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Newspaper Page TextMET Winnioinig to irengin Aid Cut MedfordTribune L'nlUd Pint Full Leased Wire 46th Year 20 Pages Tra Talks M Right of Russia To Inspect Secret Weapons Asked Adm. Joy Confers With Gen. Ridgway Panmunjom (U.R) The Ko rean truce talks sank . into a double stalemate Thursday when Communist negotiators again sought to give Korean truce inspectors, including "neu tral" Russia, the right to exam ine secret Allied weapons and equipment. . Earlier, Allied and Communist negotiators gave up an attempt to agree on exchanging prison ers of war after a meeting that lasted only 12 minutes. While the fruitless talks went on here, Adm. C. Turner Joy, head of the UN delegation, con ferred with Gen. Matthew B Ridgway in Tokyo, presumably on future truce conference strategy. , Some quarters believed the high-level meeting might deter mine whether the UN will move to break the apparently hopeless deadlocks on voluntary repatri ation of prisoners and Russian participation in policing the truce. Red staff officers at Panmun jom submitted their proposals that truce inspectors, includ ing Russia, be authorized to ex amine military secrets behind the lines. UN officers labeled this a "stalling maneuver" weeks ago when the Communists were with holding their nominations of neu tral nations to the inspection board. Red staff officers ceased their propaganda blasts against the UN for vetoing Russia as a mem ber of the six-nation inspection commission. They may be wait ing to see whether Joy brings back a new compromise pro posal on the issue from Tokyo. Commulers Seek End To Greyhound Strike San Francisco (U.R) Angry commuters in the San Francisco bay area scheduled a meeting Thursday night to discuss pos sible action to bring about a settlement of the four-day-old Pacific Greyhound strike. The meeting will be held in San Rafael and was sponsored by the Marin County Federation of Commuter Clubs. Also at tending were representatives from two Sonoma county com muters' groups. The group invited a union spokesman and a management representative to address the commuters. Tom Hardcastle, president of the federation, indicated com muters will vigorously oppose any attempt to increase fares, should the strike be settled. Man Borrows Gun To Stage Holdup Denver (U.R) A man entered the Spencer Sporting Goods store here Wednesday and asked Manager E. E. Tyson if he had a .25 caliber pistol for sale. The manager brought out such a gun. The customer examined it carefully, loaded it with his own bullets, and said: "This is a stick-up." ' Tyson and a bystander were locked into the restroom, while the "customer" looted the estab lishment of $52 in cash and $650 in guns, including the .25 cali ber pistol. Ed Mann's Condition Described as 'Good' Portland (U.R) Condition of State Rep. Ed Mann of Medford, undergoing treatment at Provi dence hospital, Thursday was de scribed as "good" by hospital at tendants. Mann has filed for reelection to the legislature from Jackson county. He is a Republican. Only candidate beside Mann who filed for the legislature from Jackson county is Robert Root, also on the Republican ticket. Another possible Republican candidate was reported "unde cided" about making the race from here today. Filings close Friday for can didates in the primary election, i MEDFORD, OREGON, HOLDUP MAN HELD Ex Marine Gail Zenner (right) clutches a bandit suspect by the throat a few minutes after the man allegedly held up a department store cashier in Buffalo, N. Y., and escaped with $2500. The store doormin (left) holds the gunman's weapon. A store detective grips the bandit's wrist, who was captured outside the store by Zenner. Son Held for Slaying Of Mother in Idaho Prescott, Ariz. (U.R) A 26-year-old former mental patient explained calmly Thursday how he shot his mother, stuffed her body in the trunk of his car and drove 'here from Idaho to bury her in .the desert. Searle M. Ward, an Almo, Ida., war ' Veteran, was arrested at Clarkdale. Ariz., Wednesday by a state highway patrolman who found the body of Ward's 60-year-old mother,' Mrs. Alice Ward, jammed in the trunk of his car. The heavily bearded Ward, who said he was confined in a Wyoming mental hospital for five months, told police he shot his mother accidentally Tuesday when she complained about his coming home late for dinner. He said he had been shooting sparrows outside their farm home prior to the killing, and the .22 caliber rifle he was holding acci dentally discharged when his mother began scolding him. Fired Another Shot Ward said his mother fell to the floor of the bathroom, and he fired another shot into her body because he "didn't want to see her suffer." .Yavapai County Attorney Dave Palmer said Ward told him he then put his mother's body in the trunk of his car and started the 800-mile trip to Arizona, Boy's Boast Brings Arrest in Slaying Smithtown, ' N. Y. iU.R) Po lice jailed . a boastful grade school student Thursday as the strangler of a 12-year-old girl because he gave them details of the slaying that were not. known to the public. Suffolk County District At torney Lindsay R. Henry said Harold Lorentson, 