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BY H. S. T. This la a sketch
President Truman drew of him
Ml! when a delegation from the
National Cartoonist Society called
at the White House. It depicts the
President peeping from behind a
drawing board.
Uranium Dealer
. Knew 01 US Bomb,
( Committee Hears
Washington, Jan. 24 (U.R
International Uranium Dealer
Boris Pregel knew the United
States was working on an atomic
bomb when he sold atomic ma
terials to Russia in 1943, a wit
ness told the house un-American
activities committee today.
Dr. Phillip L. Merrit, now an
executive of the atomic energy
commission, said Pregel sold
1,000 pounds of uranium com
pounds to Russia in violation of
his contract to give the United
States all the uranium ore he
could get.
Staff Tapers Off
Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, di
rector of the wartime atom
bomb project, subsequently di
rected his staff to "taper off" in
their dealings with Pregel, Law
rence C. Burman, also an AEC
official, told the committee.
Burman said he did not know
why Groves issued that order.
Pregel's Canadian Radium &
Uranium corporation in New
York was the sole sales agent
for the output of vital Canadian
uranium mines. These mines
were taken over by Canada in
January, 1944, and were a main
source of supply for our A-bomb
project.
Girl On Trial For
Mercy Killing Of Dad
Bridgeport, Cbnn., Jan. 24
(U.R) A slim girl with shoulder
length blonde hair comes to su
perior court today to contend
that "thou shalt not kill" does
not apply to an act of mercy.
Carol Ann Paight, 21, a .col
lege senior, claims it was love
4 and affection, not hate and mal-
4nA that mar4a har -fira n Vmllnt
jj through her dying policeman
S father's head last September 23.
She goes on trial on a second de
gree murder charge.
Her attorneys planned to plead
temporary insanity in her de
fense. A state psychiatrist exam
ined her when she was arrested
and psychiatric testimony was
expected to form a good part of
the defense.
It was the first "mercy kill
ing" trial in the history of this
factory town of 180,000. Almost
everybody had an opinion, one
way or the other, about Carol's
act when she learned that her
father, who had been her close
and loving companion, was dy
ing slowly of an incurable can
cer. -
Navy Considers Wave
To Refloat Big Mo
Norfolk, Va.. Jan. 24(U.R
The navy said today it was con
sidering starting a giant wave to
help" wash, the stranded battle
ship Missouri off her mudbank,
- but the idea might be dangerous.
J Read Adm. Allen E. Smith,
Commander of cruisers for the
Atlantic fleet, said the navy
thought of sending a cruiser rac
ing close to the bogged-down
Big Mo at the next attempt to
free her, February 2.
The cruiser's bow wave might
JT lift the battleship for an instant,
s breaking the suction which has
held her firmly in the mud for
eight days.
But the idea may be aban
doned, he said, because the wave
might be dangerous to the tugs
and other small craft hauling at
the battleship.
In the big pull February 2,
Smith said, five tugs will haul
at the Missouri's sterm, add
ing their power to the Big Mo's
winches pulling at nine huge an
chors behind her.
Portland Trucker
Freed In Charge Of
Assault On Bridges
Los Angeles, Jan. 24 (U.R)
Verle L. Penney, 41-year-old
Portland, Ore., trucker, has been
cleared of charges that he as
saulted ex-major league Pitcher
Tommy Bridges in an argument
over Penney's estranged wife.
Bridges had charged that Pen
ney struck him with a revolver.
Municipal Judge Joseph F.
Chambers dismissed the case
. yesterday in a preliminary hear
ing. Stafford Springs, Conn., Jan.
24 (U.R) Robert Warner, 60,
editor and publisher of the Staf
ford Press, died today after a
long illness.
Radio Highlights
- Radio Station KWIN (1400
kc) will broadcast the Oregon
StaU-Idaho basketball game
from Moscow. Ida., tonight,
starting at 7:30. -
Arctic Cold Have Sends
New Storm Ends
Threat Of Floods;
Temperatures Skid
Motorists Stalled In
Portland By Snow
By United Press
A severe cold wave in the
wake of flash blizzards clamped
down again on the Pacific north
west today, ending for the time
Deing tne tnreats of floods and
snowslides.
