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m M WW Medford 45th Year. 14 Pages r Increased Grass Production Needed, Ben Day Declares Gold Hill Cattleman Addresses Convention Klamath Falls, May 9 (U.R) . sound conservation program that will bring about increased grass production will give new life to the state's cattle industry, Ben Day. Gold Hill cattleman, today told the 37th annual con vention of the Oregon Cattle man s association. "It is now time for livestock producers, hunters and repre sentatives ot various pupiic tana interests to take up and draw up a long-range conservation pro gram that will include reseeding of thousands of acres of brush, weed and fern-covered land with perennial grass." Day said. "Life-sustaining grass not only means more meat but is the an swer to holding valuable soil in place and furnishing more wa ter the year around." F. L. Ritter. Oregon meat council adviser, described the state's meat inspection laws as "one of the nation's eight woist set-ups." He indicated that Ore gon's independent meat packers were planning to ask the state legislature for a complete inspec tion service to be jointly fi nanced by state and industry funds. The marketing committee rec ommended tighter meat inspec tion laws but opposed compul sory federal meat grading. Ervin L. Peterson, state agri culture director, said that assur ing the public wholesome, heal thy meat was the best public re lations program the cattlemen could undertake. Loren Bamert, American Na tional Livestock association pres ident from lone, Cal., said that his organization was still against the Brannan farm plan. He said "most American cattlemen feel they can run their business with out subsidy." Princess Elizabeth's Plane Turns Back Nice, France. May 9 (U.R) A plane carrying Princess Eliza beth from Malta to London turn ed back to Nice today after run ning into a heavy thunderstorm over southern France. Elizabeth, who is expecting her second child this summer, said on landing here that she foiuid the "whole adventure amusing." Air Commodore Henry Field en. commanding the Royal air force twin-engined Viking, said he decided to return to Nice be cause he feared the princess might find the flight rough and unpleasant in her condition. It was exppctcd Elizabeth would resume her journey to morrow. Commies Promise To Reease U. S. Airmen Hong Kong, May 9 (U.R) The Chinese communists prom ised today to relea.se two Ameri can airmen held prisoner since they made a forced landing in territory near Tsingtao nearly 19 months ago. The fliers are William C. Smith, of Long Beach, Cal., a navy electrician chief, and El mer C. Bender of Cincinnati and Chicago, a marine corps master sergeant. They were attached to U. S. naval headquarters in Tsingtao in northern China in 1948 when that part, a base for the Ameri can fleet in far eastern waters, was surrounded by communist armies. Murray Favors In Merger of Atlantic City, N. J., May 91 U.R' Philip Murray said today he is in favor of attaining "or- ganic unity" with the AFL in a! move that would merge 14 mil lion unionists into one labor I group. I The statement came in reply , to a sugsestion from AFL Pres ident William Green that the two organizations merge "on a permanent and organic basis" rwtlier than simply work togeth er as suggested earlier by the CIO. "If we can attain organic unity, then let's attain organic unity." Murray said at the open ing session of the United Steel- workers convention here. "What j we can do must be done in the j national interest," Auras MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 9, Teapot Dome Scandal Used By President As Warning to West Aboard Truman Train, May 9 U.R) President Truman resur rected the Teapot Dome scandal today, warning the west against returning to the republican "philosophy" of "greed and priv ilege." Speeding westward on his 6.000-mile "report to the peo ple," Mr. Truman spoke early today at Casper, Wyo., 50 miles south of the Teapot Dome oil field which he described as a "symbol of the greed and priv ilege that underlay one philoso phy about the west." Welcome Mat Due For President on Northwest Visit By United Press The Pacific northwest spreads its welcome mat for President Truman in Oregon and Washing ton Wednesday and Thursday, climaxing the presidential visit with formal dedication of Grand Coulee dam and Franklin D. Roosevelt lake. More than 20,000 guests are expected at the largest man made waterfall in the world, where President Truman will view the 350-foot drop and speak to the nation on the rec lamation work started by his predecessor, Franklin D. Roose velt. In Oregon Tomorrow Mr, Truman's