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Weather Recommended FORECAST -Clsndv and iv cr wim ran aaa fusty seata: i winds today. Showers aad - .' Slightly cooler Monday. -Kick today Si, low tonight IS. v A featare stery ea work vttt the -rlsu&D-- kaadlcspps la Jmeksoa itliir Wii N Page It f to47t .Issae f Tk Mall Trtbaae. Tna. M Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday w 31 - Preelp. To !: p.m. yesterday... trace United Press Full Leased Wire United Press full Leased Wire , 24 Pages ' Price 5c op E h mm A, Medford MOD Drive Lagging Behind '54 Receipts by Mothers' March Set For Monday Evening - - With but one day left in the campaign, the March of Dimes in Medford is lagging behind last year's figure by about $5,000, City Chairman Thomas J. Reed . er said yesterday. , . ; . ...'. Reeder said a check of receipts showed that projects which can be compared to similar, projects of last year are about holding their own. ' I- v Bahind in Gifts " "We. have fallen down in in dividual gifts," Reeder said, ."and the projects have not been doing sufficient business to take no the slack." . 7- ' "-' V ''Unless Monday night's Moth ers March does about 5,000 more than.il has ever dene be fore in Medford, we are going to fall : behind for the first time . since the March, of Dimes has been conducted in Medford," he declared. The Mothers March is .from 7 to 8 p.m. when mothers w i 1 1 c a 1 1 for contributions throughout the city where a lighted porch light extends an . invitation, i-x iWf-yi--Reeder pointed out that money is needed "by the "National Toun dation for Infantile Paralysis this year more than, ever since the Salk vaccine shows so much promise. Several million dollars will be needed for manufacture and distribution of the vaccine . if current evaluation tests prove successful. Other millions will be needed for, car of patients already afflicted and who will contract polio before a vaccine can be manufactured and dis- . tributed on a mass basis. :. Always Near Top -... :, K i "Jackson county has ' always been one of the top counties in the state and one of the better ones" in the nation,'' Reeder . pointed out, "Unless a gigantic effort is put forth on the last Hay, our fine record will fall at a time when the need is great- est," he said..' .; ,:, 7 ; Cases in County Judge James Bain, Portland, has, been assigned 'to Jackson county circuit court to help with the case load during the next two weeks. His assignment , by the State Supreme Court was made neces sary by the illness of Judge H. K. Hanna. Judge E. H.. Howell, who has been serving in pro tempore capacity, is to return to Canyon City. After Bain has - been here two weeks, naming "of another pro tempore judge is. planned. Then some more perm anent arrangement win be made until Judge Hanna is able to re sume his duties."' " , t Judge Hanna, who has been confined to Sacred Heart hos pital, returned to hi Jackson- 'yille home Friday. v ' f Four Prcsuinad Dead In Miiro Cuvc-J ? Ravensdalei Wash: OUO Four miners were presumed dead Saturday, trapped under 450 feet of water, sand and gravel from a cave-in at the Landsburg mine herev; :.-- : John Morris, president of the Palmer Coke and Coal Co., said there was "no chance" the four trapped men could still be alive. He identified them as Nathan D. Russell of. Carbonado, Frank Stebley of Black Diamond, Louis Val-ntia of Ravensdale and John Kovash of Maple fValley. . t i All four reportedly were be tween 45 and 50 years old and all four were married. ? The men were buried only 2,000 feet from the spot -where miner Harry "J. English was en tombed at the same mine about one year ago. A monument to English stands . on the surface above the spot where he was trapped. - t ' ' ' : - - aw judge Sports Bulletins Central Poini -The Crater high r Comets ' regained lone command in the Rogue Bas ketball league last' night by ' defeating Phoenix 39 to 34 here. Phoenix ' had ' quarter leads of 10 to 5, 18 to 15 and 21 to 25. The score was tied at 31-all with three minutes left to play. Seattle, Wash (U.P.) Ore gon state nsfd height and re-, bounding superiority Saturday , night to roll to a 57-43 basket ball victory, over Washington and mark up OSC's eighth con secutive northern division win of the season against no de feats. o;-- " ., v ,; : ' Eugene : (U.R) The Uni-. versity of Oregon Ducks took their second straight non-con I erence basketball v i c t o r y ; from Brigham Young here last, night by dumping the Cougars, "81 toj76. Forward Jim Loscu-' toff and Center Max Anderson Jed Oregon with 24 points 'apiece.