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"3 Th Siatesraci. C: Senate Passes lens Families Dill Xne senate apetiij jMiascu tomcat a bUl for cash allowances ranging from $85 to $155 a month for fam ilies of enlisted men in the armed where a pun varying in some res pects came out of committee today. The house leadership hopes for ac- tion this week. The senate rusnea lis dux wrouza on i shouted voice vote" after a . brief, explanation from Chairman TTdinu (D-Md) of the armed ser- Vices comizuifcec wuiut uivujiut out . AfW L the measure yesterday. Its aim is to neip ine xammes or U men in the army, navy, air force, marines and coast guard. Under the senate bill a wife, child or parent of an enlisted man would get a minimum of $89 monthly. 'The man would contri bute $40 and the -government $45. Two dependents would receive a more $115 monthly. Of this the aerviceman would pay $40. Families of enlisted men In the tipper grades are non-commissioned officers such as sergeant to the army would get larger monthly payments. But these non commissioned officers would be forced to contribute more either $50 or $80 monthly from their pay. The total payment to a family WOUia rouse uu uf iw lui iw wife and two children of an army master sergeant or navy chief pet tv officer. The house plan would make the payments retroactive to Aug. 1. Its cost is estimated at $242,000,000 from then to June 30, 1951. It would terminate April 30, 1853. The senate plan goes farther back. to July 1. Car Smashed Twice; Two Hospitalized GRAND RONDE; Aug. 22-(Spe-dal)-A 1942 model auto was de molished twice tonight on the Grand Ronde-Willamina highway About 4:30 p. m. the auto was smashed beyond repair in a col' lision with a panel truck and gas truck. The driver, C. T. Stan ton of Newport, was hospitalized In McMinnville. Three hours later a tow truck. operated by Mike Ellis, WUlamina, was to wine the wreckage to Wll lamina when a semi-truck and .trailer sideswiped the car. Ellis . was taken to the same hospital. Neither Stanton, who suffered chest injuries, nor Ellis, who in curred fractured ribs, was be lieved to be in serious condition. , State police said the freak ac cidents started when a gas truck driven by Lisle W. Ehnes, Mc Minnville,' stopped at a rail cross ing, just west of Grand Ronde. Stanton was following the. gas truck and attempted to brake his car on wet pavement He skidded into the left-haand lane and crashed head-on into a panel truck driven by S. W. Bare, Port land. , v Hare incurred serious lacera- tions about the arms. He was treated at McMinnville hospital but was released. His auto was de molished. Ehnes, the gas truck driver, was not injured, v About 730 p. m, Ellis of the Willamina towing company, was taking the wrecked auto back to his garage when the car was side swiped by a truck driven by Rob ert W. Gierke, Vancouver, Wash. ' State police said the auto was finished." There were no arrests. - Bond Issue Vote On Sewer Pro j ect Set at Woodburn Km Strvlca WOODBURN, Aug. 22 The Woodburn dty council tonight called for aa election on a $150,000 Dona issue for construction of a ' sewage disposal plant and instal lation of sewer mains in Wood- burn, , The measure will be placed on the ballot at the November gen eral election. City Engineer Don ald Ben estimated the total cost of the proposed project at $378,000. About $223,000 of this total will ""be collected by direct assessment : against property benefited ' for instlling equipment for collection or sewage. . 