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45th Year.
Senators Clash
Over FBI's Stand
On Owen Laftimore
McCarthy Doubts
Tydings' Announcement
Washington, Apr. 7 (U.R)
Sens. Millard E. Tydings (D.,
Md.) and Joseph R. McCarthy
(R., Wis.) clashed sharply today
over the FBI's stand on Owen
Lattimore.
Tydings, chairman of a senate
foreign relations sub-committee
investigating communists in gov
ernment, touched off the quarrel
j by announcing publicly 4hat FBI
T records "cleared" Lattimore of
a McCarthy's charge that he is a
communist and a Soviet spy.
McCarthy, obviously irritat
ed by the statement, promptly
announced that Tydings "either
hasn't seen the (FBI) files or he's
lying."
"'I stand on my reputation for
accuracy," Tydings replied. He
aid McCarthy's remark "is a
completely self-serving state
ment." "It is significant," he added,
"that no members of the com
mittee contradicted it (Tydings'
statement) when I made it in the
presence of the committee."
Tydings told Lattimore that
"the FBI put you completely, up
to this moment, at least, in the
clear."
'Nothing in File'
He said he made the statement
on the basis of a "complete sum
mary" of Lattimore's record
which was shown to four of the
five sub-committee members by
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
He said all four members agreed
that "there was nothing in the
file" to show that Lattimore was
a spy or a communist.
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
(R., Ia.) was out of town when
the others saw Hoover's sum
mary. Tydings arranged for him
to see it later and Hickenlooper
said he would do so soon.
McCarthy said that although
he is not a member of the com
mittee he knows "what's in the
(FBI) files" on Lattimore. He
said he wondered if Hoover had
included in the summary results
of telephone wire taps and other
evidence that could not be used
in prosecuting a "criminal case."
The sub-committee's investiga
tion is in recess. Members will
meet in closed session Tuesday
to learn if McCarthy can produce
any witnesses to back up his
charges against Lattimore.
Scores Questioned in
Kansas City Shooting
Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 7 (U.R)
Police questioned scores of hood
lums and bigwig politicians to
day, racing against time to find
the expert assassins who killed
Democratic Boss Charles Binag
Cjo and his henchman. Charles
Gargotta.
Five state and local law en
forcement agencies cooperated in
a drive to learn the killers' iden
tities. The investigators feared that
unless the gunmen were found
quickly, Kansas City might be
in for a political and gang war
in which many others would be
killed.
BUDGET HEARINGS SET
Reservations are now being
made at the county school sup
erintendent's office for final
hearing on rural school district
budgets before the county-wide
rural school board. C. R. Bow
man's office is assigning hear
ing times for next Wednesday
and Thursday. After differences
are resolved at the hearings,
the budgets will be considered
final and will undergo no fur
ther change.
TvyiiaiS' mmm
Gen. Eaker Sums Up
Threat of Russia
San Francisco. Apr. 7 (U.R)
Gen. Ira C. Eaker. one of Amer
ica's top airmen during the last
war. laid it on the line today in
one-two-three order.
With military precision. Eaker
summed up the threat of Russia
and what the United States can
and must do to oppose it.
Russia Declares War
"Russia has declared war." he
said in a speech prepared for
delivery at a Commonwealth
Club luncheon. "The diplomatic
phase, the 'cold war,' is now in
full swing.
"What can Russia do?" the
former deputy commander of
the army air forces asked.
"A, she can move westward,
country by country, as Germany
did. B. she can take over Asia.
C. launch an attack on the
U.S.A.''
Eaker said the Russians could
mount an attack on the United
States in three different ways
by organizing a successful fifth
column: by military assault,
probably bombardment by guid
ed missiles and atom bombers
followed bv airborne Invasion:
or by drawing the U. S. into re
acting to her moves in Europe
and Asia, as Hitler led England
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TRUCK-TRAIN CRASH FATAL TO TWO Shown above is all that remains of the truck cab
in which Mr. and Mrs. Amos Franklin Wyatt were riding when it was struck by a northbound
Southern Pacific passenger train shortly after noon yesterday south of Medford. Wyatt was killed
instantly. His body is shown covered with a blanket in the above picture. Mrs. Wyatt died two
and a half hours later. Their four-year-old son, Frank Jr., survived. In the foreground of the above
picture can be seen the engine of the big logging truck, and beyond Wyatt's body the smashed and
splintered truck cab, which was torn from the rest of the truck by the impact.