-..- -v;- - -,;.:. -i ; ' WSC 68. Idaho 60 " i Eagle Point 54. Illinois Val- : ley 37 :::.r::. : Six Million Men in h Paris, Sunday-4 (U.R) Russia and her East European sattelites have 6,000,000 men under: arms with their fighting power "great ly increased by mechanization and. modernization," , Secretary General Lord Ismay of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization re ported today. : ;-Vs;-f Ismay said the Communists could have 400 divisions in the field 30 days after the start of a war.- .. ;' ' Listed in Book " The estimates were contained in a book published by NATO en titled "The First Five Years 1949-54.",- In it, Ismay traced NATO's history since its incep tion, considered Soviet military strength and set . down " his thoughts on the future. The latest official estimates of the Communist war potential made , by .Western Intelligence sources in 1954 were carried in an annex called "Soviet armed strength." Strength Constant "Since 1947," Ismay said, "the numerical strength of the Soviet . ground , forces has re mained fairly constant at 175 divisions; but. their mobility and fire have been greatly increased by mechanization and moderni zation of equipment.' ? ' Ismay said the Soviet Union now has 65 tank and mechanized divisions. Rifle divisions. have been - motorized and " equipped with tanks and additional artil lery, he said, and the "potential in airborne troops has been con siderably increased" since World War n. .". ;v;Xv SALE AIDS MOD -y A goose ' auctioned Friday at Midway ? Auction yards ' bene fited the March of Dimes drive $350, W. J. (Bill) Bray, auction eer said Saturday. The goose was donated by C. C. Hoover. - Billto From Le Salem U.PJ A bill to make wire tapping a crime' was before the Oregon Senate Saturday and its sponsors said the public prob ably .would be aghast if it knew the extent to which wire tapping was used by private parties, in divorce cases, business competi tion and even in blackmail. The "measure "also would ban the use in court of evidence ob tained by wire tapping. -' Attorney General Robert -x. Thornton recently ruled-r in : a Lane county case that there is no restriction of present Oregon law. against the use of evidence obtained by, wire tapping. . i - -Sen. Monroe Sweetland, Mil wtukit Democrat who Intro Ismay Says Europe gislatu ft. Red China Expected To Follow Soviets' Bid for Meetings . Japanese Premier , Anxious To Proceed Tokyo (U.R) The Japanese government cautiously - said Saturday it was ready to talk peace -with the Soviet Union., v ; A - high cabinet official 'also predicted Red China would fol low the Russian peace bid with its offer to talk . peace ..with Japan. r Ready to Study Plans . Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu said he would be ready to consider .- peace nego tiations if the Kremlin confirmed that : an unsigned - and undated note delivered to Premier Ichiro Hatoyama.was official. ',V . . The unorthodox note was de livered ." to Hatoyama by A.'r. L Domnitski, chief of Russia's un recognized: diplomatic and trade mission here, it was' disclosed Friday night., .-r."--';;":')--':' ' Moscow r a d i o announced Saturday that Domnitsky told Hatoyama that' the Soviet Union is ready to have "talks aimed at normalizing Soviet-Japanese te lations.1" -;' : ' - ' Js-The. Soviet . broadcast .carried the text of the note Domnitsky delivered to Hatoyama and said reports' of the meeting . in the Japanese press' "contained inex actitudes and distortions." . J Kremlin Behind Acts ; j : - v The radio - broadcast of the note init the full weight of the Kremlin behind the actions and statements of Domnitsky. . 