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Newspaper Page TextSubscribers WEATHER FORECAST: Showery to night and Friday. Continue mild. fffmp. Highest Yesterday IS Lowest this Morning .... 31 Tptbune To report Improper r bob delivery of the Mall Tribune phone 2-61 1 1 before :& p. n. dally and 10:30 a. m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call, please notify office, thui eliminating special messenger service. EDFORD United Pros Full Ltasa Wire United Press Full Lease Wire 44th Year 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1950 o NO. 283 M M9n9r r V Defense Indicates Surprise Move In Mercy Death Trial. Disclosure Comes In Cross-Examination Manchester, N. H., Feb. 23 U.P.) The defense at Dr. Her mann N. Sander's mercy murder trial indicated today it will try to prove that his cancer-doomed patient already was dead when he injected air into her veins The startling disclosure came during cross-examination of the first prosecution witness, Dr. Harold I. L. Loverud, an x-ray specialist. He is staff president ot HiusDorougn county hospital where Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto, 59, died last December 4, alleg edly after Dr. Sander administ ered the air. Begged By Husband Attorney-General William L. Phinney, in opening the prose cution's case, had quoted the 41-year-old defendant as saying he injected the lethal dose of air to his dying patient only after her husband had begged him to do so to relieve her suffering Dr. Sander also was quoted that Mrs. Borroto "would have lived two more days" if he had not injected the air. It was while white-haired Chief Defense Counsel Louis E. Wyman was cross -questioning Dr. Loverud that the new theory that Mrs. Borroto already was dead when the air was injected was disclosed. New Nam In Case "Have you ever heard of a Dr. Snay?" asked Wyman. (He was referring to Dr. Al bert F. Snay of Goffstown, whose name had not figured In the case previously.) "Yes," said Dr. Loverud. "Would you say he is com petent?" "Yes." "Is he on the committee to ex amine records at the hospital?" "Yes." "If Dr. Snay is a member of that committee, and If he were the doctor who saw Mrs. Borroto at 11:10 (a.m.) or 11:15 (a.m.) on December 4 just before Dr. Sander entered the room, and just before any air was injected and if Dr. Snay made an ex amination and pronounced her dead, he would be able to give pretty reliable information to the committee, would you say?" asked Wyman. Attorney Objects Phinney objected, saying: "I assume you can produce evidence that Dr. Snay said that?" "In due course we expect that," said Wyman. Superior Judge Harold E. Wescott said the witness could answer the question, and Dr. Loverud replied,- "yes, sir." Wyman then asked Dr. Love rud if the term "pronouncing her dead," would be the same as saying "not then living." Ties sir, replied Dr. Loverud. In re-direct examination of Dr. Loverud, Phinney asked: "Can you tell us any reason for injecting air into the veins of a person who is dead?" "No, sir," Dr. Loverud re plied. , Wyman then rose and asked Dr. Loverud whether he had any Idea how much air it takes to cause death. The doctor said he had no idea. It was in his opening state ment that Phinney, a former schoolmate of the defendant, quoted Dr. Sander as saying Mrs. Borroto's husband urged him to hasten her death. Phinney was recounting an al leged conversation between Dr. Sander and County Medical Re feree Robert E. Biron last De cember 29, the day of the de fendant's arrest. Dog Poisoning Plot Told In Washington Richland, Wash.. Feb. 23 (U.R) A plot to poison 1000 dogs here this summer was revealed today. The Tri-City Herald received a letter signed by "some shift workers." It read: "We understood the dogs would be under control by Feb. 1, 1950. There are plans being made for a dog poisoning cam paign. Our goal is 1000. All we want is peace and a nice yard this summer. Yes, we are mean, but so are the dogs." A resolution to control atomic city pooches was passed by the Richland advisory council late in 1949 and sent to county com missioners. However, no action has been taken yet. Norblad Files For Re-Election To Post Salem, Ore.. Feb. 23 !U.R Congressman Walter Norblad of the first Oregon congressional district filed his candidacy here today for re-election. He will seek the republican nomination at the May 19 primary election. The first congressional district is made up of Benton, Clacka