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. The Ctato man, ioltm, Oregon, ThuredaT. Jury 13, 18S0 Formal Charges Against Two Firemen Aired at Hearing on " Demotions; Chief on Stand (Photo on page 1) Charges of two Salem fire captains' asserted inefficiency and In subordination were detailed Wednesday by Fire Chief W. P. Roble at formal demotion bearing before the Salem civil service com- .mission. . .. . ; ' f -- . . . the chief himself was on the witness stand for three hours before ommissioners recessed the hearing until 1:30 p. m. Friday, Much of the cniers testimony was given under cross-examina tion by Allan Carson, attorney rep resenting Ben O. Faugh t and J. F. Baggett, both veteran Salem fire department members who are appealing their; demotion from captain to fireman. . .The men were demoted June 15 when their chief charged them la demotion letters with insubordi nation, inefficiency and discourt esy in their conduct in 'the de partment. . : Specific Charges Given' Fire Chief Roble's sworn testi mony contained these specific charges against Faught, who was head of the fire prevention bureau: That he did not keep the 'chief informed of his inspection work;! .that he did not turn out tor tne Guardian building fire in 1947 as required by department general orders of all off-duty men in sec ond alarm and bigger fires; that he had never worn the uniform as i prescribed for all firemen; that he had not inspected some downtown ! buildings frequently enough; that : he had not reported to the chief as requested on several occasions; ( that he had been rude in instruct ink firemen on tours of business buildings. ' Drill Held Insufficient ' Chief Roble made these charges! i against Baggett, who was captain in charge of a shift at the east Sa lem station; - That he did not drill his men . enough; that his shift had per ' formed too little hose and .motor ' maintenance: window and ! brass I cleaning; that he had criticized the department's salvage policies; tnat ; he was "antagonistic and vitrio- ; lie toward any changes"; that he i often referred to the chief in pro- , fane and vulgar language. Chief Roble maintained that the i attitudes of both Faught and Bag , ! gett had been persistent since he t became chief in March, 1947, and , that he considered their demotion , necessary to promote the morale : and efficiency of the entire force. ' Other Witnesses Called Under cross examination the ' chief denied that the demotions I stemmed in. any way from the re- cent firemen's convention which : opposed city manager govern' Other witnesses called iri the " ., four-hour hearing at city hall yes terday afternoon were M. J. Gil " son and Jack A. Hayes, deputy i state fire marshals, and William.X. write, chief engineer for the Ore' gon insurance. rating; bureau. . They were called by the fire ; chief through his counsel for the hearing. Attorney Bruce Williams, .; The city attorney, Chris J. Kowitz, ,, hi in u adviser to tne civil servf i ice commission, comnosed of Wil liam J. En tress, chairman, Kenneth C. Perry and Monroe Cheek. ' . There was a quiet, attentive au i dience of nearly 80 in the city ' council chamber during the hear ing. Most of them were firemen ; and their wives. Over 20 firemen ; were subpoenaed for the hearing. I Hunt Started for ; I I i .1. Jr Boy Fishermen ' i In Wild Country ' .MEDFORD, July 12 -UPh- Six- ; teen-year-old Thomas Williams Richey. missing on a fishing trln aince yesterday, was hunted in the wild Rogue river region near Pros- fpect today. ; Art .Close, state forest lookout . on Bald mountain, reported that . the, youth's fishing gear had been . found on a cable car across the j Rogue river not far from his home at wiidwood. , Richey was fishing alone. . Work to Start J, Immediately on Water Tank - Iblwaui Nwa Scrrlc SALEM HEIGHTS Footings are to be poured immediately for new 83,000-gallon water tank ' xor tne Vista Heights water dls- ' trnrt. it has been announced by wonn uougias, manager, wednes ! day. - . ! I ' The new tank win relieve the : high area near the Douglas prop erty at the end of Salem Heights avenue, where the tank will be lo cated. Dimensions of the tank will ! be 20 feet diameter and 23 feet . in height, i Walter Barkus is presl- dent of the district. j Husband Dies, Wife Injured In Car Mishap Statesman New Service (Story also on page 1) MT. ANGEL, July 12 Funeral services for Anton a. Berg, 82, Woodbum, who was killed today in an auto accident near here, were still pending tonight at Un ger funeral home. Berg, a Willamette valley resi dent since 1939; was born April 7. 