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Two weeks ago life Magazine,
anticipating a truce in Korea, re
lated the background of events
in the Korean war and then said:
Thus President Eisenhower
can in good conscience sign away
the first war the U. S. has not
won."
Several other publications,
among them the Oregonian, have
referred to the Korean Wv as
our first which did not end in
"physical victory.
Such a dogmatic statement is
open to challenge. In the firs
place this was not a United States
war. It Was a United Nations war
in which the United States held
the command and to which it con-
, tributed. the most in men and
money, aside from Korea itself.
The fact that it was a U. N. war
required our government to con
sult with its U. pi. allies. The
latter protested use of atomic
weapons, objected to pushing the
war north of the ' 38th parallel.
The U. S. authorities had a diffi
cult time cooperating with its
U. N. associates (some of whom
made no contribution to the con
duct of the war), with Pres.
Syngman Rhee of Korea, control!
ing U. S. military commanders in
Korea and trying to satisfy critics
at home who were numerous and
articulate.
Some will say that the war was
a United Nations undertaking
only in theory, that it was in
fact almost entirely a U. S. oper
ation in- support of the Republic
of Korea. Granting that, it stil,
is not
(Continued on Editorial Page, 4.)
Italy Premier
DeGasperi's
Feopmelalls
ROME UP) Foes of the left and
right ganged up on Premier Alcide
de Gaspen s new, pro-Western gov
eminent in the Chamber of Depu
ties TUesday and overthrew it, 282-
263.
Communists and Socialists team
ed with Monarchists and Fascists
to vote "no confidence" in De Gas
peri in the precariously balanced
chamber.
It was the first such defeat for
the premier, 72, who has held the
reins of Italy's' governments con
tinuously since Dec 10, 1945, The
new government, formed' two
weeks ago, was his eighth.
De Gasperi needed 273 votes, or
half the total 545 votes cast, to stay
tn office.
-Thirty-seven- deputies, members
ofthree small center parties for
merly allied with De Gasperi' s
majority Christian Democrat Par
ty, abstained. They could have pro
vided the margin of victory. Eight
members of Jhe 5 90-seat chamber
were absent. ,
French Closijig
Ring Around
Red Regiment
SAIGON, Indochina UP French
Union forces hammered" by air,
sea and land Tuesday at a 3,000
man Vietminh regiment based near
the coast of Central Indochina
north of Hue, the capital of An
nam Province.
French officers said heavy fight
ing had developed in this biggest
action of the Indochinese War since
an armistice ended the shooting m
Korea.
The French threw 10.000. men
into the assault, hoping to close a
ring around the Communist-led
troops before darkness gave the
enemy a chance to flee from en
trenchments to nearby mountains.
Several battalions of the enemy
already have been surrounded and
are being pounded by American
supplied B2S bombers and by war-,
ships firing from the South China
Sea, the French said. French tanks
are , on hand for the mopup.
The Vietminh regiment has been
harassing communications between
Hue and Quan Tri, 40 miles to the
north, for several months. Though
it has occupied. -Several villages,
the fight was reported centered 25
miles north of Hue.
The trap was set up over an
area about seven miles long and
five miles wide. Warships landed
men along the northern and south
ern boundaries. Simultaneously,
marching columns took up posi
tions Inland. Thirty-nine transport
planes dropped parachutists into
the region.
Animal Crackers
Bv WARREN CO00RICH
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103 YEAR
Industry
Zoning j
Attacked
By ROBERT E. GANGWARE
City Editor, The Statesman j
Home owners in areas marked
for heavy industrial zoning under
a new zone code made it plain to
Salem Planning and Zoning com
mission Tuesday night they didn t
like it
Several citizens in the overflow
crowd of 175 at a City Hall hear
ing protested the proposed re
striction against building homes,
schools or churches in an M-2
(heavy industry) zone.
Otherwise it was a renewal of
the running fight between resi
dential and business interests . of
North Capitol and South Com
mercial Streets In most of the 50
statements made to the commis
sion.
Final Hearing
The ' occasion was the final
hearing before the commission on
the zone code it has spent three
years preparing. Commissioners
decided to go over the hearing
material next Tuesday night be
fore making, its final recommen
dation to tne uty council ior leg
islation. Last night's hearing developed
little, if any, new information for
the zoners, they indicated after
the fast-paced two-hour session.
