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World's Largest Cavern Discovered in Kentucky By ALTON L.BLAKESLEE Associated Press Science Be porter ATLANTA (AP) - Explor ers Tuesday announced dis covery of the world's largest cave A 32-mile maze of pas sageways and cavernous rooms-near Cave Qty, Kv., 100 miles ionth of Louisville. It may actually prove to bo 60 miles in total length when all passageways are mapped. Vntil now, the largest known cave system was the 24-mile ' lolloch Cave in Switzerland. The announcement was made by the National Speleo logical Society. Establishment of Can Plant One Step Closer 1 By BOBEBT E. GANGWABE City Editor, Th Statesman ? Passage of a new city law Tuesday night brought one step closer the proposed establishment of an American Can Co. manu facturing plant in North Salem. The City Council at its regular business meetingjnyCity Hall ccepted from Cascade Meats, Inc., a 60-foot strip of land, dVifitated for street purposes as access to the industrial land north of the DiP MM mo Yesterday I discussed the action of United Nations in admitting 16 nations as members, raising the total to 7(, and pointed out some of the implications of this expan sion of membership. Today, I want to summarize other actions of the Tenth General Assembly which concluded its sessions a few days before Christmas. This- was the year when the question of a Charter review con ference was due for consideration. The Assembly took steps to author ize such a conference but conven iently left the date. blank. The major powers are not disposed to favor any early' session of . such a body, and the USSR frankly -opposed the action that was taken. Since Charter... amendments first must clear the Security Council where the five permanent mem bers have right of veto, there is not ' much 'point in holding a conference to revise the Charter in the present mood of the great powers. For one thing, this session of the Assembly was attended with much less vituperation than previous gathering. The "spirit of Geneva" held till pretty nearly the end. At the last, however, wrangling broke out over admission of new mem- bers, especially when Soboleff of the USSR blamed the United States for Chinas veto of (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Curtice Named 'Man of Year' NEW YORK I - Time Maga zine has chosen Harlow Curtice, president of General Motors, "as its 1955 "man of the year." Curtice, "in a job that required ! It, assumed the responsibility of leadership for American business," the magazine says in its Jan. 2 issue, out Wednesday. Police Take Dim View of Rcstroom" Living by Woman A Salem woman, who city police saw maae ner nome ioi- iwo nays) Ab , , , , court in the rest room of the Gryhound on tne cnar2e Bus Depot, was charged Tuesday i with vagrancy, -She was sentenced in municipal ! UN,0N FIGURE DIES court to five days in jail, but later! LONDON 11 Arthur E. (Jock) released by order of Judge Douglas i Tiffin, 60, leader of Britain's big L. Hay. She said she had decided gest trade union, died Tuesday. He to leave her husband and was was elected general secretary of awaiting money from a sister in Texas, police said. Tom Collins Drink Originator Dies ST. LOUIS k-'TIl have a drink like that one you make for Tom." . John Dittrich, a bartender at the Old Flanters Hotel in the early 1900s, knew this meant gin, lime, sugar and lemon. Members of the Dittrich family say Dittrich named the drink for the customer habitually ordered H Tom 11ns. c t nAU,flnnu. t...j.. 1 In rsnni-lins nitlrioK'. Attatk n i heart attack Christmas eve at 63, credited him with originating the drink. 1fs a big carcass all right but net very testy." The king-sized cave is the Floyd Collins Crystal Cave, now found to be the nucleus of a great system of inter-connecting caves. It was in one of its narrow passageways nearlv 30 years ago, that Floyd Collins, a dar ing explorer, became pinned by debris. His life ebbed away before rescuers coukl reach him. The 32-miles of passages and rooms criss-cross, with the deepest of them being no more than 200 feet deep, said Brother G. Nicholas, FSC, Cumberland, Md., vice-presi I Cascade Meat plant and east of the Southern Pacific tracks. It is there that the nationwide can making company has option ed from the local meat firm an Il-acre tract on which it is ex pected a $2,500,000 plant will be built One Condition One condition of the property transaction, which is now expect-; ed to come to a head, was that the selling firm provide an access road. The new street which Cascade Meat plans to