Board to Await
Court Action on
Age Pension Act
Neuner Holds Act
Inoperative but
Board Sits Tight
Threaten Suit
On Kingwood
Concrete Wall
Centers Debate
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The state board of control
agreed today to "sit tight" and
wait for court action before tsk
inr steps to comply with Ore
gon's new old-age pension act.
Meanwhile, the board will ask
Attorney General George Neu
ner for an opinion stating defi
nitely whether or not the act,
passed in last Tuesday'i general
election, is constitutional.
Neuner said in a memorandum
opinion yesterday that the law
is "Incomplete, inoperative and
not self-executing."
No Certificates Planned
Gov. John H. Hall, himself a
lawyer, said "This matter is too
far reaching to just abide by an
attorney general's ruling. It's
going to the supreme court any
way. We might as well sit tight
and wait until it gets up there."
Hall referred to the measure
as an "old age monstrosity."
The act provides that the
board of control must issue cer
tificates of indebtedness to carry
out payment of pensions until
the legislature provides other fi
nancing means.
"I'm not going to sign any
certificates of indebtedness,"
said Hall, "until the court rules."
Mandamus Action
"The sooner it gets to the su
preme court, the better," he ad
ded. "We are just delaying the
day of judgment otherwise."
Hall said the quickest way to
get the question settled would be
mandamus action brought up by
some interested person.
George Aiken, state budget
director, told the board that if
the law is not clarified by Dec.
1. federal assistance for old age
relief may be shut off.
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry and Treasurer Leslie
M. Scott agreed with Hall that
"the best policy is to sit tight.1
Earlier HaU said flatly he
would not call a special legisla
tive session to untangle the act.
Formal Opinion Later
Neuner said he would deliver
a formal opinion later, possibly
Wednesday, but in the meantime
the act appeared to him to be
"incomplete, inoperative and not
self-executing."
This meant, he added, that the
plan could not go Into operation
until the state legislature
amends and Implements It early
next year. In Its present form
the act is of "very questionable
constitutionality," he said.
State officials prepared to re
sume the regular state old-age
assistance payments. They had
been held back in fear that the
new law would jeopardize them.
It was understood here that
the federal social security board
was satisfied with Neuner's
statement and would continue
Its share of the old-age assist
ance payments.
The attorney general's opin-
ion is expected to be the fore
runner of a court test of the
pension plan.
It also was expected that the
state would not offer bonds for
sale until the court test is set
tled. Its credit rating impaired
by the pension plan, Oregon
found last week that all major
investment companies refused to
bid on bond offerings.
Demos Refuse
To Purge Party
Washington, Nov. 9 VP) Dem
ocratic leaders turned a cold
shoulder today on the proposal
of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt that
states' rights supporters be purg
ed from the party.
National Chairman J. Howard
McGrath told a reporter it will
be up to the democratic mem
bers of the house and senate to
decide who gets the prized chair
manships in the new congress.
He indicated the national com
mittee doesn't want to mix in
any such possible fight.
He hinted further but didn't
aay so flatly that any reprisal
program such as Mrs. Roosevelt
suggested wouldn't fit in with
current efforts to solidify demo
crats behind the legislative pro
posals President Truman will
send to congress in January.
In a radio broadcast from Par
Is yesterday, Mrs. Roosevelt said
she would like to see "the per
manent ousting of the southern
Dlxiecrata from the democratic
party.
THE WEATHER
(Released by United State
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Fair tonight and Wednes
day, except tor morning fog.
Slightly warmer afternoon tem
peratures. Lowest temperature
expected tonight, M degrees;
highest Wednesday. M. Msxl
num yesterday 51. Minimum to
day W. Mean temperature yes
terday 34 which was 10 below
normal. Total J4-hour precipita
tion to 11:30 ajn. today 0. Total
precipitation for the month 3 64
which is 1.03 Inches above nor
mal. Willamette river height at
Salem Tuesday morning, -.( of
a foot.
Soviet Bloc in
Filibuster on
Balkan Issue
Paris, Nov. 9 W John Foster
Dulles charged tonight the Sov
iet bloc is conducting a filibuster
in the United Nations to frus
trate action on the Balkans is
sue.
The Russian-controlled Slav
minority denied the American
delegate's charge.
