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WEATHER VOKICAIT: ClMI I tullj loudr Unlsht ana litnrdir. Nur Ittnlni esrly tturdr. eraewkat warmer later Saturday. Tamp. Hlshllt YHrdT SS Lowcit utli Morning 14 Medford 45th Year. 20 Pages MEDFO' JON, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1950 NO. 32 JWTribune 3 mm mimmi aura battle POLICE QUELL STRIKING STUDENTS Police, mounted and on foot, keeping order among striking high school students who Invaded the City low salaries paid their teachers. Daylight Saving to Begin Early Sunday Though they may do some Most county communities nut. grumbling, most Jackson county residents, before they go to bed Saturday niRht, will set their clocks ahead one hour so that they will have more time to play Sunday evening. After that the habit is expected to become m- Rogue River Adopts Daylight Saving Time Rogue River. April 28 The city council announced today the city of Rogue River will operate on daylight saving time beginning at 2 a.m. Sunday, April 30. grained and few will know the difference between standard and daylight time until next fall when the clocks are returned to sun time. The idea is to allow working people to take better advantage of long summer evenings by get ting much of their day's work done an hour earlier. Though agricultural groups ardently pro test the rearranging of farm achedules that will be involved, daylight saving time has become a national custom that is now taken for granted in most areas. Few Exceptions So far as is known, only trans- KA.o4fnM nmnaniA(l Klia air QnH lines, and the Jackson county court, will stick with "sun time" during the summer. The city government, many agencies of the county govern ment, state offices, and federal agencies will all observe day light time here in conformity with the action taken by the Medford city council. Radio sta tions, interurban bus lines, and tven mill whistles, will adjust to the new schedules. Medco's whistle will go on DST Sunday. It blows at 3 a.m., 7:45 a.m., 8 a.m., noon, 12:45 p.m., 1 p.m., 5 ?.m., 5:45 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 pa, 0:45 p.m. and 11 p.m. Radio network schedules are being rearranged and local radio stations will follow in line. The recorded female voice that squeaks out the time of day every 10 seconds over the tele phone circuits will be pushed ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday. Herbert Hoover Asks UN Reorganization New York. Apr. 28 U.R Former President Herbert Hoov er asks "God fearing nations" to reorganize the United Nations without the communist countries and create a united front "against red agnosticism. Mr. Hoover told the American Newspaper Publishers associa tion conference last night that the time has come to discard the unrealistic "one world" ideal for a practical plan of "total diplom acy." The 75-year-old republican's nationally broadcast speech brought an immediate telephone call from President Truman in Washington. A long distance operator call ed the Waldorf-Astoria hotel to say the White House wanted Mr. Hoover to telephone "right away." Mr. Hoover left the AN'PA banquet to answer the call in his suite. Spokesmen for Mr. Hoover re fused to comment on the call. Vaey Firms File Incorporation Papers Salem. Ore, Apr. 28 4U.RI Articles of incorporation were filed here today for the Walton Gray company of Medford, Ore., manufacturers of plastering ma terials. Signing the articles were Frank R. Walton. R. W. Gray and Frank J. Van Dyke. Salem. Ore.. Apr. 28 (U.R The Jacksonville Community Hall. Inc.. of Jacksonville. Ore., tiled articles of incorporation licrc toriav. Signing the articles were E. . Mclntyre. Merle L. Tweedy and Clinton A. Smith. Salem. Ore., Apr. 28 0J.R Gov. Douglas McKay appointed State Insurance Commissioner Robert Taylor today to serve as chief of the fire service division of the Oregon civil defense gency. side Medford say they consider fast time almost mandatory in order to avoid confusion in their business contacts with mhor communities. Onlv a few auri. cultural communiiies may hold out against the action of the vast majority of residents. Among the Jackson county communities which have already approved the change to daylight time are Ashland, Phoenix, Cen tral Point and Jacksonville. The clocks at the Camp White domi ciliary center will also conform to the majority. Frederick Field Denies Knowing Lattimore as Red Washington, Apr. 28 (U.R) Frederick Vanderbilt Field swore today that to the best of his knowledge Prof. Owen Latti more and three state department officials about whom he was questioned are not communists. - But the alleged "millionaire angel" of communist causes in curred possible contempt action by refusing to tell a senate for eign relations subcommittee whether he himself is or ever was a communist, Joins Browder Field joined with ex-commu nist boss Earl Browder and Dr. Bella V. Dodd, a