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Evening star., 1948-06-01
Grim Boatmen Search
Vain|y for Bodies in
Devastated Vanport
By the Associated Press

vANPORT. Greg, June Res
cuers ro~ed grimly past flooded
second-story bedrooms yesterday.
They checked building after
building, boating on the lake that
was Vanport. !.
A rescuer went In to stare at
tossed furniture, beds aWash, piles
of clothing stacked hopefully on a
high chiffonier. He came back to
the boat. mo bodies there"
A chalk mark was drown on the
house. The boat went on to the
next one. Through a broken door
a rescuer rowed into the second
story room. A dead cat lay in it.
No one else.
mo bodies there" Another chalk
mark was made.
On 1t went, house after house.
The rescue boats lodged dead tele-
phone wires, overturned buildings,
a neatly tied bundle of clothing, the
body OF dog No humans.
Diver Assists.
From the bank that surrounds
Vanport a commercial diver worked,
trying to get line to sunken cars.
There may be bodies In them,
said sheriffs deputies.
After a while he abandoned the
attempt. He worked clearing debris
from the path of the search boats,
BY afternoon the searchers had
almost dropped any expectation of
finding victims until the water re-
cedes. Those seen carried away by
the torrent must be buried in the
invisible first floors or the sub
merged debris If they failed to
reach safety.
But the boats chugged doggedly
on. The mute testimony of dis
aster washed by, chairs, tables,
splinters of what were walls.
Dishes on Table.
Apartments, their outer walls
washed off, exposed their rooms like
q child's playhouse. In house
floating evenly in the torrent dishes
still lay. neatly. on the table. In
another the furniture lay piled Graz
lily against a door.
In the crowded evacuee centers of
Evening star., 1948-06-01

Portland, in thousands OF private
homes, refugees waited for news
They kept asking for missing rela-
tives. They kept asking how many
were lost.
No one could tell them.
Vanport children who had been
watching Portland circus when the
disaster struck were being collected
in one place. The Red Cross tried
to find their parents.
All avacuees were asked to reg
lister on a master list, to speed
identifcations. They were scattered
over all Portland.
Some were being moved to Guilds
Lake, another housing project. But
it could accommodate only hun
dreds. The others are homeless now
Evening star., 1948-06-01
.6-Nation Farley Starts
Final Draft on Reich
By the Assoeiotsd Press

LONDON, June IA six-nation
conference on Western Germany's
political and economic future put
it's special drafting committee to
work today polishing final recon-
mendations.
The discussions have been con-
Quoted for more than a month py
the United States, Britain, France,
Belgium, the Netherlands and Lux
embourg.
A plenary session of the nations
was called for noon but there Is no
certainty the conference will end
TO-DAY.
American sources reported there
existed a slim possibility that dele
gates may be able to wrap up the
recommendations before nightfall.
The chief difficulty remaining is
to obtain agreement on phrasing the
document.
The London Times commented on
the talks and said they demon
strated a need for closer union be-
tween the United States and West
ern Europe.
Evening star., 1948-06-01
Floods
Continued From First Page)

ing the gasoline was being mixed
we'll with the flood waters.
Railroad service and telephone
communications north of Portland
were broken at the Columbia. Trains
operating south were unable to use
the union station. Airlines had to
abandon their Portland bases be-
cause the Portland Airport was
under water. They were forced to
move to nearby Salem and McMinn-
vile.
The Northwest was faced with a
power shortage as Bonneville Dam
was compelled to drop its production
so per cent. Grand Coulee Dam S
power output was down 10 per cent
/ Customers were asked to curb their
use of electricity.
$4,000 Persons Affected.
The Red Cross estimated that As
900 persons already have been "se-
verely affected" by the floods in the
Columbia Basin-and the total is
expected to mount rapidly when tAe
crest hits the downstream loWlands
1t said 10000 homes have been de-
stroyed or damaged.
(The Red Cross emergency re-
lief appropriation for the flood
victims was raised to $1,000000
today. quadrupling the original
grant.
announcement of the increase
was made by Basil O'Connor,
national Red Cross chairman,
who sent Colin Herrle, 19 Aspen
street, Chevy Chase, Md, the ma
tional disaster service admins
traitor, to Portland.
(The Red Cross also announced
that all chapters in this country
had been authorized to accept
voluntary contributions to be
used for disaster relief work.
Army engineers said that flood
waters were receding upstream on
the Columbia, easing things con-
siderably."
| But at Bonners Ferry. Idaho
where the Kootenai was falling
slightly, flood water still stood 2 feet
deep in the business district. Loss
there will total millions of dollars
including 10000 acres of rich farm
land flooded, loss of 100000 bushels
of wheat, destruction of dikes which
cost 81, 100000, and damage to more
than 300 buildings.
Soldiers and civilians labored sidt
by side today to top the Columbis
Rivers dikes with sandbag walls a
it splashed at the overflow level OF
many points.
Today the crest was roaring
Evening star., 1948-06-01

