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6 1st Year, No. V,
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, November 17, 1949
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B-29's Collide
5 Miles in Air,
Crash lo Earth
10 of 21 Aboard Known
Dead, 7 Missing, 4
Chute to Safety in Fog
Stockton, Calif., Nov. 17 (U.R)
Two air force B-29 bombers
collided at 26,000 feet last night
and crashed into the fog-shroud
ed peat bogs of the San Joaquin
river delta 10 miles northwest of
here.
Ten of the 21 airmen aboard
the two Superfortresses were
known dead. Seven men were
, missing and four parachuted to
safety and escaped with minor
injuries.
Dense Tule Fog
Rescuers, hampered by the
dense tuie fog which blanketed
the area and the widely-scattered
wreckage of the giant planes,
were unable to determine the
fate of the seven missing crew
men hours after the crash. Some
may have parachuted and larffi
ed in an inaccessible part of the
delta region or they may all
have perished when the planes
smashed into the earth and bur
ied deep in the mud.
Lt. Borneo Freer, Fairfield
Suisun AAB, in charge of rescue
operations, made a minute ex
amination of one of the B-29s,
which caught fire at impact and
exploded on McDonald island,
hurling wreckage more than 700
yards. He found three bodies
and some fragments of bodies.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column t)
-Rescue Planes
Seek Lost B-29
Hamilton, Bermuda, Nov. 17
VP) The biggest peacetime air
rescue search in history was un
der way today for a lost B-29
bomber which ran out of fuel
and crash-landed in the sea
somewhere near Bermuda yes
terday. Twenty , U.S. airmen
were abroad. None were from
the Pacific northwest.
Nearly 100 air force, navy
and coast guard planes from
bases all along the Atlantic sea
board criss-crossed above B I
muda's surrounding waters hop
ing for a sight of the stricken
bomber or bobbing liferafts.
First search patrols yesterday
afternoon were fruitless.
The last word from the Su
perfortress, whose navigation
instruments failed on a flight
to England, was a radio message:
Going to ditch in five minutes.
After that message yesterday
morning a U.S. coast guard ves
sel heard weak SOS signals
spurring hopes that the crew
men had taken to rubber life
rafts equipped with automatic
wireless distress signalers.
The plane, part of a B-29
group enroute to England from
March air base, California, lost
its way when its radio naviga
countered bad weather,
tion equipment failed and it en-
The U.S. air force, navy and
coast guard, and the royal navy
all joined in the search. Planes
" came from nine American bases.
Jury Picked in
Alger Hiss Trial
New York. Nov. 17 OD
Twelve jurors were chosen in
two hours today for the second
perjury trial of Alger Hiss, one
time state department official.
Two alternate jurors remain
ed to be picked.
Sixty prospective jurors were
on hand when Federal Judge
Henry W. Goddard called the
trial into session. Goddard, 73
years old and a republican, was
appointed to the bench by Pre
sident Harding in January 1923
The 45-year-old Hiss was in
dicted nearly a year ago by a
spy-probing federal grand jury.
The jury accused him of lying
when he denied passing pre-war
secret government papers to
Whittakcr Chambers, confessed
courier for a Soviet spy ring.
Chambers, former $30,000 a
year senior editor of Time maga
zine, now is operating farm
near Westminster, Md. It was
Chambers who served as the
government ! star witness in the
previous trial and he is expected
to play the same role in the
new proceedings.
The backdrop for the second
trial was the same gloomy
courtroom In which a jury re
ported last July 8 it had been
unable to reach agreement on the
guilt or Innocence of the lanky
handsome derendant. Eight jur
ors voted for his conviction and
four for his acquittal.
2 Out of 8 Held
For Rape Plead
Not Guilty
Others Either Woive
Examination or Get
Continuance
By DOUGLAS THOMAS
The names of three more
Salem cab driven were added
Thursday to the growing num
ber of men charged with statu
tory rape of a 14-year-old girl
arrested on delinquency charg
es earlier this week. The new
names were Monty Burkhart,
Let Hamrick and Eddie Halter
man, Their arrests on rape
warrants brought the total
number to 12 apprehended
11 of that number charged
with the offense. The total
number of cabbies involved so
far is 10.
