Medford
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45th Year.
STONES TOSSED 3
JET PLANE COMES A CROPPER One mishap marred the
aerial activity at the Medford airport over the week-end, when
one of a flight of five F-86 jet fighters undershot the runway while
landing, and skidded to a halt some thousand yards away. Shown
above just before it was dragged off the runway, the plane was
piloted by Lt. B. E. Gigsons, who was uninjured. Several thousand
Medford residents crowded to the airport to see the jets land, and
many were attracted by the crippled plane. The F-86 is the air
force's fastest operational fighter, being rated officialy at speeds
"in excess of 670 miles per hour." What looks, like an open hatch
in the rear section of the fuselage is really an "air-brake," used by
the plane to slow its speed for landings.
Armed Services Group
Approves
Washington. May 1 lU.R)
The house armed services com
mittee today unanimously ap
proved legislation to let the
navy start work on a $335 mil
1 i o n modernization program
that will include construction of
an atomic-powered submarine.
The nuclear-powered subma
rine will cost S40 million. It is
one of four experimental under
water cratt included in the mod
ernization program.
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman,
chief of naval operations told
the commit! t- hopes the
Handle Company
At White City
Burns To Ground
A large warehouse structure
housing the Mt. Pitt company,
manufacturer of wooden han
dles, was burned to the ground at
the Camp White industrial area
last night.
Ed Collins, Medford, operated
the plant.
Origin of the blaze was not
known late this morning. Bob
Schott. assistant sales manager
for White City Lumber com
pany, owner of the building, said
the 'amount of the loss had not
been determined but probably
exceeded $50,000. The loss was
partiallv covered by insurance.
The Camp White. Eagle Point
and Medford fire departments
and the forest service dispatched
fire fighting equipment to the
scene and succeeded in keeping
the fire from spreading to an ad
joining building or to lath or
other wood products in the area.
Discovered about 9:30 p. m., the
blaze was brought under control
about 12:30 a. m.
Hears "Explosion"
John Johnson of the adjacent
Northwest Manufacturing com
pany reportedly noted the blaze,
seeing flames ' coming out the
windows after hearing an "ex
plosion." ,
Schott today expressed appre
ciation for the way the various
fire departments and people of
the vicinity came to the aid of
the company.
Six men and the 1.000 gallon
pumper were sent out by the
Medford department in line with
its mutual aid agreement with
other communities. The truck
stood by to protect the other
buildings and the surrounding
area, and Medford firemen help
ed lay out hose from other
trucks.
Mayor of Wisconsin Town
City to Communists in Mock Revolution
Mosince. Wis.. May 1 iU.R)
Mayor Ralph Kronewettcr, with
a gun lammed in his back, today
"surrendered" the town of Mosi
nce to "communist invaders."
Many of the town s 2.000 resi
dents assembled on a muddy
football field designated as "Red
Square'' to witness the surren
der after a mock "revolution."
The demonstration was designed
to show what life would be like
under red rule.
The formal surrender cli
maxed a parade and the "execu
tion" of Police Chief Carl Gewis
for refusing to surrender his
two-man police force.
A "commissar" held a gun at
Kroncwetter's back as the
mayor announced the surrender
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Navy Work
atomic sub can be completed in
three years. Experimental work
has been started on its nuclear
engines.
Sherman said the navy now
has anti-aircraft guided missiles
good enough to warrant imme
diate installation on ships.
The modernization program
calls for conversion of a heavy
cruiser into a guided missile
launcher at a cost of about $40
million, he said.
In all, 112 new vessels would
be built under the program and
30 ships would be converted to
new uses.
In addition to the atomic pow
ered submarine, these other subs
would be built:
1. A midget submarine, dis
placing 250 tons and costing $3
million.
2. A "target and experimen
tal" submarine, displacing 1,100
tons and costing $10 million.
3. A 2,200 ton experimental
sub with a secret "closed cycle"
power plant of a new type re
quiring no external source of
air. Cost $37 million.
Sherman said the guided mis
siles were designed primarily
for use against aircraft, but he
gave no details.
Salem Woman Evades
Injury in Auto Crash
Salem. Ore., May 1 (U.R)
Mrs. Nellie E. Chapin of Salem
escaped without serious injury
Saturday when her car crashed
through a narrow bridge and set
tled on its side in the shallow
water of Clear lake north of Sa
lem, state police said today.
