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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1950
NO. 30
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Explosion Wrecks
Apartment House;
No Known Deaths
Dry Boiler Blows Up;
Gas Main Ruptured
Seattle, Wash., Apr. 26 U.R)
Twenty persons were injured
'hen an explosion wrecked a
modernistic, four-story suburban
apartment building early today
but a search revealed no dead.
Fire Chief William Fitzgerald
said the blast resulted when a
dry boiler blew up and ruptured
a gain main causing it to ex
plode. Two distinct explosions
were reported by residents.
Damage Extensive
Mrs. Oren Diamond, owner of
the apartment house, Linnea
court, said damage would exceed
S275.000. She said approximately
100 persons were living in tne
building.
Police Captain Richard Ma
honey said 20 persons were in
jured. Eight of them were hos
pitalized. Three were treated at
hospitals and released. Nine oth
ers were given first aid by am
bulance crews.
Mrs. Sylvia Jones, whose
aDartment was directly over the
boiler room, suffered a severed
ipinal cord. Her husband also
was in "unsatisfactory" condi
tion with both legs broken. Their
three-year-old daughter, Kath
leen, was hospitalized with burns
but attendants said her condition
was "satisfactory."
Coroner's deputies said no one
was known dead.
Search Halted
A search of the ruins was halt
ed for five hours when illumi
nating gas threatened a second
explosion. Later firemen wear
ing gas masks went into the
building to look for possible vic
tims.. The force of the blast blew a
wooden door through the brick
side of the building. Windows
were broken in other dwellings
four blocks away.
The rear of the U-shaped 34
unit apartment was buckled.
Bed covers flapped in the breeze
out of rear rooms, laid bare by
the crumbling walls.
Draft Law Extension
Will Be Requested
Washington, Apr. 26 U.P.)
Chairman Carl Vinson of the
house armed services committee
said today that in view of wor
sening world conditions he will
ask congress to extend the pre
sent draft law without change
for two years.
The George democrat, a key
figure in congressional defense
matters, said he will lay the pro
posal before his armed services
committee next week.
He said the committee's previ
ous plans to let the draft die but
continue registration and classi
fication now must be abandoned.
The committee never had ap
proved the registration plan
formally, but sentiment had been
overwhelmingly for it. The pre
sent draft law expires June 24.
Nobody has been drafted since
January, 1949.
Siskiyou County Gets
New Prices on Milk
Sacramento, Apr. 26 'U.R)
New minimum retail prices for
milk will go into effect in Siski
you county May 1. but they
won't change the prices already
being paid, the state bureau of
milk control announced today.
The new minimums were 20
cents a quart for milk testing
3.5 to 3.8 per cent buttcrfat. the
most common in the area; 21
cents for 3.8 to 4.2 milk, and 22
cents for milk testing over 4.2
per cent. Prices would be the
same in stores or delivered.
Austrian President Quits
Because of Health Reasons
Budapest, Hungary, Apr. 26
U.R) Arpad Szakasits, 65, chair
man of the communist-dominated
workers' party, has resigned
as president of Hungary because
of his health, it was announced
todav.
All morning papers published
a ' government announcement
saying lhat Szakasits' letter of
resignation, containing a single
sentence, was presented to the
,prpkcr of the Hungarian parlia
ment under last Monday's date.
The letter mentioned only
"reasons of health" as the basis
for the president's resignation.
The announcement said that
Sandor Ronai. minister of for
eign trade and member of the
Politburo of the workers party
will be proposed as azakasiU'
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PRESIDENT VIEWS LATEST WAR MACHINES - secretary of
Army Frank Pace (right) presents to President Truman a minia
ture tank shortly after the President's arrival at Ft. Benning, Ga,
to view some of the nation's latest war machines in action. The
President, who fired plenty of 75's as an artillery battery commander
In World War I, climaxed his visit to Benning by partclpating in
the firing of a field artillery battery consisting of six 105-mm. guns.
Committee Votes Cut
On Admission Taxes
Washington, Apr. 26 (U.R)
House tax writers tentatively
agreed today to cut movie, thea
ter and sporting events admis
sions taxes from the present 20
per cent to 10 per cent. ;
The house ways 'and means
committee, considering Presi
dent Truman's tax revision pro
gram, also reconsidered an earl
ier decision and tentatively vot
ed to cut the tax on luggage
from 20 per cent to 10 per cent.
