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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER Medford Tribune FORECAST Cloudy with ttltt rain inn morning Decomini ihowery Ute today and Mon day. Little change In ttmpera tura. Tamp. Highest Yetrday ..J..., 4S Loweit Yesterday Jt Preclp. To 10 p.m. Yaiterday . 02 44th Year 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1950 NO. 309 VEEMVIATIOSI FIRM SE Oil EMPLOYES mi OR AS EH CONVERTED bom 'Acme Telephoto- WHITE GUILTY IN NEGRO MASSACRE Ex-convlct Leon Turner .'arrow), accused of killing three Negrp girls In a "revenge" attack on a sharecropper's cabin last Jan. 9. rests nls head In his nands as Thomas Harris (stretcher), wounded father of the slain girls, testifies in the courtroom at Kosciusko. Miss: An all-white jury found Turner guilty of murdering Ruby Nell Harris, one ot the three children slain, and he was sentenced So life In prison. He was the second white man convicted ol killing the children, and a third awaits trial Court Upholds School Board En Secret Society Findings Suspension Students BringsOkay Colon. Am 05 ill Pi Judge Dal M. King of Coos Bay today upheld the Salem school board in its action suspending 18 high school students last Octo ber 13 for belonging to what the school board called a secret so ciety. Secret societies at the high school level are illegal under Oregon state law. Injunction Dissolved Judge King, who conducted a five-dav hearing in Marion coun tv circuit court last month, re fused the petition of counsel for the students to reinstate the boys and said the temporary in junction they obtained, in order to remain in classes while their case was heard, "will be dis solved." . . Judqe King's written opinion was filed here with the Marion county clerk. Lowrence Osterman, who, with Reginal Williams, represented the boys in court, said "we shall appeal immediately." May Stay There Court observers said it was likely that if an appeal is taken to the Oregon supreme court, the boys will remain in school pend ing final disposition of the case. Arrange Services For David Holmes Funeral services for David Holmes, president of the fruit packing firm of Harry and Da vid, will be held at St. Mark s Episcopal church at 11 a. rn. Monday. The Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector of the church, will officiate. .... j Mr. Holmes was fatally injured in an automobile accident near Woodland, Cal., Thursday after noon. , . The Bear Creek orchard pack ing plant and warehouse headed by Mr. Holmes will be closed ail dav Monday out of respect. Honorary pallbearers at the services will include Glenn Har rison, G. A. Coltingham. Frank p Farrell, Henry H. Prmglc, Roland Mever. N. B. Bender. Glenn O. Taylor. . Bert Lowry, Lyle Kinney and R. W. Gray. In terment will be private. Ski Conditions There was six inches of new mow over a packed base at f Crater lake yesterday after noon and the national park chief ranaer'i office said ski ing would be excellent today if the weather cleared. A mod erate snow was falling whan the report was made. Roads were in good condi tion in the park except that chains were needed to travel from Annie spring io the rim. it was said. The tow and lunch counter were to operate today. Presidential 'Advance Man' Moves -Into Northwest To Start Campaign Washington, March 25 (U.PJ Secretary of Interior Oscar i-. Chapman, presidential "advance man" of 1948, moves into the Pacific northwest next week to start this year's.democratic party campaign rolling three states. At stake are four senatorial seats, two democratic and two republican. Fly To Everett Chapman will fly to Everett. Wash., on Wednesday to address a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. With this speech he hopes to do two things: Get the ball rolling in the democratic senatorial campaigns in V.Hrgton. Oregon and Id mi Set the stage for President Truman's visit to the northwest iVMay. r Two democratic senators are tip for reelection. They are War ren G. Magnuson ot Washington Of School Judge King held In his opin ion: "I am convinced that from the evidence submitted to the school board and to this court that the plaintiffs organized and belonged to an organization banned under the laws of Ore gon." When the case first came to light, the organization, known as the ABC, was called the American Boys' club. Later it de veloped that it was similar to an other group known as the Alpha Beta Chi. The boys and their parents did not argue against constitutional ity of the state law banning se cret societies, but contended that the ABC was not such a secret group. Chamber