Ten
Triple Crash
Of Planes Fatal
To 24 Men
(Br the United Press)
Army and navy authorities
today investigated three plane
crashes in which 24 men were
killed and one was critically ln
jured.
Eleven men were killed when
a navy Consolidated patrol
bomber crashed yesterday two
miles north of the Dahlgren, Va.,
naval proving grounds. Offi'
, cials said it was not known how
many persons were aboard the
ship which was on a routine
flight, but that 11 bodies had
been recovered.
A big four-motored army fly
ing fortress, disabled by a storm
crashed early yesterday 20 miles
west of Las Cruces, N. M., kill
ing seven men after two of the
crew had parachuted to safety
The plane was on a "routine
flight" from- Biggs Field air
base, according to Col. W. . B
Hough, air base commander.
Six men were killed and one
was Injured seriously when
medium bomber from. Harding
Field crashed five miles south
of Bogalusa, ha., yesterday' in
the second fatal accident at
Harding Field in three days. The
bomber was on a training opera
tional mission when the accident
occurred more than 100. miles
from its base.
Officials were also conducting
an investigation of the crash of
two medium bombers in mid-air
seven miles north of Baton
Rouge on Friday night. Nine
were killed.
Petition Asks
Lower Rate on
Edible Nuts
Washington, Aug. 24 (U.R) Five
west coast Nulgrowers' associa
tions petitioned the interstate
commerce commission today for
a lower freight rate , on edible
nuts on the grounds that they
are a raw, rather than a pro
cessed agricultural product.
Railroads were authorized by
the ICC March 2 to Increase
rates on raw agricultural pro
ducts 3 per cent, and on pro
cessed commodities 6 per cent.
The commission specifically
placed edible nuts in the 6 per
cent group.
The petitioners contended that
their products should be classi
fied with peanuts, grains, fresh
fruit and like commodities, all
of which are in the 3 per cent
group. '
The petitions were filed to
day by the California Walnut
Growers' association, North Pac
ific Nut Growers' association,
Oregon Nut Growers, Inc., Eu
gene (Ore.) Fruit Growers' as
sociation and the California Al
mond Growers' association.
The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
Monday, August 24, 1942
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Mr. and Mrs. Rled Stone of Oswego, Oregon, are the first to receive new "We Stand Pre-,
pared" stickers being issued by the state office of civilian defense. Jerrold Owen, state
director of civilian defense, right, presents the emblem. The Stones are parents of Lieut.
Wentworth Stone who was recently cited for valor in the Marshall island campaign.
Block wardens all over the state are going on tours of inspection and will present the
"We Stand Prepared" stickers to all homes in which proper civilian defense measures
have been taken.
Home Inspections
Soon Begin in Oregon
Oregon's state-wide organization of block wardens will soon
begin inspection of homes to determine the degree of comDliancc
with recommended precautionary measures against the threat of
air raids, Jerrold Owen, state.
Records of the patent office,
department of commerce, show
that the trolley car, Incandes
cent lamp, automobile and cash
register were among the inven
tions patented in 1880.
defense council coordinator, said
Tuesday.
The state and local civilian
defense councils have been ad
vocating preparation against
enemy action since before De
cembcr 7. Owen explained that
every household should have by
now made arrangements to cope
with emergencies.
Homes which pass inspection
of block wardens will be pre
sented with special window
stickers bearing the motto, "We
stand prepared." Block war
dens will make a complete re
cord of the preparations and
precautions taken in every home.
Owen explained that to pass
inspection, homes must be equip
ped with a reserve water supply,
garden hose, shovel, ladder, two
buckets, dark glasses, heavy
gloves, sand, flashlight, first aid
kit and some means of emer
gency lighting.
Each homo should have a re
fugo room equipped with win.
dow blinds for blackouts and all
fire hazards should have been
eliminated, Owen said.
