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Body of Corvallis
Boy Found in Water
Corvallis, Ore., Apr. 27 (U.R)
The body oil seven-year-old Tom
my Pickett was recovered from
the Corvallis millrace today by
two Portland harbor patrolmen.
Benton County Sheriff C. N.
Lilly said the body was found
about 100 yards downstream
from where the boy was believed
to have fallen in while playing
during a family picnic last Sun
day. Lilly said Charles Jasper and
an assistant from the Portland
harbor patrol found the body
Browder Denies
Knowledge of Reds
In State Office
Washington, Apr. 27 (U.R)
Earl Browder, deposed boss of
American communists, swore
under oath today that he, knows
of no communists in the state
department.
He also branded as "false" ex
communist Louis F. Budenz'
sworn testimony that Browder
"officially'' had described Owen
Lattimore as a communist.
Invites Contempt
Browder then invited possible
contempt action when he flatly
refused to tell senate investiga
tors who, besides himself and a
Chinese red leader, was present
at a meeting before the forma
tion of the United Nations at
San Francisco.
He testified before a senate
foreign relations subcommittee
Investigating charges by Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy, (R., Wis.),
that the state department is in
fested with communists and that
lattimore is a communist spy.
Denies Knowing Lattimore
For more than an hour,
Browder answered committee
questions saying among other
things that he did not know, nev
er had met and never had any
contacts with Lattimore; that he
never tried to place any reds in
the state department; that he
knows of no communists in the
state department, and that if he
knew of any he would tell the
committee but would not give
any names.
Ashland School Voters
Okay 1950-51 Budget
Ashland, Apr. 27 One hun
dred fifty voters of the Ashland
school district approved the
1950-51 school budget at a spe
cial election here this week. The
vote was 135 to 15.
School officials estimate that
the tax millage rate this year
will be about the same as last
year, in spite of the fact that the
vote was required because the
budget exceeded the constitu
tional six per cent limitation.
The amount to be raised by
taxes is $321,570, and the bud
get also includes an item of
$67,000 for retirement of bonds
and payment of interest. Anoth
er budgeted item was $11,500
for the starting of a sinking fund
for future building.
Police Break Up Big
'Fence' Operation
Chicago, Apr. 27 '(U.R) Police
cracked the biggest "fence opera
tion in the country" when they
confiscated $500,000 worth of
stolen goods and seized Arthur
(Fish) Johnson, former contact
man for John Dillinger, Police
Commissioner John Pendergast
said today.
Climaxing 18 months of
sleuthing by a detail of 25 de
tectives, police raided a north
west side warehouse last night
and hauled away tons of loot
stolen by burglars, hijackers,
robbers and shoplifters in widely-scattered
parts of the country.
A few hours later, Johnson
was arrested in front of his
home.
"You fellows finally hit the
iackpot," Johnson was quoted by
,ieut. Frank O'Sullivan.
Johnson, described by Pender
gast and Deputy Commissioner
Timothy O'Connor as the "big
gest and most slippery fence in
the nation," refused to say more.
He was held for further Question
ing. illiam L. Kearney
Dies of Burn Injuries
William L. Kearney, who was
seriously burned in a mattress
fire early yesterday morning,
died at a local hospital last
night as the result of his in
juries. He was 33.
A native of Sacramento, Cal.,
Mr. Kearney served in the navy
for five years during World War
II. being discharged as a chief
octty officer. He came to Med
ford last July.
His body will be forwarded to
Sacramento this evening by Conger-Morris
funeral home for serv
icts and interment. Accompany
ing the remain? will be his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kearney,
Sacramento. Other survivors in
clude a brother, Robert, also of.
Sacramento.
in about eight feet of water. Lil
ly said he thought the boy's
body was flushed loose from
some obstacle in the millrace
when an improvised dam brake.
The Portland harbor patrol
men had been called to aid in
the search for the body.
Tommy's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Layton Pickett, began the
search Sunday when the family
dog returned to the picnic site
wet and without its young mas
ter. Boy Reprimanded
Pickett said his son was repri
manded earlier for throwing
gravel at the family automobile.
