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Fortieth Year
Dr. DeLong To Lead Union
Pre-Easter Program Here
Or. Russell V. DeLong, guest
spokesman for the Union Pre
Easter Passion Week series is
scheduled to arrive Saturday to
direct the community-wide 8
day program. The aeries is un
der auspices of the Medford
Ministerial association.
According to the Rev. Fred M.
Weatherford, president of the
association. Dr. DeLong's first
appearance will be in the First
Presbyterian church at 11 a. m.
Sunday, March 25.
The first union service of Ine
city will be held in the First
Methodist church at 4 p. m.
Sunday. From this point on
union services will be held as
follows: Sunday and Monday
nights, First Christian Church
at 7:30; Zion Luthern, Tuesday
night; First Presbyterian, Wed
nesday night; First Methodist,
Thursday and Friday nights;
Church of Xhe Nazarene, Sun
day, April 1, 11 a. m.., 3 p. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
The annua Good-Friday pro
gram, in the regular rotation
order will be held F iday in the
Church of the Nazaren-, from
12 noon to 3 p. m. During the
program ministers of the asso
ciation and Dr. DeLong will be
heard.
Noon-day sessions will be con
ducted daily by Dr. DeLong in
the USO, 12:05 to 12:35 p. m.,
Monday through Thursday.
These services have been ar
ranged for the convenience of
business and professional men
and women, citizens and church
people in general.
Dr. DeLong comes to Medford
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21St Army Group Hqts., Bel
gium, March 23 (U.R) A
wounded soldier's chances of
survival on the western front are
now nine to one in his favor and
his chances of recovery from dis
ease are even better.
: Doctors and surgeons have
won such a victory against the
injuries and diseases that took a
huge toll in world war I.
In the last war a soldier suf
fering a stomach wound had a
three-to-one chance -of recover
ing. Today's battlefield surgeons
save 70 per cent of such cases.
At least one-fourth are able to
return to active duty.
By improved techniques al
lied army doctors are able to
. save SO per cent of the lung,
head and brain wound cases and
95 per cent of cases where am
putation is necessary. The great
majority of soldiers suffering
flesh wounds now are returned
to their units within a month
ready for service.
A consulting surgeon at this
headquarters disclosed that of
the first 50,000 wounded men
evacuated from the continent
after D-day only 200 had died.
ARDOTfOCKS HIT
' IN HAND AND EYE
Ardo Stocks, technician fifth
grade, with the 1st army ih Eu
rope, was recently wounded in
the right eye. arm and hand, ac
cording to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Stocks, route 2. box
. 112. Stocks was serving with the
A medical corps near Colonge at
T the time of being wounded.
The young man, who has been
overseas for the past six months
was resident of the Medford
high school student body In his
senior year. 1937, and later at
tended William university and
the University of Oregon. In a
letter to his parents, Cpl. Stocks
stated that he probably would be
unable to use his right hand for
a considerable period.
Death Takes Wife
Of Radio Figure
Hollywood. March 23 (U.R)
Mrs. Rupert Hughes, wjfe of
the author and radio commen
tator, died today in Hollywood
P.eceivlng Hospital, apparently
of an overdose of sleeping tab
lets.
Officers who answered a call
( to the Hughes' home in the
T Hollywood Hills found her a'lve
and rushed her to the hospital.
where she died almost imme
diately.
Police laid iht bad been in ill
health.
Dr. DeLong
highly commended for this
united program. He has gained
distinction as an author, edu
cator, and pulpiteer. His name
appears in the volume known
as Religious Leaders of Ameri
ca. He has successfully estab
lished himself in the field of re
ligious education. Recently in
Olivet College there were 400
professions of faith during one
week's series under his leader
ship.. John Eby, of Medford, well
known for his ability to get peo
ple to sing, will direct the united
musical talent during the pro
gram.
Presbyterians of .
Phoenix to Hold
- Sunrise Services
Easter sunrise services under
auspices of Phoenix Presbyter
ian church will be held April 1
at Gemers Hill, just south of
Phoenix. Services will start
promptly at 6:45 a. m. with Rev,
L.. H. Mitchelmore officiating
Music by an accordion duo com
posed of - Marion Bell and Jer-
aldlne Compher will accomtianv
singing.
