Medford mail tribune., March 05, 1950, Image 1

f) 'MONSTER' CAST
Delake. Ore., Mar. 4 (U.R) A
dead 22-foot sea monster, cov
ered with wavy hair from its
cow-like torso to the tips of its
nine limp tails, washed ashdre
at this fishing village Saturday
night and the proud townspeo
ple chained it to a piling.
A giant sea beast, so far un
identified scientifically, weighed
about 1,000 pounds. ,
It looked like a pile of shaggy
dogs wetted down with a lire
hose.
Scores View 'Thing'
Scores of curious residents and
tourists traveling along the Ore
gon coast highway streamed to
the beach in the twilight for an
awed peek at the "thing."
The four-foot body vaguely
resembled a huge tadpole in
need of a haircut. Extending
Sympathizers Give
$6,000 For Legal
Aid To Physician
Manchester. N. H., Mar. 4
(U.R) Sympathizers throughout
the country, including several
doctors, have contributed more
than $6,000 in one week to help
Dr. Hermann N. Sander stand
the expense of his "mercy slay
ing" trial, it was disclosed today.
The "Dr. Hermann N. Sander
fund," managed by a 16-man
committee of the doctor's friends,
announced that letters were ar
riving at the rate of 200 a day
and that many of the contribu
tions were from doctors and
nurses.
George Woodbury, fund chair
man, author and former Har
vard anthropologist, said one doc
tod simply wrote, "I understand"
in a letter accompanying his con
tribution and that another doctor
wrote "I served 36 years on a
hapital staff" and enclosed $150.
Expenses High
Woodbury said the contribu
tions, ranging from 25 cents to
$500, were mostly from middle
aged and elderly people. He esti
mated Dr. Sander. 41. a general
practicioner whose practice has
been stopped until xne eiiu ui mc
trial hv nereement with the state.
would need from $20,000 to
$50,000.
The all-male jury, which has
been locked up in a Manchester
hotel since it was completed on
the third trial day, was taken on
a bus ride around the city and
went for a walk.
Dr. Sander spent the day in his
white-frame house in the village
of Candia, relaxing with his wife,
Alice, 37. and their three small
daughters. Both Mrs. Sander and
the doctor were expected to testi
fy Monday, when the first de
gree murder tryil,. enters its third
wees.
1 Four DP'S Due To
Arrive In Medford
Four displaced persons from
eastern Europe were due to ar
rive in Medford today, it was re
ported Saturday by Ray Baker,
who has undertaken to guarantee
the livelihood of two of them.
The other two are coming here
under the sponsorship of O. H.
Bengtson, Medford attorney.
Baker, manager of the J. C.
Penney store here, said that the
couple he is sponsoring is named
Horenhjko, and are from the Uk
raine. They will assist Baker in
the operation of his dairy farm
on the west side. The father and
daughter being brought here by
Bengtson will assist around the
house and grounds, he said. They
are originally from Russia.
The four are being brought
here through the assistance of
the Chucrh World Service, -and
arrangements were made
through the Medford Presbyter
ian church by its recent pastor,
the Rev. Harry Hansen, and the
Presbyterian committee on dis
placed persons.
Budget Director Sees
Stale Deficit Ahead
JL Salem. Ore.. Mar. 4 (U.R)
Oregon is in for a financial de
ficiency if current expenditures
are maintained for the next few
years. Slate Budget Director
Harry Dorman forecast today.
Dorman said the impending de
ficiency, which may amount to
several million dollars, will be
due to reduction of revenues in
several activities and to new fi
nancial demands.
Dorman said efforts will be
made to complete the budget for
the next biennium so that copies
can be ready for legislators be
fore the 1951 legislative session
starts. The new biennium starts
July 1, 1951.
SCHOOL 'ELECTION
A school election will be held
Wednesday evening. March 8, at
the Jacksonville school for pur
pose of voting on proposed school
budget for the coming year. It
was brought out that anyone who
has resided in the school district
for six months and is a registered
voter, may vole at the election.
