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MEDFORD, OREGON, MARCH 9, 1952
No. 304
RIBUIE
Primary Baee Set
In Mew Hampshire
Concord,, H. U.R5 New
Hampshire's "grass roots" poli
tical campaign drew to a close
Saturday night with indications
of a tight race between Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen.
Robert A. Taft in the nation's
first primary.
Voters of the snow-covered
granite state will mark ballots
Tuesday in a test which may
give the first hint of who will
.be the Republican and Demo
cratic candidates in November.
Leaders of both parties de
scribe the election as a "key
contest, and the most extensive
"cracker barrel" campaign ever
conducted by White House hope
fuls is certain to bring out an
unusually heavy vote.
Also Pick Delegates
The voters will select dele
gates to the national nominating
conventions and also will name
the man they prefer in Wash
ington. The dual ballot has political
leaders worried. They differ
over whether the delegates or
the legalized "straw" poll is
more important. A candidate
must win both for an unques
tioned victory.
Eisenhower supporters have
banked heavily on the New
Hampshire race. Their slate of
delegates is comprised of strong
vote-getters" and they look to
the popularity contest as giving
Eisenhower "the call from the
people."
Teel Confident"
"We feel confident that we
will win both a majority of the
delegates and the preferential
contest," one Eisenhower leader
said. "However, if the general
is beaten he may withdraw en
tirely from the field. He is not
seeking the job, we are seeking
him."
Taft, completing a three-day
swing with a vigorous attack on
Eisenhower's candidacy, hangs
his hopes on topping the popu
larity poll. He estimates he will
take only four of the 14 Repub
lican delegates, but- may be de
liberately underestimating his
Strength.
While the senator from Ohio
agrees New Hampshire is. a
"key" state, he has no thought
of withdrawing from the race if
he is beaten.
Kefauver Seeks Upset
On the Democratic side, Sen.
Xstes Kefauver could produce a
major upset. He has virtually
conceded victory to delegates
Ashland Man Judged
Guilty of Drunk Driving
A district court jury Friday
returned a guilty verdict against
John William Lybrand, route 1,
box 117A, Ashland, who was
charged with driving while
under the influence of intoxica
ting liquor. The jury vote was
live to one for conviction, it
was said.
The charge was filed against
Lybrand after the pick-up truck
he was driving struck a parked
car on Sunset drive on February
16. A two-day jury trial opened
Thursday. Lybrand is free on
$250 bail and sentencing is ten
tatively set for Wednesday.
Assistant District Attorney
Robert Dickey represented the
state and Robert Duncan the
defendant.
Purpose of Reappointment
Of Officials Is Explained
Purpose, of the resignations
and reappointments of a number
of Jackson county officials and
employees last December was to
change from the state retire
ment plan to federal social se
curity, County Clerk George
Carter explained Saturday.
Under the state retirement
plan, Carter said, the retirement
board stated that if elective of
ficers wanted to they could
change from the state to the fed
eral plan. But the understand
ing was given that, unless all
the county elective officers
changed, successors of those who
did not could not come under
either plan. That was the season
for the wholesale quitting.
Legal Publications
The resignations and reap
pointments were not reported at
the time but appeared in a pub
lication of county court proceed
ings in legal notices on January
28. Fuller public attention to
the matter was brought Friday
when County Engineer Paul B.
Rynning filed for reelection.
Other elective officials con
cerned were Treasurer Ralph
Sweeney, Clerk Carter, Assessor
C. A. Myers, School Superin
tendent Alf Mekvold and Judge
J. B. Coleman, who was reap
favoring President Truman but
nas beaten tne Dusnes xor
"straw" votes.
Kefauver said he was in the
race as a "loyal Democrat" not
opposed to - any candidate, but
he doesn't think Mr. Truman
will run again.
The President's New- Hamp
shire campaign has had no direct
support from the White House.
His managers emphasized they
have had no word from him but
feel he will make the run. .
Gen. Douglas MacArthur has
a full slate of delegates and al
ternates running but the Taft
people claim -the general per
sonally favors the Ohio senator
Harold E. Stassen made a
sweeping personal campaign. He
has no organization or delegates
running but his name is on the
popularity poll. Former Demo
cratic Chairman James A. Far
ley is favored by some dele
gates, but he is not on the straw
ballot.
