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69th Year, No. 29
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, February 2, 1937 ."".."s.'l"''.!,?.
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Seven American Plane Crashes
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Alabama Still
Facfes Rising
Water Threat
Rivers Start
To Subside
Elsewhere
By THE ASSOCIATED PBESS
The dire threat of flood hung
over North Alabama today while
four other southern states began
mop-up operations in the wake of
floods which claimed 14 lives and
caused many millions of dollars
in damages.
The Warrior and Coosa Rivers
in Alabama continued to rise and
' Lodge Appeals
For Peace Plan
In Middle East
Use of UN Troops on
Border Favored
By Ambassador
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. Wl -
U.S. Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge
Jr. Saturday appealed directly to
Israel and Egypt to accept a two
part peace plan which calls for
the use of U.N. troops along their
strife-torn border.
Lodge demanded the immedi
ate withdrawal of Israeli troops
from Egyptian territory, but (aid
the U.N. also must take positive
action to make sure that the old
conditions are not restored,
UN Force Favored
One way to do this, he said,
would be to move in U.N. forces
along the border after Israel with
draws. Lodge told the 80-nation Gen
eral Assembly that he saw "en
couraging signs" that Egypt and
Israel were ready to agree to
measures to ease tension.
The U.S. delegate spoke after
a Soviet bloc spokesman had
blasted as illegal the 7-nation plan
to use U.N. forces. Lodge insisted
that the two-part plan be consid
ered as a unit and that the two
resolutions be voted on one after
the other.
Stationed' on Gulf
"The United States," he said,
believes it is essential that units !
of the United Nations emergency
force should be stationed at the
Gulf of Aqaba to insure against
the exercise of any belligerent
rights."
He said the force also should
be used as a restraint against hos
tile acts along the border con
trary to the 1949 armistice agree
ment. Ukrainian Delegate L.E. Kizva
i, said the proposal to use U. N.
jt forces at the border was a new
i attempt to interfere in the domes
tic affairs of Egypt." He said the
U.N; force had been created in
violation of the charter and that
any expansion of its functions
Would thus be illegal.
Pirates Fined
For Gambling
COOS' BAY W The Coos Bay
"Pirates, a booster and social club
here, were fined lloo and $4.50.'
court costs when they pleaded
guilty in Justice court here to a !
gambling charge.
The case stemmed from a raid
In which county police and state
Liquor Control Commission agents
acized a roulette wheel, an elec
tric clock, dice, tables, cards,
chips and stage money alter a
party (or the Pirates and their
guests, '
Justice of the Peace Thomas
Swanson denied a defense motion
i, u,ui-i iiisitutuns ancnii
Charles Strawn lo return the
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rlub valued at about $3,000.
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were expected to crest above
flood stage Monday.
Rains End
A dry, cool air mass moved into
Tennessee last night cutting off
drenching rains which have fallen
in the East and midstate areas for
the last 13 days.
Flood waters in the Upper East
Tennessee area began to recede,
but some sections of Chattanooga
in the lower east section were still
under water.
Repair crews and relief agen
cies were already moving into
Kentucky, Virginia and West Vir
ginia to clean up flood debris.
Floods which spread through the
Southeast forced thousands from
their homes.
Disaster Areas
Parts of Kentucky and West Vir
ginia have been declared disaster
areas by President Eisenhower.
Gen. Alfred M. Gruentner, pres
ident of the National Red Cross,
planned to inspect flood stricken
areas 01 wesi Virginia, Virginia
and Kentucky by plane today. He
said a half million dollars has
been allocated to these states for
flood relief.
The Tombigbee River is ex
pected to crest four feet above
Hood stage at uoiumous, miss.
National Guardsmen at Hunts
ville, Ala., have been alerted in
the event families have to be
evacuated from the lowlands
along the Flint and Paint Rock
Rivers.
Israel Troops,
UN Swap Shots
On Gaza Strip
CAIRO im Israeli, and U. N.
troops have exchanged shots near
the Gaza Strip the first reported
clash between the two rorces.
