'11
m
I nn
More Snow
Predicted
For Basin
Whipped by strong nurlh
wind, tlin Klumath basin and
tirrouiulliiK muunialn area felt
the lush of winter a snow cov
ered this auction of southern Ore-
fon tuday from dnplli of five
nclie In Klamath Fall to fall
of 28 inches at Cralor Lake na
tional park.
Ciruund transportation conlln
1 1 ftl unlntorruplrd, however.
The Southern Pacific inld it waa
necoiuiiry to gat out the tnow
f i Ki 1 1 1 1 u equipment after more
llii.ii 14 Inchna foil ut Kirk and
Creacent Luke. Truln were on
time ua were Greyhound buae
which fouiihl 10 Inchra of new
now on the Grocnapring high
way. Hulh city and county schools
nlil the buses from outlying dis
trict brouuht aludenta to claaaes
on time today.
More Snow Ahead
The U. 8. weather bureau, in
f orccimt Iwued Monday morn
ing, aald thla area ww in for
more anow, continued cold and
wind.
Klylng wun virtually at a
atiindallll at the municipal air
port and United Air Lines offi
cials auld the Monday morning
flight curne directly over the
airport and made r,eiidy to land
but anow flurrlca prevented the
plunca from coming in and the
pilota took the ahlpa on their
way, one north and the other
aoulh. No plaiwa arrived or left
here Sunduy, United aald, but
the Monday afternoon and eve
ning flight were expected to
come In under 12 o'clock noon
condition, The runway have
been kept clear with anowplowa.
All Roads Icy
Minimum temperature here
the paat 24 hnura waa 20 degree
with the maximum going ailght
ly over that and chalked at 23.
K o a d a throughout Oregon
were covered with Ice, anow or
aluah, the atat highway com
minion reported. Heaviest fall
waa at Odell lake on the Wil
lamette pau where the tempera-
turn fell to IT riegrrca and 20
lnche of new anow waa report
ed on the highway. There la 44
Inchra of roadside anow at Odell.
Ten Inches of new anow fell on
the Creenaprlnga. 8 Inchea on
Hun mountain and packed anow
wu prevalent all over the dla-
3 Men Held In
Theft Quiz
ROSEBURG. Jan. 13 W)
Three men arreated at Coot Bay
during a traffic check that dia
cloaed their automobile loaded
with guna, burglary toola and al
most $80U0 in caah, were being
quratioucd here today.
State Police Sgt. P. K. Mor
gan reported the trio Jamea
Clifford Leo, 53, Clarence Orva
Jom-a, S6, and Alvln Floyd Back
mun, fit, all of Portlnnd were
held in connection with $1000
robbery of the Henninger mar
ket at Clcndale.
Meanwhile, a Creacent City,
Culif., chief of police and Jamea
llight, Smith River, Calif., ar
rived from Cooa Bay to Invea
tiguto a afe robbery at Hlght'a
aloro netting $3083 and another
at Creacent City involving $838
in caah. Both robbcrlea were
laat Thuradny night.
Hlght told State Police Sgt.
I. A. Larson at Coquille that a
foreign typo platol and a ahotgun
found in the car were apparent
ly taken from hi store.
City To Remove
Snow From Streets
Snow clearing equipment la
being mado ready by the street
department for Ita annual tussle
with anow-covered streets.
City Engineer E. A. Thomas
aid today that truck are being
equipped with blade and will
be in operation, along with the
grader, Tuesday. Some clearing
was done on the main business
streets over the week-end.
Oregon Legislature Opens
Today On Note Of Harmony
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR
SALEM, Jan. 13 H) Tho
44th Oregon legislature opened
its 1947 session today on a note
of harmony after one of the
quickest organizing sessions in
history.
It took each house only a few
minute to choose presiding of
ficers and officials, headed by
Senate President Marshall E.
Cornett of Klamath Fall and
Speaker John H, Hall of Port
land, All of tho officers were elect
ed unanimously. An example
of the harmony 1 the fact that
Sen. Earl T. Newbry, Ashland,
nominated Cornett Jor tho sen
ate leadership, and Sen. William
Walsh, Coos Bay, seconded the
nomliuitinn and moved that
unanimous ballot be cast for
Cornett. Newbry and Walsh
hud been candidates themselves
for senate president,
The house streamlined Itself
by reducing the number of com
mittees from 37 to 24, but the
sennto voted to slick to 31 com
mittees inslend of cutting lo 24.