special 13-car train pulls into Oregon from Idaho at Huntington at 2:45 p.m. (PDT) Wednesday and from that moment he will be a busy man with platform apearances, speeches, picnics and personal appearances, on what he has called a "non-political" tour of the west. From Huntington, the Tru man special proceeds through Baker and La Grande to Pendle ton, where the president plans a one-hour stop starting at 7:05 p.m. (PDT) Wednesday for his only speech in Oregon. Crowd Expected More than 20,000 persons are expected to jam around a plat form erected east of the Union Pacific depot in Pendleton. About 200 northwest officials will share the platform with Mr. Truman and the audience will stand in Pendleton streets which will be roped off from traffic. A network of 14 Oregon stations will carry the presidential ad dress, originating over Pendle ton station KWRC and starting at 7:30 p.m. (PDT). Mr. Truman's train will make other platform stops at Umatilla and Ayer, Ore., before entering Washington state at Wallula in Walla Walla county at 8:50 p.m. President Truman's address from Pendleton will be carried over Radio Station KWIN, Ash land. (1400 kc) at 7:30 p.m. (DST) Wednesday. Sample Election Ballots Available from Clerk Ballots are now being pre pared in the county clerk's office lor distribution to the county s 84 precincts for the May pri mary election one week from Friday. Both official and sam ple ballots are being prepared but a limited number of the samples will be available for pre-election distribution to the public tomorrow. They can be obtained at the main counter in the county clerk's office in the courthouse. Organic Unity Labor Groups The CIO leader predicted his organization "will create a com mittee to meet with the AFL, and the vice presidents of the CIO will vote for it." He said the two groups would discuss the "mutual problem affecting labor in its fight for the Ameri can people. Murray said he ha not had enough time to fully study Green's letter, and would with hold further comment until "my associates in the CIO must get together and authorize a course of action." If all labor is welded into one group, "their decisions will best serve the 'nterests of all the peo ple in t'.-.e United States," Mur ray added. OUT Crowd Disappointed The city also is just 50 miles northeast of the new Kortes dam which he hailed as "an example of the right way to use national resources for the benefit of all the people." About 500 persons waited at Alliance, Neb., until the 13-car residential special pulled in at 12:50 a. m. today. They were disappointed, however. Aides de clined to awaken the president to make an appearance, although the crowd shouted repeatedly to hear him speak. The train resumed its west ward journey 20 minutes later after city officials gave Presiden tial Assistant William Bray a 10-gallon hat to pass on to Mr. Truman. In Fighting Form The chief executive was in the same fighting "to-hell-with-the-opposition" form he displayed in 1948 to defeat Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. But he still maintained that his trip across the country was "non-political." Yesterday, swinging through the midwest farm belt, the presi dent plumped at Lincoln. Neb., for the Brannan farm plan of production payments, admitting there were serious defects in the current system of price supports. He resumed his strident de fense of democratic policies af fecting the west today at Cas Der and scheduled a speech about the administration program for small business in Cheyenne, Wyo., late this afternoon. Other Wyoming speeches were sched uled tonight at Laramie and Raw lins. BULLETINS Hollywood. May 9,U.R) Mrs. Bing Crosby denied to day reports that she and the crooner may separate, and aid they haven't even quar reled. The former screen actren Dixie Lee said, through a family spokesman, thai she couldn't "even understand how those stories got started, and I'd certainly like to find out how." Oakland, Cal., May 9 U.R) A former communist told the state senate un-American ac tivities committee today that Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Lot Alamos atomic bomb project during the war, attended a commun ist meeting in Berkeley in 1941. Missing Falls City Man Returns Home Falls City, Ore., May 9 (U.R) No wonder Caesar and Cleopa tra, the bloodhounds from Seattle, couldn't get a scent to get excited about in the search for 82-year-old Richard Paul of rails city. They simply had been taken where he wasn't. That was disclosed when Paul returned home Monday night while half a hundred men and Cleopatra and Caesar were searching for him 18 rugged miles away, in the