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Newspaper Page Text( ' Search for John Pinson, Escaped Convict, Shifts to Eugene Area Medford United Press Full Least Wire 44th Year COAL UNION CONFEREES DETAINED FOR RESUMPTION OF TALKS; UMW PLEADS NOT GUILTY Washington, Feb. 27 !U.R) Soft coal contract talks were sus pended indefiniely today as John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers union went on trial for contempt of court and the strike entered its fourth week. The recess was called after a 45-minute negotiating session which followed a 12-hour Sunday conference. Negotiators will re main in Washington. They are subject to recall on one hour's notice. Chairman David L. Cole of President Truman's fact-finding board said the recess will give negotiators . chance to talk over with "their associates" yesterday's developments. The UMW's contempt trial opened with the union entering a formal plea of not guilty and waiving a jury trial. Doctor Unable To Find Pulse, Nurse Testifies Manchester, N. H., Feb. 27 (U.R) A doctor who examined Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto before Dr. Hermann N. Sander injected air into her veins could detect no heart action with his stethoscope, it was testified today. The prosecution's sixth wit ness, Mis Elizabeth Rose, 24, said the physician was Dr. Al bert Snay, a member of the Hills boro county hospital staff. Last Hours Recounted The defense in Dr. Sander's mercy murder trial has an nounced that Dr. Snay will testi fy that the cancer-doomed Mrs. Borroto, 59. was dead when he examined her before the air in jections. Miss Rose, her face pale under her light brown hair, recounted in detail the last hours of Mrs. Borroto's life. Dr. Sander in the death certi ficate had said his patient died of a cancer at 11:25 a.m., De cember 4. But on her record he noted that he had injected 40 cubic centimeters of air, and that she expired within 10 min utes after the injections were be gun. Twitching Noted Miss Rose, reading from her "bedside notes." said that at 11 a.m. she was "unable to get a pulse" from Mrs. Borroto. She noted " constant twitching of the arms." Under the 11 a.m. notation, Miss Rose wrote the patient was given an alcohol rub. She told Attorney - General William L. Phinney that a nurse's aide help ed her give the rub. She said when she could not get a pulse, she asked the aide to try and the aide said she also found no pulse. "I started to leave the room." Miss Rose testified. "I encoun tered Dr. Snay. 1 asked him to come in and check the patient for me." "Did he take her pulse?" asked Phinney. "Yes. He said he couldn't get any." said Miss Rose. "Did he ask for a stethoscope " "Yes." Phinney asked what Dr. Snay ' said he heard after he had used the stethoscope, i "He said he heard nothing,'' replied Miss Rose. American Travelers Barred From Bulgaria Washington. Feb. 27 (U.R) The United States today barred American citizens from entering Bulgaria on private business. The state department an nounced that all new American passports will be stamped "not valid for travel in Bulgaria." Sir Harry Lauder, Famed Scot Minstrel, Dies Peacefully After Long Illness btralhaven, Scotland. Feb. 27 (U.R' The songs And sparkling h: mother and his brothers. Alec wit of Sir Harry Lauder, the and George, in the beloved Scot-bow-legged Scot minstrel with tish hills which he immortalized the kilts and crooked walking in his song, "Roamin' in the stick, were stilled by death to- Gloamin'." day. I Sir Harrv wrote the snnff nftpr Sir Harry died peacefully and without pain in his home here yesterday from the effects of a cerebral hemorrhage suffered last August. He was 79 Funeral services will be held Thursday. The first memorial will be at his home for the fam- ii" ano relatives at i p. m. ineipanion has been his niece. oilier will follow an hour later i Greta, daughter of his dead by invitation to some of his pub- ' brother Alex. he at Cadzow church. Wood-; Greta had maintained an a! ."d. Place. Hamilton, with the most constant vigil at the min- "v S. Harpness Graham con- strel's bedside since he was ducting struck down last August 20 and Sir Harry will be buried at was with him when the " end 10 Pages CONTRACT S Less than an hour later, the trial was recessed abruptly un til 1:45 p.m. (EST), at the gov ernment's request. The reason given was that the government wanted to call as its first wit ness UMW