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February 23 Slated As General Election Day For Voters In Britain London, Jan. 11 U.R Prime Minister Clement Attlee today set February 23 as the date of a general election at which British voters decide i they want five more years of socialism. Attlee announced the date of the elections in a special state ment which said that the present parliament would be dissolved by King George VI on February 3. Although Conservative Leader Winston Churchill is vacation ing In the Madeira islands, conservative party headquarters said "we are ready." Polling Day Eyed With Confidence "We look forward to polling day with confidence," said state ment issued by Conservative Chairman Lord Woolton. "But let us not regard this election as just a party contest. The future of our country is at stake and it is time for a change." The forthcoming election campaign, according to observers, promises to be one of the most bitter in British history. The labor government will campaign on its record of social security and na tionalization of industry. The conservatives will attack socialist "waste" and call for a return to free enterprise. Dr. L. D. Inskeep Named President Of Health Board Dr. L. D. Inskeep, 2401 Hill crest road, yesterday was named president of the slate board of health at a meeting of the board held in Salem. He succeeds Dr. C. E. Hunt of Eugene. Dr. Ins keep will complete his second four-year term by gubernatorial appointment to the board in Jan uary. 1951. Other members of the board, besides Drs. Inskeep and Hunt, are Drs. O. G. Hagmeier, Sea side; D. C. Burkes. Portland; T. E. Griffith, The Dalles: N. E. Irvine, Lebanon; O. T. Wherry, Portland; Harold M. Erickson, Portland The representative from the state board of phar macy is O. T. Wherry, Corvallis. Has Been Officer Dr. Inskeep had previously served as second vice-president of the board. In addition to the meeting of the state board of health, the Medford physician also attended a meeting of the state laboratory control board in Portland on Monday and a meeting of the state cancer committee, also in Portland. Tuesday morning he met with the state board of eu genics in Salem. Use of Gas to Costs Job For Collinsville, 111., Jan. 11 (U.R) The wife of a 56-year-old miner prayed today that he would find a new job to replace the one he lost because he planned to usu gas instead of coal to heat their new home. Mrs. Charles Waichekauskas, a Roman Catholic, said she was Rancher Hunted In Silver Lake Region Bend, Ore., Jan. 11 (U.R) Ranch hands and foresters today searched for Walter Kittredgc Jr., 32, Silver Lake, Ore., ranch er, lost since yesterday morning when he set out afoot in a snow storm from a stranded auto mobile Kittredee. the owner of a string of ranches and cattle operations, left his Silver Lake home Monday with a ranch worker, Jess Barksdale, to look at a well. Foresters said they found Barksdale in the car the next morning and he told them Kit tredge set out afoot after the pair spent the night in the auto mobile which had broken down. A blizzard swept the Twin Brothers area where they were stranded shortly after Kittredge left, Barksdale said. The region is called the "Devils Garden country," and is heavily timbered and covered with lava flow. Ranch hands from the Kitt redge holdings and neighbors joined in a search today. Washington, Jan. 11 (U.R) Henry L. Hess was nominated today by President Truman for reappoinment as federal district attorney for Oregon. Hess now is serving under an appointment which expired last year. Security Co' U.S. Po'' Washington, ... j, -'.j.W The national security council has passed on long-range American policy iii Yugoslavia, including steps to be Vaken in case of an invasion by Soviet or satellite troops. U.!5. officials disclosed today tb.at the recommendations set forth alternate courses of action to meet any expected develop ment. Shooting War Unseen Officials here apparently do not believe Marshall Tito's bit ter fued with the Kremlin will explode into a shooting war and a full-scale invasion by Soviet or satellite troops. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudlnns ne with mow showfrs to ntfiht and Thunday. Slightly cooler tonight. ( Temp. Hlrhest YMterdar . 