Show The Weather Temperatures UTAJI— Fair warmer high low 40-5- 0 OGDEN— Fair 79 low 43 84th Year No warmer 78-8- 8 Mix Mlni OHen 72 71 Billings Boise Bntte high Chicago Las Vegas i OGDEN CITY UTAH 119 WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY 11 1955 28 Pages 74 62 58 87 Mix Btla 46 Lob Angeles 43 Minneapolis 50 New York 29 Silt Like 42 San Tran il 47 81 49 54 78 53Washington 2 Sections 76 69 63 72 54 37 5 Cents ?©nry !)© TAKAMATSU Japan (AP) rA?wrSS1ke Hardly Had Time to Jump Off Tractor collided with another ferry today in the Inland Sea and sank with a loss of possibly 159 Japanese lives By BOB CROMPTON BEAR RIVER CITY — Eli Misrasi Bear River City farmer said there was hardly enough time to jump from his tractor last night when an Air ld i JET CRATER— This crater 15 feet deep and 5Q fee( wide at spots was dug out of a Box Elder County hay field late yesterday afternoon when a jet trainer from Hill Air Force Base crashed with a thundering impact — (Staff photo by Ted Collins of Collins & Morris) I 1 pield Crashes and Explodes In Hay Field Near Bear River City Two Colonels Die Jet Trainer Ffom By CLIFF THOMPSON BEAR RIVER CITY — A jet trained crashed with spectacular violence Into a hay field about one mile northwest of here ate yesterday ariernoon killing two Hill Air Force Base officers The pilot was Lt Col Arthur H Peterson 36 of 3670 Gramercy Ave who is from Toledo Ohio and the father of three children He was chief of the contract 'administration division at Hill AFB was Lt Col Leel-ly- n His C Daigle 39 of 2190 Taylor Ave whose home was in Fort Kent Maine He was the father of six children and was chief of division at Hill the procurement ' AFB Was on LocaJ Flight twin-sea- t The 3 jet trainer crashed about 5:40 pm while on a local flight from HILL AFB The plane hit the ground and exploded with such force that it dug a crater about 50 feet wide and 15 feet deep The largest piece of the plane could have been picked up knd carried by one man Small pieces of metal were scattered over a wide area Col Eeterson’s body was found j co-pil- ot T-3- i u f Hill shortly after the crash and Col Daigle’s body was found today within 100 feet of the main portion of the ail’craft wreckage Officers said positive identification was made from dental records Col Harry J Kieling Hill AFB commander named a board of officers to determjlne the cause of the accident Investigators said preliminary study indicated neither man attempted to parachute from the plane although! some witnesses said they believed one of the occupants did jump a few seconds before (the crash Eyewitness accounts of the crash are conflicting although it was established that the plane was flying north roughly parallel j j I Christensen said the plane had nosed down to about 200 feet when one of the pilots attempted to bail out Others thought the attempted bailout occurred at about 1500 feet Air Force officials wre inclined to agree with the' latter height if one of the officers tried to bail out It was believed to have been Col Peterson who tried to leave the doomed craft in an ejection seat An empty parachute was found about 800 feet north of the The canopy of the wreckage was found about one-hal- f plane mile southeast Some witnesses said the plane exploded in midair Others said it exploded when it struck the An Air Force official ground with U S 91 said the plane could have been Lprin Christensen owner of traveling at a rate of speed to the field where the plane crashed give the illusion it had exploded and George Hanson df Bear River in the air City said th? tail section fell Rescue Crews Dispatched apart and tjie plane veered to j Hill AFB was notified of the the4eft Other witnesses did not see crash by the Salt Lake City conthe tail sectjwjm fall but agreed trol tower at 5:35 pm A that tfee plane swerved to the left already in the air was instructed and came dciwn with the nose to fly over the crash area A pointing straight at the ground helicopter and rescue crews were dispatched Sheriff LeRoy Hadley met the rescue squad at the Hill AFB and escorted them to the scene They were joined by a Brigham City police car at Brigham City The officers assisted air police in handling the crowd and seI B-2- 9 Force jet plunged into a field less than 100 yards away Misrasi probably the closest to the accident that claimed the lives of two Hill Air Force Base officers was operating his tractor in the field adjacent to the crash site “I saw the plane coming from the south first” Misrasi said “it banked sharply to the left around me and went straight into the ground” Terrific Explosion Misrasi said there was a terrific explosion when the plane contacted the ground and a brilliant red mushroom of fire smoke and dust shot straight up “It reminded me of an atomic eye-witne- ss and children Theresa 8 Arthur H Jr 5 and David 2 Col Daigle is survived by his wife Mrs Carolyn Daigle and children Mary Margaret 12 Elizabeth 10 Mark 9 Virginia 6 and a set of twins Monica