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Jittery Cops Open 'Bomb' Case
Find Only a Vibrating Machine
Los Angeles, Feb. 11 tU.R
A jittery crew of police opened
a ticking suitcase at Interna
tional airport today and instead
of a bomb they found an clec
trie vibrating machine, just as
the owner of the suitcase said
they would.
The only popping noise when
they opened the bag came from
the tlasnouios ot nearly a dozen
unurcnnnpr nhntnffrnnhprn who
had spent half a day waiting for
tne Dig event.
'Oh,' Says Policeman
"rih " sniri Pnlire Ballistics
Sgt. Russell Camp after he broke
open the 1 o c k, rummaged
through a suitcase full of worn-
Sen. Morse Cites
Need For Balanced
Federal Budget
Salem, Ore., Feb. 11 (U.R)
The government needs to balance
its budget, but in so doing it must
adopt a tax program that will ex
pand the economy and not re
strict it, Sen. Wayne L. Morse,
Oregon republican, told hop
growers at their annual conven
tion here today.
"The answer is not to adopt a
soak-the-rich policy," Morse told
y the 400 delegates from Oregon,
Washington, California and Ida
ho.
"You can't talk about a capi
talistic system and then make it
almost a crime to make money.
The answer is a tax program that
will enable capital to venture
into new industries, to expand
our economy."
Makes Distinction
The junior senator said he
wanted to make clear a distinc
tion between economy in the ad
ministration of government and
so-called economy by cutting into
self-sustaining operations that
amount to capital investments.
He said that there would be
no econmy in curtailing activities
of government projects which
jeturn many times their original
costs to the United States treas
ury. State's Air Warning
Service Put On Alert
Salem, Ore., Feb. 11 (U.R)
Gov. Douglas McKay today or
red activation of Oregon's war
time ground observation and air
raid warning services in com
p 1 i a n c e with instructions re
ceived from Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson.
The order followed a two-hour
conference between Gov. McKay
and members of the Oregon state
civil defense agency who ex-
T pressed hope that organization of
the two services could be com
pleted within 60 days.
Louis E. Starr of Portland,
agency director and past national
commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, estimated that
6.000 men and women would be
needed at the outset to staff the
two operations.
He said 300 observation posts
will be established throughout
the state. The first of the units
will be set up along Oregon's
northern boundary.
Steward Just Escapes Death
When Plane Door Opens Up
Miami. Fla.. Feb. 1 1 (U.R)
One of the battered survivors of
Bastogne had his narrowest post
war escape from death today
when he clung head down for
eight minutes from the open
door of an Eastern airlines pas
senger plane 2,500 feet above
Florida.
Ex-Paratrooper Marc Fisher
Galati, 28, was sucked into the
roaring propeller stream of his
plane when an improperly
closed door popped open as he
' reached out to pull it shut.
Fishcr-Galati. a steward on
the Miami-Chicago flight, was
saved by a tight grip on the door
handle and a door chain that
caught his right leg as he was
Tiding torn from the plane to
ward certain death.
With his entire body out of
the plane and in the slip stream ,
one hand on the door handle, his
an's clothing and found the jig
gling vibrator.
He turned the switch off, re
placed everything in the bag.
sealed the suitcase shut and
turned it over to American air
lines, which promised it would
Texas Windstorm
Wrecks 75 Homes
And Hurts Three
Laporle, Tex., Feb. 11 IU.R)
A tornado swept through this
Qulf coast town today, wrecking
or damaging an estimated 75
homes and critically injuring the
town's oldest citizen.
Mrs. Ella Dodson, 101-year-old
Negro, generally regarded as
Laporte's senior citizen, was near
death at Jefferson Davis hospital
in nearby Houston.
An invalid, she was trapped
when her house collapsed and
trapped her in the wreckage.
Elderly Couple Hurt
An elderly couple, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Weatherford, also
were injured when the twister
wrecked their garage apartment.
Weatherford, 70. received a bro
ken hand and head injuries.' His
wife, 68, suffered a broken-leg
and possible internal injuries.
