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8) M H fed IN , , w Federal Agents Medford Tribune Arrest Two Men re 11 ft.- V3 TV) K 1 Bill' '1 It II J . ft. A 4 lb I 9k T Hi'' ryp' :4 CAROL PAIGHT FREED Carol Ann Paight. acquitted last her policeman father, is shown above in three character poses taken Conn. Carol Ann After 'Mercy Death1 Acquittal Stamford. Conn.. Feb. 8 (U.R) Carol Ann Paight, 21, who killed her cancer-tortured father and v Kn acquittal of murder from a jury of parents, woke up in her rose and white organdy bedroom today, smiling for the first time in nearly five months. She was free to marry her col lege sweetheart. But that won't be until she finishes college. She and the engineering student to Shady Cove Man May Seek County Commissioner Job Shady Cove, Feb. 8 Senti ment favoring representation for the northern portion of the coun ty on the county court became crystallized today wim the an nouncement by a group of Shady Cove men that they had been attempting to persuade Lew Graves, 52, Shady Cove, to seek the republican nomination for county commissioner in the May primary election. Incumbent Robert Lytle is from Ashland, it was pointed out, and Commissioner L. G. "Shy" Morthland is a former Ashland resident, while County Judge J. B. Coleman Is from Medford. Is Undecided Graves said today that he is undecided as to whether or not he should become a candidate. But his friends point out that he is a retired businessman, would be able to devote full time to the job, and has an interest in the improvement arid systematic maintenance of the county road system. Graves has been a resident of the Rogue valley for about five years, half of the time in Med ford and the last two and a half years in Shady Cove. A native Californian, he was a Standard Oil company representative for 20 years, and during the war was a superintendent for a shipbuild ing and drydock concern. He is a veteran of World War I and is an American Legion member. His other affiliations include the Lions (he is a past president); the Masons, Footprinters inter national, and chamber of com merce work in California. He also has been in the building construction and real estate busi ness, and was a gold dredge op erator before the war. Chose Oregon He said he chose Oregon in which to settle because of the "great future" he sees for the state, particularly the southern part. He owns business property in both Medford and Eagle Point. Graves said his decision to become a candidate would de pend upon sentiment from voters in Rogue River, Gold Hill. Shady Cove, Eagle Point, Med ford, and other sections of the county. Truman Would Enter 'telephone Dispute Washington, Feb. 8 (U.R) A high government official said to day that President Truman will step into the telephone wage dis pute unless it is settled before February 24 the new deadline for a nationwide strike. This official said Mr. Truman, along with many .other govern ment officials, believes a tele phone walkout would become immediately "just as serious as the coal strike now is." The CIO communications workers had been scheduled to strike at 8 a.m., local time, today, but it postponed the deadline for 16 days at the government's request. England's Plan Atomic Energy Due Soon London, Feb. 8 (U.R) The supply ministry reported today that plans for harnessing atomic energy to steam turbines will be submitted to the cabinet for ap proval in about two months. Engines For Ships Two separate projects outlin ed for British atomic scientists will call for atomic engines for ships and for generating electri city on land. Scientists working on the projects believe they can complete their experiments suc cessfully in about two years. The word from the supply ministry, which controls atomic I research in Britain, was the most neither of the two projects would ' promising yet to come from a , involve any new principles, lesponsible source on the indus-1 They said heat released by atomic trial use of atomic energy. 'energy would be used to heat The projects probably will be. boilers and produce steam pres organized at Harwell, the British 1 sure to drive steam turbines. Wakes Up whom she is "unofficially en gaged both are seniors. Girl Sleeps Late The slim girl with the long golden hair slept late today in the modest Paight home. But last night she was a worried frightened girl while the jury of nine mothers and three fa thers deliberated for nearly five hours. At 8:07 p.m., four hours and 51 minutes after they had re ceived the case, they reported in superior court at nearby Bridge port that they found her inno cent. That meant they had decided she was insane when she sent a bullet through the brain of her father. Stamford Police Sgt. Carl W. Paight. 