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4 mm. mUM rv President Gives Congress Plans For Tax Revenue Washington, Feb. 3 (U.R) President Truman today gave to congress a tax-cutting tax-boosting program which would give the treasury $920,000,000 in new revenue. He proposed cutting excise taxes by a net of $655,000,000 but plugging tax loopholes and instituting a new excise tax on television sets to offset all but 5105,000,000 of that loss. Corporations Hit Corporations would bear most of the burden for raising the al most $1,000,000,000 in net new income. Their taxes would be in creased $675,000,000. Increased estate and gift taxes would raise the rest. Mr. Truman proposed elimi nating entirely the 20 per cent excise tax on baby oils, lotions and powders and the three per cent transportation tax on freight. Republicans are set to fight some of the proposals. They want excise tax reductions im mediately without regard to oth er measures. Mr. Truman appar ently intends to veto such an approach. The republicans lost one effort today to get immedi ate action on the excise tax cuts alone. ProDoied Bv Snvder Mr. Truman's tax proposals were spelled out to the house ways and means committee by Secretary of Treasury John W. Snvder. The administration actually oroDOsed excise tax cuts of B95. 000.000 but asked for new 10 per cent levy on the manufacturers' sale price of tele vision sets to yield $40,000,000 a year. The excise tax reductions Mr. Truman nronosed: Freight From three per cent to nothing. Rail, plane and bus tickets From ID per cent to iu per ceni. Long distance telephone and telegraph charges 25 per cent to 15 per cent. Retail levies on furs, luggage, jewelry and toilet preparations 20 per cent to 10 per cent. Manv Said Escaping Snyder said these reductions would cost the government States Ship Damaged By Gale Southampton, England, Feb. 3(U.R) The United States liner Washington was damaged slight lv when a powerful gust of wind blew her against the quay wall as she was docking today with 622 passengers. None aboard the 22,846-ton liner was injured. The Washington arrived three hours late at midmorning after a stormy Atlantic crossing. A 50-mile an hour gale was raging inside the harbor. As the liner headed for her berth, an extra gust rammed her bow against the harbor wall. The Impact tore a hole in the bow six feet above the water line near the bridge. Two hundred yards along the quay another gust smacked the shin against a wooden fender which had been wrenched from its mooring by the gale. The fender drove into the ship's portsidc, damaging plates at the waterline. Cunard line officials said the Queen Mary would be at least 24 hours behind schedule be cause of storms in the Atlantic. t Portland, Ore., Feb. 3 Ice iloes partially jammed the Wil r lamelte river in Portland to ' day for the first time this winter. Ski Conditions There has been no new snow at Crater lake during the past 24 hours, radio re ports received at park head quarters this morning reveal ed. The snow pack has set tled to a total depth of 120 inches with a surface of light crust. Skiing should be good, the park service said. South and west entrance roads are open to traffic but chains are required from An nie Springs to the lake rim. Maximum temperature at the park during the past 24 hours was 25 degrees; minimum was four degrees, and at 8:30 a.m. it was nine. Ingrid Bergman 'Overjoyed' Son; Catholic Priest Names Rome, Feb. 3 (U.R) Swedish Actress Ingrid Bergman was "overjoyed" this morning when she saw the blue-eyed, black haired son born to her last night, her doctor said today. A Catholic priest said Italian Film Director Roberto Rossel lini was the father of the baby, which looks very much like his mother and weighs 4's ounces less than eight pounds. Rossellini paced the corridors of the clinic while the baby was being delivered at 7 p.m. yester day. This morning he was the first visitor permitted to see the oweaisn star. Nurses and Dr. Pier Luigi Gui-' $695,000,000 In revenue. But he asked that this loss be made up by the new television tax and plugging loopholes in tax laws. Mr. Truman, in his earlier tax message to congress said many persons were escaping their fare share of the tax burden to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars by these loopholes in the laws. Most of the $1,000,000,000 in j new revenue the administration asKed would come from corpo ration taxes, Snyder testified. These new corporation levies would bring $675,000,000 into the treasury each year. Increased rates on estate and gift taxes would provide the remainder. Snyder proposed that the present "notch" rate of 53 per