At 7:30 o'clock an Easter
breakfast will be served in the
parlors of the church for the
young people of Phoenix area
and any others who desire to at
tend. Those desiring reserva
tions for the breakfast are asked
to call Mrs. Caldwell, 6227. .
MOVIELAND STARS
TO PASS PICKETS
Hollywood, March 23 (U.R)-
Movieland's glamorous stars to
day voted overwhelmingly to
disregard picket lines set up
around Hollywood in an 11-dav-
old walkout of studio craftsmen.
The Screen Actors guild said
a preliminary count of the 6.500
ballots sent to its members
showed 491 stars voting to keep
on the Job and only eight voting
to strike. Featured players voted
1,884 to 65 not to strike.
Movie producers, cheered by
the ballot, reported film produc
tion virtually back to normal,
while strike headquarters called
more workers than ever to the
picket lines.
FATHER SUICIDES IN
EFFORT HALT WEDDING
Rock Island, 111., March 23
(U.R) A father took his life in
vain today in an attempt to pre
vent his son s marriage.
The son, a discharged service
man, said he was determined to
marry his 18-year-old sweet
heart on schedule only eight
hours after his father's death.
Before taking his own life,
the father had knifed the youth
in his sleep, injuring him slight
ly.
CHURCH OF GOD MEETS
LINCOLN SCHOOL GYM
Due to the recent fire In the
Church of God, corner Haven
and Holly streets, the congrega
tion will hold services Sunday
in the gymnasium of the Lin
coin school, near the armory
Children desiring transporta
tion to the school may gather at
the regular church building or
call 4224.
RAPIST EXECUTED
Lincoln, Neb., March 23 U.R)
Set. Joseph T. MacAvoy, Brook
lyn, N. Y., was executed in the
electric chair at the Nebraska
penitentiary today for the rape
murder of Anna Milroy, 16-year-old
Sutton. Neb. high school
girl.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
WILLIAMS CHOICE
AS HEAD OF REA
RECe 52-36
Senate Holds F. D. R. Nom
inee Unqualified to Ad
minister Electrification.
Washington, March 23 (U.R)
The Senate today rejected the
nomination of Aubrey Williams.
left-of-center New Dealer, to
be Rural Electrification Admin
istrator.
The vote against Williams was
52 to 36.
Williams is the first major
Roosevelt nominee tc be rejected
by the Senate since June, 1939.
when it turned down the nomin
ation of William S. Boyle to be
U. S. attorney for Nevada.
A coalition of 33 Republicans
and 19 Conservative Democrats
defeated Williams. Oregon sen
ators split. Sen. Morse voting
for, and Sen. Condon against.
The rejection was no surprise.
It had been foreshadowed two
weeks ago when the Senate Agri
culture Committee voted 12 to 8
against the nomination.
Charges Denounced
Williams' supporters in the
Senate futilely devoted mast of
the week to speeches urging his
confirmation. They denounced
charges that Williams leans to
ward a Communist philosophy
They cited his record as deputy
director of the Works Projects
Administrator and Director of
the National Youth Administra
tion as evidence of his ability.
Opponents of Williams, confi
dent of their strength, talked but
little.
In the closing hours of debate
Sen. Olin D. Johnston, D S. C.
made support of Williams the
subject of his maiden speech.
"Williams is being tried in the
Senate on Communistic and re
ligious charges, but his oppon
ents do not have the evidence to
prove their case,"- Johnston pro
tested.
Lean Citad
The religious question had
been injected by Sen. Theodore
G. Bilbo, D., Miss., who told the
Senate that Williams obtained a
loan from the Presbyterian
church to study for the ministry
Williams did not becomes
preacher, however, and Bilbo
called it taking money under
false pretenses.
Other last-minute speakers
for Williams included Sen.
George D. Aiken, R., Vt., Chair
man Elmer Thomas, D., Okla
of the Agriculture Committee
and Senate Democratic Leader
Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky.
CANADA ENJOYS
LIFE OF PLENTY
Ottawa, March 23 (U.R)
War-time . Canada is enjoying a
life of comparative plenty, Cana
dian officials said today, and
they congratulated themselves
on their management.
They said there were enough
steaks and cigarettes to go
around, and whenever there was
a run on supplies, extra amounts
were released "to restore public
confidence.
