Pacific
Coast
Storm
Malts
SP
Trains
Deadis;;el
Nearly an Inch of rata was
blown across the Salem" area Sat
urday by winds which reached
W miles per Imv. It was the
city's share f a storm that was
blamed for fear deaths and much
damage ales the Oregon coast.
Storm sewers filled and over
flowed In Salem. Water was
curb level in many places. The
. MeNary field recorded a total of
Jl inches of rain Satoxday. More
was expected today. Southern
Pacifle train service from Salem
to California was cat because of
the storm.
Winds of 19 miles an hour
pounded the coast and trusts were
reported up to 112 miles an hour.
Rain slickened coastal high
ways led to three deaths. Anoth
er man was believed drowned by
a high wave on the Coast.
Lerey Johnson, 43, of North
Bend, was killed at North Bend
Saturday when he was struck by
a car as he walked along; a high
way. Police said the driver of
the, car, Robert Murray, Coos
Bay told them he did not see the
man until Just before he was
struck. It was raining heavily
at the time. Nelson Durbin,
about 23, Saturday was swept out
to sea by a high wave and be
lieved drowned.
37 Perish in Explosion
Of Airliner at Bermuda
By BERNARD BROWN
HAMILTON, Bermuda (JP) A trans-Atlantic Cuban air liner ex
ploded soon after it took off for Havana before dawn Saturday and
Carried all but four of the 41 persons aboard to death in shark-studded
waters capped by burning gasoline.
Men, women and children Spaniards, Cubans and Mexicans
were among the 37 who perished in the spectacular death dive five
LftP
TOQUE
UNITED NATIONS, New York,
Dec. 3 Living' as we have In a
hotel has given Mehitabel a long
ger vacation , from cooking than
the had when she broke her arm.
As the "ultimate consumer, I
ihall be glad when we get back
to home cooking. Not that you can
not find good food in New York
City. You can at a price.
Eating places here, as is true
most everywhere, vary in quality
and price and service. Catering to
the mass trade for breakfast and
lunches are the luncheonettes,
Horn and Hadart automats, Childs
and Thompson chains; and up-the-scale
Schraf ts and- Stouff ers. Then
there are innumerable restaurants,
large and small, some old and fa
mous, others new and smart; and
hotels with dining rooms and cof
fee shops.
We have tried a great many of
them from the quickie lunch coun
ters to the more sedate hotel din
ing rooms where the food is ex
cellent, the service slow, the at
mosphere genteel. You try out the j
itool and counter spots usually ior
breakfast after all, a cook can't
ipoil a good egg very easily when
be poaches It, or burn the toast
n an automatic toaster. But you
learn . to sort them out grading
Ihem as well by the appearance
if the waitresses as of the dishes
ind cutlery. If a waitress shows
Bp with the same coffee stains on
ker uniform two days in a row it's
' ame for you to go. You feel a lot
lafer when a waitress has a fresh
iniform on and has taken time to
Kmb her hair. The popular break
fast at these places is an English
uuffin and coffee, but maybe it is
ily a pickup after a long com
mit. -
In hotels and better grade res
aurants, male waiters are
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Statesman Correspondents Given Awards at Christmas Party
V
Yv
ynnaors mt sh swards for best vmHey news coverage Curing thefmoas, Sr Central Howell: Mrs. A. B. Vil leaner North Ilowell; Mrs.
past year are pictured at The Statesman's annual Christmas party I S. T. Moore, Detrelt-Idaaha; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Good, Dallas,
- far valley correspondents Saturday. From left ax Mrs. C L, Sim-1 and G. H. Bamage, Woodhum. (Story en page 17.)
