s Homeless
In Northeast Floods:
105th Year
2 SECTIONS 1 6 PACES
Tho Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, October 17, 1955
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34 iDesad in Six States
Swollen Rivers, Streams Show Signs of Receding;
President
in 'Full
Salem Girl, Friend Bag tiger ' in India
Control of D
DENVER (P) President Eisenhower is "fully in control" of
the duties of his office, White House Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty said Sunday.
Questions about delegating presidential powers which were
raised after Eisenhower suffered a heart attack three weeks ago
are now completely academic, Hagerty said.
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033JDS
Yesterday I offered some com
ments respecting the GOP free-for-all
which is shaping up for- the
presidential - nomination in 1936.
Today let us take a look at the
Democratic paddock where entries
for 1956 are being groomed. . -,
Adlai Stevenson and Princess
Margaret seem to have much in
common. Both have a big secret.
Both are keeping it to themselves
Both are expected to announce
their plans very soon. Both are
exoected to sav "I will." Adlai
will make the race for the presi-: Parties and his departure Satur
dential nomination; and Princess daT for the Big Four foreign min-
llargaret surely is going to say
she will renounce her rather ten
uous claim to the throne for the
sake of the one she loves as did
her uncle, King Edward VI, whe
surrendered his crown to wed Mrs.
Simpson. Adlai assures us we
shall not have long to wait, and
Margaret can't play ducks and
drakes much longer with the
British public.
The Stevenson forces got a sur
prise and a jolt when ex-President
Karry Truman almost gave his
anointment to Governor Averell
Harriman for the 1956 Dfmocratic
nomination. True. Truman since j
has been playing innocent of mak
ing a choice, but his praise of
Harriman at Albany and his evas
ive response respecting Stevenson
came close to an endorsement of
Harriman. Previously Truman had
beenindicating his continued loy
alty to Stevenson. Now he has at
least gone astray.
Instead of injuring the Steven-
con cause this may actually - help
it (Continued on editorial page, 4)
Alerts Family
To House Fire
Statesmaa Newt Servte ,
FOUR CORNERS A barking
dog that woke the children led
to the discovery early Sunday of
a fire , which started in a home
made walnut drier in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Keidtaz,
3845 June Ave.
The . Four Corners Volunteer
Fire Dept. extinguished the 4
a.m. blaze with chemicals. The
fire caused minor damage to the
floor and mopboards but a great
- deal of smoke, according to Fire
Capt. 'Richard McKee.
.McKee warned against the use
of Improvised driers over floor
furnaces because of the high oil
content of walnuts which makes
them hihJxJ&flammable.
Nippon Tot Has
Unofficial Visit
With Emperor
TOKYO to Three-year-old
ToshikoT Nomoto got lost at a
sports meet in the Imperial Palace
compound. '--
She wandered to a spectators'
tent. Startled officials tried to shoo
her away. Toshiko slipped past
them. v
She climbed into a chair next to
a mustached man. He beamed at
her. Offcial frowns turned to
grins. -,. : - ;- . -
Later Toshiko was atked
you like the Emporer?'
She said she did.1 "
Did!
ANIMAL CRACKERS'
V WARREN Orf3RICM.
Last Thursday, The Oregon
Statesman's librarian 'during
routine checking found that
"Animal Crackersn for t h i s
week had not arrived. A wire
was forthwith sent to Warren
Goodrich, New York, N. Y.
Here was the replyj
"After 20 years of writing
gags and drawing "Animal
Crackers," Tm pooped!
"Please consider this as
notice of termination of the
service. The cartoon of Oct
15 is the final release.
"Your long and faithful
patronage of my feature is ap
preciated." "Sincerely '
"Warren Goodrich."
The abrupt termination
leaves T!ie Statesman (and
many other newspapers) with
no . immediate replacement
We shall evaluate other avail
able cartoons, however, and
choose the best within the
next few days.' , O
Barking Dog
uties 9
Eisenhower s assistant, Sherman
Adams, filled the President in on
the Northeast flood situation.
The Denver White House decided
that a declaration of emergency
issued last August when hurri
canes and floods struck the area
probably still applies.
Full Report
But the staff in Washington is
checking that and will give a full
report Monday.