Dulles spoke before the UN
political committee after hours
of debate on both sides about ef
forts to stop the civil war in
Greece. He said the tactics of
the minority are frustrating the
General Assembly more than
the veto has frustrated the Se
curity Council.
Ask for Settlement
The committee made slow pro
gress. It did, however, vote to
ask Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and
Albania to co-operate with
Greece in settling the Balkan
crisis. Yugoslavia promptly
served notice she would contin
ue to boycott the UN commission
on the Balkans (UNSCOB).
A four-power resolution was
before the committee, condemn
ing the three communist neigh
bor states on charges of aiding
Greek guerrillas.
Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian
premier and committee chair
man, urged the committee not to
invoke a rule limiting debate.
He asked for patience with long
winded speakers.
Egypt complained to the UN
that Israeli troops were attack
ing Egyptian forces in the Falu-
ja area of southern Palestine in
defiance of a UN truce order.
(Concluded on Pare 16, Column 6)
Red Controls
To Seal Berlin
Berlin, Nov. 9 (P) The Rus
sians imposed new tiaffic con
trols today in an effort to seal
off the last trickle of supplies
from the Soviet sector into
blockaded western Berlin.
The Russians announced they
had set up six major roadblocks
at sector borders to inspect all
vehicular traffic. The points are
manned by Soviet controlled
German police with Russian
forces in reserve.
No foodstuffs or other cargo
are being passed, unless accom
panied by "release permits'
signed by communist city offi
cials. All other cargo is being
confiscated.
The Soviet announcement said
tne tigntened measures are
necessary "to protect the econ
omy of the Soviet sector of Ber
lin and the Russian occupation
zone."
Heretofore their traffic con
trols within the city have been
spasmodic and contained certain
loopholes.
William T. Babcock. U. S. dep
uty commandant, said he believ
ed the newest Soviet action was
connected with Russian sus
picion that the western powers
would soon use only their own
currency in West Berlin.
Pacific Power Gets Loan
Washington, Nov. 9 (IP) The
Pacific Power & Light Co.
Portland, Ore., has been grant
ed authority to borrow $3,500,
000 from the National Bank and
Trust Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. The
utility advised the securities
and exchange commission that
the sum would finance new con
struction.
Cop Saxes Truck Driver
From Death in Fiery Truck
A logging truck driver, saved from a flaming, gasoline-soaked
cab. owed his life today to the quickthinking action of Orrin O.
White, a Salem police officer.
White, however, is still puzzled about the accident ana the res
cue because "it ail happened so
'I was shopping in the little-
grocery at the northwest side of
the intersection when passen
ger car hit the truck," White
tells.
"The car smashed Into a fuel
tank under the cab and It cre
ated an amazing inferno, setting
the logs, the passenger car and
the truck on fire.
"Both passengers of the car
were thrown clear, so the one
that needed help was the driver.
I didn't think I Just went In
after him. The driver knew me,
but I couldn't recognize him, he
was so badly burned. Although
he kept calling. White, get me
out.' he wouldn't let go of the
steering wheel. I had to force
him out."
The patrolman, who wai off
duty at the time, said that only
later when he learned the Iden
tification of tha trucker, Rich
Spirit of Doom
Hangs Over Old
Chinese Capital
Peiping. Nov. OP) This fa
bled, spiritual capital of China
already is beginning to wear the
garments of doom, although
there are no powerful red forces
within 200 miles.
The greatest flurry has been
caused by the order of retired
U. S. Maj. Gen. Clair Chennault
to close the Peiping office of his
Chinese Air Transport Corp. The
air line for more than a year had
been the most tangible symbol
here of the Nationalist resistance
north of the Yellow river.
Withdrawal of CAT person
nel began Monday and all day
the company s offices were be
sieged by jittery Chinese seek
ing passage.
Now Panic Prevails
Now panic is on.
The principal topic of conver
sation Are you going or stay
ing? Most foreigners are shipping
their belongings out. Chinese
in the black market which
flourishes In transportation as
elsewhere are offering from
3000 gold yuan up for passage
to Shanghai. Individuals and
groups are chartering planes in
their efforts to get away.
Of approximately 500 Ameri
cans here, between 120 and 150
already have indicated their in
tention to get out as quickly as
possible. Forty seven of the
approximately 280 Britons have
followed suit.