through the great rivers Cascade
Gorge, spilling into the diked area
of the lower valley in its rush to the
sea. The crest hurried past Eastern
Oregon's Umatilla and Washington's S
Pasco-Kennewick area-at the Han
ford Plutonium project-and into
the gorge at The Dalles yesterday
There it spilled over entertainments
into low portions of the city. but
caused slight damage.
The first dixie area 1t will reach
today is at the mouth of the Sandy
River-Where one of the regions
three great aluminium production
plants is located. 1t is expected to
pass there without serious threat,
but families have been evacuated.
After that metropolitan Portland
and the area of Vancouver Wash,
will feel the full impact of the flood
that is expected to stay at a high
level for possibly week.
At Camas, Wash, the large pulp
and paper mill of the Crown-Zeller-
bach Co. has been fighting water in
lower floors for more than week.
Several docks there may be dyna-
mited if they threaten to break
away and batter the interstate
bridge linking Oregon and Washing
ton. A river sternwheeler is now
nosed against one of the spans
piers, showing the pier against the
push of the river.
Sandbagging Rushed.
Sandbagging of the Multnomah
dixie guarding the Municipal Air
port area went along at full pace al
dawn. Across the river the water
swirls amid the Vancouver shipyard
wartime Kaiser plant. The water
there has covered residential sector:
for over a week.
Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Riley ha.
ordered Oregon National Guards.
men to evacuate the Army Airbase
barracks. This is across the all
strips from the commercial airline
hangers and terminals at the multi
million dollar Municipal Airport
and 18 feet below the river level.
BackWater from the Columbia has
pushed the Willamette River creep
ing back into the industrial ano
commercial districts of the Pacific
! Coasts second busiest maritime port
Waterfront operations are virtually
at standstill. Docks are under
water and water is tapping at the
upper edge of the citys downtown
| SeaWal.
Approaches to several of the city's
eight bridges over the Willamette
are impossible. Detours are re-
quired by transport moving from
East to West Portland.
Heavy Damage in Washington.
Brig. Gen. E. M. Llewellyn, COM
manding Washington Nationa
Guardsmen in the stricken Kelso-
Kalama Woodland area along the
Columbia's Washington shore, esti.
mated damage at $10,000O00 in that
region About a third of that loss
was suffered by the tulip bulb in
dustry.
! Elmer Vogel, Associated Press cor.
respondent touring the area, sale
1000 persons were evacuated from
South Kelso last night. But he sale
a surprising number of persons re.
manned in second-floor rooms.
The dikes on the Coweeman Rive
were holding at Kelso, with 25t
guardsmen and 200 volunteers sand.
bagging them. The bridge over tht
Evening star., 1948-06-01
FOUND,

BLACK PUPPY with yellow paws and
white neck. Call AID. 0627.
PINK SHE'LL FRAME GLASSES in leather
case; found near corner Of 35th and Reser-
voir I'd, Sun. eve. Call Adams 1865.
Evening star., 1948-06-01
LOST

LOST.
BASEBALL GLOVE, St Mary's Cemetery;
May 30. Reward. OR. 3401
BOXER AND FOX TERRIER, mixed breed;
two males and one female on Saturday.
Evening star., 1948-06-01
By the Associotsd Press

VANPORT, Oreg., June What
caused the Vanport disaster?
An almost-forgotten fact on the
dikes there came to light today.
The protective wall believed the
strongest was the one that let go
It was the railroad fill carrying
tracks of the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle Railroad to the west Of
Vanport.
Roy Taylor, assistant mainte-
nance engineer Of the Portland
Housing Authority, which hao
charge of Vanport, said the fill was
constructed about 1918 by covering
Evening star., 1948-06-01
Army Engineer Chief
To Make Flood Survey

1t. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler,
Army Chief of Engineers, planned
to leave today aboard special Air
Force plane for Portland, Greg, for
first-hand survey of flood con-
ditions in the Columbia River
Basin, the Army announced.
Evening star., 1948-06-01
Australian Prime Minister
Sends Message to Vonport