In addition. Presidential Press
Secretary James C. Hagarty
marked the start of an accelerated
presidential work schedule at Fitz
simons Army Hospital by announc
ing this schedule of official visi
tors for this week:
Monday, Secretary of Defease
Wilson and Adm. Arthur Radford,
chairman of the ' Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
Third Examination
Wednesday, Secretary of State
Dulles, returning for his second call
on Eisenhower, m advance of a
Washington conference Thursday
th congressional leaders of both
isters meeting in Geneva
Friday, Atty. Gen. BrowncD,
coming in to discuss justice depart
ment matters. -
And on Saturday, Dr. Paul
Dudley White, the eminent Bos
ton heart specialist, will return for
his third examination of the 65-
year-old President, now ' into' his
fourth week of recovery from a
Sept. 24 heart seizure.
Dressed in yellow pajamas and
a blue bow tie with red polka
dots, the chief executive was lifted
into an easy chair in his room
and sat up for 30 minutes twice
as long, as Saturday when he got
into a chair for the first time.
State School
Principals to
A two-day conference of the
Oregon Elementary School Principals-Association
will , open to
day " at the Manon Hotel,, with
some 400 delegates expected to
attend. . . . . , ;f -
; Featured at the session will be j
appearance in a speaking role of
Dr. Harold G. Shane, Evanston,
111., widely known educator and
professor of education, at North
western University. Dr. Shane
and his wife were honored Sun
day at a tea held at the home of
Miss Florence Beardsley, associa
tion executive secretary.
Registrations will open the
conference schedule today at 8:3(1
a.m., after which delegates will
be welcomed by Rex .Putnam,
state superintendent of public
instruction.
. Dr. Shane will discuss "creative
in-service educations" at an open
ing session this morning and will
be main speaker at a banquet
tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Marion
Hotel. '
Miss Lovina E. Wilson, Eugene,
incoming president of the asso
ciation, will preside at a noon
luncheon today; Outgoing presi
dent is Harold J. Shepherd, Tilla
mook. . The ' conference, sponsored by
the Oregon Education Associa
tion, Department of Elementary
Principals and the State Depart
ment of Education, will conclude
Tuesday noon.
Weathermen Say
Continued Fair
. Another fair day is due for
Salem area residents, according
to the daily prediction of McNary
Field weathermen. Patches of
fog should clear up by, early
morning.
Temperatures will be about the
same as Sunday with a high near
75 and a low tonight about 40.
Today
Princess Attends Church;
Town send Stays at Home
(Picture on wirephoto page)
BINFIELD, England Prin-
cess Margaret, with perhaps the
most fateful weeks of her life
ahead, emerged unsmiling from
her romantic rural hideaway Sun
day to go to church. "
Group Capt. Peter Townsend. the
divorced war hero whom millions
of Britons expect her to marry.
stayed home. The princess hurried
straight back to him after meet -
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erit. - las she emerged from the fenced -
Monday the country idyll ends.;in hideaway in Windsor Forest
Margaret and her 40-year-old flier : where she and Townsend are week-
are siaiea 10 return to uonaon sep-
ii-atolv TiipeHaif lh 9VvarwiM
fun-loving princess goes on public
parade in a whirlwind of official
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functions, with church affairs high
on the list
Most Britons appear convinced
Margaret has made up her mind
to marry Townsend.
i But two big Sunday papers
Back from India with fruits of successful big game hunt are Warren McMurray, visiting Salem from
Savannah, ,., and Jane Pearmine, Salem, shown with head ef tiger they bagged in India's Central
. Province. Photo was taken at farm home of Miss Peannine's parents, 12 mile north of Salem, where
tiger head and attached skin are a much-prized trophy. (Story of their thrilling hunt and picture of
tiger as he fell in jungle appear in Sec. 1, page 7).
UF to Seek
Funds Front
Missed Homes
The not-at-homes missed in the
Salem United Fund campaign's
solicitation of residential sections
can still do their
part, leaders in the
drive said Sunday.
Campaign o f f i -cials
suggested that
residents not at
home when solicit
ing was done in their particular
neighborhoods can help by mailing
or bringing their donations to head
quarters. Drive workers will pick
up donations if phoned in.
The Salem campaign, now $120,-
798 toward a goal of 205.000, hasjpioyes told police.
gamed in momentum the - past
week. Officials are hopeful that
next reports to be made at a Tues
day meeting . at the Marion Hotel
will show another big stride toward
the goal. ! 1
Salem Girl, 5,
Loses Finger
A 5-year-old Salem girl lost a
finger Sunday afternoon when a
ring she was wearing caught on
an unknown object while she was
sliding on the hay her father
was loading, j
Julie Bader, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Bader, Route 5.
