Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 14, 1950, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textml wffi mm Em mmm I- itev , ",uj"""" i J 1 GRAPHIC Hilt SCENE is caught by cameraman as fire sweeps New incning down ladder with numan cargo as terrorized tenants in two help while flames leap from adjacent window. All were rescued. -'iirtlVrrT? KTfe ear a 1 S . 'f " i - - I CREEPING OVER LOWLANDS at Winnipeg, Man., Hood waters Inundate this veterans' housing area near prairie metropolis of 350,000 as rain-swollen Red River rises. (International Soundphoto) Truman Says Farm Slates Risk Loss If Projects Slow Aboard Truman Train, May 13 U.R) President Truman said to day that central states risk loss of their industries and popula tion to other areas unless they awake to the need for a coordi nated reclamation program. Completing a tour of the Fort Peck dam in Montana before en tering North Dakota for a major speech tonight at Fargo, Mr. Tru man demanded that the. various federal ' agencies interested in reclamation cooperate in the de velopment of the Mississippi and Missouri valleys. He referred principally to the army corps of engineers and the reclamation part of the interior department. Mr. Truman's first North Da kota stop was at Williston, where an estimated 8,000 persons crowded around the rear plat form to hear the president dis cuss a project of vital concern in the area the Garrison dam reservoir. "I understand'that there is some concern that the building of the Garrison dam would re sult in the flooding of Williston," Mr. Truman said. "I want to as sure you that this concern is not founded on fact or I would not have approved it." STORM HITS JACKSONVILLE A severe storm of nearly an hour's duration hit Jacksonville and vicinity Friday about 5:20 p. m. Wind and heavy rain later combined with hail of consider able size, pelleted the area. No reports of particular damage have been made, although it is understood that some damage occurred to flowers and gardens. .FLYING SAUCERS AGAIN London, May 13 (U.R) The magazine News Review said to day that flying saucers were used by the United States air force as targets for anti-rocket weapons. Late Sports Willowi, Cel., May 13 (U.R) Willows tcored a 2 to 1 Far West league victory over Med ford here tonight in a gam featured by two-hit pitching and a rare triple plav. Rookie Whit Ulrich of Wil low! pitched a near-maiter-piece as he limited the Roguei to two feeble singles. He lost a shut-out in the sec ond inning when Medford's Bob Haddock walked, stole sec ond end scored on Bill Adams' single. The brilliant triple-killing was pulled off by Medford in the first inning with men on first and second and none out. The third batter, Jim Luker, grounded sharply to Al Bolen at third. Bolen tagged the run ner from second and then ri fled the ba'l to Jack Cooney Cooney at first to nip Luker. Cooncv hen whipped the bell back to Bolen to catch Wil -lows' runner Gene Painter who ws attempting to pick up an extra base on the play. Linescore: Mcdlord 010 000 000 1 2 2 Willows 010 010 OOx 2 4 2 Herrmann and Guglielmo; Ulrich, Hobert (9) and Re. . f n muiiimm Douglas Fir Mills May Have To Close Portland, Ore., May 13 (U.R) The railroad strike will cause a shutdown of many douglas fir mills in Oregon and Washington within another week, Harris Smith, secretary of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, said today. Smith said railroads were un able to obtain sufficient freight cars to haul a record output of lumber from the mills. Smith said on the basis of a check of producers in both states. He said Southern Pacific has approximately two days' supply of cars on hand in Oregon and expects to be receiving only a re duced supply during the week. Meanwhile, there was a pos sible threat that the Locomotive Firemen's union strike may cause a rail tieup in the Pacific north west. State Prison Inmate Escapes from Farm Salem, Ore., May 13 (U.R) Richard Johnson, 29, serving a seven-year term in the Oregon state penitentiary for assault and robbery from Lane county, escaped today while working at the prison farm under armed guard. Johnson escaped in an old model car on the Turner road which runs by the prison straw berry field in which Johnson was working with other pris oners. The guard watching the prisoners said Johnson got away before he realized what was happening. The car, described by the guard as "an old jalopy" stopped at the edge of the field. John son ran to the car and jumped in as it pulled away. No trace of the car has been found.. . Eugene, Ore., May 13 (U.R) Springfield high school won the district 4 track title here this afternoon, scoring 102V4 points. Second place went to Eugene with 76.3. Bulletins Eugene, Ore., May 13 (U.R) The University of Oregon dropped another notch into the northern division baseball cel lar Saturday, dropping a 6-3 decision to Oregon State her. Riverside, Cal May 13 (U.R) George Pain hurled a one-hitter tonight as Riverside, making a triple play In the second Inning, blanked Porter ville. 