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Medford
Tribune
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No. 57
45th Year.
10 Pages
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONr MAY 29, 1950
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CONFESS HOLDUP MURDER Three tccn-age high school
students who have signed statements admitting the holdup shoot
ing of Domenico Clarco. 26, when he refused to give them $50
clutched in his hand, planned the
by passing notes in school, police
right, are Lhaiics Cook, 17, who
Peggy Byrns, 15, and Muriel C.
in juvenile court today where it
to be handled by Juvenile authorities or if they will be charged
with robbery and murder in superior court.
Honor Paid Penland
At GAR Geremonies
By L. J. Malarkey
Mai! Tribune Special Writer
Camp White, May 29 Theo
dore "Daddv" Penland, 101.
commander in chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic for
the rest of his lite, led a mue
long parade in his honor here
Sunday, as veterans of four wars
passed by. Marching units, rep
resenting more than 40 organi
zations, paid trmute 10 me uvu
war veteran who was twice
wounded in the service of his
country 85 vears ago.
In brief ceremonies following
Court Refuses to
Reconsider Appeal
Of Trumbo, Lawson
Washington, May 29 OJ.B
The supreme court refused to-
day to reconsider its earlier ac
tion turning down tne appeal ot
Hollywood Writers Dalton Trum
bo and John Howard Lawson
for a review of their contempt
of congress convictions. Trumbo
and Lawson face early commit
ment to iail for a year. Each
also was fined SI. 000.
Imprisonment Upheld
The appeals court has been
holding up the routine proce
dure fof their imprisonment
pending final action of the su
preme court, which originally
turned down their appeal April
19. As soon as the necessary for
malities are completed, the two
will be summoned to the trial
court for sentencing.
The Trumbo - Lawson convic
tion stemmed from their refusal
in 1947 to tell the house un
American activities committee
whether they ever had been com
munists. The District of Colum
bia court of appeals upheld the
convitions June 13, 1949.
G. A. Kimball Dies
At Jacksonville Home
G. A. Kimball. Jacksonville,
passed away at his home today.
He was in the real estate business
and was active in community
affairs.
Arrangements are in care of
Conger-Morris- funeral home and
a complete obituary will be pub
lished later.
I WATERING HOURS
Phoeuix, May 29 Phoenix
1-sidcnts will have four hours
per day for lawn and garden ir
rigation instead of two as inad
vertently reported Sunday. The
hours will be 7 to 9 a. m. and
7 to 9 p. m. only. Staggered wa
tering days remain in force with
residents wes"t of Pine street
watering on even-numbered
days of the month only and
those cast of Pine on odd-numbered
days.
CONVENTION CONCLUDES
The 44 delegates and guests
attending the state convention
of thp Oregon Optometrists as
sociation here were due to con
clude their two-day conclave to
day. A golf tournament for both
men and women attending the
convention was held this morn
ing at the Ttocue Valley Coun
try club and the final event was
to be a banquet tonight.
' SeailleTMay 29 (U.Rl Two
"weak'' earthquakes were re
corded Saturday by the Univer
sity of Washington seismograph.
P'of. G. E. Gondspe-ed reported.
One of thoni was centered 175
miles from here.
WEATHER
ronr ast: coniinutd fair to.
nlcht and TtiMday. Warmer.
Temp.
High"! YMterday 17
Lowest thii Morning 45
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holdup of the liquor store owner
said today. Shown above, left to
admitted tiring the tatal snot;
Downs, 17. They were to appear
will be determined if their case is
the parade. Special Services Of
ficer John Kelly introduced Sam
Bowe, Grants Pass, state Ameri
can Legion commander, who
spoke on "A Great Warrior" be
fore the estimated 2.000 to 3,00u
persons who attended the event.
Tell Day's Oriqin
Bowe told of the origin of
Memorial day; how it became
custom because in 1863 some
Mississippi woman joined in
laying flowers on the graves of
their dead soldiers. The confed
erate women also placed flow
ers on the graves of two Union
soldiers, and the tradition was
born, Bowe said.
Bowe paid tribute to Penland.
and to the "six rand old men"
who attended the last encamp
ment of the GAR last year.
