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0) o) m Medford United Press Full Leas Wit 44th Year 14 Pages Marshall ECA Faces Hard Battle In House; Korea Fund Listed China Area Money To Be Kept Available Washington, Mar. 21 (U.R The senate foreign relations com mittee today unanimously ap proved the full $3,100,000,000 third-year Marshall plan spend ing authorization requested by President Truman. The figure includes $2,950, 000,000 in new funds and $150, O00.000 in funds appropriated last year, but which Mr. Truman would be authorized to spend in fiscal 1951. Hud Fight Faced Committee action cleared ECA over its first senate hurdle at a time when Administrator Paul G Hoffman faced a hard house fight. House foreign affairs com mittee members yesterday voted to cut cash funds by $1,000,000, 000 and substitute a similar amount in shipments of Ameri can farm surpluses. The senate committees ver sion also included $100,000,000 in spending authority for the re public of Korea. China Fund Available Members also voted to Keep available until June 30, 1951, an already appropriated, but un spent, fund of about $103,000. 000 to be used in the "general area of China." In a last-minute revision the committee asked President Truman, where prac ticable, to spend up to vuu.vuu,' ipena up to en of this amount tor -natioruu-a. i ruino itcnif inrludine the is land of Hainan, Formosa and auch other areas on the mainland still free of communist control. Mr. Truman is given a free hand in determining whether and where this money shall be SPThe money now goes to the senate floor where a heated de bate is expected. Committee members rejected a proposal by Sen. Bourkc B. Hickenlooper. (R la.) to pare $600,000,000 off ECA's spending authority, about 20 per cent of the request. Rape Trial Jury Being Selected Here Today The state of Oregon took its case against Earl G. Edison into Jackson county circuit court this morning where District Attorney George Ncilson and his deputy, Paul Haviland, will attempt to prove that on July 17, 1949, Edi son "did carnally know" a fe male child under 16 years of age. He was indicted on a statutory rape charge by a grand jury February 23. Jurors were being examined throughout the morning session of court by Ncilson and by the defendant's attorneys, George Roberts and Edward Branchfield. It was expected that the trial would continue for two, and pos sibly three, davs. The trial is one Wi the few of its kind on record in the county since rape cases are frequently disposed of with out reaching trial stage. Ashland. Mar. 21 Thompson' grocery, located on the Plaza here, has been sold to Dwight Bingam. Missouri Valley, la., by Chet Thompson, it was an nounced today. Statements Urge Support For County Soil District The heads of the Medford Rogue River and Talent Irriga tion districts today issued last minute statements urging water users in this area to vote in favor of the soil conservation district for the county in tomorrow's ref erendum election. Robert Kent, of the Talent Irri gation district, said the formation of soil conservation district, lo cally administered, would have the effect of increasing the sup ply of water due to better land and water use practices. Ed Leach, manager of the Medford Irrigation district, claims the im provement of individual water users' irrigation systems will in sure more water for everyone and also save time and money for Medlord district users. He emphasized the increasing im portance of the drainage prob lem. W. D. Stcadman of the Rogue RViver district announced that his aTstrict is also in favor of the for mation of a soil conservation district and urged water users to get out and vote. He pointed out Plan Gets Senate Committee Approval ir r AX) 'Acmt Tltphotot CHILD'S MALADY STUMPS DOCTORS - Three-year-olc Billy Colvln, shown with his mother, Mrs. Ray Colvin Jr at Children Hospital in Cleveland, suffers from a blood disorder which nas doc tors puzzled. Billy, subject to slow nosebleeds at Irregular intervals since birth, nas been kept alive through repeated transfusions. Doc tors are certain it Isn't hemophilia, an ailment where the blood tails to clot properly. They know the deeding somes from small skin openings, but oeyond that they are In the dark. California Senate Airs Ban On Slot Machines Sacramento, Mar. 21 (U.R) Two bills designed to drive slot machines out of California were halfway through the legislature today, and their chances to get all the way appeared