Meanwhile, the communists
continued to clip off the strate
gic towns flanking Suchow, last
gateway to the capital of Nan
king.
Reds Capture Cities
Hanchuang, Tangshan and
Tancheng, which are 20, 30 and
50 miles north, west and east of
Suchow respectively, were re
ported to have fallen to reds un
der Gen. Chen Yi. There was
no official confirmation.
Other red forces were report
ed drawing nearer to Pengpu
120 miles north of Nanking and
threatening seriously the Nan-king-Suchow
corridor. Traffic
between Suchow, and Pengpu
has been suspended because of
rail wrecking by the commu
nists. The Nanking-Pengpu sec
tion offers no regular service.
Truman Not to
Address AFL
Washington, Nov. 9 U-B
President Truman has turned
down a bid to address the AFL
convention in Cincinnati next
week, but he will send a spe
cial message to be read to the
delegates.
The president, who is now va
cationing at Key West, Fla., also
has an invitation to speak at the
CIO convention in Portland
Ore., the following week. He
has not replied as yet.
AFL President William Green
said that among those who have
accepted bids to speak are Sec
retary of Labor Maurice J. To
bin, Economic Corporation Ad
ministrator Paul G. Hoffman
and Presidential Assistant John
R. Steelman. Vice President-elect
Alben W. Barkley and Senator-elect
Hubert H. Humphrey
(D., Minn.) also have been
asked.
The CIO has received accept
ances from Associate Justice
William O. Douglas of the su
preme court, Sen. Wayne Morse
(R., Ore.) and Walter White,
executive secretary of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People.
fast."
ard O. Brown, 1140 N. Capitol.
was he able to remember him as
a long-time friend. He mini
mized his own reported injury
by saying he was "Just singed."
Brown and Samuel J. Lindley,
Harper, a passenger In the car
which struck the truck, were re
ported seriously burned by Sa
lem General hospital officials.
The driver of the light car, John
LaGrander, Drain, was not so se
riously Injured, and his condi
tion was reported good. La
Grander and Lindley are service
men stationed at McChord field,
Tacoma.
The car and truck tractor were
a total loss, but the logs were
saved by the Salem fire depart
ment crew which spent more
than a half hour battling the gas
oline fire.
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An Orchid for Mrs. Kells A dinner at the YMCA Monday
evening honoring Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kells, retiring after
27 years of devotion to YMCA work in Salem, brought recog
nition to Mrs. Kells in form of an orchid presented by Paul
Wallace, veteran member of the board. Mr. Kells was awarded
a book of letters from friends commemorating his services as
secretary. From left: Mrs. Paul Wallace, Mrs. Kells, Paul
Wallace and Mr. Kells. (Story on Page 15)
Save $47,000 by
Making Sewer Pipe
Weary with waiting on the contractor to get action, the city
administration will itself manufacture the concrete pipe for the
interceptor sewer project.
An estimated $47,040 will be
Some months ago the city called for bids for construction of
the interceptor sewer. The one
bid received for the whole proj
ect and another for part of the
oroject were beyond all reason,
so the city decided to do the job
on force account.
But it was still proposed to
have the pipe manufactured by
contract and a bid of $152,140
from the Collins Concrete Pipe
company was accepted. The
company was to set up a plant
in the city and make the pipe
here. . . ,
Then came prolonged delay.
One reason given for the delay
was shortage of reinforcing
steel.
City Manager J. L. Franzen
told the city council Monday
night that the city can manufac
ture its own pipe at an estimated
cost of $105,100 and he intro
duced a resolution authorizing
him to purchase the necessary
materials. The resolution was
adopted.
The materials will include
pipes, conduits, cement, rein
forcing steel and other necessary
articles at prices the manager
may consider reasonable. The
resolution sets out that the coun
cil deems it impractical to call
for bids because of the exper
ience already had with bidders.
Franzen said steel for manu
facture of the reinforcing mesh
and also cement may be hard to
get. but he believes they can be
found in sufficient quantity. Of
the two materials steel is the
hardest to find on the market
The sewer pipe to be made
will be 1320 feet of 72-inch pipe.
1660 feet of 66-inch, and 7850
feet of 60-inch.
