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Grim Senate Votes Billion
In New Foreign Arms Aid
Washington, June 30. (U.R)
A grim and tense senate voted
$1,222,500,000 in new foreign
arms aid today as an evidence of
American determination to help
nations resisting communism
around the globe.
Coming shortly after Presi-
Injured Logger
Flown to Portland
By Air Ambulance
Eugene Dolenshek, 23, Pros
pect, was flown to Portland this
morning by the Mercy Flights'
ambulance plane for medical
treatment at the Good Samari
tan hospital there.
An employee of the Everett
Skeeter Logging company, Pros
pect, Dolenshek was critically
injured June 20 when a falling
tree struck his head, as he was
working about five miles north
ef Prospect. Since his injury he
has been confined to Commu
nity hospital here.
Dolenshek was taken to the
Medford airport at about 6:45
yi.m. today by Conger Morris
imbulance, where he was trans
ferred to the ambulance plane.
Piloted by George Milligan,
chairman of the non - profit
Mercy Flights, Inc., the plane
arrived in Portland at 9:20 a.m.
where it was met by an ambu
lance which took Dolenshek to
the hospital. Dick Woods was co
pilot. The plane returned to Med
ford early this afternoon.
Extra Precaution
Urged for Autoists
Salem, Ore., June 30 (U.R)
The traffic safety division urged
Oregon motorists today to take
extra precautions during the
Fourth of July week-end.
nffirialc siii?f?pstert that week
end pleasure seekers should "al
low plenty of time to reach des
tinations without hurrying."
They said "traffic will be too
heavy for even momentary
chance-taking."
One of the worst traffic men
aces of the year is expected this
wek-end, officials said, with an
estimated 36 million vehicles ex
pected to jam the nation's
streets and highways.
With Oregon's traffic deaths
already exceeding those record
ed at this time last year. State
Police Superintendent H. G.
Maison said extra patrols would
be put on all major arterial high
ways in an effort to hold holi
day accidents to a minimum.
FIRE CHIEF QUITS
Central Point. June 30 Jack
Tharp, fire chief here since 1940,
has handed his resignation to the
city council. The resignation is
effective Saturday, Councilmen
have not acted to name a suc
cessor. Granls Pass. Ore., June 30
U.R Robert L. Hart Jr. has
been re-elected chairman of the
Josephine county republican cen
tral committee.
Alaskan Civilians Given
Evacuation Instructions
Anchorage, Alaska, June 30
(U.R: Military officers issued or
ders today on how civilians
should conduct thamsolvcs in
case of an attack on Alaska.
The orders instructed civilian
workers and the families of air
men at nearby Elmcndorf field
to be prepared for swift evacua
tion to the United Stales if an
emergency develops.
It was reported that other mil-
itary installations Were prepar
ing similar orders for military
dependants. Lt. Gen. Nathan )'.
Twining, commander-in-chief of
dent Truman's decision to com
mit American ground troops in
the Korean fighting, the vote
found some senators asserting
that the amount soon must be
increased.
Three of the senate's hitherto
strongest opponents of the pro
gram Root A. Taft. (R. O.),
Kenneth S. Wherry. R-. Neb.),
and Harry F. Byrd, (D. Va.)
announced their support because
of sharply altered world condi
tions. The vote took place in an at
mosphere of perhaps more ten
sion than since the close of
World War II. Little knots of
senators gathered on the floor
and cloakrooms for whispered
conversations about Mr. Tru-
Man Confesses To
Setting Hartford
Circus Blaze
Columbus, O., June 30 (U.R)
Robert D. Segee, 21. confessed
to setting 10 major fires includ
ing the tragic Hartford, Conn.,
"Big top" blaze six years ago
which took 169 lives and to four
murders, State Fire Marshal Har
ry J. Callan disclosed here to
day.
Segee, after extensive mental
examinations here, made the
statement. He has been under
investigation since mid -May
when he returned to central
Ohio and a series of fires broke
out in garages, grain elevators
and on farms in the area.
Responsibility Admitted
Callan said Segee admitted
that he was responsible for the
tragic fire at the Ringling Broth
ers and Barnum & Bailey com-
bincd circus show at Hartfcrd
six years ago. ,
In addition to the 169 killed
in the circus fire, some 412 per
sons were injured. Six persons.
two of them top officials of the
circus, were convicted and jailed
on manslaughter charges.
Prior to the "big top" disaster,
Callan said, two fires occurred
at the circus but were extin
guished without loss. Both fires
broke out after Callan was em
ployed by the circus in June,
1944.
