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Nl mmm Medford 44th Year 14 Pages Reason Cited For Withdrawal From Race By Robinson Albany Candidate Also Quits Election Contest Fred E. Robinson, Medford clothier, who until yesterday was a candidate for the republi can nomination to the United States senate, today issued a statement in which he set forth his reasons for his withdrawal from the race yesterday. His statement follows: "Primary purpose in filing was to offer the voters an opportu 1 nity to express their views on principles and policies of the re publican party. In my opinion this opportunity would be de stroyed if several candidates op posed Senator Morse. Views in Accord "I believe that in Mr. Hoover (David Hoover, of Deadwood, Lane county) a candidate is of fered whose views and principles are in accord with mine and be hind whom republicans of simi lar views can unite. "Accordingly, to facilitate an expression of opinion on this matter, I have withdrawn and urge support for Mr. Hoover, who is opening an office imme diately in Portland. "I will continue my interest and efforts in the campaign; also wish to appeal to every good re publican to get in this fight to help stop this trend to socialism." Another Withdraws Meanwhile. United Press dis patches from Salem revealed that another republican candidate. Earl L. Dickson, Albany, also has withdrawn. This leaves only two candidates opposing incumbent Sen. Wayne Morse in the primary election race Hoover, and John McBride. Portland, secretary to Senator White, of Idaho. Other withdrawals from the primary election include Lori enne Conlee Fowler, Astoria re publican candidate for represent ative; Edwin J. Welsh, democrat ic candidate for representative from Washington county, and Carl Schindler, democrat, Coos Bay, for representative. One new filing, received after the deadline but postmarked be fore, was from Fred W. Mast rude, Enterprise democrat for state representative. Former Union Leader Given Jail Sentence Washington, Mar. 14 (UP.) Former Milwaukee Union Lead er Harold R. Christoffcl today was sentenced to serve two to six years in jail for lying to the house labor committee in 1947 about his communist connec tions. Christoffcl's attorney, Herbert J. Fabricant, said he would ap peal the case immediately. But Federal Judge F. Dickinson Letts refused to grant bail pending appeal. Letts said he thinks there are no substntial questions of law to be decided by a higher court and therefore further bail is not justified. The ex-nresident of the United Auto Workers (CIO) local at the Allis-Chalmers plant in Milwau kee was convicted of perjury for the second time last month. DOG LAW REMINDER City Recorder J. R. Woodford today issued an advance remind er to residents that city ordin ance forbids owners to allow their dogs to run loose during the months of April, May and June. There is a maximum fine of $100 for violation of the or , dinancc. Chickens must not be permitted to run at large at any time, Woodford said. The regu lation is for protection of gardens and flower beds. Hungry Film Moppet Found After Fleeing Hollywood, Mar. 14. (U.R) Tiny Screen Actress Lora Lee Michel said today that she ran away from her foster mother, who is accused of starving her to keep her small enough for film roles, because "I was hun gry all the time." The fl-ycar-old blonde film player disappeared from her bed room last night, setting off a frenzied police search in the be lief she had been kidnaped. Taken to Juvenile Hall She was found early today at the home of a minister in nearby Burbank where she had fled in a taxicab. Police took her to Juvenile hall where she had been lodged recently while authorities inves tigated complaints against her foster mother. Mrs. Lorrain Michel. i "I'm sure glad to get back "re." the girl said. "One thing 1 like about it here is that they give you extra milk at 10 30 every morning. I can hardly j MEDFORD, OREGON, (Acme Teltphoto, COMPLAINT Thi smiling recip ient of a GI insurance dividend check. James H. Brown of Atlanta, Oa.. has complained to the Veter ans Administration. When Brown found the check tor JUS In nit mailbox he said "how come?" Seems he never was in any 0 ranch of the service, never paid insur ance premiums and certainly never filed for a refund. Hmmml Grangers And 4-H Leaders Oppose Fair Resumption The Jackson County Grange Agriculture committee, compos ed of representatives from every Grange in the county, and the Jackson County 4-H Leaders as sociation have both gone on re cord as opposing reestablish ment of a Jackson county fair, at least in 1950. - At a meeting held last night, the agriculture committee stat ed the reason for their stand in opposition to the fair is the lack of money, lack of facilities, and an apparent lack of public back