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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.