Only butter and gasoline still
are under rationing control, and
only a few articles of clothing
one of which is women's
stockings are in the shortage
group.
Officials said it should always
be remembered that at no time
has Canada accepted lend-lease
either directly or indirectly
from the United States.
TAC0MA MAN HELD FOR
TRANSPORTING LIQUOR
George Alavekiv, 29, of Ta
coma was arrested by state po
lice near Roseburg this morning
for transporting 28 cases . of
liquor in his coupe without
permit, according to Medford
state police headquarters.
Alavekiv, who was accompa
nied by his wife, was said to
be transporting the liquor from
California to Washington.
WCTU WILL ENLIST HELP
OF MASCULINE WORKERS
Evanston, III., March 23
(U.R) The Women's Christian
Temperance Union u going mas
culine. In a new program an
nounced today. Miss Lily Grace
Matheson, secretary, said the
union plans to enroll 400,000 men
as members in the next five
years. Prior to this, men have
been admitted only as honorary
or uiocute members.
FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1945
An Important Messag
to Mail Tribune ReacT?
and Advertisers
Due te the fact that The Mail Tribune's first-quarter
quota of newsprint has been almost exhausted, the size
of this newspaper must be restricted to four pages each
day, beginning Sunday. March 29. and continuing
throughout the week.
As the primary mission of every newspaper is te
print the news, the major portion of the four pages
daily will be devoted to local, state, national and world
news, together with favorite Tribune features. Every
effort will be made to serve classified advertisers to a
limited degree, as interruption in this service at this
time would prove a hardship on many citiiem of this
community.
It will be necessary, of course, to withhold all dis
play advertising until Sunday, April 1st, when a new
, quarterly quota becomes effective. Advertisers here at
home and manufacturers and distributors throughout
the country, who use the columns of this newsoaper to
stimulate sales, will then be served "as usual."
Advertisers of this community and elsewhere have
accepted this necessary "advertising holiday" with
understanding and a fine spirit of cooperation. For this
we are most cirateful. We hope that they will not be
thus inconvenienced again. . We hope that the critical
ahortaoe of newsorint will be relieved soon end that the
"freese" on Moll Tribune subscriptions csn be lifted.
We hope, too. that early victory will put an and to
shortages of newsprint and other commodities. The
peoole of this community will then have a larger and
better Mall Tribune than ever beferel
3 JAP DIVISIONS
OFFENSIVE
Chungking, March 23. (U.R)
Three Japanese divisions have
opened a new offensive from
bases on the Pelplng-Hankow
railroad against the air base
town of Lohokow, 230 miles
northwest of Hankow, a Chinese
army spokesman said today.
The attack was reported to
have originated Wednesday from
a series of Jap-held -cities in
southern Honan province and
northern Hupel province.
Military observers here be
lieved the new offensive was an
attempt to consolidate Japanese
hold on the Asiatic continent in
view of the precarious position
of the homeland.
A Chinese army spokesman
said the new offensive, follow
ing closely the break-through to
the Canton-Hankow railway and
occupation of air bases in Kiang-
si province in southern China by
the Japs in January, was launch
ed with three motives.
First, to reduce the air base
there fighters and bombers
from Lohokow have been har
rassing Jap railroad communica
tions in north China and, sec
ondly, to remove Chinese armies
there which constitute a threat
to the Peiping-Hankow railway
Third motive foreseen was to re
duce Lohokow as a traffic cen
ter through which materials
from occupied China flow to free
China.
CHECK FORGER HELD
UNDER BAIL OF $1000
James Alton Weathers, Rt. 4,
Medford, was arrested by city
police yesterday charged with
forgery of two $15 checks on
Fred Powers, Rt. 4. Weathers is
being held under $1000 bail after
a preliminary hearing in jus
tice court yesterday.
SeMILLE TO APPEAL
Hollywood, March 23 (U,R)
Cecil B. DeMille today prepared
an appeal to a superior court
ruling which permitted the
American Federation of Radio
Artists to suspend him for re
fusing to pay a $1 fee. He filed
a notice yesterday that he will
ask the supreme state court to
make AFRA reinstate him.