and Michael Despite the Air Force’s announced policy of permitting explosion only much smaller” newsmen to have quick access to the Bear River City farmer the scene of plane accidents ex- added Misrasi saw a parachute pop developcept where still-secrof the plane as it was banking out Poments are involved an Air him at a height he guessed around a liceman confiscated film holder with two pictures taken before at about 1500 feet “I never did they arrived He also forced other seeElia man in it” he added said he thought the plane photographers to wait until after et dark before taking pictures although photographers shooting pictures from the air were not hindered Hill Air Force public information officials said today the incident occurred because “of the emotional stress under which the officer in charge was working” Capt Tom Teal Hill AFB pub- lic relations officer apologized for the incident and returned the film holder It was the property of a Tremonton resident He assured newsmen he would try to prevent a recurrence Where's Crash? Was Big Question BEAR RIVER CITY—Where’s curing the area the plane crash? First officials on the scene was the often-askeThat and w7ere Sgt T E Hunsaker and at the three of his northern division legitimate question posed scene of an Air Force jet crack-u- p state highway troopers Sgt and explosion near here yesHunsaker and his men attempted to clear a large crowd that had terday The jet trainer which carried gathered from the area The explosion which was heard two men to death had so commore than a mile away attracted pletely disintegrated it was hardmost of the Bear River City and ly in evidence From the level field the spot It also atnearby residents it Tremon-ton tracted spectators from dug into- - the ground could have been mistaken for a plowed and Brigham City Hunsaker and his Sgt troopers area One group of spectators rushassisted the air police in mainto view the wreck gathered an on ing the taining guard around an old truck tire that had crash scene Col Peterson is survived by been burning all afternoon pourhis wife Mrs Ella D Peterson ing black smoke into the air d all-nig- Lt Col A II Peterson 1 L G Daigle ht I Names in the Nows MacArthur Equal Pershing? Pentagon Says No House Republican Leader Joseph Martin of Massachusetts said today the Pentagon made a “very lame excuse” for rejecting proposals to promote Gen Douglas MacArthur to the rank of general of the armies Martin is sponsoring measures to give MacArthur the title held only by the late Gen John J Pershing commander of US forces in European World War I Besides McArthur fiverstar officers are: Gen Dwight D Eisenhower (who resigned upon becoming President) George C Marmshall the late II IL (Hap) Arnold and Adms Chester W Nimitz Ernest King William F (Bull) Halsey and William D Leahy Gen Omar was Bradley given the rank later To promote MacArthur from this circle the Pentagon official said “would surely be widely construed not simply as Additional recognition of the Individual so set apart it would also carry the unavoidable con- notation of downgrading o( the responsibilities of the other officers who in their distinguished seryice held at least equal responsibility and did no less for their country” j At St George Utah Republic Picture Corp today began filming Zarie Grey’s “The Vanishing American” with Scott Brady Audree Totter Forrest Tucker and Jim Davis featured A cast of 110 will be at work Crown Prince AkihitoJ idol of Japan’s bobby-soxewas mobbed today by hundreds of screaming school girls and amateur photograph- 21-year-- rs v ers wheri the motor loving prince showed up to inspect new models at an auto show About 120 officials formed a human shield and absorbed the impact of the school girl banzai charge while shutterbugs fired from all directions Liberace’s mother has dismissed her court petition to use the sme last name as her son Mrf Frances Casadonte 62 divorced Samuel Liberace — fathdr of the now famous pianist — n 1941 Alexander Casadonte whom she married in 1943 died in 1945 Two months ago Samuel Liberace of Madison Wis a retired symphony orchestra musician informed the court that he meant to oppose his petition Yesterday she dismissed it She didn’t specify why !A journal of George Washington one of America’s rarest books brought $25000 at auction last night It will go on display at Colonial Williams-jbur- g Va Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr provided the money The (journal was published at Williamsburg in 1754 The Colonial capital was restored largely' with Rockefeller family funds as a public museum of Americana The book written by Washington at the age of 21 while he was a major in the British piano-jplayin- g ex-wife- ’s army brought spirited bidding at New York’s Parke-BernGalleries Only seven other copies of the first edition of the book are known to exist In it Washington reported on his expedition to the Ohio et wilderness to investigate French encroachments there It alerted the