t-
Wallace Plans
1 Holy Crusade
For World Peace
To Continue Battle for
"Go Easy With
Russia" Program
Washington, Sept. 21 W
Henry A Wallace, private citi
zen, threw down the gauntlet to
the Truman administration to
day for a continuing battle over
foreign policy.
The ousted secretary of com
merce told the department's em
ployes in a farewell message he
was resigning "in order that I
may be free as a private citi
zen to continue to fight for
world peace."
And in a nationwide radio ad
dress last night he declared that
"winning the peace is more im
portant than high public office.
It is more important than any
consideration of party politics."
He removed any doubt that
he would battle on for his "go-easy-wilh-Russia"
ideas which
brought him into conflict with
the state department and led
President Truman to dismiss
him from his official family.
Rests In the People
"The success of any policy,"
Wallace said, "rests ultimately
upon the confidence and the will
of the people.
"There can be no basis for
such success unless the people
know and understand the issues
unless they arc given all the
facts and unless they seize the
opportunity to take part in the
framing of foreign policy
through full and open debate."
Ag the Iowan stepped out he
left congress members and oth
ers asking two major questions:
2 Major Questions
1. Would the president's ac
tion end the uncertainty over
American policy caused by Wal
lace's New York address 10 days
ago which contradicted Secre
tary of State Byrnes' position at
many points?
Some said it would. Others
doubted it. Mr. -Truman him
self made clear he intended the
dismissal as emphatic notice
that he is standing four-square
behind Byrnes.
2. What would be the effect
within the democratic party and
particularly on its chances in
November's elections and in
1948?
A frequently expressed re
publican view was that the dis
pute emphasized the differences
within the democratic party and
.enhanced republican prospects
winning control of the next
congress. '
'p to CIO-PAC
Some democrats contended
their party's ranks had now
been closed and its chances im
proved. One democratic senator, talk
ing with the understanding that
his name would not be report
ed, said he thought it was large
ly a matter of what the CIO
Political Action Committee
does.
He said that no votes were
going to be changed by the for
eign policy row, but if the CIO
PAC makes only indifferent ef
forts to get out its votes, he de
clared, then the democratic
party may lose some congres
sional districts where CIO help
is required to put over its candidates.
'Big Food Chain
Found Guilty
Dannville. 111., Sept. 21 U.
Federal Judge Walter C. Lind
ley today found guilty all de
fendants in the government
anti-trust suit against the
Greater New York, Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Co.
Judge Lindley took the case
k under advisement last April 6
' At that time the government
revealed that it planned fur
ther investigations of food dis
tribution firms.
The hearing of the case re
quired almost a year. The gov
ernment contended that the A.
& P. was guilty of price fixing
and conspiracies in restraint of
trade.
The huge grocery firm claim
ed that its policies and business
system did not violate anti
trust laws. The firm contended
that operating at a loss, tem
porarily or locally, was stand
ard business.
The A. & P. and 29 officers
and subsidiaries were indicted
by a federal grand jury at Dal
las, Tex., Nov. 25, 1942. on
charges of violating the Sher
man anti-trust law.
The indictment charged that
the defendants' action in viola
tion of the anti-trust laws had
injured and destroyed food
manufacturers, processors, can
ners, wholesalers, and thous
ands of Independent retail food
dealers.
In ils charges, the govern
ment also claimed that the de
fendants had depressed prices
paid to growers for fresh fruits,
vegetables and other farm crops
and had dominated and con
trolled the distribution of food
and food products in the most
important U.S. trade areas.
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58th Year, No. 224 rr.,"6S,o,S Salem, Oregon, Saturday, September
Helicopter to
Rescue Victims
Of Liner Crash
Gander Airport, Nfld., Sept.
21 lP) A U.S. coast guard heli
copter swooped down upon the
scene of the Sabcna airliner
crash today and began the res
cue of the 18 survivors.
Lt. August Kieisch piloted the
helicopter, one of two disman
tled and flown here from the
United States in army transport
planes.
Kieisch took off from Gander
at 1:42 p.m. after mechanics
assembled his flying machine
in 61? hours, and at 2:30 p.m.
(EDT) a plane circling the scene
said the first of the surviving
victims had been picked up.
Flown to Small Lake
The survivor was flown to a
small lake five miles distant
and transferred to a Catalina
flying boat for the journey to
the Gander hospital.
Kieisch started back for an
other survivor. Fourteen of the
survivors were reported injur
ed, two critically.