20 Per Cent Of Tokyo's Industry
Knocked Out By Superfort Raids
Washington, March 23 (U.R)
The Superfortress fire raid on
Tokyo March 9 knocked 'out 20
per cent of the enemy capital's
industry for three months, an
air force officer said today.
Brig. Gen. Lauris Norstad,
chief of staff of the 20th Air
Force, added that more than five
per cent of Tokyo's Industrial
capacity was knocked out for a
year in the same raid.
Norstad said estimates based
on photographs showed 1,200.
000 Tokyo factory workers were
rendered homeless and between
200,000 and 250,000 home and
Industrial buildings were de
stroyed. Tokyo industry represent
about 20 per cent of Japan's to-
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40 Years Old
Today the Medford Mall
Tribune starts its 40th year
of publication.
A combination of earlier
publications, date of the first
issue goes back to the Med
ford Mail, first published
March 23, 1906, by A. S. Blit
on.. The Medford Daily Trib
une was started somewhat
later and in November of
1909 the Medford Printing
company, incorporated with
J. F. Reddy as president and
George Putnam as publisher,
purchased the Medford Mail
from Bliton and began publi
cation of the Medford Mail
Tribune.
The present editor, R, W.
'Ruhl,' first came to Medford
In 1910 as part owner of the
Medford Sun and later the
Mail-Tribune and Sun were
consolidated with Ruhl, Put
nam and S. S. Smith the main
stockholders.
Putnam sold his interest in
the printing company in 1919
to enter the publishing field
In Salem and Smith sold his
interest to the Southern Ore
gon Publishing company in
1931.
SURPLUS SALES
Washington, March 23 (U.R)
The senate war investigating
committee today sharply criti
cized the Defense Plant Corp,
and certain unnamed "persons
in government office" in connec
tion with surplus property sales
by two New York concerns.
But it had only praise for
New York's Mayor F. H. La
Guardla for his "invaluable aid"
in its inquiry into Jacob Gold
berg's Surplus Liquidators, Inc.,
and into the Worldwide Mercan
tile Corp., with which the "no
torious racketeer Irving (Waxey
Gordon) Wexler was connected
The committee held exturded
hearings earlier this year on the
auction sales of surplus proper
ty by Goldberg's concern. Dun
ing the hearings the white
haired auctioneer admitted pen
mlttlng the use of secret signals
at auction sales to help certain
customers. He could not ex
plain a $5,000 discrepancy in
his accounts.
Norstad has just returned
from headquarters of the 21st
Bomber Command in Guam
where Superfortress raids on
Japan are planned. He said an
alysis of the two recent incen
diary raids on Nagoya and simi
lar attacks on Osaka and Kobe
is not available in the same de
tail as - Tokyo.
Norstad said that while the
volume of B-29 operations is
steadily mruntlng, the rate of
losses is steadily decreasing.
Total losses of B-29's in all
20th Air Force operations, in
cluding those based In the Ma
rianas. China, and India num
bcr 170 planes. Erien; action ac
counted for 84 and operational
losses tor bo.
NO. 1.
NEW INLAND SEA
T BY B-29'S
Japs Report Five Fortresses
'in Recon Visit; Nips Suf
fer More Pacific Setbacks
' By United Press
Five American Superfortress
es ranged over Japan's inland
sea today apparently photograph
ing the destruction inflicted by
carrier planes of the Fifth fleet
last week and mapping new tar
gets, Tokyo reported.
The report, which said that no
bombs were dropped, came as
Japanese imperial headquarters
admitted the loss of 150 planes
in attacics on the (inn fleet.
New Setbacks -
Meanwhile, enemy forces suf
fered new setbacks throughout
the Pacific.
A survey showed that in the
first 22 days of this month
planes and warships of Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz and Gen
Douglas MacArthur destroyed oi
damaged at least 789 Japanese
planes, 264 merchant vessels and
47 warships.
In admitting their plane losses
to the fifth fleet, the Japanese
said they broke off attacks with
the American naval force Wed
nesday night. An earlier Tokyo
report had placed the fleet off
the Okinawa islands. 300 miles
southwest of Japan, Wednesday
night.
Close In On Bagulo
In the Philippines, American
troops and Filipino guerillas
closed In from two sides on the
northern Luzon city of Bagulo,
Japanese headquarters for the
islands. One force reached with
in' 10 miles north of the city,
while another moved to less than
six miles from the south.