infant colony to the danger to its interests The journal is rarer than the Bay Psalm Book the first book ever printed in America of which there are 11 known copies A Bay Psalm Book brought $151000 at auction in 1947 British newspapers today cheered Queen Elizabeth’s an1 d nouncement that Prince Charles will mingle with other children at school instead of being royally tutored at home - The monarch asked newspapers to spare her son from too much publicity as a schoolboy “Her majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh have decided that their son has reached the stage when he should take part in more grown-u- p pursuits with other children” it wras announced “He will Attend classes and will visit museums and other places of interest The Queen trusts therefore thas his royal highness will be able to enjoy this in the same way as other children can without the embarrassment of constant publi- city” The announcement gave no hint of where the royal son might go to school There are several fashionable ' private schools near Buckingham Palace His education so far has been limited to tutoring by his governess The queen was educated en- - tirely by tutors The Duke of Edinburgh however attended both British and European boarding schools Last Atomic Test May Be tomorrow LAS VEGAS (UP)— The Atomic Energy Commission said today it will try once again to fire the final nuclear shot of the 1955 spring tests tomorrow at 5 am (MST) tower The 14th test a 500-foshot of 25 kilotons was postponed ot early this morning 35 minutes before detonation time because of adverse winds 2100 Get 2nd Shot was disintegrating before it screeched into the ground “It looked to me like the plane burst into flame while it was still about 1000 feet up and then exploded when it hit Parts of the plane were scattered over a wide area but Misrasi said none of them came near him wher the ship exploded Mrs Lorin Christensen another witness said the plane missed their farm home by only 150 yards and exploded on impact She said she was standing near the door when she heard it pass overhead “There was a terrible noise and the house shook” she said “It dug a hole in our hay field fog-shroud- 1600 off Hokkaido in five sinkThe capsizing of the huge ings ocean ferry Toya Maru then cost 1200 lives In today’s disaster the Shiun Maru apparently swerved in heavy fog to avoid a small fishing craft — right into the steel bows of the rail car ferry Udaka controlled ban on atomic Maru The car ferry ripped a great weapons The plan was made public a gash in the Shiun Maru’s steel few hours before top Soviet offiplates The Shiun Maru’s passengers cials gathered’ in Warsaw with — 300 of them school children — leaders of their seven East Euclawed frantically for life ’jack- ropean allied nations to establish ets on the reeling decks a unified NATO-typ- e alliance una der Russian commander The announcement also came shortly after delivery of Western invitations for Soviet Premier Bulganin to meet with President anti-poli- ers and renters workers or a job anything! Call me at 7711 to solve a problem in a hurry I’ve been doing it for folks all over town for years 'Granddad' License Holders Examined (J) re-electi- w 8-- ld Didn't Send Arms Into Korea ar PANMUNJOM ( AP)' —The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission which polices the armistice in Korea says Red charges that the United Nations brought combat material into Korea were “not proved” The decision of the NNSC was unanimous the UN Command said today It was one of the few unanimous decisions ever handed down by the body composed of Swiss Swedes and Communist Czechs and Poles The command said NNSC teams inspected places named by the Communists in letters dated Feb 23 24 and 26 which charged the UN had violated the armistice by feeding new equipment particularly airplanes into South four-natio- n Korea Brodie Boy's Head Stops Bleeding WASHINGTON (AP) — Con- K 1 r i "i (R-Main- e) so-calle- d U N gress today sent to President Eisenhower a bill raising the pay of 500000 postal workers by an average of 88 per cent There are indications he may veto it o nt plunge Bulletin 60-ye- ar Shots Will End Vaccine May Get OK Tomorrow er He said it was a doctor’s de cision to double-checthe manufacture of the vaccine which caused a postponement in inoculations As for the efficacy of the vaccine itself Mr Eisenhower said he believes absolutely it can do the job for which it was intend ed He said there have been 52 cases of polio in five million injections and scientists want to learn whether there is any relationship of these cases to the k I vaccinations Cases Rise to 62 The Public Health Service announced shortly after Mr Eisenhower’s news conference that the number of confirmed cases among those vaccinated to 62 today Mr Eisenhower said the scientists and doctors are trying to had-rise- be doubly safe He remarked n that ' he is no - scientist and cannot speak as an expert but he added that he believes within a reasonable