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1 Thm Stat man. Sgfrm, Of Vanport Couple Saves Clothing, Sees House Tumble in Flood A Vanport couple and their 3 1 , -year-old daughter who lot all their possession in Sunday's tragic flood told of the terror and confusion as thousand fled from death, in an Interview with The Statesman Monday niht. They are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weed and their daughter, Bon nie, staying at the Senator hotel until they make arrangements for other lodging in Salem, where Weed is employed at the present time installing an elevator for the Otis company. The Weeds said they were wait lrg for a bus on the Denver ave nue .-embankment alve their him when a woman drove from the river side of the project and told them the dike had given way. We went back d wn the em bankment," Mrs. Weed said, ' and warned everyone within hearing. Then we gathered m clothing fiom our apartment and ran back 23 feet up the slop along with about 500 other refugaes " The first wave was low and created a spray." Weed related The second wave cam- about 10 mtirites later, waa a'yjut 12 or 14 feet high and jarred houses, busps jnd cars." The couple credited the Port land Traction company bases and motorists for saving many per-a-ir.s The bus romair lost four new buses in the water, they said. The telephone operat also did no... h to warn the Vanport people of 'he impending disaster they stated. ' )r.e large wa" hi' group of m nter.ance men -tii children who v. ere laying I fe lires." Mrs. W-i is:d ' It sen', h-m -.prawl-li.g :n dt-ep watr; m -'. ( them got u,,. b'.t others 1 JtdV; see ag un. A-;i'tr,t Chief Sr inackenbei K u! 'he hook and IiHt squad ran dr. i a hrie on D-nvei Coin - i we didn't nee hm Jain." she S-t I..ter. the coupi. aft thev saw th-i: own unit ie.ti ved by the i ,irf torrent -Everything went." t (.up'e said s1h' Our new f. iefrigerrit.i. w4-.hu nia ( t r isf.es and -n'ur t!1 . e pone " 3 Women Hurt In Collisions Mr. Mathilda L Zi-lmski. 920 J-r -r.-on St.. suffer? 1 i v ere nose I' e: at:cn Monday iun'. in a two c: a..o collision a" D tra avenue '.! Portland rod t. cttv police re p ed M : . Zieunski vt'i a passenger ir 're ar of her bro'her-m-law. F ..rt' d Zie'.inski. which was m v ir.ed in a collui n ith another v !e driven by Dv ey L Orun e'. 345 Silvei'toii r1 Mis. Zielwi ski v. as taken t Salem General h .n'al by the city firt aid car M.". i dismissed if'r treatment. B 'h cars were extensively damag ed. polue aid. M:-. M. H. Br. .Afi. Slem. sus ta.r ed shock and bruises when a ci. diiven by her husband and an onr operated by F.ldr-1 W. Little. 9M Water St.. co!lid1 at 4th and H -d streets. Mrs. Little was treat v :ty firt nt men and ad-Ti--d to see a physicun. Damage t . ; e venules was slight, police ' -'ed. Churchmen Prav. Pav for Aid lo Flood Victims SFATTLE. May 3. - P - Dele g to the 160th general aaem b!v of The Presbyterian church of the l". S. A. dii? int thn pockets tjtay to aid flood victim atVan pi'i. Ore. Ministers, laymr and visitors t irr.f in their contributions at th- rlo-e of the af'ernoon session. So collection couli be taken during the meeting jeriod due to a 1'ing-standir.g rule of the church wt-.ich bans such action w hile the as-mbly is in progress Prayers were of fere i for the thousands who I'rnt their homes and belongings J'j'ing the dis aster. Cardinal Spcllnian Arrives in China SHANGHAI, Tuesday. June 1 (i-Francis Cardinal Spellman celebrated high mass today in ; Zikawei cathedral before a con gregation of devout Chinese and , foreigners. j He arrived with a party of 13 church leaders Monday night, from Manila and Amoy, China. They were met by Chinese Arch bishop Paul Yupin and a crowd of officials, priests and the curi ous He was invited to Nanking for a three-day visit as the official guest of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and will leave for the capital June 3, going on to Han kow and Peiping June i. r IDEAL COUNTRY FUEL Pl?QOtfljJof CAPITOL LUMBER CO. & Chorrr Amue Phoo RS32 qon, Tuaadqr. Jm Primer' Tells Factories How To Stay Ready WASHINGTON. May JMP)-An industrial primer for total war is going out to factory owners. The defense department's mu nitions board, which prepared the text, laid its emphasis today on two points: A. How industry can plan now for turning out the weapons need ed in case of war. B. A strong hint that unless such plans are ready for quick war pro duction the plant may starve for lack of materials and labor. Board Chairman Thomas J. Har grave, in announcing to a news conference the handbook for "joint induitr y-militry procurement planning," also presented the la test record on the government's own stake in industrial facilities. It showed that the government presently owns or has a right to recall to war production 405 of the 3.500 plants it built during the war to produce guns, airplanes, tanks and a multitude of other weapons. Of these industrial reserve plants, 151 are retained by the army, navy or air force. Thirty seven are still in government pro duction. Thirty -one have been