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ME - asjssjsy-Msis 4 HisSR52prj I, , - , 3fv f , (Acmt Telephoto) ADDITIONAL B-29 UNITS ORDERED TO FAR EAST Air Force armorers install 50-caliber machine guns in lower forward turret of B-29 Superfortress at March Air Force Base, Cal. Three B-29 squadrons are being outfitted for combat duty at March Air Force Base and are awaiting final orders before taking off for the Korean war area. Additional B-29 units based at Spokane Air Force Base have been ordered to the Far East to assist B-29s already in action against North Korean forces. Budget, Tax Levies for Year Approved The 1950-1951 city budget was approved, tax levies for the new fiscal year were authorized and dates were set for the sale of $2,800,000 worth 'of water sys tem enlargement bonds and $125,000 worth of fire depart ment expansion and improve ment bonds by city councilmen last night. An operating expenditure out lay of $597,905.98 is provided for In the new budget. Of this $399,670 is in the general fund. Outside the general fund are $42,887.50 for parks and swim ming pool, $74,854 for the fire department, 560,785 for the po lice traffic department, and $19, 799.48 for the library. Tax Levy Told The entire tax levy is $239, S99, plus a four mill fire depart ment levy and a one-mill park i levy. General fund levy is $154, 200, which is $30 inside the six per cent limitation. Hearing on the budget was held last night. Outline of the fire department allocation and xplanation of the police budget were made at the request of Frank Howell, 205 Laurel street. Bid Opening Set Bids on the two sets of bonds will be opened on August 1. The Issues were approved by Med ford residents on a special bal lot at the primary election. Wa ter bonds will be used to con struct a second pipeline from Big Butte springs. An aerial lad der truck, two fire substations, a telegraphic alarm system and additional hose will be provided with the fire department bond money. An ordinance passed by the council last night will limit parking to one side of the street only on Oakdale avenue be tween Second and Sixth streets and Eighth street and Stewart avenue. Parking of autos will be prohibited on the west side of the street. The measure was enacted because of heavy traffic and narrowness of the street. The ordinance will be effec tive in 10 to 15 days. Fire Hazard Seen I Fire hazard created by stor age along South Fir street of empty fruit lug boxes was men tioned by Councilman Earl Mil- No Polio Epidemic At Scout Jamboree Valley Forge, Pa., July 6 U.R) Officials of the second na tional boy scout jamboree em phasized today there was "no evidence whatever" of an epi demic of polio among the 47.000 scouts camped at historic Valley Forge park. Gordon Taylor, 13 -year -old Rock Springs, Tex., scout died of the disease in the U. S. naval hospital at Philadelphia Tues day and two other scouts were in the same hospital with "mild" cases of polio. Dr. William J. McAnally of the U. S. public health service, chief medical officer at the jam boree, said, however, that the incidence of the disease in three boys out of 47.000 was no cause for alarm. Weather FORECAST: rnntinurd clfir and wsrm tonight and Fri ly. Temp. Hlcnnt YrstrrilaT 92 Lowrtl tht Mornlm J By Medford lcr who said investigation should be made. Boxes were threatened by a recent grass fire in the area. Discussion with Fire Chief Ed Canoose brought out that grass has been cleared from around most of the boxes. Ca noose said that he had talked to fruitmen and that a number have signified willingness to co operate in alleviating fire dan ger. Firemen are to make an other check on the matter. Cites "Cracker" Danger Telling of police efforts to en force the firecracker ordinance. Mayor Diamond Flynn said he felt the council should ask the state legislature to ban sale of fireworks in Oregon. He spoke of the problem created by sale of fireworks outside the city limits to youngsters whose homes are within the city, and who cannot legally dschargs them in the' city after ' buying them. Flynn expressed his backing for a police clamp-down in traf fic ordinance enforcement. He said that additional personnel provided by the budget will help in enforcement of traffic regu lations, which complaints have indicated are being violated. A number of the complaints refer to improper parking. Accept Offer The council accepted the of fer of Erwih and1 Denslow to construct a 10-inch water line on West Second street between Columbus and Western avenues and a 12-inch line on Western between Second and Humphrey streets for $7,859.51. Other bid- Anfi-DST Measure To Go on Ballot County Clerk George Carter reported this morning that the petitions submitted to him re cently calling for a county vote on daylight saving time have been checked and that there are sufficient valid signatures on the petitions to insure the measure going on the ballot at the gen eral election this November. The petition was drawn up under