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The Weather
Forecast: Occasional rain or
snow tonight and Wednesday.
Little change In temperature,
llicliest yesterday 7
Lowest this morning o
Prerlpilatlon last 24 hours.. .40
The Present
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tomorrow. There Is no time
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TRIBJNE
EDFORD
.Thirtieth Year
FuU Associated Press
MEDFORD, OREGON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1936.
roll United Press
No. 287.
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Bj PAUL MALLON
(Copright, J936, by Paul Mellon)
WASHINGTON. Peb. 25. The dip
lomatic antics of the French t
London nro no mystery to our peo
ple. flniDnwauui -
at-large Norman
Trlu haa t.1nnd
k3 the top officiate
la what to expect.
The basic trou
ble is that Brit
ain wants to
'3 b r 1 ng Germany
into any general
naval agreement
reached at Lon
don. The French
government tears
it will tail If K
PAUL MALLON agrees to Ger
man participation. The antt-naa
group in Prance la asserting that
such a step would legalize German
violation of the Varsalllea treaty.
So the French are putting on a
little show for domestic French con
sumption, battling about battleships,
seeking to Impress the French peo
ple with the great fight to save
them some money In naval construc
tion. The top fellows here fear that
the French may use our refusal to
budge on the battleship Issue as
an eicuse to run out on all London
agreements but they do not much
, The way our people figure It out,
Mr. : Muscle-in stsrted that story
about the prospects of an Italian-Germany-Austrian
pact for the effect
It would have on the London naval
meeting.
The last time, It was Mr. Hitler
Who made overtures to n Duce for
revival of the triple entente. 11
Duce turned him down.
Since that time, things have
changed. II Duos needs help. Of
course, Hitler has a ready ear for
any proposal which will frighten
France. He has been successful. Paris
dlplomata are In a panic.
It will probably complicate Brit
ain's effort to get France to con
done Germany's participation In the
naval agreement, which seems to bo
exactly what II Duce wanted. Heavy
atmosphere of all of which affords
you a scent of the Inner suspicions
and political dirty work In which
the London conference appears to
have become Involved.
The youngest of senators. Rush
Holt, drew very little attention when
he demanded the ousting of his West
Virginia WPA dtrector. It sounded
ilka a local patronage squabble. Holt
charged the director was using the
WPA Job In a personal campaign for
the governorship.
Behind It was supposed to be a
lot of petty personalities. A relative
of the senator la supposed to have
bad his authority limited to one
county. The limitation waa presum
ably designed to help the senstorlal
Continued on Page Eight.)
Hungry Fox Taken
For Wolf At Door
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 28. (AP)
When Mrs. W. T. Lynch stepped out
on the front porch she saw what
she thought was a wolf. The Lynches
weren't expecting one, so she eslled
the police.
They captured the snlmsl and at
the too he was Identified a a fox.
The snlmsl experts there ssld he
probably was tamed by the hard
winter and driven to the city to
look for food.
4
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
.-- d. nA nn Hurdrr hiking
down Msin street. Perl gesticulating
frantically and Harder alternately
picking hi teeth end llstming.
Add constant cigar smokers: Frank
Newman. Al Hasan. Horse Bromley.
Ah Banwell "Qule" Qulrenberry. Roy
Sunderland.
Sam Carey with n armload of
hoe boxea. being cornered by ladlee
anklng him question, and rolling
hi eyea looking for a place to de
poult the shoes until the barrage wa
over.
Jarque Lenoi : "If etna stick to the
green pickle and their 67 motif, I
stick to orchid paint. I think we re
both right, don't you?"
Mr. and Mr. Bob Miksrhe tour
ing about in their eedan at noon.
crrmpanied. aa usual, by their
wooley white pooch, which always
hu Its tongue out, run or ah me.
Franklin Oeortre yelling "Hey" at
Bob McLean from about five feet
away, and Brb leaping as thougn
he'd been startled out of a deep
anooee.
500 FLEE HOMES
AS ITERS RACE
TH ROUGHLEVEES
Typhoid Epidemic Feared
Damage Over Million Is
Counted Big Asparagus
Crop Beneath Surface
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. ( AP)
Thousands of acres in northern Cali
fornia's fertile valleys lay under
water today as health officials urged
precautions against a possible typhoid
epidemic. '
The weather bureau forecast more
rain today and tomorrow.