There were no casualties.
The incident came while the
U.N. General Assembly was try
ing- once again to resolve the
deadlock caused by Israel's refu
sal to give up its last footholds
seized in the October-November
invasion of Egypt. A new plan
calling for an Israeli withdrawal
and use of U N. forces in the dis
puted areas was before a special
weekend session of the Assembly
today.
The official account of the clash
from the U. N. information center
in Cairo said a Swedish patrol of
the U.N. Emergency Force
challenged- five Israeli soldiers
pursuing a group of refugees from
the Gaza Strip into U.N.-held
Eevntian territory.
It said the Israelis opened fire
on the Swedes with rifles and light
machine guns, and that the
Swedes fired back.
In Jerusalem, an Israelis mis'
takenly went about 300 yards into
U.N.-occupied territory.
He said the Israeli soldiers
fired a few shots to cover them
selves while getting back to their
territory
Israel has refused to leave the
Gaza Strip, taken in the invasion
of the adjoining Sinai Peninsula,
until it gets guarantees the strip
will not be used as a base for
commando raids into its territory.
IT CHILDREN DROWNED
CAIRO OB Seventeen school
children and two teachers drowned
yesterday when a boat chartered
for a school outing overturned in
the Nile.
Saudi Arabia King
Extends U. S. Visit
WASHINGTON (fl King Saud
of Siudi Arabia has decided to
extend his stay in Washington.
..;An,tu In, t,tlha tollrt U'ith
'mp u. s. officials on Middle East-
crn problems.
, i.
1 immTOWic .inxui.i
u... ik.i 4iriimiii. miaki
have arisen in Saud s conferences
with President Eisenhower.
But American officials said they
were certain this was not true,
that the talks had been going ex
tremely cll. A spokesman for
the King said the meetings have
been held "in an atmosphere of
warm cordiality."
Such an atmosphere was pres
,ni tact ntoht at a dinner Saud,
gave for Eisenhower at a down -
town hotel.
Saud praised the United States
tor supporting me principles ni
Ihe United Nations in sponsoring
"peace in the world and sell-de
termination" for peoples under
colonial rule.
Responding. Eisenhower said he
felt their talks will "bring our
countries Into closer understand
ing with each other and. there
fore, into closer friendship."
Korean Boy Gets American Home
Little 18-monlh-old Bruce Erwln Ferguson was illU pretty sleepy
Saturday afternoon after his newly-adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Ferguson, Route 4, Box 499, brought him home earlier
In the day. The boy was one of 11 Korean orphans who arrived
In Portland by plane and the Fergusons were on hand to claim
him as their first child. (Capital Journal Photo)
MORE WINTER WEATHER
Groundhog Sees
His Shadow Here
A few. almost sickly rays of
sunshine popped through the skies
early Saturday morning. But that
was enough. Mr.- Punxsutawncy
saw his shadow. You see, 'twas
Ground Hog day, Saturday.
And if the little old critter did
not see his shadow this morning,
he was to have ample opportunity
Groundhog
Views Chilly
NW Weather
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Any Groundhog foolish enough
lo poke his nose above the earth
Saturday in the Pacific Northwest
got a good look at his shadow if
his eyes weren't watering from
the cold.
All across Washington and Ore
gon Groundhog Day was clear
and crisp..
From Eastern Washington the
Weather Bureau reported night
time lows of 6 below zero at Spo
kane and 7 below at Ellensburg.
West of the mountains Belling
ham chilled off at 13 above.
Two deaths were attributed lo
icy roads. Diana George, 18, died
near Wapato when a car rolled
over. In the Spokane Valley Carol
Hildenbrand, 26, an expectant
mother, was killed in a car-truck
collision at an icy intersection.
The loss of two fishermen in the
Strait of Georgia near Vancouver,
B.C., may have been due in part
to the frigid weather. Their fish
boat sank Friday and authorities
said It may have been coated
heavily with ice.
