Probs Wreckage for Dead Firemen and rescue workers
use hack saws to cut away the debris as they probe the
ruins of Swift & Company's main office building at Sioux
City, la., seeking additional victims of an explosion which
rocked the plant. At least 16 persons were known dead and
scores of others were injured. (AP Wirephoto)
Naval Air Facility Shows
3-Months Flight Record
Volunteers of the Naval Air Reserve have had planes at Salem's
' Naval Air Facility in the air 339.1 hours in the period from
October 1 through the week-end of December 10-11. Station
keepers flew another 128.6 hours making total hours for that
nerinri 467.7 hours.
During that time 226 volun
teer pilots have been at the con
trols of the planes and total
number of hops made by the
1 volunteers stands at 238.
All of this information, and
more too, is found on a large
chart kept by the facility. The
chart, designed by the executive, correlation between weather
omcer at tne lacimy, jjt. ian-conjjtjons
of pilots cleared by the facility
for flying, number of pilots
flown, number of hops made,
accidents, flight time for each
type of plane, weather condi
tions, sunset hour, and planes
not available for flying because
of needed repairs.
Charts to date have shown a
ley Fallander, is a daily and
monthly record on the volun
teers and Acorns flying.
Each month a new chart is
made and at the end of the
month a copy sent to Capt. A. E.
Buckley, commander of the na
val air reserve training unit at
the Naval Air Station at Seattle.
The idea for the chart origin
ated at the Salem facility but
it has proven so successful as an
immediate visual check that it
is now being copied by the Na
val Air Reserve Training Unit.
Shown on the chart as a day-
and flying time
While air liners can use the
field at 500 feet and one mile
visibility on instruments and
800 feet and one mile when
landing on the runway not
equipped with instruments, the
navy men at the Salem airport
must have a 1500 foot ceiling
and three miles visibility to
take planes into the air. Octo
ber was the best month for fly
ing and also had the best weather.
At the start of the month of
October only four men had been
cleared for flying by the facili-
by-day record, are the number ty and by the end of the month
the number had grown to 25
pilots. Total number of pilots
flown in October was 94 with
the number of hops 109. Volun
teer flying time came to 137.1
hours that month and time for
the station keepers was 27.5
hours for a total of 184.6 hours.
It was during October that
the facility had the day that the
largest number of pilots were
flown. On October 30, 14 pilots
took the planes into the air for
a total of 22 hops.
By the end of November 37
pilots had been cleared for fly
ing. Eighty-seven pilots were
flown during the month and to
tal number of hops for the
month was 90. November found
the volunteers getting in 123.6
hours of flying time. The station
keepers added 14.7 hours to the
number of hours the planes were
in the air, making the total time
138.3 hours.
When the week-end of De
cember 10-11 was ended 39 pi
lots had been cleared for flying
at the facility. Volunteer pilots
flown numbered 45 and their to
tal number of hops came to 39.
All Swift Blast !
Victims Found
Sioux City, la., Dec. 16 (IP)
With 18 bodies recovered from
debris of the Swift and company
plant explosion, officials of the
firm said today that all who
were in the building have been
accounted for.
Seven of the 55 persons still
in hospitals were on the criti
cal list.
Two bodies were recovered
yesterday from the jumble of
concrete and twisted steel gir
ders within the plant where 1,-
000 persons were working when
the blast came at noon Wednesday.
H. A. Franklin, safety engi
neer for the Iowa commerce
commission, was assigned last
night to make an inspection to
day in preparation for a full-
scale commission investigation
of the tragedy Monday.
The bodies recovered yester
day were those of Thomas Par
ker, 51, father of nine children,
and Donald E. Johnson, 22, em
ployes of the meat loading de
partment housed in the front
part of the building where the
blast effects were severest.
Company officials said that
damage may run close to one
million dollars.
Music for Hubbard
Hubbard Special Christmas
music will be presented at the
11 o clock Sunday service at the
Hubbard Comunity church (Con
gregational) by the Eyman
chorus from Smyrna. They will
sing "The Music of Bethlehem'
by Fred Holton. The Sunday
School will ''n''' ' Christmas
program at 10 o'clock.
lll ke lAJantd for Giridtmad
Man Cries Alter
Rape Conviction
Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 16
(IP) Harvey L. Carignan, 22,
sobbed in his cell last night,
guards said, after he was con
victed of what the prosecution
termed "the most brutal crime
ever committed in this court dis
trict."
A federal court jury found
the Fort Richardson soldier
guilty of the rape slaying of
Mrs. Laura Showalter last July
31. The middle-aged victim was
the mother of Mrs. Willard
Boatwright of Port Orchard,
Wash.
Although he wept later, Car
ignan showed no emotion when
the verdict was read, despite the
jury's stipulation that he should
die by hanging.
Under Alaska law, at least
five days must elapse before
sentencing.
Couple of Mounted Texans
Get Set for Huge Goat Roundup
By JOHN DAFFRON
Parramore Island, Va., Dec. 16 VP) A couple of mounted Tex
ans coursed the desolate thickets and sand dunes of Parramore
Island today getting ready for a roundup that may be tough
even for Texans.
They're going after goats thousands of goats that frisk on
this 10-mile fringe of Virginia'
Holton. The cantata is under the
direction of John Schmidt Jr.,
with Eunice Thompson at the
organ. Soloists for the occasion
in the Atlantic ocean. They're
out to round them up, pen them
and ship them to Texas.
Few Virginians on the-main
land separated by 15 miles of
Chesapeake bay from the east
ern shore know that Parra
more has a thriving goat com
munity. But Texas ranchers Per
cy Roberts of San Angclo and
Lewis Smithwick of San Saba
got wind of it and made a deal
with the owners of the island for
the crop of goats.
The owners, Mrs. Jean M.
Schmidlapp of Cincinnati and
Dr. Carl Schmidlapp of New
York, have a waterfowl hunt
ing lodge in the old coast guard
station the only building on
the island.
They put a few dozen goats
on the island 10 or 12 years ago
to clean out the undergrowth.
The goats nibbled and browsed
but they also multiplied.
Distances being a minor con
sideration to Texans, Roberts
and Smithwick dispatched Joe
Whitehead and Cliff Clary 3000
miles to Virginia for the goat
roundup. The men arrived with
three cow ponies and material
for fencing and penning.
After a preliminary cruise
over the 15 square miles of des
olation to the accompaniment of
the lonely wash of the sea and
the occasional bleat of an alarm
ed goat, Whitehead offered this
observation:
"Bad."
But, added his companion
from the land where seldom is
heard a discouraging word:
"We've got 'em out of worse
places than this."
The cowboys said thev would
ask the folks at heme to send
along three herd degs to keep
the goats in line and dig out any
tough cases.
If they can do the job with the
aid of the dogs and more round
up hands early next month, the
goats will be ferried over the
salt marshes at high tide to the
eastern shore.
Thence, by train, they will be
shipped to Texas. Roberts and
Smithwick supply them for
growing serums and vaccines,
among other things.
How many goats they will gel
a point in question. Some
eastern shore people say not
more than 2,500. Others say
probably 7,000.
The goats, shy and agile, stay
in the thickets and decline to be
counted.
i
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, Dec. 16, 194911
include Evelyn Friesen and
Joyce Bollinger, sopranos; Helen
Mae Caswell, alto, and Warren
Hoffman, baritone.
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