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The Weather FORECAST (from V. t. WMia huraau, McNary UmM. SaJam): Clear and hot today and TiMwiay, Hih both days Mar let. lha low to aifht 60. Tamparature at 1141 ajav tod SALES mrCIFITATIOT ' Slaea Mart a HMUW a t TMi Tur Laat Ttar Kuraal Mil H.SJ MM fOUNDOD 1651 106th Yesr 2 SECTIONS PACES Tha Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oragon, Monday, July 23, 193 PRICI St No. Ill : 5w H fttk LftT" 3311m OCDCLIG One of the problems of budget making by the itate li to an ticipate requirements over about a three - year period. Just now department heads are working on their budgets (or submission to the department of finance and admin istration to be reviewed (or inclu sion in the master budget. This will be submitted to the session of the legislature which convenes in January. However the spending period for which this budget is being aet up will not start until July 1 next and continue then for two years, to June 30, 1959. In times of rising wages and prices the budget may be under estimated. To guard against con tingencies the legislature appropri- ates a substantial sum which may , be allocated during the interim between sessions by the emer gency board. Sometimes it seems as though the legislators have hardly left town before requests are coming in for allotments from the emergency fund. This however might be due more to legislative changes in laws rather than mis calculation. Since annual increases have be come habit in industry, par ticularly in those where workers are organized, public employes feel they are entitled to the tame consideration, and through their spokesmen often make their re quests known. Governing boards realize also that they must keep wages in public employment fairly attractive if they are to hold and to attract workers. Just now . the stats board of higher education is considering a document prepared by Chancellor Richards outlining a plan for (Caatlaaed M edUerlal Ml. ) Streamliner Derailed; 15 Persons Hurt CARROLLTON. Mo. HI The Santa Ft'a Chief, a fast stream liner bound for Saa Francisco, waa derailed Sunday night appar ently after striking an object on the tracks. Fifteen persons were reported Injured and one was missing. Fireman C. M. Miller of Mar celincl Mo., said the engine struck what seemed like an iron bar and "we went skidding off the tracks." An estimated 200 passengers .and IS crewmen were aboard. Missing after the wreck was an unidentified baggageman. Ambulances were rushed to the scene. The engine caught fire but was put out shortly by firefight ers from Carrollton, a communi ty 65 miles northeast of Kansas City. "I saw something on the tracks." Miller said, "ft looked like a piece of iron. We hit it," and the derailment followed. Steel Talks To Resume PITTSBURGH David J. Mc Donald, president of the United Steelworkers, Sunday agreed to industry proposal to resume con tract talks at New York City Tuesday in an effort to end a 22 day old strike. A few hours before, McDonald had bitterly attacked the industry for its price fixing policy. Ho aaid - steel prices have risen out of all proportion to rises in costs. McDonald was pre p a r I n f to leave Pittsburgh for a picket line tour when the industry asked that talks resume. He immediately cancelled plans for the tour. The Weather Max. Ml. Frrl. . n si ,m . a so .on 92 47 .00 ..100 IT .00 ... m M .on . 7S S .SO ... SO SI trara Saltm Portland . ftakpr . M Ml ford San Franrlaco . Lot Angelas Chlraio New York S S3 .00 ' ."If It starts to float away with film just apply a Hahud cigar, no to the ploco marked XI" WILBERT ' Window-Shattering Sheep vrr John Smith, (15 Shraagrl La Dr, iJVTTr " 1 1 iP I N v -'- ' i--' -i f. -. K f Lie iff fy , . - 4 ... ?D!Sm' : ........... r. i of the Snuth home after being pursued fey a dog. The family gaped in surprise . as the traatlc animal landed on a coffee table and bounced around the houe. Indications were the sheep suf fered a passible broken foot in its plunge into the home. The sheep and some dosen other wandered lata the aeigaberhead near North River Bead. Crazed Sheep Soars Into Home People, in their sleep, may count sheep jumping over fences. But a Salem area