ritain Rebukes Russian Policy Of Opposition kNeil Warns That if Soviet Persists, Peace )f World Will Collapse V.uj Vnrk. Sent. 22 (PI Brit. Lin warned tndav that If the So viet Union uersistcd in Irvine to force its own will upon the world the unstable peace of tne world will crumble and crash" with 'hideous consequences." British Minister of Stale Hec tor McNeil delivered this warn ing before the United Nations as sembly in a 6600-word basic pol icy statement for the United Kingdom. He vigorously attacked Russia and at the same time appealed to Moscow to drop what he called its inflexible and unyielding at titude on world problems. Vishinsky Censured McNeil ridiculed the charges of Russia's Andrei Y. Vishinsky that there is "war-mongering" in the United States. McNeil called jyishinsky's attack "a comedy Jiece." He then denied Vishinskys' charges that the Marshall plan for economic aid to Europe threatened the sovereignty of any country, and accused Russia of obstructing atomic control and paralyzing the security council by her 20 vetoes. McNeil was in an affable mood before making his speech. He chatted and laughed with Vishin sky, and sat for a moment on the arm of the chief Soviet delegate's chair with his arm about Vishin sky's shoulder. Syria Protests on Palestine After hearing today's opening speaker, Faris El Khoury of Syria, deliver a vigorous at tack on the plan to divide Pales tine into separate Jewish and Arab countries a plan which the British cabinet is reported ready to support McNeil took the rostrum. He prefaced his prepared speecn Dy saying mai ine assem-a . , . bly would not expect him to fol low El Khoury's Arab-country line and go into the Palestine question in detail. It was noted, in fact, that McNeil's text con tained no reference to the Pales tine question. The Soviet delegation listened attentively as McNeil launched Into his attack. Vishinsky ap peared to be jotting, down notes. "Russia's No. 2 delegate, Andrei A. Gromyko, kept, his eyes fixed on the speaker. Secretary of State Marshall was In Washington, conferring with the president but the other American delegates, headed by Warren R. Austin, were present. (Concluded on Par IS, Column 6) Soviet Press Raps America London, Sept. 22 (U.R) Radio Moscow poured out a flood of propaganda, against the United States and its newspapers today, and the Soviet army's newspa per in Berlin advised Americans to reflect upon what Russia did to the nazis. The Russian radio tirade, which began yesterday, was peg ged generally upon the United Nations general assembly meet ing and especially upon Ameri can reaction to Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishin sky s speech against the United States Thursday. American newspapers, radio Moscow said, quoting a Tass agency dispatch, were "resorting to vulgar abuse and personal at tack-'.V members of the Soviet delegation, impudently disre garding the rules of elementary decency." It said the speech had enraged the commentators of most Amer ican newspapers, which are "controlled by large monopo lies." The commentators, radio Moscow said, were "unable to disprove the essence of his (Vi shinsky's) accusations." The New York newspaper PM, radio Moscow said, "recognized the justice of a number of state ments by the head of the Soviet delegation." The Soviet army's German language newspaper, Taegliche Rundschau of Berlin, said it would be a mistake for Ameri cans who want to make war on Russia to believe that it would be won in advance. The Weather (Released by United States , Weather Bureau) Forecast for Salem and Vicin ity: Fair tonight and Tuesday with little change In tempera ture. Lowest temperature to night, near 50 degrees; highest Tuesday, near 80. Weather will be favorable for all farm work. Maximum yesterday 83. Mini mum today 52. Mean tempera ture yesterday 70 which was 10 above normal. Total 24-hour precipitation to 11:30 a.m. to day .00. Total precipitation for the month 1.01 which is .01 of an inch above normal. Willam ette river height Monday morn ing. -3.8 feet. 58th Year, No. 226 Oregon Schools Got $2 Million War Surplus By James D. Olson Property valued at $2,160,- 826.44 has been donated to Ore gon school districts and educa tional institutions by the army and navy during the past six months according to George K. Aiken, state budget director. In addition the state has pur chased goods from war assets administration valued at $185, S04 which was obtained at a cost of $61,200.23 and resold to vari ous state departments as well as to school districts. The material and equipment donated and purchased for the figures quoted was handled by the state educational agency for surplus property, a department created by the last legislature. This agency was given a revolv ing fund of $165,000 to be used in the purchase of property but 90 percent of this fund will be recovered, according to the bud get director when payment is made by the various purchasers. Only a Portion 'The property purchased by the agency" said Aiken "repre sents only a portion of the pur chase made ' by state agencies. Several of the institutions of higher