THE WEATHER HERE
PARTLY CLOUDY with few
showers tonight and Thurs
day, Little change In tempera
ture. Low tonight, 36; high
Thursday, S3.
Mailmum yesterday, 41; mlnimaes to
day, 37. Total He-hour precipitation; .1st
for month: .09: normal, JU Season pre
elpltatlon, 33.90: normal, M.(2. River
heliht. 10.4 fool. (Bepart r U.S. Woathtr
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Defense Not
Guaranteed
By Bradley
Top General Believes
We Will Achieve
Necessary Forces
Washington, March 8 VP)
General Omar N. Bradley, Amer
ica's No, 1 military man, said
today that present forces cannot
give the United States "an abso
lute guarantee against a disas
trous blow,"
"But I feel that we are going
to achieve the necessary forces
to prevent a disastrous attack
from crippling this country," the
chairman of the joint chiefs of
' staff said in a speech prepared
for delivery before the women's
National Press Club.
"I also believe that our forces
in being, and our mobilization
base, will be sufficient, together
with the forces and potential of
friendly nations, to win a war if
it comes," he added.
Talks on Atomic Power
Bradley made a sober analysis
of this nation's military position
as compared with that of Russia.
He praised the navy's anti-submarine
program and the army's
economy-geared emphasis on
combat strength at the expense
of supporting personnel.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 4)
15 Years Prison
Given Shipkov
London, March 8 VP) Michael
Shipkov, former Bulgarian
translator of the U. S. legation
in Sofia, was sentenced to 15
years in prison by a Bulgarian
court today on his plea of guilty
to spying for the United States.
The verdict of the people's
court was reported in a broad
cast of the Bulgarian news
agency; - -
Shipkov, tried with four oth
ers, had forecast his own abject
confession in an affidavit re
leased by the U. S. state depart
ment two days before his trial
began. His affidavit said he was
tortured. Sentences for the oth
er, four were as follows:
Kivka Rindova, former tele
phone operator at the U. S. lega
tion, 12 years in prison.
Stefan Krat Utov, 10 years.
Incila Tzanov, six years and
eight months.
Vassil Nalchev, four years, six
months and 10 days.
All, in addition, received fines
ranging up to the 8,000 leva
(about $26.40) assessed against
Shipkov. In addition, Shipkov
was deprived of all his civil
rights.
Still Believe
In Sea Monster
Delake, Ore., March 8 VP)
The people of Delake refuse to
give up faith in their "sea mon
ster." They kept the huge, sprawl
ing thing on display at the beach
toda and took annoyed issue
with the scientists who think it's
whale blubber.
"You can't grow feathers on
a whale," declared Arnold Earn
shaw. Lloyd Cable, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, declar
ed he wouldn't burn the thing
until people began complain
ing about the smell. They have
n't complained much yet.
In fact the comparative mild
ness of odor ,was cited as one
reason for disbelief. "Fish from
the sea always smell quickly
and this didn't," declared Ver
non Brammer. "Also it deterior
ates quickly, and this hasn't."
"If it had been a dead whale,
said Mrs. Andy Allum, "it could
n't have been dragged back by
that wrecker." (The "monster
cast up by the sea last week-end
was pulled above high tide mark
by a wrecker.)
But none of this made much
impression on the state's bio
logists, who have lost interest
since a state fish commission
marine expert examined the
thing.
Roger Tollefson, the marine
biologist, hadn't claimed it was
a whole whale, anyway. Just i
piece.
1941 Whales in 11 Weeks
Tokyo, March 8 (rP) Japan's
Antarctic whale expedition
made a record catch of 1941
whales in 11 weeks, the chief of
General MacArthur's natural re
sources section reported today.
Auto Workers
Spurn $MMion
Miners' Loan
Detroit, March 8 U.R) The
CIO United Auto Workers today
turned down John L. Lewis' of
fer of a $1,000,000 loan to help
finance the Chrysler strike but
said that any outright gifts
would be accepted.
UAW President Walter P
Reuther rejected the offered
loan with thanks in a letter to
the United Mine Workers chief.
"Because of the generous con
tributions of UAW members in
plants other than Chrysler and of
organizations outside the UAW,
Reuther wroter, "we have not
found it necessary to borrow
money to support the strike and
we' do not anticipate that we
shall."