52, last Septem ber 23 as he slept on his hospital bed. Less than two hours before the family doctor had told her and her mother that he had an incurable cancer and would die within two months. Decline To Talk The defense pleaded insanity, and Presiding Judge John A. Resignation Postage Stamp Deal Washington. Feb. 8 (U.R)- Postal inspectors today investi gated the case of Harold F. Am brose, who was forced to resign his high post office post because of postage stamp deals with spec ulators. The FBI had "no comment" Would-Be Robber Hurts Postmaster In Gardner Fight Coos Bay, Ore., Feb. 8 (U.R) Mrs. Harold Grubb, 32, postmas ter of nearby Gardner, Ore., suf fered shock and slight injuries today in a scuffle and flight from a smooth-shaven. 55-year-old man, who apparently sought to rob the post office safe, po lice said. Mrs. Grubb, taken to a Coos Bay hospital for treatment, said she had finished sorting the early morning mail when she heard a noise. She had gone to the back of the grocery in tUe combina tion post office and store to turn up the heat. Knocked To Floor When she entered the post office section a man knocked her to the floor and said, "I won't kill you if you don't scream." Mrs. Grubb said she saw a postman on the sidewalk and jumped up screaming. She reach ed the doorway as a .38 calibre revolver slug ripped her coat sleeve. She escaped and with the post man re-entered the grocery door as her assailant fled through a back window. Cord Found Police said they found seven lengths of cord and a piece of wadded cloth by the safe. A small calibre pistol and Mauser rifle were reported stolen from the store. Meanwhile, state police set out road blocks to halt the would-be robber described as five-feet, eight inches tall, smooth shaven. with slit eyes, and about 55 years old. Sydney. Australia. Feb. 8 (U.R) Australia's new coalition government took gasoline off the ration list today despite British objections. to Harness atomic energy research center. No estimate was available on the cost. The ship's engine project is aimed mainly at getting an ato mic energy engine for the navy Scientists long have regarded the use of atomic energy for ship propulsion as one of the more likely developments in the freld. Would Ease Dependence Success in development of atom-powered steam generating plants would ease Britain's de pendence on coal, which is scarce. Informants reported that (Aon TtUphota) night in the "mercy killing" of during her trial in Bridgeport, Smiling Cornell told the jury If they found the state had failed to prove Carol sane at the moment she pulled the trigger of her fa ther's .38-caliber service revolv er they must acquit her. The jury spent only two hours and 22 minutes in deliberations with in the jury room. They declined, by agreement among themselves, to talk about what went on in that room. After the verdict. State's At torney Lorin W. Willis gave the permission of the state of Con necticut for her to go free. That indicated he would not file an appeal, although he can do so within 24 hours after the ver dict. Loses Nine Pounds Carol first was held under guard in the same hospital in which she had killed her father. On October 1, she was moved to the Fairfield county jail at Bridgeport, where the trial was held. Except for her appearances in court, the college zoology stu dent has been in jail. She lost nine pounds. (See story on page 4) Bares on reports that it too is looking into the operations, which were said to involve huge sums of money. Special Assistant Ambrose is a nephew by mar riage of Sen. Joseph C. O'Ma honey (D., Wyo.) and until last month was special assistant to Postmaster General Jesse M Donaldson. Donaldson told the United Press last night that he de manded and received Am brose's resignation from the $10.- 000-a-year job on January 11. He said he accepted it with preju dice which is tantamount to re moval." Donaldson said that, at O'Ma honey's insistence, Ambrose came to him and made a clean breast of the whole affair. Ac cording to the postmaster gener al, here s the way the scheme worked: Stamps Listed Ambrose approached several "speculators" Donaldson said they are apparently gamblers and showed them a catalogue listing special commemorative stamps at higher prices than their actual value. He told the "speculators" that, if they put up the money, he could buy the stamps and resell them to recognized dealers at an enormous profit. He mentioned a 50 per cent profit, and said he was to receive 29 per cent. A few of the investors actual ly received the profit promised. But funds for the pay-off appar ently came from "investments" of some of the later speculators and these wound up as neavy losers in the deal. Donaldson told newsmen that Ambrose told him he worked the scheme for the past year and a half. But at no time, Donaldson added, did it involve either the use of post office- department funds or the use of