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K 1MB hit m j w : : : .o : : . Medford Tribune 44th Year 18 Pages . MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1950 NO. 255 HIIXE1ETT E wmm MID V Warm Rains Slough Off Large Snowpack From Recent Storm 15-Foot Flood Crest At Harrisburg Monday Portland, Ore., Jan. 21 (U.R) The weather bureau tonight pre dicted minor floods in tne Wil lamette river basin as warm rains sloughed off the big; snow nack of the January 13 blizzard, The Willamette was forecast to form a 15-toot flood crest, three feet over flood stage at Harris burg, Ore., tomorrow night. The greatest damage was expected to be a temporary flooding of the ' Pacific highway. Willamette tributaries, the Sanriam, Tualatin, Yamhill.Luck iamute and Molallla rivers, rose past flood stage with little prop erty damage and no evacuations reportea. Five Feet Over The forecaster's predictions called for an 18-foot cresting ol the Santiam at Jefferson, five feet above arDitrary uu The Willamette at Albany, Salem and Eugene was to remain below ilnnH stace. Pin-point evacuations were re- ported in souinem w... lumDia an "'""" a v-r. i in er river overflowed. About 130 refugees were rescued and lea oy the Royal Canadian air force and Re.d ?,rsf' r the thaw trapped 1,500 train passengers in md floodwaters of the Fraser river began pouring over lowiana areas. T. .U TmII ID i-v. ,ooional Heath toll rose to 40 and property damage in Ore gon, Washington and Idaho and northern California to millions after a weens neavy .in, - . n ... Sliver mow. . . j Services were being restored to many areas isolated when communications, water systems or land routes were disrupted, A state of emergency was de clared at Prince Rupert on the northern British Columbia coast because of a critical power and water shortage. In Portland, bus services were being restored, wains were and United Air Lines1 lonfl : dio 1ance fli.lhta were launched from Salem, 50 miles -YayVbeci,UE5jr ice at Portland-Columbia airport. T3nor were shuttled be tween the cities by bus. n-nJ MictM Area n..ini hi ah water predicted to flood lowlands below Che halis. Wash., from the Cowlitz river failed to appear, the weath- o, V,iirpnil said. The Oregon State Motor asso ciation reported the upper Co lumbia river highway closed by slides, the Evergreen highway closed by snow. Highway depart ments of Washington and Oregon said it would take two or three davs to reopen the Columbia gorge routes. Columbia Partly Open The river-level Columbia high way out of Portland was. open with one-way traffic at t many noints. A sheriff's blockade at Troutdale stopped all but emer- ffonpv traffic Pacific highways 99-E and 99-W were open and two-way travel was reported through northern California. The Willamette pass highway across the Cascades was open with one-way traffic at some spots. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Due In Portland Today Portland, Ore., Jan. 21 (U.R) Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the late president, is scheduled to arrive tomorrow for an eve ning lecture on the United Na tions and a round of receptions. She will also take her first look at her first great-grandchild, Nicholas Delano Sea graves, four months. He is the son of the former "Sistie" Dall Boettiger and Van Seagraves of Portland. Evidence Of Fair Support- Here Needed, R. G. Fowler, secretary of the Jackson County Fair board, yes terday replied to the Ashland Chamber of Commerce request that the annual fair be re stored by saying, "We'll have a fair just as soon as we can find enough local support both in Medford, Ashland, and other parts of the county." The board of directors of the Ashland chamber Friday for warded a resolution to the coun ty court requesting that the fair here be restored as an event of "great educational and economic value." Last in 1932 The last Jackson county fair was held in 1932 and the civilian conservation corps of the de pression period took over the fairgrounds the following year. Since then, Jackson county's share of state racing commission funds for coioty fairs has been allocated to numerous commu nity festivities and exhibits. following the demise of the county fair, an annual fall event 1 EXAMPLE OF WINTER ART During last week's heavy snow here, all sorts of snow men, women ana children, as well as various other articles appeared on front lawns throughout Med ford. One of the most unusual was the horned quadruped pictured above, which was constructed by Earl Richardson, 1132 Court street, and his two sons, Billy and Jack. Whether the animal was a deer, a reindeer, a moose, an antelope or a whatzit, the horns were real. Nationalists Say Chinese Commies Attack Indo-China