develop would ex tend east from McDonald Street, a short street running east from Brooks Avenue near the meat plant. .The new 60-foot right-of-way would curve northward and parallel the SP tracks for some 430 feet to and alongside part of the west boundary of the option ed tract. The street could serve other industries in the area, if devel oped later. Industrial Expansion Another industrial expansion reflected in last night's Council session is the recently announced new building for Blue Lake can nery in West Salem. The Coun cil completed legislation to va cate a unused part of Lister Street which already is lined by Blue Lake installations. The City Council also made into law the acceptance from Southern Pacific Bailroad of easement to a strip of property along 12th Street which will per mit the widening and extension of that street in a long-pending project to improve traffic safety along the SP mainline. (Additional Council news Sec. 1, Page 2.) Officer Finds Occupation Perilous One Motorists are really keeping one state policeman on the jump. Pete Nicholas D' Alfonso, 41, Eu gene, was fined 125 and costs in Marion County District Court Tues day after Patrolman Arthur Jincks reported that D' Alfonso ran through a series of warning sicnals and forced him to jump to the safety of a bank to keep from being run down. This occurred last Thursday after a rock slide near Illahee on ME. Jincks reported. D" Alfonso said he was listening to the car radio nd did not notice a slow sign, four flare pots, two red (usrs and the officer's red and white flashlights. Five minutes after citing D'AI I fonso, Jincks arrested another drlv ' er -on the same charge, same cir- cumstanccs. after narrowly e. cao- ing being hit. Joe Rose Strunk, the 1,300.000 strong Transport and General Workers Union six months lago after the death of Arthur Deakin. Dionne Parents Claim Quints Ignored Them at Christmas; Girls Issue Denial NORTH BAY, Ont. ( - The parents of the Dionne quintuplets said Tuesday the four surviving girls ignored them at Christmas wl,0 - ana aian i sena so mucn as a greei Co'. ing card. I But in Montreal, Yvonne, one of . I . j : j . i ! no '" mum, ucniro mrre is a "lly Till She told a reporter the quints had sent Christmas greet ings. I "We did "send one," she said. "Can we help it if they didn't get itr Oliva Dionne. their father, blamed unidentified "outsiders" for the girl's drift from home ties, especially after each came into al most $230,000 on reaching 21 last May. Yvonne was interviewed in the hospital nursing residence where she is m training. Her biggest emo tional outburst came when a news man resd a dispatch quoting her father as saying the girls' atti tude changed alter receiving their money. "Don't believe it, it's not true,H she burst out, and an crying into dent of research of the NSS. He has been one of 100 members of the society who have been exploring and mapping the rave system. Some passages are so nar row the explorers had to crawl for a quarter mile on their' stomachs. At other points, the cave opens up in to chambers 50 feet high and 100 feet wide, said Nicholas. The cave system was all formed by water eroding wav limestone. Blind ' fish, beetles, bats and cave rats have been found in the caves. Brother Nicliolas said. Last Hand i BRATTLEBORO, Vt Contract bridge expert Ely Culbertson died Tuesday after a heart attack. Culbertson, Noted Bridge Expert, Dies BRATTLEBORO, Vt. Of) - Ely Culbertson, 64, internationally fa mous bridge authority, died Tues day after a short illness. Culbertson had been suffering for years with a lung congestion condition that resulted in a short ness of breath. Death was ascrib ed to heart failure due to insuf ficient oxygen. . . In addition to developing his contract bridge system, Culbert son added to his fame and wealth by his books and lectures, and also was renowned as a crusader for peace. At the peak of the popularity of his bridge system, which he guided with his first wife, the gross income was some $300,000 a year. In 1942. he founded World Fed eration Inc., to promote his plan to achieve freedom. Longest U.S. Marriage Ends SAGLE, Idaho (1 The 80-year marriage of Ben and Drusllla Hartley, regarded as the nation's longest, ended in his death Monday night. Benjamin J. Hartley, 96, who married his childhood sweetheart in Tennessee when both were 16, had been in failing health since he fell on his son's farm near here last July 11. He is survived by three sons. 15 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren and 51 great-great-grandchildren, plus his