education have made in dependent purchases and some state departments have dealt di rectly with the war assets com mission or the army and navy, thus obtaining property valued in excess of a million dollars at only a fraction of its true value." An Indication of the benefits derived through purchase of sur plus property is shown in the re- nnrt of the stfpnrv fnr Anffnst. i' " ' " wnen property valued at $66,- 945.67 was sold to school dis tricts in the state for $8,062.07. Recently an X-ray machine of the latest type, valued at $6,000 which had been scorched by a fire at Oregon shipyards, was purchased for Fairview home for $1600. Variety of Equipment "This machine was complete with, the exception- of a table which will be purchased giving this institution modern X-ray facilities at an extremely low cost, Aiken said. Purchases made for school district includes a large variety of equipment and supplies al- tnougn tne greatest part was equipment for use in vocational training. Such equipment has included air compressors, gas engines, all sorts of drill presses and a wide variety of similar equipment. Many of the schools have been equipped with cafeteria equip ment through purchases and do nations in the program. Before the property becomes unavailable Aiken believes that the state will acquire more than $3,000,000 of property from WAA and donations from the army and navy. Snell Opens Salmon Derby af Waldport Waldport, Sept. 22 (IP) The annual Waldport salmon derby was underway here today. Governor Snell opened the contest officially Saturday night with a banquet address to wel come out-of-state visitors and a group of Hollywood stars. Snell told the dinner group e believed the people of Oregon would be pleased if one day Governor Earl Warren of Cal ifornia should be president of the United States. Threat of Midwest Frosts Sends Grain Prices Up (By tht Axsoeittfd Prut) A threat of frost and wheat buying by millers reversed the pro tracted slump in grain prices at the Chicago board of trade today, but wholesale butter and egg prices continued their downward trend. Livestock prices, which: also moved lower last week, were mixed at Chicago and other markets. The exchanges and wholesale commodities. price levels, which moved generally lower last week, were watched for an indi cation of whether a turning point in tne record high cost of living had been reached. Meanwhile, there were these other developments: At a 16-nation conference in Paris, western Europe pledged a program of self-help and re quested $19,330,000,000 under a four-year Marshall plan to avert economic " catastrophe." The conference envisaged, as part of its self-help plan, grain produc tion on a prewar basis, with in creases above prewar standards in potatoes, sugar, oils and fats. A cabinet food committee in Washington agreed on what fu apital A Journal ,';.r;d.,"B.;.To,.y.? Salem, 13 in Hospital From Chlorine Gas Poisoning Mine city firemen, three em ployes of the paper mill and one railroad man are in the hospital for observation and treatment for fumes received shortly be fore 8 o'clock Monday morn inr when a freight car jumped the tracks and drove a tank car filled with chlorine into a stor age shed at the Oregon Pulp ana raper mm. The impact broke the valve on the tanker, liberating the deadly gas which almost trap ped six men working in a base ment beneath the shed. None are believed seriously injured and several others were releas ed shortly after being received by the hospitals. About 40 re ceived mild doses of chlorine gas. The accident virtually inac- tivated the entire headquarters battalion of the fire department on duty at the city hall, only one of the 15 men answering the call escaping the fumes. All firemen suffering from the gas and several others were given first aid at the fire sta tion, "shots" being administer ed by a physician and nurse to relieve irritation and most of them given oxygen in varying amounts to help clear their lungs. No warning was given the firemen of the nature of the ac cident and they were effected by the fumes before there was an opportunity to don masks. All remained in service until the gas was under control. The first aid car and an ambulance took them to the hospital or home after they were treated. Cause of Accident The accident occurred when an Oregon Electric switch en- gine and a crew were engaged in moving a car loaded with sulphur to a siding near the stor age shed. According to wit nesses, the crew failed to throw a switch, derailing the boxcar and sending it into a small hand car and the tank car loaded with chlorine. The tanker was driven lnto the storage shed, shoving the building six feet off its foundation. Six men who were almost trapped held their breath until they escaped into the fresh air outside. (Concluded on Page 13, Column 1) Cold Wave Hits Middle West (By Uii United Frni) A mass of cool air moved across the nation today sending temperatures tumbling to their lowest marks this fall. The U. S. weather bureau at Chicago said the cool air, blow ing down from Canada, would push Into the east coast late to day. The weather dropped the tem peratures into the 20s in the Dakotas, some parts of Minne sota and northern Wisconsin and in the northern part of Iowa. At Chicago, the mercury dipped to 42 degrees. Killing frosts were reported in some parts of the Dakotas, northern Wisconsin and north ern Minnesota, the weather bu reau said. The lowest temperature was recorded at Aberdeen, S. D. where a low of 20 degrees was recorded. The temperatures be gan dropping yesterday after the whip-end of the hurricane that hit Florida and the Gulf coast lashed rain into the mid west. By morning the cool wave blanketed the central states, ture food exports to recommend to President Truman. