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DUFF TICKET WINS Gov. James H. Duff of Pennsylvania,
left, and his entire statewide ticket seized undisputed control in
yesterday's primary election. Duff won the GOP nomination for
a seat in the United States senate by trouncing John C. Kunkel.
Jay Cooke, right, Philadelphia banker, was unsuccessful in his bid
for the gubernatorial nomination, losing out to John S. Fine.
Duff Ticket Wins on
Pennsylvania Ballot
Philadelphia, May 17 iU.R)
Gov. James H. Duff and his en
tire statewide ticket slashed their
way through "old guard" ranks
to seize undisputed control of
Pennsylvania republicanism to
day in the state's bitterest GOP I
primary since 1934. I
Bluff "Big Jim" Duff. United
States senatorial candidate, and 1
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Councilmen Appeal
For Approval of
Finance Measures
Members of the city council
and Mayor Diamond Flynn un
animously passed a resolution
favoring all three of the meas
ures to appear on the city ballot
at Friday's election. The pro
posals are for fire and water
department bond issues, and a
continuing levy for upkeep and
added manpower for the fire de
partment. The resolution, adopted and
signed at last night's city council
meeting, says:
Be it resolved, we the mayor(
and council of the city of Med
ford, again wish to remind the
legal voters of the city of Med
ford the seriousness of the
special election which is being
held on May 19. Each one of
these measures was unani
mously adopted by the entire
council after very careful and
thorough investigation. We
feel that each item asked for
should be approved by the
voters and we are making a
last-minute appeal to every
good citizen to get out and vote
and favorably consider these
measures.
D. L. Flvnn, Mayor.
Elmer Childcrs, Councilman.
Neil Davidson. Councilman.
Harold Frve, Councilman.
Dwight Houghton, -'
Councilman.
Earl Miller, Councilman.
Frank Runtz. Councilman.
Paul Selbv. Councilman.
Floyd Watkins, Councilman.
Election Day Friday
Also Part-Holiday
Friday. May 19. as primary
election dav, is also a judicial
holiday, and a number of state
offices will be closed. The coun
ty courthouse will not open for
business that day, except for the
polling place. The state employ
ment service office, atthe cor
ner of West Sixth and North Fir
streets, will be closed and the
stale liquor store will be locked
up all day. ,
All establishments in Oregon
serving alcoholic beverages for
on - the premises consumption
will not be allowed to sell liquor
during election hours 9 a.m. un
til 9 p.m. (DST). Establishments
with package licenses selling
beer and wines for off-the-prcm.
ises consumption, will not be
Both banks have announced
they will remain open d""n
the usual business hours Friday.
First Results Show
School Budget Okayed
Eleven out of 26 school dis
tricts that voted in Mondays
election on rural school board
expenditures in excess of the six
per cent limitation have filed
their returns with the county
school superintendent's 'flce;
Complete and official results of
the voting may not be known
for several days yet.
Unofficial reports from each of
u. 1 1 jiriptc indicate that tne
measure was passed in those dis
tricts, but the final and officia
lallv will be made by the rural
school board, probably next Mon
day. WEATHER
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Unfit UiU .Moinlni
his gubernatorial running mate,
John S. Fine, dealt former Unit
ed States Sen. Joseph R. Grun
dy's GOP conservatives their
first major defeat in nearly two
decades and their first at the
hands of "liberal" republicans.
Presidential Aid Seen
Political observers believed
Duff's smashing victory would
lend considerable weight to the
liberal GOP forces in the 1B52
presidential campaign. Duff was
a bitter foe of the faction that
nominated Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey at the last republican
convention.
Republican voters at yester
day's primary heeded Duff's pre
primary warning to "destroy
Grundyism in the primary or
the democrats will destroy it in
the fall" by giving the red
haired governor and his running
mates a big margin for the en
tire ticket and a "no contest"
personal victory over Millionaire
Congressman John C. Kunkel of
Harrisburg, for the senatorial
nomination. Fine, former state
superior court judge, defeated
Jay Cooke, Philadelphia banker,
for the gubernatorial nomination.