But it convinced several of the
commission members that some
change should be made in the
industrial zones where home own
ers are already located.
Two major areas of this sort
are the half -block strip along Oak
Street between 14th and 19th
Streets and the area south of Mis
sion and west of 22nd Streets. .
Asked Business one
Changing the proposed indus-c
trial zones there from M-2 to M-l
would allow house building but
would still prohibit churches or
schools. Residents who protested
last night asked for apartment or
business zoning instead of indus
trial zoning, for the most part.
Some of the area is in indus
trial zoning but homes have been
developed there instead of fac
tories. And the industrial zone
under present city law makes no
restriction against any other use
of the property.
To Permit Rebuilding
Zoners explained that houses
already built would be allowed to
continue in the industrial zones
as proposed and rebuilding would
be permitted in case of fire or
other damage unless the destruc
tion amounted to over 20 per cent
of the structure.
Just about everyone who ap
peared last night had some ob
jection to voice. s
But not Roy Adsitt, South Com
mercial Street grocer. "We're per
fectly happy and want to thank
the commission for the change in
our block," he said. The change
extended the present business
zone. I
Additional details on page 2,
Section 1.)
North Salem
Public Park
Near Reality
r
. Hollywood Lions Club's long
planned North Salem public park
is" progressing from idea stage
toward reality, club leaders re
ported Tuesday after a board
meeting.
i T-mn fnr the nark has been
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leased from the state, they said,
at the old camp grounds corner
of Oregon State Fairgrounds an
oak grove of more than three
acres.
To jbegin converting this site
into .the family recreation-type
park, the club will stage a no-host
evening picnic there Aug. 12 for
members and their families and
others interested in working on
the project
Men will begin working that
night on picnic tables, fireplaces
and other fittings for the park.
Arizona Ponders Fate of 263
Children of Polygamous Town
SHORT CREEK. Ariz. I The '
future of Short Creek's many chil
dren was being determined by the
state of Arizona here Tuesday, i
As the .263 youngsters stood won
dering, two juvenile court judges
reviewed a study of environments
made by state social workers.
The results may send some chil
dren off to live permanently with
relatives.
It is -expected to send the big
majority to foster homes in Phoe
nix, where they wiU live under
state care. . ., .
; The children were left suddenly
parent-less early Sunday as state
officers swooped down on this poly
gamous community. The raiders
rounded up 34 men and SO women
and jailed them at Kingman. i
: Superior Court Judges Lorna E.
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With the summer tun finally making i regular appearance here
each day, pretty Leanne French (center), 1925 N. Liberty St,
who has flaming red hair, Is doing her best ts get a sob bnra to
match. Helping her with the sun-tan lotion at Leslie swinuaditg
pool are Shirley Joran (left), 1795 S. High St and Reita Gilman,
1410 Douglas Ave., (Statesman photo.)
130.000 East Germans
Get Food in
BERLIN (FVWestern food gifts 'drew 130,000 hungry East Ger
mans to the Allied sectors of Berlin Tuesday. Some recipients were
reported harassed by Communist police when they headed home. But
two million are now expected to be fed in two weeks from the
American-financed relief.
The flood of needy from Soviet-occupied territory defied threats
Polio Strikes
Gaite Boy
Billy Fearheller, 6. is in Sa
lem Memorial Hospital with pol
iomyelitis, according to the Mar
ion County communicable disease
report, released Tuesday by the
county health department
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Fearheller of Gates.
The boy was stricken last Fri
day at his home, the disease at
tacking the eyelids, which, ac
cording to Irwin Wedel, manager
of the hospital, is the first such
case of its type reported in Mar
ion County. Young Fearheller's
arms are also affected.
He was reported in fair condi
tion last night with progress
satisfactory.
Four cases of measles and
three of pneumonia were also
listed in the health department
report.
Huggins Heads
Parole Board
Charles ST. Huggins, Salem in
surance broker, Tuesday was
elected cbiirman of the state pa
role and probation board.
Harry V. Collins, also of Sa
lem, was chosen vice-chairman.
Third member, retiring chair
man, is James J. Richardson of.