The Arctic front sent tempera
tures skidding from the mid-forties
down to the zero mark. The
weather forecaster said the new
cold snap would probably be as
severe as the one that gripped
the region last week.
A low of five degrees above
zero was forecast for Seattle
Tuesday night.
Follows Chinook
The blizzards and frigid air
followed a rain-laden Chinook
that was rapidly melting a heavy
Cascade mountain snowpack.
Swollen rivers receded swiftly
Tuesday as the extensive storm
front moved through British Co
lumbia and Washington and
struck northern Oregon.
A steady gale with gusts of 53
miles an hour lashed Bellingham,
Wash., where the mercury plung
ed to six above. Six inches of
snow fell late Monday.
The new storm whipped
through British Columbia with a
staggering punch that further
hampered transportation, kept
schools closed and disrupted
communications.
Highways Flooded
A minor flood crest of the Wil
lamette river rolled harmlessly
toward Portland but some feeder
streams spread over Oregon
roads. The only highway serious
ly flooded was 101 north of Tilla
mook. The Kilchis river was ex
pected to recede and the highway
be cleared by Wednesday.
Snow fell in downtown Port
land last night, and the cold
front was expected to last three
days.
United Air lines traffic was re
turned to Portland-Columbia air
port yesterday from Salem after
the runways were cleared of
snow. Buses and trains continued
to run on late schedules.
About 500 motorists were
stalled on Portland's Barbour
boulevard when -the snow came.
Two buses ran off the road but
with minor damages and no in
juries to passengers, police said.
The Columbia river and Ever
green highways were still
blocked. Portland schools reop
ened Monday but Vancouver.
Wash., and Clark county schools
were scheduled to remain closed
until Wednesday.
Victim Of Tiger Bite
Rests In Hospital
.Thousand Oaks, Cal., Jan. 24
(U.R) Animal Trainer Mabel
Stark was resting "satisfactorily"
today after a three-hour opera
tion to save an arm mangled by
a "very tame" mother tigress.
The seven - year - old tigress,
named "Pasha," attacked Miss
Stark yesterday when she shoved
her right arm through cage bars
to take one of Pasha's cubs.
The tigress hurled herself on
the trainer's arm, mangling it
with her teeth and claws.
Miss Stark, who was alone,
wrenched herself free before
Trainer Tony Anthony and ani
mal farm employee Hank Craig
arrived in answer to her screams.
They gave her first aid, then
rushed her to Burbank hospital.
Canal Pilot Saves
Actress From Injury
Venice, Italy, Jan. 24 (U.R) A
young Venetian canal pilot saved
Hollywood Actress Maria Mon
tez from possible serious injury
in a boating accident last night.
Miss Montez and Italian Actor
Guido Celano were in a motor
boat which hit a steel mooring
cable in the darkness during the
filming of a movie scene.
Pilot Oberdan Giorgetti, 32,
leaped in front of Miss Montez to
shield her from being struck by
the cable. He suffered cuts and
bruises while Miss Montez es
caped without injury.
Celano ducked and escaped in
jury as the cable swung over
head. House Rules
Controversial
Washington. Jan. 24 (U.R)
The house rules committee by a
tie vote today refused to clear
the controversial FEPC bill for
action by the house.
The vote was five-five. Rep.
Clarence Brown (R., O.), joined
four southern democrats in op
posing a motion to send the civil
rights measure to the floor. He
then moved that the vote be re
considered. Issue Kept Alive
This maneuver. Brown told
newsmen, keeps the issue alive
for consideration at a later date.