The manufacturing plant will
be set up on the North River
road property owned by the city
that is to be the later location
of a sewage disposal plant. An
inexpensive building will be
constructed on the property to
house the plant.
The cost of the sewer con
struction and the pipe manufac
ture will come out of the $815,
000 bond authorization voted by
the people last spring of which
$600,000 is earmarked for the
disposal plant.
The city Is not tied up with
the Collins company. Although
the Collins bid for making the
pipe was acceptable no contract
was signed, and since the con
tractor has made no progress in
the project the city is at lib
erty to go ahead.
Maritime Strike
In East Averted
New York, Nov. 8 u.ft Ag
reement on 10-cent hourly
wage increase ended today the
threat of a strike by 60,000 AFL
longshoremen in Atlantic and
gulf ports. The walkout had
been set for midnight tonight,
Thomas R. Steutel, U. S. con
ciliation commissioner, a n
nounced the agreement after a
six hour session last night be
tween Joseph P. Ryan, inter
national president of the Inter
national Longshoremen's associ
ation (AFL). and representa
tives of the New York Shipping
association.
saved.
Fire and Wind
Hit Santa Ana
Santa Ana, Calif., Nov. 9 VP)
The raging Santa Ana moun
tains brush fire shot today into
Silverado canyon, an area of
some 350 beautiful homes and!
estates.
All residents had been evacu
ated but hundreds of fire fight
ers were battling to save the
homes, many of them owned by
wealthy Santa Ana and Orange
businessmen.
A. G Brennein, federal for
est supervisor, said there were
1,350 men fighting the gale-
swept blaze which so far has
burned over some 43,000 acres,
and is about a half-mile from
the home area proper.
Damage mounted into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars
as the southern California wind
storm and fire raged along an
18-mile front.
The weather bureau was en
couraging, however. Winds
which on occasion reached hur
ricane force in mountain pass
es had dropped to 35 to 40 miles
an hour today and were expect
ed to almost die out by night.
Havoc caused by the gales
hit most of the southern section
of the state, except Los Angeles.
Citrus loss between San Bernar
dino and Ontario was heavy.
Truman Ignores
Cabinet Rumors
Key West, Fla., Nov. 9 U
President Truman's vacation
headquarters took on the air of
a rumor mill today and the chief
executive himself wasn't offer
ing the gucsscrs any help.
While Mr. Truman concentrat
ed on enjoying his tropical va
cation there were unconfirmed
reports and romors that:
1. Major cabinet shakeups
already are in the making.
2. Nobody will be fired but
some will quit.
3. President Prio of Cuba is
coming here to vlst Mr Truman
4. Mr. Truman is going on a
Caribbean cruise.
The cabinet shakeup rumors
arose naturally from the ex pec
tation that there would be some
changes in the president's offi
cial family by the time his new
administration begins Jan. 20
Whether decisions ad been
reached already was not known
officially.
The speculation about a meet
ing between Mr. Truman and
President Prio was based on re
ports that ambassador to Cuba
Robert Butler was on his way to
set it up.
The idea of a Caribbean
cruise came from the fact that
the presidential yacht Williams
burg Is anchored here It could
be explained, just as easily, that
the yacht almost always is here
while Mr. Truman Is around.
Ramage Jerks
Hat From Senate
John Ramage of Woodburn
who had at least two members
of the county court in a mood to
vote for him as state senatorial
appointment to succeed Gover
nor-elect Douglas McKay, read
himself out of the race indefi
nitely Monday when he appear
ed before the court with Winton
Hunt, also Woodburn candidate
introduced him and advised the
court he was still his candidate
and so the Ramage boom which
originated with some of the
court members themselves dis
solved into air.
A new name has been injected
by some farmer union members
in that of Harley Libby of Jef
ferson, which counts two farmer
union suppoited candidates, the
other being Ronald Jones, for
mer legislator from Brooks, and
head of the state organization.
J. he juggernaut for Carl Hogg
Salem supported member, really
started rolling Tuesday when a
grist of letters came into the
court from Salem business men
at least one of them in the form
of a petition bearing quite a
long list of names and others be
ing in the shape of personal let
ters, expected to be just the
start of a stream of them yet to
come.
