2 Capital Journal, Salem, Or.t Friday, November 11, 1949
Pool Confesses
Theft of Car
Edgar Allen Pool, on parole
from the state penitentiary from
a car theft charge, is back in
county jail here after being ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff Scott
and State Police Officer Regal
on a similar charge. He has
aigned a confession.
It all started November 2
when Deputy Sheriff Scott cited
Pool near Mehama to appear in
district court for a traffic vio
lation. Pool was in the stolen
car at the time but report of the
theft had not yet reached the of
ficer. That same night the stolen car
was found parked on Mission
street by city police. Pool never
appeared in court to answer to
the traffic violation but after a
visit to Medford he returned to
Salem and Thursday night was
picked up by the police on
drunk charge. However, he elud
ed the policeman and made his
getaway. Police notified the she
riff's office and state police and
they picked the man up Friday
morning at 804 S. Zuth street.
In his confession he says he
stole the car at Bend and after
the citation ran It into Salem
where he abandoned it.
Note Revives
Hope for Flier
Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 11
VP) Efforts to find a pilot miss
ing more than two months were
spurred today with discovery of
a scribbled message in a lonely
Susitna river cabin SO miles
northwest of here.
Tha pilot, Francis "Dizzy"
Brownfield, has been missing
since Sept. 5 when he failed to
keep a rendezvous with a hunt
ing party. His wrecked plane
was found six days later.
The note was found yester
day by Lt. William A. Weed of
the Tenth Rescue squadron and
Oscar Vogel, a trapper, when
they flew to the scene in a heli
copter after Vogel noticed on
earlier flights that a chimney
pipe had been put on the cabin
without his knowledge. The
cabin is one of a string owned
by the trapper.
The undated note read:
"Ged bless the man who built
this cabin and left food in it.
I, Francis Brownfield, was lost
and sick and I opened the cabin.
If I make it back I will pay the
man for the food and shelter."
The missing flyer's father,
Hurl Brownfield, Identified the
handwriting as that of his son
2 Hunters Killed
By Single Bullet
Asotin, Wash., Nov. 11 U.
A single shot fired by an elk
hunter accidentally killed two
Spokane hunters 18 miles south
of here yesterday, Asotin Coun
ty Coroner Tom Jordan report
ed. Dead are William R. Nolan,
40, and William E. Hamilton,
28.
The coroner said the two men
were standing back to back
when Hamilton was struck be
low the heart by a bullet from
the gun of James Jones, 43,
Pullman, Wash. The bullet pierc
ed Hamilton's body and hit No
lan in the leg, severing an ar
tery. Nolan died almost instant
ly and Hamilton lived for about
an hour.
Jones, a construction worker,
said he shot at what he thought
was a spike bull elk. When he
went to tag It, he heard groans
and found Nolan dead and Ha
milton mortally wounded.
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Open Meeting
Of Collegians
Delegates from 13 Oregon in
stitutions of higher learning be
gan their deliberations Friday
morning in connection with the
11th annual convention of the
Oregon Federation of Collegiate
Leaders.
Immediately after the group
met in Waller hall on Willamette
university campus at 10 o'clock
the delegates adjourned to con
vene again for group sessions.
Rudy Melone of the University
of Portland had charge of the
publications conference while
Eileen Kruegel of Marylhurst
and Dick Pizzo of the University
of Portland directed the delib
erations of the NSA and PSPA
organizations.
During a luncheon meeting in
Lausanne hall, the delegates
were addressed by Dr. Robert
Gregg, dean of the college of li
beral arts of Willamette univer
sity. The afternoon was devoted
to a study of student body con
stitutions and student body fi
nances. Dr. Victor Hugo Sword, in
terim pastor of Calvary Baptist
church of Salem and for many
years a missionary to India, will
be principal speaker during a
banquet in a downtown restau
rant Friday evening.
Saturday's conference sessions
will Include a welcome by Dr.
