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;:.(.. j ... )Gem 'Map 'Arnold? Wartime Air Force Eeaaer, Suceum bs .... - ;"- ' ' v ' - ,v j " SONOMA, Calif., Jan. 15-(,fp)-General of the Air Force Henry Hi (Hap) Arnold, who directed the thunderous U.S. air. war against the axis powers, died today at his ranch home in the peaceful Valley -of the Moon. He was 63 years old ; . ; '1 , The'veteran airman, wartime commander of the army air force, succumbed to a heart condition. He had been ill since 1944. It wasn't 1 j 11 11 1 r w 111 1 1 Final Flight r. 1 J SONOMA, Calif Jan. IS - Gen v eral Henry (Hap) Arnold, war time commander or the nation's - ar forces,: who died today of a heart ailment He Is shown here ' as he addressed a recent ses- aton of congressional commit tee. : That was a grievous loss suffer ed In the sinking of the British submarine Truculent in Thames estuary f after colliding with Swedish tanker. Sixty-five men aboard the sub were drowned, then five airmen lost their lives when a rescue plane crashed at Its take-off. This is the worst peacetime submarine disaster since the sinking of the British Thetis in 1939 when 99 men were lost From the Truculent 15 men were rescued. " t Coincident with the loss of the Truculent is the publication in last week's Saturday Evening Post of an article "Miracle under the Arctic Sea" by Comdr. W. J. Led- erer, USN which tells the story of the sinking 01 tne va suoroanne Cochlno last August. In that dis aster alii, of the Cochino crew were rescued but seven men of the crew of the USS Tusk were g wept to their death from the deck as the vessel was making its way to succor the Cochino. The story is a thrilling one, the courage and skill shown by officers and men of the navy matching any display ed in war or peace in the long history of the navy. - The two submarines were en gaged in test runs under Arctic conditions in the Greenland sea 400 miles north of the Arctic cir cle. A terrific gale broke, severe ly buffeting the Cochino. An accident to its battery resulted in generation of hydrogen, highly ezDlosive and suffocating. Fire broke out and the commanding officer. Comdr. Rafael Benitez gave the order to surface. While he commanded from the bridge Lieut Comdr. R. M. Wright be low put on a breathing mask to enter the battery room to discon nect batteries whose 1 short y (Continued on editorial page 4.) Animal Crachcrs By WARREN GOODRICH "l don't want f 0 tell you ahls how to do your 06 but I hivt J ftw tuQQtstlon ... " 111? . . .. . . ; until June 30, 1948, however, that he allowed himself to retire to his 50-acre ranch 40 miles north of San Francisco. His physician. Dr. Russell 4. Lee of Palo Alto, said: i "He should have quit during the war when he had his first attack (in. 1944). But things were hot then "and he decided to take his chances with the rest of the sold iers and went back to duty." Coronary Occlusion Dr. R. I Mollenhauer of Sonj oma, called Mrs. Arnold after the five star general: had collapsed in his room, arrived shortly after he died about 7:25 a.m. The cause of death was given as coronary occlusion. I Arnold will be buried in Arling ton National cemetery. The funr eral has tentatively been set for 3 p.m. (EST) Thursday. The air force in Washington relayed a re quest from- Mrs. Arnold that flowers be omitted and that per sons wishing to pay tribute. con tribute to the Air Force Aid socie ty for establishment of a scholar ship fund. Air force officials at Hamilton Field said Arnold's -sons were fly ing here to be with their, mother. A daughter, Lois, wife of Com mander Ernest Snowden, a naval flier stationed at Corpus Christ!, Tex, may not be able to come, they said. The sons are Lt. David L. Arnold -of March Field, Calif.; Col. Henry H. Arnold, jr., of the com mand and staff school, Leaven worth, Kans.; and Capt William B. Arnold, stationed at Banana River, Fla. j Learned from Wrights 1 The boyish faced, genial gener al, born on a farm at Gladwynei Pa, learned to fly from the Wright brothers. One of the army's first fliers in 1911, he established many 'firsts' in military aviation. He became chief of the army air force in 