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TRAPPED Rescue workers unload sheet tin from truck flatbed as
ambulance stewards stand by to extricate William Taylor (arrow),
32, trapped In the truck's crushed cab. The 2200-pound load of tin
slid forward and crushed the cab when the truck crashed into support
girders of a viaduct In San Fnnclsco, Taylor suffered Internal in
juries and two broken legs.
Cold Weather Marks
Shattered
By United Press
A band of Arctic air from the
north cracked weather bureau
records across the Pacific north
west Tuesday in a bitter cold
wave.
Weathermen said little relief
was in sight. -
Seventeen reporting weather
stations in Oregon had sub-zero
temperatures, including a record
tying two degrees below at the
Portland airport. This equalled
the previous all-time cold record
ed Jan. lo, looo, lur wie
area. "
rtDlrntaa Cold
Only in the Dakotas were tem
peratures any colder than those
of interior Oregon where ther
mometers dropped to the lowest
official readings in 31 years lor
a 31 below at Madras ana ju ue
low at Prineville. Baker reported
97 holnw. Bend 26 below and
Pendleton 25 below.
The Willamette valley had its
first minus readings in decades
and in some instances Druse ai.
time records: Salem's 1- below
was the coldest on recora iur me
Oregon capital. Forest Grove had
minus 18 for a new mark.
under zero in-
ninrfprt Redmond with 22, The
Dalles 18, La Grande 16, Lake
view 12 Ontario and Meacham
.11, Klamath Falls 9, McMinnville
8. Eugene 2 and Oregon City 1.
Spokane Minus 19
Vancouver. Wash., had 15 be
low and Salmon creek station,
six miles north of Vancouver,
had 20 below. Spokane recorded
Mao Tse-lung May Be
Detained In Russia
Hong Kong, Jan. 31 (U.R) In
formed sources said today that
Mao Tse-tung's long stay in Mos
cow indicated he was taking an
uncompromising stand against
Soviet demands.
These sources said that Mao
is a realist and knows the Chi
nese people would not accept any
loss of sovereignty, especially af
ter the Chinese communist re
gime's denunciation of "unequal
treaties."
One observer believed that
Mao's stav mav have been ex
tended so he could be put through
an indoctrination course de
signed to convince him of Mos
cow's infallible omnipotence.
The conservative South China
Morning Post expressed the opin-
ion that the survival ot ooin iau
f and Chou will depend on the
tvpe of treaty they bring back
' to Peiping.
Two Children Die In
Rear Seat Of Auto
Hiattville, Kan., Jan. 31'U.R)
Joint funeral services were
planned today for two small chil
dren who burned to aeam in mc
rear seat of their mother's auto
mobile as she tried to save them.
The victims were Murrell Leon
Koppa, six. and his sister, Thelma
Nadine. five.
Mrs. Goldic Koppa, 22. the
children's mother, was treated
for serious burns and severe cuts
on her hands but rescued her
two other children. Billy Eugene,
three, and Marv Ann, two.
Sheriff Carl Graham said Mrs
Koppa was driving from Fort
Scott to her home near Hiatt
ville when a five-gallon can spill
ed and poured gasoline on the
exhaust Dioe.
The car turned over in a ditch
as she tried to stop.
Film Actress Charges
Cruelty In Divorce
Hnllvwood. Jan. 31 (U.R)
Motion Picture Actress Mar
guerite Chaoman accuses Attor
ney G. Eentley Ryan of cruelty
in her suit to end their one-year
marriage.
The divorce action filed yes
7 terdav said thev were married
Dee. 29. 1948. and separated last
December 18. Miss Chapman
asked court approval of a prop
erty settlement. 1
In Oregon
minus 19 and Seattle had two
above.
The extended cold froze the
Columbia river solidly above the
Vancouver railroad bridge. Pre
viously, the solid freeze had ex
tended only to Bonneville Ham,
40 miles upstream.
