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BUZZIE TAKES BRIDE The whole Roosevelt clan gathered
at Santa Monica, Cal.. today to watch the late president's favorite
grandson take Robin Edwards, 21, daughter of a Douglas aircraft
executive, as his bride. Curtis (Buzzie) Roosevelt Dall, had to get
his mother's consent because he's only 20. They are shown above
as they applied for their marriage license.
Strike By
Subject of
Washington. May 23 (U.R)
The national mediation board be
gins conferences today in an ef
fort to head off a strike set for
June 1 by the AFL switchmen's
union against 10 western and
midwestern railroads.
Walkout Postponed
The walkout originally was set
for tomorrow, but the union post
poned it last week at the board's
request.
Arthur J. Glover, president of
County School Yoiers
Approve Big Budget
Budgeted expenditures three
quarter of a million dollars in ex
cess of the six per cent limita
tion were approved May 15 by
387 residents in 26 rural school
districts. There were 60 "no"
votes cast.
The county rural school board
is forced to go to the voters each
year for approval of the major
part of its annual budget to op
erate the schools in every dis
trict except Medford, Ashland
and Central Point. Because of an
outgrown levy base of 6237,797
and school needs amounting to
$951,553.62, the board's budget
must always be in excess of the
six per cent limitation by several
hundred thousand dollars.
Three districts out of the 26
were opposed to the levy in ex
cess of the limitation, but there
were sufficient votes cast in oth
er districts to approve the ex
penditures by a large margin.
Voters in the Brownsboro dis
trict two of them both voted
against the measure. It was de
feated in Derby by a vote of 6
to 2 and in the West Side district
10 to 6.
Rubber Companies
Boost Tire Prices
Akron, O.. May 23 (U.RI
Two big rubber companies an
nounced price increases today
of 2l2 per cent on passenger car
tire.s and 5 per cent on truck
tires "effective immediately."
, Following the lead of the U.S.
'mibber company, the B. F.
Goodrich company and the Good
year Tire and Rubber company,
announced the tire prices boosts
from their headquarters here.
School District Vote
On Budget Here Today
Medford school district resi
dents were voting today on a
measure to exceed by $213.
617. HO the six per cent limitation
in the 1950 1951 school budget.
Polls at the senior high school
girl;' gymnasium will be open
until 9 p.m. daylight time (8 p.m.
Pacific standard time).
Alternating Temperatures
Reduce Threat of Floods
Portland. Ore., May 23 iU.R!
Alternating cool and warm
weather during the past two
weeks was termed "very benefi
cial' toward reducing the seri
ousness of this spring's Columbia
basin flood threat by the weath
er bureau here today.
Warm weather this month
caused risen in the river system
which were then checked by sev
eral days of cooler temperatures.
The bureau forecast another pe
riod f warm weather beginning
I'-rlay. but pointed out that a
cont'iiui'd alternation in temper
atures could not dissolve trie
flood threat entirely.
Slight rises in the middle por
tion of the Columbia between
Pasco. Wash . and Grand Coulee
dam were expected until Wed
nesday, with similar increases
on the lower Snake and Willam
ette rivers.
JAcmt TelepholoJ
Switchmen
Sessions
the Switchmen's Union of North
America (AFL), was expected to
bring three other union negotia
tions to today's meeting.
Railroad representatives are
Daniel P. Loomis. chairman of
the western carriers conference
committee, and several officials
of the roads involved.
The AFL switchmen want a 40
hour week with their present 48
hours pay. plus time and a half
for Saturdays and double time
for Sundays.
40-Hour Week Given
Other non-operating rail broth
erhoods got the 40-hour week
last September with a seven-cents-an-hour
pay raise.
Railroads involved in the dis
pute are the Chicago Great West
ern; Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific: Davenport, Rock Island
and Northwestern: Denver and
Rio Grande Western; Great Nor
thern; Minneapolis and St. Louis;
Northern Pacific Terminal com
pany of Oregon: St. Paul Union
Depot company; Sioux City Ter
minal Hallway . and western ra
cific. Czechs Order Further
Diplomatic Staff Cut
Prague, Czechoslovakia. May
23 tU.R) Czechoslovakia de
manded tonight that the United
States cut its diplomatic staff
here in half within two weeks.