He said that Tommy might have
run away when the dog got wet
because he feared another repri
manding. The Picketts believe
their son pushed the dog into
the millrace to fetch a stick. At
that point, the boy might have
slipped into the 8 to 10-foot deep
stream or might have run away.
Settlement Seen
Near in 93-Day
Chrysler Walkout
Detroit. Apr. 27 (U.R) Ex
hausted Chrysler strike negoti
ators, recessed early today after
an all-night session, but settle
ment of the 93-day walkout ap
peared near.
Reported compromises during
nearly 21 hours of continuous
bargaining sent hopes soaring to
their highest point as negotiators
of the CIO United Auto Workers
and the world's third-ranking
automaker recessed until 2 p. m.
CST.
Progress Agreed
The union and company agreed
in separate statements that
"some progress has been made."
Conciliators had no comment.
UAW President Walter P. Reu
ther and Norman R. Matthews,
the union's Chrysler director,
said that "some progress has
been made on certain contract is
sues." "However." they said, "a
number of important issues are
still unresolved. The union is pre
pared to apply itself in extended
negotiating sessions in an effort
to resolve all the issues remain
ing in dispute."
Longest Session
A Chrysler spokesman said
only that "some progress has
been made."
Bargainers had met since 10
a. m. CST yesterday, the longest
continuous session of the negoti
ations, in an effort to end the
strike of 89,000 production work
ers which has idled a total of
about 144,000 persons.
Western Union Faces
Gambling Warrants
Trenton, N. J Apr. 27 (U.R)
The state attorney general's of
fice prepared gambling warrants
against the Western Union Tele
graph company today after a
bookmaking raid on a Western
Union branch office.
The raiders arrested the
Bridgeton, N. J., Western Union
office manager and a woman
clerk on charges of gambling
and bookmaking.
Authorities charge that "80
per cent" of the Bridgeton of
fice's business consisted of trans
mitting racing bets.
Deputy Attorney General Nel
son Stamler accused the com
pany of being "responsible for a
great deal of horse-betting, espe
cially in south and central Jer
sey." He said a warrant against
Western Union would be drawn
"within a few days."
A spokesman for Western
Union's New York headquarters
said the company had "no knowl
edge of the situation" but would
make a prompt investigation.
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CHIVALRY YIELDS TO JUSTICE-Mrs. Kathleen Drery 1- ooro
forted by hr 18-year-old aon, Milton, in Athens, Oa.. where a Jury
or 13 Southern men found her guilt; of assault with intent to mur
der the present wile of her former husband. Dean John E. Drewry
of the University of Oeorgla. The trial was highlighted Dy her
claim that she was the "common-law" wife of the dean ulcer their
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MEDFORD
45th Year.
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H.Y. Elevator Service Halted by Strike
WALLACE IVERSON
Announce purchase of
News Review Bought
By Two Medford Men
William C. Lawrence and Wal-
lace G. Iverson, both of Medford
today announced their purchase
of the Southern Oregon News
Review, a weekly newspaper
published in Ashland by Mr. and
Mrs. J. Logan White. The new
owners are to take possession
May 1.
The News Review plant, lo
cated on the Plaza in Ashland,
also includes a job printing shop
and a stationery store. Law
rence will be editor and Iverson
Chorus Girls Held
In Narcotics Raid
Hollywood, Apr. 27 (U.R)
Narcotics officers arrested two
chorus girls, one of them movie
tough guy George Raft's former
girl friend, and a carhop today
in a raid on a house trailer.
Held on suspicion of violating
the state narcotics act were Dan
cer Betty Doss, 27, Raft's one
time constant companion; her
dancing partner in a theater cho
rus line. Norma Jasper, 27, and
Mrs. Patricia Farrell, 42-year-old
waitress.
Denies Ownership
Miss Doss, identified as an
actress when she was squired by
Raft, denied that a can of mari
juana found in the luxurious
trailer was hers.
"I don't use the weed now,"
the pretty, red-haired dancer
said. "I was arrested in Canada
as a result of marijuana once,
and I haven't had anything to
do with it since. That can of
weed you found here is not
mine."
Officers said Miss Jasper ad
mitted owning the marijuana
and had told them where she
bought it and from whom.