G. Herbert Smith, president of
Willamette; an address by Gov
ernor Douglas McKay, election
of officers and an address by
Rev. Robert H. Sweeney, CSC,
vice president of the University
of Portland, during Saturday
evening s banquet.
Interesting Gun
Held by Sheriff
L. L. Welch, Beaverton. was
in town Thursday wanting to get
a gun back he left at the sher
iff's office a few weeks ago. The
gun was left with the sheriff be
cause Welch and another man
had engaged in an argument near
the post office and went to the
sheriff's office to have it settled.
The upshot of it was Sheriff
Young talked them into leaving
the gun with him until they had
their argument out.
The interesting feature as to
the gun and why Welch is so an
xious to get It baA lies in how
he acquired it.
He says in 1044 while station
ed with the USS Trenton at
Lima, Peru, he was in a beach
party to protect the US consulate
during one of the spasmodic re
volts in that country. The sail
ors disarmed some of the revolu
tionists, he said, and this was
one of the guns taken.
Humphrey Speaker
At Sunday Forum
Tom Humphrey. associate
editor of the Oregon Journal
will be the speaker at a meet
ing of the Sunday Evening For
um at the First Congregational
church Sunday night.
rnr. numpnrey will appear
under the sponsorship of the
Young Adult group.
He is a member of the board
of the Oregon Prison association
and the Oregon Mental Health
association. In his Sunday eve
ning talk here he will give in
side facts about state institu
tions. He has authored special arti
cles under the titles of "More
Power to You," "Taxes," "Kilo-
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Testimony On Air Crash Robert B. Union (left), control
tower operator at National airport, Washington, D. C, tells
the story of last week's fighter-transport air collision at a
Civil Aeronautics board inquiry in Washington.. Robert
W. Chrisp (right, back of camera), is presiding for the CAB.
Officials are investigating cause of the disaster fatal to S3
persons. Others (background) are not Identified. (AP Wire-photo)
Demos Ask Davidson
To Run Against Morse
Portland, Ore., Nov. 11 tU.R) C.
retary of interior, said today that he has been "approached" by
Oregon democrats on the question of running for U. S. senator
against Sen. Wayne Morse, republican, but that he has not yet
Police Oppose
Discrimination
Salem Police Chief Clyde A.
Warren reiterated the official at
titude of the department and
city Friday as being opposed to
racial discrimination.
His statement followed a re
port that the Oregon fair em
ployment practices commission
had voted to investigate an in
cident allegedly involving a ne
gro and Patrolman Arch A. Wil
son. Chief Warren said that nplice
policy was to give all individuals
the same treatment without re
gard to race.
The case to be investigated by
the FEPC arose several weeks
ago when a farm laborer from
the Alderman farms near Day
ton had come to Salem to re
ceive his pay. At that time, he
said an officer had ordered him
out of town saying that negroes
were not tolerated in Salem.
A hearing, conducted by As
sistant Chief E. C. Charlton
brought a denial from Wilson to
the accusation made by the
worker. No testimony other than
that of the two principals was
brought out to support the
charge.
Later, the negro signed an af
fidavit restating the charges for
the FEPC.
"The FEP commission Is con
cerned about a case where it
appears members of a racial
minority are not able to enjoy
the protection of the FEPC law
because of a local policy forbid
ding them to remain in any cer
tain locality," the chairman of
the commission said.
Traffic Deaths Increase
Last-minute reports of traf
tie deaths on Oregon highways
In October have raised the toll
from 28 reported last week to
35, Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry said today.
The revised figures show that
October was the second only to
August as the worst month so
far this year.
watt Crisis." "TVA,
Monster?" etc.
Miracle or
Ph. 3-3467 Matinee Doily From 1 P.M.
Glrard Davidson, assistant sec
made a decision.
Davidson incidated that his de
cision will be influenced by the
outcome of the present shakeup
in the interior department pre
cipitated by the resignation of
Secretary J. A. Krug and sub
sequent appointment of Under
secretary Chapman to succeed
him.
"However, It is no secret that
I have long wanted to return to
Oregon to practice law. I main
tain a lease on an office here."
