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The Weather forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; some what rooler Thursday. Temperature: Highest yesterday R9 Lon'Mt this mnrnlny ..., 6 V f Tribune With Profit Is there one person In this commonltj who hu neTer used the Classified page of the Med rord .Mall Tribune? It l doubt ful. The thought here Is: They rould lue more of them with profit. Medford Full Associated Press Full Vi s .'es Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1988. No. 55. in innfftnnci? 15) Ju fo) Ln. M UxiUUSLfU U 1 JuE FUMES FOLLOW PLUNGE TO EARTH NEAR XLEVELAi Simultaneous Power Failure of Both Engines Is Be lieved Cause Within Sight of Port at Time CLEVELAND, May 25. (AP) W A. Patterson, president of United Air Lines, satd today that the trim twin- motored airliner which dove Into a suburban ravine last night, killing ten persons, suffered "simultaneous power failure of both engines" Just before the crash. 1 Patterson said an Investigation of 'the wreckage, only eight miles from Cleveland airport where the plane was scheduled to land, showed that "neither of the two engines was In operation at the moment of the Im pact." First Time "It Is pertinent," Patterson said, 'that ln Unlted's flying experience of many millions of miles with twin engined airplanes which are capable of sustained flight with one of the two engines, that is the first time the company has experienced what appears to be simultaneous power failure or both engines., "Evidence furnished by an exper ienced witness In the person of the airport control tower operator and others strongly Indicates that fire occurred after rather than before the impact. The two pilots, the stewardess and all seven passengers died as flames leapt at the wreckage of the United Air Lines ship, bound from Newark to Chicago via Cleveland. Among the .passengers was John Brostuen, Republican state chairman of North Dakota, who was returning to his Alexander, N. D., home from a Washington conference with his state's senators. In Sight of Port The plane, flying under a clear ky, swooped toward earth within sight of Cleveland airport. It clipped off the tops of trees two feet thick and plunged into a nat ural grave ln the wooded gulley. One of the motors was sheared off and left atop a side of the gully, 36 feet from the plane Itself, which landed ln a mass of wild grape vines. A wing was left 75 feet from the two trees It clipped off. Firemen ln suburban Independence village, where the crash occurred, battled the flames for several hours and dug Into the smoke-topped de bris for the bodies, from which the clothes had been burned almost en tirely off. Firemen and policemen worked in the light of the flames, lanterns and flashlights. lived By Inspectors Then department of commerce in spectors searched the wreckage for some clue that might throw light on the came of the crash. United Air Lines listed the deed, besides Brostuen, as: L. Arthur Doty, 42, of Water town. Mass., who was enroute to Chicago to attend funeral, services for his brother Harold, who had died only a few hours before. The crash victim was a district credit manager for the Texaco OH company. C. P. Llckel, of St. Albans, Long Island. R. P. Morrell. salesman for A. & M. Karagneuslon, importers and man ufacturers. He lived In Vonkers, N Y. J. K. Moffctt, identified with the Masontte corporation, Chicago. E. H. Veblen, 43, of Los Angeles, chief test pilot for the Douglas Air craft company, and former air mall flier. Richard C. Lewis, Aneonla, Conn., salesman. j Pilot James L. "Monty" Drandon. : of Chicago, a flier 19 years. 