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Tragic Crash of Neu York PlanG Shatters Quiet Saturday horning New York (UJO It was a quiet Saturday morning like hundreds of others familiar to the folks who live on 169th street a block from the subway terminal in Jamiaca. Some were still asleep. Others were having breakfast or reading the paper. That was at 8:30 a.m. but a minute later the intersection of 169th St and 88th avenue was in flames. Some of those who had been, preparing for the day were dead. Others were fight ing to escape the flames touch ed off by the crash of. a cargo plane in their neighborhood, the fourth such crash in the metro politan area in four months. Tell of Disaster The people who live around 169th St. and 88th avenue told how disaster strikes. "When we heard this one go over low, I held the baby up to the window to look at it," said Mrs. Dorothy Levy. "My baby is very plane conscious. Johnny looked at it. I could see that it was in trouble. None of the planes ever flew that low around here." - Her voice still quavered. "Right after that I saw a flash of fire and I heard the crash," she said. Out in the street, Sam von Nostrand was at. work in his parking lot, just across the street from his home. Glanced Off House "The plane came in from the south and glanced off the house Angry Home Owners Want Closure of Two Air Fields New York U.R) Angry Newark airport after three plane home owners near La Guardia and Idlewood airports demand ed Saturday that the $147,000, 000 fields be closed immediately before any more planes crash in the heavily populated area. Their demands were made as five investigations into the crash got underway. Some civic leaders said they would not sup port the move to shut down the fields but insisted that new safer regulations be issued promptly. Closing of the fields which handle more than 800 plane movements . daily would shut down the nation's biggest air center almost completely. Air traffic already has been hard hit by a ban placed against crashes in Elizabeth, N. J., kill ed 119 persons. . The investigations into Sat urday's crash were begun swift ly by the Civil Aeronautical Ad ministration, Civil Aeronautics Board, the Queens Borough president, Queens district attor ney and a special industry union government committee headed by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker Peter Donoghue, assistant Queens county district attorney, said "We already are lining up witnesses and we will question them Saturday and Sunday." But many Queens residents were not satisfied with the in vestigations and demanded that the airport be closed. (See Story Page 1) TODAY Invtihnmt made by the 10th of the month Em Dividends M of the Fin. Dreaming of a modern home but wondering how to - get enough for the down payment? Try the savings account'way, a lit tle deposited regularly with us. Before long you'll have exactly what you need. It's that easy! Start now. FIRST FEDERAL Savings and Loan Association of Medford 27 N. HOLLY R. F. Kyle, Secy. next to mine," he said. "Then it jammed into my house, setting it afire. Van Nostrand, whose hand was cut by flying debris, watch ed as the ship cut a swath 200 yards wide and reduced the in tersection by his parking lot to ruin. Nat Kresel was driving ' to work today when the plane roarde out of the sky above him. Pilot Gave It Everything "That pilot was giving it ev erything to keep out of danger," Kresel said. "It was so loud and so close that I jammed on my brakes. Then I heard the crash. It was awful. "When the firemen arrived I jumped out and tried to help out the best I could. One engine had fallen in the street There was fire everyplace. "One body was in the -street. It must have been thrown 200 feet mangled like it was put through a meat grinder." (See Story Page 1) Administration Clean-Up-Drive Termed Failure Washington (U.R) An admin istration critic said Saturday President Truman's "great drive" to clean up government corruption has ended in com plete failure. Rep. Kenneth B. Keating (R N. Y.), senior GOP member of a House Subcommittee investi gating the Justice Department, renewed his demand for presi dential cooperation with "out side agencies, such as the vari ous congressional committees, in bringing out the facts." Then, if the move to throw out wrong-doers is to succeed. Keating said, Mr. Truman should appoint a special prosecutor responsible only to the President : to take the cases to court. ! , Keating recalled that Presi ! dent Coolidge used a similar plan in dealing with the persons in- volved in the Teapot Dome scan !dal. Keating said a change of faces ; in the Attorney General's office I