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m M SfflE Medford. 44th Year 10 Pages Editor Says Reason To Believe Russia Made Three H-Bombs London, Feb. 6 (U.R) Ken neth De Courcy, editor of the Intelligence Digest, said in the current edition today that there was reason to believe the Rus sians had made three hydrogen bombs and exploded one of them. De Courcy gave no source for his report. He claims to get in- Must Fight Back, Mme. Chiang Tells Nationalist Troops Taipei, Formosa, Feb. 6 (U.R) Madame Chiang Kai-Shek went back to the front lines today, within sight and sound of com munist guns, and told the troops "you can and must endure." "We must fight back to the mainland," she said. Dreed In Black True to her promise to return to the troops who are keeping Nationalist hopes alive, she flew to Kingmen island in the Strait of Formosa. Dressed in black slacks, a black wool sweater, a black jacket and low-heeled shoes, she braved the barbed wire to inspect the scene of a recent Nationalist victory. To the survivors of that battle the said: "We must not live for our selves but for future genera tions." Ack-Ack Fire Seen Correspondents who accom panied Madame Chiang in a sec ond plane saw bursts of ack-ack fire below and to the right of the plane as it circled toward the communist-held South China mainland on the trip home. Climbing aboard a chauffeur driven jeep after the hour-long plane ride to Kingmen island from Formosa, Madame Chiang sped 50 miles over dusty wind ing roads to lend encouragement to the troops who momentarily await a communist assault from the mainland across the strait. Columbia Developing Plan Under Attack Seattle, Feb. 6 (U.R) The army engineers-bureau of recla mation coordinated plan for de veloping the Columbia pasm was attacked as an "illegitimate Columbia valley authority" by the leaders of three Washington state farm and labor organiza tions. The charges were made in a letter to President Truman, who approved a modified version of the olan Friday. It was signed by E. M. Weston, president of the State Federation of Labor; Henry P. Carstensen, master of the State Grange: and Roy W. Atkinson, regional director of the CIO. "We do not believe that this joint Dlan, however modified, is anything more than a start in the right direction," the officials said. "We are not going to take any substitute for the CVA." The three men characd that the reclamation - engineers plan did not contain provisions for an integrated flood control sys tem, forest and soil management or fish propagation. Republicans Will Unveil Platform Washington, Feb. 6 U.R) Republicans held three closed meetings today to approve a new 2.000-word party platform which they hope will be "constructive and critical" enough to win the 1950 congressional elections. They expect to unveil this "re statement of policy" late today just in time to whip up enthus iasm among some 10.000 parly stalwarts who will jam Uline arena for a Sl-a-box Lincoln day fried chicken supper which will kick off the GOP campaign. The platform a phrase the re publicans avoid using will be a two-part statement of policy on domestic and foreign affairs. On the former, some sources said, the party will vigorously op pose what republicans call the "Truman welfare state." On Foreign affairs, the party is expected to strike off boldly against any continuance of the present bi-partisan policy on grounds it does not represent the GOP's real thinking on world affairs. Corvallis, Ore.. Feb. 6 (U.R) The Eastern Oregon Grange lec turers' school scheduled today and tomorrow at La Grande has been postponed until February 27 and 28. the Oregon State col lege extension service office announced. MEDFORD, OREGON, formation from a listening post equipped with "advance methods of detection." The Intelligence Digest is a monthly publication described as an information service. The Digest said De Courcy cabled his latest report from the Hotel Mamounia in Marrakesh, Morocco. ' "Russia's whole atomic indus try is making rapid progress," he said. "On March 3 or 4, bar ring accidents or deliberate changes, it is known that an other atomic explosion is sched uled to take place, and that it is to be followed by 10 other ex periments soon thereafter." He referred to President Tru man's go-ahead on the manufac ture of the hydrogen bomb, "which it is believed will put Russia back by a large margin, despite Soviet progress in atomic industry and research. "Intelligence