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1 Chemist Charged With Giving Atom Secrets to Russia Assistant to Dr. Fuchs May Face Death Penalty Philadelphia. May 24 (U.R) A mild appearing research' chemist, arrested for helping British Scientist Dr. Klaus E. J. Fuchs give A-bomb secrets to Russia, became the first American today to face the death penalty for atomic spying. FBI agents, who arrested Swiss-born Harry Gold, 38, Monday, said he admitted helping pass the vital A-bomb information to the communists to help "a nation whose final aims I approved along the road to industrial strength." Congressional sources believed this was only the first In series of arrests of American associates of the British scientist who was sentenced to 14 years in prison in London last March 1 for be ing a Russian atomic spy. Two FBI agents now are questioning Fuchs in his London prison cell. Gold was arraigned last night before Federal Judge James P. McGranery who set bail at $100,000. The judge set a further hear ing for June 12. The chemist, a flabby, swarthy man barely more than five feet tall, made no effort to raise the bail money and was taken to Moyamensing prison here under guard of six FBI agents. Medford Tribune United Press Full Lease Wire United Preu Full Leaf lre 45th Year. 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1950 NO. Republicans Challenge Truman's Foreign Poll t4llJfcTp"'" "gejeaeiJig VsmWea-lV .. ri' M, M I l i if 1 ft 1 1 tl f I 14 iitri (Acmm Tdephoto) PRAYERS FOR DEAD IN BLAST Father John McMullin kneels In prayer on steps of St. Mary's Church at South Amboy. N. J, to lead congregation in prayers lor those killed in the tragic ammuni tion explosion. The town experienced new blasts when a fire touched off 50 barrels of chemical materials. Britain Ready to Resume Atom Talks; Lie's 10 Points Told London. May 24 (U.R) Bri tain announced today that it is willing and ready to resume talks with Russia within the United Nations on atomic energy as soon as the deadlock over China has been settled. Foreign Undersecretary Em est Davis announced Britain's Leqion Commander To Honor Penland Camp White. May 24 Sam Bowe, Grants Pass, state department- commander of the Amer ican Legion, will be principal speaker Sunday at ceremonies here honorine Theodore "Daddy Penland. 101, Vancouver, last commander in chief of the Grand Armv of the Republic. Plans were virtually complete today for the "National GAR day" ceremonies to be held here under the joint auspices of the Camp White veterans center, the Women's Relief Corps and the Daughters of Union Veterans. Time and Life magazine pho tographers will cover the event, it was announced, and military units in addition to veterans or ganizatidn representatives will be included in a parade to.be held in connection with the cere monies. Other parade entries will symbolize life in southern Oregon, the functions of the domiciliary center, and the changes which have taken place since the Civil war. Curtailed Wafer Use During Fires Asked The first water-saving meas ure to be required in Medford this vcar was announced today by Acting Fire Chief Leo Weid ner, who said that residents are asked to turn off irrigation and olher city water taps when the fire siren blows. Lowered pressure because of flowing city water, due to small er storage in the reservoirs, makes firefighling more diffi cult and hazardous, Weidner said, and later in the summer drain on reservoirs by both fire equipment and city users could lower w'ater supplies past the dancer noint. The fire department will starM immediately to sound the re call'' siren after alarms, so that residents will know when they may resume water use. It was pointed out that this measure will not be necessary after completion of the new city water pipeline approved by vot ers last Friday. Two More Companies Increase Tire Prices Akron, O.. May 24 (U.R) The Firestone Tire and Rubber company, one of the big rubber manufacturers here, and the ; , Mohawk Rubber company an nounced price increases on lis passenger and truck tires today to follow the lead set yesterday by five other producing con cerns. Firestone said that effective immediately its passenger car tires with the exception of the "Champion" were increased 2',2 per tent and "all types'' of truck tires were boosted 5 per cent. The increases were the same as those announced by U. S. Rubber. Goodrich. Goodyear, Sc-iberling and General Tire. Salrm. Ore.. May 24 U.R The Rogue View Inn of Rogue River. Ore . filed articles of in coiporation here todav. Signing the articles were J. S. Horner. Jacob Schwarti and Paului Van Deinse. position in commons. He also dis closed that the whole subject of