would not restore "public con i fidence in the integrity of the administration. Neither he nor Rep. Patrick J. Hillins (R-Cal.), another mem ber of the same committee, held out much hope for a change of pace in the clean-up campaign under the Attorney General Designate, Judge James Patrick McGranery of Pennsylvania. President Truman appointed McGranery on Thursday to suc ceed J. Howard McGrath, who was fired in an explosive sequel to McGrath's summary dismissal of corruption hunter Newbold Morris. Morris, a special assistant at torney general, and ' McGrath, nominally his boss, fell into a wrangle over searching financial Questionnaires which were de signed to give Morris some leads "on wrong-doers. McGrath balk ed at answering his and refused to distribute others to the top members of his staff. McGranery, after a hurry-up trip here Friday from Philadel phia to confer with Mr. Truman, said he would rely on the FBI and its director, J. Edgar Hoo ver, to rout corrupt public officials. APARTAfl I o.o MY i u b 3Hazri! mm Highway Contracts Awarded in Oregon Salem (UJO The Oregon State Highway commission said Saturday it has awarded a Sher man county job to E. H. Itscbner company of Molalla on low bid of $62,121.65. The state project is the West Cottonwood grade section of the Wasco-Heppner secondary high way about 13 miles east of Wasco. It involves 1.97 miles of grading and 5.46 miles of rock surfacing. ' Salem Bypass Job The commission awarded a Marion county job to Roy L. Houck and Son of Salem on low bid of $190,687.50. The federal aid project involves the Hayes ville school-State street unit of the Salem bypass section of the Pacific highway just east of Sa lem. The project entails 3.54 miles of grading of the main highway, 2.23 miles of frontage roads, 2.70 miles of rock base and oif mat wearing surface on frontage roads. uadar. April t. 1932 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN UN Hando Red Planes Second Uorst Defeat CALIFORNIA WEATHER north coast; continued warm; North California: Fair through variable winds 8-18 MPH -off Sunday except for local fog coast. Seoul, Korea 4J JO The 5th Air Force said Saturday two F-66 Sabre jets were shot down by Russian-built MIG-15's in the week ended Friday. The Sabres, however, handed the Red fighters their second worst licking of the war with 40 listed as destroyed, probably destroyed or damaged during the week. Higher Bag Last October The only higher MIG bag was last October, when 49 of the enemy jets were hit but the Sabres had the help of B-29 Su perfortress gunners that week. Air Force authorities also an nounced only one Allied fighter bomber was shot down by Com munist ground fire during the past week, the lowest loss in more than a year. The plane was a twin-jet, British-built and Australian-flown Meteor. However, the U.N. lost two B-26 light bombers and one F4U shore-based Marine plane to un known causes. Type 15 Jet Downed The 5th Air Force's toll of enemy jets comprised 15 destroy ed, four probably destroyed and 21 damaged. These included one "Type-15" Red jet probably de stroyed and another damaged. On the ground. Communist foot soldiers launched a series of probing attacks all along the Korean front following several heavier-than usual actions Fri day in which the Reds lost 43 dead and 25 wounded. DOCTOR NAMED Topeka. Kan. (U.PJ Dr. J. Cotter Hirschberg, now associ ated with the University of Colo rado medical center, will become director of the Menninger Foun dation's department of child psy chiatry July 1, it was announced at Topeka Friday, yccn REGISTER BEFORE APRIL 15 TO HELP NOMINATE HIM M. Adv. 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SOME EASTWOOD HOMES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE $DownlIwcck High Speed Surface Units one and two 6's any heat you want Removable units for easy cleaning TWO UNIT OVEN ' Completely insulated. Finished is) Porcelain Beautiful Titanium Porcelain Finish BE SURE TO SEE THEM WE GIVE 1350 S&H Green Stamps 6 RANGES ' At This ONLY SPECIAL PRICE We'll Open Your Account Jn A Minuto JOHNSTON STORES 112 SOUTH RIVERSIDE HOW TO GET TO EASTWOOD ' Just drive out East Main to North Keen Way Drive, turn left direct to the East- weed tract. Well be there to Jday to show you around. OFFICE ON GROUND THESE DEPENDABLE CONTRACTORS NOW BUILDING IN EASTWOOD - WILL IUILD YOUR HOME - JUST AS YOU WANT IT! Carl Christensen Phone 2-4783 J. J. McCann Phone 2-5594 Win. Brooks Phone 2-9416 W. a Boyd Phone 3-3131 G. B. Bowman Phone 3-1373 Ivan Governor Phone 5-6138 Gold Hill L. L. Whiteside Phone 2-7210 Warren Mee Phone 2-9209 E. C. 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