Americans
Represent Korea,
Communists
Panmun jom (U.R) A Communist truce ' negotiator charged
angrily Thursday that "Americana cannot represent the Korean
people" and advised the United Nations command to stop con
tending that it does.
"It would be wise for you not to repeat any more that you
say you represent the Korean people," declared North Korean
CoL Chang Chun San in armistice terms discussion.
"Americans cannot represent
' Col. Don O, Darrow told Chang that "in numbers we, meaning
the United Nations command, represent as many if not more
Korean people than you do.
- "I am not here as an American but as a representative of the
United Nations command, Darrow
"As the United Nations command representative I represent
also the Republic of Korea and the citizens of the Republic of
Korea
70 Reported Dead
In Crash of Planes
Ai Moscow Airport
Berlin (U.PJ Sources close
to the Soviet Control Commis
sion reported Thursday that
more than 70 persons were killed
at an airport just outside Moscow
Wednesday in the crasn of a pas
senger plane and a loaded troop
transport plane.
The big passenger plane, in
bound from Odessa on the Black
Sea. was landing at Moscow's
Tula airport, according to the
report, when it overshot the run
way and crashed into a military
transport plane about to take
off for Berlin.
Honor Students Aboard
Thirty-four honor students of
the Moscow Voroshilov Military
Academy were in the transport
plane, informants said.
The report of the disaster
reached Berlin when Soviet
headquarters was . notified that
the flight of the military acad
emy students had been can
celled, it was added.
. There was no information of
the number of passengers in the
civilian transport plane or the
number of survivors.
Pop' Gates Funeral
Friday at 10:30 A.M.
Funeral services for Charles
E. (Pop) Gates, 80, former Med
ford mayor and auto dealer who
died Tuesday night in Salem,
will be held at Perl funeral
home Friday at 10:30 a. m. with
the Rev.' D. Kirkland West,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, officiating. Interment
will be in Siskiyou Memorial
park. ,
Active pall bearers will be
Fred Purdin, John Deaver, Au
brey Norris, Paul Rynning, El
bert Lennox and Paul Selby,
all past worshipful masters of
Medford Masonic lodge.
Honorary pall bearers will be
Morris B. Leonard Sr., Carl Y.
Tengwald, Joe F. Fliegel, Leon
B. Haskins, Frank DeSouza and
E. C. Jerome, all past exalted
rulers of Medford Elks lodge.
Army Civil Functions
Cut by $200,000,000
Washington (U.R) The
House Appropriations commit
tee Thursday cut more than
$200,000,000 off an Army civil
functions appropriation bill
which contained $693,000,000
when it came to Congress.
The cut, amounting to more
than 28 per cent, was mostly at
the expense of rivers and har
bors and flood control projects.
The committee said it worked
on the premise that "th civil
works program should be sub
servient to the defense needs of
the nation."
It said it eliminated all re
quests to start new projects,
and took out money for features
of going projects which could be
dropped without affecting con
struction alread. under way.
100th Washington Wreck
Victim Due on Week-End
Olympia (U.R) Death will
have claimed its first. 100 vic
tims on Washington state high
ways this "year by the end of
this week-end, if the one-a-day
traffic death pace continues.
The state patrol reported 96
persons died during the first 86
days of 1952, compared to 101
deaths reported during the same
period of 1951. During all of
last year 540 traffic fatalities
were reported.
Seattle (U.R) Number of
workers at Boeing Airplane
company's Seattle and Renton
factories will be increased from
28,218 to 29,400 by the end of
June, the company said Thurs
day. Weather
FORECAST: Fair with increai
in; high clouds tonight and
Friday with showers late Fri
day. Lows 38-40. Hifh near .
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ?t
Lowest this Morning 34 '
Cannot
Claim
the Korean people.
continued.
Seen As Attempt To
Stall Russian Question
' The Communists - apparently
set off the anti-American blast
in an attempt to stall on the
question of whether Russia is
a neutral nation qualified to sit
on the post-armistice commis
sion
The 80-minute meeting made
no progress.