"They compass the courage and
ideals of patriotic America,"
Bowe said. "Your comrades as
sembled here to honor you like
wise carry those ideals, the flam
ing torch of liberty, the patriot
ism you have brought to us the
heritage which is America.
"Will Carry On"
"We will carry on for you,"
Bowe told Penland, "and the
hushed voice of the thousands
you represent. We will carry on
the fine traditions that you have
established, knowing full well
that each day of our path is
lighted by the fires of freedom,
and . . . your unbounded faith in
our great America your legacy
to us."
Other program events includ
ed selections by the Medford
high school band, and the invo
cation and benediction by Camp
White's Protestant and Catholic
chaplains, and a welcome by
Paul Hatton. center manager.
Penland responded to the trib
utes in typical style. He said:
"I want to thank you that I
am able to be here. I am not
myself any more. I am short of
breath. Thank you for being so
good to me."
The parade itself was a color
ful spectacle in ideal weather
conditions, and Commander
Penland himself headed the
march in a small electric mobile
unit.
Visiting dignitaries included
Mayor Diamond Flynn, Secre
tary of State Earl Ncwbry. Brig.
Gen. Raymond F. Olson, Salem,
representing the national guard,
and high state officials of the
major veterans groups and their
auxiliaries.
Before leaving by air for his
Vancouver. Wash., home Sun
day evening, Penland gave a
double-barreled reason for his
long life.
"I never drank or smoked,"
he said, "also, I have always
had an agreeable association
with members of the fair sex."
Harry Armstrong Rites
Will Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Harry
Armstrong, Eugene, who died
Saturday, will be held at 1:30
p.m. Thursday at Perl funeral
home. Interment will be at Sis
kiyou Memorial park.
Armstrong died Saturday at
Eugene. He operated an or
chard in the Coleman creek dis-,
trict near here for many years
before moving to Eugene a year
ago. He was a member of the
Elks and Masonic lodges,
Federal district court, with
Judge James Alger Fee presid
ing, is due to convene here to
morrrw. Memorial day. in the
post office building. Cases dock
eted for hearing at the Medford
session of the court have not
been announced.
Washington. Mav 29 (UP)
Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R., Ore.)
today introduced legislation to
authorize the Oregon state high
way department to construct a
dam and dike to prevent the flow
of tidal waters into Oak creek
(Douglas county). Ore.
Dixon, III., May 29 (U.R)
John T. Nolf. famous for his
paintings of midwest farm boys,
died today in a nursing home
not far from the Grand de Tour
artists' colony where he did
many of bis best-known worki.
Valley Communities To Honor War Dead
Oregon Accidents
Kill Ten Persons
By United Press
At least 10 persons were killed
in Oregon during the long Memo
rial day week-end which still has
another day to go.
Six of the fatalities were in
traffic accidents. One person
drowned, two were killed in a
plane crash and one died in a log
ging accident.
Theron J. Wolf and his wife,
Jean, formerly of Burns, were
killed Sunday when the pickup
truck in which they were riding
ran off the Baker-Richland high
way near Baker and narrowly
missed plunging into the Snake
river.
Mr. and Mrs. Wolf were riding
in the rear of the truck. The
driver. George Posch. was not
injured.
Logger Killed
Aloysius Bell. 22. of Mt. An
gel, died Saturday night in a Sil
verton hospital -of injuries suf
fered in a logging accident in the
Abiqua hills. Bell, an employee
of the B and R sawmill, was
knocked into a millpond by a
Cave Junction's
Mayor Escapes
Explosion Death
Grants Pass, May 29 Mayor
Elwood Hussey of Cave Junction
missed death by seconds, and the
old miner thought responsible is
dead, presumably from his own
actions, it was reported here to
day. Josephine County Sheriff Loyd
Lewis reported that Robert H.
Fleming, 82, a resident of .Tiger
town, died Saturday in a Grants
Pass hospital, after he fell or
jumped from the fourth floor of
a hotel.'