family saw one crash Sunday and the family was wide . The John Smiths were in their home at 665 Shrangri-La Dr., when the frantic sheep plummeted through the window in a shower of fly ing glass with a black dog in close pursuit. Founder of Portland U. Dies at 80 Butrtaaaa Newt Srnrlra SILVERTON Mark A. Palston, SO, founder of Portland University, died at a Portland nursing home Isle Saturday night. Funeral serv ices -arm be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Ekmsn Memorial chapel at Silverton with burial in Valley View cemetery. The Rev. Alvin Selid of Trinity church will officiate. Palston was born June 15, 1876, at Alta Iowa. He came to Oregon in 1909 and was superintendent of Harrisburgb schools before begin ning hit law study. After being ad mitted to the Oregon bar, ho prac ticed at Silverton where bo also served as city recorder. Later he went to Portland where he maintained a law office before founding Portland University which he later sold to the Catholic organi zation which now owns it. He had retired" about 10 years ago. Survivors are two TuTters, Mrs. M. G. Gunderson, Silverton, and Mrs. Pauline Mumi, Vermillion, S. D., and one brother, George Paulson, Canby, Minn. Cutest Nudist Refuses To Bare Name SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. I Modesty is a becoming virtue, es pecially if you're the cutest little nudist. So it was with "Miss Goose Pimple" of 1956, selected Satur day by the Western Sunbathing Association at its annual unclad convention. Nominally selected as queen of the association, she gave her name only as Marge, a nurse. Her hus band, Ellon, was named King. They both declined to give their last names and home address. The association includes 20 clubs from California. Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. NORTHWEST LlAOfi At Spokana . Salam 1 (11 Innlnsi) At Wanalrhaa 1-S, Tri-Tlty 1-1 At Lawiaton t-U, Iufena 4-6 FACiriC COAST MAOli At San Dlaso 0-1. Portland 10-0 At Hollywood 1-S. Vancouvar 1-1 At Sacramanto S-l. Loa Anialai 4-6 At San Francisco 0-0, Saattla J-4 NATIONAL LIAOtTI At Milwaukee l-ll. Philadelphia 7-8 At Cincinnati t-t. Plttihursh l-t At Kt. Unit! S-S. Rronklvn 1-4 At Chlcaso 4-1. New York 1-1 AMKhirAW LrAot r At firm Ynrk 4-1.1. Kanaai City 7-t At Raltlmnra l. Cl'vrlanrl ( At Waahlnatnn 1. Chlraio 6 At Boaton , Detroit ( poses with a sheep which crashed Via Window through their big picture window awake. The crazed sheep landed on a coffee table and skittered about the house before the Smiths could lay bands on him. The animal suf fered a possible broken foot in the collision with the window, the family said. Residents of the area reported the Theep was one of a dozen which suddenly appeared in the North River Road neighborhood Sunday afternoon and who the owner is could not immediately be answered. The black dog routed the entire band of sheep and four later were rounded up and put in a garage. Several others fled into an adjoin ing orchard. . 14 Children, Parents Meet At Gervais (Plctare on page I.) atateuua Nawi Service GERVAIS The Fred Manning family, comprising parents and 14 children, were all together here Sunday for the first time in many years as they met in reunion at St. Paul Academy. The 14 children can count 40 offspring of their own. Mr. and Mrs. Manning were married Nov. 22, 1911, both having been born near Gervais. They have lived in the Gervais area all their lives. Their family runs heavily to girls, there being 11 daughters and three tons. Eldest child is Sister Marita Rose, sister of the Holy Names Order at Marylhurst School near Oswego. The others also live in this state and include: Mrs. Florence Flagg, Salem; Miss Freda Manning, Gervais; Mrs. William Uppendahl, Gervais; Jamea Manning, Brooks; Mrs. Le- roy Gardner, Portland; Mrs. Ray McCormick,- Gervais; Mrs. James Davidson, St. Louis; Dennis Man ning, Sf. Paul; Mrs. James Bosch ler. Portland; Mrs. Cyril Fersch weilrr, St. Louis: Mrs. Roland Schott, Grrvais; Mrs. Jerry Len hardt, Portland; and the youngest, Jerry Manning, 17, of Gervais. Two Children Burn to Death WORLEY, Idaho W - A six-year-old boy and his four-year-old sister were burned to death Sun day evening near here when a barn