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WEATHER
Medford
Tribune
FORECAST: Cloudy with nln
tonight nd Wcdnttday, lomi
snow mixed with rain tonight.
LlttU change In temperature.
Temp.
Hlgheit yesterday 35
Lowest this morning .w....,..3l,ft
Prec to 4:30 a.m. today 41
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MEDFORJ JON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1950 No. 251.'
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WET SLUSH KEEPS CARS OFF STREETS This picture, taken at 1:30 p.m. Monday, looking
east from the corner of Central avenue and Main street, shows Medford as it looked in the wake ol
the heaviest snowfall for several years.- Begrimed, churned-up slush covered the streets before city
scrapers removed much of it last night. This ordinarily busy corner was almost deserted, and only
a few cars were moving when the picture was taken during the last of the snow flurries before light
rains began. (Brainerd photo).
Rainfall on
.Sloppy'; Floods Not Imminent
Rain falling on top of a four-
to-fourtcen inch layer of snow
last night and this morning made
"sloppy" the only word to de
scribe conditions underfoot and
on highways in the Rogue val
ley today.
The weather bureau here,
which had predicted the rain
following yesterday's snow, said
this morning that while the flood
potential of rain and melting
snow is increasing, no danger of
flood condition is seen for at
least a 24-hour period.
Rain is falling generally
throughout southern Oregon,
from high in the Siskiyous to
the summit of Sexton mountain,
the bureau said. But the snow
pack above the 3,000 foot alti
tude mark is dry and fluffy, and
should absorb much moisture be
fore it begins to run off.
Nuisances Foreseen
The snow on the valley floor
will create local nuisances, the
bureau said, flooding gutters and
probably overtaxing the capa
city of storm sewers. But streams
and rivers should be able to
handle it all without difficulty,
the bureau added.
Yesterday's snowfall had i
marked effect on the entire val
ley, keeping closed many schools
and roads, and providing fun
for kids.
City Superintendent Vernon
Thorpe said he had been in-
Petition Opposing
Closure Ordinance
Going To Council
Opposition to the proposed
city ordinance which would
close car dealers' places of busi
ness on Sundays will be offered
at tonight's regular meeting of
the city council, according to W.
C. Gray, 781 Beatty street. Gray
said yesterday two separate peti
tions opposing the ordinance,
with a total of 109 signatures,
will be presented to the council.
"It's a matter of principle,
Gray said in telling of the peti
tions. "We don't believe that
laws should close up one type of
business and not others, he
added, and he said that no car
dealers were represented in the
petition signatures.
One petition says that a Sun
day closing ordinance is "direct
lv or indirectly a form of reli
gious legislation and is therefore
not in accord with the spirit of
our constitution. ... We request
that such closing be made purely
a matter of personal volition or
choice."
Closure was proposed by a
number of auto dealers and the
matter was referred back to the
special committee after discus
sion at the January 3 council
session.
. lond. Street Matters
'it Also on the council agenda to
night is a bond bid opening and
a street graveling hearing. Bids
on a storm sewer job were open
ed at the ciiy recorder's office
this afternoon and tabulated for
council consideration tonight.
The bond sales of S5.191.46
and $15,432.73 will provide
funds for payment of improve
ment projects on which money
is otherwise not immediately
forthcoming. Residents are pay
ing on the installment nlan.
The storm sewer will be on
East 10th street from Willam
ette avenue 900 feet west. Grad
ing and graveling is planned on
South Grape street from the end
of the pavement to Melrose ave
nue. Councilmen are expected to
consider garbage collection rates
and rules discussed at a public
meeting last week.
Veterans' Dividend
Checks No! Here Yet
World War II veterans in Med
ford who have been anxiously
watching their mail boxes since
Monday may have to wait a few
more days before their ships
come in in the form of GI in
surance dividend checks. Post
master Moore Hamilton said this
morning that no checks have ar
rived here so far, in spite of re
ports from Washington. D. C,
'that the first checks would be de
livered Monday. The postmaster
said weather-snarled transporta
tion systems in the west may
have something to do with the
delay.
