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Thanksgiving Sees Throng in U.S. First Planeload of Hungarians Welcomed to Free American Soil Editors NoteThe wrttrr of the following dispatch was bora la Budapest, moving to this country with his family in 1939. He re turned to Budapest (or a visit In 1954 as a touring college news paper editor. Now an American citizen, he Is a staff writer for The Associated Press la Newark, N.J. By ANDREW ME IS ELS ' ' ' CAMP KILMER, N.J., Nov. 21 (AP)-Laughing children and their grateful parent-the vanguard of a Hungarian migra tion wave set off by Iron" Curtain tyranny moved into this 9JDLTDE Like so many other holidays, Thanksgiving Day seems tobe Insinff fiienifirancp. It becomes just another day (or surcease from one's regular occupation. Even its familiar crowning fea ture, in uimiri, wvuiiirn mnn ....A,.i J Mini. Our very prosperity Is killing ritrv is Thanksgiving. A'hy, served ail through the years and bounteous meals are common. There Is no longer just one day of feasting In a year. The regular diet of most Americans Is abun- J ant and varied. So the Thanks king dinner whose preparation was something of a rite and whose consumption, a ceremonial is just another big dinner. Americans appear to be more , boastful than thankful. They rate their abundance as chiefly the wvm ui tutu utvii itaiiuo, nnu their, superabundance, as com pared with many peoples, part of their good fortune. Even so, they are not satisfied. Plenty does not sate they .stiff want more. A high standard of living must be notched a bit higher (though the standard con sists chiefly in more electrical appliances). And the eye is full of envy as some note others are blessed with a greater abundance of material goods. So the politi cian is put on the rack to provide evenness in the name of equity. At the first Thanksgiving, gra tltude to God was voiced chiefly for survival andrr the hardships of Plymouth colony. But they were a pious folk, those Pilgrims, for whom freedom of worship was meat and drink. Our generation eschews seerlf Ire, though It Is generous from the top of the bas ket. It employs the tools of knowledge primarily to unlock doors to greater ease and com fort. So instead of a conventional, slereoptyped prayer of thanksgiv ing for today, let me suggest another: "We come before Thee this day with humble hearts, 0 Lord. Purge as ef greed and selfish ness. Banish boasting from eur lips and self pride from eur hearts. Help us to forsake eitrav aganee and waste. May we use wisely the resources ef this earth now entrusted to our stewardship, and aur talents of heart and mind te worthy ends. Grant that we may And satisfaction lnsharlng. oirengmea us lor ine trials te which we may fall heir. Now con trite of spirit, we offer eur prayer of Thanksgiving for sustenance, for friendships, for the day's work and the morrow's beckon ing. Ames." Today's Statesman Page Sec. Ann Landers 13.... II Classified ..........21-23....III Comet the Dawn ....4.... I Comict 19....III Crossword ... 21... .Ill Editorials 4 ... 1 Perm 1I....III Home Panorama 1 1,12.... II Markets.. .. 20, 21... Ill Obituaries 20....III Radio-TV .,......-. 19....III Sports ..........15, 16....III Star Gazer 12... II Valley News. ; J T 111 Wlrephoto Page ...l....lll Family Car By Wsllv Falk -Well, they kad more to. be thankful for la those days mare parking space for ene thlafr Refug Army base today and thanked God for their new home on the eve of America's day of Thanksgiving. t The group of 60 refugees touched the free soil of America at noon when their four - engine plane winged into McGuire Air Force Base. They were brought here in Army buses to the cheers of thotf san.v They left the plane in silence without betraying any emotion. Tears In Kvidrnre But later the women burst into tears as Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker promised them a life of "peace and tranquility." As they wcpl the secretary, touched, departed from his pre pared text to say: Now you are among friends k refugee 'aboard the plane, any, Jojsef Mate. 34 y udcn year-old Cath wmmary nt ,lvf ear in Communist prison, responded with a benediction. "I greet America in the name of the Lord," he said in Hunga rian. Recites English And then in the English he practiced all the way from Vien na: - i thank you and God bless you." Aging folk and cooing infants, the lame and the strong, all moved out of the big DC4 chartered by the Intergovernmental