To the 100-mlle-long flood -stricken
district along the Sacramento river
were added fresh levee breaks at scat
tered points beside the Stanislaus,
San Joaquin and Merced rivers. Un
official estimates placed total damage
to crops and buildings at more than
$1,000,000.
Dr. John J. Slppy. San Joaquin
county health officer, cautioned refu
gees to undergo Inoculation for typhoid
and to drink no water from flooded
wells. No cases of the disease have
been reported, he said.
More than 800 persons were home
less. The San Joaquin river tore through
a 150-foot levee section eight miles
east of Antloch, submerging 3600
acres of land, Including 600 acres or
asparagus that was to have been har
vested yesterday.
Waters ripped through a, 70-foot
break In the Stanislaus river In south
ern San Joaquin county, causing $40,-
000 damage to spinach and pea crops.
Near Rlpon, the Stanislaus poured
through a 35-foot hole over about
3000 acres of farm land.
Two breaks near Merced were re
ported.' Twelve families fled : irf the
patch of a breach 14 miles north of
tlje city. Nearby, seven feet of water
submerged buildings and forced seven
school to close.
One hundred SERA workers fled
when the San Joaquin poured over
Paradise dam, 13 miles southwest of
Stockton.
OREGON FLU WAVE
OF
PORTLAND, Ore., feb. 35. (AP)
Influenza Is widespread In Oregon,
but most cases reported are mild so
far. Dr. Frederick D. Strieker, atate
health officer, said today.
"No deaths have been reported to
us yet from Influenza, although
deaths from pneumonia are above
average," be said. "The pneumonia
deaths are not numerous enough to
be alarming."
Cleanliness Is the best preventa
tive I know for influenza," Dr.
Strieker said. "Wash your hsnds
thoroughly before touching food, and
avoid eating at places where uten
sils sre not sterilized.
"Avoid contsct "with persona the
lesst bit sick, and avoid crowds."
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25. (UP)
California's "bum blockade" waa re
ported in "orderly retreat today."
withdrawing from the 1000-mile
"front" where 138 Los Angeles po
licemen have guarded the state from
invading hoboes for nearly a month.
Police Chief James E. Davis, author
of the novel scheme for keeping
California free of bums, refused to
concede drfrat of his plan, how
ever, announcing only "unimportant
outposts' are being abandoned.
Recall of the foreign legion re
portedly was due to a complete ab
sence of bums, rather than Internal
and external pressure brought on by
Loa Angeles police officials f"c per
mitting use of members of the force
in "foreign" duty.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 98. (AP) j
Lou Ann Msrkl". 10-vear-old Anchor-1
age. AlMka. girl, who u rushed j
here by boat and train. ha a gvyi '
chance for life and hemth, Dr. Leo
S. Luc ssld. She la to be operated
on later thia week. The girl u uf
ferlrt from an Infection In her leg.
resulting from a skating injury.)
h? in accompanied by her mother. '
TT Mark'.es formerly resided m i
Medford. i
VICTIMS OF 'CLOCK' KILLING
fCs.hrf - r j 11; J Ilk .j;ia, J
Victims of a double killing, Carl 8. Barbour, 68, operator of a Los
Angeles rooming house, and hi, wife, Dorothea, 61, shown above,
were found dead on a burning bed. Police asserted the two had been
beaten to death and tha bed aet afire by an Infernal machine con'
atructed of an electric heater and cheap watch to destroy the evidence.
Fred Stettler, 25, chauffeur, waa arrested and booked on suspicion
' of the slaying. (Aaaoclated Press Photo)
"J
CLOSE ROADWAYS
IN KLAMATH AREA
KLAMATH FALLS. Feb. 25. (AP)
A itorm that'already has lasted con
tinuously for more than 24 hours
raged In this section of the state to
day. Klamath Falla, previously escaping
the heavy weather hitting major por
tions of Oregon, this morning waa
fighting clear of a ten Inch blanket
of snow. A brtei, strong wind late
lest night piled up drifts to the depth
of several feet.
All available equipment, was work
ing at top speed to maintain com
munication lanes. Early this morn
ing there were no reports to Indicate
main highways were closed but plows
were having difficulty In keeping the
paths cleared.
Many secondary roads, however,
were shut Indefinitely and Residents
of the outlying county district were
finding It impossible to get Into the
city.
Mail service from Alturas, Medford
and Lake view waa held up three
hours. Trains from the north were
on time but rail travel from the
south was delayed.