improved Th. a.mhiv nassed the two macnine-seizure -billsMatc vesterday. bv votes of 67 to 3 and 68 to 2. They were sent im mediately to the senate and re ferred to the upper house judici ary committee, where similar bills died for lack of one vote last year. Later, the chairman of the ju diciary committee, who voted against the bills last time, said he might vote for them this time. Both bills would make mere possession of slot machines against the law. Now officers have to prove they are actually used for gambling. One bill would include "free play" ma chines In the ban. Assemblyman Ralph Brown (D., Modesto), author of one of the bills, argued that slot ma chines had become "a big busi ness in California, not a little business like it used to be." He said law enforcement officers were asking for the bills. "If we stand for law enforce ment, let's have it or wipe it off books," he said. He said assemblymen got more than 5.000 telegrams yesterday, all apparently against the bills. Assemblyman Jonathan J. Hol libaugh (R., Huntington Park) contended the bills "look like a lot of political skulduggery." "We'd do better," he said, "to pass laws to send to jail law en forcement officers who deliber ately refuse to enforce the law we've got now." OPINION BY NEUNEH . Salem, Ore., Mar. 21 (U.R) Attorney General George Neu ner ruled today that the state forestry board may have land condemned in the name of the state when such land is neces sary to promote the transporta tion of raw products from the forests. Neuner wrote the opin ion at request of State Forester George Spaur. that the facilities and services of the United States soil conserva tion service could be made avail able to irrigation companies for improvement of canals and deliv ery systems. Cit Shortages The three managers said they were all of the opinion that dur ing unfavorable years of rain and snowfall the valley will be short of water even under the best conservation practices. The it statement said, "It is . , , import ant that we should be set up. through the formation of a soil conservation district, to provide the greatest possible utilization of our present limited sources of water. Landowners holding more than 10 acres of land within the limits of the proposed district may cast their ballots tomorrow from 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Talent Irrigation district office. the Central Point Grange hall Sams Valley school. Eagle Point Irrigation district office, county agent's office in Medford, and at the Ruch-Stcrling school. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1950 Hollibaugh, Ernest Crowley (D., Fairfield) and John W. Ev ans (R.. Los Angeles) voted against the Brown bill. Crowley and Hollibaugh voted against the other measure, by Thomas Calde cqtt (R,iJ3exKgloy.l. Earlier the house voted down an amendment to exempt slot machines of "non-profit, frater nal and charitable" organizations from seizure. It was introduced by Speaker Sam L. Collins (R.. Fullcrton) who said he originally had intended to press for the "outlawing of all kinds of gam bling equipment. Quit Squabbling, Chairman Tells State Democrats Portland, Ore.. Mar. 21 (U.R) William L. Josslin, democratic state chairman, today asked democratic candidates to stop wrangling among themselves. Josslin specifically urged State Sen. Austin F. Flcgcl and State Treasurer Walter J. Pearson to "quiet down." "I am not opposed to any can didates making fair and temper ate comments on the voting rec ord and public utterances of a fellow democrat," Josslin said. Denied By Pearson "Last Saturday night in Coos Bay, Sen. Flegel charged that State Treasurer Walter J. Pear son in a speech at Waldport last fall described republican ex-governor John R. Hall as the best governor Oregon has ever had. This statement was heatedly de nied by Pearson. "I can foresee trouble if that sort of thing persists." Josslin said he had "heard rumors" that "some of the three democratic candidates for gov ernor are going to take the hide off their oppopents" at an an ual banquet of the young demo cratic clubs of Oregon next Sat urday. "I have known and liked all three candidates for many years. I do not want to see them knock each other out in the primary and thereby let the incumbent republican governor saunter to victory next November 7. The governor race is the key to the entire 1950 campaign and can not be allowed to get out of hand." SP To Purchase New Diesel Locomotives Robert