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Kidnaper, Girl Captured After Gun Battle With Canadian Police ! 7 kJj YJ - -ivV-Cv FOUR-ENGINE PLANE SERVICE DUE HERE The DC-4 four-engined plane pictured above is the type which will be placed in service in Medford by United Air lines on two daily schedules this month. The big planes will be the first four-engined ships to come to Medford on regular sched ules. DC-4's have a wing-span of I17'2 feet, a length of 931-2 feet, and a speed of four miles per minute. They carry 5,000 pounds of air mall, freight and express in addition to 44 passengers. Maximum Effort Ordered in Search For Privateer Crew Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 14 (U.R) The U. S. air force virtually abandoned hope today for 10 men missing since Satur day aboard a navy Privateer plane, but ordered the full scale search of the Baltic to go on. Search headquarters here an nounced at mid-afternoon that 10 of the 25 search planes had been ordered to return to their home bases. But headquarters retracted the announcement 10 minutes later and said and un diminished "maximum effort had been ordered. , Patrol Ts Continue It was understood here that the decision to reduce the search was countermanded by "the highest U. S. air force quar ters," possably in Washington. As a result, the seventh rescue squadron will keep 20 to 25 planes patrolling the Baltic. The belief was growing that the unarmed four-engined Pri vateer crashed and sank in the Baltic without a trace after be ing fired upon by Soviet fighters. The Russians claimed the plane had flown over the Soviet repub lic of Latvia. , . Radio Moscow said yesterday 4Ut (i.a miecina Privateer was mat. in""" ; . - the plane on which its fighters had fired Saturday, dui insioieu the American plane fired first. Cigarette Blamed In Costly Japan Fire Tokyo, Apr. 14 (U.R) Fire destroyed downtown Atami, Ja pan's Atlantic City 80 miles south of here ' today, causing damage estimated at $7,500,000 nd injuring 657 persons, 15 seri ously. The fire, caused by a cigarette butt tossed into an open gasoline can bv a workman last night, burned for more than seven hours before it finally was brought under control. -.T: -iA mnnn nersnns oni" u , u u were left homeless and 1.600 buildings destroyed, including the city hall, bank, three hos An inn onH hntels. a de partment store and fire house. No deaths were reporiea. Berlin Communists Drop Rally Plans Berlin, Apr. 14(U.R) Eastern Berlin communists backed down todav and withdrew their threats to invade western Berlin during a big Whitsuntide youth rally the week-end of May 28. The communist retreat came as American combat troops re hearsed with bared bayonets the tactics they will use to repel communist rioters if they should cross into western Berlin. The official communist youth newspaper Jungc Welt said in a special edition that the Whitsun tide demonstrations will be con fined to eastern Berlin. "The Free German youth do not even think of pushing their wav by force into the western sectors of Berlin," the newspaper said. Snow Falls in Of Northeast New York, Apr. 14 (U.R! An tnscasonal snow storm hit New York city and neighboring towns and states today. Snow fell through most of New York state and in New Jer sey. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Vermont. Clouds Seeded The blizzard-like storm made it impossible to tell whether New York citv's official rainmakers had succeeded yesterday in his first attempt to bring about an artificial precipitation over the Catskill watershed area. Snow was falling when he seeded the clouds with dry ice. but the nat ural storm was approaching and may have been responsible for the heavier fall. Temperatures of around 10 degrees were reported from the Pennsylvania mountain areas. The weather bureau said even the south, was hit by the cold, UAL Seeks Route; DC - United Air lines announced here today that it will request the civil aeronautics board next week to remove present route re strictions to permit UAL flights between Medford and Klamath Falls. In a simultaneous announce ment, the airline said that it will start service to Medford, on two flights daily, by four-engined DC-4 planes, the first regularly scheduled planes of more than two engines. In the application to the CAB, United will ask to originate flights at Klamath Falls for Med ford, Eugene, Salem. Portland and Seattle, and flights from Truman Pardons James Curley Washington, Apr. 14 (U.R) James Michael Curley, former governor of Massachusetts and former mayor of Boston, has been granted a full pardon by President Truman for two fed eral crimes, it was learned to dav. The pardon covered Curley's 1946 conviction lor man nauu and a 1930 federal conviction imnorennntiner another man in a civil service - examination. a justice department spoilsman said in response to an inquiry. Under Massachusetts