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Si reran A iru mm Medford Tribune United Press Full Lease Wire United Press Full Lease Wire 45th Year. 20 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1950 NO. 71 M Five-Day Work Week for Trainmen Recommended Basic Raise of 18 Cents an Hour Also Granted Railroad Yard Workers Affected Washington, June 15 '!U.R! A presidential emergency board to day recommended a five-day, 40 hour week for 75,000 conductors and trainmen and 4,000 yard masters who work in railroad yards. But the board granted virtually nothing to some 125, 000 conductors and trainmen who serve the trains on the road. The board also recommended a basic raise of 18 cents an hour for yard workers to offset their loss of pay for the sixth day. It said overtime should help make up the rest of the loss. The board's recommendations were announced by the White House. No Strike For 30 Days If either the railroads or the three unions involved reject the board's decision, there still can be no strike for 30 days under the law. Negotiations presum ably would continue during that period. The Order of Railroad Con ductors and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen had demand ed a 40-hour, five-day week for yard workers with no loss of pay from their present 48-hour week. The AFL Yardmasters' union made a similar demand on about half of the nation's class one rail roads. Would Up Earnings The three - man fact finding board said the recommendations would raise the average earn ings of yard service trainmen and conductors to about $1.76 an hour plus "added opportuni ties for overtime work at time and one half." The board recommended turn ing down the major demands of conductor and trainmen road crews. The unions wanted a pay differential based on the weight of the locomotive used and a re duction of the definition of a day's work in passenger service. They wanted to match the rate of engineers and firemen, who get a day's pay for traveling 100 miles or working five hours. Residents Flee Two Flooding BC Towns Vancouver. B. C, June 15 (U.R) Residents fled two north ern British Columbia towns to day and water spilled into the streets of the other cities as riv ers rose to the flood stage. The Skeena river, bursting with a mountain runoff, sent swirling water into the sawmill town of Usk and the railway vil lage of Dorreen. forcing about 130 residents to flee to high ground. Emergency tent cities were set up to house the flood refugees. At Terrace. 16 miles west of Usk, the Skeena was flooding suburban streets and threatening several homes. A few families w.ere evacuated. The rail village of Pacific saw water creeping over the only rail link to the British Columbia north coast today, and Canadi an National workmen were sand bagging the banks to prevent a washout. Marines Strut Stuff For Chief Executive Quantico, Va., June 13 (U.R) The marines today showed Presi dent Truman their 1950 way of storming an enemy beach. The style hadn't changed much since the marines swarmed ashore at Guadalcanal and Tara wa, except for the addition of helicopters. Mr. Truman, coming shore at the marine corps school hpre front the presidential yacht Wil liamsburg, watched blasting as .T'.'its on two simulated enemy bcacnes nn a wooded range in the rolling Virginia countryside near the tuHntico base. The president witnessed one part of the demonstration from the bridge of a make-believe air craft carrier, actually bleachers on a hillside. Marine aircraft, in eluding fast-moving Jets, softened Military Quashes Short Commie-Led Peruvian Revolt Lima. Peru, June 15 (UP) The military government an nounced today that it has smash ed a one-day "communist-led" re volt in Areqmpa. Peru's second city, and nipped a scheduled up rising in Lima. 'Complete normalcy exists throughout the republic," a gov ernment communique said. Blood Spilled The communique said that "blood was spilled" in Arequipa, but gave no details. Government authorities there reporetd two army officers were killed and 10 soldiers wounded. Rebel sources put the overall casualties at 50 dead and 200 wounded. The government communique Copco to Sell 5 Water Utilities To New Companies The California Oregon Power company will sell its municipal water systems in five southern Oregon and northern California cities under an agreement an nounced today by A. S. Cum mins, president of the firm. The water utilities will be sold to two recently-created firms Oregon Water corporation and Dunsmulr Water corporation which are subsidiaries of the Boise Water corporation. Neces sary applications requesting ap proval of the sale are being filed with the public utility offices of Oregon and California. Water service is at present rendered to Klamath Falls. Roseburg and Oakland. Ore., and Fort Jones and Dunsmulr, Cal. Decision Basis Cummins said that Copco's de cision to sell the water systems was based on the fact "that the company's business was acquired largely in connection with the purchase of electric properties and that the management be lieves the money invested in wa ter plants can be better em ployed by it in the prosecution of its fast-growing electric busi ness." During the 12-month period ending Apr. 30, 1950, Cummins said, the net operating revenue of the water department amount ed to five per cent of the com bined electric and water net op erating revenues. (The company last month reported net income for the year ending Apr. 30, 1950. of S2, 110.947. Net income for the period was reported as 20.59 per cent of gross operating reve nues.) The net book value of the wa ter properties amounts to about 5.11 per cent of the company's net plant account, Cummins said. The sales price was not di vulged. Reedsport. Ore., June 15 (U.R) Claude Wyaland. 