Portland. Huggins will serve as
chairman until his term as a
member of the board expires
December 31, 1954. '
Richardson, serving on the
board since September, 1949,
was elected chairman, July 1,
1931.
Collins' term on the board ex
pires in 1956.
Lock wood of Maricopa County and
J. W. Faulkner of Mohave County
sat tser the court session.
National Guard forces fed the
children, and employes of the State
Department of Health and Wel
fare saw to it they were warmly
clothed and cared for.
The stote already has made plans
to charter an airliner to fly the
youngsters, probably in groups of
25. to Phoenix.
ManwhUe, a Salt Lake City at
torney arrived to begin negotia
tions to furnish bonds for the adults
who were arrested . and charged
with a dozen different offenses, in
cluding tigamy, contributing to the
delinquency of minors and statu
tory rape.
The man identified himself as
H. S. Nolan. He would not say who
would guarantee the bond. .
Tlx Oregon
West Berlin
of police reprisals and shrugged off
ominous propaganda from Premier
Otto GroUwohl'a Communist gov
ernment against the program.
They queued up from dawn to
dark at 40 food giveaway centers
in West Berlin. They foUowed 120,
000 who swarmed across the East-
West border when the project got
underway Monday.
City officials were overwhelmed
by the influx more than double
the 60,000 a day tffey had counted
on feeding during 4two-week peri
od. Supplies Rushed
Some distribution points ran out
of food, but new supplies were
rushed from warehouses. Lord May
or Ernst' Reuter's administration
worked swiftly to handle the em
ergency. Red police in East Germany ap
parently feared to torpedo the re
lief by" a concerted campaign of
arrests and confiscations.
Taken Into Custody
But Berlin informants said sev
eral East Germans carrying West-;
era food were taken into custody
at Soviet sector railway stations.
Many others had to give their
name3 and addresses when they'
were allowed back in the East by
police sentries.
'The informants said these in
cidents appeared to be haphazard
persecution which failed to intim
idate the , bulk of . those trekking
home with five West marks ($1.19)
worth of free food per person. In
the inflated prices of East Ger
many, the food was worth 10 times
as much in East marks.
Hounsell to Head
Group Studying
State Constitution
Sen. John P. Hounsell, Hood
River, was elected chairman Tues
day of the 17-member committee
to study whether Oregon's con
stitution should be either revised
or rewritten.
Rep. Mark O. Hatfield, Salem,
was elected secretary at the State
house meeting.
The committee, which will re
port to the 1955 legislature, met
for the first time.
Its next meeting will be here
Sept. 1 when it will make a gen
eral study of , whether the consti
tution needs 'changing.
Western Interna tion
At Yakima 1. Salem 3.
At Spokane s. Vancouver 7.
At Victoria 7, Wena tehee &.
At Tri-Clty 4, Lewiston S.
At Edmonton 4. Calvary L
Coast League
At Portland 4. Seattle 3.
At Sacramento a. San mego
At Oakland 1-1. San Francisco 0-121
At Hollywood 4. Los Angeles a. .
American League
At New York 4. Cleveland t
At Washington 5. Detroit a '
At Boston 2. Chicago 4.
At Philadelphia 9. St. Louis 7.
National League
At Chicago 2, Brooklyn 11
At Milwaukee 2. New York 1
At St, Louis C. Pittsburgh 4.
At Cincinnati S. Philadelphia 4.
Stcrtasman, Sedan Oragon, Wednesday July 29 1953
School
Opening
By CONRAD FRANCE
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Salem district public schools
will open a week later this fall.
by order Tuesday night of the
Salem School Board which hoped
this action may help the late bean
harvest
School will start on Monday,
Sept. 21 instead of the originally
planned Sept. 14. Tc partially
make up for the lost week the
Spring Vacation week, normally
held from March to 19 will be cut
down to two days, March 18-19.
School board members heard
cannery representatives outline
the plight of bean growers and
packers. George Paulus of Paulus
Bros. Packing Co. was spokesman
for the canners. '
Prospective Loss
He said growers and packers
were in line for a "million and a
half dollar loss" if the board did
n't delay school opening so that
youths could harvest and pack
the later-than-usual crop.
"The bean crop is three weeks
behind time right now," said Pau
lue. "Beans usually start around
July 15. But this year they won't
get underway In volume for an
other 10 days."
