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United Press Full Lua Witt
44th Year
Generalissimo To
Take Leadership
Again Tomorrow
Decision Follows
13-Month Retirement
Tsinai Fnrnirwa Feh. 28 U.R)
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
announced toaay mat ne win ic
sume the presidency o national
ist China tomorrow.
Chiang's decision to take over
active leadership of the govern
v ment after 13 months in retire
ment came as the nationalists
braced for what may be their fi
nal stand against the commu
nists. . .
He announced his decision at
a meeting of the kuomintang
(government party) supreme
council and standing committee
v at a joint meeting in. Guest
house.
To Accept Appeal
He told the 50 nationalist
leaders present that he would
accept their appeal to him em
bodied in a resolution approved
last Thursday for a third time.
He had rejected the two previous
appeals.
It was understood that Pre
mier Yen Hsi-Shan will submit
his resignation to Chiang imme
diately after the generalissimo
resumes office.
Chiang is expected to present
his nomination for a new pre
mier to the legislative yuan later
this week.
A colorful parade already has
been scheduled for Thursday to
celebrate Chiang's return.
Chiang retired as president in
Nanking Jan. 21, 1949, to give
Vice-President Li Tsung-Jen, as
acting president, a chance to try
to negotiate a peace with the
Chinese communists. The at
tempt failed.
Six County Roads
Lose Load Limits
Load limits on all or part of
six county roads have been re
turned to normal effective imme
diately by the county court, it
was announced today by County
Engineer Paul Eynning, and re
strictions were placed on one
road not previously limited.
Normal limits were restored
to Dead Indian road from high
way 66 to Anderson ranch; the
Prospect - Butte Falls road from
Prospect to the middle fork of
the Rogue river; the Laurel
hurst road from Crater Lake
highway at Evergreen ranch to
the top of Peyton grade; the Ap
plegate road from Ruch to Cop
per, and all of the Nick Young
and Forest Creek roads.
Lower winter limits have been
placed on the Carbcrry road
from Copper to the Josephine
county line, Rynning said.
Daily inspections have enabled
the engineering department to
make spot decisions on closing
and opening roads, Rynning ex
plained, so that no road will be
closed longer than necessary, and
no road will suffer load-damage
when not in condition.
Funds Allocated For
Housing Project Mere
Washington, Feb. 28 (U.R)
The public housing administra
tion has approved a government
- loan guarantee of $376,400 for a
50-unit low rental housing de
velopment at Medford, the of-
' fice of Sen. Guy Cordon, (R.,
Ore.) said today.
The loan guarantee was ap
proved last night, only a few
hours before the statute provid
ing for it expired. Cordon's of
fice said Medford's guarantee
application, however, had been
cleared before the deadline.
No Medford sources contacted
up to early afternoon today were
aware of any application which
has been made to the public
housing administration for an al
location of funds for "low rent"
housing in Medford.
The Seattle office of the PHA
said that while Medford is in the
district served by that office, no
applications have been received
for housing funds, and that no
action of any kind has been tak
en through the Seattle office.
Additional details are being
requested from Washington
sources.
Three-Year-Old Hurt
When Hit By Auto
Scott Arthur Cunningham,
three, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Cunningham. 925 Rcddy ave
nue, suffered a slight skull frac
ture about 5 p m. yesterday when
struck by a car operated by Mr
Frank Hussong. 56 South Barne
burg road, city police reported.
The mishap occurred at Main
utreet and Vancouver avenue.
iThe boy was taken to Commun
.ly hospital by Conger-Morris
ambulance. Police said he is now
home.
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SUB KILLER-Winging Its way along the California Coast near
San Francisco Is one of the new Lockheed P2V-4s, first of m series ol
sub-killer aircraft delivered to the Navy. The Neptune, sister ship
of the tamed Truculent Turtle, is equipped to track down the once
radar-proof "snorkel-type" submarine developed by the German Navy
during the latter part of World War II. It can cover wide areas on
patrol without refueling.