Gagged Cop Gets
Hold-up Thug
Portland, March 8 m A
special policeman felled a prowl
er last night with a small pis
tol overlooked when the" prowl
er gagged and searched the of
ficer. Holland G. Bowers, 71, fired
thi shot from a .23 caliber au
tomatic. Erwin Schroeder, 30,
transient, was in good Samaritan
hospital today with a chest
wound, believed not serious.
Bowers told detectives this
story:
He came upon Schroeder in a
darkened service station at S
W. Broadway and Burnside
street last night and demanded
to know what he was doing.
Schroeder said "they left me
hero and said you'd let me out.''
Then, as -Bowers stepped for
ward, knocked the officer down.
Bowers was gagged, searched
and pushed to the back of the
shop. On the way he managed
to reach the small pistol that had
been overlooked, he continued,
and emptied it in the semi- dark
ness.
When oolice arrived, Schroe
der was sitting, wounded, on the
curb, -.
Pick Location
For Armory Site
Salem's Army Reserve armo
ry will be erected on the site di
rectly south of the state highway
shops and laboratory on the west
side of the Airport road.
That information was receiv
ed from the chief of the real es
tate division of the district en
gineers in Seattle. Albert F.
Straub, by Capt. Richard Rey
nolds, instructor for the local
army reserve units.
The letter also directed Capt.
Reynolds to contact state offi
cials and secure an expression
from them on whether the army
could have a lease of not less
than 50 years duration or a fee
acquisition on the site from the
state. "
Because of the nature of the
structure, the army pointed out
that if a fee acquisition could not
be obtained it would be neces
sary to have a lease of not less
than 50 years duration.
Reynolds also received a copy
of the planning report for the
armory, which has been for
warded to the division engineer
in Portland by the district en
gineer in Seattle and now goes
to the office of chief of engi
neers in Washington, DC. for
final approval.
Blizzards Whip Over
Entire Midwest Area
(By the Associated Press!
The winter -weary midwest "staggered today from another
round of crippling climatic blows.
Snows, sleet, gales and blizzards whipped over areas from the
northern plains into Iowa and headed for Lake Michigan. A mass
of cold air followed in the wake of the blustery, cold March
Hundreds of towns were iso
lated with business nearly para
lyzed. Highway travel was vir
tually halted in many areas.
Scores of schools were closed.
Many motorists and some school
children were stranded in parts
of the blizzard belt. Damage to
property was extensive.
Some rail and air travel was
curtailed. Communication serv
ice was wiped out over most of
North Dakota and parts of South
Dakota, Nebraska and Minneso
ta. Amateur radio station opera
tors were ready to handle emer
gency messages to areas cut off
from outside telephone and tele
graph communication.
Red Cross chapters in midwest
cities were alerted. They were
prepared to send food, clothing
and other relief supplies into
the storm area.
Boone Fired
For Criticism
Of Johnson
Admiral Relieved
From Duty for Being
Un-cooperarive
Washington, March 8 UP)
Rear Admiral Joel T. Boone said
today he was fired from his high
defense medical post on grounds
that he was "uncooperative."
The 60-year-old admiral told
his story to a house armed serv
ices subcommittee whose mem
bers are looking into cutbacks
Defense Secretary Johnson has
ordered in military hospitals.
Boone has called Johnson's pol
icies "shortsighted."
While Boone was testifying,
the defense department got out
a statement saying he was re
moved as Johnson's senior medi
cal officer because he was "not
in sympathy with the economy
program of the medical services."
Ex-White House Doctor
Dr. Richard L. Meiling, direc
tor of the department's medical
services, gave that explanation
of why Boone was relieved from
duty Feb. 28 and returned to the
navy for reassignment.
Boone served as White House
physician to Presidents Harding,
Coolidge and Hoover during a
naval career dating back to 1914.
He won the Congressional Med
al of Honor in World War 1.
He is the second admiral to be
booted out of a high Pentagon
post in disagreement with John
son's policies. Admiral Louis
Denfeld was ousted as chief of
naval operations last Septem
ber. The planned cutback in mili
tary hospitals, as well as the re
moval of Boone, has aroused
congress.
