i Valley Project
New Dam Sites
Win Approval
Columbia Basin Com
mittee Favors Army
Engineers' Proposal
The Columbia basin inter
agency committee, meeting at
the State House today with the
army engineers, unanimously
approved an alternative plan lor
construction of dams on the Mc
Kcnzle and South Santiam
rivers, proposed by the engi
neers in the development of the
Willamette valley flood control
project.
The committee includes rep
resentatives of the department
of the interior, federal power
commission, United States de
partment of agriculture, Bonne
ville administration, and the
army engineers.
The committee presented a
scroll to Major General Thomas
M. Robins for his services as
i district engineer at the time the
project was inaugurated and he
was referred to as the father of
the Willamette valley project
'tnd the Bonneville dam. Col.
'.Chcron D. Weaver, who pre
sided, made the presentation.
The approval given the alter
nate plan of the engineers to
day, together with support they
received at Lane and Linn coun
ty meetings, means they will
recommend the four-dam plan
as a substitute for the original
Quartz creek reservoir on the
McKcnzie river, and the three
dam plan as a substitute for the
original Sweet Homo dam plan
on the South Santiam. The three
substitute dams on the South
Santiam are at Jordan, Green
Peter and Wiley creek.
Explained by Walsh
Col. Orville E. Walsh, district
engineer, in explaining the
substitute plans, said the flood
stage of the Santiam at Jeffer
son would be raised from 13 to
15 feet, and eliminated at Sa
lem and Oregon City. Objec
tions by community residents to
jestuction of scenery on the Mc
Kenzic, interference with fish
development and some other
reasons caused the change in
plans.
In reply to a question Col.
Walsh said the total cost of the
entire project would be increas
ed about $6,000,000 over the
original plan. Costs are esti
mated on a 1940 basis. While
costs are now greater he said
that by the time construction is
started it is believed they will
have been reduced. The Scio
Afcl'ea was mentioned specially as
a beneficiary in irrigation from
the project.
Graiit Murphy, Marion coun
ty judge told the engineers that
the relocation of the road
around the Detroit dam is of
vital interest in this area.
In a report by a department
of agriculture representative the
engineers and committee were
told that the Salem alumina
plant in the last week has com
pleted the production of 25,000
tons of ammonium sulphate fer
tilizer which is being distributed
to farmers in Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho.
Russia Asks
Purge of Japs
Tokyo, Nov. 13 W Russia
proposed today to purge 17
. . members of Japan's diet, in
cluding a labor leader and a
member of the premier's party,
and got surprisingly quick ac
tion with a minimum of fric
tion. Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko
made the motion at a meeting
of the allied council for Japan,
scene of many a bitter verbal
clash between Russian and U.
S.-representatives. He said all
17 were ultranationalists.
v Yorkson Shen, acting Chinese
(felegate, and W. MacMahon
jjall, British commonwealth
representative, i m m e d i a tely
swung behind Derevyanko's
proposal.
U. S. Chairman George Atche
son Jr., Invited Derevyanko to
"let supreme headquarters have
all the evidence on Svhich you
based the conclusion enunciated
here today."-
Those listed by the . Soviet
general included Komakichi
Matsuoka, chairman of Japan's
federation of labor, and Hitoshi
Ashida, former welfare minis
ter who is a leader of Premier
Yoshida's liberal party, and Ken
Inukai, son of a former pre
mier. "The Soviet member's ideas
with, regard to democracy,"
Atcheson asserted, "may differ
from my own, but I submit that
in democratic practice a man
accused cannot be convicted ex
cept on evidence or proof."
Atomic Bomb Tour
Washington, Nov. 13 VP)
Member'; of the new five-man
civilian atomic energy commis
sion, headed by Chairman Da
vid E. Lilienthal, left today on
a nation-wide tour of principal
atomic energy facilities. They
will return November 21. The
tour will include the Hanford
Engineering Works in Washing-
Capital
58th Year, No. 269
Airliner Lost
With 11 Aboard
In California
Burbank, Calif., Nov. IS M'J
A Western Air Lines plane, with
eight passengers and a crew of
three aboard, was missing to
day apparently in the snow
swept mountains north of here.