3 to 0, in a Sunset league baseball gam. Pain struck out 11 men to bring his strikeouts for the season to 66 in six games. Portland, Ore., May 13 (U.Ri The lucky Beavers of Portland moved Into the lead In their Pacific Coast league scries with Sacramento her Saturday night, winning 7-2. Seattle. May 13 (U.R) Se attle took three to two lead in the Pacific Coast league baseball series with San Diego here by downing the Padres Saturday night 3 to 2, York tenement Firemen are fourth floor windows beg for (International Soundphoto) No Flood Danger In Valley, Tourists Should Be Told Weather in the Rogue River valley is fine, and there is no threat of floods here. And resort owners, motel operators and Chamber of Commerce officials wish that more people knew these facts. Stories originating in the Co- jumDia Dasin about floods and threats of floods have cut tourist travel in southern Oregon, they say, even when there is no flood threat here. As proof, the Cham ber of Commerce Saturday cited streamflow figures on the Rogue river in comparison to last year when there was no flood, ei ther. At Gold Ray dam, California Oregon Power company figures last year on May 11 showed a flow of 6,005 cubic feet per sec ond. On the same date this year, the flow was 3,745 cfs. On the north fork of the Rogue river above Prospect, the flow on May 12, 194!). was 2,880 cfs and on May 12 this year the flow was a moderate 1,718 cfs. In other words, the chamber said, the situation here is fine, but it wishes more people par ticularly in California knew it. Unemployed Payment Record Established Salem.. Ore.. Mav 13 (U.R) Although claims lines continued to dwindle in April and early May, new records of unemploy ment compensation in Oregon were being established, the state unemployment compen s a t i o n commission said today. The 1949-50 benefit year ends June 30. Checks went to 16.401 work ers in the first week of May, compared with 27,647 a month ago and 61,108 at the February peak. But a considerable part of the decline, the commission said, was believed due to the drop ping of 28,000 persons who have drawn their maximum benefit since last July. The commission looks for an influx of new claims from this group when the 1950-51 benefit year opens July 1. The files con tain claims from 140,000 covered workers or more than a third of those eligible for benefits. State payments for 10 months of the current benefit year pas sed the $24,000,000 mark, nearly $7,500,000 higher than the pre-S vious top for all of 1U46. Feudin' Brooklyn Boys Rounded Up by Police After Youth Is Killed New York, May 13 U.R) Police today rounded up all mem bers of Brooklyn's feuding juven ile gangs, the "Garfields and "Tignrs." They fought a battle in Prospect park last night in i which one was killed and an i other wounded. A 16-year-old "Garfield boy" admitted he fired the shot that 'killed an 18-year-old "Tiger." Anthony Scarpati told Deputy Chief Inspector Frank O'Leary he felled James Fortunato, a re cent high school graduate. i Reno, Nov.. May 13 U,R) Watson J. Williams was convict ed today of assault and battery of a police officer. Medford 45th Year. 24 Pages Winnipeg Vacated In Mass Flight by Cars, Trucks, Train 110,000 Persons Leave Flood Ravaged City Winnipeg, Man.. May 13 (U.R) A giant fleet of 3,700 cars and trucks and six special Red Cross trains carried citizens out oi Winnipeg today in a mass flight from a new flood crest. A Red Cross official said that by Monday a total of 110.000 persons more than one-third of this city's population of 320,000 will have fled in the greatest flood exodus in Canadian his tory. . The Canadian National Paci fic railways reported that 70,000 persons had left by rail and air line officials reported that l.uu had been flown out in the past five days. A United Press survey shews, however, that only 60,000 of these refugees had homes in Winnipeg. Premier D. L. Campbell oi Manitoba said shelter for 85, 000 flood victims had been ar ranged in private homes throughout the prairie province and eastern Canada. The mass exodus was spurred by warnings that the snake-like Red river, which was surging through the city at seven miles an hour, would rise three to six inches in the next 24 hours and would bring a new flood crest here in about six days. In addition, fresh rains were forecast for tomorrow. U. S. Army engineer H. W. Harich, flown here to , help plot the flood's., course, said the second flood crest would be "even worse" than the first. Army officials reported they had set up control check points at city boundaries in an ef fort to keep track of the huge numbers of refugees. DemosPTaiTAII-Out Oftense on McCarthy Washington. May 13 (U.R) Democrat strategists hinted to day they are readying an all-out counter offensive against Se n. Joseph