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Senate Committee
Opposes Shakeup
Of Revenue Bureau
Action by Senate
Resolution Waits
Washington (U.R) The
Senate Executive Expenditures
committee voted Wednesday to
disapprove President Truman's
plan for reorganizing the scandal-shaken
Bureau of Internal
Revenue.
The vote was 7 to 5 for the
resolution of disapproval of the
reorganization plan. However,
the Senate must pass the reso
lution before the reorganization
plan is killed. A constitutional
majority of 49 votes for the dis
approval resolution will be need
ed. Approved by House
The House has approved the
shakeup.
Chairman John L. McClellon
(D., Ark.) said he thought the
committee vote reflected the
sentiment of the Senate. Mc
Clellon has introduced a bill
following the general lines of
Mr. Truman's proposed reorgani
zation but keeping top oficials
under political appointment.
Would Abolish Collectors
Mr. Truman proposed abolish
ing the 64 politically-appointed
regional tax collectors. Senators
have the biggest voice in presi
dential appointments cf these
collectors and they are regard
ed choice patronage plums.
To replace the 64 tax collect
ors, Mr. Truman would create
posts for up to 25 deputy dis
trict commissioners. These would
be under civil service. The top
commissioner would not.
City May Condemn
Sewer Line Areas
In East Medford
The Medford city council last
night voted to start condemna
tion proceedings against two
pieces of property in Country
Club Park addition if easements
for a sewer line cannot be ob
tained from property owners.
The council set a deadline of
March 18, date of the next coun
cil meeting, for the easements to
be granted.
The easements in the southeast
Medford '"' residential area. : are
needed for installation of a sani
tary sewer which was ordered
in by the council several months
ago.
To Expand Phone System
The council also authorized
City Superintendent Robert Duff
to contract for additional ma
terial and labor needed to inst .11
new units of Medford's emer
gency telephone system. Bids
will be awarded on the mater
ials, the council said. Installation
of the new units will bring the
total in use to 51 and will give
complete protection to the city,
they stated.
Sixty-two street lights for resi
dential .areas were ordered in
by the council. They cover areas
east of Eastwood drive and south
of Hillcrest road; 'between Da
kota and Stewart avenues from
Beekman to Plum streets; north
of Hillcrest road between Sun
rise terrace and Valley View
drive, and in a block of Janes
subdivision.
To Sign Petition
Mayor D. L. Flynn was 3uthor
ized by the council to sign a
petition for the city for paving
of South Peach street from Da
kota avenue to 13th street.
Because of city owned prop
erty on the street, the city's sig
nature is needed to bring the
percentage of property owners
signing over 50 per cent as an
other large section of property
is owned by the city schools. No
opposition to the paving project
has been voiced by private citi
zens. (St story on Pag 14)
Greyhound Settlement
Seen More Remote
San Francisco (U.R) Settle
ment of a seven-state strike
against Pacific Greyhound lines
appeared to be remote Wednes
day as a bitter deadlock devel
oped on the union's demands for
a five-day week and other bene
fits. The AFL Motor Coach Em
ployees' Union sent its negotia
tors back home and advised the
membership to find other em
ployment. A. A. Baker, union
business agent, said "we are not
looking for any break in this
thing very soon."
The three-day strike has idled
2,900 bus drivers and station
workers in California, Arizona,
Oregon, Utah, Nevada, New
Mexico and Texas.
Radio Highlights
Charles E. Wilson, director
of defense mobilisation, will
speak over NBC and radio sta
tion KMED (1440 kc) Wednes
day ax 7:30 p.m.
Medford
United Preu Full Lease Wire
46th Year 26 Pages
UMT Supporters
See Little Hope
Of Early Passage
Slim Chance Seen
Of Senate Passage
Washington OI.R) Glum
supporters of universal military
training pinned waning hopes on
the Senate Wednesday, but most
lawmakers figured UMT was
dead at least for this year.
There was a slim possibility
that the Senate might disregard
Tuesday's House vote against
UMT and pass its own bill, hop
ing the House then would change
its mind. .
Possibility Seen Remote
But most members of the
House and Senate seemed to
think this possibility was re
mote. One Senate leader, noting
the lopsided 236 to 162 vote by
which the House consigned its
UMT bill to oblivion, said pri
vately:
"What is the use of our wast
ing our time on it, unless there is
some reason to think the House
might reconsider?"