Mrs. Farrell said she merely
was visiting the dancers at the
time of the raid and denied any
knowledge of the narcotic.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
Philadelphia 9 13 0
Brooklyn 2 8 3
Roberts and Lopata; Roe,
Erskine (1), Barney (4), Palica
16), Branca (8) and Campanella.
Losing pitcher Roe. Home
runs Jones, Campanella,
Reese, Sisler.
too-torlour-jaar prison term.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL
WILLIAM LAWRENCE
Ashland weekly paper
will be foreman of the mechani-
cal department. . The Whites
have not announced their plans
for the future.
Re-Enteri Publishing Field
Iverson is re-entering the pub
lishing business after an absence
of eight years. From 1937 to
1942 he was well-known through
out the northwest as Oregon's
youngest newspaper editor when
he was owner and publisher of
three southern Oregon weeklies
the Gold Hill News, the Glen
dale Log and Jacksonville Post.
During the war he served four
years with the third air force as
a captain in the ground forces.
He has worked the' past two
years in the Medford News
mechanical department and has
had 10 year's experience in
newspaper and job printing
work. He attended Medford
schools.
Lawrence served four years
with the eighth air force as
bombardier. He has lived in
Medford for four years, coming
here from Portland. He attend
ed Multnomah college in Port
land and was graduated from
the University of Oregon. He
has been associated with the
Farmers' Insurance exchange
here.
Sister Cupertino
Succumbs at Yakima
Yakima, Wash., Apr. 27 (U.R)
Sister Joseph Cupertino. 71, in
charge of the chapel of the St.
Elizabeth hospital here, died yes
terday after an illness of several
weeks.
She was one of the founding
sisters of Sacred Heart hospital
in Medford, Ore.
Sister Joseph was a member
of the nursing staff at the Sa
cred Heart hospital from its in
ception here in 1911. She left
here for Seattle in 1938, and had
been at Yakima for the past 18
months.
Sisler Superior Luke of the
hospital staff said today:
"Sister Joseph was a tireless,
most ingenious nurse, and was
greatly appreciated for her kind
ly personality and unfailing
selflessness."
Interment will be in Calvary
cemetery, Seattle, this Saturday.
Rescuers Pull Man
From Sawdust Pile
Portland, Ore., Apr. 27 (U.R)
William W. Johnson, 60, was
saved from suffocation beneath
a pile of sawdust at the B. P.
John Furniture Corp. today by
fellow workmen.
Johnson had gone undpr a
three-story high sawdust bin to
loosen the material when the 30
foot pile tumbled down on him,
leacing only one of his feet
exposed.
Nightwatchman Ernest V. Par
rish, Lake Grove, missed John
son at his post in the boiler room
and looked into the sawdust bin.
With the help of M. J. Vach
meier, Clackamas, he pulled
Johnson unconscious from the
pile. Johnson partly revived in
the open air and then was given
oxygen by the fire department's
first aid crew.
Missouri Authorities
Alerted for Pinson j
Joplln, Mo., Apr. 27 (U.R)
Authorities in four stales were
elerted today In a search for
Omar August Pinson, one of the
FBI's "10 most wanted men."
A gasoline station attendant at
Waco, Mo., reported last night
that he saw a man matching the
description of Pinson. He said
the man asked directions to the
"biggest town west of here."
Building Service Crews
Demand Salary Increase
New York, Apr. 27 (U.R) Apartment dwellers in the nation's
biggest city took a walk today upstairs and down.
Elevator service stopped for 200,000 persons when 18,000
building service workers went on strike for higher wages.
Tycoons buzzed in vain tor elevators and then walked down
dark back stairs, legs a-tremble. Garbage piled up in hallways.
Women put on old shoes and went to market after delivery boys
refused to walk up eight to 32 flights of stairs.
The strike started at dawn. Manhattan's "cliff dwellers" gen
erally took it in good humor. Top-drawer griping was expectedd to
get underway tonight when business men face the long climb home.
DC-4 Service To
Start Regularly
Here on Sunday
Seely V. Hall, general mana
ger of ground operations for
United Air lines and a pioneer
of air service in Medford, will be
the first passenger to deplane
here from the first regularly
scheduled flight of a Douglas
DC-4 United Mainliner Sunday.