former party member, in defense of Lattimore against charges by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R., Wis.) and Louis F. Budenz. McCarthy has called Latti more a communist spy. Budenz. ex-communist editor, testified last week that the far eastern expert officially was known as a party member. Browder and Dr. Dodd denied this before the sub committee this week. Field said Budenz' testimony was "completely and utterly false. In his statement and in response to questions he denied that he ever even hinted, as Bu denz had testified, that Latti more was a communist or a com munist tool. Refuses Answer But when questioned about his own affiliations and whether he knew certain individuals. among them ex-communist Whit- taker Chambers. Field refused to answer on constitutional grounds that his answers might incriminate him. The subcommittee at the re quest of Counsel Edward P. Mor gan will decide later today whether to charge Field with contempt. Orchard Heating Used In North of County Orchard- heating was exten sive in the northern part of the county last night where tempera tures dropped to 26 degrees in the coldest spots but a cloud cover that rolled in over the val ley from Medford south made very little if any firing neces sary to the south of here. Where heating was necessary, fires were lighted about 12:30 a.m. but in some orchards the temperatures rose rapidly enough to allow orchardists to let the fires die out shortly after they were started. Brakeman Suffers Loss Of Legs in Accident Salem, Ore., Apr. 28 U.R) L. N. Lange, Salem brakeman for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railroad, lost both his legs late yesterday under a switch engine. Lange; a brakeman-helper for the railroad out of Salem, was working with the switch engine crew near the end of West Ow ens street in South Salem, when the accident happened. Other crewmen were unable to explain the accident, to which there were no witnesses. Philadelphia. Apr. 28 (U.R) The New York Times was an nounced today as winner of the F. Wayland Ayer cup for news paper excellence for tht second consecutive year. put in a strenuous few minutes Hall area of New York to protest Police Ordered To Get Tough With New York Students New York, Apr. 28 (U.R) An attempt by 1.000 high school students to march on City hall, scene of riotous demonstrations by 10.000 teen-agers yesterday, was broken up today by police who had orders to get tough if necessary. Police diverted the demons trators to Foley square, a few blocks north of City hall, and dispersed them into small groups. Other police stood guard at subway exits to City hall plaza and turned back all stu dents' groups. Roadblocks Manned It was the fifth day of de monstrations to support teach ers' demands' for salary increases and the fourth time the students had marched on City hall. Police reported that groups of students were gathering in other boroughs to go to City hall but they manned roadblocks to keep them out of Manhattan. One leader, a 14-year-old stu dent, was seized and taken to City hall for questioning. Police dispersed the first group to enter Foley square, sev eral blocks north of City hall. One mounted policeman chased a group back Into a subway and then stood euarrt at the entrance Flo prevent them from coming out again. Youths Scream Seven policemen broke up a group gathered at the north end of the square. The youths screamed: "So this is democ racy?" But, they offered no re sistance. Doukhobors Disrobe In Court Session Nelson, B.C., Apr. 28 (U.R) Doukhobors stripped in court here today as 31 radicals were each sentenced to three years in prison on nudish charges. Led by 74-year-old Annie Kof tinoff, three women and five men began taking off their clothes in the crowded court room when they were sentenced. The three women took every thing off, standing completely nude, while the men got almost everything off before police guards restrained them. The 31 were sentenced for nude parading. During the trial when asked if they had any evi dence, three women and one man said, "this is our evidence" and began taking off their clothes. They were halted by officers before getting very far. One defendant, Bill Poznif koff said, "we are not only guilty of being nude, but we fired the building before we stripped." Use of Hall Denied For Talk by Bridges Aberdeen, Wash., Apr. 28 (U.R) Longshoremen were seek ing a meeting hall today for west coast leader Harry Bridges to use. The Eagles hall here had been first hired for Bridges' speech, but a special meeting of the board of directors refused to give permission. Bridges, convicted In a San Francisco perjury trial last month for denying under oath he had ever been a member of the communist party, is on a northwest speaking tour. Salem. Ore.. Apr. 28 (U.R) Polly Pollock of Milwaukie, Ore., winsome brunette senior, was elected Thursday as May queen for the annual