1 ( j - SBTP CKEW SAFE SEATTLE, Aug. 22 -ffV- The nve-man crew ox the 130-ton mot or vessel Robert Eugene was re ported same tonight. The small Seattle-Alaska freighter rammed , aground on Addenbrook island in Queen Charlotte sound early to- oay. i Wat Holies ia TAxnnt is a CACHLLOS An! : Barbara Stanwyck John Lund is . NO HAN 07 runt own" TT 1 111 UllllStCU! LT a D2HE Tc:ni3 lZv?l by Pc Towards CU-nine & Hod era Ain. 11$ Iscli. Tax fcrif f , B-pniy siron The three prisoners who mmtm Anmt 11 fmm th Marlon COUnty jail Will be returned in Kalom fmm RaM v4v h fihHff Denver Young and a deputy. YoUIl? said the esran Tvhe :auae 1411 waivea extradition. Donald E. riodstrom and Richard P. Tun gate were nabbed Saturday, while Kenneth O. Smith was picked I up Monday afternoon. The sheriff revealed Tuesday night that the trio are believed im plicated In a burglary of Kick's inn, a night club at 3725 Portland nL during the early rnornini hours of August 12, the day after the jsdlbreak. xoung said fingerprints which match those of Tungate and Flod- strom were found on the window of a rest room through which en try was gained Into the night club. tie added that Seattle authorities have quoted Smith as admitting his part in the burglary. rungaie has been formally char ged with burglary not in a dwell- im .V. vt jj -X. riodstrom on their return here. The burglary netted about $50 in cash, two boxes of cigars, tome cigarettes and a large quantity of I food. It was committed. about 14 hours after the jallbreak. Tungate, who was being held tnr onin arttnn m .n mTviZ I charge when he broke jail, will be returned immediately to the state nrison to serve out the remainine I 1 monias oz a-xwo-year sentence I for burslarv. He : was on rvarole I when arrested. He will have two I charges pending ' on his release The company," in a statement, support fund from $50 to $80 per from prison and may, in addition, mentioned other cost increases but census child. The Oregon legisla be charged with escape. said it is trying to maintain prices ture has referred this measure to riodstrom will serve the remain-1 der of a 90-day sentence for a previous escape from the county I jail. Polk county authorities have a hold on him on a grand larceny I charge. Smith, who was on parole from San Quentin prison when arrest ed, faces grand jury action for an I admitted holdup of a Salem taxi driver, in addition to a possible escape charge. : Fleets of B-29s gets TOKYO. Wednesday. Aug. 23 CP)- Two separate fleets of B-29 Superforts, the larger flying with in . 60 miles of Soviet territory. dropped 850 tons of high explo sives Tuesday on red targets in North Korea. - Seventy B-29's blasted Chong- jin in a one-hour attack with more than 500 tons of general purpose . bombs, smarking mar shalling yards, the city's deep- water port and dock facilities and the iron works, formerly known as Mitsubishi.. - Chongjin, a large industrial dty, is located on the east coast of North Korea, 40 miles from the Manchurian border and 1 than 60 miles from Russian mari time provinces. V rne soo-pouna nombs- were dropped on the Chongjin targets through an overcast. Tht bombs were released by, radar. One of the B-29 officers said "a rift in the clouds appeared just in time for us to get a sight of the bombs striking their targets-' The other fleet of Superforts In smaller formations cascaded 150 tons of bombs on bridges and smaller industrial - targets. The size of the smaller fleet was not mentioned in an aerial release. A senior officer who went on todav'a B-20 ctHVM m m 4. - Jam at the Chongjin mrthinnt yarns was -an indication that the U. S. air forces interdiction pro- srani to aesxroy terminal rail points, particularly In that area, has been successfuL" For the second consecutive dar. the U. S. Fifth air force and the Royal Australian air force took advantage of perfect flying weath er to lamnait communist troops ana. vemcies. Returning pilots resorted the combined job "cost the North Ko reans important eaulDment and supplies they could ill afford to lose." Taking part ' were Jets. B-28 light Invader bombers, F-91 Mus tangs and F-S2 twin Mustang all weather fighters. They strafed troops and hit a tank northwest or Taegu, machinegunned sup plies hidden in an orchard and blasted enemy entrenchments and gun positions on a t in top near Pohang. on the east coast. - Australian Mustang fighters did some expert fighting in lata af ternoon strikes east of Chinju and north of Tegu