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STRANDED AUTOS RETRIEVED Autos In a long curving line are
driven cautiously off Lake Winnebago ice and onto solid land near
Calumet Harbor, Wis., after being abandoned by fishermen when the
Ice cracked and the floe moved out from shore along a 30-mile front
at Oshkosh. Wis. Some 250 autos had been trapped on the ice, the
fishermen were rescued by small boats when the ice cracked.
President Needled With
Taft-Hartley Act Record
By Seekers of Injunction
By Lyle C. Wllion
United Press Correspondent
Washington, Jan. 20 (U.R) Republicans are needling Pres
ident Truman with his own Taft-Hartley act record to persuade
him to seek a coal crisis injunction. Mr. Truman used to find the
act very handy in labor disputes.
Unlike the injunction now sought by Robert N. Denham, gen
eral counsel of the national labor relations board, a presidential
writ would simply require the miners to return to full-time work
for 80 days. During that period efforts would be made to settle the
controversy between the operators and the United Mine Workers
of America.
Terms Said Forbidden
Denham's injunction request
does not argue that there is a
national emergency. It charges
John L. Lewis and the UMW
with seeking contract terms for
bidden by the Taft-Hartley act.
On that basis, it would have
a federal court order the men
back to the pits. That type of
injunction would remain in force
indefinitely until Lewis with
drew the allegedly illegal de
mands or until the labor board
ruled on their legality.
A presidential injunction
would plead for relief from a
national emergency. There being
no specific definition of a na
tional emergency. Mr. Truman
'has a lot of leeway in deciding
when or whether to act. A cold
wave in the east and it feels to
day as though such has arrived
hereabouts would put some
pressure on the president.
Playing Politics
Some of his adversaries say
the president is playing politics
with the coal crisis. They claim
he does not want to use the Taft
Hartley act because any action
under its terms would reduce its
value as a democratic campaign
issue in this year's congressional
elections.
Others contend that Lewis
actually is playing for a presiden
tial injunction to get off an un
comfortable spot. He is faced
with rebellion among some thou
sands of his miners who protest
the three-day week and on-again-off-again
schedules to which he
has exposed them since last June
30. His miners have no contract
as of now. Lewis may feel that
it would save his face if he were
compelled by injunction to call
the whole thing off for a while.
Johnson Calls For
. Extension Of Drall
Washington. Jan. 20 (U.R)
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson
today urged congress to extend
the draft for three years as un
mistakable evidence to Russia
- that we intend to "keep our
selves strong." ...uiw.
The present draft law which
expires June 24, Johnson said
makes that purpose clearl
understandable." .
' The need to make that mani
festation of our determination
continuously clear persists, he
told the house armed services
committee.
i
Road Conditions
Tiller-Trail highway, which
has been closed by snow, is
now open, state police said this
morning.
They reported Siskiyou pass
on highway 99 was clear but
said there were tome spots of
ice on highway 66 over the
Greensprings and on the Red
wood highway. Fog blanketed
highway 99 north to Roseburg.
Police stated that the Salem
area was warming up and
United Press reported roads
there bare in exposed areas.
Willamette and Santiam
passes were open, according
to United Press, with a llide
on milepost 56 of Willamette
pass necessitating one - way
traffic. The coast route was
blocked by water south of As
i toria and Columbia River high
i way was closed at Bradley
Stat park and Shell rock.
The snow pack was sanded at
Keno.
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Legislation Would
End Federal Taxes
On Oleomargarine
Washington, Jan. 20 (U.R)
For the first time in 64 years,
oleomargarine will go on sale
tree of federal taxes starting
July 1 under terms of legislation
now being whipped into final
form.
But just what that will mean
to prices at the corner grocery
store still is the subject of hot
debate between feuding oleo and
butter interests.
Cut On Yellow Oleo
Margarine spokesmen predict
ed confidently that housewives
will benefit by price cuts on
yellow oleo of at least 10 cents a
pound the amount of the pre
sent tax. Prices of uncolored
oleo. now taxed at one-fourth-
cent a pound, will remain about
the same, they said.
