Medford mail tribune., June 06, 1950, Image 1

Directive by Gen. MacArthur Purges Japan's 24 Top Communists
Hickenlooper to
Oppose Loveland
In Iowa Election
Brannan Plan Foes
In Senatorial Race
Des Moines, la., June 6 (U.R)
Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper (R.)
and Democrat Albert J. Love
land won senatorial nominations
in Iowa's primary today and will
oppose each other in a clear-cut
fight over the Brannan farm
plan i next November's general
election.
Hickenlooper. an opponent of
the administration farm plan,
won a lopsided victory in the
state's republican primary while
Loveland, who made support of
the Brannan proposal his chief
campaign issue, led in a six-man
democratic race in nearly com
plete returns.
Victory Claimed
Loveland, former undersecre
tary of agriculture, claimed vic
tory after returns from 2.349 of
the state's 2,474 precincts gave
him more than the 35 per cent
I of the total vote in his contest
' required for nomination.
"In my opinion, the result con
stitutes an endorsement of the
principles on which I have cam
paigned in the last two months,"
Loveland said.
Returns from the 2.349 pre
cincts gave Loveland 36.332
votes compared to 29.653 for his
closest opponent, former Gov.
Nelson G. Kraschel. Krasehel
had opposed the Brannan plan.
With 2.361 precincts counted
in the republican primary, Hick
enlooper had 181,303 votes to
37.195 for Earl F. Wisdom and
24.259 for Harry B. Thompson.
Sacramento, June 6 (U.R)
Gov. Earl Warren and James
Roosevelt, eldest son of the late
president, squared off today in a
primary election test of Warren's
chances as a possible GOP presi
dential candidate against the
magic of the Roosevelt family
name.
Warren, a republican seeking
his third term, and Roosevelt, a
democratic, sought both the GOP
and democratic nominations for
governor. California law permits
candidates to cross-file.
Warren supporters hoped he
would duplicate his feat of four
years ago and win the demo
cratic as well as the republican
nomination. This would mean
his automatic reelection and
would boost his stock as a GOP
presidential candidate.
Roosevelt banked on his fa
mous name winning the votes of
liberal republicans.
Shower Dampens
Area Fire Hazard
A brisk shower that dampened
the valley for a few minutes this
morning has eased the fire haz
ard in the area's timber and
grass lands but has not removed
it entirely, according to the state
and federal forest services.
Humidity readings today will
remain well above the danger
point, the Medford weather bu
reau reported, with minimum
percentages probably falling
around 50 to 60 per cent. To
morrow, however, is expected
to mark the beginning of another
downward trend in humidities
and further dry conditions will
put an end to the brief respite
from the fire hazard.
The showers that fell this
morning may continue through
the next 24 hours but will prob
ably be confined to the sur
rounding hills and mountains,
the weather bureau said. Rains
were accompanied by snow in
the higher elevations this morn
ing, according to the state forest
patrol. No lightning has been
reported.
For the time being, the Med
ford fire department said it
would resume issuing permits
for trash burning, at least until
conditions reach the danger point
again.
Ernest Rostel Passes
In Hospital at Salem
Ernest Rostel, former Medford
newspaper man, died in a Salem
hospital today after several
weeks illness, according to word
received by relatives. Mr. Rostel
left here some years ago to serve
as information ranger with the
national park service and for the
past three years had been assist
ant to the head of the travel in
formation department of the
state highway commission in
Salem. Survivors include a
brother. Bert. Central Point.
Tentative plans are for funeral
servises in Salem with interment
in Jacksonville cemetery.
Six-Year-Old Newport Boy
Found After Night in Woods
Newport. Ore., June 6 U.R
Six-year-old Buddy Bliss, miss
ing overnight in dense brush
land south of Newport, was
found today, "wet and cold" but
otherwise safe and unharmed.
The Newport police reported
Buddy was discovered trudging
down the bank of Field creek,
heading toward I highway.
Three hundred volunteers had
been searching for Buddy since
a fire alarm was sounded last
night to spur the hunt.
Buddy was found at a point
about two miles from his home.