The government asked that
the American staff be reduced
to four diplomats, seven non-diplomats
and one guard.
The official Prague radio said
a Czech note to the United States
demanded that the Americans
affected be out of the country
within two weeks.
This was the third demand for
a cut in the American staff since
April 18. The first was for a cut
bv two-thirds within a "reason
able time." On May 10 the U.S.
was told that the reasonable
time had expired, and the per
sons must leave by May 12. a
deadline later extended to May
17.
The reduction demanded to
day presumably was in reprisal
for the American ousting of 22
of the 33 Czech diplomats in the
Washington embassy and the
closing of the Pittsburgh and
Cleveland consulates.
Congress Will Hear
Secret Acbeson Report
Washington. May 23 iU.R)
Arrangements were made at the
White House today for Secretary
of State Dean Acheson to give
congress a secret report next
Wednesday on his London meet
ing with the Atlantic pact nation
foreign ministers.
Senate Majority Leader Scott
W. Lucas of Illinois said after a
talk with President Truman that
Acheson would make his report
at an executive session of the
house and senate in the audi
torium of the library of congress.
Forecasters expected a 25 to
26-foot flood crest on the Colum
bia at Vancouver. Wash., next
month. 10 to 11 feet above flood
stage. The river was six inches
over the 15-foot flood stage
Monday.
At Wenatchee,' Wah., the Co
lumbia was l'-j feet below its
level two years ago when a dis
astrous flood was climaxed by
the destniction of Vanport, Ore.,
a city of 18.000 north of Port
land. Bonneville administration of
ficials here said Pacific north
west power supplies would not
be affected by the expected 25
to 26-foot crest at Vancouver.
However. John P. Jolliffe.
chief of operation, said a 30-fool
crest like that of 1948 would re
duce peaking capacity by about
200,000 kilowatts.
Medford
45th Year.
12 Pages
PARALLEL NOTES BY
WESTERN COUNTRIES
SAY WORD BROKEN
Washington, May 23 (UP) The Bie Three
western powers accused Russia today of breaking her
word and jeopardizing peace by creating an army of
o0,000 Germans in the Soviet zone of Germany.
The United States, France and Great Britain in
parallel notes demanded that the Kremlin give some
measure of plausibility to its purported devotion to
peace by promptly disbanding the east German mili
tary force.
All Three Nations Accuse
Russia of Violations
All three nations accused Rus
sia of violating her repeatedly
pledged word to keep Germany
demilitarized. The U. S. note ex
pressed this government's "grave
concern" over the Soviet action.
The state department, in a
statement accompanying release
of the American note, said the
Soviet trained and indoctrinated
East German military force
"could form the nucleus of a new
German army or an internal se
curity force to maintain com
munist control."
The three notes said that the
East German army is equipped
with military weapons how
itzers, anti-aircraft guns,'- mor
tars, machine guns and tanks
and therefore cannot Be camou
flaged as a police force.
Iits key personnel, the state de
partment said, are old line Ger
man communists who fought
with the communists in the Span
ish civil war. Its chain of com
mand, the department added,
stems "from Major General Pet
rakovsky of the Soviet control
commission."
The U. S. note emphasized that
the western occupying powers
had taken "effective steps" to
prevent German rearmament in
their zones. All three notes
charged that Russia had violated
her pledges to take the same pre
ventive action in her zone.
Sen. Flegel Extends
Margin Oyer Wallace
Portland. Ore., May 23 (U.Ri
State Senator Austin Flegel's
narrow lead over Lew Wallace
of Portland for the democratic
nomination for governor ex
panded slightly today, reports
from all but 12 precincts in the
primary election showed today.
Returns from 2.005 of the
state's 2.017 nrecincts gave Fle
gel 58.913. Wallace 57.574. and
State Treasurer Walter J. Pear
son 46,341.
The remaining unreported pre
cincts were scattered in Clack
amas, Curry, Grant. Harney,
Lincoln and Union counties.
With 2.004 of 2.017 precincts
completed. Sen. Wayne Morse's
victory over Dave Hoover for
the republican nomination for U.
S. senator stood at 118.394 to 62.
697. slightly less than a ratio of
two to one.
