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k mmm - . . ; . . I o ' . ' , .. Bedford Physician Describes Southern Oregon Medical Group In Anti-Trust Suit Dr. James C. Hayes Takes Stand In Portland Hearing Doctor Outlines Prepaid Cure Plan 1 Portland, Jan. 26 (U.R) Med- ford physician Dr. James C. Hayes yesterday outlined the or ganization of the Southern Ore gon Medical Service association, a doctor-sponsored prepaid medi cal care plan, in the govern ment's anti-trust suit against Oregon doctors and medical groups. The defense witness told how the doctor-sponsored plan com peted with commercial associa tions In Jackson county. Dr. Hayes, now semi-retired, was the third third former president of the Oregon State Medical so ciety to take th- stand in as many days. Later Broke Away The doctor said he was the first "panel'' doctor to take care of national hospital association patients in his area. ,He said he started in 1923, but later broke away from the association. He always got along with the associations, he said, but they asked him to reduce his fees by one third from the state indus trial accident rate allowance which the firm collected. When cross-examined, Dr. Hayes said "Hospital associa tions not only sold my services, but the services of the hospital and the druggist." Later he said the word "selling" also could be applied to any medical care or ganization. He indicated com petition was healthy if it follow ed "certain rules, regulations and ethics," and he added that doctors formed their own plan when they found they were sub ject to regulation by lay hos pital associations. Advises Own Bureau Dr. Hayes deemed that it "would be wise for the medical profession of the county to or ganize a service bureau where they would, ha vs the right to service employees irt the county under thair own supervision.' He emphasized that taking tickets of hospital associations is a matter of the individual doctor deciding what he wanted to do. A similar doctor's service group in Clackamas county, the Clackamas County Physicians association, has, to a large ex tent, been guided by the policy of the state doctor-formed asso ciation, Oregon Physicians' serv ice, Dr. Edward H. McLean of Oregon City testified on con tinued cross-examination Wed nesday. OPS is named as a de fendant in the suit, which charges It, the doctors and a number of county medical so cieties with conspiring to mon opolize prepaid medicine in Ore gon. Defendant On Stand Dr. McLean, first individual Oregon doctor-defendant named in the government's suit, took the stand in his own behalf Tues day. . . , An Oregon City physician long prominent in many of the state's medical associations, he braved cross-examination of a govern ment attorney and clung staunch ly to his story that the medical societies had not tried to coerce doctors into withdrawing sup port from commercial prepaid . health plans. Dr. McLean, ex-president of the Oregon State Medical so ciety, carefully pointed out in direct examination by Nicholas f Jaurcguy, defense attorney, that he knew of no coercion of doc ' tors. . ,. In a furious cross-examination, in which he and Philip Marcus, special assistant to the United States attorney general, almost shouted at each other, Dr. Mc Lean insisted the doctor-formed Clackamas County Physicians' association for prepaid medicine was not affiliated with Oregon Phvsicians' service. "I do not believe so." was his onlv answer to the question of whether Northwest Hospital service and Oregon Physicians' service negotiations had been carried on "for purposes of elim inating competition." He refused to say "no" categorically. "My idea of competition, he snapped, "is to sell something you own and not to sell some thing you don't own" in reply to the attorney's chiding of a queer idea of competition. He denied that he ever had anvthing to do with "attempting to strain hospital associations relations with hospitals." He said OPS has not gone in to Clackamas county because of a "deep-seated principle of medi cal ethics" that doctors do not go in where other doctors oper ate. He emphasized that the state societv has no power to discip line doctors in that they cannot take original action against them. OPS requirements of author ization before proceeding with extensive treatment, which the l defense has maintained was ov.e ' of the doctors' beefs with the commercial associations, were necessary to find out if the Medford 44th Year 18 Pages I Dr. James C. Hayes . Testifies in Medical Suit $325,750 In Lieu Of Taxes To Be Paid To County A total of $325,750.53 will be paid into Jackson county's gen eral fund in lieu