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Newspaper Page Textv n 1 in SAi I VI u At HI t 'Acme Teltpholoi GRIEF-STRICKEN Mrs. Joan MUlne, 38, tragically clutches the lifeless body of her 23-month-old daughter, Joyce, after the child fell Into a 10-gallon crock of water and drowned in Pasadena. Calif. Mrs. John Bley (right), who talked to the curly-haired yaungster a few moments before the tragedy, tries to comfort the grief-stricken mother. Belgians' Government Quits During Crisis Brussels, Belgium, Mar. 18- (U.R) The Belgian government resigned today in. the midst of a bitter national crisis over wheth er exiled King Leopold III should be called back to the throne. Premier Gaston Eyeskens turn ed in the resignation of, his Cath olic - Liberal coalation govern ment to Regent Prince Charles, the king's younger brother. Regent Accepts The regent accepted the pre mier's resignation and was re ported to have asked him to form a new cabinet. Eyskens, it was learned, in formed the regent he could not get sufficient liberal support to form another coalition govern- Accused Sf rangier Confident He Will Be Found Innocent Iowa City, la., Mar. 18 U.R) Robert Bednasek, 24, said today that he was "more confident than ever" that he will be found innocent of charges that he strangled his pretty University of Iowa sweetheart. The dreamy-eyed psychology student made the statement al though a policeman testifed yes terday that Bednasek had admit ted making "bare-chested love" with Margaret "Gee Gee" Jack son, 20, before she died in his rooming house. Another policeman said Bed nasek had tried to get officers to shoot him as they investigated the girl's death. The trial was in iecess today but townspeople waited with keen anticipation for the Mon day session when testimony will get under way full blast. Defense Attorney Clair Ham ilton said his handsome young client told him he "feels con vinced" that the Jury of four women and eight men will find him innocent. Brink Robbery, Link With Smuggling Eyed ' rkrlnn TV! Q f 10 II I Dl , i? c r-,.r.o, n4oh sought a possible connection be tween a traveler s effort to smug gle $32,000 into Cuba from New Orleans with the Sl.OOO.OOOO-plus Brink Co. robbery at Boston. Latest estimates valued loot of the Brink holdup two months ago at SI. 217,000 cash, S300.000 diamonds and SoOO.000 in non- negotiable checks. i Joseph A. Fortier. supervising customs agent, said several U. S. agencies including the FBI have entered the case. Fortier said "there is a pos sible connection." State OOF, Rebekahs Convention At Astoria Astoria. Ore.. Mar. 18 (U.R) Plans for the IOOF and Rebckah grand lodge assembly of Oregon convention here May 15-18 have been made in a meeting of As i?ria and grand lodge officials. The convention is expected to bring 1500 delegates and visitors to Astoria. Gresham Police Arrest Alleged $1,500 Thief Gresham. Ore.. Mar. 18 01 R. Police today arrc.-ied James Gar net Ward. 47, WHiHed by immi gration authorities for deporta tion to Canada. , Ward was accused of stealing p! 500 in negotiable securities lrom me nomc ol Airic Lindberg, 73, Gresham. ment unless a compromise is worked out to "temporarily" shelve Leopold's return. The premier was reported to have labeled formation of an all Catholic government a "risky venture." Emergency Session The social christian (Catholic) premier acted after a three-hour emergency cabinet session failed to reach a decision on holding a joint session of parliament to decide on Leopold s return. The resignation was provoked by the reluctance of the eight lib eral members of the 17-man cab inet to support Leopold, who won 57.68 per cent of the votes in Sunday's referendum on his return. The nine Catholic ministers want Leopold back in the face of strong socialist and communist opposition and the hesitance of the wavering liberals. The prospect of the king's re turn from Switzerland resulted in a "warning strike" yesterday of more than 300,000 socialist-led workers. A waterfront walkout was called for Monday. Portland Police Nab Alleged Drug Peddler Portland, Ore., Mar. 18 (U.R) Police today charged Milton J. Drebin, 42, a California ex-convict, with possession of narcotics alter trailing him 14 hours and then making the arrest for flout ing a red traffic signal light. Detectives Ralph Gast and Frank Bartholomew began fol lowing the car yesterday on a tip that a narcotics "load" was arriv ing in Portland in a California licensed sedan. Finally they called in a traffic officer to make the arrest when the car sped through a downtown signal. In the car they found a half ounce of heroin in a hat box and a can of marijuana in a suitcase. They said the narcotics were valued at more than $1000. Drebin, who was held on $3. 