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Tit Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, April 3, 1954
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' SEATTLE - Nelaaa Wahlttrem. Seattle, a wryly tt a New Yerk
' beu4 Northwest Orleat Airlines' pUie which crash laaded late
Paget Senad Monday falls te aemeeae eatside the aaUmekile la
. whlck be la seated I Ukr kirn
lers te a kespital. Thirty-three aboard were kaewa te kaye sur
vived. AP WirephtU) (Pictures alM ea Wlrepkete Page.)
4 Dead, One Missing as Vibrating
Northwest Airliner Crash-Larids
SEATTLE un Four persons were known dead, one was missing
and 31 numbed survivors were rescued Monday - after a vibrating
luxury airliner's emersency crash-landing on Puget Sound.
The Northwest Orient Airlines
case of aerial shakes a few minutes
Tacoma International Airport on
'JIM
the Oregonian criticiies Port
land General Electric Co. for
going ahead with its hydroelectric
project at Pelton sits on the
Deschutes River la default of a
state license. It says that PGE
' declines to submit its case for
review by the new state .water
resources board (created In 1935,
not J953 as the Oregonian says).
The Oregonian, of course, opposes
the dam because It ll an obstruc
tion to the run of salmon. This
newspaper has favored the dam,
believing thut the superior Value
of the Deschutes in this section
lies in its power potential rather
than as a channel for migratory
fish. However, this writer believes
that PGE ought to lay its case
before the new state board.
It is recalled that the reason
the State Hyrdoelectric Commis
sion denied PGE permission to
build the dam was that the com
pany failed to satisfy the state
fish commission. Since the old
law gave the latter commission
virtually a veto power on build
ing obstructions across streams,
the HE commission felt bound to
reject PGE's application. The new
water resources board has much
broader powers. It can, as I under
stand the law, exercise its judg
ment in balancing the conflicting
uses of the waters of this stream.
If it should find that the power use
(('atlaoed editorial page 4.)
Alderman at
Silverton Quits
Stateaaaaa Newi fcrvlrt
SILVERTON Resignation of one
alderman, appointment of another
and a request by police for a 40
hour week highlighted a Monday
night meeting of the Silverton City
Council ' .
The resignation was submitted
by Lloyd Larsen and appointed to
. his place was a former campaign
rival, Earl Hartman Sr. Larsen
gave outside business interests as
reason for his resignation.
(Add. details page 4, sec. 1.)
COLD IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND I - March In
Portland was colder, wetter . and
had more snow and days below
freezing than any normal March
since the Weather Bureau began
keeping records.
WILBERT
"If you keep me here another
fifteen minutes, II con be called
kidneppingr .
IF I
r
HI is
and ether slightly lajared Msiea-
Stratocruiser developed its fatal
after its takeoff from the Seattle-
a flight with New York as Its
ultimate destination.
The pilot decided on a water
gamble with the crippled craft
instead of the apparently greater
one of trying to return to the air
port over land.
Six Ckildrea
The victims included a Chinese
woman and boy. The plane's 31
passengers included six children,
It was the second major airline
tragedy in the nation within 13
hours but thcfirst tor Worth
west Orient since 1931 to claim
a life. The other air disaster was
near Pittsburgh, Pa., last night.
It also was on a takeoff. It killed
22 persons and Injured 14.
The Stratocruiser remained
afloat for about IS minutes after
Monday's mishap, giving all
aboard a chance to escape to the
wings, j ' 1 t
Crewmaa Mlasiag
The airline listed one crew
member as missing late Monday,
He was David V. Razey of Seat
tie, flight service kttendant.
;The revised report raised the
total aboard the plane to 38 from
the earlier listing of 37
The 33' survived by clinging to
the wings of the four-engine, dou
ble-deck plane for the several
minutes it remained afloat. Then
they clung to the myriad cushions
that dotted the frigid water.
Ironically, there were no rubber
liferafti because the plane, head
ed for Chicago and New York via
Portland, Ore., was not oa an
over-water route.
(Add. details. Page t, See. 1.)
Russ Set Off
WASHINGTON W - Russia
while proposing an immediate in
ternational ban on atomic weap
ons tests, has continued to set off
its own nuclear explosions, the
United States 'reported Monday
night.
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of
the Atomic Energy Commission
announced that "the Soviet Union
in recent days has conducted an
other nuclear test in their current
series."
Strauss did not specify In his
two -.sentence announcement
whether the Russians exploded an
atomic or hydrogen device.
Last week the Kremlin submit
ted a new disarmament plan to a
United Nations subcommittee
meeting in London. One of its pro
visions was a prompt ban on
atomic tests.