On hand to greet Hall will be
a party of civic officials from
Medford, Ashland and Grants
Pass The deluxe, four-motored
plane service is scheduled to be
gin here at 11:50 a.m. (DST) Sun
day. Red, white and blue rib
bons, signifying Unitcd's colors,
tied across the passenger-loading
platform will be cut by Mes
dames Diamond Flynn, Thomas
Williams and Morris Milhank,
wives of the mayors of Medford,
Ashland and Grants Pass respec
tively. "Good Will" Trip
Mayor Flynn will board the
new flight here and carry good
will greetings from the cham
bers of commerce of Jackson
county, Ashland and Grants Pass
to Mayor Dorothy McCullough
Lee on arrival of the flight in
Portland.
Besides the two daily DC-4
flights, United's daily commuter
air service between Medford,
Portland and Seattle will be re
instated April 30. Walter Car
son, the company's station mana
ger here, said the new service
will allow air passengers to leave
Medford at 7 a.m. (DST) and
arrive at Portland at 9:05 a.m.,
work a full business day there
and leave Portland at 7:45 p.m.,
arriving back in Medford at
9:55 p.m. The flight will also
stop in Eugene, Salem and Se
attle. Severe Punishment
Asked for Romanians
Bucharest, Apr. 27 (U.R) The
state has demanded "the most
severe punishment" for five Ro
manians on trial for alleged high
treason and espionage for the
United Slates and Britain.
Under Romanian law the de
mand meant either death or life
imprisonment.
The defendants also faced a
maximum penally of 25 years
and a fine of 1 billion lei ($8,
800,000) for breaking currency
laws.
The defendants were Konslain
tin Mugur, Anna Samueli, Eloo
nora Bunea-Wied, all British in
formation service employees;
Isabella Samueli, former United
States information service em
ployee; and Liviu Popescu-Nasta,
former New York Times corre
spondent. In his final summation the
prosecutor attacked several for
mer American and British diplo
mates in Bucharest. He said
their activity "ranged from
violation of Romanian hospital
ity to large scale smuggling of
currency, Jewels and people, and
finally espionage."
New York Students March
To Demand Pay Increases for Teachers
New York, Apr. 27 (U.R)
One thousand whistling, chant
ing students marched on city
hall today to demand pay raises
for their teachers, and nearly
20,000 more staged protest dem
onstrations at 12 high schools.
It was the third day students
had participated in demonstra
tions and the third time they
had marched to city hall.
Police put up wooden barriers
to block entrances to the city
hall area. At least 100 mounted
and foot patrolmen and detec
tives ringed the hall itself.
The students 'limited for
Mayor William O'Dwnr, but h
wai not at his office when the
Tribune
27, 1950 NO. 31
The strike was called by the
Building Service Employees' In
ternational union (AFL).
The union promised emergency
elevator service would be pro
vided for the duration for the
sick, aged, blind and crippled,
and for doctors and nurses.
Pay Boost Sought
Landlords said the strike could
have been avoided if the govern
ment had allowed them rent in
creases. The union seeks a $2.75
weekly pay boost, but building
owners said the "rent freeze
makes the demand impossible."
In addition to wage Increases,
the union seeks a reduction in
the work week from 48 to 40
hours and a pension plan'. The
present wage scale for building
workers ranges from $45.30 to
$50.21 a week, and landlords said
the men pick up an additional $4
to $10 a week in tips.
President Slates
8 Major Speeches
Washington, Apr. 27 (U.R)
President Truman will make
eight major speches on his trip
to the west in early May, the
White House said today.
The eight speeches will be de
livered from prepared texts. He
also will make dozens of Im
promptu talks.
One of the addresses by Mr.
Truman will be at Lincoln,
Neb., on May 8. The White House
did not announce a full list of
the more important speeches, but
among them will be addresses at
Grand Coulee dam in Washing
ton state, in Madison, Wis., and
Chicago. The trip will begin
May 7.
Judge Moriarty
Gets Death Threat
Glencoe, Minn., April 27 (U.R)
Judge Joseph J. Moriarty was
threatened with death today by
the writer of an anonymous let
ter who said he is a daily spec
tator at a murder trial in the
judge's courtroom.
