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fo) fPfir La fS la U 1 J v" I "i fifcine Telephoto) CLAM-EATIN' CHAMP Dick Taylor of Seattle, Wash., eau his way to the clam-eating championship, as more clams are poured on to his tray. The champ managed to gulp down 272 clams In 10 minutes to win the title. American Airlines Ground Crews Strike New York, Mar. 1U.R) American airlines' 4,600 mainte nance employees began a coast-to-coast strike today against the nation's largest domestic airline. Pickets of the CIO Transport Workers union began marching before the airline's offices at La Cuardia field a few minutes be fore a 7:30 (EST) strike dead line. The airline said it planned to Two Sex Crimes To Be Tried In Circuit Court Two sex crime cases were placed on the Jackson county circuit court docket this morning and will be the first cases of their type to reach trial stage here in many years. Two men held on sex charges have pleaded innocent to grand jury indict ments and will face juries later this month. Rex Joseph Coy, indicted by a grand jury on a charge of as sault with intent to commit rape, pleaded innocent to the charge this morning and his trial was set for March 28. Attorneys Stan ley C. Jones Jr. and Manville Heisel were appointed by the court to represent him. Earl Gorman Edison pleaded innocent earlier this week, and his trial has been set for March 21 with Attorney Edward Branchfield as defense counsel. He is charged with statutory rape. Gels Three Years In a circuit court session yes terday. Judge H. K. Hanna sen tenced Paul Jennings Alexander, 57, Camp White, to three years in the state penitentiary on a charge of larceny from an auto. He was accused of .attempting to burglarize the car of Stephen G. Crippen February 25. He pleaded guiity. Deputy District Attorney Paul Haviland said Alexander has a record of sev eral previous convictions on bur glary and illegal possession ot narcotics. In a justice court session yes terday afternoon. Thomas John Hacker, 41-year-old-father of I three children, was arraigned on a ion-support charge and bound nver to the grand jury in lieu of S500 bail. "REPORT DEADLINE Tomorrow is the deadline for filing reports of claims against the federal war claims commis sion in Washington. Forms for the report of loss or damage to real or personal property or of personal injury, detention, or death arising out of World War II hostilities, are available at the office of the Jackson county chapter of the American Red Cross. The forms do not, how ever, constitute a formal claim for benefits. Information is sub mitted for consideration of the war claims commission and for possible inclusion in its report to the congress. Red Cross Drive Opens PROCLAMATION . WHEREAS, the American National Red Cross Is nation ally recognised medium for providing aid and assistance to vie. tims of floods, fires and other disasters, and WHEREAS, the American Red Cross continues to serve our country's armed forces and veterans, as evidenced in thit county by lit outstanding work at Camp White domiciliary center, and WHEREAS, the Red Cross, through its health and safety initruction, blood bank program, and other diversified services, makes an outstanding contribution to the general welfare of all communities and particularly this community, and WHEREAS, in order to carry on these services, the Red Cross is appealing for voluntary contributions amounting to SS7 million nationally and $25,000 in Jackson county, of which a sub stantial portion mutt be raised by this community. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diamond L. Flynn. mayor of Med ford. do hereby designate the month of March. 1950, as Red Cross month and I urge every cititen of Medford and Jackson county to make a generous contribution for the advancement of the serv ices of this organisation. Diamond L- Flynn. Mayor oi Medford. continue operations using planes in good mechanical condition. The union had demanded a 20 cent hourly fifth round wage in crease. The union's last year's contract which expired Decem ber 31 provided hourly wages ranging from 92 cents an hour to 52.14 lor the different classi fications. C. R. Smith, president of the airline, said the union's wage demands were unjustified "in view of the declining cost of living. He said the strike was illegal under the railway labor act. Negotiations between the com pany and the union broke up at midnight when a two month ex tension on the contract .ran out with no agreement in sight. Pickat Lines Formed Mechanics at Los Angeles In ternational airport worked up to the deadline and then formed picket lines in front of the ter minal and around the hangars. Airline officials here said planes were arriving on schedule and would be serviced by supervi sory personnel to meet govern ment inspections before leaving. About 300 men struck. Strike orders were issued to union members employed by the airline in 34 cities. Limits Removed From Three More Roads Further removal of load limit restrictions on county roads was announced today by County Engineer Paul