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Speedy Okay for Expanded Social Security Seen Washington, June 21 U.R) A vastly expanded social secur ity system headed for speedy adoption by congress today after winning the senate's overwhelming approval. The legislation would make the first drastic reforms in the program since it was born 15 years ago out of the fear and inse curity of the depression 30s. Final approval must await settlement of differences between the senate bill and one the house passed last year. The senate voted 81 to 2 last night to bring 10 million more persons under full coverage of the act, to double benefits and to raise payroll taxes as much as $18 a year per worker. The house bill, adopted 333 to 14, would extend coverage to 11 million persons and increase benefits about 70 per cent. Intervention by Vatican May Slow Voegler Release London, June 21 U.R Inter vention by the Vatican may de- I .y Hungary's release of Ameri can Businessman Robert A. Voegler, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged espionage and sabotage. Sources close to the Voegler negotiations said the Vatican had made it known to American authorities that it did not be lieve the ancient Hungarian royal crown of St. Stephen should be returned to Hungary in exchange for the executive's release. One of Conditions Return ot the crown was one of three Hungarian conditions for Vocaler's freedom to which the United States was said to have agreed tentatively. The others were permission to reopen Hungary's consulates in the United States and lifting of the ban on American travel in Hun- However, informants said the Vatican asked U. S. officials to find "some other way, if pos sible." to reach agreement with the Hungarians. One of Hungary s charges against Josef Cardinal Minds zenty during his Budapest trial last year was that he asked the United States not to return the crown to Hungary while the communists remained in power. Collaboration Symbol The gem-encrusted gold and silver crown was conferred on King Stephen I by Pope Silvester II in the 11th century. Since then it has been a symbol of collabo ration between Hungary and the Vatican. Stephen, later canonized, also is regarded as the founder of the Hungarian state. His crown, therefore, is the traditional Hun garian symbol of government au thority. . . Unconfirmed reports said Hungary subsequently offered to release Cardinal Mindszenty from his life sentence if the crown were returned. The offer was rejected. U. S. forces found the crown in Germany after the war and still hold it there. Petitioners Ask County Vote on Daylight Saving Petitions have been filed with County Clerk George R. Carter demanding that a referendum measure outlawing daylight sav ing time in Jackson county be placed on the ballots in the No vember general elections. Drawn up by Frank Howell and C. J. Haas, both Medford, the petitions seek to refer the davlight savings- time issue to the voters. If passed, it would enact a county law "to perman ently establish in Jackson coun ty, Oregon, and all municipali ties therein, an observance of what is known as standard time." It would be unlawful for the county or any town in the county to proclaim daylight sav ings time. j The petition bears about 2.300 Signatures and the circulators claim they need only 1,287 to get the measure on the ballot in November. Status Uncertain County officials are uncertain as to the status of such action should it turn out to be contra dictory to laws passed by the voters on the state level. Howell and Haas informed Carter they had instituted the petitions under the provisions of section 81-2116, and others, Oregon election laws, 1950. The law provides that initiative and referendum measures affecting counties, district, ports or mu nicipalities can be undertaken at the local level, in which case the county clerk acts in the place of the secretary of state, the district attorney in the place of the attorney general and the county judge in place of the governor. Two Freighters Sunk Off Shanghai Coast Hong Kong, June 21 ,U.R) The lino -ton Panamanian freighter Valve and the Greek freighter Santos were sunk off Shanghai Monday when they hit Chinese nationalist mines. Hie shin!"' agents reported today. All nine officers and 32 men aboard the Valve were rescued. Thrre was no information on the fate of the Santos crew. Astoria. Ore.. June 21 0J.R) Cant. John B Shaw today was new commanding officer of the Tongue Point naval bat reserve fleet. neioimi rail gnon Of President'! Request But the