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Bomber Explodes,
Plunges To Earth
Near Arizona Town
Two Airmen Parachute
To Safety From Plane
Hyder, Ariz., Mar. 23 (U.R)
An air force B-50 Superfortress
"exploded like a bomb in the
sky" today and crashed to the
desert 25 miles northwest of
here killing at least nine crew
members. Two others parachuted
to safety.
However. Maj. Donald C. Fos
ter, public information officer at
Davis-Monthan air force base,
Tucson, said 14 men boarded the
plane this morning prior to take
off on a routine training flight.
Says 11 On Board
Mrs. Fred L. Backketter, sta
tion manager of the small rail
road section point here, said one
of the surviving crew members
told her only 11 men were
aboard the huge bomber.
Mrs. Backketter was in the
first group to reach the crash
scene an hour after it fell to the
earth in flames.
Mrs. Backketter said the large
craft exploded in the sky and
burst into flames as it plunged
to the earth. When she reached
the crash scene, she said, wreck
age was strewn over a two-mile
area in a rocky, cactus-studded
region.
"The plane was a horrible
mess," the woman said. "It
looked like a crumpled piece of
tin."
Several bodies, mangled be
yond identification, were crushed
together in the forward part of
the plane. Mrs. Blackketter said
a blackened portion of one body
was thrown clear of the main
wreckage.
One of the survivors told the
Hyder woman one of the craft's
four engines caught fire seconds
before the explosion.
5PEBSG5A Chorus To
Sing At Play Opening
The chorus of the Rogue Val
ley chapter of SPEBSQSA will
provide curtain-raiser music for
the play which Phoenix Little
Theater guild will give Friday
and Saturday nights in the old
gymnasium in Phoenix. This will
be the first public appearance of
the chorus, which is- directed by
Marvin Masters.
The basis of the chorus is three
barber shop quartets, which have
made appearances from time to
time, and the quartets will also
give numbers.
Proceeds of the program and
play, scheduled for 7:30 p. m
both Friday and Saturday nights,
will be used for the building
fund of the Phoenix Community
Club and Youth center.
Cooperative Housing
Loses In House
Washington. Mar. 23 (U.R)
Administra tion Democrats
', blamed the increasing tempo of
-Jhe congressional economy drive
frday for their resounding defeat
'In the fight over cooperative
housing.
First the Senate and then the
Howe rejected the administra
tion's urgent request for congres
sional authority to start a broad
scale cooperative housing pro
gram for middle income families.
The Senate turned down the
proposal last week by a vote of
43 to 38. The House followed
suit vesterriay, 218 to 155.
Sale of Bonds
9 KILLS
Funds For YMCA Building
Details of a bonding program
through which construction of
the Medford YMCA building
w ill be completed were announc
ed today by Tony Manno, pres
ident of the "Y" board of direc
tors. Bonds totaling $45,000 in de
nominations of $100 each, will
be issued and sold, Manno said.
The bonds will be 20-year in
struments bearing four per cent
interest, and will be callable.
Bonds Secured
Sale of the bonds will provide
funds to nay the balance of the
"Y's" construction costs and
complete "certain minor phases"
of its existing plan. The bonds
will be fully secured bv a first
mortgage oh the building, and
are being handled by the trust
department of the Medford
branch, First National bank of
Portland. The building has been
on the bonds will be payable by
means of coupons attached to
them.
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NAMED TROCOMMUNISTrt
Owen J. Lattimore iabove, the
late President Roosevelt's adviser
in China, was named by Senator
Joseph R. McCarthy as a "pro
Communist" before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee. Mc
Carthy said that Lattimore is a
bad security risk and may already
have done this nation incalculable
and irreparable harm.
Most Wanted Man
Named By FBI As
illiam F. Sutton
Washington, Mar. 23 (U.R)
The FBI todav put its finger on
William F. (The Actor) Sutton,
suspected leader in the $63,000
New York bank robbery, as one
of its "10 most wanted men."
Sutton, a 48-year-old native of
Brooklyn, replaced William Nes
bit on the FBI's list.
The 51-year-old Nesbit was
smoked out of a cave near St.
Paul, Minn., last Saturday by
seven young boys with sharp
eyes and memories.
Sutton, who has a long crim
inal record, escaped two years
ago from a Pennsylvania state
penitentiary. He is believed by
police to have been involved in
several holdups since then.