4 Lowest thtt Mnriilnf 29 Prec. to 4:30 A.M. Today I All surprised The last general election was held July 5, 1945, after the war was finished in Europe but be fore Japan surrendered. The la bor party won an overwhelm ing landslide victory which sur prised labor party leaders as much as anyone else. A British general election calls for selection of an entirely new house of commons. Because of reorganization of constituen cies, three will be election con tests this time for 625 seats in parliament compared to 640 in the 1945 election. Although the present parlia ment was scheduled to meet again January 24 after a Christ mas recess, it will not be called back into session in view of the elections. The newly elected par liament will meet for routine business March 1 and will be formally opened by King George on March 6. Attlee To Resign Prime Minister Atlee s pres ent cabinet will remain in pow er until the day after election, when results will be known. Att lee then will tender his resigna tion to King George. If labor has won again, the king will ask Attlee or some oth er labor leader to form a new government. If the conservatives win, Churchill will be asked to be the new premier. simultaneously with the an nouncement of election day. Att lee also disclosed that the long planned labor party jubilee, cele brating the party s 50th anniver sary, would be postponed and maybe abandoned. It was sched uled for February 3-5. (See story on page 3) Heat Home Coal Digger making a novena in the hope that her husband, a miner for 34 years, would get work to sup port her and their 10-y car-old adopted son, Edward, who has suffered from rheumatic fever for six years. Waichekauskas decided to use gas to heat the new home he is building because fumes from the coal stoker of their present home make Edward ill. He was told to go home Mon day when he showed up for work at the Lumaghi coal mine No. 2. A member of the progressive mine workers, he was told that a union rule bars union mem bers from using anything but coal or wood fuel. Mrs. Waichekauskas said that her husband was "put out" and almost sick over losing his job, but would seek legal action "only as a last resort." She said he planned to "rest up" this week and then look for work elsewhere. Thugs Take $38,000 From Cleveland Bank Cleveland, O., Jan. 11 (U.R) Three robbers today held up the Superior Savings and Loan com pany and escaped with an esti mated $38,000. The men entered the bank shortly before noon and stuffed all available money into a paper bag, then ran to a waiting auto and escaped. The men took what money they could find in the cash drawers and the bank vault. They held three employees and a number of customers at bay against a writing ' desk as they loaded the money into a shopping bag. Ihe auto was found abandoned few minutes later several blocks from the bank. Police said they believed it was a stolen car -ores ,joslayia " iTie informed official opinion is that the worst to be expected is continued attempts by the cominform to foment "internal" revolution against Tito, aided and abetted by neighboring satel lite states as was done in the case of Greece. U.S. officials are convinced that Tito's "security problem" is secondary to his country's pres ent economic plight, and that short-range U.S. policy should be designed to help him solve the latter. For this reason, it was said, the United States is planning to do all it can to help offset effects of the cominform's trade boy cott against Yugoslavia. U. S. Convinced It has forced Tito to spend nearly all of his reserves of gold and foreign currency. But the U.S. government is said to be convinced that he can beat the boycott if he obtains sufficient economic aid until Yugoslavia's economy is integrated into that of western Europe. GARAGE TIPPED OVER BY WINDS The two-car garage and workshop at the Ami)' Walker residence, 1789 Stewart avenue, is shown above as it looked yesterday morning, after of gale-velocity wind had lifted it from its foundation, moved it 30 feet to the east, and duir , in a field upside down. Intact after the gust were the car parked inside the garage, workshop ? ment and a pile of wood, which can be seen at the left. flstfA Storm Subsides Leaving Highway Travel Hazardous Schools Close, Phones Out In Medford Vicinity The first storm of the winter subsided today, leaving south ern Oregon and northern Calif ornia digging out from snow which ranged in depth from about three inches at lower ele vations to nearly impassible depths on mountain passes. Snow in downtown Medford fell to a depth of about three inches during the night, with three and a half inches at the airport, and more on surround ing hills. Although roads