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson, who announced the agreement, de clined to give out details. The committee planned to see the president later in the day. Mrs. Helen S. Cohen, chair man of the Flatbush (Brooklyn) Consumers and Tenants council, told a joint congressional sub committee in New York that "Americans are not eating be cause speculators in the basic food markets are making mil lions." The subcommittee is in vestigating high living costs. Wholesale butter dropped as much as two cents a pound in New York and two and a half cents at Chicago. Wholesale eggs were unchanged to two cents a dozen lower in Chicago and down as much as four cents on top grades in New York. Oregon, Monday, September 22, 1947 First link of the new North Santiam highway is now completed and the four mile section be tween Gates and Niagara is open to traffic. Shown above is a scenic site on the new route with easy grades, safe curves and a roadbed 22 feet wide. Lower view shows some 10,000 tons of rock - hear Lakewood shattered by a 3250 pound charge of dynamite. Here the roadbed for the new highway and railroad is being "bla's,tedif"6TT"fbcTif precipice that towers above the new North Santiam highway being constructed to Detroit. . . Blast Shatters 10,000 Tons on Santiam Road By Ben Maxwell , First completed section of the new North Santiam highway, a four mile stretch between Gates and Niagara, is now open for traffic and the oiled, 22-foot roadbed with easy grades and safe curves is suggestive of what may be expected when the entire job of construction and realignment is completed some 18 months hence. Kuckenberg Construction? company of Portland, builders of the new road, started work here in May of last year. Although the new road is entirely safe for traffic at moderate speed high speed is hazardous because soft spots are certain to appear and heavy construction machin ery is using the road at all times. Now Kuckenberg is at work on a 10 mile section eastward towards Detroit. Here they will encounter some of the roughes construction yet undertaken in building Oregon's highways. On Saturday morning a charge of 65 cases of 40 percent dyna mite, a total of 3250 pounds, was loaded in 72 holes and de tonated to shatter 10,000 tons of hard rock near Lakewood. This blast removed rock needed for both ttie highway and rail road roadbed and provided ma terial essential for fills. A few hours later another heavy blast was fired at Sardine creek, a mile eastward. Work in this sector is being done under di rection of the public roads ad ministration, builders of high ways for the forest service and other agencies. Construction east of Lake wood is additionally difficult because the contractor must pre serve the tortuous old road above the new route and the railroad at or near the same level. Blasts are carefully cal culated in order that none of the existing facilities may be blocked longer than necessary. Some 200 men are employed by the contractor in this region and the number will not be materi ally decreased during winter months. Inclement weather is not expected to seriously inter fere with rough work through rock. Equipment in use at present consists of nine dump sters, six trucks, 17 tractors, two blades and six shovels. Bleacher Fire Fatal Portland, Sept. 22 (Pi Leroy O. Lewis, 54, Cottage Grove, collapsed in the bleacher seats at Vaughn street ball park here Saturday during the Portland Oakland game and was pro nounced dead on arriving at a hospital. The coroner's office attributed death to heart attack. -k No Patents on Atomic Bomb Washington, Sept. 22 (Pi The atomic energy commission's patent advisory panel doesn't want this country to apply for a patent on the A-bomb of any other type of atomic weapon. To do so, the panel said in a week-end report, would "en large" the chance of secrets leaking out. Noting that the atomic ener gy act of 1946 gives the govern ment exclusive control over in ventions in the nuclear fission field, the panel said that when applications for patents are made, they are placed in patent office files to remain there for as long as 20 years. The report disclosed that some 5,500 invention records submit ted by scientists and others who worked on the A-bomb project have been studied and that 2,300 have been recommended for fil ing with the patent office. Under the law, the govern ment may pay royalties or other compensation for inventions taken over by the commission. Hot Spell Ushers In Oregon Autumn Portland, Sept. 22 (P)--Au-tumn begins officially at 4:29 p.m. tomorrow, but nobody, ad mitted the weather bureau, would know it. The mercury zoomed to 100 degrees at North Dalles yester day. Portland had the hottest day of the entire summer, 92 degrees. The usually cool beach resort of Newport recorded 94 degrees, and so did coastal Brookings. The forecast is for even more of the same. The weather bu reau expected even hotter tem peratures this afternoon, and warned that dry east winds and falling humidities will bring acute fire danger. Many logging operations were expected to close today. "k Price Five Cents quo 'aNaona I 33aoSn oso.