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46th Year
New York Central
System Paralyzed
By Strike Action
Railroaders Ignore
Return To Work Plea
Toledo, O. (U.R) Disgrun
tled railroad workeri her vot
ed to go back to work late
Wednesday, and said they
would remove picket lines
that had hampered full re
sumption of service on the
New York Central railroad.
Chicago (U.R) Rebellious
railroad workers at two key
points Wednesday defied both the
government and their union
leaders to paralyze anew all
through traffic on the New York
Central System west of Buffalo.
Members of three rail brother
hoods the firemen, engineers
and conductors at Toledo, O.,
and Elkhart, Ind., refused to re
turn to their jobs despite the
urging of the leaders who agreed
to comply with a federal court
injunction issued Tuesday in
Cleveland.
Both cities are "division points"
in which long-haul crews are
based. The NYC said that so long
as union members there refused
to work, the road would be un
able to operate either freight or
passenger service of long dis
tances west of Buffalo.
The NYC, however, said it
hoped to resume commuter serv
ice in locations outside Toledo
and Elkhart, provided crews
could be obtained when the non
strikers returned to work.
Regular Service Doubted
In Chicago, one commuter
train made its run between Chi
cago and Chesterton, Ind. The
NYC said it was doubtful that
regular commuter service out of
Chicago could be restored until
later.
Three NYC subsidiaries the
Michigan Central, the Ohio Cen
tral and the Big Four were
scheduled to resume operations.
They were not affected by the
Toledo and Elkhart bottlenecks.
At other locations, the em
ployees grudgingly agreed to re
turn to their jobs.
But the NYC said that al
though trains were being made
up, it would be impossible to get
crews out of the strikebound
cities to man them.
Meeting Scheduled
In Walkout at OTI
Klamath Falls, Ore. (U.R) A
meeting between representatives
of Oregon Technical Institute's
student body and Oscar Paul
sen, state director of vocational
education, was scheduled Wed
nesday in an effort to end a two-
day student walkout.
.- More than half the 530 stu
dents enrolled in the school were
involved in the walkout.
The students were protesting
the reduction of instructors at
OTI and other policies of the
school's administration.
A spokesman for the school
said two instructors were laid
off last week because of a de
crease in the number of students.
Schuster Slaying
Suspect Said Seen
San Francisco (U.R) A pos
sibility that Frederick Tenuto,
hunted by New York police as a
suspect in the murder of Arnold
Schuster may be in the bay
area, was voiced by police
Wednesday.
Police said a waitress in a
restaurant near the Southern Pa
cific depot said she had served
a man answering his description.
Schuster, who led police to
Willie The Actor Sutton, notor
ious bank robber, was shot down
in Brooklyn. Tenuto, who es
caped from a Pennsylvania pris
on six years ago with Sutton, is
a top suspect.
CHAINS ADVISED
Br UNITED PRESS
Oregon motorists traveling
mountain roads were advised
Wednesday to carry chains as
snow fell in many sections. New
snow was reported at Santiam
pass, Willamette pass, Chemult,
Klamath Falls, . Bly, Lakeview,
Keno, Seneca and Burns.
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CAPT. J. C. LANGSTON
Flier Missing in Action ?
Air Force Pilot
From Medford Said
Missing in Action
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Lang-
ston, 114 Tripp street, were no
tified Monday by the defense
department that their son, Capt.
Jack C. Langston, 29, is missing
in action in Korea. His wife, the
former Miss Jacqueline ,.Thur-
man, lives With their two chil
dren, Jolinda, 7, and Johnnie,
2J, at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Clara Thurman, Trail.
Captain Langston left for Ko
rea Jan. 7, 1952, and is an F-84
fighter-bomber pilot. Before
leaving the states he was sta
tioned at Eglin Air Force Base,
Fla, He. visited here last Christ
mas on a 15-day leave when- a
family reunion " was held, the
first in many years.
He has one brother, Lloyd
Langston, an employee at Lu-
man's grocery, and three sisters,
Mrs. Earl McQuigg, Mrs. Mar
vin Heidemann, and Mrs. George
D. Landes, all Medford.
Graduated Here
Captain Langston was gradu
ated from Medford high school
m 1940. He entered the National
Guard here in 1939 and has been
in service since that time.
During World War II, Cap
tain Langston was a radar ' in
structor in this country and after
the war served in the Canal
Zone. He was graduated in 1948
from the Air Force flying school
at Randolph Field, Tex., with
second highest honors.