1938. -- Even in retirement, Arnold re mained active in air matters and civic affairs. . After, the air force became a separate arm of the ser vice. President Truman designat ed 'him the first man to hold the new permanent rank of general of the air force. The white-haired Arnold settled down to a quiet life as a rancher in the quiet valley made famous by novelist Jack London. He stocked it with white faced cattle and chickens, and worked it him self with the help of two care takers. . . I But he continued to write on national affairs and to make trips to Washington every once in a while. It was his belief that our best guarantee of world peace lay in potent al? power. U.S. Ship Sails For Red China HONG KONG, Jan. 15-W-The American freighter Brooklyn Heights sailed from Hong Kong today for Tientsin, (Taku Bar) in communist North China. The ship oringially had been scheduled to sail for Shanghai, but her destination was changed after the blockading Chinese na tionalists shelled her sister ship, the Flying Arrow, off the Yang tze mouth January 9. I Local agents of the Isbrandtsen line said the Brooklyn Heights had some cargo for Shanghai and might yet proceed there from Tientsin if conditions appeared favorable. Impatience Costs Man $9 DETROIT, Jan. 15 -Caprice of Impatience, James The Mc- Keown now knows, is nine bucks. McKeown drove Into a filling station. He could see people! In side. He waited. No one came out He tooted his horn. And still no one came out McKeown grew angrier. More horn blasts. Finally, he stormed from his car into the station. I There, the bandits who had iust telieved the proprietor of $180 at gun point also took over the con tents of McKeown s wallet Ex-Convict Cornered, Captured in Portland PORTLAND, Jan. 15 -CP)- A cringing ex-convict crawled from a furnace room early today crying to detectives "I didn't mean to kill him I just ran and ran and ran . ". . and ran."- - -i Handcuffs were then slapped on the wrists of Vernon C Goodwin to end a five hour hunt that began last night after a grocery store holdup and a police chase . pep pered with gunfire. Goodwin apparently believed he had killed Officer Vernon Ried berger who slipped and fell on piled snow just as the fleeing con vict turned and emptied his re volver in Riedberger's direction. . The chase began at the store. where grocer Dwight DeHaven had ducked out rear door while his wife screamed for help and good win fired three shots at the -...... - - - . - - . - . . ; - . - - . . . .... .. . ' 99th YEAR 10 PAGES ' 1 : The) Oregon Statesman Salem, Orecjotu Monday. Jcrnuarr 16, 1950 r PRICE 5c , No. 312 v j Blast Due In Senate On China WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (JP) The state department's decision to pull American diplomats out of communist China lit the fuse to day for a new senate explosion over Far Eastern policies. From a democrat Senator George of Georgia came a sug gestion that Secretary of State Acheson be recalled to Capitol Hill to give a first hand account of developments and discuss his newly proclaimed policy for deal ing with communism in Asia. From a republican Senator Morse of Oregon came a pro posal for a thorough bipartisan review of the whole China prob lem. Other republicans including Senators Knowland of California, Bridges of New Hampshire, Brew ster of Maine and Smith of New Jersey were poised for a second round of lambasting the adminis tration's China program when the senate meets again Tuesday. Democrats as well as republi cans seemed agreed that the Chin ese communists' actions in seizing the American consular office at Peiping will delay and possibly prevent diplomatic recognition of the communist regime by this country. Chairman Connally (D-Tex) of the senate foreign relations com mittee and Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, its top republican mem ber, both have specified that willingness to abide by -international law is a prerequisite to recognition of any regime. They have said this includes courteous treatment of foreign diplomats. Sweetlands Reveal Sale of Newport News Sale of the weekly Newport News was announced Sunday by nor. ana Mrs. Monroe