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Three of Sixteen Youths In
jured Are in Critical Con
ditionAuthorities Press
Investigation of Tragedy
SALT LAKE CITY, DC. 3. (AP)
With the death of a youth early to
day, toll of the nation's worst school
bus-train disaster rose to 33 ldentl-
fled victims,
Sixteen youths, all occupants of the
crowded bus that was hit 10 miles
south of here yesterday by a speed
ing freight train roaring through an
early-morning snowstorm, were In
jured, three critically.
Salt Lake general hospital author
ities said one badly mangled body
remained unldentlfed. However, mor
gue attendants said it was possible
the mangled form was part of one or
several of the Identified children.
Many Badly Mangled
Some of the dead were so badly
mangled parents were not allowed to
see the bodies.
"The remains are complete enough
to represent one or even two bodies
And we shall have to regard them as
a separate entity until we are pcw!
tlve more children were not killed."
said one morgue worker.
Engineer E. L. Rehmer, warned of
the Impending collision only an In
stant before the crash, plunged on
the brakes, but the heavy 50-car train
thundered Its entire quarter-mile j
length further, showering bodies and
wreckage, before grinding to a stop.
The caboose halted at the point
where the engine had struck, and
soon weeping parents and classmates
were carrying the injured Into the
caboose, out of the wet snow.
Remnants Gathered
Rescue workers employed a dozen
ambulances to hurry the Injured to
the hospital, then set about In
many cases with sacks and baskets
to gather up the shattered remnants
of the dead and remove them to the
hospital morgue.
There the heart-rending task of
Identifying the bodies was started.
All of the dead except the driver, 39-year-old
Parrold H. Sllcox of River
ton, and all of the Injured were stu
dents at Jordan high school.
Most of them were sons and daugh
ters of farmers In the little Mormon
communities of Rlverton. South Jor
dan, Bluffdale and Crescent.
State and county authorities prees-
ed investigation as to the cause of
the tragedy. Survivors agreed Sllcox
observed the state law In bringing
the bus to a complete stop before the
crossing.
Snow On Windows
Marjorie Groves, 16. who escaped
virtually unhurt, said snow covered
he windows of the bus.
"No one saw the train coming at
all." she said. "Mr. Sllcox had stop
ped the bus, and was just starting
up again when It struck us."
Engineer Rehmer said:
"I couldn't see anything in front
of me, because I was on the opposite
side from the bus.
"My fireman. Alfred Elton, sudden
ly yelled blg holer which means
emergency apply brakes immediately
and I did.
"I was blowing the whistle for the
crossing at the time and had to
let go. the whistle and apply the
brakes
"We hit. Things began to fly
pretty fact. I saw the hood of the
truck on the engine. When I realized
how' serious the accident was. the
bottom seemed to drop out of every
thing. "1 know Just how the parents of
those children must feel. I have a
on and daughter and two grandsons
myself. i
First Accident !
"It Is the worst thing that has hap- ;
pened to me in 35 years of railroading !
the only accident I've ever had. and j
I've been ruinning engines since Oc- ;
tober. 1907."
Bereaved relatives were making ar- (
rangementa today for a mass funeral. ,
.The high school. Its classes suspend- !
ed upon word of the tragedy, remain j
ed closed, students and teachers too
deeply shocked to return. i
County Attorney Harold E. Wallace.
Mid there would be no Inquest aince
there was "no question of criminal
ohmlelde and all tr fasts that could
be brought out at such an Inquiry
are already known."
A graphic description of the crash
rsme from David E. Witter, 22, un
employed truck driver riding In a hox
car 30 cars behind the engine, en
route from Denver to his home at
Vallejo. Calif.
"The Impact threw me across the
rar on my side." Witter said.
"I scrambled to my feet and ran
to th side door, and saw a wheel
flying through the air from the front
of the train. My first Impression waj
the erurine had struck a cattle truck.
When the train slowed down I Jump
ed, and then I saw it was children
heaps of them, lying In the ditch,
sr-attered along the track.
"They all looked so bewildered. Just
like they were comtn? out of a had
dream. Then they began to reall?e
they were alive and becan to scream.
Many Dennded
"There wasn't much anybody could
do other than comfort the dying. The
ra.h had torn the clothes off mos?
of their bodies, so I went around
covering thrm up as best I could. It
wemed hours before anyone caire
who could really help."
