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MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 20.-(-A
severe tropical hurricane boiled
over into the Florida straits to
night and . headed toward south
east Florida. . It was expected to
hit Miami "in the morning.
.'Still moving north northeast at
bout 12 miles an hour, the storm
sent ominous red and black hurri
cane flags flying along both coasts
of the Florida peninsula from Mel
bourn to Fort Myers.
A press and radio bulletin from
the U. S. weather bureau said the
hurricane entered the Florida
straits east of Havana, ' Cuba,
lighthouses and weather stations
on ' the keys reported rough and
rising seas and winds of 55 to 65
miles per hour.
The center of the hurricane was
expected to pass near Miami, pro
bably to the west, about 9 or. 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Winds are slowly increasing and
will continue to increase in south
Florida and the keys as the storm
approaches, the bulletin said.
- Interests in south Florida were
warned to take every precaution
USQUE
When Ambassador. Walter Bedell
Smith reported the western envoys
In Moscow had a -delightful" two-nrf-a-half
hour conference with
"Premier Molotov the question, na
turally arose as to what he meant
by this adjective. Was the inter
view socially pleasant dux politi
cally barren? Was it agreeable all
the way througn, wiin progress
made toward some understanding?
Or was the word used in satire,
Thm event may tell: or perhaps it
will not.
It may be that the negotiations
over the affairs Berlin will prove
to be merely conversation. They
have dragged on now for weeks,
Bhtfflng from Moscow to Berlin,
then back again to the soviet capi
tal. Hints have come that Premier
Stalin was cooperative, but that
the familiar Russian negative is in
terjected when oral deals are set
to written form, i
But in the news Saturday was
another item that is: quite reas
suring. The airlift to Berlin com
pleted over 800 flights that day and
carried in 7000 tons of coal and
other supplies to the city besieged
by a ukase. That quantity is more
than enough for a day's provision
ing of the western sectors of Ber
lin. So it may be that winter will
not bring the showdown' long an
ticipated, between German cold
and hunger, Russian obduracy and
allied inability to supply food and
fuel. Begun as an emergency re
lief the air lift has grown into a
vast enterprise as fleets of cargo
carriers make the hop from wes
tern airfields to Berlin.
The suggestion is made that this
demonstration of allied ar power
may open the eyes of the Russians.
If the air fleet could only fly over
(Continued on Editorial Page)
Air Arm Shifts
Top Officials
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20-4P)-The
air force shifted three im
portant officers today, putting a
young wartime B-29 leader in
command of the long range strik
ing arm and sending the dean of
its veteran generals to lead the air
university.
Lt Gen. Curtis X. Lemay, now
commander of the U. S. air forces
in Europe, takes over the strategic
air command the long range out
fit. Gen. George C. Kenney, will
take over the air university - at
Montgomery, Ala. Lt Gen. John
K. Cannon, chief of the air train
ing command and a veteran of the
air' war in Europe and the Medi
terranean, will succeed Lemay in
Europe.
YUGOSLAV! ESCAPE -
BELGRADE, Sept. 20-4P)-The
ommunlst newspaper Borba said
today a small group o Renegades
escaped to Sofia and set up a
Yugoslav front organization oppos
ing Premier Marshal Tito. They
applied to Bulgaria for recognition.
Animal Crackers
V WARRQM GOODRICH ' .
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(ere pitying 'Book-lmdS
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for protection of life and property
in the face on the severe storm.
Heavy rains and abnormally high
tides, especially on the keys and
along the east coast, were pre
dicted. I
Hurricane warnings were order
ed up north of Miami to Mel
bourne and north of the keys J to
Fort Myers, including the Lake
Okeechobee region. j
Northeast storm warnings were
posted over southern Florida
northward to the Daytona beach
Tarpon Springs line.
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 20.-i&h
A tropical hurricane hit Cuba to
night, isolating the fishing port of
Batabana where it struck.
