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Fortieth Year
( ilene i elepnotoj
William (Red) Hill, son of late William Hill, who twice rode
rapidi of Niagara river below falls, is shown in barrel his father
used and which also served in the son's performance yesterday.
The signs indicate numerous rescues Hill and father made at falls
which both have studied.
Son Matches Father's Stunt
In Riding Niagara in Barrel
Niagara Falls, Ont., July 9
U,R) William Hill, Jr., 32-year-old
riverman who matched his
father's stunt of shooting the
wild rapids and whirlpool of the
Niagara river In a barrel, said
today the battered barrel would
never make the trip again and
"I don't think I will either."
"It was the worst pounding I
ever took," Hill said as he was
FOR RESERVOIR
Removal of loose dirt has been
completed, and blasting of rocks
will be started today at the site
of Medford's auxiliary water
reservoir now under construc
tion on Capital hill, adjacent to
the present supply storage, ac
cording to Robert Duff, city
water superintendent.
About 17,000 cubic yards of
rock must be excavated. Duff
said. Work on the new reservoir,
which will have a capacity of 8 2
million gallons, was started in
mid-June. The contract, held by
the Adler Construction company
of Seattle, Washington, calls for
completion of the project by
Dec. 23.
Main purpose of the unit will
be as a reserve supply to supple
ment the present reservoir. Duff
states. A single pipe line 30
miles long and now 19 years old
carries Medford's water supp'y
from Butte Falls to the reservoir
one and a half miles from city
center.
The rale of consumption in
July of last year averaged eight
million gallons each day, and the
present reservoir holds only
about four million gallons, Duff
reports. Camp White Is also sup
plied by the city walcr supply.
German Prisoner
Admits Garroting
London, July 9 (U.R) A 20-year-old
German SS corporal
told a British military court to
day that he was the man who
tightened a noose on the neck of
a fellow war prisoner lyched in
a Scottish camp last December.
The corporal, Joachim Gollz,
aid he did it to prove his "mili
tary honor" by killing a
"traitor." The victim was Wolf
gang Rosterg. accused by his
fellow prisoners of squealing on
an escape plot.
12th Air Force
Members Arrive
New York, July 9 (U K The
army transport Felix Grundy
docked today at Pier 84, North
River, with 366 members of the
12th air force aboard.
They will be processed for fur
loughs and reassignment at
Camp Kilmer, N. J.
HILL AUTHOR
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helped through the hatch of the
750-pound steel drum yesterday
after outwitting Canadian police
to ride from a "secret" launch
ing above the famous rapids to
Queenston, Ont.
The barrel had whirled And
leaped through the . white, water
for seven miles, sometimes shoot
ing along at 40 miles an hour.
The red-haired riverman made
the ride to collect contributions
from spectators to equip a mo
bile life-saving unit as a me
morial to his father.
More than 200,000 spectators
lined the banks of the river's
gorge to watch Hill ride hjs
"patched-up" barrel through the
rock strewn, rolling waters.
OREGON MATERIAL
. Portland, Ore., July 9 (U.R)
Gathering material on the north
west which will occupy a section
of a forthcoming book, "Inside
America." John Gunthcr, news
paperman and author of the now
famous "inside" books stopped
over here today prior to visiting
Bonneville dam and parts of
Washington and Idaho.
Gunther, 43, is on the 27th lap
of a lour of the 48 states, of
which the remaining 21 will
probably be finished by Novem
ber.
"What I'm after," he explain
ed," is to describe the United
States, the characteristics of eaoh
state."
In Oreeon. Gunther said he
was looking for industries, re
sources, influences everything
from "lumber, fish, power, Bon
neville" to "newspapers, labor,
boss. Sen. Wayne Morse, Nan
Wood Honcyman, politics and
education."
Gunther said that one of the
things which intcrc.-tcd him most
was the reason for the election
nf Wavne Morse to the senate
"He is one of the best public
servants we have," Gunther said
Hopkins To Head
New V.F.W. Post
At Rogue River
Rocue River. July 9 (U.R)
Col. Ted Honkins was elected
commander of the newly Insti
tuted Rogue River post No. 4116
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
at the meeting Friday. Members
nf Grants Pass post headed by
Department Commander Pete
Fredrickson and Post Command
er James Christian, assisted with
Institution ceremonies of the new
post.
Some 60 veterans became char
ter members of the new post,
more than half of whom are still
overseas. Plans were made by
the post to form an auxiliary in
the near future.
