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House Turns Down
Minority Report
On John Day Dam
NeubergerY Attempt
Beaten by 34-26 Vote
Salem (U.R) The House
today defeated an effort of Dem
ocratic members to substitute a
. minority report on the John Day
dam partnership memorial , to
Congress. 7-w7 "77;;
gs Members voted 34 28 against
iReo. : Maurine Neuberger's at-
tempt to kill the majority report
of the House state and federal
affairs committee which had fa
vored a memorial including part
nership proposals for construc
tion of the dam on the Columbia
. river." Defeat of her motion
meant automatic adoption of the
majority report.
Final Vol Friday
Final house vote on the mem
orial itself will be taken to
morrow. . .
The measure calls for federal
construction of the dam, but of
fers an alternative suggestion
that local agencies be allowed
to participate in financing if the
congress feels federal funds are
not available. . ;;; J
i The minority report, which was
first up for debate as a substi
tute for the majority report, was
made by Reps. Walter J. Pear
ion, and Mrs. Neuberger, Fort
land Democrats who favor con
struction of the John Day dam
by the federal government alone.
Supporting the majority re
port were Reps. William W.
Bradeen of Burns, chairman;
Laron L. Stewart - of Cottage
Grove, Al Loucks ; of I. Salem,
George Layman of Newberg and
W. W. Chadwick of Salem.
Alcohol Commiile Meets; :
' In the Senate, the ; Alcoholic
Traffic; committee : headed . by
Sen. Carl Francis of Dayton,
held a hearing yesterday " after
noon on a bill by Sen. Robert D.
Holmes , of Gearhart to abolish
the Oregon Liquor Control com
mission -- and replace it with a
paid, full-time commissioner.
Members of the OLCC serve
without pay. ' 7.'
Delegates V representing the
Oregon Dispensers association
sail that they though the pres
ent commission is functioning
well and no change should be
made at this time. -; .
Elsewhere in .the legislature,
an employers' organization has
objected to a new concept of un
employment compensation that
would make employers alone re
sponsible for the maintenance of
Oregon's economic stability. ,
Heard by Committee
The objections were heard by
the Senate; Labor and Industry
committee last night at a hear
. ing on the report of the Unem
ployment - Compensation ' Advis
ory committee appointed by the
governor. ' . " J."!.',' 7..
The committee had recommen
ded higher employee benefits
and a higher claims base, plus
expansion of the compensation
law to include employers of one
or more persons and to em
ployees of political subdivisions.
Almost Prohibitive
a H. K. Merrill, representing
Timber Structures company, of
Portland,, which has an annual
payroll of some $2,500,000, pro
posed that the Legislature should
require employees as well as em-
" ployers to contribute to the com
pensation fund. He claimed the
increase in the employers tax
rate proposed by the advisory
committee would be almost pro
hibitive for, his firm. He . sug
gested an employee contribution
of not more than one per cent
of the first $3000 earned and
asked' that the advisory commit
tee's recommendation of an in
crease in the claim base from
$3,000 to $4,200 be eliminated.
JCsr Award Jamjuef;
Slated February 1
Otto Ewaldsen, ': young Med
ford businessman, will receive
the Junior ; Chamber of Com
merce's distinguished service
award at a banquet on Tuesday,
Feb. 1, it was announced today.
The dinner will begin at 7:30
p.m. and will be in the Pioneer
room of the Jackson hotel. Dr.
Elmo' Stevenson, . president of
Southern Oregon college, will be
the principal speaker -
The public is . invited, - and
those planning to attend are ask
ed to make reservations with
Chuck Jones, chairman for
arrangements, by telephoning
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1955
Hope Abandoned
For 40 Crewmen
Aboard Trawlers
Seaplanes Fly
Radar Searches
HuU, England (U.R) Two
British fishing trawlers, trapped
by a dread Arctic "black frost"
were given up for; lost today
with 40 crewmen aboard.
Owners of the trawlers Lorella
and Roderigo said they believe
the two vessels capsized by the
weight of ice deposited by heavy
freezing mists in the Arctic cold
off Iceland.