It moved toward Havana which,
had 60-mile winds early this, eve
ning. Trees and advertising signs
toppled in the capital.
The storm passed over the Iple
of Pines southwest Of here soon
after noon, causing heavy damage
to orange groves. No causal ty was
reported there, however.
Average Consumer Said
Little Curbed by Controls
Federal credit controls which became operative Monday will not
drastically effect the average consumer, it was pointed out by a local
credit bureau official. j ; ) ,
C E. Schmitz, district manager of Credit Bureaus' reporting de
partment, said the new controls may not even be noticed by many
credit buyers. At the same time Associated Credit Bureaus of America
Mishaps Fatal
For Eleven
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On Week End
By th Associated Press
Eleven persons died violently
in Oregon weekend mishaps, i
Six of the fatalities were tin
Lane county, three of them in an
automobile that plunged into the
Siuslaw river. Two men were
killed in separate accidents I in
Josephine county and one man
died near Tlfalin
Harry Due of Mapleton, fiis
daughter, Sharon, 10, and son,
Dickie, were trapped in the ear
in the Siuslaw river plunge. Two
persons, Marvin Woods and Mrs.
Hazel St Clair, the latter driving,
escaped.
William Marquardt, president of
the Springfield Bod and Gun
club, drowned when a motorboat
riaiwu la xciu auu&c uuc j . x.
motorcyclist; Donald Dean Afp,
21. Cottage Grove, was killed in
a collision with an automobile
Jess Brent, railroad section hand,
burned to death in a fire at jus
quarters.
In Josephine county. AveryfJ.
Tipton, 58. was struck down by
an auto at the close Of the county
fair and Claude Burlin Potts, 11,
Grants Pass, was fatally hurt when
a bulldozer, overturned at a log
ging site near the Rogue river
James Wilbur Garland,1 47, was
killed when his auto crashed: a
bridge abutment near Malin. His
two sons, age 9 and 12, escaped
unhurt. .
Two men were killed east ; of
Sweet Home when a light plane
crashed and burned late Saturday
afternoon in the woods. Fred
erick Redding, 27, and Darious C.
Adair, 31, both Sweet Home, were
believed killed outright by the
crash. i
In another air mishap two Port
land men were injured. Ralph
AngelL jr., 35, Portland lumber
man, and his passenger, Ralph
Hlmmelsbach, 23, were hurt when
a glider they were attempting; to
launch crashed near Aurora.
Meat Packers Say:
Prices to Lower J
In Coming Months
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.P)-Mat
prices should be somewhat lower
in 30 to 60 days, meat packers said
today. Some though they might be
down as much as 40 per cent, i
The drop will be a seasonal one.
but may well be the beginning of
a general downward trend, in the
opinion of some packers here for
the 43rd annual meeting of the
American Meat Institute. i
F. W. Specht, president of Ar
mour 6c Co., said in an interview
that consumers should not expect
freer supply and lowr prices im
mediately as a result of the record
corn crop. He said the corn has to
be harvested, converted to feed,
and then fed to the animals. I
River Dragged for
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Seven-Year-Old Girl I
BANDON, Sept. 20-4P-The Co-
quille river was dragged vaihly
today for Jean Hart, missing 7-
y ear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roland Hart. 1
The child vanished while play
ing with two other youngsters
near her Riverton home Saturday.
State police were not certain
whether the child tumbled into
the river, wandered away, or had
been picked up by passersby. I
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forecast (from C. S. weattacrt bureau
McNary field. Salem): Mostly cloudy
today with liht rains in the afternoon.
Partly cloudy Wednesday- with show
en. Hi)i today 70. low tonifht.BX.
Weather will be favorable for most
farm activities thia morning; but jm
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Batabana was believed inunda
ted. Communications with the port
town of 7,000 were down, making
it difficult to assess damage.