Employees of the New York
bank picked him out of a police
rogues gallery as the leader of
the gang that staged the recent
spectacular daylight holdup
there.
Three Patients Leave
Salem State Hospital
Salem, Ore., Mar. 23 (U.R)
Three patients at Oregon State
hospital here escaped Wednesday
night by jumping from a second
story window, police reported
today.
The patients were Lester A.
Mann, 44, of Stayton, Ore.; Earl
Perry, 20, of Springfield, Ore.,
and John I. Sneed, 25, of St.
Louis, Mo.
The escape was not discovered
until early today. A broken grill
over the window on the second
floor of the hospital was the only
clue concerning the method of
their escape.
Dr. C. E. Bates, superintend
ent, said all three patients are
considered harmless. Sneed is a
war veteran recently transferred
to the hospital here from the fed
eral hospital at Roseburg.
Taipei. Formosa, Mar. 23 (U.R
Chinese Nationalist military of
ficials said today that the Chi
nese Communists had concen
trated a large number of junks
at Shanghai.
to Provide
The bonds, while they may be
first sold only by a duly con
i stituted YMCA committee, arc
fully negotiable. No record of
bund numbers will be kept, and
no responsibility can be held by
the "Y" for the identity of any
bondholder according to terms
of the sale.
Cook Named
Manno said that Ralph Cook,
a Medford rancher and member
of the board of directors, has
been named chairman of the
bond sales rommittee, and Al
Hcnke, YMCA treasurer, also
will act as treasurer of the com
mittee. Full Information on the pro
ject and on the bonds may be
obtained from Henke, from the
"Y" or from Manno.
Details of the construction
program to be completed at the
unfinished "Y" building have
not been announced. The struc
ture has been in full use for more
than a year.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23,
New Jersey to Try
Man Charged With
Imprisoning Girl
San Jose, Cal Mar. 23 (U.R)
Federal authorities said today
they will let New Jersey try'
Frank La Salle, 56, on charges of
holding a 12-year-old Camden
school girl prisoner lor ii
months.
Joseph Karesh, assistant U. S.
attorney in San Francisco, said
federal proceedings against the
thin-faced convicted rapist would
be given up "temporarily."
New Jersey already has indict
ed La Salle for abducting Sally
Horner, a chubby little blonde.
That charge carries a penalty of
seven vears. New Jersey authori-
Winter Weather
Again Hits State,
Snow Falls Widely
Ont inch of new snow was
reported on the ground on
, both Siskiyou and Green
' springs mountain passes early
this afternoon, with snow con
tinuing to fall heavily. State
police reported that traffic
was moving without difficulty.
Portland, Ore., Mar. 23 (U.R)
Robust winter weather hit the
Pacific northwest again today,
and spring seemed far behind.
Moderately heavy snowfalls
blanketed some sections of Ore
gon and Washington as tempera
tures fell and winds rose.
The weather bureau issued full
gale warnings for the Oregon
coast this morning, predicting
winds of 40 to 50 miles an hour.
Six inches of snow fell on the
Sunset highway in the uplands
southeast of Astoria, and chains
were required, according to the
state police.
Snow In Mountains
The state highway department
said a continued snow storm in
the Cascades made chains neces
sary for automobiles in the San
tiam pass. Twelve inches of new
snow fell in the pass within 24
hours, and ten inches of new
snow were reported in the Wil
lamette pass. Snow also was fall
ing on the Ochoco and Mount
Hood highways, and at Bend and
Burns, the highway department
said.
Winds of 90 miles an hour hit
the Vancouver Island area early
today. The storm was expected
to bring rain to most of western
Oregon and Washington today,
with rain or snow tonight and
Friday cast of the Cascades.
$500,07ir7rlits
Colorado Institution
Colorado Springs, Colo.. Mar.
23 (U.R) An overloaded elec
trical circuit was blamed today
for the half-million-riollar fire
which destroyed the three-story
administration building of the
Colorado Institute for the Deaf
and Blind yesterday.
Only the walls and foundation
of the 61-year-old structure were
left intact by the fire, which
roared through the structure
shortly before noon.
Eighty deaf children attending
a lecture in the building did not
hear the alarm but their teacher
signalled to them to exercise a
fire drill and they filed out of
the building. Sixty others were
at recess on the school grounds.
Medford Boy Killed,
Coast Guard Reports
Juneau, Alaska, Mar. 23 (U.R)
The body of a coast guardsman
who diedjn a fire which swept
a duplex House early Tuesday has
been identified as Wallis S.
