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WEATHER
Forerait: Cloudy tonight and
arly Tuesday, rlparlnc by after
noon. Rising daytime tempera
ture!. Slightly cooler tonight.
Temp.
Ptgheit yeiterday 51
Ltwtit thlt morning SI
free, to 4:30 a.m. today .. 68
Former Official Called Before
In Amerasia Stolen Documents
Jury
Hearing
fAcm TeiephoUt)
ANTI-AMERICAN POSTERS APPEAR IN TOKYO Elderly Japa
nese workman points to ami-American poster on the bulletin board
of the AH Japan Government Employes Union Headquarters build
ing in Tokyo. The posters made their appearance in the wake of
General Douglas MacArthur's purge of top members of the Japa
nese Communist party. Characters under the mother holding her
email child read: "No more war" and "No American Colony in
" Japan.
Roundup Enthusiasm
Undampened By Rain
Siskiyou Posse Wins
Despite sprinkles of rain
which turned into a s eady
downpour, the "show went on
at "he ninth annual Rogue River
Roundup yesterday afternoon.
Dampened spectators made use
of umbrellas, slickers and im
provised shelters, while per
formers grinned and bore it.
Biggest- competition of the
day-that for the Brophy's Jew
elers trophy for mounted troop
f drill-went to the Siskiyou
T Mounted Sheriff's posse which
edged out the Jackson posse by
a quarter of a point. The spec
tacular and dangerous fire drill,
for which the northern Califor
nia group is noted, made the
margin of difference.
nnrnina Barriers
Working under the handicap
of being last on the program i in
the drill competition,
you team braved a slick and
muddy field to execute their
precision jumps over burning
barriers, and through a series of
torch-topped poles. ici.
Third place in the precision
competition went to the Klam
ath county posse, with fourth
going to the Josephine count
t6Tne blue and yellow shirted
mens and women's Medford
Trail riders mounted quadrille
exhibition Saturday night was
enthusiastically received, as the
mounted square dancers swung
Tnpir nnrmers iiivuri'
Do."
fMacc WinnRTI
In Saturday night's three
Baited horse class Mrs. Bettye
Fidler up on "Peavine's Jaunty
-i.;nf thp hlue ribbon.
Mrs. iris Dodge, on "Son of Sen
rnn lunnnnlH" took the red
ribbon, and third and fourth
places went to Mrs. Gladys
Cleveland. Josephine county
posse auxiliary member, and
Mrs. Marjorie Hoover. Mrs. Dia
Y mond Flynn presented the rib
bons. , ...
Women's stake race Saturday
night was won by Ladies Mount
vd troop, which defeated the
Medford Trail riders. The Jo
sephine county auxiliary team
was third. The troop team and
Josephine auxiliary were neck
and neck in the last lap of the
race when Mrs. A. C. Schneider
of the Grants Pass team was
thrown from her horse as she
pulled up. to make a turn. Mrs.
Schneider, the former Joyce
Wooldridge and a sister of the
Oueen Audrey Wooldridge, was
shaken and bruised by the acci
dent.
Presented Belt Buckle
Stan Morgan, Jackson county
posseman and general chairman
of the roundup was presented a
hand engraved silver belt buckle
for first -on-the-men' boot race.
Saturday.
Barbara Huntington, profes
sional trick rider, performed
both davs with daring feats on
horseback. Bill Markley, round
up clown, furnished fun for the
audience and protection to
brahma bull riders by detracting
the bulls' attention after riders
were thrown.
iHitm0 the three -gaited
horsp class and precision drills
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mora A W UUSIV ruivuc;,,
Milwaukie, and Matt Vetsch,
Portland.
Square Dance Held
Hi Martin's Hayloft gang fur
nished music for the posse s
well-attended square dance Sat
urday night at the Medford ar
mory. Lee Ragsdale and Glen
Smith called for the large dance
crowd. Jimmy Dunlevy was
master of ceremonies.
Clavton Dickerson, Josephine
countv posseman. was winner in
the Saturday musical chair con
test, with Clarence Harrison,
Medford Trail Riders, second.
