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mm V J PZLTOr, ""'"II- vf j - x'jr (Acme Telephoto) BABY KISSES POLITICIAN-Senator Claude Pepper of Florid, tries hard for 3-year-old Freddie Calvert's vote, but seems to be making out better with 4-year-old Regina Crawford, who reverses the usual procedure arid kisses the senator. Kids had been attend ing rally for Pepper with their mothers. Ex-Mayor Advocates Home-Building Rules Adherence to minimum lum ber grade restrictions, more ade quate inspection of housing con struction and establishment of a minimum size for residential building lots were advocated for the city of Medford by former Mavor James C. Collins in a pre sentation at the city council meeting last night. Pointing to growing pains that have hit Oregon harder than any other state, Collins said that housing here is "-iarting to slop over." He said he wished to see housing controlled. Collins, owner of the Brown and White real estate agency, declared that he was "sick and ttred" of the appearance of some of the houses that are up for sale here. He maintained that be cause of poor grade or wrong kind of lumber, houses start to deteriorate within a few years and are a detriment(to property around them. ' The condition was caused by the war, Collins said, but the war i over and the condition should be corrected. Inspections Said Improper He stated that building is not United Nations Plane Attacked by Israeli Cairo, Egypt, May 3 U.P.) A United Nations plane fired at by Israeli fighters was flying the regular air corridor to Cairo when intercepted and forced to land, American crew members said today. A Tel Aviv report said the plane was forced down yester day because it was flying out side the normal corridor for neu tral craft. The DC-3 was per mitted to continue after landing at Lydda airport, Israel. Crew members said co-pilot Capt. Jesse E. Washburn of Ra cine. W. Va.. reported the inci dent bv telephone to United States Marine Brig. Gen. Wil liam Rilcv. UN conciliator in the Middle-East. The plane was en route from Beirut, Lebanon, to Cairo with 12 passengers, mostly Americans, the crewmen said. They said two Israeli air force P-51 Mus tangs buzzed the plane several times and then fired at least six bursts of machine-gun fire. HAIL PELTS VALLEY Hail stones pelted the valley yesterday afternoon and were particularly heavy to the north east of Medford but County Agent C. B. Cordy said he doubted if there was any com mercial damage to the valley's frurt crops. The stones were comparatively soft and were mixed with rain. The hailstorm was general over the entire region. BULLETIN The Far Went league he bdll game between the Med ford Rogues end the Maryi ville Braves, scheduled for Feirgroundi Park tonight, hat been poitponed until tomor row night becauie of wei groundi, according to Buiineu Manaqer Mel Carpenter. The downtown parade, part of the opening day ceremoniei, which had been icheduled for this afternoon, will be held it 4:30 p.m. tomorrow, being inspected properly, prob ably because the city does not have sufficient funds. Building permit costs should be doubled he proposed, to provide addi tional inspectors and enable closer checks on building. Collins said that he desired to see a halt to cutting up of resi dential lots. Such practice, he brought out, lowers value of ad jacent property and classifica tion of the residence area. He rapped the construction of more than one dwelling structure on small lots. The building code should be amended to prohibit construc tion of a residence on lots of less than 7.500 square feet un less the lot is platted and the project approved by the plan ning commission, he proposed. According to the plan, there could be only one house for each 7.500 square feet on a lot larger than that minimum. Councilnien told Collins that the problems are being worked on and referred the matter to the building committee. They said legislation being prepared calls for a 6.000 square-foot lot limitation. It was reported that a marked improvement in in spection should be seen soon be cause of completion of other work to which men in the build ing department have been as signed. Action of the council last night included the appointment of Charles Champlin as police lieutenant. He will be in charge of the department when Chief of Police Clatous McCredie is ab sent. Champlin has been a de tective sergeant. Prefer Dark Uniforms It