provisions of a state law which permits initiative and referendum measures at the county level. If passed, it would prohibit the use of DST in the county. Carter said he had no idea what the effect would be if both this measure and the state day light saving time referendum, to be voted on at the same time, were to pass. The state measurp provides the governor may de clare DST time in the state, but only if neighboring states are operating on the fast time. LOGGER INJURED Donald C. Main, 23, was tak en to Sacred Heart hospital this noon for surgery following an accident at the Roy Moore saw mill in the Applegate district when a log twisted off a stump and pinned him between two logs. Exact extent of his injuries was not known this noon but Conger-Morris ambulance at tendants reported he apparently was seriously hurt. SALEM MAN NAMED Salem, Ore., July 6 01 Rl Gov. Douglas McKay was ad vised today of the appointment of A. Harvey Wright of Salem, state director of Indian educa tion, as chairman of the educa tion committee of th 14-stato governors' interstate Indian council. Council dors were F. W. Scheffel and W. H. Conrad Hearings were set for August 1 on intention to lay water mains on King street between Belmont and Stewart avenues in one project and Jackson street between Grace street and Hillhouse avenue and on Grace between Jackson and Oregon avenue in another, The council approved paving of the alley in block 23 original town after a hearing. The alley runs beside the city hall. City Attorney Frank Farrell was instructed to draw up a document leasing to Lausmann Lumber company property at the old airstrip at the fair grounds for 10 years. The firm will improve the property for log decking. Lease fee will be $1,200. -.(See 6t.oucs.on pages 3 and 3.) Reorganization of City Government At Ashland Slated Ashland, July 6 A prepar atory draft of an ordinance pro posed to reorganize Ashland's city government is being drawn up by City Attorney Harry A. Skerry Jr. and will be present ed at a regular city council meeting tonight, according to J. B. Austin, city recorder. The proposal would re-create an office of city superintendent, the recorder stated. All city de partments would be responsible to the superintendent and would create a "better-knit su pervision," he added. Other points to be brought out at the 7:30 p. m. meeting will be presentation of an in ventory of working capital as sets of all departments, and re ports from special investigating committees. Ashland Loop Road Now Open to Traffic Ashland, July 6 The Ashland loop road is now open to traf fic, according to Harold Thomas, district ranger here for Rogue River National forest. The road has been maintained and is in good shape, he stated. The loop drive may be reached from Ashland or from the upper Applegate road to the left of McKee bridge. Pearl Harbor Again War Preparedness Center Honolulu, T. H., July 8 !U.R) Pearl Harbor, the sprawling na val base where Americans first saw and felt World War II, r turncd to a warlike schedule today as a vital shuttling and supply base for U. S. forces In Korea. Wartime secrecy covered all shipping and aircraft move ments, although dispatches still are not censored. The air force, however, has requested volun tary censorship of stories on its activities here. Lights Burning Lights at Pearl Harbor supply depots and along the docks again are burning through the night as warships are fueled and readied and men and equipment shunted through their numbers and missions a secret. At the same time, the sky above Hawaii xumbiei with th Medford 45th Year. 18 Pages. ten PEitiMffls los Casualty Costs Mount in Budworm Spray Operations Five Pilots Killed In 8-Day Period La Grande, Ore., July 6 (U.R) The toll of spraying plane lost in the $1,000,000 war against th sprue bud worm rot lo seven today when another aircraft crashed in the Tiger creek area short ly after its takeoff. Wayne Irwin of th Pendle ton aircraft service said in plane was piloted by Bob Matlock. Vancouver, Wash. Wreckage was sighted from the air and, according to Ir win, there was no sign of life. La Grande, Ore., July 6 (U.R) The cost in human casualties and airplanes mounted today as a $1 million war against the spruce budworm neared its close. Five pilots have been killed, one is missing and two have escaped injury; six planes have been destroyed and one is missing all in a series of crashes over an eight-day period resulting from aerial spraying operations against the destruc tive timber pest. , , .Investigation Begins----- ' " Official investigation by the civil aeronautics administration was to begin today in Seattle. But, unofficially, state for estry officials guessed that "im ported" pilots, accustomed to, spraying grasshopper areas in the Wyoming and Nevada flat lands, ran into trouble with mountainous terrain and "dead air" conditions when they flew after the budworm. , At least five of the downed planes were owned by the Rob erts Flying Service of Lovelock, Nev., and