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The) OREGON STATESMAN, Solom, Orogott, Thuradar Morning, January 10, 1946
Floods Race
Through South,
Damage High
By the Auociatod Press
Violent floods continued to race
throughout the south yesterday,
leaving ' thousands temporarily
homeless and causing tremendous
property damage.
Twenty two deaths attributed
to the high water were counted
In Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkan
sas nd Georgia. Tennessee and
Kentucky rivers, swelled by tor
rential rain., began receding in
the upper regions but the upper:
Ohio was rising and more water
was expected later in the -week.
In Tennessee, where eight per
sons died in the murk waters, the
Tennsee r:er crested at Chat
Uri'tuga at 25.82 feet, nearly six
fc-t above f.ood stage.
Ti.e Cumberland river began
falling at Harlan and Pineville.
Ky . and r,tizens began digging
mod out of lowland hwwies. The
Big Sandy and Kentucky rivers
al began receding.
The deth list in Kentucky re
mained at six. Arkansas counted
sax deaths and Georgia two. Ala
bama and Mississippi rivers were
rising, with some of the streams
expected to go above the danger
mark.
Arrests Provide
Robbery Solutions
Two, IC-j ear-old boy, arrest
ed by city police Wedrieaday
night on traffic charge, may
provide solution to a aeries of
burglaries, car-prowl Joint, 'school
If kfr theft1 and shop liftings
covering a period wf one year.
In their r officers jMMd they
tMliid several hundred dollars
worth of loot, while more was
c'-hed at the home of one of
the youths. The boys readily ad
mitted having stolen the mer
chandise, which included automo
bile aciYwories, expensive tools
and school book, police declare.
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Navy Reveals Jet-Propelled,
Carrier Based Fighter Plane
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-(P)
The navy tonight announced de
velopment of its first exclusively
Jet powered fighter plane for car
rier operation. Its top speed ex
ceeds 500 miles an hour.
Designated the , FD-1 "Phan
tom," the plane was designed
and built by the McDonnell Air
craft corp., St. Louis, Mo.
Despite its high speed, the
"Phantom" has a landing gait
comparable to conventional car
rier based fighters, making
"wave-ofN" feasible.
The plane, already extensively
flight-tested, has a service ceil
ing of "well over seven miles,"
the navy said.
Primarily designed as an inter
ceptor, it has an extremely high
rate of climb and a range of
approximately 1000 miles.
"This plane," the navy an
nouncement said, "constitutes a
significant milestone in the his
tory of naval aviation as it opens
the field of carrier operation to
the all jet interceptor."
Power is furnished by twin
axial flow Westinghouse turbo
Seattle Transit
Strike at Hand
SEATTLE, Jan. 9 -()- Mayor
William F. Devin stepped into
the picture today in an attempt
to avert a strike by the city's
bus drivers, set for Friday morn
ing unless they reach a wage
agreement with the Seattle tran
sit commission.
The mayor called the drivers'
union negotiators into a session at
his office and the union group
pawed up a scheduled negotiation
meeting with the commission's
representatives to attend. Mayor
Devin's office said the latter also
were being cat fed in for con
sultation, t
AFL Man Opposes
Kaiser-CIO Plan
PORTIJVND, Jan. 9 -jwP)- The
recently announced Kaier-Fraz-er
automobile plant bonus sys
tem was called "a step backward
toward the sweat shop" by J. T.
Marr, executive secretary of the
Oregon State Federation of La
bor (AFL).
The bonus plan, accepted by the
CIO United Automobile Workers
union, will lead to piece-work as
a substitute for hourly pay, Marr
predicted. '
The Kafiier-Frazer plan pro
vides for a share-by-all bonus
for each completed car in addi
tion to regular hourly pay.
Obituary
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Rom VorU. UU rasident of S4M
Hyrtlv avc. at a local hospital. Janu
ary 9. Survived by son, Wayne C. Vor
U, Kent, Wah. Announcement at serv
ice wilt be mad Uter by Howell
Edwards chapel
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jet engines built in the wing
roots. The engines, which are of
exclusive American design, con-,
tain no long scoops or ducts. For
conditions where take-off assist
ance is heeded, either standard
carrier catapults or jato (jet
assisted take-off) units may be
used.
