Medford mail tribune., January 25, 1955, Image 1

House Approves ;
Request for Joint
! Dam Construction
: Green Peter, Cougar
- Memorials Sanctioned '
Salem (U.FO A memorial
urging Congress to approve part
. nership construction of Green
' Peter and Cougar projects was
' passed in the House today by a
vote o 44 to 16.
Rep. Maurice Neuberger, Port-;-
land Democrat, raised the only
I voice against the memorial and
" carried 15 other Democrats with
: her in the roll call vote .on the
: measure. Nine Democrats voted
in favor of the memorial.
; Goes To Senate " "'
The memorial now goes to the
; Senate where its passage appear
ed assured. . :
t Rep. Edward Cardweli, Linn
county Republican who was one
of the sponsors of the memorial,
i emphasized the flood control as
1 pects of the two projects and
i said their power generating tea
's tares were marginal. Rep. Loran'
"Stewart, Cottage Grove Repub
lican, said power generated by
; the two dams would go into the
I Northwest ' power ". pool ' and,
though small - by comparison
- with other Northwest dams,
would help to alleviate regional
i power shortages. ,' --.-.
I ;Mrs. Neuberger said she had
v no objection to the projects but
to the method of construction
i recommended in the memorial.
s She said she considered -Presi-
; dent Eisenhower remiss in not
including them in his 1955 bud-
f get message to Congress for full
federal financing. , a I
Cooperative Financing .
t Green Peter dam on the South
Santiam river would, if authoriz-
ed by Congress, be built in part
- nership with Pacific Power and
i Light of Portland. Partnership
construction of Cougar dam on
; the McKenzie river would mean
"i co-operative ; financing by the
government and by the Eugene
Water and Electric Board. .
; House members , pointed out
i that a memorial passed by the
; Legislature has no force of law
(but is used as an expression of
; the Oregon Legislature on an is-
sue up for action in Congress.
.JuryOetsCase
lOf Red Leader
i Chicago" (lf.R 'A federal
; judge today; gave a jury of seven
" man and five women the case of
- Claude - Lightfoot, Communist
party leader in Illinois, charged
with violating the 'Smith- act
! through his activities while a
; party member. -i
Judge Philip L.' Sullivan cau-
tioned the jury against ruling on
i the basis of personal prejudices
and sympathies, and told its
members they must reach their
verdict on the basis of the evi
dence which they heard.
He said that during the period
covered by the indictment, July,
1Q4R in Jim. 1952. it was not a
crime to belong to the Commu
nist party as such, but it was a
crime to belong to any organiza
, tion which advocated overthrow
of the government by force and
violence, provided that the mem
ber had knowledge of this ad
vocacy. Chest X-Ray Clinic
Open Again Wednesday
. To help break the "chain of
Infection" from an estimated 108
unknown cases of tuberculosis
in Jackson . county, the chest
x-ray clinic will again be open
to the public on Wednesday, Jan.
26, from 3 to 6 pan., according
to 'Mrs, Jack. Walker, case find
ing chairman for the Jackson
County Public ; Health associa
tion. -; ,. .. - '
-Lengthening of clinic hours
Y has greatly reduced the waiting
time to have chest x-rays, Mrs.
Walker said. -
Washington (U.PJ Rep. Wat-
' ter Norblad (R-Ore.) baa recom
mended Clarence A. Christian-
son for appointment as aeticj
postmaster at Cornelias, fjrev
Six Bills Introduced To
Revise Mil!: Regulations
Salem (U.R) Six bills were
introduced in the House today
for the Department of Agricul
ture that would revise state milk
regulations.
One of the bills, introduced
by the committee on food and
dairies, provides that the price
differential between grades of
milk shall not be less than ffve
per cent of the price paid for
milk of the next highest grade.
Price Differentials
If finally approved, the bill
also - would require that price
r-'fferentials between grades of
ream could not be less than
three cents a pound of butterfat
mwpm nremium and first
grade cream and not less than
dUC V vOiil -
five cents a pound of butterfat
SdIs-:IPKain)d
- . ....
Taipeh, .Formosa - (U.PJ
Communist artillery bombarded
the Tachen Islands today in an
apparent warning to the U.S.
7th Fleet that an attempt to
evacuate the Nationalist garri
son would bring American war
ships within range of Red guns.
