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Tha dragon Statesman, iSalem, Oregon, Monday, September 12, 1955
PRICE 5c
No. 169
A Sunday dispatch from Mos
cow where Chancellor Adenauer
of Germany has been conferring
witn we leaders of the USSR says
that the negotiations will end
Tuesday night and concludes with
this sentence: "Outlook for any
agreement appeared sour.'
Those who feared that the ven
erable Adenauer would be trapped
in Moscow will be composed by
the news. The sweetness and light
lately manifest in the Big Four
meeting in oeneva was conspic
uously absent at Moscow. In fact
the Saturday session waxed heat
ed as the Germans demanded the
release of thousands of Germans
still held in Russia. Russian lead
ers refer to 9,626 of them as war
criminals. The Germans deny that
charge and deny also that the
German" people should be branded
for the sins of the Nazis. When
Adenauer countered the Russians
by accusing Soviet troops inad
Ing Germany with "certain act
Khrushchev called the remark
"offensive. ,
On the other great issue of
German unification no hejdwry
was made. This subject had not
Deen on me original agenda sub
mitted by Moscow, but Germany
insisted that it be included. At
the Saturday session Heinrich von
Brentano, German foreign mini
ster, emphasized the significance
attached to unification, saying:
"No system of security in
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Longshoremen
Renew Strike
After Pause
NEW YORK m The Interna
nonat Longshoremen s Assn. early
Monday re-instated a waterfront
strike that it had called off live
hours earlier.
Patrick J. Connolly, executive
vice president of the union, an
nounced the strike was on again
after a state legislator, disavowed
an agreement to have a legisla
tive committee look into the un
ion's claimed grievances against
York harbor.
Connolly declared the union had
been "double-crossed' after hear
ing that Assemblyman John Os-
trander, Saratoga Republican, de
nied making any agreement to call
a special session of his committee
on industrial and labor relations.
Marshall Miller, consultant to the
committee, met with ILA officials
Sunday night and announced that
Ostrander had authorized him in
a telephone conversation to say
that the-'hearing would be held.
Shortly thereafter. Connolly an
nounced the five-day strike was
ever.
The strike is in protest against
the Waterfront Commission, a New
York - New Jersey agency set up
to police the miles of waterfront
and end alleged hiring abuses.
Connolly said the committee
"would afford the representatives
of the ILA full opportunity to ap
pear and state its side of this con
troversy, and to make recommen
dations rppardin? this law pf.
ting up the Waterfront Commis
sion) and its operations so as to
remove and relieve the -hardships
and the unrest which this law has
brought to the waterfront.'
Aidmen Free
Hooked Kitten
Cats : don't ordinarily bite on
fish-hooks but first aidmen got
one Sunday.
Seven-year-old Joyce Godsey,
815 Electric Ave., came into aid
headquarters with a pet kitten
in her arms and announced that
a hook from her father's fishing
equipment had fastened in the
pet's mouth.
Aid Captain Bob Blegen, with
the help of a fireman's boot,
agile fingers and a pair of
pliers, extracted the hook and
eased the anxiety of the small
girl.
The firemen s boot was re
sourcefully thought up as a
means of encasing the kitten
during the operation.
The Weather
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Wittamette River -2.5 feet.
FORECAST Urom U. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
Generally fair today and tonight,
partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday:
high today near 77. low tonight near
48. Temperature at 13.01 a.m. today
waa 60.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1
Tbi Tear Last Year Normal
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Police and firemen dragged the Willamette River under the Marion
Street Bridge Sunday after a Woodburn farmer's car was found
abandoned ea the span. Dragging from a small boat fere Capt.
Ersel Mundinger and Patrolman Edwin Burke of the police de
partment, and Donald Hill and Bertram L Iverson, both city
firemen. (Statesman Photo.) : i
Car Parked on Riyer
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Bridge Starts j Search
Police searched the Willamette River here Sunday after a
Woodburn man's car was found abandoned In Jhe middle of the
Marion Street bridge with the motor running. - : t
Unreported since discovery of the car about 6:40 a.m. was
Edward VR. Jopp, 51-year-old Woodburn Route 1 farmer, who a
business associate said had hinted at suicide over ill health. -
Death Claims
Long-Time
Polk Resident
Statesman Newt Service
. DALLAS Mrs. Mary Olive
Mif!arter. 04. nne of Polk Coun-
ty's oldest residents, died Sun
day at a rest home in Dallas.