The two-motored Douglas
DC-3, inbound to the terminal
here from Salt Lake City, was
last reported at 3:24 a.m. (Pa
cific standard time) when the
pilot informed the control tower
by radio that he was bringing
the craft down for a landing. He
was over Newhall, on the upper
fringe of the San Fernando val
ley, at 9000 feet.
Heavy Storm Raging
A Western Air Lines spokes
man said at 6:45 a.m. announc
ing that the craft was missing
that it had enough gas to remain
aloft only until 7 a.m.
Western Air Lines' spokes
man identified the pilot as Capt.
Gerald Miller, the co-pilot as
Ted Mathis and the stewardess
as Joan Fauntleroy.
A heavy storm has been rag
ing over Southern California for
two days, but during the night
had abated sufficiently for
planes to resume using busy
Lockheed air terminal here.
Snow was reported generally
above the 4000-foot level.
Passenger List '
Western Air announced the
passenger list as:
W. B. Davis, Los Angeles.
A. F. Itice, Los Angeles.
Dr. S. G. Schaefer, Beverly
Hills.
J. C. Berry, Butte.
Miss Mary La Branch, 12127
81st street, Edmonton, Alta.,
from Great Falls, Mont.
Mrs. Florence Henry, Long
Beach, Calif.
Mrs. Bridget W. Knight, Ju
lian road, Banff, Alta., from
Great Falls.
Miss Mary Burns, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Storm Strikes
Los Angeles
Los Angeles. Nov. 13 W)
Winds cf gale velocity raked
southern California today, ac
companied by heavy rainfall
which sent flood-waters in some
districts lapping perilously close
to lowland homes.
Sixty-two children were evac
uated from a trailer camp In
north Long Beach by the Red
Cross. Wind velocity at San Pe
dro, on Los Angeles harbor,
climbed to 52 miles an hour.
Hundreds of trees were up
rooted, streets and in some in
stances stores flooded, traffic
slowed or stalled in a score of
cities. Power and communica
tions were disrupted in some in
stances. The weather bureau said an
intense storm center, located 250
miles west of San Diego and
moving slowly on the southern
California coast, would reach
maximum intensity during the
day, tapering off tomorrow.
With flood channels already
bulging and no letup in the
downpour anticipated, there
were prospects of wholesale
evacuations in some low-lying
areas. Fain totals ran as high
as 1.27 inches for a six-hour
period.
Only one death was attributed
directly to the storm, but many
were injured in traffic accidents
on slippery streets. Police and
sheriff's deputies closed several
bridges and highways as turbu
lent waters pounded approaches
and rolled across them. Heavy
snows marooned scores on
mountain roads.
Albany Laboratory Testing
Northwest's Ore Deposits
Washington, Nov. 13 m In a little testing laboratory at Al
bany, Ore., the bureau of mines is striving to aid efforts of the
northwest to develop an industrial
come one day a use for even
the "country rock" that black
basalt which lines the Colum
bia river gorge and spreads fan
like over the states through
which that mighty river flows.
The French, Germans and
Russians use a basalt product
for heavy duty flooring in fac
tories, on streets, on machines.
Just now the laboratory is
working on nickel, iron, silica
sands, and zirconium steel. The
plant was established about two
years ago to conduct tests in an
area which combined cheap
hydroelectric power and abund
ant minerals.
Directing the project, along
with two in other parts of the
country, is Oliver Ralston, a
member of Bureau Director R.
R. Sayers Washington staff. A
supervising engineer is in
charge of the plant.
2SX?SZ Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, November 13, 1946
$400,000 Fire
Destroys Salem
Nut Co-op Plant
The main plant, warehouse
and 1946 walnut and filbert
crops of the Nut Growers' Co
operative here were destroyed
in less than an hour last night
in a spectacular $400,000 fire.
Directors of the organization
viewed the wreckage of the
plant this morning and immedi
ately went into a meeting to
devise ways and means for get
ting the plant reconstructed and
back into operation for next
year's crop.
Nut Loss $300,000
J. J. Gallagher, co-op mana
ger, said most of the 700-ton
crop, valued at $300,000, was
stored for processing in the two
buildings. He estimated loss to
the structure and machinery at
$100,000. He said the crop was
completely insured, but doubted
the building could be replaced
for the amount of its insurance.