atomic energy was among ques tions discussed by United Na tions Secretary-General Trygve Lie with British officials in London. Lie Gives Warning Lie has warned Russia, the United States. Britain and France that failure to resolve the deadlock over China by fall may wreck the UN. The Norwegian Secretary General of the world organiza tion was scheduled to leave Lon don today, flying back to put before President Truman the re action of Russian Premier Josef Stalin to Lie's "10 points for peace" and his other efforts to end the cold war. The 10 points, according to diplomatic sources, were laid be fore Mr. Truman, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, French Premier Georges Bidault and Mercy Flights Plane Flies Patients South ! Mercy Flights' ambulance plane left at about 12:30 p.m to day for Paso Robles, Cal., where it was taking Mane Lipham. IS, and her brother Gerald, 19. The two were injured in an automo bile accident near Central Point last. Thursday, and have been confined in the Community hos pital since then. It was revealed by x-rays to day that both had broken pelves and back injuries, and it was decided to transport them home for medical treatment. Pilot of the ambulance plane was Zane Griffin, and the patients were accompanied by their mother, Airs. Lillie Lipham. Both injured young people, who with their brother John were billed as the Lipham Trio, were en route to Seattle to ful fill an engagement as acrobats. The were due to arrive in Paso Robles at about 4:30 p.m.. after a stop at Sacramento. Warmer Weather to Increase Snow Melt Portland. Ore.. Mav 24 (UR) Weather bureau forecasters said today warmer temperatures this week would increase the rate of snow melt in the Columbia basin and send streams to new high levels for the year. At Vancouver, Wash., the Col umbia was expected to hit 18 feet by Saturday, three feet above flood stage. The Willam ette at Portland also would reach flood stage Saturday, or 18 feet, the bureau said. River Forecaster Elmer Fish er predicted a continued rise in the Columbia from Grand Cou lee, Wash., to Pasco. Wash., for the next two to three days and a slight to moderate increase in the lower Snake through tomor row. Young Mother Loses Life in Home Blaze Guilford. Me., May 24 (U R) A young mother sacrificed her life today in a fruitless attempt to save the lives of three chil dren when a flash fire swept her home. Three other children were rescued by a neighbor. The dead were identified at: Mrs. Lillian Bennett Sprague. 24; Sonny, 4. her son; Sandra, 3. her daughter, and Carol Ann Bennett. 4. a niece. A defective chimney was be lieved to have started the lira in tnt wo-Atoiy house. Slalin in informal notes when Lie visited them on his "pil grimage for peace" during the past three weeks. UN secretariat sources refused to comment on Lie s "10 points", but well-placed informants in other reliable diplomatic circles said they were: Periodic Meetings 1. Periodic security council meetings to be attended by chiefs of state or their foreign ministers. 2. Resumption of east-west talks within the UN on the pro hibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons and international con troy of atomic energy. 3., Resumption of UN talks on the reduction of conventional armaments, as distinguished from atomic weapons. 4. New efforts for agreement on the establishment of UN security forces in effect, a UN army which are provided for in the charter to be used against aggressors to keep the peace. 5. Universal membership in the UN. 6. An active program of UN technical assistance to the world's backward areas. More Use of Agencies 7. More vigorous use of the UN's specialized agencies, such as the world health organiza tion. 8. Development of the UN's work in the field of human rights and fundamental free doms. 9. Use of the UN to promote Ihe advancement of colonial and dependent peoples. 10. Use of the UN charter to "speed up Ihe development of international law." Salem Youth Killed When Struck by Car Salem. Ore.. May 24 (U.R) Robert Eugene Carlson, 12, of Salem died late Tuesday night several hours after he was struck by an auto. Police said the bov was running after a baseball when he was struck by a car driven by Otis Jones of Salem route 2. Jones was arrested on a charge of violating the basic rule. Jones swerved his auto in an effort to avoid hitting the "boy, skidded more than 50 feet, po lice said, and crashed into a car operated by Herbert Kenneth Taylor of Albany. Ore. Neither car was bad'y damaged. QUAKE RECORDED Seattle, Wash.. May 24 (U.R) The ninth "weak" earthquake in this vicinity in a month was re corded yesterday on the Univer sal of Washington seismograph. To Show