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fLTaa JZUxttmem, Balm Salom Sector Reports Many III Effects of High Wind, Water (Story lso page 1) -Civil Defense and Red Cross officials feared themselves to face possible disaster in the wake of the Willamette River rampage Tues day night as waters rose west of Keizer. , . ? : . Wallace Wharton, director of the Civil Defense, reported there was a great deal of evacuation In the area, but no great .damage by lata evening. Frank Farcher, manager of the Marion County Red Cross, advised that no shelter na tions had been reauired in the Keizer District, but anticipating that the waters might rise the per sons in charge-of setting up such stations in that area had been alerted. Eighteen families had reg istered with the Red Cross. . Water Tuesday night lapped -at the west approach to the Marion Street bridge spanning the Willamette- Glenn S. Paxson, state bridge engineer, speculated that the water would rise only a few inches over this bridge, and passage between Polk and Marion Counties would continue to be open to highway traffic. - m With the continued foaming and churning of the Willamette river men were wondering If a huge log boom tied on the river near the Oregon Pulp and Paper mill might cut loose and drift into the bridge pilings. As many precautions as passible were taken to thwart such an accident. School Closed ' The only reported interruption in schools Tuesday came from St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School which closed after water seeped into their basement necessitating turning off the furnace. However, school was planned for today. Salem public school officials ad vised there were no closures Tues day and all rural buses made their regular runs. No public school closures were anticipated for to day. One of the hardest drenched areas in the city was the Rosedale auction, according! to City En- gneer J. H. Davis. Scores of cel rs were flooded in this area and sanitary sewers backed up due to the rising Willamette Kiver. Mill Street was closed off yes terday- between Church and Cot tage Streets where water backing up from the river lapped at sev- oral homes and business esiaDusn ments in the sector. The street was closed late last night to traffic and will remain closed until the river subsides. Water In Hospital The Salem Memorial Hospital basement flooded ankle deep, but several pumps keep the rising water from hindering hospital schedules. Prinele Creek flashed over its banks and coupled with rain water sent streams flowing over South 12th Street and nearby Rural, Electric. Hoyt and Cross Streets Traffic was slowed but not Stopped. Davis said engineering depart ment troubles began at 3 a jn, when the sewage disposal plant was hit with a power failure last Ins about an hour. Although not directly caused by the storm, it added to tfie work load of harried crews. A 25-man force with the aid of eight pumps and other equipment managed to cure the worst of Sa lem's', water difficulties by noon, said Davis. Flooded basements in two homes brought firemen to cope with a backed up gas water heat er and a gas furnace. At the 4 home of I Dewey Rand, 1375 Market SL, water flooded in to a gas heater In! the basement forcing flames to shoot out of the heater, but damage i was slight, ftfoter Destroyed , I Firemen were called to 938 Ship ping St. to the home of A. D. Ross where water had shorted an elec tric motor in a gas furnace send ing smoke billowing through the house. The motor was destroyed. One wall, of a 'basement at 2244 N. 4th St. collapsed Tuesday morn ing under pressure of water soak "CITY OP PORTLAND JTHI "CITY. OP PORTLAND IS Tftl ONLY . COMPLETlr THROUGH STREAMUNZR MTWIIN POKTLAN9 AND CHICAGO LsUtt dtpartmrt PortUnd . , . irtint srrivml Cifeft txtrm fr. Reserved reclining coach seats wiia r latest improvedTeg rests. Variety of Pullman dadons . . . attractive lonoges i dining oars serving ; . wonderful food. ' DAILY SI2Via LOW FAJta frg Lv. PerHand. f i p.sa, rViday Ar. Chicago. .... 113 sum, tvndaf fmtism when yon go Union PadSc If jom need a car at . , roar destination, ask 'roar Union Facile ticket agent '' about the convenient and inexpensive reot-a-car serricas J.