Sweetland, principal stockholders. The pur chasers are John and Richard Ly man, who own newspapers at Boseman, Mont., and Wallowa, Ore., and Ray Moe, publisher of the Elgin, Ore., Recorder and once editor of the former Yaquina Bay News at Newport Sale price was not announced, but unofficial sources said lt was J . J AAA Sweetlands helped form a cor poration in 1947 to purchase and combine the two newspapers then published in Newport, including the Yaquina Bay News. - Associa ted in the corporation with them have been Dan Goldy, C. Girard Davidson and Dr. Will Ci Davis. all of Portland. Sweetland,. democratic national committeeman, relinquished the editorship after the 1948 general election. The paper since has been managed by w. J. Forrester of Coos Bay. Sweetland resides In Salem and is publisher of the Oregon Democrat Deputy Sheriff Loses Prisoner In Revolving Door DETROIT, Jan. 15 -CP)- Deputy Sheriff Edward W, Crutch lost a prisoner in a revolving door to night He took David P. Ateer, J4, of loieao, u., to a Hospital for treat ment of a minor ailment Before entering the revolving door at the front entrance, the deputy unlocked the handcuff from his own wrist and permitted Ateer to enter first The next thing Crutch knew he was flat on the lobby floor inside. The revolving door was spinning atce maa, ana nis prisoner was gone. Ateer had been held for quest ioning about an auto theft store owner. A passerby saw Goodwin leap into a car and of ficers Riedberger and Charles Harvey soon picked up the trail. Goodwin abandoned his auto and ran between two buildings to es cape the gunfire. . He was captured by six detect ives who : had traced him to an apartment They encircled the building and called for Goodwin to come out Instead, he raced to the basement, but a few minutes later crawled out from behind the furnace to face the guns of three detectives. A woman in the apartment Mrs. Clara Armstrong, wife of an Oregon convict was charged with being an accessory to the holdup. Goodwin was a fugitive from the Washington state prison, lie es caped in 1948. rnv Eight Inches of New Snow Hobbles L Snow Mounts; Break Possible By Midweek SEATTLE, Jan. 15 An other storm, that started weakly but grew in intensity, dumped a new layer of snow in a narrow swath through the hard hit north west today but a possible break was seen by midweek. The latest snowfall was heaviest from Astoria, Ore., near the mouth of the Columbia river, eastward through the gorge cut by the giant stream between Washington and Oregon, Elsewhere in the region there were only intermittent flur ries. Drifts and new snow closed the Evergreen highway, on the north bank of the river, stranding 30 motorists who were taken to Bin gen, Wash., by the Great Northern Railway's eastbound streamliner. One-way traffic crawled along the Oregon Trail, on the south bank, and state police expected to halt travel until the high winds subside. Hope for relief from the record January cold, brought in during last Friday's worst northwest bliz zard in history, was spotted by the Seattle weather bureau far out in the Pacific.' Forecasters said a low pressure area, 800 miles north of the Ha waiian islands, is moving toward the mainland. If it continues along its present path, it is expected to reach here Wednesday and begin nudging out the mass of frigid air hanging stagnant over Washing ton and most of Oregon. Would Wash Away Snow The "low would bear rains to wash away the heavy snow cover of up to 20 inches on the west side of both states. Temperatures would moderate east of the Cas cade mountains, where the mer cury has dropped as far as 22 be low zezro. i Until midweek, the prediction is for subzero nighttime cold in east ern Washington and northeastern Oregon, and weather far below freezing in the western lowlands from the Canadian border to the Willamette valley. The death-dealing blizzard f two days ago left 11 known dead. Nine perished in Washington and two in British Columbia. Property aamage was counted in the mil lions. Seattle had 10 inches of show in the city Portland had nine and it was snowing again tonight Tonight's ' predicted minimums: eastern