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Newspaper Page TextWeather To report improper or noB-4env. ery'ef the Mall Tribune phone 2-SM1 kefore S:S P-m. 4 ally aa4 11:3 a.m. Sunday. ' ' It regular delivery arrive! lanrtt) after you call please notify office thus- eliminating, pedal aMaseage service. FORECAST: Moitly fair throne n Thursday except for early moraine patches of foe. Low ' tonight 2S-1, oi(B Thursday Temp. Richest Yesterday (2 Lowest this Moraine 2 Free, to M a-m. Today. Traco United Praia full Uated Wire United Praia full Laatad Win 46th Year 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1952 No. 295 aeflirWuiiiiir Ms T 1 i k , : 4 - . i & t aseakw AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC TEST SITE Australian so'dier surveys the central Australia, where the British will test atom c materials in background are the only ones within hundreds of m les. Truce Negotiators Give Up in Try To ;Solve Repatriation : Panmunjoni (U.R) United Na .tions and Communist staff offi : cers Wednesday abandoned their : attempt to break the deadlock over, repatriation of war .prison ers. '. ;' - : They decided to toss the issue back to the generals and admi- jrals "of "the main armistice dele gation after 21 days of futile debated ," "V" Won't Force Prisoners The step followed a UN warn ing that the Allies never will agree to force Communist prison ers to return to North Korea against their will. The Reds have . demanded the return of all pris oners, by force if necessary. Staff officers also seemed on the verge of confessing failure to settle two other deadlock Is sues Russia's eligibility to. sit on a neutral- truce. .supervision Reds to build airfields during an armistice. Riot Not Reds' Business . The UN at the same time told the Communists that the Koje lUtCtlllllCIl, .CSalt X a If L 1 tUlUCUJ 18, in which U.S. troops killed 75 civilian internees and lost one . soldier, was none of their busi- - ness. - "You must understand that this incident did not occur among the prisoners of war, but among the civilian internees, led ' by Communist - agitators, the UN statement said. - 'Therefore, the whole matter is an internal affair of the UN ' command and no proper concern of yours. 40-Day Lenlen Period How Being Observed Rome (U.R) The 40-day Len ten period recalling the fasting and prayer of Christ in .the des ert began Wednesday with the solemn ' observation of Ash Wednesday. " Christian' tradition says that during Christ's 40 days in the desert the Devil tempted him, promising all the earth "if thou but bow before me." - Today the Lenten period Lenten comes from the old Eng lish "Lenctem" meaning spring season is dedicated to the ob servance of .? the -. ceremonies marking the passion, death and resurrection of Christ almost 2,000 years ago. Lent extends from Wednesday until Holy Saturday, April 12, the day. before Easter Sunday, when . according to Christian faith, Christ rose gloriously from the dead. s. Russell Assured Backing By Five Souther n States Atlanta (U.R) Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia appeared certain Wednesday to get the full backing of at. least five southern states if he decides to seek the Democratic presiden tial nomination. Russell is expected to an nounce his plans in Washington Thursday when he meets with a group of Georgia Democrats who will urge him to campaign actively for the nomination. J Expected To Accept There were h reports '; from Washington that the senator would agree to become a . can didate. Russell, who was the southern presidential - candidate-, at the 1948 .convention, is. being boomed for the nomination this year by dissident Southern Relaxation Urged on Reclamation Bureau's fNo New Start1 Policy Washington - (U.R) The Bu-i Commissioner Michael W. reau of Reclamation will be "essentially out of business" by 1956 unless a "no new start policy is relaxed, according to Ike Seen Gaining In Midwest Area - Washington (U.R) The Eisen- hower-for-President organization claimed an "upsurge of strength" Wednesday in Sen. Robert A. Taft's Midwest bailiwick. The claim was made in a special statement by Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., R.-Mass.. mana ger of the campaign to win the Republican presidential nomlna- tion for Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower. It came as the Taft camp was issuing increasingly optimistic forecasts that the Ohio senator may win the nomination on the first ballot at the GOP conven tion in July." Lodge referred to "rapidly growing strength for the Eisen hower organizations in Iowa, Illi nois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri and South Daktota. Minimum Price Bill On Name Brands 0Krd Washington (U.R) The House Commerce Committee Wednes day approved a bill to let manu facturers and retailers fix mini mum prices' on "name-brand" products. The legislation would repair "fair trade" laws crippled last May by a supreme court ruling. The court ruled that, under existing