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0 Subscribers WEATHER MEDFORD Tribune FORECAST: Cloudy with lllhl rain tonight, partly cloudy with showers Saturday. Little chants In temperature. Temp. Hlihest Yesterday ... 4 Lowest thts Morning 3? Prec. to 4:30 A.M. Today .14 To report Improper or non delivery of the. Mall Tribune phone 2-6141 before :4S p. m. dally and 10:30 a. m. Sunday. If reiular delivery arrives thnrlly after you cMI, pirate notify of fire, thm eliminating epectal meiienger tervlce. United Press Full Lees Wirt United Press Full Lease Wire 44th Year 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1950 NO. 272 More Industrial Plants Closed, More Trains Cancelled Due to Lack of Coal Chicago, Feb. 10 U.R) At least 3,000 more railroadmen and industrial workers were laid off today as their companies can celled trains and shut down plants to save coal until the miners return to work. At Boston, Mayor Joseph Mruk said the city would have to declare a "brown-out," closing down all theaters, cafes and other non-essential users, unless householders cut coal consumption dras tically. Gov. Paul A. Dever declared a "coal emergency" through out Massachusetts. But the first actual "brown-out," at Lansing, Mich., was fail ing due to lack of cooperation. Householders went along with a city request to dim lights but most business firms failed to switch off advertising signs. Indiana Cities Urged To Order Brown-Outs Indiana Labor Commissioner Thomas R. Hutson appealed to the state's cities to order similar brown-outs but Gov. Henry S-"hricker said he considered the request as "premature" because only a few cities were suffering critical shortages. Railroads were hastening to comply with an interstate com merce commission order giving them permission to reduce sched ules. The New York Central railroad dropped 39 trains, bringing the total cancelled this month to 233. The Long Island railroad lopped 5,000 miles of coal-using runs from its schedule in addition to a previous 9,000 mile cut. The Central of New Jersey cut off 43 scheduled runs, the Lehigh Valley two, the Reading 14, the Sea shore lines 18, the Delaware and Hudson 16, and the Lackawanna six. 1 In the midwest, the Chicago and Rock Island railroad dropped Elks Gathering At Ashland For Mid-Winter Meet Ashland, Feb. 10 Elks from all over Oregon were converging on the Lithia city today for the annual mid-winter session of the State Elks association. Registra tion began at 9:30 a.m. today for the more than 400 Elks expected to attend. An entire floor of the Lithia hotel has been set aside for the guests. Earl Newbry and associates are expected for the sessions, i r-i;rtr 1T,,H nf the Crand lodge activities committee, the four district deputies, ana Portland ritualistic team have notified the Ashland lodge that they would attend. Bend lodge is sending a bus load of Elks. Program Today .... Today's program included a luncheon for exalted rulers and state association officers at noon and the first business session be gan at 1:30 p.m. Tonight there was to be a dinner for secretar ies and club managers and a ritualistic contest preceding ' a dance in the basement lounge of a) the hotel. f n. .. , (Kara will hp fur- ther business sessions, a trap shoot at the Medford Gun club, and a bowling tournament at the Ashland Recreation center. The Bend lodge was to sponsor the Norman Anderson entertain ers from Portland in a special performance at the Camp White domiciliary center. At 2 P-m-Saturday the Medford lodge No. 1168, will be hosts to lady Elks. The concluding activity will be a dance, reception and floor show at the Lithia hotel tomor row at 9 a.m. ... Wives of the visiting Elks will be feted by Ashland lady Elks headed by President Jane Ham by, throughout the session. Hearing For Accused Rapist Set Feb. 15 A preliminary ii""u Rex Joseph Coy, accused of rap ing an 11-year-old Medford girl Wednesday evening, has been set r.k..mn, 15 in lor iu a.m., rcuiucj county justice court. .