Fire Chief William Iwan said
the flames apparently originat
ed in the bleaching and grading
sections, although plant employ
es said no drying was in prog
ress when the fire broke out
shortly after 8 p.m.
Residents of nearby apart
ment houses fled to the streets
carrying personal belongings
and moving some furniture as
the spectacular flames whipped
200 feet into the night sky at the
height of the blaze. Firemen
credited a shift in the wind with
saving the apartments, housing
about 20 families, and adjacent
warehouses of Reid Murdoch
and company.
Concrete Wall Stands
Only the concrete fire wall
separating the two wooden
buildings remained upright an
hour after the fire began, Chief
Iwan said, and firemen were
kept busy longer pouring water
on sporadic bursts of flame from
the charred remains. He said
it was the worst Salem fire
since the August, 1945, blaze at
the Oregon Pulp and Paper
plant.
Two small nearby storage
buildings and a large stack of
nuts piled nearby were saved
by firemen. -
Early spectators said that the
fire was burning in the north
east corner of the structure
when the fire department ar
rived and apparently was be
yond control at that time.
Several frame houses in the
vicinity were threatened and
furniture and belongings were
removed frantically from the
houses and about 20 apartments
nearby. Householders brought
garden hose into play and as the
fire went under control the fur
niture and furnishings went
back into the houses.
(Concluded on Page 9, Column 6)
Army to Discharge
93,400 Civilians
Washington, Nov. 13 W)
Budget Director James E. Webb
today ordered the army and
navy to dismiss by January 1
an additional 93,400 civilian
employes in this country and its
territories and possessions.
In doing so, Webb set a top
limit of 892,600 on the number
of civilians for military pro
grams in the first quarter of
1947. This will require an
army reduction of 73,200 and a
navy cut of 20,200.
The navy, down from 707.200
at V-J day to 384,000 now, was
ordered to get under a ceiling
of 363,800 for the quarter be
ginning Jan. 1.
The budget bureau indicated
it would have similar word on
reductions of personnel for gov
ernment agencies in the non-
military field later this month.
economy. From its work may
The extreme shortage of nickel
for wartime uses seemed to de
mand first attention. At pres
ent the United States is almost
entirely dependent on Canada
for its nickel supply.
The domestic sources of nickel
ore are described as sub margin
al. But, as Ralston told a re
porter, that merely requires an
economical means for treating
the ore. Principal domestic de
posits of nickel are at Blewett
Pass and Cle Elum, Wash., and
at Riddle, Ore.
Iron i ore, too, is plentiful
throughout the northwest. But
coking coal is scarce. The search
here, based on deposits at Scap
poose, near Portland, Ore., is for
a method of using electricity to
treat the ore, which, Ralston
said, is undesirably high in
phosphorus.
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Film Strikers
Bomb Homes
Hollywood, Nov. 13 U.R
Homes of two non-striking
movie studio workers were
blasted early today by myste
rious bombings police said were
directly connected with the
strike dispute.
Most violent of the blasts was
at the West Los Angeles home
of Paul B. Byrd, Columbia stu
dios superintendent. The en
tire neighborhood was shaken
and windows shattered in sev
eral houses.
Byrd's home was partially de
stroyed by the bomb, either
cautiously paced on the front
porch a few minutes earlier or
hurled there from a passing car.
The porch was splintered, the
front door blown off and all
windows broken.
"This is definitely the work
of the studio gangs," Detective
Sgt. H. J. Compton said. "We
are conducting a thorough in
vestigation." The second explosion was in
the community of Hawthorne.
Sheriff's deputies said it was
definitely the work of a single
gang or collaborating group.
Three other bombings yester
day of non-strikers were under
investigation, spurred by offer
of a $5,000 reward for an arrest
in the bombing of the home of
a film technician-which imperil
ed his two children.
Maritime Strike
Nearing End
San Francisco, Nov. 13 P)
Breaking of a deadlock over a
critical union security issue for
CIO marine engineers brought
the Pacific coast's 42-day-old
maritime strike within reach of
settlement today, with Federal
Mediator Nathan P. Feinsinger
declaring "there is a very good
chance the whole thing will
wind up." .
