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No. 184
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Forest Fire
Under Control Tonight
Azusa, Calif. HP Some
1,500 firefighters battling a 25,-000-acre
fire in Angeles national
forest Saturday were aided by
"vastly improving" weather con
ditions, leading officials to hope
for complete control of the blaze
tonight.
For the first time since it
broke out 20 miles northwest of
Los Angeles Thursday, aerial
tankers were able to drop water
bombs on the fire Saturday
Helicopters also took to the air
for the first time to supervise
firefighting operations and carry
men into previously inaccessible
reas.
Saturday evening, fire offi
cials reported good progress in
controlling the blaze had been
made since this afternoon. They
said about 70 per cent of the
line was controlled or 20 to 22
Break-Up Wearing
For Russian Rocket,
Scientists Report
London (If) Sputnik l's
fellow - traveling rocket streak
ed closer to the atmosphere of
the earth and ablivion Saturday.
British scientists said it would
disintegrate like a shooting star
"in a few days."
Scientists at Jodrell Bank Ob
servatory picked up the carrier
rocket with telescopes Satur
day night after failing to spot it
during the day.
Prof. Alfred C. B. Lovell, di
rector of the observatory, said
he tracked the rocket and that
"latest indications are that it
will come down in the near fu
tureand that means in a few
days."
Still Looks Good
But, he said, "it still looks
good for several days more." "
Its disintegration wouldjeave.
the two Sputniks still hurtling
silently through the heavens, at
speeds around 18,000 mph.
There was no indication when
they would start to fall.
Speed and friction have
eaught up with the fellow-traveling
rocket.
Originally, it was trailing the
184-pound Sputnik I after it
carried the spherical satellite
into space Oct. 4 and became de
tached from it. It began to speed
up. From a distance of 620 miles
behind, it passed the Sputnik
and then lapped it several times.
As its speed increased, its
orbit narrowed. It gradually
nosed towards the relatively
dense atmopshere of earth
whijh forms a protective blan
ket, shielding the earth from
myriad shooting stars and me
teors by means of friction.
U.S. Forest Harvest
' To Be Stepped Up
Portland (If) In an effort
alleviate unemployment in
th depressed Oregon lumber
industry, harvesting of National
forest timber in the Pacific
Northwest will be stepped up
(Borne 800 million board feet, re
gional forester J. Herbert Stone
-faid here Saturday.
Buyers will be offered 400
million board feet before next
July 1st and the other half will
be on the market before the end
of August, 1958.
Sttne said the stepped - up
(juries program was made possi
ble by recent release of some
(75.000 in additional funds to
the forest service in the Pacific
Northwest, and will bring tim
ber sales up to the annual allow
(le cut for the first time.
Radicals Bequest
Peace In Algeria
Strasbourg, France Oft The
flench Radical party conven
tion Saturday handed a rebuff
to Premier Felix Gaillard and
, boost to former premier Pi
jjejre Mendes-France by approv
ing :g motion calling for quick
peace in Algeria.
Mendes-France supported the
proposal to call in Tunisia and
Morocco to act as mediators in
the Algerian dispute. Gaillard
opposed it. But. despite a last
minute influx of 200 Gaillard
supporters to the Radical party
convention in Strasbourg, the
38-year-old Premier failed to
rally a majority of the more
than 2,000 delegates to his side.
There were a total of 1,120
votes. An unofficial tally gave
the Mendes-France motion 648
votes. A motion supporting Gail
lard'g position received 472
votes.
Expected
miles of the estimated perimeter
of 30 to 33 miles.
Officials credited aerial
"bombing" of the fire with a
water-borate solution as respon-
sible for much of Saturday's
progress toward control.
Earlier, violent winds had sent
the flames racing so quickly
through brush and timber in the
San Gabriel mountains that au
thorities dared not put firefight
ers in its path and aircraft were
unable to make flights.
One of the worst Santa Ana
windstorms in years, with gusts
over 75 miles an hour, was
sweeping southern California
when the flames broke out
Thursday after a portable stove
was overturned accidentally at
a convict road camp. The winds
had died down for the most part
in the area Saturday.
Saturday, U. S. Forest Service
officials, who estimated the
blaze caused 23 million dollars
damage to the valuable water
shed, said if "the weather re
mains as good as it is and keeps
improving as expected, we look
for complete control about 6
p.m. Sunday.