ing of the county fair. They said there was a possibility they would back restoration of the fair in 1951 if a new source of revenue and more public sup port becomes apparent. Said Vitally Interested In a letter addressed to the county court, the 4-H leaders said, "we are more vitally inter ested in the Jackson County fair than any other group. Our shows, both livestock and home econ omics, have outgrown the pres ent quarters and will be larger than ever this year. A new barn lor sheep and hogs must be built and we understand this will cost in the neighborhood of $10,000. "With ' the limited finances available for a complete county fair, we will seriously protest any attempt to have a county fair if club finances and facili ties are to be curtailed." The leaders commended the county court in deferring a de cision on tthe restoration of the event. Radio Highlights Six local amateur musicians will be heard over station KYJC at 8:30 p.m., in a broad cast of the original amateur hour from the stage of the Craterian theater. Four of the contestants will be chosen by ballot to appear at a later broadcast with previous win ners. Princeton. N. J., Mar. 14 (U.R) Dr. Albert Einstein observed his 71st birthday today. In Taxicab wait. I can have as much as I want." Lora Lee said Mrs. Michel and her husband had fed her skimp ily and she was "hungry all the time." Cab Driver Harry Frakus. who took her to the home of the Rev. Alfred Sundstrum. father of two of the little girl's playmates, said he found the girl at Sunset boulevard intersection. She was barefooted and clad in pajamas Had To Get Away "I just had to gel away, I'm all upset," Frakus quoted the child. "I'm tired of all this fight ing. I've lost 10 pounds In the last month! Mrs. Michel has boen ordered to appear in Beverly Hills Justice court March 21 on charges of mistreating the $100-a-day child actress. She was accused cf underfeeding the child to keep her small enough for film roles. When she arrived at Juvenile hall, the little girl told officers that "1 never want to be in movies again," ,- . . i ; If5 - TUESDAY, MARCH 14, Defense and Economic Strength Emphasized By Sen. Wayne Morse Subjects ranging from prob lems of the domestic economy to the critical situation in foreign affairs were covered in a talk by United States Sen. Wayne L. Morse in a talk to more than 200 Chamber of Commerce mem bers and guests at the Rogue Valley Country club last night. Here are some of the high- Senator Morse will address a public meeting at the Med ford high school auditorium to day at 8 p.m., under the aus pices of Jackson County Re publican Women. His after, noon schedule included a ques tion and answer broadcast over radio station KYJC from 4 to 5 p.m. lights of his talk, and of the question and answer period, which lasted for two and a half hours: International relations and defense are the most important issues in this country today, Senator Morse said, and they are not being faced by the American people. "War is not. necessarily inev itable: neither is peace," lie said, adding that the issue will be in the balance for a minimum of a quarter-century, with the next decade the critical period. Unity Is Need "There is as much need for unity among Americans now as there was on the morning of Pearl Harbor day," Morse stated. He made three suggestions of what should be done to create a universal awareness of the prob lem of war or peace, and to make steps toward its solution. They are (1) furnishing the people of this country all the facts in re gard to our defenses possible un der adequate security; (2) con tinue the bi-partisan foreign pol icy, "practicing as . well as preaching," and (3) call ah ex-' traordinary session of the United Nations assembly to discuss "real" disarmament, with guar antees that all parties will ob serve the agreement. Morse emphasized that no dis armament should be considered on a unilateral basis, and that Russia must also disarm before this country can safely consider doing so. "If Russia finds us weak enough to lick us, she will try to do it," he said. Business as usual must go out the window, Morse emphasized, saying that if war were to come as early as next month. 