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Weather Max. . M - - 54 - 41 - 40 Mia. Preeip. M .tl 39 JB1 41 .09 44 .43 30 trace Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago New York J02,, Y!Jf! Geare to the Growth of 0rtf Willamette River -1,0 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. Weather Bu reau. McNary Field. Salem) :Cloudy with rata unttl this afternoon becoming- showery by evening. High today, to 50, tow Umifht 40 to 42. Tem perature at 12:01 ajn. was 41 degree. POUNDCD 1651 102sd YEAR 3 SECTIONS 33 PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday. December 21, 1952 PRICE 10c No- 231 PD n MOBD(ijGGD (T TO) Ttl 1)1 inJDS 41 sura ddd Ike Drafting Major Speeches, to Talk With Key Officials By MARVIN ARROWSMITH NEW YORK (JP) President-elect Eisenhower will meet Monday with four key officials Of the new administration and representatives of an organization cheated to alert America to the threat of Com munism. Eisenhower headquarters Saturday announced plans for the con ference as aides reported that the i Hubbard Youth Killed as Car, Train Collide Statesman News Service HUBBARD Dwight Marcus Connelly, 16, Hubbard Route 1, was killed when the northbound Shasta Daylight struck the car he was driving at a Canby grade crossing lhortly before midnight Friday. The train hit the rear of the car, dragged it 76 feet and de molished it. The boy's body was thrown 112 feet. Connelly, a junior and honor student at Canby High School, had Just dropped three other boys at their homes in Canby and was en route to his own home in the Haw thorne district. They had been attending the Willamette Valley 1 League basketball jamboree at Molalla High School. The victim was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Connelly who live east of Hubbard. He had Jived in this area for five years. State police said Connelly ap parently failed to heed the wig wag signal which was in opera tion. (Additional details on page 2) Panty-Maker Convicted on Piracy Charge By JOHN RODERICK TANGIER, International Zone, Morocco Iff) A U. S. consular court sentenced a nylon panty manufacturer from Jersey City Saturday to three years imprison ment in a high seas piracy case the hijacking of $100,000 worth of American cigarettes from a Dutch vessel. Sidney H. (Nylon Sid) Paley, 32, who said he hates the sight of the sea and is frightened by guns of any sort, was convicted sf helping mastermind the armed attack on the 300 - ton Dutch motorship Com binatic in the Mediterranean off Spain Oct. 4. Consular Judge Milton J. Hel- mick returned the verdict in the case, the Barbary Coast's first re ported piracy since World War II and the irst ever to be handled by an American consular court. Overruling his two civilian as sociates. Judge Helmick found Paley guilty on two counts of aid ing and plotting the piracy with fugitive New York adventurer, Elliott Forrest, 29. Forrest was named as the leader of the attack, staged by six hooded men with machineguns from the chartered motorship Esme. Although Paley took no part in this action, the law holds him equally responsible. Judge Helmick sentenced him to three years on each count-, but ruled the sentences should be served concurrently. Judge Helmick's civilian asso ciates in the court Thomas Greenish of Mackay Radio and Charle: Lichtensteiger, a banker dissented. Although this did not alter the judge's verdict, it auto matically appealed the case to the American minister here. i 'There is some confusion now whether it will be reviewed by the successor to John Carter, Vincent, suspended as minister to Tangier by the State Department, or the next in command in the ministry. Vincent was suspended Dec. 15 after a Loyalty Review Board ruled that "there is reasonable doubt as to his loyalty," The State Depart ment summoned him heme. Under rules governing ; consular courts, the minister has three choices. He may uphold the sen tences, call for new trial or re try the case himself. ! Aumsville Marine Wounded in Korea An Aumsville Marine, PFC Billy J. Webb, was wounded in action in Korea, the U. S. Department of ' Defense announced Saturday. The dispatch listed Webb as brother of Mrs. Bobblo L. Dun ham, Aumsville Routt L, Box 183. general has started drafting two r major messages wmcn will set forth in general outline his do mestic and foreign programs. The first is the speech the President-elect will make inauguration day, Jan. 20. The other is the state of the union message he will give to Con gress shortly after he takes office. He probably will go before the lawmakers to deliver that mes sage personally. The inauguration speech is likely to deal mainly with Eisenhower's general philosophy of government and the broad objectives of the first Republican administration in 20 years. The message to Congress will contain his legislative pro gram. On Monday Eisenhower will lunch at his Commodore Hotel headquarters with members of "The Committee on the Present