time the Salk vaccine will eliminate polio STATEHOOD — Asked for com- yesterA team of Public Health Serv- ment on the House vote committo back sent which day ice scientists was due in Detroit make both Hawaii to inspect vaccine manufacturing tee a bill to states Mr EisenAlaska and Parke-Davis Labmethods at the said he hower always has felt oratories should be separate bills there A reliable source here said it details on Page would be reasonable to expect (Additional action late today or tomorrow vacto release some Parke-Davi- s INDEX f cine for public use Supplies from other manufacturers should 6A be released by early next week Joseph Alsop 13 A William Dr Brady he added SB 7B Pending rechecks at all vaccine Comics 10A Sur14A Community Pages manufacturing plants U S A Scheele Leonard General geon 12A Dr Crane has called for a halt in the naSA tionwide mass inoculation of Editorial Page 6A Peter Edson school children 6A Scheele said he "hopefully” exGallup Poll pects to get the vaccination pro- Obituaries 8B gram rolling again by the end of Drew Pearson 6A this week He added he thinks Radio-T7B Programs enough of the vaccine will be re2B 3B 4B leased soon to inject all children Sports in the susceptible 5B age group Theater before the peak of the summer 20 and 50Page 6A Years Ago polio season 8B Vital Statistics He reiterated that be “abso2B A1 Warden lutely” has confidence in the vaccine itself 12A ISA Women’a-Pag4-- V 1-- j -ii 9 es I ii reporter noted that in the past Mr Eisenhower had indicated that he Would prefer a meeting of the foreign ministers in advance of any conference of the chiefs of state Asked why he had changed his mind on that and agreed to an “at the summit” conference first the President replied that there now appear to be some cogent reasons for a top level meeting He added that at least such a conference might permit some clarification of the air Russia Sincere? Us A bit later the President said Eisenhower British Prime Mina conference also would be such ister Eden and French Premier a means of finding out whether discussion an informal Faure for Russia is sincere about wanting NEW YORK (UP)— Parents of world problems to relieve world tensions aren’t the only ones to hail the May Accept Mr Eisenhower repeated wliat Salk vaccihe as a Russia said that he Bulganin today has said before —that he is boon of a positively” meeting to go anywhere anytime “regards willing The National Confectionery and will state of chiefs Four if Big would come from the any good Salesman’s Assn said today the a v Western invita- journey so far as world peace is carefully study of practice giving lollypops to tion to such a conference concerned youngsters after their vaccinaThe peace proposals were conThe President also dealt with tions has given the lollypop sub- these other two declarations in tained topics: “the greatest prestige in its hismitted as a resolution to the UN SALK VACCINE — The Presi-detory” on Disarmament Subcommittee reiterated that he intends to now holding closed sessions in see that no child ever goes withLondon out the vaccine because of inabilUnited Nations experts in New ity of parents to pay for it (AddiYork said the proposals contain tional details elsewhere on this several substantial concessions page) It was agreed however that RusPOLITICS — the President said sia and the Western powers still he thanks Sen Margaret Chase is- Smith for her stateSALT LAKE CITY — are far apart on many major ment she that Holders of Utah’s hopes with all her suff new saw little U N will he diplomats seek heart ‘granddaddy” driver’s licenses in the peace plan general next he But added with a examin-sayear for began appearing eye smile and a shrug of the shoulations yesterday It was the first Changes Made day the exams were required Changes in the Soviet position ders that he had no idea where Mrs Smith got what she called under a law passed by the 1955 on disarmament include: 1 Acceptance of the Western an impression that the President State Legislature The first man to show up at proposal for placing ceilings on will not run again (Further dethe State Capitol for the test armed forces and armaments of tails on Page STRIKES— Mr Eisenhower exwas William C Smith the five big powers of Salt Lake City 2 Acceptance of the Western pressed gratification over the end Under the new law the holders plan for a census of armed forces of the long Louisville & Nashof the licenses which carry no and convention armaments This ville Railroad strike and called expiration date as well as those however did not include a cen- the agreement to arbitrate the which require renewal at five-ye- sus of atomic weapons which the dispute a great boon to the South intervals must pass periodic West had included in its latest He also expressed hope that there will be a quick end to the strike eye examinations proposals For holders of the renewable 3 Acceptance of the Western against the Southern Bell Tele-- " licenses this means it will no