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MERCY KILLING' TRIAL STARTS Crowds of cameramen, newsmen and the curious surround Dr. and
Mrs. Hermann Sander (center), as they arrive at the Hillsborough County court house In Manchester!
N. H. Dr. Sander is on trial (or the "mercy slaying" of Mrs. Abble Borroto.
Jury Selected For
Mercy Death Case
. Manchester, N. H.. Feb. 22
U.R) A 12-man jury of nine
Catholics and three protestants
was completed at 11:35 a.m.
(EST) today for the mercy mur
der trial of Dr. Hermann xm.
Sander.
Earl Isham Sr., 52, Bedford
farmer and protestant, was chos
en as 13th juror, to serve as an
alternate.
The 12th juror was Leo Har
keen, 42, unmarried Manchester
shoemaker, war veteran, and
Catholic.
Found Unbiased
Completion of the jury came
after Superior Judge Harold E.
Wescott ended a battle between
prosecution and defense attor
neys by declaring he found the
jurors satisfactorily unbiased.
Chief Defense Counsel Louis
E. Wyman complained about cer
tain published jury "tampering"
statements attributed to Chief
Prosecutor William L. Phinney.
The attorney general, in turn,
contended the defense had used
improper methods in a pre-trial
Investigation of veniremen.
The preponderance of Roman
Catholics accepted as jurors
came as a surprise since their
church is outspokenly opposed to
mercy killing.
Most of the jurors, who will
decide on freedom or prison for
the defendant, are middle-aged
married men. Only one is young
er than the 41-year-old Candia
physician accused of hastening
the death of cancer-doomed Mrs.
Abbie C. Borroto, 59, by inject
ing air into her veins.
The average age of the jurors
is 53.
Jury Sworn In
Judge Wescott immediately
ordered the 12 jurors brought
Tito Credited With
Victory Over Russia
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Feb. 22
(U.R) Diplomatic quarters cred
ited Marshal Tito with a tactical
victory over Russia today in his
establishment of diplomatic re
lations with file Moscow-approved
Ho Chi-minh regime in
the Indo-Chinese state of Viet
nam. The official Yugoslav news
agency Tanjug announced Yugo
slavia's recognition of Ho's re
gime last night.
The Moscow-trained Ho heads
a clandestine rebel regime in
Vietnam. The United States,
Britain and other western pow
ers have recognized the French
supported Vietnam government
of Former EmperorBao Dai.)
Because Russia and the Soviet
sphere countries gradually have
been narrowing their ties with
Yugoslavia, it was counted sig
nificant that Ho himself took
the initiative in doing business
with Tito's government.
Oleomargarine Bloc
Claims Victory
Washington. Feb. 22 (U.R)
tThe oleomargarine .bloc in con
gress claimed another triumph
over the dairy states today in a
compromise version of the oleo
tax repeal bill.
The measure still must be ap
proved by both houses. They de
feated most of the major dairy
bloc strategy on the bill's first
trip through the house and sen
ate. A senate-approved provision
requiring triangular packaging
of colored oleo had stalled the
bill in conference since Febru
ary 2. The house-senate conferees
junked it late yesterday and
substituted language carrying
new restrictions on the labeling
of colored margarine.
Russia Plans To
Increase Policemen
Berlin, Feb. 22 IU.R Russian
plans to increase the communist
police force guarding railway in
stallations in the western sectors
of Berlin were announced today
by the Sovicty army newspaper
Tacgliche Rundschau.
The paper said police recruits
between 17 and 22 wore wanted
to increase the railway guard
force. No figures on !he number
to be added were given.
Washington. Feb. 22 ,UR
president Trumnn today nomi
nated Patrick J. Gilmnre Jr.. for
reappointment as United States
attorney for the first division
of Alaska.
into the courtroom. The jury was
sworn in at 11:40 a.m.
The jury includes nine mar
ried men, five of them fathers;
one widower; one divorced man
and one 'unmarried man. Of the
Protestants, one is an Episcopal
ian, one a Baptist, one a Metho
dist. Both sides asked veniremen
whether they had received
pamphlets relating to the case.
