FIRST SAUCER REPORTER
Thinks Subs Are Linked
To Strange Air Objects
By CHARLES H. TURNER
(United Preu 8taf Correspondent)
Boise, Ida., April 11 U.R Kenneth Arnold, the private pilot
who made the first report of flying saucers, said today he's con
vinced there is a definite link between them and the mysterious
submarines reported off U. S. coastlines.
In fact, the Boise businessman wouldn't be surprised if they
fsame thing.
trl turned out to be one and the
mot survives
Swamp Ordeal
Homerville, Ga., April 11 (U.R)
An airplane pilot who wan
dered for seven terrifying days
in the wilds of the Okefenokee
swamp once "fell down to die"
but kept struggling until he
stumbled into a Boy Scout camp,
his rescuers said today.
James Douglas Stewart of
Weston, W. Va., was brought to
a hospital here yesterday half
starved and ready to drop from
exhaustion.
His ordeal that began April 2
when the plane he had rented at
Jacksonville, Fla., crashed and
burned in the vast swamp was
related by the three Explorer
Scouts who brought Stewart to
safety.
Stewart's plane went down on
the southeastern edge of the wil
derness. Had he walked south,
he would soon have reached civ
ilization. Instead, slightly in
jured and hopelessly confused as
to direction in the tangled un
dergrowth, he limped off north
westward toward the interior of
the swamp.
The pilot told Scouts Robert
Shivers, L. A. Bailey and J.
Acree, all of Atlanta, that he liv
ed on lily pads, berries and bam
boo shoots.
After tramping through the
wildwoods for four days, Stewart
finally heard the sound of an
outboard motor which the scouts
were using at their camp on
Billy's island. He followed the
sound to the island but could go
no farther.
"On Saturday night," the
Ninth air force veteran told the
Scouts, "I fell down to die. But
I waked up again Sunday morn
ing and heard the motors again.
I decided to go a little further."
Stewart reached the edge of
the camp as the Scouts were
holding Sunday school services.
Young Hero Held
For 90-Cent
Robbery
Philadelphia, April 11 (ff) A
young messenger, acclaimed a
hero for bringing about the ar
rest of two men who robbed
him of a $1,170 payroll, was held
without bail today on a charge
of taking part in a 90-cent rob
bery. James Brown, 20, was com
mitted by Magistrate E. David
Keiser for grand jury action on
a robbery charge. Held with him
were Joseph Donegan, 19, and
Joseph Donovan, 18.
On March 29 two robbers
waylaid ' Brown at the Enter
prise Engraving company. As
the men fled with the cash,
Brown gave chase, noted their
automobile license number, tel
ephoned police. For that, Mayor
Bernard Samuel hailed Brown
a hero.
Sunday 32-year-old Charles
Hudson told police Brown and
his companions attacked him
and stole his topcoat and 90
cents.
He agrees with those who
think the strange aircraft might
be space ships from another
planet. And he doesn't scoff
at reports that "little men" have
fled from alleged crackups of
flying saucers in Mexico and
Southern California.
"Who am I to say that no
such men exist?" says Arnold,
"My mind is always open to
anything. I haven't seen any
of the tiny men myself, but
I have letters from persons
who have seen them. And
they're serious persons, too."
Despite this, the air force and
even President Truman have re
peatedly denied knowing any
thing about the flying saucers.
Arnolds collection of flying
saucer material includes tape
recordings, photographs, news
paper and magazine clippings
and piles of technical data. His
daily mail is crammed with new
information from well wishers,
cranks and scoffers.
Arnold touched off the fly
ing saucer stories nearly three
years ago. He claims that all
he did was file a "routine re
port" when he landed his
small private plane at Yakima,
Wash., on a balmy June day
in 1947.
Arnold's story of having seen
nine peculiar, tail-less aircraft
over Mt. Rainier first was told
to Al Baxter, general manager
of the Central Aircraft company
at Yakima. Baxter listened
politely to Arnold's story of the
amazing speed of the craft, how
they flew in a diagonal chain
like formation, and other details,
But Baxter told his friend frank
ly that he didn't believe him.
"I told the truth then," said
Arnold today, "and I'm telling
the truth now. Why I've seen
those flying discs three times
since 1947." Furthermore, the
press misquoted me when they
said I called the objects fly-
' ing saucers."
Arnold said . he merely de
scribed the objects in flight as
appearing to skim through the
air like a saucer over water. He
said they wavered somewhat as
they flew along.
Be that as it may, the whole
business has become such a head
ache to Arnold that he said he
has to make up his mind whether
to forget it all or make a full
time job of studying flying discs
and other mysterious objects.
He's particularly interested in
experimental work with radar
being carried on at Areata, Calif.
Arnold said he obtained pic
tures of strange images on the
radar, called radar angels, which
technicians were unable to ex
plain. He believes the inexpli
cable objects are just another
link in the flying saucer story.
Girl, 7, Saved
By Train Crew
Scobey, Mont., April 11 (U.R)
A seven-year-old girl was in
fair condition at a hospital here
today, her life saved attendants
said by four railroad men who
borrowed a train to bring her 50
miles to a hospital through a
spring blizzard.
Karen Biem was stricken with
pneumonia Saturday at her home
in Opheim, 50 miles northwest
of here. Highways between
Opheim and Scobey were block
ed by snow, and her physician
was afraid she wouldn t live un
less she was taken to a hospital.
The regular Great Northern
train from Williston, N.D., arriv
ed at Opheim Saturday evening
and Conductor Tom Harmon said
a messenger from Karen's doctor
met the train, asking if the crew
could take the stricken girl to
Scobey.
