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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.
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