the mails to defraud. Historical Society Invites Siskiyouans Members of the Siskiyou County Historical society have been invited to attend .the open meeting of the Southern Oregon Historical Society. Inc.. which is to be held in the old Jackson ville courthouse next Sunday at 2 p.m. In a letter to the Siskiyou so ciety president. Glenn Feustal. at Yreka, Cal., Secretary Venita Daley of the local group stated that the open meeting is being held so that the general public may inspect the repair work which has been under way for some weeks, preparing the old building for use as a museum. The Sunday meeting will also be by way of commemorating Lincoln's birthday and the ad mission of Oregon to statehood, the latter event having taken place on February 14, 1859. Health Bureau Okays Listing Of Addresses Portland. Ore., Feb. 8 (U.R) The health bureau today approv ed the listing of addresses with names publisnea in newspaper reports of vital statistics. Dr. Thomas L. Meador. city health officer, said after consul tation with State Health Officer Dr. Harold M. Erickson. that an earlier order banning the print ing of addresses was rescinded. 44th Year 12 Pages mmm get Seven Employees Locked In Closets 01 Arizona Bank Garbage Can Used To Cart Away Loot Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 8 (U.R) Two men held up the bank of Douglas today, locked up seven employees and escaped with $116,250 in cash they carried away in a large, sheet-draped garbage can. The men casually carried the can down the street through work-bound pedestrians and es caped in an automobile with Cal ifornia license plates. Janitor Overpowered ' Police reconstructing the crime said the holdup men, one a Ne gro and the other a Mexican, forced their way into the bank by overpowering a janitor when he reported for work at 5:30 a.m. They stayed in the bank, bind ing other employees mid locking them :n closets as they came to work. When the vault teller, James Wise, entered the bank at 7:40 a.m., they forced him to open the safe and hand over all the cur rency. Thy locked Wise in the vault before fleeing. Garbage Can Used Bank officials said the loot included $3,000 in $50 and $100 bills. The rest was in denomina tions from $1 to $20. The bandits scooped it all into a large garbage can to carry out. Wise and other employees were freed when fellow-workers arrived for duty at about 8 a.m., minutes after the bandits mBde their get-away. Janitor Clinton Wade said the men were standing on a street corner nearby when he arrived. "They came up and pulled a gun. It looked like a .25 caliber automatic. They poked it at me and made me let them in with me," he said. Nothing Unusual Wise, the vault teller, said he noticed nothing out of the ordin ary as he entered the bank and walked down a main corridor toward his station. "A man came out of a door. He was masked and wore gloves. He had a pistol and said: " 'I want that vault door op ened fast and no funny business,' "Another man was behind me and he had a knife which I could feel sticking me," Wise reported. Wise said he opened the vault and handed over all the avail able small bills, as he was or dered. It was just before 8 a.m. when the bandits left and made their way down the street through the ranks of pedestrians bound for their day's work. Bridges Says Reds Didn't Run Strike San Francisco, Feb. 8 (U.R) Harry bridges insisted at his perjury-conspiracy trial today the bloody 1934 West coast mariume strike was led by the longshore union and not directed by com munists. The waterfront labor leader who rose to power during the protracted '34 strike, did not deny in so many words that the communist ran the walkout. But he did, through his own testi mony and a table-full of minutes of union meetings, seek to show that the union's strike strategy committee planned the strike. Story Summed Up John (Big John) Schomaker, the government's key witness, testified earlier in the 50-day old trial that Bridges took his orders from Sam Darcy, then leader of west coast communists. Attorney Vincent Hallinan summed un Bridges' side of the story when the prosecution ob jected to the detailed testimony by saying: "Your honor, we are entitled to show that the 1934 strike wasn't run by a magic man nam ed Darcy but by 3,000 dock workers." Too Much Sunlight Kills Tiny Apple Tree Sudbury. OnJ., n. um Miners, who found a three Inch high apple tree In the dark bottom of a 1.800-fool deep gold mine, today saw their baby tree die in the sun light. The miners found the tree two weeks ago and brought it to the surface, where they planted it in a pot. In spite of careful lending the tree with ered and finally died, appar ently because of loo much sunshine. M j, OREGON, COUNCIL TURNS DOOT SUH DAY LAW, HOUSING Petitions for public housing in Medford, and for Sunday closure ot