I Th. Statesman, Salem. Oregon. Sunday. January IS. 1950
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LEBANON. lm. 11 TMs Piper Cab awned by Pat Grffsa ef Lebsaoa wu imuked FrUay at Ibaara
imArt kn wIuHm iaBobir fit miles per boor broke the lasblnr pirn and slanuned the craft dewa
seTeral yards away. Three other prhrate pl&nea were damaced when hit by hanrar doors carried by the
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New Address System Leaves,
Forest Grove Residents 'Lost'
FOREST GROVE, Jan. 14 -flVThls city of 6000 Is shedding an
obsolete street name and number street for one citizens hope will be
less confusing.
The changeover is being made much more smoothly than city of
ficials anticipated, but the new system also is confusing people.
One woman telephoned her son hero long distance when she saw
strange return address on lus
Deaths Aboard
Sub Confirmed
By
Frogmen
CHATHAM, Eng., Jan 14 -V
Frogmen confirmed today that
only the dead remain in .the
smashed and silent hull of the cub
marine Truculent, but one seaman
officially listed as a victim turned
up alive , .
He had been given leave because
ef illness in his family.'
The admiralty, revising its fig
ures again;' announced that only
64 men were lost with the sub
marine, which sank in the ailty
Thames estuary Thursday night
after a collision with the Swedish
Tanker Divina.
The revision was made in a
final statement listing the 10
known dead and the 54 missing of
ficers, seamen and dockyard work
ers. " Fifteen were rescued. The
name of the seamen who missed
the trial run that ended In disas
ter was not made public The ad
miralty did not wish people to
bother him, even wnn congratu
lations, while there is sickness in
his home. The admiralty first said
76 men were aboard, then 80.
Thickening fog settled tonight
over the spot were several hund
red sailors land salvage experts
worked on preparations to raise
the submarine. .. 1
Navigation Dangerous
The weather made navigation
to dangerous the navy decided not
to bring ashore the rescue and sal
vage workers, due for relief after
many hours on the scene.
While fog hindered movement
of the dozen vessels clustered to
gether over the Truculent, the wa
ter remained calm. Divers expect
ed to work through the night. ,
Just Salvage. Now
"But it's no longer a rescue op
eration. It's Just salvage now."
said naval officer.
Meanwhile the 843-ton Divina
was released from the arrest un
der which it was held at the port
of Sheerness. .
A writ of release was obtained
from a Sheerness court and an
admiralty order , that the vessel
must not be moved, which bad
been nailed to its mast, was taken
down. m - -- .
. An dmiraltr SDokesman said
the arrest of a vessel in such cir
cumstances is a concern of local
authorities in Jvhose Jurisdiction
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Before the Divina was released,
the navy tugged from her prow the
lagged 18-foot segment of the
Trurulent's hull which had been
eauzht on the Swedish ship.
Experts examined It carefully,
trying to determine how many j
the submarine's compartments
were damaged by the cutting lm
pact of a keel designed to break
up ice floes,
.They brought back reports giv
ing no hope that any of the 84
missing men are alive.
No bodies lay in the compart"
ment they penetrated, but the
r frogmen could not move much
because of tangled gear and they
did not try to open bulkhead
doors. .
Two Children
Found Frozen
In Farm Field
MEETING IN SILVMTON
SILVERTON Mrs. Harvey
Kaser, chairman of the Evergreen
community club, reports that the
women of the club are furnishing
the entertainment for the Janu
ary 20 meeting. The Willard Wo
man's dub will meet Thursday for
an all day quilting session at the
Kaser boms In the Evergreen dis
trict... .- -,.:., .
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letter. She wanted to know why
he had to move. '
A visitor to the city, unaware
of the switch, resorted to memory
to find his sister's house. He got
within half a block of the place,
then strange street signs scared
him off. He cruised ''all around
town and then headed back : over
his "memory route" again.
Another family, looking ur
friends by using their old address,
made four round trips to within
a few; doors of the place. They
went back downtown to seek ad
ditional directions before someone
tipped them off as to what their
trouble was.