Union spokesmen were more
cautious in predicting an early
end to the tie-up, but negotia
tors for both employers and the
three unions involved were
agreed that the compromise on
the engineers' union had cleared
one of the largest stumbling
blocks to maritime peace in the
Pacific.
All parties to the dispute were
scheduled to meet again today.
The compromise, arrived at
yesterday, provides that the em
ployers will agree not to engage
in anti-union activities nor at
tempt to interfere with the in
ternal affairs of the union,
which is the Marine Engineers'
Beneficial association.
Originally the MEBA had
sought rotational hiring for
union members, pointing to east
ern and gulf coast settlement of
similar dispute by employer
acceptance of preferential hir
ing. The Pacific American Ship
owners association, however,
maintained such a clause would
interfere with the ship owners'
demand to have a voice in as
signing officers to their vessels.
Portland Stands
High in Building
Portland, Ore., Nov. 13 J,R)
Portland s October construction
activity according to compila
tions of western building plac
ed it eighth among 25 western
cities and first among Pacific
northwest cities.
Its $1,888,455 of building
started during the month placed
it ahead of Seattle, in 10th place;
Vancouver, B. C, 11th; Spo
kane, lith, and Tacoma, 23rd.
100 Perish in Quake
Lima, Peru, Nov. 13 IIP) Peru
counted at least 100 known dead
today in interior towns wrecked
by eartli shocks which began last
Sunday and feared a higher toll
might become known with re
storation of smashed communi
cations facilities.
Journal
Night Fire Spectacular Sight
J.
the fire that Tuesday night destroyed the plant of the Salem Nut
Growers' on North Front street. The picture above shows in its
early stages the fire that had gained headway before an alarm
reached fire hcadquai icrs. The picture below shows the fire when
it had made further destructive progress. See also photo on page 9.
Grange Master Asserts
Wage Boosts Big Blunder
Portland, Ore., Nov. 13 (U.R) Albert S. Goss, National Grange
master, told the National Grange convention here today that the
country is going through a ruinous period of inflation which can
only be checked by immediate balancing of the budget through
reduction in expenditures and institution of "a sound lax pro-
gram.
Addressing the opening
of the 80th annual Grange con
vention, Goss asserted that the
yielding to labor demands for
wage increases while refusing to
allow compensatory price in
creases ''has been our greatest
national blunder."
The result has been the crea
tion of ruinous shortages and
the increase of inflationary pres
sures, Goss said.
Goss was critical of what he
called the nation's refusal to
accept the fact that a great war
calls for great personal econom
ics sacrifice "and we have been
chasing the rainbow of every
body living beiLer amid such
destruction."
In his report to Grange mas
ters of 36 states gathered for the
convention, Goss pointed out
the necessity of the farm organ
ization cooperating with a dem
ocratic president and a'republi
can congress in working to avert
a national economic depression.
He said the Grange's 8000
separate chapters represent an
investment of more than $25,
000,000. Gov. Earl Sncll greeted mem
bers of the Grange convention
when it officially opened this
morning. Delegates went into
private sessions after the formal
opening.
Secretary of Agriculture Clin
ton Anderson was expected to
arrive here tomorrow to address
the Grar.ge masters. Convention
sessions continue through No
vember 21.
All Bids Returned
In 0. & C. Bidding
Portland, Nov. 13 W End of
OPA ceilings on lumber result
ed here in the return of all bids
on 36 tracts of timber in 11
western Oregon counties that
were listed for sale by the Ore
gon and California land admin
istration. W. H. Horning, O. & C. chief
forester, said the tracts would
be re-advertised without ceiling
price restrictions, probably De
cember 3.
The Weather
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicini
ty: Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday with little change In
temperature. Lowest tempera
ture tonight near 30. Maximum
yesterday 59. Minimum today 28.
Mean temperature yesterday 44
which was 2 below normal.
Total 24-hour precipitation to
11:30 a.m. today 0.00. Total pre
cipitation for the month .67,
which is 1.66 inches below nor
mal. Willamette river height
1.2.
Price F"' Cents
Here are photographic views of
Suspend Higher
Rates on Gas
In the case of the Portland
Gas and Coke company, which
October 26, 1946, filed with
Public Utilities Commissioner
George H. Flagg a new and
higher rate schedule for the
Portland and Salem areas effec
tive November 27, Flngg has
ordered suspension of tariffs
pending investigation and hear
ing, and set the hearing dale
for November 25 in room 401,
Multnomah county courthouse.