However, County Fire Chief
Keith Klinger said firefighters
still were maintaining a "des
peration line" paralleling Foot
hill blvd. around the city of
Monrovia in case the winds
should come up again and push
the flames out of the Fish can
yon area.
The fire earlier raced to with
in three miles of Monrovia, also
posing a threat to other foothill
communities such as Azusa, Du-
arte. Sierra Madre, East . Pasa
dena and Arcadia. Residents in
some areas closest to the boiling
flames were evacuated but re
turned Friday when winds be
gan diminishing. '
New Tension Hits
Middle-East Arear
Fighting
London HP The Soviet
Union stirred new tension in the
Middle East Saturday with
charges that the western pow
ers were hatching a "new im
perialistic plot" with Israel
against the Arabs.
The Soviet government news
paper Izvestia said the "plot"
was being planned in secret
talks in Tel Aviv and the -west
ern capitals.
Israel and Jordan continued
their war of border nerves Sat
urday with Israel charging Jor
danian Legionnaires tried to
kidnap two Israeli farmers to
retaliate for the alleged kidnap
ing of a Jordan farmer.
Israeli spokesman Saul Ram
ati in Tel Aviv said a tractor
driver and two armed Arabs ex
changed fire in the Jordan val
ley and that 90 minutes later
another Israeli was attacked
near the village of Beisan on
the Jordan border.
In other Middle East develop
ments: Two special emissaries re
turned to Amman from Saudi
Arabia and Lebanon, where
sources said they delivered mes
sages from King Hussein to
King Saud and Saudi Arabia
and President Iskander Mizra
of Pakistan, who is visiting Bei
rut. Jordanian troops continued
to halt Israeli convoys to the
Israeli settlement of Mt. Scopus
inside Jordan in a dispute over
gasoline shipments to the en
clave. Four members of the U.S.
House of Representatives began
a round of talks with Egyptian
officials in Cairo Saturday.
London Daily Mail corres
pondent Rhona Churchil report
ed from Copenhagen that Rus
sia planned to build intermediate-range
rocket stations along
the Suez canal.
Former Syrian ambassador
to the Soviet Union Jamal E. D.
Farra said in Helsinki that
"only the U.S.S.R. understands
the authentic patriotism of the
Arabs."
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair today, increas
ine clouds tonight, mostly
rloudv Monday, hich today 5,
Ion- tonight iZ. high Monday
53.
TEMP.
Miction YMtrdy : 7
Lowest this Morning 2S
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
7:13 a.m.
. 4:43 p.m.
7:54 p.m.
Sunset .
Moonset
PROMINENT STARS
Square of Pegasus, high in the
south at moonset, will be in the
vest at midnight.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, south of the Moon.
Jupiter, rises 4:09 a.m.
Mars, rises 5:52 ajn.
Young Beck Found
Guilty Of Charges
Of Grand Larceny
Supreme Court Appeal
Planned By Attorney
Seattle iff) Dave Beck Jr.,
son of the teamsters president,
Saturday night was judged
guilty of pocketing the money
from the sale of two teamsters-
owned Cadillacs. Th verdict was
returned by a jury of nine men
and three women.
Charles S. Burdell, chief at
torney for Beck Jr., said im
mediately after the verdict was
read that he would appeal to
the state supreme court. Grand
larcency convictions carry a
maximum of 15 years.
The jury deliberated 6 hours,
10 minutes after receiving the
case at 12:15 p.m. The jury
"knocked" at 8:56 p.m. and noti
fied the court baliff that it had
reached a verdict. Thirty-five
minutes later, the verdict was
read.
The case went to the jurors
after Deputy Prosecutor Laur
ence Regal, in rebuttal, pointed
to Dave Beck Sr., International
Teamster president who was in
the audience and said: "he's here
to defend his so who's commit
ted a crime."
Earlier, defense attorney
Charles Burdell had said Beck
Jr. was being tried "because he
loves his father."
Deputy prosecutor Laurence
Regal gave rebuttal after Bur
dell finished.
Smith contended that the state
had proved "beyond a shadow
of a doubt" that young Beck had
sold two Cadillacs belonging to
the Teamsters union and had
"placed the proceeds in his pock
et." The total amount involved
was $4,650.