000 bail, said he was returning to Fairbanks, Alaska, where he once had lived. PRACTICE SCHEDULED Central Point baseball team in the Southern Oregon league will begin practice sessions Sunday afternoon, April 2. it was an- nminrerl SalnrHay by Manager Hoosier Hoffard. Tucker Srio-Cat Reveals Hev Type Motor Vehicle i.i. i ulai:i . .) i . . oiiu-l o l in ventor and president of Tucker Sno-Cat corporation of Medford, yesterday announced the devel opment of a new type of motor transportation that he feels may drive the conventional vehicle off the highways within the next few years if it gels just considera tion. The company will begin pro duction next summer. Tucker said that he believes the new vehicle may become pop ular on farms, in orchards and in industrial yards. E. M. Tucker Sr.. Sno-Cat n- Four Sets Wheels The revolutionary machine steers, drives and brakes from eight wheels four sets of dual wheels. So far It has defied ab solute classification. It can do the work of a truck or a tractor, ac cording to Tucker. In the winter it can be converted to a Sno-Cat. In fact, he reported, the new Tucker vehicle represents a con version from the sturdy Sno-Cat. Tucker bewildered William W. O'Brien, manager of the Medford motor vehicle registration office I yesterday when he applied for a temporary license. O Brien fin- Medford 44th Year 24 Pages Navy Orders Investigation Why Transport Did Not Aid 'Elder' Frantic Distress Signals From Ship Reportedly Ignored Small Boat Damaged By Explosion, Fire Honolulu. T.H.. Mar. 18 U.R The navy ordered an investiga - tion today of why the military transport General Brewster fail to to give aid to the burned-out U.S.S. Elder despite frantic dis tress signals from the stricken net tender. Rear Adm. Charles H. McMor- ris, commander of Pacific rescue operations issued a "well done' to all concerned in the safe res cue of the 40 men from the Elder and rafts Fridav and said the Hawaiian sea frontier will open an administrative inquiry into "all phases" of the Elder in cident. Ripped By Explosion The Elder, part of the Pacific fleet attached to the forthcom ing atomic tests at the Eniwetok island proving grounds, was ripped by an engine-room explo sion at midnight, Mar, 10. A rag ing fire broke out. Twenty-six crewmen were ord ered to abandon ship in a lifeboat and two life-rafts. The remain ing 14 including the ship's three officers volunteered to remain and fight the fire. Three days after that with the rafts and helpless Elder drifting apart the Brewster passed by and apparently failed to see a furious distress barrage of flares, signal star shells, mir rors, flags and 20 millimeter can nonading aboard the Elder. Close to 'Elder' The Elder's skipper. Lt. Wil liam F. Adams, describing his frustration as the Brewster van ished over the horizon, said the transport had come "about two or three miles" from the Elder. The Brewster took "about two hours" to pass the cluster of life rafts, the occupants said. The directionless and engine less Elder and the 26 men on the water drifted four days after that on emergency rations under a broiling south Pacific sun until search and rescue aircraft arrd surface vessels found them 1,900 miles west of Pearl Harbor as dusk fell Friday night. Morse Names Eugene Man Drive Manager Eugene, Ore., Mar. 18 (U.R) U. S. Sen. Wayne Morse today announced the appointment of Herbert J. Cox, Eugene lumber man, as campaign manager for both the primary and general elections in Oregon. Cox formerly managed the Willamette Valley Lumbermen's association., and presently is as sociated with Reeves Taylor, lumber wholesaler. Morse left for San Francisco and will return to Washington by plane. He said he may return to Oregon in April for one speech before the May 19 primary. "Otherwise, I do not plan a campaign for the primary," he said. ally listed the Tucker creation as a pick-up truck Dut aavisea the inventor he might receive further inquiry from the secre tary of state's office. The 14-foot small model of the Tucker truck has the appearance of a pickup. Its front and rear wheel drive arrangement give it eight wheel drive in four speeds with equal power on all wheels New models will have 12 forward speeds. Power is provided by a 115 horsepower Mercury motor. Axle Construction Most revolutionary Is the ve hicle's axle construction. Tucker explained