Medford mail tribune., March 10, 1950, Image 1

Medford
Tribune
WEATHER
FORECAST: Ruin ihoweri lm
valley, mow In mountains to
night and Saturday, Decreai
I n f precipitation Saturday
but continued cool.
Hleheit Yesterday - S3
Lowest this Morning
Prec. t 4:30 a.m. Today.
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NAVY PLANES FOR WESTERN EUROPE Navy fighters and bombers are shown being loaded aboard
the French aircraft carrier Dixmunde (background) a Norfolk, Va., as the first shipment of a billion
dollar program to rearm Western Europe under Atlantic Pact. Fifty planes were Included In the shipment.
Dr. Sander Awaiting
Medic Board Hearing
Manchester, N. H., Mar. 10
Dr. Hermann N. Sander, freed
by a court of law as a mercy
slayer, promised today not lo re
sume his practice pending a trial
by his fellow doctors.
The bespectacled physician
found innocent of murder, faced
trial by state medical authorities
on jwhether he violated medical
ethics when he injected air into
a cancer-doomed patient.
Through Louis C. Wyman,
youthful member of a father-son
lawyer team that won his swift
acquittal by a jury. Dr. Sander
said he "wouldn't think of prac
ticing until after the medical
board meets."
Pose For Pictures
bmiling and friendly, the doc
torsand his family posed for pho
tographers this morning at his
Candia home. No interviews
were permitted. There were so
many photographers present
they entered the house in shifts
to. take pictures of the doctor,
. his wife, three small daughters
and their cocker spaniel, Taffy.
Dr. John S. Wheeler, secretary
of the five-member state board
of registration in medicine, said
the 41-year-old general practi
tioner would be summoned to a
hearing in the near future. It
will be determined at that hear
ing whether the board revokes
his license to practice medicine.
Dr. Wheeler disclosed the
board had summoned Dr. Sander
'Good To Excellent'
Water Supplies Seen
Water content of the snow
pack in rhuch of southwestern
Oregon averages about 20 per
cent above normal for this time
of year, it was reported today by
W. T. "Jack" Frost, hydraulic
engineer for the cooperative federal-state
snow survey here.
In general, snow-water sup
plies for the entire western part
of the state now vary from
"good" to "excellent" for the
coming irrigation season, accord
ing to the report, which was giv
en as of March 1.
Cascade Streams Good
Lands supplied with water by
Domiciliary Staff
To Be Cut By 14 ,
The staff at the Camp White
veterans' administration domi
ciliary center will be cut by 14
people under terms of a new
economy order from the VA's
Washington headquarters, ac
cording to Paul Hatton, man
ager of the center.
The sweeping economy move
was announced from Washing
ton last week by Gen. Paul
Gray, administrator of the VA.
tif. was not known here until
.vesterday afternoon what effect
this would have on personnel at
the Camp White domiciliary.
Actually, the order reduces
the number of positions at the
center by 20, a cut of more than
10 per cent, Hatton said, but
six of these were vacant at the
time the order was received.
Thus 14 persons will be dis
charged under the new person
nel ceiling.
One physician's post, two cler
ical jobs and one stock clerk's
position were affected by the
order. The rest of the cuts arc
in the commissary staff, Hatton
said. s
'One Great Hour' To
Be Observed Sunday
"One Great Hour of Sharing."
cooperative effort of 19 protest
ant churches of this country
for relief of fellow Christians
abroad, will culminate Sunday.
March 12. during the 11 am
services of these convocations
including several in Medford.
Funds, collected through the
"hour of sharing" will be ad
ministered by the department
f inter-church aid and service
to refusers of the World Council
of Churches and through Church
World Service. Inc.
A week of information-spreading
through the press and radio
will end Saturday with all major
'Jftworks devoting half-hour pro
vrJtms to a roundup of all as
poets of church reconstruction
and relief work in both Europe
and Asia.
to apnear before it in Concord.