Taipei, Formosa, Sunday, Jan. 22 (U.R) An official Nationalist news dispatch said tonight that a combined force of 30,000 Chinese communist and Indo-Chinese reb el troops were attacking Frencn indo-cnma troops insiae me in- do-Chinese border. The Nationalist Central News agency dispatch from China com mand headquarters at Hoihow said the combined forces are et tacking French brigades in north ern and northeastern Tonking province. The attacks of the Chinese mmnnitt and Viet Minh forces are being made at Caoband, 25 miles inside the Indo-Chinese border and at Langson, 55 miles to the soutneast, me uuii...ii said. Headlines Used Chinese newspapers ana me ur ficial Central China Daily News here headlined the report: 'Chi nese reds invading- French Indo China." The dispatch, from Gen. Pai Chune-Hsi's headauarters on Hai nan said Communist Gen. Lin Pao was leading the attack in conjunction with Indo-Chinese Rebel Leader Ho Chi-Minh's forces. . The Hoihow dispatch was the only sources for the reporiea fighting and it could not be con firmed here. Ski Conditions Because of warm rains dur ing the past week, Siskiyou mountain snow will not be suitable for skiing this week end, according to an Ashland report which indicated that the ski tow and lunch room at Sky Trail will not operate un til the ski run is again suit able. Condition of the snow for skiing at Crater lake was not available since radio and tele phone communications have not been functioning for sev eral days. There were indica tions that highway 62 was open to the national park. Park roads reportedly were all right on Friday. Official Says known as the Northwest Jackson county fair was held each Sep tember in Gold Hill. It died at the beginning of the war in 1941 and has never been revived. It was largely supported by racing commission funds. Last year Jackson county's share of the money amounted to $7,500, most of it spent on the 4-H club's fall fair. In past years funds have also gone to Ashland community events. Conduct Survey Fowler said the fair board last year conducted a survey in the valley to determine the extent of public interest in restoration of a county fair here and was not sufficiently reassured by its findings to commit itself to a full-fledged fair. Chairman of the board Is Wal ter Leverette. While County Commissioner L. G. Morthland yesterday said he would not comment on the Ashland re quest, he implied that the deci sion on the fair renewal ques-1 tion would be left up to the board. PI Sno-Cat Crew Finds No One Suffering At Caves7 Resort A group traveling by Tucker bno-cat to Oregon Caves on Friday found no privation oi suffering at the national monu ment, E. P. Leavitt, suDerintend- ent of the monument and Crater Lake National park, said yester day. ' He stated that James A. Chris- tensen, manager of the caves re tort and one of those who made the trip, reported that there was plenty of food and fuel oil. The supply of lubricating oil for the dieser plant had run out. Left Without Skis Leavitt said that the youths who, first reported privations at the caves a week ago might have run out of fuel oil for heating their trailer but could have ob tained some from the caretakers. Loyel Johnson, 19, Grants Pass, found dead Thursday in the vicinity of the caves, had left the resort Tuesday without skis or snowshoes, Leavitt said he was told. The youth started out for Grants Pass alone to have a toothache treated. Jasper Tucker of Tucker Sno Cat corporation took the vehicle into the caves, accompanied by Christensen, Richard A. Sabine, former manager at the caves, and lorest service employees who stayed to help the caretaker, H. G. Ingram. The snow vehicle proved its ability by making the jaunt without trouble, according to L,eavitt. McNeil Body Removed The party brought out the body of Bonnie McNeil, found dead Thursday in the Althouse district. A Grants Pass report said that Johnston's body was found by Ralph Sheoherd and Guy Edney, who helped on the sprinkler in stallation work at the resort. Ketchikan Seeks Rain To Relieve Shortage '.etchikan. Alaska. Jan. 21 (U.R) Residents of Ketchikan and other southeastern Alaska com munities prepared to pray for rain to relieve the acute water shortage at church masses and gatherings tomorrow. Father Gerald Morin of the lo cal Catholic church announced that Special prayers would be said at masses tomorrow for a break in the clear, cold weather. Other churches also planned prayer meetings. The cities of Craig, Petersburg and Wrangell have been without water for a week and the sup ply here is getting dangerously low. The city council planned to operate emergency pumps begin ning Monday. Small reservoirs here and in other panhandle communities either