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tinder an overturned diesel locomotive tonight, raising still higher the
death toll in the collision ol a passenger train and troop train. i
The figure now is 33 dead, all of them soldiers, and it may run
higher. Fourteen hours after the Pennsylvania railroad's "Spirit of
Kt I-nuis" douched into the rear of a . stalled train carrying 700
Of
'The summer is about over, most
of the crops have been harvested.
A dearth of hoppickers was re
ported ten days ago, but the good
weather continued and by this
time most all the hop crop must
be in bales. The lack of -pickers
was attributed to failure of mi
gratory workers to show up in the
usual numbers. Though . the call
for more workers is regular and
the explanation for their lack is
regular, it is probably true that
fewer workers have followed the
harvests in recent years. The pre
war army hasn't appeared in the
northwest.
: Sociologically, that Is a good
thing, not a bad one. The more
we can depend on local labor the
better - off we will be; and the
more workers who can settle down
in one locality and find employ
ment the better off they will be.
i Numerous studies of migrant
workers have been made. The La
Follette committee a number of
years ago made study of farm
labor, including migrant work
ers. John Steinbeck's "Grapes of
Wrath." made their problem com
mon knowledge. The plight of the
stranded workers in the San Jo
aquin valley last winter drew a
lot of attention-and prompted in
vestigation by a committee. Re
cently the New York Times woke
up to the fact that the east has
migratory farm workers, too, 50,
000 of them in six states, and made
its own investigation. -
: What the Times turned up is fa
miliar: ' ;"
"There is no typical migrant in
appearance or tastes, but most of
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
TiHamookBnrn
Area Closed to
Forest Work
The Tillamook burn area was
closed to all forest operations
Monday by State Forester George
Spaur. The closure became ef
fective at 1 an. today.
Prohibited are logging and
other work in the woods of the
burn and adjacent area which in
cludes. Tillamook, Washington,
south Clatsop and part of Yamhill
counties. I
Humidity readings were expect
I ed to drop below the danger mark
of 25 per cent today.
State foresters kept a wary eye
on the critical fire season, as re
ports of fires in several areas of
Oregon came into the forestry
headquarters here. .'
Newest blaze was In the'Starv-
out creek area in southern Doug
las county, reported late Monday.
Trails had been established to halt
the spread of 11 other Douglas
county incendiary type fires by
Monday afternoon, Spaur report
ed. Trailing also was completed
. In north Curry county where over
300 acres ol brush prairie were
burning, and in another 120-acre
area of the Chetco river country.
State crews were dispatched to
aid the Douglas county protective
Bellusclii Offered
Position with MIT
PORTLAND, Sept' 11-flrVPie-
tro Belluschl, Portland architect
who has designed a number of
Oregon's public buildings, said to
day ce nas been offered the posi
tion of dean of the School of Arehi
tecture at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
Belluschl said he has not decided
whether to accept
Animal Crackers
By WARREN COODRICH
6ue$ wfiat. dear today Jgiuor
fiiggUdT
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soldiers, giant cranes ana workers
with steel-cutting torches still
probed the wreckage. -I
Brig: Gen.; Francis G. . Brink,
commanding officer of the Ohio
military district, said that three
possibly four bodies were dis
covered when a crane lifted "the
Spirit's" locomotive off the debris
of a troop-train. ' j
The bodies, he explained, were
so badly mangled it was difficult
to ascertain how. many actually
had lain under the locomotive
since the wreck occurred in the
fog at 5:15 ajn.
Bodies Unidentified
Still 11 other bodies, laid out In
the Coshocton armory, remained
unidentified for the same reason.
Most of the dead were members
of the Pennsylvania ' national
guard, who were en route to Camp
Atterbury, Ind- to enter the army.
Before the wrecking crane lifted
the locomotive. General 'Brink
announced that 30 men were
known dead and three or four re
mained unaccounted for. , ,
Although about 50 soldiers re
ceived hospital treatment, only 27
remained . hospitalized tonight
Contrary to earlier reports,; the
army said only three were in crit
ical condition. ; .