No Hope for Survival . V
" The owners said there appear
ed to be no hope for the survival
of the 40 crewmen in those icy
waters. It was too cold even to
abandon ship. -
Three twin-engined SA16 Al
bratross seaplanes from the 53th
U.S. Air Force Rescue squadron
at Keflavik, Iceland, flew radar
searches through zero visibility
yesterday and today in vain res-
cuse missions off the frozen
north cape of Iceland. -Radio
Reports Received
It was in that area .that the
last desperate redid reports were
received from the two: vessels
late yesterday:
'. ."Black Frost," the messages
said. "We are overturning. We
are overturning."-. V u -
The owners said; that black
frost is an enveloping,, freezing
cold of mist and fog thafwraps
a heavy cocoon of ice : around
everything it contacts. . ' 'rt
The 559-ton Lorella radioed
that it had heeled "over in the
"black frost," and the 810-ton
Roderigo went to her aid. - .
Then the Roderigo radioed a
distress message before losing
contract. . : -" ' "
Third Ship Recovers vv
The Coast Guard station at
Lerwick in the Shetland islands
said that in such weather sur
vivors of a capsizing would have
"no chance of living through
the icy ordeaL
. A third ship, the 498-ton Ro
sellaTalso sent out an SOS but
later radioed it had recovered.
3 "Unable to abandon ship," the
Roderigo's last message- said.
"Hurricane and freezing gale."
British, French, German, Ice
landic , and Norwegian trawlers
were searching for the missing
ships. -
Child Beating Case
Enters Second Day :
Oregon City (U.R) The trial
of 21-year-old Horace Crowley
of Dayton, charged with beating
a four-year-old boy," entered its
second day in Clackamas coun
ty Circuit Court today with
further testimony by police offi
cers and other prosecution wit
nesses.
C r o w 1 e y "specifically is
charged with assault with intent
to kill in the beating of Rickie
Lightle, son of Mrs. Mildred
Lightle. Mrs. Lightle, her son
and a daughter, had been living
at the Crowley home in Dayton.
Liar in Public
on
Washington U.R) Three
Republican congressmen today
denounced "a liar in public de
bate" on the House floor. .
The three Republicans said it
"was shocking" ... unwarrant
ed . .Van all-time low in a smear
campaign of personal vilifica
tion." .'.; -.
Reps. Oliver P. Bolton of Ohio,
Craig Hosmer of California, and
Alvin M. Bentley of Michigan
made the charge in statements
inserted' in the Congressional
record. They replied to a speech
by Rep. Chet Holifield (D-Calil),
during the " debate Tuesday on
the President s request' for au
thority to fight, if necessary, to
protect Formosa. - -7;-7
Holifield said in his : speech
that Mr. Eisenhower has now
"admitted" that he told an "un-
"ruth" two years ago .when, ne
said former President Truman
had directed the Navy , to
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A New York . architectural
firm has been retained to de
sign Medford's proposed new $1,
700,000 hospital, and a Medf ord
engineer will be associated in the
project, it was announced today.
J. F. Butler and C. H. Sim
mons, of the firm of Rogers and
Butler, New York City, have
been in Medf ord for the past
four days, discussing details of
design for the proposed new hos
pital, and aiding in the examina
tion of various possible sites.
The firm has had extensive hos
pital design experience in the
east and mid-west.
Engineer Chosen
A. D. Harvey, well-known
Medford engineer, a member of
the firm of Harvey and Watkins,
and a member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers,, has
been selected as the engineering
associate and local representa
tive of the- architectural firm.
The contract, details of which
were not announced, was let by
the board of directors of -the
Medford Hospital association,
which operates the Community
hospital for the Episcopal dio
cese of Oregon, owner of the in
stitution. The new hospital is
for Community, hospital
Long Planning
Announcement ' of the design
and engineering l job ' awards ; is
the culmination of long prelim
inary planning, according to
members of the hospital board,
The need for a new hospital has
been recognized for a number of
Mercy Trip Saves
Washington Man
White Salmon, Wash. (U.R)
The state patrol rushed blood
plasma over 65 miles of fog cov
ered highway and was credited
today with saving the life of
Henry MacDonald, 55. v
MacDonald, a resident of near
by Bingen, was taken to Skyline
hospital here for treatment of
internal bleeding. Transfusions
quickly used up the hospital's
supply of his blood type and an
emergency call was placed to a
Portland blood bank.
