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FOOD DOLED TO
Pittsburgh, Jan. 25"J.S)
Government agencies set mach
inery in motion today for re
lieving the hunger of striking
Pennsylvania miners, described
as "starving" by their union of
ficers. But despite hunger and speci
fic orders from John L. Lewis,
the miners pushed efforts to
spread the wildcat strike which
has idled more than 80,000 of
the nation's coal diggers.
Pickets Roving
Caravans of pickets roved
through the soft coal fields of
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
The pickets added 15,000 men
to the idle ranks yesterday.
Five steel companies started
to bank furnaces or announced
plans to lay off workers because
of inadequate coal supplies.
At the focal point of the strike
Hearings Slated
Thursday To Talk
Soil Conservation
Jackson county sentiment re
garding the formation of a soil
conservation district will deter
mined tomorrow when represen
tatives of the stale soil conserva
tion committee hold public hear
ings on the question in Rogue
River and Phoenix.
The Rogue River hearing is
scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday
in the Live Oak Grange hall and
the session in Phoenix is set for
8 p.m. in the Phoenix Grange
hall.
Petition Signed
The hearings are the result of
a petition signed by 55 Jackson
county landowners and submit
ted to the committee November
10. The conservation committee
has announced that "every per
son, firm, corporation, state,
county, or municipal agency
holding title to more than 10
acres of land lying within Jack
son county, and all other inter
ested parties are invited to at
tend and will be given oppor
tunity to be heard.
A soil conservation district is
a legal subdivision of the state
but is not authorized to levy
taxes or assessments. It is auth
orized by law to do everything
that needs to be done to achieve
"the prevention and control of
soil erosion and the conservation
of soil and soil resources."
New Storm To Bring
Snow To Oregon
Portland. Ore., Jan. 25 U.R)
A new storm moving south from
the Gulf of Alaska, will produce
more snow for Oregon and Wash
ington tonight along with slight
relief from an intense cold wave.
the weather bureau reported to
day.
Intermittent snow was fore
cast for most of Oregon begin
ning tonight or early tomorrow
morning.
Temperatures remained below
20 throughout most of the two
states today, after hitting as low
as 11 below zero at Spokane. The
Mercury dropped to 12 degrees
at the Portland airport at 6:30
a.m. today.
A slow rise in temperature
throughout the day was expect
ed but the fact remained that
the northwest was in the grip of
another arctic cold wave.
Bend was the coldest recorded
point in Oregon with four below.
Barns reported two below. La
Grande two above, Pendleton
three above and The Dalles 11
above.
NLRB Bargaining Agent
Election Here Thursday
Non-seasonal workers at Bear
Creek orchards and Southern
Oregon Sales, Inc., will vote to
morrow in an NLRB-supcrvised
election that will determine
whether Teamsters, Cannery and
Fruit Packing workers, local
' 962-A, AFL. will be recognized
as bargaining agents in the two
plants.
Ballots will be cast in the
courthouse auditorium from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. nnd 4:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m.
Road Conditions
Greentpringt and Siikiyou
mountain passe were slick
this morning, and motorist!
should carry chains, itate po
lice said. Chaini were alio ad
vised over Sexton mountain
on highway 99 north where
ix inches of new snow wai
reported.
The Redwood highway was
icy and the the coast highway
wai closed by a slide 13 miles
outh of Port Orford.
United Press laid motorists
should carry chaini on Wil
lamette and Santiam panes.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
in southwestern Pennsylvania,
government officials laid plans
for giving surplus potatoes, and
possibly other commodities, to
families reduced to near-poverty
by the Walkout.
The potatoes" were released
Truman Will Enter Coal Dispute,
High Government Official Claims
Washington, Jan. 25 (U.R) - A high government official laid
today that President Truman will step into the soft coal dispute
"before the week end" unlet! John L. Lewis get! 80,000 striking
miner! back to work "quick."
Thii official laid that even if the linker! return to work on a
three-day week. Mr. Truman still may act becauseVof the growing
coal shortage.
This disclosure came loon after Jamei Boyd, director of the
bureau of minei. told the lenate labor committee he hat notified
the White House that coal supplies are near a "danger point" which
loon may require preiidential action.
