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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1950
No. 292
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'Obsession' Forced Air
Shot, Dr. Sander Claims
Explanations Of
Injection Given
By Star Witness
Patient Already Dead,
o. Accused Asserts
Manchester. N. M., Mar. 6
U.P Dr. Hermann N. Sander
calmly testified today that an
"obsessibn" forced him to pump
air into a cancer patient he be
lieved already dead.
"Something snapped in me."
was Dr. Sander's explanation of
the air injection that brought
him to trial charged with the
"mercy murder" of the patient
Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto, 59.
Was Already Dead
Dr. Sander, testifying as his
own star witness, maintained
Mrs. Borroto was dead of can
cer when he plunged his hypo
dermic needle into her arm.
Thus, he contended, he could
not have killed her to spare her
further suffering.
"It was just the appearance of
her face and the remembrance
of her long suffering that might
have touched me off and made
me do something that doesn't
make sense." he said.
"It was an irrational behav
ior and I don't think I can ex
plain it ... I was obsessed to
do it.l'
Dr. Sander began his dramatic
testimony with a statement that
the novel "Magnificent Obses
sion" by Lloyd C. Douglas in
spired him to become a physi
cian. That was under the friendly
questioning of his counsel who
drew from him the assertion that
Mrs. Borroto wns dead when he
entered her Hillsborough county
hospital room last December 4.
Atmosphere Changes
The atmosphere changed about
an hour and a half later when
the state's chief prosecutor. At
torney General William L. Phin
ney, began his cross-examination
and asked his boyhood chum
questions designed to send the
latter to prison for life.
But Dr. Sander maintained
his position that "I knew she
was dead" when he injected air
into Mrs. Borroto's arm.
"You had an obsession to In
ject air into the veins of this
poor, dead soul?" snapped Phin
ney to the physician who once
was his pal.
"That's right," said Dr. San
der. "And you can't tell us why?"
persisted Phinney.
"That's right," repeated the
accused doctor.
Finally, however, Dr. Sander
amplified his answer by adding
that "the very fact she was dead
gave me assurance I could do
her no harm."
Under direct examination, Dr.
Sander said "I never had any
I intention to kill Mrs. Borroto . .
.1 never told anybody I killed
Mrs. Borroto."
Sprinkle Of Rain And
Snow Moistens Valley
A light sprinkle of rain spatter
ed the valley last night, and was
measured at .01 of an inch at the
Medford weather bureau. At ele
.vations only slightly higher than
the city, it fell as snow, and sur
rounding hills were dusted with
white this morning.
Clear and continued cold were
forecast for tonight and tomor
row. It may frost lightly tonight,
the bureau said. Minimum tem
perature here last night was 32
degrees.
Bidault Ends
By Asking Confidence Vote
Paris, Mar. 8 U.R) Premier
Georges Bidault suddenly si
lenced a four-day communist fili
buster in the national assembly
todav by demanding a vote of
confidence on powers to imprison
communist strike agitators in
chains.
At the same time a strike on
the Paris bus and subway sys
tems, called by communist union
leaders, closed virtually all bus
lines and 12 of the city's 15 sub
way lines.
The demand for a vote of con
fidence automatically ended four
tlays of riotous assembly debate
n the government's anti-sabotage
bill. Debate was marked by
bloody fist fights when commun
ists attacked right-wing deputies.
KING GEORGE OPENS
BRITISH PARLIAMENT
London. March 6 (U.R) Prime Minister Clement Attlee said
today hii government intends to put into effect a law nationaliz
ing iron and steel despite the laborites' bare seven-vote majority
in commons.
"There is nothing lo be done in the matter immediately." Att
lee told the new house at its first business session. "But that statute
is on the statute books, and our purpose is to give effect to acts
passed by parliament."
His statement indicated the government intended, as sketched
in King George's speech a few hours earlier, to introduced no "con
tentious" legislation at this session.
