mm raw
The second heavy snowfall In
less than a week, and one of the
heaviest in recent years, buried
the Rogue valley under snow
varying from four Inches to sev
eral feet at higher elevations to
day, and the weather forecast
was for more of the same.
Many county roads were im
passable, schools were closed
and transportation seriously cur
tailed by the wet, sticky snow
which began falling at 3:10 a. m.
Lotas Track
County road crews remained
on the job over the week-end in
an effort to keep mail and school
bus routes open, but Paul Ryn
ning, county engineer, said this
morning that it was snowing so
hard graders and bulldozers were
unable to keep up the pace. He
said so many county roads are
closed he has lost track of them.
The heavy fall is so wet that its
weight resists grader blades and
ven bulldozers are having diffi
culty clearing narrow tracks for
Postmen Begin Delivery of
Insurance Dividends Today
Washington, Jan. 16 (U.R)
The postmen began ringing at
the homes of ex-GI's today with
the pay-off in the veterans'
$2,800,000,000 life insurance div
idend. Some 500,000 checks were in
the mailbags. The checks ranged
from as low as 60 cents to $528,
the maximum amount a veteran
will get.
The checks are the result of a
recalculation which showed hat
national service life insurance
premiums were too high.
Million A Week
How much a veteran gets de
pends on his age, the length of
time his policy was in force, and
the amount of his policy.
In all, about 14,500,000 checks
will be written. After the deliv
ery of this first batch of 500.000
checks, there'll be about 1.000,
000 checks delivery very week
until all are distributed.
Gen. H. H. Arnold
Honor Guard Keeps
Watch Over Body
Cf General Arnold
Sonoma, Cal., Jan. 16 (U.R)
An air force honor guard stood
watch today over the body of
Cen. Henry Harley (Hap) Arn
old, America's number one war
time airman, who died of a
heart attack at him ranch home
yesterday.
Ill for the last several years,
Arnold died quietly and without
pain at 7:25 a.m. (PST) His wife,
E'eanor, was by his bedside.
Fifth Attack
It was the fifth heart attack
Arnold had suffered since his
first one in 1944. A friend, Dr
Russell V. Lee of Palo Alto, said
Arnold should have retired then
"But things were hot and he
decided to take his chances with
the rest of the soldiers and went
back to duty."
Dr. Robert L. Mollenhauer of
Sonoma officially listed the
cause of death as coronary occlu
sion, a clotting of arteries giv
ing blood to the heart.
The air force in Washington
announced that its former com
mander would be buried in
Arlington national cemetery, last
resting place for many national
heroes. The date has been tenta
tively set for 3 p.m. (EST) Thurs
day. No Flowers Asked
Mrs. Arnold asked that no
flowers be sent. In a statement
released by the air force, she
suggested "that anyone wishing
to memorialize Gen. Arnold
should contribute to the air
force aid society in order to es
tablish a scholarship fund."
Arnold left four children. The
first to arrive yesterday was Lt.
David L. Arnold, who is station
ed at March Field, Cal. Others on
their wav were Col. Henry H.
Arnold Jr.. who is stationed at
Leavenworth, Kan., and Capt.
William B Arnold, from a base
at Banana1 River, Fla. A daugh
ter, Lois, is married to Cmdr.
Ernest Snowden, a navy flier sta
tioned at Corpus Christi, Tex.
News of Arnold's death
brought tribute from top U. S.
military leaders, many of whom
regarded him as a warm per
sonal friend.
La Grande, Ore., Jan. 16 (U.R)
Li Grande's new armory will be
d dicated February 4. the com
mittee in charge announced today.
essential traffic.
Highway 99 was closed this
morning naar Yreka, Cal,
United Prats and slata police
reported. Siskiyou mountain
pass was negotiable with diffi
culty. Highway 66 OTer the Green
springs. Highway 99 over Sex
ton mountain and the Red
wood highway were open.
Chains were required on all
routes leading from the valley.