50. Reedsport, was fatally injured yesterday when he was struck by a rock during blasting operations at a quarry 11 miles east of Reeds port. up the "beach" defenses with live bombs. Once the beach was suf ficiently pounded, formations of helicopters quickly dropped squads of marines into the enemy territory. In another part of the dem onstration the president saw a marine rifle platoon go ashore from landing craft. With the aid of tank and jet fighters, the marines "captured" eight pillboxes, making the final kill with rockets, phosphoras grenades. TNT and flame throw ers. The president disembarked from the Williamsburg after an overnight cruise from Washing ton. He was saluted by the base band and a marine honor guard and then motored to th demon stration icent. said the revolt was led by Gen. Ernesto Montague, opposition candidate for president in the July 2 election until the govern ment recently declared all op position nominations fraudulent. So-Leadert Named The government also named as co-leaders of the revolt Dr. Juan Francisco Mostajo and Ernesto Delgado Gutierrez, both vice presidential candidates on the outlawed ticket; Luis A. Flores, leader of the revolutionary union party: Ignacio Brandariz, a for mer finance minister; Guillermo Boyos Osores. former editor-in-chief of La Presnsa of Lima: Elias Ismael Bielich, a former cabinet minister and a former member of the outlawed leftist Aprista party, and Javier Correa, a former foreign minister. Arrests Mad Government authorities at Are quipa called the revolt an "Apris ta communist" movement. They said a number of arrests had been made. The communique said a similar uprising was being prepared in Lima, but had been thwarted by the arrest of the leaders. The rebels struck at Arequipa, 490 miles south of Lima, yester day and by nightfall were in full control of the city. , - . During the night, however, government troops from the nearby resort town of Tingo put down the revolt after a series of bloody clashes. Rogue River School Election Is Monday Rogue River, June 15 Annu al school meeting of District 35 will be held at Rogue River high school beginning at 8 p. m. (DST), Monday, June 19. The meeting is called for the purpose of electing one school director for a term of three years. Bill Hartman, who was appointed to fill the vacancy left by the res ignation of R. C. Miller, has com pleted the term. Nominations for director will be made from the floor. The meeting is also for voting on the purchase of additional land as a site for the new grade school unit. Voters will have the choice of two sites; one lies north of the present grade school building and the other is north of the high school building. The transaction of business usual at such meetings will com plete the program. Agreement Said Near On Excise Tax Slash Washington, June 15 (U.R) Democratic leaders said today the tax-writing house ways and means committee is near agree ment on a bill that would slash excise taxes $1,100,000,000 and make up for most of this revenue loss through other tax changes. On democratic spokesman said he expects the committee to approve the bill next week. He said the house will consider it before July 1 to give the senate an opportunity to get to work on it soon. Despite the optimism express ed by democratic leaders, some democratic committee members took a pessimistic view. One key democratic member, for ex ample, said he is extremely doubtful whether the committee will okay a bill (hat would get President Truman's approval. Phoenix Voters Decide On City Budget Today Phoenix, June 15 Phoenix voters are going to the polls to day to cast ballots on the citv budget for the 1950-51 fiscal year. Mrs. Marie Fisher, city recorder, said the budget calls for total expenditures of $24,282. But 113.544 81 of that is outside the six per cent limitation and the city cannot levy or spend that much without the permis sion of the voters. A poll has been set up in the city hall and will be open until 8 p.m. 1 4fll GFTT Z' U , bs nrVJ UjM ,1 &i -s ;v.v - - - r--r - . r BUILDING DEDICATED Secretary of State Earl Newbry (at microphone) is shown above during the brief ceremonies that dedicated Jackson county's new branch office of the secretary of state's office to the service of motorists in