were extremely low or completely dry after three weeks without rain. Rainfall throughout the year is usually heavy and keeps the res ervoirs full, but a prolonged dry spell taxes the limited reserves, city officials explained. BROKEN JAW TREATED Burton Hurlburt, Medford, re portedly was treated at Commu nity hospital last night for a broken Jaw. Details of the in jury were not learned. He was taken to the hospital about 9:40 o'clock by Conger-Morris ambu lance. Flood Waters Surge Over Houses, Raise Homeless To 10, Rescue In Arkantos Reported Completed Chicago, Jan. 21 !U.P.) Flood waters of the St. Francis river surged over houses in a section of Arkansas today, increasing to 10,000 the number of persons homeless in the state and neigh boring Tennessee, Rescue of stranded families along the St. Francis, in north east Arkansas, virtually was completed, the national guard said. No deaths in flooded homes were reported, but a farmer drowned and a companion was missing when their boat over turned near Manila, Ark. Fires Break Out A rash of fires, many of them in homes combatting bitter cold, broke out across the nation and the death toll for two days was at least 45, However, the country's weath er generally turned warmer to day. Clouds filtered down along the Canadian border from coast, to coast, dropping light snow in New England and rains in Wash ington and Oregon. The Mississippi, swollen with the flood crest of the Ohio riv er, punched through levees in Dyer and Lauderdale counties in Tennessee. The big river s feed er streams in Arkansas and Ten nessee were flooding. Evacuation Completed Captain Felix Stacey in charge of the Arkansas national guard rescue work along the St. Fran cis river said that evacuation of families was near completion. A soldier on a rescue team said he had never see such "mass misery and hardships among civilians." Army, national guard and Red Cross personnel engaged in the rescue work and set up tent cities for the homeless. Meanwhile, nearly 10,000 per sons in southeastern Missouri waited for the army to tell them it is safe to return to their homes behind the Birds Polnt-Naw Mad rid spillway along the Ohio riv er. The families fled when the army announced the area niisht be Hooded in order to con..-ol the unruly river. Lewis Forces Fight To Quell Rebellion Against Work Week Pittsburgh, Jan. 21 (U.R) John L. Lewis' forces in the United Mine Workers battled in last ditch efforts today to quell a rank-and-file rebellion against the UMW's three-day week. A major test of the UFW pres ident's control over his 478,000 members will come when the mine whistles blow for work Monday. Lewis has ordered all miners to report and end the wildcat walkouts which hit six states this week. Lewis' lieutenants seemed to be gainine in their fight to per suade the 90,000 rebel strikers that the UMW's three-day week is better than a full-scale show down walkout. But the outcome was "anvbodv's guess. Rebel forces were holding out in some areas. Darticularlv in northern Virginia. Scattered vio lence was reported as angry mine nickets natrolled the fields. A power shovel was dynamited and a picket wounded in Pennsyl vania and miners were stoned in Colorado. Tucker Fraud Jury Still Deliberates Chicago. Jan. 21 (U.R) Fed eral Judge Walter J. Labuy to night told the jury deliberating the fate of Preston Tucker and seven of the would-be auto maker's associates to keep try ing to. reach a verdict even if they went beyond midnight. The defendant are charged with a $28,000,000 fraud in pro motions of a rear-engine auto mobile that never got into mass production. The judge earlier told the jur ors to recess at midnight if no verdict had been reached. Rut feu minutes before thai deadline, he instructed them to continue deliberations. Washineton. Jan. 21 (U.R) President Truman will send his special tax message to congress Monday, ' the White House an nounced today. WEATHER ForefiiU Cloudy with light rtin today. Partly cloudy Monday with ihowcri. tittle change In temepratur. Temperature Hlfheit yesterday it 1 aw ett yefterday St Snow Man's Realistic Note Is Temptation Not to be outdone in the way of original snow men this week, an East Main strer woman created snow wo an. In her eagerness for r . ism the lady equipped ho arctic woman with her Sun day best store-bought chop pars. With the warm winds and soft rains, the East Main streetar went out to retrieve her fancy "clacksrs" to find a 'meanest thief" had removed them. Load Limits Put On County Roads Effective Monday Reduced load limits on eight county roads will become effec tive, upon order of the county court, Monday morning, it was announced Saturday by Paul Rynning, county engineer. The load limit reduction