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Drastic Curtailment in
Postal Service Ordered
Washington, Apr. 19 U.R
Postmaster General Jesse M.
Donaldson today ordered sweep
ing curtailment of most types of
postal service throughout the
said reduced appropria
tions required a cut in residen
tial and business deliveries of
almost all kinds of mail.
In the department's bi-weekly
bulletin, sent to all postmasters
today, Donaldson ordered the re
duction to be started at once and
to be completed by July 1.
The curtailments were ordered
as follows:
1. All city residential deliv
eries will be cut from twice to
once a day.
Russia Expected to Reject U.S.
Note on Plane Shooting Incident
Moscow, Apr. 19 (U.R) For
eign observers predicted today
Russia will reject an American
note charging that a Soviet fight
er shot down an unarmed U. S.
navy privateer plane over the
Baltic sea.
The note, demanding an
apology and indemnity for the
plane and its missing crew of 10,
was handed Deputy Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko by
U. S. Ambassador Alan G. Kirk
at a five-minute audience in the
kremlin Monday night.
Note Unmentioned
The Soviet press did not
mention the American note, but
charged that American "imper
ialists" provoked the incident by
sending the plane over Soviet
territory.
The Soviet version is that
Soviet fighters intercepted the
plane, described as ' a four-en-gined
bomber "or the B-29
type", 13 miles inside Latvia
April 8. When the fighters sig
naled the plane to land, the Rus
sians said, it opened fire. The
lead Soviet fighter returned the
fire and the plane disappeared
out over the Baltic.
In an article obviously writ
ten before the American note"
was received the authoritative
magazine New Times said that
the Soviet fighter pilots "execut-
Furniture Store
Files Damage Suit
A $31,300 damages suit case
has been filed in circuit court
here by Joe R. and Sarah W.
Neil, owners of the Medford Fur
niture store, against John Cupp,
owner of Cupp's Furniture store
and the John Cupp Furniture ex
change in Central Point.
The complaint says the Neils
purchased the Medford business
from Cupp April 9, 1947, and
that the sales contract entered
into at that time provided for
the use of Cupp's name and good
will at the Medford store for
five years after the sale. The
plaintiffs contend that Cupp was
not to use the name "Cupp Fur
niture store" in Medford during
that period.
They now charge that the Cen
tral Point businessman is using
the name for his two stores and
is causing confusion and damage
in the Neils' business. They ask
a temporary injunction, during
the course of the proceedings, re
straining Cupp from advertising
in Medford newspapers or over
Medford radio stations, from
making deliveries of furniture in
Medford, and from competing in
any way with the Medford Fur
niture store. They also ask a
permanent injunction imposing
the same conditions in addition
to the $31,500 damages and
$.500 attorney's fees. The Neils
are represented by Attorneys J.
Porler Ncff and Otto Frohn-mayer.
Higher Temperatures Seen
For Entire Pacific Coast
By United Press
Fair weather with daytime
temperatures as high as 85 de
grees was forecast for the en
tire west coast, Nevada and Ida
ho Wednesday by the U. S.
weather bureau.
Warmest northwest district is
expected to be the southern in
terior of Oregon with 75 to 90
degrees Thursday. Elsewhere in
the northwest, temperatures
ranging between 60 and 75 de
grees were forecast for Wednes
day and Thursday as easterly
and northeasterly winds cleared
skies of cloud formations.
Portland Records
Nighttime temperatures be
tween 32 and 43 were expected
tonight for eastern Oregon and
VYa.-hingtmi.
The weather bureau recorded
a high of B8 degrees at its down
town Portland station Tuesday
and 67 degrees at the Portland
airport. Other high readings in
Oreson included 79 degrees at
Mcaford and 72 at Roseburg and
Brookings.
Fraser valley residents in Brit
ish Columbia were warned that
the sudden arrival of warm
2. Saturday services of busi
ness offices will be cut in some
parts of the country from three
to two trips and in others from
two to one trip a day.