They will go back together, a
guard of honor accompanying each
soldier who lost his life while
headed for battle training.
"We saw the Spirit of St. Louis
about a mile away," related Lt
CoL Frank Townsend, of Dallas,
Pa, commander of the troop train.
"We thought it would surely see
the flares and lantern and stop.'
Shouted, Waved '
"Although it did no good, we
shouted and waved our arms until
we. cold see there was going to be
a crash." '
Colonel Townsend and a group
of crewmen jumped down an em
bankment as the Spirit s diesel
locomotive hit the rear coach of
the 20-car troop train. The sol
diers aboard were not so fortunate.
Most of them were sleeping; a few
had been awakened for breakfast
The huge dieseL pulling 17 cars.
knocked the rear coach into the
air, smashed the second car aside
and ploughed into the third.
"It was so dark and foggy that
all we could hear was the screams
of the men, said J. A. Brangman,
of Columbus, O- brakeman of the
Spirit. "
The railroad, unable to report
now on the cause of the accident,
dld-say the iceiie trea"is-erinip-ped
with the most modern signal
ling and protective devices.'
"It has automatic position light
signals at the wayside," a PRR
statement said, "and locomotives
are equipped with cab signals
which appear in front of the en-
gineman and fireman in the cab
and reproduce exactly the Indica
tions of the wayside signals"
Plea for Blood
A special plea for blood to send
overseas has been issued by .the
bloodmobiie center at Portland in
connection with the mobile unit's
visit at the First Methodist
church in Salem from 2 to 6 cm.
today.
Leaders stressed that no ad
vance registration was necessary,
ana mat anyone reporting to the
bloodmobiie - during those hours
would be welcomed. The supply
Is far short of meeting-overseas
needs, officials said.
Max.
Win. Free.
4 M
Salem -
Portland
-87
70
51 J0O
M X0
San Francisco
New York
74
Willamette River -3.6 feat I
bureau. McNary field. Salem): Fair
tnrla v and tnnlvht Wli tn4. ...
00: low tonight near 48. Expected -low
raauvi numuuijr near a- per cenv. ;
SALEM PREfTPTTATTnV " !
This Year Last Year Normal
00. M
qse
Associations
CnnGAGO, Sept lMflVEdward
Clamage, charman of the Illinois
American Legion's anti-subversive
committee, said today Gypsy Rose
Lee is "an entertainer whn wt r
J ported to be a dear and close as-
1 I A. M M. . .
sooaie oi we traitors oi our
country." The strip teaser denied
the charge. -
Clamage, a Chicago florist made
the statement on the floor of the
Illinois Legion convention. 'i
In New York. Miss Lee said: j
- "I am not now and never have
been a member of the-communist
party, a fellow-traveller, sympa
thizer, or anyone of the associated
brand. . . , - i
"I abhor totalitarianism wheth
er Red, Brown or Black and their
treacherous methods of guilt by
smear and without triaL -i
"This may be all right for Rus
sia but I hope, not for us."
Miss Lee is scheduled to be
mistress of ceremonies of an aud
ience participation show over the
ABC network starting next Satur
day night -
Clamage said, "I want to make
an appeal to the sponsors of the
program to determine whether or
not she is annearin am m frrio anrf
1 loyal American or if she's going
to be serving her communist
Issued by ARC
Lee
by l
100th YEAR
Salem's
Con
To Serve
60-Home
District i
By Robert E. Gangware
City Editor. The Statesman
Salem city council. Monday
night ' wavered in its suburban
water policy by granting city
water service to 60 users on Ever
green avenue and to a single user
on Candalaria Heights.
Aldermen two Years ago had
adopted a policy of allowing no
city water service outsiae cuy
limits except through already es
tablished suburban water dis
tricts.