N. H., last January, shortly after
his arrest on charges 'of deliber
ately murdering a cancer-doomed
woman patient by injecting air
into her veins. But at that time
the board postponed action until
after the trial at Dr.. Sander's
request. (
The disclosure of the board's
action came as another group
moved spontaneously in action
which would cause almost any
I physician to gape in wonder: Dr.
bander s remiss patients Degan
paying their overdue bills.
Old Bills Paid
By twos's and three's they
have been coming to his office
in the past few days. They chat
ted with the doctor's secretary,
said they wished he'd hurry up
and get back on the job. Then
they paid. Some of them paid
bills so old they weren't on the
bosks anymore.
But the payments were too lit
tle and too late. The doctor was
flat broke. By agreement -with
the state in order that he might
go free on bail, he stopped prac-.
ticing medicine when he was
arraigned early in January. Yes
terday, before his case went to
the jury, he went to friends who
have organized a fund for him
and asked for money.
They gave him $2,000 to meet
current expenses, including food
and milk for his wife and three
little girls.
the larger streams rising in the
Cascade range are in good shape,
the report indicated. "Good"
supplies of Irrigation water can
be expected elsewhere in the
state, especially where reservoir
water is the source.
Areas where supplies are
"only fair" include the Ochoco,
John Day, Silvies, Hart Moun
tain, Powder, Burnt, Malheur
and upper Owyhee watershed
areas.
As of March 1, water content
of the state's snowpack averaged
16 per cent above normal, but 27
per cent below the heavy pack
of last year.
Above Normal Here
Heaviest accumulations of
snow now observed are in the
northern and central Cascades,
but supplies in the western sec
tion of the Rogue River valley,
and areas to the east, are about
20 per cent above normal. Other
sections to the east vary within
20 per cent of normal.
The rate of snow accumulation
during February was less than
average, the report said. Water
shed soilii under the snow are
generally well primed due to re
cent snow melt, and heavy Jan
uary rains penetrating the snow
Cave Junction School
Teachers Get Notice
Grants Pass, Ore., Mar. 10
V.P.) The Josephine county
school board today notified the
entire teaching staff of the Illi
nois Valley high school at Cave
Junction that it will not be re
hired next year.
The board's action was taken
on recommendation of a local
school board sub-committee un
der chairmanship of Mrs. Harry
O. Smith of Holland.
The sub-committee charged
there was constant friction be
tween Principal Clarence Hagen
and his four-teacher staff. The
county school board ordered
that Hagen and Roy E. Tre
mayne, an English instructor, be
dropped at the end of the school
year. The board also served no
tice to the other three teachers
that their present contracts
would not be renewed but left
the way open for them to sub
mit applications for positions on
a new-teacher basis if they de
sired. TICKETS AVAILABLE
Some tickets for the stag din.
ner Monday night at which Sen. 1
Wayne Morse will speak are still .
available at the Medford hotel ,
office of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce, Mana
ger Don Lane said today. Morse
will give a report on congres
sional legislation now pending,
and will answer questions. He is
scheduled to-make a number of
other radio and personal appear
ances in Medford and Ashland
Monday and Tuesday,
Oil Stove Probed
To Seek Cause Of
Guardhouse Fire
Albuquerque, N. M., Mar. 10
(U.R) Military investigators to
day examined the burned re
mains' of an oil heater to get to
the cause of the guardhouse fire
which killed 14 soldiers Wed
nesday night at the Sandia atom
ic weapons base.
It was disclosed that only four
hours after the Sandia tragedy
an oil stove similar to the one
used in the guardhouse started
a fire in a building at the near
by Kirtlanci air force base. The
latter fire was extinguished be
fore serious damage, resulted.
Float Valve Stuck
In the Kirtland fire it was dis
covered that a float valve con
trolling the flow of oil from an
adjacent storage tank was stuck.
Sand which was blown into the
valve in a severe dust storm
Monday apparently clogged the
valve.
' Authorities said they had not
determined whether a similar
failure in the stove at Sandia
might have started the fire which
gutted the interior of the flimsy
war-built structure.
Another possibility being
checked by the board of inquiry
was that the heater's normal
flow of oil was stopped by nat
ural residue of the fuel and was
ignited by glowing carbon in
the stove. .
