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Newspaper Page TextMedford Tribune United Press Full Lease Wire United Prise Full Lute Wire 45th Year. ToTif 'ages MEDPORt), OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1950 1,000 Lions Slate Convention Opener In Medford Today Some 1.000 or more members of Oregon's 94 Lions clubs, and their wives are expected to start arriving in Medford this after noon for what promises to be the largest state Lion's conclave in the history of the state. It is the 26th annual state convention of the service organization. A wide-ranging program of business, social and entertain ment sessions have been ar ranged for visiting delegates, beginning with registration to day at 1 p.m. Convention guests will be welcome for golf at the Rogue Valley Country club, committeemen said, and scenic 1 tours and other recreation fea tures have been arranged for both men and women. Four Governori Four district governors of the club will participate in the con vention proceedings. They are Dr. Flovd South, Portland. Dis trict 36-0; Frank White, Gardin- Forreslal Tried To Delay Arrests, Diary Discloses Washington, June 10 (U.R) The justice department opened a page of the late James For restal's secret diary today to re veal that he tried to delay the arrest of six suspects in the 1945 Amerasia document theft case. The department disclosed that it has a copy of an entry For restal made in the diary on May 28, 1945. The then secretary of the navy had written that he in tervened in the Amerasia case because he feared the arrests and the attendant publicity might jeopardize the San Francisco conference at which the United Nations was being formed. Would Embarrass Truman Forrestal explained that he also was afraid the result would be "to greatly embarrass" Presi dent Truman in his dealings with Soviet Premier Stalin at that time. President Truman himself ordered the six suspects arrested after Forrestal had Intervened. But three of them never were indicted, two got off with fines, and the indictment against the Sixth, was quashed. Based On Document! The arrests were based on the seizure of hundreds of confiden tial and secret government docu ments in the offices of the maga zine Amerasia, edited by Philip Jaffe, who Rot off with a fine, was described in Forrestal's diary as having had "intimate relationships with the Russian consul in New York." t The justice department said It received the copy of the For restal notes from New York Attorney Matthew F. Correa, a wartime army major who was special assistant to Forrestal at the time of the Amerasia inci dent. Low Flying Plane Draws Investigation Long Beach, Cal., June 10 (U.R) The civil aeronautics auth ority was asked today to invesl gate a complaint that a conver ted PBY flying boat, in which multimillionaire plane builder Howard Hughes was a passen ger, flew too low over the beach here. Glen Odekirk. a co-owner of thp big plane which had been related as a flying yacht. Hughes and a pilot were aboard the plane as it made some prac tice landings in the Pacific. After H. C. Trigg complained to police that the plane had made five dives allegedly 50 feet above the beach and frightened some of the bathers, the munici pal airport here radioed to the plane to desist from making practice landings in the area. The plane landed at the munici pal airport. Two Rescued from Sinking Yacht Are Believed Dead Long Beach, Cal., June 10 (U.R) Two of 18 oil workers picked up in the Pacific when they abandoned their chartered yacht while on a fishing trip, may be dead, the coast guard reported tonight. A coast guard cutter, speed ing to Newport, reported that two survivors of the abandoned yacht Signal Hill, showed no signs of life although coast guardsmen continued to give ar tificial respiration. Two others aboard the coast guard cutter were reported in "bad condi tion." The other survivors of the fishing trip had been transferred from rescuing coast guard cut ters to the freighter Hmdanger. but they were to be returned to coast guard cutters to bt tak er. District 36-R; Forest Losee, Roseburg, District 36-E and Dean Erwin, Pendleton, District 36-G. Larry Schade, retiring presi dent of the host Medford Lions club, said Saturday that prep arations are virtually completed for accomodation of the visitors. The last general committee meet ing was held Saturday morning under the chairmanship of Dr. Lee Mellish, convention chair man and newly-elected president of the host club. Following is an abbreviated program of the three-day con vention: Sunday Registration, 1 