London. Mar. 8 (U.R) King
George VI formally opened par
liament today with a promise
that the labor government would
pigeonhole all controversial leg
istion during the coming year.
No "contentious" portions of
the labor government's socialist
program will be brought before
parliament unless full employ
ment and Britain's national well
being are threatened, the king
said.
Nationalisation Unmentioned
The king's speech, written for
him by Prime Minister Clement
Attlee's labor government,
skipped all direct mention of
such controversial labor govern
ment proposals as nationaliza
tion. Attlee campaigned on a prom
ise to continue nationalization.
His majority in commons was
so slight, however seven seats
that he and his cabinet agreed to
call a halt to the nationalization,
program.
The king's speech was ex
tremely short and was one of the
least informative to be delivered
to the opening of parliament in
many years.
It reflected the precarious po
sition of the labor government
and its determination not to
clash in commons with the op
position over controversial leg
islation. In the field of foreign affairs
the only notable mention in
volved the problem of atomic
energy.
Churchill Ignored
The king ignored Conservative
Leader Winston Churchill's elec
tion campaign appeal for Britain
to take the lead in arranging an
other Big Three meeting with
Premier Josef Stalin of Russia.
He said the labor government
Census Exams To Be
Held Again Tuesday
Due to a stenographic error
in typing examination notices,
exams for jobs as 1950 census
enumerators in this area will be
held again tomorrow on the same
schedule as they were run today
The exams were officially
scheduled and announced for to
day in the courtroom of the fed'
cral building (post office) but a
number of notices were mailed
to applicants ordering them to
appear for examination Tuesday.
In order to resolve the confu
sion, Guy D. Corliss, assistant
district supervisor, bureau of the
census, said this noon that he
will conduct the examinations
again tomorrow at 9 a.m., 10:30
a.m., 1:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
By noon today. 51 applicants
had turned in examinations, Cor
liss said. Fifty-five enumerators
are required for the job. In or
der to make the eligible list ap
plicants must make a grade of
10 or above. Successful appli
cants will be chosen from those
with the highest grades above
10. Final appointments will not
be known until all exams are
graded in from seven to ten days.
Filibuster
The assembly adjourned at 10
a. m. after a 13-hour all-night
session when Bidault called for
a confidence vote. One full day
must elapse before such a vote
can be taken. The earliest the as
sembly could meet again, there
fore, would be one minute after
midnight Wednesday.
The bill opposed so bitterly by
the communists is designed to
break the communist labor of
fensive against American arms
shipments to France.
It provides solitary confine
ment sentences In chains for
strike agitators and the death
penalty for the destruction of
military supplies. The commun
ists have promised to use both
lacucs to nait American arms
shipments.
would do everything within its
power to reach an agreement on
the tremendous problem" of
atomic energy but only through
the United Nations.
In general the king's speech
was routine, indicating Attlee's
determination to carry on with
a "caretaker" government pro
gram only.
At only one place did the king
speaking for the labor govern
ment threaten to proceed with
controversial issues.
"In view of the restricted
time available and the heavy
volume of financial business to
be transacted, my government
proposes only a limited program
of legislation for the present ses
sion," the king said.
IdenlilyOTT
'Sea Monster'
Still Mystery
Dclakc, Ore., Mar. 6 (U.R)
Laymen and experts measured,
felt and sniffed at a 22-foot "sea
monster'' today but nobody
could offer a name for the mys
terious blob of marine flesh.
Sightseers, whalemen, biolo
gists and deep sea fishermen
examined the 1, 000-pound
"thing ' as it lay beached and
chained to a piling near the
point where it was washed up
Saturday.
Nobody had any idea what it
was.
It appeared that the experts
would have to identify the thing
in a hurry. It was beginning to
smell.
Monster Has Tail
The "monster" had a 6-foot
tail protruding from its six-foot
long body. A half-dozen or more
smaller "tails" radiated from the
body.