Windley, damage conlrolman
first class, stationed aboard the
coast guard cutter Storis.
Coast guard headquarters said
Windlcy's mother, Mrs. Irene
Windley of Medford, Ore., has
been notified of her son's death.
The funeral of the second victim
of the fire, Mrs. Margaret Curran
Taasivigen, was postponed pend
ing arrival of relatives.
WEATHER
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Free, to 4:J A.M. Today
NO. 307
lies said they will press for a
grand jury indictment against
him charging kidnaping, an of
fense which provides a minimum
penalty of 30 years.
La Salle has been charged with
violating the federal Mann act
by transporting Sally across state
boundaries for immoral purpos
es. Karesh said if the department
of justice "do desires" he may
also be tried on that count later.
La Salle will be brought to
San Francisco and kept in cus
tody by federal authorities until
New Jersey officers arrive to
take him back east, Karesh said.
The attorney said Miss Hor
ner will stay at Santa Clara
county juvenile detention home
here to await arrival of New
Jersey police. She, too, will be
returned to Camden, he said.
La Salle, who has a long rec
ord of morals arrests, was jailed
Tuesday after Sally telephoned
her sister in New Jersey and
asked her to "please send the
FBI."
Sally told authorities La Salle
held her in his power by threat
ening to expose her schoolgirl
prank of stealing a dime store
notebook.
She said he posed as an FBI
officer when he caught her steal
ing the notebook in a Camden
10-cent store.
Jury Finds Edison
ilty Of Rape
A circuit court jury, after near
ly seven hours of deliberations,
last night adjudged Earl Gor
man Edison, 51, guilty of the
crime of statutory rape as
charged in a grand jury indict
ment. ' The two-day trial before Judge
Herman K. Hanna and a jury of
six men and six women ended
Wednesday at approximately
2:30 p. m. when the jurors re
tired to reach a decision. A poll
taken by the clerk at 9:15 a. m.
showed the jury in favor of con
viction 10 to 2. Two women jur
ors dissented. A unanimous de
cision is not necessary in this
type of case.
The grand jury Indictment
charged that Edison had had sex
ual relations with a 15-year-old
girl on July 17. 1949. The girl
corroborated the charge from
the witness stand although the
defense had contended that Edi
son was in Yreka, Cal., on that
date.
The defendant was an em
ploye of Medford corporation
where he served as general fore
man of the firm's railroad. He is
being held in county jail In lieu
of $5,000 bond.
A date for sentencing was ex
pected to be set before the end
of the week. Edison faces a pos
sible term of from three to 20
years' imprisonment.
Psychiatrist Report
Twin Killing Studied
Fresno, Ca'l., Mar. 23 (U.R)
A preliminary psychiatric report
was studied today for clues to the
mental quirk that marie 14-yenr-old
Alice Richard kill her viva
cious and popular twin sister.
Sally.
The report was prepared by
Dr. Jackson C. Dillon, director
of the state mental hygiene clinic
at Fresno, after a two-day exami
nation of blonde-haired Alice.
The girl has admitted shooting
her twin slater with a .22 caliber
rifle as she slept.
Resident Of Prospect
Passes Away At Home
Prospect, March 23 Chaun-
cey Franklin Arant, 75, a resi
dent of Prospect for the past 23
years, passed away at his home
here early Wednesday after a
short illness.
The deceased was born In
Klamath Falls. December 19,
1874, and spent his early life
there. In 1907 he moved to Ash
land. He had been a farrjier and
more recently had been engaged
In the lumber industry.
He is survived by his widow,
Maude, of Prospect; two sons, A.
Howard, Klamath Falls, and
Larv C, Phoenix: one daughter,
Mrs. L. J. Boothby, Klamath
Falls: three brothers. Herbert L.
of Dairy, Ore., E. L., Klamath
rails, and Jay J.. Bend. He Is
also survived by three grandchil
dren. Services will be held Satur
day at 10 30 a. m. in Litwillcr i
funeral parlors, Ashland, and in
terment will he at Siskiyou
Memorial park, Medford.
1950
e era
Troops And Police
Stop Riots After
Battle In Streets
2 Children, Officer
Killed In Fighting
Rome, Mar. 23 (UP.) Italian
troops and police put down a
communist insurrection in San
Severo today after a six-hour
pitched battle in the streets of
the town in the "bloody Puglla"
area of south Italy.