Duff In Landslide
With all but 594 of the state's
8,350 precincts tabulated, the
republicans gave, for United
States senator. Duff 893,178;
Kunkel 390,771. For governor,
Fine 736.694: Cooke 533,037.
- The major candidates on the
democratic party s ticket, united
States Sen. Francis J. Myers for
renomination, and Philadelphia
Citv Treasurer Richardson Dil
worth for governor faced no
real opposition. Myers, a sea
soned campaigner who will be
fighting for re-election, will face
Duff in the fall, and Fine will
oppose Dilworth. a fiery orator
who led the democrats to a
smashing city hall victory in re
publican Philadelphia last year.
Drill To Be Given
By CAP Unit Here
A demonstration drill will be
performed by members of Med
ford's championship civil air
patrol squadron at 7:30 p.m. to
day, in observance of National
Security week, it was announced
this morning. The drill will be
given in the railroad lot at the
corner of Main and Front streets.
Bliss Heine's drum corps will
furnish the marching tempo for
the event, and members of the
Eagle drill team will patrol the
tracks.
H. B. Wales, civilian coordina
tor for the Armed Forces day
parade Saturday, said today that
representatives of all organiza
tions planning to participate in
the parade will meet at 8 p.m.
Thursday in the court house
auditorium to work out parade
plans. Capt. William O'Brien,
community project officer, will
be in charge of the reviewing
stand, and Wales will supervise
the parade. Parade line of march
will be from Hawthorne park
west to the city library park.
Sheriff Race Hot;
Two Fires Reported
Portland, Ore., May 17 U.P
Multnomah county's sheriff race
for Friday's primary election got
too hot vesterdav and cost be
tween S12.000 and $15,000 in fire
damage to two offices.
Most expensive fire was last
night on the second floor of the
downtown Morgan building
when match books advertising
Candidate Glenn Ackerman ig
nited and did $12,000 to $15,000
damage to the Gailbraith photog
raphy studios and other offices
on the floor of the eight-story
building.
Leland J. Arnett. Portland,
was treated at St. Vincent's hos
pital for first and second degree
head, arm and chest burns. The
match books flared up a Arnett
was stapling them together
Earlier in the day a $190 fire
damaged the campaign office of
Bard Purcell. also a sheriff can
didate. The fire department said
that fire. too. started from match
book advertisements. j
CITY FIREMEN CALLED
City firemen were railed at
12 40 pm. todav to 723 West
11th street where an nil stove!
had overheated Firefighters Mid
there was no damage.
AF of L Lumber Workers' Jemantis Listed;
Would Affect Many Rogue Valley Firms
Settlement Signed
With 2 Employer
Representatives
Seek 10' i Cent Increase
Retroactive to May 1
Gene W. Tedrick. business
agent of the Klamath Basin Dist
rict council. Lumber and Saw
mill workers, AF of L, said to
day the Northwest council of
Lumber and Sawmill workers
has reached a proposed 10Mi
cent hourly wage increase settle
ment with two groups of em
ployers in the douglas fir belt.
In Tedrick's prepared state
ment, he also said that the ex
ecutive committee of the council
is recommending to all local
unions and district councils that
if any employers in the north
west lumber industry refuses to
grant the proposed increase
"with absolutely no strings
attached," that strike action be
taken.
Not Received Her
(A spokesman for one of the
southern Oregon firms employ
ing AF of L workers said this
afternoon that the firm had not
vet received the wage demands
from the council. Pension de
mands were made earlier this
year, he said, but no negotiations
have been held in regard to
them.
(A number of local firms, at
least four and perhaps more,
employ AF of L workers. Ted
rick declined to list the number
of workers in this area repre
sented by his organization, but
lumber industry sources said
that it would be several hun
dred.) The settlement announced by
Tedrick was with two employer
groups the Willamette Opera
tors association, and the Plywood
and Door Manufacturers Indus
trial committee.