Danger," headed by Dr. James B. Conant, president of Harvard Uni versity. Sitting in with Eisenhower and Conant will be John Foster Dulles, secretary of state-designate; Her bert Brownell, who will be attor ney general; Harold E. Stassen, director of the Mutual Security Agency in the new administration, and Roger M. Kyes, General Mo tors executive, whose selection as deputy secretary of defense was announced by Eisenhower. Kyes will represent Charles E. Wilson, the secretary of defense-designate, at the conference. Also scheduled to attend are Gen. William (Wild Bill) Donovan, who headed the Office of Stra tegic Services during - World "War II, and Tracy M. Voorhees, New York attorney. James C. Hagerty, Eisenhower's press secretary, said that Dulles, Stassen, Donovan and Vorhees are members of "The Committee on the Present Danger." The committee was organized two years ago to alert Congress and the general public to the threat of Communism, both at home and abroad, and to spur military preparedness. Hagerty said the conference will deal with those subjects. The committee, which describes itself as a non-partisan organiza tion, has about 50 members throughout the country. Clouds Mark Winter Debut The first official day of winter today in the Salem area was slated to be one of cloudiness and showers, according to predictions by officials of the U. S. Weather Bureau at McNary Field. Highest temperature Saturday was recorded at 50 degrees with a low at 34. Similar temperatures were expected for today. The statewide forecast indicates a new storm is heading toward the main land, from the Pacific with con tinued precipitation expected. The Highway Department con tinues its advice for all motorists to carry chains when travelling to the mountainous passes sur rounding the Willamette Valley. Brodie Siamese Twin Said Responding Well CHICAGO m Rodney Dee Brodie, the Siamese twin the sur geons gave the best chance to survive, perked up considerably Saturday, grabbed for a yellow rubber lamb and asked "What is this?" In an adjoining bed, bis brother, Roger Lee, remained in the deep coma he has been in since the 15 months old head - joined twins were separated in a 12 hour and 40 minute operation Wednesday. "Roger certainly will be in the miracle class if he pulls through," a spokesman said. A hospital bulletin Saturday night gave the most encouraging report on Rodney since the opera tion: "Rodney Is responding well. There may be some definite in dication tomorrow whether he can be taken off the critical list. "Roger still very precarious." The spokesman said if it were not for the fact that a portion of Rodney's brain is exposed, he might be considered "making good progress." j During the operation dbctors found only a single brain drainage vein serving both twins. They gave it to Rodney because he was the Dog Fails in Try To Swim Channel CALAIS, France UFl A dog tried to swim the English chan nel Saturday but had to give up. It followed its master aboard the Dover-bound mail steamer and was chased off because the French owner knew his pet would not be allowed to land in England. When the steamer drew away the dog sprang into the water swimming strongly in its wake. It was picked up, exhausted, by a fishing boat more than a mile from the shore. Saturday night it was back in Calais, tied up awaiting its master's return. Services for Justice Hay Set Monday Services for Justice Arthur D. Hay of the State Supreme Court, who died Friday afternoon fol lowing a heart ailment, will be held Monday at 2:30 pjn. in St Paul's Episcopal Church. The Rev. George H. Swift will offiicate and interment will be at Belcrest Memorial Park. The cas ket is to be open to friends until 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Clough- Barrick Chapel. Honorary pallbearers will in elude supreme court justices James T. Brand, George Rossman, Hall S. Lusk, Walter L. Tooze, Earl Latourette and Harold War ner, and Arthur S. Benson, su preme court clerk. Active pallbearers are Gene Vandeneynde, Duane Gibson, Theodore Brabec, Wallace Carlson, Harvey Shaier and Charles H. Heltzel. Flag on the supreme court building was at half mast Satur day. Besides his widow, Edith Mary Hay, he is survived by two sons, John N. Hay, member of a Port land law firm, and Douglas Hay, Salem Municipal Judge, and a brother, Ralph Hay, London. Stayton Area Home Burns Statesman News Service WEST STAYTON The residence of Lester Dowe, located south of Stayton on the Stayton-Marion Road, burned to the ground Sat urday, while most of the family was Christmas shopping in Salem. Cause of the fire was laid by Stayton firemen to a newly in stalled circulating heater which overheated. The one-story frame house, just recently remodeled, was said to be uninsured. Mrs. Dowe and four children, including a son home on furlough from the Army, his wife and small child were shopping leaving two school-age children and one two-year-old child at home. None of the home's