Court members still continue
mum as to the possibility of the
selectee and are expected to re
main so until County Judge
Grant Murphy gets back from
Oklahoma City in December and
a decision finally is reached. In
tho meantime the numerous en
dorsements, recommendations
and letters of praise will be fil
ed in their respective niches in
the county archives to be taken
out again when the weighing in
starts for the real battle royal
next month.
Elizabeth's Baby to
Be Royal Highness
London, Nov. 9 P) King
George VI announced tonight he
will confer the title of prince
or princess of Edinburgh on
Princess Elizabeth's baby and
style it royal highness."
Otherwise, a boy child would
have been only an earl taking
one of Prince Philip's titles, the
earl of Marioncth and a girl
child would have been known
as Lady Mountbattcn, taking its
own Christian name and its fath
er's surname.
The king's decision was made
In letters patent, published in
the London Gazette,
Drunks Who Tried to
Whip Cop Behind Bars
Two drunks who promised they could "whip any cop in Salem"
and attempted to begin on Patrolman Harley Cordray were be
hind bars in the city jail Tuesday awaiting cash to pay $3.10 in
fines.
Cordray, who patrols the north section of Salem alone on the
graveyard shift of the Salem
force, stopped a panel truck
early Tuesday to question the
operator about his driving.
Without provocation, the of
ficer's report said, Clayton W
Eiscle, Oregon City, got out of
the machine and assaulted him.
Eisele and a companion who tem
porarily escaped anest, Sam
Mathew Ivison of Portland, had
told the officer they could whip
any policeman in the city.
While Cordray battled In de
fend himself from the assault of
Eisele, Ivison drove off. The
Oregon City man was finally
flattened with a blow which
broke Cordray'a right hand.
Ivison was picked up on
drunk driving charge by Officer
Arch L. Wilson later. Ivison of-
fered no argument when he wasjplained.
Opposition Said to
Center in Operators
of Pinball Machines
Threat of an injunction suit
ito keep the city of Salem from
completing the annexation of
the Kingwood water distrirt in
! Polk county is said to center in
I the ownership and operation of
two beer taverns near the west
I end of the Salem-West Salem
nriage.
Both places operate pinball
games, which are not permitted
in Salem. When the annexation
is completed the games will au
tomatically be outlawed in the
area where the taverns are lo
cated, since it is part of the an
nexed district.
The two are the Maple Tree,
operated by P. P. Benson and
located on property owned by
Glenn Lewis, and the place
known as Wink's, operated by
E. J. Winkenwerdcr. The latter
recently moved from West Sa
lem into the area outside the
city limits. Pinball games are
not operated within the city li
mits of West Salem.
Council Canvasses Vote
Paul Burris appeared before
the city council Monday night
as attorney for certain property
owners of the annexed district
and requested that the council
delay the official canvass of the
vote to enable him to marshal
his arguments for the injunc
tion. The council went ahead
and canvassed the vote, but the
annexation has not yet been
proclaimed by Mayor Robert L,
Elfstrom. That probably will be
done this week, Elfstrom said
The proclamation will make the
annexation effective.
In reply to Burris, City At
torney Chris J. Kowitz said the
law required that the vote bp
canvassed at the next regular
meeting after election, or at a
special meeting, and that It
would in no way prejudice the
right of anyone to bring suit,
Clients Not Revealed
Burris did not reveal to the
council who his clients were,
and the city attorney said other
attorneys were interested In t
possible suit.
One argument that It was re
ported might be used against the
annexation was that the law
permitting merger of cities may
not apply to unincorporated
areas. However, City Attorney
Kowitz says the question in
volved is not one of merger,
but of annexation.
Another possible argument
pertains to the manner of hold
ing the election, the opponents
of the annexation contending
that persons owning property in
the district should be allowed
to vote although they may live
and regularly vote in a precinct
outside the annexation district
Brightest Come!
Flashes in Sky
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 9 VP)
The new comet rushing through
the sky was reported today
"brighter than Venus."
And It was leading astrono
mers here on a merry chase;
they were having a hard time
charting its path.
Until they determine the di
rection it's moving, they can't
tell when and where to look for
it.
In Los Angeles, Dr. Dinsmore
Alter, director of Griffith obser
vatory, called it "the most beau
tiful comet since Halley's in
1910."
Dr. Alter watched the comet
before dawn as it rose over the
slope of Mt. Wilson. He said he
followed it for an hour with the
naked eye and field glasses.
