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fo) M UU11 o . ,s Medford 45th Year. 22 Pages 9TH JUWUJIL ROUHDUP 10 GET UNDER WAY SATURDAY Possemen Slate t Parade, Show for , Kids, Field Events Riding Outfits from Other Cities To Attend All roads in the valley will lead to the fairgrounds on South Pacific highway for the ninth annual Jackson County Mounted Sheriff's posse roundup, Satur day night and Sunday. The week-end of the big show will get underway at 2 p.m. Sat urday, when boys and girls will compete in horseback games, CAUTION ASKED Jackson County Mounted Sheriffs' Possemen pointed out today that many children and adult horseback riders will be on the streets and highways during the Roundup week-end. A special plea has been made to motorists, asking their co operation in avoiding acci dents. They further pointed out that horses being ridden, led or driven on public thor oughfares have right-of-way. rides and greased pig catching. Attendance is open to the pub lic at the free show. A big downtown parade will be the start of the rodeo proper. Commencing at 6:30 p.m. sharp, the line of march will proceed from Main street at Riverside avenue west to North Ivy street, north on Ivy street to Sixth street, and down Sixth street to Central avenue and continue south to the fairgrounds. The Medford high school band will lead. Queen to Ride Queen Audrey Wooldndge with her princesses, Judy Briggs and Glenda Martin, who will preside during the two-day show, will ride immediately following Stan Morgan, general parade chairman and grand marshal. June Storey, former leading lady to Gene Autrey of the movies will be next. Miss Storey will use saddle and equipment sent here especially for the show from Hollywood by Roy Rogers. The new Brophy's Jewelers trophy, to be awarded the win ning precision drill team appear ing Sunday, will be displayed in the parade. To keep permanent possession of the trophy, a team must win twice. The Jackson County Mounted posse and Ladies' Mounted troop auxiliary will be in the line of march, as well as members of visiting posses which have ar rived by that time. The Medford Trail Riders. Ap plegate Night Riders, and Ash land Riding association will have large representations, as well as other riding groups. Individual riders, special entries and com mercial floats will also partic ipate in the parade. Those entering the parade should assemble near the Fire stone store on South Riverside avenue. Anyone riding in the parade will be admitted without charge to the bleacher section at the rodeo. Arrangements have been made for numbering the riders for admission. Horses will be tied outside the grounds . The grand entry, with all pa rade entrants participating, will start Saturday nights show at 8 p.m. After introduction of of ficials and clearing of the arena, Christensen brothers' bronc bus ters, broncs and bulls will take over, to be interspersed with ex hibitions and special events. Square Dancing Set The posse's square dance ses sion will begin at the Medford armory at 9:30 p.m. and will con tinue throughout the evening. Tickets for both roundup and square dance will continue on sale at Barker's Men's store through Saturday afternoon, or may be purchased at the fair grounds for the roundup or at the armory for the square danc ing, that evening. Those who wish to take part in the square dancing but do not have their own sets are invited to attend. Chairman Homer Marx said that those in charge will assist in making up squares. Sunday's roundup will begin at 2 p m.. with a show similar to Saturday's, with addition of com peting precision drill teams from Josephine. Klamath. Siskiyou and Jackson counties. Manila. P.I.. June 9 (UP.) Five persons were killed and 15 . injured today when a box of ex plosives went off in a home in the Palomar alum district. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1950 hi ullftir ittfitf i' - it rf'm,,. 0 ROUNDUP BRONC BUSTERS Arriving here during the week to get ready for the ninth annual Rogue River Roundup Saturday night and Sunday, were (left to right above), "Hank" Chris tensen, of Christensen brothers, rodeo stock contractors from Eugene; "Gene" Pruitt, Yakima, Wash., world's champion saddle bronc rider at Madison Square Garden's finals in 19.47; Paul Hancock, Ozark, Arls.. Rodeo Cowboys' association world's champion saddle bronc rider at Madison Square Garden in 1948, and a Calgary, Canada, champion; "Sonny" Tureman from John Day, Ore., cham pion saddle bronc rider of the world in 1948. Many other great and near-great bronc busters will compete at the show, riding horses with such intriguing names as "Happy Landing," "Skid Row Sue," which is claimed never to have been ridden: "Northwest," said to be one of the hardest buckers of all time; "Show Boat," ."Painted Desert" and "Sky Patches." Crash Survivors Place Blame on Mechanical Failure Sculthnrpe, England, June 9 (U.R) Survivo rs of a United States air force B-29 Superfor tress which crashed in the North sea Wednesday with a probable loss of seven lives said today that the plane