Liberty Bell Replica Tomorrow School children and adults alike will have the opportunity to see a nearly exact replica of the American Liberty Bell when a big Ford truck brings the Ore gon Liberty Bell into Jackson county tomorrow in connection with the current Independence bond drive of the federal treas ury. The bell will be displayed at schools in towns along highway 99 during the day. Between 4 nd 5 p.m. the svmbol of lib erty will be shown in downtown Ashland. From 5:30 to 7:45 p.m. it will be on display in Medford on the railroad property at Main and Front streets. May See Bell Adults and school youngsters of communities not along the highway may sec the bell at the nearest town where it is being shown or may view the bell In the late afternoon or early eve ning at Medford. Individuals will be able to file past the bell and touch tt if they Taft Leads Attack Which Threatens To Delay Aid Bill Joint Session Will Hear Acheson Report Washington, May 24 (U.R) Senate republicans challenged President Truman's foreign pol icy anew today while the admin istration got set to answer with a direct appeal from Secretary of State Dean Acheson. The new attack, led by Sen. Robert A. Taft (R., O.) was aim ed at a $35 million start on President Truman's "point four" program. It threatened to derail the huge $3,121,450,000 foreign aid bill carrying third year au thority for the Marshall plan. Orders Nose Count Chairman Tom Connally (D., Tex.) of the foreign relations committee said he had the votes to jam it through but ordered a precise nose count before seek ing to force a showdown. Republican Leader Kenneth S. Wherry (Neb.) said the vote would be "mighty close." He ad ded that he wouldn't be , sur prised if the senate threw the whole thing back to a senate house conference committee for compromise. The administration appeared ready for the test. Acheson, in an unprecedented move, was scheduled to report directly next week to a special senate-house session on his efforts to unite the western world at the recent for eign ministers and Atlantic pact council meetings in Europe. It was learned the plan has the per sonal approval of Mr. Truman who was said to be confident that the secretary can muster wide non-partisan support in a direct talk to the legislators. New Spending Emphasized John Foster Dulles, former republican senator and Ache son's newly appointed adviser, met with senate republican lead ers at a private luncheon yester day. He was said to have empha sized the need for new military and economic aid spending to speed up unity among western European nations. The special joint session will be held May 31, in the auditor ium of the nearby library of congress. Hazemann Home Burns Early Today The Ernest Hazemann home on Beall lane near the roster grocery burned to the ground shortly after 9 a.m. today. The home was partly under construc tion. Mrs. Hazemann is said to have been home with two younger children, aged four and one years. Tlazcmann was at work and two older children were in school. The fire is believed to have been started bv the four-year old child playing with matches in the kitchen, while Mrs. Haze man was out in the yard. The mother is said to have rescued the year-old child with some dif ficulty but was unable to save any of the family s belongings. It is not known whether the loss was covered by insurance. The state fire pairol was call ed but was unable 1o save the home, as the fire was too far advanced. Memorial Day Wreaths Given Navy Secretary Washington. Mav 24 (UR' The Veterans of Foreign Wars today gave two memorial day wreaths to Navy Secretary Fran cis P. Matthews. One of the wreaths, In the shape of an anchor, will be dropped in the Potomac river here on Memorial day. The other, shaped like a Maltese cross, will be flown to San Diego, placed on a destrover there and dropped at sea on Me morial day. wish. Col. H. J. Meiring will have charge of an Eagle scout guard of honor during the county tour. The scouts will be Jack Bailey, Lee Stothers. Lloyd Bishop and Martin Johnson. The schedule for the bell's ap pearance at schools is Rogue Riv er. 8:40 to 9:10 a.m.; Gold Hill. 9:25 to 9:55 a.m.; Central Point, 10:10 to 10:40 a.m.; Medford, 10:55 a.m. to 1:25 p.m.- Phoenix. 1:40 to 2 p.m.: Talent, 2:15 to 2:35 p.m.. and Ashland, 2:50 to 5 p.m. Hiilory Told America's Liberty Bell, which is olaying an important role in the bond drive, signaled in the independence which national leaders hope will be strengthen ed through the bond drive. It's story is colorful. A condensation of its history follows: The original Liberty Bell, weighing about on-? tor. f't was east In England .n 1752 ; t cost of 100 pounds iterling for the w ' ' f 'fca3S SUCCESSOR to Laurence C. Steinhardt. who died In plane crash, Stanley Woodward Is con firmed as ambassador to Canada by U. S. Senate. (International) Marshal Wavell Famous British Commander, Dies London. May 24 (U.R) Field Marshal Earl Wavell. 