Frequency of the northwest
power pool dropped to 59.62
cycles from a normal 60 during
the peak load late Monday, the
Bonneville power administration
announced. To conserve power,
88,000 kilowatts were dropped
from the interruptible aluminum
power load for about 43 minutes.
Highways Open
The absence of high winds and
only light snow made the cold
more tolerable in the Columbia
gorge area where snow drifts had
piled as high as 22 feet Monday.
The Columbia River and Ever
green highways were opened to
traffic for the first time in more
than a week to permit regular
bus schedules, but Union Pacific,
Great Northern and Northern
Pacific .trains from the.past. con
tinued to arrive hours late be
cause of wintry midwestern
weather.
Miss Bergman Denies
Hospital Report
Rome, Jan. 31 U.R) Actress
Ingrid Bergman confirmed by
telephone last night that she is
at home in her Rome apartment
and in fine health despite re
ports that she had been rushed
to the hospital.
With her in her apartment
was Italian Film Director Rob
erto Rossellini. It is understood
that Rossellini and Miss Berg
man will marry as soon as she
has received her Mexican divorce
from Dr. Peter Lindstrom of
Hollywood.
Rossellini answered the tele
phone in Miss Bergman's apart
ment and said that she was in
good health. The report said
she was hospitalized presumably
tor ine oirtn 01 a oaoy.
"But you do not have to take
my word for it," Rossellini said.
"I will ask Miss Bergman to tell
you herself."
Miss Bergman came to the
telephone. She laughed heartily
when told of reports that she
had entered a hospital and said:
"That's crazy.
Lew Wallace Suggests
Campaign Donations
Portland. Ore., Jan. 31. (U.R)
Lew Wallace, twice-dafeated
democratic candidate for govern
or, has written a letter to Mate
Party Chairman W. L. Josslin
suggesting that all candidates
for the nomination agree to sup
port the winner and contribute
5250 to the campaign.
"If I should become a candi
date, 1 shall be happy to agree
with the other candidates to sup
port the successful candidate
with all the vigor I have, and
also with a contribution to his
campaign of $250," Wallace
wrote.
Wallace said his name, along
with those of Josslin, Richard L.
Neubergcr, Walter J. Pearson
and Austin Flegel, had been
"mentioned in the press and
otherwise" as possible candidates
for governor.
Chrysler Corporation
Strike Picture Gloomy
Detroit. Mich., Jan. 31 U.R
Chances for settlement of the
CIO United Auto Workers' strike
against Chrysler corporation are
"verv black." labor conciliators
admitted today.
Federal Conciliator E. Marvin
Sconvers said that "Frankly. I'm
gloomy." State Conciliator Philip
Weiss said both sides were "stub
born." It looks very black," Scon
vers said. "We're keeping close
touch with the situation, but
nothing has indicated that a new
meeting would produce any re
sults."
Medford
44th Year 10 Pages
Arctic Air Mass
Drops Mercury To
One Above Zero
Temperature Lowest In
Thirteen Years Here
The weather ganged up on the
Rogue valley last night, and sent
the temperature plunging to the
lowest mark recorded here for
13 years. The minimum last
night was one degree above zero,
the same as the 1937 low.
The bone-chilling minimum
broke no records, however. The
previous January minimum was
a three below registered on Jan.
11, 1930, and the all-time low
was 10 degrees below zero on
Dee. 13, 1919.
The minimum came, oddly
enough, after the sun was up, be
tween 8 and 8:30 a.m. It was six
above at 4:30 a.m.
Cold General
The cold was general through
out southern Oregon and north
ern California, as the south end
of the arctic air mass over north
ern Oregon and Washington fin
ally got this far southi Two de
grees below was recorded at
Ashland, where winter weather
is usually a little more severe
than in Medford. At Grants Pass,
the minimum was five above.
Klamath Falls had 14 below,
Lakeview 18 below, and Monta
gue, just over the Siskiyous to
the south, nine below.
