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45th Year. 22 Pages
Commie
Invades
Medford Largest
City in Area; 4th
s Biggest in State
Klamath Falls Decrease
Hikes County Position
Medford is the largest city in
southern Oregon and the fourth
largest in Oregon.
This was revealed Friday
when the census bureau re
ported that Klamath Falls un
til now officially more populous
than Medford had decresaed
by some 700 persons since 1940.
It's preliminary 1950 population
is 15,803 compared to 16,497 ten
years ago.
Jackson county too now has
the largest population in south
ern Oregon, with 57,831 com
pared to Klamath's 42,014,
which increased 1,517.
Only Portland, Salem and
Eugene are larger than Med
ford. Only Decrease
As far as is known here Klam
ath Falls is the only city of any
size in Oregon fastest grow
ing state in the nation to suf
fer a decrease in population.
The figures for Klamath Falls
and the area comprising Klam
ath. Lake. Harney, Deschutes,
Malheur and Crook counties
both were smaller than previous
estimates. The six-county area
has a population of some 105,
000, compared to estimates of
160,000.
GRANTS PASS UNHAPPY
Grants Pass, Ore., June 24
(U.R) The consensus concerning
the census here was that the
enumerators couldn't count
worth sour apples.
A protest against the official
count of 7,980 in the city and of
26,313 in the county was regis
tered today by Morris Milbank,
city mayor, and I. R. Perry,
president of the Grants Pass and
Josephine County Chamber of
Commerce.
Their chief complaint was
that the tally, which is far be
neath the expected 10,000 city
and 30,000 county population,
hits both units squarely in the
"gravy bowl" as state apportion
ments of funds will be much low
er than anticipated.
Klamath Painter
Survives Shock
Klamath Falls. Ore., June 24
(U.R) Claude Rogers, 26, has a
hole in the top of his head and in
the soles of his shoes but he's
thankful that's the only dnmage
he suffered yesterday when sev
eral thousand volts of electricity
passed through his body.
Rogers was painting at the
Klamath Lake Moulding com
pany here when he bumped his
head on a power line. The cur
rent burned a hole in his head
and passed through his shoes,
leaving them smouldering. It
also threw him 15 feet and
knocked him unconscious.
But attendants at Klamath
County hospital said he's recov
ering today.
County Budget, Levies
Available to Public
Jackson county taxpayers
Wednesday will get a chance to
either praise or denounce any
of the proposed levies set forth
in the county's budget for the
1950-51 fiscal year.
The budget committee, which
includes the county court, will
make itself available at 11 a.m.
(DST) Wednesday in the county
Court chambers in the court
house for a full discussion of
all budget estimates listed for
the various departments of the
county government.
WEATHER
FORECAST Pirlljr cloudy this
morntnf. Becoming cloudy
with thowcri thli afternoon,
continuing through Monday.
Hlghftt YMltrday
Lowest Vfftcrday 45
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Dominated North Korea
U.S. Backed Territory
Reds Held Responsible;
War Reported Declared
Seoul, Korea, Sunday, June 25
(U.R) T h e Russian sponsored
North Korean communists in
v a d e d the American-suported
Republic of South Korea today
and their radio followed it up by
broadcasting a declaration of
war.
The attacks started at dawn.
The northern Pyongyang radio
broadcast a declaration of war at
11 a.m. (9 p.m. EDT Saturday).
Attack Along Border
North Korean forces attacked
generally along the border but
chiefly in the eastern and wes
tern areas, in heavy rain after
mortar and artillery bombard
ments which started at 4 a.m.
(2 p.m. EDT Saturday). They
were reported 2V4 miles inside
South Korea at some points.
The extent and purpose of the
attacks remained unclear for
hours after the first fragmentary
reports of the invasion were re
ceived. But shortly after noon, the
communists' radio at Pyonglang,
the northern capital, said that
war had been declared effective
at 11 a.m. (9 p.m. EDT Saturday).