to 8 p.m., Medford hotel; ninth an nual Rogue River Roundup, fair grounds; golf, Rogue Valley Country club. Sunday evening Western barbecue, 7:30 p.m. high school stadium. Lions and ladies, enter tainment. Monday 7:30 a.m., breakfast, junior high school men's gym nasium. Jack Peddycord. Inter national director, speaker: 9 a.m.. business session. Holly theater, welcome by Mayor Dia mond Flynn; 12:30 p.m., lun cheon at junior high gymnasium, program by R. b. "Twin" Nel son, formerly Medford, now of Baker Lions club: 2:30 p.m., golf tournament, scenic tours, panel discussions: 7 p.m., governor's banquet, Herbert R. Hargrave, International director, speaker; 9 p.m., governor's ball, junior high school. Tuesday 7:30 a.m., break fast, junior high school, Har grave to speak again; 9 a.m., business session, Holly theater; 10 a.m., necrology service: 11 a.m.. election of district officers; 11:30 a.m.. installation of offi cers: 1230 p.m., farewell lun cheon, junior high school, Peddycord to speak. Mail Deliveries Curtailment Set The Medford postoffice will curtail its deliveries to one a day in residential sections start ing Monday, under recent "econ omy" orders of the postmaster general, it was announced Sat urday by Postmaster Moore Ham ilton. Under the new delivery plan, residences which have been re ceiving two foot-carrier deliv eries each day will now receive only one, Hamilton explained. In the congested downtown busi ness district, two deliveries will be made as in the past, but a few businesses in outlying areas will lose the extra delivery. May Be Later Due to the changes some resi dents getting deliveries in the morning will now get them dur ing the afternoon, Hamilton said, although it is planned to make no deliveries later than 4 p. m. Special delivery service is unaf fected, as are postoffice hours and postoffice box sortings. City mounted (automobile) routes will continue on one-a-day schedules. The service reduction has caused reduction of the postof fice staff by two temporary sub stitute carriers, but has not af fected regular employees, Ham ilton said. Firefighters Beat Off Threatening Blaze Lewisporte, Nfld.. June 10 (U.R) Desperate fire fighters, their backs to a 2.000,000 gal lon gasoline storage plant, beat back a forest fire raging through tinder dry woodlands today. The three-mile wall of flame, fanned by a 13-mile-an-hour wind, roared within two and a half miles of the high octane gas and oil plant and threat ened for a while to blast this village to bits. But the fire fighters, includ ing all available volunteers in the area, beat the blames back a mile and a half today, and ap parently ended the immediate threat to thin village of 1.600. en to the coast guard moorings in San Pedro. Three "casualties" were re ported aboard the Hindanger, but the message to the coast guard here did not make clear the extent of the injuries. As the yacht with its happy fishermen was returning' to Long Beach late today, it sud denly radioed for help, saying its fan tail was awash and the yacht was sinking. Later it mes saged frantically that all were abandoning the vessel about 13 miles from here, mid-way be tween Catalina island and Long Beach. Coast guard cutters and planes hurried to the scene to pick up the men who were splashing around in the Pacific, kept afloat by available life belts. a nem I w ,i iii.. i.aiiieieMiMHwamiauiw i Y ' -V x x ' ' x . 1-1 - vvo w 4 0 f Jf x 1 .t N . J i? l- t hLwE vwv?v-Trf , v- HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ON 'LAST MILE' The dignity and suppressed excitrment of a high school senior's graduation is expressed in the dramatic photograph above of the Medford high school senior class marching in to commencement exercises Thurs day evening. The graduation was held despite overcast skies in the hiKh school stadium, the first out-of-doors graduation in the history of the school. The graduating class of 2'il was also the largest in the school's records. (Hrainerd photo). Vehicle Office to Open in Medford Monday Afternoon The 14th field office to be built in Oregon by the secretary of state's office is to be dedicated for Jackson county tomorrow at 1:30 p. m. by a delegation of state, county and city officials. The new concrete, tile and sandstone structure is located on highway 99 just south of Med ford near the Scheffel Construc tion company, which built the building for lease to the secretary of state. Officials Coming In addition to Secretary of Slate Earl Newbry. other state officials to be here for the open ing are Vernon Webb, manager of the Portland field