Prisoner exchange negotia
tions, held in secret, last eight
minutes longer. The UN "further
explored the Communist pro
posal of March 21 the formal
ized version of a plan for con
tinuing negotiations on the basis
of lists already exchanged
Probe Continued
Col. George W. Hickman, UN
staff officer, said both sides were
continuing a Verbal probe of
differing viewpoints. He said the
negotiators are holding free dis
cussions in an atmosphere that
had no rancor.
The bitter debate Thursday
was set off during discussion of
translating into Korean the term
"United Nations command," as
related to the agreement on ports
ol entry.
The Reds favored the term
meaning "Allies" and the UN
wanted a specific translation
Came As Surprise
Col. Chang released his attack
when Col. Darrow told him to
remember the UN represented
"the Korean people also those
allied with the United Nations.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols
said later that the Communist
outburst came as a surprise. He
said they were developing what
had seemed a thoroughly unim
portant point into a matter of
significance.
Daylight Saving Time
Seen as Power Saver
Portland iU.R) The adoption
of daylight saving time this
summer would save an average
of 100,000 kilowatt hours of
"peaking, power" for Pacific
Northwest defense industries, ac
cording to a statement released
Thursday by the Oregon Broad
casters association.
The group attributed the es
timate to the Bonneville Power
administration. The daily saving
in peak load would amount to
250,000 kilowatt hours in late
August and September when
falling stream flow cuts power
production, the broadcasters
said. They said BPA expects an
other power shortage this sum
mer.
BULLETINS
Richard H. Baise. 36, of 45
Hawthorne street, was sen
tenced to an indeterminate
prison sentence of not more
than three years this after
noon. Circuit Judge H. K.
Hanna imposed the sentence
at 2:05 p. m. today after hear
ing character witnesses for
Baise.
Baixe. a former Medford po
lice sergeant, was arrested Feb
ruary 20. and pleaded guilty
the following day on a charge
of larceny by embexslement in
volving the theft of some
$1,600 in pennies and nickels
over a two-year period when
he was in charge of parking
meter collections for the city
police.
Richland. Wash. (U.R)
AFL teamsters began return
ing to their jobs at the Han
ford atomic works Thursday
ending a work stoppage that
had halted the plant's $180.
000.000 expansion program.
Pinson, Poe
Salem (U.R)
Four convicts,
three of them lifers, tried to
break out of the segregation
ward at Oregon state prison Wed
nesday night but were caught
after one of them .had cleared
the bars, Warden Virgil O'Malley
said Thursday.
Cells Claimed Locked
The four mysteriously got out
of their cells and into the shower
down the corridor, O'Malley said.
It was not clear just how they
got out of their cells. Guards
claim they were locked. But bars
on the cells-were not cut.
Bars on the shower had been
cut, however, and wooden pegs
inserted, indicating that the men
had planned the break attempt
for some time.'"
A check is made every half
hour in this segregation unit, and
Me
United Press full Leased Wire
47th Year
IU1
A
Benton Declares
Ability To Prove
McCarthy Charges
McCarthy. Dared
To Press Suit
Washington (U.R) Sen. Wil
liam Benton, D-Conn., saidThur
day he can prove in court the
truth of his charges against Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy and dared
the Wisconsin Republican to
bring his $2,000,000 suit to trial
before the November election.
McCarthy filed the suit in Fed
eral Court here Wednesday
charging that Benton libeled and
slandered him during his cam
paign to have McCarthy ousted
from the Senate.
Stems From Testimony
The suit stemmed mainly from
Benton's prepared testimony be
fore a Senate Elections Commit
tee last September charging that
McCarthy practiced perjury.
fraud, and deceit in his efforts
to prove that the State Depart
ment is infested with Commun
ists and fellow travelers.
McCarthy, who is seeking re
election, filed his suit after Ben
ton announced in the Senate last
week that he is willing to waive
his legal immunity from libel or
slander suits. Under the constitu
tion, a member of Congress nor
mally could not be sued for what
he said on the Senate or House
floor or before a congressional
committee.
Statement Issued
Challenging McCarthy to in
sist on a trial before McCarthy's
bid for reelection, Benton said in
a statement issued through his of-
fice:
"Senator McCarthy knows I
can prove in court the truth of
my carefully documented
charges. His sincerity can hence
forth be judged ... by the dili
gence with which he seeks to
bring his suit to trial."