1877. in North Dakota where he was married in 1902. His wid ow. Mrs. Ellen Berg, was criti cally Injured in today's crash and is confined at Silverton hospital i Survivors include nine children, Isaac Berg, Underwood, Wash.; Mrs. Doris Rade and A. H. Berg, both of Woodburn: and Gerald Berg. Mrs. Edward Orgard, Mrs. Leola Inyart, Mrs. Floyd Linn, Mrs. Walter Ruther and Mrs. Meril Pomroy, all in North Da kota; and Mrs. Laura Strand, Vogla, Calif. Bad, But Not Serious, Day For the Kids Salem youngsters, one merely trying to bathe a cat. ran into all kinds of minor! injuries Wednesday as they played in the hot summer sunshine, but most of them were patched up by the city Xlrst aid squad. - Gary Cunningham, 8, of 1315 N 19th st.. ran into the side of parked car and cut one side of his mouth, and 3-year-old Dick Col- lette, 1880 S. 22nd St., apparently fell out of a barn and cut the left side of his cheek. Neither injury was serious, squadmen said. Then 3-year-old Roy Waten paugh, 3435 Portland rd fell on stick which poked a hole in his tongue, and 4-year-old Kenneth Hall, 2266 Mission st, cut his left foot when he stepped on some glass. Both were patched up. The final daytime call sent the squad to 190 N. 24th st. where 0 year-old Melvin Doney had incur red a badly scratched leg. His mother told first aid, men her son was hurt when he tried to give cat a bath, with a water hose. U.S. Machine-sun Unit Moves to Front Vv 9 r '5 Two Brush Quelled Two brush fires, one in a lot on Oak between South 16th and 17th streets and another in a lot in the 3200 block on South Commercial street, were extinguished Wednes day by city firemen. .;- Little damage was reported from either olaze. Firemen also were called Wednesday afternoon to put out a small fire at the residence of Mrs. Lottie Hoover, 345 Division st. Firemen said the fire started in radio, and only the radio was damaged. . . Senate Kills FEPC Bill For Session .ji 'i SOUTH KOREA, July 12 Members of a U. S. . machine-gun unit set up their equipment along a read somewhere en the South Korean front as they move forward to bolster Sooth Korean and American unit engaged with the com munists of the north. (AP Wlrepboto to The Statesman). Carriers, Freighters Are Yanked Out of Storage for Korean War By The Associated Press Navy carriers and freight vessels were yanked out of storage in the Pacific northwest today as one phase of fast-moving activities related to the Korean war. The 13th naval district in Seattle reported two 7.800-ton escort carriers from the reserve fleet at Tacoma the. Cape Esperance and the Sitkoh Bay would be "de-mothballed" and ready for service in 30 days. In Washington, D. C, a navy spokesman-said the two baby carriers would be used strictly lor transport purposes. In Bremerton, Wash. ,the navy reported the ammunition ship USS Paricutin, now at Mare Island, Calif , would be reactivated at Hunter's Point, Calif, under "highest priority." The maritime administration in Washington' announced 16 ships from the west coast reserve fleets, including seven from Astoria, Ore., and three from dympia. Wash, would be chartered to six coast steamship lines to provide shipping for the war in Korea. Four were removed today. The Wake Forrest Victory and the New World Victory were moved from Olympia to Seattle, and the Joplin Victory and Navajo Victory "Vera towed frmom Astoria to roruana iu oe reaaiea ior service. ' A clamp-down on ship movement Information occurred. Nebraska Gets More Rain to Boost Damage OMAHA, Neb, July -(P)-Ne- braska rain clouds, which have been dumping water in fabulous amounts since Saturday night, let loose again today with rains of six to eight inches. - Fortunately, the new drenching by-passed the big Blue River wa tershed, still tiring to get rid of runoff from a 13-inch weekend downpour. Anticipated heavy flooding at Beatrice, largest Ne braska city on the Big Blue, failed to materialize. However, Beatrice got a dren ching of 1.99 inches about noon today and Wilber, another Big Blue river town farther upstream got two Inches in about an hour and a half. Neither rain appeared to be having much effect on the stream. Attributed Indirectly to rain was the1 death in a cave-in today of James Otredosky, 24, of Cedar Bluffs, a town about 40 miles west of Omaha. Spotted at best, the new rains hit hardest at Omaha on the east era border, in the D anbury area of southwest Nebraska and around Fullerton in central Nebraska. It was near Fullerton where five persons were drowned early Sun day when caught by a flash flood on a highway. The Omaha rain, as heavy as six Inches in one neighborhood, caught the city hall with its roof down. The roof had been torn up for repairs and water cascaded into offices throughout the down town building. Some low-lying streets carried several feet of water and many Navy Denies Aircraft Carrier Valley Forge Sunk Off Korea - WASHINGTON, July 12-(iTVThe navy said tonight there is noth ing to rumors that the Aircraft Carrier Valley Forge has been torpe doed in Korean waters. Capt Walter Karig, a spokesman for the navy department, said contact has been made with the ship following reports that the vessel had been hit. "I checked position and heading at 7 p. m. (5 p. m. PDT) and at that time I knew where she was heading and she was not going down," Karig told a reporter. , Asked if the ship had been torpedoed or otherwise damaged in any way, the navy officer said: I am authorized to deny that, too." The navy said It was unable to give the position of the ship "lor security reasons." Karig reported, however, the vessel was "in Asia. tic waters where she has been since before the fiehtina- in Korea sxarxea. Water-logged Girl Rescued From Pool A possible drowning