Secretary-Treasurer John Owens, who, at the mo ment, was resuming contract ne gotiations with coal industry rep resentatives. The union went to trial before Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech on civil and criminal con tempt of court charges growing out of the refusal of 372,000 striking soft coal miners to obey two back-to-work orders issued by Keech under the Taft-Hartley law. President Truman discussed the coal situation at a weekly meeting with his congressional leaders. Senate Democratic Lead er Scott W. Lucas of Illinois said the question of government seiz ure of the mines did not come up at the White House conference. The nation's economic crisis deepened hourly. With more than 150.000 industrial work ers already idled, U. S. Steel corporation announced that the coal shortage will force a sharp cut this week in operations at its Pittsburgh district mills. Oth er steel mills and automobile plants already were closed or their production curtailed. Some schools were closed. Railroads reduced coal-burning passenger train service. And many states and cities already had taken emergency conservation meas ures. The union's contempt trial opened with Keech denying the UMW's motion for dismissal of the contempt charges. UMW Counsel Welly K. Hopkins then entered not guilty pleas for the union. In moving for dismissal of the contempt charges, Hopkins cited the arguments made in the un ion's formal answer to the charges last Friday. The union argued then that the miners individually are staying away from work and that the union is not responsible for their re fusal to obey the court order. Phoenix Chief Plans Dog, Chicken Control Phoenix, Feb. 27 Garden making time is approaching and Chief of Police Charles A. Kols beck is receiving complaints from residents about cats, dogs, horses, chickens and other da mcstie fowl running at large. Chief Kolsbeck said today that on and after March 1 all such animals and poultry found un confined will be picked up and disposed of. Salem. Ore., Feb. 27 (U.R) The Oregon department of vet eran affairs reported today that more than 1.900 Oregon veterans of World War II borrowed S7. 884. 100 from the state veter an's loan fund to buy their own homes and farms in 1949. i Dent remoiorv HamiUnn k.tun the death of his wife, Nance, in 1927: "Roamin' In the gloamin' on the bonnic banks o'Clyde. Roamin' in the gloamin' wac my lassie by side. . . ." Since the death of Lady Lau der, bir Harry s devoted com ME MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1950 ON TRIAL ON iMUk ' fe' (Acmt TeUphatoi 'PLACE OF PRAWLING AND DEBAUCHERY The exclusive, newly-built $2,000,000 Country Club Villa (above) in the Rossmorc District of Los Angeles Is under court order to be torn down or moved within 30 days after its builders. Maurice and Ztmmel Miller complete 30-day jaU sentences on charges of building without a permit, operating without a certificate of occupancy and conducting a public nuisance. They were aentened by Municipal Judge Vernon E. Hunt, who branded the hotel "a place of brawling, drunkenness and debauchery." The Judge said he parked his car near the ho.e! cne night recently and: "I heard the blaring and moaning of saxophones. I heard womer screaming. I saw unescorted girls come and go constantly." 9-Year-Old Setting Three Fires A nine-year-old boy has con fessed to lighting three fires, one Friday night and two Saturday night, Acting Fire Chief Leo Weidner said today. The young ster is now in the custody of the county juvenile officer. The fires all occurred in the 200 and 300 blocks of South Cen-1 tral avenue, two of them in gar ag -s and the other badly damag ing an automobile. In a signed confession given to police and firemen Sunday, the boy said that both nights he had been to a moving picture, and set the fires on the way home. Swollen Streams In West Oregon Recede Portland, Ore., Feb. 27 (U.R) Swollen streams in western Ore gon began to drop rapidly today after cessation of rains. The Willamette crested at Sa lorn and Albany late Sunday and early today slightly below flood stage of 18 feet and started fall ing steadily. The river moved up to 14.5 feet at Portland and forecasters said it probably would go only a foot higher by tomorrow. The Santiam at Jefferson dropped 2.7 feet in 24 hours to 13.5 feet this morning. Clear skies in the Portland area caused a temperature drop to 33 degrees early today and the