2 Capital Journal, Salem,
CAB Opens Hearings on
Coast Airlines Merger
Washington. Nov. 13 W The civil aeronautics board was told
today that a proposed merger of West Coast Air Lines and South
west Airways would increase operating efficiency and improve
service in California, Oregon and Washington.
John H. Connally of San Francisco, president of Southwest, ex-
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Farmers Union
Leaders Meet
Main speaker at a leaders'
meeting of the Oregon Farmers
Union that started here today is
Stanley (Bud) Vogt of Denver,
assistant director of education
for the National Farmers Union.
Monday morning. Vogt spoke
on the broad objectives of the
organization, stressing comment
on family type of farming which
he said was in danger. Eighteen
per cent of the people, namely
the farmers, he said, get only 10
per cent of the national income,
He traced farm legislation since
1862 when the first farm act was
passed, and said the family type
of farming is in greater Jeopardy
than ever before in spite of all
efforts to save it. A million farm
families have been lost, he said,
since 1935.
Howard Morgan spoke on the
CVA and criticised Senator
Wayne Morse, who, he said, was
full of praise for the TVA for
10 years, but came out against
the CVA.
At the afternoon session
panel discussion was held on the
Holy report on Oregon schools
and another on the matter of
adding to the effectiveness of
the Farmers Union.
At the Tuesday meeting Vogt
will be heard again, also Arnold
Alpcrstcin. of Puyallup, Wash.,
field man for the National Farm
ers union, and Al Lamb, area
manager, also from Puyallup.
He was formerly with the Blue
Lake cannery in Salem.
Wallace Advises
Peace by Defense
New York. Nov. 13 UP) Henry
A. Wallace said last night that he
no longer believes peace can be
obtained by meeting Russia
"half-way."
The former vice-president and
progressive party leader said the
United States must build Its
armed strength as quickly as pos
sible until Russia and communist
China give "concrete evidence"
that they arc Interested In peace.
Addressing a forum of the
community chucrh, he said:
"When Russia permitted the
North Koreans to attack, and
when Chinese troops entered
North Korea and Tibet, it be
came clear to me that Russia is
eager to use other people to heat
up the cold war."
Canadian Woman
Raised to Sainthood
Vatican City. Nov. 13 W In
the final beatification ceremony
of the holy year. Pope Plus XII
yesterday raised Mother Mar
guerite Bourgeois to the blessed
of the Roman Catholic church.
Born in France in 1620, she
founded the Order of the Sisters
of Our Lady In the Canadian
wilderness 300 years ago.
More than 1,200 Canadian pil
grims and 40 archbishops and
bishops were among the thou
sands of spectators at the cere
mony In the basilica of St, Peter.
Ore., Monday, Nov. 13, 1950
pressed this view at the start
of
hearing on the application
of the two air lines for CAB
ipproval of the consolidation.
Southwest and West Coast Alr
ines operated feeder routes in
the three states.
The application is opposed by
United Airlines and Western
Airlines.
D. P. Renda of Los Angeles,
attorney for Western, and John
'. Lorch, attorney for United,
described the hearing as "pre
mature."
They asked that a decision be
held ud pending rulings in two
other cases involving renewal of
operating permits on routes of
Southwest and West Coast.
Hearing examiner Edward T.
Stodola said he will ask the
board to rule on the objections
Renda questioned Connally
about an agreement to give Nick
Eez of Seattle, president of West
Coast Airlines, an option to buy
$50,000 worth of stock in South
west Airways at $1.50 a share
in exchange for Bez' becoming
a director of the company.
Connally said the option price
exceeds the book value of the
company's stock. He said he
wanted Bez in the comuany be
cause of his wide experience in
the Northwest.
Asked if he would oppose the
merger if the CAB fails to ap
prove the stock option as part
of the agreement, Connally said
he would stand back of his deal
with Bez and urge his board
of directors to support his posl
tion.
Connally predicted that the
merger would speed up South
west's trend toward self-suffi
ciency Under normal conditions,
he said, the company would no
longer have to rely on govern
ment mail pay within five years.
Six Children
Perish in Fire
Garrett, Pa., Nov. 13 VP)
Eight persons died in a series
of fires in western Pennsylvania
yesterday six of them children
who perished as flames destroy
ed a frame house in this little
coal mining town.
Volunteer firemen battled
smoke and flames for two hours
in sub-freezing temperatures but
were unable to rescue the six
child victims of the garrett fire.
Five of the children were sons
and daughters of Harvey Lee,
40, a welder, and his wife, Stel
la, 37. They were Kay, 15, Dar-
lene, seven, Danny, five, La-
verne, three, and Linda Sue,
two.
The other victim was Clarence
Lee, 15, brother of Mrs. Lee,
whose maiden name was the
same as that of her husband.