67, one of Britain's most distinguished commanders in the first half of the second world war. died to day. Wavell died at the nursing home where he underwent an abdominal operation May 5. He suiiered a relapse Sunday. Helrieved Fortunes During the war Wavell suc cessively took command of areas where Britain's power was at low ebb and by his ability re trieved the British fortunes. His chief military fame of the war was won as commander in chief in the middle east. As viceroy of India in the last half of the war, his efforts contribut ed to turning India from a state of near revolt to wholehearted backing of the allied war effort. Wavell became commander in chief in the middle east in 1939. Weakened by setbacks in Greece,. Crete and the western desert campaigns, the British forces were required to under take simultaneous campaigns in the western desert of North Africa, and in Syria and Iraq. Two were successful. That in the western desert was not. and in 1941 Wavell was sent to India to take over as commander in chief. Writing Second Love Born Archibald P e r c 1 v a 1 Wavell, son of a general, he al most inevitably turned to a mili tary career. He was educated at Winchester, one of the country's leading schools. He was an author, and litera ture was his second love after the army. He published a shelf of books on both military and literary subjects. His anthology of verse. "Other Men's Flowers," was a best seller at the end of World War II. When he returned to Britain from his wartime adventiures, Wavell had more honors hrap- ed upon him than any other wartime figure except Winston Churchill. Attempt to Drown 'Sorrow' Falls Flat Robinson, 111.. May 24 (U.R) Teari flowed like wine today when a local farmer told hit tavern cronies about finding hit wife dead in bed. The wine flowed, loo. The farmer patted hit two-year-old daughter on the head and laid: "Your mommy't dead. You have no mommy." Hit tympathetic audience kept buying drinkt. Even the bartender wat touched and gave the bereaved huiband a fifth of wine. The lean and the wine were cut off when the "dead" wife, who had been waiting outside in the family car, ap peared at the door. The farmer wat put in the city jail to tober up. Pennsylvania province state house at Philadelphia. On it were the words "Pro claim liberty through all the land and to all the inhabitants thereof. Lev. XXV.V." In 1753 the bell was cracked by a stroke of the clapper. It was recast with additional copper but the tone was not satisfactory. It was recast a second time and re turned to the statehouse steeple. There it was considered by colon ists in a titiliatrian sense, its ring ing out the news of the signing of the Declaration of Independ ence was considered routine. Hid Bell In September. 1777, when Brit ish General Howe occupied Phil adelphia, the bell was hid be neath the floor of a church in Allentown for one year. For about 70 years afterward it hung in relative obscurity, tolling at the death of manv national fig ures. In 1832 it tolled the 100th anniversary of George Washing ton's birth and rang on the death Ashland Pol , , Dispute Flares as Recall Challenged Williams to Dispute Election's Validity Ashland, May 24 Ashland's long-standing political dispute, which many thought had been resolved by a recall election last week, flared into the open again last night, and will be continued at an adjourned city council meeting tonight. Mayor Thomas Williams, re called from office by a margin of 75 votes in the special elec tion Friday, said yesterday he will contest the validity of the election. He bases his contention on legal requirements for publi cation of election notices, and says that the requirements were not met. Tallies Missing At a city council meeting last night, called to canvass the elec tion votes, tally sheets from two precincts Nos. 9 and 13 were missing. Ballot boxes from. the precincts will be opened under court order from the county court, and retabulated tonight, when the canvass will be completed. Edward P. Kelly, Medford at torney who has been consulted by Williams in regard to his challenge of the recall election, said today that Williams will read a statement setting forth his views at tonight's council meeting. Williams will ask the council to request a ruling by the Oregon attorney general on the matter, Kelly said, and will abide by that ruling. Sees Legal Queitions Kelly pointed out that if the election was not