Most of the survivors of 44
passengers and crewmen of the
crashed airliner were reported
already transported to a small
plateau a quarter of a mile
from the wreckage. A U.S. army
ground rescue team and 30
Newfoundland woodsmen mov
ed them.
The army team arrived at the
scene Thursday night, while the
party of Newfoundland woods
men reached there only today.
Supplies Dropped
Splints, crutches, tents and
medical supplies were dropped
at the temporary rescue camp
today. Plans to parachute a
small power plant and flood
lights were abandoned.
The survivors all were cheer
ed by the news of the arrival of
the helicopters and some were
reported singing.
The crated whirligig flying
machines were brought in
crates by army transport planes
this morning.
(Fernand Martens, North
American representative of Sa
bena Airlines, said in New York
at 1:45 p.m., eastern daylight
time, that the helicopters had
gone into action, and that the
badly injured were expected to
be removed before nightfall).
(An ABC report from Gander
said the first of the survivors,
identified tentatively as a stew
ardess, had arrived at the air
port at 3:44 p.m., eastern day
light time).
Find No Gold in
Crescent Rush
San Francisco, Sept. 21 (U.PJ
Scientifically, the recent Cres
cent City gold rush slacked off
to a faltering walk today.
The Abbott-Hanks company
look a look at a samDle of red
volcanic rock sent to the United
Press by one of the "prospec
tors," and reported:
"It contains no trace of gold."
Ernest Hev. an luauar u,hn
Claims tn hav a vnnfinl for
mula for determining the pres
ence of the precious metal, pre
viously had reported finding
$55 to $75 worth of gold in each
ton he tested. That's what start
ed the mad scramble last week.
Abbott-Hanks wa linimnrve
ed by the sample it tested here.
The state bureau of mines
meanwhile ran another accnv
on ore samples from the Cres
cent i;ny region and expected
to report its findings today or
Monday.
Guam and 3 Mariana Isles
Devastated by Typhoon
Guam, Sept. 21 (IP: A treacherous typhoon veered unexpect
edly and roared today across this big U. S. naval base and three
more fortified Marianas islands to the north, leaving heavy mili
tary damage. Huge sheets of-
corrugated steel from Quonset
huts were whipped through the
air like leaves in the 100-mile
gusts.
Rear Adm. Charles A. Pow
nall, commander of the Mari
anas, issued a statement in mid
afternoon that first, fragmen
tary reports indicated there
were no serious injuries among
navy or marine personnel or
civilians.
The army reported one man
suffered a broken back.
Wives and children of mili
tary men had been removed
from small Quonset huts to
stouter buildings and military
personnel were confined indoors
as word spread that the typhoon
was shifting course.
Pownall said tticre was exten
sive damage to buildings
throughout Guam, including the
apital
Charges Against
Greece Quashed
By UN Council
Lake Success, N. Y., Sept. 21
Wl Reported shooting inci
dents along the northern Greek
frontiers remained under sur
veillance of the United Nations
today despite Russia's veto of
an American proposal in the
security council for an on-the-spot
investigation.
The suggestion of focusing
continued attention on the trou
bled Balkan situation was made
in an unprecedented move bv
Secretary-General Trygve Lie
last night when the council re
jected four proposals arising
from the Soviet Ukraine's ac
cusations against Greece.
Ukrainians Lose (Jul
The rejections had the effect
of quashing the Ukrainian
charges that Greece, with Brit
ish backing, was menacing
peace on the Albanian frontier,
and they ended the council's
concern with the case after elev
en sessions of bristling debate in
the past three weeks.
However, Lie's statement
that he was reserving the right,
under the U. N. Charter, to in
vestigate and report on any mat
ter which he deemed a threat to
international peace and secur
ity moved Soviet Delegate
Andrei A Gromyko, the coun
cil chairman, to remark that he
thought the secretary-general
was "perfectly right" in raising
the question.
This right, Lie told the coun
cil when the Soviet veto threat
was raised over the American
proposal for on-the-spot inquiry
along Greece's borders with Al
bania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria,
permits him to make any inde
pendent investigation he deems
necessary
Veto Kills Resolution
The secretary-general added
that an inquiry to determine
the facts would be essential be
fore he could bring a matter be
fore the council and that he
was onlj reserving the right to
make such an inquiry if he
thought it necessary.
Shortly afterward, Gromyko
invoked the veto to kill the reso
lution put forward by U. S.