District court was jammed
Thursday morning with a "stan
ding room only" crowd of wives,
relatives and curiosity seekers
who were on hand to see eight
accused rapists brought before
Judge Joseph B. Felton,
Long before the men were due
in court, greying matrons and
elderly men as well as younger
groups congregated in the hail
and in the small courtroom.
Court attaches, called upon to
answer the query: "Where is the
taxicab case going to be?" di
rected the throng to the court.
There, the eight men were
huddled along the front row
bench. Some smirked while oth
ers were obviously tense. Sever
al fingered their chins as they
waited for their turn to step be
fore the judge.
In the crowded courtroom,
there were at least two wives.
And opposite reactions were evi
dent. One smiled and chatted
gayly with friends while the
other eyes were red as if
from sleepless worry over her
husband.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 5!
Veep Arrives
For Wedding
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 17 !U.
Vice President Alben W. Bark
ley arrives by plane today for
his marriage to Mrs. Carleton S.
Hadley.
The attractive 38-year-old wi
dow was expected to meet him at
the airport this afternoon.
The ceremony takes place at
11 a.m. tomorrow at St. John's
Methodist church in West St.
Louis.
Mrs. Hadley hoped to get some
rest between greeting her rela
tives and those of the Barkley
family, 34 in all, who were ar
riving for the ceremony.
Later, as any bride, she was
due for an appointment with a
hair dresser. She will get a fa
cial and have her dark, gray-
flecked hair put up in a specially-designed
coiffure.
Mrs. Hadley would not reveal
the design of her wedding dress.
However, old friends whom she
worked with at Washington uni
versity and the Wabash rail
road were invited to look at the
trousseau.
None would describe the out
fit except to say that it was
beautiful."
Truman Not
Law in Coal Dispute
Washington. Nov. 17 W President Truman said today that
if he intervenes in the coal disput he vill act under the Taft
Hartley law.
His statement to news conference ruled out the possibility
that he might propose a fact-finding board of the kind used in the
steel disnute,
There have been clear indica
tions, however, that the White
House does not intend, if it can
help it, to let the miners go back
out at the end of this month.
They are working now under
a "truce" that expires Novem
ber 30.
For the last few days, there
have been indications that this
week-end would be deadline
for White House action.
Then, Presidential Press Sec
retary Charles G. Ross told re
porters that he did not expect
any development during the day.
He said he had "no forecast" on
what might happen in the next
few days.
There was still possibiiitylcourt injunction against strike,!
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Boy Sustains
Serious Injuries
In the second accident of the
kind in two days Robert Gentz-
kow, 8, suffered a broken leg
and head injuries when he was
struck by an automobile near
Sacred Heart academy Wednes
day afternoon.
At Salem General hospital his
condition was reported good at
noon Thursday. He is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Gentz
kow, 645 North Cottage.
Driver of the car was Dessa
Lee Scheelar, 1080 Norway, who
was not cited. Police investiga
tion indicated the boy ran into
the street from between parked
ears in the 300 block on North
Cottage. The boy was taken to
the hospital after first aid.
Still in a critical condition in
the hospital, but gaining in
strength is Garry Bwayne Fls
cus, 7, son of Mr, and Mrs, P.
W. Fiscus, 295 Pine street. He
suffered a broken pelvis, broken
elbow and possible internal in
juries when hit by a truck driv
en by Franklin M. Dugger, 393
Tryon, who was not cited.
The accident happened in an
alley. The driver said he was
watching other children when
the boy appeared from behind a
parked vehicle.
Chinese Reds
Near Chungking
Chungking, China, Nov. 17
UJ9 The United States closed
its consulate and information
service office in the nationalist
capital of Chungking today as
Chinese communist troops drew
closer from three directions.
U, S. Vice Consul J. W. Rozier
also confirmed that the American
consulate in Humming, capital
city of Yunnan province 400
miles southwest of here, had
been closed.