American
For Refuge
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Ap.
7(U.P.) George S Wheeler, 42,
of Rolling Bay, Wash., asked the
communist government today to
allow him and his family to re
main in Czechoslovakia as poli
tical refugees.
Wheeler did not make clear
whether he intended to renounce
his American citizenship, but
he said he would not return to
the U. S. as long as the Truman
administration remained in pow
er. Fostering Gestapo Revival
He told a press conference that
he and his wife, a former New
York journalist, decided to ask
for refuge here because the
United States is fostering the re
vival of "gestapo and nazi meth
ods in Germany."
Asked whether he intended to
give up his citizenship, Wheeler
said:
"Of course I could return to
the United States and someday
I expect to, but at the moment
Truman's administration would
not receive me very favorably.
"But I don't think the Tru
man administration will be any
more eternal than the Hoover
administration was. In the mean
time. I welcome Czechoslovak
hospitality."
Wheeler, a student and pro
fessor of economics at Prague's
Charles university, said he was
an economist in the U. S. war
to declare war against Germany.
Estimate Needed
"We need accurately to esti
mate our foe," Eaker said. "Rus
sian leadership is able, well
trained. It is ruthless. It Li not
communist, it is a dictatorship."
Then he answered the ques
tion "what should we do?"
First we must realize our dan
ger. Eaker said. We must oppose
Russian expansion by the Mar
shall plan: implement an ade
quate defense: have a sound
plan; have the best weapons first
and concentrate on scientific re
search and development; stock
pile atomic bombs and the pow
er to deliver them.
Must Convince Russia
The general said the U. S.
must "convince the Russians we
mean to fight." He advocated
universal military training as an
essential part of our defense
plan and said we should "solve
our labor problems and elimi
nate strikes."
"Fight the war our way. not
theirs." Eaker advised. "Fight it
in Russia with bombs, not in
Turkey or Iran on the ground."
He said we should destroy
Russia's industrial capacity but
not occupy the country.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 7,
Citizen, Family Ask
In Czechoslovakia
department during the war.
Later, he said, he was head
of the denazification branch and
policy chief for the labor office
in the American zone of Ger
many. . While in Germany, he said, he
met constant interference from
military government authorities
who "never aimed at uprooting
the remnants of gestapo and nazi
methods in Germany."
"On the contrary," he said, "I
met with opposition from those
officials who were sent into the
administration with other pur
poses than to carry out the policy
agreed upon by the three pow
ers at Potsdam."
Passed Loyalty Tests
The press conference was ar
Walter Huston, Veteran
Hollywood Actor, Succumbs
Hollywood, Apr. 7 (U.R) Wal
ter Huston, veteran actor, died
today. He was 66 yesterday.
Huston, who won an icademy
award last year for his part in
"The Treasure of Sierra Madre,"
died of an aneurism, a blood
clot. He died at the Beverly Hills
hotel.
York Rite Masons
To Gather Sunday
More than 300 dignitaries of
the Masonic lodge are expected
to converge on Medford Sunday
from all over Oregon for the
annual state conclave of York
Rite bodies that will be held
here April 9 to 13. The three
bodies meeting here are the
Knights Templar commandery,
Royal and Select Masters Coun
cil of Oregon, and the state's
Royal Arch Masons.
Principal items of business
will be formal legislation and
election of officers, and the pro
gram will include addresses by
some of the nation's most prom
inent Masons High Priest Earl
E. Dusenberry of Iowa, General
Grand Principal Sojourner Wal
ter E. Stcffcy, Seattle; Grand
High Priest Guy Rose of Wash
ington; Carl R. Moore, deputy
grand high priest of California,
and Leslie M. Scntt. inspector
general of the Scottish Rite
bodies of Oregon.
Top officials of Oregon York
Rite Masons are Grand Com
mander John Newbold, Port
land: C. P. Davis, Salem, grand
master of the council, and R. E.
Dodge, Ashland, high priest of
Royal Arch Masons.