Brown said he voted no vote
because two republicans were
absent from today's rules com
mittee session and he had pro
mised them he would try to de
lay a decision on the fair employ
ment practices bill until they
Medford
44th Year 12 Pages
Dr. Durno On Stand
In Anti-Trust Suit
Of Medical
Portland, Ore.. Jan. 24 4U.R
The first defense witness in the
government's anti-trust suit
against the Oregon Physicians
Service and seyeral medical so
cieties in the state yesterday tes
tified that for several years there
had been growing opposition to
commercial medical associations.
The witness, Dr. Edwin R. Dur
no of Medford, listed three rea
sons why he refused to "accept
Compromising
Seen Before Tax
Bill Can Be Law
Washington, Jan. 24 (U.R)
Members of congress agreed with
President Truman today that the
time has come to cut excise
taxes.
But there was no such unan
imity on Mr. Truman's request
for a $1,000,000,000 boost in
corporation taxes, increased es
state and gift levies, and closure
of so-called "loopholes" in the
present tax laws.
General Clamor
In fact, it appeared there will
have to be considerable com
promising between the White
House and congress before a tax
bill acceptable to both can be
come law.
There is a general clamor
among congressmen and senators
of all political shades for a re
duction in the wartime excise
rates. These taxes, ranging from
15 to 25 per cent, apply to cos
metics, jeWelry, transportation
tickets telephone and telegraph
tolls and., many, other similar
items. - -
Replacement Wanted
The president, obviously aware
of powerful pressure for reduc
tions, warned congress in his
special tax message yesterday
that he would veto an excise cut
unless it is accompanied "by
provision for replacement of the
revenue lost."
Mr. Truman suggested that
congress make up the difference
by closing tax "loopholes."
He said "excessive" depletion
allowances of oil and mining
interest should be lowered; that
a new tax formula should be
devised for life insurance com
panies to eliminate an "uninten
tional" tax-free status of invest
ment earnings; and that income
earned by some educational and
charitable institutions should be
taxed to end "abuses."
Coed Gets Spanking
For 'Too Many Fires'
East Lansing, Mich., Jan. 24
(U.R) Art Miller, Chicago , a
Michigan State college senior,
said today that he spanked his
coed girl friend because "she
kept too many fires burning."
Miller administered the pad
dling before a large group of
students between classes.
"She used to date one guy In
the afternoon and another at
night," Miller said. "I told her
if she ever did that to me, I'd
paddle her. She stood me up. so
I just kept my promise."
Miller and the coed attended
class together immediately after
the "punishment."
"She was mad at first, but she
finally laughed," he said.
Driving Knowledge Lack
Doesn't Hamper Thief
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 24
(U.R) A man held on vagrancy
charges will be given a mental
examination today because he
admitted wanting to steal a car.
Police caught him pushing the
car down a street. He explained
he wanted to steal it, but couldn't
drive.
Committee Refuses to Clear
FEP Bill By Vote of 5-5
could attend
Today's action was another in
a series of temporary victories
for southern house members who
oppose FEPC. They have resort
ed to a variety of delaying tac
tics to prevent its consideration.
May Comt To Vote
The southerners conceded,
however, that they probably
can't stop FEPC much longer.
They said the measure may
come to a house vote, probably
by one of two possible special
procedures, in another three
weeks.
The Dixie bloc got an assist
from Speaker Sam Rayburn yes
terday when he headed off an
immediate vote on the politically-explosive
issue. Rayburn.
who dislikes the bill, recalled
last week' "terrific and rather
MEDFORD OREGON,
Groups
tickets of Industrial and national
hospital, associations."
Payment 'Not Fair'
They were:
1. The payment he received
was "not in fair accord with the
practice and services rendered."
2. Any patient needing major
treatment was urged to go to
Portland hospitals under these
plans.
3. The plans required the
doctor to consult with "laymen"
before proceeding with "major
treatment."
Dr. Durno said an association
formed by the doctors of Jack
son county was unable to obtain
sufficient contracts to make ends
meet.
Refuted 'Tickets'
Dr. R. S. Waltz of Forest
Grove, Ore., was another witness
at the trial. He said, "I believe
that it is a logical way for a
patient to take care of his bills
particularly a patient of modest
income," as he testified in favor
of ore-paid plans.
