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44th Year 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1950
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WHITE GUILTY IN NEGRO MASSACRE Ex-convlct Leon Turner .'arrow), accused of killing three
Negrp girls In a "revenge" attack on a sharecropper's cabin last Jan. 9. rests nls head In his nands as
Thomas Harris (stretcher), wounded father of the slain girls, testifies in the courtroom at Kosciusko.
Miss: An all-white jury found Turner guilty of murdering Ruby Nell Harris, one ot the three children slain,
and he was sentenced So life In prison. He was the second white man convicted ol killing the children, and
a third awaits trial
Court Upholds School Board
En Secret Society Findings
Suspension
Students BringsOkay
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Judge Dal M. King of Coos Bay
today upheld the Salem school
board in its action suspending 18
high school students last Octo
ber 13 for belonging to what the
school board called a secret so
ciety. Secret societies at the high
school level are illegal under
Oregon state law.
Injunction Dissolved
Judge King, who conducted a
five-dav hearing in Marion coun
tv circuit court last month, re
fused the petition of counsel for
the students to reinstate the
boys and said the temporary in
junction they obtained, in order
to remain in classes while their
case was heard, "will be dis
solved." . .
Judqe King's written opinion
was filed here with the Marion
county clerk.
Lowrence Osterman, who, with
Reginal Williams, represented
the boys in court, said "we shall
appeal immediately."
May Stay There
Court observers said it was
likely that if an appeal is taken
to the Oregon supreme court, the
boys will remain in school pend
ing final disposition of the case.
Arrange Services
For David Holmes
Funeral services for David
Holmes, president of the fruit
packing firm of Harry and Da
vid, will be held at St. Mark s
Episcopal church at 11 a. rn.
Monday. The Rev. George R. V.
Bolster, rector of the church,
will officiate. .... j
Mr. Holmes was fatally injured
in an automobile accident near
Woodland, Cal., Thursday after
noon. , .
The Bear Creek orchard pack
ing plant and warehouse headed
by Mr. Holmes will be closed
ail dav Monday out of respect.
Honorary pallbearers at the
services will include Glenn Har
rison, G. A. Coltingham. Frank
p Farrell, Henry H. Prmglc,
Roland Mever. N. B. Bender.
Glenn O. Taylor. . Bert Lowry,
Lyle Kinney and R. W. Gray. In
terment will be private.
Ski Conditions
There was six inches of new
mow over a packed base at
f Crater lake yesterday after
noon and the national park
chief ranaer'i office said ski
ing would be excellent today
if the weather cleared. A mod
erate snow was falling whan
the report was made.
Roads were in good condi
tion in the park except that
chains were needed to travel
from Annie spring io the rim.
it was said. The tow and lunch
counter were to operate today.
Presidential 'Advance Man' Moves
-Into Northwest To Start Campaign
Washington, March 25 (U.PJ
Secretary of Interior Oscar i-.
Chapman, presidential "advance
man" of 1948, moves into the
Pacific northwest next week to
start this year's.democratic party
campaign rolling three states.
At stake are four senatorial
seats, two democratic and two
republican.
Fly To Everett
Chapman will fly to Everett.
Wash., on Wednesday to address
a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner.
With this speech he hopes to do
two things:
Get the ball rolling in the
democratic senatorial campaigns
in V.Hrgton. Oregon and
Id mi
Set the stage for President
Truman's visit to the northwest
iVMay.
r Two democratic senators are
tip for reelection. They are War
ren G. Magnuson ot Washington
Of School
Judge King held In his opin
ion: "I am convinced that from
the evidence submitted to the
school board and to this court
that the plaintiffs organized and
belonged to an organization
banned under the laws of Ore
gon." When the case first came to
light, the organization, known
as the ABC, was called the
American Boys' club. Later it de
veloped that it was similar to an
other group known as the Alpha
Beta Chi.
The boys and their parents did
not argue against constitutional
ity of the state law banning se
cret societies, but contended that
the ABC was not such a secret
group.
Chamber Supports
Pipeline Project
A proposed supplemental pipe
line to bring additional Big Butte
springs water to Medford re
ceived the unanimous endorse
ment and a pledge of support
from the board of directors of
the Jacksonville County Cham
ber of Commerce Friday.
The board based its endorse
ment on the need for increased
water supplies for industry in the
Medford area; the danger of de
pending on a single connecting
line from the city's water
sources; the need for more ade
quate supplies for fire protec
tion, and the increasing demands
for water created by the area's
population growth estimated at
1,000 persons per year.