Delegate Hcrschel V. Johnson
which called for a three-man
commission to examine inci
dents along the borders of
Greece's three Russian satel
lite neighbors and the right to
ask all four Balkan govern
ments for relevant information.
Johnson offered his resolu
tion with the remark that the
"basic fact is that shooting is
taking place along the northern
frontier of Greece, and this
Ihooting can lead to internation
al friction."
Room for Vets at
4 State Colleges
Portland. Sept. 21 P Four
Oregon institutions of higher
education have available hous
ing for veteran students with
small families the veterans' ad
ministration said today.
The colleges of education at
Ashland, La Grande and Mon
mouth, as well as the Vanport
Center college all have facili
ties, a check revealed. All four
schools offer fully acccdited
lqwer division classes.
Veterans attending school un
der the GI bill, meanwhile,
were advised to report their Au
gust, September and October
earnings to the veterans' ad
ministration by November 5
After that dale subsistence pay
ments will be stopped until ad
ditional data on earnings is re
ceived. navy hospital. Many hangars
were reported levelled at Har
mon field from where B-29s
used to take off for Tokyo.
Army airfields on the north
ern end of the island, closest to
the typhoon center, were report
ed damaged extensively.
The admiral said he had no
reports from Saipan, but he
doubted that it was damaged as
greatly as Guam. He expressed
concern about little Rota island,
which has a native population
of 750 and only a small number
of U.S. personnel. He said,
however, the island has a cave
large enough to hold the entire
population and he presumed
they weathered the storm there.
The typhoon center passed
through the Marianas in the
Rota area.
Pownall estimated the ty
phoon's top velocity at 85 knots.
wash's
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New Horseshoe 1' alls at Niagara ifl'i A huge rock fall 120 feel
wide at the top and 30 feet wide at the bottom which shook the
nearby city of Niagara Falls failed to change the almost straight
face of the American Falls.
Huge Rock Slide Fails
To Change Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Sept. 21 VPi Niagara frontier parks offi
cials announced today an examination of the American Falls
showed there was "no perceptible change" in the cataract.
The announcement conflicted with opinions of other parks offi
cials that the contour of the falls had been changed yesterday by a
New Type of
Worn Smashers
New York. Sept. 21 U.R
Construction of new type atom
smashing machines, with even
more powerful devices to come
in the future, was reported to
day at the annual meeting of
the American Physical society.
These new machines, design
ed to accelerate 70,000.000 to
300,000,000 electronic volts, will
be used in scientific research
Intd the further possibilities of
harnessing power from the uni
verse, particularly from the cos
mic rays.
The most powerful new ma
chine, called the synchrotron, is
being 'constructed at Berkeley,
Calif. This will accelerate
300.000,000 million electronic
volts. Another is about com
pleted at the General Electric
plant in Schenectady. It will
have a capacity of at least 70,
000.000. Reports on both machines
were made at today's meeting
of the physical society.
At the same time, there were
discussions on the possibility of
machines with 1.000.000,000
electronic volt acceleration.
Scientists used the so-called
cyclotron in early smashing of
the atom, and now they need
these new powerful machines
to make further study of the
atom nuclei.
Meat Shortage
Closes Mines
fBy tlie United Prfs
More coal mines were closed
today as miners protested the
moat shortage and declared a
policy of "no meat, no work."
In other meat famine devel
opments, the Man-o-War Horse
Meat market at Milwaukee re
ported that business was boom
ing, and restaurant owners at
Michigan City, Ind., voted to
"defy" OPA ceilings.
At Denver, Colo., Cleland N.
Feast, slate game and fish di
rector, reported a sharp increase
in the number of hunting viola
tions during the three-week an
telope season just concluded.
He said many hunters were
looking for meat instead of
sport, and that some "violators
used machine guns. Others fell
that the fines they received
were a fair price for meat, and
went out again to kill more an
telope. The latest coal mine to close
because of the meat shortage
was the largest in St. Clair
county, Illinois. About 220
members of the Independent
Progressive Mine Workers'
union quit work.
"They can't dig coal with eggs
and jelly bread in their dinner
buckets," said James Cain, sec
retary of the local union.
Earlier, five mines closed in
Virginia when meal-hungry
miners stopped digging.
Slate Needs 200 Employes
The state civil service com
mission today issued an urgent
call for 200 to 300 more em
ployes in most classifications in
an effort to bolster its waning
manpower supply.
Journal
21, 1946
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huge rock slide when an unex
plained earth disturbance was
felt over a 10-mile radius.
