Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 22, 1952, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textnn mm IT it T :V.ifi js- - ' - r hm i iiii mi mi GAS TRUCK BURNS Truck Driver Raymond A. Gabriel, Grants Pass, escaped uninjured from th.s holocaust Thurs- day morning. Gabriel leaped' from the cab of the Acme gaso- line truck moments before it burst into flames on Highway 99, near Tolo.. The intense heat from the burning gasoline seared the pavement and closed the route to-traffic until the MEDFORDJftii United Pren Toll Leased Win 46th Year 18 Pages Klamath Potato Growers Unhappy Over Price Boost - Redmond, Ore. (U.R Ben Davidson, administrator for the - Oregon potato commission, said Friday mat Central Oregon-and Klamath basin potato growers were "very unhappy" about be ing left out of ceiling price boosts announced by the Office of Price Stabilization. Arms With Action ., .Davidson said, however,, he agreed with the OPS action per mitting Malheur, Baker, Union and . Wallowa counties an in crease of. 40 cents a hundred weight and thus placing their prices on the same basis : as Idaho's. - "But," he said, "we're now 40 cents below Idaho over here on FOB prices and we're very unhappy in Central Oregon and the Klamath basin about it. We feel we're being discriminated against." To Seek Other Channels He said these two areas, plus Northern California, Washing ion 'and the Willamette valley, "have - historical records of prices that exceed the prices-in Idaho by 19 cents a hundred weight on FOB shipments over the last five-year period." '; Davidson , said his commission would not at present continue its representations before the OPS but would "go through other channels." (See story on Page 10.) former California . . Congressman Passes Fresno, Calif. (U.R) Former Democratic Congressman Denver S. Church, 90, of Fresno, died at his home Thursday night after a long illness. - - - i J ., " -. Known for his opposition to the United States entering World War I, Church served four terms in. congress. i ; ' ' - I Westerners Say-Desalting Of Sea Water Los Angeles U.R) Far West erners Friday viewed a newly announced method of converting sea water to fresh water as a "noble' and impractical 'experi ment"! that simply would "cost too much," at least for use here abouts. ' - ' - . "It might work elsewhere, but not out here," was-the predom inant opinion of the "tonic proc ess? announced Thursday in Bos ton. . ... ' r -It's Simple Arithmetic In the eyes of Southern Cali fornia water experts, the simple arithmetic of the technique pro posed by Dr. Edwin R. Gilli land of the .Massachusetts In stitute of Technology was that it would be too expensive. So long as semi-arid Southern v:-' ".:' -1 f : MEDFORD, OREGON, Salem, Ore. (U.R) A paroled convict who married the war den's secretary without the state parole board's consent has been returned to Oregon state peniten tiary. The board revoked the parole of Jewel C. Close, 39, who mar ried the secretary to Warden Vir gil OMalley on January 29, Just 18 days after he was re leased from prison here. Sympathy Expressed H. M. Randall, executive di- New Minimum Milk Price Established Portland (U.R) Jackson and Josephine county milk producers have been granted a one-half cent per quart minimum price in crease, the Oregon State Board of . Agriculture announced Fri day through the State Milk Marketing administration. The new minimum price scale is effective March 1. Under it. Jackson and Josephine produc ers will receive not less than $1.02 per pound butterfat and $2.37 per hundred pounds of milk for milk used In the bottle trade. : Minimum prices to be charged consumers will be 22M cents a quart for milk containing not less than 3.4 per cent butterfat Retail milk prices at Medford and Grants Pass are now above the new minimum. Grants Pass milk . handlers boosted retail prices for standard milk to 24 cents a quart last Saturday. Hollywood (U.R) Vivacious comedienne Betty Hutton flew toward Japan and Korea Friday to entertain servicemen. " - Job Costly California continues to bolster its own . mountain run-off and sub-surface water with the flow from the Colorado river at costs ranging from $7.50 to $10 per acre foot, the multimillion dol lar crops of 'the Southland won't ever get de-salted sea water, was the opinion of water engi neers from Los Angeles to San Diego. : . Electrical Energy Used Gilliland's new technique was announced at the annual meet ing of the American Research and Development corporation. It