- GENERAL PASSENGER DEPARTMENT L Embi nr'pittoek Clock ' ' " ' PortUad I, Oregoa UNION PACIPIC QAltQAD ! v tzxs cp ra tear trttAJuizzz 1853 ed earth. Water also seeped into the basement office floor of j0e Capitol Building but Secretary of Stat Earl T. Newbry reported wa ter had been seeping in slowly, even before the storm. Businesses and homes on South 12th Street complained of water seepage into their basements while residents in the "lake country" of Four Corners wondered if East State Street would be blocked again by high water. Officials did not think it would. The flood isolated 10 families on River Bend Road, 3 miles north of Salem on the Polk County side of the Willamette. Most of them have telephones, and evacuation was not believed necessary. Farm Under Water The Leonard Kincaids, who live nearest to the river, reported their 110-acre farm "practically all un der water." The Sam Carters were cut off from everyone except their next-door neighbors, the Don Bla kes. Others living in the marooned district were reported as the Ar chie Telker, Robert Loucks, Ken neth Miller, Joe Dwight, Leo Nel son and Clyde Carpenter families. On the Marion County side a wooden bridge washed out on South River road which- was al ready under water. Affected was the first bridge east of the Inde pendence bridge across the Wil lamette. Wind Damages Homes Tomadic winds were described as lunging at homes in the Prin gle district Tuesday with a mighty rush and roar, uprooting trees and overturning buildings. Mrs. John Beckley, who operates the Wake field Lind Fur farm in the Pr ingle area, said three fir trees were up rooted on their property as well as buildings Jarred loose from foundation. The Frank Brownell residence at Pringle reported at least five trees and a power pole felled. Brownell said the wind picked up a sheet of water from a lake on his farm and sent it hurtling out of sight. In Polk County, Lillian Bilyeu, Red Cross director, reported there had been no requests for assistance from flood victims. William Darl ing, civil defense director at Inde pendence, said four family eva cuations had been reported there, Other families left their lowland farms by boat without seeking or ganized aid. The Albany Plywood mill clos ed at midnight Monday because water in the mill had backed over an adjoining road. Basements of many Albany firms were flooded. Weathermen at McNary Field advised Tuesday that the rainfall for the preceding 24-hour period didn t approach a record esxab lished some years ago of 3.88 in ches which fell in one day. Teen-Agers File Accident Claims Eighty-six teen-agers filed claims for Injuries on jobs in the last month of 1952, and 38 per cent of them were hired illegally. State Labor Commissioner W. E. Kimsey said Tuesday. Those hired ilia gaily got their jobs from employers who violated the child labor law. As a result, these employers are subject to penalties. . 7dn dcnTr' JaxxaaxY 11, Honor Society Induction Set At SHS Tonight By NORMAN LUTIDIR Statesman School Correspondent The formal induction for new members of .Sigma Lambda chap ters ox the National Honor - So ciety at .Salem High School will be held tonight "at t o'clock in the Salem - High auditorium. Featured speaker will be Miss Mabel Robertson, former dean of girls at Salem High. The Induction will be in the form of a candle-lighting cere mony conducted by a ritual team consisting of Jean Schwynoch, John Burroughs, Jackie Jones, Sally Greig. John Minine. Honor "Society president, and Shirley Crothers, Honor Society Secre tary. Twenty-nine new members are slated to be inducted. They are Dick Wilson. Doug Scott. 