Earlier, the State Department
announced that Saud had can
celed plans to spend next week
at the swank urccnhricr Hotel in
White Sulphur Springs. W. Va.
The announcement said Saud
would spend some addiliona' days
at Blair House, the government
at Hlair Mouse, tne gov
' house. The King and Eisen-i
hower are expected to meet again
lale next week.
Today, Saud was scheduled to
drive to the U. S. Naval Academy
at nearby Annapolis, Md. His
program included a luncheon with
the midshipmen and a basketball
game between Navy and Duke
University.
Frtllnu-inff an Eis-enhower-Saud
i. it. .1 11.. u'kti n,Ba
jdav Secretary of State Dulles
,aid the talks so far have , gone:
extremely well" and that "a good
many rnisunarrjianuinKa na,p
been cleared up." He did not go
Into detail. j Ihe surtax will ha,e a great deal Willie Lon2. T, Dayton, Oho, was
Specilically, Dulles told news-! of Democratic support in the Leg-! convicted Friday night of second
men that Saiid now has a much islature, and Ihe solid support of degree murder for the shooting nf
heller understanding nf Elsenhnw
er s program for insulating the The Republicans, hy Inlroduc
Midi East against Communist ing Ihcir bill, would separate the
encroachment and building up its two issues of surtax repeal and
economic itrenph. I raises In income tax brackets.
to do so this afternoon because
clearing skies were in the forecast,
So, it all means we are, in for
six weeks more of winter, ac
cording to legend. The old tale
says that when the Ground Hog
sees his shadow on February 2,
winter hangs on for six weeks
longer. (Confidentially, the way
thinns have been going we did
not have lo have Ground Hog day
to prove winter goes merrily on).
Colder temperatures are due to
set in tonight, a low of 25 being
called for the night in Salem.
The Saturday morning minimum
in Salem was four below the
freezing mark, registering 28.. A
iew snowflakes fluttered down in
ports of tlio city Friday night, but
did not remain on the ground. Only
a trace of precipitation was mea
sured for the 24-hour period to
10:30 a.m. Saturday.
End of Surtax
Bill Proposed,
Republicans
The Legislature's 38 Republi
cans will introduce a bill Monday
calling for outright repeal of the
45 per cent surtax on income, Rep.
Charles A. Tom (Rl, Rufus,
spokesman for the group, announc
ed Saturday.
Tom accused the Democratic
majority of trying to "perpetuate
a hoax" in their surtax repeal
bill.
He added that (he Democratic
bill would he combined with high
er income taxes. Thus if the high
er taxes in the Democratic bill
were auaiKcu uy reicrciiuiiiu, iiiCjhis case.
surtax repeal would be automat- Cnjcf justice Wilbcrt Crowley
ically delayed, too. ;f the criminal court set the siie
The Republican measure would
repeal the surtax "with no strings
attached," Tom said.
He attacked the Democratic bill
as a "deliberate attempt by Gov.
Holmes and some of his followers
lo perpetuate a hoax on the peo
ple of Oregon regarding surtax
repeal."
The Democratic bill, ht said,
"would repeal the surtax, all
! right, but at the same time could
impose higher income tax rates
without allowing the people of
Oregon to vote on the raise.
Pat Dooley, Democratic speak-
jcr of the House, revealed this
joker in Ihe deck on a recent tele
vision program, when he said that
anyone who refers changes in
personal income tax rates to (he
people must lake the responsibil
ity for killing the bill that repeals
the surtax.
"In other words, with Holmes
and his taxation experts, lt's!ly.
heads we win, tails the people on
Oregon )oe'."
Tom said Ihe Democratic bill
Is "lejislative trickery at a newl
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i that our Republican hill to repeal
- I the people of Oregon
Korean Child
Adopted by
Salem Family
A sleepy-eyed 18-month-old Kor-
ean orphan boy became a part of
the Sunnyside community south of
Salem Saturday.