position that- - any pledge to re- phone System HAMBURGERS — A reporter longer be possible merely to man frain from using atomic weapons the old license in with the fee must have a provision that such called Mr Eisenhower’s attention for the new permit Accompany- weapons could be used to meet to a Hoover Commission report ing such renewal requests now aggression Although' this repre- that the Navy had on hand a must be a certificate from an sented a change in the Russian supply of canned hamStand the new Soviet proposal burger Asked whether he intends eye doctor Holders of the - “granddaddy” had a gimmick in it The Rus- to “hold anyone’s feet to the fire” licenses have’ until Jan 1 1957 sians suggested the A bombs because of that situation the to take the eye examinations for could be used only after authori- President laughed heartily and the first time Tests must be zation by the Security Council asked if he was getting a bad taken thereafter at intervals of And in that body Russia can veto reputation not more than five years action Mr Eisenhower went on to say in a serious vein that Secretary of Defense Wilson and former President Herbert Moover have Polio-I- ke conferred regarding that situation The President said there could be a lot of misunderstanding about the big supply of hamburgers If they were doled out all at the same time in an emerWASHINGTON (AP) — President Eisenhower said today he gency there actually would be no absolutely believes that within a reasonable time the Salk vaccine over supply he added With a smile the President said can eliminate polio in this country be risky to keep on hand it The President made his statement of confidence amid indica- anmight emergency supply of ammunitions that some supplies of the vaccine may be released soon for tion adequate for only one year’s time resumption of the inoculation program single-engin- e Qn short notice I find buy- A Salk Polio Shots Too Helped Say Lollypop Men MANILA (AP)— About 2100 children of military personnel at the big US Clark Air "Force Base north of Manila received a second CHICAGO (UP) — The bleedinjection of the new Salk polio vaccine yesterday No difficulties ing in the head of Siamese twin with the vaccine have been re- Rodney Brodie has apparently ported at Clark stopped a doctor said today The boy’s condition Wyoming Planes Bump was still listed as “critical” Re-at DENVER (AP) — The 44th the University of Illinois Air Rescue Squadron said today search and Educational Hospital it had received a report two T6 But a spokesman said he contintrainer planes col- ued to show improvement lided in the air in Wyoming Rodney Dee is the first head- The squadron based at Lowry joined Siamese twin in history to Air Force Base here dispatched survive a separation His brother an SA16 plane with a paramedic died crew aboard to the area and a helicopter was standing by One Phone Striker Shot PENSACOLA Fla (AP) — A plane returned striking-Souther- n Bell Telephone Co employe was shot in the stomach in front of the telephone exchange early today He was identified as Cecil Bragg Police William Harold Slaughter Give me a job to do and I 42 was arrested dazzle you with action I’m a Standard-Examine- r classified ad ed after a recheck reported 76 bodies recovered an estimated 83 missing — 75 of them school children — and 681 rescued Some of the rescued were injured The ferry collision was Japan’s worst sea disaster since last September’s typhoon horror drowned and huge billows of black smoke non-strik- - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Eisenhower said today he agreed to a top level Big Four conference in the hope of clarifying the international atmosphere and to test Russia’s sincerity The President emphasized that there still is nothing definite as to whether there will be a meeting at the summit — that is of Eisenhower Prime Minister Eden of Britain Premier Faure of Russia France and Marshal Bulganin-o- f The Western Big Three yester-day formally invited the Soviets to a top level conference In reply to a question the President said he did not know vhere such a conference might be held but added that he would prefer what he termed one of the so called neutral countries Thera have been reports from Paris that the conference may be held in Switzerland in July Many of the victims were school children returning from a gay outing when disaster struck the Shiun Maru in the sea Panic broke out as the stricken ferry sank within five minutes The Japan National Railways went up into the air Now there’s nothing left of the plane but twisted aluminum” Another witness Laurel Ivar- son a former Air Force man ncav living in Bear River City said he the plane flying at an altitude of 5000 to 8000 feet He said the craft appeared to go into an out- side loop with its nose down Some witnesses said parts of the plane appeared to fly off as the craft made its spectacular Classified Ad's Results Dazzling Says He Agreed to Big 4 Talks to Test Red Sincerity |