(joy was arraigns r clrge yesterday afternoon and i. uJi h.irf in -niintv iail in lieu of $5,000 bail. No further action has been taken a?.mst James E. Lewis and Dan R. Snu gart, two Talent youths being held on statutory rape charges. They asked a continuation ot ? their arraignment to pbtam an attorney and are held in $2,500 bail each. Markets To Observe Birthday Of Lincoln By United Press All of the nation's securities markets and many of its com modity markets will be closed Monday, February 13. in observ ance of Lincoln's birthday. All New York commodity markets as well as the Chicago board of trade and mercantile exchange and the St. Louis gram exchange will be shut down. The New Orleans cotton exchange also will observe the holiday. Leading livestock, poultry and dairy markets, however, will conduct business as usual. Road Conditions State police today advised motorists to use chains for travel over Siskiyou and Greensprings mountain passes and in the Union Creek area. Snow flurries were report ed on the two passes this morning and three inches of new snow. There were six inches of new snow at Union Creek where the fall was hard and .continuous this morning. Three inches of new snow' was reported at Keno on high- way 66 and at Klamath Falls snow was "slushing off." United Press said chains shc'ld He carried for Santiam and Willamette pass travel. WkT- " ?sw wit Acme Telephoro, FREAKISH LANDSLIDE Resting precariously on the edge of a huge crater, this home was almost gobbled up when an underground quicksand layer shifted in Brecksville, O. The freakish landslide wiped out 500 feet of Fitzwater-rd (foreground), warped and ruined a State Highway Department building and buckled Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks. A family of fou.'.i asleep in the bouse when the slide occurred, was' aroused by Water Department employes who were repairing a leaUy water main nearbj,,-.si ; Rossellini Advises Bergman Of Divorce Granted In Mexico January Unemployement In County Highest Since '30s Unemployment in Jackson county during January reached its highest peak since the 1930's, the local state employment serv ice office said today. The report said that cold weather and heavy snow slowed up outside work early in the month, and brought about load limits on several highways and roads, effectively stopping most logging and sawmilling. inis cutback came on top of the regular seasonal slack pe riod, the report continued, and resulted in the high jobless fig ure. As a result, the local office had the widest selection of skilled, semi-skilled and un- Grants Pass Elks . Temple Dedicated Grants Pass, Feb. 10 Grants Pass' new, two-story concrete Elks temple was dedicated here yesterday with scores of Elks, including District Deputy How ard Lowd and former District Deputy Earl T. Newbry, attend ing. District Deputy Charles A. Hammond of Salem was speaker at the cornerstone laying yester day afternoon. A special feature in connec tion with the dedication was the unveiling of a large oil painting by J. R. Hornaday. Grants Pass artist and Elk. The painting shows a large bull elk in a typi cal Rogue valley setting. The handsome new temple is located at Fifth and K streets in Grants Pass. Radio Highlights Radio Station KYJC (1230 kc) will broadcast the Kid Gavilan-Billy Graham boxing match from Madison Square Garden tonight, starting at 7 o'clock. Ai 8:30 p.m. Saturday KYJC will present, by delay ed broadcast, the Athletic Club's track meet from New York. Station KWIN (MOO kc) will broadcast the Oregon Oregon State basketball game from Eugene tonight, starting at 8 o'clock, and ai 9:15 p.m. will air the Medford-Eagle Point game, being played at Medford, by delayed broad cast. Saturday at 8 p.m. KWIN will broadcast the Medford-. Klamath Falls game from Klamath Falls and at 9:30 p.m. will carry the Kerby Ashland game by delayed broadcast. It is being played at Ashland. 10 trains, the Milwaukee road 19 and the Chicago and North western 13. Throughout the land today, 559,000 persons were idled by two big strikes. About 400,000 soft coal workers were off the job due to the United Mine Workers strike and the coal shortage laid off at least 40,000 more. A strike by the CIO United Auto Workers against Chrysler corporation idled 125,000 persons, directly or indirectly. Union and company representatives met today for the second time since the strike began. At Mishawaka, Ind., 3,100 employees of the Ball Band division of U. S. Rubber company went on a male worxer wun a woman, rne mo rubber workers saia it would "go down the line" to support the strikers. Communications Union Eyes One-Day Strike Meanwhile, the president of the CIO Communications Workers of America said his union would aim for a one-day strike if 100,000 telephone installers and repairmen walk out on schedule February 24. The strike eventually could involve 420,000 workers and might tie up the national communications system. At Evanston, 111., Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, president of the Wom en's Christian Temperance Union, urged President Truman to close all taverns, night clubs and "other unessential" coal-using enter prises. Indiana high school students, perhaps the most rabid basket ball fans in the nation, were warned that the state tourney might have to be called off because of the coal situation. The tourney has never been postponed or called off in the 40 years it has been played. Stow.