laws, retailers who did not sign . price contracts with manufacturers were not bound by prices fixed with other re tailers. A wave of price wars resulted and' small merchants complained they were damaged seriously by "cut-throat compe tition. , . K. Fails Man Files For GOP Convention Salem (U.R) U. S. Balentine of Klamath Falls filed Wednes day for delegate to the Republi can National convention from the second congressional district. He did not express a preference for .Republican nominee for president. Niel R. Allen of Grants Pass filed for Republican presiden tial elector. , Democrats who are out . to de feat President Truman. - Gov. James - F. Byrnes of South Carolina, bitter foe of the president, is one of the chief leaders of the revolt movement. If the president is renominated, some Dixie states may bolt the national party. ' Five Stales Counted A United Press survey showed Russell can count on the sup port of Georgia, Texas, South Carolina. Mississippi and Virgin is. A leading Russell. supporter1 predicted the senator also will receive the support of Alabama and Louisiana. But elsewhere in .Dixie, he will run into opposition from backers ci President Truman aid .Sen. Estes Kefauver (D., Tenn.). V - desolate rocket range at Woomera. the near future. Buildings in the Straus. Straus made the statement in testimony before a House Appro priations subcommitlee last month. The testimony was made public Wednesday. West Being Let Down He conceded that the defense emergency had prompted the ban on new projects, but said the bureau was "greatly concerned that the growing population of the West is being let down." "Unless the new jobs which have been authorized by the Congress are undertaken and this type of long-time investment cannot be undertaken sensibly in hurried panic the pipeline that has brought the dynamic West new water, new food and new hydro-electric energy to sustain LiUgreat -development will run dry," Straus said Understands Defense Needs The bureau he said, under stands the "needs of today's de fense program." But he empha sized that the budget the bureau is asking for the next fiscal year is less than half of one per cent of the budget for defense agencies. "This retrenchment of recla mation is not going to be noticed in fiscal year 1953 or 1934 while the works now under construe- tion are being completed,' Straus said. "But in 1956 and thereafter the great dearth ia re clamation will mean drought when the Congress passed legis lation authorizing water for the West." Foreign Lands Spend More " - Other countries, with and without U. S. aid, are spending more rather than less on recla mation, Straus said. Mexico's water resources budget amounts to 10 per cent of its total budget, he noted, and India has spent more on reclamation during the last three years than in the prev ious century. Two Portland Indian Officials Given Leave Washington (UR) The Inter ior department said Wednesday two employes of the Portland Indian Bureau office have been placed on leave while their part in the sale of Indian Umber lands is investigated. A spokesman said Clyde W. Flinn and F. E. La Trance were notified of the action by letter which they received Tuesday. The spokesman said an investi gation was being conducted into the sale of Indian timber land in Oregon at a price apparently lower than the department had expected. - Rainhss Thursday Predi&d for State . UNITED PRESS Oregon should have rainless day Thursday but morning fog was forecast for westers valleys. The weather bureau says mild temperatures are expected west of the mountains again Wednes day night with below freezing readings east of the Cascades. . Seneca in Grant county had an unofficial low of on below zero Wednesday. Burns had t above. Ontario 11 and Klamath Falls IS. Portland U Metvia L Craven. 29-year-old ftrvsnaa, was recovering from bum about tut face and eyes Wednesday follow ing a 123.000 twotomi ftr at a manufacturing plant here Twe day might. - I Lumber Mill Leber Dispute Drc:.:a$, Thrown Into Court Hot MochiMty Itswt; Firm Sk Injunction The labor dispute at Southern Oregon Planing Mill company was thrown into the courts to day as the issues were broad ened to include "hot machinery'" at another Central Point plan ing mill. Willard Singleton of the Sin gleton Milling company. 