was announced that all fu ture uniforms purchased will be of the older dark blue type. They will gradually replace the type now worn by traffic men. Mayor Diamond Flynn called a meting of the council health committee for Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the city hall. Member"! will discuss with pac""-- and re tailers nicanircs that should be included in a meat inspection ordinance. Flynn announced aLo that the United Spanish War Veterans auxiliary here has been granted permission to sell popnies on the streets on May 12 and 13. (See itory, page 4) China Said 'Sold Out to Russia'; Comeback Under Chiang Not Likely Hong Kong, May 3 (UP.) Top-level American observers evacuated from communist China said today the country has been "sold out to Russia lock, stock and barrel." They arrived in Hong Kong aboard the General Gordon aft er months of harrassment and inability to obtain exit permits. They said most of the initiative in the 'sell out" seems to have come from the Chinese Reds. Ruiiia Giving Little Russia, they said, is only too glad to cement the deal but is giving as little in return as possible. Asked about the possibility of a nationalist comeback, they said: "Not under Chiang Kai Shek." The Gordon brought out 735 evacuees, including all Ameri can diplomatic personnel re maining in China. There were 127 Americans aboard. The rest Pepper States' Veteran Senate Member Concedes To Rep. Smathers Outcome Seen Trend Toward GOP Principles By United Press President Truman's staunch supporter, Sen. Claude Pepper, was resoundingly defeated for renomination in Florida s demo cratic primary yesterday by Rep. George Smathers, an out spoken opponent of Mr. Tru man's "fair deal" program. In Alabama, the outcome of a primary test between Truman democrats and states' rights democrats still was in doubt. The issue was whether or not democrats affiliated with the na tional party will regain political control of the state from the democrats who seceded during the 1948 presidential campaign. Pepper Concedes Smathers' victory over Pep per, a veteran of 14 years in the senate, was so positive Pepper conceded soon after midnight. With returns almost complete, Smathers" victory margin was aproximately 65,000 votes. Republicans saw in the Flor ida outcome the harbinger of a GOP victory in the congression al elections this fall. Guy G. Gabrielson, republi can national chairman, saw in the outcome, a trend toward GOP principles. "Will the president recognize this rebuke from his own party?" he asked. States Righters Lead In Alabama, returns from 1,108 of 2.505 precincts save the states' righters the lead in 37 state democratic committeemen races with the pro-Truman group ahead in 34 of the posts. An uncommitted candidate was in front for the 72nd seat. The- southern, balloting, with naiinnnl issues at stake, over shadowed the nation's two other primary election scenes. In Indiana all 11 incumbent congressmen seven democrats and four republicans won re nomination in the primary voting. ' In Ohio, State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson claimed victory m the democratic senatorial nom ination to oppose Republican Sen. Robert A. Taft in the No vember election. Taft was unopposed in the GOP primary. Seven democrats sought their party's nomination. Snowbound Marial Sends Appeal for Aid Grants Pass, Ore., May 3 (U.R) An appeal for aid from 14 snow bound families at Marial on the lower Rogue river was under investigation today by Siskiyou forest service officials and the Red Cross. Red Cross offices here and in Portland have received letters signed by Marial Billings Pad dock, Lawrence J. Daw and El win Swinncy urging immediate delivery of supplies for the iso lated community. "We have been snowbound since December 12, and have had no delivery of supplies for man or beast since. Poultry and live stock have been killed because of lack of food. There is about seven miles of packed snow." Siskivou Forest Supervisor H. V. Oby'e said that the postman who serves Marial had reported that the community was short on coffee and some staples bit did not indicate they were in serious trouble. , Marial becomes snowbound each winter. The road Into the area is a forest trail. Obye said the road would be checked and opened "if we have enough funds to do so." were stateless persons, British, French and other nationals. The American observers, who have been active in China for the past several years, also said: 1. Russia has supplied China with some planes and trucks but it is doubtful that the Soviets will reduce their strength else where in order to send large quantities of military and indus trial equipment to China. There is no evidence of Russian naval bases. However, no foreigner has been allowed to land in Tsingtao in recent months. "Adviien" Incade China 2. Soviet "advisers' have in vaded all fields of endeavor in China. Soviet personnel can be seen in large numbers in Shang hai and Peiping, some in civil ian dress, some wearing Chinese red army uniforms. 