Many members thought the
House, in its six-hour wrangle
over UMT, gave little reason to
think it would buy UMT now or
later, regardless of form. Before
sending the whole issue back to
committee, members had:
Standby Voted
1. Voted 126 to 19 to put UMT
on the lawbooks now with its
requirement of six months basic
military training for all men at
age 18, followed by 7V2 years in
the reserve but to hold it in
standby until the armed forces
halt the draft for actual military
service; also to put a termination
date on the law July 1, 1958.
2. Agreed, 150 to 145, to toss
out even this watered-down
UMT plan in favor of a proposal
to train youths instead in com
pulsory ROTC classes in the
junior and senior years of higiw
school.
3. Reversed themselves, killed
the ROTC plan, 235 to 156, and
sent the original UMT bill back
to the armed services committee
without instructions. This nor
mally is equivalent to killing a
bill.
Czechs Want More
Than Mill for Oalis
Washington (U.R) Amer
ican officials said Wednesday
that Czechoslovakia wants more
than a $17,000,000 American
steel mill for release of Amer
ican' newsman William N.
0?;s.
But the State department said
in a special statement that the
United States has refused to
consider the demand for' the
mill even though the United
States is pressing vigorously for
Oatis' freedom.
The State department issued
this statement:
"The report that the Czecho
slovak government offered to
release William Oatis in ex
change for a $17,000,000 steel
mill is pure speculation. There
is no basis for such a report.
No such offer was made."
Churchill Sees More
Delay in Rearmament
London (U.R) Prime Minis
ter Winston Churchill said Wed
nesday that Britain's lagging re
armament program may be even
further delayed by shortages of
materials and lack of dollars.
The conservative prime minis
ter gave his warning in defend
ing his rearmament program in
the House of Commons against
a Labor party censure motion.
Churchill warned also that, if
war comes to Britain, it will
come "with violent speed and
suddenness." and that he is arm
ing his new home guards to aid
in defense against a possible air
borne attack.
Arraignment Delayed
For Mrs. Jada Kader
Portland (U.R) Arraignrant
of Mrs. Jada Kader on a ftrst
degree murder charge has been
delayed for a second time.
Mrs. Kader's attorney. Nels
Peterson, filed a demurrer Tues
day to the first degree indict
ment. .
Mrs. Kader is accused of the
murder of her three-year-old
daughter, Sherrie Ellen.
Portland (U.R) Funeral ar
rangements were pending Wed
nesday for John Patrick O'Hara,
widely known Oregon scholar
and Catholic educator, who was
found dead in his car Monday
near Butte, Mont - 1
MEDFORD, QREQON,
WILLIAM M'ALuia icR
Prominent Republicans Announce Candidacies as GOP Delegates
McAllister, Lausmann
Announce Candidacies
For GOP Convention
Two prominent Medford Repub-i
licans announced today that they
are candidates for delegate to
the Republican national conven
tion. William M. McAllister, an at
torney, said he will seek elec
tion to the convention from the
state at large, and A. A. Laus
mann,' a lumber mill executive,
is seeking election from the
fourth congressional district.
Prefers Eisenhower
. McAllister, whose personal
preference for the GOP presi
dential nomination is General of
the Army Dwight D. Eisen
however, is a native Oregonian,
and has practiced law here since
1931, after graduating from
Willamette university. He has
served four sessions in. the state
house of representatives, one of
them as speaker, and one four
yer;term in the state senate. He
was a delegate to the 1948 Re
publican national convention.-:
McAllister said that if he is
elected he will vote for the adop
tion of a liberal and constructive
party platform and for the nom
ination for president of the can
didate preferred by the people of
Oregon in the primary election.
"American System"
'..He said he "believes in the
American system , of representa
tive government under the con
stitution and in our system of
free enterprise, and is opposed to
bureaucratic government by ad
ministrative decree." His slogan
will be "For Republican Vic
tory." . i
McAllister is married and the
father of two high school age
children.. The family home is at
2615 Hillcrest road. He is a
Presbyterian and has long been
active in a wide variety of civic",
veterans and fraternal affairs. :
Lausmann has been a resident
of Oregon since 1907. and has
engaged in logging and lumber
ing. He owns sawmills and log
ging camps. He lives in Medford
at 200 Medford heights, and is
the head of Lausmann Lumber
company" and KOGAP Lumber
Industries.
