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Newspaper Page TextLEWIS GIVEN UNTIL MONDAY TO ACT Medford 44th Year 20 Pages Spy Gave Eunss Washington, Feb. 4 (U.R) Congress was told today that the British scientist now under ar rest as a Russian spy had enough information to launch the So viets on a race with us for the hydrogen super-bomb. Shocked and angry members of the joint congressional atomic committee also were informed that Dr. Klaus . J. Fuchs may have given the Russians "well over a year's advantage" in de veloping the uranium bomb they exploded last year. Gn. Groves Speaks ,; Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, the retired army officer who ran this country's first atomic bomb project during the war years, broke that news to the commit tee at a three-hour closed hear ing. He said that the German-born Fuchs worked in the project from 1943 to 1946 as "top man" of a 20-man British mission at Los Alamos. N.M., and had "com plete access" to American atom ic secrets. Improving Weather Seen For Airplane Search In Alaska Whitehorse, Y. T., Feb. 4 (U.R) An expected improvement in flying conditions tomorrow led ground crews Saturday night to prepare every possible plane for flight in the search for a missing C-54 army transport. Officers directing the search for the plane, lost with 44 per sons aboard nine days ago, said nafl-lv AO nirprnft should he able to go aloft tomorrow if skies clear as expected. Only 15 planes were able to lly today as snow storms low ered ceilings and closed down most flight sectors. T TvamViI RmN Ground crews were licking maintenance prooiems as oiii cers reported "no untoward mpr-hnnlrnl trnilhlp in the fleet Of search Dlanes. Earlier, cold weather breakdowns plagued the searchers. T),o TT G pnoct Oiinrri'c WPflth er ship Escanaga picked up a weak signal on the 8280 kilocycle distress frequency this morning and alerted all direction finder A 15-man trail crew tramped through deep arms near names Junction west 01 nere wnere 4nrna Mnioi rpnnrtpH a column of smoke rising from the treach erous, tree-stuaaea terrain. Portland Gas Fumes Kills One, Hurts 3 Portland, Ore., Feb. 4 (U.R) Gas company officials today blamed fumes seeping from a two-inch, underground line for the death ol one man ana me in jury of three others. Hans H. Smith, 65, was found dead in his home by police. Three others, who were overcome, were taken to hospitals from their res idences. Meanwhile, residents in three southeast district blocks were alerted as the fumes, traveled along underground connections into houses. Soviet Ship Herded Into Korean Waters Seoul, Korea, (Sunday) Feb. 5 (U.R) The Soviet tanker Pamir was herded by South Korean pa trol vessels into North Korean waters last night after being challenged Friday south of the 38th parallel boundary, tne na w reDorted today. The navy said the Russian ship was kept under constant surveil lance by South Korean patrol ships for more than 24 hours un til she crossea tne parallel cuvia ing American and Soviet con trolled sections of Korea. The navy said there were no further reports of the sighting of two other unidentified ships yesterday. Navy Court Of Inquiry Probes Biq Mo Disaster Norfolk, Va., Feb. 4 (U.R) A naval court of inquiry studied the log books of the USS Mis nnri tnriav and a civilian com pass expert said magnetic mine fields in Hampton noaas migiu have caustd the battleship to go aground last January 17. Headed by Rear Adm. Milton E. Miles, the three-member court it seeking to fix responsibility tn tho nrririont which stranded the navy's only active battleship for 15 days on inimoie onoais WEATHER FORECAST: MojIIt clonflv with orrailnnil hoprs SuniUv and Monday: continued mild. Temperature HiKheU yetlerday 38 Lowest yeterda 2 Precipitation To :JS yesterdays Trace MEDFORD, OREGON, Chairman Brien McMahon (D., Conn.) told newsmen that Fuchs "certainly" had an inside track on super-secret American hydro gen bomb data. Groves agreed. Truman Orders Start President Truman only last Tuesday ordered the atomic en ergy commission to build the H-oomb wlucli, in theory at least. will have an explosive power l.uuu times that of tne old ura nium bomb. The H-bomb still is so secret that the president has ordered American offiicals not even to discuss it in general terms. But Groves told reporters be fore the hearing that American scientists were on the trail of Late Sports Medford's Black Tornado mad it two victories ovr Roieburg in non - conference games when they walloped iha Indians 45 to 32 Saturday night on the Medford floor. Jack Morris with 14 points paced the Tornado while Math ews got nine to lead Roseburg. Medford led at the first quarter 17 to 4, 30 to 11 at the half and 39 to 17 at the third quarter. Talent, Feb. 4 Talent high's cagers