3. The Chinese reds maintain 1 steady drumfire of propaganda designed to convince the Chin' Defeated in Florida Election; Rights Group Leads in Alabama Medford 45th Year. 12 Pages Lattimore Scorns New Attack Made By Hickenlooper McCarthy ism Shadow Described as Threat Washington, May 3 (U.Rl Owen Lattimore told Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R.. Ia.) today that an attempt to attack him through his wife "strikes a new low." Hickenlooper. one of the sena tors investigating charges that Lattimore is a communist, asked the far eastern expert about a lecture made by Lattimore's wife in 1943. In reply, Lattimore snapped: Second Day of Testimony "I think this attack on me has set many a new iow in American political life. I consider an at tempt to attack me through the activities of my wife strikes a new low." Lattimore went before the senate foreign relations subcom mittee for the second day to de fend himself against charges by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R.. Wis.) that he is a communist and a Soviet spy. In another biting criticism of his accuser. Lattimore said the "shadow of McCarthyism" hangs over all public fii"ires and theat ens American with Russian-type smears. The Hickenlooper -Lattimore exchange was set off when the senator asked Lattimore about a lecture delivered by Mrs. Lat timore before the Tom Mooney labor school in San Francisco in 1943. Favored Chiang Support Lattimore replied that the United States was at the height of its war efforts in 1943 and that he and his wife were asked to speak "all over the place." He said they were voicing .strong support for the Chinese war ef fort and Generalissimo Chitmg Kai-shek. Then he described the attack as a "new low." Hickenlooper retorted that he thoueht the facts were pertinent "in putting the pattern together regarding Lattimore's attitude toward communism. 1 "In putting the pattern togeth er," Lattimore asked, "is it the audience where one speaks or what one says?" Hickenloooer noted it was not until 1947 that the California legislative committ"e on un American activities had describ ed the labor school as a school for instruction in communism. Lattimore comment that maybe it was "a good thing" for the members to be exposed to what the Lattimorcs were saying in 1943. Banks Here Report April 24 Deposits In answer to the April 24 call of the comptroller of the cur rency the two Medford banks reported a total of $30,027,811 in deposits. Slightly more than half of that total was on deposit at the First National bank where SI 6,347.425 was reported. At the United States National bank deposits totaled $13,824,189.02. The loan figure for the First National was $6,732,878 and at the United States National there was S4, 979. 819. 32 out on loan at the time the call was answered. ese that the Russians are their only friends. But this propagan da has not been too sutcesslul. The Chinese "are not very hap py" about the pro-Russian policy but there is little they can do about it. 4. The nationalist Formosa Bastion will be a "hard nut to crack." Soviet help in a For mosan invasion is likely to be held to the minimum due to the Russian fear it might lead to an open clash with the United States. Talk of Third War 5. There Is widespread talk of a third world war. Many anti communists believe only a war can help them throw off the so viet yoke. There is no indica tion the Russians themselves be lieve war is imminent. The Chin ese reds may be encouraging war rumors as an excuse for maintaining large standing army. -MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY Battleship Missouri's Three Top Officers Lose Promotion Numbers Norfolk, Va., May 3 (U.R) The three top officers of the bat tleship Missouri were set bck on the navy's promotion list today for running the big Mo aground