Final rites will be held at 10
a.m. Tuesday at the Bollman fu
neral chapel in Dallas. The Rev.
Orville Mick will officiate and
burial will be at Dallas Ceme
tery. Mrs. McCarter was born
March 11, 1861, in Mercey Coun
ty, UL, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Shultz. She was three
weeks old when the family start
ed west by ox team on a trip
covering five months.
She was married in 1881 to
Richard H. McCarter who died
in 1925. Survivors include a son,
Jesse E. McCarter of Salem and
one sister, Mrs. Eva Hayter, Cor
vallis. Parade Starts
Off Round-Up
PENDLETON. Ore. m The
Pendleton Round-Up got underway
here Saturday night with a huge
parade seen by an estimated 20,
000 persons.
The procession, which took near
ly an hour to pass the reviewing
stand, was made up of 40 entries,
including bands, drum corps, rid
ing clubs, marching units and
floats.
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Adenauer Appeals for Russ
Change on Prisoners tissue
LONDON ( West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer has
appealed to Soviet leaders for a
change of heart on the German
prisoner issue, the Moscow radio
said Sunday night.
The appeal was reported cou
pled with a denial that he has
accused Soviet troops of war
crimes. - '
And be accused the prewar great
powers of standing by while Hitler
forged to power, then showering
honors upon" him. acording to an
account of Saturday's second ses
sion broadcast in the Soviet home
service. Adenauer's part in the
talks was giVen all the limelight.
- The prisoner issue has proved
the crucial point in Adenauer's
talks with Soviet government lead
ers on normalizing relations be
tween Russia and West Germany
Adenauer contends relations can
never be normal while thousands
Police and firemen tinder the
direction of 'Capt. Ersel Munding
er searched and dragged the
river for over four 'hours but
found no trace of the, missing
man. . J"; f
Previous Arrest. j ; I '
Jopp had been arreited only
a few minutes before his aban
doned 1949 Chevrolet sedan was
found on a charge hi disregard
ing a traffic signal: He posted
$5 bail and left the station, police
said.
Attendants at ' Master Service
Station at Center, and Commer
cial streets said they saw Jopp
about 6:15 a.m. when he started
to drive his car onto the Center
Street bridge the wrong way. He
turned, around and parked near
fhe intersection of i Center and
N. Liberty streets fori about 15
minutes before continuing on,
they said, s I
Request Made i $
Fred Schlack, Woodburn as
sociate of Jopp's in firm inter
ests, said the missing man had
been despondent jover heart
trouble and had stated "that
if my car is found ion a bridge
you take it' home, and! take care
of my chores for me Schlack
told police he milksd i Jopp's 13
cows Sunday morning ana would
continue to care for them for the
time being. .-1: j
Jopp, who is unmarried, is re
ported to have three sisters in
cluding a Mrs. Fred iMargrath,
all of Tacoma. He . was wearing
iaaea Diue overalls, a iigm snirr,
grey hat and heavy rbjack workl
chnoi urfian: lacf e4"i 14a Sal
kjiivv hj v iivh aiu mai aty
described as 5 foot 6,1 150 pounds
with sandy, hair and! grey eyes.
Roseburg Youtll Dies '
As Car Misses Curve
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ROSEBURG (Jti jQary Lewis
Innerebner, ! 19, of Roseburg, was
killed early Sunday when his car
missed a curve and Skidded off
the road into a telephone pole.
of ' Germans are still held in the
Soviet Union. The Russians say
only German war criminals are
still held and the question cannot
be discused without East German
participation. .. ir 1
Adenauer told the Russians the
East German government does not
represent the people, an argument
that Soviet Premier Nikolai Bul-
ganin dismissed as "nothing but a
gambit" ij '
Adenauer's statement i earlier in
the talks that Rusian troops com
mitted "certain acts" led to a se
ries of bitter speeches: from the
Soviet leaders.
MOSCOW UH A West German
government spokesman; predicted
Sunday Soviet German negoti
ations here win end Tuesday night
Wednesday. Outlook for any agree- j
ment appeared sour, j t I
Cyclists Lose IL
Schools
To Open
Doors to Swing
Wide for Nearly
14,000 Students
School doors open wide today
in Salem to greet some 14,000
youngsters ready and (un) willing
to be plied with knowledge for
another year.