U.S. Relations With
Nationals Strained
Washington. Feb. 28 (U.R)
American relations with nation
alist China plunged to a new low
today following an air attack on
two U. S. ships off communist
held Tsingtao.
The United States hinted that
its patience with the nationalist
government is exhausted.
The latest crisis arose when
aircraft, presumably piloted by
Chinese nationalists, bombed and
strafed the two American mer
chant ships yesterday. The tar-
fets were the Isbrandtsen line's
lying Clipper and the United
States line's Pioneer Dale.
Protests Unanswered
The state department dropped
all efforts to hide its anger, and
disclosed that American protests
over previous nationalist attacks
on American property have not
even been answered.
The state department, which
began a hurried investigation of
the latest incidents, disclosed
that it protested to the national
ists an attack by their warships
Happy Joe Wonders If
Medford Now National
Capital Of Smiles
Joe Neil, president and or
ganizer of the "Are You Hap
py" club, today laid it made
him happy to announce that
membership of t h unique
group has grown to about 500
persons, with members as far
away as Missouri.
And Happy Joe hat enlisted
big names in his campaign to
makes smiles namely May
or Diamond Flynn and Cham
ber of Commerce President
Chet Hubbard. At a coffee
session this morning, the
three of them decided that
Medford is now officially "The
City of Smiles."
"It's perfect." Happy Joe
said. "This is National Smile
week. Medford it the City of
. Smiles. Doesn't that make
' this the national smile capi
tal? Smoke Traced To Fire
In Basement Furnace
Smoke going up an open stair
way at the Pruitt apartments.
119" North Central avenue, was
traced to a basement furnace
about 10:40 a.m. today, firemen
said. '
They reported that wood lin
ing in a pit next to the furnace
was ignited. There was said to
be no damage. The fire depart
ment sounded a general alarm
and difpatched two pumpers
One returned to the station when
the nature of the blaze was
learned.
Firemen said that firtcx next j
to me siove pipe was aamagea
about 7:15 p.m. yesterday in a
tollhouse structure at McAn
drews road and West Jackson
street.
PARK SKIING COOD
Skiing remains good at Crater
Lake today and the park service
said weather is good and roads
are open. Chains are not requir
ed. Maximum temperature yes-
lorHau wa 4? nnH the minimum
was 19. Total snow depth in the j
park area is 117 inches and no I
new snow has fallen for several peace In any of the county s
days. three districts must deposit $5.
Three County Offices
Hollywood. Feb. 28 U.R) Onlv three countv offices are
Victor Mature s wife, who kissed at stake in this year's elections
and made up with him almost j sheriff, county commissioner,
four months ago. has finally dis- and countv engineer and sur
muted her suit for divorce. 'veyor. Incumbent in all three
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28,
-SHEK TO RESUM
on Isbrandtsen's Flying Arrow
January 9.
The blistering note said the
"lawless" attack on the Flying
Arrow occurred on the high
seas and was "indefens
ible." It warned that the United
States has shown "extreme pa
tience" with the nationalists. It
pointedly recalled that the Unit
ed States had cautioned the na
tionalists .that further attacks
might have "unfortunate" ef
fects on American-nationalist re
lations. Would Back Line
State department officials said
the United States government
would back the Isbrandtsen line
if it decided to seek damages.
The department went out of
its way to emphasize that the
American protest was sent on
February 3 and that no reply has
been received.
The government of General
issimo Chiang Kai-shek also has
failed to answer an American
protest against nationalist bomb
ing of American-owned proper
tics in Shanghai.
The United States said in a
February 9 note that attacks on
American business firms were
"deliberate" and demanded
"prompt and categorical assur
ances that there will be no repe
tition of Chinese air force at
tacks on American property."