41 Alder street. Central Point, yes terday Med suit in circuit court for temporary and permanent in junctions restraining the Lum ber and Sawmill Workers (AFL). Local 3030. from picketing his establishment. Singleton also asks a court judgment far $1,000 damages he says he has suffered since pick ets were first placed at his mill about 2:30 p. m. last Thursday. Defendants Named Sinsleton's complaint names as defendants Joe Kulas. S. E. Nelson. Gene W. Ted rick. Har old McKenzie. Ralph N. Davis. William M. Kuhlweln and 10 "John Does" who are on the picket lines at Central Point and whose names are unknown to Singleton. The complaint claims that Singleton workers have refused to cross the picket lines, daftnag ing the plaintiff to the extent of $1,000 so far, and threatening loss of employees, loss of con tracts, loss of future business and "irreparable damsge." Picket Machinery Singleton claimed the boycott was designed to keep him from doing business with Southern Oregon Planing Mill company. But Gene Tedrick. business Sent for the Klamath Basin District council of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers, said the union was not picketing the Singleton firm as such, but two pieces of "hot machinery" he is using. Tedrick claimed a lumber car rier and a front-end lift were taken from behind 'picket lines at Southern Oregon Planing and moved to the Singleton plant That, he said, is the reason tor the pickets. The main issue of the dispute is still with Southern Oregon Planing. Tedrick said last week that seniority of a former foreman was the crux of the strike. Tedrick declined to comment on the legal action taken by Singleton. He said it has been turned over to union attorneys in Portland. Singleton is repre sented by Attorneys Frank Van Dyke and John R. Dellenback. Truman Congratulates Acheson on Meeting Washington (U.R) Secretary of State Dean Acheson returned from the North Atlantic treaty meetings Wednesday and re ceived warm congratulations from President Truman on "a most successful conference." Mr. Truman congratulated both Acheson and Secretary of Treasury John W. Snyder at National airport when they ar rived from Lisbon. PortugaL The president told the cabinet officers the meetings ia London and Lisbon accomplished the "things we have been working for these last three or four years." "It b a high privilege of mine to congratulate the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Treas ury on the )ob they have accom plished." Mr. Truman said. Q:ick Appro YlUrg:d Fcr Jipnsse Treaty Washington U)- The Jaoa nese peace treaty and related d fenso pacta should be approved quickly as a safeguard atatctat a big new war sn tn Fat Last. Use Senata was told Wedactday. The Fareign lUWtav teaswsat te. whictt already hat aayexed the treaty and ader asm ail defenae esuewof. an vie a Me ntal plea lor the? Set refill suit Tbe ceerueutt re 4 that risks are aavatved. Iinai ac gresart stMr eg Jeaaa threat ta a4T Carted Staiaa troops t defeat ? rtat aaUe oDra"lfLoii Victoria, a c uwrw der betweew Vffaaj C s and Alberta waa claw ta aS westward aspfsa4 ee jsewsi Wedaasdat a raw at at 4 fft spread of Iwaff arvl dlseae. Sn)-CaTtt nrtk, II waa kUM aaar bar Taasday whan a truck trar li ne aod careened down a aat aL Korea Troops Decline M-47 Tanks Because Detroit MX) An Army ordnance plant was making tanks Wednesday that troops in Korea won't accept for combat because of "bugs" in the turret and fire control system. Detroit arsenal spokesmen said, however, that medium M 17 s were rumbling off the assembly lines in sizeable quan tity, even though they have not been approved for duty by Army field forces. Col. William Call, chief of development and engineering at the arsenal, said the problem tanks were stored in ordnance depots. Call said defects had turned up in the M-47, which he de scribed as "very much a fight Five-Year-Old Boy Seriously Injured When Hit by Car Levi Loughary, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore E. Loughary, 808 Cedar street, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital with serious injuries at about 8:43 p.m. Tuesday after being struck by a car near the intersec tion of West Jackson and Hoyt streets, according to city police. Attending physicians said this morning that the boy suffered a fractured right arm and leg. cuts on his left leg. abrasions to his left shoulder, a head cut and pos sibly other injuries. He was taken to the hospital by Conger Morris ambulance. Kan Into 8 treat . -- Paul Roby, 214 Iowa street, the only witness to the accident, told police the Loughary boy ran Into the street while looking for a dog. officers said. The Roby boy told officers he tried to warn Eustace Eric Arthur. 34, of 1289 Bens lane, driver of the car. by waving at him. but Arthur did not un derstand his signal, according to police. Arthur told police he was driv ing east on West Jackson street at about 20 miles an hour and saw the Roby boy waving from the curb, but did not see the Loughary boy in the street until the accident occurred. Arthur was not held by police and no ci tations were issued, according to the accident report Oregon Prison Inmate Paroled for Safety Salem OJ.PJ The State Pa role Board disclosed Wednesday that it had released John Edward Ralph on Da role from Orcecn State prison a week ago because of fear he might be harmed by fellow convicts. Ralph was reported to have "put the finger" on prison guard Francis McConnell a ccuple of months ago as the man who smuggled a gun and some dyna mite within the prison walls for a trio of convicts who were plan ning a getaway. Evidence in Mc Connell s trial here indicated he had smuggled in the lethal wca