Red Cross Check
Of POWs Offered
Gen. Ridgway
PANMTJNJON. Kerea, Friday. Dee, 21-PV-Tbe U. N.
todsr agreed te withdraw
f Nertk Kerea in event ef an armistice.
- - iim allied concession was made at a meeting af staff officers
wba were banded the task ef seeking a break In the 25-day dead
lack an haw fa peUee aa armistice.
MUNSAN. Korea, Friday, Dec 21-VPhGen. Matthew B. Ridgway
today appealed to the top communist commanders in Korea to open
the gates of red prisoner ox war camps 10 ine iniernauonau nea wross.
Xba reds disclosed Tuesday
tpcd crocs
U. S. Newt and World Report in
its current issue summarizes the
results of its sleuthing on the
Eisenhower candidacy for presi
dent. The net result of its probing
is that the general has made it
clear to the democrats who came
offering him the presidency on a
planter (or at least the democratic
nomination) that he wasn't a dem
ocrat and could not accept their
tenders. Also that Eisenhower will
let his name go on the primary
ballot in New Hampshire and will
declare himself a republican, and
that he has assured his backers
that he will not let them down if
a nomination is offered him. The
magazine did some detective work
on the Arthur Krock story that
the president and Ike had talked
the matter over at their White
house luncheon and that Ike then
and there rejected the preferred
democratic crown. It identifies
Krock's source as Justice Douglas;
but arrives at its conclusion that
Douglas was mistaken, that it was
other democratic bigwigs, not the
president, who conversed on the
subject with Ike.
All this adds up to the conclu
sion which has been pretty much
public. In fact Ike now can hardly
repudiate his sponsors who go
about the country breathing every
assurance that the general will be
a candidate for the GOP nomina
tion. If he should withdraw his
name from the New Hampshire
primary his candidacy would col
lapse like a punctured balloon.
The real question though is.
what kind of a candidate will he
be? The nomination isn't going to
hunt him up. Nor will it come if
Ike admits
(Continued on Editorial Page, 4.)
Pork -Siipply
DroD Forecast
Jl
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -JP)-The
government today forecast a
9 per cent reduction in next
spring's pig crop, virtually dashing
previous hopes of a larger supply
of meats in butcher shops next
year.
It also may mean noticeably
higher meat prices, on the average.
A larger quantity of beef is ex
pected, but it will be offset by a
reduction in pork if farmers carry
out present hog production plans.
This year's meat supply has been
estimated at an average of about
141 pounds for each person. Of
ficials had hoped for an average
of around 145 pounds next year.
Responsibility for the prospec
tive reduction in pig production
rests largely with a dwindling sup
ply of corn and other livestock
feeds. Prices of corn have advanc
ed to the point where many farm
ers see little money in feeding it
to hogs.
Greece Wins
Council Spot
PARIS, Dec. 2(MJP-The Unit
ed Nations handed two defeats to
the Soviet bloc today. Greece de
feated white Russia for a seat in
the U. N. security council. And
over bitter Russian protests the
general assembly named a five
nation commission to investigate
tha possibility of free all-German
elections.
Victory for Greece came in a
record-breaking 19th ballot in the
assembly.
Tha final vote was 39 for Gree
ce to 18 for white Russia. Four
countries abstained and South Af
rica was absent.
Animal Crackora
By WARREN COOOR1CH
"1 Htrnk keep
acao ol today He's aot
perafure.
Era5
Makes Request
frem all Islands a TMULjeeasta
tney ooia u,oov aiuea prisoners in
cluding 3.198 Americans.
The supreme allied commander
In a broadcast message said he bad
no other considerations in mind
than the welfare of these men and
the distress of their families.'
"I earnestly request," he added,
"that you; secure immediate au
thorization for entrance of the
duly accredited representatives of
the international committee of the
Red Cross who are now standing
by, ready; to provide you with
their assistance.
Urged Reconsideration
Ridgway noted that the commu
nists had rejected previous re
quests. He urged them to recon
sider so that Red Cross represent
atives could bring "physical ana
moral assistance" to allied pris
oners.
The message was addressed tg
North Korean Premier Kim fl
Sung and the Chinese commander
in Korea, Gen. Peng Teh-Hual.
Even before the appeal went
out, the allies had completed plans
for the air evacuation to Japan
after an armistice of the 4,417
listed U. N. prisoners other than
South Koreans.
