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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ore-' Wodnoadcry. Sept 10 1947
Price 5c
No. 142
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Faiirview Project BacK on . . BoairaFs Agemidla
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With the first releeited ectin f t e North Santiam hlfhwar iae to open to the public thU month, final
road wek over the $45,000. 4'i-mile atreach east of Gates la being rushed by the Kaekenberc
Constru&ion Co of Portland. In photo above Al Benson Is operating a huge i5-yard LeTourneau
craper at a point tyt miles east of Gates on a slightly higher level than the present road. A railroad
crossing will be eliminted at tbis location. Edward Pinkston has charge of the road construction
between Gates and Niagara, where rolling and oiling are now in progress. (Statesman photo by Don
Dill, staff pbUgrapher).
Poor Korea still suffers from a
broken back. It is broken politic
ally and economically at the 38th
parallel twhich divides Russian
and American occupation.' Its
plight is probably worse than
when Japan Instead of its pro
fessed "liberators' governed the
country. And there is less hope of
evacuation on of foreign tropps
than there is in Japan, the late
enemy nation.
The division stems from the
Yalta conference where to tempt
Russia to enter the Pacific war,
President- Roosevelt consented to
terms in the far east which how
arise to plague, our administrators
and the Koreans and Chinese as
welL These ! terms recognized
Russia as Sharing with China in
ownership of the Chinese Eastern
railway in Manchuria and in util
ization of Dairen and Port Arthur
and divided Korea for occupation
t the 38th parallel.
Russian and American troops
took their positions north or south
of this line, but the allied control
commission which was to frame a
new government for Korea and
Mipervlse it in a transition period
has been deadlocked from the be-
ri nrung. Failing in direct negotia
tion. the United States proposed
a conference of several powers in
terested in the Pacific: but Rus
sia has now refused to participate
and the parley is postponed.
. Now our government will move
to establish a Korean government
for southern Korea and will plan
to spend money for Korea s ceo
nomic rehabilitation. North Ko
rea had most of the country's in
dustries and raw materials for
manufacture, the south was
chiefly agricultural. So it will
be necessary to build the south
up industrially to make it self
supporting.
Russia evidently is determined
to out-sit the United States, trust
ing that our country will get tired
f keeping troops -in Korea. Then
through communist penetration
Russia would hope to get control
cf all Korea which would gjve
it a position well advanced down
the coast othe western Pacific.
If this deadlock continues long
Korea will be divided into two
countries. Its broken back may
not be mended for an indefinite
7
Tno-Thircls of State
Building Fund Spent
A total of ..$4,252,627 of
the
16,000,000 state building fund al
located for construction and bet
terment of. state institutions has
been expended or obligated, Roy
Mills, state board of control sec
r-tary, reported Tuesday.
Of this amount $2,568,951 rep
resents new buildings at the Ore
gon state hospital here.
U.S. OVER: 143.000.000
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 -&)-
The nation's population passed the
143,000,000 mark in April, the cen
sus bureau reported today.
Animal Craclccrs
By WARREN GOODRICH
"I hear he even been
turned down 1st bait"
Cbicao Sas-Tma SfB4ital
33 Jews - D n ju red as
British Clear Vessel
Clubs, Hoses, Fists
HAMBURG, Germany, Sept 9
trops fought in a bloody pitched battle aboard a transport ship today
before the British succeeded in landing on German soil the last or
the "exodus 1947" Jews who set out two months ago for Palestine.
The battle occurred aboard the
ful disembarkation from another transport, the Empire Rival. Tonight
British to Ask
U.S. Take Over
Occupation Bill
WASHINGTON. Sept. 9-JP)
The United States agreed tonight
to listen to pleas from hard-up
Britain that this country pay more
of the bill for feeding and re
habilitating Germany.
A year ago-the wartime part
ners agreed to operate . their two
occupation zones as an economic
unit and split the costs 50-50.
Diplomatic officials now indi
cate the British want to cut theirJ
share down to. around 15 per cent.
leaving od per cent 10 me uniiea
States. ' . .
In any event, the war depart
ment which Is in charge of the
occupation, announced that the
two countries will talk things
over In a conference early next
month. The senate appropriations
committee will get some advanced
details at a special meeting Sep
tember 20.