13, confessed he killed Lyde Kitchner, a shy girl who avoided boys,' last No vember 29 when she refused him a kiss. Harold became a suspect after his seventh-grade classmates told their parents he had boast ed to them that he had com mitted the "perfect crime." Mahoney1 s Attorney Enters Innocent Plea Oregon City (U.R) -An at torney for State Senator Thomas R. Mahoney, Portland, entered a plea of innocent for his client in Oregon City district court Wednesday. Mahoney was charg ed with assault and battery by Wayne' Hull, Oregon City taxi driver., Hull claims that Mahoney mistreated him in an argument over a fare. BULLETIN Paris (U.R) The National Assembly formally Toted busi nessman Antoine Pinay into office " as . premier - Thursday night when 28 supporters of Gen. Charles De Gaulle, re belled against a party decision fo abstain. - THURSDAY, MARCH 6, where he planned to bury the body. Police at Almo issued an alarm for the veteran after finding his home smeared with blood. ' Two service station attendants, Don Dowell and Bill Humphrey, were credited With bringing about the suspect's capture. The attendants spotted blood"drip ping from the trunk of Ward's car when he pulled into their Cottonwood, Ariz., station. After Ward drove away, the attendants notified Highway Pa trolman Ed Schartzer, who pur sued the car to Clarksdale. Ward was brought to Prescott and held in the Yavapai county jail for Idaho authorities seeking him on a first-degree murder charge. More Consumer Goods Seen in Few Months Washington (U.R) The gov ernment cleared the way Thurs day for more consumer goods including automobiles to be produced in the next few months than originally planned. The easing of restrictions on civilian production will be pos sible because of "surplus" alumi num and copper turned back by the military, plus a greater sup ply of many types of steel. . National Production Adminis trator Henry H. Fowler said Wed nesday there is "no question" that automakers will get a bigger allotment of metals than they had expected in the second quar ter of the year. Kiwanians Suspected As Prominent Bovine Commentator Vanishes Medford Kiwanians are frantic. Little Daisy is miss ing and John Snider, owner of the valuable bovine creature, is holding the service club responsible. Little Daisy apparently was cownapped yesterday after . noon. At least she disappeared from a busy Medford intersec tion and Kiwanians indicate they have no witnesses. The queen of Snider's Dairy and Produce company, whose re marks appear daily in The Mail Tribune, was last seen at the interesection of Main street and Central avenue. ' Before she disappeared, -Little Daisy had been riding in a sleek convertible advertising the Kiwanis Kapers. A sign on the auto said, "This is no bull. I'm going to the Kiwanis Kapers." Chauffeur C. Lyall Fidler parked the car at the busy corner and left. When he returned a half-hour later, Daisy , was gone. She did not show up at the Kapers last night. " Kiwanians launched their search yesterday with the as sistance of stale and city po lice and the sheriff's office. Today, members of the Active club volunteered to aid in the hunt. '. .. . ... . ' v .. United Pxei full Leased Wire 1952 No. 302 Morris-Advi Firm Said Hauler 01 Gas To China Senate Committee Hears Nixon's Charge Washington (U.R) Sen. Rich ard M. Nixon charged Thursday that a Chinese-financed company advised by Newbold Morris' law firm shipped aviation gasoline to Communist China. The California Republican made the statement as the Sen ate's permanent- investigating committee recalled Houston H. Wasson, law partner of President Truman s "cleanup chief," for more questioning. Nixon said he would question Wasson about the alleged avia tion gas shipment. No Other Ships Involved He said an exchange of cor respondence with Vice Adm" E, L. Cochrane, chairman of the maritime board, convinced him that no other American ships were similarly involved. Wasson told the investigators Wednesday that ships controlled by a Chinese company repre sented by the law firm traded with the Chinese Reds for six months after the Korean out break. Wasson also testified that two tankers owned by another com pany represented by the law firm transported oil from Com munist Romania to Red China in 1949. This was stopped when the State Department protested, he said. Committee counsel Francis D. Flanagan told the committee that two surplus American tankers wound up with the Soviet Oil Bureau, an official agency of the Russian government, antfca"rried oil to Communist - controlled ports in 1949. National PTA Urges Battle on Narcotics Chicago (U.R) The National Congress of Parents and Teach ers Thursday recommended a progrom of action for PTA groups combating narcotics ad diction among 'teen-agers. The program, drawn up by a special committee of PTA offic ials, urged local groups to join with other organizations in sur veys to determine the extent of addiction in their schools. If needed, the local PTA's should recruit other groups for a concentrated drive to wipe out the illegal traffic, the congress said. Eisenhower Inspects Greek Army Troops Athens, Greece (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inspected