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Arizona Children Ready For School
After Receiving Food And Clothing
Phoenix, Ariz., Mar. 11 (U.R) Happy children, with real food
in their stomachs and whole clothes on their backs for the first
time in weeks, planned to return Monday to the schools which
near-starvation forced them to quit.
A truant officer, checking on why children were absent from
school, discovered this week that 100 children were starving in
farm camps almost at the back door of swanky desert resorts here.
As soon as the mass destitution was publicized, food, clothing
and money poured in from all over the country to aid the hungry
farm workers.
"We've gotten hundreds of offers of food and clothing from
all parts of the country," Juvenile Officer John Walker said.
"They'll all be fed now.
The contributions were arriving faster than a relief commit
tee set up by Juvenile Judge Thomas J. Croaff could distribute the
clothes, food and medicine.
But smiling children were being outfitted in new clothes, and
they were looking forward to returning to school Monday with
something in their lunch pails.
An Arizona senate committee was authorized to investigate
conditions at farm labor camps and report back to the senate. Sen.
Frank Christenson, who made a motion for the probe, said "I'm
reliably informed that conditions are not as bad as reported."
Nineteen Candidates In Area
Seek County, State Offices
Eighteen candidates filed for
election in or from Jackson
county before the deadline at
5 p. m. Friday. A 19th local man
is seeking election to the United
States senate.
Here is the way the candidacy
of Jackson county men shapes
up:
For United States senator
Fred E. Robinson, proprietor of
Robinson Brothers Men's store
in Medford, several weeks ago
said he would seek the repub
lican nomination for senator, in
opposition to Incumbent Wayne
L. Morse of Eugene. A discus
sion of the senate race appears
elsewhere on this page.
Day, Wilmeth File
For state senator Two aspir
ants for election to the Oregon
state senate have made known
their candidacies. Neither will
have any opposition in the pri-
n.zi. r ..ill
DerserK jeameiie
Terrifies People
Before Being Held
Seattle, Mar. 11 (U.R) A ber
serk young man terrified a six
block residential area in Seattle's
Crown Hill district for more than
an hour today before sheriff's de
tectives subdued him and hauled
him kicking and screaming into
a patrol car.
Edwin Olscn, 23, chased chil
dren, broke up their toys, hurled
rocks through windows and
screamed obscenities as he
dashed from lawn to lawn in the
north Seattle district.
Terrified mothers ran after
their children, herding them in
doors, as other frightened young
sters hid behind trees and bushes.
The sheriff's office was swamped
with calls for help.
Detectives Tom Nault Jr., and
Phil Sands rushed to the district
and were met by more than 50
women who were lining the road
pointing frantically in the direc
tion of the disturbance.
Nault said they sighted Olsen
just as he was throwing another
rock through a window.
Portland Vet's Fears
Bring About His Death
Portland. Ore., Mar. 11 (U.R)
police said today that Kenneth
Eugene O'Leary. 22-year-old ex
navy man. committed suicide in
a fit of despondency over wheth
er he could collect a GI insur
ance dividend.
Investigators said O'Leary ap
parently thought erroneously
that he would not 'receive the
money because of a bad conduct
discharge. 1
Late Sports
Central Point. Mar. 11
Central Point school teams
won the class A and B cham
pionships in the county grade
school basketball tournament
Saturday night with the var
ity winning 37 to 34 end the
seventh graders gaining 38
to 18 victory.
Rogue River was victim of
the CP, varsity In a close and
tightly fought game in which
Carrigan was high man for the
winners with 16 points and
Biggers got 19 for Rogue Riv
er. The C. P. seventh grade
quintet upset Shady Cove in
the B division as Higginboth
am led the winners and East
cste got seven to pace the los
ing quintet.