The youngster, now formally
named Bruce Erwin Ferguson, was
adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Ferguson of Route 4, Box 499
through the efforts of the Holt
adoption agency. - His name until
1 a.m. Saturday morning when the
Ferguson's picked him up at Port
land airport had been Park In
Keun.
Young auburn haired brown
eyed Bruce came came to Portland
with 11 other Korean orphans. All
have been placed in Oregon but
two who went to Idaho and Mon
tana families.
Bruce is an only child for the
Fergusons who started adoption
proceedings last May. "We've had
a lot of help this morning from
neighbors, and 1 haven't learned
to change a diaper yet," Ferguson
said.
The youngster appeared to be
in perfect health but was spending
most of his time sleeping alter
the long air ride from Korea.
Bedwell Bail
Set at $20,000
CHICAGO Ifl Edward (Bon
nie) Bedwell, Ihe odd-jobs work
er who made and then recanted
a confession to the slaying of the
Grimes sisters, was ordered freed
on $20,000 bail Saturday.
There was no indication imme
diately Whether Bedwell would be
able to furnish the $20,000 bond
to gain release.
Bedwell will have to remain In
jail unless he can raise Ihe money
and none seemed In sight.
David Bradshaw, attorney for
Ihe penniless Bedwell, said Bed
well has no cash and his family
lacks money. He reported that
about ViO had been donated for
; Bvdwcll by persons interested
of the bond after he read the re
tracted confession and heard con
flicting testimony about the cir
cumstances that surrounded it.
Fire Damages
ll f I OI 1 The slrike call for midnight, lo-
l3Pl11I1i" ,llPfi:al lime, announced yesterday hy
J.!iaillllll UIIV(,ar(,npc N s preanU (
AUMSVII.I.E 'Special!
FlrP
Salurdny morning destroyed a
tractor ond damaged a machine
,,hed on the Kendall Brothers larm
two miles north of Aumsville.
The fire started when the trac
tor backfired as it was being
started. By the time Aumsville
volunteer firemen, led by Fire
Chief R. L. Mickey, arrived the
fire had spread to the roof.
The blaze was quenched before
the building was damaged serious-
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NKWPOIIT. Ore. John
C. K. Huff, Portland, here Dec. II
That means a life sentence for
Long, who said he fired Ihe shot
in an argument with Huff over
money.
AirForce
Ships Fall
In Flames
Superfort, Escort
Crashes Claim
Eleven Lives '
SAINT LO, France (UP)
four-cngincd American b2t) Domo-
cr and another U.S. Air Force
plane crashed in flames 14 miles
southeast of here today, police re
ported. Eleven were killed.
An on-the-spot witness told
United Press there was one sur
vivor. U.S. Air Force officials In Paris
and London said the B29 Super
fortress was on a flight from
Sculthorpe Air Force Base in
England with two escorting air
craft. There was no immediate word
of the fate of the third plane.
ihe French News Agency said
Ihree planes crashed in this Nor
mandy area near the English
Channel.
Third Air Force headquarters in
London received a report that Ihe
B29 was ripped by an explosion
at 1:30 p.m. (3:32 a.m. PST).
Other reports spoke of an aerial
collision involving two of the three
planes.
The "explosion" report indicated
the four-engine plane might have
been a tanker version of the B29
or B50 bomber.
Such planes often carry out re
fuelling exercises over the channel
and this one may have been re
fuelling at least one of the two
escorting planes when it exploded
or collided.
The B29's full crew tolals 11
men. Tanker versions carry from
four lo six men.
French police set the site of the
crash as slightly more than a
mile north of Saint, Vigor Des
Monts, near the apple brandy cen
ter of Calvados.
Wage, Hour Group to
Discuss Picker Pay
Children Status
Subject for
Discussion
By CLAUDK STEUSI.OKF
Capital Journal Farm Writer
The matter of pay for young
sters employed as berry and hean
pickers will be discussed by the
state wage and hour commission
in Portland at the state office
building next Friday, Associated
Press said Saturday.