B. Rynning who said his daily iaspections have revealed adequate improvement in conditions to permit normal traffic on three more roads. Full loads, within the usual limits of state law. can now be carried on the entire length of the Pleasant Creek road: East Evans Creek road, from Rogue River to Wimer, and on the Evans Creek road from Wimer to Ramsay creek. Removals are effective tomorrow at 8 a.m. March Weather Starts Like Lamb Here; Areas Elsewhere Less Lucky John Q. Citizen of Medford sniffed the air this morning, looked closely at the first daf fodil sprouts, listened to distant meadowlark, and de cided that spring is on the way. The sun was shining and March arrived with lamb-like mildness. But the rest of the nation wet not ss fortunate winter was hanging on like leech. Ancient superstition hes It that when March enters like a lamb, it will leave like lion. But with the buds pop ping on the fruit trees today, Mr. Citizen had difficulty be lieving there could be any more winter weather In the weatherman's b a g of tricks. The man preparing his garden plot for spring planting was oblivious to low pressure areas and arctic air massos hovering on the continent's northern reaches. Medford 44th Year 12 Pages Mrs. Borroto Dead Prior To Air Injections, Sander Jury Hears Staff Physician's Statement Read In Mercy Death Case No Pulse Obtained, Testimony Claims Manchester, N. H., Mar. 1 (U.R) A hospital staff physician's statement that Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto was dead of cancer be fore Dr. Herman N. Sander in jected air into her veins was read into the mercy murder trial record today. The statement was made by Dr. Albert Snay. 35, a member of the staff at Hillsborough coun ty hospital where Mrs. Borroto, 59, died last December 4. No Pulse Obtained It was read to the all-male superior court jury by chief de fense attorney, Louis E. Wyman, who said Dr. Snay made it Dec. 31, 1949. Dr. Snay had said the 'nurse on duty in Mrs. Borroto's room December 4 met him in the cor ridor and asked him "to obtain a pulse, as she and several oth ers were unable to do so." He said that was shortly after 11 a.m. Dr. Snay said he didn't know the patient's name. He said that "a few days ago he had read about the Sander case" and then realized the patient must have been Mrs. Borroto. When Dr. Snay stepped into the room, according to the state ment: ' - - "It appeared to me that Mrs. Borroto had already expired. There was no pulse. Her skin was cold and clammy. "I touched her left eyeball. There was no corneal reflex." Death Concluded Dr. Snay said he then applied a stethoscope to the chest and heard no heart sound. "I concluded then that she was dead, and I turned to leave," the statement said. "I remarked to Miss (Elizabeth) Rose (a nurse) that this patient appeared to be gone." On the threshold, he said, he met Dr. Sander. "I told him: 'There is nothing left to be done'." Dr. Snay said he and Dr. San der discussed the case briefly. Dr. Snay's statement was in troduced by the defense during cross-examination of medical referee Robert E. Biron, the 12tli prosecution witness. Statement Recounted It was obvious from Wyman's cross-examination that he was seeking every shred of testimony to indicate Mrs. Borroto had died before Dr. Sander injpeted the syringe into her arm and pressed the plunger. In his previous direct testi mony, Dr. Biron recounted how Dr. Sander told him that "in a weak moment" he had killed his patient. It was because of the pleading of the cancer-doomed woman s husband that did it, Dr. Biron quoted him. Funeral Friday For Ex-Ashland Woman Ashland, Mar. 1 Graveside services for Mrs. Sallie Hanrcom, who passed away in Salem, Feb ruary 24, will be held in Mt. View cemetery here Friday, March 3, at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Han- com. a native of Kentucky, was born February 12, 1904. She had resided with her family in the Rogue valley from 1943 until a year ago when they moved to Salem because of Mrs. Han- scorn's health. She had been in failing health for the past two years. The deceased was preceded in death by her first husband and in 1D45 she was married to Earl Hanscom in Medford. She is sur vived by her husband and two I children, Wayne Packard and Mrs. Dwight Riley, Greensprings highway, and two granddaugh ters. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Salem. Litwiller fu neral parlors will he in charge of graveside services. B-B Gun Brigade Al LaGrande Broken Up La Grande, Ore., Mar. 1 iU.R) Police said today they have brok en up a B-B gun brigade of rural boys who shot $400 worth ol holes in La Grande store win dows. Chief of police said ring leader of the gang was a 21-year-old man from Island City. MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH I ii fi'vHilf c I ,; if .Mrs MINE WORKERS' TRIAL TO START-Attomeys for the United Mine Workers arrive al Federal Court in Washington to argue con'.empt charges brought by the Government against the union for Its failure to get 372,000 striking miners oack to work. Left, to right are: M. C. Boiarsky, Welly K. Hopkins and Har rison Combs. Negro Minister, 3 Children, Next Door Cairo. Ga.. Mar. 1 (U.R) A Negro minister, his -three chil dren and his next door neighbor were savagely killed with an axe, razor, ice pick and shotgun last night. The preacher's wife was jailed. Jim Turner, 76-year-old Mis- sionary Baptist minister, and his children, Jimmie Lou. 10: J. P. 8, and Bobbie Joe, 4, apparently were asleep when death struck and never knew what happened. Heads Smashed Their heads had been smashed with the blunt end of an axe. The blood - smeared implement was found at the foot of Turner's bed. Their throats had been slashed with a straight edge ra zor and Turner additionally was stabbed eight times near the heart with an ice pick. John H. Arline, 50, who lived next door, was put to death with a 12-gauge shotgun, fired at close range. One side of his head was blown off. Arline had just started laying material for a fire in his home. Then he had planned to go for his wife, a registered nurse who was to go off duty at midnight. Jet Fliers Complete First Night Landing San Diego, Mar. 1 (U.R) Navy fliers successfully com pleted the first night carrier landings for jet aircraft in his tory last night, the navy an nounced today. Cmdr. Harvey P. Lanham, 36. Los Angeles, brought his Grum man Panther jet fighter plane into a perfect landing on Hie cai rier USS Valley Forge at sea off the coast of California to settle doubts of critics of use of jet planes at night. Limited visibility and poor depth perception at night make a landing difficult The higher landing speed of approximately 115 miles per hour for Jets mag nifies this problem. Lanham. commander of sir group five, led his group in and the flight pilots of the group clicked off 16 highly successful landings and received a "well done" from Capt. H. B. Temple. Chicago, 111., commanding offi cer of the USS Valley Forge. Talent, Creswell Meet In Cage Tourney Ashland, Mar. 1 Talent and Creswell high school teams were due to meet at 3:30 p.m. and Phoenix and Jacksonville at 7:15 p.m. in late games of the South ern Oregon College Class B In vitational Basketball tournament here today. - In games this morning Lor raine defeated Valsetz. 34 to 32; Butte Falls defeated Bnnrion. 52 to 37, and Gold Hill defeated Elkton, 32 to 31. Astoria. Ore., Mar. 1 (U.R) CIO fishermen and cannery workers have requested packer to open negotiations on 1950 con tract revisions. , Neighbor Giady County Deputy Jlieriff H. L. Lunsford who investigat ed the killings said no charges had been placed against Mrs. Turner but that she will be held in jail pending the return of a coroner's jury verdict. Lunsford quoted Mrs. Arlinc as saying she went home alone when her husband didn't come for her. When she arrived, the house was dark, she was quoted, and she knocked at the door. "Who's there?" she said a woman called from inside the house. Almost in the same in stant, she said, a gun went off from within. She said she fled in terror when someone "dressed in some thing white that looked like a gown" ran after her. She es caped and went to police. Lunsford said Mrs. Turner "fought like a tigress' when she Lewis, UMW Freed Of Coal Strike Blame Washington, Mar. 1 (U.R) A high United Mine Workers of ficial swore in federal court to day that John L. Lewis and UMW headquarters are not to blame for the soft coal strike. UMW Secretary - Treasurer John Owens testified that the 370,000 strikers acted on their ovvii volition in choosing not to obey back to work orders from Lewis and the court. As the union defended Itself against contempt charges. UMW and industry representatives re sumed wage-hour negotiations in Lewis' abst-nce. Federal media tors saw little hope of early set tlement. One official predicted that President Truman will have to ask congressional authority to scire the mines if the economy crippling strike is to be ended. Chamber HeadAt CAB Airline Hearing Today Chct Hubbard, president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, is in Salem today to present the chamber's brief at civil aeronautics board hearings on proposed renewal of West Coast airlines' operating fran chise in the northwest. Changes in airline routes in Oregon and Washington, involving transfers of some United Airlines points to West Coast, are up for CAB consideration. The chamber and the Jackson county court have both been granted leave to Intervene in the hearings as parties directly con cerned in the outcome of the proceedings. The chamber and the court are chiefly interested in inauguration of scheduled air service to Klamath Falls from Medford and in the improvement of all air services out of the. Medford port. Washington,"Mar. 1 (U.R) Sen. Sheridan Downey (D., Cal ), today postponed for one week his decision on whether to seek reelection this year. Tribune 1, 1950 NO. 288 Murdered was .jailed. before dawn today But he said whfcn he visited her later he found she had calmed down. "She said she wanted to go home," Lunsford suiri. "But she realizes her family is dead. She