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EDFORD
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Weyerhaeuser Timber Operations Closed
Strike Called As
Negotiations With
Company Collapse
Springfield Plant
Still in Operation
Portland, Ore., May 5 W.R)
The huge operations of the Wey
(krhaeuser Timber company, larg
est in the world, were shut down
today by a strike of CIO lumber
workers.
Only at Springfield, Ore.,
where the union still was nego
tiating a contract, were opera
tions being carried out as the
company's logging camps, ply
wood plants, sawmills and boom
operations in Oregon and Wash
ington were struck by the Inter
national Woodworkers of Amer
ica. Conference Held
Weyerhaeuser had no imme
diate comment but a conference
on future plans was reported be
ing held at company headquar
ters in Tacoma. Wash. IWA
President J. E.- Fadling said the
strike was called after negotia
tions with the company broke
down Saturday with the main
point of dispute the union's de
mand for a closed shop.
Except on AFL operations, the
CIO's action brought the sprawl
ing lumber company operations
to a shutdown. Loggers, mill
hands and other employees fail
ed to show up for jobs today.
A picket line was maintained
J6 miles from the company's
Molalla. Ore., camp at a point
where a private road leads into
a state highway. Pickets were
also posted at Klamath Falls,
Ore., Raymond, Wash., and else
where in the two states.
Agreement Reached
An industry-wide tieup in the
Pacific northwest was averted
Saturday, however, when sever
al large groups of lumber opera
tors reached tentative, agree
ments with the union.
The agreements, described as
"recommendations" of both bar
gaining units, provided for a
seven and one-half cents an hour
pav boost which would be used
for a health and welfare pro
gram chosen, by the union.
The health and welfare pro
grams would be financed
through pavroll deductions.
ederal Mediator Leo Kotin
said further meetings between
the IWA and Weyerhaeuser of
ficials had not been scheduled,
but expressed hope for an early
settlement.
The International Woodwork
ers of America. CIO, came to an
agreement with the Pine Indus
trial Relations committee over
the week-end with regard to
workers employed by firms rep
resented by the committee, it
was reported today by B. L. Nut
ting, manager of the Medford
corporation.
Medco and Fir Milling and
Planing company, Ashland,
wore the only two local firms
affected by the IWA strike
threat. The two companies em
ploy about 250 union members.
Terms of the settlement dif
fered little from those signed by
other northwest lumBer opera
tors, and include an across-the-board
wage increase of seven
and a half cents effective May
1, and three paid holidays a
vear. Deductions will be made
from wages by participating
firms, and the money turned
over to a union-administered
health and welfare fund, accord
ing to C. L. "Chet" Irving, of the
Pine employers group.
Two Tie for First in
Emigrant Boat Races
Lon Skinner. Medford. and
Buzz Bushley. Eugene, had the
best results in yesterday's out
board motorboat races on Emi
grant lake.
The two tied for first in the
class B runabout competition.
Skinner took the class C run
about award and Bushley was
.first in C hydroplanes.
"'rPirrhfr runabout tests Jack
Pellctt. Crriral Point, and Bud
Christie, Portland, tied for first
in class D and K In hydros Hal
Skinner. MedforS was first in
class B and Jerry MeGrew, Med
ford. was first in clasis D.
Ashland Chiropractor
To Head Association
Dr. E. N. Terrill. Ashland,
was elected president of district
No. 6. Oregon Association ot
Chiropractic Physicians, at a re
cent meeting at his office.
Dr. B. E. Campbell. Medford.
was named vice-president and
Dr. C. W. Campbell secretary
tie Kru re r.
The group completed arrange
ments for the state convention at
Medford June 2, 3 and 4. Meet
ings and a dance will be held
at Merrick's hall and a banquet
is scheduled for the Jackson ho
tel. Tho.e attending the district
session held their luncheon at
Omeri.