Portland. Ore., Mar. 11
rUF The Vancouver Canuks
cored three goals in the last
Vo periods tonight to force
lie with the Portland Pen
guins. 3 3. in a Pacific Coast
Hockey league game.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
mary election May 19. First to
file was Ben Day, state repre
sentative from Gold Hill, a re
publican. The other is L. Peers
Wilmeth, Ashland municipal
court judge, who will win the
democratic nomination without
competition.
For state representative A
full slate of candidates, two from
each party, seeks election to the
two Jackson county seats in the
state house of representatives.
The republicans are Ed H. Mann,
Mediord manufacturer, and
Robert Root, pear packer here.
Democrats are Robert Ruckcr,
teamsters' union business agent,
and A. O. Tollcfson, automobile
salesman and former service sta
tion proprietor.
For county commissioner
Robert Lytle, Ashland, is the in
cumbent in the only county com
mission seat up for election this
year. He is seeking re-election.
Opposing him in the primary
will be Lew Graves, Shady
Cove, a retired businessman.
On the democratic side, the
only candidate will be Albert
Straus, Sams Valley farmer and
rancher and a former Grange
master. Straus is unopposed for,
the democratic nomination.
Four Seek Sheriff
For sheriff Four men, two
republicans and two democrats,
are after this important county
job. The republicans are Incum
bent Howard Gault and Ray
Marks, a Medford insurance and
real estate salesman. The demo
crats seeking nomination are
Delroy Aldershof, Medford po
lice officer, and W. L. "Bill" Tay
lor, Central Point farmer and
rancher.
For surveyor and engineer
Incumbent Paul Rynning, a re
publican, is unopposed by either
republicans or democrats for the
job he has held for many years.
Roseburg City Manager
Wedded At Grants Pass
To Los Angeles Woman
Grants Pass, Ore., Mar. (U.R)
Marion W. Slankard. Roseburg
city manager, and G w e n E.
Drake, Los Angeles, were mar
ried here today in a quiet cere
mony. The couple will honeymoon on
the Oregon coast. Mrs. Slankard
is the daughter of Willard H.
Drake, Chester, S. D., Slankard
is an Oregon director of the
American Municipal association
and a member of the Interna
tional City Managers' association.
The wedding took place at the
J. P. McCourtney home here.
FAMED SCIENTIST DIES
Stuart. Fla., Mar. 11 (U.R)
Arthur J. Dempster, discoverer
of the atom bomb metal uranium
235, died today at the age of 63
of a heart condition.
Bulletins
Los Angeles. Mar. 11 (U.R)
University of California at Los
Angeles won its first Pacific
Coast conference basketball
championship and a berth in
the NCAA western regional
playoffs by defeating Washing
ton State 52 to 49, Saturday
night.
New York. Mar. 11 (U.R)
Syracuse university pulled a
tunning upset here Saturday
night by outracing Long Island
university for an 80 to 52 vic
tory in the second game of the
openinq round of the National
Invitational Basketball tour
nament. Chico. Cel.. Mar. 11 (U P)
Chico State won the Far West
ern conference boxing cham
pionship here tonight over its
nearest competitor. Cal Aggies,
last year's champs.
Oklahoma 52. Kansas 49
Brown 66. Providence 54
Kansas S. 63. Nebraska 60
Syracuie 80, Long Island 52
(National Invitation)
SUNDAY, MARCH 12,
In commenting on reports California newspapers are taking
pictures of Arizona farm camp conditions, Christenson said, "If
these pictures are printed and distributed in Washington, it is pos
sible that it would retard our fight for the central Arizona project
as well as give our state further adverse publicity."
State Senator Sam Head said the state legislature and the gov
ernor were largely responsible for the farm camp condition.
"The legislature appropriated too little money for the wel
fare department so the department cannot be held responsible,"
he said. "I accuse the governor and the legislature of having the
responsibility."
Gov. Dan Garvey said It would take $100,000 to care for the
nearby farm workers for 60 days until work will be available in
the cotton fields. The federal and stale governments said they had
no relief funds available.
