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2-(S.c. 1) $L.'r :n-n, Salrm, Newsmen H-Blast Pliblogra pliers Also Included; To Watch on Ship WASHINGTON Urn-Newsmen and photographer! (or th first time will b allowed to witness and de icribc an H-bomb explosion this tpring. 1 Operating on a "pod" bal, IS reporter and camermen will be takes aboard a navy ship to ob tervn a nuclear test that will be let off at Enlwetok Proving Ground in the Pacific about May 1. The planned coverage will give V. S. newsmen the opportunity (or reporting on the eventa associated with detonation and to see first hand the operation or the many safety precautions which are takea in the public interest." the Atomic Energy commission (AEO and defense department aaid in a Joint announcement. Their statement said K bad been decided that "uncenaored public reporting (with the exceptloa of some photography) can be per mitted without endangering the security ef weapons information." Although newsmen have reported personally on many atomic wea pons explosions in Nevada, they have not been allowed to witness trials at Eniwetok sine IMt. The test then involved aa underwater A-bomb blast Since that year-in 1951 and 1954 hydrogen bombs bavt been set off at the mid-Pacific nuclear prov ing grounds. ' Neither Monday dot In its orig inal announcement of the fortn coming test series did the gov ernment declare specifically that H-bomb would be used. There has been every indication, however, that this is the cast. Refugee to Live in Salem With Relatives 'An nf 1M Furnneas refu gees bound for new lives in Ore gon ill make his borne in Sa lem with a brother-in-law and sister who are sponsoring him la this country. Mr. and Mrs.,H. A. Juedet, 2830 Blossom Drive, are ptepar mf for the arrival about April ol Heinrkh Zansinger, 48, a Lith uanian eoooer. who bu been living in Germany since the end of World War IL Zansinger, Mrs. Juedei broth er, la enroute to tne vmtea Statet aboard the Navy triniport General Langfitt, according to a release Monday by Associated Press. Ha Is accompanying 1.213 other Europeans being admitted under the Refugee) Relief Act, and whose trip to this country waa arranged by the Lutheran Refugee Service. Their ship ia duo to dock at New York April 9. Mr. Juedes said Monday night he and his wife have been trying to get their brother here for bout a vear. There are Bo spe cial plans being made for Zan ainger'a arrival, Juedes Mid, add ing, "wo first want to see what he would like to do." The other Oregon refugees and their sponsors are: Margaret Bollebci, 25, Yugoslavian em broiderer, sponsored by John - Popp, Portland. T Erich Stuchlik, 28, Cieehoslo vakian mason; bis wife. Erika, 28, and their son, Klaus, S; spon sored by John Bendelow, Port land. Alfred Bergmann, 48, Latvian Interpreter; his wife, Irma, 49; and their son, Erwin, 18; spon- Florence. Cherrians Tell of Plans (Story also on page f) . Salem Cherrians announced ten tative o ans urn mini iot a aaiem nam rriw w mi n. i" July 4th and Indicated they would seek cooperation and support of other civic clubs in orgaoliing the affair. Among participants la the meet ing were P, H. Brydon, chairman of the' Chamber recreation com mittee; Lester Davis, chairman of the Wallace Marine Park Com mittee; William Rom, of the Salem . Kiwanis Club; Ralph Thede, com , modore of the Oregon Motor Boat Racing Association; and Robert Hullette, commodore of the Salem Boat Club. King Bing Theodore Jenny of the Cherrians presided. Oregon Woman , Among Victims on Crashed Airliner PITTSBURGH Wt -The body of Mrs. Marie Louise Terpenning of Rogue River, Ore., was Identi fied Monday at among the victims of Sunday's crash of a TWI 5y liner here. The coroner listed Mr. Terpen- ning't address aa MaMen, Mass in addition t Rogue River. PLANTS MISSING A greenhouse was broken Into Monday at the State Hospital and some plants taken, state police re ported. Employes Informed offi cers about 