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i Medford United Press Full Lease Wire "45th Year. Biggest in Recent Years Underway in Hew York by Jury Frank Hogan Assumes Role Held by Dewey New York, May 6 (U.R) The biggest gambling investigation in New York since the racket busting that made Thomas w)ewey a national figure showed signs today that it may reveal the nerve center of the nation's underworld. The investigation by grand juries in Manhattan and Brook lyn took on the Dewey "pattern" of getting the "big boys" through the "little fellows.' "Singing" Popular And there was more "sing ing" in the Big Town than at anv time since Dewey upset the underworld, by sending Charles "Lucky Luciano to prison tor white slavery and convicting Tammany District Leader Jim my Hines for selling protection to the policy racket of Arthur "Dutch" Schultz. The testimony of 54-year old Frank Erickson before a senate tub-committee added fuel to the investigation. Acting on Erick son's admission that he made a 5100,000 a year living gambling and had an account in the Pen nsylvania Exchange bank in Manhattan. District Attorney Frank Hogan of Manhattan looked over Erickson's checks. Two Mora Asked Hogan's men today questioned two more businessmen listed on Erickson's checking records, making eight questioned so far with ten more expected on Monday. Hogan's men also were hunt ing for Henry Pellino, 49, Erick son'! accountant, after seizing the records from Erickson's Park avenue office. Pellino whose name is on the office door, packed his wife, pet poodle and luggage in his car Monday and disappeared. An Erickson henchman, 62 year old Harry Ifichards has been in jail since Thursday on failure to get up $100,000 bail and is reported "talking serious ly about Erickson's 12-million dolar gambling domain." Leader Questioned In Brooklyn, one of the aides of underworld leader Joe Adon is is under guard of police who are "pumping'' him for details of a $10,000,000 racketeering combine. The Brooklyn inquiry, led by District Attorney Miles Mc Donald, started out to uncover alleged "pay offs" for police protection but gradually has ad vanced to higher channels paral leling the Manhattan investiga tion. Ex-Convict Wounded Police Gun Battle Shippensburg, Pa May 6 U.P.) An ex-convict, wanted for the slaying of a Philadelphia po liceman, was critically wounded by state police tonight in a gun battle outside a supermarket. A state police detail headed by Sergeant James Lichty was wait ing outside the market for the fugitive. Albert N. Gnatz. 55, who had been the object of one of the greatest manhunts in Philadelphia's history. Police said they had been , tipped off that Gnatz had filanned to hold up the market ast Saturday before he was named as the suspected killer of Patrolman James Donohoe in a 26-cent holdup at Philadelphia. On the possibility that he might return to Shippensburg. the stale police detail was posted outside the supermarket. Gnatz was recognized when l ! ap proached within about 100 feet of the waiting police. He was told to halt and surren der but immediately drew a gun and fired four shots. Police re turned his fire and Gnatz slumped to the street with a bul let wound in his head and one in each leg. Late Sports Portland, Ore., May 6 (UP) San Diego squeezed out a 7-6 win over the Portland Beavers here Saturday night in the fourth game of a Pacific Coast league series. Seattle, May 6 U.R' Seat tie trounced Sacramento 13-8 here Saturday night to win its first Pacific Coast league base ball series in four weeks. Medford Rogues mad it two straight victories over Willows and Iheir third win In a row when they smoth ered the Cardinals 8 to 3 in t Fir Wast league baseball STMT 22 Pages . lArmm Tclephoto) GET LICENSE Actress Elizabeth Taylor and her fiance. Conrad Hilton Jr., heir to a hotel fortune, smile happily as they fill out an application for marriage license at Santa Monica, Cal. They were married Saturday afternoon in Beverly Hills. rLizr Taylor Marries Nick Hilton in Small Hollywood Ceremony Hollywood, May 6 (U.R) Elizabeth Taylor married Con rad (Nick) Hilton Jr., tonight with a murmured "I do" and then gave him a big kiss and a hug while 700 celebrities in the church chuckled. The 18-year-old beauty, calm and serene, exchanged vows with her third fiance in the Church Of The Good Shepard in Beverly Hills. She said, "with this ring I thee wed," so softly that the movie stars in the back of the church could hardly hear her. After the Rev. Monsignor