office: Roy Petterson, official in charge of filed office operations, and Ward McReynolris, chief drivers' li cense examiner. County Judge J. B. Coleman will preside at the brief dedication ceremonies and will be assisted by mayors of Jackson county communities, including Medford's Mayor Dia mond Flynn. The new office will provide a complete motor vehicle serv ice: license plates will be avail able on an over-the-counter ba sis, a license examiner will be on duty to administer examina tions for new operators licenses or to issue renewals, problems in volving the financial responsibil ity division may be settled at the new office and gasoline tax refund claims will be handled there. In addition to its regular work, the staff at the office will be trained to provide assistance to tourists. To Be 'Busy' William O'Brien, who has maintained the motor vehicle of fice in the courthouse in the past, will be office manager at the central office. Leo Sevcik. driver's examiner, will also main tain headquarters there. William Healy, assistant secretary of state, said it is expected that the Jackson county field office will be one of the busiest in the state. Four of China Red Underground Killed Taipei, Formosa. June 10 U.R) A military firing squad to day executed four persons, in cluding a woman, convicted as ringleaders of a Chinese commu nist underground on Formosa. The four were arrested in a spy roundup last February and March and the executions came less than a half hour after they were found guilty. The group included Lieut. Gen. Wu Shur, who until his arrest had been deputy chief of staff in the national defense ministry; Colonels Chen Pao-Chang and Nieh Shi. who also were con nected with the ministry, and Miss Chu Kantsu. Miss Chu was accused of serving as a liaison representative for the commu nists. They were executed at an abandoned race course just out side of Taipei. National Guardsmen Entrain for Camp Approximately 115 members of Medford's two national guard IWimnnnilH loft frirlatr ah Iha annual two-weeks' national guard encampment at rt. Lewis, Wash. The units are Company A and headquarters company of the First battalion, 186th Infantry regiment. A small motor convov of the group left Friday morning. The main group left bv special train at p. m. They are scheduled to return on June 24. Record Crowd Views Big Roundup Parade A record crowd lined down town streets last evening to see the Jackson County Mounted Sheriff's posse's ninth annual Roundup parade. Heading the line of march was the Med ford senior high school band followed by Parade Marshal Stan Morgan, Queen Audrey Wooldridge and Princesses Judy Briggs and Glenda Martin, all on horseback. Included in the horseback groups were posse and auxiliary members. Medford Trail Rid ers, Applegate Night Riders, Ashland Riding association members, visiting posses, and individual children and adult riders. Full Housa ai Rodeo Thrills and spills were the features of the night show at the fairgrounds when bareback rid ers, calf-ropcrs and bulldoggers took over. The exhibition drew a full house despite unsettled weather conditions. Today's show will begin at 2 p.m. with the grand entry and introduction of officials. The program will include bare back bronc riding, bulldogging, calf roping, musical chair con test, saddle bronc riding and brahma bull ridding. Drill Teams Set Attraction of the day will be competition of visiting posse Russian Jet Planes Intercept U. S. Craft Berlin. June 10 (U.R) Two Soviet jet fighters rocketed into the international air corridor over Berlin today to play tag with an American C-54 transport, but they flew away without mak ing an offensive pass. ft was the third recent in stance in which Russian jets thundered up to intercept Amer ican training flights and one high United States official believed the Russians were testing their radar equipment. All three incidents occurred inside the air corridors on the outskirts of Berlin this month. "Our plane was four miles in side the corridor when the jets appeared today," the U. S. offi cial said. The Incident was reported of ficially to the four-power Berlin air safety center, but no protest was lodged, U. S. authorities said. McCarthy Praised By Wisconsin GOP Milwaukee, June 10 'U.R) Delegates the the Wisconsin re publican convention today "heartily commended" Sen. Jos eph McCarthy, (R., Wis), for his campaign to "root out treas onable, communistic and dis loyal" government employes. A resolution commending the state's junior senator was In terrupted twice by thunderous applause before it could