doesn't talk about the killings at all." Hotel Occupants Flee Spokane Fire Spokane, Wash., Mar. 1 (U.R) A million-dollar fire whipped through the 194-room Riripath hotel but firemen said today they believed all the 250 occupants of the five story structure es caped safely. Twenty-two firemen were ov ercome by smoke. Twelve were hospitalized and the others re ceived emergency curbstone treat ment. Firemen led many guests out of the blazing building last night and carried some elderly and crippled residents out on their shoulders. Occupants of the adjacent Sy mons building and the Halladay hotel were evacuated when walls of the hotel threatened to topple. The block-long structure was de stroyed. Three stores occupying, space in the Ridpath building were also destroyed. They included the G. W. Paulson Linoleum com pany, the V. G. Morris Electri cal Appliance store and Dohr mann's Hotel and Restaurant Supply company. Prison Escapee Dies After Tangle With Cop Myrtle Point, Ore., Mar. 1 (U.R) Clyde Sutton, csrapee from the Arizona state prison, was fatally wounded yesterday when he drew a gun on arresting po liceman V. Stillwell and was shot just above the heart. Chief of Police Jack Fluter said, Flater said a wanted circular reached him Monday night and he remembered seeing a man re sembling the poster photograph here, under the name of J. G Hatfield. "Hatfield" had been here several months with his wife and five children. When Officers Stillwell and Kenneth Dictz attempted to ar rest Sutton, they said he pulled a gun. Stillwell shot Sutton and he died in n hospital here a few hours later. Chief Flater said Sutton was identified by leg scars as well as the photograph. A fingerprint check was in the process. Slit ton had been serving a 12 to IB year sentence In the Arizona stale prison for grand theft when he escaped Aug. 31, 1945. Salem, Ore,, March 1 (UP) E.H. Mann of Medford yesterday filed his candidacy for slate rep resentative from Jarkvnn coun ty. He will seek the republi can nomination at the May 19 primary election. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and continued mild tonight and Thurirtay. Temp. Htihrst Yvsttrdar S3 Lowest this Morning ... 3i New Seven-Story Apartment Given Approval Of FHA Commitment OK'd Few Hours Before Deadline The federal housing adminis tration has approved a commit ment of $376,400 for the con struction of a seven-story, 50 unit apartment house here, The Mail Tribune was informed by a wire from Sen. Guy Cordon to day. In a garbled United Press re port yesterday, the situation was confused when the approval was attributed to the public housing administration, an office which would not have jurisdiction over the mortgage insurance provi sion under which the apartment will be built. Approval was giv en only c few hours before the statute providing the action ex pired. Announced In October First announcement that the new building would be con structed came last October, when Ormond R. Bean Jr., a Portland architect, revealed the plans. It will be located at the corner of 10th street and Oakdale avenue. and is to be put up by the Coates Construction company of Port land. Approval of the FHA commit ment, which had been recom mended by the Portland FHA office, was urged by Senator Cordon last week, at the request of City Councilman Frank J. Runtz, as acting mayor. Runtz' wire pointed out that only eight units have been built in Med ford under the provisions of title 60R of the housing laws, while 250 in Salem and 300 in Eugene have been given approval. It was felt that this fact should give Medford a priority, Runtz said. Before Planners The proposed, apartment house, which will cost in the neighborhood of half a million dollars, was most recently In the news when builders asked the city council for permission to build out to the property line with no set-back. The city plan ning commission last night took no action on the request, and property owners on Oakdale brought a petition of remon strance to the planning commis sion's meeting. According to city ordinance, a set-back of about 20 feet is required. Planning commission mem bers said a new hearing will be held soon. S. E. Vermilyea, representa tive of the Coates company, also recently asked the council for a rczoning ordinance amendment to 'permit construction of the apartment. 