With the snow coming down fast
and the wind blowing hard at such
high places as Sun mountain pasa on
The Dalles-California and the Green
Springs route to the valley there was
some question how long the roads
could be kept open.
All motorists were urged to put on
chains,
a
ON AUTO THEFTS
ROSFTBURO, Ore.. Feb. 25. 0T
Three youths, said by officers to have
adTnjtti two car theft, are in the
county Jail at Rose burg while a check
1 being made to determine if they
are runaway from the Washington
atate training school.
According to Deputy Sheriff Clif
ford Thornton, the youths have ad
mitted the theft of a ear belonging
tal IVirrlft Rarrv. Tvima a vlt
the theft laM nUrht of a sedan be- f
longing to Everett Parti n of Rose
bung. The bora give the name of BUI
Reyu, 17: John Wilson. 18, and Clar
ence Bame. 17. Although they claim
residence in New York. Deputy Thorn
ton reports, papers found In their
posetNtslon indicate that they live in
Washington state, probably Taooma
and Seattle.
Income Shares
Msryland Mnd. bid llBftft; atked
Quarter:? income shares, bid 1 M;
abketl 91-6.
CAUGHT IN FIELD!
TAKEN TO OCEAN
OANBT, Ore., Peb. 26. (IP) A ven
turesome sea Hon which awam 130
milea Inland from the Pacific ocean
on an exploration of the Columbia
and Willamette rlvere, was beaded
back to his gTeen sea today after bar
ing been cornered In a wheat field.
The land-going creature was noosed
by state police and game commission
deputies, hoisted by block and tackle
Into a truck and trundled off toward
Astoria.
Seversl times. In wicked wrath, he
launched his 1.200 pounds at the
crowd of spectators.
The sea lion, between 8 and 10 feet
long, was the first ever seen In these
Inland waters. Last week he appear
ed In the Portland harbor. Saturday
afternoon, after repeated tries, he
floundered up the fish ladder and
over the Oregon City falls. Today he
blundered Into the tributary Pudding
river, apparently found the going not
to his liking, clambered up the low
bsnk and started off across-country.
Thia morning word came from the
Alben Erlcknon farm that the tawny
sea mammal had settled down for a
nap after heaving himself Into a grain
field, a mile and a half from Pudding
river. Schools were dismissed. Sight
seers flocked from miles around. The
stst police dispatched eight patrol
men to handle the crowd and protect
the blundering creature.
The Uon'a ehoulder and neck show
ad the marks of a ahotgun charge
fired at him last week by a startled
householder when he tried to climb
aboard a houseboat float at Oregon
City.
PHILADELPHIA Pa., Peb. 35. (
'AP)--Lieutenant Commander Corne
lius Dugan, U. S. N., retired, who
Joined the nary 82 years ago, died at
hla home here ypMrrinv. ll w M
Death Frees Boy From
Confines of 'Iron Lung9
OAKLAND, Calif., Peb. JB. (UP)
Raymond Rambo. IS, who had upent
a longer time In a Drinker res
pirator thsn any known patient,
died last night.
Monday was his flflflth In the "Iron
lung," which had kpt him breath
ing despite a paralyred diaphragm
suffered In an attack of infantile
paralysta.
Raymond, who smilingly lnlt-d
that he "could not die" and avidly
read oii'door and sporting maga
n to prepare for tripe afield,
died suddenly.
Ten days ago his stomafii eol
lapeed. An emergency pumping out
at that time saved his lfe. Last
night the same difficulty developed,
but relief effort! were futile. Dr.
Benjamin W. Blaca. auDcr.ntendcnl
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Would Prosecute Sourlands
Mountain Logger for Al
leged Lying Against Lind
bergh Baby's Kidnaper
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. S.
AP) Attorney General navld
T. Wllrntz returned to New
Jersey tonlKht with the an
nouncement that he will recall
no stfte witnesses In the Bruno
Richard Hauptmann case, "to
satisfy the whims of any other
Individual."
TRENTON. N. J.. Feb. 25. (AP)
A demand that prosecution officiate
bring a perjury charge against Mil
lard Wnited, Sourlanda mountain
logger and one of the chief witnesses
against Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
was made today by C. Lloyd Fisher,
chief counsel for Hauptmann.
Planer In a letter to Prosecutor
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr.. of Hunterdon
county, said he wished Hauck "would
proceed In the Whlted case aa you
did In the Heler case."