Washington, 10-20 below zero in the northern half to near zero in the extreme southern por tion; western Washington, zero to 10 above in extreme northern sec tor and 10-20 above from Seattle to the Oregon border; eastern Ore gon, near zero in north and 10-15 above in southern half; western Oregon, 24-34 above. As the I blizzard's high winds died, road' crews .were winning their battle against drifts. Most main and secondary highways were opened, and paths were broken through to isolated com munities. Bus and air travel was resumed. Trains still were run ning late, j . New snow showers over west ern Oregon further snarled traf fic on highways and drifts along the Cascade summits slowed trains operating to and from Call fornia. Police reported hundreds of motorists lacking chains were bogged down, ditched or delayed Saturday night and early Sunday. Freak Snewfa.Il Freak snow fall occurred in the mixing of the weather factors. At Astoria, there were 15 inches of new snow jumped early Sunday but at. Seaside, 20 miles south, there was no new snow reported at that time. Generally, , western Oregon was warmer Sunday than the two days previous.! Portland had a low of 20. Eastern Oregon varied from a few degrees below zero to 15 and 20 above. In places it was clear while in others there were reports of near blizzards at times during the night and day. Trunk Routes Open All Oregon trunk routes Co lumbia highway 30, The Dalles California 97 and Pacific 99 and 101 were open for the first time in several days. But snow In the gorge and icy conditions made the east-west route 30 a "touch and go" situation. State police said one-way traffic was enforced at The Dalles last Saturday after noon. The road was treacherous from east of Troutdale. Highway 99 was opened south of .Roseburg Saturday night but the California section near Weed was choked with snow and closed there. Drifts north of Klamath Falls were cleared over the weekend, freeing 97 through Oregon. Groicd Braves Cold to fSendoff , x s . X ib. P. ' Hi h ) ) J & .1 i 3K JLL. A chilled crowd braved snew and winds Saturday ta attend Uckoff ceremonies for Marion county's 1950 March of Dimes campaign in front of the Marion county courthouse. The Willamette uni versity band is shown accompanying Edith Fair ham. Gonnar as she sings the national anthem. The marine color gurd, on the left stands at attention as the flag Is unfurled behind the World War I doughboy statue. The picture below shows Howard Ragan. Marion county drive chairman, introducing' polio victim Jaa Lynn Branch, 3, Salem, to the crowd during the program. (States man photo). Coal Miner From 40 MAHANQY CITY. Pa- Jan 15 - iv. m,A ii.Krii a pavaH.in ctinn nf an indeoeildent coal U1C MM VM- - mine, weary rescue workers pulled death shortly before dawn today. Then they turned ineir euons to me, rescueu nuua i trapped in the same mine by the fall. SP Cancels DaylighterRun SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15-WV Southern Pacific said tonight it is ranroliinff its Shasta daylight streamliner runs between Portland and San Francisco tomorrow to straighten out delays caused by last week's storms. The trains leave each city at 7:45 ajn. Southern Pacific said normal service would resume Tuesday. Passengers with tickets for Mon day will be permitted to take the econd sections of the Cascade. leaving each point at 5 pjn, Mon- day, or Tuesdays snasta aayugnt. Polk Launches Dimes Drive ItilMaua News ferric DALLAS, Ore., Jan. 15 The largest March of Dimes campaign ever to be launched in Polk county will start Monday. frr than 3 OOO tetters of solici tation are beintf mailed to individ uals. Volunteers will place can- nisters at most business estaDiisn ments Monday. Mr Hnmer Bevena. Dallas, is directing the county campaign. assisting itawson cnapin, rerry dale, chairman of the Polk county chapter. Mrs. Ralph Howe, Dal las, is chapter secretary-treasurer. Dr. J. H. Stewart, county .health officer, made a preliminary ap peal for the polio cause at Fri day s cnamoer o commerce meet ing here. Events Delayed Sunday's heavy snow In the mid-Willamette valley brought with it the following cancelations