The decision to support the
campaign for the new line was
reached at a luncheon meeting of
the board held at the Jackson
hotel. Chamber President Chet
Hubbard said the directors, with
out exception, expressed enthusi
asm for the self-liquidating bond
issue project.
Yacht Radios Okay
After Early Trouble
San Francisco. March 25 (U.Rl
The yacht Gilnockie, with tour
persons aboard, radioed tonight
it was "in no immediate danger"
after reporting earlier it was
"lost" in heavy seas 285 miles
from here.
After getting information as to
its correct position from the
coast guard here, the yacht mes
saged back that it was "securing
its radio for the night ana
would presumably attempt to get
into port under its own power
tomorrow, the coast guard sam.
Coast guard officers here said
the 100-foot yacht radioed earlier
today that it was having trouble
getting a fix as to its location and
was taking water through a leak
in one engine.
and Glen H. Taylor of Idaho, the
man who ran with Henry A
Wallace on the progressive party
ticket two years ago. Taylor is
now trying to get back in demo
cratic good graces.
Two Republicans Up
Two republicans also are try
ing to get reseated this year
They are Wayne Morse of Ore
gon and Henry C. Dworshak of
Idaho. Morse is running for re
election and Dworshak is run
nin to fill out the term of the
late Sen. Bert Miller (D.. Ida.)
who die'd during the winter.
Chapman i s n't expected to
speak on broad national matters
He is expected instead to hit
local and regional issues such
as proposed creation of a Colum
bia Valley administration.
That issue, according to re
ports coming here from the
northwest, is the one on which
office-seekers think they will,
itand or fall this year. 1
Frank Buck, Famous
Jungle Hunter And
Animal Tamer, Dies
Houston. Tex.. Mar. 25 (U.R)
Frank Buck, who courted danger
in jungle wilds the world over
to "bring 'em back alive," died
today at the age of 66, in a hos
pital. His family said a lung cancer
killed Buck, one of the world's
foremost big game hunters. He
had been confined at Herman
Memorial hospital five weeks.
Buck was a Texas cowboy who
deserted the rolling plains of his
native state to turn newspaper
reporter in Chicago. In 1911, he
abandoned his newspaper career
to chase fearsome snakes and
wild animals on a global basis.
Used Lariat Often
But his cowboy training was
never forgotten. He caught many
a python with a lariat.
Ed Salarin, a Houston intimate
of Buck, said the Hunter's proud
est exploit involved a python,
Brck was on a ship from Asia,
bringing the python to a zoo in
the United States, when the
snake escaped from its cage.
No lariat was at hand, so Buck
whipped off his overcoat and
flung it over the slithering ser
pent. Most Cities In N. W.
Adopt Daylight Time
Portland, Ore., Mar. 25 (U.R)
A majority of cities in the Pa
cific northwest today appeared
ready to accept daylight saving
time mis year, dui mere win dc
a few holdouts again.
The switch to fast time will
be made in most large popula
tion renters nf Oreeon and
Washington April 30, with Port
land, Seattle, lacoma, uiympia,
Everett, Eugene and other cities
leading the way.
Other communities committed
to daylight saving time include
Longview, Corvallis, Meaiora,
Klamath Fulls. Rnseblira. The
Dalles, Oregon City. Centralia,
WnnHlanri Richland. Seaside.
Lakeview. Milwaukie, Beaverton
and St. Helens.
Several towns still have not
complete official consideration
of daylight time.
Portland Man Sought
After Plane Flight
Williams Air Force Base.
Ariz.. March 25 (U.R) Air
search operations will be re
newed from here Sunday for an
F-47 fighter, unreported since
Friday night when weather pre
vented it from landing at Las
Vegas, Nov.
Las Vegas radiomen advised
the-pilot. Lt. Col. James G. Thor
sen, Portland. Ore., to proceed
to Phoenix. He radioed he had
two hours of gasoline, more
than enough lor the 380-mile
flight.
Thorsen was en route from
Providence, R. I., to San Luis
Obispo. Cal., in the national
guard fighter. A holder of the
DFC, Thorsen is now a regular
air force instructor with the
national guard at Providence.
Search planes from this base
and March Held, cal., reporiea
v encountered adverse weather
today which hampered their
search.
NEUBERGER ENDORSEMENT
Portland. Ore.. March 25 (U.R
State Sen. Richard L. Neuberger.