reforms still fall short of what President Truman asked coverage for an addi tional 20 million persons and public aid for all needy persons, The act now covers 35 mil lion persons. The senate bill would add 5 million self-em- ployed, excluding farmers and certain professionals: 1 million full-time farm laborers, 1 mil lion domestics who work at least two days a week for the same employer and 600,000 employees ot non-prom organizations. About 1.400,000 state and' lo cal employees without retire ment plans would be included on a voluntary basis. The house bill did not include the farm laborers but would provide 2,400,000 state and local employees with their own pen sion plans. Benefits Increased The senate voted to increase maximum individual benefits from S4S to S80 a month. Mini mum benefits would be raised from S10 to S20. The maximum allowed to any family group would go up from S85 to $150 a month. A retired worker is allowed an added 50 per cent of his indi vidual benefit when his wife reaches 65. He also receives added sums for dependent chil dren under 18. rne nouse bill would raise benefits on a less generous scale out wouirt allow a IV per cent "bonus" for every year of cover age. The senate refused to ac cept that. Aid to Disabled Rejected The senate also rejected a house provision for federal aid to the totally and permanently disabled. The senate bill would liber alize eligibility requirements by granting full benefits to work ers with as little as a year and a half of coverage. It would not materially change existing fed eral contributions to states for public assistance but would in crease amounts for care of de pendent and crippled children. Wage Base Raised Both bills would raise the taxable "wage base" for social security purposes from the pres ent $3,000 to $3,600 a year. This would increase taxes collected on salaries of those earning more than $3,600 a year by $18. The tax is split between the em ployee and the employer. The house bill also would in crease the payroll tax from the present 1V4 per cent to 2 per cent starting next January. The senate would increase gradual ly until 1970 when It reached a maximum of 34 per cent. Gunshots Exchanged In Textile Strike Morristown, Tenn., June 21 (U.R) Shots were exchanged for the first time in the turbulent American Enka strike today but no one was wounded. An Enka spokesman said three cars full of non-strikers were fired upon from ambush as they left the plant shortly after midnight. The .22 calibre rifle shots came from the side of the highway about one-fourth of a mile from the plant near here. Gunfire Returned Jack Quinton, a Morristown filling station employee who was taking his wife home from work on the midnight shift change, halted his car when the barrage began. He whipped out a pistol and returned the fire. The two other automobiles got through safely, the company spokesman said. Shortly after dawn this morn ing, he reported, a milk truck was stoned and the windows of a bus loaded with non-strikers coming to work were shattered near the picket line. A motor cyclist leaving the plant also was attacked with stones, he said, but escaped uninjured. Game Refuge, Plans at Camp Sale of 541 acres of the former Camp White military reservation to the White City Lumber com pany for industrial purposes was revealed today by the com pany, and by the general services office of the federal government in Seattle. Acquisition of the land by the company will permit expansion of the industrial progress already under way in the area. A number of firms have already located plants there, including White City itself, and the additional acreage will provide room for other companies to make use of the industrial site. Construction of a number of homes for work ers is already under way. Sales price for the acreage was $12,000. according to the general services office. Game Refuge Plan Another transaction involving 1,000 acrej of the Mtervation Medford United Press Full Lease Wire 45th Year. North Oregon Rivers Continue RECORD LOAD Members of the Hawaiian Marine Reserve unit debark from the Carolina Mars Hy ing boat at San Diego Naval Air Station, ending a record 2.250-mile non-stop flight in 14 hours and 17 snimites. The Carolina Mars carried 18 crew members and 126 lei-bedecked Reservists, who are enroll te to Camp Joseph H. Pendleton (or two weeks training. Housing, Parking Discussed by Council; Ashland Budget OK'd Proposed acquisition of the Jackson county housing project in northwest Medford, restric tion of parking on Oakdale ave nue and