Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1950)
NAT ORAL STS evacuate HA A ISIA I TO REDS Lattimore Hurls Washington, May 2 U.R) Owen Lattimore charged today that ex-communist Louis F. Budenz if a "paid informer and unscrupul ous finger man" who brought charges against him for personal gain. Lattimore. a Far Eastern expert, swore for a second time under oath that charges of communism brought against him by Budenz and Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (Ft., Wis.), were lies. He told a senate sub-committee investigating charges of com munism in the state department that McCarthy had "criminally libeled" him in his charge that h'e was Russia's "top espionage agent" in the United States. Lattimore in a long statement attacked Budenz, former man aging editor of the communist Daily worker. Budenz recently told committee that he had been informed that Lattimore was a com munist and had aided in selling to America the Red Line for China. This, Lattimore said, made him believe that Budenz "is duti fully pursuing his profession of paid informer and unscrupulous finger man." ' At the same time he charged that Budenz was a man of "un savory character," who had been arrested, tried and acquitted 21 times. He also handed the committee the transcript of a deporta tion proceeding in United States courts which he said showed Budenz participating in certain personal activities which "to say the least, are offensive to accepted standards of decent and con ventional behaviour." Lattimore said Budenz, since leaving the communist party in 1945, engaged in "commercial exploitation" of his communist past and "automatically" came up with the new communist charges to fit day to day developments. Budenz now is a teacher at Fordham university. "It is the easiest thing in the world for his own memory to be convenient and obliging," Lattimore said regarding Budenz. He said Budenz appeared determined to protect his "reputa tion as the peerless informant." Race News Officer Denies Gamblers Control Concern Senate Subcommittee Hears Official Denial Washington. May 2 (U.R) A Continental Press Service offi cial swore today that Gamblers Frank Costello, Frank Erickson and James J. Carroll have no connection "whatsoever" with its ownership. Thomas F. Kelly of Chicago, general manager of the race news concern, told a senate com merce sub-committee that "I hope the Lord takes me today" if anyone but his youthful nephew, Edward J. McBride, a Miami law student, owns the con cern. Sen. Charles W. Tobey (R., N. H.) asked Kelly what connec tion Costello, Erickson and Car roll have with the concern which received $2,366,648.99 last year from its 24 customers for racing news, to Standard News company or any other Kansas City client. A federal grand jury reported last week-end that Standard was Continental's Kansas City out let and was owned and con trolled by four underworld char acters including Charles Gargot ta. recently slain in a Kansas City political club along with Democratic Boss Charles A. Bi naggio. The Continental official balk ed at telling the committee pub licly how much each customer pays, but he offered to give the information in closed session. Mot Treated Alike Kelly and his attorney, Walter Gallagher of Washington, said disclosing that information would be "opening the door" for customers to complain that oth ers are getting the service cheap- "Don't you treat them all alike?" asked Chairman Ernest W. McFarland (D., Ariz.). "No. sir." Gallagher replied. Continental Accountant Jo seph M. Lebit of Cleveland, ex plained that rates differed for various reasons, including the size of a customer's territory. Rain, Hail, Snow ' Recorded in Oregon By Unild Pratt May day was spray day in Oregon, and the outlook Tuesday was anything but bright for the second day of the spring month The spray came in the form of rain, hail and snow. Klamath Falls had a thin snowfall Monday and was prom ised more of the same Tuesday. Rain fell at scattered points across the state, thunderclaps pealed over western Oregon ard ihe Portland area had a full fledged hail storm at mid-after noon Monday. Lightning knocked out a 4.100 volt power line in Southeast Portland, disrupting service to some 50 to 60 homes. Retain Selective Service, Gen. Bradley Washington. May 2 U.R Gen. Omar N. Bradley urged congress today to keep the se lective service machinery on a sland-by basis for two more years "to buy time" for mobilization in case' of an emergency. The chairman of the Joint chiefs of staff told the house armed services committee that "the international situation has not improved in the last eight months." He said Russia contin ues to exert pressure against the nemocracics wherever opportu nity permits. Extension of the draft act, Bradley said, presents this coun try with an opportunity to buy itself "from four to six months of essential time" in the event of full-'cale mobilization for war. " This security bargain is only ottered for sale once." Bradley i said. "Let t no; pass u up. Medford 45th Year. 14 Pages MacArthur Suggests Japan Outlaw Communists Heavy Vote Recorded In Primary Bv United Pratt A heavy early vote was record ed today in hotly contested pri mary elections in Florida, Ala bama, Ohio and Indiana. The two southern primaries tested President Truman"s do mestic and foreign policies and political strength. Midwestern Vuvers also nominated candidates Murder Charged in Newport Gun Battle Newport, Ore., May 2 (U.R) Sheriff Tim WelD said today thfcl Dale Tull Jr., 24, Salem sales man wounded early Friday in a shooting fray, died yesterday in Lincoln hospital at Toledo. Ore. Welp said he planned to charge Harry Thomas. 