heights around the city had a coating of frost. Methodical Burglar Messes Up Own Job Washington. Feb. 27 (U.R) A methodical burglar who spent the week-end looting the jewelry cases of a Washington depart ment store was captured today when he climbed out the wrong window and landed in a barred arcaway. Police identified the man as Joseph George Albert Jr.. 28. of Seattle. Wash. He told them his wife and four children live there. Police said Albert flew .here from Boston on Saturday and planned to fly to New York to day with a load of jewelry. came last night. "We shall not look upon his like again," wrote his friend and biographer. Willie Black wood, in the London Evening Standard. "News of his death will come to millions of people all over the world like a per sonal loss." Dozens of other mossaees of homage arrived this morning at h ' y nom Lauder's great friend. Jock Mackay, only survivor of the famous trio of Scots comedi ans Lauder. Mackay and Will Fyfec was not at his London home today. He was believed to be on his way to 'Lauder Ha' to pav his last respects to the man who was godfather to hii two daughters. NEGOTIATIONS SUSPENDED; Admits He gave no reason for doing so. Goes To Bed The Saturday night fires, both in buildings, he set from matches which he said he obtained from a service station.- After setting the blazes, the youngster went home and to bed, but when he heard fire sirens he came out again to watch. firemen and police traced the j boy by the burned book of matcnes wnicn naa oeen laia on the gas tank lip of the car, and by an unburned matchbook of the same type which they found near the other fires. They first cleared a friend of the boy, who was seen with him Sunday morn ing, and then they took the nine-year-old to police headquarters, where he was questioned. Admits Setting Fires At first he denied setting the fires, but under questioning by police officers, he finally admit ted the acts. Firemen today said that the times at which the shows let out checked with the times' of the fires. The boy lived with his father, who, firemen said, was away from home at the times of the fires, one night returning later to find the boy in bed. The youngster's mother lives in Port land, they said. Streetcars Given Farewell In Portland Portland, Ore., Feb. 27 (U.R) Nostalgic trolley patrons sat up most of Saturday night to take last rides on streetcars named "Willamette Heights "Twonty- third Avenue," and "Council Crest." In sentimental trips up Port lands west side hills the passen gers took turns running the trol leys and snapping photographs of the veteran conductors. Then the streetcars were roll ed back to the barns to stay be fore the first motor coaches set out on the runs, eliminating the last of Portland's old clattering electric trams. On the last Council Crest car run, two extra trolleys had to be ordered out to carry the waiting farewell crowd which ripned off anything of souvenir value. One trolley failed to make s round trip. Its patrons took a headlight, pieces of window glass, seat cushions, cowcatcher and the cover from a 500-voIt control box. Retired Molorman Harold Tooze. now a florist, tacked a funeral wreath on the car he rode. Prowler Arrested As He Leaves Residence Morris T. Burlew. 35, was ar rested and jailed last night for entering the residence of Mrs. Lorenc Braziel, 414 West Jack son, city police said. Mrs. Braziel was awakened py , nois and. investigating, found the man in the home, accord ing to the report. She Itrrmcdiate ly called the police. A patrol car was only three blocks away at Ihe time of th incident and Burlew was leaving the kitchen when apprehended, officer said. Police raid Burlew apparently entered the front door using pass key. TRIBUNE GONT Detention Home Need Cited By Juvenile Officer The -county's need for a juve nile (detention home became more apparent today when city police took into custody a nine- year-old child accused of burg lary and arson, according to County Juvenile Officer John Richard, who is handling the case. Richard said the boy had to be placed in the county jail, under special care, for several hours last night because no oth er facility was available. State law specifically forbids deten tion of children under 14 in jails, but the juvenile court had no other recourse. 