council attitude concern ing use of the Sears Roebuck property on South Central ave nue were principal matters con sidered by the city council at its regular meeting last night. Councilmen indicated that ne gotiation for the housing proj ect will be expedited. They au thorized Mayor Diamond Flynn to apply for property at a meet ing earlier this month. Purpose Told Councilman Dwight Houghton said that city purpose in acquir ing the property would be to pre serve the housing as long as it is needed and then put the area to some municipal use after the housing is no longer required. The city by its ownership also could prevent use of the property that might prove objectional to the section of town, he declared. Settlement In Lumber The pattern of settlement of Lumber and Sawmill Workers' union wage demands in the lum ber industry locally appeared to be virtually settled today, with the announcement that two Medford area and two Jo sephine county firms have reached agreement. All mills in volved in the Medford district are now thought to have settled. Three of the settlements were for 10'4 cents per hour wage increases retroactive to June 1. The fourth was thought to fol low the same pattern. Southern Oregon Planing mill, at Central Point, settled with a plant union committee at a meeting there last night, according to Harry Dowson, partner in the firm. In addition, a few minor contract changes were agreed upon. . About 100 workers are involved. Josephine Firms Settle Moore Timber Products, Grants Pass, and Cabax Mills, at Kerby, signed similar agree ments, and negotiations at the Swede Basin Lumber company for a settlement were underway yesterday. Unofficial reports indicated that the employees and manage ment of the Southern Oregon Sugar Pine corporation, Central Point, had come to an agree ment, and while terms were un available, it was assumed they were similar. Medford corporation settled on the same terms Monday. Industry Use White Told particular interest to sportsmen is pending, it was revealed at the same time. The state game com mission said it has been given assurances by the general serv ices office that it will be deeded the area for "wildlife conserva tion purposes. The commission said it can do nothing with the land until it re ceives the deed. In Seattle, the federal office said the game commission's ap plication will be acted upon "in the near future." Details of purpose and admin istration of the proposed game refuge were not made public by the game commission, although it is understood that it will be devoted largely to migratory and upland birds. Local sportsmen have discussed for some time the possibility of establishing a con trolled shooting reservation in the tret. i Houghton also stated that rev enue from th"- project would be profitable to the city. Price to the city from the fed eral public housing administra tion would be $7,500 to $8,000, according to Mayor Flynn, who conferred over the week-end with the housing administra tion's Seattle office. The amount represents only the original cost of the land to the government. The housing would go to the city at 100 per cent discount. Pay ments, the mayor explained, can be made in installments from revenue from the property. Privileges Waived Mark Goldy, executive secre tary of the housing authority of Jackson county, reported that the county and housing author ity have waived their privileges as political subdivisions to ac quire the property, leaving the city as lone applicant. It has been stressed that the housing would not be torn down Apparent Industry Wage demands were at first being negotiated by the Klam ath Basin District council of the union. AFL, and many of the operators were at first repre sented by the Pine Industrial Relations committee, Klamath Falls. Negotiations were tem porarily broken off when the union said it would take a strike vote on the effective date of the wage increases. , Subsequent to that time, how ever, individual union groups began to settle with individual operators, and following a re cent meeting at Klamath Falls local unions have followed the independent 10'4-ccnt June 1 settlement policy. The union at first asked an effective date of May 1 for the pay boost, later asking May 16. The date was important inas much as vacation pay eligibil ity was determined in reference to current pay. Gold Hill Woman Flown to Hospital Mercy Flights ambulance plane today flew to Grants Pass and back to Medford, bringing Miss Laurene Kell, 26, Gold Hill, to the airport here. She was then transferred to