10:30 a.m. alter notic ing the plants missing. Ore,, Tuc$., April 3, '53 GM Chief .Quits, Replaced j ! I : ,:, ... . :.... j I ..lV.,: I :. : t I - ;"! ! . V 11 I DETROIT. Mlekv Alfred P. float Jr. left, retired Monday as chair maa ( the General Motor Cor., aad Albert Bradley, right, aa exe cutive vire-reMeat ef the corporation slace 141. was elected to aaceetd his. (AT Wlrephote) - - Explosion Hurts Woman tUtosaua News ttrvk TURNER Dorothy Williams, employe of a Turner restaurant, suffered apparently non-serious burns Monday morning when a gas oven exploded at the restau rant, authorities reported. The woman waa taken by anv bulance to Santlam Memorial Hos pital for treatment of first degree burns of arms and legs. Hospital attendants listed ner condition as -good." Pretty WAF Tells of Hero In Air Crash KLAMATH FALLS til - A pret ty ztyear-old Portland girl re counted from a hospital bed Mon day a story of terror and heroism in last Friday night's crash of an Air Force C4S into a hillside seven ml'.es south of here. Three persons died In the crash. - Miss Virginia Bowman, an air man second class In the Air Force, told how Pfc URoy Wrigglet- worth of Gladstone, Ore., pulled her from the wreckage after the plane went down. ' I must nave- blacked out." Miu Bowman said. "The next I remembe my leg ero caught and R wu getting hot. Pvt. Wrig lesworth was nulling on me. 1 retjember yelling, 'pull harder, my legs are caught.' Some way be got me out." "We were out In the open and the plane was afire," she contin- ned. "Both of us had burns on our face and hands. It hurt ter ribly. We started dowa the hill side." They reached a farm bouse and a rancher who lived nearby drove them to a hospital here. Miss Bowman, recovering from her burns, said the plane was try ing to land at Klamath rails after ercountering bad weather ia the Redmond area. " Killed m the crash were the pilot and two others. Principles of Morse Doubted InMcKayTalk PHOENIX. Arlx. Of - Secretary of Interior McKay Monday night said the campaign In Oregon win be a "knockdown, drag-out battle between the. Eisenhower prin ciples of government and the prin ciples of Wayne Morse if Morse has any principles." . The secretary made the atato- ment after arriving here by plane from Washington to speak Tues day night at the National Press Photographer Attn. Convention in nearby Chandler. McKay will resign as Interior Secretary April IS to oppose Morse in the Oregon senatorial race. McKay, a former Oregon gov ernor, said Morse "apparently wants federal power to be the only electric power." "He has filibustered In three parties," McKay said, 'ut oa thin power question hit position teems fairly clear federal mo nopoly. I'm opposed to monop oly." Tangent Man Faces Count A Tangent man was booked on a reckless driving charge Monday after a vehicle traveled wildly and at high speed along a sector of South High Street, city police re ported. Held wu Steve Cordett Weianer, u . . . , . , under 134 bail. Police reported the arrest was made after a car "almost left the ground going over the top of Fry'i Hill, the arresting officer aaid. The vehicle was overtaken when forced to stop behind another car waiting tor a red light. , flzzz Fn.Mi.3 fix in CjOTITOII? First application f Ztw doctor't toothing aatiaeptie relieve itch of turf see akin aad ttalp Irritation. Ztta atopt scratching and an frOfYln aids healing. villll LegioirEyes ChilcfWeKare Issue at Meet Some dozen American Legion posts of district 1 were represented Monday night at a meeting here which dealt '.with child welfare problems as well as post matters. Alto a feature of the event, held at Capitol Poet I headquarters, was presentation of citations and merit medals to members of Pott t. Circuit Judge Joseph Fetton wat the main speaker and hit subject concerned "Juveniles and Juvenile Delinquency." Also present were District Comm. Grundt, McMinn vlUe, and Oregon Deputy Vice Comm. Don Eva, Portland. Awards