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liasta Slaying Suspects
2 Tcugh Hoodlum
Youths Accused of
Slaying Deputies
Considerable Feeling
Against Pair in City
4 Nevada City. Cal.. May 27
(U.R) Two tough 'teen-age hood
lums accused of slaying two
Shasta county sheriff's deputies
wore transferred to Folsom state
prison for "safekeeping" tonight
as indignation ran high in Red
ding. Cal., home town of the
victims.
The youths. James McKay. 18.
Sacramento, and Robert Strum.
18 Oakland, were transported in
custodv of Sheriff John Balma
of Shasta county.
Kept Several Days
Shasta Countv Superior Court
Judge Albert F. Ross said the
pair probably would be kept in
Folsom "for five or six days."
He conceded there was consider
able feeling in Redding against
the pair.
Deputy District Attorney Hi
ram Baker disclosed his office is
working on the theory that slay
ings of Undersheriff Earl Sholes
and Deputy Dan Heryford were
premediated and warranted a
death penalty.
Since both youths are over 18
years of age, capital punishment
is possible. Formal murder
charges were filed against them
at Redding.
Taken Near Redding
Sholes and Heryford were
slain Friday as they were return
ing McKay and Strum to a juv
enile detention camp from which
thev had escaped last month.
Highway Patrolmen William
Gautsche and George Schrom
who captured the pair, said they
admitted overpowering their es
corts in an automobile 40 miles
north of Redding and fleeing in
r the officers' automobile.
"We knocked their heads
against the dashboard and took
their guns. There was a strug
gle." they told Patrolman
Gautsche.
Both denied shooting Sholes
and Heryford whose bullet-torn
bodies covered with sagebrush
were found at the side of U. S.
highway 99. The fugitives were
overtaken by the highway pa
trolmen while hitchhiking a ride
with a middle-aged motorist.
They had abandoned the offic
ers' car when it ran out of gas.
Trustees Ask To Aid
Ashland City Library
Income from the Ben E. Evans
student loan fund at Southern
Oregon college has grown to
such an extent that the trustees
have filed a petition for a decree
in circuit court tharwould allow
the surplus funds to be used for
the benefit of the Ashland public
library. , ,
The original sum bequeathed
bv the will of Ben E. Evans was
S36.777.05. It was directed to be
used as a loan fund for students
at Southern Oregon college and
has been made available for that
purpose since 1928.
There has been an excellent
return on the loans and the trus
tees, J. W. McCoy, F. S. Englc
and G. H. Wcnner, say interest
l. has now built up the original
" fund to S63.223.17. In keeping
with the original intent of the
will, the trustees have petitioned
for permission to improve the
services and facilities of the Ash
land library since they consider
it an important adjunct to the
Ashland campus. ,
SALEM ZONE EXTENSION
Salem. Ore.. May 27 ,U.R)
The slate capitol planning com
mission will ask the 1951 leg
islature to extend the capitol
zone from its northern boundary
just north of Center street to D
street. The ione is between Cap
itol and Winter streets.
Exhausted
Still Seeking Skiier
!. "St
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L,oncview. mij., ;ij:
air; Exhausted marchers com
pleted their si.-h day of .opera
tions in '! e M''' st. Hcleris area,
about 10 nil Mast of here, late
today wiihouTfinding any det
inue traces of Joe Carter. 32-yrar-old
Seattle aircraft worker
"missing since last Sunday.
Carter's father, here from
Carmrl. Cal.. said today he be
lieved hi son is still alive but
hope faded today and state
patrolmen said the search might
be called off Sunday.
About 40 members of ski clubs
in Oregon and Washington have
scoured the area, aided by civil
air patrol aircraft and coast;
(ifdsmtn. The Yt aihington .
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 28,
Secretary of Commerce
Asks Resignations of
Department Officials
Washington. May 27 U.R)
Secretary of Commerce Charles
Sawyer today demanded the res
ignations of William W. Rem
ington and Michael J. Lee, com
merce department officials
whose loyalty is under investi
gation. He threatened to fire them
if they did not comply but Rem
ington immediately rejected his
chief's demand. He said he
would not quit under fire.