Salem, Ore., May 23 U.R)
State Treasurer Walter J. Pear
son today called upon democrats
who supported him lor governor
to get actively behind Austin
Flegel, who won the democratic
nomination for chief executive.
Building Inspector
Issues Eight Permits
Eight building permits have
been issued in the last several
days by the city building inspect
or's office.
Principal projects are an $8000
duplex residence on 411 Oak
street to be erected by William
E. Brooks and a $7,000 house at
1041 West 11th street to be built
bv Rav Schumacher. Dr. B. Ray
Miller' asked to make a $1,000
addition to a house at 127 Valley
View drive.
Other projects were Burr E.
Tvc, $700 addition to house at
102 Mistletoe street; C. C. Con
nolly. S500 repairs to building
at 1006 Saling avenue: Don Bren
ner. $300 roof repairs at 504
Austin street: James Helqeson.
$200 addition to house at 534
South Fir street and Morris K.
Wallace $45 bathroom at 600
Bemoo street.
MEDFORD, OREP
Congress Scolded
For Passage of
Public Works Bill
Washington, May 23 (U.R)
President Truman's objections to
the $1,800,000,000 public works
bill are likely to go unheeded at
this session of congress.
He signed it, but scolded con
gress yesterday in a three-page
single-spaced message for pass
ing a "seriously deficient" bill.
Revisions Out
Members responsible for pilot
ing it through congress said pri
vately the revisions Mr. Truman
suggested don't stand a chance of
action now. As strong partisans
of the army engineers, they can
be expected to be cool to his pro
posals that the engineers' should
share resource planning author
ity with other federal agencies.
Specifically, Mr. Truman ask
ed congress to:
1. Cut other agencies in on
basin-wide planning for develop
ment of the Arkan.ses. White and
Red river areas. He suggested
that plans be prepared by a spe
cial interdepartmental commis
sion, with a chairman appointed
by the president.
2. Authorize "a full-scale in
vestigation of multiple purpose
resource development" for the
Merrimac and Connecticut rivers.
He thinks such an investigation
should take into account the pro
posed St. Lawrence seaway proj
ect. Message Larded
3. Reconsider rejection of in
terior department projects under
the coordinated army interior
plan for Columbia river develop
ment. He called the bill's provis
ions "partial and inadequate."
Mr. Truman larded his mes
sage with critical references to
"piecemeal approaches." "inade
quate planning" and failure of
congress to adjust its procedures
to the inherent requirements of
federal resource development
work."
Coast Guard Probes
New Jersey Explosion
New York. May 23 (U RI The
coast guard called new witnesses
today, trying to find out what
touched off the atomic-like am
munition explosion at South Am-
boy. N. J.
All the men who know ex
actly what happened aboard the
explosives-packed barges and
railroad cars last Friday night
apparently were among the 28
men who died in the blast.
The witnesses who have testi
fied in the coast guard inquiry
so far either had left the scene
before the blast or arrived later.
Senate Opholds Three
Reorganization Plans
Washington. May 23 (U.RI
The senate today upheld three
more of President Truman's
plans to reorganize the govern
ment's executive departments.
They were the las. of the 2i re
organization plans submitted to
congress at this session.
By identical votes of 43 to 29.
the senate first approved reor
ganization plans for the com
merce department and to switch
advanced planning of non federal
works from the general services
administration to the housing
and home financing administra
tion.
Then, by a vote of 69 to 7. it
approved a plan to turn over con
trol of certain oostolfice build
ing! to the GSA.
i VUESDAY, MAY 23,
Last Commander
Of GAR fo Visit
Veterans Center
Parade, Dignitaries
To Honor Penland, 101
Theodore "Daddy" Penland,
101, last and final commander
in chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic, will be guest of
honor at "National GAR day"
ceremonies at Camp White Sun
day, it was announced today.
A long list of state, national
and veterans organization digni
taries has been invited to the
affair, and many have accepted,
it was reported by John L. Kel
ly, chief of special services at
the veterans domiciliary center,
general chairman of the event.
A parade in honor of Com
mander will be held at the vet
erans center at 2 p.m. Sunday,
followed by a short talk by a
speaker of slate-wide promi
nence, it was reported. The pub
lic is invited.
