Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 14, 1950, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextLabor Conclave Demands Repeal of Six Per Cent Tax Limitation F v I : ' - ! v,1' . -. - iff? 'cme Telephoiot SPILLED MILK - Bernnadette Kaven, 5, sadly leaves Pittsburgh, Pa., dairy with empty bottle. Dairy farmers to the Pittsburgh and Washington, D. C, area are forced to pour down the drain milk they can't sell because of a drivers' strike. icial Count of Primary Election Ballots Released Salem, Ore., June 14. U.R) The official tally of the May 19 Oreeon Drimary election today gave Sen. Wayne L. Morse of Eugene a 56,678 majority over his nearest opponent, Dave - Hoover of Deadwood. The close race between Lew Wallace of Portland and Austin Flegel of Portland for demo cratic nomination for governor ended with Flegel holding more than a 1.600 vote edge, flegel had 59,417, Wallace 57,730 and Walter J. Pearson of Portland 46,549. McKav Vol Largest Gov. Douglas McKay, who was unopposed for republican nomination garnered the largest individual vote in the primary with 180.564. Morse had 119.633 votes, Hoover 62,955, and John Mc f Bride of Portland 16,322. , On the democratic side of the senate race, winner Howard La- Tourette of Portland won by ' more than 10,000 votes with 81.168 votes to Louis A. Wood of Eugene with 71,098. William E. Kimsey of Salem won over Howard Morgan of Monmouth for labor commission er, 146.809 to 117,872. Results of the four congres sional districts: First district: republican Walter Norblad, Astoria incum bent. 54,474, democratic Roy R. Hewitt of Salem 22.971 and L. T. Ward of Philomath 12,689. Stockman Polls 23,578. Second district: republican Lowell Stockman, Pendleton in cumbent, 23,578. Democratic Hugh Bowman of Pendleton 8.644, Vernon Bull of La Grande 9.274, and Benjamin C. Garske of Bend 3.993. Third district: Republican incumbent Homer D. Angell of Portland 44,966, R. J. (Bob) Jen sen of Portland 8,267, and Don ald C. Walker of Portland 16,143. Democratic Carl C. Donough of Portland 32.661, Phil Dreyer of Portland 27.917, and H. H. Satll ard of Portland 10.337. Fourth district: Republican incumbent Harris Ellsworth of Roseburg 34.232. Democratic David C. Shaw of Gold Beach 14.169 and Walter A. Swanson of Springfield 12,688. i Prospect Bus Service To Resume Tomorrow C. L. Cox. of the Cascade Rogue Bus line, today announced resumption of service between Medford and Prospect effective tomorrow. The bus will carry passengers to Eagle Point, Shady Cove. Trail, Cascade Gorge and Prospect. The public utilities and interstate commerce permits will allow the firm to carry express shipments. Cox said. The bus will leave from the Medford Trailways and Grey hound depots at 4:30 p m ar riving at Prospect at 6:45 p.m.. and return trips will start at 8:30 a.m., arriving in Medford at 10 a.m. (all daylight saving times). The service was discontinued for the winter last September 31. Portland Population Placad at 371,011 'Portland, Ore.. June 14 lft District Census Supervisor Carl J. Gilson said today that Port land's census count was 371.011 inslead of 370.257 as announced earlier. Gilsun explained that clean-up operations in the district office made the difference between the final total and preliminary re ports. The snpervisor said he be lieved the count was complete but that the census office would a remain open until September for specialized work. Portland's ten-year population increase was 21 per cent. Medford 45th Year. 16 Pages 9 OF I? Scene Indicates Craft in Flames Prior to Wreck 8 Bodies Recovered By Searching Party Elkins. W. Va.. June 14 (U.R) Nine U. S. air force men were killed today when their B-25 bomber became lost and crashed into a rugged mountain knob in the Monongahela national forest wilderness. Olmsted air base officials at Harrisburg. Pa., definitely identi fied the craft as the plane which vanished shortly after stopping in the keystone state capitol on a flight from Philadelphia to Omaha. ?eb. 8 Bodies Recovered cjght ot the bodies were re ported recovered and the ninth victim sighted by a searching party of state police, sheriff's deputies, state conservation conv mission officers and civil aero nautics administration officials. Air force officials said one of the men killed was from Hamil ton field, near San Rafael, Cal.. and the eight others were from Hill air base near Ogden. Utah. Spokesmen said identification of the dead would be released by their home bases. Flaming Wreckage The big