Communist reconnaissance
planes swept across the island
group 200 miles north of For
mosa in -what was expected to
be a prelude to another massive
bombing attack such as the one
that softened up nearby Yikiang
shan for a Red .invasion. They
also obviously were looking for
signs of the U.S.. ..Navy. ; .
Vice Adm. Alfred M. Pride,
commander of the 7th Fleet left
Administration
Officially Asks :
Postal Rate Hike
' Washington -iU.R)-r-The; ad
ministration has asked Congress
to hike the cost of mailing let
ters both locally .and out-of-town
by one cent. . , . .-. '
It proposed in a bill sent to
Congress yesterday that .the first
class mail rate be boosted from
three to four cents' and the air
mail rate from six' to seven. ;
10 Cents Monthly Cost--- ;
The Post Office, department
estimated. the one cent increase
on first, class mail would cost
the average 3 family about 10
cents a month.lt would produce
for the - government a total of
$237,000,000 annually in new
revenue .,.-. . s
The air; mail hike would pro
duce $14,000,000 a year. I
In another bill, the administra
tion proposed a pay boost aver
aging 6.5 per cent for 500,000
postal workers.' The raise would
cost 'about v $127,000,000 annu
ally. . - ,. - -. -v
President Eisenhower earlier
this month .recommended both
the pay raise and the increase
in mail' rates -to .finance it and
the post office department's multi-million
dollar deficit. But the
bill sent.tp Congress.ryesterday
filled in details of his recom
mendations. V "L " ' ;
Other" Increases 'Asked ' 1
i The administration also asked
for increases in other .mail rates
which,' along with the boost in
letter postage, cost, . would pro
duce a total of $332,250,000 in
revenue. The -' other proposals
included: ?
.A 15 per cent increase in, sec
ond class mail (newspapers and
magazines) this year and anoth
er 15 per. cent boost'next year.
These would bring in $16,500,
OOOrover the: two year- period.
Both increases would become
permanent, the post office said.
A 28 per cent increase in third
class mail circulars, advertising,
miscellaneous printed materials
and merchandise weighing eight
ounces or less to bring in $73,
000,000 a year.
Community College
At Bend May Get Aid
Portland t (U.R) The State
Board of Higher Education to
day agreed to' study a proposal
to help out a community college
at Bend and indicated it might
undertake an investigation on
possibility of junior colleges
elsewhere in Oregon. ;
Robert Chandler, publisher of
the Bend Bulletin, said the 100
student Central Oregon Com
munity College is growing so
fast-that state money might 'be
needed in the : near future. It
now is financed by local school
district funds.
Chandler sakT the school pro
vide sr valuable educational
chore itf helpin ' students get
tWcf years 6f jooilor college work
in preparfag for upper division
college courses.
between first and second grade
cream. The State Department of
Agriculture would be authorized
to Jnspect the books of dairy
producers to see that the terms
of the law .were being observed.
Sanitation, Quality Set Forth -j
- The 'Agriculture Department
bills also included a comprehen
sive act setting forth sanitary
and quality standards for fluid
milk from the producer to the
consumer and ; would prohibit
dilution by water. . All .milk
grades except: grade A would
be eliminated." r-: rH
i Another bill in" the series
would exempt owners of - one
cow or three goats from grade
and standard reouirements' for
fluid milk if they do not adver
I t - "
tise their milk for sale.
his t flagship - and hurried to
Taipeh: for urgent talks r with
Rear Adm. Frederick Kivette,
commander, of Task Force 77's
four great carriers, seven cruis
ers and 50 destroyers and other
support craft. - : - r.
. Task Force 77, "alert and on
the ready," was prepared to en
ter the battle zone instantly
w h e n President . Eisenhower
gives the order for evacuation of
the 30,000 Nationalist Chinese
troops and civilians from the
Red threatened islands. . Vi
Admirals To Confer
The two admirals also were
expected to confer with Presi
dent Chiang Kai-shek who was
described as both pleased and
disappoined with President Eis
enhower's message to Congress.
Sources close to Chiang said
he was pleased at the American
decision to defend against'' fur
ther Communist - aggression , but
disappointed in Mr. Eisenhow
er's failure to draw a firm line
of defense and name the Nation
alist islands that will be pro
tected. " - - - ,
Sources . here said the : "keep
them guessing' policy" , was in
keeping with recommendations
from Americans in this area.