15-Year-0ld Arrested
For Seven Burglaries
A 15-year-old youth was ar
rested yesterday by sheriff's of
ficers at his home just outside
Ashland on a burglary charge.
Sheriff Howard Gault said to
day that the boy has admitted
burglarizing the Shell Radio
shop in Ashland seven times
since last September. The sher
iff's office cooperated with Ash
land police in investigating the
case.
The young burglar was held
in Ashland city jail last night
and was to be brought to Med
ford today to be turned over to
county juvenile authorities. A
large quantity of stolen radio
equipment was found in his pos
session.
Alaska, was expected to review
the situation when he returns
from Naknck today.
Soldiers at Fort Richardson
were under full standby alert
with orders to carry field equip
ment, including rifle, gas mask
and cartridges. Officers insisted,
however, that the measures were
only "precautionary" and "good
training."
Brig. Gen. Donald R. Hutchin
son, commandant at Elmendorf
field, issued complete instruc
tions on how civilians would be
evacuated from the ba.
man's new decision. Others hud
dled over the news tickers in the
senate anterooms.
The Lion's share of the meas
ure one billion dollars would
go to our Atlantic pact partners
in western Europe. About 10
million is earmarked for south
ern Korea. This sum can be
boosted up as high as 200 million
at presidential discretion.
Senator after senator took the
floor to state that immediate ap
proval was necessary to strength
en the president's hands at a
moment of crisis and to give
confidence to nations that live
under the shadow of world com
munism. The bill actually carries no
funds and merely comprises an
authorization. But there was no
doubt that the dollars, perhaps
in increased quantities, would
be forthcoming, and soon. The
authorization bill now goes to
the house for approval.
The bill continues the arms
assistance program which sprang
from the North Atlantic De
fense pact last year. It carries
specifically: 1 billion to provide
munitions to the pact allies;
$131,500,000 for Greece, Turkey
and Iran; 16 million for the Phil
ippines and Korea; and 75 mil
lion as an optional fund which
Mr. Truman may use in the Far
East. Additionally 250 million in
excess American equipment can
be sent.
Canadian Navy Units
Heading for Pacific
Ottawa. June 30 (U.R) Prime
Minister Louis St. Laurent an
nounced today that Canadian
naval units would be concentrat
ed in the Pacific and would be
used in Korean waters "if such
assistance were required."
"Our naval units were to pro
ceed to European waters for
summer exercises," St. Laurent
told parliament. "The arrange
ment will be suspended and the
move will now be made to Pa
cific waters where they might
be of assistance to the United
Nations and Korea if such assist
ance were required.
A navy spokesman said the
extent of the shift of naval pow
er would be made pub"- '-ter.
Sydney, Australia, June 30
(U.R) Premier Robert G. Menzies
authorized today the use of Japanese-based
Austniliar force
mustangs in the Korean war.
He already had placed Aus
tralian fleet unit- in Japanese
waters at the disposal of Gen.
Douglas McArthur for use in the
Korean war.
Mexican Nationals
Request Deportation
Portland, Ore.,. June 30 (U.R
The U. S. immigration service
said today that 14 of 28 Mexican
nationals, arrested in Oregon for
illegal entry into the United
States, have requested permis
sion to leave the country volun
tarily at their own expense.
Agents said the request would
be granted after necessary for
malities have been completed.
The remaining 14 will be given
deportation hearings.
Three of the nationals were
arrested at Salem, two at The
Dalles, two in Portland and 21
in the Medford-Ashland area.
Most of the 21 taken in south
ern Oregon were employed as
railroad section crews. Three
arrested in Ashland were work
ing as fruit pickers.
DOCTOR REAPPOINTED
Salem, Ore., June 30 UR)
Gov. Douglas McKay announced
today that he has reappointed
Dr. Bruno A. Bedynck of Port
land as a member of the state
naturopathic board of examin
ers for a three-year term. Dr.
Bedynck is secretary of the
board.
Medford
45th Year. 20 Pages.
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Russia Declines
Intervention in
Korean Conflict
American Request .
Rejected in Note
Moscow, June 30 (U.R) Rus
sia said today that it will not
intervene in the Korean war.
The Soviet Union stated its
position in a note rejecting an
American request that Russia
use its influence with north Kor
ea "toward the immediate with
drawal of their invading forces"
from southern Korea.