, The "Phantom" is built of light
aluminum alloy polished to a
finish which presents little air
resistance. A plexiglass cockpit
Canopy, set ahead of the engines,
resembles an "elongated bub
ble." All rivet heads art set
flush, and the tricycle landing
gear is completely enclosed when
retracted. Total weight of the
plane with full combat load is
less than 10,000 pounds,
i The single-seat, low wing
monoplane has a wing span of
approximately 40 feet. The wings
fold electrically and when rig
ged for stowage the plane is
only IS feet wide. Rocket devices
and auxiliary belly fuel tanks
may be dropped in flight
Armament consists of standard
fighter armament mounted in.
the nose.
Norblad to End Salem
Campaign Tonight
Walter Norblad, republican can
didate for ; congressman from the
first Oregon district, will close his
campaign in Salem tonight, speak
ing over KSLM at 9:30 o'clock.
Joe Felton, his campaign manager,
announced Here Wednesday night.
Norblad will speak on the Will
amette valley project for flood
control and irrigation, on veterans'
problems and on other issues.
Prisoners Here oh
Way to Seattle ;
; Two men, charged with hold
up and slaying in a Seattle shoe
store, December 13, were placed
in the Marion county jail last
night by the three Seattle offi
cers who are returning the men
from Texas, where they were ap
prehended. . Richard C. Britton and Homer
C. Britton are held on a warrant
charging first degree murder. The
manager of the shoe store was
killed by a sawed -off shotgun
during a holdup.
Drv Itossman Named
To Head Portland
School Board
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8-(flV
Dr. J. H. Rossman became chair
main of the board of directors of
Portland schools tonight and ap
pealed to Oregon patents and tax
payers to support new school leg
lslation.
, "Education in Oregon, has not
kept pace with the development
of the state," Dr. Rossman de
clared.
He said new education pro
grams must be instituted at all
levels of school government and
warned Portland in particular that
city schools "face a crista.''
TOA8TMISTKE8S TONIGHT
1 Salem Toastmistress will hold
election of officers tonight at the
meeting following a 6 o'clock din
ner at the. Quelle. Mrs. Lew Arena
is the current president
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Corner State and Liberty Sts.
Brutalities of
'Death March'
Reach Stand
By Hal Boyle
MANILA, Thursday, Jan. 10.-
(JPf-A 57-year-old American col
onel, John S. Ball, broke down
and wept today as he described
the brutalities of Japanese on the
infamous Bataan death march in
April. 1942.
Ball, of Williamsport, Pa., testi
fying at the war crimes trial of
Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, said
the Japanese wantonly shot pris
oners who lagged or broke ranks
on the torture march. Describing
how they clubbed him. Ball wept.
saying "I had to take it; there
was nothing I could do about it."
He. broke down again when he
described how a callous Japanese
guard thrust a bayonets between
the shoulder blades of a delirious
Filipino soldier who had thrown
himself down in a ditch seeking
water. ;
"This Filipino- made a noise I
can't forget," Ball told the court
"Like a baby crying ..."
Asked if h had been treated
like a prisoner of war Ball testi
fied that "I was not treated like
a prisoner of war under any cove
nant with any nation, or under
any human rule."
MSgt James Baldassarre, an
other survivor of the death march,
earlier described how he had
watched his own commander
killed.
Grain Futures
Regain Rise
CHICAGO, Jan. 9 Varied
influence had grain futures
prices in the swing today but
stout demand beat off minor re
cessions to chalk up gains wher
ever ceiling prices left room.
The strong securities market,
higher rye prices at Winnipeg and
talk of inflation all weighed up
in favor of -buying sentiment
which absorbed the heaviest
sell-off of oats in early trading
that had come into the pit in
several sessions.