Tiller-Trail . road was closed
from four miles north of Trail
to the Jackton-Douglat coun
ty line.
Chains were necessary on
roads at Keno and Klamath
Falls. Conditions at Grants
Pass were similar to Medford.
Willamette pass had packed
but sanded snow. Santiam past
was blocked east of Idanha by
fallen trees and slides at Hogg
rock.
The 500,000 mailed today were
written last week and shipped
to local post offices to be held
until they went into mailmen's
sacks this morning.
The pay-off is expected to spur
business sales. A lot will be spent
for home furnishings, appliances
and television sets.
Some To Pay Debts :
Some of it will go to pay off
medical bills and other debts.
Some veterans already have
"spent" their money by pre
Christmas purchases and agree
ments to pay up when they get
their dividends.
Some of the money will go
Into savings. That's the advice
from the treasury which wrote
the checks. On the back of each
is stamped: "invest wisely. Buy
U. S. savings bonds."
The veterans administration
also warned the veterans to be
careful of thieves and forgers.
"Be careful," the VA said.
"Keep your mailbox locked, or
else pick up the checks at once
to prevent forgers from stealing
them."
Only to Policy Holder
The VA also warned that the
checks couldn't be sent to any
one but the policy holder.
Many veterans, the VA said,
had requested that their checks
be mailed directly to a store
which had extended credit pend
ing arrival of the checks. How
ever, the VA said, this is impos
sible. For store owners and others
who will cash the checks, the VA
also cautioned: check identifica
tions carefully.
Funeral Services
For Emil Britt
To Be Wednesday
Funeral services for Emil
Britt, 87, who died Friday morn
ing in the Jacksonville home in
which he was born, will be con
ducted from the Perl Funeral
home at 2 p.m., Wednesday,
January 18, with the Rev. Jo
seph Swank, pastor of the Jack
sonville Presbyterian church, of
ficiating. Medford lodge No. 103 AF and
AM will be in charge of the Ma
sonic services at the chapel.
Burial will follow in the family
plot in the Jacksonville ceme
tery. Pall Bearers Named
Honorary pall bearers will in
clude H. H. Mayberry and Paul
Rynning, representing Hillah
temple of the Shrine; Fred Pur
din and Elbert Lenox, represent
ing the Scottish Rite, and E. A.
Langley and Roy Smith, repre
senting Warren lodge No. 10,
Jacksonville.
Active pall bearers will in
clude Ray (Jolemara, Ernest Mc
Intyre, Tom Dunnington, Otto
Heckert, Wesley Hartman and
R. C. Cummings, all from War
ren lodge, of which Mr. Britt
was a member for more than 50
years.
The deceased is survived by
his sister. Mollie, with whom he
lived following the death of
their father, Peter Britt, noted
earlv day photographer, in 1905
Mr. Britt was one of the area's
best-known personalities, and
for many years was engaged in
volunteer .weather observing,
gardening and keeping up the
nhotographic museum, which
was a feature of the Jacksonville
mansion, a valley showplace for
many years.
Robert Fleming New
Farm Veterans' Head
Robert Fleming, rancher of
route one, Eagle Point, was
elected president for 1950 of the
Southern Oregon Veterans Ag
ricultural association at the as
sociation election recently held
at the Camp White warehouse.
Others elected were Don Ul
lom, Eagle Point, vice-president;
Cliff Bishop, Shady Cove, secre
tary, and Howard Bowman,
Medford, treasurer.
This group is organized from
veterans of World War II now
farming in this area. It operates
on a cooperative basis to assist
its members in becoming better
farmers. At present in addition
to the parent organization, a
feed warehouse is maintained
for its members, and a hammer
mill fi owned by the group.
Some buying and selling is han
dled on a pooled basis.
Meetings are held at Camp
Whit? on the first Thursday of
each month. The February meet
ing will be devoted to the inter
ests of the various enternrise
g r o u d s reDresented. officers
said.
show covers mm nore nmm
Crater Lake National park is
almost completely snowbound.