mas. Clatsop. Columbia. Lincoln, Marion. Polk. Tillamook. Wash ington and Yamnill counties. Washington. Feb. 23 (U.R) I House leaders said today they v i 1 1 call up for house action next Tuesday and Wednesday bills to grant statehood to. Alas ka and Hawaii. r- t T i- . nit- w... .. ti.... i ...... s v t CAMPAIGNER Prime tary elections being held today, ents in j-iunaun. mrs, viuee is Harry Bridges Defense Rests n Perjury - San Francisco, Feb. 23 (U.R) The defense rested today in the perjury-conspiracy trial of Har ry Bridges after the west coast longshore union leaner testified he did not think the world is threatened now by "so-called Russian imperialism,," Disbelieving Bridges finished his marathon stint on the witness stand by saying he "didn't believe" the statement made by President Truman at Washington yester day when the chief executive said communism's chief danger les in the fact that it is an instrument of an armed imperial- 37 Lose Lives In Northeastern Storm Chicago, Feb. 23 (U.R) An ice and snow storm took a mount ing toll of aead in the north east today, and national guards men stepped up removal of flood- threatened families in Louisiana. The toll of dead from highway accidents, fires and exposure rose to 37 as the wintry storm piled a mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain on the Atlan tic seaboard from Pennsylvania to Maine and westward to the Great Lakes. South of the storm area the weather was mild in Virginia, the Carolinas and the Gulf states, and it was so balmy in the inter- mountain west that golfers were out at Salt Lake city. Only on the northern plains along the Canadian border did the mercury dip below zero. Transportation was snarled in New York and New Jersey as snow turned to freezing rain and laid a growing crust of ice and slush on rail lines, streets and airports. Boats Destroyed In Blaze At Oswego " Portland, Ore., Feb. 23 (U.R) Fire broke out today in the two story Wally's Marine Sales & Service building in Oswego, de stroying several pleasure boats and a 60-foot yacht left in the plant for repairs. The fire was brought under control about 1 p.m., after it had threatened to spread to the ad joining Lake theater. Furniture and furnishings were carried across the street from business firms in the thea ter building. These included a dress store, a beauty parlor and a restaurant. The Oswego fire department battled to keep the blaze from spreading, and the roof of the theater was steaming from heat when the fire was extinguished. The Marine Service firm is owned by Wally Worthington and is situated on a lagoon of Oswego lake. Hungary Demands Staff Reduction Budapest, Feb. 23 (U.R) Hun gary demanded tonight that the United States and Great Britain reduce their diplomatic staffs in this country. The demand was made in notes delivered to the American and British legations. (Washington and London had criticized the methods by which Hungary convicted Robert A. Vogeler, an American, and Ed gar Sanders, a Briton, of espion age and sabotage. Vogeler was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years imprisonment and Sanders to 13 years.) fin Diego. Feb. 23 (U.R) A flash fire blackened the side and caused minor damage to the carrier Valley Forge while the big ship was tied up to the dock at North island today, the navy reported. (Acme Radio-TelcphoToi Minister Clement Attlee. labor nartv camDaiener for the parliamen shakes hands with a chimney sweep DCiween ine iwo. Conspiracy ism which seeks to extend its in- fluence by force." Bridges, president of the 75,-000-member CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehouse men's union, is on trial on a charge of lying at his naturaliza tion mearing in 1945 when he denied he was or ever had been a communist. J. R. Robertson and Henry Schmidt. ILWU officers, are co-defendants on the con spiracy charge. Speech Head Prosecutor F. Joseph Douohue ended 10 days of questioning Bridges by reading in its en tirety newspaper accounts of President Truman's Washing ton's birthday speech in which he denounced communism as an "armed threat" and said its danger lies in the fact it is an "instrument of an armed im perialism which seeks to extend its influence by force.'1 Then,Donohue asked Bridges, "Do you endorse the president's statement which states the chief danger of Russia's program is its imperialism?" "I don't believe in that state ment made by Truman or any one else," Bridges replied. "If the president means im