Pat rick J. Concannon pronounced tv,o vnnno lovers "united in the bonds of matrimony," young Hil ton put his arm around me movie queen's waist and they kissed for five seconds. Chrysler Workers OK Contract Big Margin Detroit. May 6 (U.R) Chrys ler workers officially ended their billion dollar strike today by vot ing overwhelmingly to accept a new contract giving them $100 pensions and other benefits. Balloting at a secret ratifica tion election insured that the 89.000 strikers will return to their jobs starting Monday 104 davs after they walked out. Director Norman Matthews of the CIO United Auto Workers' Chrysler department said the count ran "about 10 to 1" in fa vor of the settlement. Approval had been a foregone conclusion after negotiators reached agree ment Thursday. Two Newberg People Killed in Accidents Newberg. Ore., May 6 (U.R) Two persons were killed here late Fridav in acidents. Frank Barton Strong. 8. was killed when a tractor on which he was riding with his father, Francis, overturned. William Howard Anderson, 36, died at the Willamette hospi tal of injuries suffered in a saw mill accident near Rex. Ander son was struck in the back by a log. GIVEN HEARING Carl Moore, Ashland, was given a preliminary hearing Fri day in justice court on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. He was bound over to the grand jury until he posts $1,500 bail. Moore is accused of attacking Dick Miller, also of Ashland, with a steel knife sharpener on April 30. Bulletins game at the fairgrounds last night. Lloyd Jones got credit for the victory. Ray Adams slammed out four hits in five trips includ ing a triple. Don Williams rapped out three for five in cluding a two-bagger and Bob Haddock got two doubles to lead the Rogues in baiting. Sevan hits, two fielder's choices, a sacrifice and a hit batsman gave Medford its six runs in the eighth. Thi linetcor- viiiftWB no ofl ooi j io a Mfllorrt .010 100 OSx t 14 Hemmrrlv and HelmuUl, f?tei, J 'n i2) and Martin. MEDFORD, OREGON, Mfo) Then luscious Liz threw her arms around the 23-year-old heir to a $125,000,000 room-and-bath empire and hugged him. Scores of celebrities in the audience tittered Outside, more than a thousand fans strained against the ropes and backs of 27 policemen and cheered wildly when the bride arrived at the church 20 minutes early. The train of the bride's misty white veil caught in the door as she got out or me car with her father. MGM Police Chief Whitey Ehndrv leaped forward and un tangled the edge of the $3000 wedding dress. The crowd oohed and aahed as Liz scooped her white satin gown up almost to her knees and sped into the church. Liz walked slowly down the yellow-carpeted aisle, a step behind her father so guests on both sides could see her. Van Johnson, Ginger Rogers, Janet Leigh, Joan Bennett. Gloria De Haven, Ann Miller, Dick Powell and June Allyson were among the guests who arrived so late they had to sit in the back. The couple knelt before an altar banked with candles and yellow-and-white spring flow ers while the priest prayed, "let not their prosperity cause them to forget Thee." The traditional "love, honor and obey," was omitted from the 12 minute ceremony. Portland Department Store Ruled Against Washington, May 6 (U.R) The national labor relations board ruled today that a Port land, Ore., department store vio lated the Taft-Hartley law by hampering union organization among its employees. The ruling was handed down in a case involving Meier and Frank. Inc. In upholding the examiner's ruling, the board found unani mously that a retail store can forbid union organizers from re cruiting members on its selling floors, but not during employees' non-working hours out of selling areas. Non-working hours off the selling floors, the board said, would Include lunch time and rest periods. Local School Pupils Given Music Ratings Eugene, Ore., May 6 (U.R) Superior ratings were awarded to contestants in 22 divisions at the opening of the annual Ore gon state music contest here Fri day on the University of Ore gon campus. Included among those receiv ing superior ratings were: Girls' vocal ensembles, senior division sextet, Medford. Boys' vocal ensembles, senior division octet. Medford. Violin solo, junior division Carol Ellison, Medford. Viola solo, senior division Maureen Rice, Medford. String ensembles, Junior divi sion Medford. Salem. May 6 UP: New narking restrictions in the state capitol zone will be in force the first of next week. SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1950 