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Full Associated Press
Full Vi s .'es
Thirty-Third Year
MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1988.
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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-
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The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Copyright 1337, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, tno.
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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
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