B-29 Rescue Plane Survivors
Agree Escape 'Miraculous'
up. Pearson said.
"It was hor-
Stayton High School
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, Nov. 21, 1949 3
rible."
Ruins Being Cleared
Stayton Work of demoli
here, has resigned to accept sim
ilar duties in Stayton. The
change is effective December 1.
Jordan was on the Albany po
lice force for several years ba
fore coming here.
The B-29, based as Roswell.
N. M., came here to join the
huge search for another miss
ing B-29 ditched near Bermuda
tion of the ruins of the Stayton
6ft
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 21 W. Four airmen who survived when
their B-29 crashed into Tampa Bay Friday agreed that their
escape was "miraculous," but all were grief stricken because
they were unable to save their five buddies who perished when
high schpol gym, which was
destroyed by fire the night of
October 26, is well under way.
The contract was awarded a
group of men who made the
lowest bid, and the contract
oils for clearing away every
thing except the concrete piers
and the sidewalk. The bidder
also has the right to all salvage.
On the job are Eldon Weitman,
Gene Germeau and Willie Col
lins. with 20 men aboard. It was
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taking off to join the hunt when
it crashed.
the plane fell.
The airmen were all veterans
of World War II. They said
their nine-man crew had been
flying together for a year with
out a previous accident.
Staff Sgt. James L. Hendricks
over the right wing," Pearson
of Olden, Tex., 27, a radar scan
ner, said he also could "feel that
said.
Like the other survivors.
Pearson was in the rear of the
plane when it fell. He made his
the crash was coming."
The survivors suffered shock,
but only minor scratches and
way out of the wreckage
bruises.
Capt. Neil Pearson, 32, of Mc
Keesport, Pa., the crews radar
operator, said he "thought we
were gone when I saw flames in
the engine.
"A soon as we hit, I saw an
orange streak of flame spread
through the rear escape hatch.
The radar operator said he
Dunkcrque, France, was once
ceded to Oliver Cromwell of
England In return for the use
of his cavalry. Shortly there
after, it was repurchased by
France.
ran across the mud flats toward
the wrecked front portion of the
plane. "I got within 25 yards
of the plane to try to rescue the
rest when the gas tank blew
Police Chief Resigns
Scio Howard Jordan, who
has been serving as police chief
ji ms.iCmis' my tHiJMifmwm 1 i
Polk County Landmark Doomed Old White covered
bridge spanning the Little Luckiamute near Fern's corner
on the Kings Valley highway will soon be replaced by 182
foot concrete bridge under state contract. Only two covered
bridges will then remain in Polk county.
People Asked
To Give Thanks
Governor Douglas McKay is
sued a proclamation Saturday
officially setting Thursday, Nov.
24, as Thanksgiving day in Ore
gon. The proclamation follows:
In the noble custom of thla tKtuttful
Jnd of ours. Than Itsgl vint Ur bring
with It the pleasure ol counting the ble&s
lnaa of b year Howlnc toward a cloe and
of voicing worahip our appreciation to
Cod for those manifold kindnesses.
It has been a memorable year and In
Oregon It has been the second most aus
picious In the economic history of in?
Commonwealth. The abundance of larm
and factory has stood for a h lit her stan
dard of livlna. not only tn this country
of beneficent miftht and plenty but tc
the faraway millions with wiiom we nave
shared our wealth in an unerring oemm
stratton of the spirit of Thanksgiving.
We have built for contentment at nome
and for increasing harmony abroad in
the months of this year. We must stay
strong for the uncertainties of the futre
by conserving our natural resources, by
continuing to exert our personal re
sources of devotion, loyalty and dtlllitence
and by protecting the freedom so essen
tial to a way of life that has become a
model and Inspiration to all persons of
good will.
I Douglas McKay, Governor of the
Stat of Oregon, being moved by the sig
nificance of the foregoing truths and act
ing by the authority in me vested, do here
by proclaim Thursday, the twenty-fourth
day of November, In the year of Our Lor
one thouAiind nine hundred and forty
nine, as Thaniuttivmc Day tor Oregon, u
be observed as a public holiday. i
May the people of Oregon do homace l
to God in their homes and churches thle I
Thanksgiving day. May they honor the
state and country they love by dlsplayinii I
the flag. And may they resolve again no
apply themselves even more zealously to :
the task of perpetuating a great heritage.
In witness whereof. I have hereunto wt I
my hand and caused the Seat of the State :
of Oregon to be affixed.
Commies Charged
With Plundering Art
Berlin, Nov. 21 (P) East Ger
man communists were accused
in the west Berlin press today
of plundering the Soviet zone's
art treasures on an organized
scale.
The British-licensed newspa
per Telegraf said socialist unity
(communist) leaders in all five
eastern states are appropriating
valuable tapestries, paintings,
china, and rugs.
A personal diary of Germany's
greatest poet, Johann Wolfgang
Von Goethe, turned up in the
party headquarters at Weimer
after being reported stolen, the
newspaper said.
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