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p. w. i-hick hvk ctNia KLAMATH fALLH, OIIKOON, Till KHIMY, OCTOBER 3, 1B (Telcpfaoot Sill) Aeriol View Of Sncll-Cornett Plant Crash Shows Ground Crew At Work Meiir E)g) Hfe Tha bodies of Oregon's Governor Earl Snell, Senate President Marshall E. Cornett, Secretary of State Robert Farrell and their pilot. Cliff Hogue, were taken today from the plane in which they crashed to instantaneous death in the remote Dog Lake country Tues day night.

After a futile all-night search, a ground crew reached the wreckage of the single-motored Beechcraft plane at 7:35 o'clock this morning and immediately undertook the sad task of bringing the bodies to Klamath Falls. THREE SHOTS FIRED Three shots fired into the air was the pre-arranged signal' for location of the plane and that there were no survivors. Chet Ellis and Gregg Tainter, both of Lake view, were first on the scene and gave the signal. Ground contoct with the plana concluded a search that began, first from the air, on Wednesday morning after the plane party was reported missing on a flight from here to Adel in Warner valley on a goose hunting trip. The plane wreckage was first located from the air at 4 p.

m. Wednesday by Bob Adams of Lakeview and Tainter, who was also in on the discovery from the ground. BODIES IN PLANE The bodies of Snell, Cornett and Hogue were in the plane, but Farrell was thrown clear of the craft as it struck tree and crashed into the earth at a point about two miles west of Dog lake identified as section 25, township 40 range 16 in Lake county near the Klamath line. The search party had one stretcher, an improvised others with sapling poles and blankets. The bodies were brought one mile and a half through the timber country to a road at Green valley, and there the remains of the four men were placed on waiting forest service power wagons.

The bodies were then moved to Dog Lake guard station, and placed In the Profeasional Ambulance Sefriee am balance to be brought in to Klamath Falls, a trip approaching here this afternoon. The search party reported that the plane was not burned. The bodies were badly crushed, but intact. There was no question of Instantaneous death. At 11:53 a.

today Fremont Forest Supervisor Merle Lowden, who directed the ground search from his Lakevlew headquarters, issued details of the bunt and discovery. Search In Darkness Lowden aaid that the search was reorganised about a. m. today, after weary crews had spent the night groping through darkness for the wreckage. About 20 to 55 men joined the searchers, and with tha aid of lightness, the quest waa Intensified and soon brought to a successful finish.

Nearly 100 men were on the Job by that time. men were strung out in Si long Hue, organized to operate in such fashion that each man could early hl morning plne flying Yrhed took lhl picture of Marshall Cornell'. clearly Hm closely rimmed by tree at one aide and open to rkw from the Beorhrrafl Bonanu which crashed southwest of Dog lake In Southeastern Oregon other. Searchers who reached the scene at 7:35 a. m.

had one stretcher with them and an a nlll.t flight from Klamath FaUl to Adel laat Turd.y. Killed were Cornell, br 'n1l' Other stretchers were improvised from cut sapling pines and blankets, brought to the scene by members of the searching party. Oovernor Snrll. Secretary of Stale Robert Farrell and the pilot. Cliff Ho.ua.

The plan. plctnre sbop- Tip From Cowboy Camped In Dog Lake Region Aids Hunt The determination of a lonely caV that led him to believe the plane No. 1174 Tourist Tells Of Plane Crash BAKER, Oct. 30 iP) Officials today searched an area about seven miles northwest of North Powder, where a tourist reported seeing a plane crash into a hill and burst Into flame early this morning. A commercial plane of Empire Air Lines, however, circled the area at 6:50 a.

m. without sighting any sign of wreckage. The Baker Flying service, with police from the city, state, and sheriff's office, began searching the region. The crash report was made to Baker city police by a tourist, who gave his name only as Hill, and said he saw a plane. Its green navigation lights glowing, glide over him and strike a hill at 3:30 a.

m. CAA officials and police said tncre was no confirmation of the i report. The tourist, only driving through Baker, has gone. No planes have been reported missing in the region. Krug Taken III While Speaking PHOENIX.

Oct. 30 VPi Secretary, of the Interior Julius A. Krug became til this morning while delivering a speech before the National Reclamation association and was unable to continue. He was taken to his hotel room and a physician was called. Robert W.

Sawyer, president of the association, finished Krug's speech, reading from a manuscript. Members of the secretary's party said fatigue probably caused his illness. They said his condition was not serious. waa In Kake, Alaska, that he married Olive Byram, who survives. After another brief sojourn in Astoria, Cornett came to Klamath Falls In 1036, and shortly set up an automobile agency and oil business.