He it the son of Mr. and Mrs.
(Acme Teltphoto)
HOSTAGE OF CHINA REDS
Captain William Murray (above),
skipper of the freighter California
Bear, is being held hostage by the
Chinese Communists, according to
officials of the Pacific Far East
Lines in San Francisco. He has
been In Red custody since the ship
was Involved in a collision with a
Chinese fishing vessel off Taku
Bar. The Reds claim that 70
Orientals drowned In the collision.
Central Point
Defeats Budget
By 2-Vote Margin
Central Point, June 6 City
councilmen of Central Point
last night set Monday. June 26.
as date for a new election on the
proposal to exceed the constitu
tional . six per cent levy lim
itation in the city budget by
$4,513.
Residents yesterday rejected
the proposal by a two-vote mar
gin of 79 no. 77 yes, according
to City Recorder Arden Pink
ham. Votae Said 'Unrepresentative'
The council termed the 156
votes not representative, Pink
ham reported. At the last gen
eral election 501 votes were cast
for mayor. He said that the
amount asked oiser the limitation
is a necessity. The city cannot
be operated on a general fund
levy of $5,996.77, which is all
the constitution allows without
a vote, Pinkham declared.
Pinkham pointed out that
committeemen in proposing a
$28,135 outlay for 1950-1951 had
cut the budget absolutely to a
minimum and that there was no
waste or over-expenditure. The
budget is $8,000 less than the
current one despite the fact that
city government expenses have
gone up the same as living ex
penses for residents, he said.
Asks Study
The recorder requested that
residents study the budget thor
oughly between now and the
next election.
At their meeting last night
councilmen adopted a contract
with California Oregon Power
company for 22 mercury vapor
street lamps.
Two lights will be placed at
each of four Pine street intersec
tions, one at each of three Pine
intersections and one each at 11
intersections on the highway.
The money from city business
licenses is earmarked for the in
stallation. BOND ISSUE OK'D
Ruch-Sterling school district
voters yesterday approved a
$35,000 bond issue for school
improvements by a vote of 96
for and 32 against, Principal
Henry Kammann announced this
morning.
Need for the enlargement of
the school building and grounds
was created by the consolidation
of the Ruch-Sterling district with
the Watkins. Uniontown. Forest
Creek and Applegate districts.
Funds will be used to acquire
about four acres more land for
the school ' grounds, to build
three additional classrooms, a
play shed and to improve trans
portation facilities.
BUDGET PASSES
Rogue River. June 6 City
voters here yesterday approved
a city budget for the new fiscal
year by a vote of 44 to 14. The
proposed budget asked for ex
penditures of $6,381.15 outside
the constitutional six per cent
limitation, but the budget was
reduced about $1,300 from last
year.
Washington, June 6 (U.R)
President Truman today re-appointed
Gen. George C. Marshall
as head of the American National
Red Cross for a three-year term
beginning June 12.
Hollywood, June 6 U.R For
mer Broadway Star Gary Merrill
and hi wife have separated.
J. C. Bliss. Newport. He was
playing with other children in
the yard of his grandmother's
home on the Coast highway a
short distance, south of Newport
when he disappeared.
The youngsters split into two
groups, each thinking Buddy was
with the other. His absence was
not discovered until a call to
dinner was sounded at 6 p. m.
Many searchers had spent the
night in the brush, trying to find
a trace of the boy. State police,
however, sent many of them
home to rest for further search
ing today.
Medford
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SEARCHERS PREPARE
TO ABANDON EFFORTS
TO FIND 22 OTHERS
Miami, Fla., June 6 (UP) A United States
destroyer rescued 37 survivors of a chartered plane
crash in the Atlantic today and prepared to abandon
the search for 22 missing men, some of whom were
trapped in the sinking aircraft.
Five floating bodies were found by a merchant
ship shortly after the destroyer Sauf ley messaged that
the three rescued crewmen of the plane report "an
undetermined number went down with the, plane."
The Saufley said it and two merchant ships had
completed a "thorough search" of the area where the
men were rescued and that it intended to continue the
hunt only until sunset.