shot itself down. Capt. Henry J. Walsh of Al ton, 111., pilot of the ill-fated plane, blamed a defect in the mechanism of one of the gun turrets. This, he said, caused a bullet to hit the right outboard engine during gunnery practice. Story Told Walsh and the three other sur vivors told their story at a press conference at the plane's base here. Bodies of three other members of the 11-man crew have been recovered. The remaining four crewmen also were believed to have perished. However, scores of planes and surface craft still were search ing the North sea in the faint hope that the men might have survived. The B-29 plunged in to the sea in flames off the east coast port of Yarmouth. Walsh said the plane left Sculthorpo Wednesday for gun nery practice at Dogger bank off the east coast. It was flying at about 700 feet altitude when a gun in the forward upper gun turret fired into one of the craft's four engines. Known Dead Listed The air force said the known dead were Ladislow E. Vessel, Kecwatin, Minn.: Lt. Orrin C. Patterson of Galveston. Tex., navigator, and SSgt. Earl K. Brandeborry of Ft. Myers Beach, Fla., aerial photo gunner. It identified the missing men as S Sgt. William u. Creech ot Lovall. Ky central fire control gunner: SSgt. Merle E. Clausen of Eugrnc. Ore., engineer: SSgt. James N. Fowler of Orange, Tex., radio operator, and SSgt. Wil son A. Moscr of Catawba, N.C., gunner. Columbia Expected To Remain at Flood Stage Portland. Ore., June 9 ill.R) Elmer Fisher, weather bureau river forecaster, predicted here today that the Columbia river will remain at flood stage for quite some time, but not to ex pect a sharp peak. A forecast crest of 25 to 26 feet at Vancouver. Wash., made some time ago still stands, ac cording to the veteran river fore caster. "We are prcttv well convinced that will be the top estimate," he said. f , v' Z I 57th Commencement Held at High School With a record-breaking audience- of about 2,000 in attend ance, Medford senior high school held the 57th annual commence ment last night in the school sta dium. This was the first com mencement ever to be held out doors, and a calm, pleasant eve ning added to the pleasure of the event. The class, largest in the his tory of the school, numbered 231 students. Commencement speaker was Dr. G. Herbert Smith, president of Willamette university, whose topic was "Marks of an Educa tion." Dr. Smith listed as the first "mark" of an educated per son the ability to use his native tongue, to speak and write the English language accurately and to comprehend what one read. He added that graduates were not always able to do this. Dr. Smith said another mark and tool of the graduate 'should be a working knowledge of mathematics and deplored the fact that there is a tendency among high school students to avoid mathematics, geometry and algebra. He said "students only cheat themselves" if they fail to take adequate courses along these lines. A familiarity with books was listed as another mark of an edu cated person, and he said stu dents should remember that "books are the storehouse of the knowledge of the world." He Saigon, Indo-China. June 9 U.R) A British executive and six other persons were killed last night in three armed attacks by communist terrorists. Pasadena Portland, Ore., June 9 (U.R) Pasadena Tournament of Roses association float today won the grand sweepstakes prize in the non-commercial division of (he annual Portland Rose Festival parade The Portland General Electric company float won the sweep stakes in the commercial divi sion. Crowd Sees Parade An estimated 25.000 persons jammed into Multnomah Civic stadium to witness the judging and start of the mammoth pa-! rarie which strung out for sev eral blocks as it passed through the downtown area. A crowd estimated at 750.000 lined the streets, jammed the sidewalks and tied up traffic to get a 'glimpse of the glittering floral I floats and marching bands 1 The Pasadena float featured Tribune NO. 66 urged graduates to begin a libra ry of their own. Dr. Smith listed the ability to decide what is important and what is not important, or a sense of perspective; a sense of proper respect for the opinions of others and for authority, and a realiza tion of the responsibility which goes with opportunity and knowl edge, as the training marks of an educated person. Graduation a Challenge He closed by saying that high school graduates should be am bitious to add to their education, whether by formal study or oth erwise, and that graduation from high school was a challenge to "gain further marks of an edu cated person." E. H. Hedrick. superintendent of schools, introduced the speak er. Announcement of awards was made by Principal Lester D. Har ris. E. Ronald Rice, chairman of the board of education, awarded diplomas after a brief talk on the value of enthusiasm. Music for the event was pro vided by the high school band, which played the processional and recessional marches. The en trance and exit of the class, wearing navy blue caps and gowns, proved extremely effec tive. A special stage had been