Seasonal Hump
Of Unemployment
Reported Passed
Jackson county passed the
hump of seasonal unemployment
last month. . . '
The Medford office of the
State Employment Service said
that the annual low point was
passed in mid-February, and that
the number of jobs "definitely
began to climb before the end
of the month."
There was still considerable
unemployment at the end of the
month, however, according to
the report, due mostly to logging
operations being delayed by
heavy snow in the mountains.
The principal factor needed to
restore a high level of employ
ment is enough good weather to
permit the woods : to open up.
the report said. ::
2.530 Jobless ..'
Unemployment at the1 end of
the month was estimated at
2,530, or 9 per cent below a
month ago, and 29 per cent more
than this time last year. Job
placements were slightly above
the total for last February.
The report, in commenting on
the Army's recent announce
ment that Camp White will be
placed on a stand-by basis at a
cost of some $6,000,000, said
that "this will be a very small
job compared to the construc
tion project carried out in 1942."
The money allocated for
Camp White work is about one
sixth of the cost of the former
construction, which took place
when construction costs were
much lower than at present, it
pointed out.
Some Shortages -
There continued to be a short
age of stenographers and do
mestic workers during the
month, the report said, despite
the general labor surplus. .
Migration into the area con
tinued during February, and the
ofice re .ort said many inquiries
by mail have been received
about job opportunities here.
They come from all parts of the
nation, and most of the writers
indicate they are looking for
new permanent positions.
pointed by the governor.
State law permits persons ap
pointed to fill out unexpired
terms of selective off ioes to serve
only until the post is filled by
the next general election. Al
though Rynning's present term
normally would have expired in
1954, he was thus forced to seek
reelection this year. Terms of
the other officials involved ex
pire anyway.
Carter brought out that state
retirement costs much more than
social security. The state plan
protects only the one person
while social security protects the
employee and allows his wife
half as much as he.
Now "Out On Limb'
However, all who pulled out
of state retirement are out on
a limb" and presently are not
covered by either the state or
the federal plan. Now county
officials are being told that ev
ery employee has to come under
social security. There are a num
ber who did not pull out from
the state plan. They have many
years of previous service, are not
old enough yet for retirement
and cannot afford to make the
switch, Carter reported.
It looks as if congress is going
to have to change the law, Car
ter added.
Lucky Luciano
Reported Head
Of Dope Ring
23 Persons Indicted ,
In San -Francisco
Washington (U.R) Charles
(Lucky) Luciano, one-time New
York vice overlord, was "def
initely" behind an international
narcotics smuggling ring cracked
in San Francisco, a government
official said today.
Assistant Chief George W.
Cunningham of the Narcotics
bureau, said Luciano, controls
all of the narcotics smuggling
from Italy.
In San Francisco, Assistant U.
S. Attorney Joseph Karesh said
"about five" of the 23 persons
indicted by the grand jury there
yesterday had "talked" impli
cating "several" of the 23. Kar
esh reported no new names had
cropped up as a result of what
the five had said.
More Indictments
However, Karesh said he
"hoped" many new persons in
other states would eventually be
indicted "as a result of past in
vestigations and the current
investigation."
Luciano was convicted of com
pulsory prostitution In New
York in 1936 and was in prison
when Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
commuted his sentence in 1946
and he was deported to Italy.
Since then Luciano has been
living in Italy with no apparent
source of income but he has
lived lavishly, according to all
reports received here.
Luciano Blamed .
The senate crime committee,
in its report on crime syndicates
in the United States, blamed
Luciano for having a good part
in the world traffic in drugs.
. In San Francisco, Assistant U.
S. Attorney Joseph Karesh, ap
parently unintentionally, re
ported that a "man in Illinois,"
nni of the 23 indicted bv the
grand jury yesterday, had talked.
Karesh said the information
wai "so hush.hush. I'm even
afraid to talk about it."; 'y
He said the "boys are singing
all over the place now' Karesh
laid the "Singing" would prob
ably result in many new arresis,
involving about "two or three
more states."
When Karesh referred to the
'man in Illinois." he stODDed
himself quickly, saying, "Oh, I
shouldn't have mentioned that."