Multnomah county democrat,
has endorsed the candidacy of
State Sen. Austin F. Flegel for
the democratic nomination for
governor of Oregon.
Road Conditions
Snow was falling on the lop
mile of the Siskiyou pass sum
mit on highway 99, state po
lice rcoorted last night but
chains were not yet needed.
There was no information con
cerning; Greensprings pass on
highway 68.
Late Sports
Hutchinson, Kan., Mar. 25-
(U.R) City College of Loi An
gelas defeated Northeast Mis
sissippi of Booneville Saturday
night, 67 to S3, to win the na
tional junior college basket
ball championship.
Garden City (Kan.) JC won
third place, defeating Weber
college of Ogden, Utah, 57 to
35.
Denver. Mar. 25 (U.R) The
mighty Phillips Oilers regained
the National A.A.U. basketball
championship here Saturday
night with a stunning 67-42
victory over an outclassed
Oakland Blue and Gold team.
The Denver Chevrolels won
third place in the tournament'
by taking a 58-50 victory from
the Stewart Chevrolets of San
Francisco tonight.
SoHdiei? Admits
SEayirag WAF
Hamilton Field Air Base, Mar.
25 (U.R) Sgt. Lyle H. Buswcll
confessed tonight to the pre-dawn
slaying of a pretty 4J-ycar-old
WAF behind her barracks here,
the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation announced.
Harry Kimball, agent in charge
of the ban f rancisco rtu ottice,
and Mayor James E. Johnson,
air base public relations officer,
made the announcement.
Mother Slain
The body of Sgt. Fairy E.
Decker, mother of a 22-year-old
York. Pa., son, and wife of a dis
abled World War I veteran, was
found virtually nude and appar
ently raped on a plot of grass six
More Riots Reported
In Parts Of Italy
Pume Mar 25 (U.R) A COIT1-
m.,nizt mnK ntiaVkpri the Sail
Scvcro hospital today in an at
tempt to remove comraoes wuu
were among the 40 persons in
i..Ari in ThurcHav's hlondv in
surrection in the southern Italian
city.
Police riot squads repulsed the
,nri rlrni'o nff the l&rCC
band after a struggle that lasted
half an hour.
Almncl eimiiltaneoiLslv. anoth
er communist band tried to storm
the jail at nearby Ascoli batriano
to free leftist leaders held there.
The attack collapsed suddenly
when heavily armed carabinicri
appeared in force.
In Atclla, in the southern re
gion of Lucania, a mob stormed
the local employment office,
broke up furniture and destroyed
files. Police ousted the group
and arrested 14 persons. At Ru
oti, in the same area, police dis
posed a group of peasants who
seized and started to plow the
fields of a local landowner.
Blizzard Conditions
Predicted In Midwest
Chicago, Mar. 25 (U.R) The
weather bureau Saturday night
forecast blizzard conditions in
the western and north-central
portions of Nebraska and near
blizzard conditions in the Da
kolas. In Nebraska, strong northerly
winds will reach 45 miles per
hour anci over ana win oe actum
panicd by snow Sunday night
and Monday in the west and
north-central portions.
Near blizzard conditions will
occur at times in the Dakotas
with snow blown by winds 25 to
35 miles per hour.
Justice Douglas Back
In Washington After
Recovering From Fall
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Supreme Court Justice William
O. Douglas returned today from
lion hunting in Arizona to re
sume his duties on the bench.
Douglas attended the courts
regular Saturday conference
this afternoon, his first official
work since last summer. He was
injured October 2, before the
court convened for its winter
session, when his horse fell on
him during a ride.
The ruddy-faced justice told
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his back during most of his re
cuperation period at jucson.
MISS MAURY DIES
Mini Mary Maury, B8, Central
Point, died at a local hospital
last evening. Funeral arrange
ments are In charge of Perl fu
neral home and a complete obitu
ary will be announced later.
Bulletins
New York, Mar. 25 (U.Rl
City College of New York's
roaring race-horsei, bent on
collegiate basketball's first
grand slam, bitterly protected
a scant lead for most of the
second half Saturday night to
beat North Carolina State, 78
to 73. in the eastern finals of
the NCAA playoffs.
Kansas City, Mo.. Mar. 25
(U.Rl Bradley university went
to work for the blue chips
Saturday night and unleashed
a late scoring burst to win the
western NCAA playoffs from
a surprisingly tough Baylor
university team. The score was
68 to 66.