Box 109, was reported in "fine"
condition at Salem General Hos
pital after the stump of bone that
remained following the accident
had been removed.
Bishop Dagwell
To Retire in '58
PORTLAND ( The Rt. Rev.
Benjamin D. Dagwell,
bishop of
f
the Oregon Episcipal diocese, has
announced the date of his sched
uled , retirement.
In an article appearing in the
Oregon Churchman, a church pub-; ally before they had breakfast
lication, the bishop said he would (with other friends at a hotel
retire in July 1953. Dagwell indi- j where she stopped,
cated his retirement plans somej Reporters and photographers
time ago when he asked that a spotted them together in the hotel
coadjutor be appointed. lobby after the breakfast but Mor-
A special convention of EpLsco-ins left quickly before pictures of
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palians will open Monday to select
the coadjutor. :
I warned against taking too much
for granted in face of the immense
; ccnsuiuuonai complications-
Townsend match would pose. One
oi tnem saia k was wrong to as
sume an engagement would be an
nounced this week "or at all."
Informed circles expect that if
the marriage is to be, a move to
relinquish Her right of succession
to the throne will be made soon
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20
nrincnt. tons
end n0US3 jryests of her cousin. A
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aLV muea 10 utd awavuie cur-
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acy failed to keep away the curiou i P,h" ' nin lo
; . i i Little change in temperature with
A crowd numbering more than the highest today near 75 and the
400 waited near Allanbay Lodge, loweit tonight near 40.
where the princess and the pilot wJT,tur at 11:01 ajn-..tod"
are staying in the heart of the salem precipitatm) 1
forest where their romance first J"1" ' 1
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Armed Robber Raids
Food Store
8talrmaa
ALBANY, Ore. The Safeway
albin streets in downtown Albany was held
late Sunday , afternoon. The loss was not
Albany city police.
State police set up road blocks in the
robber was still at large early
' Only one man is known to have
been involved. . Holding a re
volver, he forcd employes to put
the money from the tills into a
paper sack. He wore no mask.
One Customer
Only one customer, a woman,
was at the checkstands at the
time,, according to , police.. The
robber ordered her to put the
money from her purse into the
sack, but she did not comply, em-
Later, while the robber was
shepherding employes into the
back room, she left the store, ac
cording to the police report Her
name was not learned.
Slender Bandit .
The robber was described as
about 5 feet U inches tall, age
about 35, slender build, dark
complected, wearing a dark hat
and blue suit coat. A coat of the
same description was found later
behind a funeral home llJx blocks
waft of the store.
-ijftcr ordering employes into
the back room, the robber left
the store by the front door.
Boy Friend
Bumored for
Miss America
DENVER Ufi Talk was cur
rent here Sunday that Miss Amer
ica has a "boy friend" Mike
Morris, 28, a Denver attorney.
Miss America is Sharon Kay
Ritchie, 18, a Colorado Woman's
College co-ed before .she won the
crown at Atlantic City last month.
People who keep track of iich
things -said Morris dated Miss
Ritchie eight times before she leftLfatai shooing accident victim ol
i u nHMf.Mi
for Atlantic City. They said he
talked with her several times by
telephone during her four-day visit
here between
appearances ana ..
that he greeted her once person-
"e. iwo couiu oe maae.
A reporter asked Miss Ritchie:
"Have you two " mentioned any-
thing about the future?"
"I have seen htm. Miss Ritchie
replied, "but there's nothing
it."
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TWISTER HITS V
LONG BRANCH. N J m A
two-minute twister Sundav leveled
a Dj? barn at Monmouth Park
Race Track, knocked down a rail-
'road telegraph pole and broke
tree branches over a wide area.
The Weather
Max. Mln. Precis.
75 3S .M
68 45 ..00
27 .00 '
78 46 .00 !
76 49 .00
.f 8 52 .00 '
63 51 m
S7 53 .CO
54 41 J
Salem
Portland
Baker
Medford
1 orl Bena
North Bend
jjioseourg
. San rranctsco
'J? Angeiei
York"" "
8 57 " .75
Willamette River 1.1 feet.'
FORECAST (frnni U. S.
weather
, uurcBU.
v
McNary field. Salem I:
I Tnir today, tonight and tomorrow
Albany
Kew Service
grocery store at 3rd and Broad-
up by an armed robber
disclosed, according to
area but reported the
this morning.
