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i The United States, whose secre
tary of state cave the basis for
hope of American aid to Europe,
now seems inclined to let mat
ten drift- President Truman,
borne from his, trip to South
America, expresses concern over
domestic prices but makes no
. commitment on. calling congress
together to- Implement the Mar
shall plan- He meets tomorrow
with congressional leaden, but
Apparently as much In the role
of listener as proposer or a pro
gram. . ,
, Indeed there Is considerable
scoffing, at the Idea of furnishing
food and coal and petroleum and
steel to Europe on any such
scale as Is contemplated In the
report from Paris. Some argue
that it would be money or foods
thrown away, that so long as we
feed- Europe tne people were
.-ui t fend for themselves.
Others argue that government
export of scacce commoaiues iires
Inflation at home, and the way
to solve the domestic problem is
fcy curtailing our exports.
There ' is grave danger that
what aid we may give will prove
in h- -trm little and too late,"
If we wait until the regular ses
sion of congress ana tnen wan
fnr th alow mechanics of legis
lating to operate we may really
-miM tne bua.7 woi oniy wwuu
the aid be tardy but the United
States would suffer a serious loss
of prestige. Having in the Mar
ahaii rMru at Harvard univer-
aitv manifested a readiness to co
operate in promoting European
recovery and having at Paris
.forced a reduction m tne
(Continued on editorial page)
Kings Prairie
Airport Sought
'' NIAGARA, Sept 17 San
tlam canyon flying enthusiasts
r work in out clans to estab
lish an airport on Kings Prairie
In the region of Gates, west oi
bere. .
It la recalled that the civil
TT.rtiiitir- uthnri last mrinff
recommended two air fields for
the canyon, one in the Mill City
vicinity, the other at Idapha.
For the past summer local
fliers and students of aviation
larve been using the Lany Staf
ford place on Kings Prairie and
f H are of the oninlon that it
can be 'developed -into a fine
plane landing strip to meet an
specifications of the CAA.
'-' . ' The Kuckenberg Construction
company officials . have been
making extensive use of the Staf
ford field during the summer.
Rock Slides Block
Gorge Highway
THE DALLES. Ore., Sept. 28
, (Sunday) -W- Two rock slides
had . blocked the Columbia river
heighway eat of here early to
day near . Rufus, in Sherman
, , county, and state police said the
road may not be opened until
jnoon. Police said the slides weft
'about midway between here? and
Arlington and attributed them to
keavy rains In the vicinity.
j Quints Reported
Born in Russia
S. MOSCOW. Sept. 27-(aVThe
newspaper Evening Moscow, said
today quintruplet three boy! and
two girls had been born to a
farm woman in the Buriat Mon
golian republic of the Soviet un
ion, A dispatch said the mother was
Khonda Perendzapova of a col
lective firm near Ulan Ude In
the Shitkansky locality of - the
- Bargazinsky Airnak region.
It reported that the children,
born -recently", all were, normal
and were progressing and that the
mother was well.
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The Oregon
Train Wreck Blamed
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A derailing switch, mysteriously anlocked (right center), brought Salem Its meat potentially serious
train wreck In years early yesterday, and there was plenty of damage as it was. Top photo shows the
belterskelter mess ef cars, nine af which left the track and two of which vertnrned, just south ef
Salem near Falrriew heme, attendants of which helped give first aid ta the Injured. Left center
shows. George Miller, Portland railway clerk, being carried from a mail car a few minutes after the
derailment which was being- widely Investlrated Saturday by state and federal aa well as railroad
fficlaJs. The train was the 8. P.'s southbound West Coast Limited carrying- 20 passengers. Upper
left Inset shews; Chief Express Messenger Jack Dow ling of Portland looking at an overturned car. Ad
ditional wreckage Is shewn In the lower pictures. (Photos by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer)
Rail Accident Investigation Started by Southern
Pacific Officials; Baggageman Still in Hospital
An open switch, not used by
the railroad iince Wednesday af
ternoon at 4:30 o'clock, was
blamed j for the scrambling of
nine cars of a Southern Pacific
train near here early Saturday
morning. Only one person re
mained in the hospital as a re
sult-- of Salem's cmont extensive
fail mishap In years;
Traffic was moving again at
4:30 ajn. Saturday past . the
wreck scene, opposite Fairvlew
home south of Salem, and all
the derailed cars are expected
to be back on rails by this even
ing. Some lost their wheel truck
and all will be sent to repair
shops. . '''"''!