Investigating officers said cars
driven by Mrs. Chapin and Mrs.
Gladys Barnick of Salem brushed
on the narrow bridge and Mrs.
Chapin lost control of her car,
which was extensively damaged,
and about 25 feet of bridge rail
ing was knocked out.
All Not Sublime
For Sublimity Man
Salem, Ore., May 1 UR
All was not sublime todav for
Henry Moen, 20, of Sublimity,
Ore.
Moen went to the county jail
in Vancouver. Wash., to visit an
incarcerated friend.
An alert deputy checked
Moen's name as he chatted with
his friend in a cell. The officer
discovered Moen was wanted
here for forgery.
The hapless "visitor" waived
extradition and was brought to
a cell of his own here.
and said. "God must have willed
it this way."
Make-believe members of the
proletariat, carrying placards
saying, "Stalin is our leader,"
shouted approval.
Gewiss and Kronowctter were
seized at their homes and
dragged to city hall by a "com
munist gorilla squad." "Com
missar" Benjamin Gitlow, as
leader of the squad, demanded
that Gewiss surrender the police
force.
"Never;" Gewiss shouted.
Gitlow, one of two ex-members
of the U. S. communist par
ty, who are acting as commis
sars for the seizure, stepped
close to Gewiss and said, "If
you know what's good tot you,
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Y
WEST POLICE PELT
RUSSIANS IN BERLIN
Berlin, May 1 (UP) Anti-comrnunist Western
police pelted Soviet sector police with stones today in
a flareup in the heart of Berlin after two huge May
day demonstration by more than 750,000 persons.
The most threatening of several flurries of rough
ness occurred in the Potsdamerplatz, where the Amer
ican, British and Soviet sectors meet. Hundreds of
Germans massed in the square taunted the Soviet-controlled
police as "swine."
East and west sector police joined forces to put
down the storie throwing before it got well under way.
The demonstrators fled as soon as a show of police
force was organized.
The rival demonstrations in the east and west
sectors of Berlin highlighted May day demonstrations
throughout Europe. The western powers alerted 12,
000 west Berlin police and 8,000 allied troops here
against the threat of a test of strength.
Stragglers Toss Stones
At East Second Police
The Berlin stone throwers
were stragglers from a crowd of
half a million which overflowed
the Tiergarten in the British sec
ton. The meeting over, a few
hundred wandered along the
east-west border to the Potsdam
er Platz.
They snatched stones from
heaps of rubble and hurled them
at the east sector police across
the street, A few east second po
lice were hit, but none seemed
to be badly injured.
At the Brandenburg gate just
off the Tiergarten, where the
west Berlin rally was held, oth
er groups of anti-communists
jeered communist youth across
the border.
But east sector police and
civilians, ordered by the Soviet
and German communist leaders
to keep out of west Berlin, re
fused to be drawn into fights.
Roar Approval
The Tiergarten crowd roared
approval of statements by anti
communist speakers, including
Irving Brown of the Aemrican
Federation of Labor, and shook
fists at armed sentries guarding
the Soviet war memorial just
inside the British sector.
Scattered fist fights broke out
and taunts flew moderately thick
and fast as the Berliners gath
ered for the two demonstrations
less than a mile apait.
The 8,000 western allied sol
diers who stood by against an
emergency remained idle as the
west German police kept the
restive situation generally under
control.
In the Soviet sector Lustgar
ten. German communist speakers
told the 250,000 Germans gath
ered there that salvation depend
ed on collaboration with Russia.
Federal Mediation
Asked in Negotiations
Portland, Ore., May 1 (U.R)
Craft employees of the Trout
dale plant of the Reynolds Met
als company said today they re
quested federal mediation in
their pension negotiations.
Federal Mediator I. I. Pickett
has been assigned as conciliator
in the negotiations, now under
wav more than eight months.
The aluminum plant's 150 ma
chinists, teamsters, painters,
blacksmiths and electricians
have been bargaining as a com
mittee since Aug. 19, 1949.
RETIRED DOCTOR DIES
Seaside, Ore., May 1 (U.R)
Dr. Carl George Patterson, 72,
retired physician formerly of
Baker, died today at his Seaside
home.