Navy Not Consulted
Rep. Rivers (D-SC) said
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the
armed services committee has
written Johnson asking that the
defense department hold up clos
ing of military hospitals until
the lawmakers have visited
them.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column 7)
Sander Trial
Defense Rests .
Manchester, N.H., March 8 VP)
The defense in the Dr. Her
mann N. Sander "mercy death"
murder trial rested today at 2:34
p.m. (EST).
Defense counsel brought their
case to a close after Dr. Richard
F. Ford, noted Harvard pathol
ogist, insisted the accused doctor
could not have killed a cancer
patient with air injections.
Judge Harold E. Westcott call
ed a recess before the state open
ed its rebuttal.
He discussed with the jury the
question of how the autopsy on
the dead woman's body came
about.
Earlier, the vein segments
from Mrs. Abbie Borroto's arm,
on which the injections were
made, were brought into the
court.
The vein segments from the
59-year-old woman's arm were
not shown to the jury.
vviuus wuiaucu auuaa me
midwest prairie lands at veloci
ties from 35 to 65 miles an hour,
with gusts up to 85 and .as high
as 100 MPH in some parts of
the plains states.
The storm, which landed its
most devastating blows over the
Dakotas, Nebraska and Minne
sota yesterday, centered in
northeastern Wisconsin today
and moved northeastward.
Strong westerly winds and
gales swept across upper Michi
gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa
and northern Illinois. Heavy
drifting and blowing snow ac
companied the gales. Blizzard
conditions were reported in
parts of upper Michigan, Minne
sota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Much
colder weather moved in with
strong winds. Below zero read
ings were in prospect' for most
of the north central region.
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High Up in Legal Profession The big man is Clifford Mar
shall Thompson of Portland, tallest man in the world, who
was admitted to the practice of law in Oregon by the state
supreme court Tuesday. He is 8 feet 7 inches tall. The man
beside him is Kenneth Kraemer, another Portland attorney
who sponsored Thompson. Kraemer is 5 feet 6. While in
Salem Kraemer filed as a candidate for the democratic nomi
nation for the state legislature.
Talles t Alan in World
Admitted to
By WILLIAM
(United Press staff
The tallest man in the world
and laws of the United States
was admitted to the practice of
Clifford Marshall Thompson,
inches tall, was granted the right to practice law in Oregon in
French Drafted
To Avert Strike
Paris, March 8 (.IP) Premier
George Bidault's government or
dered the draft of 100,000 public
utility workers today to avert a
nationwide gas and electricity
stoppage threatening on the crest
of France s worst strike wave in
three years.
Workers in the nationalized
power plants had been schedul
ed to walk out at midnight. Both
communist and non-communist
unions voted the strike to back
up demands for wage increases
The civilian draft order to be
served upon the workers by po
licemen makes those who re
fuse to work subject to loss of
their jobs, fines and from six
days to five years in jail.
The workers demand monthly
increases beginning with a min
imum boost of 3,000 francs
($8.50) for the lowest paid. The
government has offered a 4.9
per cent increase which would
range from 750 to 6,000 francs
($2 to $17). The middle-of-the
road government, fighting infla
tion, refused to go beyond this,
Paris limped along in the third
day of a transportation strike
which partially tied up the city
muddling the subway, bus and
streetcar systems. Large num
bers of taxis and 3,000 buses
manned by the army helped to
keep things moving in France's
first city.
Mexico Outlaws
'Quickie' Divorces
Mexico City, March 8 (U.fi).
Mexican "quickie" divorces to
foreigners not legally residing
in Mexico were abolished today
by a nine-to-seven supreme
court ruling.
Apparently aimed only at for
eigners who take advantage of
Mexico's lax divorce law, the
ruling placed jurisdiction in di
vorce suits with the civil judge
at the couple's legal residence,
rather than with the judge where
suit is filed.
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WARREN
Correspondent)
swore to support the constitutions
and of the state of Oregon and
law in this state Tuesday.
45, who is eight feet, seven
""orief but impressive ceremonies
in the Oregon supreme court
chambers.
The man who moved that1 he
be admitted to the bar was Ken
neth Kraemer, Portland attor
ney who is five feet, six inches
tall,
The oath of attorney was read
by Arthur S. Benson, clerk of
the supreme court who stands
up to five feet, four inches.