The exceptions made at the
council session last nieht at city
hall were to properties adjacent
to city limits. Evergreen avenue
residents iust northeast of the
city had petitioned last month for
water service to relieve them from
well water shortage. Their peti
tion was in be renorted on this
week by City Manager J. L. Fran
sen. Asks for City Water
Meanwhile H. William Thielsen
of Candalaria Heights, just over
the city line, asked the council for
city water. He said - he was in
danger of losing his present water
supply through the City View
cemetery system.
Alderman Albert H. Gille spon
sored Thielsen's cause and council
granted the water service by voice
vote. , " ; .
Then Aldermen Howard Maple
and Earl Burk interjected that
similar approval should be granted
the Evergreen avenue people, in
the '- interests of consistency in
special situations. -
Wisdom Questioned '
Aldermen Daniel J. Fry and
Claud Jorgensen questioned the
wisdom of the departures from
water policy. Said Jorgensen,
"There's got to be a stopping line
somewhere.' Fry contended that
distributing water outside the city
is unjust to city taxpayers.
City Manager J. L. Franzen
said that the present city water
supply is less than demand at peak
periods of summer days. He added
that the proposed new Turner res
ervoir and related water lines
would not be in operation for at
least two years. '
The Evergreen, petition was
brought to a vote, with the coun
cil passing it in a divided voice
vote. Alderman David. O'Hara pre
sided . at the session in the ab
sence of Mayor Robert L. Efstrom.
(Additional details on page 12.)
Schuman Praises
Plan to Send More
Troops to Europe
NEW YORK, ; Sept 11
Robert Schuman. French foreira
minister, today called President
Truman's proposal to send more
American troops to Europe an im
portant contribution to the com
mon defense of that continent He
indicated France is prepared to
make a comparable contribution.
Schuman and other ton dinln.
mats arriving for conferences of
tne zoreign ministers of France,
United ' States and Britain this
week showed evident pleasure at
me president's decision.
Accused of Red
egion Group
friends."
He said he had telegraphed the
president of ABC asking what h
intended to do about the program.
abu omaais in New York were
not immediately available 1
comment
Clamage said Miss Lee's political
leanings are aocumentea in , t
book. "RpH rhnnnl " .
He said she spoke at a meeting
of the Hollywood anti-Nad league
and had sent greetings to a dinner
of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refuge
'committee. He said she served as
auctioneer, at a gathering of the
i-eague oi American Writers. The
latter two rroun. ha f1ar
have been cited by the justice de
partment as subversive.
Miss Lee said in Knr VnrV
lawyers had been alerted to take
acuon ii necessary." sne cited
her numerous wartime benefit per
formances, including one which
he said was a "Bundles for Brit
ain" program put on "during the
Hitler-Stalin pact"
Miss Lee also cited the loyalty
affidavit she said she had signed
as an officer of the American
Guild of Variety Artists.
Thera are nn miallfiraMnna
the statements (on the affidavit)
a xnaae unaer oain," sna saia.
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The
School
12 PAGES .
School Teachers, Students Slip Back into Familiar Routines
Though Monday was the first day
students and Instructors slipped back into familiar routines. Here
a group of fifth grade beys at Bosh school f through calisthenics
preliminary te a fast game of Softball daring a morning play per
Yanks Attack
Reds on Ridges
North of Taegu
TOKYO. Tuesday. Sept 12-(flV
Taegu's American defenders to
day attacked Korean Reds closest
to that key base. .
UJS. 1st cavalry division troops
moved against communists -Jon,, a
hill seven miles north of Taegu
after artillery and planes blasted
the position.
United Nations forces held the
initiative elsewhere along the generally-quiet
120-mile battle per
imeter. -
At the northeast end, a special
ground task force, led by a former
West Point football star, were try
ing to snap shut a trap on 3,000
Reds.
i At the southwest end of the
front units of two UJS. divisions
seized two heights.