walked over Kerby high 34 to 25 Saturday night en the Talent floor in a rough non-league game. Talent led 17 to 16 at the half and Rolli Hartley pushed in 15 points to lead the Bulldogs in scoring. Central Point, Feb. 4 Cen tral Point high's cagers won their first Southern Oregon conference game here Satur day night, leading all the way to defeat Ashland 54 to 44. The Pointers, paced by Herb Colley and Merle An horn with 14 and 12 points, re spectively, had spreads of 16 to 9 at the quarters, 29 to 23 at halftim and 45-33 at the third quarter mark. Dick Smith of Ashland led scorers with 15. Phoenix, Feb. 4 Fred Fur ry scored a basket after a min ute of play in a sudden death overtime period here Satur day night to give Phoenix high a 39 to 37 victory over Butte Falls in a non-conference game. The regular game end ed 35 to 35. Furry with 16 points paced Phoenix scoring and D. Moore tallied 17 to lead Butte Falls. Boston, Feb. 4 (U.R) Cur tis Stone, an underdog, reeled off one of the fastest two-mile runs in American indoor his tory Saturday night, 8:55.1. and Jim Fuchs of Yale set a new world indoor shotput rec ord. 57 feet, 6a inches, to win their events at the Boston A.A. track meet. y SATURDAY'S SCORES Portland 66, Goniaga 52. Eastern Washington college 52, Pacific Lutheran 40. Central Washington college 68 Whitworth 49. California 84, Hawaii 60. Washington 52, OSC 44. Idaho 44. Oregon 34. San Jose State 52, West Vir ginia State 50. Clemson 59, Citadel 34. Villanova 68, Rhode Island 49. Duke 68, Navy 53. Kansas State 91, Oklahoma 68, North Dakota State 61, South Dakota 39. Drake 57. Tulsa 56. Colorado 41, Missouri 39. Fordham 73, Virginia 44. Georgia 64, Chattanooga 56 Holv Cross 93, Brown 39. Chico State 61, San Francisco State 53. Baylor 52, Arkansas 42. Vanderbilt 54. Florida 34. Brigham Young 58, Colorado A&M45. Montana S. 69, Idaho S. 49. CCNY 56, Princeton 46 Georgetown 71, NYU 60 Illinois 67, Minnesota 57 Indiana 64. Northwestern 59 North Carolina Stat 74, Fur- man 38 Notre Dame 78. Marquette 61 UCLA 74, Santa Clara 64. Redlands 34. Whittier 30. No Local Flood Danger Expected Medford's weather burea of fice yesterday reported no flood1 danger after a gusty Chinook wind Friday and early yesterday broke up last week's cold spell. Snow at lower elevations ran off in streams, which were rather low, the weather bureau said. No high water was created. An ex pected storm, which might have resulted in flood conditions, swerved northward off the coast and yesterday was off Vancouver island. Rain Showers Coming A few days of rain showers and warmish, moist air are an ticipated. A weather bureau spokesman said his office be lieved that last week saw the "last of the really cold temper atures for the season." The Friday and early Saturday wind varied from 12 to 30 miles per hour with gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour and the strongest gusts 58 miles per hour. Radio station KYJC, Medford, was oil SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, KI-Eommlb Sttan'tt the H-bomb even during the war when their main effort was di rected toward splitting the ura nium atom. He admitted that Fuchs was in position to know what the Americans had done on the hy drogen bomb. Fuchs Not Checked McMahon said Groves told the committee that Fuchs never was checked for security by Ameri can officials because he already had been fully cleared by the British. Groves said the fact Fuchs was not checked here traced back to the Anglo-American wartime partnership in atomic matters established by the late President Roosevelt and Winston Bulletins Klamath Falls. Feb. 4 Grants Pass high remained un defeated in Southern Oregon conference and district 4 com petition Saturday night by downing Klamath Falls 39 to 32. Eagle Point, Feb. 4 Eagle Point high's loop-leading hoop five received a bad scare . Saturday night but rallied in the last quarter to edge Myr tle Creek 34 to 30 and stay undefeated in the J-D-J con ference standings. The score was tied 8 to 8 at the first quarter but Myrtle Creek led 14 to 13 at the half and 26 to 22 at the third quar ter. Pat Simmons was high man for the Eagles with 14. In church league basketball tiffs at the YMCA last night St. Mary's downed First Meth dist 22 to 15, Central Chris tian licked First Christian 26 to 14, First Presbyterian bounced St. Mark's 33 to 28 and Foursquare thumped St. Peter's 35 to 11. Foursquare and First Pres byterian lead the loop with four wins and no losses each. Northern California Threatened By Flood San Francisco, Feb. 4 (U.R) Tha lafnct in o ranifi fil-p KPriPS of heavy rain and snow storms moved toward southern i-aiuor-na today after drenching the nni-thorn nart nf 1hp slatp With 8 cloudburst that left a threat of flood in its wake. More than four inches of rain fell at Guerneville, on the Rus sian river, during the first 24 hours of the storm. The cloudburst brought a warning from the weather bu reau that the river was expect ed to rise sleaany to ine nan full stage in the Guerneville vi cinity, reaching a crest of 31 feet or slightly lower by 8 a. m. Sunday. The heaviest sustained rain fall was reported at Boulder creek, near Santa Cruz, where 3.26 inches fell in 7V4 hoflrs. At 10 a. m. today rainfall of 1.40 inchest was reported in San Francisco, 1.74 inches at Wil liams, .50 of an inch at Salinas. 