ship crashed in flam ing wreckage just before dawn after smashing into the peak of Spruce Knob, three miles south of the isolated mountain hamlet of Circleville. Searchers said a long, flame scarred path cut over hundreds of yards of three tops indicated the plane was burning when it cracked up. Bodies of the victims and the plane s debris were charred al most bevond recognition. CAA authorities said the big ship was identified as the miss ing B-25 from markings salvaged from the wreckage and a count of the casualties. Misleading Report Hurts Inn's Business The management of the Chung king Inn, in North Front street, today said that business had fall en off sharply the last few days, due to the publication of a mis leading report that a man had died this week after eating there. The police report on the death said the man ate a meal after leaving work at 5 a.m.. It was pointed out by the proprietor that the Chungking Inn was closed from 2 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. that day, and that the victim could not have eaten at that establishment. Despite first indications, death was not due to food poisoning, an autopsy indicating that it was due to a heart condition. Lions Club to Aid In Clean-UpWeek Crater Lions club will cooper ate with city officials and resi dents during "clean-up week," set for June 19 through June 24, it was announced by Lloyd Evans, committee chairman. The Crater Lions will work to beautify entrances to Medford in particular by getting cooperation of private property holders on Court street. Central and River side avenues. Evans said that garbage dis- Eosal will be available at regu ir prices and that limbs and de bris will be hauled at the usual extra charge by regular carriers. Evans is assisted by Cliff Horn, who is contacting businessmen; and Dr. Paul Bray, who will work with property owners. Cave Junction Man Selected to Raise Flag at Observance Salem, Ore., June 14 (U.R) Pvt. Jack E. Sterier of Cave Junction, Ore., has been desig nated to raise the Oregon state flag in the third annual "salute to the states" at Asbury Park, N. J., June 24, the governor'! of fice said today. Sherier now Is serving at Fort Monmouth. N. J., and he was as signed the honor by Maj. Gen. Francis H. Lanahan Jr., com manding general it the Installa tion. GRADUATION SLATED Portland. Ore., June M. (U.R) Forty-eight students will receive medical degrees from the Uni versity of Oregon Medical school here Friday. Astoria. Ore.. June 14 !U.R) Extra ferry service across the Columbia river from Astoria to Megler, Wash., went into effect yesterday. Aft MEDFORD, OREGON, forge nm mi m crash1 E INTO MOUNTAIN W West Democracies Must Not Relax Vigil Acheson Dallas, Tex.. June 14 (U.R) Peace-loving western democra cies must keep their military, economic and moral defenses uni field if a third world war is to be averted. Secretary of State Dean Acheson says. In a major speech on U. S. foreign policy. Acheson said Proposed Lumber Wage Increase Settlement Told Weed, Cal., June 14. A pro posed settlement between AFL employees and a major lumber firm here has been reached on wage demands. The Weed local of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers union, AFL, reached a proposed settle ment with the Weed division of the Long-Bell Lumber company for a 10Vs cent per hour wage increase retroactive to June 1. It is being submitted to about 1,100 mill workers and 300 woods workers for approval, ac cording to W. A. Davis, the un ion's business agent. Independent Settlement Davis said the proposal was ar rived at independently of the area-wide negotiations now un derway at Klamath Falls be tween the Klamath Basin Dis trict council, AFL, and employer representatives, where the major point of difference is the effec tive date of the wage increase. May 1 is demanded by the union, and June 1 is offered by the em ployers. Vacation pay eligibility hinges on the effective date. It is estimated that more than 3.000 workers including those of at least three Medford area companies are involved direct ly or indirectly by the union de mands. Negotiating sessions are continuing both in Klamath Falls and in Medford, the latter largely with firms not represent ed by the Pine Industrial Rela tions committee, which is bar gaining for many of the employ ers. Significance Told Some observers feel that the Weed settlement is of particular significance at this point in the negotiations, pointing out that the Weed local reached the pro posed settlement