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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
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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.
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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
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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"
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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.
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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
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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