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AID PROMISED Taking time out from the Big Three conference
in London. Secretary of State Dean Acheson confers with Mrs. Lu
cille Vogeler about the plight of her husband, Robert, serving a
prison sentence in Hungary on espionage charges. Although Vogel
er'3 16-year sentence was recently upheld by the Hungarian Supreme
Court, Secretary Acheson said he would make a new effort to get
him released.
Senator Morse Slates
Defense Talk Today
Two public addresses by Unit
ed States Sen. Wayne Morse
were to feature observance of
"Youth day" of National Secur
ity week here today. Morse was
to talk at 2:30 p. m. at the high
school stadium and again this
evening following a parade at
7 p. m. The senator arrived here
by air this morning.
A number of valley high
schools were to be represented
in the parade this evening, which
will a'.so feature many musical
and marching organizations.
Morse's talk, to be given from
the parade reviewing stand at
the corner of Main and Front
streets, will be concerned with
national defense. The senator is
a member of the armed forces
committee of the senate.
To Show Weapons
Following the parade and
Morse's talk, a display of nation
al guard artillery and captured
Japanese weapons will be opened
at Crater Lake Motor company.
Line of march for the parade is
along Main street from River
side avenue to Fir street.
The afternoon event was un
der the sponsorship of the Med
ford junior and senior high
schools and participating were
Employment on Rise
In Coastal States
San Francisco. May 15 Pa
cific coast industrial and com
mercial employment moved up
rapidly in March to about 4,010,
000. an increase of 57.000 from
mid-February and within one per
cent of the level of March last
vear, according to the regional
office of the department of la
bor's bureau of labor statistics.
Oregon and Washington had
increases in employment amount
ing to about four per cent.
Average weekly earnings in
Oregon also increased, as did
average weekly hours worked,
atfafaOA Virttlflv dnmitlDt In
Oregon, where the sharpest rise
was noted, average earnings rose
to S64.15 per week. S3.43 above
January. The average work week
went from 37.1 to 38 hours,
while hourlv earnings went from
SI. 64 in January to $1.69 in Feb
ruary.
Search Continues tor
Malheur Jail Escapees
Vale, Ore., May 15 (U.R) A
statewide search continued today
for three men who escaped from
the Malheur county jail here yes
terday after slugging the jailer
and locking him in a cell.
The trio, none of whom were
considered dangerous, stole a
maroon 1940 Mercury sedan and
were believed headed for Port
land. The escapees were listed as
Charles Thomas Melton. 59.
charged with larceny: Ernest
Richard Crawford, 22 larceny,
and Harold Erfcst Collins. 25.
charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses.
FISH LAKE ROAD
The route via Butte Fall Is
the only road open from Medford
to Fish lake, Sid Blood, man
ager of the Fish lake resort,
stressed today. He said that he
had driven over the road several
times during the past week. Pre
vious reports concerning routes
open to Fish lake have been contradictory.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
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SENATOR WAYNE MORSE
Defense Speech Scheduled
the Medford civil air patrol
squadron, and the two high
school bands. Morse will inspect
the CAP squadron and he will
be introduced by Frank J. Van
Dyke, speaker of the Oregon
house of representatives.
Planes Due
Three national guard fighter
planes were due to fly over the
city during the afternoon, call
ing attention to air force and
guard participation in the Na
tional Security week observ
ance. Other events will be held dur
ing the week will be made, cul
minating with a giant parade
next Saturday.
Vital Tax
Public Airing Tomorrow Noon
Evervone in Jackson county,
especially officials of county and
citv government and officials of
school districts, has been invited
bv the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce to attend a forum
meeting it has arranged for to
morrow noon with the lecislative
interim tax study committee. The
meeting will he held in the Med
ford hotel's downstairs banquet
room.
The program will consist of an
outline of the present fiscal con
dition of the state by State Sen.
Howard Belton. chairman of the
interim committee. State Rep.
Giles French will talk about the
financial effect of the proposed
school bill to increase state sup
port by $30 per census child, and
about the proposed bonus bill for
veterans.