of February 1 reveals important information which contradicts this. It states that there is now evidence of Russia having already made the H-bomb. She has in fact made three and exploded one of them." Sermons Devoted To Bergman Criticism By United Preii Numerous ministers through out the country devoted their Sunday sermons to strong crit icism of Ingrid Bergman and her lover, Roberto Rossellini. At Los Angeles, the Rev. George Davidson of St. John's Episcopal church said "... the actions of Ingrid Bergman are a stench in the nostrils of decent people, and it is a disgrace to the finer sensibilities of woman hood." Defiance of Ideals "Her actions are in defiance of Christian ideals of marriage and the sanctity of the home," Dav idson said. Movie stars attending the Hol lywood Presbyterian church. heard Dr. Louis B. Evans warn: "The ten commandments apply to all Christians no matter what their professions may be." The Rev. W. Hamilton Aulen bach, rector of Christ Church and St. Michael's Episcopal of Phil adelphia, said Miss Bergman and another actress "leave behind them in dirt, muck, innuendoes and gossip of their unconvention al, immoral behavior." He said theatres which show their pictures "should be boy' cotted out of existence." Eugene Amusement Tax Challenged Eugene, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R) Circuit Judge G. F. Skipworth has taken under advisement a case challenging Eugene's three per cent amusement tax. The tax was voted two years ago. Plaintiff theater companies asserted that it was discrimina tory in that it placed a burden on one business responsible for only a fraction of the total out put of all Eugene business. City Attorney John Penning ton argued for the defense that the tax was authorized by the city charter, and that it was not discriminatory because it was levied against all amusements and included all businesses in one class. TO ISSUE LICENSES Dean Coe, county dog control officer, said today that he will be at Gail's market at Gold Hill all day Wednesday to issue dog licenses. Eugene, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R) More than 200 men have been thrown out of work by a shut down of the Pope & Talbot saw mill and logging operations. Brilliant Young Princeton Professor Loses In Game, of Russian Roulette Princeton. N. J.. Feb. 6 4U.R) Dr. Allison W. Bunkley. an as sistant professor at Princeton university, observed his 25th I oirtnday by lecturing on the deadly gun gambling game of Russian roulette. His lecture, to a group of six friends gathered in his apartment Saturday night, was the most convincing of his short profes sional career on the Princeton campus. It lasted less than one hour and ended with Bunkley dead with a bullet in his brains. Brilliant Scholar Campus associates of the young expert on Latin American affairs knew him as a brilliant scholar who had "done an as tonishing amount of work" for his age. Friends who witnessed the 'tragedy described Bunkley as an impulsive young man who re MTribune MONDAY, FEBRUARY Cn '. I '""" I .imiii i p r -; L lu-J (Acmt Telephotot 'I DIDN'T DO IT'-Answering an accident call, Chicago Patrolman Claude Connelly found a 400-pound Dear chained Inside the rear of a panel truck wrecked on a safety island. What to do with the bear stumped Connelly so he wrote out a ticket. The bear, who seems to be saying "I didn't do it' as Connelly writes up the citation, refused to leave the truck. The truck's driver, believed to be only slightly In jured, could not be tound. Close Race In British London. Feb. 6 (U.R) The labor and conservative parties were running neck and neck in popular opinion polls today as the British general election cam :ign hit full stride. The elec tion win oc nelcl reoruary is. Prime Minister Clement Alt- lee and deputy conservative par- Butte Falls Students Barely Miss Death Almost the entire student body and some faculty members of the Butte Falls high school narrow ly escaped death Friday night when the school bus they were in skidded on the ice near Cas cade Gorge and came within inches of toppling into the deep chasm. School Superintendent Walter L. Perry said about 32 students and faculty members were aboard the bus as it was return ing to Butte Falls from a bas ketball game at Prospect. He said the road had been in Rood shape on the way to Prospect but before the return trip a solid sheet of ice had frozen on the highway. Although the bus was equipped with