in south . central Korea. They blasted enemy artll- &area. rney blasted enemy artu- lery positions within ISO yards of amea troops , Alr-Condiaonedl S.YEETHEARTS 0?l A TROPICAL TRIP o inociBCjri In North Korea - - Plus This 2nd Ace liitl - - -TTIlh YlrgizU Czstsa - Esrtrs TvZsx Extra Paramount Eperdsht TTarner News to Return Hires SeattleToday vm mxntiTMut K TTtT ojnt In living Cost 1.4 in Month WASHINGTON. Aug. 22 - UPi - Price Hux marked In mart h-r war in Korea shoved the covernmenfi . . . . . .1 cost or living inaex up i. per cent from June 15 to July' 15. to the I Aaaea v lesser increases in me 1-revious two months, the boost to- t11 5 Per cent for the quarter na WM m eaougn xo nnc 3 1 cent xiouriT iht raise iut ajj.uuu i General Motors workers, whose rates are tied to the bureau of la-1 Dor statistics figures. - - There had been speculation that I the wage increase might set off a nrice rise for General Motors an-1 loznooues ana mien out u com-1 canr announced immediately that no such changes are now in sight I and expressed the hope that gen- era! upward price trends are only temporary. The rise in the consumer index was from 170 J per cent of the 1935-39 level on ?une 15 to 172.5 1 per cent on July 15, or 2.3 percent- age points. The new figure is the highest since October, 1948. Share Increases in the nrices of meats, fresh fruits and vegetables which followed the outbreak of the Korean war, helped to boost the index, the bureau of labor statis- tics said. The largest advance during the month from June 15 to July 15 was a 2.6 per cent rise in food pri ces. This is the greatest percent age increase in food during any month since April, 1948 when it rose 2.8 per cent. Fractional increases were re ported for house furnishings, mis cellaneous goods and services, rents and fuels. Apparel was the only major group in which prices averaged, slightly below the June 15 level. A preliminary tabulation for the week of August 14 indicated that retail food prices declined slightly from mid-July to mid-August. Rep. Winstead Holds Edge in Primary Count By The Associated Press Rep. Arthur Winstead. a mem ber of the house armed services committee, appeared on tht way to victory last night in his race with four opponents for renomi- nation In Mississippi's democrane primary.- - Rep. John Bell Williams, tne state's only other congressman with opposition, was renominated in the seventh district. A run-off election on Sept. 12 appeared probably In the third district where Rep. WiU M. Whit- Itington is retiring after mora than 120 years in the house. new xotk voters renominaiea two congressmen, a democrat and a republican. Democratic Rep. Louis B. Heller won in Broklyn's seventh district. GOP Rep. Clar ence E. Kilburn finished with an easy victory in the upstate 24th district. Rep. W. Sterling Cole went into a narrow lead over John xoung for the republican nomination In the upstate 39th congressional dis trict . A trickla of returns from Wy oming's primary gava Rep. Frank A. Barrett a alight lead for the republican nomination for gov ernor over three opponents. But the returns were too meager to indicate the outcome. Former Rep. John J. Mclnryrt lead two opponents for the demo cratic gubernatorial nomination. Altogether nominees were pick ed for 64 U. S. house seats in New York, Mississippi. Wyoming and Delaware. - rrmjjps near dzattx ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Aug. 23-CVFxank Phillips, 76-year-old retired oil tycoon, was in critical (retired oil tycoon, was in critical I condition today following a gall Diaaaer cperauon. TODAY I CM GMT mi mm MH's IZ- Index Rises 1 PAULA RAOIID till 117111 era 'czn ami t:m . ua en J a I- Battermarj Bid Lov.McKiiuev: School Project (Story also on page 1.) E. E. Batterman, Salem contrac tor, was low bidder Tuesday night for an addition to HcKinley school including four new classrooms and a multi-purpose room for cafeteria, auditorium and recreation. Batterman's basic bid of $174.