Fred Corn of Portland, de
partment adjutant and quarter
master, was present for the meeting.
DFORD
Full Leased Wire
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 9,
American Ships and Planes Taunt
SEEK FIGHT WITH
FLEET AS
E
Mighty Naval Task Force
Roams Nip Seas Itching
For Fight; Bombers Busy.
Pearl Harbor, July 9 (U.R)
American ships and planes tried
to taunt the Japanese into com
ing out to fight today to clear
the way for invasion of the
enemy homeland.
While warplanes pounded
Japan proper for the 34th day,
a mighty American naval task
force roamed the seas, itching
for a fight with a Japanese navy
that preferred to imitate the
Italian fleet of a few years back.
Strafe Honshu Area
About SO P-Sl Mustang fight
ers struck at central Honshu
shortly after noon today to strafe
dozens of targets around Kyoto,
Osaka and Kobe. Three Super
fortresses, four Liberators and a
pair of navy Scout bombers were
reported over Honshu, appar
ently on reconnaissance missions.
Tokyo threatened an all-out
suicide plane campaign against
American shipping and airfields
on Okinawa, but the enemy air
force was not much in evidence
today. " : . '
In the land fighting, the Japa
nese were putting up stiffer re
sistance in the battle of Balik
papan. Enemy counterattacks
were reported near the Manggar
airstrip, 12 miles northeast of
Balikpapan. In the Philippines,
American troops counted 3,824
enemy dead and 386 prisoners
after a week of mopping-up in
the mountains.
Chinese Retake Bases
Chinese forces recaptured their
third American base from the
Japanese, the town of Tanchuk,
in southeast Kwangsi province.
They already held Nanning and
Liuchow, also former 14th air
force bases, and were closing in
on another, Kweilin, In central
Kwangsi.
The brief Japanese offensive
in central Burma in the Sittang
river bend appeared to have
quieted for the moment, but to
day's communique from Calcutta
reported enemy troops still on
the move there, possibly presag
ing new attacks.
The American fleet ranging far
Pacific waters was commanded
by Vice Admiral John S. Mc
Cain, who commands carrier
forces under Admiral William F.
(Bull) Halsey, whose avowed
mission in life is to kill as many
Japanese as possible. That's
what the fleet was out to do,
although the position from which
it hoped to accomplish that was
still a secret.
"The present mission of this
powerful task force is to wipe
out Japanese air power and ship
ping," said a spokesman for Mc
Cain. The air forces reported 16
more enemy vessels were sunk
or damaged in week-end attacks
that enforced the blockade
around Japan. The bag for the
past IS days stood at 303 ships
sunk or damaged.
In mid-day attacks Sunday,
three waves of Mustang fighters
pounded the Tokyo area. Only
a few enemy fighters challenged
them. The Mustangs skimmed
the Hyakurigahara and Tokoro
zawa airfields at roof-top level
to destroy or damage 43 ground
ed Japanese planes.
Tokyo reported that 10 Super
fortresses and 140 other planes
raided Marcus Island in the cen
tral Pacific on Sunday. It was
the first B 29 attack on that
island.
Redeployment Plan
Ahead of Schedule
Paris, July 9 (U.R) Supreme
headquarters reported today that
the redeployment program is
"well ahead of schedule."
More than 280.000 men left
the European theater last month.
Since V-E day 296,001 troops
have returned home.
Early reports showed the July
movement already was ahead of
schedule.
Stettinius Hails Charter
As Instrument for Peace;
Urges Early Ratification
Washington. July 9. (U.R)
Former Secretary of State Ed
ward R. Stettinius, Jr., hailed
the United Nations charter today
as a "truly effective instrument
for lasting peace" and urged the
senate to give it speedy ratifica
tion. He appeared in the role of first
witness as the senate foreign re
lations committee opened hear
ings on the world peace -plan
drafted by the 50 United Nations
at the San Francisco conference.
Stettinius, as chairman of the
U. S. delegation there, also sub
mitted to President Truman to
day a lengthy report on the nine
week conference.
Work Ability Seen
Stettinius told the foreign re
lations committee that events at
San Francisco convinced him
that international dissgreements
could be settled amicably and
that the charter could be made
to work.
"In that firm belief," he said,
L
E
Applications for the pear pack
ing school are now being accept
ed at all of the fruit packing
houses and at the Emergency
Farm Labor Office at 209 West
Main street, Mcdford, In charge
of John Heckert.