Columbus, O., Mar. 25 (U.R)
Ohio State's powerful Mermen
splashed to their second con
secutive title in the 27th an
nual National Collegiate Ath
letic association championship
that ended Saturday night.
feet behind the barracks where
she was on duty during the night
as charge-of-quarters.
The joint FBI-army statement
said Buswcll. 33, admitted after
more than eight hours of ques
tioning that he had killed the
WAF this morning and had dis
arranged her clothing to give the
appearance of an attack.
Buswcll, a veteran of 11 years'
service in the army and air
force, told the story of the kill
ing to investigators before he
was taken to the nearby Marin
county jail in San Rafael to be
held' until Monday, when he Is
arraigned for murder before a
U. S. commissioner in San Fran
cisco. He said he had been drinking
heavily and returned to the base
about 4 a. m. today and entered
the orderly room where Sgt.
Decker was sleeping on a cot.
Another WAF was sleeping on a
nearby cot.
She ordered him from the
room and got up to open the
door.
"Sgt. Buswcll went over and
grabbed her from the rear and
choked her until she slumped to
the floor. ' the statement said.
"He relaxed his grip and Sgt
Decker gasped and clawed his
leg. the husky Hiisweii choKecl
her again until she went limp
then he carried her behind the
WAF barracks and left her
there.
GOP Committee Sets
Meeting Here Monday
A meeting of the Jackson
County Republican Central com
mittee will be held at 8 p. m.,
Monday, March 27. in Room B
of the Medford YMCA, it was
announced Saturday by John
Nicdermcyer, chairman of the
groun.
All republican candidafes for
office at the May 19 primary
election are invited to attend and
speak in behalf of their candi
dacies, the chairman said.
Slate Sen. William McAllister
will sneak at the meeting on the
various proposals for the reap
portionment of representation in
the slate legislature.
All republicans, whether com
mittee members or not, will be
welcome, Neidermeyer said.
Phoenix School Head
Announced By Germer
Phoenix, Mar. 25 Ernest
James, C o q u i 1 1 e high school
principal for six years, has been
named new Phoenix school sup
erintendent, according to Walter
Germer, school board chairman.
He will succeed Donald Hem
ore who Is resigning effective
early next summer to lake gra
duate studies at the University
of California at Los Angeles.
Hembre recently announced his
plan to resign.
James was here this week end
to confer with school official.
He taught one year at Oakland,
Ore.
Educational Advisory
Committeemen Listed
Salem, Ore., March 25 (U.R)
Two of Oregon's best known edu
cators were named by Gov.
Douglas McKay today to a re
gional educational legislative ad
visory committee. The commit,
tee was created by a resolution
adopted by the Western Gover
nors' conference March 10.
The governor named Dr. Paul
Packer of Eugene, chancellor of
Oregon's system of higher edu
cation, and Dr. David Baird of
Portland, dean of the University
of Oregon Medical school, to the
committee which is made up or
educators from 11 western
states. i
South Oregon Plane
Search Fail' Q
Craft, Fr ,ard
No Tr
SinCv j
.hcraft
n Week
Klamath jlls, Ore., Mar. 25
(U.R) As planes returned from
a scouring search of a tnnncu-
lar area in southern Oregon to
day, none had spotted any trace
of a yellow Bcechcrat biplane in
which four Portland, Ore., resi
dents disappeared Tuesday.
Search headquarters here as.
signed sectors in the arra marked
off by Lakeview to the south.
Bend to the northwest and Burns
the northeast.
Last Leg Of Trip
The plane, piloted bv Lee
Blakkoib, 47, was on the last
leg of a jaunt from Havana. Cu
ba. The four participated in the
mass Havana-Portland flight a
few months ago and stopped at
various southeastern cities on the
return trip.
Aboard with Blakkoib and his
wife, 39, were Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Lundstrom, 39 and 21. Lund
strom is associated with Blak
koib in the Western Forest Prod
ucts company..
A half-dozen Oregonians re
ported seeing or hearing the
plane Tuesday afternoon after it
took off from a refueling stop at
Lakeview. One woman said to
day she saw the craft late Tues
day night, parked in a field next
In a road 30 miles south of Bend.
Tracks Seen Alio
Investigating officials found
no plane in the field today, but
saw tracks which indicated it
might have landed and taken off
Wednesday morning.