Preliminary reports said one
policeman and two children
were killed and at least 15 other
persons were wounded in the
wild fighting with guns, gren
ades and clubs.
10,000 Take Part
Authorities said some 10,000
communists took part in the in
surrection. They attacked the
local police headquarters, over
whelmed the badly outnumber
ed security force and seized the
town of 50.000 on the spur of
the Italian boot.
The army announced that it
gained complete control of San
Severo six hours after the fight
ing started when a communist
band attacked and disarmed two
policemen at a butcher shop.
The violence flared through
the town. Thp ' communists
stormed and seized the town ar
mory and then the police head
quarters. A riot call brought
reinforcements from Foeeia. 18
i miles to the south, and the battle
was on.
The security forces sent ar
mored faTs against the com
munists who hurled grenades,
sniped from rooftops and fought
hand to hand with clubs, scythes
and rocks.
Even after the army announc
ed that it had regained control,
sporadic bursts of gunfire still
could be heard and diehard
bands held out in homes, church
steeples and on rooftops.
The townspeople were ordered
into their homes for an indefin
ite curfew. Troops scaled off the
town. Although the situation
seemed to be under control, re
inforcements of security forces
still were streaming in from
neighboring towns.
Correspondent Stopped
A United Press correspondent
who tried to enter San Severo
was stopped by troops. For the
time being no one was being per
mitted to leave.
- The battle was the worst of
three days of widespread dis
orders and unrest touched off
by communist defiance of new
security measures decreed by
the government last Sunday,
Portland Ordinance
Enactment Delayed
Portland, Ore., Mar. 23 (U.R)
Enactment of Portland's new
civil rights ordinance today ap
peared delayed at least 10 days
and possibly more than seven
months.
At least 210 petitions bearing
the signatures of 18.003 persons
were turned into the office of
City Auditor Will Gibson. The
petitions ask the ordinance be
put to vote in the November
general election.
The new ordinance was pass
ed 19 days ago by the Portland
city council despite strong op
position from hotel and restaur
ant operators. It was to go into
effect tomorrow but a citv law
blocks enactment until Gibson's
staff finishes county signatures
on the petitions. At least 13,292
names are needed.
Dwight Phipps Named
Assistant Forester
Salem, Ore., Mar. 23-(U,R
Stale Forester George Spaur to
day announced the appointment
of Dwight L. Phipps, assistant
state forester in charge of the
protection division, as deputy
state forester.
T. H. Rainwater, executive
assistant, was named assistant
state forester In chprge of the
administrative division.
Phipps, who will continue as
head of the protection division,
steps Into the position vacated
when Spaur was appointed state
forester last December to suc
ceed the late N. S. Rogers.
Unions Agree Extend
Rail Strike Deadline
Chicago, Mar. 23 (U.R) Two
unions representing conductors
and trainmen agreed today to
extend the deadline for a nation
wide railroad strike to Juiy 1.
The unions and the nation's
railroads agreed that a fact-finding
board appointed by President
Truman should have until June 1
to file Its report on their wage
hour dispute.
Under the National Railway
Labor act. no strike could be
called until 30 days after filing
of the report.
Radio Highlights
The full program In connec
tion with the presentation of
the motion picture Academy
Award "Oscars" will be car
ried directly from Hollywood
over radio station KYJC (1230
lillocycUs) from 10:15 to U:4S
p. m. today.
' , . J
RIOTS IN ITALY Police and Italian troops today continued
to quell communist insurrections in street battles with Reds. Com
munists and red sympathizers are shown above rushing for cover
as mobile police (left) employ tear gas to break up a riot in Turin.
Furniture was smashed and documents burned.
Scores Seek Girl
In Vancouver Area
Vancouver, Wash., Mar. 23
;U.R) Scores of officers searched
today for 18-year-old Joann
Dewey, fearful that she may
have been slain by two men who
kidnaped her from a city street.
Detectives said they were re
ceiving numerous "tips" by tele
phone from citizens but that
none had panned out.
The girl, who lived at Battle-
Solon Raps Truman
For Not Making
Files Available
Washington, Mar. 23 U.R)
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy told
President Truman today his "ar
rogant refusal" to grant Con
gress full access to government
loyalty files is inexcusable and
endangers the national security.