5.000.000 Americans would be dead with in 30 days. He reaffirmed his stand against isolationism, and praised Sen. Arthur Vandenburg as one of the nation's great inter national statesmen who is work ing toward international justice through law an objective which is distant, but the foundations for which must be laid by this generation. Human values the philosophy that it is the individual that counts are the basic motif of democracy, he said, and were Ihc building stones used by the founding fathers in creating this nation. We must get back to these fundamentals, he said, add ing, "How can we justify our de struction of huge food surpluses when there are empty bellies throughout half the world? How can we justify these facts and Tax Exemption Forms Should Be Filed Soon Disabled veterans and widows of veterans who are eligible for a $1,000 property tax exemption, should contact County Assessor C. A. Myers in the county court house to fill out the necessary forms, he reminded today. To qualify for the exemption, veterans or their widows must be: 1. An honorably discharged Union veteran of the Mexican war, the Civil war or the Indian wars. 2. An honorably discharged veteran of any other American war, and certified by the veter ans' administration as having a disability of 40 per cent or more, regardless of the amount of com pensation or pension he receives. 3. An honorably discharged war veteran with a disability of 40 per cent or more which has been certified by a licensed Ore gon physician but not the VA, provided he has not received i more than $2,000 in the past calendar year as pension or re tirement pay from the govern ment for his military service. 4. The un-remarricd widow of an honorably discharged war veteran. Deadline for filing for the ex emption is April 1. and the claim forms must be filed annually. Portland, Ore., Mar. 14 U.R) T. J. Burkhart. Albany, has been named president of the newly organized Oregon Drill ing association. Tribune 1950 NO. 299 still claim we adhere to human and Christian values?" A strong and vital economy is our greatest bulwark, the junior senator said. In connection with this he said he cannot justify the current farm price support program based on 90 to 100 per cent of parity. "It will boomer ang." he said, and added that he supported a flexible parity farm price program which would guarantee a "floor" guaranteeing to the nation s farmers a stand ard of health and decency which is of vital importance to all. Senator Morse is against the proposed Columbia valley admin istration bill, he said, and stat ed that he was the only senator to maice a major senate speech against it. The administration bill violates the basic essential of a democracy," he said. "It does not include the checks which are an integral part of democratic government. W e must not invest in mere men ar bitrary and unchecked power as provided in this bill," he added. Must Offer Proaram But he said that just being op posed to the CVA proposal was not enough, and that something must be offered to guarantee the development which is essential to the defense, and to the econ omy of the region. He proposed as a sound program the sugges tions mane in tne Hoover com mission reports, and he cited the provision for interstate compacts which have proven satisfactory ior similar aeveiopmenis, ana the suggestion of a federal cor poration in which slates would have a voting voice not merely an advisory one. Discussing the Taft-Hartley la- Dor bill, Morse said that his posi tion taken in 1947, that there were defects in the law, have been proven by two and a half years experience. Senator Taft has come to agree with the provi sions which Morse suggested at mat time, he said. Law Fails In regard to the coal strike, Morse pointed out where the Taft-Hartley law had failed, and went on to say that in his opin ion the coal industry is as much a puDUc utility as are communi cations, transportation and other utilities now regulated by gov ernment. He also suggested con sideration of a minimum wage for coal workers, pointing out that Dig daily wages are often de ceptive, as workers often do not work the year around. Then senator said there is a real need for a "fair" labor bill neither favoring labor as did the Wagner act, nor favoring employ ers as does the Taft-Hartley law iri certain sections one where the government would neither side with labor nor with manage ment, but would "sit at the head of the table as a referee." Assails Pressure Groups Oregon's junior senator as sailed "government by pressure groups," saying that this leads to class consciousness and to an eventual loss of freedom. He op poses socialized medicine for the same reason that he opposes CVA the delegation of arbi trary power without checks. Taxes should stimulate, not hin der, the productive capacity of Ihe economy, which is. he added the case at present. Bui he said lie sees little hope for tax reform prior to the elections. He favors federal aid to educa tion provided adequate guaran tees are set up to insure that slates have exclusive administra tion uf the funds. In support of his position he reported that in 1947 there were six million American children who received sub-standard or no education at all. No Black-and-White There is no simple black-or- white to most of the problems representatives of the people are called upon to solve, Morse said, and he emphasized that his phil osophy ot