Earlier, Karesh reported that
"about five" of the 23 had
"talkpd" However, at that time
Karesh said no new names had
cropped up as a result of the
information.
Portland Man Held
Portland (U.R) Michael De
Pinto. 48, Portland, was being
held for the U. S marshal Sat
urday following his arrest in a
nationwide roundup of alleged
narcotic violators. '
DePinto was taken into cus
tody by Portland vice squad of
ficers at the home of his moth
er, after being under surveil
lance for some time.
Toasts in Two Sizes,
Short and Extra-Long
London (U.R) Quen Elis
abeth. II has approved the fol
lowing form and order for
royal toasts:
' 1. "The Queen."
2. "Queen Elisabeth, the
queen mother. Queen Mary,
the Duke of Edinburgh and
other members of the royal
family."
CANDIDATE Dr. G. A. Dier
dorff, Medford, announced Fri
day that he is a candidate for
the Republican nomination for
state representative from Jack
son county. His filing brings to
three the number of men ' after
the GOP nomination; Incum
bent s Robert Root and-E. H.
Mann filed previously. . There is
no Democratic candidate.
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STOPPING RED SUPPLIES Navy pilots from the aircraft
carrier USS Antietam leave this train burning on the tracks in
North Korea after a sudden strike. The Antietam is part of a fast
carrier task force operating off the coast of Korea. Their sudden
strikes are designed to disrupt the Communists' flow of war
material (U. S. Navy Photo.)
Crew of Eight Killed
In Wreck of US Plane
Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland
(U.R) Four daring Swiss
guides reached the wreckage of
Contests Seen
For All Major
County Offices
There will be an election con
test, at least on one side of the
political fence, for every major
political, off ice in the county but
one this yeas
The - filing i deadline was 5
p. m.; Friday, ' and the? only, fil
ing not previously reported "was
made Friday afternoon.
It was by C. L. Hockersmith,
3860 Calhoun road, Medford,
who filed as a Democratic candi
date for nomination as county
commissioner. He was the Demo
cratic nominee for this post in
the 1948 election, and was de
feated by L. G. Morthland, the
Republican candidate.
Here are the candidates:
County judge J. B. Coleman,
incumbent, and Robert L. Brant
ley, both Republicans. No Demo
crat candidate.
County commissioner, L ' G.
Morthland, incumbent, Republi
can unopposed in the primary
and Loyd W. Whitney and C. L.
Hockersmith, Democrats.
County clerk, George Carter,
incumbent, Republican, unop
posed. County treasurer, Ralph Swee
ney, incumbent, Democrat, and
H. F. Cope, Republican, both
unopposed in the primary elec
tion. County assessor, W. P Tuck
er, R. G. Fowler and John
Henry Tizekker, Republicans,
and Andrew Hawver, Democrat,
who is unopposed in the primary.
County surveyor, Paul Ryn
ning, incumbent, Republican,
unopposed.
County coroner, Carlos Mor
ris, incumbent, and Dr. M. P.
Vogel, both Republicans. No
Democratic candidate.
Up to press time, no other can
didates had announced their in
tention of seeking election to of
fices where filings are made in
Salem, and the United Press re
ported no other candidates.
These offices include:
. State representative, two va
cancies, Robert Root and Ed H.
Mann, incumbents, and Dr. G. A.
Dierdorff, all Republicans. No
Democratic candidates.
Circuit judge of the first ju
dicial district, position No. 1,
H. K. Hanna, incumbent, non
partisan. Two Medford men have filed
their candidacies for election as
delegates from the state at large
to the national Republican con
vention. There are 10 such posts.
Seeking the job from here are
Robert A. Elliott and William
McAllister.
Four local people have filed
for the two posts as GOP conven
tion delegates from the fourth
congressional district. They are
Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, Gene
Brantley, Catherine Holtz and
A. A. Lausmann.
(The county clerk Friday cast
some doubt upon the candidacy
of Catherine Holtz when he re
vealed that his records show no
such person being registered in
Jackson county as a Republican,
No Medford directories, list a
Catherine Holtz, and no public
announcement -of her candidacy
has been made. .'...,. .
a U.S. Air Force C-47 high in
the Swiss Alps Saturday and re
ported all eight Americans
aboard were killed when the
plane smashed into an Alpine
glacier.