'Judy Carlson, Bob Barnes, Bill Emery, Leanne French, Pauline Mathews, Betty Zahara, Janice SiddalL Glenna Allmer, Sharon Campbell, Merle Gflebenow. Beth Hart. Richard Howery, Carol Lee, Glori Wood, Nan Steele. Doris Starrett. Dave Johnson, Barbara Anderson, Anna Mae Lockenour. Nancy Moorefield, Charlotte Graber, Ray Ternune, Marca Lee Bryant, Di ane Burkland. Maudrev Wilson. Fred' Rose and Glenn Hall. - - Providing induction entertain ment win be Laurel Herr, Carol Lee and Sidney Kromer who will sing, accompanied on the piano by Pat Fagg. A social hour in the foyer will follow the Induction ceremonies. In charge of it is Janice CoffeL Honor Society vice president. Parents, friends and students are invited to attend the induc tion ceremonies. Reds Brag of Korea Tunnels TOKYO Un The Communits boasted Wednesday that Red arm ies have dug "an unconquerable" network of tunnels across the 155 mile Korean battle front. Peiping Radio in Red China said "this intricate system of tunnels has already proved itself an im pregnable defense line never be fore seen in the history of war." Some of the tunnels, the broad cast said, are large enough to hold hundreds of soldiers. Communist infantry "even see films in tun nels" only a few hundred yards away from Allied lines, it bragged. The vast network was dug in a little over a year by "thousands of men who worked in lamp light underground, day and night," Pei- ?ing said in a broadcast heard in okyo. Peiping said the Allies tested the defenses last autumn near Kum- hwa on the Central front and "lost over 25,000 men without denting it." Waves Threaten Beach Cottage CANNON BEACH Uh A beach cottage owned by Dr. and Mrs John G. P. Cleland of Oregon City was threatened Tuesday as waves continued to eat away at a bluff near Jockey Cap, south of here. At one time the cottage was 15 feet from the edge. Now it is about three feet The top of the bluff is about 30 . feet above the water. Furnishings have been moved out of the cottage. Arrest Leaves Police With Fish PORTLAND Crl Police arrested a motorist on a drunkenness charge early Tuesday. Booked as William Robert Garber, 32, Beaverton, he had driven his car onto a traffic divider. Police couldn't decide what to do with six live -catfish found in a Jar inside Garber's automobile, but he solved the problem by donating them to a fish pond at the St. Johns precinct. Thornton Speaker at Banquet For Salem Junior By CONRAD G. FRANCE' . - Staff Writer, The Statesman Oregon's Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton told Salem Junior Chamber of - Commerce members and guests Tuesday night that young people of both jsexes and parties should get into political and community service. I - : - - - I , . Thornton spoke at the Junior Chambers lith annual award ban quet honoring Otto J. Wilson Jr, recently named Salem's Junior First Bandits Free Ex-SalemMan ines A former Salem man talked his way out of being held for ransom by bandits in the Philippine Is lands Monday, according to press reports from Manila, i The man is W. A. Chlttick, busi nessman in the islands for 32 years and one of 30 persons in cars and trucks held up by a bandit party near Batangas some 50 miles south of Manila. The bandits reportedly escaped to the hills with loot worth about $30,000 as Philippine Army troops came to the scene. One of those held up, a Filipino businessman, was missing, but all others were unharmed. Chlttick was quoted as saying he had to talk the bandit leader out of hold ing him for $10,000; ransom by convincing no money could be raised in his behalf. River to Crest Again at Eugene By The Associated Press A flood crest on the rain-swollen WilDamette River swirled north ward Wednesday, leaving floooded farm lands in its wake. RJver iorecasxers xearea new crests on tributary streams in the valley. Southwestern Oregon streams were over their banks in some areas. The river dropped sharply at Eugene but then started rising again, and forecasters said a new crest of 13.5 feet was likely Wednes- closed and a crest of 16.5 feet was expected Wednesday. River Forecaster Elmer Fisher said a 20-foot reading is expected in Portland harbor Wednesday. At that leveL riverfront warehouses get flooded basements and lower floors. Rescue workers recovered the body of a .second auto plunge vic tim from a Lane County stream. The body of Bernard ; Matthews of Lost Creek was taken from Big Fall Creek Tuesday, Several miles downstream from where a car plunged into the stream. The body of a companion, William B. Hath away, was recovered Monday. The Coast Highway (U. S. 101) was .open to Coquille. but slides blocked it south oft here. Man With Knives Caught in Crowd Near Inauguration WASHINGTON (J) A heavy set man with an open knife in his hand was dragged from the in augural stands at the capital by police Tuesday shortly before the parade was to begin. He had been perched above an open car occupied by the Atty. Gen.