Board members urge all eligible
voters to participate.
Ski Conditions
Sitiing at Crater Lake was
ftir yesterday and will be good
today only if a light snow has
fallen, according to the na
tional park ranger's office.
Weather was clear and warm
yesterday and the surface
m n l : v. i , u
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noaas to tne lake art an
open and the lunch counter
and tlit tow will operate today.
from the VinHv vumm m main m.n
or tentacle, 18 feet long. Addi
tionally, mere were eight other
tails,' ranging from three to 12
feet. Some appeared to have
been chewed off.
Selected residents of Delake
flattened out the monster and
spread the legs. City Marshal R.
Flash Fire Kills
One, Sends Pair
Phoenix Hospital
1 3 Others Flee Down
Narrow Stairs Safely
Phoenix, Ariz., Mar. 4 (U.R)-
A flash fire swept through the
Portland hotel on the edge of the
Phoenix business district tonight,
causing one death and hospitaliz
ing iwo otner persons.
Thirteen other occupants of
the 30-room hotel fled down a
narrow stairway when the fire
swept down the hallway from
the rear of the building.
Cause Not Known
Firemen said they believed
the blaze started under a board
ed up wooden porch at the rear
of the building. Cause of the fire
was undetermined.
The body of Ambrose Salazar.
50, hotel clerk, was found face
down in a rear room of the hotel.
Two women residents of the
hotel, Mrs. Helen Scott, 35, and
Mrs. Lillian Ramirez, 22, were
overcome by smoke and re
moved from the second floor of
the wood and brick building by
firemen. Attendants at St. Mon
ica's hospital said neither was in
serious condition.
Seven pieces of fire fighting
equipment were rushed to the
scene and the blaze was extin
guished in less than 15 minutes.
The second floor was de
stroyed while the ground floor.
occupied by a restaurant and oth
er business, was partially dam
aged. Fire department officials
estimated the damage at $25,000.
Civilian Defense
Experts Ask For
More Cooperation
Portland, Ore., Mar. 4 (U.R)
west coast civilian defense ex
perts today asked military au
thorities for more co-operation
and less secrecy in making plans
for mainland protection against
war disasters.
Men who helDed direct civil
ian defense during World War
II warned there was danger of
repeating mistakes unless mili
tary planners took civil authori
ties into their confidence.
The warning was made at a
meeting of the Pacific coast
board of inter-government agen
cies. Throughout the conference,
there was a thread of criticism
against the military, recalling
the civil-federal irritations of the
last war.
Gov. Douglas McKay of Ore
gon said:
"At the time the aircraft warn
ing system was requested on
high priority, I wished I had in
formation Louis Johnson, secre
tary of defense, had. I'm going
ahead blindly. Who am I to ques
tion high authority?"
Planes Collide, One
Plunges Into Ocean
Boston, March 4 (U.R) Two
private airplanes, carrying four
persons, collided in the air and
one of them crashed into the
sea VA miles southeast of West
erly, R. I., Saturday night, the
coast guard reported.
The crash was seen by resi
dents of the coastal tiwn of Mis-
quamicut who said one of the
planes exploded before it
plunged into the sea.
The coast guard sent a plane
to the area immediately and
ships were dispatched from all
life boat stations in the area,
but they found only two oil
slicks.
The plane dropped flares to
help the surface craft in their
search for possible survivors but
none was found. The coast guard
cutter Legare was ordered out
of New Bedford and was expect
ed to arrive on the scene about
midnight with dragging equip
ment. Late Sports
Ashland, Mar. 4 Talent I
high won its second Southern
Oregon college Invitational
basketball tournament in a
row Saturday night when it
easily defeated Westport 31
to 18. Westport had downed
Talent high last fall for the
state six-man grid title.
Talent led at the first quar
ter 8 to 4, at the half 15 to t
and at the third quarter 24 to
16. Rollie Hartley with 19
points paced the Bulldogs.