For about 1,225, it will be their
first day in a classroom and
many a Salem family has prob
ably been awakened at an earlier-thin-usual
hour by youngsters
eager to embark on the new ex
perience. Only school not scheduled to
open today is Candalaria Ele
mentary School. Construction of
the new grade school has fallen
behind schedule but Supt of
Schools Walter Snyder expects
it to be ready to receive students
within a few days.
Later Announcement
Announcement of when young
sters should register there will
be made later this week.
Salem school board members
will also return to their normal
meeting schedule this month,
meeting twice monthly to act on
school affairs.
One of the first items of busi
ness Tuesday night at the board
meeting probably will be selec
tion of a name for the South
Salem high school football field.
Several names have been sug
gested, but announcement of
names under consideration will
not be made prior to the board
meeting.
Orientation Week
While public and parochial
schools begin classes this week
9 a.m. for grade schools and 8:40
a.m. for junior and senior high
schools Willamette University
will be conducting orientation
week for a new crop of fresh
men. . .
Residence halls open at 1 p.m.
and a new students reception is
set for 7:30 p.m. at the Salem
YMCA.
Temperatures
Drop Sharply
Over Midwest
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sharp temperature drops, as
much as 38 degrees at Madison,
Wis., and scattered frost Sunday
accompanied a vast bank of cold
air which drifted southward down
the nation's midsection.
The cold air. which covered the
Great Lakes, the Great Plains and
Ohio Valley and extended to North
ern Texas, touched off showers and
thunderstorms, with 24-hour falls
of as much as two inches at Mar
quette, Mich.
Orlando, Fla., got 1.75 inches;
Hatteras, N.C., 2.5, and OkTahoma
City 1.35. -
Temperatures fell during the
night to 27 degrees at Glasgow,
Mont., and Bismarck, N.D.; 4 at
Gransburg, Wis., and 17 at Fras
er. Colo.
Light to moderate frost was re
ported through Eastern Montana,
Northeastern Wyoming, the Da
kota and Iowa. '
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Komance lS U1F
For Margaret,
Paper Claims
LONDON un The Sunday news
paper The People said Sunday the
romance between Princess Mar
garet and Royal Air Force Group
Capt Peter Townsend has ended.
"The romance is off," The Peo
ple said, quoting circles close to
the royal household.
"Townsend was told some weeks
ago, according to this authoritative
report that any expectations he
may have entertained about marry
ing the princess cannot be ful
filled." Townsend is now air attache of
the British Embassy in Brussels.
British newspapers have been re
porting a romance between him
and the princess for several
months.
NOKIHWEST LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
At Zugene 3, Salem J
rACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
At Portland -5, Oakland S-2
At Seattle 4-4. Lew Angles 3-1
At Hollywood 7-i, San Diego -
At San Francisco 1-4, Sacramento
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AMERICAN LCAGVK
At Washington 0-1. Detroit S-S
At Baltimore J-4. Kansas City 4-2
At New York S-S. Cleveland 1-3
At Boston f-2. Chicago J-7
national leaocb
At Cincinnati -5. Brookl-m 0-3
At Milwaukee S-9. Philadelphia 4-1
At Chicago 7, New York I
At St Louis i, Pittsburgh I
Today
Ike Favors 5-Year
High School Term
DENVER UP) President Eisenhower Sunday advocated length
ening regular high school and college courses to perhaps five years
in this "complicated" age. j He also suggested that older folks are
being required to retire from their jobs too early in life.
The President expressed the views informally during an in
spection tour of the temporary headquarters of the new Air Force
Academy at Lowry Air : Force
Base here.
Near Floundered
On the tour, Esenhower also rem
inisced with a hearty chuckle
about his own cadet days of 40
years ago at' West Point about
how he "darn near floundered" in
a course in engineering drawing
because "I never could keep the
darn ink from running under the
ruler." MM!
At one point the President broke
off from a study of a chart de
tailing the curriculum and re
marked to Harmon that "when we
were kids a nigh school educa
tion often was adequate prepara
tion for life. ' i 1 !