1 "The ' Soviet side considers that it would be apposite to ex change views on the question of talks aimed", at normalizing Soviet-Japanese relations," the broadcast said. The Russians are ready to appoint representatives for negotiations in Moscow or Tokyo with the Japanese, Mos cow radio said." ' ;,J: Shigemitsu said he would not reply to the note or decide the time, place '. and level . of the peace talks until he had proof that the Kremlins move was of ficial.;: iifeuvjf- r The premier was reported by close associates - as anxious " to proceed with the Soviet peace talks before the Feb. 27 general election. Hatoyama's i cabinet chief, Ryutaro.Neboto said that he expected "considerable pro gress" on the talks before the elections. -.M-A ew First Baptist Pastor The Rev. James Neely of Al bany, Ore., has accepted the pastorship of the Medford. First Baptist church, officers of the church announced Saturday. He will move here March 1 with his family and will preach his first sermon at the local , church March 6. They will' live at the parsonage at 1037 West 11th sfc Dr. F. Carl Truex, interim pastor, who has . been here for several months, will leave about Feb. 16, to do Bible conference work in northern Oregon , and Washington state. ' v 5 Wire Tapping James lleely II ro; Lovry Among Sponsors duced the bill in the . Senate. noted that both Republicans and Democrats had signed the bill, and said:" . - i "The sponsors of this bill exr pect to put. an end.to what Jus tice Oliver. WendeU Holmes cal led . "the dirty - business of wire tapping." The pubUC : has little knowledge ' of , the extent .to which this practice Is - used -by private detective agencies to get eivdence in ': divorces cases and even by -business competitors. It is a part of the stock and trade of blackmailers. After careful consultation .with officials of the telephone company,' we hope' for general 'support of . this import ant safeguard oi,the rights of Oregon dtiicna. ; MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1 955 uv Security Council To Meet Monday on Cease-Fire Plans Both Sides Reject Armistice Proposal , ; - United Nations (U.R) The western ; powers went ahead Saturday - wi t h plans for , a United Nations Security Council meeting Monday tp discuss a Formosa area cease-fire despite flat rejection of the idea by both the Chinese Nationalists and the Communists. Communist China will be in vited at the 11 a; m. EST meet ing to send representatives to New York to argue the case be fore the United Nations, which has repeatedly voted against seating the Chinese Reds as U. N. members. , Reds Issue Tirade . Peiping , radio broadcast an other tirade against the United States Saturday, vowing.- to "strike back with heavy blows" if U. S. armed forces "dare at tack" Communist forces attempt ing to-"liberate" Formosa. . -: . : At the same time the Nation alists reiterated their "irrevoc able", opposition to. -U. N. at tempts to bring about an arm istice in the Formosa area,1 main taining that, they had the right to reconquer the Chinese main land the same way the .Reds took it by force. New Zealand Takes Lead . Despite the flat opposition of both belligerents,' there was no let up in U. N. efforts, to get a cease-fire. Sir . Leslie Knox Munro of New Zealand, Security Council president for January; was expected to take the lead in inviting the Reds to send rep resentatives to the debate;, with India playing s prominenfciole astgotbefweenr " r' V k?- Munro made it clear that the U; N.. debate does ' not involve Formosa 7 or the nearby Pesca dores ; Islands, which President Eisenhower has been given con gressional permission to defend. He said the debate will be con fined to the "question of hostil ities in the area of certain islands off the coast of mainland China." To Start ; Remodeling of the Medford branch of the U.S. National bank will be Completed in about two months, ', officials of ;: the bank reported Saturday. ; ; ' 7' A ' contract for the job; was let last week to Medford ; Con tractor H. C. , Goldsmith, and work will begin shortly. 7 u.- "( The job involves making oyer the former site 'of the Singer Sewing Machine store next to the bank into an annex of the bank. Walk-up customers' win dows will be featured on Main st, and in the alley west of the branch there will be . drive in banking : windows. -- .;. .