valid. Williams is still mayor of Ashland, and that legal complications could result for the city in such a case. City Attorney Harrv Skerry Jr. said that if the election is not valid, another will have to he hold Publication and notification of the election was completed May 9, and law requires this action 10 days before an elec tion. The question is. Kelly said, on whether or not May 9 publi cation was sufficiently in ad vance of the election. Notices were posted in election pre cincts, but whether or not this fulfills the legal requirements also is open to question, Kelly said. Draft Extension Goes Before House Washington, May 24 (U.R) The house took up a proposed two-year extension of the draft act today with supporters ex pecting no trouble in winning its approval. The bill would continue the se lective service law until June 24, 1952, but would prohibit drafting men into service unless congress gave a specific go ahead. As now. all youths would be required to register with local draft boards on their 18th birth day. Minor opposition to the bill in the armed services committee collapsed when military leaders said they probably would not use the law but wanted it on the books as a physological weapon in the cold war. Actress Offers Eyes For Benefit of Blind New York, May 24 (U.R) Actress Gene Tierney has offer ed to will her eyes to the blind, the eye-bank for sight restora tion said today. The eye-bank said it received a letter from Miss Tierney which read: ". . . I have always thought I would like to donate my eyes after death in order to enable someone to see again. . . . Please send me whatever papers you have to he filled out in order to make this possible, so that 1 can do this Immediately." of Charles Carroll, last survivor among the signers of the Decla ration of Independence. When tolled in 1835 in mem ory of Chief Justice John Mar shall the bell cracked. It was silent for 1 1 years. In February, 1848, workmen drilled out the crack and rang the bell on Wash ington's birthday until noon when a zig-zag fracture put the bell out of tune completely. There was some talk of recast ing the bell but it was decided the work might make it even more brittle. The Liberty Bell has been exhibited at Independ ence Hall since 1854, except for several trips to expositions and world fairs. The last time the bell was hit hBrd enough to ring was in 1928 when the sound was broadcast by radio for the opening of the Sfquicentcnnial Exposition year. In 1944 the hell signaled the In vasion of Normandy, but the broadcast was from t 1919 recording. Asks for Lawyer Gold made no statement at the arraignment except to ask court permission to call a lawyer. The arrest came as a shock to Gold's brother, Joseph, 33, a ci vilian navy employee with whom he made his home, and to his 70- year-old Russian-born father. "To my knowledge my brother was never a communist," said Joseph Gold. "My father was never a communist. And I my self hate communism." But the arrested man, accord ing to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, "admitted his contacts with Fuchs and was given a de tailed account of his activities." Conspiracy Charged Gold was arrested on the ba sis of an information tiled in Brooklyn, N. Y. The warrant with which he was arrested ac cused him of conspiring with an unnamed John Doe to obtain atomic Information from Fuchs while he was in this country in 1944 and 1945. That was before the world knew the United States was perfecting the deadly weapon. In Washington, FBI Director Hoover gave no indication whether the "John Doe" go-between In the Fuchs leak of atom ic information was known by FBI agents and within their reach. Gold, the first American ar rested for atomic spying, was accused of violating the espion age act in wartime. It makes him subject to a maximum penalty of death. Helping; Soviet Union "I was only helping the Soviet Union attain certain information that I thought It was entitled to, Hoover quoted Gold. Gold explained he "thought I would be helping a nation whose final aims I approved along the road to industrial strength," Hoover said. "Particularly was I taken with the idea that whatever I did would go to help make living conditions far more advanced along the road as we know them here in the United States," the FBI chief quoted him. The complaint charged speci fically that Gold acted on behalf of Russia. 