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VIOLENCE FLARES
AS SUBSTITUTES
TAKE OVER JOBS
Chicago, May 11 (UP) Violence broke out in
the coast-to-coast railroad strike today when white
collar replacements for striking employees were fired
upon from ambush at Knoxville, Tenn.
One bullet pierced a crewman's sleeve but no
one was hurt. Striking locomotive firemen and en
ginemen charged in turn that they were stoned by
strike breakers.
Officials of the Southern railway, which had an
nounced it would try to move as many trains as pos
sible with supervisory personnel, said one bullet was
fired at each of two moving freight trains.
Railway spokesmen said the bullets were fired
from bushes along the right of way between a freight
yard and a station.
Union officials denied the shots were fired by
strikers.
Industry Feeling
Impact of Strike
Meanwhile, industry began
feeling the impact of the strike,
which had cut vital supply lines
in 27 states. In western Pennsyl
vania. 13 coal mines were forced
to close and 4.200 miners were
thrown out of work.
At Cleveland, the Fisher Body
plant and Midland Steel com
pany had closed, but hoped to
get back into partial production
by using trucks to haul finished
materials to rail lines not in
volved in the strike.
Efforts to settle the walkout
were stalemated. Presidential
Assistant John R. Steelman at
the White House talked by tele
phone with Chairman Francis
O'Neill of the national media
tion board at Chicago and was
told that no turtner negotiations
had heen scheduled.
The strike, called yesterday at
6 a.m. crippled the Pennsylva
nia, the New York Central, the
Santa Fe and the Southern, in
directly, it curtained operations
of the Chesapeake & Ohio ana
the Colorado & Southern.
finniA Trains Moving
The New York Central, Santa
i nnH Southern were maintain
ing as much service as possible
with the aid of supervisory per
sonnel.
But the Pennsylvania an
nounced that "not a wheel is
turning" on the segment of its
svstem Involved in the strike.
But the portion east of Harris
burg, Pa., was not involved and
was operating normally.
The railroads themselves had
h.ann invinir off workers. The
Pennsylvania announced that it
would close Its Alioona, ra.,
works Friday, throwing 11.000
emplovees into idleness. The
New York Central laid off 350
roundhouse workers at Cleve
land and said 15,000 additional
emplovees throughout the sys
tem face idleness. The Santa Fe
closed its Albuquerque, N.M.,
shops, idling 1,100.
Saturday Deadline
For Roseburg Briefs
Roseburg, Ore., May 11 (U.R)
Counsels in the anti-picketing in
junction suit which has led to a
cilv-wide milk strike have until
Saturday to file briefs with Cir
cuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly.
(In Portland, eight Washing
ton and Oregon dairymen asked
to investigate and arbitrate the
milk strike criticized fellow
dairvmen of the Umpqua River
valley for not being satisfied
with the minimum producer
price of S1.90 per hundred
weight, plus 90 cents a pound
for butterfat.)
Yesterday testimony and final
arguments were given for the
Umpqua Dairy Products corpo
ration, which wants an injunc
tion issued to halt picketing
around the plant by dairymen.
Legal Help Claimed
Dairvmen Pete Vecnrtra and
Paul Crawford charged H. V.
Sullivan of the Umpqua Dairy
with saying. "If this strike fool
ishness continues, we ll get ev
erv nickel you farmers own.
and "we ve been offered S10.000
by statewide interests to fight
this thing." ,
Sullivan testified he had the
offer of "legal help from interest
ed oarties. ' He said ne mougoi
he told Veenstra and Crawford
that "the strike will cost somo
bodv something, possibly you
farmers." Then he vaid "maybe I
mentioned S10.000" as the cost to
the farmers.
Proper Number Use
Asked by Firemen
City firemen today cautioned
residents who wish to take out
a burning permit to phone Med
ford 2-2790 only. This is the fire
riipartmcnts business phone,
the other number alerts firemen
and it should be used only when
reDorttne a fire.
rirefichtcrs said tnat many population in Canada s history,
people calling in for permits ue I An estimated 30.000 will have
the wrong number, evidently j quit the city by tonight or to
not realizing that the fire morrow. Many said they had no
larm number should not be j ides where they could go.
iued lor business calls. ' Brigadier S. A, E. Morton,
Water Supply To
Be 'Good'; Local
Streams To Be Up
Water supply forcasts for all
streams in the southern Oregon
area are above the 10-year 1939
48 average, it was revealed to
day by the May 1 issue of the
federal-state cooperative snow
survey bulletin.