: .- The state patrol agreed to
make, the emergency delivery,
Dense fog however, hung over
the highway, cutting visibility
to a minimum and slowing traf
fic t6 a crawl.
The . squad car 'made the 65
miles in less than 90 minutes de
spite the adverse conditions.
Gunman Foiled in
Bank Holdup Attempt
' "Redmond,- Wash. U.R)--A
gunman '. followed the .cashier
and assistant cashier into the
Redmond branch of the Seattle
First National Bank before' it
opened today,: but. failed- in his
attempted robbery. .It i
Debate'
"shield" the Chinese Communists
from attack by Chinese Nation
alist forces. '':yx''-'r::;r
Holifield noted that President
Eisenhower's., message . to . Con
gress Mondays said the Truman
administration in June, 1950,
had directed the Seventh Fleet
to "defend Formosa "from pos
sible invasion, from the . Com
munist mainland." yih jfcrf
Duplicity of Messages
"Thus, we see by the Presi
dent's two messages by his
own words the duplicity of
his messages," Holifield said.
Bentley j. denied ' Holifield's
charge that the President has
now "retreated" ' from the pre
vious statement included ; in a
message to Congress Feb. 2, 19
53. He said the President spoke
the truth in both messages and
accused Holifield of a "com
plete disregard of the logic and
the facts." -
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planned as a larger .replacfmentifctoTO.T-a., 2&aL
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years, but only in recent months
has it become feasible to make
definite plans. "
A survey of hospital needs' arid
possibilities in the Medford-area
was conducted last fall by the
Stanford Research Institute for
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, V and many private
citizens have interested them
selves in the project. The hosDi-
tal is to be financed through pri
vate contributions and several
substantial gifts toward the pro
ject nave aireaay Been made or
pledged.
Young Defendant
Called as Witness
; A 16-year-old defendant in
livestock theft case was called
to the-stand as a witness for the
state this; morning as the trial
went into its third -day; V -Si
The .16-year-old is a codef end-
ant in the case. Also indicted by
the -grand jury on the charge
; : The two v are ; charged with
stealing a calf owned by V.' R.
MathewSj route h box 650, Eagle
Pointy oh Nov. 15, 1953. ' r .
:; The trial was .recessed at 2
p.m. yesterday to .allow the state
to serve a . subpoena : on i the . 16-year-old.-
When he failed to api
pear in court"at 4" p.m.,. the trial
was continued until this morn
ing. .
' The- two defendants are rep
resented by Medford Attorney
Edward Kelly. . District Attorney
Walter Nunley : is representing
the state. 4
New Bomber To End
Dependence on Bases
Washington (U.R) Gen. Na
than F. Twining said today the
Air Force is planning on an in
tercontinental, ' . atomic-powered
bomber which would end -U. S.
dependence on overseas supply
bases. -
The Air Force chief of staff
conceded that "many difficult
engineering problems" still re
main before an atomic-powered
bomber is built. But he said "we
believe that the advances ' we
have made to date have given us
the basic knowledge from which
we can project practical appli
cations ..."
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SHOWING STSAIN OF DECISION, President Eise'nhower wearily
pots hand on trow after asking Congress to declare - "our read!-.
ness to fight" to safeguard Formosa from Beds . (InUnatiuulj .
Weather
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. , smoke in . alleys - Friday.
..-.: morninf.. Little , temperature
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Body Found Gagged
In Disarrayed Room .
New York (U.R)-r- Serge Ru
binstein, 46, Rusian-born draft
dodger and 'worldwide financial
manipulator, .was found ; today
bound,' gagged, and strangled, by
a murderer who ripped his plush
bedroom to' -r pieces . apparently
without disturbing five"; other
occupants of his swank Fifth ave:
house..-.
: Police said -.the multi-million
aire had been strangled with a
piece of the same Venetian blind
cord .with which his hands and
feet were bound. His mouth had
been sealed with adhesive tape
His body was discovered at
8:30 a.m. by his butler, William
Morter, who called police and
the;' house handyman, . Jimmy
Morse, before returning to the
wildly disarrayed bedroom.