-. ' The interior of the new an nex will be used, to expand. the bank's ; office and interior, bank ing space. Ty-imM- I- Balentine Wait? Tax Charge Sentence . - Portland (U.R) A v-prominent Klamath Falls lawyer and ex state legislator, awaited, sentence Saturday on -a. federal. income tax charge. -.7 ";:.7-:..: ." U. S. Balentine pleaded guilty Friday' to wilful failure to file tax returns in 1950, 1951, and 1952. Sentence wat set f or Feb. 4. '- 1 i i-..-7.-. When first arraigned last April Balentine pleaded innocent ': :- Gets Study Under; provisions of the: bill, no person may intercept or ob tain any "telecommunication'to which the person is not a par ticipant; may., not tamper- with wires, ; connections or difCTiits over which messages are. trans mitted; and evidence of the con tents 7 of . any "telecommunica tion" illegally obtained shall not be admissible ! in any Oregon court.-' , - ;-t Z J" ' ''; - - . Hi Violators wnild7be fined up to. $3000 and 7 imprisoned up to threeT years. 1 . . Signing the bill w 1th Sen. Sweetland were Sens. Phil Low ry (R-Medford) and Don Hus band (R-Eugene), and Reps Ro bert Klemsen (D-St Helens) and George Layman (S-Newberg). Remodeling MiiilMliHiira mm Shhtn , O ;i o v ,.- kiissia !-f'Jr'5 ma ga4oftv b SHOW OF STRENGTH The is sending "large numbers" of , ' " ui auumui uic wuuau iu d waiumg hj snip. Nationalist sources disclosed the Reds ? f China that the U.S. means business, accord ' ; had made ,a fourth unsuccessful attempt-to v s ing to report from Taipeh, Formosa. v Waves v invade the Matsu, islands. . . -.rl'-.T Patterson, Langlie Meet Ike for Talks: On Power Projects Washington (U.R) Repub lican 1 Govs, i Arthur B. Langlie of Washington and Paul Patter son, of Oregon expressed "satis faction'' Saturday at the results of an all-day White House con ference on four power projects in the Pacific, Northwest? ,! They had breakfast with Pres ident Eisenhower and; later. wi nessed hi s " signature of the Formosa defense resolution. Confer WithtAdains T. k After Mr. Eisenhower's de parture for Augusta, Ga., the visiting governors conferred for several hours with Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams,' Sec retary of Interior Douglas. Mc Kay, Budget Director Rowland R.7. Hughes and other highf ad ministration officials. 7:7; ? T'7 No details of the talks were given out, but Assistant 'White House Press Secretary Murray Snider said the two governors "expressed satisfaction with the results of the discussion." 7 7 77 S V-Snyder sai d the discussions concerned "the roles the federal and local governments will play ultimately" in construction of four dams. . , Snyder listed them as: v ' . - Projects Listed 7 Rocky Reach dam on .the Col umbia river, for which an initial appropriation of s $2,000,000; j is sought in President Eisenhow er's fiscal 1956 budget. 'f -,f Cougar dam on the Mackenzie river, for 7 which, $266,000, was appropriated in fiscal .1955 and $2,000,000 is sought , in fiscal 1956. , - w Greenpeter dam on the San tiarn river, for which $113,000 was voted this year and $1,000,- 000 is sought for fiscal.,1956.; , 1 Fourth project discussed, was the John Day dam on the Col umbia river for which an initial appropriation of $500,000 is sought in the fiscal 1956 budget Of Livestock Theft Robert Ellis Darrohn, 45, star route, Trail, was -exonerated -of livestock theft 'charges' 'Friday afternoon by a circuit court jury which voted 11 to 1 for acquittal." He was accused of killing and butchering a -calf allegedly be longing to V. R. Mathews, route 1, box 650, Eagle Point, on Nov, 15, 1953.. Charges were brought against Darrohn and a 16-year-old boy "in August, 1954. The charge against the boy was dis missed .' in order thatr he .could testify for the state. , -.'t. I 7 The" calf in the case reported ly was unbranded. : . Darrohn claimed the calf butchered was his own, according to a circuit court report. ; - " - The case went to the jury Fri- aay altemoon. i Acquitted ... ' - , - . . 49th Year ; No. 269 r 'YM wiMimmp - i-,i1-- w-mt m-iii- iri.n irur t u n.i uri.jiru. K-f . . I"-.;.-,, i r ir .1" .ir ur i.r j.r .uurjj-.i. W ' ' Ti"V s's""jirJs 1 1 is-ji ei " ' "liiii'iei SMirsrWNpi- -ll')iM- ssjrwrjir .