Declares Loyalty
Lee issued a statement declar
ing he is loyal. But he refused
to say whether he will resign
until he sees Sawyer. The com-
Liberal Candidate
Leading in North
Carolina's Primary
Raleigh. N. C, May 27 (U.R)
Liberal Sen. Frank P. Graham
built up an early lead over con
servative lawyer Willis Smith to
night in returns from a demo
cratic primary that provides the
second polls test of President
Truman's policies this year.
Returns from 1,294 of North
Carolina's 1.990 precincts gave
Graham 176.881 votes. Smith
145,436. former Sen. Robert R.
Reynolds 32,804 and Olla Ray
Boyd 2,463.
A clear majority would be
necessary for Graham, long a re
nowned educator before he went
to the senate 14 months ago, to
win the seat without a runoff.
Smith was regarded as his strong
est challenger with Reynolds
third man and likely to switch
his support to Smith in the event
of a second primary.
The bitter campaign in which
Graham vowed support of most
of President Truman's policies
brought out voters in record
numbers.
A victory for Graham would
make the administration even
up in the southern elections. Rep
George Smathers (D Fla.) re
cently unseated fair dealer Sen.
Claude Pepper in the Florida
primary. As in Florida, demo
cratic nomination in North Caro
lina assures election.
Rivers of Columbia
Basin Rise Slightly
Portland. Ore., May 27 (U.R)
Lower night temperatures have
again slowed the rates-of-rise of
Columbia basin rivers and the
weather bureau here forecast
only gradual increases until
Monday.
In the upper basin, near-freezing
temperatures held the snow
melt to a minimum Friday night
and forecasts said the Columbia
at Vancouver. Wash., and the
Willamette at Portland rose only
slightly today.
Grand Coulee dam gates were
closed Friday, permitting the
accumulation of run-off waters
in Franklin D. Roosevelt lake.
Army engineers moved into
Sauvie island on the Columbia
west of here in a fight against
time to add two feet of earth to
the too of the 9.3-mile levee on
the north end of the island.
The engineers have only four
days ti complete the mammoth
project since flood stage was ex
pected to exceed the dike's
height by Tuesday.
Searchers
state patrol issued a call for ex
perienced woodsmen to relieve
tired searchers.
The coast guard reported a spI
of "ski pole tracks" were found
in a patch of snow today and
said a partv was following the
trail from Clearwater shelter to
Jackpl 1 e shelter. The coast
guard bel'eved Carter may have
followed trail from Jaekpine
shelter tnvard Mt. St. Helens.
A search group of 35 local
timber workers and experienced
trackers was being sent to Jack
pine shelter to establish a head
quarters. Crusty snow and fallen logs In
the search area have blocked
frails and Impeded progress.
searcher! reported.
merce secretary left for his Cin
cinnati home shortly after an
nouncing the resignation re
quest. He will be away from
Washington until Wednesday or
Thursday.
Sawysr emphasized that his
action is no reflection on the
loyalty of either Remington or
Lee. The commerce loyalty
board is checking both men on
that score now.
But Remington and Lee have
long been under congressional
attack and republican critics of
the administration loyalty pro
gram have repeatedly demanded
their dismissal.
Commerce officials were un
certain as how to go about fir
ing Remington. He has been
cleared by the president's loy
alty review boards But he was
recalled recently for further
hearings by the House Un-American
Activities committee and
was summoned before a federal
grand jury in New York.
The commerce loyalty board,
meanwhile, ordered a new check
on Remington after the House
committee produced testimony
which Remington swore was
false that Remington was a
communist party member when
he was 19.
But until and unless the loy
alty board finds against Rem
ington, he cannot be dismissed
on loyalty grounds. His work
has been adjudged satisfactory.
But charges of some kind must
be filed against him by person
nel officials in the department,
it was said, before hearings on
his dismissal can be held.
Teen-Agers Accused
Storekeeper Murder
Long Beach, Cal., May 27
(U.R) Three teen-agers,, two of
them girls, have confessed the
murder of a liquor-store owner
who gave his life to save $50 in
an attempted holdup, police an
nounced today.
The youngsters, one of them
a 15-year-old ninth-grader, were
arrested through clues provided
by an accomplice in another at
tempted liquor-store holdup,
Detectvie C a p t. L. Q. Martin
said.