Snow Makes Medford
formed that an estimated 300
youngsters enjoyed the block-ed-off
sliding area on Crown ave
nue yesterday evening. And
snowmen, plain and fancy, rose
on lawns in all parts of town.
Streets Scraped
Two city graders and a tractor
with a scraper attachment were
in service for five hours, and
six trucks and two loader trac
tors were used for three and a
half hours early this morning to
clear snow from the streets,
Thorpe said.
Fourteen men participated in
the woi'K. concentrating on the
business district and on streets
where drainage generally is most
trouble. ome.
Snow was plowed off the main
rtinwny at the muni:ip.il airp. rt
ycster.ay.
Ashland Schools Close
All schools in the Ashland
consolidated district were closed
today according to the Ashland
school superintendent's office.
Buses on the Soda Springs and
Siskiyou routes were not oper
ating, and many students in out
lying areas were unable to get
to school. A decision on whether
the schools will reopen tomor
row was due to be made this
afternoon and will be announced
by radio, the superintendent's
office said.
The only reports available at
the county school superinten
dent's office this morning indi
cated that Ruch, Applegate, and
Superintendent Says
No-School Report False
It was worth a try, anyway.
An unidentified youngster
last night telephoned radio
station KYJC. He said that he
was E. H. Hedrick, city super
intendent of schools, and
added that due to inclement
weather Medford city schools
would not open Tuesday morn
ing. The radio station staff, sus
pecting nothing, broadcast the
announcement. After Hedrick
was informed of the report, he
called the station and set them
right there WOULD be
school today. "
Three-Year Prison
Term Meted Robber
Edward Leroy Hausauer, 32,
pleaded guilty in county circuit
court yesterday to a charge of
larceny from a person and was
sentenced to three years in the
state penitentiary by Judge H.
K. Hanna. Hausauer was accused
of taking money from the per
son of a member of the veterans
domiciliary center on December
28. He is wanted - on other
charges in Seattle, according to
District Attorney George Neil
son. In the same circuit court ses
sion yesterday. Judge Hanna re
voked the parole of Dudley Solo
mon, Jacksonville, and sentenced
him to serve his previous one
year sentence in the state peni
tentiary on a charge of failure
to support his wife and children.
Robert J. Smith, former army
lieutenant, pleaded guilty on a
district attorney's information to
a bad check charge, but sentenc
ing was continued pending a pre
sentence report from the state
parole officer.
Jobless Pay Nearly
Doubles Over 1948
Compensable claims at the
Medford office of the state em
ployment service increased from
2,531 in December, 1948, to 4,810
in December, 1949, with pay
ments jumping from $26,977 tl
$76,087, according to the annual
summary released by the em
ployment commission today. Sim
ilar increases were noted all over
the state with the exception of
the Portland metropolitan area
and The Dalles.
Seasonal lay-offs in Oregon
during the final four months of
1949 increased unemployment
from 36,000 to 69.000 but the
changes were much less rapid
than a year ago when 72,000
were thrown out of work during
the September-February decline,
the commission said.
Still hopeful that the peak
would not reach last winter's top
of 93.000, officials were keeping
careful check on the week-by
week barometer of local office
claimants.
Sams Valley schools were still
closed today, and that the Tal
ent schools were able to re
open. School officials said many
bus routes had been cleared of
snow, but children living in rur
al areas are often unable to get
from their homes to the bus
stops. Many of them would have
to walk considerable distances
in deep snow.
Most Roads Open
Most county roads are now
open, through narrow passages,
and crews have begun widening
operations in the areas around
Butte Falls, Evans Creek, and
Sterling, County Engineer Paul
Rynning said this morning. Snow
plows and graders are finally
able to make some headway in
their battle to keep school bus
and mail routes open, he said.
