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Sinclair Lewis, Portrayer Of American Foibles, Dies ROME (API Sinclair Lewis, biinqly realistic novelist of modern American lift who brought American literature its first Nobal priit, ditd hara today. Ha would have bean next Fab. 7. The noted author of 21 books, molt of them bit tellers, died at a clinic, where he had been a patient with bronchial pneumonia since Dec. 31. Hospital attendants said he suffered also from an inflammation of the heart. SINCLAIR LEWIS Literature Loses Star In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS There's a lull in Korea as this is written. This seems to be the situation: We pulled back from Seoul and Inchon in good order. We've formed a new defense somewhere south of the Han river. But Off to the east the enemy is making an end run (flanking move ment is the military term) in force. Of this movement, the dispatches say: "An estimated 190,000 red Chi nese and North Koreans are wind ing down out of the mountains to Wonju. (See your map) At Wonju, a big rail and road center, they can turn either to the right or to the left. If they turn to the right (west) they may seal off UN troops moving south of Seoul." The dispatch adds: "IT IS A DESPERATE RACE." To complete the picture, let's add this: A high officer in the Pentagon (name withheld) tells us that "a total of 950,000 red troops, of which 450,000 are still being held in re serve in North Korea, are involved in the all-out push." These troops, we must remember are in the front lines and the front (Continued on paga four) Sanitary District Expansion Voted Citizens of north Roseburg voted Tuesday to extend the north boundary of the North Roseburg Sanitary district to the truck scales on Highway 99, reports Don Lloyd, district manager. A single vote was cast against the annexation while 60 ballots fa vored the proposal in a compar atively light election. Lloyd indicated that sewers would probably be installed in the new area sometime before the end of next summer. Preliminary ar rangements will be initiated by the district board of directors. Clothing, Meat Theft From Vehicle Charged Venter Williams, 37, a Banrion logger, is being held in the co'inty jail charged with larceny of a mo tor vehicle, reported Justice of I'ace Fred Wright of Reedsport. Bail has been set at $1,000. Williams allegedly stole some fresh meat and $50 worth of men's and women's clothing from the back of a car belonging to Rodney C. Hays of Tahkenitch. Williams was arrested by a deputy sheiiff. Census Shifts House Seats, Truman Advises Congress Seven States Will Gain, Nine Lose In Revision Of Districts WASHINGTON (API President Truman sent Congress Tuesday legislation setting up standards for the states to follow in revising congressional districts to conform with population shifts reported in the 1950 census. In e message to the lawmakers, he also asked that "proper redlstricting be don promptly" and completed not later than the spring of 1952 "so that the congressional elections of that year mey give fair representetion to all citizens of our country." ine rrcsiaeni not only sug gested reforms to standardize the re-districting, but said Con gress should assume reponsibisky "for seeing that the standards are in fact complied with." Mr. Truman made his proposal in submitting tne l."ni ic.isus re port putting the population of the United States at 150.697,361. He said seven states would gain 14 seals in the House under a re apportionment in line with the shift in populations, and that nine states wnuld lose 14 seats. He suggested that such legisla tion: 1. Reaffirm the basic policy ol the government to have single member district (meaning no reorcsentatives at large). 3. Repeat the old and accepted standard that congressional dis tricts be composed of contiguous Creator of "George Babbitt," the typical American businessman oC the 1920's, Lewis made literary his tory also with such searching stud ies of American life as "M a i n Street," "Arrowsmith," "Elmer Gantry," "Dodsworth," "It Can't Happen Here" and "Kingsblood Poyal." He was awarded the Nobel prize in 1930, chiefly for Babbitt. Four years before he had refused a Pulitzer prize because he dis agreed with the terms of Joseph Pulitzer's will setting up the prize. His 21st book, "The Ood-Seeker," was published in 1949. Born in Sauk Center, Minn., Lewis after student days . t Yale and a minor career on newspapers and magazines, became one of the great social historians among American novelists. His books blasted the foibles of "typically American" people and communi ties of the 1920's and 1930 s with bitirr? satire and down-to-earth and Italy in the mid 1930's banned "It Can't Happen Here," a warning against fascism in the United States. Lewis was married twice. Both his first wife, Grace Livingstone Hegger, and his v second, Miss Thompson, noted c'umniit, di vorced him. Wells Lewis, son by his first mar riage and an army lieutenant in World War II, was killed in action in France. Michael Lewis, his son by Miss Thompson, reportedly re turned to the United States last week to visit his mother. He had been studying dramatics in London. Allies Fight Way Back Into Wonju TOKYO P A snail tank-led American and French force fought through a crust of Red Koreans today into the key road-rail cantor of Wonju. The allies found the town empty. . Allied intelligence said, how ever, the Reds have 200 tanks and 500 Chinese planet poised farther north for e big pjih Into the heart ef South Korea. 