Portland Starts
Drive Against
Slot Machines
PORTLAND, Sept MVFort-
land law enforcement agencies
indicated today they would en
force the Oregon law banning slot
machines and all payout devices
Attorney General George Neu-
ner recently ruled that all such
devices were contrary to state
law. However. thousands of
punchboards, slot machines and
pinball machines were being op
erated.
District Attorney John B. Mc-
Court of Multnomah county,
said he would not sponsor whole
sale raids "at this time," but
would act on complaints brought
to him. k
Robert Chessman
To Succeed Father
ASTORIA, Sept 9 -(-Ap
pointment of Robert B. Chessman
as publisher of the Astorian
Budget, succeeding his late father,
Sen. Merle R. Chessman, was an
nounced by the board of directors
today.
The son, recently discharged
from the army after five years
service, had been associate pub
lisher since his father became ill
few months ago. He also was
named president of the Astorian
Budget Publishing Company. He
said there would be no change in
policy o personnel.
14 Plead Innocent
In Vote Fraud Trial
KANSAS CITY, Sept 9-A)-
Fourteen persons, indicated by
federal grand jury in connection
with alleged vote frauds in the
1946 Democratic primary elec
tion pleaded innocent today at
arraigment before Federal Judge
Albert A. Ridge.
They were given 10 days to file
motions. Twelve of them, includ
ing a state legislator Joseph M
Tanner and several county em
ployes, were charged with vote
fraud conspiracy. Two others are
charged . with attempting to tam
per with the grand jury during
its investigation.
BOXCARS ALLOCATED
WASHINGTON,. Sept 9(JP)-
The agriculture department said
today that the Association of
American Railroads has allocated
500 boxcars to be used in mov
ing cover crop seeds from the Pa
cific northwest into the southern
states. v
Smother Resistance
- CTWewish refugees and British
Runnymede Park after a peace
British official said a powerful
bomb was found in the Empire
Rival's hold. The bomb was cap
able of blowing a six foot wide
hole in the ship's bottom.
Hundreds of the Jews fought
all the way from the grim holds
of the Runnymede Park to
dock-side railway train to avoid
entering the country they de
scribe as the graveyard ol mil
lions of their kinsmen.
By official British account at
least 33 Jews, including 13 wo
men, were wounded m a two
hour melee in which the British
used clubs, fire hoses and fists
to down resistance spurred by
eader who exhorted them to fight
to tne death.
Three British soldiers were of
ficially reported hospitalized by
injuries at the hands of jews who
fought with such improvised wea
pons as broken bottles and clubs
tipped with barbed wire or razor
blades. At least one Jew hurled
knife.,
The Runnymede Park with It
1,485 refugees, was the last to
dock of the three ships which
carried 4,311 Jews from Haifa,
near where 54 days ago the Brit-
lsn captured tne Exodus 1947
when the Jews tried to crack the
Palestine coastal blockade.
Whale Frolics
Off North Bend
NORTH BEND. Ore.. Sept. 8-
WA 30-foot whale put on
show just off the North Bend city
wharl here today.
bpectators said the monster was
so close that barnacles on it were
visiblei This is the first time
wnaie nas Deen Known to cross
the bar and come five miles up
the narrow channel. Porpoises
have been seen in the channel
before.
Railroads Plead
For Emergency
Freight Rate Rise
WASHINGTON, Sept. -()-
Facing a host of opponents, 699
railroads today battled for an
emergency 10 per cent freight
rate increase at once while ship
pers demanded that the inter
state commerce commission take
no action without a formal hear
ing.
ine railroads want a 27 per
cent total boost with authority, to
apply 10 per cent of it while the
commission takes testimony on
the whole case. Vice President
Jacob Aronson of the New York
Central railroad asserted, that 10
per cent "will Just about offset
last week's "15 cents an hour ar
bitration wage award to the rail
road's nonoperating employes
plus increases of the last two
months in costs of materials and
supplies.
Board Tackles Problem of Non-School
Use of School Buses; Request Denied
By Robert E. Gangware
City Editor, The Statesman
Board members of Salem school
district 24, . tackling the problem
on non-school use of the 17
school buses now operated by the
district itself, Tuesday night re
jected a church application to
rent a bus and decided that' other
requests will be considered sep
arately. Although the board set no pol
icy on bus use beyond . pupil
transportation, members were
agreed that under no condition
could the district rent a bus at less
than the actual cost of operation,
including depreciation and wages
rnd expenses of drivers.