2.33 inches at Blue canyon, 3.17 inches on Mt. Tamalpais and .24 of an inch at Fresno. State Wants To Sell Scott Creek Bridge Salem, Ore., Feb. 4 U.R Wanna buy a bridge? Marion county does and appar ently has, as a result of a phone conversation Friday between County Judge Grant Murphy and John W. Cattrall ot the state highway department. Cattrall sent out letters to sev eral counties announcing that the state would sell an 80-foot steel span now stored at Scott creek some 15 miles east of Waldport, to the first bidder. Sale prices was S3.913 fig ured at five cents a pound for the 78,260 pounds of steel. As soon as Murphy received the letter Friday he phoned Cat trall to say Marion county sure would like to buy the bridge. the air from 8:20 to 9:10 p.m. Friday because of power failure. Station KWIN, Ashland, was also off. The gusts reportedly tore off the gates at the Starlile Drive in theater and upset a small bus pick-up station near Bear Creek orchards. Gold Hill Rain Gold Hill residents Friday ai ternoon" and evening struggled against a freezing rain that made mobility difficult for pedestrians and motorists alike. By United Press Higher temperatures brought flash blizzards, freezing rain and snow slides to the Pacific north west Saturday. British Columbia was cut off by rail as slides blocked the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railroads near Stout and North Bend. B. C, for the fourth time this winter. Plungers Stranded Tribune 1950 NO. 267 Churchill in 1943. The agree ment, reached at the Quebec con ference, provided for sending a team of British scientists to work on the atomic project here. It established procedures un der which Groves accepted a Brntsh certificate of clearance on Fuchs and let him have "com plete access" to the project. McMahon said FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover will be questioned In secret session Monday, pre sumably to discuss that point and the "other ramifications or the case which Hoover has said he is investigating in this coun try. McMahon said Groves will be questioned again at a public hearing on Monday afternoon. The senator said Groves re peatedly made it clear that there could be no doubt Fuchs had in formation on the uranium and H-bombs which could be of stag gering importance to the Rus sians. But Groves apparently could throw no light on whether Fuchs actually gave his informa tion to the Kremlin. Russians Reject Allied Protests On Berlin Block Berlin, Feb. 4 U.R The Rus sians rejected two western allied protests on Berlin's "little block ade" tonight. The Soviets de clared the charge that transport into the city was being inter rupted was "without basts." The rejection was contained in a letter from Maj. Gen. Alex ander Kotikov, Soviet command ant for Berlin, in reply to two separate western allied protests accusing the Russians of violat ing the big four decision in Paris on freedom of access to Berlin. That was the decision that end ed the total land and water block ade and returned the city's life to normal. Killed Most Hopes Kotikov's reply all but killed hopes of an agreement on Ber lin's tangled traffic problems, at least on the level of the com mandants. Kotikov listed a scries of al leged violations of regulations covering transport between Ger many's eastern and western zones. "Under such circumstances, the German peoples .(east Ger man) police is forced to perform a detailed inspection of freight on the autobahn as well as on the railroad in order to prevent smuggling," Kotikov said. Reduced Load Limits Imposed On 6 Roads Reduced load limits were re imposed on three roads in Jack son county and three in Joseph ine county yesterday morning James Bromley, Grants Pass, resident engineer of the state highway department, informed state police here. Jackson county routes restrict ed to protect them during thaw were all of Little Butte creek and Medford-Provolt roads and Crater Lake highway from mile post 17 to the Crater Lake Na tional park boundary. In Joseph ine county the limitations went on all of Oregon Caves, Rogue River Loop and Williams second ary roads. Vehicles are limited to 11,000 pounds for a single axle, 20,000 for a dual axle and a 36,000 pound overall load. Nationalists