Accused Girl Enters Court Margaret Hcrlihy, wan and
highly nervous, enters Justice court at Douglas, Ariz., on
the arm of her father, Lieut. Col. E. G. Hcrlihy, for a pre
limlnary hearing on a charge of murdering her husbnnd,
Capt. David D. Carr, during n violent quarrel. At right
is her mother. She waived the hearing, and was released
in custody of her attorney. (Associated Press Photo.)
New Contracts
Are Authorized
Albany Linn county non
high school district contracts
were awarded by the district
non-high board to nine school
districts which maintain high
schools and allowed also claims
for tuition totaling $5707.05
winding up all but three claims
for the past school year.
Yet missing are those of Slay-
ton, Jefferson and Salem.
New contracts were author
ized for Albany, Lebanon,
Brownsville, Scio, Mill City,
Sweet Homo, Halscy, Shedd and
Corvallis high school districts.
Claims allowed Saturday were
as follows: Tangent, $230.54
Brownsville, $1,014.12; Mil
City, $2,306.61; Sweet Homo
$436.01; Corvallis, $1446.84; Lo-
rane, $65.07; Hillsboro, $47.48,
and Portland, $160.31).
The $230.53 awarded to Tan
gent was for only one pupil
who attended 163 days, costing
at the rate of $1,414 a day, head
ing the list.
1 Lowest per day cost was turn.
ed In by Hillsboro, which also
educated one pupil but whore
the pupil attended 83.5 days for
a total cost of $47.48 at the rate
of $.56872 per day.
l'oruanci educated one non
high school pupil for $160 30 at
a cost of $.0218 per day for 174
days attended.
Norma's Husband
8 Years Her Junior
Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 24
(fl) Norma Shearer, screen act
ress, widow of Producer Irvln
Thalberg, was 15 minutes late
for her second marriage but ev
erything worked out as sched
uled and she was honeymoon
ing In her beach home here to
day with Mat-tin Arrouge, 28
personable, athletic and eight
years her Junior.
Miss Shearer and Arroueo.
who was her ski Instructor at
sun Valley, Idaho, were mar
ried in a quiet church cere
mony In Beverly Hills yester
day by Father John J, O'Don-
ncll. Arrouge is a member of
the Roman Catholic church.
Flushed and visibly excited.
Miss Shearer appeared for the
ceremony In the afternoon print
frock she wore last week when
she applied for the marriage li
cense. She wears it frequently.
says she considers It lucky,
Redmond Has
Tire Shop Fire
Redmond, Aug. 24 W) Offi
cials investigated today an ex
plosion and fire which damaged
a tire shop and destroyed a
quantity of new and used tires
early yesterday.
Mayor W. R. Hardison, Police
Chief Athel Dudley and Night
Officer Robert Gillispie heard a
blast shortly after midnight.
only a minute or two after they
had driven past the shop.
Glass from the windows and
boards of the building were
blown across the street. The
structure was shaken eight inch
es out of line. Fire broke out
immediately and later came a
second explosion as the flames
reached an air compressor.
The shop, owned by Gordon
Smith, had been closed since he
left on a trip to Missouri three
weeks ago. The loss has not
been determined.
Second Front
Army Matter
Bulwinke Says
Washington, Aug. 24 W) Act
ing house speaker Bulwlnkle (D.
N.C.) thumbed the pages of hsi
tory today to support his conten
tion that what he termed the
second-front "pressure boys" of
today are following a line as old
as the nation itself.
Aroused by receipt of a plea
that every, member of congress
get behind the movement to op
en a second front in Europe,
Bulwlnkle said he believed it
was about time everyone realiz
ed tnat military matters "are
solely for the supreme military
command to decide."
The Carolinian, whose active
service in the last World war
earned him a major's commis
sion, said he was "disgusted" by
a resolution from the national
maritime union of America,
which he quoted as asserting that
any public official who does
not speak out now for a second
front is completely unworthy of
labor's support in the coming
elections.
An avid reader of military his
tody, Bulwinkle recalled that
Washington, Lee, Lincoln and
virtually every other wartime
leader had been plagued by
pressure groups made up large
ly as he described them, of
drug store generals."