Benton said "an immediate re
view of his tactics is urgently in
the interest of the people of the
United States and also of the
tens of millions throughout the
world in whose eyes our country
is being discredited by his tac
tics."
Several Senate colleagues ex
pressed doubt that McCarthy and
Benton will be able to carry their
running feud into the federal
courts.
Meeting on Steel
Discussion Fizzles
Washington (U.R) A three
hour meeting of top mobiliza
tion officials fizzled out Thurs
day with no solution to the steel
wage-price crisis.
The conference was called in
an endeavor to reach a compro
mise to avert the threatened
strike by CIO United Steelwork
ers on April 8 against the na
tion's steel mills.
After the conference between
Defense Mobilizer Charles E.
Wilson and his key stabilization
aides, Wilson cancelled plans to
issue an "action statement:"
U. 5. Recognizes
New Cuba Government
Washington (U.R) The
United States Thursday formally
recognized the new government
of Cuba headed by Fulgencio
Batista.
Secretary of State, Dean Ache
son told a news' conference
Wednesday that American action
on recognition would be based
on whether the government has
firm control, whether the people
of Cuba "acquiesce 'to the gov
ernment, and whether it would
carry out its international ob
ligations. Again in
when guards
found the men
their cells the
missing from
alarm was sounded. Within a
matter of minutes three of them
had returned to their cells vol
untarily. But the fourth had
wriggled "through the bars to the
roof of the building, and it was
a good half hour before he was
found. -Pinson
Included
included in the four was John
O. Pinson, 34, who with William
Benson executed the first suc
cessful attempt in the history of
the prison to break out of the
bull pen. That was on Memorial
day of 1949.
The others were Dupree Poe,
54, under life sentence for kill
ing a Silverton policeman; Rich
ard M. Moore, 46, under life sen-
tence from Multnomah couity -
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LEADING HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS Is all In cays work for
California's Gov. Earl Warren as he campaigns in Wisconsin for
delegates to Republican convention. Musicians are from Shorewood,
Milwaukee suburb. Warren later made speech. (International)
Wisconsin Primary
Electioneering At
Stage of Suspicion
Madison, Wis. U.R) The pol
itical air in Wisconsin was
charged with suspicion Thurs
day as the three Republican
President Returns
From Florida Rest
Key West. Fla. (U.R) Presi
dent Truman flies back to Wash
ington and an assortment of
problems ranging from the steel
strike to politics Thursday.
The chief executive was" sched
uled to arrive back in Washing
ton between 4 and 4:30 p.m.
The people of Key West, par
ticularly the merchants, were
more sentimental than usual
about the President's departure.
His highly publicized 11 trips
down here have resulted in
thousands of extra tourist dol
lars.
First Frost Warning
Broadcast Due Sunday
C. B. Cordy, county agent for
horticulture, indicated this
morning that the first, frost
warning broadcast for orchard
ists will probably be given Sun
day night. The service is con
ducted here annually by Federal
Meteorologist Roy Rogers.
The first broadcast had been
tentatively scheduled for today.
However, Cordy pointed out that
cold weather has placed the de-iif
velopment of fruit tree buds
about 10 days behind the year-
to-year average.
Off ending 'i' Found '
In Willamette Avenue
Medford city officials dis
covered today that, despite a
careful check of some 1,200
newly ordered street signs, an
error in spelling has been
found. Signs at the intersec
tion of Willamette avenue and
East Main street proclaim that
the north-south thoroughfare
is "Williamette" avenue.
City officials are a bit pus
xled as to how .the incorrect
sign escaped several checks
and was actually mounted on
a metal post at the intersec
tion. However, they point out
that it will not be much of a
problem to "pluck out the
offending i."
Prison Break Attempt
for burglary, and Allen D. Brum-
field, 37, doing 22 years from
Marrow county for burglary.
Pinson is under life sentence
for killing a state policeman at
Hxd River.
The four managed some way
to get out of their cells in the
segregation ward of the old cell
block "C" and into the shower
room.
Reached Fifth Tier
There they had cut through to
the corridor and had managed
to reach the fifth tier. They cut
through a bar at the top tier and
pushed' Poe, the slightest of the
four, through the opening. From
there he had only to descend like
a "human fly" to the ground and
then find a way over the wall.
