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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. .
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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.
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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.