Five boys and one girl won
in the 4-H calf scramble, yester-j-
finol rnnnriun event. The
winners who took home calves
thev had caught were Bernice
;rtUam Rontp 1. Eagle Point;
ih William Bunker, Butte
ciat. rnntp. Eafile Point
Don Miracle, Route 1. Box 372,
MorffnrH- Norman Bubb, Route
1 Eaele Point: Leonard Lewis
Route 2, Medford. and Carl
lie R20 Crater Lake avenue.
Donating the calves were
Drew Lamb, Magnolia Lumber
rnmnnnv. Ashland: Richard
o.. rir Milline and Plan
-on Aahlanri: Ashland
Elks club: Jim Miller. Miller
ranches, Ashland: Jackson Coun
ts n and the Shady Cove
Rotary club.
r.r,nJ Falls Nfld.. June 12-flJ.R
Hntnp owners stood by their
houses with garden hoses today
nn.inif against sparks from a
fnret firp raeins on the other
of fhp 100-yard wide Ex
ploit river.
Max Yergan Asked
To Take Stand in
Investigation
Several Witnesses
Claimed Scheduled
Washington, June 12 U.R
Grim and tight-lipped Philip
J. Jaifee went before senate
communist investigators to
day to be questioned on the
mystery - shrouded Amerasia
case in which he played a key
role.
Jaffe entered the committee
room accompanied by his at
torney. O. John Rogge. Re
porters asked whether he
would answer the questions
of the subcommittee members.
New York. June 12 U.R
Max Yergan. former executive
secretary of the council on Afri
can affairs, today was called be
fore the "runaway" federal grand
iurv investieating the five-year-
old Amerasia stolen documents
case.
Yergan testified twice in De-
opmhpr 1948. before the federal
oranH inrv which indicted Alger
Hiss. He was ousted from the
nniinnil nn African affairs by
left-wing faction in atter ne
broke with its chairman. Paul
Robeson.
The council is on the attorney
general's subversive list.
Witnesses Scheduled
The grand jury called an FBI
agent for testimony before hear
ina vprffan. It was understood
several witnesses were scheduled
to be heard today.
The runaway jury had only
four days to act in the investiga
tion which it undertook appar
ently contrary to the wishes of
Washington.
The jury took matters into its
own hands, demanded evidence
on the theft of top secret govern
ment documents uncovered in
1945, and moved under its own
steam without prior approval of
federal officials who usually
guide such top drawer investiga
tions. Little Revealed
Little has come to ngnt re
garding the jury's findings, but
it was considered likely that in
dictments were in the making.
Thp iurv a charges must oe
framed by'Thursday the day
the panel's term expires.
Utnerwise, xne inveawKiiu
would be dropped unless a suc
ceeding jury feels obliged to
carrv on in the light of avail
able evidence.
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Boom to Continue
or 18 Months,
Experts Declare
Production Mounts,
Economists Note
Washincton. June 12 (U.R
Government experts believe the
national economy, now in the
midst of its binaest peacetime
boom will continue to prosper
lor at leaM another 18 months
Economists noted that produc-
t
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cn M WP1TFRC. f All m Hollywood film writers John Howard Lawson Cleft) and Dalton Trumbo
look back as they enter marshal's van to be taken to the District of Columbia Jail In Washington after
they were sentenced to one year In jail and fined $1000 each for contempt of Congress. They refused
three years ago to tell the House On-American Activities Committee whether they ever had been Com
munists and the Supreme Court last month turned down their appeal for a reversal.
El
Russia, Colleagues
Absent at UN Meeting
T.altP Success. N. Y.. une 12
(U.R Russia and her eastern
European partners failed to
show up today as representatives
of some 70 nations met to launch
the United Nations' expanaea
program of tecnnicai assistance
to the worm s DacKwara ica.
Secretarv-General Trygve Lie,
giving full credit to President
Truman whose "point four" pro
gram provided the impetus for
the expanded UN project, told
delegates that the general assem
bly "has declared that partisan
political considerations shall not
enter into the conduct of this
program in any way."
