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NEWS COVERAGE
34th Year
Some Striking Coal Miners
Expected to Return to Pits
Monday; Contract Pending
Truman Not Scheduled to Ask Congress for
Powers to Seize Plants; Lewis Not Present
As Negotiations Start Today in Washington
Washington, Feb. 18 (U.P) Members of President Tru
man's fact-finding board told him today they expect that
enough striking soft coal miners will return to work Monday
"to allay fear of a coal crisis."
"We believe a good many miners are going back on Mon
day," board chairman David L. Cole said after he and the
other two board members gave Mr. Truman a "factual" re
port on current contract, negotiations.
Cole said "We are all encouraged to believe" that a number
; of miners will obey John L.
Bend Pioneer
Days Recalled
In Pictures
The Bulletin today dedicates its
weekly picture page to members
of the Deschutes Pioneers' associ
ation, who tonight will hold their
annual meeting at the Pine For
est grange hall. The page is en
tirely devoted to pioneer pictures,
selected from the collections of
Claude Kel)ey, E. A. Smith, Mrs.
Robert Martin, Mrs. W. A. Brin
son and Ovid Riley.
Some of the pictures were tak
en Just short of half a century
ago, when Bend was a rangeland
village. Others were taken around
1910 and 1911years when rail
roads were obstructed up the
Deschutes.
Several of the pictures used to
day were taken by the late
George Palmer Putnam, early
day publisher of The Bulletin.
Chamber Drive
Opens Monday .
The Bend chamber Of com
merce 1950 membership drive of
ficially will get under way Mon
day morning with an "Early Bird"
breakfast for current members
who wish to make up drive teams,
It was announced today by How
ard W. Moffat, chamber- man
ager. Spearheading the drive is Don
Thompson, chairman of the cham
ber's Ten O'clock club.
The breakfast, scheduled for 7
o'clock, Is to be held in the Blue
room of the Pilot Butte inn.
Moffat said that members pres
ent for the occasion will- make
up two-man teams which will con
duct an intensive membership
drive Monday.
The chamber breakfast is ex
pected to draw between 70 and
80 members.
To Work Monday
The teams which are formed
at the breakfast will then make
solicitation for new memberships
throughout the day, Moffat said,
and will complete their activities
with a report-buffet at 7 o'clock
in the evening at the Pilot Butte
inn.
He reported that chamber
membership work will continue
through to the week before the
Oregon Oregon State football
game, and the team with the top
membership score at that time
will be guest of the chamber at
the contest.
New members brought into the
organization in the Monday drive
. will be asked to attend the cham
er's next forum-luncheon at the
Pilot Butte inn, February 24.
Justice of Peace
Race Lures Rye
The race for nomination to the
post of justice of peace in Bend
became a five-way affair yester
day with the candidacy filing of
Mrs. Fay P. Beach, contract mail
hauler for the local post office.
Mrs. Beach filed on the demo
cratic party ticket. Previous fil
ings for nomination to the office
have been made by J. H. Loomis
and O. W. Grubb. both democrats,
and William Jappert and Seaton
omith, both republicans.
Mrs. Beach has been active In
Red Cross work for a number of
years, and at present is engaged
in the organization's blood bank
work.
Active In Civic Work
In the war years she organized
a servicemen's canteen, and was
director for the civilian defense In
Deschutes county.
Among her affiliations are
memberships in the Deschutes
county democratic central com-
"imee, Soroptimlst club. Des
chutes Geology club, Juniper Gar
den club, and the Bend Toastmts
tress club.
.Mrs. Beach, wife of the late
Beach, has one daughter
inree sods.
THE BEND!
. Lewis new back-to-work or-
der issued late yesterday.
"We hope there'll be enough
going back to allay fear of a coal
crisis," he said.
Soon afterward, White House
secretary Charles G. Ross said
there is no likelihood of presi
dential action over the week end
and that President Truman has
no Intention at this time of ask
ing congress for seizure powers.
No Prediction Made
But Ross refused to predict
what Mr. Truman might do in the
future.
Cole said he "doubted very
much" that there would be a con
tract settlement over the week
end, but that the fact-finding
board would try to keep negotia
tions going ahead today and to
morrow. Negotiations between represen
tatives of the United Mine work
ers and the coal operators re
sumed shortly before 11 a.m.