1 Both house voted to bar from
uie iiuor an DUl niciuuei aim
"jhafT S! fck. O . Jf tt WEATHER
41 ft rtVrt I ill A 1 Mm -A.! IHr icV ,:ju.:.."u'j. zzs
It J piv ( "N (ifv bfcr uu"m " 'lt
PRICE riVg CENT iBV KLAM OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 13. 1947 (Telephone till) Number 10830
Srifish Track Iriws Wai Out
29 Die In
Veek-End
Air Wrecks
Br The Associated Prats
Twenty - nine persona died
when acven airplane craahed in
the United Statea yeaterday, and
today Rep, Rivera (D-S. C.) pro
pined a congreaaional investiga
tion of what he termed the "In
excuaable killing of American
people."
Only two of the 31 peraons In
the aeven planea survived.
In New York City, mean
while, major alrllnea reported
that plane reservations, almost
ImpoHslble to obtain last sum
mer, have been going begging
for the lost few days, with a
number of planes leaving with
empty acats.
Rep. Rivera declared in Wash
ington that "the American peo
ple are horrified and scared to
death. If there la comething
wrong with the whole dog
gone et-up, then something
should be done,"
He noted specifically the
crash of an Eastern Airlines Detroit-Miami
paaaenger plane dur
ing a rainstorm near Galax, Va.,
yesterday In which 18 persons
IS passengers and three crew
members died.
William EUI Keyes Jr., 23,
of Boynlon, Fla., the lone sur
vivor, waa dragged from the
wreck by two resident of the
community who saw the crash.
He suffered shock, laceration
and burn.
Five pcraona were killed when
two planea collided over the
Miami (Fla.) aviation center air
port. One person was Injured
critically.
Miami Police Chief Karl En-
gel Mid the planea collided J
tnoir pilot attempted to. una
on oposlte runways,
Anotlier disaster In Florida
cost the lives of two persona as
an army training plane crasnea
near Cocoa In Brevard county,
Fla.
A two-seated private plane
craahed near aubusban Van
Dyke, near Detroit, killing It
occupant, an army air forces
veteran ana a iiuaeni puou
Snow Causes
Serious Falls
Numerous minor injuries were
reported here today as winter
took a toll of broken bones and
bruises. Most seriously injured
wag Ethel Lehner, 83, deputy
clerk of the Klamath county cir
cuit court, who fell at 2:80 p. m.
Sunday at 3rd and Pine and frac
tured heMeft hip. Miss Lehner,
who came here five months ago
from Alaaka, waa moved by am
bulance to Klamath Valley hos
pital. She resides at 133 Pine.
Mrs. Lawrence (Cleva) Ham
ons, 38, was moved by ambu
lance to Hillside from her home,
18S4 Mitchell, for treatment of
painful back injuries received
this week-end when a toboggan
on which she riding Jumped
from the road and struck a
ditch. The accident occurred
Sunday.
A fall on the walk in fint
of her home, 1422 Canby. Sun
day morning caused painful left
leg Injuries . to Mrs. A. W.
O'Brien. She is recovering sat
isfactorily at her home.
legislative employes during ses
sions, but they did not bar per
sonal secretaries of members.
Claribel Buff, Salem, am!
Mrs. Zylpha Zell Burns, Port
land, were re-elected a chief
clerks of tho house and senate,
respectively. '
Other officials chosen are:
Senate Caroline Porter, Sa
lem, assistant chief clerk; Pearl
Schaffer, Portland, calendar
clerk; Gordon Barnard, Salem,
reading clerk; Banks Mortimer,
Portland, scrgeant-at-arms; Rex
Adolph, Salem, doorkeeper, and
William King, Prlnevllle, mail
ing clerk.
House Mrs. Patricia Sher
man, Eugene, assistant chief
clerk; Edith Bynon Lowe, Gold
Beach, calendar clerk; Richard
Wilson, Salem, reading clerk;
Joseph Vogelsang, Portland, Scrgeant-at-arms;
Gin Hafcnbrack,
Portland, doorkeeper, and Jose
phine Morris, Salem, mailing
clerk. '
All legislators and state offi
cials met in the house chamber
this afternoon to hear Governor
Snell's message and to see him
Inaugurated for a second term.