. Smith also repeated the state's
contention that Beck Sr. and
Teamster bookkeeper Fred Ver-
schcueren Jr. "concocted a story
to explain away the existence of
$6,600, purportedly the proceeds
of . the sale of j three Cadillacs,
which is in a vault at Teajnster
headquarters here."
The money supposedly repre
sents the proceeds of the two
cars Beck Jr. sold and another
Cadillac which Beck Sr. is ac
cused of selling and keeping the
money for himself. The elder
Beck faces grand larceny charg
es Dec. 2.
Robbery Attempted
On Medford Girls
City police announced Satur
day about 11 p.m. that Alfred
Fosdal Jr. 18, of route 1, box
398, Medford admitted in an oral
statement that he had attempted
an armed holdup of two 15-year-old
Medford girls on Friday
evening.
Two 15-year-old Medford girls
reported to city police Friday
night a young man attempted to
rob them on Front st. between
10th and 11th sts.
Another attempted robbery
was reported to sheriff's depu
ties later Friday night by a wo
man who said the attempt was
made on Sunset dr. near the in
tersection of Orchard Home dr.
Police said descriptions given
by the two girls and the woman
were similar.
Police said the girls told them
they were walking toward down
town Medford from the high
school, when a young man stop
ped his ranch wagon beside
them, jumped out and told them
not to look around. The girls
said the man pressed something
against the back of their necks.
They described it as being like
a large automatic type gun, po
lice said.
The girls were told to put
their hands in back of them, po
lice reported, but they were not
tied. When a car started ap
proaching them, the man asked
the girls if they had any money.
One of them said no and the
other said she had a small
amount.
Police said the man told the
girls to turn and run without
taking any money.
Chief's Resignation
Asked After Beating
Klamath Falls (TO A Klam
ath county grand jury investigat
ing an incident here involving
the alleged beating of a man by
city police officers recommend
ed to the city council Friday
night that Klamath Falls Police
Chief Orville Hamilton be re
moved from office.
In a statement of findings doc
ument, the grand jury charged
that "undue force" had been
used by police on persons taken
into custody, and accused Ham
ilton of knowing of the situa
tion but taking no action.
Moo.- p
After Meteor Firing
Hanscom Air Force Base,
Mass. (IP) Scientists Saturday
confidently discussed a rocket
firing to the moon as a result of
the U.S. penetration of inter
planetary space with artificial
meteors.
In Pasadena, Calif., Dr. Fritz
Zwicky, California Institute of
Technology astrophysicist, said
America should bombard the
moon and other nearby planets
with two-pound pellets.
Maurice Dubin of the geo
physical research directorate of
the Air Force Cambridge Re
search Center, said Friday's an
nouncement of the breakthrough
into interplanetary space "un
doubtedly" prepared the way for
a rocket to the moon.
Dr. John S. Rinehart, assist
ant director of the Smithsonian
astrophysical observatory a t
Cambridge, said artificial mete
orites could be hooked onto
rockets to furnish information
needed to help pave the way
for flights to the moon "and be
yond." . Friday's announcement made
here said the latest space experi
ment believed to be man's first
penetration into interplanetary
space, began Oct. 16 at Hollo
man Air Force base in Alama
gordo, N.M.
Pellets Hit Space
Shaped charges of tiny, ballbearing-sized
aluminum pellets
were blasted into outer space
and at least two of the tiny me
teorites escaped the earth's grav
ity and possibly were drawn into
the orbit of the sun, scientists
said.
The Soviet Sputniks are still
within the earth's pull of grav
ity but the new "space pills",
with speeds of 40,000 miles per
hour, apparently have broken
through that barrier. . ,
Zwicky, who suggested the
pellet experiment, said that fir
ing a two-pound slug at the
moon would be invaluable for
research. He said it could be
tracked until it - hit the - moon,
causing a tremendout dust cloud
that, would be visible through
telescopes.
To Learn About Moon
"By using spectroscopes, we
could learn : much about the
moon composition, whether
it had sand or stone or what on
its surface", he said. -
Rinehart, who helped design
the shaped charges that were
fired by a 1,100 pound Aerobee
rocket, said the meteorites would
Football
Scores
WEST
Oregon State 10, Oregon 7
Washington St. 27, Washing
tori 7
UCLA 20, Southern California
9 '
Stanford 14, California 12
Air Force Academy 31, New
Mexico 0
Colorado 38, Iowa St. 21 .