law. the 75-year-old democratic political figure never lost his rights to ... - nnM mihlir office. So it appeared that the advantage he gains is merely u Inn the slate. The justice department spoils man would not comment other than to confirm that the presi dential pardon had been granted. On his conviction for mail fraud, Curley served only five months of a six to 18 month sen tence at the Danbury, Conn., re formatory in 1947. He was giver, a commutation of sentence by Mr. Truman, because of his health. Princess Elizabeth Said Awaiting Birth T nnrlnn A nr 14 (U P.) A source close to the royal family said today tnat rrincess raiia bcth, heiress presumptive to the British throne, is expecting her second child this summer, i The source said an announce ment that the princess would carry out no more public en gagements during the next few months probably would be issued from Clarence House as soon as Elizabeth returns from Malta next month. Buckingham palace press of ficials said Elizabeth's engage- i knnl. is float Until ITlid- Octobcr. But they said they knew nothing aooui ncr cxpet.- ...il-n- Uahv 1MK dll'Hiai uomj. "Nothing has been put out to that ciieci ana we kihjw num ing about it," a palace spokes man said. The birth of the princess' sec- nnri .l-iln lltftlllH r'niTtO almost two years after the birth of Prince Charles on Nov. 14, 1948. Large Area United States with Virginia and Maryland re porting readings in the low 2l)s. Temperatures in the 30s pre vailed in Alabama and Georgia. The weather bureau blamed a low pressure area off Nantuck et, R. I., with an assist from cold air from Canada, for winter in mid-April. Mercury Sett Mark The snow in New York city was accompanied by a new all time low temperature for April 14. The thermometer reading was 25.2 degrees at 6:45 a. m., breaking the low mark of 28 3 degrees set in 1940. At 10 a. m. 1.1 inches of snow had fallen. A snow depth of eight inches was reported in Montpelicr, Vt., and Pittsficld, Mass. It was feared that the unsea sonal cold would cause crop dam age in many areas. Damage, to the big peach crop in southern Illi nois and Indiana was reported last night. Jr - i -? if"- wi Klamath 4's Due those cities back to a Klamath Falls terminal. The new flights would be in addition to present daily schedules, according to the UAL announcement. The new DC-4 schedules will be started nere April 30, accord ing to Walter Carson. United station manager here. Plans call for two daily flights, one north bound at 12:05 p.m. (daylight saving time, which will be in ef fect here April 30), the other southbound at 5:55 p.m. The first will arrive in Portland at about 2 p.m., the other in San Fran. Cisco at about 8 p.m. Carson said that the 230-mile per hour planes will make possi ble reduced travel time to Seat tle, Portland, Salem, Eugene, Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles, will increase the amount of mail, freight, express and passenger space, and will of fer a new degree of travel com fort. The DC-4 weighs 34 tons fully loaded, and can carry 5,000 pounds of air mail, freight and express in addition to 44 passen gers. It is powered by four 1,350 horsepower engines, and the crew includes pilot, first officer and two stewardesses. One of the big planes will be on display at the Medford air port on bunday, April 23, Carson said, when Rogue valley resi dent.1, will have an opportunity to inspect it. Col. Ben Stafford, chairman of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce's aviation committee, said today that plans are under way for a suitable ceremony here to welcome the first sched uled flight April 30 Government To Fight Texas Blast Blame Washington. Apr. 14 !U.R) The federal government intends to fight to the supreme court, if necessary, against a district court decision that it is liable for damage in the Texas City, Tex., blast. If the ruling of Federal Judge Thomas M. Kennerly in Houston, Tex., yesterday stands, the gov ernment would have to pay out some S200 million to cover the damages in life and property from the explosion of a French vessel at Texas City three years ago- . . The trencn snip was dbhik loaded with nitrates at the time. Frank DeSooza Resigns Editorship of News The Medford News announcca today the resignation of Frank DcSouza, who has been editor since Moore Hamilton was named postmaster of Medford lacf vnar ' The News said DcSouza's res ignation was the result oi ine erious illness of Mrs. DeSouza. Tho r,nnnr' 1nrv added that it was hoped that DcSouza can continue to serve me news m n less active capacity in the future. Senate Pigeonholes Columbia River Bill Washington,' Apr. 14 (U.R) The senate today pigeonholed a measure to authorize 13 reclama tion features of the Columbia river coordinated program and create a toiumDia oasin account. Members voted 43 to 22 for a motion by Chairman Dennis Chavez of the senate