56, New port cab driver, with murder. Thomas Li recovering from bul let wounds. Thomas was one of three per sons wounded. His wife, Lola. 39, who was with Tull at the time of the shooting, also is re covering. Another Salem man, James Orville Vogan, 26. has been charged with threatening to com mit a felony during the incident in which the three principals were wounded outside a New port tavern. " Lost Aviators Await Good Flying Weather Lakeview, Ore., May 2 (U.R) William T. Peters. 67, and Frank Fraser. 54, waited for good flying weather today to take off for Portland from the spot where they made an emer gency landing late Saturday. The pair, both from Portland, were the objects of an intensive search Saturday. Sunday and Monday, after Peters' light mnn oplane'failed to arrive at Boise. Ida., on a flight from John Day, Ore. Fraser arrived here Monday to report their safe landing on an isolated sheep ranch in southern Oregon. Peters said he put the plane down after "run ning out of map" and "almost out of gas." COUNCIL MEET SET Medford city council will hold a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. today at the city hall. Urges Solons The present draft act expires June 24. Committee Chairman Carl Vinson (D., Ga.) proposed legis lation to extend inductions until congress gives the word. The administration had asked that authority to order induc tions be vested 'with the presi dent. Vinson's proposal would re quire that 18-year-old men be re quired to register and that those in the 19-through-25 age bracket be classified according to occupa tion, family status and physical condition. This is, in effect, what is be ing done now. The armed ser vices have authority to draft men but there have been no in ductions for more than year. The services have been getting their recruit! through voluntary niituneou, Charges at Budenz, McCarthy Budenz, thus far in the almost three-month-old committee In vestigation, has been the only witness to back McCarthy's major charges. He told the committee that Lattimore had been identified to him by communist leaders as a communist. He did not support McCarthy's charge that Lattimore was Russia's top spy. Since he testified some of the persons whom he said informed him 'if Latti more s activities have denied his testimony. Lattimore, now on the faculty of Johns Hopkins university, also for a second time hit hard at McCarthy. "I suggest and I am sure that intelligent Americans will loin with me that it is your solemn duty to point out, in clear and un ambiguous terms, that the processes of the senate of the United States have been debased by this man McCarthy," Lattimore said. McCarthy, he said, had "lied, distorted and vilified," in mak ing his charges He added the Wisconsin republican had been "con temptuous" of the investigating committee, had improperly "re ceived and used" classified information and depended on "disre putable sources of false information." Lattimore said McCarthy had "disgraced" the republican party, the state of Wisconsin, and the United States. Additionally, he said the senator had "grieviously prejudiced" the interests of the country. Lattimore reminded the committee that McCarthy in times past has been charged with income tax evasion, destruction of court records while a Wisconsin judge, and of using an official state posi tion for advancing his political ends. Since then, Lattimore main tained, the senator had surrounded himself by a "motley crew of crackpots, professional informers, hysterics, and ex-communists." "You need go no further than the undisputed facts you need go no further than the charges, which are not supported by a shred of evidence, perjured or otherwise to establish that the senator criminally libeled me," Lattimore said. His attorneys for several weeks have been studying the question of bringing court action against McCarthy. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 2, Elections for the congressional and state elections this fall. Sunny Weather Sunny weather favored the Florida and Ohio voters, but those in Alabama and Indiana faced cloudy skies and rain. From first reports, it anpciicd that some 2,350,000 vctes vi'l be cast for party nominees for three seats in the senate, 49 in the house of representatives and two ffovernorships. Interest was focused' on the southfrii balloting and its stock taking on Mr. Truman s program. The administration's handling of the "cold war" and its farm and labor programs were under scrutiny in the Florida . senato rial nomination race between veteran new deal Sen. Claude Pepper and Rep. George A. Smathers, who campaigned against "creeping socialism." Observers predicted a record 600.000 person; would flock to the Florida polls. The Alabama senatorial nom ination contest also tested Mr. Truman's political strength. A Truman democrat, Sen Lister Hill, sought .e-nomination against States Riphts Canc'idate Lawrence McNeil. The states righters kept Mr. Truman off the 1948 presidential ballot but Hill was expected to win today. Some 400,000 persons were ex pected to ballot. Seven SmIc Pott In Ohio, seven democrats sought the senatorial nomination to oppose Sen. Robert A. Taft (R.) in November. Taft was un opposed for republican re-nomination. Democratic Gov. Frank L. . sche was expected to have clear sailing over two primary opponents for re-nomination. The probable turnout was es timated at 750.000. In Indiana, no national' issues were made, but a record vote of more than 600.000 was fore cast. The Hoosicrs were choos ing 22 congressional nominees and more than 100 state legisla tive candidates. Pendleton Gets New Aerial Ladder Truck Pendleton, May 2 A new 85 foot aerial ladder truck for the Pendleton fire department was delivered this week, and Fire Chief William Batchelor said that the much-needed equipment will reach to the top of most buildings in the city. The truck has 220 feet of ground ladders, as well at the 85-foot mechanically operated aerial ladder, the chief use of which is saving lives during fires In tall buildings. The new Pendleton ladder truck is similar to the type which Acting Fire Chief Leo Wcidner has recommended for the Med ford fire department. CANDIDATE TO SPEAK Robert McGuire. Portland at torney and state supreme court candidate, will address Medford Kiwanii club at noon Wedncs day at Rogue Valley Country club. He was a Judge in some of the nazi war crimes trials. Prague. May 2 (U.R) The U. S. embassy here has cut its American staff by almost one fifth and has eliminated five dip lomatic posts since January 1, embassy officials said today. Portland, Ore., May 2 U.R Clayton S. Price, 76, nationally known Oregon artist, died of cor onary thrombosis here late Monday. Premier Yoshida Agrees With Views Of Allied Chief .Commander Hints Approval of Ban Tokyo, Wednesday, May 3 (U.R) Gen. Douglas MacArthur suggested today that Japan con sider outlawing its communist party, and government officials promptly indiqatcd they might do it. --. - V - - -V. The supreme commander's sug gestion carried a hint that the Japanese people had his appro val to banish the party, which now enjoys the same rights as all other political parties. Premier Agrees Premier Shigeru Yoshida said he agreed with MacArthur s views. Other cabinet members, who asked that their names be with held, said they too believed the communists should be outlawed. Investigators already have enough evidence, they said, to dissolve the party for violating existing laws and advocating revolution by violence. One hitch appeared. The gov ernment leaders indicated they would move against the commu nists at once if America would guarantee to protect Japan from Russian aggression. Japt Riding Fane Lacking a solid statement of policy by the United States, the Japanese so far were riding the fence and giving the impression that they want to be able to jump either way when they can decide who would win in either a hot or cold war. Attorney General Shunkichi Ueda said the government was keeping a sharp eye on commu nist activities, and would "tackle all the problems in volved after a careful study." Elusive Lady Godiva Lands in Marion Jail Salem, Ore., May 2 (U.R) In the words of Cab Driver Dick Burchide of Salem, the lass who rode his horseless hack from Chico, Cal toward Portland like an elusive Lady Godiva, "her actions caused quite a disturbance." Burchide finally succeeded in attracting police in Salem at 4 a. m. today to get his fair fare out of his cab and off his hands. He told officers that the pas senger, about 27, doffed her duds when they crossed the California border and refused to put them back on. He said he had tried to get help along the line, but Salem was the first place where he was able to get the ear and eye of police. The prowl car officers who finally looked and listened wrapped the woman in a blan ket and took her to headquar ters. There she doffed the blan ket as she greeted Capt. Stan Friese and told him her name. Police took her out to the state hospital, where she said she Wanted to be committed. But once there she changed her mind and took off her blanket. Hospital attendants finally succeeded in clothing her In a laundry bag. She was taken to Marion county jail and booked on a disorder ly conduct charge, pending ar rival of her father from Se attle, i Lattimore made this point-for-point denial of Budenx' testi mony: 1. Denied he had attended with his wife a 1946 meeting in the basement rumpus room of alleged communist financial "Angel" Frederick Vanderbilt Field as a member of the committee for a democratic Far Eastern policy, an organization earmarked as sub versive by the United States attorney general. Lattimore said he was not a member. 