(EST), hut Lewis was not pres
ent. There was no immediate ex
planation for his absence. .
Lewis joined in the negotiations
about 40 minutes later.
Cole's statement expressing
hope that "a good many miners"
will return to the pits Monday
was the most optimistic note
sounded since the dispute entered
the crisis 'stage.' '' " "
Many Factors Included ;
He said he based his statement
on many factors mainly that the
new Lewis back-to-work order
was couched i n different lang
uage from the first sent out last
Saturday under federal court or
der. Cole said he thought it was
likely that the miners "will be
lieve" that their local leaders
want them to return to work.
The 372,000 striking miners
scheduled meetings today and to
morrow to vote on Lewis' sec
ond order to end the two-week
strike that has plunged the na
tion into the worst coal crisis in
its history. More than 55,000 rail
road and industrial workers have
been laid off as a result of the
strike. Some schools have been
forced to close. And some com
munities have ordered wartime
"brown-outs" to conserve power.
Bargaining Period Held
Cole's optimistic statement,
which he volunteered, came after
three days and two nights of
nerve-wracking bargaining talks
between Lewis and the operators.
After reporting to Mr. Truman,
the board conferred with the
presidential assistant, John R.
Steelman and Federal mediation
chief Cyrus S. Ching. The board
and Ching have been sitting in
on the negotiations as govern
ment "observers."
WELL WORK HALTED
Work on the well being drilled
west of Bend in quest of a sub
terranean flow of water has been
temporarily halted by a cave-in
at a depth of nbout 400 feet, it
was learned today. The well Is
being' driled west of Band and
a short distance north of the Sky
liner road.
ATTAINS HIGH SPEED
White Sands, N.M., Feb. 18 U"
A V-2 rocket reached a speed of
3300 miles an hour and a height
of 92 miles here yesterday.
The rocket was fired as a rou
tine step in the ordnance depart
ment's program for gathering
high altitude information.
Alpinists, Paratroopers Search Isle in Hunt
For Lost Members of Crashed U. S. Bomber
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 18 mi Al
pinists, paratroopers and other
searchers bucked gale-force winds
today In a hunt for the remain
ing five of 17 B-36 crew mem
bers on Princess Royal island.
Royal Canadian air force search
officials said It was "obvious" the
men were either "too badly In
jured or too weak to call out" to
the eight search teams.
If the five were not found soon,
searchers feared, the prolonged
exposure and hunger would al
most certainly be fatal.
Search officials also pointed
out the possibility that some or
all of the men might have para
chuted into the stormy sea.
Berlin Tieup
Protested By
3 Powers
Eerlln, Feb, 18 IP The three
western powers today rejected
Russia's explanation of her "baby
blockade" and accused her of a
calculated attempt to curb normal
traffic between western Germany
and Berlin.
They also disclosed that the
Russians had deliberately delayed
a second U.S. army passenger
train at the Berlin border the
night of Feb. 14.
The American, British and
French commandants in Berlin
made their third and strongest
protest against the four-week-old
"baby blockade" of Berlin in a let
ter to their soviet counterpart,
Maj. Gen. Alexander Kotikov.
Pioneers to Hold
Annual Meeting
At Grangers' Hall
Pioneers of the Deschutes coun
try will hold their third annual
meeting tc.night in connection
with a potluck dinner at the
Pine Forest grange hall. Some
300 members are expected. The
dinner will start at 5:30 and will
be served under the general su
pervision of Mrs. Art Brinson.
Mrs. R. D. Ketchum is to serve
as chairman of the hostesses com
mittee, with Mrs. Don H. Peoples,
Mrs. Elmer V. Ward, Mrs. Phil
F. Brogan, Mrs. Lew Frank and
Mrs. T. A. Simmons as the other
members.
Mrs. Cecil Hollinshead is chair
man of the tables committee and
will be assisted by Mrs.- Claude
Kelley, Mrs. Fred N. Van Matre,
Mrs. Clarence Boyd and Mrs.
K, C. Gulick. On the food service
committee are Mrs. Gus Fergu
son, chairman; Mrs. Ted Sprague,
Mrs. Mary Alien and Mrs. Oscar
Franks. Mrs. C. P. Becker heads
the cakes committee, with Mrs.
