67 Killed When Two Flying Boxcars
Collide and Crash in Black Forest
Hoover Home
Dedicated as
National Shrine
NEWBERG, Ore., (*—Herbert
Hoover left here late Wednesday
after seeing his boyhood home
dedicated as a national shrine. He
headed for his favorite fishing
stream, the McKenzie River in
southwestern Oregon.
Hoover celebrated his 81st
birthday at ceremonies dedicating
the house where he came as an
orphan to live in this qutet town
70 years ago.
He spoke bareheaded in the hot
afternoon sun to a crowd estimat
ed at 5,000. Some of them includ
ed persons who had known him
as a child.
Although he did not remember
many of his former neighbors—he
was 15 when he left Newberg for
nearby Salem—he mingled with
• the crowd, greeting everyone who
approached him.
At the ceremonies, he tolc! of
his early days in this area and he
praised the heritage left by the
builders of Newberg and the small
towns over the nation.
The former President praised
the lives of his aunt and uncle,
Dr. and Mrs. Henry John Min
thorn, to whose home in this
Quaker community he came after
the death of his parents. He said
the spirit of Minthorn, a country
doctor and a religious educator,
lives on in the nation.
The Minthorn house was re
stored to its original condition by
friends and admirers of the ex
President, who organized the Her
bert Hoover foundation. The Ore
gon legislature invited him here
for the birthday-dedication.
ANCHORAGE SHOWS
POPULATION GAIN OF
200% IN FIVE YEARS
ANCHORAGE—In five years’
time the greater Anchorage area
has increased its population by
over 200 percent.
Over 60,000 people now live in
the greater Anchorage area. It.is
estimated that another 45,000 live
on military bases immediately ad
joining the city.
According to the latest planning
department estimate, the popula
tion of the greater Anchorage area
is approximately 59,500 as of July
1, 1955. City Planning Director
Victor Fischer estimated that the
figure has increased several hun
dred more within the past month.
“We have experienced a growth
of over 200 percent since 1950,”
Fischer said this week.
Traces of human occupancy of
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico,
date back at least 4,000 years.
> STUTTGART, Germany, Uft—
Two C-119 Flying Boxcar trans
ports collided in the air and
crashed into the Black Forest yes
terday. The U.S. Air Force an
nounced 67 men were killed.
The Air Force said the death
toll included the crews of the two
American aircraft as well as sol
diers being transported.
The Flying Boxcars have a nor
mal seating capacity of 67, with a
maximum capacity of 78.
The planes were two of a nine
plane flight which had just taken
off from Echterdingen Field, near
here, on a training mission with
troops from the U.S. 7th Army
aboard.
The Air Force announcement
said:
“Initial reports said that one
plane developed engine trouble
just after takeoff, after reaching a
cruising level of 4,000 feet. The
crippled plane lost altitude mo
menarily, then pulled up abruptly
across the front of another air
craft in the formation.
“The crippled plane went down
immediately. The second plane
flew level for almost one minute,
then went out of control and
nosed into the ground.”
The announced death toll would
make this the fourth worst air
disaster in history. A total of 129
UJ5. servicemen died in the flam
ing wreckage of a C-124 Globe
master near Tokyo in 1953. In
1952 another C-124 Globemaster
crashed on taking off from Larson
Air Force Base, in Washington
State, killing 87. In 1950, a com
mercial plane carrying soccer fans
crashed at Cardiff, Wales, with a
death toll of 80 persons.
Yesterday’s was West Ger
many’s biggest postwar air disas
ter and also the biggest military
death toll in an aircrash in west
ern Europe.
The Air Force said Thursday’s
crash occurred less than 15 min
utes after take-off in mid-after
noon.
The announcement said there
were 42 passengers, a crew of 5
plus one loadmaster in one plane,
and 14 passengers, a crew of 4
and a loadmaster in the second.
Alaska Delegates Among
10,000 Attending Congress
Of 7th Day Adventists
Delegates representing the Sev
enth-Day Adventist Churches of
Alaska at a Western Laymen’s
Congress at Gladstone Park, Ore.,
near Portland, included Paul Bal
lot, Selawik; and Tommy Bavilla,
Togiac, Alaska*
More than 10,000 delegates and
friends are attending the five-day
Laymen’s Congress, representing
Adventist churches in eight west
ern states, Hawaii, Alaska, and
western Canada.
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THURSDAY BALL SCORES
American League
Cleveland 3, Detroit 1
Chicago 14, Kansas City 1
New York 5, Boston 3
National League
St. Louis 7-4, Milwaukee 1-0
Cincinnati 6, Chicago 5
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 2, Seattle 0
Portland 3, Hollywood 0
Oakland 10, San Diego 3
Sacramento 6, Los Angeles 5
American League
WEDNESDAY BASEBALL
New York 3. Boston 2
Kansas City 5, Chicago 4
Cleveland 6, Detroit 4
Kansas City 5, Chicago 4
National League
Brooklyn 5, New York 4
St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 2
Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 2
Cincinnati 7-6, Chicago 2-3
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 5-13, Seattle 3-5
Hollywood 10, Portland 3
San Diego 3-0, Oakland 0-5
S\vedish Navy on Alert
For Unidentified Subs
STOCKHOLM, WV-The Swe
dish navy has been placed on a
special alert following five re
ports of unidentified submarines
in Swedish waters' in the past
month.
The orders were issued by the
Swedish navy staff Wednesday as
Russia, in a formal note to Swed
en, denied that Soviet submarines
were in any way involved.
The Swedish press voiced
mounting indignation at the mys
terious sub operations in local
waters. Previously the papers had
hinted the subs were Russian.
SIX KILLED ON TRAIN
KUALA LAMFUR, Malaya (AV
An African soldier sprayed ma
chinegun bullets through a crowd
ed Singapore-bound train yester
day, killing six Asians and
wounding 12 others. He then shot
and killed himself.
Amateur and Pro Artists '
Of Alaska to Show Works '
At Matanuska Valley Fair;
Professional and amateur ar
tists throughout the territory wiU
have an opportunity to display
their works of art during the 1955
Matanuska Valley Fair held in.
Palmer Sept. 3, 4, and 5.
The art division of the fair will
be supervised by Rusty Dow, the
Shoepac Artist of Alaska, famous
for her paintings with an Alaskan
theme. Her work will be displayed
but not entered in competition.
Cash awards will be made in all
divisions, in both professional and
amateur classes.
There will also be contests for
sculpture, pressed flowers, pic
ture novelties, and so on.
Regulations may be obtained by
writing Fair Manager Alfred V.
Hagen, Box 1337, Palmer,
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
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Standard has built 4 of them in the West
to make the cleaner-burning, more pow
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formance of today’s higher compression
engines. This program was two years in
planning and building—cost $50 million.
This $50 million worth of plants is only
part of the $350 million Standard is in
vesting this year to make petroleum more
useful and plentiful. Some of it will go
for product research, part will pay for
new manufacturing facilities. A good
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