The company on October 26
filed with the commissioner tar
iff PUC Or. No. 8 containing
rates, rules and regulations for
gas service in Portland and sur
rounding communities and tar
iff PUC Or. No. 9 containing
rates, rules and regulations for
gas service in Salem and sur
rounding communities.
In making the filings it was
slated that these revised sched
ules would effect increases in
rates applicable to all gas serv
ice supplied in those areas. The
company contended that the in
creases were necessary to off
set in part an annual increase,
effective October 1, 1346, of
approximately $1,000,000 in cost
of oil used in gas manufacturing
I operations.
Franco Says Spain's Isolation
Increasing War Possibility
Madrid, Nov. 13 IIP) Generalissimo Francisco Franco main
tained today that United Nations
increase the possibility of war
injustice always tends rather to
wards war than towards peace,"
Spain's chief of state said last
night in answer to questions
handed him by the Associated
Press.
He said a diplomatic break
would bring about "disunion
among nations and dissension in
the interior of many" and cost
the UN prestige, and "the un
dermining and disunion of the
latter would greatly increase the
possibility of war."
(The UN general assembly,
now meeting in New York, has
on its agenda the question of
what to do about the Spanish
government. Poland has de
manded the United Nations all
break diplomatic relations with
Franco. Secretary - General
Trygve Lie has urged action by
which "democratic government
may bo restored in Spain".)
Smuts Says South Africa Prepared
To Take Over Mandated Regions
If U.N. Refuses to OK Annexation
Challenges Russia's Assertion that Charter
Compels Placing All Former League of Nations
Mandates Under Proposed Trusteeship System
Lake Success, N. Y., Nov. 13 (PiField Marshal Jan Christian
Smuts, premier of South Africa, told (he United Nations flatly
today that he was prepared to take over mandated southwest
Africa by unilateral action if the general assembly refused to ap
prove his proposal for its annexation.
Challenging Russia's assertion that the UN charier compels the
placing of all former League of Nations mandates under the pro
posed trusteeship system, the 76-year-old South African leader,
declared:
"If the assembly docs not view favorably the southwest African
request for incorporation, then South Africa has no other alterna
tive but to continue to administer the territory as an integral part
of the Union of South Africa."
He spoke as the trusteeship battle flared again, with a British
declaration disputing Russia's contention that Palestine and all
other league mandates must be
placed under U. N. trusteeship.
British Representative Arthur
G. Bottomley told the general
assembly's 51-nation trusteeship
committee that "there is no obli
gation under the charter to
bring any territory under the
trusteeship system."
Palestine Affected
Bottomley, while not men
tioning Palestine specifically,
said "it is quite clear that a
mandatory power is free to place
a mandated territory under the
trusteeship system, or not to
do so." His statement was made
in defense of South Africa's pro
posal to annex southwest Africa,
which Soviet Ambassador Nik
olai V. Novikov charged last
week would be a violation of
charter.
In supporting the Soulh Afri
can proposal, Britain not only
disagreed with Russia but with
another member of the Brit
ish empire India which has
expressed vigorous opposition
to the move to annex the man
date. Bottomley spoke after Cuban
delegate Guy Perez Cisneros
had opposed the annexation of
Southwest Africa on the ground
that it would be a return lo the
danger of "colonial exploita
tion." Opposed by Cuban
Perez Cisneros expressed the
belief that the eight draft trust
eeship agreements before the
committee would win the neces
sary two-thirds majority in the
assembly and that their approv
al would open the way for crea
tion of the trusteeship council
during the present session.
He also supported a proposal
by John Foster Dulles, United
Slates trusteeship expert, that
the assembly sidestep a show
down at this session on the
highly controversial question as
to which nations come under the
meaning of the term "states di
rectly concerned."
Nivikov had contended thai
it was impossible to approve
any of the draft agreements un
til this term was defined.
Meanwhile, the United Stales
and Great Britain were report
ed working on separate plans
to restrict the use of the veto
in the United States security
council. While both were defi
nitely against any action by the
assembly on the veto question,
they were said to be planning to
work out self-imposed restric
tions among the five permanent
members of the council.