Reports from Crater Lake
National park received at park
headquarters at 10 a.m. today
indicated temperatures at the
park have moderated sharply in
the past 24 hours. Temperature
this morning was 30 degrees
above zero.
Road conditions have also im
proved with the west entrance
now open from Medford and
Prospect, but park officials say
they are still discouraging all
but essential traffic. The road to
the rim of the lake has been
opened by park service crews.
There are six inches of new
wet snow on too of the total
pack but-headquarters here haa
not learned the total depth by
noon today. It was measured at
124 inches yesterday but would
have settled some since then.
Hardship Reports At
Caves Exaggerated
First reports from the Ore
gon Caves to the effect that
maintenance crews there were
snowbound and suffering hard
ships turned out to be badly ex
aggerated, it was reported to
day from the office of E. P. Lea
vitt, superintendent of both
Crater Lake park and the Ore
gon Caves National monument.
D. D. Crumley, chief clerk for
the park service here, said Lea
vitt has learned that the crews
at Oregon Caves have ample
food, fuel, and a stand-by elec
tric power plant. Their situation
is not nearly so serious as first
reported, he said.
Crumley said the two skiers
who brought word to Grants
Pass about the isolated caretak
ers at the caves were Portland
ers who apparently embellished
their tale for the sake of heroics.
They actually left the caves
against the orders and advice of
the caretakers, according to
Crumley.
State road crews are at work
at the Oregon Caves highway
and have succeeded in opening
it as far as Grayback creek at
the foot of the mountain, Resort
Manager J. A. Christensen told
Leavitt this morning. He said
several trees are down across
the road and telephone service
to the monument has been in
terrupted. American Bankers
Stamp Now On Safe
The American Bankers three
cent commemorative stamp is
now on sale at the Medford post-
office, Postmaster Moore Ham
ilton said today. The stamp com
memorates the 75th year of the
American Bankers' association,
Bi-Partisan Foreign Policy
'Gigantic Hoax' By Indiana
Washington. Jan. 17 U.R
Sen. William E. Jenner (R., Ind.)
said today that the China "deb
acle' is convincing proof that bi
partisan foreign policy should
be abandoned.
In a speech prepared for sen
ate delivery, he said the bi-par-tison
approach is a "gigantic
hoax." Evidence is mounting
daily to back up that statement,
he said.
Fraudulent Slogan
"For the past several days,"
he said, "this evidence has de
rived from the discussions on
this senate floor of the debacle
which our pro-communist state
department policy has brought
about in China."
Jenner, who has crusaded to
withdraw his party from foreign
policy cooperation, said bi-par U
Volunteers Fight Colorado Fire
Blaze Sweeps Over
Area In Vicinity
Of Plush Resort
Raging Brush, Timber
Flames Near Control
Colorado Springs, Colo.,
Jan. 17 (U.R) High winds
whipped a brush and timber
fire in the famed Broadmoor
hotel district to new fury to
day and spread the flames
into warehouses on an army
post in the vicinity.
The public information of
fice at Camp Carson, located
in the Broadmoor area, said
that four big warehouses and
a laundry were afire.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan.
17 (U.R) Five thousand fire
men, troops, and other volun
teers today begin bringing under
control a raging brush and tim
ber fire which swept over a 14-square-mile
area in the vicinity
of the plush Broadmoor hotel
resort district south of here.
The blaze, which started in
the vicinity of a restaurant at
midnight and spread with the
aid of high winds through dry
grass and pine timberlands, was
being kept away from buildings
in the vicinity by an army of
firefighters.
300 Threatened
The famed Broadmoor hotel
itself never was endangered, but
the $3,500,000 Cheyenne moun
tain zoo on its grounds, the ar
my's nearby Camp Carson and
mansions and summer cottages
were threatened.