They were hospitalized at neigh
boring Pasadena.
The residential sections of La
porte were most seriously dam
aged, but even the downtown
business section did not escape.
Paul Rynning Again
Seeks Engineer's Job
County Engineer Paul B. Ryn
ning, 16 Rose avenue, rriaay
filed notice of his intention to
run for the republican nomina
tion to his post for another
term. His candidacy is unop
posed so far.
When his present term expires
December of this year, Ryn
ning will have completed zo
vears as engineer and surveyor
for Jackson county. He first
took the job in 1925.
He was educated in civil en
gineering at the university oi
Wisconsin and has been engaged
in construction and engineering
in Oregon since completing his
studies there. He was location
and resident engineer for the
state highway .department from
1B17 to 1925, before taking over
his present post.
Rynning has been secretary of
the state association of county
engineers since 1926, and in
1946 he was named president of
the county highway officials' di
vision of the American Road
Builders' association. He is also
a past potentate of Hillah temple
of the Shriners and a past patron
of the Eastern Star.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Moilly cloudy with
occasional ihoweri today and
Monday. Little change ln tem
perature. Temperature ;
Higheit yeiterday ........ ... 52
Loweft yeiterday 35
right leg in the chain and his
head hanging below the door,
Fisher-Galatl rode the plane
down from 2.500 to a safe land
ing at St. Petersburg.
The doors on the new type
DC-3 Fishcr-Galati was riding
open out and down and have a
built in stairway for passengers.
"We were about 10 minutes
out of Tampa, flying at 2,500
feet, when I was called forward
by the pilot because the caution
light on the plane's door was
still on," Fishcr-Galati said.
"This meant the door wasn't
properly closed. I went back- to
check it. I reached for the door
handle and as I did it flew open
and down.
"I grabbed the door handle. I
fell head first. I must have in
stinctively tried to straddle the
chain because my right leg
caught in it.
MAsaaaaawtiieaaw
fly the bag to New York on a
plane tonight and turn it over
to Mrs. H. R. Harrison.
Detective Inspector Jack Don
ahoe and Sgt. Jack Goldstone
helped Camp get things in order
while Police Capt. Cecil Wisdom
stood by and directed the opera
tion. Crowd Sees Opening
A score of airport employees,
two dozen newspapermen, three
army ordnance men and six po
lice clustered around the suit
case in an open spot at the far
corner of the airport.
The opening itself was an anti-climax
lo what might have
been a great mystery.
Early today an American air
lines ticket agent noticed a tick
ing noise coming from the suit
case. He called police. They
feared a bomb and would not
open the bag until they could
check its ownership and take all
possible precautions against a
disaster.
The suitcase bore the name,
"2nd Lt. Virginia Smith." Its
destination tag was torn off. Po
lice discovered the bag had been
used by a Harold S. Harrison and
his mother, Mrs. H. R. Harrison,
who flew east last night.
Medical Society Suit
Last Witness Speaks
PortiancCbre.," Feb. 1 1 (U.R)--The
third phase of the federal
anti-trust suit against the Oregon
Medical society, eight county
medical societies and eight doc
tors began today when U. h. Dis
trict Judge Claude McColloch
said he was Riving federal attor
neys 60 days to prepare a brief.
Uovernment and aeiense attor
neys Questioned their last wit
ness today. After the government
files its brief, the detense attor
neys will get 60 days time to pre
pare an answer to the govern
ment. The third phase will wind
up with 15 days time for a gov
ernment reply.
Flril Two Phatei
The first two phases of the
trial involved presentation of tne
government and defense cases.
Arguments will begin after the
last brief is submitted, the judge
said.
The government charges Ore
gon medical groups tried to put
commercial hospital associations
out of business and set up their
own organization to monopolize
the business.
S. Bon Cordier Hurt
California Accident
S. Bon Cordier, 704 South
Oakdale avenue, seriously hurt
Thursday in an auto mishap on
a mountain highway near Lay
tonville, Cal., has been reported
out of danger and much im
proved, according to Mrs. Cor
dier.