And Thompson was sworn in
as an Oregon attorney by Chief
Justice Hall S. Lusk, who stands
well, shall we say? He s the
least tall member of the high
bench.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 5)
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Airliner Crashes in Snowstorm Fighting a blizzard, a 50-mile wind and fire as well as
disaster, these firemen search the shattered wreckage of "a- Northwest Airlines passenger
plane which crashed into a house in Minneapolis killing at least 15 persons and
possibly 19. The fireman In the left foreground is lifting a piece of the piano Several mem
bers of a family in the crashed house were also killed as well as all aboard the plane. (AP
Wirephoto.)
Plane Crashes
House with
Fire Following
15 Lose Life in
Blazing Funeral Fire
At Minneapolis
Minneapolis,' March 8 IP) A
Northwest Airlines plane crash
ed into three south side homes
last night after one of its wings
had struck a flag pole towering
over graves in the Fort Snelling
national cemetery four miles
from the airport.
Fifteen persons were killed in
the crash and in the fire that
followed. Ten of them were
passengers. Three were crew
members. Two were children
whose parents had just tucked
them into bed in an upstairs
bedroom of one of the homes
struck by the plunging plane.
Their home caught fire imme
diately. The Martin 202 was trying for
an instrument landing during a
blinding, howling snowstorm. It
made one futile effort, missing
the instrument pattern.
Struck Flagpole
The airport tower notified the
pilot to make another try.
In the last radio signal from
the plane, the pilot replied: "I
can't. 1 can't."
Today it was established that
the plane's left wing struck the
heavy, steel flagpole, Northwest
Airlines operations officials said.
A small piece of the front spar
of the wing was found nearby.
Two children, who had just
been put to bed in the house the
plane struck, were also trapped
in the flaming inferno which
spouted from the ship's sundered
gasoline tanks. The rest of the
family were watching television.
Originating at Washington,
D. C, the ship on NWA flight
307 made stops at Pittsburgh
Cleveland, Detroit and Madison,
Wis., It was scheduled to set1
down at Rochester, Minn., but
that landing was prevented by
the heavy weather and the craft
was ordered into Minneapolis. It
would have proceeded thence to
Winnipeg, Manitoba, via Fargo
and Grand Forks, N. D.
The plane, a Martin 2-0-2
Mars, was trying for an instru
ment landing here in gusty
winds and swirling snow.
Crashes Into Residence
Less than two airline miles
from- the safely of the airport,
the plane plummeted into the
home of Franklin Doughty in the
quiet residential section along
Minnehaha parkway, near Em
erson avenue south.
Shafts of flames spewed im
mediately from the shattered
airliner to afire the neighboring
homes of Mrs. Robert Cahn and
Irving Luger Occupants of these
two houses, forewarned by the
cannon-like explosion of the
crash, fled to safety.
Janet Doughty, 10, and her
eight-year-old brother, Tommy,
were engulfed by the first rapid
sheets of searing fire.
(Eyewitness Story on Pase 8)
Bonus Cigar
By Proud 'Dad'
Costly to Clerk
There's a clerk in a Salem
florist shop who's going to be
suspicious the next time a new,
proud papa comes in to order
flowers for the little woman.
That clerk fell victim to a
smooth scheme of a bogus check
operator. A "customer" came
to the store, ordered flowers for
his wife, filled out a greeting
card, and ordered the posies sent
to "Mrs. Robert Stewart" at Sa
lem General hospital.
To make his story effective,
the "proud papa" gave the clerk
a bonus cigar with the comment:
"Smoke one on me for the
new baby."
The flowers cost $2.50. The
check the clerk took was for
$10. In view of the fact that no
Mrs. Robert Stewart was at the
hospital, the total loss was $7.50,
a price the clerk considered too
costly for the lone cigar.
Russians Brag
On Atomic Bomb
Moscow, March 8 (IP) Two
members of the Soviet Union's
communist party politburo spoke
today of Russian advances in de
veloping the atomic bomb in
pre-election speeches to voters
in their constituencies:
Deputy Premier Marshal Kle-
ment Voroshilov, declaring that
Russia has its own atomic bomb,
said that "atomic blackmail will
have to be junked because of its
lack or usefulness."
Nikita Khrushchev, first sec
retary of the Ukrainian commun
ist party, told his audience that
atomic weapons in the hands of
the Soviet Union had been
transformed into a guarantee
of peace and security."