pons on the vague promise of the convicts that they would stag the r first holdup "outside" for his brnefit The three were Dupre Poe. doing life for kill ing a Sdvrrton convict. John O Ptnson. up for life for killing a tat policeman at Hood River. and William Benson, ia for rob- Mr$.Kcd:rtd:d:d (hCh:rcicfM:r(!:r Pan land C Th Mult snaa Cosssrty Grand Ja ry Wieseaaaey Msfted Mr. Jada Z. User far fen aVcrr amrrdrr. Ta II rr-d aaotber is cWfd wb slastrg bar thrre ered aWcMer. Sherri. and DMwertag aer batfy down a gas tsaaaaay a hoi mm January U. Mr. Katrr will b arraigned twfar Cirrot J4e MarCormac laser t 2 a as. Frtdey. Eat bee. IB aaoUsrr bad rrport d rrm Eilea was kidnaped by -dirty aid lksJfB &-Jasnri Francis ASea. 17hss3hc44 ana af Mr. aaj Mr. Franrss D. AtVea, Sa laam, waa fataCy sftrared Taaadsy a Ua tat a aaaa tub of ing tank", because ordnance re sesrehers had "starved" for funds until the Korean emer gency. "If we had had enough money after World War IL these prob lems could have been licked be fore the tanks ever went into production." Call said. The Army also has had simi lar turret control trouble with its new T-41 light tank, now being produced by the Cadillac division of General Motors at Cleveland. Even with its "bugs". Call said, the M-47 "stacks up favor ably against anything We know the Russians are making." The M-47 is a revised edition of the M-48, now in Korea but Excessive Expense Accounts To Receive Closer Tax Washington (U.R) The tax, collector turned a gimlet eye) Wednesday on traveling sales men and business executives with fat expense accounts. Internal Revenue Commission er John B. Dunlap said he has ordered his agents to take a long, hard look at all "business deduc tions" claimed by traveling men and executives on this year's in come tax returns. Items like en tertainment and travel expenses will get particularly close scrut iny. High Cost Passed On Dunlap said reports from of ficial, sources and from inform ants outside the bureau suggest that a lot of businessmen have been passing the high cost of high living on to - the govern mcnt. This year, he said, they'll have to explain every penny they write off their income taxes. Dunap said the bureau is watching for "excessive and un reasonable deductions claimed for travel and entertainment ex ecutive expense allowances, bus iness gratuities, and hidden pay in the form of personal living items furnished to company of ficials. To Scrutinise Entertainment Bureau spokesmen said some companies have been writing off the cost of summer homes os tensibly maintained for the com fort of visiting customers but ac-4 tually used by the boss and his family. Tax officials also frown on the practice of some salesmen who list as "business expenses" all the the money they spend for en tertainment on the road. Here after they will have to prove that the entertainment was nec essary and that it was intended to bring in business for the company. The same goes for presents American Casualties In Korea How 105,992 Washington ftl.PJ American battle casualties in Korea now tout more than 103,992, an in crease of 131 in a week, the Defense Department reported Wednesday. The report covered casualties whose next of kin had been no tified through last Friday. The overall toUl included 18, 384 dead. 73.184 wounded, 999 captured. 10.038 missing and 1289 previously reported miss ing who returned to duty. Astoria Toothers GrVtn Cosf-of-ifVing fncrtos Astoria. Ore. 0J.R) Astoria school teachers have been grant ed a 830 a year cost-of-living pay increase for the next school year. The school board raised mini mum salaries to 82.760 for teachers with a two-year teach ing certificate. Teachers with Masters degrees will get a minimum of 83,130. Astoria Hottl, Gutted ly f in, To 0 Rebuilt Astoria. Ore. UJn The four- story Siddall hotel, gutted by fir last week, will be rebuilt the owners reported Wednesday. Loss in the fire was estimated ia excess of $100,000. To Accept of Defects no longer in production. "It's no secret that in peace time we in ordnance have to put up with a severe austerity program," Call told newsmen touring ordnance plants. "Why, in the years after the last war we only got a little more than $3 million a year for our entire combat vehicle research job." He said an automobile com pany "spends that much each year for styling alone." Call said his department now has a "very ample" supply of money to conduct intensive re search programs. He estimated the department needed $20 mil lion a year to conduct a con tinuing development plan for tanks and other vehicles. - Scrutiny given to purchasing agents and written off for tax purposes. Must Ba Reasonable ' To be deductible,' Dunlap said, "such items must be both ordinary and necessary,- and must be reasonable in amount in the light of existing circum stances in each case. "In addition, full substantia tion of the expenditures will be required. Dunlap said the same strict attention will be given to deduc tions claimed by