leading from the valley were open this morn ing, the Medford office of the Oregon State Motor association was discouraging travel, parti cularly over highway 99 south, which was described as almost impassible. Chains Required Chains were required on all routes and travel was hazardous A Pacific Greyhound lines dis patcher here said that the high way patrol had set up a road block between Dunsmuir and SLIDING AREA City officials have closed off Crown avenue between Barneburg avenue and Oregon terrace so that Medford young sters will have a safe place to slide. City Superintendent Vernon Thorpe said this morn ing. It will be barricaded, and a police officer will be on duty during the late afternoon and evening, Thorpe said. Redding on highway 99'ln Cal- nornia, ana were permuting one-way traffic. Motorists were being delayed six to ' seven hours, and Yrcka police said that the patrol was escorting motorists. The United Press said that reports of stranded cars and trucks totaled well over 200 in the area, and tow trucks were said to be getting between $50 and $100 per tow job. A hard and continuous snow fall on Greensprings and Siski you mountain passes was report ed, and conditions on the two passes, at Grants Pass, on the Redwood highway and highway 99 over Sexton mountain were getting worse. Highway snow at Grants Pass was 10 inches, with 12 at the roadside. Medford Streets Slick In Medford, only two minor auto accidents were attributed to last night's storm, but packed snow and slick pavements this morning caused many cars to slither all over the streets. Cars attempting to negotiate the East Main street hill were stall ed in rows at about 9 a.m. Snow-clogged roads forced at least seven county schools to close today, when school buses were unable to complete their routes. The county school supcr indentent's office reported clos ures at Rogue River, Evans Val ley, Prospect, Sams Valley, Ap plegate, Ruch and Jacksonville. A report from Sams Valley said there was as much as three feet of snow on one bus route in that district. The Jacksonville school closed shortly after Class pa slnrfpH ihnn nhcpnlpps were counted. 1 Planes Grounded A military air transport serv ice C-47 was grounded at the. airport here over night, but lefl this morning en route to Mc Chord field. An army L-13 laison plane, en route to Ft. Lewis, was still grounded today. Communications were gradu ally being unsnarled. About 400 Medford telephones were out of service during the morning, but were being put back in service as rapidly as possible. J. H. Creager, manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany said the trouble was due largely to holes in cable insula tion which were entered by snow. D. O. Hood, president of Col umbia Utilities company, said that lines to Butte Falls, and from Prospect to Union Creek and Lake Creek, were out today, but were expected to be repair ed shortly. Most other rural lines were operating, and Hood said the difficulties were not as bad as had been anticipated. Few Power Outages Few power outages were re ported locally by the California Oregon Power company, after service had been restored yester day to affected areas. Some trou ble with power service was still being experienced in Grants Pass, however. Ranger Robert Appleby re ported 4 feet 10 inches of snow at Union Creek, with seven inch es at higher elevations in Ash land and Jacksonville. Snow giL.. - '2 - ...t....:.r.f:f llS OUT FROM-HEAVY SNOWFALL Medford 44th Year 12 Pages Where it comes from n - fW at tfi 1 tawwHfcacJiw II MH 1fct.ftTiiifAIFfllaT!AHC V I f Tit a rbuirut 1951 IiHaM ' v 4i .. 'p.iMuuMirnr xi'&$!, i mete it wUlgotfmmJf9 .A Ai' W jii' mllOMl BtftNSt if i U ltiiiojI ilX i mi it of ' ma PRESIDENT'S BUDGET Plcto cal Year 1951. Propaganda Turned U.S. Against China Aid Plea, Madame Claims By Willard D. Eberhart . United Press Correspondent " Honolulu, Jan. 11. - (U.R) Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, flying to Formosa to join her husband and his nationalist forces in their last-ditch fight against the com munists in China, landed here to day in a heavy rainstorm that forced the pilot of her plane to Couple Jailed For Neglect Of Children New York. Jan. 11 (U.R) plump young couple were jailed today charged with starving to death their "unwanted three- year-old son and with under feeding their 4-year-old daughter. The 210-pound mother, Mrs. Mary Scielzo, 29, said she tried to feed the children, but "they wouldn't eat for three weeks so I gave the food to the cat instead." The parents, who admitted neglecting their children, will be arraigned in felony court to morrow and held for grand jury action. District Attorney Frank S Hoean said Guv Scielzo. 