Saving the wreck from being
a worse tragedy was theict that
only two of the derailed cars
were passenger '.coaches, neither
6f which tipped over. Other cars
were for baggage, express and
mail. ;- ;
Whether the open switch was
accidental or of malicious intent
4-1 Foil r-01l Infant
Found in Interne's Car
PORTLAND, Sept . 27-P)-An
infant believed but 14 hours old
was found wrapped In a towel in
the rear seat of a hospital in
terne's automobile here late this
afternoon. ,
. Dr. Dexter Amend discovered
the tiny girl when he left the hos
pital tq attend the Oregon-Texas
football game. The car was parked
in the i parking lot of the Good
Samaritan hospital.
Germans to Oppose
Dismantling of Plants
BERLIN, Sept. 27 Ger
man trade union leaders at Ham
burg declared today orders had
been issued throughout the Brit
ish zone for strikes as "resist
ance to British-American plans
for the dismantling of large
numbers of German factories for
reparations. " '
Statesman. Salem, Ore., Sunday.
r
- "if a w
Is under" .investigation by rail
road, state and federal officers.
L. P. Hopkins, superintendent of
the Portland division, said simi
lar derailments at the state fair
grounds and at Molalla in the
past two months had been proved
the result of maliciousness.
The switch, ' for a spur - leading
to the west side of the municipal
airport, was. unlocked, it was dis
covered after the accident. It had
not been thrown, or the breaking
of contact points would have ac
tivated a stop signal, Hopkins
pointed 6ut He said the weight
and vibration of the locomotive,
which passed safely, evidently
had moved the tracks sufficiently
for the following seven cars to
be derailed.
Parting of the air hoses stop
ped the engine ' in about 1,000
yards. The crew did not know
what had happened to the rest
of the train until the engine stop
ped and Engineer Victor Parti
piio and Road Foreman D.
Americans Invited
To Visit Yugoslavia
NEW YORK, Sept 27
James F. Byrnes, Henry Morgen;
thau, Jr., Harold E. Stassen 1 and
three other Americans have been
officially invite' to Yugoslavia
at the request oi Marshal Tito to
"see for themselves the true sit
uation, Yugoslavian officials
announced toayv
Yugoslav Ambassador Sava N.
KosanOvic said that Marshal Tito
had Instructed him to Invite "six
eminent Americans' to visit his
country and correct sr reat mis
understanding." Others invited were Dr, Harry
Emerson Fosdick, former pastor
of - the Riverside churcl) in. New
York, Author John Gunther and
Hanson Baldwin, military writer
of the New, York Times,. the an
nouncement said.
Price
on Switch
May, both of Portland, walked
back. Speed: at the time of the
wreck was recorded at 42 miles
per hour, said Hopkins.
Two passengers, who continued
so$th with the later train, and
three crewman, all of Portland,
were injured. George Miller, mail
clerk, suffered hip and back in-
iuries and was admitted to Sa
em General hospital where he
was released late Saturday morn
ing. Daman Stimson, baggage
man, remained in Salem Deacon
ess hospital i with head cuts, re
ported in "fair" condition.
The wreck caused only a bad
"kink" In h main lin roll.
which was soon repaired, but it
ripped out about 80 feet of rails
and ties on the spur. Replace
ment had i been completed by
Saturday noon.
Two railway cranes, with 120
ton and. 0-ton capacity,, came
from. Portland and Eugene to put
the cars back on' wheels.