Allied staff officers today work
ed doggedly for a break in the
snarled Korean truce talks which
would pave the way for an arm
istice. Analyse POW Lists
The exchange of prisoners and
details of delivery to their own
lines remain to be worked out in
the truce talks. The allied sub
committee on prisoners still was
analyzing the communist list. It
planned no more meetings with
the reds until this job was done.
Meanwhile, allied staff offices
were given the green light to go
ahead again this afternoon in their
talks seeking a solution of truce
supervision issues.
The subcommittee handling this
promblem turned it over to lower
rank officials and cancelled a
scheduled meeting this afternoon
to give the staff officers more
time on the matter.
Request Postponement
The staff officers themselves re
quested the postponement of the
subcommittee meeting.
The truce supervision issue is
snarled over methods of policing
an armistice and limitations on
military buildup.
The communists dropped a hint
Thursday they "might consider"
swapping concessions to the U. N.
on rotation and re-stocking equip
ment in return for an allied with
drawal from three other U. N. de
mands. An official release from the U.
N. advance headquarters said the
reds wanted the allies to accept:
1. Red demands to construct and
repair airfields.
2. Inspections by neutral teams
behind the lines at limited ports of
entry only.
3. Elimination of a proposal for
aerial observation by inspection
teams.
Maj. Gen. Howard M. Turner,
chief allied sub-delegate on truce
supervision, gave a curt "no" to
the red suggestion for a swap.
Superforts
Blast at Reds
SEOUL, Korea, Friday, Dec. 21-(JP)-U.
S. superfortresses blasted a
communist airfield deep in North
Korea and dropped deadly air
bursting bombs along the front
lines Thursday night without op
position from communist fighters.
The Far East air forces announ
ced six Br 29s dropped 60 tons of
high explosives on the communist
airifield at Sinanju and met only
meager anti-aircraft fire.
Six other superforts from Ok
inawa attacked red troop concen
trations and ground installations
along the front.
The bomber raid followed a
slashing daylight raid by F-80
Shooting Stars which knocked out
a complex of nine locomotive re
pair shops east of Pyongyang, the
North Korean capital.
U. S. Sabre jet fighters swept
north again but failed to sight a
single red plane over MIG alley
of northwest Korea.
On the ground, a trapped allied
raiding party fought its way back
to safety before dawn yesterday
with the help of U. N. artillery and
mortar fire.
Cops on Trail
Cooled at End
BILLINGS, Mont., Dec. 2HP
Detective George Cunningham and
a colleague braved sub-zero winds
and snow today to investigate a
report of robbery.
They found tracks in the snow
but here it is, right from Cunning
ham's' report:
"We took this track and fol
lowed it all around the Graham
Lumber company. The Scoop, The
Angle Inn, the Centray Grocery
and the Hoy Service court, hav
ing considerable trouble keeping
on the trail where it crossed streets
and went up alleys.
"The tracks led to several back
doors of residences as if the bur
glar were casing the places. The
tracks finally led west up an
alley, and we caught up with the
man in the alley between Sixth
Street West and Seventh Street
West. We were in a low degree of
being frozen.
"It was tha water meter man."
101st YEAR
2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES
Saint Nick
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"Wen hi there. 111 antel." says Saint Nick at his JoLUest best Thursday
dnrina a Parrish Junior hirh school Christmas party, sponsored by
the Girls' league. Behind the whiskers Is teacher Robert Voigt and
under the halo is pupil Diane Emigh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Emigh, 1220 Chemeketa si.
POW Lists Complete; No Oregon
Servicemen Among Final Group
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-UrVThe pentagon virtually wound up
tonight its massive task of telling American families who was on the
Communist list of prisoners of war in Korea.
To thousands the news was the best Christmas present ever. "To
Draft Boards
To Re-Examine
300,000 Men
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 - (JP)
Local draft boards will begin next
month to re-examine an estimated
300,000 men who previously failed
to meet mental standards for mili
tary service.
Announcing this today, Director
Lewis B. Hershey of selective
service, said approximately 25,000
will be called up for re-examination
each month at the armed
forces examining centers. They
will be sandwiched in between
examinations of men sent there
with a 1-A rating by draft boards.
Congress lowered the minimum
mental standards in 1931 amend
ments to the draft law.
Hershey said armed forces doc
tors examined 1,828,000 men be
tween July 1950 and November
1951, and rejected 45 per cent of
them. Of those rejected, he said,
approximately 300,000 were turned
down solely for failure to meet the
minimum mental standards.
There was no estimate of how
many of the 300,000 may be found
available for draft after re-exami-natlon.