But, he said, in time he refus
ed to accept "tickets" of the com
mercial associations because of
difficulties he experienced with
them. '
Senate Unanimously
Confirms Sherman
Washington, Jan. 24 (U.R)
The senate today unanimously
confirmed Adm. Forrest P. Sher
man as chief of naval operations
after a bitter debate over the dis
missal of his predecessor, Adm.
Louis E. Dcnfeld.
Confirmation came after Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy (R., Wis.),
announced that Denfeld is "re
signing" from the job he held up
to last October. McCarthy ex
plained that the resignation is
a formality to" "clear up legal
doubts that the post is vacant.
McCarthy, a marine corps vet
eran of World War II, has spark
ed the congressional criticism of
the Denfeld dismissal.
He said Secretary of Navy
Francis P. Matthews, who fired
Denfeld, should be impeached
because of: (1) "Untruthfulness,"
(2) "imcompetence," (3) "com
plete disloyalty" to the navy "for
which he should be fighting,"
and (4) his "new and dangerous
rule" that "if any officer comes
before the senate and tells the
truth he must take the conse
quences." Dutch Authorities
Charged With Aid
Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 24
(U.R) The republic of Indonesia
charged today that a renegade
Dutch captain who temporarily
seized control of a West Java
city by armed force had the sup
port of Dutch authorities.
The captain, Paul Weslerling,
commands a highly-disciplined
private army of Dutch and nat
ive guerrillas in a quest for pow
er in Indonesia.
His privateers drove republi
can troops out of the city of '
Bandoeng yesterday in a sur
prise attack but later surren
dered the city on the request of
Dutch authorities.
The Indonesian defense minis
try said the Dutch army did not
actively support the guerrillas
but had helped them indirectly
by not taking action against
Dutch army deserters who had
joined the Westorling forces.
White Houses Change
Color For Brief Time
New Orleans, Jan. 24 (U.R)
Authorities were at a loss today
to explain the switch of white
painted houses to technicolor for
a few hours here yesterday.
Before dawn, white houses
turned a yellowish-brown. A"n
acrid odor was present during
the discoloration. But by sunup
the houses were white again.
bitter fight" in which the ad
ministration beat down an at
tempt by a republican-southern
democrat coalition to seize house
control. Another fight over
FEPC, he said, was not desirable
now.
Seen By Cox
Rep. E. E. Cox (Cb. a key
man in the campaign against
civil rights, said FEPC is certain
to come to a house vote eventu
ally and will be approved. He
believed Rayburn sooner or
later will recognize Chairman
John Lesinski (D., Mich.), of the
labor committee so he can bring
the bill to the floor under the
so-called 21-day rule. This al
lows a committee chairman to
by-pass the rules committee if it
fails to act within 21 days.
Blizzard
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24,
Sen. Morse To Be
Called As Bridges
Character Witness
Defense To Summon
Oregon Senator .
San Francisco. Jan. 24 (U.R)
The defense said today it would
call U. S. Sen. Wayne L. Morse,
(R., Ore.) to testify as a charac
ter witness in behalf of long
shore union leader Harry
Bridges and two other men ac
cused of perjury and conspiracy.
Attorney James M. Maclnnis
finishing up a marathon opening
statement that took a day and a
half, said Morse, once a water
front arbitrator, would be one
of seven witnesses called to show
the "integrity, honesty and truth
of character" of the defendants.
Lying Charged
Bridges, 57-year-old native of
Australia, is on trial on a charge
of lying at his naturalization
hearing when he denied he was a
communist. J. R. Robertson and
Henry Schmidt, both officers in
Bridges' CIO International Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
union, are accused of supporting
Bridges' statement.
Other witnesses Maclnnis said
he would call to defend the char
acter of "these leftwing saints,"
included Dewey Mead, member
of the San Francisco board of
supervisors, and Waller Buck,
prominent shipping and banking
executive.