Butter interests argued that,
in the long run, all margarine
prices will climb toward the.
level consumers now are paying
for butter. Butter prices now
are about double those of oleo
In any case, residents of 14
states still will be unable to buy
yellow oleo. Its sale is prohibit
ed in Connecticut, Delaware,
Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota,
Montana, New York, Oregon
Pennsylvania. South Dakota
Vermont, Washington and Wis
consin.
Would Reoeal License Fees
Two other states, California
and Nebraska, ban its sale in
restaurants.
Six states also have their own
taxes on oleo.
Senate and house conferees
now are trying to iron out minor
differences between bills approv
ed by each house.
Both measures would repeal
all federal oleo taxes as well as
license fees required of manu
facturers and handlers.
Russell Weatherford
Passes At Ashland
Ashland. Jan. 20 Russell
Kenneth Weatherford, 63, route
3, box 286, Medford, passed
away this morning at the Ash
land General hospital. The de
ceased was born May 2Z, lean
in Palmyra, 111., and was a re
tired restaurant operator.
In 1911 he was married to
Bertha Kirkpatrick in Oklahoma
Citv. Okla.. and the couple had
lived the past one and one-half
years near Phoenix, surviving,
besides his wife, are two daugh
ters, Mrs. Frances Knapp, Sa
lem: Miss Elizabeth Margaret
Weatherford, San Francisco: a
son, Russell K. Jr.; three sisters,
Mrs. Lula Hubbard. Chesterfield
III: Mrs. Nellie Clevenger. Pal
myra. 111.; and Mrs. Lffie Hume,
Gillespie, 111., and two grand
children. Private Christian Science serv
ices will be conducted at 3 p. m.
Saturday, at the Litwiller funer
al home, Ashland. Interment
will be in Mt. View cemetery.
Ashland.
Lebanon. Ore., Jan. 20 fU.R)
Luverne Scott. 41, was killed
yesterday when he fell from a
15-foot scaffold while doing some
wiring in the Baptist church
here.
Medford
44th Year 14 'Pages
Flood Threat Faces
Pacific Northwest
By United Presi
A threat of floods menaced the storm-ridden Pacific northwest
Friday when a balmy Chinook wind began melting an ice and snow
pack over a wide region designated by the Red Cross as a "disaster
area."
One thousand power failures crippled communications in the
Portland district and at least 13 communities were isolated by ice
jammed highways in northwestern Oregon and southwestern Wash
ington. Hundreds of buses and automobiles stalled on roadsides or
skidded into ditches, and the death toll in a week-long series of
blizzards, sleet storms and silver thaws rose to at least 40.
The United States weather bureau forecaster said there was a
''growing concern about floods" as a heavy runoff of snow and ice
water fed into creeks and rivers. First serious flooding was re
ported in northwestern Oregon where the Kilchis river sent waters
a foot and a half deep over U. S. highway 101.
Power Lines f elled
Trees and power lines were
felled in many sections of Port
land and other cities, disrupting
telephone and power service to
hundreds of homes and offices
including the weather bureau of
fice in Portland.
Rivers in Washington and
Oregon rose rapidly as suddenly
warming temperatures thawed
sheets of crystal ice into rivulets
oi sloppy water.
Quagmires of snow, ice and
slush brought cross-state traffic
in Washington and Oregon vir
tually to a standstill, halted air
traffic again, disrupted bus trav
el and delayed train schedules.
Hundreds of motorists were
stranded in both states, but state
police and highway department
crews, pushing through snow
and ice drifts with plows, res
cued them by the scores before
their situation became critical.
Train Passengers Stranded
About 400 Milwaukee railroad
passengers were stranded on
both sides of slide-choked Sno
qualmie pass in Washington.
British Columbia highways, rail
ways and communications vir
tually were paralyzed by freez
ing rain. The British Columbia
Telephone company said nearly
all its lines to the interior of
Canada were severed. A power
disruption cut off 75,000 resi
dents of a large section of the
rrascr valley.
Linemen worked through the
night and finally restored par
tial service to Astoria, Ore., a
city of 20,000.
Big Mo To Stay Put
Until February 2
Norfolk, Va.,' Jan. 20 (U.R)
The navy called off today's at
tempt to free the stranded battle
ship Missouri after 21 vessels
heaved and hauled for two hours
without budging her.