Cowboy Boots
Upset Actor
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20-(JP)-A
casualty of an effort to pull on a
pair of cowboy boots, Actor Joseph
Cotten returned home tonight on
a stretcher from an Arizona movie
location.
Cotten fractured a disc in his
spine, it was stated, when he tum
bled backward in a Douglas hotel
room while trying on a pair of
cowboy boots. His doctor said the
injury is painful but not serious.
Traffic Toll Slows as M-Day
Nears; Saturday Seen Mark
By THe Associated Press
The tempo of highway slaugh
ter slowed down a little yesterday
as the nation approached the 1,-
000,000 traffic fatality mark.
It reached 999,814 at 9 p. m.
(PST).
Extra driving caution and wide
spread severe wintry weather that
kept many cars off the highways
apparently were responsible.
The national safety council nas
forecast that the 1,000,000 mark
will be reached around noon Sat
urday in highway race with death
that started Sept. 13, 1899.
On that date H. H. Bliss stepped
from a trolley in New York City
and was killed by a horseless car
riage. He was America's first traf
fic victim.
The traffic toll rose steadily
after that and now has reached
the alarming total of more than
Visits Parrish
V - -
. even more, who waited in vain for
messages from the defense depart
ment, the holiday season was
tainted with gloom.
Only 192 names remained to be
processed by the pentagon, which
had notified the next of kin of
3,006 of the 3,198 servicemen nam
ed in the Communist POW list.
There were "special cases,
mostly questions of confused iden
tity. The Communist list included 3,
198 American POW's, just about
one-third of the Americans offi
cially logged as missing in action
by the defense department. The
original Communist list contained
no home addresses, involved a big
job of checking by U. S. officials
so messages could be sent to the
home folk.
The Pentagon had cautioned that
the names should be received with
skepticism since there was no way
of checking the accuracy of the
Communist lists.
The army said 20 names on the
Communist POW list were those
of American soldiers listed on of
ficial U. S. casualty rolls as "kill
ed in action."
In some cases, the soldier's $10,
000 government insurance had al
ready been paid to the next of kin.
The army said the names of the
20 will not be made public pend
ing the outcome of field investiga
tions by Gen. Matthew B. Ridg
way's headquarters in Tokyo.
Highway Reroute
Program Okehed
PORTLAND, Dec. 20 -iff)- The
state highway commission today
approved a road relocation pro
gram which will result in highway
99 bypassing seven southern Ore
gon communities.
The commission accepted a sur
vey report of Chief Engineer R. H.
Baldock, on which hearings were
held Oct. 7-9 in the towns affect
ed. Towns to be bypassed include
Creswell, Cottage Grove, Drain,
Yoncalla, Oakland, Sutherlin and
Gold HilL
100 each day. The 1951 toll was
36,200 up to Wednesday midnight.
The peak of 39,969 fatalities was
reached in 1941.
The council has promoted M
(for million) Day in the hope that
pinpointing the grisly milestone
will slow the slaughter. Nearly all
accidents, the council maintains,
could be prevented by extra cau
tion. "It is a tragic and ironic cir
cumstance that the millionth death
should occur almost on the eve of
Christmas, said Ned H, Dear
born, council president.
Nobody will know the identity
of the actual 1,000,000 victim.
Traffic fatalities were only esti
mates the first 32 years they were
recorded.
The council also expects a sharp
boost in traffic deaths during the
four day Christmas holiday.
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Tha Oregon State-ram, Satan.
New Building
Proposed for
Agriculture
First formal move toward a new
building for the state department
of agriculture orders for deter
mination of requirements and es
timate of costs- was announced
Thursday by E. L. Peterson, direc
tor.
The state printing office, in the
same building, will not ask for
any more space, according to Har
ry Dorman, director of the fi
nance department.
The action to relieve overcrowd
ing came at the state board of ag
riculture's semi-annual meeting
here Wednesday. When depart
ment officials complete the study.
the board plans to ask the board
of control to include its needs in
the building program.
Printinr Building: Rejected
Dorman told The Statesman that
the printing shop is crowded in
some respects but not enough to
warrant plans for construction or
other expansion. The 1949 legis
lature rejected a proposed print
ing building. The present struc
ture at 148 N. 12th st. was built
about 1930 for the printer, who
uses the first floor. The agriculture
department was established in
1931. and took the upper floor.
Peterson told the agriculture
board that inadequacy of present
space is preventing the full dis
charge of some functions and is
causing loss of work efficiency.