The packing school will begin
on Monday, July 30 and con
tinue until August 11. Actual
pear patking is expected to be
gin around August 13 or 14.
The school which will accom
modate about 22S students, is a
part of the State Vocational Ed
ucation activities, cooperating
with the Medford Public Schools
and the Fruit Growers League
and has been successfully con
ducted for several years.
Interest In the school has
steadily increased from year to
year, and since the school can
only handle a limited number of
students, it is urged that persons
interested get in touch with the
packing house of their choice as
soon as possible, or call at Mr.
Heckcrt's office.
Tito Says Greeks
Would Incite Row
London, July 9 (U.R) Greek
troops have been accused by
Marshal Tito of trying to pro
voke a fight with Yugoslavia.
Tito, In a speech broadcast by
radio Belgrade last night, said
that Greek "provocateurs, reac
tionaries and troops" had fired
mortar shells across the Greek-
Yugoslav border "in spite of all
our wishes to maintain the best
of friendship with Greece."
Morse Introduces Bill To
Limit Tenure of President
Washington, July 9 (U.R)
Republicans opened a campaign
today to restore the two-term
presidential tradition by consti
tutional amendment.
House Republican Leader
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., said con
gress should submit to the states
next autumn an amendment
which would limit the tenure of
a president to two terms of four
years each. If congress falls to
submit such an amendment, he
continued, the states themselves
should act.
A resolution proposing such
an amendment was Introduced
today by Sen. Wayne Morse, R.,
Ore. The amendment would
prohibit re-election to the pres
idency of any man who had
served "during the whole or any
1945
"I have come to testify before
you today in favor of ratification
of the charter by the senate of
the United States."
Stettinius, who will be the
U. S. delegate to the new world
peace organization, asked for
prompt action by the senate be
cause "no country has a greater
stake than ours in a speedy be
ginning." Administration leaders are
confident of winning senate rati
fication of the charter and plan
to keep committee hearings brief.
They hope to complete taking
testimony in a week or 10 days
and to get the final vote on ratifi
cation by Aug. 1 or 15.
Provisions Told
In both his 6,000-word state
ment to the committee and his
50,000-word report to Mr. Tru
man, Stettinius emphasized that
the charter was the best attain
able means of insuring world se
curity. The statement was in the
nature of a resume of the report
to the White House.
Point by point Stettinius de
scribed the provisions for a se
curity council to keep the peace,
a general assembly for airing
world problems, an economic and
social council, an International
court "d trusteeship over non-self-governing
territories: . ' ,
"I believe it offers to the
United States and to the- world a
truly effective instrument for
lasting peace," he said.
"The purposes and principles
of the charter are those In which
the great majority of the human
race believe."
Girl War Workers
Ired When Nabbed
With Fleeing PWs
PortUind, Ore., July 9 (U.R)
lwo preiiy oeauie war wuiftcm,
Mrs. Lenore Hodgson, 26, and
Mrs. Fae Burns, 19, were indig
nant today at federal interven
tion In their romance with two
escaped Italian war prisoners.
They said they Intended to marry
the Italians after divorcing their
husbands who are now fighting
for the United States.
"Why all the fuss?" the women
demanded haughtily after they
were arraigned here on charges
of helping three prisoners flee
from an Italian service unit at a
Seattle war plant. They said they
were Innocent.
The five were on their way to
Boise, Ida., to find work and try
to adjust their love lives. Mrs.
Hodgson said she intended to
marry Vincent Ciaizzo. 26, and
Mrs. Burns said she was filing
suit for divorce to marry Nicola
Cambicchia, 22.
FLU EBBS ON OAHU
Army Headquarters, Middle
Pacific. July 9 (U.R) A de
crease in both military and civil
ian influenza cases today led
Army authorities to rescind the
order placing Oahu's civilian
theaters off-limits for military
personnel.
part of each of any two prior
terms."
home observers 'believed an
effort will be made to obtain
President Truman's jupport for
the amendment. With his back
ing Its speedy adoption would be
reasonably certain. Martin's pro
posal, made public here In the
! form of a statement issued from
his office, invited democratic as
sistance
"Now is the lime to put this
reform Into effect, Martin said.
"It can be done now in a non
partisan way, when It will have
no effect on the Immediate poli
tical program of any party.
He also proposed that ex pres
ident s be seated either in the
house or senate for life or that
they be pensioned at $25,000 a
year.
Tribune
United Press Full
WITH BIG PARTY
Byrnes, and Assistants, Cor
respondents and Press
Secretary Sail with Chief.