Authorities said the blaze had
been halted at its eastern ter
minus near U. S. highway 85-87
and that the main fire now was
confined in Fisher's canyon to
the south. There are no houses
or other improvements- in the
tanyon. "
The fire whipped to within
150 yards of the animal pits on
the zoo's grounds before fire
fighters beat it out. An esti
mated 5.000 men were engaged
in battling the blaze by 9:30 a.
m. They included regular army
and navy personnel from Camp
Carson and a Seabee battalion,
national guardsmen, Colorado
Springs and El Paso county em
ployees, and men students of
Colorado college who were dis
missed from their classes.
Fire-fighting equipment was
sent from as far away as Pueblo
40 miles south. Officials in
charge of the volunteers said,
however, the fire threat had di
minished so much that they had
stopped calling for aid.
The high winds which reached
up to 70 miles an hour during
the early morning hours had
shifted, blowing the fire away
from the Broadmoor district. Un
less it changed back, there was
a good chance the blaze could
be brought under control shortly.
Veteran Groups Urge
World War II Bonus
Washington, Jan. 17 (U.R)
Two major veterans organiza
tions urged congress today to ap
prove a bonus for veterans of
World War II.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
renewed its long-standing bonus
appeal, and Amvets a World
War II organization endorsed
the bonus for the first time.
Amvets National Commander
Harold Russell told the house
veterans committee that "by ev
ery standard of equity the bonus
is justifiable."
Russell and Clyde A. Lewis,
commander in chief of the VFW,
endorsed pending bills to com
pute the bonus at the rale of $3
per day for service in this coun
try and $4 per day for service
overseas.
The maximum bonus would be
$4,500, with an extra $500 for
men who were wounded in ac
tion. sanship is a "fraudulent slo
gan." Its real purpose, he
claimed, is to strip from the sen
ate its "treaty-making power."
Senators who favor helping
Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist
government prepared to renew
their verbal attack on the admin
istration's far eastern policy.
One. who asked that his name be
withheld, said there might be a
"surprise" move today.
No Move Planned
Sen. William F. Knowland
(R., Cal.), leader of the pro-China
group, has called for the resig
nation of Secretary of Slate Dean
Acheson. But he told newsmen
he plans no legislative move to
put congress on record for such
action.
Acheson is scheduled to appear
- at a closed meeting of the senate
Burns Jail Escapees
Enjoy Brief Freedom
Burns, Ore., Jan. 17 (U.R) I of an automobile at a roadblock
Three Portland youths held as outside Vale. Ore.
burglary suspects sawed their The fugitives are Donald Bre
way out of the Burns city jail s)1Cars, 19, Portland; George Ed-
today in the rear compartment
v .r
Lower Mississippi
Valley Mobilizes
To Fight Floods
Chicago, Jan. 17 (U.R) The
lower Mississippi valley mobil
ized today to fight major floods
as rain-swollen Kentucky and
Tennessee streams joined the
rampaging Wabash and Ohio
rivers in lowland onslaught.
In the first major Mississippi
river alert since 1937, army en
gineers warned 12,000 southeast
ern Missouri residents that they
may have to flee for their lives.
Hundreds Evacuated
The order also alerted thou
sands of residents of Kentucky,
Illinois and Tennessee to pre
pare for high waters.
Hundreds of lowland residents
in the three states were evac
uated today.
Snow fell from the Great
Lakes westward to the storm
weary Pacific northwest, and
localized blizzards blasted some
areas.
Sub-zero cold gripped the
northern border states from
Michigan westward to Washing
ton, and the cold air mass rode
eastward to the Atlantic sea
board on gusty winds.
Residents Warned
Col. Louis H. Foote, district
army engineer, warned south
east Missouri-residents from the
Arkansas line north to 29 miles
above Cairo, 111., that they will
have to abandon their homes in
the Mississippi bottoms if the
Big Bird Point - New Madrid
floodway has to be opened.
Opening the floodway just
below Cairo would flood 130,
000 acres of farm and timber
land overrun a number of small
communities and effect an esti
mated 12,000 persons.
But it would free much water
from the Mississippi's main chan
nel and reduce the pressure on
th-i river's levee system.