This is particularly true, he said.
in lack of laboratory space, which
bars essential work in feed, fer
tilizer and economic poison analy
sis. Remodeling Underway
Pending results from the long
range Quilding plan, the depart
ment currently is engaged in ex
tensive remodeling of its quarters.
This is aimed at better use of space
to provide some more office rooms
and laboratory. Some offices are
being cut to half their present size,
a large workroom is being divided
into offices for field men, and a
hall is being closed off for labora
tory equipment.
The department also occupies an
old residence at the rear of the
main building.
(Additional details on page 2)
Flying Family
Object of Hunt
PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 20-(ZP)-Three
members of a Walla
Walla, Wash., family, flying home
for Christmas, were sought today
in the snow-covered Blue moun
tains southeast of Pendleton.
The plane of Stanley Lott, head
of the Lott Supply Co., of Walla
Walla, his daughter, Rose, 20, and
son Wallace, 10, disappeared in a
snowstorm over the mountains
yesterday.
Low clouds kept planes from
taking part in the search but
ground crews went into the area
where ranchers reported hearing
a plane overhead shortly before
Lott radioed yesterday that he
was lost and his plane was icing
up.
Lott had flown to Provo, Utah,
to bring his daughter home for
the Christmas holidays. She was
a student at Brigham Young uni
versity. The son went along for
the ride. They were on the return
trip when they disappeared.
Waiting at home were Mrs. Lott
and another daughter of high
school age.
Eugene Robbery
Suspect Arrested
EUGENE, Dec. 20-UP)-Jim Clark.
20, Rohseburg, has been arrested
in the $200 robbery of a Eugene
tavern, Police Chief Ted Brown
said today.
John D. Mothreal, tavern oper
ator, was pistol whipped by a
youth in the robbery last night and
required 30 stitches to close some
10 cuts on his head and face.
TO OPEN CAMPAIGN FOR IKE
NEW YORK, Dec. 20 - ()-Sen.
Duff (R-Pa.) said today on a tele
vision (NBC) program that na
tional headquarters for the repub
lican Eisenhower - for - President
campaign would be opened in
Washington Saturday.
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TIUCtmiSTUAS
Oregon, Friday, December 21,
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Waste of European
Aid Fund Charged
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 Senator Ellender (D-La) charged to-
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dollar European aid program and tht some top American officials
a D road are living llfce princes.
Asked if he plans to air his ac
cusations when congress returns in
January, Ellender told newsmen:
"You're damned right. You're
going to hear the damnedest scan
dals in the spending of all that
money."
He said he will demand that
congress attach strings to further
economic aid to western Europe.
Informed of Ellender's blast,
Mutual Security Director W. Av
erell Harriman, in charge of the
aid program, contended that the
United States is giving European
allies 'relatively small sums, in
terms of mutual security," and he
declared:
"We are not throwing money
away."
Ellender called a news confer
ence on Capitol hill to voice his
charges on returning from a trip
to Europe.
So angry that his voice shook.
the Louisiana senator bitterly ac
cused France of milking the aid-to-Europe
program.
Ellender said he found John J.
McCloy, U. S. high commissioner
in western Germany, and members
of his staff living "like princes" at
the expense of U. S. taxpayers.
Among other things, he said a
hotel near Bonn, Germany, had
been converted into "luxury"
quarters for McCloy and his staff.
"McCloy and his whole outfit
are spending money like wild
people," the senator said.
Asked if he had uncovered eviu
dence of graft in the handling of
European aid funds, Ellender re
plied: "Yes."
He said he knew of no grafting
by Americans, but emphasized that
he found "unconcsionable waste."
Mystery Man
Fails Probers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -&)-
House tax investigators met se
cretly today with Henry W
Grunewald, their mystery witness,
but they didn't get a word out of
him. -
"He didn't even say hello," Wil
liam P. Maloney, Grunewald's at
torney, reported as the pair emerg
ed from a 90-minute private ses
sion with a ways and means sub
committee headed by Rep. King
(D-Calif).
The reason given for Grune
wald's silence is that he is in
sisting on an open hearing.
"His name was bandied about in
public hearings and he is entitled
to answer from the forum from
which he was vilified," Maloney
told reporters.
Grunewald, grinning broadly,
appeared willing to talk to the re
porters, but his lawyer wouldn't
let him. "Not a single word,"
Maloney cautioned.