is not a blanket order, it was empha sized by Rynning, but has been put on these roads as late as pos sible before heavy trucks would cause serious damage. The re strictions will be removed as soon as possible from each road when inspection shows that dam age danger has passed, he said. Limits Given . The load reductions now place a top limit of 11,000 pounds in a single axle, with 20,000 pounds ior auai axies, rtynmng said. It may be necessary to reduce load limits on other roads, depending upon the weather, he added. The roads affected are the Applegate road between Ruch and Conner: the AnteloDe road from the junction of Meridian and Yankee creek roads to Cli max; the Crow Foot road from Derby to McLeod bridge; the Butte Falls road from Butte Falls(to Beaver creek; the Old Stage road from Jacksonville to Gold Hill. Also the Nick Young road from the Crater lake highway to tho Agate road; the Agate road from the Sams Valley road at Dodge bridge to Little Butte creek, and the Modoc road from the Table Rock road to the Sams Valley highway near Dodge bridge. Five Persons Die In Detroit Blaze Detroit. Jan. 21 (U.R) Five persons, including a young moth er and three of her children, were burned to death tonight when flames trapped them in their basemen home. Another child was so critical ly burned she was not expected to live. Firemen said the blaze was confined to the basement of the two-story frame house where Mr. and Mrs. John H. Johnson and their four children lived. Receiving hospital officials identified four of the victims as Mrs. Johnson, 24, her children, Curtis. 3; Daniel, 2, and Clar ence 16 months. Firemen found a fifth body in the debris, but it was so badly charred that they could not im mediately determine whether itj was that of a man or woman. Santiago, Jan. 21 (U.R) A strong earthquake shook central Chile from Valparaiso to Temuco today. Late Sports r! bnlnl .Tan. 21 Eaale Point high continued undefeat ed in conference and district play Saturday by edging Ash land high 38 to 36 on the local floor as Lloyd Hale sank two free throws in the final minute of play for the victory. Ashland led at the first quar ter 13 to 11, at the half 25 to 21 and the third quarter 32 to 30. Hale with 12 points and Smith with 13 led the Eagles and Grizzlies respectively in the scoring. Coos Bay. Jan. 21 Marsh field high downed Grants Pais 50 to 42 Saturday night in a non-conference game on the coast school's floor. Grants Pass' scheduled game with Ktrby was postponed. Central Point, Jan. 21 Klamath Falls made it a win and a loss over the week-end when it downed Central Point high 38 to 27 in a conference district clash here Saturday night after losing to Medford Friday evening. Klamath led the first quar ter 15 to 4, 22 to 10 at the half and 30 to 17 at the third quar ter. Tom Schubert with 12 paced the Pels and Mtrl An horn and Herb Trautman got ei?ht nnd f-. :- n- i respec tively for the Pointers. . ' . Backs Down Stop A Blockade Berlin .erlin, Jan. 21 (U.R) The .lited States' barked down today n a major Berlin dispute with Russia to prevent a new Soviet Diockade of the city. Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Berlin's American commandant, ordered western police out of a disputed u. s. zone railway head quarters building, seizure of which precipitated the quarrel. First Time For U. S. It was the first time the U. S had backed down in a major Berlin dispute with Russia since the Soviets imposed their 11 month blockade of the city in the spring of 1948. (It had been rumored in Berlin that Taylor's backdown was prompted by pressure from his superiors. But U. S. High Com missioner John McCloy, who ar rlver at Mitchell field in New York tonight, said "I doubt it" when asked whether Washing ton had prompted the action. (McCloy said he was not fully informed on tl)e matter, having left Germany Friday. But he said he believed the U. S. back down would "ease the situation.") Not Worth Trouble "The 600 office rooms are not worth the threat of a new block ade," Taylor said. German police, with American approval, had seized the building housing the railway headquarters to obtain the 600 empty rooms for use of the city, Occupation of the building led to what Taylor called a Soviet "excuse to harass the residents of western Berlin, to threaten re- Brink Robbery Gets New Clue; Shown With 1947 Thievery Boston, Jan. 21 (U.R) Detee ttvci tii-Oi-ijcd today Uiat the $1,500,000 Brink's, Inc., holdup might have been master-minded by the same man who engineered a similar robbery that netted a comparatively paltry $107,997 here less than three years ago. Police noted striking parallels between the fantastic robbery of the money-transportation service Tuesday night and the