Welfare Costs
Mrs. Louise Humphrey, staff
assistant for Oregon Business
and Tax Research, will discuss
welfare problems and probable
costs.
There are several proposals
now being debated in the com
mittee but none for new taxes,
according to Rep. French.
Earl B. Day, former legislator,
Jackson county Judge and state
tax commissioner, will speak on
proposed changes In the corpor
ate excise tax and Rep. John Sell,
The Dalles, will discuss house
joint resolution No. 9 of the 1949
session which would eliminate
the right of the state to levy a
property tax
Mrs. Humphrey has also pre
pared a talk about proposed im
MONDAY, MAY 15, 1950
Sodden Dikes Hold
Fate of Winnipeg As
River Crest Reached
Winnipeg. Man., May 15 iU.R)
The rampaging Red river reach
ed its peak crest today, and me
fate of greater Winnipeg hung
on the strength of its sodden
dikes and its weary flood work
ers. More than 100.000 persons
had been evacuated from this
provincial capital as the river
leveled off at 30.1 feet 12.1
above ftood level.
Hospital Patients Flee
More than 2.500 of those who
fled were hospital patients.
Eleven royal Canadian air force
planes flew 164 bed-ridden pa-
Richard F. Antle
Passes Suddenly
At Family Home
Richard F. (Dick) Antic, a res
ident of Medford for 42 years,
passed away at the family home,
127 North Ivy street this morn
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Antle had re
turned only yesterday noon from
a several-weeks tour of the mid
dle west during which they vis
ited relatives, and he had seem
ed in fine health.
Mr. Antle was born at Atchi
son, Kas., on December 16, 1868.
He moved to Medford in 1908
and was active in business and
civic affairs here until his re
tirement some years ago. He was
a member of the Masonic lodge
of Medford, Knights Templar
and Hillah Temple of the
Shrine.
He is survived by his wife,
Annette: two daughters. Mrs.
Henry Pringlc-and Mrs.J Milton
Schuchard, both of Medford:
two grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Funeral Wednesday
Funeral services will be held
at Perl funeral home Wednes
day at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev.
George P. Bolster, rector of St.
Marks Episcopal church, officiat
ing. Medrord Lodge 1U3 Af i
AM. will participate in the
services and interment will take
place in Siskiyou Memorial
park.
It is the request of the family
that flowers be omitted at the
services.
Rural School Board
Special Election Today
A special election, called by
the Jackson county rural school
board to gel voters' permission
to exceed the six per cent lim
itation in the 1950-51 budget,
will be held today from 8 p. m.
until 10 p. m. (DST).
Polling places in most of the
25 school districts involved will
be in the school houses. In dis
tricts where there are no schools,
the polling places normally used
for school elections will be open.
Problems Slated for
provements in assessment meth
ods, especially those having to
do with personal property assess
ments and the six per cent limita
tion. Rep. French will explain
the proposed business tax.
Plan Question Period
Chairman Belton will sum up
the program, and the public will
then be given a chance to ask
questions and offer suggestions.
Many public officials, as well
as the chamber of commerce, "are
making an effort to get as many
taxpayers as possible to attend
the meeting, believing it is the
t- Vou mrd " iiiwwi I '" 1 I I
STATE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES The two charts
above give a graphic illustration of the source and use of state
funds. The chart on the left shows where the state dollar came
from in the year ended June 30. 1949 The Income represented here
totaled $142,581,000. The chart on the right shows how the state
dollar was spent. It represents financial expenditures of $143,318,
000 for the same fiscal year. The serious problems confronting the
state, as illustrated in these charts, will be described in detail by
members of the legislative Interim tax studv committee when they
i meet here tomorrow noon at the
tients to safety from homes for
the aged and nursing institu
tions. The Red Cross announced
it had evacuated 1.200 hospital
natients by train and plane. At
least half of them were stretcher
cases.