Terms Listed
Recommendations for de
mands based on the proposed
settlement indued thelO'i cent
wage increase retroactive to May
1. 1950, which Tedrick's state
ment said would establish a
minimum of S1.55'a within the
industry, up from $1.45. Tedrick
said that approximately 22.000
workers in the douglas fir area
would be affected.
Strike votes on the question
have already been taken in west
ern Washington and in the Wil
lamette Valley District council
area, he added.
Offers Rejected
Tedrick said that AF of L ne
gotiators rejected all offers of
wage increases which would be
deducted by the employer to be
turned over to insurance com
panies for welfare benefits.
Other settlements offered in lieu
of wage increases were rejected.
Tedrick's statement said, because
they were not offered or ob
tainable" without "strings at
tached that would make the
value of such offers, including
paid holidays, more favorable to
employers than to the workers."
Kenneth Davis, executive sec
retary of the Northwestern Coun
cil. Portland, said "the AFL-LSW
did not agree to withhold any
further demands for pensions for
any period of time, and intends
to make further studies along
this line. We still believe a pen
sion in which the emplover is
obligated is a definite benefit to
the industry."
$2,000 Awarded Court
Case Plaintiff Here
A circuit court jurv yester
day awarded the full $2,000
damages asked by Ralph G.
Hunter in his suit against Wal
ter Berndt. The case involved an
alleged failure by the defend
ant to comply with terms of a
contract to buy a tractor from
Hunter. The plaintiff claimed
he had lost the services of his
tractor for about two months,
losing $2,000.
Attorney for the plaintiff was
Gus Newbury and the defend
ant was represented by George
Roberts.
Sen. Taft
Washington, May 17 U.R) He extolled the virtues of his
The democrats and republicans legislative program, challenged
clashed head on today in their the republicans to offer some
battle for votes in Uie 1950 con- thing better and called upon the
gressional election. The sharp voters to rid congress of isola-
split between them was clearly
outlined by President Truman
and Sen. Robert A. Taft, (R., O.)
tttuei Cited
Here were the issues as they
saw them:
Mr. Truman His "fair deal"
and prosperity vs. republican
obstructionism and Isolationism.
Taft The democrats' social
ism and the "handout state" vs.
GOP prosperity under the Am
erican way of life.
Mr. Truman presented the
democrats' views during his re
cent 6 000-mile "whistle stop''
cross-country tour.
Medford
45th Year. . 20 Pages
Action Completed
On Bill to Double
Old Age Benefits
0
Washington. May 17 (U.R)
The senate finance committee
completed action today on a bill
to double old-age insurance bene
fits and bring 10 million more
persons into the social security
program.
Chairman Walter F. George
(D.. Ga.) said the bill will be
ready for senate action next
Tuesday. But he said it can't be
called up until the senate fin
ishes debate on the administra
tion's fair employment bill,
which he and other southerners
oppose.
He said 11 committee members
voted for the bill on which hear-
North Atlantic
Ministers to Form
'Security Council'
London, May 17 (U.R) The
North Atlantic foreign ministers
agreed unanimously today to set
up a "little security council" to
carry on in continuous session
the work of the Atlantic treaty.
Agreement on the liaison or
ganization for the 12 counties
linked by the Atlantic pact cli
maxed long study by the foreign
ministers.
Meeting Ends Tomorrow
The London meeting of the
foreign ministers will wind up
tomorrow. It followed a discus
sion of cold war strategy by the
American, British and French
foreign ministers.
Selection of a supreme coordi
nator to direct economic and
military defenses of the Atlantic
pact countries against commu
nist aggression was one of the
toughest jobs before the council.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
and W. Averell Harriman
topped the list of Americans be
ing considered for the job.
However, a spokesman for
Eisenhower said in New York
that the general had "heard abso
lutely nothing1, officially or unof--ficiaily,"
about being consid
ered. The desire is for an American
civilian of great prestigi at home
and abroad.
Eisenhower fits all the quali
fications except for his military
background. He now is president
of Columbia university.