'It said the Communists neve massed a force ef possibly 2W, 000 troops for e new offensive. Intelligence officers said the planes are available for use across the entire 150-mile South Korean front. If they are thrown into ac tion it would be the first large scale challenge to United Nations air supremacy in the war. The allies had abandoned Wonju to the Reds only Monday after two days of fighting for the gateway town to South Korea's interior A second allied column driving up from the south brushed off Red counterattacks mounted by six battalions and occupied the snath em sector of hills looking down on the scorched town. This Second division unit was only two miles from Wonju. "The French-American force ob viously was fighting to thro off balance the' Communist drive (.own re.itral Korea's mountain roads. Tlic Red thrust threatened the Taejon-Taegu escape corridor for Eighth army forces witnaawing in tne west toward the old allied Pu san beachhead. , SPAT LIMIT Z HOURS WATERVLIET. N. Y. iP) Mr. and Mrs. Parley Saunders say little bickering never hurt any married couple." They've been married 70 years. But they adu this advice: "Don't stay mad over a couple of hours." Saunders, who is 87, is a painter and paperhanger. Mrs. Saunders is 85. and compact territory and con tain as nearly as practicable the same number of individuals. 3. Consider establishing limits for the permitted deviations in pop. ulation betweedistricts. The seven states which are due to gain house members under the new census and the nuiWer of additional seats follow: California 7, Florida 2, Maryland 1, Michigan 1, Texas 1, Virginia 1, Washington 1. The nine states which will lose house seats and the number are: Pennsylvania 3. Missouri 2, New York 2, Oklahoma 2, Arkansas 1. Illinois O. Kentucky 1, Mississippi 1, Tennesee 1. The House now is limited to 4.15 members. Rep. Chelf (D-Ky) has introduced a bill to increase the membership to 450. Established 1873 Oregon Sales Tan Bill Prepared For Offering Legislators Proposal, Five Times Rejected By People, Has No Chance, McKay Thinks By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM (PI A two per cent sales tax bill was ready for introduction in the Oregon legisla ture today. But legislative leaders said they didn't think it would get very far. Many legislators are for a sales tax. But the people already have defeated it five times, and legisla tive leaders think it would be use less ,o try again to get it passed. The current bill, by Sen. Rex El lis. Pendleton, would apply to all sales except food bought in gro cery stores; feed, ferliizer and spray material used by farmers; meals served by schools; and occa sional sales made by persons not engaged in retail trade. Newspa pers and gasoline also would be exempt. , For School Fund Bonus The Ellis bill would give first call on the sales tax revenue to the basic school lund increa.se voted last November, and to fi nancing the veterans bonus, also passed at that time. The money vil over would be used to increase public assistance payments. Ellis said the bill would "get the veterans, schoolteachers and parent-teacher associations out work ing for a sales tax." But Governor Douglas McKay and Rep. Rudie Wilhe.lm Jr., Port land, both said it would be a "mis take to pass a sales tax." Tax Bills Introduced A bill creating a three-man state board of tax appeals was spon sored by Sen. Ben Musa, The Dalles Democrat. The board would hear appeals from rulings of the State Tax commission. These ap peals now are heard by the com mission itself. Rep. Joseph E. Harvey, Port land Republican, introduced a bill to give persons over 65 years of age double income lax exemptions, costing the state $2,OOu,0O0 a year. But Harvey also sponsored a measure for a 10 percent tax on amusements, which would raise $3,000,000 a year. Court Room Crap Shooting Planned ROCK ISLAND, 111. !!) A public exhibition of crap shooting (dice game) is planned by Slate's Attorney Bernard J. Moran in cir cuit court Friday. The prosecutor is going to attempt to make a legal point. Moran is looking for volunteer crapshootcrs "If J don't get volunteers,' and it doesn't look like I'm going to, I intend to subpoena a few quali fied experts in .the game," Moran said. "I can find them without going far." There will be no bets, however, Moran raid. His purpose in plan ning a courtroom crap game is to prove that a crip table is ga mu ling equipment and subject to de struction by authorities. The game is to be