Commission houses took all the
offerings with prices pushing al
most steadily upward. -Profit tak
ing and hedge selling brought
about the short lived minor re
cessions.
Wheat closed unchanged to
cent above the previous finish,
May $1.80; corn unchanged at
$1.18 ceilings; oats h to up.
May 77 ; rye unchanged to. 23a
higher, May $1.784-; barley
unchanged to V higher, May
$1.22.
Monitor Telephone
Board Is Elected
MONITOR, Jan. -(Speciath
The Cooperative Telephone com
pany re-elected Lee Sargeant
and Ernest Boesch to the board of
directors for two years.
Boesch replaces D rex el White,
who has served for a number of
years. Improvement of the line.
a new switchboard, a new hoaoe
for the telephone operator, and
the raising of the yearly rates
were business details considered.
A special meeting to decide
these questions will be held at a
later date.
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State Highway
Passes Slick,
But Passable
Packed snow on the highways
near Santiam Junction with most
of them sanded was the report
Wednesday of R. H. Baldock. state
highway engineer. The Wilson-
ville ferry was reported still
closed because of high water.
Other road conditions Wednes
day:
Government camp Snow has
reached a depth of 48 inches, with
sanding operations in progress.
There was packed snow on the
highways throughout the entire
district. I
Odell lake Packed snow on
road east of mile post 53 with tem
perature of 9 degrees above.
Sanding operations in progress.
Total snow at summit 103 inches.
Still one-way traffic between Oak-
ridge and summit.
Klamath Falls Fog on Hayden
mountain with road sanded. No
new snow.
Astoria Columbia River high
way closed at east city limits with
detour through Tongue Point na
val base. One-way traffic at mile
post 91 on Oregon Coast highway.
Also one-way traffic in vicinity of
Manzanita on Nehalem secondary
highway. Slide east of Astoria but
traffic going through.
The Dalles -Overcast and high
ways normal.
Meacham Packed snow on
highways. Roads sanded.
Bend Clear with temperature
17. Some ice and roads being sand
ed. Detour 10 miles west of Mit
chell where bridge is washed out.
Bellevue - Hopewell highway
Opened for traffic early Wednes
day.
OPA Opposes
Butter Boost
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (P) -An
agriculture department pro
posal to raue the price of butter
churned up opposition today from
the OPA.
Stabilization Director John C.
Collett now will have to referee
the dispute. There appeared to
be no pat solution.
Secretary of Agriculture Ander
son confirmed in Chicago that he
has recommended a six-cent a
pound increase to stimulate pro
duction. Removal of subsidies,
Anderson said, would boost the
price another 12 cents for a total
Increase of 18 cents by May 1.
OPA Director Chester Bowles
thereupon issued this statement:
"OPA is vigorously opposed to
any price increase for butter. You
can make that as strong as you
like."
4-II dub Members Take
$126506 in Auctions
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CORVALLIS. Jan. -(-Livestock
sold in 13 auctions last year
by Oregon 4-H club members
netted the youngsters $126,500,
the state 4-H office said today.
Sale of 1219 animals were at
an, average price of $30.72 per
hundred pounds for sheep, $24.97
for hogs and $27.37 for beef. ,
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Rpsson Urges
Vets to Check
Life Insurance
The fact that a person is dis
charged from the service does not
terminate his or her national ser
vice life insurance policy provid
ed the premium payments are
continued. Hugh E. Roason, direc
tor of the state department of
veterans' affairs, stated this week.
"Veterans should remember to
keep their service policies paid
up," he said. "If the veteran has
allowed his insurance to lapse,
however, he may have it rein
stated, either within six months
after date of discharge or within
three months after date of lapse,
whichever is later, by payment
of only two monthly premiums
without interest and by filing a
statement showing that he i in as
good health as he was on the date
of lapse."