The trap on the northeast was
being sprung south of Pohang,
East Port City, and Angang, nine
miles inland. The Reds, who hold
both Pohang and Angang, sent two
battalions last week. against the
American air base six miles south
east of Pohang.
Associated Press Correspondent
Ben Price reported today that
South Korean troops have barred
the way to a retreat northward by
these Reds. The West Pointer,
whose, identity was not disclosed,
is leading a special ground force
in a move to close the southern
jaw of the trap. This group al
ready has killed 370 Reds.
Forty thousand of these Reds,
including a division moved in from
another part of the battle fine,
were believed massed near Taegu
intent on a new effort to capture
that base. , -
But artnierr and nlanes oinned
them down so effectively that a
UJS. 1st cavalry division spokes
man said the Reds made no move
last night
RancHers in Area
Of OU Drilling wm
Settle for Water
PRINEVTLLE, Sept 11
Engineers who drilled for oil in
Jefferson county and hit water
were arousing the interest of
central Oregon dry farmers to
day.
The drilling was on the big
Haycreek ranch, about 12 miles
east of Madras. Observers said a
gusher of water came in at the
400-foot level. Operators of dry
farms in that area were interest
ed in getting the water for irriga
tion.
The water was sealed off. how.
ever, and drilling for oil resumed.
The drilling is being conducted by
I. J. Love, who said he was from
Louisiana. He has the site under
lease from the Haycreek ranch.
Coast League .
Mo games scheduled.
i
American League
At Washington 1-J. New York -.
Only games scheduled. .
National League
At New York-Brooklyn, rain.
Only ( achdulA .
BASEBALL
Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oreaon,
Enrollment Exceeds
.ds Water
of activities for Salem area schools.
Agar w '
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Salem parochial schools are beginning their new school season along
'with public schools..-Here, daring their lunch hour Monday are
Mary Louise Yanek, Salem route t, left; and Sharon Sequin, Salem
route 4, in the Sacred Heart academy blue skirts and white blouses.
Both are: sophomores at the academy. (Statesman photo).
Pearson Asks Newbry
List Disputed Vouchers
State 'Treasurer Walter' J. Pearson Monday 'asked Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry for the names of persons from whom the state
department has leased the controversial branch motor vehicle depart
ment buildings around the state.
Pearson earlier declared he
covering rent on the buildings.
Newbry replied that Pearson
wouldn't recognize . the warrants
when they passed through his of
fice because they don't show the
item for which they are drawn.
The fuss started when State Sen.
Richard "N euber ger, Portland, ask
ed Attorney General George Neu
ner for an opinion about the val
idity of the leases.
Has No Authority"
Neuner held that the secretary
of state had no authority to es
tablish . the branch offices or to
enter into long-term leases.
Pearson then asked the attorney
general whether he was bound to
honor Newbry's warrants cover-
Ing the rentals. Pearson declares
the attorney general was "evasive"
in his "so-called" opinion "for
which I asked but which did not
answer my question."
"In view of his (Neuner's) eva
sion I can do nothing else than
refuse to honor these warrants,"
Pearson stated in ' his letter to
Newbry Monday. He also request
ed dates and terms of the leases,
and names of parties who will
receive payments for water, light
ing and other services at the
branch stations.
. Neuner, in his opinion to Pear
son, referred to the record of the
legislative ways and means com
mittee which, he said, inquired
i a a - '
into rents.
Approved by Legislature
"After a hearing the item was
broken down so as to include the
rental of space in several cities
for the administration of the state
motor vehicle act" Neuner said.
"This was certified by the com
mittee and, we take it approved
by. the legislature which author
the rentals as submitted as ex
pense in the administration of the
motor vehicle law.
"The -long-term leases referred
to in our original opinion were not
in existence at the time the 1949
legislature made its appropriation
for state agencies.