Lewis said Hussey gave the fol
lowing account of the events
leading up to the incident:
Events Related
Hussey was driving toward
Holland from Tigertown. and
picked Fleming up. "He (Flem
ing) had a package with him
which he laid on the seat be
tween us." Hussey said. Twice,
he added, Fleming apparently
brought a cigarette lighter to
ward the packing. The second
time Hussey said he heard a hiss
ing noise, and picked up the
package and threw it from the
car. Seconds later it exploded,
showering the car with earth al
though it was then about 40 feet
away.
Hussey soon let Fleming out
of the car, and called the sheriff.
Lewis picked Fleming up for
questioning, and brought him to
Grants Pass, where he stayed in
a hotel room. Lewis said it was
apparent the old man had jump
ed to his death from the fourth
floor fire escape.
No Hard Feeling
The sheriff said hfs investiga
tion divulged no hard feeling be
tween Fleming and Hussey, and
he was at a loss to explain the
incident.
Hussey is well known in Med
ford. where he is a frequent vis
itor. He is a past commander of
this district of the American Le
gion. Three Escape Injury
In Crash of Plane
Three Cottage Grove residenls,
who attended the Shrine ceremo
nial at Ashland apparently es
caped without serious injury
yesterday morning when the
Stinson plane in which they were
riding crashed about one-half
mile up the Cotton Lumber com
pany road from the Dead Indian
road.
The plane was demolished.
State police said occupants of
the craft were Pilot George Mat
thews John Long and George
Macrcady. The plane stalled and
crashed when Matthews attempt
ed to turn back when he realized
the ulane could not cross a moun
tain ridge, police said they were
told.
Sitp of the crackup was about
15 miles from the Ashland air
field.
ESCAPEES CAPTURED
Woodburn, Ore., Mav 29 (UP.)
Three of six 15-year-old inmates
of Woodburn boys school who
fled late Sunday were captured
a short while later at nearby
Hubbard in a stolen car, slate
police reported.
Radio Highlights
Radio station KYJC (1230
kc) will present a full-hour
program commemorating the
15th anniversary of "Ameri
ca's Town Meeting" program,
from 11 p.m. to 12 midnight
today. Excerpts from former
broadcasts, including the
voices of many famous peo
ple, now dead, will be heard.
piece of lumber which slipped
from logging machinery.
A bumble bee was blamed for
one traffic fatality.
Mrs. Frank Johnson was driv
ing a pickup truck on the Alsea
highway east of Waldport when
the bee flew in the window. In
her efforts to gi rid of the in
sect, Mrs. Johnson lost control of
the truck. It smashed into a bank
and her 70-year-old husband was
killed.
At the Raymond logging camp,
67 miles west of Klamath Falls,
seven - year - old B r e n d a Jean
Adams drowned when she fell
into a logging pond.
Plane Crashes
Kenneth Murray. 26. McMinn-
; ville. and Vernon A. Buzzard.
-4 1 . Xorth Bend, were killed Fri-
day night when a light plane
flown by Murray crashed into
Coos Bay south of North Bend.
Traffic accidents in Portland
claimed two lives Saturday. Ray
McMahon, 32-year-old Albany
truck driver, was fatally injured
in a crash on the Burnside
bridge. The car's driver, Verne
Molver, is recovering in a Port
land hospital and will be charged
with negligent homicide, police
said.
A 73-year-old pedestrian, Rob
ert B. Everhart. was struck by a
car in Portland early Saturday
and died shortly afterward. Wit
nesses said he crossed against a
traffic signal.
In Salem, Leslie A. Allen of
Detroit, Ore., was killed late Fri
day when a car driven by his
son crashed into the rear of a
loaded logging trick. His son was
recovering in a Salem hospital.
By United Press
Pleasant weather prevailed
over most of the country today
and the number of Memorial
day holiday fatalities rose with
the temperature.
United Press tabulations show
ed 260 persons had lost their lives
since the 102-hour holiday began
at 6 p.m. Friday. The holiday
was barely half over.
There were 171 traffic deaths,
a rale lower than the 2.84 fa-talities-per-hundred
predicted by
the National Safety council. But
bumper-to-bumper traffic tomor
row was expected to accelerate
the toll.