Committee Ready
For Peress Case
Washington U.R) The Sen
ate Investigating subcommittee,
reorganized under . Democratic
control, was ready today to take
another look at the Army's han
dling of the Peress case. '
. Sen. 'John L. McClellan of
Arkansas, new Democratic
chairman of the group,' said an
other investigation' of thecase
"will "be among our first proj
ects." Maj. Irving Peress,-a New
York dentist, refused to tell a
former - committee ; chairman,
Sen. J o s ep h R. McCarthy,
whether he was a Communist,
and the Army later gave him an
honorable discharged -r f -f
McClellan', said the subcom
mittee also will: go into other
investigations , left over from
McCarthy's -regimel 1 These- in
clude the question of East-West
trade with Iron Curtain nations.
the inquiry into the Army radar:
center" at Ft.: Monmouth, N.J.,
and the investigation -of alleged
Communists in defense plants.
Possible Subversion
Seen in Korea Conflict
- Washington (U.R) Top U.S.
military commanders in the Ko
rean war believe they were de
nied -victory because rof "possi
ble subversion, ; wishful thinking,--
European Qrientail6n - and
Allied pressure," the Senate In
ternals Security Committee re
ported today.:
-r The report said that five offi
cers who testified before the sub
committee last year Gen. Mark
Clark, UJf. commander in Ko
rea; Lt Gen. George E. Strate
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, Eighth
meyer, U.N. air commander;
Army commander; Lt. Gen. Ed
ward M.! Almond, X Corps com
mander, and Adm. C Turner
Joy, U.N. - naval .commander
"supplied some clues to possible
subversion in : government de
partments, but were unable to
make specific charges.''-.
Russia Announces End
Of War Vilh Germany
London (U.R) Radio Moscow
tonight announced that Russia
has ended its state of war with
Germany. v -'
The far reaching announce
ment was - heard ; in - Moscow
broadcasts, monitored here.
The decision to' end the state
of war with Germany appar
ently was taken at a conference
of Foreign Minister V. M. Molo
tov with the .Soviet ambassador
to East Germany and the East
German ambassador to Moscow.
.The declaration that the state
of war . has been ended . clears
the way for strengthening the
ties between Moscow and ; the
East German Communist re
gime. It also will clear the way
for open rearmament of East
Germany.
Washington (U.R) Rep. Rus
sell . Mack of Washington will
represent Washington and Ore
gon on the House Republican
Policy - Committee again this
year.
Weather
-FOEKCAST Clear tonight, be-.
cminf -fogs? in th vmlley
' fcy erly meralBg. Partly
: elondy Wednesday afternoon.
Cooler tonight, low 3t; high
' Wednesday St. -Bighest
Yesterday ' ' 42
Lowest this Morning 38
Free to 4:J ajn. Today, Trace -
united Wr
49th Year 16 Pages
Fire Damages Eads
Transfer Company,
Building Yesterday
Storecl Articles
Damaged; Flue Blamed '
A blaze which Fire Chief Gor
don Barker blamed on faulty
construction and a defective old
flue damaged Eads Transfer and
Storage co., 123 South Front st.,
late yesterday afternoon. v ' -
The fire gutted a storage room
in the southeast, corner of. the
building, charred other neaisby
furniture and stored materials,
and spread through a window
into a" nearby garage where an
automobile caught fire.
Large Crowd
: " Damage . estimates were ' not
available this morning. The fire,
which, was reported at 5:24 p.m.,
attracted a large crowd after the
general alarm ' sounded and
smoke and flames mounted, into
the sky. ' . '
Barker said the fire apparent
ly originated in wooden floor
ing and stored ' cartons near a
brick flue which came from a
basement furnace. The flue was
in poor condition, he said. The
fire chief said the fire was sim
ilar ; in cause to one . which re
cently damaged a downtown
drug - store, and he estimated
that - some 100 or more other
older : buildings in town . still
have a similar fire hazard. '
Tore Open Door
.: The fire was controlled after
firemen, tore open adoor to the
storage area from the alley. The
f iref ightine job . took about - 25
minutes, . Barker said, and the
equipment was out a little more
than . two hours, including the
clean-up period. Three pumpers,
one from each station, and -the
aerial, ladder truck were .used,
and : 40 men, including 8 volun
teers and 15 men- from the off
shift,' participated in fighting, the
fire."' ' f1 .
. . .,The only ..car involved In . the
fire was a 1955 model owned by
Mrs. Betty Boyle, manager 6f the
Jackson hotel.-It was extensively
damaged befof e men from Cour
tesy Chevrolet company -. were
able to pull it from a small ga
rage attached, to Eads Transfer.