included Americanism medals to Maurice Keller, scout master of Capitol Ppst-tponaored Troop I, for hit work In scouting, and to James Garvin, chairman of the Salem area Americanism Com mittee as well as a member of the National Legion Counter Subvers ive Committee and the District 2 Counter Subversive Committee. Medals of Merit went to John Kerrlck, a past commander of Post and Ed Handle and Dave Holli- man, both trustees of the post; E. D. Spencer, editor of the '' Newt and E. W. Rlchey, chairman of the Post Sick committee. Given citations were Malcolm Page, 2nd vice commander of Post I; Alva E. Johnson, adjutant; Jerry G. Dyball, finance officer; and Charles E. Stinnette, 1st vice- commander. Corvallis Girl t WinsTripto" U.N. in Contest Jody Ramsey, Corvallis high school student, Monday night won the Odd Feliowt LodgepoiHored United Nations Pilgrimage speech essay contest for this district. Her win entitled her to.an expense-paid trip to the home of the United Nations in New York City and also a trip to Washington, D.C. Miss Ramsey competed against 10 other finalists before tome 190 persons at Salem Odd Fellows Temple. Runnerup wat Ruth Wil de, ML Angel and honorable men tion went to Roy Chapin, Perry dale. Other competitors time from the twe Salem public hijn schools and from other points in Marion and Polk counties. More than 100 district winners from throughout the U.S., Canada and Hawaii will make the trip to the U.N. The tour will cover about six weeks. Highway 18 Crash Hurts 2 ttatemaa Nwi trrvjr McMINNVlLLE - Two persons were Injured, ope teriously. In a two-car collision Monday afternoon twe miles west of Boyor Station on Highway 18, state police report ed. Mattle Ryan, Florence, taid by offlceri to be the driver of one of the vehicles, was taken to Mc Minnville hospital with injuries de scribed at fractures of the pelvis and left shoulder and internal in juries. Her physician listed her condition as "fair." Officers reported driver of the other car to be Leslie W. Scoggans, Dayton. He was taken to McMinn- ville General hospital for "treat ment of facial " lacerations. - At tendants taid his condition was "satisfactory." Police taid the woman's 1K6 Studebaker and Scoggana' Dodge pickup were both virtually de molished in the near head-on col !:.: ..t,ik M4IVI1 W11IVII VVVWIVU tf y. III. There it enough ice on Green land to cover the whole earth to a depth of 17 feet PHONI 4-47U o Of : - re AIm LmM lm AffyMH THE McCONNELL STORY' TH TrM Ittry f wi'l - LNntj ft ipW JJ COMIT ACAOfMT AWAIO WINNIR , tatam kmonini . THE SQUARE JUNGLE" C4trrW Tw Curtis ArtfM hi T WrU Nun Prays Aboard Sinldng Airliner as Passengers Scurry (Story alse ea page Oae) SEATTLE --As passengers waited anxiously for their turns to climb onto the wings of the Northwest Orient Airlines Strato cruiser, which sank Monday, alter crash-landing in Puget Sound, a Catholic nun started the Lord's Prayer in steady, quiet voice. "Our Father, who art in Heav en, hallowed be thy name." Moth er Mary Phllothea of Seattle, pro vincial superior of Mount St. Vin cent's House of Providence, in toned. The passengers scrambled anxi ously toward the escape exits, their fears overshadowed by ten sion and hope. Thy Kiagdem Ceme . . "Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, on earth aa at ia ia Heav en. . ." Mother Mary continued. Survivors said that only her prayer sounded In the stricken plane. Mother Mary stood at the door- wsy as she finished. "Thank you, Sitter, for the prayer," a woman said softly. And a man interjected:.: "Keep praying. Sister; keep praying." Talks U Reporter The Catholic nun told a reporter after ner rescue: . "Only prayer could have saved a person in our situation espe cially one like mytelf who couldn't twim a stroke." t ' "I wu amaxed bow calm every one was, but In the water we were rapidly losing our strength," she added. "I could feel myself fink ing, and ! had to do everything to keep my mind