Background Told
His background includes the
presidency of the Pacific Log
ging congress in .1942; member
ship on the Postwar Readjust
ment and Development commit
tee set up by the late Gov. Earl
Snell; vice-chairmanship of the
Medford advisory board of the
Salvation Army; membership on
the board of trustees of the First
Presbyterian church in 1945 and
1951, and the managing director
ship of the Shrine Pear Bowl
game for the benefit of the
crippled children's hospital in
Portland.
Lausmann is married and is
the father of two qhildren.lHe
belongs to a number of fraternal
and civic groups. His slogan is
"Carry out the mandate of Ore
gon voters." and he announced
his personal preference for can
Stassen Leading in Primary-Entering Derby
Washington (U.R) Harold E
Stassen was far out in front of
all other presidential candidates
I Wednesday in the primary-enter
ing derby.
His entry in the Oregon Re
publican presidential contest
' this week brought to 11 the num-
iberof states where he has ent
ered or ' announced plans to
enter presidential primaries. No
other GOP candidate . comes
: close to that mark. "
Trailing Stassen is Sen. Estes
! Kefauver of Tennessee, a candi
; date for the Democratic nomina
tion, who has entered or an
nounced plans to enter primar
ies in seven states. He is consid
'ering bids in two others. :
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5,
LAudMANii
didates includes Eisenhower and
Taft.
The appointment of Lausmann
as state finance chairman for the
reelection campaign of Secre
tary of State Earl T. Newbry was
announced here yesterday by
William E. Healy, assistant sec
retary of state. Healy added that
Newbry has named Walter Lev
erette as campaign manager in
Medford and Ed Singmaster in
Ashland.
Quiet Elsewhere
Elsewhere on the political
front in Jackson county things
remained quiet, with no new
filings for major office. Mrs.
Bereth P. Hopkins, county Re
publican chairman, announced
that 25 party members have filed
for election as precinct commit
teemen and committeewomen.
There are 84 precincts in the
county, and a committeman and
committewoman from each par
ty is to be elected in each pre
cinct. " ',?"-. V
Those elected in each precinct
automatically become members
of the county central committees
of each party. Mrs. Hopkins said
that "All Republican voters
should make it their personal re
sponsibility to see that their pre-
I cinct has candidates filed."
Filing deadline for all candi
dates in the primary election is
March 7, including precinct of
ficers. Salem (U.R) Catherine Holtz,
Medford, filed with the state
elections bureau here for dele
gate to the Republican national
convention from the . state at
large.
(Catherine Holtz is not listed
in any Medford directory, and no
local announcement was made of
her candidacy.) ' t
A. A.
Kiwanis Kapers Opening Tonight
The fourth annual presenta
tion of the Kiwanis Kapers and
Minstrel show by Medford and
Ashland Kiwanis clubs will have
its premier at 8:15 p. m. today
at the Medford senior high audi
torium. ' It will be staged here
also on Thursday, Friday andjadded that a good number of
McKay Files Candidacy
For Republican Conclave
Salem (U.R) Gov. Douglas
McKay filed his candidacy for
delegate to the national Republi
can convention from the state
at large.
Sen. Wayne Morse filed late
Tuesday for delegate to the Re
publican national convention
from the state at large.
Oregon gets 18 delegates to
this year's convention a six
delegate "bonus", for being one
of the states to stay in the Re
publican camp when Thomas E.
Dewey of New York ran against
President Truman in 1948.
Stassen, former governor of
Minnesota, faces his first test
Tuesday in the Republican presi
dential preference vote in New
Hampshire, where he is rated
the underdog behind Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen.
Robert A. Taft of Ohio. -Bitter
Battles Remain
The oratorical sound and fury
which marked the windup week
of the New Hampshire campaign
was only a forestate of the bit
ter primary battles still to be
fought.
Taft and Stassen are involved
in two-man contests in Illinois,
Ohio - and West Virginia, and
both are in the larger field in
the Wisconsin primary...
Tribune
Halted Tina Fall Leased Win
1952
No. 301
Struck Mill Firm
Will Request NLRB
Recognition Vote
Two Strikes Said
To Be Unrelated
Officers of the Jackson Creek
Lumber company said today
they are writing to the National
Labor Relations Board to request
an employee election at the firm.