Deputy Soviet Foreign Minis
ter Andrei Gromyko read the
Soviet reply to the American
memorandum of June 27 to U. S.
Ambassador Alan Kirk at the
Klemlin late yesterday, the of
ficial Soviet news agency Tass
said.
Hands-off Policy
The reply disclosed that Rus-
ria proposed to follow a com
plete hands-off policy so far as
any direct intervention in the
Korean fighting is concerned.
The note said Russia withdrew
its troops from northern Korea
before the United States quit
southern Korea after World War
II "and thereby confirmed its
traditional principle of non-in
terference in the internal affairs
of other states."
"The Soviet government holds
now also to the principle of the
inadmissibility of the interfer
ence of foreign powers in the in-
ternal affairs of Korea," the So
viet note said.
South Korea Blamed
The note also reiterated Rus-
ria's charge that south Korean
troops provoked the Korean war
by attacks on the frontier areas
of northern Korea.
"Therefore," it said in an
obvious reference to the United
States, "the responsibility for
these events lies with the south
Korean authorities and with
those who stand behind them
Pope Pius Issues
Excommunication
Vatican City, June 30 (U.R)
Pope Pius, in a new blow against
the communists in iron curtain
countries, today put under ma
jor excommunication those who
undermine legitimate Catholic
authorities and assume high pas-
torial office without Vatican ap
proval. The excommunication was is
sued by a formal decree of the
sacred congregation of the coun
cil, which regulates the discip
line of bishops and priests.
The decree said persons who
come within its scope incur ma
jor excommunication, w h ic h
only the Vatican can lift.
It was a clear reply to the re
cent increase in persecution of
Roman Catholic priests in Czec
hoslovakia, Hungary and Ro
mania, where new trials involv
ing the clergy have been pre
pared. Pittsburgh Milk
Strike Called Off
Pittsburgh, Pa., June 30 (U.R)
A three-week milk strike by
3,200 dairy workers ended today
but 3 million residents of this
area will have to wait until to
morrow for home deliveries to
begin.
Home deliveries by milkmen
will be resumed tomorrow. Jack
E. Davis, spokesman for the
dealers said.
Radio Highlights
President Truman's speech
to Boy scouts at the national
jamboree at Valley Forge, Pa.,
will bo rebroadcast over
KYJC (1230 kc) from 10:1$ to
10:45 p. m. today. Instead of
at an earlier hour as previ
ously announced.
William Briggs, Ashland
lawyer, will be interviewed
by Dick Schuchsrd at 7:45
a. m. tomorrow over station
KYJC (1230 ke).
MEDFOR OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE
BULLETINS
Santa Maria, Cal Juno 30
U.R) A series of explosions
turned the Sun-Ray Oil com
pany refinery into a tea of
flames here today. On man
was missing in the blasts and
another injured critically.
Mora than an hour after the
initial explosion, which cam
at 10:35 a.m. (PDT). tho
flames still were burning un
checked. The missing man was iden
tified as F. N. McAdamt of
Orcutt. Cal. Walter Peverly.
Santa Maria, was badly
burned.
Tokyo. June 30. U R A
reliable source said today
that all air transport flights
to Korea had suddenly been
cancelled. No reason was giv
en immediately, but it was
believed t h order might
mean that the Suwon airfield
either was menaced or was no
longer in South Korean hands.
Suwon is the advanced Amerl
ican military headquarters.
Quiet Week-End
Seen in Medford;
Other Events Set
In keeping with tradition,
Medford will be a refuge of
comparative quietness over the
Fourth of July week-end, with
all public celebrations left to
neighboring cities. The largest
and loudest observance of Inde
pendence day in southern Ore
gon will be held in Ashland
where all the facilities of (hi
town will be turned over to
thousands of visitors for a three
day blowout. Ashlanders say it
will be the largest celebration
held there in 25 years.
Most of the events will cen
ter in Lithia park, including an
exhibition of registered horses,
numerous band and organ con
certs and a unique religious serv
ice featuring the massed voices
of choirs from churches in
southern Oregon and northern
California. High point of the
celebration will be reached on
the Fourth when a western-style
parade, with numerous prizes of
fered, and rodeo are scheduled
under the auspices of the Ash
land Riding association.
There are at least five other
celebrations planned by nearby
cities. Celebrants will have their
choice of events ranging from a
lily festival at Brookings to a
stampede at Bend. At Bandon
there will be a four-day celebra
tion and a fish feed; at Klamath
Falls there will be July 4 cele
bration and rodeo: at Riddle
there will be a wild-west type
rodeo and queen contest. The
celebration at Bend will also in
clude its annual and widely pub
licized water pageant on Mirror
pond in Drake park.