A member of the Klamath county fair board, chairman of Buckaroo Days, director of the Klamath County chamber of commerce, president and distrlot governor of Rotary, Cornett was one of this city's most active figures. Since World War I days, Cornett had been Interested in aviation, and had flown frequently for many years. The traglo plane crash came as he was starting out to engage In one of his favored pastimes: him. It was a sub-unit of five or six men who first cxme on the scene, with Ellis and Tainter sighting the wreckage. They saw the plane through a clearing, called to the others, and gave the gunshot signal.

That brought the men together. The location of the plane from "almost the beginning" waa "Just about right." Lowden added that "we couldn't have hit It better. We had aerial photos on hand and the fliers who first sighted the plane could follow the fence lines and creeks picked out In the pictures. We fitted this to our map and were able to determine the approximate location ot the wreckage." Base Camp Established Base camp for the hunt was established at a point called Green valley about three miles southwest of Dog lake. The men worked from there and It was possible to drive vehicles a half a mile on from the turn of the road at Green valley.

The plane was badly smashed, but Lowden said he thought there was no difficulty in removing the bodies. He said the plane was lying on practically level ground and had skidded some 75 feet after it crashed. Reason Still Mystery The reason for the crash remained a mystery. The ignition switch was on. but there was no fire and no smell of gasoline In the air.

From one source it was reported the air speed Indicator had broken at 130 miles per hour. CAA placed a guard around the plane and started an Investigation. Lowden said that the searchers were close to the scene In the night, but small trees hindered a view of the plane in the darkness. There waa much 'Speculation about the route followed by the state officials on their attempted night Jump from Klamath Falls to AdeL Some fliers expressed the opinion that they had gotten as far east aa Lakeview. and were swinging back for some reason when the crash came.

Reports of hearing a plane In flight had been received from persons at Beatty, Dairy, Lorella, Gerber dam, and a point on the west side of Drew's reservoir. Trip Began Tuesday ih. ai trin hrnmn at Salem Tuesday, when the three officials Bandits Nab $110,000 In Payroll Job BOSTON, Oct St IIP) Five masked banillU held up a factory office today and look a $110,000 payroll. The men, two ol them armed with sawrd-off shotguns, wslkrd Into the offices of the Hlurtevant division of Wrstinrnouae FJeetrle corporation In Hyde Park only IS minutes after an armored truck delivered tlio money In small bills. When some of the office workers Indicnted they tlioutiht It a prank, one of the robbers shouted menacingly: "This la no Halloween party." They escaped In a large sedan In which a sixth member of the band walled at the wheel.

Unnoticed DrcsKcd In overalls. Hie men entered tile plant grounds unnoticed among workmen arriving for the day. One of the bandits wore a gunny-tnP ovor his head, two had horle- (I'nntlnutd rut I'lv, 'oluma Twil land Hogue started on their hunting trip. They first intended to fly Governor JOHN H. HALL Hall Assumes Governorship PORTLAND.

Oct. 30 (Pi Gov. John Hubert Hall, 48, Portland attorney, automatically assumed the Oregon governorship today when the body of Earl Snell, serving his second term as governor, was found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. Hall Is a republican as are all of Oregon's top officials. He assumed the governorship by virtue of his position as speaker of the house of representatives.

The constitution provides that on death or incapacity of the governor, the president of the senate becomes governor, and after him, the speaker. Since Marshall Cornett, senate president, also died in the crash. Hall was shifted directly into the top office. Born In Portland February 7, 1899, he attended Oregon State college and Northwestern college of law. He was admitted to the bar In 1926 and has practiced here continuously since.

Son of the late John H. Hall 8r, who was United States district attorney here during the William Me-Kinley and Theodore Roosevelt administrations. Hall first was elected to the 1933 legislature. He returned to the house for the 1939 session and had been a member of that body since. At the session early this year he was elected speaker.

Hall frequently was floor leader for controversial legislation and was regarded by fellow-legislators as an able parliamentarian. No Funeral Plans Made No funeral arrangements had been completed today for members of the party In the fatal Dog lake plane wreck. Bodies of Governor Earl Snell and Secretary of State Robert 8. Farrell will be moved tonight to Portland. The bodies of State Senator Marshall Cornett and Cliff Hogue, the pilot, wlU remain here, and as soon as local arrangements are mode, they will be announced.