They used ' carbon v dioxide fire.
extinguishers owned by the fire
department; to put, out the car
fire. ,V ; , ' i ' -
Cars Moved
A number of cars, on a nearby
parking lot, and -in a garage next
door, -. were moved during the
fire. v - , " ' ' ,
- The building is owned by Mrs.
Edith Arnold, 912 West 11th St.,
who told firemen it was covered
by insurance. .
Fire Captain Charles Hobbs
was the first fireman on the
scene. He saw the smoke before
the alarm sounded and drove to
the fire, where he was waiting
when the fire equipment ar
rived. Fire in -stored mattresses and
knocked-down carboard cartons
was put out only after they were
taken outside, pulled apart and
doused with water and a wetting
agent, Chief Barker said.
Escape Uninjured
A .woman, and her-four chil
dren escaped uninjured' in an
other fire early this morning, ac
cording -to Central Point' Rural
Fire Department members.
The blaze was in the. J. L.
Bradley residence at 6119 Crater
iaise mgnway,,.t;iaon. Deem, a
Yellow Cab company s driver,
first saw the' blaze, and radioed
the alarm to his company, which
notified Medford firemen, who
called the Central Point Rural
department
Deem then went to the house.
Mrs. Bradley, whose husband
was at work, had awakened at
about the same time; Deem as
sisted the . family from the
house, and then closed the front
door. Firemen said this probably
helped to confine the fire so that
more damage was not done.
The inside of the residence
was considerably damaged, they
said. Two pump trucks, -a tank
truck and 12 men responded to
the alarm. Firemen said the fire
apparently originated from a de
fective flue. '
Two Taken To Prison
By Sheriff Gault
Marion Franklin Piening,' 50,
of 425 South Grape st, and
Frederick Joseph ; Mettekoven,
48, a transient, were taken to
Salem this morning . by Sheriff
Howard Gault to start terms in
Oregon state prison.
Piening was sentenced to 15
years in prison ,. on a, man
slaughter charge involving the
death of Mrs. Margaret Ann
Cornell on April 19, 1949. Mette
koven was sentenced to ' three
years on a charge of larceny of
a gum machine and a candy machine.
ess ruil Leased Wire At- - , .
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, ;1955
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SMOKE BILLOWS OUT Smoke 5 billowed '
out from the Eads Transfer and Storage com-,:
pany yesterday afternoon, after a blaze in thei
rear of the building started from- what Fire
: Chief Gordon Barker - said was faulty con-;
struction of a floor too near an old, defective
flue.' Medford's' aerial: ladder truck, shown
4t
ft
Hi
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CLIMB BURNING BUILDING Medford firemen are shown as
they climbed a ladder against the rear of Eads Transfer and
Storage building yesterday afternoon to fight a blaze inside. At
the rear, a masked fireman can be seen as he works to open a
door which permitted access to the fire. At extreme left is a por
tion of a garage where a car owned by Mrs.-Betti Boyle, Jackson
hotel manager, caught fire and burned while she warned hotel
patrons to move their car from the nearby parking lot. It was put
out by men from Courtesy Chevrolet company. ? - ,
; -r- '-(Brainerd photo) '
Churchill Rejects Idea
To Meet With Malenltov
London (U,PPrime Minis?
ter Winston Churchill today re
jected a suggestion in the House
of Commons that he meet with
Soviet Premier. Georgia - Malen
kov'inan. attempt tb ease? the
tense situation in the Far 'East.
"I don't conceive that a meet
ing on the Far East -between me
and Mr. Malenkov would . be
likely to yield favorable results
at tho present time," the Prime
Minister said.
The issue of a Churchill-Mal-enkov.
meeting was - raised by
Laborite members alarmed by
the rapid pace of threatening
developments in the Formosa
area. - - '
i Reliable British diplomatic
: Salem Disc Jockey ZT;
Jailed; $500 Needed
For March of Dimes i' -
Salem XUPJ Disc Jockey
, Ray Loter of Salem radio sta-5
tion KG AE played Teressa,
' Brewer's rendition of "Let Me t
Go LoTtr". 20 limes after
a.m. today and got tossed tin
'the pokey. ;"',,
And hell slay there until:
he has raised .4500 for thai
March of Dimes,
j. Municipal Judge Doug HayT
tsentenced ' him ; to ' raise the ?