cent tax on corporate profits be tween $25,000 and $50,000 be re duced to 42 per cent. But he also asked that the 38 per cent tax on corporations making more than $50,000 a year be increased to 42 per cent. Russians Tighten Berlin Blockade Despite Threats Berlin, Feb. 3 (U.R) The Rus sians tightened their "baby blockade" of Berlin today despite an American threat to revive the airlift and take counter-measures against Soviet-controlled astern Germany. German police at the Hclm stedt checkpoint on the super highway to Berlin said the back log of Berlin-bound trucks in creased from 80 during the night to 170 just before noon. Traffic Slowed - Traffic from Berlin to west ern Germany also was slowed causing a backlog of 50 trucks by noon, police said. The warning that the airlift would bere-.ijustalled was issued, by a state department spokesman in Washington last night. U. S. air force officials here said planes that could form a nucleus of a new airlift were prepared to fly "almost immedi ately. Statements Ignored Russian border guards ignored all American statements and con tinued to hamstring Berlin truck traffic by slowing down their check of papers, inspection of loads and similar operations. The average rate of flow since the slowdown has been about 5 per hour, as compared with the pre-slowdown rate of about 20. Ford Employees To Work Six-Day Week Detroit, Mich., Feb. 3 (U.R) Ford Motor company, aiming for daily production of 8,000 ve hicles, will put 15,000 workers at its River Rouge plant on a six-day week tomorrow. Ford, which reported a post war production record of 148.393 cars and trucks during January, said the employees would work overtime "at least through May." President Henry Ford II said the company would try to hit a nationwide production mark of nearly 1.000,000 vehicles before July 1. The daily goal of 8,000 in cludes 5.000 cars, he said. Company spokesmen warned, however, that steel and coal shortages may hamper the pro gram. ' Forgery Guilty Plea Brings 7 Year Term Roy Earl Hamilton, 46, was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary yesterday by Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna. Hamilton had pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery and his sent ence will run concurrently with a previous sentence from Coos county. Hamilton was accused of at tempting to pass a worthless SI 68 check at the Gates Furni ture company store here on January 26. dotti. who assisted at the birth, said Rossellini told him "I am very happy that it is a boy." Rossellini remained through out the morning, cancelling plans to go back to work outside Rome where he is filming the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Dr. Guidotti said that Miss Bergman was "in excellent health." "She was very excited this morning when we took her son to her and was overjoyed to hold him, the doctor said. ' Me has ; blue eves and dark hair which looks like it might be brown as :syon as u idfitra uu utiiuue color." I Medford 44th Year 14 Pages British Atomic Scientist Arrested For Giving Data Vital Information Claimed Delivered London, Feb. 3 (U.R) A top British atomic scientist who was trusted with some of America's biggest A-bomb secrets was charged today with giving un identified agents information "useful to an enemy." Tip From U. S. Agents The scientist. German-born Dr. Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs, 38, was arrested by Scotland Yard agents yesterday on a tip from Amer ican FBI agents investigating Russian espionage. He was accused specifically of giving "information relating to atomic research to an unknown person in the United States in February, 1945, and to an un known person at an unspecified place on a day In 1947." Arraigned in Bow street police court, Fuchs was ordered held until Friday for a hearing to de termine whether he should be tried. Senior Officer Only last July he was appoint ed senior principal scientific of ficer to the British ministry of supply. He has been working at the great Harwell atomic re search center, biggest atomic center in Europe. Its huge cyclo tron recently put through its first tests. Fuchs had access to America's biggest atomic secrets during the two periods he allegedly gave away information which, in the words of the official charge, "was calculated to be, or might be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy." Sent To America Britain sent Fuchs to the Unit ed States in 1943 as its official representative for allied atomic research. He remained until fA046 During his visit, he worked. on the "Manhattan project development of the atomic bomb and he was at Los Alamos, where the first