Supports Pipeline Project A proposed supplemental pipe line to bring additional Big Butte springs water to Medford re ceived the unanimous endorse ment and a pledge of support from the board of directors of the Jacksonville County Cham ber of Commerce Friday. The board based its endorse ment on the need for increased water supplies for industry in the Medford area; the danger of de pending on a single connecting line from the city's water sources; the need for more ade quate supplies for fire protec tion, and the increasing demands for water created by the area's population growth estimated at 1,000 persons per year. The decision to support the campaign for the new line was reached at a luncheon meeting of the board held at the Jackson hotel. Chamber President Chet Hubbard said the directors, with out exception, expressed enthusi asm for the self-liquidating bond issue project. Yacht Radios Okay After Early Trouble San Francisco. March 25 (U.Rl The yacht Gilnockie, with tour persons aboard, radioed tonight it was "in no immediate danger" after reporting earlier it was "lost" in heavy seas 285 miles from here. After getting information as to its correct position from the coast guard here, the yacht mes saged back that it was "securing its radio for the night ana would presumably attempt to get into port under its own power tomorrow, the coast guard sam. Coast guard officers here said the 100-foot yacht radioed earlier today that it was having trouble getting a fix as to its location and was taking water through a leak in one engine. and Glen H. Taylor of Idaho, the man who ran with Henry A Wallace on the progressive party ticket two years ago. Taylor is now trying to get back in demo cratic good graces. Two Republicans Up Two republicans also are try ing to get reseated this year They are Wayne Morse of Ore gon and Henry C. Dworshak of Idaho. Morse is running for re election and Dworshak is run nin to fill out the term of the late Sen. Bert Miller (D.. Ida.) who die'd during the winter. Chapman i s n't expected to speak on broad national matters He is expected instead to hit local and regional issues such as proposed creation of a Colum bia Valley administration. That issue, according to re ports coming here from the northwest, is the one on which office-seekers think they will, itand or fall this year. 1 Frank Buck, Famous Jungle Hunter And Animal Tamer, Dies Houston. Tex.. Mar. 25 (U.R) Frank Buck, who courted danger in jungle wilds the world over to "bring 'em back alive," died today at the age of 66, in a hos pital. His family said a lung cancer killed Buck, one of the world's foremost big game hunters. He had been confined at Herman Memorial hospital five weeks. Buck was a Texas cowboy who deserted the rolling plains of his native state to turn newspaper reporter in Chicago. In 1911, he abandoned his newspaper career to chase fearsome snakes and wild animals on a global basis. Used Lariat Often But his cowboy training was never forgotten. He caught many a python with a lariat. Ed Salarin, a Houston intimate of Buck, said the Hunter's proud est exploit involved a python, Brck was on a ship from Asia, bringing the python to a zoo in the United States, when the snake escaped from its cage. No lariat was at hand, so Buck whipped off his overcoat and flung it over the slithering ser pent. Most Cities In N. W. Adopt Daylight Time Portland, Ore., Mar. 25 (U.R) A majority of cities in the Pa cific northwest today appeared ready to accept daylight saving time mis year, dui mere win dc a few holdouts again. The switch to fast time will be made in most large popula tion renters nf Oreeon and Washington April 30, with Port land, Seattle, lacoma, uiympia, Everett, Eugene and other cities leading the way. Other communities committed to daylight saving time include Longview, Corvallis, Meaiora, Klamath Fulls. Rnseblira. The Dalles, Oregon City. Centralia, WnnHlanri Richland. Seaside. Lakeview. Milwaukie, Beaverton and St. Helens. Several towns still have not complete official consideration of daylight time. Portland Man Sought After Plane Flight Williams Air Force Base. Ariz.. March 25 (U.R) Air search operations will be re newed from here Sunday for an F-47 fighter, unreported since Friday night when weather pre vented it from landing at Las Vegas, Nov. Las Vegas radiomen advised the-pilot. Lt. Col. James G. Thor sen, Portland. Ore., to proceed to Phoenix. He radioed he had two hours of gasoline, more than enough lor the 380-mile flight. Thorsen was en route from Providence, R. I., to San Luis Obispo. Cal., in the national guard fighter. A holder of the DFC, Thorsen