of taxes on O and C lands for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, according to E. K. Peterson, Medford dis trict manager for the bureau of land management. More than $1,750,000 is' be ing distributed in 18 western Oregon counties, Daniel L. Goldy regional administrator for the bureau, reported. Distribution is made annually by the depart-menV"oTHie- interior under the O and C act of 1937. It provides that 50 per cent of the income from O and C lands go to the counties. Douglas county will receive the largest payment, $480,081.23. Total income from disposal and rental of O and C lands ex ceeded $3,500,000, Goldy said. Approximately $3 million was from the sale of timber. The re mainder came from grazing ren tals, right-of-way and special uses. Ex-Film Juvenile Held As Disorderly Mineola, N. Y., Jan. 26 (U.R) Elmer "Scooter" Lowry, 30, who earned S350 a week as a mem ber of Our Gang comedy when he was seven years old, was in Nassau county jail today charged with disorderly conduct and list ed as an "unemployed counter man." Lowry, police charged, qiiap reled with his wife late last night, stalked from his home to a nearby tavern and reported to police and a hospital by tele phone that Mrs. Lowry was about to commit suicide. When police and an ambul ance arrived, Mrs. Lowry was sitting in her living room, read ing. A few moments later, Lowry walked in. He was ar rested immediately. patient was covered, he said. Cross-examination of another defense witness, Dr. Paul R. Vogt, The Dalles .physician and a member of the supervisory committee of OPS, also made that point. After Marcus read an OPS directive to "clear OPS lia bility first," he admitted that was usually done. Acheson's Stand On Hiss Support Irks Republicans Washington. Jan. 26 U.R) Republican senators threatened today to . oppose any further funds for the state department until congress investigates the extent of Alger Hiss' "influence" in the government. Angered by Secretary of State Dean Acheson's pledge of sup port for the convicted perjurer, they said the secretary must ex plain the role Hiss played in the formation of U. S. policy. Democrats Silent Their democratic colleagues remained silent. Hiss, a former top-ranking state department official, was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for lying to a grand jury about his espionage con spiracy with Whittaker Cham bers, the former communist spy courier. He has appealed the con viction and is free on bond. Acheson. a close friend 'of Hiss and his brother Donald, was ask- ; ed at his news conference yester iday if he had any comment on ' the case. i MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, India Proclaims Independence As Violence Mars Celebration New Delhi, India, Jan. 28 (U.R) India renounced its allegi ance to the British crown and proclaimed itself an independent republic today in a nationwide celebration marred by commun ist violence in Bombay and an attempt to assassinate the nizam of Hyderbad. Grenade Tossed Reports from Hyderabad said a man believed a Hindu fanatic tossed a hand grenade at the car of the nizam as he drove from his palace to take an oath of alle giance to the new republic of India. , The grenade bounced off the car and rolled to the ground without exploding. Although believed the world's richest man with tons of prec ious jewels in his palace vaults, the nizam lives on a personal in come of $2.60 a week as fru gally as a peasant. The would-be assassin told police he was a member of the reactionary Hindu organization known as niahasabha. It was a member of the same Mohandas K. Gandhi. Demonstrators Wounded In Bombay, 0 demonstrators were wounded and eight police State To Charge Deliberate Murder In Death Of Cop Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 26 (U.R) Carol Ann Paight, 21, who killed her dying father because she could not stand to see him suffer, faces today the state's testimony that she planned a de liberate murder and thus violat ed the laws of God and man. The jury of 12' Fairfield coun ty citizens was expected to be completed around midday. Af ter the two alternates are cho sen and the jury is sworn in, State's Attorney Lorln W. Wil lis will begin presenting his witnesses. There are no opening statements in Connecticut court practices. Second Degree Murder The slim, golden-haired college senior whose father was her closest pal on hunting and swim ming trips, is charged with sec ond degree murder. On the eve ning of September 23 she went to the Stamford, Conn., hospital room where Police Sgt. Carl W. Paight, 52, lay ill of cancer, and killed him with one bullet from