29, a 75- a-week salesman, and his double- chinned wife were arrested in their four-room tenement apart ment after an investigation be gun last November by investiga tors of the society for prevention of cruelty to children. Nun Dies, 77 Flee Dawson Hospital Fire Dawson, Y. T., Jan. 11 (U.R) One nun was burned to death but 77 patients escaped without injury when fire destroyed the three-story St. Mary's hospital yesterday. Sister Mary Gideon, who had spent 50 years in nursing service here, a member of the Sisters of St. Ann which operated the hos pital, was trapped as flames of unknown origin engulfed the building. Firemen fought the blaze for several hours in 40-degree-below zero weather. The fire apparent ly started in the hospital chapel, totally destroying the building, firemen said. Another sister, unidentified, was badly burned while trying to rescue equipment from the blazing building. One fireman was temporarily overcome by smoke. flurries tapered off Into sun shine in most of the valley dur ing the late morning. Tonight's weather forecast is virtually a duplication of yester day's, with cooler weather, vari able cloudiness and snow show ers predicted. Minimum tempera ture last night was 29 degrees, and a minimum of 25 to 28 is expected tonight. Precipitation since the storm started at 4 a.m. yesterday totaled .76 of an inch. Bird lovers ot me vicinity were providing grains and suelswont through the upper floor ol to replace birds' natural foods until thawing will permit them to obtain seeds and berries. MEDFORD, OREGON, - chart shows income and expenditure Mote that the largest Income is from direct taxes on iture is for National Defense. make an instrument landing. i Clipper Late , V me run American clipper car rying Madame Chiang was 40 minutes late on it's flight from San Francisco because of the storm, a heavy overcast and the presence of other planes in the area. The landing was made with a 700-foot ceiling. Madame Chiang is returning to the far east after 13 unsuccess ful months In the United States during which she sought to enlist all-out support of the U.S. against the communist invasion ot her homeland. Before her departure from San Francisco early today, Madame Chiang warned Americans- that "propaganda beyond anything ever set before a na tion" had turned the U.S. against her plea for aid. Bridges Witness Tells Of Contact San Francisco, Jan. 11. (U.R) Testimony of a prosecution wit ness in the perjury-conspiracy trial of Harry Bridges indicated today that the government plan ned its present action against the CIO longshore leader as early as October of 1948. Lewis H. Michener Jr., of Los Angeles, admitted under cross examination by the defense that immigration agents contacted him at that lime to see if he would be willing to testify in the present trial. Michener, a professed ex-com munist and a former official of the United Auto Workers' union, yesterday linked Bridges with the communist partv as late as 1943. High Winds Wreck Refinishing Mill Here The. latest report of Tuesday morning's wind damage came to day from Camp White where C. T. Campbell, manager of the Golden Gate Home Builders firm, said his refinishing mill was completely wrecked just hours before it was to have gone into operation for the first time. The building measured 110 by 60 feet and Campbell said the structure was moved 15 feet away from its foundations by the force of the gale. The roof col lapsed onto machinery Inside the building causing considerable damage, and a blower system was wrecked. Campbell said he still has no definite plans for rebuilding. Explosion Blamed In Nursing Home Blaze Cobleskill, N. Y., Jan. 11 U.R) An oil stove explosion was hlamArl tnAuv fnf fi fir. Ullifh a nursing home, killing three elderly patients and Injuring four other. .N f$.N Vi GUSTS TOPPLE PLANES AT AIRPORT Shown above Junes which were torn from their moorings and turned over morning nt the Medford airport. The winds, blowing at speeds occasionally reached velocities up to 75 miles an hour in gusts, I as high as any ever recorded in Medford. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1950 NO. 246 1 The BUDGET DOLLAR (Arm Telephotoi of the Budget Dollar for the Fis Individuals, and the largest expend She said the communist threat, in its deception, was as great to America as it was for China. "The American people do not know the truth," she said. "Soon the map-makers will print China in red ink and chil dren may be taught that China is a satellite, a puppet, a prov ince of the Soviet empire. Been Deceived "They have been deceived by propaganda beyond anything ever set before a nation." i But despite the turn of events in the far east, whore the com munists have virtually completed the occupation of China and forc ed her husband, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, to flee to the island of Formosa for a final stand, Madame was confident the Americans would come to the defense of the nationalists. "No people on earth are as capable of moral Indignation as the American public." she said. "And as Lincoln well said, 'no one can fool all the people all of the time.' " Caution Taken Pan American airways, In whose planes Mndame Chiang will travel as far as Manila be fore boarding a nationalist trans port which will take her to her husband's side, took special se curity precautions in San Fran cisco before start of her trans pacific flight. It was kept guard ed all day and no packages were taken aboard. Coos Bay Area Hit By Heavy Windstorm Portland. Ore.. Jan. 11 U.R) Light snow showers fell in most of Oregon and Washington to day. In the Coos Bay, Ore., area, electrical and communication service was re-established to wind-swept Coquille, North Bend, Myrtle Point, and Coos Bay. The coast guard at Coos Bay reported winds between 80 and 100 miles an hour hit the coast Tuesday. Four persons died in the north west as a result of the storm. In southeast Portland. John son creek jumped its bank and cut off a dozen residences with foot-deep water. The weather bureau office at the Portland airport reported heavy snowfall and near-zero temperatures in British Colum bia, but advised that it was too early to determine whether the storm would move into the states. Hogan, Snead Go Playoff Postponed Los Angeles, Jan. 11 (U.R) Ben Hogan and Sam Snead ask ed today that their playoff match in the $15,000 Los Angeles open be postponed until next week because of the rain. "Sam and I have talked it over and we think the playoff certainly should be postponed,' Hogan said. t Tribune Unemployment Board Requests Budget Increase Welfare Commission Plans To Follow Suit Salem. Ore.. Jan. 11 U.R) The growing unemployment sit uation in Oregon prompted the stale unemployment compensa tion commission today to file a budget request for $15,700,000 additional funds to pay state un employment claims for the rest of the fiscal year ending June 30. The commision filed the re quest with the state emergency board, which is expected to act on the matter when it meets here Friday. Welfare To Follow Suit At the same time the slate welfare commission also dis closed it will ask the emergen cy board for authority to exceed its budget. The 1949-50 budget allowance has increased to such an .extent, the commission said, that it has paid out $10,599,000 in claims in the first six months ended De cember 31 just shorts of the sum budgeted for the entire year. And February may be the penk month in unemployment. The 1949 legislature approved a budget for unemployment com pensation payments during the two years from July 1. 1949, to July 1, 1951, of $22,600,000. The special request is $5,000, 000 more than the sum budget ed for the entire two year period. Money From Fund Money paid by the commis sion to the unemployed comes from the unemployment com pensation fund, to which em ployers and employees contrib ute and to which the federal gov ernment adds a share. The commission pointed out that the $15,700,000 requested does not come from other funds, but from Its own self-sustaining fund. But it has to have author ity of the emergency board to use its own money beyond the sum budgeted. The state welfare commission also will ask the emergency board Friday for authority to exceed Its $55,000,000 budget by $2,267,000. carried over from the 1948-49 biennium. Govermenf Rests In Tucker Hearing Chicago, Jan. 11 (U.R) The government today rested il case against Preston Tucker and seven associates charged with mall fraud and conspiracy in their attempt to produce a rear cnglne automobile. Attorney Floyd Thompson Im mediately began arguments be fore Federal District Judge Wal ter J. Labuy, seeking a directed verdict of acquital for Floyd D. Ccrf, underwriter for the sale of Tucker stock. Similar argu ments for other defendants will follow. Government attorneys com pleted their case Just Iwo days under 11 weeks of presentation. The jury was excused until Fri day during the directed verdict arguments. Records of the trial show that there have been more than 7,000 pages of testimony: 3,340 objec tions entered, and about 2,000 exhibits put into the records. 