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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.
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