perialism of any sort, and that he is against it, then I endorse his- statement, Bridges said. "But I don't think the world is threatened now by the so-called Ashland Officials In Public Dispute Ashland, Feb. 23 A dispute between one city councilman on i one hand and the mayor and an-' other councilman on the other was made public here this week , at a regular session of the city j council. The dispute, which in volved alleged threats and at tempts at intimidation, was thought by observers here likely to wind up in the courts. Councilman Fred Homes, after considerable previous discussion at the meeting, read aloud a pre pared statement in which he claimed to have been threatened with exposure of what he said were non-existent past indiscre tions unless he resigned from the council. Mayor Thomas Williams, ac cused along with Councilman Elmer Sheldon in Homes' state ment, denied in part the allega tions contained in the statement. Sheldon made no comment, but hinted that legal action may be taken as a result of the public reading of the statement, and its subsequent publication in an Ashland paper. Flying Discs Said To New York, Feb. 23 (U.R) A navy commander who headed a guided missiles research unit said today that flying saucers, although officially debunked. really are "space ships from another planet. (Jmdr. Kobert B. McLaughlin, now skipper of the destroyer Bristol, indicated the visitors from outer space seemed to de light in zooming over the White Sands proving ground In New Mexico wnere a group of navy experts and scientists were test ing secret weapons. McLaughlin said he saw one of the discs in May, 1949, about a month after five trained ob servers, using precision instru ments, tracked a strange object "about 105 feet in diameter." Those discs were "space ships from another planet, operated by animate, intelligent beings." McLaughlin said in an article in the March issue of True maga zine. Bt McLaughlin's conclusions were doubted by his former An napolis classmate. Cmdr. H. H (Swede) Larsen, executive of ficer of the navy'i experiment while making a tour of constitu Trial 'Russian imperialism'." Never Visited Russia Bridges, who rose from an or dinary seaman to head of the most powerful waterfront union on the Pacific coast, said he had never visited any Russian colo nies during his years at sea but had been to British and Dutch colonies and seen how "down trodden" the people were. Milder Weather Boosts Building With the return of milder weather, the resunmlion o f building activity in Medford is being noted at the city building inspector's office. Nine building permits were asked Tuesday aft ernoon and up until late 'this morning.- The office was not open yesterday. Largest project reported was a 513.000 residence to be built at 2021 Westcrlund drive by Rudy Larson. Two new homes, each to cost $5,250, are being built at 1221 and 1223 Withing ton street one by L. J. Stewart and one by Paul W. Elgin. D. C. Dwyer will build a $4,000 resi dence at 872 Taylor street and H. Gordon will spend $6,000 to put up a new service station at 700 Stewart avenue. R. J. Crossman, owner of the Medical Center building, 29 North Central avenue, has ask ed for another permit to con tinue the extensive remodelling project in the four-story struc ture. His latest application seeks permission to spend $1,500 to remodel three office suites. Man Released After False Imprisonment Chicago. Feb. 23 (U.R) Ted dy Marcinkiewicz, 39, was freed today from the prison to which he and a companion were sent 17 years ago for murder on tes timony later found to be per jured. Chief Justice Thomas J. Lynch of the criminal court freed Mar cinkiewicz on a habeas corpus writ. His companion, Joseph Majczek, was pardoned by Gov. Dwight H. Green on Aug. 15, 1945, after the Chicago Times campaigned to show that he had been unjustly convicted for the same crime. Majczek and Marcinkiewicz were found guilty and sentenced to life terms in November, 1933, after trial on charges of shoot ing patrolman William D. Lundy in a south side speakeasy. al guided missile ship. Larsen said McLaughlin was in "all respects a very capable and reputable" officer "not giv en to wild statements" but thought) nevertheless, that his friend's statements needed fur ther verification. Larsen, now in San Francisco aboard the USS Norton Sound, said he thought one possible ex planation of flying saucers lay in the "skyhook" balloons used by the Norton Sound and other research centers in cosmic ray studies. But McLoughlin said he was "convinced" that what he saw "were flying saucers," operated by strangers from outer space. In April, 1949, he said, ob servers at White Sands sent a weather balloon aloft and while plotting its course with an in strument called a theodolite, they found themselves tracking a saucer. He said an accurate plot of the object's course was recorded for 60 seconds, and the data ob tained showed the object to be elliptical in shape. 