Leftwing Saints
"I don't represent , .. . that
these men are saints," Maclnnis
said in describing the three de
fendants. "They are leftwing
saints, perhaps . . . and when I
say 'leftwing' I say it with all
the dignity it used to possess
when the late President Roose
velt said 'you can count me a
little left of center'."
Seven More Years Of
Power Shortage Seen
Washington, Jan. 24 (U.R)
Dr. Paul J. Raver, Bonneville
power administrator, said today
that the Pacific northwest faces
seven more lean years before its
power supplies catch up with
demand.
"It will be 1957," Raver said,
"before we are really out of the
woods and able to furnish every
body with the power, that they
want to do the kind of a develop
ment job that ought to be going
on in that region."
A house appropriations sub
committee published his testi
mony in support of a $47,250,000
budget request for BPA. Raver
said the administration also
needs $21,750,000 in contract
authority.
He ran into little opposition
from the subcommittee, most of
whose members seemed to feel
Raver has done a good job. That
included Rep. Ben Jensen (R.,
Ia.) who nevertheless express
fears that "Wall street financiers
are getting their hooks in the
people of your area."
Light Snow Whitens
Floor Of Rogue Valley
A few fluffs of dry snow whit
ened the floor of the Rogue val
ley last night, and the weather
bureau today predicted continu
ing snow showers for -the next
few days. Last night's flurries
left a trace of snow on the ground
at the airport, with up to half
an inch at higher valley eleva
tions. Freezing temperatures last
night, with a low of 30 degrees,
brought to an end the relatively
warm weather Jackson county
has experienced the last few
days, and reminded residents
that it was a year ago today when
the thermometer dropped to 5
above zero, coldest day of 1949.
Total precipitation up to 4:30
a. m. today was nine-hundredths
of an inch.
Buff Montana Dies
In Hollywood Hospital
Hollywood, Jan. 24 (U.R)
Old-time Movie Actor Lewis
(Bull) Montana, 62, who had
been a wrestling referee during
recent years, died today at
French hospital where he had
been under treatment for a heart
ailment for several weeks. .
Born Lugia Montagna in Vog
Iiera, Italy, the 200-pound Mon
tana was a wrestler and boxer
before entering pictures in 1918.
His pictures included "How to
Handle Women" and "Good
Morning, Judge."
James Fly, a friend with whom
Montana lived for the past 15
years, said the former actor
turned to wrestling again after
talking pictures came in. About
10 years ago, he took up re
fereeing and continued active
until the state athletic commis
sion refused to renew his license
last year because of hit health.
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'COASTAL FORTIFICATION'-Score of Navy tugs and other ves
sels heave am. haul In vain attempt to (rce the 45.000-ton battleship
Missouri from the mudbank she has been stranded on In Hampton
Roads, of Norfolk, Va. The Big Mo will remain a "coastal fortifi
cation" until Feb. 2, when the next h.tgh tide peak Is expected.
Russians Impose New
Truck Restrictions
Berlin, J an. 24 (U.R) Rus
sian border guards Irii posed hew
restrictions on western ' truck
traffic into Berlin today but re
moved restrictions on trains In
a six-day-old on-again-off-again
blockade.
Fur-capped Soviet troops made
exhaustive inspections of docu
ments, travel permits and iden
tification papers of German
truckers attempting to reach
Berlin through the superhigh
way checkpoint at Helmstedt.
Four Trucks Hourly
Each inspection took about 15
minutes, permitting' only four
trucks an ,hour to get through.
Other checkpoints on second
ary routes into Berlin reported
Leaders Of Telephone
Union Talk Walkout
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 24 (U.R)
Top leaders of the CIO Tele
phone Workers union meet here
today to discuss strategy in a
threatened strike that would tie
up most of the nation's phone
service.
All district presidents assem
bled with Joseph A. Beirne, pres
ident of the Communication
Workers of America (CIO), which
has 100,000 members oised to
strike "at any lime" and 150.000
others who can strike after Feb
ruary 1 to enforce new contract
demands against the Bell Tele
phone system.