on a Hampton roads sandbar last January 17. Capt. W. D. Brown, the skip per who accepted "sole respon sibility" for the grounding, suf fered a loss of 250 seniority num bers, which had the effect of placing him behind 249 other of ficers on the navy's promotion list. Intermountain West Under Snow Blanket Salt Lake City, May 3 4U.R One of the heaviest spring snow storms on record covered most of the intermountain west today, just about completed the destruc tion of Utah's $3 million fruit crop and killed one person. Mclvin Cullcns, 17, high school student at Hooper in Weber county, was fatally Injured late last night when a car in which he was riding struck a concrete overpass abutment. The driver. Need for Water, Fire Bonds Told At its April 28 meeting, the Medford Realty board unani mously approved a resolution urging voters to approve bond issues for improvement of the city's water system and fire de partment at balloting to be held concurrently with the primary election May 19. In a statement made public to day, the realty board said "the city of Medford faces an increase in fire insurance rates. It seems that the present fire insurance rates were established in 1933. At that time the city had an auxiliary source of water supply from Fish lake. This supply has been discontinued. Inadequate water supplies in summer, at the time when fire danger is great est, together with increased num ber of risks due to population in crease, and without a corres ponding increase in fire fighting equipment and personnel, has made an increase in insurance rates necessary." The board said that if the in crease in insurance rates should be ordered by the Oregon fire rating bureau, it would mean an average hike of 20 per cent in insurance costs. Fire rating bureau officials have indicated they will not take further action in the matter pending the outcome of the elec tion, the realty board reported. Wouid Cut Excise Tax On Cheaper Cigarets Washington. May 3 (U.R) The house ways and means com mittee voted tentatively today to cut the excise tax on cheaper, so called economy brand, cigarets by an estimated $90 million a year. This, coupled wilh a $4,500, 000 reduction approved by the committee in the tax on plug and twist chewing tobacco, brought the total excise tax cuts okeved by the committee to date to about $1,065,000,000. The excise reductions are sub ject to committee reconsidera tion later and must be okayed by both houses and the president to become law. The cuts go far beyond President Truman's recommendations. In Its action today, the com mittee voted to reduce the manufacturer's excise lax on the cheaper brands of cigarets from the present $3.50 per thousand to $2.45 per thousand. Washington, May ) (U.R) J. Fred Johnson, federal communi cation commission hearing ex aminer, died last night of a heart attack. He was 37. WEATHER ponrrAST: Pitiiv riondr night and Thundty. Light frrrr tonight. W ft r m c r Thursday. Timl. HlghMt Vtriiv 41 l.nwul IhU Morning 34 free, to 4:30 a.m. Today .2ft Cmdr. John R. Millctt, oper ations officer, was sentenced to lose 100 numbers in his grade. Lt. Cmdr. Frank G. Morris Jr., the navigator, lost 350. The three officers had been court martialed on charges of culpable negligence and neglect of duty. Their sentences were an nounced by Rear Adm. Allen E. Smith, commander of cruisers, Atlantic, who ordered the courts. Brown pleaded guilty while his two subordinates pleaded innocent. Vail Beus, 16, said snowstorm had reduced visibility to zero. Beus and two others were hurt. Depth of the snow in the heavily-populated central valleys of northern Utah ranged from two inches in downtown Salt Lake City to eight inches in Logan. In the Wasatch mountain winter sports centers, usually about closed this time of the year, the fall was much heavier. The bureau of agricultural eco nomics reported that sub-freezing temperatures during the last week already had caused a com- Dlete loss of all budding fruits exccDt aDnles in Salt Lake. Davis and Box Elder counties. In Cache county, around Loean. the dam' age was over 50 per cent, while in Utah county, near Provo, the loss to fruit crops was estimated at 60 to 95 per cent. Last year, the harvest in these counties of apples, peaches, pears, apricots and cherries was worth $3,350,000. Tree Limbs Bowed Experts said that today's heavy snowfall had bowed tree limbs to the ground and if fol lowed by expected low tempera tures "would ruin what little is left." Early plantings of tomatoes and sugar beets were also wiped out in many areas. Extensive damage was also re ported in southern Idaho, where loss in fruit orchards particu larly cherries was "tremen dous." Forecasters expected at least a partial clearing tomorrow. Volunteers Work to Stem Canadian River Winnipeg. Man., May 3 U.R) Soldiers, sailors and civilian vol unteers worked desperately to day to build more dikes to stem rising flood waters of the ram paging Red river. The flood crest poured tons of brownish water on Emerson. 