Town Said Captured
A report received at 9:30 a.m
(7 p.m. EDT) Saturday indicated
that the North Koreans had cap
tured the town of Koesong. 40
miles northwest of Seoul. Kae-
song is headquarters of the 1st
division of the South Korean
army. It lies almost on the fron
tier. It was believed here that eight
American Methodist missionar
ies were in Koesong Lyman C
Brannon and his wife, Marian
E. Bundy, Nellie Dyer, Mary H.
Rosser, Bertha A. Smith, Law
rence A. Zellers and Christopher
Jensen. Mrs. Zellers is in Seoul.
Advance Two Routes
The North Korean forces were
reported three to four kilometers
(1 to 2 Vimiles) inside the fron
tier in the Ongjin peninsula on
the west coast.
Advices said they were using
tanks in the area of Chunchon,
50 miles northeast of Seoul.
Ashland Man Burns
To Death in Blaze
Herman A. Birr, 75, was
burned and suffocated to death
yesterday morning in a fire
that "toasted" the one-room cab
in he occupied at 153 Granite
street at Ashland, according to
the county coroner's office.
Circumstances indicated that
Birr had been smoking in bed,
it was said. Inside of the room
was browned. Only the mattress
of the bed was burned by flame.
The body, however, was found
near the door, giving evidence
that the aged victim had at
tempted to escape.
The coroner's office said it
was told that a woman resident
of a nearby cabin had smelted
smoke about 9:30 a. m. but
thought it was caused by an ash
can. Still smelling smoke some
time after noon she called the
owner of the cabins, Mrs. Charles
Fuhrman, to investigate.
Fair Deal Foe Wins
North Carolina Vote
Raleigh. N. C June 24 (UP)
Willis Smith, an avowed defend
er of "southern traditions,"
handed the fair deal its second
setback in the Dixie primaries
tonight by upsetting liberal Sen.
Frank Graham in the North
Carolina runoff.
With the almost complete vote
count showing Smith making a
runaway of the runoff, Graham
conceded his defeat. Graham
had led his lawyer opponent by
53.000 votes in the original pri
mary. "I congratulate Mr. Smith on
his victory," Graham said. "I
have for him every good wish
in his opportunity for service to
our state, our country, and the
world In this critical time,"
SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1950
Washington. June 24 (U.R)
State department officials said
tonight that the United States
will hold Russia responsible for
the communist North Korean
attack against the indepenent
South Korean republic which
this country and the United Na
tions brought into being and have
supported.
But there was no indication
that the United States intends
to take direct military action
of its own in defense of South
Korea.
Overrun South Korea
North Korea is a nominally
independent "people's republic"
backed by Russia. While officials
here did not say so for quotation,
there was a general feeling that
if the North Koreans have Rus
sian support from Mancnuna
and elsewhere, they could over
run the south with comparative
ease.
That would bring communist
forces to within 100 miles of the
American flank in Japan and
raise grave new problems in con
nection with the precarious west
ern position in Asia.
Republicans Have Say
Republican critics of U. S.
foreign policy immediately
charged that the attack on South
Korea stemmed from this coun
try's weak policy in the far east.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R.,
N. J.) said this country's first
step should be to supply the
South Koreans with more arms
and equipment.
John Foster Dulles, adviser
to Secretary of State Dean Ache
son, was in South Korea just a
few days ago and assured the
government there that the United
States would not abandon them.
Defense Appears
Winding Up Case
In Wilson Trial
Vancouver, Wash., June 24
(U.R) The defense appeared to
be winding up its case today in
the trial of Utah and Turman
Wilson for the kidnap-murder
of 19-year-old JoAnn Dewey on
March 19.
Utah, youngest of the two de
fendants, took the stand late
this afternoon and told a story
identical almost to the word of
his brother Turman's. Turman
left the stand earlier after nearly
two days of examination.