an air force C-46, which was to take here to Port land for treatment at Good Sa maritan hospital. Miss Kell In need of urgent surgical treatment, was carried from Grants Pass here by plane because doctors said she could not have stood ground transpor tation. The mercy plane arrived here before noon, and the C-46 at 12:32. She was transferred at 1 p.m., and the big plane loft at 1:20 p.m. It's arrival time in Portland was to be about 2:35 p.m. Arrangements for the Mercy Flights plane trip to Portland for Miss Kell were made last night by her physician. But weather conditions to the north were "zero-zero" and the big air force plane, which ha'nore adequate all-weather instru ments, was called instead. George Milligan. chairman of Mercy Flight), and Dick Woods made the Grants Pass trip and return. Corvallis, Ore., June 21 (U.R) The 34th annual 4-H club sum mer session will end tomorrow lor the 1909 club members at tending the two-weeki school at Oregon State college. 16 Pages ME SET S1 (Acme Tetrphoto) by the city until need for it ceases to exist. City use of the property must be of a public nature and must not compete with private enter prise. On the Oakdale avenue matter the council ordered City Attor ney Frank Farrell to draw up an ordinance limiting parking to the east side only between Sec ond and Sixth .streets and be tween Eighth street and Stewart avenue. Fire hydrants are on the west side on which parking would be banned. Said Safety Measure Councilmen said they realiz ed the legislation would work a hardship, particularly on church people, but pointed out the ne cessity of a safety measure be cause of heavy traffic and nar rowness of the street. The city superintendent's of fice was instructed to have the proper signs prepared for the parking ban. Councilmen stated that the city has no particular need for the Sears Roebuck area but that they felt the property should be cleaned by the company. They asked the mayor to so advise the firm. Flynn and City Superintend ent Vernon Thorpe called on R. J. Bcgey of Sears Roebuck prop erty department during their trip north. Told Of Rumors Flynn told Begney of rumors to the effect that the firm was going to build Immediately and that it would build in the Tal ent area. The mayor said Begney asured the city officials that the rumors were unaccounted for and that the company has no plans for development in the Medford area or use of the prop erty here in the next year. Flynn informed Bcgey that the Medford council is not con cerned over necessity of the property for auto parking be cause parking lot operators were caring for the need adequately. He stressed that councilmen were concerned with the safety and appearance of the property, saying that it was unsightly and had unfilled holes. Flynn, Thorpe and Council men Neil Davidson and Earl Miller were in Portland Mon. day looking over fire equipment and Portland fire fighting fa cilities. (See Story Page 4). New Councilman Ashland, June 21. Dr. Wall er Weller, Ashland veterinarian, was elected to the Ashland city council by council members at a regular meeting last night. He succeeds Samuel J. Bailey, who resigned. Richard Neill was named chair man of the council, to succeed Fred Homes, who resigned the post after a year. The city budget, totaling $601,- 1 378, was approved by the coun cil. It provides for a lax levy oi $60,068 amounting to 16.234 mills on dollar valuation an in crease of .43 mills. The budget is just 82 cents within the six per cent limitation. Mayor Phil Slansbury made seven recommendations for im provement in city administra tion, including the appointment of a city superintendent and an assistant; monthly financial and progress reports from city de partments: revamping the fi nancial and accounting systems for closer fiscal control; an in ventory of each department by July 1: speeding the timber sale to the forest service; assignment of councilmen to committees after each council meeting, and speeding negotiations regarding the purchase of Copco transmis Ion facilities ta th city. 2 IV, OREGON, JUNE mil Streams Expected To Crest Under 25-Foot Mark Industries Forced to Close at Vancouver Portland, Ore., June 21 (U.R) The Columbia and Willamette rivers today continued their steady climb but the weather bureau said the rivers were ex pected to crest well under the 25-foot mark. The Willamette at Portland was up .6 of a foot today to a stage of 23.8 feet, 5.8 feet above flood stage. The Columbia at Vancouver. Wash., also was up .6 of a foot to 24.2 feet, 9.2 feet above flood stage. 