independently of the district council. Similar independent action has already been taken by three other em ployee groups, two at Dorris. Cal., and at the Siskiyou Forest Products company at Grants Pass, where employees accepted a 10 cent wage Increase effective June 10. Firms affected by the dispute are located in Klamath Falls, Medford, Lakeview, Grants Pass and Central Point, Ore., and Wil low Ranch, Tcnnant, Yreka and Canby, Cal. Corvallis Fire Engines Will Have Radio Phones Corvallis. Ore., June 14 (U.R) Fire department officials said here today that Corvallis fire en gines will be equipped with radio-telephones if present plans, are carried through. A call has been issued for bids on the equipment which would be operated through an exten sion of the present police radio system. Policemen For Oklahoma Badman Who Escaped Jail Munich, Germany, June 14 Hundreds of heavily armed po lice with orders to shoot on sight searched through Munich and the Bavarian countryside today for Germany's public enemy No. 1, Oklahoma Badman Homer Cook, who broke out of jail for the third Ume in two months. Ordered Ts Shoot American military police were ordered: "Don't ask any ques tions. Fill him full of lead.'' The 27-year-old Cook, i 200- pound, six-foot-one former box er, ripped a bar from a window of the Dachau prison library, leaped outside and dashed across a field into the Bavarian woods just after dark last night. at scaled Uuea wails, on 12 WEDNESDAY, JUNE last night that war could come if the western democracies re laxed their vigil. But he said dropping an A-bomb on Russia as a preventive measure was "un thinkable." Russia Frightening Acheson said Russia has set up a military machine "far beyond the reasonable requirements of defense" and is using it to fright en weak nations into riding the communist bandwagon. The Soviets are using their armed strength as a "poised blud geon to intimidate the weak, and it does confront the world with the possibility that the Soviet leaders . . . may be tempted to make use of military force as an instrument of their policy," he said. Acheson's speech, sponsored by the Dallas civic federation and the SMU community course, was made before a sweltering au dience of 4.000 at McFarlin audi torium on the campus of South ern Methodist university. War Not Inevitable Acheson was guardedly opti mistic. "War is not inevitable," he said. "It is our responsibility to find ways of solving our prob lems without resort to war and to exhaust every possibility in that effort. That is what we in tend to do." The secretary listed three ap proaches to the problem of deal ing with Russia, including isola tion and appeasement which, he said, would be costly and dan gerous. The third course, which Ache son ruled out automatically, "is that we should drop some atomic bombs on the Soviet Union." Course Unthinkable "All responsible men must agree that such a course is un thinkable for us," Acheson said. "Such a war would necessarily be incredibly destructive. It would not solve problems, it would multiply them." Resorting to isolation would be "to pull down the blinds and hit in the parlor with a loaded shotgun, waiting," Acheson said. Isolationism, he added, would he "both unrealistic and costly while appeasement would whet Russia's appetite for power." Affiliation Urged For Oregon Grange Ontario, Ore., June 14 (U.R) A special committee of the Ore gon state Grange recommended yesterday that the body affiliate with the Washington State Grange Insurance company. The committee's proposal fol lowed the defeat of Ray Gill, president, for reelection to the board of the Grange Mutual Fire Insurance company. State Master Morton Tompkins was elected to succeed Gill on the board Monday and moved yester day that the committee's recom mendation be adopted. Following his defeat by Tomp kins. Gill was nominated to fill the unexpired term of George Woodward of Pendleton, who re signed, but Gill was again de feated, this time by George Mur phy of Bend. . Verne Lindsay, Portland, was re-elected a director of the com pany board and later chosen as president to replace Gill. Murphy was named the board's vice president and election of a new secretary was deferred. ITALY GETS ARMS Naples, Italy, June 14 (U.R) The U. S. freighter Robin Trento docked early today with the fourth cargo of American arms for Italy. Search German Countryside feet high and topped with barbed wire. A prison guard said he took aim at Cook but that his rifle jammed. A cold rain fell throughout