bomb was put together. Washington, Feb. 3 (U.R) The atomic energy commission said today that the British sci entist accused of giving away A-bomb secrets possessed infor mation that could have been of tremendous value to Russia. The commission issued a state ment on Dr. Karl Fuchs, arrested by Scotland Yard officers in Lon don on a tip from the FBI, as the joint congressional atomic en ergy committee called an emer gency closed hearing to quiz AFC members and security officers about him. Disclosure of Fuchs' arrest was something of a sensation in atomic, congressional and admin istration circles. It was discussed at President Truman's regular Friday cabinet meeting. Cabinet members would not say more than that it was discussed. Mercy Death Hearing Bridgeport. Conn.. Feb. 3 (U.R) The "mercy killing" trial of Carol Paight, 21, who killed her father to save him from a tor turing death from cancer, will go to the jury of nine middle aged mothers and three middle aged fathers Tuesday. "The evidence in the case is now completed," Superior Court Judge John A. Cornell told the jury at 12:20 p.m. "It is advis able to adjourn until Tuesday, when arguments will be deliver ed by counsel." The end of testimony was an nounced suddenly, after a recess, an hour and 20 minutes after the beginning of the eighth day of DOG POISONED Mrs. F. D. Cordicr, 704 South Oakdale avenue, reported yester day that a black cocker sDaniel dog, that was a pet of the Cor dier boy for eight years, had been found dead from poisoning. Mrs. Cordier said a veterinarian had found ground glass and a poison that may have been arse nic in the dog's stomach. At Sight of Rossellini As A Catholic priest. Father Fe lix A. Morlion, director of the Pro Deo university of Rome, said Rossellini was the father of the child. He made the state ment shortly after the Italian film director visited Miss Berg man and her son this morning. Father Morlion, who has been giving spiritual counsel to Ros sellini for some time, told a re porter: "As a Catholic priest I have stressed that the duties of Dar- ents to the immortal soul in the eyes of the church are no less if me mmi la uurn out Cl a icglll mate union. MEDFORD, OREGON, SURROUNDED Entirely surrounded by ice, tug huffs and puffs to keep Ice moving In the Columbia river and prevent it from crushing docks at Vancouver, Wash. The Columbia is a mass of ice from the mouth of the Willamette river eastward and is frozen solid above Bonneville dam. Ice floes accumulating behind the dam threaten to cut its power output. Democrat Out Of Sheriff Election, Realtors May File The 1950 election contest for the job of sheriff in Jackson county became a bit more com plicated today, with the an nouncement of Bert Simmons, Central Point, that he will not run for the democratic nomina tion as he had announced, and with the candidate list inconclu sive on the republican side of the ledger. Simmons gave no explanation for his withdrawal, but County Clerk George R. Carter revealed today that Simmons had noi vot ed in any general election since 1944, thus losing his registration. Law requires a candidate to be registered for at least 180 days before tiling. Only One Filing Only candidate to file for the office so far is incumbent How ard Gault, republican. Two Med- lora real estate men have Been talking about seeking the posi tion, with Ray Marks saying that he has tentative plans to seek the republican nomination. C. Lyall "Flash" Fidler said today that what he does depends upon what develops within the next few weeks. He may seek the republican nomination, he said, depending upon who files tor tne ottice. or he may wait until after the primary and file for election as an independent, or, if a strong candidate appears in opposition to Gault, Fidler said he may not run at all. With the withdrawal of Sim mons, the democratic nomina tion has no one seeking it, and it was understood that party leaders were conferring this week with possible candidates. Due For Jury Tuesday the second-degree murder trial of the golden haired college senior. The state called six rebuttal witnesses, one of whom, a psy chiatrist, testified Carol was sane when she fired a bullet through the brain of Stamford Police Sgt. Carl W. Paight with his own .38 caliber service revolver. Mother And Daughter Overcome By Fumes Portland, Ore., Feb. 3 (U.R) Mrs. Frances Huggins, 79, and her daughter, Marian, 41, who were overcome by gas fumes in their home Thursday, were re ported in critical condition at St. Vincent's hospital today. Hubbard E. Huggins, 81, hus band of Frances, was in fair con dition. They were found in their beds Thursday morning by next door neighbors. Investigators believed they may have been the victims of carbon monoxide gas from a smoldering coal fire. Newly - Born Father "Catholics will learn with Christian satisfaction that the parents of the child born last night have decided to give Cath olic baptism and education to the child, which can constitute the first step tnwardsbbediencc to the laws of God." Father Morlion said he had given such instructions and ad vice to Rossellini as one of the "parents of the child born last night." Miss Bergman has applied for a Mexican divorce from her husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom of Hollywood. Rossellini already has won a court annulment of his first marriage. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, Danger of Flood May Follow Warm Winds The temperature at the Medford airport at 8 a. m. to day was 14 degrees above rero. At 1:30 p. m. today is was 41 above zero, A warm and gusty Chinook wind blew up the valley from the south today, breaking the back of the month-long cold spell and bringing threat of flooding conditions in another 24 to 36 hours. The wind, which got as far as Ashland yesterday, reached Medford shortly before noon and frozen snow immediately began to thaw. The warm air is the forerunner of what the Weather bureau called "a big, well-developed storm" centering in the Pa cific ocean to the southwest. The present snowpack, if melted rapidly, probably could be handled as run-off water without difficulty, the bureau said, but if this run-off is com bined with heavy rains, as seems possible, there is a definite flood possibility. May 'Rain and Rain' One weatherman at the bu reau said if the incoming storm Hillsboro Doctor Testifies Against Medical Groups Portland, Ore., Feb. 3 (U.R) Dr. Archie O. Pitman, Hillsboro, today testified for the defense in the government's anti-trust suit against state medical groups that he resumed contract prac tice of medicine when commer cial hospial associations "stop ped interfering with methods of treating patients." Dr. Pitman was one of a long parade of physicians appearing for the defense. The government has charged the Oregon Medical Society, the Oregon Physicians Service and eight individual physicians with attempts to monopolize and control pre-paid medical care in Oregon. Joined NHA Dr. Pitman said that when he first started practice in Hills boro, he joined the panel of the National Hospital association as a "first aid man." He explained "first aid" meant to see the pa tient once and then funnel him to the Portland headquarters of the association, where other doc tors would continue treating him. On cross-examination, Dr. Pit man said he readily agreed to treat Oregon Physician Service patients because "OPS didn't at tempt to tell me how to treat a patient." Minutes Read Minutes of a meeting of the Washington county medical so ciety were read in federal court. In them Dr. oilman, men us president, said that when his county association refused to treat hospital association pa tients, they had to take treatment from osteopaths or go to fori land. He said his practice was dis continued when the commercial hosnital assocatiions became merely insurers for their patients and permitted them to go to physicians of their own choosing. Saukvillc. Wis.. Feb. 3 (U.R) One man was killed and 64 per sons injured when the Milwau kee railroads "Chippewa Hia watha" jumped the rails . and plowed half-a-mile down the right-of-way near here. Authorities said it wa' "mirac ulous" that the death toll was not higher. Tribune 1950 NO. 266 (Actum lelepholo gets "hung up" on the Siski yous, it might "rain, and rain, and rain." Many Medford residents were discovering burst water pipes as the warmer weather thawed out ice which had clogged them. The water department here said it had received reports of 12 or 15 broken pipes. The weather bureau, In addi tion to taking a lot of teasing comment in regard to the weath er, has been kept busy supplying information to the public. In nor mal weather, phone calls average about 270 per week. During the cold, .wpck ot January b lo t, a totnl of 849 calls were received at the bureau asking informa tion, and an even grenter num ber were received so far during the current week, forecasters said. Fruit Not Hurt The cold spell has not hurt fruit trees locally. County Agent C. B. Cordy said it is still too early to determine the exact ef fect of the freeze on fruit trees but he said fruilmcn do not ex pect any commercial injury here. Since temperatures this year have been about the same as last year, it is assumed that plants damaged last winter will also suffer similar injury this year, but Cordy