is now a regular air force instructor with the national guard at Providence. Search planes from this base and March Held, cal., reporiea v encountered adverse weather today which hampered their search. NEUBERGER ENDORSEMENT Portland. Ore.. March 25 (U.R State Sen. Richard L. Neuberger. Multnomah county democrat, has endorsed the candidacy of State Sen. Austin F. Flegel for the democratic nomination for governor of Oregon. Road Conditions Snow was falling on the lop mile of the Siskiyou pass sum mit on highway 99, state po lice rcoorted last night but chains were not yet needed. There was no information con cerning; Greensprings pass on highway 68. Late Sports Hutchinson, Kan., Mar. 25- (U.R) City College of Loi An gelas defeated Northeast Mis sissippi of Booneville Saturday night, 67 to S3, to win the na tional junior college basket ball championship. Garden City (Kan.) JC won third place, defeating Weber college of Ogden, Utah, 57 to 35. Denver. Mar. 25 (U.R) The mighty Phillips Oilers regained the National A.A.U. basketball championship here Saturday night with a stunning 67-42 victory over an outclassed Oakland Blue and Gold team. The Denver Chevrolels won third place in the tournament' by taking a 58-50 victory from the Stewart Chevrolets of San Francisco tonight. SoHdiei? Admits SEayirag WAF Hamilton Field Air Base, Mar. 25 (U.R) Sgt. Lyle H. Buswcll confessed tonight to the pre-dawn slaying of a pretty 4J-ycar-old WAF behind her barracks here, the Federal Bureau of Investi gation announced. Harry Kimball, agent in charge of the ban f rancisco rtu ottice, and Mayor James E. Johnson, air base public relations officer, made the announcement. Mother Slain The body of Sgt. Fairy E. Decker, mother of a 22-year-old York. Pa., son, and wife of a dis abled World War I veteran, was found virtually nude and appar ently raped on a plot of grass six More Riots Reported In Parts Of Italy Pume Mar 25 (U.R) A COIT1- m.,nizt mnK ntiaVkpri the Sail Scvcro hospital today in an at tempt to remove comraoes wuu were among the 40 persons in i..Ari in ThurcHav's hlondv in surrection in the southern Italian city. Police riot squads repulsed the ,nri rlrni'o nff the l&rCC band after a struggle that lasted half an hour. Almncl eimiiltaneoiLslv. anoth er communist band tried to storm the jail at nearby Ascoli batriano to free leftist leaders held there. The attack collapsed suddenly when heavily armed carabinicri appeared in force. In Atclla, in the southern re gion of Lucania, a mob stormed the local employment office, broke up furniture and destroyed files. Police ousted the group and arrested 14 persons. At Ru oti, in the same area, police dis posed a group of peasants who seized and started to plow the fields of a local landowner. Blizzard Conditions Predicted In Midwest Chicago, Mar. 25 (U.R) The weather bureau Saturday night forecast blizzard conditions in the western and north-central portions of Nebraska and near blizzard conditions in the Da kolas. In Nebraska, strong northerly winds will reach 45 miles per hour anci over ana win oe actum panicd by snow Sunday night and Monday in the west and north-central portions. Near blizzard conditions will occur at times in the Dakotas with snow blown by winds 25 to 35 miles per hour. Justice Douglas Back In Washington After Recovering From Fall ti7-i .... ftinvu 9 ill Pi h.w. fullir mfinripn. ril uiifiti'ii I lua iuiij Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas returned today from lion hunting in Arizona to re sume his duties on the bench. Douglas attended the courts regular Saturday conference this afternoon, his first official work since last summer. He was injured October 2, before the court convened for its winter session, when his horse fell on him during a ride. The ruddy-faced justice told .annrlnp. nA tr hit Wilt flat On cJWIlis ..... ..... - his back during most of his re cuperation period at jucson. MISS MAURY DIES Mini Mary Maury, B8, Central Point, died at a local hospital last evening. Funeral arrange ments are In charge of Perl fu neral home and a complete obitu ary will be announced later. Bulletins New York, Mar. 25 (U.Rl City College of New York's roaring race-horsei, bent on collegiate basketball's first grand slam, bitterly protected a scant lead for most of the second half Saturday night to beat North Carolina State, 78 to 73. in the eastern finals of the NCAA playoffs. Kansas City, Mo.. Mar. 25 (U.Rl Bradley university went to work for the blue chips Saturday night and unleashed a late scoring burst to win the western NCAA playoffs from a surprisingly tough Baylor university team. The score was 68 to 66. Columbus, O., Mar. 25 (U.R) Ohio State's powerful Mermen splashed to their second con secutive title in the 27th an nual National Collegiate Ath letic association championship that ended Saturday night. feet behind the barracks where she was on duty during the night as charge-of-quarters. The joint FBI-army statement said Buswcll. 