Clarence was spending the night
at his sisters house.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee were out
shopping when the fire broke
out. When they learned of the
blaze, they rushed home and
stood helplessly by as firemen
vainly tried to enter the flam
ing house.
riremcn said the blaze ap
parently was started by a kitchen
cool stove. The bodies of the
children were found later In
their second floor bedrooms.
Another child, eight-month
old James Stover, burned to
death in his crib in a farm house
near Oil City. Pa. Firemen said
the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Les
ter Stover, told them the crib
apparently was set ablaze by an
open neaung stove.
ine eighth lire victim was
Mrs. Alton Phillips, 50, who per
ished in a fire that destroyed
her heme at Sharon, Pa. Mrs
Phillips was alone when the
fire started of an undetermined
cause.
3 Parachute from
Burning Bomber
Annapolis, Md., Nov. IS VP)
Three men parachuted to safety
from a navy attack bomber when
one engine caught fire on a
routine flight today.
The twin-engine plane crashed
in flames near Deale, on Chesa
peake bay about 12 miles south
of here.
Patuxent Identified the crew
men as Lt. Cmdr. William C.
Patterson, pilot; Aviation Tech
nician 1-C William R. Diester
and Aviation Mechanic 1-C Rob
ert H. Jones.
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Watching a Dream Walking Four-year-old Diana Hunter
stands enthralled as she watches a group of dolls walk along
Chicago's State street. The dolls can walk 10 feet unassisted
and swing arms and heads realistically as they toddle along.
Toll Explains
Victory of GOP
Washington, Nov. 13 W
Senator Taft (R., Ohio) said to
day that lack of public confi
dence in President Truman s
foreign policy helped republi
cans In last Tuesday's congres
sional elections.
Taft told more than 125 re
porters at a news conference
that the major problems of the
next congress will be to decide
how big a military program is
needed for the country, "where
we will get the money and how
we shall prevent inflation.
Calling for a congressional re
view of proposed military aid to
western Europe, the Ohio sena
tor said he believes such aid
must be given but wants con
gress to assess the situation be
fore it acts.
The senator, who classes him
self as available but not a can
didate for the 1952 republican
presidential nomination, return
ed from his own victory at the
polls amid signs that some GOP
reorganization may be In order.
He is expected to confer with
party leaders during a brief stay
in the capital.
Taft took occasion to criticize
those he said accused him of
holding Isolationist views.
Isolationist is simply , a
name," he said. "Anybody is an
idiot who calls anybody else an
isolationist. We can't be isola
tionist under present conditions.
Taft said that in his successful
campaign for reelection In Ohio
he had charged that the admin
istration's foreign policies "by
errors, to say the least, had built
up Chinese communists and
brought about the Korean war.
He added there had been no
democratic answer to this in the
Ohio campaign.
Taft said he read into the elec
tion results of last Tuesday re
pudiation of President Truman's
"Fair Deal program."
The Ohioan mentioned specif
ically in this category what he
called "socialized free medicine'
and the Brafinan farm subsidy
plan.
Williams Back in
Lead in Michigan
Detroit, Nov. 13 (U.B Gov. G.
Mcnnen Williams jumped back
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into the lead in the hectic race
for governor today on the basis
of New Macomb county totals.
With the correction, Williams
took a 607 vote edge over former
Gov. Harry F. Kelly.
The new state totals with only
seven counties still to report of
ficial canvasses gave:
Kelly 934,583; Williams 935,-
190.
The corrected totals in Ma
comb county gave Williams 23,-
577 votes to 18,347 for Kelly.
Previously the announced vote
was 18,730 for Kelly and 23,079
for Williams. '
The shift took 383 votes from
Kelly and added 498 votes for
Williams.
Four Perish in
Plane Crash
Greenville, S. C, Nov. 13 VP)
An air force C-82 transport plane
crashed into the side of a moun
tain late Saturday night, carry
ing four men aboard to a fiery
death.
Deputy Sheriff Waddy Brez-
eale of nearby Pickens county
said "If it had flown 150 feet
higher it would have gotten ov
er" the peak.
An Investigation of the crash
is underway.
First report of the crash came
from a hunter who thought he
had spotted a forest fire. A for
est ranger discovered the smoul
dering wreckage early Sunday.
The plane was being trans
ferred from Maxwell Field,
Montgomery, Ala., to the Green
ville air base. 1
The victims were three crew
men from a Pittsburgh, Pa., :
serve wing called to active duty
last month and attached to the
base here, and a passenger from
Maxwell field.
The crewmen were Capt. John
Miles Struckrath, pilot; First Lt.
Robert B. Schmitt, co-pilot, and
Staff Sgt. John Davis Bloomer,
all from Pittsburgh. The pas
senger was Staff Sgt. Walter O.