troops and conferred with mili tary leaders Thursday on Greece's contribution to his At lantic pact forces. The supreme allied command er in Europe, who arrived here from Turkey Wednesday, met for an hour with the Greek chiefs of staff, visited army, navy and air units in the area, and laid a wreath at the tomb of Greece's unknown soldier. iaiH Three-Way Repu blicaii Battle Expected in New Jersey Primary Washington U.R) Taft, Eis enhower and Stassen forces, al ready fighting an all-out battle for Republican votes in New Hampshire, headed Thursday for a second three-way collision in New Jersey's preferential pri mary. Thursday was the deadline for filing in the April 15 New Jersey contest, and backers of the three GOP presidential candidates in dicated they would all bid for New Jersey's fat bloc of 38 con vention votes. Only 14 conven tion seats are at stake in New Hampshire, which stages the na tion's first primary next Tues day. . Taft May File in Oregon ' Across the continent, another leading GOP contender, Gov. Earl Warren of California, said he would file in the neighboring Oregon primary. Eisenhower's name is already entered there and Taft's is expected to be filed soon, to make still another three way GOP race. WEATHER FORECAST Cloudy, occasion al light rain. Little tempera ture chance through Friday. Low tonight 38. High Friday 48-5S. Temp. Highest yesterday 44 Lowest this monrning 4 Free. . To 4:Jt a.m. today trace Ml MRS. BERETH HOPKINS To File as GOP Delegate County Republican Leader Seeking Delegate Position Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, 'chair man of the Jackson County Re publican Central committee, an nounced today she is a candidate for election as a delegate to the national Republican convention from the fourth congressional district. Mrs. Hopkins has long been active in Republican circles in the county. She is a former chair man of Pro America here, and of the Medford Council of Ore gon Republican Women; was the second woman president of the Medford Lincoln club; was vice chairman of the centrat commit tee from 1948 to 1950 and chair man since 1950, and as such has been a member of the state GOP central committee for four years. During the war Mrs. Hopkins was service club director at Camp White. " Oregonian 19 Years ' She is a native of Montana, but has lived in Oregon for 19 years. She attended Montana State Normal college and Mon tana State university, and taught school in Montana for five terms. Her husband, Curtis L. Hopkins, is a Medford insurance man. Their son is an Air Force cap tain who served in World War II, in the Korean conflict on 82 com bat missions, and is now attend-' ing air comptroller staff and com mand school in Alabama. Mrs. Hopkins said she believes a delegate to the convention should be qualified by knowing fundamental principles and phi losophies of the party, knowing what background of education, experience, philosophy and char acter best qualifies a man for president, being able to evaluate each candidate by knowledge of him as a citizen, politician and public servant, and knowing party leaders, who will attempt to influence selection of a candi date, well enough to evaluate the worth of their opinions. She added, "I sincerely believe I can meet all the above quali fications. I am for the nomina tion of a presidential candidate who, if elected, will bring back the strength of America through honesty, loyalty and intelligent business-like administration." Albany, Ore. (U.R) Lawrence Stanley Russell of Albany was killed Wednesday when the freight truck he was driving col lided with a three-car Southern Pacific freight train. On the Democratic side, back ers of Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee were expected to post his entry ip the New Jersey race. Kefauver already is stumping New Hampshire in an uphill fight to win the preferential con test from President Truman. Truman supporters said the President's name would not be entered in the Oregon race. -' Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief New Jersey booster. State Sen. Malcolm S. Forbes, said he had 8,000 signatures on a peti tion for the general, to be filed Thursday. First New Jersey Primary Sen. Robert A. Taft's support ers announced Wednesday they would put the Ohioan into the New Jersey contest. Stassen said he would go in if Taft did. ' . This is New Jersey's first pref erential primary. Its results will not bind the 38 delegates to any candidate, but Gov. Alfred E. DriscolL who asked for the elec Attempt Made To Set Up New Draft Board in Lakeview State Man Seeks New Officials Lakeview, Ore. (U.R) Two state selective service officials Thursday attempted to line up a new Lake county draft board after the former board quit in protest to a regulation that al lows Irish nationals to be ex empt from military service in this country. Col. Charles E. Finch, opera tions officer of the state selec tive service board, and Arthur Stringer, legal adviser, came here after the former board, headed by local insurance man Carl Pendleton, resigned Tues day. It Wasn't Fair In Portland, Col. Francis Ma son, deputy state selective serv ice director, said he