33, admitted after more than eight hours of ques tioning that he had killed the WAF this morning and had dis arranged her clothing to give the appearance of an attack. Buswcll, a veteran of 11 years' service in the army and air force, told the story of the kill ing to investigators before he was taken to the nearby Marin county jail in San Rafael to be held' until Monday, when he Is arraigned for murder before a U. S. commissioner in San Fran cisco. He said he had been drinking heavily and returned to the base about 4 a. m. today and entered the orderly room where Sgt. Decker was sleeping on a cot. Another WAF was sleeping on a nearby cot. She ordered him from the room and got up to open the door. "Sgt. Buswcll went over and grabbed her from the rear and choked her until she slumped to the floor. ' the statement said. "He relaxed his grip and Sgt Decker gasped and clawed his leg. the husky Hiisweii choKecl her again until she went limp then he carried her behind the WAF barracks and left her there. GOP Committee Sets Meeting Here Monday A meeting of the Jackson County Republican Central com mittee will be held at 8 p. m., Monday, March 27. in Room B of the Medford YMCA, it was announced Saturday by John Nicdermcyer, chairman of the groun. All republican candidafes for office at the May 19 primary election are invited to attend and speak in behalf of their candi dacies, the chairman said. Slate Sen. William McAllister will sneak at the meeting on the various proposals for the reap portionment of representation in the slate legislature. All republicans, whether com mittee members or not, will be welcome, Neidermeyer said. Phoenix School Head Announced By Germer Phoenix, Mar. 25 Ernest James, C o q u i 1 1 e high school principal for six years, has been named new Phoenix school sup erintendent, according to Walter Germer, school board chairman. He will succeed Donald Hem ore who Is resigning effective early next summer to lake gra duate studies at the University of California at Los Angeles. Hembre recently announced his plan to resign. James was here this week end to confer with school official. He taught one year at Oakland, Ore. Educational Advisory Committeemen Listed Salem, Ore., March 25 (U.R) Two of Oregon's best known edu cators were named by Gov. Douglas McKay today to a re gional educational legislative ad visory committee. The commit, tee was created by a resolution adopted by the Western Gover nors' conference March 10. The governor named Dr. Paul Packer of Eugene, chancellor of Oregon's system of higher edu cation, and Dr. David Baird of Portland, dean of the University of Oregon Medical school, to the committee which is made up or educators from 11 western states. i South Oregon Plane Search Fail' Q Craft, Fr ,ard No Tr SinCv j .hcraft n Week Klamath jlls, Ore., Mar. 25 (U.R) As planes returned from a scouring search of a tnnncu- lar area in southern Oregon to day, none had spotted any trace of a yellow Bcechcrat biplane in which four Portland, Ore., resi dents disappeared Tuesday. Search headquarters here as. signed sectors in the arra marked off by Lakeview to the south. Bend to the northwest and Burns the northeast. Last Leg Of Trip The plane, piloted bv Lee Blakkoib, 47, was on the last leg of a jaunt from Havana. Cu ba. The four participated in the mass Havana-Portland flight a few months ago and stopped at various southeastern cities on the return trip. Aboard with Blakkoib and his wife, 39, were Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lundstrom, 39 and 21. Lund strom is associated with Blak koib in the Western Forest Prod ucts company.. A half-dozen Oregonians re ported seeing or hearing the plane Tuesday afternoon after it took off from a refueling stop at Lakeview. One woman said to day she saw the craft late Tues day night, parked in a field next In a road 30 miles south of Bend. Tracks Seen Alio Investigating officials found no plane in the field today, but saw tracks which indicated it might have landed and taken off Wednesday morning. Over 50 private and military aircraft participating in the search will circle central Oregon again Sunday. Weather condi tions today were slightly im proved but certain areas were still inaccessible from the air. Pi lots hope to cover them tomor