Arizona Congressman John Murdock will try to get food from
the U. S. department of agriculture's surplus stockpiles and Gar
vey said the state legislature would have to provide $10,000 a
month to distribute the supplies.
"The people being helped are worthy in every way," Judge
Croaff said. "They are proud peoole, not beggars. That they are in
this desperate situation is no fault of theirs. That's why it has tak
en so long to realize their plight."
For justice of peace Only one
of the county's three justice of
the peace districts will have
partisan competition at the elec
tion. Mrs. Nelle Burns. Ashland
district, and L. G. Neevil, Gold
Hill district, are so far unop
posed. In the Medford district. In
cumbent W. P. Walker will be
without opposition in the pri
mary election. Seeking the demo
cratic nomination are Andrew L.
Unger, a former teacher and for
ester, and Joe Cave, for many
years night desk officer in the
Medford police department.
Next Deadline
With the candidates' filing
deadline past, political attention
was focusing on the deadline for
voter registration, April 18. Ol
ficials of both party organiza
tions are making attempts to get
voters of both parties registered
-before then so that they may
vote in the primary,
It was not known definitely
Saturday how many vacancies
there will be In precinct com
mitteeman and woman positions,
although a large number filed
for the jobs last week. There
are 168 such positions open, two
republicans and two democrat
for each of the county's 84 pre
cincts. (See pictures page 12)
Airlines Employees
Walkout Cancelled
New York, Mar. 11 (U.R)
The ten-day strike against Amer
ican airlines by 4,500 mainten
ance workers was settled today
With the union dropping its de
mands for a general wage in
crease. The strikers, who walked off
their jobs from coast to coast on
March 1 to enforce demands for
a 20-cent-an-hour pay boost, will
return to work beginning at 7 a.
m. tomorrow.
The company, the nation's big
gest domestic air carrier, said
most of its flights would be re
sumed by Sunday evening and
that all schedules would be back
to normal by Monday morning.
The airline had been forced to
curtail its operations by 80 per
cent during the strike.
Dr. Sander's Medical
Career Still Studied
Candia. N. H., Mar. 1 1 (U.R)
The medical career of Dr. Her
mann N. Sander still hung in the
balance today as the doctor and
his wife left town to rest and re
lax after his three week trial on
a charge of committing a mercy
murder.
(Arm TeUphotoi
MURDERER? James Robert
Iannone (above), former a.vsoclate
of Micke) Cohen. I- Anitelr mob
ster, slu In lh Loi Angeles County
Jatl sfter belne booked on sus
picion of murder. Iannone Is De
Ins held on suspicion of murder In
the Fresno slsylne of Abt Devi
dtin, key figure In an alleged
elatculde narcotics leg.
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Tribune
1950
NO. 297
Outlook For High
Employment Herev
Said Optimistic
John J. Patton, manager of
the Medford office of the state
employment service, yesterday
reported an' optimistic employ
ment picture for the county. He
.said the outlook at present is for
a high level of local employment
during the coming spring and
summer
The local level of employment
increased "very rapidly" with
the return of good weather in
February, Patton reported Lay
offs due to bad weather were
about over by the end of February-
except in the lumber in
dustry, where restrictions on
log-hauling over highways were
still delaying the start of some
logging operations. But Patton
said the c. every from Shis year's
shutdown has been more rapid
than a year ago.
As of the last of February, un
employment in Jackron county
was estimated ai z.huu, memo
itiir 458 women and 700 veterans
This is 22 per cent lc:s than ;i
month ago and about five per
cent less than one year ago.
During February the local of
fice of the employment service
handled 9.412 weekly claims
for unemployment compensation.
Benefit payments on Oregon
claims totaled $175,673 the
hiehest on record for Jackson
county. In addition, other states
paid an estimated $z7.uuu to tor-ini-r
residents now living here
and unemployed during this pe
riod. Orders for workers increased
"considerably i.i Fcbru. ry over
the January demand, Patton said,
but were still far short of the
number needed to take up the
unemployment slack in the area.