The S.S. Cape Ann, which joined the search this
morning, messaged coast guard rescue control here
that it had found the bodies and was standing by to
await the Saufley.
Hope for the 22 men still missing was fading.
They were believed to be dead or drifting helplessly
in life jackets, close to death.
Stansbury Thought
Leading
Candidate
As Ashland Mayor
Ashland. June 6 Phil Stans
burv, Ashland city councilman
and cabinet shop proprietor, is
generally conceded to be almost
certain of appointment as mayor
of Ashland, well-informed polit
ical observers reported here to
day. The acting mayor and a new
city councilman are expected to
be named at a city council meet
ing at 7:30 p. m. today. The va
cancies were created by a recall
election held May 19 which oust
ed the two officials from office.
Talked for Council
Four well-known citizens have
been prominently mentioned as
possible council appointees. They
are Mark Hamaker. a retired
lumbermen; Dr. Walter Wcller,
veterinarian and runner-up can
didate for mayor in the last elec
tion; Fred A. Taylor, a retired
restaurant operator, and Dr.
Charles A. Haines, physician.
Fred Homes, council chairman
and acting mayor, has stated pre
viously he would not consider the
mayor's post. He will preside at
today's meeting.
In addition to these appoint
ments, the first report on the ten
tative budget for the year may
be given by J. B. Austin, city re
corder and budget director. Aus
tin previously reported the bud
get would not exceed the consti
tutional six per cent limitation
on increased expenditures.
Two Vacancies Possible
If Stansbury is appointed
mayor, it was pointed out, there
would have to be two new coun
cilmen appointed, one to fill the
existing vacancy and one to suc
ceed Stansbury.
Earthquake Starts
Sixth Flow of Lava
Honolulu, June 6 (U.R) New
earthquakes shook Mauna Loa
volcano today and started a
sixth lava flow pouring down
the southwest slope.
Robert Hind, a rancher in the
area, said the new flow ap
peared to be of limited volume
but that it had a "strong poten
tial" because it erupted from a
fissure low on the volcano's
slope.
Four other rivers of lava have
reached the sea south of the
Kona resort coast but a fifth
flow, veering to the southeast,
has been trapped by tablelands
and is dying out.
Observers said three of the
flows pouring lava into the sea
have started to subside. The
fourth still is pouring a heavy
stream of lava into the sea,
keeping the waters boiling.
Los Angeles. June 6 (U.R)
M Sgt. Elmer Bender, a prisoner
of the Chinese communists for
19 months, hai re-enlisted in the
marines.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUES'
uperaiors unaer uraers
To Continue Air. Sea Search
Air and sta rescue operators
continued under orders to cease
at midnight tomorrow if further
search proves fruitless.
A coast guard cutter was sent
to relieve the Saufley which
picked up the survivors after a
coast guard plane spotted them
at dawn.
The rescued included Capt.
Joe Halsey, the pilot, and two
other crow members and 34 of
the 61 Puerto Rican laborers
being flown to this country for
work on Michigan farms.
The Saufley advised the coast
guard rescue control center here
that it was continuing the
search with the aid of planes.
In Good Condition
The rescue message from the
Saufley said:
"Recovered 37 survivors. Po
sition 27.51 north, 52.32. All in
rafts. Pilot believes remainder
have life jackets. Continuing
coordinated search with planes
and picking up all empty rafts.
Survivors on board are in good
condition."
The Saufley picked up the
survivors a few hours after they
were spotted from the air about
270 miles northeast of Miami.
The C-46, belonging to West
Air, was ditched late last night
after one of its engines conked
out on a flight from San Juan,
Puerto Rico, to New York.
Walla Walla, Wash., June 8
(U.R) Joe Halsey, 40. pilot of
the charter airliner which crash
landed off the Florida coast, nev
er had an accident in 14 years of
flying, his brother said today.
Merlin Halsey said Joe took
his first flying lessons at Boeing
field, Seattle, and then became
instructor at a flying school at
Sunnyside, Wash. When World
War II came, he enlisted in the
army transport command and
flew C-46s over the "hump" in
India.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Halsey of Hermlston, Ore.
