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United Press Full Lease Wire 44th Year (Acme Telephotot 'HURRY . . . HURRYI' Pinned to the ground by a heavy lank truck, Ernest Keys pleads with rescuers U. "hurry . . . hurry" as they attempt to free him. Trapped one hour and 20 minutes, Keys was finally rescued when a heavy crane hoisted the truck a few Inches. The accident occurred near Rodeo, Calif., when Keys' stalled truck and another vehicle, also stalled, blocked the highway. When the tank truck reached the scene, the driver, attempting to avoid the tailed cars, swerved to the side of the road, overturning his truck on Keys, who had leaped to the side to avoid being hit. LEADERS IN MORSE'S CAMPAIGN TOLD HERE; APPEARANCES SET Otto Frohnmayer, Medford attorney, and Glenn Jackson, prominent business man here, will be chairman and secretary treasurer of the Wayne Morse for U. S. Senator committee in Jackson county, it was an nounced by the senator who ar rived in town for a series of ap pearances this morning. He spoke to members of the yvhland Kiwanis club at noon today, and was to address a Southern Oregon college assem bly in the afternoon. Stag Dinner Set A stag dinner sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce this evening at the Rogue Valley Country club, will be addressed by Senator Morse, in a "Report on Congress." The dinner will be at 7:15 following a social hour at 6:30 p.m. Tomorrow noon Morse will speak to the weekly meeting of the Medford Rotary club, and 2 p.m. will appear at a Jackson ville high school assembly. Be tween 4 and 5 p.m. he will make a question and answer appear ance over radio station KYJC. At 8 p.m. Tuesday he will speak before a public meeting -it the Medford high school audi "'prium in a "Report on Issues Facing Congress." No charge will be made for attendance at the meeting, which is under the sponsorship of Jackson County Republican Women. Wednesday and Thursday Morse will fill engagements in Grants Pass and Klamath Falls. Statement Issued Morse's statement in which he announced the organization of his county campaign committee follows: "I am proud and happy to an nounce that Otto Frohnmayer again will serve as my campaign committee chairman in Jackson county, as he did in 1944. "As I travel about the state. I find that virtually all the chair men who served in the 1944 campaign are willing to serve acain in the 1950 campaign. I feel that this is the best evidence I can offer of the support I have after one term in the senate. Jackson Helpful "Glenn Jackson will serve as secretary-treasurer of the Jack son county campaign commit tee. I have worked closelv with Mr. Jackson during mv term in the senate, on scverai projects affecting Oregon, and particu larly the Medford area. He was a great help to Congressman Harris Ellsworth and me in sun port of the bill Ellsworth and 1 introduced into congress to se cure the use of Camp White as a veterans dimiciliary center. "Jackson and Frohnmaver never failed to assist me in find ing facts on any proiect on which the Oregon delrgatinn was working on for the state of Oregon. Ltit Pre-election Trip I 10 Pages "This will be my last trip to the state until the early part of May because a series of very im portant issues will be before the senate during April, and I feel in view of the strength I have found in my campaign organi zation throughout the state that I should remain in Washington during that month. During my absences from the senate, such as this trip, the republicans have made arrangements to have what is called a "live pair" for me on all votes. This means when my name is called on a roll call, some senator who would have voted opposite to me on that question had I been there, stands and announces that he has a pair with the sena tor from Oregon, and therefore refrains from voting. Thus my vole is not lost in the sense that the live pair cancels the vote of some senator who is there. "The republican policy com mittee In the senate urged me to make these campaign trips, which I have made in recent weeks, because they did not want me to make the mistakes some republican senators have made in recent years, of not campaigning, with the result that in the fall elections some republicans have lost their seats in the senate. To Campaign "I shall devote all mv time after adjournment of the senate to campaigning through Oregon in behalf of the republican tick et, just as I have in all other campaigns since I became a member of the senate. "In fact, I take personal pride in my record of having given more campaign speeches for the republican party both in 