The Rogue valley has been pro
tected against such chilling
weather so far this winter by
clouds, weather bureau officials
explained. But clear weather
last night, and the ground blan
ket of snow helped to radiate
heat from -the-viilleyt M,cw:t recent
comparame temperature was on
Jan. 24, 1B49, when a minimum
of five above was noted.
May Be Warmer
It may be slightly warmer to
night, the bureau said, but not
much. The forecast calls for
minimum temperatures of five to
fifteen degrees. Some light snow
may fall tomorrow, the bureau
predicted.
At Crater lake, the tempera
ture during the past 24 hours
ranged from. 10 below 'to 12
above, with five and a half inches
of new powdery snow. All roads
are open.
Yesterday's snowfall in Medford-brought
the total amount
which has fallen during the
month up to 20.1 inches the
second greatest monthly snow
fall on record here. The largest
was during January, 1930, when
22.6 inches fell during the month.
This month was third wettest
in the record books, with a total
precipitation of 5.96 inches, com
pared to 6.67 in 1936, and 6.44
in 1943.
Russ Film Director
Receives Suspension
Moscow. Jan. 31 (U.R) So
viet Film Director Y. M. Bliokh
has been suspended for two years
for an irresponsible and inaccu
rate production of a scientific
documentary film, the commun
ist party newspaper Pravda re
ported today.
Pravda said the ministry of
cinematography charged the di
rector with making a false por
trayal of actual fishing in the
film "Caspian Fishermen."
Bliokh was accused of filming
previously caught sturgeon in
stead of actual fish as they were
caught, thereby misleading the
Soviet spectator, according to
Pravda.
He gilso filmed only primitive
manual methods of fishing,
thereby failing to show the ad
vanced state of mechanization in
the fishing industry, Pravda said.
Premier Bidault Gets
Votes Of Confidence
Paris, Jan. 31 (U.R) The na
tional assembly gave Premier
Georges Bidault three skimpy
confidence votes today in tests
on his 1950 budget, and on a
fourth ballot deadlocked in an
unprecedented tie.
The fifth and last of the sched
uled votes on which the coali
tion cabinet staked its life was
put off until late today..
The tie vote threw the assem
bly in confusion. Constitution
ally it meant the assembly had
rejected the motion setting total
civil expenses for 1950 at $3.-
128,580,000. But experts said
it did not mean that the assem
bly had voted misconfidence in
the government.
Washington. Jan. 31 U.R)
Henry A. Wallaces progressive
party has scheduled a national
convention in Chicago February
24-26 to map plans for the No
vember congressional elections.
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
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Woman's Suit Seeks
To Recover Money
Lost In Bingo Game
Vancouver. Wash., Jan, 31
(U.R) Mrs. Marie Young. 62-year-old
widow, has filed suit
to recover $72,000 in losses
from the Hollywood Quito, a
bingo house here, it was an
nounced today.
Owners of the game named
as defendants were! Sonny
Heath. John McGillivray. John
Doe and Richard Roe. The last
two. according to Mrs. Young's
attorney, Walter Robinson,
were included to lake care of
any undisclosed owners of the
house.
Robinson said the suit filed
in Clark county superior court,
is based on a Washington state
law which provides for the re
payment of gambling losses.
He said Mrs, Young lost
$72,000 over a period of sev
eral years, including property
she sold in order to play
"quizo."
Russians Hold Up
Highway Traffic
In Vesf Germany
Berlin, Jan. 31 (U.R) The
Russians held up highway traffic
between Berlin and west Ger
many again today and warned
that railroad service might be
cut "temporarily."
The possibility of reimposing
of the full-fledged Berlin block
ade, which forced west Berlin
to depend on the airlift for a
year, appeared stronger than
ever.
May Halt Trains
Soviet controlled east German
railway officials 'served notice
that the railroads linking Berlin
and the west might be put out
of business for a time because
they had been "sabotaged."
Repairs ' will take some time,"
the warning said. The report
sounded ominously like the one
given by the Russians 18 months
ago when they blocked off land
communications with Berlin.