Mix Addresses 1
But the confusion wasn't all on
the side of the out-of-towners.
Some hometowners persist in us
ing new street names and old1
house numbers. Mail clerks have
private opinions on this sort of
thing. 1 I
Most folks are taking the whole
affair In stride, commenting good
naturedly about the numbers they
drew. ;
One woman remarked that her
new number, 1908, would be a
cinch to remember. That was the
year she was born. Another shook
her head sadly at the fact that her
street is now 18th, where it used
to be First.
" "That sure makes It a long
walk to town now, she sighed.
One of the city's most prominent
families flatly refused the number
"13" which popped up in their
new address. The dty made ad
justments. likes No. IS
But another party welcomed
"No. 13- like a lost friend. The
housewife explained to the derk
she was born on the 13th, mar
ried, on the 13th and that her car
and telephone numbers have 13
in them. She Just bet her Dew ad
dress would, too. Sure enough, it
did. t-.
In another case, sympathetic
dty officials tampered with the
new system. They Issued "21 to
a suDerstitious woman who insist
ed on having It. That is her lucxy
number, she claimed.
Some Forest G rovers thought
the dty was far too soft in allow
fail residents of two streets to
overrule them. In one section of
town streets are named alphabe
tically for trees. G" Is skipped
because residents objected to
"Gum street" and no one could
find another tree with name be
ginning with "G."
People on Dogwood street! also
violently protested, so this was
changed to Douglas. In a way this
makesi up to the native Douglas
fire which grows abundantly In
Oregon. Their is ho Fir street. If s
Filbert, for dty planners thought
fir and first might cause some
mlxup.
Bemoan Profreas
A few oldtimers bemoaned the
fact that the town is no longer a
village. It has tripled in size In
less than ten years.
The 1 city's weekly newspaper
editorialized: "Life is getting very
complicated, we have made- the
adjustment to a new telephone
number and have reconciled our-
but we were entirely unprepared
for the post office changing lour
box combination.''
A taxi driver had the worst
tune of alt He argued many mm
utes with a woman who gave her
house number as 1903. The num
bers don't run that high, he point
ed out J The woman was insistent
and even went to her front door
to check.
"That's correct," she said firm
ly. - - . - - 4 ,.
"Lady," he told her, youVe got
the number upside down. It should
be a six, not a nine.'
BiTZVTf J.K. Wash, Jan. 14-(A')
Two small children froze to death
in a field a half mile from home
last night as their frantic father
groped about in a bunding buz
zard for four hours, calling their
names.
A highway road crew found
the body of little Frederick (Don
nie) Stumpf, 6, at 3 a. m. this
morning. At noon today search
ers located the frozen body of his
10-year-old sister Eileen. She had
died about 300 yards farther away
from the house than Donnle.
Their father, Fred Stumpf, an
eastern Washington farmer, was
badly frostbitten. He was taken
to a hospital still unaware" that
his only two children were found
dead.
Sheriff Frank Lucas said it
might be three days before he
would be strong enough to be
told.
Saff era From Shock
His wife was taken to a neigh
Dor's home, suffering from shock.
Neither the mother nor father
could be questioned fully -but
Lucas pieced together some of the
tragic details and said he thought
this was the complete story.
As usual, Stumpf drove here
from his farm 15 miles west of
Bitzville to pick up the children.
Donnle, m kindergarten, and Ei
leen, a sixth grader, never went
home in the school bus. Their
father always picked them up.
Classes Dismissed
..Because of the storm, classes
were dismissed at noon and
Stumpf left here a few hours lat
er. Visibility was zero and a mile
from home his 1949 car went off
the road.
He and the children started to
walk home across a field. When
the storm grew worse they tried
to return to the car but couldn'
find it.
Eileen soon dropped off.
Stumpf, apparently thinking he
was much closer to home, took
Donnle in his arms and keot go
ing. Alter 300 more yards he left
the boy with a blanket and tried
to race home for help. He couldn't
find the bouse. He tried to return
to the children. He couldn't find
them.