1 S50& as one. of the : stunts tbrr
help .tha fight against polio. v ;
Earle W. Headxicav manager :
of KGAE, said the money was
rolling in. Meanwhile, Loter.
was broadcasting direct from
the city jail while contribu
tions ware being phoned in. i
. :
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' above, was one of four pieces of equipment!
; which answered the' general alarm. The blaze
'r was extinguished from the rear of the build-, ;
'.ing after firemen tore open a door into a par- i
titioned storage room where . the fire, was
largely confined. Smoke went into, other parts
v of the, building, however. (Brainerd photo). ,
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1
sources have, indicated, however,!
thaf ' direct' feelers rV' looking
toward a ceasefire in the war in
the Formosan Straits may be
undertaken in Peiping. 1 .
; I ChurchiU indicated he still
is willing to meet with Malen
kov "if the right time and occa
sion are found." v "
Five Dances Tonight
To Aid March of Dimes ;
Five community ; dances , are
scheduled for tonight, with gross'
receipts to . be turned over to
the March of Dimes. Music is be
ing donated,, as are concession
items and the use of the dance
halls." Admission and .concession
patronage will be by contribu
tion to the polio fund campaign.
."Dances are scheduled at the
Jacksonville Community hall,
Rogue. VaUeyrBallroom, Jackson!
Hotel' Pioneer room, walker's
Dreamland and YMCA. -"
Last i Saturday the ' Postal
Clerks auxiliary and the Letter
Carriers auxiliary raised $186.19
in 'a Mile V 'Dimes, the senior
high school March of Dimes day
netted about $217, and the steer
giveaway brought approximate
ly $600, according to city chair
man Tom Reeder.
DOWVJONES .AVERAGES '
' New York -UU.R) Dow - Jones
final 'stock averages: 30 indus
trials 397.00 up 1.00; 20 rail
roads 140.61 off 0.58; 15 UtiHties
62.41 off 0.39; : and 65 stocks
147.17 off 0.15. Sales today were
about 3,230,000 shares compared
with 2,910,000 shares yesterday.
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No. 265
15 Young People
Sunday Beer; Party
-Central Point Fifteen young
people ranging in age from 13
to 23, were picked up early Sun
day following a beer party at a
priyate home here. Off icers from
the' sheriff's office; state spolice,
and .Central ' Point city police
took part in the roundup.
ki-i' Jive j3by -were arrested ' on
liquor -charges and were lodged
in jau in lieu of a total of $800
- They.were-James Paul Brown,
20, a student at. Oregon Techni
cal Institute at Klamath ' Falls;
Henry,Chavez, 22 of 2 Clark st.
Medford, an Air Force man sta
Uoned at McDill Air Force base,'
Tampa, Fla.; .David Hess Grif
fiths, a23, of 1031 Narregan st,
Medford; Robert Thomas.Green,
20;rof 2411 Sunset court, Med
ford; and Franklin Gene Rider,
19, of 136 Oak st., Central Point,
where the party was held.
'Griffiths -. and Chavez yester
day pleaded guilty and were
fined $50 each in Central Point
municipal court The other three
were fined $25 each. J
Seven girls, all teenagers,
were referred to juvenileauthor
ities. Youngest of the group was
a 13-year-old Medford girl, who
Central Point police said became
drunk at the party and had been
taken to a focal dance hall "to
get rid of her;" Operators of the
dance hall notified the girl's
parents pf. her whereabouts.
Woman Collapses in ' i t
Downtown Area, Dies
Aiwoman identified as Mrs.
Mary- Belle Jones, 82,'. of 228
North Central a ve.', collapsed
on 'sidewalk; on North Central
ave.' at about 12:30 p.m.- today,
and - was dead on - arrival at a
local hospital,- according to Med
ford Ambulance' service attend-1
ants. - 'i . .1: ' "
It j was : believed Mrs. Jones
succumbed to a heart attack.
Republican Committee, :
Names&eneral Counsel
. Portland :-iiJ David Fam',
local attorney r has been appoint
ed general counsel for the State
Republican Central Committee,
it was-announced' today, V .
Following
Costa PJca fBiiffffor Zcr.o
ill
v San Jose, ' Costa ;Rica a'.R
A six v" mile ; frontier1 Tauffer
zone" separating Costa Rican
and Nicaraguan troops ceased to
exist ' today Both nations were
asked to do 'everything possible
to avoid ""border incidents."