public works committee to table the so-called O'Mahoney amendment. State Income Tax Due By Midnight Tomorrow After tomorrow the stale's breadwinners will be able lo settle back and try to forget the ordeal oi income tax re mittances. The federal tax has been out of the way for a month now and is beginning to fade into dismal memory. But the state tax deadline midnight tomorrow has con tinued to hang like the sword of Damocles over Oregoniant. The complicated white forms, together with checks or mon ey orders for sums the state failed to take from paychecks during 1949. must be in the mails before the clock strikes 12 midnight Saturday. After that it will ill be over for another yer. Medford 45th Year. 20 Pages Kohlberg Concedes Giving Lattimore Letter to McCarthy Author Maintains -Misrepresentation Washington, Apr. 14 (U.R) Alfred Kohlberg, a key figure in the senate's communist inves tigation, conceded today that he gave Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R., Wis.) the letter by Owen Lattimore which McCarthy claims is pro-communist. The letter, originally drafted as secret but recently made pub lic, has been a point of contro versy in the Wisconsin republi can's charges that Lattimore is a communist and Russia's top spy here. Letter Acknowledged Lattimore. a far eastern ex pert, has acknowledged that he wrote the letter to Joseph Barnes when both men were with the office of war information. But he said McCarthy misrepresents it when he claims it was an at tempt to pack the OWI with Chi nese communists. He told a senate foreign rela tions subcommittee, which is in vestigating McCarthy's charge, that he merely wanted to make sure the OWI hired independent security-minded Chinese person nel not sources of information for the nationalist regime. Foreign Policy Critic Kohlberg is a wealthy Chinese textile importer, president of the China Policy association and a critic of U. S. far eastern pol icy. Lattimore has denounced him as a leader of a Chinese nationalist lobby. He said Mc Carthy is simply mouthing Kohl berg's "fantastic venom.' Mother, 2 Children Die as Home Burns - St. Louis. Apr. 14 (U.R) A young mother and her two chil dren were burned to death ana three other persons were hurt when a roominghouse oil stove exploded and burned early to day. Police identified the dead as Mrs. Katherine Anderson, IS, and her chlidren, Howard, 2, and Linda Sue, 6 months. At City hospital in serious con dition were the husband and father, 24-year-old Marvin An derson; Mrs. Anderson's sister, Geneva Skiles, 17, and Carey W. Hull. 61. District Fire Chief Bernard Gummels said the Andersons' two-room apartment on the top floor of the three-story building was sprayed with flaming oil from the exploding stove. The third lloor was burned out as some 18 other residents of the house fled the flames. Ooufcfiobors Quizzed In Costly House Fire Nelson B. C. Apr. 14 U,R Police quizzed 36 radical Douk hobors today in connection with a $15000 fire which destroyed the home of John Veregin leader of the orthodox clan as police be lieved a widespread uprising of the fanatically-religious Rus sians might be in the offing. The torch was set to Vcrcgin's home at nearby Brilliant. B. C, earlv tnriav hv a hand nf mpn Who dashed out of several auto mobiles hurled gasoline through the brick and veneer house then set fire to it. Veregin and his family escaped the blaze uninjured and started to fight the arsonists. All the in vaders escaped however, police said. Snake River Excursion Boat Will Be Launched Portland, Ore., Apr. 14 (U.R) The 30-fool flat-bottomed boat Chief Joseph was en route by truck today to Wciscr, Ida., for launching next week as a Snake river excursion boat. Owners said the Portland built craft would be placed In service for excursions down the rapid-flowing Snake to Lowiston Ida. Day accommodations for 16 passengers and three crew mem beri are provided aboard the boat. Guests would spend nights on beaches beside the river. Rome. Anr. 14 (U.R) Two hundred hand-picked communist agitators were jailed today for trying to stage an anti-U.S. arms aid demonstration outside the U. S. embassy last night. WEATHER FORF.CAST: rir and rmr tenliht and Saturday. Show in Saturday BUM. Temp. HUhMt Vriurday 41 Muni Dili Mornlnt Prtc. to 4 A.M. Today TEW SHAKES SEffyTLE MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, Tariff Concessions Eyed in September Conclave in Washington. Apr. 14 (U.R) The state department touched off a fight with numerous business interests today by announcing that it may make tariff conces sions on up to 2,500 items in cluding wool, jewelry, still cam eras, cheese, wine arifl whisky. The department published a list of items that will be dis cussed at a mass tariff-cutting conference beginning in Tor quay. England, September 28. Largest Conference Forty nations that carry on four-fifths of the world's trade