Surrenders
you big galoot, you'll come over
to our side."
"Never!" said Gewiss.
"What is your last word," Git
low asked.
"Never," said Gewiss.
Gitlow pointed a German Hi
ger at Gewiss' head and pulled
the trigger. Since the sponsors
of the affair didn't deem it nec
essary to actually kill Gewiss to
accomplish their purpose. Git
low's pistol was not loaded.
The 'dead" man walked away
and held a conference with 20
special policemen to determine
how best to handle the day's
crowds that were expected to
throng to rallies and other tunc
tloni. .
MONDAY, MAY 1, 1950
MM DAY D
Stalin Reviews
May Day Parade
Over Red Square
Moscow, May 1 (U.R) An ar
mada of jet planes, including
what may be a rrcw Russian
model, swept over Red Square
today in a mighty May day pa
rade reviewed bv Premier Josef
Stalin.
Giant tanks and other ground,
weapons rolled before Stalin as
he stood with his closest aides
on Lenin's tomb. Stalin looked
vigorous and healthy. After the
troops marched past there was
a demonstration of about 2 mi'
lion civilians. '
Son Pilots Plane
The premier's son. Lt. Gen.
Vassili Stalin, piloted the lead
plane, a four-motor bomber. The
low-flying armada, consisting ot
scores of bombers and jet fight
ers, flashed by so fast no foreign
observer could get a good view.
But there were at least two
types of jets and some military
observers said there was one new
model hitherto undisplayed.
Impressive Parade
It was one of the most impres
sive military parades in Soviet
history. Some foreign military
observers said there were more
jet fiehters than ever before, in
dicating that jets as well as four
engined bombers now are being
mass produced.
Stalin, Viachcslav M. Molo
tov. Georgi Malenkov and other
politburo members and mili
tary leaders, heard the chief of
the general staff. Gen. Scrgi
Shtcmcnko, ldelivcr a message
to the troops. Shtemenko said the
Soviet armed forces are strong
and ready to defend the father
land. "Warmongers remember," he
said, "that no arms race, provo
cations or military blocs will
frighten the Soviet people."
Japan Demonstrators
Celebrate May Day
Tokyo, Mav 1 (U.R) More
than 700,000 demonstrators
throughout Japan took advan
tage of perfect spring weather
today to celebrate the biggest
May day in the country s his
tory. An estimated 400,000 persons
jammed into the Imperial plaza
opposite Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur's headquarters to hear left
and right wing speakers.
Communist Sanzo Nozaka pre
dicted the Japanese government
would announce a major anti
communist policv within 48
hours. Ho was believed to be re
ferring to MacArthur's impend
ing message to the Japanese on
constitution day Wednesday.
Portland Rider Wins
20-Lap Cycle Event
Don Kinriall. Portland, won
the 20-lap expert main event of
the motorcycle races at Valley
View track vesterriav. His time
was 8 minutes. 48 seconds.
Don Smplc. Medford. took
the lS-lap amateur final In 4
minutes. 48 S seconds and Har
old Sargant. Grants Pass, was
novice main victor in 3 minutes,
48. 5 seconds. It was 10 laps.
New York. May 1 'U.R) Mrs.
Catherine Freidt was charged to
r'.av with killing her seven-;iir;itlis-old
son by putting io
dine in Us feeding bottle,
Thibune
BIG-PLANE SERVICE INAUGURATED Twice-a-day service
to Medford by four-engined DC-4 United Mainliners started yester
day. On hand to officiate at brief ceremonies were a number of
southern Oregon officials. In the picture above Mrs. Diamond L.
Flynn, wife of Medford's mayor, is shown as she is about to snip
the red-white-and-blue ribbon symbolic of the new service. Others
in the picture are, from left, Walter Carson, United manager here;
Mrs. Flynn; Mrs. Thomas Williams, wife of Ashland's mayor;
Seely Hall, manager of ground operations for United, an air pio
neer in Medford, and first United station manager here; an uniden
tified United stewardess, and Mrs. Morris Millbank, wife of the
mayor of Grants Pass. (Brainerd photo.)