He is confined to Howard
Memorial hospital at Willits. In
juries include broken ribs and
shoulder.
According to a press service
report from Ukiah, Cal., the Cor
dier car was sideswiped by an
other vehicle, plunged over a
bank and burned. A woman said
to be a Mrs. Wallace, Salem,
Ore., was arrested at Garberville
some time after the accident,
and returned to Willits, whore
she was charged with hit-run
driving, authorities stated.
Mrs. Cordier said her husband
may be kept at Willits for a
month and that she plans to go
there as soon as possible. He is
a box machine engineer for
Stapling Machines company.
Klamath Boy Drowns
Near Link River Dam
Klamath Falls. Ore., Feb. 11
UR)-rA 12-year-old boy, fishing
in ankle deep water below a
Link river dam, was drowned
today in the sudden surge of wa
ter from California Oregon Pow
er company turbines, authorities
said.
The body of Larry Vanderdoel
was recovered 300 feet down
stream after he had waded out
to fish below the dam. located
on Klamath Falls' west side.
He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Vanderdoel, Klamath
Falls. His companion, who es
caped, was Dick Peterson, also
12. . i
Medford
44th Year 20 Pages
Navy Flying Boat
With 9 On Board
Missing In South
Gulf Of Mexico Area
Object Close Search
Corpus Christ!, Tex., Feb. 11
(U.R) Search planes and ships
criss-crossed the Gulf of Mexico
today, looking for a navy flying
boat missing since Friday with
nine men aboard.
There was no trace of the miss
ing plane and only one report
that pointed to its possible fate
an oil slick on the choppy gulf
about 70 miles south-southeast of
Galveston.
Tanker Joins Hunt
The navy said the plane "cer
tainly" was down. The tanker
Tennessee, somewhere in the
area off Galveston, was asked to
hunt out the slick first ob
served bv a search plane and
mark it with buoys until a coast
guard cutter could make a thor
ough check.
Last word from the twin-en-
sined Martin Mariner came at 3
p.m. Friday, a routine report by
radio to its home base, the Corpus
Christ naval air station. There
was no mention of any distress
in the radio conversation.
That was two hours after It
look off for a routine over-water
training flight, carrying an in
structor-pilot, lour crewmen, ana
four midshipmen in pilot train
ing. Traveling Eastward
Its position then was 200 nau
tical miles northeast of Corpus
Christi or a point roughly 90
miles southeast of Galveston Is
land. It was traveling eastward.
Weather conditions were slightly
unsettled due to the passage of
a minor cold front but a navy
spokesman said there was no
"great turbulence." - . . .
Local 'Ham' Alerts
Radiomen To Trouble
Dwight J. Albright, 1116 Ni
antic street, section emergency
coordinator of the amateur ra
dio net in Oregon, cleared emer
gency channels at 7:15 p. m.
Friday to alert all amateur radio
operators to possible distress sig
nals from a downed C-54 trans
port in the Yukon territory.
Reports of the signals came
first by wire from across the na
tion in Atlanta, Ga. A "ham" op
erator there reported to the civil
aeronautics administration com
munications station in Medford
that he had picked up weak sig
nals from what seemed to be an
emergency "Mae West" trans
mitter. The CAA station here notified
station KMED to alert local hams
and then Albright went to work.
His is the official bulletin sta
tion for names in Oregon and
after alerting his operators in
this state he cleared emergency
channels in California and Wash
ington . and managed to reach
some operators in Canada. He
estimated that about 300 oper
ators were listening to his mes
sage. Atomic Authority Says
H-Bomb Blitz Possible
To Destroy 10,000,000
Washington, Feb. 11 (U.R)
Dr. Ralph E. Lapp said .tonight
that a hydrogen bomb blitz could
wipe out this country's major
cities and kill 10,000,000 to 15,
000,000 Americans in one day.