Only about 45 per cent of the em
ployed workers In Jackson couti
ty are covered by unemployment
insurance.
For the immediate future the
local labor supply is expected
tn he adenuale in all but a few
skilled occupations. Agricultural
cmplnymi nl will probabl equal
last year s demand, wn.n siim
cient local labor except during
harvest season, according to Pat
ton. He paid the employment
service here can supply qualified
workers in more than 375 dif
ferent occupations covering cv
ci y IneVistry in thus area.
Grants Pass Creamery
Announces Bankruptcy
Grants Pass, Ore.. Mar. 11
(U.R) One of the largest dairy
products manuiaciunng piHius in
the city, Mellow Gold creamery,
has closed its doors and an-
nninir.rl hatlk Til nt CV HS the CaUSe.
Attorney Samuel Howe, repre
senting tnc nrm s crcaiuirs mm
Msnniwr V. V RlirmWS. Said VeS-
terdav a petition of voluntary
bankruptcy would be filed with
tl.n ..ifr-uit -nnrt Rnwp said lack
of cooperation from some cred
itors and poor business during
January and rcoruary nu
forced tne closure action.
JUVENILE GROUP TO MEET
The executive committee of
Judge H. K. Hanna's advisory
committee on juvenile affairs
will meet in the circuit court
room at 8 p.m. Monday to con
sider and discuss the problems
faced by the county due to tne
lack of a detention home for de
linquent and dependent Juven
iles.
Ski Conditions
Sklinq was excollent on new
powdery snow at Crater lake
national park yesterday and
should be good again today,
the national park ranger's of
fice reported.
The sky was partly cloudy
but cleannq yesterday. Five
and one-half inches of snow
fell Friday niqht. Roads were
snow covered. The rangers
office said chains were needed
on vehicles travelinq from An
nie Sprinq to the lake rim and
advised that chains be carried
for travel through the park.
The ski tow and lunch
counter will operate today.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair to
diy ind Monday with froit In
mornings and warm aftern
oon. Trmprraturei
Highest yrUtrday 46
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Rogue River High
Wins State Cage
Champ At Astoria
Garibaldi Captures
Third In Tournament
Astoria, Mar. II Rogue
River high won its first slate
class B basketball champion
ship by dumping Alsea high
38 to 34 here Saturday night
In the finals of the state title
tournament. The Chieftains led
at the close of every-quarter.
Garibaldi look third place in
the tournament by upsetting
Drain 48 to 41 In the first
game.
STRONG R. R. DEFENSE
Set plays, good ball-handling
and strong defense by both
starters and substitutes paid i
off for the Chieftains against
a small but fast opponent. Al
sea was strong on making long
shots count.
Gene Depuy and Pete Pur
rier were taken out in the first
period after four fouls had
been called against them and
did not return until the fourth
quarter. Jim Martin and James
Boulter playing much of the
game for Rogue River showed
up well.
Rogue River led at the first
quarter 10 to 9, at the half 25
to 13 and at the third quarter
28 to 22.
Rogues' Scoring
Scoring for the Chiefs were
Glen Depuy with six, Gene De
puy five, Purrier two, Harry
Frantz seven, Don Poitcvint six,
Martin six and Boulter six.
Coach Millard Webb and the
squad will leave at 8 a. m. Sun
day for Rogue River and will
bring a large trophy with them.
The coach said he and the boys
had been well-treated in Astoria
during the three days they had
been there.
Frenchmen Return
To Work Following
Commie Led Strike
Paris, Mar. 11 (U.R) A back-to-work
movement spread
throughout France today as the
harried government appeared to
have weathered the nation's
worst strike crisis since 1947.