In the recent trial of Carol
Ann Paight in Bridgeport, Conn.,
the presiding judge threatened to
act against persons who had sent
pamphlets of the Enthanasia So
ciety of America, Inc., to mem
bers of the jury after it was
selected.
During recent weeks in Man
chester several Catholic parishes
have distributed anti-euthanasia
booklets.
Portland Girl
Assault Victim
Portland, Ore.. Feb. 22 U,R)
Three men were jailed on
charges of assault and armed
robbery today after one of them
was accused of knifing a preg
nant 15-year-old girl.
Police identified the victim as
Mrs. Shirley Ann Verbeckwho
said she was attacked- while
walking alone last night in
northwest Portland.
The three men iailed are Ben
jamin F. Baker, 29; Eugene
jonnson, w, and Kufus D. Ad
ams, 18, all of Portland.
Mrs. Verbeck told police a car
slowed down behind her and
one of the occupants jumped out
and ran toward her. She swung
at the man with her purse when
he made a grab for her. She said
he slashed at her with a knife
several times then grabbed her
purse and ran back to the car.
The woman ran to a house
where a couple gave her first
aid and called police.
The three men were captured
after an 80-milc-an-hour chase
through Portland streets.
Mrs. Verbeck identified Baker
as the man who assaulted her.
Kogap Lumber Firm
Picketed By Council
Pickets bearing signs of the
Mcdford Building Trades coun
cil appeared at the Kogap Lum
ber industries plant on the south
Pacific highway at 8:15 a.m. to
day. Representatives of the com
pany said that apparently the
pickets were assigned because
Kogap has refused to accede to
demands of the council that work
being carried on in construction
of dry kilns and lumber storage
sheds be conducted under an
agreement proposed by the coun
cil. Much of the work has been
done, they reported, by em
ployees of the company who
might have been otherwise laid
off due to slow production.
Robert Peebles, of the Build
ing Trades council, said he had
no comment to make on the
picketing.
Lew Graves Files Candidacy
For County Commissioner
Lew Graves, Shady Cove re
tired businessman who last week
said he was considering running
for county commissioner, filed
his candidacy with the county
clerk's office here yesterday af
ternoon. Graves will seek the republi
can nomination for the post now
held by Robert Lytic. Ashland,
who said recently he will stand
for reelection. No other candi
dates have announced their in
tention of running for the job.
County Judge J. B. Coleman and
Commissioner L. G. "Shy"
Morthland are not up for re
election this year.
Graves said that he decided to
enter the election race as the
result of urging by friends in
Medford and the north end of
the county, and more particular
ly because of generally favorable
reactions throughout the coun
ty, including Ashland.
Graves said he has received
endorsements and evidences of
active support from many differ
ent sources, who, he said, feel
that the fact that he has had 31
years of business experience,
and will be able to devote full
Britain Elections
Slated Tomorrow
Will Be Close
London, Feb. 22 (U.R) This
is the day before Britain elects
a new five-year parliament and
all sources agreed the contest
will be the closest in a genera
tion. The voting begins at 7 a.m.
tomorrow but the winners will
not be known until the early
hours of Friday by United States
time.
Both Sides See Victory
Both major parties conserva
tive and labor claim they will
win a majority of the 622 seats
at stake in the house of com
mons. The party with a major
ity will form the new govern
ment. The Gallup poll in today's
News Chronicle showed the two
parties about even, with the con
servatives having gained slight
ly since last Friday.
The poll showed the standings
to be: labor last Friday 45, to
day 45; conservatives last Friday
42'i. today 43'?; liberal party
last Friday 12, today 1CH&; oth
ers last Friday i, today one.
Nine Per Cent Won't Say
That is only the lineup of
those who expressed an opinion.
Those who would not say, ac
cording to the samplers, repre
sent about nine per cent of the
electorate.
There will be 625 seats in the
hew commons but only 622 con
tests in the election. One contest
was postponed because of a can
didate's death and two are un
contested. It is possible and even likelv
in sucn a setup tnat a party can
break even on popular votes and
yet have a lopsided majority in
the house. It is equally true that
they may break even and come
up with a weak minority repre
sentation. Land Search Given Up
For 5 Lost Aviators
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 22
!U.R) The land search for the
missing five B-36 crewmen was
abandoned today.