1946 and 1948 than any other republi can in the senate. "It is a great pleasure for me to be back in the Medford. Ash land and Grants Pass areas, and to meet again my many friends in this part of the state." House Committee Favors Delay On Excise Tax Cut Washington, Mar. 13 4U.R) The house ways and means com mittee agreed today to delay ac tion on cutting excise taxes un til it works out a plan to make up the government's loss by in creases in other taxes. By r 15 to 10 party line vote, the committee rejected a repub lican proposal to take up, with out further delay, a cut of ap proximately SI. 000.000,000 in wartime excise taxes. The proposal was offered by Rep. Rny C. Woodruff (R., Mich.) Woodruff told the com mittee some businesses are suf fering as a result of "uncertain ty" over excise tax cuts. He said it is "imperative that congress act at once. ivT A T T MEDFORD, OREGON, Full Hearing In Court Of Inquiry Asked By Officials Worst Accident In Flying History Llandow, Wales, Mar. 13 (U.R) The government ordered today the most exhaustive investiga tion possible of the crash of an airliner which killed 89 of the 83 persons aboard in the worst aviation accident in history. The crash was viewed with such gravity by the government that it ordered a full dress hear ing in a court of inquiry. It will be open to the public and testi mony will be taken under oath. Plans Announced The air ministry already had ordered a full formal investiga tion. Frank Beswick, parliamen tary secretary of the ministry of civil aviation, announced in commons that plans for the broader public hearing. The ministry will try to find out at the inquiry beginning to morrow why the Tudor V liner, apparently under full control and flying in perfect weather, overshot the Llandow airport and fell into a field. The four - engined ship was packed to the limit with jubi lant Welsh football fans return ing from Ireland after celebrat ing Wales' first triple crown victory in 39 years. The air ministry forbade vis iting with the three survivors. A spokesman said two of the men. although not in serious condition, were in a state of shock and any account they might give now would be unre liable. The third survivor was re ported in dangerous condition. But he underwent an operation today, and afterward was said to be improved. The huge airliner, filled to capacity with 78 passengers and a crew of five, plummeted into a plowed field just short of Llandow airport and broke in two, while attempting to land on a return charter flight from Dublic yesterday. The Welsh passengers were singing with joy after watching Wales whip Ireland 6 to 3 in a Saturday match to win the international rugby football championship for the first time in 39 years. Wreckage of the ship scattered over 100 yards but it did not burn. Twelve persons crawled out of the plane alive. Seven died literally in the arms of rescuers. Two more died in the hospital. (See story page 4) Missing Federal Men Found Near K. Falls Klamath Falls, Ore., Mar. 13 (U.R) Two Sacramento, Cal., bu reau of reclamation employees, missing since last Friday, were found today, one dead and the other reported in serious con dition. A ground search partv found the body of A. G. Ribbeck, 38, in a deserted cabin at Mudflats. Cal.. about 50 miles south of ! Klamath Falls, at 5:30 a. m. to day. Rudy Simonson, 26, also was found in the cabin. He was reported in serious condition from exposure and exhaustion, the bureau of reclamation office here reported. The bureau office said it was believed Ribbeck died of ex haustion after hiking about a mile and a half to the cabin from the lonely mountain road where their, car became stuck. The men were on an inspection tour of bureau holdings in the Lava Beds National monument area. The committe reloptnH Wiwl. ruff's proposal. It adopted in stead a substitute bv Rep. Her man P. Eberhartcr (D Pa.) call ing for study not only of the wartime excise taxes but also of "other excise taxes that are re gressive," and of lax changes needed to make up the loss in revenue. The action hardly could have been called a surprise. Both fac tions, it developed, had pre pared In advance mimeographed statements announcing what took place. The republican statement even included the announcement that Woodruffs resolution "was de feated by a straight party vote of 15 to 10." IP El (DIE MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1950 IF Gyrations of 'Flying Saucer' In California Sky Told By Frightened Residents; Believed Meteor Salinas. Cal. Mar. 13 (U.R)- A "flying saucer" that frighten ed residents as it frolicked through the