The restrictions on highway
traffic were, rcimposed today as
suddenly as they had been lift
ed yesterday.
To Search Cars
The Soviets announced they
would search German railroad
cars crossing Into west Germany
from Berlin for illegal shipment
of furniture.
Job Priorities At
Potash Plants Aired
Carlsbad, N. M., Jan. 31 (U.R)
Negotiators in a 74-riay-old strike
at three huge polash plants here
today argued whether striking
workers should be given job pri
ority over non-union employees.
A spokesman for the Interna
tional Mine, Mill, and Smelter
Workers' union (CIO) said after
a meeting last night that the un
ion agreed to waive wage in
crease demands, provided that
new negotiations be opened next
May.
Union representatives told
management that no contract
would be signed by them unless
all of the 1.246 striking union
members were guaranteed their
old jobs, and that the new men
who were hired in their stead
two weeks ago were fired.
Yaquina Bay To Get
Freighter Service
Washington, Jan. 31 (U.R)
The interstate commerce com
mission announced today it has
authorized the Isthmian Steam-
ship company. New York, to
tend its freighter service to ra-i
quina bay, Oregon, and Fensa- the uolumbla Paper aox com
cola. Fia. Ipany here.
Stuck-ln-The-Mud Again
Resists Removal Efforts
Norfolk, Va Jan. 31 !U.R)
The battleship Missouri resisted
a tremendous attempt to refloat
her today, and a few hours later
a navy tug and a mercnant snip
also ran aground in Hampton
Roads.
It was not ascertained immedi
ately whether the tug was one
of 14 which ha'd tried in vain at
dawn to pull the. 45.000-ton bat
tleship frorrr the sandbar where
she ran apround January 17.
In Dense Fog
The tug and merchantman
came crooners while groping in
to Norfolk harbor through a
dense fog.
The 7.886-ton United States
Lines freighter Steel Navigator
went on a shoal about three
miles from the Missouri on the
opposite side of the channel.
At about the same time, the
tug ran up on a shoal near the
TUESDAY, JANUARY
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iruio)
Mediators Seek
To Avert Telephone
Strike February 8
Workers Poised For
Nationwide Walkout
Washington. Jan. 31. (U.R)
Federal Mediation Director Cy
rus S. Ching hurried back to the
capitol today to take over govern
ment peace efforts in the threat
ened February 8 nation-wide
telephone strike.
Ching has been on a month
long tour of mediation service
offices out west. His top aides,
William N. Margolis and Peter
Seitz, planned a meeting with
President Joseph A. Beirne of
the communication workers of
America (CIO).
Contract Deadlock
Beirne announced yesterday
that 100,000 phone workers who
have been poised to strike for
weeks will be called out eight
days hence if there is no change
in their contract deadlock with
Bell system companies. The
union expects another 150.000
workers to refuse to cross their
picket lines.
The strike would start at
6 a.m., local time.
Immediately after Beirne's an
nouncement, Margolis ordered
mediators in the field to try to
bring the union and companies
together. In most cases, nego
tiations broke down long before
the strike threat was. raised.
Settlement Eyed
The government's strategy is
believed to be aimed at arrang
ing a settlement between the
union and a company like West
ern Electric which is close to the
parent American Telephone &
Telegraph company. Such an
agreement would be used as a
pattern for the industry. .
Beirne contends that indivi
dual companies are powerless to
bargain with the union Because
A. T. & T. calls all the signals.
A. T. & T. denies that it controls
the entire system.
Medco Postpones Mill
Reopening To Feb. 8
Medford corporation and plan
ing mill' and shipping depart
ment, which shut down on Janu
ary 17, will not resume activity
until Wednesday morning, Feb
ruary 8, General Manager B. L.
Nutting said this morning,
He said it was previously
planned to start up again on
February 1.
Nutting reported that the two
departments halted work because
of ice and snow conditions.