105 feet in diameter, flying at an altitude SUBS mm Record Turnout Expected At Polls In British Voting Fate Of Socialism Rests With Results London, Feb. 23 (U.R) Ex tremely heavy voting was re ported today in London and oth er cities in the first few hours of a parliamentary election which will decide the fate of British socialism. Disregarding their tradition of voting in the evening, Britons swarmed to the polls this morn ing in record numbers to choose between Winston Churchill's Conservative party and the La bor party's cradle-to-the-grave welfare program. May Pass Expectation Observers said the heavy turn out may send the ballots soaring above the expected 26.000,000 mark. There are 34,000.000 reg istered voters in Britain. At stake were 622 seats in the new 625-mcmber house of com mons. The victorious party will form a new government and rule for the next five years. Prime Minister Clement Attlee has promised to nationalize the steel industry and carry on the Labor party's welfare program if labor wins. Churchill's Conservative par ty has promised to maintain the socialist welfare program, keep steel in the hands of private en terprise and reduce taxes and government expenses. Weather Cool The weather was crisp, cool and dry when the voting opened at 7 a. m. (2 a.m. EST) except in some labor strongholds in the west. Rain' which started In Ireland and swept eastward during the night splashed heavily in the streets of Swansea, in Wales. Glasgow, in Scotland, was cov ered with an early morning fog which threatened to turn to rain. Most London areas reported extremely heavy polling in the first three hours. Labor party headquarters in the industrial city of Birmingham said "it looks like a record turnout." Load Limits Off 7 County Roads Normal loads can now be car ried on seven county roads that were placed on the restricted limits list earlier this year be cause of bad weather conditions, County Commissioner L. G. "Shy" Morthland announced to day. Loads not exceeding the full limits permitted by state law can now be hauled on the West Side Evans Creek road from Rogue River to Fielder creek; the entire lengths of the Foots Creek, Savage Creek, and Old Stage roads; Elk Creek road from the Crater Lake highway to Flat creek, and on the Butte Falls road from the Crater Lake highway to the top of Rocky hill. Morthland said those seven roads are considered to be in good enough condition to carry normal traffic without undue damage. Loads on a number of other county roads are still re stricted but will be freed of the winter limits just as soon as con ditions permit, Morthland said. Daily inspections are made to determine the loads the softened road beds can carry. Be Really Space Ships of approximately 56 miles, at about five miles a second. He said the thing swerved so abruptly that the occupants must have experienced a force of 20 Gs (20 times the pull of gravity) which would have killed an earlhman. McLaughlin, who graduated from the naval academy in 1941, said he saw a smaller saucer the following month, soaring slowly overhead, but suddenly "it spurted like a scalded cat" and shot across the Organ mountains of New Mexico. On another occasion, in June, navy men who fired an upper-atmosphere missile, spotted two small circular objects, "guessed to be approximately 20 inches I in diameter, appear from no place" and start chasing upward after the missile, he said. They passed the missile at more than "2.000 feet a second" and "sailed off upward and east ward." He said 11 men at five points confirmed what had been seen. "It Is staggering to imagine intelligent beings that small in a 20-inch space ship, but we TIT' 'I huuse approval 1 1 1 1 1 " Slhr: w v.v, mini w .a..! r-r.w (Acme Telephotoi ARRAIGNED Comforted by his son. Donald (right), who appears to be on the erge of tears. Long Island H. R. Engineer Jacob Kiefer tits huddled up In courtroom at Mlneola. N. Y., where he was arraigned on a second degree manslaughter