One curious beach dweller
stuck his arm into the creature's
"mouth" up to the elbow with
out learning anything particu
larly interesting. Above the
mouth, which was big enough to
accommodate a dinner plale, the
head featured two slits, appar
ently eye sockets.
Biologists from Oregon Stale
college and the University of
Washington cut samples of the
beasts' flesh for microscopic
studies but hazarded no opinion
as to its specie.
Delnkc Mayor Leslie Wolf
said its skin resembled a matted
fishing net. Some fishermen said
it was whale blubber and others
said it wasn't. Both agreed the
meat was while.
Virus Pneumonia Fatal
To Edgar Lee Masters
Melrose Park, Pa., Mar. 6
(U.R) Edgar Lee Masters. 80
poet-author of "Spoon River
Anthology," died early today in
a convalescent home. He was
stricken with virus pneumonia
three days ago.
Masters, one of the nation's
best known poets, had been
more or less an invalid since an
attack of pneumonia in Decem
ber. 1943.
His second wife. Ellen, 30
years his junior, was with him
when he died. He also is sur
vived by their son, Hillary, 21.
Washington newspaper man.
and two children by his former
marriage.
School Merger Revote
Scheduled Tonight
Central Point, Mar. 6 UR)
Qualiifed voters in Consolidat
ed school district No. 6 and Tolo
district No. 98 will ballot from
7 to 8 p.m today on merger.
The elections constitute re
votes which were made neces
sary by a bonding company's
interpretation. District No. 6
residents will vote at the Cen
tral Point school gvmnnsium
and Tolo patrons will ballot at
a garage on the Richard Savage
farm.
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END OF COAL STRIKE SADDENED ONE-Although happy the coa! strike is over, Clint Conjter ex.
presses sadness as he ponders what to do with eight tons of high-grade coal, which is only slightly less ex
pensive than gold. Conger trucked the coal to Cleveland from Pomeroy, O.. a distance of 250 miles, only
to be greeted by Clevelanders reluctant to pay the $30 -a-ton he asked because end of the strike promised4
more and cheaper coal. He wouldn't say what the coal cost him Just "plenty."
Air Force Considers Dropping
B-52 Jet Bomber From Plans
Washington. M.ir. 6 U.R1
The air force disclosed officially
today that it is considering drop
ping the B-52 Boeing jet bomber
as successor to the B-36 in its
heavy bomber program.
No Decision Reached
No decision has been reached,
(he air force said. It said, how
ever, that studies are being
made to determine how the Con
vair B-36 may be beefed, up and
altered in design and power.
In response to reporters' in
quiries, the air force issued this
statement:
"As part of its continuous re
view of existing and planned pro
grams, the air force is examin
ing among other things the plans
for the B-52.
"No decision has yet been
reached whether the B-52 will
be dropped from its present posi
tion as the planned successor of
the B-36. Studies arc being made
to determine the extent to
which the B-36 may logically be
expected to develop with
changes in design and power.
"In addition to its other re
sponsibilities v the air force has
an obligation to maintain to the
fullest extent practicable the
health of the air craft industry.
The Boeing company of Seattle,
which develops the B-52, will
continue as a vital part of the
industry in air force planning re
gardless of the decision which
may be reached on the B-52."
Meteor Explosion
Possibility Checked
Eugene, Ore., Mar. 6 U.R)
Oregon scientists today were
checking the possibilities that it
was a meteor explosion that
shook the Eugene area Sunday
morning. But Eugene police
expressed opinion that it was a
man-made blast at a rock quarry
near Fernridge lake, 10 miles
west of here.
Dr. J. Hugh Pruitt. University
of Oregon astronomer, said he
was checking the possibilities
that the explosion, felt for a 40
mile radius, was caused by an
exploding meteor. At Oregon
State college in Corvallis. 40
miles north of Eugene, scientists
were studying the Oregon State
seismograph to sec if the blast
was recorded on the instrument.
The explosion shook Eugene
about 11:50 a. m. Sunday and
reports of similar shocks came
from communities as far as 20
miles in all directions from what
was believed the center of the
explosion.