dense woods below the isolated lumber town of Valsetz. Paul said he'd just been out on a leisurely hike that he didn't think would concern any one. It only concerned some 250 persons who joined in the search for him Sunday after his wife discovered he was not at home. "I came home because I got hungry," the elderly hiker ex plained. Power Line Contact Fatal to Kerby Man Cave Junction, Ore., May 9 'U.R) Melvin Ray Wallace, 19. of Kerby, Ore., was accidentally electrocuted north of here Mon day when an A-frame being used in a longing operation struck a 112.000-volt power line. Resuscitation efforts failed and Dr. A. C. Collman pronounced Wallace dead. He was the son of Clarence Wallace Kerby and Mrs. Zclla Hastings of Mesa, Ariz. Body of Steward Located in Woods Medford, N. Y May 9 U.R A body found in a wood near here was identified today as that of John Harris, a Pan American World Airways steward who was ?uckcd through the open hatch of a New York-bound Strato cruiser February 11. Tribune 1950 NO. 41 Passenger, Freight Traffic Curtailed As Strike Nears Walkout Scheduled At 6 A. M. Tomorrow Chicago, May 9 (U.R) Rail roads cut service today as the deadline approached for a coast-to-coast strike tomorrow against four big rail systems in 26 states. The Pennsylvania and the Southern announced embargoes on both passenger and freight traffic, and the Santa Fe said it is curtailing some of its passen ger traffic. The New York Central, fourth system involved in the threat ened walkout, was expected to announce curtailments later to day. Set for 6 a.m. The Brotherhood of Locomo tive Firemen and Enginemen set the strike for 6 a.m. standard time in each zone. Hope dimmed for a settlement, but federal mediators were ex pected to ask the union to post pone the strike for a second time. It originally was scheduled, for April 26. The strike could cripple vital freight shipments. The roads in volved span the nation from coast to coast across its southern half and serve some of the rich est agricultural regions and heaviest industrial centers. Whether the firemen could halt the trains, however, was problematical The railroads could replace them with super visory personnel. The Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers said at Cleveland that iU mem bers could cross picket lines and help keep the trains running. The Pennsylvania announced an embargo effective at midnight tonight on all freight traffic, and President Walter Franklin said passenger traffic "also will be stopped by the strike deadline." The embargo, he said, will curtail service west and north of Harrisburg, Pa., but passen ger and commuter service east and south of Harrisburg will continue. Would Affect 38,000 The Southern embargoed all passenger and freight traffic that cannot clear its system be fore the strike deadline. Offi cials at the road's Washington headquarters said the "virtual closing down" of the 8.000 mile system would affect most of its 38.000 employees. The Santa Fe announced that it already is curtailing some pas senger service, and asked pros pective nassenffprs In rnnlnnl Santa Fe representatives for spe cific intormation on which trains will be cancelled. Republicans Ponder Apropriations Cut Washington, May 9 (U.R) House republican leaders today mapped plans for a last-minute attempt to slash $096 million from the omnibus $29 billion ap propriations bill tomorrow. Tentative agreement on the size of the proposed cut was reached at a morning session of the GOP house steering commit tee. Rep. John Tabcr (N. Y.). rank ing republican member of the appropriations committee, said two amendments will be of fered tomorrow to limit expendi tures on specific items, including federal payrolls but not military spending. If the amendments fail, he said, republicans will move to send the whole bill back to committee with instructions to lop off about $1 billion. Meanwhile, the house was asked to approve $14 billion In military spending to keep the armed forces ready in case of a shooting war. Body of Man Found Below Savage Rapids Grants Pass. Ore.. May 9 (U.R) Police reported that the body of Walter C rouse Sr., 64, who drowned in Savage Rapids dam boat accident on the Rogue river April 18, was recovered last night by fishermen Al Zenor and Bill Angst of Grants Pass. The bodv was found about a mile below the dam. WEATHER FORECAST: Hl(h floudinfll and continued mild tonight and Wednesday. Tun p. Hlsheat YeiUrday If Low ti this Mornlnf ; li service i . i America, Frar . Agree on Plan lor European Nations Germany Would Enter Economic Partnership Paris, May 9 (U.R) The Unit ed States and France were re ported today to have