But the others could ge"c i
through the opening, their ab-
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 27,
Fee
candidates stepped up their
campaigning with only five days
left before the primary next
Tuesday.
All seemed wary of any more
"surprise moves' like the one
Harold E. Stassen pulled when
he announced that half his dele
gates would vote for Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower on the
first ballot at next July's na
tional GOP convention.
Kefauver Attacks McCarthy
Sen. Estes -Kefauver, only
democrat on the presidential pri
mary ballot for his party, ignor
ed the electioneering by-play
among the republicans for the
time being and concentrated his
attacks on Republican Sen. Jo
seph McCarthy.
Before leaving for Nebraska,
which also has an April 1 pri
mary. Kefauver told a Milwau
kee audience that McCarthy's
tactics'" were not helping the
country at home or abroad. The
Tennessee senator said that he
did not "like the idea of swear
ing and I don't like the idea of
McCarthy."
Sen. Robert A. Taft, speaking
in Madison, took a swing both
at Stassen and Gov. Earl Warren
of California.
Abandonment Charged '
"In one case, the delegates
seem to have abandoned their
candidate and in the other, the
candidate seems to have aban
doned his delegates." Taft said.
He referred to Stassen's un
usual action and the fact that
Warren delegates have said that
elected
they will cast their
GOP convention votes for Eisen
hower in case Warren appears
unable to get the nomination.
And earlier at Portage. Wis.,
Taft called Warren. and Stassen
"hybrid"' candidates and said he
could not see how anybody
could vote for them "when they
don't know what they are voting
for."
Refuses Questions
But the Ohio Republican re
fused to answer any questions on
New Jersey's action in refusing
to remove him from that state's
ballot on April 15 although Taft
had sought to withdraw after
Gov. Alfred Driscoll of New Jer
sey threw in his lot with Eisen
hower. Stassen himself, when asked
whether he was considering a
vice-presidency on any future
Eisenhower-for-president ticket,
said he was "engaged in a strong
campaign for the presidency."
sence from the cells was discov
ered, the alarm was sounded,
and searchlights began piercing
every cranny of the prison. Once
Poe was found cowering in the
darkness atop the cell block, the; . ' , . . ,
remainder of the 17 men in the iUCCUmbS in AShlana
segregation ward were searched j Ashland, Ore. (U.R) Mrs.
for escape weapons or tools Harry G. McElmurry, Stanley,
but none were found. ;Wis., died Wednesday night in
Guards Turn Firemen la local hospital after lying un-
One prisoner in protest of the conscious for nine days from
search tossed a lighted wad of
paper onto his cot, and guards
had to turn firemen momentar
ily to put out the blaze.' The in
cident cost the convict his cig
arettes and matches.
The escape quartet had fash
ioned a rope of some 50 feet out
of wetted sheets to make the
sc?r. t Ire r. the top of cell block
"C" to the ground.
Mm
Five Highways
Covered by Water
In Central Oregon
Melting Snow Sends
Streams From Banks
By UNITED PRESS
East Oregonians, accustomed
to cold, dry weather, fought
floodwaters Thursday as warm
temperatures melted mountain
snow, sent streams out of their
banks and forced hundreds of
persons to flee their homes.
At least five highways were
flooded.
Printrille Hardest Hit
Hardest hit was Prineville, a
town'of 3.200 where more than
125 homes along the banks of
the swollen Crooked river and
Ochoco creek were evacuated.
Trailer houses were forced to
move to hills above the town.
Passengers of a Pacific Trail
ways bus near Prineville were
stranded by a washed-out bridge.
Authorities reported the pas
sengers found shelter in nearby
farm houses.
At Vale, the Malheur river
was at its highest level in 30
years and half a dozen families
left their homes. Schools in Vale
were dismissed Wednesday for
fear busses might be held up by
water on roads and bridges.
The Crooked river at Prine
ville dropped six inches during
the night but another warm day
was expected Thursday. Fear
was expressed the town's busi
ness district might be flooded
if the snow runoff continued as
fast.
Oldtimers at Prineville called
it the worst flood since 1910.
Water crept into town Wednes
day and continued to rise
throughout the day.