-deslgnate and Mrs. Herbert BrownelL Police searched him on the spot and then rushed him away. They said he had three knives on him. Some time later, police said he had not yet been booked and they did not know his name. DE GASPERI WINS i ROME (A Italy's chamber of Deputies early promised approval for Premier Alcide de Gasperi's new election law after a 63-hour session marked by Communist fili busters and fist fighting. The deputies voted 339 to 25 their confidence in the Christian Demo cratic party's government that De Gasperl beads. LnrliiliDD ill ' ------ -v i." -.: i -ii ii ., sr First Citizen Citizen ol usz. - : f . Two other unannounced "key" awards were made to two local Jaycees for "outstanding activi ties,' during the past year. Tney were Bertram Sturm, first vice president, and Stanley - C Scho field. board of directors member. At Precinct Level The place for young persons to enter politics,' said Thornton, "is at the precinct and city jevei. lie come candidates for precinct jobs. school board and dry council posts. Both political parties are in urgent need of young -men and women workers. This is necessary if our democracy is to survive. Thornton urged local Jaycees to form a "sendoff committee" to show appreciation of the commun ity to groups of young draftees headed into military service. Mayor Alfred Loucks presented Wilson with the temporary posses sion First Citizen plaque and also with a personal permanent plaque given annually by Sen. Douglas Yeater, a former Junior Citizen. "Salem is honored to have you recognize a Junior First Citizen," Loucks told the Jaycees. "It sets a good example and encourages oth er young men in community serv ice." In Civic Project Wilson, local automobile dealer. was co-chairman of the fund drive for Salem" Community Chest last year and has been active in num erous civic projects. He is a mem ber of the Otto Wilson Buick Ag ency firm in Salem. Also present were Edwin Arm strong, administrative assistant to Gov. Paul Patterson; City Manager J. L. Franzen, Russel E. Pratt, Sa lem Chamber of Commerce pres ident, and a group of Woodburn Jaycees including Lyman Seely, Junior First Citizen of that town. Master of Ceremonies was Jay- cee Hiaine M. cilne. Presiding was President Douglas Hay. More than 100 members and guests were resent at the banquet in the Mar in HoteL Cutter Takes Ship in Tow COOS BAY UFi The Coast Guard cutter Bonham took the 165- foot fishing vessel TonlB of Seattle in tow 23 miles southwest of Heceta Head Tuesday. ine vessel, .mannea or a crew of five including John Bez and Ben Bendiksen, both of Seattle, called for help Monday when Its crank shaft broke. Owned by the Transpacific Fish ing and Packing Co. of Seattle, the vessel is a converted tug and was en route to South American waters on an exploratory fishing expedi tion. Bez, the captain, is the son of Nick Bez of the Columbia River Packers Association. B-29s Rain Bombs On Red Troop Center SEOUL tn American B-29 su perforts rained 130 tons of bombs on a Northeastern Korea troop and supply center early Wednesday, churning up columns of dense black smoke. One crewman said explosions and fires made It "bright enough In my cockpit to read a newspa per Ground fighting, dwindled in near zero cold. SEARCH ABANDONED HONG KONG. OB The U.S. Navy has abandoned search for four airmen missing in the Strait of Formosa after . two American military planes were lost, one of them shot down by Chinese Red shore, guns. ASK FEWER HEARINGS PORTLAND (A The State Board of Agriculture proposed Tuesday that Oregon s milk mar ketlng areas be enlarged to reduce the number of hearings necessary to change milk price regulations. several which the board submitted . J. J.Ferder JndgedTop -': f JVX. Ferder talkedhis way to victory over four other contest ants and won the title of "Speak er ox the Year at a laaies mgnt banquet ' meeting of - the Salem Toastmasters Club Tuesday night in the