Stote Police
State Police Officer Mark Sullivan garnered quite a bit of deer meat early Sunday night
when he arreated Bob Farria, 23, Lakethorc drive, who was fined $300 in Juatlce court Monday
when he entered a plea of guilty to illegal poaaeaaion of game meat. Farria aaid in court he
spotlighted two fawns on the Creenaprlnga highway Saturday night. The meat waa found by
atate police, crammed in a big refrigerator at the Farria home. Alio picked up at the resi
dence waa Farria' brother-in-law, Henry Shadley Jr., who waa returned to the Klamath county
Jail where he had eacaped a short time ago while serving a drunk count. Officera aaid Farria
told them he threw the hidea and head of the fawn in Link river. The fact that the meat wa
hi was at first denied by Farria. who told officera that Indian had brought it to him. Farri
paid.
Carpenters' Union Turns
Dowri Employers Pay Offer
Carpenter unionist refused
today an offer from the ABC
and for settlement of the car
penters' strike on a basis ' of
$1.80 an hour.
Negotiating committee for
the union and employer' group
held a two-hour : session this
morning. The union committee
agreed to terms of the contrac
tors in regard to travel pay,
and C. D. Long, business agent
of the local, said his committee
was willing to put the men
back to work at $1.80, until
Chiang Okays
Marshall Talk
NANKING, Jan. 13 (P) Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek said
today General Marshall's state
ment on China, blaming extrem
ists on both sides for continued
strife, was "filled with construc
tive criticism, showing his good
will toward China," an unoffi
cial source reported.
Chiang gave this first formal
reaction to Marshall's statement
and departure from China at a
memorial service for Dr. Sun
Yat-sen, founder of the republic.
Newsmen were excluded.
On informed source said Chi
ang told the audience that Mar
shall's statement should not be
viewed separately but in con
Junction with President Tru
man's declaration of policy to
ward China.
"We should reflect over the
evil conditions Marshall men
tioned if they exist we must
correct them," the generalissimo
was quoted as saying. -
He predicted China's rehabili
tation program . and general
economy would improve with fi
nancial aid from the United
States, and praised the recent
adoption by the national assem
bly of a coalition constitution.
Klamath Bound
Plane Crashes
MARYSVILLE, Calif., Jan. 13
(JP) The Yuba county sheriff's
office today reported searchers
had spotted the wreckage of a
light plane in the vicinity of the
Feather river narrows dam.
Marysvllle airport reported
that a BT-13, an army model
light bombing trainer, had taken
off -about 1:30 a. m, for Klamath
Falls, Ore.
It was piloted by John Ste
vens, a Marysvllle- night club
entertainer. It was not deter
mined immediately if there
were others with him.
The district where the plane
crashed is in a snow covered
area, and is fairly rugged.
Klamath airport sources said
they knew' nothing of a sched
uled arrival of a plane here from
Marysvllle and attendants said
they did not know Stevens.
Bring Spotlight Hunter Into Court
April 1, with the proviso that
the contractors sign an agree
ment that $1.87 tt be the wage
scale from that date.
The employer group refused
this proposal. Negotiations were
broken at noon and no further
meetings were arranged. A meet
ing of the local will be held at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, and a
committee of the contractors
ha been invited to address the
membership. Long said. Mean
while, he said, all striking mem
ber were requested to report
to the office of the union.
The carpenters have asked
for $1.87 Vi. The employer group
first offered $1.75, as compared
with $1.624 previously re
ceived, and Saturday came up
to $1.80. Long said that any
work being done by carpenters'
unionists here is at $1.87 H for
independent contractors not
members of ABC and E. He
said that carpenters working at
Tulelake are getting $1.874.
Court Upholds
2nd Execution
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 A)
By a one-vote margin, the su
preme court ruled today that
Louisiana may try again to exe
cute Willie Francis, 17-year-old
negro who lived through one trip
to the electric chair.
The 5-4 decision split the court
on an Interpretation of what is
the "cruel and unusual punish
ment" forbidden by the consti
tution. The majority held that it did
not bar a second attempt at exe
cution where the first failed due
to mechanical difficulties..
' The minority agreed with
Francis' attorneys that it would
be "cruel and unusual" if Francis
were again put in the chair.