-:... ii. '"fttJstixi. j. .vta 'i-. - skilled applicants in several years. At the end of the month, un employment was estimated at 3.800 in the county, including 500 women and 900 veterans. This is 68 per cent over Decem ber, and represents unemploy ment of approximately 17 per cent of the total labor force in the county. Those at work Jan uary 31 were estimated at 18,700. At least half of the present un employment was attributed to the January storms, the office said, and will disappear when ever the weather moderates. Ex cept for the weather layoffs, emplpyment appears to be about normal for the time of year, the report continued. Correspondence received by the employment office indicates that considerable migration into the county can be expected dur ing 1950. The increase in popu lation from migration will prob ably continue as it has in recent years, to outstrip any increase in local job opportunities, and the employment service said that this fact is expected to con tinue as a complicating factor in the county job situation. Judgment Of $1,488 Awarded Lumber Firm A circuit court jury yesterday returned a verdict in favor of the Best Lumber company in its civil suit against Robert P. Templeton. The lumber firm asked a court judgment for $1,488.21, with six per cent interest, from May 14, 1949, representing outstanding payment for 141,873 board feet of lumber which the Best com pany said it delivered to Temple ton between Nov. 26. 1948 and May 12, 1949. The plaintiffs said they had already received $4,414.85 as part payment of the total bill. Counsel for the Dlaintiffs was Hugh Collins and Paul Haviland j and the defendant was repre sented in the two-day trial by Attorney Gus Newbury. Bo Scouts To 'Run' City Hall Tomorrow Boy scouts of the Medford Big Pines district will "run" the city for a few hours tomorrow, when they take over jobs at the city hall, police department and fire department. The instruction in municipal operation is the closing activity during Boy Scout week. strike to protest replacement of Rome, Feb. 10 (U.R) Roberto Rossellini hastened to the bed side of Ingrid Bergman before dawn today to tell her that Mex ico had granted her a divorce and they are free to marry. An attorney in Mexico said the Swedish actress and her Italian director may wed tomor row. But legal technicalities could delay the marriage for as long as a year. Declaration Needed Christian Gunther, Swedish minister to Italy, said Miss Berg man could not be married in Italy for at least three weeks. He said the actress would need a declaration from the Swedish le gation that she was free to marry. "That declaration can only be issued when Swedish laws are satisfied, and it will take at least three weeks before Miss Bergman's Mexican divorce can be registered in Sweden," he said. "I cannot issue the required statement until Stockholm has advised me it is legally possible." He said that procedure was required by Italian as well as Swedish laws. Eager To Marry They were believed eager to marry as soon as possible so that Rossellini could be registered le gally as the father of Miss Berg man's eight-day-old son. Rossel lini disclosed that he was the father February 4, two days after the baby's birth. Legally, the birth should be registered within 10 days. The period expires Sunday, however, and thus automatically is ex tended until Monday. The law provides no penalty for a delay in registration and the justice ministry could authorize an ex tension. Girls Flee School To Avoid Beatings Oklahoma City. Okla., Feb. 10 (U.R) One of eight girls who ran away from the State Training School for Negroes at Taft, Okla., claimed today that the matron often laid aside her Bible to beat inmates with a fan belt. The girls escaped Wednesday night following a riot Tuesday. Four surrendered to county ju venile officers here yesterday. The others were found in Tulsa and returned to the institution. Iola Johnson, 17, said Mrs. C. M. Clayton, matron at the cor rectional school, had beat her often. The matron, she said, "would read the Bible and then put it down and beat us with a fan belt. Once she hit me with a broomstick." 