the night. Cook, with no money and clad only in cotton trousers and an undershirt, was expected soon to make some break for food and clothing. Camp Searched American and German mili tary police, led by blood hounds, hunted him throughout the night. Their chase "took them to a displaced persons camp near Dachau shortly after midnight Terrified residents of the camp were awakened bv 50 soldiers and policemen armed with binei and putoli. He resident Tribune 14, 1950 NO. 70 rf mi jv-sr. v,, ."Mr 'Vi '-. "K i tiViwiVi i i (Arm Tdfphoto) STATE'S BEST Joanne Durant, at, M(ra Son Diego entrant, re ceives Miss California trophy from Jone Ann Pederson (right, last year's title winner. Miss Durant will represent California In the Miss America contest next September. Beated are ninners-up Jan Ice Sutter, 18, Miss Oakland (left), who placed third, and Jeanne Cooke, 18, Miss Los Angeles (right), second-place winner. 3 Candidates Seek School Board Posts Three candidates will seek election to the Medford school board June IB. Mrs. Moore (Eva) Hamilton yesterday afternoon filed her acceptance of candidacy with the school office here. A nominating petition was filed on her behalf last week by friends, and she deferred decision until yesterday. Candidates who previously had announced their intention of seeking office are Dunbar Carpenter and Dr. Leroy Jensen. The election is for a five-year term succeeding John P. Mof fat, who is not seeking reelec tion. Polling hours will be from 3 to 9 p.m. (2 to 8 p.m., standard time) at the girls' gymnasium of the senior high school. Alms Told Mrs. Hamilton said today her aim is "for the continued prog ress of the schools, which can best be achieved through the harmonious cooperation of the administration, teachers and par ents." Mrs. Hamilton, a native of Table Rock, was educated at the Table Rock and Central Point public schools, and was grad uated from the University of Oregon in 1927. She is the wife of Acting Postmaster Moore Hamilton. They have three chil dren, Alex, in senior high school; Nancy, In junior high, and Rob- Elks Complete Picnic Plans for Thursday Arrangements have been com pleted for the annual stag picnic of the Medford Elks lodge to morrow, according to Bob Gil strap, publicity chairman for event. Games, a tugo'-war, a barbecue and entertainment will feature the event at the newly renovated picnic grounds on the Rogue river, he said. The picnic will start at 3 p.m. Lady Elks only will be enter tained with a crab feed at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Elks temple. admitted seeing Cook, however, and a thorough search failed to show a trace of him. The last time he was seen was at 3:45 a.m., just as dawn was nearing. A soldier said he saw Cook dash across a road In Dachau and plunge into the underbrush. Wearinq On Shoe Cook was wearing only one shoe, the soldier said. He had lost the other Just outside the prison. In one of his previous escapes Cook left his shoes be hind on purpose, explaining later: "You can run faster with out your shoes, mister." Cook was under guard by car-fPfc. William King, a neighbor from Cook s noma town of Mas- WEATHER Forecast: Varltbl rlntidlntit and ml Id tonight and Thiin day, Afttrnoon thunder ihow rt over higher mounUiiu. Temp. Hlgheit yesterday 75 Lowett thli morning ........ 4t & v.... ert. In Jackson school. Memberships Mrs. Hamilton engaged In newspaper work here in 1928, after doing advertising jobs in Portland, She has been a mem ber of the executive hoard of the Jackson County Public Health association, as publicity chair man, for 10 years, and is now a member of the board of the county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis, having served since the chap ter's organization. At present the candidate Is secretary of the county Red Cross chapter, and is on the ex ecutive board of t h e Jackson school Parent-Teacher associa tion. She said today she has always bpen Interested In better educa tion for all children as a stu dent, newspaper reporter and parent. World-Telegram, Sun Suspend Publication New York, June 14 (U.R) The New York World-Telegram and the Sun suspended its edi tions today for the second day due to a strike of approximately S00 editorial and business office employees belonging to the New York Newspaper Guild (CIO). Lee Wood, executive editor, announced at 10 a.m.: "The World-Telegram and the Sun will not publish today. There are no new developments and no meet ings are scheduled at present." Smuts Suffers Relapse; In Serious Condition Pretoria, South Africa, June 14 (U.R) Field Marshal Jan C. Smuts suffered a serious relapse during the night but rallied this morning, his doctors announced today. Smuts. 