More Snow Expected
In Mountains
More snow is expected to
night on state highways above
2. 500-foot elevations, the state
highway commission said to
day. Road conditions today were
good, with most mountain roads
sanded. Fog was reported at
some valley points.
The 9 a.m. road report:
Government Camp 24 de
grees, 16 inches of snow, Patches
of ice from Twin Bridges on
Mt. Hood highway to Hear
Springs on Wapinitia highway.
Odell lake, Willamette high
way Packed snow from Salt
Creek tunnel to Odell lake. 13
degrees, clear. Sanding and
salting.
isolation of Spain would greatly
"Every action of violence and
Franco said the UN charter
prohibited intervention in mat
ters essentially within the do
mestic jurisdiction of any stale.
"If those very nations which
arc members arc not obliged to
submit to agreements concern
ing essentially domestic man
ners," he said, "lo a much lesser
degree would there be submis
sion on the part of one which is
not under its jurisdiction and
has not even requested to be
admitted. "
He said Spain would "not ac
cept any kind of reprehension"
from the UN and would not
seek lo loin the UN until that
agency had attained what he
termed "a degree of calmness
sufficient to make possible its
work in the cause of peace and
until the passions provoked by
the war have become extinct."
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Trieste Issue
Deadlocked
New York, Nov. 13 (IP) Sev
eral cracks showed up today in
the timp-hardencd disagreement
between Russia and the western
powers over disposition of stra
tegic Trieste, but diplomats were
uncertain whether they foretold
a real break in the Italian peace
treaty deadlock.
They became apparent despite
a warning by Secretary of State
Byrnes that the United States
could not continue making com
promises on the Trieste issue
and an assertion by Foreign
Minister Molotov that Russia in
sisted on changes In some Paris
peace conference provisions for
governing the Trieste territory.
Molotov also raised one new
dispute by asking a treaty pro
vision fixing a deadline of pos
sibly three or four months, after
the treaty becomes effective,
for removal of foreign troops
from Trieste. The troops there
are American and British.
Byrnes and Molotov joined
argument repeatedly during
three and one-half hour session
of the Big Four ministers coun
cil last right, then called a halt
until 4 p.m. today after they
agreed, along with British For
eign Minister Bevin and Deputy
French Foreign Minister Couve
de Murvillc, to return to their
showdown debate.
Diplomats who sat in on the
session reported it was by no
means all negative and had sev
eral results which might lead to
a break in the main deadlock
blocking completion of an Ital
ian peace treaty.
To Investigate
Park Meters
Mayor-elect Robert L. Elf
strom believes there should be
further investigation as to the
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... niitfi lUClCIS
before a contract is awarded any
particular manufacturer. "If
we are to have meters we should
install only the best, those that
operate efficiently and with
the least expense," Elfstrom
said Wednesday. He pointed out
that it has been approximately
a year since the city council
had investigated meters and that
there might have been improve
ments during the past 12
months. "I have no grudge
against the Michaels Art Bronze
company, whose meters were
favored by the council. It may
be their machines are the best
and should be Installed. How
ever no harm can be done in
making a thorough investigation
of all devices. Such an Investi
gation might well prove profit
able." The mayor-elect said he would
favor a meter that permitted
parking from 12 minutes to two
hours. He pointed out that
an hour does not give a person
sufficient time for a visit to the
doctor or dentist. Two hour
parking can be secured by in
serting two nickels.
Mayor-elect Elfslrom said he
had investigated and learned
that no contract had been signed
with the Michaels company.
Beats CWIdlo Death
In a Nightmare
Arkadclphia, Ark., Nov. 13
tPi Victim of a nightmare in
which her father dreamed he
was having a fight, three-year-old
Linda Joyce Pollard, died
under the hail of his blows
early Tuesday. Sheriff W. T.
Matlock reported.
The father. Willard Pollard,
25, told the sheriff and a coro
ner's jury that in the dream
he found himself trying to ward
off attackers, but that he re
membered nothing else. When
ho awoke, he said, he was stand
ing over the battered body of
his daughter.
Mrs. Pollard, who slept in the
same room, did not awaken
during the commotion.
The coroner's jury took no
action but at the suggestion of
a physician consented to have
Pollard placed under observa
tion at a state or private hos
pital.
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