Logging stopped on January 13
The sawmill cut the logs on hand
in the pond and on January 19
closed for general repairs.
The firm planned to start log
ging again yesterday, according
to Nutting, but new snow pre
vented operations. He said the
corporation hopes to open the
sawmill again about February
20.
Container Corporation
I Will Build At Portland
Portland, Ore.. Jan. 31 U.R)
The Container Corporation of
America today said It would
would build a plant in Portland
to produce paper cartons and
corrugated shipping containers.
The announcement was made
through a CCA subsidiary, the
California Container corporation.
Plans for the Portland plant
call for the employment of 100
men and women when the new
plant is complete.
Since June i, !, me com
ex-'pany has manufactured folding
cartons at a plant leasee) irom
navy's Norfolk piers.
Neither of the two freshly
stuck vessels was believed in
serious trouble.
The tug was expected to float
clear unaided at high tide late to
day. The freighter's master radioed
for a commercial tug to help
haul her off the shoal near Wil
loughby Spit.
The two latest, groundings oc
curred after the navy failed
again to yank the mighty Mo
from her muddy trap. A navy
official said that the battleship
appeared to be partly "hung up
on a rock."
Navy salvage crews gave up
for the day after almost two
hours of futile tugging and haul
ing by 14 powerful navy tugs on
the early tide. The Mo refused
to budge and another try was
scheduled for tomorrow.
Tribune
31, 1950
No. 263
Aira
PRESIDENT GIVES OK
SIGNAL FOR BUILDING
HYDROGEN WEAPON
Washington Jan. 31 (UP) President Truman
ordered the atomic energy commission to go ahead
with its work on the hydrogen superbomb.
The president said
gram would continue until a satistactory plan for
international control ot atomic energy is achieved.
He said in a special statement that it is his re
sponsibility to see that this country is able to defend
itself "against any possible aggressor."
AEC Conducting Research On H-Bomb
The president's order
lication ot an atomic energy commission report which
disclosed that the AEC already has been pushing re
search into the nuclear processes for making a hydro
gen bomb.
This research work has been carried out in large
part at the Los Alamos bomb science laboratory in
New Mexico, at the Argonne national laboratory near
Chicago, at the University of California radiation
laboratory in Berkeley, and at a host of other private
and public research institutions.
There have been no official statements on how much more
powerful than conventional atomic bombs the hydrogen weapon
might be. Private scientists have made estimates ranging from
2 to 1,000 times more powerful. The more conservative ones
believe, in view of all the technical factors involved,' that the
better guess would be 2 to 10 times.
Not That Much More Destructive
That does not mean the new
be that much more destructive. The AEC recently pointed out that
doubling a bomb's power would increase the area ot devastation
only oy auout one-quarter.
Still, that much of a boost
The bombs which destroyed two
and Nagasaki also killed more than 100,000 persons and Injured
about that many more.
Those bombs were officially described as comparable in blast
power to more than zu.uuu tons
in 1945, the uranium-plutonlum
power 6 to 10 times.
Double their power and you
to izu.uuu to zuu.uuu tons ot tmt.
May Turn Out To Be 'Absolute' Weapon
If the hydrogen bomb turns out to be many times more
potent than "ordinary" atomic bombs, it may turn out to be the
"absolute" weapon military men have talked about but hardly
expected to sec.
A hydrogen bomb, scientists have said, would use the multi
million degree heat of the fission bomb to set off an atomic chain
reaction in some substance like lithium hybride. The form of hydro
gen most' likely to be used is the twice-as-hoavy kind called deu
terium. Deuterium, or heavy hydrogen, nuclei would react with
each other and with the lithium to set off energy releasing
reactions.
Plane Crash Victims
Resting In
Whitehorsc, Y. T., Jan. 31
U.R) A crack mountain troop
combat team guided by a pain
fully hurt pilot today returned
his five injured companions
from a wrecked United States
air force C-47 search plane to
the base here.
All six men. brought here by
sled on stretchers, were in good
condition in the hospital.
