I Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, Sept. 12, J949
Snow Falling
In Montana
Helena, Mont., Sept. 12 P
Snow continued falling in Mon
tana today as the first sign of
winter spread its white blanket
and freezing temperatures into
Wyoming and the Dakotas.
The Alaskan storm put its fin
ger on Montana late Saturday,
spreading more than a foot of
snow over some areas and drop
ping temperatures to as low as
20 degrees above zero today.
It will warm up rapidly as the
storm moves southward, the U.S.
weather bureau in Helena re
ported. Temperatures probably
will be back to normal in a cou
ple of days, a forecaster said.
The mountainous Helena re
gion apparently bore the brunt.
Its official snow depth of Th In
ches yesterday damaged thous
ands of trees, knocked down a
power line and slowed traffic.
It was the heaviest Septemb
er snowfall in Helena on weath
er bureau records. This morn
ing's minimum of 22 degrees
also is a new record low for this
time of year, the bureau said.
The mercury dipped to 20
above at Cut Bank, Mont., early
today. It's expected to be at least
that cold in mountain areas
again tonight. Elsewhere in the
state, temperatures of 25 to 32
are forecast.
7 Reservists
In First Flights
Seven pilots from the Naval
Air Reserve unit here had their
first try at flying from the Sa
lem Naval Air Facility Saturday
and Sunday.
None of the seven went up as
pilots and none was officially
checked out, but served as co
pilots with Lt. Comdr. Wallace
Hug, officer in charge of the fa
cility, or Lt. Stanley Fallander,
executive officer, at the controls.
Primary objective of the
flights, all of which were made
in a SNB temporarily loaned to
the facility by the Naval Air Re
serve Training Unit in Seattle,
was to familiarize the unit mem
bers with this part of the coun
try. One flight was made Saturday
morning beginning at 10:30
o'clock and two each Saturday
afternoon, Sunday morning and
Sunday afternoon.
Making the Saturday morning
flight as co-pilot with Lt. Comdr.
Hug was Lt. L. Hines. Lt. (jg)
Clenn Fravel made the first
flight Saturday afternoon as co
pilot with Hug as pilot and an
officer going as passenger was
Lt. (Jg) Cecil Dill. The second
flight Saturday afternoon was
with Lt. Fallander as pilot and
going as co-pilot was Lt. Jim
Brigham.
The Sunday morning flights
were made with Hug as pilot
and co-pilot on the first Lt. Er
nest Eldridge. On the second
was Lt. (Jg) L. R. Roth. Officers
going as passengers were First
Lt. J. H. Sullivan, USMCR, and
Ensign M. M. Bibby.
Lt. Fallander was pilot for the
Bunday afternoon flights and
co-pilot on the first flight was
Lt. Ed. Schiess. Going on the
second flight as co-pilot was Lt.
jg W. M. Wood.
Enlisted personnel also had an
opportunity to make flights as
passengers, with one of that
group a Wave, SR (W) Marlon
M. Hines. Other enlisted person
nel making flights as passengers
were AE1 C. W. Swigart, AE2
W. U. Orientation Period
Begins With 300 Students
Orientation for some 300 freshmen and now students accepted
for Willamette university's 107th year began on the campus
Monday morning and will continue throughout the week.
The 300 were accepted in connection with Willamette's policy
of limited enrollment and orientation will include extensive
placement examinations, campus
Indoctrination, group meetings. ttr c cownn. Tiiomm. m, Furry, onuid
and talks by various university
officials and student body off i
cor5, Regular class work will begin
In all departments Sept. 20 for
the approximately 1100 students
who are expected to enroll.
The freshman class will rep
resent 62 Oregon communities,
18 in California, 21 In Washing
ton and five In Idaho. i
Those registering from Salem
Include:
Thomaa A Arhrinn, Leon L Andre.
