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United Press Full Leas Wire
45th Year.
Rail Brotherhood to Strike Wednesday
Seven Major Lines
To Be Affected by
Action of Union
Companies Not To
, Yield to Demands
Chicago, Apr. 20 (U.R) The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen instructed
13,000 members today to walk
off the job next Wednesday in
a strike against seven major rail
roads serving commerce, indus
try and agriculture in 27 states.
The strike, biggest since the
48-hour nationwide walkout in
May, 1946. would halt heavy
freight and passenger traffic
over a major segment of the na
tion's vital rail network. It
would tie up thousands of miles
of track in eastern, southern,
midwestcrn and southwestern
states. The area involved, which
extends from coast to coast, in
cludes some of the nation's rich
est agricultural regions and
heaviest industrial centers.
The union, which demands
that the railroads employ an ad
ditional fireman on each multiple-unit
diesel locomotive in
service, set its strike deadline
for 6 a.m. next Wednesday in
each time zone.
The union left the door open
for negotiation of a settlement
before the deadline, but spokes
men for the railroads said they
have no intention of "yielding
to the brotherhood's make-work
demands."
The union said all trains, in
cluding those pulled by diesel,
gleam and electric locomotives,
would be halted on the seven
lines involved. There was no im
mediate hint of whether the
roads would try to operate with
out the firemen, but a spokes
man for the Associaion of Ameri
can Railroads said it would be
possible to use engineers in the
jobs vacated by firemen.
But at Cleveland, Alvaney
Johnston, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, said that while engin
eers will stay on the job they
will "work only as engineers''
and will "perform no other du
ties and take no one'i job away
from him."
The engineers have demanded
that an additional engineer be
assigned to each big diesel, but
they have issued no strike call.
Railroads involved are the
Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and
one of its two subsidiaries, the
Panhandle and Santa Fe; the
Southern Railway and eight
subsidiaries: the Ohio Central;
the Big Four, the Pennsylvania
west of Harrisburg, Pa.; and the
New York Central west of Buf
falo, N. Y., and the Michigan
Central west of the Detroit
river.
The only sections of the nation
not directly involved are the
New York metropolitan area and
New England, the north central
states, part of the far west and
the Pacilic northwest.
Wilson Brothers Plead
Innocent to Charges
Vancouver, Wash., Apr. 20
(U.R) Turman Wilson and his
brother, Utah, today pleaded in
nocent to charges of kidnaping
and murdering 18-year-old Jo
Ann Dewey and offered to act as
their own attorneys if the lawyer
of their choice is not available.
The Wilsons entered their
plea of not guilty to two counts
of first degree kidnaping and
first degree murder in an ar
raignment hearing before Judge
Charles W. Hall. Judge Hall set
the trial date for Monday, June
19. in Judge Eugene G. Cush
ing's court.
it Never Pays To
Be Too Hasty About
Making Confession
Paris, Apr. 20 U.R) An
Argentine husband mad the
mistake of confessing his sins
to his wife early today when
he thought he was about to b
killed in an airplane crash.
But the plane, an Air Franc
Constellation from Buenos
Aires carrying 33 passengers
and a crew of eight, made a
safe crash landing at Orly air
field after circling for more
than three hours with a
blocked landing gear. No on
as injured.
An Argentine woman, who
would not giv her nam, said
her husband thought they
were spending their last mo
ments together as the plan
circled over the airport in the
predawn blackness.
"He asked my forgiveness
for a lot of things 1 never
knew he had don during our
married life," she said. "He
was very angry about it whn
in plan landed solely."
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Temperature Soars to
1950's High Mark Here
Medford had the highest
temperature in the slate when
the local thermometer soared
io 87 yesterday, the weather
bureau here said today. This
was the highest point to far
this year, surpassing Tuesday's
previous 1950 high of 79.
This was not the warmest
Medford has seen on April 19.
however, as the mercury
reached a high of 92 in 1939
the highest mark on record
for that date.
The humidity reached a low
of 24 at 3:30 p.m. yesterday.
Northern Plains
Floodwaters Drive
1,650 from Homes
Bismarck, N.D., Apr. 20 SU.R)
"Walls of water" rolled across
the northern plains today and
created inland seas that drove
1,650 families from their homes,
isolated whole towns and flood
ed thousands of acres of fertile
farmland.
Raging rivers, fed by melting
snow and shackled by ice jams,
caused widespread suffering in
North Dakota, northwestern Min
nesota and southern Manitoba.