this area. To the right of Newbry is County Judge J. B. Coleman who officiated at the dedication Monday afternoon. In the background are members of Voiture 165 of the 40 et 8 who were on hand to apply for the first set of license plates sold over the counter at the attractive new building just south of Medford on Highway 99. Members of the air force," marine and navy recruiting services here were in charge of flag raising ceremonies. Not visible in the picture is Mayor Diamond Flynn who also spoke briefly during the program. (Brainerd photo). City Manager Government Plan Attacked by Labor La Grande, Ore., June 15 (U.R) The Oregon State Federa tion of Labor yesterday passed a resolution calling for ,the aboli tion of the city manager form of government. Delegates to the convention from city manager cities were divided on the measure. Ell Mc Conkey and Walter Lofgren of Astoria said labor had the full cooperation of the city manager there and opposed the resolution. Pressure Blamed A. G. Barker of the Salem central labor council said the manager of his city promoted projects that would eliminate jobs for AFL workmen. Leo Butts of Portland, pres ident of the State Firefighters association, attributed the loss of AFL locals in several Oregon cities to pressure applied by city managers. Another charge against the manager setup came from C. D. Long of the Klamath Falls cen tral labor council. Long said the city manager system had been rejected several times in his city. The convention defeated a re solution calling for amendment of the federation constitution to provide for appointment of all assistants by the executive sec retary. Delegates believed the proposal was aimed at Kelly Loe, long time assistant to the execu tive secretary. Lyle Thomas, state represen tative and secretary of the Farmers' Union, warned the de legates that "democracy is in de finite peril and we are well down the road to a corporation state." Thomas expressed approval of the Brannan plan of farm sup port and said it would give the consumer "the first break he has had under any farm legislation for a long time." School Board Hires Two New Teachers The board of directors of Med ford school district this week elected two new teachers for posts in the junior and senior high school for next year. Miss Jacqueline Rosling, Gree ley, Colo., will teach art next year at the junior high school, re placing Miss Leslie Palfrey, who has accepted a position in Port land. Miss Rosling received her bachelor's degree at Colorado State college and has had teach ing experience in the schools at Raton, N. M. Warren W. Brenner was elect ed to a teaching post in the sen ior high school where he will handle English, social studies and typing. He received his mas ter's degree at Baylor univer sity and has taught at Tabor col lege in Kansas and at the marine rehabilitation center In Klam ath Falls. He is a marine veteran. San Diego. June 15 (U.R) James S. Copley has been elected president and publisher or the San Diego Union and Evening Tribune. Hollywood. June 15 (U.R) Singer Frankie Laine and Act ress Nan Grey will be married toaay. Witnesses In Wilson Vancouver, Wash., June 15 (U.R) Clark County Prosecutor Dcwitt Jones today called eight witnesses to the stand in the murder-kidnap trial of Turman and Utah Wilson in an attempt to set the exact time 18-year-old JoAnn Dewey was abducted from a Vancouver street. Dr. Chester N. Thackeray, vet erinarian, and V. F. Andrews, an automobile salesman, both described how they ran into the street when they heard a girl scream about 11:30 p. m. March 19. The two witnesses live in an apartment near the corner where JoAnn allegedly was forced into a car by two men. Her nude body was found a week later in the National Guardsmen To Get Service Medals Astoria, Ore., June 15 (U.R) Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, Ore gon adjutant general, will pre sent faithful service medals to nine members of the national guard 115th anti-aircraft brigade at a retreat ceremony at Camp Clalsop June 22. About 1200 Oregon and Wash ington guardsmen began anti-aircraft firing practice near the camp yesterday. The two week camp opened Sunday. Members of the Utah air national guard are flying target-towing planes for the firing practice. The brigade issued a warning to aircraft and fishing vessels that the danger zone during fir ing practice would extend 20 miles seaward between the mouth of the Columbia river here and Seaside. Candy Craving Leads To Husband's Arrest Albany, N. Y., June 15 (U.R) A 17-year-old bride's craving for candy led secret service agents to her counterfeiter husband, a teen-age grocery boy who hand painted his home-made bills. Mrs. Helen Zoerndt. a pretty red-head and expectant mother, caused the downfall of her 18-year-old husband William by passing many of his expertly fashioned bills in upstate New York sweet shops, authorities said. The young couple was jailed here after arraignment in Sche nectady yesterday on counter feiting charges. Their arrest