plaved on an ornate rectangular table of carved walnut, valued at $3,000. Police seized it last summer in a raid on Jul's Danish farm, a roadhouse near Mohne. Moran has before the court a petition for'an order for destroying the table and for o'.her equipment taken in the raid. Attorneys for Jul's Danish farm said they will fight the application for a destructio order. They said the table could be used for bil liards, ping pong or even a family picnic. Job Applicant Fined For Red Party Hiding EAST ST. I.OUIS, I.LL. UP) A federal juHee here impose:! a fiM fine on a man who concealed his former Communist party mem bership when he applied for a job in the atomic plant at Richhnd, Wash. The offender was Ernest J. Koi h, 42. He also was placed on probation for three years. Koch pleaded guilty. His attor ney told the court he joined the party in 1945 or 1946 while he was on strike at a California ship yard. He said Koch quit the party soon afterward. Second Worst Polio Year Experienced In 1950 NEW YORK (.PI I j st ysr was the nation's second worst polio year with 33.344 persons afflicted, the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis reported. The worst year was 194J with (2.375 cases. The foundation' 1951 March of Dime! campasfj starts Monday with a gol of TnToco.OOO. POSTAL REVENUE UP Roseburg Office Receipts Climb 7.4 Pet. In 1950 i Another all-time record was established in Roseburg during the calendar year end ing Dec. 31, 1950, as the to tal gross postal receipts showed a 7.4 percent in crease ever 1949 figures, the local post office's annual tabulation indicates. The total postal receipts of $173,432.05 recorded for 1950 is an increase of $11, 946.87 over the $161,435 set in 1949. All departments of the local post office showed an increase in business. The cancellation stamp fell on more than four million out going letters during the year 515,939 more than in 1949. This was an 1 1 percent in crease 'Over 1949 cancella tion. The 1950 increase in postal receipts was not as great as in 1949. Postal receipts in that year increased 15 per cent. Also, 1949 postal can cellations increased 13 per cent as compared with 1 1 percent in 1950. Rock Island Co. Sells Lumber Plant, Sutherlin Sale of Rock Island Lumber com pany mill and. timber at Sutherlin was announced today. Purchasers are Jan Bauer of United Lumber Co., Portland; Sid ney Leiken, Roseburg, of the L & H and Wilbur Lumber companies, and John Buchanan, Sutherlin. The three recently organized limited partnership under the name o f Central Lumber company. The Rock Island plant includes a sawmill with daily cutting cap acity of 135,000 board feet, planer, dry kilns, pond and loading facil ities, all within the city limits of Sutherlin. Timber ownei' by the Rock Island company on the former Roach tract, east of Suther lin, is included in the sale. Buchanan, a1, expsrienced mill owner and operator came to Sutherlin four years ago from Tacoma. He is to serve as resident manager of the Sutherlin plant. Sawmill and logging operations have been halted pending reorgan ization, but the planer mill will re open Monday, utilizing existing lumber inventories, it is an nounced. The Rock Island company, a cor poration, purchased the plant in 1946 from Springfield Plywood which had acquired it earlier from Schetky and Fisher Lumber com pany. The operation has been managed by E. R. Titcomb. Ap proximately 85 persons are em ployed. Taxi Driver Chases Two Gunmen To Police Station SAN FRANCISCO -iff) Charles Schuman, a taxi driver, outwitted two gunmen. . .then chased them right into a police station. Schuman, 48, said the men pulled guns after he'd driven them $20 worth. Instead of forking over his money, he jumped from his cab and blew a police whistle. The men fled, afoot. . . .Schuman in hot pursuit. . . .through back yards and over fences . until they pulled up short at Taraval precinct olice station ' Jailed on suspicion of attempted robbery, the men gave their names as Arthur Stillsorr, 19, AWOL from the navy, and James Bishop, 19, AWOL from the army. Customs Officers Grab Fortune At Manila Airport MAn'iLA l!P) -'Customs (Pe ers have seized an estimated 65, 000 in U.S. trcdnury .warrants, postal money orders, bills a r a bank checks at Manila airport They said a Chnese alien at tempted to hand the bundle to a passenger aboard a plane leav ng for Hong Kong. The Weather Occasional showers todayr to niftht and Thursday Highest temp, for any Jan. 71 Lowest temp, for any Jan. -4 Highest temp, yesterday St Lowost temp, last 24 hrs 41 I Procip. last 24 hours - OS Precip. from Jan. 1 I.W Frucip. from Sept. 1 24.90 I Defie, from Jan. I 41 I Sunett today, 4:57 p. m. I Sunrise tomorrow, 7:44 f. m. ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, Grocer Slain By Fx-Convict In Portland Holdup Yields No Cash, Second One Quickly Followed By Capture PORTLAND, Ore. UP) A gro- cer was shot dead in a hold up try that failed last night and four hours later police jailrtl as the killer a man who has served five prison terms for armed robbery. The unsuccessful holdup was followed by one that netted $50 for "getaway money." detectives said. Frank Oliver Payne, 48, booked at the city jail on a charge of mur der, was quoted as telling detec tives, "I must have lost my head. The victim was Hercules Nathan B' tler, 46, proprietor of a grocery store on S. W. Jefferson street just outside the business district. 11 e had been robbed twice in two years and a burglar got $2000 from the store safe another time. Payne, who arrived here Sunday from Reno, Nev., is listed on po lice records as having served pri son terms in Oregon, Washington, Nevada and California (Folsom), two of them for forgery and five for armed robbery. Detectives James Quinn and John Fraser said Payne told them he fired five times when Butler made a "quick move" after being told to hand over his cash. One shot hit Butler in the head, killing him instantly. ' After a futile effort to open the cash register by punching various keys,' Payne left, his statement said, and he then went to a nearby garage and robbed the night attendant of $50. He was packing his suitcase in his hotel room when the detectives knocked on the door. He did not resist. A loaded pistol was on a table. Officers Work Quickly "I don't , see how you fellows caught up with me so fast," was his comment at the police station, they said. This, Quinn and Fraser said, was how they did it: Two shoppers in the store gave them a description of the man., They checked with automobile rental agencies in the area and learned that an F. O. Payne, Park Avenue hotel, had rented a car at 5 p.m. and returned it at 10 p.m. after driving only 14 miles. The detectives checked their files and found a licture of Payne taken five years ago at the Washington state prison. The store customers and the rental agent identified it. The grocer's widow said her hus band had been working in the store Tuesday night because, since the last holdup, he had had trouble get ting a night clerk. Teamsters Union Official Gunned CHICAGO UP) -Police hunted for clues today in the latest out b.eak of violence against the AFL Teamsters Union aft a business agent was shot and wounded in gang style ambush Tuesday night. A gunman pumped seven bullets into the automobile of Al Ceas, 42, as he entered the car in front of his west side home to drive to a union meeting. Two bullets struck Ceas in the left shoulder. He was taken to a hospital where phvsi cians said his condition was not serious. Ceas was the third official of the teamsters local 705 to have been shot at within the last eight months. The shooting came 24 hours after William A. Lee, presi dent of the Chic go Federation of labor, disclosed that he is under r 1-hour police guard because, he said, hoodlums had made attempts to muscle into the AFL Bakery Drivers' union. Lee, a trustee of the Interna tional Teamsters union, has been presider.' of the bakery wagon drivers local 734 for bout 25 years. Capt. George Barnes, head of the police labor detail, said Ceas told him he had "no idea of who shot me or why." A 24-hour police g ard was t up outside Ceas' hos pital room. Drunk Driving Conviction Draws Fine, Jail Term I.loyd Thomas McKenzie, 33, of Oakland, unemployed, was found g:Wty of drunken driving Tuerity morning in the first trial to be held in the new district court, re ported Judge A. .1. Geddes. McKenzie was fined $250 and sen tenced to serve 10 days in I.O county jail. His driver's license was revoked for ont; year. District Attorney Robert G. Davis prosecuted tne case bnrging seven witnesses to the stand The defendant pleaded his own case i and produced lour witnesses I McKenzie was arrested ny tne state police and pleaded Innocent I to the charge on Dec. 23. JANUARY 10, 1951 Plan Revived ' . ' '. 1 . - ACCEPTS ' APPOINTMENT Mrs. Roy 1 accepted appointment es chair man of the Red Cross canteen corps, it has been announced by the local Red Cross chapter. During World War II, Mrs. Bel lows served in the same cape city, organizing the canteen corps in Douglas county to serve food to troops convoyed through Roseburg. The first job of the newly organized canteen service will be to serve fruit juice 'and coffee to the 250 blood donors now being re cruited for the visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile Jen. 23. Women who will serve on this committee with Mrs. Bellows for the first visit of the bloodmobile are Mrs. A. E. Kent, Mrs. R. L. Whipple, Mrs. Harry Black, Mrs, Earl Bliele, Mrs: Harold Bellows and Mrs. Bert Green. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.) Conference Fails To End Student Tuition Problem The question of what to do with Deer Creek high school students after June, 1952 remained unsettled Tuesday. A delegation from the Deer Creek school district met with the Rose burg school board Monday night to discuss the possibilitir. of con tinuing to send Deer Creek" tuition students to the Roseburg high school during Die school year of 1951-52. A petition calling for a vote on merging Deer Creek with Glide is circulating in the two districts. However, the Glide school will not be able to handle the Deer Creek students until fall 1952. The Roseburg school board be. lieved it was illegal to accept stu dents from Deer CreeK, since such students would have their own high school at Glide in the event of con solidation. The question was referred to the Roseburg district's acting attorney, George Neuner, for a legal opinion. The question was raised at the board meeting if a split of the Deer Creek school district would be desirable. Several delegates felt it would be advisable to send high school students from north Deer Creek to Glide and students in the south to Kosebuig. In other business transacted by the Roseburg board al its regular meeting Monday, Raymond Steph ens was elected to lake Norm West's place for the rest of the school year. West was recently recalled to active duly with the marine corps. The board also voted to drop the auto driving course al the hrjh school in the spring semester. West instructed the class before going into the service and the school has been unable to find a qualified in structor to replace him. Three More Czech Church Heads Placed On Trial PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia 1P) Three bishops are on trial in Bratislava on charges of high Irea son and espionage, Prague radio announced. Two are Roman Catholics are) the third a Greek Catholic. The prosecution nl high. Sloak churchmen came less tjian two months after a trial of nine Crech d gnilaries of the Roman Catholic church in Prague. Those defendants also were pic tiirc-d as agents of the Vatican and the United States in a plot o over throw the communist-led gvern men of Czechoslovakia. All confessed. They were con victed Dec 2 and sentenced to terms ranging from 10 years' to i life imprisonment. 1-51 First County Parks Board Starts Duties Supervisor Applications Slated; Eel Lake Project Development Discussed Employment of a county parks supervisor and establishment of master plans for development of public recreational lands are im mediate aims of the newly orgin- izca Douglas county Public Parks department. John P. Amachcr, Winchesier, ormer president ot the Umpqua Basin Conservation council and pa.it president of rod and gun clubs at Canyonville and Roseburz. was unanimously elected chairman of the parks board Tuesday night. James Sloop, Drain, was chosen secretary. Other members of the board are Frank Taylor, Reeds port, and H. J. Hash, Canyonville. The board met with members of the county court and were in structed s to their duties by County Judge Carl C. Hill ind County Commissioner Lynn Beck. Icy. The board was organized under tne direction of Judge Hill, afler which the business session was conducted by Chairman Amacher. The recent court order creating I lid department, authorises the board, as an agency of the county court, to "protect the public in terest in lands particularly suitable for park and recreational purposes and to plan and supervise the ac Quirement, improvement, develop ment and maintenance required to best utilize" the lands. Job Applications Opon Authorization, (( given for the employment of a full lime super visor lo work under the board's direction. It was decided that ap plications for the position will be accepted and a selection made at a board meeting later in the month. It is hoped to have the position filled by the first ot the month. . It. was the opinion of the board as a policy matter that long range development plans should be drawn for each tract within the park program, and that the master plan should be closely followed in making improvements as money becomes available. The board annoiticed that co operation from civic and commun ity organizntions wculd be sought in park development. Eel Lake Proi.ct Talked County Judge James Harrison of Coos County and Frank Calise, .Continued On Page Two) Survey Thus Far Satisfies Ike BRUSSELS. Belgium UP) The first two stops on his 10-nation tour of western Europe nave lett oen. Dwight D. Eisenhower "reason ably well satis'ied" with his sur vey of defense prospects. This summary of his findings on his defense survey 'in France and Belgium was made by one of the general's associates as the Atlantic pact commander moved into clos ing meetings of his slay in Belgium before moving on to Holland. lie had at least one bright reason for being happy. In spite of the lul minations of Ihe c. mmunist press, a lnrop rrnuH Gathered in front j'of the lli, lei Mctropolc and cheered him as he left for dinner. 