Ellsworth Election
Expenditures $200
Salem. Ore., June 8 U.R
John McBridp of Portland, who
ran for republican nomination
for U. S. senator, spent $2,065.86
on his campaign, he reported to
the secretary of state's office to
dav. Douglas McKay of Salem spent
$1,471.03 in the campaign. He
was unopposed for republican
nomination to succeed himself as
governor.
Other expenditures reported
today included:
Harris Ellsworth, Roseburg. re
publican, representative in con
gress. 4th district. S200. David C.
Shaw. Gold Beach, democrat,
representative in congress. 4th
district, none.
New York, June 6 lU.RI Ab
bot Kimball, president of the
National Cancer foundation, an
nounced today that Dan Sey
mour, radio and television ex
ecutive, will act a chairman
of the foundation'i 1950 fund
drive.
JUNE 6,
Acmt Ttlrphoto)
PASSES FIRST TEST The Navy's newest attack bomber, the Douglas XA2D Skyshark. is shown after
it successfully completed Its first test flight at Edwards Air Force Base, Muroc, Calif. The Skyshark is
the first tactical plane to utilize turbine-driven counnter-rotatlng propellers, making It capable of car
rying a greater payload than any known Jet bomber or fighter for the game expenditure of fuel.
McCarthy Produces
Photostatic Copy
Of 'Secret' Report
Washington, June 6 (U.R)
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R.,
Wis.) gave the senate today a
photostat of a page of a "secret"
report stating that in May, 1947,
the rBI found 124 communist
agents, sympathizers and sus
pects in the stale department.
Only 18 were discharged in the
following two months, the report
said.
McCarthy did not state who
drew up the report, a portion of
which he made public in a sen
ate speech. The document stated
that the FBI had prepared a
chart showing as of May 15, 1947,
there were in the state depart
ment: Agents. 20; communists, 13;
sympathizers, 14, and suspects,
77.
Total Reduced
Two months later, the photo
stat showed, the total had been
reduced from 124 to 106. includ
ing 11 agents, 10 communists, 11
sympathizers and "about" 74 sus
pects.
McCarthy told the senate three
persons listed by the FBI as
"agents" still are in the state
department and that their names
are available to the senate or its
communist investigating s u b
committee. Council May Consider
Apartment Setback
City councilmen at their regu
lar meeting tonight mav discuss
the matter of a setback line on
property at 10th street and pak
dale avenue where a seven-story
apartment house is planned, It
was reported this morning. Coun
cil convenes at 7:30 p.m. at the
city hall.
Other items that will be con
sidered are renewal of the City
Sanitary service lease at the
Camp white disposal area, a tHXi
operators' petition for rate boosts
and matters concerning the Jack
son county housing project in
northwest Medford.
Hearings are set tonight on
projected sewers on Mt. Pitt and
Winchester avenues between
Peach and Hamilton streets and
on Peach between Mt. Pitt and
Stewart avenues.
Salem Fire Chief
Turns in Resignation
Salem, Ore.. June 6 (U.R)
William P. Roble, newly elected
president of the Oregon Associa
tion of Fire Chiefs, resigned as
Salem's fire chief Monday, be
cause, he said, of "disloyalty of
a minority of Salem firemen."
"Ive been taking this grumbl
ing silently for two years and
I'm tired of such petty politics,"
he said.
"Efficiency in performance of
duty cannot be accomplished
when administration policies are
constantly ridiculed by a minor
ity. He added:
"Most of the boys In the de
partment art fine firemen and
are loyal."
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1950
NO. 63
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Lebanon Man Slain
By Police Officer
Lebanon, Ore., June 6 (U.R)
A Sweet Home police officer
early today shot a 23-year-old
Lebanon man during a scuffle
for possession of a police car
which climaxed a 70-mile-an-
hour chase over the 14-mile route
from Sweet Home to Lebanon.
Theodore James Sylvester died
at Lebanon hospital shortly after
Me was shot three times by Of
ficer Albert Osborn of Sweet
Home during a scuffle for pos
session of the Sweet Home police
prowl car.