charge In connection with the headon collision of two commuter trains at Rockvllle Center, N. Y. Twenty-nine persons were killed and over 100 Injured In the disaster. AFL Head Coal Mine Washington. Feb. 23 (U.R) AFL President William Green called today for government seizure of the soft coal mines and coal-famished stales exerted new pressure on President Truman for emergency action to end the crisis. Green said President Truman has ''Inherent" seizure powers when the public health and safe ty are endangered. Mr. Truman said recently he docs not have such powers. Production Needed "What we need now is coal," Green told a senate judiciary sub-committee. "We need the miners at work producing coal, and then they can sit down and negotiate an agreement. Green said he felt certain the striking miners would go back to work if the government took over the mines, borne miners have said they would return un der a "bona fide" government seizure one In which profits would go into the U. S. treasury instead of to the mine owners. Seizure legislation Is being prepared by Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey (D., W. Va.), who said he expects to introduce the measure in the house today. John L. Lewis and the coal operators met for 90 minutes this morning and recessed until 3 p. m. but there was no sign 300-Pound Woman Rescued From Well Ethel, Wash ' Feb. 23 (U,R) A 300-pound woman, who plunged through rotted planks of a pump house floor, drop ping 50 feet Into a well, was in good condition in a hospital to day following a heroic rescue by a fireman. The rescued woman, Mrs. Charles Rosandcr. 59, spent two hours In the well's icy waters last night while a Chchalis, Wash., fireman squeezed along side and tried to throw a half hitch around her. Bud Nacht, the fireman, ar rived at the well after neigh bors, summoned by the wom an's shouts, dropped a rope and ladder to her. must not disregard any possi bilities," he said. McLaughlin said the design, construction and operation of the saucers Indicate to me that a very superior intelligence is at work. Not only at work but pres ent within the discs. Santiago, Chile, Feb. 23 (U.R) A Chilean naval officer said to day that a group of Antarctic ex plorers under his command ob tained photographs of flying saucers at the Chilean Antarctic base of Arthur Prat. Commander Augusto Vars Or rego, head of the base, said on several occasions during the hrieht Antnrrtir niffht hp and hi men saw flying saucers one above the other turninr at tre mendous speeds. "Don't think that this was an optical illusion," he said. "We have corroboration of what we saw from photographs taken of the phenomena." Orrego added that the pictures were the property of the Chilean navy. He said the navy would decide whether or not to publish them after careful study. E FEP6 mil Calls For Seizure that any progress has been made in the contract talks. Neither Side Comments Lewis and the operators are reported to be less than $1 apart on money terms. Neither side commented after the morning session. The White House said that no presidential action seems like ly today. Green discussed the coal cri sis during testimony on a bill that would apply anti-trust laws to labor unions. Ten slates New York, Penn sylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, Virginia, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa invoked emergency conserva tion measures to keep hospitals and other vital services in oper ation. Swanson To Oppose Ellsworth On Ballot Salem, Ore., Feb. 23 (U.R) Walter , Swanson of Spring field today filed his candidacy for congressman from the 4th congressional district pomprising Coos, Curry,- Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane and Linn counties. He will seek the democratic nomination at the May 19 pri mary for the post now held by Congressman Harris Ellsworth of Roseburg. Swanson's platform Included "endeavor to meet the problems of the fourth district in Oregon honestly and sensibly with a view to the continued develop ment of Oregon's power resourc es, and flood control projects. I will keep in mind that the pros perity of the fourth district will depend upon full employment, and careful planning in the dis tribution of commodities of manufacture; namely lumber, canned and frozen fruits, vege tables, meat and fish." His ballot slogan will be: "I'll work fearlessly and aggressively to develop the sadly neglected fourth district." Greta Garbo