his service revolver. She had been told a few hours before that he was "rid dled with cancer," could not be cured, and would die within six months. Soil Conservation Hearings Underway Soil conservation hearings are being held in Rogue River and Phoenix today to determine feelings of Jackson county resi dents on the formation of a soil conservation district here. Representatives of the state soil conservation committee con ducted a hearing in Rogue River this afternoon and were to be at the Phoenix Grange hall at 8 p.m. Al interested parties were to be given an opportunity to be heard. Whatever the outcome of the appeal," he said, "I do not intend to turn my back on Alger Hiss. "I think every person who has known him has on his con science the serious task of what his attitude shall be. Each must decide according to his own standards and principles. "For me there is no doubt as to these standards and prin ciples. They were stated a long time ago on the Mount of Olives." Republicans Moan Some republicans bemoaned the fact that Acheson should feel compelled to pledge his sup port to a former department of ficial who, in effect, has been convicted of giving state secrets to an agent of a foreign power. Sen. Karl E. Mundt, (R., S.D.), who played a leading role in investigating the Hiss case as a member of the house un-American activities committee, told newsmen that such a statement could have come only from "poor, befuddled Dean Acheson.' were injured during a commun ist demonstration protesting in auguration of a non-communist government for India. Police said they opened fire Coplon, Gubitchev Frustrated Lovers, Attorneys Claim New York, Jan. 26 (U.R) De fense attorneys said today that government girl Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev, United Nations Russian employee, were sex-frustrated lovers who were framed by the department of justice. Gubitchev's attorney told a federal court jury in his opening statement in their espionage con spiracy trial that the Russian was "crazy with love" for Miss Coplon, and had never asked her to spy for him. Victim Of Maneuver Miss Coplon's attorney, Archi bald Palmer, said that she was the victim of a maneuver by her superiors "who didn't have the guts to admit to the house un American activities committee that they had failed." Palmer told the jury that FBI agents tapped her telephone, in stalled microphones in her $35-a-month room, and "followed her like the lamb followed Mary" from Jan. 3 to March 3, 1949, without finding any evidence against her. On March 3 her superior in the department of justice handed her a memo and said "this is hot and interesting," Palmer said. Note Taken The attorney charged that FBI agents who arrested her and Gubitchev in New York the next night immediately took a note from her purse where she had. piacea it wnen ne doss ioici ner to take it home and study it dur ing the week-end. "They had hoped to find the note on Gubitchev but they fail ed." Palmer said. He claimed that until the In criminating memorandum was given to Miss Coplon the FBI had not been able to pin any thing on her. Chrysler Braces for Long Strike Detroit, Mich., Jan. 26 (U.R) The CIO United Auto Workers and Chrysler corporation braced today for a long, crippling strike. More than 112,000 workers already were idled by the walk out and industry observers said another 48,000 will be thrown out of wdrk if the strike lasts two weeks. State and federal mediators hoped to bring union and com pany negotiators together again "as soon as they cool off a little." Although UAW President Wal ter P. Reuther and Chrysler Labor Relations Director Rob ert W. Condcr said they were willing to begin new contract talks, there seemed little chance of immediate resumption of ne gotiations. Each denounced the other's contract demands as "foolish." and vowed to stick by their "fin al and rock bottom" offers for pensions and welfare insurance. More Snow Expected In Western Oregon Portland, Ore., Jan. 26 (U.R) The weather bureau warned to day that western Oregon will have more snow through tomor row and there may be freezing rain. The mixing of cold air from Canada and a storm out of the Gulf of Alaska brought freakish conditions to the area overnight, including a loud clap of thunder which awakened hundreds of Portlanders at 2:35 a.m. Higher elevations in the Portland area received a new blanket of snow while warmer temperatures downtown turned the snowfall to slush. While eastern Oregon was to get continued snow, the weather bureau forecast rain on the coast for the western section of the state and rain or snow in the in terior with the