- Kingston Fire Fatal to Woman Stayton, Sept. 22 A body be lieved to be that of Mrs. Clar ence Murphy, about 43, was found in the ruins of the old Kingston store building at Kings ton Monday morning, following a fire which destroyed the build ing about 7:30 Sunday night. The discovery was mode by Bruce Westerberg, her son, who lives in a trailor house near by. Sheriff Miller of Linn coun ty has taken charge. The Stay- ton fire department responded to the alarm and farmers car ried water in milk cans to fight the fire. At that time it was believed nobody was in the building, used as a residence by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mur phy. Murphy had gone to the coast and it was supposed that Mrs. Murphy had accompanied him The fire which brought many people to the scene and created much excitement, was reported by Mrs. Louise Gassner, who lived nearby. Loss of building and furnishings was estimated at $5000. Tavern Owners to Meet Portland. Sept. 22 Wl The Oregon Tavern Owners associa tion will convene here tomor row and Wednesday. Pilotless Army Plane Crosses Atlantic to England Waehinelnn. SeDt. 22 (IP) The United States air force announc ed that a four-engined C-54 the first transatlantic flight in trols. The transport took off from Slephensville, Newfound land, at 2 p.m. PST, yesterday and 10 hours and 15 minutes later landed at Brise Norton, 40 miles west of London. The completely automatic flight was computed at 2400 miles. It was an experiment by the air force. The plane, which is assigned to the all-weather flying divi sion at Wilmington, O., carried a total of 15 men including an emergency crew of nine but no human hand touched the con trols on the entire flight, the air force said. It received its in formation from the American embassy in England. The flight was accomplished by self-controlled pre-sct mech anism. No "mother ship ac companied the plane. As a first phase of the experi ment, the plane was flown in Europe Seeking $19.3 Billions Under Aid Plan 16 Nations Map Needs Under Marshall Pro gram for Recovery Paris, Sept. 22 OT The 16 nations seeking Marshall plan aid said today the American people must decide whether Eu rope can recover, and set the price at $19,330,000,000 for the years 1938 through 1951. The alternative, they said, is catastrophe. Italy's foreign minister said that nation would have a re volution in two or three months unless the Italian people get bread. Representatives of the west ern European nations, winding up their -Russian - boycotted meetings, signed a report pledg- ig themselves to a program of self-help but declaring: Depend Upon U. S. "In the last analysis the ex ternal means of recovery can in the largest measure come only from the United States, which has by its assistance in the last two years already rescued Eu rope from collapse and chaos. . The American people, throuKh their government and their congress, will consider this program and determine whether the means can be found of .supplying those needs. On their decision will depend whe ther Europe can achieve eco nomic stability and thereby be enabled to make her full con tribution to the welfare of the world." The conferees, who whipped their report into shape after re ceiving many suggestions from William L. Clayton, U. S. un dersecretary of state, said the 16 nations would need approxi mately $35,000,000,000 in goods from the western hemisphere in the four years. (Concluded on Pate 13, Column 5) Food Report Given Truman Washington, Sept. 22 W President Truman got a report on the food situation at home and abroad and recommenda tions on what America should do about it from a cabinet food committee today but not action was in sight for days. Secretary of Agriculture An derson said a special session of congress was not even discussed when the food committee saw Mr. Truman. But that did not rule out the possibility that Secretary of State Marshall had talked over a separate conference with Mr. Truman the advisability of calling congress back ahead of time, or that it was aiscussea at a cabinet luncheon meeting. Both Marshall and Anderson are on the food committee along with Secretary of Commerce Harriman. After a While House meeting at which various departmental t'nder secretaries sat in, Ander son told reporters: "A report has been handed to the president on the food situa tion generally and there h a ; been a discussion with him, as well as on certain recommenda