-.s iay!y inrfin n iff t , Hush mm t i Mii-iii g?? FORMOSA Tr..:. . -. ' . .'WNiaWMstf:-: U.S. 7th Fleet ' i: Nationalist planes onto thS ; Dog Has Bad Uabits; - Woman Seeks Owner ' Chicago (U.R) Mrs. Helen Dressander is looking for the owner Of a stray dog' found by a- friend in a" neighborhood tavern; dog that wants to do nothing but "drink beer. and sleep on the furniture." UN May Make (lev; s i. Washmgton--W.Pj.The i; Unit ed Nations will' make fresh at tempts to win the release of 17 Americans jailed ii Red China if Peiping sends a delegation to the . proposed ,-7U-" N. ;1 Formosa cease-fire talks in New York, officials said Saturday. ; i, , . . Western diplbihats believe the U. N, ' Security ' Council, which meets Monday , oh the Formosa crisis, will invite Red China to send a delegation for: cease-fire negotiations. The Peiping Radio said Saturday a cease-fire is "a bso lutely unacceptable" to Red China t but it was felt here that this- semi-official - broadcast did not rule out the chance the Communists might accept an in vitation to at least "discuss ; the Formosa situation at the U. N. Ready-Made' Chance vv ' ; Presence .of high Red Chinese officials .in : New p Yprk. would give 7 U.. N.' Secretary Genera Dag Hammarskjold .a r e ad y made opportunity to follow up his recent . Peiping mission to free the 15 'American fliers and two. civilians. ft j -:7 The State Department declined to say what will be done to press for their release. Officials point ed out that efforts to get the U. S: citizens out of Communist China are being handled by the U. :N.: Secretary-General. , .v.; 7 Washington U,fO The Atomic E n erg y .Commission, already stockpiling' H-bombs, disclosed Saturday that . "major" new super1 -weapon developments are in prospect. ' Attempts Demons raff ion of Rccr l!zo For Traffic Control Slave J 1 A demonstration of traffic con trol (by radar will be: given: in Medford on Feb. 9, City Traffic Engineer Vernon Thorpe a an nounced yesterday. - Lt. Clarence A. Raines,' Eu gene city police, . will bring ; a radar-equipped traffic controU car here.'. ', ' 1 j - 7 r- ' -. Thorpe '. said demonstrations are planned on East JtXain st , east of Crater Lake ave.; and on East Jackson st during the after noon. City officials, Medford Safety council members and any others interested will attend. There may be demonstrations on otherVstreets selected by Lieu tenant Raines. - - lyiss!sl!s -- 1 'Nli-sii I n""ii lefi iiii'iriaTW-iili f iai M - ieff - 3Sj Ait Utt ' Navot tat heavybombers , smashed i at . Pilots Ordered io 'Pour It On' Red MIG Jet Aircraft Taipei, Formosa. Sunday (U.R) The Chwesai: Commun ists . suddenly 7 broke she lull around Tachert - Island today with, a' heavy- artillery bar rase aaiinst Nationalist posi- , tions on the Island som 200 - miles north of Formosa 7 Taipei, Formosa . UJ9 ft American' ships 7 will : dare Jted mines and to r ped b : boats ;in carrymg ; Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's troops off -invasion-threatened Tachen island, au thoritative United States sources said Saturday. American carrier-based, planes from the U. S. 7th fleet and U. S. 5th Air Force Sabre jets from Formosan bases will sweep . the skies clear of Red China's Soviet built MIG jets in the evacuation operation,,. th sources.: said. 7 7 To 'Pursue' Reds;-:'.'.; ; 7-;;;7-. ' At a .base.'-'soewhere" hi For1-mosa"-it Was -revealed Saturday that American I fighter p U o t $ have been ordered to "pour it on" any Red plane s firing on them over the Form osav strait Fighter pilots. def endingS, For. mosa and the nearby Pescadores islands have, been : instructed to give "hot pursuit", to attacking Red planes : even if the.chase leads oer the Red4eld.nain-land.- '4Wt 7-7 - t--r ', J-The i order w o u 1 d end the "privileged .sanctuary? s t a t u s which Communist pilots used in the' Korean .war when they, re treated -behind the Yaur river, which was out-of-bounds to Am ericah pilots! i -.7;-';' Stump, to Formosa It was reported that Admiral Felix Stump, commander of the U. S. navall forces in the Pacific, was to aTive in Formosa to di rect v the '.showdown with Red China that was' expected -within the next two days. ML The N a v y headquarters ir Pearl 'Harbor, Hawaii announced that Stump left Friday night by plane for Formosa to confer with Army, Navy andi Air Force, of ficers in his command. ,:' .c ' ".Safety council members have suggested that the demonstra tions will-provide an opportunity for; persons ' interested to have speedbmetes checked, but the number of checks that can be made prot&bly will be limited, Thorpe stated. . The Eugene officer "will ad dress the Kiwanis club at noon and the Medford Lions club in rthe evening. His coming here is the result of investigations by the radar, committee of ; the safety : council. . 