In a telegram to Mr. Truman
at his Key West, Fla., vacation
headquarters, the Wisconsin Re-:
publican said he is "exceedingly ,
disturbed" by reports quoting a '
White House spokesman as say
ing that "some portion of the
files might be, made available to
clear innocent people."
"It would seem," he said, "that
the files should be made avail
able for the material they contain
regardless of whether it discloses
dangerous people working for
the department or clears inno
cent people." '
McCarthy has said hat the
Senate foreign relations subcom
mittee can prove or disprove
his charge that Communists have
infiltrated Into the state depart
ment only if It examines all per
tinent loyalty files.
Mr. Truman has never com
mented officially on demands for
full disclosure of the files In
volved In the current inquiry.
He must give the go-ahead to
make all or part of them avail
able. Union Pacific Decides
To Keep Plows Longer
La Grande, Ore., Mar. 23
(U.R) The Union Pacific railroad
isn't quite ready to admit it's
spring.
The road said after eyeing yes
terday's mixture of sleet, hail,
rain and brilliant sunshine that
it was delaying putting away its
snowplows for the year.
Hollywood, Mar. 23. (U.R)
Actor Edward Arnold announced
today he would be a candidate
for U. S. senator as a Republican.
'Oscar' Awards Slated
Before Big
Hollywood, Mar. 23--(UR)
Tonight's the big night In Hol
lywood. The "Oscars" are all polished
up for the weeping winners . . .
the bleachers are built for the
screaming fans , . . and Ncvcr
Nevcr land's all set for its an
nual pal-on-the-baek session.
The whole town's In its annual
tizzy over who's going to grab
the glory for outstanding movie
performances In 11)49.
Voting Completed
Voting long since has been
over, the names of the winners
are scaled in while envelopes
and all the nervous nominees
wished the ordeal were over.
The festivities lead off at
8 p. m. and everybody who is
anybody in Glittcrland will be
dressed up in minks and satins
and tuxedos to Jhiii into the Hol
lywood Pantages theater.
Paul Douglas, who used to
be t sports announcer, will em
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ground, Wash., was abducted
last Sunday as she walked near
St. Joseph's hospital, where she
planned to stay the night with
a girl friend.
Witnesses said two men beat
her and threw her In their car.
Police feared they were sex
fiends.
Congregations at two churches
in the area scheduled meetings
for tonight to pray for Miss
Dewey's safety.
The abduction has caused
alarmed parents to keep their
children indoors at night and
women are refusing to go out
alone after dark.
One of Miss Dewev's best
friends, Jackie Crull, 20, describ
ed Joann as "very athletic but
also quite effeminate."
Miss ru" said "Joann's am
bition aPvays had been to be a
good homemaker and mother
when she got married. She
wasn't Interested in a career."
She said the missing girl was
not "boy crazy" but did date
often. Her jolly disposition made
everyone of all ages like her,
Miss Crull said.
Police Investigate
Two Auto Accidents
City police Investigated two
traffic accidents yesrerday after
noon and issued a citation to one
driver for failure to yield the
right of way to another vehicle.
Shortly after noon Wednesday
ears driven by Frank Archer, 203
Vashti way, and John A. Berg
strom, Hnrnbrook, Cal., collided
at the intersection of East Main
street and Sixth street. Police
said both cars were "consider
ably damaged." Archer was cited
for failure to yield the right of
way to Bergstrom.
At 8:20 p.m. yesterday cars
driven by Frederick C. Sullivan,
Klamath Falls, and Ray T. John
son, Medford, were involved in a
collision on North Riverside ave
nue near the Coffee Pot drlve-ln
restaurant. Police reports said
the Johnson car struck the rear
of Sullivan's vehicle as Sullivan
was attempting to make a left
hand turn. Both cars were badly
damaged and Johnson suffered a
deep cut on his knee.
Grants Pass Hen Lays
Egg, Size 1 1 V Inches
Grants Pass, Ore., Mar. 23
(U.R) Penny, a New Hampshire
pullet, clucked and clucked and
clucked and came up with the
supreme effort of her young
career an egg that measure.!
11', 4 Inches overall and eight
and one-half inches around the
middle.
Fashionable Group
cee the shindig. He has his or
ders to kcqp things rolling. This
means just one thing: Throttle
any gushing winner who feels an
oration coming on.
"I'll do my best," DnuglBS said,
"but I've never been to an acad
emy thing before.