4 0BOIn)
uge to Salem
A skidding automobile killed a
pedestrian, Ralph Willis Peter
son, 38, Hanser, Ore., on U.S. 101
near lis user Friday night. A
collision between a logcing truck
and an automobile near Otis,
Ore., killed Louis W. Stange,
Kernville, a passenger In the
automobile, Friday night
Whole gale warnings flew
alonr the Oregon and Washington
coasts. The Coast Guard reported
gusts in the Friday night, storm
reached 112 miles an hour at
Cape Blanco on the southern
Oregon coast.
Near Coos Bay the wind blew a
tree across U.S. 101, knocking
out Central Lincoln PUD power
service in that area for a while.
Heavy snowfall was reported
all along the Cascade Range.
The McKenrie Pass highway
was closed, probably for the win
ter, at 5 a.m. Saturday, because
of snow which has reached a
depth of five feet at the summit,
state highway department offi
cials reported.
Highway 66 between Ashland
and Klamath Falls and Highway
99 over the Siskiyous were
closed to traffic late Saturday
because of drifting snow.
Several ships were unable to
enter the Columbia River at As
toria because of heavy seas.
I miles off this British colonial va-
cation resort.
U. S. Air Force and Coast Guard
crash boats picked the four survi
vors from a choppy- sea littered
by debris a pair of baby shoes,
a briefcase, rubber fittings from
the plane's seats.
One who lived through it was
the Cuban steward, Orlando
Lopez Suarez, 40. Thrown out as
the plane bounced on hitting the
water, Suarez found a rubber
dinghy with its bottom ripped.
Swimming, he shared this dubious
support with a Cuban girl, Alicia
Ebank, -until they were rescued
by the Coast; Guard an hour later.
The other survivors were Gloria
Sotomayor, a Cuban, and Adejaida
Arenai, a Mexican.
All were hospitalized at the U.
S. Air Force base at Klndley.
The plane, a DC4 called "Star
of the East," was operated by
the Cubans Airlines, a subsidiary
of Pan American. It carried a
Cuban crew of eight and 33 pas
sengers. Westbound I from Madrid, the
plane arrived at Kindley Field
from Santa Maria, Azores, at 3:30
a. m. It was due in Havana at
9:30 a. m.
The takeoff from Kindley Field
at about 4:40 a. m. appeared
normal.
The explosion, from an undeter
mined cause, came as the plane
was mosing out from the coastal
shelf. It wheeled to the left and
plunged into 60 feet of water.
A mass of gasoline spread over
the ocean and went up in flames.
Oil seeping up from the wsckage
formed a slick about the debris.
Ten bodies were recovered be
fore rising winds and 10-foot waves
forced the bulk of the search fleet
into port about noon.
Astoria to Turn
Lights Back On
ASTORIA CP Astoria mer
chants changed their minds this
week end about dimming out
downtown stores in the current
power shortage.
They complained ' that other
Northwest cities apparently were
not curtailing downtown lights, as
Astoria had planned.
So they decided to. resume store
hours on Monday night, turning on
strings of Christmas lights on
I
Siskiyou
Sector
Hard Hit
SAN FRANCISCO CR Gale -whipped
snows halted train travel
between California and Oregon
Saturday night, stranded 800 pas
sengers on three trains, blocked
highways and marooned scores of
motorists.
The worst was yet to come, the
Weather Bureau said.
A spokesman for the Southern
Pacific Railroad called the storm
one of the worst ever to hit the
rugged Siskiyou - Mt. Shasta area.
"We're almost helpless." he said.
The SP's crack streamliner, the
Shasta Daylight, with 276 passen
gers aboard, and a special train
carrying 180 members of the Iowa
Farm Bureau were halted at Duns
rauir. Both trains were pulled back
to Redding, on the fringe of the
storm area 50 miles to the south,
for the night. They were north
bound. The southbound section -of the
Daylight, carrying 358 passengers,
was stopped in Klamath Falls, Ore.,
overnight.
Saturday night SP announced
cancellation Sunday of Shasta Day
light departures from Portland and
Oakland.
Railroad officials decided there
was nothing to do but wait out
the brunt of the storm.