"It has been decided to discon
tinue the land search," RCAF
search headquarters announced
here.
Evacuation of the estimated
200 ground party members who
slugged through heavy snow
drifts, slush and dense under
growth for eight days, will be
carried out at once by sea and
air. The land search officially
ended at 12:30 p.m. today.
The five men still missing
were:
Capt. William M. Phillips, 30,
Garber, Okla., navigator; 1st Lt.
Holiel Ascol, 37, Fort Worth,
Tex., bombardier; Capt. Theo
dore F. Schreir, 35, Madison,
Wis., co-pilot, SSgt. Neal A.
Straley, 30. Cashing, Okla., gun
ner; and SSgt. Elbert W. Pol
lard, 28, Bowie, Tex., gunner.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 22 (U.R)
A Dun & Bradstreet report for
January today showed Portland
as tenth among major U. S.
cities in dollar volume of build
ing permits.
time to the office, qualify him
for the post.
Graves has lived in Mcdford
and Shadv Cove for five years.
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LEW GRAVES
Tells Cindidacy
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Delay Asked In
President
60-Day Postponement
Washington. Feb. 22 U.R) President Trumnn nckort the Tin
Communications Workers union
rnaay smite aeaaiine 10 provide more time lor contract negotia
tions. The union has scheduled a nationwide strike for Friday.
Mr. Truman acted after receiving from Mediation Director
Cyrus S. Ching reports indicating
been made in negotiations. In
in progress for several months.
Mr. Truman appealed to
operations without any interruptions of telephone communications
in ine nation, under tne wages and terms now in effect, for a period
of 60 days from Feb. 24, 1950."
He made his appeal in telegrams to officials of the union and
the Bell System and its subsidiaries.
Navy Department
Orders 'Gag' For
Capt. Crommelin
San Francisco. Feb. 22 (U.R)
Captain John G. Crommelin, out
spoken critic of the nation's ex
isting defense setup, received
word from the navy today
George Washington's birthday
that he was to refrain immedi
ately from further public crit
icism of the department of de
fense. Captain Crommelin's reply
was that he had on file 15 in
vitations to speak before aud
iences, which he intended to ful
fill, and that he had no intention
of resigning his .navy commis
sion, "
Addressed To Superior' '
The officer said the communi
cation was from Admiral For
rest Sherman, chief of naval op
erations and a member of the
joint chiefs of staff. It was ad
dressed, he said, to his super
ior. Vice Admiral George D.
Murray, commander of the west
ern sea frontier.
It read:
"Direct Captain John G. Crom
melin to refrain from public
statements, and from statements
which may be published, which
are critical of the organization
or officials of the department of
defense or are critical of any of
ficer or group of officers."
"I have scheduled 15 invita
tions to discuss our national se
curity before groups of patriotic
Americans during this month and
next," Crommelin said. "Unless
specifically ordered by my sup
eriors, I intend to keep each ap
pointment. "I would be disloyal to my
country and a betrayer of the
trust which so many Americans
defended during the past war,
and to the memory of my two
brothers and the many thou
sands like them who did not re
turn, if I were to keep silent on
a subject which affects the se
curity of every American,"
Crommelin said.
Washington's Home
Prepared For Guests
Sulgrave, England, Feb. 2!i
(U.R) The stars and stripes and
the union jack billowed over
the doorway of Sulgrave manor,
ancestral home of George Wash
ington, on the anniversary of his
birth today.
The rooms of the centuries-old
manor house, home of Washing
ton's great-grandfathers from
1539 to 1659. were prepared for
expected American and British
tourists.
"We have no special ceremony
planned but we are expecting a
few visitors to come and see us
on this red letter day," said C.
W. Carter for four years curator
of the manor.
Frigid Temperatures
Grip Northeast U. S.
Chicago, Feb. 22 (U.R) A
wintry storm plastered the
northeastern part of the nation
with snow and ice today, and
frigid temperatures split an oil
tank and an army transport's
deck.
The storm dumped snow on
New Jersey and New York, and
weather forecasters said the fall
in the New York metropolitan
area might measure up to five
inches.