The report, last to be issued
for the year, said that 1950
water supply prospects remain
"good" throughout the state, de
spite the fact that April precipi
tation has been only 70 per cent
of normal.
No Deficiencies Seen
If usual snow-melt and rain
fall conditions continue, the re
port said, there should be no
late season deficiencies of water
anywhere in the state.
The mountain snow cover now
has greater water content than
has ever been measured this late
in the year, the report said, with
about 60 per cent more than
average, 40 per cent more than
in 1947, and 25 per cent more
than last year. In addition, the
total water stored in the larger
Oregon reservoirs is now one
per cent greater than at this
time last year, 14 per cent above
1948, and four per cent above
1947, but three per cent less
than the 10-year average.
Although forecasts of stream
flow have been reduced in some
areas, this will not mean water
shortages unless conditions of
snow melt and precipitation
should be adverse, the bulletin
said.
New runoff records will be
established in the upper Des
chutes watershed, it added, with
extremely high streamflows ex
pected on the White, Hood. San
dy, Clackamas, Santiam and Mc
Kenzie rivers, and on the middle
fork of the Willamette.
Bids To Be Opened
On Highway Projects
Salem, Ore., May 11 (U.R)
Thirty-one road projects estimat
ed to total 52,500,000 will be ud
for bid when the state highway
commission meets in Portland
Thursday and Friday. May 25-26.
Bids to be opened Thursday,
May 25, include:
Jackson county Cascade
gorge-Prospect section of Crater
Lake highway; stale project; 7.50
miles of grade widening and pav
ing. Jackson county Prospect
maintenance building; state proj
ect.
Jackson. Josephine and Doug
las counties Division No. 3 re
oiling project on seven state
highways; state project; 62.22
miles of re-oiling.
Bids to be opened May 26 in
clude:
Jackson county Section on
C" street in Phoenix; city proj
ect: .26 mile of grading, surfac
ing and bituminous macadam.
Hordes Flee Winnipeg Flood
Winnipeg, Man., May 11 (U.R)
Thousands of women and chil
dren jammed the railroad sta
tion and remaining highways to
day, trying to escape Red river
flood waters threatening the
city with darkness, hunger and
disease.
The men stayed behind ' to
fight the flood which broke
through another dike and in
undated one fifth of the city.
Evacuations Asked
The army asked that 160.000
women and children evacuate
the city, give the floodfight-.rs
more room to combat the ever
rising waters, and lessen the
strain on essential services.
Troops guided the refugees in
the largest mass movement of
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued warm
tonight. Cooler Friday with
considerable cloudlneii and
a few shower i.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 80
Loweit this Morning . 44
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TESTIMONY ASKED The
California senate un-American
activities committee has invited
Atom Scientist J. Robert Oppen
heimer, lower photo, to deny
under oath that he attended com
munist party meetings. The
charge was made by Mrs. Sylvia
Crouch, (top photo) former com
munist, at an Oakland, Cal.,
hearing. (International)
Queen Contest at
Phoenix Near End
Phoenix, May 11 Wednesday
night's tabulatirtn of votes in the
May Festival queen contest still
left Miss Bonnie Icrzenbach in
the lead, with 8,611 votes. Miss
Terzenbach is sponsored by
Phoenix Lions club. The eon-
test closes tomorrow.
Miss Wanda Norton, Phoenix
PTA candidate, lost her second
place to Miss Shirley Dudley,
who is sponsored by the Neigh
bors of Woodcraft Thimble club.
Miss Dudley now has 7.769 votes
and Miss Norton, 6.517.
Miss Virginia Robers. candi
date of the Phoenix Garden
club, has 5,550 votes and Miss
Rosalie Klassen. Phoenix Grange
candidate, 4.465. Miss Barbara
Barlow, candidate of the Phoe
nix Youth group, totaled 3,162
votes at the last counting and
Miss Sally Tripp, Phoenix Thurs
day club. 2,368.
