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40 CD's Of Air Kot Enough To Kill, Kerry Death Jury Informed ................ tAcmt-Telephoto) ATOMIC DETECTORS Closeup view shows two inexpensive and accurate radiation detectors which have been developed at the Uni versity of California at Los Angeles. The miniature "Gelger coun ters" work by evidencing a color change when exposed to such rayi as come from fluoroscopes. X-ray machines and, of course, atomic explosions. The device comes In two convenient plastic shapes. Small one at left Is about the size of a packet of paper matches and could be worn around the neck like a GI "dogtag " The other is In pencil Hire form, complete with clip. Rogue Basin Project Progress Reported The Rogue basin development project is well on its way toward final approval, it was reported today by Victor Boehl, president of the Rogue Valley Irrigation association, which has been ac tive in support of the project. In a review of recent action taken in behalf of the proposal, Boehl said, "To make certain that there would be no further unnecessary delays by the de partment of the interior, the as sociation sent Ward Spatz to Four Shy, Smiling DP's Begin New Life In Valley Shyly, but with broad smiles, four displaced persons from East ern Europe arrived to begin a new life in the Rogue River val ley this morning. Arriving on the southbound 8:12 a.m. Southern Pacific train, they completed a journey which began in European camps, ana involved first the Atlantic ocean voyage and then the long rail rin nrrnss thp nntiniv Thfv wre met at the station by their "spon sors," Ray Baker, manager of the Meflford J. C. fenney store, and Attorney O. H. Bengtson. Speak No English The Ukranian couple spon sored by Baker is named Hari Jenko. The man and his wife speak no English, and in the ex citement of their arrival, it was impossible to determine their first names. They will work on Baker's dairy ranch on the Old Stage road. The other DP's. a father and 16-year-old daughter, are named Powlo and Galina Zapolska. and are from Poland. It is understood that they are the only survivors of a family of eight people. They will assist Bengtson in caring for his house and grounds. Arrangements for the care and transportation of the four refu gees were completed through the Church World service, and the Rev. Harry Hansen, until re cently pastor of the First Presby terian church here, assisted in ar ranging details of their care. Sponsors Responsible Bengtson and Baker are re sponsible for their care for at least one year, and Baker said "Of course our moral responsi bility extends beyond that." Another DP family will be coming to the Rogue valley soon, according to the Rev. George Shuman of the Ashland Presby terian church, which is sponsor ing them. A five-room house on B street is being prepared, and clothing, supplies and a job will be awaiting the family. Word of their arrival in this country is ex pected at any time, the Rev. Mr. Shuman said. London. Mar. 7 (U.R) Prin cess Margaret is ill with influ enza, Buckingham palace an nounced today. Huge Dust Clouds Rising Over Great Plains Region Chicago, Mar .7 (U.R) Great clouds of dust arose over the wide areas of the great plains today and a blizzard swept the north central states, but the mid west basked in near - record spring temperatures. Elsewhere, spring flood threats arose from ice-gorged rivers in Iowa and Wisconsin. Prairie fires which swept hundreds of square miles in Texas. Okla homa, Missouri and Nebraska were reported under control. Sun Blotted Out Dust storms whipped up by strong winds blotted out the sun over Kansas and toil conserva tion experts warned that a dust bowl like the disastrous one of the 1930 s might develop unless rains come soon. The dust storms already cov ered portions of six states. At least two persons had died in highway crashes caused by the dust. A pileup involving i truck nd four cars near Noyling. an., last night killed a bride and injured 12 persons, six ser iously, i Washington to confer with high interior department officials. Spatz is a Medford fruit packer who has long supported the basin project. Meets Officials While in the capital, Spatz met with the secretary of the interior, with Assistant Secretary Girard Davidson, and the heads of all the various concerned agencies within the department. Boehl re ported, and also met with mem bers of congressional committees which will consider the project when it is finally presented. "Mr. Spatz found that the sec retary . . , and his aides were thoroughly familiar with our problems and are now doing ev erything possible to expedite the project," Boehl said. 