ended an advent ure in which they traveled from city to city as far west as Chi cago for months spending Zoerndt's self-manufactured $5. $10 and $20 bills. Secret Service Agent A. E. Whitaker said. Tillamook County Population 18,536 Astoria, Ore, June 15 (U.R) Tillamook county has a popula tion of 18,536, District Census Supervisor E. Lyman Ross an nounced today. On the basis of preliminary of ficial 1950 returns, Tillamook city is the county's largest popu lation center with 3.658. Other figures Include Garibaldi 1,249, Rockawav 1.021, Bav Citv 762, Manzanlta 338. Wheeler 288 and Nehalem 260. Called Hearing Wind river In Skamania county. The state has charged Turman, 24, and Utah, 20, with the kid naping and murder of the girl. Dr. Thackeray testified that he ran into the street shouting: "What's going on out there?" "Shut up, this Is my wife," Dr. Thackeray said one of the men retorted. "No, I'm not," shouted a wom an's voice from the front seat of the car. Screams Grow Louder Andrews said the screams grew louder. "Certainly they were not screams of enjoyment," he said. "They were screams of terror." Jones called Mrs. Dewey, Jo Ann's mother, to the stand, but she was not in the courtroom. In opening statement to the jury late yesterday, Jones claim ed that JoAnn had been sexually mistreated before her murder. In his opening statement to the jury yesterday, Jones said medical evidence proved that the 18-year-old girl had had sex ual relations shortly before her death. Irvin Goodman, defense counsel, specifically stated that he would prove the brothers were in a Portland theater, the Playhouse, at the time the girl was abducted from the streets of Vancouver, across the Colum bia river from Portland. Mining Assessment Time Extended by Bill in U.S. Senate Grants Pass. June IS Neil R. Allen, Grants Pass attorney and chairman of the board of the slate department of geology and mineral Industries, has been in formed that the senate has passed a hill providing a three months extension of time in which min ing assessment work may be com pleted. The senate rejected another bill in which an additional year's moratorium was provided on mining assessment work, Allen informed the Grants Pass Cour ier. The three-month extension bill now goes to the house, where fa vorable action is anticipated, ac cording to Allen. Oregon Grange Conventioners Ask Defeat Ontario, Or., June 1 5 (U.R) Blasts at the state legislature came thick and fast yesterday at the annual convention of the Oregon State Grange. The group reaffirmed last year's resolution calling for the defeat of state representatives who voted for measures the Grange said "would cut the heart out of initiative and referen dum." And State Senator Austin Fie gel, democratic candidate for governor, told the convention the legislative interim commit tee's proposed "natural resources board" was an example of "gov ernment by board rather than by the people and their elected officials." Flegel likened the proposed board to a little Columbia val PORTLAND SCENE OF HOLDUP TRY BY EX-CONVICT Portland, Ore., June 15 (UP) Eight FBI agents trapped and shot down a robber aimed with a submachine gun today as he emergd in a rattle of gunfire from a suburban bank branch with $9,716 stuffed in two market bags. Agents identified the bandit as Wayne Long, 26, who was released from the Oregon state prison only yesterday and was placed under "surveillance" because of his prison association with August Omar Pinson, one of the FBI's 10 most wanted public ene mies. Long entered the bank and terrorized employees by firing several shots into the ceiling to emphasize his demand for money. 'I want some money, and I want it quick," the bandit snapped. Robber Stuffs Money Into Shopping Bags Donna Fraisheim. a typist, was ordered with the shopping baas toward a teller's case where Bank Manager Lewis Wiltshire was standing. Wiltshire said Long fired about five shots into the ceiling and he nodcid to Miss Fraisheim to give him the currency from a drawer. Long stuffed the money into the shopping bags, then dashed for the door. FBI agents said he "came out shooting." although they previously had no idea why he entered the bank. The agents opened fire and Long was dropped. Special agent Leonard Frank, 30, was hit in the arm and struck on each side of the abdomen by Long's fire. Drove Pickup Truck The FBI said Long was armed with a Reising submachine gun, but thev were unaware of how he obtained it. He drove a light pickup truck to the bank. Both Long and Frank were taken to a Portland hospital for treatment but neither was be lieved in serious condition. Long was released from Salem yesterday when Warden George Alexander had admonished him to "go home and take care of his elderlv grandmother. Alexander said in Salem Long escaped twice from the prison during his eight years time After Long's first escapade Apr. 4. 