70 miles south of here, and was re- norted descending on the small town of Morris, between here and the United Slates border. With an inch more of rain pre dicted before tonight, the crest was expected to reach Winnipeg some time tomorrow. A light rain had been falling here since yesterday afternoon. All along the river between here and the international bor der, flood waters hit peaks high er than those of the destructive floods of 1948. The level here to day stood at 23.9 feet above nor mal. Hood River Woman Named Oregon Mother Salem. Ore., May 3 'U.R) Mrs. Ruth Elliott Crooks. Hood River, was named today to sue-' ceed Mrs. Henry Roc Cloud of West Linn as Oregon mother of 1950. 1 The selection was made by the i Oregon Mother committee. Gov. I Douglas McKay, who announced the choice, explained that Mrs. Roc Cloud had automatically va cated the title of Oregon mother when she was selected as Ameri can mother of 1950, under long standing procedures of the Amcr- j ican Mothers committee of the Golden Rule Foundation. Mrs. Crooks has four sons: One a vice president of radio Inven tions and assistant professor, school of Journalism, Columbia university; another an advertis ing writer; a third, a research chemist; and the fourth, an in surance representative. NAMED EDITOR Corvallis, Ore., May 3 (U.R Bob Young of Beavercreek In Clackamas county has been ap pointed editor of the Daily Bar ometer. Oregon State college stu dent newspaper, for the next year. Tribune 3, 1950 NO. 36 Smith said the court had sen tenced Brown to a loss of 300 numbers but because of a recom mendation of clemency he re duced the sentence by 50 num bers. Experienced naval officers said the severe loss of numbers actually would work in Brown's tavor. they explained the loss knocked him out of the oromn- tion zone for captains and appar ently eliminated the chance that he might come up for promotion in the next two years to be pass ed over and forced into retire ment. Smith said he ignored a recom mendation for clemency for Mil lett because he felt "the sentence imposed is inadequate as punish ment for the offenses found and proved ..." Veteran navy officers said Morris' sentence left him in the worst spot of all because it failed to remove him from the promo tion zone and left him with the prospect of .being passed over twice and forced into retirement. Naval officers who declined to be quoted said the effect of me loss of a single number in the captain's grade was approxi mately twice as severe as the loss of a single number in the com mander grade and three times as severe as loss of a single num ber in the grade of lieutenant commander. Thev explained that in the caD- tain grade there were 1.5R6 line officers compared to 3.127 In the commander grade and 4.838 in the grade of lieutenant com mander. $200,000 for Winner In Alaska Ice Pool Nenana, Alaska, May 3 (U.R) "Ice fever" gripped Alaska to day as the frozen Tanana river nearcd the cracking point. When the ice goes out, lucky ocrsons who guessed the exact break-up time will divide the "Nenana ice pool," which Man ager Slim Avery said contained more than $200,000. Two of the territory's acknowl edged experts predict the Ice will break in the river tomorrow. Sourdough Avery believed the tell-tale tripod set in the middle of the river ice would move to morrow afternoon, tripping a clock mechanism that deter mines the exact time. The other expert, Weatherman David Burt of Fairbanks, pre dicted the ice would break up exactly at 4:45 p.m. (7:45 PDT.) "But." explained Burt. "I'm prejudiced. I've got a dollar on that minute." Burt's $1 may net him several thousand dollars. Last spring, four persons di vided a $164,000 jackpot when the ice went out at 12:39 p. m. on May 14. Timber Sales Up Five Times Over Last Year Portland. May 3 H. J. And rews, regional forester, said yes terday