The Chinese nationalist dele
gation, whose continued pres
ence in the UN was the given
reason for the 21 -week-old So
viet boycott of the world or
ganization, was in its place
the conference began.
Flegel Pledges Labor Representation
On State Boards If Elected Governor
La Grande. Ore.. June 12
(UR:The Oregon State Federa
tion of Labor opened its annual
state convention here today after
the State Building and Construc
tion Trades council heard Aus
tin F. Flegel Jr.. democratic
gubernatorial nominee, pledge
labor representation on state
boards.
Fiend . who made a brief "non
political" speech to the council,
said labor would be represented
on the state boards "which actu
ally govern Oregon" if he wins
the November election.
Governor ol All
"I propose to be governor of
all the people of Oregon," Flegel
said. "1 propose to give leader
ship to things which are in the
intcrc.l of all the people . .
the things that are adverse to
labor are adverse to all the peo
pie of Oregon "
He also renratpd a campaign
promise to remove Public L'Ul-
ities Commissioner ueorge r iagg
if elected.
Astoria and Seaside openea a
campaign for next yeai
vention at Seaside, but received
some competition from Klamath
Falls.
Cldl Harris, secretary of the
Portland district council of car
pents was elected president of
the AFL Building Trades un
ion after Charles McCrary. Med
ford electrical worker, declined
to be a candidate for re-election.
Harris was named over Tom
Hodges of the Pendleton carpen
ters. . ,
William Gray. Laborers ho.
21)6. Portland, was unanimously
elected vice-president: Volney
P. Martin, painters. Portland.
wa named secretary: H. H. Har
rison, electric workers No. 48,
Portland, conductor and William
Virgin millmen. Portland, war
den. .
Prisoner Labor Opposed
Resolutions by the builuers
opposed state use of prisoners
for construction or ceil diocks
at the Salem state penitentiary.
called for laws which definitely
and adequately punish sex enm
inals, and demanded mat tne live
ner cent differential in favor of
local contractor snouin pe maae
mandatory instead of optional
nn nubile contracts.
The convention aiso asseriea
that there was a "serious power
shortage" in eastern Oregon and
western Idaho and called for
immediate construction of the
Hells Canyon dam on the Snake
rivpr.
Fred Manash, secretary of the
Portland Building council, said
that Jurisdictional disputes were
becoming "alarming" and gave
enemies of labor ammunition for
anti-labor legislation. He urged
all unions to settle their Juris
dictional dispute around the con
ference table..
Estimates Place
Pear Crop Seven
Per Cent Lower
The volume of the 1950 Rogue
valley pear crop may drop seven
per cent from last year's produc
tion. An earlv estimate of the
crop made by the Rogue River
Valley Traffic association inai-
cates a production of about
2,750,000 packed boxes includ
ing cannery tonnage. Officials of
the association said this is three
per cent below the five-year av
erage and about seven per cent
below last year s crop.
Individual varieties, they said,
will vary considerably, with the
estimate showing anjous with a
in ner cent increase, bartletts a
13 per cent decrease and bosc a
16 per cent decrease from the
five-vear average.
Bartletts will still be the larg
est producing variety in the val
ley with 35 per cent of the total,
followed closely by anjous with
33 per cent.
The trainc association smu uir
trend in bosc production is
downward and that it now rep
resents only 20 per cent of the
total. The remainder of the pro
duction will be distributed
among thp cornice, nelis. seckel.
howell and p. Darry, wun io":
five varieties making up 12 per
cent of the total.
Rain-Weighted Tree
Cuts Power Supply
Plprtrical nower in the south
west section of Medford was out
for almost three hours last night
uihon a trpp hranch. weighted by
heavv rain, broke tne power one
in the 900 block of South Oak-
dale avenue.
Approximately one-iounn ine
town, the area west oi uir mo-
anH miilh Of 1 Hi) Street
wa without power until about
midnight. California Oregon
Pnurpr rnmnnnv reported that
power in the area will be down
from 3 to 7 a. m. luesoay wiuic
permanent repairs are made.