It Is expected Senator Cornett'i burial will be at his old home In Kentucky. 100 miles. The bodies were expected sea the hunters on either aide of Bomber Crashes In Mountains MARCH FIELD, Oct. 30 (JP) An A-5S attack bomber with five men aboard crashed and exploded In the San Bernardino mountains north of Fontana, apparently soon after Its takeoff from here yesterday, the army public Information office announced today. The spokesman said: "The plane has been found and positively Identified.

It Is In a nose high position. Ground parties and helicopters are being guided to the scene by two search planes which sighted It" The discovery came after an earlier reported sighting was determined to be an old wreck. Tha craft, with five men and five hours' fuel aboard, left here at 10:53 a. m. (PST) yesterday for Bur bank.

one down. It was sufficiently, alarming to the lonely camper that he went that night to the nearby Dog Lake ranger station and tried to call Lakevlew on the telephone there. The ranger station had been closed for the winter and the telephone line was out of order. Hill could get no answer. He went back to his camp, still disturbed by what had happened.

It was on his mind when lie awoke Wednesday morning. He again went to' the ranger station and began twisting the crank of the forest service telephone. This time, his efforts were repaid, A woman at Crowder flat, a forest service station on the Modoc nation-i forest In Northern California, an swered his call. Over the weak wire he told his story. She reported It to the Modoc forest headquarters in Alturas, and from there It was relayed to Lowden at Lakevlew.

Lowden was Interested because tills was a voluntary report from a man who knew nothing of the tragic crash that by that time had become nationwide news. The forest supervisor no'! fled the waiting search plane crews at Lake-view airport, and Robert Adams took off for the Dog lake area. It was Adams and his observer. Greg Painter, who first sighted the wreckage about two miles west of Dog lake at about 4 p. m.

Wednesday. Lowden had already dispatched a crew of four men into the Dog lake region as a feature of the general search. He made contact with this crew by radio, and the ground search of the area then began in earnest. Turkeys Off Thursday List WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 A Thursday must remain turkeylesa as well as poultryless and eisgless, the cltltena food committee (tiled On recommendation of the cabinet food committee, Charles Luck-man, chairman of the citizens group, denied a request of the National Turkey federation that turkeys be exempted from poultrylexs day.

"Tills request was transmitted to the cabinet food committee, which pointed qut that poultryless Thursday already has been modified to provide for the eating of turkeys on three holidays Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's and that no further modification appeared he sold. The committee said It would telegraph Its decision to ft. E. Janes, Austin, Texas, who lodged the request In behalf of tilt turkey growers. Herbert Beyers, chairman ot the turkey federation's marketing committee, said In Bnlt Lake City Tuesday that the market for the birds Is "demoralised." by Rex Warren, crop specialist from Oregon State college A weed con trol exhibit will be directed by Harold Schlefersteln, Klamath county weed control specialist, with an outdoor weed control demonstration by plane to be given by Murel Long.

Prizes for potato exhibits will be either in cash or oup. First prize to Klamath Netted Oems, commercial, U. S. No. 1, will be 1100, Netted Qcm certified seed potatoes, $78, White Rose commercial, 160, and certified White Rose seed potatoes, $40.

Community exhibits have been entered by Merrill, Malln, Henley and Tulelako. Farm machinery exhibits will be outdoors betwocn the Community hall and tlio high school gym. Future Farmors of America will exhibit in tho gym. At Friday night's banquet, Dan Polling, dean of men at Oregon State college, will be tlio main speak er. Highlight of the banquet will bn tlu coronation of Festival Queen Betty Chin, Miss Chin will bo pre sented at coronation ceremonies es corted by her court, Botty Skelton of Henley, Betty Jean Logan of Dorrls, Colleen Met! of Tulolnke, and Mary Jo Miller of Malln, John Houston will crown Queen Betty, directly to Adel, but because oi weauier conoiuuus iuw mn FaUs.

They had dinner at the Comett home, and about 10 p. after receiving weather reports, decided on a night flight to Adel. They notified Oscar Klttredge of the MC ranch at Adel that they were co'ng, and he waited until midnight at the Coleman lake landing area near his headquarters. Klttredge decided they had given up the trip. Mrs.

Cornett, waiting In Klamath Falls for a possible telephone call, assumed that the exchange at tiny Adel was closed and was not seriously concerned. The next morning, when she and Klttredge conversed by telephone, they became immediately alarmed and reported to authorities. The entire trip from Salem was made In the plane, jointly owned by Cornett and Klttredge. From the time the plane wreckage was seen from the air, there was little hope there would be survivors. Jack Smith.