1 Building Described According to the original de scription of the building, it will house garages and utility rooms in the basement, with heat pro vided by a water circulating sys tem. Two elevators will serve tenants, and the building will probably be in the shape of a cross, permitting outside expo sure for all apartment units. Rents will range from $70 to $75 per month, it was thought. Off-the-street parking will be provid ed tenants. Thorvnn Noklcby Is former owner of the site. A small build ing at the rear of the property will be removed, and it is hoped that construction can begin with in the next month or two. Flegel Enters Race For Governorship Tillamook, Ore., Mar. 1 (U.R) Austin Flegel, state senator from Multnomah county, today was the third democrat In the race for governor of Oregon. Flegel will oppose democrats Lew Wallace, twice - defeated candidate, and Walter Pearson, slate treasurer who filed for the office earlier. Only Gov. Douglas McKay has filed so far on the republican ballot. Mother Fearing Cancer Abandons Family of Three Rensellaer, N. Y.. Mar. 1 (U.R) A needless fear that she Is dying of cancer kept a mother of three children in voluntary exile from her family today. Police In eight slates searched for Mrs. Helen B. Overlander, 30, to tell her that a doctor's report showed she had no trace of the disease. A cancer-phobia preyed so heavily on her mind that she wandered off six davs ago rath er than become a burden to her family. She left while her husband, Sherrill. was at work. She gave each of her children a toy and a goodbye kiss. They said her Inst words were: "l m never coming back." It was believed she took about $600 with her. She often said she would never bother me if she ever had anything like her grandfather. British Scientist Receives Maximum Sentence As Spy Confessed Red Agent Throws Self On Court London, Mar. 1 (U.R) Dr. Klaus Fuchs, Britain's third ranking atomic scientist, plead ed guilty at old Bailey today to betraying Anglo-American A bomb secrets to Russia and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. The 38-year-old German-born scientist, a confessed Soviet agent for seven years, threw himself on the mercy of the court after admitting his guilt on four specific counts of hand ing over atomic secrets to the Soviets twice in the United States and twice in England. Had Fair Trial In a heavy accent, the slender, balding Fuchs said: "I do not want to hurt my friends. I have had a fair trial." Attorney General Sir Hartly Shawcross told the court that Fuchs original contact with th Russians was through a "foreign communist who was not recog nized by British authorities as a person who would be a com munist. Fuchs' defense attorney. Derek Curtis-Bennett, made an elo quent plea for clemency for Fuchs. He said that Russia was a fighting ally of Britain during the first three of the four in stances on which he had passed information to Russia. Maximum Sentence Fuchs was given the maxi mum possible sentence under the security laws on which he was tried. The court held that his crime was only technically different from high treason. The only redeeming feature, the court said, was that Fuchl since his arrest had given valua ble information to the govern ment. It was not disolosed wheth er this related to further atomic research by Fuchs or Informa tion about a Russian spy net work. Leopard Succumbs Of Drug Overdose Oklahoma City, Mar. 1 (U.R) Leo the leaping leopard will be stuffed and put on display to commemorate the state's greatest wild animal hunt, authorities said today. The rebellious, 175-pound Jun gle killer died yesterday of an overdose of sleeping pills about 16 hours following his return to the Lincoln park zoo, where he made his terrifying escape in an acrobatic leap from a pit last Saturday. He sneaked back to the zoo under cover of darkness to eat horsemeat bait which had been treatec. with narcotics. He had heen returned to cage by Zoo Director Julian irazier. Roy Roberts, a zoo attendant, noticed the leopard was dying when he made a routine check shortly before dusk yesterday. . He pulled the big cat from tha Iron-bound crate-cage and pump ed its legs several times. Tha leopard died a few minutes later. Shaky Laborites Face Crucial Session London, Mar. 1 (U.R) The newly-elected house of commons convened today for one of the most critical parliamentary ses sions in a century. Stunned and chastened, the labor government that filed Into the historic chamber had only a technical seven -seat majority over all opposition parties. The formal state opening of parliament will be held next Monday, with King George's speech from the throne sketch ing the program the labor gov ernment hones to follow. Today's session to elect a speaker in the ancient ritual of British parliament came after these developments: 1. Announcement by Prime Minister Clement Attlce of a slightly reshuffled cabinet to deal with the crises ahead. 2. Re-election of Attlce as leader of the labor party by the parliamentary labor party, or labor members of the new house of commons. Overlander said. She had "some kind of fixa tion" about cancer for years, he said, and insisted It would be in herited when her grandfather died of It few years ago. If Mrs. Overlander had made only one more check with her doctor, she could have saved her family all its heartsick worry. Her husband, a truck-driver, said if she had only obeyed her doctor's Instructions to call him on Friday to get the results of a hospital checkup she would have learned then that x-ray photographs had shown no trace of the disease. The doctor said she had only an Intestinal function disorder. Overlander, 33, Invited soma friends to move Into his apart ment to help care for the chil dren sherill .Ir 10. Carl. 8. and Mary Elizabeth, 9.