chance of freez ing rain in the lower Columbia gorge. Tribune 1950 NO. 259 on the crowd after two demon strators threw acid bombs at them. The demonstrators were dispersed and 55 were arrested. India's long dream of inde pendence became a reality at a solemn ceremony in stately Dur ban hall in New Delhi's govern ment house. ' There, Chakravarty Rajngopa lachari, the last of Britains 49 governor-generals for India, read the proclamation establishing India as a sovereign republic. First President Rajendra Prasad, a long-time associate of Gandhi, was inau gurated immediately as India's first president. Jawaliarlal Nehru and his cabinet were sworn in as the republic's first govern ment under the new American type constitution. At the same time, new local governments were installed in the 26 states of the republic. Andrew L. linger Seeks Democratic J. P. Nomination Andrew L. Unger, 634 Penn sylvania avenue, announced to day that he will be a candidate for the democratic nomination for justice of the peace in the May primary election this year. He is the first democrat to an nounce his intention of seeking election to a county office this year;v Incumbent W. P. Tucker last week announced his candidacy for the republican nomination. Unger was born May 10, 1879, in Spokane, Wash. He is a vet eran of the Spanish American war, and is a member of Col. Sargant post No. 23, USWV, of Medford. He has been a Jack son county taxpayer for 25 years, he said in his announcement statement. Cites Experience Unger said his experience in cludes teaching in Idaho and Washington for 18 years, three years study of law and some law practice in justjpe courts, and since 1920 he has been a lum berjack and "all around woods man." He was a patrolman (or seven years and a seasonal for est service log scaler for the forest service for four- years. Unger said that he "promises a square deal to all with no in dustry singled out for unreason able or confiscatory fines, such as has obtained for some years." He has been a democrat for 25 years, he said. Bridges' Integrity Upheld In Court San Francisco, Jan. 26 (U.R) A San Francisco city and county supervisor testified today Harry Bridges reputation for trutn, honesty and integrity is good but added if evidence at his perjury conspiracy trial proved the CIO longshore union leader is a com munist he should "get the hell out of the country." Dewey Mead, a member oi tne board of supervisors for 15 years, was subpoenaed by the de fense as a character witness, tic testified he had known Bridges and one of his two co-defendants, Henry Schmidt, since 1934. Defense Attorney James H. Maclnnis then asked him if he belonged to any communist organization. "No", Mead replied. "I want to refer you to my statement be fore the board of supervisors last Monday in which I said 'any communist who doesn't like this marvelous country of ours, if you pardon the expression, should get the hell out of here'." ESCAPES INJURY Oregon City, Ore., Jan. 28 !U.R) Tom Miller, 35, Aurora, Ore., police chief, escaped unin jured early today when his car skidded on ice in Oregon City and skidded into a telephone pole. He was chasing a speeding vehicle. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with rain or mow ihowen In valley and now ihowen over mountain! tonlcht and Friday. Mttle chance In temperature. Temp. Mlfheit YAterday J Loweit this Morning - - 11 "I'm MeLain." "I'm McNair." Two Scots thus Introduced themselves last week when they met during the American Legion's March oi Dimes drive. H. J. MeLain, at left in picture above, is shown buying 50 March oi Dimes dance tickets from H. D. McNair, Ashland fire chiei and leader oi the Ashland Legion Kilty band, which played in Med ford last Saturday. Proceeds from the dance will go to the March of Dimes fund. The dance is at 8 p.m. Friday at Merrick's ballroom. Wallace Denies Part In Atomic Shipments Washington, Jan. 28 (U.R) Henry A. Wallace said today he had nothing to do with wartime atomic shipments to Russia and. in fact, didn't even know they were made. The former vice president made the statement to the house un-American activities commit tee in answer to charges that he actually helped in such ship ments. Not Aware Wallace said that despite his role in this country's war efforts, he was "neither responsible nor aware" of any kind of shipping to Russia. That, he said, was In the hands of lend-lease. , Wallace said his wartime role is being criticized "in certain newspapers and by certain radio commentators" as a means large ly of attacking the democratic party and Prosidt.it Roosevelt. That was the only political ref erence in