Other American troops seized
control of Gulmaras island, off
soutnern ranay, to secure the
southern approaches to the im
portant Iloilo anchorage. It was
tne Z7th island in the Philip
pines invaded by American
forces. . .
SURVEY OF MEAT
SHORTAGE SLATED
Washington, March 23 (U.R)
-The newly created Senate
Food Investigating Committee
made plans today for an imme
diate survey of the meat short
age.
Chairman Elmer Thomas. D..
Okla., announced that his five
man committee will begin pub-
lie hearings Monday. First wit
nesses will be representatives
of small meat . packers and
slaughterers who only yesterday
told the Senate Banking Com
mittee that OPA price policies
confront them with one choice
"go broke or go black."
Thomas said the committee is
beginning with the meat short
age "because the meat men are
here." But another member. Sen.
Harlan J. Bushfield, R S. D.,
told reporters it was "because
the heat is on."
Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O.,
meanwhile, proposed that meat
sold to the government be freed
from regular ceiling prices to
encourage , production by hard
pressed packers.
ROLLER COASTER
EAN IS PUNISHED
Compton, Calif., March 23
(U.R) Mrs. Ruby Bishop, who
can't stay away from the roller
coasters, today was on 180 days
probatljn on conviction of child
neglect.
Judge H. Leonard Kaufman
ordered Mrs. Bishop to return to
her former farm home near Al
buquerque, N. M., and stay away
from roller coasters.
"I'm just a farm girl at heart.
but I couldn't stay away from
the roller-coasters," Mrs. Bishop
explained when confronted with
a probation report that her house
had no hot water since Christ
mas, that it had not been cleaned
In several months, and , there
was no food for her four chil
dren, Lucille, 10, Ruby, 11, Ken
neth, 4 and Betty, 2.
Ashland, March 23 Pau
Finnell, manager of the local J
C. Penney company store, wa
elected member of the local
school board Thursday night to
replace R. I. Flaherty, who re
cently resigned.
Allies Line Up For
Last Heave Together
To End Europe War
By United Press
British skirmishers crossed the Rhine in the Arnhem area today
amid signs that allied armies lined up on its western bank were)
on the verge of starting their all-out offensive to end the war.
The German high command said American troops in the Lud
wigshafen area in the south had attempted a crossing there, but -had
been repulsed.
Thousands of allied war planes shuttled across the river
throughout the day, smashing railway and other targets In the
path of the invaders. The strategic and tactical air forces struck
blows not even exceeded in D-day in Normandy. '
GERMANS CLAIM CROSSINGS MADE
The Paris radio reported hearing a German broadcast to the
effect that the British 2nd, Canadian 1st, and American 9th armies
under Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery had made the first
crossings on a 65-mile front between Arnhem and Duesseldorf.
The report was not confirmed by any other source.
On the eastern front, three 'Russian armies were reported on
the move toward Austria in Silesia, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.
The soviet newspaper Izvestia said the 1st Ukranian army had
gained control of the Sudeten roads leading to Moravska-Ostrava,
controlling point of German communications In Bohemia. The 2nd
White Russian army in the north tightened its 25-mlle siege aro
around the Baltic ports of Gdynia and Danzig.
The German radio reported that the Russians had driven six
miles westward from the Oder river fortress of Kuestrin to the
village of Golzow, 32 miles east of Berlin.
MASSIVE AIR ASSAULT PAVES WAY
The massive air assault on Germany in preparation for the big
Rhine offensive was carried on today by swarms of American and
British planes. RAF Lancasters dropped 11-ton Volcano bombs on
a railway bridge at Bremen, mam communications nnK Detween
northwestern Germany and the front. Hundreds of square miles
of the Ruhr and northwestern Germany were in smoking ruins
after the obliteration attacks of Wednesday and Thursday.
The only official announcement overnight of land activities at
the northern end of the front said large-scale skirmishing began
yesterday in the Nijmegen area of Holland.
Now the Ruhr
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V. S. First Army troops open battle
for Ruhr on broad front east ol
Rhine as the American Third and
Seventh Annies to the south closed
with a rush against last 30-odd mllei
of Rhine's west Bank held by NaU
between Ludwlgshafen and tbi
, Karlsruhe corner.