7 Members : are Thorpe, chairman, XL Camerson, Karl Moore, Chan Drew, Police Sefgeant.Clyde Fichtner and R. L. Palmer. , -- Signature follows Ovenhelming Vote In House, Senate Morse, Longer, t . : Lehman . Vote No. " t Washington (U.R) . PresI dent Eisenhower Saturday signed the f ight-f or-Formosa resolution and declared Ht is a step' "to preserve the peace" in the face r of ' threatened - armed - Commu nist aggression.' 7V. :.:xa - . . . . He said the resolution shows - the world . that '-Americans are united. , in their : determination ? "to help a brave: ally" Nation alist i China to : block;: Red China's aggressive aims. , r ,, Signed at White House The history-makmg resolution . was signed at ; a White House ceremony attended by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and top congressional leaders. 7 Mr. Eisenhower reasserted this - couhtry's intention to support a . United Nations effort to ,end present hostilities in the area" IRI : . - a, M . ioe resoiuuon passea uw orn ate Friday night by an 85 to 3 vote, with Sens. William Langer . (R-N.D.), Herbert H: Lehman (D-N.Y.), and Wayne L; Mono (Ind-Ore.) voting against the pro posal. : ,t;-ylr;:;ji.,- Neuberger Votsa Yes 7;- .fi Sen. ; Richard - Neuberger (D Ore.) voted for the resolution on ; zmai passage aiier voung xor an mt m. a . m ,-i amendment sponsored by Leh man and Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.). This amendment would have' eliminated language permitting use of U. S. forces in the offshore islands and possibly the China! mainland. . It was do i feated, 7M4. ,7 ,' ; V7 , ' ; The Formosa resolution passed the House Tuesday by a vote of . 409 to. Z afterj-jnly three hour of --debate--?jr :C-:jf ?V&, - ioe resouuon gives jnr. risca- hower blank check authority to order 7 American armed - forces into battle, if necessary, to de fend Formosa and the Pescadores Islands against threatened Red Chinese invasion. Attacked by McCormack :-' The 7 U. s S. cease-fire moves drew a heavy attack from House -Democratic Leader John W. Mc Cormack (Mass.). 7 He protested ; that tiie United States is moving toward 7 "appeasement.' 7 Prior to approval of the, For mosa resolution, McCormack said, the United States "had been taking the road to appeasement "Now, we are talking of a cease fire," he said. "It is noth ing to me but appeasement again. After Congress -strong action, the next move should have been up to Red China." . -. Senate Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland also protested, against any such surrender. iSfl think it "would beta sheer act of appeasement,? Knowland said. While the U. N. , move was ' met with general approval, the . Californian said, he is concerned that s cease-fire should be linked with 7 Natioiialist Withdrawal from the off-shore, Islands. , , f7 C5ee''sto-T:n Page- 3) tlicols Resigning As AECMiinager Washington-(U,R) Ma j. Gen. Kenneth D. Nicols disclosed Saturday that-he is resigning as general manager of the Atomic . Energy: .Commission, effective May 1, to go into -.private busi ness as a consulting engineer. eral manager, is considered a -, likely candidate to succeed him as operating head of the nation's $13,200,000,000. atomic produc tion complex. .- . - 7; ; . fa his letter of resignation, , submitted . to i AEC , Chairman 1 Lewis L. Strauss on, Jan. 17, he said he wanted to go into private business for "personal reasons. -Srr -- - ' -1 Rro Disfroys G:rc:of Ap :rtir.3rif i Pho: I Phoenix Fire . destroyed a. wo-roon apartment and . at tached garage in Phoenix yester day at 210 Lewis st The rooms were occupied by Mr.: and Mrs. Robert W. Stanley, who lost all their belongings. A Jeep in the garage was badly damaged, of ficials said. There was no insurance cov erage on the belongings. The house was owned by J. W. Bran hon7 Cause' of the fire was ap parently .-a defective flutf, . fire men, said. . The Phoenix Volun teer Fire: department controlled the fire. -