After Irving Goodman, co-
counsel for the defendants,
called Utah to the stand, many
observers believed he would call
no more witnesses. Utah will
give more testimony Monday,
Jury Excused Awhile
Just before the end of Tur
man's testimony, Judge Eugene
Cushing excused the Jury and
heard arguments of the defense
and prosecution before ruling
that testimony concerning a
power saw which Utah reported
ly feared he might be charged
with stealing couldn't be
brought into the trial.
The matter came up when
Turman told how the two broth
ers abandoned a Pontiac auto
mobile, one of three cars In
volved in the prosecution's case.
The car was left on a Portland
street March 22.
Turman said he moved the car
about six blocks the following
Sunday because "if it stayed In
one place It might raise the sus
picion of police in case they
looked for Utah In connection
with an object (the power saw) I
cannot mention."
BUDGET EXCESS VOTE
Eagle Point, June 24 Voters
here will go to the poll In the city
hall Monday to pass on proposed
expenditures in excess of the six
per cent limitation In the Eagle
Point budget for the 1950-51 fis
cal year. Recorder Sam F, Coy
said the poll would be open from
2 p.m. until 7 p.m., standard
time (3 to 8 p.m. daylight saving
time).
Tribune
No. 79.
Railroad Service
To Coast Slowed
As Strike Nears
4,000 Switchmen Set
Walkout for Monday
Chicago, June 24 (U.R) Rail
road service from Chicago to the
Pacific coast was crippled tonight
as lines began halting trains in
advance of an AFL switchmen's
strike tomorrow morning.
Four thousand switchmen
were poised to strike against
five western and midwestern car
riers at 6 a. m. in each standard
time zone.
May Affect Industries
The strike will affect other
roads who move trains on
tracks of the lines on strike.
If the strike were prolonged
it could also affect industries
which depend on the lines for
shipping facilities and slow the
movement of the winter wheat
harvest to market.
Four of the strike-threatened
lines planned to halt all trains,
laying off nearly 60,000 non
striking employees. They were
the Rock Island, Denver & Rio
Grande Western, Western Pa
cific and Chicago Great Western
railroads.
One to Keep Service
Only the Great Northern rail
road, with 28,000 employees,
planned to try to maintain serv
ice. The line's officials apparent
ly hoped supervisors could act
as switchmen and that other
workers would cross the strik
ers' picket lines.
Chairman Francis A. O Neill
of the national railway media
tion board made last-ditch ef
forts to prevent the strike.
He and Board Memmber Lev-
erett Edwards talked by tele
phone with officials of the AFL
Switchmen's Union of North
America and the Association of
Western Railroads which repre
sents the employers.
Airs. Vernon Robinson
Suffers Back Injuries
Mrs. Vernon (J. Robinson,
Table Rock road, suffered back
injuries and was taken to Com
munity hospital for treatment as
result of a three-car accident
last night state police said.
According to police, cars
driven by the woman's husband,
William H. Buckingham, Med
ford, and Robert W. Colley,
Central Point, were Involved In
the wreck at the junction of
highway 99 and Table Rock
road.
Police said that Colley was
cited for failure to operate on
the right side of the highway.
SPORTS BULLETINS
Medford Rogues' rally failed
by on run to tie the score In
the ninth inning and the
Marytvill Peaches opened a
four-gam series at the local
fairgrounds last night with a
6 to 5 Far West league win.
Russ Stuart singled. Chuck
Freeman doubled and Bob
Haddock reached on an er
ror for two Medford runs In
the eighth Inning. In the
ninth, Lloyd Jones was hit by
a pitched ball. Marc Guglitl
mo walked. Freeman and Mar
tin singled and an infield out
produced three runs.
Stuart was top Rogues' bat
ter with three hits.