In June, 1951, he was given
a letter" of commendation by the
commanding officer at Eglin
base for outstanding perform
ance of duty as director pilot
for a task unit during Operation
Greenhouse at the base. In addi
tion to his skill and devotion to
duty, he was commended for his
judgment and attention to detail
in connection with developing
techniques and procedures re
quired in flying the T-33 aircraft
safely by remote control.
Penitentiary Escapee
Captured in Medford
George Frederick, 28, who es
caped from Oregon state peni
tentiary February 28, was ap
prehended on a downtown Med
ford street shortly before noon
today, according to state police.
Frederick was recognized by
Officer Russell Brendle, who
made the arrest, they said.
Frederick, a trustie at the
prison, walked away from the
farm annex near Salem the aft
ernoon of February 29 with
Walter H. Edmonds, another
trustie. Frederick was serving
a three-year term for larceny
from Umatilla county and would
have been eligible for release
next November. -
U. S. Battle Casualties
Increase 160 in Week
Washington (U.R) The De
fence Department reported Wed
nesday that U.S. battle casualties
in Korea through last Friday to
tal 106,453 an increase of 160
over last week's figure.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Generally cloudy
with rain and snow showers
tonight and Thursday. Con
tinned cool. Low tonight 3t
32. High Thursday 49-50.
: Temp.
Highest Yesterday 45
Lowest this Morning 32
Free, to 4:3 ajn. Today M
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1952
German Journalist
Will Spend Week on
Mail Tribune Staff
Eugene Ten European jour
nalists will lend an international
flavor to the press of Oregon
during the week of March 24.
Each of them will spend the
week on the staff of a daily or
weekly newspaper.
" The 10, comprised of eight
Germans, an Austrian and a Hol
lander, are all students this year
at the school of journalism, Uni
versity of Oregon. Their field
trips will come during the week
of spring vacation.
Members of the working press
in their own countries, they are
m the United States both to study
in their profession and to gain
firsthand knowledge of . the
United States and its people.
Work With Staff
Each of them will work with
regular staff members of the co
operating newspapers, trying
their hands in several depart
ments. In addition, each visitor
hopes to participate .in the life
of the community to the fullest
possible extents They will be
available for brief, informal
talks to service clubs and similar
groups.
With a total of 15 students
from abroad, the Oregon journal
ism school has the largest foreign
student program in proportion
to total enrollment of any school
in the country this year. ... , v
Newspapers invited to; partic
Ipate in the spring vacation pro
ject were chosen, with an eye to
getting a representative group of
Oregon papers, both as to size
and location. .
10 -Papers .
The papers are the Albany
Democrat-Herald, Baker Democrat-
Herald, Bend Bulletin, Coos
Bay Times, Hillsboro Argus,
Lakeview Examiner - Tribune,
Lebanon Express, Medford Mail
Tribune, Newberg Graphic, and
the Oregon Journal. ,
The 10 foreign students are
Gunther Barth, Jurgen Benhcke,
Franz Cesarz, Wolfgang Meyer,
Walter Schwarzlose, Hans Steph
ani, Eva Marie Vogler and Ger
hard Zahn, all from Germany;
Wilhelmus Van Eekeren, Hol
land, and Otto Zundritsch, Aus
tria. Gunther Barth, of Dusseldorf,
Germany, is the foreign journal
ist who will spend a week on
Robert Swoape Found
Dead in Trailer House
The body of Robert Louis
Swoape, 43, was found in his
trailer house at 106 Clark street
at about 2:45 p.m.' Tuesday; city
police said today. His death was
listed as "accidental" by County
Coroner Carlos Morris.
. Police said the body was found
lying, under a mattress on the
trailer house floor by Thomas
W. Swoape,. the dead man's
brother. The trailer house was
full of smoke that- came from a
small oil heater, they said. An
air vent in the top of the. trailer
had been closed, according to in
vestigating officers.
Efforts of Medford firemen to
revive Swoape were unsuccess
ful. , f ' -.
Swoape's estranged wife, Vel
ma. Grants Pass, is expected here
today to help complete funeral
arrangements which will be con
ducted by Perl funeral home.
Big Squabble
Of Second Aircraft Carrier
Washington (U.R) The Navy,
which had a fearful- row over
its first super aircraft carrier,
was headed into rough seas
Wednesday with plans for its
second. - . '. '"
' Storm signals for a new super
carrier squabble were already
up in Congress.
Action oa Bill Delayed
Action on a bill to authorize
construction , of the second big
flat-top, along with other naval
vessels, was delayed temporarily
in the House Armed Services
committee Tuesday after mem
bers argued over. where the big
ship should be built - -
DEIFY iOTEfflMEm
the staff of The Mail Tribune.