LeBrun, Twice French
President, Succumbs
Paris, Mar. 6 'URi Albert
LeBrun, 78, one-time farm boy
who twice was elected president
of France, died today of pneu
monia. Death came at 7:30 a. m Paris
time, In his home here.
He had been in retirement
since 1944.
LeBrun had been seriously ill
at his home for the last 10 doys
He is survived by a son. Jean
LeBrun, and a married daugh
ter. Mme. Jean Freyssinard.
LrBrun was one of the few
statesmen ever to be elected
president of France twice. But
did not finish his second t?rm
.because the Germans Interned
ihim in 1 043. Since the war, he
I . r !.! limn in
Paris nursing home.
It is reported that the air
force is considering replacing the
B-36's six piston engines with
new turbo-prop engines which
would enable the giant craft to
fly higher and faster in jet air
warfare.
Wing Design studied
It Is reDortcd also that the air
force is considering modifying i
the B-36's conventional wing
ij'ilh a- swept-back-design some
what similar to the air force's
Boeing medium range B-47 jel
bomber.
The proposed changes in the
air force's bomber procurement
program are reportedly dictated
Two State Hospital
Patients Are Sought
Salem. Ore., Mar. 6 'U.R) A
state hospital patient who was
committed when ho was 15 af
ter killing a Pendleton taxicab
driver was sought by state po
lice today. He walked away
from the hospital here Sunday
night while he was on ground
parole.
Ervin Embysk, now 28. was
committed to the hospital here
in 1937 from the Eastern Oregon
state hospital at Pendleton,
where he was confined after con
fessing to the killing of Howard
Gwin, 28-year-old taxi driver
Embysk had engaged Gwin to
drive him to Pilot Rock. On the
way, Embysk shot the driver
twice with a .22 caliber revolv
er, then robbed him of $5, state
police said their records show.
Hospital attendants said Em
bysk was regarded as harmless.
He had been a ground parolee
for several years and allowed to
roam the institution and its
grounds at will.
Eugene Harshberger, 26. r
ceived from Portland in 1038,
also walked away from the hos
pital while he was on ground
parole Sunday night. Attendants
said he, also, was regarded as
harmless. The hospitnl said both
were still missing today.
Two Holdup Men
Slain In Portland
Portland.' Ore.. Mar. 6 Two
holdup men were shot and killed
last night when they attempted
to loot a Portland grocery store.
Eugene Archibald. 60. father-in-law
of the owner of the store.
came out shooting from the rear
nf the store when he heard his
daughter. Mrs. Lauriel B'-lirens.
25. tell two strangers that her
father and husband were In the
kitchen.
"Leave enough money so we
can open in the morning." Mrs.
Behrens said in a raised voice.
One of the holdup men, later
identified as Henry Douglas
Smith. 36. scurried toward the
rear of the store. Archibald shot
him twice and he fell on the
kitchen floor.
Stepping Into the store sec
tion, Archibald encountered the
other man, Jay W, Harris. 25, of
West Linn. Ore., who had a pis
tol pointed at Archibald. Both
men fired. Harris was hit In the
head and Archibald was wound
ed in the wrist.
Washington, Mar. 6 (U.R)
President Truman told congres
sional leaders today he will send
congress this week about a half-
I ArxTftn nAw tilani fni mtroattir.
ling government agencies.
bv hard money facts. Under the
defense department's $13,000,-
000,000 budget, about $2,000,.
000.000 is for aircraft procure
ment. Of this about one-third
goes lo naval aviation. The
changes, some reports said
would enable the air force to do
the same job with less money.
Two Meetings Sef
To Discuss Soil
Two meetings to help spread
Information about soil conserva
tion districts have been schedul
ed in the county, for March 15
aid 16. A referendum to deter
mine whether a district will be
formed in Jackson county will
be held March 22 and County
Agent W. B. Tucker said today
every effort is being made to In
form landowners about the pur
pose and function of the districts
so that voting in the referendum
will reflect an Informed opinion.