Over 50 private and military
aircraft participating in the
search will circle central Oregon
again Sunday. Weather condi
tions today were slightly im
proved but certain areas were
still inaccessible from the air. Pi
lots hope to cover them tomor
row. Hunt For Vancouver
Girl Still Fruitless
Vancouver, Wash.. Mar. 25
(U.R) An all-out air and ground
search of Clark county by more
than 400 officers and volunteers
failed to turn up any tangible
clue to the fate of JoAnn Dewey,
18-ycar-old hospital worker who
was apparently abducted last
Sunday night.
Specific search assignments
were given to parlies of 10 this
morning from headquarters here.
Saddle club members, private
pilots, farmers and Vancouver
townspeople joined In the hunt.
It was under the Joint direc
tion of Police Chief Harry Dia
mond, Sheriff Enrl N, Anderson
and Sgl. J. D. Coshow ot the
Washington Stale patrol.
Gore Funeral Rites
Private On Monday
Private funeral services will
be held at Perl funeral home
Monday at 2 p.m. for John Gil
more Gore, who passed away at
the family residence 809 East
9th street, on Thursday.
The Rev. E. J. Clark, pastor
of the Phoenix Presbyterian
church will officiate, and inter
ment will take place in the
familv plot in Phoenix cemeterv.
Pallbearers will be J. O. N.
Poling, Alvin Wheeler, Gordon
Warner, Robert Morris. Don
Newbury and Bert Stancliff.
Berkeley, Cal., March 25 (U.R)
Mrs. Carrie L. Hoyt, the first
woman mayor of Berkeley, died
here today.
Portland, Ore., Mar. 25 (U.R)
A temporary board will stage the
Multnomah county fair In 1950.
Government's Count Of Noses
To Start Officially In Week
Washington, Mar. 25 (U.R)
The government's once-a-decade
count of noses begins in a week.
Questionnaires already are In
the mail for farmers, who are
being asked lo till nut their own
census forms to be picked up
later by enumerators.
Beginning next Saturday, and
In the four following weeks,
140.000 census takers are sched
uled to ring every doorbell In the
country to find nut where an
estimated 151,000,000 Americans
live, what kind of work they do
and sundry other facts.
Ion basic questions will be
asked about every man, woman
and child In the population cen
sus. Four othera will be asked
of every fifth person to provide a
sampling survey on birthplaces
ana education.
Civilian Flown Plane
Explodes Over Arizona
Mesa, Arii., March 25 (U.Rl Seven North American Aviation
company representatives were killed today when a converted B-25
bomber exploded and "scattered in a shower of metal" while at
tempting an emergency landing in a driving rainstorm.
The civilian-operated plane, en route from El Paso. Tex., to
Los Angeles, exploded in low hanging clouds a the pilot appar
ently attempted to set down on a heavily traveled highway six
Boy Saved From
Drowning In Pool
Of Medford YMCA
Training in artificial respira
tion given to Boy scouts has been
credited with saving another life.
Bobby Hoover. 13-year-old Boy
scout from Rogue River, was
saved from drowning in the Mcd-
lord YMCA pool last week, re
ports from Rogue River indi
cated Saturday.
Twelve scouts from the river
community were in the group
which was enjoying the facilities
of the pool Wednesday evening.
They were taking qualifiying
tests, and after passing them,
They were taking qualifying
mey were about to leave the pool
they counted noses,, and found
young Hoover missing.
Found At Bottom
The scouts found him lying at
the bottom of the pool in eight
feet pf water. When they
brought him to the surface he
was unconscious. Norman Bean,
a scout in the troop, administered
artificial respiration, and the
youngster had begun to regain
consciousness by the time a re
suscitator arrived on the scene.
The Bean boy was credited with
saving Hoover s life.
The lad was taken home after
being revived. He later said he
suffered a cramp, and could not
swim out of the deep end, and
could not make himself heard to
the other boys. He said he kept
coming to the surface and yelling
for help, but finally sank.
ino report of the Incident was
made last week by "Y" officials.
Funeral Arranged For
Iron Lung Youngster
Funeral services for Shelley
Cross, the iron lung youngster
whose illness touched the hearts
of thousands of Oregon residents.
will be held at Conger-Morris
chapel at 1 p. m. Monday. The
Rev. George Bolster, rector of St.
Mark's Episcopal church, will of
ficiate. Interment will be in Sis
kiyou Memorial park.
Shelley was born in Medford
June 9, 1948. He was stuicken
with infantile paralysis Christ
mas eve last year, and was taken
to Eugene for treatment. He was
believed to be the youngest polio
fiatient ever placed in an Iron
ung. He died Thursday evening.