Woman Shot;
Heart Attack
mm
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Hunter
LEBANON, Ore. ( A woman
lost her leg and a man died of;
a heart attack in a hunting acci
dent in the woods near here Sun
day, i
Wayne R. Wood, 37, and his
wife and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J.
Copple, all of Lebanon, had gone
to the wdods to hunt five miles'
northeast of here Sunday. j
Mrs. Ccpple suffered a serious
gun shot wound in the left ' ankle
when her gun accidentally dis
charged a; she fell.
Her husband and Mrs. Wood,
her sister, remained with her while
Wood ran fourth of a mile to
a house by the highway to summon
an ambu ance. Wood then ran
back to Mrs. . Wood and helped
carry her out. , .
After She was picked UP by the
in
ambulance Wood complained of August, again were criss-cross-pains
in his chest. His wife flagged jng fic-oded areas in errands of
a own a passing moiorisi, wno
picked up j the Woods. He died en
route to a! Lebanon hospital, j
Meantime at the hospital, Mrs.
Copple's leg was amputated below
the knee.
Wood was the third fatality of
the Qregdn . defcr hunting season.
One other man has died of a heart
attack an another suffered fatal
gunshot wounds. 1
Mrs. CoDDle was the 13th non-
' l,.,c sc i !-"-"" .....
I Her' condition was described by,acros' ,t.he Sunday in
the surgeon as "satisfactory" fol-
lowing me ampuiauon. :
Wood, a lifelong resident of Leb-i
anon, leaves two children
Rifle Bullet
Kills-Hunter
ROSEBURG (if) Clyde Brittain,
40. of Roseburg was fatally wound-
ed by a bullet 'while hunting in the
hills near here Sunday.
Brittain was leading a party f
three hungers up
ers up a trail. Follow -
in" him Was a npiphhnr Oonp
Steele, and then came Wendell
.Carter, als Roseburg. Steele v-as
carrying his gun over his shoulder,
Carter tapped Steele's gun to re
mind that it was pointing toward
Carter. Stiele then swung the gun
over " his shoulder toward the
ground and it discharged, the Pal
let striking Brittain in the back,
state police officer Joe Haystead
reported.
British to Hike
Cigarette Prices
LONDON Most British
brands of
bi?arettes will cost more
from Monday
The giant Imperial Tobacco Co.
announced a package of 20 will go
up one penny to three shillings
eight pence (51 cents), of which
more thaii half is tax. The com
pany blamed rising costs.
Three-Day Torrential Rains Reported Slackening
; By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . '
Spawned by a three-day downpour, the Northeast's second major flood in two month!
Sunday night left at least 34 dead or missing in six states ;and caused property .damage in
the millions. (Pictures on Wirephoto Page). ; ' .
Thousands were driven from their homes by raging rivers and streams. Transportation
was brought to a near-standsiill in many areas.
The rainfall tapered off to a 3 drizzle Sunday night and flooded streams showed sigru
of receding.
Gov. Abraham Ribicoff of
Connecticut said ' National
Guard reports indicated high
waters everywhere in his
hard-hit state jwere going
down."
The Weather Bureau in Bos
ton backed this up with a report
that the torrential rain had been
slackening for about six hours.
From Eastern and Central New
York State, where 4,500 were
driven from their homes, came
more encouraging reports, of
streams reaching their peak and
then subsiding.
However, more intermittent
rain was forecast for Monday.
Resume Operations
Another indication of improved
conditions was an announcement
from the New Haven Railroad
that it would resume a part of its
service between Boston and New
York.
Brig. Gen. Robert J. Fleming
of . the Army Engineers said in
Hartford, Conn., that the damage
"does not compare" with . the
havoc left by the Aug. 19 hurri
cane Diane floods. '
Freak Storm
The freakish storm started Fri
day morning with' gale force
winds. .It was caused by 'a low
pressure area that got stalled off
the coast and drenched Connec
ticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Is
land, New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania with torrential
rains.
It even dusted parts of Massa
chusetts and New Hampshire and
Vermont with snow Sunday.
Lower Connecticut caught the
brunjt of the storm.
The Red Cross said 4,129 fam
ilies .were affected in that state.
Ribicoff said 48 towns were di
rectly affected, 29 of which also
were bit by the August flood.
A great stream of relief sup
plies food, tents, stoves, trucks,
blankets, pumps, generators and
searchlights, poured into the dis
tressed areas.