Voted Best In 50 Years Hollywood, Feb. 23 (U.R) Greta Garbo was Hollywood's greatest actress of the half-century, 200 movie oldtimers de rided today. They placed Ingrid Bergman second. Celebrities Wo have worked 25 vears or more in movies chose Charlie Chaplin as the best! actor of the last 50 years, "Gone with the Wind" as the best movie, D. W. Griffith best direc tor and Irving Thalberg top pro ducer. Runners-up In the poll by Daily Variety, a movie trade paper, were Bctte Davis and Olivia Dc llavilland in the act ress' division; Ronald Coleman. Laurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy among the actors, and Birth of a Nation and "Best Years of Our Lives" among the best movies. BULLETIN Washington. Feb. 23 U.R) President Truman told a nw conference today ha seas no reason for making a new ap proach to Soviet Russia on control of atomic energy. Truman Proposal Rejected In Vote On Racial Issue All Enforcement Stripped From Act Washington, Feb. 23 (U.R) The house today passed and sent to the senate an FEPC bill strip ped of all enforcement pro visions. The roll call vote on passage was 240 to 177. The action was a blow to Prest- Washington, Feb. 23 (U.R) Here is the roll-call which in house substituted tht McCon-; nell FEPC bill for the admin istration's Powell maaturei 1 For the substitute: Republicans included! Ells worth of Oregon. Stockman of Oregon. Against tha subslitutti Republicans included: Angal of Oregon. dent Truman's controversial civil rights program. Mr. Truman wanted a mandatory ban on racial discrimination in jobs. Powers Limited The house rejected tha presi dent's proposal, voting to creata instead a fair employment prac tices commission with power only to investigate, educate and recommend. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, (D., N.Y.), sponsor of the presi dent'! bill, called the house ver sion "nothing but good advice." Supporters of the watered down version contended however that race prejudice can not ba eliminated by law. They said education la the answer. The bill as passed was the han diwork of Rep. Samuel K. Mc connell Jr., (R., Pa.). He offered It as a substitute for the adminis tration measure. Amendments Added In a hectic 15-hour sesaion that ended at 3:20 a.m. members chose McConnell's substitute and added a few amendments. Then, reconvening at noon, bleary-eyed house members re jected, 177 to 239, a move to send the bill back to committee. And then they passed it. As passed by the house tha FEPC bill: 1. Lays down national policy against Job discrimination be cause of race, creed, color, sex or disability the latter two points added by the house during the night In a apree of amendments. 2. Creates a five-member fair employment practices commis sion, members to be paid $12,000 a year. Studies Ordered 3. Directs the commission to end discrimination by conduct ing studies, making plans, dis tributing information and educa tional matter, and through inves tigations and recommendations In individual cases of alleged discrimination. 4. Directs the commission to study discrimination in the fed eral government, and to recom mend to congress how it can be stopped. The bill's only penalty would be a possible $500 fine for "forcible" resistance to the com mission or its agents in the course of its investigations. Norblad Asks Reason For Warning System Washington, Feb. 23 U.R Rep. Walter Norblad (R., Ore.) today asked Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson why he reacti vated the west coast's air raid warning system. Norblad said he wrote John son and the director of civilian defense mobilization for an ex planation of the order and an es timate of its cost. Norblad said he wants to know how housewives with binoculars can spot planes which now trav el 700 miles an hour at 40,000 leet. Even if they were able to detect enemy planes in Oregon, Washington or cainornia, n would be too late to do any good, he said. The time to spot enemy planes is when they're over the Arctic, Norblad explained, Norblad served with air intel ligence of the Eighth air force during World War II. PIONEER BANKED DIES Portland. Ore.. Feb. 23 (U.R) A. M. Wright, 82. former first vice-president of the U. S. Na tional bank and a pioneer Port land banker, died in Providence hospital early today after an ill ness of about a year. Salem, Ore., Feb. 23 (U.R) E. L. Rogers of Quinaby an nounced today that he will run for re-election as Marion county commissioner.