Certain groups, he said, were
dissatisfied during the Revolu
tionary war because General
Washington did not act swiftly
enough to suit them or failed to
conform to their conception of
military strategy.
History, he continued, shows
that the first battle of Bull Run
in the Civil war was fought
before the northern forces were
ready for it simply because un
ion leaders yielded to pressure
to "crush the rebels right now."
The Union army came out a
poor second in that row, Bul
winkle recalled, and among
those captured by the victorious
confederates was a member of
congress who, with hundreds of
others, had driven from Wash
ington into Virginia to witness
what they had thought would be
a picnic for the northern forces
"It served him right," Bui
winkle said, "he was one of the
pressure boys who helped force
the issue."
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Plotting Makin Island Attack Early on the day they
shoved off for the mission which culminated in their
assault on Makin island, Lieut. Col. Evans F. Carlson
(left) and Maj. James Roosevelt, commander and second
in command of a marine battalion, study their objective
on a map in field headquarters near San Diego, Calif.
(Associated Press Photo.)
East Salem Finishes
Small Grain Harvest
East Salem, Aug. 24 This past week most of the harvest
ing of small grains on acreages in East Salem district was fin
ished. Combines were used on most fields and only a few stacks
of gram are to be seen. Wheat
that looked very good did not
Westerners on
Advisory Boards
San Francisco, Aug. 24 (U.R)
Ten westerners have been ap
pointed to newly-formed indus
try advisory committees, the war
production board regional office
announced today. They are:
Dried fruit industry: D K.
Grady, San Francisco; C. W.
Griffin, San Francisco; D. R.
Hoak, Fresno; William N. Keeler,
Fresno; T. O. Kluge, San Jose;
Bert Katz, San Francisco; James
Lively, San Jose; B. E. Rich
mond, San Jose; C. C. Ross, Sc
lah, Wash.
Linseed crushers Industry: B.
Rocca, San Francisco.
Pierce Watches
Debt Grow
Washington, Aug. 24 W) Re
presentative Pierce (D., Ore.)
said in the house the United
States was going in debt at the
rate of one billion dollars a week
and the figures were so fantas
tic "we cannot comprehend
them."
"We simply have to go on
and on in order to win this war,
before we can take stock and
consider our position," Pierce
said. "As a congressman I have
voted for the appropriation, and
I shall continue to do so, but I
realize there must be come sort
of readjustment. The debt will
be so colossal, when Japan begs
for mercy, that it simply can
not be paid by cash on the bar
rel-head, like a grocery bill."
Pierce urged the house to en
act legislation to continue
3 k per cent interest rate
all farm credit loans.
The representative said the
interest rate was continued at
3 V6 per cent for two years un
der legislation recently passed,
but he suggested it should be
made permanent. He said' that
In the two years the rate would
same farmers of Oregon $456,
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Corn Is being used to manu
facture alcohol for motor fuel
in Argentina.
9 Cable Companies
Indicted for Fraud
Washington, Aug. 24 U.B Indictment of nine enmnnniaa nnri
six of their officers for alleged conspiracy in connection with sales
10 me navy of nearly $55,000,000 worth of insulated cable was
announced today by Attorney
Uencral Francis Biddle.
A federal grand Jury at New
ark, N. J bringing the largest
war frauds charges disclosed to
date, returned the Indictment
last Monday but It was held
scaled until today.
Maximum penalties on convic
tions would be two years' im
prisonment, $10,000 fine or
both.
BIdrile said cost studies show
ed that the two defendants rea
lized profits ranging from 35 per
cent to 70 per cent on the navy
purchases. The, indictment cov
ered the period since January,
lHdj, out the charges were based
particularly on the past three
years when navy purchases of
cable cost between $50,000,000
and $55,000,000.
Named as defendants were:.
RockbrMos Product Corp., New HHVfn.
Conn.. nd Arthur o. Newton, president.
Ornerni Electric Co.. ScheneetRdy, N. Y.