Twenty-one tugs and other ves
sels tried to loosen the stranded
Missouri at high tide, but the
two hours of pulling and pushing
didn't move her an inch;
The navy gave up until Feb
ruary 2, when the next high tide
peak is expected. Spokesmen
explained that each' day's high
tide is now a little lower than
the day before, and a super-high
tide will not recur for more
than two weeks.-
This was to have been the
navy's all-out effort to free the
45,000-ton Big Mo, which plowed
into a mudbank Tuesday and
hasn't budged since.
Six tugs on either side, three
directly astern and a ship with
beaching gear on either quar
ter strained at the mighty Mo,
alternately pulling on the port
and starboard sides. Four coast
guard tugs helped.
Pro-Truman Forces
Keep House Control
Washington, Jan. 20 (U.R)
Pro-Truman forces today beat
down an attempt by a coalition
of republicans and southern
democrats to take control of the
house.
The test was on a proposal to
give the coalition-dominated
rules committee life-and-death
power over most legislation. The
proposed rules change was de
feated 236 to 183.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn
rallied a majority vote against
a republican motion to adjourn
at once and thus delay a snow
down until next week.
The vote against the motion
to adjourn was 255 to 160.
Funeral Mourners
Flee In Panic As
'Corpse' Revives
Port au Prince, Haiti, Jan.
20 (U.R) The funeral mass
had been said in St. Michel
Catholic church in the nearby
village of St. Michel and
bearers approached to take the
coffin to the cemetery.
As they were about to lift
it, groans came from inside.
The bearers fled in panic. So
did the mourners.
Alone with the casket, a
priest looked inside and found
the supposedly dead occupant,
Anita Souffrant, slowly reviv
ing. She was rushed to Port
au Prince hospital.
Doctors said she was suffer
ing from comatose malaria,
debility of the heart and sub
normal blood pressure. A
country market vender and
mother of a four-year-eld
child, she was reported in fair
condition today.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY
Truman Outlines
Proposed Program
For Higher Taxes
Washington, Jan. 20 (U.R)
President Truman outlined to
house leaders today a proposed
tax program calling for higher
corporation taxes and a cut in
some excise levies.
Members of the congressional
group who conferred with Mr.
Truman about his forthcoming
tax message to congress refused
to say specifically what he will
propose.
Excise Tax Cut
It was understood, however,
that the present draft of the pres
ident's message, which was read
to the group, contains these
recommendations:
1. Reduce some excise taxes.
The government now levies a 20
per cent excise tax on cosmetics,
jewelry, furs, admissions and
many other items. There is a 15
per cent tax on transportation
tickets.
2. Increase corporation taxes.
Mr. Truman proposed a $4,000,-
000,000 tax increase on corpora
tions and high-income indivi
duals last year, but congress
ignored this proposal. It was indi
cated that at the moment the
president does not plan to renew
his proposal for higher taxes on
individuals.
s 3. Increase estate and gift tax
es, which were lowered by the
80th congress.
4. Close some of the so-called
loopholes in the present law.
One member of tne group saio.
he understood Mr. Truman
would send his message to con
gress on Monday. The president
has said his tax increase propos
als will be "moderate.
Ashland Chamber Ask
County Fair Revival
The long defunct Jackson
county fair received some ac
tive support today when the
board of directors of the Ash
land Chamber of Commerce sub
mitted a resolution to the coun
ty court requesting that the an
nual event be restored in Sep
tember of 1050.'
William H. McGee, manager
of the Ashland chamber, said
"there is a very strong feeling
in and around Ashland" that the
county court should restore the
fair and "use the monies re
ceived from' the state for the pur
poses these monies are intended."
The resolution, signed By mc
Gee and A. W. Wdbdward, presi
dent of the chamber, stated that
"whereas, for many years Jack
son county held an annual fair
which proved of great education
al and economic value, and
whereas the need for such an
annual fair is now very great
because of the heavy increase
in population throughout south
ern Oregon and Jackson county
in particular," the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce requests
the county court to initiate the
necessary action to present the
fair again, beginning in Sep
tember. Tokyo, Jan. 20 (U.R) Earnest
Hoberecht of the United Press
was elected preisdent of the
Tokyo Correspondents' club to
day. Central Point
Provide Rural
Central Point, Jan. 20 Cen
tral Point volunteer firemen
next Monday will begin a cam
paign to secure contributions to
ward purchase of a fire truck to
serve the rural area surround
ing Central Point, Richard
Krupp, president of the volun
teer fire department announced
today.
