Statesman last night, Mayor R. F. FJfstrom of Salem said this city's officials would be glad to con sider a merger plan whenever such is desired. Mayor Walter Musgrave of West Salem said the city council there would study the program. Itep. vv. w. unaawicK, one ui i me sponsors oi me new cnaunnt measure ana iormcr ouitriu may 5 l :3alem " t id Thursday he was hope- - bill eventually would bring hi rKinSn. of the two or, sa ful t K ! about the combining of the two ! municipalities. ! Ke.rte Vote. Possible ... Under existing laws, a majority i uie same year. Drawing of the bill to be intro- ! duced in tne nouse rooay was . i .1 . : i cimn ifiM riv Thp T JL n nrpvlniis- i j r- ! Bnnrni'M meaurec which were Gov' Snell Thursday, providing means for Mill City to incorporate. Oil Refineries Strike Averted LOS ANGELES, Feb 20 -(Pi- i A rt nlr o t h 'i 1 thratnMl narfllvcii " t " ' et tranennrtatinn anH inHntrv in w- i - five western states was averted i was averiea nT" , T "ovlsi" L7 HvS7 InowJ ance of $17.70 a month retro- active to Jarr 1, is subject to the I vote of 22.000 workers in Call- month retro- . m . a memoersnip win vote on tne oner within 72 hours. A n S r nn ' y st..; " ""tl" muw.um . Diui:.j ri it. later. Richf eld Oil agreed to ts tai-mm anH it i nvtwu-leH in cervo " "n",, . w u- r. H.r rrl - . ...... ... 1 -Shell, Union, Tidewater As- sociated and Texas. New School Gym Plan Authorized Construction of Salem school district 24? $109,600 gymnasium and heating plant at 795 N. 14th ua a 1 1 1 h ot i rl hv th r i t v n - gineer s office yesterday. All local obstacles have been cleared for some time, but the school dis trict has experienced past diffi culty in obtaining approval of the civilian production administra tion. 6-YEAR TERM BACKED WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -(y!P)-A six-year presidential term, with no reelection, will be pushed by Oregon's Rep. Stockman. He said he would continue backing the plan which he thinks would give presidents a freer hand. tissue Set the offices be elective. Sen. Will iam E. Walsh of Coos Bay ob jected to a section of the bill which provided that justices in county seats shall be lawyers, on the grounds it could not be en forced in small counties. The senate Thursday approved 14 of its own bills, including those allowing interest on school debts to be charged against tuition; pro hibiting courts from sidetracking cases in which the judge has been accused of prejudice; requiring water districts to make a monthly analysis of water; and raising fees to practice medicine from $5 to $10 a year. The senate also passed, and sent to the governor, m house bill granting cooperative associations privileges of right-of-way for drainage and irrigation purposes, and adopted and sent to the house a joint memorial asking congress to confine its acquisition of forest lands to those paid for by cash. Sen. Ernest Fatland of Condon condemned the present practice by which congress takes timber i West Salem Vote Approves Tieup For Salem Water WEST SALEM, Feb. 21. -West Salem property owners today ap proved the city council's plan to handle the local .water problem when they voted 219-31 to auth orize a mortgage agreement for $12,000 to finance a tieup with the city" of Salem water mains. The tieup will be by meant of an eight-inch pipe line suspended from the Marion - Polk county bridge. Work will start as soon as material avaiiahl. anH ran rw : rmnpti 50 riav aftor artu.nl worjj- js started J. L. Franzen Sa- lem city manager, has assured , west Salem. , Won-.- Mto,.. nin. Gibson and A. N Copenhaven, members of the local water board. 2 Million State Office Building Recommended Committee recommendation Thursday that the state board of r,tml K n..tKnri7.H .A $2,000,000 on a new state office building, across Court street from th at end of ,h- slai-hr.iive 1 e ?st end ' tne sUltn"Uhe ' 8rounds- apparently presaged final P,pa.rem'r ' Pr!saed r,nal I The k n will be ud in the house . Tl?e b.lU Wl11 u.p .In tll' no.us Tor Tina art ion nrnna hi v Mrnnv Th " h.-TfJ n orioinailv wa io cost $1,000,000, but higher labor r . . 7 . : secret of f,ma,f.Ky se"e.V r """u struction of the five-story struc- ture would be started soon. Mills said the highway commis- l ii44j .., i the public utilities commissioner onefoor. he stateljce a half ; floor, and that the board of con- trol might also have space. The ret of the space has not been allocated. The money would be borrowed from the school fund, and would be repaid by rentals charged de pa rtmerrrS""uieg the building. The maximum inlire.t would he 31., per cent, and would be repaid in pe 30 years -m-r -mj ! rloiise V otes $6 Billion Cut ! WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.WP,- The republican-controlled house Th , repub.,can-c voted tonight to mg in the next fis ry to hold spend- scal year to $31,- 'arAnmxyv i w i j a t- roc ooitom. The $6,000 000.000 slash recom- mended by the senate-house bud- i, .." . "41 T i - a ron-can vuic. iwrivr uniiwmin . ... . . Joined 227 republicans in support - .u .1 I, T K.. 1" ,J( democrats. Rep. Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) and Rep. Marcantonio (AL-NY). The issue now moves to the senate, where a majority of re publicans favor a $4,500,000,000 budget slash to protect army and navy funds, instead of the $6, 000,000,000 cut. Monmouth Man Hurt In All tOIlloblle Accident George Robert Myers of Mon mouth incurred a fractured riijht arm and some broken ribs last night when he lost control of his car and it left the Salem-Dallas highway about one-fourth mile west of the Bonneville power sta tion, investigating state police re port. Myers wa taken to Salem General hospital in the Salem Deaconess liospital ambulance and the attending physician said his condition was "as good as can be expected." for IKIeavy stands from one county and gives the state title to logged-off land in another county in exchange. Four new bills were introduced in the senate, including measures regulating and licensing frozen food lockers and redefining "con tinuous service" in state employ as "not interrupted lor more than 10 years," instead of five. Committee reports Thursday presaged additional arguments later. The house group of state and federal affairs recommend ed do-pass on the bill to give eastern Oregon two highway com missioners and increase the com mission from three to five mem bers. It also recommended pass age of bills to spend $2,000,000 for a new state 'office building in Salem, and let state employes have group life insurance. The house food and livestock committee voted to Introduce a bill permitting county courts to order bangs disease testing pro grams and prohibiting an untested beef herd from being on land ad- joining a dairy nerd pasture. British Pave Way For Freeing India; Date Set for 1948 LONDON, Feb. 20.-(T)-The sel oeimne aaie junf, ivto ' nateo: a greai grunoon 01 me ' almost 200 years of rule over I people. ! Prime Minister Attlee, in commons listening in strained hi- 1 lence, indicated that unless quar- reung modems ann ninaus ie- solve their differences over writ- in a central charter for Indian announced tne appointment I of Admiral Lord Mountbatten, whose mother was a granddaugh ter of Queen Victoria, to succeed Field Marshal Lord Wavell as viceroy in March despite contin- I uea proaaing Dy opposiuon leaaer i Winston Churchill as to why Wa- veil was being recalled. An informed source said the "whole purpose" of Attlee's state- ment was to "produce agreement' between Moslems and Hindus. who have refused to work togeth- er in drafting, a constitution for ( independence. i Mew Delhi disnatche said ob- servers there believed Attlee's statement was strongly favorable I the consress Dai tv inasmuch as ! . t P , u ; congress leaders long have in- ' 6isted that a Britlsh . withdrawal i sjsted that a British . withdrawal w.?-ul?. 'ndUfe 8 S"nfe f ''TrponS1." bility" conductive to a settlement, i r i a - ttr n . i ' p ",s" w"';"lunu nrr ,n 1,1 r ive. sneuu, . regaraea as piacauna ine coii-re&s ! ieader, Jawaharlal Nehru, who i W!? reportd Kon lh4e Wa" veil was an-obstruction to a set- tiement with the Moslem league, Ronald Jones i' n i - 1 l IXC'ClCCteCl 13 V J Farmer Union By Lillle L. Madsen Farm Editor. The Statesman i nonn i , r eu. iu.-nuna.u ALBANY. Feb. 20.-Ronald E ' Jones of Brooks was elected pre- ident of the Oregon Farmers un lion for the third consecutive year Friday at the closing session of the state convention. Gus Schlicker of ! lowered it to earth o gently the Turner was made vice president, descent required 50 minutes. The secretary is to be chosen by i Lt. Col. Harold R. Turner, com the directors. i mander of the proving ground. Resolutions adopted included was enthusiastic over success of those opposing further peacetime the test which disproved German military conscription, importation calculations that 'chutes could not of dairy produce, grain and meat, be used at an altitude of more and the reciprocal trade act in its than 150,000 feet on the theory present form. Other resolutions ; sought elimination of the most-ta- vored nation provision, and re- j duction of the sugar allotment by brewcrs and soft drink manufac- j turera an 8ccordin j ! creased allotment to housewives. i t . . i in a special report on ine in- th(T1arrn union rec. I ' " "-. mini ui l ommnded limitation of filbert imports, because "competition is now greater than the filbert in dustry can