'Doctor Boycotts' Against Insurance Groups Described Rebuttal Phase Of Case Underway Portland, Ore., Feb. 10 (U.R) Two officials ot prepaid med ical associations testified that there were "doctor boycotts" against the commercial organiza tions they represent as the re buttal phase got under way in the government's anti-trust suit against the Oregon Medical so ciety, other doctor groups and individual physicians. Chief Witnesses Two of the government's chief witnesses, Ray Brunkow, general manager of the Industrial Hos pital association, and C. C. Bech told, gcneial manager of the na tional association, both testified in the government's rebuttal yes terday. The government is trying to prove the doctor groups have whipped their members into line and have conspired to run the commercial hospital associations out of business. The doctors have denied the charges. Still In Existence On questioning by Philip Mar cus, head counsel for the gov ernment, Brunkow said that "most emphatically there are doctor boycotts" still in exist ence against the IHA. Bechtold backed up Brunkow's statement. Brunkow testified that the manager of a large new mill in southwestern Oregon acknowl edged the Industrial Hospital as sociation plan for his employees was "the most generous re ceived." But the manager turned down the association's plan, Brunkow said, "because doctors in the community would not take our tickets." Brunkow did not identify the mill or the manager. First Democrat Files Candidacy For Sheriff Job Delroy Aldershof, 23, an offi cer on the Medford city police force, announced today that he will be a candidate for the demo cratic nomination for sheriff of Jackson county at the May pri mary election. He filed his can didacy with the county clerk today. A native of Los Angeles, Al dershof has lived in Medford for three years, part of the time working on a dairy farm, and for the last seven months as a police officer. Served in Navy Before the war he resided In Los Angeles, attending North Hollywood high school, and then he entered the navy, where he served for 29 months, much of it in the south Pacific. Residing at 615 Pennsylvania avenue, Aldershof is married, and has one son, seven months old. In announcing his candidacy, he said that if elected he would put greater stress on coopera tion between all law enforce ment agencies in Jackson county. Petitions Circulated For District Re-Vote Petitions were being circulat ed in Central Point school dist rict No. 6 today as the first step in calling a revote on the consol idation of the district with the Tolo district. At least 100 signa tures will be required since school authorities are acting on the assumption that district No. 6 is already a first class district. Though the consolidation has already been approved by vot ers, it is being held over to satis fy a bonding attorney wno ques tioned the meaning of state law as to when a second class dist rict becomes a first class dist rict. Central Point district is of fering $500,000 in bonds for the construction of a new high school. Order Against Lewis Put Off To Saturday Washington, Feb. 10 (U.R) A federal judge today put off un til at least tomorrow firing the government's first punch at John L. Lewis in its efforts to send 400,000 striking coal miners back to work. At the request of the United Mine Workers, Federal Judge Richmond B. Kecch postponed signing today an order directing Lewis to drop "illegal" contract demands on the soft coal opera tors and to call off the strike in support of the demands. Golden Prairie. Sask., Feb. 10 (U.R) Prairie cattle raisers com plained today that a shortage of bird food was hurting their herds. The farmers said hunger driven magpies were attacking their cows. FUeOS DESCRIBES Radio Sir Rescuers' Whitehorse, Y. T., Feb. 10 (U.R) Radio silence and over cast on a snow-swept Yukon mountain today hid progress of a 12-man rescue crew inch toward the spot where 10 plane crash survivors were be ing treated by five paratroop ers. Contact Try Fails An officer here said "a night-long attempt to contact paratroopers, survivors or res cuers has failed." The paratroopers, an Amer- Red Cross Drive Work Started By Fund Committee Preliminary organization of the forthcoming Red Cross drive for funds, to carry on the group's work during 1950, was complet ed this week, it was announced today by Chairman Frank Van Dyke, following the initial meeting of the fund raising com mittee. The first portion of the fund drive will open next Monday, Van Dyke said, when the ad vance gifts committee, under the chairmanship of A. A. Laus mann, and the industrial divi sion, under B. L. Nutting, will begin work. To Start March 1 Solicitation of funds from the public will begin March 1, with a large number of committees cooperating to ensure success of the campaign. The 1950 goal for Jackson county is $25,000, an increase of 20 per cent over the amount sought last year, van Dyke said, explaining that demands upon the organization have increased greatly at the same time that prices of many commodities have stayed high, or risen even fur ther. The general planning commit tee for the 1950 Red Cross cam paign includes, beside Van Dvke. Col. Ben