B. F. Stur tcvant company robbery In Bos ton's Hyde Park section Oct. 30, 1947. "We know the names of four of the six men suspected of stag Inif the Sturtevant holdup," a police official said, "and we are seeking them for questioning in connection with the Brink case." One Suspect Convcted Five suspects were seized af ter the Sturtevant robbery but onlv one. Samouel Granito, a Brooklyn, N. Y., bookie, was convicted and he Is serving a 16-to-20-year prison term. The others were freed because wit nesses could not identify them. One of those freed, police. said, was seen in Boston January 3, 4 and 5. In the Sturtevant case, six gunmen wearing Halloween and stocking masks lined up em ployees, seized the $107,997 and escaped in a truck. At Brink's yeven gunmen wearing nai- loween and stocking marks held up employees, seized the biggest cash loot in the nation's his tory, and, apparently, took it away in a truck.- Bulletins SATURDAY SCORES Washington 66, Oregon 51. WSC 51. OSC 34. Stanford 66, Santa Clara 60. Willamette U. 57. College of Idaho 46. Illinois 66, Ohio State SO. Georgia Tech 68, Tennessee 57. Indiana 49. Purdue 39. Wyoming 56, Colorado A k M 45. Baylor 52, Rice 43. Denver 55, Utah 51. Montana 67, Gonsaga 65. Montana State 87, Western Slate 81. Oregon Tech 70, Vanport 55. St. Peter's Lutheran defeat ed Central Christian 19 to 10, St. Mary's downed St. Mark's 23 to 20, Foursquare walloped First Christian 44 to 4 and First Presbyterian won on for feit from First Methodist in basketball games at the YMCA Saturday night. Phoenix, Jan. 21 Medford junior high varsity basketball team continued undefeated with a 34-19 victory over the Phoenix senior high jayvees hare Saturday night. The SOC junior varsity trimmed . the Phoenix high varsity 62 to 38 In the big game. Prelim of the night saw the Phoenix graders down Howard. prisals against rail workers and generally to disturb the peace of the city." The Soviet-run railway cut elevated traffic In Berlin by more than 50 per cent In repris al, and Soviet zone officials threatened that Interzonal rail traffic between Berlin and west ern Germany would be affected. Today, many truck drivers go ing to and from Berlin were stopped and questioned. Some of them were turned back as So viet frontier guards - applied many of the tactics that preced ed imposition of their 1948 blockade. March Of Dimes In Full Swing As Many Events Set The March of Dimes. cot into full swing last week. First in a ' series of social events took place Friday eve nine, when the travelling vaude ville show, being given through out the countv for the benefit of tne March of Dimes, opened at Ashland. It will also be given at Central Point January 23, and at Talent January 26, boh eve nings at 8 o'clock. . And a downtown booth, manned by members of the Med ford Active club, gave residents an opportunity to honor their home state by putting a dona tion in a jar marked with its name. Funds will go to the anti pollo dtjve of the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis, with the bulk of the funds re maining in Jackson county for aid to local cases. Many Events Plans for the annual March of Dimes dance at Gold Hill are well along, it was reported. The dance will be held January 28 in the Gold Hill Grange hall. 0ion will nold tlieir annual piny at iucinc.e s Dauroom. The Medford Elks' dance will be the following night, under the chairmanship of victor Kengla, assisted by Lady Elks. Still an other event, the March of Dimes dance of the Rogue Valley Coun try club, will be on January 30th for members and guests. Schools Help Schools In the county will par ticipate in the March of Dimes all next week, with collections, sales and benefit programs. Gen eral Chairman Dick House has left a supply of March of Dimes collection materials at the office of County School Superintend ent C. R. Bowman, who said that any school in need of the material should get in touch with his office, and that additional supplies will be sent out at once. Active participation in the March of Dames is also being noted at the Camp White domi ciliary center. (See story and pic ture on page 1, second section.) Snowbound Residents Sought By Air Force Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 21 (U.R) Reports of one person suf fering from an attack of appendi citis and a missing wood cutter in the snowbound Cape Horn area cast of here kept an air force-state patrol ground rescue team busy today. State patrol officers said an army weasel pushed into one sec tion of the area this morning to search for John Meyers, a wood cutter reported to be living in a pup tent and not heard from since Christmas. The same crew was to check 32 more marooned families, one of which might have one person suffering from appendicitis. Another weasel carried more food to the 50 families checked two days ago and found In good condition but low on food. Bomb Blast Rocks Texas College Area Houston, Tex., Jan. 21 (U.R) A mitfhtv bomb explosion rocked the Rice Institute campus early today, endangering the lives oi students asleep on the second floor of the men's dormitory where it was set off. There were no injuries, howev er a fact that explosives experts attributed to the home-made TNT powered bombs being placed, hurriedly and probably by chance, where it did a minimum of harm. -George Strouhal. 