2. Budenz was wrong when he reported Lattimore placed "communist writers" on the staff of the magazine "Pacific Affairs," of which Lattimore was editor. Lattimore said he was the only writer on the staff and that the magazine carried many articles by authors of conservative leanings as well as those who wrote from a more liberal viewpoint. 3. Budenz was guilty of "lies," when he said Lattimore in formed Field of a change in party attitude toward Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek of China. Additionally, Budenz' testimony was contradictory, Lattimore said, because at another place he had Field informing Lattimore. 4. Lattimore maintained that far from following the com munist line for China, he was "vigorously supporting" Chiang while the communists were blasting him. Chiang, Lattimore said, was so pleased with his service as per sonal political adviser in 1941-42 that he was offered a $5,000 "gift." Lattimore said he turned it down and lost a chance of "get ting in on the ground floor of the China lobby." 5. Branded Budenz "either a plain old-fashioned liar or ... a pathological liar," for his reports on Lattimore's alleged communist party services. In this connection he said that Budenz' actions as an editor did not follow the instructions he said he received from Communist Leader Jack Stachel to regard Lattimore's writings as the party line on China. Lattimore said Budenz' publication panned his writings. 6. "For the record," Lattimore said he had no connection with the 1945 Amerasia case, involving the arrest of six persons on charges of stealing secret government documents. Tribune 1950 No. 35 Lumber Outlook for Year Said Excellent Portland, May 2 A lumber wholesaler has predicted that the business outlook in the lumber industry is excellent, and that demand for lumber will remain high for the next 12 months. Ross Dunwoody, preisdent of a Chicago wholesale lumber firm, reporting to the National American Wholesale Lumber as sociation convention, said that lumber . and millwork .. prices were on the way up. with aver age prices during 1950 probably rising from 10 to 15 per, cent above 1949 averages, CitM Building Boom Dunwoody attributed much of the "rosy outlook" to the con tinued boom in residential con struction, which he said would Lake o' Woods to Open Season Sunday All the recreational facilities and tourist accommodations at Lake o' the Woods will be avail able this week-end, according to a report received today from Tom Neeley, owner of the resort at the popular mountain play ground. Neeley said there are about three inches of ice on the lake but he assured fishermen that it would all be gone by Friday at the lavest. The road to Lake o' the Woods from Klamath Falls is now open and Jackson county road crews are at work on the road from Ashland to the lake via Dead Indian. It will be open by Friday. The road from Butte Falls is still closed. Cabins, restaurant, store, serv ice station and boat rental serv ices are all ready for the new season, according to Neeley. CAMPAIGNERS HERE James A. Rodman, Eugene, state chairman of the "Hoover for U. S. Senator" committee, and John F. Durr, Eugene busi nessman who is active in Hoo ver's campaign, were Medford visitors today in behalf of Dave Hoover's candidacy. They were conferring with Medford people who favor Hoover, a Lane county dairy farmer, in the primary election over incumbent Senator Wayne More and John McBride, Portland, for the republican nomination. BULLETINS Tha Far Watt league bate- ball game, tchtdulad for to night at Fairgroundt park be tween tha Medford Rogues and Marytville Brevet, wat post poned thit afternoon because of wat grounds. Tha gama will be playad tomorrow night, weather permitting, Mai Car pantar, b u t i n 1 1 manager, laid, Tha tarn opining ceremo nial, Including the downtown town parade at 4:30 p.m., which had been icheduled for tonight will be held tomor row night, it wai ilated. New York, May 2 (U.R) Crooner Frank Sinatra tuf fered a throat hemorrhage while tinging at the Copaca bana night club and hai been ordered to take a complete rett. It wat diteloied today. A tpokeiman for the club aid Sinatra tang for the din ner ihow latt nlghl againtt doctor'i erdert and that Ihe hemorrhage occurred while be wei tinging. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to cloudy with dvcreaitnc ihow n tonight rind Wedncfday. Continued cool. Temp. HlghMt yettrrdar M Lowest thii morning M Prrc. to 4:39 a.m. today .7 provide an average of about 1,475,000 homes a year for the next three years. Dunwoody said, "That's enough to keep the lumber industry, and maybe all building Industry, rocketing along at a terrific clip until 1952." Dunwoody, who was quoted In the Oregon Journal, said that the only dark spot in the picture wat the "squeeze on working capital of lumber planing mills ano"wnoieaaiers. - r Capital Need Doubled "Because of the rise in equip ment and labor costs, Mower col lections and higher taxes, a working capital of $500,000 is required today to do the same amount of unit business that $250,000 did in 1930," he said. "Operating capital has not dou bled in many instances. Taxes have tended to cut into earnings from which operating capital might normally be built. "Moreover, an increasing vl ume of merchandise is being sold direct from mill to building con tractor. As a result, the mill which formerly had only a limit ed number of strong financial wholesaling or distributing con cerns on its books now has to carry a far greater number of customers and a larger total of receivables. This, too, has strained working capital In the lumber Industry," he said. Grasshopper Eggs To Be Poison Target Lakeview. Ore.. Mav 2 (U.R) Grasshopper eggs covering more than one million acres in four Oregon and Nevada counties will be attacked from three bait ing camps being set up this ween. Men and equipment left here Monday for the Hart mountain, Ore., area. Eggs of the western range locust wijl soon begin to natcn in Oregon s Harney and IJake counties and Washoe and Humboldt counties in Nevada. Entomologists expressed the tear that the fertile Warner val ley in Lake county would be overrun if the insect horde con tinued its northwesterly move ment. Egg beds will be baited with poisoned bran until the end of next month. The grasshoppers negan tneir march in central Nevada 11 yean ago. The hop per concentration is the largest in tne nation. CHAMBER OPEN HOUSE The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce hopes to give the fiublic a better idea of the lerv cet it it prepared to offer when it observes open house tomor row irom 9 a.m. until noon. The office staff will serve refresh ments to guests in the new and redecorated quarters at 5 South Riverside avenue. Snow Spatters Fall in Valley Today May 2 Snow pellets fell at the air port late thit morning and the weather bureau nation there forecast continued cool weeth er with decreaiing ihowert to night and Wednesday. Snow wai reported at higher eleve tloni neea Prospect and Butte Fallt in particular. Bob Church, official in eharge of ihe bureau hare, aid there were Indication! warmer weether would be see bf WeclaeetUf. HARB'V DEFENSES OF ESP VPORT RUINED , ormosa, May 2 (UP) The Chinese natiot? , completely abandoned to the communists the escape port of Yulin today and all Hainan island. A defense ministry announcement tonight said the last withdrawing ship left Yulin after embarking troops who destroyed the harbor defenses and Sanya airfield. The announcement said the communists lost nearly 20,000 troops and hundreds of vessels in their conquest of Hainan. Nationalist losses were not given, but the announcement admitted they had been heavy. Commiei Concentrating Near Chuthan Island A nationalist spokesman said the communists now were con centrating junks and power boats near the Chushan Islands south of Shanghai in preparation for an assault on the archipelago. Air and naval reconnaissance showed communist forces in the Hangchnw bay area near Shang hai were being expanded and moved closer to the islands. Troops Flown In Hong Kong, Formosan re ports said more than 30.000 Chi nese nationalist troops have been flown from Hainan island to Wa shan island to meet an expected Chinese communist assault. Wanshan is approximately 32 miles southwest of Hong Kong and 18 miles southeast of Portu guese Macao. A dispatch to Hong Kong from communist held Canton also reported that Russian advis ers were en route to recently conquered Hainan. Maragon Receives Light Sentence Washineton. Mav 2 U.R) John Maragon, who once had easy access to the White House, was sentenced today to serve eight months to two years for lying to investigators of "influ ence peddling." federal Judge Jcnmnas Bai ley passed sentence six days after Maragon was found guilty of lying last year to the senate com mittee. The sentence was the lightest possible Maragon could have received. He could have been given up to 10 years on each of two counts on which he was convicted. Bailey, however. Imooscd sentence of eight months to two years on each of the counts, to run concurrently. Maragon was found guilty of lying to the sen ators about His bank accounts ana aoout his employment by a Chicago perfume company at the same time he was on a state de partment mission to Greece. Bailey, who had refused last week to free Maragon on bail pending sentence, agreed today to release him on $5,000 bond pending appeal. Chrysler Negotiators Called Into Session Detroit, May 2 U.R Media tors called sleep-starved Chrys ler strike negotiators back into session today, striving for the key to "over-due" settlement of the costly walkout. sneer exhaustion forced re cess of marathon bargainirg in its 62nd hour. A four-hour break was called at 4 a.m. (EST) when negotiators failed to make the progress mediators