Stafford, vice- chairman and executive officer; Wilbur Arnold, Mrs. C. Reese Bralcy, Col. H. L. Melring, Ford McCo'rmick and Seth Bullis, nresident of the Jackson county chapter of the American Red Cross. Max Green Ki In Plane Accident Klamath Falls, Ore., Feb. 10 (U.R) Max Oliver Green of Eu gene was fatally injured yester day when his fight plane nose dived into the ground south of here near MacDocl, Cal. Crash witnesses said Green, 53, seemed to be circling a stub ble field for a forced landing when his plane made a 600-foot dive to the ground. Both of Green's legs were broken, and he had severe head cuts and Internal injuries, along with possible shock. The force of the crash drove the plane's engine half way into the ground. Green was operator of the Green Flying service of Eugene and Roseburg. He never re gained full consciousness and died at the Klamath Valley hos pital shortly after an ambulance brought him here from the crash scene. Flames In Refinery Kept Under Control Wilmington, Cal., Feb. 10 (U.R) Fire broke out in a crude gasoline storage tank in the heart of the Union Oil company refin ery here today, but'the company said the flames were being kept under control. All harbor-district fire equip ment was rushed to the scene when flames shot 300 feet in the air from the metal lank. They stood by to help in the event the flames broke out of control. The refinery management re ported there were no injuries. Cause of the fire was not known. Ski Conditions It was snowing moderately to hard at Crater Lake na tional park at 8:30 a.m. today and park headquarters said nknng will be poor It the storm continues, "and it looks like it will." Radio reports said six and a half inches of new snow have fallen in the past 24 hours, making the total depth 131 inches. The south entrance road is open to one-way traffic and the west road was open at 10 a.m. The road is the rim of the lake was closed tem porarily but crews were ex pected to have it open later today. Chains art required for park travel. ce Hides Progress ican army , doctor and four Canadian soldiers, jumped to the crash scene 84 miles west of here yesterday to care for the men, stranded since Tues day, until the ground party arrives. A B-17 took off today short ly after 11 a. m. (PST) to fly over the mountains and at tempt to pick up any signals the rescue party or survivors may be sending. The C-47 search plane crash landed while looking for a missing transport. Last word on advance of the ground party was received yesterday from a pilot who flew over the scene. The res cue team, equipped with a weasel, was sighted bedded down seven miles from the survivors. A second helicopter, which may be used in an air evacua tion, was standing by at the base of the mountain after a flight from Anchorage, Alaska. In Sleeping Bags An RCAF officer said the radio voice transmitter dropped to the survivors Wed nesday may have been dam aged and any radio signals from the ground party were not getting across the thick cluster of mountain peaks in the vi cinity. The survivors, marooned more than 56 hours, awaited rescue in sleeping bags under pup tents dropped to the site. The temperature, which plunged to 60 below yesterday, climbed to 10 below today as snow began falling. Students, Coach $ Overcome By Fumes Laramie, Wyo., Feb. 10 (U.R) Sixty University of Wyoming students and an assistant football coach were overcome by furnace gas fumes that saturated their campus dormitory early today. At least eight hours later 18 men still were hospitalized for treatment. A gray-haired German schnau zer owned by Coach George Cafcgo was credited with saving the lives of the men in the dor mitory, a converted barracks. The dog was affected by the fumes before the men and his barking and retching awoke Cafcgo, the dorm doctor and sev eral students. All students were removed from the dormitory a long, one story structure and doctors and respiration equipment summoned as soon as the fumes were discov ered at about 3 a. m. Yellowstone Park Bear Bite Worth $5,000 To California Visitor San Diego. Feb. 10 (U.R) A bear bite received in Yellow stone National park la worth $5,000 a San Diego man con tends in a suit on file today against the government. William L. Claypool said he was bitten on the leg by a "wild bear" while vacationing in Yel lowstone National park in July, 1948. The bear came into his tent, Claypool said. He had to wait two hours for medical attention, and then a doctor stitched the wound with out benefit of an anaesthetic, Claypool said. The government denied re sponsibility and said If dangers existed in the park, visitors should "presume" them and take precautions. Federal Judge Jacob Weinber ger said he