Thomas Charles Cook Jr.. 17,
a Junior at Polytechnic high
school, admitted firing the shot
that killed Dominic Calarco, 26,
who was clutching the $50 he
refused to give up when the
youths tried to rob his store two
weeks ago, Martin said.
Booked with him for investi
gation of murder and turned
over to juvenile authorities were
Murial Clara (Pickles) Downs,
17. also a junior at Polytechnic,
whom the holdup witnesses were
said to have mistaken for a
"baby-faced boy." and Peggy
Byrns. 15. a junior high school
ninth grader and asserted driver
of the get-away car.
Senate Crime Probers
Finish Florida Talks
Miami, Fla.. May 27 U.R)
Senate crime investigators con
cluded a two-day secret hearing
here late today and revealed
they had examined minutely the
Florida activities of New York
gambler Frank Erickson.
Sen. E s t e s Kefauver, (D.,
Tenn.), said he was "most satis
fied" with the results of the
opening investigation of the
committe he heads.
'We got more information
than we expected to." he said.
Although Erickson's Florida
operations, uncovered by New
York investigators recently, was
the chief reason for the commit
tee's rush flight to Miami yes
terday, Kefauver said his group
also learned a great deal about
Florida crime and gambling ac
tivities in general.
He informed the Senate that
it had "certain law enforcement
officers" who he said "are not
very anxious to enforce the laws
of the state."
MRS. W. K. WHISENANT
Mrs. W. K. WhLsenant. 74.
died at her home, 418 Arcadia
street. Saturday evening. Perl
funeral home is in charge of
arrangements and a complete
obituary will be published later.
In order to permit employ
ees to observe the Memorial
Day holiday. The Mail Trib
une will not publish on Tues
day, May 30.
Tribune
1950
NO. 56
Removed
Switchmen Decide
To Cancel Strike
Scheduled June 1
Western Railroads
Expected Walkouts
Washington, May 27 U.R
The switchmen's union tonight
cancelled temporarily its strike
set for June 1 on 10 western
railroads.
Chairman Francis A. O'Neill
Jr., of the national mediation
board announced the cancella
tion. The union had no immediate
comment.
Tiie union had announced the
strike in an effort to force a
contract providing for a 40-hour
week with wages for 48 hours.
O'Neill said that "sufficient
progress" had been made by the
parties in the negotiations to
warrant the mediation board
continuing its efforts to compose
the differences existing between
them.
The strike originally was post
poned from May 23 until June 1.
No More Expected
O'Neil said he did not believe
a further postponement would
be necessary.
"While the union reserves the
right to reinstate its strike
order," O'Neill said. "I believe
no further strike call will be
necessary."
O'Neill announced the can
cellation after two meetings to
day among Union President
Arthur J. Glover and spokesmen
for the carriers.
General Motors and
CIO Agree on New
Working Contracts
Detroit. May 27 (U.R) Gen
eral Motors and the CIO electri
cal workers agreed tonight on a
new contract which is a virtual
duplicate of the historical pact
between GM and the CIO United
Auto Workers.
Covering 30.000 employees In
three states, the settlement pro
vides SlOO-plus pensions, guar
anteed annual pay increases and
cost-of-living tie incorporated in
the contract between GM and
the UAW Tuesday.
The agreement extends past
300.000 the nupiber of workers
covered by unchangeable five
year GM contracts, and contains
only one basic difference from
the auto workers plan.
It had been a foregone con
clusion, since IUE-CIO chiefs sat
in on the UAW talks and had
been covered by a similar agree
ment for the past two years.
The IUE did not win an im
mediate modified union shop. A
national labor relations board
election is necessary before the
union can bargain on that point.
But a provision was inserted
which gives the IUE the modi
fied union shop if the NLRB vote
favors it.
Diamond Lake Road
Clearing Progresses
Highway 230 is now open
from highway 97 to Diamond
lake, James Bromley, Grants
Pass, resident highway engin
eer, informed state police here
early yesterday afternoon.
Two crews are now working
to clear snow from highway 230
between highway 62 and the
lake (this side of the lake),
Bromley said. The crew on this
side has worked up about 14'i
miles from the junction of
routes 62 and 230 and the other
equipment is progressing from
the lake.