Well Known on Coast
Penland, the sprightly old gen
tleman who last year sounded
the gavel on the final encamp
ment of the GAR at Indianapo
lis, with only six of his comrades
in attendance, is well-known
along the. Pacific coast. He now
makes his home in Vancouver,
Wash.
A native of Goshen, Ind., he
was born there Jan. 23, 184!),
and enlisted in the Union army
at the age of 16. He was wound
ed twice during the civil war,
and came west at the cessation
of hostilities. After visiting Cali
fornia, Nevada and Idaho, he set
tled in Portland, where he resid
ed for more than 70 years. He
attended the first GAR encamp
ment in Indianapolis 83 years
ago, and has attended all but two
since that tune. More than half
a mililon men belonged to the
organization at one time.
Guard of Honor
Penland will arrive at the
Medford airport at 10:55 a.m.
where he will be met by Mayor
D. L. Fynn, officials at Camp
White, and an honor guard,
ranging in age from 22 to 100,
veterans of four wars.
He will review a parade at the
camp at 2 p.m., which will in
clude high school bands Horn
Medford and Grants Pass, and
possibly from Ashland and Cen
tral Point. The Jackson County
Mounted Sheriff's posse will par
ticipate, as will a delegation of
Cave men from Grants Pass. The
Medford Eagles auxiliary drill
team mav also march. Signifi
cance of the event and the place
will also be marked by a burro,
packed with a pick, gold pan
and bedroll. Veterans organiza
tions, their auxiliaries, and mem
bers at the veterans center, will
also be represented. The Ash
land Kilty band has been asked
to inarch.
Invitations Sent
Invitation have been sent to
Senator Wayne Morse, Con
gressman Harris Ellsworth,
Mayor Flynn, Governor Douglas
McKay, Secretary of State Earl
Newbry, David M. Brown, na
tional commander of the Dis
abled American Veterans: Clyde
A. Lewis, national commander
of the Veernns of Foreign Wars;
Gcorae N. Craig, national com
mander of the American Legion:
E. E. Carle, adjutant general n
the Uniled Snanish War Veter
ans, and the state commanders of
all major veterans organizations
and the presidents of their auxil
iaries.
It is understood that arrange
ments have been marie for a na
tionwide radio broadcast of the
event, and for newsreel cover-
ace, and invitations have been
sent to representatives of Time j
and Life magazines, and to me
major press services.
Sheriff's Officer to
Return Parole Violator
Deputy Sheriff DeArmond
Leigh left here yesterday for St.
Paul. Minn., to take custody of
Charles Harvey Reigard. 27. who
is wanted by Jackson county au
thorities for parole violation.
Reigard was given a three-year
suspended sentence March 23 for
attempted burglary and was on
probation to the state parole of
ficer. His Medford address is list
ed as 14 South Bartlett slreet. He
was picked up by St. Paul au
thorities last month.
Tribune
1950
No. 53
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iAcme Tel photo i
GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT
Mrs. Ana Frohmlller, S8, Ari
zona Stale Auditor for 23 years,
announced In Phoenix that she
would be a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for gov
ernor. . During her political ca
reer, Mrs. Frohmlllcr has won 14
races with no defeats. If elected
she would be the nnlion's third
woman governor.
Prompt Action by
Workers Rescues
City Employee
Prompt action probably saved
the life of Owen C. Pratt, 60, of
1416 Maple Park drive, when
the side of a ditch in which the
city employee was working fell
in on him about l:.iO p.m. yes
terday. Pratt, according to the city
superintendent's office, was mak
ing a sewer connection in an
eight-foot ditch on South Grape
street for the new Myron Root
fruit packing plant. Working
with him was Ted Alvord.
Earth Falls
A solid chunk of earth five
feet deep, eight to 10 feet long
and one and one-half to three
feet thick cracked off and
pinned Pratt from " the neck
down and was slowly cutting off
his breathing, it was said.
Workmen from the Myron
Root plant came quieklv to the
scene. They shoved timbers into
the ditch between the chunk of
earth and the ditch wall. A
chain was put around the tim
bers and a city truck, which hap
pened to be close by at the lime,
was used to pull them and re
lieve the pressure on Pratt, who
was then due out.