South Dakota Hit
Floodwater also plagued
northwestern South Dakota and
northern Wisconsin.
North Dakota was hardest hit
by the spring floods. State agen
cies rushed evacuation equip
ment while Gov. Fred Aandahl
awaited President Truman's re
ply to his appeal for a declara
tion of emergency.
The Red River of the North,
at its highest level of the cen
tury, spread over wide areas of
its table-like valley. On the
North Dakota side of the river,
nearly a score of towns Were
flooded from Neche on the Ca
nadian border to Hillsboro,
more than 100 miles south.
Tributaries Contribute
Tributaries of the Red, includ
ing the Pembina, Tongue, Park,
Forest, Turtle and Goose rivers,
poured their burdens into the
soggy valley.
The Red and its feeder streams
also spread over rich lands in
five northwestern Minnesota
counties.
Downstream to the north, the
worst flood in 50 years, inun
dated six southern Manitoba
towns. Up to three feet of water
from the Red or its tributaries
drove hundreds of residents from
their homes and two of the towns
were isolated.
Fraternity Convention
Set at SOC Tomorrow
Ashland, Apr. 20 The South
ern Oregon college chapter of
Thcta Delta Phi will be host for
the annual national convention
of that group April 21 and 22,
when about 50 delegates will at
tend the conference.
Theta Delta Phi is a teachers
college honorary scholarship fra
ternity. Visiting faculty mem
bers will be Dr. Joseph Gaiser
of Eastern Oregon college. Dr.
Victor Phelps of the Oregon gen
eral extension division, and
Prof. Oscar Chri.tenson of Mon
mouth. SOC faculty members are
Dr. A. S. Taylor. Dr. Wayne
Wells, Dr. Ray Hawk, David
Barker, Ted Schopf, and Elliott
MacCracken.
Friday afternoon delegates
will register, and on Friday eve
ning there will be a banquet and
initiation of new SOC members.
On Saturday morning, there will
be a business meeting, with con
ference meetings Saturday after
noon. Saturday evening the con
vention will close with a banquet
honoring newly elected officers.
Four Persons Injured
In Highway Crash
Grants Pass. Ore., Apr. 20
(U.R) Four persons were injured
late Wednesday in a head-on au
tomobile collision one mile south
of Selma on the Redwood high
way. The injured were Mrs. Sylvia
Seclos, 64. Pocatello, Ida.; Mrs.
Mary Dearmond. Serena; Rai
ford Dearmond, Wilderville; and
George Srelos. husband of Mrs.
Seelos and driver of the car.
State police said the cars col
lided when the Seclos automo
bile attempted to pass a lumber
truck. Seelos was cited for using
insufficient passing clearance.
Mrs. Seelos suffered chest injur
ies and face lacerations and Mrs.
Dearmond suffered face and
bead cut.
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SPRING FLOOD Floodwaters of the Pipe Stem River inundate bottomlands in Jamestown. N. D. where
scores have been driven from their homes. Some 5O0O persons have been made homeless by floods tn
North Dakota and Minnesota, but a "cold snap" is expected to halt the thaw that sent ice and snow
gushing Jnto already-swollen streams.
City School
Total Near
The completion of the Med
ford district school budget for
1950-51, prepared by the board
of directors and the budget com
mittee, was announced today by
E. H. Hedrick, superintendent
of city schools.
The budget calls for b total
expenditure of $998,886.26 for
all purposes and $213,617.60 of
the total will be in excess of the
Storm Moves Inland
To Break 'Heat Wave'
By United Press
A light storm moving inland
from the Pacific Thursday broke
the northwest's first spring "heat
wave" in western Oregon and
Washington, but the weatherman
forecast another day of fair skies
for areas east of the Cascade
mountain chain.
Clouds spreading into western
sections cooled areas which had
high 70s and 80s Wednesday and
brought mid-morning showers to
some sections, including the
Portland area.
Summery weather brought
two items into the day's news:
At radio station KRKLs re
mote control studio near Belle-
vue. Wash., Disk Jockey Jerry
McCumber said the afternoon
sun shining through a plate glass
window melted records as they
revolved on the turntable.
And in Bend. Ore., protective
fire crews for the Deschutes Na
tional forest were alerted for
possible fresh outbreaks of a
fire that swept through 150 acres
of young pine five miles west
of Bend. The blaze was believed
to be the first in the northwest
this year.
