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Texas Farm Land, Recently Dry Now Looks Like Series of Marshes Editor' Note: Three United Press taffmen. riding a chartered plane fridav to rover the series of prop-ertv-damai-inr. tornadoes that raked west Texas, were forced to land and take refute in a storm cellar when a squall line headed their way. Here is their stor. Br KYLE THOMPSON United Press Correspondent Dallas, Tex., W Millions of square miles of Texas farm and ranch lands where three months ago were parched by the worst drought in history today are much like a series of marsh es and swamplands. A rash of thunderstorms, tor nadoes and downpours which be gan lashing the state late in February has dumped more rain in many areas than fell in the past four or five years. Vast areas of the state from the Texas panhandle south and east 500 and 600 miles are a soggy, rain-saturated mass of pools, creeks and rivers. Like Continuous Line Tons of water in streams built up by heavy downpours on top of downpours have floqded al most every stream in the state. The area from the Texas plains ',! Ail?- ' A K if': -4 & CONTEST WINNERS Jerold W. Swanson, of 798 Garfield street, Medford, right, is congratulated by Alma Dalton, man ager of Morse Sewing Center, upon winning a crossword puzzle contest that appeared in the Medford Mail Tribune recently. His prize is a Morse "600" sewing machine. In another contest in Parent's magazine, Mrs. John R. Behnke, 1346 N.E. Evans street. Grants Pass, above, was national winner. She was award ed first place for an article she wrote on why she would like to own a Morse sewing machine. Her prize was the Morse Photo matic machine, shown above. Gile Fired- From j Methodist Group Vehicle Division Salem HP) Robert G. Gile, former state representative, has been fired as supervisor of the registration divsion of the state Department of Motor Vehicles. He said Saturday he was given no reason for the action. Gile said, he was called info the "front office" of James F. Johnson, director of the depart ment, and asked to resign. He said no reason was given. He refused to resign without an ex planation, he said and was fired effective at the close of the day's work. Gile was replaced by John C. Kerrick, manager of the driver's license division for 17 years. Kerrick's place was filled by Edward M. Syring, Kerrick's as sistant for eight years. Glie headed the motor vehicle division when it was under the secretary of state's office. He was named to that post in 1951 after serving five terms as state representative from Douglas county. Skyraider Pilot Killed at Sand Point Seattle Of) A Navy AD Sky raider crashed while attempting to land at the Sand Point Naval Air station here Saturday, kill ing the only man aboard. Navy officials said the pilot was coming in for a practice landing when the plane bounced twice. The plane, an attack I bomber, did not burn. The victim was identified as ; 1st Lt. Michael A. Berger, 26, Seattle. The crash was the third in the Seattle area within a 28 hour period and the second at Sand Point. Friday three men died when their Grumman Sentinel crashed on takeoff at the Naval station. And one man lost his life when his parachute failed to 'open after he had bailed out of his crippled F-102 jet fighter over south Tacoma, 35 miles south of here. Opposes H-Bomb New York (Ifr A poll of Methodist ministers conducted by the Fellowship of Methodist Pacifists showed Saturday that those responding oppose by 1,676 to 337 the use of hy drogen bomb warfare even "if our government saw no other way to stop Communism." The questionnaire was mailed to 16,000 ministers, of whom 2,894 replied. The respondcrs opposed, by 1.528, as opposed to 572, said they did not believe our pos session of the H-bomb would keep Russia from attacking. Asked if they beileved the U.S. should prepare for war as the best way to insure peace, 1,564 said no, and 575 said yes. On disarmament, 1,045 said the U. S. should disarm only if other powers agree to do so; 405 said the U. S. should set an example by disarming first; 855 would encourage a revolt against war by calling on people every where to lay down their arms. Although only 337 would "risk destruction of civilization" with hydrogen warfare if it seemed the only way to stop Commu nism, about twice as many felt some circumstances would justi fy the dropping of a hydrogen bomb on a 'foreign city. east to the Louisiana border looks from the air like a contin uous line of muddy pools, swift streams and swamped farm and ranch lands. Muddy, irregular fingers of water jut out from numerous rivers and creeks. Lowlands are covered by more muddy waters. Cultivated fields have been washed out where numerous small, crooked streams have sought lower elevations. The rains in many cases have been even more disastrous to farmers than the long years of drought. For weeks, in the middle of the spring planting seasorf, many farmers have been unable to get into fields to plant crops. Others who planted seeds saw them washed out by torrents of water. To add to this, a siege of tor nadoes has smashed the country side with destructive, black fin gers, leaving many dead, hun dreds injured and millions of dollars in damage. Over 500 Tornadoes The weather bureau says more than 500 of the deadly twisters have been counted in the coun try since the "tornado season" opened early this year. The tornado is the most fear ed weather element in the south west. It strikes suddenly, often without warning, and will often wriggle along the ground in er ratic