that two regular truck rear hxips are usea, one oi inem replacing the conventional front axle. However, the new type for ward axle on Tucker s truck has been given an up and down flex ibllity enabling it to better cross i ditches and traverse rough ground. Steering apparatus turns front and rear wheels simultaneously, axles pivoting on a "fifth wheel" horizontal to the ground or road surface. Rear wheels follow ex actly the tracks of the front ones. Tucker pointed out that this lea MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 19, Mrs. Edith Cleven Found Dead Family Car In Applegate Mrs. Edith Caroline eleven, 1014 West Ninth street, appar ently took her own life with a pistol early yesterday after- ' noon- Coroner Carlos Morris re- ported last night. He said the body was found in the family car just across the bridge near the community of Applegate about 6 p.m. The woman was thought despondent over ill health, Morris said he was told. She left a note. The bullet apparently pierced her heart, the coroner reported. Mrs. Cleven left home about 10:30 a.m. yesterday and when she had not returned by early evening the family became wor ried, according to Morris. He said several residents of the vi cinity had noted the car some hours before the death was dis covered. The woman is survived by her husband, S. M. Cleven, three sons and two daughters. Conger Morris funeral home has charge of funeral arrangements. Nationalists Land On Chinese Coast; Extent Not Known . Taiperi, Formosa, Mar. 18 (U.R) Nationalist troops landed on the Chinese mainland at dawn today and captured the communist-held coastal city of Sungmen, 200 miles south of Shanghai, the navy announced. The troops, covered by strong naval bombardment, also occu pied a 20-mile stretch of the coast to the north as they returned to the mainland lor the first time since driven off by the commun ists last December. A naval communique, which announced that 2,500 commun ists were killed and said others fled to the hills, referred to the attack as a "raid" but govern ment officials here said the raid ers were still ashore, 12 hours later. It was believed the attack might correspond to such large scale commando raids as the al lied attack on Dieppe which pre ceded actual landings on the German-held coast of Europe. But it was too early to state whether the raids were a serious attempt to secure a beachhead for a ma jor effort to fight back. Three-Quarters Inch Of Rain, Grants Pass Grants Pass, Mar. 18 U.R) Nearly three-fourths of an inch of rain fell in the Grants Pass 1 area in less than an hour around 1 4 p.m. Friday. I The deluge, described as of! near cloudburst proportions, caused the outage of an oil switch on the main California Oregon Power company line which feeds Crescent City, Cal., and the coastal eity was in dark ness until about 8:06 P.m. ture makes the truck almost Im possible to overturn and results in greater speed possibilities on curves. Army-type jeep tires are used. The inventor maintains that the vehicle is more powerful than any tractor of equal weight. As lo performance. Tucker said that he is willing to accept a chal' lenge in a contest of "follow-the- leader". He has offered $1,000 to any individual with another ve hicle that can follow It in such a contest for one mile. The truck travels at conven tional speeds and gets ordinary mileage from gasoline. For use in snow, wheels can be replaced by pontoons. Tucker reported that the ma chine will sell at about the price of a tractor with equal drawbar pull. The Tucker firm slarled devel opment of the vehicle in 1942. Tucker said a 16-wheel truck Is contemplated and that it is planned to apply the idea also to the regular automobile. He nlans to drive to Stockton. Cal., today to discuss additional! patents with an attorney. SPORTS BULLETINS New York. Mar. 18 City College of New York's drive in the final five minutes broke open a tee-saw second half and beat Bradley 69 to 61 Satur day night for the National In vitation Basketball tourna ment championship. New York, Mar. 18 (U.R) Bob Zawoluk's field goal with three seconds left to play in the overtime period gave St. John's a 69 to 67 victory over Duquesne Saturday night in the National Invitation Bas ketball tournament third place consolation game. Chicago. Mar. 18 (U.R) Don Gehrmann. Wisconsin's distance star, blazed past Fred Wilt in the final 80 yards Sat urday night to beat the FBI runner by 10 yards and win the Bankers mile in the Chicago Daily News relays. Kansas City. Mo., March 18 Indiana State Teachers