Yesterday's maximum temper
atures in Oregon were:
Roscburg. 84; Portland. Salem
and Klamath Falls. 78; Eugene,
78; Bend and The Dalles. 72;
Newport, 71; Burns, 70, and La
Grande, 69.
Oil Lease Makers
Swarm Kansas Town
Jetmore, Kan., Apr. 20 ;U.R)
Jetmore, with a normal popula
tion of 1,000, became a boom
town today as oil lease makers
swarmed into the community.
tditor Howard Wilson of the
Jetmore Republican said the in
flux of outsiders started after
Shell oil made a discovery on a
farm two miles north of the
town last Saturday.
Wilson said drillers told him
the well would be a good com
mercial producer.
Jetmore was so lam-packed to
day that visitors had to drive 40
miles to Dodge City for their
meals and to use telephones.
So7 Conservation
Discussion Set Today
A meeting to sound nut senti
ment on a proposed soil conser
vation district In the Sams Val
ley. Table Rock and Beagle dist
ricts is set for 8 p.m. today in
the Sams Valley school.
Petitions are being circulated
in the three communities and if
public support is assured, the
state soil conservation commit
tee will be asked to set referen
dum machinery in motion.
A similar district for most of
the evunty was killed by a light
vote in referendum election
March 22, but residents in the
central part of the valley have
revived the issue for their area
alone.
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Budget
SI Million
six per cent limitation. Approval
of the voters to exceed the limi
tation will be asked at a special
election set for May 23 at the
senior high school from 3 p.m.
until 9 p.m. (DST).
$592,996 From Taxes
Revenues from state, county,
tuition, cash on hand and other
sources will total $424,439.55,
leaving $592,696.71 to be raised
by taxation. Bonds and interest
payments are $119,201.26 while
operation costs are listed at
$879,685.
.' The present budget is $47,
443.76 over that of last year.
ihe increase, Hedrick said, is
caused mainly by increase in the
amount of bond payments and
additional teachers necessary to
meet the growth of the student
population. No increase in teach
ers' salaries was granted, except
for the annual increments pro
vided, in some cases, by the
salary schedule.
Members of the budget com
mittee are R. F. Kyle. Eugene
Thorndike, James F. Campbell,
Chester Hubbard and Herb Grey.
School board members are E.
Ronald Rice, John P. Moffat,
Evelyn Nye, Frank C. Bash and
Otto J. Frohnmayer.
Youth Saves Mother
From Tub Drowning
Portland, Ore., Apr. 20 (U.R)
Youthful Jack Curtin told police
today that he saved his mother
from drowning in a bathtub last
night.
He said he couldn't locate his
mother, Mrs. Effie Curtin, 53,
when he arrived home at 10 p.m.
but heard muffled gurgles from
the bathroom. He said he found
her submerged in a nearly full
tub. After pulling her from the
tub, he said he gave her artifi
cial respiration and had her
pulse and breathing back to nor
mal when a fire department first
aid crew arrived.
Curtin said his mother was
slightly crippled and usually
needed assistance in taking
baths. Police sa'd they believed
she had become exhausted in
trying to get out by herself and
had slipped under the water.
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Dr. Sander Undecided On Future After
State Board Revokes Medical License
Concord, N. H., Apr. 20 (U.R)
Dr. Hermann N. Sander, stripped
of his right to practice medicine
In New Hampshire despite his
acquittal as a mercy slayer, tried
to decide today what to do next.
The 41-year-old Candia physi
cian conferred wilh Attorney
Louis E, Wyman who won him
his freedom at the recent mur
der trial. He may appeal the de
cision of the state board of reg
istration in medicine of the state
supreme court. Or he may wait
for the opening left him when
the board said it would consider
his reinstatement two months
from now.
The five-man board said San
der's conduct was "morally rep
rehensible" last December 4
when he Injected air into the
arm of Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto,
59, a Manchester patient dying
of cancer. Sander was acquitted
of first degree murder March 9.
Dr. John S. Wheeler of Con
cord, secretary of the board, laid
the decision was "unanimous,"
but that Sander could appeal to
the state supreme court for re
versal of the frrxlini.
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Ingrid Bergman
Scores Victory in
Custody Battle
Rome, Apr. 20 (U.R) Rob
erto Rossellini said today that
he expected to get a green
light from Sweden for his
marriage to Ingrid Bergman
within ihe next five or six
days.