Complicated Life ' i i
."But with this complicated life
we've got now, how in the heck
do we expect to educate people
properly with the same number
of years in high school and college,'
Eisenhower said. j i
He was referring to what he lat
er described as the usual "three
to four year" regular course in
both high school and college, i;
I think the years have got to
be lengthened,'
Eisenhower
add-
ed.
Council to Air
Controversy
On Stop Sign
The stop sign that started
things instead and had its rapid
fire ups and downs is up for con
sideration by the Salem j City
Council again Monday night.
It all started when the city put
up a stop sign on the south: side
of Hood street at the five-way
intersection of Church street and
Fairgrounds road. Strong i pro
tests to the Council brought the
sign right back down again: j
Then petitioners, some 200 of
them, accused certain unnamed
Hollywood merchants of remov
ing the stop sign for "personal
gain" and asked to have the sign
put up again. h j j
, The pros and cons are expect
ed to be heard again when th
Council hears a report on the
petitions to restore the signj i
Outside of the stop sign issuej
the Council agenda appeared to
be filled with routine street and,
sewer items.
Three ordinances may get final
consideration at the session,! one
for installation of a special 114
luminated sign for W. P. Fuller
& Co. at 166 S. Liberty St., and
another for sewer assessment on
Summit avenue. The third in
volves amendments tightening
the city electrical code relating
to electrical installations in resi
dences. The amendments! would
provide for replacement o
and dangerous wiring.
worn!
Eugene Takes
Series Lead
EUGENE (Special) The Eu-
gene Emeralds took a one-game
lead in the -Northwest League
championship playoffs here Sun
day by defeating the Salem Sena'
tors, 3-2, in the 12th inning. The
victory gave Eugene a 3-2 1 edge
in the best-of -seven playoffs.. . j
Eugene's 12th inning run Sun
day came with the bases loaded.
Bin Girdley hit a bad-bounce
single to score the winning run.j
The sixth game in the ! series
will be played Monday night at
8 p.m. in Salem's Waters Field
(Complete details on sports page)
Weathermen See
Near Perfect Day
Near perfect weather condiT
tions of Sunday are expected to
be duplicated today in the Salem
area,' according to forecasters at
McNary Field. i
"Generally fair" is the outlook
for today but cooler temperatures
and - partial cloudiness are exi
pected Tuesday. Today's maxi
mum will probably be near 77. j
Forecast for beaches Is fair
today save . for morning clouds,
with a mercury range of 46-65.
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Westinghouse
Plants Closed
By Walkouts
PITTSURGH m The CIO I
ternational j Union of Electrical
Workers Monday called a strike of
its 43,000 members employed at
28 I westinghouse, Corp. plants
throughout jthe country.
The walkout was ordered to back
up demands for settlement of a
five; week old dispute at the East
Pittsburgh plant where some 11,000
employes have been idled.
Orderly picketing was reported
at Various sections throughout the
country shortly after the strike be
gan. Because of few midnight
shifts full effect of the picketing
was! not eipected to be felt for
hours.
Companyj and union negotiators
stood by until 2 a.m. (EDT) wait
ing hopefully for a settlement But
they went home when a recess was
called in the talks between Robert
D. Blaiser, vice president in charge
of industrial relations for Westing
house, and James B. Carey, presi
dent of the) union.
Another meeting between the two
was scheduled for 2 p.m. (EDT).
Westinghouse has 58 ' plants
throughout the country. A spokes
man said it was too early to deter-
,. l "t. z . uuluijwar arsenal. It said that the
effect all of the big chain.
In the 30 plants where the 10
IUE does not have membership
the j employes are represented by
other unions. There are about 69,
000 of these employes.
Miss, Oregon
TelhPlan to
Attend UCLA
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
Dorthy Mae Johnson of Beaver
ton, Ore., j the beautiful runner
up in the Miss America pageant
said Sunday she planned to use
her $3,000 prize scholarship to at
tend the Vniversity of California
at Los Angeles. .
The 18-year-old brunette, who
won the Miss Oregon contest ear
lier this summer, said she will
study speech therapy and drama.