New Storm Heading
In Over Brookings
By United Press
A new chain of rain and snow
laden storms rolled towards the
Oregon-California border Tues
day as a bitter cold wave held
fast all of Washington state and
northern Oregon.
The first of the new series of
blows was expected to hit around
Brookings, Ore., at mid-afternoon
Tuesday. The Seattle fore
caster said the storm would
bring more rain relief to north
ern California and southern Ore
gon but would add a fresh layer
of snow to northern sections of
the Pacific northwest.
Northern California caught
the first real relief from the
Arctic blast that hit the region
last week-end, claiming at least
20 dead. Gale-driven rain swept
out of the Pacific ocean giving
the area the worst drenching in
years.
Meanwhile, a freezing cloud
blanket covered most of Wash
ington and Oregon. Sub-freezing
temperatures continued west
of the Cascade mountains and
sub-zero readings prevailed to
the east.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 17 (U.R)
Gov. Douglas McKay today re
appointed Blaine Hallock of Ba
ker as a member of the state
sanitary authority for a four
year term.
Claimed
Republican
foreign relations committee next
week. He will discuss the recent
communist seizure of the U. S,
consulate at Peiping and the sub
sequent withdrawal of American
consular officials from China.
May Ask Open Meeting
Some republicans have indi
cated they may press for an open
committee meeting at which
Acheson's views would be spread
on the public record.
In response to the requests of
Knowland s group, tnc commit
tee has agreed to call Louis John
son, secretary of defense, and
Omar Bradley, chairman of the
joint chiefs of staff, to testify on
January 26. The pro-nationalist
bloc claims that the "hands-off"
policy on Formosa M made !
against the advice of military
leaders.
wara nonnern, in, 01 roruana
and Oakland, Cal., and Morris
Williams, 19,.Portland.
Held For California
They were being held here for
California authorities in connec
tion with a scries of burglaries
at Oakland and Redding, Cal.,
and at Lakeview and Portland,
Ore.
Police Officer Dan Mallory
said the three prisoners hacked a
note about eight inches in diam
eter through thin metal behind
the jail's boiler. One of the
youths squeezed through the
hole, obtained keys from the jail
office and unlocked the cell,
freeing the other two.
The fugitives then broke Into
an arms cabinet in the police sta
tion and stole two .22 caliber
automatic pistols and one .32 cal
iber automatic.
Police Notified
Police notified Oregon state
police, who set up roadblocks on
highways leading out of Burns.
At 6 a m.., seven hours after the
escape, a state policeman became
suspicious of a nickun truck
stopped at a roadblock outside
Vale.
He searched the car and found
the three youths huddled In the
rear compartment.
Chief of Police Walter D. Lips
comb went to Vale to return the
trio to Jail here.
Many Business Items
Face Ashland Council
Ashland, Jan. 17 Appoint
ment of a new fire chief, reor
ganization of duties in the elec
trical, city engineer and pur
chasing agent departments,
change of plats at Mountain View
cemetery and proposed lease of
12 acres near the cemetery by
J. P Clark may be discussed by
Ashland city council at a ses
sion at 7:30 p. m. today at the
city hall.
The fire chief will succeed
Clint Baughman, who was re
tired. Other business pending in
cludes a new fire hall, a Magno
lia mill causeway, a bill mailing
proposal, acquisition of power
rights in the Bellview area and
possibility of Bonneville power
here.
City Attorney Herry A. Skerry
reported .that the state highway
commission has received Ash
land's application for truck serv
ice route funds.
Henry Allen, Former
GOP Leader, Dies
Wichita, Kan., Jan. 17 (U.R)
Henry J. Allen, United States
senator and a republican leader
in Kansas for a quarter of a
ccitury, died today at his Hill
crest home here. He was 81.