When the break occurred last
niahi firpmnn received a call
that shtning nan siruin wic
line. A truck was dispatched and
stood by for a short time.
800 Lions Register
For Annual Conclave
Here1 Today Tuesday
Although a sleady downpour
forced Oregon Lions to move
their chuck wagon dinner from
the high school stadium into the
junior high gymnasium last
night, the weather failed to
dampen the spirits of more than
800 delegates and their wives
here for the state convention of
Lions International.
Medford Lions had planned to
accommodate their guests in the
spacious football field, but the
western barbecue dinner was
considered a great success in
spite of the move indoors.
800 Hegistered
The registration desk in the
Move to Return
Rent Control Bill
To Committee Loses
No More Filibuster
Agreed by Senator
Washington. June 12 (U.PJ
The senate today passed and
sent to the house a bill to ex
tend federal rent controls
through 1950 on the present
local option basis.
The roll call vote was 36 to
28. It came after Sen. Harry
P. Cain. R Wash., abandoned
a one-man filibuster against
the measure.
Washington, June 12 (U.PJ
Sen. Harry P. Cain (R., Wash.)
called :iff his one-man filibuster
against h bill to extend rent con
trols today after the senate de
feated a move to send it back
to committee. A vote by nightfall
appeared likely.
Senate Republican Leader
Kenneth S. Wherry said Cain
agreed not to filibuster further
against the measure after the
republican-sponsored motion to
return it to the senate banking
committee was rejected 44-25,
Amendments Considered
The senate then began con
sidering amendments to the
measure.
Cain had been expected ha
ion. income and employment are ; h- ,-;i:u,,c7rt, aoQic t.
Japanese
Visits Crater Lake
One of the visitors at Crater
Lake national park Saturday
was Osamu Ikenouyc, official of
the national park system in
Japan. He is in this country at
the invitation of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur and has been on an
extended tour of national parks
to learn American organization
al methods in that field.
Since arriving in the United
States March 22. Ikenouye has
visited Sequoia. King's Canyon.
Vosemite, Great Smokey, rt o t
Springs, Carlsbad Caverns, Mt.
Rainier, Yellowstone and Grand
Teton national parks. He will at
tempt to expand the Japanese
park system on the American
pattern when he returns to hn
homeland.
Many Accidents
Over Week-End
City and state police reported
i epidemic of auto accidents,
mostlv minor, during the week
end, 'with the weather appar
entlv a contributing fncor.
City officers had record of 14
mishaps in and around Medford
and state patrolmen listed about
a dozen wrecks. Personal in
juries were recorded in only one
accident.
Mrs. Clinton Coblaugh. 141
South Holly street, is confined to
Community hospital as result of
injuries suffered yesterday in a
collision on highway 66 at Mt.
View camp, according to state
police and hospital reports.
She was a passenger in a car
driven by her husband. Police
said the Coblaugh car and one
operated by Jack Romald Allen,
Kelso, Wash., were involved in
the wreck. Allen was cited for
passing with insufficient clear
ance, according to police.
Mrs. Coblaugh was brought to
Medford by an Ashland ambu
lance. Six Jurors Picked
For Wilson Trial
Vancouver, Wash., June 12
.11 pi Si iurnrs were selected
today at the opening of the first
degree murner mm .
and Utah Wilson, charged with
the kidnap-slaying oi in-year
old JoAnn Dewey last March.
After a morning of question
ing the panel, the'sixlh Juror
was chosen shortly before the
noon recess. Selection of jurors
ua to continue through the
.flarnnnn
The six turors are Otis Kil
Friuard Gardner. Robert
r Kriiiine rhrlslinr M. Shana
han. Donald B. Pachal, and
X'rnA A Conner.
The trial opened In Clark
county superior court.
Vancouver. B. C, June 12
(II Pi Two bnvs playing cop and
robbers in an isolated ravine
found $7,000 worth of checks
stolen In a recent robbery, police
(aid today.