Wayne H. Blair, Jack L. Brook i, Donald
H Uurll. David Botelt. Richard H. Cork
liif. Dal Carolhm. Doiiflat F Dourh
ertv, Michael 14. Domhownky, Dthl K
(lr',at, ttoer L. Hawlry. Richard L
1sk, Paul O. Jewell. Jack L Kelkel,
Olrn W Kleen, Dwiiht V Lamb. Jack
1 I .aren Jo me R I out Vi an, Dan B
Marry, Kdward W Mulkey. Allan John
Ol.on. Riberi C Paltlion Deen P. Pau
Inv JiniM K. Phipp Richard I,. Ret
rrann. (ieorie p. Henner, Philip H. Htn
le, John D Ro. kenfrller, Loren I,. Saw
jrer. Thomat Bchelciel, .lame R, Bwliier.
William T Raldwtn, rrankllo W. Blank,
Jam C Rradihaw, Rruce L. Coon. Pr-
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Blames Pentagon . Capt.
John G. Crommclin (above)
of the U. S. navy said the Na
vy's attack power is being
wrecked in the Pentagon and
that he is throwing away his
30-year career by saying so
publicly. (AP Wirephoto)
Says Pentagon
Scuttling Navy
Washington, Sept. 12 W) The
head of the naval air training
program spoke out strongly to
day in support of the flying cap
tain who charged that navy of
fensive strength is being scut
tled. "When John Crommclin, a
great naval officer and a very
superb naval aviator, speaks,
the American people should lis
ten to him."
Those were the closing words
in a statement by Rear Admiral
Austin K. Doyle of Glenvicw,
111.
Crommelin issued a statement
Saturday in which he protested
that navy power is being wreck
ed in the Pentagon, headquar
ters of the armed services. He
said it is being "nibbled to
death" and navy morale destroy
ed.
The navy and air force for
several years have engaged in a
bitter dispute over their respec
tive roles in strategic warfare.
The 48-year-old captain said
that in making his statements
he knew he was breaking regu
lations and expected he was
throwing overboard his 30-year
navy career.
A navy spokesman told a re
porter today, however,, that
"Cromrr.elin has not been sus
pended. The captain, who
works under the Joint chiefs of
staff, showed up for duty as
usual. During the morning he
attended a meeting of his group
which does spadework on Amer
ica's top secret war plans."
McKay Proclaims Week
Gov. Douglas McKay todav
directed attention to observance
of "Religious Education Week."
Sept. 25 to Oct. 2, and said "a
need exists for cooperation be
tween agencies of good faith so
that their spiritual benefits may
be extended to all persons of all
ages In all walks of life."
J. B. West fall, S 1c F. Tcrlow,
ATI B. R. Roberts, AM2 K. J.
Taylor, AD2 B. J. Rodgcrs, SRW
J. B. Doyal, AEMSN C. L. Frey,
ATCA A. C. Knrlght, Jack Van
Cleave, ESTC T. J. Riches, AD1
W. C. Kencller and AM2 G. H.
Haworth.
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More Navy Ships
For Mothballs
Washington, Sept. 12 W) The
navy, with an ear to predictions
of broadscale reductions in mil
itnrv nnHintf In th next fiscal
year, already Is getting ready!
to put more warships on the
shelf.
Starting later this month, the
navy will begin to take ships I
out of the active fleet and tie
them up.
The program will continue
throughout the rest of this year
and in the first half of next.
The idea is that by the time the
navy starts operating with funds
for the 1951 fiscal year (start
ing next July 1) it will be pared
down to fit the present guess
of navy officials about the bud-
I get's size.
i To the laid-up ilect, along with
several carriers, will go other
ships that support modern day
carrier task forces including
destroyers and probably some
cruisers.
The defense department is
scheduled to send the prelimi
nary estimate of fiscal 1951's
money needs to the budget bu
reau on September 15.
Most talk Is that the overall
budget for the army, navy and
air force will be between $13,-
400,000,000 and $13,700,000,000
Pearson Mum
Upon Handout
Stat, Treasurer Walter
Pearson today was mum
charges that he was using state
printing facilties for political
propaganda purposes.