He referred to Benjamin Heler.
New York restaurant cashier, a
Hauptmann defen.se witness who was
Indicted In Hunterdon county for
perjury at the Flemlngton trial.
Heler swore he waa sitting In an
automobile with a young woman the
night of April 2. 1032, when the
S50.000 Lindbergh ransom was paid
and saw a man Jump from the wall
of St. Raymond'a cemetery. The man,
he said, was not Hauptmann.
Tha state. In rebuttal, produced
a witness who said at about the
hour Heler testified he was In the
Boanxna was Involved In an auto
mobile' collision in mldtown Man
hattan. Heler's case has not been brought
to trial.
Fisher himself Is reluctant to sign
a complaint against Whlted. who
wss accused by Oovernor Harold O.
Hoffman of "lying." Wnited said
he saw Hauptmann prowling In the
woods near tha Lindbergh estste
shortly before the kldnsplng, March
1, 1032.
ISLAND GREETING
HONOLULU, Peb. 35 (UP) George
Bernard Shaw spurned a traditional
Hawaiian welcome today, and ripped
a lei from hi neck when a hula girl
draped one over hte head.
Shaw, forgetting his momentary
peiuiance, unea ireety wun inter
viewers concerning world affairs.
America must retain friendliest re
lations with Russia because of Ja
pan's increasing strength, he opined.
There is little chance of warfare at
present, be declared, saying:
"We're in too big a funk."
Concerning candidacy of Senator
William B. Borah for the presidency
of the United States, Shaw said:
"Borah is like the U. 6. constitu
tion a little out of date on some
point."
Although he termed President
Franklin D. Roosevelt "an amateur
communist" he predicted he would be
re -elected.
George V Funeral
Expense $125,000
LONDON, Peb. 36. (AP) The fu
neral January 38 for King George V,
who died January 30, cost about
135.000.
The expense wss disclosed today In
a supplementary estimate for various
government department, presented
to the house of common for parlia
mentary approval.
of Alameda county hospitals, and
Dr. Theodore J. Schwars worked
over him in a detperat effort to
prolong life.
His mother, Mrs. Anne Rambo,
M at the bedside.
Blnce April 10. IM4. the black
haired youth had fnueht to regain
hla strength and use of his mirlee.
Once gangrene aet In, ettarking his
wasted and bedsore body. He lapsed
Into a coma.
flheer will pulled him bark to
ronartouaneM and another period of
life. Por a few more months he had
won the right to lie and waft) two
glass dtala with colored fluids re
cord the "breathing" forced Into hla
lunga by the clstterlng renpfrator.
fConUnuea an Pa Tbraai
GAVE OEM CHIEF
FAT JOBS
Treasurer Cummings of Na
tional Committee Draws
$90,000 Year Through
Appointments by RFC
WASHINGTON, Peb. 25. (API
Jesse H. Jones said today that
"qualifications" not "politics" had
dictated appointment of Walter J.
Cummings, treasurer of the Demo
cratic national committee, to two
Jabs paying aggregate salaries of
,90.000 a year.
The Reconstruction Finance cor
poration chairman confirmed to
newsmen that Cummlnga la receiving
,75.000 aa chairman of the Conti
nental Illtnola National Bank and
Trust company of Chicago, and !,-
000 aa trustee In the Chlcsgo, Mil
waukee, St. Paul and Paclflo rail
road. nolh RFC Borrowers.
Both the bank and the railroad
are RFTJ borrowers. In the aenste
yesterday. Senator Cousena (R.,
Mich.) battled unauccessfully the
bin to exempt bsnk stock held by
the RFC from state and local taxa
tion and ssld:
"If these banka can pay these
salaries, they csn oertslnly pay taxes
on these" preferred stocks."
Tha bill psased, however, and was
sent to the house for consideration.
Jones replied negatively when
asked whether Cummings' political
connections may have figured In the
(Continued on Paga Twelve)
CITY SNOW MOVED
By
The sun came out long enough this
afternoon to clear the city of what
waa left of Ita heaviest snowfall of
tha year. A light shower aided tha
melting warmth of tha sun by wssh
lng the slush from streets and side
walks. Surrounding hills, however, contin
ued to wear their white robee of win
ter and In tha highlands snow was
piled deep. It wsa still snowing to
day on Sexton aummlt north of
Oranta Pasa where H tnchea of snow
were meaaured thia morning.