Another packer said the peak
of harvesting and packing beans
will probably be reached between
Aug. 15-20 and will continue for
another three weeks or more.
Need Rest in Spring
! School Superintendent Walter
Snyder pointed out that parents
of many children wouldn't appre
ciate a delay in school opening.
He added that spring vacation
time should not be eliminated,
that children need this rest in
the spring from school work.
As it is, by delaying the start,
the Salem school system loses
about $9,000 in state basic school
support fund contributions.
Board members, however, ap
proved the pew schedule as one
of them hoped out loud it would-
fcn't rain that extra week of vaca
tion, and another hoped the berry
growers wouldn't be "on. our
necks" in next spring.
Board member Harry Scott said
that a financial loss to the bean
industry would mean a loss to the
community.
(Additional school news on page
z, sec. l.)
Fairgrounds
'Burn' Causes
Smoke Screen
Willamette Valley was called
"Smokey Valley" in many sec
tions of the Salem area Tuesday
due to the smoke-screen let out
by city firemen burning off ex
cess dried grass at the State Fair
grounds. The "burn-off is described by
firemen as a regular annual rit
ual necessitated by growing and
drying grass on what is used as a
parking area at the south end of
the grounds. The grass is burned
off to prevent possible burning
by autos during fair season.
Firemen said they started their
operation early in the afternoon.
On hand were the tanker and the
fairgrounds "flusher (used nor
mally to sprinkle the race track).
Twenty-five acres was the biggest
area burned off at one time and!
the rest was burned in 10-acre
lots. .Travellers entering the Sa-
lem area were perplexed by the '
'twilight conditions created by j
the smoke in the warm afternoon ;
as were many local residents. I
Delayed
Housemother Beaten as 4 Girls
Flee Hillcrest; Later Captured
Four teen-age girls made their j covered there early Tuesday
. .1 mnniiiif and th uarrh for the
escape from Hillcrest cnooii
southeast of Salem sometime dur-
ing the early "morning Tuesday
after one of them had beaten up
a night housemother and taken
her keys. They were apprehend
ed later in the day! Tuesday.
Mrs. Lila Casteel, relief night
housemother, was taken to Salem
General Hospital by Willamette
Ambulance Service; at about 7
a.m. Tuesday after having lain
unconscious in the cottage most
of the night from the -beating.
She suffered multiple bruises
and facial lacerations from
wounds believed inflicted with
fists and high-heeled shoes. It
was at first believed she bad a
possible fractured skull but x-rays
discounted this. Her condition
was considered "good by hospi
tal authorities Tuesday night
; The escape was madft possible
When Mrs. Casteel was attacked
ry a 1 6-year-old jgirl who slipped
t behind her and pummelled
fc.r with blows. She then took
the housemother's keys- and re
leas" -I three of her friends and
the i t of them made their es-c-t
' rin? Mrs. Casteel pros
trate Jl the cottage. : She was dis-
Site in Marion Square
Awaits Old Parsonage
Plans to move the old Meth-
odist Parsonage, second oldest
house in Salem, from its origin
al site at 13th and Ferry Streets
to Marion Square, were an
nounced Tuesday by Marion
County Historical Society.
The house was obtained free
from Salem School Board which
is clearing an administration
building site at 13th and Ferry.
Mayor Alfred Loucks Tues
day asked. City Attorney Chris
J. Kowitz to draft an agreement
to permit the Marion Square
location on a one-year tempor
ary basis, upon the conditions
that the society harm no trees
there, protect the house by a
fence and complete within the
year a financial program suf,
ficient to guarantee the main
tenance of the old building at
no expense to the city.
Financing of the project will
i be on a volunteer basis, Murray
Senator Taft Reported
As 'Generally Weaker'
NEW YORK (iT) Sen. Robert A. Taft's condition took a turn
for the worse Tuesday after a series of optimistic reports in pre
vious days. i
Early Tuesday night he was reported "generally weaker" but a
later announcement said he was "resting a little more comfortably."
The latest statement third to be issued during the day by the
Shift Leaves
New Principals
At Jr. Highs
A series of promotions and
changes involving top offices at
Parrish and Leslie Junior High
Schools, were approved by the
Salem School Board
night.