wife. Choice of Motor Bureau Chief Due in January A State Motor Vehicle Director will be appointed next month. Gov. Paul Patterson said Tuesday. The new office, created by the 19S5 legislature, will become ef fective next July 1. The office now is under the Secretary of Slate, but will be transferred to the Governor. another room. Dionne had made no effort to hide his grief when he said: "We didn't even receive a card OUVA DIONNK No Word Fram Glrta v i ... . ft i , 3 nvz K ft '.i I 105th Year 2 SECTIONS-H PACES The Oregon New Income Tax Forms Simpler, But Not Simplest PROVIDENCE, R. L OB A brand new set of income tax forms are in the mail and "We think they are more understand able than any we have produced in recent years," Russell C. Har rington, Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue, said Tuesday in a speech. ' But Harrington said his office doesn't claim these are the ulti mate in simplicity. He suggested that would be a four-line Job like' this: "1. How much money did you make last year? ' "2. How much fid you spend? "J. How much do you have left? "4. Mail it to the Internal Revenue Service." i . Tax Bureau Relents, Will Fill Out Forms WASHINGTON Ml The Intern al Revenue Service has relented and will, after all. fill out tax forms for anyone who wants such help. Revenue Commissioner Russell C. Harrington disclosed the change in attitude Tuesday. (Word of the change had not been received Tuesday at the In ternal Revenue Service office in Salem, agents said.) This reversed orders which went to all Revenue Service field offic es on Oct. 17." before Harrington succeeded T. Coleman Andrews as commissioner. The original orders directed rev enue offices to discontinue the practice of actual preparation of tax returns fur any but persons who are illiterate, those unable to read English and persons phvsi cully unable to prepare their own returns. Additionally, the new orders di rected all revenue offices to help taxpayers on any' day they come in lor help. Tugboat Loses Pilothouse to Draw Bridge PORTLAND HI - A tugboat lost a bout with a swinging draw bridge over the Willamette River Tuesday. The boat's pilothouse went fly ing into the river, but the skipper, Loren McRae, and his deckhand, Roy Wilkins, leaped to safety just in time. Managers of the two contenders had differing versions of how it happened. McRae said the swing ing span did not open far enough. The bridgetender blamed a cross current of the swollen Willamette River for carrying the tug against the Morrison Street span. McRae and Wilkins leaped to the bow just before the pilothouse was sheared off and knocked into the river. Disabled, the tug drifted downstream until its anchor caught. A harbor patrol boat later towed the 60-foot tug, the Dix III, to a seawall berth, and another harbor patrol boat retrieved the pi lothouse. Temperatures in Mid -20s Forecast Temperatures in the mid-20s were forecast for tonight by Mc Nary Field weathermen, but the outlook was comparatively dry. Less than a .10 of an inch of rain fell Tuesday and only a few scattered showers and snow flurries were expected today, they said. Patches of ice were reported Tuesday morning and more are expected as the weath er turns colder. A county highway rrew was called out about midnight by the sheriff's office to sand icy spots, starting in the Lake Labish area of the Mt. Angel-Woodburn high way. from them. They didn't write, they didn't phone. They did nothing to tell us where or how they planned to spend Christmas." Asked why she didn't telephone her parents, Yronne exclaimed: "We were on duty. It's not easy, this job." Yvonne said, "Marie and An nette are supposed to be going home for New Year's. Cecile and I will be working." In speaking of his disappoint ment, Dionne said: "All our other, children (eight) either came home or called us on Christmas Day. But not the quints. Thev didn't even send Christmac ffTMtinM In thair hrnlhjtrt nt !.''