Subject of interest at the meet
ing for Willamette volley berry
and bean pickers will be whether
or not children will remain exempt
from, wage-hour regulations while
working on farm jobs, Associated
Press said. Mate Labor commis
sioner Norman Nilson this week
said that children no longer arc
exempt.
Growers In Dither
This threw growers Into a dither
because it means they will hnvc
i0 pay a minimum of 50 cents per
hour for nickers and would prac-
j ticalty destroy the old established
family picking pattern. The law
establishing a minimum 50-ccnls-an-hour
wage for all agriculture
workers was passed in 1051, but
never enforced.
Pan-Am Pilots
Plan Strike
CHICAGO ( A world-wide
slrike by 1,538 pilots for Pan
American World Airways has
been calleJ for Feb. 8 by the Air
Line Pilots Assn. In a dispute over
a new contract.
i.rn, iiiiuA.-u a luimmi ui-v-
P"1
lm,
puic oeiwcen ino airline ami pi
s' union which has been in ne-
: golialion lor six months.
The AI.PA said principal issues
in the dispute are increases in
pay for pilots, rules and working
conditions, particularly dealing
with "excess time on duly and
time away from home," and dura
tion of the contract,
Saycn said the pilots average
about $13,000 a year and have
not had a wage Increase since
19.12.
In New York. Ihe company snid
Hid! HIC BH'V Mil ,IIM,.- in
""re than SIS.OOO a vnar and that
tnr r
for co-pilots more than JI2,o:iO.
Weather Details
Minimum vMtrMir, 41; minimum
tnitiv. 2 TnUI 21-hnur pr'rlplt..
tlnn: trlr; fnr mnnlh: .11: nnrtfMl,
.21. R'atnn prrrlptuilnn. HIM; nnr
mil. U. Ftlvr hrKM. M f'H.
(Rrport by U. S. WMlhtr Tlurfln.)
Three Fall in Cities, Four Are
Involved in Collisions
While in Flight
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seven American airplanes have crashed at home and
abroad in three days, killing 44 persons and injuring more
than 15.
Three of the shattered planes fell in cities. Four were in
volved in collisions in flight, one plunged flaming into the At
lantic Ocean.
The crashes at a glance:
St. Lo, France Two four-en-
Pendleton Man
Victim of B47
Crash in Sea
Wreckage of Bomber
Found by Searching
Coast Guard Ship
GLOUCESTER, Mass. W A
six-jet Air Force B47 bomber
crashed flaming into the sea off
this fishing port Friday night. The
body of one of her four-man crew
was recovered Saturday by the
Const Guard.
The body was identified as that
of 1st Lt. Stanley D. Jenkins Jr.,
28, of Pendleton, Ore,
Portsmouth, N. II., Air Force
Base reported a B47 missing after
it failed to return from a routine
training flight. The Public Infor
mation Office identified the crew,
men as:
Caul. Alexander A. Wawrzv
niak. 35, of Braddock, Pa., plane
commander.
First Lt. Stanley D. Jenkins Jr.,
28, of Pendleton, Ore., co-pilot.
Capt. Ornn W. Snyder III, 31,
of Memphis, Tenn., instructor pi
lot. '
First Lt. Stanley N. Partridge,
25, of Cleveland, Ohio, flight ob
server. If Ihis is enforced, we'd lose
a large segment of our local labor
force because we couldn't afford
to pay them," Norman Van
Cleave, Salem area grower and
president of the Oregon-Washing
ton strawberry council said. "We
employ people from 8 to 80 during
the season, most of thorn coming
as families and If we had to pay
some of the younger children by
Ihe hour, we simply couldn't hire
them," he said.
Many families go out for the
day and some of the younger chil
dren pick only three or four car
riers nf berries during the day.
Learned Of It Tuesday
Van Cleave said he first learned
of (he enforcement of the law last
Tuesday at a meeting in Portland
of the Northwest Canners and
freezers Assn. "But a lahor de
partment official told us the law
wouldn't be enforced," he snid.
Vnn Cleave said he and several
other growers will be present at
next rridny s open meeting.