Mail Routes In Area
Due For Reshuffling
An extensive changeover of
rural mail routes to city "mount
ed" routes has been started at
the Medford post office in a long
range program to improve mail
service in fringe areas and to
make designations of rural resi
dences more definite.
Superintendent of Mails Otto
DeJarnett said today the latest
change-overs would go into ef
fect February 16 or shortly after,
depending on completion ot
house numbering and plotting by
County Engineer Paul Rynning
and his staff.
Areas Affected
Territories to be affected by
the redesignations next month
are: Jacksonville highway be
tween Western avenue and Wine-ma
way, transferred from
star route to city mounted route;
Buckshot Hill road "and part of
the Lone Pine road, rural route
to city mounted route; Morrow
road, renamed Biddlc road, city
mounted service; and Jackson
ville-Phoenix highway between
rungs highway and Urillin
Creek road, and part of Crooked
Creek road, to mounted service.
Crater Lake highway, as far
north as the domicilliary center,
will be changed from a star route
to a rural route.
A city mounted service is de
livery by automobile to the curb;
a star route is contracted mail
delivery in areas between two
post offices, and a rural route
is one servicing mailboxes not
necessarily adjacent to the own
er's home and operates out of one
central post office, DeJarnett
explained.
To Use Street Number!
After the change-over is ae
complished, rural residences on
the routes affected will be desig
nated by street and house num
bers rather than by route and
box numbers.
As soon as the county en-
Senate Approves
Equal Rights Bill
Washington, Jan. 25 (U.R)
The senate approved today a
proposed constitutional amend
ment that would guarantee
equal legal rights to women.
The required two-thirds sen
ate vote was obtained with eight
votes to spare. The tally was 63
to 19.
Members accepted. 51 to 31. a
provision safeguarding all spe
cial rights, benefits or exemp
tions given women by law, now
or in the future. This was done
after some senators expressed
concern that the proposed con
stitutional amendment would
destroy industrial and social
safeguards now afforded wom
en. The constitutional amendment
now goes to the house for ac
tion. If it is approved there, it
must be ratified by 36 states
to become effective. The ratifi
cation must be finished in seven
years.
MacArthur Observes
70th Birthday
Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 26
iUR) Gen: Douglas MacArthur
will cut a big birthday cake at
the American embassy today to
celebrate his 70th birthday.
MacArthur is in good health
and high spirits, but there will
be no big party or celebration
Instead, his wife, Jean, and his
12-year-old son, Arthur, and a
small group of friends will be
on hand to wish him happy birth
day. Meanwhile, birthday greetings
have been arriving here from all
parts of the world. Many Japa
nese who admire the supreme
commander have sent greetings.
Washington. Jan. 25 UR
Housing Expediter Tighe E.
Woods today announced local
option rent decontrol in West
Linn, Ore, , -
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
HUNGRY
yesterday by the agriculture de
partment to the Pennsylvania
department of properties and
supplies, which ordered distri
bution by county commissioners.
White House intervention to
help the miners had been asked
gineer's staff has assigned house
numbers. DeJarnett urged house
holders to put the new numbers
on their houses as well as on
their mailboxes. Eventually, he
said, every house in rural areas
within the jurisdiction of the
Medford post office will be num
bered. In effecting the change-over,
the engineer's office will re
name some roads in the area and
give new names to formerly un
designated roads.
Eugenean Picked
As First Citizen
Portland, Ore., Jan. 25 (U.R)
A committee of three today
named 30-year-old" Dave Knox,
president- of the Eugene Cham
ber of commerce, as Oregon's
junior first citizen-for 1949. .
The distinguished service
award committee of the state
Jaycee nicked Knox from 15
candidates. The committee was
composed of Chief Justice Hall
S. Lusk of the state supreme
court, state senator and Pendle
ton wheat rancher Carl Eng
dahl, and Dr. George H. Swift,
Salem Episcopal church pastor.
The award will be presented
Knox' in Roscburg on February
18 during a banquet of the state
Jaycee winter board meeting,
said Bert Nennis of Baker, Ore
gon junior first citizen of 1948
and chairman of this year's se
lection committee.
California CIO
Charter Revoked
Washington, Jan. 25. (U.R)
CIO President Philip Murray to
day revoked the charter of the
California Stale CIO council be
cause, the CIO said, the council
followed the communist party
line.
Murray acted on the unani
mous recommendation of a three
man committee which heard the
charges last December 19.