Pearson, a democrat, was put
on the spot by the Capital Jour
nal which charged that he was
politicing by distributing state
printed advertisements of his of
fice at the Oregon State Fair.
The Capital Journal repro
duced a copy of the printed
handout showing a state treas
urer's check for $1,994,920
signed by Pearson in favor. of
the federal reserve bank. Boast
ing of 13 duties of the state
treasurer, the statement said,
"the above check was signed for
you by your state treasurer as
one of the many huge financial
transactions annually involving
approximately $300,000,000 of
state funds and securities . . .
Realizing that the business of
the state of Oregon is your busi
ness, your state treasurer wel
comes your inquiries and sug
gestions, and extends to you an
invitation to visit him whenever
possible."
The Capital Journal further
charged that "some high state
authority has silenced employes
of the state printing department
relative to costs of literature
printed for State Treasurer Wal
ter J. Pearson."
Pearson told United Press
that he had "no comment." He
said the "whole case speaks for
itself."
Recall Threatened
On Malheur Judge
Ontario, Ore., Sept. 12 W)
A petition for a recall election
against Malheur county Judge
Irwin Troxell has been filed
with the county clerk' office.
The petition,' signed by Earl
Allen, a farmer near Vale,
charged that "Troxell has as
sumed arbitrary, capricious and
vindictive manner and attitude
toward the citizens of Malheur
county and their complaints."
There was no further explan
ation by petition backers, but
it was believed In political cir
cles that a recent dispute with
county road workers involving
wages on road project work had
prompted the recall move.
Signatures of 676 qualified
electors must be obtained with
in 90 days for a special recall
election to be authorized. Coun
ty Clerk Harry Sackett estimat
ed the election would cost more
than $2,000.
Autumn Arrives in Oregon
Portland, Sept. 12 tP) The
first finger of winter touched
Oregon today. There was no
j snOW,
but the mercury sank
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Sub Survivors Home The USS Tusk lies alongside a pier at
the Groton, Conn., following its arrival with survivors of the
U. S. submarine base at Groton, Conn., following its arrival
with survivors of the USS Cochino that burned and sank off
the coast of Norway last month while on maneuvers in Arctic
waters. Anxious relatives gather on the pier as survivors leave
the vessel. (AP Wirephoto)
Warden Skeptical of Benson
Story of Pinson's Death
William P. Benson, who escaped with John O. Vinson from
the Oregon state prison under a hail of bullets May 30, will soon
be back inside the penitentiary walls, prison warden George Alex
ander said Monday.
The escapee, who was captured after a suicide attempt in
Truman to Delay
Namingof Judge
Washington, Sept. 12 M)
President Truman is expected to
wait a while before naming a
new supreme court justice to
take the place of the late Wiley
Rutledge.
Snecifically he is expected to
wait if his choice is Attorney
General J. Howard McGrath as
most political observers antici
pate. McGroth has been attorney
general for less than three weeks
and Mr. Truman may want to
keep him in the justice depart
ment for a time.
The next term of the supreme
court will open October 3, but it
is not essential that all its nine I
places be filled at the start. As
it is, there will be one newcom
er former Attorney General
Tom Clark.
That vacancy was created by
the death Saturday night of Jus
tice Rutledge at York, Me., fol
lowing a cerebral hemorrhage.
Rutledge's death came less than
two months after that of Justice
Frank Murphy, whose spot Clark
will now take over.
Funeral services for Justice
Rutledge, 55, will be held Wed
nesday at the Washington Unita
rian church, which he attended.
The body was brought from New
England last night.
120 Sign-up for
Blood Donations
Some 120 persons are signed
up to donate blood at the mo
bile unit to be in operation at
the First Methodist church.
Tuesday, between the hours of
3 and 7 p. m., reports the Red
Cross office.
Persons not having appoint
ments who wish to donate are
asked to stop by, the unit being
able to accommodate the occa
sional drop-ins.
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Columbus, Ohio, last week, has
waived extradition, and two
Oregon penitentiary guards are
now on their way to Ohio to re
turn him here.