24.2 Feet Expected eather bureau forecasters said the Willamette was expect ed to reach 24.1 feet tomorrow and then level off at 24.2 feet for the next three days. The Co lumbia at Vancouver was ex pected to reach 24.5 feet tomor row and level off at 24.6 feet Fri day, Saturday and Sunday. Horecast for other points along the Columbia: At Umatilla. Ore., 24.2 feet Thursday and Friday. At Celilo. Ore., 27.4 feet Thursday and Friday. At Trinidad, Wash., 51.6 feet Thursday and 51.3 feet Friday. More than an inch of rainfall at Lewiston, Ida., during the last 24 hours caused forecasters to change their predictions for the Snake river. Previously they had forecast a slight drop but after the heavv rain they said the riv er probably would remain sta tionary for the next lew clays Industries Close Oown The weather bureau predicted a level of 29.4 on the Snake at Clarkston, Ida., Thursday and Friday. The river rise in the Portland Vancouver area caused several waterfront industries to suspend operations. At Vancouver, the Dubois mill was closed because of water in the boiler room. The Stemco corporation lumber mill also closed when water flowed around some machinery. Both mills plan to reopen July 5. In Portland, two" Linnton dis trict families were evacuated from their homes. The Red Cross made a truck available to other families in case they should be forced to evacuate. Vancouver, B. C, June 21 U.R) Volunteers and soldiers fought a "touch and go" battle today to bolster jelly-like dikes protecting 50,000 persons from the Frazer river's 24V4-foot flood crest. Acton Kilbeen, flood emer gency chairman at nearby Har rison Mills, said the river had cut a 400-foot gap in the clay dikes there, and two other breaks were reported in the 250 miles of earthworks. At least 2,500 persons have fled their homes as 20 British Columbia rivers left their banks. Authorities said they believed the dikes could hold until night fall when the river is expected to drop. Police Report Petty Thievery in City A series of house entries by a thief or thieves in the past few days was reported this morning by city police and of ficers warned residents not to leave doors of their homes open at night. T. C. Harper, 616 East Jack son street, and Mrs. Christie Massey, 520 South Fir street, Apartment 4, reported table model radios taken. Mrs. May J. Murphy, 430 South Ivy street, reported a purse with $4 or $5 taken. The nurse was found on a nearby lawn. Trousers were gone through at the home of Mrs. Oris Baker, SIS South Grape street, and trousers, a purse and a billfold were pilfered at the residence of Ralph P. Mil ler. 608 South Ivy street. Ar. tides were left strewn on their lawns. Youths Implicated in Series of Thefts Here Three juveniles Involved In re- rent thefts were taken bcioroi the juvenile office today, cifyi police said. They reported that two youths are implicated in the theft of money from the skating conces sion at the armory on May 20 and one with the recent theft of $20 from a home. Two of the vouths admitted thefts at Grants Pass and Roseburg during the week-end, according to state ments mad to police. Tribune 21, 1950 to Rise Summer Begins Today At 4:37 p.m.; Effect On Weather Unnoticed ! Summer begins today at 4:37 p.m. to be exact. And while today is not the longest day of the year. It is within a few seconds of being so. Technically, the longest day this year is Friday, but the difference in the length of the day is only theoretical. After Friday the days will start getting shorter again, al most unnoticably at first, until on September 21 they will be of equal length. Sunrise today was at 5:36 a.m., and sunset will be at 8:50 p.m. The arrival of summer has had no appreciable effect on the weather. Phoenix Youth Killed; Negligent Homicide Charged Albert Wayne McBeth Jr.. 22 Phoenix, was killed yesterday at aoout a p.m. when the pickup truck in which he was riding was struck from the rear bv a car driven by Robert Parks By lund. 422 Siskiyou boulevard. Ashland. Bylund, about 25 years old, was arraigned in justice court this morning on a charge oi negligent nomicine ana is being held in $5,000 bail. State police said McBeth was riding in a pickup driven by David E. McClurg, owner of the tconomy Mattress company in Phoenix. They were turning into the mattress factory off of high way 99 when the Bylund car crashed Into the rear of the light truck, police reported. Bvlund suffered only a superficial cut on tne ncaa. Negligence Charged In a district attorney's Infor mation drawn against ttvluncl this