filled with 10 tons of hay caught fire and burned down. , Jerry and Barbara Jean Abra hamson were missed about the time firefighters had the blaze controlled, Firemen found the re mains of the youngsters in the smouldering hay. Kootenai county deputy sheriff Jhn W. Ra.or said the two chiN dren had been visiting Iheir grand parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ike Sijohn. Held in Tow Snnday through a picture window Mercury May Hit 100 in Area Today R't going to get hotter here before it geta cooler, the McNary Field weather . station predicted Sunday. High today and Tuesday is ex pected to be near 100, eight de grees warmer than Sunday's max imum. Probable low tonight it CO. Forest fire danger is due to in crease to high levels today in all interior sections except near the coast. Dry easterly winds are ex pected to sweep the northern Cas cades and coast range by tonight. Logging shutdowns due to low hu midity are expected today. Three small fires were reported by the state forestry department in Salem. The largest, in the Crooked Creek area of Coos Coun ty, burned over three acres. Two holdover lightning fires, one in the Peachuck area of the Clackamas- Marion fire protection area and the other near Mitchell, were also re ported. All three were under con trol Sunday night. A small lightning fire on Byers Ridge in the Brietenbush area was reported by the Detroit ranger sta tion. Seven men hiked to the blaze Sunday night and expected to con trol it by morning. Northern coastal areas will prob? ably be clear today except for night and morning fog and low clouds. Predicted high today is 75-80, the low tonight 65-60. Medford reported the state's highest temperature reading Sun day at 100 degrees. The Dalles had 96, Burns and Redmond 94, Rose- burg and Lakeview 92, and Eugene and Klamath Falls 91. Art Fountain Spouts Green WASHINGTON I The Mellon Fountain in front of the National Gallery of Art was an Irishman's delight Sunday. Somebody dropped a dye into the fountain and turned its waters a brilliant green. Hundreds of de lighted tourists, many of them armed with cameras and color film, thronged about the fountain during the day. Navy Airmen Find South Sea Island Paradise After Bailing Out of Plane By HENRY HARTZENBUSCH SANGLEY POINT, Philippine Islands (At Four U.S. Navy airmen who bailed out of a dis abled Navy bomber 700 miles Off course were rescued Sunday. One of them called the island from which he was taken a South Sea Island paradise. ' Friendly natives some in West ern sports shirts brought them food and drink, and furnished beds for the fliers, but the Ameri cans made their plight known in tign language. The four fliers were Lt. Donald Fitzgerald, pilot of the plane, Sacramento, Calif.; Lt. Christoph er Withers. 25, Port Washington, N.Y.; Flight enainrer I. C. Hnlon Mills. Guin, Ala., and aviation electronics technician 2. C Lynn Vale Fire Eating Timber lOO'Acresof Forest Fall to Roaring Blaze VALE A sudden wind turned a small blaze into a roaring forest fire west of here Sunday night. It raced through more than 100 acres of valuable timberland. Some 60 fire fighters were strug gling to gain the upper hand. An other 30 were to join the force Mon day morning, bringing tractors and other equipment. The blaze was one of three which crackled through the forest and range lands of Oregon's Malheur County, where trees and grass are brittle from lack of rain. The other two were under control. u. . ruiwiaer, district range manager for the Vale-Jordan graz ing district, said one of the fires was started by sunlight reflected from the windshield of an aban doned automobile. . Worst of the fires was six miles north of the town of Ironside. It started Saturday night and was un der control Sunday evening. Missing Area Boat Draws Police Probe State police were Investigating early today a report that a boat carrying a Salem couple and an Albany man was missing on the Willamette River between Albany and Salem. Reported to be aboard the craft were Mr. and Mrs. Wilder R. Mo Niel, 3175 Lawrence St.. and Leo Moor, Albany. McNiel is man ager of the Cascade Merchantile company here. The 20-foot cabin cruiser ap parently left Albany about