Say Junks Sunk By Their Planes Taipei, Formosa, Feb. 4 (U.R) A nationalist air force communi que reported tonight that two steamers and 332 junks were sunk by bombing and strafing planes along the Yangtze river this past week. Portland, Ore., Feb. 4 (U.R) It cost Multnomah county $231, 377 last fiscal year to paint bridges. About 100 stranded bus pas sengers and motorists were picked up by trains inching up the Columbia river gorge behind snowpiows. A flash blizzard swept down the gorge Friday night with 70-mile-an-hour windf . Gorge highways were closed by snowdrifts. Freezing rain fell from Eu gene, Ore., to Olympia, Wash., and Portland-Columbia airport was temporarily shut down. Warm Relief In South But a warm relief from one of the longest cold snaps in the re gion's history was reported in southern and central Oregon where thermometers climbed to 50. Highway Ice stopped Seattle Portland traffic for a few hours south of Chchalis, Wash. But eastbound buses from Portland were crossing the Cascade moun tains through the Wapinitia cut ofi without halts. rr l ill I i " . M" """ ye.- )X u ' . V W (Acme Telrphotot "MAN OVERBOARD' Fueling operations of the aircraft carrier Midway In the Atlantic were enlivened when a sailor, R. L. Beasly (arrow, left), was accidentally knocked overboard. Beasly was rescued from his unwelcome bath by a helicoper and brought safely bark to the carrier's deck (right) three minutes after the mishap. Lane County Picked To Start All-Out Unemployment Drive Salem, Ore., Feb. 4 (U.R) The state of Oregon has picked Lane county, with its populous Eugene-Springfield area and its terrain ranging from the coast to the Cascades, as the place to start its all-out drive against in creasing unemployment. Gov. Douglas McKay's coun cil of employment, holding its organization meeting here Fri day, decided that Lane county would be as apt a place as any to start the campaign for in creased employment. Other areas are expected to get into the drive within a few weeks. First Meeting Dated Dr. Calvin Crumboker of the University of Oregon, chairman of the employment council, is Tax Chief Claims Solons Must Limit Excise Levy Cuts Washington, Feb. 4 (U.R) House Tax Chief Robert L. Douehton exoressed the convic tion tonicht that congress should limit excise tax cuts to amounts that it is willing to make up through higher taxes on other things. Amid demands from both dem ocrats and renublicans that con- eross eo well beyond President Truman's recommendations for reducing excises, Doughton told reporters: "I would regret it very much if the wavs and means committee should bring out a bill that would throw the treasury further in the red." The North Carolina democrat is chairman of the tax-writing ways and means committee. Oth er than to express his belief that there should be no excise tax cuts that are not made- up by new revenue, Doughton declined to state his views on the tax pro gram outlined to the committee Friday by Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder. Dramatic Rescue Try Fails As Victim Dies Portland, Ore., Feb. 4 (U.R) A man who leaped into the icy Willamete river today was pro nounced dead about an hour aft er his body was fished from the water in a dramatic rescue at tempt. Police Identified the man from papers found on his body as Mike Paladeni, 71, of Yacolt, Wash., and Cascade Locks, Ore, He jumped into the river from the west end of the downtown Hawthorne bridge. A passerby attempted to halt the leap but Paladeni slipped from his coat and plunged into the river, which was dotted with ice floes. Sen. Cain Not To Run For Seat Of Democrat Washington, Feb. 4 U.R) Sen. Harry P. Cain (R Wash.) announced today that he has de cided against resigning the sen ate seat he holds to run for the seat now held by a democrat. Cain, whose present term ex pires Jan. 3. 1953. said last sum mer he might resign to be a can didate against Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, D., Wash.) whose seal Is at slake next November. Road Conditions Stat police last night re ported a slid on highway 99 north on Canyon mountain but said that the route was open to one-way traffic. Police reported slush and packed snow on the Siskiyous and Greensprings but traffic was moving without chains. Highway 99 south of Yreka was slick and travel was slow. Ice mad roads hasardous in th Portland area. expected to name local repre sentatives in Lane county soon and tlie council will hold Its next meeting in Eugene Febru ary 24 to give the local organi zation support in its kickoff for the campaign. One of the areas expected to be organized for the drive short ly is Estacada in Clackamas county. Basic employment and re sources information gathered by state agencies for the Lane coun ty area will be gone over in