Kay Breaks Off 1
Col. K. F. Hertford, acting
commander of the base, said
"We're not looking for a white
wash." He expressed the hope
that whatever the board learns
will help prevent occurrence of
similar tragedies elsewhere.
Two prisoners who escaped
death in the fire were still in se
rious condition today. They were
not able to give an account of
the tragedy that might shed more
light on the circumstances.
Meanwhile the board of in
vestigators reported that a key
broke in its lock when a guard
tried to unlock a cell block hold
ing some of the prisoners.
Thin Snow Blanket
In Portland Hills
Portland, Ore., Mar. 10 (U.R)
Portland citizens arose today to
find a thin blanket of snow cov
ering the ground in the city's
higher elevations.
The snow varied in depth but
melted rapidly. The weather bu
reau said the snow extended
throughout a large scattered area
of western Oregon and Washing
ton. Traces of snow were report
ed at Baker, Bend, Burns and
Lakeview.
The ' weather bureau said it
would be slightly cooler in Port
land today with considerable
cloudiness and occasional show
ers. High temperature was ex
pected to be 47 degrees with low
tonight 33.
Burns and Lakeview -reported
lows of 24 while Medford and
The Dalles had highs of 34.
Fine, light mow began falling
in various sections of the Rogue
valley early today. It turned to
rain within a few moments, and
did not stay on the ground. Ob
servers noted it in both Medford
and Jacksonville.
'Jesse James' Seeks
Restoration Of Name
Union, Mo., Mar. 10 (U.R)
J. Frank Dalton. the man who
claims he is the real Jesse
James, went to the law today
to prove it packing an old,
frontier model aix-shooter.
The bewhiskered and cantan
kerous old gent, who says he is
102 years old, was carried on a
stretcher into the court of Cir
cuit Judge Ransom E. Brcuer for
the hearing on his petition to re
store his "Christian name of
Jesse Woodson James."
Dalton has been bed-ridden
for the past year as a result of a
broken hip. But he was just as
pugnacious as the notorious out
law of fact and legend ever was
as his attendants lifted him from
the ambulance outside the
Franklin county courthouse.
A motion to dismiss was filed
by Jesse E. James and his wife,
Stella, of Los Angeles, the son
and daughter-in-law of the outlaw.
Air Raid Warning
System To Be On
Permanent Basis
Salem, Ore., Mar. 10 IU.R)
The air-raid warning system re
cently ordered by Secretary of
Defense Louis Johnson and put
into effect by Gov. Douglas Mc
Kay will be on a stand-by basis
but is planned as a permanent
organization.
The same defense has been put
into effect in other northwest
states.
Explanation Received
Congressman Walter Norblad
Filing Deadline
Past; Many Jobs
Sought In County
W. L. "Bill" Taylor, Central
Point farmer and dairyman,
.filed his candidacy for the job
of sheriff of Jackson county at
1:30 p.m. today. Ha will seak
tha democratic nomination in
tha primary election.
The deadline for local candi
dates to file for nomination to
elective office in the May 19
primary election was at 5 p. m.
today and at noon no new
aspirants had made known their
ambitions.
County positions which are up
for election this year include
one of the three county court
posts, sheriff, surveyor and en
gineer, and justice of the peace
jobs in Medford, Ashland and
Gold Hill. In addition, two seats
in the Oregon house of represent
atives and one in the state sen
ate are to be filled from Jackson
county. All but one of these are
sought by candidates of both
parties. , .
Other posts of importance to
be filled include United States
senator (one republican candi
date. Fred Robinson, is from
Medford); congressman from the
Fourth district, governor, super
intendent of public instruction,
labor commissioner and five non
partisan state supreme court
seats.
According to records of the
county clerk's office, there were
10.328 democrats and 12,215 re
publicans registered to vote in
Jackson county as of December
31. Deadline for voter registra
tion is April 18, 30 days before-t
the primary election.
Precinct Workers Fil
Thursday filings of candidates
for precinct committee men and
women in the county included
the following democrats: George
A. Codding, precinct 45; Maude
Codding, 45; James C. Collins,
56; Jean Whitney, 66; Lloyd
Whitney, 66; Jack C. McKim,
65; Ada Bell. 60; Elverton R.