3. Street box collections will
be kept at a minimum, with the
final collection made by 8:30
p. m.
4. Between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m.
only first class mail, parcel post
and daily and weekly newspa
pers will be handled. Presum
ably this means weekly maga
zines will not be serviced dur
ing the night.
Bulk Mailing!
5. Bulk mailings of second,
third and fourth class mail will
ed their duties perfectly."
One Conclusion
"The American provocation in
the Baltic . testifies that Wash
ington pursues the same advent
urous, provocative path and
kindles international incidents
and conflicts just as did the
nazis and Japanese fascists,"
New Times said.
The world's popular masses
must draw only one conclusion
it is necessary to intensify the
peace partisans' struggle against
the criminal intrigues of the
war mongers."
New Times ridiculed the Am
erican explanation that the
missing plane was only on a
routine training flight.
"It was training in the fabri
cation of international inci
dents," New Times said.
Newspapers Condemned
New Times condemned Brit
ish, Dutch, French and other
Three Escape Injury
In 3-Vehicle Crash
Occunants of all three vehi
cles escaped apparently without
serious injury about p.m. yes
terday when a logging truck, a
pick-up truck and sedan were
involved in a wreck on the hill
on highway 238 west of Jackson
ville. According to account given
state police, brakes on the log
ging truck became hot as the
truck was rolling downhill.
Ellsworth F. Dement, driving
the truck, tried to pass an east
bound vehicle, hooked a west
bound machine, went into the
bank and then climbed on top
of the pickup, operated by Theo
Waterfield, Phoenix.
State police said the pickup
was demolished. Driver of the
sedan involved was Oscar Fish
er, Jacksonville. He was accom
panied by Beulah Fisher. Ervin
C. Pool, Jacksonville, was a pas
senger in the pickup.
Census In City May
Take Another Week
While progress in "counting
noses" in Medford's decennial
census is progressing well, it
will be another week or 10 days
before it is completed, according
to Mrs. Dorothy Doty, crew chief
in charge of the Medford and
nearby area.
There is no set completion
date, Mrs. Doty explained, and
the census in the city will con
tinue until it is completed. An
nouncement of the ending of the
count will be made at that time,
she said.
It may be May 15 before the
count in her area, which includes
the Applegate and West Side dis
tricts, is finished, she said.
weather might plunge the area
into severe flood conditions.
San Francisco, Apr. 19 (U.R)
The weatherman said today Cali
fornia may expect more "sum
mer" weather for a few days.
However, he said it mieht be
slightly cooler by tomorrow aft-
iiiwii an un-tiii an 1IUWB iniBllQ.
There will be some fog or cloud
iness along the coast in the
morning.
81 at San Franciico
San Francisco had the hottest
day of the year yesterday with
81 while Los Angeles registered
85. down three degrees from
Monday's 88. the highest of the
year for that city.
Oakland registered 81, the
hottest April 18 since the weath
er bureau began keeping records
there in 1930.
But the hottest spots in the
state were Indin with 101 and El
Centro with 100. Other southern
California temperatures includ
ed Paradena. 86: Burbank. Bak
ersfield. Glendale. Beaumont
and Riverside. 85; Westwood 79.
Santa Barbara 72 and San
Diego 85.
be accepted only between 8 a. m.
and 6 p. m.
6. All window service at post
offices will be stopped at 6 p. m.
and, where possible, at 5 p. m,
7, Post offices will be closed
all day Saturday if possible and
parcel post service will be elim
inated whenever possible on Sat
urdays. Postmaster Moore Hamilton
of Medford said today he has
not as yet received the bulletin
in which the proposed reductions
in postal service are explained.
When it arrives, he said, he
will announce what changes will
be effected in service to Med
ford post office patrons.
newspapers for "speaking with
an American accent and shed
ding crocodile tears" over the
"heartlessness" of the Russians
in their treatment of a lost Am
erican plane.