The Okonlte Co.. russule, N. J Rnd
Frnnk 0. Jones, prpslsrtent.
Collyer Insulated Wire Co., PRwtucket.
R. I.. nd Robert 0. Moelter, secreurr
tressurer. The Amprlcsn Rleel Jtr Wira f Ht
New Jersey, with principal offices l Cleve
land. General Cable Co.. New York Cltr. and
Dwiaht R. .o. Palmer, preslsdent.
National Electric Products corporation
of Plttsburah. and William C. Robinson.
Anaconda Wire A Cable Co.. Hastlnaa-on-Hudson,
N. Y.. and W. L. Sprackltni.
executive vice-president.
Phelps Dodre Cooper Products Corp..
New York city.
Biddle said one defendant
General Electric had returned
to the navy department $250,000
on cable contracts aggregating
about $2,000,000. He said' this
represented a recovery of about
13 per cent and that proportion
ate recovery was anticipated by
the government on other con
tracts, j
yield more than an average of
25 bushels to the acre, with oats
just average
Hay baling and harvesting
were carried on at the same time
and young boys 14 or 15 years
old took the places of much older
men this year. . One
dom sees a boy over 12 years
old that is not picking beans or
helping on the farms.
Swegle school board met last
Monday night and gave the
contract for the janitor work
for the soming school year to
Mrs. Frances Radcliffe. No
change was made in the opening
date for school, September 14.
School children want to help
with spring berry crops as well
as the fall crops and must have
the months required for their
school term,
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Frame,
Marolyn and Gary enjoyed a va
cation over the week-end at the
coast, returning to their home on
Hollywood Drive Sunday night.
.friends of Daryl Colwell
whose home is on East Turner
Road, will be interested to know
he is now in Chicago in an avi
ation mechanic's school. He has
been in San Diego for several
weeks. Daryl was very active
in Middle Grove community as
editor of the community paper.
Highway Work
Is Under Way
Monmouth Preliminary
work on the west side high
way between Monmouth "and
Camp Adair has started with
the clearing and grading of the
re-located grade which extends
from the town south to. the
camp. Widening and repairing
of the highway from Camp
Adair to Corvallis has been
completed with the exception of
building shoulders and comple
tion of some bridges. ' North
street where the highway enters
Corvallis is being paved its en
tire width within the city.
.Near the Holmick park cross
ing, four miles south of Mon
mouth, a temporary bridge has
been fitted under a section of
the Valley & Siletz railaord
where the undemass is tn hp In.
cifed. Excavation has been In
progress , for two weeks. Foun
dation holes have been cleared
for the concrete piers designed
to support the permanent un
derpass. The center piers are
spaced 36 feet apart. Space at
the south end of this stretch of
new road has been cleared and
the work of filling in is about
to start.
Volumes Contributed
Silvorton Circulation at the
library continues heavy through
out the summer. The reading
room Itself is used more steadily
this summer than in past years.
Recent donors tn the Sllverton public
library Include Dr. C. W. Keene, Mrs. w.
P. Scarth, Sr.. Mrs. E. K. Burton, Mrs. M.
R. Irish. Dr. H. E. Klelnsone. Jean Mr
Pike, Mrs. H. B. Latham. Mrs. R. A. Cow
den. Mrs. H. J. Iversnn and Mrs. Tnm
Anderson, '
Crack-Down
Faced by
Some Draftees
Portland, Aug. 24 (U.R)Ore
gon men who have not lived up
to selective service requirements
today faced prosecution as gov
ernment agencies prepared to
crack down on hundreds of draftees.
Carl Donaugh, United States
district attorney for Oregon, de
clared no foolish excuses would
be accepted for failure to meet
"a solemn obligation." .
Donaugh's office and the fed
eral bureau of investigation are
now considering complaints con
cerning 386 men not "in line"
with their draft boards. On
Saturday alone, 20 new Oregon
complaints were reported.
Donaugh said 14 men have
been charged with failure to re
port for induction during the
past month.- They will be arJ
rested as soon as they are locat
ed.
