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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
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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.
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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. ' .