Havana police and the militrt?
ordered a 12-hour curfew from 8
p. m. They r acted while crowds
milled the streets despite the 60
mile winds j of the approaching
storm. The curfew was to prevent
injuries and; possible looting and
disorder, j "
Hospitals and first aid stations
reported a' dozen cases of
injuries, most resulting from prep
arations from the storm. One man
died of a heart seizure as the hur
ricane seared.
South in the Caribbean, the hur
ricane had driven the freighter
Lochmdnar hard aground on lit
tle Cayman island with 73 persons
aboard..
Winds estimated at 60 to 70 miles
an hour blew at Neuva Gerona,
capital of the Isle of Pines, for an
hour. The I storm center passed
there at 1 p. m.
said the act is not as strict as most
people believe.
Schmit? pointed out the follow
ing features contained in the
measure:; -f-
The curb idoes not include the
regular; 30-day charge account, or
items that retail for less than $50
tmiy; iz types or consumers s
durable i goods are specifically
named n th regulations. They are
automobiles, cooking stoves, dish
washers, j ironers, refrigerators,
washing j machines, combination
units of j these items, air con
ditioners I (room unit), radio, tele
vision and phonograph sets, sew
ing machines, suction cleaners,
furniture and surface floor cover
ings. J j
au or tnese except cars are
subject to a; down payment of at
least 20 per cent.
Those jwho are on the list for
new car, schmitz explained, may
have to dig deeper into savings
under "the new rules. Automobiles
will require a 33 13 per cent down
payment; If the balance is less
than $1,000-: it must be paid off
within i 15 months. If more than
$1,000, i it can be liquidated over
18 months, but payments must not
be less! than $70 per month.
Unions Agree
To Load Ship
Alaska Bound
SEATTLE; Sept. 10 -(JP)- Two
cracks appeared here today in the
West Coast i maritime tieup. One
permitted rail shipment east of
strikebound salmon valued at be
tween $10,000,000 and $12,000,000.
The other gave clearance for a
Nome, Alaska, supply ship.
Five j striking maritime unions
agreed 'tonight to load and man the
Alaska steamship company freight
er Square Sinnet so the Nome and
Norton: Sound areas may receive
winter ; supplies before the Artie
ice pack closes in.
A contract for the Alaska voy
age is scheduled to be signed to
morrow : morning by union and
compahyi officials. It provides for
the work to be done on pre-strike
terms, with any wag increase ob
tained in future negotiations be
coming; retroactive.
The Square Sinnet will be load
ed for the Nome run soon after its
arrival here Friday from Alaska.
The agreement for moving sal
mon east from Seattle was reach
ed earlier today by fish packers
and the i independent Stevedoring
firm of Griffiths & Sprague, which
contracted with the army last week
to handle essential cargo. i
Firsp Navajos
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One hundred Navajo Indian children Join 4t ether Indian ehildrea
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rollment at Chemawa Indian school north of Salem this. year. Shown above In one or tne oornuiery
recreation rooms Monday Is a group youngsters taking It easy between physical examinations and
registration preparations before actual school begins. (Photo by Den DilL Statesman staff photog
rapher.) i j
NINETY-EIGHTH YEAR 12
Quizzed
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 Mrs.
Bransten Herman. 39, leaves
hearing room at Washington.
D.C.. after refusing to answer
house un-American activities
committee questions regarding
Its Investigation of alleged
atomic espionage. The New
York heiress was before the
committee for more than an
hoar and a half. (AP Wire
photo to the Statesman.)
Blonde Heiress
Denies Atomic
Spy Activities
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 - (JP) -
Mrs. Louise Bransten Barman,
blonde heiress billed as a one
time associate of soviet agents, re
fused today to answer questions in
the congressional investigation of
atomic spying.
The slender and attractive 39-
year-old witness had next to no
thing to say to reporters or to a
house un-American activities sub
committee beyond a formal state
ment That statement denied any
"wrongful activities' and accused
the house committee of an in
famous act" in linking her name
with its inquiry.
Rep. McDowell (R-Pa) told re
porters that in an hour and half
of questioning by himself and Rep.
