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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.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1950
NO.
Republicans Challenge Truman's Foreign Poll
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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.
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