'Direct Cause' Richard pointed out this morn ing that the lack of a detention home for delinquent or depend ent children is a direct cause of the boy's difficulty. The child of a broken and neglectful home, the boy was first taken into cus tody by Richard last week when he was reported as a runaway. The juvenile officer said he should have been placed in a home at that time until his case was disposed of by the court but no facility was available. He was returned to his home where further neglect led to fur ther trouble, Richard said. The boy is apparently not a criminal type nor a chronic delinquent but a child without a home life or adequate family ties. Another Case Cited In addition to the need for a home for delinquents, there Is also an urgent need for a facility for dependent children, Richard said, and in this regard he cited the recent case of three flagrant- ly neglected children, all ifndor 11 years of age, who were tak en, from their home when they were found to require immedi ate medical care. The oldest girl was suffering from acute appen dicitis when the case first came to the attention of the Juvenile authorities. An emergency oper ation was performed. Another child In the family was on the verge of pneumonia when he ap peared in juvenile court and the third child was suffering from the effects of malnutrition and lack of care. Bed care in an adequate home was obviously railed for but was not available for several days. and Richard said their home had I been without lights, water or because the father had heat grown delinquent In utility payments. Jail Not Answer Out of necessity these cases, and "dozens like them." Richard said, are referred to the welfare commission, although that office has no nroper jurisdiction over them. Some families have thrown onen their homes for some children that have become wards of the court, but the need has not been allayed, he said. A home for temporary detention Is required In Instances where chil dren are taken from their par ents until the court can dispose of their cases permanently, and Ulchard points nut that the coun ty tail, already nearlv filled with felons, Is not the right an swer. Washington. Feb. 27 U.R) The army and air force have left tip to local commanders whether oleomarparine or butter is served In their mess halls. United Press Full Lease Wire EMPT CHARGE Rafhborne To Testify Longshore San Francisco, Feb. 27 (U.R' Mervyn Rathborne, once a close friends of Harry Bridges and a high-ranking officer in the CIO, took the witness stand today to testify against the longshore un ion president who is accused of perjury by denying he was or ever had been a communist. Rathbornc's name has been mentioned many times during the 59 days of the trial. He once was secretary-treasurer of the state CIO council and formerly Fruit Men Oppose County Fair Here, Elect Dave Lowry Members of the board of di rectors of the Fruit Growers' League of Jackson County elect ed new officers and went on record as opposing a county fair here this year, at the monthly meeting of the group last week end. It was pointed out that the de cision on the fair was taken due to apparent lack of sufficiently sound financial prospects. A spokesman said that in addition to current expenses of operating a fair, a very substantial amount of money would be required to put the present physical plant at the fairgrounds into condi tion. Dave Lowry was named presi dent of the league for the com ing year and Larry Hull was elected vice-president. Robert Root and Lyndcl Newbry arc the past president and vice-president. To Support 4-H'ers The directors voted to give full support to the annual 411 club show and livestock sale, and it was suggested at the meeting that the league sponsor an annual horticulture exhibit to acquaint new residents of the Rogue river valley with the high quality of fruit produced in this area. Action on the proposal was deferred for further study. Directors of the league for 1950 include W. G. Beard, Paul Culbertson, Rodney Keating, Robert Root, Floyd L. Baker, Chase Gardner, Orville Ilnmil lon, Gordon Kershaw, Martin Lu ther, Dunbar Carpenter. Cecil Clemens, Joe Meyer, Lyle Kin ney, Chris Wolff. Lyndel New bry, Stephen G. Nye, Larry Hull and Dave Lowry. Medford Mayor Back With Big Hat, Tan Mayor Diamond L. Flynn ap peared on the street this morn ing in a lu-gallon hat and a oe coming tan, both acquired during a three-weeks auto trip to south ern California and Arizona. Mr. and Mis. Flynn returned Satur day. During their trip the Medford couple