Khrushchev also declared that
"atomic diplomacy," had failed
and would fail in the future.
Wage Boost in
BC Paper Mills
Vancouver, B. C, March 8
(CP) A wage boost of six cents
an hour is included in a new
contract signed between 5,000
British Columbia pulp and paper
mill workers and four compan
ies.
The across-the-board increase,
which brings the base rate in the
industry to $1.12 an hour, is
effective May 1.
Announcement of the agree
ment was made yesterday
The workers are members of
the International Brotherhood of
Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill
Workers (T. L. C.) and the In
ternational Brotherhood of Pa
per Makers (T. L. C.)
Companies, involved are the
Powell River Paper Co., Pacific
Mills Ltd., B. C. Pulp and Paper,
and Blocdel, Stewart and Welch
Ltd.
The new base rale in the Bri
lish Columbia industry is 12
cents an hour above the hourly
pay in the majority of eastern
Canadian mills.
Bares Red Spy
Ring in State
Department
M'Carthy Names
Member of 28
Commie Groups
Washington March 8 UP)
Senator McCarthy (R-Wisc)
charged today that Dorothy Ken
yon, whom he identified as a
state department employe, "has
been affiliated with at least 28
communist front organizations,"
She promptly called him a
liar."
The state department also de
nied McCarthy's statement be
fore a senate committee that
Miss Kenyon is now with the
department as an American
representative on a United Na
tions commission. Her three
year term expired in December,
the department said, adding
that the UN job had been her
only connection with the depart
ment. Denial by Miss Kenyon
The 62-year-old Miss Kenyon,
a former New York City judge
who is now practicing law there,
accused McCarthy of "taking
cowardly refuge in his congres
sional immunity to smear inno
cent people." She said she had
fought Russian delegates in the
UN "for years."
At Lake Success, the U.S.
delegation to the UN said Miss
Kenyon resigned from the eco
nomic and social council's com
mission on the status of women
in February and was no longer
connected with the delegation.
She had served on the status of
women commission since its or
ganization.
The hearing got off to an up
roarious start with Chairman
Tydings (D., Md.) promising Mc
Carthy:
You are going to get one of
the most complete investigations
in the history of this country."
81 Persons on List
In the senate reppn(lv Mr..
'Carthy detailed! the cases of 81 -persons
he said are bad security
risks. He named no namps hnf
said they either now or formerly
were in the state department.
(Concluded on Pago S, Column 6)
Attack Staged
In Caribbean
Aboard the Transport General
Butner in the Caribbean, March
8 Combined American mili
tary forces struck by land, sea
and 'air today against a well-
entrenched "enemy" on Vieques
island in peacetime's greatest
war games.
The invasion, led by nearly
1,000 paratroopers, climaxed 10
days of sea and air battles in
"operation Portrex."
Secretary of Defense Johnson,
Navy Secretary Matthews and
dozens of other military offi
cials answered reveille in dark
ness for the start of the amphi
bious assault.
Intensive preinvasion work
began about midnight. Navy un
derwater demolition teams
known as "frogmen" sneaked
ashore to blast and burn beach
defenses.
"Frogmen" also reported on
surf conditions for the guidance
of specially trained army troops.
Small reconnaissance patrols
were put ashore for last minute
intelligence. Night fighters and
photographic planes harrassed
4,500 "aggressor nation" troops
ashore. Navy assault ships bom
barded the eastern end of the
little island 25 miles off Puerto
Rico.
Landing preparation, like the
pre-assault aclivities, matched
wartime intensity. The first of
18,000 army troops began board
ing landing craft at 5 a.m. (EST),
three hours before the sche
duled landing.
$50,000 Damage by
Weaverville Truck
Weaverville, Calif., March 8
(IP) A big trailer loaded with
lumber, snapped loose from a
speeding truck, wrecked a largo
section of the Weaverville busi
ness district last night.
No one was injured but dam
age was estimated at about $50,
000. Witnesses said (he truck, driv
en by Anthony M. Moreno, 30,
of Los Angeles, roared into
Weaverville from the west about
9:50 p. m. at a speed of 70 miles
an hour. Just as it entered tho
main street business section tho
trailer came loose.