an effort to find methods of increas ing man-hours and payrolls in harvesting, processing and mar keting timber, food and other main products. The purpose will be to pro vide winter-lime empioymeni and long-range development to care for the increased popula tion, estimated at 50 per cent above the 1940 population, Reports Are Heard Action of the council followed reports and talks by national, re gional and state officials, Dewey Coates of Washington, D. C, who represents the bu reau of employment security and the U. S. department of labor, said some 20 states already have embarked on similar programs in the last few months in an effort to stabilize employment on a nation-wide basis. He said about 3,500,000 are now unemployed, while the la bor force is increasing at the rate of 600,000 a year. Klamath Man There Members of the council who attended the first meeting in cluded Mrs. Alice Bissell of Families In Arkansas Flood Leave Homes Chicago, Feb. 4 (U.R) Famil ies in the White river lowlands of southeastern Arkansas aban doned their houses today as flood waters rose toward their yards. Manv flood evacuees In the Ohio valley began moving back into their homes. In the Mississippi and Ohio val leys more than 34,000 persons, some of them veterans of al most annual floods had aban doned their homes or were clean ing them up from the muddy ravages of floodwaters. Skies generally were clear from the Rockies to the Atlantic and onlv in the southeast Arkan sas area river waters were threat ening: Bend Experiences Warm Chinook Wind And Snow Bend, Ore., Jan. 4 (U.R) Bend was experiencing a warm Chinook wind today with the mercury climbing past the 40 mark and apparently destined to go even higher. The welcome thaw followed three inches of additional snow that fell last night. Rossellini Formally Admits Being Father 01 Ingrid Bergman's Son By Aldo Fort United Preit Correspondent (Copyright, 1950, by United Press) Rome Feb. 4 (U.R) Italian Film Director Roberto Rossel lini said today "I am the father" of Actress Ingrid Bergman's two-day-old son. In an exclusive Interview with the United Press his first in terview since the baby was born Thursday Rossellini said the baby's full name will be "Ro berto Ingmar." He explained that the surname was the Swed ish masculine equivalent of In grid. He said he would marry Miss Bergman in a civil ceremony as soon as the Swedish actress ob tains her Mexican divorce from Dr. Peter Lindstrom, and that he would make a formal declara tion of the paternity of "my son" immediately after the ceremony. Eugene and M. E. Steele and George Brown of Portland,- all representing labor, and Jack Jennings of Portland. J. C Compton of McMinnville and Andrew Collier of Klamath Falls, representing management. Council members were invited to attend the next inter-govern mental conference of Pacific coast states in Portland March 3. when similar nroblems of em ployment on a regional basis will be discussed. Young Republicans Hear Talt Foretell Election Troubles Washlneton. Feb. 4 (U.R) Sen. Robert A. Taft, (R., O.) told Young Republicans Saturday nlgnt tnat unless a more conser vative coneress is elected in 1950 there mav be little to fight for In the 1952 presidential cam paign. Addressing a banquet of the Young Republican national iea eration, Taft warned that "if we elect a congress in 1950 more radical than the present one, then our whose program of in dividual liberty is lost." He hinted that the forthcom ing restatement of republican party principles expected to be released late Monday after ap proval by the republican nation al committee and the policies committees of house and senate republicans would emphasize that the Truman administrations program is diametrically opposed to the republican pnuosopny m freedom, equality and liberty. "I think that what happens in the 1050 elections will deter mine the fate of the nation for many years to come," Taft said. French Government Coalition Resigns Paris, Feb. 4 (U.R) A social ist walkout split France's middle-of-the-road government wide op en today, abruptly ending the three-party coalition that has governed the country since 1947. Five socialist cabinet minis ters and four secretaries of state with cabinet rank quit today on orders from the socialist steer ing committee. The resignations followed a dispute over bonuses for low-bracket wage-earners. Premier Georges Bidault ac cepted the resignations but de cided not to quit himself, as the head of a coalition government usually would after a walkout by one of the main government par ties. The premier told friends the international situation is too crit ical for France to risk a politi cal crisis that might leave it with out a government for weeks. Rossellini said the full regis tration of the baby's birth would