Myron H. Symons as her assis
tant. Oh the committee ..named
to receive food are' Mrs. Felix
Springstube and Mrs. C. G.
Springer. Mrs. William Burton
heads the kitchen committee,
with Mrs. Leroy Fox, Mrs. Ray
Gerking, Cecil Hollinshead, Rob
ert Martin and Harvey Brinson.
Many of the other members
will have special assignments, it
was announced.
Will Name Officers
Election of officers for the
coming year and selection of a
queen mother for 1950 will fea
ture the business session. Carl A.
Johnson, first president of the
Deschutes Pioneers, will be chair
man of the meeting. E. A. Smith,
association president, has an
nounced. A special committee composed
of Ford Hunriell, Louis Gless and
Felix Springstube will prepare
and serve coffee.
A program, arranged by Bur
ton and Martin, will be presented
following the dinner. This fea
ture will start about 7:30, with
two hours allowed for the dinner
session and visits.
Final feature of the evening
will be dancing. This year, square
dancing will be featured. There
will also be prize waltzes. Burton
will call for the square dances.
Ticket Holders
To Get Money
Persons holding tickets to
"Laugh It Off," play that was to
have been presented here this
week under the supervision of an
outside director, will be reim
bursed, Veterans of Foreign
Wars committeemen reported to
day. The ticket holders were
asked to telephone 995-W.
Also, it was announced that
pictures of babies used in con
nection with the contest and
placed on coin bottles around
Bend have been collected and
will be returned to their owners.
Persons wanting these pictures
returned are to call 995-W.
The show was cancelled as the
result of "confusion," the vete
rans announced earlier in the
week.
Twelve of the crew who para
chuted from the stricken B-36
Monday night have been rescued.
Nine were flown to Fort Worth,
Tex., their home base. Two others
rrmaineo ai ine Dase nospnai ai
McChord, Wash., air force base,
and one was still aboard the Roy -
ai canaaian navy destroyer Lay
uga, moored off the island.
The Cayuga, which had stood
by off shore playing searchlights
on the beach Thursday night, was
forced to put out to sea because
high waves threatened to toss her
on the rocks of the jagged shore.
Driving rain turned the soggy
snow Into six-Inch deep slush asiSSgt. Elbert W. Pollard
me rescue teams, totalling nearly
CENTRAL OREGON'S;
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
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U S Citizen Admits Quilt in Spy Case
, ' .
Hungarians
GetConfession
From Vogeler
Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 18 iPi
Robert E. Vogeler, a New York
businessman, pleaded guilty, to-,
day to spying against the Hun
garian government for the U. S.
army intelligence service. .;';;'
Vogeler said his job as assis
tant vice-president and eastern
European manager of the Inter
national Telephone and Telegraph
Company of New York was "ac
tually only a cover for my es
pionage work." .
The American admitted the
government's charge that he had
been an American espionage
agent since 1942. After the war,
he said, he was assigned to Hun
gary to collect military, econom
ic, political "and first of all tech
nical data for U. S. army intelli
gence authorities."
Pattern Followed
It was the first time in the
history of eastern European spy
trials that an American citizen
followed fully the pattern of con
fession established by the great
Soviet purge trials of the middle
1930's.
Asked by Judge Vllmos Olthy
if he pleaded guilty, Vogeler re
plied "yes" ,in a,f irro voice which-)
could be clearly understood
throughout the packed courtroom
where he is being tried on es
pionage charges with six other
persons.
Three of Vogeler's co-defendants
pleaded guilty yesterday
when the trial opened. Vogeler
was the fourth to make his plea.
He was charged in a Hungarian
government indictment with be
ing a spy "since 1942."
Assistant Vice-President
Vogeler, 39, is assistant vice
president and eastern Europcn
manager of the International
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany of New York.
Vogeler, looking fit and wear
ing the same black suit he wore
yesterday, was led into the dock
as soon as the court reconvened
for the second day.
All of the 150 gallery seats
were filled and the aisles In the
tiny courtroom were Jammed by
spectators admitted by ticket only
to hear the American testify.
Secretary Present
Among the spectators were
Chris Petrow, third secretary of
the U. S. embassy, and British
third secretary Victor Young.