clear." Held Seal Catalan Although weighted by the full garb the wears as a nun, Mother Mary clang to a seat cushion until she was rescued by a man and a boy in a small outboard powered boat. , . - , , The intense cold and shock the survivors faced ia the waters of Puget Sound, on which the big plane landed after It started to vibrato badly after It takeoff, wat shown graphically in the ease of Ray Hopkinson, 52, a Tacoma police officer who wat aboard. He lost consciousness after be- Salem Area Woman Fined AfterChase A Salem area woman Monday wat fined 173 on a charge of reck less driving and also booked on two other counts after an early morning chase which ended in a collision with a truck trailer, city police reported. Officert said Zetha Spencer, Sa lem Route 3, Box 580. pleaded guilty to both the reckless driving count and charges of having no operator's license and waa fined 110 on the latter count. She plead ed innocent to a charge of running a red light. Commitment to jail was made in lieu of payment of the fines, police said. The arrest was made about 1:15,1 a.m. after a vehicle, which had beea observed traveling in reck less fashion on downtown area streets, struck the parked trailer In the S00 block of Front Street, officers reported. The driver es caped injury but the car was badly damaged. . Salem Woman Hurt in Crash V Mrt. Carolyn Gark, Salem, it under treatment, in Sacred Heart Hospital at Eugene, for apparently non-serious injuries suffered in a Saturday highway accident near Line County city. " Mrt. Clark reportedly suffered a leg fracture wben a car driven by her husband, George, collided with another vehicle. The husband, who suffered minor hurts, wttj taken to the hospital -but later re-' leased. Several other unnamed; persona - also sustained Injuries, ! none serious. Hospital attendants; said Mrt, Clark t condition wat "satisfactory." ' GATES OPEN MS SHOW AT 7:00! ENDS TONIGHT 'LUCY GALLANT" "THE GUN THAT STARTS TOMORROWJ, It Happened In Chlka Shan China! See the Life of Sheer Hell In A Chinese Prison Camp and How Love and Courage Broaght Them Through! JOHN WAYNE IN CINEMASCOPE AND TECHNICOLOR! "BLOOD ALLEY" ; co-hit -' ; A Pirtare of Everybody ... For Everybody! The Story of a New England Schol Marm and How She Changed the Uvr of a Generation of Townspeople! JENNIFER JONES "GOOD MORNING MISS DOVE" la Cinetaaseopo aad Technicolor! ing taken aboard a rescue plane and did not "come to" until he j was in a hospital ashore. i Floats Faee Dowa "I saw a man floating facei down in the water, but I could do nothing for him," Hopkinson re-1 latcd. "I wat almost paralyzed by the cold and hardly had I enough strength to move1. I don't I think I could have ttood it 10 min utes more." ' I Survivors 'estimated they were In the water about half an hour. The group of 31 passengers which were rescued Included eight Chin ese Immigrant! from Hong Hong three adultt and lit 'children. They had arrived from the Orient on another plane. None of them could speak or understand English a the disaster twirled about them. Ust of Dead The coroner'! office hen listed these "dead: Dr. George Hook of Tacoma, whose wife resides in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Tsui Kong Lin, about S5, a Chi nese woman from Hong Kong who wa reported en route to New York to meet her husband, and her son, Yet Song Foon, I, iden tified at her ton. (Aa airline spokesman said there was no ex planation of the- variation in names). The boy had a tag on hit coat: 1 am from Hong Kong, destination New York." Paul Wehrman, Seattle, a Boe ing Airplane Co. engineer. . The pilot, Capt. Robert Heard. 33. of Seattle, taid the plane be gan vibrating severely after it had been ia the air about three minute. . TrwaMc Develop Heard taid the trouble devel oped at about Looo feet altitude. Ho decided to "ditch" the big plane instead of' taking the risk of trying to turn back to the air port. The coldness of the water, esti mated between 40 and 43 degreet, may have caused the vlctlmt to tlip to their death! because of numbed fingert. We didn't know water could be so cold," taid several of the survivors after being, brought safely ashore. Fortunately, two Air Force am phibian planes were in. the air at the.