chains, it skidded across the pavement and before it came to a stop, one wheel was hanging over the edge of the high bluff. The passengers were able to leave the bus without mishap of any kind. A wrecker was called to pvll it back onto the road. Road Conditions Pavement on Siskiyou and Greensprings mountain passes are bare in exposed areas, to day, according to state police, who indicated that traffic was moving without difficulty. The Redwood highway and Sexton mountain pass on high way 99 had bare pavement. Rain was falling. Pavement at Union Creek was also bare early this morning although there were snow flurries. Pavement was bare on ex posed areas of Willamette pass. Chains are required on Santiam pan. I fused to heed their protests not to gamble away his life with a .32 caliber revolver he had pur chased in fear of Argentinian as sassins. They said Bunkley, son of Rear Adm. Joel W. Bunkley, re tired, and grandson of the late U. S. Sen. John Sharpe Williams of Mississippi, obtained a permit for the weapon because he feared reprisals from articles he had written about the govern ment of Argentine President Juan D. Peron. Produces Revolver Bunkley, who was graduated from Princeton in 1944 with highest honors, invited h i s friends to his apartment "for a drink" after attending a bas ketball game with three under graduates, an alumnus and a graduate student. After a few drinks, he pro No. 268 Expected Elections ty leader Anthony Eden led the list of speechmakers today Eden will make a full dress ra dio speech tonight in reply to labor arguments set forth in a flurrv of wcek-und speeches. All- lee will address a meeting of his constitutency at West Waltnam stow. Others To Soeak More than a dozen top labor leaoers win ue speaKins iu iutm audiences throughout the coun try at the same time. Lord Beaverbrook's daily ex press poll showed the two major parties closely together but with the conservatives holding a slight lead. The liberal News Chronicle's last gallup poll a week ago show ed the laborites with a slight edge. The daily express said today that 45 per cent of those polled said they would vote sonserva tive and 44 per cent said they would vole labor. 11 Per Cent Undecided The poll showed that 11 per cent of the voters still haven't made up their minds. These were excluded from the results. Regardless of how people say they will vote, the overwhelm ing majority think the socialists will win 58 per cent think the socialist government will be re turned while only 27 per cent think the tories will win. This "floater" vote is expected to be decisive if the race is close. Wind Instrument Put Out Of Order By Wind Airport officials this morning faced a paradoxical situation. The wind last night DUt the wind direction indicator, otherwise known as a tetrahedron, out of commission. J. A. Wolf, city electrical In spector, said that a gear was bro ken. It was to be repaired mis afternoon. In the meantime, pilots were being warned by ra- dio that the device was out of commission. A couple of warn ing flags were also placed on the tetrahedron. Longview, Wash., Feb. 6 (U.R) Longview voters at a week-end' election approved a $750,000 bond issue to build a junior high school. duced his revolver and began demonstrating the game, which ! is played by placing a single ! bullet in one of the six cham bers of the weapon, twirling the cylinder and pulling the I trigger with the muzzle pressed i lo the head, his friends told po ! lice. j Bunkley tried it once. The ! gun clicked. He had won. Laughing, he tried it again. The gun clicked on an empty chamber a second time. He kept spinning and clicking. Friends Plead His friends pleaded with him to put the gun away. "I'll do it once more." he said. The cylinder spun. He pressed the trigger. The gun went off. He fell fatally wounded with a bullet in his right temple. Authorities listed the death as accidental. 6, 1950 WEATHER FORECAST: Cooler with ihow cri tonight and Tuesday. Temp. Hit hut Yntrrday ...... 49 Lowrtt thla Morning ... 