Hebert (D-La) behind closed
doors, Mrs. Berman relied on her
constitutional immunity from giv
ing answers that might incrimin
ate her.
McDowell indicated, however.
that her chapter in the investiga
tion was not closed. He said the
subpoena for her appearance be
fore the committee still remains in
effect
Shortly after its fruitless session
with Mrs. Berman, the committee
announced postponement of plans
for subcommittee questioning of
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina in New
York Wednesday.
ACTRESS STILL IN COMA
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 20-5)-A
heart specialist was called in to
day to take a look at Rita Johnson
as the screen actress began her
third week of coma.
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The Oregon
U.N. Sets
ing
Sessions
By Edward Curtis
PARIS, Sept. 20 -(JPy- The Unit
ed nations general assembly opens
a fateful session tomorrow before
a world worried over east-west
tension in Berlin and unrest and
assassinations in Palestine.
The issue of enforcing peace
in
the Holy Land dramatically
pointed up ; by thet murder of
Count Folke Bernadotte stands
high on t'he crowded calendar of
the 58-nation "world parliament
On the eve of the third annual
session, there was a possibility
that the Berlin blockade .would
be thrown before the assembly for
full debate.
President Vincent Auriol of
France will officially welcome the
delegates at the opening of the
session, expected to run three
months. The first major item of
business will be selection of a
president. Herbert V. Evatt. Aus
tralian foreign minister, was am
ong those prominently mentioned
for the post;
Before taking up Bernadotte's
proposal for enforcement of a Pal
estine peace, the u. N. will pay
somber tribute to the slain Swed
ish count
The final 35,000-word report of
the U. N. mediator said the savage
Arab - Jewish war should be
"pronounced formally ended." He
said if the Arabs and Jews refuse
to make peace, the U. N. should
do so.
Closely linked with the eruptive
Palestine Issue is Secretary-Gen
eral Trygve ; Lie's plan to seek a
U. N. police force of 1,000 to 5,
000 men.
Other items on the assembly's
59-item calendar included such is
sues as atomic energy, Greece.
Korea and the Italian colonies
all of 'them ; involving basic dif
ferences between Russia and the
western powers.
Huge! Jet Plane
Explodes; Test
Pilots Killed
TULARE, f Calif- Sept 20-4P)-
One of the nation's newest aerial
weapons, a. huge : air force 500
mile an hour jet bomber, exploded
in shattered pieces today with a
roar heard for miles.
The plane was a B-45, the air
force's first all-jet bomber. Aboard
were two test pilots from its fac
tory, North j American, but no
army personnel. It crashed just
outside Alpaugh, an isolated cen
tral California farming commun
ity some 20 miles south of here.
The. two bodies were recovered
from smouldering wreckage
strewn over an area four miles
square.
Open
Navajos Enrolled at Chemawa;
Create New Teacher Problem
Enrollment of aDDroximatelr
Chemawa Indian school Monday
for this year, announces Superintendent R. M. Kelley.
This is the first group of -Navajos sent here for education from
their home reservations in New Mexico and Arizona.
Addition of the Navajos to the
for Schooling
from western states to swell en
y
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Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Sept 21. 1948
Marshall Leaves for Paris
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WASHINGTON, Sept 20- Secretary of Stale and Mrs. Marshall wave
te friends at the National Airport Washington, D. C shortly; before
leaving for the Parla meeUns ef the United Nations Assembly. (AP
Wirephote to The Statesman.) j
West Foreign Ministers
Study Strategy on Berlin
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By Joseph Dyuan !
PARIS, Sept 20VFy-The western powers tonight called a halt to
Moscow negotiations and set up
row with Russia over the future
The American, British and French foreign ministers immediately
plunged into a series of high policy conferences to decide their next
move in the struggle wmcn nas kept
Train Strikes
Auto, Injuring
Salem Couple
A Salem couple narrowly es-
caDed death Monday night when
their auto was struck by a South
ern Pacific freight train at Marion
and North 12th streets.