Apparently there will be cele
brations for every taste.
Badman Receives
4 Years in Prison
Munich, Germany, June 30
(U.R) Homer Cook of Muskogee,
Okla., was found guilty today of
18 charges ranging from illegal
entry into Germany to three jail
breaks and was sentenced by a
U. S. court to four years and
two months in prison.
He was acquited on two
counts of attempted armed rob
bery and assault on army agents.
Cook will be returned to the
U. S. army stockade at Dachau,
from where he escaped twice,
pending a higher ruling on
where he will serve the bulk of
the term. The sentence dates
from last April 11
Man finds Religion;
Admits Postal Theft
Matloon, 111., June 30 (U.R)
A trusted postal clerk sat in a
jail cell today and wrote a volu
minous record of how he "found
God" and confessed the theft of
$11,000 in postal funds.
Omar Burge, 65, Centralia,
111., told postal investigators he
spent all but $640 paying off
debts he ran up when he tried
to go into a concrete block bust- j
nesa.
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South Korea Army
Re-enters Seoul;
Reds Said Fleeing
U. S. Plane Attack
On Pyongyang Told
Tokyo, June 30 U.R South
Korean infantry pushed their
way back into the east and west
outskirts of Seoul today, the
south Korean, mission reported,
and Gen. Douglas MacArthur or
dered U. S. planes for the first
time to attack communist bases
in north Korea.
The Korean mission in Tokyo
said the American-supported
southern army at last reports
was only 2hi miles from the cen
ter of the former capital on
either side. North Korean tanks
are leaving the city by the east
gate, it said.
River Crossing Unknown
However, the mission said It
did not know whether the south
ern forces actually had crossed
the Han river, which curves In
a semi-circle around the south
ern! edge of the city.
The mission said its informa
tion was received by telephone
from the south Korean govern
ment at the provisional capital
of Tacjon, where the govern
ment had fled just before the
northern invaders captured
Seoul Wednesday.
MacArthur's order to U. S.
planes to attack bases in North
Korea gave them their first
chance to strike at the headquar
ters north of the 38th parallel
border from which reds mounted
and supported their invasion of
south Korea.
Air Attack Claimed
Communist broadcasts claim
ed American superfortresses at
tacked Pyongyang, capital of
north Korea, last night. Mac
Arthur's headquarters neither
confirmed nor denied it.
Radio Pyongyang also claimed
that north Korean planes sank
11 ships anchored in Inchon har
bor. The west coast port of Inch
on, which serves Seoul, has been
captured by the communists.
The broadcast said northern
forces also landed in Kanghwa
island and annihilated the garri
son there.
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Central Point Begins
Joint Sewer Line Use
Central Point, June 30 Cen
tral Point began joint use with
Medford of the former Camp
White sewage treatment plant
this week as the final connection
with the Medford to Camp White
trunk was made.
Checks are being made to as
certain that Central Point's new
pumping station and pipeline are
functioning adequately, City Re
corder Arden Pinkham said.
Construction of the station
pipeline began early in Febru
ary and actual construction wes
completed more than a month
ago. Delays in arrival of ma
chinery and meters held up pp
eration. Mrs. R. E. Green
Heads Welfare Group
Salem, Ore., June 30 U.R)
Gov. Douglas McKay today ap
pointed R. H. McAtee of Prine
ville to a four-year term on the
Crook county public welfare
commission. He succeeds Remey
Cox of Prineville, who did not
wish to be considered for re
appointment. The following were among
those re-appointed county pub
lic welfare commissioners for
four-year terms:
Mrs. R. E. Green, Medford,
Jackson county; George R. Rid
dle, Grants Pass, Josephine coun
ty; K. B. Hall, Klamath Falls.
Klamath county.
Portland, Ore., June 30 U.R)
Thirteen-year-old Darrcll Pons
ford of Salem was injured
Thursday night when a frag
ment of a tin can under which
he had expired a firecracker
tore into his chest, police re
ported.
30, 1950
NO. 84
BOMB ATTACKS
ON COMMUNIST
TARGETS OK'D
BLOCKADE ORDERED FOR
ENTIRE KOREAN COAST
Washington, June 30 (UP) President Tru
man today authorized "certain supporting ground
units" to be thrown into the Korean war.