The contest closes Friday. May
12 at 6 p.m., and the girl chosen
will be crowned at 11 a.m. Satur
day and reign over the two-day
festival May 13 and 14.
Medford Girl Taken
Hospital; Fear Polio
A )4-year-old Medford girl
was taken to a Eugene hospital
by Perl ambulance yesterday
fler showing symptoms indi
cating infantile paralysis, Dr. A.
Lnn Mcrkel of the county
health department reported.
He said that the girl was not
paralyzed when she left Med
ford, but that symptoms observ
ed while in a local hospital indi
cated that disease.
Expenses for the girl are be
ing underwritten by the Jack
son county chapter of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
flood control chief, said he want
ed Winnipeg's population of
320.000 "thinned" to lessen the
strain on the city's two remain
ing power stations. He asked all
able-bodied men to slay behind
to help the 20.000 organized
flood-fighters shore up two maj
or dikes still protecting the city.
Disease Threatens
Medical officials warned that
sewage backed up by deepening
flood waters threatened the city
with disease. Flood workers
washed their hands in tubs of
disinfactant after contact, with
river water.
Morion said he feared milk
and food for babies might be
held up. All bridges were closed
to traffic and the central heating
plant was down. Residents re
maining behind were asked to
take as few baths as possible
and turn on lights only when
necessary.
While the situation here
worsened, most tain-swollen
Medford
45th Year. 22 Pages
Embassy Crews
Oregon, Washington
Welcomes President;
Arrives At Coulee
By United Press
Thursday is D-day Dedica
tion dav.
At 11 a. m. PDT President
Truman arrived at Grand Coulee
dam for opening ceremonies of
dedication of the world s largest
Coulee Dam, Wash,, May
11 (U.R) Three Oregon con
gressmen were at Coulee City
today when President Tru
man arrived to dedicate
Grand Coulee dam.
Reps. Harris Ellsworth.
Homer Angell and Lowell
Stockman, all republicans,
ilew in an air force plane yes
terday and landed at Moses
Lake, Wash. With Ihem were
Reps. Hugh Mitchell and
Henry Jackson, both Washing
ton state democrats. ,
The two Washington rep
resentatives shook hands with
Mr. Truman, but the Oregon
trio remained in the back
ground. "Nobody invited ui," said
Ellsworth.
man-made structure and of
Franklin D. Roosevelt lake be
hind the dam.
An estimated 70.000 persons
in Ontario. Huntington, Baker,
La Grande and Pendleton in Ore-
Bon and in Pasco in Washington
Wednesday heard and saw Mr.
Truman as the 13-car special
train traveled toward Grand
Coulee dam.
Northwest 'Vast Arsenal'
At Pasco Wednesday night the
president said the nearby Han
ford atomic energy plant was
one of several areas that made
the Pacific northwest a "vast
arsenal." He told 20.000 persons
that America would use its re
sources "in an effort to keep
peace in the world. Mr. Truman
said that the northwest was the
gateway to Alaska and that he
hoped "Alaska would soon enter
as a new state along with Ha
waii." In his fifth of six major
speeches across the country,
President Truman said in Pendle
ton that "our goal over the next
decade should be to lift every
hard-working American family
to an income of about $4,000 a
year not a mere dollar increase
but an increase in the real stand
ard of living."
Wants Balanced Budget
He told the crowd of 20.000 at
the Pendleton depot that he
wanted to have a balanced bud
get for the federal government
"just as much as anybody else
does."
Many of the 12.000 persons
welcoming the president in La
Grande gave him a lesson in
pronunciation. First, Mrs. Tru
man mispronounced the name
"Wallowa." Then he slipped and
said "La Grange" instead of "La
Grande." Residents helped him
out when he stopped his talk
and asked for the correct pro
nunciation of "Wallowa."
He said the lumber industry
was improving because of in
creased home building for which
the federal government deserves
the major credit.