in Communists Begin Tinghai Assault; Last China Base Nationalist Airmen Strike Back at Boats Hong Kong, May 6 (U.R) The communists appeared today to have begun their long awaited assault on Tinghai, the last ma jor nationalist base outside For mosa, and the nationalist air force struck back furiously at Red artillery positions and junk concentrations. Immediate objective of the communist attack is Tinghai, the national air and naval base 90 miles south of Shanghai from which the coastal blockade is carried out. The communists hold many of the small islands in the Chusan islands, some only a few miles from Tinghai. Communist and nationalist ar tillery duelled Thursday night in what appeared to be a pre lude to an all out Red assault. The nationalists air force was out early Saturday to strike the Red artillery positions and fleets of junks. Tinghai is the major city of Chusan island, largest island in the Archipelago. The commun ists hold Kintang island five miles to the west, Tashia island six miles to the southwest and Taohua island IS miles to the southeast. All the islands are only a few miles off the coast. Air Force Strikes Nationalist air force head quarters said they 'bombed and destroyed 30 junks on the south bank of Tashia Saturday morn ing. 20 junks off Tashia and 20 junks off Kintang. Other air force units hit artillery positions on the island and kept close watch on Red troop concentra tions at.Ningpo on the nearby rnnct A Tinghai report said Maj. Gen. Chiang Ching-kuo, eldest son of the generalissimo, arrived on his second visit in two weeks to bolster nationalist morale. The island is 500 miles north of Formosa and the communists ap pprently hope to capture it be fore assaulting Formosa. Famous Alaskan Ice Pack Breaks, Pays Nenana. Alaska. May 6 (U.R) The ice pack broke in the Tanana river at exactly 4:i p. m. u.ii p. m. PDT) and 30 persons who guessed the time divided more than $200,000 in the Nenana ice pool. The break-up heralded the coming of spring to Alaska. A tripod placed in the middle of the river moved downstream with the winter's ice sheath and tripped a lever which recorded the exact time. Thousands of sourdoughs, ten derfeet and natives watched the ice as it moved toward the Yu kon river and Bering sea. Last year the ice broke May 14 and paid four persons $41,000 each. Anti-Picketing Rule Sought in Roseburg Roseburg. Ore., May 6 (U.R) A hearing will be held in circuit court here at 11 a.m. Monday on the request of the Umpqua Dairy Products company for a permanent injunction against picketing of the company's milk plants. The company filed request for a temporary restraining order and a hearing on the permanent injunction in circuit court late yesterday. Defendants are the Umpqua Valley Milk Producers associa tion, certain association mem bers and the local teamsters union. Plaintiffs ask for an injunc tion preventing picketing of Umpqua dairy plants by AFL affiliate farmer groups. The complaint also asks for $1000 damages. Meantime, picketing of milk planta continued into the fourth day. tying up all home deliveriea of milk, except for one small dairy not affected by the strike. Espee Cars Leave Track During Switching Work Three cars of a Southern Pacific freight train left the tracks during a switching opera tion here Saturday afternoon, according to the local yard office. Cau.e of the Incident near the Eleventh street crossing- was said to be the failure of a student brakeman to close a switch, but there was little or 'no damage. la Tribune tls! ! (Arm Telephota, VIA. LICK HIM' - Ohio Jtat Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson enjoys a cup of coffee in his Columbus home after be won the Democratic nod to oppose Senator Robert A. Tatt In the November elections. This Is how Ferguson feels about his election chances: "I'll beat the pants off Bob Taft! I'll lick him by 250,000 voles I" Sen. McCarthy Says Truman Sent Phony Oder, Phony Files Washington, May 6 (U.R) Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy ac cused President Truman tonight of making a "phony offer of phony files" in an "operation whitewash" of the Wisconsin republican's charges of com munism and sex perversion in the stute department. McCarthy called on the presi dent to establish a nAv loyalty board headed by FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover with unlimited power to rid the government of the "prancing mimics of the Moscow party line." In a speech before the Mid west Council of