Two men are to be prosecut
ed because they failed to obey
orders to entrain for a camp af
ter claiming conscientious objec
tor status, Donaugh added.
In most cases, the attorney ex
plained, violations can be ascrib
ed to carelessness in failing to
keep draft boards posted on
changes of address. This will no
longer be considered an excuse,
he warned, since government of
ficers have enough to do with
out "playing nursemaid."
War BondSales
Made from Scio
Scio Sales of .series E war
bonds at Scio postoffice on Linn
county's Victory day, August 13.
were $1425, purchase value, ac
vording to Mrs. E. Phillips, who
is substituting for her husband,
the postmaster, during his ill
ness. This amount . included a
$1000 bond, the purchase value
being $750.
Scio State bank sold bonds to
taling $300, purchase value, dur
ing the past week, Waldo De
Moy, cashier, states.
Koons First to
Fire Shot on
European Soil
London, Aug. 24 (U.R) The
first American soldier to fire a
shot for liberty on European soil
in World war II was revealed to
day to be Corp. Franklin Koons,
a 23-year old farmer from Swea
City, Iowa.
Koons was a member of the
American Ranger troops that
stormed Dieppe last week along
N I with British enmmanrins. Hnns.
aian troops and a few fighting
French. There were three other
Americans in his group, and
while he has been officially cre
dited with firing the first shot,
his companions also fired W
about the same time.
With Koons when the invasion
barge grated on the Dieppe beach
were Staff Sgt. Ken Stempson,
25, a former railroad employe at
Russell, Minn.; Sgt. Alex Szima,
22, a former bartender at Dav-
ton, Ohio, and Corp. Bill Brady,
23, a magazine salesman from
Grand Forks, N.D.
Koons is heavy-set, five feet
10 inches tall and has dark hair
and brown eyes. He was reared
on a farm and before he went
into the army he was a livestock
engineer and farmer. He thinks
he killed one German at Dieppe.
Before the raid the men were
addressed by Lord Louis Mount
batten, head of the commandos.
Koons said he didn't have any
fears about the assignment . af
ter that and slept soundly until
just before the order to the boats
was given.
"I went to sleep again duri
the channel crossing and was
awakened by shore fire by the
Germans," he said. "We landed
on French soil after wading 30
or 40 yards through the surf. My
party then traveled under cover
nf a oiillv
"Then there was some sniping
from the Germans but no casual
ties in my party and presently
we got to some little farm build
ings that we used for cover.
They were about 200 yards from
our objective, which were the
coastal batteries, and our first
task was to clear out the farm
buildings and make sure there
were no Jerries there."
About this time the German
fire began making itself felt and
while there were casualties in
the American party, none was
killed. .
"I took refuge in a stable and
began sniping back, firina
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uuuugu u urauK irom a sianampp'
position, Jioons said. "I fired
quite a number of rounds at odd,
stray Jerries who sometimes ap
peared and I am pretty sure I
got one of them."
After the party accomplished
its mission, it dropped back to
the beach behind the shelter of
hedges, Koons said.
Silence Rules
Air Raid Effects
County defense councils were
warned today by state civilian
defense coordinator Jerrold Ow
en that they must not give out
any information on damage caus
ed by air raids, effect of air
raids, or action taken by civilian
and military authorities.
Such Information would aid
the enemy, Owen said, pointlna)
out that the U.S. army receivecf
valuable information, as to the
effect of the bombing of Tokyo
because the information was
broadcast bv the Japanese radio.
Owen, at the request of the
war department, advised the
county defense councils that
they must keep , their records
locked and in a safe place, keep
visitors out of control centers,
permit no unauthorized photo
graphs In control centers, and '
avoid use of telephones in trans
milting information about air
raids.
Owen also asked the councils
to cooperate in the coast guard's
drive to recruit personnel for
the coast guard temporary re
serve for coastal patrol and look-A
out duty.
Brazil is trying to prevent
materials from the United States
from reaching firms with axis
connections.
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