35 Free, to 4:30 a.m. Today .20 Rising Mercury Thaws Northwest; Showers Promised Highway Conditions Generally Improved By United Press Slush and water today took the place of packed ice and snow in the Pacific northwest states. The thawing, which began during the week-end, spread gradually to all sections of Ore gon and Washington as a minor but warm storm moved along the British Columbia coast and brought the promise of showers to most interior points in the area. Continued Thawing The weather bureau forecast continued thawing through Tuesday, but at a rate that should prevent serious flooding. Pendleton. Ore., remained a cold spot with a recording of 7 degrees above zero, but across the northwest temperatures pushed steadily above freezing, including many coastal readings in the 50s. Roseburc. Ore., re corded a 61 and Medford 59. Among major cities, Portland's temperature moved down only to a 32 Monday morning and be gan a fast rise under sunny skies. Seattle registered a low of 30 and a high of 43. Rainfall was heavy for coastal points. Newport, Ore., had 1.20 indies during a 24-honr period. Highway conditions generally improved during the week-end. but chains were still required in mountain passes, ine uregon state highway department hoped to have the Columbia River high way reopened this afternoon at Shell rock, 10 miles cast of Cas cade Locks, and the Evergreen highway on the Washington side ;of the Columbia was reopened to one-way traffic at Cape Horn. Stroble Sentenced To Die For Slaying Los Angeles, Feb. 8 (U.R) Grandfather Fred Stroble was sentenced to die in the state gas chamber today for the sex slay ing of six-year-old Linda Joyce Glucoft. Stroble's attorneys announced immediately they will appeal the sentence to the state su preme court and the U. S. su preme court if they have to. "I didn't know what it meant when I waived a jury trial on mv sanitv." Stroble testified in a brief hearing on his appeal for a new trial before Superior Judge Charles W. Fricke passed sentence. But the judge refused a new trial, or an arrest of judgment or a dismissal of the entire pro ceedings. Oakridge Mayor, Councilmen Resign Oakridge. Ore.. Feb. 6 U.R) L. F. Gerspach, mayor of Oak ridge, and three city councilmen have resigned because of a dis pute over water meters. The controversy centered on the question of whether the me ters should be installed immedi ately or wait for a survey. The resigning councilmen Wilford Svcndson, A. M. Baly and D. T. Stevens favored installing them at once. City Councilmen Ran dall Clark, George Bouhcy and Lauren Gale wanted to wait. "They've got us outnum bered," Gerspach said. "Now if they're so smart and know how to run this city so well, we'll just give it to them." Salem Firemen Fight Water At Warehouse Salem, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R) Salem firemen, reversing their usual field, turned out Sunday to fight water. A rooftop tank atop the Capi tol City Transfer company five story warehouse began flooding when a pipe snapped at an el bow. The tank was an auxiliary supply for the automatic sprink kling system and other fire equipment and has a capacity of some 20.000 gallons. The water started cascading through the elevator and stair shafts, spreading out slightly on each floor except the basement when firemen arrived. They rigged canvas on the roof and plugged the leak, then mopped up floor by floor, holding dam age to a minimum, although some bales of hops got wet. Rogue River Man Is Graduate Of School Pfc. James E. Russ, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Russ. route one, Rogue River, gradu ated last week from the air force communications school at Scott air force base, 111., the air force said today. He was graduated as a radio mechanic. Russ is a graduate of Rogue liver high school, and enlisted in January, 1949. EMERGENCY PROVISION OF T-H LAW USED IN ACTION BY PRESIDENT 1 -J (Acmm Tclcphoio) John L Lewii ( Hii Miners 'Slugged' 12 Charred Steps All That Remains Of Montana Hotel Eureka, Mont., Feb. 6 (U.R) A flight of 12 charred steps was all that remained today of the Montana hotel, destroyed yester day by a flash fire that claimed four and possibly five lives. Four bodies were recovered from the ruins of the two-story frame building. A search was under way for the fifth, William Peterson, a Great Northern rail way worker. Coroner Roy Liv elihood said there was "no chance" he survived. Five Suffer Injuries The other dead were Ed La France, about 60, hotel clerk; Charles Cameron, 74, a farmer, and John Powell and Delano Grayson, members of the Brown ing, Mont., high school basket ball team. Five guests suffered minor burns and cuts. It was the second major fire in this small town in three days. Two buildings were destroyed Thursday night. Firemen believed the hotel fire began with the explosion of an oil burner in the basement, apparently