Mrs. Frederic Young. Portland
chairman of the three-man wage
and hour commission, said she
was quite perturbed at revival of
the law draflcd in 1951 and never
before interpreted this way.
hnc said that commission mem
bers at the time llioucht Ihe law
covered such workers as pin hoys
in iiounng alleys ond wnsn t in
tended to cover farm youngsters
who go lo the strawberry or bean
fields with Ihcir mothers lo pick.
President, Wilson
Arrive in Augusta
WASHINGTON (UP)-Presldcnt
Eisenhower, Defense Secretary
Charles E. Wilson and Wilson's
wife flew to Augusta, Ga., today
aboard the Columbine HI.
The President was en route for
a i.-nnl. nnrt rtl H,it an.) -a I n V al inn
at he Augusta National Golf Club.
- , u,isnn. under 'uavv lire lor h:s
charge that Ihe Nalional Guard
had been a "droit dodging hiisi -
ness," declined to say why he was
accompanying the President ex
cept:
"I was Invited along."
Guardsmen, congressmen, state
governors and others have de
manded that Wilson resign be
cause of his remark one that Mr.
Eisenhower himself, had described
as "very unwise.'
Asked if he would talk business
with the President on the two-hour
flight lo Augusta, Wilson replied: j
"I always talk business."
lr U'ilafii, ulir, (mil thi nthrr'
day said the President was "un -
fair" to ihe seeretarv. smiled and
aiH imihinn
The W ilsons are en route lo Flor
ida for a two-work vacation. They
originally were scheduled lo fly
to .Miami Reach directly in anoth
er f lane.
The Secrelary laid he and his
i
glncd B29s from the U. S. base
at Sculthorpe, England, collided
in flight and crashed to the Nor
mandy countryside, killing 11
cicwmcn and injuring three oth
ers, rive were missing.
New York A Miami-bound
Northeast Airlines DCfi carrying
94 persons took off in a blinding
snow storm last night and crashed
minutes later onto Rikcrs Island
In the East P.ivcr. Police fixed the
death toll at 20. Some of the sur
vivors were severely hurt, and
few escaped Injury.
Gloucester, Mass. An Air
Force B47 with a crew of four
crashed in flames in Ihe Atlantic
Ocean about nine miles off Glou
cester, fishermen in the area
found no survivors but picked up
tour me bells.
Mountain View, Calif. An Air
Force F84 jet lighter exploded
yesterday and crashed into a
home In this San Francisco penin
sula city, killing the pilot. The
house was destroyed but its one
occupant jumped out a, window
and escaped with leg and hip in
juries. Van Nuys, Calif. A DC7 air
liner and an Air Force jet fighter.
both on lest flights, collided at
20,000 feet Thursday. The four-
engine transport smashed into a
school yard, killing its four crew
men and two children. Seventy
eight persons wcro injured. The
jet dived to the ground several
miles away, killing the pilot.
Plucky Child
Loses Battle
DURHAM, N. C. W-Sarita Ann
uoswcil was a piucxy little eirl
jwliose courage was stronger than
jn-i ileal i.
The cute 8-ycar-old died on an
operating table at Duke Hospital
here yesterday while a team of
surgeons battled vainly to patch
up her heart.
Outside the room, her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Taylor of
Rocky Mount, and a crowd of
friends and blood donors prayed.
While I tie girl's heart was stop
ped for 24 minutes, an artificial
heart-lung, developed at Duke
during the last year, pumped
blood Ihrougli her body.
burgeons closed a hole in her
heart about Ihe size of a quarter
between tlio chambers, opened a
heart valve that had grown to
gether and removed muscle tissue
which obstructed a major blood
vessel leading from the heart to
the lung.
The girl's heart then was closed
and it resumed beating but about
40 minutes later It began to falter.
For 00 minutes the team of sur
geons worked to keep the little
girl's heart going, employing the
heart-lung again.
After the operation, Ihe chief of
the surgical team said, "There
was too much wrong with her
heart. It couldn't stand the
strain."