I he shooting ended a high
speed chase from Sweet Home
where Osborn and Officer Karel
Hyer took after Sylvester. Os
born told Deputy Sheriff George
Merchants Discuss
Plans for 'Openings'
Medford merchants, meeting
last night with the retail trade
committee of the Jackson Coiinty
Chamber of Commerce, began
making the first plans for next
fall s and winters community
wide sales events.
C. M. Lisberg, Jean Hart and
Frank Githens were appointed
to serve as a committee to make
arrangements for a fall opening
on the same scale as Christmas
and spring openings held here in
the past year. Plans for another
Christmas opening were also dis
cussed. Other sales events such bs dol
lar days and red tag days will be
discontinued through the sum
mer months, the merchants de
cided. Opinion was about evenly di
vided, it was reported, on wheth
er local stores should close on
Monday. July 3. No decision or
agreement was reached and the
chamber is conducting a post
card poll among retail nutlets in
an effort to find what will be
the majority action over the holi
day week-end.
Operation of Ferries
Must Resume Wednesday
Salem, Ore., June 6 (U.R)
Ferry service, now strikebound,
must be restored across the Co
lumbia river at Astoria by 3 p. m.
daylight time Wednesday or the
state highway commission will
move in and take over opera
tions, it warned today.
Highway commissioners hold
ing a snecial meeting here Mon
day told officials of the Astoria
Navigation company that It must
live up to its contract to oper
ate the ferries on a schedule of
10 round trips a day.
NATIONAL
New York 10 14 0
Pittsburgh 4 I 0
Kramer and Wtitrumi
Queen, Lombard!. Turner and
McCullough. Losing pitcher.
Queen. Home rum, Weitrum,
Thomson (2), Weitlake,
WEATHER
Forerait: Partly cloudy tonight
and early Wedneiday. Clear
ing by Wednesday night
Warmer Wedneiday.
Temperature
Highest yetterday ?
Lowest thii morning .tm-.45
Miller at Lebanon that Sylves
ter drove his car down Sweet
Home's main street at 70 miles
an hour about 3 a.m. today.
The officers caught up with
Sylvester at Sherman and Main
streets in Lebanon at 3:10 a.m.
They placed him under arrest
and started to put him in the
police car when he kicked Hyer
in the stomach sending him
sprawling 20 feet away.
Scuffle For Wheel
Osborn said Sylvester then
Jumped into the police car. Os
born got in also and the two be
gan a scuffle for the wheel.
Osborn quoted Sylvester as say
ing. "I'll kill us both."
Osborn told Miller thatdur
Ing the ensuing battle Sylvester
attempted to strike him with a
blackjack he had taken from
Hyer. It was then that Osborn
fired three shots, two striking
Sylvester in the abdomen and
one hitting him In the left
shoulder.
Sylvester was taken two
blocks to the Lebanon hospital
where he died shortly after ar
rival. Hearing and Vote Due
In School District
Central Point, June 6 An
election and hearing on the 1950
1951 budget for school district
No. 8 (consolidated) were sched
uled today at the Central Point
high school. Polls were to be
open today until 9 p.m. daylight
lime (8 p.m. standard time).
The total budget planned is
$363,117. Of the levy, $170,000
would be outside the six per cent
limitation.
Uninvited Guests Return
To Scene of D
Omaha Beach, Normandy,
June 6 (U.R) Fifteen uninvited
guests came back to Omaha
Beach today
They looked about as though
they had been there before. They
had six years and two hours
before.
They were the only 15 men
left in the 16th Infantry who
had stormed the beach as part of
the 1st division at 6:30 a.m. six
years ago.
Guaiti Uninvited
They were uninvited then and
they were uninvited now. Weeks
ago, from their headquarters at
Bad Tolz, Germany, thev made
overtures to the authorities mak
ing plans for D-dav celebrations
at Charnton, St. Mere Eglise and
Vierville. But they never seem
ed to make connections.
'It wasn't anybody's fault,
explained Lt. Larry Olmstead,
of Nellgh. Neb. "I guess It was
just bad liaison."