The board rejected Central Lu
theran church's request for a bus
to haul Sunday school pupils on
grounds thr such use might lead
to numeroJS church requests.
Labor Law Backer
Wins Pennsylvania
Seat in Congress
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Wednes
day, Sept. 10-W-RePUDlican
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter was
elected to Pennsylvania's eighth
district seat in congress to
day, beating down opposition
'of organized labor which cam
paigned for his democratic op
ponent, Phil H. Storch, advo
cate of repealing the Taft
Hartley law.
At 12:45 a. m. today returns
from 158 of the 214 precincts
gave:
Lichtenwalter, 48,116.
Storch, 32,218.
Storch, president of the Le
high Valley Newspaper Guild,
CIO, termed the labor bill "a
vicious piece of legislation
against the working man."
Lichtenwalter, speaker of
Pennsylvania's house of repre
sentatives, answered Storch's
assertions by stating the law is
bi-partisan legislation.
Legislators
Barred from
State Boards
Oregon legislature members
are definitely barred from serv
ing on state commissions or in
other administrative capacities.
the state supreme court ruled
Tuesday.
In the final action of long
standing litigation, the court
unanimously affirmed Circuit
Judge George Duncan of Marion
county in holding that State Rep.
Earl Hills acceptance of a fish
commission appointment by Gov.
Earl Snelt was void because Hill
had not resigned from the legis
lature.
Chief Justice George Rossman
wrote the opinion based on a con
stitutional provision prohibiting
anyone from serving in more
than one branch of the state gov
ernment at the same time.
The state filed the suit against
Hill on information of District
Attorney Miller B. Hayden of
Marion county contending that
the constitutional provision was
clear and that Hill's service as
both legislator and commissioner
was an aggravated violation.
Similar suits originally were
filed against Hill, State Sen. W.
H. Straycr, Baker, member of the
state board of geology and min
eral industries, and Senator Merle
Chessman, Astoria, member of
the state highway commission.
Strayer died before disposition of
his suit while Chessman resigned
from the highway commission.
Chessman died two weeks ago.
Frankness Pays
Red Light Runner
FREMONT, Neb., Sept. 9(JP)
"Why did you drive through the
stop light?" Police Court Judge
R. A. Winkelman asked a college
freshman.
"I was in a hurry and wanted
to save time," was the forthright
answer.
"I admire you for giving an
honest answer," Judge Winkelman
said. "The fine is $1 and court
costs. But I'll suspend the $4.95
in costs because of your honesty."
Weather
Max. Min Prerip.
JUlem 7 M .n
Portland 67 83 .15
San Francisco 64 55 .00
Chicago Bl 69 trace
New York 76 68 .00
Willamette river -4 feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem t: Mostly
clear today and tonight. Illfhett tem
perature today near 75. Lowest tonleht,
43. Weather will be favorable for farm
ing activity today.
Business Manager C. C. Ward
recommended purchase of three
additional buses which are now
available to the school district but
noted that the $25,000 budget ap
propriation for buses already has
been exhausted by the recent ac
quisition of five buses. The board
authorized purchase of the three
buses provided a suitable method
of financing can be arranged.
Harry Scott's supplies commit
tee was authorized to act on
awarding contracts for fuel oil,
gasoline and lubricants, after
bids from nearly all major oil
companies were opened.The bids
were not immediately tabulated.
' Superintendent Frank B. Ben
nett told the board "we are about
as ready as we can be for the
opening of school Monday," after
board approval on teacher con
tracts brought the district's teach
Emergency
Board May Be
Called Friday
The state emergency board will
be called to Salem next Tuesday
to consider new construction at
Fairview home if the state board
of control this Friday finds bids
for the three-unit project satis
factory. This was decided Tuesday by
the control board, following last
month's controversy with the
emergency board members over
Fairview construction. In com
bined session then a proposed
$400,000 construction of a six
unit dormitory was turned down,
but opponents indicated they
would consider a smaller project
at Fairview,
The control board approved
yesterday a request of M. B.