campus May week-end at Willamette university. Pilot Describes 'Cherry Red' Flying Disk Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 28 (U.R) Capt. Robert Adickes, TWA pilot officer, said today that an object, "glowing cherry red," flew alongside his plane last night in the vicinity of South Bend, Ind., for about five minutes. Adickes said it was the first time he had seen one of the so- called flying disks and that, af ter watching lt operate for those five minutes, he was convinced it was a mechanical device and not a machine from Mars or torn ether planet. Two Americans Slain in Ambush On Java Highway Life Correspondent Professor Murdered Jakarta, Indonesia, Apr. 28 iU.R) Reports received here to day said a Life Magazine corres pondent and a Yale university professor had been killed by ter rorists in an ambush on the high way between Bandoeng and Cheribon. The victims were identified as Correspondent Robert Doyle and Prof. Raymond Kennedy by Karl W. Kigsen. senior military ob server with the UN Indonesia commission. Based On Report Higsen said his information was based on a report from In donesia armv headquarters and British Lt. Col. F. Day of the UN staff. Higsen said the slayings oc-i currcd either late yesterday or early today as the two men were en route from here to Jogjakarta in a jeep. He said the victims were traveling via Cheribon and that the ambush occurred in the vicinity of Tomo. Jacob Bean, a member of the United States embassy staff here, left immediately for Bandoeng to stage a first-hand investiga tion. Returned Recently Doyle covered the transfer of sovereignty from The Nether lands to Indonesia last December and returned to Inodnesia only 10 days ago to cover the latest developments. His wife was believed to be in Hong Kong, where he norm ally is stationed. Kennedy was one of America's foremost experts on the Indo nesia archipelago. France Discharges Atomic Director Paris, Apr. 28 J (U.R) the French cabinet decided today to discharge Dr. Frederic Joliot-Cu-rie as high commissioner of France's atomic energy program because of his communist lean ings. Joliot-Curie said recently be fore the communist party na tional congress that no "progres ive" scientist ever would permit his work to be used against the Soviet Union. The decision to fire the bril liant Nobel prize-winning scien tist was taken in a cabinet meet ing conducted by President Vin cent Auriol, a former socialist who supported Joliot-Curie when the question of his dismissal was brought up in previous cabinet meetings. Nationalists Launch Attack Against Reds Hong Kong. Apr. 28-U.R) Nationalist warplanes and ships took advantage of the first clear weather in weeks today to launch a furious sea-air bombardment against a communist invasion fleet assembled south of Shang hai for an attack on the Chusan islands. Reports from Formosa said an endless procession of bombers and fighters began taking off from Taipei field and other mili tary airports this morning to at tack the communist fleet in Hangchow bay. These reports said the com munist attack on the Chusans, nationalist air-sea base for the blockade of Shanghai and vital outpost protecting Shanghai, was expected to start within a week. New Electrical Union Gouges Left-Wingers Pittsburgh, Apr. 28 (U.R) The CIO's new electrical union took a big bite out of the ranks of the left-wing United Electrical Workers in voting at Westing house Electric corporation plants, returns showed today. But the outcome of the bitter battle between the left and right wing unions for top dog spot in the industry still is highly in doubt. In the popular vote in yester day's national labor relations hoard balloting among the 57, 000 Westinghouse workers the CIO's edge was 27,281 to 22.817. "All my 19 passengers and other members of the crew watched this object," Adickes said. The TWA plane was flight 117. Washington, D. C, to Kan sas City. "It came up from about 9 o'clock and flew alongside about half a mile off my starboard wing, at 2,000 feet. "It appeared to be controlled by repulse radar. As I'd turn toward it. it would veer away, keeping the same distance. "When I turned directly toward it, it took off, at a speed Kansas City Steak Men Irked Over Claim Of Omaha Authorities Kansas City, Mo.. Apr, 28 (U.R) Kansas City steak men refused to fry today when they learned that Omaha au thorities had inferred the fa mous K.C. steaks probably originate in the Nebraska city. "It's ridiculous," said Eddie Williams, head of the Williams Meat company, and president of the Kansas City Hotel Sup ply Meat Dealers association. "I'd suggest," said Billy Bur nett with a wink of an eye. that maybe in Omaha they don't know exactly what they're talking about." Their comments were prompted by an Omaha Cham ber of Commerce action, ask ing business men in the Ne braska city to affix outgoing mail with a steak-shaped stick er bearing the slogan: "Oma