and postponements of events: Monday All Salem public schools closed. Dallas, Monmouth, Inde pendence, Falls City, Keizer and Gervais schools closed. Salem adult education classes canceled. Church and City, basketball league play postponed. Tuesday v Salem PEO council found ers' day banquet indefinitely postponed. ..30 P300 CASES ... " 1 0 . Rescued - Hour Tomb VTunneUng barehahdfcl through " - ' . a 30-year-old miner from a living . ended 40 hours of entombment for Joe Burda, who was trapped on a slope when ne ran Dacx to save his brother Eddie, 25. A third brother, Frank, 19, was able to reach the surface after the rocK falls started. But nearlr 48 hours after the mine cave-in, there was no sign ox life zrom Edcue. rescue experts . a . a say tney zear ne may do crusnea under the coal fall at a lower level of the 68 degree slope. Kescuers nave penetrated 10 within 25 feet of where they be lieve Eddie is. They have heard nothing and believe there is no chance of reaching turn tomgnt. The workmen paused only long enough to bring Joe Burda to the surface. Gulped Fresh Aalr , He gulped down several mouth ful of the chill fresh air. 'It's wonderful ... he said. 'I iust sat and thought and Prayed" . Then ne toxa oi nis desperate effort to help his brother and his own attempt to blast bis way witn dynamite. "I had tn sion ahootinff." he said. "I was afraid for the folks above . . , and I was afraid I'd start another falL" After first aid at the mine face, Burda was rushed to the state hospital at Ashland, 10 miles west of the disaster scene. Hospital officials said he was in good condition and wanted to get up. Doctors said he suiierea slightly from shock and insisted he stay in bed. Grabbed Timbers Later Joe told reporters that after the first rock fall he grabbed timbers and ran back to brace the slope over Eddie who was partly trapped in the debris. Joe said the timbering around Eddie appeared in good condition just before the second fall started. V. .L 1 It AW. J Ta. 11 was uua lau uiai uinnu about 55 feet below the surface. Meanwhile, Joe was not told that his father is gravely ill at home from an attack of asthma. aggravated by the family tragedy. Joe's wife, unable to bear the long vigil at the mine face, missed seeing her husband when he reach ed the surface. She went to the hospital later. Max. Mln. Prerfp. 11 -21 Safem Portland San Francisco . S4 IS .12 trace . 45 Chlcaro , 40 as ji to trace FORECAST trrom u .3. wcauirr Bu reau. McNary ld. Salem): Cloudy with tnow and rata mixed today and tonight. High today near 28; low to night near SO. s, SALTM PKICrPITATlON ThU Yr TlJi LastYtar iia Normal TTIV rn mm UUJ March of Dimes in . El. Polio Dimes Drive Fo - - - - Opens Today The 1950 March of Dimes drive officially opens today and will continue through January 31. Coin collectors, shaped like min iature iron lungs, have been dis tributed at business houses and public buildings throughout Mar ion county. , At 8 o clock tonight and, Tues day night a talent discovery show in Salem high school auditorium will lend an opening boost to this year's fight against poliomyelitis, which claimed 30 victims in Mar ion county last year. Nearly 30 entries have been received for the show. The en trants are from Salem, Aumsville, Turner, Gervais, Woodburn, Mt Angel, Stayton, Jefferson, Mill City, Idahna and Silverton. Placards publicizing the show are the first authorized by city officials for wiring on light poles in 24 years. The last time, officials recall, was when Banjo Player Eddie Pea body came to Salem in 1928. Music to accompany contestants in tonight's show will be played by Bill DeSouza's Crystal Gar dens orchestra, whose members are donating their services En trants have been asked to report at 7 o'clock each night for a brief rehearsal. Prizes are $50 for first, $30 for second and $20 for third place. , Top artists of the talent discov ery show will be grouped into an entertainment unit to tour the county. The show will appear Wednesday at the new Ameri can Legion hall in Woodburn and on Friday at the Stayton civ ic building, both at t pjn. A free show and movie will make up the entertainment (Additional details on page 10.) 