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NEW YORK Julius Rosenberg and his wife, Ethel, both of
whom are scheduled to die June IS in Sing Sing's electric
chair, were a solemn looking couple during their espionage
trial in New York's federal courthouse in March, 1951. Their
Arrest was one of the main steps in the cracking of an inter
national atomic spy conspiracy. ( AP Wirephoto to The Statesman.)
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Attention has been focused on
Korea where a truce appears im
minent; but events in Europe call
for consideration too France
shuffles along under its periodic
hiatus of government In Italy
the DeGasperi government man
aged to survive the elections, but
barely. ; Germany, the chief the-v
atre for the cold war, is stirring
the embers of unification. The
West German, parliament made
fresh appeals to the United
States, Britain and' France to
support peaceful reunion of the
two Germanys. In East Germany
Prime Minister Grotewohl calls
unity the decisive question. There
too the government has made
a peace "treaty" with the Evan
celical Church which promises to
respect its freedom of worship
and to continue state financial
support And the relaxing of con
trols is declared to be inspired
by East Germany's desire to pro
mote unification.
The immediate response is one
of "Beware the Reds;" avoid an
other Munich or Yalta. But our
government needs to be. doing
some home work in preparation
for meeting this German demand
for unification. If Russiawere
smart it would make prpdfpt and
definite offers for an "agreement
on German unity. That would
put a tighter squeeze on Ameri
can foreign policy than the con
tention over Korean truce terms
with our U.N. allies.
The policy of. West European
unity under NATO, with an in
ternational army would be under
strain. Germany longs for unifi
cation. France fears it but is
unwilling to embrace the Euro
pean army which
(Continued on editorial page ,4.)
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FOKECAar irrom u. o. w earner
Bureau. McNaty field, Salem): Part
lv cloudy today and fair Tuesday.
Warmer today with i the high near SO
to S3 and the low tonicht near 48.
Temperature at 111 a.m. wa 59 de
grees. i SAUK PRECIPITATION
glaee Start of Wcatfeer Year Sept. 1
This Tear
43.13
Last Year
, 41.28
Normal
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Animal Crackers
Bv WARREN COODRICH
The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, Juno 15, 1953
Electric Chair
Thousands in
Capital Parade
For A-Spies
By JERRY T. BAULCH
WASHINGTON Of) Thousands
of placard-bearing demonstrators
marched quietly outside the White
House grounds Sunday as the two
young sons of Ethel and Julius
Rosenberg again asked President
Eisenhower to save their parents
from execution. as atomic spies.
With the Rosenbergs scheduled
to die Thursday night, June' 18,
in Sing Sing's electric chair, their'
two slight, browd-eyed boys .
Michael. 10. and Robert, 6. came
to the White House to personally
deliver a letter written by Michael.
Eisenhower was en route by
plane from Lebanon, N. H., to
Oyster Bay, N. Y., at the time
so he didn't see the boys nor wit
ness the mass picketing.
The Rosenberg boys, accompa
nied by their grandmother, Mrs.
Sophie Rosenberg, were permitted
just inside the main White House
gate. They went inside the guard
house there and Michael handed
the letter to inspector H. W, Fran
cis. The envelope bore the neat child
ish scrawl: "President Eisenhower,
the White House, Washington, D.
C."
The letter, which Michael said
he wrote himself, said:
"I wrote a letter that I hope
you got. I am in Washington today
with my brother Robby 6 years
old and my grandmother. She took
me to the White House and I am
bringing this letter to you. Then
we will go home.
"I hope you got my letter that
I sent because it is a letter about
not letting anything happen to my
mommy and daddy. Very truly
yours. Michael Rosenberg."
Sunday's demonstration was ar
ranged by a committee which calls
itself "The National Committee to
Secure Justice in the Rosenberg
Case."
The committee estimated Sun
day's crowd at between 10.000 and
13,000 based on special trains
and the number of. automobiles
known to be bringing demonstra
tors from other cities.
Deputy Chief Police Inspector
George Wallrodt said it was the
biggest demonstration of its kind
he had ever seen here "and
I've been watching them a long
time, but he said an actual
count showed 6,832 persons in the
lines of march.
School District
Votes Today
School district voters of Marion
County will go to the polls today
and cast, their ballots on school
budgets, school board directors
and other issues.