A foot of anow covered the Slaklyoua
and the Oreensprlng mountain, with
a similar depth on the highway to
Oregon Caves. Plows were working at
all points, the AAA reported. All
mountain roads were described aa
slippery, making chslns a necessity
for safe motoring.
New snow waa 1ft Inches deep at
the South Pork CCO camp and 13
Inches at Butta Palls.
It waa emphasized by the AAA that
driving tonight might ba especially
hazardoua because of the expected
hardening of the soft snow.
No report on the amount of new
snow In Crater Lake national park
was received at Medford headquarters
(Continued on Paga Three.)
SLIDE SURVIVORS
OURAY, Colo.. Feb. So. (API
Survivors of Colorsdo'a second ava
lanche tragedy In tight days dug Into
a mountain of debrla at the bottom
of a bowl-shaped canyon above here
today, looking for bodies of two of
tha three persons killed. Tha third
was recovered. At least four oth
ers were Injured.
Bresklng loose from the ersggy
peaks rimming the canyon, tha heavy
snow, estimated to have lain aa deep
aa IS feet, skidded down the "Chi
cago allda" yeaterday, awept through
the lower floor of a two-story bunk
house, wiped out tha 100 ,000 mill
and a anow tunnel connecting the
buildings, and came to rest a half
mile farther down.
On Februsry I", the Hesperus gold
mine, 80 miles south of here In simi
lar rugged country, was th, scene of
an avalanch which killed alx when
It, too. amashed through a mill and
several oth-r buildings.
Pine Millers lo Meet
FOim-AND. Ore.. Fb. 20. ( API
Lumbermen of the Western Pine as
sociation will hold their annual meet
ing here tomorrow and Thursday. A
new manager will be named to suc
ceed David T. Mswin, whoas resig
nation becomes effective alter the
iiwitln.
WelUTo-Do Man
Is Kleptomaniac
After Car Injury
SALEM. Ore., Peb. 35. (AP) An
automobile accident three years
ago resulted In a long aeries of
mystifying burglaries, state police
announced following the appear
ance In Woodburn circuit court of
Frdeerlck Ledtke. 53, on a burglary
charge.
Ledtke. a well-known Woodburn
resident, received a skull fracture
three yeara ago which affected his
mind to the extent that he became
a kleptomaniac, police said.
He admitted forays Into various
establishments since that time
during which he collected enough
widely divergent articles to fill
four trucks. , ,
That Ledtke had nothing to gain
by the burglaries was proven by
the fact, police stated, that aa a
retired bulsneaa man he owned sev
eral farms and possessed a sizca
nble bank account,
BY
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ST. LOUIS. Feb. 38. (AP)
Charles A. 'Beard, author and nla
tortan. told sducatora today that
attempts to bar the study of "con
troversial" subjects such aa com
munism, represent "sn effort of
selfish snd narrow Interest to con
quer the schools for their own pur
poses and ends."
Beard, who addressed the depart
ment of superintendence of the Na
tional Education association, urged
a vigorous eWens of the values of
scholarship sgalnst outside pres
sure. Nearly 10.000 educators are
attending the department'a conven
tion. "Doe, anyone really believe there
can be a true history of the United
States, for exsmple, that does not
deal with the great lasuea of .bank
ing, tariff, taxes, budgets, agricul
ture, lnduatry and labor that have
been formed, ' and still form, so
much of the substance of Ameri
can history and practice?" he aeked.
"Surely no Intelligent American
believes that European hlatory
should be deliberately falsified by
(Continued on Page Three.)
OIL SANCTION PLANS
SUPPORT BY BRITAIN
Bt the Associated Press
The oli sanction issue, once a cause
for war-like words from fascist Italy,
loat some of Its power today In the
eyes of the British house of com
mons lobbies.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden,
in his long-heralded speech to the
commons yeaterday, avoided any def
inite commitment on the question,
and observers believed there waa only
a slim chance that Great Britain
would press for an oil embargo
against Italy.
Italy again protested to Oreat Bri
tain against the formation of the
Mediterranean 'pact of mutual assis
tance, '
Eden was on record aa saying that
England ts opposed to any pacta of
encirclement.
In another diplomatic thrust, Italy
Injected the question of her war with
Ethiopia Into the naval conference,
notifying the British premier Muaeo
llnl would refuse any new naval
agreement until League of Nations'
sanctions are removed.