The federal government, mean
while, moved to head off strike
action. TYie federal mediation
service planned to invite Beirne
to meet Bell system top officials
in Washington for peace talks.
Explosion In Store
Hurts Three Persons
Portland, Ore., Jan. 24 (U.R)
A one-story frame grocery store
and living quarters blew up in
southeast Portland 'oday and
firemen said at least three per
sons were seriously injured.
The building was demolished
by the blast at 8 a. m.
Firemen identified the Injured
as Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Mann,
proprietors of the store, and an
other woman believed to be Mrs.
Mann's mother.
Police and firemen rushed
emergency equipment to the
scene to fight a small fire that
followed the explosion. They
said it apparently was caused by
a gas stove.
The store was located at 6520
SE Division street.
COP'S TO ELECT
Jackson County Young Re
publican club will elect officers
at its annual meeting at 8 p. m.
Thursday, January 26. The ses
sion will be held in the basement
at Valentine's cafe. Members are
expected to discuss their pro
gram in relation to the 1950 elcc
'tions. All young republicans of
the county are invited to attend.
Paul Haviland is present presi
dent of the group.
WEATHER
FOKECAST; Snow ihowri and
continued cold tonifht and
Wednesday,
Tamp.
Hifhrftt yesterday 4t
Loweit this morning 30
Prec.
To 4:30 a. m. today .09
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no delays. ..Truck traffic from
Beriii reported no delays. Truck
traffic from Berlin to the west
was reported being passed
through the Helmstedt check
point with little or no delay.
The regular Berlin-Frankfurt
U. S. army passenger train
passed through the Soviet rail
checkpoint at Marienborn with
out incident last night. Western
officials said rail service was
back to normal today.
Meetinbi Scheduled
The German Socialist party in
the western sectors scheduled
eight meetings within the next
10 days, one In each borough
of Russian-occupied Berlin, to
protest the on-and-off blockade.
Communist sources said the
meetings would be considered
a "provocation."
An American spokesman said
the new Soviet Insistence on
Russian translations of travel
documents of all passengers
aboard U. S. army trains violated
agreements made with the Rus
sians in 1945 by Gen. Dwlght
D. Eisenhower.
However, the spokesman did
not say what the U. S. would
do if the Russians continued to
delay U. S. trains.
Chinese Reds Cross .
Indochina Border
Taipei, Formosa, Jan. 24 (U.R)
Nationalist reports said today
that Chinese Communist troops
have crossed the border into In
dochina and are cooperating
with communist forces there.
These reports, distributed by
the nationalist central news
agency and the central China
command headquarters, said
the joint communist forces are
considering armed action against
some 30,000 nationalist troops
who fled China and took refuge
In Indochina.
It was understood a request
for money and supplies has been
received by the national defense
ministry from Gen. Huang
Chieh, commander of one of the
army groups interned by. the
French, lhe request was turned
over to the nationalist foreign
office.
Deputy Commander
In Berlin Stricken
Berlin. Jan. 24-4J.R) William
T. Babcock, deputy American
commander in Berlin for the
past four years, died today of a
heart attack which his associates
said was caused by the strain of
the Berlin blockade and the cold
war with the Russians.
Babcock, 52, was stricken In
his car after leaving a motion
picture theater. He died 13 min
utes after he was admitted to a
hosnital.
U. S. authorities said Babcock's
body will be flown to Washing
ton for burial in Arlington ceme
tery. Howard P. Jones of Nyack,
N. Y., chief of economics In Ber
lin, was appointed to replace
Babcock temporarily.
Robbery Follows
Delivery Of Money ,
By Brink's Truck
Building Believed
Familiar To Thugs
Boston, Jan. 24 (U.R) Two
bandits seized a $1,910 payroll
in the ultra-exclusive Union club
today 25 minutes after it was de
livered by an armored truck of
Brink's, Inc., whose offices were
held up last week by bandits who
escaped with $1,500,000.