Crater Lake Gets
28 Inch Snowfall
Twenty-eight Inches of new
snow fsjl at Crater Lake nation
al park from Saturday midnight
until 8 o clock Monday morning
and although this brought a to
tal depth of 84 inches, skiing
was excellent at the park over
the week-end.
A total of 125 cars bringing
490 people into the park was the
ranger's report and there were
no accidents of any kind. Roads
are open but chains are required
from Annie Spring to the rim.
The roads are not full width
and it has taken all the park
equipment to keep the road
open, according to T. C. Parker,
assistant park superintendent.
Minimum temperature the . last
24 hours was 12 degrees, maxi
mum, 27, It was 16 degrees at
a, m. , -1
Yets Name
House Group
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 UP)
War veterans in the house or
ganized into an informal associa
tion today and named as chair
man Rep. Francis E. Walters ID-
Fa. I
One of Walters' first acts was
to tell reporters he wanted to
"make it plain this isn't going to
be a pressure bloc."
But he said a committee is go
ing to make recommendations
on whether any specific legisla
tion will be sponsored.
Out of 193 representatives
eligible to attend a meeting of
veterans in the house chamber,
Walter said 125 showed up.
Actually, he said, what the
meeting did was to revive an or
ganization that existed for more
than 20 years after the first
World War. It is called "War
Veterans in Congress." Senators
can come in, too, if they ever
wore uniform.
Walters said no legislation
was discussed today. Another
meeting will be held soon to re
ceive the report of the commit
tee. Its members are Reps.
Gwynne (R-Iowa), O'Hara (R-
Minn.), Springer (R-Ind.), Blat-
nick (D-Minn,) and Rankin (D-
Miss.)
50 Foot Waves
Lash North Sea
NEW YORK. Jan. 13 UP)
Fifty-foot waves and westerly
gales of -more than 50 miles an
hour slowed shipping today in
the busy north Atlantic lanes.
the U. S. weather bureau re
ported.
The fury -of the storm which
began last Tuesday, was said to
be centered between Iceland and
Greenland where "very deep low
pressure areas" were charted by
the bureau s marine department.
Heavy seas and other weather
conditions were reported to be
delaying liners and freighters
alike, from one to six days in
cluding the America, queen of
the American merchant marine,
originally due Saturday and now
scheduled to arrive tonight.
New Coasting
Area Named
The recreation, department
has added the hill beyond Joseph
Conger school to its list of safe
coasting areas. The hill has
been graded and is said to be in
fine shape for sledding. Other
areas arc, 2nd street from Lin
coln to the bottom of the hill,
Portland from Pacific Terrace to
the railroad and Worden from
the top of the hill to Upham.
Recreation officials urge cau
tion on the part of both motor
ists and coasting enthusiasts
and ask motorists not to park in
the coasting areas if possible.
They also remind sledders to use
designated coasting areas and
warn against using Washington
and 3rd streets, particularly.
Army Used
To Supply
Foodstuffs
LONDON. Jan. 13 (IP) The
labor government used 8000
troops and sailors today to move
strike-bound food to hungry
Londoners, touching off a wave
of sympathy strikes which in
volved more than 7000 workers
and threatened to mushroom to
gigantic proportions.
within 15 minutes of the ar
rival of army personnel at
Smithfield market, the city's
largest meat distributing center,
more than 2300 employes walk
ed off the job in support of
more than 15,000 truck drivers
who started an unofficial strike
last Monday and rejected pleas
of union leaders to return to
work.
44-Hour Week
The truckmen demanded a
44-hour instead of a 48-hour
week, two weeks paid vacations,
half pay during illness and ad
justment of overtime pay con
ditions. The 45-member road
haulage central wages board
met in emergency session to
consider the demands and a pre
vious decision which touched
off the walkout.
London wa tense. All police
leaves were cancelled and
mounted constables accompan
ied the convoys of military
trucks.
Long lines of army trucks
poured into the city's east end
past thousands of unsmiling
persons at the curbs.
Almost immediately after the
Smithfield workers struck, 3000
laborers walked out at Covent
garden, chief vegetable market
in London.
. Hundreds of other, .worker
quit jobs In London and else
where.
mma Minister Attlee, sup
ported in the decision to use
troops by the seven ministers
whose departments were in
volved, called a special cabinet
meeting for late today and an
other for Tuesday
The transport strike had
gravely shortened food supplies
for the 10,000,000 persons in
reater London, and spread to
iverpool, Leeds, Southampton
and other' major cities. Nearly
1000 Bristol truckers quit and
picketed depots and main roads,
appealing to working drivers to
stop.