Those who pleaded guilty yes
terday were Edgar Sanders, 44,
a British citizen and two Hun
garians Imre Geiger and Zoltan
Rado. Sanders and Geiger were
officials of the I. T. & T.'s Hun
garian subsidy, Standard Elec
tric Company, and Rado was a
section chief in a government
ministry.
In testimony admitting his guilt
7VtnrntoF cafrl hn hi A knan an
American aeent since 1942 Since
Iho uar ho ipM ho hnH hnnn
000ih' i mio; mui....
assigned to collect military, eco
nomic, political "and first of all
technical data for United States
army authorities.
TROOPS MOVE IN
Paris, Feb. 18 UJ'i French j
troons moved Into Atlantic nnH I
channel norts todav n clear the
way for arrival of American ! 4th infantry, United Stales Alas
arms shipments while new com-1 ka campaign.
munist-led strikes hit four cen-!
tral and southern coal fields. I
100 men, fanned out across the
island.
Two of the four parachutes
sighted dangling from trees were!
examined vesterdav and found to
! belong to men. already rescued,
me 17-man crew bailed out of
their Alaska to -Texas bound;
, plane Monday night after three
of its six engines went dead,
The five men still missing were:
Capt. Willam M. Phillips, 30,
Garbcr, Okla.. navigator; 1st Lt.
Hollel Ascol, 37, Fort Worth. Tex..
bombardier; Capt. Theodore F.I
Schreler, 35, Madison, Wis., co-l London, Feb. 18 nil Queen
pilot; S'Sgt. Neal A, Straley, 30,'Mother Mary will appear In a
Cushlng, Okla., gunner; and movie based on her activities dur-
28,
i Bowie, Tex., gunner,
BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Persons
Juniors Name Senior Girls to Reign
j Members of the court for the annual junior-senior prom were elected this week. Left to right, they
i are: Georgann Winslow, Betty Haglund, Diane Newland, Mary Fowler, Peggy Terwilligar and Mar-
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Troopers 'Battle
In Arctic Cold
Donjek River, Y.T., Feb. 18 P
Bundled against the 224egrees be
low zero cold, American troops
today fought against an "aggres
sor" entrenched in Alaska.
The Americans were part of the
United States and Canadian
troops engaged in Exercise Sweet
briar, the largest sub-arctic man
euvers ever held on this contin
ent.
The American 14th regimental
combat team struck across the
fi-ozen Donjek river In an attack
on the north flank of the "ene
my" forces dug in on the fur
side.
"Pats" Cross River
Meanwhile Canadians of the
Princess Patricia light infantry
crossed the river to hit the enemy
front and establish a beachhead.
Strategy calls for a second Amer
ican combat team to cross the
river at the beachhead won by the
Canadians to follow up the attack
on the "Invader."
Maneuver umpires believed
that most of today's fighting
would bo concentrated near the
Koidern river, 24 miles north of
Donjek.
The temperature stood at 22 de
grees below zero as the Ameri
cans made their opening move.
It was expected to drop to 35 to
50 degrees below zero at night.
At Northway, where the "ag
gressor" headquarters is located,
it was 55 degrees below zero.
Climax Nears
The 10-day campaign to dis
lodge the Invaders will reach its
climax Thursday In an attack
on the Northway headquarters,
! spearheaded by a Canadian para
Chllte OlOp.
I Col. Frank S. Rowcn Jr., post
commander of Camp Carson, Col.,
the home station of the 14th regi
mental combat team, assumed
supreme allied command when i gene; Menu n. cnes.sman. ae
the Americans were moved up , cepted by Mrs. Chessman and son,
from Whitehor.se, Y.T., tc make Robert B. Chessman; Robert W.
the attack. Sawyer, accepted by Henry N.
The "aggressor" is commanded ! Fowler, of Bend; George S. Turn-
by Lt. Col. Noble L. Riges of the
Tax Return Aid
Available Here
Assistance for filing of federal
income tax returns can he ob
tained at the oi'fife of Arthur E.
Hill, deputy collector, U. S. bureau
of internal revenue, in Ihc O'Kane
j building. It was announced today.
Two assistant deputies are on
duty in Hill's office to assist the
nubile Monday through Friday of
'.each week between the hours of
; 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The office will remain closed
Saturday's with the exception of
March 4 and 11
The office also will be open
March 14 until 9 p.m. and on
March 15 until midnight.