-" Angcltt -" --- - - i ters. . . ' . ;. "It's not something that just hap pened at this Chrixtmas. We have seen it growing for a long time now. Wc suspected that outsiders , were trying to influence the Quints some years ago, and we were sure , of it by the way they acted after ithey left home, and then more no when they reached their 21st birth- day and came Inte their money." Floods Sta te to State Civil Defense Direc tor Arthur M. Sheets was ask ed by Gov., Paul Patterson Tuesday to make surveys of flood damage to bridges, sewers and water systems. Oregon deaths attributed to the floods climbed to 12. When the survey s are com- pleted, the federal emergen cy restoration fund will be Lumber Salvaged From Wrecked Span T''t t- V Marioa Cennty bridge erewsa'ea bridge la the MUslea Bottom area aorta er saiesa. two crewmea, t irgu raaey, ieii, ana bob Martin, are shewa ia foregreaad salvaging planking (rent wrecked span's deck te be placed back ea original undamaged pilings (at left). Waea bridge was opened marooned families streamed ever. (Statesmaa photo). ... Bridge Repair Crew Reunites Mission Bottom With 'Outside' By CONRAD PRANCE Staff Writer, The Statesmaa A dozen or so Mission Bottom families whose farms were ma rooned by Willamette River flood waters for four days, were re united with the outside world Tuesday noon. Marion County bridge crews worked non-stop Monday after noon and night to repair a bridge washed away last Thursday night. The 300-foot bridge spans a slough on the north edge of Clear Lake in bottomland lying between Clear Lake road and the river about eight miles north of Salem. , , No cases of hardship were re ported from the cut-off families who spent Christmas on. their water-logged farms. A boat was available for those who had to travel and the damaged bridge supported foot traffic. "I knew the water was rising," said Floyd Herrold who has farm ed there for 30 years, "so I went into town Thursday and stocked up. I just stayed put. No trouble at all." Herrold said this was the first time the bridge has flooded out, although it Is not the first time the area has been visited by high water. In 1M3, be recalls, water rose to withia several inches of his floor. Yale Plans Changed "There were ears on both sides of the bridge," said Jack R. Chapin, another farmer-resident of the area. "By pooling trans- The Weather Maa. Mia. rrnla. Portland, B.krr , . Mad ford North Bnd Roburf .... sa so S3 3S as 43 SS 27 .01 .IS M .IS .1)1 m M 3a frnrlco . S4 chlril Nfw v 34 Nrw Vara .. SS IS Will.mfttt River IS I fttl. : FORCAST I from US weather bu reau, McNrT Held. Salem t: Partly cloudy with very law wide ly rittrl llfht ahowera or inow mirrtea today na patrhea of enailow ( loniiht; hl(h today 40-42. low to- ;"'h J'2 Terrerature at 11 SI a.m. today sai.vm raariprr tiow Store Start of Weather Veer Seat. I Thsii'"' W VJT1 .. 41 , as . 43 44 MUNBJB Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, December 21, IMS Ease; Tally Flood Damage asked for money to make re pairs. - Gov. Patterson Tuesday stressed, however, that appli cations for grants should be, deferred until a complete survey has been made. Gov. Patterson said heavi est damage from the floods probably occurred in Coos and Douglas Counties. -1 V,;'-W '" are shows Taetday shortly after portation we ' rosde out nicely. Some Christmas plans were changed, though. Families who anticipated travel left their cars on the safe side of the bridge." Neighbors helped Dean Wall, a dairy farmer, haul milk out on foot over the wrecked bridge during -the Isolation period. Prake was - expressed for the speedy efforts of county crews In repairing the bridge. Ordinarily families in that area use another exit road in time of flood over the bridge which spans the lower end of Clear Lake near the old Lakebrook ranch. But that bridge is im passable now because it is under new 'construction. By Early May Private contractor Tom Lillebo expects to have it completed by early May, according to County Engineer John A. Anderson. . " ' , -"v-fl 4.r ,. ,r''.'-v Cartoonist Ham Fisher Dead, Victim of Suicide NEW YORK (A Ham Fisher, creator of Joe Palooka,' a comic strip favorite for 2) years, wss found dead In a friend's studio Tuesday night. Police called it ap parent suicide. Fisher left a pathetic note which said his eyesight was failing and he had diabetes. He wrote that he had swallowed some pills. Fisher, 54, was found dead at the studio of a friend, Moe LWf. Fisher had telephoned his moth er early in the afternoon. An oniy child, he spoke to her sentimental ly and at some length. Fisher, a self-taught artist, be gan his career on his hometown newspaper, the Wilkes Barre, Pa Record. He soon emigrated to New York and In 1930 he started his "Joe Palooka'" comic strip with the McNaught syndicate. At the time of his death the strip was syndicated in some W0 newspapers. .. Hammond Edward risner also j weah I)d (rom ni 'creation. u. betjm, t vice president of I 1 thl JE& h Chester Bailroad! Toll Reports Tuesday indicated that the flood situation is im proving. Flood waters in Oregon have involved about 1,430 families and 157 business or ganizations, according to a state civil defense commis sion report being