Alexander, anxious to ques
tion Benson further, expresses
doubt in the story Benson told
to Columbus officials about his
escape partner, Pinson, being
buried "somewhere in the brush
in the Salem area."
Benson claims that Pinson was
shot in the right shoulder and
left hip during the escape and
that he had died about a week
later. Benson says he buried
him.
The prison wall guard who
saw the two convicts drop off
the wall early Memorial day
morning fired five shots at the
fleeing men, and is almost cer
tain that he hit one of them.
However, Alexander still dis
counts Benson's story on the
theory that it would be im
possible for Pinson and Benson
to hide in the Salem area for a
week following their escape.
Alexander points out that an
intense manhunt continued in
this area for several days fol
lowing the escape, and that
anyone hiding would have surely
been detected.
No search for any possible
grave will be made until Ben
son gives authorities more to go
on.
Pinson was regarded as high
ly dangerous. He was serving
a life sentence for murder of a
state policeman. Benson was
serving a seven-year armed rob
bery sentence.
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Five Drown on
Oregon Coast
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Five persons drowned in the
Pacific surf along the Oregon
coast over the week-end, three of
them at Pacific City where an
amphibious craft overturned yes
terday and dumped nine men
and women into the ocean.
The other two victims were
lost along the southern Oregon
coast near Cool Bay and Flor
ence Saturday.
Drowned in a dukw upset were
Donald Haussman, 18, Portland;
Zack Fitzgerald and Willard
Linn, both of Boring.
Haussman's father, Fitzgerald's
brother, and Linn's wife were
among the six dukw occupants
washed safely ashore after fight
ing heavy seas for 'as long as
an hour.
The dukw, christened the
"Pride of Pacific City" and
launched only a week ago as a
tourist attraction, overturned
about a quarter-mile from shore.
One survivor, Joseph Schwab,
said heavy combers battered the
craft. One wave washed Linn
overboard. The others donned
lifejackets, and then another
3 comDer aumpea mem an into ine
3' sea.
The surf was too rough to
launch a lifeboat. Coastguards-
men from Astoria, thinking
Haussman and Fitzgerald might
be floating In their lifejackets,
flew over the area trying vain
ly to locate the men.
The boat was one of three op-
crated by Don Clearwater, Port
land. The skipper, Ray Russel,
Pacific City, was among those
to reach shore.
The Saturday drownings took
the lives of Harold W. Curry,
29, Sutherlin, who was swept
into the surf near Florence while
fishing from the rocks, and
Lloyd Mael, Empire, who dis
appeared when an outboard mo
torboat capsized at the mouth of
Coos Bay. Sports fishermen res
cued Mael's companion, Eugene
Darco, also of Empire.
Airmen Forced Down
Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 12 U.R)
Two Italian airmen attempt
ing to fly a single-engined plane
westward across the Atlantic
have been forced down In the
Azores by a plugged gasoline
line.
The two fliers are John Bron
dello, 36, a soldier of fortune,
who fought for Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek against the
Japanese, and his co-pilot, Capt.
Camillo Barioglio of the Ital
ian air force.
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Club Program
The Salem YMCA will Inaug
urate its fall and winter club
program this week when a num
ber of groups will meet for the
first time under the supervision
of Roth Holtz, boys' work secre
tary. Wednesday noon at the high
school a cabinet meeting of the
Hi-Y clubs will be held when
officers will be elected. The
three senior Hi Y clubs will as
semble at the YMCA at 7:30
Wednesday night for a discussion
of policies and programs as out
lined during the recent Silver
Creek camp conference.
The Parrish and Leslie junior
HI Y clubs will confer, Thurs
day avening in a program map
ping conference.
The "Rangers," 10-year-old
boys, will hold their first meet
ing Friday afternoon in connec
tion with a program built around
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At 10 o'clock next Saturday
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group includes nine year old
boys for which programs of
games, stunts and movies are be
ing arranged.
Red Set-backs Near. Canton
Canton, Sept. 12 (Pi Red set
backs on all south China fronts
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defense.
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