BILLED FOR MOVIE
ing and after the war, the board
' of trade said today.
18, 1950
Die in Train Wreck
ncwiaim win uc 4 U cull, UIIU IVll&s W1I1S1UW, II1UIU OI nonOr.
Parmer Gets
Bomber Aid
In Field Work
Woodland, Calif.. Feb. 18 Ui
A Yolp county farmer got some
unexpected help with his spring
plowing yesterday when an air
force B-25 dropped a bomb in a
field just off U.S. highway 99 W
between here and Davis, Calif.
No one was in the field at the
time and damage was limited to
an eight-foot hole in the ground.
Deputy sheriffs said the bomb
ing apparently was as much of
a surprise to the plane's crew
j as it was to observers. The bomb-
er circled the field for 45 min
utes until deputies signaled no
damage had been done, they said.
Oregon Publishers
Receive Awards
Eugene, Feb. 18 nil Eleven
Oregon newspapermen have been
honored by the 31st annual Ore
gon Press conference for their
outstanding work in journalism.
Marshall Dana, editor of the
editorial page of The Oregon
Journal, presented the Voorhics
awards at last. night's conference
banquet with the remark:
"There's a whale of a lot of
good fellows among Oregon news
paper men."
The awards, in the form of pins,
were presented for the late C. S.
Jackson, founder of The Journal;
Harvey Scott, noted editor of The
Oregonlan, accepted by Leslie M.
Scott, his son; Asahel Hush, ac
cepted by Wendell Webb, of Sa
lem; Amos E. Voorhics of Grants
Pass; Eric W. Allen, accepted by
Eric W. Allen Jr., of Medford;
Charles A. Sprague, of Salem, for
mer governor of Oregon and pub
lisher of The Salem Statesman.
William T. Tugman, of Eu-
Dull, former urcgon tiean oi jour-
nalism, accepted by his son, Sinn
ley Turnbull, and W. Verne Me
Kinney, of Millsnoro.
Passenger Train
In Derailment
Long Beach, Miss., Feb. 18 'Il'
A Mardi Gras-bound train, load
ed with a gay carnival crowd,
jumped the tracks near here early
today. There were no deaths.
Fourteen persons weer injured,
but only one seriously.
The train, the l-ouisvllle &
Nashville railroad's Pan Ameri
can, had stopped at Gulfport, and
'was Just gaining momentum
again wnen It leit the rails hi
White Harbor, about three miles
west of here.
The Pan-American was on the
last lap of its run to New Or-1 returning home from a basket
leans from Cincinnati. iball game at Valhalla. N.D.
Ray Butterfleld, a reporter, sulci j Throughout North Dakota, nun
one of the rails was "crumpled, dreds of motorists were strantled
It was in pieces." Iwhen their cars stalled on snow-
He said eight of the 14 passen- clogged roads. More than 50 per
eer cars left the rails, three of i sons were marooned at Steele,
them overturning.
Over Formal Party
Democrats Open
Bend Conference
Possible candidates to run on
the democratic party ticket for
state and federal offices in 1950
was the major subject to be dis
cussed when state democratic
party leaders convened In Bend
this afternoon for a two-day con
ference.
Candidates for the offices of
governor, U.S. senator, congress
men,' state labor commissioner.
and non-partisan offices were to
be considered.
Among pai'ty leaders expected
to participate are: William L.
Josslin, chairman of the state
central committee; Austin F.
Flegel, state senator from Mult
nomah county, and Walter J.
Pearson, state treasurer.
Press representatives present
for the conference Include: Paul
Mauser, Oregonian, and Larry
Smyth, Oregon Journal.
All sessions which the party
has scheduled here will be open
to local democrats, CeeiV Moore.
chairman of the Deschutes coun
ty central committee, announced.
Conference Opens
The conference opened today at
2 p.m. In the Pilot Butte Inn with
a meeting of the state central
committee.
This evening democrats will
gather at the Inn for a banquet
set for 6:30 o'clock. .
A second meeting of the state
central committee is planned for
9:30 a.m. tomorrow, and will be
followed with a luncheon of the
party's state women's division.