The nationalists are blockad
ing the coast of communist-controlled
China and have been
bombing Red-occupied Shang
hai. '
The United States insists that
the blockade is illegal and that
nationalist planes should avoid
hitting such American-owned
properties as the Shanghai Power
company and the Standard
Vacuum Oil company installa
tions at Shanghai.
Lineman Survives
Jolt By 2,400 Volts
Salem, Ore., Feb. 28 (U.R)
E. Douglas Moore of Salem, a
lineman for the Portland Gen
eral Electric company, survived
a 2,400-volt jolt of current when
he touched a wet rope flung
across high wires here Monday.
Moore was taken to Salem
Memorial hospital where his con
dition was reported good-today.
Three other members of the
line crew lowered Moore to the
ground after the mishap.
Pre-Election Activity Beginning
To Hum; Two Deadlines Nearing
With filing and registration
deadlines approaching, the coun
ty clerk's office in the court
house has become a beehive of
pre-election activity. Clerk
George R. Carter reminded vot
ers today that the deadline for
registration is April 18 and those
not registered after that date will
be ineligible to vote in the pri
mary election May 19.
Candidates for office must file
their intention to run for nom
ination by March 10. Those run
ning for county offices are re
quired to deposit $20 with their
declarations and those filing as
candidates for the justice of the
Russia Announces
Price Cuts In
Consumer Goods
Sweeping Action Also
Revalues Ruble Rate
London, Feb. 28 (U.R) Rus
sia announced today a sweep
ing reduction in the price of
food and clothing in the third
basic readjustment of Soviet
economy since tie war.
The Soviet also revalued the
ruble, setting a new rate of four
to the American dcllar. The old
official rate was five to the dol
lar. The Moscow radio broadcast
the announcements of the cuts
in the price of consumers' goods.
The first word of the move indi
cated it was similar to one just
a year ago. when prices were
reduced in 45 categories of goods.
As a result of the new reduc
tions, the Moscow radio reported,
the Soviet people will "gain not
less than 80.000.000.000 rubles."
Thus the move shaped up in ef
fect as a revaluation of the ruble.
In December, 1947, it was de
valued by as much as 90 per
cent when food rationing ended
Effective tomorrow, foodstuffs
in a broad range will be cut in
price from 10 to 49 per cent, Mos
cow reported. The radio said
most food prices were being re
duced from 20 to 30 per cent.
Clothing prices were cut from
10 to 20 per cent, Moscow said,
with the biggest cuts in silk and
silk products. Textiles were re
duced 15 per cent.
As is the custom in Soviet re
porting on economic affairs, all
the cuts were figured in percent
ages. No prices were given.
Moscow said that the new
move would improve the rate
o cxchanBe ot the ruble as com-
pared wun foreign exchanges.
The value of the ruble in terms
of other currencies is hard to
tab. Its official value, as set by
the Kremlin, is 20 cents. Diplo
mats in Moscow get eight rubles
for a dollar. Economistsicstimato
that the actual purchasing power
of the ruble Is equivalent to
about three cents.
"There will be a great im
provement in the standard of liv
ing of the Soviet people," the ra
dio said in reporting the price
cuts.
Coal Famine Saps
Heavy Industry
By United Press
The coal famine sapped the
strength of heavy industry and
chilled American homes today.
As its effects spread, a labor
leader in another major fuel
supplying industry petroleum
urged a return to the 36-hour
work week instead of the present
40 for oil workers.
The coal shortage forced "Big
Steel" to cut its major opera
tions almost in half in the key
Pittsburgh area and another es
timated 20,000 workers were ex
pected to join the 530,000 al
ready idle as a result of the
soft coal strike.
Police supervised distribution
of coal at two Chicago yards
where housewives argued with
coal peddlers over four carloads
of the precious fuel.
In Ohio, hundreds of trucks
lined up at non-union mines.
Washington, Feb. 28 (U.R)
John L. Lewis' lawyers set out
today to convince a federal judge
that he should ignore past con
tempt convictions against Lewis
and his striking United Mine
Workers.