takes the salt out of sea water by use of electrical energy in conjunction with new synthetic membranes. (Sea story on Pag 12) HEDDED. PAROLEE Mciuia jRison j J flames were stopped. Member of the Central roint Rural Fir Department are shown in th fort tc round as they ImM to control the spread of the flames, Stat police off tern firrd . rifle bullets into the burning tanks to prevent an eiplouoa . and to permit the gasoline to escape so it would bunt f!rr. Brainerd photo) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, rector of the parole board, ex pressed a "deep sympathy" for the bride, the former Ann M. Carty. . . . ' ' Randall said Close not only was guilty of marrying "within 24 hours after being instructed not to do so," but also was cited for drinking intoxicating liquor on numerous occasions and drtw ing an automobile without per mission. Mrs. Close. 3$. accompanied her husband here late Thursday after the hearing in Portland. She has resigned her position at the prison effective March 1. Just Fell in Lev "I just fell in love with him while he was In prison." Mrs. Close said. "We thought it would be all right to get married be cause we were sure the board would approve." Close was sent to prison in December, 1930. to serve con current three-year sentences for forgery, his first penitentiary offense. - Building Progrea At Prison Progresses Salem (UP) A $1,730,000 building program at Oregon state prison i well under way and William C Ryan, supervis or of state Institutions. Mid Fri day the new spec is expected to eliminate much of the trouble occurring at the penitentiary in recent months. , One of his suggestions, which was; adopted, included construc tion of an isolation building, 4$ by 130 feet, with $0 cells to house troublesome prisoners. This takes the place of the "bull pen" now in the basement of the oldest cell block la the .prison yard. - '" . few in Slate Observe ' Washington's Birthday peruana UJ9 wawsf ten's birthday was eams in Oregon Friday with nly a few official persons takia a day: . State, county and city fives, state liwoe store, -ta bursa of intoraal imi.' circuit, district and ss4caal courts wr the tea in th day fi, kt aenks, fed eral courts and lmlaiss staa- Ushmeata faraUy buueti:i Salem U Watts M. Pierce. ftnr amiist l th eastern Ones sastrirt, was reported la very - ditioa at Sales M rial as- piUl Friday. H Is g$ ja U. If Tribune 1952 No. 291 European Army Under Eisenhower (bis Final 0- Lfobon 41) - The council ef minuter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation gave final approval TrxUy to the creation of continental European army composed ef French. German. Italian. Belgian. Netherlands and Luxembourg troop. Th European army will serve under Gen. Dwtght D. Eisen hower along with separate com mands of United States, Bntlih and Canadian troop, as well as those to be provided by Turkry and Greece tor th joint Demo cratic defense against Comiuun- Ut aggression. SO-Division Army Aisa As final approval of th minis ters mas given, tt was learned that the NATO will try to build a 30-division army and a 3.500- plane air force by the end of this year. It was mad known aim that Eisenhower plans to vtMt Greece next month to discus the num ber of divisions that country will contribute to his forces. He is expected to visit Turkey for stra ti r discussions. - Before th final approval of th continental European army plan. NATO defense and finance ministers reached "almost full agreement" on ta problem of financing th rrcvst ruction of Allied air base and communtoa tiona networks in western Eu rope. , Th twin goals of M divisions and 3.500 planes for Fusenhower by Dec. 31 were art by a three- man committee ef experts heeded by United States Mutual Security Administrator W. A retell Karri man. It la expected that ander the agreement air bases and munications th total amount to be spent will b about 30.00V 000 of which th United States will provtd about 49 per cent. Rc:d Cc:ii:i:3S ' Slat polk tseid airy this aitra lal cheis wees add by traveling isaiy. teste and atai aJtawey pa c Um valley. On aigaway M a hard saewfaU was reeertod Siaaiy pas a Calif. Tr was Biitalnry thai la saiaM beeak an ay textwt pas aagaway M Voncowor tstasi rrosTMrdforftasU Victoria. BC, VJlSauOm Vancouver island recorded Its third minor eartbouaxe of th week varly Friday. Th tremor, which eras fen to Victoria at 1 44 a,nv. awakened residenu and rattled Jto- IIwy3 SLmI CILisMd 7c$l:d ca Dojcj h i::rih Africa lActtfrcU Sold WotixL Stoln .. . WahlnftonJJ House m veatlgatort cnarged Fridsy that op ta tM.000.000 ha been 'pour ed down tH dram" to building! US Air Force base in North Africa and that at least S2.000. 