"If the American fliers really
suffered distress," the magazine
said, "they would gladly have
taken advantage of the invita
tio nto land at the nearest So
viet airport to get necessary aid,
then return home."
'Cattle at Large'
Case Set Friday
Justice court proceedings, set
for 2 p. m. Friday, are expected
to attract a large number of in
terested stockmen as Alfred Peile
and J. E. Hannah, two stockmen
in the Eagle Point-Shady Cove
area, appear to face charges of
"permitting cattle to run at large
in closed areas." Complaint has
been filed by Orville C. Krotz.
. The case is said to be the be
ginning of a test of the legality
of a law which says owners of
livestock are liable for trespass
when stock is being moved to
spring range from winter feed
grounds.
Krotz charges in his complaint
that on April 13 Pelie and Han
nah did "unlawfully and will
fully permit cattle bearing their
brand marks to run at large in
a livestock district, an area in
which stock are not permitted to
run at large in Jackson county."
Justice of the Peace W. P. Tuck
er will hear the case.
Hearing Planned on
Phone Rate Increases
Salem, Ore., Apr. 19 (U.R)
Public Utilities Commissioner
George H. Flagg said today that
new rate increases sought by the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company in Oregon would go
into effect in 30 days unless sus
pended. He said a suspension
order will be issued soon and
the matter will be set for a hear
ing, at which all interested per
sons will have a chance to pre
sent their views.
Two increases in phone rates
have been made in this state in
the last two years. In 1948 rates
were increased 9.4 per cent and
in 1949, another 17.4 per cent.
The increase now proposed
would amount to 9.8 per cent.
It would increase the earnings
of the company by $1,764,000
but to secure this amount of
net revenues the customers
would have to pay an added $1,
081,000 of federal corporation
tax and about $445,000 in fed
eral excise taxes. That would
bring the total cost of the in
crease to the customers to $3,
365,000. New Hydrants To Cause
Water Shutoff Thursday
Water supply in all Laurel
hurst addition north and south
of Saling avenue and in all of
the Spring street district will be
shut off between 9 a.m. and noon
Thursday for installation of
three fire hydrants, according to
City Water Superintendent Rob
ert Duff.
He advised housewives to
draw reserve water supplies and
not to begin washings.
Hydrants salvaged from Camp
White will be installed on Saling
avenue at Mary, Effie and Bes
sie streets. They are five-inch
hydrants.
Cancer To fie Subject
Of Radio Program
A radio program on cancer
will be given over station KYJC
Wednesday, April 19. at 9 p.m.
undpr the sponsorship of the
Jackson county unit of the Am
erican Cancer society. Five
young musicians will play and
sing, and Mrs. John S. Day,
county chairman, will speak.
Doug Gaines of KYJCs stall
will announce the program.
Musicians on the program will
be Max Peirce, accordionist;
Miss Joan Anderson, soprano;
rrea Buenner, baritone; Keun
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Sonja Peterson, pianist.
Medford
45th Year. 14 Pages
Water Pipeline,
Fire Department
Betterment Asked
$2,925,000, Four-Mill
Tax, for Improvements
Two bond issue proposals and
a four mill continuing levy prop
osition will be placed before
voters of the city of Medford at
a special election on May 19 in
conjunction with the primary
election.
Citv rouncilmen last night
cailed for the election on a
$2,800,000 bond issue for con
structing a second aqueduct to
Medford from Big Butte springs,
a $125,000 bond issue for fire
department expansion, and an
annual four-mill levy for fire
department operation and main
tenance. Supply Said Inadequate
The additional water line was
proposed to the city council
about one month ago by the
board of water commissioners.
At that time, commissioners
brought out that the present
water supply is inadequate and
warned of the danger of depend
ing upon one line.
Commissioners stated that in
creased population and aging of
the present line were among
reasons for need of a new pipe
line. Necessity to restrict water
use last summer was mentioned.