Portland Bridge
Approach Closes
PORTLAND m The regular
East h.dc approach lo the Mor
rison Bridge in downtown Port
Innd will be closed,
March 4.
starting
wife will continue on to Forida
aboard the Columbine this after
noon. The President plans to return
here Sunday afternoon.
The Wilsons arrived at the air-
nnr, a fnu, -ni,i t lff,r till.
'rt-ident.
Mr. Eisenhower greeted them
warmly, shaking hands with both
lol his guests before hoarding the
plane.
Good morning, good morning.
good morning." he said, grinning
al Mrs. Wilson.
"Let's go," he said, helping
Mrs. Wilson up the ramp to the
plane,
Wilson Friday night Issued a
statement intended lo calm the
storm which broke over his head
, as a result of his "draft dodging"
statement about Ihe politically
powerful National Guard.
"Low .Standard" ol Training
II., ;iiH he never in:rnHd nnv
: relinclion on individual guard
members but onlv wished to draw
i Attention In its "low standard"
training and readiness.
He did not, however, hack dnwg
from his charge that some young
men were able to duck active mili
tary duty during the Korean War
by joining the Guard,
20People
Killed in
NY Crash
DC6 Falls After
Takeoff From
LaCuartlia
NEW YORK Wl - A Miami-
bound airliner with 04 persons
aboard crashed in a driving snow
storm last night after taking oft
from LaGuardia Field. Twenty
persons died in the flaming wreck
age. Only a few of the other 74
aboard escaped unhurt.
Half Injured Seriously
Authorities said at least half the
survivors were injured seriously.
The entire six-member crew sur
vived. ,, -
The heavily loaded Northeast
Airlines DC6A, less than two min
utes after it left the field, smashed
into the ground of Rikers Island
in the East River. ,
The island, site of a city prison,
is three-quarters of a mile from '
LaGuardia,
Angel Gorbea, confined In the
penitentiary on the tiny island,
gave a vivid account of the re
sounding crash of the four-engine
plane,
Two Explosion
Two explosions, the second loud
er than the first, announced the
crash, Gorbea said. Watching
from his vantage point in a prison
window, Gorbea related thii
scene: ;
"The whole sky, even through
the snow, was lighted. We (the
prisoners) stood at the windows.
We saw people tumbling out ot
that ship they were all lighted,
too. By the names. We saw them
and their shadows. We saw them
stumble.
"We taw some fall, we saw
some just jump out, land on their
hands and knees and then get up
and run. They beat at them
selves because maybe ' their
clothes were' burning. Some just
ran a few feet from the plane and
rolled in the snow,' as if they were
trying to smother the fire on their
clothes."
Six Children Aboard
Six children were aboard and
at least one died. .One survivor
told of kicking a hole in the fuse
lage lo escape. He turned to
wards tlio plane for a second and
saw a child thrown at him. Ht
caught it and ran to safety.
A prison trusty told of retriev
ing a mother and her 18-montlis-old
Infant from foot-deep snow
that covered the crash scene, a
field used by Ihe prison to raise
garden vegetables.
Near-blizzard conditions pre
vented the plane from taking off
for three hours and 15 minutes.
At one point, the plane was towed
back into a hanger to clear the
wings of ice and snow.
Rolled back on the runway, it
received clearance at 8 p.m.
At the controls was Capt. Alvt
V. Marsh, 49, a veteran ot lt
years with the airline.
Marsh said the plane ws oft
the ground (or about a minule
when it started to flatten. He
ought for altitude vainly.
Suddenly it heeled over sharply
on Us left side and plummeted
earthward. Marsh and his co-pilot,
George Basil Dixwell of Stra
tham, N. H said they thought
Ihcir plane struck a pole on Rik
crs Island.
The impact of the crash tore
off the plane's left wing and
knocked Its outboard engine from
its mounting. The engine
crunched into Ihe ground, ripping
off the left side of the aircraft,
and hurst into flames.
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