Mrs. Fred A. Anderson, 1349
Marion st, was taken to Salem
General hospital by city first aid
men, suffering from s hip injury
and shock. Her husband, driver of
the car. suffered a laceration of
the right eye, but did not require
hospitalization.
City police said Anderson was
driving west on Marion street and
did not see the approaching train.
The train, headed south, struck
the rear end of the machine spin
ning it around several times and
driving lt against the surb. The
right side of the auto was exten
sively damaged.
100 Navaio Indian students at
brings total enrollment there to 500
regularly authorized 400 Indian
students at Chemawa has necessi
tated seven additional teachers,
bringing the teaching staff to a
total of 28 and aggregate employ
ment at the school to 70 men and
women. Kelley said.'
Many of the tenn-age Navajos
will receive their first acquaint
ance with the English language.
Their special teaching staff la
headed by Winifred A. Koske who
has joined the Chemawa faculty
from Sherman Indian institute in
Riverside, Calif. Vocational train
ing will be emphasized in the
Navajo program.
Several Indian schools through
out the west are beginning to take
Navajos as students, because the
Navajo reservations have facilities
for only 5,000 of the 17,000 school
age children there, Kelley said.
Other students at Chemawa, as
formerly, are orphans or come
from broken homes or from com
munities where public schools are
not available to them, Kelley
pointed out
The new program at Chemawa
has resulted in an increased bud
get for operating the Indian
service school a budget which
this year will exceed $325,000,
according to Kelley who points out
this includes the cost of feeding
1,500 -meals daily.
So far 1,800 Navajo students
have been enrolled in Indian serv
ice boarding schools, off the Nav
ajo reservations.
TROOPS STAY IN KOREA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20-(4V
The United States told Russia to
day that American troops will be
kept in Korea until the United
Nations gives the word to with
draw them,
mnmm
strategy headquarters ; her in their
of Berlin, j
tne former German capita under
siege conditions for three months.
AU three nations recalled their
top advisers from Moscow and
Berlin to sit in on the talks.
Secretary of State George C.
Marshall,! British Foreign Secre
tary i Ernest Bevin and French
Foreign Minister Robert; Schu
man met for an hour in ah open
ing conference at the French for
eign ministry. Another meeting
was set for tomorrow.
A spokesman for the French
foreign ministry described today's
session as one to establish contacts
among the respective staffs look
ing toward discussion of issues
which divided Russia and the
western powers in the two-month
secret Moscow negotiations.
The foreign ministers are here
for the meeting of the United Na
tions general assembly tomorrow.
However, Soviet Foreign Minister
V. M. Molotov did not come, send
ing Deputy Andrei Y. Vishinsky
to head the Russian delegation.
U. S. Ambassador Walter Bedell
Smith and 'British Special Envoy
Frank Roberts have announced
plans to leave Moscow tomorrow
for Paris.; The French spokesman
said' French Ambassador Yves
Chataigneau also would come;
Marshall was accompanied to
the first session by John : Foster
Dulles, republican foreign policy
leader and a delegate to the
assembly;! Lewis Douglas, Ameri
can ambassodar to London who
has been i directing much i of the
field; work in the Moscow negotia
tions; Charles E. Bohlen, state, de
partment adviser on Russian af
fairs; and Jefferson Caffery, am
bassador to France.
TRIESTE WORKERS STRIKE
TRIESTE, Free Territory. Tues
day, Sept 21PV-A11 civil em
ployes of the American-British
zone in the free territory started
24-hour strike at midnight for
more pay.
Church Croup Approves j
eek-Day
o
By Winston H. Taylor
Church EVUtor. Tha Statesman
Action regarding week-day
ligious education, church building
improvements and two November
ballot measures was approved In
Salem Monday by the executive
committee of the Oregon Council
of Churches. .
The state churches' convention
was set zor .February zi-za in
Portland, t
An attorney general s opinion on
the legality of use of schoolrooms
not otherwise employed or when
vacant for teaching of religion on
"released ! time" basis, will be
sought through channels. Dr.