'MISS OREGON' TO OSC
ROSEBURG, Sept. 27-jip)-Jo
Ann Amorde, pretty blonde "Miss
Oregon," said today she was en
tering Oregon State college in
January with the $1,000 scholar
ship she won by reaching the
"Miss America" finals at Atlantic
City. A Sutherlin school t teacher,
she will finish work toward a his
tory major degree.
BRITISH TO DEPORT JEWS
JERUSALEM, Sept. 27 - (P) -Some
470 Jews were transferred
to transports for deportation to
Cyprus tonight after their immi
gration ship "Despite had been
boarded at sea by British sailors
in a fight in which one refugee
was slain by gunfire and nine
others injured.
S KILLED AS TRAIN DERAILED
KAMLOOPS, B.C., Sept. 27 -(CP)-
Five people were killed and
a sixth man seriously injured at
Angelsey, B.C today when a
speeding Canadian National Rail
way freight train was derailed by
a small gravel slide.
Sept. Y& 1947
5c
No. 158
Taft Sees
Red Tinge
On CIO
CORVALL1S, ORE. Sept. 27 -(i1)
- Senator Taft (K-Ohio)
charged tonight "half of tie
CIO unions in the country are
communist dominated."
Taft's charge was made before
members of the Oregon State coir
lege student body tonight after he
had answered the demand of a
red ahirted former GI to know
why the Taft-Hartley act pena
lizes union leaders who are mem
bers of the communist party.
Henry W. , Hendricks, the red
shirted student of Oregon State
college, posed the question at the
conclusion of the Ohio senator's
explanation of provisios of the
new labor law.
Hendricks, who told a reporter
he served five years in the coast
artillery division of the army,
said he was not a communist. -
Later, Taft was asked to name
CIO leaders who were commu
nists after he had said in response
to another question that the CIO's
PAC "had so many communists
that it virtually had a communist
program."
"I can't name them tonight,"
the Ohio senator replied, "But I
would be, glad to furnish a list.
Half of the CIO unions are communist-dominated
and are so con
sidered by labor union leaders
themselves."
Campaign for
Winter Tourist
Trade Urged
Oregon, with Its favorable wea
ther and scenic attractions and
its abundance of outdoor play
grounds, should have a larger vol
ume of year-around tourist busi
ness, the state Postwar readjust
ment and development commis
sion Informed Gov. Earl Snell
yesterday.
ine commission suggested mat
ih winter sports program be ad
vertised with appropriate litera
ture and developed to provide
tourist industry with a better all-
year trade.
The committee said question
naires could be sent to chambers
of commerce in Oregon cities ask
ing that information regarding
tourist facilities' be made avail
able to the state's travel agencies.
The report noted that tourist host
sqhools were held in 16 Oregon
cipes this year, compared with
only sefen in 1946. The schools
were conducted by -the Oregon
Advertising club.
Mother of 3 Dies
Taking Dare to
Walk Tight Rope
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 27-P)
-The young mother of three chil
dren dared and died in a fatal
attempt to walk a high wire at
the Mid-South fair here.
The woman, who fell SO feet
to the ground without an outcry
was identified last night as Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Davis by Police
Inspector Pete Wiebenga.
Inspector Wiebenga said Mrs.
Davis picked her way up the flex
ible ladder l&ding to the high
wire in semiidarkness, grabbed
for a balance pole and slipped
when the unattached pole gave
way. I
He said she apparently made
the. attempt on a dare.
13-Year.OId Boy
Given Life Term
PIKEVILLE, KY., Sept. 27-)
Court attaches disclosed today
that Circuit Judge R. Monroe
Fields late yesterday imposed a
life sentence at hard labor on 13-year-old
Crawford Casebolt, con
victed of armed robbery.
The court decreed that the
seventh-grade school pupil be re
moved Monday to the reform
school at Greendale until he is
21, after which it was directed
that he be transferred to the La
Grange penitentiary to spend the
rest of his natural life at hard
labor.