Gold Hill took second place
in the tourney by edging Oak
land 22 to 21 in the evening
opener. The Bearers led 9 to
7 at the first quarter. 11 to 10
at the half but Oakland led
the third quarter 17 to 16. Pal
mer tossed In the winning bas
ket and led the scoring with 14
points.
Pullman, Wash., Mar. 4'
(U.R) The Idaho Vandals edg
ed out Washington State's
northern division basketball
champions, 5 Oto 45, here Sat
urday night in a thrill-packed
contest that went into three
overtime periods.
ASHORE
R. Allum said the body was 14
teet in circumference, and three
to four feet thick, not including
tails.
Weight Increases
Estimates of the weight went
up as the night progressed. The
monster was hauled In a pickup
truck which can haul 2,000
pounds and the weight of the
body pushed the chassis down to
the axle. Allum revised his guess
to 1,500 pounds, possibly a ton.
Searchers found a mouth, 10
to 12 inches and "holes" which
apparently served for eyes.
The curious began cutting
pieces of flesh from the body for
souvenirs.
Body Reported Soft
Carrel Kimmel, Delake, touch
ed the body something which
the more squeamish wouldn't
do and reported that it was
soft, like a snake. Somebody else
cut into it with a knife and an
nounced that the meat was
white.
The monster, one of the first
that ever actually materialized
out of the voluminous lore and
legend about sea monsters, first
washed ashore here Friday, dur
ing a heavy storm.
The resident of Delake, many
of them amateur ichthyologists,
tried to haul it to a safe place.
But a line snapped and a wreck
ing car assigned to the job didn't
take the carcass lar enough.
California Crime
To Be Investigated
By U.S. Government
Los Angeles, Mar. 4 (U.R)
The lederal government moves
in on California's boiling crime
eitnalirtn Mnnifav and nMinff TT.fi.
Attorney Ernest A. Tolin said
today tne step is tne iirsi m a
federal program to smash gang
land operations on national and
posslDiy international it'vria.
The underworld assassination
of "Singing Abe" Davidian. a
mnuiiDP whn wa the covern-
ment's principal witness in a
fnp41,nnmin0 tlornntifC trifll t the
first order of business for the
1949 federal grand jury wnen
it reconvenes lvionaay.
T.twiaa Mnw Art
Tolin said other cases will be
placed before that body, the laou
grand jury or possibly a special
grand jury.
"We expect to have a number
of substantial cases before the
.t-cnrl -tiifu within thp next few
weeks," Tolin said. "We want to
get a running start on a iut
federal crime matters.
"The federal government is in
terested in the overall situation
in California, although most of
However, wherever violations of
lederal law are invoivea, tne n-u-eral
government will investigate
and prosecute."
Six Sought As Plane
Plunges Into Water
Milwaukee. Mar. 4 (U.R) An
air force C-54 with six men
aboard ran out of gas and went
down into the stormy water of
Lake Michigan Saturday night.
There was no sign of survivors
five hours later.
Planes dropping flares and
boats fighting high waves search
ed the area five miles southeast
of here where a fireboat found
the wreckage of the airplane.
The air national guard and the
civil air patrol here identified the
ship as an air force plane, piloted
by Maj. John D. Schindler of the
civil air patrol headquarters at
Milwaukee.
Northeast Shivers
In Arctic Weather
Chicago, Mar. 4 (U.R) Resi
dents of northeastern states shiv
ered in Arctic weather today as
the nation's three-day death to
tal from fires and other cold
weather causes mounted to 44.
But warmer weather had
chased the cold in the midwcsl
and ended the threat of frost
damage lo fruit crops in Dixie.
Relief from the cold also was
promised in New York and Penn
sylvania. New England remained the
nation's Icebox. Sub-zero tem
peratures were general from
New York state northeastward
and Vermont reported lows of
20 below zero.
In western Pennsylvania the
temperature hit 5 below at Oil
City.