Medford hotel had something
more than 800 Lions and their
ladies signed up for the Hth an
nual conclave by this morning,
but Chef Danny Marine is mak
ing arrangements to feed be
tween 900 and 1,000 at the gov
ernor's banquet at the high
school tonight.
Today's activities for the Lions
started out at 7:30 a.m. with a
breakfast for more than 300 dole
Bates. Only about 100 slept in
after last night's hilarity. Speak
er at the breakfast was Jack
Peddvcord. international direct
or from Se a 1 1 1 e. Dr. Floyd
South, district governor, presid
ed.
First Business Session
Delegates got down to business
this morning with their first
business session in the Holly the
ater. Dr. Lee Mellish. conven
tion chairman, presided and
Mayor Diamond Flynn presented
the address of welcome.
The annual "model" luncheon
was to be held this noon at the
junior high school with Baker
Lions In charge.
Tonight's banquet and ball and
this afternoon's golf tournament
at t h e Rogue Valley Country
club will wind up the second day
of the three-day convention.
Autopsy Set in Death
Of Cab Driver Here
Ervin Lyle Coin. 49, Gray
Line Cab company driver, was
found dead at Ins home, lO'l
South Central avenue, yesterday
morning and the coroners omce
said an autopsy will be held this
evening.
According to a city police re
port, Coin had finished wnrK
about 5 a.m., ate at the Chung
king inn about 5:45 a.m. and
went home to go to bed. Police
said thev were told that Coin
complained of feeling ill upon
his arrival home and that he
drank soda water, vomited and
said he felt much better.
Mrs. Coin found hltn dead in
his room about 11 a.m., police
stated.
The body is at Perl funeral
home.
ip and said the hest guess
th;it these economic indicators
will continue to climb through
out 1951.
Could Set Record
The gross national output the
total value of all goods and ser
vices produced stood at the an
nual rate of $263,900,000,000 for
the first three months of this
year. If the pace is maintained.
1950 will set a new peacetime
record.
Also contributing to the opti
mism is the plan of businessmen
to build new plants and buy new
equipment.
The commerce department re
ported that personal income, not
including life insurance divi
dends paid former servicemen,
climbed to an annual rate of
$212,800,000,000 in April. This
was almost $3 billion higher than
the annual rate last year.
Total Waqet Up
1 he department also said to
tal wages and salaries were on
the upswing. In April thev rose
to the annual rate of $136.7(10,
000.000. about $1,800,000,000
higher than the previous month.
The labor department report
ed that some 300.000 fewer
workers drew unemployment
compensation last month than
in May. 1949.
Conceding that some of the
drop might have been caused by
workers exhausting their right
to benefits, the department
thought most of the decline re
sulted from new Jobs in the con
struction industry, agriculture
and summer resorts.
ore to extend rent control
through December 31 and per
mit local governments to ex
tend rent controls another six
months beyond end of the year.
Present controls end June 30.
The vote on the motion to
send the bill back to committee
came a few hours after demo
cratic congressional leaders as
sured President Truman that the
house and senate will pasa a
compromise extension bill.
Passage Seen Soon
Senate Democratic Leader
Scott W. Lucas said he thought
the senate would pass the bill
before the end of this week.
Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texaa
said the house would pass the
bill "pretty soon" after the sen
ate completes action.
Lucas said he will hold the
senate in another long, late night
session if necessary to let Cain
talk himself out if his filibuster
is revived.
Charge Manslaughter
In Death of Child, 3
Pendleton. Ore . June 12 U.R)
Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson
of Pendleton were charged with
manslaughter here Saturday In
the death of a three-year-old girl
left in their charge.
Umatilla county sheriff's offi
cers said John admitted striking
Mary Margaret Brown when she
fought off his attempts to put
her to bed. Johnson was quoted
as saying she struck her head on
a door pamb after he hit her.
She was taken to a Pendleton
hospital where she was pro
nounced dead.
The child was the daughter of
Charles W. Brown, a bus driver.