furniture was saved from the blaze. No one was in jured. MORE KOREA CASUALTIES WASHINGTON m The Defense Department Saturday identified 60 Korean War casualtiese in a new list No. 714 which included 13 dead, 42 wounded, two missing and three Injured. stronger and deemed most likely to survive. Doctors said the operation de prived portions of Roger's brain of an adequate vascular blood sys tem probably accounting for the long period of unconsciousness. The vital brain centers control ling heart beat and breathing still are functioning, however. In Greenwood, -Miss., four -month - old Siamese twins, joined at the head in almost the same manner as the Brodies, died Sat urday. Although still on the critical list, Rodney was more alert Saturday than at any time since the opera tion. He smiled more, talked a little, and played patty-cake with his nurses. Doctors said that although both have experienced "continuous complications" requiring special attention neither has had a critical turn since Roger developed breath ing difficulties a few hours after the operation. At that time surgeons made a slit in the windpipe to facilitate breathing. .. Doctors drew a measure of hope from the fact both twins are main taining their hold on life. "They definitely have not slipped backwards, a spokesman said. 115 GPs Aboard 'Yuie I , - '''' ' ' ' ' rr'W'---- l: jjfr ;7: -; v(. :, " - - - ' ,.' t ' , , y '-' "V 1 ' " ' , " ' '" ' ' ihiummi, II"1""''" " '"j, J-"1"' "JJI Uf- ' "" ' ' r- J, hmu nrMiiT" - i i m nf iiMaTfiffia'iiirMfM "'if Tmr--ri.-w"'- ', -Iir. ... - -g - MOSES LAKE, Wash. A C-124 Globemaster military transport, similar to the one shewn, crashed and burned on takeoff at Larson Air Force Base at Moses Lake Saturday, killing 84 of the 115 aboard. The plane, bearing home-bound GI's for the Christmas 10th in Series Of Air Crashes; Probe Sought By ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON UPl Stirred by a plague . of plane crashes, mili tary leaders dispatched another party of investigators Saturday to seek the cause of the latest and most disastrous accident in avia tion history. The crash of a huge C-124 Globe- master plane at Moses Lake, Wash., Saturday, killing 84 serv icemen, came while the Air Force and Navy still were awaiting final reports on the reason for nine other crashes of big transports in the North Pacific and Northwestern United States - Alaska areas. All told the 10 crashes took about 300 lives. There were signs that the new Congress may look into the series of tragedies after it convenes in January. Rep. Xilday (D-Tex), a member of the House Armed Serv ices Committee, told a reporter- "I should think we ought to do something to see what are the reasons for so many crashes in the same general area. Asks C-124s Grounded Senator Russell (D-Ga), chair man of the Senate Armed Service Committee, said: "I think the Air Force should ground these Globemasters until it can be definitely determined whether they are mechanically de fective. All of us have been great ly shocked and distressed by this series of air tragedies." Globemasters figured in two of the 10 crashes. Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R-NY), a member or tne House Armed Service Committee said that in view of the recent series of plane crashes, he "certainly would fa vor" a congressional inquiry into the situation. No Single Cause Air Force officials, noting that complete reports have not yet been received, say no single cause is apparent for the crashes. They s ermngiy nave occurred for a va riety of reasons, including bad weather. Weather, it is said, appears to hae been at leasf a contributing cause in all of the military trans port crashes except for one in Montana on Nov. 17 and with the possible exception of the crash Saturday. Investigators for the U. S. A. Frs flight safety research, for the Tac tical Air Command and for the Civil Aeronautics Administration headed immediately for Moses Lake to try to trace the cause of that crash. Some Struck Peaks The crash and that of the trans port in Montana occurred on flat terrain. But virtually all the others (at least one wreck has not been found) came when planes struck mountains in stormy weather. As part of the general investi gation, to supplement the indivi dual inquiries into particular ac cidents, the Air Force formed a survey team to analyze adequacy of navigational and communica tions systems both in aircraft and on the ground. Moreover,, the team ir inquiring Into the weather flight training pro grams and the weather "brief ings" given air crews just before takeoff, i Wreckage Studied Plane crash investigations: often take months, especially if no sur- ihhuiii'iiii i a. i i ii "i' i 1 I Ji .i Jin i i.. ti. iiijBiiimnni. .i . i. in. mum wan," s STATUTE MIIIS . ' - T "W ytvjyu -.LL' . ' fe-.;' Forks c&i Bellirigham" ''-L: "' - : , jRiubJk-C . : Fronkfin D.l 2- eg Burlington "y . . -J Roosevelt Lrfc AVerett Grand " -SWR; '"A SEATTLE Dam Cou tfficoma . - j-- 4Mot Lake- OLYMPIA N, LARSON ml Yakima V - WASHINGTON rr" iSPorHand :WaKO fADfrAM ' 1 MOSES LAKE, Wash. Map pinpoints Larson Air Force Base where the huge C-124 Globemaster military transport crashed and burned on takeoff Saturday. Eighty-four of the 115 aboard were killed by the crash. (AP map.) vivors are left to testify. The wreckage is studied, literally mi croscopically, for possible failure of engines, plane structure, equip ment. Eyewitnesses, if any, are ques tioned. Inspectors seek to recon struct the exact conditions pre vailing in the plane in the mo ments before and a the instant of impact. But some crashes leave no sur vivors and no wreckage. Planes are lost at sea or go down in remote mountain areas where months or years may follow before the wreckage is discovered. The Air Force declined to say Saturday precisely how many of the C-124 Globemaster planes are being flown. 29 Ordered in 1949 However, the initial order to Douglas Aircraft Co. called for 29 Globemasters. That wjs in 1949 and it is presumed the majority of that original order has been delivered. The Air Force estima ted the cost of a C-124, in fly away condition, to e tx.ouu.wu. The Globemaster is the largest transport plane flown by the Air Force 173 foot wingspread, 127 feet long, 48 feet high. Its interior space is as great as a five-room house. Empty, the C-124 weighs 95,000 pounds. Fully loaded, it can take off at a gross weight of 210,000 pounds. Its speed Is over 300 miles an hour - and its range up to 4,000 miles. The Globemaster is designed for a variety of military uses. It can carry almost 200 troops to a war zone. It can bring back, as is done, in the case of the Korean War. upwards of 125 wounded on stretch ers. Doors at Nose of Plane Its yawning cargo hold, entered by clam - shell doors at the nose, can accommodate a light tank, or a 155 - millimeter gun with its towing unit, or trticks and jeeps. Stnce it started flying the 12 s hi 1949, the Air Force has lost 2" holidays, was bound for Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex. A flurry of wet snow shortly after the crash delayed recovery of bodies and injured. (AP photo, courtesy the Oregon Journal.) three of the giant planes. The first one disappeared last year while flying eastbound across the Atlan tic. The next one as among the series of crashes in Alaska during November, that Globemaster fly ing into a glacier - capped moun tain. The third was the . crash Sat urday. Air Force records said that in 1950 the accident rate for C-124's was zero. In 1951 the rate was 22 that is there were 22 acci dents per 100,000 hours of flying. An accident in this connection is defined as any mishap in which the plane is damaged. Officials said some C-124's were grounded for a time last year until certain wing bolts were changed. Gov. Patterson Grandpa Again .PORTLAND HI Oregon's new governor, Paul Patterson, became a .grandfather for the third time Saturday. A son was born here to his daughter, Mrs. John Lane Smithson, Portland. It was the second child for the Smithsons, who also have a 5-year- old daughter. The other grandchild is the 8-month-old son of Mr. aud Mrs. Paul Patterson Jr. Snow Piles High In Eastern Oregon By The Associated Press Snow piled up in Central and Eastern Oregon Saturday, and the Weather Bureau at Portland d said more snow was on the way. Prineville reported its heavi est snowfall in five years, an overnight fall of five inches. There were three inches at Mad ras and six Inches in eastern Crook County. The new -now brought the total on the ground at Klamath Falls to seven inches. Spec ia Three Armed Robberies in State Saturday By The Associated Press Armed bandits took approximat ely $4,000 in three holdups reported to Oregon police Saturday night. "There was - no apparent conneo tion between the robberies at Grants Pass, Coos Bay and Port land." The biggest! haul was reported in Portland where Arthur Gross man, proprietor of the Lucky Loan and Diamond Co., told police that a lone armed thug held up his store and took $2346 in cash. He said the bandit told him to wrap the money. But Grossman reported he told the bandit his store did not do Christmas wrap ping. He did, however, put the money in a jewelry bag, he said. George Benjamin Layton was ar rested at his home at Grafts Pass Saturday night two hours after the Grants Pass Farmers Market had been robbed. State Police Sgt. C. R. Borgman said Layton was being questioned about the holdup in which about $1,100 was taken. The money had not been located, Borgman said. R. L. Bickett, proprietor of a jewelry store between Coos Bay and Empire, reported to police Saturday that three young, un masked thugs held up his store and took about $500 in cash from a safe and cash register. Bickett was tied up and left in a back room of the store. A clerk Mrs. Mabel Crunk, was left un tied. She notied police. Roof Burns at Four Corners Statesman News Service FOUR CORNERS A fire Sat urday