As for actual ft gh ting, the Ethiopi
ans claimed to have cut through Ital
ian communications' lines back of
Msksle again, killing a total of (168
Italians In the process. The Ethl
oplana said their losses were neglig
ible. BACK SALEM DEM FOR
8AJ.F5M, vb. 35. 4Jp) The name of
Colonel C, A. Robertson of West fla
em. Democrat, was being advanced
today by Democrat in Polk county
for appointment to the state board
of hlRher education to .succeed Leif,
F. Ptneeth, Oovernor Martin reported
today.
Flnaeth. a Republican member of
the board, all) complete his term
March 3. The governor declared some
factions within the Democratic party
are supporting him for reappointment,
resulting In a "political war in Polk
county." Plnaeth waa declared to
have received the endorsement of the
Polk county Democratic central com-nittaa
NAMED IN SENATE
1
Senator Robinson Charges
Major Gen. Bolles, 7th
Corps Area Commander,
Actively Engaged Politics
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, f AP) A
charge that Major Oeneral Frank C.
Bollos, commander of the Seventh
corps nrea of Omaha, Neb., was "ac
tively engaulng" In polltlca developed
today In senate debate on the aua
penslon from duty of Major Oeneral
Johnson Hagood as Eighth corps area
commander.
Senator Hastings (R-Del.) had
termed the action In relieving Ha
good of his command an "lllustrattiin
of terrorism In government" when
Senator Robinson, the demooraro
leader, hurled the charge about
Bolles. He coupled It with an asser
tion that Senator Hastlnes wsa "in
strumental" In sending Brig. Oeneral
wmiam Mitchell, former air corps
chief, "to his grave without the resti
tution dus him."
Half Dozen In Debate
The debate smintrlnv mit nf th
suspension of Hagood Involved a half
aozen senators.
Robinson literally stormed out hla
words In heated reply to Hastings.
He asserted that Hagood "violated"
Uie army code In taxing part In poll
tlca by criticising the administrative
agency.
"And there la at least one mora
commander," Robinson shouted, "who
la actively engaged in politics, who
(Continued on Page Three.)
FOR 1935 TAXES
Deputy assessors, who will take the
field March 3, for property appraise
ments for the 103d taxes, hava been
named by Assessor J. B. Coleman aa
follows:
East snd southeast district J. a.
Walker of Bellaiew.
City of Ashland Oconee Nlchola,
Jr.
Talent and Phoenix Jay Terrlll.
Medford C. A. Myers.
Suburban Medford and adjoining
farm areas H. N. Lofland.
Central ipolnt and Berrydala and
environs C. H. Howe.
Eagle Point and Butta Falla Rosa
Kline.
Jacksonville and Applegate B. A.
Langley.
Rogue River. Gold Hill and Wimer
Ed B. Dlnunlck.
flams Valley and Prospect Oeorge
McDonald.
BAD CHECK SUSPECT
L HERE
Bam N. Fisher, 81, arrested at tha
Portland municipal airport on a war.
rant issued in Justice court here
charging him with obtaining money
under false pretenses, has been re
leased on 11500 ball to appear hare
for trial, atate police have been noti
fied. Fisher la charged with passing
several spurious checks In this city,
state police aald.
House Burns When
"Vinegar" Explodes
I.EWISTON, Idaho. Feb. 28. (AP)
Frnir persona were suffering from
burns today, one in a, crtical condi
tion, and a SJ.000 home waa In ashes
because colored gasoline waa mistak
en for vinegar.
Mr,. W. O. Husoes poured tha fluid
Into a heated pan on tha atove. In
tending to make a poultice, A blind
ing explosion followed.
SALEM AREA DARKENED
WHEN INSULATOR BLOWS
SALEM. Ore., F.fc. 33. (AP) A
power line failure caused by the ex
plosion of an Insulator on a 11.000
volt line threw the eastern half of
Salem and rural districts Into dark
ness last night,
Tha blow-up was caused by molnt
ture which had frozen around the
Insulator and cracked It, power com
pany officials said.
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ABERDEEN. Peb. 2fl. (T) John
Maahln, Aberdeen high school foot
ball coach allied in a crash early Sat
urday, was held responsible by a cor
oner's Jury for hla own death. Tha
Jury found Mnshln drove left of the
road center. Drabha of Virginia Doyie
and Vincent Bowman In a aubeequenl
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