Tuesday
Charles Schmidt, principal at
Leslie, was appointed principal
of Parrish. He succeeds Carl
Aschenbrenner. who will be prin -
cipal of the new South Salem
High School, now under construe-
tion. Aschenbrenner will work
in the school office building the
coming school year.
Earl Hampton, assistant orin
cipal at Leslie, will move up to
the principal's chair there. Loren
Mort, dean of boys at Salem Sen
ior High School, will be assistant
principal at Leslie
... j
nsh for the past six years, will
advance to the assistant principal
polst at that school.
Neil Brown, assistant principal
at Parrish, will move over to the!
senior nijtn scnwi -i"m
principal in charge of youth per
sonnel.
Power Failure Forces
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KolaUon Of Electricity
PRINSVILLE un - Rural areas ;
got their electricity Tuesday an
hour at a time. Service was
rotated among outlying districts
because of a transformer failure,
Officials got approval of highway
officials to bring a 41,000-pound
replacement transformer on a
truck from Portland.
r
trirls was organized.
One of the regular case work-1
ers who came on duty at 9 a.m. 1
said she'd seen three girls on'
Highway 99E near the Jefferson
Junction south of Salem who she
thought she recognized as Hill
crest girls. Not knowing the girls
were missing, she'd thought no
more about it, but state police
were quickly informed and the
three runaways were apprehend
ed it) a service station washroom
near the junction.
The fourth girls was caught by
Dallas authorities. It was not
known by what means she was
apprehended, but Hillcrest offi
cials speculated that she had re
turned to Dallas, her former
home, and was recognized and
causht there.
Mrs. Lena R. Smithson, super
intendent of Hillcrest, said she at
tributed the runaway episode to
"carelessness on the part of who
ever was responsible for keep
ing the cm girl's door locked at
night- Mrs. Casteel was work
ing relief during the vacation pe
riod and had been assigned the
H p.mf Monday iintil 7 a.m. Tues
day shift as housemother.
PRICE 5c
Urae
Wade said. Dr. Burt Brown
Barker, Portland, a former Sa-
lem resident and longtime vice
president of University of Ore
gon, has pledged $500.
Dr. Barker said in Salem
Tuesday the "parsonage" would
be made into a city museum.
It was built in 1841, housed
early Methodist ministers in
cluding those who organized
the institute which became
Willamette University.
Wade said plans are prepared
for restoring the old house to
its original setup.
The School Board rejected
the $35 bid it received at a
public auction for the historic
house, along with several other
bids. School officials since
have been negotiating- for sell
ing the four houses and a gar
age on the corner property for
more than the $280 which high
bids totaled at the auction.
New York Hospital was re-
leased at 9:30 p
m. (EST).
It said:
"The senator is resting a
little
more comfortably now."
A 5 p. m. bulletin had said his
condition-continued to be unsatis
factory, that he was generally
weaker and able to take very little
nourishment.- -Wife's
First Visit
The Ohio Republican Party stal
wart was visited during the day
and evening by bis wife, Martha,
and j two of his sons, Lloyd and
Robert Jr. It was his wife's first
visit! to him since he entered the
hospital.
Mrs. Taft suffered a stroke some
t,m a8 ana now ets around only
n a wneel chair. She was flown
hc from Washington.
1 , Nw York Hospital, in a 5 p. m.
I"' lu:
"Senator Taft's condition contin
ues to be unsatisfactory. He has
been able to take very little
nourishment and is generally weak
er. He is experiencing no pain and
has no fever."
A ; hospital sp ..ail said no
further report would be made Tues-
Ailment )
, Taft h . n tnr ,Ain
i oiuireui, oiiu uiiuuwciii an w
. nioratnrv onpration at ih hnsnital
July ! 8.
Afterward it was reported that
, hA rfn .h Ar,Mnn ,n k..
there was disciosure as to'what
the operation showed nor any clue
as to the nature of his ailment.
Earlier Tuesday the hospital is-
s.uedi the first report reflecting
anything but optimism on the sen
ator's condition. It said his con-
aiuon nas deteriorated some-
what and that he was respond-
in less weU to atmenu
Blast Shakes
Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM V A 3-mile
section -of Birmingham's west end
was shaken and a wide area spray
ed with flying rocks from the ac
cidental explosion of an estimated
half ton of dynamite Tuesday.