Home Evacuated
Fifty homes in the southwest
part of the city were evacuated
first when water flooded streets
and lawns and lapped' against
floorboards of homes. Furniture
was moved to a school gymna
sium for safety. Later the wa
ter reached another residential
district and 75 more homes were
evacuated.
Secondary streets were com
pletely impassagle.
Travel Hasardous
Closed highways and washed
out bridges made travel habard
ous in the usually arid area. U.
S. Highway 395 was flooded over
a nine-mile section in the Wag
ontire area, water was over the
Central Oregon highway in the
Cap ranch area. U. S. Highway
26 between Mt. Vernon and Day
ville was closed, - Highway 27
south of Prineville was covered
with three feet of water and the
Rome-Princeton highway at Fol
ly farm in Malheur county was
closed.
Some lowland areas in West
ern Oregon's Willamette valley
remained inundated - Thursday,
but the flood threat in the val
ley eased as the Willamette riv
er crested below flood stage.
First National Bank
Affected by Ruling
Portland (U.R) A federal
reserve board decision dissolv
ing the huge Giannini banking
empire will have a direct effect
on the First National bank ot
Portland and its statewide bank
ing system.
The Portland bank is one in
which Giannini interests hold
stock ownership. Dissolving of
the Tranamerica corporation, Gi
annini' holding firm, however,
would merely transfer owner
ship rather than business rela
tions with the public.
First National has 11 Portland
offices and 35 branches through
out the state.
Additionally, there are 15 af
filiated banks in Oregon and
three branches of affiliates, mak
ing a total of 64 Oregon banking
houses directly affected by the
ruling.
Siskivau Wreck Victim
head injuries suffered in a head
on collision between a truck and
a car in which she was riding.
The 70-year-old woman's hus
band lost control of his car on
icy payment March 18. The car
skidded into a truck driven by
Joseph Earl Smith, Grants, Pass,
10 miles south of here.
McFImurry and Smith es
caped serious injury. -
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1952
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Gunman Murders
Three Mebraskans
Merriman. Neb (U.R) A
suspect in the midnight mur
ders of three persons was shot
and fatally wounded Thursday
by a posse of 200 persons
which stormed a ranch, burn
ed three buildings and fired
more than 1,000 shots to get
him. The suspect was identi
fied as Blaine Ellis.
Merriman, Neb. (U.R) Ranch
ers' and townspeople, some fly
ing their own planes, joined au
thorities Thursday in a manhunt
over the desolate sandhills for
a murderer who shot and killed
a couple and one of their neigh
bors. Roadblocks were -set up on
highways and the sparce net
work of sideroads leading over
the Sandhills in the area of this
isolated town of 321 persons.
Planes Circle Area
Several small private planes
circled the area, hoping to spot
the car in which the gunman
Youngsters Admit
Ashland Theater
Vandalism Guilt
Ashland Nine boys ranging
from 11 to 14 years of age have
been questioned about the van
dalism in the Shakespearean
Theater shell here Tuesday,
Chief of Police Vern Smith said
today. All have admitted vary
ing degrees of guilt, the chief
added-
Smith raid that four more
youngsters will be questioned
today. All property which was
reported stolen from the theater
in the Tuesday break-in has been
recovered, Smith reported, and
some property which was not
listed on the report also has been
recovered.
Some of the boys gained ac
cess to the shell by going over
the wall, they told Smith, and
others broke in through the
gate.
The parents of the youngsters
involved will be called in for
consultation, the police chief
said, and presumably will be
held responsible for the damage,
described as malicious mischief,
caused by the boys. Damages
will total more than $200, ac
cording to Bill Dawkins, of the
Shakespeare and Vining theatri
cal companies, who reported the
case to police. He said that some
of the destruction will be cov
ered by insurance, but that some
properties are irreplacable.
Bridges Testifies
Before Subcommittee
Washington (U.R) Senate
Republican Leader Styles
Bridges testified Thursday that
his interest in a liquor dealer's
$7,000,000 tax case stemmed
solely from a desire "to encour
age quick and proper action."
The New Hampshire Republi
can conceded to a House Ways
and Means subcommittee inves
tigating tax scandals that he did
not know Hyman Harvey Klein,
the Baltimore liquor dealer in
tax difficulties.