400 'Concealed Reds' In U.S., Budenz Says New York, May 24 (U.R) Re formed communist Louis F. Bu denz charged In a book published today that the American com munist party has a fifth column of 400 "concealed reds operat ing in the United States and he can name every one of them. Russian communism Is an im mediate danger to the U. S., Bu denz said, because the American communist party is dedicated to the violent overthrow of the fed eral government. Budenz .said the party has a complete plan for "S-day" "when Stalin gives the order for the red army and air force offen sive against the United States." Now a professor at Fordham university. Budenz quit the com munist party in 1945 and ex posed Gcrhart Eisler as a top communist agent. He made his new charges In a book. "Men Without Faces,' 'in which the claims to expose operations of the Ijittle Kremlin on East 13th street in New York City. Navy Transport for Boy Scouts Denied Washington, May 24 (U.R) President Truman has turned down a request that the navy transport 70 Hawaiian Boy Scouts by ship to this country for a jamboree at Vailey Forge, Pa., next month, Hawaiian delegate Joseph M. Farrington said today. Farrington took the request to President Truman after the navy, with Defense Secretary Louis Johnson's approval, had refused it. President Truman said thut he regretted "an unfortunate mis understanding has arisen." But he said that "it is felt that the transportation of Boy Scouts in this particular Instance would create a precedent "that would lead to similar requests by many other groups." Centralia, Wash., May 24 (U.R) James Shelton. a Fort Lewis sol dier, was charged with reckless driving yesterday after his car went over an embankment and crashed Into a shed. He luUered leg Injuries. School Voters OK District Budget Excess for Year Voters in Medford school dis trict No. 49 yesterday approved, by a vote of 342 to 3i, school district expenditures $213,617.60 n excess of the six per cent limi tation for the fiscal year 1950-5L Superintendent of Schools E. H. Hedrick today expressed grat ification for the turn-out of vot ers- and for the result of the vote. The new budget of $998,886.26 is $47,443.76 over the budget for the present fiscal year. Hedrick had explained that the budget committee was forced to seek permission to exceed the statu tory limitation because of the employment of six additional teachers and by increases in bond and interest payments. The increased size of the bud get is not expected to boost the tax millage level which was about 31 mills last year. Truman Names Two To New Federal Jobs Washington, May 24 (U.R) President Truman threw his re organization program into high gear today, appointing hii old friend. Mon C. Wallgren, and Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming to top new federal posts. Acting swiftly in the wake of congressional approval, the pres ident used his new appointive power to name men to six top federal jobs. wallgren, former governor of Washington, was named chair man of the federal power com mission. Wallgren has been serv ing as a member. He replace! Nelson Lee Smith who remaini as a FPC member. Fleming was named under secretary of commerce for trans portation. He has been serving as chairman of the maritime commission. Mr. Truman also appointed three members to the new fed eral maritime board which re places the maritime commission under reorganization plana which pull the maritime agency into the commerce department. Appointed as temnorarv mem bers of the maritime board are John T. Koehlcr, chairman, now assistant secretary of navy: South Trimble Jr., now chair man of the advisory board of the inland Waterways Corp., and Rear Adm. Paul L. Mather, now liquidator of war assets. County Democrats to Name New Officer Frank DeSouza has been na ed chairman of the nominatin committee for the Jackson Coun ty Democratic Central commit tee, it was announced today by Mrs. toward u. Kelly, cnairman. DeSouza s group will present candidates for democratic com mittee office at a meeting to be held at the Medford YMCA, Sat urday, June 10. Serving with DeSouza will be Mrs. Max Wimmer, Medford, and Warren Loffer, district chairman of Phoenix. Nominations will be accepted from the floor following the re port of the nominating commit tee, Mrs. Kelly said. Offices to be filled for two-year terms will be chairman, vice-chairman, sec retary, treasurer, and two alter nates, to serve in the absence of the chairman or vice-chairman. Election of officers must be completed before the state com mittee meeting In July, Mrs. Kelly said, and they will act a" delegates. GIVEN SENTENCE State police reported that Carl Stewart Lohert, Chiloquin In dian, was sentenced to a year in the county (ail and fined $250 in Ashland instlce court yester day on a charge of illegal pos session of liquor They said he had a previous record of similar offenses. WEATHER FORECAST; Continued fair and warm tonicht and Thursday. Temp. HIhMt Ytilerday ... SO Lowtit this Morning 40