Young Repub licans at Chicago, the senator assailed Mr. Truman's decision to give a senate investigating subcommittee access to state de partment loyalty files on Mc Carthy's original "81 cases." This was "deceit and dis honesty," McCarthy said, and meant only the "skinny rib bones" of loyalty files which he maintained easily could be strip ped of damaging material in advance. McCarthy scored the presi dent's decision to open files on the cases he cited in the Febru ary 20 senate speech which touched off the current Investi gation. The president, he said, made the decision in order to make his forthcoming cross country junket less embarras sing." Census Hearing End In Medford District Mrs. Dorothy Doty, census crew leader for Medford, said Saturday that the census is al most complete" in this area, and that about the only work re maining to be done is on "call backs," where calls had been made when residents were not at home. Mrs. Doty said she was not authorized to make any prelim inary estimates or statements as to the noDulation in this area. and that such figures will have to come from the district office in Eugene. Unofficial population estimates made over the nast year or two range from 17,000 to 20,000 for the Medford metropolitan dis trict. Highway 101 Said Blocked by Washout Rr-edsport, Ore., May 6 (U.R) U. S. highway 101, main coast north-south route, was blocked by a washout at Tahkenitnh lake, about eight miles north of here today, the State Motor associa tion reported. Northbound traffic was being re-routed inland here on state highway 38 and southbound on route 36 at Florence. The wash nut was caused by a local down pour which swept away 125 feet of highway. State police said the detour might continue Sunday. WEATHER roBKi ast rr today n Monday. Ruins diytlm Irm pnnirM but eeel In Ui evrntntl. Ttmp. 5J IS Hlch'il Yntrrrtar .. I.owfit Yesterday United Press Full Lease Wire NO. 39 P Rising Three v ,s Found Unhurt Near Edge of Lake Located 1,500 Yards From Washington Home Fort Lewis. Wash.. Mav 6 U.R) Three-year-old Tommy Jenkins, missing three days, was found wading near the edge of a lake today by four soldiers who heard the barking of his faithful irish setter. The tow-headed youngster, son of an army sergeant, was only i.duu yards irom nis home in North Fort Lewis. Maj. Thomas H. Lane, exam ining doctor at Madigan Gen eral hospital, said Tommy was suffering from slightly swollen legs and a few scratches. Kidnaping Possible Maj. Artie llcape, provost marshal who directed the three day search for the boy, said ' We are advancing a theory that the youngster was kidnaped and then brought back to the area " However, Maj. Lane and pub lic information officers said there was no evidence "of foul play or that the boy had been kidnaped." Maj. Heape said the "kidnap ing angle is being studied because ot the good physical condition in which the boy was found." He pointed out, however, that the youngster was discovered in an area which had been searched day and night. Wading in Lake Ilie four soldiers, members of a 6,000-man army search crew, found him near the devoted dog, Lassie. He was wading in the water of American lake on the 33,000-acre military reservation, southeast of Tacoma. "He just wanted to go fishing. that's all," said Tommy's happy father, Sgt. William Jenkins. In, the hospital Tommy drank a glass of milk with an egg in it, but refused to talk. Equalization Board Meeting Slated Monday Morning The county board of enualiza- tlon will meet in the office of Assessor C. A. Myers Monday at 11 a.m. (DST) to examine as sessment rolls and correct errors in valuation, description or quali ties of property that has been assessed by Myers' staff. , Myers said it will be the duty of persons interested in applying tor a reduction of assessments to appear at his office in the courthouse Monday and to sub mit tneir petitions to the board in writing. The board consists of the county judge and commissioners, the county assessor and the coun ty clerk. Much of the confusion and an ger over property assessments that were expressed at last De cember's mass protest meeting with the state tax commission was said by county officials to be the result of taxpayers' fail ure to attend meetings of the equalization board. DEAD INDIAN ROAD The Dead Indian road has been reported open only to the Jackson county line and it was indicated late Saturday that the Lake o' Woods road Is not open from this side. .o Large Crowd Jackson County Democrats Hear Candidates