Has Two Assistants
His two assistants, Ronald
Reagan and Eve Arden. will be
on the sidelines to broadcast any
humorous Incidents, mishaps or
hair-pulling.
There's bound to be something
going on. Hollywood tempera
ments arc touchy things at best
and come "Oscar" time they're
apt to wear a mite thin. One
year, for instance, Olivia Dc Hav
illand snubbed sister Joan Fon
taine who dashed backstage to
congratulate her on her shiny
new "Oscar."
The tension Is heavy this year,
with two close races going on.
Tht know-it-alls will tell you the
Soil Conservation
District Proposal
Defeated By Vote
Too Few Ballots Cast
For Area's Formation
The proposed soil conservation
district in Jackson county was
turned down almost by default in
referendum voting yesterday af
ternoon. State law requires that
30 per cent of the eligible land
owners cast favorable ballots in
the election. With Jackson coun
ty's 1,875 property owners hold
ing more than 10 acres of land,
536 of them would have to cast
favorable votes to establish the
district. Reports from Claude
Hoover, supervisor of the voting,
show that only 241 "yes" ballots
were cast, out of a total of 400 at
the six polling places. There
were 159 landowners wh'o turned
thumbs down on the proposed
district.
Votes by polls, with all returns
In, were: Medford poll, 72 votes
for and 55 against; Eagle Point,
50 votes for, 37 against; Sams
Valley, 34 votes for, 7 against;
Talent, 37 for, 27 against: Cen
tral Point, 34 votes for, 29
against, and Applegate, 14 for
and 4 against.
Few Votes Cast
Though the majority of the
votes cast were in favor of the
formation of a district in the
county, it was the small total of
votes that was responsible for the
defeat of the measure. The in
tent of the law, in requiring a 30
per cent favorable vote, is to as
sure a comparatively wide basis
of popular support for soil con
servation districts since they can
succeed only with active support
and cooperation. Yesterday's
UttUt .ml. BMnaVAntl., InrliMotM
that support is lacking here.
The referendum was held as
the result of widely circulated
petitions initiated by Irrigation
districts In the area and if the
issue had carried, a new legal
subdivision of the state would
have been established for all of
the county except the northwest
corner. There are two such dis
tricts In Josephine county.
Overdue Superfort
Lands Safely After
Big Search Started
Spokane, Mar. 23 (U.R) A
large scale search for an overdue
B-29 superfortress was called off
today when the plane made a
safe landing at Spokane air force
base after being without radio
for 10 hours.
1st Lt. Robert Harris, pilot,
brought the big four-engined
plane down after Uashlng his
landing lights to the SPAFB con
trol tower.
Air rescue units from McChord
air force base, Tacoma, had been
on their way here to begin the
hunt for the overdue plane when
notified it had landed.
Capt. K. D. McFarland, base
public Information officer, said
Harris took his plane over the
whole flight pattern which was
a round-robin radar bombing
mission to Denver, Colo. McFar
land said Harris could receive
one or two ground stations on his
radio but could not transmit.
Radio contact with the B-29
and its 12-man crew failed com
pletely shortly after its take off
from here yesterday.
Healthy Month Enjoyed
By State In February
State Board Reports
Portland, Ore., Mar. 23 (U.R)
Oregonians last week enjoyed
one of their healthiest periods
of the year, the Oregon state
board of health said today.
The board of health, In Its
weekly bulletin, said no new
cases of polio, meningitis, diph
theria, typhoid or dysentery
were reported.
However, Infections heptatitis
(jaundice) continued to spread
with Malheur county reporting
10 new cases, Coos county seven
and Douglas county two.
Tonight
best actor" award is toss-uo
between Brodcrick Crawford for
"All the King's Men" and Kirk
Douglns for "Champion."
As for the women stars, book
ies are giving Olivia ("The Heir
ess") De Havilland the edge over
Susan ("My Foolish Heart") Hay
ward. But one year Loretta
Young pulled a surprise upset
when everybody thought Rosa
lind Russell was a cinch winner.
Up for best supporting actress
are Ethel Barrymore. Celeste
Holm, Elsa Lanchestcr, Mer
cedes McCambridge and Ethel
Waters.
Best supporting actor candi
dates are John Ireland, Dean
Jagger, Arthur Kennedy, Ralph
Richardson and James Whit
more. Nominated for the best movie
are "All the King's Men,' "Bat
tleground," "The Heiress," "A
Letter to Three Wives" and
"Twelve o'clock High."