Harmon said he contacted the
division superintendent at Great
Falls and got permission to use
the diesel locomoitve and a pas
senger car. The crew donated
its services.
A makeshift section crew vol
unteered to help turn the train
around an operation Harmon
said took two hours because of
the storm.
A berth was prepared for
Karen in the passenger car and
the "Karen Special" brought the
girl and her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Arnard Biem to Scobey
With Harmon in the crew were
Engineer John Patterson and
Brakemen Fred Nahlen and
Charles White, all of Opheim,
Swimmer Arrives Greta
Anderson, Danish swimmer,
shows medals she won in 1948
Olympic Games as she arrives
at New York International Air
port en route to San Francisco.
Pink Carnations to
Be Sold by Auxiliary
Ping carnations, the favorite
flower of the martyred presi
dent, William McKinley, who
was the commander in chief un
der whom the United Veterans
of the Spanish American war
served in 1898, will decorate
residents of Salem on Friday
and Saturday, April 14-15.
On those days with the per
mission of Mayor Robert Elf
strom, the Ladies Auxiliary of
the United Spanish War Veter
ans will hold pink carnation
day.
In giving his peremission for
the sale Mayor Elfstrom said:
"It is a pleasure to endorse
the program of patriotic work
for the relief of war veterans
carried on by the auxiliary of
the largest volunteer army ever
raised by any country in his
tory. The soldiers and sailors
of the Spanish war composed the
only purely volunteer army ev
er raised. They did a good job
and when it was completed they
came home to take a real part
in the life of the nation.
"From the ranks of that ar
my many- of the outstanding
leaders in civic and commercial
life have been recruited. They
have maintained with their aux
iliary an outstanding patriotic
program. I trust that the resi
dents of Salem . will manifest
their appreciation of this or
ganization and its work by mak
ing the carnation sale a sell out.'
Because of sparse rainfall
nearly all of Utah's crops except
winter wheat are irrigated.
Safeway Plans
Big Expansion
Lingan A. Warren, president
of Safeway Stores, Inc., in the
company's annual report for
1949 told stockholders that "if
there is no major unfavorable
change in our political or labor
relations conditions, I feel that
we can all look forward to 1950
with optimism."
He emphasized that the busi
ness in which the company is
engaged is a part of one of the
country's most stable industries,
"Safeway's position in this
industry," Warren's message
says, "should be strengthened
by the completion of new large
modern stores featuring the most
modern equipment and adequate
customer parking space and by
the modernization and enlarge
ment of existing stores.
'Tentative plans have been
made to construct approximate
ly 1,000 retail locations during
the next five years and to re
model and modernize those ex-
sting stores which are to be re
tained," said Mr. Warren.
'The new locations will re
place obsolete stores and provide
stores for localities not now ade
quately served by Safeway. No
expansion into new territory is
planned.
The 1949 report, Safeway's
24th year of common and pre
ferred dividends, revealed that
1949 sales for the company and
its consolidated subsidiaries in
the United States were $1,095,-
063,621, a decrease of 7.10 per
cent from the net sales of the
same operation in 1948.
Happy Easter
For C-46 Crew
Okinawa, April 11 VP) Things
looked black on Good Friday
when a 20th Air Force C-46
piloted by Lt. Charles Guyler
lost its right engine 800 miles
from Kadcna airbase.
The crew jettisoned cargo
and radioed for an escort. Sud
denly a voice broke in on the
radio: "I know you fellows
would rather have another en
gine but we want you to know
that we are pulling for you. "
The voice was that of Maj.
Gen. Charles I. Carpenter, air
force chief of chaplains. Among
others "pulling" for the crew
were Rear Adm. Stanton W
Salisbury, chief of navy chap
lains, and Col. John C. W. Lins-
Icy, Far East air forces chap
lain. They were en route to
Easter services in Tokyo.
P. S,: The crippled C-46
landed safely on Okinawa.
American butter, cheese and
concen t r a t e d milk industries
turn out about $2,500,000,000
worth of products a year.
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, April 11, 1950 15
Teen Age Dance
Friday at Liberty
Liberty Wayne Sipe, presi
dent of the Liberty Community
club announced there, will be a
teenage dance on Friday, April
14 at the Liberty Community
hall.
The "Wonder Valley Boys"
will play and anyone wishing a
membership card in this area
may get them from Mrs. Joe
Vanek at the Liberty store.
These membership cards are for
persons who wish to attend the
club's activities for the rest of
the school term.
Parents are invited to attend
with their children and serve as
Ichaperones.
City Approves
Bridge Plans
The city council adopted a res
olution Monday night giving city
approval to grade separation of
the Southern Pacific and the
Oregon Electric on Front street
at center and Marion.
When the Marlon street bridge
is built and the Center street
bridge is rebuilt the east side
approaches of the two will be
above Front street.
The stale highway commission
has appiled to the public utili
ties commission for permits to
make the separation. At the re
quest of the commission the city
will ask the two railroad com
panies to mae their grade
changes at their own expense.
The city will be obliged to
maintain the pavement on Front,
Center and Marion.
'South Pacific' Gets
Theater Honors ;
New York, April 11 (U.R) The
hit musical "South Pacific"
swept the field today by captur
ing eight of 16 Antoinette Perry
awards, the theater's equival
ent of Hollywood's Oscars.
The American theater guild
awarded its fourth annual set
of "Tonys" Sunday night, se
lecting "South Pacific" and T.
S. Eliot's verse play "Tho Cock
tail Party" as the "outstanding"
productions of the season. ,
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