Travel Stalled
Travel, except in emergency
helicopters and amphibious
ducks, was at a virtual standstill.
More than a dozen towns were
in a state of emergency. Many
were without electric power. The
number ct homes evacuated
mounted into the hundreds.
Army, Red Cross, state and ci
vil defense authorities, in excel-
lent
practice from the August
floods, proceeded with their work
at high gear.
The hurricane Diane flood two
months ago was the most disas
trous in Northeast history. It
left 169 dead, 2Q missing, and
caused damage estimated at
more than 1M billion dollars. .
Helicopters Used
Scores of rescue vehicles were
j on their way to sodden Connecti
' cut. !
Helicopters, which proved.
thmcplvf a Amen tim nvpr in
rescue.
(Story also in Sec.
1, Page 2).
Record Made
By Stratoliner
SEATTLE ( The Boeing 707,
; America s ; cummemw , jw
tranennrt niano flow rminsi.rrm
record time of 8 hours and 6 min
utes. ';
The big plane flew from Seattle
to Washington, D.C., in 3 hours
and 58 minutes. This clipped more
than one-third off the conventional
airliner mark. After a brief stop
over at Washington, trie 707 set
what's believed to be an east-west
transcontinental record by taking
4 hours and I minutes to fly from
Washington back to Seattle.
The craft averaged an announced
592 miles per hour eastward, and!
570 miles per hour westward.
The 707 winged over the control
tower in Seattle at 3:29 p.m. (PST
u - - . . S""'V
after leaving Washington at 11:1
!a m- ,fai' or P m:
Ex-FW Tells of Russ
Slave Labor Uprising
CAMP FRIEDLAND, Germany
Ur) Dark secret of the Soviet
police a slave labor revolt
crushed by tanks and numerous
Westerners held in nameless 'cap
tivity were bared Sunday by
Germans returning to
from Russia.
freedom
& Cltrvivu 1' A 9 Cfln man on4
0Mav, duiu fc.-yw iiilm Bi'U
iate prison camps at Kingir,
i'kw wuiireii nciu iu iiufrc ucmt
in
desert Kazakhistan, staged an up
rising for sir weeks last year
against their police guards.
"Never before have foreign and
Russian slave workers challenged
the Soviet power for so long a
timeysaid Karl Paffen, 50. of
16 Cars Tangle South
Of Salem, Block Road
A'line of 16 cars piled up Sunday evening at the Santiam
River bridge south of Salem on Highway 99-E, blocking traffic
completely for a time and permitting only one-way traffic lor"
almost an hour.
; No serious injuries were reported by state police but four cart
had to be towed to Albany. Cracked windshields testified to head-
New Storm
Strikes West i
Indies Isle
! i (Map in sec. 2, page 5.)
MIAMI, Fla. If) Hurricane
t Katie, a small but dangerous
storm, sprang up suddenly Sunday
in the Central Caribbean Sea md
shprtly before midnight struck the
south coast of Hispaniola, second
biggest of the West Indies Islands.
"Forecasters said Katie, traveling
on a northeast course, probably
never will offer - a threat to the
U, S. mainland. - ' . !
At 11 p. m. (EST), the Weather
Bureau at San Juan, Puerto Rico,
said the storm, with top winds of
115 miles an hour, had reached the
Hispaniola Coast in the .vicinity of
Cabo FaLso, Dominican Republic.
The sub-tropic island of Hispan
iola, which lies between Cuba and
Puerto Rico, contains Haiti and the
Dominican Republic, with a com
bined population of more than six
million. . v
j Although the high . mountain
ranges of the island will take much
of the steam out of the hurricane.
forecasters said it probably will
reform - and gain new .strength
when it moves off the island north
ward into the Atlantic.
Located 12S miles south-southwest
of Port Au Prince, the capital
of Haiti, and- 850 miles southeast
of Miami, Katie was moving on a
northeast course which takes her
away from the U. S. coast. Only a
freakish westward turn could
make her a threat lo this country.
The top winds of 115 miles an
hour circled a small area near the
storms "eye." ' Gale wiads
whipped outward 60 miles in all
directions. " t
Hurricane warning flags flew on
the south coast of Hispaniola from
Aquin in Haiti to Barahona in the
Dominican Republic. Residents cf
that area had to make quick prep
arations for hurricane winds,
heavy rains and high storm tides.