Chester W. Hamblin, council pre
sident end Roy Lockenour, chair-
in of the legislative committee.
both of Salem, are to prepare the
request j
In the meantime the executive
committee urged, Oregon church-
should strengthen their own
education! programs and should
maintain week - day religious
tarhing programs, observing the
existing laws. Standards for teach
ing and curriculum nave been
worked out by a committee of the
council and will be published.
Price So
No. 163
President
( By tho Associated Press .
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey opened
his formal campaign for the pres
idency by telling an Iowa throng?
that he will bring to Washington
"the biggest unravelling, unsnarl
ing, untangling operation in pur
nation's history." .
i The republican nominee spoke,
last night at Des Moines, while at
Denver President Truman ripped
into the republicans as "the eager
agents of the big business lobbies."
j Dewey, starting a 14-day tour
Of the west began what he called
a "campaign to unite America" in
a world in which "tyranny is on
the march." i -
t Mr. Truman blamed republicans
for high prices and the housing sit
uation. He bore down particularly
on the development of the west
; Dewey's language was relative
ly restrained when he talked about
who's to blame for what He said
some of the unhappy conditions
are the result of uncontrollable cir
cumstances, that only part are po
litically inspired. ;
i A rousing western welcome Was
given President Truman at Den
ver1, with street crows cheering,
whistling and waving as he rode
through. . i i
In his formal speech, the presi
dent said, "We shall have to fight
the slick political propaganda of
the special Interests and the re
publican leadership." "We shall
have to fight the millions of dollars
that Wall street is pouring into
the treasury of the republican
party 1 j
Platform Talk
By Dewey Set
Here Monday
A brief appearance In Salem
next Monday by Thomas E. Dew
ey, republican presidential can
didate, was announced yesterday,
along with word that Harold - E
Stassen would not be able to re
turn to Oregon. 1 ''
i The candidate Is to arrive here
about 8:50 a. m. on a special train,
for a 10-minute platform talk. Re
publican dignitaries of the state
will accompany him to Portland.
' Stassen had tentatively planned
to speak in Oregon this falL Steve
Anderson of Salem, state Young
Republican' club president was
notified Monday that Stassen 's
schedule would not permit such, a
trip. .-!' 4
The young republicans have
scheduled a state executive board
meeting Sunday at 2 JO p. m. In I
urn XKiLuuuunau uum m i rwuauu
to plan for Dewey's visit
Plaque to Honor j
Former Residents!
Killed During War
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 -fPl-
Two Oregon war correspondents
killed in the war were among 40
listed on a plaque hung in the
"working press" room of the Pent
agon building today.
The two were Ralph W. Barnes
and Asahel Bush, both Salem na
tives. Barnes, correspondent of the
New York Herald-Tribune, was
killed in the crash of a British
bomber in Yugoslavia in 1940.
Bush, associated press correspond
ent was killed by a Japanese bomb
on Leyet in 1944. I . r
Education' Plans
I :i
As the culmination of two years
work by a committee, a list of
graded Bible readings is now rea
dy for use in schools. Copies are
to be sent to local school boards,
who must pass on their use. The
Rev. Gilbert Christian, executive
secretary of the council, said that
such readings, made by the teach
er without comment or interrup
tion, are allowable In the public
schools. - v . .
) A year-long contest among Ore
gon churches for Improvement 'of
buildings and i grounds ,was ap
proved on recommendation of the
town and country life committee..
Churches interested In competing
were urged to notify the council -Office
in Portland. f
i The executive committee, in re
gard to the general election No
vember 2,. took action on only two
measures.:. It backed acquisition
of property at Timber, Ore, for
a state boys camp, and it confirm
ed a mail vote among the 165 di
rectors to fight thet proposed li
quor dispensing licensing act The
council is to furnish information
on the measure to Oregon chur
Berates
Lobbies
ches.
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