Also coming to a vote art) pro
posals to merge the Mountain
View' District and Halls Ferry
School District with Salem public
schools. '
The Salem school district vot
ing places will be at the Public
School Administration Building,
and Highland, Grant, Englewood,
Richmond, Leslie, Salem Heights,
Lincoln, West Salem and Liberty
schools , , '
UREN. TAFT "BESTING'
. NEW YORK OR Sen. Robert
A. aft spent a "restful night" at
New ) York Hospital where he i
undergoing treatment of a hip ail'
merit, the hospital said Sunday.
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POUNDID 1651
Direct Hit by
Mortar Shell
! OnZy Stuns GI
WITH U. S. 40 DIVISION IN
KOREA tP) There was a.
stunning crash as something
terrific hit CpL Bertram
White's helmet
When he staggered to his
knees and groped for his dent
ed headgear, White who lives
at Brooklyn, N. Y. found he
had one of the great mortar
stories of the war.
He wasn't hit by a mortar
fragment it was a whole mor
tar shelL
Jt was a dud and, lucky for
him, failed to explode.
Fire Damages
U.S. Embassy
Iri Moscow
MOSCOW m Fire Sunday
night damaged the stately dining
room at Spasso House, home of
the U. S. ambassador, while Mrs.
Perle Mesta, famed Washington
hostest, slept one flight above.
The blaze, apparently caused by
a short -circuited power line, caused
several thousand dollars' damage.
No lone was injured.
The fire broke out on the first
floor while Ambassador and Mrs.
Charles E. Bohlen and their guest
Mrs. Mesta. former U. S. min
ister to Luxembourg were sleep
ing. The fire was first noted by the
Bohlens' baby nurse and was re
ported to Mrs. Bohlen by a Chi
ne&i servant. The fact the blaze
was confined to the one room was
credited to the presence of many
extinguishers in the house.
By the time the Moscow fire
department arrived, the situation
was well in hand.
Moscow had just been hit by
a strong electric storm.
The dining room was considered
one of the prettiest rooms in
Spasso house. Among other dam
aged items were the long curtains
extending from the ceiling to the
floor and the ambassador's dining
table.
Brothers in
Hospital After
Gar Tumbles
Two brothers from Holley were
hospitalized Sunday afternoon
after their car went out of con
trol on 99E near Baxter Road,
flipped over twice, glanced off
anoher car tore down two mail
boxes and a post and landed in
a ditch.
Ira Sisson, 25, and his brother,
Billy, 20, were taken to Salem
Memorial Hospital by Willam
ette Ambulance Service where
attendants said their condition
wis good.
State police said the driver of
the other car was a California
man, Allen D. Turner, visiting at
1225 Baxter Rd. His car received
minor damage, but the Sisson
1940 Chevrolet was badly
wrecked.
Both cars were going north on
99E, said state police The Cali
fornia car had just pulled out of
V Baxter Road when the accident
occurred about 2:40 p.m.
$70 Church
Fund Stolen
I Seventy dollars earmarked for
the Vacation Bible School was
stolen from the parish office of
Christ Lutheran Church, 1750
State St, early Sunday morning,
police reported.
A bank money bag containing
$53 in , separate envelopes was
lifted from a desk in the office
and $17 in cash and checks was
taken from a desk drawer.
(The money was donated by
church members,
Police said the burglary took
place between 8:45 and 9:45 a.m.
It was believed the intruder was
familiar with the office as noth
ing else was disturbed during the
theft
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Westers International
At Yakima S-L, Spokane -3
At WnatdM 4-, Lewistoa S-S
Only games scheduled .
Coast League
At Sattl 7-, Portland 'l-l
At Saa Franclaco 1-1. Hollywood -S
At Loa Ansete 8-7, Oakland 12-3
At Sacramento 3-4, San Diego S-l
American League
At Cleveland -0. New York S-S i
At Chicago S-l, Boston O-O
At St. Louis 1-1. Philadelphia 4-3
At Detroit 1. Waahlnctoo
- National League
At Pittsburgh 3-. Milwaukee 1-S
At Brooklyn S-e, Chicago S-S
At Philadelphia 1-4. Cincinnati 3-1
At Mew York e-4. St Louis 1-S
President Warns U.S.
Against 'Boottburners'
HANOVER, N. H. (President Eisenhower declared Sunday
that only by knowing Communism can it be fought effectively, and
he cautioned against joining "the book-burners" who would even
bar knowledge of Communist from the libraries. ,
Speaking at Dartmouth1 College commencement exercises, the
President appeared to be hitting at San. McCarthy (R-Wis.), who
has been assailing the State De
partment for using books by Com
munist authors in its propaganda
drive against the Reds.