The committee found that the
state council: "Defied and op
posed CIO policy," "publicly
allied itself" with communist
politics, "recklessly interferred"
.with CIO local affairs and used
its newspaper, The Labor Har
ald, to oppose CIO policy and
create disunity.
Murray's action was made
known in a letter to James L.
Daugherty, president, and Bjorne
Hailing, secretary-treasurer of
the council, at San Francisco
council headquarters.
Pan American Clipper
Loses Engine Over Sea
San Francisco, Jan. 25. IU.R)
A Pan American clipper lost an
engine over the Pacific ocean to
day but landed safely at Tokyo
airport, the airline reported.
ine piano carried 1U civilian
passengers and was piloted by
Capt. Murray H. Stewart of
Menlo Park, Calif.
Pan American said it' under
stood the engine fell out of the
airliner about 80 miles from its
destination. '
The airline identified the plane
as a Boeing Stratocruiser.
Triplet Boys Born
To Washington Couple
Tonaskct, Wash.. Jan. 25 (U.R)
Triplet boys, all red-haired,
were born within a few minutes
of each other in this Okanogan
valley town today.
The parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Walker of Okanogan. The
triple birth occured by Caesarian.
The attending physician re
ported mother and sons "doing
fine." The 36-year-old mother
never had a child before.
The father, a mechanic, said
he saw only one of the babies.
"but I guess that if I've seen one,
I've seen them all.'V I
Tribune
25, 1950 . NO. 258
MINERS
by Rep. Anthony Cavalcante,
(D.. Pal
The agriculture department
said surplus eggs may be re
leased to the miners later, but
tnat it nad no authority to give
away other surplus commodi-
ties held in government ware
houses. They include pork, flour,
larci ana canned goods.
Violence Breaks Out
Picketing by the rebel min
ers, who ignored pleas by union
officers to return to work last
Monday, broke into ouen vio
lence yesterday in the Clarks
burg, W. Va., area. Loaded coal
trucks and loading bins were
upset.
In Pennsylvania 44,300 men
were out. In West Virginia
19,000 men were idle, in Ohio
10,000 in Alabama 6,000 and in
Kentucky 1,000.
Sen. Morse Raps
Administration
On China Policy
Salem, Ore., Jan. 25 (U.R)
Sen. Wayne L. Morse of Oregon
today criticized the administra
tion's handling of our policy in
China.
He said "for many months the
state department failed to dis
cuss with the bipartisan leaders
of the foreign relations commit
tee of the senate its plans and
policies in China, if it had any."
Issues Warning
The Oregon republican, vigor
ously declaring himself in fav
or of continued bipartisan for
eign policy, warned against any
return to "narrow nationalism
and isolationism."
Sen. Morse made his biparti
san policy address at the Salem
Rotary club. Earlier, he stopped
at the, capital to file his candi
dacy for re-election as U. S. sen
ator. . He will ' seek the republi
can nomination in May.
About the China' situation,
Morse said:
"Warning slenals of dissolu
tion and criticism were raised
in debate in the senate many
times during this period. On one
occasion, during the 80th con
gress, the Republican chairman
of the foreign relations commit
tee and the man who is per
haps more responsible than anv
other living American for a will
ing acceptance on the part of
republicans, and for that mailer
Americans generally, of the
need for national unity in sup
Dort of a bipartisan foreign nol
icy admitted under question
ing on -the floor of the senate
that the state deoartment had
not consulted with the foreign
relations committee for many
months on any phase of the
China problem."
Crack Developed
Morse said: "At that time,
which was the fall of 1947, a
serious crack developed in the
seams of America's foreign pol
icy. It should have been ce
mented very quickly by a mu
tual exchange of points of vipw
and information between the
state department and the senate
foreign relations committee. In
stead, the misunderstandings
and criticisms in respect to the
American policy In China be
came greater through 1947, 1848
and 1949." He added: "those of
us in the senate who strongly
supported the idea of maintain
ing a bipartisan foreign policv
were both grieved and handi
capped on many occasions over
the failure of the state depart
ment to take the bipartisan lead
ers of the congress into its con
fidence and consultation in re
spect to Asia."
RANGER ARRIVES
District Ranger Harold C.