Frank T. Been, assistant park
superintendent, arrived in Med
ford this morning by way of
Klamath Falls after a two-day
trip from government camp. He
reported there is 12 Vi feet of
new snow at the park, that has
fallen in one week, and said he
has never seen anything like it
in his experience.
124 Inches
Skiing Is "absolutely impos
sible" in the park area and Been
said all traffic is being discour
aged. The total depth there at
the time Been .left Sunday was
124 inches of settled soft snow.
The west road from Medford
and Prospect is closed and the
road to Fort Klamath from the
park is being kept open inter
mittently by overworked state
and park service crews.
The county school superintend
ent's office reported at least five
schools definitely closed with
Medford
44th Year 8 Pages.
Train Passengers Stranded m Cascades
Four Trains Halted
At Crescent Lake;
Food Plentiful
Snowplow Wrecked
In Mountain Tunnel
Portland, Ore., Jan. 16 '(U.R)
Drifting snow stranded more
than 1,000 train passengers in
the Cascade mountains today as
a new cold wave, interspersed
with local blizzards, gripped
the' Pacific northwest and north
ern California.
Four passenger trains were
stalled at Crescent Lake, 75
miles east of Eugene, Ore., after
a snow plow clearing the tracks
was wrecked inside a mountain
tunnel. Among the marooned
passengers was Joseph Szigeti,
Los Angeles concert violinist.
Intense Blizzard
Snow fell throughout most of
Washington, British Columbia.
Idaho and northern California
today in the wake of one of the
century's most intense blizzards.
The temperature dropped to
minus 12 at Ellensburg, Wash.,
minus 11 at Yakima, Wash., mi
nus seven at Stampede Pass and
minus three at Spokane during
the night.
Cold - packed snow severed
roads and train lines, snarled
bus schedules and kept all but
the most adventurous motorists
off dangerous highways.
All Northbound
The stranded passengers at
Crescent Lake were aboard two
Cascades limitcds, a Shasta day
light and a Klamath train all
northbound from California 'to
Portland and Seattle. The trains
were brought to a halt early
Sunday.
The passengers gene rally
were suffering no discomfort.
There was plenty of food, and
breakfast was served without
charge this morning. The main
discomfort was to passengers
without sleeping accommoda
tions. They napped in chair cars
and tourist seats.
U. S.-Red Split Seen
United Nations Threat
Washington, Jan. 16 (U.R)
U. S. diplomats said today that
the growing split between the
United States and the Chinese
communists poses a potential
threat to the future of the Unit
ed Nations.
They believed this country will
not tolerate Red China's admis
sion into the United Nations at
any time soon because of its seiz
ure of U. S.consular properties.
A strong American stand, they
said, might provoke Russia to
walk out of the world organiza
tion "for keeps." Russia has suf
fered UN setbacks before but
reportedly is far more concerned
by failure to win Red China's ad
mittance because of the enor
mous effects on its prestige in
Asia.
For the first time since before
World War II, foreign policy
the administration's write-off of
China and Formosa, in particu
lar was emerging as a hot cam
paign issue, with shots being
fired from both sides.
13 Steamships Join
Communist Forces
Hong Kong, Jan. 1 6 (U.R)
Thirteen small steamships owned
by the China Merchants Steam
Navigation company have gone
over to the communists and the
entire fleet of 300,000 tons may
follow soon, company officials
said today.
The 13 vessels hauled down
the nationalist flag and raised
the red flag to signify their new
allegiance. The entire fleet num
bers about 80 ships, mostly en
gaged in the coastal trade.
It was believed the ships
would steer for communist-held
ports, where they would be a
valuable addition to the fleet
now being assembled for inva
sion of Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek's island fortress of
Formosa. ,
other closures probable as the
continuing storm makes bus
routes impassable. Principals of
Jacksonville, Applegate, Sams
Valley, Talent and Rogue River
schools have reported they were
unable to open this morning.
Rogue River and Jacksonville
schools were keeping gymnasi
ums open for supervised recre
ation for students living in the
vicinity of the schools.