CANBERRA, June l (P.-Prime
Minister J. B. Chiefly sent a mes
sage to President Truman today
saying: It have learned with pro-
found regret of the disaster to Van
port. Ore. Please convey to the
Governor of Oregon and the resi-
dents of the stricken area the
deepest sympathy of the Australian
government and people,"
Evening star., 1948-06-01

river on the Pacific Highway south
of the city was in danger, and water
covered the Kelso Airport.
At Woodland, where the towns
1000 residents were evacuated, the
Columbia River embankment was
threatened with collapse. The town
already is under water varying from
a few inches to IA feet, and collapse
of the embankment would add
greatly to the damage.
Evening star., 1948-11-19

and Jacob s. Carter, both OF
Boyds, Md.
Roberts mother, Mrs. Mabel Chap
man, was riding in the front seat
of the car with Mr.. Beall. With
Robert in the back seat was his s.
year-old cousin, william r. Beall.
Mrs. Beatrice williams, As, colored
of Gum Springs, Va, was killed last
night when she was struck by cal
while walking on No. l highway
about 5 miles south of Alexandria.
The driver of the car was Truman
J. Sindy. IS, of Stipe's Tourist Court
which is located on No. ! highway
near the accident scene.
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Boy Killed as He FalIs
From Car and Is Run
Over by Two Others

Traffic accidents in nearby Mary
land and Virginia yesterday were
fatal to a 6-year-old boy, who fell
from a moving car. and to woman
pedestrian struck while walking on
highway.
Robert Henry Chapman, jr., Of
Jamestown, Md, was killed when
he fell from the left rear door of a
car driven by his uncle, Benjamin
G. Beall of Darnestown, on Route %
about three miles west of Rockville.
The boy was run over by two vehi-
cles travelling in the opposite direc-
ton, Montgomery County police
seid.
A certificate of accidental death
was issued by Montgomery County
Medical Examiner DR.. Frank j.
Broschart. Police said no charges
were placed against the drivers Of
the two cars which struck the boy.
They are DR.. George Poffenbarger
Evening star., 1948-11-19
Van Hyning to Take
Travellers Aid Post

Conard Van Hyning, who served
as District welfare director from
1941 to 1943, has been named general
Evening star., 1948-11-19

president
Washington
uary !. according to Albert w. At Aid Society.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
Dover Grange

Dover Grange No. 1882 will
meet in regular session, 8 %. m.
Monday, Nov. 8.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
Daniel C.. Biuelow

Daniel c. Bigelow, aged "a, died
in his home in Plain City at $3.50
p. m. Sunday, following a years
illness. He was a building con-
tractor and was well known
throughout the community.
Native of Plain City, he was
born Sept. /, 1864 and was son
of Isaac and Betsey M. (Smith)
BigeloW, who were natives OF
Pennsylvania and Vermont, re-
spectively.
Mr.. BigeloW served on the
Plain City Board of Public AT
fairs, and at present was mem
Der of the Plain City Home &
Savings Co.
Surviving are three sons, For
est, Paul and Clyde Bigelow, all
of Plain City; a daughter, Mrs.
Louise Bugg, Plain City; and IL
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
g p. m. Wednesday in the Fergu-
son Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. F. M. Patterson. Burial
was made in Forest Grove ceme-
terry in charge of Jay D. Ferguson,
funeral director of Plain City.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
Flora Blanche Murry

Mrs. Flora Blanche Murry, "a,
died at her home at Plain City,
Rt. 3, at noon Wednesday. She
was born in 1874, the daughter
of George and Nancy (White)
Hennif.
Surviving are four sons; Clin-
ton, George, Faye, and William;
one daughter, Mrs. Anna Carny;
one brother, John Henry and
three sisters, Mrs. John Buswell,
Mrs. Elias Hall, and Mrs. Anna
Geho; and Is grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2
p. m. Saturday in the Ferguson
funeral home, conducted by Rev.
B. A. Middleton. Interment will
be in Forest Grove cemetery.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
Parents 10 Observe Glass Routine
AS Night School Set Next Week

Annual night school visitation
program will be held in the
Marysville schools Wednesday
evening, Supt. H., w. Carr an
nounced today.
At that time, all grades and
classes will be open to parents
and friends of the school who
may wish to visit them to sec
how the school is operated end
classes conducted.
In order to work the program
in, usual afternoon classes will
be held in the morning next We'd
nesday. The morning schedule
will then be held in the evening,
Mr.. Carr explained.
To work in this schedule, school
will dismiss at 11:45 a. m. We'd
nesday, then open at z p. m. The
evening session will last until 9
p. m. with four half-hour class
periods.
Pupils will be stationed in the
halls to direct parents to the var
iouS classrooms.
I'VE urge all parents to visit
the schools that evening to OBJ
serve what is being done IN the
average classroom" Mr.. Carr said.
There will be no prepared pro-
gram, and it is hoped to have the
work being done in the class
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04