1 Co-pUot A. S. Merrifleld. of Chi cago. I Stewardess Mildred Macek, of Chi- i CftiO. Joseph Rades. living near the scene, said he saw the ill-fated craft from the porch of his home. "It flew low," he said. "The motors didn't seem to be missing, but I saw It was in flames." SIDE GLAKi.ES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bob Ccnroy declaring he will do damace to any admirer or others who irr.d h:m pomps for graduation. Dr. Burhl Gilpin gallantly rushing through his luncheon to give up his counter chair to a grateful maiden. Court Hall doing some high-powered worrying for fear the Rors-Arm-stronsr fVzht nould be t'tsed too early (M'dford time for good radio reception. BASEBALL R. H. K. Philadelphia 4 8 0 7 8 3 Chicago . Thorn as. Potter, Williams and Brucker: Whitehead, Rlgney and Sewell. R. H. E- .. S 13 1 7 13 3 New York, , Detroit Beggs, Andrews, Hadley and Dickey; Gill and Tebbetts. R. H. E. Boston 4 7 1 Cleveland .. 6 13 3 Ostermueller, McKaln and Deaau tela; Harder and Hemsley. National. (11 innings) R. H. E. Cincinnati - 17 0 Boston 2 9 0 Derringer and Lombardi; Macfay den and Mueller. " R. H. E. St. Louis ... 16 1 rW York ., 3 10 I Shoun and Owen; Schumacher and banning. R. H. E. Pittsburgh ......... ....r.. 18 0 Philadelphia 3 5 0 Tobln and Todd; Walters and Clark. R. H. E. Chicago ...........r.... Brooklyn - French and Hartnett; Phelps. 7 10 0 .....a 3 o Pressnell and GIVEN 30 DAYS FOR AX ASSAULT Jack Branston, also known to the police as Jack Barnes, "mayor of the Jungle a," was sentenced to serve 30 days ln the county Jail yes terday, on a disorderly conduct charge, by Justice of the Peace Wil liam R. Coleman. Branston, was ln the hospital for several days recuperating from effects of a blow on the head with an Iron pipe, administered by another trans tent ln the course ofa quarrel two weeks ago. Branston was hit after he had knocked down the new arrival with an ax. Walter W. Keene. transient, stop ping at Jacksonville, was given until Friday to enter a plea. The action grew out of a family quarrel. Perry H. York, charge . with assault and battery had his case postponed indef initely. Louie Thornton, Beall Lane district resident, charged with larceny of a pump, entered a pica of not guilty, and the case will be beard May 31. Frank K. Palmerton, Rogue River; Anton L. Anderson. Medford: and Terry L. Norval. Medford, were each fined $2.50 and costs for non-poa-sesslon of an auto driver's license. Emmett H. Andrews was fined 5 and costs for having no clearance lights on a motor vehicle. FORMER LOCAL Mi HAS NARROW ESCAPE L. L. Meadows, former local man now residing in Alaska, and his wife, narrowly escaped death in a violent storm May 13, according to a news story from a Juneau paper received here, by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Meadows of 310 Portland avenue Mr. and Mrs. Meadows were forced to cling for three Icy hours to a log raft after their wanlgan home wa swept into the water as a cannery tender was towing the wanigan and raft, supporting a tractor, from Wran gell to Juneau in Stevens passage. Mr. and Mrs. Meadows were on boird the wanlean behind the raft, and when the wanigan was washed Into the water-they were forced to leap to the tractor raft and hang on for their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Meadows estimated their loss, including everything, aw about 3000, according to the news paper story. Mr. Meadows is a con tractor in the Alaska firm of Meadows Custard & Oja. which Is to construct two bridges on the Eagle River high way near Juneau this summer. He was raised In Medford. leaving here for Alaska several years ago. HIATT RESERVOIR FULL FIRST TIME ON RECORD For the first tlm Hi nee Its con struction, the Htatt Prairie dam. one of the storage reservoirs of the Tal ent Irrigation district. Is full to over flowing. County Watermaster Clin ton Smith, reported today, ft con i.Vnf over 17.000 acre feet of water. Its capacity U 10,000 acre feet, i EX-TVA Morgan Testifies Before .Congressional Committee Elaborates Charges of Collusion and Conspiracy WASHINGTON, May 25. (AP) Arthur E. Morgan charged today that two Tennessee valley authority di rectors H. A Morgan and David E. Li Hen thai participated ln falsifying a report on TVA negotiations for the purchase of utility properties owned by the Commonwealth and South ern corporation. A. E. Morgan, ousted cnairman or the TVA. testified before a ten-man congressional inquiry committee. elaborating on charges he had made previously against the other