representation is de rived from Edmond Burke slat ing, in effect, that all questions should be considered fully with all facts available, and a decision made UDnn their merits. In discussing briefly the ECA and the necessity of broader and freer trade to the lulure prosper ity and neace of the world. Morse expressed great admiration for ECA Administralor raul Hon man, and said "I think so highly of him. that I believe he would fill with distinction any office within the sift of the American people." And he added "I know exactly what that sentence means." Morse appealed for what he called "citizen-statesmanship" and said that citizenship had great responsibilities, including the arousing of public opinion to matters which need attention. It is in this field, he said, where public spirited citizens can do their greatest service to tne na tion, and aid more than in any other way the work of their elect cd representative!. Justice Departir Discloses To Summon k . Prominent Names To Appear On List Washington. Mar. 14 (U.R) The justice department disclos ed today that within 48 hours it will complete a last-minute drive to indict 149 persons for evad ing more than $10,000,000 in wartime taxes. Department officials said the 149 cases represent complaints referred since February 1 to United States attorneys through out the nation for action before midnight tomorrow deadline for prosecutions involving 1943 taxes. Otherwise, the six-vear statute of limitations would protect the evaders. Other War Years Officials emphasized, however, that the 149 cases involve taxes for other war years besides 1943. Individuals under investigation include many with the highest social and professional reputa tionsdoctors, businessmen as well as previously unsuspected black marketeers. Some of the indictments al ready have been returned. Thirty-four prominent busi nessmen were indicted in New York last night for allegedly try ing to gyp the government out of $2,032,649. United States Attorney Irvine H. Saypol said that "most of the concealed i n c o m,e represents gains from wartirfic dealings in scarce commodities and services ranging from textiles to hotels and from plastics to panties." Defendants included Samuel L. Lebis, 53, president of the Le bis Hotel Management Corp., which operates hotels in Wash ington, Boston, Pittsburgh and New York: Louis Morrison, 61, president of the Union Fountain Pen company; Edward Abrams, 51, head of Capital Undergar ment company, and Henry Min dcll, 42. Woodmere, L.I., of the Lehigh Manufacturing company. Ex-Minister Indicted Dr. N. M. Harrison, former Methodist minister who was once vice president of High Point college, was indicted in Greens boro, N.C., on March 6 for al legedly evading more than $100, 000 in personal taxes. Under the law, it is a felony for anyone to lis in his income Ux returns. - Violators are liable to a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment and $10,000 fine. Evidence against alleged evad ers is collected by the treasury department and turned over to the justice department's tax di vision for prosecution in the courts. McCarthy Requests Probe Into Hiring Of Sexual Pervert Washington, Mar. 14. (U.R) Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, (R. Wis.) testified today that a homo sexual had been hired by the central intelligence agency after the state department allowed him to resign. McCarthy did not publicly identify the man. But he asked senators investigating his charges that communists are employed by the state department to find out: Poor Security Risk (1) Why the man was kept on the state department payroll for five years after being arrested for "sexual perversion," and (2) how he was able to get "a top- salaried, important position in another government agency. He reminded the senate for eign relations subcommittee that Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Deputy Undersecretary John E. Peurifoy both have declared that "homisexuals are regarded as poor security risks." McCarthy brought up the case of the alleged homosexual after: Ra f.d Communist 1. Accusing Gustavo Duran, former slate department em ployee now wllh the United Na tions, of being a "rabid commun ist." 2. Charging that Dr. Harlow Shapley, head of Ihc Harvard College Astronomical observa tory, has a "long and interesting'' record as a member of communist-fronts. 