row. Hunt For Vancouver Girl Still Fruitless Vancouver, Wash.. Mar. 25 (U.R) An all-out air and ground search of Clark county by more than 400 officers and volunteers failed to turn up any tangible clue to the fate of JoAnn Dewey, 18-ycar-old hospital worker who was apparently abducted last Sunday night. Specific search assignments were given to parlies of 10 this morning from headquarters here. Saddle club members, private pilots, farmers and Vancouver townspeople joined In the hunt. It was under the Joint direc tion of Police Chief Harry Dia mond, Sheriff Enrl N, Anderson and Sgl. J. D. Coshow ot the Washington Stale patrol. Gore Funeral Rites Private On Monday Private funeral services will be held at Perl funeral home Monday at 2 p.m. for John Gil more Gore, who passed away at the family residence 809 East 9th street, on Thursday. The Rev. E. J. Clark, pastor of the Phoenix Presbyterian church will officiate, and inter ment will take place in the familv plot in Phoenix cemeterv. Pallbearers will be J. O. N. Poling, Alvin Wheeler, Gordon Warner, Robert Morris. Don Newbury and Bert Stancliff. Berkeley, Cal., March 25 (U.R) Mrs. Carrie L. Hoyt, the first woman mayor of Berkeley, died here today. Portland, Ore., Mar. 25 (U.R) A temporary board will stage the Multnomah county fair In 1950. Government's Count Of Noses To Start Officially In Week Washington, Mar. 25 (U.R) The government's once-a-decade count of noses begins in a week. Questionnaires already are In the mail for farmers, who are being asked lo till nut their own census forms to be picked up later by enumerators. Beginning next Saturday, and In the four following weeks, 140.000 census takers are sched uled to ring every doorbell In the country to find nut where an estimated 151,000,000 Americans live, what kind of work they do and sundry other facts. Ion basic questions will be asked about every man, woman and child In the population cen sus. Four othera will be asked of every fifth person to provide a sampling survey on birthplaces ana education. Civilian Flown Plane Explodes Over Arizona Mesa, Arii., March 25 (U.Rl Seven North American Aviation company representatives were killed today when a converted B-25 bomber exploded and "scattered in a shower of metal" while at tempting an emergency landing in a driving rainstorm. The civilian-operated plane, en route from El Paso. Tex., to Los Angeles, exploded in low hanging clouds a the pilot appar ently attempted to set down on a heavily traveled highway six Boy Saved From Drowning In Pool Of Medford YMCA Training in artificial respira tion given to Boy scouts has been credited with saving another life. Bobby Hoover. 13-year-old Boy scout from Rogue River, was saved from drowning in the Mcd- lord YMCA pool last week, re ports from Rogue River indi cated Saturday. Twelve scouts from the river community were in the group which was enjoying the facilities of the pool Wednesday evening. They were taking qualifiying tests, and after passing them, They were taking qualifying mey were about to leave the pool they counted noses,, and found young Hoover missing. Found At Bottom The scouts found him lying at the bottom of the pool in eight feet pf water. When they brought him to the surface he was unconscious. Norman Bean, a scout in the troop, administered artificial respiration, and the youngster had begun to regain consciousness by the time a re suscitator arrived on the scene. The Bean boy was credited with saving Hoover s life. The lad was taken home after being revived. He later said he suffered a cramp, and could not swim out of the deep end, and could not make himself heard to the other boys. He said he kept coming to the surface and yelling for help, but finally sank. ino report of the Incident was made last week by "Y" officials. Funeral Arranged For Iron Lung Youngster Funeral services for Shelley Cross, the iron lung youngster whose illness touched the hearts of thousands of Oregon residents. will be held at Conger-Morris chapel at 1 p. m. Monday. The Rev. George Bolster, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church, will of ficiate. Interment will be in Sis kiyou Memorial park. Shelley was born in Medford June 9, 1948. He was stuicken with infantile paralysis Christ mas eve last year, and was taken to Eugene for treatment. He was believed to be the youngest polio fiatient ever placed in an Iron ung. He died Thursday evening. Surviving arc his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cross. 