will attend. It will be the larg est tariff conference ever held. The United States will negoti ate directly with 17 nations, in cluding western Germany and Roads Committee To Hear Highway Priority Advice Agreement of three southern Oregon groups on desired high way priorities was to be present ed to the state legislature's in terim highway committee in Grants Pass today. The concord was reached at well-attended meeting of the Ashland. Jackson county and Grants Pass and Josephine Coun ty Chambers of Commerce at the Rogue Valley Country club this week, which confirmed the highway improvement priority program already drawn up by the three chambers. The three groups will continue to place ma jor emphasis on construction of a four-lane highway between Cr-ntral Point and Ashland to 1 handle the valley's heaviest traf fic flow. To Give Added Weight The agreement reached be tween the chambers is expected to lend added weight to this area's recommendations for in creased highway commission ex penditures in Jackson and Jo sephine counties. The legislative interim committee on roads and highways is meeting in Grants Pass and the proposed schedule of highway improvements in southern Oregon will be sub mitted. Secondary emphasis was placed on improvements at the three-highwav junction near Caveman bridge at Grants Pass, the Applegatc highway .between Jacksonville and Grants Pass and the Redwood highway in the vicinity of Hayes hill. No Written Reports The interim committee s meet ing at Grants Pass was to be in the nature of "now we will tell vou," in contrast to other meet ings held here in the past year when the committee listened to recommendations of local groups. It has said it wants no written reports at today's ses sions and it remains to be seen how much consideration will be given to the accord reached be tween the chambers at Medford. Officials from Ashland, Med ford, Rogue River. Jacksonville, Gold Hill. Central Point and Cave Junction were expected at the Grants Pass session. Chrysler Negotiators Resume Bargaining Detroit, Apr. 14-(U.R) Weary Chrysler strike negotiators re sumed Intensive bargaining to day with only nine hours' rest after a 4 a.m. recess. A source close to negotiations said the extraordinary all-night session, longest and the first last ing past midnight since the Janu ary 25 walkout, indicated that the corporation and the CIO United Auto Workers were head ed toward an agreement. Elwood Hedberg Again To Head Budget Group Elwood Hedberg was reelect. ed chairman of the city budget committee at a preliminary meeting last night at the city hall. Charles Crary was named sec retary. The fire denartinenl budget got principal consideration last night and needs of the depart ment were carefully studied, it was reported. Phil Stansbury Named Ashland Rotary Head Ashland. Ore.. Anr. 14 (U.R) Phil H. Stansbury, a member of the citv council and manager of an Ashland cabinet shop, has been elected president of the Ashland Rotary club succeeding Robert Hardy. Othpra elected yesterday In elude Jim Busch. vice president O. R. Wrav. re-elected secretary and John Cotton, Jean Eberhart nd Robert Reinholdt, directors. England Austria. The United States also tried to invite Japan, but other nations objected. Iron curtain countries are not participating. Under tic reciprocal trade act, the state department has power to cut tariffs 50 per cent below their 1945 levels. The state de partment, however, will not make concessions unless it can win reciprocal concessions from other countries. To Earn More Dollars The object is to enable foreign countries to sell more goods in the United States and thus earn dollars. In return, the United States will seek greater freedom to sell abroad. The committee for reciprocity information, set up by President Truman, will hold hearings in Washington starting May 24 to hear the views of American busi nessmen on the possible conces sions. The United States has partici pated in two previous tariff-cut ting conferences and already has made some of the easier and less controversial changes. This time. however, the state department is thinking of bucking three U. S. groups who want tariff protec tion the wool-growers, tne cheese-makers and the wine- makers. Wines Included The state department says items considered for tariff con cessions include champagne and other expensive sparkling wines. all still grape wines containing up to 14 per cent alcohol, and distilled spirits except brandy rum. gin and aauavit. It also Is considering a tariff cut on wool products and on variety of foreign cheeses roquefort, Cheddar, edam, gouda camembert, brie, coulommiers and pont-l'eveque. AEC Plans To Expand Explosive Production Washington Apr. 14 U.R The atomic energy commission today announced a sharp re vision of its research program to speed development of atomic en gines for warships and expand production