Subject to Approval
These and all other decisions
which the committee has made
to date are subject to final ap
proval later. As of the moment,
the committee has approved cuts
totaling S575 million, which is
about $385 million more than
the cuts recommended by Presi
dent Truman for the specific
items considered.
Committee staff experts said
Gebhard Indictment
Found Faulty by Court
Enterprise, Ore., Apr. 26 (U.R)
The manslaughter indictment
filed here against Allen Gebhard,
Medford cabinet worker, was
successfully attacked by defense
attorneys in court here this
week.
Edward C. Kelly. Medford
lawyer, who with S. H. Bunlcigh,
LaGrande, is representing Geb
hard, contended that the indict
ment failed to include a specific
allegation of negligence on the
part of Gebhard in the elk-hunting
accident which resulted in
the death of Reed Wade last De
cember. District Attorney Keith Wil
son of Wallowa county said the
indictment will have to be re
written and resubmitted to the
grand jury. Gebhard was slated
to go on trial Tuesday, but the
hearing has been postponed un
til the redrawn indictment can
be presented.
SMUDGE MODERATE
The temperature dropped to
27 degrees in the coldest spots
here last night but County
Agent C. B. Cordy said there was
probably no additional damage
to the valley's fruit crop other
than that sustained in some un
heated orchards Monday morn
ing. There was moderate gen
eral smudging last night.
successor by the
communist
front group
dominated people
oi parties.
The workers party, which
Szakasits headed, was formed in
August of 1948 by a merger of
the communist party and the so
cial democratic party.
Both Szakasits and Ronai
were members of the social dem
ocratic party. Szakasits was
chairman of the party at the
time of the merger. Immediately
after the merger he was elected
to the presidency by the na
tional assembly for a four-year
term.
Szakasits succeeded Zoltan
Tildy. who resigned after his
son-in-law was arrested on
charges of 'treason and espionage."
reduction in admission taxes
would cost the government $189
million in revenue.
The president had asked that
the admission tax be left un
changed The tax the government, col.
lects from persons who go to the
movies, football games and other
such events is one of the largest
excise tax producers on the
statute books.
The federal government now
collects an estimated $295 mil
lion a year from this source.
Charity Events Exempt
The committee voted to ex
empt from admission taxes most
events sponsored by non-profit
educational and religious organ
izations. But this would not in
clude college and university
football games and other colle
giate sports events.
In other tentative decisions to
day the committee:
1. Cut the rate of tax on
matches from two cents per
thousand to one cent per thous
and. 2. Exempted electric air space
heaters from the 10 per cent tax
on electrical appliances.
3. Decided to make commodi
ties sold at auction subject to the
regular excise taxes except
where the auction is conducted
by the legal guardians or ex
ecutors of an estate.
4. Exempted photographic ap
paratus and films used for busi
ness purposes from the excise
tax, which the committee has
voted to fix at 10 per cent.
Fear Spreads for
Safety of Youngster
Corvallis, Ore., April 26 UR
Fear spread today for the safety
of seven-year-old Tommy Pick
ett as a widening search by more
than 150 officers and volun
teers failed to produce any clue
to his three-day disappearance.
The child, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Laylon Pickett, disappear
ed Sunday while his family
picnicked near a mill race at the
Chapman manufacturing com
pany. Stale police from Salem, Ore.,
were investigating a report that
C. C. Clay, Florence, saw the
child walking along the highway
about 27 miles from Corvallis
Monday. Clay reported the inci
dent after hearing radio broad
casts last night.
YOUNG DEMOS TO MEET
Young democrats are invited
to meet today at 7:30 p.m. on the
mezzanine fioor of the Medford
hotel for the purpose of reviv
ing their Jackson county organi
zation. The meeting, at which
James J. Boyle will act as tem
porary chairman, is open to all
democrats aged 14 to 40 years,
according to Boyle, who especi
ally welcomes war veterans.
MEDIATOR DUE
Guy V. Lintner. a mediation
officer wilh the Portland office
of the national labor relations
board, was expected to arrive in
Medford early this afternoon to
assist in wage negotiations be
tween two Medford bakeries
and members of the Bakers and
Confectioners union.