Sled Accident
Injures Three
Three Klamath Union high
school students narrowly es
caped serious injuries Sunday
afternoon when a toboggan on
which they were coasting on Lin-
coin street struck a parked car
at the 8th street corner.
Marilyn O'Neill suffered a
bruised knee and wrist, Shirley
uauon nad facial injuries and
Barbara Mclntee, who was guid
ing the toboggan, received a leg
hurt. All three were able to re
turn to school Monday.
Coasting was expected to be
heavy tonight, Monday, and
those participating were urged
to use only the designated areas
and to watch for cars while mo
torists were equally cautioned to
De on tne alert lor youngsters
on sleds.
Six Survivors
Rescued
ABOARD USS MT. OLYM
PUS, Jan. 13 (IP) Surviving
two weeks huddled In the
wreckage of their crashed sea
plane in ice-piled Ellsworth
land, six of the Byrd Antarctic
expedition's nine missing fliers
rested in warm bunks aboard
their mother ship today.
Their near-miraculous rescue,
after blinding polar fogs had
balked repeated search attempts,
touched off wild celebrations
aboard ships of the navy task
force but their three compan
ions were listed as dead.
Aboard the seaplane tender
Pine Island whose skipper,
Capt, Henry H, Caldwell, was
one of the rescued men the
survivors told how their Mar
iner photo plane had brushed
a peak of snow and ice but re
mained airborne only to ex
plode, scattering aircraft frag
ments and men over 100 yards
of the frozen waste.
Visibility had suddenly faded
on that December 30 photo mis
sion, they related; earth and sky
had merged into a dull white
mass, with no visible horizon.
The accident came just as the
co-pllot. Lt. (jg) William H.
Kearns Jr. of Boston, turned to
return to the Pine Island.
In Copco Shift
i V
i n mI -
Harlan P. Boaworth, above,
who moves up a aasiatant to
the general manager, and Sam
I. Ritchey, below, who aucceeda
Boaworth a district manager.
Copco Ups
H. Bosworth
Harlan P. Bosworth Jr.. for
nearly 18 years district man
ager of the California -Oregon
Power company here, has been
promoted to the position of as
sistant to the general manager
and will move to Medford head
quarters of the company, it was
tearnea loaay.
Sam I. Ritchey, assistant to
Bosworth here and acting dis
trict manager during the war
period when Bosworth wa in
the service. Will be district man
ager. ... A
The changes, approved by
Copco directors last week, be
came effective January 1. .
Bosworth Joined the staff of
the company in July, 1923. He
was in and out of here on com
pany business until September
1, 1929, when he became dis
trict manager. He held the title
while away in the service for
3s years.
He has been president of the'
chamber of commerce, Rotary
and the Reames Golf and Coun
try club, and is now a chamber
director. He said today the fam
ily will remain in Klamath un
til after the close of school,
but his headquarters will be
moved immediately to Medford.
Ritchey has been with Copco
about 20 years, spending most
of that period with the Klam
ath operations of the firm. He
is president of Rotary at pres
ent, past president of tne zu-isu
club, and active in various civic
affairs.
Washington State
Legislature Opens
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 13 (Pi
The 30th session of the Wash
ington state legislature convened
at high noon today with repub
licans in power for the first
time in 16 years.
The senate was called to or
der at 12:02 p. m. by Lt. Gov.
Victory A. Meyers. The house
convened when Chief Clerk S.
H. Holcomb rapped the gavel at
lz noon.
Of Antarctic Expedition
After Two Weeks On Ice Floe
Five of the six rescued men
suffered minor injuries; the
sixth, Pilot Lt. (jg) Ralph Paul
LeBlanc of Martinsville, La.,
was more severely hurt. He
was drawn on a sled as the
group followed a trail blazed
by the discovery plane to open
water eight miles away. It was
there that a second seaplane
landed yesterday to pick them
up.
Reports of their physical con
dition were not immediately
available. The group, in addi
tion to Captain Caldwell, Pilot
LeBlanc and Kearns, included:
' James Haskins Robbins, avia
tion radioman 3c, San Diego,
Calif.; William C. H. Warr, avia
tion machinist's mate 2c, Ports
mouth, Va and Owen McCarty,
chief photogragher's mate, So
noma, Calif.
