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r II .1 i i j l, , WEATHER Medford Tribune FORECAST: Cloudy with nln tonight nd Wcdnttday, lomi snow mixed with rain tonight. LlttU change In temperature. Temp. Hlgheit yesterday 35 Lowest this morning .w....,..3l,ft Prec to 4:30 a.m. today 41 44th Year 10 Pages MEDFORJ JON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1950 No. 251.' mm AGAINST LEW 1 o ?IM OOP'. 1 WET SLUSH KEEPS CARS OFF STREETS This picture, taken at 1:30 p.m. Monday, looking east from the corner of Central avenue and Main street, shows Medford as it looked in the wake ol the heaviest snowfall for several years.- Begrimed, churned-up slush covered the streets before city scrapers removed much of it last night. This ordinarily busy corner was almost deserted, and only a few cars were moving when the picture was taken during the last of the snow flurries before light rains began. (Brainerd photo). Rainfall on .Sloppy'; Floods Not Imminent Rain falling on top of a four- to-fourtcen inch layer of snow last night and this morning made "sloppy" the only word to de scribe conditions underfoot and on highways in the Rogue val ley today. The weather bureau here, which had predicted the rain following yesterday's snow, said this morning that while the flood potential of rain and melting snow is increasing, no danger of flood condition is seen for at least a 24-hour period. Rain is falling generally throughout southern Oregon, from high in the Siskiyous to the summit of Sexton mountain, the bureau said. But the snow pack above the 3,000 foot alti tude mark is dry and fluffy, and should absorb much moisture be fore it begins to run off. Nuisances Foreseen The snow on the valley floor will create local nuisances, the bureau said, flooding gutters and probably overtaxing the capa city of storm sewers. But streams and rivers should be able to handle it all without difficulty, the bureau added. Yesterday's snowfall had i marked effect on the entire val ley, keeping closed many schools and roads, and providing fun for kids. City Superintendent Vernon Thorpe said he had been in- Petition Opposing Closure Ordinance Going To Council Opposition to the proposed city ordinance which would close car dealers' places of busi ness on Sundays will be offered at tonight's regular meeting of the city council, according to W. C. Gray, 781 Beatty street. Gray said yesterday two separate peti tions opposing the ordinance, with a total of 109 signatures, will be presented to the council. "It's a matter of principle, Gray said in telling of the peti tions. "We don't believe that laws should close up one type of business and not others, he added, and he said that no car dealers were represented in the petition signatures. One petition says that a Sun day closing ordinance is "direct lv or indirectly a form of reli gious legislation and is therefore not in accord with the spirit of our constitution. ... We request that such closing be made purely a matter of personal volition or choice." Closure was proposed by a number of auto dealers and the matter was referred back to the special committee after discus sion at the January 3 council session. . lond. Street Matters 'it Also on the council agenda to night is a bond bid opening and a street graveling hearing. Bids on a storm sewer job were open ed at the ciiy recorder's office this afternoon and tabulated for council consideration tonight. The bond sales of S5.191.46 and $15,432.73 will provide funds for payment of improve ment projects on which money is otherwise not immediately forthcoming. Residents are pay ing on the installment nlan. The storm sewer will be on East 10th street from Willam ette avenue 900 feet west. Grad ing and graveling is planned on South Grape street from the end of the pavement to Melrose ave nue. Councilmen are expected to consider garbage collection rates and rules discussed at a public meeting last week. Veterans' Dividend Checks No! Here Yet World War II veterans in Med ford who have been anxiously watching their mail boxes since Monday may have to wait a few more days before their ships come in in the form of GI in surance dividend checks. Post master Moore Hamilton said this morning that no checks have ar rived here so far, in spite of re ports from Washington. D. C, 'that the first checks would be de livered Monday. The postmaster said weather-snarled transporta tion systems in the west may have something to do with the delay. Snow Makes Medford formed that an estimated 300 youngsters enjoyed the block-ed-off sliding area on Crown ave nue yesterday evening. And snowmen, plain and fancy, rose on lawns in all parts of town. Streets Scraped Two city graders and a tractor with a scraper attachment were in service for five hours, and six trucks and two loader trac tors were used for three and a half hours early