of atomic explosives. It ordered the General Elec tric company to defer work on an atomic power and fuel plant it has been designing and to throw its research brains and re sources Into development of 'a new kind of ship engine. The company also will divert a part of its staff at the Knolls atomic power laboratory near Schenectady N. Y., to Richland, Wash., for "maximum participa tion" in an "expanded atomic energy production program" at the Hanford atomic explosives plant. Industrial Exposition Scheduled in Portland Portland. Ore.. Apr. 14 (U.R) An industrial exposition design- td to illustrate the benefits of more Industry here and the po tential for future industrial De velopment will run. for six days hncinnlno Mav 2. Detailed plans tor the event were unwranned py uo-cnair- man EdgRr W. Smith, president of the Portland chamber of commerce. He said the pro gram committee hoped to draw 65,000 persons to the University of Portland campus, site of the exposition, the committee said it hoped President Truman would ennm here for the program when he makes his cross-country trip to dedicate Grand Coulee dam. New Policy Committee Will Guide Acheson Washington. Apr. 14 (U.R) The state department has organ- Weri a new ton-level Doucv com mittee to guide secretary or State Dean Acheson in waging the cold war against Russia, It was disclosed todav. Informed sources said the new committee an informal, loosriy-knit general staff of top department planners would meet weekly to ferret out the weak and the strong points In the nation's diplomatic position, its findings would be relayed to Ski Conditions Ski conditions at Crater Lake have improved again iter several days of wet, thawing weather, and winter ports enthuilaati traveling to the park today found 115 Inches of snow with five Inch es of powder over a crust. A minimum temperature of 12 degrees last night harden ed the pack and skiing should be excellent as long is present conditions hold. All roads in the park are open and no chiint re required. Tribune 1950 NO. 20 in nr f vamaqe 7 R led Alonq 160-Mile Front Rattler Felt in Tacoma, Vancouver Seattle, Wash., Apr. 14 (U.R) A sharp earthquake shook the north Pacific seaboard early to day, but only minor damage was reported along a 180-mile front The tremor struck one year and one day after a disastrous quake killed eight persons, in jured 65 others and CHUscd more than $20 million damage. Felt In Vancouver Today's shock was felt from Tacoma to Vancouver, B. C, 162 miles north, where dishes rat tled, ' groceries tumbled from shelves and some buildings shook noticeably. Prof. G. E. Goodspeed, head of the University of Washington geology department, said the seismograph showed the quake started at 3:03.59 a.m. and lasted until 3:10 a.m. He measured at about three intensity. Last year's big loll was measured a eight intensity. Goodspeed esti mated the epicenter of the quake at about 50 miles from beame ?robably northwest, wo Mild Shocks The Rev. Francis J. Altman In charge of the seismograph at Mount St. Michaels in spoKane recorded two mild shocks, at 1:39 a.m., and at 3:04 a m He estimated the distance at miles from Snokane. 400 Scores of residents in avereu Marvsville. Snohomish and Stan- wood were awakened by the shock. C. E. Bartholomew. Mnrvsvllle. rcnorted cracks the walls and basement floor of his house. Mrs. Clyde hovik, Everett, said she was telephon ing her husband in Chicago when the lolt struck, disconnect ing her line. A brick toppled from an apartment house chim nev to the sidewalk in Snoho mish Employees of the Pacific Telenhone and Telegraph com- nanv on the 13th floor Of downtown Seattle office build ing reported feeling a "distinct shock.7 Workers on the sixth floor of the Western Union build ing said the shock made them clutch posts for support. Trygve Lie Planning Journey to Moscow Lake Success, N. Y., Apr. 14 (U.R) Trygve Lie, secretary gen eral of the United Nations, said today he probably would go to Russia next month and "if Gen eralissimo Stalin Is in Moscow I probably will see him." He made it clear, however, that no final decision had been made for him to visit the Soviet capital during a three-week trip to Europe. He said he probably would go to Moscow if there is "something or importance- to discuss with the kremlin In con nection with the deadlock in the UN. Guests Escape Hotel fire in South Dakota Mitchell. S. D.. Apr. 14 U.R) Fire broke out In downtown Mitchell today, destroying a ho tel and spreading to other build ings. Guests in the hotel, the Widman. formed a human chain to guide each other in escaping through dense smoke. All were believed to have escaped. One man was overcome by smoke A 15-inile an hour wind caught burning embers and sparks and blew them through the area, en danEerlnn other structures. The fire was spotted by a bell boy who reported he heard a "loud noise" in the rear of the building. The boiler room was In that vicinity. 