The government has told Fed
eral Judge Richmond B. Keech
that the "Goldsborough doc
trine" should apply in deciding
the guilt and punishment of the
UMW for failing to end the crip
pling strike by 372,000 of its
members.
posts are seeking re-election and
only County Engineer and Sur
veyor Paul B. Rynning is with
out opposition so far. He seeks
the republican nomination to the
post.
Commissioner Robe.-t Lytle
and Sheriff Howard Gault, both
republicans, will have their can
didacies contested. Lew Graves,
CKn,, Cnm pitniihllrdn will
seek Lvtle's post and Ray Marks,
Medford republican, and Delroy
Aldershof, Medford democrat,
are after the sheriff's lob.
Incumbent Justice of the Peace
W. P. Tucker. Medford district,
has filed for the republican
nomination for another term and
will be opposed by Andrew L
Unger, a democrat. Justices of
the Peace Nelle Burns. Ashland
district, and I. G. Neevil, Gold
Hill district, will both seek re
election but are unopposed so
far.
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1950
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DEFENSE TIP-OFF The dctense
in the Dr. Hermann N. Sander
mercy murder trial disclosed It has
in its possession the signed state
ment of Dr. Albert Snay (above),
that Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto was al
ready dead of cancer when Dr.
Sander injected air Into her veins.
It was the first tip-off on the
Sander defense. Dr. Snay is shown
arriving at the hospital In Goffs
town, N. H.. where Mrs. Borroto
expired.
Two Children Die,
II Injured When
Train Hits Bus
Monlicello. Me., Feb. 28 4U.R)
Two little girls were killed and
11 of their companions were in
jured todav when a dicsel-pow-
! ered freight train crashed Into a
scnooi dus at an isolated grade
crossing.
Dead in the crash were Pamela
Davis, eight, and Bonnie Flew
clling, 12. Ton other children
and their bus driver were hos
Ditalizcri. State police corrected
their earlier report that one of
the hospitalized children had
died.
In Zero Weather
The fatal crash occurred at
the Bangor and Aroostook rail
roads Hills siding crossing -as
zero weather gripped this snow
covered hamlet in Maine's far
north potato belt.
Driver Welrion Parent was
taking the children to Monti
cello Grammar school when the
crash occurred.
Ambulances from Houltnn, 12
miles distant, took the injured
to hospitals there.
Snow On Ground
Both the diescl-drivcn freight
train and the bus were reported
to have been moving slowly at
the time of the accident. There
was snow to a cpth of three or
four feet on the ground.
Twenty-seven children were
aboard the bus. Those unhurt
were severely shaken.
Parent escaped with a slight
shoulder injury.
Hallinan Rapped
For Misconduct
San Francisco. Feb. 28 (U.R)
Defense Attorney Vincent Halli
nan s explosive courtroom tecn-
mque earned him another cita
tion for misconduct today as a
eovcrnmont witness and self-
avowed ex-communist testified
he had attended more than 40
party meetings with labor leader
Harry Bridges.
Hallinan suffered a setback
when District Judge George B
Harris ruled the defense had no
legal right to call the wilnrss,
Mervyn Rathbonc, a perjurer
and burglar. But HHllinan per
sisted and Harris finally told the
jury:
"Please disregard the remarks
of counsel. His statements consti
tute misconduct." f
Both Hallinan and his associ
ate, Attorney James M..MacIn
nis, previously had been found
guilty of contempt of court by
Harris. Hallinan faces a six
month tail term when the trial
ends while Maclnnis will be sen
tenced at the conclusion of the
trial.
Sharpest local competition has:
been noted in the rare for the :
seats left vacant in the Oregon
house of representatives by Ben j
Day, Gold Hill republican, who I
will seek the state senate post I
now filled by William McAllis-,
ter, Medford, and Frank Van .