Oriuinallv the Johnsons said
thev found tne gin unconscious
on their back porch before they
took her to the hospital. Their
bond was set at $15,000.
Million Dollar Rain
Falls on Week-End
A week-end rain which began
Friday night, let up slightly most
of Saturday, and came down in
earnest Sunday afternoon, has
eased the fire danger situation in
the Rogue valley, permitted Med
ford's reservoirs to refill and
brought much-needed moisture to
the valley's crops.
Almost- a full inch 'of rain
91 inches fell during the week
end. Seed farmers said it was "a
million dollar rain for them, al
though farmers with hay on the
ground were not so enthusiastic.
A prediction of clearer and
warmer weather was given for
tomorrow by the weather bureau
here.
The precipitation brought the
season s total (since septemDer,
1949) to 16.55 Inches. .68 inchel
over the average, and the month
ly total to .im incnes, or ,ou over
average.
Brookline. Mass., June 12-U.R)
John Shcpard 3rd, 64, pioneer
radio man credited with the first
baseball broadcast, died yester
day at a hospital after a 13-day
illness.
Hollywood, June 12 OJ.R)
Capt. Gerald Welckcr, foster son
of Commedian Joe E. Brown,
honeymooned today with Nurse
Betty Eddy.
Another War Is Possible,
Oregon Graduates Informed
Eugene, Ore., June 12 U.KJ suit from lis tenaency to oe wo-
New Aiofor Building
Dedication Held Today
Jackson county's motor ve
hicle registration office on high
way 99 south was to have been
dedicated at 1:30 p. m today
hv a delegation of public offi
cials. Including Secretary of
State F.arl Newbry and mem
bers of his staff. Jurig" J. B.
Colemnn, Mayor Diamond Flynn
and representatives ol ve:?'an
organizations and military units
Th buil'ling was constructed
hv Scheflel ("onstructlin com
pany anil will be managed by
Wiliupi O llrien, who has moved
his office ftom the temporaty
quarters en the ground floor of
the couxttouse.
crakinn at the graduation ol
the largest class in the history
of the University of Oregon
Lebanon s minister to tne unum
States and the United Nation
said yesterday another World
War is possible Because tear.
confusion and uncertainty per
vade the very air we preatne.
The Lebanese minisui,
Charles H Malnik, sain it ap
peared difficult to aistmguiso
between "good and oaa on
the international front occausr
of world wide political, moral
and religious uncertainty.
5,800 See Graduation
About 5.800 persons sw wie
1.928 student of the class oi
1950 graduate.
In his address on ine ,n-
ioiii n thp Moment. Mainm
emphasized that "one thing is
certain the uncertainties of a
world environment are here to
inv therefore we must learn
to live with them."
MolnMf rui n rd to ine com
munists' faith in their cause and
their feeling that they are nn
the "bandwagon of history as
reasons for their territorial gains
since the end of World War II.
In the same way, he snld, the
west must Instill confidence and
eertainlv into Its way of life if
it believes that environment Is
worth defending. As lor tne tu
lor Malnik thinks the even
tual tall ol communism will re
lated from the rest of the world.
Malnik said despair and cyni
cism on a world-wide scale are
feeding the fire of communism,
but that America through lead
ership and conviction could
lead the world in a triumph over
communism.
The question today is. "will
the descendants of the pioneer
that opened up a new continent
in America turn to tne interna
tional scene and re-discover the
world?' " Malnik stated.
Up to Graduates
The statesman told the gradu
ating students it would be up to
them to accept their share or
leadership to continue our way
of life.
Unlvers tv Pres dent Marry
Newburn said this year's gradu
ating class would be the larg
est for some time to come, prob
ably until the 1980s, when the
large wartime birthrate Is re
flected in our colleges and uni
versities. A. S. Grant, member of the
state board of education, wel
comed students and guests to
yesterday's ceremonies on be
half of the state board.
Dr. W. G. Nicholson, pastor
of the Congregational church
here, gave the invocation, and
Dr. Ross J. Griffith, president
of the Northwest Christian col
lege here, offered the benedie