Registration for delegates to
the five day of meetings will
begin at 3 o.m. Sunday with the
main sessions beginning Monday.
mites quarrel
ranged by the Czech ministry
of information. Wheeler, short
and brown-haired, said he had
passed three loyalty tests in Ger
many and yet was fired by the
military government without
cause.
He then referred to the recent
flight from Czechoslovakia of
three planes carrying 85 persons,
of whom 58 returned here.
"First of all," he said, "I
want to protest against the bru
tal and unlawful treatment by
the American occupation auth
orities in western Germany of
the 58 Czechoslovak citizens
who had been kidnaped in a
carefully planned and typically
gangster plot and flown over
the borders of their country "
His son, John, who directed
him in his Oscar-winning role,
was at his side when he died.
Huston's wife, Nan, is in New
York but will return to Holly
wood immediately.
The body was taken to Pierce
Brothers' mortuary in Beverly
Hills and funeral arrangements
will be announced later. '
Brother Guilty
In Mercy Slaying
Allentown, Pa., Apr. 7 (U.R)
Harold A. Mohr, 36-year-old tan
nery worker, was convicted of
voluntary manslaughter today
in the mercy killing of his blind,
cancer-ridden brother.
The Jury of eight men and
four women recommended
mercy.
The verdict carries a possible
six to 12 year term.
By its verdict, the Jury heed
ed the demand of the prosecu
tion to halt "mercy killings." An
acquittal, the state said, would
set a "pattern for mercy mur
ders" thrnuehout the nation.
The iurv returned its verdict
after deliberating a total of four
hours and 55 minutes. The de
fense immediately filed an oral
motion for a new trial. Sentenc
ing was referred automatically
Mohr showed no emotion as
Jury Foreman Walter Andrews
announced the verdict in Lehigh
county court.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Ihowrrs nd
continued cool tonllht nd
Saturday.
Temp.
Hichrit VtlritiT S
Lowest tlil Mornlnt J
Free, lo 1 11 A.M. ToSsr, Tract
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JBUNE
1950
Typical Spring Weather
Expected on Week-End;
Showers and Sunshine
Typical spring weather
showers with intermittent
sunshine were forecast for
Saturday and Sunday by the
Medford weather bureau sta
tion today, A low pressure
area was expected to continue
hovering off the coast and
sending precipitation inland.
The forecaster said there
probably would be about
equal periods and amounts of
sunshine and showers the next
two days.
File-and-Forget
Seen for Truman's
Jobless Pay Hike
Washington, Apr. 7 (U.R)
Congress today appeared likely
to consign President Truman's
proposal for expanding the un
employment compensation pro
gs m to its f ile-and-forgel basket.
Although many of Mr. Tru
man's supporters in congress
voiced sympathy for his plan,
they said that time and the pres
sure of other business probably
would prevent action at this
session.
But members who expressed
these views believed a sudden
slackening in business and em
ployment, with a consequent in
crease in unemployment, would
bring much greater pressure for
boosting unemployment benefits.
Such conditions, they said, could
result in quick action.
In a special message to con
gress yesterday, the president
asked that unemployment com
pensation coverage be extended
to another 6 million workers.
that benefits be increased, and
that workers in all states be
authorized to draw -uncmnloy-
ment benefits for at least 26
weeks.
Mr. Truman did not ask con
gress to disturb the present federal-state
relationship under
which states are primarily re
sponsible for their own pro
grams. He recommended only
that congress establish a floor
below which the states could not
go in distributing benefits.
The present federal unemploy
ment compensation program is
part of the social security law.
Revision of that act is under
study by the senate finance
committee.
Ward's Employees
Plead Guilty to
Larceny Charges
All four Montgomery Ward
employees who were arrested at
the store here yesterday morn
ing on larceny charges, have
pleaded guilty, the district at
torney's office announced today.
James R. Daniels, 35, pleaded
guilty to petty larceny in Jus
tice court yesterday afternoon
and was given a 30-day suspend
ed Jail sentence. He was released
immediately.
The other three were charged
with grand larceny in circuit
court. They pleaded guilty to a
district attorney's information
and all waived grand Jury in
dictment. Deputy District Attor
ney Paul Haviland said Iley E.