1044, he got an additional 18 months time and lost accrued good behavior time. He was free less than nours ana was re taken In Salem. Long escaped by driving a truck through the prison wagon gate. The truck pulled the gate off the hinges. The driver nan left the ignition keys inside the vehicle. Long's second escape came Apr. 2, 1946, but he was again picked up the next day. this time in a field outside of Salem. Alexander said he believed the FBI was interested in Long because he might have possessed a machine gun today. "You don't shoot ducks with machine guns, he exrlnimed. During yesterday's Interview with Long prior to release, the warden urged him to return to Baker to take care of his elderly grandmother. "I thought Long was a nrctlv good boy by now and that he had changed his ways," Alexander said. Judges Named for Bike Safety Parade Police Chief Clatous McCrcdie and A. L. Randies, chairman of hicvele safety for the Medford Safety council, will judge entries in the annual bicycle safety pa rade to be held here tomorrow, starting at 2 p.m. There is no entry fee. and a set of colored wheel discs and a list of safety rules will be pro vided each rider. Any bike rider mav enter. Ice cream and soft drinks will be provided entries. Prizes will be awarded and safety talks given over a public address system from the judges stand on Eighth street Between Central avenue and Bartlctt street. Registration may be made at the sporting goods department of the Montgomery. Ward store, which is a cosponsor of the event. of Representatives ley administration in that it would set up an administrative board to consolidate a host of different commissions. But, Fle gel continued, unlike the pro posed CVA. the board would not be answerable to the governor or the legislature. The reaffirmation of the leg islative "purge" resolution was considered a victory for Morton Tompkins. Tompkins' defeat for re-election as State Grange mas ter was previously considered a possible reaction to his leader ship of the "purge" movement. More than 100 resolutions awaited action of the Grangers. They voted to oppose compul sory grading of meat In any Oregon city on the grounds that it would result in "degrading" Oregon grass-fat tattle. Air France DC-4 With 52 Aboard Crashes Into Sea Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf, June 15 (U.R) An Air France DC-4 with 52 persons aboard crashed into the gulf off Bahrein today near the spot where a sis ter plane fell two days ago with a loss of 47 lives. Twenty-nine, including seven children, were known dead and 10 were missing In today's crash. The death toll in the two crashes thus stood at possibly 86. Sabotage Hinted Airline officials raised the pos sibility of sabotage by Indo-Chinese communists. Air France originally reported that 51 were aboard the plane. The company later changed the figure to S2, adding an Indo-Chinese to the passenger list. The second plane, flying from Saigon in Indo-China with a stop over at Karachi, crashed into the sea two miles oft Bahrein island shortly after sending a -message that it was coming in for a land ing. Circumstances Identical The circumstances were almost identical to last Tuesday's crash. Today's plane crashed at 45 min utes past midnight. Tuesdays crash was 13 minutes past mid night. Eleven survivors were picked up from today s wreckage by surface craft and helicopters still searching the waters in the area for 12 bodies missing from Tues day's crash. The searchers brought in 22 bodies from today's crash along with the 11 survivors. All those aboard the plane were French cit izens with the exception of five Viet Namese and two Chinese. Railroad Days Start Tomorrow at Dunsmuir Dunsmuir, Cal., June 15 The Eve Prentice band of Medford, Ore., will be one of the featured entertainment groups during the fifth annual three-day Railroad Days celebration here starting tomorrow. The group will play in a radio broadcast, at a downtown grand stand, at the railroad depot and in a parade during Saturday and Suncfy activities of the festival. A program of continuous free entertainment is planned for the three days. Model railroad club members from all over the Pa cific northwest will exhibit models and compete. There will be talent shows, street dances and baseball games. WEATHER Portrait: Continued generally rlotidv through Friday with afternoon thunrt emtio wert ovar Metier mountain! and I w sprinkle In valley. Little temperature change. Ttmp. Illrheit yeMerday 7S Lowest thli morning II Other resolutions included measures to: "Educate" city people on tha evils of daylight saving time. Ban the sale of colored mar garine and regulate closely its use in restaurants. Require drivers to establish fi nancial responsibility before thev can obtain licenses. Indorse the Brannan plan, al ready unanimously approved by the convention's agricultural committee. The convention was scheduled to vote on the Brannan plan res olution today before the arrival of National Grange Master Al bert Goss, a foe of the proposal. Officials of the group said there was a remote possibility that Secretary Charles Brannan might appear at the convention Friday night.