Deputy Resources Minister D.
M. Stephens announced that the
river appeared to have reached
its peak and was now leveling
off. But he warned that "heavy
rains could alter the situation
within hours."
This prairie metropolis of
320.000 persons was stripped of
one third of its residents. Thou
sands more women, children and
aged continued to stream out to
safety.
Suburban St. oBniface, direct
ly across the river from Winni
peg, evacuated 5.000 persons in
the last 24 hours. Army water
craft and trucks plowed through
debris and broken dikes to take
the refugees to safety. It was
estimated that onlv 10.000 per
sons remained in the city.
Flood control headouarters
warned that the seven-mile dike
at St. oBniface and Norwood
might be completely undermin
ed in the next 24 hours.
The peak crest could last for
a week. Authorities were afraid
the soggv dikes, pounded bv a
30-mile-anhour current, might
give way.
The river has destroyed or
damaged some 6.000 homes in
the 65-milc long valley between
here and the border town of
Emerson. Water covered an esti
mated eight square miles on the
AO-square mile area of greater
Winnipeg.
(See photos on page eight)
50-Day Savings
Bond Drive Opens
In State Today
The 50-day Independence sav
ings bond drive in Oregon got
underway today with a tap of
the clapper of Oregon's new
Liberty Bell at Pendleton. Heads
of service clubs, trade unions
and other groups will meet at
7:45 p.m. today at Leonard's
Electric store to discuss plans
for displaying the bell in Jack
son county.
The bell is scheduled to arrive
in Jackson county on May 24.
Plans are being made to take
the bell to several communities
in the county and it will be
shown at Medford schools.
Jackson county quota in the
bond drive is $i 50,000, accord
ing to Morris Leonard Sr., coun
ty chairman of the savings bond
committee. A sharp upturn in
bond sales was marked in Ore
gon in April with Jackson coun
ty residents purchasing $85,026
worth of which S64.989 worth
were in E bonds, Morris said.
best opportunity offered local
residents for a long time to get
an accurate and complete picture
01 a prooiem mat vuauy enecis
everyone in the slate. County
School Superintendent C. R.
Bowman says he is urging all
school administrators to attend,
since their annual work with
school budgets makes full infor
mation on taxes almost man
datory. Those who are unable to attend
In person are advised to have
representatives at the meeting.
Reservations mav be made by
calling the Medford hotel, 2-6151.
Medford hotel for a public hearing.
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CANT BEET THIS True to his Job, BUI Duflock, secretary-manager
of the Chamber of Commerce of El Ccntro, Calif., tries stirring
a cup of coffee with a giant sugar beet grown In the Imperial Val
ley. The 22-pound beet, bound for the sugar factory, will produce)
about two pounds of sugar.
Progress Reported
In Rail Negotiations
Chicago, May 15 UR) Fed
eral mediators reported "defi-l
nite progress'' toward settlement
of the coast-to-coast railroad
strike today but the walkout
was spreading.
Pickets at Pana, 111., prevent
ed Chicago & Eastern Illinois
freight trains for using tracks of
the strike-bound New York Cen
tral into St. Louis.
The C. & E. I. owns its own
tracks from Chicago to Pana in
south-central Illinois but uses
New York Central tracks to
move five freights a day into St.
Louis.
A dozen pickets halted two
Tourist Season
Begins in Earnest
The 1950 tourist season began
In earnest in southern Oregon
yesterday with a sudden spurt
in attendance reported from the
two main tourist attractions in
this area Crater Lake National
park and the Oregon Vortex.
Official figures from the head
quarters of Crater Lake National
park showed a total of 1,240 vis
itors over the week-end, the
heaviest volume of week-end
travel in the park so far this
year. All the travel was through
the south entrance, from Ft.
Klamath, or through the west en
trance from Medford. The other
two gateways to the park are
still closed.