Each group has been making
about two miles per day prog
ress, It is thought the road may
be cleared by May 31.
Garrett Larson Hurt
When Car Hits Tree
Garrett Larson. 22. 1005 West
Main street, suffered a possible
brain concussion and cuts and
bruises about thp chet at 7:30
p.m. yesterday when the car he
was driving collided with a tree
at the corner of West Ninth
street and South Oakdale ave
nue. Larson was taken to Commun
ity hospital in a Conger-Morris
ambulance but a physician said
last night it was .Hi ill too early
to tell whether the injuries were
serious. City police had no ex
planation for the collision.
The fire department was
railed to flush away sp'HM ga-o-line
when the oadly damaged
car was towed away.
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LIBERTY BELL SHOWN Washington school youngsters and Eagle scout honor guards are
shown grouped about the Oregon Liberty Bell which Was displayed at Medford schools Thursday
in connection with the Independence savings bond sale drive of the federal treasury. Purpose of
the bell showing in the stnte is to encourage thrift and stimulate interest in America's heritage.
Youngsters, from left, are Donald Vinson, DeAnne Taylor, Ronda Martin, Norman Burk, Hamil
ton Gary and Linda Luman. Scouts are, from left, Martin Johnson, Lee Stothers, Lloyd Bishop
and Jack Bailey. (Brainerd photo).
City Seeking Data
On Aerial Ladder
Fire Apparatus
City Superintendent Vernon
Thorpe has been instructed by
the city safety committee to
get information as soon as pos
sible from various companies
on aerial ladder fire fighting ap
paratus aud prices.
This will expedite advertis
ing for bids when bond issue
funds recently voted by resi
dents are available.
Thorpe's office is also mak
ing a survey for locations of
west and east side fire stations
which the bond funds will pro
vide. Want No Delay
At a safety committee ses
sion last week, the group ex
pressed the feeling that there
should be no unnecessary delay
in the fire department program,
because of overwhelming vote
of the people. Meeting with
Council Committeemen Paul
Sclby, Elmer Childers and
Frank Rtintz were Mayor Dia
mond Flynn, Councilman Har
old Frye, Thorpe and Jack Cul
ver of American LaFrance
Foamite corporation.
The safety committee plans
to .confer with representatives
from other companies to get a
better understanding of the type
of equipment necessary for the
city.
At LeaJMilled
In Holiday Accidents
Chicago, May 27 (U.R) Acci
dents had killed 75 persons'by
Saturday night at the end of the
first 24 hours of the four-day
Memorial holiday period.
Sixty-two persons met death
on the nation's highways. Six
persons drowned and seven died
in miscellaneous mishaps.
Michigan recorded the great
est number of first day deaths
with 14. the exact number kill
ed there during the entire holi
day week-end last ypar.
State and national safety of
ficials warned that the toll
would be heavy.
Expected Estimates Of
Population Not Given
The Mail Tribune has bepn ex
pecting word from the district
supervisor of the census, in
Eugene, for about a week giving
preliminary population estimates
of the city and surrounding area.
They had not arrived up to
press time, despite the as
surances of Rav Feves, super
visor, that they would be made
available earlier this week.
Considerable Interest in the
first census releases has been
noted here. Last year city popu
lation estimates here ranged up
ward from 17,000. although
populations in other Oregon
cities have proven to be con
siderably less than earlier esti
mates. WEATHER
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day and Monday with itiorri
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Honors Readied For
Last GAR Commander
Camo White. May 27 The
entire personnel and member
ship of the veterans administra
tion domiciliary center nere, ana
several thousand visitors, will
do honor to the last living com
mander of the Grand Army of
Temperatures Drop
After May Peak, 93
Temperatures here skidded
downward after hitting a May
peak of 93 degrees Thursday.
The maximum was 8 Friday
and 73 yesterday. Cooler nights
and warm days with tempera
tures in the 80s was the weather
forecast for the holiday period.
Maximums Thursday. Friday
and Saturday were similar to the
corresponding days in May last
year when the respective read
ings were 90, 83 and 72.
Hottest May day on record
here was May 22, 1941 when the
weather bureau thermometer
registered 100 degrees. This
peak occurred during a hot spell.