Arisona 17, Marquette 14
Arizona St. 41, College of Pa
cific 0
EAST
Clemson 13, Wake Forest 8
Pittsburgh 14. Penn. St. 13
Princeton 34, Dartmouth 14
Rutgers 19, Columbia 7
Yale 54, Harvard 0
Maryland 12, Virginia 0
Lehigh 26, Lafayette 13
Thiel 35, Washington and Jef
ferson 0
SOUTH
Georgia Tech 0, Florida 0
North Carolina St. 29. South
Carolina 26
Kentucky 20. Tennessee I
Villanova 24, Wichita 6
West Virginia 7, Syracuse 6
Alabama 29, Mississippi South
ern 2
Auburn 29, Florida St. 7
Vanderbilt 27, Citadel 0
North Carolina 21, Duke 13
Washington (Mo.) U. 47, Wash
ington & Lee 0
MIDWEST t
Ohio St. 31, Michigan 14
Iowa 21, Noire Dame 13
Michigan St. 27, Kansas 9
Tennessee St. 26, Lincoln
(Mo.) U. 6
Purdue 35. Indiana 13 1
Wisconsin 14, Minnesota 6
Illinois 27. Northwestern 0
Kansas 9, Missouri 7
Oklahoma 32, Nebraska 7
Dayton 20, Detroit 10
SOUTHWEST
East Texas St. 37, Sul Ross
St. 7
Arkansas, 47, Texas Tech 26
Southern Methodist 14, Bay
lor 7
Rice 20, Texas Christian 0
Houston 13, Tulsa 7
Texas Southern 13, Arkansas
AM&N 0
Abilene Christian 33, Howard
Payne 6
Louisiana Tech 15. Northwest
Louisiana St. 6
Florida AfcM 32, Southern 8
Discussed
assist scientists ,with air density
information and "will allow us
to use outer space as a natural
vacuum chamber for future ex
periments." Dubin said that by using the
technique of meteor firing, sci
entists could blast a rocket on
its way to the moon. Such a trip
would take about 10 hours and
cover 250,000 miles.
Man Found Dead
In Medford Jail,
Police Chief Says
Leo Jefferson Culley, 62, Med
ford, was found dead in the city
jail by police officers about 2:35
p.m. Saturday, according to
Chief Charles P. Champlin.
Champlin said Culley, who
was lodged in the city jail about
8 p.m. Friday on charges of be
ing drunk in public, did not ap
pear to be sick at any time never
asked officers for help, complain
ed of feeling ill and said he was
all right when questioned by
other prisoners.
Officers said Culley spoke lit
tle while in jail and sat on his
bunk most of the time. He told
one prisoner he felt "rough"
about 9 a.m. Saturday. He is also
said to have complained his leg
was hurting him but did not
want other prisoners to summon
the desk sergeant.
Police said that about 15 min
utes before Culley was -found
dead another prisoner had ask
ed for cigarettes for "Leo."
When taking the cigarettes to the
cell, Culley was seen lying on
his bunk in an unusual position.
The desk sergeant was called
and Culley was found to be
dead. Other prisoners told police
that they were not aware that
Culley had died until officers
checked him.
Champlin said he had notifed
the-state- police and Al Franzke;
deputy district attorney, . to as
sist him in conducting an investi
gation. An autopsy will be requested,
according to the chief. Funeral
arrangaments will be announced
by Conger-Morris Funeral home.
Sputnik Third Stage
Seen In Portland
Portland, Ore.' (IP) The third
stage of sputnik No. 1, or "Alpha
one," was sighted by 15 stud
ents at Grout grade school here
at 5:46 p.m. Saturday. Robert
Boardwell, a teacher at the
school and head of the "moon
watch team," said the third stage
rocket traveled in a northwest
to southeast direction and was
visible for "almost a full min
ute." Boardwell said he had receiv
ed a call from the Smithsonian
Institute at 5 p.m. advising his
group of a possible observation
over Portland. He said the rock
et was "as bright, if not brighter,
than the North Star."
If it doesn't crash or disinte
grate before then, the rocket
should be visible again over
Portland tomorrow evening,
Boardwell said.
Post Mortem Backs Prior Diagnosis
That Pill Overdose Caused Spicer Death
Post mortem examinations
confirmed District Attorney
Thomas Reeder's conclusion that
James Vear Spicer died in the
county jail two weeks ago as the
result of an overdose of seda
tives, he stated Saturday.