that nearly five times as much forest service timber was sold In the northwest during January, February and March this year than during the same period In 1949. A total of 287,605,000 board feet of timber, valued, at $3,186, 096. was sold during the quarter rom the 19 forests in Oregon and Washington. Comparable figures for last vear were 59,001,000 feet sold for $718.8(10. Average prices dropped be tween last year and this. And rews said from $12.20 per thousand board feet to SI 1.0R. Sales in Oregon topped those in Washington, he said. Democrats Outnumber GOP In Oregon Registration Portland, Ore., May 3 (U.R) The democratic party In Oregon has passed the republicans in voter registration for the May 19 primary election, the Oregon Journal said today. The newspaper said a survey of all counties showed this score: Democrats, 355,072. Republicans. 345,687. The journal's figures give the democratic party a lead of 9,286 voters as the political parties go into the final lap of campaign ing. Dave O'Hara, elections chief of the secretary of state's office, said he was "prettv sure" it was the first time that democrats United Nations Secretary-General Will Visit Stalin Will Make Attempt To End Cold War Paris, May 3 (U.R) United Nations Secretary - General Trygve Lie announced today he will go to Moscow next Wednes day and confer with Soviet Pre mier Josef Stalin in an attempt to end the East-West cold war. Lie also rejected bv implica tion former President Herbert Hoover's proposal that the UN be reorganized without Russia and her satellites in it. Would Lead To War Although he did not mention Hoover by name. Lie said pro posals to split the world per manently into two camps sooner or later would lead only to a third World War. Lie already has talked with President Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson in Wash ington, with British Premier Cle merit R. Attlee in London, and D-'ih ,fr.onch Premier Georges Bidault in Paris in his quest for a cold war truce. , He announced his decision to visit Moscow at a press confer ence here. Besides Stalin, he is expected to talk with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishin sky. Lie first disclosed he was con sidering a trip to Moscow sev eral weeks ago. But he indicat ed he would not go if his talks with western officials convinced him the trip would be useless. Truce Hope Revived His decision to go revived hope he may find some basis for an East-West truce. Constantin Zinchenko, assist ant UN secretary-general for se curity council affairs and a Rus sian citizen, will accompany Lie. I expect to be in Moscow for several days and to see Soviet leaders." Lie said. "If Premier Stalin Is in Moscow and It can be arranged, I hope to see him. Mayor D. L. Flynn To Be Candidate For Reelection ' Mayor Diamond Flvnn an nounced at the city council ses sion last night that he will be a candidate for re-election in the November general election. He indicated that the early declaration of his plans was prompted by the inquiry and con- cern of friends and by the desire to carry out the work that his ad ministration has begun. Flynn was elected mavnr in November, 1948, and took office on Jan. 4, 1949. His public ser vice includes duty as city coun cilman, budget 'committeeman, civil service commissioner and selective service board member. He was appointed councilman when James C. Collins was named mavor followinii the death of Mayor C. A. Meeker in late rebruary, 1948. A Medford resident more than 50 years, Flynn was in the elec trical business for 35 years be fore becoming mayor. DIAMOND L. FLVNN To Seek Reolection as Mayor FOOD INDEX UP New York, May 3 (U.R) The Dun & Hraclstrcct, Inc., whole sale food price index rose one cent this week, reflecting ad vances in the prices of ll foods and declines in six others, the agency reported today. have taken a lead in Oregon. Democrats showed their big est gains in Multnomah county but rIso demonstrated new strength in every other county. There are 15 counties in which the Democrats are in the major ity and 21 in which Republicans' lead, the same score as in the No vember election of 1948, Throughout the state demo crats piled Up a gain since 1948 of 20,288 new registrations while republicans registered only 1,389 new voters. Including Independents, pro gressives, socialists and others, there are 711.722 voters regis tered throughout the state. I tfv 46; f y-v J - ;y