erected on the field, and the wings constructed in tiered ef fect with colored lights as the only decoration. The invocation and the bene diction were pronounced by the Rev. Meredith A. Groves. The class rose and sang the school "Alma Mater" before retiring from the stage. (See award story. Page W Float Sweepstakes Winner a 30-foot-high animated Bozo the Clown. He was surrounded by a ring of red roses. On a second ring of roses there was a bear on a barrel and a horse and an ani mated seal with a ball spinning on his nose. An animated mon key who tipped his hat was on a third ring of flowers. The Dalles Float Wins The Dalles, Ore., Chamber of Commerce float won top honors for cities outside Portland and Vancouver. Wash., took first place for cities outside Oregon. In cities outside Portland divi sion. the Albany Timber carnival float placed second with Hills boro third and Beaverton fourth. The Dalles float was a "man on the flying trapeze" theme over a circus ring skirted by yellow and white blooms. The flowers were peonies, daisies. roses and huckleberry in colon Solomon T" AsCoimr , oy Former Oregonian Morse Testimony To Support Nominee Washington, June 9 (U.R) A former Oregon undercover agent and admitted perjurer testified today that Gus Solo mon, nominated to be a federal district judge, was affiliated with communist-front groups 13 years ago. I never knew Mr. Solomon as a communist," Laurence A. Milner told a senate judiciary subcommittee holding hearings on the nomination. "I never said he was one, but he was what you call a fellow-traveler and he was affiliated with communist activities." Sen. Wayne Morse (R., Ore.) said he would testify for Solo mon's nomination. Active in Red Groups Milner said he was active in Oregon communist groups for six years during the 1930s as a secret agent for the military department of Oregon. He told Sen. Grant Withers (U., Ky.) that he once committed perjury in the trial of a communist in which he was called as a char acter witness. He said he did it to preserve his party contacts. I cannot conceive of a man getting himself in the frame of mind to commit penury. With ers said. "Now, you come here and admit perjury and I can't accept your testimony when I knew you could get the consent of your mind to swear falsely in court." Daniel C. Mahoney, Oregon law clerk, had charged earlier this week that Solomon had been active in groups "whose primary purpose is to destroy our form of government." Mahoney said Milner s notes as a secret agent would substantiate the charge. Excerpts From Notes Milner, now employed with the Oregon veterans loan agency, read the committee excerpts from seven of his "notes" writ ten during his secret-agent period. The first one said Solomon helped organize a meeting to hear Dr. Harry Ward, secretary of the American League Against War and Fascism. Milner said James Murphy, communist or ganizer in Oregon, was being "very careful not to have any one on the committee who was connected with the communist party." Under questioning, Milner said he believed that Solomon knew that Murphy and others with whom he associated were communists. Trumbo and Lawson Start Jail Terms Washington, June 9 (U.R) Hollywood writers Dalton Trum bo and John Howard Lawson went to jail for contempt of con gress today, protesting that their imprisonment is "part of the plan of big business and its po litical henchmen in Washington to start a third war." Lawson and Trumbo refused in 1947 to tell the house un American activities committee whether they had ever been communists. The supreme court turned down their appeal. They were committed to the District of Columbia Jail after Federal Judges David A. Pine and James M. Curran rejected appeals by the two writers to be put on probation. It is possible, however, for them to have their sentences re duced within 60 days. Both Judges agreed to consider this question. Radio Highlights Radio Station KWIN (1400 ke.) will broadcast the ninth annual Rogue River Roundup Saturday, starting at 8 p.m., and Sunday, starting at 2 p.m. President Truman's talk at the Jefferson National Expan sion memorial, St. Louis, Mo., will be broadcast over radio station KYJC (1230 ki. from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, of red, white and yellow. The Vancouver float was a merry-go-round pulled by flor ally covered circus ticket wagon. Most of the flowers were Esther Reed daisies. The float design ated the 125th anniversary of the city of Vancouver. Riding on the float were eight pioneer sweethearts. Delegation Marches "Carousel" was the name given the Albany float which featured a miniature merry-go-round covered with Esther Reed daisies, carnations and roses. A delegation representing the Al bany timber carnival marched ahead of the float. Spectators along the route of the parade saw 46 floats and 33 marching bands from local or ganizations and more than dozen citiei. (Acme Telenhoto) HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES Natalie Astrachan. 18, hugs Mrs. Sarah Zelder. 