Buses Held Up
Road conditions prevented a
number of school buses from
bringing students to Ashland
schools. Considering traveling
conditions, absenteeism at
schools throughout the valley
which remained open was not
high. Medford high school re
ported that about the usual num
ber of students were absent, but
reported many of them were late
this morning because buses were
running behind schedule.
A total of four feet of snow
was on the ground at Butte Falls,
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GLIDER CRASH KILLS 12 Wreckage of Army glider Is trucked away
Ft. Bennlng. Ga. The glider crashed on a routine training flight, killing
following day as paratroopers. Cause of the crash Is not known.
White House Control Asked For
Synthetic Rubber Production
Washington, Jan. 16 (U.R)
President Truman asked con
gress today to give the White
House control over production
and consumption of synthetic
rubber for 10 more years.
Proposed in Message
He also asked authority to sell
the government's 28 synthetic
Coin Collectors
For Dimes Drive
Placed In County
Widespread distribution of
1950 March of Dimes coin col
lectors is now underway with
distribution completed in most of
the county, it was announced
today by Dick House, Jackson
county campaign director. Local
retailers, hotel owners, banks
and clubs are cooperating solidly
to help put the polio drive over
the top, House said. The drive
for funds to aid in the fight
against infantile paralysis opened
today and extends through Jan
uary. "This year," House said, "the
coin collector, with its attractive
color display, simulates a minia
ture respirator and money
placed in it will help to empty a
genuine respirator."
Display Urged.
House urged all county retail
ers to display the coin collectors
as prominently as possible as
soon as deliveries are made. To
obtain collectors, merchants are
asked to contact the March of
Dimes campaign headquarters in
the Jackson hotel.
"The splendid support of this
phase of the March of Dimes on
the part of local businessmen,"
House said, "is a most important
factor in ensuring the success of
the March of Dimes. I know we
can count on all to help to the
greatest extent in our year of
greatest need."
Forest Supervisor
Takes Over Duties
Laurence G. Jolloy, new su
pervisor of the Rogue River Na
tional forest, took over his new
duties here this morning at for
est headquarters in the Federal
building. He was formerly su
pervisor of Mount Hood Nation
al forest and succeeds Karl L.
Janouch, who has retired to en
ter private business.
Jolley is a native of Washing
ton and was graduated from the
University of Washington school
of forestry in 1933. He will move
his family here as soon as he
finds a home.
forcing closure of the Medford
corporation's logging activities,
and felling and hauling of trees
throughout the area was general
ly at a standstill.
Six feet of snow was reported
at the Union Creek ranger
station.
Utilities Operating
Neither the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company nor
California Oregon Power com
pany reported any unusual dif
ficulty in their services and
operation today. Copeo said that
no new cases of serious trouble
have been reported since last
week's series of power outages
caused by rain, snow and high
winds. There may be a few local
and temporary power shutdowns,
company officials said, but they
anticipate no serious difficulty.
The telephone company said
their trouble comes when wet
snow freezes as it falls, and to
day's fall is dry enough so that
it is not sticking to wires badly.
MONDAY, JANUARY
rubber plants to responsible prl-
vate owners "under conditions
which will protect the national
interest and promote effective
competition." '
His proposals were contained
in a special message outlining a
long-range legislative program,
to replace the present rubber
control act which expires next
June 30.
Mr. Truman also submitted a
104-page study of rubber produc
tion and consumption by a spe
cial committee headed by Presi
dential Assistant John R. Steel
man, acting chairman of the na
tional security resources board.
The study included a score of
recommendations which the
president endorsed.
Residents Reminded
Of Birds' Food Need
The heavy snowfall in the
Rogue valley today will prevent
birds from obtaining their natur
al foods, the Southern Oregon
Humane society reminded resi
dents today. The group suggested
that householders provide food
for the birds, located in spots
where they would be safe from
their natural enemies.