p.m. Sunday. It had failed to arrive in Salem by 12:50 a.m. Monday. White Officer Shoots Negro; Riot Averted TRENTON, Tenn. IB-A charge of felonious assault was sworn Sunday against a white policeman who shot a Negro in the leg dur ing an arrest that -'nearly set off a riot. About 300 Negroes gathered In an angry crowd and milled around nearly four hours before breaking up. Off duty officers, county depu ties and the highway patrol stood by until the situation eased. The city was quiet Sunday. The warrant against W D. Hick man, a county deputy and part- time city patrolman, was sworn by L.V. Smith, father of the wounded Negro, Lindberg Smith, 30, of nearby Dyer. Yank Lady Bidlfightcr Hurt in Ring TIJUANA, Mexico t A bull tossed and injured Bette Ford Sunday and her companion wo man bullfighter, Pat McCormick, then killed the bull. Both women are from the United States. The applause in the Tijuana bull ring indicated the 8,000 spectators, mostly Americans from Califor nia, considered it a fine show and a brave thing for Miss McCormick to do. Officials said it was the first time on record that two women fighters' had appeared on the tame program. A. McAlee, Colton, Calif. They jumped from a twin en gine AP2P heavy bomber Satur day night en route from Guam to , Sangley Point, It wat the first parachute reap for all four. Withers and Fitzgerald landed in the sea off Aratung Island, where natives picked them up. McAtre and Mills came down on neighboring Merampi Island. Both .are small- Indonesian islands about 130 miles southeast of the lower tip of Mindanao, southern most of the Philippine Islands. "We did not know where we were," said Fitzgerald, "but the place could be called a para dise." "Withers and I landed in the sea off Aratung Island." Filz-gerald-sairi.: "We had to swim Inr about 10 minutes before friendly Escapes .., 3 Convict Bernard Walton, 35, who escaped from the Oregon State Hospital Snnday morning. Oregon Con Uses' Forged Pass to Flee A convict escaped from the maximum security ward of the Oregon State Hospital Sunday morning after showing an attend ant a forged pass for church at tendance, state police reported. Officers said Bernard Walton. 35, handed the attendant a slip of paper supposedly signed by a hos pital official and entitling the bearer to attend institution church services. He was not observed leaving the grounds. Walton is serving a ten - year sentence at the Oregon State Pen itentiary for assault with intent to kill. Prison officials classified him as dangerous. Search I'aderway State and city law enforcement agencies were alerted to be on the outlook for Walton but no trace of the wanted man had been found late Sunday. State police said Walton was admitted to the state hospital for observation in May, hia sixth trip to the state institution since he began serving his sentence in February, 1951. Walton was sent to the peniten tiary from Multnomah County af ter he was convicted of shooting Laxar Mick, Portland, in 1950. 3-Year Sentence Walton first entered the state prison April t, 1944, to serve a three year sentence for a bur glary conviction. He slipped away' from an outside work gang Jan. 12, 1945, but was later returned to the penitentiary. He was released Oct. s, 1947. The escaped convict was report' edly dressed in a blue shirt and blue denim trousers. He is 6 feet one inch tall, weighs about 190 pounds and has gray-green eyes and dark brown hair, the peniten tiary taid. One Theft Just Leads To Another A Salem youth who said his home was burglarized Saturday evening discovered a second theft while hunting for the original thief, police reports indicated Sunday. Officers said David Zlicker, 1351 Wilbur St., reported that he re turned to his home Saturday night and saw a man coming out of his home. Zlicker chased the man to South 12th Street and then returned home. At his house, Zlicker met a friend, Jay Magden, 3327 Neef Ave.,' and the two began to drive around the area searching for the runaway man, zucker said. While Investigating near the Sa lem Woodworking company, 1225 Cross St., Zlicker discovered that the company's building had been entered by an intruder who bored holes in a plywood door, he told officers. Police