this morning to clear snow from the streets, Thorpe said. Fourteen men participated in the woi'K. concentrating on the business district and on streets where drainage generally is most trouble. ome. Snow was plowed off the main rtinwny at the muni:ip.il airp. rt ycster.ay. Ashland Schools Close All schools in the Ashland consolidated district were closed today according to the Ashland school superintendent's office. Buses on the Soda Springs and Siskiyou routes were not oper ating, and many students in out lying areas were unable to get to school. A decision on whether the schools will reopen tomor row was due to be made this afternoon and will be announced by radio, the superintendent's office said. The only reports available at the county school superinten dent's office this morning indi cated that Ruch, Applegate, and Superintendent Says No-School Report False It was worth a try, anyway. An unidentified youngster last night telephoned radio station KYJC. He said that he was E. H. Hedrick, city super intendent of schools, and added that due to inclement weather Medford city schools would not open Tuesday morn ing. The radio station staff, sus pecting nothing, broadcast the announcement. After Hedrick was informed of the report, he called the station and set them right there WOULD be school today. " Three-Year Prison Term Meted Robber Edward Leroy Hausauer, 32, pleaded guilty in county circuit court yesterday to a charge of larceny from a person and was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary by Judge H. K. Hanna. Hausauer was accused of taking money from the per son of a member of the veterans domiciliary center on December 28. He is wanted - on other charges in Seattle, according to District Attorney George Neil son. In the same circuit court ses sion yesterday. Judge Hanna re voked the parole of Dudley Solo mon, Jacksonville, and sentenced him to serve his previous one year sentence in the state peni tentiary on a charge of failure to support his wife and children. Robert J. Smith, former army lieutenant, pleaded guilty on a district attorney's information to a bad check charge, but sentenc ing was continued pending a pre sentence report from the state parole officer. Jobless Pay Nearly Doubles Over 1948 Compensable claims at the Medford office of the state em ployment service increased from 2,531 in December, 1948, to 4,810 in December, 1949, with pay ments jumping from $26,977 tl $76,087, according to the annual summary released by the em ployment commission today. Sim ilar increases were noted all over the state with the exception of the Portland metropolitan area and The Dalles. Seasonal lay-offs in Oregon during the final four months of 1949 increased unemployment from 36,000 to 69.000 but the changes were much less rapid than a year ago when 72,000 were thrown out of work during the September-February decline, the commission said. Still hopeful that the peak would not reach last winter's top of 93.000, officials were keeping careful check on the week-by week barometer of local office claimants. Sams Valley schools were still closed today, and that the Tal ent schools were able to re open. School officials said many bus routes had been cleared of snow, but children living in rur al areas are often unable to get from their homes to the bus stops. Many of them would have to walk considerable distances in deep snow. Most Roads Open Most county roads are now open, through narrow passages, and crews have begun widening operations in the areas around Butte Falls, Evans Creek, and Sterling, County Engineer Paul Rynning said this morning. Snow plows and graders are finally able to make some headway in their battle to keep school bus and mail routes open, he said. Reports from Crater Lake National park received at park headquarters at 10 a.m. today indicated temperatures at the park have moderated sharply in the past 24 hours. Temperature this morning was 30 degrees above zero. Road conditions have also im proved with the west entrance now open from Medford and Prospect, but park officials say they are still discouraging all but essential traffic. The road to the rim of the lake has been opened by park service crews. There are six inches of new wet snow on too of the total pack but-headquarters here haa not learned the total depth by noon today. It was measured at 124 inches yesterday but would have settled some since then. Hardship Reports At Caves Exaggerated First reports from the Ore gon Caves to the effect that maintenance crews there were snowbound and suffering hard ships turned out to be badly ex aggerated, it was reported to day from the office of E. P. Lea vitt, superintendent of both Crater Lake park and the Ore gon Caves National monument. D. D. Crumley, chief clerk for the park service here, said Lea vitt has learned that the crews at Oregon Caves