'Usual Procedure' "The basin report is now in the hands of the interior depart ment committee . . . and will be handed back to the secretary some time in March as a fully coordinated report. It will then be forwarded to the governor of Oregon and to the bureau of the budget for their approval. This is the usual procedure through which all reclamation project re ports must pass," Boehl's review continued, "It is therefore evident that our project cannot reach . con gress in time for consideration at this session, but will be ready for presentation as a coordinated report at the beginning of the next session. This may seem to be an unnecessary delay, but well informed persons are confident that because all parties to the report will have reached an agreement, it may actually ex pedite approval of the project," Boehl concluded. Reports Delayed It was at first hoped that the project would be ready for pre sentation to the congress at this session, But was delayed by un foreseen developments in prepar ing preliminary field and study reports. Spatz reported that his success in obtaining appointment with many high-ranking administra tion officials was due to assist ance offered him by Monroe Sweetland, democratic national committeeman from Oregon. Sub-Freezing Mercury Recorded In Oregon Portland. Ore., Mar. 7 (U.R) Below - freezing temperatures nipped Portland early today and extended inland to central and eastern Oregon. Portland recorded 28 degrees at the airport, but the weather bureau forecast tonight's tem peratures would be slightly warmer. Occasional rain is ex pected over most of the area bv tomorrow afternoon. Bend was the coldest report ing spot in Oregon with 16 de grees. Burns and Lakeview each had 18. Baker 20. Klamath Tails 22. LaGrande 24, Ontario 25, Salem 27, Medford 27. Eugene 29. The Dalles 29 and Roseburg 30. A man was killed neap Win. dom, Kan., when he was hit by a truck while groping through the dust after his own car had been wrecked in a head-on col lision. At DeKalk, Mo., Samuel Mat thews. 73, died on his farm In a grass fire fanned by high Winds. The dust which hung over the great plains was kicked up by winds and a severe cold front which caused blizzard conditions in North Dakota and portions of Minnesota and South Dakota. North Dakota Cut Off A combination sleet storm and blizzard cut off virtually all of North Dakota from the east and isolated many points in northwestern Minnesota and some in South Dakota. The United Press bureau at Bis marck, N. D.. notified UP head quarters at Minnealopis by ham radio that all wire communica tions in North Dakota had been out since Inst midnight. The storm halted all North Dakota bus and plane travel. Medford 44th Year 12 Pages liyJlrWyJuxly1 IkAyj J U L PAIR FOUND GUILTY ON THREE COUNTS OF SPYING INDICTMENT New York, Mar. 7 (UP) A federal court jury convicted Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev on three counts of a four count espionage conspiracy in dictment today. The jury of six men and six housewives acquitted Miss Coplon on the second count of the indictment which charged her with attempting to pass govern ment secrets to an unauthorized person. The verdict, read to the court by Jury Foreman John Hopfer after six hours and 24 minutes of actual deliberation, was as follows : First count : Both defendants guilty of conspiracy. Second count: (Naming Miss Coplon only) inno cent. Third count': (Charging Gubitchev with attempt ing to receive and obtain United States secrets) guilty. Fourth count: (Charging Miss Coplon with at tempting to pass government secrets to Gubitchev with the knowledge that they would be used to the detriment of the United States and to the advantage of a foreign country) guilty. Defense Fights In Vain For Mistrial Because Of Typographical Error ' The verdict was returned at 11:47 a.m. as the defense was fighting in vain for a mistrial because of a typographical error the jury found in its copy of the indictment. Miss Coplon faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Gubitchev's $20,000 fine $10,000 on each of the first and third counts. Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan remanded both defendants to jail immediately and said he would sentence them at 10:30 a.m Thursday. The fourth count of the indictment carries a maximum sentence of 20 years for Miss Coplon. She could have been sentenced to death in war time. Already Under Sentence ' Miss Coplon already is under sentence of 40 months to 10 years in Washington for stealing government secrets. Gubitchev's attorney, Abraham Pomerantz, told rcportersfol lowing the adjournment of court that he could "make no sense" of the verdict which found Miss Coplon innocent on the second count of attempting to pass secret documents to Gubitchev but found the Russian guilty of attempting to receive those documents. "It indicates to me a terrific confusion," he said. Amateur Contest Winners Named; New The first finalists In Medford's competition for the Original Amateur Hour honors are Keith Mirick, Frances Thrum, Richard McCorkle, Sue Murphy, Ronald Peyton and Fred Bruener. They were chosen from -22 contestants at auditions held at radio station KYJC yesterday and will appear in a special broadcast from the stage of the Craterian theater at 8:30 p.m. today. The six winners were chosen by Judges R.' D. Werner, Frank Buchter and Abbv Green. Mirick is an instrumentalist on the cor net and McCorkle played a saxo phone for his audition. The oth er winners were vocalists. Second Audition Set A second broadcast over KYJC from the Craterian stage will be held March 14 for six other fi nalists selected from auditions scheduled for next Monday. Con testants for the final broadcast March 21 wul be chosen by popu lard vote. The theater audience will be provided with ballots in the lobby and the KYJC listen ing audience may vote by mail. The six contestants receiving Forest Patrol Pumper Ag3in On Fire Call Frank Hamilton, district war den for the state department of forestry, said today that the state forest patrol has again placed the large pumper engine here on call to rural residents in case of fire. This service is offered by the forest patrol in addition to Its regular duties. Hamilton ex plained, and while they have no responsibility to aid in rural house fires, they will attempt to furnish all the aid they can in case they are called. The pumper has been out of service for several months, he said, due to the freezing weath er. Those needing aid in fighting lies should first call the patrol office, phone number 2-2860, and if no answer may call Hamilton's home, 2-4328. The patrol office ii closed Saturday and Sunday, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAkv. maximum would be 15 years and Audition Set the most votes will appear on the final local broadcast when the top winner will be chosen by an applause meter. He, or she, will then be sent to Portland to ap pear on the nationwide ABC broadcast of the Original Ama teur Hour. Last Rites For Lew Lehr Planned Brookline, Mass., Mar. 7 (U.R) Private funeral services have been planned for Lew Lehr, 54-ycar-old comedian and motion picture executive, who died yes terday in the Christian Science sanitorium after a long Illness. Lehr was known to millions of movie fans by his trademark statement "moneys Is the cwaz iest people." He retired several years ago as editor of short sub jects for Twentieth Century Fox films' Movietone division and made his home in New Canaan, Conn. A family riend said Lehr had requested cremation. In Vaudeville Born in Philadelphia. Lehr be gan his career in vaudeville as Simple Simon in J. C. Mack's "Mother Goose." Later he began writing a recording comment for movie shorts and led a double life as i film executive and a low-comedy artist. Lehr was the master of dozens of dialects, but he did not use them In show business until 1933 when film officials heard him ad-libbing In the studio and per suaded him to become "Doktor Lew." His putty-fat face, out rageous moustache and zany mal apropisms soon endeared him to movie-goers. He is survived by his wife, former vaudeville star Nancy Belle, and a daughter, Mrs. Ken neth Webster. Hollywood. Mar. 7 U.R FilmActrcss Judy Garland plans to leave In a week or so for Bos ton for a comr'"te physical chock no and rest. MGM studio said today. mm Robinson Claims May, Koehn Out 01 Senate Race Two Upstate Men Also Confirm Announcement Fred Robinson, Medford cloth ing store proprietor who is seek ing the republican nomination for United States senator, said today that the two men who have have been most prominent ly mentioned as also entering the primary race, have decided not to do so. Walter W. R. May, Oregon City publisher, and George L. Koehn, Portland industrialist, both phoned Robinson last night, he said, and told him that they had conducted an informal poll among friends, acquaintances, and interested friends. "Favorite Candidate" They said, Robinson reported, that Robinson seems to be the