ha, the nation's steak house." Market Conditions For Peaches Said Good This year Good market prospects for the Jackson county peach industry, the largest in the state, were re vealed here today with word that peach crops in many other parts of the country have suf fered severe winter and spring cold damage. The Oregon Slate college ex tension service reports that "freezing temperatures since April 1 have further lowered prospects for the 1950 peach crop in southeastern states and in Illinois." The service said it is still too early to make a defi nite forecast of production, but the poorest crop since 1943 seems inevitable in the Caro linas, Georgia and Alabama. Production in 1943 was less than a fourth of average there. The Illinois crop was reduced sharp ly by winter damage and pros pects were further lowered by the April 13 freeze. That cold snap caught the southern - Illi nois counties with peaches in full bloom. In the important peach state of Georgia, only light crops in some local areas are expected. "Important Boost" Here Though unfortunate for grow ers in those areas, the situation promises to give an important boost to the commercially im portant peach crop here. The bulk of local production is ex ported to California. Although that state is the largest peach producer in the nation, most of its crop is shipped to the east and California growers are sure to find a better market there this year with the principal competi tors frozen out. This situation, then, will create a more active demand for Rogue valley peaches for local consumption in California. Jackson county growers will also find less competition from other northwest peach-producing areas. Winter cold has wiped out this year's crop at Yakima and The Dalles, and the Willam ette valley crop has suffered some damage. The prospects are bright for a good crop of peaches here this year. Assault Case from Ashland Transferred An assault and battery case against five Ashland men has been transferred from the Jus lice court of the Ashland district to circuit court here on the rec ommendation of Deputy District Attorney Paul Haviland. Andrew K. Peterson, Harvey, Roy and Allan M. Kyriss and Carl Moore are accused of beat ing Norman and Bob Johnson. Their mother, Mrs. Wilma John son, has filed the complaint. Local Youth Qualities For Naval Training Washington, Apr. 28 (U.R) Twenty Oregon youths have qualified for four-year naval re serve officer training corps schol arships, Rep. Homer Angr-ll (R., Ore.) said today. Those named included Wayne Carlos Annala, Hood River; Jim mie Dale Grimm. Medford; Wil liam Seven Rauber, Cave Junc tion; Arnold Ruminski, Oregon City, and Donald Emerson Wolf, Redmond. I Judged to be about 400 miles an hour, twice my speed. It went down to 1,500 feet and streaked out of sight northward over South Bend. "It was hard to Judge Its size at night. I estimate it was be tween 20 and 50 feet In diam eter and about 10 per cent as thick as was its diameter." Adickes. who has been flying for 12 years, said the object glowed a dull red. about the same color as the collector ring and exhaust assembly of a plane gets. , The object threw no flames. Committee Okays Tax Reduction on Night Club Checks Many Items Still To Be Considered Washington, Apr. 28 (U.R) House tax writers voted ten tatively today io cut federal excise taxes on transportation and on telephone bills and tel egrams by $357 million. Washington, Apr. 28 (U.R) The house ways and means com mittee changed its mind today and voted tentatively to reduce the excise tax on night club checks from 20 per cent to 10 per cent. The committee had agreed only yesterday to leave the tax on cabarets, roof gardens and similar night spots at 20 per cent. But today it was decided to make a 10 per cent reduction, with the loss of revenue to the federal government estimated at $19 million for the next fiscal year. Mora Cuts Considered The house tax framers have now agreed to a total cut in fed eral excise taxes of more than $600 million, with many Items that are large revenue produc ers still to be considered. In addition to reconsidering the cabaret tax and okaying a reduction, the committee made these other tentative decisions today: 1. It agreed to exempt re built, repaired and reconditioned automobile parts from the 50 per cent tax on automobile accesso ries. 2. It agreed to exempt from the cabaret tax dance halls which sell only soft drinks on the side. There have been con flicting court decisions on the applicability of the cabaret tax to such establishments, and the committee decided to exempt them. Radio Sets Exempt 3. It decided to exempt radio receiving sets sold to the U, S. government from the 10 per cent .tax on radios. . 