Committee tor European Migration to be greeted by brass bands and a warm handshake from high offi cials. A brisk wind rippled the Ameri can flag and an Army" band played Hungarian; dances. Eight hours later v 24 members of the group already were through immigration processing and were taken to New York for shelter by the I'nited Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society HIAS. Stories of Heroism As (he processing droned on, stories of heroism and. hardships began to come out. The occupant of the wheelchair, looking far older than his years, was a 16-year-old boy who said he had fled with his parents and teen aged sister 25 miles to Austria in his chair. He was Imre Herdiacs, whose family was bound for Buffalo, NY. .. . One family, that of Miksa Kami nar, picked up a lew belongings one day and traveled 100 miles to the Austrian border. An assortment of clothes garbed the new arrivals. The men wore long leather jackets, and scarves around their necks. Some of the women had kerchiefs on their heads. One woman wore an imita tion leopard skin coat. Keizer Tested For Oil Content Statrtman News Srrvlc KEIZER, Nov. 21 Oil explora tion was reported underway to day in Keizer area and surround ing districts. But a Standard Oil Company spokesman, declared it was "noth ing to get excited about." Standard' Oil's Portland office said a crew reported in this area was making a routine survey of t large portion of Oregon. Merchants I. ml Kn. , III With the beginning of the Christmas merchandising season, downtown and shopping center merchants were getting yule decorating underway Wednesday. John ftazr.ell, 355 S. 14th St. Is shown (left) at the shopping center, while Nicholas Error, 1830 N. 5th St., is pictured (right) with some of the dowtown decorations. (Statesman Photos) ' . ' 106th Year Bridal Kisses Spread Threat Of Diphtheria PHOENIX, Aril., Nov. 21 (AP) Arizona Heslth Com missioner Clarence G, Salsbury Is trying to round up more than 100 persons for immunize tion against diphtheria. ' Salsbury said they all attend ed a Phoenix wedding Sunday. All kissed the happy bride. Shortly aftrr the reception, the bride went home to mother. Cause: A' sore throat and 184 degree temperature. Diagnosis: .Diphtheria.,...,. ;. The heslth' commissioner said the bride had been lsolaf ed at home. The glum groom has returned to bachelor's quarters, he added. Holmes Says No 'Housecleaning' Plan Considered ,, - who "has spwuiphRTi.ANjlfi" tfov. ffl Stale ' employes have no reason "to fear they will be victims of a big house- cleaning." Gov. -elect Robert Holmes said yesterday. "There will be nothing of the kind. Any government owes one of its biggest obligations to dedi cated public employes," Holmes said in an interview. Holmes, who will be the first Democratic" governor in many years, said that his general policy will be to await expiration of terms before replacing members of boards and commissions. He did not commit himself on the top jobs. But he put to rest a rumor that State Sen. Monroe Sweetland would become public utilities commissioner. He said Sweetland was not interested in the job. Holmes said he thinks " revision of income tax rates will solve the state's fiscal problems. He added that in his opinion, the voters at the last election had expressed distaste ' for a sales tax and "wc are committed to repeal of the 45 per cent surtax on the income tax." Thanksgiving Service at 10 O'Clock The annual union Thanksgiving service sponsored by the S a I e m Ministerial Association will be held at 10 o'clock this morning in Sa lem First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Lloyd T-. Anderson of the First Baptist Church will present the Thanksgiving message. A spe cial offering will go again this year to Church World Service for the program of sharing American sur plus food in many needy areas throughout the world. Presiding at the service ft ill be Dr. Paul Poling, pastor of the host church. Members of the Salem Hi Y elubs are serving as ushers. Special Thanksgiving masses are being read at St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 7, 8 and o'clock this morning. St. Vincent De Paul. Church will celebrate Thanksgiv ing masses at 7 and 9 o'clock. A number of other Salem churches also will hold Thanksgiv ing services this morning. Launch Christmas Spirit r 5 SECTIONS-52 PAGES Mmt as Salem ! . ' v 5 . i" 1 ... . -rv "-v-w w. -t - t' H';, j A battered doll added traele emphasis Wednesday to