At the hospital several bodies com Id
be identified only by bits of clothing
Typical was the Instance of a nurse
e.ppnrlrti in a corridor with a boj-'s
leather belt In one hand, calling. "I
Mr. Hunt here? Ii Mr. Hunt here?"
Albert J. Hunt of South Jordan
stepped forward and Identified the
belt as one hla 17-year-old n
Cirorge, was wearing when he left
iKr.-.f In the morning.
Nurses brought in scraps of cloth
ine. h-nrets. a hit of sto-king. and
held them up before the parents In
the waiting room, to ask: "Can any-
Pope Surprises Pilgrims
ft- I If . Xtm
1 1 a I -i .ft!
Pope PIux XI astonished 400 pilgrims from Hungary by appearing
before them to make a 10-mlnute address and walk unaided to his papal
throne two days after suffering a heart attack which left him In weak
ened condition. This picture, sent by telephoto from Rome to London
and bv radio from London to New York, shows the pontiff standing In
front of the throne on which he seated himself a moment later unaided.
(A. P.) photo.)
one Identify these?"
A parent would stare, then burst
into sobs upon recalling what the ;
children had worn to school. There
was a bit of bright blue plaid. None
could identify It.
AS OF CHILD SHOULD
DECIDE KIND OF MS
FOR CHRISTMAS GIFIS
By Lydla Gray Shaw
AP Feature Service
Those toys under the Christmas
tree can be a big help to the de
velopment of the child who gets
them, and also "Just the thing he
wanted" If they have been chosen
with a little thought.
The play possibilities of the various
age levels should be considered all
the way.
Lightweight toys In bright colors
are a good bet for the youngster.
The two-to-four age group, learning
to co-ordinate eye and muscle, er.n
get some help from large and almple
toys along the building line. Im
proved co-ordination allows more
complex toys In the next level.
At the six-to-eight level, girls turn
more to dolls and handicraft; boys
take up scientific toys, model build
ing and trains.
There's a tendency to pick up hob
bies in the eight-ten level. Weaving.
Lingerie
House Coats
Robes
Pajamas '
Bed Jackets
Fur Coats
White Bunnie
Jackets
Sequins Jackets
Blouses
Sweaters
csilk c
Ksj Suggestions Mjm
Igl Adrienne's
ADRIENNE'S
drawing and embroidering are popu
lar with girls. Boys like trains and
chemical sets.
Sams Valley
SAMS VALLEY, Dec. 3. (Spl.)
Announcements wero received by
friends here this week of Mr. nd
Mrs. B. W. Empey, upon the arrival
of an 8V4 pound son, Gary Wilson,
In Eugene, November 25. Mr. Empey.
now teaching at Pleasant Hill, was
former principal of the local schools
for three years.
Hot. lunches were started at the
school November 29, to continue
through the winter months.
Everyone Is urged to watch for
the date of the high school play.
House of Terror," to rje prescnica
soon.
The school bus was taken to
Medford this week to be equipped
with new tires and windshield, -
The local Orange will hold Its
pMiiinr mMhlnir Saturdav evening.
December 3. Members of the Y. G. A
will put on the program during the
lecture hour.
Miss Marian Duggan and Ed Owens
overturned In the Duggan's new car
November 25. Fortunately, neither
were Injured but the car was dam
aged quite badly.
Arthur Straus, senior student at
O. S. C spent the Thanksgiving
holidays with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McDowell
transacted business In Medford No
vember 30. and visited with their
daughter, Mrs. Charle Stell.
Angora Sweaters
Evening Bags
Hand Bags
Gloves
Scarfs
Hosiery
Handkerchiefs
Scarf Sets
Costume Jewelry
Luggage
Ready-to-Wear
DOLL HOBBY INTO
F
TURIN. Italy jp) Out of a war
mother's loneliness has grown one of
the world'' foremost doll factories.
Santa Claus himself would bo
proud of a plant like Madame Lencl's
here.
Her name, by the way, la really
not Lend at all. although her dolls
are known that way on six conti
nents. She Is Slgnora Elena Konlg
dl Scavlnl. the latter being her hus
band's name. "Lend" was Just a pet
nnme for the filrl, Elena Konlg. Polks
called her first dolls "Lend" and the
name stuck.