Predicts Cam
At the Baker station, the pres
ident made a prediction to 7,000
listeners. He predicted that the
Hull's canyon dam project,
which the senate has rejected,
will be built yet to provide the
area with a million kilowatts of
power, flood control and irriga
tion. He told the Huntington crowd
that he was pleased to see the
increasing industrialization of
rivers in the midwcslern United
States receded and evacuees
straggled home. At least 15 per
sons were dead and seven miss
ing in Nebraska and Oklahoma,
the hardest hit areas. Floods
also caused damage to farm
property in Minnesota, North
Dakota and Iowa.
But there still was danger.
Heavy rains were forecast for
eastern and central Oklahoma
and western Texas. Both the
North Canadian and Des Moines
riven were rising to flood stage.
Other Areas Suffer
The water here was above the
second floor level in some spots.
Conditions were even worse
through the rest of the pro
vince, the 65-mile valley area
stretching from Emerson. Man.,
on the U. S. border north of
Winnipeg. Royal Canadian
mounted police said more than
8.000 had been evacuated from
southern Manitoba and the sec
tion was almost deserted.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY
eastern Oregon because "the
more diversified your economy
is, the better off you will be."
He called for new steps to "re
duce the downward trend in
farm income." Particularly in
the field of perishable commodi
ties.
(See story on page 16)
Highlights of
Truman's Speech
At Grand Coulee
Aboard Truman Train, May
11 (U.R) Highlights of Presi
dent Truman's speech today at
Grand Coulee dam:
Grand Coulee dam with its
tremendous power and irrigation
benefits is an instrument of our
democracy, forged to contribute
to a better life for ourselves and
our children.
Today, those who opposed
Grand Coulee are trying to cover
their tracks. They are trying to
jump on the bandwagon.
The opponents of progress
would have you believe that the
frontiers are closed. They think
we should now relax and strug
gle no more. Those are the men
of little faith. I say to you that
the American spirit which blazed
the Oregon trail is not dead. Here
in the northwest you are still
pushing back frontiers.
What- has happened here ' tt
what happens in the case of un
der-dcveloped areas everywhere
in our country and the worm.
Sound, productive investment al
ways makes bigger markets and
more jobs.
When the dam was being built
it was attacked as a colossal
waste of public funds. Well, that
was a colossal misstatement.
The private power lobby and
other people who have selfish
interest to maintain, say the Co
lumbia valley administration
would be a "super-state." Of
course that is not true. Ask the
people in the Tennessee valley
. . . they will tell you that the
TVA is the greatest thing that
ever happened in their part of
the country.
We have embarked, all over
the country, on the task of fully
developing our resources for all
the people . . . We will meet op
position from the private power
groups. Many of them ... do not
want the energy of our rivers
put to use as power and sold to
the people at cost.
This opposition of the private
power companies is wrong. It
would deny the people the bene
fits of low-cost power they ttvm
selves have brought about
through public investment.
Letters to Fraudulent
Firm Being Returned
Acting Postmaster Moore
Hamilton today said that a num
ber of letters, addressed to "The
National Radio Program Agen
cy in Chicago by Mecuoro peo
ple, are being returned to their
senders stamped "fraudulent
The agency, which has given
its address as 82 West Washing
ton, Chicago, has been operating
money-soliciting racket, postal
authorities said, and most of the
letters returned contain 12 or
$3. In addition, Hamilton said,
postcards addressed to local peo
ple from the so-called agency
have been intercepted and turn
ed over to the postal inspection
service.
Big Three Ministers
Eye Stronger Defenses
London. May 11 U.R) The
big three foreign ministers sur
veyed the problems of the world
today and agreed they must
strengthen their defenses and
economies against the possibility
of another world war.
The American, British and
French ministers met for four
hours.
Their first talks of the confer
ence ranged all over the world,
from east to west, and a spokes
man said "the twain met."
The opening day of the con
ference was overshadowed by a
sensational French proposal for
pooling the coal and steel indus
tries of France and Germany,
and perhaps all of wesUin Eu
rope
to Leave
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BING DENIES FAMILY RIFT-Btag Crosby and his wife, the for
mer Dixie Lee, are shown in a New York night club tn one of the
few pictures taken of them together in public Hollywood rumors
Insist the couple are splitting up, but Btng, on a "bachelor's vaca
tion' In Paris, denies them. They have been married almost SO
years and are the parents of tour sons. .