Ray Smith to Head
State Republican Clubs
GEARHART, Sept. 27 -(V Ray
Smith, Portland, was elected pres
ident of the Oregon Republican
clubs here today. Mildred Pearce,
Portland, was named secretary,
and Frederick S. Lamport,, Salem,
treasurer of the group.
Weather
Mm.
Salem 7i
Portland 77
San Francisco M
Chlcaco 64
Min. Prcclp.
S3
S3
17
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M
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New York 69
WUlamette river -4.1 faet
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau, VtcNaxy field Salem): Partly
cloudy today. High temperature 79, low
tonight 4S. Weather will be favorable
for all iarm activities.
Football Scores
Utah 7, Oregon State 6.
Texas 38, Oregon 13.
Idaho 19, Stanfard 16.
Minn. 7, Washington 6.
USC 21, WSC 0.
California 14, Navy 7.
So. Meth. 22, Santa Clara 6.
a a aaa WV k 4" a 1
uoii. idano 47, uhu 13.
Army 13, Villanova 0.
Illinois 14. Pittsburgh 0.
Ohio State 13. Missouri 7,i
Tulane 21, Alabama 20.
Mont. State 21, Portland U 0.
Pacific U 13, Lewis Clark 0.
Dofck Dispute in
L. A. Threat to
Coast Shipping
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept ilf(Jf)
President Harry Bridges, of I the
International L o n g s h oremen's
and Warehousemen's union said
today' the impending cessation of
all shipping and dock activities
in Los Angeles and Long Beach
harbors amounts to "cancellation
of the coastwjde longshore agree
ment" by the Waterfront Em
ployers association. j
The WEA announced last niight
in Los Angeles that the two har
bors would be closed Sept.; 30
until the current dispute over the
walking bosses Is settled. The
WEA contends the walking
bosses or dock foremen consti
tute supervisory personnel land
that, under the Taft-Hartley j act.
Bridges union cannot bargain
for them. , i
Bridges said that the "lockout
is a breach of contract which
amounts to automatic cancella
tion of the whole agreement (cov
ering the Pacific coast from Van
couver, Wash., to San Diego."
Boy Sued for !
Alienation of
Dog9 Affection
EUGENE, Sept. 27 -(JP)- Ten-year-old
Movie Star Gary Gray
was sued here for $50,000-Saturday,
for alienation of affections.
The cause of action was a Welch
terrier named "Corky," owned by
movie dog trainer Henry East, who
filed in Lane county circuit court,
just as the film company which
completed the local filming of
RKO's "Rachel," entrained; for
Hollywood.
The trainer claims that Gary
"alienated the affections' of Corky
while the. movie company was on
location near Eugene, causlngj him
"great mental anguish" and the
loss of $400 a week, the dog's ap
proximate earnings.
East asserted that Corky j was
his favorite and performed with
"great intelligence in movies. The
dog trainer said he has owned Cor
ky ever since he was four months
old. The dog now is three yrs
old.
Red Plan for Korea
Means 'Civil War'
SEOUL. Sept. 17 -JP) Twp top
Korean leaders often at iodds
agreed in alarm today that with
drawal of American and Soviet oc
cupation forces would plunge Kor
ea into civil War ending in total
communlzation. j
In separate Interviews the right
ist Dr. Syngman Rhee and the lib
eral Kim Kiu-Sic urged that If the
United States contemplated with
drawal as suggested by the Rus
sians, It quickly organize, arm and
train a south Korean defense force
to meet what Kim called the "red
lava" that was certain to pour
down from the Soviet northern
rone."
Churchill Asks Speedy -Withdrawal
in Palestine
LONDON, Sept. 27 -P)- Win
ston Churchill today endorsed
United States moves against "mil
itant communism" and said "now
that we have announced our de
cision to quit "Palestine I trust it
will be carried out as quickly as
possible."