agreed on a plan for bringing Germany in to a broad economic partner ship of democratic European na tions. A government spokesman dis closed that. the cabinet at a meet ing today approved a plan hing ing on an association of the basic industries of western European countries. Announcement Waited Reliable sources said Foreign Minister Robert Schuman might make an announcement about an American-French agreement in that field at a press conference this evening. Only yesterday Secretary of state ucan Aeneson announced after talks with government of ficials here that the United States would give France aid in fighting its war against commu nism in Indo-China. Schuman told the cabinet to day that the United States put no political strings onto its of fer of dollars and arms for the Indo-Chinese campaign. Plan Polished Informants said of the report ed agreement on Germany that ine pian was ponsnefl by Ache son and Schuman yesterday. They said it was designed to strengthen the economic basis for the integration of western Europe which American officials have urged repeatedly. The sources said Germanv, France and Great Britain would be the first members of an asso ciation of basic industries, but later it might be extended to in elude Italy, Belgium. The Neth erlands and other nations. 17 Taxpayers Appear At Equalization Board Seventeen taxpayers appeared before the Jackson countv board of equalization yesterday to seek corrections or reductions in valuations placed on their property by the county asses sors' offiet Assessor C. A. My ers said many of the complaints were the result of misunder standing or misinformation and that when that was cleared up, no written complaints were tiled. The board will take no action on the complaints this week but will wait until all applications for reduction of valuations have been received before meeting to consider individual cases. The board, composed of the assessor, the county judge and commis sioners and the county clerk, will hear protests from taxpay ers for the remainder of this week. They meet at 11 a.m. (DST). Ashland Council OKs City Ballot Subjects Ashland. May 9 The ques tion of recalling Ashland's May or Thomas Williams and City Councilman Elmer Sheldon was certified to a special election ballot by the city council at a special meeting here last night. The election will be held in con junction with the May 19 pri mary election. One other matter a proposed charter amendment to permit sale of city timber lands was also placed on the ballot by councilmcn. The estimated $32, 000 from such a sale would be devoted to water department improvements. The council also voted to change city voting precincts to conform to recent changes made by the county clerk. Kidnaper of Stepson Faces Life in Prison Montesano, Wash., May 9 (U.R) Mechanic Frank Chase, S3, Oakville, Wash., today faced pos sible life imprisonment for hold ing his one-legged, war veteran stepson a "prisoner of fear" for IB months. Chase was convicted by a su perior court jury on charges of kidnaping and assault. The jury of eight women and four women returned the verdict last night. Chase was accused of holding his stepson, Henry Chum, 29. a prisoner in the Oakville ranch house which Chum purchased with a veterans' loan. Chum, who lost a leg in World War II, testified that Chase beat him and forced him to crawl on the floor "like a pig." Chase was arrested last Au gust by a posse of American Le gionnaires who learned of the veteran's plight. Return of Vessels By Russia Demanded Washington, May 9 'U.R) The United States demanded to day that Russia return by June 30 two ice breakers loaned to the Sovicti under wartime lend lease. CAPTURED COWBOY - "Betcha my boots I'm stuck," says little Jimmy Anderson, 7, whose mother, Mrs. Lois Anderson, comforts him In Long Beach, Calif., as they wait for police and rescue squads. Playing cowboy, he hid In a trash barrel and then couldn't get out because of the boots he was wearing. Pried out bv rescuers, he suf fered only slightly skinned1 knees. Senate Post Office Committee Votes for Service Restoration Washington, May 9 (U.R) The senate post office committee voted unanimously today to can cel Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson's recent cutback in postal service. The committee approved, 9 to 0, a bill directing Donaldson to re-establish full mail deliveries and "other essential postal serv ices" which he ordered curtailed on April 18 as an economy measure. The committee acted after hearing President William C. Do herty of the National Association of Letter Carriers denounce the postmaster's order as a "rape" of the postal service. Doherty