tions. He naturally, will take the report and study it and we xpect there will be comment c i it some time in three or four days." To a question whether "vo'. tarv rationing" was discussed Anderson said he didn't "think it is proper for us to get into v-t at all." Wests Golden Wedding Portland. Sept. 22 Wj Ex- Governor Oswald West, who headed this state from 1911 to 1915, and his wife, the former Mabel Hutton of Salem, cele brated their golden wedding anniversary here today. Skymaster plane today completed history without a pilot at me con this manner a few months ago from Muroc, Calif., to Wilming ton, Ohio. The transatlantic flight was commanded by Col. James M. Gillespie, Wilmington, Ohio, chief of the all-weather flying division. Five observers were aboard, representing other air force offices, the Royal air force and the Spcrry Gyroscope com pany. The plane carried about 3,700 gallons of fuel. An air force authority de scribed this successful experi ment to reporters as a practical demonstration of the possibility of "push button flying." It means in warfare that loaded bombers could be sent over targets without pilots aboard, he said. In commercial flying it might mean that cargo planes could be sent automat ically to destinations. New Storm in Gulf Moves on South Florida Winds Up to 60 MPH With Rainlaced Squalls Lash Coast New Orleans, La., Sept. 22 (fP) Winds up to 60 miles per hour only 15 miles below hurricane strength were predicted today for storm-ravaged southern Flor ida as a new tropical disturbance moved swiftly across the Gulf of Mexico. The storm center, already lashing the coast with rain-laced, whistling squalls, headed toward the Fort Myers-Tampa bay area where it was expected to move inland tonight. It was only half the intensity of the great Atlan tic hurricane, which tracked de struction across Florida and then roared across the gulf to devas tate the rich gulf coast and New Orleans. The Miami weather bureau said the newest blow was not ex pected to be dangerous. Listing Casualties However, the dismal job of tabulating casualties and proper ty damage continued along the coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and extreme northwest Florida. Forty-three were known dead, and there was apprehen sion of extensive flood damage to compound the desolation strewn by the hurricane itself. Delayed reports from Gulf port, Miss., said beach areas still were blocked off, and residents were warned away because of venomous snakes, apparently washed ashore from outlying is lands. Several reptiles were killed measuring from four to six feet in length. Beaches Sprayed With DDT Power trucks were brought from upstate Mississippi to spray beach debris with DDT and lime to control odor and Insects. State and municipal authorities con ferred Sunday on requirements, and prepared to ask the war as sets administration for relief stocks and heavy equipment to clean beaches and highways. Heavy timbers also were sought for bridge repairs. In Washington, the agriculture department estimated that last week's hurricane caused the loss of between five and seven mil lion boxes of citrus fruit in Florida. It figures the loss-at between four and five million boxes of grapefruit and one to two mil lion boxes of oranges. Florida last year produced about 30,000, 000 boxes of grapefruit and about 53,000,000 boxes of or anges. (Conoluded on Fae 11, Column 8) Red Cross on Storm Relief Washington, Sept. 22 (IP) The American Red Cross said today it nas appropriated si.uuu.uuu to meet "disaster relief needs" of stricken families in hurricane-swept Gulf states and southern Florida. Disaster relief headquarters for the whole area have been set up at three points, West Palm Beach, Fla., New Orleans and Gulfport, Miss., with W. W. Jefferson, Red Cross southeast ern area manager, directing op erations, the announcement said. This move was made to "ex pedite long term rehabilitation work, including rebuilding and repair of homes, and providing furniture and household goods," it was explained. Week-end surveys, on which reports are incomplete, indicate more than 1200 homes were de stroyed, 12000 or more damaged and that about 100,000 persons were housed and fed by the Red Cross in Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. 26 Parachute to Safety in Luzon Manila, Sept. 22 (U.R) The 28th survivor of a U. S. air transport crash in northern Lu zon Saturday was found today near Bontoc by search parties from Camp John Hay. The discovery of Vernon Meadows (address unavailable immediately) accounted for all of the 27 persons aboard the plane. The fuel ran out during a storm, and the pilot ordered a mass bailout. One was killed. The other 26 were being brought to Manila. The first 17 of the survivors arrived at Clark field, and the other nine were awaiting trans port. Small Quake Recorded Berkeley, Calif., Sept. 22 (P) A "small" earthquake was re corded on the University of California seismograph nt 6:17:52 p. m. (PST) yesterday. Prof. Perry Byerly estimated the distance at 1,100 miles, either in Mexico or near the Queen Charlotte islands off Bri tish Columbia.