Many Visit Airport;
DC-4 Se rvice Starts
A Douglas DC-4 four-motored
plane roared to a stop at the
United Air lines terminal here
yesterday morning on a flight
that marked the first scheduled
landing of a plane that size in
Medford. Walter Carson, Unit-
ed's Medford manager, observed
the occasion with a display of
historical aviation photos and
clippings in the terminal lobby
and with a ribbon-cutting cere
mony attended by a large group
of Medford residents interested
hi the expansion of air service
here.
Seely Hall, manager of Unit-
Missing Portland
Aviators Located
Portland, Ore., May 1 (U.R)
William T. Peters, 67, and Frank
Fraser, 54, missing since Satur
day on a flight from John Day,
Ore., to Boise, Ida., arrived
safely at an isolated sheep ranch
in southern Oregon and reported
their plane was forced down
when it ran out of gasoline.
Peters reported he landed the
plane on a highway in a remote
section of desolate plains coun
try Saturday afternoon.
They hiked to the Fitzgerald
sheep ranch, which had no tele
phone. From there Fraser rode
a horse 70 miles to Lakevicw
from where he called members
of his and Peters' families in
Portland. .
The civil air patrol and air
rescue service, which had HO
planes in the air searching for
the last plane, called oft the
hunt.
Peters was described as ' com
pletely exhausted" from his long
walk to' the Fitszgerald ranch
and remained there to rest. He
relavcd a message through Fras
er that he had been "completely
lost" when he was forced down.
Winter Blanket Covers
Klamath Basin Region
Klamath Falls. Ore., May 1
(U.Ri May dav blew into Klam
ath Falls today with a belated
winter snowfall.
The entire Klamath basin was
blanketed early in the morning
with snow and temperatures tum
bled below freezing. Mountain
tops were given a white cover,
but in the lowlands it wasn't
sticking.
Would-Be Safecrackers
Muff Big-Y Theft Try
Burglars who tried to crack
the safe at the Big "Y" market
Saturday night or early Sunday
morning succeeded only in mak
ing the Job of opening the safe
difficult for experts yesterday, it
was reported this morning.
The burglars bored four holes
in the door and attempted to
open it with a powder charge,
badly damaging the door, ac
cording to reports. The explosion
wrecked the control and caused
the self-locking device to take
hold. Experts labored about five
hours to open the safe.
Entry to the building was gain
ed by sawing a hole in the roof.
Wires, fuse caps and various
other paraphernalia were left by
the safe by the would-be thieves.
United Press Furl Lease Wire
emJSTwiis
ed's ground operations and a pio
neer of commercial aviation in
Medford, was the first passenger
to deplane here and was greeted
by a delegation composed of
Mayor . and Mrs. Diamond L.
Flynnof Medford, Mayor and
Mrs. Thomas Williams of Ash
land and Mayor and Mrs. Mor
ris Millbank of Grants Pass.
Plane ton North
Hall was presented with gift
parcels, of Medford pears before
reboarding the flight with May
or Flynn for similar observances
of the new service at Eugene and
Salem.
The four-motored planes, with
luxury-type accommodations for
44 passengers, will make two
stops here daily, one each north
and southbound, for flights to
Eugene, Salem, Portland and
Seattle and to San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
The first flight ceremony at
the United terminal was only
the beginning of a day of heavy
air and visitor traffic at the air
port yesterday. A total of 34
military aircraft were on the
aprons during the day, including
a flight of jet fighters from Mc
Clellan field.
Thousands of visitors, attract
ed by the roar of the Jets over
the valley Saturday and Sunday
filled all available parking places
at the field and crowded onto tne
ramps for a glimpse of the
speedy big Jets and the navy, ma
rine and air national guard
planes that used the field over
the week-end.
Routine use of the field by
private and commercial aircraft.
in addition to the large number
of military craft, created what
airport traffic controllers called
an unusually heavy day.
Hours of Barbershops
To Remain Unchanged
Hubert A. DeHaas, secretary
of Barbers union local 269, em
phasized today that the adoption
of a 40-hour work week by
many barbers 1 n this district
will not result in any change of
hours at barber shops. The shops
will continue to operate six days
a week. DeHaas said many bar
bers have been working the 40
hour week for two years and
that others will now follow In
line.