From southeast Iowa to New
England stretched a belt of freez
ing drizzle and sleet. To the
south of that belt, rain fell over
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
Roseburg, Ore., Feb. 22 'U.R)
Roscburg plans to go on daylight
.saving time April 30 to Septem
ber 24. but only if surrounding
communities do likewise.
Hollywood. Feb. 22 0I.R)
Tyrone Power and his wife, Lin
da Christian, are preparing to
welcome a baby in October.
Requests
today to postpone for 60 days its
that "insufficient progress" has
some areas negotiations have been
both sides "to continue work and
Previously Postponed
The strike, originally sched
uled to begin rebruary 8, pre
viously had been postponed un
til 6 a.m. February 24 at Ching's
request.
In his telegram, Mr. Truman
said "I need hardly describe or
emphasize the great damage to
the public interest and welfare
which would result if these dis
putes arc not settled by agree
ment." Mr. Truman noted that there
is a "special obligation and duty
which applies to public utilities
and the unions with which they
deal."
That obligation, he said, can
not be satisfactorily discharged
in the face of the Friday strike
deadline.
Special Responsibility
"I feel very strongly that em
ployers engaged in the operation
of utilities and unions represent
ing their workers have a special
and extraordinary responsibility
to .settled their differences by
agreement and without resort to
economic action which may de
prive the public of the benefits
of essential services.
The telegram went simultan
eously to 25 representatives of
the employees and 19 spokesmen
for the telephone company and
its component parts.
Federal mediators have been
trying desperately
to avert a
walkout.
13 Persons Injured
As Fire Levels Hotel
Glens Falls, N. Y., Feb. 22
(U.R) A prc-dawn fire destroyed
this city's second largest hotel
today, injuring 13 persons, in
cluding one fireman who was
buried under a collapsed wall.
Approximately 36 guests es
caped from the Towers hotel, a
75-room structure, by sliding
down makeshift bedshcet ropes
or being carried down ladders
by firemen.
Police said all guests and hotel
help had been accounted for.
Four firemen were buried un
der tons of debris when one wall
of the five-story building col
lapsed. All were rescued within
an hour and only one was in
jured. Police said fire damage was
estimated at $500,000.
There was no indication how
the fire started. It was discov
ered by a night watchman who
summoned police and firemen.
Fice companies from Glens Falls
and three nearby communities
fought the blaze for more than
three hours in near zero tem
peratures and a snow storm.
Man Found In Boxcar;
Victim Of Gangrene
Seattle. Wash., Feb. 22 'U.R)
Frank Zehndcr, 48, his frozen
feet infected with gangrene, was
in "critical" condition in the hos
pital today .while police checked
his story that he lay helpless in
a boxcar nearly a month with
only candles to eat.
Zehndcr, an unemployed itin
erant, was found in a railroad
car by a cement company crew.
He had no shoes on and was
eating candles to strfy alive, po
lice said.
He told police he and another
man crawled into the boxcar
about a month ago trying to get
out of the cold. His feet froze
shortly after, he said.
Grand Jury In Recess
Until Thursday Morning
The Jackson county grand
jury which was called into ses
sion Monday has still not finished
considering its unusually heavy
slate of criminal cases and was
recessed yesterday afternoon un
til Thursday morning.
District Attorney George Neil
son said he expected the jury's
work would be completed by
tomorrow afternoon. Ncilson is
seeking seven or eight indict
ments, many of thrm against ac
cused sex criminals.
Telephone Strike
Movement Of Coal
Drops To Trickle;
More Men Strike
Independent Group
In Illinois Quits
Bv United Press
The movement of coal from
mines to bins dropped to a trickle
today as 10,000 more miners
joined the 372.000 already on
strike in the soft coal fields.
In Illinois, the Progressive
Mine Workers, an independent
group whose members have
stayed on the job during most
of the United Mine Workers
walkout, failed to show up at
their jobs today. They permit
ted maintenance workers to re
port. Their walkout hurried
plans for a brownout in Illinois
and elsewhere In the midwest.
Progressives rejected a mine
operators offer of a 45-cent daily
wage increase and a five-cents
ncr-ton increase in welfare fund
payments. They want raises of
95 cents a nay and 15 cents a ton
respectively.