have ample food, fuel, and a stand-by elec tric power plant. Their situation is not nearly so serious as first reported, he said. Crumley said the two skiers who brought word to Grants Pass about the isolated caretak ers at the caves were Portland ers who apparently embellished their tale for the sake of heroics. They actually left the caves against the orders and advice of the caretakers, according to Crumley. State road crews are at work at the Oregon Caves highway and have succeeded in opening it as far as Grayback creek at the foot of the mountain, Resort Manager J. A. Christensen told Leavitt this morning. He said several trees are down across the road and telephone service to the monument has been in terrupted. American Bankers Stamp Now On Safe The American Bankers three cent commemorative stamp is now on sale at the Medford post- office, Postmaster Moore Ham ilton said today. The stamp com memorates the 75th year of the American Bankers' association, Bi-Partisan Foreign Policy 'Gigantic Hoax' By Indiana Washington. Jan. 17 U.R Sen. William E. Jenner (R., Ind.) said today that the China "deb acle' is convincing proof that bi partisan foreign policy should be abandoned. In a speech prepared for sen ate delivery, he said the bi-par-tison approach is a "gigantic hoax." Evidence is mounting daily to back up that statement, he said. Fraudulent Slogan "For the past several days," he said, "this evidence has de rived from the discussions on this senate floor of the debacle which our pro-communist state department policy has brought about in China." Jenner, who has crusaded to withdraw his party from foreign policy cooperation, said bi-par U Volunteers Fight Colorado Fire Blaze Sweeps Over Area In Vicinity Of Plush Resort Raging Brush, Timber Flames Near Control Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan. 17 (U.R) High winds whipped a brush and timber fire in the famed Broadmoor hotel district to new fury to day and spread the flames into warehouses on an army post in the vicinity. The public information of fice at Camp Carson, located in the Broadmoor area, said that four big warehouses and a laundry were afire. Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan. 17 (U.R) Five thousand fire men, troops, and other volun teers today begin bringing under control a raging brush and tim ber fire which swept over a 14-square-mile area in the vicinity of the plush Broadmoor hotel resort district south of here. The blaze, which started in the vicinity of a restaurant at midnight and spread with the aid of high winds through dry grass and pine timberlands, was being kept away from buildings in the vicinity by an army of firefighters. 300 Threatened The famed Broadmoor hotel itself never was endangered, but the $3,500,000 Cheyenne moun tain zoo on its grounds, the ar my's nearby Camp Carson and mansions and summer cottages were threatened. Authorities said the blaze had been halted at its eastern ter minus near U. S. highway 85-87 and that the main fire now was confined in Fisher's canyon to the south. There are no houses or other improvements- in the tanyon. " The fire whipped to within 150 yards of the animal pits on the zoo's grounds before fire fighters beat it out. An esti mated 5.000 men were engaged in battling the blaze by 9:30 a. m. They included regular army and navy personnel from Camp Carson and a Seabee battalion, national guardsmen, Colorado Springs and El Paso county em ployees, and men students of Colorado college who were dis missed from their classes. Fire-fighting equipment was sent from as far away as Pueblo 40 miles south. Officials in charge of the volunteers said, however, the fire threat had di minished so much that they had stopped calling for aid. The high winds which reached up to 70 miles an hour during the early morning hours had shifted, blowing the fire away from the Broadmoor district. Un less it changed back, there was a good chance the blaze could be brought under control shortly. Veteran Groups Urge World War II Bonus Washington, Jan. 17 (U.R) Two major veterans organiza tions urged congress today to ap prove a bonus for veterans of World War II. The Veterans of Foreign Wars renewed its long-standing bonus appeal, and Amvets a World War II organization endorsed the bonus for the first time. Amvets National Commander Harold Russell told the house veterans committee that "by ev ery standard of equity the bonus is justifiable." Russell and Clyde A. Lewis, commander in chief of the VFW, endorsed pending bills to com pute the bonus at the rale of $3 per day for service in this coun try and $4 per day for service overseas. The maximum bonus would be $4,500, with an extra $500 for men who were wounded in ac tion. sanship is a "fraudulent slo gan." Its real purpose, he claimed, is to strip from the sen ate its "treaty-making power." Senators who