Dartmouth awarded the Presi
dent an honorary degree of doctor
of laws.
In an informal talk to S63 grad-j
uates and an audience of about
10,000 others, the President' said:
"Don't think you can cure some
thing by hiding the evidence oflt
"You must have courage to look
at these things and to try to cor-J
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reci mem.
. "It isn't enough to say 'I love
America and to salute the flag and
to cheer as it goes by.
Read the Books '
"Don't be afraid to go to the
library and read the books x x x.
That's how we will defeat Commu
nism by knowing what it is.
We've got to fight it by doing some
thing better, and not just by hiding
it."
Eisenhower said Americans have
a right to have books on Commu
nism available to students of Com
munism, and to have them "in
places accessible to others."
Just before the President spoke,
Lester B. Pearson, Canadian for
eign secretary and president of the
United Nations General Assembly,
also had an indirect reference to
McCarthy.
Exaggerate Differences
Pearson said that "voices raised
in our midst, calculated to exag
gerate the differences which arise
between us," were another pitfall
the Atlantic Treaty nations must
avoid.
"Irresponsibility of this kind can
undermine the mutual understand
ing on which our community rests,"
he said.
Apparently referring to the re
cent critical exchange between for
mer British Prime Minister Clem
ent Attlee and McCarthy, Pearson
said that "as a member of Parlia
ment I may refer without improp
riety. I hope, to what Lord Action
has described as 'the never-ending
audacity of elected persons' ".
Pearson added some of this
verbal audacity on both sides of
the Atlantic consists of appeals to
passion - and prejudice' by men
whose horiions are circumscribed
only by their own ambitious pur
poses." Pearson said "we will be wise,
I think, not to confuse these sounds
with the voice of the people, or to
mistake calculated and theatrical
outbursts for frank and honest
criticism."
At the start of his talk Eisen
hower commended Pearson on his
address. -
Rivers Flood
Low Farms
PORTLAND OP) The rising
Columbia and Willamette rivers
had flooded low lying farm lands
Sunday and river forecasters said
both rivers would continue moder
ate rises.
At Portland where flood stage
is 18 feet, the Willamette was up
to 20.6 feet Sunday. It will prob
ably rise an additional foot by
Wednesday. k
The Columbia at Vancouver,
which' has a 15-foot flood stage,
was up to 20.8 feet Sunday. Fore
casters said it would go up to 21.9
by Thursday.
No damage is expected.
Clothes, Watch Stolen
From Girl Picnickers
Three Salem girls reported to
city police that several items of
clothing and a $50 watch were
stolen from tnem Sunday after
noon while they were picnicking
at Bush's pasture.
Among the items stolen were
a $20 jacket, a pair of pedal push
ers, and a coin purse.
Soviet 'Pushbutton' Cruiser Center of Interest
As Crowds Assemble for Coronation Review
PORTSMOUTH, England HI
The Russian cruiser Sverdlov, ship
of many mysteries, was the center
of intense interest Sunday as thou
sands assembled for Monday's cor
onation naval review.
Queen Elizabeth II will give the
trim "pushbutton" vessel close
scrutiny when the young monarch
warships of IS nations drawn up
in an impressive formation.'
. The British were obviously fas
cinated by the Russian ship, first
Soviet war craft to appear in Brit
ish waters since 1937, by her Rus
sian Captain First Class Olumpey
Rudakov, and by her 1,000 Rus
sian sailors who brought her here
last Wednesday.
At first the Red sailors were
shy and possibly a little suspi
cious, but they have become
friendlier' and more communica
tive as they came ashore frequent
ly in large and small groups.
.. Most of them remained on their
cruiser Sunday playing host to dis
tinguished visitors, : including the
No. 77
Appointed
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden Sven
Grafstrom, former permanent
delegate of Sweden to the
United Nations, has been
named Sweden's chief repre
sentative on the Korean armis-
tice commission. Grafstrom
now is ambassador to Mexico.
.AP Wirephoto.
Fire Destroys
Rubble of Barn
On Garl Farm
Statesman Newt Servic
HUBBARD Flames breaking
out: several hours after , a silo
crushed a big barn at the Manton
Carl home south-east of here,
completely ' destroyed the rubble
early Sunday morning.
Ruins of the two structures,
estimated to cost now about $25r
000, were still smouldering Sun
day night The blaze, fed by dry
hay, straw and grain, damaged
two other sheds and a nearby
row of big walnut trees.
Carl said there was about $12,
00CT insurance on the barn and
its contents which included new
sheep-shearing machinery, eleva
tors, choppers and grain grind
ers. No stock was lost and no
one was injured.