Nicaraguan President ' Anas-
tasio Somoza said Monday the
border situation? is "very - dan
gerous," and added "if one drop
of Nicaraguan blood Is shed, it
means war." - l" ' "
The Organization of American
States which created Cae . neu
tral zone between .Costa .Bica
and Nicaragua last week, author
ized Costa Rican troops to enter
it todajr to try to drive out j20
American Forces
Would Be Sent
To Defend Formosa
'Fight if Necessary' '
Resolution Approved , n.
Washington (U.R) The House
today ovemhelmingly voted
President Eisenhower unlimited v
powers to send U.S. forces into .
battle against the Chinese Com
munists if necessary to defend
the Formosa area. '
. The House, approved without
change the President's "fight if .
necessary" Far East resolution.
The vote was 409 to 3.
Reps. Graham A. Barden (D
NJX), Eugene Siler (R-Ky.) and
Timothy P. Sheehan (R-Di.) were
the dissenters.
Unanimous Action Asked: ;h .
House Democratic Leader
W. McCormack and GOP House
Leader Joseph .W. ' Martin Jr.
both appealed 'for unanimous
action .to demonstrate that
America is ''united" in the tight
against -Communist aggression.
- .Speaker . ; Sam - Bayburn . . of
Texas also called for speedy ap
proval of the President's request
for the authority, but he warn
ed that it could be "very dan
gerous and embarrassing" if it
becomes a precedent for the
President to ask prior congres
sional approval of actions that -he
can take on his own as com
mander in chief. , 1 "
Political Sniping - 1
Reyburn said that if the Presi- .
dent waits for congressional ac
tion in such emergencies, "There
win come a time when 12 hours
will be too long a time to act'
McCormack told 'the House
that this was no time for trying
to place the blame. for the crisis.
'Today is the day for unity and
action," he said.
Some political sniping broke
out anyway. Rep. Chet Holifield
(D-Calif.y accused the President
of "duplicity." J
He said the President has now
"admitted" he , was not tellint
the truth two 'years 1 ago when
he said former President Tru
man 1 had used 7 the Navy to
"shield" the Chinese Commun
ists from a Nationalist attack. . '
' Rep. ' Ray J.' .Madden (D-Ind.)
said the' administration should
'apologize." for telling the coun
try during foe last political cam
paign that it had "accomplished -peace
in Asia." . , . ' ." f
The'House debated the matter
less than three hours.
- The Senate, was expected to
act on the resolution later this
week, perhaps Thursday. " . : r
No. Ground Troops :.. -.
While the House, debated the
fateful' resolution, the Senate
Foreign -Relations and . Armed
Services committees met jointly
to hear members; of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.' ' ; ' '
Sens. Alexander Wiley, (R
Wis.) and John J. Sparkman CD
Ala.) told reporters that Adm.
Arthur W. Radford, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs, made it. clear
that U. S. 'ground troops .will
not be used in the defense of
Formosa and that the reduction
in manpower will not affect the
situation. A ( - - 7 -
Flax Industry Fob
Undecided by Do:rd
5 Salem-7-U.R)T-The State Board
ojf Control today delayed decid
ing tiie date of the flax industry
at the state penitentiary in order
to investigate possible future
markets for linen-fiber
The decision was made after
the State Flax and Linen Board
.had recommended ; that the state
increase its : purchase ; of ; flax
from 1000 tons a year to 3000
tons. The board submitted fig
ures to show that by doing this
the state would derive a profit'
of about $35,000 Out of. an ad
vance of $264,706. - - :
Gov. Paul L. Patterson, secre
tary of State Earl T. Newbry
and State Treasurer Sig Unander
all'- expressed- skepticism over
the .possibility of marketing the
300 tons of fiber-that would be
processed from the 3000 .tons of
raw flax. ' . . " : ,"'
to T 300 . rebels who have been
Vsauatting" in the area since
Friday.',. i ' '
At the same time, the organi
zation appealed to both nations
concerned "to adopt all measures
necessary- to avert border inci
dents." , . t
: Shortly afterward, OAS ob
servers reported at least eight
truckloads of Costa Rican troops
protected by armored scout cars,
racing northward t? tha zona
boundry. ", "
! Costa XUcan Predict , Jrra.
lucres tiid UzzZir zl. he,
s more than 10 truckloxdi of
lY ABenifin 4irm lttrss n 01 ssv4 -
the? zone's s northern fccuriiry, :
with more, on the wt. t