be ap proved by voice vote. Only one delegate spoke against It and he was drowned out by boos from most of the other 2.500. The dissenter, Percy Stearns, a candidate for Sen. Alexander Wiley's seat, said McCarthy's program ends "to divide the republican party." WEATHER roRff AST Pirllv rlmiitv la mornlnr. thowfry eontllUftnl In attMnoon. HlrhMt Vilri)r Lowrtt WttrrtUr 32 Preflp. Ta It m. VilUrtr ! drill teams and the local posse and auxiliary team for the new Brophy's Jewelers trophy. Posse teams from Josephine, Klamath and Siskiyou counties will be here for the special event. Judging the competing teams will be A. W. "Dusty" Rhodes, Milwaukie. president of the Ore gon Association Mounted Pos ses, and Matt Vetch, Portland, who was chairman of mounted troops for the Portland Rose Festival. For permanent posses sion of the bronze trophy a team must have two wins. Four-year-olds Barbara Jean Hemple and "Buzz" Cox of Med ford. were awarded prizes yes terday when kids had their day at the possemen sponsored free show for youngsters at tne lair grounds. Tom Hall wen first in the horse race for boys under 14. He also won first prize in the boot race for boys under 14 and second prize for boys' and girls' race. As a winner in the greased pig contest he went home with the pig he had caught. Tcssie Ragsdale was winner of the horse race for girls under 14 and winner of the boys' and girls' horse race. She also won the potato race. Bill Caldwell, Eagle Point, came out second in the boot race, as did Raymond Meredith in the potato race. Henry Conner, Rogue River, copped the grand entry prize. Louise Fay Kelly was the other winner of a greased pig contest. Only those in attendance could picture the result of the money scramble when kids rushed in from all directions to retreive coins placed in a barrel of flour. The calf scramble for 4-H boys and girls will he held to day as the last event of the roundup. The winner will keep the calf. BULLETINS Klamath Falls, June 10 (Special to The Mail Tribune) Two big innings and a pair of horn runs marked the Med ford Rogues' 8 to 2 triumph over the Klamath Gems here Saturday night in a Far Wast league diamond tangle, Medford scored four runs ach In the second and sav enth 1 1 a n a s. Bob Haddock and Marc Guglielmo lad off In tha second with contacu live homers. Bill Adam doubled. Bob Smith tingled In Adam and Ruis Stuart doubled In Smith. In iha seventh Stuari. Jack Coonay and Haddock walked. Guglielmo singled in Stuart and Don Williams cleared tha loaded bates with a double. I.lnnmre: . Milord HIO 001 "l 1 2 Klamath Fll 00! 000 0003 J Smllh and Gnirll'lmn: Shnrlllrtii, llfWItt (2) unil Trlsnilos. Pittsburg. Cal., Juna 10 (U P) Tha Maryivllle Paachat defeated the Pittsburg Dia mond!. 2 to 0, here tonight in one of tha tightest pitch ing duelt taan In tha Far Weil league to far this year. CleTland. O.. Juna 10 (U P) Frank Koracs defeated defend ing Champion Bobby Rigqt in tha tami-finals of tha National Professional Tennit tourna ment tonight, 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, and ruined Riggt' chancat to win hit tecond ttraight pro title. Dallas, Tax., Juna 10 'U.R) Grace DeMott, a blonde beauty from Corvallit. Ore., and Mar joria Lindsay of Decatur. III., thot their way info the finalt of tha 20th annual woitiin'i Irani Mitiiiiippi goli tournament today. Mrs. Mary Kelly Again Heads Demo Committee Here Mrs. Mary G. Kelly yesterday was unanimously elected chair man of the Jackson county demo cratic central committee. Wife of Edward C. Kelly, Medford attorney, Mrs. Kelly has served as leader of democratic activities in the county since April, 1949, when, as vice-chairman of the central committee, she stepped into the vacancy left by the res ignation of Moov Hamilton, now acting Medford postmaster. The entire slate of officers and committee members submitted by the nominating committee at yesterday's meeting in the YMCA were voted into office without dissent. Other Officers Serving with Mrs. Kelly will be L. Peers Wihncth. vice-chairman; Delroy Aldershof, secre tary, and Owen Walker, treas urer. The congressional commit tee will consist of James J. Boyle and Mrs. Lavetus Wimmer. Lona Dameron. Scott Hamil ton, Rny Briggs. L. L. Whitney and Warren Loffer were elect ed to the district nominating committee. Those serving on the execu tive committee will be George Codding. Rawles Moore, Don Stansell, Donna Straus and Faye Carver. Alternates to the state com mittee are. for the chairman. Mrs. Marie M. Bosworth. and for the vice-chairman, Edward C. Kelly. Milk Deliveries