sold under a clause which preserves their basic function of producing war material, and 53 have been lraed under similar provisions. The balance are for sale, with the same safe-guarding clause. Emphasized the board is trying lo avoid any such vild scrambling as o i urred in World w ar LI, when services often competed against each other for the output of a fac tory. The new book explains also which service buys-. what mateual under the new unified military es tablishment plant. Materials are hsted in the order of scarcity, in dicating indirectly the probable order of priority in event of war. Bible School Slated Mondav j A daily vacation Bible school, sponsored by three downtown Sa lem churches, is to get underway Monday morning at First C hristian churih, under the direction of Mriude Durfee. Children from 4 to 12 years of age are to participate in a program of worship, Bible stories, various handicraft projects, enhanced by films. A feature will be reports about mission work by former missionaries in several areas. The school will be from 9 to 1 1 :'i0 a m. from Monday through Frid.iv for two weeks, sponsored by first Christian, First Methodist and First Presbytei i;n chur ches. Department superintendents are Mrs Jack Morrison, Mrs. Mark Aitrup and Mrs. Lloyd Reilly. Traffic Dclourcd At Portland for Points to North ! PORTLAND. Ore, May 31-i Northbound traffic on the Pacifir highway was halted tonight with the closure of Union avenue. The only other approach to the 1 Interstate bridge across the Co lumbia river Denver avenue had been closed earlier in the evening when flood cut the route in two. There also was deep water over the southern approach to the bridge. Traffic was being detoured via the Longview bridge and the Bridge of the Gods at Cascade Locks. The Columbia river highway was blocked to the en-t. but de tours were available, adding about 100 miles to the highway distance between Portland and eastern Oregon. Fire Sweeps Stockyards SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn., May I , jv-. C: a a: 1 -1 ! ji-if j-r ire swepi xne iinaer-ary wooden pens and sheds of the load ing and dealers' division of the South St Paul union stockyards company today. Structures comprising the deal ers' division were destroyed, to gether with half of the loading chutes, 75 cattle cars, a test barn and approximately 50 head of cat tle. Three firemen were overcome by smoke. The flames, discovered in a hay barn at 11:45 am., were brought under control 2H hours later. A triangular area roughly five blocks long and a block and a half deep was burned. It was. a rela tively small section of the yard. CHAN i ICOHOMtCAL V. . :--;.L :7m'. .-i SHE S UPSET-. Sherry Kay China, I. was all apses when this hatfal of pheasant chicks, first ef It. being hatched Taklms, Wash., game farm, was placed In her Up. She U U daaghter ei Dale China, manager ef the farm. NEW BONNET Madame Chiang Kai-shek wears new straw hat at garden party at her home at Nanking, China.' Salem Remains On Standaril Time Status Portland and man y cities throughout Oregon went on day light sav ing time at 12:01 a.m. to day, but Salem clocks lemain un changed. The Statesman was deluged with telephone inquiries from persons who wondered whether to turn their clocks ahead befoie retiring last night. The changeover must be adopted by the city council. Mayor Robert L. Elfstiom, who neither favors or opposes the time switch, said last week that most council mem bers would not act until they re ceived petitions expressing the wishes of the Salem Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Trade bureau. So, start for Portland one hour earlier than usual and you'll arrive home an hour sooner. Ghosts Bring Plea for Cut In House Tax TWICKENHAM, England. May 31-('-Beit Key told the Bedford shire appeals committee today that the taxes on his houe should be reduced because it is full of ghosts It is well known, he s.nd, that ghosts lower the value of prop erty, especially if tenants like their sleep. Key doesn't live in the house which he said is ghost-infested. But 18-year-old Doreen Price, who said she slept there when she was an evacuee in 1944, testified: "One night I woke up and saw IP . . 6 i4H two bare arms coming out of the wall just over my bed. I put my head under the blankets and went to .sleep." "What had you eaten for sup per"" the appeals chairman asked. "Cheese sandwiches," Miss Price j replied. Eric Cuddon, counsel for Key, said the ghost of a maie known as Black Bess reputedly also lives in ' the house along with human I ghosts. A . . i some private discussion the appeal for lower taxes was with- drawn. But the opinion of Amy Sickmson, aged cripple who lives , alone in the house, was sought. "I've heard tales," she said, "but I'm not the nervous type." Ml IR MIDGET VICTOR TACOMA. May 31 -0P- Tak ing the lead midway in the race. Stan Muir. Ios Angeles, stood off the continual challenge of Paul Pold, a fellow townsman, to take the 75-Iap Memorial day midget auto race here this after noon. Pold captured second place a car length behind the winner