UUI
Owen Lattimore
Witnesses Fail To
Attend Hearing
Financial 'Angel'
To Testify Friday
Washington, Apr. 26 (U.R)
Three witnesses in the Owen
Lattimore case failed to appear
today before a senate sub-committee
investigating charges of
communism in the state depart
ment. A fourth, Frederick Vander
bilt Field alleged financial "an
gel" for pro-communist causes
accepted a subpoena and will
testify Friday.
Hearing Cancelled
After the scheduled witnesses
failed to appear, senators can
celed today's scheduled public
hearing on Sen. Joseph McCar
thy's charges that Lattimore is
a communist spy.
Here's how it happened:
1. John J. Huber, who failed
to show up last night despite a
subpoena, telephoned his wife at
Mt. Vernon, N.Y., reporting that
he had "blacked out" in Wash
ington and had returned to New
York.
2. Senate Sergeant - at - Arms
Joseph C. Duke reported that he
had been unable to serve a sub
poena on Earl Browder, ex-boss
of American communists. The
committee wanted to question
Browder today.
Unable To Accept
3. An attorney for Jack Sta
chel. convicted communist party
leader, telephoned the commit
tee that Stachel would be un
able to accept a subpoena be
cause he is confined to his home
with a heart attack.
Committee Counsel Edward P.
Morgan told reporters that mem
bers would meet later today to
consider what to do about Huber,
a former FBI informant who re-
ported on communist party, aci-
Huber disappeared from Wash
ington's swank Carlton hotel
yesterdav. There had been
some speculation that he might
have been the victim of foul
play." Morgan said Huber tech
nically was "in contempt of the
senate committee" and that steps
might be considered to force his
presence.
'Teenicide' Leads
To Arrest of Boys
Salem, Ore., Apr. 26 UR)
The kind of reckless driving
that has been described as "teen
icide" caused the arrest of two
14-year-old boys here Tuesday.
The officer who spotted the
youths, gave this graphic de
scription: "One was driving and the
other was in the back scat. The
driver opened the door on the
right side of the car, climbed on
the running board and got into
the back seat. At the same time
the boy in back opened the left
hand back door, walked on the
running board to the front door
and took over the driving.
"It was a continuous merry-go-round,
one change after the
other, and all at a speed of about
30 miles an hour."
The officer followed the boys
to another street, where they
skidded around a corner and al
most crashed head-on into an
auto operated by an elderly
woman.
Suffering Mounts
In Flooded Region
Grandforks. N.D., Apr.
26-
IU.R) Suffering and property
damage mounted in the North
Dakota-Minnesota flood zone to
day, and a fresh blanket of snow
threatened to prolong the Red
river's disastrous rampage.
Flood conditions spread south
ward through the midwest. Seri
ous flooding was reported along
the Missouri river between Ne
braska and Iowa, and minor
flood conditions cropped up In
Indiana and Illinois.
The number of person? affect
ed by flooding in North Dakota
and Minnesota rose to 25.000.
the Red Cross reported. About
14.000 were driven from their
homes nr inconvenienced in
North Dakota, and nearly 11,000
in Minnesota.
Hundreds of others were
routed or Isolated by the Red
river in the Canadian province
of Manitoba.
Damage estimates ran into the.
millions of Hollars, '
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KILLS MATE - Mrs. Martha
Hochfeld, 33, the mother of five
children, sits in New York police
station, charged with murdering
her husband. Police said she ad
mitted killing her husband with a
wooden end table after money
argument.
Woman Takes Own
Life; Had Been III
Mrs. Belva L. Farster, 65, of
41 Rose avenue, apparently took
her own life by hanging in the
closet of her home yesterday,
Coroner Carlos Morris said to
day. She reportedly had been in
ill health for many years.
According to a police report
the woman was found by her
husband, Ord P. Farster, who
had been away frun the home
for a short while. A doctor un
successfully applied artificial
respiration.
Services Friday
The body was taken to Burns
today by the Conger-Morris fu
neral home for services and in
terment there Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Farster was born in Cori
don, Ind., Feb. 23, 1885. and
moved to Medford from Burns
last August.
Other survivors are five chil
dren, Mrs. Athelda Bradshaw,
Stratton, Colo.: Mrs. Thelma
Halvcrson, Medford: Burdettc,
Burns; Baxter, Medford and
Bruce, Hines, Ore.: six grand
children, and one brother. Curry
McMonigle, New Albany, 111.