Travel to Oregon Caves Is also
picking up, although the main
season there does not open until
June 15. There is an adequate
number of guides on hand now to
handle any number of visitors
and scheduled tours through the
caves are available. It is expect
ed that the coffee shop at the
chateau will be opened some
time this week but overnight ac
commodations will not be avail
able until the middle of June.
Highways Searched
For Escaped Convict
Salem. Ore., May .' (U.R)
State police searched Oregon
highways today for Richard
Johnson, Oregon state prison
convict who escaped Saturday
by what police said was a rare
ruse.
Johnson, up from Lane county
for a seven-year sentence on as
sault and armed robbery, was
working In a strawberry patch at
the prison farm on Turner road
Saturday. Cars were " passing
along the fairly heavily traveled
road. One old car stopped. John
son made a dash for it, climbed
In Bnd was whisked away In the
general direction of the State
Tuberculosis hospital.
Officers, who even were
searching automobile trunks in
their hunt for the fleeing con
vict, said no clue to his where
abouts has been uncovered.
ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR WED
Philadelphia. May 15 iUR)
Eugene Ormandy, director of the
Philadelphia orchestra, and Mar
garet E. Hitsch. 41, of Vienna,
were married today in a brief
ceremony at city hall.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Clear fconih; ta
ortastng oloudtntH Tutidty,
tllfhtly warmer tonight.
Temp.
Higheit Yeiterdiy Vt
Lowest thli Morning ... M
No. 46
trains last night. One turned
back for re-routing, but the oth
er still was halted today.
Allowed To Continue
Later, however, the train was
permitted to continue its north
bound trip.
The C, & E. t. issued an env
bargo under which it will refuse
to accept any freight destined
for stops between Pana and
Mitchell, 111., near St. Louis,
The road said it would make
no attempt to move trains over
the NYC tracks, but would con
tinue handling freight to St.
Louis over other lines.
C. & E. I. spokesmen said the
union threatened to "pull out"
all C. & E. I. firemen if the
picket line was crossed!
The six-day strike against four
major rail systems spread to a
western division of the Union
Pacific during the week-end and
the number of rail workers
idled soared above 160,000.
Talks Recessed
At Topcka, Kans., 2.500 Santa
Fe shop employees faced layoffs
at the end of their shifts today.
Meanwhile, mediators at Chi
cago recessed Joint talks between
stripped-down negotiating teams
and met separately with union
representatives.
The meeting recessed at noon
and mediators said further sep
arate talks were likely with both
sides. There was no indication
when joint discussions would be
resumed.
Mediators said they had no
plans to confer with President
Truman about the strike during
his visit here.
Equalization Board
To Study Applications
The Jackson county board of
equalization this week begins the
job of attempting to equalize as
sessed valuations on comparable
property. Last week the board
received 88 petitions for reduc
ed valuations from property
owners who appeared In person
as well as a number of petitions
sent by mail. It was the largest
volume of petitions received by
the hoard in many years, the
county clerk's office reported.
The board, composed of the
county court, the county clerk
and the county assessor, will
now consider the applications
individually. They exnect their
work will take at least two
week to complete.
Scattered Smudging
Last Night; End of
Season Approaching
Temperatures dropped to be
tween 29 and 30 degrees in the
coldest orchards last night to
make light and scattered smudg
ing necessary, the county agent's
office reported today.
Though a rising temperature
trend Is expected, the Medford
weather bureau said today that
cool nights could make orchard
heating necessary as late as the
first of June but that prospect
is not likely. R. J. Rogers, fed
eral meteorologist, said the latest
smudging date he can remember
is May 28. He will end his frost
warning service May 25,
Plans to Deliver
Asia to Communists
Told by Senator
Pacific-Asia Plan
Called Hoax, Fraud
Atlantic City. M. J.. May 15
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. (R..