Both Hubbard and Woodburn
fire departments answered the
call to the blaze which drew
hundreds of persons from the
surrounding countryside. Mrs.
Carl, who discovered the blaze,
said she had just been up attend
ing their young daughter who was
ill and had returned to bed about
5:30 a.m. when she heard crack
ling. She said the barn was com
pletely ablaze. She awakened her
husband who attempted to call
firemen while she took the car
to Woodburn for help in fighting
the fire.
A virtual explosion caused by
expanding of chopped ensilage
was blamed for collapsing the big
14 by 35 foot silo onto the ad
jacent barn and pushing it off
its foundation just exactly 12
hours before the fire was dis
covered. A minor blaze in a mo
tor was detected shortly after
the Saturday evening mishap but
was thought to have been extin
guished. The double dose of ill-fortune
ironically marked the 11th wed
ding anniversary of the Carls and
the homecoming of Marine Flyer
Marion Carl, Mr. Carl's brother,
from Quantico, Va.
Russian ambassador, Jacob Malik,
and Dr. Hewlett Johnson, the
"Ked Dean" of Canterbury, whose
support of Communism has irri
tated many British churchmen.
' British naval officers were out
spoken in admiration for the snap
py manner in which Rudakov
brought bis ship to its appointed
place in the reviewing line at Spit
head, the body of water between
Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight
i From a British liaison officer
who went aboard it is known that
it was a push-button operation, that
from the bridge the captain, by
manipulating little levers, gave the
signals for swift navigation of his
ship. He clanged no bells and
shouted no orders down tubes,
i He declined the services of a
British pilot, although the waters
here are somewhat tricky to navi
gate. He did not seem to need
charts, yet got to where i he was
supposed to go in an incredibly
short time. - f .,
: The Moscow radio Sunday said:
PRICE 5c
V'-V."'-' -A
Commies Stage
Heaviest Push
In Two Years
j By MILO FARNETTI
SEOUL Uh The South Korean
Fifth and Eighth Divisions buckled
Monday under a .crushing attack
byi waves of thousands of Chinese
who rolled back the Korean truce
demarcation line as much as two
miles in some places.
Some 30,000 Communists were
attacking along a 30-mile sector
of the Central and Eastern Fronts.
It .was the biggest Red attack in
two years, since the spring drive of
1951. v
Infantrymen of the U.S. Third
Division battled with the Reds in
the trenches of the Triangle Hills
on the South Korean left flank
and lost: some ground before stop
ping the Chinese assault
Earlier reports filtering' through
a ! tightened censorship said the
South Korean troops were reel
ing under the attacks. The South
Koreans had threatened to ignore
an truce and drive northward to
the Manchurian Border.
At U.S. Eighth Army headquar
ters, a grave faced staff officer
said:
f'The situation could best be de
scribed as fluid."
U4N. Plaaes Active
But Allied airpower dominated
the Korean skies. Far East' Air
Forces : announced fighters and
bombers Sunday flew a new record
1,000 sorties individual missions
without loss of or damage to a
single plane.
The Red drive overshadowed the
fighting last year for Old Baldy,
White Horse Mountain, . Sniper
Ridge and the U.S. First Marine
Division outposts on the Western
Fitmt.
Tanks and artillery were playing
aj big part in the battle.
RDKs Forced Back
American officers with the South
Koreans said the ROKs had been
forced back by the Chinese assault
across about 10 to 15 miles of the
front in the East-Central sector
thai spans high hills and deep val
leys. The major action was southeast
o( Kumsong and north of the wind
ing Pukhan River, which describes
a horseshoe curve in the area. The'
Communists appeared to be driving
toward the Pukhan but at re
ports received up until noon had
npt reached it
The assaults on the East-Central
Front were accompanied by battal
ion sized attacks elsewhere across
the front
Seek Prestige
The Reds appeared anxious to
gain prestige in the waning days
of the Korean War and were gun
ning for all the ground they could
get before a cease fire is ordered.
j The great Hwachon Reservoir
in allied hands and 25 miles behind
the ROK Eighth and Fifth Divi
sions blocked any great advance
by the Communists in this sector.
i The meandering Pukhan is at
the back of the two hard-pressed
divisions. The Chinese troops could
curve either to the southeast or
Southwest if they wanted to pay
the price in casualties for further
advances.
The Eighth Army commander,
Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, flew
to the front to inspect the situa
tion at first hand, his headquarters
announced.