The patrol of tough mountain
guides, all of them skiing cham
pions, said the plane which
crashed at the 9,000 foot level of
the Jungfrau Massif, setting off
a small avalanche, was destroy
ed. The debris was bloodstained,
but they could not find the
bodies lying under a fresh, blan
ket of snow more than two feet
deep.
The patrol said there was no
trace of the fuselage. They said
the wings and tail were visible
but thatJhe. fuselage apparently
exploded when the plane hit the
sheer wall of rock and ice.
The plane was on a flight from
Madrid to the U.S. air base at
Fuersthe-Feldbruck near Stutt
gart when it plunged into a sheer
ice wall, killing all those aboard.
The four guides reached the
wreckage after a torturous five
hour climb and failed to send a
prearranged signal that would
send rescue parties after any sur
vivors. A crowd some two miles below
watched them through field
glasses as the guides tramped
through the snow among the
wreckage. Although they did
not find the bodies, the guides
reported tonight "there is no
hope whatever of digging them
out alive." "
A rescue column will start out
from here early tomorrow morn
ing equipped with avalanche
dogs especially trained in find
ing persons buried under Enow.
The four guides left the crash
scene after a short search, picked
up their skis they had left mid
way on the Guggi glacier and
could be seen from here racing
down into the valley at break
neck speed.
They arrived at the search
headquarters in Weingernalp and
reported what they had seen.
Sxpected Avalanche
Karl Schlunegger, one of the
guides, said "snow reached up
to our chests. I expected an ava
lanche any minute. The plane
was an awful sight. It was
smashed into little pieces and
scattered over a wide area. Only
the tail was in sight. The fuse
lage had completely disappeared.
"There was a lot of blood' on
the snow, but we could not find
any bodies although we searched
diligently and used our ski sticks
for probing."
The four world-famous Swiss
guides made a perilous five-hour
climb up the slopes of . Guggi
glacier despite the threat of new
avalanches, fog and blinding
snow flurries. - '
Strike Delayed
For More Study
Denver (U.R) A nationwide
oil str ike scheduled to begin
Sunday was "reluctantly" post
poned indefinitely by oil union
officials to allow the Wage Stab
ilization board time to study the
dispute.
The postponement was an
nounced for a coalition of 22 oil
unions here by O. A. Knight,
president of the CIO Oil Work
ers International Union.
The months-old dispute be
tween union leaders and man
agement centered around union
demands for .a flat 23 cent an
hour increase in wages.
French Premier
Asks Approval
Of New Cabinet
Progressive Catholics
Join Pinay Government
Paris (U.R) Independent
Premier Antoine Pinay suc
ceeded Saturday in forming a
streamlined coalition govern
ment pledged to put France on
a paying basis.
Pinay presented his cabinet
list to President Auriol for ap
proval after a night-long series
of hectic party meetings. He was
able to' form the government
after the Progressive Catholic
Popular Republican movement
agreed to take part in the coal
ition provided they were not
assigned any economic, finance
or labor posts.
Keeps Finance Job
Pinay, a 60-year-old tannery
owner, kept the finance post
himself, as did his predecessor,
Edgar Faure," vjhose govern
ment fell eight days ago. The
Faure government consisted of
40 ministers. Pinay's has only 17.
Robert Schuman stays on as
foreign minister in the new
government and the other cab
inet posts were filled by mem
bers of the last two govern
ments. Pinay now must present his
cabinet list to the National As
sembly on Tuesday. Political
observers gave him a fair chance
of winning Assembly approval
to head France's 15th govern
ment since the liberation. It
would be the first postwar gav
ernment to be headed by an In
dependent right winger.
Rene Pleven, a former pre
mier, was assigned the job of
defense minister in the new gov
ernment succeeding Georges Bid
ault, who is ailing. Most other
top posts were unchanged.
Senators Support
Tax Bureau Plan
Washington (U.R) Three
Democratic, senators said today
the Senate must : choose next
week between "discredited poli
tical patronage" in the scandal
ridden Internal Revenue bureau
or a career-merit system.
'Strongly supporting President
Truman's proposed reorganiza
tion of the tax-collecting agency,
they used some of his words to
assert the issue is simply "wheth
er the Senate is willing to give
up the discredited political
patronage system of appoint
ments in the bureau."