California sky prob ably was a meteor. University of California astronomers said today. Dr. Olin Eggen of the univer sity observatory on nearby Mount Hamilton said the meteor must have been a "fair-sised one, large enough to get down close to earth before burning out." OBJECT REPORTED A score of persons called the sheriff's office and the local Illinois Valley Students Return After Walk-Out Grants Pass. Ore.. Mar. 13- (U.R) Illinois Valley high school students returned to school to day after half the enrollment walked out Friday in a protest over rejection of (he teaching staff for employment during the next fiscal year. The Josephine county school board had notified the entire staff of the school at Cave Junc tion, Ore., that it would not be rehired. A committee charged friction between Principal Clar ence Hagcn and the staff. Hagen, who was ordered dropped along with English In structor Roy E. Tremayne, said today that further student dem onstrations would not be toler ated. During the week-end, the stu dents and citizens of Cave Junc tion had been busy marshalling support for Hagen and the staff, three of whom had been told their contracts would not be re newed unless they submitted ap plications again on a new-teacher basis. The county school board meets in Grants Pass tonight to consid er the developments and School Superintendent L. C. Moffit said he had been notified that a large Illinois Valley student and par ent delegation would attend. Many Expected At Amateur Auditions Many Rogue valley amateur entertainers wore expected to compete in the second of two auditions held by KYJC at the Craterian theater here at 4:30 p. m. today. The auditions are being held to select a top amateur perform er who will be given an oppor tunity to audition for the nationally-broadcast "Original Ama teur Hour" in Portland next month. The six selected In today's au dition will appear on a broad cast over the local station at 8:30 p. m. tomorrow. Three of these will be chosen by popular vote and will again appear in a later broadcast which will also feature winners in last week's audition and broadcast. The top three winners will all reee ve nrizes ana tne grana nrizp winnpr will receive a free trip to Portland to appear over KEX, and a $75 cash prize. Frost Forecaster Expected March 15 Roy J. Rogers, federal me teorologist, is expected to arrive in Medtord March 15, it was an nounced todav by C. B. Cordy. county horticuliilral agent Broadcasting of the nightly fruit frost forecast will start as soon after that time as arrange ments can be made and as the need arises. The first tnh to be completed however, Is the testing of frost thermometers. Cordy said. Growers arc urged to bring their thermometers Into the county agent's office by the mid dle of the week so that the job can be completed without un due delay. New Citizens To Take Oath Of Allegiance Jackson county was to gain a number of new citizens this aft ernoon, when Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna administers the oath of allegiance to aliens who have passed naturalization examina tions and have completed the necessary preliminaries to be come United States citizens. Arthur E. Kellogg, naturaliza tion examiner from Portland, was In Medford today to handle final details. Tribune crash newspaper Saturday night to re port a bright object in the skies. Some said it dove on their auto mobile!, others said it was loop ing the loop end another said it sipped across the horison. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles. amateur photographer Bette Mallei wondered , whether she hid taken a picture of a flying saucer. She planned to give sci entists pictures of a disc-like ob ject she said she photographed in a sunset sky. Miss Malles said she was about to take a picture of a small plane flying over nearby Hawthorne airfield when she saw something shining closer by. She snapped the shutter on it. 'DOUGHNUT' EXPOSED When she developed the film. she found she had exposed a lu minous oblong "doughnut" with a dark center, suggesting a hole. Ahead of the disc was a circular blob, somewhat resembling miniature, sun. Lines of light seemed to pro ject backward from the sun toward the doughnut, and a cone-like faint light connected with the blob to the disc. Anoth er cone of light projected back ward from the disc to another blob of light. Leopold Majority Brings Crisis In Belgian Cabinet Brussels, BelpJuiry Mar. 13 (U.R) King Leopold's- inconclu sive hairbreadth majority in a nation-wide popular vote on his return to the throne plunged the coalition Belgian government in to a crisis