'Let's Mail Snow To North Dakota' StaUtataa Ntwf Sarrlce SILVERTON, Jan. 13 Em ployes at Silverton postoffice were greeted this morning by a huge snowball In front of the office. The snowball carried a stamped mailing tag. On the tag was print mA "Mr. Weatherman. Please send ma a Rinrtark. N. Dakota. X am lonesome here? rmally nnn Many Valley Schools to Stay Many arhvtT In tVia mM-XCil- lamette valley will remain closed tooay iouowmg eignt inches of new snow that clogged the area and hobbled transportation Sun day. . , . i Salem's public schools and most private schools will not open. The Keizer district school will follow suit To the west, Dallas, Monmouth, Independence and Falls City an nounced no classes today. Gervais two hundred students will stay at home. Willamette university announc ed classes as usual today. Snow and ratn tni xvl svr tr. dieted for Salem today. The tem perature stayed Just -above tho freezing mark Sunda, nfoht it was still 33 degree early this monunj. a coia iront wnich hung in the Portland area all night threatened tn mnv thf m,. bring snow and colder reading! uiuie uayoreaK. southern Pacific ' trains wero reDOTted "several hmm" Kkn4 schedule in Salem Sunday. Ttm lAiuroaa announced tnat its crack streamliner, Shasta Daylight will not run today in or Her on schedule Tuesday. - A Salem street iniHn.rt tractor roved about Sunday aid ing stranded motorist. iwir;.i. away from the curb was the big ruuiem aowniown. The crew said first ISO C .-helping the Chains la Big Demand . Chains were in big demand and hard to find at places open Sun- United Ail linaa mtk4I ivyvum iiu Undings here Sunday due to drifts up iu w incnes deep on ruowaya. Naval reserve planes also were grounded. City Engineer J. Harold Davis said a 12-man street crew worked until one nVIvlr h;. shoveling snow to keep gutters new six-man shift was to work the balance ot the night Two dty graders were plying bUSineSS Streets anrf main k.T oughfares to Dile the snow alongside the streets. Two iiaie nignway commission vehicles were working city street that are highway routes. Davis said he hoped merchants wouldn't pile snow into the gutters from in front of their tnr m morning. He though the street sit uation ui general would be prettr good today. Driveways Clogged "Drivers birost getting out of their own yards at home," he said. "I got stuck when I got home Sundav nluhf sizing the situation up around town." Cltr n itato poUce here had little to report as most people stayed by the hearth. Entiro blocks of the business section were empty of cars at 9 p.m. The Salem first aid squad re ported it had answered 23 acci dent calls since the bad weather started January 1. None of them proved fatal. . Woman Breaks Ankle v The latest was Mary McWaln, 530 Tairview st, who broke her left ankle in a fall in front of her home Sunday. Twelve of tho other calls were for similar tumbles. Five were for auto-train wrecks, six for auto collisions, and one for a car-pedestrian acci dent Onlr fatality attributed to the weather here was the death of Ben Haven Sawyer who succumb ed to a heart attack Friday after shoveling snow at his home on Liberty road. ; Schools te Stay Open School districts in the valley announcing definite plans to be open today were Woodburn, Al bany, Stayton and Silverton. Closing the Salem public school system will mean a holiday for about 7,500 students. The district includes Hayesville, Liberty, Prin gi, Auburn, Middle Grove, Swe gle and Salem Heights. Supt Frank B. Bennett said bad roads and indications of more snow before this morning were factors in deciding to clone. Schools here will probably resume) Tuesday if present weather fore casts hold up, he added. Private schools in the Salem area which announced they would star closed today are: St Vincent de PauL St Joseph's school. Sacred Heart academy, Livingstone school and Salem Academy. Snowfall reported in the valley Sunday Included 8 Inches at the Salem weather station, 7Vi inches at Dallas, t Inches at Albany, 20 Inches at Fall City, and several feet beyond falls City in the Val-sek-Black Rock tree. Closed Today Leave