The communist-led transport
union, in an abrupt backdown,
ended the five-day-old iJaris bus
and subway strike after non-communist
workers had restored op
erations to about 50 per cent of
normal.
Steadily growing numbers of
workers relumed to their jobs in
the strikebound automobile, met
al and building trades industries.
The ministry of industry and
commerce announced that 85
per cent of the workers were
back at their posts in France's
biggest auto plant the national
ized Renault works. Almost 200
cars were turned out yesterday
for the first time since the strike
began a month ago.
Some 450.000 workers still arc
idle throughout the country. But
new strike calls, for the most
part, fell on deaf ears.
FIREMEN CALLED
Firemen reported no damage
in two runs made yesterday.
Thev said thev went to the home
of James C. Wilson, 920 Queen
Anne avenue about 6 p.m. when
a short in a light switch was re
ported. Equipment was sum
moned to the residence of Mrs.
F. K. Deuel, 1018 South Oakdale
avenue, where a flue fire oc
curred. v ,. Ait.'":..
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KILLS IN MERCY - Held on .
homicide chariie, Harold Mnhr
(hove). 36. HU In police station
at Allentown. Pa . alter he yielded
to the persistent pleadings of hu
blind, cancer-ridden brother and
killed him wllh a rifle bullet in
their home at nearby Coplsy. Tne
victim Walter MoMr, had been suf
fering from cancer of the face for
the put six yean.
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ENEMY' INVADES CARIBBEAN ISLE-More than tooo paratroop
ers of the famed 82nd Airborne Division float down on Vieques Is
land, oft the Puerto Rico coast, as part of Operation Protrex, joint
U. S. Armed Forces maneuvers in the Caribbean area. One para
trooper wai reported missing and is believed dead, and 65 others suf
fered broken bones or bruises In the jump.
'Little Men From Mars' Clutter
Up Northern California Skies Again
Salinas, Cal., Mar. 1 1 (U.R)
The little men from Mars were
cluttering up the northern Cal
ifornia skies here tonight.
More than a score of persons
reported seeing a flying saucer
in the Salinas area. The various
reports had the saucer diving' on
an automobile, looping the loop
and or speeding across the hori
zon at a low altitude.
Many Calls Come
The sheriff's office reported a
"lot of calls" shortly after 8 p.m.
by people claiming to have seen
the phenomena. Simultaneously,
a number of calls were received
by the Salinas newspaper.
The sheriff's office said the
first call came from Mrs. Sam
Raguindin of nearby Chualar,
Air Force Plane
Crashes, Killing
Major; One Hurt
Hope, Ark., Mar. 11 (U.R)
An air force C-47 transport with
one engine on fire and a wing
sheared off crashed and burned
near here today, killing an air
force major.
A crewman, one of three who
bailed out, was injured.
State Police Sgt. J. H. Porter
field said witnesses told him the
plane exploded 400 feet above
the ground, but explosions be
fore crashes are rare.
It was the second crash In
Arkansas today. Earlier, a Nash
ville, Ark., siudent pilot, was
killed. G. W. Leshlee, operator
of the Malvern airport was seri
ously injured.
The big transport crashed in a
field two -and -one -half miles
southwest of Hope, near the
Louisiana border. Flaming
wreckage was scattered over a
wide area.
Witnesses at a country club
south of Hope said they saw the
plane circling with fire curling
about an engine. They said one
wing of the plane was gone be
fore the crash.
Mojave Desert Wind,
Sand Stops Traffic
Barstow, Cal., Mar. 11 (U.R)
Winds of more than 70 miles an
hour sent dust swirling across
the Mojave desert today and
closed main highways lead
ing from here to Las Vegas, Nev.,
and Needles, Cal., for approxi
mately three hours.
The winds subsided after
nightfall and traffic was allowed
to move.
Before traffic blocks could be
established here, scores of auto
mobiles were stalled along the
highways when drivers found
visibility cut so much that they
had to pull to the side of the
road and wait for conditions to
Improve. .