said Donaldson's order was "ill timed, ill-advised, unnecessary, unwarranted and obnoxious." j Donaldson had ordered the cuts in service to take effect by July 1 at the latest. He acted on advice of the house appropria tions committee. Meatmen, Council, Discuss Inspection No definite conclusions were reached last night when city and county officials met with meat packers and retailers to discuss the possible enactment of a city meat inspection ordinance and the factors involved in such legislation. It was indicated, however, that the various groups involved will choose representatives form ing a smaller committee to con tinue study on the matter. About 30 men attended the meeting. Much of the discussion last night concerned the need for In spection, possible consumer re action, cost and how it will be borne, the burden on small op erators and the possible extent and effectiveness of city legisla tion. Mayor Presides Mayor Diamond Flynn, who presided at the session, empha sized that the city administra tion was not trying to "sell a bill of goods." He inferred that city officials looked to meatmen to determine the issue and take the lead in the matter, and that the session was to learn meatmen's views on inspection. It was brought out in other discussion that inspection will come about eventually and will be less bur densome on the meat industry if it rather than consumers init iated the measure. Typhoon Skirts Guam, Heads for Open Sea Tokvo. Mav 9 (U.R) A ty phoon, with winds of 125 miles an hour near the center, skirted Guam todav and headed into the open seas in the direction of Okinawa, the air force typhoon warning network reported. The winds were expected to increase to 135 miles an hour by tonight, but no land lay in the immediate path of the storm. If the storm keeps to its pre sent course, it would cross Ok inawa Thursday or Friday. How ever, air force weathermen said there was a good chance It will lose Its intensity or change its course before then. Reports from Guam said resi dents of Inarjan village In the southern sector of the Island have been forced to flee their homes to higher ground because of flood waters. HEATING MODERATE The temperature dropped to about 29 degrees in the coldest orchards last night with readings of 30 and 31 degrees more gen eral, according to R. J. Rogers. federal meteorologist. Moderate smudging was necessary, but it was not general. !SSj5 The post office lost $551,084.- 000 in the 1949 fiscal year. The committee-approved bill still must be passed by the sen ate and house. If it cleared those hurdles, it would face the strong possibility of a presidential veto, since the post office cutback was an administration economy move. Then it would take a two thirds vote in both houses to override the veto and restore the full postal service. President's Plan WouldStripRFCof Independent Status Washington, May 9 U.R) President Truman submitted to congress today reorganization plans to strip the Reconstruction Finance Corp. of its independent status and give broader powers to the new chairman of the na tional security resources board. The proposed changes were contained in four reorganization plans. Three of them affected the RFC, which would be trans ferred to the commerce depart ment. The plans will become effective within 60 days unless a majority of either house re jects them. Would Lose Function! The RFC, which has been an independent agency since con gress created it in 1932, would lose some ot its functions as well as its independent status. Here is what Mr. Truman would do: 1 Transfer the Federal Na tional Mortgage association from the RFC to the housing and home finance agency under Ad ministrator Raymond M. Foley. The mortgage association buys home mortgages from lending in stitutions. 2 Transfer to the housing and home finance agency the lend ing functions of the RFC with respect to the production and distribution of prefabricated houses and components. 3 Transfer the RFC to the commerce department. Mr. Tru man said RFC would continue to be adininistercd by its board of directors, but that it would be "subject to the supervision, co ordination and policy guidance of the secretary of commerce." Monlccllo, Cal., May 9 (U.R) William Pierson Hamilton, one time partner of J. P. Morgan, died here today. He was 81. 