visited Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Holloway, former residents here, now in the grocery busi ness in Tempo. Ariz. Mayor Flynn interviewed sev eral mayors while away and was an honored guest at a city coun cil meeting in Las Vegas, Ncv. He was much Interested In mu nicipal problems of that city as discussed in the council meet ing, particularly the problem of finances. Las Vegas, the Medford executive learned, has a popula tion approximating that in Med ford but the Nevada city has 292 employees, including policemen, firemen and other city workers, while Medford gets by with only approximately 100. Streamliner Hits School Bus, 1 Killed Grinnel. Ia., Feb. 27 (U.R) The east-bound Rock Island Rocket hit a- school bus three miles west of here today. . Authorities said at least one child was killed and four other persons, including the bus driv er, were injured seriously. Newton Fire Chief William Latimer said one boy was dead. The boy was Identified as Jerry Hill. 8, Grinncll. Authorities at the scene of the accident said the bus was "flat tened " The bus belonged to the Grin nell schools. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and mild to night and Tuesday. Temp. HlKhmt YnvrcUy S3 Lowest this Morning 38 Prec. Tree, to 4:30 a.m. Today. Trace No. 286 On Stand Agai i i nst President headed the American Radio Telegraphers association. Long Friendship The friendship between Rath borne and Bridges dated back to the days of the San Francisco waterfront strike of 1934, which saw Bridges rise to power as president of the CIO Internation al Longshoremen's and ' Ware housemen's union. But Bridges testified last week during his 10- day marathon stint on the stand that he and Rathborne had a fall ing out. Bridges called Rathborne a drunkard, an embezzler, a union- buster even though Rathborne once was head of the Bridges de fense committee. Rathborne testified before the grand jury which indicted Bridges and two other ILWU officers on charges of perjury and conspiracy. The other two defendants are J. R. Robertson and Hanry Schmidt. Rathborne figured In a sensa tional aside to the main trial when two women were arrested and charged with trying to in fluence his testimony by threat ening to tell his wife he had been intimate with them. Mrs. Jean Simmons Murray, 33, and Mrs. Betty Teixeira, 29, of Sunnyvale, Cal., were In dicted by a federal grand jury December 29 and are awaiting trial on the charge of trying to influence Rathborne. Rathborne reportedly told his wife about Ihe threats and then went to federal authorities. Rathborne's appearance on the witness stand was expected to prolong the lengthy trial at least another week or 10 days. The defense, all along has promised an all-out cross-examination of Rathborne If he testified. American Vessels Bombed At Tsingtao Washington, Feb. 27 (U.R) Two American merchant ships were bombed and strafed today in Tsingtao, China. The ships were the Isbrandlsen line's Flying Clipper and the United States line's Pioneer Dale, an 8,000-ton vessel. The stnte department said that the Flying Clipper, which has been in trouble before in Chin ese waters was bombed at communist-held Tsingtao. There were no details as to damage. The United States lines an nounced at New York that the Pioneer Dale was strafed and that a bomb fell a ship's length astern of the vessel as it ap proached the Tsingtao break water. One crewman was slight ly injured by the strafing. Dam age to the ship was described as "trifling." Milk Administration Sets Public Hearings Portland, Ore., Feb. 27 (U.R) The Oregon stale milk market ing administration announced lodav it will hold two public hearings this week. Today the administration is receiving testi mony on the advisability of re establishing milk marketing reg ulations In Baker county. The hearing is at the Baker county courthouse. A similar meeting will be held Thursday at the Wallowa county courthouse. Enterprise. Escaped Leopard Continues To Elude Dogs, Hunters Oklahoma City, Feb. 27 (U.Ri The search for a wild escaped leopard which may be drugged with sleeping medicine moved nut of the Lincoln park zoo to day after seven "Hon dogs" from Colorado failed to pick up the scent in the area. 100 Men In Search Some 100 hunters who report ed for today's search hoped the big cat might be slowed down by a narcotic-treated chunk of horsemeat left near the leopard pit last night. The bait was gone