Claflin, 60; Pauline McDonald,
68; Ira E. McDonald, 88; Darlene
K. Bennett, 52; E. Carl Bennett
Jr., 52; Vera D. Rippon, 44, and
Frank L. Buchter, 40.
Latest republican filings In
cluded: Gus Newbury, 40; Greeta
Sands, 31; Mary E. Kcllington,
68; R. Bruce Grieve, 23; Nina C.
Boyle, 55; Katherine M. Hop
kins, 67; James H. Hopkins, 67;
George F. Putnam, 21, and J. E.
Putnam, 22.
Louis A. Wood Files
For Seat In Senate
Salem, Ore., Mar. 10 (U.R)
Louis A. wood of fcugene mea
his candidacy here late Thursday
for United States senator. He
will seek the democratic nomina
tion at the May 19 primary elec
tion for the seat now held by
Republican Senator Wayne
Morse, also of Eugene. Morse has
filed for re-election.
Flying Disc
By United Prats i
The world of fantasy was as
sailing the world of reality with
"flying saucers" again today.
Very weary of it all, an air force
spokesman in Washington tried
once more to stem the "Inva
sion." "Misinterpretation of various
conventional objects." he said.
"A mild form of hysteria or
hoaxes."
Astronomers across the coun
try said the hew "invasion" prob
ably had its origin in what a
fine looking planet Venus Is
right now. Venus can be seen
riding the iky clearly In most
parts of the country.
Mexico was the center of the
"invasion." Newspapers In Mex
ico City were printing reports
from all parts of the country
about "silvery balls," "luminous
discs," "strange objects'' and
"fantastic phenomena."
told the Capital Journal of Sa
lem that he had received an ex
planation at length from Secre
tary Johnson as to the reasons
for setting up the aircraft warn
ing system at this time.
Ground observers in states
considered critical are needed to
augment the radar screen install
ed along the nation's borders,
Johnson said.
"Obviously observers are not
expected to see or hear aircraft
flying at extreme altitudes," he
said.
Johnson said the reasons for
creating a ground observer
corps, the filter centers to screen
and evaluate observer reports
and the civil air raid warning
systems were:
First, to detect low flying air
craft which are below the level
of positive identification by elec
tronic means or are flying
through corridors in the screen
due to limitation of terrain and
economy. '
Second, to detect unusual oc
currences such as landing by
paratroopers and gliders.
Chief Value
Johnson told Norblad:
"The formation and establish
ment of an aircraft observer sys
tem after a war emergency has
been forced upon us is entirely
impracticable.
"Its chief value is in its readi
ness to operate at any time.
"Although the training of in
dividuals who will participate in
this activity is neither arduous
nor nartlcularlv time-consuming.
the development and establish
ment of a completely organized
and well-trained corps requires
many months of nrngressive
effort. It has, therefore, been
decided to organize this observer
system now, to establish the ob
servation posts and filter centers.
to ,traln the personnel and then
piace incm on a siHnn-Dy siaius.
Well Established
Johnson said effectiveness of
the ground observer system. "has
been well established by combat
experience and, more recently,
by full-scale tests" conducted by
the air force. He said:
"The value of an observer sys
tern is two-fold. First, It in
creases the capability of the air
defense forces to prevent or
counter air attacks upon this
nation. Second, it provides a
basis for Initiating air raid warn
ings to civil defense officials and
to the general public."
Rose's Attorney To
Detend Burglar
New York. Mar. 10 (U.R)
Showman Bill Rose assigned his
personal attorney today to de
fend Joseph Vitulano, 25, who
gave himself up to Rose as one
of the four men who robbed the
night club owner's mansion of
$25,000 in jewels.
Two other members of the
gang were arrested four weeks
agl. One is still at large.
' Vitulano walked into Rose's of
fice In the Ziegfcld theater yes
terday and handed over part of
the loot, including four pearl
necklaces belonging to Mrs. Rose,
former Swimming Star Eleanor
Holm. Rose said it was a sub
stantial share" of the stolen
Jewels.