Clark Gable
To Be Father
HOLLYWOOD UP) Clark PWIH s . -5ire1n1our,
Gable is' going to be a papa forjfvro.und nd immediately lookup
the' first time come May. his fifth
wife disclosed Sunday
! The former Kay .Williams
Spreckles told a reporter that
the 54-year-old actor is really
hamming up the role of expect
ant father.
When her doctor gave her a
prescription for vitamins. Gable
asked for a prescription, too. :
I "You mean they don't give the
fathers anything?" he asked.
Mrs. Gable said she found 6ut
the news Fridav "but wantpd to
keep it secret because they had
just gotten over denying an
earlier report.
! "But we went to a big party
at Mervyn LeRoy's house Satur
day night and Clark bragged to
everybody about it"
i The couple was married last
July 12. The baby will be de
livered by Caesarean section. 1
VOLCANO ERUPTS AGAIN
! KAGOSHIMA, Japan in Saku
rajima volcano erupted Sunday
for the sixth time since Thursday.
Smoke and ashes shot into he sky
from the volcano on Japan's south
ern island of Kyushu.
Cologne. "Then army forces with
tanks arrived and wiped out resist
ance. The camp I was in had 300
: As nearly 1.500 Germans reached
til a f)lfflt MlMlKlis wit-Kin 41 Virvr
this weekend, they told of mystery
prisoners left behind, including:
1 r. XL Eugene Stanley Fabian.
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, Ll VHlVfliJU, -VIIIV 5atU 11C WdJ
seizeu dv ooviei asenu in 194 in
Austria, where he was serving in
the 11 S. Army's Counterin
telligence Corps. He was sentenced
to 25 years imprisonment as an
alleged spy.
Four other Americans were re
ported last week as having been
seen in Soviet captivity.
aches and stiff necks, and sev
eral drivers and passengers com
plained of bruised shins.
Trailer Stopped
Four state policemen were dis
patched from the Albany and ;
Salem offices to untangle the
snarl.
The bumping started when a
car pulling a house trailer .stop
ped on the bridge, according to
information gathered by State
Policeman Floyd Morrill. - The
trailer did not get bumped. The
name of the driver was not
known and neither was his
reason for stopping, Morrill said.
Banged Behind
The car behind the trailer was
banged from the rear and the
next nine cars also received dam
age to either the front or back
or both ends, Morrill said.
Lloyd Henry Davidson, Tigard,
driver of the last car in the line
to receive substantial damage,
said 16 cars in all were involved.
Cars Towed
Cars towed away were driven
by Davidson; Everett Burton
Stiles, Portland; Minnie Ella
Plunkett, Roseburg; and Edward
Joseph Doll, Eugene; according
to. Morrill. His list of the 10
cars most seriously damaged con
tained no names from the Salem
area. .
No persons injured in the acci
dent were taken to the Albany
hospital, according, to attendants
there. ' .
Westingliouse
CIO Workers
Gdl Walkout
PITTSBURGH (A The CIO In
ternational Union of Electrical.
Workers early Monday began ax
national strike against . Westing-
house Electric Corp.
At a little past the midnight
(local time) strike deadline, a
CIO-IUE spokesman declared:
The strike is on."
The strike call came as nego
tiators for the company and union
remained closeted ,in an attempt
to resolve a'contract dispute.
Union officials had sent out
strike instructions earlier to some
44.000 members in 29 Westinghouse
plants. . ; ,
Placard-carrying pickets were on
hand at the big East Pittsburgh
1 1 a, a I rt i nJ
"'fr
Real effect of the strike was not
expected to be felt until later Mon
day morning when most of the
plants resume operations following
the weekend. , -
Current negotiations are under a
wage reopening clause in a two
year contracPSfnich expires rext
year. 1 '
Originally, the company offered
a nveyear contract, which it sua
provided a minimum pay increase
of cents an hour- durin
i P noa
The union demanded a 13-cent
increase under the wage reopener.
Workers now average $2.10.
Havana Blast
Fatal to Eight
11.1 vuud ur rtt icoofc
eight persons perished and 50 were
injured Saturday night in a violent
explosion which destroyed a two
story building in downtown Ha
vana. The death toll included a
father and mother and their two
sons in a house next door.
Several of the injured were re
ported in serious condition. Hund
reds of fire me j and police
searched the ruins for additional
victims. , .
Police 'said the explosion was
caused by leaking gas, and esti
mated $500,000 damage. The blast
occurred 150 yards from the offic
es of the governor of Havana
r : r .i i . . . i
rrovmce m uie nean ot me city.-
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