Mavs, 37; Jack A. Rinn. 40. and
Joseph P. Zash, 25. are all bring
held in the county jail. Their
cases have been continued for
sentencing.
Haviland said yesterday that
Mays, head of the tire depart
ment at Wards, has also admit
ted embezzling funds, but audit
ors do not yet know the extent
of the theft. Only the grand lar
nenv charge was preferred yes
terday. The arrests were made yester
day morning by Medford police
working in conjunction with a
special investigator sent by
Montgomery Ward after invento
ry shortages first aroused the
suspicion of store officials.
County Road Crew
Starts Repair Work
Although Jackson county
roads suffered heavy winter
damage this year, County Engi
neer Paul Rynning said a 140
man crew is busy putting roads
and highways back into shape.
Rock crushers have been sent to
the Missouri Flats, Ashland and
Applcgate areas so that roads in
those vicinities can be graveled
and Rynning said conditions of
three more roads have improved
to the point where wintertime
load limits can now be removed.
Restrictions have been lifted
from the Wagner Creek, Modoc
Creek and Sardine Creek roads.
After stop-gap repairs are com
pleted, permanent improvement
orojects wil be started as funds
permit. No paving projects are
planned.
United Press Full Lease Wire
NO. 14
Contract To Sell
KMED Signed Here
This Afternoon
Corporation Formed by
Six Medford Residents
A conditional contract was
entered into this afternoon for
the sale of radio station KMED,
it was announced bv represen
tatives ot tne prospective pur
chaser. Radio Medford Inc. Mrs.
w. J. Virgin Handle is the pres
ent owner.
itactio Medtord Inc. is a cor
poration recently formed under
ine laws pt tne state. Its otfice
is in Medford, and owners are
11. B. Murphy, Dr. Dwight H.
Findlcy, Vern J. Robinson. Dr.
B. L. Lagcson. J. L. DeArmond
and William M. McAllister.
Officers include Robinson.
president: DeArmond, vice-pres
ident, and McAllister, secretary.
According to the announce
ment this afternoon, the sale of
the radio station is contingent
upon approval of the federal
communications commission, and
transfer of the license to the new
corporation, which is expected to
be granted in approximately 60
days.
Until the transfer is comDlct-
ed, the station will be operated
by the present owner.
No sales price was disclosed
by the purchasing corporation.
The announcement confirmed
rumors current in recent weeks
that the recently announced
sale of the station to a partner
ship comprised of Alfred S. V.
Carpenter, Harlow Carpenter
and Uarland Jones had not been
completed. Amount of the sales
price in that transaction was
announced as $290,000.
Corporation spokesmen said
that no plans regarding the fu
ture management of the station
would be announced until the
transfer has been completed
The conditional sales contract
was signed shortly after 2 p.m
today.
Accident Injuries
Claim Mrs. Wyatt
Mrs. Osie Helen Wyatt. 25,
wife of Amos Franklin Wyatt
who was killed instantly when
a Southern Pacific train hit the
logging truck he was driving
yesterday noon, died at Com
munity hospital at 2:30 p.m. yes
terday. The couple's son, Frank Jr.,
four, was reported to be some
what improved by hospital
attaches today.
Funeral arrangements for both
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt are in the
care of Conger-Morris funeral
home.
No plans have yet been re
vealed for the care of the Wyatt
youngster, but It was believed
that he would be cared for by
relatives.
Mrs. Wyatt was a native of
Halscy, Neb., and came to the
Rogue vallev in 1936. Surviving
are the boy, and a daughter,
Amanda Karene; Mrs. Wyatt's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Mc
Allister, Grants Pass, one broth
er, Claud, Dallas, Ore., and five
sisters, Mrs. R. L. Dixon, Mrs.
Jess Spicer and Mrs. Edward
Miiner, all Grants Pass; Mrs.
Carl Knapp, Vale, Ore., and
Mrs. Ben Vcncill, Sclo, Ore.
Revofe Expected for
School Consolidation
The county school superin
tendent's office said today it is
expecting petitions to be filed
within the next few days or two
calling for a revote on the pro
posed consolidation of the Little
Applegatc school district with
the Ruch-Stcrling district.