Reds Claim U.S. Seeks to Justify
Armed Intervention in Greece
LAKE SUCCESS, Sept! 21-if)
-Russia today accused the United
States was using the Greek ques
armed American Intervention in
Greece and declared the United
States Was using hte Greek ques
tion to undermine the United
Nations.
Soviet Delegate Andrei A.
Gromyko told hte United Na
tions assembly's 85-nation politl
caf committee in a bitter 66-mln-ute
attack on American "inter
ference" that the U. S. action
"might cause the collapse of the
U. N." I
"The United States is ready to
act in circumvention of the United
Nations if their Greek proposal
isn't accepted," Gromyko told the
delegates. He then added 1 care
Postmaster General to
Retain Cabinet Position
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27-W-Rcbert E. Hannegan announc
ed his resignation as democratic national chairman today apd.
Senator J. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island, picked to sue
ceed him said he would "proceed on the theory hat my task
will be to reelect President Truman." j
Hannegan, who will sta'orhas postmaster general, said he.
was giving up his chairmanship
anshtp
.rl him
becautte doctors had advised him
to slow down and that President
Truman "indicated his approval"
of McGrath on Hannegan's sug
gestion. McGrath, 43 year old lawyer,
three-times governor, and form
er solicitor general of the U. 8.,
was elected to the senate last No
vember. He told a news confer
ence he will accept the party post
without salary but stay on in the
senate.
Hannegan's long-expected res
ignation announcement was con
tained in a call for a meeting of
the national committee, here Oc
tober 29, when his resignation
becomes effective. The meeting
is expected to elect McGrath for
mally then and pick a site and
date for the party's 1948 presi
dential nominating convention.
Hannegan, 44 year old St. Louis
lawyer and former internal reve
nue commissioner, became chair
man in January, 1944. He di
rected the lale President Roose
velt's fourth-term campaign.
Gael Sullivan, executive direc
tor and vice chairman of the
committee since last February 12
when he took over full direction
while Hannegan was recuperat
ing from an operation for high
blood pressure, wilt resign e long
with Hannegan
McGrath is a
member of the
senate Judiciary committee, the
special war Investigating com
mittee and the District of Colum
bia committee.
Ticket-Book
Bits Rates Rise
Oregon Motor Stages company
has been granted a rata increase
each commutation ticket-book
used by both adults and students,
George H. Flagg. state : public
utilities commissioner ruled Sat
urday.
The company's application for.
the boost was heard by utiliti
commission August 25, In Port
land. In granting the increase,
Flagg said present rates are not
sufficient for the company to con
tinue to provide transportation on
a sound, economlcalfbasis.
The new rates become effec
tive " December B, and" will be
published before that date.
Cordon Stifefiests
Voluntary Ration ,'x
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -&)-Oregon's
.Senator Cordon, thinks
housewives ought to ration them
selves. Thumbing down any formal
price control or rationing, the
Oregon republican declared that
"we can solve our own problems
of prices if all of us adopt a vol
untary rationing of our own pur
chases . . . I am satisfied that If
the people of the country and par-
tlnilirlv tt hui&uriva will nut
themselves on stricl rationing theli Slliflfl in TTrfllllll
problem win be licked." W"1!'0 ait m. 1 uitjJIC
$200,000 Stolen, But
Football Tickets Left
MORRISTOWN, TENN Sept.
27 James R Burke, report
ing the theft of more than $200,
000 in cash and securities, from a
safe m his home, remarked wryly:
"The safecrackers must have
read about the man at Knoxville
who went to the penitentiary for
stealing football tickets. My twa!
cvauii wtKcia nciv tut uhii
Clocks Back to Normal
By The Associated Press
Communities at home and
abroad return to standard time
today and millions of citizens get
back that extra hour of shuteye
they lost on April 27.
Standard time returns in most
of the communities at 2 a. m.