"We intend io marry as
soon as possible thereafter,
but no dale has been set yet,
nor de we know where we
will get married," the Italian
movie director said.
Hollywood. Apr. 20 (U.R)
Actress Incrid Bergman has won
her bitter trans-Atlantic fight for
joint legal custody of her 12-year-olri
daughter Pia, but At
torney Isaac Paclit said today he
will "vigorously oppose" any ef
fort to take the child out of the
United States.
Pacht. representing the girl's
father, Dr. Peter Lindstrom. and
Attorney Greg Bautzer differed
violently over the meaning of a
"complete, mutually agreeable"
property and custody settlement
signed less than 24 hours ago.
The agreement provides that
Pia shall "reside and be educat
ed in California." Bautzer jubil
antly described that phrasing as
a victory for Miss Bergman, who
wanted permission to take the
girl to Italy for summer vaca
tions. "We refused to sign an earlier
draft that prohibited the child to
he taken out of the country,"
Bautzer said.
Pacht said the intent of the
agreement still is that Pia shall
"reside and remain" in Califor
nia. Not Going io Europe
"This is a new and novel idea
in Mr. Bautzer's mind which we
will have the courts put at rest,"
he said. "Pia will not be going
to Europe."
Dr. Lindstrom has insisted
that any custody agreement must
prevent Pia's being brought in
contact with Italian Director Ro
berto Rossellini, who Miss Berg
man intends to wed.
Hollywood, Apr. 20 (U.R)
Film Actor Cornell Wilde was
in a hospital . today for treat
ment of an eye infection result
ing from a dust storm in Santa
Fe, N.M.
The
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stipulation that Sander
apply for reinstatement
Dr. Hermann Sander
after June 19 was described by
several New Hampshire doctors
at "most unusual." They Mid
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NO. 25
Far East Expert
Claimed Member
Of Espionage Cell
Charges Based on
Others' Statements
Washington, Apr. 20 (U.R)
Louis F. Budenz said today that
Owen Lattimore was a member
of a communist espionage "cell,"
but said he did not know the
Far Eastern expert as Russia's
"top agent" here.
Budenz. a former communist
leader, testified before senate
communist investigators in con
nection with Sen. Joseph R. Mc
Carthy's charges that Lattimore
was a communist and Russia's
"lop espionage agent."
Based On Hearing
Budenz based his charges on
what other communist leaders
had told him.
Toward the close of his ap
pearance. Chairman Millard E.
Tydings of the investigating sub
committee asked Budenz for a
direct answer on whether he had
personal knowledge of Latti
more's alleged communist affilia
tions. "Outside of what I was offici
ally told by the communist lead
ers, I do not know of Mr. Latii
more as a communist," Budenz
replied.
Under oath. Budenz swore that
Lattimore participated in a com
munist "cell," with other mem
bers who were "Soviet espion
age agents to my knowledge."
Technically Inaccurate
bdward P. Morgan, chief
counsel for the investigating
sub-committee, asked Budenz if
he could support McCarthy's
statement that Lattimore was
Russia's "top" spy.
"Well, to my knowledge, that
statement technically is not ac
curate. From my own know
ledge I would not say that he
was the top Soviet agent,"
Budenz said.
Asked if he knew that Latti
more was a communist, Budenz
said that Lattimore was referred
to as a communist by such top
reds as Earl Browder. since-deposed
boss of the communist
party, and Jack Stachel, one of
the 11 red leaders recently con
victed in New York for conspir
acy against the government.
Budenz said he himself never
met Lattimore.
Gebhard Hearing
Scheduled Tuesday
Enterprise, Ore., Apr. 20 (U.R)
Allen Gebhard, Medford cabinet
maker, will go on trial Tuesday
on a charge of manslaughter for
the "mistake" shooting of Reed
Wade, Lostine, during an elk
hunt near Troy last fall.
Gebhard and Wade accom
panied two separate hunting
parties down the Grande Ronde
river between' Minam and Troy.
Gebhard fired into the brush,
mortally wounding Wade, after
mistaking noise of the latler's
progress as the movements of an
elk.
Gebhard is being represented
by Edward Kelly, Medford at
torney. Truck-Trailer fire
Blocks Coast Route
Gold Beach, Ore., Apr. 20
(U.R) A truck and trailer load of
lumber caught fire on the coast
highway south of Gold Beach
last night and the flames block
ed the route for more than four
hours.