"I want to see this guy get a
fair shake," said Rose, who
asked Attorney Arthur Garfield
Hayes to defend the youth.
Vitulano was charged with as
sault and robbery, grand larceny,
violation of the Sullivan law
and burglary.
Prineville, Ore., Mar. 10 4U.R)
Crook county, Oregon, today is
the first Oregon' county Red
Cross chapter to meet Its 1950
funds quota.
Tales Again Make Rounds
The reports, all unsubstanti'
sled, followed the wide play
given by Mexico City newspapers
to a "flying saucer" fantasy In
an American magazine, "True."
Practically all the reports fol
lowed the patterns outlined by
the magazine.
Mexican authorities refused to
dignify with comment the claim
of Ray L. Dimmlck, a Los An
geles salesman, that they were
preserving as a "state secret" the
crash of a "flying saucer" near
the capital three months ago
In which the pilot, a man only 23
inches tall, was killed.
But they said privately that
there was no such "secret" and
certainly no such crash and no
such "little man." The coinci
dence of the tale with the True
I magazine story was pointed nut.
it also was remarked that It cor
responded with a recent North
Carolina radio station hoax.
Acheson Attacked
For Interceding In
Gubitchev's Behalf
McGrath Claimed
Acheson's Partner
Washington. Mar. 10 (U.R)
Senate Republican Leader Ken
neth S. Wherry charged today
that Secretary of State Dean
Acheson "conspired" to save Val
entin A. Gubitchev from jail in
order to "appease" Russia.
The Nebraska republican said
Acheson's partner in the alleged
conspiracy was' Attorney Gen
eral J. Howard McGrath. The
two cabinet officers interceded
personally with a New York
federal judge to have Gubit
chev's 15-ycar espionage conspir
acy prison sentence suspended
on condition that he be deported
to Russia within the next two
weeks. -
Wherry said the offer was
plain diplomatic 'bribery" and
demonstrated Acheson's "unfit
ness to continue as secretary of
state."
Wherry delivered his blast at
Acheson in a public statement
as the secretary was preparing
to confer with Soviet Ambassa
dor Alexander S. Panyushkin.
No official explanation was giv
en for the conference.
Casa Believed Topic
It was speculated, however,
that the Gubitchev case would
be the chief topic of their talk.
In announcing its freedom of
fer to Gubitchev, the state de
partment hinted yesterday It was
acting to prevent reprisals
against American official and
private citizens in Russia and
the satellite states of eastern Eu
rope. Wherry termed Acheson's In
tervention an "appeasement" of
Russia which is "consistent"
with the secretary'i record on
this score.
Government Asked
To Help Starving
Phoenix, Ariz., Mar. 10 (U.R)
The federal government was
asked today to help 100 children
starving in a farm labor camp
almost at the back door of
swank desert resorts.
Welfare Board Chairman W.
P. Mahoney will submit a relief
budget today to Rep. John Mur
doch; who said from Washing
ton he would fight for federal
relief funds.
Similar starvation conditions
were reported from farm camps
in Mesa, Bisbce and Pinal coun
ties. "This is the worst example of
mass destitution I have seen,"
Juvenile Judge Thomas Croaff
said.
The 100 families in the camp
near here got a square meal yes
terday and for some it was the
first in 10 days.
"It sure tastes good," four-year-old
John Franklin Morgan
beamed as he gulped a biscuit
heaped with apple butter.
New York, Mar. 10 (U.R) A
Brooklyn sweater manufacturer
said today he was shipping 10
dozen sweaters of mixed sizes to
,the destitute residents of a farm
labor camp outside Phoenix,
Ariz.
The businessman, Adolph Relt
meister, one of the Jenath Knit
wear company, said the sweat
ers would leave by air express
late today or earlv tomorrow.
Medford (.umber Firm
Files Incorporation
Salem. Ore., Mar. 10 (U.R)
The Double Dec Lumber Co.,
Inc., of Medford, Ore., filed ar
ticles of Incorporation here to
day. Signing the articles were Guy
Quackenbush, J. L. De Armond
and E. B. DeVoe.