Sheriff's officers here said the
gales were the worst in two
years. They said many cars were
blasted almost clean of paint and
had their windshields badly
pitied.
Man Plans
To Top Of
Cascade, Colo., Mar. 11 (U.R)
Larry Ilightower, out to push
his much-traveled wheelbarrow
to the top of Pike's peak, ar
rived at this tiny hamlet today
and said the autograph hounds
were thicker than the snow.
"The weather's wonderful,"
he said, "and I'd have made those
eight miles in a lot less than
eight hours if I hadn't stopped
to sign so many memory books."
Hightower left Colorado
Springs. 28 miles from the sum
mit, at 8 a. m., his barrow piled
high with supplies. He plaas to
reach the top of the 14,110-foot
mountain by Wednesday and be
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Cal., who said the saucer "swoop
ed down" over her automobile as
she and her mother and two
children were driving south of
Salinas.
She said she at first thought
the object was a falling star but
changed her mind when it
swooped down toward the car,
Two Dinner Plates
"It looked like two dinner
plantes placed together, she
said. "It came down to about
2,000 feet and as it came closer
it gave off a strong bluish-white
light that hurt our eyes like a
welder's torch."
She said it seemed to "loop
the loop" and then sped away in
a southerly direction at a great
rate of speed.
The saucer was next reported
by Hiram Don, a Chinese market
owner, who said he saw it in the
sky as he left his market to take
some groceries tcohis automobile.
He said It appeared bright in
front and had a long Hcry tan
It was traveling quite close to the
ground, he said.
More Unemployment
Reported Back East
Washington, Mar. 11 (U.R)-
Fortv - three "distress" areas,
where at least 12 per cent of the
workers were out of jobs pock
marked U. S. prosperity in Jan
uary, the bureau of employment
security said today.
The bureau's monthly report
added seven new distress areas!
to the 39 reported for Decem
ber, and removed three from the
list.
The census bureau reported
that 4.684,000 persons were un
employed in Mid-January. That
was about 200,000 more than in
January, when the 43 trouble
spots were reported.
Employment Bureau Director
Robert C. Goodwin predicted
things would get better In the
spring in almost all the distress
regions. He said construction
should pick up and that manufac
turing industries are expected to
re-hire workers laid off for the
winter season.
But in January, conditions got
worse Instead of better In two
thirds of the sore spots, Goodwin
said.
Portland Pedestrians
Travel Through Snow
OIIUW llllllll.f HIUI lIl'l'&IIIK lirill-
perature put a crimp in spring
garden planning in Pacific north
west today.
The calendar said winter was
on the way out.
But visitors to the Oregon
Journal's "Spring Planting
Fair" wore overcnnt and sloshed
through wet snow.
Snow flurries were reported
throughout most of Washington
and Oregon Friday and more
fell today.
Suburban hills ringing Port
land were blanketed with snow,
and heavy snowfalls were re
ported In the Cascades. Snow
flurries hit the Puget Sound
area but melted on the ground.
The mercury hovered around
the 32 degree mark In the Wil
lamette valley Saturday morning.
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Shove Wheelbarrow
Colorado Mountain
bark in Colorado Springs Friday
. "I'm going to stay here to
night nnd eat a big dinner," he
said. "That way I'll have plenty
of sardines and crackers left if
I run Into trouble higher up."
The self-proclaimed wheelbar
row pushing champion said he
will leave here at 7 a. m. tomor
row and spend the night at Glen
Cove, 12 miles from the top.
His plans for flashing progress
reports to Colorado Springs with
mirrors were foiled today by the
weather. A mean, powdery snow
was blowing in a good breeze
and the sun was buried behind
the rlotids.