Halted at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh. June 1 0 (U.R) Angry farmers today threatened to haul truckloads of milk into Pittsburgh and give it away on street corners. The threat developed In But ler county where spokesmen for farmers charged the two-day milk strike was maneuvered to heat a seasonal surplus problem. Officials of the Keystone Milk Producers' Association of West ern Pennsylvania, representing 2,000 farms, said the strike was a "unique plot" to make the farmers take a loss. A spokesman explained that at this time of year cows are at (heir peak of milk production. By timing the strike now the dealers won't be concerned with surpluses, the spokesman said. Washington. June 10 (U.R) Nearly all milk deliveries in metropolitan Washington stopped today as the nine major dairy companies closed down in the face of a strike by members of the Milk Drivers nnd Dairy Employees' United (AFL). The United said it called the strike at only three dairies so that some deliveries could he maintained. But it was "locked out" at the other six plants, the union asserted. Round-World Flier Sued for Divorce London, June 10 (U.R) Mrs. Richarda Morrow-Tait, 28-year-old flying housewife who took a year and a day to circle the world, was sued for divorce by her husband today on grounds of misconduct with her co-pilot. The red-haired mother of two small children said she did not plan to contest the action. She added that she would marry again, but would not say to whom, when the divorce is final. San Rafael, Cal.. June 10 (U.R) Martin H. Geary. 44. purchasing agent for the rity of San Fran cisco since 1945. died of a heart ailrrcr.t at Ross General hospital hti last mgbi. Japanese Police Tighten Defenses Against Commies Tokyo, Sunday, Juna 11 (U.R) Jaoanete oolice arretted two communist laadart today for five othert who want underground to atcapa a crackdown entorcing ten. uougloi MacArthur i campaign against commun ist agitation. Toichiro Iiiuka, editor of tha Tokyo communist maqaiina Siin Sumida gave himself up after police issued a warrant. Earlier, police arrested communist cell leader Hidataro Ikeda after they found anti-occupation pamphlets in his home. Tokyo. Sunday. June 11 (U.R) The Japanese government decid ed today to strengthen police pro tection at power plants and oth er installations as a precaution against anti-communist activity. This step was taken as six Japanese communist leaders went underground and informed sources said tiie government planned to purge communist leaders not ariected by uen. Douglas MacArthur's earlier ac tion banning 41 reds from public life. The additional purge, it was said, probably would include most of the remaining 29 commu nist diet members. Complications Feared I lie sources said that the cabi net once was readv to outlaw the communist partv but now feels this action should not be taken ! for fear of subsequent political complications. The six communist leaders who went underground did so to escape the tightening crackdown by police enforcing MacArthur's drive against red agitation. A seventh din t get away. Fo- lice arrested communist cell leader Hidetaro Ikeda after they found anti-occupation pamphlets in his home. Ha was the 70th communist to be arrested since Wednesday. Warrants Ittued Police said the six who fled were objects of arrest warrants, charging them with opposing the occupation by distributing an open letter to MacArtnur in Tokyo and Osaka. Among them were Toicht Iizuka, editor of the communist publication Siin Sumida; Toich iro Sudo, accused of posting the "onen letter" on Tokvo walla; Iliroshi Nakazwa, an official of the covernment worker's union. and Yoichl Takagi, Tokyo ward assemblyman. Twenty police raided the home or Sudo and anotner squaa descended on the Siin Sumida's editorial offices, only to find tneir men had tied. All of the six wanted commu nists live in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan's second city. One Dead, Two Hurt as Plane Hits Building Tulsa, Okla., June 10 (U.R) An air force plane with 18 men aboard smashed into three barracks buildings on a take off here today, fatally injuring one man and sending two oth ers to a hospital. A. A. Kerr, 88, Tulsa, chief janitor for the Spartan School pf Aeronautics, died of internal injuries at Hlllcrest hospital, about seven hours after the crash of the two-engined C-7 transport. Hospital attendants said Alma Puckett. 