30 Trampled to Death in Hind Immersion Ceremony New Delhi, India, Apr. 14 (U.R) The Hindu Immersion cere mony of Kumb Mela, which drew 2 million fanatic pilgrims to the city of Hardwar on the Ganges, closed today after 30 persons had been trampled to death and 28 babies had been born in the streets during 24 hours. The pilgrims, who came from all parts of India, had to plunge into i "sacred pool" to "achieve immortality" during a 24-hour period that began yesterday, or wait until 1962. the next Kumb Mela year. Immersion Period Ends The immersion period ended early today when the stars and moon changed their positions. But while the 24-hour period of "good omen" lasted Hindus fought and Jostled each other In the streets and on sidewalks and fought for bathinf rights in the ear Gas Drives ouple from Cabin n Bush Country Dog's Barking Reveals Pair's Hiding Place Quesnel. B. C, Apr. 14 (U.R) 19-year-old French Canadian and a teen-age girl he is accused of abducting were captured In the bush near here' early today after a gun battle in which the girl was wounded. Bert Lcgace and the eirl. whose name police refused to di vulge, ran out of a cabin hide out about 3 a. m. They fled, cov ering themselves with a thick blanket when police fired four tear gas bombs into the sauat. one-room cabin. 16 miles west of here in the heart of the British Columbia interior. Dog Gives Them Away Three hours later, a net rine the girl took with her gave the two away when it barked, and the 20 searching police officers spotted them in their bush hid ing place. Police said the two were armed with a .22 rifle, an ax. and each had a knife. Staff Sergeant A. Fairbairn said he shouted warnings for them to surrender, "but they refused to do so. We gave them every op portunity." Staff Sergeant Fairbairn said Legace handed the rifle to the girl and told her to shoot at the officers, and then stood behind her. The provincial policeman said the girl threatened them and finally one of the officers fired a shot which hit the girl below the knee in her right leg. Legace and the 15-year-old girl gave up after that. They were brought back to Quesnel where Legace was placed in jail on the abduc tion charge and the girl was sent to a hospital. Hospital author ities said her wound was only a flesh wound. Police said further charges would be laid against Legace, "and possibly we will lay some against the girl." Park Name Judging Scheduled Monday Medford's citv park advisory committee plans to convene Monday evening for final Judg ing ui name suggestions lor the new city park, it was reported today. The committee held its first session last ngiht to consider 113 separate proposals. Members of the advisory group were handed lists for individual study. At the Monday meeting com mitteemen are expected to pick out several top choices, includ ing a No. 1 recommendation, for city council consideration. One name suggested was dup licated seven times and another five times. Homebuilding Boom Shatters Records Washington. Apr. 14 (U.R) The nation broke all homebuild- ing records last month and the boom is continuing, the bureau of labor statistics said today. March, when 110.000 new non farm dwelling units were start ed, was the ninth month in which builders have outstripped their 1949 figures by a constantly-widening margin. In the first three months ol this year, 270,000 homes have been started, 59 per cent more than in the same time last year. The March total was 38 per cent greater than February and 59 per cent more than March, 1949. PRECINCT MAPS In its Sunday edition. The Mall Tribune will publish three maps showing the boun daries of the recently-rearranged precincts of Jackson county. One large map will ihow the entire county, and two smaller ones will show precinct boundaries in Med ford and Aihland. It is hoped that the publication of these maps, made posiible through the cooperation of the county government, will assist voters in determining their polling places, and will serve as a re minder that registration for the May 19 primary election must be completed by April IB, next Tuesday. pool. Army troops tried to keep the trafficc moving. Among the throngs were long haired sarhus (holy men) who plodded along stark naked. Thev were given special bath- ' Ing rights before the pool was thrown open to the public. The others had to risk their lives to bathe in the waters whore Hindu gods were supposed to have spilled divine nectar mil lions of years ago. Torture Devices Worn A few wore barbed wire and Drongod torture devices which pressed Into their skin as a sign of supreme holiness. Some high Hindu holy persons rode lumbering elephants through the packed streets to reach the pool. Others rode in ornate chairs held aloft by coolies. Observers said It was tha "most unique colorful and dra matic" Kumb Mela in history.