Krupp said that thetruck will
be housed and cared for at the
local fire hall and will be man
ned by members of the volun
teer organization. He estimated
that the vehicle fully equipped
will cost between $7,500 and
$8,000 and that another $800 will
be required to put it into service.
The truck will have the latest
equipment mounted on a four-wheel-drive
chassis especially
built for rural fire fighting.
Krupp reported.
$1,000 Given
Firemen already have dona
Law Enforcement
Groups Coordinate
To Solve Robbery
Agencies Join Hands
To Try To Crack Case
Boston, Jan. 20 (U.R) New
leads" in the investigation of
the $1,500,000 robbery of Brinks,
Inc., were revealed today at a
private meeting where city,
state and federal law enforce
ment agencies were welded into
a single unit to try to break the
sensational case.
Attorney General Francis E.
Kelly of Massachusetts, serving
as spokesman for the G-men and
others after the two-hour confer
ence, said in a brief statement:
Lie Detector Use Seen
"At this meeting every re
source of the law enforcement
agencies state, county and na
tion have been completely co
ordinated to solve this crime
certain leads to the solution of
this case were discussed but they
cannot be disclosed at this time. '
Kelly admitted the use of a lie
detector in the case was a "pos
sibility." He did not amplify that
statement.
Break-up of the top-level con
ference at the state house came
after these developments:
A statement by President John
D. Allen Sr., of Brink's, Inc., on
arrival here from Chicago, that
he believed the nine-man gang
would be captured "and the
more dead the better."
Empty Bags Found
Discovery of an empty federal
reserve bank of Boston money
bag in a Bridgeport, Conn., mail
box, and the finding of another
in Dock square, Boston, only a
few blocks from the scene of
Tuesday's crime.
A story by a New York wom
an who claimed to have over
heard two men apparently dis
cussing the fantastic robbery
yesterday on a New Haven rail
road train en route to New York.
Seizure of an ex-army corpo
ral at a New York veterans hos
pital who reportedly boasted to
a girl friend a month ago he was
going to make a million dollars
in an "armored truck job." He
reputedly once worked., for an
armored transportation service.
The Dalles Airport
Hangar Collapses
The Dalles, Ore.. Jan. 20 (U.R)
The hangar at The Dalles air
port on the Washington side of
the Columbia river collapsed
from the weight of snow on its
rounded top during the night
and demolished five planes, air
port officials reported today.
Three other planes were dam
aged to undetermined extent,
said A. S. Cutting, United air
lines station manager. Aircraft
loss was estimated at $9,000 to
$10,000.
The laminated wood, arch
type structure without support
ing columns was valued at ap
proximately $15,000.
Bob Dewald, airport manager,
discovered the mishap while
making his rounds at the field
this morning. All air traffic has
been suspended for a week be
cause of the deep snow on run
ways. Safeway Stores Denied
Milk Sale Application
Portland. Ore.. Jan. 20 ;U.R!
Thomas L. Ohlsen, administra
tor of the milk control board,
has denied an application by
Safeway Stores, Inc., to buy
milk in the Saldm market area,
process it in Portland and sell
It in Salem.
Ohlsen announced the denial
on findings from a hearing held
here December 8. Safeway pro
posed to sell 3.8 per cent butter
fat milk in paper containers in
the Salem market in competi
tion with Salem-processed milk
of 3.5 per cent butterfat content.
The Safeway price would have
been the state minimum price
while Salem distributors charge
a one-half cent premium above
the minimum.
Firemen Plan Campaign to
Fire Protection Service
tion of $1,000. Other amounts
will depend on individuals.
Property in the area will not
be taxed to support the truck,
Krupp brought out. The equip
ment will be maintained by a
flat charge for all calls. If a resi
dent has no fires, he will pay
nothing for protection.