Harriman, roving ambassador
for the Marshall plan, outstrips
most other civilians insofar as
knowledge of the problem is con
cerned. 2 More Weyerhaeuser
Operations Struck
Springfield. Ore.. May 17
(U R The CIO lumber workers
strike against the huge Weyer
haeuser Timber company spread
to the Springfield sawmill and
the Suthcrlin, Ore., logging
camp today.
Contract lalks between the
company and the union, only re
cently recognized as bargaining
agent for Springfield and Suth
crlin workers, were broken off
at midnight and the International
Woodworkers of America an
nounced they were striking.
Answers
tiomsts and obstructionists so
his "fair deal" proposals can be
passed.
Taft Answers For GOP
Taft. chairman of the senate
GOP policy committee, answer
ed for the republicans in a nation-wide
radio address last
night.
He acuscd the president of
"political immorality" and said
Mr. Truman is trying to elect a
"rubber stamp congress" which
would spend the nation Into "a
false boom and a depression."
Smiling and confident at the
end of his tour. Mr. Trurr.an said
he had given the peoplt ' pie
MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY
ings began in January. Two
members did not vote. The house
approved a similar bill last year.
The senate bill would bring
in on a compulsory basis 5 mil
lion non-farm self-employed. 1
million domestic servants, 800.
000 farm workers, and 600,000
employees of non-profit organiza
tions. About 1.500.000 state and
local government employees
would be included on a volun
tary basis.
The committee also voted to
freeze the I's per cent payroll
tax until 1956.
The house-approved bill would
would bring in about 11 million
persons, raise the payroll tax to
two psr cent next January 1, and
increase benefits about 70 per
cent.
Washington. May 17 (U.R)
The house ways and means com
mittee voted tentatively today to
reduce the maximum long-term
capital gains tax on individuals
from 25 per cent to 16 per cent.
The capital gains tax is the tax
levied on profits from sales of
securities, real estate or other
such investments.
The decision to reduce this
tax, as suggested by Rep. Dan
iel A. Reed (R., N. Y.) is subject
to reconsideration laler.
To Reduce Holding Period
The committee also tentative
ly agreed to reduce from six
months to three months the pe
riod for which an investment
must be held before profits from
its sale can be classed as a long
term capital gain.
Short-term capital gains
profits on investments held less
than six months under present
law are subjected to regular
income taxes, which for persons
with large incomes run up to
about 90 per cent. But the maxi
mum effective rate on long-term
capital gains is only 25 per cent,
and the committee would reduce
this to 16 per cent.
Crashed Jet Fighter
Removed From Airport
A big United States air force
crane, and truck today removed
the battered F-86 jet fighter
plane which crash-landed at the
Medford airport recently.
The plane, which weighs sev
eral tons, resisted the first ef
forts of air force personnel to
remove it from the runway after
it first crashed, although subse
quent efforts succeeded.
The plane was to be taken to
an air force base in California.
COMPLETE ELECTION
RETURNS
The Mail Tribune and radio
station KYJC will cooperate
Friday to bring radio listen
ers prompt election returns
after the closing of polling
placet in the May 19 primary
election. Arrangements have
been completed for United
Press teletype service on
statewide returns, and staff
members of The Mail Trib
une will be assigned to col
lect and tabulate returns on
county and city nominations
and ballot measures. Regular
broadcast of returns will be
made direct from The Mail
Tribune office ilarting at
10:15 p.m. Friday by Jamet
Dunlevy. manager of KYJC.
President Truman
by piece Just what the demo
cratic party stands for and what
the democratic party ia trying
to do."
Taft. himself a randidale for
re-election, urged the voters to
elect a GOP congress which
would back up an anti-communist
foreign policy, reduce taxes
and spending, rid the govern
ment of communists and "return
to the principles of thrift and
sound fiscal policy on which
this nation was constructed."
Definitions Given
He said that, to Mr. Truman's
way of thinking, "an 'isolation
ist' appears to be anyone who
disagrees with his particular
brand of foreign to' . at the
moire.-.!: an obi. . .- Is
' anyone who disagree! with Tru-
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HUNDREDS OF HOMES lying 10 to 15 feet below flood water of
Red River are being evacuated In populous St. Boniface, suburb
of Winnipeg, as rising water steadily pounds protecting levees.