expected a new Lake county draft board to be organized in the "very near future." Pendleton said "we definitely won't go back." He said, "we felt it wasn't fair to let these nationals stay here and not ac cept the obligations of other citizens." Pendleton said the board re signed after two Irish nationals refused to be inducted. He said Ireland was one of several coun tries having treaties which al low exemptions of their nation als from military service here. There are about 25 or 30 Irish nationals of draft age in Lake county, Pendleton said. He said two had been inducted but that the next two refused to go into the service. The board's res ignation followed. Youthful Gangsters' Careers Cut Short San Marino (U.R) Five teen age boys who police said planned to stage- a "Dillinger crime wave" with an arsenal of stolen guns, found their crime careers prematurely stalled Thursday. The boys were rounded up by officers who said members of the "gang," 14 to 16 years old, admitted stealing 29 guns from three'Sari Marino and Alhambra, Calif., stores. - Police said the boys planned to "blitz" the San Gabriel valley with a string of holdups after es tablishing a hideout in the foot hills above nearby Pasadena. The boys told them they had studied guerrilla warfare - and practiced with live shells in the hills, police said. Allied Planes Smash Enemy Rail Lines Eighth Army Headquarters, Korea (U.R) Six Allied F-86 Sabrejets, outnumbered more than three to one, shot down a Communist MIG-15 jet fighter and damaged another Thursday in a 10-minute air battle over Korea. Fighter-bombers, meanwhile, destroyed or damaged 50 freight cars and cut North Korean rail lines in 92 places north of Son chon in a day marked by more than. 550 sorties. The air strikes followed a stepped up Communist artillery barrage on the eastern front Wednesday. Its strength caused Allied commanders to watch closely for signs of a possible Communist spring offensive. Harris Ellsworth Files Salem (U.R) Harris Ellsworth of Roseburg filed his candidacy here today for reelection as con gressman from Oregon's fourth congressional district. He will seek the Republican nomination. tion, said its outcome will be a "moral obligation." Forbes returned Wednesday from a one-hour talk with the North Atlantic treaty command er in Paris and said he was con vinced Eisenhower should not come home now to campaign for the GOP nomination. Concord, N. H. (U.R) Sen. Robert A. Taft took personal command of his New Hampshire political campaign Thursday in a last-ditch . attempt to upset Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in the country's first primary con test. Seeks Rural Vote Taft scheduled an extensive three-day "grass roots" tour of the state in an effort to bring out a heavy Republican rural vote next Tuesday. He planned 29 speeches and appearances before1 winding up the trip with a major address at Concord, the state capital, Sat urday night - naglhift (bo Allied Ose Washington (U.R) President Truman asked Congress Thurs day to invest another $7,900,000,000 in building up strong Allies against Communism, and warned that any cuts in foreign aid spending would be "foolish and dangerous." In an 8,000-word special message to the House and Senate, the Chief Executive clashed head-on with economy-minded lawmakers of both parties who plan to slash upwards of $1,000,000,000 from his aid program. - "If there is any question about this amount,' he declared, "it is not whether it is too large, but whether it is too small. These funds are needed, all of them. ..." j Plans Radio Broadcast Tonight Mr. Truman planned to follow up the strongly-worded message with a direct appeal to the people over all radio networks tonight Aware that Congress is particularly reluctant to vote large new funds for economic aid to Europe, Mr. Truman broke down his request into three categories instead of the usual two. He asked $5,350,000,000 in "direct military" aid to free nations in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Near East, the Pacific and Latin America; $1,819,000,000 in "defense supporting" aid to increase on-the-spot arms production in western Europe, and $656,000,000 in outright economic and "point four" aid none of it to be spent in Europe. Arms To Western Europe Ordered Speeded In his message read by a House clerk, the president also: 1. Said he has ordered deliv ery of U. S. arms to western Europe "greatly speeded up" in the next few months. 2. Declared that U. S. foreign aid is making it plain to Russia Radio stations KYJC (1230 kc) and KMED (1440 kc) will broadcast an address en mu tual security by President Tru man today at 10:30 p. m. Station KWIN (1400 kc) will broadcast President Tru man's address at 8:30 p. m. to day. that she cannot take over west ern Europe "so long as the policy of collective strength continues." 3. Conceded he does not know how long this country will have to go on helping Europe. But "this is not a program for carry ing the rest of the world on our backs." He is not taking "one dollar" more than is needed. Buys More Strength 4. Said "defense supporting" aid will buy "more than twice as much military strength in Europe" as the same amount of money would buy in direct arms shipments from the United States. 