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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesdey, April II, 1950 Truman Begins Sixth Year As Head Man in White House Washington. Apr. 11 (U.R1- Harry S. Truman begins his sixth presidential year this week lull of heaitn, commence ana plans for 1052. He in a 100 to 1 bet to be the next democratic presidential nominee In his eatn year, tut birthday Is May 8. But if Mr. Truman chooses not to run, his choice for the democratic nomination proDaDiy would be Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, who will be 62 years old on Jan. 22. 1852. Douglas Regarded There is no plainly discernible ovirienne that Mr. Truman favors the presidential possibilities of Justice William u. uousias. Some persons here, including at least one of Douglas' supreme court associates, regard him as a candidate. He will be 52 next October. Another to be considered if Mr. Truman stepped aside would be National Defense Secretary Louis A. Johnson, who will be 59 this year. His slim chance for the nomination hangs on the rec ord of administrative clliciency and economy he is making in the consolidated national defense department, which spends the biggest chunk of the taxpayers money. Gas Turbine Truck Completes Tests Seattle, Apr. 11 (U.R) The world s first gas turblne-powerea truck using the experimental Boeing 200-pound turbine has successfully completed prelimi nary road testf, the Boeing Air plane company announced to day. The 175-horsepower turbine under development for the U.S. navy bureau of shipi, is similar to tne jet airplane engine in general design. Trial run were conducted quietly for the past month in a 10-ton Kenworth motor truck chassis. Thrusts Harnessed The tremendous thrust of jet airplanes is harnessed in the new power plant by a secondary tur bine which turns the shaft, com nanv officials said. The announcement added that contrary to public expectations, the new turbine-powered truck ii considerably quieter than a conventional diesel truck of equal power. Exhaust gases are about the same temperature as those from a diesel or gasoline truck. Boeing engineers disclosed that exhaust Eases are almost in visible and without offensive odor. " Installation of the tiny tur bine in a boat Is planned lor tne near future. Methodist Men To Hear Dwight Houghton Talk City Councilman Dwight Houghton will address tne monthly meeting of the Mcdford Methodist Men on Mondny, April 17 at First Methodist church. A buffet supper is planned for 6:30 p.m. and will be served by members of Circle 7, Women's Society of Christian Service. The event will be ladies' night and men are requested to bring their wives. The Gamay grape, produced on California's conl upland coun try, yields a smooth, red burgundy-type wine. But Mr. Truman Is not worried nor much interested in these possible successors. He is a changed man since April 12, 1945, when he solemn ly took the oath a few hours after Franklin D. Roosevelt died in warm Springs, Ga. Regretted Snap Judgment During his first months in of fice Mr. Truman formed the hab it of snap judgment when events proved a little caution would have helped. He since has re gretted snipping oil lend-lease when hostilities ended. His care less endorsement of Henry A. Wallace's attack on administra tion foreign policy put him in the most embarrassing spot oi nis career. These and other factors includ ing Mr. Truman's habit of pub licly proclaiming himself un equal to his White House tasK, persuaded democratic strategists to keep him out of the 1946 con gressional campaign. The next two years were a presidential nightmare in which a republican congress frustrated the White House day by day. The new dealers, left wingers. socialists and big city bosses of the Roosevelt coalition deserted Mr. Truman by platoons and brigades as the 1948 presidential election drew near. They were whooping it up for Gen. Dwight . Eisenhower. Uouclas or al most anyone else. But the trim little man from Missouri never lost his smile. He accepted the presidential nomination so reluctantly given him in Philadelphia. Far Beyond Policies On taking office, he made the usual pledge to carry out the policies of the late president, but he has gone far beyond them. Under pressure to divert votes from Wallace and his extreme left wing progressive party and at the urging of the left wing "roups that unhappily accepted him, Mr. Truman pitched his give-em-hell 1948 presidential campaign far to the left of cen ter. Not even a states' rights re bellion in the south unnerved him. He pounded on the republicans Anti-Submarine Plane About Ready Burbank. Cal.. Anr. 11 (U.R) Navy patrol squadrons soon will be Hying the deadly new anti submarine airplane, P2V-4. It can spot a snorkel miles away and launch torpedoes that invar iably find their target, it was learned today. The hravily-armcd. long-rang lng sub-killer is perhaps the most significant advance mane to counter one of the most feared weapons that would be