Bed flipped Apart '
'."i Rubinstein's 78-year-old' moth
er, Stella, entered the" . room
shortly"; after "their return . and
was reported in hysterics.
: The short, swarthy .interna
tional finagler-was-lying on his
back onthe floor, clad in black
pajamas,, police reported.- One
of the twin beds was unmussed
Thether had been riDned aoatt:
ftfiPrsheetsprn "and'its mattress
tipped to .the floor;
Police Commissioner' Francis
Wi ll Adams,'! who followed his
tc ; ranking ' -officers to.r.the
swanky . town - house, murder
scene; said there v was ncC evi
dence of forced: entry: to ! the
house.;.;
: Nor was there evidence of any
violence to the priceless:, art ob
jects and splendid furnishings in
the rest of the five-story; white
stone town house overlooking
Central Park
Ofhers in. House
In addition to his mother and
the butler, Rubinstein's 82-year-
old aunt, Gema Forrestir, a cook
and a maid were in the house
through the night The handy-
man, a. aay womer, naa arnvea
shortly before the body was dis
covered, z
The Russian-born financier
has been in trouble -with ,U. S.
authorities since 1943, five years
after 1 he ' entered : the; : United
Stages from Canada on a Portu
guese passport.
, .Rubinstein was first; charged
with : immigration fraud, was
convicted of draft evasion in fal
sifying dependency , claims, was
indicted - while in Lewisburg
Federal Prison and later acquit
ted of a $3,000,000 stock fraud.
He was ordered deported in
1952 but appeals are still pend
ing. , 7 1
More Naval Units
Reported En Route
To Reinforce Fleet
Carrier Midway
Ordered To Straits
: Taipeh, Formosa I (U.R) A
full wing of 75 U. S. Sabre jet
fighters arrived here today and
more, naval units .were reported
steaming . northward to - rein
force the powerful Seventh Fleet
for the defense of this Chinese
Nationalist stronghold. ;
The U. S. ships and planes
also would be available to help
possible evacuation of Nation
alist forces from invasion threat
ened Tachen Islands, 200 miles
north of Formosa. '
i The big aircraft carrier; Mid
way which had been scheduled
to visit Singapore jOn a courtesy
call in February, was ordered
today to bypass that British port
and sail directly to the troubled
Formosan straits. - , "
- Four VU. S. destroyers, 'the
Brownstone, Roberts, ftoan and
Royal, were ordered to cut short
their present courtesy visit to
Singapore. It was. believed here
they also are en route to rejoin
the powerful naval force stand
ing guard over Formosa. '
Nationalist ; sources said the
Chinese Communists had an in
vasion fleet of -1000 junks car
rying 120,000 men within ' 20
miles of the island outposts 200
miles north of Formosa. At the
same time Peip'ing Radio pro
claimed anew its defiance of the
United States . -To
Send Jet Bombers '
The U.S. Air Force announced
in Tokyo-it also was moving nip
"offensive units'? i- jet bombers
to forward bases to cope with
any eventuality as " the -18th
Fighter-Bomber Wihg of 75 MIG
killing Sabres flew to Formosa
airfields from Okinawa and the
Philippines. The F-86s ran up' a
13 to 1 victory over the.MIGS in
Korea. .; "; .:;:N.V ) .7;
Military observers- here saw
the movement of American au
strength as a firm warning to
Red China that the United States
was dead set . on : carrying out a
successful evacuation, of Tachen
when the final orders came from
wasningwns -f-v-. , ,
Mtght Be Pertiiaded
' These observers said' the Unt
ted States was bringing such
powerful .military forces to bear
in the . Formosa area, that Red
China might be ''persuaded'.': to
stand aside and allpw the peace
ful evacuation of the 30,000 .Na
tionalists in the Tachens.; i ; -
Whether the Reds would, do
that was a major question. Com
munist r broadcasts' . said they
would not be ' 'intimidated!' and
Nationalist 'sources said the Reds
had massed .120,000 men ' in the
Tachen area, 150,000 opposite
Quemoy Island, 300 miles to the
south and 50,000 at Matsu, mid
way between. "'. ' -7"7:;7"
Lt. Gen. Roger. Ramey, com
mander of : the U- S. 5th Air
Force- in Japan, arrived here; to
supervise the deployment 3 of
America's first armed forces to
Formosa, a move described by
top American military leaders
as 'one - Vto- provide : U. S. Air
Force power v at' any . place
needed." ' " ; '-
Paroled Convict Held
In Woman's Slaying
Marianna, Fla. (U.R) Police)
said today-a 20-year-old paroled
convict has confessed the brutal
rape-slaying of an - airman's
beautiful young - wife in : her
home at Panama City, Fla.