Chriswell took over his new
duties with the Rogue River Na
tional forest at the Union Creel;
ranger station today. Chriswell
was formerly ranger with the
Gifford Pinchot National forest
in Washington and replaces
Ranger Robert Appleby who is
now serving with the Siuslaw
National forest with headquart
ers at Corvallis.
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BOULDER DERAILS TIM W-This Southern Pacific freight train hit
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ripj.ed up J00 feet of tract Mj;e tf.jn -700 iRrr. ;cr! were removed
ed around the break by bus.
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CALLS ON PRESIDENT Angus Ward (center), former Consul General In Mukden who was imprisoned
by the Chinese Reds, confers with President Truman at the White House. Me was accompanied by Secre
tary ol State Dean Acheron (right).
Alger Hiss
Term Of Five Years For Perjury
New York, Jan. 25 (U.R) Al
ger Hiss, the bright young state
department adviser to President
Roosevelt at Yalta, was sen
tenced to five years in prison
today for lying to a grand jury
about his help to a communist
spy ring.
The 45-ycar-old secretary- gen
eral of the United Nations char
ter meeting in San Francisco,
protested his innocence to the
last moment. Then he stood un
flinching as Judge Henry W.
Goddard ordered him to prison
as a "warning to all that a crime
of this character cannot be com
mitted with impunity.
Judge Goddard sentenced Hiss
to five years on each of two
counts of perjury, but ordered
tne sentonces to run concur
rently.
Hiss was allowed to remain
free on $10,000 bond pending a
ruling on his appeal from Ihc
conviction which was filed im
mediately with the court clerk.
Just before Goddard pro
nounced the sentence, Hiss re
quested the opportunity. to
make "a brief statement."
"I would like to thank your
honor for the opportunity lo
deny the charge against me,"
he said. "I am confident in the
Attorney On Stand
In Bridges Hearing
San Francisco, Jan. 25 (U.R)
A well-dressed, scholarly lawyer
took the place of a lough-talking
longshoreman on the witness
stand todi;y in the Harry Bridges
perjury-conspiracy trial.
J. Everett Houser, Long Beach,
Cal., attorney, was the fifth wit
ness called by the defense in its
effort to disprove government
charges that the CIO Longshore
union president lied when he
denied he was a communist.
Houser replaced Bruce B. Jones,
a veteran dock worker, who yes
terday called one of the key pro
secution witnesses a " . . .liar!"
Houser, a wartime immigra
tion department examiner, was
called to offer testimony about
his examination for naturaliza
tion of Henry Schrimpf, another
government witness who admit
ted he was once a communist.
Russians Tighten
Partial Blockade
Berlin, Jan. 25 (U.R) The
Russians tightened their partial
blockade of Berlin today by im
posing slowdown restrictions on
trucks bound for the western
zones.
Restrictions placed on west
bound traffic on the Berlin sup
erhighway were the same as
those Imposed on eastbound traf
fic into Berlin last Saturday
minute inspection of documents.
The new slowdown cut truck
traffic both in and out of Berlin
by 80 per cent. Reports from
Holmstedt, Soviet checkpoint on
the zonal border west of Berlin
said three or four trucks an hour
were going through each way
compared to a normal traffic of
15 to 20.
Longview, Wash., Jan. 25.
(U.Rl-The Longview city attorney
today ruled illegal the renting of
advertising space on parking,
meters.
$s?wt
Receives Prison
future the full facts as to how
Whittaker Chambers was able
to carry out forgery by type
writer will be disclosed."
The lanky defendant then
stood facing the judge to hear
the sentence. He did nol flinch
as the judge pronounced sen
tence. His attorney, Claude B. Cross,
filed appeal papers immediately.
Hiss received the maximum
five year sentence on each of
the counts. He also could have
been fined $2,000 on each count.
Goddard ruled that Hiss could
remain free under $10,000 bail,
twice the amount he had been
at liberty under since his in
dictment. Cross made two motions im
mediately after the court opened
one for a new trial, and the
second for arrest of judgment.
Both were denied.
Physicians Testify
In Anti-Trust Suit
- - Portland, Ore., Jan. 25. (U.R)
Threo Oregon physicians testi
fied here that it was llieir own
decision to stop accepting com
mercial hospital association tick
ets. They are among the eight doc
tors, slate and county medica.1
societies, and the doctor-owned
Oregon Physicians Service charg
ed in a federal anli-lrusl suit
with attempting to monopolize
prepaid medical care in Oregon.