two directors. After making a general charge that "collusion, conspiracy and misman agement" had characterized the ad ministration of TVA, the tall, gray- haired former chairman said Lillen- thal made a "persistent attempt to convince the public that Com monwealth and Southern "was arbi trarily refusing to sell Its proper ties." Utility Sale Offered Through Wendell L. Wlllkie, its president. Commonwealth and South ern repeatedly offered to sell "any or all" of its'propcrtlea, Morgan said. He testified at length regarding negotiations with the company, which he said were carried on largely Dy LI lien thai. After a meeting of Wlllkie And the Tva board last January, the former chairman said, Lillenthal is sued a news release which "gave a very false and Inaccurate impression" of Wtllklc's position. "Tho news release was an explicit falsification, the natural result of which waa to deceive the public on a vital Issue, to engender Increased public bitterness toward the utili ties and to substitute conflict and recrimination for open and above board dealing with . facts," Morgan said, adding: "Both the other directors were de liberately and . consciously parties to this falsification." Honest Effort Lacking The lanky, 59-year-old Morgan. called to amplify his previous charges against the other two TVA directors, asserted the latter had not given an "honest administra tion of a great public trust." The other directors. H. A. Morgan and Davled E. Lillenthal, were to be heard later. In a packed senate committee room, Morgan made six specific charges against the other two di rectors, telling the inquiry commit tee they had been responsible for: "1. Inaccurate and m representa tive reports to the president, the congress and the public. '2. Mismanagement of the power program. '3. Lack of candor ln statements to the congress and the public con cerning the power program. "4. Improper and misleading ac counting, reporting and publicity ln reference to the 'yardstick.' "5. Collusion, conspiracy end mis management ln administration. "8. Subservlance to political and other special interests." Ranger Cited. Reading from a prepared state ment, Morgan told the committee that "ln the long run. the greatest danger to the TVA lies ln Improper administration." "If the TVA is honestly and sound ly managed." he continued, "and If the present abuses are corrected, no amount of opposition from the out side will defeat Its purposes. On the contrary, the continua tion of present policies and prac tices will inevitably discredit it and tend to defeat its purposes.' Morgan, who was called to elabo rate on charges of "lack of Integrity" by the other TVA directors told the committee he had not charged "that any director of the TVA has taken bribes or stolen money." WAGE HOUR BILL FACES LAST DITCH WASHINGTON, May 25. The revamped wage-hour bill swept through the house by a triumphant com bt nit Ion of northern Democrats and Republicans, encountered last ditch opposition today from southern senators. Senator Barkley iD.Ky.). the ad ministration leader, antd he would seek to have a senate-house com mittee appointed at once in an ef fort to work out a compromise be tween the house bill and the version p-ied by the senate last July There were indications, however, that senate foes of the Inflexible la bor standards In the house measure would try to route it back to the state labor committee. NAZIS-ROUSED BY Strong Protest Lodged at Praha Five Violations Alleged Newspapers Cite "Brazen Provocations" BERLIN, May 25. p) Reports that Czechoslovak military planes have flown over Gorman territory have caused the German government to lodge a strong protest at Praha. Dcutsches Nachrlchtenbuero (D. N. B.), official German news agency, to day reported five alleged border vio lations by Czechoslovak planes within the last 24 hours. Dr. Ernst Eisenlohr, minister to Praha. laid tho matter before Foreign Minister Kamll Krofta, who expressed regret and added that everything was being done to prevent recurrence of the reported violations. (Praha re ported these assurances were given