R. McCarthy's chargS of communism in me siaie aepan ment. Some of our members are getting a bit tired of sitting back and taking this thing," a source close to democratic leaders said. '"Don't be surprised if you hear some well placed floor speeches." This source indicated inai inc slashing floor attack by Sen. Dennis Chavez, (D., N.M.), against Louis F. Budenz was the opening barrage of the cam paign. But he declined to discuss future strategy. Chavez followed up his attack on Budenz with a forecast, that McCarthy's political life will be brief. The New Mexico senator nredicted that he will remain in the senate "longer" than the Wisconsin republican. Chavez sa i d he consulted neither the state department nor administration officials before making his floor speech. 2,017 Voting Areas For Friday's Primary Portland, Ore., May 13 U.R) The number of voting precincts in Oregon will reach an all-time high of 2,017 during next Fri day's primary election. An increase of 158 precincts was Indicated in a survey to day. Multnomah county showed the largest number of new pre cincts. 41, for a total of 553, but Lane county had the largest per centage of increase, jumping from 122 to I SB. Four counties, Clackamas, Lane. Marion and Multnomah, reported more than 100 pre cincts. Their totals, were 123, 156, 110 and 553 respectively. Counties showing a decrease were Baker, from 39 to 37; Crook. 17 to 14: Grant. 18 to 15: Harney, 22 to 21; Lake, 20 to 18, and Wallowa, 15 to 14. WEATHER FORECAST Vartibhi flniirll nttl todir with thunder thowtri In the mounutrn. I,tt(i tmpraiijr rhini. Mostly cloudy and cooler Mnndav. Tfrnp. HI r hut Wrtrrdar 14 l,owfit Yntrrriay S2 MEDFORD, OREGON, P .Y, MAY 14, Weyerhaeus Strike Starts Monday After Negotiations Ended Portland. Ore., May 13 U.P.) Negotiations between the Wey erhaeuser Timber company, the northwest's largest logging con cern, and the International Woodworkers of America, CIO, broke down today and IWA President J. E. Fadling said the company's 6.000 workers would strike Monday. The union reached "tenta tive agreements" with all other northwest operators today and Friday, averting the threat of an industry-wide strike in three northwest states. Klamah Affeced Virgil Burtz, IWA research di rector, said the strike will tie up Weyehaeuser operations at Springfield and Klamath Falls, Ore., and Longview, Raymond, Vale and MacDonald, Wash. He added that boom workers at the company's Puget Sound op erations would also go out. Meanwhile, the Timber Oper ators association, which includes over a dozen small operators in the Grays and Willipa Harbor areas, reached an agreement with the union late today. IWA negotiations with sev eral other employer groups were closed earlier today and Friday with companies agreeing to add 7V4-cents-an-hour to pay rolls for payment of a health and welfare program. Also in Wanda Norton Reigns Over Annual Festival in Phoenix Phoenix, May 13 Miss Wanda Norton, sponsored by the Phoenix Parent-Teacher as sociation, was crowned queen of the Phoenix May festival at 11 a.m. Saturday, as the two day community celebration got under way here. Highlight of the occasion will be dedication of the new Youth Center building at 1 p.m. Sun day, with Dr. Elmo Stevenson as principle speaker. Kept Lead Miss Norton kept the lead In vote tabulations, which she gained Thursday evening, up to the final count Friday. Her total number of votes was 29,279. Officiating at coronation cere monies were Medford Mayor Diamond Flynn and Nanette Furry, 1949 festival queen and the queen and her court of princesses were to preside at both the modern and old-time dances Saturday night. Standings of other queen contestants at the final count Friday were Bonnie Terzenbach, Lions club, 14,834; Shirley Dud ley, Neighbors of Woodcraft Thimble club, 11,802; Sally Tripp, Thursday club, 9,033; Rosalie Klassen, Phoenix Rosalie Klassen, Phoenix Grange, 7,212; Virginia Roberts, Phoenix Garden club, 6,088, and Barbara Barlow, Phoenix Youth group, 4,728. Votes in the contest sold for a penny each, and a total of 824.76 was raised by this Youth Day Program and To Include Music. Talk by Morse Additional details of the "Youth day" program here to morrow in c6nnection with Na tional Security week observances were listed Saturday by H. B. Wales, civilian coordinating of ficer of the project. United States Sen. Wayne L. Morse, a member of the senate armed forces committee, will make two public appearances and speeches during the clay, the first at 2:30 p. m. at a high school stadium public meeting, and the second during the evening, fol lowing a downtown parade. f Afternoon Meeting Open The afternoon meeting, held under the auspices of Junior and senior high school authorities and open to the public will fea ture a flag-raising ceremony by the local civil air patrol unit, af ter students of both high schools assemble. Morse will Inspect the " AP squadron and will