Bulletins
Portland. Ore., Mar. 4 (U.R)
Art Strobel's third period goal
Saturday night gave the Port
land Penguins a 3-2 Pacific
Coast Hockey'feague win over
Seattle.
Foursquare Gospel quintet
won the local Church Basket
ball league championship Sat
urday night by staging a fourth
quarter rally to d e f e a i St.
Mary's Catholic 29 to 24. The
winners trailed at the third
quarter 21 lo 17 and the score
was tied at the half.
In the consolation game also
played at the YMCA gym, St.
Peter's Lutheran wallop.d
First Presbyterian 38 to 9 to
take third spot in the title
playoffs.
Wisconsin 80, Minnesota 54
Kentucky 95, Tennessee 58
Penn State 65, Georgetown 56
W. Virginia 59. Pittsburgh S3
Oklahoma A k M 37, St. Louis
35.
Cal'fornia 64, Stanford 55
Denver 53, Utah State 50
UCLA 74, USC 57.
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COAL STRIKE BELIEVED ENDED Scenes such as above pictured near New Bethlehem,
Pa., will end Monday when soft coal miners are expected to return to work. Settlement of the walk
out was made Saturday. A miner is shown in the above photo guarding a non-union atrip mine
where operations continued during the strike. i
McKay, Angell Seek Reelection;
Woods Wants Sen. Morse Post
Salem, Mar. 4 (U.R) Gov.
Douglas McKay announced to
day that he will be a candidate
for re-election as governor of
Oregon.
Gov. McKay will seek the re
publican nomination at the May
19 primary election. So far no
mil has -filed .iou govevnor with
die election bureau and no otlier.
republicans have been prom
inently mentioned for the posk
tion. .
Three democrats have an
nounced they will seek nomina
tion. They are. State Treasurer
Walter Pearson, State Senator
Austin Flcgel, Portland, and Lew
Wallace. forme)T state senator
and game commissioner, and
many time gubernatorial candi
date. ,
Makes Statement '
In announcing his candidacy,
Gov. Douglas McKay stated:
"Only 14 months have elapsed
since I took office to fill the un
expired term of Gov. Earl Snell.
That much has been accom
plished in so short a time is
largely a result of the exception
al cooperation I have had frorh
so many sincere people and from
the legislature.
"The integrity of state govern
ment has been such as to de
serve the confidence of the
people.
California Solons To
Meet; Side Issues Due
Sacramento, Mar. 4 (U.R)
The 1050 "budget" session of the
California legislature convenes
here Monday with enough side
issues thrown in to permit its
development into full scale
performance.
State finances were supposed
to be the major concern of the
law-makers, but major contro
versies were expected to develop
over subjects Gov. Earl Warren
has included in his call for a
concurrent special session. They
ranged from sex crimes to old
age pensions and from alot ma
chines to lobbying.
Unemployment also was ex
pected to become an issue dur
ina the session although the sub
ject wasn't included as such in
the governor's call. He did ask
for a survey of basic public
works needs throughout the
state and possible ways to fi
nance a program which his of
fice said could be launched if
the employment problem became
really serious.
Refugee Jumps 6,000
Feet To His Death
7nrlnli ui(7nrlnnd Mnr. 4
(U.R) A Yugoslav, denied politi
cal refuge in Great Britain,
npH A nnn fr,t tn his death to
day from a Swiss airliner over
St. Quelntln, France.
Thn .,,IM Mantifled a. Nik
ola Martinovlc, about 40, was put
aboard a Swiss air plane bound
from London to Zurich early to
day, on the first leg of a forced
return to his homeland.
He was held overnight at Lon
don airport before boarding the
plane. During the night, he re
peatedly warned British immi
gration authorities that he would
kill himself if he were expelled.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 5,
I
jpr m V v Tni
"The problems, of the next
four years will be among the
most difficult in the history of
the state. Principal of these isJ
sound finances. It must now
have the focus of our attention
and effort. We -have not yet
achieved a satisfactory pension
program, Hcoiganlialion of fish
and game administration has not
yet crystallized into policies that
will Insure the maximum pos
sible benefits from these Impor
tant resources.