Holmes, district freight and passenger agent for the Southern Pacific railroad here, said today that the line has placed orders for another $17, 300,000 worth of new diesel lo comotives. Quoting the line s president, A. T. Mercicr, Holmes said that this purchase will raise the railroad's postwar equiomcnt program for new cars and engines to more than $275 million. The orders are for 36 such locomotives, 24 of which will have 6.000 horsepower, and 12 will have 1.500 horsepower. De liveries are to (tart in July. Bridges Hearing Witnesses Claimed Unreliable, Loose Defense Attorney In Closing Argument San Francisco. Mar. 21 (U.R) The entire government case against Labor Leader Harry Bridges has no weight because all prosecution witnesses are 'unreliable and loose." Defense Attorney Vincent H a 1 1 1 n a n claimed today in his closing ar gument. Hallinan, in the third day of his summary, told the federal district court jury of eight men and four women that since some of the ex-communists who tes tified for the government ad mitted they were "coached to lie," by the red party, their tes timony is suspect. Duty of Jury "And if there is any doubt, any doubt at all about whether they are telling the truth, it is the jury's duty to give the bene fit to the defendant," he said. Bridges is accused of lying at his 1945 naturalization hearing when he swore he was not a communist. Most of the witnesses against him at the trial were ad mitted former communists who claimed the CIO longshore un ion chief was a card-carrying, dues-paying party member for a 10-year period. Hallinan quoted testimony by Mervyn Rathbome, In which Rathborne admitted he had lied, on orders from the party, when he. appeared . before ..the house un-American affairs committee and a state legislative body in vestigating communism. Then the attorney sought to destroy the credibility of John Schomaker, a longshoreman who said he was present at a water front cafe meeting in 1934 when Bridges assertcdly signed a com munist application blank and later paid party dues. "We come to the point that your verdict depends on the credibility of Schomaker," Hal linan said. "Everything else is window dressing and Scho maker also lied." Earlier, Hallinan claimed someone "high up in the U. S. immigration service" instigated the trial against Bridges. Halli nan said Bridges had been a "marked man" since the 1934 water front strike." Twin Shuns Mother; Will Miss Funeral Fresno, Cal., Mar. 21 (U.R) Teen-aged Alice Richard shunned her mother's embrace at her pre liminary hearing on murder charges in juvenile court today and said coolly, "No, I won't go to mv sister's funeral." Juvenile Court Judge Arthur C. Shcpard conducted the 15 minute session for Alice, 14, who shot and killed her twin sister, Sally, "because I hated her for six years and she always aggra vated me." As the parents appeared with their daughter, 70 classmates from parochial school here said rosarv for Sally. She will be bur ied tomorrow at Holy Cross cemetery. The court ordered the unre pentant twin to undergo imme diate nsvehiatric examination at Fresno State college clinic. At least two mental experts were to question the girl. A probation re port will be heard April 7. U.S. Meat Grading Reinstated To Plants Portland. Ore., Mar. 21 U.R U. S. department of agriculture meat grading, temporarily with drawn late Monday from eight Oregon packing plants, was re instated today. J. R. Maize, regional supervi sor of the U.S. D A. livestock branch, tentatively waived the department's requirements that a packing plant pay the meat in spector's fee to the state depart ment of agriculture rather than to the graduate veterinarian. Five Portland plants affected by the requirements were sched uled to start employment of ap proved veterinarians today A LaGrande packing plant already has qualified. Checking of plants at Medford and Cornelius was scheduled to start today. Present meat inspection law requires that the packing plant pay the veterinarian for a hot and cold anti-mortem and post mortem inspection. Tribune f r V - 1 FYS ,Wv PteV Vf ( Acmm Tfephofo J RUNAWAY - Peter Able. 10. u able to smile about a bath after his first outing in nearly three years. A rheumatic fever victim, Peter has been confined to his San Francisco home with three sisters, his mother, a woman boarder and woman housekeeper. Tired of all the femininity, he set out on hit own in search of "some fellows to play with. He was returned by police. Local Youngster