Clotterbuck, superintendent of the
state deaf school, that the insti
tution be permitted to join in
the motor vehicle driver training
program now in operation in
many of the public schools. A
state car, equipped with dual
control, will be used in the train
ing program.
Upon advice of the attorney
general the board approved trans
fer of approximately 414 acres
of CCC land to the state forestry
department. The land is located
near the forestry division offices
in East Salem.
Crews Needed
On Mechanical
Hop Pickers
Recent increased used of me
chanical hop-pickers, by Salem
area hop growers, in an effort to
harvest crops ahead of heavy fall
rains, has created a need for 50
workers on the machines, it was
reported from the Salem farm la
bor office Tuesday.
lit addition to several thousand
human pickers, the machine la
borers are needed to work day
and night shifts, said Mrs. Gladys
Turnbull, farm labor assistant.
Pay on the machines is 80 cents
per hour tor day workers ana VO
cent for night work.
Although men are preferred,
women will be accepted and there
are also openings for older youth.
Mrs. Turnbull said. No experi
ence is necessary. Placements are
being made through the farm la
bor office.
The hop harvest is in full swing
and, benefitted by recent light
rains, is boosting the pickers'
daily wage average In the yards.
Mrs. Turnbull said. She pointed
out the visitor at a yard who
earned $16 in a single day. The
filbert harvest Is expected to get
underway next week.
Pendleton to
Start Roimd-Up
PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 9 -(P)
With thousands of visitors in hol
iday mood and colorful western
garb . roaming the streets, Pendle
ton's 36th annual round-up opens
tomorrow.
Blanketed Indians, row pokes
wearing five-gallon hats and high
heeled boots, and "dudes" in store
clothes of similar style brought
western color to this central Ore
gon agricultural city. Bars, res
taurants and other businesses were
Jampacked. and hotels and tourist
camps have been turning away
customers for days.
More than 200 cowpunchers
were on hand to seek the $30,000
in cash offered to winners. They
will work with some 2000 head of
horses, steers, calves and Brahma
bulls.
ing staff to within three appoint
ments of ,completion. The super
intendent 4 said teacher prospects
were on hand for the last-minute
vacancies and he expected to fill
them this week.
Bennett disclosed that elemen
tary school hours this year are
altered to change closing hour for
first and second graders from 2:30
to 2:45 p. m. in order to give
teachers slightly more time with
the affected classes 'and to make
a better school bus schedule.
The board voted to sign for the
district a street paving petition
affecting Mill street from 23rd to
24th streets on the north side of
Richmond school. It was indi
cated the project would be un
dertaken by the city next year, if
the petition is satisfactory, and
that the school share of cost
would approximate $1,000.
Russ Skip Capital Ships
In Global Police Line-Up
By Francis W. Carpenter
LAKE SUCCESS, Sept 9-iJPj-Russia's
long-awaited ' Pattern
for a global police force without
battleships or carriers was made
public today by the United Na
tions. ,
The Soviet plan called for a
maximum force of 12 troops di
visions, 1.200 planes and five or
six cruisers. It ignored any need
for the capital ship contingents
advocated by the United States,
Britain, France and China in
their original estimates.
There was no explanatoin of
the omission of battleships and
carriers in the statement from
the Russian delegation to the
U. N.'s big five military staff
committee.
Informed sources ' speculated,
however, that the Russians ne
glected to propose capital ships
because they have insisted on
Playhouse Gets
Full-Tiiiie Tenants
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Sept 9-(;P)
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Heady today
were installed in their new home
a child's play house which is only
6Vi by 8fe feet.
The Headys were not able to
obtain an apartment. So a friend,
Henry Bruckspen, offered them
the use of his daughter's play
hourse. The little girl, Stacia,
thus became the city's youngest
landlady.
Hazing Awaits
President as
Equator N ears
ABOARD U. S. S. MISSOURI
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN,
Sept. JMlVPresident Truman
took a brisk workout aboard this
leisurely, cruising battleship to
day, getting in trim for the age
old "crossing the equator" hazing
ceremonies on Thursday.
As a humble polliwog, the
chief executive and 1.600 others
who have never "officially"
crossed the line, will have to go
through the more or less harrow
ing initiation rites.