Meanwhile, Monroe Sweetland
and Nancy Honeyman Robinson,
democratic national committee-
and committeewoman for
Oregon, sent a telegram to na
tional party headquarters urging
Davidson's appointment as un
dersecretary of interior to suc
ceed Chapman.
The message to William Boyle,
Jr., chairman of the democratic
national committee, read:
'We enthusiastically endorse
the appointment of Undersecre
tary Oscar Chapman as the new
secretary of Interior. Undersec
retary Chapman has long been
champion of the west and one
of the nation's ablest exponents
of conservation and of sound
use of the underdeveloped re
sources of this region.
"Oregon's able C. Girard Dav
idson, assistant secretary of in
terior, has demonstrated his abil
ity as an administrator. His
statesmanship in the cause of the
west has won him the respect
and confidence of forward-looking
Americans everywhere. As
sistant Secretary Davidson will
we hope, be the president's
choice as the new undersecre
tary. We strongly urge you to
recommend Davidson's appoint
ment to the president.
Sweetland confirmed that he
and other leading Oregon demo
crats had discussed with David
son the possibility of his run
ning for the senate next year
however. "These are two dif
ferent things," Sweetland empha
sized.
Ford to Build Plant
Detroit, Nov. 11 UP) The Ford
Motor Co. -confirmed today re'
ports It is negotiating to buy
55 acres of land in Cincinnati
to build an automatic transmis
sion plant.
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ONG Recruiters
To See Game
Portland bound Saturday to
attend the Oregon State-Michi
gan State football team their
reward for winning the com
pany recruiting contest will be
six men from Salem's Company
B, Oregon National Guard.
Competing with nine other
teams during the period begin
ning September 19, the six men
of the winning team enlisted
seven men in Company B dur
ing that time The other teams
enlisted the remainder of the
total 14 enlistees.
Members of the team were the
leader, Pfc. Ronald R. Lethin,
Pfc Darwin D. Michaels, Pvt.
Richard A. Howard: Ret. Eu
gene B. McDonald, Ret. Ronald
D. Parsons and Ret. Phil B
Ford.
Tickets to the game were pre
sented the six men by the Sa
lem Guard company and trans
portation to Portland is to be
furnished by the National Guard
Friday night the Salem Guard
company is entertaining with an
Armistice day dance at the Sa
lem armory with the public In
vited.
American Can
Co. Found Guilty
San Francisco, Nov. 11 U.R
A federal court has found the
giant American Can company
which produces 49 per cent of
the nation's tin cans, guilty of
violating the anti-trust acts.
Federal Judge George B. Har
ris ruled yesterday that the com
pany's requirements contracts
and rentals of can closing ma
chines on an exclusive basis are
illegal.
However, Harris found the
company had a limited right to
make the deals. He accordingly
ordered the company to reduce
the length of the contracts from
five years to one year. He re
served a ruling on whether to
ban rentals of the closing ma
chines. The requirement contracts
forced canners to buy all cans
of a certain type from one manu
facturer. Otherwise, they would
get no cans at all.
The closing machine enables
canners to put the tops on
cans.
Wrong Channel
Used in Crash
Washington, Nov. 11 UP) A
second airport tower - official
said today it may be that the
wrong radio channel was used
for warnings to the P-38 in
volved In last week's air collis
ion that killed 55 persons. If so,
the P-38 pilot could not have re
ceived them.
This testimony came from
Stanley Seltzer, chief of the con
trol tower at Washington na
tional airport. He had been ask
ed if he could suggest any pos
sible causes for the tragedy.
Seltzer testified before a six
man panel appointed by the Civ
il aeronautics board to gather
evidence on the crash of the
P-38 fighter, flown by Bolivian
Civil Aviation Director Erick
Rios Bridoux, and an Eastern
Air Lines DC-4 carrying 55 per
sons. Only Rios survived.