4. It -reconsidered yesterday's action eliminating the 10 per cent tax on immersion electric heaters. This tax was left at 10 per cent under today's decision, but it was agreed that baby bot tle warmers are to be exempt from the taxes. Oregon Woman Is 'Mother of 1950' Portland, Ore., Apr. 28 (U.R) Mrs. Henry Roe Cloud, named "American Mother of 1950" by the Golden Rule Foundation, said today she was "both asto ished and pleased" by the award. Mrs. Roe Cloud is the daugh ter of a Chippewa Indian and a German homesteader and the widow of Dr. Henry Roe Cloud, nationally known leader in In dian affairs. She is 59 years old and lives at West Linn, Ore., south of Portland. She is the mother of four daughters, all of whom are college or university graduates, gaining their educa tion by winning scholarships and through summer Jobs. "It gives you a feeling of great surprise and astonishment to be selected for this national honor," she said. "I thought it was so wonderful being Oregon's mother that the thought of be ing named American mother didn't enter my head." Silvery Object Seen Above Grants Pass Grants Pass, Ore., Apr. 28 (U.R) A. G. Hayes, private pilot, said he and about four or five other persons saw a disk-shaped, silvery object traveling through the sky today above the Grants Pass airport, Hayes said they watched the object for about 20 minutes be fore it shot up and disappeared. The group at the airport was first attracted to the sky by a four-engined bomber passing overhead. Hayes said, when they saw the disk-shaped, silvery ob ject, which Hayes estimated was four or five times higher than the bomber. Hayes said the object moved In a horizontal direction for a time, then shot straight up and out of sight. "It wasn't anything wicrd," he said. "After seeing one and knowing something about me chanical equipment and aerody namics, I can understand there is something to these stories." Adickes had one word for "whoever" is building these things the like of which he saw last night. "I think they're dangerous fly ing around the airways," he said, "If one got out of contrl, it could cause an accident." He conjectured that the ma chine was run by a little jet and steered by gyroscopes. Two Trips Through Same Store Window Is Two Too Many Philadelphia. Apr. 21 (U.R) Two years ago Bernard Haines parked his automobile In the Germaniown section. The brakes slipped, the car rolled downgrade and crashed through a shop display win dow. Haines parked his car in the same spot yesterday. The brakes slipped and the car crashed through the same win dow. Haines promised the shop owner ha would find new parking spot. Highway Stretch At Prospect May Get Maintenance County Engineer Paul Ryn ning returned from a trip to Portland and eastern Oregon yesterday with information from the state highway department to the effect that there may be in creased expenditures for main tenance of the Crater Lake high way in the Prospect area. Hynning was to report to the board of directors of the Jack son County Chamber of Com merce at noon today that the im portant economic factors Involv ed in the use of the highway by the lumber industry here have apparently influenced the high way department to give favor able attention to the need for more maintenance work on high way 62. No Official Word Though no definite or official announcement has been made by the commission, Rynning was given the impression that a pro gram of heavy maintenance would be undertaken on the highway that would obviate the need for any further paralyzing load restrictions such as tnose that were imposed last winter. Funds are not available at this time for reconstruction work. but more adequate maintenance. it la believed. . would keen the important logging .artery opeTi through all but the worst kinds of weather. The Crater Lake highway, particularly from Cas cade Gorge north, is vital to lumbering operations in much of the valley. Rynning also reported today on the current repair, improve ment and maintenance activities of his department saying that county crews are now at work re-grading and re-olling portions of Stewart avenue that became badly broken up during the win ter. That job should be complet ed within a few days. As soon as continuing good weather is reas onably assured, the county will begin its road-oiling program on a number of county roads. Betterment work on the Dead Indian road has been started to improve several bad curves and grades; last fall's work on the bridle in the Wimer area has been resumed; contractors build- ins the br dee across the Rogue at the City of Rogue River will be delayed about two monins pending delivery of steel for the main span, and nine bridges across irrigation canals have been repaired and improved with concrete and metal pipe re placing wooden portions of the structures. Rynning expects that con tracts for the construction of a new Bybee bridge should be let by the state highway depart ment within a month. Flood Waters Cover Canadian Border Town Pembina, N. D., Apr. 28 (U.R) Flood waters of the Red river today covered every inch of this Canadian