said "that is strictly a surmise." Boysenber rles were considerably damaged last year. As far as ground crops are con cerned, County Agent W. B. Tucker said there lias been no damage so far but the danger is not over yet. If the moderating temperatures should melt the snow pack, and then freeze again, the ground would "heave," Tucker explained, breaking roots of ground crops already established. He said the layer of snow on the valley floor could be thanked for keeping injury to a minimum. The ground has been kept unfro zen and frost-free under the pro tective blanket. Leading Comedian In Britain Succumbs London, Feb. it (U.R) Sid Field, 45, Britain's leading co median, died at his home here early today. Field, who made his first ap pearance in London in 1916, played the leading role in the American stage hit "Harvey" as usual last night. The comedian, who also ap peared In motion pictures, was the star of the stage shows "Strike a New Note," "Prince of Wales" and "Strike it Again," among olher hits. He was the only son of Albert Edward Field and Bertha Work man Field. He was born on April 1, 1904. Radio Highlights Radio Station KYJC (1230 kc) will broadcast the Jake LaMolta-Dick Wagner fight from Detroit's Olympia sta dium tonight, beginning at 7 o'clock. KWIN (1400 kc) will carry the Oregon-Idaho basketball game from Moscow. Ida., to night, starting at 7:30, and Im mediately after will air the Medford-Roteburg game from Roseburg by delayed broad cast. Saturday KWIN will broadcast the Oregon Stale Washington garni from Corval lis at 8 p.m. and will air the Medford-Roseburg game from Medford high school gymna sium Immediately after, again by delayed broadcast. WEATHER FORECAST; Cloudy and windy with rain tonight and Satur day, Warmer, Temp. Hliheit Yeilerday it Lowest thtt Morning ,.9 'Forgotten Man' Of Bridges Case On Witness Stand Robertson Testifies At Communist Trial San Francisco, Feb. 3 (U.R) The "forgotten man" in the Harry Bridges perjury-conspiracy trial took the witness stand today. He is J. R. Robertson, first vice-president of the CIO inter national longshoremen's and and warehousemen's union, and a co-defendant with Bridges and Henry Schmidt, another 1LWU officer. Robertson is accused of con spiring with Schmidt to back up Bridges' claim at his naturaliza tion hearing in 1945 that he nev er had been a communist. Questioned Twice Through nine weeks of the government's case, Robertson's name was questioned only twice once by Henry Schrimnf, who said he "knew" Robertson and again by George Wilson, Los An geles newspaperman, who said he once saw Robertson at a communist party meeting. Early in the trial one govern ment witness, Immigration In spector Lloyd Gainer, when ask ed to identify Robertson, put his hand on the shouder of Defense Attorney Vincent Hallinan and said, "This is Robertson." The defense claims Robertson cannot be held guilty of a con spiracy because he was only "pinch hitting" for Paul Schnur, another ILWU officer, at Bridges' naturalization. Robert son was drafted at the last min ute when Schnur failed to ap pear, the defense said. Coplon's Defense May Summon Hoover New York, Feb. 3 (U.R) Ju dith Coplon's defense will seek lo call J. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief, as a witness, her attorney, Archibald Palmer, announced to Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan today. Miss Coplon and Valentin Gu bitchev, Russian engineer, are on trial in Ryan's court on a charge of conspiracy to steal gov ernment secrets. Palmer said he wanted Hoover to testify about "decoy messages" which the government charges were found in Miss Coplon's purse the night she was arrested with Gubitchev. "I'm making the announce ment now, so the government cannot' claim that it comes as a surprise or as a delaying tactic," Palmer said. Ryan said he would rule when the messages were Introduced in evidence. Dial System Phones Seen At Central Point Central Point, Feb. 3 Stock holders of Central Point Mutual Telephone company at a recent meeting instructed directors to Investigate the cost of convert ing the present magneto system to a dial system, according to Vice President W. B. Kincaid. He spoke of the need of en larged switchboard facilities to keep pace with the growth of the community. Kincaid ex- firessed the opinion that convert ng to the dial arrangement rath er than expanding the magneto system would be a step forward. Astoria, Ore., Feb. 3 (U.R) The coast guard cutter Mallow was scheduled to break ice on the the Sklpanon river at War renton today. Fishing Trip Into Disaster Kaka, Alaska, Feb. 3 (U.R) A routine fishing trip nearly turned into disaster