Beginning at the intersection
of Ross lnne and Old Stage road
and running north on Old Stage
road to Scenic avpnuc. the dist
rict boundaries will go east to
Willow Springs road, northwest
to highway 99 and Kirtland
road, east on Kirtland road to
Midway road, south along Mid
way road and the old highway
99 to new highway 99 at the Big
"V" Junction, north on highway
99 to Beall lane, west to Jack
sonville-Central Point road, south
to Ross lane and west to the Old
Stage road. The district will ex
tend outward 300 yards from the
RIBUNE
20, 1950
NO. 254
Madame Chiang Asks
U.S. Military Mission
Taipei, Formosa, Jan. 20 !U.R) Madame Chiang Kai-Shek to
day asked the United States to send a military mission, but no
fighting troops, to help the nationalist government in its battle
against communism.
Madame Chiang, breaking a week's seclusion after her return
from the United States, said she herself was prepared to devote all
her energies and abilities to what she described as "the spirit of
resurgence of the Chinese people."
For her first statement since her return from 13 months in the
United States, Madame Chiang received the foreign press in her
residence at the grass mountain retreat of the generalissimo out
side Taipei.
She said she hoped the American people would come to realize
that "had it been communism alone we could have fought It but
it is Russian communism we are fighting."
2 Die Near Caves
Resort; Hardship
Seen For Others
Death of two men in the im
mediate area of the Oregon
Caves resort was reported today
by the park service and the Jo
sephine county coroner and
renewed fear for the safety of
snowbound personnel at the
caves.
Royal Johnson, 19, Grants
Pass, was found dead yesterday
somewhere in the vicinity of the
Oregon Caves by two caves em
ployees, it was reported today
by E. P. Leavitt, superintendent
of both the Caves monument
and Crater Lake park.
Bonnie McNeil who uvea in
the Althouse district near the
caves, was found yesterday on
a trail near his cabin, several
miles from where Johnson's
body was found. Josephine
County Coroner Virgil Hull said
McNeil was frozen to death and
that they will not try to recover
the body until tomorrow be
cause of high snowdrifts.
Details Unavailable
Details of Johnson's death,
which was attributed to exhaus
tion by Hull, were not learned
because of Interrupted communi
cation facilities, but Leavitt said
he had learned from James A.
Christcnsen, manager of the
Orogon Caves, that Johnson had
loft the resort Tuesday in an ef
fort to reach Grants Pass to
have a toothache treated. It was
not known if the youth had
been equipped with skis or if
he had attempted to negotiate
the eight-foot drifts on foot.
The incident is the second In
dication Leavitt has had that
storms may be creating hard
ships at the resort, but so far
he has been forced to rely on
sketchy reports and hearsay re
ported by a few individuals who
have made their way to civiliza
tion from the snowbound caves.
In addition to caretakers at
the caves, Leavitt said there are
some members of a contractor's
crew there living in trailer
houses. They are just completing
installation of a fire sprinkler
system in resort buildings. Ap
parently some of the isolated per
sonnel have nearly exhausted
their fuel oil and supplies of
fresh food. Reports of panic at
the resort have filtered into
Christensen's winter office in
Grants Pass but have not been
confirmed because of disrupted
telephone communications and
snow-clogged roads.
Christcnsen told Leavitt this
morning that he has engaged a
Tucker Sno-Cat to make the
long over-snow trek into the
caves and that he, together. with
former Caves Manager Richard
A. Sabine, will attempt to reach
the resort today. Leavitt advised
that either Copco or forest serv
ice personnel also will make the
trip to help restore necessary
services and communication
lines. So far as is known for
certain, four or five men have
already made the hazardous tr'p
out of the remote mountain
area and a Mr. and Mrs. Ingram
are the only cave employees still
left at the resort.
Names of the two men who
discovered Johnson's body are
not known but a complete re
port on the tragedy is expect
ed at Leavitt's office as soon as
the Sno-Cat trip is completed.
center of roads.
When fires occur the Central
Point telephone exchange can
be called. The operator will
sound the alarm. In exchange
for use of the city alarm system
and the fire hall, the rural
vehicle will be used for city fires
only in case of great emergency.