"Have two big flashlights and
40 To 80 Per Cent
Of Voters Flocking
To Polls In Soviet
Crew Of Russ Vessel
Votes Off Singapore
London. Sunday. Mar. 12 (U.R)
Russia began its mammoth par
liamentary election today and
radio Moscow said that in the
Soviet Eastern Arctic islands.
oeiwccn 4U and 80 per cent of
the electorate had voted in the
urst two hours.
The first polls to onen were at
Cape Wcllen, the northernmost
point of northeast Russia. Others
opened soon afterward in east
ern Siberia and other far eastern
points.
Icebreakers Join In
The news agency, Tass, quot
ed by radio Moscow, said the
Soviet diesel ship Ilyich off
Singapore en route to Vladivos
tok radioed that its crew had
voted 100 per cent in the first
hour. Crews of two icebreakers
in the Arctic completed their
vote early.
The broadcast gave no totals.
Moscow, Mar. 1 1 (U.R) Mos-
cow donned festive garb today.
on the eve of elections which will
choose a "supreme Soviet" (par
liament) to serve lor the next
four years.
Stalin Speech Seen
Premier Josef Stalin is ex
pected to make a speech some
time today, closing the electoral
campaign. All other members of
the Russian politbureau have
made speeches.
(After 2 a.m., Moscow time no
news of the expected Stalin state
ment had reached the western
world.
(The Soviet monitor in London
said it had no official indication
that the premier would deliver a
speech. The monitor, which re
cords Radio Moscow broadcasts
was transmitting nothing late to
night.
Flags On Display
(Throughout the evening tt
had transmitted the text of a
speech by Soviet Deputy Pre
mier A. I. Mikoyan.)
Flags are out everywhere la
the city, with red bunting stream
ers. The principal public build
ings are adorned with huge por
traits of the politbureau's mem
bers. Half Illinois Valley
High Students Strike 1
Cave Junction, Ore., Mar. 11
(U.R) About half of the 165 atu
dents of Hlinois Valley high
school walked out of classes Fri
day and paraded through the
city streets with placards read
ing, "We want our teacher
back."
The student walkout stemmed
from a Josephine county school
board announcement that Prin
cipal Clarence Hagen and three
of his 10 teachers would not be
rehired for the next school year.
The board's action was taken
on recommendation of a local
school board subcommittee. The
students met with the commit
tee and when their demands
were refused that Hagen be re
hired, they walked out.
The committee had charged
that there was constant friction
between. Hagen and several
members of his teaching staff.
Honolulu Bound Plane
Forced Back To U. S.
San Francisco, Mar. 11 (U.R)
A Honolulu bound Northwest
stratocrulser with 22 persons
aboard landed safely here to
night after being forced to turn
back to the mainland with one
of its four engines out.
The big plane, which took oft
from Seattle at 12:45 p.m.,
turned back from a point ap
proximately 1,000 miles west of
San Francisco. Escorted by two
B-17 rescue planes, one a coast
guard aircraft and the other
from Himilton air force base, it
Inndcd at San Francisco airport.
The airliner carried 15 passen
gers and seven crew members.
Soviet Needling Part
Of Plan To Oust Allies
Berlin, Mar. 11 (U.R) The So
viet "needling" offensive In Ber
lin Is a build-up for a formal
Russian demand that western
powers get out of the city, west
ern allied quarters said today.
Responsible allied sources ex
pected the Russians would de
mand that the Americans, British
and French withdrawn from Ber
lin shortly after the October 15
elections in communist cast Ger
many. they'll be strong enough to signal
with If the sun doesn't shine to
morrow," Hightower said.
The 4B-ycar-o!d Ellcnsburg,
Wash., man has rolled up 18.305
miles since July, 1946, and in
tends to quit at 28.500 miles.
"I think that will be a record
for all-time," he said.
His wheelbarrow, loaded with
food and other necessities,
equipped with lights and a pen
nant, was parked In the foyer
of the lodge.
"They don't mind a bit," ha
said. "That wheelbarrow has
been in some of the best hotels
In the country."
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