A born artist, she developed a pas
sion for dolls and designing beautiful
clothes for them. Trips Into Austria
and Germany Inspired her to try for
more varied costumes.
All this was for fun until her
husband, an Italian aviator, went to
war. While he was gone, her then
only child died. Sorrowing and lone
ly, she turned to the making of dolls,
partly to keep busy, partly to support
herself.
Soon she needed outside help,
mostly women and girls who worked
for her In their own homes. Today
her picturesque factory employs 300
workers and sho maintains a sales
exposition In the heart of Turin
which la a first rate tourist attraction.
PRICES SLASHED AGAIN!
Even our new and larger quarters are not large enough to accommodate all
of our present heavy stocks of merchandise plus the abundance of Holiday
Items that are arriving daily. We must make room for these at once, o we
are forced to sacrifice these items for quick sale.
Combination
Bottle & Syringe
Two-quart hot water bottle,
complete with all necessary
springe attachments. Guar
anteed for two years.
SATURDAY 55c
You are cordially invited to come in any time and see our new up-to-the-minute
prescription department, completely stocked with the finest quality pharmaceuticals.
Popular
Cough Drops
Three favorites from
our cough drop section
at half regular udver
tlsed price. Saturday
only
2 for 5c
LUCKY TIGER HAIR TONIC
One $1.00 size and one 60c
SAVE ON
SOAPS
at
Western Thrift
LUX FLAKES
Large 0 1 r
pkg C I C
RINS0
S8 21c
LUX SOAP
3
for
17c
WHITE KINO
Medium
Pkg
21c
0XYD0L
Medium 1 Q f
pkg I3w
PALM0LIVE
4
for
22c
GIANT P. & 0.
lr IOC
GIANT 0. K.
i, 15c
Take advantage of these Saturday Specials, and be ure to
shop our new store often during the next few weeks, as new,
popular priced gift items are arriving daily, more complete
than ever before.
WESTERN THRIFT
30 North Central
Orders now coma to her for dolls
for the world's great. Queen Elena
of Italy buys them for gift for the
royal family. A doll was made to
order last year for the queen of Eng
land. Crown Prince Umberto has
bought enough of her creation to
open a small museum If he so de
sired. One of Madame Lencl's moat fa
mous orders was from II Duce for
four figures to be used a gifts to
Japan. They were dressed In cos
tume distinctive of Rome, Sardinia.
Lombardy and Piedmont. Mussolini
haa others made for his grandchil
dren. Madame Lend makea two kinds of
dolls, one in ceramics and the other
in cloth. The latter, when painted
in flesh tonea and provided with real
hair, have an extremely natural ap
pearance. A collection of historical and geo
graphic costume designs worthy of
a Hollywood property director pro
vide ideas for her famous costumes.
She uses the finest materials avail
able genuine silks, satins, velvet
and laces. The dolls II Duce sent to
Japan wore real Jewels and cost !00
each.
Railroads Desert Town
TECUMSEH, Mich. (UP) A town
which in 1830 seemed destined to be
come a railroad center, Tecumseh now
haa neither railroad passenger nor
mail service. At one time three rail
road lines were in operation. The rail
station Is used as an overflow room
for a Sunday school class.
Antarctic Forecasts Planned
SYDNEY, N5.W. (UP) Plnns
to set up 13 meterological stations In
the Antarctic are under way, Sir Hu
bert Wllklns, the famous Australian
explorer said on his arrival here from
the United States.
Men's White
Handkerchiefs
Good quality white cambric
handkerchiefs, standard 10c
grade. Each one boxed.
3 for 1 0c
VALET AUTO STROP
RAZOR AND STROP
CLOSE OUT lie
3 for 17c
size
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PRE-HOLIDAY SPECIAL
,
Fitted with eight essential Dorothy Perkins Beauty
Aids, comb, mirror Washable lining, attractive case.
Choice of 3 popular colon.
REGULAR $5.00 VALUE nVMV,395
Special Pre-Hollday price... lmLI J
SOVIET NURSERIES
MOSCOW, Pi New nurseries for
the bablea of working mothers are
springing up In many sections of the
Soviet Union aa the government
strives to catch up with the demands
of a swiftly increasing Infant popu
lation. The Soviet stork has been busy
since the reversal of the official pol
icy of legal abortion and easy divorce.