Although the present pipe will
serve past its life expectancy
more irequeni repairs wnu in
terruptions in service are antici
pated, and it is virtually impos
sible to shut the line down for
repairs in summer, according to
the commission.
Completion Data 1951
Commissioners hope that the
aqueduct can be finished by the
summer of 1951. An earth-fill
dam on Willow creek is included
in the project to assure Eagle
Point irrigation district its pro
rata share of the stream flow
from supplemental water.
The new line would serve
needs of Medford and surround
ing communities for the next 50
years. It is indicated by compu
tations that no tax levy or in
crease in water rates will be
needed to pay off the water
bonds. The pay-as-you go bonds
would be self liquidating.
Weidnar's Report Okayed
The fire department measures
are based on the surveys and
studies of Leo Weidner, acting
fire chief and consultant to the
city of Medford. His report was
accepted by the council last
night.
Weidner stated that the im
provements necessary to raise
city fire defense to minimum
standards include a hydraulic
aerial ladder truck estimated to
cost $30,000; a fire alarm box
system to cover Medford's high
value district; fire department
substations, one oh the west and
one on the east side; an increase
of 16 more firemen to bring
manpower to 31, and additional
fire hose.
The $125,000 bond issue
would provide for acquisition of
the ladder truck, alarm system,
the substations and fire hose.
The four mill levy would pro
duce an estimated $60,000 an
nually for manning, mainten
ance and operation of the ex
panded program,
Orer Several Years
Councilmcn indicated the in
tention to spread the program
over a number of years. That
wav the bonds would not be
sold all at once but portions of
the issue will be sold as needed,
spreading payments over a long
er period of time.
Weidner also proposed the
formation of rural fire districts
when the other program is put
into effect In its entirety, point
ing out the revenue possible
from such arrangements for sup
porting the city's fire defense
system. Rural district agree
ments, Weidner has said, should
be so arranged that there is no
detriment to fire fighting effic
iency within the city.
Prevention Bureau
He also recommended estab
lishment of a fire prevention
bureau under a fire marshal; a
good set of fire prevention or
dinances: organizational rules
and regulations that are prac
ticable; general orders and card
Instructions governing answers
to all degrees of alarms, and
employment of progressive, cap
able, efficient fire chief, all at
little or no extra cost.
City councilmen have warned
of an Increase in fire Insurance
rate here uniese the department
2 BOND ISSUE
TO BE PLACED
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Mourning Dog Haunting
Jacksonville Cemetery,
Couple Seeks Solution
Mrs. S. E. Campbell of Jack
sonville, reported to The Mail
Tribune office this morning that
a dog, evidently mourning for
its owner, has stayed since Sat
urday near the northeast edge of
the Jacksonville cemetery. The
dog makes mournful sounds day
and night.
Mrs. Campbell has attempted
to find if the dog is mourning
someone recently buried in the
cemetery. She said that the dog.
old and deaf, is solid black in
color and part shepherd breed.
The animal wears a collar and
perhaps a license, but the Camp
bells have been unable to get
near, though it will eat food they
leave. Mrs. Campbell is anxious
to find the owner and anyone
wishing to contact her may find
her residence off the Old Stage
road just north of Jacksonville,
about one block north of the
Judge F. L. Tou Velle residence.
'Hawthorne Park'
Name Given New
Recreation Area
"Hawthorne park" is the name
selected fro Medford's newest
recreational area.
That name for the new city
park between Jackson and Main
streets and between Bear creek
and Hawthorne avenue was ap
proved by the city council last
night on recommendation of the
park advisory committee. Haw
thorne avenue runs the full
length of the park on the east
side.
The name was suggested by
three people in a recent poll
conducted by the committee. The
three were Mrs. Hazel Burger,
134 Highland drive; Miss Neva
Samuels. 123 Tripp street, and
Mrs. Charles Sneddcn. 122 Ken
wood avenue. Some recognition,
yet to be determined, is planned
for them.