Is he worried? He wouldn't ad
mit it to reporters.
"I've arranged for everybody
to get their share, including my
daughter," Mr. Truman chuckled.
His daughter Margaret and
Mrs. Truman are accompanying
the president back to Norfolk,
Va., from his good will visit to
Brazil where he addressed the
Pan American conference.
Fleet Admiral William D.
Leahy, the president's chief of
staff, threw out some ominous
hints of what "Polliwog" Tru
man may have coming.
Leahy is Senior Shellback
aboard. He won his spurs as a
midshipman aboard the U. S. S.
Oregon sailing around the
Straits of Magellan during the
Spanish-American war in 1898.
Leahy laughingly acknowledged
to reporters that he bought im
munity from1 punishment by do
nating a barrel of beer for the
Oregon's Crew.
Street Name
Changes Asked
Advisability of a new name for
Liberty road will be suggested to
Marion county court among
other street and road name
change recommendations by a
group of local city, county, postal
and utilities officials.
The group met Tuesday night
in city hall to go over a long list
of duplications and near-duplications
in street names within fast
growing Salem residential areas,
with an eye to removing dupli
cations as an aid to agencies serv
ing Jhe public, such as the post
office. Milton Meyers presided
over the meeting.
State School Dorm
Rates Increased
PORTLAND, Sept. 9-;p)-Slu-dents
in state schools will pay $2
more monthly to live in dormi
tories this, fall, the state board of
higher education decided at its
meeting here today.
The board also gave the medi
cal school at Portland $25,000 for
surgery department development
and adopted a new travel policy
providing for the payment of
railroad fares for faculty mem
bers attending professional and
other meetings.
equal contributions from the
powers and because Russia has
only four old battlewagons and
no carriers.
By equal contributions, the
Russians want the nations to
chip in man for man, plane for
plane, ship for ship.
The United States, supported
by others in the big five, wants
coma r able contributions, such as
the nation with the greatest force
of carriers contributing more
carriers, the largest army con
tributing more men.
It was reported the Russian
figures were submitted to the
ultra-secret military staff com
mittee six weeks ago. While the
Russians did not explain why
they released Chem for publica
tion now, it was noted the as
sembly will meet next week and
the slowness of work on the pro
posed armed force is certain to
be discussed.
Nehru to Place
Hindustan on
War Footing
-NEW DELHI, Sept 9r-(JP)-Prime
Minister Jawharlal Nehru
declared in a radio address to
night that the government of the
Dominion of India was confront
ed With a situation "analogous
to war" and that it would meet
the "serious crisis . . .on a war
basis."
Nehru asserted that the military
"still are masters of the situation"
and 'moon would be. "more the
masters" in dealing with the cri
sis he described as threatening
tne future or the nation.
He did not specify what mili
tary measures would be taken to
end the communal fighting, loot
ing, arson and carnage that have
laid waste great areas of the par
titioned Punjab and, in the last
few days, paralyzed his own cap
ital. .
Thousands of Moslems, fearing
death at the hands of inflamed
Sikhs and Hindus, fled today
from the twin cities of Old and
New Delhi, where an estimated
1,000 have lost their lives in bru
tal massacres in the last three
days and where gunfire still was
heard by night and day.
The 1,000 estimate was from
official sources, but one civil of
ficial said the total dead and
wounded might reach 10,000.
There was no accurate count
amid the confusion attending
murder, arson and looting.
$100,000 in Banks
Listed as Dormant
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. -JP)
Sheriff Martin Pratt today listed
$100,000 in dormant bank depos
its in a public advertisement that
is the first escheatment-proceedings
by the state under a law pas
sed by the 1947 legislature.
The sheriff listed 800 accounts
of two banks, the first national
and the Canadian Bank of Com
merce, and said none of these had
depotits or withdrawals for- a
period of seven years.
Accident Victim
Found Near Canby
CANBY, Sept. 9-MVApparent-ly
v ictim of a train, the body of a
man tentatively identified as Loyd
Orien Abies, 50, was found be
side Southern Pacific tracks two
miles south of here late last
night.
Indications were that the man
walked into the path of a south
bound train, said Corner Ray
Rilance. He was seeking relatives.