The merger was turned down
at a recent election while the
districts of Unlontown, Forest
Creek and Watkins approved
the consolidation with Ruch
Sterling. Little Applegate rest
dents said they believed the ad
verse vote in their district was
the result of a misunderstanding
and are now circulating petitions
in an effort to get a new election.
Key West, Fla.. Apr. 7 (U.R)
President Truman today nomin
ated Mrs. Nan Wood Honeyman
for reappointment as customs
collector at Portland, Ore.
Aerial Dogfight Over San Francisco
Brings New Order for Air Raid Drills
Oakland, Cal Apr. 7 (U.R)-
The 61st fighter wing of the Cali
fornia air national guard was
under orders today to let every
body know about its next air
raid drill in advance.
The order resulted from a
"dogfight" over San Francisco
Wednesday.
The unannounced raid began
when two "enemy" bombers
roared In from the Pacific to be
"Intercepted'' over Golden Gate
park by a squadron of P-Sl fight
er from the 61st.
Policing Methods,
Slot Machines in
Medford Attacked
Vigorous criticism of Med-i
ford's police force methods and
attacks on lack of enforcement
of the state laws prohibiting the
operation of slot machines, were
voiced at a meeting of the Jack
son County Property Owners as
sociation last night.
George Goodman, parking lot
operator and recently-appointed
member of the city budget com
mittee, assailed what he called
the "open operation of illegal
slot machines" in the city.
"Will Have No Part"
"The old excuse is that revenue
from the machines is needed for
city purposes," Goodman said,
"but this actually is a very small
proportion of the city's budget.
As a member of the budget com
mittee, I am going to have no
part of passing a budget of
which illegal funds are a part.
"I've made a few word-of-
mouth statements about this re
cently," Goodman said, "and as
a result most of the slot ma
chines in the city have signs on
them saying 'out of order,' or
'for amusement only.' But the
operation goes on Just the same,"
he said.
Cita "Front Street Mess"
Goodman's remarks about slot
machines met with general ap
proval from the 19 members and
observers attending. The dis
cussion also covered what was
termed the "Front street mess,"
with arguments being heard as
to the best method of "cleaning
up" the "wineos and bums" who
are habitues of the street s estab
lishments.
Goodman maintained that It
is a matter for police supervision
and authority, saying the solu
tion to the problem is to "move
em along get em out of Med
ford."
Training Challenged
rne police could clean tne
whole situation up," Goodman
said, "if they really wanted to.
They could clean out the slots.
and stop tne nouses oi prostitu
tion which are again operating
here." He challenged the type
and amount of training given po
lice officers, and suggested that
trained, qualified young man
with scientific and academic
background be brought in as
chief to "give us a decent police
department."
"we ve nad two unsolved
murders and 20 unsolved rob
beries off of Front street, Good
man charsed.
Only opposition to Goodman's
areumenls were voiced by W.
M. Dawes, who said that the best
method of dealing with the situa
tion is to keep the "drunks, pros
titutes and psychopaths" in an
area (Front street) where they
can be supervised, and not "drive
them into the residential areas,
Soot Control Prooress
Other discussion centered
around problems of soot, smoke
and sawdust control, and Acting
Chairman E. E. Gore said that
progress is being made with mill
owners, reporting that Timber
Products corooration has agreed
to install burner controls similar
to those used successfully at Elk
Lumber company.
"We have the authority to
demand an abatement of the soot
and sawdust nuisance," Gore
said, "but we have found that a
'request' is best at first. Later,
if the situation is not improved,
we can move in on the violat
ors." he said.
Methods of enforcing their de
mands mentioned at the meeting
included a suit for abatement of
nuisance, and suits for damages,
which one orchardist said had
been used successfully. He did
not specify the case he men
tioned. No PTA Report
A scheduled report from a rep
resentative of the Medford Coun
cil of Parents and Teachers re
eardimr alleged inefficiencies in
the District 49 school system
iun nnt heard, and Gore report
ed that a PTA representative had
told him the group had no
authority to make reports before
Water Supply To Be
'Good' in This Area
Klamath Falls. Apr. 7 W. T.
"Jack" Frost. Medford, hydraulic
engineer with the federal-state
cooneratlvc snow survey, said
today that the water supply out
look for the summer of 1950 in
the Klamath, Rogue and Ump-
qua basins is "good or "very
good.