his prepared statement. Fulton Lewis Jr.. a radio com mentator, has accused Wallace of overruling Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, wartime A-bomb chief, in order to send uranium sup plies to Russia. Wallace said he wasn't aware the Russians were trying to ob tain licenses to get uranium and heavy water, both atomic bomb materials, from this nation when the Soviets were our wartime ally. ...."In short, and in fact,' Wal- Southwest Station Manager Transferred Joe Gehring, station manager for Southwest airways for the last 1 1 months, has' been trans ferred to management of the Phoenix, Ariz., station, he said today. He will be succeeded by Dennis Durston, manager of the Chico, Cal., station for a year and a half. Gehring's transfer is effective February 1, he said, but he will leave tomorrow for the Arizona city. Durston will arrive here January 31, and his wife will join him as soon as he finds a residence. Phoenix is the southern term inal of the Los Angeles-San Diego - Phoenix route, Gehring said. He has been with South west for three years. He said to day that he is grateful for the assistance and courtesies which he has met during his stay in Medford. Durston has been with South west about three yoars, at the Chico station, and before that as a relief manager. First manager of the airline here was Hex Bishopp, now manager at Eureka. Lewis May Order Miners Back To Pits Washington, Jan. 26 (U.R) John L. Lewis may crack down on 90,000 striking coal miners today by publicly ordering them to return to work Monday on the three-day shift. The United M l'n e Workers president was said to have re ceived White House assurance that such an order would delay. at least temporarily, intervoi)- tion by President Truman In thai nlH rnnl wntfp disnute. Government labor officials said Mr. Truman was prepared to step In "before the week-end" unless the wildcat strikers re turn to work quickly. If the men go back, they said, the president will continue his "hands-off" policy. Lewis "suggested" that the strikers return to the pits two weeks ago. But that advice was ignored by his men either of their own accord or on secret orders from the union's high command. Portland, Ore., an. 28 U.R The freighter Citrus Packer ran aground in the Columbia river at Reeder's Point on Sauvics is land, six miles below the mouth ox the Willamette river. lace said, "I had absolutely noth ing to do with any of these lic enses." Shipments Licensed Wallace was chief of the board of economic warfare, which is sued export licenses during the first part of 1943. The commit tee, on the trail of Soviet A-bomb espionage, has found that small shipments of uranium com pounds to Russia were licensed and made between March and June of that year. Testifying under oath, Wallace said he was in Latin America between March 16 and April 25, 1943. At that time the license question was being threshed out among government bureaus. The Manhattan engineering project which made the A-bomb tried to corral all atomic supplies and ban theireexport. Japanese Astronomer Reports Blast On Mars Osaka, Japan, Jan. 26 (U.R) A Japanese astronomer today re ported observing what was ap parently "a terrific explosion" on the planet Mars on Janu ary 16. The scientist, Sadao Sackl, said the apparent volcanic erup tion caused an unusual cloud for mation over an area 700 miles in diameter, at an estimated height of 40 miles above Mars. The cloud, described as dull gray with a yellowish tinge, was different than the Marian clouds usually seen by astronomers, Saeki said. Saeki said the cloud was formed by a volcanic eruption sufficient to cause disaster among any form of Martian life that might inhabit the planet. Saeki is on the staff of the as tronomic observatory of the Osaka municipal museum, work ing with a telescope reported to have a magnification power of 400 times. Remodelling Of Store To Cosf $110,000 The F. W. Woolworth com pany todny revealed the extent of its Medford store remodelling project when General Contractor F. W. Fairweather applied for a building permit totalling $110,000. The Medford branch of the firm is currently engaged in an expansion program that will triple the size of its location in the Medical Center building at 3.) North Central avenue. The expansion will be accomplished without Interruption of business by working on half of the quar ters at a time. Work Is expected to be com pleted sometime this summer and will give Woolworths the entire first floor of the build ing, with the exception of lobby space at the southeast corner, Casino Customers Amazed By Generosity Cannes, France, Jan. 26 (U.R) A