companies for advertising, research and devel opment, and maintenance and re pairs. Commons Defeats ill Censure London (U.R) The House of Commons defeated Tuesday night a Labor motion censuring Prime Minister Winston Church ill for assuring the U. S. Con gress Britain would take "prompt, resolute and effective" auction if a Korean truce were broken. The motion was defeated 318 to 285 after Churchill told Com mons the Labor government it self had committed Britain to extend limited action beyond Korea if Communist air attacks were launched from Chinese bases. - In the debate Churchill also revealed that a British atom bomb had been built under the Labor government and that plants had been set up to in sure its regular production. Liz Taylor, -Hubby Relaxing in France Alpe D'Huez, France (U.R) Movie star Elizabeth Taylor celebrated her 20th birthday Wednesday with her new hus band, 39-year-old British actor Michael Wilding, high in the Eagle's Nest Alpine hotel. Their honeymoon was almost over. They must return to Eng land by Saturday to resume film work. The newlyweds kept their plans for marking Miss Taylor's birthday to themselves. - Hotel employes refused to give any information on the famed pair's activities for fear of being discharged. Miss Tay lor and her husband threatened to leave the hotel unless they got some privacy. Rcuther Praises Sen. Morse In Address at Eugene (U.R) Americans face the task of finding leader ship to mobilize the spiritual force of the country's social structure to win the war against Communism, Walter P. Reuther told a University of Oregon au dience here Tuesday. The president of the United Auto Workers said the U. S. is responsible for maintaining world freedom. "When we face the problem of supplying strong leadership in the fight against Communism, we will have to consider the need in the fight against Com General's Request Given to tleuner For Legal Ruling Consent Not Needed In Oregon Primary Salem (U.R) Gen. Douglas MacArthur has asked the secre tary of state's office to remove his name as candidate in Oregon for Republican nominee for president. Assistant Secretary of State William E. Healy said Wednesday. Referred to Neuner His request, made by tele gram, was referred to Attorney General George Neuner who was expected to rule on whether it can be granted. Under Oregon law a candi date's consent is not required in a presidential primary, but of ficials here said the trend in re cent years has been to abide by a person's preference. They re ferred to a recent ruling of the attorney general of Minnesota, which has a law similar to Ore gon's allowing MacArthur's name to be withdrawn from that state's primary- MacArthur's name was the first to be filed for Republican nominee for president in Ore gon. His name was filed two days before petitions were filed for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Game Screen Plant Open House Slated Central Point The public has been invited to inspect the state game commission's screen con struction plant at Central Point at an open house from 8 a.m. to Bert Peck, conservation agent in charge of the plant, said today. Models of the devices used for screening irrigation diversions will be displayed and the manu facturing process will be shown. Operations have been underway in the 50 by 120-foot aluminum building since the first of the year but moving of all equipment into the structure has just been completed. The plant is at 735 Constant avenue near the old city water tower. Commission officials who will be here for the open house ara Director P. W. Schneider, In struction Superintendent Ted Howell, Chief Engineer George Kernan and Chief of Fisheries Dr. H. J. Rayner, all of Portland, and District Supervisor J. W. Vaughn, Roseburg. 11 Klansmen Jailed In North Carolina Whiteville, N. C W.R) State and county officers arrested 11 former Ku Klux Klansmen Wed nesday on kidnaping and assault charges in Klan-ridden Colum bus county. Those arrested include six of the 10 men arrested recently by the FBI on kidnaping and viola tion of civil rights charges. The men were brought here and placed under $5,000 bond each for the 'March 31 grand jury. All were charged with seiz ing Esther Lee Floyd, a 23-year-old Negro, taking her into a woods, whipping her and cutting a cross in her hair. Grants Pass Man Files ': For District Attorney Salem (U.R) R. E Smith, Grants Pass, filed his candidacy with the state elections bureau here Wednesday for district at torney of Josephine county on the Republican ticket University munism, we will have to con sider the need for strong moral leadership as well as military and economic," he said. , "We've got to appeal to the people of the world to join our side because we meet social re sponsibilities better . than any other nation. ,f Reuther urged the raising of political standards and praised Oregon's Republican Senator Wayne Morse. Tou of Oregon can be proud. I wish that more men like Wayne Morse were sitting in the capitoL"