Other Names
Pear City park, proposed by
four people, was recommended
to the council by the committee
as alternative choice. The com
mittee also asked the council to
consider Evergreen park as des
ignation for the old city park
on West Main between Ivy and
Holly streets. Evergreen was
among the 113 separate sugges
tions made in tha new city park
noil. Councilmen postponed ac
tion on this proposal.
The advisory group will now
concentrated on formulating
plans for the new park dedica
tion tentatively scheduled for
June 4.
Insurance Problems
To Be Discussed Here
Conferences regarding prob
lems of insurance men will be
held by southern Oregon agents
here tomorrow, it was announced
today. The sessions will be at
the Medford hotel basement
room, from 4 to 9 p. m., with
dinner at 8 p. m.
A team of experts will discuss
rating bureau practices, business
interruption simplification, agen
cy and company relations, and
will conduct an open forum on
other insurance questions.
Those who will conduct the
meetings here tomorrow include
C. A. Patterson, Norwich Union
company, chairman; Bob
O'Neall, Firicltiy and Guaranty
company; Byron Erdmann, Aet
na, and Fred Gatter, of Phil
Grossmayer company.
A similar meeting was held in
Grants Pass yesterday, and a
third is scheduled in Ashland
Friday.
Radio Highlights
Radio Station KWIN (1400
kc) will broadcast tha imi
iaur boxinq matches from the
armory tonight, starting at 9
o'clock.
is expanded. They feel that im
proving the department will be
cheaper for Medfordiles in the
long run than boosted insurance
rates.
(The Mail Tribune plans to
publish in a later issue Weidner's
complete report, which outlines
fully the reasons and bases for
his recommendations I
(Other city council news on
Pages 1 and 1
WEDNESDAY, APRIL
S, TAX LEVY
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'Brains' of Bogus
Money Ring Seized
Buffalo, N. Y., Apr. 1 9 (U.R)
Secret service agents claimed to
day the capture of the two mas
terminds of a counterfeiting ring
which spread $500,000 in bogus
money across the nation.
Salvatore Salli. 39. and An
thony Iraci, 36. both of Buffalo,
were arrested yesterday in down
towns cafes by treasury agents
who had followed a trail which
began in Los Angeles three
months ago and spread to New
York, New Orleans, St. Louis,
Cleveland, Atlanta and other
cities.
Secret Service Supervisor for
New York A. E. Whitaker said
$230,000 of the phony money
made by the ring had been re
covered and that banking offi
cials had been alerted to be on
the lookout for many hundreds
of thousands of dollars more of
the $10 and $20 bills believed to
be in circulation.
Whitaker said the money was
counterfeited so perfectly that it
was extremely difficult to tell
the bills from genuine currency.
Treasury officials said the bo
sus bills bore the symbols of all
12 federal reserve districts from
A to L. They said this was an
extremely rare and expensive
counterfeiting procedure to les-
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Seventh Official
Quits at Springfield
Springfield, Ore., Apr. 19
(U.R) Resignations of city offi
cials reached seven today as
Springfield's civic upheaval con
tinued, leaving the city with
only a skeleton crew of officers.
Two councilmen, Frank Bouck
and John Ashworth, and City
Engineer Dean H o d g e a an
nounced their resignations last
night.
Last week resignations were
submitted by City Attorney
Marvin Sanders, Police Chief
Clell Pryor, City Recorder Ken
neth Gile and his secretary-wife.
Four policemen who resigned
Sunday reconsidered and three
were on the job today. The
fourth was suspended Monday
night.
City Manager Fred Chetham
was discharged, touching off the
series of resignations which
stemmed from a controversy be
tween the Springfield "Good
Government League" and Mayor
B. P. Larson's administration.
Mayor Larson Friday retained
office by a small margin in a re
call election.