The three men testifying yes
terday were Drs. Thomas E.
Griffith and Paul R. Vogt. bolh
of The Dalles, and Frank E.
Fowler of Astoria.
Dr. Fowler said he accepted
all association tickets before he
entered the service, but began
refusing them when he returned
to civilian life on the advice of
his partner-brother, Dr. Vernon
E. Fowler.
Iron Lung Fails To
Save Life Of Child
Grants Pass, Jan. 25 A six-year-old
girl died here at about
1:30 p.m. today after an opera
tion for a brain tumor. The child
was placed in an iron lung to
assist her breathing during the
last few hours of her life.
The lung, which was present
ed to the Jackson county chap
ter of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis only this
week, was transported from
Ashland to Grants Pass this
morning, under city and state
police escort, ine lirst can ior
the lung came at 10:25 a.m. and
it was sent to Grants Pass im
mediately, through the efforts
of a local Businessman.
The child had been uncon
scious since 2 p.m. yesterday,
and had been kent alive with
oxygen until the arrival of the
lung.
WINTER CONTINUES
Winter weather will slay with
the Rogue valley at least for a
few days more, the weather
bureau here Indicated this morn
ing. Snow flurries tonight, with
more cloudiness tomorrow and
snow turning to cold possibly
freezing rain, was forecast.
two boulders, the size of garnnes.
derailment c! Jl-:-ar trs'M that
Irom stalled trains and Irawuun-
- $w ay mif W iesa
After hearing a statement
from Cross on behalf of Hiss.
Goddard asked the government
if it nad anything to say.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Thom
as F, Murphy, who prosecuted
Hiss, said tnat the government
"now moves for judgment."
Reports Of Plans
For Second Brink's
Holdup Is Denied
Cleveland, O., Jan. 25 (U.R)
Detective Inspector James Mc-
Arthur, discounted today reports
that another Brink's Inc., hold
up was planned here and broken
up by a raid last night.
He said there arc a lot of
publicity hounds in the police
department."
Uniforms Found
Detectives last night raided a
suite of rooms near the police
station and found seven gray
uniforms similar to those worn
by Brink's guards, some burglar
tools and a roll of friction tape.
They issued statements after
the raid to the effect that seven
men fled the building and es
caped and that at least part of
them wore believed to be mem
bers of the notorious Detroit
Purnle gang. .
The detective inspector said
"there are some big mibllcitv
hounds in the police department.
This was not a Dlot to knock
out Brink's here or anywhere
else."
Pair Sought
The detectives made the raid
on a tip from a police informer
while searching for Sam Nor
bert. 40, of Detroit, and Edgar
Heald, 39, of Cleveland. They
said both were being sought for
questioning in connection with
the Boston robbery. Both have
police records, they said.
Detroit police sent Detective
Sergeant John Cronnenwett
here yesterday to search for Nor
bcrt. He is wanted for question
ing in the robbery of a restau
ant in Detroit last October 17,
that netted $1,200 and jewelry.
Heald is wanted for questioning
in a Cleveland robbery.
Cleveland police refused to
comment on reports that plans
to the ground floor of Brink's
offices here were found in the
raid.
New Minimum Wage
Law Now In Effect
Washington, Jan. 25. (U.R)
Some 1,500,000 workers got a
raise today by order of the
government.
No one stood to get much rich
er from the boosts, which av
erage between 5 and 15 cents an
hour. In all, the raises will cost
employers an extra $300,000,000
a year.
The wage increase stemmed
from a recently-enacted law re
vising the wage-hour act which
lifted the legal minimum wage
from 40 to 75 cents an hour. In
terms of the 40-hour week, that's
an increase from $16 to $30.
The law .signed last October
by President Truman, goes into
effect today. '
Killer Of Wife Uses
Daughter, 3, As Shield
Tucson, Ariz..Jan. 25. (U.R)
A 38-year-old stone mason who
used his three-year-old daughter
as a shield when officers at
tempted to arrest him was held
for investigation of murder to
day in the slaying of his ex-wife,
Mrs. Claudia Marie Keller, 27.