favor helping Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist government prepared to renew their verbal attack on the admin istration's far eastern policy. One. who asked that his name be withheld, said there might be a "surprise" move today. No Move Planned Sen. William F. Knowland (R., Cal.), leader of the pro-China group, has called for the resig nation of Secretary of Slate Dean Acheson. But he told newsmen he plans no legislative move to put congress on record for such action. Acheson is scheduled to appear - at a closed meeting of the senate Burns Jail Escapees Enjoy Brief Freedom Burns, Ore., Jan. 17 (U.R) I of an automobile at a roadblock Three Portland youths held as outside Vale. Ore. burglary suspects sawed their The fugitives are Donald Bre way out of the Burns city jail s)1Cars, 19, Portland; George Ed- today in the rear compartment v .r Lower Mississippi Valley Mobilizes To Fight Floods Chicago, Jan. 17 (U.R) The lower Mississippi valley mobil ized today to fight major floods as rain-swollen Kentucky and Tennessee streams joined the rampaging Wabash and Ohio rivers in lowland onslaught. In the first major Mississippi river alert since 1937, army en gineers warned 12,000 southeast ern Missouri residents that they may have to flee for their lives. Hundreds Evacuated The order also alerted thou sands of residents of Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee to pre pare for high waters. Hundreds of lowland residents in the three states were evac uated today. Snow fell from the Great Lakes westward to the storm weary Pacific northwest, and localized blizzards blasted some areas. Sub-zero cold gripped the northern border states from Michigan westward to Washing ton, and the cold air mass rode eastward to the Atlantic sea board on gusty winds. Residents Warned Col. Louis H. Foote, district army engineer, warned south east Missouri-residents from the Arkansas line north to 29 miles above Cairo, 111., that they will have to abandon their homes in the Mississippi bottoms if the Big Bird Point - New Madrid floodway has to be opened. Opening the floodway just below Cairo would flood 130, 000 acres of farm and timber land overrun a number of small communities and effect an esti mated 12,000 persons. But it would free much water from the Mississippi's main chan nel and reduce the pressure on th-i river's levee system. New Storm Heading In Over Brookings By United Press A new chain of rain and snow laden storms rolled towards the Oregon-California border Tues day as a bitter cold wave held fast all of Washington state and northern Oregon. The first of the new series of blows was expected to hit around Brookings, Ore., at mid-afternoon Tuesday. The Seattle fore caster said the storm would bring more rain relief to north ern California and southern Ore gon but would add a fresh layer of snow to northern sections of the Pacific northwest. Northern California caught the first real relief from the Arctic blast that hit the region last week-end, claiming at least 20 dead. Gale-driven rain swept out of the Pacific ocean giving the area the worst drenching in years. Meanwhile, a freezing cloud blanket covered most of Wash ington and Oregon. Sub-freezing temperatures continued west of the Cascade mountains and sub-zero readings prevailed to the east. Salem, Ore., Jan. 17 (U.R) Gov. Douglas McKay today re appointed Blaine Hallock of Ba ker as a member of the state sanitary authority for a four year term. Claimed Republican foreign relations committee next week. He will discuss the recent communist seizure of the U. S, consulate at Peiping and the sub sequent withdrawal of American consular officials from China. May Ask Open Meeting Some republicans have indi cated they may press for an open committee meeting at which Acheson's views would be spread on the public record. In response to the requests of Knowland s group, tnc commit tee has agreed to call Louis John son, secretary of defense, and Omar Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, to testify on January 26. The pro-nationalist bloc claims that the "hands-off" policy on Formosa M made ! against the advice of military leaders. wara nonnern, in, 01 roruana and Oakland, Cal., and Morris Williams, 19,.Portland. Held For California They were being held here for California authorities in connec tion with a scries of burglaries at Oakland and Redding, Cal., and at Lakeview and Portland, Ore. Police Officer Dan Mallory said the three prisoners hacked a note about eight inches in diam eter through thin metal behind the jail's boiler. One of the youths squeezed through the hole, obtained keys from the jail office and unlocked the cell, freeing the other two. The fugitives then broke Into an arms cabinet in the police sta tion and stole two .22 caliber automatic pistols and one .32 cal iber automatic. Police Notified