0 weru of aMtertals have been Catling th. program a fias c," they said N will cost more than SMO.000.000 double the amount Congress appropriated--if present rondiUona are allowed to continue. Chart Mad la Utter Chairman Porter Hardy Jr, ef a House evnenditures auVom snKtre. Htrb made an on-the-spot Investigation of th bases. made the charges in a letter to Sti. Lyndon B. Johnson, D-Tex, srnose Senate reepredne aub- committee is holding he rings on th matter. Ifardy said his Investigators ran tell Jonnson subcommittee not enly that at least 12 000 000 worth if materials have been stolen In the roure of unloading and florae but UI relate in de tail the wholly Insufficient pro tective measures which have made such a loss possible. Fast Centrctia Oreed The rnvettgators were also told that the Air Force urced fast construction of North Afri can bomber fields last year be- rause tt thought it might need them mar desperately than tt needed basset to World War IL Assistant Afar Fore Secretary Edwta V. Hucgins told the Sen ate prrpetcdmi subcommittee In Air Force wanted minimum operational facilities ready six months after the first construc tion equipment landed ta Mo- "There was no ouestion about th urgency.' Huggins said. "Wc wer In an ureent nroeram where tt as thought w might nen it even worse than in world War IL Certainly me wanted the facilities as soon as we could get them." fc!i-Pitkcl Onlxv lK:din$fS(rii3 Sn Franctsco VPS Superior Judge Albert C Wolienberg Fri day iMwed a temporary restrain ing order preventing striking AFL carmen from further picket ing of the municipal railway. Th AFL Carmen union has said the men would stop picket ing if the judge ordered ft but this did not necessarily mean the men would go back to work. Re moval of th picket line would enable CIO carmen I go back to their job. Th rail way employ ees' onion membership is about evenly spbt betaeeu th two unions. Mayor Elmer Robinson had sought the injunction in an effort to end the three-day eld munici pal railway strike which has left aom 230.000 San Franciscans without their normal bus and street car service. Mm Tzkes Sl::.d Apnst Prepress King of Prussia. Pa (UK Edward R. Mack. 43. made him self comfortable with a sleeping bag. an electric heater and a deer rifl and announced Friday be was prepared to fight any move to demolish his service station- restaurant for a . road-widening project. Taking op a vigil with his German shepherd .dog. Teddy, Mack declared: l cant stop bulldozers with my bar hands, but . when the first pier ef cqutpnynt moves ate my property I'll stop it with everj thing at my command-". . No Clear Answer To Pennsylvania linking ' setu ajej Th coast Cuard said Friday that no clean rut answer to causes ef th sink ing of the freighter Pennsylva nia, wwhtch went down .ta 4h North Pacific January t. bad been found at th conclusion ef bearings into th disaster.' ' A Coast Guard board ef in quiry ended five dart of- hear ings In Seattle and Portland Thursday and Cap. A. L. Dick erVwbe beaded th investigat ing board, said "heavy storms ta la North Pacific no doubt sealed th fat ef th States Steamship company freighter d her ff crewmen.'' Vfcr ' ' ' reaacAtTi rtar vats STsL Li tUUisl s-ta. sms awita S4 tasaiw Vmi f T'" fceeejt Skj Mirelsa . SI Tafft Eiseoitiouer SuppoBtQir Tangle New York U.R) Sen. Robert A. Taft accused Tex McCrary. an Eisenhower campaigner, of r SEN. ROBERT TAFT Needled on Program calling him a "liar" on a tele vision show Thursday night and the studio audience became so Leathernecks in Joint Amphibious War Maneuvers Camp Pendleton. Calif. (U.PJ Eight thousand leathernecks of the Third Marine Division hit the beach Friday in a joint Navy Marine amphibious maneuver of ficers hoped would provide "the answers to the atomic bomb." The assault, which climaxed the first Navy-Marine amphib ious exercise in the West since 1043. wss preceded by more thsn a week of preparation aboard more than 70 warships escorting the leathernecks. More than 1,400 rounds of 16 inch shells from the battleship USS Iowa and eight-inch shells from th cruisers Helena and Toledo were hurled on nearby San Clemente Island in a "soft ening up" operation. Trogmen"' of underwater demolition teams swam to with in 100 yards of an "enemy beach before dawn and planted heavy charges of explosives