A large crowd of Jackson county democrats met at the Medford YMCA Saturday after noon to give their candidates for county, state and national offire a final chance to outline their platforms and to denounce their opposite numbers In the republi can ranks before the primary election now less than two weeks away. High point of the meeting was a short talk by State Treasurer Walter Pearson, candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, who proclaimed that many heads would roll in the state administration if he should suc ceed In both the primary and general elections. His first act as governor, he declared, would be to remove Public Utilities Commissioner George H. Flagg. He also prom ised the axe would fall on R. H. Baldock, highway englneei whom Pearson termed the "czar of the highway commission," building obsolete highways in places where they are not par ticularly needed. The rtate board of agriculture and the liquor commission TAKE 2 SUSPECTS IN INVESTIGATION $131,000 HOLDUP Los Angeles. May 6 (U.R) Two purported members of a Los Angeles bandit gang were arrested today for the $131,000 holdup of a retired Fresno. Cal.. pawnbroker and police aaid part of the loot has been recovered. Milford Musser, 34, whose parole term on a previous burg, lary charge was due to expire today, and Kenneth Lawson, 27, were nabbed in a sudden strike led by Det. Capt. Harry Didion. FOUR OTHERS ALSO PUT UNDER ARREST Four of the alleged members of the bandit gang also were arrested. Including two women, but police said they had no con nection with the Fresno holdup of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rose last Wednesday. The four were taken Into custody as a blow against a robbery ring, officers said. The gang's ringleader and two others who are believed lo hae helped pull the Fresno job were still at large with the major portion of the loot, police said. Kose. 6U, was slugged uncon scious and his wife dragged from their car as three well-dressed bandits ransacked their Fresno home for cash, bonds and jew elry. Musser was arrested in a used j car lot and detectives said they j found pieces of Jewelry and five $20 gold pieces, part of the Fres no loot, in the glove compart ment of his car. Lawson at Home Lawson. said to be the driver of a second car used by the ban dit gang in Fresno, was arrested at his home. Officers said he had headed for San Francisco after the holdup, stored his car there and flew to Las Vegas before coming here. A suitcase containing some of the securities taken from Rose was found in Dawson's home, po lice claimed. After the arrest of Musser and Lawson, officers also picked up Henrietta Gordon. 35: Mildred L. Neview, 38; Elmer F. Johnson, 36, all of Los Angeles, and Ed ward K. Say. 32, Santa Monica. Miss Neview was booked on sus picion of burglary and the other three on suspicion of robbery. Austin Cleek Rites Tuesday Afternoon; Mills To Close Down Services for Austin A. Cleck, 47, 2008 Hillcrest road, who passed away in Ssn Francisco Thursday, will be held in Con- ger-Morris chapel Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Meredith Groves officiating. Committal services will be in Siskiyou Me morial park. The pallbearers will be, Wal ter Young, John Wiseley, C. R. Reck, Harry E 1 d o n, Samuel Stepp and Larry Konkel. Mr. Cleek was born In Slar, Ida., Sept. 8, 1B02. He came to Medford in 1941 from Klamath Falls. For the past five years he was general manager of t h e Southern Oregon Planing Mill and Jackson Creek Lumber com pany. He was a member of the Hoo Hoo club, Elks, the Medford and Central Point Gun clubs and the Methodist church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Enid Clock, Medford; a son Don ald, Corvallls; a grandson, Craig; his mother, Mrs. Cora Carter, Alturas; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Dickson, Baker; Mrs. Maude Highly, Canby, Cal.; Mrs. Ernest Bowers, Al turas; and a brother, Raymond Young, North Bend. The Southern Oregon Planing mill and the Jackson Creek Lumber company will be closed all day Tuesday In memory of Austin A. Cleck who died Thurs day in San Francisco. Seaside Aquarium Plans For Birth Harbor Seal Seaside, Ore., May 6 (U.R) Preparations were underway at Seaside Aquarium today for the birth of "Flipper's" baby, be lieved to be the first harbor seal bred in captivity. The management of the aquar ium said the blessed event is expected by the end of this month. Although harbor, or hair, seals have been born in captiv ity, they believe