With Boston police still work
ing around the clock to solve last
Tuesday night's robbery at
Brink's own headquarters, the
bandit pair boldly staged the .
latest stick-up in davliaht with.
in sight of the state house. They
overlooked $90.
Women Held Up ;
The bandits, one masked with
a handkerchief and armed, held
up two women employees in an
office of the club on the fourth
floor of the building on busy
Park street.
The bandits vanished so quick
ly after the robberv that em
ployees said they must have been
laminar with the premises.
Meanwhile. Boston police turn-
ed over to the FBI for Investiga
tion a message received In a
plain white envelope in this
morning's mail from Buffalo,
N. Y., dated January 22. It was
written either in red ink or paiht
on wnne paper and read: "Have
fun, boys. We are the baseball
team," apparently referring to
the nine-man bandit gang sought
in the Brink's holdup.
Detectives discounted a report
indicating that the bandits had
attempted to flee over the Cana
dian border by plane.
The operator of a charter air
service at Logan airport in East '
Boston sairt that three hours aft
er the Brink's robbery he re
ceived a telephone call from a
woman who wanted to hire a
plane to fly four men to Prince
ton, Me., near the Canadian bor
der. Because of bad weather, the
operator told the woman such a
flight was impossible that night.
Boston. Mass.. Jan. 24 (U.R)
Four men, one a locksmith, were
held on suspicion today in con
nection with the $1,500,000
Brink's holdup.
Two of the men, both with po
lice records, were picked up in
Stoughton, Mass., on the strength
of one of many local tips. One
of these suspects had been ques
tioned about a year ago In con
nection with the slaying of Rob-tii-t
B.- Holmes, an- en-convict.
A third suspect was seized
here because one of the others
reportedly had been driving an
automobile registered in his
name.
Police refused to give any ink
ling as to why the locksmith was
arrested. However, in commit
ting the holdup the Brink's ban
dits had to pass through six
locked doors.
Meier & Frank lips
Ads In Oregonian
Portland, Ore., Jan. 24 U.R)
Meier and Frank company de
partment store boosted, its adver
tising in the Portland Oregonian
today after having slashed its
lineage to a page a day last
January 6.
M. J. Frcy, general manager
of the Oregonian, had pointed
out in a front page statement that
withdrawal of advertising from
the Oregonian had followed pub
lication, by the Oregonian, of an
account of the findings of a na
tional labor relations board ex
aminer holding that Meier and
Frank company had engaged In
unfair labor practices.
In this morning's Oregonian,
the store ran two pages of ad
vertising as a fresh snowfall
covered Portland streets. The
Oregonian said no special an
nouncement had accompanied
the boost in patronage. "They
just hustled over more copy,
said night City Editor Dick
Nokes.
The CIO American newspaper
guild, county democratic central
committee, central labor council,
young democrats and state CIO
executive committee had passed
resolutions at meetings in favor
of the newspaper Bnd in condem
nation of the department store.
DiMaggio Signs Pact
To Play With Yankees
New York, Jan. 24 (U.R!
Outfielder Joe DiMaggio, whose
inspired leadership in spite of in
juries and illness gave the New
York Yankees a pennant and
world champon?hip last season,
signed his 1950 contract today
for approximately $100,000, ths
same amount he received in
1949.
DiMaggio signed at a confer
ence with General Manager
George M. Weiss and said that
he felt "fit."
Toronto, Jan. 24 (U.R) Mrs.
Isador Singer died of severe
burns today .raising the death
toll in Friday's garment factory
fire to seven.
Road Conditions v
Motorists'' war advised to
day by state police not to trav
el into the Klamath Falls area
where a bliiiard is reported.
Chains wer required early
this afternoon on Greensprings
and Siskiyou mountain passai.
Traffic was moving over Sex
ton pais on highway 99 north
without chains. Police had no
resorts on the Redwood or .
Crater Lake highways.
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