Allen is survived by his
widow, Elsie, and a daughter,
Mrs. Henrietta Holmes, who lives
in England with her husband,
who is a counsellor to United
States Ambassador Lewis Doug
las. Allen, who also was a former
governor of Kansas, was widely
known as a newspaper publisher
and editor and at the time of his
death was an important stock
holder in the Wichita Beacon.
Allen, who went to the United
States senate to fill the unex
pired term of the late Charles
Curtis when the latter was elect
ed vice president under former
President Herbert Hoover, was
recognized as a spokesman for
the White House.
Red Tag Days To Be
Held As Scheduled
The Red Tag sale days, sched
uled by many Medford mer
chants for Friday and Saturday,
January 20 and 21, will be held
as planned, it was announced to
day by Robert Agard, chairman
of the retail trades committee of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce.
A weather bureau prediction
of continued rain, which will
probably melt off the last of thc
snow, encouraged the merchants
to stay with their plans for the
money-saving event, Agard said.
Airliner Skids Off
Runway At Kalispell
Kalispell, Mont., Jan. 17 (U.R)
A Northwest Airlines passenger
plane skidded off a runway here
today, the sheriff's office report
ed. None of the passengers or
crew members was reported in
jured. The plane, a Martin 2U2, car-
: r'c! four passengers and a crew
ol three,
Mil
SEEKS NOMINATION Fred
E. Robinson, men's clothing store
proprietor, yesterday announced
his candidacy for the republican
nomination for the United States
senate. He will oppose Sen.
Wayne Morse in the May 19 pri
mark election.
Fred E. Robinson
Seeks Republican
Senate Nomination
Fred E. Robinson, partner In
Robinson Brothers clothing store
here, announced in Salem Mon
day that he will seek the repub
lican nomination for United
States senator in the May 19 pri
mary election. His candidacy is
the first opposition so far offered
Sen. Wayne Morse, who has not
yet filed for re-election, but has
announced his intention of do
ing so.
According to the United Press,
Robinson filed with the election
bureau of the secretary of state's
omce yesterday afternoon. No
filing has yet been made for
democratic nomination for the
post.
Robinson's ballot slogan will
be "Elect a man who will vote
with the rest of our delegation,"
United Press said.
'No Malice'
In a lengthy statement issued
late yesterday in connection with
his announcement, Robinson con
cluded, "I have no malice or
hatred in my heart for my op
ponent but I cannot agree with
his philosophy, his principles or
his ideals that we better hurry
and get on the band wagon of
the leftists group of this country
because if we don't we are go
ing to wake up some morning to
find the wagon 'is full and we
arc going to have to walk."
Robinson, 35, was born on a
ranch about 10 miles from Grants
Pass. Since entering business in
Medford he has been engaged in
transfer and storage and men's
clothing sales. This is his first
venture into politics.
Recess Granted In
Harry Bridges Case
San Francisco, Jan 17 (U.R)
Defense attorneys for Harry
Bridges, obviously caught unpre
pared by the sudden end of
prosecution testimony, t.oday
were granted a six-day recess in
the perjury-conspiracy trial of
the CIO longshore leader.
Trial of Bridges and two co-
defendants was recessed until
next Monday aftor the defense
finished cross examination of one
government witness.
Federal Judge George B. Har
ris granted the recess on the de
fense plea that the sudden end
of the prosecution's case had left
the defense unprepared to pre
sent its witnesses in orderly
fashion.
Rescue Workers Inch
Nearer Trapped Miner
Mahanoy City, Pa., Jan. 17
(U.R) Rescue workers inched
slowly today through a vein of
solid anthracite toward the 9pot
where 25-ycar-old Edward Burda
has been trapped for four days.
The rescuers were between
10 and 25 feet from the bottom
of the 160-foot deep mine where
Burda was imprisoned by a cave
in last Friday.
"It's very dangerous down
there," State Mine Inspector Ben
Rcinochl said. "The roof is
treacherous. We have to work
carefully. We don't want any
body else trapped."
Salem, Ore., Jan. 17 (U.R)--Gov.