Bridges said he entered the
case at the request of an old
friend, William Power Maloney,
former special assistant attorney
general and now attorney for
"Mystery Man" Henry W. Grune
wald. Maloney previously testified
that he had asked Bridges to in
tervene in the Klein case.
Dalles Dam Project
Loses $37,500,000
Washington (U.R) The House
Appropriations committee, . in
eliminating $37,500,000 for The
Dalles dam in Oregon from an
army appropriation bill, criti
cized the Corps of Engineers
Thursday for not getting started
on fishing right negotiations
with Indians.
The committee said it told the
engineers last year to get the
Columbia fishing rights settled
before again asking money to
start the dam. It also said it
asked for final cost estimates for
the project
Oregon City (U.R) A charge
of assault and battery, against
State Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney
of Portland was dismissed here
Thursday by District Court
Judge Paul C. Fischer.
United Press Full Leased Wim
No. 5
fled after killing Mr. and Mrs.
George , Mensinger and Deo
Gardner.
The murderer also wounded
the Mensingers infant son,
Fritz, and another neighbor.
Cliff McDonald, 30.
Cherry County Sheriff Art
Jones said .the killer was be
lieved to be "hiding in the hills"
in the vicinity of the shooting.
Large groups of neighbors
and friends of the shooting vic
tim joined the search for the
gunman, believed to be driving
a black 1950 or 1951 Chevrolet
sedan.
No Reason Offered
Authorities could offer no rea
son for the shootings. Authorities
had not been able to question
McDonald, who suffered a ser
ious neck wound and was hos
pitalized at Gordon, Neb.
Sheriff's officers gave this
version of the shooting:
Just before midnight the gun
man came to the Mensinger
home,' eight miles south of here.
Mensinger, 27, answered the
door and was fatally wounded
by a shotgun blast.
Three more shots were fired
through the partially opened
door, and Mrs. Mensinger, 24,
and her son were wounded.
Makes Telephone Call
Mrs. Mensinger, although
wounded, ran to the telephone
and got a call through to the
Merriman operator. The call and
her screams for help also were
heard by several neighbors on
the party line.
The gunman, meanwhile, had
circled the house and fired a
shotgun blast through the kitch
en window, fatally wounding
Mrs. Mensinger as she tele
phoned. The gunman then apparently
jumped into his car and sped
away. A short distance away,
McDonald, unaware of the gun
man's identity, stopped his car
and was wounded in the neck
by a shotgun charge. .
Gunman Disappears
Then Gardner, believing the
gunman's car to be that of a
neighbor, stopped it. He walked
over to the car and was shot
by a pistol, believed to be of .38
caliber.
The gunman had disappeared
by the time other neighbors and
authorities could arrive.
Pearson Conferring
On Veterans' Bonus
Washington (U.R) Walter J.
Pearson, Oregon state treasurer,
was here Thursday conferring
with federal officials on the is
suance of a $40,000,000 bond
issue to finance a bonus for the
state's World War II veterans.
Pearson said that Oregon "ap
peared in better shape" than
most states in marketing such
bonds.
He was scheduled to meet
with Dr. Arthur Smithy, assist
ant to Defense Mobilizer Charles
E. Wilson; Secretary of the
Treasury John W. Snyder, Chair
man William Martin of the fed
eral reserve board of governors
and Federal Reserve Governor
Oliver Powell. . .
Josephine Road
Workers Plan Strike
Grants Pass, Ore. (U.R)'
Josephine county road em
ployees Thursday threatened to
strike in protest to actions of
Road Superintendent Roy Slette,
whom they charged with jeopar
dizing job security.
The workers, members of the
AFL Oregon Public Employees
Council, said they would strike
April 7 and picket county road
shops if "a satisfactory solution"
was not reached by then.
The county court refused a
formal hearing, but Judge Ray
mond Lathrop expressed willing
ness to talk to one or any group
of workers.
Eight More States feel
Midwestern Truck Strike
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) A
three-week-old truckers' strike
threatened Thursday to spread
to eight other mid-central states
after drivers in other cities in
Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and
Kansas joined the walkout.
Sympathy strikes and walk
outs were reported at Des
Moines, Sioux City and Ottum
wa, la.; Omaha, Neb.; Wichita.
Kan., and Joplin, Mo. .
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