Air Defense Area
Slaied in Northwest
Boise, Ida., Apr. 26 tU.R)
The air force today gave notice
that it has activated an air de
fense area in the northwest
United States effective May 5,
and that pilots failing to follow
certain procedures may be inter
cepted by fighter planes.
H. M. Bray, chief communi
cator of the Boise civil aeronau
tics radio station, announced that
he had received warning from
the CAA's regional office In Se
attle that the area would be es
tablished. The northwestern air defense
zone will further cloak the huge
atomic installation at Hanlord
with a zone in which U. S. fight
er planes may Intercept and in
an extreme situation force down
unidentified aircraft.
fire Hungry Douks
Start Blaze in House
Krestova. B. C. Apr. 26 U.R.
Fire hungry Doukhobors spread
out today for the first time in
the current nude arson raids and
set ablaze a large house in near
by Shoreacres.
Shoreacres was the scene of a
six weeks radical Sons of Free
don fire and nude demonstra
tions in 1047 when half of it was
destroyed. The town of an esti
mated 500 Doukhobors is three
and a half miles from Krestova.
The fire was blamed by police
on radicals who were sneaking
through a police cordon around
Krestova at nights.
Fifteen buildings have now
been gutted since lest Wednes
day. Habitual Criminal Act
Sends Man to Prison
Albany, Ore., Apr. 26 U.R)
Fifty-nineyearold Albert L.
Moore today began a life term
in the Oregon stale penitentiary
under the habitual criminal act.
In January, 1940, outgoing
Cov. John Hall commuted
Moore's 10-ycar burglary sen
tence afle an affidavit from a
"responsible physician" slated
! t.I Moore was In poor physical
condition but would live longer
if h won bis freedom.
House Committee
Approves Millions
In Defense Funds.
Money To Be Used
For More Warplanes
Washington, Apr. 26 (U.R)
The house appropriations com
mittee today approved $350 mil
lions in extra defense funds to
be used mainly for buying more
warplanes.
The committee acted barely
two hours after Defense Secre
tary Louis Johnson told subcom
mittees that the extra money is
necessary at this critical world
period.
Johnson also warned that the
world situation will require ad
ditional defense spending in fu
ture years.
Didn't Get All
The new money includes
$200 million for air force planes,
$100 million for navy aircraft
and $50 million to convert naval
vessels for anti-submarine war
fare Johnson didn't get immediate
ly all he asked for this morning.
Johnson asked for $553 million.
The other $203 million would
have restored a cut previously
made in the defense department
appropriation by the committee.
Chairman Clarence Cannon said
the committee will consider la
ter whether to put back any or
all of that amount.
Would Raise Total
The $350 million addition ap
proved by the committee would
raise the defense establishment's
total for 12 months starting July
1 to $14,261,127,300.
Of the new amounts the air
craft procurement funds are in
contract authority and the anti
submarine fund Is in new cash.
Johnson also asked for diversion
of $24 million from other money
to build tanks.
Cannon said "it is hoped" that
the extra mcney will be made
up by savings elsewhere.
Two Additional Recall
Petitions Filed Here
Two additional recall peti
tions, making six filed so far,
have been left at the county
clerk's office by the Ashland city
recorder as part of the current
recall movement directed against
Mayor Thomas Williams and
Councilman Elmer Sheldon of
Ashland.
The recall committee has al
ready filed petitions with 687
valid signatures against the may
or and 6B4 against the council
man. Only 493 are needed to
force a recall election against
the two. Approximately 25 sig
natures may be validated on each
of the two papers filed today.
Ashland City Recorder John
Austin said yesterday that the
two officials now have five days
in which to resign, but both men
have stated they will stand on
the results of the recall election,
expected to be called May 19
In coincide with the primary
election.
Effort Being Made
To Find Man's Body
Grants Phs, Ore., Apr. 26
U.RI An all-out effort to recov
er the body of Walter Crouse
Sr. from the Rogue river will
he made tomorrow. Grants Pass
Irrigation District Manager Ted
Hon said today.
Hon asked all residents who
can spare the time to line the
hanks of the river from Grants
Pass to Savage Rapids dam to
look for Crousc's body. Crouse
was believed drowned in a boat
ing accident April 18.