He will arrive here March 23,
remaining during the following
week.
; If the program committee
chairmen of any organization;
wish to arrange for Barth to
appear before their groups dur
ing the week he is here, they
may do so by calling Eric Allen
Jr.,. Mail Tribune city editor,
during the week of March 17 to
22.
High-lip Decision
Apparently Needed
To Break Deadlock
Panmunjom (U.R) The Kor
ean truce talks were at a stand
still Wednesday and it appeared
that only a high-level decision
in Peiping, Moscow or Washing
ton could break the deadlock.
Nearly every phrase used in
the discussions between Allied
and Communist truce officers
was a repetition of those from
earlier meetings.
Reds Revive Proposal
The Communists revived their
proposal to allow truce inspec
tors, including "rieu.tral" Russia.
to"examihe secret Allied wea
pons affer'the armistice. The Urn
again rejected it. . ; .
The. Allies also turned down
for" the second time a Commu
nist proposal for forcible repa
triation of prisoners of war on
the basis of names now avail
able to each side. The proposal
excluded some 44,000 Reds and
53,000 South Koreans believed
captured but unaccounted for..
Blockade Issue Dropped
Red staff officers' apparently
dropped their move to prevent
a possible Allied blockade by
terms of the armistice agree
ment. An Allied staff officer
said the Communists "do not
seem to wish to make this a
further issue."
Truce officers spent nearly
two hours negotiating, only to
cover issues that have been dis
cussed over and over again with
out success.
Meanwhile, Radio Peiping
criticized Vice Adm. C. Turner
Joy, UN senior delegate, for
"twice talking of exerting mili
tary pressure until 'we force
them to come to terms'."
"This type of 'gunboat on the
Yangtze' talk is not suitable to
the diplomatic situation," the
broadcast said.
Southern Oregon Cities'
Representatives Meet
Here This Evening
Approximately 11 represen
tatives of southern Oregon cit
ies will attend a League of Ore
gon Cities regional meeting at
6:30 p.m. today at the Medford
hotel, according to the office of
Mayor D. L. Flynn. The meeting
will be the largest in the history
of the event, they said.
William A. Bowes, Portland
commissioner of public works
and president of the LOC, will
be the main speaker and discus
sion leader. Medford guests at
the meeting will include mem
bers of the city water and plan
ning commissions.
Looms Over
Indications were .that this
question won't be settled by
Congress but that the Navy will
be allowed to make its own de
cision. This means the second
super carrier will be built on
the East Coast, probably in New
York.
West Coast Suggested
California House members
are demanding that since the
60,000-ton flat-tops can't go
through the Panama canal, one
or more of them should be built
on the West Coast.
- One super carrier already is
under construction at Newport
News,- Va.' -The " Navy hopes
E. P. LEAVITT
Park Superintendent Retires
Superintendent
01 Crater Lake
Park To Retire
E P. Leavitt, superintendent
of Crater Lake National Park
since Aug. 1, 1937, announced
today that he will retire from
the National Park Service on
March 15. ' '
Leavitt is one of the "veter
ans" of the. service, with nearly
42 years to his credit. He entered
the service as a clerk at Yosem
ite National Park, California on
April. 14, 1910, when,the parks
were still under the administra
tion of the Army.
During 20 years there, he ad
vanced through the ranks of the
service to assistant superintend
ent. On Jan. 16, 1931, he was
asigned to Hawaii National Park,
T. H., and was promoted to su
perintendent. He served there
for three years, then moving to
Mesa Verde National Park, Colo
rado, and Mt. Lassen Volcanic
National Park, ' Califronia, as
superintendent of both.
Succeeded Canfield
When appointed to the Crater
Lake post, he succeeded David H.
Canfield, who was transferred to
Rocky Mountain National Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Leavitt make
their home at 1317 Queen Anne
Avenue in Medford, but they
plan to move to a retirement
home on the Old Stage road near
Medford after his retirement be
comes effective.
No successor in " the . position
has been announced by the Na
tional Park Service, Leavitt said,
but one is expected to be named
soon.
Hermiston Business
Houses Ruined by Fire
Hermiston, Ore. (U.R) Fire
early Wednesday gutted a con
crete building housing three
businesses on Hermiston's Main
street with loss estimated at
$235,000.
Destroyed were Burnham's De
partment store, the Tot shop and
Cap's Donut shop.
Firemen battled the blaze
which broke out about 4 a.m. for
more than four hours before
bringing it under control. The
fire was discovered by a night
patrolman.
Manager Bruce Giddens of the
department store estimated his
loss at about $225,000. He said
he carried $8,000 insurance on
the store but none on the stock.