morning, it is alleged that he was driving in a careless and negligent manner and that he was operating the car while un der the influence of intoxicating liquor and drugs. City police records show that Bylund was arrested here Monday night on a drunk charge and was released yesterday morning after posting $10 bail. Graveside services for McBeth will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Phoenix with the Rev. Holly Roy Jarvis officiating. Conger-Morris funeral home will be in charge. Election Results in County Schools Told Results from Monday's school elections have been received in the county school superintend ent's office from nine rural school districts. Results of bal loting for directors in the rural school board and the non-high school board have not vet heen learned, the office reported this morning. Directors elected Monday In clude Wood row McCoriiiick, Jacksonville; H. Chandler Drew, Lone Pine; Walter Levcrette, Phoenix; Clarence Chew. Grif fin Creek; Wilton White, Dewey, re-elected; John Gast, re-elected, and Don Kcrby, Wagner Creek; Herbert Masterson. Oak Grove; Oliver Morton. West Side, and Don Elliott, Howar'', re-elected. BRIDGE WORK STARTS Salem, Ore., June 21. (U.R) Work has begun on the new Wil lamette river bridge here as crews started construction on the first of five piers. Washlngotn. June 21 (U.R) President Truman will hold a news conference at 10:30 a m. EDT tomorrow. m friwp-pirs)wt wsy f r0 (Arm TWepfcef ) TRAPPED "reman hands down oxygen mask lo Henry M. Ran dall, 31, Elkhmrt, Ind after well he was digging caved In on htm. Randall was burled up lo his nose tor two hours when the sides of the 14-foot well collapsed. Bis wife, who had been watching, sum moned belp and tractor apd sUp tsmier OmtUt dug bus asst. United Press Full Lease Wire NO. 76 Union Announces Move to Enforce 40-Hour Week Five Railroads to Be Hit by Walkout Chicago, June 21 (U.R) Tht AFI. Swithmpn'f unlnn inriav set a strike for June 25 against nve western ana mia western railroads to enforce demands for a 40-hour week. The union announced it will call 4,000 switchmen out on strike at 6 a. m. local standard time next Sunday against the Great Northern, the Chicago Great Western, the Rock Is land, the Denver & Rio Grande Western and the Western Pa cific. No Pay Cut Wanted The switchmen, along with larger unions, demand a reduc tion in the 48-hour work week with no cut in pay. Union Prpcirtnnt &HI,r Tln., er said the union is "legally iree io striKe unaer provisions of the national railway labor act. The railroads, however, dis pute the claim. Provisions Said Fulfilled The union contends that pro visions of the act were fulfilled when its case was presented to an emergency fact-finding board appointed by President Truman earlier this year. The board, however, was con sidering similar demands by the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men and the Order of Railway Conductors, and notified the White House that it could not give precedence to the case In volving tne switenmen. Cafe Proprietor Arrested; Said Prison Escapee Carl Moore, 34, operator of the Klamath Junction cafe near Ashland, is being Jield in county jail for Ohio authorities after he was arrested yesterday noon on a fugitive warrant by sheriff! officers. Moore is an escapee from th Ohio state reformatory, accord ing to Sheriff Howard Gault. He was identified on the basis of fingerprints sent to federal au thorities several weeks ago when Moore was arrested here on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. He escaped from the. Ohio prison Aug. 17, 1S39. Found at Cafe After a search that lasted sev eral days, deputy sheriffs located him yesterday at a cafe near the Siskiyou summit south of Ash land. The state liquor control com mission after investigating re ports of the sale of liquor to minors and other violations at Moore's cafe, revoked his liquor license several days ago, a com mission inspector said today. An nouncement of the license re vocation was withheld, however, for fear it would tip the hand of law enforcement officers pre paring to make the arrest on the fugitive warrant, the inspector said. Los Angeles. June 21 (U.R) Shrine convention Delegate An drew Christensen, 65. Port Or chard, Wash., died of a heart at tack yesterday while marching with the Nile temple band of Seattle in the Shrine parade. WEATHER Forerasl: Partly rlnndy tnntrht and Thuriday with scattered shower over Miner moun tains. Slightly warmer. Ttrap. Ilirhrtt vMterday Lowest this morning $i - JUNE 25 1 i VI .t-:'; - AN - .