Moriarty, his voice shaking,
iCHd the letter aloud, looked out
over the crowded courtroom and
said:
"I ask now if the writer of this
letter is in court. If so, stand up."
No one stood.
Moriarty continued:
"I want to say that in so far
as I am concerned, I am ready
to face my God now. I want to
say now that we are going to
have an American trial here and
I will not be intimidated."
He turned the letter over to
(he court clerk to be given to
the FBI and ordered Sheriff Ot
to Gruenhagen to search all spec
tators for firearms.
Russia Walks Out
Of UN Convention
Lake Success, N. Y., Apr. 27
U.R Russia walked out of the
United Nations commission for
convention armaments today aft
er failing by the margin of one
vote to unseat the Chinese
nationalists.
Salem, Ore., Apr. 27 (U.R)
Donald Elmer Flodstrom, who
broke out of Marion county Jail
Sunday, was caught In a South
Salem auto court Wednesday
night.
demonstrators converged on the
hall.
"We want Willie!" they chant
ed. "We want Willie."
The students began arriving at
9 a.m., streaming across the
Brooklyn bridge and down
Broadway in increasing num
bers. Four hundred arrived in the
first group and swarmed across
city hall plaza before police
were able to erect the barriers.
The demonstrations erupted as
the morning classes were about
to begin.
ijlccicnU at one high school
staged a brief strike before
classes began. Police were
WEATHER
FORECAST: Clcarlni tonlxht
with frerilng temperature!
by early Friday. Smokey Fri
day morning, otherwise fair
and illgritly warmer.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 63
Lowest this Morning 45
Free, to 4;30 A.M. Today, Trace
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TAKES THE HELM Janet Jack
son takes the nelm as she prepares
for her dutv as hnstuM at t.h.. nnm
house of the U. S. Maritime Train
ing station In Alameda, Calif.,
during the Joint observance of
Maritime Day and Armed Forces
Day May 21.
Application (or
Sale of KM ED Is
Received by FCC
Washington, Apr. 27 4U.R)
The federal communication com
mission said here today it receiv
ed yesterday an application
from Blanch V. Randle of Med
ford, Ore., to sell station KM ED
to Radio Medford, Inc., for
$290,000.
In 1946, Mrs. Randle tried to
sell the station to the Gibson-
Broadcasting Co., Vallejo, Calif.,
for $250,000, but the FCC turn
ed her down. When the FCC au
thorized her to sell the slate to
the Medford Radio Corp., for the
same amount, Mrs. Randle turn
ed the offer down.
A sales contract, signed sub
ject to FCC approval of the pro
posed transfer of KMED, was
completed here on April 7 of
this year.
Radio Medford Inc., was form
ed early this month for the pur
pose of acquiring the station.
Owners are H. B. Murphy, Dr.
Dwight H. Findley, V. J. Robin
son, Dr. B. L. Lageson, J. L. De
Armond and William M. Mc
Allister.
Mrs. Randle has been operat
ing the station until the trans
fer is completed.
Prior to the sale announce
ment by Mrs. Randle and the
corporation, it has been report
ed that the station would be sold
to a partnership comprised of
Alfred Carpenter, Harlow Car
penter and Garland Jones, but
this sale was not completed. The
Sales price mentioned in that re
port was also $290,000.
Final Attempt Made
To Halt Rail Strike
Chicago, Apr. 27 (U.R) Gov
ernment mediators began a final
attempt to head off a coast-to-coast
railroad strike today, while
in a smaller dispute trainmen
tied up the Chicago and Illinois
Midlands railway.
The national railway media
tion board met here in secret ses
sion with representatives of four
big rail systems and the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen, who threaten to
strike May 10.
In the smaller dispute center
ed at Springfield, III., about 120
members of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen walked out
at 4 a.m. today despite an order
by President Truman setting up
a fact-finding board to investi
gate the dispute, which involves
working rules.
on City Hall
rushed to four others to main-
lain order,
Superintendent of Schools
William Jnnsen charged that a
march on city hall yesterday by
3,000 students was encouraged
by "subversive groups." A po
lice official said the demonstra
tion appeared to have been "pre
arranged" with the blessings of
some teachers.