Feed Authority TO Address Meeting
OF County Farm Bureau Here Nov. 10

Walter e. Berger, president OF
the American Feed Manufacture
ers Association with headquarters
in Chicago, will be the speaker
of the evening at the Farm Bur
eau annual meeting. "Observa-
tions of a Feed Man in Europe,
will be his subject.
Mr.. Berger recently returned
from a months trip to Europe
where he visited England, Ire
land, Belgium, France, Switzer-
land, Norway, Sweden, Holland,
Denmark-largest of the grain
importers. He made a study of
the feed situation in each count
ry enroUte.
A better qualified man to talk
on the feed situation cannot be
found. He organized the Des
Moines Oat Products Company,
Des Moines, and served as presi-
dent of that company for many
years. He served four years as
head of the Feed Management
Branch of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture which
position he resigned to take over
his duties as President of the
American Feed Manufacturers
Association.
John Denune, president of the
Union County Farm Bureau, in
vites everyone interested in the
feed situation to attend.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
County Votes
6. O.p. In Election
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Continued from Page y
w. Tracy, r, 4967; Joseph T
Ferguson, D, 3445.
For Treasurer of State-Don H
Fbright, r, 5481; Harry V. Arm
strong, D, 4070.
For attorney General-Hugh S
Jenkins, r, $50; Herbert S. Duff,
fly, D, 285l.
For Representative TO Cong
ress Cat large)-George H. Ben.
der, R, 5059; Stephen M. Young
d, 3043
For Representative to Congress
: Observation-Disclosures J. Brown, R.
1856.
+. For State Senator-D. A. Lig-
gift, r, 4246; William L. Coleman,
: d, 4548.
: County Offices
For Representative to the Gen
: eral Assembly-Clifton L. Caryl
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04

R, 1928.
For County Commissioner
Howard B. Robinson, r, 5555
Frank White, d, 5433.
For Prosecuting Attorney
Luther L. Liggett, d, 1878.
For Clerk of Courts-H Helen
Louise Sullivan, r, 5806.
For Sheriff Walter T. Gal
loway, r, 1923; Pearl E. Rausch
D, 235l; Victor Hoffman, l, 2095
For County Recorder-Law-
renee B. Rhoads, 5848.
For County Treasurer. H. Da-
Wis, R, 5722.
For County Engineer-Nathan
w. Llewellyn, r, 5674.
For County Coroner-Albert
NJ. Johnston, r, 146(write-ins.)
Judicial Candidates
For Judge of the Supreme
Court, term commencing Jan. l,
1949-Edward c. Turner, 3743;
Charles H. Hubbell, 2148.
For Judge of the Supreme
Court, term commencing Jan. 2,
l949-Kingsley A. Taft, 1850; Ro-
bert M. Sohngen, l74l.
For Judge of the Supreme
Count ,,pay1Oirad farm ar,5iY1 O.
Jan. /, 1953-James Garfield Ste
art, 6073.
For Judge of the Court of APP
peals-Walter S. Jackson, 1857
For Common Pleas Judge
Richard L. Cameron, 1909; F. Le-
Roy Allen, 414l.
For Probate Judge-John w.
Daley, 5545.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
County Cage
Season Starts
CONTINUED from Page y


that will probably start foul
! isophmores. Rockhold is the only
senior conceded a place on the
starting five. The new gym al
York should be ready for use ir
few weeks. Meanwhile they will
play Meeker on the Raymond
floor Nov. IL in their opener.
Magnetic Springs opens against
Darby Nov. 10. The Resorters
have two lettermen back from
last year but thing aren't as bad
as that may sound One is Donald
Robinson, probably the best
guard in the county and they
have a good freshmen prospect
in Bill Coder.
Raymond lost Keith Moffet and
Charles Kincade from last years
number three team in the county
and it looks as if they will be
hard-pressed to fill these Vacan-
cieS.
Darby has more thar enough
material coming up to offset their
losses and should be on the climb
again this year. Don't be surprised
to see Darby knock off one of
the leaders as their team gains
experience as the season pro-
crosses.
Byhalia meets a Union Nov. 5
in its first game. The Washing
ton township lads will be facing
a stiff test and the gare may
give some indication of he
strength of their team which is
an unknown quantity at the
present time. Cally's '47-48 Gag
ers will be about on a par with
last years team. They viii be
hard pressed in league coinpeti-
ton.
Time, and a few games, will
bring about clearer picture of
the strengths and weaknesses of
the teams and probably viii un-
cover a new power among the
lesser rated schools, for figures
on paper often mean very little
when ten lads, ali playing to win
come together on the hardwood.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
Miss Emma ]. Sweeney