The readings were 90 on May 20.
95 on May 21. 91 on May 23 and
HU on May 24.
Ex-Mental Hospital
Man Admits Stabbing
New York, May 27 (U.R) A
hulking, incoherent Negro re
cently released from a mental
hospital was arrested tonight and
admitted he fatally stabbed a
young war veteran through the
heart without warning as his 20-year-old
girl friend watched in
dumb horror.
Police said they seized Robert
Cannon, 45. a 200-pound. 8 1 x
footer, of suburban Ilcmpslenri,
N. Y.. at the home of a cousin,
Amnlia Newton, in the Jamaica
section of New York City.
They said he has a record of
three arrests for felonious as
sault and had been released from
the Pilgrim state mental hospital
at Brentwood. N. Y.. in Miss
Newton's custody last October.
4,500 Join Wildcat
Strike at Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, Tenn., May 27
'URi What began four days
ago as a walkout by 700 dis
gruntled laborers snowballed to
day into a wildcat strike of
4,500 construction workers that
halted virtually all expansion
work in the atomic center.
Atomic Energy commission
officials were groping for the
next step toward settlement af
ter the AFL workmen in nine
building crafts ignored pleas of
union officials and the media
tion panel directive to go back
on the job.
The most damaging effect of
the unauthorized strike was to
upset the timetable for building
two gaseous diffusion plants.
K-2fl and K-31, needed to speed
processing of uranium.
Socialite Shoots Self
To Death, Army Pistol
Arcadia. Cal.. May 27 lURi
Socialite Anne Simpson, 23,
daughter of a wealthy Arcadia
family, shot herself to death to
day with an army pistol,
Pol ce said her suicide appar
ently was caurd by disappoint
ment over an unhappy love
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the Republic here Sunday after
noon. The observance, sponsored by
the VA center in cooperation
with two GAR auxiliaries, will
pay tribute to Theodore "Daddy"
Penland. 101. who last year was
elected commander in chief of
the Civil war veterans organi
zation for the remainder of his
Jiie.
Parade r 2 p.m.
Representatives In most
cases high officers of the major
veterans organizations will join
in the ceremonies, which will be
preceded by an elaborate parade
at the center, at 2 p.m. A re
viewing stand has been construc
ted for Commander Penland and
visitinE dienitaries. and the brief
ceremonies open to the public
will be held In front or tne
chapel.
More than forty different
marching u n It i. including a t
least four musical "organizations,
will participate in the parade,
which will be more than a mile
In length. Military units which
will participate will include civil
air patrol. Company A, 186th
infantry. Oregon national guard;
Grants Pass Company C; marine
corps reserve unit; air reserve
unit; volunteer air reserve
training unit; and headquarters
and headquarters battery, 732nd
battalion, ONG.
Program Listed
The program following the
parade will include selections by
the Medford and Grants Pass
high school bands, invocation
and henediction bv the center
chaplains, a short address of wel
come by Center Manager ram
A. llalton, introduction of guests
by General Chairman John
Kelly, a talk "A Great Warrior,"
by Sam Bowe, Grants Pass, state
American Legion commander,
and a brief talk by the old vet
eran himself.
A description of the dav'sing non-communist pledges,
events will be rebrnadcast over The decision on whether to
both Medford radio stations later discharge the employes, which
in the day. KYJC at 4 p.m. and Included 89 professors, rests
KMF.D at 9 p.m. with the board of regents.
Late Sports
Medford Rogues and the
Eugene Larks battled it out to
a IS to 15 tie Saturday night
at the fairgrounds with the
game called at the end of 12
innings due to a time limit
according to Far West league
rulst.
The game had been full of
walks, many bate hits and the
lead had changed often,
Medford got the bases load
ed with two out in the last of
the 12th but could not score.
The Rogues threatened in
every inning of the extra
number but could not push a
run across.
Boston, May 27 (UP)
Boston Red Sox swept both
ends of a doubleheader here
Saturday night winning the
nightcap 6 to 2 after taking
the opener 4 to 3 from Wash
ington. Albany. Ore7, May 25 U.R
Brilliant pitching won two
Oregon high school teams
their second consecutive Class
A and B baseball crowns here
Saturday night.