3. Calling John Stewart Ser vice, American far eastern ex pert, a "bad security risk" whose "communist affiliations are well known." McCarthy said he would not disclose the homosexual's name, because of the "sordid de tails," until the committee could investigate. House Group Kills Education Aid Bill Washlneton. Mar. 14 (U.R) The house labor committee today ki cd a $300.000, OOU-a-year sen ate-approved federal aid to edu cation bill. The vote was 13 to 12 The action came after months of wrangling by the committee over what to do ahout aid tor parochial schools. The bill was designed to help tax-supported public schools. I x S f m TRUE HAPPINESS Although the children are a little frightened by the photographer. Dr. Hermann N. Sander, his family and their dog, Tafty. present a scone of true happiness as they pose in their Candia home after the physician was freed as a mercy slayer In Manchester, N. H. Pound Innocent by a court of law, Dr. Sander has promised not to resume his practice pending a trial by his fellow doctors on wheth er he violated medical ethics when he injected air into a cancer-doomed patient. The children are, left to right: Mary Alice, 4; Nancy Ada, 18 months, and Martha Louise, 5. 14 New Citizens Swear Allegiance To United States Fourteen former aliens yester day afternoon stood up before Judge Herbert K. Hanna and forswore any and all allegiance to their homelands, promising to cherish the United States and to defend it against all its enemies. They were the 1950 class of nat uralized citizens. From their se riousness it was obvious they were not taking their new obli gations lightly. Several Daughters of the American Revolution were pres ent in the court room with words of advice and congratulations for the new citizens and a represent ative of the DAR, Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini. proscribed each of them with a small silk flag as token of their new allegiance. She re minded them that their first duty as citizens was to register as voters, following the dictates of their consciences as to which party they should join. Conducts Classes Mrs. D'Albini is well known to most of the new class. For years she has conducted classes in her home to help aliens un derstand the country's history and government and to help them pass the examinations on Ihe American constitution which they arc required to take before they repeat the final oath of al legiance. She remarked on the youthfulness of this year's class. In previous years, she said, most of the candidates were gray headed men and women who had lived here many years before they got around to taking out their papers. This year there were many war brides many of them In this country for only three, or at the most, four years, and al ready they had taken the most fateful step of their lives. Welcome Given Col. William H. Paine gave a brief address of welcome, charg ing the group to help keep their nation strong, prosperous, "and above all, righteous." They were urged to resist tatse and delud ing theories of government. Citizenship was granted to Nicolai Paclovich Avtonomoff, Paul Allison Torrance, Marjory Edith Madden, Laura Sarah Mcl- vin, Amalia Italia Harrison. Kay Louise Cravens, trie dc Place, Hazel Ann Ncsberg, Hans En gcli. Beatrice Feller, Amalia Her bert. Shirley Vaslili Servold. Minnie Josephine Jespcrson and Myrtle Caroline Miller. Reports of 'Flying Bodies' By Trained Meteorologists Mexico City, Mar. 1 4 (U.R) Trained aircraft observers and meteorologists confirmed reports today of hundreds of persons who said they saw four "flying saucers" yesterday over tills city and one at Monterrey, 350 miles north. Official observers shied away from describing them as "sauc ers," but admitted that they were "flying bodies." Meteorologists at the Mexico City airport calculated the alti tude of the bodies at between 35.000 and 40,000 feet by using their weather balloon tracking instruments. Believed Asteroid An airline's weather man said he "thought" the one he saw was an asteroid. Santiago Smith, ihe Mexican Aviation company's chief observer, said the one he watched was in the shape of a "half-moon." Smith watched the body through a telescope. "It was there, said Smith "It was no illusion." J. De La Vega, a veteran em ployee of the air port command er s office, said he saw all lour of the "saucers." He said they appeared to be the size of a sil ver peso from the ground. Oilier observer! guessed they were f Teachers May Apply For New Contracts At Cave Junction Grants Pass, Ore.. Mar. 14 (U.R) The Josephine county school hoard last night reversed its field in firing the entire facul ty of the Illinois Valley high school and announced it was re- Six Vinners Picked At Amateur Program A total of 55 contestants turn ed out for the amateur entertain ment auditions sponsored by K.Y.IU at tne uralonan theater yesterday afternoon, and be cause of the number the audi tions had to be continued to this morning. The six winners chosen at the audition were Joan Anderson Gene Lcaderman and Bob Cor liss, vocalists; the Southern Ore gon quartet, Phyllis Schneider and sonja Fetcrson, pianists. The sponsors have decided to pattern the final broadcast after Ihe ABC network amateur hour and extend the program to 