Dimmlck was telling his story
on the authority of what he had
been told by unnamed business
men he met In Mexico City. He
had been shown a piece of metal,
he said, which had been sold to
him as a piece from the wreck
age of the saucer.
But a "flying saucer" was re
ported again In the Carolina
skies where they have been
"seen" before. In Orangeburg,
S. C, several residents de
scribed a "disc" which they said
had hovered over the city, for
15 minutes and then disappeared,
leaving a vapor trail.
Six members of the staff of
the Orangeburg Times and
Democrat said they saw the disc
last night after Mrs. Donald
Law, wife of the city editor, told
them about It. They said it was
about the size and color of a
new moon, "only brighter."
Publisher J. L. Sim said the I
Detroit Man Steals
Squad Car Because
God Told Him To'
Chicago, Mar. 10 (U.R) A
Detroit man told pollca today
that ha stole a squad car and
drova it in a crasy. careening,
hour-long chat through streals
and allays 'becauta God told
ma to."
Taxi Driver Raymond Dur
villa, who finally trappad
Jamas F. Smith, 43, and tha
squad car behind a slow-moving
truck, said ha didn't know
what, if anything, God told
tha Datroiter.
But Durvllle said It was an
"act of God that nobody was
killed" as Smith collided with
his cab, sideswipad a sacond,
brushed a third, all but col
lided with several other ve
hicles and scattered pedestri
ans in a mad rush.
California Man
To Be Publisher
Of Medford News
George Lower, recently of
Huntington Park, Cal., has as
sumed the duties of publisher
of the Medford News, it was an
nounced in today's issue of the
weekly newspaper.
In a front page editorial in
troducing himself, Lower said
". . . It is our wish to print as
much of the community news as
possible, as factually as we can,
without an axe to grind or a
hatchet to use. Soon, and from
time to time thereafter, we will
incorporate some changes in the
paper in makeup, headline
type, namcplate, etc. These
changes will not be made for
the sake of change alone, but
rather to serve you with better
readability. We hope and be
lleva you will like them."
Lower also explained that his
name rhymes with "flower."
Hamiltons Wrlta
An editorial entitled "It Has
Been Fun" also appears in the
paper, over the signatures of
Eva and Moore Hamilton. Ham
ilton has been publisher of the
paper for many years, and was
editor until named postmaster
of Medford last year, at which
time Frank DcSourt, former
postmaster, was named to the
Job.,
The Hamiltons' editorial said
"having been editor, Janitor,
publisher, reporter, pressman,
advertising solicitor, subscription
seller, fireman,' sometimes prin
ter, and in charge of the mailing
department of The Medford
News, off and on for the past 15
years, it is going to be quite a
change for a week to go by with
out 'worrying about whether or
not the paper will 'get out' on
time. ...
"It has been fun writing about
such things as Eugene Thorn
dike's hats, Jim Stcwart'a bees.
Doc Elliott's collection of horse
shoes, Bob Cook's mine, Charlie
Hoover's bluegrass, Red Cullen's
twin calves, and the republi
cans." the editorial continued.
"We want to recommend Mr.
Lower to you," it said, and to
thank you all for the nice things
you have said about us. and have
done for us, during the past
years."
Restraint Issued
Against Ban Placed On
Inter-School Groups
Portland. Ore.. Mar. 10 (U.R)
Circuit Judge Ralph Holman has
issued a restraining order against
enforcement bv the Portland
school board of a ban on four
inter-school societies.
The order, issued late yester
day, is to be effective while a
suit bv the four clubs. Alpha
Sigma, Joma Joma, Wlkl and
Picrette, is pending against the
school district.
The clubs contend that school
officials have no right to enforce
a ban against inter-school
societies.
disc appeared to turn slowly
in the air, from vertical to par
allel with the horizon and then
vertical again, before disappear
ing in the western sky. Harry
Player, a composing room em
ployee, said he and four other
persons saw the disc while driv
ing on a highway 15 miles out
of Orangeburg.