"We've got plenty of snowplow
equipment there," the spokesman
said, "but every tine we clear the
tracks the wind whips the snow
up again."
The hew storm was one of a
series which have swept the length
of the state.
In Southern. California, drifted
snow and icy winds slowed efforts
to reach the wreckage of an Air
Force C-47 which crashed near the
summit of 11,485-foot Mt. San Gor
gonio Monday night with 13 persons
aboard.
Three would-be rescuers had to
bo taken off by helicopter without
reaching the scene. One was u heli
copter pilot whose craft crashed.
In Northern California, winds
reaching up to 70 miles an hour
blew down farm buildings and pow
er lines.
Weed, a town in the center of the
storm-struck area, was having trou
ble maintaining even partial power
and water.
The Weather Bureau issued a
whole gale warning and a special
snow warning.
Late Saturday night California's
Siskiyou County on the Oregon
border was completely cut off from
both rail and highway traffic with
seven feet of snow in some towns.
Three towns in Humboldt County
were without electric .power.
(Additional details on Page 10.)
2 More Salem
Pedestrians
Struck by Cars
Two auto-pedestrian accidents
Saturday evening resulted in min
or injuries to two men and brought
the total of such encounters to
five in the past three days.
Injured when struck by an auto
at Court and Cottage Sreets was
W. H. Johnson. 945 N. 16th St.
He was hit by a vehicle driven by
Carl Albert Yungen, 2785 N. Lib
erty St. No citations were Issued
and Johnson was allowed to go
home after being treated for
minor cuts by Salem first, aidmen.
City police reported the second
man, Andrew Huggins, 1965 High
way Ave., walked into the police
station to report he had slipped
on the wet street and cut his nose
on a car which was turning the
corner at High and Court Streets.
He was treated by first aidmen.
An appeal to motorists and pe
destrians alike was made by first
aid officials who asked that cau
tion be exercised on these dark
days when one wrong step, either
afoot or on an accelerator, can
mean a life.
TREE FALLS ON 99-E
Traffic was rerouted in a single
lane for a sort time late Saturday
night near Hubbard when violent
winds uprooted a tree onto High
way 99-E. State police and wit
nesses assisted in removing the
obstacle.
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Eisenhower
Calls Aides to
Cruiser Confab
By DON WHITEHEAD
ABOARD USS HELENA EN
ROUTE TO HAWAII UFi Presi
dent - elect Dwight D. Eisenhower
will meet with five members of
bis new Cabinet and other staff
members aboard this heavy cruis
er Monday for- a series of historic
conferences dealing with the Ko
rean War and Far East policy
The Helena cut through rough
seas Sunday for a rendezvous at
Wake Island Monday with John
Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's choice
for secretary of state, and others
summoned to join in the momen
tous mid - Pacific talks.
JLisennower is returning from a
three - day tour of the Korean
War theater which carried out his
campaign promise to the Ameri
can people to seek there an ap
proach to honorable peace.
McKay to Join
I he president - elect s press
secretary. James Hagerty, an
nounced that the Helena also will
pick up at Wake these other Cabi
net designates :
Gov. Douglas McKay of Oregon
(interior), George M. Humphrey
(treasury). Already aboard the
Helena are Charles E. Wilson (defense)-
and Herbert Brownell (at
torney general).
Also joining the Eisenhower
party at Wake will be Gen. Lucius
Clay, one of the president-elect's
closest friends and advisers; Jo
seph W. Dodge, who often is men
tioned as Eisenhower's choice as
budget director; Emmet J. Hughes
of Tune magazine and C. D. Jack
son, publisher of Fortune, who are
to be on Eisenhower's White House
staff.
In Heavy eSas
The Helena moved eastward at
27 knots in heavy seas after having
picked up Eisenhower at Guam
Saturday. A severe tropical storm
that has been building up between
Wake and Guam appeared to be
moderating.
Weather planes which flew from
the two islands to check the storm
reported it was blowing itself out.