compiled. (Additional Oregon flood story, Sec. 2, Pago 1). '-i'jf 7 ..' sees) rebuilding fleed damaged The other bridge was wrecked Thursday when barked up river water lifted the plank deck from its piling and dumped it along side. When the waters receded Anderson and Assistant Engineer Ted Kuenzi and Bridge Foreman Joe Robl brought in a crew of 16 and began work at about 2 p.m. Monday. - Using the old planking they repaired the bridge temporarily by Tuesday noon. Anderson said eventually a new bridge would be built. Floodwaters have caused con siderable damage to other roads in the county, Anderson said, es pecially in river bottomland. Ankeny Bottom and Stayton area roads were pitted with sections washed away. High water continues to close roads near the Buena Vista ferry south of Salem, he said. and a director of the American Title k Mortgage Co. of Miami, Fla. His widow, Marilyn, survives. tv ' Ja . '"' HAM FISHER Leaves suicide note mmm PRICI 5c No, 27 Known Dead in 2 States 46; 19 to 35 Lost (Pictures. Sec. t. Page S SAV FRANCISCO W Th known death toll from California's tragic week of floods mounted Tuesday te 34 as the swirling wat ers dropped sharply and further danger diminished. Five new victims were added te) the California death list Tuesday, raising the Pacific Coast total Cal ifornia 34, Oregon 12 to 41 How many more dead will be? found as searchers and reconstruc tion crews continue the giganti task of cleaning up the debris is) extremely uncertain with Motile tions scattered. Some towns were virtually destroyed. Estimates of missing who could be presumed dead ranged from It to J$ er more. Fair Weather Dee A welcome forecast of fair weath er was broadcast by the weather bureau for the first time in 11 days, bringing new hopes to those? struggling to restore their beaten. homes and communities. A potential new danger in Umj San Joaquin-Sacramento delta area . near Stockton, an inland port 70 miles east of San Francisco, failed to materialize late Tuesday. A high ocean tide did not back : up river waters over the leveea around the numerous delta islands, -as had been feared. Water Net as High Water from the Feather Rive pvw ,u Nil vuji a wn wiy ' early Tuesday, but it was only bout a (not or two ln mi- trasted with the previous flood which inundated the peach grow ing community some 100 milefl northeast of San Francisco. Construction crews toiled to re pair a big break ia the Feather River levee should further raina cause the river to rise again. Gov. Goodwin J. Knight Tuesday ordered. 300 more sational guards men to aid in the Yuba City-Maryt-villt area. (Additional flood details). Sec 3. Page I.) Walla WaUa Cons' Tunnel Discovered WALLA WALLA A new plot of unidentified state prison inmates to join the outside world in a Happy New Year was sipped in the early tunneling stags Tues day. Prison officials reported discov ery of the scheme and the plug ging of a 1-foot deep hole under the orchestra pit of the prisoa auditorium. Warden Lawranra TVlmnra Jr. said the attempt appeared to be) similar to the one that carried 10 men to brief freedom Nov. S after a long tunneling effort. The latest escape effort appar ently was carried on during re hearsals in the auditorium for Dec. 2S show for the pbulic. Bob Rhay, associate warden In charge of custody, said the orches tra pit, normally below the stage, had been moved to the side for the Christmas musical program. The old pit was covered with cot ton, fir trees and other decora tion!. oars to in pit were cut id gain n . ,l. u . ! . access to an unfinished basement under the stage and auditorium. The prison officials said fresh dirt had been found in the base ment. Stage tools and props may have been used in the digging. The officials said they believe tbs bars were cut Monday night. The auditorium is on the east side of the walled prison grounds.. At least SO feet of digging would. have been required to reach the outside of the wall. Oregon Lands V Yield Over Million Christmas Trees More than 1,250.000 Christmas trees were harvested this year on state timberlands, . Charles JL Ladd. stats, fsrm forester, said Tuesday. These trees were valued at $1,500,000, and were sold by com mercial harvesters. The salt was the largest in several years. He said that few trees were un sold.' , Today's Statesman Sec. Page Classified .tl -7 Comes the Dawn I Comics . H 1 Crossword II . S Editorials I 4 Home Panorama I 7 Markets ............... II..- S Obituaries H S Rattle, TV .. II 4 Sports . llf,2 Star Gaxer .... I 4 Valley I S Wlrephote Page ..II 3 Ysar-Ensi Review JILm 4