Many residents of this honey
moon mecca first thought the
earth shock was caused by a
rock slide at the falls.
Francis A. Seyfried, superin
tendent of the parks commis
sion, said today that "as far as
we are concerned there was no
break in the American falls."
"We have checked with the
army engineers and examined
pictures and surveys going back
as far as 1906 and there was no
perceptible change in the falls,"
Seyfried said. .
; Asked how it' was- possible
that two veteran employes of
the park commission could have
been mistaken about the fall,
Seyfried explained that the
"crest of the water at the falls
changes from day to day, de
pending upon the level; we now
have a higher level than normal
because of work on removal of
a causeway above the falls."
Reds' Hold on
Tailing Broken
Peiping, Sept. 21 (U.R1 Gen.
Fu Tso-Yi's rescue troops push
ing up from Suiyuan province
were reported today lo have
made a juncture with the
Shansi province garrison troops
of besieged Tatung.
The nationalist army forces
joined up at the Shansi border
pass of Tehshengkou, 20 miles
north of Tatung and between
Fengchen and Tatung, accord
ing to a dispatch from the Sui
yuan capital city of Kweisui,
which is Gen. Fu's headquar
ters. The vanguard of the Fu
troops which captured Feng
chen continued their advance
toward Tatung and met the
spearhead of the Shansi garri
son forces which was in pur
suit of a Chinese Communist
column.
Nationalist military circles
hailed the contact as indicat
ing the communists' seven week
stranglehold on Tatung was
broken, enabling supplies to be
brought to the beleagured city
over the highway and rail line
from Tsining.
Chinese newspaper reports
said communist troops were
retreating from Tatung shelter
ed by rear guard action. They
appeared to be heading for
Yangkao, 33 miles northeast of
Tatung, for Tsoyung, 35 miles
southwest of Tatung, and for
Yuyu, 53 miles north of Tatung.
White House Denies
Stalin Conference
Washington. Sept. 21 (Pi
The White House said today
there is "no truth" in a report
that President Truman had said
he would try to negotiate direct
ly with Generalissimo Stalin if
Secretary of State Byrnes fails
to win a "durable peace" at
Paris.
A reporter told Press Secre
tary Charles G. Ross at a news
conference that such a report
was published yesterday by the
newspaper PM.
'There is no truth in that,"
Ross said of the article.
Price Five Cents
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Pads
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Paris, Sept. 21 "V British
1 demands for specific treaty
safeguards for foreign petroleum
interests in Romania snagged
on a tie vote, 7 to 7, in the
peace conference's Balkan eco
nomic commission today.
The resulting parliamentary
tangle caused the American del
egate, Senator Arthur Vandcn
i berg, to declare "this proced
ure has been fantastic."
i Earlier, the Italian political
ana territorial commission ap
proved. 13 to 6. the separate
agreement between Italy and
Austria for considerable au
tonomy rights in the Tyrol, and
ordered it inserted in the Italian
peace treaty over the objections
of the Slav bloc.
Local Autonomy t
Under the agreement, which
was signed here recently by Aus
trian Foreign Minister Karl
Gruber and Italian Premier Al
side de Gasperi, Italy granted
local autonomy to German
speaking residents of the South
Tyrol, guaranteed the right to
speak the Tyrolcse langaugc
and pledged that German-speaking
persons would have equal
opportunity to hold public of
fice. The two nations also prom
ised to work out mutually satis
factory rail, transit and trade
facilities.
The revised British annex to
the Romanian treaty which ran
into a parliamentary snarl
would require Romania to re
store or replace the losses of
allied nationals in the oil fields,
annul discriminatory legisla
tion and admit key administra
tive officials and technical ex
perts into the country to operate
the wells.
The first three paragraphs
were adopted in a series of close
votes. A lie vole came on the
fourth and last paragraph con
cerning admission of key per
sonnel, and again on the project
ed annex as a whole.
Two Clauses Approved
The British Empire countries
Britain, Australia, Canada,
India, New Zealand and South
Africa plus Greece carried the
first two paragraphs 7 to 6
against the United Stales and
(he Slav bloc Russia, White
Russia, the Ukraine, Czechoslo
vakia and Yugoslavia.
The United Stales took the po
sition that special provisions for
petroleum properties were un
necessary because they were
covered by general clauses on
property rights of allied na
tionals. France, which abstained on
Ihe first two ballots, joined the
British bloc in passing the third
paragraph 8 to 6, then switched
lo the other side on the fourth
paragraph, tying the count.
