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i r EffUE-5omeof passengers marooned in snow bound cars of the
Rock Island Golden State train trapped 10 miles west of Meade, Kans.. tumble out for
a breath of fresh air. Snow clogged air vents caused carbon monoxide gas to accumu
late giving the passengers headaches, chills and nausea. They were stranded for
ajnost 48 hours before rescue.
Navy to Oppose Plans
To Move Ammunition
Depot in California
By GEORGE COFFEY
United Press Correspondent
Washington (UP) The
Navy will oppose efforts to re
locate its Port Chicago. Calif.,
ammunition depot because there
are "practical advantages" to
leaving it where it is.
This was disclosed Wednes
day in a letter written by Navy
Undersecretary Thomas S. Gates
Jr., to the Houee Armed Services
committee. The letter accomp
anied the report of a private en
gineering firm on a year-long
study on the. possibility of mov
ing the installation.
TTe report was by the Ar
thur D. Little Company of Cam
bridge, Mass. It named four al
ternate sites as "feasible for de
velopment." and suggested two
plans for expanding the Port
Chicago location.
Gates said the Navy is oppos
ed to any of the prosposals ex
O cept one whereby the Navy
would acquire a two-mile "safe
ty zone" around the installa
tion, and would be allowed to
buy the towns of Port Chicago
and Nicholas, along with parts
of Shore Acres and Clyde.
Costs Leu Money
The latter plan. Gates said,
"possesses the practical advan
tages not found in the others."
Under it, he added, inhabitants
would be removed from the
danger area "in a minimum of
time."
Gates said other advantages of
the proposal are that it would
cost "one fourth to three fourths
the money of any other plan,
provide minimum operational
jind maintenance costs and pro-
) vide the best berthing facilities
for nine ammunition ships dur
ing in-port periods."
Unlike the Little company's
other proposal for expanding the
present site, the Navy endorsed
plan specifies that the two
chemical plants at Nicholas, and
the nearby General and West
ern States plant would not be
acquired "at this time."
"All residents in the danger
area could be removed without
acquisition of the chemical
plants," Gates said. "Only a to
tal of about 150 persons now em
ployed at the plants would be
exposed in the danger area dur
ing their working hours.
Senate To Talc Look
A senator and a representative
criticized the Navy proposal.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson CD
Wash.), member of a Senate
Armed Services subcommittee,
said he plans to have his com
mittee "look into the matter."
"The Navy's desire to keep
Port Chicago where it is doesn't
jibe with the facts," he said. "It
is established that the area is
entirely too overcrowded, and
the only solution is to move the
depot elsewhere."
Rep. John F. Baldwin (R
Calif .), in whose district Port
Chicago lies, said "in effect this
is basically the same recommen
dation the Navy made last year,
which the Congress did not ap
prove." The plan would require 3.500
people to be moved out of their
homes, he said.
"I question the desirability of
any proposal which would make
this necessary in peacetime," he
said.
Ingrid Learns of
Award Early Today
Paris (U.R) Ingrid Berg
man took sleeping pills before
she went to bed Wednesday
night and slept right through
the Hollywood Oscar awards but
said this morning she was "thrill
ed to death."
Ingrid said she was determin
ed she would not worry herself
sick with suspense and went to
bed with sleeping pills and
strict orders at her hotel not to
be disturbed.
It was not until 6:30 a.m. that
a studio agent was able to reach
her on the telephone and inform
her she had won the Oscar for
her performance in "Anastasia."
"Then the children bounced
into the room," she told the
United Press in an interview. "I
told them I had won it and Ve
suvius erupted.
"Then they brought flowers to
me in bed.
"I'm grateful to my director,
Anatole Litvak. Without him I
would not have gotten the Oscar."
Police Say Safety
Campaign Pays Off
Bend ;U.R Law enforcement
authorities in central Oregon
said today they believed a safety
campaign to cut eaths on Ore
gon's 'Dcath Alley" may be get
ting results.
A 16-mile stretch of rock
rimmed pavement on Highway
97 between Bend and Redmond
has claimed 35 lives since it was
built 20 years ago. It is known
as one of the fastest sections of
highway in the state.
State police have placed the
stretch under heavy patrol and
a skeleton-draped billboard at
one end of the section warns of
the peril ahead. So far, there
have been no deaths on the
stretch this year.
Daschund Becomes Living
Bee's Nest; Near Death
Miami U.R A sad-eyed Iran to his aid. One tried hosing
dachshund that became a living , the bees away, but it only in
. v Ifuriated the bees. A policeman
bee s nest when a queen bee ,tried t(J get rid of the swarm but
alighted on his back lay near oniy got stUng himself.
death from thousands of stings j Weaken Animal
today. While a crowd gathered, the
Veterinarians said the little
sausage dog. Max. was still in a
coma and had little chance to
live.
Max, owned by the Fred Opes,
was huWdled under an outdoor
table when the queen bee alight
ed on his back Wednesday. Hun
dreds of bees, following their
leader, covered the helpless dog.
Neighbors in adjoining yards
Zoologist Defends
Stinging Critters
Los Angeles JU.R) Zoologist
Raymond Cowles has taken up
th cfefense of such critters as
fltert scorpions, black widow
Jpidcrs. trap-door spiders and
ifrtntult.
Cowles said their bites may be
painful but are not gravely dan
gerous to adult human beings,
except in cases of special al
lerji. The sting of the large
desert scorpion may be less se
vere to some persons than that
of a bee. Cowles added.
He pointed out that the sting
of the Durango scorpion, found
in southern Arizona and south
into Mexico, has caused numer
ous deaths.
The bite of the black widow,
while excruciatingly painful, is
seldom fatal, Cowles noted, and
the fearsome looking tarantula
is probably the most over-rated
villain of all. It cannot inflict
serious wounds nor is it agres
sive. Dr. Cowles said a tarantula
makes a fine pet and lives hap-,
pily in captivity.
bees stung the weakened animal
into a coma.
Fred Danker, a nearby motel
keeper who knew about bees,
finally came to the rescue. He
took a small wooden keg and
placed it near the limp form of
the dog. Most of the bees
swarmed onto the keg.
"When the bees were on Max,
they looked like pebbles on a
brach, but moving pebbles," one
witness said.
Max was rushed to an animal
clinic as soon as the bees flew
away.
Mf. Shasta Man Gets
Results From Ad
Mt. Shasta, Calif. !U.RX Wal
ter W. Cook of Mt. Shasta has a
new twist for an old motto. He
says "if you can't give it away,
sell it."
Cook owns a monstrous pile
of sawdust 15 feet deep and cov
ering several acres. It is about
68 years old and cured just right
for fertilizer. But when he ad
vertised for people to come and
haul it away free for the taking
he had no customers.
Then Cook advertised the stuff
for sale at 25 cents a sack. Busi
ness is so brisk he's netting S50
a day and he estimates his saw
dust pile will yield 200 bags a
day for the next five years.
The Columbia river, the
boundary between Washington
and Oregon, is believed to carry
more water than all other Amer
ican streams located in the Pacif
ic coast region combined.
CLOSED
Saturday, March 30
FOR OUR
ANNUAL INVENTORY
(Except for the Blueprinting Dept.
which will remain open)
OPEN MONDAY APR. 1
for business at usual
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MEDFORD
STATIONERY
STORE
210 East Main
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