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The public Is Invited to the
opening Saturday of the new
Purucker Piano House located
at 111 North Central avenue.
After a two-year vacation Mr
and Mrs. H. O. Purucker are
back in the music business with
a fine new shop built to con
form to the modern plan of
marchandlzlng and with a win
dow style which allows almost
the complete store to be seen
from the outside.
The Interior, decorated in
cream and aqua, is divided into
two distinct sections, one tea
turing pianos, organs, solovoxes.
radios, and radio combinations
The other, named "Melody Lane'
has been prepared for a sell
service for records, sheet music
and band Instruments and is
equipped with two sound proof
listening booths. The counters
are covered with carpet to aid
in handling merchandise.
Saturday at 7 p. m., a pro
gram featuring local artists will
be presented from the stage In
the piano department.
MORE L. A. HOUSING
Washington, March 23 (U.R)
Rep. Gordon L. McDonough,
R., Calif., said today the Nation
al Housing Agency has .uthor
ized private construction of 2,
000 family units in the Los An
geles harbor area. Priorities
will be made available to pri
vate builders under the new
program.
BUS DROPS 100 FEET
Richmond, Calif., March 23
(U.R) Twelve persons were un
der treatment at Richmond and
Mare Island navy yard hospi
tals today for injuries received
when a Greyhound left the road
and plunged over a 100-foot em
bankment last night.
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Yanks On Move
The American 1st army al
ready across the Rhine struck:
out from the northern and south
ern ends of its Remagen bridge
head. The Americans crossed
the Wied river on the south and
captured Neuwied and 20 other
towns. The American broad
casting station in Europe said
the northern wing broke across
the Sleg river and captured Sle
burg, at the southern edge of
the Ruhr.
The American 3rd and 7th
armies in- the Saar-Palatlnat
proceeded with the extermina
tion of the German survivors
pressed into a pocket of 80
square miles along the Rhine.
Barely 4,000 Germans were re
ported still fighting the Ameri
cans, and total enemy casualties
were well over the 100,000
mark.. . -. . - .- -
The big Rhine city of Main!
was captured after more than
48 hours of savage resistance by
Nazi SS troopers and city police
and firemen. Ludwlgshafen was
being cleared rapidly of a few
hundred die-hard troops.
Nasls Change Chiefs
As the world waited expect
antly for news of the big offen
sive in the north, it as dis
closed that Field , irshal Karl
voq Rundstedt had been re
placed as German commander-in-chief
on the western front by
Field Marshal Albert Kessel
ring, who had been in command
In Italy. There was speculation
that Von Rundstedt might have
been killed or wounded in a re
cent allied air raid on the sup
posed German headquarters for
the western front.
The quality of the resistance)
which the Germans put uj east
of the Rhine will largely deter
mine how long it will take Gen.
D w i g h t D. Eisenhower to
achieve final victory ov-r the
wehrmacht.
Another factor Is likely to be
the number of Rhine crossings
the allies make. The nine armies
at his disposal, Eisenhower has
a wide range of chrtce along
the entire length of the river'
from its estuary in Holland to
the Swiss border..
Many Doors Open
Elsenhower is in position to
strike in the Arnhem-Wesel area
to flank the Ruhr from the
north and reach the open West
phalian plain. A frontal assault
on the battered Industrial dis
trict also Is possible somewhere
between Wesel and Duesseldorf.
Far to the south, it is reason
able to suppose that the Ameri
can 3rd and 7th armies and the
French 1st are capable of smash
ing through the weakened east
bank defenses at selected points
anywhere to above Strasbourg.
The Germans do not have the
manpower to cope with sep
arate major attacks on such a
long front. They have no re
serves to rush to danger points,
even if the aerial disruption of
their transportation system
made such movements possible.
PRODUCERS SAY FILM
WORK NEARLY NORMAL!
Hollywood, March 23 (U.P)
Major movie producers said
film production was virtually
back to normal today despite an
11-day walkout of studio crafts
men, while strike headquarters
reported more workers than
ever participating.
Eight thousand screen actors
Guild members last night com
pleted voting on whether to join
the walkout, with results to be
announced next week Ten plas
terers quit work at Columbia
studio in sympathy with the
striken.