Manv communities ordered
coal rationing as the nation's
average soft coal stockpile sank
to near the five-day level.
The New York slate legisla
ture prepared to give Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey emergency
powers to seize private coal sup
plies and fix prices.
In Washington, Rep. Cleve
land M. Bailcv (D.. W.Va.) said
he plans to introduce legislation
giving President Truman power
to seize soit coal mines.
' Spanish Fork.' Utah. Feb. 22-
(U.R) -A non-union coal truck
driver was shot last night as he
tried to run a load of coal from
strikebound Carbon county un
der cover of darkness.
Two other drivers brought
bleeding and beaten Steve West,
27, Riverlon, to a highway pa
trol checking station at Thistle
shortly after midnight. He was
treated at Spanish Fork hospital
for a bullet wound just above
the right wrist.
West told Troopers C. H. All
red and Arthur Collard he was
driving his 10-wheelcr from the
IJeer creek mine about 10:15
p.m. when a car pulled up in
ront of him.
West said he stopped because
he thought the car was in trou
ble. The men ran back from the
automobile and one climbed on
the truck's running board and
struck him in the face, the driv
er told officers.
Southern Demos Start
Filibuster On FEPC
Washington, Feb. 22 (U".R
Southern democrats today began
their long-threatened house fili
buster against FEPC
They didn't even wait for the
traditional reading of George
Washington's farewell address,
which usually gets top priority
every February 22.
The southerners started their
delaying tactics against the fair
employment measure, scheduled
to come up for debate today, as
soon as Speaker Sam Rayburn
had called the house to order.
Rep. John E. Rankin, (D.,
Miss), and Tom Murray, (D.,
Tenn.) demanded a quorum call.
Quorum calls take about 25 min
utes. Supporters of the bill, key
stone of President Truman's civ
il rights program, were deter
mined to get the bill before the
house, however, and to fight H
through "if it takes all night."
Bridges Again Will
Take Stand Thursday
San Francisco, eFb. 22 (U.R)
Harry Bridges will take the
stand again tomorrow for furth
er re-direct examination as his
lengthy perjury-conspiracy trial
nears its end.
Attorney Vincent Hallinan
said he planned to ask Bridges
"about a half-hour's worth" more
questions. He said he did not yet
know whether the defense would
call any more witnesses.
Horse Is A Horse,
State Forester Finds
Eugene, Or.; Feb. 22 (U.R)
Stale Forester Ray Ogletby
paid e SI fine for improper
parking today.
Ogleiby in e lest case
parked in a space reserved for
"horses only" end argued at
defense that under Oregon law
a horse is e vehicle after sun
down and should have tail
lights visible 500 feet.
But the court ruled a horse
is a horse end in Oregon hat
right of wiy over motor car.
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WALTER J. PEARSON
Seeki Governorship
Pearson Announces
Candidacy For
Oregon Governor
Salem, Ore., Feb. 22 (U.R)
Slate Treasurer Walter J. Pear
son, Portland insurance execu
tive, today announced his can
didacy for the democratic nom
ination for governor of Oregon.
Lew Wallace, defeated by
Douglas McKay in the 1948 elec
tion, already has announced his
democratic candidacy for the
May 19 primary election and
there may be more to come.
Favorable Response
William L. Josslin. chairman
of the Oregon state democratic
central committee, said he has
been receiving some favorable
responses to his suggestion that
he be "ordered into battle" for
the gubernatorial race.
State Senator Austin Flegcl
Jr., also was considered a po
tential democratic gubernatorial
candidate.
Pearsons announcement was
not unexpected, lt had been
been kown for some time that he
was interested in the contest.
Responds To 'Urgingt'
He said he was entering tne
race in response to urgings Dy
members of both major parties,
who realize Oregon voters want
a change in their stale govern
ment .
Pearson was elected slate rep
resentative from Multnomah
county in 1943 and served in the
senate in 1945 and 1947 before
being elected state treasurer.
Wallace Asked For
Red Support, Is Word
Washington. Feb. 22 (U.R)
Matthew Cvetic, FBI undercover
agent who posed as a communist
for seven years, testified today
that Henry A. Wallace marie a
bid for communist support in the
1948 presidential campaign.