, "Without more specific informa
Tuesday. September 12, 1950
Service
f 7
iod. Instructor at right is Mrs. Alice
a regular part of Salem scfceol play
few minutes, but long enough te be
exercise during the recesses. (Statesman photo). I
would refuse to honor warrants
tion or statement of fact upon
which to predicate an opinion,"
Neuner said, "we have tried to
point out to you the general provi
sion of the law applicable to the'ex-
penditure of funds for the fiscal
years 1949-51." . ' , .
Marriage License
Business Still Good
The marriage boom in Marion
county is still trying to set a new
all-time record, it appeared Mon
day. Seven new license appnca
tions brought the September total
to 91 in 11 days. .
At that rate, the month could
approach or pass the all-time re
cord of 142 set in August 1046.
It was almost broken last month
by a total of 138.
Fishing Ships Nearly Dragged
.- , wm a - W T
Under Water bv.Un
PORTLAND, Me, Sept ll-(ff-Crewmen
of two Portland fishing
draggers, today told a strange story
of beins? towed helplessly at sea
by an unseen underwater object
off Brier. Island, N. S.
. The sailors said they thought
the object might have been a
Russian submarine but added that
their conclusions were based only
on their understanding that no
American subs were in the area
and that Canada has none.
The 110-foot Cherokee and the
86-foot Evzone docked here to
replace $3,000 worth of big nets
and other gear lost In their separ
ate adventures 180 miles east of
Portland last Wednesday night ,
' "It was a nightmare and we all
were scared to death," said Ar
thur W. Jordan. Cherokee skipper.
PRICE
to Outside Area:
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Robinson. Such exercises are new
periods in moat schools, lasting a
sore that all children get a little
U.STro
ops
s
in
Europe 'Battle
HEIDELBERG, Germany, Sept
- (JPi -American ; troops partici
pating in war games retreated
westward tonight before the mock
attack of overwhelming "aggres
sor" forces invading western Ger
many from the east -
American forces took a heavy
pounding from the attacker's big
air fleet and tank-led ground
forces at the start of the extensive,
week-long training maneuver in
volving nearly 100,000 men in air,
ground, and naval forces. .
Small British and French con
tingents are taking part in the
American exercises in this, vital
western outpost adjacent to the
iron curtain. Military observers
from all Atlantic pact nations, in
cluding Gen. Mark. W. dark, com
mander of U. S. field forces, are
watching what army authorities
regard as a stern test of American
combat readiness, j -
. -A U. S. cavalry regiment repre
senting the enemy was forcing the
defenders back to their main de
fense line in western Germany.
The roads were filled with retreat
ing American trucks and armor
harried by infiltrating enemy ar
mor and the mock strafing of
"aggressor" aircraft . .
Officials said the war games
were planned last winter, long be
fore eruption of the Korean war,
and are "routine."
- On September 24, the British
will stage other large scale ma
neuvers in Germany, and Amer
ican, Belgian, and Danish forces
will take part ' , .
f. : . 1
rospects
Said Favor
WASHINGTON, Sept H:-0r
The nation's crops overcame ef
fects of some unfavorable weather
during August to maintain pro
duction prospects well in line
with the average of World War II.
In a progress report the agri
culture department said today the
harvest volume should be higher
than in five of the last eight
years and In any year. prior to
1946. It forecast the volume . at
125 per cent of the 1923-32 ave
rage. . ' " :- r . .. ---1
seen
and unofficial spokesman for the
15 men aboard the two ships.
Jordan said he and his brother
Thomas, skipper of the Evzone, are
convinced their nets and heavy
cables hooked onto a submarine.
They said the coast guard told
them no American subs were In
that area last Wednesday. -3
Both vessels had their stems
dragged beneath the water by a
terrific haul lust 1 before their
cables snapped and they were
freed. The Evzone was towed an
hour and a half and the Cherokee
about 25 minutes. .