Surviving arc his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Cross. 824 Vic-
lory street, two sisters and a
brother, Claire, Gretchen and
Phillip; a grandmother. Mrs. Ma
thilda Cross, of Canada, and a
grandfather, Clarence Lemieux,
Yantville. Cal.
Coupe Badly Damaged
Colliding With Truck
Right front end of a coupe
operated by Sgt. Eugene Horn,
Seattle, was considerably dam
aged yesterday afternoon at the
Scenic avenue intersection with
highway 99 north of Central
Point, state police said.
They reported that the auto
collided with a dump truck
driven by II. H. Heavllin, Med
ford. The mishap occurred when
Horn apparently tried to pass
Ihe truck as Heavllin was turn
ing left onto Scenic avenue, po
lice said. No one reportedly was
injured.
Every fifth adult will be asked
five other questions, including
one about income received in
1949. Four further questions
will be asked of every 30th adult.
At the same time, the govern
ment will take two other cen
suses. One will be of housing,
with the number of inquiries
ranging from 12 to 22. depending
on whether or not the house is
occupied by the owner and
whether it happens to be one in
five used in a sample survey.
Farmers will be the subect of
Ihe third census. Each of them
Li being asked to answer 37 basic
questions in addition to the pop
ulation and housing surveys.
Farmers will be asked other
questions, too, depending on their
location.
The census bureau has pre
miles south of here.
'Large chunks of plane were
scattered in all directions," John
J. Little, 25, a witness to the
crash, said. "It exploded just as
it broke through the clouds."
"It broke into a jillion pieces."
Melvin Rowley, 17, another wit
ness, reported. Little. Rowley
and Rowley's brother, Irvin, who
were working in a nearby field,
said they heard the plane's en
gines cut off and on a couple of
times before it nosed through
the clouds.
Four bodies were recovered In
the shattered fuselage. Three
others were found several hun
dred yards away. A brief case
carried by one of the men was
found a mile and a half from
the main wreckage.
As the plane hurtled to earth,
it hit the main power line be
tween Mesa and nearby Chand
ler. Ariz., leaving Chandler, a
town of 2,000 population, with
out electricity for more than two
hours.
Several hundred searchers, In
cluding officers and men from
nearby Williams air force base,
toiled for several hours hunting
for the bodies thrown clear of
the ship. The seventh body was
found some five hours after the
crash occurred.
A blood-stained piece of the in
strument paneling was found two
miles from the main section of
the wreckage.
The converted two-engine B-25
apparently tried to make an
emergency landing on the high
way when an engine and part of
a wing fell off. The plane al
most ploughed into a moving
truck and the plane parts just
missed several cars.
New Belgian Leader
Tries To Organize
Cabinet, End Crisis
Brussels, Mar. 25 (U.R) Al
bert Devcze, acting minister of
national defense, tonight accept
ed Prince Regent Charles' re
quest to try to form a new gov
ernment and end the crisis over
the proposed return of exiled
King Leopold III.
Dcveze, 18-year-old liberal
party leader, said parliament
would be dissolved and new elec
tions called unless Belgium
solved Its royal problem in "a
spirit of national concord."
Dcvezc's acceptance meant
that the Catholics, who twice
failed to form a government In
the past week, had passed the
buck to the opposition.
They were believed hoping
that new elections would be
called, in which they would
stand a chance of Increasing the
slim majority they now hold in
the combined houses of parlia
ment, where a final decision
must be made.
In the present divided state of
the country, a "spirit of national
concord" was considered virtu
ally impossible over the fate of
the monarch.
Bednasek Denies Girl
Spurned His Advances
Iowa City, la.. March 25 (U.R)
Robert Badnasek. 24. University
of Iowa senior on trial for strang
ling his sweetheart, denied today
that she had spuurned his love,
I he noetry-loving psychology
student denied the testimony of
state witnesses who quoted
pretty Margaret (Gee Gee) Jack
son as saying she found him
"repulsive."
pared 42 editions of the agricul
tural census form to fit into vari
ous localities, so that the Min
nesota chicken raiser, for exam
ple, will not have to report the
number of orange trees he plant
ed last year.
The census bureau sent the ag
ricultural questionnaire out by
mail so that farmers could spend
their evenings on them and have
them ready for enumerators
when they call.
Results of the census will be
slow in coming. Each of the 450
district supervisors will be au
thorized to announced provision
al population figures for incor
porated cities and towns In his
area. But these figures will not
cover rural areas and will be sub
ject to correction.