'Little Guy' Promises Kick In Pants for John L. Lewis Washington, May 9 (U.R) A self-styled "little guy" in John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers union said today he will "cither kick the mine union boss in the pants or get kicked." Lloyd Sidencr. ex-shovel op erator for the United Electric Coal company of Canton, 111., and Lewis have been subpoenaed to appear next Monday before a house labor sub-committee The group Is investigating a charge that Lewis used a secret code to get miners to disobey a federal Judge's back-to-work order dur ing the recent coal strike. Whistle Blowing Topic The surprise hearing, ordered by sub-committee Chairman An drew Jacobs (D., Ind.), was called yesterday. Sidencr, then president of UMW local 7455 at Canton, said he Is prepared to testify that Beaslcy telephoned him that Lewis had ordered "one whistle blown at the mines on the day they had been ordered by the court to return to the pits." "On whistle It a signal used Normally Placid Streams Go Wild In Heavy Rainfall Three Automobile Swept Off Highways By United Press Flood waters rampaged in Ne braska today, leaving five dead and 12 or 13 missing, while at Winnipeg the rain-swollen Red Cabano, Que., May 9 (U.R) All resident! of this town of 4,000 population were order ed to abandon their homes to day when a wind-whipped fire swept out of control and threatened to destroy ever; building here. The flames already had de stroyed 30 houses, three hotels and two lumber yards and were licking at other build ings directly in their path. There were no reports of casualties. Fire Chief Elie Grandmal son said the mayor had ap pealed for military help. He said residents were be ing sent to nearby Tillages. river threatened to spill a 12 foot wall of water into the city. Residents of a half-dozen southeastern Nebraska counties said thai normally-placid small streams suddenly went wild bringing the area its worst flood in history. Autos Leave Roads The rushing water swept at least three automobile off high ways and left some persons clinging to telephone poles and trees, one farmer was found atop a cow. At Wilber, Neb., seven and a half inches of rain were measur ed in a five-hour period and the little Nemaha river was surging two miles wide. Normally, it ik about 500 feet wide. A five-hour rainstorm cut se rious leaks into the last three dikes around the Canadian city and officials said a collapse would drive thousands of resi dents from their homes. More Volunteers Called Emergency radio appeals went out for more workers to join the 1,800 .soldiers and thousands of volunteers who are sandbagging the clikes.-An estimated- 13.098--have been made homeless by the floods. Iowa had high water, too. Five families were evacuated and three national guard companies were called out when two creeki spilled their banks near Glen- wood. The- streams were report ed subsiding. In nearby Red Oak, la., a small tornado struck an airport and damaged six planes and a large hangar. 1 ightning that accom panied the storm knocked off a cornice from a Red Oak bank building. Craft Warnings Up Forecasters said the rains would lessen, but small craft warnings were hoisted over Lake Mich san. Lake Huron and part of Lake Superior. Diminishing winds up to 30 miles per nour were predicted over the lakes. Most other places had clear weather and temperatures In the 80's were predicted north to Ohio. , Dead Indian Road Reports Uncertain ' Reports of road conditions Be tween here and the Lake o' the Woods via Dead Indian are still uncertain, since official reports from the Klamath county side of the route are indefinite. Some Ashland reports say there has been travel Into the lake from this side and that the road is in good condition though narrow in spots. Jackson county road crews have opened uo the road as far as the county line and apparent ly Klamath county crews nave done the same on their side. Last week-end's storms dis rupted the original schedule for the road-opening work and the route in to Fish lake has still not been plowed out. to tell miners not to report for work," Sidener said, fieasley has denied the charge. Sidener said Lewis issued the "one whistle" order at the same lime he sent telegrams to union locals ordering compliance with the court's mandate. He said the union subsequent ly ousted him as president of the local and fined him $50,000 on a charge of "attempting to start a rival union" and trying to fol low Lewis' telegraphed order to go bark to work. Asks Thorough Probe Sidencr told his story at a press conference called by Rep. Harold Vcldc (R., 111.), a member of the house labor committee. Vclde said he will insist on a thorough investigation of the charge. Assistant Attorney General H. Graham Morison previously ord ered the FBI to look into Slden er's complaint. He said yester day the inquiry is still going on and investigators had been in structed to "see if there was any pattern" in the refusal of miners to return to work. "5