71!. after both graduated from the night school division of Hollywood's Fairfax High Schoot. Mrs. Zelder, a native of Russia, began studying for her diploma 19 years ago. New Trains Give Faster Designed for improved and speedier passenger train service in southern Oregon anrt norin- ern California, the souinern Pacific today announced it will rearrange the schedules ot Trains 327 and 328 operating between Grants Pass and Duns muir. Resides offering a time sav ing of six hours northbound and one and a quarter hours south bound, the new schedules will provide a direct connection with the Shasta Daylight at Duns muir. Explains Change In exnlaininc the radical change in schedules and service, J. H. Pruott Jr., general passen ger agent for the boutnern pa cific, said his line has been los ing $250,000 a year on the two r.runta Pnss-Dnnsmuir trains. "It Is honed." he said, "that this imnroved service will create sufficient added traffic to offset this deficit. When the new service goes in to effect, the two trains will con sist of modernized, air-conditioned chair and lounge cars. The lounge car will be manned by an attendant who will pro vide soft drinks and snack meal service. Pullmans will be eliminated on the two short daily runs. Pas sengers using chair car accom modations will benefit from the superior type of daytime service as compared with night service Pructt -said. Passengers ordinar ily using sleeping car service will enjoy a 45 per cent reduc tion in rail fares and a total elimination of Pullman charges. The northbound train that now leaves Medford at 1:30 p.m., will leave here for Grants Pass at 9:05 p.m. under the new schedule. The southbound train that now leaves here at 10:45 o.m.. will leave at 11:55 a.m. after June 24. There has been a steady de cline in the number of passen gers using the two southern Ore gon trains. Pruett reported that for the first 15 days in May of this year the southbound train from Grants Pass averaged eight paying passengers a day with revenue of less than 11 cents a Forrestal Diary Asked In Amerasia Hearing Washington. June 9 (U.R) Sen. William F. Knowland (R., Cal.), asked senate Investigators today to subpeona the diary of the late James Forrestal to de termine whether he was the man who proposed a delay in the prosecution of the 1945 Amer- asiB stolen documents case. Knowland told the senate the diary is now in the While House. He said that "in fairness" to the late secretary of defense, it should be subpoenaed and ex amined by the senate foreign re lations subcommittee investigat ing the Amerasia case. Efforts of more than 65,000 persons went into the planning and participation for this week's festival and today's circus days theme parade, which i the high point of the five-day celebration. Top Billing To Queen Top billing during the fete goes to 17-year-old Dorothy Jean Anderle, Cleveland high school senior, and her seven princesses. All eight women were selected by their classmates as the most outstanding in poise, appearance, and speaking ability from their respective schools. Last month a board of Judges picked Dorothy to rule over Rosarla this year. As a reward, each princess gets a one-year tuition scholar ship to any slate university. Que. n Dorothy IV wini a four year scholarship. Here To Service mile. On the northbound train, paying passengers averaged 17 a day. making average revenue 20 cents a mile. Pruett said it costs $3.72 a mile to run the trains. Strike Threat to Mills Told Over AFL Pay Demand Klamath Falls. June 9 4U.P.) A strike of 3,000 AFL plywood and sawmill workers in southern Oregon and northern California plants was threatened today over the date when a recently-granted 10 Vi cents an hour wage increase goes Into effect. Business Agent Gene Tedrick of the Klamath Falls district council, Lumber and Sawmill Workers' union, AFL, announced the union's strike vote will be completed in about a week. Ne gotiations with a number of op erators broke off here last night. Coming Here Tedrick was expected in Med ford today, where he will meet with representatives of the boutn ern Oregon Planing mill. Central Point, which was not represent ed at the Klamath falls negoti ating sessions. Harry Dowson. partner In the company, said that no settlement has as yet been reached, borne 100 employees of the company are Involved In the negotiations. Two other Rogue valley firms are affected by the strike threat Medford corporation and South ern Oregon Sugar Pine company. borne 29 or 30 contract-em ployees at Medco are involved Both firms have been represent ed In the negotiations by the Pine Industrial Relations com mittee of Klamath Falls. Retroactive Pay Asked The union demands that the pay boost be marie retroactive to May 18, while operators have of fered, during negotiating ses sions, to pay the higher wage from June 1, More than 15 days pay is involved, it was explained by industry sources, as eligibility for higher vacation pay hinges upon the effective dale of the wage boost. Today's news from Klamath Falls was the first word received here publicly that operators had agreed to the 10V4 cent