It will be withdrawn from a city
fire if a summons from outside
town is given.
Central Point firemen stated
that the forest patrol does not
necessarily take care oi rural
fires involving private homes
and buildings and that the floor
of the valley Is not supposed to
be served by the forest patrol at
anv time.
If and when the vehicle Is
nurrhased. the firemen plan to
provide information to help
rural residents locate or Install
water sources within reach of
hose carried by the truck.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Generally cloudy
with Ufht showers tonight
and Saturday. Continued mild,
flomt valley fog tonight.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 45
Lowest this Morning 35
Tree, to 4:30 A.M. Today 21
No Troops Wanted
Eloquent, and at times emo
tional, Madame Chiang empha
sized that any U. S. policy deci
sions based on the idea that the
nationalist government wants
American troops sent to For
mosa was a gross error.
"I know the American people
do not want to go to war," she
said. "Nobody wants American
troops here. China does not want
American soldiers. That's not the
question. China has not asked
for American soldiers. We have
enough manpower. We have
made that clear."
But, she said, it would be a
great advantage if the United
States would send technical aid
to help fight the communists.
"Your government says it is
fighting communism," she said
to the American newsmen. "So
are we. So why don't they send
somebody to help us do it?
1 do not want to try to ten
your government what to do.
They do not want that any more
than we want them to tell us
what to do."
She said an American military
mission could give needed help
In technical advice such as com
munications, transportation and
radio development.
"It should not be necessary to
have to ask someone who is a
real friend for help," she said
somewhat bitterly. "If they are
your friends that would be un
necessary." Such help, she said, would add
considerably to China's own ef
forts in its back-to-the-wall stand
against communism.
Discussing the growing resur
gence of the spirit among her
people, Madame Chiang said
they now are "beginning to
emerge from the stunned paraly
sis of the mainland collapse.
Four Sentenced For
Thefts From Airplane
Charges of removing articles
of value from the wrecked plane
in which Arlo B. Barnes was
killed January 8 have resulted
in a jail sentence for one Ash
land man and suspended sen
tences for four others.
Barnes widow, Mrs. Marjone
Barnes, filed charges of grand
larceny against Arthur Newton
Davis, 22, of Ashland, and
against three juveniles, also of
Ashland. On the recommenda
tion of District Attorney George
Ncilson, the charge was reduced
in justice court yesterday to one
of petty larency and after all
four had pleaded guilty they
were given 90-dav suspended
sentences by Judge W. P. Tucker.
Louie Eugene Boatman. 24.
also of Ashland, was committed
to the county jail for 90 days on
Mrs. Barnes' charcc of larceny
of nropertv. He pleaded gulltv.
The light trcoupc mane in
which Barnes was killed had
crashed in a winter sports area
south of Ashland and was in
spected by crowds of skiers aft
er the two occupants had been
removed.
Latourette Rules
In Butter Dispute
Salem. Ore., Jan. 20 (U.R)
In his last opinion written as a
circuit judge, Earl C. Latourette
of Oregon City held that a regu
lation on butter grades marie by
the department of agriculture,
was off base.
Said LaTourcttc, who had
heard oral arguments on the
case in Salem last Monday, the
agricultural department regula
tion classifying butter for retail
sale on its flavor was unconsti
tutional. Ralph E. Moody of Salem,
representing the majority of but
ter manufacturers of the state,
filed the attack on the regula
tion and the attorney general's
office defended it. Formally the
case was AlbBny Creamery asso
ciation and others versus Ervin
L. Peterson, director of the de
nartmont of agriculture.
Latourette, Clackamas county
circuit judge who came to Salem
to sit on the Marion county bench
to hear the case, was formally
elevated to the Oregon supreme
court late Thursday.
POST MORTEM HELD
Coroner Carlos Morris said to
day regarding the death of Har
ry Lewis, 59, Jacksonville, yes
terday, that a post mortem ex
amination revealed a basal skull
fracture. Lewis was hurt Satur
day night when he reportedly
fell at Jacksonville.
Tillamook, Ore., Jan. 20 (U.R)
Tillamook county's new $1,175,
000 hospital will be dedicated
Saturday.