Hon said the pond above the
dam will be lowered to provide
downstream flushing which is
hoped will bring Crouse's body
to the surface.
Bullet-Marked
Baltic Offers
Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 26
(U.R) A bullet-marked airplane
landing wheel fished up In a Bal
tic sea salmon net west of Lat
via offered American authori
ties a new cine today to the fate
of an American navy Privateer
believed shot down by the Rus
sians. The wheel was described by
customs authorities on the Swed
ish island of Gotland as about a
yard in diameter, possibly the
size of a tuil wheel on the type
of plane which disappeared
April 8 with its 10-man crew.
The wheel was equipped with
a Firestone tire. It bore an Eng
lish language inspection plate on
the shock absorber dated March,
1948.
Washington, Apr. 26 (U.R) A federal court jury today con
victed John Maragon on two of three counts of lying to a senate
investigating committee.
Maragon, who used to make himself at home in Maj, Gen. -Harry
Vaughn's White House office, was found innocent on the
third count.
The jury deliberated one hour and 36 minutes before return
ing its verdict.
Maragon faces a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment.
The penalty for each count is two to 10 years.
No date was set for sentencing. Federal Judge Jennings Bailey
Immediately committed Maragon to jail after denying a defensa
request that the 56-year-old defendant be freed on bail.
The jury found Maragon guilty of lying when he told sena
tors investigating "live per centers
1. He had onjy one bank ac
count that in a Washington
bank in 1945 or 1946.
2. That he had quit his job
with the Chicago perfume com
pany when he undertook a mis
sion to Greece for the slate de
partment in 1945 and 1946.
He was acquitted of lying
when he said that from 1945 to
1949 he negotiated no govern
ment business for private firms
and received no fees for such
business.
The one-time Kansas Cily
bootblack who was described by
his attorney as a "peanut vendor
among princes," was tried lor
perjury in connection with tes
timony he gave at a secret ses
sion of Ihe senate "five per cent
er" investigating committee last
July 28. The committee was in
vestigating influence-peddlers in
Washington persons who prom
ise to gVt government contracts
for a fee.
Defense Attorney Irvin Gold
stein first announced he would
file a motion for a new trial
within 14 days. Later, however,
he said he would submit the mo
tion sooner because Maragon
now is in jail.
Serious Burns to
Man Result from
Blazing Mattress
William L. Kearney, 33, of
375 Vi South Central avenue, was
seriously burned on the left arm
and side of the body early today
when his mattress caught on fire.
Firemen said he apparently had
been smoking in bed.
Kearney was living in a small
house at the rear of 375 South
Central, and the fire was dis
covered bv Don Cruse and John
Monroe, who lived in the front
house. The two merrcalled the
fire department and then dragged
Kearney from the blazing room.
The alarm was given at 4:4Z
a. m firemen said. The fire was
quickly extinguished.
Condition 'Fair'
Kearney was taken to the
Community hospital by Perl am
bulance and was said by the at
tending physician to be in "fair"
condition today. The doctor re
oorled that his arm and side had
third degree burns and that it
will be several days before the
outcome of (he Injuries can be
determined. It was thought for
a time that amputation of the
arm might be necessary.
Kearney was employed oy
Veneer Products company, but
had been In ill health for about
a week. Police and firemen spec
ulated that he may have been un
der sedatives because he did not
awaken when the fire reached
his body.
Acting Chief Leo Weidner this
morning praised Cruse and Mon
roe for following the correct pro
cedure in reporting the fire. Not
only did they call the department
first, Weidner said, but they then
assisted the victim, and had
someone In front of the house to
show firemen where the blaze
was located.
GOP Maintains Strong
Lead Within Medford
Medford remains a staunch re
publican stronghold in the coun
ty, according to figures released
today by the county clerk's of
fice. Registered republican vot
ers In Medford's 25 precincts to
tal 5,128 compared with 3,708
democrats, registration figures
show. Total registration in the
city is 9,012, including 176 mis
cellaneous registrations. The
miscellaneous classification in
cludes voters who list themselves
as non-partisan, progressives, so
cialists and those who refuse to
list their parties.