Survivors Named
In hirer! were Pilot 1st Lt.
Charles R. Harden, Graham, N.
C; co-Pilot Capt. Peter Bury,
Springfield, Mnss.; Sgt. Eugene
Cole of Centrahoma, Okla., as
sistant crew chief: Tcch-Sgt. For
rest W. Hudson, 33, Three Riv
ers, Tex., crew chief: Sgt. Bruno
Przydzlal, 20, Philadelphia, Pa
and Jack Borges, 33, announcer
for the Midnight Sun broadcast
ing station, representing radio
station KEN I of Anchorage.
The C-47. participating in the
Joint Chiefs Of Staff
Meet With MacArthur
Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 31 (U.R)
The Joint chiefs of staff of the
United States arrive here today
to discuss with Gen. Douglas
MacArthur manv Far Eastern
problems, Including China, For
mosa and the defense of occti
pied Japan in event of war.
MacArthur, supreme com
mander of allied powers in
Japan, made one of his rare pub
lic appearances at Hanedn air
port at 11 p.m. (9 a.m. EST) to
greet the four top-ranking United
States military leaders.
The military planners are Gen.
Omar N. Bradley, chairman; Gen.
J. Lawton Collins, army: Gen
Hoyt Vandenberg, air, and Adm.
Forrest Sherman, navy.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 31 (U.R)
Merle A. Long of Albany, Ore.,
today filed his candidacy with
the secretary of state's election
bureau here for district attorney
of Linn county.
CITY FIREMEN CALLED
A flue fire In the home of J.
B. Doss. 845 West 12th street,
called city firemen at 1:04 p.m.
today.
WEATHER
FOKKCAST: IiicrtAililK tloudt
tonight and WrdneuUy with
fume light mow Wednesday.
Slightly warmer tonight and
Wednesday.
Highest yesterday ...,-...... 40
Lowest Uilt morning 1.3
that this development pro
came two hours after pub
weapon. If it can be made, would
would have tremendous effects
to four square miles of Hiroshima
oi TNT. bince they wore dropped
bombs have been stepped up in
would have a weapon equivalent
Hospital
gigantic search for a missing
C-54, crashed on a tree-studded
slope of 6.610-foot Mount Lome
20 miles south of Whitehorse.
Search Continues
While the rescue team pushed
through waist-high snow drifts
and thick brush to the crash
scene, a two-nation air armada
continued the far-flung search
for the United States air force
transport. lost with 44 persons
aboard, including an expectant
mother and her baby son.
Mental Home Escapee
Located In Stockton
Stockton, Cal., Jan. 31 (U.R)
Marlon Wnlson. 21-ycnr-old es
capee from the Oregon State hos
pital, was recaptured after a
struggle with sheriff's deputies
last night and held for Oregon
authorities.
Undersheriff Mike Canlis said
Watson was approached by of
ficers while he worked in a
garage of a Manteca, Cal., home.
He apparently had been living
there since his escape from the
Oregon hospital last December.
Canlis said.
On seeing the deputies. Wat
son fled the garage and officers
gave chase. He finally was
dragged from beneath an auto
mobile in a nearby parking lot,
officers said.
Watson was committed to the
hospital as a "dangerous maniac"
after a series of fights and burg-
lanes, authorities said.
German Vessel Sinks
Off North Sea Isle
Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 31
(U.R) The 740-ton German
freighter Diamus sank near the
North sea island of Longerons to
day. Eight crew members were
reported missing.
The Hamburg signal station
said the British tug Rumania res
cued an undetermined number
of survivors.
The Diamus was en route from
Wismar, Germany, to Antwerp,
Belgium. Cause of the sinking
was not determined immediately.
Normal Production
For 70 Days Sought
In Note To Lewis
Dispute To Be Put
Up To Fact-Finders
Washington, Jan. 31 (U.R)
President Truman today called
for resumption of normal coal
C reduction for at least 70 days
eginning Monday.