Dyke, Ed H. Mann, republican:
Robert Root, republican, and i
Robert Rucker, democrat, have
all
declared their inten-,
tion to run for that post in I
the May primaries. Day is un
opposed to date in his candidacy
for the senate. i
The onlv loral candidate fori
national office is Fred Robinson,
republican, who will attempt to
unseat Wayne Morse, junior sena
tor from Orecon un for re-elec
tion this year. I
The competition in the varl I
ous races is expected to increase
before the filing deadline still
10 days away.
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United Press Full Lease Wire
NO. 287
Husband 01 Dead
Woman High In
Praise 01 Doctor
Borroto Describes
Physician's Kindness
Manchester. N.H.. Feb. 28
(U.R) Two nurses will be called
as surprise defense witnesses
at Dr. Hermann N. Sander's
mercy murder trial to back up
the contention that a cancer
doomed patient already was
dead when air was injected in
to her veins.
Mlsajhdoer, N H. Feb. 28
(U.R) The husband of the cancer
patient Dr. Hermann N. Sander
is accused of murdering, testi
fied today that "if the doctor
was my own brother I could not
feel more kindly toward him."
Reginald F. Borroto, 65, re
tired oil company salesman tes
tifying in the seventh day of Dr.
Sander's mercy trial, recounted
under cross - examination the
kindness with which the physi
cians treated his wife Abbie, 59.
Brought Gifts
"If Mrs. Borroto had been Dr.
Sander's mother or sister he
couldn't have done more to en
courage her," Borroto said.
"He brought her many gifts, '
the husband added. "On one oc
casion he brought her a canary
in a cage complete with all the
fittings. She became very fond
of the bird.
"Dr. Sander made a particu
lar effort to bring his three lit
tle girls to see my wife because
she was fond of children."
Borroto said that during his
wife's long illness of an abdom
inal cancer, he made frequent
social visits to the doctor's home
and was invited to dinner. He
said he became a close friend of
the 41-year-old physician and his
family.
Dr. Sander Is accused of has
tening Mrs. Borroto's death De
cember 4 by injecting four air
bubbles into her veins. The de
fense contends she was dead of
enncer befpre the injections. The
state claims Dr. Sander said lie
acted after Borroto pleaded with
him to end his wife's suffering.
Borroto said late yesterday
when he began testifying as the
state's eighth witness, that he
never hud asked Dr. Sander to
shorten his wife's life.
Council Session OK's
Sewer Installation
City councilincn at a special
session yesterday authorized con
struction of eight-inch sewers on
Eastwood drive between Wilson
Place and Kecne Way drive and
on Wilson Place between East
wood and Keene Way drives.
The sewers will serve an area
where Bruce Bauer, Inc., has a
housing project. Councilmen al
so enacted a zone change per
mitting the Bauer firm to erect
six duplex apartments on lots
15 to 23 in block 3, South Park
addition.
Tonight Medford's city plan
ning commission will hold a
hearing regarding setback lines
on property at 10th street and
Oakdalc avenue where Coatcs
Construction company plans to
erect a seven story apartment
building.
Captain Takes Blame
For Big Mo Grounding
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 28 (U.R)
Capt. W. D. Brown assumed per
sonal responsibility today for the
grounding of the battleship Mis
souri while it was under his com
mand. "I and I alone bear the sole
responsibility," Brown told a na
val hoard of inquiry investigat
ing the accident.
"As captain of the shin," he
told the board in a formal state
ment, "it was my duty to keep
her safe and secure. I didn't do
it."
Brown was taking the 45.000
ton battleship on her first cruise
under his command last January
17 when the vessel went aground
on Thimble shoals in Hampton
Roads while trying to run a se
cret acoustic range.
Radio Highlights
Eric Allen Jr.. city editor of
The Mail Tribune, will be
heard on KYJC (1230 ke) at
8:30 p. m. today when he de
scribes, by transcription, the
rescue of a downed aviator al
Little Fish lake In January,
1949. The program will be re
leased over American Broad
casting company's "Gentlemen
of the Press."