reported that 11.76 was taken from the woodworking com pany's office after a small hole had been made in a door and the hasp removed from inside. Zlicker said two screw drivers and a pair of expansion pliers were missing from his home. natives picked us up." The natives brought them Into town, gave them food and quar tered them in well built homes. The natives insisted on search ing for the other two airmen all night. "Through sign language I made them understand two were miss xing." Fitzgerald said. "They produced a wealherbeat en atlas to show us where we were. They couldn't speak any English." The fliers lit flares and started fires on each end of the island to attract attention of search planes, then went to sleep in beds pro vided by the natives. After a lew hours Fitzgerald awakened to the noise of a rescue plane overhead. When the pltne la.idcd the 117 Perish, Lost 1,000 Buildings Fall; India BOMBAY. India (1 -At least 117 persons died and 100 are missing in an earthquake that shattered the' Indian coast town of Anjar Saturday night, an offi cial report said hunday. The report came from Ahmed- abad, 160 miles inland from the disaster area in northwest India. It was India's most violent quake In six years. It rocked the region from Bombay to the Pakis tan border. The people of Kutch. a marshy coastal area where India and Pakistan have disputed over de marcation lines, were reported in panic Entire Area Shaken The Colaba meteorological ob servatory said most of the dead were at Aniar, a small town u miles from Bhui in Kutch. The entire area around Kathia- war peninsula was shaken, how ever. The peninsula, just south of Kutch, is part of the state of Mad- hya Bharat, a union of 11 former Indian states that was created in 1948, under India's new constitu tion. Prime Minister Nehru return ing from a long tour that has taken him to London, western Europe and the Middle East, ar rived Sunday at Jamnagar in Kathiawar. Jamnagar is just across the culf of Kutch from the stricken marshy area and but half an hour's plane ride from BhuJ. Jamnagar was reported shaken. Nehru conferred wnn oinciait on relief measures. Moderate Intensity Colaba observatory described the earthquake, which occurred at I p. m.. as of "moderate in tensity" except at Anjar, where it Racing Car Kills Drag Race Official ARLINGTON (tl Bernard R Doud. 29. of Seattle, an official at the drag races at Arlington Airport Sunday, waa killed by racinf car as he darted across the track to put out a nrt in anouer ear. The car which killed Doud was going between 65 and 90 miles an hour as the official dashed across the air field strip where the race was being held. Doud was thrown about 95 feet and died outngnc. The driver of the car was Dave Troffer, 22, of Seattle. The State Patrol said Doud had grabbed a fire extinguisher and had started across the track to aid the driver of a car which caught fire on another airstrip. Doud wat a member of the Pu get Sound Sports Car Club. He left his widow and two children. Two Vessels Collide in Dense Fog NEW YORK (1 A tanker and another ship collided in dense fog near Ambrose Lightship out side New York harbor early Mon day, the Cftast Guard reported. The Coast Guard laid the tank er was the San Jose II. The other vessel was the Fair Isle. Coast Guard launches and cut ters were dispatched to the scene. The Coast Guard said one of its cutters had safely removed all 12 men aboard the Fair Isle. Coast Guard area headquarters said the Fair Isle radioed: "We will remain afloat, but starboard list keeps Increasing." The San Jose II radioed: "we do not require assistance. Some damage to forward portions." whole town cheered and applaud ed. They took off.and found MeAtee and Mills on neighboring Meram pi. Mills had spent the night In the jungle alter suffering a slight head injury. f "It would have taken us at least two weeks before we could get back if the rescue did not . click," Fitzgerald taid. ."We were ' 700 miles off course." Fitzgerald said he did not know what went wrong with the instru ments. He added there never was the problem of survival "we , had enough food and we were among very friendly people We were just a little tired. But believe me. that