paths for several hours. Many of the twisters will swirl almost harmless across open country, but occasionally one will strike a heavily populated area like the April 2 tornado in Dallas, when 10 persons were killed, and 200 injured. Storm-wise west Texas farm ers consider a storm cellar as "standard equipment." Three United Press staff mem bers, myself, staffer Jim Erwin and newspictureman Roddy Mimms, chasing tornadoes over west Texas Friday were forced to land our chartered plane on a farm road near Turkey, Tex., and take refuge in a cellar with the Irl Twilla family. ' Our pilot saw a squall line ahead of us. There was a terrific roar overhead. We made an em regency landing on a farm-to-market road. Twilla said he usually waits out the storm inside his house, I but Friday when twisters by the dozen were lashing the area he decided it would be safer in the storm cellar. "I haven't seen anything like this weather in years and years," Twilla said. "I just don't know whether farmers are going to have a crop this year or not: The past several weeks it has been too wet to get out and plant, and if you were fortunate enough to get some seed in the ground they mostly were washed up in the next day or so. ' Coffee consumption in the U.S. amounts to 2.6 cups every day of the year for every man, woman and child. Portland Student Dies in Elevator Portland (IB Pete Watson, a 17-year-old David Douglas High school student was killed Friday in an unusual accident in a freight elevator in Jackson Tow ers here. Police said the boy was help ing move some equipment from Bruno's photoghaphic studios in the building when he was trap ped between a big steel frace. Officers said he apparently strangled before help arrived. The coroner's office listed cause of the death as a neck-injury. Couple Continues To Share House After Divorce Eaton Bray, England Robert and Violet Knight hare their divorce but lire on in the bouse where love has died. Both are blind. "When you are blind you can't just say 'I am going away' ". 42-year-old Knight said. "We sleep in separate rooms." he explained, "I sup pose I'm just a lodger. His 32-year-old former wife, with whom he travels to a workship for the blind every day, said "I will not leave Bob to manage by himself." Knight's mother-in-law lives ' with them as well, and "looks after" their 11-year-old son Clifford. Graham Preaches On N.Y. Streets New York rtB Evangelist Billy Graham preached on the garish, neon-lighted city streets of New York Friday night to thousands of persons turned away from his Madison Square Garden crusade. Standing on a table on the sidewalk just a short distance from "Strippers Row" and the bright .lights of Broadway, the 38-year-old North Carolina min ister spoke to the vast over flow audience for more than 10 minutes. "As you are standing here you can be saved tonight! You don't have to be in the Garden in a church to find God," Graham, with a bible tucked under his arm, told more than 2,000 per sons jamming the streets around the Garden. More than 50 sidewalk listen ers made "decision for Christ" after his brief sermon on the city's streets. Inside the famous sports ar ena Graham addressed his lar gest audience since he began his crusade here 10 days ago. A total of 21,200 persons jammed the Garden which has a seat ing capacity for 18,500. After Graham's sermon, an other 847 persons came forward to make "decisions for Christ." These brought the crusade's 10 day total up to 6,676. Corvallis Boy, 10, Dies in Rescue Try , Corvallis (IP) Firemen Sat urday recovered the body of a 10-year-old boy who drowned here after he jumped into the Marys river to save his compan ion who had fallen into the stream. The other boy was able to scramble to safety when an eddy carried him against a dam. Police said David Iverson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Iver son, drowned when he jumped into the river to help Douglas Lutz, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lutz. The two boys were fishing from the old Corvallis Lumber mill dam about 200 feet up the Marys river from its confluence with the Willamette river. The Lutz boy said he was able to grab onto the dam and pull him self to safety. He said he saw David go under the water and then come up and be swept downstream by the swift cur rent that pours through the op ening in the center of the da.a. The accident occurred about 6:45 a.m. 28 Deaths Blamed On Mexico Heat Wave Monterrey, Mexico (W Schools and most stores closed Saturday in the face of a heat wave that his killed 28 chil dren in four days. Heat strokes have sent 300 oth er persons to hospitals and po lio has struck 40 persons in the worst outbreak ever reported ; here. ! Temperatures have ranged above 100 degrees for a week, j following a drought that has : dried up water sources in nor- :t tfcern Mexico. The city is under strict water rationing and doc tors said the children killed by the heat were virtually 'de hydrated NT.'YLYWEDS SEPARATED Emmetsburg. Iowa W j i:ewly-wed Robert Thomas, 27, j today began a prolonged separa tion from his 15-year-old bride. Thomas was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for breaking and entering. WE HAVE MKWffiDD To Our Former Location 121 East Sixth St. COMPLETELY REMODELED TO SERVE YOU BETTER! We're "home again" at our building which we erected at 121 East Sixth street 33 years ago. Now, however, it is completely remodeled and double the floor space added so that we may serve our clients better than ever. 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