- 275 compared with bids of $176,400 by Barn am Brothers, $181,000 by Foothills Construction Co. of Os wego and $186,647 by Henry Carl. The bids were referred to the building and grounds committee headed by Gardner Knapp. Bidding reflected the recent rises m construction costs, as the school board had received a lOW bid Of $146,000 on substantially the same 3 L ft. ; - , N. project tui year. h In other bids considered last " wt5i T., AZX Supply on low bid of $l,l. Qaly other bidder was G. M. Slentx at VV," iuiuui. The school omciais aeaaea to rent the school-owned house at 1434 N. High st to the Marion county chapter of American Bed Cross for its headquarters; at $75 Per month. , ! ucuiuai " -dorsement of proposed legislation to increase the state baste school voters In the November election and nearly 200 school districts of the state nave endorsed the pro posal. Board members estimated tnat passage of the bill would increase the state contribution to i Salem district from $420,000 to ' nearly $600,000. This money would come I from the state income tax. School Clerk C C Ward sub- I mitted final accounting Of the 11949 - 50 budget year which ended July I, showing that actual expen- ses were $76,708 less than the es timated $2,185,538. Receipts were less by $29,171 after retaining a $55,000 transfer of post-war con struction funds which did not have to be used during the year. Automobile Hits Divider; linn Man Injured llittaui Nm Servlra ALBANY, -Aug. 22 -George W. Skelton, Albany, suffered a possi ble skull fracture and other in juries tonight in an auto accident at the Jefferson junction, j Skelton was taken to Albany General hospital where he was still in surgery late tonight. His condition was termed serious. The victim was a passenger in an auto driven by his brother. Herbert James Skelton, Albany, who was jailed by state police here on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was not injured. Officers said his car bit a divider at the junction and crashed off tht highway. The brothers were driv ing from Jeff erson toward Albany when the accident occurred about 10:30 p. m. ! Crowded Prison More Inmates: Total at 1.480 The Oregon state penitentiary has a serious housing shortage. Deputy Warden Eugene HaUey Tuesday predicted that 300 or mora prisoners would enter the institu tion within the next few; weeks. And he doesn't know where they will be confined. ! "Prison population already has reached an all time high of 1,480. Every cell block is taxed to capa city, with two prisoners in most cells. Accommodations at the an nex have been exhausted and men are being assigned to the control room and the dormitory which was designed for church services and school facilities.' HaUey said. The deputy warden based his estimate of 100 new prisoners on a recent survey. of county jails which are crowded with men awaiting trial for penitentiary of fenses. When circuit courts resume COL'IUHlACa r!:ni S:nal:rs .-' ' VS. M . : Vcnrcuvcr 7:03P.ai Waters neld Cox Seat Reservations rhooe 4647 That Man's Cack :" r; 'Again!:; ':''" -J7 joIinnyPrice World's Greatest Baseball , Stunt Artist .-J UATCSFIIID Frlces Ptrf ormance wQ be betweeat ramea In the double ' header program Vancouver vs. Eileut Senators ' tmmedlately foCewiss' Cerdar AgmLrion Prices Tigiier Quads' Mark V Fourth Birthday PORTLAND, Aug. 22 The Tigner quadruplets were four years old today. They EadUo for mal celebration, though. That will come Sunday, when a birthday party will be held at the Blessed Martin Social center. The negro quadruplets are, al phabetically: August, Beatrice, Carole and Dee.. Rnss Demand Withdrawal o U.N. Soldiers LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 22-tfV-1 Russia demanded today that the United Nations end its "colossal international bluff? and order U. N. troops to leave Korea at once. The United States and Britain struck back with blistering attacks on the Soviet anti-American pro paganda campaign. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jakob A. Malik said continued in tervention in Korea will only ex tend the conflict and the United States will have to bear the blame for dire consequences." Chief U. S. Delegate Warren R. Austin called Malik's . charges of U. S. aggression in Korea "a big lie" and "applesauce." He said some of Russia's statements ap peared to be based on "philosophy worthy of some witch doctor: Austin also brought before the council for the first time a direct U. S. charge that Malik had made a false statement when he claimed Russia had supplied no military aid to the communist North Ko rean as since 1948. Referring to the discovery of a Russian-made shell in Korea dat ed 1950, Austin said: "This sheU did not explode on the battlefield. It explodes In the security council. Of course, 1 rec ognize that this may be just an other case of false Soviet label ling." Malik earlier had implied to a reported that U. N. forces may have faked the date on the shelL "Ifs easy to put a stamp on it, he said when asked for comment on the shell. Austin again insisted that Rus sia and only Russia is in a posi tion to put an end to the Korean off the North Korean troops. . The council adjourned until Fri day.. Salem Driver Hurt in Crash Near Albany ' ALBANY, Aug. 22 Luther C Canery, 60S Hickory st, Salem, was hospitalized here tonight with chest injuries incurred in an auto accident about S pan. on highway zo about s miles east oz Aioany. Canery was taken to Albany General hospital where his condi tion was not believed to be seri ous. State police said Canery was driving west when his auto skidded on wet pavement and crashed into the rear of a car operated by Har- Expects 300 fall terms, many of these men will be sentenced. A new 40D-cell block recently was completed and another is un der construction. HaUey pointed out, however, that the new cell I block already is filled and that the one under construction would pro vide little relief as It will replace an older block which will be aban doned. As a result of crowded condi tions, the 1931 legislature will be asked to appropriate funds for construction of a third block, con taining e00 cells. HaUey said. Halley also said that employ ment of competent guards has be come Increasingly difficult A cum ber of employes have recently ac cepted better paying jobs, he said. Starts Today Open f:4S SECOND- FEATUBE1 EXDES9 OP THS BANGS" Tim Halt, Eichard Martia (Jast Eef ore Tea Get Famous Chinese "OnDZRS TO Open 4:23 fJA. to 2:C0 wa ao:i FalrsrouncU Coad 07 L2 PJane Lands SafelyAfter Freak Mishap By Tan Aden v (Photo on Page 1) DENVER, Aug. 22-WV-A run away engine flew off and ripped open an American Airlines plane like a giant can opener high over the Colorado Rockies early today, but the ship landed safely 19 minutes later. . - One passenger aboard the plane. bound from Los Angeles to Chi cago and New York, died of a heart attack. Seven of the 52 pas sengers and five crewman suffer ed minor burns and injuries from fttl 1 atl - - l'SZttSZtt f-t ru. . feet and 295 miles an hour. Many passengers were asleep. One wom an .had taken off her girdle to rest more easily. . Boom and Flash Suddenly there was a boom, a flash and a rush of air," said James Mackris, 27, of Detroit, who was sitting in the front seat. The fuselage was torn away, window- to-window, over the three for ward rows of seats. 'It was as though somebody slapped me on the head when the plane lost pressure," said Max well Miller, executive secretary of the Los Angeles tenants asso ciation. "Where's my girdle." asked the womaan who wanted to rest bet ter. Jack Krevoy. 