Seventeen men left work there
yesterday in a strike for recog
nition of the union, firm spokes
men said.
Gene Tedrick, business mana
ger of Local 3030, Lumber and
Sawmill Workers union, AFL,
said thisTnorning that the strike
is not connected with the one
which has closed the Southern
Oregon Planing mill at Central
Point for more than two weeks.
For Recognition
The Jackson Creek Lumber
company strike, Tedrick said, is
simply for recognition of the
union. He claimed that a majority-
of the workers there have
joined the union, and asked the
company to recognize the union
as their bargaining agent. The
company refused without an
NLRB election.
The company's position, as out
lined by a spokesman today, is
that the legal machinery for such
an election is in existence, and it
cannot recognize any union with
out an election.
There were no new develop
ments in the strike at the plan
ing mill. The firm has been
closed for more than two weeks,
when 61 employees walked off
the job because of a dispute over
the status of a former foreman.
In a third phase of the strike
situation, it was announced that
Circuit Judge O. J. Millard
Grants Pass, instead of Judge H.
K. Hanna, of Jackson county,
has been assigned to conduct a
hearing on the Singleton Milling
company's suit for an injunction
to compel the union to cease
picketing its plant. The union
had asked for a change of judges.
Restraining Order Issued
Judge Millard will hold the
hearing Friday morning. Accord
ing to Frank J. Van Dyke, attor
ney for the Singleton firm, a tem
porary injunction against picket
ing was granted last week, and
the Friday hearing will be for
the purpose of determining if the
restraining order shall remain in
effect during the pendency of
the suit for permanent injunc
tion. The company posted $2,500
bond pending the Friday hearing.
The suit was filed after pick
ets appeared at the company's
plant in Central Point in protest
over the firm's use of machiney
which was moved from the
struck premises of the planing
mill.
Saturday nights. Thursday will
be Ashland night.
Reserve seats for the variety
and minstrel production, "Gee,
Washington!" are selling rap
idly at Barker's Men's store,
committeemen reported. They
choice seats are still available.
The all-local talent show has
the professional direction of Phil
Butler, Geller productions, Hol
lywood, Cal.
The Medford club's share of
the proceeds will be used for
its - underprivileged children's
work.
WEATHER
FORECAST Rain and occa
sional fusty south winds this
evening. Becoming showery
Thursday. Low tonight JS.
,'. High Thursday 45-41.
Temp.
Highest yesterady 42
Lowest this morning 2S
Prec.
To 4:3 ajn. today
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These five contests are the
only ones in which Taft is now
entered. But he may be forced
into the Oregon primary with
out his consent before Friday's
deadline.
Taft has not yet announced a
decision on New Jersey. Stas
sen plans to make the race, and
Eisenhower also may be entered.
In Pennsylvania Race
Stassen confronts Eisenhower
in a two-man test in Pennsyl
vania where both have been
entered in the preference poll,
which is not binding- on dele
gates elected in separate ballot-
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Names Omitted
From Hew Lists
Submitted by Reds
Report Includes
Mostly Americans
Panmunjom U.R) The Unit
ed Nations Wednesday demand
ed an accounting for 174 more
prisoners of war, mostly Amer
icans, whose names were missing
from .Communist radio . broad
casts, publications and prisoner
'etters to families.
Confirmation Expected
North Korean Ma j. Gen. Lee
Sang Cho said he would "care
fully note" the list It was felt
here the Reds might confirm
it, but the feeling was based
more on attitude of the Com
munists than any concrete state
ments. The list included only non
Korean troops. It brings to
1,621 the number of Allied sol
diers believed in prisoner stock
ades but missing from prisoner
lists.
Rear Admiral R. E. Libby
pressed again in vain for infor
mation about some 50,000 South
Korean soldiers whom the Reds
at one time claimed to have cap
tured, but did not name in their
final list of prisoners.
No Progress on Issue
Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho,
North Korean negotiator, re
ceived the list and "carefully
noted it."
Libby, describing the session
on prisoner exchange as "rea
sonably tranquil," said there was
no progress on the basic issue
of voluntary repatriation.
"They wouldn't buy voluntary
repatriation," Libby said, "and
we won't drop it."