"By ny candidacy for re-election,
I again invite the support
and aid of the earnest and sin
cere . citizens of the state who
wish a business and practical ap
proach to the problems of the
next four years."
Portland, Ore.. Mar. 4 (U.R)
Dr. Louis A. Wood, professor
emeritus at the University of
Oregon, said today he will be a
candidate for the democratic
nomination for United States
senator.
"In the event I should be nom
inated, Oregon democrats must
be allowed the fullest opportu
nity to challenge Sen. Wayne
Morse during the campaign and
at the polls," Wood said. "Al
though professedly a liberal, he
has given aid and succor to con
servative elements in his party
WEATHER
FORECAST: C1ir this after
noon wtth rnolrr Omprrn
turn. Generally fair Monday
with a rising temperature
trend.
Tempentura
Highest yesterday (14
Lowest yesterday 41
Gceek Voters To Name
Parliament Members
Athens, Greece, May 4 (U.R)
Greek voters will elect a new
parliament of 250 members to
morrow wifh the possibility that
none . of the-26 competing parties
will come Ait strong enough to
form a stable government,
Should the election prove In
decisive, new elections probably
will follow In which Field Mar
shall Papagos, hero of the suc
cessful war agnjyist the guerril
las, may emerge as a dominant
leader.
Although 28 parties have en
tered! 3,000 candidates for the
250 teats, only two parties are
considered strong enough to form
government.
Thesefnre the Populists, led by
former Foreign Minister Con
stantine Tsaldarls. and the liber
als of Sophocles Veni.elos.
The last election was held in
1946.
Grants Pats Thief
Bach In Jail Again
Grants Pass, Ore Mar. (U P)
Patrick D. Riley, 27, Portland,
It back In Jail again.
Paroled in circuit court by
Judge Crval J. Millard from a
two-year term In the state peni
tentiary, Riley was arrested
again this week and charged with
larceny In a series of service sta
tion thefts in Grants Pass.
Police said Riley admitted
theft of money from three
Grants Pass service stations in
January and February.
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in all sections of the country."
Wood Is the second to an
nounce for the democratic nom
ination. Howard C. Latouiette is
the other candidate.
Salem, Ore., Mar. 4 (U.R
Homer D. Angell filed here Fri
day for rereleetioiv as congress
man from the Third Oregon dis
trict, comprising Multnomah
county. He will seek the repub
lican nomination at the May 10
primary election.
Angell's ballot slogan will be:
"Oust communists and spend
thrifts. End war taxes. Save free
enterprise, human liberties."
Salem, Ore., Mar. 4 (U.R)
Hall S. Lusk, chiefjustice of the
Oregon supreme court, filed here
Friday for re-election to the higli
bench.
Salem, Ore., Mar. 4 (U.R)
Arthur D. Hay, Salem, filed Fri
day for re-election as Justice of
the Oregon supreme court.
Portland, Ore., Mar. 4 (U.R)
John J. Kecgan, former chief of
dclectivcs in the Portland police
bureau, filed for the republican
nomination of Multnomah coun
ty sheriff, It was announced to
day. Kecgan has been serving as
bailiff In the court of Circuit
Judge James R. Bain.
Medford Firemen To
Form Organization
A Medford Firemen's associa
tion of regular and volunteer
firemen will be formed at a "re
vitnlizntion" meeting at 7:30 p
m. Monday at the city fire hall
Acting Fire Chief Leo Weidncr
said yesterday.
Weidncr invited men between
the a?cs of 18 and 40 Interested
in being volunteers or call men,
to attend the session. A movie,
"To the Bosl of Our Ability,"
will he shown. The film was pro
duced by the Portland ponce ana
fire departments.