The death-cause investigation
of the 44-year-old Medford man
included interviews with all
eight prisoners confined in the
felony cell with Spicer, with jail
personnel, Jhe autopsy itself, ex
amination of specimens at the
state crime laboratory, and an
interpretive letter form the path
ologist who performed the autop
sy, Reeder stated.
He said he is closing the case,
and that his investigation dis
closed no evidence of criminal
negligence sufficient to cause it
to be brought before the grand
jury.
Nor was there any evidence
of suicidal intent in Spicer's tak
ing the sedative pills, Reeder
stated. Why he took them, an
estimated 30 or more pills, will
never be known, the district
attorney said.
Violation of Rules
The fact that Spicer was per
mitted to keep the pills while
in jail is a violation of jail reg
ulations, Reeder said, and he
criticized jail personnel for al
lowing it. But he added that the
pills had been prescribed for the
Mo
By
War
"Button, Button, Who
lei
Defense Investigation
Pla nned By
Washington (W The Senate
investigation of the Eisenhower
administration's defense policies,
opening Monday, will produce
new demands for appointment of
a single boss of rocket-missile
production, two senators, indicat
ed Saturday:
Carousel Planned
For Third Showing
Because an estimated 250 per
sons had to be turned away
from the closing performance of
"Carousel" at Medford High
school Friday night, the Rodgers
and Hammerstein musical will
be produced a third time, it was
announced by the directors Sat
urday. The third showing will
be Tuesday, November 26, at 8
p.m. in the high school auditorium-Reserved
seats will go on sale
again Monday at the high school
office, it was announced, and it
was stressed that holders of
tickets who failed to be seated
Friday night will be assured of
seats Tuesday.
Lyn Sjolund, one of the
show's directors, expressed his
pleasure over the way the pro
duction had been received.
School officials believe that this
is the first time in Medford his
tory that a school production
has been given a third perform
ance. Washington (in The Army
revealed today that it has de
veloped an "electronic weather
man" which may make it easier
to get bulls-eye accuracy with
U.S. missiles.
man during an earlier stay in
jail, and that the jailers actually
were trying to help him by per
mitting him to keep the medinca
tion with him.
Reeder said his investigation
showed the following chronology
of events leading up to Spicer's
death
He was arrested by city police
on Friday, Nov. 8, and charged
with passing bad checks in two
Medford establishments, charges
freely admitted by Spicer in
signed statements to city police.
He showed definite signs of in
toxication at the time of the ar
rest, and told officers he had
been drinking steadily for some
time.
He was booked into the county
jail that evening. During the
evening and night, he was ob
served by other prisoners taking
pills freely, and one of them
advised him to "go easy" on
them. He paid no attention but
this caused no -one concern be
cause of his condition.
On Saturday, Reeder said he
was quiet and slept, when he'
was admitted. He showed no
signs of illness or discomfort un
til late afternoon, when he lap
sed into a semi-comatose state,
Reeder said the other prisoners
told him.' When a Medford doc
tor, summond to examine anoth
er prisoner, arrived, he was ask
ed to check Spicer, nd.- found-
Prospects Eyed
ense Flannel's
GeU The Button?"
Senators
The senators, both members
of the preparedness subcommit
tee which will conduct the in
vestgiation, voiced doubts that
the . President , has gone far
enough to. streamline govern
mental machinery for the race
to overtake Russia.
Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.)
told reporters he believes there
should be a real missile boss,
whether the- man is called a di
rector, coordinator or czar. : .
He said the committee wants
a picture of the authority given
William Holaday, defense de
fense department missile direct
or, ' and Dr. James R. Killian,
scientific advisor to President
Eisenhower.
Sen. John C. Stennis (D-Miss.)
vice chairman of the subcommit
tee said he wants to know the
extent to which the President
"has authorized someone to real
ly coordinate the entire missile
program and given him author
ity to act."
A third subcommittee mem
ber, Sen. Ralph E. Flanders (R-
Vt.) said earlier this week that
he was disappointed that more
authority has not been given to
Killian.
Under the chiarmanship of
Senate Democratic leader Lyn
don B. Johnson, the subcommit
tee will hold three days of hear
ing next week some in public
session and some closed and re
turn for a second round of hear
ings Dec. 13.