favorite candidate to oppose Sen. Wayne Morse in the primary election. Both pledged him their wholehearted support, Robin son said. The Medford candidate left here today for Portland where he will start his campaign "in earnest." He expects to spend several days upstate. Political speculation in recent weeks has been that May would run In the primaries against Morse. This guess had been strengthened by the recent mer ger of the Oregon City Enter prise, May's newspaper, with the Oregon City Banner-Courier, the only competition. Said Would Withdraw Robinson raid several weeks ago that he would withdraw from, the contest if another can didate, better known through out the state, came forward. But his announcement today appar ently indicated that anti-Morse forces have decided that Rob inson is the best candidate they have. Portland, Ore.. Mar. 7 (U.R) Walter W. R. May, editor-in-chief of the Oregon City Enterprise-Courier, announced today that he will not run for the re publican nomination- for U. S. senator in opposition to Wayne Morse. "It will not be possible for me to be a candidate for the United States senate in the re publican primary and start an ac tive campaign soon enough to draw fully the grave party issue presented by Senator Morse's course in office." May said. s Cites Responsibilities "This is because I have some prior responsibilities I cannot set aside. They are contractual and in the nature of a trust. I am deeply appreciative, of course, for the united statewide support offered me by my friends and many others I do not know per sonally who believed I would win by giving the republican voters the opportunity to express themselves within the party, which I believe they should have." Earlier, George L. Koehn. Portland attorney, confirmed that he also would withdraw his candidacy against Morse on the republican ticket In favor of Fred Robinson, Medford. Daylight Saving May Be Council Subject City councllmen may discuss the matter of daylight saving time at their regular meeting at the city hall at 7:30 p.m. today. Mayor Diamond Flynn reported this morning. He said that airline and radio station representatives and a number of businessmen advocat ing daylight time have ap proached him. The council a month ago discussed the issue but made no recommendation. Central Point's request for time extension to complete its pumping station and connecting line to the Medford-Camp White trunk may be considered tonight, according to the mayor. Febru ary 2 was the original deadline set. Matters relative to park com pletion may be brought up, Fynn stated. Also before the council are proposed garbage rules, a street peddler ban and meal inspection petition. iBUNE 1950 No. 293 iv ms Cave Junction Bank Organization Okayed By State Official Salem, Ore.. Mar. 7 (U.R) A A. Rogers, superintendent of Danks, has approved the organi zation of the Illinois Valley bank at Cave Junction, Ore., he in formed the state banking board nere today. The bank, with a capitalization of $60,000 would be headed by Clifford Sparks, who has served with the Security bank of Los Angeles, the hirst National Bank of Portland, and as manager of the Sweet Home branch of the First National Bank of Portland. The state banking board is comprised of Gov. Douglas Mc Kay, secretary of State Earl T. Newbry and State Treasurer Walter J. Pearson. 19 Churches To Cooperate In 'One Great Hour' Here Nineteen protcstant churches of the United States, most of which have congregations in Medford, are making plans this week to cooperate with the "One Great Hour of Sharing" appeal to be held In over 100,000 con gregations throughout the coun try on Sunday, March 12. According to the Rev. George n. V. Holster of St. Mark s Epis copal church, who la aiding with the appeal plans here, this will be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, promotional efforts ev er conducted unitedly by the protcstant communion. Slogan Given Slogan for the appeal la "For the Needs of the World." The money given during the cam paign will be used for relief, re construction and inter-church aid throughout the world, and will be expended through Church World service and the depart ment of Inter-church aid and service to refugees of the World In order that every member of each congregation participat ing may be informed of the ap peal, a mass informative cam paign is being conducted this week through newspapers, four major radio networks, magazines and Journals, according to Dr. Stanley I. Stubcr, New York, national director of the cam paign. In addition, the