had hoped thpy would. Chrysler officials said verbal agreement had been reached to settle the 98-day strike. But the CIO United Auto Workers claimed "unresolved issues' held up return to work of the 89,000 strikers. Winter Revisits Park; Heavy Snow Reported Reports from Crater Lake na tional park resumed their winter-time nature today when word arrived that 24 inches of snow has fallen there since- Sunday afternoon 10 inches of that last night. The south and west entrance roads are clear as far as Annie Springs but chains are required from there to the rim and even that road was closed this morn ing but crews arc expected to have it open later. Park officials who arrived In Medford from the lake this morn ing said it was snowing hard there when they left. Radio con tact with rangers In the park hat been disrupted. Month's Building Permits At $119,620 May building permits Issued by the city building Inspector'! office up to mid-morning today had a total estimated valuation of $119,620, the office reported. The report showed a possibility that May could be one of the big gest building months ever noted in Medford. Permits for 13 separate prel ects issued yesterday first day of the month, had a combined value of $54,620. Another $65,000 was added this morning when A. B. Barnes jr., applied tn build a two-story apartment house at 600 Whitman avenue. Barnes laid the brick veneer structure will have eight apart ment!. It will be identical to a Barnei apirtment si 718 King Winnipeg Cabinet Ponders Emergency Of Flood Waters Winnipeg, Man.. Mav 2 (U.R) The Manitoba cabinet held an emergency session today as the crest of the Red river enveloped Morris, Man., and sent the river level two inches above its 1948 flood peak in Winnipeg. The cabinet will decide wheth er to ask the federal government to declare a national emergency. The water level in Winnipeg was 5.7 feet above the minimum flood level and two inches above the disastrous flood peak of two years ago. The entire town of Morris was inundated and 950 persons were driven from their homes. The only source of drinking water was an emergency supply from tank cars. Winnipeg radio stations broad cast appeals for volunteer! to help bolster sagging dikes in some flooded suburbs. At Emerson, the Red river finally receded after passage of the river crest. Eighty-five per cent of the inhabitants had been evacuated from the town. Students Assured of Music Contest Trip Sufficient funds have been earned and donated for Medford high school music students to at tend the state music contest in Eugene this week-end, it was re ported today by 1. A. Mirick, su pervisor of instrumental musio in Medford" schools. - "I wish you would express our heartfelt thanks to those who gave so generously that the stu dents may go to the contest," Mirick told The Mail Tribune. "Many music groups and a large number of individuals made these contributions." he said. The first bus load, of soloists and ensemble instrumentalists. will leave at noon Thursday, and the rest of the contestants, five busses of them, will leave at 8 a. m. Friday, Mirick said. The band, orchestra and choruses will compete Saturday. Woman Injrued as 3 Cars Collide on Hill Mrs. Iris B. Foster, Portland, received a compound fracture of the knee, an ankle contusion and a face laceration early yesterday afternoon in a three-car accident at highway 99 milcpost 301 on uiacKwcii mil north of Central Point, it was reported today. She was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Conger-Morris am bulance. State police said no one else apparently was seriously in jured. According to police. Mrs. Fos ter was a passenger in a south bound sedan driven by Jack N. Foster. Portland. It collided head on with a truck operated by Wil- uiia J. nung, flledford. A north bound sedan driven by Robert L. Cameron, San Francisco, struck the rear of the truck, po lice said. Louise C. Cameron was a passenger In the San Francisco car. METZGER ELECTED The Elementary School Prin cipals association held its final meeting of the school year last night and elected Bruce Metz ger, principal of the Oak Grove school, as president for the com ing year. Frank Hale of Phoenix was named vice-prrsident and Floyd Robinson of Griffin Creek, secretary-treasurer. The associ ation also made plans to broaden the scope of Its activities for the next year. in Two Days street. Construction will com mence about May 10. George L. Johnson applied yes terday to build $6,000 residences at 914 Stewart avenue and 1020 and 1024 South Peach street. Other residence projects were John Henderson, S8.000. at 31 Windsor avenue: W. S. Spence, S6.500, at 24 Keenc Way drive; E. C. Welch, $5,000. at 1136 West Eighth street: and A. B. Ivershop, $4,000, at 1015 Niantic street. H. C. Withain will erect a $7,000 warehouse at Fifth street and Riverside avenue, and Med ford Ice and Storage company will construct a $5,000 office building at 501 South Fir street. G. C. Sherlock will build a $750 real estate otiice at 947 South Riverside avenue. A