border town except for two bare spots of high ground in one back yard. The river hit an all-time high crest of 50 feet here yesterday. But the crest was moving north to plague the Canadian residents of Manitoba after it drove 25,000 persons from their homes and spread over millions of acres of U. S. land. The worst conditions were re norted at the T-shaped intersec tion of the North Dakota, Minne sota and Manitoba border lines. Most of Noycs and St. Vincent, Minn., and Emerson, Manitoba, were under water. , Czechs Ask America To Cut Diplomats Prague, Apr. 28 (U.R) A The government demanded to day that the United States re duce the number of Its diplomats in Czechoslovakia by two-thirds. The Czech foreign office made the demand in a mite broadcast by the Prague radio. The note said recent espionage trials proved that American dip lomats played an "important role in activities aimed at the security of the Czechoslovak people's republic.'' BASEBALL AMERICAN Philadelphia .....1 0 Boston 4 0 Kellner and Tiptoaj Parnell and TtMMta. Pre-Dawn Debate On Street Becomes Shooting Duel Sheriff Undetermined On How Fight Started Newport. Ore. Anr. 2H (IIP) A pre-dawn argument between two carloads of Newport and Salem residents broke into a shooting duel on the main street of the city today, leaving three ' persons wounded, Sheriff Tim othy P. Welp reported. Orval Tull, 24, Salem, was in critical condition with a bullet wound in the abdomen. Mrs. Lola Thomas. Newport, was in serious condition with four bul let wounds. Harry Thomas, New port, ner divorced husband, was in fair condition with one bullet wound. Taken Into Custody James Orval Vogan, 26, Sa lem, and Wanda Thnmii 23. daughter of Harry Thomas, were laxen into custody by the Lin- coin county sheriff's office and held as material witnesses. bheriff Welp said he had not yet determined who fired the first shot or how the fight started. 'When the shooting started. some of them were still in cara and others were on the street. Two guns were used a .25 cali ber pistol and a .22 caliber auto matic rifle. Triggermen Unknown ' "Harry Thomas was shot in the chest by Tull's gun. Tull waa shot by Thomas' gun. Lola Thomas was shot in the back of the head. We know which guns fired the shots, but we're not vet certain who pulled the triggers." The sheriff said Mrs. Thomas apparently was still in the auto mobile when she was shot. She had been riding with Tull when tne two parties encountered. Her former husband is a New port taxicab driver. Physlciani said he had only an even chance to live. Wanda Thomas was accomp anied by Vogan at the time ot the shooting.. .. .. j . Ait tne wounaea. were unner treatment in a Toledo hospital. Tito Visions No War Possibility Belgrade. Yugoslavia. Anr. 21 U.R) Premier Marshal Tito to day dismissed the possibility of an early reconciliation with Rus sia but predicted there was no likelihood of war in the foresee able future. Tito made his statement at a press conference for the entire foreign press corps at the Belvt Dvor (White Palace), the official residence. It was the first time he has received the entire for eign press corps in more than two years. The conference was called one day after Tito, In a speech be fore the Yugoslav parliament, proposed creation of a "good neighbor" policy with Yugo slavia's non-communist neigh bors Greece, Italy and Austria. Tito not only saw no possibil ity of an attack upon Yugoslavia In the foreseeable future. Youths Detained After 17-Hour Police Chase McMinnville, Ore., Apr. 28 (U.R) Victor Byron La Bonte, 18, and Eugene Russell La Bonte, 20, were held in the Yamhill county jail today on a car theft charge after they were captured, at the end of a 17-hour chase by state police. The two brothers will be turned over to Wasco county authorities and returned to The Dalles. Officers began the pursuit Wednesday morning when they saw the La Bontes driving a car reported stolen from The Dalles. The youths ignored an order to halt and speeded along highways and side roads at a speed esti mated up to 90 miles an hour. At Grande Ronde they blew out the front tires of the auto mobile when they hit an abut ment. They abandoned the car and fled into the woods. State troopers finally surrounded the brothers in an open field and took them Into custody. Light Phenomenon Recorded on Film Seattle. Apr. 28 (U.R) The sreen flash, a rare phenomenon of the sun that has baffled sci entists for centuries, has been captured on film for the first time. The University of Washington astronomy department announc ed today that a spectrum of the strange flash as the sun dropped behind the horizon on the west coast of Oahu, Hawaii, is record ed on color motion picture film. The green flash, observed by astronomers and other scientific observers In many parts of the world for centuries, has been a matter of controversy in scien tific circlei lor more than 71 years. 4- 1