G aided Hint Heave
About 7 p. m. his wife heard
him shouting and guided him
home. There is no telephone in
the house and the parents were
unable to get help. .
At midnight, a road clearing
crew passed near the home. The
Stumpfs were flashing the vard
light off and on in an S-O-S sig
nal, -me crew stopped, heard the
story and started looking for the
cmiaren.
When they found Dannie's body
axier inree nours. they were fore
ed back by snow and Intense cold.
At daylight they started again. At
noon they brought in Eileen's
body. She was wearing a heavy
coav over a aress, a cap and
pair of overshoes.
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Dinner to Honor
C L. Grabenliorst
A dinner honoring Coburn L.
Grabenhorst, chosen by Salem Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce as the
dty Junior First Citizen of 1949,
will be at SM pjn. Tuesday at
the Senator hotel, with the public
invited. - -
Gov. Douglas McKay is to be
principal speaker, and Mayor
L. Cfstrom is to present the plaq
ue and key symbolic of the honor,
officers of the Junior chamber said
Saturday. -. ' . .
Governorship
SPARTANBURG. S. C Jan. 14
(JPh Former Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes announced to
night he would be a candidate for
the democratic nomination for
governor of South Carolina this
year.
Byrnes, once known as "assist
ant president" to' Franklin D.
Roosevelt, has served in both
houses of congress. -
His statement said:
"I will be a candidate for gov
ernor. I will sees tne nominauon
of the democratic party of South
Carolina.
"When I left the service of the
national government in 1947 I
fully intended not to return to
actual participation in political
affairs. I adhered to this inten
tion until last spring when the
trend of political events caused
me to express my views of poli
cies affecting the state and na
tion. -
"During the last six months I
have been urged by many people
in all walks of life in the state
to be a candidate for governor.
The people of this state have been
good to me, and I have decided
to be a candidate, in the hope, if
elected, I can be of service to
them."
No Eye on Presidency
Simultaneously Byrnes repeat
ed a previous assertion that he
would not be a candidate "for
president or vice president on the
set of any party under any
circumstances.'
The primary will be held July
11.
Byrnes is the fourth candidate
to : announce for the democratic
nomination, which is equivalent
to election in South Carolina. The
others are Thomas H. Pope,
speaker of the state house of
representatives, Lester L. Bates,
Columbia city councilman, and
Marcus A. Stone, a lumberman
from Dillon and Florence.
Against Centralisation
In recent speeches the 70-year-
old Byrnes has spoken against
centralization of power in Wash
ington and big government But
he made dear that he was not
just hitting at the democratic ad
ministration. He said he meant
republicans too.
His new plunge into politics
also comes after service as a VS.
supreme i coun jusuce ana war
mobilizer in World War II.
When he resigned as secretarr
of state in 1947, he gave health
as the reason. Today he looks
and acts fit.
Since he left the cabinet he has
become associated with a Wash
ington law firm. But he limits
his activity to the appeal courts.
Rossellini, Ingrid Clear Next to
Last Legal Barrier to Wedding
TOWN. Italy. Jan- 14-V-FHm Star Ingrid Bergman and Film
Director Roberto Rossellini cleared the next to last legal hurdle today
on then road to marriage.
An Italian court here recognized the validity of an Austrian an
nulment of Rosselllnrs previous marriage, to the former MarceUa de
Marchis.
university school of medicine,
Cleveland, Later in the spring
aimilar courses will be given at
UCLA, the University of Utah
school of medicine, the University
of Alabama school of medicine
and at Johns Hopkins school of
meaicine in Baltimore.
The Swedish star of Joan of Are
nowmust obtain her own divorce
from Hollywood Surgeon Peter
IJtadstrom. Negotiations for custo
dy of their 11-year-old daughter,
Pia, have been going on for sev
eral weeks.