when two boats with three fishermen were trapped 10 days In heavy sheet ice in an Alaskan fjord. Boats Froten Tight The men, Frank Gordon, Paul Thomas and Benjamin Kadale. set out for Rocky Pass In two boats to pick up their traps, January 15. When they returned to the boats after completing their mission, they found the ves sels frozen tight to a sheet of solid ice which had formed in the narrow bay they were moored in. To make matters worse, the distillation system which turns salt water Into fresh froze up on one of the craft. For four days and nights the men tried to free themselves from the grip of the ice but to no avail. They ran out of food on the fifth day and decided to moor the boats together and sit it out. At home, meanwhile, appre II Persons Hurl As Blaze Sweeps Rooming House Three Stores Suffer Damage By Flames Klnmnth Fall n,. f-u (U.R) Four persons were killed and 11 others injured today When fire rlmtrnvn .1 w.. Vjwu m fcWU-SLUiy frame rooming house and dam- inree omer Dusiness estab- iismiiems nere. NlimhAr n( liaoA Knot 4. with the death of Jame Spears, in H ruamam fails Hospital about noon today. Doctors (aid Sneam suffpreH hum at per cent of his body. i nre uie in Hooms Burned to death in their rooms Were Mikl KhnnhorW r.nA Redmond, both believed in their 70's, and F. R. Reuter, a lumber mill employee. Firemen said there were 17 roomers in the building when me oroKe out aDout 1:30 a.m. F.lpvrtn nlhoi l-inmapa f f l .vu.nia fluawca burns, broken bones and shock in escaping through smoke and imtru nuuways or in leaping from second story windows, room of Dean Thomas about i:ju a.m, rnomas roused the managers, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nobles, whn rnutoH uA mkah roomers. They escaped into sev en ucgiees oeiow zero weather clad only in their nightclothes. All Qifallnhlo equipment fought the blaze for uuee nuuis ueiore oringing u under control. Also damaged by the fir wpn AiKi,nlrl.B eb.. .. . .uu,.iwca oiiub store, Bertrams Jewelry stora mum uu .HKies tavern. r iremen estimated loss $250,000. It Break In Weather Aids Plane Search Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Feb. 3 (U.R) A break in the weather 250 miles north of her sent 26 planes off the frozen run ways today to continue the week long search for missing U. S. army transport with 44 persons aboard, The planes roared north to mountainous area slightly north of the point where the big C-54 last reported its position befor it disappeared in the vast, barren wastes of the sub-Arctic Janu ary 26. Air Commodore Martin Costel lo, search coordinator, ordered every available plane into tha area to take advantage of the unexpected break in the weather. He had kept planes on a 30-min-ute alert for, takeoff despite low clouds and snow during the past two days. Ground maintenance paid off today. The planes, tuned up and their tanks full of gas, were all back in the search within an hour. Camp White Roadways Closed To Public Use Roads leading eastward from Crater Lake highway In the Camp White area have been closed to public use with excep tion of two which are marked with county signs, it was an nounced Friday. Closing of the roads was done to avoid accidents as some have been using the pavement for speedways, and possible collision with cross fences which are be ing installed, it was stated. Road Conditions Highway 99 was Icy between Canyon Creek pan and Roie burg, according to slate police at noon today. There was some packed snow on -Sexton past but It was passable without chains, police said. Redwood high way was icy. Police reported snow and wind on the Siskiyou and , Greenspringt routes and rec ommended chains. There was packed mow on the Crater , Lake highway at Union Creek and more snow was antici pated. Nearly Turns For 3 Men hension mounted over the men's absence and four vessels put out in search of the trio. The same day the men decided to quit fighting the ice, the search par ty arrived on the scene. The rescue boats crashed the ice pack and managed to buck a passage for about half a mile. At that point, the 12-inch thick ice refused to give in to the bat tering of the small craft. Rescuers Cut Ice Undaunted, the rescuers swarmed onto the ice armed with bucksaws and hacked a passage wide enough to let their boats get through. Three of the men were temporarily put out of ac tion when they lost their foot ing and slipped Into the icy wa ters. Reinforcements came from Kaka with fresh food and wa ter for the stranded trio and fi nally, after three hours' sleep during the last day, the rescue crew smashed through to the trapped trio, 10 days after the Ice originally froze them fast. t )
