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44th Year 18 Pages . MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1950 NO. 255
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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, -
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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.
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