college of Terra Haute captured the 1950 National Association of Intercollegiate basketball crown Saturday night in a ding-dong fight with unsung East Central Oklahoma State of Ada 61 to 57. Medford Church Basketball league teams divided their twin league teams Saturday nights with SI. Mary's (Med ford) topping Ashland Presby terians 33 to 16 and Talont Friends church stopping Four square (Medford) 36 to 14 at the local Y. Berkeley, Cal., Mar. IB U.R) Oregon State college's grapplers won the 1950 team championship in finals of the Pacific Coast intercollegiate wrestling championships here Saturday night against 10 oth er universities and state col leges. Soviets Plan Drastic Money Control Rules Berlin, Mar. 18 (U.R) Soviet authorities were reported plot ting "drastic measures" tonight to halt East Germany's worst money crisis since the war. A near panic sent the East German mark plunging 50 per cent in 48 hours. In relation to the West mark (about 25 cents) it had dropped to a value of two and two-thirds cents. East German government re assurances that the East mark would not be devalued failed to halt the near panic and long lines of people were queued up today to exchange the East marks for West money. The Soviets are said to be con sidering severe punishment for East Germans possessing West marks and it is considered pos sible East Germany may ban res idents from shopping in west Berlin. Salemite Says Trees Falling Too Often Salem. Ore.. Mar. 18 (U.R) This is getting to be not only an noying but downright monoton ous. In November 1948, a tree crashed on the property of navy veteran Sid Simning. It demol ished the Simning automobile parked alongside the garage. Last January on Friday the 13th, no less another fir tree crashed against the Simning house. , , . j . . And Friday, St, Patrick s day, innihvr laroe fir tree cracked down, this time snapping raft r. and crushing through the roof. No one was In the house at the time, so there were no in juries. But the roof oh! Reduced Load Limits Removed From Road Reduced load limits will be lifted at 8 a.m. Monday from the Sams Valley secondary highway from Gold Hill to the junction with Table Rock county road, a distance of 8 98 miles, stale po lice said last night. . A Salem report said restric tions would be removed Monday from Grayback creek to the caves on the Oregon Caves route. LOCAL WOMAN HURT Mrs. Shirley Cutbirth. 30, Mc Andrews road, sulfered chin and mouth injuries In an auto accident near Rogue Valley ball room last night according to a Conger-Morris ambulnn-e at tendant who took her to Com munity hospital. Tribve 1950 NO. 303 Two Divisions Of Red Cross Attain Goals Last Week Two divisions in the current Red Cross fund raising campaign have achieved their goals, it was anounccd Saturday by Mrs. Frank Fairweather, publicity chairman for the drive. They are the veteran members at the Camp White domiciliary center and Medford school teachers. The positions of other divisions in the campaign are being shown graphically at Red Cross fund driw headquarters on West Main street by the use of plywood horses in a mock race, with the relative positions of the horses governed by the percentage of their quotas collected. "Live Displays" A "live" window display was shown yesterday at the Mont gomery Ward store on South Central avenue, when members of the Junior Red Crass home service council and sixth grade pupils showed how they pre pare hospital party favors. A number of other window displays have been arranged in connection with the drive. In the California Oregon Power company window is a display of photographs, some of them lo cal, showing the Red Cross in action. In the window of the Lantis and Johnson store is a globe of the world showing the extent of Red Cross services. Other Windows Mann's window depicts volun teer services; Barker s, first aid; Burclson's, gray ladies; Adri ennes, motor corps; Leon's, home service; J. C. Penney, nurses service; Hadlcy'g a large red cross made by Junior Red Cross workers of satin ribbon, and Sewing Machine center, a pro duction window with a complet-' ed layette hung on a clothes line. Virtually all public clocks have been decorated with a mes sage reading "It's Red Cross Time." 11 Die As Freighter And Schooner Collide Halifax, N. S., Mar. 18 U.R) Eleven crewmen were presumed dead today in the prc-dawn col lision of their fishing schooner and a freighter near the en trance to Halifax harbor. The two-masted schooner Ger trude D'Acosta, laden with fish, sank immediately after being rammed amidships