Grunewalds name has been
mentioned indirectly in connection
with the $500,000 shakedown story
told to the committee by Abraham
Teitelbaum, Chicago lawyer.
Should Be Easier Way
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 20-yP)
It took Examiner Tullio Scaram
ucci only one agonizing minute to
determine the woman applicant
could not handle an automobile.
He suggested improvements.
"Oh, I know I can't drive and
I don't intend to," she told him.
"I want the driver's license for
identification."
New Storms Cuff Crippled
Areas; Airlift Plans Talked
By the Associated Press
Nature dumped a new big dose
of weather misery on the storm
buffeted northern two-thirds of
the nation Thursday.
Ice storms crippled transporta
tion in parts of the midwest and
east.
Rural areas of South Dakota,
battered by a week long series of
severe storms, approached a help
less state. Pilots began flying in
emergency coal and livestock sup
plies. Four prospective mothers
were flown to hospitals. Gov. Sig
urd Anderson discussed with aides
the possibility of an airlift for
emergency cases.
A blizzard piled up huge drifts
in the Hereford-Grover area of
northeastern Colorado forcing the
closing of schools. Another bliz
zard buffeted northeastern New
Mexico.
With fresh snow storms raging
in already snow-logged Chicago,
motorists were advised to call on
any planned out-of-town trips and
"sit at home.'
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Guard Charged
With Taking
Drugs to Cons
The second penitentiary guard
in a week was accused Thursday
of smuggling illegal materials to
prisoners when Howard B. Han
sen, 27, of 771 S. 21st st., was ar
rested on a charge of attempting
to introduce drugs into the Oregon
state prison.
A third guard was discharged
by the warden The first guard,
Francis L. McConnell, 26, of 419
S. 19th st., pleaded guilty in cir
cuit court Thursday to a charge
of smuggling two sticks of dyna
mite, a .22 calibre revolver, am
munition and a knife to a prison
er.
Hansen Arraigned
Hansen was arraigned In Mar
ion county district court Thurs
day on the charge of attempting
to introduce wyamine methenter
mine methylphene, a drug similar
to benzedrine, into the prison, on
a complaint signed by Warden
Virgil O Malley. His case was con
tinued by Judge Val D. Sloper to
9:30 a.m. today so that he could
obtain counsel.
He was held in lieu of $500 ball.
Conviction on the charge carries
a maximum sentence of one year
in the county Jail and $500 fine,
Sloper said.
Third Guard Linked
O'Malley said drugs were found
on Hansen as he entered the prison
gates. State police were called in
and Hansen broke down under
interrogation, admitting that he
planned to sell the drugs to pris
oners, O'Malley said.
McConnell. appearing before
Circuit Judge George Duncan, was
allowed continuance until pre
sentence investigation by the state
parole board is completed. He had
previously waived grand jury in
vestigation and Thursday pleaded
guilty to the charge.
Warden O'Malley said guard
Duane A. Spence, 1596 S. Liberty
st., had been discharged for prison
rule violation which came to light
during investigation of the Hansen
case.
Apples Burn
At Wenatchee
WENATCHEE, Wash., Dec. 20-(iP)-An
unexplained fire roared out
of control for six hours in an ap
ple warehouse here this evening,
destroying nearly 100,000 boxes of
fruit and causing damage of near
ly a million dollars.
The blaze started in some emp
ty boxes in the J. M. Wade Fruit
Co., warehouse in downtown Wen
atchee at 3 p. m.
Four hours after the flames were
first noticed, the roof of the 3-
story, 125-foot brick structure cav
ed in, hampering the fire fighters.
Throughout the fire, volunteers
removed boxes of apples from the
rear of the building, managing to
save seven carloads (approximate
ly 5,600 boxes). The apples were
valued at $4 a box.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Tear Sept, 1
This Year Last Year Normal
22.08 28.02 Mil
Mayor Martin Kennelly of Chi
cago told an emergency meeting
of city officials and transportation
executives that more snow could
paralyze the city.
A new batch of polar air rolled
down into New England and the
northern Rockies and northern
great plains.
Traffic was tied into knots when
freezing rain sheathed thorough
fares in the Kansas City area.
Snow and sleet also crippled
transportation in Michigan. Freez
ing rain also made travel hazard
ous in central Illinois and central
Indiana.
The mercury dipped to 25 be
low in Havre, Mont., and -19 at
Sheridan, Wyo. Albany, N. Y-,
also shivered in -19 weather
coldest since -20 recorded March
4, 1950. Daytime temperatures
were near zero in northwestern
New Mexico.