used in new war. Russia has been reported re liably to have about 250 of the German-developed subs, which have high speed and can stay submerged for long periods while "breathing" through a tiny pipe called the snorkel. The re ported presence of submarines off the California cast has creat ed a big stir in high navy circles. The PZV-4 eliminates the need for one of the planes in the old hunter-killer team because It can both find and kill a submarine with its powerful new radar and armament. Even more advanced versions of the Lockheed ship, of which the world's long distance record holder "Truculent Tur tle" Is the forerunner, are under development. i Willi, ,irA T LjUllV Polisher- ) Sander ff LOlSlel- here's an easy-to-use kit that makes many house-cleaning chores a pleasure! The Guild D-6 Polisher cleans furniture, silverware and other metals. And with the long handle, you can polish floors and linoleum in a jiffy. No bending . , , no rubbing. a J riui na JM 1 1 Dad can use the Guild Kit to sharpen knives and tools. Polish the car. Sand and grind wood and metals. Remove old paint and varnish , . . and do many more jobs in minutes instead of hours! COMI In tarftyt ( this wondrM, In, rl4 OulU Pellihtr-landr Kit. Ulti far yarl SavM hauri nd hun f hare' wrkl HUBBARD BROS., Inc. f(:. MAIN at RIVERSIDE PHONE 2-6189 a fire of challenge and denuncia tion in the tradition of the brass knuckle politics of Jackson coun ty Missouri, where he learned the trade from the late Boss Thomas J. Pendergast. From that campaign Mr. Tru man emerged a party hero. Gov, Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the republican candidate, unex pectedly became the political bust of the 20th century, so far. A combination of republicans and conservative southern demo crats has been able to kill or modify most of Mr. Truman's do mestic legislative program. Re- Deal ot tne ratt-Hartiey law. civ il rights regulation, higher taxes all are lively Truman policies at which congress has balked so far. A bi-partisan foreign policy honeymoon continued well into the president's first full term. But the approach has been blast ed by humiliating failure of American policy in China, plus expense and serious difficulties in fcurope and proof to some de gree of communist infiltration in the state department. Sen. Ar thur H. Vandenberg (R., Mich.) and Mr. Truman now anxiously are attempting to pick up the pieces. Political Trouble There has been more political trouble than comfort for Mr. Truman in his first five White House years. But you never V ry m p. lit (Acme Telephoto) PRESIDENT TRUMAN Starts Sixth Year In White House would suspect it. the outsiders who see him oftenest and know him best are Washington's newsmen and wom en, friend or foe, they almost nvariably describe him not only s contident, but cocny, cmn out and ready for battle. He has put William M. Boyle Jr. in charge of democratic po litical strategy and patronage. Boyle, a graduate of Boss Pen- dergaSt's hard school, is proving himself the handiest political Higgler hereabouts since Jim Farley. With Boyle at the wheel and the memory of his 1948 conven tion and election triumphs against unholy odds, Mr. Truman seems warranted in being what he appears to be the happiest, most contented man and confi dent citizen of the United States. Transient Count Set Tonight by Census Takers Enumeration of hotel guests and other transients tonight wUl be a special project of census enu merators in Medford, according to Mrs. Dorothy Doty, crew chief for the city. The transient project is in line with the census bureau's desire to make the 1950 census the most complete ever taken, Mrs. Doty said. Individual census re ports will be placed in the key boxes or rooms of every hotel guest in the nation today, where the hotel has 50 or more rooms with at least 20 per cent for transients. To Assist Guests Census takers will be avail able in the lobbies of all hotels to assist guests in preparing the forms. There will be one enu merator for each 100 rooms. Guests who receive the forms are requested to fill them out, seal them and hand them in at the desk, or to the census enu merator in charge. The forms will be turned in to the district supervisor's office, sorted and sent to Washington. Guests who fill questionnaires tonight will be counted in the tabulation for the city in which they make their home and not in the city where the hotel is located. Russia tried to sell Alaska to the United States iiM855 during the Crimean war to prevent its seizure by the British. The sale was rejected by was completed on a second try In 1867. WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Variable high cloudiness north portion and fair south portion today and tonight .with rain from Ukiah and Red Bluff north tonight, spreading south to Salinas and Stockton Wednesday. Consider able high cloudiness elsewhere Wednesday. South to southwest DIX WIDOW WEDS Hollywood, Apr. 11 U.R . 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