No injuries were reported from
the blast at a strip mine on Red
Mountain, although the clothes
were blown from a worker near the
scene. Many windows were shat
tered. Acting Asst. Police Chief B. F.
Walker said ..the blast occurred
while old dynamite was being burn
ed as a safety precaution at a
strip pit. Walker said that appar-
entry; a dynamite cap was some- !
where In the pile of "probably 1.-
000 pounds or more" of explosive.
Dynamite won't explsde of itself
while being burned
Loot Includes 909t
Indianhead Pennies
KANSAS CITY l A burglar
ransacked the home of Mr. and
.Mrs. John R. Hause' Monday night
and got, in addition to $230 worth
of jswelry, $9.09 in cash.
It wasn't ordinary cash. Every
cent of it was Indianhead pennies
saved by Mrs. Hause in 12 years..
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MORE HEAT PREDICTED
Another warm day in Salem
was predicted for today by U. S.
weathermen at McNary Field with
temperatures expected to range
from 84 to 43 degrees. Highest,
temperature In Salem Tuesday j
was 82 degrees. I
No. 121
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U.N. Command
Terms Claims
'Unsupported'
MUNSAN UH Communist mem
bers of the Korean Armistice Com
mission Wednesday charged the
Allies with . eight separate viola
tions of the truce agreement signed
Monday. 1 .
North Korean Lt Gen. Lee Sang
Cho made the charges at the 'com
mission's second session since the
cease-fire?
United Nations Command mem
bers promptly branded the charg
es as "allegations" and said they
needed investigation. '
After the 1 hour and 22-minute
meeting, Maj. Gen. Blackshear M.
(Armistice glory and
map also on page 5, wee
tion 2.)
Bryan, chief Allied commissioner,
disclosed Chat the Reds alleged
three aircraft had circled and re
connoitered over the demilitarized
zone, four scattered artillery rounds
had been fired and a burst of three
machinegun bullets fired.
He said no damage was alleged
by the Communists.
"These were allegations, broad
and general and nothing serious."
Bryan said. ,
"None have been substantiated.
legations and asked for addition
al information on which to base
further action."
The Armistice Commission meets
again at 11 a.m. Thursday (9 p.m.
Wednesday, EST) at Panmunjom.
Bryan said also he had offered
to advance' the exchange of war
prisoners to Aug. 2, but that the
Reds could do no better 'than tha
Aug. S data previously announced.
U.S. Stratojet
Beats Atlantic
FAIRFORD. England un A
B47 Stratojet bomber borrowing
from tactics of the old sailing ships
zipped from Maine to England
Tuesday In 4 hours.
It was man's fastest crossing of
the Atlantic from the United States.
37 minutes faster than it had ever
been done before.
The 6-engine Boeing-built bemb
er latched on to previouHy chart
ed winds of up to lot miles an
hour at altitudes of about six miles
iu ueuer wie previous recora irom.
rh. it 5 Air ho f i w
stone, in Northern Maine, to this
air base 80 miles west of London.
The average speed for the 2,925
mile flight was reckoned at 616
miles an hour.
At the same time another B47
flew here from Goose Bay. Labra-
dor, some 2,480 miles, in 4 hours.
14 minutes for an average speed
of 611 miles an hour.
The Air Force said this was the
fastest' known time for the routevj
A British-built , twin-engine Can
berra jet bomber once flew much
of the same route from Labrador
at an average speed of 605 miles
an hour.
$1,600 Blaze
Results From
Thrown Match
FOUR CORNERS A girl drop
ped a match Tuesday and
600 fire resulted.
Darlene Crenshaw, 11, also in- ;
curred foot burns in the blaze
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Crenshaw, 110
N. Elma Ave. '
Ted Miller, Four Corners fire
chief, said Darlene was lighting
a fire in a stove, in the utility
room to warm water to riva her
dog a bath. ..
Miller said she dropped a
match in some inflammable ma-
terial and the fire quickly spread .
through the rear of theTioi
The chief estimates the damage
at $1,600. He said it was partly
covered by insurance. Firemen
; were called about 1:30 p.m.
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