Politics on
Who's Running
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arrunlrd a a public irrvtee. without eot or okllcatlon In anyone, and
nnj at May aot at la accord wlUt tbt editorial pollrln ol thla nrwa
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EMMET T. ROGERS (D)
Caadldata lor
Polk Commissioner
Emmet T. Rogers,' Route 1,
Box 343, Salem, is s candidate
for Polk County Commissioner,
as a registered
Democrat. He
will appreciate
any help ex
tended in hit
behalf.
Emmet T.
t- i 'if. "J; RoRers possess
kf i ; y ei a broad, sat
fSi 2 W' I isfactory and
I interesting ex-
I"aV a pcrience with
Emaict T. sto(ert labor, farming,
war veterans, finance and busi
ness administration. He has tak
en an active part in realizing the
"Oregon State Re apportionment"
Act, the consolidation of school
Twisters
Wreak ;.
Havoc
Oklahoma Tally
4Dcad,25Hurt;
Buildings Fall ;
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DRUMRIGHT, Okla. ( Tor
nadoes struck at a half a dozen
points in Oklahoma Monday night,
killing at least four persons and
injuring some 25.
The dead were all from the
same family C. V. Bevel, his
wife and two. . daughters. They
were at the Deep Rock Oil Co.,
Just north of the town.
The exact extent of the death,
damage and injuries still was not
known.
In the north central part of the
state, twisters first hit at Hope
ton, then Pond Creek, 23 miles
north of Em id. One person was
reported injured in each commun
ity. The twister derailed some
freight cars at a Hopeton siding
and a police-officer reported "Al
most every building in town was
damaged."
In west Texas, winds up to (0
miles an hour churned clouds of
dust cutting visibility to tero and
caused at least three traffic deaths.
The duster raged In Colorado,
New Mexico and Oklahoma.
(Add, details page X, sec. 1.)
Salem to Have
Water Festival
On July 4th
Inauguration of a Fourth of July
water festival in Salem was appar
ently assured- Monday night when
the Salem Cherrians unanimously
agreed to head the project.
The recreation committee of the
Salem Chamber of Commerce, in
proposing the festival, indicated
that the project hinged on whether
the Cherrians would agree to or
ganize and sponsor It. The commit
tee, Cherflan members and other
interested parties met Monday
night at the Golden Pheasant to
decide the issue. T
The festival, which will be call
ed something like Cherry Harvest
Water Festival, is planned as an
annual feature. It would take the
place of unsuccessful Cherry Fes
tivals, which died several years
ago.
Highlight of the festival will be
boat races which drew more than
6,000 persons last year under spon
sorship of the Salem Boat Club.
Other features also were discussed
including a possible parade of
boats, queen contest, barbecue,
water ski show, fire works and
street dancing.
- (Add. details page t, see. 1.)
Salem Cadet
Appointed
EUGENE ufl A cadet from
Salem, George H. Johnson, has
been appointed wing commander
for the spring term at the Air
Force ROTC unit at the Univer
sity of Oregon, the school reported
Monday. Johnson is a cadet colo
nel. Another Salem resident, Dennis
D. Rapp, will serve as a group
operations officer. He is a cadet
major.
BLIZZARD COST ESTIMATED
NEW YORK I - Mayor Rob
ert F. Wagner said Monday the
snow removal cost of last month's
double blizzards was $1,900,000.
Parade. .
for What Office
district and in 4 H work.
In general, he has devoted
much time to the study of gov
ernment by law and licenses at
all levels.
If elected In November, Em
met T. Rogers will conduct him
self as a county commissioner
representing all of the people of
all parties in Polk County locat
ed in all of its 38 voting pre
cincts and, conversely, he asks
I the suoport of all the people nf
; Polk County. His friends and
j neighbors are strong supporters
of his candidacy for they know
him as a man who gets thincs
done on a good, fair and just
basis.
He Is married and has one
son, Barnes D. who is married
and lives in the Brush College
district.
(Tomorrow C L. Burbank)
Amorica's Air
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McCHORD AFB, Waskv A group of Willamette University faculty and business staff members are
shewa above tearing a maintenance hangar here daring a day-loaf orientation: trip Monday. The
group of 23 persons left Salem early Monday morning and returned last night aboard an Air Force
C-111 from McChord. Huge airplane in the background is a C-124 Globemaster. Engine la fore
ground is from an F-86D all weather fighter interceptor Jet. (Statesman Photo by John Ericksea).
(Story oa page Z, sec. I).
Night
Saturday
" City Transit Lines will drop night
bus service and will reduce Satur
day morning service to an hourly
basis, beginning this Saturday, it
was announced Monday by Bus
Manager Carl Wendt.