with Bob Vorbeck. Denver, third. Kansas is the only U. S. state having no deer in the wild state. NOW! ERR0L mill WarxuBros I2S S31SiSlii J Paul Armstrong School of Dancing Announce! Nw Bginnrs' Classes for all Ages At "Marlon Hotel' Give your child a chance to learn under the able and professional instruction of PAUL ARM STRONG. It costs you but $12.50 for summer term of dancing instruction. Beginners' Classes fee: Pre-School Children 10:00 a.m. Thursday Children 6 to S 10:45 a.m. Thursday Children 0 to 14 1:30 pjn. Thursday The well trained children of today are the leaders and stars of tomorrow! Visit, enroll, and start lessons Thursday, Jane S Classes for Experienced and Advanced Students (PRIVATE INSTRUCTION BY APPOINTMENT) Idaho Town Counts Cost BONNERS FERRY. Idaho. May 31 -(P)- Flood water still stood two feet deep in the Bonners Ferry business district today and a slight drop in the Kootenai river only emphasized the scope of the rebuilding job facing the aree. City officials said no estimate of the damage could be made un til water ebbs away from the town and adjoining farm lands. However, they said the loss will run into millions of dollars. Roughly, 1,200,000 bushels of wheat will not be marketed as a result. A huge, complex dike system along the farms was battered apart by the grinding' power of the river. The dikes were built up over several years and their total cost approached the million dollar mark. Flood Worries Meat Supplies PORTLAND, Ore.. May 31 -OP) The Portland area might have a meat shortage next week. Most of the major packing plants either are flooded out or seriously men aced by high water. Packers said there would be enough meat this week. Next week's shortage would develop unless smaller plants in Salem, Hillsboro, Portland and Cornelius are able to overcome the shortage. Wholesale grocers reported the city's grocery supply is adequate. Some food had to be moved to higher ground, but all wholesal ers are expected to remain in operation. Ilt'RT BV CAR SAN FRANCISCO. May 31-iTPj Robert J. Dollar, I", nephew of the founder of Dollar Shipping lines, was injured seriously by a car near San Francisco's beach last night. The boy was hospital ized with a possible skull frac ture and other injuries. NEW TODAY! The Fury f a Relentless Man-Hunt! ROBERT MONTGOMERY MS WANDA HEXDRlX.AXOtuuiil COMPANION HIT! TSIMOG m -Si if r- 13 a nncnf Color Brevity CARTOON Warner Newm ROBERT 4' mm inn tf0f'- A DIDAI1 ft Presbyterians To Restrict Ex-Pastors SEATTLE. May 31-P)-Retired and resigned pastors of the Pres byterian church of the U.S.A., and pastors-emeritus, no longer will j be allowed to function at wed . dings, funerals and baptisms un- ! less invited by the minister of the church involved. A resolution containing these restrictions was approved today by delegates to the 160th general assembly of the church. In taking its action, the assem bly made no mention of the re cent marriage of film star Lana Turner and Henry J. (Bob) Top ping by a retired Presbyterian minister. The wedding was per formed soon after Topping's di vorce in violation of church rules. The assembly also voted a $2,446,549 budget for Christian education and approved a report liMU'a'.'MiM t.nds Today - Opens C:45 mmm mm ALSO 'Home Sweet Homicide With Peggy Ann Garner Randolph Scott Mat. Dally from 1 P.M. Now! Double Fun I Co-Hit! Joe E. Brown "The Tender Years" Now! Opens 6:45 p. m. MONTE HALE "ALONG THE OREGON TRAIL" Renfrew of Mounted "DANGER AHEAD" V I A A ud tu Imw Trln O Swede Ralsion Air Circus O Military Planes O KIR of the standing committee on pent sions. After the Rev. Dr. Clifford Ed ward Barbour was called to his home at Knoxville, Tenn, by 'the death of an elder in his church. Dr. Jesse Hays Baird, moderator, appointed Elder Robert McDonald as vice moderator. Dr. William - Barrow Pugh of Philadelphia became stated clerk of the assembly for the third time when he was again elected for a five-year term. MANY HOMELESS SEATTLE, May 31.-(P)-An eye witness to flood destruction at Twisp and Winthrop in the Cas cade foothills of Okanogan county said here today that more than 250 persons are homeless in the two towns. im rrn mm r-UONE S721 e BOX OfTICE OPENS C:4S P. M. STARTS TODAY! IaBY FACE IIELSOH FOIKID DjWWfe CfcEplitT G (Vr ce ' L At tiy- ..J m m r mm c w m m sw 1 lO, O I'loiorcycle Thrill Biding Private Plane Conlesls lalem Jaycee BHOWf STO1M, MM 6fh ricIIMY FIELD Childrca 52s - - Adolls 1X3 - - Tex Inc. fflre Permits Needed 't Now at Four Corners - FOUR CORNERS. May Jl After Juna 1 it will ba necessary to have fir permits to burn trash or rubbish of any kind unless it is in a container. Fire ; permits may be obtained from the fir chief at 175 Elma ave. or at Four Corners postoflice from I Dwight Richey. They are issued 1 on re quest without charge, by order of Fire Warden W. R. Gould. CONTRACTOR DIES - TACOMA, May 3 MHenry Alfred Glaze, contractor who had built a number of the buildings at the state college at Pullman, sev eral in Tacoma and at Fort Lewis, died here Sunday. I I (int iOCB or xr i itzd fi lW ,. j I 9 m