Lin score:
Marvivllle Oil ?0 null I I
Mrdford 000 000 0Z3 5 10 a
Aiullar, WIIMami (9) and fiharfrr;
Kanshln, Francia (5) and Oinll
clmo. NATIONAL LEAGUE
(Called eight Innings cur
few) Pittsburgh 12 8 2
Brooklyn 19 23 0
Chambers. Dickson (3),
Quns (3), Papish (4). Wtrl
(S), Borowy (6), Lombordl (7)
and Turner; Branca, Barney
(2), Bankhood (5). Ro (6) antl
Campanella.
Portland, Or.. Juno 24
(U.R) Portland tripped Sat
tie's Rainiers 6 to 3 Saturday
night on Johnny Rucker's
first homitun of in year
that drov la thro runt.
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INUNDATED Aerial view shows water from the flooded Praser River Inundating 'the town of Harrison
Springs, B. C. The Army and civilians are working round-the-clock to till breaks in the dikes along
the river to prevent spread of the water that has already covered 65 acres of farm land.
Expect Columbia, Willamette
To Crest Near Portland Today
Portland, Ore., June 24 (U.R)
The Columbia and Willamette
rivers are almost certain to
reach crests in this area by Mon-
New Schedules on
Southern Pacific
In Effect Today
The Southern Pacific company
today inaugurates new daily
chair car schedules in this area ,
that will give southern Oregon
a direct connection with the
Shasta Daylight streamliner at
Dunsmuir. For Medford resi
dents it will mean that travel
time to San Francisco has been
cut to slightly more than 12
hours, with only one change of
trains.
The changeover affects only
trains 327 and 328 running be
tween Grants Pass and Duns
muir. The southbound train will
leave Medford, starting today, at
11:55 a. m. (DST), arriving in
Dunsmuir at 5:30 p. m. for con
nection with the Daylight a half
hour later. The northbound train
will leave here for Grants Pass
at 9:05 p. m. (DST).
Little Mail Chang
Otto De Jarnett, supervisor of
mails at the Medford postoffice,
said yesterday the changed
schedules will make no material
changes in mail service here since
the two trains make only a short
run and do not provide through
service.
Southbound mail that former
ly left here at 10:45 p. m. will
now leave Medford by truck at
7:30 p. m. Parcel post will be
held until the following morn
ing. Northbound mail which for
merly arrived here at 1:30 p. m.
now will not get here until 9:05
p. m., delaying delivery until the
next day.
Mail carried by star route
service from the south, arriving
here at 6 a. m., will continue on
the present schedule, De Jar
nett said.
TO DEDICATE MUSEUM Phil
Metschan, Portland, early day
southern Oregon resident, will
be principal sneaker In dedica
opening of the Jacksonville Mu
seum on August 5.
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day, th weather bureau fore-l
casters said today.
The weather bureau revised
its stage forecasts downward,
looking for a peak of 25.3 feet
at Vancouver, Wash., on the
Columbia and 25 feet at Port
land. Both coming on Monday
By Wednesday the rivers are
expected to fall to 24.7 feet at
Valcouver and 24.4 feet at Port
land. The lower Snake river, heavy
contributor the recent heavy
rise In the Columbia here, was
falling late today and forecast
ers expected It to continue
downward.
No more dike failures were
reported In the lower Columbia
area today following yesterday's
breakthrough- on Sauvie island,
a few miles north of here, which
flooded 1600 acres.
The bureau said the lower
Snake and middle Columbia be
low Grand Coulee will fall slow
ly during the next two days, eas
ing the crest on the lower Col
umbia and Portland. The Cow
litz at Kelso, Wash., will remain
Eagles Auxiliary
Elects Officers;
Local Lady Named
Grants Pass, Ore., June 24
(U.R) The Eagles lodge women's
auxiliary today elected Ethel
Vcddcr, Newbcrg, as president
of Its Oregon state organization
to succeed Grace Drew of Coos
Bay.