People will set their clocks back
and sleep an extra cBVminutes
88m
fully that the United States was
attempting to "justify armed U. S.
intervention in Greece" and was
following a "dangerous path."
Gromyko rejected the proposal
presented earlier by the United
States in a formal resolution and
re-offered a counter proposal ab
solving Soviet satellites of all
blame for Balkan disorders.
The Russian resolution, a copy
of. one overwhelmingly rejected
by the security, council, blamed
Greece for border . unrest, de
manded withdrawal of foreign
troops and foreign-military per
sonnel from Greece, and asked
the. assembly to create a commis
sion to supervise economic aid to
Greece, an apparent reference to
the Trumao aid program.
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France to Join
becuoation
Zone Merger
LONDON. Sept IT - (jft -
French representatives tentative
ly have told the United States
and Britain that Fraqre win
merge her zone of Geiman with
their combined zones after the No
vember meeting of the council of
foreign ministers authoritative
sources said today.' ' . ;
These sources, representing two
of the governments concerned.
predicted 'that one of the first
major sequels to this move would
be that the United States and
Britain would back a French re-.,
iiuri, atuu v ur immiient, ior um
political and econorhic incorpora
tion of the Germam Saar into
France.
Asked to comment a French
spokesman said In London that
the question of the economic inte
gration of the Saar into Franc
was "likely" to come up before the
four-power council of foreign
ministers.
Expectation appeared general'1
among goveument officials c n
cernejl with the future of German
that unlets something "ml rat u-
bous" happens, exisung east- est
differences over German and
Austrian peace settlements will
crystalize into a break after tr.e
foreign ministers council.
The foreign ministers are ex
peeled to meet In London Ncv.
23 for what British leaders be
lieve will be their -last chance
to write jointly agreed German
and Austrian peace treaties.
Slavs Release
PUIS. Soldiers
TRIESTE, Sept .27 W)
Three United States soldiers in
Yugoslav captivity Monday re
turned to the free territory un
scathed tonight riding their own
horses and followed by their tig
black mongrel mascot, TinyfThey
said they had been well treated.
The men were First Lt William
Van Atten of East Orange, N. J,
PFC. Earl G. Hendrick, jr.. of
Arlington, Va., and PFC. Glen A.
Meyer of Edgerly, N. D.
They rode back to outpost No.
5 on the territorial border, where.,
they bad been captured Monday1'
from the Yugoslav village ci
Vipaco, about IS miles from Tri
este. The only explanation th
Yugoslavs gave for their capture
at gunpoint waa that they hi.4
"stepped over the line." Atten
said he still believed he was on
his side of the frontier at thv
time, i
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In Atlantic Storm
NEW YORK. Sept 23-iSunday
(T")-Three vessels are in difficul
ties in a northeast storm area off
the Southern Atlantic coast the
Coast Guard said early today.
The SS Gibara of Cuban regis
try, sent an S. O. S. fccm 60 nulea
east of Charleston, 8; C.
A small U. S. freighter, the mo
tor, vessel Julius H. Barnes, re
ported it had engine trouble and
was proceeding at four knots to
ward Daytona Beach, TU.
A seagoing navy tug, (he ATA
210, reported it was in heavy seas
off Jacksonville, rla., unab to
make headway.
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GENERAL STRIKES IN ITALY
ROME, SUNDAY, Sept 28-P
General strike were called today
in two cities near Rome, and
some 40.000 technicians , and ad
ministrative assistants in Italian
textile mills continued their walk
out into its fifth day.
Play Ball!
Al Lightner, veteran live
wire; porta editor oi THE
OREGON STATESMAN, is
off to I the World Series' in
New;, York, and hip daily
side-light itories will appear
exclusively In- YOUR HOME
NEWSPAPER to augxtrrt
the usual rounded coverage
of The Associated Press.
The first is scheduled for
Wednesday morning. A call
to Salem 'phone 9101 tomor
row, will permit our circula
tion department to start your
STATESMAN In time for the
entire series.