Senator HoteL . Dr. Ralph Gordon captured second place, speaking on the topic "Critical Evaluation." Fer der's subject was "Listen Girls." - Ferders win makes him eligable to compete in the area competition which will be held in the near future. Clubs competing will in clude the two Salem clubs, and clubs from Albany, Corvallis, Newport and Wodburn. Other contestants at last night's gathering were Lloyd- HammeL Robert Seders trom and Arthur Atherton. Speeches are given and criticiz ed throughout the year and prior to the annual banquet, five speak ers and an alternate are selected by the club membership to com pete for the "Year" title. Winners of this event compete in area, district ' and zone com petition and if succesful go to Toastmaster's International com petition. Half of Rioting Cons Give Up; 6 Guards Held BELLEFONTE. Pa. UFi Four hundred of the 800 rioting convicts at Rpckview state Penitentiary ended their mutiny Tuesday night. but six guards remained captives in another cellblock. The surrender came two hours after two shots had sounded in Cellblock A where the guards were being held. There was still no word from that cellblock. Nearly four hundred convicts in Block A still continued to defy an ultimatum by Pennsylvania's Gov. John S. Fine that the prison ers end their 24 - hour demon stration or face additional sen tences. Officials said the men in Cell block B shouted out their willing ness to end their part of the riot after they had received assurances they would be represented by a five - man committee of prisoners in a grievance session with state authorities. The men In Cellblock C followed suit a short time later. Shortly after the governor's ul timatum was rejected by the riot ers in Cellblock A, a shot sounded. Stocks Stage Small Advance NEW YORK Ut A moderate advance was staged Tuesday in the stock market against the back ground of President Eisenhower s inauguration. During the second hour of trad ing, as ceremonies in Washington pushed toward a climax, a buying flurry swept through the. market and sent prices higher all around. Volume for the day came to 1,' 490,000 shares as compared with 1,360,000 shares traded Monday. The' best showing among major divisions was made by motors, steels, railroads, aircraft, and chemicals. Oils were quite listless while rubber Issues sagged. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks gained 40 cents with a dosing total of 3114.20. The American Stock Exchange was mostly higher with trading amounting to 380,000 shares as compared with 320,000 Tuesday. RESERVOIRS FULL TACOMA un Reservoirs throughout the 'Pacific Northwest are at near fun levels and most of them are spilling water. J. Frank Ward, chairman of the De fense Electric Power Adminlstra con's advisory committee, re vealed here Tuesday. Toastmaster At Salem Schools LESLIE JUNIOR 1HGII : Ada Hartman and Steve little win compete for the presidency of Leslie Junior High School in the final election Thursday as a result of the primary election held yes terday. -; v-r v v; . v Other candidates who gained the finals were Mary Stevens and Donna Zeh, vice president; Kathy Heltzel and Karen Rmgalda, secre tary; Nancy Snider and Beverly Burgoyne, treasurer; Ron! Carlisle and Judy Templeton and Nancy Ladd and Linda' Kendrick, vielng for the two song queens; Gerald Elstun and Larry Baker, yell king; and Duane Smith and Ron Wool ery, sergeant at arms. ".'. Services for Mrs. Hirishaw Set Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Hinshaw of 4683 Portland Rd, Salem, who died in a local nursing home Tuesday after many years of poor health, will be held Friday at 1:30 p. m. in the W. T. Rlgdon ChapeL Mrs. Hinshaw first came to Ore gon in 1883, settling in Salem. She was born Sept. 14, 1865. at Sey mour, Ind. In 1805 she was mar ried to George Hinshaw in Salem. The couple lived In Dallas and Corvauis until Mr.- Henshaw's death in 1920. Mrs. Hinshaw in that year moved back to Salem and made her home with her sis ter and husband, Mr. and "Mrs. Jacob Denny of 4683 Portland Rd. Mrs. Hinshaw had been In poor health for the past 20 years and in a nursing home for the past seven months. . Survivors include a sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Denny, Salem;, two step daughters; two step-sons; and five nieces. Concluding services will be at the IOOF Cemetery, Dallas. 