Lake County Draft
Board Walks Cut
Lakeview, Ore. (U.R) The
entire Lake county draft board
resigned Tuesday in a protest
over regulations which allow na
tionals from some foreign coun
tries to get out of military service
in this country. .
Carl Pendleton, chairman of
the board, said the resignations
followed a recent case in which
two Irish nationals refused to be
inducted. He said Ireland was
one of 10 countries having trea
ties with the United States which
exempt nationals from military
service.. ' . .
- Members who resigned besides
Pendleton included Jesse Faha,
Harry J. . Anthony and L. S
Passage. '
Eisenhower Pleased
After Turkey Visit
Istanbul, Turkey (U.R) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower left here
Wednesday for Greece after re
porting he got a "satisfactory im
pression" on his 36-hour inspec
tion of Turkey's military contri
bution to western defense.
Before departing for the north
ern Greek cities of Salonika and
Athens, Eisenhower praised tne
Turkish people for their "im
mense courage and curiosity
about world affairs." His trip in
his special plane was designed lo
take in an aerial survey of the
Greek frontiers and the scene of
the defeat of Communist guer
rillas.
Turkish military sources in
Ankara said Eisenhower agreed
during his talks with leaders in
the capital that Turkey must get
more modern equipment
Medford Korea Vet
Expected Here Sunday
Pfc. Malcolm Johnston, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Johnston.
2049 Orchard Home drive, is ex
pected to arrive home Sunday
after spending 20 months in
Korea. Private Johnston arrived
in San Francisco Tuesday.
The Air Force man attended
Medford high school. He
listed in April 1950.
en
The Dalles, Ore. (U.R) An
Indian woman, identified as Ade
line H. Stimall of Toppenish,
Wash., died here Tuesday from
injuries suffered Saturday night
in an automobile accident.
Only in Nebraska is Stassen
entered without opposition. The
other 10 states, however, repre
sent all in which GOP primary
contests are indicated. - '
Gov. Earl Warren of Cali
fornia has . announced entry
only in Wisconsin and his home
state so far. He may also get
into the Oregon contest against
Stassen, Eisenhower and Gen.
Douglas MacArthur.
Mac Arthur Entered
MacArthur, who has dis
couraged moves to put him in
primaries, has slates of conven
tion delegate candidates sup
porting him in New Hampshire,
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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GOV. EARL WARREN
Enters Oregon Primary
Truman To Miss
Oregon Primary,
Sweetland Says
Portland (U.R) President
Truman will not enter Oregon's
May 16 primary election, Demo
cratic National Committeeman
Monroe Sweetland said Wednes
day. Sweetland, who had gathered
enough signatures to place the
President's name on the ballot,
made the announcement in a re
corded interview over a Portland
radio station.
No Elaboration
"With regret we announce that
after conversations with Wash
ington it is decided that Presi
dent Truman's name will not be
entered in the Oregon primary,"
Sweetland said.
He declined - to elaborate.
"There will be no further state
ments on the subject," he said
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten
nessee was the only Democrat to
file thus far for the Oregon pri
mary. Deadline for filing is
March 7.
More Victims Sought
In Japan Earthquake
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
(U.R) Rescue teams dug through
snow-covered rubble of smashed
homes Wednesday seeking pos
sible additional victims of the
earthquake and tidal waves that
killed 34 persons Tuesday and
left 10,000 homeless in bitter
weather.
American occupation forces
joined with Japanese to bring
emergency relief to the disaster
victims on this northern Japan
island where homes and city
buildings were wrecked by the
twin fury of earth shocks and
waves.
Pinay Agrees To Form
New French Cabinet
Paris (U.R) Antoine Pinay, a
little known independent, agreed
Wednesday to form a new
French government in the face
of an almost empty treasury and
the ever present shadow of Gen.
Charles De Gaulle.
The 60-year-old politician vet
eran formally accepted the task
during a brief interview at Ely
see palace with President Vin
cent Auriol.
The premier-designate will go
before the French assembly
Thursday morning to present his
program and ask support of the
deputies in forming a new gov
ernment to stave off bankruptcy
and guide France through its
worst postwar crisis.
Crystal Springs Files
Incorporation Articles
Salem (U.R) Articles of in
corporation were filed Wednes
day for the Crystal Springs Pack
ing Co., Inc., of Medford.