Ship's officers said the Helena
would not change course.
Eisenhower took things easy Sat
urday. His quarter, were equipped
with a living room, dining room
and bedroom all the comforts
of home.
Not Seasick
The pitching of the ship appar
ently did not bother the President
elect. The general is not prone
to seasickness.
The trip into the near - zero
weather of Korea and the strenu
ous visits to frontline units ap
parently had no bad effects on
the general.
Dulles will fly to Wake Island
from the United States, and will
be transferred to the Helena by
helicopter.
Cinerama Due
In Portland
PORTLAND CP Cinerama
"three dimensional" movies will
be shown in Portland next spring,
Mrs. J. J. Parker, owner of a
chain of theaters here, reported
Saturday.
The process uses several pro
jection machines and a number of
sound speakers. The pictures are
shown on a curved screen many
times the size of a normal screen.
The .istallation, which is ex
be mode in the United Artists
Theater next March, Mrs. Parker
said.
44 PAGES
Suit to Clear Status of Acting
As actinr revernor of Oreron Saturday. Paul L. Patterson of Hlllsbero became defendant In friendly
Supreme Court suit contesting his right to succeed to the governorship upon the scheduled resignation
of Gov." Dour. Us McKay to become U.S. secretary of the interior. Patterson was president of the 1951
Oregon Senate and as such first
presidency carries over from the
Frank Marshall
Succumbs to
Short Illness
day evening claimed the life of
Frank P. Marshall, 62, of 3815
State St., following an illness of
the past week.
Marshall, long-time Salem sports
enthusiast and current owner of
Marshall's Inn, was born in Lewis-
town, Mont., Oct. 23, 1890, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Marshall.
The senior ..Marshall, now de
ceased, is remembered in Salem as
past chairman of the Marion
County Democratic Central Coun
cil.
Frank Marshall, a trustee for
the American Legion, was bus
iness agent for the Central Labor
Council from 1928 to 1933. He
participated actively in the labor
movement in Salem. He became
associated with C. B. Bentson and
later operated the Pioneer Club,
356 State St.; from 1941 until buy
ing the present Inn at 3815 State
in 1949. He was for a time presi
dent of the Tavern Owners Asso
ciation. As well as several sports affili
ations in Salem, Marshall was a
member of the Eagles and Elks
Lodges and the American Legion.
He married Hazel Killgore in
Salem in 1920.
Besides the widow in Salem,
he is survived by brothers, Dana
E. Marshall, John Marshall and
Ray Marshall, all of Salem; sis
ters. Mrs. F. R. McCullom, Salem:
Mrs. Leslie J. Smith, Mill Valley,
Calif., and Mrs. Blanche Schwein
ing, San Francisco, Calif.
Announcement of services will
be made later by the Clough-Bar-rick
Company. -
Monkey Wears
Diamond Ring
ST. LOUIS m "Diamond
Jim" Cheetah is the class of St.
Louis monkeys today.
The rmg - tailed household pet
has a diamond ring a five-pomt
stone mounted in solid gold on
his third finger, right, paw.
Mrs. Robert Engert, Cheetah's
mistress, purchased the 47.50
ring for per 2 Vi pound pet as a
good conduct reward. The - ring,
specially made for Cheetah's tiny
finger, and a banana also serve
as the monkey's Christmas pres
ents. Mrs. Engert and Cheetah took
the present in stride, but Robert
Wehmueller, the jeweler who
filled the order, was startled: ,
"Ordinarily we don't get calls
to make diamond rings for mon
keys," said Wehmueller.
CELTLO ISSUE UNSETTLED
PORTLAND UB The corps of
Engineers and two Indian tribes
will continue negotiations Monday
for indemnity payments for the
Cehlo Fishing Grounds.