Miss Emma j. Sweeny, agec
sc, died in her home on Plain
City Rt. 3 s(Jerome Township
at ii a. m. today. Surviving are
two sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Miller
Dublin and Mrs. Annie L. Sween-
ey, Plain City, and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 a. m. Saturday in ST
JoSeph'S Catholic church. con-
Quoted by the Rev. John w. Lev
er. Burial will be in Walnut
Grove cemetery, Worthington, in
charge of Jay d. Ferguson, fun
eral director of Plain City.
Friends may call at the funer-
al home.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
Milford Demonstration

Home Demonstration Club OF
Milford Center will hold its
Christmas meeting at 1:30 p. m.
Nov. 10 in the Union school au-
ditorium Everyone is requested
to bring one homemade article
suitable for a toy or a kitchen
n ovelty. Demonstrations on
Christmas goodies, gift wrap
ping and table settings will be
given.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
G. E. A. MEETING

Christian Education Association
will meet at 8 p. m. Tuesday eve
ming, in the Parish House. The
speaker for this meeting will be
the Rev. Raymond Vogeley, Di-
rector of Parish Education of the
American Lutheran Churc
Members and friends are well
come.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
First Precinct In

First Union County precinct to
report in with complete returns
in Tuesdays election was Union
North, with Hugo Vollrath as
presiding Judge Mr.. Vollrath
came in with his 233 votes at
9:55 p. m. Tuesday. Last precinct
to report was Leesburg at $40
a. m. There were 500 votes in
this precinct.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
Photo by Stanton Studio

rooms carried out as nearly nor
NAL as possible under the cir
cumstanceS.
Teachers will remain in the
classrooms a reasonable length
of time after 8 p. m. to meet
parents and discuss any problem
they may have.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-11-04
Liberty Grange

Liberty Grange will meet in
regular session at p. m. Tues
day. Election of officers for 1949
will be held. Everyone is urged
to attend to help with the cleo
ton.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12
Social worker lifts
reform school lid
Rroen Page u

Froan Page u
superintendent, Minnifield
charged, was aware of Zwerk's
attitude, and apparently ap-
proved it.
He pointed to an instance
where potential employee, Will
liam Beard, Negro social work.
er from Alabama, was SUM
moned by mail at an approx
mate distance of HOO miles, but
upon his arrival he was not
able to see the Superintendent
for several days and fl
nally was turned down for the
job" although professionally
trained workers are needed
desperately at St. Charles.
THERE is no program of
treatment at ST. Charles" Min
nifield said, "only a program
of maintenance" He explained
that boys operate the prisons
laundry, shovel its coal, work
in its dairy, scrub its floors, but
"this cannot be considered
treatment, or even vocational
training
Minnifield pointed to the case
OF one st. Charles inmate, "a
sick young boy, suffering from
a severe persecution complex,
who was committed to st.
Charles for a minor crime" The
boy, for an infraction of the
rules, was sent to Pierce Cot
tage-the disciplinary barracks.
After a few days there, the boy
told Minnifield:
"You get up in the morning
and clean up the (dormitory).
Then you clean the reading
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-06-12

past accomplishments as well as
for much of what she does today,
now see furnished brass where
gold used to be.
You see. occasionally read
her sYndicated articles. And it's
getting so I'm almost certain of
at least one shudder per column.
f 4
FOR INSTANCE. here's what
caused the shakes on May 81:
'The defeat of Field Marshal
Jan SHUTS in the national cleo
tons in South Africa is a blow
to liberalism in that country. The
old field marshal has forced the
world to recognize his strong
character and his great desire to
advance, slowly but surely, the
liberal development of South
Africa"
don't believe the Eleanor
Roosevelt of FDR's lifetime could
have made such a statement. It's
like deploring the defeat of
Negotiating Sen. Eastland as
"a blow to liberalism in Missi-
sippi."
Could it be that I don't know
a liberal when 1 see one? In my
book, SHUTS is merely less open
ly fascist than the new prime
minister, Daniel F. Malan, Just
as Eastland is not as loud a race
batter as the late Sen. Bilbo.
SHUTS and Malan are staunch
advocates of Jim crow; both in
tend for the white minority to