He also announced he has authorized American
bombing of military targets in communist north Ko
rea and has ordered a naval blockade of the entire
Korean coast.
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson said that Mr.
Truman's orders already have been put into effect.
The president did not explain in a brief state
ment what ground units will be used, but they pre
sumably will be American fighting troops.
The president's authorization to Gen. Douglas
MacArthur was a signal to the American commander
to step up the fighting against the north Korean com
munist invaders who have plunged into the heart of
the tiny republic in the south.
The new instructions probably went out last night
or early today. MacArthur already has ordered U. S.
bombers to go after military objectives in north Korea.
New Decisions Mads
At Top Level Conference
The president originally authorized the use of onlv U. S. air
and naval forces against the north Koreans, and he instructed
; them to confine themselves to action south of the border between
north and south Korea the 38th parallel. But this wasn't enough.
I Mr. Truman's new decisions were taken after a top-level con
ference at the White House late yesterday and after headquarters
here received a top secret report from MacArthur on his visit to
the fighting front in Korea yesterday.
The White House statement said that Mr. Truman's orders aro
! in keeping with the United Nations security council directives to
support the republic of Korea.
President Met With Cabinet
The president met with the U. S. chiefs of staff, his cabinet
and key democratic and republican congressional leaders at the
White House tins morning. The wnue House statement was issued
after the meeting in which Mr. Truman brought all up to date on
the situation In hard-pressed southern Korea.
In authorizing the bombing of north Korea, Mr. Truman said
it would be done against "specific military targets." These would
Include the airfields near the north Korean capital of Pyongyang.
Fighter planes from these airfields have been harassing U. S.
fighter and bomber operations. Now the American airmen will bo
able to hit home and destroy them on the ground.
To Prevent Amphibious Landings
The stringent naval blockade Is designed to prevent the north
Korean forces from making amphibious landings in the south and
to choke off what supplies the communists may be receiving by
sea in the north.
The U. S. naval forces presumably soon will be aided by Brtv
Ish naval forces and a Canadian squadron.
At the White House meeting with his advisers, Mr. Truman
briefed them on the Korean situation, including the report that
armored spearheads of the communist invaders had breached tho
Han river line south of the communist-captured Seoul.
No Hope for Quick End ....
There has been no hope here for a quick and easy end to tho
Korean fighting. More American casualties are to be expected.
And there-is nothing to indicate that the Uhitcd Nations can save
south Korea without combat troops sluggii.g It out on land.
'Advance Guard' Aid
Goes to Indo-Chinese
Saigon, French IndoChina.
June 30 U.R U. S. Charge
d'Affaires Edmund A. Gullion
turned over eight C-47 transport
planes to Indo-China today and
said they are the "Advance
Guard" of U. S. aid against pos
sible communist attack.
The planes were the first de
livered to French and Viet Nam
officers here under the Ameri
can military aid program to Indo-China.
Tax-Free Margarine Will
Be Offered on
Washington, June 30 :U.R
For the first time in 64 years,
tax-free margarine will go on
sale tomorrow In the nation's
grocery stores.
The government took notice
of the July 1 repeal date on the
10-cent tax on yellow margarine
by warning the public to be on
the look-out for "buttcrleggers."
Officials said some racketeers
may try to peddle yellow mar
garine as butler.
Despite tax-repeal, consumers
In 15 states will not be able to
buy yellow margarine. Its sale is
banned by state law.
Many housewives In the other
WEATHER
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occasional nlh cloudlnHi
and continued warm tonight
and Saturday.
limy.
Hlsh.it Yesterday
Lowest this Morning ft
VFW Pledges Support
In Korean Situation
Salem, Ore., June 30 lU.R!
Full support of the U. S. gov
ernment in the Korean situation
has been pledged by Oregon
members of the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
Delegates to the state conven
tion here adopted a resolution
Thursday pledging "full sup
port" to tha government, stato
and other agencies.
In another adopted resolution
the VFW delegates took a firm
stand against any form of com
munism in the United States.
Saturday
33 states already have benefit
ted by a premature slash In oleo
prices and won't see any further
cut. Some stores reduced prices
a week early as many manufac
turers responded to keen com
petition by cutting prices and
paying the 10-cent tax out of
their own pockets.
With federal taxes off the
bonks, yellow oleo in most cities
will sell for about 40 cents
pound cheaper than butter.
Federal Security administra
tor Oscar W. Ewing warned that,
starting tomorrow. It will be a
federal violation to try to palm
oU margarine as butter.