Unfrozen water is also a ne
cessity for the birds, it was
pointed out, and it was suggested
that dripping pans be placed un
der shrubs to keep them from
getting filled with snow.
Robins would particularly ap
preciate sunflower seeds, accord
ing to Mrs. Sidney J. Richardson,
president of the society, while
other birds are fond of small
seeds and grains, as well as suet.
For "dessert" fruit was sug
gested, and Mrs. Richardson said
birds prefer pears to apples.
Fishermen Rescued
From Giant Ice Floe
Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 16 (U.R)
A hastily-assembled rescue ar
mada of small boats rescued
2.000 fishermen stranded on
giant ice floe which broke loose
on Lake Innebago in high winds
and near-zero temperatures.
The fishermen were forced to
leave 600 automobiles on the floe
when they fled to safety last
night.
Fifty sheriffs deputies and
volunteers patrolled the west
short of the lake and kept flares
burning nightlong to guide any
persons still stranded to points
on the ice sheet from which they
could be rescued.
Magog, Que., Jan. 16 (U.R)
Olive McKelvoy, 22, was to
leave La Providence hospital to
day, cured after hiccuping an
estimated 400,000 times in 14
days.
There is no interruption of long
distance service, it was said.
Transportation Slowed
A survey of transportation
facilities showed that they were
generally moving, but often on
a "when, as and if" basis. Unit
ed Air lines' operations were
about 70 per cent of normal,
with planes running late out of
Portland. Southwest's operations
were at a "standstill," while
West Coast said they were oper
ating, although most schedules
were late.
Both Greyhound and Trail
ways bus lines said that their
schedules to and from the south
have been halted by a highway
closure in California. Trailways
is handling northbound sched
ules on a regular basis, while
Greyhound is operating north
bound schedules which originate
here.
Trains Moving
Robert Holmes, freight and
passenger agent for Southern
Tribw'
16, 1950
250.
(Acme Tclephoto)
after crash at Lawson Field near
12 men who were to graduate tha
Official U. B. Army photo.
For the present, Mr. Truman
said, the use of government-produced
synthetic rubber should
comprise 25 per cent of the na
tion's total rubber consumption,
or 200,000 long tons annually,
whichever is higher. This per
centage is slightly lower than
current requirements which
vary as to use.
Government production of
rubber in 1949 was about 341,
000 long tons.
Mr. Truman warned, however,
that "the needed level of pro
duction and consumption may
change over the next few years
with changes in world condi
tions." "Therefore, the president
should be given the authority
to establish from time to time
the minimum level of produc
tion and consumption necessary
to the national security," he
said.
Should Be Kept Low
Steelman's report said the re
quired use of synthetic rubber
should be kept as low as possi
ble both as a benefit to the
consumer and as a means of al
lowing peak purchases of natur
al rubber from foreign areas.
The government still owns all
plants producing the two major
types of synthetic rubber.
Beating Of Actress
Denied By Parent
Hollywood, Jan. 16 U.R
Child Actress Lora Michel's fos
ter mother today denied that she
beat the nine-year-old girl for
"eating too much."
"Lies, all lies," Mrs. Lorraine
Michel; 55, said. "I know she's
crying her little heart out for
me. She knows these things arc
not true."
Deputy Sheriff Bess Dailey
said the $100-a-week actress,
wHo played Humphrey Bogart's
daughter In "Tokyo Joe," ac
cused Mrs. Michel of hitting her
with a hair brush because she
threatened to grow too large for
child roles.
Mrs. Michel was freed on $!,
000 bond and trial was set for
February 7.
Alaskan Mountain
Erupts Gas, Smoke
Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 16
(U.R) Mount Chichinagik, 60
miles east of Port Hciden on
Bristol bay, today was reported
erupting gas and smoke.
The U. S. weather bureau here
said volcanic activity was ob
served around the peak of the
mountain late yesterday. It was
not known whether lava spurt
ed from the peak since the moun
tain Is in a remote area.
The region contains several
extinct craters.