Complete physical examinations
for reinstatement of insurance
policies may be obtained; free
through the veterans' administra
tion. Adviee of any kind relative
to service insurance can be had
at the veterans' affairs offices in
the state library building. I
Rites Set for
Silverton Boy
SILVERTON. Jan. 9-(Special)
Funeral services for little David
Graves, who died in a hospital
here Tuesday several hours after
he had fallen into a tub of hot
water, will be held Friday, the
day he would have been two1 years
old. They will be conducted at 2
p.m. in the memorial chapel of
the Ekman funeral home and in
terment is to be In Belle Passi
cemetery.
David was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Graves of the ScotU
Mills area. Among his survivors
are three brothers, Virgil, Edgar
and Robert, and a sister, Evelyn.
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; LEBANON, Jan. 9 -(TV Build-j
ing pecmits here in 1945 set a
new record at $400,000, nearly 5Cj
per cent above the previous high
tn 1941. '
Most of the permits were for
business buildings. The city's
population has grown 70 per eent
but only 300 residential permits
were granted.
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Millworker Faces
15-Year-Old Army
Desertion Charge
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 9-P)
An Oregon millworker charged
with deserting the army 15
years ago, who has since mar
ried and become the father of
four children, will be court
martialed at Fort Douglas,
Utah, the FBI reported today.
Federal Agent Howard I.
Bobbin said Paul Llewellyn
White, 37, was arrested today
under a new army directive
that extends active time of de
sertion charges from seven to
20 years.
He said White is charged with
deserting June 6, 1930, and was
arrested at his home at Flor
ence, Ore., near where he
worked at a coast lumber mill.
White is now held at Camp
Adair for transfer to Fort Doug
las. Greeks Form
New Coalition
ATHENS, Jan. 9 -(,$,- Premier
Themistokles Sophoulis expressed
"stupefaction" tonight at the
news - that dissident leaders of
his own liberal party had formed
a coalition with right wing popu
lists, and conceded that the sur
prise agreement "may cause a
government overthrow."
The coalition announcement
said liberals, led by former Pre
mier Sophocles Venizelos, who
split with Sophoulis last Novem
ber, were ready to form a new
government which would super
vise Greek general elections
scheduled for March 31. -
FATHER KEEDY VISITS HERE
Maj. Jphn Reedy, army chap
lain corps, was in Salem this week
visiting friends. Father Reedy was
assistant pastor of St. Joseph's
Catholic church in the fall of
1940 when he left with the Ore
gon National Guard to become
part of the U. S. army. He was
stationed for a time at Ft. Stevens !
attending special chaplains corps j
school and later was in the Aleu-,
tians. He clebra ted-mass Sunday!
at St. Vincent de Paul's church. 1
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Let's fill the present vacancy in the
House bf Representatives with a
strong Independent, backed by the
Democratic party. With five Repub
licans already representing Oregon in
Congress today, strength can be add
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Spaulding to .the House. Vote for
Spaulding for Representative.
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Air Mail Rate
Drop Proposed
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9 -P)-Re-duct
ion of the air mail rate to five
cents an ounce was advocated by
the air transport industry today.
Spokesmen also expressed hope
thaf the gap between air and first
class mail rates eventually will be
eliminated.
The present rate for air mail
is 8 cents an ounce, but this is to
revert by law to six cents upon
formal termination of the war.
The air carriers' recommenda
tions were presented by Former
Representative Robert Ramspeck,
executive vice president of the Air
Transport association, at a meet
ing of air line and post office de
partment representatives.
Negro Charged
With Murder
MEMPHIS. Jan. 9.-VA 18-year-old
negro was charged with
first degree murder today in the
slayin? of an infant white boy.
The dead boy's mother and broth
er also, were beaten brutally and
left to die in the smoking ruins
of ; their home.
Dist. Atty. Gen. Will Gerber
said the murder charge was filed
agiainst Fred Jackson after the
negro schoolboy was identified by
th mother, -37 year-old Mrs. I. T.
Goss. from her hospital bed.
Sheriff' Oliver Perry and two
deputies took the youth this morn
ing to the hospital where one
year -old Sammie Goss died yester
day and where the mother and
three-year-old Freddie lie critical
ly injured.
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