today. Leopold agreed that ne would abdicate if he received less than 55 per cent of the vote. He re ceived a majority of 57.68 per cent out of a total of 5,236,740 votes. Cabinet In Session ' Premier Gaston Eyskens called his coalition cabinet into emergency session to consider results of the plebiscite. Leopold's majority was so small the cabinet split on the issue of whether the government should consider it a mandate to invite the king back to his throne after five years of post-war exile. Premier Eyskens and his Catholic ministers were report- aH in (nvnr nt tha lrlno'c rnliirn I nn thn hnci nf thp vol. I.ihernl ministers were against it. They said before the election they would oppose his return on any thing less than I two-thirds ma jority. To Hold Conference The cabinet recessed without a decision after 90 minutes. Gov ernment sources said the minis ters would hold conferences with their party leaders before meet ing again for another cabinet meeting. These sources said several more cabinet meetings might be necessary before a decision was reached. Eyskens himself. looking har ried and distraught, rushed to the royal palace lmmedltaciy after the cabinet meeting. There he conferred with Prince ! Charles, brother of Leopold, who has Decn regent since i,copoia was barred by parliament from returning to his throne. The premier planned to fly later today or tomorrow to con fer with Leopold himself at Prcgny. on Lake Geneva, where the king was awaiting the out come of the vote. Bona Fide Appraisers Hauled Off By Cops Bona fide identification cards didn't carry much weight with three J street housewives this morning. When two appraisers from the office of County Assessor C. A. Myers called to make neces sary appraisals, the three housewives took one look at the Identification cards, lock ed their doors and called the police. The police brought the men to Myers' office. When he saw his two be wildered appraisers in the hands of the law, Myers be gan to wonder if maybe his previous warnings msy have been misunderstood. Medford has been plagued recently by unauthorised solicitors and survey-takers passing them selves off as sppraisers. But Myers explained that genuine appraisers with identification cards bearing his signature should be admitted to homes and assisted in doing their work, which is required by lew, United Press Full Leise Wire The most vivid description o! the Salinas "saucer" came from Mrs. Sam Raguindin of Chualar. Cal. She said she was driving south of Salinas when it "swooped down" over her car. She thought it was a meteor at first, but she changed her mind when it appeared ahead of her. LIKE TWO DINNER PLATES "I got scared and stopped the car," she said. "The thing looked like two dinner plates placed together. "It came down to what looked like about 2.000 feet. As it came close, it gave off a strong bluish white light that hurt our eyes, like a welder's torch." Then, she continued, the sau cer seemed to "loop the loop" and whissed away southwards. Five minutes later. Market Owner Hiram Don called to re port a bright object in the sky. He said it had a fiery tail and was traveling "quite close" to the ground. Other witnesses said the object looked like a meteor or falling star, "although not ex actly." Amity. Ore.. Mar. 12 (U.R) A tiery oteci. which some ob servers described as a night-time version of a flying saucer, was reported sighted moving slowly across the skies near Amity Sun day night. State police said "nearly 100 persons" saw the object which appeared to hang low about three-tourihs ot a mile north' east of here. Members of the A. A. Ander son family of Amity said they saw the bright, amber-colored object about 7 p.m. Anderson said It was "too large to be an aircraft light, and was moving too slow. He said there was no engine noise. Anderson said that In a lew minutes the object seemed to speed up. and soon disappeared. City Marshal James Davidson said he saw the object just after 6:30 p.m. and he notified au thorities at McMinnville. Pearson, Wallace TelHH Platforms In Governor Race Salem, Ore., Mar. 13 (U.R) State Treasurer Walter J. Pear son and Lew Wallace, two of the three democratic candidates for governor of Oregon, told of their platforms here Sunday at a meeting of the Marion county democralic central committee. Pearson said that he is for aid to the aged, repeal of the 1947 Oregon labor laws, a veterans' bonus and the family-sized farm. He said he would work, if elected, for revision of the state income tax laws. And told the more than 150 democrats' at the meeting that he believes small Independent businesses should