in the dark ness by the 5,000-ton Canadian freighter Island Connector. Six of the schooner's crewmen were rescued. The others were presumed dead. Four bodies were recovered. The 60-ton schooner "sank In one minute" after the splinter ing crash, said Capt. Louis Gias son of the freighter. The Inst ves sel's skipper, Cnpt. llnslam Knicklo of Lunenburg county, N. S., was killed. Weatherman Foresees 'Wetter Than Usual' Portland. Ore., Mar. 18 (U.R) Wet? Paste this in your hat and lee If it works out. The weather bureau's spe cial 30-day weather forecast, which is a new attempt at long-range forecasting, calls for wetter-lhan-usual weather in the Pacific Northwest states during the next month. Six Medford Students Win Speech Contests Medford high school will send six students to the state high school speech contest as the re sult of the southern Oregon dis trict contest yesterday at Grants Pass. Medford students who quali fied for the state event and their placings In the district test were: Marylis Franklin and Beverly Hampson, first and second, re spectively. In radio speaking; Gloria Roblnctte, first in humo rous reading: Jack Halstcad sec ond in oratory; Constance Ins keep, first In after dinner speak ing, and Lee Stothers, first In discussion, Aihlandon Win Ashland students, Anne Flit Iirlon and Richard Wilcox, af firmative, and Craig Canfield and Bob Simpson, negative, won In debate on the subject, ' Re WEATHER FORECAST: Moitly cJntidy to day wiUi ihowen. Becoming partly dourly Monday with c uttered ihowri. Temprraturt Hlfhest yesterday .....4S Lowest yesterday 34 Precipitation To 10:30 p.m. yesterday 43 Salem High Takes State Basketball First Place Honor Vikings Lead All Way Downing Grants Pass Eugene, Ore., Mar. 18 (U.R) Roosevelt of Portland walked over Corvallis 41-29 Saturday night to capture third place In the annual Oregon class "A" high school basketball tourna ment. Eugene. Ore., Mar. 18 (U.R) Salem high basketeers led all the way except for two times when the game was tied as they won the state A high school basket ball championship by defeating Grants Pass 34 to 28 at McArth ur court Saturday night. The score was tied once at 2 to 2 and again at 3 to 3 but the Cavemen from southern Oregon never were in front. Salem Takes Lead Salem led 17 to 6 at the first quarter, 25 to 16 at the half and 28 to 24 at the third. The Cave men rallied in the third quarter as they have in most every tour ney game played this year but tins lime iney cuma not lane uie lead. The winners kept the tall Cavemen under control through out the thriller played before the largest A tourney crowd ever to crowd the University of Oregon gymnasium 8,078. Grants Pass won the right to the state championship tourney by winning the district 4 title against southern Oregon quin tets and then defeating Bend, Mac Hi and Roosevelt of Port land in the state tournament. Sa lem edged Scappoose, Jefferson and Corvallis in the state tour nament. All-Stars Chosen Daryl Glrod was high point man for Salem with eight points while Pat Ford and Vern Craft each got the ' same number to pace Grants Pass. The all-star team announced at the tourney's close Includes Doug Rogers (Salem), Bill West (La Grande), Bob Altenhofen (Central Catholic), Girod and Rt Fundingsland (Jefferson). Lumber Company Mill Destroyed By Flames Dallas. Ore., Mar. 18 (U.R) State police said today that fire destroyed the Central Lumber company sawmill at Rickreall. Owner Carl Omile said the flames, which broke out early this morning, caused an estimat ed $45,000 damage. Dallas fire men who answered an alarm spread by state officers were un able to save the mill. The Omlie home nearby, however, was sal vaged. Authorities said the fire may have been caused by defective wiring or possibly from sparKs that smouldered overnight after welding operations yesterday. Government's Payroll Totals Show Decline Washington, Mar. 18 (U.R) The civil service commission re ported today that 2S.1G5 persons were dropped from the govern ment payroll during January, bringing total federal employ ment to 1,950.385. The bulk of the decrease was registered in the post office, navy and army department. The treas ury, however, gained an addition al 1,790 employees to help out with the annual lncomo tax re turn rush. JOHN L. ERB DIES Eugene. Ore.. Mar. 18 (U.R) John Lawrence Erb, 73, father of Donald M. Erb, late University of Oregon president, died In hospital here Friday. The elder Erb was widely known in music circles. solved, That the President of the United States Should Re