In Iron Triangle
j The Chinese also hit the Iron Tri
angle area to the west of Capitol
Hill and around Christmas Hill to
the east of the main push.
Americans of the Third Division
and ROKs of the Ninth Division
teamed during the night to knock
back a thrust by between 2,000 and
3,000 Chinese northwest of Kumh
wa in the Iron Triangle area.
I Other ROK troops kicked back
an assault by more than a battal
ion of Reds in the Christmas Hill
area. .
i The ; Chinese apparently- want
commanding ground in these areas
that might force more Allied troops
to give up their main line,
j It was the first real combat test
of General Taylor in Korea since
he took over from Gen. James A.
Van Fleet on Feb. 11. It also was
a test of the ROKs ability to hold
out alone as they have threat
ened to do.
TRAIN CRASH INJURES 70
I MADRAS, India m A freight
train collided with a passenger
train near Madanapalle, 193 miles
West of here Saturday .night
! Seventy -were injur edSseriously.
I "According to British naval es
timates the anchoring of the Sverd
lov should have taken one hour,
pi minutes. The Soviet cruier an
chored in 12 minutes.
I It is a shiD of many mysteries
but it did not appear that naval
architects and technicians would
learn very many of them. Most
of the: secrets were weu screened.
Canvas hid a portion of the bridge,
and there were canvas screens
around gun turrets and a few other
installations on the vessel.
The ' cruiser displaces about 13,
000 tons, and one guess as to its
speed! was that when really step
ping lt could reach 3S knots.
The ship bristles with radar In
stallations, one large tower mak
ing it an easy ship to identify.
There seemed, to be a large num
ber of optical range-finders, and
persons who have been aboard
have noted lines of steel rails on
deck which might be used to
launch
mines.
guided missiles, or lay
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Armistice Police
Alerted for Duty
V By GEORGE
BIUNSAN ; (AP) -Aj Korean! armistice appeared
so near Monday that off icers assigned to vital true
jobs -were alerted and Allied soldiers Were "warned
against mistaking a cease-fire for war's end
The U. N. field commander, Lt. Gen. Maxwell
Taylor, issued an unusual radio fcaution to his multi-
nation army not to be swept up
with thoughts of going home and
get caught oft guard. j
He said "the possibility of an
armistice has increased to the point
that we must consider what a sign
ing would mean to the Eighth
Army." I '
The U. N. base camp in Munsan
buzzed with activity. Soldiers and
medics were told to start prisoner
exchange rehearsals. Officers who
will serve on the military armistice
commission were told to get ready
to take over their new jobs. )
Peiping's Red radio said liaison
officers as well as staff officers
were meeting Monday at Panmun
jom "te work out the last admini
strative details prior to the signing
of the armistice agreement" 4
The liaison officers met j as
Peiping said they would but the
U.N. Command would give no de
tails. The session lasted 19 min
utes. The officers did not. set a
date for a future meeting.
President Syngman Rhee called
off, at least for the moment, the
anti-truce demonstrations which
had raged for five days in the
streets of Korean cities. j
Instead, 1,000 men -and women
from 160 churches prayed in a
Seoul park lest the Allies "surren
der to the godless Communist ag
gressors." Despite the temporary absence
of demonstrations, there was no
apparent weakening in Rhee's bit
ter opposition to a truce before
unification. His government offi
cials continued making loud state
ments that South Korea should fight
on alone.
Activities of the Allied command
suggested confidence that this op
position would not upset a truce.
Panic Fatal to
Nearly 70 in
Brazil Blaze i
SAO PAULO, Brazil W) Fire
broke out in aSao Paulo dry goods
store early Sunday and spread to
a Negro dance hall above, caus
ing panic' and a heavy death toll.
Reports of the number of dead var
ied from 63 to 70. Most were tramp
led to death or suffocated. Seventy
other persons were injured.
About 300 persons were "jammed
into the hall for a dance when! the
fire occurred. The club director
made an announcement and asked
all to leave quickly. But panic
broke out and the dancers rushed
for the single narrow stairway lead
ing to the street. !
Some of the first to reach it
stumbled and fell in their frenzy
to get out. Others trampled over
them to escape, but eventually! the
stairway became clogged with bod
ies and many jumped from win
dows. When firemen and police reached
the scene they found an almost
solid wall of bodies at the stair
way; Hardly any had been burned,
the firemen said; but had died of
trampling or suffocation. The po
lice job was made difficult by the
crowds of relatives who thronged
the scene looking for loved ones.