would set a trial date in March. The suit was filed here because of Claypool's San Diego residence. Claypool is a chef. Marathon Revival Meeting Concluded After 39 Hours Wheaton, 111., Feb. 10 (U.R) A marathon revival meeting at Wheaton college, in which 1,500 students and faculty members prayed and made public confes sions, ended today in its 39th hour. College President V. Raymond Edman declared the "taking of testimony" at an end shortly after 9 a.m. because he said "too many outsiders" had come Into the meeting. He invited students to continue their confessions in private rooms. Pray In Private Fifty men and sweater-wearing co-eds went to the chapel basement to pray in private. Edman said he ended the meeting to avoid "notoriety." "I'm afraid some of the out siders who came here were cy nical and their hearts were not in it," he said. The spontaneous demonstra Full Confession To Meeting Russ Agents Obtained Valuable Secrets Passed To Soviets London, Feb. 10 U.PJ For seven years Dr. Klaus Fuchs, Britain's third ranking atomic scientist, betrayed vital Amer ican and British A-bomb secrets to Russia, it was revealed today in Bow street magistrate's court. Fuchs' arraignment on charge of violating the official secrets act, brought out that he had made a full confession to meeting Russian agents in Bos ton, New York and London where he betrayed Britain and me united states. Workings Passed On The information he passed on to Russia included the workings of the great American atomic bomb center at Los Alamos, N.M. Whether he passed on progress reports on American research on the hydrogen bomb was not dis closed. But American atomic experts have said he knew these secrets. Magistrate Sir Lawrence Dunne ordered the German-born, British-naturalized scientist held for trial in Old Bailey. If con victed, he will face a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. t uclis' signed confession, which was read into evidence. said he deliberately made him self into a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" personality so that he might, as "Dr. Jekyll" work with top American and British scientists on the atomic bombi and then as a communistic "Mr. Hyde" betray their secrets to Russia. Acted Voluntarily The Jammed courtroom was rapt as Crown Prosecutor Christ, mas Humphreys and prosecution witnesses revealed that the slight, 38-year-old Fuchs had ad mitted that he: 1, Voluntarily contacted So viet agents through a member of the communist party in 1942, immediately after he went to work for the British government on atomic research. He was then a convinced but secret com munist. , 2. Gave Soviet agents not only the results of his own work, but the findings of his colleagues and "anything else of value which he could learn." Questioning Permitted 3. Met Soviet agents in Lon don, New York and Beston. fiave them secret documents and et them question him at irregu lar meetings from mid-1942 un til about a year ago, when he first began to have doubts about Soviet policy. 4. Accepted $400 from the Russians but only as a "sign of his subservience ' to the com munist cause. On one occasion, he personally took atomic sec rets to the Soviet embassy in London. For security reasons, the In formation passed on by Fuchs was not disclosed. But Hum phreys described it variously as of "the greatest possible help to Russia" and of "the greatest possible value to an enemy." , Who Wouldn't Be Pleased To Get Gold? Salem. Ore., Feb. 10 (U.R) The prospective prospector from North Weymouth, Mass., would like to have a sample of the gold found in Salem or Oregon before he comes west to seek his poke. The man from IV.astachuseits wrote the Salem Chamber of Commerce in a letter it re ceived Thursday: 'Would you please send me some informa tion about gold mines in your state. I'd like pictures, etc." And he added: "I would be very pleased if you could send me a bit of gold." tion of faith In God began at 7 p.m. Wednesday during a regu lar weekly meeting. The revival gained new fervor during the night and swelled to such pro portions Thursday that college classes were cancelled. The students and about 150 faculty members, including famed Miler Gil Dodds, left only to eat and take short naps. Gather In Groups The college, a non - sectarian school, clocked the revival at 38 hours and five minutes. How ever, it ran about a half an hour beyond the time Edman announced that no further testi mony would be heard. Students gathered in groups to pray as college chapel was ended. Many of the students paused only for a quick breakfast and then attended the regular morn ing church service at 10:15 a.m. The faculty said classes would be resumed after the services. -