On last Wednesday, opening
day of the hearings, Glenn D
Tlgner, the traffic controller
handling radio contacts with the
two planes, conceded in reply to
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have "keyed the wrong fre
quency."
Rios, from his hospital bed,
has made a deposition that he
never received such Instruc
tions.
McCoy Resigns
Far East Post
Washington, ' Nov. 11 (U.R) .
President Truman today accept
ed the resignation of Ma. Gen.
Frank R. McCoy as United States
representative on the far east
ern commission. He named Max
well M. Hamilton, a foreign serv
ice career officer, to succeed Mc
Coy. Mr. Truman acceded with "re
luctance" to McCoy's request to
be relieved of his duties on Nov.
30.
I am well aware of your
invaluable contribution to the
commission and of the debt owed
to you by this government for
the concrete accomplishments
which have been achieved in
the commission through your
leadership," the president wrote
McCoy.
Hamilton, who comes from
Iowa, will have the personal
rank of ambassador.
The far eastern commission
is represented by 11 nations
and is a policy-making body for
the occupation of Japan.
B-29 Crashes Near
Indianapolis, Ind.
Indianapolis, Nov. 11 UP) An
army B-29 crashed and burned
today about 10 miles west of
Indianapolis.
One of the survivors, Lt. Ern
est Nation of Roswell, N. M.
said that at least 7 or 8 of the
dozen aboard parachuted.
The crash came soon after the
No. 1 engine caught fire, the
lieutenant said.
ine piane, on a long-range
mission, had - flown non-stop
irom Koswell, N. M.
State police said two men were
killed. They were not identi
fied. The crewmen parachuting and
the plane wreckage were scat
tered over such a wide area that
a definite check could not be
made for sometime, state police
reported.
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Contracts Let
Portland, Nov. 11 V-The
state board of higher education,
meeting in executive session here
today, awarded contracts totaling
$861,832 for the new University
of Oregon heating and electrical
generating plant.
Work on the plant, for which
$1,000,000 has been appropriat
ed, Is expected to start next
week after contracts are signed.
It is to be in operation early in
the 1930 school year.
The general contract went to
Lee Hoffman, Portland, on a low
bid of $218,896.
P. S. Lord, Portland, with a
bid of $358,323, was awarded
the contract for boilers and aux
iliaries, including piping.
W. S. Grasle, Portland, had
the successful bid of $70,984 for
the electrical contract.
The condensing equipment
contract was awarded to R. H
Brown & Co., Portland, on a bid
of $15,629.
The board voted to reject all
turbine contract bids after a dif
ference of opinion developed
over whether the equipment of
fered in the low bid of the Wor
thington Pump & Machinery
Corp. of New Jersey met specifi
cations. Worthington's bid, low
of 19 submitted, was $142,500.
New turbine bids will be called.
Robert R. Carney of the attor
ney general's office, Salem, ad
vised the board on the contract
awards.
4 Killed in Crash
On Ohio Highway
St. Clairsville, O., Nov. 11 IJP)
A two-year-old boy in a cowboy
suit sat crying in the middle of
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U.S. route 40 yesterday.
It was fright, more than a
bruised knee, which caused the
tears.
About him were scattered the
bodies of his father and mother,
his uncle and aunt.
Michael Kingham was the sole
survivor of an automobile crash
which killed these people: ' '
Herbert Kingham, 26, and his
wife Ann, 26, of Borger, Tex.
Kenneth Betts, 26, of Borger,
and his sister, Mrs. Wanda Ellis,
18, of Shawnee, Okla.
Corporal G. D. Miller of the
Ohio highway patrol said the
Texas car crashed into the rear
of a car driven by John A. Sill
ers of Barnesville, O., then ca
reened across the highway, up
set and hit a car traveling in the
opposite direction.
Acheson Lays Wreath
Paris, Nov. 11 UP) U. S. Sec
retary of State Acheson placed
a wreath on the tomb of the
Unknown Soldier at the Arch
de Triomphe in French Armis
tice Day ceremonies today.
French troops paraded up the
Champs Elysees under grey skies.
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