A meeting of 14 snow forecast
ers and others interested in sum
mer water supplies held their
15th annual meeting here today
The prediction was the result of
their pooled information.
In the Medford and Rogue
River areas water supplies will
he ample for irrigation tiiea,
Frost said, and in the Talent
area there will be enough for
all purposes unless this summer
is as dry as tne summer oi
Frost is conducting a series
of similar meetings throughout
the state this week and next.
At the same time, more than
900 guard officers an men left
their Jobs in the bay area and
rushed to previously assigned
posts without a word of explana
tion to their employers.
The 61st ordered the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany to "clear the wires." The
phone company got in touch with
guard headquarters in Sacra
mento. Officials there knew
nothing of an "emergency."
Meanwhile, the fourth air
force radar network nicked up
the flights of planes on radar and
other organizations. The func
tion of the PTA, Gore said he
had been told, is to aid and as
sist teachers and administratori
in their work, and that many im
provements have already been
noted in regard to matters which
have been criticized in PTA
meetings.
Most of the meeting was do
voted to discussion of these prob
lems, and the only action taken
was to approve appointment of
a committee to attend all city
council meetings and report back
on matters of interest to the
group. Named to the committee
were Goodman, G. L. Robinson
and Ed' Gould.
Petitions Seeking
Ashland Officials'
Recall Filed Here
Petitions asking the recall of
Ashland's Mayor Thomas Will
iams and City Councilman Elmer
Sheldon were filed at the office
of County Clerk George Carter
this morning.
John B. Austin, city recorder,
at Ashland, had been handed the
petition by the citizens' group
which had circulated them, and
brought them to the clerk's of
fice today where they will be
checked to see that there are suf
ficient valid signatures to place
the recall on the election ballot
May IS.
A total of 493 valid signa
tures are required. The petition
asking the mayor's recall had
588, Austin said, and there were
595 signatures on the petition
attacking Sheldon.
Charges Cited
Basis of the petitions were al
legations that the two officials
were "dictatorial" in their meth
ods and "incompetent" in their
performance of duties. The may
or was also assailed at a meet
ing which originated the recall
campaign for "lack of accom
plishment" during his adminis
tration. If sufficient signatures are val
idated, it .will be the second re
call election In Ashland city
politics within little more than a
year Three councilmen were re
called in March, 1949. Addition
al petitions are still being cir
culated to increase the total of
signatures, according to Harry
Morris, citizens recall committee
chairman.
Mayor Williams' term has an
other two years to run, and Shel
don was appointed for a term
expiring December 31 this year.
15-Person Family
Guests of Police
There was din in the boiler
room at the city police station
last night, where police played
host to a needy family of II
persons.
Mr. and Mrs. F. . Good
enough and their 13 children,
ranging from 18 years to three
months, were en route from Cal
ifornia to Salem, continued to
ward their destination this
morning in the family car after
receiving donations of food and
money.
The Gnodenoughs reportedly
had left their home in Salem for
California where the father had
promise of work, but the job did
not materalize. Goodenough re
portedly has work on a farm in
the Salem area where he wis
employed a number of years.
Police saw that the youngsters
got haircuts and took up a col
lection for the family.
There were three sets of twin
In the group, and the Good
enoughs reportedly have two
other children.
Voters in the Shady Cove
school district Monday approv
ed a $20,000 bond issue for the ,
construction of a combination
assembly hall and classroom
building, It was learned here to
day. It was the second vote on
the issue.
Ski Conditions
If present conditions hold,
skiing at Crater Lake national ,
park should be excellent over .
the week-end, rangers said
today. There have been three
Inches of new snow in the put
24 hours and there Is now a
dry. powdery surface over a
firm crust. Total snow pack
on the ground in the park (
154 inches. All roads are opea
but chains are required for (
travel from park headquarters"
lo the rim of the lake.
planes were rouea our. on me
line, ready for action. All army,
navy and marine bases In north
ern California were also alerted
Scores of S.in Francisco resi
dents telephoned police and the
mayor's office, asking about the
aerial "battle" over the park.
The excitement subsided when
all concerned learned it was a
drill. But state guard headquar
ters called the 61st on the carpet
ordering It to tell somebody
ahead of time when they stage
another drill. , .