the home towns of the dead pilots ranged from Bridge port, Conn., for Robert Loner gan, to Ephrata, Wash., for Cecil Hamm. Pilots' Quality Undoubted Forestry officials do not doubt the quality of the pilots' flying abilities', but they stated that "dusting" in mountainous coun try where downdrafts are the order of the day can stop any pilot from growing old. The bulk of the 955,000-acre spraying project against the de foliating larvae called the spruce budworm will be finished within a week. Cost of the spraying operation is a little more than $1 an acre, and as many as 25 planes a day have been spraying 40,000 acres in southeast Washington near Walla Walla and 885.000 in northwestern Oregon. Another 30.000 acres in southwestern Oregon is nearly completed. OIL MAGNATE DIES Santa Monica, Cal., July 6 .U.R) Funeral services will be held tomorrow for oil and cattle magnate Frank A. Gillespie, 82, of Tulsa, Okla., Gila Bend, Ariz., and Santa Monica. sound of giant B-29 bombers arriving from the mainland or taking off for the Korean war theater. A total of 30 of the four-cngined bombers already have landed or were scheduled to land within the next few hours en route to Korean. Will Double Strength There has been no official .an nouncement on the number of B-29 now in action, but it is estimated that the latest flight will double U. S, bomber strength in the Korean theater. Navy strength In the combat area is known to include the big carrier Valley Forge, the cruisers Juneau and Rochester, and a destroyer unit. However, the navy is believed rushing plans to increase the size of the Korean fleet or send another task force into combat waters. The escort carrier Sicily ap MEDFO' vv jREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 6, COLL S OH Circus Announcer's Voice Averts Panic During Thunderstorm Jersey City, N. J., July 6 (U.R) The voice of a circus an nouncer droning over the roar of a violent thunderstorm quieted a terrorized crowd of 4,000 par ents and children last night and halted a panicked rush for exits which injured 12 persons. The near tragedy developed as a ttoupe of high wire artists bal- Hoarding Evident; Portland Dealers See No Shortage Portland, Or?., July 6 (U.R) Hoarding of auto and truck tires, sugar, nails and hunting ammuni tion was evident here today, but dealers declared that no short ages appeared likely because of the Korean war. Tire dealers said automobile tires were plentiful and that "we can build them a lot faster if we have to than the public can use them." Truck tires were in short supply, but, distributors blamed ithe "shortage" on rayon industry strikes and not the Korean war or any rubber short age. Dealers said a major tire shortage is unlikely because synthetic tires, developed since the end of the last war, could keep the nation's traffic moving. Hysteria Blamed A grocery chain spokesman blamed the sugar run partly on a peak canning season and part ly on war hysteria. He said no shortages in Oregon appeared likely. "The usual flurry of rumors" was blamed by a hardware deal er for a run on nails, but he blamed the railroad strike on the shortage of pipe. A manager for a national hardware company said hunters were buying large quantities of ammunition because they fear ed a third world war would cut off their supply. Despite assurances that there are ample supplies to go around, Medford people this week also were reported to be, making "runs" on some items which ru mor said may be scarce. Heavy purchases of tires were report ed by at least one local store this week, and sales of some grocery Items were also said to be above average. WORKERS TO VOTE Non seasonal employees at Bear Creek orchards will vote in a national labor relations board election tomorrow, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 3 to 6 p.m., at the courthouse, to determine whether Local 962-A, Packing House Workers union, affiliated with the AFL team sters, will represent them in col lective bargaining. parently Is en route to the far east carrying fresh planes to the Korean fighting front. It left San Diego Monday, but its mis sion was not disclosed. The Sicily will pass another escort carrier at sea, the Bado eng Strait, which left its support ships at- Pearl Harbor and is steaming toward San Diego for "other operational duly." Plants Aboard Ship Meanwhile, the 27,000 ton air craft carrier USS Philippine Sea steamed today toward Pearl Harbor from San Diego loaded to the flight deck with war planes. The Essex class carrier put to sea late yesterday, her only send-off the docksicle waves of crew members' families. The navy made no announce ment of the Philippine Seas' sailin?. It had said earlier, how ever, that the flattop would be OF anced dangerously high above the crowd in the big top of the Cole Brothers circus. Suddenly, a thunderstorm un leashed its full fury on the tent. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, and rain pelted down. Gusts of wind reached 45 miles an hour. The small tent ever the main entrance crashed down. Seconds later a second tent housing 50 trick horses collapsed. Panicky spectators were drenched by driving rain when stakes holding down the main tent side flaps pulled out of the sodden ground. The crowd began to run wild ly for the exits. The city policemen and circus employees sprang into action to prevent a fatal stampede. The voice of the circus an nouncer boomed over an emer gency sound truck parked near the center ring: "Take it easy, take it easy." Lions, Tigers Growl The big top swayed and sag ged under the onslaught of wind and rain. Lions and Tigers caged after their opening act roaded and growled. .. f.v But gradually police and cir cus handlers got control of the milling crowd. Many returned to their seats. The tension relaxed with the abating storm, but not before 12 persons, most of them children, were bruised and cut in a rush to leave the grounds. Gold Hill Girl Hurt Motorcycle Accident Gold Hill, July 6 A motor cycle accident near Glendale, Ore., Tuesday night, resulted In severe injuries ot Lolita Reuth, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Routh, Gold Hill, according to reports received today. Miss Routh is confined to Josephine General hospital, Grants Pass, where it is reported she received a skull fracture and multiple face lacerations. The accident occurred when the motorcycle on which she was a passenger hit a rough spot at the south end of new road con struction north of Glendale. Op erator of the machine was not learned. Talent Man Charged With Money Fraud Dnmnn Samuel Wytcherlcy, Talent, arrested yesterday by sheriff's officers on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, was arraigned in jus tice court this morning. According to the sheriff's of fice, the charge involves pas sage of a number of different bad checks, at various Med ford business firms. Preliminary hearing on the case was con tinued by Justice of the Peace W. P. -Tucker in order to permit Wytcherlcy to obtain an at torney. the flagship of a new task force to be formed at Pearl Harbor. The task force, designated Yoke, will be composed of "more than 12 ships" with a total complement of at least 6,000 men, the navy said. Its mission will be to backstop the Seventh fleet, now in action In Korean waters. Left moored to a pier in San Diego was another huge car rier, the Boxer, believed to be the ship which will ferry units of the First marine air wing to the far east. Observers said they watched F-4-U Corsair fighter planes, I conventional-engine type, being hoisted from the Philippine Sea before she sailed and later stowed aboard the Boxer, When the flagship got under way, her flight deck carried only F-9-F Panther jet lighten, they laid. Tribune 1950 NO. 88 Two Streamliners In Freak Wreck On Parallel Track 48 Persons Taken to Illinois Hospitals Monica, 111., July 6 (U.R) - Ten persona were killed and 70 injured today when the Santa Fe s Kansas City Chief plowed into the El Capitan which had jumped off a parallel track at 90 miles an hour. Peoria County Coroner Chaun cey E. Wood said nine persons were killed in the freak wreck Peoria, 111.. July fl (U P.) The Injured In the wreck of two passen ger trnlns at Monica. 111., Included: In Methodist hospital here: Ivan Wierman. 40, Burbank, Cal.: Caroline Wierman, 7, daughter of Ivan: Paul Wierman. 4. ion of Ivan. In St. Francis hospital here: Mrs. Irene Wierman, 35, Burbank. Cal., wife of Ivan; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Moonev. North Hollywood, Cal.; Mr. Fred Starr, Pasadena. Cal.; Mn. J. N. Klemz. Compton, Cal. At Proctor hospital here: Mrs. George Harkness, S3. Long Beach, Cart: Mfss Alhtna Ynpel. 18, Lor Angt-lfV: Mrs. Jennie Ynpel, 50. mother of Albina; E. L. Manning. 66. Yucipa. Cal.; Mrs. Bessie Manning, 46, wile of . L. Manning, Yucipa, Cal. At Galesburg. 111.. Cottage hospital: Mlsa Dolores Keith. 16. Los Anseles; Mrs. Rose Carlone, Alhambra. Cal.; Mm. Violn Rinlllifv San Gabriel. Cal.: Sandra Smillie, about 10, daughter of Mrs. aniline: jwr. - werina inyior, er, Whlttic'r. Caf.; Mrs. Bernlce Olson, Los Angeles. Th irOntirierf dead Included: John Hunt Moore. Cleveland, O.: Initnra I.inllv Rrnnlrlvn. NY' W. E. Hardness. Long Beach, Cal.; Victor S. Revnolds. ChicaRo: Davie Brown, no home address. Mn. Cora Rollins, Cleveland. O. Others still were unidentified, in cluding one woman who was dead on arrival at St. Francis hospital. of the two deluxe streamliners and another died at St. Francis hospital in Peoria. Forty-eight persons were tak en to Peoria and Galesburg hos pitals. Others were treated at the scene. Cars Jackknife The collision occurred when the El Capitan, speeding east ward, jumped the tracks Just aft er it passed the Chief which also was heading east on the parallel track at 65 miles per hour. Two of the El Capitan's cars jacknifed across the other track and the Chief ripped into them, slicing through their steel sides like "a knife through chunks of cheese." Thirteen of