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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
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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 $10 per
acre foot, the multimillion dol
lar crops of 'the Southland won't
ever get de-salted sea water,
was the opinion of water engi
neers from Los Angeles to San
Diego. : .
Electrical Energy Used
Gilliland's new technique was
announced at the annual meet
ing of the American Research
and Development corporation. It
takes the salt out of sea water
by use of electrical energy in
conjunction with new synthetic
membranes.
(Sea story on Pag 12)
HEDDED. PAROLEE
Mciuia jRison
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flames were stopped. Member of the Central roint Rural Fir
Department are shown in th fort tc round as they ImM to
control the spread of the flames, Stat police off tern firrd
. rifle bullets into the burning tanks to prevent an eiplouoa
. and to permit the gasoline to escape so it would bunt f!rr.
Brainerd photo)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22,
rector of the parole board, ex
pressed a "deep sympathy" for
the bride, the former Ann M.
Carty. . . . ' '
Randall said Close not only
was guilty of marrying "within
24 hours after being instructed
not to do so," but also was cited
for drinking intoxicating liquor
on numerous occasions and drtw
ing an automobile without per
mission. Mrs. Close. 3$. 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.
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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
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this aitra lal cheis wees
add by
traveling
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c Um valley. On aigaway M
a hard saewfaU was reeertod
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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$l:d ca Dojcj
h i::rih Africa
lActtfrcU Sold
WotixL Stoln
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WahlnftonJJ House m
veatlgatort cnarged Fridsy that
op ta tM.000.000 ha been 'pour
ed down tH dram" to building!
US Air Force base in North
Africa and that at least S2.000.
0 weru of aMtertals have been
Catling th. program a fias
c," they said N will cost more
than SMO.000.000 double the
amount Congress appropriated--if
present rondiUona are allowed
to continue.
Chart Mad la Utter
Chairman Porter Hardy Jr, ef
a House evnenditures auVom
snKtre. Htrb made an on-the-spot
Investigation of th bases.
made the charges in a letter to
Sti. Lyndon B. Johnson, D-Tex,
srnose Senate reepredne aub-
committee is holding he rings on
th matter.
Ifardy said his Investigators
ran tell Jonnson subcommittee
not enly that at least 12 000 000
worth if materials have been
stolen In the roure of unloading
and florae but UI relate in de
tail the wholly Insufficient pro
tective measures which have
made such a loss possible.
Fast Centrctia Oreed
The rnvettgators were also
told that the Air Force urced
fast construction of North Afri
can bomber fields last year be-
rause tt thought it might need
them mar desperately than tt
needed basset to World War IL
Assistant Afar Fore Secretary
Edwta V. Hucgins told the Sen
ate prrpetcdmi subcommittee
In Air Force wanted minimum
operational facilities ready six
months after the first construc
tion equipment landed ta Mo-
"There was no ouestion about
th urgency.' Huggins said. "Wc
wer In an ureent nroeram
where tt as thought w might
nen it even worse than in world
War IL Certainly me wanted the
facilities as soon as we could get
them."
fc!i-Pitkcl Onlxv
lK:din$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.''
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Tafft Eiseoitiouer
SuppoBtQir Tangle
New York U.R) Sen. Robert
A. Taft accused Tex McCrary.
an Eisenhower campaigner, of
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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.