stand and the $30,- 000.000 invested --n e a r 1 y ail within 150 miles of this conven tion - - will be lost if something is not done." Confidence was exDressed In David E. Lilienthal ejul the con- A bll) declaring "nuil and void" vention urged his confirmation as i the $3,785,000,000 nationwide ac chairman of the atomic energy cumulation of portal pay claims commission. ! and barring any in the future The Calapooya local In Linn wa approved today by a senate county earned the coveted annual judiciary subcommittee. It may block - and - gavel award for all o before the senate next week around progress. : Tn bill would outlaw present I claims arising from activities per- . formed outside the working day as VANCOUVER GETS STEAMER understood by contract, ctwtom or SEATTI E Feh 20 -rpv-nire.t nVMdinz, and bar such wfj ' claims in the future, overnight steamship passenger 1 service will be resumed between ! . mT here and Vancouver, B. C, on j Work OIlTlnINary Da 111 June 22, first since November, a a , o. . i i i 1941, operators .tors announced today. The steamship Princess Kathleen, a wartime troop carrier, will re turn to service. Fire Today Rep. W. W. Chadwick, Salem, chairman of the house local gov ernment committee, said his com mittee would redraft the county zoning bill in an effort to meet objections to it; In addition to senate bill 99 and the fireworks bill, the house also has up final action today meas- ures to let congressional commit tees make nominations for vacan cies in congress; reduce standard income tax deductions; create a state irrigation board, and let the game commission sell deer tags separately from hunting licenses. Among 10 of its own bills for passage in the senate today are tions valid and permitting Joint dty-rural fire protection districts where a saving can be made. Twelve house proposals will be voted on by the senate including one levying a $1 an acre tax on nurserymen for research. The house will resume at 10 a.m. today, the senate at 10.-30. (Other legis. news page If) Britifh today for the first time ior Kening oui ci inaia ana aeig- iir.-i empretN oi inaian to liquidate that rich subtontinent of 400,000,000 a historic Ktatt-mcnt to a house f Baby Dies of Burns Incurred In Cook Stove The four-months-old daughter cf Mr. nnd Mrs. R. A. Reynolds 0f tne farm labor camp died in a hospital last night from burns wf)1(.h sheiiff Denver Young said apparently were Incurred fiv nour previously when she was ! piat.ed mlo hot cook stove by a .vt.ar-oUl neighbor boy. Mrs Rf-vnnlrin ws ouotd Hr I Sheriff Yrung as saving she had ' t;iken her three other children to the nearby home of Mrs. Homer Adams, a sister-in-law, about 2:30 p.m. yesterday and had returned immediately for the babv which. i she had left on a bed in the Rey- 1 . e GuidedJ th bab,y; muffled screams, Mrs Reynolds i i i c-i imm- muni saia rne 101a rurn. , Young estimated the. child had been in the stove about 10 min utes. He ssiid that stove had glowing coals and that the baby was severely burned about the feet, head and shoulders.. Funeral arrangements are In charge of Clough-Barrick com pany. 'Chutes Work 68 Miles High ) wniir, DAnuo, m r.D, u (JP) Sixty eight miles above th New Mexico desert ribbon pam-' chutes took over the warhead of a German V-2 rot ket todav and ; they would burn from friction. Army ordnance research with the rockets has been somevvhut , handicapped by damage or de- struments when warheads struck the earth, and In two instan the warheads never have i i -x4u . ... , mutrin . uuirr urm en hinvw I UD dAcent have nt lee too successful Ban Agreed o Portal Pay Suits - WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-GTV uj mpm J. M-tn i i J Sen. Guy Cordon Thursday ad vised Gov. Earl Snell that he had! received definite assurances that actual construction work on Mc Nary dam, on the Columbia river near Umatilla, would be started not later than April 1. t TRAIN PASSENGERS FLEE TOKYO, Friday, Feb. 2l.(y Police halted a train 15 miles out side Tokyo today in a routine; search for black market operators. To their astonishment, 90 per cent of the passengers fled through) I doors and windows, leaving 400 bundles of food behind, j CARS CRASH. NONE HURT Cars operated by Douglas Hel der, 2146 State st and O. E. Boat wright of Evergreen avenue col lided at Hood and Summer streets at about 10:30 p. m. Thursday, city police report. No one was In jured. ! Weather Max. SI ... sa .. & n Min. 1 42 43 14 Prectp. Salem Portland San Franc uk-o .00 .60 trae -SA Chicago New York : IS wmameiie river . feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field, Salem i; Partly cloudy today and tonight. little change In temperature. UiaUoat iodav SC Lowest teaUght am, ,r ...!, .