The same lineup caused a tic
on the annex as a whole.
Martin Urges Purge
Of Payroll Reds
Boston, Sept. 21 iI'i House
Republican Leader Joseph W.
Martin, Jr., demanded today a
purge of communists from high
government jobs especially in
the war and navy departments,
where, he said, they "know the
secrets of the atomic bomb and
other military defenses,"
Speaking at the Massachusetts
republican state convention.
Martin predicted election of a
republican congress this fall
and declared "First we will di
rect our efforts toward cleaning
out the communists, their fel
low travelers and parlor pinks
from high positions in our government."
Farley Congratulates Truman
On Firing of Henry Wallace
Paris, Sept. 21 iPi James A. Farley, former U. S. postmaster
general, issued a statement here today congratulating President
Truman on having asked for the resignation of Secretary Wallace
and declaring that it would have''
been "disastrous for the prcst
dent to have done otherwise.
Farley conferred at some
length with Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes last night. He
said he was here on a business
trip. The text of his statement:
"President Truman is to be
congratulated on his statement
yesterday. The success of the
present conference, and in my
judgment, the future peace for
the world depend on backing,
wholeheartedly and without
qualification, Secretary of State
Byrnes and his associates here
This world must have complete
confidence in our foreign pol
icy and any action other than
that taken by President Truman
yesterday would have been dis
astrous." Members of the U.S. delega
tion to the peace conference,
Pacific Coast
Shipping Still
Being Picketed
CIO Strikers Return to
Work at East and '
" If Ports
the Am
O mariners filed back to
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harbor today after membership
meetings there and in other
east and Gulf ports voted an
cud to their martimc strike on
the basis of an arbitration
award establishing an industry
wide principle of wage parity.
Joseph Curran. president of
the National Maritime union,
said that the nation's costliest
sea stoppage was "officially ov
er," but actual end of the strike
elsewhere depended on accept
ance of the settlement by all
seamen involved.
The NMU said members in
New York, Philadelphia, Hous
ton, Newport News, New Or
leans and Providence had vot
ed to accept the new agreement
which also must be concurred
in by NMU members in other
ports, the CIO Marine Cooks
and Stewards, and the Indepen
dent Marine Firemen, Oilers,
Wipers and Watertenders west
coast unions before the na
tionwide strike would be end
ed. Seamen's Pay liaised
The U.S. maritime commis
sion last night ordered its ag
ents in all ports to pay all sea
men the same rates as had been
awarded AFL mariners, moan
ing wage increases of $5 lo $10
monthly.
Establishment of the wage
parity principle was contained
in an arbitration award made
Thursday in New York by Fed
eral Arbitrator James L. Fly.
On the west coast, meantime,
where the shipping lieup ex
tended into the 16th straight
day, representatives of the Ma
rine Cooks and Marine Firemen
said they would accept the Fly
award but that picket lines
would be continued until oper
ators gave written guarantees
that wage increases Would be
paid.
Assert Stalling
They also accused the ship
owners last night of "stalling"
after the Pacific American
Shipowners association, taking
the position that actual wage
cuts would be involved in ac
ceptance of Ihe award, asked
for clarification.
The Fly award gives NMU
able seamen $172.50 a month,
an increase of $10. and $177.50
to firemen and watertenders, an
increase of $5, which puts them
on a parity with AFL seamen
in the same categories.
There still was the possibility
of strikes by the CIO Interna
tional Longs horemen's and
Warehousemen's union, led by
Harry .Bridges, and the CIO
Marine Engineers' Beneficial
association. Their contract with
employers expires Sept. 30.
Hotels Sue Unions
For Strike Losses
Los Angeles. Sept. 21 HP
Several Los Angeles and Holly
wood hotels and restaurants,
famed as tourist haunts, remain
ed strikebound today while op
erators sought damages for
losses.
A temporary injunction,
granled by Superior Judge Al
len W. Ashburn to enforce an
arbitration award, ordered pick
eting hailed but striking cul
inary workers failed to return
lo their jobs at major establish
ments. Hotel operators asked $50,000
damages for losses they claim
ed they suffered during the first
two days of the strike and $28.
000 for each additional day it
lasts.
The union estimated that of
6,000 workers on strike, only
1,200 employed at 20 smaller
restaurants and hotels whose
owners signed at union terms,
had returned to work.
meanwhile, denied reports in
Ihe Paris press today that Sec
retary Byrnes had forced the
resignation of Secretary Wal
lace. The majority of the Paris
newspapers said Byrnes had
handed an ultimatum to Presi
dent Truman demanding that
the president choose between
Byrnes and Wallace.