Police notified Oregon state police, who set up roadblocks on highways leading out of Burns. At 6 a m.., seven hours after the escape, a state policeman became suspicious of a nickun truck stopped at a roadblock outside Vale. He searched the car and found the three youths huddled In the rear compartment. Chief of Police Walter D. Lips comb went to Vale to return the trio to Jail here. Many Business Items Face Ashland Council Ashland, Jan. 17 Appoint ment of a new fire chief, reor ganization of duties in the elec trical, city engineer and pur chasing agent departments, change of plats at Mountain View cemetery and proposed lease of 12 acres near the cemetery by J. P Clark may be discussed by Ashland city council at a ses sion at 7:30 p. m. today at the city hall. The fire chief will succeed Clint Baughman, who was re tired. Other business pending in cludes a new fire hall, a Magno lia mill causeway, a bill mailing proposal, acquisition of power rights in the Bellview area and possibility of Bonneville power here. City Attorney Herry A. Skerry reported .that the state highway commission has received Ash land's application for truck serv ice route funds. Henry Allen, Former GOP Leader, Dies Wichita, Kan., Jan. 17 (U.R) Henry J. Allen, United States senator and a republican leader in Kansas for a quarter of a ccitury, died today at his Hill crest home here. He was 81. Allen is survived by his widow, Elsie, and a daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Holmes, who lives in England with her husband, who is a counsellor to United States Ambassador Lewis Doug las. Allen, who also was a former governor of Kansas, was widely known as a newspaper publisher and editor and at the time of his death was an important stock holder in the Wichita Beacon. Allen, who went to the United States senate to fill the unex pired term of the late Charles Curtis when the latter was elect ed vice president under former President Herbert Hoover, was recognized as a spokesman for the White House. Red Tag Days To Be Held As Scheduled The Red Tag sale days, sched uled by many Medford mer chants for Friday and Saturday, January 20 and 21, will be held as planned, it was announced to day by Robert Agard, chairman of the retail trades committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. A weather bureau prediction of continued rain, which will probably melt off the last of thc snow, encouraged the merchants to stay with their plans for the money-saving event, Agard said. Airliner Skids Off Runway At Kalispell Kalispell, Mont., Jan. 17 (U.R) A Northwest Airlines passenger plane skidded off a runway here today, the sheriff's office report ed. None of the passengers or crew members was reported in jured. The plane, a Martin 2U2, car- : r'c! four passengers and a crew ol three, Mil SEEKS NOMINATION Fred E. Robinson, men's clothing store proprietor, yesterday announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for the United States senate. He will oppose Sen. Wayne Morse in the May 19 pri mark election. Fred E. Robinson Seeks Republican Senate Nomination Fred E. Robinson, partner In Robinson Brothers clothing store here, announced in Salem Mon day that he will seek the repub lican nomination for United States senator in the May 19 pri mary election. His candidacy is the first opposition so far offered Sen. Wayne Morse, who has not yet filed for re-election, but has announced his intention of do ing so. According to the United Press, Robinson filed with the election bureau of the secretary of state's omce yesterday afternoon. No filing has yet been made for democratic nomination for the post. Robinson's ballot slogan will be "Elect a man who will vote with the rest of our delegation," United Press said. 'No Malice' In a lengthy statement issued late yesterday in connection with his announcement, Robinson con cluded, "I have no malice or hatred in my heart for my op ponent but I cannot agree with his philosophy, his principles or his ideals that we better hurry and get on the band wagon of the leftists group of this country because if we don't we are go ing to wake up some morning to find the wagon 'is full and we arc going to have to walk." Robinson, 35, was born on a ranch about 10 miles from Grants Pass. Since entering business in Medford he has been engaged in transfer and storage and men's clothing sales. This is his first venture into politics. Recess Granted In Harry Bridges Case San Francisco, Jan 17 (U.R) Defense attorneys for Harry Bridges, obviously caught unpre pared by the sudden end of prosecution testimony, t.oday were granted a six-day recess in the perjury-conspiracy trial of the CIO longshore leader. Trial of Bridges and two co- defendants was recessed until next Monday aftor the defense finished cross examination of one government witness. Federal Judge George B. Har