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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1950
NO. 71
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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.
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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
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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.