COMMISSIONERS DUE
The members of the state high
way commission, including
Charles H. Reynolds, La Grande;
Ben R. Chandler, Coos Bay, and
the commission's newest mem
ber,. Milo Mclver, Portland, to
gether with Highway Engineer
R. H. Baldock. were expected to
be guests at the Medford hotel
tonight. The commission is trav
eling in this part of the state on
one of Its periodic Inspection
tours.
Man Who Risked Brain Surgery to Lose
Criminal Tendency Again Behind Bars
Greenfield, Mass., Apr. 19
(U.R) Charles Hinkley, who
risked his life in a delicate brain
operation to end his tendencies
to steal, blamed his treatment in
a Kansas hospital today for the
fact that he was behind bars
again on a charge of larceny.
The 26-year-old habitual crim
inal was interviewed at Frank
lin county jail, where he is
awaiting extradition to New
York.
Ilinkley, husky scion of a well-to-do
New York family, said he
had not completed rehabilitation
from the operation when he
broke out of the winter veterans'
hospital at Topeka, Kan., three
weeks ago.
"I hadn't completed my re
habilitation when I walked out
of the hospital because it was
Just like being in. jail." be Mid.
Trl cjne
19, 1950
NO. 24
ALLOT
sen chances of detection.
Canada Money Involved
Whitaker said Salli and Iraci
were also "the moving spirits"
in widespread counterfeiting of
OPA ration ' stamps during the
war and the organizers of a
ring which counterfeited large
amounts of Canadian currency
during the past several months.
At the time of his arrest, Salli
was free in $10,000 bail follow
ing his conviction on narcotics
charges.
Ashland Ordinance
Requires Sawmills
To Abate Sawdust
Ashland. Apr. 19 Ashland
city councilmen last night order
ed all sawmills within the city
limits to install cyclonic type
combustion aids in their burners.
The ordinance was drawn bv
Medford Attorney Edward
Branchfield at the request of
Owen Gragg, proprietor of Ash
land's Twin Plunges. Gragg has
long been a leader In activities
designed to end what has been
termed a "sawdust, soot and
cinder" nuisance in the city.
The tvne of burner recom
mended by the council ts of th
type installed at the Elk Lum
ber company bv Charles Horje.
or some other similar type of
equal effectiveness. At least one
Ashland mill has already taken
steps to eliminate the conditions.
Acctpt Mausoleum
The council accepted Rest
haven mausoleum from the Sis
kiyou Investment company, to
gether with about $2,400 in trust
funds, and will provide perpet
ual care for the edifice.
The proposed ordinance in
creasing water rates in the city
passed first reading after con
siderable discussion. Final ac
tion is contemplated probably at
the next meeting.
The city's street department
is in serious financial difficul
ties, the council was told, and
City Recorder John Austin said
he could draw no more checks
for department expenditures. A
finance committee meeting will
be held soon to consider ways
and means of meeting obliga
tions. Bridge Engineers in
Session Here Today
The Medford hotel Is the site
for a two-day annual meeting of
members of the highway bridge
committee of the far wet divi
sion of the American Association
of State Highway Officials.
Raymond Archibald, chairman
of the bridge committee of the
bureau of public roads in Wash
ington, D. C, is here to preside
at the sessions. Other delegates
include G. S. Paxson, bridge en
gineer for the Oregon State high
way department; H. Ray Ang
win, regional bridge engineer of
the bureau of public roads from
San Francisco; George Stevens,
Washington state bridge engi
neer, and F. W. Panhorst, Cali
fornia state bridge engineer.
There are about 22 highway
officials attending the conclave,
which Is scheduled to adjourn
tomorrow afternoon.
Thev kept me in a locked
ward where the socitd life was
most unsatisfactory. There was
no one to talk to and I had no
freedom. I don't know how they
expected me to come out normal
at that rate."