Another flying saucer was re
ported yesterday by residents of
Van Nuys, Cal., who told police
they saw a bright disc flying
about 400 feet in the air. All wit
nesses said they were sure It
was not an aircraft of any known
variety.
Composer Eddie Coffman and
Actor Reed Hadley and his wife
.aid they studied the disc
through a telescope. Coffman
said it appeared to be 50 feet in
diameter and have a dark
smudge on the top.
Speeches Indicate
Willingness To
Accept Invitation
Politburo Members
Hint At Readiness
Moscow, Mar. 10 (U.R) Diplo
matic observers said today that
speeches by three leading Polit
buro members indicate Russia it
ready and willing to accept any
invitation to talk peace and co
operation with the west.
These observers believed the
Soviet Union now is ready to
negotiate within the framework
of the United Nations. In tha
council of foreign ministers or
among top-level executives on
atomic energy controls and other
world problems.
Latest hint at Soviet readinesi
to take part in east-west nego
tiations was made by G. M. Ma
lenkov, secretary-general of the
communist party central com
mittee. ,
In an election speech at Lenin
grad last night, he said:
'The Soviet government is
faithful to the cause of universal
peace, will not abandon further
efforts directed at insuring
peace, and is ready to be an ac
tive participant in all honest
plans, measures and activities to
avert a new war and preserve the
peace or the whole world.
Taken in conjunction with re
cent statements by two other
Politburo members, Marshal Kli-
mentl Voroshilov and Lavrentt
Beria, observers saw a bid for
possible resumption of east-west
negotiations.
Phoenix To Award
Contracts Soon On
X' Street Work "
Phoenix, Mar. 10 Contract!
for improvement of "C" street
will be let about April 1. it wai
announced by E. ft. Claflin at
the city council meeting on
March 7. Drainage as well as
construction 'of the improvement
win be under supervision of the
state highway commission engi
neers, it was stated.
Frank Van Dyke, city attor
ney for Phoenix, was instructed
to draft an ordinance setting up
a separate police department for
inclusion in the next city bud
get. The department will be
headed by a chief of police.
The budget committee for
1950-51 was announced as fol
lows: 1 year, W. D. Stcadman,
W. W. Harmon: 2 years, Col. A.
H. Dudley, D. H. Adams: 3 yeara,
Bert Stancliffe. H. T. Prince.
The council issued building
permits to Henry E. Mills ana
Claude Allsup for dwellings.
Bridges Case Nearly.
Ready For Jury
San Francisco, Mar. 10 (U.R)
Jurors in the Harry Bridges perjury-conspiracy
trial heard the
last of the evidence against the
longshore leader today, 68 daya
after the trial started.
The jury of eight men and four
women was excused until Mon
day after hearing the testimony
of the 56 witnesses who appear
ed for and against the CIO Long
shore union chieftain. It was ex
pected the case will go to the
jury within a week probably
about March 20.
Bridges and two co-defendants,
Henry Schmidt and J. R. Robert
son, went on trial on November
14. He is charged with lying
about membership In the com
munist party when he became
an American citizen In 1945.
HRrrlson, N.Y., Mar. 10 (U.R)
Sidnc Silverman, president of
Variety, died today.
Radio Highlights
Radio Station KYJC (1230
kc) will broadcast tha Charley
Futari - Jimmy Flood boxing
match from New York's Madi
son Square Garden tonight,
starting at 7 o'clock.
At 8:13 pm. KWIN (1400
kc) will broadcast the UCLA
Washington State basketball
game for the coast conference
championship from Los An
gelas. KWIN will also carry
Saturday night's game starting
at 8:15.
Community leaders, includ
ing Frank Van Dyke, speaker
of Oregon's house of represen
tatives! Mayor Diamond Flynn;
Chaster Hubbard, county
chamber of commerce pres
ident; Tony Manno, YMCA
president) Joe Nell, president
of the "Are You Happy" club,
and Bill McCorkle. will be
heard In a broadcast concern
ing the unique club, and "Med
ford City of Smiles." at 7:45
p.m. today over radio station
KMED (1440 kc).
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