Tourist Attractions
To Be Discussed Here
Following up the two-county
unity already achieved in the
Jackson-Josephine county high
way program, members of the
tourist committees of chambers
of commerce in both counties
will meet here Thursday de
velop the same kind of a coor
dinated program for tourist in
molion. Members of the chambers in
Medford. Ashland, Grants Pass
and Cave Junction will meet at
noon Thursday in the Medford
hotel to inform each other of
the tourist attractions in their
respective areas so that Joseph
ine county attractions can be
recommended to tourists by
Jackson county chambers, and
vice versa.
Following the luncheon, the
chamber officials will be given
a preview showing of the still
unopened Jacksonville museum
which is expected to become one
of this county's best known
snnwplaces.
The tourist appeal of Ash
land's Shakespearean festival.
Grants Pass Gladiolus festival,
and Cave Junction's accommo
dations for Oregon Caves-bound
tourist will be discussed at the
meeting.
Portland. Ore., Mav 29 (U.R)
Robert K. Smith. 54, Sherwood,
died of a heart attack while driv
ing his car here Saturday.
Frightened
Fresno, Cat, May 29 (U.R)
mitted today she was "scared to
death" during the 35 tense min
utes a fear-crazed man screamed
and waved a loaded pistol at 25
nersons aboard a plane flying
6,000 feet in the air.
But passengers and crew naa
nothing but praise for 22-year-old
Joan Heron of San Diego, an
airline hostess of only six
months. They said her seeming
coolness while looking into the
muzzle of a .25 caliber automat
ir nislol averted a possible
tragedy.
Under arrest npre aner xne
plane made an emergency land
ing was John O'Reilly, 26-year-old
war veteran now working
in a Los Angeles aircraft fac
tory. He was charged with sus
pision of assault with a deadly
weapon.
I here was a possibility nis
.,;r anA krnlhnp mav al? thAt
he undergo a psychiatric exam-
Many Ceremonies
On Memorial Day
To Pay Tribute
Customary Parade in
Medford on Schedule
Medford's fourth parade in
the past 15 days will mark the
chief observance of Memorial
day here tomorrow. Stores, of
fices and schools will close in
honor of the occasion, which
honors American dead who gave
their lives in this nation's wars.
The patriotic and traditional
Salem. May 29 Secretary
of State Earl Newbry today
urged holiday motorists to use
extreme caution in using high
ways over Memorial day.
Many motorists will be on the
road, he pointed out. and sug
gested that slower speeds and
more than usual care will help
hold down fatal auto acci
dents. parade will leave the old city
park at 10 a.m.. according to
Col. W. H. Paine, who is in
charge of the event. It will move
eastward to the Bear Creek
bridge, where brief ceremonies
will honor those American serv
icemen who gave their lives
upon the waters.
At Hawthorne park, an appro
priate program will be present
ed, with Attorney Manville Hei
sel giving the day's address, and
the Rev. George R. V. Bolster,
rector of St. Mark's Episcopal
church, asking the invocation
and benediction.
Patriotic, fraternal, social and
civic betterment groups in and
near Medford to participate in
the parade and program.
Camp White, May 29 Memo
rial day ceremonies here will
start at 9 a.m. Tuesday with the
laying of a wreath at the cen
ter's flagpole by Paul Hatton.
manager, followed by a salute
fired by members of company
A. 186th infantry, Medford.
Taps will be sounded by Dick
Baize, bugler.
Central Point high school
band, led by Director Harry My
ers, will furnish music. The pro
gram will be held out of doors.
Camp White's first member,
Winfield U. Foster, will deliver
Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
Chaplain John Cummisky will
ask the invocation. Vocal music
by the Medford Choral group
will be heard, and an address by
Father John Cummisky, "Lest
We Forget," will be given.
Henry W. Anderson, Protest
ant chaplain, will ask the bene
diction after his address, "In
Memoriam." Service organiza
tions and their auxiliaries have
been invited to participate in
the services.
Ashland, May 29 Memorial
day ceremonies, including the
laying of a wreath at the Memo
rial flagpole in the Plaze here,
will be held at 9:30 a.m. tomor
row. The American Legion will
sponsor the observance, and will
gather at the Legion hall at 9
a.m. before moving to the Plaza.