then give a major talk on the subject of national defense. He will be in eluded in the agreements was provision of three paid holidays. No Further Talks Fadling said no further talks with Weyerhaeuser officials were scheduled before Monday's strike deadline. The agreements, described by spokesmen a s "recommenda tions" by both bargaining groups, were reached with the Coos Bay Lumber company, the Oregon Coast Operators, the Tri-County Operators of What com, Skagit and Snohomish counties in Washington; the Plywood committee and the Lumbermen's Industrial R e 1 a tions committee. Earlier the Long-Bell com pany and the Willamette Valley Operators association, represent ing some 50 operators, reached strike-averting agreements in volving the same union propos als. Local Men Affected About 250 employees of the Medford corporation and of Fir Milling and Planing company of Ashland are members of the IWA-CIO and would be ef- any strike which might be called in this area. Representing both local em ployers is the Pine Industrial Relations Committee Inc., of Klamath Falls. method for putting the finish ing touches on the new build ing. Caravan Travels Start of the ceremonies and entertainment Saturday fol lowed a scries of horn-tooting caravans which wound their way through Talent, Ashland, Medford, Central Point and Jacksonville to advertise the festival. A parade through Phoenix im mediately followed the queen crowning ceremonies, and first prize was awarded to the float entered by the Community club and Youth center, showing an interior view of the new build ing. Other awards were to the Phoenix Grange, a garden scene, second place; Thursday club, a Maypole scene, third place, and four honorable mention floats entered by Boles Brothers, the Garden club, Neigllbors of Woodcraft, and the qujen com mittee. ! A series of entertainments ire planned through the afternoon Sunday, following the building dedication ceremonies. WEATHER By United Press Northern California Fair Sunday and Monday except for coastal fog. Clear In after noons. Little change in temper ature. Northwest winds 15-23 mph except locally 30 tnpli ex- posed polnta. troduced by Frank J. Van Dyke, speaker of Oregon's house of representatives. The parade will be at 7 p. m., between Riverside avenue and Fir street, along Main street, un der the direction of Wales, as sisted by army and navy person nel In national guard Jeeps. In cluded In the parade will be the 'unior high school band, Amer ican Legion colors, the local Vet erans of Foreign Wars post, the CAP squadron, Bliss Heine's drum corps, a Medford fire truck, Medford high school students in a serpentine march, the Ashland high school band, the Eagle Point high school band in a truck and student delegates, the Central Point drum corps followed by Boy and Girl scout units, and the rear guard,- formed by army jeeps proceeding sbreast. Morse's second talk of the day, again on national defense prob lems, will be given immediately after the parade. On the review Tribune 1950 NO. 45 Strong Nationalist Guerrilla Units on Chinese Mainland Strongest Yet To Go Fighting Way Inland Taipei, Formosa, Sunday, May 14 (U.R) The official Central News agency reported today that strong Chinese nationalist guerrilla units landed on the mainland at daybreak Friday to bolster and supply other guer rilla fighters there. The force, understood to be the strongest yet to be put ashore by the nationalists, was reported fighting its way inland with specially trained saboteurs. Communist Jet plane bases now under construction were said to be the special targets. Air Fore At Work At the same time, the na tionalist air force and navy pounded Communist held is lands in the Chusan group, from which the Reds have men aced the nationalist base at Tinghai. The Central News agency re ported that the guerrillas land ing on the mainland had cap tured prisoner and booty and still were engaged in. heavy fighting. I Central News said the landing took place in the Shlhpu area, 70 miles south of the threatened air and naval base of Tinghai, itself under communist artillery bombardment for several days, Commies Claim Win The nationalists have made other guerrilla raids in the Shlh pu area. The communist radio claimed "victory" in attacks against Tinghni, but status of the island stronghold was not clear. The Central News dispatch from Tinghai indicated the island re mained in nationalist hands. A nationalist c o m m u n ique said war planes bombarded com munist artillery positions on red held islands near Tinghai "day long" Friday. Tinghai is 90 miles south of Shanghai, Census Nearing Finish in County Ray Feves, district supervisor of the United Slates census, said Saturday that the prelim inary count for the 1950 cen sus in this district is nearing completion, and that "clean-up" and "call-back" work has started. i Editing and tabulating 'for the seven counties in the dl trict (Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine. Lane end Linn) has also ieen starred, Feves reported. , r If any one in jHckson county has been mlssetj by enumer ators, he should et In touch with the Eugen district office. Fpvps noiu. A form which mav Cjbe t-usoil tor th UTBOie is primer. c.n. rvu-.i-., ui r uiuajr m edition,of . Tbt-JTMail tribune. They shoutrt bf filled out eom pletely, and "mailed to: District Office, Bureau of the Census, Room 205, Armory Building, Eugene, Oregon. (Printed form on p'igo 14.) ing stand at Main and Front streets will be Van Dyke and ranking armed forces officers of local units, winners of the Armed Forces day essay contest and representatives of local un ions and the city school system. Mayor Diamond Flynn has been invited to represent the city. Capt. William O'Brien, USMCR, project officer for the week, will be In charge of the stand. Accor dions girls will play near the stand beginning at 6:30 p. m. After Morse's speech, and pre sentation of prizes to essay con test winners,, a display of weapons will be made at Crater Lake Motor company, including nil types of artillery from the Ashland national guard unit, and captured Japanese light weapons, furnished by the San Francisco marine corps head quarters. Service recruiters and national guard personnel will be In charge. Winners of the armed forces Firemen and Rail Executives Resume Talking in Chicago Union Pacific Routs Out of L. A. Struck Chicago, May 13 U.R) The const-to-coast railroad strike spread to a fifth major system tonight but hopes for a settle ment increased with an an nouncement that ioint meetinas between locomotive firemen and rail executives were resumed. The firemen walked off their jobs on the Union Pacific's Salt Lake City-Los Angeles division and tied up traffic there. Meanwhile Leverett Edwards of the national mediation board said that settlement efforts "were going in the right direc tion" but he would not comment on any specific progress made. Enough Notice Given He said that a three hour joint session was held today and that another might be scheduled later tonight. Union Pacific spokesmen said the striking Brotherhood of Lo comotive Firemen and Engine men gave them enough notice so that all freight on hand was dis posed of and no perishables were endangered. Railroad spokesmen indicated they would be forced to close shops, stations and offices throughout the division and that layoffs might "snowball into the thousands." The union moved immediately to set up picket lines at passen ger stations, freight yards, shops and roundhouses. New Walkouts Seen In Detroit, Waldo E. Smith, a vice-president of the brother hood, said that the union was "contemplating" new walkouts on the Grand Trunk and Wabash railroads "if the strike contin ues." Waldo said that the union "didn't want to tie up Detroit tight but we may have to." Both lines perform heavy shipping du ties there and a strike would leave Grand Rapids and Lansing, Mich., without rail service of any kind. Some Service Asked Meanwhile, other struck roads sought to restore a measure of normal service. The New York Central announced it will put one passenger train a dy into service between Cleveland and Columbus, O., starting Monday. The Pennsylvania announced at Philadelphia that freight serv ice in tne strike zone west and north of Harrisburg. Pa., has been stepped up to 21 trains daily, with the prospect of fur ther Increase. Fire Season Closes Monday; Need Permit The unrestricted fire season will be closed by proclamation of the governor on Monday, May in, it was announced Saturday by the state fire warden's office in Medford. After that date, it will be unlawful for anyone to set a fire without first receiving written permission from a state fire warden. The permits are required on all land outside of incorporated cities, or where burning is not done in an incinerator. Burning permits may be ob tained from the district war den's office on Midway road, or from any of the fire wardens in the area under the jurisdiction of the state forest patrol. DUCKLINGS TOP ROOKS Eugene, Ore., May 13 IU.R) The University of Oregon Duck lings beat the Oregon State game here Friday, 3 to 2. Parade day essay contests, and the prizes they won, are Baroara Barlow, Phoenix high school, $25 in cash donated by the Ro tary club; Peggy McCurley, Jacksonville high school, $15 cash donated by the Elks, and Pat Foley, Gold Hill high school, $10, donated by the Elks. All high school essay winners will be given a ride in an air force piano on Memorial day, according to Capt, Everett Mc Kenzie, air force instructor here. Other National Security week observances will be on Wednes day, Fraternal day, when dril ling and music units will demon- strnte In the evening, and on Saturday, Armed Forces day, when another parade will be held. Mayor Flynn has proclaimed Saturday as Armed Forcps day In conformity with presidential proclamation.