Lapp, who worked on the
atomic bomb during the war
and since has been a consultant
in nuclear science to various
agencies and institutions, de
plored official secrecy about the
H-bomb.
He said the people should be
given "a prospectus on the H
bomb" with the "simple facts
about H-bomb effects."
MRS. CORA O'BRIEN DIES
Mrs. Cora O'Brien, 80, well
known Eagle Point resident, died
last night at a local hospital.
Perl funeral home will have
charge of arrangements and a
complete obituary will be pub
lished later.
Ski Conditions
Sky Trail in the Siskiyou Is
expected to be open for skiers
today if temperatures permit
operation of the ski tow. This
week end is expected to be the
end of the iki season at that
run. Four Inches of new mow
on a packed run was reported.
At Crater lake the tow and
lunch counter were expected
to be functioning today. No re
port as to iki conditions was
obtained yeiterday, but there
was new mow Friday and in
termittent snow was antici
pated today. Persons driving to
the lake were advised to carry
chains.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Meteor Seen Cause
Of Flash, Explosion
A bright flash and violent ex
plosion, noted in many sections
of the upper Rogue valley, awak
ened hundreds of Jackson coun
ty people at 12:26 a. m. Satur
day. The blast, which seemed to
be centered in the Trail-Shady
Cove area, was seen and heard
by many people in the Prospect
area and as far south as the
Jacksonville - Phoenix highway
on the other side of Medford,
where some residents said they
were awakened from a sound
sleep.
Pilot Sees Light
First report of the phenom
enon was made by the pilot of a
West Coast airlines plane over
Trail, which radioed the Medford
airport control tower that he had
seen a brilliant flash, but it was
so bright that he could not tell
the direction of its origin.
A 'moment later, another air
craft 60 miles north of Trail
made a similar report, and civil
aeronautics administration em
ployees in the Medford tower
said the bright flash was visible
there. The explosion, they said,
made the tower "vibrate."
Medford residents who heard
the blast said that it sounded
like a low rumble, growing to
a sharp report.
A report from Redmond and
Late Sports
Klamath Falli, Feb. 11
Klamath virtually eliminated
Medford high from any district
title and state championship
tourney bid by outplaying the
Tornado and winning 53 to
50 here Saturday night in a
rough game thai saw several
near-fights break out.
The Pels took over late In
the third quarter and at one
point in the fourth period were
-head, by eight points. Med
ford started off big but held a
slim 28 to 27 halftime lead.
Klamath led 43 to 40 at the
third quarter whistle.
Bob Shores with 11 points
and Jack Morris, who garnered
15, led Medford in the scoring.
Chico. Cal., Feb. II South
ern Oregon college pinned the
second loss of the Far Western
conference season on Chico
State here Saturday night by
winning S3 to 47 ln a second
half rally. Chico led at the
half 29 to 26.
Bill O'Neal was high scorer
for SOC with 17 points.
Foursquare church took ov
er undefeated lead in the local
church league last night tip
ping First Presbyterian 17 to
16 in a basketball game at the
YMCA.
In other tills St. Peter's
Lutheran whipped St. Mark's
Episcopal 19 lo 10. St, Mary's
C a t h ol 1 c downed Central
Christian 19 to 17 in an ovar
ii m e and First Methodist
squelched First Christians 32
to 8.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 11
(U.R) Portland's Penguins Sat
urday night beat the Victoria
Cougars 2-1 in a northern divi
sion Pacific Coast Hockey
league game.
New York. Feb. 11 (U.R
Fred Wilt climaxed the New
York Athletic club games Sat
urday night by winning the
Toussaint two-milt run after
Jim Fuchs of Yale opened the
meet by setting a new world's
indoor record of 57 feet 7V
inches for the 16-pound shot
put.
Ann Arbor, Mich.. Feb. 11
(U.R) Haien (Kiki) Cuyler, for
mer National league outfielder
and currently a coach for the
Boston Red Sox, died Satur
day night of a heart ailment
as he was being taken to a hos
pital. City, County Offices
To Be Closed Monday
City and county offices wilt
be closed Monday, Oregon legal
holiday for observance of Abra
ham Lincoln's birthday.