Slender safety margin U seen In aerial photo. (7r..rnalional)
Fire Laws Talked,
Defense Head Named
By City Councilmen
Fire prevention legislation rec
ommended by Leo Weidner, act
ing fire chief and consultant to
Medford, to bring existing regu
lations more in line with laws a
city the size of Medford should
have was discussed at the regu
lar city council session last night
but no action was taken.
Councilman Paul Sclby said
the safety committee, of which
he is chairman, had not had time
to look over the proposed ord
inances and was not prepared to
make a recommendation. He
said the legislation will be pre
sented also to City Attorney
Frank Farrell to make certain
that it is on order.
The regulations cover such
matters as installation of burn
ers, trash burning, storage oi
materials and the fire depart
ment procedure.
Cooler Temperatures
Slows Flood Dangers
Portland, Ore., May 17 U.R)
Weather bureau river forecasts
for the Columbia basin were opti
j mistic today as cooler tempera
tures were expected to slow
i down or 'stop the rise of the Co
lumbia river and its tributaries.
Bureau officials said cnoh'r
i temperatures would cut the Toot
' a-day rise of northwest streams
with some rivers west of the Cas
cade mountains expected to fall
'slightly.
The forecast said the lower
; Snake and the middle Columbia
I rivers would continue rising at
a reduced rate and most stations
Ion the Willamette and lower Co
, lumhia rivers would show slight
drops.
No northwest rivers have hit
flood stage yet.
man s socialist program."
"I don't believe for a moment
the people of this country ap
prove the ''Truman program,"
Taft said. "I don't beli-ve for a
moment they want an 82nd con
gress subservient to Mr. Truman
prepared to rubber stamp that
program."
Refers to Programs
He referred specifically to
Mr. Truman's campaign for the
Brannan plan, for a medical In
surance program, for repeal of
the Taft-Hartley act and for the
necessity of a deficit budget at
the present time.
"The general program of the
Truman crusade is clear." the
renuhhean senator said, "from
ise everyone everyininn. "",
hope to back it up with govern-1
ment money. .'
Tribune
17, 1950
NO. 48
Jack Fitzgerald, manager and
one of the owners of Davis
Transfer and Storage company,
was named by the council as
Medford supervisor for the Ore
gon civil defense agency. Gov.
Douglas McKay had requested
the appointment of a supervisor
here to work with the agency in
locating and setting up observa
tion posts for an air raid warn
ing system.
Harold Frye, chairman of the
council park committee announc
ed that the park dedication had
been definitely set for Sunday
afternoon, June 4. It was indi
cated that the pool will be open
officially for business on the fol
lowing day.
Program Planned
Dedication activities will com
mence with a 1:30 p.m. parade.
Assembly at the park Is sched
uled for 2 p.m. Frank Van Dyke
will be speaker, and Jack McEl
roy of the "Welcome to Holly
wood" radio show may be mas
ter of ceremonies.
The program includes a style
show and water show. Arrange
ments are being made to have
National Champion Judy Cor
nell, Portland, Multnomah Ath
letic club swimmer, here for an
attempt to belter a world record.
Youngsters will be given free
swims on dedication day.
Taxis Petition
Other business at the council
meeting included presentation of
a petition from taxi-cab coin-
nanies asking an increase In
'fares and an adjustment in li
cense fees in line with those of
Klamath alls, Ashland and
Grants Pass because of increase
operating expenses.
Present rate for transporting
fares within the city is 50 cents.
They asked a boost of 25 cents
for cross-town transportation.
The matter was referred to the
license committee.
Approve Banners
Councilmen voted the Jackson
County Sheriff's posse permis
sion to place on South Riverside
avenue and North Central ave
nue banners advertising the
Rogue River roundup. It was
suggested, however, that city
crewmen should make the in
stallation. At the same time councilmen
spoke of flagrant violation of
regulations regarding placing of
signs over streets and sidewalks.
Confusion in seeing stop lights
because of lighted signs was
brought out and corrective ac
tion discussed. The building and
light committee was detailed to
study the problem.