I She said; one of the highlights of
the pageant was her meeting with
singer Eddie Fisher,
j She and her mother, who ac
companied her here, will attend
a screen f processors convention
here Monday. Then she will go
to Washington, D.C., where she
will tour the capital as the guest
of the Marine Corps. She said the
guided tour was arranged because
she had been Miss Marine Corps
Reserve of Portland, Ore. -i
Important as her title, the schol
arship and the four-foot-high tro
phy, she paid, was that: "Now I
have one jfriend in every state of
the union. . (Story also on page
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Flood Warning
Posted for Valley
Of Rio Grande
BROWNSVILLE. Tex. Rio
Grande Valley residents as far
north as Del Rio - were warned
Sunday night to get set for pos
sible ' floods from a tropical dis -
luruance aliening up winas ana
squalls near the Texas and Mexi
can coasts..
Points lohg the coast expected
tides from 1 to 3 feet higher than
normal ini addition to expected rain
fan. . I "
The warning sent new fears
through the lower valley, still not
fully i recovered from last week-
ends storm uladys.
New 'Marilyn Monroe' Plane
: Design Boost to Sonic Flight
. .WASHINGTON The Nation- powerful, simple and useful de
al Advisory Committee for Aero- vice for designing new aircraft
nautics (N'ACA) Sunday announced with dramatically" improved per
a new concept in aircraft design forma nee.",
which, produces startling increases
in supersonic airplane speeds with
out an increase in power.
NACA labeled the design prin
ciple "area rule." and said it pro
duces the airplane shape known
variously! as coke bottle, wasp
waist and "Marilyn Monroe.'
Aviation , Week magazine de
scribed the development as "one
of the most significant military
scientific! breakthroughs since the
atomic bomb."
NACA.! which is the federal gov
ernment's principal agency for
aeronautical research, called it "a
2 Linnets Share
Sizzling Smooch, ;
Cause Blackout
CAPISTRANO BEACH. Calif.
Ur Two linnets smooching on a
power line shared a sizzling kiss
of death Sunday that shut down
San Juan Water Co. pumps.
Nofie Famularo, manager . of
the company that serves San
Juan Capistrano, Capistrano
f Beach and Dana Point, pieced
the story .together: ,
A service station attendant,
Don Kennedy, said he had seen
a sudden! flash from a power
line transformer. The birds,
their breasts burned clean of
feathers, fell at his feet Their'
locked beaks had caused a short
circuit -,'
Linemen; replaced fuses and
got the pumps going in about
an hour, i
Red Chinese
Deny Holding
500 Americans
TOKYO vn Peiping radio de
clared Monday that any idea that
50 Americans still were being held
in Red China "haS been-proved by
facts ' to be pure fabrication.
With the settlement at Geneva of
the question of 41 Americans held
in Red China, the United States
has indicated it will bring up the
fate of nearly 500 American sol
diers who disappeared in the Ko
rean War. U. S. officials believe
many of them are held by Red
China. t
Peiping radio said "The question
of the so-called 500 Americans in
China. . .is nothing but a shopworn
9l-tirl talron mi nf tha IT "nlr1 '
question of wai, ' prisoners
W3&
dealt with under Korean armistice
terms.
LONDON Ufl Red China, issu
ing "report cards" on the 10
American civilians whose .speedy
release was - promised Saturday,
said Sunday they were convicted
of crimes ranging from spreading
reactionary propaganda to spying.
. A Peiping radio broadcast said
two women among the 10. presby-
tenan missionaries at leper colon
ies, were convicted of sabotage.
The broadcast said the conduct of
all 10 had been "fairly good."
But there was still no disclosure
as to exactly when the Americans
would pass through the Bamboo
Curtain into the British crown
colony of Hong Kong. The broad
cast inaicaiea me 10 may nave
been released already from their!
places of detention and now may:
be on their way to freedom.
At Hong Kong, .British colonial
border guards said there was no
sign of the Americans and closed
the gates to traffic from Red China
for the night No ships from' China
entered Hong Kong harbor Sun
day. .
Police Probe
Canadian Fire
VANCOUVER, B. C. W) Sever
al people were questioned here
Sunday in connection with a fire
that swept four firms and caused
more than a $1,000,000 damage in
Vancouver's heavily-industrialized
False Creek area late Saturday.
As yet no one has been detained
by authorities as a result of the
investigation. .
No complete estimate of damage
has been made, but it is expected
to reach about $1,250,000.
The firms involved in the fire
were Arrow Transfer Co. Ltd.. A
and M Lumber Co.; Walker's Car
rier Service, and Industrial Sites
1 T h
Two firemen were injured fight
ing the blaze. They were treated
at hospital and released.