this scene ' left bv a violent (as explosion . . St. The bust, wcurrinf it 9:40 a.m., ml ine nome in rumi Invaderi Agrejken Withdrawal From Egypt By FRANCIS W. CAKPENTER UNITED NATIONS. N.Y., Nov. 21 MP)-Britain, France and Israel have informed Secretary General Dag llammarskjold Sunny Forecast For Thanksgiving In Valley Area It will be crisp and sunny'Tn Salem on Thanksgiving today the weather bureau at McNary Field said, with some fog patches to night. The h i g h is expected to reach 50 and the low near 30. Motorists were warned by the State Highway Department to watch for icy spots. Icy spots were reported Wed nesday in Detroit, Willamette Pass, Timberlme, Government Lamp, Wilson River Summit, Salmon Ri ver and Burns. All highways in the state were reported free of snow. V i' A FOUNDBD 1651 The Oregon Gas Residence Reduced to Shambles by Terrific at toe Dennis Howarth home, . j.. ., e t they are withdrawing parts of their forces from Egypt, diplo matic sources said tonight This, report was current as Ham marskjold received letters from each of the three countries. They were answers to questions from him as to plans for complying with a U.N. resolution calling for their withdrawal. The diplomatic sources said Brit ain was pulling out a battalion from Port Said in a token move ment. It was said that Briain was considering a . total withdrawal from Egypt in about four weeks. These sources added that the French are pulling out about one third of their forces but no total figure was available so far as the extent of the French forces. Israeli was said to have told Hammarskjold it will leave part of the Sinai Peninsula area in the first backward movement since Is rael touched1 off the hostilities with its invasion of Egypt. Israel has made- no move to leave the Gaza Strip..,......;,..;..... : U.N. Troops Arrive PORT SAID, Egypt, Nov. 21 Vfi Thousands of Egyptians swarmed onto the streets here today in a wild, defiant demonstration . for Egypt's President Nasser as the first U.N. troops arrived in this occupied territory. The demonstration, openly whipped up by a few young agita tors who kept urging the crowd forward, started there at the sta tion.. ' - Chant Heard T Then, as the U.N. troops came out of the blue and white bunting draped - train, thousands more Egyptians appeared - suddenily, pouring out of side streets as if by a prearranged signal and took up the chant: "Gamal Abdcl Nasser, Gamal Abdel Nasser' There were also cries in Egyp tian of "British go home. British go home." Linn Vote Recount Confirms Election "i-". Statesman' News Service','""'' -ALBANY, Nov. special recount today confirmed the elec tion of Mrs. Evelyn Downing, Lebanon Democrat, as Linn Coun ty treasurer. The recount was requested by incumbent treasurer Raymond Tomlinsnn after a canvass of the Nov. 6 election showed him trail ing by 31 votes. County Clerk R. M. Russell said the recount widened Mrs. Down frig's lead to 48 votes. Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, November 22, 1956 ifasft of wreckaee clothing, class, 78'J. zoth I Hood. Howartn, m ' a. ! jm ina icaurrea juirni. nciur College Entry Limits Seen By Next Fall Young persons planning to enter an Oregon state college or univer sity next fall may be required to take a special examination if their high school grades are not high enough, the chancellor of the state board of higher education said Wednesday. Speaking at a - meeting of state college and univefslty and second ary school representatives and the State Board of Higher Education Chancellor John Richards said "se lective admissions" to college were imminent and might be instituted next fall or the following year, de pending on the Legislature's an swer to educational budget re quests. Any student with an Oregon high school diploma is now eligible to enter the state's institutions - of higher learning, but Richafds has warned previously that swelling college enrollments could make it necessary to strengthen the re quirements. A tentative plan discussed at the meeting Wednesday would require examinations for students who did not have a high school average of at least "C." (Addl. details en page H.) Thanksgiving to Christmas Bible Reading Plan Grows By JOE A. HARDING Chairman, Christian Education, Salem Council of Churches It all started back in 1943 with a lonely young Marine on Guadalcanal who wrote his mother, asking the family to join with him in reading identical passages from the New-Tflstament. The