Latest reports reaching here
said communist troops continued
to push forward from points di
rectly east, south and northeast
of Chungking.
Official military sources claim
ed Nationalist troops had recap
tured Pangshui, 75 miles east of
Chungking. The ministery of de
fense had not disclosed that the
communists had taken the city.
Fighting was reported to be
under way now in the vicinity
of Pangshui.
to Use T. H.
that Mr. Truman would give
some hint of his intentions at
late afternoon news conference
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The president reportedly is
considering two possible peace
plans
(i) To ask Union Leader John
L. Lewis and the soft coal oper
ators to submit their dispute to
a special fact-finding board em
powered to make recommenda
tions. If accepted this plan
would have the effect of delay
ing a strike while the board:
studies the dispute possibly for
80 days.
(2) To invoke the Taft-Hartley
law. This provides for i fact
finding board study and for
Second Salem Child Hit First aid administers io Robert
Gentzkow, 9, who suffered a broken leg and head injuries
when struck by a car near the Sacred Heart academy Wed
nesday afternoon.
Girls Kidnap -Slayer
Captured in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Nov. 17 lift Police captured Fred Strobie, ac
cused in the brutal Linda Glucoft slaying, in a downtown park
today, and the arresting officer quoted him:
"I'm sorry I did it. I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't been
drinking.
Quake Proof
Building Sought
Portland, Nov. 17 SV-Earth
quake resistant construction for
hotels, theaters, hospitals and
schools in Oregon is recommend
ed by engineers.
Directors ot the Oregon sec
tion oi the American .Society of
Civil " Engineer ' ay" building
cooes i regon cures aic:
glossly negligent" on the subject
of quake protection.
The engineers released a spe
cial report prepared as a result
of the April 13 quake is the
Pacific Northwest, Secretary H.
Loren Thompson said similar re
ports are being prepared by af
filiates in Washington
The report listed three gener
al recommendations. These call
ed for a state law requiring all
buildings of public use erected
in the future to be designed to
withstand quakes; adoption of
the quake-resistant provisions m
the Pacific Coast Building Offi
cials Conference Uniform Build
ing Code by all Oregon cities:
and studies of the vulnerability
of existing buildings to earth
shocks.
Thompson said the city inspec
tors should recommend changes
in buildings if they are needed to
protect the public.
'The accumulated data lead to
the conclusion that future earth
quakes of a major intensity in
the state of Oregon are very
probable," the engineers report
stated.
Find Body of
Kidnsoed Girl
Burley, Idaho, Nov. It W)
The body of Glenda Joyce Bris-
bois was found today in a canal
and Sheriff Saul H. Clark said
the seven-year-old girl was mur
dered.
The sheriff said also that s
car which may carry the girl's
abductor is believed cornered in
a maze of little-used roads In the
general vicinity of Malta and
Bridge, Idaho.
Ciark said Glenda's body was
mutilated. It was found in
canal five miles south of here
this morning. He said it had not
yet been determined definitely
whether the girl had been sex
ually attacked.
Clark said dark car had been
"spotted intermittently" from
the air by one of the planes
which had been searching for the
girl.
The plane reported that at one
time the car stopped and a man
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shirt got out U- !,.
Radio-equipped state police lf
and sheriff's cars were rushed! The Indictment is based on al
into the area in an effort tojlwd treasonous activities in the
blockade all exit from the vl-i
cinity,
Officers in northern Utah have
been asked to blockade highway
there, Clark eatd, in event the
car should be ble ts reach Stre,
vell and then make its way
southward on U.S. highway 30-
south.
There was no formal state-
ment from the elderly habitue
of cheap bars, sought throughout
the west far two days. He was
hustled into a private district
attorney's office for detailed
questioning.
But A. W, Carlson, a gangling
traffic patrolman who put Stro
bie under arrest as he wandered
through a downtown park, re
layed the informal conversation
to district attorney's Investiga
tors as the detailed questioning
Ibegan,
- An eagle eyed laundry de-
liveryman was credited with
first recognizing the much-sought
Strobie and pointing him out
to Carlson, directing traffic al
the corner.