be encouraged. He said he is still against the sales tax. Favors $50 a Month Pearson said he does not favor "lien laws" for the aged and expressed belief $!0 a month should be paid to those over 65 earning less than $1,000 a year. The state treasurer said he favors development of "work ing family type farms" rather than the "gentleman farmer" type farms. Former State Sen. Wallace, who is making his third try for the governorship, said he be lieves in persistence, and noted that "Lincoln ran for office nine times before he was elected." Program Rapped Wallace criticized the slate's present reforestation program and charged that the "republi can party in Oregon had done nothing in the past 30 years but spend money provided by a na tional democratic administra tion." BULLETINS Fred Robinson. Medford clothing merchant, who has been a candidate for the re publican nomination for U. S. senator, telephoned the Mail Tribune from Salem this aft ernoon to announce he was withdrawing from the race in favor of Dave Hoover, 52, a farmer of Swisshome. Robin son said he would detail his reasons for withdrawing upon his arrival home Tuesday morning. Kansas City. Mo., Mar. 13 (U.R) The University of Port land, Ore., defeated Montana university today 48-47 to open the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball tournament in Kansas City's municipal auditorium WEATHER FORECAST: Generally cloudy with occailonal light rain to- . night and Tueiday, Continued cool Ttmp. Hlgheit Yesterday 31 Lowest thlt Morning ........ 31 No. 298 President Sends Reorganization Plans To Congress Maritime Shift Included In Bundle Washington, Mar. 13 (U.R) President Truman today sent congress a bundle of 21 plans and 24 messages on government re organization which he said would make half the Hoover commis sion's dream come true. In an omnibus presentation to the house and senate. Mr. Tru man dispatched legislative pro posals which would: 1. Shift the maritime commis sion to the department of com merce. 2. Abolish the Independent status of general counsel to the national labor relations board and return his functions to the board itself. 3. Strengthen the hand of the labor department by giving it more work to do. Move Toward Goal The president's plans would move toward the eventual goal set by the bipartisan commission headed by former president Her bert Hoover of an executive branch of government more streamlined, more efficient and lots more economical. They would become effective in 60 days unless vetoed by eittv er house of congress. Mr. Truman's proposals can be summarized this way: Numbers 1 to 6 transfer to the heads of the departments of treasury, justice, interior, agri culture, commerce and labor the functions and powers now con ferred on subordinate officials. Numbers 7 to 13 set responsi bility in the chairmen of these regulatory bodies instead of other members for daily ad ministration of the Interstate commerce commission, the fed eral trade commission, the fed eral power commission, the se curities and exchange commis sion, the federal communications commission, the national labor relations board and the civil aeronautics board. Numbers 14 and 19 give the labor department two new func tions. Flist the bureau of em ployees compensation is trans ferred from the feder.il security agency to labor, secondly the labor department will be re sponsible for coordinating en forcement of wages-and-hours legislation affecting federal or federally-financed contracts. Numbers 15, 18, and 20 trans fer certain functions to and from the general services administra tion to round out the organiza tional oattcrn of this agency created only last year on the advice of the Hoover commis sion. Number21 perhaps the most Important move contem plated In the president's scries of messages would take the mari'imp commission out of the category of "independent offices" and make it an arm ot tne com merce department. Anti-Red Leader Sets Discussion Here Today A dirninn nf the activities of subversive elements, including communists, in the Pacific north west will be given today by Capt. William D. Browne, chief of dt'lectives of the Portland po lice force, when he speaks to a public gathering at the girls' gymnasium in the junior high school. Browne's appearance It spon sored by Medford units of the armed forces reserves. He is a lieutenant colonel in the army reserves and is chairman of the Oregon American Legion's nntl subversive activities committee. April 12 Set For Hearing On Doctor Sander's License Concord, N. H., Mar. 13 (U.R) The stale board of registration In medicine today set April 