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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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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!
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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
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Randolph Scott
Mat. Dally from 1 P.M.
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Co-Hit! Joe E. Brown
"The Tender Years"
Now! Opens 6:45 p. m.
MONTE HALE
"ALONG THE
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Renfrew of Mounted
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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.
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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
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