KUNDBD 1651
Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Or-acjon, Sunday,
4
rV:j
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In line of succession to governorship. Suit Is over whether his senate
recent election to the reoganisatton
Supreme Court W&edie
Gov. JIMCay's Successor
The State Supreme Court Saturday assumed original Jurisdiction
in a quo-warranto proceeding attacking the authority of Senate Pres
ident Paul Patterson, Hillsbdro, to serve as governor during the regu
lar governor's absence from the state, inability to serve, death or re
signation. - - .
Arguments of attorneys were fixed for Tuesday at 10 ajn.
Ike Asks U. S.
To Remember
Pearl Harbor
NEW YORK UB President -elect
Eisenhower said in a mes
sage Saturday night on the eve
of the Pearl Harbor anniversary
that "too many of us slept too
soundly' 11 years ago and that
"never again must America be
weak or unaware."
Eisenhower, enroute home from
war - torn Korea, read the letter
on television in a film sequence
made 1bef ore he undertook his Far
Eastern trip.
His reading of the letter, ad
dressed to Vivian Principe, six
years old, of Bloomfield, N. J.,
opened an 18 - hour WJZ "tele
thon" to raise funds to help de
feat cerebral palsy.
Shrine Due at
Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR OR Ground
breaking ceremonies for a shrine
to honor the Unknown Sailor will
be held at 7:55 a. m. Sunday
the hour Japanese planes attacked
Pearl Harbor 11 years ago.
The Disabled American Veterans
(DAV) appropriated $75,000 for
construction of a memorial build
ing. ,
It will be dedicated by Floyd E.
Ming, national DAV commander;
Gov. Oren E. Long of Hawaii: and
Rear Adm. William K. Philipps,
chief of staff for Adm. Arthur W.
Radford, commander of the Pa
cific Fleet,
More than 2,000 Navy men lost
their lives in the Pearl Harbor
attack Dec. 7, 194L. .
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Min.
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34
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Chicago
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40
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FORECAST I from U. S. Weather Bu
reau. MeNary Field, Salem): Frequent
rain squatt today and tonight. High
near 45. low near 35. Temperature at
midnight was 46 desrees.
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December 7. 1952
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Gov. Patterson
of the Senate next month.:
Importance - of the proceeding
was stressed by attorneys in view
of the pending resignation of Gov.
Douglas McKay who - has been
appointed secretary of the inte
rior. Patterson is now serving as
governor during the absence, of
McKay.
The court's decision to assume
original jurisdiction followed
within a few minutes the filing
of the quo-warranto proceeding
by Marion County District At-
torney E. O.' Stadter Jr.
Attorneys Robert Maguire and
Wilber Henderson, both of Port
land, and Lawrence T. Harris,
Eugene, appear on behalf of Pat
terson. Patterson remained in the gov
ernor office during the time re-
3uired for court appearance" by
le attorneys Involved in the pro
ceeding. Stadter's complaint charged that
the legislature of which Patterson
was a member ceased to exist
upon its adjournment May 3, 1931.
At that time, Stadter said, Patter
son also ceased to be president of
the Senate.
Patterson's attorneys, In their
answer, emphasized several points
tending to refute the contention
of the complaint. It was argued
that the constitutional amendment
adopted by the voters on Nov. 4,
1952, and certified by the gov
ernor, specifically extended the
terms of all members of the leg
islature until the first Monday in
January, 1953.
Under this constitutional
amendment, according to Patter
son's attorneys, the latter's term
as president of the senate does
not expire until the fifth of Jan
uary next year, and therefore xhe
is still president of . the senate
and the only officer eligible to
assume the governorship' in the
absence of Governor McKay. .
Attorney Lamar Tooze, Port
land, appeared before the court
and asked permission to' appear
for Secretary of State Earl New
brys in support of Patterson'
rightful succession to the gover
norship. The request was granted.
: Patterson's attorneys urged the
court to dismiss the complaint
filed by Stadter and that judg
ment be given in favor of the
defendant- in the proceeding.,
Newbry, under the constitution,
is third in. the - line of succession
to governor.