Pacific, said that on this line,
only minor delays were being
encountered between Ashland
and Portland. Some difficulty
has been encountered In getting
trains over the mountains to the
south, but they are going
through on delayed schedules,
he said. Traffic on the Klamath
Falls branch of the SP was halt
ed today by snow and a tunnel
obstruction near Oakridge, he
said.
A number of accidents attri
butable to the weather occurred
over the week-end, but only a
couple of fender-bumping mis
haps had been reported to police
by early this afternoon.
Harry Lewis, Jacksonville,
was taken to Community hospi
tal Saturday night by a Conger
Morris ambulance after slipping
on the ice and falling in Jackson
ville. Ho suffered a basal skull
fracture, but is said to be
improving.
Many scheduled meetings have
WEATHER
FORECAST: Snow thoweri to
night, becoming mixed rain
and mow Tueiday. Little
chunie In temperature.
Temp.
lllKhent Yesterday 31
Lowest thU Morning 23
Prec. to 4:30 A.M. Today 01
Postoff ice Aide
Caught In Theft
Wounds Inspectors
Janitor Keels Over
From Heart Attack
Robinson, 111., Jan. 16 (U.R)
A post office Janitor caught red
handed while ransacking the
mail, shot and seriously wounded
a postal inspector last night, se
verely beat another and then
keeled over dead from an appar
ent heart attack.
The janitor, Harry Taylor, 55,
described by postal authorities
as a "quiet sort of man," fired
five bullets into Inspector James
Thompson, 55, and beat Inspec
tor J. J. Shear, 34, on the head
with the pistol butt.
Thompson, a veteran of 20
years in the postal service, was
near death- in a hospital today
and doctors feared he would not
live. Shear was hospitalized with
head injuries.
From his bed, he told postal
authorities that he and Thomp
son caught the janitor robbing
the mails shortly before mid
night. Shear said he and Thompson
had been investigating thefts at
the postoffice for four or five
months. Last night, he said, they
"planted" a test letter and con
cealed themselves in the office
until they saw Taylor take lt.
The two inspectors, accompan
ied by Assistant Postmaster Ros
coe Keennn, confronted Taylor
and accused him of the thert.
Authorities said the i janitor at
first denied it, then asked per
mission to get a drink of water.
Inspectors Unarmed
Instead, they said, he reached
under the stamp counter and
seized a .45 caliber government
pistol. The two postal Inspectors
were unarmed.
Taylor apparently emptied the
gun at Thompson and Keenan
and began clubbing Shear with
the Butt. Authorities said that
Shear was beaten so severely
that the wooden butt plate of the
gun was smashed.
Economy Bloc Seeks
To Slash Budget
Washington, Jan. 16 (U.R)
The senate economy bloc served
notice today that it would try to
chop at least $2,500,000,000 from
President Truman's budget for
fiscal 1950.
Chairman Walter F. George of
the senate finance committee, a
leader of the economy advocates,
said he was sure the reduction
could be made without hurting
necessary government services
or welshing on our international
commitments."
Mr. Truman proposed a spend
ing figure of $42,400,000,000 for
the next fiscal year. George said
the spending figure "could be cut
$2,500,000,000 to $3,000,000,000
as a minimum." It might be cut
"even much more," he said.
GOP Sens. Robert A. Taft, (O.)
and Leverett Saltonstall, (Mass.)
Joined George in the economy
bloc- . I
Colombo, Ceylon, Jan. 16
(U.R) British Foreign Secretary
Ernest Bevin said today that a
Japanese peace settlement must
await a definition of United
States policy.
Klamath County Seeks to
Recover Jail For Indians
Klamath Falls, Ore., Jan. 16
(U.R) Klamath county has filed
suit to recover its Jail for Indi
ans, it was disclosed today.
The whole thing began in Sep
tember, 1948.
Mrs. Ethel Casey offered to
buy a certain numbered lot
owned by the county for $50.