Hospitalized For Checkup
Pratt was taken by Conger-
Morris ambulance to Community
hospital for check and x-rays.
He was reported resting at his
home today.
City Superintendent Vernon
Thorpe reported that no such
cave-in was experienced last
winter during the laying of the
sewer to which the connection
was being made. The ditch dug
for the sewer was much deeper,
he said.
On hand to heln rescue Pratt
were other public works and
water department employees and
men from nearby jobs and busi
nesses. Medford Gideons Visit
Klamath Falls Camp
A group of 18 or 20 members
of the Gideons' Rogue Valley
camp attended a rally sponsored
by the Klamath Kails camp Sun
day. After a brief devotional and
prayer service, members attend
ed 19 different churches and
Sunday schools, presenting Gid
eon work there.
Following church services, the
group assembled for a fellow
ship dinner, followed by a short
program. Tom Dryden, slate
president, addressed the group.
The state cabinet attended the
session, and there were Gideons
from Bend. Portland and other
state encampments in attend
ance. The celebration marked the
fourth anniversary of the Klam
ath Falls camp.
White Plains, N. Y May 23
(URi Don (Creesh) Hornsby, 26,
composer and pianist, died today
of infantile paralysis in Grass
lands hospital her.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair with MUM
ehing In temperature to
night and Tueidajr.
Temp.
........ St
49
Hiiheit yeiterday .....
Lowest thti morning .
Lie Sees Chance
For Agreement on
Special Meetings
Cold War Problems
Would Be Thrashed
London. May 23 (U.R) Try-
gve Lie, United Nations secre
tary general, sees a better than 1
au-DU chance of big power agree
ment within the year to start a
series of special security council
meetings on cold war orohlems.
authoritative sources said today.
Informants said Lie's optimism
presupposed that the Chinese
communist government would be
seated in the UN by the time the
general assembly meets this-fall.
Reported on Talks
Lie conferred todav with
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
and Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin. He reported on his talks
last week with Premier Josef
Stalin and other Soviet leaders.
lomorrow he leaves for the
United States. He will talk agHin
with President Truman and Sec
retary of State Dean Acheson.
Yesterday he saw Premier
Georges Bidault and Foreign
Minister Robert Schumnn of
France.
The hard core of the results of
his talks to date with bie four
leaders was said to be that none
had rejcclcd his idea for resump
tion of negotiations through the
medium of the security council.
His associates said the results
so far had been like the words of
the old song. "She Didn t Say
Yes and She Didn't Say No."
Gives Up Idea
Earlier this year Lie proposed
in a Washington speech that an
unused provision of the charter
and the security council rules be
invoked to start a special series
of security council meetings at
the level of foreign ministers or
even heads of state.
After his talks with big four
leaders Lie was understood to
have given up the idea of the
heads of state attending, and to
be concentrating instead on try
ing to start such meetings at the
level of foreign ministers.
Long Rang Project
Lie's idea would be to start
such a series of extraordinary
council meetings this fall and
then follow up with two each
year in the various capitals of
the world.
He would have such meetings
held in secret, particularly at the
beginning, for an exchange of
views and exploration of pending
problems. His project is a long
range one. looking forward a
score of years.
General Motors, CIO
Sign New Contract
Detroit, May 23 (U.RI Gen
eral Motors and the CIO Uniled
Auto workers today agreed on a
new contract continuing their
cost-of-living wage agreement
and providing SlOO-plus pensions
for 270,000 employees across the
nation.
The contract runs for five
years. UAW President Walter P.
Routher said it amounted to a
19-cent "package." and the most
significant advance for the UAW
since it was organized In 1936.
General Motors stock shot to
its highest level since 1929 when
settlement was confirmed.
Big Earl Shelton Injured
By Mysterious
Fairfield, III., May 23 (U.R)
Big Earl Shelton, last member of
a notorious family gang, was re
covering today from minor
wounds he suffered in a mystery
ambush similar to those which
killed his two brothers.
Shelton's nephew, "Little
Earl," escaped injury In the at
tack yesterday when three gun
men blasted them with a rifle, a
shotgun and a submachine gun
as they drove down an Isolated
road in the Pond creek bottoms
tn inspect some oil wells on Big
Earl's land.