Cvetic told the house un-Amer
ican activities committee that he
was approached by Wallace and
his progressive party campaign
manager, C. B. Baldwin, early
in the campaign. He said he was
asked how many Slav votes the
American Slav congress could
deliver to the progressive party
ticket on which Wallace was the
presidential candidate.
"Were Wallace and Baldwin
aware that you were a commun
ist? cvetic was asKea.
"I assume thev were," he re
plied, "they're both intelligent
men."
Fire Destroys
Cyclotron At
Princeton, N. J Feb. 22 (U.R)
A fire at Princeton university
today destroyed the wiring in an
18,000,000-volt cyclotron used
In the Los Alamos bomb project.
The blaze was extinguished at
10:30 a.m. . today some eight
hours after it was discovered.
University authorities imme
diately launched an investiga
tion into the fire which de
stroyed everything but the large
horseshoe magnet in the 4UU,
000 research machine.
A university spokesman dis
counted any possibility of tabo-
President Pledges
Country To Use 01
Force If Needed
America Willing To
Support Atom Plan
Alexandria, Va., Feb. 22 (U.R)
President Truman today warned
world communism that this coun
try will use "force to defend de
mocracy" if it must.
The president pledged this
country to strive ceaselessly for
peace. He said the United States
is willing to support through
the United Nations any genu
ine atomic control plan that
would be effective and not a
"sham."
Mutt Pool Strength
But he declared in a Washing
ton's birthday address here that
the free nations must pool their
strength to meet communist
force with force. Asserting that
our task Is "fundamentally the
same" as George Washington's,
he said the first president "strove
to make democratic institutions
more effective."
"He knew, too," Mr. Truman
said, "that they had to be defend
ed that there were times when
the use of force to defend de
mocracy could not be avoided.".
Hinges On Resistance
Mr. Truman said bluntly in
what he called a "straight from
the shoulder" foreign policy
speech that man's hope of
future peace hinges more on suc
cessful resistance to communist
aggression and on the spread of
freedom than lt does on atomic
controls.
Mr. Truman spoke at the
George Washington National Ma
sonic memorial here in cere
monies dedicating a new statue
of the nation's first president.
"We are convinced," he said,
"of the necessity for an interna
tional 'agreement to limit the
use of atomic energy to peaceful
purposes, and for a workable in
ternational system to assure that
such an agreement is effectively
carried out.
"We believe that the United
Nations is the proper forum in
which to reach such an agree
ment." Latourelte Plans
To Oppose Morse
Portland. Ore., Feb. (U.R)
Portland Attorney Howard La
tourette said today be will be a
candidate for democratic nomina
tion for the United States "sen
ate scat now occupied by repub
lican Wayne L. Morse.
The 66-year-old ex-democratic
national committeeman for Ore
gon said he intends to file to
morrow. He called himself a
"Jcfforsonian democrat for
sound and decent government."
Latourelte is the. first demo
crat to announce his candidacy
for the senate position.
The former Oregon City resi
dent is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Oregon. In 1935 he was
speaker of the house in the Ore
gon legislature during its spec
ial session. He lost the 1942
democratic nomination for gov
ernor to Lew Wallace.
PART HOLIDAY TODAY
The anniversary of Washing
ton's birthday was being observ
ed in Medford today with special
programs and activities in the
schools and with closed doors in
city, county, state and federal
offices. The anniversary is de
signated a legal and judicial
holiday. There will be no mail
deliveries, no criminals prose
cuted, no divorce decrees grant
ed, no building permits granted,
and no drivers licenses issued.
Stores and one Medford bank are
open.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Clear to partly
cloudy tonlsht and Thursday,
continued mild.
Temp.
J
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Hliheit Yesterday
Lowest this Morning .
Wiring In
Princeton
tage. He said the cyclotron was
used for "purely fundamental re
search, not classified."
The cyclotron was one of the
first atom smashers but lt no
longer was connected with na
tional security. It had been used
recently for research in nuclear
physics as related to high energy
particles. During the war it was
used for research on the Los
Alamos A-bomb project.
Damage to the 35-ton machine
wai described as extensive. Offi
cials said it would have to be re
built, a project that will take
about six months.