to tear out coral and pave the way for the Invasion. negotiators Hearer Rotation Solution Panmunjom, Korea U.R) United Nations and Communist truce negotiators moved closer Friday to a compromise solution of their deadlock over troop rotation. New offers by both sides were only S.000 troops and one port of entry apart UN negotiators were confident the gap could be dosed. But the delegations for the eighth straight day argued fruit lessly over the UN's rejection of Russia as the sixth "neutral" nation to supervise the armistice. Communist Col. Pu San said the UN's reasons for rejecting Russia were "absurd and un worthy refutation." Sl:el Workers Set Last Postponement Pittsburgh U.R) The nation's 830.000 steel workers said Friday they expected a "fair" settlement of their wsge boost demands or their third postponement of an industry-wide strike would be their last Th CIO United Steel workers decided Thursday on the latest postponement until March 23 to allow the wage Stabilization Board more time to make a rec ommendation on the union's Ills cents an hour wage in cress demand. The walkout had been set for midnight Saturday. Object in Salem Sky . Recalls Saucer Rumors - SassaWU B WIL what da ye knew? Another flying sau cer. RnsmbrT V, A wait object appeared la the sky above Salam tot Thursday and some ef th resi dents recalled th flying sau cers rumors of yesterday. Men from. Mars? Invasion from Urania? . Retklaf as cemmanplac as. that It was an experimental wsslksr balloon launched la cooperation with th V. S. Air Fare. ' Astoria UJ5 Astoria schools Friday wer dased until Mon day following an epidemic of A&L colds, fh'r'tf pox and Program noisy that moderator Faye Emer son pleaded with the two men to calm down. Taft Republican presidential aspirant, was appearing on the Dumont television network's program, "The Author Meets The Critics," for a discussion of his book, "A Foreign Policy for America." Senator Needled The program had been in pro gress only two minutes when McCrary, chairman of the Eisen- hower-for-president movement, began needling the Ohio senator about his previously futile at tempts to win the GOP nomina tion. "I thought this was a criticism of the book, Mr. McCrary, not of me," Taft said. McCrary, a former New York newspaper editor and now a tele vision commentator, then charg ed that "because Senator Taft is desperate and because he wants to be president, he has been care less with the truth in this book. The drawling Texan said Taft was trying to "make you believe that he is an expert on foreign affairs." Record of Speech Played Then McCrary played a re cording of a Taft speech in which the senator said he did not claim to be an "expert on the subject1 At this point, George E. Sok- olsky, a newspaper columnist, took exception to McCrary's crit icism. "I resent very much anyone giving the impression that Sena tor Taft is a liar, and if I were Senator Taft I would rise now and leave this program," Sokol- sky said. "He, however, has bet ter manners than I have, and I'm sure he won't." Withdrawal Asked "You have called me a liar," Taft said to McCrary. "And I want you to withdraw that state ment" McCrary denied it but he re fused to . retract his statement that the senator had been "care less with the truth." The uproar from the audience caused Miss Emerson to bang her gavel repeatedly. ROK Forces Repel Red Invasion Try 8th Army Headquarters, Ko rea (U.R) South Korean ma rines have smashed an attempt by nearly 1,000 Communist troops to capture Allied-held Yang island off the Korean east coast, only 150 miles south of the Soviet border, it was an nounced Friday. The South Koreans, command ed by a United States Marine officer, sank 13 of the 20 Com munist invasion sampans, drown 70 Reds, killed 7 others and cap tured 6 in a 34-hour battle end ing at 11 a. m. Thursday. The Marine defenders num bered only about 200 men. - State Education Dean Suffers Heart Attack . Bend, Ore. (U.R) Dr. John F. Cramer, 82, Portland, dean and director of the Oregon State System of Higher Education, was in a local hospital Friday follow ing a heart attack. Dr. Cramer came here Wednesday to confer with lead ers of the Central Oregon Com munity college. He suffered the heart attack Thursday as he and his wife prepared, for a trip to Burns to visit their son, Corvallis (U.R) Dr. Peter Rozendal, Benton county health officer, said Friday he had or dered closure of Corvallis high school because of a near-epidemic of influenza. Gen. Vandenberg's Future With