Construction
by Navy
eventually to build 10 of them,
at the rate of one a year.
' In addition to the argument
over where the second carrier
should be built, some lawmak
ers are ready to contend that
the big ships should not be built
at all. - ,
Work Scuttled
A hot argument about this in
1949 was climaxed when then
Secretary of - Defense Louis
Johnson scuttled what . was to
have been the prototype super
carrier, the USS United States,
after work on it was well
underway.'
United Press Full Leased Wire
No. 307
Morris Answers
Senator McCarthy
In Angry Exchange
Solon Blasts
Cleanup Chief
Washington (U.R) Newbold
Morris accused Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy, R.-Wis., Wednesday
of not being a "gentleman" and
of "going after me like a dog" in
an angry clash before Senate
investigators.
"You've fr locked off a lot of
characters, and you're not going
to knock off mine,' Morris
shouted at McCarthy in a turbu
lent hearing before the Senate's
permanent investigating com
mittee.
Lashed by McCarthy
McCarthy had just said that
Morris, corruption cleanup chief,
was "either the greatest dope or
dupe of all time or '"responsi
ble for making a vast amount of
profit soaked in American blood"
through leasing of surplus tank
ers for hauling Soviet oil to
Communist China for Russia.
Morris promptly- appealed to
Chairman Clyde R. Hoey, D.
N.C., to give him a chance to re
ply to McCarthy before he was
forced to answer any more di
rect questions by the grim-look
ing Wisconsin Republican.
Patriotism at Stake
"My patriotism is at stake,'
Morris said. ,.
: Hoey ruled that he had a right
to respond "to McCarthy with a
brief statement.
Morris then began slugging
back verbally at McCarthy and a
shouting match was on. Morris
referred to Hoey, however, as
an arch-angle of decency and a
model as a presiding officer for
all others."
The outbreak came shortly
after Morris took the witness
stand for the second day for
questioning about surplus tank
er deals in which his New York
law firm represented two Chinese-backed
outfits.
Spiegelberg Named
Football Coach
School board members last
night named Fred Spiegelberg
head football coach at Medford
high school for next year.
Spiegelberg, line coach for
four seasons, succeeds Lee V.
Ragsdale, who has been named
head of the physical education
department of the city school sys
tem and head of the Medford
school-sponsored summer recrea
tion program.
The new head coach has been
boxing and wrestling tutor here
also. Spiegelberg, a 1943 grad
uate of Washington State col
lege, is 32 years of age.
The board also granted a $100
per year cost of living increase
to teachers of the Medford school
system, with some other adjust
ments in the schedules of pay.
Income Taxpayers Gel
48-Hour Extension
Federal income taxpayers will
have 48 hours of grace before
becoming delinquent this year,
it was announced today by offic
ers of the Medford office of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, 33
North Riverside avenue.
The legal deadline for filing
income tax returns is March 15,
but because that date falls on a
Saturday this year, the law per
mits taxpayers to file returns up
to midnight the following Mon
day. '. The office 'here will remain
open until 9 p.m. Friday, March
14; 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March
15, and until midnight Monday,
March 17, to assist in last-minute
preparation of returns. ,
: Address to which income tax
returns should be mailed from
here is: Collector of Internal
Revenue, Portland,. Oregon. ,
Salem-U.R) Niel R. Allen of
Grants Pass has been reappoint
ed as a member of the State
Board of Geology and Mineral
Resources, Gov. Douglas McKay
announced Wednesday. .
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GEN. EISENHOWER
Republican Winner
(Acme Telepholq
ESTES KEFAUVER - .
, Gets Democratic Vote
Eisenhower Proud
Of Results Shown
In New Hampshire
Frankfurt, Germany (U.R)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said
Wednesday . that . he is "proud"
New Hampshire voters think he
ought to be president. 0
The supreme commander of
North Atlantic forces made the
comment on his arrival here
from Paris for a one-day confer
ence with Allied commanders in
Germany.
Ought To Be Proud
Eisenhower scanned the re
turns from the New Hampshire
presidential primary, smiled
broadly and told ' a ' waiting
crowd of newsmen and photo
graphers: "Any American who is in
formed that so many other thou
sands of fellow Americans think
he's fit for the presidency well,
by golly, if he isn't proud, then
he just isn't an American."
No Return Planned
The five-star general made it
clear that he doesn't plan to re
turn to the U. S. in the imme
diate future. He said he hadn't
received word of Connecticut
Democratic . Sen. Brien ' Mc
Mahon's proposal that he return
to testify before a congressional
committee on foreign aid.