A parade will move through
downtown Ashland, starting at
10 a.m.1 and will finish at the
city cemetery for memorial serv
ices. Veterans organizations and
other marching units will par
ticipate. ' Grants Pass, May 29 A serv
ice honoring the unknown sol
dier will be held here at 10 a.m.
Memorial day, on the Josephine
county courthouse lawn. The
Women's Relief corps, assisted
by Daughters of Union Veterans,
will be in charge.
A parade will start at 10:30
a.m. through city streets, con
cluding at the city park, where
services will be held for sailor
dead. The memorial program
will bp conducted with Raymond
Coulter In charge, and the prin-
Stewardess Averts Tragedy Aboard Plane
!nnn
O'Reilly was one of 26 persons
aboard a California Central air
lines plane bound from Los An
geles to San Francisco yester
day. Three of them were crew
members. Including Miss Heron.
Miss Heron said she first
noticed O'Reilly's erratic be
havior when he came to the back
of the passenger compartment
and asked why she had covered
the cabin door with a blanket.
She told him it was to keep out
draft.
"I don't think lhe air Is so
good in here," he said. "Some
thing funny's going on in here."
"If I can do anything . . ."
"You stand where you are un
til we get to Oakland," he told
her. Then he grabbed her arm.
One of the passengers, Mrs
H. S. Austell of San Francisco,
slipped up to the pilot com
partment to rpport the Incident.
Joseph Nuccitelli came out to
investigate.
Berlin Violence
Acts Forestalled
Berlin. May 29 (U.R) Mayor
Ernst Renter of West Berlin said
today that the west "won a bat
tle without having one" in fore
stalling violence and aggression
during the week-end rally of
500.000 communist youth.
Renter and other West Ger
man officials were elated over
Boy Injured by
Tumble Down Side
Of Mine Mountain
Karl Hagi'busch. 12 year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hage
busch. 2435 Jo-Jack road, was
hospitalized late yesterday aft
eroon as the result of injuries
suffered in a fall down a moun
tain in the vicinity of the old
Blue Ledge copper mine.
He was taken to Community
hospital by Conger-Morris am
bulance and this morning was
said to have severe face and
scalp lacerations and a possible
broken shoulder or upper arm.
X-rays were to be taken this
morning.
The Hagebusch family and
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Knapp and
son, Gary Woodward, Jackson
ville, were spending the day pic
nicking at a spot at the foot of
the mountain when the accident
occurred, The two boys accom
panied by Karl's dog, had
climbed up to the mine but had
become separated and Karl was
alone with the dog at the time
of the accident, according to re
ports. Trip Takes Hour
Members of the party and oth
er picnickers in.the area saw the
boy fall and went to his rescue
at once. The trip up and down
took about an hour due to the
steepness of the mountain and
the rugged terrain.
Later young Woodward climb
ed the mountain for the third
time during the day to rescue
the dog, which had remained at
the scene of the fall, refusing to
venture down alone.
Men in the party estimated
that the Hagebusch boy had fall
en and rolled about 400 feel be
fore being stopped about a third
of the way down the steep rock
slide which covers the moun
tainside below the old mine.
Rogue River National Forest
service officials today issued a
warning concerning such aban
doned mines, saying that the old
shafts, fallen buildings and tim
bers are often dangerous, and
urged persons hiking in the hills
to avoid exploring such places.
cipal address by the Rev. Wil
liam C. Piper.
Central Point, May 29 A
number of southern Oregon
churches will meet together for
a Memorial Day Youth rally and
group gathering' at the Commu
nity Bible church here Tuesday.
Three public services at 11
a.m., 2 and 7:30 p.m. are sched
uled, with lunch at 12:30 p.m.,
and supper at 6 p.m. The public
is invited to all the meetings
and meals.
The Rev. Alex McLeod,
Scotch evangelist and youth
speaker from Everett. Wash.,
will be heard in the afternoon
and evening. Visiting church
groups will contribute special
music. About 12 churches from
Bend, Bly, Wimer, Eagle Point,
Cave Junction, Grants Pass,
Wolf Creek, Bridgpview. Won
der, Medford and Central Point,
Ore., and Fort Jones, Cat, make
up the fellowship and other In
terested groups arc welcome to
attend, according to Rolf H.