Air Force in Doubt Washington (U.R) The Pen tagon was buzzing Friday with rumors about the military future of Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force chief of staff, whose ap pointment expires April 30. The only certain statment any one cared to make was that Van denberg's reappointment was by no means certain. Matter Not Brought Up President Truman told his news conference Wednesday that the matter of renominating Van denberg or choosing a successor was not yet before him for ac tion. The Domination, made from a list submitted by Air Force Secretary Thomas K. Finletter, will require Senate confirmation. There were vague reports that Finletter and Vandenberg were on the outs, possibly because Vandenberg privately disagreed with the "calculated risk" of de laying completion of a modern, Communist-Led Action Designed : To Prevent Quiz American Security Forces Attacked Pusan, Korea (U.R) An American soldier and 69 Ko rean civilians were killed and 23 Americans and 142 Koreans wounded in a Communist-led riot in a prisoner compound on Koje island off the south coast of Japan Monday, it was an nounced Friday. "Severe fighting" resulted when some 1,500 civilian inter nees suddenly attacked U. S. security forces with sticks, clubs, tent pegs, horseshoes and other improvised weapons, th Army said. No prisoners of war were involved. -Situation Under Control ' The Army announced that the remainder of the inmates total ing about 3,500 did not join the disturbance. - "The situation is quiet and un der control and the unrest has not spread to other compounds," the Army said. The attack began when guards entered the civilian internee compound to keep order while UN officials questioned civilians on whether tftey wanted to be repatriated to North Korea or released in South Korea. To Prevent Questioning apparently the Communist lead-, ers wanted to prevent the ques tioning and disrupt the screen ing. "Careful organization and planning were evident in the col lection of weapons manufactured for this assault," the Army said. Steel pickets, spiked wooden clubs, barbed wire flails, black jacks, metal tent pole spikes and sections of iron pipe were freely employed in addition to rocks and knives." " The clash was the largest In the history of the 170,000 man city" of Communist war pris oners and civilian internees. - Stern of Tanker Reaches Safety Newport, R. I. j(U.E) Th broken stern half of the tanker Fort Mercer reached a safe an chorage off this port Friday, and some of the 13 heroic seamen who stuck with the hulk through two northeast storms said they would stick aboard until , it is towed to New York. The crew, whose vessel broke in half off Cape Cod during a northeaster Monday, spoke to newsmen aboard the storm-torn hulk as it was nudged by a tug toward a Navy anchorage off Jamestown, a short distance across Narragansett Bay from Newport. As the stern section glided toward its anchorage, a - New port physician examined the men. Five were reported ill, but only two seriously. ' Morse May Be Candidate To Republican Conclave Washington (U.R) - Sen. Wayne Morse said Friday he will "probably" file as a candi date for delegate-at-large to th Republican national convention. The Oregon Republican is a supporter of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower who was entered in the state's May 16 primary Thursday. ' Morse said friends in Oregon have urged him to become a can didate for convention delegate and "that is probably what I will do." . Portland Records 10th Traffic Death Portland (U.R) Portland's 10th traffic death of 1952 was reported Friday. The coroner's office said Clar ence E. Frampton, 80, died from injuries suffered Tuesday when struck by a car. 143-wing Air Force, and Finletter supported it. One report from usually well informed sources said that Van denberg's name had been sub mitted to the White House. An other was that four names were presented: Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, strategic air commander; Gen. Nathan F. Twining, vice chief of staff; Lt. Gen. Thomas D. White, deputy chief of opera-. tions; and Lt. Gen. Laurence -S. Kuter, deputy chief for person nel and recently commander of the Military. Air Transport service. - - Not Eligible To Retire At 53, Vandenberg is not el igible for full retirement Hence if he is not reappointed to his post he could be assigned to. a subordinate task or permitted to retire without pay. Friends do not think- he is interested in ei ther of those alternatives.