San Francisco
Broken By Pitched Battle
San Francisco. Mar. 4 (U.R)
Two decades of tong peace In
Chinatown were shattered to
day when tong rivalry touched
off a half-hour pitched battle
among 100 members of two tongs
Ihnt have been foes since the
gold rush days.
llHiid-lo-hand combat punctu
ated by knife thrusts raged over
the block-long section of narrow
Grant avenue at the tavern-closing
hour. It was a scene reminis
cent of the 1920s when the tongs
were locked in murderous com
petition and sent hatchctmen to
do battle at midnight In alley
ways. Flareup Bad Feeling
Although a slighting remark
passed between two groups loi
tering In front of an all-night
drug store was reported to have
sparked the melee, police offi
cially dubbed it a flare-up of the
bad feeling that has smouldered
for years between the rival Suey
Sing and Hop Sing tongs.
Rcstlcssncf in Chinatown
Tribune
1950
NO. 291
Commie Led Strike
Paralyzes French
And Alergia Ports
Assembly Quits Talk
Anti-Sabotage Bill
Paris (Sunday), Mar. 5 (U.R)
The French assembly recessed its
debate on an anti-sabotage bill
early todav after modifying the
measure which communists have
attempted for two days to block.
The debate, halted after 48
hours of non-stop discussion, will
be resumed at 3 p. m. (6 a. m.
PST).
Strike Hurts Ports
H had continued through last
night as a communist-led strike
of longshoremen paralyzed
French and Algerian ports in a
"dress rehearsal" for a commun
ist campaign to halt the delivery
of American military supplies to
France.
The arms shipments are sched
uled to arrive later this month.
The port strike was called by
the dockers' federation of the
communist dominated General
Confederation of Labor (CGT).
At Le Havre, Cherbourg and
other big ports officials reported
that the 24-hour "warning" walk
out was effective.
Stiff Penalties Asked
The government sought quick
action on two bills that would
impose stiff penalties on strike
agitators and saboteurs.
The assembly amended one of
them, however, and the govern
ment" immediately announced
that it considered the modified
version ineffective and too lib
eral. Later today the assembly was
scheduled to consider 77 other
amendments, most of them pro
posed by the communists who
for two days have attempted to
delay the legislation by filibus
tering. May File Suit
Against Tidings
Ashland. Mar. 4 The Ashland
Daily Tidings said Friday that
Mayor Thomas Williams and
Councilman Elmer Sheldon have
told the newspnper that they
"will consider filing suit against
the newspaper unless it apolo
gizes for statements published
concerning the alleged threat
made by the two officials against
Councilman Fred Homes."
The newspaper said editorial
ly: "The Daily Tidings feels ab
solutely no need to apologize. If
errors In factual reporting were
made, the newspaper, us always,
will be happV to make correc
tions." Report Meeting
The Tidings, in a page one sto
ry, reported in detail a meeting
between Williams and Sheldon
and City Editor Robert L. Ed
wards last Tuesday. During and
following the meeting. Edwards
said he requested information on
the specific points on which the
apology should be hnsed.
According lo the Tidings,
Medford Attorney Edward C.
Kelly Is representing Williams
and Sheldon, and Attorney Wil
liam Briggs, former city attor
ney, Is representing the paper.
Tong Peace
the world's largest Chinese set
tlement outside the orient has
been evident since last October
when 40 men bearing the flags of
nationalist China broke up a
meeting of 400 Chinese celebrat
ing communist victories in China
But Inspector George O'Leary,
head of the Chinatown detail,
said this morning's battle was
"not at all" flavored with any
communist-nationalist tinge.
Tongs Hold Sway
It is known that certain longs
have long held sway over confes
sions for gambling, prostitution
and the laundry business, both
In San Francisco and in the Chi
natowns of other California
cities such as Stockton and Lodi.
The "slave girl" concession in
San Francisco at least official
ly has long been gone. But the
click and rattle of gambling
counters can be heard nightly
over the transoms of Chinatown.