Hansen, chairman.
"Stay where you are,"
screamed O'Reilly. "Don't come
any fnrlhcr."
O'Reilly pulled the pistol from
his pocket and slipped off the
safety.
"Land us in Oakland and be
sure to get us there safely," he
yelled.
Nuccilplll returned to the pi
lot's compartment. He had co
Pilot Don Lieco of Hollywood
radio Fresno airport he was land
ing and asked deputy sheriffs to
meet the plane.
Meanwhile, 72-year-old Mrs.
Cecil Lyons, Los Angeles, faint
ed, her body blocking the door
to the pilot's compartment,
"We're being gasspd," said
O'Reilly. "How do you get air
in here?"
Then he grabbed a hand fire
extinguisher and smashed win
dow With a first aid kit he
ttnar "ft a window on the other
side. He commanded his wife,
the peaceful passage of the rally
which had been touted for
months as the likeliest setup for
trouble since the Berlin
blockade.
Berlin Streets Safe
"Once again we have proved
that the streets of Berlin arc
free and safe," Router said at a
city hall press conference. "They
win remain that way. Commun
ist terror will not force the peo
ple of Berlin into submission."
Kurt Schumacher, West Ger
man socialist party chairman,
echoed Renter's sentiment. He
said the events of the week-end
proved that "democratic forces
can frustrate concentrated dicta
torial power if they display
courage.
The spokesmen for West Ger
mans unanimously attributed
the communist decision to limit
the rally to peaceful parades,
sporting events and cultural
shows to a long standing an
nouncement by the west that
any attempt tp invade West Ber
lin would be repulsed, with bul
lets if necessary.
Jubilation Tempered
lhe western iubilation over
the lack of violence was temper
ed by concern over the first for
mal appearance of battalions of
the Russian- zones German
"alert units." which the western
powers have described as the
nucleaus of a new army.
len tnousand of tne crack
troopers, looking a great deal
like the jack-booted SS men that
goose-stepped down unter den
linden during the nazi heyday.
paraded with the communist
youth yesterday. ,
And the youths themselves
in their cornflower blue Mouses
showed the same regimentation
that their older brothers and sis
ters did in the Hitler youth
movement. -
Oil Being Applied
As Dust Palliative
Application of road oil to set
tle the dust on county roads is
proceeding on schedule and the
program should be completed
by the end of next week, Coun
ty Engineer Paul Rynning said
today.
County crews will spread the
dust palliative on the Sardine
Creek road Wednesday, and
mougn it is one of the most
heavily traveled rural roads in
the county, It will be closed to
all but essentia! travel on that
one day. Most, of th etraffic on
four miles of the Sardine Creek
road consists of out-of-state tour
ist cars traveling to the Oregon
Vortex.
Rynning said county crews
have started work on Barnett
road south of Medford and will
completely rebuild and resurface
the badly chopped up road.
Heavy Air Traffic
On Week-End Reported
Heavy Memorial day week-end
traffic was reported at the Med
ford airport today by Walt Car
son, station manager for United
airlines here. There were many
passengers arriving to spend the
holidays with friends or rela
tives In Medford, he said.
Throughout the United system,
some 9,000 passengers were be
ing carried on more than 200 reg
ular flights, with extra sections
being added where necessary.
Many travelers were taking ad
vantage of a four-day holiday,
Carson said.
Wenatchee, Wash., May 29
(U.RI Hufus Woods, 72. editor
and publisher of the Wenatchee
Daily World, died in Toronto,
Ont., today, his associates here
reported.
Magdalena. to sit next to one of
the windows with their eight-month-old
baby, who was wail
ing in fright.
Mrs. Lyons regained conscious
ness in a few moments. O'Reilly
yellpd at her and she fainted
again.
"See. we're being gassed!" he
shouted.
The plane bpgan losing alti
tude in preparation for a land
ing at Fresno. Miss Heron said
she was "afraid when he found
out we were landing he would
start taking it out on someone."