Fire Destroys
One-Third of
Quebec Town
ST. NEREE. Que. Ai fire
that flared Saturday night j and
raged until early Sunday, j -destroyed
nearly one third of ! this
village 38 miles southwest of Que
bec. The blaze caused an estima
ted $300,000 damage, took one life
ana left 95 persons homeless.
The fire apparently began in a
yard behind one of the Homes.
Fanned by high winds, it! de
stroyed 17 homes, a convent six
barns: and two garages. Many
other homes and the village church
were damaged. j
Red Cross officials said 24 fam
ilies 44 adults and 51
were homeless.
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dren
Weatherman Sees
Clear Skies Ahead
It's going to be warm in the
valley today, says the weather
man, who predicts the mercury
will rise to a high reading of 80
to 82 degrees during the after
noon. ! .
Some cloudiness today is pre
dicted to give way to fair weathef
Tuesday. t-- -
Sunday was warm and sunny
with some clouds and a 1 top
temperature of 77 recorded about
3:30 pjn. ; . - j
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Editorials, features 1 4
Sports ..-" 6-7
Valley news . i- 8
Comics .... 4 0
Classified ads 8-1 1
Radio. TV 10
1 Today's Statesman !
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McAltTHUR
Mrs. Whitney
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Mrs. Sarah M. Whitney, Salem's
oldest resident, died here Sun
day at the age of 103. She was
bora Feb. 9, 1S50.
Oldest Salem
Resident Dies
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Salem's oldest resident, who
was already a young girl in Civil
War tmes, died Sunday at a Sa
lem hospital at the age of 103.
Shef was Mrs. Sarah M. Whit
ney, fete of 1270 N. 18th St,
where she lived with one of ten
surviving children until recently.
Born Sarah Warner, .she was
the eldest daughter of George B.
and Mary Ann Goodman Warner,
early residents of- Tuscarawas
County,; O. she outlived all her
nine younger brothers and sis
ters and marked her 103rd birth
day Feb. 0.
Mrsi : Whitney aften recalled
her early childhood, noting that
the family lived in Ohio during
the Civil War in log houses,
heated only by stone fireplaces.
As the oldest, she helped both
her "father on the farm and her -mother
in the' home cradling
grain,! shearing sheep, spinning
yarn and knitting, spinning and
sewin. .
Baekliss Benches
Young Sarah attended school
in a log building with hand hewn
backless benches. She recalled
that her father purchased v 185
acres 9n Iowa, in 1856 but con
tinued to reside in Ohio for 12
more I years before venturing
further1 west on the prairie in
1868. fThat year on Oct. 25 she
Was married to Charles E. Whit
ney i4 Winthrop County, la. The
following year a scourge of
grasshoppers, totally destroyed
crops and the new Mrs.. Whitney's
wedding veil, and a cholera epi
demic; killed the hogs.
A farm in Cherokee County,
la., proved more prosperous and
the couple remained there until
1901 when they moved to the Big
Bend country near Wilson Creek,
Wash! In 1906 they moved to the
Salem area and for many years
owned a farm near Turner. Later
Whitney engaged in the real
estate; business in Salem. They
marked their 'golden wedding
anniversary here in 1918 and had
been wed nearly 61 years when
Whithey died m 1929.
Other Survivors
Surviving Mrs. Whitney besides
nine daughters and a son are 25
grandchildren, 45 , great grand
children and 10 great-great grand
children. .Two children, a daugh
ter Mrs. Willi m Bunn, died in
1928 and a son, Orrin Whitney,
died in 1943. The survivors are
Mrs. Rose Hagedorn, Salem, Mrs.
Nellie i Bunn, Portland. Mrs.
Stella ' Lupton, Portland, Mrs.
Gene Stivers, Cherokee, la Mrs.
Lovelia Ennis, Hartley, la., Mrs.
Nina Becker, Portland, Mrs. Edna
Price! Salem, Mrs. Arlie Majors,
Portland, Mrs. Flossie Reeves,
Bingen, Waslu and P. M. Whit
ney, Brownsville, j , ;
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. in the W. T.
Rigdon ChapeL Interment will,
follow in Belcrest Memorial Park.
Dive Fatal to
Portland Boy
SEASroE liftDonald S. Peake, '
IS. a Portland high school student,
drowned Sunday in a swimming
pool bere.v
His half-brother, -Lee M. Single
terry Portland, said the youth
dived into the pool and didn't
come up. Singleterry notified life
guards who located the body, a
short: time later. :i
An autopsy has been scheduled.
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