Storm deaths reported since De
cember opened its barrage of
weather fury a week ago have
reached at least 242.
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with occasional light rains today
tontffct. High today near 43. low t
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103 Rescued
After Early
Morning Fire
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ASTORIA, Ore, Dec. 20-(AV
Flames swept i the Danish ship
Erria at the mouth of the Colum
bia river today, and 11 perse'
were feared dead.
The fire broke ;out in ear!?
morning darkness ias the ship
rested at anchor, waiting clean
weather before crossing the bas
in to the Pacific ocean. . "
The flames spread rapidly, tad
only the nearness of a coast guard
station prevented the death tell
from mounting high. The coast
guardsmen were less than a mil
away, and they, directed the reset
of 103 of the 114 aboard.
The other 11 three crewmen
and eight passengers were fear-,
ed drowned or trapped aboard tbe
400-ioot vessel.
Boy Tells of Trap
The fear increased after one mA
the survivors, an lly ear-old boy
told authorities a number of per
sons were trapped in the ships
lounge. i
John Ray. son of Mr. and Ur.
Huso Rav of Va
said flames blocked the doors, and!
me aauits were too big 'to escape
through the lounge port holes.
They shoved him through a nart
hole, and eventually; he made hie
way to safety. Before he left he
saw flames burst out in the hair
of two men, the boy said.
The coast guard held hope for
hours that the 1 11 were aboard m
lifeboat, but later Lt. Commander
Victor Johnson of the coast guard
said all lifeboats were accounted
for.
Air Search Halted
He ordered air search halted af
ter six planes had flown the area
without sighting any other sur
vivors. The planes had gone aloft
when it was reported a fifth life
boat was missins' Later Jnhnu-
said he learned there were only
four lifeboats. '4 i .
A few coastguardsmeil "climbed;
onto the fan tail of the burning
ship after the rescue, and reported
no signs of life aboard the flam
ing ship. The men were unable to
move forward ; into! the burning
area. id;
The 23 passengers1 and 80 crew
members accounted for; were un
der Red Cross care; at the John
Jacob Astor hotel here. Most of
them left all their belongings be
hind when the order to abandon
ship quickly followed the firs
alarm.
Missing- Identified :
The missing were ildentif led by
the East Asiatic lines,, ship's oper
ator, as
Mr. and Mrs. Hoist Andersen
and Mrs. A. Sorensen. Cownha-
gen; Dorothy Myers, 6. F. Scott
and Mrs. C. M. Taylor, all of Van
couver, B.C.; Mrs. A. M. Brun
lees and daughter, : Elizabeth, of
Whitehorse, Y.U. Miss Myers and
Scott were en route to St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands. Mrs. Brunlee atut.
daughter were bound ! for New
York. a
The three crewmen -missinsr
were identified n A Tva-co.
T. Anderson and La A. Haase, all
of Copenhagen. 'j
Only two of the survivors had
known injuries. A. T. Lowery, 6,
pilot who took the Erria down.
river from Portland, hurt his back
sliding down a hoisting cable.
Boy Among Injured
John Ray. 11, Vancouver. B. C
suffered a burned heel and shock.
Lowery said he helped young Ray
over ine side into a rescue boat.
The Erria, skippered by Cant.
M. Agge, was bound for liver-
pool via. New Yorkfwlth a cargo
of wheat, apples and lumber.
The firs broke out at 2:40 a.m.
Crewmen said it started from
sparks from a shorted electric
cable. Within minutes flames were
shooting from a hold, , -
In mid-afternoon two navy tu
hauled the still-burning ship with
in a 100 yards of the Oregon
shore. The ship, also carrying 250
tons of iron from Seattle for
England, apparently was hard
aground, and the danger of Jt
capsizing was lessened.;
Sea Warmer
' ' if !
Near Japan
TOKYO. Dee. 20-6n-The ocean
off northwestern Japan is getting
warmer and the effects may be
far reaching. . :i g -
Kyodo News Agency said today
a mass of cold arctic water is gra
dually pushing warm currents
nearer the coast. i f
Reason for the change is n
known, but the temperature mi
coastal waters Is about 60 degrees;
some four degrees warmer than
ast year. " ! 'i ' I
Kyodo said weather experts fear
this may mean little snow along
the Japanese coast.. Fishing has
been hurt in some areas, but in
others southern fish from warmer
waters are being; taken, the newsr
agency said, f . i
7eaUier
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