Counter-Offer Made
In Forest Industry's
IWA-CIO Negotiation
The employers negotiating
committee of the northwest lum
ber industry has submitted a
counter offer to the Internation
al Woodworkers of America,
CIO, in the current dispute over
health and welfare demands, ac
cording to B. L. "Bud'! Nutting,
manager of the Medford corpor
ation here.
The offer was made by letter
to J. E. Fadling, of the unions
negotiating committee, by C. L.
"Chet" Irving, of the Pine In
Portland Man To
Head Nazarene
Church District
Dr. Weaver W. Hess, Portland,
superintendent of the Oregon
Pacific district of the Church of
the Nazarene, was re-elected to
his fifth term in that office dur
ing business sessions at the dis
trict convention here late this
morning.
Dr. Hess was unanimously
named to the post on the first
nominating ballot, according to
the Rev. P. J. Bartram, local pns
tor of the church. Mrs. Hess has
served several terms as the presi
dent of the Women s foreign
Missionary society of the church,
until she declined to be renom
inated here Tuesday.
Rally Tonight
Final sessions of the district
conference were being held this
afternoon and this evening the
delegates some 400 or 500 of
them will participate in a dis
trict home missionary rally at
the church. Dr. H. C. Powers,
Dallas, Tex., the church's general
superintendent, will speak.
Dr. Hess was formerly pastor
of the Nazarene church in Sa
lem. Ore., and in other north
west communities. He is a mem
ber of the Nazarene seminary
hoard of trustees, Kansas City,
Mo., and of the board of regents
of Northwest Nazarene college,
n Nampa, Ida.
Warning Issued on
Dog Poisoner in City
Jackson County Humane so
ciety today warned dog owners
of the county that dog poisoners
are at work in Medford and at
the same time called attention of
druggists to the laws governing
the sale of poison. A society
spokesman pointed out that drug
gists, under Oregon law, must
not only have the signature of
the person buying poison, but
must make the purchaser pro
duce identification.
It has been brought to the at
tention of the society that one
Medford resident is claiming that
he ran buy strychnine without
identifying himself with the pur
chase, the spokesman said.
It was further pointed out that
addition to perpetrating a
cruelty to animals, a person who
puts out poison runs the risk of
causing the death of a child.
Within the history of the soci
ety's work here, there has been
at least one recorded case of a
small child, living on the west
side of town, bringing home poi
soned meat found outdoors, tha
sosinw spokesman saio.
Tribune
11, 1950
NO. 43
Czechoslovakia
. W ' mx
dustrial Relations committee
His proposal, he said, would cost
employers seven and a half
cents an hour, and would in
volve a cent and a half per hour
wage increase, three and a half
cents an hour to a jointly-ad-
(ministered 'health -and-welfare
fund, and six paid holidays each
year, costing employers an esti'
mated two and a half cents.
Offer Par Increase
The employers would also
consider substituting an out
right wage increase at the same
cost for either paid holidays or
the health and welfare provis
ion, or both, according to Irv
ine's Latter.
The IWACIO has threatened
a strike, involving some iu.uuii
workers, on Monday if their de
mands have not been met.
Two firms in this area, Medco
and Fir Milling and Planing
company in Ashland, are the
only ones employing IWA mem
bers, about 250 in all.
Portland, Ore., May 11 (U.R)
J. E. Fadling, president of the
International Woodworkers ot
America (CIO), said today north
west logging and sawmill opera
tors have not offered the union
"an acceptable plan."
Fadling added that "we hope
to settle negotiations without
strike." Contract talks will re
sume tomorrow morning in
Portland. The IWA represents
about 40,000 northwest lumber
workers in 700 operations in
five states.
The lumbermen's Industrial
relations committee, which rep
resents about 160 lumber and
logging operators in the north
west, "had gradually inched up
its offer," Fadling said, "but
still the plan it offers is not
worthy of recommendation to
our membership."
The lumbermen have offered
a 2'2 cents an hour wage in
crease and a medical program to
employees.