this morning. Zoo Director Ju lian Frazier said it might have been taken by raccoons or skunks, but he added: "We hope the leopard got some of it. If he did he ought to be pretty groggy by now " The dogs, handled bv two pro fessional hunters and trappers flown here by the Denver Post earlv today, sniffed eagerly as thev went Into the 20-foot-deep pit from which the leopard Roadblocks Set Up After Taxicab Driver Gives Tip Cottage Grove Cop Target Of Bullet Eugene, Ore., Dec. 27 (U.R) State police and officers of three Oregon counties today searched for a man believed to be John O. Pinson, who escaped with an other convict from the Oregon state penitentiary at Salem last Memorial day. The search was started after a Salem taxicab driver told po lice a man answering to Pin son's description left his cab at Salem's south city limits and entered a late model Oldsmo bile coupe late last night. Shot Fired About 3 a. m. today late model Oldsmobile coupe ran through a red light at Cottage Grove, police said. City Police man Jim Dowis, giving chase in a patrol car, said a shot fired from the fleeing automobile crashed through his windshield and went out the rear window. The Salem cab driver, Cliff P. Baity, told police that he took a man who looked like Pinson to the south city limits and let him out. He said the man then got into the Oldr.mobile coupe which immediately sped away to the south. Roadblocks were set up at Eugene. Springfield. Cottaae Grove in Lane county; Reeds port in Douglas county and Co quille in Coos county. Pinson and Willaim P. Ben son escaped from the prisons solitary row Memorial day. Ben son was captured September 12 at Columbus. O. Pinson was serving a life sentence for the shooting of State Police Officer Belmont E. Rondeau at Hood River, Ore., during an attempted burglary April 24, 1947. Innocent Plea In Sex Case Entered Earl Gorman Edison, 51, of 1180 Crater Lake avenue, this morning pleaded Innocent to a grand jury Indictment for statu tory rape, according to circuit court sources. The case involves a girl under 16 years of age. In the same circuit court ses sion. Rex Joseph Coy, 28, of 839 Wabash avenue, was arraigned on a grand Jury Indictment charging him with assault with intent to commit rape on an 11-year-old girl. He Was given until Wednesday to enter his plea and Attorneys Manvllle Hei sel and Stanley C. Jones Jr. were appointed by the court to repre sent him. A new grand Jury that will consider several other criminal cases pending in the district at torney's files was sworn In this morning. The old Jury complet ed its work Thursday. Jurors who will serve for the next term were: John F. Morlan, Raymond A. Morton, Ray K. Wolff, Myron C. McEwcn. James T. Pool. Ralph T. Hutchins and Jack D. Wood, foreman. Portland Installs One-Way Grid System Portland, Ore., Feb. 27 (U.R) A new one-way grid system went into effect in Portland to day and police said they were convinced it had doubled the speed of traffic in the downtown area. The first test of the system under heavy traffic during the morning was monitored by 124 patrolmen. Capt. Eugene Ferguson said his traffic division hadn't receiv ed a single call about the system at 8:30 a.m. The grid system went into ef fect at 12:!0 a.m. Crews work ed through the morning unveil ing the one-way signs and what few mixups there were caused only laughs from tolerant officers DOGS POISONED Mrs. Loren Schccl, 113 Cot tage street, informed police to day that the family dog was found poisoned Sunday morning. Police also were told that anoth er dog was poisoned at 15 Corn ing court in the same neighbor hood. leaped to freedom Saturday. They nosed around the 20 acre zoo area for 45 minutes but the scent was as elusive as the black-spotted cat itself. The hunter-trappers. Brian Renton and William Kent of the Colorado slate game and fish de partment, took the dogs to a sec tor 1 1 miles northeast of the zoo where the 175-pound cat was re ported seen yesterday. The gras sy area was burned out bv hunt ers yesterday but the leopard didn't show. Benton and Kent arrived with their dogs In a chartered plane, accompanied bv a re porter and photographer from the Denver Post. The Dallv Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times also an nounced plans to bring In some lion hounds bv plane from Dry den, Tex., and Magdalena. N M. The dogs will be handled by their owner, Crockett Morrison, Drydc-n rancher.