The annulment was obtained by
Mrs. Rossellini underVa friendly
arrangement. The Rome newspaper
II Paese Sera quoted her as tell
ing a friend: "I believe Ingrid can
make Roberto happy. As for me.
I'm 33 years old and life can still
smile at me."
la Sedasiea
Ingrid, in seclusion since finish
ing a picture with Rossellini on
the volcanic island of Stromboli,
is 32.
To be valid in Italy, the Rosselli
ni annulment needed recognition
by an Italian court. Hie state op
posed the proceedings here, argu
ing that the case should properly
have been heard in Rome. The two
married at Civitavecchia, near
Rome, in 1938.
The court ruled that it was com
petent because Rossellini has prop
erty in Turin. It also dismissed
arguments by the state that recog
nition of the Austrian-type decree
was contrary to Italian legal pro
cedure.
To Retarn Dowry
The decree ordered Rossellini to
return to Mrs. Rossellini furniture
and other household effects that
were part of her dowry. He was
also asked to give her an unsped
fied sum of money.
The principals did not appear in
court. .
Rossellini kept in touch by tele
phone from Rome with her lawyer.
II Paese Sera said that, when Ros
sellini was told of the court's de
cision, he turned the phone over
to Miss Bergman, who thanked the
lawyer in Swedish and in Italian
and then blew him a kiss.
Attorney Gino Sotis said Thurs
day Miss Bergman's suit will be
filed in Mexico. However, her Hol
lywood attorney, Greg Bautzer,
commented there has been "no de
termination of where a divorce
will be obtained."
Ray'Spottere
To Bolster U.S.
Atom Defenses
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -ff
Plans to bolster the nation's atom
ic bomb dvfiian defenses through
a coast-to-coast network of vol
unteer ray "spotters" were dis
closed today by the atomic en-
ergy commission.
These spotters are to be given
special courses in how to detect
the deadly rays resulting from an
atomic blsrt should one come.'
The commission announced this
as a companion program to its
plan to provide doctors through
out the country with detailed in
structions on how to treat persons
suffering radiological injuries.
The ATC said the Initial spot
ting team will be composed of
"qualified educators and techni
cians" selected by the governor
of each state. Following a five
week's braining course, these se
lectees are to pass on the Infor
ms ti a to local science teachers,
who in turn will instruct volun
teer groups set tip on a state
wide basis.
The spotting training program
wm begin March 13, with the
opening courses being offered at
the Brookhaven National labora
tory, Upton, Long Island, and at
the AEC project at the University
of California at Los Angeles.
A third course win get under
way April 3 at the atomic plant
in Oak Ridge, Tenn the AEC
said.
The training, program for doc
tors also will open in March, with
seleded physicians taking a one
week course at the following
places:
The Argonne National labora
tory at Chicago, the University of
Rochester, and Western Reserve
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Man Awaiting
Murder Trial
Found Dead
JOHN DAY, Ore., Jan. 14-tfVA
county - prisoner waiting trial in
the gun slaying of a cafe manager
was found hanged in his cell early
tonight Sheriff Oliver Calhoun
said Floyd HalL 54, of Mt. Ver
non, had rigged a noose . from
bunk ropes.
Hall was under Indictment on
a charge of first degree murder
in the shotgun death of Paul
Pendleton, 38, in the latter's cafe
at Mt. Vernon on November 7.
Hall's wife, Calris, 38, was em
ployed as a waitress at the cafe.
The sheriff said Hail left a
lengthy note, which was address
ed principally to the Halls' ten-year-old
daughter.
Hall's trial was to begin Febru
ary 27.
Power Firm Stock
Sale Plan Opposed
PRINEVILLE, Ore., Jan. 14 -OP)
The projected sale of Pacific Pow
er Sc Light company's common
stock was protested -by Central
Oregon Chambers . of Commerce
today. .-v.
Chambers at Prinevflle, Bend,
and many other towns in this
region expressed opposition to the
sale, and asked George Flagg,
state public utilities commissioner,
to present their objections to the
securities and exchange commis
sion January 23 hearing.
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