Methodists are having a "week of dedication," and the Disciples of Christ a week of compassion. T n e Episcopal church will have a spe cial broadcast directly to Its lo cal church the morning of March 1Z. School Merger Again Approved By Voters Central Point, Mar. 7 Voters of consolidated school district No. 6 and Tolo district No. 98 rcapproved merger at elections last night. The vole was 143 yes, 8 no, at Central Point and 2D yes, 7 no, at Tolo. Ballots must yet be canvassed by the county boun dary board. H. P. Jewett, superintendent of district No. 6 said that the consolidation will be cleared with a Portland bonding attor ney and a bond issue reaffirma tion election will be called as soon as legally possible. bchooi patrons previously voted merger of the districts last August, and approved a $500,000 bond Issue for new high xchool construction In November. Rcvotes on both matters were made necessary when the bond ing attorney ruled that the con solidation election should have been held under first class dis trict regulations rather than second class. PRECINCT WORKERS FILE Two republicans yesterday filed for election as precinct com mittcewomcn with the county clerk. They are Yetta A. Flowers for precinct J.l and Anna H. bcott for precinct 84. Deadline for fil ing, both for nomination to public office and for election as precinct committee men and women, is Friday, March 10. Washington, Mar. 7 (U.R) Rep. Claire Enfle (D., Cal.) an nounced today he will seek re election to the house. WEATHER yoRECAST: Cloudy tonliht ana Wednudiy with oeenlonil Hcht rain Wednesday. Warm er tonliht. Temp. Hltheit yeilrrday si Lowest thli morning WHH.m 27 Churchill Demands Postponement Of Nationalization Majority Of Voters Said Against Pact London. Mar. 7 U.R Win ston Churchill demanded today that Britain's shaky Labor gov ernment postpone nationaliza tion of iron and steel until at least nine months after a new general election. The conservative opposition leader told the new commons that a majority of voters in the February 23 general election showed they were against the steel nationalization act. The steel act was passed by the old parliament, to take effect next January 1. The Conserva tive and Liberal parties, pledged to repeal of the act, won a major ity of the popular vote in last months' election, but the labor government nevertheless captur ed a slim majority of seven seats in the new'house. Prime Minister Clement R. Attlce Indicated in commons last night that the labor government intended to let the act pass into law on the scheduled date with out further action of any kind. Churchill reopened the attack on the act today. "The electors, by a majority, have pronounced against it," he said. "Had we obtained a majority (of the scats in commons), we should have repealed the act." Churchill said he would not press for a vote on the Conser vative motion regarding steel if the labor government agreed to postpone nationalization of iron and steel until after the next election. If the motion should be put to a vote, the labor government would risk a defeat that might result In dissolution of parlia ment and an immediate new election. Churchill also proposed action to remedy the election situation that saw the labor government get a majority of seats in the new commons although it had a minority of the popular vote. He called for revision of the election system and demanded appointment of a special parlia mentary committee to consider the question. Census Enumerator Exams Continue Today Examinations for census enu merator applicants were continu ing today in the courtroom of the federal building but a deputy of the assistant district supervisor declined to reveal how many ap plicants had written examina tions so far. Yesterday Guy D. Corliss, the assistant district supervisor for the bureau of the census, said 51 Dersons. most of them women, had taken exams to fill 55 vacan cies up until noon. An eligible list, made up of those scoring 10 or above on the tests, will be the basis of final appointments to the enumerators' jobs. Results will not be known for some time. EV Yrekan Undergoes 25-Hour Ordeal After Auto Wreck Yreka, Cal., Mar. 7 (U.R) A husky lumberjack, suffering from shock and exposure, told todav of a Dain-racked 25-hour nrdpnl during which he crawled three miles in 14 hours with a shattered right leg. Robert L. McGuire. 45, said his ancient car hit a weak shoul der on twisting Bpaver creek road Saturday and tumhlea over a 100-foot cliff. He and his wife, Francis. 