Maguire told the court the pro
ceeding has been suggested as a
public duty. He said without a
decision of the- court on Patter
son's eligibility , to serve as gov
ernor a lot of complex legal ques
tions might arise. " ,
mm
PRICE 10c
No, 2Z7
Mrs;McKay
rip Ends
The
mystery .of the where-'
of Gov. Douglas McKay:
abouts
was solved late1 Saturday with,
an Associated Press report that
he was to join President-elect
Dwight-D. Eisenhower at Wake
Island Monday.
The governor will join four
other members of the new presi
dential cabinet at this Pacific -
meeting. Also scheduled to be
aboard the U.S.S. Helena with
Eisenhower are John Foster '
Dulles, 'Ike's choice for secretary
of state; George M. Humphrey, .
treasury, and already aboard the
ship are Charles E. Wilson, de
fense, and Herbert Brownell, at-
torney general. '
Cancelled' Reservation
The mystery beean late Friday
when Gov. McKay cancelled train
reservations that were to take him
and Mrs. McKay , to ' the gover
nor's conference in Phoenix, Arix,
where he was . to preside. There .
then ensued a harried check of
airports and railroad depots only
to learn of the shroud of secrecy
surrounding the governor's desti
nation. State police were advised
nothing ; was to be said of his de
parture1 and they merely took the
governor to Salem airoort where
(It was learned baturday) he
Glad Secrecy
boarded a military aircraft bound '
ior a secret destination.
Glad Secrecy Over
At her home Saturday,- Mrs.
McKay confessed she was glad the
secrecy was finished about . his -trip.
"I've been barraged with .
cam iruut ntrjuin wiiuunmi
where Douglas was off . to," she
said, "but we were bound to the.
utmost , secrecy and it was for his
safety as well as the safety of the -entire
mission that nothing be
said. Mr. McKay explained she ,
hated to miss the governor's con
ference "because it was to be our
last and there were many people
we had hoped to see once again.1
"Having been with the Army
Deiore, , l anow wnti ii line va
put your own likes and dislikes
behind you," Mrs. McKay con
soled. I know that when the
Army says 'go' you don't question
the order you just go."
She said she is looking forward
to Gov. McKay's return aboard
the cruiser Helena, but' didn't
know when he would arrive home.
Salem Youth
Gets Memento -
From Ike Aide
i
A 14-vear-old Salem youth.
James Chesley of 2083 Maple Dr.,
can add to his momentos letter
from an adviser of President
elect Dwight Eisenhower.
The youth, an eighth grader at
St. Vincent's, wrote Elsenhower
several days after the general was
elected president.
This week James received a let
ter from the general's New York
office which was signed by Ar
thur H. Vanderberg, executive as
sistant to Eisenhower and son ox
the late Sen. Arthur Vandenberg
of Michigan.
The letter to James read:
Dear James: General Eisenhow
er has asked me to thank you for
your nice letter. On of my great
est hopes Is that we shall succeed
In making the world a better place
for ydung people everywhere. W
are glad to know that you are
interested in the future of our
country ; -'
5 SHS Speakers
at Pacific U. -
The seventh annual high school
speech .' tournament at Pacific
University, Forest Grove, con
cluded with five representatives '
of the Salem High School speech .
squad winning honors.
Placing second in men's Inter
pretation was Ronald Anderson
with Roger Moorhead winning a .
third place and George Matter
and Lucian Baker tieing for fourth
position. '
Winning third spot honors In
women's oratory was Katherin
Ruberg.:
The team competed with 4C0
students representing 27 schools. -
Salem TV Station?
t
A Robert Smithy The States
man's .Washington correspond
ent, has written a detailed ex
planation of the two Salem
firms which have applied for
the same TV channel their
prospective coverage, time a
the air, programming, incorpo
rators, etc His comprehensive
description will appear in Tim
Oregon Statesman tomorrow.
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