It was Just a year ago tomor
row that Big Earl was shot in
the back by an unknown gun
man as he played poker in a
club he owned here. The gun
man fired through a window that
time, and escaped In the dark.
And Little Earl also has been
a target for the mystery men
Gerhart Eisler
Promises Peaceful
Week-End Session
Policemen Alerted
To Handle Rally
Berlin, May 23 (U.R) A
three-day meeting of hundreds
of thousands of communist
youths here next week-end will
be carried out peacefully, Ger
hart Eisler, propaganda chief of
East Germany said today.
Eisler called a press confer
ence soon after the German po
lice of both east and west Berlin
had been alerted to handle the
rally.
The former communist leader
in the United States refused to
guarantee that the trunk high
way between Berlin and West
Germany would be open to al
lied traffic during the meeting.
To Rid Fear
"I have called this conference
to get rid of all trie fear that
still might be in your bones, and
give you a chance to bury the
campaign of h. eria launched
by the western press," Eisler
said.
The rally had been touted for
months as certain to generate
friction and possibly violence.
The big question, still unan
swered with the vanguard of the
communist youth already stream
ing in. was whether a march on
west Berlin would be under
taken. Authorities said all policemen
in the Soviet sector of Berlin
were alerted at 8 a m. todav. Re
inforced by police from all East
Germany, the number mobilized
lor the rally was expected to
reach 50.000 by the time the first
speech is made.
About one-third of west Ber
lin's 12.000 police were alerted
today. The remainder will be or
dered to stand by on and after
Thursday.
Western allied troops of the
American, British and French
garrisons, specially trained in
anti-riot tactics, were geared for
action if the police should allow
the situation to get out of hand.
nans ueorge urban, deputy
police commissioner, said close
checks would be maintained on
all sector border crossings inside
Benin.
County Budget Still
Undergoing Study
Jackson county's budget lor
the 1950-51 fiscal vr i .till In
a state of uncertainty today, and
a date for publication of the
final figures is not yet known.
Several department heads of the
county government were meet
ing behind closed doors tnHnv
with the budget committee to
thrash out differences and arrive
at an equitable allocation of
funds that will give each depart
m e n t adequate operating ex
penses for the next fiscal year.
In spite of the expanding
costs of county services, the bud
get committee has invariably
managed so far tn kprn pvivnM
within the six per cent limita
tion. Deadline for completion of
the instrument is July 15.
Atomic-Age Navy
Approved by House -
Washington, May 23 (U.R)
In a burst of defense activity,
the house today passed legisla
tion to start work on an atomic
age navy and to spend about
$580 million on top priority mili
tary construction at home and
abroad.
The construction bill. In dif
ferent form, already has passed
the senate It now goes back for
consideration of house changes.
The navy building program in
cludes plans for an atomic-powered
submarine. It now goes to
the senate.
8EABEES TO MEET
A special meeting of the Sea
bee reserve will be held today
at 8 p.m. in the Federal building.
Lt. Cmdr. Jackson. Seahee re
serve officer from Seattle, will
be here to answer questions re
garding the Scabee reserve and
help set up a training program.
Ail former Seabees are invited
to attend.
Seattle. May 23 U,R The
const guard reported today that
the cutter Bnnham had taken
two fishing vessels in tow off the
Oregon coast and was en route
to Coos Bay, Ore.
Assailant
who apparently are bent on wip
ing out members of the Shellon
clan. Little Earl was blasted by
eigiit machine gun slugs last
September 10.
Neither Big Earl nor Little
Earl would say today whether
they glimpsed the men who fired
at them yesterday afternoon.
Driving the same car in which
Little Earl was shot, they were
en route tn investigate a report
that one of Big Earl's oil wells
was about to "come through."
As they drove through the
bottomlands, the gunmen sud
denly fired at them from a clump
of hushes. One slug missed Lit
tle Earl, who was driving, and
hit Big Earl in the right arm.
Flying glass cut B I g Earl's
eyes.
Little Earl (romped on the ac
celerator and the car roared
away as the gunmen fired a vol
ley of shots after them.