ris granted the recess on the de fense plea that the sudden end of the prosecution's case had left the defense unprepared to pre sent its witnesses in orderly fashion. Rescue Workers Inch Nearer Trapped Miner Mahanoy City, Pa., Jan. 17 (U.R) Rescue workers inched slowly today through a vein of solid anthracite toward the 9pot where 25-ycar-old Edward Burda has been trapped for four days. The rescuers were between 10 and 25 feet from the bottom of the 160-foot deep mine where Burda was imprisoned by a cave in last Friday. "It's very dangerous down there," State Mine Inspector Ben Rcinochl said. "The roof is treacherous. We have to work carefully. We don't want any body else trapped." Salem, Ore., Jan. 17 (U.R)--Gov. Douglas McKay today ac cepted the honorary chairman ship of the Oregon state commit tee of the National Probation and Parole association. General Counsel Of NLRB Prepares To Invoke T-H Act Complaint Expected To Be Issued Wednesday Washington, Jan. 17 U.R) President Truman today if Jected an appeal by Sen. Own Brewster R., Me.) to Invoke the Taft-Hartley emergency provisions in the coal strike. Washington. Jan 17 (U.R) Robert N. Denham, general coun sel uf the national labor rela tions board, today prepared to invoke the injunctive powers of the Taft-Hartley act against John L. Lewis and his coal miners. Denham's staff aides said he plans to issue a formal complaint against Lewis and the United Mine Workers' union probably on Wednesday with a view to ending the current wildcat and "twice-a-week" coal strikes. Probe Compleitd Denham, who has been study ing coal operators' complaints against Lewis for the past week, told the United Press he has com pleted his investigation and "hopes" to act soon. His action mlcht he tpmiwrArl however, by White House deci sions. President Truman still is resisting demands for a presiden tial crack-down against Lewis, but government officials said "one big blizzard" could force him to seek a Taft-Hartley in junction without waiting for tho- inl,hb general counsel to act. Coal Supplies Low Even under present conditions they said, special reports from the bureau of mines show coal supplies are so low that Mr. Tru-' man may have to send the justlca department Into court for an in junction at any moment. They said if the White House' decides such a move is necessary, the justice department will ask the court to force the 400,000 soft coal miners to work a full five-day week. Pittsburgh, Jan, 17 (U.R) An gry rank-and-file United Minr Workers' pickets patrolled the coal fields today driving for an' all-out strike to bring the long drawn coal contract dispute tar a head. The pickets cruised on a 24-: hour basis in western Pennsyl vania completely offsetting ef forts of UMW President John L. Lewls' lieutenants to end the "rebel" walkouts. ' Credit Cut Off More than 78,600 miners al ready were idle in six states, cut ting coal production more than 468,000 tons a day in the face, of already widespread shortages.. The rank-and-file strike appar ently was stepped up by the an ger of the miners over the cut-, ting off of credit to strikers by a large chain store serving the coal fields. Another chain considered similar action. The miners called the action a "dirty squeeze play," and de clared they would close "every damn mine In the country," One local at Brownsville, Pa., sent out an Invitation to other min ers of the area to join them in a mass meeting Thursday to plan new action. Pay Hike For Medics Sought By Board Salem, Ore., Jan. 17 (U.R) Because of a shortage of doctors reported at state institutions and in the state health department, the state board of control voted today to recommend salary in creases of $50 a month for doc tors at the institutions and $100 a month for doctors in the health department. State Budget Director Harry Dorman and Director of Institu tions William C. Ryan told the board that the increases recom mended had been agreed upon at a recent conference of institution superintendents and health de partment representatives. The civil service commission must approve the increases be fore they become effective. Road Conditions Rain was breaking up the snow pack on Sexton and Can yon creak passes on highway 99 north today but motorisil were advised by state police to carry chains. Police report ed similar conditions on the Redwood highway. Highway 99 was still closed at Weed, Cal., police said. Sis kiyou pass snow pack was rut ting up because oi rain and chains were needed. Rain was falling on tha west side of the Greensprlngs on highway 89 and snow on the east and chains also were required United Press said that San tlam pais was opened after be ing closed by fallen trees and slides. High winds, drifting tnow and a silver thaw mad travel hasardous. Chains were advised on Wil lamette pass and necessary at Klamath Falls and Kano.