The two skippers said they are
convinced that the object that
tugged them was not a whale and
added that shiny i wear on the
cables where they; parted is evi
dence they: were wearing, on a
metal surface. i
Withdraw
Lropr
5c
Now 170
7,478 on
Roll Book
First Day
Salem's schools were off -tn '
bulging start Monday .as 7,471
pupils - registered " in the public '
schools and 796 in private and
parochial institutions.; r : :
The totals were above the esti-
mated 7,242 public and 778 rri-
vate recorded on opening day te'
Although public i school enroll.
ment was nearly at the level pre-'
dieted, not all of it was in the
buildings expected. This includ
ed an unusually large first grade
oi i in west saiem and a sur
prisingly small first grade of 8 a
Hayesville. - " . i .
Total in the first erade was
about as expected said Supt Frank
a. isennetti The increase in West
Salem was credited to immigra
tion. - . - : a
Bennett said . there are sera
crowded spots, which may be
ironed out by some shifting . et
teachers and boundary lines. How
ever, today's arrangements will be
unchanged. ,
Bennett added that enrollment
so far does not indicate a need
for r additional teachers. . T w
rooms constructed this summer re
main -available for expansion ei
Washington and Swegle elemen
tary schools.
Comparisons Impossible
. Exact opening-day comparisons,
were impossible since three'
schools did not open with thai
others in 1949. - Bennett made es-'
timates, however, -to reach 'totals
for the first day a year ago.
Grade totals were first 817, see
and 781,;. third 700, fourth C38,
fifth 611 and sixth '592, for an
elementary total of 4,139, up by
241 pupils. The junior high schools
had 659 at Leslie, 96S at Parrish
and 130 at West Salem, a total oi
1,734, down one. The senior hisa
enrolled 1,585, six fewer than m
year ago. Because of harvest
work, many more junior and sen
ior high students axe expected
within a few days. ?
Among private schools. Sacred
Heart academy was at capacity
of 233 students and had" to refuse
admission to some. This was two
more than a year ago and includ
ed 44 seniors, 65 juniors, 62 soph
omores and 65 freshmen.
Begins Second Week '.
St Joseph's grade school grew
25 to 335;. St Vincent de Paul
grade school added 12 to reach
301; Livingstone Adventist school,
beginning its second week, had 57.
compared with 66 last year.
- Salem academy had 171, about
the same as a year ago, and ex
pected 50 to 75 late registrants.
All but 25 of the students there
are in the high school bracket
. The Salem Christian grade
school, beginning at Bethany
Evangelical and Reformed church,
will not start classes until next
Monday. : .
- The opening day comparison fo
public schools Is as follows:
'V - : 1950
199
88
k627
457
; 151
211
92
364
143
213
306
121
280
189 '
I40
43
77 ;
era
!S58
116 '
1591
Auburn
Bush
. 81
. 553
.490
.151 :
. 188
. i 93
. 351
. 153
. 250
. 332
. 114
.278
.254
. 143
. 308"
.115
.IT
. 659
. 665
Englewood
Garfield -Grant
Hayesville
Highland ' ,
Liberty .r,
Lincoln
McKinley
Pringle
Richmond
Salem Heights ,
Swegle ,
Washington
W, Salem Grade .
Middle Grove
Leslie
Parrish
W. Salem Jr. High 130
Salem High 1585
Estimated.
- Word that Staff Sgt Clarence LL
Cherry, 25, of Salem is missing IA
Korean action has been receiveq
by 'relatives here. .
: Cherry was a member of a B-&)
crew in the air force A Salem
high school .graduate and worii
War II veteran, he re-enlisted ia
July, -1949, .and went overseas
about two months ago,
( His wife and two-year-old son,'
Gregory live at 548 Highland ave.
His -- parents :' are Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Cherry, Salem route i, T-4
government : telegram was re
ceived Sunday.'- - ' - J
SPANISH COUNT DECS '
MADRID, Spain, Sept" tTJ
The Count of Romanones, SpanLj
political : leader wbo was tore
times premier tder the I moo
archy, filed af hit tladrid Lcmf
tonight . ' . ;.
Estimate
SgLXlerry
Missing in War