The conference will be con
cluded tomorrow afternoon with
a meeting at 1:30 p.m. of the
second district congressional com
mittee. All sessions are to be held
at the Pilot Butte Inn.
INSTRUCTOR HURT
Portland, Feb. 18 til1) The Rev.
John T. Curran, 43, instructor
In religion at the University of
Portland, was serioitslv injured
today when his car crashed into
a power pole.
Blizzard Hits Northern Plains;
Snow Plow Rescues Children
Chicago, Feb. 18 H)i A
bliz-
zard that marooned 22 school
children In North Dakota blew
itself out today, while in the deep
south dirty flood waters threat
ened to Isolate two towns
Louisiana.
in
The blizzard which swept
across the northern plains was
expected to bring sharply colder
weather to the midwest by to
morrow. A snowplow crew rescued the
i stranded school children after
they hail spent the night in three
automobiles stuck in five -foot
drifts. The youngsters, from the
: Drayton, N.D., grade school, were
N.D., when two trucks stalled
Bend Forecast
Bend and vicinity Partly
cloudy today, tonight and
Sunday with occasional
showers Sunday; high today
50-55; low tonight 28-32;
high Sunday 50-55.
No. 63
Two Electrics
OnSameTrack
In Night Crash
Rockville Centre, N.Y.. Feb 18
HPi Twenty-seven men and two t
women died in the telescoped
coaches of a head-on electric train
collision last night, and today one
of the two motormen was charged
with manslaughter.
Three of 116 injured in a dis
aster that involved approximately
1,000 passengers, were in such
critical condition in hospitals that
doctors all but dispaired for their
lives. Their deaths would make
the final death toll 32.
The wreck Involved commuter
trains of the Long Island railroad.
Charges Filed
District attorney Frank Gullot-
ta of Nassau county filed second
degree manslaughter charges
against motorman Jacob Kiefer.
Gullotta said Kiefer raa his train
onto a single track already occu
pied by another train going in the
opposite direction, despite the
warning of a red signal light.
After an all-night search, police
finally located the second motor
man, J. W. Markin, at his home
and took him to the local station
for questioning. Like Kiefer he .
was sulfering from shock but be
yond bruises did not appear to be
injured. .
78 in Hospitals -Fifty-nine
victims were in hos
pitals; many, will be there, for-,
months. One man lost' both legs
they had to be amputated' be
fore he could be removed from
the wreckage. .
Two men lost one leg each. Still
another man had most of his
throat destroyed and was breath.
Ing through a tube.
These were the severely in
jured. Thirty-eight others were
treated for less serious wounds,
either at the hospital or at a med
ical center set up at the wreck
scene, and taken home. Ordinari
ly many would have been hospi
talized but hospital space was at
a premium.
Use Same Track
The wreck was the type im
mortalized in the common expres
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Sweetland Out 4
As Morse Rival
Portland, Feb. 18 Mi Monroe
Sweetland, democratic national
committeeman, said today he has
turned down a request of the
Multnomah county central com
mittee that he be a candidate for
the seat now occupied by Sen.
Wayne L. Morse, republican.
Sweetland addressed a letter to
Nicholas Granet, chairman of the
Multnomah committee, declining
to run because of this 1948 cam
paign pledge to "give unqualified
and undivided attention to the
business of re-establishing a vital
democratic party In Oregon."
"The time may come when the
party organization will be suffi
ciently secure to permit its lead
ers to he candidates," Sweetland
wrote. "At this time, in my opin
ion, Oregon's democratic officials
should tend strictly to party
housekeeping.
"Therefore. I will not be a can-
rildatc
for the United States sen-
'ate this year."
,-crosswise in a narrow passage
through a drift.
They were taken into town and
spent the night in the only hotel.
Many were forced to sleep In the
lobby.
In Louisiana, the swollen Red,
Black and Tensas rivers, tribu
taries of the Mississippi, threat
ened to cut off the towns of
Marksville and Jonesvllle.
But the Red Cross said that
nearly 2.000 persons whose lives
are endangered have refused to
evacuate. About half of them live
In the Marksville area.
The number of flood refu
gees mounted steadily. National
guardsmen and coast guard res
cue teams equipped with "ducks,"
assault boats and landing barges
helped 300 from their homes in
Concordia, Catahoula and LaSalle
parishes, and another 1,000 fled
without assistance.