Lott of Pensacola, Fla.
British Reject Soviet Plan
London, Nov. 13 (P) Foreign
Secretary Bevin said today
Russian plan to end the armed
occupation of Germany is "un
acceptable." Bevin hinted strong
ly that Britain will therefore re
ject a Russian bid for a big four
meeting to discuss the removal
of trooDs:
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Phone Strikers
Claim lockout'
New York, Nov. 13 VP) Long
distance telephone operators in
New York City charged today
they were "locked out when
they reported for work after
trikine equipment workers re
moved picket lines.
The American Telephone &
Telegraph Co., said that the
charge of "lockout is absurd."
In Pittsburgh, mounted police
dispersed a crowd of pickets who
surrounded a small Bell truck
halted in traffic. There were
no injuries.
The New York operators re
ported at the A.T.&T. long lines
center in three shifts. Large
numbers of them estimated at
1,300 left the building within
a short time. They charged they
had been told by chief operators
to leave after they said they
would continue to respect picket
lines. They said the company
told them they had other work
ers for the jobs.
The company, in a typewritten
statement, said "we are glad to
have our employes back if they
sinceiely wish to help us do the
job.
'Close and precise scheduling
of our people Is needed in order
to meet hour-to-hour service re
quirements. Before disrupting
the team that has done such
splendid job of giving service
to the public during the past!
several aays, we merely wisn to
know that the returning people
are prepared to meet this need."
Dallas Junior High
Slates Open House
Dallas As a feature of Amer
ican Education week, the Dallas
junior high school will have
open house on Thursday Novem
ber 16, at 8 p.m., J. Marion
O'Brien, principal, announces
Purpose of the event is to pro
vide an opportunity for parents
to become more thoroughly ac
quainted with school objectives
and with the personnel. All par
ents and friends are Invited
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A capacity audience of Cham
ber of Commerce luncheon
guests were transported to the
mldle of Ethiopia Monday noon
by Mrs. Robert L. Elfstrom, who
visited that little known portion
of the "dark continent" last
winter.
Mrs. Elfstrom's word picture
of the squalor, the filth and to an
American, almost unbelievable
conditions, was a vivid one and
her discourse held her audience
In close attention throughout.
A visit to her sister was the
reason for Mrs. Elfstrom s air
flight to Ethiopia. Life in that
country is crude and the natives
have little knowledge of the bal
ance of the world, said the
speaker. There are no water sys
tems, no sewage disposal plants
and no "Chic Sales." The latter
fact doesn't inhibit the natives
and the visitor soon becomes
accustomed to the strange occur
rences. To the foreigners who are
living in Ethiopia the visit of an
outsider is a high light in their
lives. They are cut off almost
entirely from the outside world,
since there are no newspapers,
little or no radio communica
tion and the magazines are old
when received.
Mrs. Elfstrom reported the
natives as being "fanatically
religious"; the flies as the most
bothersome pests in the country
and commented that the "dogs
sleep all day in order that they
may bark all night."
Urges Prosecution
Of Newsprint Trust
Washington, Nov. 13 W) Rep.
Celler (D., N.Y.) urged the jus
tice department yesterday to
start court action "to restore
competition in the newsprint in'
dustry."
As chairman of the house judi
ciary committee, Celler recent
ly conducted an inquiry into the
American and Canadian news
print industry. He wrote At
torney General McGrath that a
score or more of newsprint mills
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Change in Draft
Age Considered
Chicago, Nov. 13 VP) Maj.
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, the na
tion's selective service director,
says America's manpower must
serve both the economy and the
armed forces.
He said the draft may have to
be extended to 18-year-olds and
to men older than 25.
Hershey spoke on a North
western University radio panel
broadcast yesterday by the Mu
tual Broadcasting system.
Although there are an esti
mated 8,000,000 men in the 19
26 age group, Hershey said,
some 1,000,000 have dependents,
another 3,000,000 are veterans
and a large proportion of those
remaining do not meet physical
or mentsl requirements.
In the older group there are
many men who would be of
greater value in the economy
than in the military forces, he
said.
He said men taken from the
higher age bracket should be
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Southern editors, reporters and
scientists t day opened a .o-
day seminar on atomic energy.
About 100 delegates irom lu
states are taking part in the ses
sion. It is designed to help the
newspapermen prepare informa
tive stories on atomic energy.
Coleman A. Harwell, vice
president and editor of the Nash
ville Tennesseean, scheduled a
keynote address at an opening
luncheon. Dr. Sumner Pike,
member of the atomic energy
commission, is to address a ban- .
quet tonight. Leading scientists
will speak during the seminar.
The gathering is sponsored by
the AEC, National University
Extension association, and the
Southern University Council on
atomic energy.
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