The only Paris newspaper to
comment editorially was L'Hu
manite, mouthpiece for the
French communist party, which
said the resignation was "a vic
tory for the war party in Amer
ica." Meanwhile, the U.S. delega
tion faced the task of regaining
the confidence of those nations
which had been depending on
the support of the "Byrnes policy."
3 Youths Killed
Madison Street
Rail Crossing
New Pick-up Crushed
By Southern Pacific
Passenger Train
In a midnight crash at a grade
crossing, where no warning sig
nal had been installed for pro
tection of trultic, three Salem
youths riding in a pick-up truck
were instantly killed Friday
night by Southern Pacific pas
senger train No. 13. The trag
edy occurred at the Madison
street crossing.
The dead:
Richard Harold Albin, IB,
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Al
bin. route 5.
Richard Allen Kmmons. 16,
son of Mr. and Mrs. De Em
mons, 1096 Norway.
Norman Dean Schoficld, 17,
son of Mrs. Beatrice Schoficld,
1165 Cross.
The new pick-up truck was
owned by Gilbert Tcdrick. route
5. by whom Schoficld was em
ployed. Police headquarters was in
formed at 11:46 p.m. that a se
rious accident had occurred at
the Madison street crossing, and
officers were requested to cover
in with a first aid crew. Offi
cers Walter Esplin, Joseph J.
Schuetz and Robert Armpriust
were dispatched to the scene.
The coroner was sent for im
mediately after their arrival.
Truck on Engine Pilot
Inquiry revealed that the boys
were driving east on Madison
and the- train traveling south.
Who was driving the small truck
is not known. The train was
in charge of Conductor C. L.
McConncll, with L. J. Mecum,
engineer of the locomotive, both
of Portland.
Police reported that the pick
up truck was still on the pilot
of the halted engine 290 feet
from Madison street. The bodies
of Albin and Emmons were in
Ihe truck and were removed by
first aid The truck was moved
by authority of the coroner and
Ihe train allowed lo proceed.
The body of Schoficld was found
90 feet south of Madison street.
Witnesses of the accident be
sides the trainmen were Jason
Evenson, 971 Union street, and
Lota Jean Evans, 1144 Madison,
who were sitting in a car half
a block away.
Train Whistled
Evenson said the train whis
tled while some distance away,
but he didn't think it whistled
at the crossing. Miss Evans be
lieved it did.
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100 Mile Gale
Hits England
London, Sept. 21 iP) At least
11 persons were killed, English
channel shipping was battered
and thousands of acres of har
vest crops in Leicestershire and
North Hampshire were leveled
in yesterday's 100-milc-an-hoiir
winds which struck England's
southern coast.
The air ministry's weather
bureau said that a second gale
which had been expected had
not developed by late this af
ternoon. Farmers said yesterday's
storm left their position 'the
most serious in memory." H. R.
Overman, who farms more than
1 ,000 acres in the area, said,
"the losses now run into mil
lions of pounds, and many far
mers will be facing bankruptcy
before the end of the year."
Yesterday's storm finished off
the 7,176-ton American cargo
vessel Helena Modjcska, which
had been stranded on Goodwin
sands off Deal since Sept. 12.
The ship had broken in two
forward of the bridge, and the
stern portion swung around at
right angles to the bow. Re
sumption of salvage operations
was prevented today by a hea
vy swell.
At least 22 wore reported in
jured by the wind which caus
ed devastation from Lands End
to Dover and was adjudged the
worst September storm in 37
years. Four of the deaths oc
curred in shipping accidents.
Three Channel islanders,
bound for London for a belated
celebration of the liberation,
were washed overboard when
the steamer, ''Isle of Jersey'
was virtually swamped by a 60
foot wave which hit her af noon
yesterday, 20 miles off the
Guernsey coast.
The Weather
f Released by the United States
Weather Bureau)
F'orecast fur Salem and vicin
ity: Partly cloudy this afternoon,
tonight and Sunday morning.
Lowest tonight. 49. Conditions
will be favorable for harvest ac
tivities during the next, 24 hours.
Max yesterday 70 Min. today
53. Mean temperature yester
day 59. which was 1 below nor
mal. Total 24-hour precipita
tion to 11 .30 a m. today 0 00.
Total precipitation for the
month 1.39. which is 0.44 Inches
above normal. Willamette river
height -3.5 ft.