The long-proposed night service
elimination, as an economy move,
Is being undertaken without City
Council sanction. The bus company
manager maintains one section of
the City Transit franchise permits
the service cut because night runs
ire unprofitable. " ','
The Saturday morning changes
are newly announced. Wendt de
scribed this change as minor and
Silverton City
Census Figure
Under 1950's
Statrimaa Vcwi Service
' SILVERTON In Silverton's
uncanvassed city census, the
count is down 151 from the offi
cial 1950 count. :
Enomerators completed their
visitations Saturday, and R. E.
Borland tabulated the sheets
Monday to show thst 2,995 peo-
pie lived within the city as
against 3,146 in 1950.
"It is to be understood," Bor
land said in releasing the figures
"that the enumeration sheets
must be checked carefully prior
to making the count official., We
may find that -someone has been
missed."
Some of the decline, if decline
it proves to be, in population is
credited to the large amount of
building going on immediately
outside of the city. Eureka Ave
nue on West Hill, has become a
favorite building spot, with a con
tinuous building program in op
eration there. Marquam Road,
east ' of town, has also seen a
large new residential building
program as has Bethany road.
The official figures probably
will be ready late this week, Bor
land said.
Tricky Fireman
j WARREN, Ohio I A volun
teer fireman was charged Mon-
oay wim turning in u wise lire
nenTe.drried,aT!l: S!
Deputies reported. The deputies
said Paul Cornman .40. -Liberty ,
township school bus driver, admit-
ted turning in the ..arms, to co,-
led the $2 firemen receive for
answering each call.
Sell a houseful 1 ,
This Statesman Want-Ad
brought 74 calls the- first
day, 44 the second .....
LEAVING town, furniture In ltv
Inf room, rtlnlnj room A- 1
bedroom. Firenl.-ce Fet. hand
broidrd wool rues, 2 larite Na
valo rii"F. J cotton nralded
nn. Enlitrt china, Bavarian
china, alannwarp. 1 bedroom
unite, eetcrn olld man'e. Or
dn tonM, power mower, fl rt.
C. E. retrl aerator. Ph. x-xxxx.
Whatever your '
problem, solve it
with a Statesman
Want-Ad. Phone
4 C811.
Power Shown
Bus Runs End This Week; '
Morning
said few bus riders would be af
fected because so many business
offices are closed on Saturday,
New Schedules Soea
The night service change would
mean no city buses operating after
S:4S p.m. Sundays and holidays.
after 1S p.m. Mondays and Fri
days (when some stores are open),
or after 1:45 p.m. other days.
Wendt said, complete new bus
schedules would be available in
printed pamphlet! by "Wednesday.
Wendt's night bus announcement
came as no surprise to City Hall,
even though the City Council voted
unanimously last week against
granting permission for the change
City Transit had asked.
But qity officials did not concede
that the franchise gives City Tran
sit automatic power to make such
a change. City Attorney Chris J.
Kowitz has interpreted the fran
chise clause allowing relief from
unprofitable operations as apply
ing only to- new services added
since the original franchise was
drawn.
Consider Acliea
Mayor Robert F. White said he
would sound out some of the city
aldermen on the possibility of a
special meeting of the City Council
this week to consider if the ques
tioned franchise clause should be
taken to .court,
here was no indication that
Kef auver Asks
For GOP Votes in
Wisconsin Race
MILWAUKEE - Sen. Fstes
Kefauver (D Tenn) made a
dramatic last minute appeal Mon
day to Wisconsin Republican vot
ers to show their displeasure with
the administration's farm policies
by crossing over to the Demo
cratic ranks.
The Democratic Presidential
aspirant made his appeal on the
eve of Wisconsin's presidential
preference primary as he pre
pared to engage in what amounts
to a popularity contest with Pres
ident Eisenhower. u
National convention delegates
pledged to Kefauver constitute
the onlv tlate on the Democratic
ballot in the Wisconsin election.
Oil the Republican ballot there
flre t Member siates one
lpd d , presldrnt Eisenhowor
-JZ XZ
write-ins" either for President or
vice-president,
The Weather
Max. Mln. Prerlp.
Salem
Portland 49
Baker , , . . 47
Medford ". 51
North Bend 90
Bo'eburn 61
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FOBKCAST i from "
bt-rear, Mi-Narv lipid Salem I
Partly rinndv todav, becotnin
mmiiv cinudv wiih i ( shower ability or maneuverability. The ! velnprrcnt, said both the Snark
P low ?i,M3"r'hUn WeSni"d" tcslin.' officials were said to have land the Navaho have "Inter
52. ' ' decided to iust let the missile flv ! continental atomic capability."