More women who work are having
babies. The problem Is how to build
nurseries fast enough. Early this
year new nurseries accommodating
89,640 Infants up to three years of
age had been built. Others to care
for 68.185 were under construction.
Beds available In permanent nurser
ies at the end of 1937 had reached
a total of 770.000. Seasonal nurser
ies on collective and state farms wero
equipped to handle 3,813,000 baby
Reds.
The Soviet began organising nur
series Immediately after the revolu
tion. They were state Institutions.
Their function was to liberate women
from drudgery and create favorable
conditions for the development ol
children.
When 1.600,000 new women work
ers came into Industry In 1938, with
the first Plve-Year plan, their organ
ization on a big scale really began.
Women worked both day and night
shifts In mill and factories. And the
ASSORTED
BAGGED CANDY
More than a dozen varieties
from Jobber"! overstock.
Regular lOe packages, Kent
fresh In cellophane.
SATURDAY 5c
Norwegian
Cod Liver Oil
Genuine Imported cod
liver oil, rich In vita
mins A and 1. Your
doctor will approve this
value.
pint 33c
79c
$1.60
Value for
SMART 1939
TRAVEL CASE
Phone 274
nursery service was organized to cor
respond with the mother's working
hours.
Rural nurseries are of two types.
The seasonal nursery, operating only
during the greater employment In the
fields, and permanent nurseries for
the children of farm women who
work all year 'round.
Children In state nurseries are fed,
washed, get regular medical inspec
tion and are under the care of train
ed nurses. Education begins In the
crib.
State nurseries are becoming more
and more part of the daily life of a
Soviet community. Little children of
all nationalities may be found in
them. What the mother pays for
the care of her child depends on her
work and pay. For those In the low
est wage categories the service Is
free.
MARKET
HOME OP BATTLE CREEK HEALTH FOODS
Open Evenings and Sundays
313-315 N. Riverside
On Every Item!
SALMON Alaska
TUNA TID BITS
Packed by
MILK Oregon 4 cans 25c -1 7 cans $1
Oorn Flakes
Pep
Krumbles
PINEAPPLE ... 2 cans 29c
Dole Fancy
TOMATOES ... 3 cans 25c
Josephine Extra
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE 2 cans 39c
Texsun.
SHORTENING
Pearl, guaranteed by Swift
OXYDOL . large package 19c
MATCHES . .
BORENE . large package 29c
NOODLES full
Sunrise brand,
CRACKERS .
MARTINI CRACKERS ig. pkg. 17c
Baked by
MEATS
PURE LARD ... 4 lb. 35c
Open kettle rendered. Bring your own container
HAM, half or whole, lb. 25c
Home cured
SWISS STEAK lb. 19c
Out to your order from steer beef round
SHORT RIBS and BRISKET . . lb. 8c
Try this with noodles
CHOICE VEAL STEAK or CHOPS lb. 1 7ic
Nice milk fed veal
PORK ROASTS shoulder cuts, lb. 141c
Texas Grapefruit, dozen 39c
Very fancy; sure to please
Ho. 2 Potatoes, 50 lbs. 33c
Klamath government Inspected. No more at this price
Hubbard Squash . . . lb. 1lc
Fancy Apples . . . box SI .29
Yakima Delicious,
The Bedouins of southern Arabia
do not eat salt.
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of efficiency.
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Hera Is Amazing Relief lor
Conditions 0u to Sluggish Bowsl
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thnrniuf ti. rfh
leur&tlna. TVncDdAhle relief from
tck hr&riachtt, bilious spaUs, Ured feeling wbea
ftMod&ted with moatl nation.
UitliAiifr Dick H1 26o box of NR from you
VllinOUT RISK dniKsUU Make tbe tllhq
It not drtighwd. return the box to m. We will
refund tne purenks BaBSjBjBssscaaw
ALWAYS CANNY,
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INDIGESTION
Phone 358
packed 3 cans 29c
. 7 oz. can 10c
White Star
DBKg
m
USE A VARIETY
7 Rioe Krispies
11 All Bran 20$
13 Wheat Krispies 12
Sliced. No. 2 tin
Standard. No. can
48 ounce can
. 4 lb. pkg. 37c
. 3 boxes 10c
16 oz. 2 pkg. 25c
made by Porter
. 2 lb. pkg. 17c
Loose-Wiles
wrapped and packed