Radio Station KWIN (1400
kc) will broadcast the Medford
Illinois Valley basketball game
from Cave Junction at 8:1$
p. m. today.
KWIN will air the Southern
Oregon college-Oregon College
of Education game from SOC'I
gym, starling-at 9:30 p. m., by
delayed broadcasts
OFFICE
Doped Leopard
Captured After
60-Hour Search
Oklahoma City, Feb. 28 (U.R) A roving Jungle leopard cam
home to Lincoln park 200 today after 80 hours of wandering and
collapsed in a narcotic stupor, harmless as a house cat.
Since Saturday afternoon, men, dogs and airplanes had search
ed frantically northeast of Oaklahoma City for the sleek leopard.
And when the beast was found, he was back in his own lair
trying to get a little sleep.
City Park Supervisor R. R. (Pat) Murphy said the leopard ate
a piece of horse meat loaded with tnough chloral hydrate to kill a
man.
The hungry animal gobbled the bait, left out especially for
him, a few feet from the leopard pit at the zoo.
Animal Follows Plan Set By Zoo Men
Then, as the drug took effect, he ambled into a service tunnel
by the leopard pit. It was all part of a plan and a hope. Murphy
and Zoo Director Julian Frazier had decided to leave open the gate
to the service passageway "just in case."
"It couldn't have gone off better," said Frazier, a bespectacled,
ruddy-faced, stocky man in khaki shirt and trousers.
Once down in the corridor, the leopard gathered up his
strength for another display of his leaping prowess. He bounded
onto a ledge, six feet up from the floor, and lay down.
A park patrolman found him there at 2 a.m. and sounded an
alarm. Heavily-armed men rushed to the makeshift boudoir and
slammed the door.
Frazier went down into the service entrance a few minutes
later.
As riflemen covered him, he tossed a lariat onto the leopard
with a cowboy's skill.
Leopard Gets Nosebleed In Fall To Floor
The leopard fell to the floor, and came un with a bleeding nose.
Frazier retreated, then approached again from the back door of
the tunnel.
Three times he let fly with a 30 foot lariat. The third time, he
snared one of the leopard's back feet. Closing a cage door between
him and the animal, he started tugging.
"Finally, I got him by the tail, too," Frazier said.
Frazier held his anchor lines the leopard's tail and the lariat
while helpers approached the bewildered, silent animal from the
front and put him into a sturdy wooden crate.
The zoo keeper latched the barred door of the crate, and ham
mered in two 10-pcnny nails to reinforce the latch "just for good
measure."
The zoo was to be re-opened at noon, for the first time since
Saturday.
In his wandering, the leopard had ranged as far afield as Deep
Fork creek at a point eight miles northeast of the zoo. His foot
prints were discovered there Sunday.
Coplon Jury Hears
Secret Information
New York. Feb. 28 A jury
of six men and six women today
Heard the secret information
which the government charges
Judith Coplon gathered in the
department of justice and had
planned to give to Valentin Gub
itchev, a Russian engineer.
It was the culminating evi
dence in the government's effort
to convict the ex-government girl
Eugene Baby Dies
As Fire Levels Home
Euccne.'.Oi'c.. Feb. 28 (U.R)-
A 13-montli-old baby burned to
death when a three-room house
was destroyed in flames despite
the frantic efforts of his young
mother to rescue him, authorities
said today.
The child was Ernest Ames.
son of Irwin Ames, 15, and his
wife Claudine, 17.
Witnesses said the house
caught tije while the mother
was ut a neighborhood grocery,
200 yards away. She and a
neighbor, Mis. Charles Staten,
tried to enter the burning house.
The mother suffered severe
burns of the face and hands.
Mrs. Staten suffered a cut wrist
when she punched out a window.
Firemen said they did not
know how the fire started. Ames
was at work when the tragedy
occurred. He is a laborer on the
University of Oregon campus.
