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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
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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.