Washington Posse
Catches Bank Robber
Carnation, Wash., May 11
A posse of irate citizens and
volunteer firemen driving a fire
truck caught a hank robber
shortly after he held up the
Washington State Bank branch
here today.
The bandit was overtaken six
miles south of this city of 400
persons. It was not immediately
known how much money he had
obtained.
A bank employee said the
gunman shoved a paper sack
through the teller's cage win
dow and said "Fill it up right
now."
Ethel Bagwell, R bank em
ployee, described the man as
"small and young, wearing a
cap and khaki rlnthes."
He entered the bank and
pointed a gun at a woman teller
and demanded the money and
ran out the door and sped west
in his car toward Monroe, Wash.
Sheriff's Cant. Adam Lys-
koskl said the federal bureau of
investigation entered the case
Immediately because federal
funds were involved.
Copenhagen, Denmark, May
II U.Rl Denmark has estab
lished diplomatic relations with
communist China, the foreign
minbtry announced today,
General News
Sports Society
Locals Personals
Skeleton Force
Will Remain on
Diplomatic Staff
Removal Complies
With Czech Demand
Prague. Mav 1 (U.R) The
United Slates instructed all but
15 of the American emplovees
at its embassy today to leave the
country after Czechoslovakia
warned it would not be respon
sible for their safety beyond
Sunday.
The instructions were issued
by Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs.
American officials said Briggs
had decided to comDlv with thm
demand made on April 28 that
the United States cut its diplo
matic staffs in this country by
two-thirds.
Demand Supplemented
The Czech government sup
plemented the demand last nieht
by informing Briggs orally that
n wouia not De responsible for
the safety of American diplo
mats if the staff cut was not
completed by Sunday.
ine Czechs said that unmar
ried members of the embassy
staff affected bv the reduction
should leave Czechoslovakia ha.
fore midnight Friday.
ine (jzecn note of April 28
accused American diplomats of
"anti-state activities" and charg
ed that they had aided persons
wno worxea against the "secur
ity of Czechoslovakia.'1
Only 15 Left
"These activities have noth
ing in common with the usual
activity of diplomatic and consu
lar offices looking after the in
terests of their state in Czecho
slovakia, activities which, of
course, they have only pretend-.
ed," the note said.
The reduction would leave In
Prague only Briggs. political
adviser James K. Penfield, two
air attaches, two military at
taches, two political officers.
five office workers and two air
crew members, American offic
ials said.
Road Nix, Oil for
Streets Available
The city engineering depart
ment is now accepting applica
tions from property owners for
street oiling and for application
of road mix surfacing of decom
posed granite and oil.
The city council has set I price
of one cent per square foot for
street oiling and four cents per
square foot for the road mix.
City Superintendent Vernon
Thorpe said the public works de
partment will be responsible for
"shaping up" streets and alleys
prior to the application of the
oil. and the city now has two
graders so that the maintenance
work will not be delayed by con
struction programs.
Application for spreading of
the road mix on streets will be
considered separately, he said,
because surfacing of that type
should not be placed on a street
that does not have at least a fair
base and drainage. Thorpe said
he hopes to begin the road mix
program as soon as possible so
that the prime coat can he laid
in June or early July. Several
days of curing and drying are
required.
McCarthy's Charges
Receive Brush-Off
Washington, May llOJ.Rl
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R
Wis.) today dismissed as "typ
ical" the state department's
brush-off of his charge that a top
U. S. diplomat helped slip secrets
to Moscow.
McCarthy has said the diplo
mat, now U. S. minister to
small central European nation,
was contacted by a Russian agent
here who in turn relayed secret
documents to the Soviet em
bassy. John E. Peurlfoy, deputy un-der-secretary
of state, who knows
the identity of McCarthy's latest
target, told reporters:
"In so far as the stale depart
ment is concerned we have no
evidence to even remotely sub
stantiate such charges."
TWO MORE DAYS -
There are still two more days
for property owners to register
complaints about property valu
ations with the county board of
equalization. The board is meet
ing each dny this week at 11 a.m.
(DST) in the office of County As
sessor C. A. Myers and is so
cepting the requests for a reduc
tion of assessed valuations, pro
vided they art submitted is
writing.