Dies In Portland After Air Trip Four-year-old Bobby' Thornton died at the Good Samaritan hos pital in Portland at 10:30 a.m today, after being taken there last night on an emergency flight by an air force C-46 trans port plane. The boy was suffer ing from a brain hemorrhage. The attending physician called Mercy Flights, Inc., last night to arrange air transportation to the Portland hospital, and since the ambulance plane operated by the non-profit corporation is in J'ort lard for engine overhaul, a call was placed immediately to the Portland airbase. While the air force usually re quires telephonic clearance from w a s h l n g t o n, u. t;., on sucn flights, the airbase commander, Col. Jackson Lewis, said that Mercy Flights reputation was such that no formal clearance would be needed. The first call to Portland was placed at 7:40 p.m. and an air force crew assembled and the plane readied and on the way by 9:10 p.m. It arrived here at 10:25, and left for Portland at 11 p.m., arriving shortly after midnight. Perl funeral home will be in charge of funeral arrangements. Many Items On Council Agenda Daylight saving, time, city meat inspection and park and water department matters are issues which city councilmen may consider at their 'eguiar meet ing at the city hall at 7:30 p. m. today, city officials indicated this morning. Councilmen at their last reg ular session Instructed City At torney Frank Farrell to draft a resolution for adoption oi nay light time. The health committee has been studying the meat in spection proposition since meat men petitioned for the service last month. The production and marketing livestock branch re portedly has threatened to re move federal grading unless city, county or state Inspection is un dertaken. A hearing on vacation of an allev in block 72, original town, is scheduled tonight. Bids were to be opened this afternoon at the city hall on several sewer projects and on completing the park swimming pool heating and circulating system. They will be tabulated and probably referred to the council tonight. Farrell may also bring In a proposed ordinance which would prevent trucks using 12th. Fran quette and Mayette streets and Spencer avenue as a "turn around." WEATHER ronF.CAST: l.llht rin tonUhl, 4'rrriilnf cloodlntl" thowtrt wdntdT. Cooler dirtlmt tmpirlUrei. Tm HlttiMt Mlrdv Lowait tkll motnlnj J United Preu Full Leas Wire No. 305 Ring Suspected 01 Selling Horsemeat Being Investigated Tenderloins Said To Carry Beef Label Chicago, Mar. 21 (U.R) The government cracked down today on a ring suspected of selling horsemeat as high grade beef ten derloins over wide sections of the nation. City, slate and federal authori ties cooperated in a full scale- in vestigation which agents expect ed to reach into many of the big packing centers of the midwest and southwest. About 12.000 pounds of mis labeled horsemeat was seized in a southside warehouse here yes terday. Leaders Known Agents said two men were known to have acted as leaders of the alleged ring but would not disclose their names. No arrests had been made as yet, it was em phasized. Officials said the horsemeat was shipped from Kansas City, Mo., labelled properly as "horse meat tenderloins" but at South Bend, Ind., the meat underwent processing to remove the label. Then the meat was brought here labeled simply as "terderloins" and the stamp as "beef tender loins" was added in the ware house where the meat was found. The meat, officials said, was owned by a Minnesota man. Disclosed By Inspection Details of the case were dis closed bv Dr. O. W. Seller, in charge of government meat In spection in Chicago, and Dr. Her man Bundesen, president of the Chicago board of health. The meat found here was one of two parcels, they said. The sec ond shipment, labeled as beef tenderloins, was estimated at al most 15,000 pounds and eventual ly wound up at Dallas, Tex. Smaller shipments, which slipped by earlier, were traced to Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, Tex., and as far as Tampa, Fla. Seher said 10 boxes of the ship ment found here had been de frosted and bore no trace of the ereen marking required on horse meat. Beef bears the familiar purple seal guaranteeing govern ment inspection. Seher said the meat seized here represented the flesh of about 1, 000 horses. As horsemeat, he said, it would bring about 30 cents a pound but as beef tender loins it could be retailed for $1 to $1.20 a pound. Dave Hoover Starts Senatorial