Sheriff's deputies said Ernest
Zips, divorced by Mrs. Keller
two months ago, shot and killed
the woman while three of their
children watched with horror. A
fourth child, Albert Ray, 10, was
at school when the shooting oc
curred. Mrs. Keller died In her front
yard after Zips shot her. He
claimed she refused to allow him
to see the children. ,
89,000 Automobile
Workers Quit In
Welfare Dispute
Crews In Six States
Idled By Walkout
Detroit, Jan. 25. (U.R) Eighty
nine thousand automobile work
ers began a nationwide strike
against Chrysler corporation to
day when around-the-clock ne
gotiations stalled over pensions
and welfare benefits.
Detroit. Jan. 25 (U.R) The
Chrysler strike in a nutshell:
Number of itrikers, 89.000.
Number of plants, 25.
Approximate car and truck
loss (daily) 6.000.
Estimated wages lost (daily)
$1,200,000.
Last strike. 1948.
Days duration. 17.
The strike call for 89,000 CIO
auto workers in six states came
when UAW President Walter
Reuther stalked out of the smoke- v
iiuea Dargaming room.
Picket Lines Form
Workers in Motor City plants
walked out in droves. Picket
lines formed quickly.
The strike choked off produc
tion of 6,000 cars a day by the
nation's third largest automaker.
"The arrogant and insuffer
able attitude of the Chrysler cor
poration has forced this strike
upon its workers," Reuther de
clared. "The issues are simple,
clear and sensible."
Picket lines formed with mili
tary precision. There was no
violence, but hundreds of Detroit -police
stood at company gates.
Benefits Demanded
Negotiators had met for 24
hours in continuous session to
try to avert a strike. The UAW
demanded a 10-cent welfare
package for $100 pensions and
health and hospitalization bene
fits. The company agreed to- pay
pensions, but refused to pay into
a trust fund a set cents-per-hour
sum. It wanted to pay retirement .
out of current assets.
Sound trucks roared strike
orders to pickets. Soup kitchens
went up . quickly, and picket
signs reading "Just 10 Cents"
showed among the shuffling
workers.
Strike Starts Early
The strike startecy IS mlmito';
before the 10 a.m. deadline set
by Reuther. Workers in other
states were ordered to join the
walkout when the deadline came
In their time zones.
State and federal mediation ef
forts failed. Noel Fox, chief
Michigan mediator, said he would
"let both sides cool off for two or
three days" before attempting
talks again.
Six Roads To Get
Load Restrictions
Load limit restrictions are to
be imoosed on six additional
county roads Friday, County En
gineer ram Kynning announced
today. Restrictions to forestall
damage bv heavy trucks were
placed on eight other roads in the
county last Monday.
Roads affected Dy tne laiesi
order are: the entire length of
tne Sardine Creek road; the
Sterling road from the Jackson-ville-Ruch
highway to Buncum:
the entire lengths of Ulrich road.
Lewis road. Galls Creek road
and the Forest Creek road.
Limits The Same
Restrictions will be the same
as those placed earlier on other
roads 11.000 oounds maximum
load on a single axle and 20,000
Dounds on dual axles.
Weather conditions have not
improved sufficiently to permit
removing restrictions on any
road yet, but Rynning has said
the reduced limits wilfremain in
force only so long as necessary .
to prevent costly damage to road '
beds.
Two Persons Dragged . t
From Fire In Portland
Portland, Ore., Jan. 25 (U.R) '
Neighbors dragged two persons
to safety late last night when
lire gutted an apartment In a '
two-story flat In southeast Port
land. Ralph Fulkerson, about 45,
was taken to Providence hos
pital with severe burns on his
back, hands and feet. Mrs.
Molly McHondrick, also about
45, was treated at the hospital
for less severe burns.
Both were pulled from the
flaming apartment by C. W. Ber
green and Ben Guile, neighbors.
Firemen blamed the fire on
smoker's carelessness.
GEORGE CSTEP DIES
George Estep died in Portland
last night, according to word re
ceived here today. Perl funeral
home will have charge of fu
neral arrangements and a com
plete obituary will be published
later.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Snow flurries to
night. Thlrkentnf cloudiness
Thursday, with snow thanitnl
lo rln by nlihb ConUnued
cold.
Temp.
Hltbcst Yesterday 31
Lowest this Mornlnf .. . 25
Prec. to 4:10 A.M. Today, Trace