Postmaster Moore Hamilton
said last night that the Medford
post office will operate as usual
with windows open and full car
rier delivery service. Other fed
eral offices are expected to be
open.
United Slates National bank
will close for the holiday but
First National bank will be open.
J ,500 Escape As Fire
Burns Part Of School
Puyallup, Wash.. Feb. 11 U.R)
Flames licking over the heads
of 1.500 basketball fans de
stroyed a high school auditorium
before being brought under con
trol early today but all occu
pants miraculously escaped in
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12,
an astronomer's opinl
credence to the possi'
the sound and light '
by the explosion r
it became super
tion with the 4.
Bright Object Se. 0
Control tower
In Red
mond reported a 'bi.ght object
falling through the sky" in a
south-southwest direction at
about the same time as the explo
sion was heard here.
And in Eugene, .the United
Press quoted Dr. J. Hugh Pruett,
astronomer with the University
of Oregon's extension division,
as saying the flash and blast
were probably caused by a me
teor. He asked persons who had
seen the display to write him
eyewitness account.", including
sky conditions, so that he could
track it. His address is 1B32
Longview drive, Eugene.
Police Make Check
A state police officer was in
the Shady Cove area Saturday
to check first-hand reports of
the blast and to see if any phys
ical evidence of the explosion
was visible.
According to The Mail Trib
une's Shady Cove correspondent,
the flash was seen ln Shady
Cove, Trail, Big Butte Creek
and Prospect by many different
individuals.
Bulletins
Ashland, Feb, 11 Ashland
high got back into the victory
column Saturday night with a
41 to 31 Southern Oregon conference-district
4 win over Illi
nois Valley (Kerby) on the
Ashland junior high floor.
Saturday" scores
Western Montana 79, Eastern
Montana 56
Rocky Mountain 70, Carroll
College 60
Texas Christian 64, Rice 36.
Brown 62, Providence 48.
Harvard 80, Dartmouth 58.
Missouri 59, Kansas State 43.
Holy Cross 73. New York
A.C. 56.
Utah 49, Utah State 36.
Canisius 53. CCNY 49.
St. Louis 55, Notre Dame 45,
Colorado State college SB,
Montana State 55.
Colorado Stale college 58, Mon
tana State 55.
Oregon 61, St. Mary's 53.
Ariiona 72, Texas Western 49.
USC 59, Stanford 45
Montana 78, Idaho State S3
UCLA 54, California 47
Washington 37, Wyoming 36
Georgia 77. Florida 52
Dr. Fuchs May Seek
Mercy At Trial Soon
London, Feb. 11(U.R) Dr.
Klaus Fuchs, brilliant scientist
who sold atomic secrets to Rus
sia, may ask for mercy when he
is called to trial in hope that he
may yet be of value to the coun
tries he betrayed.
But British officials, tighten
ing all phases of security, said to
day there was little chance Fuchs
ever again would be permitted
to look at a restricted document
or hear an atomic secret.
Fuchs, now in Brixton prison,
told security police his work in
nucleur physics in which he
was one of the world's finest
brains was all that he lived for
and that he hoped, somehow, his
talents still will be needed.
Regardless of what happens on
February 28 at his trial in Old
Bailey, London s ancient crimi
nal court, he said, he would like
to continue his research on
tomic and hydrogen bombs and
the peaceful uses of atomic en
ergy.
Negro Suspects Holdup
Phoenix Bank Released
Los Angeles. Feb. 1 1 U.R)
Four Negroes were released to
night after questioning by sher
iff's deputies and FBI investiga
tors in the $116,250 holdup of a
Hhocnix, Ariz., banK tnis wccK.
The four, arrested by East Los
Angeles sheriff's deputies at a
road block, were described as
"no good for this case" by the
sheriff's office. Deputies said
they found a .45 automatic on
the front scat of the suspects'
car when they were stopped on
tip that four suspicious per
sons were seen driving a car
with Arizona license plates.