12 for a hearing to determine whether Dr. Hermann N. San der should be allowed to resume the practice of medicine in this state. The hearing, closed to the public, will start at 10 a.m. in the state house at Concord. Dr. Sander will be permitted to ap pear with legal counsel if he wants to. Dr. Sander's mercy murder trial ended Thursday in his ac quittal. He was accused of hast ening the death of Mrs. Abble C. Borroto, 59, dying cancer patient, bv injecting air into her veins last December 4. Owen Lattimore Among Accused By Sen. McCarthy Navy Scientist Also Tabbed As Communist Washington. Mar. 13 (U.R) Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, (R., mis.; luoay named state De partment Officer Haldore Han. son a man "with a mission to communize the world" and form. er Roosevelt Adviser Owen J. Lattimore as a "pro-commun ist." Ticking off a list of names to back up his charges that gov ernment payrolls are loaded with reds and red sympathizers, Mc Carthy also cited Mrs. Esther Caukin Brunauer. a minor state department official, and her husband, Stephen, a navy sci entist. McCarthy told a senate for eign relations sub-committee that Lattimore still holds a Job as a part-time state department con- sultant on far eastern problems. ne saia Lattimore, who was the late President Roosevelt's adviser in China, Is a bad secur ity risk and already may "have done this nation incalculable and irreparable harm." McCarthy said the 37-year-old Hanson, who recently was as signed to a top planning job on President Trumans point four program for development ot backward areas of the world, has demonstrated "pro-communist" tendencies for many years. China Red Defender He said Hanson's writings identified him as a defender ot the Chinese communist cause. The state department said it is satisfied that Hanson is not a security risk. Mrs. Brunauer, a $8,70B-a-year assistant director of policy liai son on the state department's UNESCO relations staff, was cited by McCarthy for alleged communist front activity, the state department also promptly said that she had been investi gated and found loyal. McCarthy said Mrs. Brunauer, as executive secretary of the American Association of Univer sity Women, was instrumental in committing that organization to the support of various commun ist front enterprises. Her Hungarian-born husband,' McCarthy said, has admitted to associates that he was a com munist. But the senator said Brunauer hold a "highly con fidential" navy job involving "some of the topmost defense scrrets." McCarthy was trying to back up his charges that there are at least 57 communists in the state department. 13 Arrested In Raid; Equipment Seized T1 1 I SWa In, 11 Bl rviimiiui vie, ,,.(... w iw... Thirteen persons were arrested ana aice, caras. oingu auu nenu cauipment confiscated in a vice raid on a southeast district gambling den, police said today. Vlu .mpbIIiim tir-mi hvi. UJLI nn . . D ...... - dropped on the den and peered inrougn a cracnea vcncui blind. They said they heard voices saying, "I'll bet $2. I'll bet 75 cents. One of the arrested was charged with carrying a con cealed weapon, a six-inch hunt, ing knife. The others were booked on gambling and illegal liquor sales charges. Persona Property Tax Statements Overdue County Assessor C. A. Myers- caM tnrliV that a tllllTthpr nf Her- sons In the county who are sub ject to personal property wa nave so iar iauea to me iciuma 1 Ma nrrinn Ha nnlnfaH out that statements of assessuble person al property were our iviuii-n a. Those subject to the lax must now pay a penalty of $10 for each day of delay, and after April 1 a penalty equivalent to five per cent of the total tax may be as sessed. BOARD MEETING OFF The regular meeting of the Medford city school board, scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed for one week until Tuesday, March 21. The city school superintendent s of fice this morning said several board members would be unable to attend this week. The hearing date was an. nounccd by Dr. John S. Wheel er, executive secretary and member of the state board. Dr. Wheeler said the basis for the hearing is the same as it was when Dr. Sander originally was called to appear before the board last January. At that time, Dr. Wheeler said the board wanted to ask Dr. Sander questions about a nota tion he put in a hospital record that he had injected 10 cubic centimeters of air four times in succession Into patient's veins. The notation said the patient died within 10 minutes. Dr. Wheeler said the stale board probably would announce Its decision in Dr. Sander's cast immediately after the hearing.