Temt.eratura at 13 01 a m
wai 31.
today
SAITW PHrclPITfTIOM
Slnrt Start al Weather Year Kept. !
Tblt Year Lait Year lSnrmal
13 07 24 U - 13 It
to WU Faculty
Service Cut
aldermen Would press the -Issue,
however, A recent bus company
spot check estimated only 78 night
bus passengers using the City
Transit runs. One-third of these
were reported as night workers;
the others, casual riders.
Optlea Ezplree- -
Moreover, nothing has come of
60-day option , to buy out City
Transit Lines. The option expired
Saturday without reason to expect
further negotiation, said Wendt.
Possibility of a city subsidy to
keep night ' buses running was
studied, but would require a change
of state law.
(Add. details. Page i. See. 1.)
Ike Calls for
fGood Farm
Bill, Promptly'
WASHINGTON W! - President
Eisenhower said Monday he wants
"to get a goodafarm bill and to
get it promptly"
. ' Eisenhower made the statement
in connection with his signing of
two special agriculture bills
passed by Congress.
One would save farmers an es
timated 60 million dollarn a year
by exempting them from the 2
cents-a-gallon federal gasoline tax
on gas used in farming.
' The other new law raises from
SO million dollars to 60 million the
money for the school milk pro
gram for the fiscal year ending
June 30. It extends the program
for two more years and authonz-
en up to 75 million a year for
those two years.
Eisenhower said:
"These two bills are parts of
a nine-point program. I sent to
Congress on Jan. ( of this year.
They constitute an important step
forward in our agriculture pro
gram.
"The next step is to get a good
farm bill and to get it promptly."
A conference committee is now
wrestling with the job of adjust
ing Senate and House versions of
a new over-all farm bill.
Guided Missile Snark
Flies for
By VKRN HALT.I.AND
Associated Press Aviation
Reporter
WASHINGTON (-A Northrop
Snnrk guided missile launched
from Florida's Cape Canaveral
has flown 2.000 miles across the
Caribbean out into the central
Atlantic, informed sources said
Monday.
This Is the greatest distance any
pllntlcss aircraft is yet known to
have llown. The jet-powered Snark
is intercontinental in range.
The fliulit a few d.ivs aim re
e,hc,portedl' was more a test of range
than il accuracy, loari-carryini!
until It ran out of fuel. Pcntugon
press officer refused to comment
on the report.
All that the Air Force has an
nounced is that Northrup Aircraft,
Lanaiaacy.
Of Norblad
Challenged
, Dp.mo Solnn Ashs Thnrntnn
If FilingFecTransfer Legal
By CONRAD PRANCE
Staff Writer, Tie SUtetmit
" U. S. Rrp. Walter Norblad'i right to seek reclcttion to his
contrressionul seat was challenced on leiral irroiinHi Mntulav
c - - c- - -
by an Oregon legislator. .......
State Rep. Richard E. Greener, Milwaukee Democrat, asked "
Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton if Norblad didn't forfeit
his right to run for Congesj
tiling fee on the day he switched I
from the governor's race to that
of representative.
Records in the election division
of the secretary of state's office
shows that Norblad filed for the
Republican nomination for gover
nor on Feb. a and paid the re
quired $100 filing fee.
Receipts further show that on
March (, the day he withdrew from
the governor's race and filed for
the first congressional district no
mination he was granted a $100
refund, which he then paid on bis
representative filing.
Asks for Rallag
In a letter to Thornton Monday
morning. Greener asks the attor
ney general to rule oa whether the
secretary of state can grant re
funds or can transfer a fee from
one filing to another.
"There Is serious question.
writes Groener, "as to whether
Walter Norblad has complied with
the statutory requirements to be
come a candidate."
Not mentioned In Groener's let
ter but presumably affected by the
same turn of events is the Repub
lican candidacy of William Healy
for secretary of state. Healy
changed his candidacy from U. 8.
representative te that of secretary
of state after" Norblad made his
switch.
-Jlevtoo. was granted a $100 re
fund, which he applied on his sec
ond filing. In the same situation Is
Nicholas Gratiot, Portland Demo
crat, who switched his candidacy
and filing fee from itate-at-large
Democratic convention delegate to
delegate from the third congres
sional district.
Nat Questioned
Election officials indicated that
such refunds are not uncommon.
It's just that the procedure has
seldom, if ever, been legally ques
tioned in the past, they said.
Groener, Clackamas County rep
resentative and insurance broker,
cites a 1938 opinion of former Ore
gon Attorney General I. H. van
Winkle "which Indicates that a fil
ing fee paid is for services render
ed and cannot be refunded."