was avert' ed Wednesday morning at Olinger pool when a 14-year-old Salem girl rescued a 7-year-old girl who was unconscious at the bottom; of the pool. ... , Maria Bossert, 7. . who lives at 1170 N. 14th st, lost consciousness after she swallowed too much wa ter. Helen Beck, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beck, 234 N. 21st st, saw Maria in the water and quickly dived in and brought her to the surface. First aid men applied artificial respiration which revived the girl. She was examined at Salem Gen era! hospital and wasj released Wednesday night. Brunswick, Germany has a pop ulation or about zoo.ooo. BERLIN, July 12 -UP- Reports multiplied in Berlin today that de tachments oi ast German police troopers in new field gray uni forms are being shipped to myster ious destinations. A senior United States intelligence officer said he did not exclude the possibility that the police are being dispatched to Korea. The Berlin anti-communist press has been reporting recently that East German police would be used in "International brigades'' there. cars were stalled during the downpour. Flooding at Fullerton and in the rain-hit southwest Nebraska area was not extensive. Some railroad tracks were washed out and a few homes were flooded. ITT OD uioa optsdfi ASK TOE LIGHT, DRT C 1950 Aom ftrtwertet W f rendtee CAK REPORTED STOLEN A 1937 Chevrolet coach, license number 221-021, was reported stolen Wednesday night from Ray mond C Watkins, 1540 Shady In. Watkins told city police the auto was parked in the 100 block on North Church street The Jersej Giant, whita or black. It on of the largest breeds of chickens. Roosters will weigh m much as 12 pounds or more the size of small turkey. Salca Centers 1 TTCssmICm w 3 fcl5P.IL j Yftxtas ruid Sox Seed CMaTTcrSons -i Hum 14217 Rom whero I $tJy Joo Marsh MT7 Easy Roberta sieved Ida lava early last Saturday. Taea lie sat a tke perch, aaJ watakei Saady Petaraea eattlmg JUs graaa. The Eobtrta' property and t&i - Feterson'a border eaak ether- with B hedge e Xeaee between them. So, when Easy aotieea Bandy hi& left about four-foot atrip vnmewed along the boundary, he walks ever and asks why. " , "That's your land," aays Candy. I&ine ends here. See, it lines cp witi that oak tree aarou the' road I Easy dldnt Chink ee, so they went p and down looking for Thoro It 'lat Right In Tho MIddIo! the surveyor's marksr. Where Hi thty finl It? iM in the middle ef their "no nan's land l . Wen; they both grin and take teres faliLhj tks Jcb ts4 tta rt treat te Eaaya far a Meafiy sdaai ef beer tegetkec, rreea where 1 alt, little aearektnf areud for tk tratk ef the Butter cftaa gieri that the ether f euew Is aa ataeft rtgfci aa yen are-t vkUh polal the whole tkiag doent aeeai a4 baportaat aayray. S Now Shewing Open 6:45 The Sundowners' Robert Preston, Robert Sterling and Introducing John Barrymore, Jr. PLUS I Big Time Vaudeville on The Screen "Hollywood Varlefleft" WASHINGTON, July 12 -(- The senate killed FEPC today. No prospect remains for revival this session of the hotly disputed proposal to set up a fair employ ment practices commission to pre vent racial or religious discrimin ation in the hiring, firing and ad vancement of workers. Twenty-seven democrats, most of tvem from the south, and six republicans delivered the death blow. Together, their 33 votes repre sented more than one-third of the total membership of 96 senators, and under the circumstances this was an absolute block against con sideration of the bilL The FEPC advocates would have had to tal ly 64 votes two thirds of the entire, membership to win. Clam Chowder Tillamook Pay Clam chowder will be served to visitors at various points along the Tillamook county coastline Sunday in ooservance ex Tillamook Hospit ality day. Chowder will be served from 10 ajn. to 4 p.m. at Netarts, Ocean- side, Tillamook, Baryiew, . Rock away, Manhattan and Wheeler. Guest books from the 1949 Chow der day showed registrations from zo states, Alaska and Hawaii. Threat of Rail Strike lifted; Docks Tied Up : By The Associated. Press - The last threat of an immediate strike against the nation's railroads was lifted Wednesday. But longshoremen's dispute hit New Jersey shipping and a strike was called against Branixz Airways. The Railroad Yardmasters of America notified President Tru man its men would "forego for the present their right to strike" Sat urday because of "the situation our country finds Itself in today." The AFL longshoremen's diS' pute brought to a standstill, ship ping activities on all major piers on New Jersey's Hudson river waterfront. Contract talks between Braniff International Airways and AFL Brotherhood of Railway . Clerks, airline division, collapsed at Dal las. Tex. A union spokesman said a strike would begin at 6 ajn. Fri day. HOT ROD fflCB Sal. Eve., 8 P.II. Tim Trials) 8 P. M. Salem's Hollywood Bowl BABT CHRISTENED : GERVAIS The Christening of Gregory Oakea, six-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Oakea of Portland, took : place Sunday, July 2, at a 11 o'clock ceremony performed by the Rev. Saalfeld at the Sacred Heart church. 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