Asked if he planned to return
to the U. S. to deliver the
SHAPE and Allied forces annual
report, he replied:
"The plan is that I shall give
the report from Paris."
Oregon's Political
Supporters Jubilant
Portland (U.R) Oregon's
supporters of Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower and Sen. Estes Ke
fauver were jubilant Wednesday
over the victories of their respec
tive candidates in the New
Hampshire primary election.
William L. Phillips, chairman
of the Oregon - for - Eisenhower
committee, said the New Hamp
shire primary was "an inspiring
victory for the ideals for which
Dwight Eisenhower stands and
for his devotion to duty."
State Sen. Jack Bain, who
filed "petitions to get Kefauver
on Oregon's Democratic primary
ballot, said, "while the ... re
sults are gratifying, we still have
a hard row ahead of us to carry
this state for Kefauver in May."
Lowell Paget, chairman of the
group supporting . Sen. Robert
Taft, R.-O., in Oregon said only,
"I'm surprised."
Both Win Entire
New Hampshire
Delegate Strength
Sen. Taft, Truman
Given Thrashing
Concord, N. H. (U.R) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen.
Estes Kefauver scored thumping
triumphs in the New Hampshire
primary which was the first test
in the nation of the popularity
of presidential candidates.
More than 129,000 voters In
the doughty little New England
state braved bitter weather Tues
day and indicated a preference
for Eisenhower over Sen Robert
A. Taft as Republican standard
bearer by almost 11,000 votes,
and for Kefauver over President
Truman as prospective Demo
cratic nominee, by over 4,000
votes.
Entire Strength Won
But Eisenhower and Kefauver
won more than a popularity polL
Both won the entire New Hamp
shire delegate strength in the
nominating conventions which
will be held in July in Chicago.
Twelve delegates were commit
ted to give the state's eight votes
to Kefauver in the Democratic
convention. Fourteen Republi
can delegates, each with a full
vote, must vote for Eisenhower's
nomination.
All the other candidates, in
cluding a sizeable group given
"write-in" votes, were far out
distanced. Complete Tabulation
The complete United Press'
tabulation of all of the 297 pre- v
cincts showed this final standing
of the predominant candidates:
Republicans-
Eisenhower
Taft
. 46,441
35,691
6,673
3,160
Stassen
MacArthur write in
Democrats
Kefauver
Truman
20,240
16.12ft
What started out as an inter
esting popularity; contest in a
tiny state soon gained impetus
as the attention of the country's
voters attached itself to the re
sults of the first test with ballots
of the vote-getting strength of
the presidential aspirants.
Scorching Battle
Soon the campaign resolved
itself into a scorching and some
times carbolic battle between
some of the candidates them
selves and many of the support
ers of those whose names had
been entered.
Kefauver staged a long and
folksy campaign and won, but
Taft stumped the state vigorous
ly, yet lost.
Eisenhower maintained a de
tached attitude at his NATO
headquarters in Paris and won,
while President Truman re
mained inactive, and even be
littled the importance of the pri
mary, and lost to. the Tennessee
senator.
A surprisingly large write-in
vote went to MacArthur 3,160
-though his total was substan
tially behind former Minnesota
Gov. Haroled E. Stassen's total
of 6,673. William R. Schneider,
a St. Louis lawyer whose name
was on the ballot, got but 243
votes.
Kefauver Margin Uniform
Kefauver scored a startling
set. His margin was uniform
through the cities and the rural
areas. He interpreted it as a "vic
tory for amateur politicians"
and said that it represented a
wish by the voters for new faces
and new ideals, but did not con
stitute a repudiation of the Dem
ocratic administration.
The complex delegate battles,
involving a total of 95 Demo
cratic and Republican candi
dates, was solved swiftly by the
voters they swept the boards
for two preferred candidates. It
had been anticipated that the
New Hampshire delegations
might be split among a number
of candidates, for the vote on
these was entirely separate from
the presidential "popularity"
poll.
Many Individuals Favored
There were delegate candi
dates favoring many individuals,
including a full slate for Mac
Arthur. Stassen made a strenu
ous campaign for "popular"
votes and said he received
somewhat more than he expect
ed he did not enter the dele
gate 'contest.
There had been predictions
that Eisenhower would run
strong in the cities and lack
equal strength in the towns. But
the general did the opposite in
most cases.
Kev West U.R President
Truman Wednesday cheerfully
declined to let the ftew Hamp
shire preference .primary inter
fere with his earlv morning?
stroll through downtown Key
West. He wished inquiring news
men a bright good morning, but
as to the primary no comment"