In Ashland the gap between
the two leading parties was far
smaller than in Medford. There
are 2.255 republicans and 2,142
democrats, with 73 miscellane
ous to make a total registration
of 4,475 eligible voters for the
May 19 primary election.
Airplane Wheel Found In
Clue to Missing Plane
The find was hauled up eirly
Tuesday by the crew of a Soel
vesborg fishing boat at a point
100 miles due south of Burgsvik,
on the southern point of Gotland
island.
This would be at a point In
the Baltic about 100 miles south
west of Liepaja, Latvia, where
the Russians reported their fight
ers fired on an American bomb
er the same day the Privateer
disappeared.
Realizing the Importance of
the find. Capt. Anton Milsson of
the fishing boat Immediately
pulled up all his nets and head
ed for Burgsvik, the nearest
port.
At Burgsvik he handed the
wheel over to Swedish customs
mat:
Agreement Near
In Phone Dispute;
Rail Talks Slated
Chicago, Apr. 26 (U.R) Nego
tiators were reported nearing
agreement in the telephone dis
pute today as federal mediators
prepared for new attempts to
avert a railroad strike scheduled
for May 10.
The CIO Communications
Workers of America postponed
its strike, scheduled for mid
night, idefinitely after finding
"areas for agreement" with the
American Telephone and Tela-
grapn company on its demand
for a 15-cent hourly wage boost.
Settlement Denied
Officials of CWA division 10.
representing 21,000 long line
workers, said it had reached
agreement "regarding principles
involved" but AT&T denied that
any settlement had been, made.
Negotiations between division
10 officials and the company
were to resume in New York this
afternoon and a federal media
tor said the situation could pro
vide a "basis for agreement on
settling disputes btween AT&T
and 24 other divisions of the
union.
New Negotiations
In the railroad's dispute with
the Brotherhood of Firemen and
Enginemen, the national railway
mediation board will open new
negotiations tomorrow at Chica
go in an attempt to settle the
union's demand for an addition
al fireman on multiple-unit
dicsel engines. Th firemen had
been poised to strike seven rail
roads today but postponed the
walkout at the board's request.
At Detroit, meanwhile, the
CIO United Auto Workers strike
against Chrysler corporation en
tered its 14th week and the un
ion asked its 700,000 members to
continue a $1 weekly strike fund
contribution "for as long as nes
essary." Talks for settlement of
the strike continued despite a
stalemate on issues.
Lockout Charged
In Oil Refineries
Denver, Apr. 26 (U.R) Tha
Oil Workers International union
(CIO) charged today that Texas
Oil company officials "locked
out 6,000 workers at refineries
in Casper, Wyo., and Port Neches
and Port Arthur, Tex., when
they attempted to return to
work early this morning.
O. A. Knight, Oil Workeri
president, said the men were re
quested to return to work in "an
effort to achieve more effective
bargaining" in the strike of 8,000
refinery workers at five Texas
company plants.
The president said he could ,
give no reason for the company
action in refusing the men to
enter the plants and resume
work at the three refineries.
Vehicles Damaged in
3 Separate Accidents
Three collisions in which ve
hicles were considerably dam
aged today and yesterday were
reported by citv police or In ac
cident reports filed with police.
A panel truck operated by
Mylo E. Turner, 1617 North
Riverside avenue, and a coupe
driven by Louis G. Lemire, 10
Laurel street, collided at Ninth
street and Central avenue about
9:30 a.m. today.
Trucks driven by Eugene
Frazier. route 3, box 218, and
Ray Doran, route 2, Central
Point, were in a collision yester
day morning at Eighth street
and Riverside avtnue. Cars op
erated by James Vernon Lan
ders, 1212 West 10th street, and
Lloyd James Christian. 844 West
..love
lacks
son street,
were in a wreck
at Main
night.
and
Fir streets last
authorities, who said that their
inspection indicated the wheel
rim had been punctured by what
was "evidently a machine gun
bullet."
Authorities said the wheel
would be forwarded to Kastrup
airport at Copenhagen and hand
ed over to U. S. naval authorities
there.
The wheel is the latest in
series of items found in the Bal
tic during the past 10 days. Oth
ers included two vellow life
rafts, one scorched by fire and
perforated by what appeared to
be bullets.
All have been sent to the U.S.
naval station at Port Lyautey,
North Africa, home base of the
Privateer, tor inspection.