new and used car agencies, were turned down by the city council at its regular meeting last night. The council also passed an ordinance making un lawful the sale of eoods from vehicles standing or parked on street, alley or other public place. On the nublic housing matter the council followed the recom mendation of an advisory com mittee in rejecting the petition of the Medford central labor council. The labor council had asked the city to apply for 250 units under the Sparkman bill. Little Need" Seen Advisory Committeemen Mark Goldy, Bruce Bauer, Robert Rucker and Charles Whillock said their study indicated that there is little need for such a program and that Medford would not qualify for the housing. They said that the matter should be tabled. The council discharg ed the committee. In turning down the auto dealers' proposal, the council pointed to considerable opposi tion indicated by two remon strance petitions. According to the street sales ordinance, "it shall be unlawful for any person operating or hav ing control of ... a vehicle standing or parked unon any street or alley or public place within the city of Medford to sell or to offer for sale therefrom any fruit or flowers, or meat, or poultry, or vegetables or other goods." Jail. Fine; Possible - - , The ordinance provisions 'do not include temporary or casual standing of a vehicle by a ped dler going from place to place if the vehicle stands for less than 20 minutes. Penalty for viola tion is a $100 fine or 40 days in jail or both. The vehicles create congestion and a traffic hazard, it was said. Councilmen around Christmas time heard considerable rom plaint from owners of establish ed businesses concerning the competition from street sales. A petition requesting city in spection of meats was presented to the council and referred to the health committee. It is said to be backed by a large number of dealers and by the larger Rain Storm Blown Over Western Oregon By United Press A blustery rain storm raced through western Oregon and Washington Tuesday night with 55-mile-an-hour southerly winds. Some power lines were blown down in the Portland area and Kennewick, Wash., went on a flood alert. Airline traffic was slowed as higher-altitude winds reached 95 miles an hour. Runoff Moderate In Oregon's Willamette valley, where a record snowpack was melting slowly, the runoff re mained "moderate" according to the army corps of engineers. The soil conservation service warned earlier that warm rains could precipitate a "severe winter flood." Six Oregon cities noted sub freezing temperatures. Bend had 29, Klamath Falls 23. Lakeview 28, Ontario 14 and The Dalles 30. The corps of engineers said the Row river and south fork of the Willamette crested yesterday BULLETINS Washington. Feb. 8 U.R) The government today order ed a 25 per cent reduction in coal-burning freight traffic and a further cut in passenger traf fic. The orders are effective mid niqht Friday and will stay in effect until midnight March 30 unless suspended or modified by the interstate commerce commission. Oakland. Cal., Feb. 8 U.R) "Grandma" Margie Russell, a spry 88-year-old widow, was cleared today of charges she stole two cubes of butter worth 38 cents. A request that a petty theft complaint be dropped was orsnted by Judqe Louis J. Hardy. The half-blind and nearly deaf old lady then signed an out-of-court settle ment with owners of the Pay Less market. The settlement gave Mrs. Russell S300 in return for her pledge not to sue for false ar rest. It provided that the pay ment did not constitute an ad mission of liability. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY slaughtering firms here. A health committee spokes man said that the production and marketing administration live stock branch of the department of agriculture reportedly has threatened to remove federal grading unless proper state, county or city inspection is separately or Jointly inaugur ated. "Protection'' Said Need The local meatmen pointed to competition from graded meats shipped in from outside this area as well as to the need to protect the local consumer. Councilmen, on approval of the planning commission, amend ed the present city zoning ordin ance charging the three and one half story, 45-foot height limit on buildings in a Class 2 resi dential zone, to 80 feet. Coun cilmen Neil Davidson and Har old Frye dissented, Frye saying that the matter should be taken before the people. The action prepares the way for Coatcs Construction com- City Councilman Resigns; Mayor Names Successor Earl M. Miller, 617 Park street, was named city council man last. night to succeed Carlos W. Morris, from Ward 2. The city council confirmed Mayor Diamond Flynn's appointment of Miller after accepting Morris written resignation. Morris gave the pressure of business as his reason. Miller's