824 Vic- lory street, two sisters and a brother, Claire, Gretchen and Phillip; a grandmother. Mrs. Ma thilda Cross, of Canada, and a grandfather, Clarence Lemieux, Yantville. Cal. Coupe Badly Damaged Colliding With Truck Right front end of a coupe operated by Sgt. Eugene Horn, Seattle, was considerably dam aged yesterday afternoon at the Scenic avenue intersection with highway 99 north of Central Point, state police said. They reported that the auto collided with a dump truck driven by II. H. Heavllin, Med ford. The mishap occurred when Horn apparently tried to pass Ihe truck as Heavllin was turn ing left onto Scenic avenue, po lice said. No one reportedly was injured. Every fifth adult will be asked five other questions, including one about income received in 1949. Four further questions will be asked of every 30th adult. At the same time, the govern ment will take two other cen suses. One will be of housing, with the number of inquiries ranging from 12 to 22. depending on whether or not the house is occupied by the owner and whether it happens to be one in five used in a sample survey. Farmers will be the subect of Ihe third census. Each of them Li being asked to answer 37 basic questions in addition to the pop ulation and housing surveys. Farmers will be asked other questions, too, depending on their location. The census bureau has pre miles south of here. 'Large chunks of plane were scattered in all directions," John J. Little, 25, a witness to the crash, said. "It exploded just as it broke through the clouds." "It broke into a jillion pieces." Melvin Rowley, 17, another wit ness, reported. Little. Rowley and Rowley's brother, Irvin, who were working in a nearby field, said they heard the plane's en gines cut off and on a couple of times before it nosed through the clouds. Four bodies were recovered In the shattered fuselage. Three others were found several hun dred yards away. A brief case carried by one of the men was found a mile and a half from the main wreckage. As the plane hurtled to earth, it hit the main power line be tween Mesa and nearby Chand ler. Ariz., leaving Chandler, a town of 2,000 population, with out electricity for more than two hours. Several hundred searchers, In cluding officers and men from nearby Williams air force base, toiled for several hours hunting for the bodies thrown clear of the ship. The seventh body was found some five hours after the crash occurred. A blood-stained piece of the in strument paneling was found two miles from the main section of the wreckage. The converted two-engine B-25 apparently tried to make an emergency landing on the high way when an engine and part of a wing fell off. The plane al most ploughed into a moving truck and the plane parts just missed several cars. New Belgian Leader Tries To Organize Cabinet, End Crisis Brussels, Mar. 25 (U.R) Al bert Devcze, acting minister of national defense, tonight accept ed Prince Regent Charles' re quest to try to form a new gov ernment and end the crisis over the proposed return of exiled King Leopold III. Dcveze, 18-year-old liberal party leader, said parliament would be dissolved and new elec tions called unless Belgium solved Its royal problem in "a spirit of national concord." Dcvezc's acceptance meant that the Catholics, who twice failed to form a government In the past week, had passed the buck to the opposition. They were believed hoping that new elections would be called, in which they would stand a chance of Increasing the slim majority they now hold in the combined houses of parlia ment, where a final decision must be made. In the present divided state of the country, a "spirit of national concord" was considered virtu ally impossible over the fate of the monarch. Bednasek Denies Girl Spurned His Advances Iowa City, la.. March 25 (U.R) Robert Badnasek. 24. University of Iowa senior on trial for strang ling his sweetheart, denied today that she had spuurned his love, I he noetry-loving psychology student denied the testimony of state witnesses who quoted pretty Margaret (Gee Gee) Jack son as saying she found him "repulsive." pared 42 editions of the agricul tural census form to fit into vari ous localities, so that the Min nesota chicken raiser, for exam ple, will not have to report the number of orange trees he plant ed last year. The census bureau sent the ag ricultural questionnaire out by mail so that farmers could spend their evenings on them and have them ready for enumerators when they call. Results of the census will be slow in coming. Each of the 450 district supervisors will be au thorized to announced provision al population figures for incor porated cities and towns In his area. But these figures will not cover rural areas and will be sub ject to correction.