The dead:
Ens. Maxwell A, Lopez, New
port, R.I.
Frederick Warren Williams,
aviation machinist' mate 1c,
Huntington, Tenn. : ;
Wendell K. Henderson, avia
tion radioman 1c, Wilton, Wis.
The fact the survivors
huddled grimly. in the wreck
Big Forestry
Program For
State Urged
By Paul W. Harvey Jr.
SALEM, Jan. 13 W Gov
ernor EarlSnell, urging use at
corporation excise tax surpluses
to balance Oregon' 194749
budget, warned today that new
taxes must be levied to provide
for future needs.
Delivering his second in
augural address, the governor
also outlined a 10-year forestry
program to cost $12,000,000.
asked for increased veteran and
unemployment benefits, and
urged the lawmakers to wait for
congress before passing labor
legislation.
The $41,404,718 budget for
departments dependent upon
legislative appropriations would
have had, he said, a deficit of
almost S8,000,000, but use of
$6,000,000 in corporation excise
tax surpluses would wiDe this
out. He said there won't be any
such surpluses available in two
years, so new tax revenues must
be found now so they will be
available at that time.
Added Revenues
"If in the future," the gov.
ernor declared, "the state is to
meet the increased demands, the
urgency of expanded facilities,
the necessity for adeauate sal
aries for it employes, atate
school support, and the higher
costs lor merchandise, equipment
and supplies, some additional
revenues for budget balancing in
the future must be provided. '
He urged that any major tax
proposals be referred to the
people at a special election.
He called for "substantial" in
creases in the amount which the
state may loan to a veteran for
a farm or home loan. The ceiling
now is $3000.
The governor asked adoption
of a far-reaching 10-year for
estry program to prevent and
suppress fires, promote research,
and rehabilitate the 300,000-ecra
Tillamook burn. The data own
slightly more than half of the
burn, and the governor asked
that the state take over the rest
i it.
Severance Tax
The forestry program would
be financed by a severance tax
of 20 cents per thousand feet oa
all timber cut. anri wonlH raka
$12,000,000 during the 10 years.
On lahnp ftAiArnnr Snail '
he opposes "jurisdictional dis-
cotts." He bad', no specific labor
proposals, but urged the legisla
ture to go slowly until it sees
what congress does about it
He told the legislators they
ICatiDia Pan s. Calau k
Luzon Volcano
Spouts Lava
MANILA, Jan. 13 (JP) South
ern Luzon's towering Mayon
volcano, boiling for five days,
erupted this morning with a
furious shower of boulders and
lava.
Lt. (jg) Robert Case of Ne
vada, Ohio, a navy weather of
ficer, circled the volcano at 10,
000 feet during the display 'in
an army plane piloted by Capt.
Robert A. Harris of Dayton,
Ohio.
"It (the peak) got redder and
swelled like a bubble, then
broke," Case related. "A lava
stream went straight up to a
height we estimated at 8000 to
10.000 feet above the peak (it
self 7903 feet).
"We saw huge rocks blown
straight up. They looked like
small houses to us even at a
distance of a mile and a half or
two miles. The eruption lasted
about a half hour."
Two towns near the base were
ordered evacuated earlier as lava
boiled over down the eastern and
southern slopes and black smoke
mushroomed three miles into
the sky.
age, as instructed, was reported
a major factor in their eventual
rescue. The search was concen
trated upon the known course
their plane was to have covered
in its photo and mapping mis
sion. .
Wings and engines broke free
as the plane exploded, the sur
vivors related. The fuselage
broke in - two. But the plane
was skimming the icy, snowy
surface and the fall was a short
one. Only six lived through the
crash and the flames.
Lopez and Henderson were
dead when found. Williams,
thrown from the wreckage died
two hours later of multiple in
juries. Pilot LeBlanc was pulled un-
fnneMmi -from thft flnmlnff
cockpit, but survived. McCarty
extricated himself from the
tangle of metal; the other four'
survivors were thrown clear of
the plane.
Gasoline In one section of the
plane burned for nearly an hour
but fuel in another tank was
salvaged and used, in rationed
dribbles, to give survivor some '
degree of warmth and to pro
vide a smoking signal fire for
search planes. .