SEARCH ENDS
TOKYO (JB 'The Far East Air
Forces Sunday called off its search
for survivors of a Superfort which
vanished off Okinawa Thursday
'night with 13 aboard.
The invention of Richard T.
Whitcomb, 34-year-old scientist at
NACA's Langley Aeronautical Lab
oratory in Hampton. Va, area rule
already has been applied to the
following supersonic airplanes:"
I. The Navy's Grumman FllM
Tiger, originally designated the
F9F9. now in production at Beth
page. Long Island, N.Y. ,
Z. The Air Force Convair F102A,
under-production at San Diego.
It also is being used on the
Navy's Chance-Vought F8U-1 car-
rier-based Interceptor soon to go
into production at Dallas, Tex.
Eugene
Riders
V.
Critical
Tm:o Injured in
Second Mishap
At State Fair
A Gladstone youth suffered critt
cal injuries Sunday in a spectao
ular accident during the State Fair
motorcycle races here. Two Eu
gene cyclists, enroute to the races
were gravely injured when the
left legs of both were severed ia
a collision near Albany.
Tom BeiselL 21, was rushed un
conscious to Salem General Hos
pital after he was thrown from his
mount in a novice race at ' the
fairgrounds. Another entry. Lloyd
Stanton, 25, Everett, Wash., sua
tained a broken collar bone in the
same mishap when his "bike" hit .
Beisell and zoomed out of control.
(Additional details on sports
page.) ,
Still Unconscious
Beisell was reported still uncon
scious from head injuries Monday
morning. He also had t broken left .
leg.
The two Eugene persons hurt in
the collision a few miles north of
Albany were listed as Raymond
Archie Davis, 37, and Patsy Jean
McKinley, 15. State police said
their motorcycle, driven by Davis,
sideswiped a southbound car driv
en by William Cox, 62. Jackson
ville, Fla. " "
Motorcycle Party
Both Davis and Miss McKinley.
members of a party of six motor
cycles, were rushed to an Albany
hospital, after the 11:30 ajn. ac-
Police said the left lees of both
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fender of the car. An officer who
witnessed the crash said the two
were thrown about 100 feet through,
the air. The girl also suffered a
broken arm and Davis' groin was
slashed open by the fender. .
Cycle Flew ; '-
Beisell was injured when Us
motorcycle flew from under him
as an estimated 1.500 persons
looked ' on. The prostrate Beisell
then was struck by the eycle
driven by Stanton and the impact
in turn threw Stanton. Hospital
attendants said Stanton was re
leased after brief treatment
Bus, Truck
Loiiiae; l Die
. COMMERCE, Tex. I Two per
sons were killed and four injured
in the fiery crash of a Continental
Trailways bus and a pickup truck
near here Sunday night Both the
dead were in the truck. The truck
and bus were destroyed by the
flames.
The 34 bus passengers and the
driver, none of whom became panic-stricken,
broke the windows to
escape the flames which almost
enveloped both vehicles at the in
stant of the impact The doors were
blocked by the wreckage. '
H.L.Mencken
75 on Monday
. BALTIMORE H. L. Men
cken, who never fled from a fisht
in his life, celebrates his 75th birth-
dav Mmulav lw1rtt1 in Mmhat with
an old and respected enemy hay
fever. '
The aging critic of ideas and
master of literary style will spend
his day much like any other if
the pollen count permits.
He has never paid much atten
tion to his anniversaries, partly
because the time is frequently one
of discomfort and also because he
has never considered such occa
sions worthy of observance.
The celebrated newspaperman
and writer received the customary
flood of telerrams and letters frrm
well wishers Sunday.
Simply ty pinching in the ft
plane fuselage or body where e
wings are attached, the speed of
the aircraft through and beyond
the speed of sound has been in
creased by 25 per cent or more.
"In simples terms, the area rule
is a rational way of reducing very
greatly the sharp drag rise 'in
crease in air resistance) which oc
curs at transonic speeds, NACA
said in a news release.
Conventionally designed air
planes at transonic speeds that is,
when they are crossing the speed
of sound, in the ranges between
600 to 800 miles an hour encount
er severe turbulence and air flow
resistance which is not found at
subsonic and supersonic speeds.
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