The county sold It and charged
her a $1.50 fee to record the
deed
Officials declare they didn't
know the jail was on the lot.
been canceled by tha snowfall;
Depth Growing
Depth of the snow measured
four and a half inches In down
town Medford at noon, with
more on the city's hills, while
one Ashland report said snow
was piled to 14 inches there.
About three inches had fallen
in Grants Pass up to midmorn
ing. Snow continued to fall In
the early afternoon.
A depth of 11 Inches was the
greatest single snowfall on rec
ord at the weather bureau.
Continued snow showers to
night, with mixed rain and snow
tomorrow, and little change in
temperature was predicted.
Low temperatures were pre
venting much of the snow from
melting. Maximum yesterday
was a one-degree-below-freezing
31 degrees, while last night's
minimum was 23. Total precipi
tation to 11 a.m. today was .11
of an Inch.
Miners Turn Down
Lewis' Suggestion
Of Return To Work
Showdown Looming
In Contract Dispute
Pittsburgh, Jan. 16 (U.R)
More than 50,000 United Mine
Workers refused John L. Lewis'
suggestion that they go back to
work on a three-day week and
Joined in a strike for a show
down in the eight-month con
tract dispute.
The revolt centered in the big
fields of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia. Pickets toured the mine
districts closing the pits. The
Western Pennsylvana Operators
association said 90 to 95 per cent
of the district's mines had been
closed.
Backflra
Lewis' "suggestion that the
miners go back to work back
fired in western Pennsylvania.
Only 30,000 joined in last week'a
spontaneous walkout, but
more than 45,000 were idle to
day. The showdown movement cen
tered In the Uniontown, Pa.,
area, where the big mines of the
steel companies are located. Op
erators reported that none of the
"captive" mines were operating;
Pickets fanned out through
the fields and quickly closed
other mines. The pickets trav- ,
eled in groups of five to 10 and
had little trouble getting the
miners to go home. ;
Big Mines Closed
Another center of the rebel
lion was in northern West Vir
ginia. Pickets closed eight mines
in the Fairmont area, including
two Bethlehem Steel pits and
five mines of Pittsburgh Consol
idation Coal company, largest of
the commercial coal companies.
In Alabama, six steel company
mines, employing 5,200 were
closed.
In Kentucky, the 5,000 em
ployes of the U. S. Steel corpor
ation's mining subsidiary also re
fused to end their walkout.
Elsewhere throughout the coun
try operations apparently were
returning to normal. Only one
mine in Ohio remain closed and
it was expected to open later
today.
Railroad Issues
Feature Ouief Market
New York, Jan. 18 (U.R) A
last-hour spurt in railroad-issues
featured a much quieter, firm
session on the stock market to
day. Volume fell to less than half of
last Friday's large total, but it
was well above the million-share
mark.
Dow Jones closing stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 197.17, up
0.25; 20 railroads 54.41, up 0.63;
15 utilities 40.79, off 0.07, and
65 stocks 71.51, up 0.23.
Sales today amounted to
1,460,000 shares against 3,330,
000 last Friday.
CAB Hearing Delayed,
Chamber Here Told
The civil aeronautics board
hearing on renewal of the oper
ating franchise of West Coast
airlines has been set back one
week from February 13 to Feb
ruary 20, the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce was in
formed today.
Both the chamber and the
Jackson county court have been
granted leave to intervene in the
hearings as parties interested in
scheduled air service in this area.
The CAB will also consider sus
pension of certain United Air
lines stops in the northwest.
Washington, Jan. 16 4U.PJ
The American Automobile asso
ciation will conduct a 750-mile
contest next month to test per
formance and fuel consumption
of 1950 model cars.
The. county court, which Is su
ing in circuit court, said Mrs.
Casey knew what she was buy
ing. The jail is a one-story con
crete building.
Mrs. Casey submitted a bill to
the county a year later for a
year's back rent at $30 a month.
The county refused to pay,
looked in its books and said it
hadn't realized it sold the jail.
The circuit court suit asks that
the title be returned irom Mrs.
Casey.