Wednesday, March 15, an open
informational meeting will be
held in the Central Point Grange
hall and Thursday, March 16, a
similar meeting will be held In
the Eagle Point Grange hall.
Both sessions will begin at 8 p.m.
To Show Pictures
Two sound pictures will be
shown "This is Our Land," and
"In Common Cause." They depict
the history of soil conservation
services and the need for con
servation practices.
Howard E. Cushman, execu
tive secretary of the slate soil
conservation committee, and
Otto Bohnert, Central Point, a
member of the stale committee,
will attend both meetings.
Precinct Workers to
Seek Election Here
Both democratic and republi
can party workers today were
swinging much of their attention
from candidates for public of
fice to the need for precinct
committeemen and women to
handle electioneering at the
grass roots level. Friday is the
filing deadline for both candi
dates seeking nomination to
county, state, and national posi
tion Jf'or those running for elec
tion as precinct committeemen
and women.
While each day's mail brings
In several new filings for pre
cinct committee men and wom
en, there, arc still a number of
vacancies that will go unfilled
unless the tempo of filings in
creases by Friday.- Party work
ers point out that much of the
difficulty in finding candidates
for all the county's precincts was
created by the recent revamping
of precinct boundaries that rais
ed the total number of precincts
from (18 to 84. Many voters are
still confused as to which pre
cinct they live in but arrange
ments have been made by the
county clerk's office to publish
maps showing the new precinct
designations.
Issue Appeals
Mrs. C. L. Hopkins, vice-chairman
of the republican county
central committee, and Mrs. Ed
ward C. Kelly, chairman of the
democratic county central corn-
i mittre
today bolh issued ap
pedis to mcmben of theif par
FULL PRODUCTION
EXPECTED WITHIN
NEXT 24 HOURS
Pittsburgh, Mar. 6 (UP) Signing of a new
wage-boosting contract sent more than 175,000 Unit
ed Mine workers back to work in the nation's soft coal
pits today and full production was expected within 24
hours.
The back-to-work movement gained momentum
by the hour as local unions met for formal action on
the settlement. In keeping with UMW tradition, thou
sands of the miners refused to work until UMW Presi
dent John L. Lewis' telegrams announcing the agree
ment arrived.
With the reopening of the mines, railroads and
heavy industry, hard hit by the coal shortage, started
the climb back to normal. U. S. Steel, which had cut
Pittsburgh district operations to 53 per cent, brought
its coke production back to normal and turned on the
heat in eight of the 14 blast furnaces banked.
Mine field stores were jammed with miners'
wives stocking up their depleted pantries. Credit,
which some companies had cut off to strikers, auto
matically was restored.
A bread truck operator in the
Waynesburg, Pa., district said
his supplies were exhausted long
before he had completed his
round. Stores reported they had
sold out of sandwich meals.
In western Pennsylvania,
12,500 of the district's 50,000
miners returned. Operators said
the number will swell to 25.000
by night and full production will
be reached tomorrow.
About 25 per cent of central
Pennsylvania1 55,000 miners
were working and the remainder
were holding strike-ending meet
ings. West Virginia reported wa,
000 of its 118,000 miners back.
Illinois' 24,000 UMW members
were returning.
Reopening of mines in Kansas
and Missouri awaited signing of
a district contract.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.,
which operates three mines in
western Pennsylvania employ
ing 4.500 men, reported its men
didn't show up.
"They've called a meeting for
this afternoon and "we expect to
get on the "cat eye' shift to
night," A J & L official' said.
Sid Grauman Dies
At Hollywood Hospital
Hollywood, Mar. 6 (U.R)
Famed Hollywood Showman Sid
Grauman, 70, died yesterday at
Cedars of Lebanon hospital of a
heart ailment.