Thus ended one of the west's
biggest manhunts in years,
touched off by the gruesome dis
covery of curly-haired, six-year-old
Linda, her little body muti
lated by an axe, lying beneath
a pile of boxes in a backyard
two days ago.
Unprotestingly Strobie was led
away for questioning, so quietly
that only a few people in the
busy Pershing Square realized
what had happened. He told
Traffic Officer A. W. Carlson.
who took him in custody, that
he had just alighted from a bus.
He said he had been to Ocean
Park, a beach community 15
miles away.
Told of the capture, Linda's
father, Jules Glucoft, said:
"We are glad that She law has
been so swift. We want swift
justice and the supreme pen
alty
He said he has no plans for
confronting Strobie, "but other
relatives may He said Mrs.
Glucoft certainly would not.
"She is undergoing a great or
deal, and we arc trying our
best to keep up her spirits," lie
said.
Bill Miller, a towel service
man, spotted Strobie in the park,
and summoned the officer.
He was wearing a grey suit,
one sleeve grease-stained, and a
bright red tie as he was pushed
through crowds which Jammed
the corridor outside the district
attorney's office.
Former Sergeant
ndicfed for Treason
Washington, Nov. 17 W) At
torney General McGrath today
announced the indictment of
John David Provoo, former U.
S, army staff sergeant, on charg
es of treason.
The attorney general said the
indictment was returned at noon
by s federal grand jury in New
York City. Provoo has been un
der arrest there since Septem-
fmuppme-s ana japan wtr rtu
voo was prisoner of war in the
hands of the Japanese.
McGrath's announcement dis
closed that about 15 witnesses
were brought to this country
from Japan, after Provoos ar
rest, to testify about his activi
ties before the grand jury,
Prison Personnel Reforms
Ordered by Board of Control
Conference on
astern Asia
Set at Bangkok
Washington, Nov, 11 The
White House announced today;
that American diplomats in east- i
era Asia will hold a regional
conference si Bangkok in Jan
uary, President Truman is send
ing Philip C. Jessus, the admin-
tration's top diplomatic trou
ble shooter, io it.
Jessup, who has the rank of
ambassador-at-iarge, will make
a survey tour of the far east.
He will leave on the trip
around the first of the year. The
announcement said that he
would depart after completing
his work as a member of the
delegation to the UM general as
sembly.
The regional conference of
top diplomats "in eastern Asia
and the far east, as the an
nouncement phrased it, will be
held at Bangkok, at the end of
January."
Bangkok is the capital of Thai-1
land (Siam),
Jessup In Charge
Jessup will go from the Unit-;
ed States to Tokyo, it was;
learned, and visit the Philip
pines, nationalist China, and a:
number of other countries which
figure in American" plans for de
veloping a strong anti-commu
nist stand m that area.
After the Bangkok meeting.
Jessup will return to the Unit
ed States by way of Indian
Pakistan,
The White House announce
ment was made after President
Truman held a 70-minute review
of United States far eastern pol
icy with Secretary of State Aeh-
esan, Jessisp, and otner ranking
state department policy makers.
At Odds with Beth Sides
The United States now is at
odds with both sides in the con
flict in China. Acheson is try
ing to figure out what to do
about the situation.
On the one hand he had the
problem of taking new and if
possible more forceful steps to
get Consul General Angus Ward
released from a communist jail
at Mukden,
On the other hand he was
confronted with a need for de-
cision on what position this gov-;
crnmcnt should take regarding
the shelling of the American
merchant ship, the Flying Cloud,
by a Chinese nationalist war
ship.
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City Hall Towff Goddess Wnen Harry E. Hiday, steeple
jack residing at 1210 N. 16lh street, changed the antenna on
top of She Ciiy hail tower late Wednesday afternoon he as
sumed this classical pose when using his hack saw, Height
from the street is scar 140 feet.
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Shaft of trait.
Shah of Iran
Asks U.S. Aid
Washington, Nov. 37 im The
shah of Iran said today he "cer
tainly" will propose to Fresi-;
dent Truman an increase In
American military aid to his
country.