- time the disaster warning came- They switched count quickly and landed at the scene to pirk up the survivors still afloat on the water, whish, for tunately; was almost unruffled. The rescue, aided by small boats and Coast Guard vessels, was completed in little more than 30 minutes. Flacky Stewardes There waa praise for both the pilot and the plucky stewardesses. Nelson Wahlstrom, comptroller of the University of Washington, commented: ."It wat smart of the pilot to come down In the water, and we alighted with virtually no im pact. Sydney Schwartx of Seattle, an engineer for Boeing Airplane Co., which built the Stratocruiser, taid: "Everybody got out of the plane without panic. We went out the door and emergency exit. We were told to take seat cushions. I had two of them." Poer Swimmer Dorothy Oetting, of Seattle, one of the stewardesses, considered herself a poof awimmer, "but I swim today.' I gave my teat cush ion to one of the Oriental passen gert. Then I had to swim until I found another one. Thank God I did." - Stewardess- Elinor Whitacre of St. Paul, her wet hair clinging about - her face, told a reporter "After the pilot announced there was trouble, and he'd have to set her down, we were Just tense. . . we didn't know what to expect. I suppose there was crying, but we didn't hear it. I began ripping the seats out. It was a wonderful 4anding, I don't know how they I did ;it " CASCADE SWINCSTERS SQUARE DANCE CLUB Aomsvilli Pavilion rvrrr wtontsoav EVERYONE WELCOME WON THE WEST' LAUREN BACALL ROBERT STACK Theatre Time v Table H.BINOKt THE COURT jrSTIH"! 100 anil In 37 "THE DIVIDED HEART': 101 CAPITOL "MARTY": 7:00 Ini "FLAME or THE ISLANDS": 00 NORTH IALEM DRIVE IN "LUCY GALLANT." 7:00 and 10 30 "THE CUM THAT WON THE WIST"; S W HOLLYWOOD ' "SQUARE JUNGLE": 7:00 and J04S ' THE McCONNELL ITOnY": IM Dust Storm Hits 80 MPH In Texas Area - (Stary aJtw ea Page One.) MIDLAND, tex. Ill - A fog of fine, red sand from a dust storm that cut visibility to xero in the wont onslaught tome long-time residents could remember sifted over most of west Texat Monday night. The duster, borne on winds of up to 80 miles an hour, raged during the afternoon across an area extending Into Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma. . The choking dust was blamed for at least three traffic deatha and numerous injuries. Texas cities bearing the brunt of the storm ' included Childress, Midland, Lamesa, Big 6pring, Lubbock, Dalhart, Aroarillo, Abi lene, San Angelo and 1 Paso. At l!30 p. m., the forward edge of the front .extended from west of Oklahoma City to east of Wichita Falls, between Mineral Wells and Abilene and southwest to Junction. ' The U. S. weather bureau at Dallas reported the cloud of dust extended westward across the Panhandle to Albuquerque, N. M. Tornadoes Break Loose In Kansas (Stary also an Page Oae) KANSAS CITY Tornadoes broke loose in south central Kan- tat Monday night as a mass of severe thunderstorms stretched across Kansas and Nebraska. A tornado blew down buildings and mapped power lines in the small community of Hopeton, Okla.. Police laid the farm home of Joe Monroe wit destroyed and a rain elevator wrecked. Officer! were unable to learn Immediately whether there were any casualties.. The twister moved northeast ward and wu sighted touth of Cherokee, Okla. . About 40 miles to the north fit Kansas, a tornado was reported between Attica and Anthony. Monte Crooker, Anthony police chief, had heard no reports (if damage.