Driver Ed McComb, Los An
geles, jumped from the truck
and put safety blocks under the
wheels just as an emergency
tank of butane exploded and
spread the flames tn the lumber.
McComb was uninjured.
under ordinary circumstances
when the board revokes a license
"no such door is left open."
Nursing a black eye suffered
In a skiing fall, Sander greeted
the board's decision from his
Candia home last night with a
curt "no comment." He added
that he was "going out to play
canasta."
Dr. Sander has refrained from
practicing since his acquittal,
awaiting the board's decision.
Friends said the doctor was bor
rowing heavily to maintain liv
ing expenses. His defense at the
trial was reported to have cost
$40,000 and a defense fund start
ed by sympathetic friends raised
only $21,000.
Last March 20 two Catholic
hospitals at Manchester perma
nently banned him from enter
ing or treating patients there.
The doctor still faces a report
from the three-man board of cen
sors of the Hillsborough County
Medical society which has been
considering whether he violated
the Hippocratic oath with his
action. The report is expected
about tb middle of next month.
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President Signs
Housing Draft
Washington, Apr. 20 (U.R) President Truman today ligncd
the $3,500,000,000 housing bill intended to spur home building and
development of rental dwellings for lower and moderate income
families.
Mr. Truman signed the legislation although It did not contain
a provision which he sought a $1 billion program of direct federal
loans to housing cooperatives.
But his signature set in motion the stalled operations of the
Federal Housing administration and the Federal National Mortgage
association. It will make it easier for ex-GI's to get home loans.
It provides, too, for limited direct federal loans to schools and col
leges for housing.
FHA has been crippled since the first of March by a combina
tion of an empty purse and expired laws. The new housing legis
lation puts up $2,250,000,000 more for the FHA to insure mortgagee
for private home building under its title II program.
Maturity Extended
One provision in the new legis
lation will permit ex-Gls to buy
larger homes with a relatively
small down payment. The veter
ans' administration now is au
thorized to guarantee up to
$7,500 on a loan for a house that
costs a veteran more than $12,
500. Previously, it could only
guarantee up to $4,000 on a house
costing $8,000 or more. The ma
turity time on VA-guaranteed
loans is extended from 25 to 30
years.
The housing bill is a compro
mise. In turning down Mr. Truman's
co-op propqsal, however, the sen
ate and house did approve con
tinuance of the present govern
ment program of mortgage in
surance for privately-financed
cooperative developments. '
Other main provisions of the
bill:
1. The Federal National Mort
gage association (so-called "Fan
nie May") gets $250 million to
buy up VA and FHA insured
mortgages on homes already
completed.
2. Two hundred fifty million
dollars more for the FHA's mort
gage insurance program for mod
ernizing and repairing private
homes and for building very low
cost homes in suburban areas.
The program would be extended
for five years.
Loans to Veterans
3. A total of $150 million In
long-term low cost federal loans
to veterans to build homes when
they cannot borrow money from
private lenders but are certified
by the VA to be good credit
risks.
4. A maximum of $300 million
in direct federal loans to schools
and colleges for student and fac
ulty housing at an interest rate
of about 2.55 per cent.
5. The government would
dispose of all the war and tempo
rary housing it owns about
389.000 units. About 43,000 of
the units could be turned over
to communities for public hous
ing projects.
6. Authority for the reconr
struction finance corporattion to
lend up to $12,500,000 for distri
bution and construction of pre
fabricated homes.
Profanity Receives
Cussing by Governor
Salem, Ore., Apr. 20 (U.R)
Gov. Douglas McKay today
cussed out cussing in a trans
continental lecture on pro
fanity. The governor act forth a de
tailed indictment against swear
ing in answer to a request for
moral support from 14 Hl-Y
clubs in Knox county, Tenn.
The southern Hi-Y's are about to
launch a clean speech campaign
aimed at tidying up the language
of adults and high school stu
dents who lean too heavily to
ward Ihe lousy side of the king's
English.
The governor In an airmail
letter to officials of the Knox
countv clubs said he dislikes
that &!"?-&!! kind of langu
age as much as they do.
Government Spending
Cut Billion Dollars
Washington, Apr. 20 (U.R)
The administration reported to
day It has cut government spend
ing $1 billion this fiscal year but
said the savings have been prac
tically wiped out by tax losses.