appointive term will end next January. The new councilman operates Miller Motor service at 127 Bart lett street. He has resided here since October 1925 and has been in business for himself for 18 years. Miller, who is 43, was born in Yakima, Wash., in 1906, and was educated in the Port land schools. During the past year Miller has been a member of the city budget committee. He is a past president oi tne Mcoiora i-.ions club and has served as scoutmas ter for Troop 3, sponsored by the club. Miller is a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. He and Mrs. Miller have two children, Rich ard, a student at Southern Ore gon college, and Marilyn, a high school junior. Edward Pringle was named to replace Miller on the budget committee. He will serve for two years. A. R. Manno, Charles Crary and George Goodman were appointed for three-year terms on the budget committee. Lewis, Operators To Resume Talks Washington, Feb. 8 (U.R) John L. Lewis and soft coal op erators agreed today to resume direct negotiations at 2 p.m. (EST) at the request of Presi de nt Truman's fact-finding board. The board, set up under the Taft-Hartley law, did not ask Lewis to send his 400,000 strik ing miners back to work. The request and agreement to resume direct contract nego tiations came less than two hours after the board began hearing both sides in the con tract dispute. If the renewed negotiations collapse, and operators were not too hopeful they would be of any use, President Truman will seek a court order next Monday in an effort to get the miners back on the job for about 80 days. Hotel Room Seismograph Records Two Tremors Portland, Ore., Feb. 8 (U.R) Amateur Seismologist William Gcitz said today his seismograph in his hotel room recorded two light tremors of "minus one" intensity yesterday. Geitz said the times of the tremors were 4:57 p.m. and 5:35 p.m. (PST). The first shock last ed 17 seconds and the second 35 seconds. The readings Indicated the disturbance center was "south of here." New York, Feb. B (U.R) Ad miral William H. P. Blandy, just resigned as commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, has been named president of the health information foundation. 8, 1950 NO. 270 116,250 pany of Portland to build s seven-story, 50-apartment build ing at 10th street and Oakdale avenue. S. E. Vermilyea, rcpresenta tive of the company, was at the meeting last night. He stated that the building to be erected under federal bousing adminis tration terms, is now in the planning stage. It is hoped to begin construction some time this spring. Off-the-strcet park ing will be provided. To Ask Bids The land appraisal committee was authorized to draw un stie- cificalions and ask for bids for use of a portion of the Camp White disposal area for grazing purposes. Cattle will not be per mitted in a reserved area along Rogue river. The land appraisal and build ing committees and City Record er J. R. Woodford and Citv At torney Frank Farrell, were dele gated to review and bring in a recommendation on a new zonlne ordinance which has been tenta tively anoroved bv the nlann ne commission. Senior Cant. Leo Weidner. on loan from Portland fire depart ment as a consultant, told of plans to conduct firemen on familiarization tours through the town in order that the local de partment can be on the offense' rather than "defensive." The council turned down a re quest for a taxi stand at the Medical Center building because of current congestion during re- moaeung. Discuss Tim Chang Daylight saving time" was dis cussed briefly at the meeting and councilmen said that they would make no recommendations and pass no ordinances on the mat ter at present. Councilmen continued their discussion on the advisability of auowmg garnage cans to be placed in alleys. Legislation establishing new garbage collec tion rules and regulations was referred back to the streets and roads committee. The measure passed a first reading in January. It was announced that the city offices will be closed on Mon day, February 13, in observance of Lincoln's birthday. (See Story Page Four) Long-Range Bomber Ends Record Flight San Francisco. Feb. 8 (U.R) A navy long-range Neptune bomber, capable of carrying an atomic bomb, completed a 5,060 mile non-stop flight from an air craft carrier In the Atlantic to Mills field today after 25 hours and 59 minutes in the air. The graceful twin-engine P-2-V set a distance record for planes making a takeoff from a carrier. A sister ship, the Trucu lent Turtle, flew 11,256 miles non-ston from Perth. Australia. to the United States in 1946 but had the advantage of taking off from a long air strip instead of (he short flight deck of a carrier. Flight Via Bahamas From is takeoff on the Carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt off the coast of Jacksonville Fla., the Neptune