20,000 Chinese Homeless As Fire Hits Hong Kong. Jan. 11 (U.R) The worst fire in this British crown colony's history engulfed the old walled city of Kowloon today, destroying its oldest Buddhist temple, a score of small factories and several thousand flimsy shacks near Kaitak air port. An estimated 20,000 Chinese were left homeless. Firemen re fused to estimate casualties. Still Out Of Control The fire still raged out of con trol after four hours. It threat ened to consume hundreds of ad ditional huts made of mats Police ordered them evacuated. Most of the homeless were squatters whose huts were Jammed into a quarter - mile .... t " - 1 are three of the six light private on their backs by winds yesterday averaging 25 to 40 miles an hour according to the weather bureau. Lewis 'Suggests' Miners Return To Jobs On Monday Check Indicates Men Were Ready For Cue Pittsburgh, Jan. 11(U.R) John L. Lewis "suggested" to 80.500 striking united mine workers todav that they return to work Monday. A check of the strikers Indicat ed that they were ready for the cue and that production in the cloed mines will be in full swing on the appointed day. Drain on Stockpiles The hit-skin strike mhlxh closed selected mines In nine states cost the country 1,370,000 ions or coal during its three days. Another 6,000.000 tons will be lost this week through the UMW imposed three-day week in all mines. Lewis' suggestion was trans mitted to district presidents through telegrams which said: "Will you please transmit to our members who are Idle this week my suggestion that 'they resume production next Mon day." Threat of Action The "members who are idle" included 34.000 miners In Penn sylvania; 25,000 in West Vir ginia, 6,100 in Ohio, 7,000 in Kentucky, 6,000 In Alabama. 1, 000 in Utah, 850 In Virginia, 200 in Tennessee and 550 in Wyom ing. Lewis' action came as the walkouts brought a double-barreled threat of government ac tion against him and his union. Formosa Invasion Reported Forming Taipei, Formosa, Jan. 11 (U.R) More than 1,000 Chinese com munist junks were reported to day to have pushed off from a point near the China mainland for the invasion of the nationalist island of Hainan. Hainan lies off the southeast ern tip of the Chinese mainland. Communist troops have been pre paring for the invasion of Hainan for weeks. The junks reportedly took off under cover of heavy fog from Waichao Island, 40 miles west of the Luichow peninsula, and sail ed in a southeasterly direction. It was predicted they would at tempt to land on the west coast of Hainan where nationalist gun boats lay in wait. Nationalist dispatches admit ted the battle for Hainan had started, apparently with com munist fifth columns fighting the nationalists. Other sources said the communists virtually con trolled the southwest coastline of the island. The foggy season, which lasts until the end of February, hin dered nationalist air operations. But nationalist planes were re ported to have raided Canton, communist rear area staging point, for four hours. Rita Hayworfh Soon Will Leave Hospital Lausanne, Switzerand, Jan. 11 (U.R) Rita HHyworth plans to leave the Montchoisi clinic in a few days, her friends said to day. They said the movie star wife of Prince Aly Khan had pro longed her stay at the clinic aft er the birth of her daughter Yasmin on Dec. 29, and still was not feeling "altogether well." Rita does not know whether she will go to the winter resort of Gstaad or spend a few days in her luxurious suite in the Lausanne Palace hotel. Prince Aly is in Paris on business Walled City square area near the airport. They stood by helpless while all their possessions went up in flames. Frantic parents sought chil dren. Weeping women attempt ed to console each other. Others watched stoically. Their men helped firemen battle futilely hgainst the flames, which were tanned by a brisk wind. To Sleep In Open A half-dozen large wooden and concrete residences also were de stroyed. Authorities said they thought they would be able to feed the homeless, but that most of them would have to sleep in the open air until accommodations can be arranged. J