The revised report of the gov
ernment's red-ink fiscal pisture
came from the budget bureau as
the republican-led house econ
omy bloc lost its first important
attempt to cut future govern
ment outlays.
In its first revised figures
since January, the budget bu
reau said the 1950 deficit will
run $5,400,000,000. This was
down $100. million from the
January report.
However, it added, savings of
some $1,300,000,000 in expendi
tures have been practically all
offset by an anticipated fall of a
billion dollars in Income lax col
lections. The bureau said total
spending for fiscal 1950 will be
approximately $42,000,000,000.
Searchers Fail To
Find Body in River
Grants Pass, Ore., Apr. 20
River guides and fishermen
searched without success today
for the body of Walter Crouse
Sr., irrigation district employee
who drowned Monday when
skiff plunged over the brink of
Ihe Savage Rapids dam on the
Rogue river. Two other em
ployees carried over the dam in
the boat were saved.
QUOTA REACHED
Portland, Ore., Apr. 20 (U.R)
The Oregon division, American
Cancer society, announced today
that Lake county Is the second
Oregon county to obtain its goal
in the annual campaign.
New York, Apr. 20 U.R) Dr.
Wallace E. Howell turned back
from his fifth rainmaking at
tempt today when his plane was
unable to climb to the top of
the clouds he wanted to seed
with dry ice.
Residential Area
Burning Permits
Needed for Fires
Acting Fire Chief Leo Weld-
ner today pointed out that with
Ihe beginning of the dry season.
the city ordinance regulating
trash burning is now in effect, re
quiring Medford residents to ob
tain fire department permission
before starting trash fires in
residential areas.
Your fire department Is ask
ing cooperation of the people of
the city to help reduce fire
losses," Weidner said. "One of
the most important ways in
which this can be accomplished
is by abiding by our city laws
pertaining to outside burning
he said.
May 'Phone Department
In accordance with the city
regulations, the chief added, it is
necessary that anyone wishing
to do any outside burning must
first telephone the department,
give their address and receive
verbal permission to burn.
The only other limitation on
burning is in the high-value sec
tions of town, where no outside
burning permits will be issued.
This area includes the congest
ed downtown district, roughly
bounded on the north and south
by Jackson and 13th street, and
by Bear creek and Oakdale ave
nue on the east and west. Those
wishing to know the specific
boundaries of the restricted dis
trict may do so by asking the fire
department, Weidner said.
To Start Cell Block
At State Penitentiary
Salem, Ore., Apr. 20 (U.R)
Warden George Alexander told
the state board of control today
that construction of a second
new cell block at Oregon state
prison will start within a week.
Alexander said the center of
the old building will be torn
down and a new unit will be
built.
A new medical division at the
prison is now in operation with
a full-time doctor and two male
nurses, Alexander told the board.
Also in operation is a school,
with an average daily attendance
of 210 inmates.
Alexander said the board of
control will be asked to recom
mend to the 1951 legislature
authorization to build a third
cell block, a field house to be
used by guards in bad weather
and new quarters for women
prisoners.
Medford Geologist
Assigned to India
George C. Taylor Jr., 11 Mo
doc road, a geologist with the
United States geological survey,
has been detailed to New Delhi.
India, to confer with officials of
the central government and the
nation's geological survey on
ground water problems, the in
terior department said today.
Taylor was originally sched
uled to go to Saudi Arabia for
similar researches, but short
age of personnel made the India
trip necessary first.
Taylor is a native of Virginia,
a graduate of the University of
New Mexico, and has done grad
uate work at Harvard. He joined
the geological survey in 1937,
where his special field is ground
water geology and geomorphol
ogy. Arm Military Planes,
Representative Says
Paso Robles, Cal nr. 20 (U.R)
American military planes flying
in "danger" ' zones should be
armed and instructed to return
fire if attacked, says Rep. Rich
ard M. Nixon (R., Cal.).
"Notes of protest have been
sent before, but they have not
brought back the lives of our
boys who were shot down,
Nixon said here yesterday in a
campaign speech for the United
States senate.
He referred to slate depart
ment charges that Russian planes
downed an unarmed United
States navy plane over the Bal
tic sea.
Vestal, N. Y Apr. 20 (U.R)
Six of a party of eight gay, joy
riding teen-agers were killed
last night when sheir borrowed
sedan skidded on wet pavement
and crashed head-on Into a tractor-trailer.
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