Washington, .July 9. (U.R)
President Truman sailed from
the Norfolk, Va., naval base last
Saturday for his forthcoming
conference near Berlin with
Soviet Premier Josef Stalin and
British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill.
He was accompanied by a
large parly larger than those
which usually accompanied the
late President Roosevelt when
he met with Stalin and Church
ill. Among the party were Secre
tary of State James F. Byrnes,
Assistant Secretary ot oiaie
James Dunn and Charles E.
Bohlen, special assistant to
Byrnes and an expert on Russia.
Bohlen was Mr. Roosevelt's In
terpreter at conferences with
Stalin.
Plans Side Trips
Tt was understood that Mr.
Truman plans to make some side
frinfl nrnund Eur one after the big
three talks end, probably includ
ing one to London. -
Also aboard the ship with the
president were the White House
correspondents for three major
Hons. However, the
in nnhllc word from Press Sec
retary Charles G. Ross prior to
hi. dnnarture was that no re
r.-ti- would be allowed to
cover the big three meeting it
self. Ross was in the presidential
nartv '
The White House announced
ta.i wAk that in event there Is
any airplane travel involved in
the trio. Mr. Truman ana Dynm
will fly in separate planes in
order to eliminate the possibility
of both being killed or incapaci
tatcd in a single plane crash.
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Sallna. Utah, July 9. (U.R)
A 23-ycar-old tower guard, who
had never aimed a shot at the
enemy during eight monlns
overseas, was In military cus-
imv tndav after he fired a .30
raliber machinrgun into a tent
ful of sleeping German prisoners
of war, killing eight and injuring
20 others.
Col. Arthur J. Ericsson, com
mandcr of the base camp at
Oaden. Utah, of which the Sa
Unas camp is a branch, said Pvt.
Clarence V. Bcrtuccl, New Or
leans, "for no apparent reason"
snraved a full belt of machine
aim bullets on the slumbering
nrisnnors.
The shooting occurred about
12:30 a. m. yesterday.
Col. Ericsson said Bcrtuccl
was taken into Immediate cus
tody.
"Berluccl apparently went
berserk and for no apparent rca
son cut loose with the mounted
gun and kept shooting until he
ran out of ammunition," Ericson
told reporters.
HOSPITAL DIAPER CLUE
IN INFANT KIDNAPING
Marion, O., July 9 (U.R) A
Marion city hospital diaper left
by an unidentified person at a
residence here last night gave
police their first clue today in
the kidnaping of six-day-old Jean
Eileen Crevlston. .
Police said they had not imme
diately determined whether it
was a man or a woman who stop
ped at the house and changed a
baby's diaper some time after
the Crevlston Infant was taken
from the hospital nursery.
Visit Here Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Nicholson, of Ft. Klamath,
spent the week-end in the city
visiting relatives.
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NO. 91.
Japanese
IN RULING BERLIN;
British and American Gover
nors in Disagreement on
What Main Problem Is.
Berlin, July 9. (U.R) The
three-power occupation of Ber
lin had broken down completely
today, and the Russians were
running the whole city.
Although the big three confer
ence was fast approaching, the
American and British military
governments had no control over
the sections of the city where
President Truman and Prime
Minister Churchill presumably
would have their headquarters.
High allied officers were to
meet later this week to thrash
out the problems behind the
present situation, but there was
some speculation the matter
might have to be carried to very
high levels.
Governors Disagree
The American and British gov
ernors here even seemed to dis
agree on what the main problem
really was.
Brigadier W.. H. N. Hinde,
British governor, said it was a
question of the Russians supply
ing food and fuel for Germans In
the American and British zones.
Col. Frank Howley, of Phila
delphia, the American governor,
said that was not the crux of the
matter at all that It was a mat
ter of adopting an over-all plan
for running Berlin. He seemed
to favor a system of Integrated
rule of city agencies such as
police, health, finance and so on.
Howley said that he was opti
mistic about things working out
all right.
Reds Rip Potters
However, as an example of the
present confusion, Howley told
of how Russian soldiers had torn
down SHAEF posters warning
Germans of the penalties for dis
obeying allied laws. Howley
went to see the Soviet deputy
commander here, Maj. Gen.
Nikolai Barinov, who then is
sued orders that red army troops
were not to pull down any more
SHAEF posters.
But the Russians went on gov
erning the entire city, while the
American and British military
government setups had nothing
to do except organize their new
headquarters.