flew over Charleston. S. C, the Bahama islands, the Panama canal, up the coast of Central America, over Mexico to San Diego, then Los Angeles and finally San Francisco. A navy spokesman described the Neptune's hop as a "routine test flight" although it was ad mitted the purpose was to point up the navy's ability to deliver an A-bomb from a carrier-based aircraft within a radius of 2,500 miles. Federal Union Nations Urged Washington, Feb. 8 (U.R) Dr. Harold C. Urey, discoverer of heavy hydrogen, urged con gress today to invite the Atlantic democracies to form a federal union "immediately" or risk the loss of their support. Units Must Be Larger "As new weapons develop longer range, it is necessary that governmental units must be larg er in scope." said the noted atom ic scientist whose discovery made the H-bomb theoretically possible. Urey, a member of the board of the Atlantic Union committee, told a senate foreign relations subcommittee that failure of the United States to call a federal convention of the Atlantic coun tries may result in "intene dis couragement" among the Euro pean democracies. In New York City Other Arrests Seen, Authorities Hint New York, Feb. 8 (U.R) Fed-' eral agents jailed two men with $2,000,000 in illegal narcotics in their possession today, ldeny tlfylng them as the local agents of a nationwide drug ring. Authorities hinted other ar rests might take place In other cities, but refused to specify where, other than to say that tha ring extended to Knoxville, Tenn., and New Orleans, La. Arrested At Hotel Three New York detectives and two federal agents arrested Isidore Halitzcr, 31, and Philip Shear, also 31, shortly before midnight at the mldtown Hotel McAlpin. 'They had $2,000,000 worth of heroin with them and in their plant in the Coney Island sec tion of Brooklyn," one detective, said. "We had been tracking them since November." Officers linked the two to tha arrest of Alfred San Antonio and Paul Graici at La Gnardia air port last January 31. They were . picked up with $300,000 worth of narcotics in their possession as they prepared to fly to Nash ville. Tenn. Trailed Yesterday New York Detective William Confrey said he and the other officers trailed Halitzer and Shear all yesterday evening. He said in all they found 113-23 ounces of heroin In the possession of the two men. Halitzer was arrested by detec tives posing as hotel employees when he left a telephone booth in the Hotel McAlpin. Confrey said 13 ounces of narcotics wera found in the booth. Missing Search Plane Located; Survivors Seen Whitchorse, Y. T., Feb, 8 (U.R) A wrecked U. S. air force C-47 carrying 12 Canadian and Amer ican airmen was sighted today on a mountain slope and RCAF of ficers said there were survivors. The plane, missing since yes terday, crash-landed on a shelf at the 7,000 foot level 85 mil' J west of here. Survivors Sean "Some survivors were seen near the plane," the RCAF said. It was not known how many of the plane's occupants were alive. A radio voice transmitter was dropped to the plane in order to obtain more details, ine plane was reported overdue last night while participating in the two- nation hunt tor a u. a. -a missing 13 days. Search headquarters here said ground and air parties have been dispatched to the area to rescue the survivors, it was an degrees below zero In the area. Pilots who spotted the plane said it did not appear to be badly damaged. Second To Crash The Diane was the second U. S. C-47 search aircraft to crash during the mammoth search for lost transport and its 44 pas sengers. Nine days ago, a l.- with six men aboard crash landed south of here. None were killed, however. At the same time, persistent S-O-S signals "apparently from an emergency type transmitter," intensified the dogged search tor the missing transport. Salem, Ore., Feb. 8 U.R) Pat Lonergan of Portland filed his candidacy here Tuesday for slate representative from Mult nomah county. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to orrailonally cloudy with ihowrri tonliht and Thuri day. Bnow above 4,000 feet. Mild temperature!. Temp. Hlgheit Vciterday U Low eat Uili Mornlnc ..-.- 40 of Atlantic On Congress "VU il. ...... I r ,,: uAmu. Infiltration within, sabotage ana a feeling of utter hopelessness are our enemies in Europe," he said. The Chicago university profes sor was backed by former su preme court Justice Owen J. Roberts who told ' the subcom mittee that congress must take the lead in welding the demo cracies into a united front to stop world communism and prevent World War III. United World Urged Roberts, president of the At lantic Union committee, said that unless each democracy stops acting as a world unto itself and unifies with other democracies, "the hydrogen bomb may have wiped out time." He said the only united world was the commun ist world.