- He- taid farm in that area were rather scattered. BOAT GROCP SETS EVENT Members of the Salem Boat Club will hold an installation dance at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Four Cor ners Community Hall. Program will Include installation of new of ficers, party games and a get-acquainted session between old and new members. C GET et mm - - It's today's Lucky Lager-with flavor balance. Light in body, yet bold md true in beer flavor. Today't Iucky Lager -with a bright, surprising flavor you've never , enjoyed in beer before! Today't Lucky Lager -that out-, . sella all other beers in the West! Today't Lucky Lager-with the Big 8urpriae in beer flavor! Try it today! WOT -mm THE A61 -DATED willomoo Giiicinb Tour ceiiortl Fiald (Editor's Note: John Erlck sen, Statesman photographer, ac companied WU faculty members to McChord Field Monday. He describes the field in this eye witness account) (Picture ea Page Oae) By JOHN EBICKSEN McCHORD AFB - Seeing first hand the functions of the Air De fense command -at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., a group of 23 Willamette University faculty, ad ministration and board of trustee members participated in a day long orientatioa tour of the base Monday. ' Value of the base's air rescue unit waa dramatized Monday aft ernoon when base officers told how smphibio'ut aircraft from the 43rd air rescue squadron there plaved a major role in the rescue of turvivon of a North west Airlines trash In Puget Sound early that tamo morning. The Willamette group 23 in all watched practice "scram ble" of F-MD all weather Jets from one of the two squadrons based there. First Defense Line The fighter-interceptor squad rons at McChord, Seattle and Portland comprise the North west's first line of defense tgainst enemy attack, the group wu told by Col. Henry L. Crouch Jr., base commander. in addition to the fighter squadrons, McChord bat the Northwest't only Military Air Transport Service command (MATS). A MATS C-118 (DC-flB) wst used to transport the group to and from McChord for Monday's tour. .,.: Loading Watched " ". Besides riding in a MATS plane, the visitors watched the loading of a C-124 Globemaster Academy Award ' Winning Show! The ether pip antti Jama... he wanttd at prlj . HtXHT-UHCASTER presefftt ERNEST BORGNINE BETSY BLAIR Plus Tropic Hate tnd Ive! THE BEER ' i W """"V fmmmm capable of carrying 200 fully armed troops or 23 tons of cargo. The tour wound up with a vis it to the 633th Air Control and Warning radar center on tha base. Tracka by Radar Thit center identifies and tracks by kadar tny aircraft fly ing to the Northwest from the North or West. The center also directs fully armed fighter-inter ceptort to tny unidentified air craft in ill two-ttate area. In the group making the trip were Dr. Brooks H. Moore and Edwin E. Cone of the board of trustees; R. Ivan Lovell, protes tor of history; Cecil R. Honk, professor of biology; Charles H. Derthlck, associate professor of psychology; Don Gleckler, iislaU ant professor of music; Jamet 8. Douglas, assistant professor of English; Jamet Fonsect, instruct" or in German and Spanish; Rich ard C. Montgomery, instructor ia . physical science; Betty B. Bronv field, secretary to the dean ol liberal arts; Olive M. Wiget; tec retary to the personnel deans; Lois Slegmund, secretary to tha director of development; Jean Lv Warden and Karen Hall, tecre tariet; AleU , Rieck and Joy Wood, librarians; Dora Howard and Enid Rondeau, bookkeepers; Vojteeh E. Andric, associate pro fessor of economics; Can U Thompson, chairman of the Twin Fallt county draft beard Officers from the Air Forct ROTC detachment at Willamette accompanying the visitors to th base were Lt Col. Norman W, Todd, commander of the detach ment, ind Mtj. Kenneth H. -Pen nell IKE INTERVIEW SET WASHINGTON - President Eisenhower will hold a newt con ference Wednesday. NOWI OPENS a:4S "GOOD FUN FOR Alir 1 .-'Mi " I lv A COURT JESTER WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY AWARD! DIVIDED HEART ) cotNiii soicmn won mitcmm f.j 07 r bj j . f mm Lf Jv im J0I1MT. RTv -v' "W X ' -MM mm fc. - i i - - aMnWBnnlnnS1