about 3 a. m. "It w.ent up like a dry box of Under." said Helen Schagcl, 39, who lives nearby. "The front of the hotel went up in a sheet of flame. Families Escape "The five families In the apart ments in the back had time to act out, but residents living in the hotel rooms were lucky to get out without injuries." Madras Couple Parents Of Triplets Bend, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R) Triplets, two boys and a girl, were born today to Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ashcraft of Madras, Ore., at Bend hospital here. The first boy arrived at 10:17 a. m. He weighed 4 pounds 11 ounces. The girl was born at 10:26 a. m. and weighed 4 pounds 9 ounces. The second boy ar rived at 10:50 a. m. and weighed 5 pounds. The mother is 19. The Ash crafts have another daughter, Sandra Lee, 17 months. The attending physician, Dr. said it was the first set of trip lets he had delivered in 22 years. Redding, Cal., Feb. 6 (U.R) Three daughters were born to Mrs. Marda DcForcst, 25, here today. The triplet girls, the smallest of whom weighs five pounds, are reported in excellent condi tion. Their father is Stanley De Forest, former well known Red ding ballplayer. Freight Train Wreck Delays S. P. Trains Eugene, Ore., Feb. 6 (U.R) The Southern Pacific railroad said today that five cars of a northbound freight train were derailed and overturned 65 miles southeast of Eugene on the Cascade line last night. The wreck occurred at 9:05 p.m. when a wheel flange broke on a car, the railroad said, and the line was reopened at 8:45 a.m. today. No one was injured. The accident, which occurred near Wicopee in the Cascade mountains, delayed two south bound passenger trains. The Cascade, due at Oakland at 10:50 a.m. today was held at Oakridge, Ore. The Klamath, due at Oakland at 8:50 p.m. to day was held it Eugene. Washington Feb. 6 (UP President Truman invoked the national emergency provision of the Taft Hartley law today in the first legal step to halt a strike of some 400,000 soft coal miners. Declaring that continuance of the strike "will im peril the national health and safety," Mr. Tinman es- Washlngton, Feb. 6 (U.P.l The prtnrlpa! Issues In the soft coal dispute: Wages The united mine workers want a 93-rents-a-riav-pav Increase. It argues that Increase can be paid out or current profits. Industry says wage boost means Increased retail roal prices. Welfare benefits UMW wants a lft-rents-a-ton Increase In industry payments to the union's welfare and retirement fund. Argues that the old welfare fund, flnanred by 20-eents-a-ton levy, didn't raise enough money lo operate successfully. Industry says It's pay more than any other "basic" industry and millions of dollars were "wasted." Wants new standards of welfare payments, .lohn L. Lewis refuses. Union shop UMW wanls continuation of union shop. Industry contend! this provision would violate the Taft-Hartley act, because the miners have not held union shop elections called for by the law. "Willing and able" Lewis wants the clause that miners will work sa long as they are "willing and able" as a form of union security. He con tends It Is necessary to "stabfflze" coal production at certain times. Indus try, depriving management of the right to say when their mines could or could not operate. tablished a three-man board of inquiry. He directed the board to report back to him by next Monday. The board will merely ascertain the facts and issuesin the case. After the board reports, Mr. Tinman may direct the attorney general to go into federal court and seek an order to put the striking miners back to work for at least 80 days. Lewit Warns Miners May Not Go Back If 'Slugged' By Labor Law John L. Lewis warned the president Saturday that the miners might not go back if he "slugged them with what he called the "blackjack" of the Taft-Hartley law. But the last time Lewis defied a Taft-Hartley injunction in 1948 it cost him and his union $1, 720,000 in fines. This was the first time that Mr. Truman has used the Taft-Hartley law since August, 1948, and the third time he has invoked it in a coal dispute. Mr. Truman had been reluctant to invoke the Taft-Hartley law, which he dislikes and which he sought in vain to have repealed last year. No Alternative But he was left no alternative after Lewis last Saturday shut Hie door on the last chance to solve the dispute by voluntary ac tion a 70-day truce proposal by the president. Even so, the president deferred