place could be a paradise." in was said to have been severe. A second mild shock was recorded at dawn Sunday. Reports trickling in Indicated at least 1,000 buildings were de stroyed throughout the area and thousands more damaged. A high Shapely Blonde Miss Oregon i i SEASIDE The Eageae entry, day at Miss Oregea or 195. The shapely klonde ft shown hold ing her trophy and receiving crown from Dorothy Mao Johnston, Beaverton, outgoing Mist Oregon. (AP rVirephoto) GOP Decides to Hold Four-Day Convention, Not 3 WASHINGTON Wl - Republicans have decided to adhere to their original plan for a four-day Na tional Convention instead of cutting it to three at some party members had suggested. The shorter convention advocates had contended among other things that since the renomination of an Eisenhower-Nixon ticket and adop tion of a platform were more or less cut and dried it might be dif-, ficult to retain televiewer interest longer than three days. GOP National Chairman Leonard W. Hall announced Sunday the con sensus it to retain the original four-day schedule. "However," he, said, the proceedings win DC streamlined . . . - Centennial at Aurora Ends Statesman News Rervire AURORA The Aurora Centen nial celebration concluded here Sunday with special church serv ices, a picnic and afternoon pro sram. The observance reached a crescendo Saturday when 4,000 at tended a barbecue and parade. A Saturday night dinner in the Aurora fire hall was a complete sellout, with more thsn m per sons In attendance. After the din ner tome 3.000 folk gathered in Aurora City Park for a program of barber shop tinging, etc. A Saturday night dance at the Amer ican Legion hall also waa well attended. Homecoming tervices were held at all churches Sunday morning, with a picnic following at Aurora Park. Special afternoon program was at Christ Lutheran Church under direction of Dr. Earl W. Denbow. Featured were commu nity tinging of massed choirs and an address, "Onward and Up ward" Jy Mrs. Tobie DeLesti nasse, author of the book, "Sec ond Eden." which tells the history of Aurora. DRINKING BOUT KILLS M BARRANQUILLA, Colombia U The death toll in a drinking bout at Tamalameque, in the interior, hat reached 50, reports arriving here said Sunday, The victims were reported to have drunk a mixture of mm. mentholated lo tions, tobacco, potatoes and battery acid. 800 Quake Toicn Panics school caved in at Bacnau, but it was empty. The tremors, which were felt from here to the Pakistan border. a distance of nearly 500 miles, up rooted telegraph poles and diis rupted communications. Patricia Berg, 19, was cheaea lsa Miss Eugene Wins Oregon i Beauty Title SEASIDE Ul The Mist Eu gene entry, shapely Patricia Berg, wat named Sunday as Miss Ora gon of 1958. The 19-year-old blue eyed blonde topped a field of 14 -pretty girls representing various cities and counties in the three day pageant. Patricia. S feet S Inches tall and weighing 12S pounds, appeared re laxed throughout the judging. At Miss Oregon she will receive a (500 scholarship and an expense paid trip to Atlantic City, N.J., to represent her state in the Miss America contest later this year. Her measurements include a 37 Inch bust, 23-inch waist and 37't inch hips. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Farmer, Eugene, Patricia attended Eugene High School. This year's runnerup wat PatrJ Ann Haines. It, Miss Portland. Cathy Newman, the Mist Park rose entry, was third. Other final ists were Irene Vetter, Albany, Miss Linn County; Wanda Rueh len, Miss Yamhill County, and Sonja Jorgensen, Mist Springfield. Record Number Convicted for U.Se Tax Violations WASHINGTON I - The na tion's top tax prosecutor said Sunday a record high of 443 per sons were convicted of criminal income tax violations In the first tlx months of 1930. That number, ttid Atst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice, exceeded convictions of this type in all of ?9SJ. the year before the Eisen hower administration took over. Today's Statesman Pago Soc Classified 12-13 -II: Comics 11 II Crossword ..12.ll Editorials 4 I Homo Panorama I - Obituaries ....12 II .' Hsdio.TV ...11 II Sports W0..ll Stir Caior 14 II Valley Newt .... 7 . I Wirephohs Psgt 11 --.il -1