19-year-old engineering student from Alvln, Tex., was apparently the only person awake on the second floor north wing of East hall, where the blast occurred. Strouhal said the explosion came not long after he heard the ground floor door slam, appar ently as the bomb planter left tne aormiioiy. ' Leader Charged With Perjury Faces 10 Years In Prison : - Sentencing Date Set For Wednesday A. M. , New York, Jan. 21 (U.R) Alger Hiss was found guilty of perjury today by a federal jury which 'decided he once betrayed his country to a communist spy ring when he held a post of trust in the state department. A jury of eight women and ' four men reached a verdict 23 hours and 38 minutes after it went out in this second trial of the 45-year-old "career man" who had risen through the gov ernment to a post as advisor to President Roosevelt at Yalta. Guilty Both Counts ' They found him guilty on both , perjury counts that he had lied when he denied he served a communist network in the new dpat 1Q3na hit k.nrfi.. .. 'ft U'CI tu Spy Courier Whittaker Cham bers secret documents from the siaie department; that he lied when he said he had not seen Chambers after January, 1937. . The conviction meant that Hiss faces a possible maximum sen tence of 10 years in prison and a $4,000 fine. Judge Henry W. Goddard set the date for sentencing as next Werlnpftrinv at 10-90 w. IT- ruled that Hiss could go free in nis present $a,uuu bail until that time. Appeal Planned Hiss' ' attorney, Claude B. Cross, announced that the con viction "certainly will be ap pealed." r Hiss took the verdict without so much as the twitch of a muscle in his face. He sat with his armn fnMnri na.U. V. i m his prim wife, Priscilla, stared into space. She held her hands crossed limply in her lap. Finally, when the jury had been dismissed with instructions not to discuss the case, Hiss reaeherl owpp anrl plonnnj h1,. . hand. She did not look at hh UJiey ro;e a::d walked iowl.' from the courtroom where they had spent 40 days of ordeal. With his -wife at his side, Hiss WfllltpH erpntlv in an alavaln. shouldering through the crowd, and waved off reporters with no comment, no comment. An the elpvntnr rtfinfnAnA from thA 13th flnii. tli .nn.l. and said softly; "Keep your chin up. Thus ended in dishonor for Hiss a brilliant career. The ver dict had alro answered one of the mast intriguing questions of court histnrv: Who wns lvlnff Chambers or Hiss? ' Body Mercy Killing Woman Examined Manchester. N. H.. Jan. 21 (U.R) The body of Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto was disinterred at the request of defense attorneys to day and an autopsy was per formed on the woman Dr. Her-. mann N. Sander is accused of slaying in a "mercy killing." It was not believed the autop sy would delay the start of Dr. Sander's first degree murder trial on February 20. The defense and state were represented by some of the na tion's best known pathologists at the lengthy autopsy in the base ment of the Hillsborough county hospital. Dr. Richard Ford, head of the department of legal medicine at Harvard, represented the de fense. The state was represented by Dr. Ralph Miller of Dart mouth and Dr. Albert Helprin, , chief medical examiner of New' York City. The body of Mrs. Borroto was dug up secretly and taken to the hospital where the autopsy was ' performed. No one not connected with the defense or prosecution was allowed near the autopsy room. 33 Persons Reported Killed In Plane Crash LaPaz. Bolivia. Jan. 21 (U.R) The war department confirmed tonight that 32 persons were killed yesterday when a military transport plane crashed near the village of Yacopartijo in Cocha bamba province. .Among those killed were 28 soldiers going home to be dis charged and four crew members. Road Conditions Crater Lake highway Is in, good condition at least to Pros pect and the snow pack was breaking up in the Union Creek area, according to state i police reports yesterday. Con ditions of all other iriain roads leading from the Rogue river valley was good. , There was still two-way "controlled" traffic along high-, way 99 in northern California. 4