39, were returning home from Yreka. Wife Killed His wife was killed and Mc Guire was knocked unconscious his right leg broken. It was about midnight when he woke up. I was about 30 feet from the wreck and it was awfully cold and wet." he said. "I guess it rained while I was out. the car had burned and was still smol dering so I crawled over to get warm. I could see my wife lying near the wreck , . . She was dead." McGuire huddled near the wreck until dawn Sunday before Harvard Doctor Tells 01 Autopsy On Cancer Victim Dr. Sander's Wife In Brief Appearance Manchester, N. H., Mar. 7 (U.R) A medical witness testi fied at Dr. Hermann N. Sander's mercy murder trial today that 40 cubic centimeters of air were not enough to kill a person. Dr. Richard Ford, pathologist of Harvard university, went to the witness stand after the doc tor's loyal wife, in a brief, dra matic appearance, told the all male jury that her husband had been worried and tired at the time he injected air into the veins of his cancer, patient, Performed Autopsy Dr. Ford performed an ex haustive 10-hour autopsy on the body of the patient, Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto, 59, several weeks af ter she died. He struck at the heart of the state's murder case by stating: "forty CC's Is not enough to block the arterial sys tem leading to the human lung." Defense Attorney Robert E. Booth asked him that if a medi cal record stated a person died easily after an air injection, if that Indicated the air actually killed her. All or None "I have an opinion," Dr. Ford said. "What is it?" "I do not think so." "It would indicate to me death had resulted from other causes than air," Dr. Ford said. Dr. Ford said that "research conducted on animals indicated it would take 200 to 300 cubic centimeters of air delivered with in 25 seconds to kill a human. Dr. Ford said "a fatal dose of air is an all or none pheno menon!." He explained that the air either kills or doesn't kill regardless of the condition of the person who receives the Injec tion. Forty cubic centimeters of air, he said, would be the equival ent of about an ounce and one third, or "somewhat less than an ordinary measuring glass for a bartender." Death From Air Rare Dr. Ford said death from air embolism is "quite rare." He said he had examined the case records of 80,000 autopsies and that only 44 were recorded aa due to air embolism, "There were 12 proven cases of the kind of air embolism. in question," he said. "In all of these cases there were large quantities of air present." Dr. Ford said 40 CC's of air ' would not displace much of the blood in the heart, which has a 300-CC blood capacity. He said 40 CC'i would be shoved along bit by bit to the lungs, "just the same as you sometimes get squirts of air in a kitchen fau cet." House Vote Okays Hawaii Statehood Washington, Mar. 7 (U.R) The house today approved state hood for Hawaii. The roll call vote was 261 to 110. The bill now goes to the sen ate, where it joins a measure passed last week by the house to admit Alaska to the union. Sen ate approval would make the two territories the 49th and 50th states. Aa In the Alaskan vote, to day's opposition came general ly from southern aemocrais Joined by a scattering of "big stale" republicans and democrats from the north. The larger states of the east have complained that admission of Alaska and Hawaii would give the smaller states a dispropor tionate Increase in power in the U. S. senate, where the new stnte each would have two mem bers. Both bills face an uncertain senate fate. The house passed an Hawaiian statehood bill in 1947 but it died in the senate. LIMITS REMOVED All weight limits have been removed from the Tiller-Trail road into Canyonville, state po lice here said today. attempting to crawl up the steep embankment to the road. He said it took him until about 4 p. m, to reach the top. On reaching the road. Mc Guire said it was easier going and he started for a neighbor's home. "I tried to make a crutch out of a piece of tree limb," he said, "but it hurt too much to use it. I thought I would never make it, but I knew I had to. I might have frozen to death if I spent another night in the open." Nearly Unconscious When he reached help, Mc Guire was exhausted and nearly unconscious from pain. The neighbor, Jack Trainnr. said Mc Guirc's hands and knees were badly cut and bleeding from crawling. Sheriff's deputies were called and the Injured man rushed to a hospital. ' Trainor found Mrs. McGulre's body. She apparently had been thrown from the tumbling car and had struck her head on a log, breaking her neck.