A Senate vote on the House
approved plan is scheduled for
Wednesday or Thursday with
the outcome in doubt. The law
requires 49 votes to kill the plan.
A Senate administration
spokesman said the outcome will
hinge largely on how the' Re
publicans vote and the number
of absentees.
The three calling for its ap
proval were Sens. Hubert H.
Humphrey (D-Minn.), A. S. Mon
roney (D-Okla.) and Blair Moody
(D-Mich.).
"This (next) week the Senate
faces the choice between politi
cal patronage and a real career
merit system in the future col
lection of some $70 billion in
governmental revenue," they
said.
Mr. Truman proposes to re
place the 64 politically-appointed
tax collectors with 25 col
lectors who would be under
civil service.
SPORTS BULLETINS
Central Point Klamath
Falls gained the right to repre
sent District No. 4 in the state
Class A high school basketball
tournament by trouncing Crat
er high 53 to 29 here Saturday
night.
By the victory, the Pels
made it two straight wins in
the two-out-of-three game
play-off for the tourney berth.
Klamath won Friday night 58
to 42 at Klamath Falls.
The Pelicans had little
trouble with the tired Comet
quint which lacked its fire
t of the previous night. First
quarter score was is to 7 xor
Klamath which led all the
way. Half time margin was 33
to 11 and at the third quarter
the bulge was 43 to 20.
A complete team of Pel re
serves went in midway in the
third quarter and finished the
fracas. Ralph Carroll paced
Klamath with J 8 points and
Boye scored nine for Crater.
Los Angeles (U.R) The
Washington Huskies nosed out
the UCLA Bruins S3 to 50 to
night to even the series in the
battle for the Pacific Coast
conference basketball crown.
Numerous Claims
Slow Truee Talks
Tokyo, Sunday (U.R) A
meeting between Allied and
Communist negotiators on the
Korean truce supervision terms
broke up after a two-minute ses
sion today at Panmunjom.
It was the shortest meeting
ever held between the two sides
discussing item 3 of the proposed
Korea armistice. Negotiators
hardly had time to take their
seats before the meeting was
over and another session . was
scheduled for Monday at 11 a.m.
(6 p. m. PST Sunday).
Sub-delegations on exchange
of prisoners under the armistice
terms adjourned their meeting
in another tent at the discussion
site after 33 minutes of discus
sion. They also agreed to meet
again Monday.
U.S. Claims
Both sides had met in the
charged atmosphere of Ameri
can claims U.S. prisoners are in
terned secretly in Chinese Man
churia and Red insistence the
UN is conducting germ warfare
against North Korea and China.
Premier Chou En-Lai of China
said that any American pilots
captured after dropping germs
on China would be treated as
"war criminals." Presumably
that would mean trial and exe
cution.
The truce talks at Panmunjom
already were clouded by an
Jackson County
Red Cross Drive
Starts Tomorrow
The Jackson county chapter
of the American Red Cross will
open its 1952 fund drive for
$27,000 tomorrow.
Teams of volunteer solicitors
are being organized, leaders of
the drive said, and will contact
anyone interested in becoming
a member of the Red Cross, or
anyone wishing to make a do
nation. .
To Cover Downtown
The downtown business dis
trict will be covered by mem
bers of the Ladies' Mounted
troop of the Sheriffs posse, and
by the Red Cross Motor corps.
The total budget for Jackson
county includes both the local
allocation of funds, and this
area's portion of the national
$85,000,000 quota. Thirty-nine
per cent will go to the American
National Red Cross for disaster
and service work; 61 per cent
will remain here for local ac
tivities. "Little Enough"
Leaders of the drive here
said Saturday that $27,000 is
"little enough" for the multi
tudinous activities carried out by
the local chapter. These are
largely made possible by volun
teer workers, who outnumber
paid workers on a ratio of 100
to 1.
Brief radio broadcasts on all
three valley stations tomorrow
will be aired to note the start
of the drive, which has "Answer
the Call" as its theme.
Record Snowpacks Pile Up
In Southern Oregon Area
Record breaking snowpacks
are piling up in southern Oregon
mountains, and the water supply
outlook throughout the state
ranges from good to "excellent,
the snow survey office reported
Saturday.