this will be the first to be born of parents who lived their entire adult lives in an aquarium. would also be "cleaned up." Pearson declared, along with all other state bureaus who are serving what he called the pur poses of special interests. Dr. Louia A. Wood, professor emeritus at the University of Oregon and candidate for the nomination for United States senator from Oregon, took Sen ators Joseph McCarthy and Wayne Morse lo task and also turned his wrath on Harold Stas sen. Dr. Wood denounced McCar thy for his "damaging" charges against members of the stale department. Referring to Stas sen's criticism of President Tru man, he said the president should not be criticized in pub lic during times like these. David Shaw. Gold Beach at torney, and Walter Swanson, Lane county businessman, who are opposing each other for the nomination as United States representative from the fourth congressional district, were al loted ten minutes apiece to state their cases. Shaw outlined his position as favoring the Brannan plan, mid-dlo-incoma houjing plans and Year's Big Storm Kills 10, Damages Big Midwest Area Chicago, May 6 U.R) The Red river of the north and ita tributaries today flooded Amer ican and Canadian cities in the wake of the year's wildest storm. Ten persons were dead and damage ran into the millions as the storm whipped out of the mid-continent and headed into Canada. The Red river of the north. flowing between the Dakotas and Minnesota and into Mani toba, ripped out all the main dikes protecting Winnipeg. A inrjulary swept into Crookston, Minn., with a crest half-foot higher than a flash flood which hit the town 16 days ago. Winnipeg officials said a "ma jor evacuation job" would be necessary with the flood spread ing over 100,000 acres of farms and homesteads. Water was eight feet deep in some residen tial areas and another four foot rise was expected. A volunteer rescuer drowned. The rising waters of the Red river forced 50 families out at Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, N. D., communities which were hit in last month's floods. At Crookston, water was over the first floor of many residen tial areas. President Truman announced he is releasing more money to help the sufferers in the Dakota-Minnesota area. He already has alloted $100,000. The amount of the new grant will be decided upon in the next few days, the White House said. Big Three Foreign Ministers To Meet This Week London London, May fl (U.R) The United States, Great Britain and France at the big three foreign ministers conference here next week will maintain their posi tion that any high-level talks with Russia at this time would be useless, well Informed sources forecast today. The position of the big three Is that there can be no progress In betterment of relations un til Rsusia has shown beyond doubt that it is prepared to alter its present policies radically. There Is not the slightest sign that the Russians are prepared to do so. The astounding Russian an nouncement that all German war prisoners have been sent home when 1,500,000 of them still are missing the bitter dis pute between the United States and Russia over the navy plane which disappeared in the Baltic and the Soviet seizure of Brit ish, Swedish and Danish fishing trawlers in the White sea and Baltic sea show the futuility of trying to do business now, it was said. Portland, Ore., May 6 Two Multnomah county census enu merators have been fired for violation of regulations, Carl J. Gilson, district supervisor, said today. broadened social security, ana opposing the Taft-Hartley law and the Hoover commission rec ommendations regarding the vet erans administration. Swanson gave a long personal history of hi struggle against what he called governmental favoritism like the kind that kept him out of West Point and Annapolis and declared that he is "loaded" for the fight against incumbent Congressman Harris Ellsworth. Others here for the meeting were State Senator Tom Ma honey, and State Tax Commi.v sioner Robert McLean. Local candidates Introduced were L. Peers Wilmeth, unoppsed candi date for the state senate, who also presided at part of the meet ing; Robert Rucker, candidate for the state house of representa tives; Albert Straus, candidate for county commissioner; Del roy Aldershof, candidate for sheriff; William Taylor, candi date for sheriff, and Joe Cave, candidate for justice of the peace. Medford district. Mary Kelly, chairman of the democratic central committee, was in charge of the meeting,