Ilinkley persuaded Florida au
thorities six months ago to drop
bad check charges against him
by submitting to the operation
which consisted of cutting away
the part of his brain which doc
tors said led him to break the
law.
"My original tendencies grew
from character make-up that ex
tended for years past," said
ilinkley. who left college in 11)43
to enlist In the marines. "After
the operation I felt less tense
ness, little worry and a greater
willingness to accommodate peo
ple end let along."
U. S. Information
Service Ordered
To Close Doors
Six Czechs Placed
On Trial for Treason
Praan A n 1ft Jlla
Czechoslovakia demanded th
recall or tne American embassy
press attache here today, Ord
ered th TTnitA.4 Gtato-
tion services shut down, and put
six uzeens on trial for alleged
treason and spying for the United
States.
One of the defendants In the
spy trial testified that part of
his job was to gather informa
tion on Czech uranium mines for
the United States.
Not Delivered
As the trial started before tha
state court at Pankrac prison,
the Czech foreign ministry de
livered a note to the United
States embassy. It demanded:
1. That the United States in
formation service offices In
Prague and Bratislava, the lat
ter the capitol of Slovakia, be
shut down bv noon Saturday.
2. That Joseph Kolarek,
United States embassv press at
tache who operates the USIS, be
recalled within a "reasonable"
time. He was accused of abus
ing his diplomatic privileges by
directing espionage against
Czechoslovakia.
Employees Triad
Within the week two Czech
employees of . Kolarek's office
had been tried. During the trial
he Was anntiMl tt aminnnn- ami
other illegal activity.
i ne first of the six Czechs who
went on trial. Jaromir Nechan
sky, former Czech army major,
pleaded guilty to the charges of
treason and spying for the Unit
ed States.
He was accused of being a
member of a spy ring allegedly
directed bv Walter Birge, form
er chief of the political division
of the United States embassy
here. Testifying for three and a
half hours, he said American Official-
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group explosives and radio
equipment.
Flying Saucers Said .
Seen Near Los Alamos
Los Alamos, N. M., Apr. 19
U.P.) More than 15 persons at
this secret atomic energy proj
ect reported today that they saw
"flying saucers" near the east
ern horizon Monday.
None of the observers, all em
ployees of the University of Cali
fornia personnel division at th
atomic laboratory, could agree
on the shape of the objects, al
though some insisted they were
circular.
John Herzog. one of th ob
servers, said he doubted if th
objects were carried or moved
by wind.
"They seemed to move with
'sense,' traveling first in on di
rection, then stopping and re
versing direction.
The air force has debunked
all stories of flying saucers after
numerous investigations.
Registrations Reported
Brisk at Last Minute
The county clerk's office re
ported a steady stream of busi
ness last night as th office wai
kept open until 8 p.m. to accom
modate last minute voters seek
ing to register for the May IB
primary election. Seven clerk
handled the eleventh hour rush
but they reported it was not so
bad as in past years.
Clerk George R. Carter says
he expects figures showing th
total number of the county's reg
istered voters within the next
few days. He is urging regis
trars in outlying communities to
get their reports to his office as
soon as possible.
As of April 1 the potential
voting strength of the two par
ties was 12.499 republicans and
10.643 democrats.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair and
warm tonight and Thursday.
Temp.
II I r. hut YeMtrday .... 7
Lowest this Morning 40
He said he fell into his old
ways after his escape because
only six months of the two-to-three
year rehabilitation period
prescribed by doctors had
elapsed and he had not had time
to revert to acccptd social be
havior. "I'm not convinced that I'm a
criminal," he said. "After under
going something like that they
should have given me more free
dom. Not passes Into town, but
the run of the hospital at least.
"It was disconcerting to be
treated as a criminal when I was
supposed to forget what it felt
like to be one."
He said that while he was a
the Topeka institution he was
permitted to go to th dining
room with an attendant "who
was Just like a cop except that
be didn't have handcuffs.'
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