Ruth Fletcher, Albany, was
named vice-president: L o n a
Bergman, Medford, chaplain;
Mary Browns, Grants Pass, sec
retary; Opal Gardner, Salem
treasurer; Gladys Plummer,
Sheridan, conductress; Crystal
Cochrane, Klamath Falls, inside
guard, and Jessie Adams, Co-
quille, auxiliary mother.
Trustees named were Nyna
Dahl, Grants Pass; Marie Jewell
The Dalles; Lucille Darst, Bend
and Alta Mahlar, Toledo.
In drill competition at the
Eagles' annual state convention
the Salem men under S. L. Grif
fin won first award. Griffin also
won the top men's captain
award. Portland, with Virginia
McWIIlinms as captain, won the
women's drills and captain hon
ors. In the Junior division, the
Coos Bay Junior drum corps was
first.
Diana Benson, Portland, and
Majorette Pat Foss, Coos Bay
were named first among the
baton twlrlers. '
GERALD J. HERMAN
Gerald J. Herman, a resident
of Gold Hill for 43 years, passed
away unexpectedly at his home
Saturday. Funeral arrangements
are in care of Conger-Morris
funeral home.
LIFE SENTENCES IMPOSED
Albert Lea, Minn., June 24-
(U.R) District Judge Martin A
Nelson today imposed mandato
ry life prison sentences on Mrs,
Viola Gavle and the farmhand
lover who helped her kill the
"wrong man" in a plot to do
away with her husband.
WALTER ROBINSON HURT
Community hospital reported
that a Walter Robinson suffered
fractures and other possible In
juries last night when a car
turned over in the Elk creek
- area. He was brought to the
nospiui by mouianc.
(Aant Telrshoto)
virtually stationary for four
days and the Willamette above
Oregon City will fall slowly for
two days, the bureau predicted.
At Bonners Ferry, Ida., an
other 1,000 acres were covered
by the urging Kootenai river
Saturday. But the weather bu
reau said the 34-foot flood crest
had passed and the river was
receding. A break in district
nine levee brought the total
flooded area to 4,7000 acres
with at least 36,000 additional
acres threatened.
At least 11 lives have been
claimed by Pacific northwest
floods during the past week.
At Ralnlen, Ore., more than
60 families were evacuated Fri
day from th western outskirts
of the city. Officials decided to
move them when a weakened
dike showed signs of giving out,
Household goods were being
moved out as sandbag crews
blocked new leaks and rein
forced weak spots. The area was
Inundated during th 1948 Col
umbia river flood with more
than 40 homes damaged.
Emergency work continued at
Longvlcw and other towns on
the lower Columbia. Crews
were formed In the communi
ties to stand 24-hour dike
watches.
Several homes south of Wood
land, Wash., were evacuated as
waters crept over low-lying
dikes. A national guard DUKW
from Longvlew helped In the
evacuation.
Clerk Checks Names
On DST Petitions
Petitions filed with the coun
ty clerk last week demanding
that a provision outlawing day
light saving time In Jackson
county be submitted to the vot
ers in November are still being
checked for certification.
The circulators had estimated
they had gathered about 2,300
signatures on the petitions, say
ing they needed only 1,287 to
get the measure on the ballots
In the general election. County
Clerk George R. Carter said his
staff Is still checking the signa
tures and that the painstaking
process may take several days
yet.
Oregon Letter Carriers To Conclude
Annual Meeting With Election Today
The Oregon Association of
Letter Carriers was to conclude
Its 47th annual convention here
today with a memorial service
and election of officers. More
than 200 delegates yesterday
voted to make Tillamook the
convention city for 1951. It will
be held there August 18 and 19
next year.
Nominations for state officers
were held yesterday and elec
tions were to have been held
this morning.
After registration at the Med
ford hotel yesterday morning,
the convention's program In
eluded a general meeting In the
morning, an afternoon business
session, and band concert In
the civic center park and a ban
quet and ball last night.