afternoon at the home of Clifton H. Erickson, 4260 Auburn Rd., destroyed about seven feet of the roof, estimated at about a $200 loss. Four Corners firemen said the fire apparently started near the chimney and charred the attic considerably as well as burning the rooL No serious water dam age was reported and the horn was said to have been covered by insurance. The dwelling is located on property owned by Harold Goodrich. Edgar Smith Elected Portland First Citizen PORTLAND UPi The Portland Realty Board Saturday named Ed gar W. Smith, chairman of the State Board of Higher Education, as the city's "First Citizen of 1952." Smith, a former Insurance agent, until recently was president of the Chamber of Commerce here. EGG PRICES TO RISE PORTLAND CT Eggs are expected to go up another 2 cents a dozen on the Portland wholesale market Monday. It will be the second recent boost by wholesalers. Grade A and AA eggs went up 2 cents, medium and small eggs increased 1 cent a dozen this week. SALEM ntECIFlTATIOir face Start ef Weatbar Tear Sept. 1 This Year I.8S Last Tear XXM Normal .14.81 PC - 124 any Crash Survivors on .ii' . . i itical List MOSES LAKE. Wash. UPl A huge Air Force transport plan crashed here a few seconds after taking off early: Saturday with a load of 115 service men going home on Christmas leave, killing 84 per sons in the world's worst singla aviation disaster. The death toll climbed to 84 late in the day when one of 32 men previously listed as a survivor suc cumbed to his injuries. Col. Harry Novinger, wing com. unication of- ficer at Larson Air Force Bas from which the plane took off, de- cuned to say which of the survivor named had died. A number of the 31 still surviving , are in critical condition. Colonel Novinger said. Many, of them ran or were dragged from the wreck age which broke into a searing gasoline-fed fire as the plan crunched to the ground. - Confusion at Scene Some of the survivors left the scene of scattered bits of metal and mangled . bodies in confusion and shock, leading to day-long ti ficulty in establishing the true . crash toll. Tje number at one time had been given as 101 dead. It was late evening before the , toll was fixed at 83 and a short while laV It rose to 84 with the death of the injured- man. Can Carry 200 The giant four - engine plane, big as a five - room house and able to carry 200 combat troops, roared off a Larson Air Force base runway at 6:30 a. m. PST. . It was snowing lightly, with visi- ' bility two miles. "The plane shook a bit, righted itself, then went into a glide," said Raymond K. Ferguson of Bates ville, Ark., a survivor. . "I knew we were going to crash, so I huddled my head down ana prayed." Gasoline from broken wing tank flared instantly, searing those trapped in wreckage. An hour after the plane smashed into a flat field just off the run way, there was left only strewn, smouldering; wreckage and the broken belongings of scores of t service men who had thought they , would be home for Christmas. The next worst plane crash in world aviation history killed 80 at Cardiff, Wales, in 1950. . 10 Plane Crashes ' Saturday's tragedy not only topped .this toll but it capped m disastrous six weeks for military aviation in which 10 planes crashed ,, or disappeared along the norm Pa cific rim from Korea to Montana. Shocked 'Air Force officials iA Washington dispatched the chief of flight safety 1 research. Brig, Gen. Richard O Keef e, to head an in vestigation. ' Of the crew of 10. only one sur- i vived. An engineer, he was to b j questioned later. The Air Fore said five of the survivors suffered only minor hurts, but they were not specified by name immediate- Training Flight The Globemaster, attached to the 62nd troop carrier wing, sched uled the trip as a routine training flight that provided quick trans portation home for men with Christmas furloughs. There was excitement and saity as each squadron on the field was allotted proportionate space. Caot. Richard Racer of Larson base said most of the men aboard were from the south and east. ll said the Globemaster was to Cjr first to Kelly Air Force Base at San Antonio, Tex., then to Stewart Air Base, Tennessee, and to mae at least one other stop, at Grem- ville, s. C. Most of the men. Air Force said, were from Larson base. (Additional details on page 1) Train Smashes Car in Salem Mrs. Bertha M. Wade and her 16-year-old son Delbert, resi dents of Dallas, escaped with ony minor injuries Saturday evenlsT when their car and a south-boun I freight train collided at 12th asU Marion Streets. The auto was carried half block on the train's catcher be fore the locomotive could hm' stopped. Both were In the frees seat with Mrs. Wade driving Their car, t late model 8rud baker, was badly mashed on XL right aid. - The two were treated by first aldmen and taken to Salem Gen eral Hospital where a lacerattct on Mrs. Wade'c scalp was check:! and the boy's Jaw was x-rayed. Both were released later Eaturdx9 night. r M f