Campaign Eugene, Ore., Mar. 21 (U.R) Dave Hoover, of Dcadwood in western Lane county, launched his campaign for the republican nomination for U. S. senator here last night before a crowd of about 125 persons at Eugene high school. Hoover, who operates a 400 acre farm on Deadwood creek near the Siuslaw river, criticized Incumbent Sen. Wayne Morse for his "senatorial record of repub lican infidelity." He said his own campaign motto was that of his party "liberty against socialism." "No real republican candidate should have to deviate from the declared policy of his own party, and rely on his own special, newly-concocted motto, unless he expects to use that motto as a post election alibi, to hide be hind, whenever he gets ready to assassinate the republican par ty," Hoover said. President Truman to Take Part In Big Pre-Election Drive of Demos During May Kev West. Fla.. Mar. 21 (UR) President Truman definitely will hit the road in May as part of a big pre-election drive by the democratic party, climaxing his trip wilh a speech May 15 to a national party raliy in Chicago. Plans for presidential travel In May were confirmed today at the winter White House where the chief executive will do some preliminary work on a scries of speeches he will deliver during the late spring. According to present plans, the president will cross the na Hon by train In early May, ap pearing about May 11 at the dedication of Grand Coulee dam, northwest of Spokane, Wash. Then he will travel eastward toward Chicago where be will BILLION PARED FROM TRUMAN'S PROGRAM Washington, Mar. 21 (UP) The house appro priations committee today cut $1,567,900,504 from President Truman's spending program in an omnibus money bill that still left the 1951 budget four debt raising billions in the red. ReDortinar that it exhauster! "evwv nnssihlo of. fort" to cut deeper, the sj,U4a,uiU,ib4 appropriation for most of the govern ment's agencies. Only the defense establishment, which gets one third of the money, was spared sizeable reductions. The committee said it feared "certain very grave risks" in giving the armed forces only $13,911,127,300. The bill stalked up against Mr. Truman's requests of $30,612,930,668 for the same minioses. He set that figure in his fiscal 1951 budget which outlined $42,- 45o,uuu,uuu in spending and forecast a $5,133,171,372 deficit. , The committee, whose single package measure covering all but foreign aid and fixed costs is the first of its kind in 150 years, claimed only $979,489,060 of its slash would reduce the deficit. The rest will be lost paying hangover bills from 1950. Expctd Deficit Fixed At ti Billion Thus the bill fixed the expect ed deficit at $4,153,682,312 un less congress cuts the omnibus bill further and pares foreign aid when it comes up in a later bill. Chairman Clarence Cannon (D., Mo.) plans to steer the bill onto the house floor next Mon day for 10 days of debate. Repub licans have announced they will seek to cut it another $3 billion. Cannon packed 10 or more measures into the 431-page single package this session for the first such treatment in 150 years. It was designed to put spending alongside anticipated revenues of $37,305,586,034 to impress con gress with the economy drive. Army Gats S3 Billion The bill provided $3,010,882.- 300 for the army. $4,448,181,000 for the navy and 55,190,904,000 for the air force. Defense got a total reduction of $203,332,700, one of it in critcal spots. "The committee feels that a substantial reduction in the funds requested would cripple the na tional defense effort, a report accompanying the bill said. The committee said it believed Mr. Truman exceeded his author ity in holding up funds last year tor a TO-group air force and tnat funds now available would pro vide only for 42 groups. It also said Defense Secretary Louis Johnson's civilian firings to re duce costs are "encouraging." Cash And Contract The bill carries $27,266,403, 664 in cash and $1,778,626,500 in contiact authority for the gov ernment's hundreds of bureaus. In actual cash, the 1951 cut to taled $1,385,377,504. It ranged from nothing for the FBI to a high of $530,000,000 for the so called independent offices, such as the atomic energy commis sion. The same bills last year were $2,709,000,000 higher. Sen. Morse Requests Video For Portland Washington. Mar. 21 (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse (R., Ore.) to day asked the federal communi cations commission to make pos sible immediate television facill