The concert featured the Let
ter Carrier's band from Branch
82 In Portland. It was also on
hand to greet Hlllah Temple
Shrlner when they returned to
Medford yesterday noon irom
Airliner Carrying
58 Persons Sought
In Lake Michigan
Worst Air Disaster
In History of U. S.
Milwaukee, June 24 (U.R) A
DC-4 Northwest airliner carry
ing 58 persons vanished on
flight from New York to Min
neapolis and was presumed to
night t o have plunged into
storm-lashed Lake Michigan off
Milwaukee, in the nation's worst
air disaster.
The biggest air and water
search In the history of the Great
Lakes, carried out throughout a
fogshrouded day, failed to dis
close a single definite trace of
the 19Vs ton plane.
Shortly after 6 p.m. CST, th
great search, centered in an are
three to 10 miles off Milwaukee,
was discontinued until 7 a.m.
Sunday. Search planes were re
called and all but one surface
craft were ordered to ports.
Thunderstorm Rag
The disaster, which occurred
in a raging thunderstorm as th
plane was making a non-stop
flight to Minneapolis en route to
Spokane and Seattle, surpassed
the previous record tragedy In
which 55 persons were killed
when a P-38 rammed an airliner
at Washington. last November 1.
Relatives of the passengers
gathered her tonight to await
outcome of the search. Th ice
breaker Mackinaw, carrying a
helicopter, was en route here
from Sheboygan to Join the
search tomorrow.
Capt. Henry Schmaltz of the
5th air rescue squadron from
Selfridge Field. Mioh., who had
assumed overall command of the
air search, said coast guard, navy
and air forces will be assigned
segments of an area 60 by 170
miles for a concentrated search
of the area offshore where the
plane Is believed to have gone
to the bottom.
Boats Ordrd Awy
As dusk drew a curtain acrose
the area, hundreds of surface
craft, including coast guard cut
ters, picket boats, patrol craft,
crash boats and even private
yachts, were ordered In.
The coast guard cutter Wood
bine, however, continued pa
trolling through the night. The
craft is equipped with underwa
ter sound gear, radar and a
fathometer.
Searchers believd that the
huge, $450,000 plana, which
weighed about 39,000 pounds,
had plunged to the bottom and
was buried in mud. A C-45, en
route from Washington to
Mitchell field her plummeted
into the lake in the same area
last March 4 and no trace of M
has been found yet.
Rumors and Hop
Bodies of two of th six men
aboard floated to the surface
weeks later.
The first day of th search
was marked by rumors, hope
and disappointment!. An air
force search plane reportedse
ing what looked like a life raft
with three person on board, but
boats which were sent to the spot
found nothing.
Numerous oil patches were
spotted on the surface of the
choppy water. One coast guard
picket boat reported air bubble
arising from one such oil slick
but investigation turned up noth
ing. Salem, Ore., June 24 (U.R)
Gov. Douglas McKay will return
here next Wednesday night from
the annual Governors conven
tion at White Sulphur Springs,
W. Va. Secretary of State Earl
T. Newbry was expected to re
tuhn here Monday or Tuesday
from a trip to Rhode Island.
their convention In Los Angeles.
The auxiliary to the state as
sociation. In an election held at
the Eagle hall, named Mrs. May
Hadley, Albany, new president
of the group. She succeeds Mrs.
Adolyn Rocks of Salem.
New vice-president Is Mrs.
Ethel Huey, Portland; secretary.
Mrs. Edna Caldwell, Klamath
Falls; treasurer, Mrs. One Mae
Crandall, Eugene; slate organ
Izerf, Dorothy Hodges, and del-egate-at-large,
Mrs. Rocks.
There were 27 delegates from 16
chapters.
In addition to their election
of officers the women delegate
also discussed a memorial that
Is planned In memory of the
late Mrs. Margaret Spady, Port
land, who was national presi
dent of the auxiliary at the
time of her death last December.
Mrs. Ruth Post, Seattle, mem
ber of the national executive
board of the ladles auxiliary,
was a guest of the convention.