action during the week-end In the hope that the miners would work today. Instead, the miners started a full-fledged strike, with almost 300,000 diggers Joining 100.000 others who had walked out during the past two weeks- even refusing to work a three-day Lewis did not issue a formal his rejection of the truce proposal Truce Rejected Lewis rejected the truce two days after northern and western coal operators walked out on renewed negotiations. The operators then accepted Mr. Truman's truce plan, but Lewis' refusal to go along with it foreclosed any chance of a truce. A spokesman for Lewis said the mine workers' chief had "no comment" on Mr. Truman's action today. Mr. Truman was forced to act because the nation's soft coal supply has dwindled below the danger point down to a 15-day supply. Government officials feared that many industries will be torced lo snui down or curtail operations unless iuu coat produc tion is restored soon. After the board rcDorts on Monday Mr. Truman then could direct the attorney general to order aimed at putting the 40U.000 sott coal miners pack. into mil, five-days-a-week production for about 80 days. Safety Imperiled The chief executive's order said that the dispute has resulted In a strike affecting a substantial part of the bituminous Industry. The president said that if the strike continues, national health and safety will be imperiled. So he put lo work tne laoor law wnicn ne nas consistently de nounced and the repeal of which was one of the top planks of the 1948 democratic platform. David L. Cole. Paterson. N. J., attorney, was named as chair man of the board. The other two members named are, William W. Wirtz of Northwestern university and John Dunlop, Harvard uni versity professor. Mickey Cohen's Home Shattered By Blast Los Angeles, Feb. 6 (U.R) Mobster Mickey Cohen's bed room was shattered today by an exnlosion but the dapper ganv bier escaped injury in the latest attnmnt on his life because he was in his wife's bedroom. The bomb, detonated at 4:20 j.m PKT with a roar outside Cohen's bedroom window, did c.n nnn rinmnce nnH bounced family across the street out of their seas. Smelled Fuse Burning "Your guess is as good as mine," Cohen told officers as to the ones who set off the blast. Officers believe dynamite was used because Cohen said "I smelled a fuse burning." Every window in his Brent wood mansion was broken, the southwest wing of the house of laid open, exposing Cohen's wardrobe of 50 suits, windows in neighboring homes were broken and the blast was felt three miles away. A hole six feet deep was dug in the ground. Regarded as King For more than a decade, Co hen's name has been linked with the Los Angeles underworld and FIREMEN TO MEET Medford volunteer firemen, and those interested In becom ing volunteers, will meet at the Medford fire hall, at the corner of Front and Third streets, at 7:30 p.m. todav. Acting Fire Chief Leo Wcldner called the meeting to discuss organiz :'. or and training for volunteer de partment members. week. strike order. But tne miners toon as a signal for a full-scale strike. go into federal court and seek an he became more prominent with every gangland rubout. After the killing of Benjamin (Bugsy) Sie gcl in 1047, Cohen generally was regarded as the new king oi me Los Angeles rackets. And there were sporadic reports of gun play in which he was the target. In July he also survived an ambush shooting in which one of his associates was killed, and last August 2, dynamite was ex ploded near his home but little damage was done. Just a few minutes before the explosion, Cohen was awakened when his elaborate electronic warning system set up a racket. He turned on the lights, could find nothing and returned to his wife's bed a few minutes before the dynamite let go. Forgot About It Katherine Jones, the Cohen's maid, helped Cohen look for pos sible intruders, but she also re turned to bed. "We forgot all about it" but only for a minute or two. When police arrived, Cohen's wife, LaVonne, was making cof fee. She was dressed In a nylon nightie, blue dressing gown and fluffy slippers, while Cohen had on monogrammcd pajamas and a robe. 1 Cohen, due In court again to day as he is on trial in an as sault case, hastily laid newspap ers over the living room floor to protect it from police and newspapermen who tracked in from the dismal rain. He politely asked anyone visit ing other rooms of the house to first remove their shoes. They did.