be "Roberto Ingmar, son of In grid Bergman, father unknown." He said that would deprive Lind strom of any technical claim on the baby. Under Italian law, Lindstrom would automatically be regist ered as the baby's father unless the "father unknown" declara tion were made, since he is still the legal husband of Miss Berg man. Baby "American" (A lawyer In Slorkholm, Swed en, said today that, since Lind strom is an American citizen, the baby was "automatically" an American under U. S. and Swed ish law, and could be claimed bl Miss Bergman's husband "if he chooses to.") Once Rossellini has become Miss Herman's husband, he can give his name legally to the child. Taft-Hartley Act . May Be Imposed By President Truman No Definite Decision Made Late Saturday Washington, Feb. 4 (U.R) The White House today gave John L. Lewis until Monday to get his soft coal miners back on the five-dny week or face a possible Taft-Hartley crack down. But all indications from the coal fields were that the United Mine Workers will obey the "wink and a nod" Lewis gave them earlier today and close the pits completely on Monday. In that event. President Tru man is expected to proclaim a national emergency and invoke the no-strike provisions of the Taft-Hartley law. Persistent Reports. Late in the evening White House sources said no definite decision has been made to start the Taft-Hartley machinery. There were persistent reports that White House labor experts have not abandoned all hope of reaching a solution to the coal dispute which would avoid the Taft-Hartley procedures. White House labor advisers were reported to have talked with messengers from United Mine Workers headquarters sev eral times this afternoon. Tru man had not been advised of the outcome of the conversations late Saturday, according to reli able reports. VelUd Ultimatum The White House Issued what appeared to be a veiled ulti ma lum a few hours after Lewis re jected President Truman's 70 day coal truce plan and warned the chief executive not to "black jack" the miners with the Taft- narney law. Federal Judge T. Alan Golds borough once remarked during a courtroom brush with Lewis that the mine leader uses language no more pointed than that as "a wink and a nod" signal to strike. The White House apparently took it that way too. It issued a brief, statement noting that Lew is letter rejecting the truce plan was the last word Mr. Truman has had from the union chieftain. "T he president's further course will depend on the state or employment in the mines on monuay , tne White House said. "Mr. Lewis' letter said nothing about the return of the miners to their jobs." Crisis Stag Reached President Truman's aides al ready have advised him that the coal shortage resulting from strikes and the three-day work week has reached the crisis stage. And the president hn record that he would not hesi tate to use the Taft-Hartley law, little as he likes it, if an emer gency threatened. The miners, however, appeared to be in a mood to defy the pres ident and extend the present partial strike into a general shut down Monday. 'Mystery' Sub Search At Eureka Abandoned San Francisco. Feb. 4 (U.R) The navy today abandoned plans for an air search of the northern California coast after investigat ing a new rcnort of a "rnvstprv" submarine operating in the vicin- uy oi r,ureKa. lhe latest report of a subma rine came from Ray Mason of Eureka who said he saw a sub marine off the mouth of Hum boldt Bay yesterday. ine lath naval district, how ever, said the report appeared to Be erroneous. "We have care fully evaluated the report," a navy spokesman said. "We are convinced Mason is reliable and honest. However he was three miles from the harbor mouth and we feel he probably saw a fishing boat." Truman Emphasizes Radio's Importance Washington, Feb. 4 (U.R) President Truman in an unusu ally serious mood Saturday night emphasized the responsi bility of all information media for presenting a factual picture of this nation's relations with Russia. Speaking at the end of the an nual banquet of the Radio Cor respondents' association, Mr. Truman did not call Russia by name but his inference was clear. The president said that if re porters were aware of the re ports he was receiving from be hind the iron curtain, they would better appreciate the grav ity of his job. Then he added: "You people particularly are just as responsible as the presi dent ... for the truthful presen tation of facts." Los Angeles, Feb. 4 (U.R) Frank Vahara, 29. was found dead in his car today with the motor running and garage doors closed. Ski Conditions Ski low and lunch counter facilities will b operating at CraUr Lak today and skiing is expected to be good, it was reported last night, Th rop low will b in service today at Sky Trail on Siskiyou summit.