Marion Prisoners
Foiled In Escape Try
Salem, Ore., Feb. 28 (U.R)
Some of the inmates of Marion
county jail used strips of steel
from the cots to pry loose 25
bricks in a wall of the tail Mon
day, but a deputy sheriff discov
ered the plans before the boys
could break away.
Sheriff Denver Young said the
bricks were loosened around a
window on the north side of the
room to which all 25 prisoners
had access during the day.
The bricks had been replaced
when Deputy found them loose
during a 5 p.m. check after the
men had been returned to their
cells. Young expressed belief
the men expected to complete
the tunneling through the wall
today.
Six Apartment Units
To Be Constructed
Bruce Bauer, Inc., has applied
at the city building inspector's
office for a permit to erect six
duplex apartments on J street
at a cost of $65,000.
The structures will be 60 by
44 feet and will occupy lots 15
to 23 in block 3, South Park ad
dition. George O. Collins asked to
build a $6,500 house at 334 Mel
rose avenue and Union Construc
tion company to construct a $6,
000 home at 1216 West Eight
street. Myron McEwen will fin
ish an apartment at 205 Summit
avenue at cost of $1,500.
Albany Man Receives
20 Yjears In Prison
Hosebiirg. Ore., Feb. 28 (U.R)
Homer White, 46, Albany, Ore.,
was under sentence today to 20
years In the Oregon state peni
tentiary after his conviction on a
charge of larceny Involving a
billfold containing about $800.
White was sentenced under the
"habitual criminal'' law. He had
three other felony convictions,
it was dln-lnsed in court. The
billfuid was taken from tavern.
and the Russian of conspiracy
to commit espionage. The Infor
mation was contained in papers
found in Miss Coplon's purse
when she was arrested with Gub
itchev March 4, 1949. The papers
never reached Gubitchev,
Identified For Reading
After federal Judge Sylvester
Ryan ruled the papers admia
sablc, they were identified for
reading to the jury. Defense at
torneys had objected to their ad
mission, saying they did not
prove conspiracy.
The papers included a hastily
prepared memo in Miss Coplon'i
handwriting giving the contents
of a report which had been
shown he the day before by her
department of justice superior.
This report was a "plant.
The memo said:
"Bureau using 2 highly placed
Amtorg officials as informants.
One is Needlcman with whom
bureau maintains 'a rather indi
rect contact through an inter
mediary.' Bureau has not been
entirely satisfied with this ar
rangement or extent of informa
tion supplied by Needleman &
in order to check on N's secur
ity, bureau desires to obtain from
him more complete info on a
variety of matters including his
knowledge of activities of Am
torg which would be in possible
violation of F.A.R.A. Bureau
asks for memo on what would
constitute violation if any ques
tions should be asked of N. Asks
if N. is registered as foreign
agent.
Apology Included
"Bureau has recently learned
through an informant that Am
torg has been in contact with the
Geophysical Research Corp. re
geophones. The fact that these
are used for the purpose of mak
ing blast measurements at Ala
mogordo & other testing points
is highly restricted by Amtorg
apparently must have some
knowledge of their use."
The papers also Included al
ledged apology by Miss Coplon
for not being able to gather more
evidence from government files
to show which communist agents
had been detected and were no
longer useful.
Damage To Highways
Less Than Year Ago
Salem, Ore., Feb. 28 (U.R)
State Highway Engineer R. H.
Baldock estimated today that
storm damage to Oregon high
ways was much less serve during
the recent long cold spell than
it was a year ago. Repair of the
damage a year ago cost $2,
600,000. Baldock said he would have no
accurate damage figures for an
other month but said that deep
snow in January insulated roads
against severe frost damage.
Ten extra patching crews and
five extra oiling crews will begin
road repair April 1, the engineer
said.
Baldock will leave March 8
for the national capital to ap
pear at congressional hearings on
the federal highway appropria-
tion bill. The bill would give the
states $570,000,000 In federal aid
for two years, compared with
$450,000,000 in the past two
years.
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