Grauman, who Immortalized
the foot and handprints of
screen stars in cement, died al
most alone after being in the
hospital 11 days. Only his phy
sician, Dr. Myron Prinzmcntal,
and his secretary, Gertrude
Skall, were present.
He had no close relatives. Fu
neral arrangements were incom
plete. Born Sidney Patrick Grau
man in Indianapolis, Intl., he
came to Hollywood when it be
came the center of the budding
movie industry.
ties for assistance in filling the
remaining vacancies.
Mrs. Hopkins said "the duties
of these offices arc varied, for
the men and women elected arc
Jointly responsible for all party
activity within their precincts
A well-organized county central
committee means that a well-or
ganized campaign can be carried
out with the greatest degree of
efficiency and effectiveness.
She said she appealed to all
"loyal and Interested republi
cans" to make themselves per
sonally responsible for seeing
that candidates are filed by
March 10 for the offices of pre
cinct committee man and woman
in every precinct in the county.
Said Educational'
Mrs. Kelly characterized the
precinct Jobs as essentially edu
catlonal in nature. "If the pre
cinct posts go unfilled," she said,
"there cannot be a campaign
based on full and adequate infor
mation on candidates and issues
In the coming general election
She pointed out that committee
men and women were respon
sible for the personal contact of
every voter in their precinct to
see that they voted and that they
were Informed about the offices
and issues at stake before they
marked their ballots.
A list of candidates for pre
cinct pots who have filed their
Intention to seek election so far
as published on page five of to
day s Mail Tribune.
New Coal Contract
Seen As Possible
Strike Eliminator
Washington, Mar. ft (U.P.)
A top coal industry official hoped
today that -the new contract .-
with John L. Lewis' bituminous
miners would lead to elimina
tion of strikes in the soft coal
fields.
George H. Love, chief spokes
man for the northern and west
ern producers, said the wage
agreement signed after nine
months of strikes, court suits and
angry and often fruitless bar
gaining offers the industry its
"first real opportunity for stab
ility in the last decade." .
Lewis Pleased
He hoped, he added, that it
it will promote "such mutual
understanding that we will, do
away with coal strikes in the
future."
Lewis appeared to be equally
pleased by the outcome, telling
newsmen that his United Mine
Workers were "naturally grate
ful over .the settlement."
The agreement, which may set
a pattern for settling deadlocked
negotiations with anthracite pro
ducers, will add an estimated 25
to 35 cents a ton to the nation's
fuel bill.
It grants the soft coal miners
a pay Increase of 70 cents a day,
raising their daily wage to
$14.75.
Welfare Payments Up
Industry payments to the un
ion's coveted health and welfare
fund are boosted from 20 to 30
cents a ton with the promise that
the fund soon will start paying
benefits again.
In return, the operators ob
tained a 28-month contract which
cannot be reopened for any rea
son before April, 1951. This ap
parently assured at least a year
of peace in the soft coal fields.
Other provisions in the new
contract:
1. Elimination of the "willing
and able" clause which operators
claimed enabled Lewis to con
trol production by calling sud
den strikes.
2. Limitation of the "memor
ial periods" for mine disasters
to about five days a year.
Union Shop Ban
3. A ban on the union shop
unless Lewis obtains it through
a national labor relations board
election, or unless the courts rule
that a union shop outside NLRB
procedure is legal. The issue
now Is in the courts, Lewis can
not use the board's services be
cause he has not signed a non
communist affidavit.
4. Retains Lewis as union
trustee of the welfare board.
The neutral trustees will be
Charles A. Owen, former presi
dent of the Imperial Coal Co.,
with headquarters in New York.
Medford Polio Victim
Removed To Eugene
A 12-year-old Medford girl suf
fering from polio was taken to
Sacred Heart hospital, Eugene,
Saturday evening by Perl ambu
lance, the ambulance service re
ported. The girl's doctor here said that
the disease was in an early stage
but that she was "very sick."
The rase is the second one this
I year In Jackson county, accord
ing to the county health oxiict.
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