Douglas McKay today ac
cepted the honorary chairman
ship of the Oregon state commit
tee of the National Probation and
Parole association.
General Counsel
Of NLRB Prepares
To Invoke T-H Act
Complaint Expected
To Be Issued Wednesday
Washington, Jan. 17 U.R)
President Truman today if
Jected an appeal by Sen. Own
Brewster R., Me.) to Invoke
the Taft-Hartley emergency
provisions in the coal strike.
Washington. Jan 17 (U.R)
Robert N. Denham, general coun
sel uf the national labor rela
tions board, today prepared to
invoke the injunctive powers of
the Taft-Hartley act against John
L. Lewis and his coal miners.
Denham's staff aides said he
plans to issue a formal complaint
against Lewis and the United
Mine Workers' union probably
on Wednesday with a view to
ending the current wildcat and
"twice-a-week" coal strikes.
Probe Compleitd
Denham, who has been study
ing coal operators' complaints
against Lewis for the past week,
told the United Press he has com
pleted his investigation and
"hopes" to act soon.
His action mlcht he tpmiwrArl
however, by White House deci
sions. President Truman still is
resisting demands for a presiden
tial crack-down against Lewis,
but government officials said
"one big blizzard" could force
him to seek a Taft-Hartley in
junction without waiting for tho-
inl,hb general counsel to act.
Coal Supplies Low
Even under present conditions
they said, special reports from
the bureau of mines show coal
supplies are so low that Mr. Tru-'
man may have to send the justlca
department Into court for an in
junction at any moment.
They said if the White House'
decides such a move is necessary,
the justice department will ask
the court to force the 400,000
soft coal miners to work a full
five-day week.
Pittsburgh, Jan, 17 (U.R) An
gry rank-and-file United Minr
Workers' pickets patrolled the
coal fields today driving for an'
all-out strike to bring the long
drawn coal contract dispute tar
a head.
The pickets cruised on a 24-:
hour basis in western Pennsyl
vania completely offsetting ef
forts of UMW President John L.
Lewls' lieutenants to end the
"rebel" walkouts. '
Credit Cut Off
More than 78,600 miners al
ready were idle in six states, cut
ting coal production more than
468,000 tons a day in the face,
of already widespread shortages..
The rank-and-file strike appar
ently was stepped up by the an
ger of the miners over the cut-,
ting off of credit to strikers by a
large chain store serving the coal
fields. Another chain considered
similar action.
The miners called the action a
"dirty squeeze play," and de
clared they would close "every
damn mine In the country," One
local at Brownsville, Pa., sent
out an Invitation to other min
ers of the area to join them in
a mass meeting Thursday to plan
new action.
Pay Hike For Medics
Sought By Board
Salem, Ore., Jan. 17 (U.R)
Because of a shortage of doctors
reported at state institutions and
in the state health department,
the state board of control voted
today to recommend salary in
creases of $50 a month for doc
tors at the institutions and $100
a month for doctors in the health
department.
State Budget Director Harry
Dorman and Director of Institu
tions William C. Ryan told the
board that the increases recom
mended had been agreed upon at
a recent conference of institution
superintendents and health de
partment representatives.
The civil service commission
must approve the increases be
fore they become effective.
Road Conditions
Rain was breaking up the
snow pack on Sexton and Can
yon creak passes on highway
99 north today but motorisil
were advised by state police
to carry chains. Police report
ed similar conditions on the
Redwood highway.
Highway 99 was still closed
at Weed, Cal., police said. Sis
kiyou pass snow pack was rut
ting up because oi rain and
chains were needed. Rain was
falling on tha west side of the
Greensprlngs on highway 89
and snow on the east and
chains also were required
United Press said that San
tlam pais was opened after be
ing closed by fallen trees and
slides. High winds, drifting
tnow and a silver thaw mad
travel hasardous.
Chains were advised on Wil
lamette pass and necessary at
Klamath Falls and Kano.