mother shared the suggestion of her overseas son with the Thila- delphia office of the American Bible Society, and throughout the ; war thousands of servicemen and their families shared a similar experience. ....... . . From this beginning has developed a Worldwide Bible Reading program from Thanksgiving to Christmas in which millions of Christians in some 48 countries participate. The program is non- sectarian. No interpretation is given to the suggested passages. The sole purpose of this unique movement is to secure simultaneous reading of the same passage from the Bible by people all over ' the world. "T Worldwide Bible 'reading will come to Salem this "year under the sponsorship of the Salem Council of - Churches. Some 20,000 Bible bookmarkers, listing the daily Bible readings, will be dis . tributed through the churches, dairies, - and supermarkets. The Statesman will list the readings for the coming week on each Saturday's church page . ' " ; President Eisenhower has indorsed this' emphasis an the" reiovery ( spiritual foundations by saying, "I prayerfully hope that Ihe surress of Worldwide Bible Reading this year will be greater, that the Imprint la the hearts and minds of the peoples of 'the world this year will be more pervasive, than ever before." Suggested Bible readings daily for the remainder of this week are: Thnklvln . . Tnilroimy .. S:l-Jl ' Nnv. J.1 .. .i . , lmm ,, H:l-M N!V. t ... ... . .. P"'"" 27;1-14 not. is ' ii . i I, pnim , ..sa-u . - a tf r"" toys, books and boards over a nis wife, Hazel ana tneir s - yeir m arai itt. iisq on pijc n.f iicsmin i Oslo Couple Fly to Salem, Surprise Ailing Daughter Most people think its nice to have visitors when they,are hospitalized, and for 1 -year-old hJlcn liauRe it was an espe cially delightful surprise because her parents flew 4,600 miles to see her.' ' . Miss HauRp, an exchange' student from Norway, attending South Salem High School, became ill and was taken to Salem Johnnie Ray Pays Off Mortgage on Folks' Farm Here Johnnie Ray, a local boy who made good as a world-k n o w n singer, added another chapter to the classic story Wednesday by paying off the mortgage on his folk's Fruitland farm. - - The county recorder's office re ported satisfaction of the $9,000 mortgage the popular vocalist took on the 24-acre farm four years ago when he bought the place for his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ray. Johnnie came out of his home town of Dallas to rise to fame as a singer of -such songs as Little White Cloud That Cried, and is keeping his fame alive with an other rain and tearmaker, 'Welk in' in the Rain,'' which is currently popular. PRICE St xplbdles Force wide area of the east neighbor - ota aaugnier auitereo senour - A - . 1 eml S noio vj jonn criciBcn. . : Memorial Hospital rsov. 14. Her parents, Mr, and Mrs. I. C. Ilauge, arrived from Oslo Monday. For a hanpv Thanksgiving Day ending, their dijughter's illness proved to be not as serious as was originally feared. . Miss Hauge is to leave the hospital to day. Her parents also were set to leave today but planned to break up the lone flight with some sight seeing stops in the U.S. Hauge, an attorney, had been in this country before but for his wife it is the first -visit. Their daughter, a senior at South Salem High School, is living with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Schaefer at .1310 Strong Rd. Mr. and Mrs. Hauge stayed at Nob Hill Motel while in Salem. Italy Fayors Zellerbach ROME, Nov. 21 l President Groncht tonight announced he has approved appointment of James David Zellerbach as U.S., ambas sador to Italy, succeeding Mrs, Clare Boothe Luce. A brief statement from the For eign:' Ministry said the President cabled the White House this after noon 'agreeing to Zellerbach' ap pointment.; . . 