1 Dead, 74 Hurt In Train Wreck SIOUX LOOKOUT. Ont. UFi A crack Canadian National Railways passenger train, speeding west ward through icy darkness, was wrecked early Tuesday when it hit a broken rail about 140 miles north of the Minnesota border. - A railroad section hand, Wasyl Chelak, 59, of Unity, Sask., a pas senger on the train, was killed. Seventy - four others were injured. seven seriously. The train was en- route from Montreal to Vancouver. Detroit Reservoir 274 Feet Deep It&teciiua Naws rrlee DETROIT Detroit Dam's reser voir climbed another 14 feet Tues day and reached the 274-foot level. Upstream, practically all of the main street of old Detroit was sub mersed. ; Another half-Inch of rain fell after 8 a. m. Tuesday, on the heels of 1.5 inches in the 24 hours be fore. The Breltenbush and North Santiam Rivers were falling Tues day night after rising during the day. ,- Aulo-Trucli-Firo Insnranco Bay your Insurance protection with confidence. The Wests largest AutomobUe Insurance Carrier. , - nii . TaW CM UW and UUUe UdUUi; District Agents L 14!) N Capitol SL Between need A Shlpptmg Your namo and address printed fredj on your regular personal chocks. - For your convomonco First National Is open 10 to 5 six days a week, Includ ing Saturday. U:S.Natiorial Names Salem Men Posts to "Threa veteran Salem bankers were elected to, high positions ia the U. S. National Bank of Port- land at "the annual meeting of shareholders . and directors ia Portland Tuesday. D. W. Eyre was elected a di rector. Jacob Fuhrer and Leo O. Page were both named assistant nee presidents of the parent or ganization. . Their - new appoint ments become effective immedi ately, according to E.C. Sammons, president of U. S. National.' Eyre retired Jan. 1 as vie president of the parent organiza tion ana manager ol the Ladd ft Bush-Salem Branch of the U. S. National.' Both Page and Fuhrer are with the Salem- branch. Eyre, 70, has long been regarded as the dean of Oregon bankers. He had been in the banking busi ness in Salem for 48 vears. H lut has been a long-time civic leader. fBge, an assistant cashier, is a past president of the Marion Countv Bankers Awitlrrr an1 a member of the board of directors of the Marion County Chapter, ' American Institute of Banking. He began his banking career in , 1920 With the -Aid U. . National Bank of Salem. He joined the U. S. National of Portland when the Salem bank was purchased in 1933. At , the Ladd ft Bush branch ha was named assistant manager in 1940 and assistant cashier in 1943. Fuhrer joined the old Ladd ft Bush bank in 1913. When the Ladd ft Bush and U. S. National of Portland merged in 1940, he be came an assistant manager and three years later an assistant man- three years later an assistant cashier. Fuhrer is a past president of the Marion County Chapter, American Institution of Banking. Both Fuh- ' rer and Page are active in vet eran and civic activities in Salem. Burg, S5, Ggarets State police were investigating Tuesday night the theft of $5 in cash and some cigarets believed to have been stolen, from the home of Mrs. Esther H. Davis, Route 5, Box 58. She told police she returned home about 6 p.m. and found that someone had entered the house. A check revealed only the money and cigarets missing. Reserve Officer Interviews Set Three officers from the )13th Naval District in Seattle, Wash are slated to be in Salem Thursday to interview college applicants for commissions through the Reserve Officers Training Program. Scheduled to be at the Naval Reserve Training Center from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. Thursday are Capt. T. D. 'F. Langen, USN; Lt. D. E. Thompson, USNR, and Lt. Sara E. Buren, USN. Both men and women from colleges in the area are invited to talk with these rep resentatives of the Reserve Navy. Phon. S-SSS1 Sis. ea Blway going Nerta I r? J ITS LUllD CrJZGCN TOOmtZT ; ejassa reoaM asrosiT sMSwsAecoKAiiosi . . ' : . . ' ' 19' " ! .:. f . 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