61, Dawson, Okla., an other Spartan janitor, was in "very poor" condition. The third victim, John W. Long. 67, Sand Springs, Okla. ,was less seriously hurt. Long is a guard at the school. None of the airforca men was hurt as the plane sheared through a heavy mesh fence 100 yards beyond a runway, clipped the wooden barracks buildings with its left wing and came to rest with its tall resting against the roof of a fourth barracks in which 60 men were sleeping. Mysterious SOS Alerts Coast Guard Vessels New York, June 10 (U.R) A mysterious SOS sent a coast guard cutter and a Ctinard lin er speeding toward an area in the squall-tossed Atlantic off Atr lantic City, N. J., tonight. The coast guard here reported it intercepted the distress signal at 6:22 p. m. (F.DT). Several mer chant ships in the harbor also reported they picked up the SOS. No position was given in the sig nal, hut a fix was taken by the coast guard which deter mined the call originated about 85 miles southeast of New York off shore from Atlantic City. Junior Rosaria Takes Over At Portland Rose Festival Portland. Ore., June 10 !U.R) Junior Rosaria took over Port land's Rose festival today with a miniature floral parade of trikes, wagons, bikes and bug gies. The next-to-the-la.xt event of festival week brought out the Juvenile department for its own parade across Portland's east side with more than a thousand vehicles, not one of which was motor driven. The junior she nanigans included curly-heads with kittens and puppies dressed lika babies, juvenile dancers, and began a widespread aearch Russian Leaders Prepare (or War, Tmman Declares St. Louis. June 10 U.R) President Truman charged to day that Russian leaders are "preparing for war," but ha said their "ominous tactics" are being offset "by the growing strength of the free world." In his most detailed indict ment of Russian leadership, tha president charged that Soviet chieftains are leading Russia down a road to armed aonflict by steadily increasing her mili tary might while the rest of tha world ia cutting its armed strength. Russia Army Bigger He said the Russian army ia much bigger than would ba needed merely for protection of Soviet borders, and ha charged Russian leaders with "fomenting aggression and preparing for war." Mr. Truman spoka at tha dedication of a national me morial to Thomas Jefferson on the banks of tha Mississippi. President Truman left by air for Washington at 4:27 p.m. C.D.T. today. Earlier, at a special memorial service for the dead of both world wars, the president said "We cannot afford another world war, either economically or in tha form of manpower." Struggles Unnecessary . - "You know," ha said, "tha great empires and republics of the past have usually exhausted themselves by the slaughter of their young men in the strug gles that were entirely unnec essary." In paying tribute to tha dead of two wars, ha said "I hops that wa will ba able to say that wa do not intend to add other young men to whom wa will have to pay tribute. But he said "In order that wa may meet the situation with which we are faced, wa must have these wonderful young men willing and able to de fend the country at any cost." But the president pledged himself again to make every effort to achieve peace "to sea that they do not have to make that supreme sacrifice." Johnson, Bradley To Visit MacArthur Washington, June 10 (U.R) Defense Secretary Louis John son and Gen. Omar N, Bradley leave for Tokyo Sunday to get Gen. Douglas MacArthur's views on a peace treaty with Japan. After their return here June 24. Johnson will decide upon a defense department policy on the Japanese peace treaty. The defense secretary and Secretary of State Dean Ache son then will get together to formulate for President Tru man's approval an administra tion policy in the matter. The main point at issue is whether the United States and Pacific allies should cold-shoulder Russia and negotiate a sep arate peace treaty with Japan. Fire Extinguished In Los Angeles Jail Los Angeles, June 10 (U.R) Fire broke out In a paint locker on the roof of the county Jail today but firemen quickly ex tinguished the flames. Firemen said the blaze ap parently started in the paint locker and spread to the Jail laundry. Damage was estimated at $25. clowns, cowboys and Indians and black-faced comedians. Only the golden rose ski tournament on Mt. Hood re mained for Sunday as the con cluding event of the 1950 rose celebration. Overnight rain dampened the Portland area but held off long enough for yesterday's tradi tional grand parade which at tracted between 275.000 and 300.000 persons, biggest crowd since pre-war days. A circui days theme brought out a color ful carnival of animal in flow ers and real life.