You can buy a lottery ticket
openly in (he buy area,
Miners May Return
To Pits On Monday
Despite No 'Pad'
Legal Technicalities
Prevent Signing Paper
Washlncton. Mar. 4 fll.R)
John L. Lewis' United Mine
Workers and most of the nation's
coal operators agreed on settle
ment terms today to end the
worst coal ntrike in the country'i
history but the final draft of a
contract was delayed because of
legal technicalities.
After nine hours of legal
wrangling In an effort to iron
Ollt thff nh.taloB la..,.,A. ,L.
UMW and for northern, western
ana steei company mine opera
tors recessed until 8 a.m. (PST)
Sundnv Thev hnn.J ut 41.
could then turn out a contract for
laum-aiion oy nignuau.
-rogrs neported
"Sflnw nrntfpMi1' n.
- r,. niiaa
during the latest session, accord
ing to one operator spokesman,
and UMW Vice President Thom
as Kennedy said he thought the
job of settling details of the new
28-month agreement would ba
reached "sometime tomorrow,"
But it appeared that some min
ers would not even wait for the
formal contract if it is not signed
tomorrow and would start re- ,
turning to the pits Monday.
Lewi. hns fnllA, hi. inn ...
...... i. .a awviuaii
policy committee to meet at 4:30
v. hi. tomorrow wnen it is ex
pected he will offer the contract
for It mtlfinallnn it 1...
have completed their work.
Once the committee ratifies the
agreement, Lewis will add his
name to it, paving the way for
tun i (.sumption 01 coai mining,
Legal Angles Block
The final draft of the contract
originally was to be ready at
about noon today, but the legal
stumbling blocks forced several
delays and finally lawyers put it
on an indefinite basis.
A union spokesman said any
talk that Lewis had thrown a
monkey wrench into the proceed
ings by raising new demands "Is
nhsnllftfilv tha hunk inJ
founded."
For their hardship and hunger
nn tl,u efxil. fMn, K. l
a,, in.,, n, ma iiuiif ra
want pay raises of 70 cents a day
una more money ior ineir wel
fare fund.
Fnr thA nnnllv al, ilrlnn.n n t
- ,w. d.iutuunii ui
their properties, the operators
wun revision 01 tne weitare tuna
and other concessions, including
elimination of the "able and
willing" contract clause that In
past years permitted Lewis to
call sudden strikes.
Aid In Pest Fight
May Come Too Late
Portland, Ore., Mar. 4 (U.R)
Congressional action to supply
funds for combatting the spruce
hudworm pest in Oregon and
Washington may come too late
lo be effective this year, a tlm
her industries spokesman said
today.
R. T. Titus, executive vice
president of the Western Forest
Industries association, said time
is growing short for the 1950
spraying drive against the bud
worm. A survey conducted by fed
eral, state and lumber agencies
was based on specimens taken
from trees throughout Oregon,
showing that the pest has spread
across the Cascades Into the Blue
mountains, other sections of
eastern Oregon, and toward
southern Oregon.
Spraying, to be effective, must
be done In the last two weeks
of May and first two weeks of
June when the larvae has begun
lo feed, Titus said.
Ex-Klu Klux Leader
Freed From Prison
Indianapolis, Mar. 4 (U.R) D.
C. Stephenson, 58, former Ku
Klux Klan leader, today was
granted a commutation of his life
sentence for the murder 25 years
ago of Miss Madge Oberholtzer,
a state house employee.
Gov. Henry Schricker granted
Stephenson commuta'tion of hla
sentence from life to time-served
tn life, thus making it possible
for him to ask the board of trus
tees of the Indiana state prison
for a parole.
"My feeling Is ihat Mr. Steph
enson paid the penalty his crime
deserved and Is entitled to some
consideration," Schricker said at
a news conference.
Coos 6a Mill Gets .
A. O, Karlen, Manager
Tacoma, Wash., Mar. 4 (U.R)
Arthur O. Karlen, present assist
ant manager of the Weyerhaeus
er Timber company's Longview
branch, will move to North
Bend, Ore., this June to become
manager of the Coos Bay branch
of the company, it was an
nounccd hero today.
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