Three Hospitalized
By
Portland Cave-In
Portland. Ore.. May 1 (U.R)
An excavation cave-in on I city
sewer project today sent three
workmen to Emanuel hospital
for treatment of injuries.
Norwood Braxton, William J.
Aufdemorte and Ruben Schana
man were buried to the waist in
the excavation, but were extri
cated from the 1 0-foot deep hole
by other workmen. Braxton was
the must seriously injured.
Police' Alerted After
YrekaHold-Up Reported
State police In this area were
alerted last night after a hold-up
was reported about 7:40 p. m. at
Yreka. Cal.
Two armed men held up a
Standard service station, It was
aid. They forced an attendant to
open the safe and between $100
and $150 was taken. The two
fled In-t blue sedan.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Ptrtlr cloudy to
night and Tueidavt with
howtri, mostly In th moun
Ulnt. Cooler tontfht and
wrmr Tusiday.
Tmp.
Htrhut Ys(erdxy S3
Lowest thli Mornlnc ,'41
Prec. to 4:30 A.M. Today .01
No. 34
Briton Identifies
Owen Lattimore As
Commie Member
Subcommittee Hears
Woman's Testimony
Washington. May 1 (U.R)
Former Communist Freda Utley
said today that Owen Lattimore
and his wife apparently "decided
to throw in their lot with the
communist totalitarians" some
time in 1940.
Mrs. Utley, a British born
former communist, testified be
fore the senate foreign relations
sub-committee on contacts with
Lattimore in this country and in
Moscow, she said he began with
"critical" sympathy for the So
viet regime and ended in "out
and out" defense of its actions.
Couldn't Prove It
"He (Lattimore) wants, it
seems to me, to be on the win
ning side and he thinks the
communists are going to win,"
she said.
She conceded that she could
not prove that Lattimore ever
had actually joined the com
munist party. But she said:
"Some time after his visit to
Moscow in 1936, he seemed to
have become a communist fel
low traveler as I shall demon
strate by his writings."
The subcommittee If investi
gating charges by Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy, (R., Wis.) that the
state department is loaded with
communists. McCarthy has said
that Lattimore was a communist
and a Soviet spy, and he has of-
tcrea to stake his entire case
against the department on the
Lattimore charges.
Met in Moscow
Mrs. Utley said she first met
the Lattimorcs in Moscow in
1936 when the Johns Hopkins
professor was there as an Ameri
can delegate from' the Institute
of Pacific Relations. At that time,
sne said, she was working for
the famous Soviet economist, Eu
gene Varga, in the Russian
branch of the IPR.
Later, she said, she met the
Lattimores in London and In the
United States.
Mrs. Utley began her state
ment on Lattimore with an at
tack upon communism and the
Soviet Union. She said that she
was a communist from 1928 until
1U31.
Unconscious Woman
Found in Speedboat
San Pedro. Cal.. Mav 1 U.R)
A woman tentatively identified
as Mrs. Dorothea Panice Rice
Fclka, 38. of Anchorage. Alaska,
was hospitalized today after be
ing rescued unconscious from i
speeding, pilotless speedboat in
Catalina channel.
San Pedro receiving hospital
authorities said she suffered a
bruise on the temple, exposure
and sunburn. She still was in a
coma eight hours after being ad-
muica to tne nospital.
Police said the bruise could
have resulted from a fall or blow.
The Sea Scout cruiser Manta
spotted what seemed to be an un
manned speedboat about two
miles off the San Pedro break
water yesterday. The scouts drew
close and saw a woman clad only
in a batning suit lying face down
in the bottom of the boat.
Governor McKay Designates
Boys, Girls Week in State
Salem, Ore., May 1 (U.R)
Gov. Douglas McKay designated
this week as boys and girls week
in Oregon and said the strength
and security of America are re
liant on the good citizenship
training received by the nation's
young people.