the El Capitan's 16 coaches were derailed but, miraculously, all remained up right Including one that was tossed down a 10-foot embank ment into a field where it snap ped off a telegraph pole. All of the Chief's 10 coaches stayed on the tracks. Track Torn Up The freak collision tore up 1.000 feet of the El Capitan's trackage and 400 feet of that be ing used by the Chief. As the Chief ripped Into the two El Capitan coaches, tearing them away from the forward portion of the train. Engineer C. E. Croull of Fort Madison, la., slammed on the brakes. But he went on almost a mile from the El Capitan's diescl before coming to a halt with the two baggage cars and a crew dormi tory that had stayed on the tracks. Passengers inside the two coaches hit directly by the Chief were tossed around like rubber bnlls In a box, witnesses said. Four men were killed instantly In a washroom. 1 Metal Traps Many ' Baggage and clothing were tossed about among the reclln- Ing chairs and heaped upon the bodies of the dead and Injured. Twisted metal trapped many of the victims in their seats. The El Capitan's two steward esses, both registered nurses, be- gaq treating the injured who screamed and moaned as rescue workers pulled them from the wreckage. Children wandered about weeping as they sought their parents. Mothers crawled through the Jumbled coaches, seeking their youngsters. (See story en Page U E LIVES TRAINS Communis) Victory Threatens Railroad Communications 50,000 Red Troopi Pursue Yank Forest Tokyo. Fridav. Julv 7 (IIP) The Americana are making a general retreat In Korea, pur sued by 50,000 communist troope and 100 tanks. The Americans have been roll ed back 25 miles and the latest communist victory has threat ened rail communications from the Korean port city of Pusan to the battle field. Communist forces swept south ward from the Seoul-Suwon sec tor and pushed the Americans back through strategic Pyon taek. The G.I.'s were driven out of a defense line on the south bank of a river where thejr made a short-lived stand. Retreat Described Midnight dispatches from U. S. headquarters in Korea told of the general retreat by the mauled American forces. Some 50,000 North Korean troops and mnrp Ih&n inO fanlrc war. altiM- ging southward from the Suwon area. Gen. Douglas MacArthur'a communique lagged well behind the field dispatches. It said the North Koreans were pressing their offensive along the front bow Suwon. But it mentioned uiuveuitrms lowura usan, 11 miles south of Suwon, which long since had been overrun by the communists. A new threat to the advanced positions, now several mile south of Pyongtaek and within 50 miles of the provisional capi tal ot Taejon, was indicated by MacArthur'e communique. It said the South Koreans stilt held Chungju, 47 miles east ot Pyongtaek. Chungju is a trans port tub commanding the main lines between Pusan and the battlefront. Reds Massing Strength . The North Koreans were mass ing strength in the Samchok area on the coast 96 miles east out inland to an undetermined depth. At the same time the U. S. re treat through Pyongtaek laid open that flank of the Pusan Chungju transport artery, set ting up a possible communist pin cers drive to choke off the flow of U. S. men and supplies. A vital rail line runs northwest from the port of Pusan to Chungju. MacArthur reported a general movement of North Korean troops, artillery, tanks and sup plies southward through tha Seoul-Suwon area in a big scala reinforcement. Communist forces which captured the Seoul port of Inchon also were moving down through Suwon toward the front. Four Tanks Halted The communique reported a coordinated assault by commu nist tanks and infantry on U. 8. positions. At least four commu nist tanks were knocked out ty point blank artillery fire. "United Slates troops with drew after the action to a ren dezvous for regrouping and re organization," the communiqua said. It apparently referred to the U. S. setback south ot u won where the retreat started. Despite bad weather which held down air activity, tha U. S. air force flew 81 fighter sorties. Tix trucks, one locomo tive and eight boxcars were re ported destroyed. (See story on Page W United Press War Correspondent Seized okyo, July 6 (U.R) The Ko rean communist radio says tha reds have captured Peter Kalis cher. United Press war corre spondent. Kalischer was in the . front lines yesterday reporting tha fighting of an American unit that had been cut off by com munist tanks and troops. Kalischer went to the front to relieve UP War Correspondent Jack James. Communications with the advance outpost were cut soon after James reached the rear. Park Manager Called By Death in Family Norman Worthley, manager of Hawthorne park, has been called to Portland by a death in his family, it was reported today by City Superintendent Vernon Thorpe. During his absence, expected to be four or five days, his du ties at the park and at the mu nicipal swimming pool will be taken over by Richard Camdeu, head We guard. t