Ashland Eateries
Forced To Close
Ashland, July 9 Three restau
rants out of eight were open
here this morning as the short
age of red points and help con
tinued to hit cafe owners. Be
cause of a cut in food ration
points effective July 15 the situ
ation is expected to become even
more critical.
G. M. Green, chairman of the
radon board, said today the
board Is making arrangements to
reopen some eateries and ex
pects to aid In opening others in
a few days.
The principal export crops of
Greece are tobacco and currants.
By The Side Of The Rogue
By Dale Vincent
The way some birds construct their houses Is Iruly remarkable!
Watching a marsh Wren build her house recently prompts the
exclamation. ... . . , .
Our attention was attracted to this busy little bird about twenty
feet from us, and as we sat quietly wc could see that five tules
had been brought together, making a six inch circle that was being
wrapped or woven into the foundation nf a nrsl.
The energetic wren would select a twenty Inch piece of dead
reed floating on the water and thus wet and pliable. It required
considerable maneuvering to get this to the side of the nest and
wrap It in and out around the five tules, but the tiny builder
worked skilfully, producing as perfect a basket weave as could
any human. At the proper height a hole was left In one side near
the top and the entrance was framed with mud and small fibres
to the correct size of her little body. The roof was then thatched
on in a weather-tight manner. It was left to dry awhile in the
sun and wind and then lined inside with cattail down, making a
comfortable and safe home for the coming family.
Is It not amazing that a year-old bird, without any prevlou
Qxpjcus wbatwever, con coiuUuct tucii a liuuiC a UiisJ
KLAMATH FATHER
DIES IN ATTEMPT
TO AID DAUGHTER
Lake 0' Woods Scene of
Tragedy Vancouver Boy.
Drowns in Diamond Lake.
Three persons were drowned
yesterday in week-end camping
trips to nearby lakes in this
area. C. W. Thompson and his
small daughter, Joan, of Klam
ath Falls both drowned in Lake
O' Woods, and Earl Stewart, Jr.,
1 6, of Vancouver, Wash., lost his
life in Diamond Lake.
The Thompson family had
gone to the lake on an outing
trip, and Mr. and Mrs. Thompson
were in a boat with the two
little girls swimming along be
hind. Joan became tired and
when her father went to her aid,
both were drowned before other
help could arrive.
At Rust Camp '
Young Stewart, employed at
the U. S. Forest Service blister
rust control camp at Union
Creek since June 9, was given up
as dead at 3 p. m. Sunday after
four hours of artificial respira
tion failed to produce signs of
life following about five minutes
submersion in the water. He
was one of a group of boys who
left Union Creek Saturday on an
over-night recreational camping
trip to Diamond Lake, under
supervision of a foreman.
About 11 a. m. the boys were,
swimming near the lake resort.
Stewart, who was not a good
swimmer, made his way to a raft
about 100 feet from shore where
the others boys helped him onto
the raft, in water about eight
feet deep.
Go to Aid
Returning to the dock, the
others turned to see Stewart
swimming toward them and "go
ing up and down," apparently
exhausted. They swam to his
aid and got him out ot the water
In about five minutes. Two of
the boys who are pre-medical
students at the University of
Oregon, started applying artifi
cial respiration, and Dr. Fred'
Thompson of Salem, a physician
vacationing at the lake, arrived
on the scene within 30 minutes.
Artificial respiration efforts
were continued until 3 p. m. but
the boy failed to respond. The
Perl ambulance, which had been
summoned from Medford, re
moved the body.
E. C. Stewart of Vancouver,
father of the boy, has been noti
fied. The body will be sent to
Vancouver for burial.
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Rio De Janeiro, July 9 (U.R)
The Brazilian cruiser Baia sank
yesterday about 100 miles oft
the Pcrnambucan coast after an
explosion attributed tentatively
to a mine, it was announced of
ficially today.
Casualties were feared high.
The Baia normally carried a
complement of about 400 men.
Thirty-three survivors were re
ported to have reached Recife.
American and Brazilian ships
were searching for survivors.
The 3,150-ton cruiser went down
in the area of the St. Peter and
St. Paul rocks.
WEATHER
Northern California: Partly
cloudy today and tonight, be
coming clear Tuesday; slightly
warmer in the Interior valleys
Tuesday: scattered thundershow
crs in the mountains; night and
morning fog on the coast; gentle
westerly wind off coast.
According to the latest report,
the Vatican is providing 200.000
meals daily In the area between
Calabria and Florence.