In an Interview at the Czechoslovak for eign office last night.) German anger flared up at what Berlin newspapers called brazen prov ocations by the Czechoslovaks at a time Germany was observing the strictest reserve. LAKE ROAD EAST CLEAR SATURDAY GRANTS PASS. May 25. (p) Through traffic over the Diamond Lake highway from Crater Iako to The ,Dalles-Callfonila..art:rles..ia. ex pected by Saturday, James G. Brom ley, highway maintenance engineer, stated today. The Sams Valley secondary high way Is being given Us first coat of oil and ln a few days 17 miles will be completed from Gold Hill on the Pacific highway to the Crater Lake highway) Tills route will save 91a miles for northern cities compared with the route through Medford. The Tiller-Trail highway Is open for light traffic from Canyonvllle to Trail, Bromley reported. 4 ON Rl ROAD JOB PORTLAND, May 2 5. OP) A low bid of S67.856 was submitted todny by J. C. Compton, McMlnnvllle, for bituminous paving on 12.4 miles of the north and cast rim road from the north entrance road to Cloudcap, In cluding the Cloudcap spur, In Crater Lake national park. The work is a federal bureau of public roads project. Stayton Man To Lead State Kg C, EUGENE. May 25. (VP) Ed BU Of Stayton waa elected state deputy of the Knights of Columbus ln the clos ing sessions of the state convention here. He won by one vote from M'.ke Kehr, Astoria, in one of the nost bitterly contested elections in the 30 years of the organization. Other officers were: John Dudley, Albany, state secretary; Otto 9miMi, Klamath Falls, state treasurer; Thom as F. Bagan, Bend, state advocate; Linus Fuller, Portland, state warden. Mt. Angel was selected for the an nual convention in 1939. Carnival Games Closed In Salem SALEM. May 25. I AP) Salem police last night closed a number of games of chance they said were operating at a carnival that is being sponsored here by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The veterana protested today, declaring their returns from the carnival would be reduced about 600. but city officials intimated there would be no rescinding of the closing order. JUDY GARLAND HURT IN AUTO COLLISION HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. May 25. f Judy Garland, young singing actress, was In a hospital today with three broken ribs and many bruises. She was Injured lat yesterday when the car ln which she was rid ing was hit by another. NEBRASKA HAIL STORM ' DAMAGES WHEAT CROP LINCOLN. Km.. Mt 25. (API A hailstorm damaged wheat and other rropt lat night In a 12-mlle atrip In Loncoln and Ellis counties. Rain swelled the Bullne and Neo aho river to flood eisge Tragedy Befalls as Craft in Sight of Port Ten persons, seven passengers and throe crew member, met flaming death In a crash of a United Air I, I lies 21-iosMiigpr 1 win-motored Douglas transport, eight miles from Cleveland, Ohio, airport last night. Above is "liowit the clmrred and twlbted wreck age, still burning, as police and fire men sought to recover the bodies. Two or the plane's crew, .fumes I.. Monty" Urn n don, veteran pilot, and Miss .Mildred Mat-ek. stewardess, are shown, left to right, below. E. II. Vehlln (lower right), tent pilot for the Douglas Aircraft Corp. of Angeles. was aim aboard. (Wlrephnto and Airmail A. P. Service to Mull Tribune. OF TIENTSIN BY SHANGHAI, May 25. () The Jap anese announced today they' had at last gained complete control of the 800 -mile Tientsin -Pukow railway and expected to resume operation linking IwTetplng and Shanghai early next month. The Japanese said they closed gaps In the line south of Suchow to effect control, after fighting along the route for 325 days. Domel (Japanese news agency) re ported plans were undor way for a merger of tho Japanese-sponsored governments at Pel ping and Nanking when railway communication actual ly was established. Since the war began July 7, 1937. Japanese have effected nominal oc cupation of a vast area comprising nearly one-fourth of the total area of China. Rail communication between Pelplng on the north. Nanking and Shanghai would be an important