Portland Cannot Ban
Stromboli' On Screen
Portland, Ore., Feb. 11 (U.R)
The Portland board of censors
said today it had no legal
grounds to ban the showing of
the film "Stromboli because
regulation powers were limited
to standards of decency.
The picture stars Ingrid Berg
man and is directed by Roberto
Rossellini. A censor board mem
ber passed the movie here six
weeks ago and found nothing ob
jectionable in lt. ,
Tribune
1950
NO. 273
Hincoln' Dinners
Nation Hear
socialism Rapped
Pleat For Government
Economy Heard By GOP
Washington, Feb. 11 (U.R)
Republican leaders criticized ad
ministration "socialism" at Lin
coln day dinners across the na
tion Saturday night and called
for a party crusade to preserve
iiituviuiiHi ireeaom.
The "liberty against socialism'
theme described as "the ma
jor domestic Issue today" in the
recent statement of republican
party principles was stressed
by speakers at many of the par-
if a iinuiiiuimi i-iiucuin aay ax
fairs. Soft Red Attitude
Pleas for government economv
and criticism of the administra
tion's "soft attitude towards com
munism at home and overseas
were other major issues raised
by Lincoln day orators.
In Springfield, 111., Harold E.
Stassen called on the GOP to
resist proposals which, he said,
woum maice tne nation a "loaf
ers' paradise." ,
"Let us rebuild the republican
party as a dynamic, fighting par
ty with this issue of the true
freedom of man as our central
rallying point," Stassen said.
Republican National Commit
tee Chairman Guy G. Gabrielson
in a Lincoln day address in St.
Louis, said the parly's major de
mand is "the freedom to be
free."
The party's battle, Gabrielson
said, "is to destroy an idea the
already implanted notion that
a government can plan, regulate
and control our lives better than
we do It as free individuals."
In Akron, O., Sen. Edward
Martin (R., Pa.) devoted a major
part of his Lincoln day address
to quoling democrats, .f rom Jef
ferson to Truman on the virtues
of government economy.
GOP Senator Claims
Discharges Too Few
Washington, Feb. 11 U.R)
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R.,
Wis.) complained todav in a let
ter to President Truman that the
stale department had discharged
only about 80 of 300 employes
who were certified as security
risKs oy a presidential Doard.
"I understand this was done
after a lengthy conversation
with Alger Hiss," McCarthy said.
Hiss, recently convicted of per
jury for denying he gave secret
papers lo ex-communist Whlt
iaker Chambers, once was a
state department official.
The Wisconsin republican did
not give names or dates to the
president. But he said Mr. Tru
man should recall appointing a
board to screen state depart
ment employees and weed out
fellow travelers.
Major Shot To Death
After Being Beaten
Kansas City, Kan., Feb. 11
(U.R) A 30-ycar-old army major,
who became the close friend of
Patricia Anne Clark while serv
ing as aide-de-camp to her father,
Gen. Mark Clark, was shot to
death early today.
The body of Maj. John J. Lu
ther Jr. was found in his late
model expensive automobile at
an intersection in the Fairfax
industrial district here.
Sheriff Roy Ferguson of Wy
andotte county said there were
three wounds in Luther's head.
He said there also was indica
tion that Luther had been beat
en savagely on the head.
While serving as aide-de-camp
lo Clark, Luther squired his at
tractive daughter to numerous
functions.
Coal Miners Reported
Defying U. S. Orders
Pittsburgh. Feb. 11 (U.R) Re
bellious soft coal miners today
defied the government to get
them back to work by injunction.
District and local presidents of
the United Mines Workers said
they would follow the instruc
tions of President John L, Lewis
and order the men to end their
strike immediately. In the ma
jority of cases, however, they
were doubtful that the men
would obey.
John Ozanich, president of the
Bellwether Robena, Pa., local of
the H. C. Frick Coke company.
said his men voted earlier today
to stay out.