1 Zellerbach, a San Francisco in dustrialist, .is-, expected to take over here early in 1957. A . Foreign . Office spokesman said President Eisenhower cabled Gronchi yesterday asking for ap proval of Zellerbach's appoint ment. Yule Season Starts! The 1957 Christmas sea son will realljr get tinder way after this day of Thanksgiving. Helpful suggestions by the score are set forth in a special section in this is sue of your Statesman, and the Classified Ad pages, too, will be replete with shopping ideas daily in the special Gift Spotter, depart ment. Your HOME Newspaper The Weather Today's forecast: Sunny tw day end' Friday. Peg patch ' tonight. High both days near 50. lew tonight 30. (Caaapiots report psi IJ No. 340 !HIyse Match to Light Cigarette Sets tM " 'J-r" ' ii& Off Explosion ;; By THOMAS G. WRIGHT, JTR.. Staff Writer, The Ststesmaa -At sxactly 9:40 Wednesday morning Dennis (Red) Howarth struck a match to light his cig arette. The flame, set off a giant gas explosion which laid open his noma at 785 N. 20th St. like a doll house and dangerously burned him and his wife, Hazel, and their little daughter, DeeAnn, S. A block-square area in the Howarth' i neighborhood was rocked and shocked by the blast which apparently came from an accumulation of natural gas. from their newly installed gas furnace. Neighbors said the furnace had been hooked up only Monday. All three members of the family at home suffered second and third degree hums in the blast and were reported in "fair" condition at Salem Geperal Hospital where. Mayor Orders Probe of Blast A special committee was ap. p tinted Wednesday evening by Mayor Robert T, White te iaves tlgite aa explasloa that destroyed the home ef Mr. and Mrs. Deania "' Hewarth, 7S5 N. Mth SW aad seriously. Injured them aad a daughter. ,,,, ... Although It Is a holiday. Ska eamraUtee will hold Its first meeting this morning aad start;. Its Investigation Immediately. . Meanwhile the street Is karri : , eased at the sceae ef the blast ' ' te prevent disturbance by alfht-, aeera. (Add. details page lt , they were taken by Willamette Ambulance. W o r a t burned was -Mrs. Howarth, 40, and her 38-year old husband. Both she and Mr. Howarth, 36, had burns over much of their bodies. The girl was burs . ed about the face and arms. 1 , Walls of the frame house ea two sides were blown out into the yard and wreckage, including broken glass, was scattered over an area a hundred feet in every direction. Big chunks of glass, ap 1 parently from the front windows, were hurled sll the way across North 30th into a vacant lot. Mir aculously, not a single window in . neighboring houses was broken as . the Howarth home took the full . force of the explosion. - ... . Mrs. Junior Eckley said she was -in her dining room across the street at 798 N. 20th St. folding laundry when the blast came, ."It felt like the house was lifted up . and set down again." she said. ' She told of running to the front ; window of her. home in time to watch the Howarth home "settle down again." She said only How arth was in the front yard when . she got to the window. , It was she was called the operator to summon aid to the scene. Appar ently Mrs. Howarttt made her way out of the blazing house while Mrs, Eckley telephoned for help. Mrs. Dorothy Baldwin of 766 If. 20th St., also across the street from the blast, said she was in the back of her house when the ex plosion occurred. By the time she got outside tha Howarth's were in the yard their clothing still afire. DeeAnn, who was reportedly sitting on the da venport in the front room, cams out after the Baldwins reached tha home, Mrs. Baldwin said, She was taken to the Baldwin home to await first aidmen. - , Scream for Help . . ... ..., Noble Dependehner, three houses north at 826 N, 20th St., said he , was just lighting a cigarette too, when the blast "almost knorked me out of the chair." He rushed to the front of the house to see the Howarths in the yard scream ing for help. He was under tha Impression they may have been blown out of the house by the terri fic force of blast. Adjacent yards were a scene ot scattered debrU, A battered tri cycle was on the front walk. A radio and electric toaster lay side by side 40 feet from the shattered kitchen. An entire winduw frame, complete with tattered curtains but missing all of its glass, was lassed . clear across a wide side lawn. Plaster, glass and insulation was everywhere. A second daughter missed the explosion by an hour. Lighting Cigarette Howarth, an employe of the Ore gon Pulp and Paper Co. mill on the night shift, told first aidmen he was just sitting down to read . the paper in the living room and was lighting a cigarette when the, J house seemed to explode around him. He did not know in what part of the house Mrs, Howarth was at the time. : 1 ' ' '' p ' '. j. Force of the explosion lifted part of the room off and set it down ' a&aln at one side of house. The garage on the north side of the house was crushed in by the fall ing wall. Part of the front wall of the house was blasted out Into a porch. Fire destroyed much of te wreckage before it was eoctroUed by city foremen.