Pilots Take Credit for
Quarter-Inch Rain
CARLSBAD, N. M., Sept. 9-UP)
-Claude McCausland and Herb
Webber, pilots of Carlsbad,
claimed credit today for a quarter-inch"
rain that fell Sunday
after a cloud milking experiment.
They treated a towering thun
derhead with ' dry ice, and the
rain started a few minutes later.
Hurley for President .
Boom Inaugurated
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.. Sept.
9-(JPy-A boom was started today
for MaJ. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley
of Santa Fe for the republican
presidential nomination.
Hurley was secretary of wdV
under President Hoover and am
bassador to China and personal
envoy for President Roosevelt
Blasts Rock
'Island Queen'
In Pittsburgh -
PITTSBURGH. Sept. i 9-HJPh
The toll of dead and missicg ia
the explosion and fire of the ex
cursion boat "Island Queen wa
listed at 21 tonight as firemen
continued to rake the blackened
hulk of the once-proud steamer
for additional victims.
Seventeen persons were-' in
jured when twin explosions rotk- ,
ed the five-deck steamer today,
turning it into a flaming funeral
pyre for the crew members trap
ped inside.'
Edward L. Schott. 40, .of Cini
cinnati, president of Coney Island,
Inc., which owned the steamer,
said a list supplied him bv Pitta
burch police indicated 21 dead or
missing.
I Bodies Recovered
Only six bodies have been re
covered. Two have been identi
fied as those of Mary Jones of
Cincinnati, a negro maid, and
David Heath, of Cincinnati. Tour
bodies were at Allegheny county
morgue, m badly charred that it
was doubtful whether they could
ever be identified.
The cause of the explosions was
unknown.
Andrew Charles, assistant sup
erintendent of police, said th?
boilers in the vessel were found
intact An earlier report had
blamed the tragic blast on a boiltr
explosion. .
Schott said he had no idea what
caused the holocaust. ! . ,
-I haven't had time to lock
Into It," he said. "Right now my
principle concern is the crew id
their families." , - i
He estimated loss to the boct
alone at $600,000. which he stid
was "pretty well covered by in
surance. Partable Lights Rlrger
Fire Chief William Davis said
firemen would search the sunken
hull of the once-proud river
steamer tonight if they could do
so Without danger. PortsH-
lights were rigged to aid tr.
search and- acetylene torches wei
Drougnt to the waterfront.
Earlier, Davis had ordered til
firemen from the boat becaus
the hull was shifting and threat
ening to break sideways as tt
slipped Into deeper water. Ttm
shifting may delay the search un
til daybreak. Two mighty bla?t
rocked the boat. Fire wrapped
the big steamer from prow to fan
tail with incredible swiftness.
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Court Sustains
Death Sentence
The state supreme court Tues
day affirmed a decree of the
Multnomah county circuit court
in the case of Wardell H. Hender
son, 25, Vanport negro, under
death sentence for the slaying r f
Walter H. Poole. Jhe murder.ee
curred in Vanport December 24,
1945. The opinion in this cae,
also written by Chief Jusi:-e
Rossman, upheld Circuit Ju .
Frank Lonergan of Portland. K- r
derson's only hope of escar '--g
execution under the decree Vf
the lower court and opinion "f
the supreme 'Court is to obt&:
rehearing in the latter court ..r
clemency from Governor SWA.
Downtown Firemen
To Get Lounge Room
Remodeling of part of the dow n
town Salem fire station's fii?t
floor, to provide a lounge tocn.
office and quarters for night cap
tain, is underway at the city hall.
The firemen's lounge room will
be at the south end of the build
ing, behind the office and a room
where the captain on night duty
will sleep and receive all night
calls.
Manila Darkened a
Mouse Electrocuted
MANILA, Wednesday, Sept. 11
-W-The lights went out last
night in this capital city of more
than 1,000,000 residents. Manila
Electric company service men
went looking for the caue. found
a mouse had wandered into a
main circuit breaker and caused
a short circuit
Portland Warehouse
Destroyed by Blaze
PORTLAND, Sept.
spectacular fire destroyed a ware
house full of furniture and
stalled traffic on the Burnside
bridge over the Willamette river
here today.
About $75,000 worth of furni
ture was consumed in the $100,000
fire, said Leonard Fishel, owner
of the warehouse
)