Observance of the week Is on
a national basis. Gov. McKay
stated:
"The oblccts of the week are
to call the attention of the pub
lic to the potentialities and prob
lems oi youtn ana tne toys
and opportunities of service
to youth: to give Impetus to
year-around programs of char
acter-building activities for the
general welfare of boys and
girls, and to acquaint the public
with the agencies which are
serving these purposes; to em
phasize the importance of physi
cal, mental, and spiritual devel
opment of youth: and to em
phasize the need of instilling in
boys and girls the love of coun
try and respect for its laws and
established Institutions and of
bringing to each the realization
Drawing Up of
Contract Delaying
Strikers7 Return
Verbal Agreement on
All Points Claimed
Detroit, May 1 'U.PJ A high
company official said today that
verbal agreement has been
reached on all points to settle
the Chrysler strike, but the CIO
United Auto Workers declared
issues still were in dispute.
Herman L. Weckler. Chrysler
vice-president and general man
ager. said only contract "Ian
guage" was preventing a return
to work of the 89,000 strikers.
UAW President Walter P.
Reuther promptly denied this.
There still are unresolved is
sues," the tired union leader de
clared. "The union prefers to
work for a solution of these is
sues rather than engage in- a
propaganda war with Mr. Weck
ler." Weckler's statement that the
long an costly strike was nearing
an end came after more than 46
hours of gruelling "do or die"
bargaining to end the 97-day
strike.
The agreement, when In final
form, will include S100 a month
pensions for the 89.000 striking
workers and hospital-medical
insurance program believed the
ai.'u tne automtive industry.
Although haggard and blear
eyed, bargainers gave no Indica
tion of quitting until a contract
is born in the littered, smoky
conference rooms.
The strike, second longest in
automotive history, has idled
more than 144.000 persons, in
cluding the strikers, across the
nation. It has cost production of
more than 450,000 cars and
trucks.
In his terse statement, Weck
ler said:
"Assuming that the TJAW
stands by its verbal agreements
on Issues that have been dis-
CllsseH nt'of . ,
tC. r. "vcr aan dur
ing the months of the strike, ap-
r-ucmiy me ming that Is tak
ing time now is language."
Gninff nvoi tv. i ... .
i i ! " ",T ""kuhkc noes
take time for discussion. That
appears to be the UAW's reason
for the current delay in ending
the strike.
Silverton Man Dies
During Argument
Salem, Ore., May 1 (UP)
James Franklin Goodman, 64. of
Silverfnn rimnnui -i
--- - ... ucaa nere
Saturday while talking with a
tennant, Mose Wilson, state po
lice said today.
InVfstt0ntnr mtJ I ,
ui. , v i vruuuillttn a
death occurred in Wilson's trailer-house
which had been parked
on Goodman's property for
about two weeks. Mrs. Good
man was in tne trailer when the
arffitmpnt atnrtAH .t.1. ;
said. Witnesses reported that no
uiiiws were struck.
Wilson ii the father of Utah
and Tlirmnn Wilonn hoi,
Clark county Jail at Vancouver,
i. noii., una cnargea witn tne
murder nt .In Ann no,au nf Bat
tleground, Wash., last March.
'Hot Rod' Racers '
Fined in Court
Salem. Ore.. Mav 1 (UP)
Two motorists charged with
"hot rod" racing were fined $100
each in Marion county district
court here Saturday.
witiora Hay Miller of Oregon
City and George Francis Gor
mich of Portland were arrested
a week ago Sunday by state po
nce on the wiisonville cutoff
highway near Aurora.
Police said they wfre called
to investigate a tip that "hot
rod" races were being held.
They said nearly 300 spectators
were watcning the speeosteeri
race down the highway side by
side. The investigation officers
added the ominous information
that 40 license numbers were
of his duties and responsibilities
as a citizen." v
Salem, Ore., May 1 (U.R)
Gov. Douglas McKay called the
attention of Oregonians today to
the fact that this is CARE week.
He stated:
"The co-operative for Ameri
can Remittances to Europe, bet
ter known to all of us as CARE,
is observing national CARE
week from May 1 through May
7, The period has been set aside
to highlight the various CARE
services the food, the blankets,
the clothing textile packages,
the CARE book fund through
which Americans have voluntar
ily sent over $100 million worth
of aid to the people of wartorn
and less fortunate countries in
the past four years.
"I urge all citizens of the state
of Oregon to join in this nation
al observance, by responding to
appeals to send CARE to the
destitute and despairing of oth
er lands. It is my sincere hope
that a high level of CARE gifts
will be reached during CARE
week and will continue so long
u that help If needed."