Sheriff M. J. Daffin identified
the man as George Lowell Ev
erett, .who - was picked up last
night . in Dothan.v Ala.,,: and
brought here for questioning.
The nude body - of Mrs. Leu
Ellen Jones, 21 former high
schol beauty queen at El Reno,
Okla., was found on a bed in
the family's Panama City apart
ment last Jan. 18. . - ,
Authrities said she had been
raped and strangled.
Ahti-Pvlosquiffo
New equipment now on order
by the county 'court is expected
to give Jackson county the best
mosquito . control program ..in
history ; during the coming sea
son, Dr. A. E. MerkeL .county
health officer, said this morning.
Truck And Equipment 7.7,
The equipment' includes a
four-wheel drive International
pickup truck, and spray , and
fogging aparatus which willtbe
manufactured .at the county
shops. . , : T- 1
The new equipment is expect
ed to be "ready for use by the
time the mosquito season starts
in this, area, usually in April or
May; Dr. Merkel said. The con
trol setup will be based on a
program an! equipment used
fiuocessfulljby Lane county, he
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, TROUBLE. AREA Newsmap locates areas of major import
, ance in tense Far East situation. Pres. Eisenhower asked Con
' gress for permission to use force, if necessary, to defend For
mosa and the Pescadores Islands from invasion by Commu
' nist Chinese. First civilian refugees from beleaguered Tachen
' Islands have landed at Keeluhg, northernmost Formosan port.
U. -S. Seventh Fleet stands by, somewhere off the Tachens,
ready to help evacuate Nationalist Chinese troops if necessary.
I he Said CoEiiden
Formosa Resolution
7 Washington -.R)-' President
Eisenhower r feels . strongly that
the Formosan resolution will not
lead .to preventive war. Senate
Republican : Leader William : F.
Knowland said today. " ;
The Californian disclosed the
President's 'sentiments after 'a
call at the "White House at which
he brought the President up to
date on the situation in - the
Senate.- '-' -. .' ...
Amendment Hoped
' Senate critics of the resolu
tion which gives the President
unlimited r authority; to defend
Formosa hoped to amend it to
forbid the U. S. forces to attack
the Red China mainland.
Several senators saw the reso
lution as an active leading to
preventive war. 7;7;;- - ;'" r7
. But Knowland reported there
is "clearly no question in the
President's mind" about the pur
pose of the resolution He 6aid
Mr. Eisenhower does not feel it
will -lead to preventive war."
. Knowland said there is . no
"reasonable basis for anyone to
assume that is the intent."
Indications were strong that
the; resolution will be approved
as - originally submitted by the
President when it comes up for
a- fmal vote, perhaps ' tomorrow.
It already Jias cleared the House.
Ifo. Shootiag. ; . . .
' : Knowland said there would be
no shooting on the part of Amer
ican ; forces protecting Formosa
unless they were attacked. '
7 In event of attack, he said, no
citizen expects "bur ships to be
President To Stick
Close To Washington
Washington - (U.R) President
Eisenhower has decided to stick
close to Washington for the next
few months because of the inter
national" crisis and important
business pending in Congress.
For; the most part, the chief
executive will stay within about
two hours'- air time from the na
tion's, capital for "the next two
or ' three months." If he does
go beyond that ' range, he ' will
not remain away from Washing
ton more than one night
The self-imposed travel limita
tion was announced Wednesday
by Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty. He said' the decision
reflected, "no emergency" . and
he did not want to encourage
What he described as - "scare
headlines."