Russ Satellite
Asked To Withdraw
Demand For Recall
Position Stated In
Note Handed To Envoy
Washington, Jan. 20 (U.R)
The United States today inform,
ed Bulgaria that unless it with-
u.awB na uuiuttlius ior recall OI
United States minister Donald R.
Heath, this nation will sever dip
lomatic relations with the red
Balkan satellite.
The United States position was
stated in a note handed fo Bul
garian charge d'affaires Peter
Voutov at the state department
at noon. A similar note was de
livered to the Bulgarian foreign
office in Sofia.
Contents Told
The note said that unless Bul
garia withdraws its demand for
Heath's recall, "the United States
government must conclude that
the Bulgarian government does
not desire to maintain normal
diplomatic relations."
"In these circumstances the
United States government will
be obliged to withdraw the
United States diplomatic mission
from Bulgaria and ask for the
recall of the Bulgarian diploma
tic mission from the United
States."
The United States note was a
formal reply to the verbal re
quest for Heath's withdrawal
made here by Voutov yesterday.
Charges Unfounded
The United States note said
"the charges on which the Bul
garian government has based this
demand are wholly unfounded,
as the Bulgarian government it
self is fully aware."
The United States charged
Bulgaria with pursuing a "cam
paign of persecution against the
legation's Bulgarian employees
whose only crime has been their
association with the legation."
"This campaign has resulted
in the execution of two such em
ployees, the death of a third
after maltreatment by the police,
ana me arrest and torture of
others. All of these employees
were engaged only in such rout
ine duties as is accepted as nor
mal practice in diplomatic mis
sions tnrougnout the civilized
world," the note said.
The note said that since the
United States renewed diploma
tic relations with Bulgaria in
1947 the Balkan country has not
conducted those relations on a
friendly basis.
Missing Boy Spends
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Clove Vallev. N. Y.. .Inn 2n
(U.R) State police todav found
seven-year-old David Berry in a
pig pen on a farm near his hozne.
He was alive, police said Tint
suffering slightly from shock
and exnosure.
The boy told wearv searchers
who had been hunting for him
for 19 hours that he spent the
night in a shed while the tem
perature outside hovered at two
degrees above zero.
An ambulance was sent to
take him to a hospital for treat
ment. State police and sheriff's den-
utles began calling in hundreds
of searchers who had been look
ing for David since dusk yester
day when he wandered . away
from his two brothers and went
Into the densely wooded section
around his homo.
The hunt was concentrated in
the area near the pig pen when
one of his mittens was discov
ered in a cornfield 300 yards
north of his home. The mitten
was identified as belonging to
David by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dcola Berry.
Wood Alcohol Fatal
To Oregon Convicts
Salem, Ore., Jan. 20 (U.R)
Three convicts at Oregon State
penitentiary died last night from
effects of drinking wood alcohol,
Warden George Alexander re
ported today.
Alexander Identified the dead
as Everett Malone, 43: Edward
Howell Reese, 24, and Daniel W.
Rivenbark, 40. Alexander said
Malone died about 6 n.m. yester
day. Reese died four hours later
and Rivenbark was found dead
in his cell this morning.
The warden said a quantity
of wood alcohol was found in
Rivenbark's cell. He said Reese,
before he died, admitted taking
the alcohol from the prison hos
pital laboratory. He was a cook
in the hospital. - The other two
prisoners also were cooks.
Malone was sentenced from
Douglas county, April 27, 1948,
to three years for forgery; Reese
from Klamath county June 10,
1949, to 10 years for larceny, and
Rivenbark from Josephine coun
ty April 16, 1949, to 12 years for
assault and robbery while armed
with a dangerous weapon.
Kduiu niyimy;iii
Radio Station KYJC (1230
kc) will broadcast the Ike William-Johnny
Bratton fight
from Chicago stadium tonight,
starting at 7 o'clock.
At a p.m. nwin uuu axi
will broadcast the Oregon
Washington basketball game
from Seattle and at 9:30 p.m.
will air the Medford-Klamath
Falls gam from Medford by
delayed broadcast.
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. KWIN
will carry the Oregon State
Washington State basketball
gam from Pullman.
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