The firm will pack vegetables,
fruits and farm products and will
put up gift boxes. Signing the
articles were Clarice M. Spatz,
Otto J." Frohnmayer and Elsie
M. Grove.
TAX REFUNDS CLAIMED
Salem 0).R)Nearly half of
the State Tax commission's un
deliverable refund checks have
been distributed to claimants af
ter their names appeared in Ore
gon newspapers, Ray Smith, tax
commission chairman, said Wed
nesday. '
Of the 4,300 persons on the
published list, 1,900 have claim
ed their refunds.
The Dalles, Ore. U.R) The
Dalles Chronicle has raised its
subscription rates from $1.25
to $1.50 a month for home-de
r - .A
livered papers.
f nmmy
Sacramento (U.R) Cali
fornia's Republican Governor
Earl Warren said Wednesday he
will enter the Oregon presiden
tial primary May 16.
Warren, who recently filed in
the Wisconsin primary, said he
had decided to enter the Oregon
contest by his "own declaration
of candidacy."
"I am informed that a peti
tion is being circulated in Ore
gon to qualify me in that man
ner, but it is not at my instiga
tion." Warren said, "and I pre
fer to enter by my own inde
pendent action."
Warren said he would cam
paign in Oregon "insofar as I
am able to do so consistent with
my duties as governor of Cali
fornia, at the conclusion of the
primary campaign among my
Oregon neighbors who have
been so considerate and friendly
toward me during my years of
public service," he governor
said.
Warren leaves Thursday for
Superior, Wis., where he will
open a two-day stumping tour
in the northern end of the state,
he will speak at Ashland, Hay
ward, Rice Lake, Bloomer, Chip
pewa Falls and Eau Claire.
Sabrejets Down
Five MIG Planes
8th Army Headquarters, Korea
(U.R) American Sabrejets shot
down five and probably six Com
munist MIG-15 Jet fighters in a
blazing half-hour air battle Wed
nesday just south of the Manchu
rian border.
It was the Americans' biggest
bag of Russian-built MIGs since
January 25 when 10 enemy jets
were sent spinning to earth.
Twenty - eight Sabres ripped
through a formation of 70 MIGs
in the latest battle over "Mig
Alley," near the Yalu river
frontier.
Allied losses, if any, were not
given.
From Tokyo, Columbia Broad
casting System correspondent
George Herman reported that
several days ago American pi
lots had spotted MIGs with new
markings noses painted purple
instead of the usual red. The
Americans believed the change
in marking meant that a new
class of Red pilots had come to
the front. It appeared, Herman
said, that Wednesday's fights
may have been the first against
Sabrejets for the new Red pilots.
Acheson Personally
Gave Clubb Clearing
Washington '(U.R) Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson said
Wednesday he personally had
cleared foreign service officer
O. Edmund Clubb after the State
Department's loyalty and secur
ity board had decided Clubb was
a security risk.
However, Acheson denied at
a news conference that Clubb
had resigned, immediately after
he was cleared in order to pre
serve his pension rights or for
any other reasons. Such claims,
Acheson said, are utterly and
absolutely untrue.
Seattle (ui)The1952 state
Republican conference will be
held in Spokane May 23-24,
State Chairman Walter Williams
said Wednesday.
Foster, Ore. (U.R) George
Whitfield, Foster, was killed in
a two-truck collision near here
Tuesday.
Beer Drinkers Attempt
William Tell Stunt;
One Is Hospitalized
A "William Tell" stunt that
grew out of a beer drinking
party here last night resulted
in near tragedy, city police re
ported today.
Buster Glen Jones. 21, of
route 2. box 734, Central
Point, was treated at a hos
pital for a scalp wound from a
.22 caliber bullet, according to
officers. He was released early
today, police said.
James Alphaeus Inlow, 21,
"of 429 Berrydale avenue, told
state and city police that he
and Jones had been drinking
beer at the home of Randell
E. Olson. 423 Plum street In
low said Jones bet him he
could not shoot his hat off
with a rifle that was in a rack
in the room.
Jones stood in the corner of
the room and Inlow fired the
rifle at the hat, he told police.
The first bullet hit the hat
brim and Jones told him to try
again, he said. Inlow said ha
fired again and although Jones
did not appear to be hurt ha
saw blood running down his
face. Inlow drove the injured
man to the hospital.
No charges were brought
against either man and they
were released, police said.