Fremont forest ranger with the ground search party, was the first man to eommunicato with Lowden. who flashed the report by telephone to The Herald and office here reported that an Inquiry was madeby Hogue about weather conditions east of here at 7 p. m. Tuesday. The bureau gets only Intermittent reports from Lakeview, but Its latest Information at that time was that there was an overcast, ceiling at 2000 with scattered clouds at 1000, and some rain.

Hogue. the pilot, waa thoroughly familiar with the area between here and Adel. There was considerable opinion among aviation men here that the plane must have developed motor trouble. Last Minute Details Worked Out For Biggest Potato Festival In History tlcman camped In remote back coun-1 try to report an unusual Incident led to the air discovery of the airplane which It Is feared has carried Oov ernor Earl Snell and other top Ore gon officials to their deaths. Merle Lowden, supervisor ot the Fremont national forest, said today It was a report reaching him over remote forest service telephone lines from Oeorge Hill that directed the search Into the Dog lake area where the plane wreckage was later sighted train the air.

This Is the story as related by Lowden: Hill, employed by Fred Ross, a stockman, was camped Tuesday night at the south end of Dog lake. At about 10:05 o'clock he heard the roar of an airplane motor, lie noticed something strange about the sound. It seemed to rise and fall, roaring as ir the plane were diving, and then dying away. The unusual situation caught hla attention and as he listened something happened which startled him. He said later that he would not say he actually heard a crash, but there was something that happened Jean Black and Judy Strack will be train bearers.

The queen and princesses will wear special formal gowns purchased through the Festival association by Mrs. L. A. Van Clcve and Mrs, John Dcgnan, The girls will also be given gifts of Jewelry by the association. Stage settings will be provided by the Lost River Garden club.

Mrs. Van Clove and Mrs. C. K. Sharp will furnish musle for the court processional.

Malcolm Epley will be master of ceremonies for the dinner. Mrs. M. A. Bowman la general dinner chairman, and serving will be by the Missionary Aid of the Merrill Presbyterian church.

Prizes for the best costumes will be given at the masquerade ball, whero muslo will be furnished by Baldy's Orchestra. Many entries from surrounding communities will be represented In the parade. A crowd of 3000 Is anticipated at the big free barbecue at the Community hall. Qlb Fleet will be In charge of the barbecue. Serving will be from a tent outside the hall.

General ohnlrmcn of the Festival are H. Homes and Norman Remsom. Concluding event will be the Harvest dance at the Community hall, with muslo by Baldy Evani. Cornett Started Klamath Falls Business In 1926 MKKKILL, Oct. 30 Last minute details aro being worked out today for the big 11th annual Klamath Bnsln Potato Festival, slated for Friday and Saturday at Merrill.

Community, farm and commercial buoths In tlio Merrill high school gymnasium are filled today with exhibit. The potato display the largest In the Festival's history, and the agriculture exhibit, the most complete In some years. The order of events for the two-day celebration Is as follows: Friday morning Judging of commercial, fnrm, and agriculture exhibits. Friday, 3 p. ni.

Footbnll game, Malln Mustangs and the Chlloquln PanthrrH. Frlclny. (1:110 p. m. Coronation b.iiKiuct In the high school gym.

Friday, 0 p. m. Masquerade dnnco, Cniniminlly hnll. Saturday, 10 a. m.

Parade. Saturday, 13 noon Barbecue. Saturday, 3 p. m. Klamath county league championship football game, Merrill Huskies and the Hornets.

Saturday evening Harvost dunce, Community hall. Agriculture displays will Judged Attack Victim Said Better ALTURAS, Oct. 30 Claude Mulkey, 70-y a r-old Cedarvllle, cemetery caretaker who was shot and badly beaten late Tuesday by two teen-age boys, Is reported improving and out of danger. District Attorney Charles Lederer said late Wednesday night that the attending phystotan had pronounced the elderly mans condition as no longer critical. Meanwhile, the two Eugene boys who attacked Mulkey, Lauren Johnson, 16, and Franklin Cllngenpeel, 14, are being held In the Modoc county Jail.

The two were captured lata Tuesday night about four miles from Cedarvllle by a posse headed by Lederer. Marshall E. Cornett, Klamath Falls businessman, first ran for public office In 1940, moved rapidly into a position of political Importance In Oregon. Cornell, who would have been 49 next month, was elected president of the senate tills year during his second term In that body. Born In Burning Springs, he was reared and educated In that state, and came to Oregon in 1030 after discharge from service In World War I.

He lived first In Astoria, serving as a policeman, and an employe of the Astoria port commission, and then becoming Interested in fishing went to Alaska as assistant manager of a cannery. It.