1 The showing was in contrast to the apathetic reaction of non-com-munist Paris crowds to the five. star general's return to that city five years after his armies had liberated it from Hitler. In the French capital the chief public response to Eisenhower was a demonstration against his visit by about 4,000 communists. The reds failed, however, in their ad vertised plans to tie up the city with a stride. Dead Youth's Eyes May Give Sight To Blind Girl PHILADELPHIA - (JP) An unnamed teen-age girl soon may be seeing through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy. Little Stephen Kollgaard died after being knocked from his bi cycle by an automobile. His parents, Revner and Norma Kollgaarf, were told their son's healthy corneas might save anoth er's eyesight. So with their con sent, Stephen's eyes were removed. Dr. Harold G.Scheie, of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, will per form the delicate transplanting op eration. Successful use of corneas usually must follow within 48 hours the death of the donor. Dr. Scheie, who saved Ihe sight of Admiral Lord Louia Mountbat ten's left eve in Burma during World War II, would not disclose the girl's name, even to the Koll Defense Dept. Stresses Need To Congress Universal Training Best Way To Boost Combat Forces, Marshall Says WASHTVrrmv ixn ti.. Defense ripnartmpnt raA Inlsi for Ihe immediate drafting of 450,. 000 lgyear-olds to build up the armea torces Secretary of Defense Marshall and Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg, as sistant secre'.-.ry, outlined the pro posal to a senate armed servicei subcommittee in urging immedi ate enactment of a universal mili tary service and training program making all physically fit 18-year-olds liable for 27 months servce. Mrs. Rosenberg said that u n hsi the armed services can call on the 18-vear-olds they will have to asx congress to let them draft oung married men. She said in that case, fathers, is well as husbands without chil dren, might have to be called from the present 19 26 age brack ets. They are now exempt. The proposal trom the defense officials lined up in this manner: t. Enact long term legislation a nted at requiring training and service of all physically and men tally fit young men beginning at i,ge 18. 2. Until tint program car. be handled, take the 18-year-olds who tre now nearest their 19th b'rth day Marshall said that a system of "universal military service and training represents what I believe is the best way to meet out im meaiate need for enlarging com bat forces and at the same time, to provide an enduring base for our military strength." Under the present draft law, boys of 18 are required to register lut they cannot be dafted until they reach age 19. Their service after induction is limited to 21 months. Epidemic Of Flu Sweeps Through Western Europe LONDON UP) -An jniluenza epidemic which already haa taken almost 200 lives is sweeping through western Europe. . In Britain alone it has killed 150 in the last two weeks and sent thousands of others -to hos'phals. Some factories in the industrial midlands reported one out of every 10 of their workers ill. In Greenland, the malady ca'ised the death of 17 persons In Fred crickshaab, a hamlet of 500 popula tion. Physicians along the north Ger man coast said the epidemic is the worst in 15 years. They listed 23 deaths in that region and said that 780 other persons are being treated in hospitals. Many nurses also were reported stricken. Authorities in both East and West Berlin re ported a "high number" of cases. , Swedish health authorities t.lso raid that the epidemic in that country i the worst of the last decade. It flared throughout Swe den, they said, after breaking out in northern Lapland during Cnrist mas week. In the northern province of Vas tcriioorlan l more than 8,000 ca:ea wore listed. In Harnosand, a city of 15,000, doctors reported 6,000 cases. Several hospitals optned special influenza wards. Some schools are closed in the Bruges area of Belgium because of the outbreak. Hundreds of casea have been reported from the prov ince of Zeeland. The world health organization in Geneva said it had only, isolated lenorts on the epidemic. Local health authorities, it explained are not required to report influenza in cidence. NewBorn Quadruplets, Mother "Doing Fine" PONTIAC, Mich. (Pi Quid ruplcts were born to Mrs. Anne Rosebush, 24, wife of a 34-ytir old stonemason. St. Joseph's Mercy hospital re ported the two boys and t w e girls and their mother were "do ing fine." Sister M. Philippe, hospital administrator, said the infants, born by Caesarian, section, ware placed in an incubator immedl ately. She said, however, that the ba bias were "good-sited." They weighed e total of 15 pounds, 12 ounces. They are Michigan's second living set ef quadruplets. The only others are the Norlok girls of Lansing, nov 20 years eld. CRASH OF TRAINS PATAL LARBERT, Scotland VP) A train crash in a heavy snowstorm today killed one person and injured 18 others. The Perth-Glasgow ex press piled into a switch engine at Alloa junction, three milea north of this Stirlingshire village. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein Back from a world tour, Harold Stossen lays tht Krom litt will fact a revolution In the Sovitt army If it tart$ a war of aggression. I ho eorroet or i,uinH a Induce the American people to whistle while posslna at nioht throucih a aravtyard7