Iran is important io the peace
of the world and especially to
the security of the Middle East,"
the shah said in a news confer
ence. The youthful shah, who arriv
ed yesterday for a month's good
will visit, said also:
1. Iran's relations with its!
big neighbor, Soviet Hussia,
have improved a Utile lately.
Ths Iranians "are always willing
fs be friendly With our neigh
bors, but always on a basis of
mutual respect and indepen
dence."
2. Iran Is interested in the
future creation of a middle east-
em defense pact, like the north
Atlantic treaty, tart the time a
little too early." Ti?c coun
try's economy should be
strengthened first.
3. What has impressed him
about the United States thus
far is "the well being of your
people. He said "they have
happy faces, are well attired.
and look friendly.
4, Iran's altitude toward ilse
new stale of Israel will be de
termined after discussions with
other iosiciti countries.
5. He not looking tor a
bride during his stay here.
Doctor, Nurses
And Chaplain
Go on Full Time
By JAMES B, OiSON
Emptoysient sf full time
dotior, two male norsts, a fall
time chaplain grid general re
organization of the (Hard per
sonnel have been ordered at Use
state penitentiary by the state
board of control, following '
two-months investigation si tse
privon, "
: Walter Sanson, chief guard
inside the prison, whs has been
charged with brutal hansUing
j of prisoners, was ordered re-,-noved
from all contact with
prisoners and will be the tura-
ikey st the prison. His duties
nave bees assigned to Ellsworth
Herter, former member of the
Oregon state police.
Changes In the operation of
the prison were outlined la a
report made by the board Thurs
day, ioUowing the investigation
which was instituted foUowtaa
criticism ever alleged careless
ness in connection with the
death of Oran Brownlee, con
vict, who committed suicide last
March 17,
Va to the present time cer
tain convicts have served as'
male nurses, and, according to
members of the board, one con
vict determined when the serv
ices of a physician was needed
y a convict,
Immediately esipisyment sf
two outside male surses, to re
place the prisoners whs nave
perfsmurig this -work is
ordered by Use board.
Obstacles Faced
Employment of full-Uase
doctor is alia required, although
board member recognize the
adding of a Jnll-Jime doctor pre
sents problems, first, because ei
lack of finances to pay s salary
commensurate with experience
and skill, and second. Jack of
housing facilities si the seni-
icntiary.
Typhoon Strikes
stand of Guam
Tokyo, Nov. 17 if The air
force weather bureau reported
winds approaching 143 miles an
hour battered the island of
Gaam late today,
The weather observers said
they managed to get a "freak
call" through to the island after
regular communications went
out. They said the connection
did not last long enough to get
damage reports.
Eariicr reports from the is
land, where hundreds of Amer
ican servicemen and civilian
workers are stationed, said sev
eral buildings bad been blown
sdown, Winds at that time had
not exceeded SO miles an hour.
i The typhoon, one of the worst
in years in the Pacific, was cen
tered 45 miles south of Guam
and moving west northwest at
j about 17 miles an hour.
Weather observers here pre
dicted the typhoon would be SOS
miles northwest of Guam to
morrow afternoon. The storm
covers a 360 mile radtas.
(Last direct eosnmanisaUsn
between the Associated Pre?&
bureau to San Francisco and Its
Guam correspondent said civil
authorities on Guam had chock
ed homes and business houses
for safety measures before the
storm sirack.)
Contract for Highway
Building Signed
Fsirsnal contract for construc
tion el ths new Jt,5S8,93i state
hignway department of f iee build
ing in Satem was sent Thursday
f :to officials of the Sound Con
struction ana i.ngmeering com
pany of Seattle tor signature.
Contrast for the job was award
ed the Seattle firm at high
way commission meeting s week
ago.
Siate Highway Engineer H. H,
Bjidssck ssid he understood that
Brtual construction operations
would get tinder way wHhta 10
days. The structure will be lo
cales' on the block directly north
of the new tate office building,
new searing ismpleiios,
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