ties in Portland. Morse wrote Wayne Coy. FCC chairman, that the continued de nial to Portland of television fa cilities represented "gross indis crimination" In view of the fact that Portland was the only city of Its size in the country without television. Portland has been blocked from television by the FCC's "freeze" on new permits until it has determined the future of color television and use of ultra high frequency channels. Morse said Portlanders were not now Interested in color tele vision and asked Coy if the black-and-white freeze could be lifted for Portland to permit granting of one or more permits. Washington. Mar. 21 (U.R) Rep. Ralph E. Church (R., III.) collapsed today and died a few minutes after testifying before the house executive expendi tures committee in opposition to one of President Truman's gov ernment reorganization propos als. speak on the night of May 15 at a gigantic party rally in Soldier Field. Mr. Truman has not complet ed a full itinerary, but this much was known about the trip, in ad dition to the Grand Coulee and Chicago plans: 1. He will not go Into Califor nia until later In the year. 2. He will visit other federal projects in the northwest during the May tour. While Grand Coulee, one of the nation's largest power dams, has been In operation for sev eral years, the dedication cere mony in May will mark the in stallation of the last of the big turbines at the project. Mr. Truman will make rear platform speeches at numeroui committee recommended a Spring Arrives In Valley; Rain To Delay Fruit Buds Though spring arrived offi cially at 8:34 p.m. yesterday, It made Its debut In Medford this morning with intermittent show ers. There Is already an excess of .62 inch of precipitation for the month and today'i sprinkles are hampering orchardlsts who are still trying to finish the last of their dormant spraying. The ground Is still too wet to take weighty spray rigs down the or chard rows and time is running out. Decreasing cloudiness but more showers are forecast for tomorrow. Blossoms To Be Late The blossom season is from four to five days late this spring and the valley 'a .orchard prob ably will not burst into full bloom until April 10 or 12, al though a few days of warm weather before that time could hasten the process. In an aver ave year the trees blossom out by April 8. Fruit tree buds are still hard and resistant to frost dormant spray is still being used but by next week the spring frosts may be causing worries to every hor ticulturist In the area. R. J. Rogers, federal meteor ologist, is already on hand to spread the cold snap alarm to Rogue valley farms. Beginning next Monday night he will begin his annual series of frost warn-' ing broadcasts from all three Jackson county radio stations. Tit Thrmomlrs The county extension service, operating on the same schedule as fields and orchards after the long winter, is using all its fa cilities and experts to help farm ers and ranchers get their, acre ages back into full production. An unfailing sign of spring in the office of C. B. Cordy, county agent for horticulture, are the scores of orchard thermometers that farmers have brought In for testing. The springtime pall of smudge smoke may not be far off. Lyndel Newbry Named Ashland C. Of C. Head Ashland, Mar. 21 L y n d e 1 Newbry moved up from the vice presidency of the Ashland Cham ber of Commerce to the presi dency at a meeting of the board of directors of the group here last night. Board members choose their own officers annually. Dick Hcrndoblcr was named to the vice-president's job, and Bill McGce was retained as secretary manager of the organization. No definite action was taken at the meeting, McGee said to day, but a "sounding-out" discus sion was conducted relative to the proposed resumption of the county fair, the Ashland Shake spearean festival and other mat ters. Inns (a and fnm (ha Ufait nnit but the time table probably will not be completed for weeks. The Chicago meeting of demo cratic leaders from every state opens May 13 and the president's speech will be the grand climax of the national party pep meet ing. Mr, Truman today sent a tele gram to Rep. Brent Spcnce (D., Ky.), chairman of the house banking and currency commit tee, urging favorable action on the middle income housing leg islation now pending in the house. The president today also nom inated Edward J. Carrigan to be U. S. marshal for the northern district of California, succeed- ing George Vice, retired. y