The demonstrations were In
protest against curtailment of
after school activities which have
to be supervised by teachers. The
teachers halted all after school
work to enforce demands for
pay Increases. The board of esti
mate was to act today on 1 budget-approved
ttvrner salary in
crease totaling 7" million.
Marshal Proclaims
Readiness To Do
Business With West
Yugoslav Parliament V
Re-Eleas Premier
Belgrade. Yueoslavla. Anr. 57
U.R) Marshal Tito moved anoth
er step away from Russia today
by ending hu diplomatic boycott
of the non-communist Greek gov
ernment and proclaiming hit
readiness to do more businesi
with the west.
Tito spoke before the new Yu
goslav parliament just after it
re-elected him premier by unani
mous vote.
Hope Not Abandoned
He said Yugoslavia had not
abandoned hope of friendly rela
tions with Russia, but that wai
impossible so long as the So
viets assailed the Yugoslavs with
"untrue" and "i n v e n t e d"
charges.
Tito called for good neighbor
ly relations not only with Greece
but also with Italy, and for In
creasing cooperation with Aus
tria. He voiced hope that in
creased collaboration with Italy
would help solve the dispute over
Trieste in a calm and friendly
manner.
Accusing the cominform coun
tries of meddling in Yugoslav af
fairs. Tito said he was ready for
increased collaboration with
countries that respected Yugo
slavia's "equality." He spoke of
economic aid extended to him
by the United States.
"Today our trade and econom
ic relations with the western and
overseas countries are of such
volume that we have already ex
ceeded the volume of goods
which we got from the Soviet
union and eastern countries,"
Tito said.
He said trade with the United
States reached the pre-war level
in 1949 and predicted it would
expand further.
Sherwood Business
District Razed
Sherwood, Ore., Apr. 27 (U.R)
Seven stores In a quarter-block
area in Sherwood's business dis
trict were destroyed by flamei
that flashed through the area last
night.
Slate police sajd the fire broke
out at 11:45 p.m., apparently in
a grocery store, and quickly
spread through the biggest part
of the downtown area. It was
brought under control earlv to
day.
Cause of the blaze wai not
known.
Authorities said the Bareain
City grocery, the post office, a
tavern, a clothing store, bargain
shop, variety store and men's
store were destroyed.
Tom Kessres, Sherwood plum
ber, suffered a broken lee while
aiding firemen who answered
the alarm from Tualatin, HilU
boro, Beaverton and Newberg.
New Vehicle Building
Finish Set Next Month
William O'Brien, mete r ve
hicle registrar for Jackson coun
ty, said today he expects to
move into his new quarters at
the south city limits of Medford
about the end of May.
The Scheffel Construction com
pany is building the stucco and
tile structure for lease to the
secretary of slate's office to
house the vehicle license office,
the drivers' examiner and the
PUC permit branch office for the
county.
0 Brien office Is temporarily
located on the ground floor of
the courthouse and the drivers'
examiner, Leo Sevcik, main
tains an office in the Pythian
building.
Portland Bakeries
Face Strike Shutdown
Portland, Ore., Apr. 27 (U.R) .
Portland bakeries will shut down
Monday if the AFL Bakery and
Confectionery Workers union
sets up a picket line at the Port
land plant of the Continental
Baking company. J. C. Craw
ford, manager of the Bakery Em
ployers Council of Oregon said
today.
Crawford said "a strike
against one member of the coun
cil is a strike against every
member." All bakeries In the
Pacific northwest may be ln
volved In the controversy, Craw
ford asserted.
Contracts between the union
and bakeries expire Monday.
Freezing Temperatures
Up Flood Suffering
Grand Forks, N. D., Apr. 27
Freezing temperatures increased
the suffering of flood vjctims in
the upper midwest today but
promised to slow the spring run
off swelling the languid Red
river and its tributaries.
The mercury dipped sharply
below the freezing mark
throughout the flood zone and
slowed the thaw of fresh snow
dumped by a near-blizzard ear
lier this week.
The sub-normal cold cut deep
Into the midwest. Freezing tem
peratures were recorded south
ward to Missouri. Illinois and
Indiana. Snow pelted the north
central states from the Rockies
to the eastern Great Lakes.
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