In this opinion Van Winkle held
that a county clerk could not re
fund a filing fee once paid.
Authorities Cited
Groener cites a list of other legal
authorities in an attempt to show
that filing fees cannot be refunded.
Oregon law, he said, does not
give the secretary of state discre
tionary powers in administering
election laws. Filing fees "become
I part of the general fund of the
state." and the secretary of state
has no right to "apply the initial
filing fee to cover subsequent serv
ices rendered in a different filing."
Thornton said it would take
about 10 days of research on the
part of his staff before he could
come up with an answer. His an
swer, when it does come, will be
an opinion only and wiU have no
legal binding power, It was report
It was too early for much Ipecu
lation Monday but it was indicated
by officials the issue probably
would not be settled short of court
action.
DOLLY LEAVES ESTATE
ST. LOUIS I A lawyer for
the estate of former circus queen
Dolly Varden, apparently penni
less when she died last Decem
ber. Monday found a horde of
jewels valued at $100,000 which
she left in an old trunk.
2,000 Miles
Hawthorne, CanCU building 'the
mium, auu mm 11 una vrcii nv
flown. The missile test center at
Patrick Air Force Base, near the
Capi' Canaveral launching area,
is in charge of the program.
The Snark is one of two strategic
air-breathing missiles' now being
test flown, the other being the
North American Navaho,
Air Force Secretory Queries
said recently that although the
alr-brciittiing missiles fire slower
and thus easier to intercept ,than
the ballistic or .rockct-typc, they
- 1 have eaual lond-r arrvin? ability
Und ran"e. Trevor Gardner, for-
mer ceputy or resenren ana ae-
The Snark is 32 fwt long and
4' i feel in diameter. It flies high,
and rloe to the speed of sound
which above 30,000 feet is 670
miles an hour.
when, he failed to pay a second
Billy Rose's
aaa liv I m f
Paintings Burn
MT. KISC0, N. Y. m Tire
destroyed showman Billy. Rose's
it-room country manainn Mnn.
day, reducing to ashes his costly
collection of lrreolaceable naint
ings and art objects.
Rose said only one painting was
salvaged from his 20-year-old col
lection and 1t was one of his
less treasured ones.
T don't want to talk about the ,
paintings or list their value," said
Rose, distraught. "This Is a terrlf-
k emotional loss."
The stubby Broadway producer
was known to have collected over -$250,000
worth of. valuable paint
ings including Kenoirs, a Rem
brandt, a Rubens, a Dumler, a
Frans Hals, a Holbein, a Titian,
a William Turner and a Thomas
Hart Benton.
Some of these he bad disposed
of, notably the Rembrandt for
which be paid $75,000. Rose also ''
owned a $250,000 collection of
cnxusn auver.
TL. 1. . - f it. - ' il .
. tin yaiua ui nit uirve-aiory
mansion of Georgia architecture '
was believed in the neighborhood
of I1OO.0J0. Nothing was left of It
but Its blackened brick walls.
r - tu. i: . .i.
pointed. Officials said It may have
sprung, from sparks from an open
fireplace., . '
.mw v. . iiiv wna iivt win-
Day Forecast
In keeping with the month of.
April's reputation, showers are oa
the forecast for tonight and
Wednesday, according to forecast
ers at McNary Field. No rain is
expected today, though there will
be some cloudiness.
Temperatures are likely to climb
slightly today. Monday's maximum
reading was S3 and the low was 41.
State'g Sedition
Laws Overruled
By Supreme Court
WASHINGTON The Su
preme Court Monday . pulled the
teeth of state sedition laws. It
said they have been superseded
by federal legislation. -
Dividing 1-1, the court threw
out the sedition conviction of Com
munist leader Steve Nelson In a
state court under Pennsylvania's
sedition law.
r.fter reviewing the 1940 Smith
Act and subsequent federal laws,
Chief Justice Warren, spesking
for the majority, said:
"Looking at them in the aggre
gate, the conclusion is inescap
able that Congress intended to oc
cupy the field of sedition. Takea
as a whole, they evince a Con
gressional plan which makes it
reasonable to determine there is
no room left for the states to
supplant it. Sedition Is activity
which tends toward treason or re
bellion. Only sis states, Including
Oregon, do not have sedition laws.
Justice Reed wrote a dissenting
opinion in which Justices Burton
and Minton Joined. '
Kf TV MEN T0 MEET
KUtiENE i A three-day ses
sion of Oregon radio and televi
sion men opens in Eugene Friday
at the University of Oregon.
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