tall, thin gambler from Argen- t,na )eft foow gambcr, and of tnc muicipa, caslno here goggle-eyed early today when he handed out more than $3,000 in tips and gave away millions of the francs he had won. The man registered at the Carleton hotel here as Alfanso Ronald Rosen, 24. of Buenos Aires. Played Number 32 Late yesterday he sauntered into the casino, played number 32 at three roulette tables simul taneously and within three hours had won 2,500,000 francs (about $7,000). When he came back after din ner he lost $10,000 right off the bat. Playing the maximum sum on the last 12 numbers of the roulette wheel, on three tables simultaneously, he recouped in the next two hours. Joint Letter Sent , To Russian Chief By Western Powers Big Three Complain About Soviet Tactics Berlin, Jan. 26 U.R) the Big Three yestern powers protested to Russia today against the week old Soviet "baby blockade" of ' Berlin. The American, British and French commandants in Berlin sent a joint protest letter to the Soviet commandant complaining about Soviet tactics that have re duced truck traffic from western Germany to a trickle. Convoy Clears An American armv rnnvnv nt 57 trucks guarded by military police passed through the So viet zone border and reached Berlin without incidents this morning. But the Russians still were curbing non-military trucks loaded with supplies for western Berlin by insisting on the most minute inspection of all travel and cargo documents. Some 260 German trucks were lined up outside the Helmstedt check-point awaiting clearance when the armv convnv flncheri by. Loaded With Food The Americans decided to see how far the Russians would go in their slowdown by sending the military convoy through Helmstedt this morning. The convov. commanded hv Maj. Arthur H. Norwood Jr. of Washington, D. C, and guarded by seven American military po lice on motorcycles, was loaded witn food lor the u. S. garrison in Berlin. The Russian checkpoint where Soviet border guards have im posed a six-day-old slow-down on German trucks hauling sup plies Into Berlin Is one mile from an American checkpoint. At the American checknoint the trucks pulled uo In line for a last-minute inspection and in structions before going on to meet the Russians. Germans Held Up Motorcycle police cruised up and down the column while the inspection was made. The Russian baby blockade was in full force when the Americans halted. On the west ern side, waiting to pass through , the Soviet checkpoint for Berlin, was a long line of 280 German trucks halted by the Russians, On the opposite side of the bor der were 150 more German trucks from Berlin waiting to pass into western Germany through the Russian guard. Boy, Reporter Given Medals For Heroism Pittsburgh, Pa. Jan. 26 (U.R) A 10-year-old boy and a 39-year-old newspaper reporter who lost their lives in rescue attempts were among 15 persons awarded bronze medals for heroism yes terday by the Carnegie Hero fund commission. . All 15 heroes recognized by h the commission at its' annual meeting were awarded bronze medals. Five of the awards were . made posthumously. John Kruppo Jr., 11, the youngest hero recognized by the commission, lost his life while attempting to save a roomer from his burning home at Lost Creek, Pa., April 3, 1949. James Waldron, W e b a t e r, Mass., a newspaper reporter, lost his life while attempting to res cue Stanley W. Nelson, 29, from the surf at East Sandwich, Mass., last July. Road Conditions Autos were going over the Siikiyous and Greenspringt this morning without chalni but .stale police advised mo torists to carry them. Grants Pais reported spots of Ice but Sexton mountain and the Red wood highway were being traveled without trouble, - Keno had packed snow and Klamath Falls had spots of ice. United Press reported. On Willamette pass it was snow ing lightly with three Inches of new snow and chains were advised, UP said. of Gambler Then turning to his compan ion, Madnme Alvarez Salvador, with a smile, ordered number 26 played on all tables. In one spin of the wheel ha won about $3,500. Turning to the croupiers, he said in French: "Play 28 again for the same amount, and if I win the money is yours." Number 28 won again and the croupiers collected 1,248,000 francs. Another Number Pays A French countess who was about to leave the tables sudden- . ly had a wad of 500,000 francs (about $1,300) thrust at her by Rosen. "I don't know you," she said. He told her she could have the money if she played lt on number 21. She did, and won about $6,000. "He is either the devil or Santa Claus," one of the croupiers murmured as Rosen left Uia Casino at dawn. ' .