Told that Lewis has ordered
them lo comply with the federal
court order to resume work, Oz-
anish said:
"I don't see where this ii go
U. 5. Injunctions
Force Lewis Stop
Walkout Of Miners
Rebellion Of Workers :
Foreseen On Monday
Washington, Feb. ( 11 (U.R)
John L. Lewis yielded reluctant
ly to two federal anti-strike in
junctions today and ordered his
400,000 soft coal miners to re
turn to work Monday.
But the United Mine Workers
president made it plain that he
was acting only under the du
ress of the two Taft-Hartley
court orders slapped on him ear-
iialii?d-.ln telerm to the
UMWs district leaders, he said
he had "no alternative" but to
pass on to them the instructions
of the court.
May Continue Strike
Reports from the coal fieldg
indicated strongly that the angry
miners would defy the court and
continue a strike that has pushed
the nation to the edge of eco
nomic crisis.
Lewis himself told President
Truman last Saturday that it
was "questionable" whether the
miners could be driven back to
wrJf by the "legal blackjack"
of the Taft-Hartley law.
If the miners refuse to reopen
the strikebound pits, Lewis may
have to prove to the courts that
his back-to-work orders were not
reallv a vpilpH iini tn
the strike. He and his union al
ready have paid $2,130,000 in
contempt of court fines for de
fying such injunctions in the
past.
Lewis Offers Plan
Lewis followed up his instruc
tions to UMW local offices with
telegrams to leaders of the coal
industry offering to meet with
them here Wednesday to resume
contract negotiations.
President Joseph E. Moody of
the Southern Coal Producers as
sociation said his group "certain
ly will try to cooperate with'
Lewis" in setting up new bar
gaining conferences. Moody was
the only one of the leading in
dustry negotiators ln Washing-
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after the government proclaimed
a national coal emergency and
obtainled two Taft-Hartley in
junctions ordering him to call
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illegal contract demands.
Baffling Message
Swings Hunt For
Plane Southwest
Whltehorse, Y. T., Feb. 11
(U.R) Baffling SOS signals
swung the far north's greatest air
nunt toward tne Yukon a south
west corner today after a second
heroic mountain rescue slowed
the 16-day search for a lost C-54.
Hope for possible survivors
among the 44 aboard the U. S.
transport was rekindled with re
ports of new distress calls.
"Constant fixes" based on bear
ing taken by ham operators and
u. 5. air iotce listening posts
placed the transmitter s 0 m e
where near the Yukon-Alaska
border.
Planes Make Sweep
"We'll find them," an officer
said, "if only they'd keep send
ing until we can pin-point their
position." Planes made a "radio
sweep today of the area.
The two-nation search which
already has cost $3,000,000 ac
cording to "conservative" and
unofficial USAF and Royal Can-'
adian air force estimates, droned
into its third weekend after an
other near-tragic search plane
crash.
The estimate was based on con
sumption of several hundred
thousand gallons of 130 octane
gas, loss of two planes, and main
tenance.
BERGMAN MARRIAGE
Rome, Feb. 11 j(U.R) Roberto
Rossellini said today that he
plans to marry Ingrid Bi rginan
i soon as possible but re
fused to indicate when or where
the ceremony would take place.
Hollywood. Feb. 11 (U.R) A
35-ycar-old laborer, Roland Clark
jailed for drunkenness hanged
himself today in his cell.
ing to make much difference.
However, we'll hold another
meeting and see what they want
to do. But I don't think they will
go back."
Michael Honus, Unlontown,
Pa., secretary-treasurer of Dis
trict 4 where the rebellion
against the Lewis-imposed three
day week was centered, said he
would try to persuade the men to
return but was pessimistic.
"We've been trying to get them
to go back but they won't go,"
Honus said. "As far as I know,
our men said they will not go
back without a contract."
Bruno Olmizzi, Latrobe, Pa.,
District 3 representative, was
more optimistic.
"Of course if that's his orders,
that's it," he said. "It's up to the
men but I believe they will com- '
ply with his orders."