Two zone change recommenda
tions from the plnnnlng commis
sion were filed. One change
would permit maintenance of an
apartment house at Lot 1, Black
l.aureinurst addition. The
other would allow construction
'Inf an anartment hnne nn South
Prarh street about 200 feet from
1
Main sireet.
(See Story on Page I).
One-Fourth Inch
Downpour Expected
To Strain Dikes
Anxious Watch Kept
By Volunteer Crews
Winnineff Man Maw 17 rum
New rains lashnH tha 1aa1
strained dikes of Winnipeg to
dav While 50.000 vnlnnlaa.. .HJ
5,000 soldiers kent anviniia
watch.
Light rain began falling yes
terday afternnnn nnt pnntinnej
intermittently through the night
and morning.
The rain is exceedingly dan
gerous," D. M. Stephens, deputy
resources minister aiH "Ani iha
condition of the dikes will wor
sen it it continues. During this
period will be our greatest cri
sis as dikes protecting our pow
er, transportation and thousandl
of homes face their most seri
ous strain."
Citv Engineer W n Hunt
the Glenwood Crescent dike, one
oi tne largest of the 20 miles of
walls protecting the city, had
slipped eight inches in 24 hours.
More than 220.000 of Winni
peg's 320.000 residents still re
mained in the city, waiting to
flee if the dikes begin to crum
ble. Floods already have cov
ered some 10 square miles of
the 80 square mile city.
The weather bureau said the
new rains were expected to
amount to one-fourth of an inch
of rainfall by noon. This will add
millions of gallons of water to
the 30.2 flood crest of the Red
river which has pounded the
city's dikes since Sunday. The
unsettled weather conditions will
last for two or three more days,
the weather bureau said.
Red Cross officials said they
hoped the new threat of disaste?
would spur voluntary evacuation
which has been lagging since the
river dropped a tenth of a foot
Sunday night. .
First White Girl
Born in County
Dies in Portland
Ashland, May 17 Mrs-. Eliza
beth Dunn Van Sant, .94. the
first white girl born In Jackson
county, was buried today in
Ashland's Pioneer cemetery.
Funeral services were held yes
terday in Portland, where she
died Sunday.
Mrs. Van Sant was the daugh
ter of Patrick and Mary Hill
uunn, wno estarjnsned a noma
three miles south of here in
1854. Dunn Is said to have come
to this country in 1851, and suf
fered throughout his life as a
result of a wound received in
the Indian wars.
The deceased was horn on
the Hill homestead, property of
her mother's family, which was
near the Dunn homestead, still
in possession of the Dunn fam
ily. She was for many years a
member of the Lithia Park
board, was a member of the Al
pha chapter of Eastern Star,
Daughters of the American
Revolution, Oregon Pioneer as
sociation, and of Rose City
Park Presbyterian church in
Portland where she had lived
for the past 20 years.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs.' William Shaumloffel. Sac
ramento, Cal.; a brother, George
W. Dunn. Ashland, a former
state legislator and county
judge, and a sister, Ella Dunn
Rice, Portland.
Hospital Fund Drive
Warning Issued Here
The Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce today released a
statement sent here by the Port
land Better Business bureau ad
vising that the National Cancer
Hospital of America, Detroit,
Mich., is not affiliated with the
American Cancer society, "nor
is it affiliated with or cooperat
ing with other medical groups,
either in Detroit or elsewhere.
The hospital is soliciting funds
by mailing out one dollar bills
all over the country, asking that
more cash be added and returned
to the hospital. Several of the
letters have been received in
Medford. The better busines bu
reau reports "the fund-raising
campaign is said to be in the
hands of a professional promoter
who, necessarily, must take his
'cut' before the hospital receives
any funds."
CAVES OPEN
The chateau and coffee shop
at the Oregon Caves national
monument were partially reopen
ed for business yesterday, ac
cording to E. P. Leavitt. park
service superintendent of Crater
Ijike and the Caves monument.
Full service for the 1950 summer
season will open May 29.
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