"It showed a peculiar sheath
like effect of the head, preced
ing the nucleus and then sweep
ing backward to form the long,
bright tail."
arrested and Wilson was not
aware that the man was being
sought by Cordray at the time
Eisele was fined $125 on a
charge of being drunk and dis
orderly while his companion,
Ivison, was fined $200 on the
drunk driving charge, with a 30
day Jail sentence to be suspend
ed upon payment of the fine. His
license was revoked for a year
He was also fined $5 for a void
driver's license. ,
Cordray, a slight but wiry of
ficer, said he would be back on
his beat Tuesday night despite
his injured hand.
"It'll take more than a little
fight with a couple of drunks to
keep me olf my beat," he ex-
By Aldermen
Strip Needed for High
way Wanted forTrada
Area Parking Space
A concrete wall three feet
high that the Pacitic Mutual
Life Insurance company la
ready to build on Southern Pa
cific property parallel with the
insurance company's trading
center project on North Capitol
may interfere with the later re
location of Highway 93E, now
on North Capitol.
Involved in an argument in
the city council Monday night
was the question whether the
city of Salem or Pacific Mutual
will ultimately be the purchaser
of a strip of land west of and
parallel to the Southern Pacifie
right of way.
It is this strip that the city
talks of acquiring as a new lo
cation for the highway. Pacific
.Mutual wants it, temporarily at
least, as parking space for the
cars of customers of the trading
center.
The argument came up when
a special committee headed by
Alderman Gille introduced a
resolution requesting the stat
highway commission to make an
early decision on the relocation
of Highway 99E.
City Has Priority
City Manager J. L. Franzen
and Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom
mentioned that the Southern
Pacific had given the city first
priority for the purchase and
believed the' railroad company
would protect the city. Gill
wasn't so sure.
'I can't understand," he said.
"why the Insurance company
would spend several thousand
dollars on a wall unless it had
some assurance it was going to
own the property."
Gille said a trench had been
dug and forms made for tha
concrete wall.
It was brought out In the dis
cussion that Pacific Mutual
made offers to buy the strip to
the San Francisco office of the
railroad company, where it was
informed the Portland office
had jurisdiction. The Portland
office, it is said, recognizes the
city's priority.
The city manager was asked
to inquire further into the situ
ation in the next two weeks.
Resolutions Adopted
The committee resolution ask
ing the" highway commission to
make an early decision on the
highway relocation was adopt
ed. Gille said the commission
was opposed to the present
North Capitol route as a per
manent location, but had an
nounced no definite plan. Gill
urged that the council "carry
through with the city long-rang
planning commission" in th
recommendations for an arteri
al street system.
Also adopted was a resolution
by the special committee for th
widening of North Capitol from
Court to Union street. The reso
lution did not mention a ban an
automobile parking, which, on
protest of North Salem business
men, resulted in defeat of a sim
ilar, but more extensive, resolu
tion two weeks ago.
Jet Planes Cause
Rumors of Distress
McChord Field, Wash., Nov. 9
McChord field said today
navy jet fighters cruising the
southern Washington skies late
yesterday accounted for a flurry
of reports of airplanes in dis
tress. Residents In Vancouver, La
Center, and Kelso, Wash., phon
ed that airplanes trailing smok
had Just passed overhead.
One logger near Silverstar
countain said he saw a plane
crash in flames after he watched
It trail smoke for several min
utes. The Washington slate patrol
said it was probably sunlight on
the craft's silvery wings that
looked like fire. The "smoke"
was probably vapor from the Jet
engine.
No aircraft were reported ov
erdue. Tropical Storm
Brewing in Atlantic
Miami, Fla., Nov. 9 UPJ The
weather bureau here reported at
10:30 a.m. EST today that
storm of "tropical character"
had formed in the Atlantic
ocean about 400 miles northeast
of Nassau.
A weather advisory issued by
Forecaster Grady Norton said
the storm was centered at 10:30
a m. in the vicinity of latitude
27 to 28 north, longitude 71 to
72 west. The advisory said it
was apparently moving west
northwest at approximately 18
to 18 miles per hour.
"This storm may be increasing
in intensity and caution is ad
vised for shipping in its vicin
ity." (he advisory said.
Hurricane hunter planes were
dispatched to investigate th
area.