5. Asserted that his $64,000,- 000,000 security budget is not more than the country can af ford. "Too little and too late" now could prove costly in dollars and lives later.' 6. Described as a "policy of retreat" leading toward "nation al suicide" proposals that the United States rely for security on its naval and sea power rather than on defense of western Europe. Spain Bases Seen 7. Predicted that arrange ments will be completed "soon" for U. S. naval and air bases in Spain. 8. Reported that the technical missionaries" and "shirt-sleeve diplomats" of point four are helping 40 nations to raise their living standards. All of the funds would be spent during fiscal 1953, which begins July 1. The presidents request represented an increase of about 10 per cent in the for eign aid funds, totaling $7,218, 000,000 which Congress voted for the current 1952 fiscal year. Mr. Truman told Congress that the United States and its Allies must not let up in their mutual defense efforts now because they are coming within sight of their goal of "peace, through col lective strength." Strength Against Russia He said the 50-division At lantic pact defense force agreed upon at the recent Lisbon con ference will bring within meas urable distance the time when even the most foolhardy man in the Kremlin will not dare risk open attack" on western Europe. Mr. Truman noted ' that his foreign aid program would bring his total national security spend ing budget to about $64,000,- 000,000, and said that raises "the serious question" of "whether the American nation can afford so much money." He answered with an unquali fied "yes". Richard Baize Sentence Delayed Pending Report Sentencing of Richard Baize, 36, of 38 Hawthorne street, is being delayed pending a pre sentencing report from state au thorities. Baize, an employee of the city public works department and a former Medford police officer. Friday admitted the theft of $1,600 in parking meter funds over a 25-month period. He was under a blanket bond during most of the period, police said. Bail for Baize has been set at $2,500, it was reported this morning. He is represented by Edward C. Kelly, Medford at torney. . s . i Struck Lumber Mill Resumes Operation Here This Morning The Jackson County Lumber company resumed operation with a full crew of 23 men this morn ing, despite pickets at the en trance to the plant The company is picketed by members of Local 3030, Lum ber and Sawmill Workers' un ion, AFL, which is seeking rec ognition as a bargaining agent for employees there. Some 17 men walked out Thursday and the union asserts a majority of the workers are union members. The company has refused to recognize the union without an election supervised by the Na tional Labor Relations board, and has applied to the NLRB to conduct an election. Pass Pickets Workers had to pass several pickets at the entrance today, who had set up cardboard signs saying "Strike, We Need Union Protection," and "No Contract No Work." There were no in cidents as the employees passed the pickets. At the Central Point plant of the Southern Oregon Planing mill, the situation in the 2Vi-week-old strike remained un changed. However, Harry Dowion, president of the firm, said today that letters are going to all em ployees of the planing mill in forming them that operations will be resumed Monday and that they are expected to return to work. Strikes Said Unrelated The strike at the planing mill is over a dispute regarding the status of a former foreman, and according to Gene Tedrick, busi ness agent of the union, is un related to the strike at the Jack son Creek Lumber company. The two firms, while separate corporations, have overlapping ownership and management Revolt Against Attlee Splits Labor Parly London (U.R) Britain's labor party was split wide open Thurs day by a left-wing revolt against the leadership of former Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee. Aneurin Bevan, making a supreme bid to supplant Attlee, led 54 of his followers in open rebellion against Attlee in the Commons votes last night on Britain's $4,094,160,000 rearma ment program for 1952-53. The Bevanites first defied the party leadership by abstaining when Attlee's own motion of "no confidence" in the Conservative government's ability to carry out the program was put to a vote. The result was a 314-219 vic tory for Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Sixty-two Bevanite abstentions enabled Churchill to roll up a majority of 95 his largest since succeeding Attlee. Petitions for Water District on File Here Petitions requesting a special election to form a water district northwest of Medford were filed with the county clerk yesterday. The petitions also ask for the election of a board of five com missioners for the district A total of 157 names are on the petitions, or about 80 per cent of the legal voters of the area, which is north of the Jack sonville highway water district west. of the city limits, east of Ross lane and south of McAn drews road. Following a check of the names, a date for the election will be set by the coun ty court, probably April 15.