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MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1952
No. 295
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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-
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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"