San Diego (IB San Diego
county's estimated population
now is 900,000 persons, making
it the second largest county in
California, the State Department
of Finance reported Saturday.
him dead
Reeder stated that the jail per
sonnel did not know that Spicer
was taking the pill indiscrim
inately. Evidence from the other
prisoners indicated he seemed to
know what he was doing, Reed
er declared. He added that the
rule against allowing prisoners
to keep their ,own medication
with them in jail would be strict
ly enforced.
Contained Phenobarbital
The pills, a type of sedative,
contained phenobarbital. Reeder
said that Spicer's bottle, origin
ally containing 100 pills, contain
ed about one-third that number
when he was jailed Friday even
ing. Each contained about a half
grain of the drug. The empty
bottle was found in the jail cell
Sunday morning.
The crime laboratory report
to Reeder said Spicer's blood
contained a barbital level of 3.2
milligrams per 100 cubic centi
meters, and that death occurred
about 16 to 20 hours after the
last dosage was taken.
The conclusion of the path
ologist was that the excess of
the drug was the cause of death.
Results of the post mortem ex
amination indicated no other
conditions which would have
caused death. Abnormal condi
tions otherwise were from old
illnesses' or injuries, the report
said. i
Mass Production
Believed Lacking
In Russian ICBM
Intelligence View
Said Short Range
Washington OPt The Ei
senhower administration is plan
ning next year's defense pro
gram on the belief that Russia
has not yet begun mass produc
tion of intercontinental ballistic
missiles and is not ready to
launch a war now, it was learn
ed Saturday.
This estimate is the basis of
the administration's pleas that
the nation not panic in the face
of Russia's recent missile and
satellite progress and congress
not vote unrealistic increases in
military spending.
The intelligence estimate is a
short-range one dealing with
Russia's immediate military ca
pabilities." Several other studies on what
the Soviets may achieve in the
future and what this country
must do to pull ahead also are
receiving priority attention, the
White House sources said.
The White House said Satur
day 1 President Eisenhower is
giving "active consideration" to
a new highly-classified study of
the arms race and related for
eign policy matters
Mrs. Anne Wheaton, associate
White House press secretary, re
fused to comment on the contents
of the report. But a - reliable
source, said it-stresses the possi
bility that long-range . Soviet
missiles may be able to offset
the U.S. strategic air command's
airplanes in another few- years.
It calls for prompt action to
build- defenses against; missile
bombardment.
Meanwhile, there were these
other developments in the de
fense picture: ,' -
Sens. John Stennis (D-Miss.),
vice chairman of the subcommit
tee, and Sen. Styles Bridges (R
N.H.), its top Republican mem
ber, expressed fears that Presi
dent Eisenhower has dissipated
authority among his various de
fense and scientific advisers, and
called for a single missile-satel- '
lite boss.
Air Force officers said ar
tificial meteors shot into space
Oct. 16 may unravel some of the
mysteries confronting future
space ship builders. The meteors,
actually aluminum pellets, at
tained speeds of 40,000 miles-per
hour. Some may have been
drawn into, the "sun.
Eisenhower said that satel
lite and missile progress has
caused people to lose sight of
the peaceful potentials of atomic
energy. He made the comment to
Rep. Sterling Cole (R-N.Y.), new
director of the international at
omic energy agency.
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.)
said in a speech at Boston that
.the administration, has had in
formation on Soviet missile and
satellite tests "for at least two
years." Morse said the military
threat posed by the launching of
the Soviet satellite is "new only
in the sense that the American
people now know about it."
No Warnings Now
For Rule Violators
Capt. Paul Parson, command
er of the local state police dis
trict, said Saturday that, effect
ive, immediately, his officers will
stop issuing warnings for vio
lations of the basic rule. , :
Instead, he said, they will
seek appropriate action through
the courts. Captain Parson add
ed that they are under instruc
tions to use warnings more spar
ingly in all traffic offenses than
at present, and to seek court
penalties more frequently.
The orders were issued by
State Police Superintendent H.
G. (Fod) Maison at the instruc
tion of Gov. Robert A. Holmes
during a safety commission
meeting Friday, and were mo
tivated by the bad automobile
accident and fatality record
throughout the state during the
fall months.
In addition; the governor is
writing to judges throughout the
state to urge them to be more
severe in the penalties meted
out for traffic offenses.
The number of traffic acci
dents and fatalities in the state
in October and so far in Novem
ber are of near-record propor
tions, it was pointed out at the
Friday meeting.