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Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday. December 21, 1952
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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face Start ef Weatbar Tear Sept. 1
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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
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