So the men of the IBlh toon
up a collection of S1.000 to send
the IS back to Bayeux In an
Secret Documents
Of Party Burned;
Activity Halted
Others Threatened
With Purge Action
Tokyo, June 6 U.R) Gen.
Douglas MacArthur outlawed
Japan's 24 top communists to
day. A few hours later com
munist party headquarters be
gan burning its secret docu
ments. MacArthur's directive permit
ted the communist party to con
tinue functioning but outlawed
the 24 members of its central
committee from any further
party propaganda or public acti
vity. The directive was invoked
against the communists under
the occupation law barring a re
vival of Japanese militarism.
Japanese officials said any other
communists who continued agi
tation also would be purged.
Both Japanese and American
quarters said the move probably
foreshadowed action to outlaw
the entire communist party in
Japan. The communists appar
ently felt the same way. They
piled their secret papers in the
compound behind party head
quarters, saturated them with
gasoline and set them afire only
a few hours after MacArthur'a
action was announced.
Among those purged were
seven members of the Japanese
diet (parliament), including six
in the house of representatives
and one elected only Sunday to
the house of councillors.
MacArthur's order, contained
a letter to Prime Minister
Shigeru Yoshida, does not out
law the communist party as
such. The party can elect a new
central committee and carry on
as a legal political group.
Brig. Gen. Courtney Whitney,
one of MacArthur's chief aides,
said the 24 purged communists
"could continue as a study group
and could study anything they
pleased so long as they don t
study out loud.
They were banned from all
public activities under the 1946
purge directives, which prohibits
militarists and ultra-nationalisti
from stirring up public disorder
and agitation.
Roundup Spirit
Urged by Mayor
Mayor Diamond Flynn has
donned western garb. Including
a fancy shirt and tie and cow
boy hat, and today he called
upon other residents of Medford
to get Into the spirit of the
Rogue River Roundup of the
Jackson County Mounted Sher
iff's posse on Saturday and Sun
day, June 10 and 11.
Tliis la rodeo week In Med
ford.
Many cities throughout the
west, Flynn said, have capital
ized upon the roundup type of
endeavor. He urged merchant!
to decorate their display win
dows appropriately and to en
courage their employees to dress
tor the occasion.
Flynn stressed that citizens
should get into the spirit of the
festival to encourage the posse,
a nublic-snirited, non-profit or
ganization. He also pointed out
that the group could become a
great asset to the community in
time of emergency or catas
trophe, i
Two Youths Held for
Newsstand Burglary
Two Eagle Point youths, one
14 and the other 16, were picked
up yesterday by authorities in
Redding, Cat., and during ques
tioning, admitted the burglary
May 30 of the confectionery and
newsstand operated by John
Ragsriale in Eagle Point. Sher
iff Howard Gault said this morn
ing that a deputy has been sent
to Redding to return the youths
to Medford. They will be ques
tioned here regarding other bur
glaries committed recently in
the Eagle Point area.
Ragsdale is the blind maga
zine vendor who formerly oper
ated a newsstand in the main
lobby of the county courthouse
for many years. He told sher
iff's officers that thieves had
taken about $6 or $7 from his
place of business sometime dur
ing the night of May 30.
- Day Landing
American express bus marked
"Tourist." They brought with
them a huge cluster of ever
greens with roses spelling out
the figure 16.
They arrived on the beach this
morning as unheralded and un
expected as they were six years
ago. Silently they walked to the
monument honoring their divi
sion and laid their wreath. There
were no speeches.
Foxholes Erased
Then they walked down the
beach. They saw that time and
tide had covered their foxholes.
Erosion on the cliffs had erased
the pits gouged by shells and.
bombs.
There was practically nothing
to show they had ever been here
except for a few rusted cans,
corroded shell casings, and the
hulks of battered landing craft
nosed over on the beach.
Finally the uninvited guests
walked away, boarded their bus
and drove to the cemetery at
Saint Laurent where 9,000 of
their comrades lie on a bluff
overlooking the D-day beaches.
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