45 minutes instead of the usual half hour as originally planned for ine march zi show, consequent ly, four top contestants from the two preliminary broadcasts will be chosen, making a total of eight who will submit their for tunes to an applause meter in the grand finals. Phoenix School Head Submits Resignation Phoenix, Mar, 14 Donald E. Ilcmbrc, superintendent of Phoe nix schools, is resigning effective early this summer and will do graduate work In education al the University of California at Los Angeles, he reported today. His resignation was submitted recently to the school board, llembre said he will leave in July to visit relatives in Wisconsin and will enter the university al the beginning of the second sum mer term. This year Hembrc is complet ing three years as Phoenix super intendent. In that time Phoenix district has been consolidated with Independence, North Phoe nix and Fern Valley districts. and the local teaching staff has grown from 14 to 28 people. A new high school was built, llem bre was on the leaching staff here for a year before becoming superintendent. about 100 feet In diameter. At Monterrey the? government airport inspector, Francisco Mar tinez Soto, said he watched a "flying body" which moved in a straight line from southwest to northrast. Soto said his Instruments in dicated the body changed alti tude by 1 i degrees In three minutes. He said he believed it was "a heavenly visitor" of some sort. I Durango. Colo.. Mar. 14 U.R Two southern Colorado business men said today that tlicy were chased by a strange flying ob ject while returning last week from a trip to New Mexico. Lloyd Locke of Durango and Harold Tanner of Cortez, Colo., said they had tried to keep the story quirt to avoid ribbing from skeptical friends. Object Follows Car They said they were return ing from Blnnmfield. N. M., one night last week when the object began following their car. Both refuied to call it a "flying sau cer." "But it was too fust for a bird, and too small for an airplane," Tanner said. The pair said they were driv ing at about 50 miles an hour s hiring Principal Clarence Hagen and any of the other 10 teachers wno wished to stay on. The board's action followed an opinion of State Attorney Gen eral George Neuner that the lo cal committee of the Cave June-, tion school district had jurisdic tion over elementary schools only. The committee previously had recommended firing Hagen and four teachers because of "con stant friction" among them. The county school board went a step lurthcr and voted not to rehire any of the Illinois Valley high school faculty. But after Neuner's opinion the board yoided all previous actions and decided all teachers involved could submit applications for re hiring. - - Jackson Honored For Service To Chamber Jackson County Chamber of Commerce members last night unanimously approved a resolu tion of appreciation honoring Glenn Jackson after his retire ment from active participation in chamber leadership. The resolution cited the fact that Jackson has been a member of the chamber's board of direc tors continuously since 1934 ex cept for the war years, and that he was president of the group In 1938, 19.19, 1940. 1941, 1U4Z, 1947. 1948 and 1949. The resolution, drawn up by Otto Frohnmayer, said the cham ber expresses the group's appre ciation for "long and valuable service," RESTRICTIONS OFF The Butte Falls road from the Inn n( Rnckv hill to Butte Falls has been restored to normal load limits after a period during which restricted load limits were in effect, it was reported today hv County Commissioner Robert L'ytle. WEATHER FORKCAST: Partly cloudr to nlthl and W'edneiday. Rlilnl daytime temperatures. Temp. llllheal yelerday -. . Lowest lhli morning . 34 Confirmed In Mexico long the highway when Tan ner, who was at the wncci, nudged his companion and said: "Key, look at that big bird' "Bird, heck." Locke replied, "No bird can fly that fast." Tanner decided to stop the car. When he slowed, the object be gan circling the machine at a "tremendous speed." The object, described as dark, flat and about five feet in diameter, traveled on a 25 or 311-foot radius around the automobile. "We could only sec It clearly when it passed the headlights, Locke said. Didn't Tell Many For about five minutes while lliey were parked, they said, the "tiling" zipped around the car. "We didn't tell many people," they sHid, "because we knew nobody would believe us." ' Denver. Colo., Mar. 14 (UR) A half dozen persons today re ported that they saw flying discs. A single disc "with a long white tail" was reported by four golf course employees who said it whizzed over the course at sunset yesterday. Just before noon. John D. Padilla and his stepfather said they saw four discs flying In for mation "Just under the clouds." A khz. I I t 1 v Br.. I