Fleet ed by a Direct Vote of the People." Others winning first or sec ond places and qualifying for the state tourney March 31 and April 1 at Eugene were: Neva Callaway, Grants Pass, second In humorous reading. Dale Harris. Grants Pass, first, and Richard Wilcox, second, In impromptu speaking. Helen Bunnell, Grants Pass, second In oratory. Alfred Cave, Grants Pass, first In extempore speaking and second In discussion. Fran Cooper, Grants Pass, sec ond In extempore speaking and second In after dinner speaking. Barbara Harper, Grants Pass, first, and Anne Fullerton. Ah land, second in poetry reading, Youths Smoke Man Out Of Cave Held Since Last Fall Convicted Murderer Wanted By Officials St. Paul, Minn., Mar. 18 (U.R) One of the nation's 10 most want- en priminale woe .-.! i--j after a group of boys literally oxiunc-u nun oui oi a cave in which he had been hiding since last November. William Ncsbit, 51, convicted murderer, surrendered without bluff where he had been Identi- nea Dy tne boys from a newspa per clipping in a St. Paul paper. mw Stuffed Down Fourteen-year-old James Lew is first utmnnnifi MnrUlf. u : .' V v v "tiiuu a lutrii" tity, but he hit upon the Idea of stuffing snow down a stove Dine lpaHinD frnm arn.J o - viib ca.ajcu convict s cave hideawav to "smoke him out and get a better look at him." Five boys Garry Batterson, 13: Larrv Phrrv 19 AnHnrcnn 1L R nUfirJ Tnl ii and Myron Roth, 13 helped do "ic Miiutung oui. ronce, sum moned hv thp hnvfi hnH little trouble capturing the man con victed of the sensational "pow derhouse dynamiting murder" near Sioux Falls, S. D.. in 1936. A seventh boy, 13-year-old James Radeck. was responsible in Dart for iHentifir-atlnn nt bit from a "wanted" picture in me oi. ram uispaicn. Looked Lika Man "James Lewis came up to my house with the picture last night." he said, "and asked me if I thought it was a picture of the fellow we'd seen a lot on the river bank and in the cave. Ha had told us his name was Ray. "I told him it looked like Ray but that the face In the picture was a lot fatter. "To make a better comparison We hent lha niol,,r n ... f,t..uic U ccii.ii side so that it cut off some of his cheeks. With it that way. we wtrru sure ii was a picture of Ray. Plaintiff Wins $2,500 Judgment . A circuit court Jury ended Its deliberations yesterday after hearing two days of evidence in the case of R. A. Tanner against Or. Charles Haines. They awarded Tanner $2,300 out of the $10,000 he asked as damages for the death of his 16-ycar-old daughter who suf fered fatal Injuries when she was struck by Dr. Haines' car Sept. 40, 4H10. Tanner's attorneys, Ralph E. Moody of Salem and O. H. Bcngtson, had attempted to prove that the Ashland physi cian was operating his automo bile in a careless and negligent manner when he struck Nina Marcella Tdnner as she was crossing highway 09 lust south of the Ashland city limits. Her parents operate the Bellview cafe there. Dr. Haines, represented by Attorney William McAllister, had contended that he was driv ing at a reasonable speed and that the accident was due to the negligence of the girl. 6,000,000 Population In Northwest Foreseen In Eight Years By BPA Portland, Ore., Mar. 18 (U.R) Authorities of the Bonneville power administration predicted today that power for a north west population of almost six million will be needed by 1958. A report released today said a substantial increase In indus trial power demands is also anti cipated. President , Truman's compre hensive river' development plans call for 28 power protects, the report stated, and 21 of these are recommended for completion by 1958. Woman Chooses Plane For Suicide Location Amarillo, Tex., Mar. 18 (U.R) A Kansas City, Mo., woman en route home from Phoenix, Ariz., died aboard a Trans' World air lines plane today, apparently by suicide. Mrs. Bonita Wilkinson, Ama rillo Justice of peace, said that was her tentative verdict in the death of Mrs. Clifford Snow, about 30. Mrs. Wilkinson said an over dose of sedatives apparently was the actual cau.se of death, LOCAL CAR DAMAGED A car registered to Mary W. Guy, West 10th street, Medford, was damaged considerably Sat day when it struck a bridge over Jackson creek north of Central Point, state police reported. They said the bridge was undamaged jnd that the driver of the car was not at the scene when they arrived. Road Conditions State police last night re- Sorted six Inches of snow on iskiyou and Qreensprlngt mountain passes and advised operators of passenger cars and other smaller vehicles that chains were needed.