80, has been In serious condition for a week with sciati ca, pneumonia and complications. He became ill during a celebra tion of his 80th birthday anni versary. kogee, Okla., when he made his break. King was summoned before a board of Inquiry of high-ranking army officers which met in an all-night session at the prison. No one would comment on re sults of the meeting after it end ed, but one officer said: "It looks like the United Stales army is very embar rassed." Trial Scheduled Cook was scheduled to be tried next Wednesday by a United Stales district court on 19 charges resulting from his two previous escapes after he returned to Germany illegally to see his Bavarian girl friend, An- na Sporer. 21. Advocates Claim Act Hamstrings government Bodies Jrande, Ore., June 14 The Oregon State Federa it Labor, holding an annual day convention here, ao- jed a resolution demanding . repeal of the state's consti tional six per cent tax limita on yesterday after a daylong Jebate. Opposition to the resolution. headed by Pete Pankratz of the Salem Papermakers, contended that the slate's taxes would sky rocket without definite controls on spending. But the move to save the limitation was defeated by a vote of 153 to 59 and the repeal vote was carried by an over whelming majority. Advocates of repeal claimed limitation hamstrings govern ment bodies, curtails services and holds wages down. . The tax issue was the first big battle of the convention, which entered its third day today. The resolution included opposition to earmarking funds and called for the elimination of various exemptions and of restrictions on local governments. City Manager Plan "Menace" to Election Other resolutions proposed yesterday condemned the city manager plan as a "menare" to direct election of public officials and called for an end to endorse ment of political candidates by the state federation. A prediction that CIO lumber workers would soon return to the AFL was voiced by Kenneth Davis, secretary of the north west district council of lumber and sawmill workers. He said CIO affiliates were dissatisfied because their health and welfare fund was not provided while 'Salt Smog' Covers Vast Ocean Region Honolulu. June 14. (U.R) A white haze dubbed a "salt smog" blanketed more than 3.000.000 square miles of the Pacific today and weather ex perts said it would remain until strong winds blow it away. The blanket of smog-haze out visibility to three miles in some spots and extended over the ocean from Wake Island to Hono lulu. Most of the haze fi composed of evaporated salt, which was trapped beneath a layer of dead air at the 8,000 foot level when the usual trade winds died. R. H. Simpson, chief of the Honolulu airport weather bu reau, denied the fog had any con nection with a possible atomic explosion. "I never made even the re motest suggestion of that sort," Simpson said. The meteoroliglst said checks with the other island scientists confirmed that the evaporated salt theory is the explanation of the phenomena. Two Transients Given Larceny Jail Terms Two transients, one from Oklahoma and one from Cali fornia, are in Jackson county jail today after they pleaded guilty to a petty larceny charge involving the theft of a bicycle at a carnival in Central Point. Judge W. P. Tucker yesterday sentenced Charles Wesley Tib low, 28, Vinita, Okla., and Claude Lee Brown, 53, Red Bluff, Cal., to 60 days in the county Jail. Judge Tucker said the pair was arrested on the basis of a tip volunteered by the younger of the two. Under ques tioning by police officers, the pair signed a full statement ad mitting a long list of petty thefts, committed all the way from Seattle to Jacksonville, Fla., that were used to finance their trav els. Though they are charged with petty larceny here. District At torney George Neilson said it is possible authorities in other jur isdictions may want to prosecute them on more serious charges. Bend City Budget Defeated by Voters Bend, Ore., June 14. (U.R) Bend's city budget for the 1950 51 fiscal year was defeated in an upset election yesterday, by a vote of almost two to one. The count was 231 no and 134 yes. The budget called for $204, 495.01 to be raised through tax ation. Bend has been above its six per cent limitation for so many years, due to sudden growth, that city officials even have lost