On landimj. Nuccitelli and
Lleco Jumped out through the
forward baggage door. Deputies
Louis G. Monfredo and L. E.
Ronnie crouched under the plane
with them.
One of the pilots opened the
passenger compartment, allow
ing the ramp to fall. Mrs. O'Reil
ly and her baby were the first to
Old Job, Former
Salary Offered;
Penalty Lifted
Payment While Idle
Requested by Miner
Canton. 111.. Mav 29 (U.R)
John L. Lewis' United Mine
Workers' union has withdrawn
a $50,000 fine it had imposed
on a Canton, 111., miner and told
him he can go back to work, the
miner disclosed today.
But Lloyd Sidener. former
shovel operator at the United
Llectnc Coal company Buck-
heart mine near here, said he
would, not return to his job un
til he was reinstated as local
UMW president and was noti
fied officially he would get par
lost while he was idle.
Former Pay Offered
Sidener, ousted March 7 after
he tried to lead a back-to-work
movement during last winter's
coal strike, said he was told by
Mine Superintendent Enos B.
Campbell that he could go back
to work at his old pay of $21.05
a day.
He said the notice was not yet
"officially from the union."
Campbell said he was notified
by John Lakin Jr., who suc
ceeded Sidener as president of
UMW Local 7455. that the lo
cal met yesterday morning and
voted unanimously to lilt the
$50,000 fine. He said Lakin told
him to notify Sidener he could
have his job back.
Campbell said Tiothing was
said" in the conversation about
reinstating Sidener or giving
him wages for the time lost since
he was fired.
Would Be 'Fool'
Sidener said until "something
is heard from the NLRB" or the
union vetes to reinstate him as
local union president and give
him back pay both for his JoD
and the $25 a month he received
for the union post, he will not
return to work.
"I'd be a fool to go back un
til this matter Is entirely cleared
in " iHunftP Boirl .
Sidener's complaint filed with
the national labor relations
board charged that UMW Presi
dent John L. Lewis used secret
signals to keep the miners out
of the pits while ostensibly or
dering them back In compliance
with a federal Injunction.
The NLRB has scheduled
hearing in Canton June 20 on un-
fair labor practices charges
against the UMW and the United
Electric Coal company.
Big Crowd Witnesses
Stumers' Ceremony
Ashland. Mav 29 A jam-
packed crowd witnessed the af
ternoon public ceremonial ot tne
Hillam temule of the Shrine here
Saturday, preceding the initia
tory rites of the order's spring
ceremonial in the evening. An
estimated 1,200 Shriners from
many sections of the state at
tended the annual event.
lllnstious Potentate Herman H.
Mayberry. Ashland, presided at
the evening ceremonial, for
Shriners only. Candidates for
initiation into the order were es
corted to the armory, and all no
bles of the order gathered at 7
p.m., with Illustrious Potentate
Mayberry and nis uivan, past po
tentates and distinguished guests
received at 7:30 p.m.
Twenty-one members of Ben
Ali temple, Scramento, arrived
by chartered plane Friday.
trumanT6"cruis
Washington, May 29 (U.R)
President Truman and members
of his staff resumed a memorial
week-end holiday cruise today on
the Potomac aboard the yacht,
u. s. 5. wuiiamsourg.
In order to permit employ
ees to observe the Mamoiial
Day holiday. The Mail Trib
une will not publish on Tues
day, May 30.
leave. Her husband screamed
after her, 'Run, Leno, runl Get
(he FBI! Get a uniformed po
liceman!" O'Rpllly came to the ramp
next. Monfredo ordered him to
drop his gun. The two men
stood facing one another for a
tense moment. Then O'Reilly
let his gun fall. The deputies
put him in handcuffs and took
him to jail.
The plane resumed Its flight
and landed In San Francisco.
Miss Heron took a night plane
back to San Diego.
Mrs. O'Reilly told Fresno au
thorities her husband sat up for
the pa-sl four nights at their
Los Angeles home with a rifle
across his knee, fearing assassina
tion. She said he had called the
FBI a number of times. They
were married In Germany two
years ago while he was still In
service.
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