54. of Los Angeles, became ill and slumped over on his wife. When the plane landed. he was dead. "Do we have a chance?" the passengers asked Stewardess Mar- rrie Peterson of Geneseo. I1L Told that Denver was 100 miles and 20 minutes away, they asked "what can we do to help?" Cautioned Passengers Mrs. Katharine Edgar Bryon of Washington, former Maryland cohgresswoman, cautioned the other passengers not to light matches. She remembered that Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker .had given the same advice to other passengers in an Eastern Airlines Slane which crashed near Atlanta i February, 1940. Her husband, Rep. William D. Bryon, was killed in that crash. Capt. Bob Baker, pilot, and co pilot Bob Reinicke, both of Los Angeles, managed to get the draulic pressure and much of the electrical system, and made a fast landing. They said the fuselage was cut away by the propellor or part of the engine which vibrated off after the prop flew loose. How does it feel to have the top of your .airplane ripped off , at 21,000 feet altitude. 'In a situation like that," Baker said, "you just move over a little bit and let God take over. Fraands Thomas, a Los Angeles salesman, said that when Baker brought the plane in for a land ing "it was just like being born again.' old K. Mullen, Albany, who bad reduced his speed for a tractor. Mullen's auto was knocked off the highway but he Incurred only an ankle bruise. Both cars were badly damaged, police said. The tractor, operated by Eldon Shrock, Scio. was hit by the Mullen car but was not damaged, officers said. NOW SHOWINGl Open S-Starts at Dusk FREE PONY BIDES Marjorle Mala Percy Kilbride MA A PA KETTLE GO TO TOWN Dan Daryea James Maaea : Marta Toren "ONE WAT STEEET" CFb C N Mat. Dally from 1 P. U. HOW SHOwVUIGI JA 2aU OAL II . f ACBAtf 1 to the CoHyweed Steplights) and American Dishes TAKE OUT" XML Saturday TJ 3 AJA .'.cr:DAY$ : . Fbono 2-6575 U TlT 1 V A FUU LENGTH FEATURE J 1 " 1VNN -COCUPN . TIIEILL CO-1UT1 ,i::.vai3 erf rim tci MyrnaLoy Divorced MEXICO CITY. Aug. 22-C5V Myrna Lot, sometimes called the "ideal wife" of the films, has di vorced her third husband in the same dingy little provincial court room where she was freed of a previous marriage. . - v Her lawyer said Judge Alfonso Roqulni granted the divorce in Cuernavaca, capital of Marelos, yesterday. It came just five days after she made a 27-hour trip to Mexico to file the suit against Pro ducer Gene Markey. The petition, charging mental cruelty, was un contested and was facilitated by a prior property settlement which was not presented to the Morelos court. -: Miss Loy was not present. Warren Terms Sabotage Big West Problem SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 22-CffV Sabotage is regarded by Gov. Earl Warren as the west's most crit ical defense problem at this time. Meeting with Governors Dan E. Garvey of Arizona and Vail Pitt- ENDS TODAY! John Pat (WEDJ PHONE 3-3721 r Tononnou! 1 ZOJU'9 II rtMlr and " Ww ' "j.. -t Every?"0 VV became I - . rzj x' 1 c, I 11 r-i r-w rf n I . I QduD LQDIe 'j ( 7 II 1 II II pnnirrr itth rTAT I I w,f LI M I I I I klS II . I I 1 n 1 I r l I I I I I I I J I I Si HS - zoo I IWNDkXBf Of ftOKI TO U I" r KNQW ASOtfT MCLUMNSa . I) jtt AM, tatot SOINa ft II jr a-WAT. 1 INVENTION II' r X JOUOM THOMAS 0N II y , uviNOKtuM wm roo 'I tiM.-if OOUOiAS rAMSAMCS auscttUNtous I I feUDOiM VAlBftMO NTIMOl Of WAltS I I S KTlCTi SOMAN I A I t CHAS. A. tINOStlOll At CAPONI k V L. mm SD04I tKXENtACKU HAIMUUS MtftMt , -2Z SAMIVTM SOf. A1VIN TOSS , MWCIMU 1 KlfMSMtX SOMTJOMrS OCOtOI ettSNWM nANKtM S. lOOSfVtil I Aurice KMVTf tOOCHt UWttNCS Tlttin WOOOtOW WIUON I - JeSSAsV 1 OCNf TUNNCT ENttCO CAIUSO CAIVW COOitOOfl I ay odiiel I ead stafss ef eaeii wae snmIs ,Tae 0Mta Twesllei, aa- ill v v i BLAZING CO-FEATUBE1 I j 1 illhJ& iirtststs d Es!t Aatrlar't XLzA : - v.- v av - . MaMaaa L ADDO) ATmACnONl 1 j -'mm 1 - ; ? JUIES STEUMT man Nevada to coordinate de fense plana for the three states. Warren emphasized: . "An atomic attack is a possibil ity. The results of such explosion would be so terrible that we must prepare now. "But sabotage is a very distinct probability and. we can prepare against it better than we can against an atomic attack because we know more about it Both Gov. Garvey and Got. Pittman were in agreement with Warren on these points. 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