far tor ln knitting that territory. IT I N ATTEMPTED JHEFT The new grand Jury, Robert K. Nor ris, forrman, yesterday returned one Indictment charging John Hammond, alias Lawrence Speck, Lawrence Spruce. Wnlter Newman. William Thorpe: Ira Burt and Joseph Scawels with larceny from a building, filed a brlf report, and rcceesed subject to call. One criminal matter was held In abeyant, Hammond, a transient. Is allrtrM to have attnnptd to sfal a lady's purse containing from the A. W. Walker realty office on North Riverside ave nue, ten days ago. The purse belong ed to Mrs. Walker. According to the district attorney Hammond has a long police record. Arraigned In e'rctilt court. Ham mond was granted further time to en ter a pl E conirol f'JNi W:NK 7(1 MARTIN IS URGED OIL COMPANIES . AS INDEPENDENT WOULD PAY FINES SALEM, May 25. (P) aovernor Charles H. Martin, defeated for nomination in the Democratlo pri mary election, has received a number of letters and telegrams urging him to run as an independent In the fall, executive . department attaches said. No Intimation of future political activity has been given by the gov ernor. State officials pointed to the fol lowing provisions ln the election laws: "Provided, that no candidate for nomination who failed to receivb the highest number of votes for the nom ination of the political party with which he was affiliated at the time of filing his petition for nomination, shall be entitled to be the candidate or any other political ' party, or to become an Independent candidate at the ensuing election ." Condemned Negro Scared To Death Before Execution HOUSTON, Tex.. May 25. (AP) Albert Pitta, 33, condemned negro, feared the electric chair so nuch that his h"art Just stopped seating and he died In Jail to lav. a doctor said. "He wss scared to death," Dr. J. Herbert Page, county health of Mrer. said. The negro wss found guilty of murdering Amos Lttman a grocer, on April 12. and was awaiting transfer to the state prlnon for WASHINGTON. May 25. At- lbrney-General Cummlnga said today ; that 14 oil companies and 11 lndl- I .,l,t...lai anralllns 4rU1 MflrftflOlV Wis., on chargea of violating the Sherman anti-trust act, had decided to plead nolo contendere and to pay j fines totaling approximately 400.000 on an tnree count oi winr muiev ment. In a formal statement. Cummlngs said the offer to pay maximum fines ln lieu of standing trial would be acceptable for the Justice department If approved by Federal District Judge Patrick D. Stone when submitted to him at Madison, June 3. Eight Indicted companies and eight officials who have not expressed will ingness to plead nolo contendere will be brought to trial in September. Cummlngs said. a-4 i Persons mailing flowera for Deco ration Day should time their deposit st the postoffice to avoid unnecessary delay, Postmaster Frank DeSouz said. The packages of flowera art dis patched only on the evening trains and if they have to be held at the i postoffice for any length of time , they are likely to wilt, the postmas j ter explained. I Best time to mall the flowera at 1 th postofftee I between 4:30 and 'B:30 p.m., Mr. DeSouxa stated- li ! The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1337, by The North American News paper Alliance, tno. WORLD TT.XCK BACK OS IIOLR-TO-IIOIK BASIS . rzrrn i.sririF.NT rues ENDING PEACH PACT 1IOPB BELIEVE GERMANY PLAYING ITALY TOR A .SUCKER ... 0. . -ALASKA ROAD SHOWS VAI.I'E OP NEHIHnoHI.INES WASHINGTON, May 33. Aa tbla la written, the tenalon along toe CMChoalorar border la reported low er. No war haa been declared. Yet If the glum question, "what newa?" on the Upa of the diplomat. If drawn nd worried face, at the atate de partment are atlll good criteria, the first ehota mar perhaps have been fired In the few houra before theae prosperity but dlwate whkh la Just around the corner. Probablj war still will bt Molded this time, yet the best men here rea4 a ghastly leaaon ln the Czechoslovak: Incident. At the state department and elsewhere, there ws hope a few days ago. The Anglo-Italian accord was (Continued en Page au.)