Wis.), charged today that a
"Lattimore-Acheson axis" nlana
to deliver Asia and the Pacifio
to the communists while pre
tending to fight communism.
it is a clever, evil thing to
behold," McCarthy told the dia
mond UDiiee meeting of the
Sons of the American Revolu
tion. "It is gigantic in its fraud
and complete in its deceit.
toughest Speech
The speech, which McCarthy
billed in advance as "the rough
est yet" in his campaign against
the state department, was a
slashing attack upon Secretary
of State Dean Acheson and John
Hopkins Professor Owen Latti
more. But he did not repeat hia
charge that Lattimore is the
"top" soviet spy in this country.
McCarthy said the Pacific
Asia "plan," which he termed a
"vicious hoax and fraud," was
"masterminded" by Lattimore.
He said it will "wreck nations
and enslave millions while de
ceiving and betraying America."
it is tne strategy of the Lattimore-Acheson
axis of hitting
communists at the front door
with a silk handkerchief while
they beat the brains out of your
friends at the back door," ha
said.
Denials Ignored
The speech, broadcast over the
National Broadcasting company
network, ignored state depart
ment denials corroborated by
three former secretaries of state
that Lattimore has been influ
ential in formulating American
foreign policy. McCarthy insist
ed that the professor is Ache
son's "principal architect" ol '
foreign policy.
McCarthy aaid that Lattimore
has, in effect, admitted that he
is the mastermind of the alleged
program to "sell out Asia and
the Pacific. He said that Latti
more made this statement:
"The thing to do, therefore, ia
to let South Korea fall, but not
to let it look as though we pushed
it."
"Did you hear what Latti
more is saying?" McCarthy
asked. "Does the hideous impact
of that utterance hit you where
it hurls? It should, for here in
a sentence we have laid bare the
whole scheme of Ideological bar
barism that' would betray ui.
This, gentlemen, is the plaa
conceived by Mr. Acheson'a ar
chitect. Mr. Lattimore, conceiv
ably and publicly advocated by
him for part of the Pacific area,"
Carthy said, Acheson "suddenly
bought it and applied it to thi
entire far east."
Already ia Effect
He said the details of the "Pa
cific plan of the Lattimore-Acheson
axis" already have been put
into effect. He cited the failure
of the U. S. government to sup
ply aid to Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek's anti-communist force
on Formosa.
To camouflage this plan, Mc
Carthy said, Acheson" suddenly
discovered there was a place
called Indo-Chlna, an area in
which there is no fighting force
to even remotely compare to the
troops on the island of Formosa,
but a good vehicle for the new
plan of 'murder, but make it
look like suicide'."
5 Young People Hurt
As 'Hot-Rod' Crashes
One girl was hospitalized and
several other people treated for
injuries at Community hospital
following an auto mishap early
this morning, according to state
police and ambulance attend
ants. Police reported that a "hot
rod" car operated by Robert Lee
Johnson failed to make a right
curve on highway 90 near Gold
Hill this morning. It turned over
once and rolled against a barbed
wire fence. All occupants of the
vehicle were Grants Pass resi
dents, it was said.
Wanda Bowman, IS, was hos
pitalized, and treated were Mari
lyn Bryum, 15: Reid Johnson,
20: Jerry Lenhert, 18, and Gene
Williams. 15, Conger-Morris am
bulance men said. State police
said that Donald R. Pruner was
also a passenger. .
School Board Election
Slated Here June 19
Patrons of the Medford school
district will be asked to elect
one hoard member at the annual
election on June IB.
The five year term of John P.
Moffat expires. The city school
office said that it had not been
informed of his intentions con
cerning reelection.
Candidates for the director
post have until seven days be
fore the election to file at the
school office in the city hall. All
school districts In the state are
scheduled to hold elections on
June 19, the third Monday in the
month.
Dr. Rinehart, Famed
Clinic Head, Succumb$
Wheeler, Ore., May 15 U.R)
Dr. Harvey E. Rinehart. 65, hud
of the famed Oregon Rinehart
clinic for arthritis, died here today.
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