track of the tax base. Always up to now the budgets have been approved without question. City officials were conferring today on legal aspects of the problem. It is expected that the budget will be revamped and a new election called. Astoria. Ore., June 14 (U.R) Rep. Walter Norblad today re ported that Dr. Kalle Tcodor Jutila. Finnish minister to the United States, would visit As toria next fali AFL workers obtained a 10V4 cent raise. Community Chest Favored Other resolutions introduced called for: Support of the Vanport exten sion center; combination of all money-raising drives into o n community chest; a fixed prica on beer; 10 per cent salary in creases for lower-paid public em ployees; AFL representation on the state civil service commis sion; repeal of the state law call ing for licensing of practical nurses; empowering the state civil service comission to re store an employee whose dis charge of demotion is found to be unjustified; a requirement that a 1 1 barber shops display signs and be located on public passageways; and closer coopera tion between farmers and labor. New Election Set By NLRB for Bear Creek Workers Word was received her tnH lhat the national labor relations board has set aside the results n a January 26 labor election. when employees of Bear C orchards rejected the local AFL teamsters' union as bargaining agent. A new election will h V..M within 30 days under the NLRB ruling. The January election w a a among non-seasonal employees at Bear Creek and Southern Ore gon Sales. Inc., to determine whether local No. 982A. Team. sters. Cannery and Fruit Pack ing Workers, AFL, should repre sent them in bargaining. Union Protested After the election the unlnn protested the election and asked the NLRB to hava th results thrown out. The Washington newi rennrt said the board based its action on evidence that the election ex aminer had informed tha union prior to the voting that its repre sentatives could not use Its own list of employees for purposes of challenging certain voters, and that only employers' lists eould be used. Of the 137 votes east in tha election, 41 favored the union, 57 were against and 39 vote were challenged. In its ruling, the board said that by the election examiner's ruling the union's observer wax denied full opportunity to enter challenges. In such circum stances, the ruling said, tha board would not attempt to de termine wrmt might have been the effect upon the election if the petitioner had been accorded full opportunity to challenge tha ballots of voters it believed to ba ineligible. No mention of the SOS firm's election was made in the newa report from Washington. In that phase of the election a total of 10 votes were cast, three favor ing the union, seven against. Tha day following the election M. E. Linder, NLRB elections examin er, said he considered the SOS issues settled. Statements Readied For Wilson Hearing Vancouver, Wash., June 14 (U.R) Defense and prosecution at torneys in the first-degree mur der and kidnaping trial of Tur man and Utah Wilson readied their opening statements to the jury today as the trial entered its third session in Clark county su perior court. The Wilson brothers are ac cused of abducting and slaying lo-year-old JoAnn uewey March 19. After yesterday's session, all that remained In the selection of the jury was the naming of two alternates who will hear evi dence and replace any jurors who Aoeome incapacitated during the trial. Prosecution attorneys indi cated yesterday that they would not exercise their peremptory challenge on any of the 12 now selected, but might challenge any replacements named if the de fense used Its eight remaining "without cause" challenges. The panel seated yate yester day included nine men and three women. City Firemen Called To Answer False Alarm Firemen reported a false alarm yesterday afternoon when they were called to 832 West Jack son street, apartment 7, They said there was no fire and no one home and that a youngster had turned in the alarm apparently as a prank. Another false alarm run waa made to approximately the same address recently. Fire Chief Ed Canoose point ed out that each false alarm re sponse costs the city a consider able amount of money. He said also that statistics show that most accidents to firemen and equip ment are caused by false alarmi and mentioned the heavy expense involved in injury to men and damage to equipment. Canoose said the penalty for maliciously turning in a false alarm is a $50 fine or 25 dayi in Jail at both.