wage boost demanded recently by the union. Other mills in the area affect ed by the strike threat include K a 1 p I n e Plywood, Klamath Falls: Moore Timber Products, Swede Basin Lumber and Cabax mills. Grants Pass, and mills at Lakeview. Ore., and Willow Ranch. Yreka, Weed, Canby and Tcnnant. Cal. School Ends; Summer Session Scheduled The regular 1949-50 school year for Medford public schools closed today as students returned for report cards. They complet ed exams and turned In books earlier this week. A five-week summer school session will commence June 26 at the Junior high school and will be in session five days per week from 8:30 a. m. until noon. It will provide make-up work for stitffents weak or failing in sub jects or ill during the year. The Instruction will aid students from other states who need to catch up. There will be no charge for students from within district No. 40 or from non-high school dis tricts. The regular fall semester will open on September 11. Hollywood, June 9 (U.R) Charles Brarkett has been re elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arti and Sci Heavy Spending Part of Battle For World Peace President Addresses Missouri Graduates Columbia; Mo., June 9 IU.R President Truman said that it would be "disastrous" for thii country to halt arms and econ omic aid to western Europe. He told a rain-soaked com mencement day audience of 12, 000 persons in Memorial stadi urn at the University of Mis souri that continued heavy spending on foreign arms and economic aid could be expected as part of the "long and hard" battle for world peace, these "temporary" costs, he said, are necessary to stop Russia in her "plain intent" to "overthrow the tradition of freedom . . . shared by our country and many others." Traveled by Train The president traveled here by train from St. Louis to re ceive an honorary degree from the university of his home state. While the graduation class of more than 1.700 men and wom en got soggy in their caps and gowns from the light rain, the chief executive talked about the dollars and cents of Ami- can foreign policy. "Obviously, we do not want to continue our extraordinary financial assistance to other countries any longer than neces sary," he said. But he warned that it would be disastrous to stop such assistance now. Mr. Truman, wearine aca demic robes, led the procession of graduates around the field to an orange-canopied platform in the center of the stadium. Doctor of Laws The university conferred on him an honorary doctor of lawi degree. He also was made an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa, the national scholaatia society. the president arrived here by train from St. Louis at 9:30 a.m. He was met at the Columbia sta tion by Gov. Forrest Smith. Mayor Roy Sappington and Dr. Frederick Middlcbush, presi dent of the university. Two Juveniles Held On Burglary Charges Two juveniles who rode a I freight train to Redding, Cal, after burglarizing three busi nesses in Eagle Point May 30 and 31, are being held in the county Jail awaiting action by tn county Juvenile department. Sheriff Howard Gault said the pair has admitted the burglary of John Ragsdale'a confection ery in Eagle Point, the Ashpola hardware store, and the Putnam feed store. They were appre hended by Redding authoritiea the first of the week. A third youth involved in the burglaries ia with the national guard on summer maneuvers at Camp Clatsop and has not been picked of the two held here ha a record of previous delinquen cies and is to go before Judge H. K. Hanna, while the other has been found by tests to be feeble minded, and will be remanded to the custody of his parents for rehabilitation. The youths admitted the theft of three agate rings and $7 in cash from the Ragsdale store, watches and rifle shells from Ashpnles, and a .22 rifle and a roll of pennies from Putnams. They also admit burglary of the Eagle Point school several months ago. Fire Chief Asks Aid In Saving Water Chief Ed Canoose today re quested cooperation of Medford residents in halting water use when the fire siren sounds for ward or general alarms. He said that except during non-irrigating hours at night, a recall siren will be sounded when fire apparatus has return ed to the station and this will signal that water use may be re sumed. The general alarm sounded for the business district and public buildings is a long blast with six fluctuations in tone. Ward alarms for house (ires consist of a blast with two fluc tuations and with short blasti denoting wards. Ward 1 is east of Bear creek, Ward 2, west of Bear creek and south of Main street, Ward 3, west of Bear creek and north of Main street and Ward 4, Medford coropra- tion mill. Alarm for Timber Products company is a blast with six fluctuations' followed by four ward blasts. Recall is one long blast. WEATHER roio: AT: dourly and root with Khnwrr this ft-mlng, hrrnmlnx purtlt" cloudy In nlRht and SafurfUv Ktth frat irrrtl light ihowren Saturday afternoon. Temp. Htiht Ynrtrdav .. 7T t.owett thli Mornlnf u. ... 34 Prec. to 4:30 A.M. Today, Tract