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 industrials-
402.60 tip 0.63; 20 rail
roads . 142.22 up 0.92; 15 utili
ties 62.33 - off 0.22: and 65
stocks 148.74 ' up ' 0.32. . Sales
today . were about 3,500,000
shares compared, with 3,860,000
shares yesterday. :77 7 7
Roseburg OJA Ira B. Rid
dle,-84, son of pioneer 'parents
for whom the : town of Riddle
was named, : died . here r yester
day. - - . .
Equipment Ordered Here;
Program Planned by Ccuntfy
stated.
' Plans call for the spray and
foggihgs equipment, to be. so set
up that they can be interchanged
on the pickup truck.; This ap
aratus can s not .be . purchased,
ready ' made, in the form . re
quired.by. the county, land is to
be . constructed at the county
shops.. Dr: Merkel noted that it
can. be made by the county, at a
considerable saving. 7 ? ?
7 The mosquito problem usually
starts in Jackson county ! around
the middle of May, wfaerr the
pond-type: - mosquitoes which
may carry 7 steeping j. sickness
start to -hatch out -'As this per
iod approaches, county health
officials will keep a close check
on water temperatures so they
will - know 'exactly-' when - to
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shot at like sitting ducks and not
return the fire." - 4
Knowland predicted the reso
lution would - pass overwhelm
ingly and without amendment.
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7 Sams Valley A meeting
will be held at 8 o'clock tonight
in the Sams Valley Grange to
discuss possibilities of leasing
lands for oil exploration in the
Sams Valley-Beagle area. The
area: involved includes 15,000
acres. ,
- The meeting will be conduct
ed by representatives of the un
identified company which is
now negotiating for. oil leases
in the area. The company has
been represented by Paul Lane-
worth, Los Gatos, Calif., geolo
gist; who has told residents that
he is 'quite sure" oil may be
found -in-paying- quantities at
about 8,000 feet depth, accord
ing; to Mrs. Floyd Doland Sr,
route 2, box 819, Gold ffni.
Plans Discussed 774 :
-The" company has been Inves--tigating
the area ever since last
summer, she reported. A plan is
now under discussion by prop
erty owners, ; under which all
would, go together in a cooper
ative movement to back the ex
ploration. If oil is found, profit-
sharing would be on an acreage
basis for land-owners above the
oil table. 7 ,-7 - -'; 7 ;
No leases have been signed
as yet by the ' area's residents, '
she. said. The : company hopes '
that exploration and . drilling
can be completed in about 18
months, - she added.r The first
drillihg has "been proposed on
the Wes .McDonough ranch.
Many Qu Signs-.. ' .;.
Area residents have reported
that . there have been oil signs
in the - area for a number -of
years. Natural gas. in water drill.
ings, as well as various indi
cative., mineral . deposits, 1 have
long been noted, they said. .
One resident reported that in
dications in a well in the Beagle
area . a ,. number of ; years ago
prompted ; deeper drilling, but
nothing resulted except "a very
fine water well."
Welfare Commission
To Receive $95,000
Salem 0J.PJJ- The Ways and
Means Committe of the Oregon
Legislature , said, today it would
release $95,000 to - the Public
Welfare Commission. -."
State Welfare : Administrator ,
Loa - Howard Mason, said " the
money would have to be divided
between.. Oregon's 36 counties
and would not solve- the prob
lem facing Multnomah county.
Multnomah county "officials
have announced a drastic cut in
the size of welfare checks for
the next few months. "
start; the control program,' Dr.
Merkel said. - . n , : r
Also For Nuisance Type
The new equipment also will
make - it possible to control the
nuisance type ; of - mosquito,
which usually-hatches out later
in the year, he noted. Excellent
control results have, been ob
tained in Lane county, which has
had a greater problem than that
which exists locally, Dr. Merkel
stated.' t '; ;';'': :--The
county health officer ex
pressed the .hope that Walter
Sutherland, who recently . re
tired as county sanitarian, would
be able to head the coptrol pro
gram 'during' the coming year.
Sutherland has done extensive
survey and control work for the
county during recent year. ,
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