Roosevelt of Portland beat
Eugene 7 to 0 for the Class A
title and Drain whipped
Amity U to 0 In CI 111 B
finale.
City Tense, Quiet
As Commies Plan
Big Demonstrations
Nearly 500,000 May
Take Part in March
Berlin, Sunday May 28 (U.R)
Berlin was tense but quiet early
today as the communists pre
pared to begin their mighty
eight-hour youth parade climax
ing a mammoth anti-western
demonstration.
After a brief spurt of gunfira
yesterday in which nobody waa
injured, the city slept aerenely.
By midnight Saturday night
only a few communist youths
remained in Russian sector
streets of downtown Berlin.
Police Set Overcast
Weary policemen stood in
small groups as an overcast sky
threatened rain. The loudspeak
ers that bellowed all day Satur
day were silent a few hours be
fore the big parade set for 9
a.m. (4 a.m. EDT).
Blue-shirted communist
youtlis prepared to assemble two
hours before then ana nearly
500.000 were scheduled to par
ticipate. Throughout the night Unter
den Linden was ablaze with
lights, spotlighting large por
traits of Josef Stalin and other
communist leaders.
First Big Violence
The gunfire yesterday marked
the first serious violence in con
nection with the rally. Soviet
zone german police opened fire
on west sector police.
No one was injured and tht
west Germans did not return tha
fire, averting a major crisis in
the tense and divided city wnere
allied troops wert alerted
against threatened communist
attempts to seize Berlin for the
Russians.
Grey uniformed west Berlin
police and blue-clad east Berlin
police later threw stones at ont
another for a few minutes near
Potsdammer P 1 a t z, 10 miles
from the scene of the shooting
but tempers on both sides cooled
quickly and the scuttle enaea
shortly with out casualties.
U. S. public safety official!
said the shooting followed th
arrest ot tieorg wiuenz, a Aa-year-old
school t e a c h r who
lives in the American sector of
Berlin. Russian sector police in
vaded the American sector a few
yards to make the arrest.
Twenty west Berlin police at
tempted to rescue Mueru and
chased the communist police
back inside the soviet zone. The
Russian zone police opened fire,
cutting loose with six or eight
shots from rapidfiring machine
pistols and carbines.
Dorothy Jean Anderle
Rose Festival Queen
Portland, Ore., May 27 U.B
Dorothy Jean Anderle. 17-year-old
Cleveland high school stu
dent, was selected and crowned
Queen of the 1950 Portland Rose
festival here Saturday night.
A brunette, Dorothy is Cleve
land high's second queen and
was coronated "Queen Dorothy
II"
She is the daughter or Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Anderle of (3914
SE 9th Ave.) Portland. The new
queen is vice president of her
senior class and a member of
Sorosis, girls service club.
Mayor Dorothy , McCullough
Lee nresenled the kevs to the
city to the new ruler. This is the
42nd annual Portland Hose
festival.
412 U. of California
Workers Balk at Pact
San Francisco, May 27 (U.R)
The armistice in the University
of California's loyalty oath con
troversy ended today with the
disclosure that 412 employes re
fused to sign contracts contain-
Bulletins
Southern Oregon district
trackmen broke the string of
victories compiled by Port
land schools in the annual
north-south meet by scoring a
6834 to 61 14 decision Satur
day nlqht at the local field.
Medford took individual
school honors with 3 Hi
points, Klamath had 21'i.
Grants Pass lBVe and Ashland
i for the southern schools.
Roosevelt was high for Port
land with 15'.
First for Tornado boys were
Jack Morris In the 100 and
low hurdles, Frank Morris in
the high hurdles. Lou Bittle
In the 440 and the local relay
team, Jack Morris broke the
north-south mark for the low
hurdles with 22. Ss compared
with 22.6s.
Redding, Cel.. May 27 (U R)
Russ R os berg hit his 11th
home run of the season in the
sixth inning to boost Redding
over Klamath Falls 3 to 2 in
their Far West league game
Saturday night.
Sacramento, Cel., Mfy 27
(URi Oakland took a 3 to 2
series lead over Sacramento
o f t h e Pacific Coast league
here Seturday night by down
ing the Saci 3 to 0.