Out of 17 snow courses mea
sured March 1 in the Rogue
basin, 13 have broken all pre
vious records of March 1 water
content, and nine of them have
broken the all-time record for
water content at any time of
year.
Flood Danger Seen
"Record or near-record'-streamflow
was forecast on a
number of rivers throughout the
state, including the Rogue, Ap
plegate and Illinois. "Extremes
or high water during the melting
season can be expected," the
report said,". . . while unusual
melting condition accompanied
by abnormal rains can produce
extremely damaging flows in
all cases." ,
Reservoired water supplies are
22 per cent less than last year,
but above-normal snow cover
should make up this difference,
the report said.
Throughout the state the water
content of the mountain snow
cover averages 167 per cent of
normal on 93 measured snow
courses. It is 160 per cent of
last year, and 120 per cent of
one month ago.
Illinois Highest
In the Rogue River drainage
Allied charge that the Commun
ists have shipped at least 1,000
prisoners, including Americans,
across the North Korean border
to Manchuria.
Chou, in a broadcast from
Peiping, said the United States
government must "bear full
responsibility" for the air at
tacks on northeast China.
The United Nations command
has denied there have been any
such attacks.
Germ Warfare Charged
An official Communist mouth
piece, the Peiping People's Daily
News, said: v
"The American aggressors
have chosen precisely this mo
ment to bomb our northwest
again and to carry out large
scale germ warfare with the ob
vious aim of wrecking the
armistice talks in Korea, prolong
ing and expanding the aggressive
war in Korea and instigating
new wars."
Chou's accusation capped a
two-week propaganda campaign
by the Reds against alleged
"bacteriological warfare" by the
Allies. It was the first time the
Reds had openly linked the cam
paign with the armistice talks.
The People's Daily detailed
what it said were ' "open and
direct acts of aggression of the
U. S. government" beginning
with establishment of a Navy
cordon on the China coast in
June, 1950, and first intrusions"
by U. S. aircraft over China in
August."
The reference to a cordon ob
viously was to the U. S. 7th fleet
which on the outbreak of war in
Korea was ordered to patrol the
sea between Formosa and the
China mainland.
Local Court Lacks
Strike Jurisdiction
The way was left open for
pickets to return' to the Single
ton Milling company. Central
Point, Saturday following a cir
cuit court finding that the court
had no jurisdiction to grant con
tinuance of a temporary re
straining order against picketing
at the plant. The decision was
handed down by Judge O. J.
Millard, Grants Pass. '
Judge Millard, stated that be
cause the firm is engaged in in
terstate commerce, the circuit
court has no jurisdiction in the
case. In accord with this finding,
to obtain an injunction the Cen
tral Point firm must now go be
fore the national labor relations
board.
After announcing his findings
in the hearing, Judge Millard
stated from the bench, however,
that he would have acted as did
Judge H. K. Hanna in granting
the temporary restraining order.
He stated that he believed the
facts warranted issuing such an
order.
Attorneys for the Singleton
mill were unable to comment
immediately whether an injunc
tion would be sought from the
NLRB.
No pickets have been placed at
the plant late Saturday.
Elsewhere on the strike scene,
conditions were unchanged.
basin, the courses totaled 212
per cent of last year at the same
time, 168 per cent of 1950 and
209 per cent of average. Highest
of the individual drainage basins
within the Rogue area was in
the Illinois valley, where the
snow water content is now 448
per cent of 1951, 190 per cent
of 1950 and 331 per cent of
average.
The data which goes into the
snow surveys and resulting
water forecasts is gathered by
the cooperative federal - s t a t e
snow survey, which uses figures
supplied by a large number of
cooperating agencies. State
headquarters are in Medford,
and W. T. "Jack" Frost. Medford,
is hydraulic engineer in charge.
The U.. S. Weather bureau,
which this year for the first
time has been issuing general
river forecasts, also issued its
March forecast Saturday.
Above Average
Above normal February pre
cipitation in the Rogue and
Klamath basins assures excellent
water supplies, the forecast
said. Even if precipitation for
the remainder of the season is as
low as the minimum of record,
110 per cent of average runoff
can be expected, it added.
The forecast for the Middle
Fork of the Rogue river, near
Prospect, amounted to 160,000
acre feet on the Weather Bureau
report, which it listed as 121
per cent of normal.