During that time he would
put the coal dispute before a
fact-finding board named outside
of the Taft-Hartley law.
The president telegraphed his
proposal to John L. Lewis, pres
ident of the United Mine Work
ers, and leading coal operators.
National Policy
Mr. Truman stressed hit be
lief in "voluntary action" rather
than compulsion. He said this
was not only his personal con
viction "but the national policy."
"The government can no long
er stand by, however, and per
mit the continuance of condi
tions .which have now come to
have such a serious effect upon
the public interest," he said.
The president asked for assur
ances from both sides by noon
Saturday that "normal produc
tion" would be resumed on Mon
day. He said that If this assurance
is not forthcoming by noon Sat
urday, he wanted a reply to his
fact-finding board proposal by
5 p.m. Saturday.
Acceptance Urged
"I urge your acceptance in the
national interest." the president
concluded his telegram.
1. That normal production
be maintained for period of 70
days beginning February 6 un
der the last contract agreed to
by union and the employers..
2. Tiat built sides cooperate
with a fact-finding board which
would be empowered to inquire
into the 'current disoute and
make findings and recommenda
tions within 60 days after Feb
ruary 6.
He specified that each side In
the coal dispute would be free
to accent or reject the recom
mendations of the fact-finding
board as it saw fit.
United States Steel
Declares Dividend
New York, Jan. 31. (U.R)
United States Steel corporation
today declared a dividend of 65
cents a share on the common
stock, a rise of 15 cents over the
payments made, in the last two
quarters.. ...
Net Income oi the corporation
was reported at a new high since
1929 at $165,958,806, equal after
preferred, dividends to $5.39 a
share on common stock.
This income compared with
$129,627,845 or $4 a share in
1948 on a comparable share basis.
Fourth quarter net income was
whittled down sharply by the
steel strike which idled big
steel's plants for more than a
month. It amounted to $32,735,
397, or $1.01 a share on common
stock, and compared with $39,
171,144 or $1.26 a share in the
third quarter and with $41,585.
685 or $1.35 a share in the fourth
quarter of 1948, calculated on
current shares outstanding.
Corof Paight's Mother
To Jake Witness Stand
Bridgeport. Conn.. Jan. 31
(U.R) A 51-year-old mother, who
has said she would have done
the same thing if she "had the
courage," defends today her 21-
year-old daughter, who killed
her father because she couldn't
bear to watch his suffering from
an incurable cancer.
The mother. Mrs. Mary Nolan
Paight of Stamford, Conn., was
scheduled to be the second de
fense witness in the superior
court murder trial of Carol Ann
Paight. She was to be called aft
er the state ends cross-examination
of the Paight family doctor.
The blond, six-foot detenaani
killed her father. Stamford Po
lice Sgt. Carl W. Paight, 52, as he
lay in an anesthetic sleep on his
hospital bed last September 23.
Brannan Plans To Dump
Potato Stockpiles
Washington. Jan. 3l.-lU.fi'
Secretary of Agriculture Charles
F. Brannan told congress today
that he plans to dump some of
the government s swelling storKS
of surplus potatoes and let them
rot.
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson,
(D., N.M.) replied that congress
should do something "at once"
to control the amount of potatoes
produced, not Just the number ot
acres planted.
FILES CANDIDACY
Salem. Ore.. Jan. 31. W.r.t
Charles R. Smith of Baker, Ore.,
today filed his candidacy for
state senator from the 23rd sen
atorial district comprising Baker
county. He will seek the demo
cratic nomination in the May 19
primary election.
PhilaHnlnhia. Jan. 31 (U.R)
Mielwpl F. Hanson. 82. retired
newspaper publisher, died at his
home yesterday after a long ill
ness. Road Conditions
Major highways leading
' lng from the Medford area
were all open today and pack
ed ice and snow In spots on the
mountain ro'utes is well-sand-,
ad. state police reported thil
morning. Chains should be
carried although most trafiie
was moving without them.
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