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sS ?mmm. 9 V United Press full United Press Full Leased Wire 46th Y ear 16 Pages, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1952 No. 309 rvn , v '.drift 5 1 k.V- v RIBTOE V MEW UMJPiBffi Leased Wire ' . li ' ir l v o o cl oj c n ?1 V ; DANGEROUS TASK Rescuers, working under constant danger of. avalanches, recover bodies from a U. S. Air Force C-47 which crashed on this glacier high in the Swiss Alps near Wengernalp, Switzerland, March 7. Four of the eight bodies were recovered before threatening weather halted operations. The plane carried six officers and two enlisted men. Disarmament Talks Must Not Fail, U.S. Tells United Nations United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) new United Nations disarmament States for the alleged use of germ warfare in Korea and China. Soviet Delegate Jacob A. Malik told the commission it "can- not ignore such facts as the recent use by American troops in Ko- - rea and China of bacteriological weapons designed to produce mass extermination of civilian populations." It was the first time Russia made by Chinese and North Korea Communists. United Nations, N. Y. (U.R)- The new United Nations dis armament commission sot a warning Friday from the Unit ed States that "we must not fail" our "terrifying respon sibility." American delegate Benjamin V. Cohen made a plea obviously aimed at Russia for a minimum of propaganda and a maximum of constructive effort to halt the ominous world arms race. Workable Plan Expected ' The one time speech writer for President Roosevelt told the 12-nation group: "The people of the world are not interested in propaganda tricks or polemics. They expect from us a workable plan for a new house of peace and secur ity. They are interested in the livability of this structure. They believe that a new approach to world disarmament can be made in practical terms." Little Hope Held . But little hope was held out here that the Russians, through their delegate, Jacob A. Malik, and the West would be able to make any significant progress toward disarmament in the cur rent state of world tension. Creation of the commission at the recent Paris session of the General Assembly was the only important East-West agreement at that meeting. The commission held one brief organizational session in Paris but really got down to work Friday in its in augural get-together in , the France To Fulfill Commitments to NATO Paris (U.R) Premier Antoine Pinay promised Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Friday that his gov ernment would fulfill to the best of its ability .France's western European defense commitments. ' The supreme allied command er conferred with the new French government chief and Defense Minister Rene Pleven for 30 minutes. Eisenhower had called on the 60-year-old independent premier to pay a "courtesy call." How ever, Pinay called in Pleven and the visit became a conference. Eisenhower said: "I was highly delighted to find out that the new French government will follow to the limit of its ability the policy' of pursuing peace and strength through collective ' security by the nations of the West." Strike Halts Bus Service in South i Lyle D. Rogers, manager of Continental Pacific Trailways here, said today that a strike on another section of the line in the southwest, has halted travel be yond Stockton, Oakland and San Francisco on Trailways buses. " ; The strike, by drivers of Con tinental Western Trailways, has interrupted service as far east as Albuquerque and El Paso, and south-to Los Angeles, he said. Otherwise service is normal. ' .v.. Russia demanded Friday that the commission condemn the United has formally backed the charges UN's ultra-modern new confer ence building. "Our goal is freedom from fear," Cohen told his colleagues. "The goal can be reached by reducing armaments to such a point, in such a thorough fash ion and with such foolproof safe guards that no nation is in a po sition to wage successful war. That means the elimination of mass ' armies and other instru ments of mass production. That means an open world with" no secret armies, no ' secret weap ons, and no secret war plans.' Later in his speech, Cohen again spoke of "mass armies and other instruments of mass de struction." ' His aim observers believed evidently was to equate Russia's superior mass armies with the West's atomic superiority and to undercut - the familiar Russia argument that prohibition of the atom should get top priority in negotiating a disarmament pact. Truman To Address Youthful Journalists Key West U.R) President Truman will, interrupt his late winter sunbath Friday to fly north for what he plans as an in spirational speech to American youth. " The president was scheduled to take off at noon from Boca Chica Naval Air station for Washington. He will remain there Friday night, flying on to New York Saturday morning. In New York City, the presi dent will address a group of 3,000 school newspaper editors Saturday, then return immedi ately by air for nearly two more weeks of work-and-play holiday here. . Mr. Truman's New York audi ence are members of the Schol astic Press association sponsor ed by Columbia university. The White House said his talk would deal generally with the respon sibilities of citizenship lacing American youth. Railroaders Asked To Resume Negotiations Chicago U.R) Railroad oper ators and unions were asked Friday to resume negotiations in their , two-year contract dis pute which last Sunday brought on a paralyzing strike against the New York Central. At the same time the New York Central said it was oper ating "as usual" after the three- day strike which crippled its operations west of Buffalo, N.Y. Chairman Leverett Edwards of the national mediation board called on the railroad operators and brotherhoods to meet Mon day at ; Washington to "see if there was any change in the situation." The parties have been unable to reach agreement on working rule changes although they have, found .general agreement on wage increases. -- inillte Cuts Immm 1 Connally Favors Britain, France Helping Selves U.S. Can't Go On Forever, Texan Says Washington (U.R) Chairman Tom Connally of the Senate For eign Relations committee said Friday at a .hearing on the $7,900,000,000 foreign aid pro gram that if Britain and France "can't do something for them selves, it's not our responsibil ity." The Texas Democrat told Mu tual Security Administrator W. Averell Harriman: "As a general proposition, the United States can't go on forever appropriat ing large sums of money." Bulk To Britain. France . Harriman, trying to fend off major cuts in the program, dis closed that the bulk of proposed economic aid for Europe will go to Britain and France. He said of $1,800,000,000 slated for "defense support" aid for Europe, Britain is tabbed for $600,000,000 and France -for about $400,000,000. Harriman said another $400,- 000,000 will be spread among European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the remaining $400,000,000 will go to Greece, Turkey, Yugo slavia and Austria. Harriman Criticised' Connally criticized Harriman because the President, on Harri- man's recommendation, gave Britain $300,000,000 in economic aid last year after such help to Britain had been discontinued for some time. Harriman retorted that the Korean War and accompanying rearmament brought acute eco nomic problems to Britain. Deadline Set On Pelton Dispute Salem U.R) The Hydroelec tric commission of Oreenn Fri day directed the Portland Gen eral Electric company and the State Fish commission to iron out their differences about the proposed Pelton dam on the Des chutes river within a month or file their separate proposals with the commission. The commission said it would issue a preliminary permit for construction of the PGE's pro posed Pelton dam. Then it di rected: 'The applicant shall forthwith meet with the fish commission and work out such agreement as contemplated by the commis sion for the protection, preser vation and propagation of fish in said streams and in the event an agreement shall not be reach ed within 30 days, then in that case each shall, file its proposal with this commission for the conservation, protection and propagation of the fisheries." Talent Quintet Wins In Ashland Tourney Ashland A Talent high hoop quint which couldn't miss this morning knocked the defending champion out of the running in the Southern Oregon college in vitational tournament. Paced by Rollie Hartley with 21 points, the Bulldogs bowled over Valsetz 52 to 43 to gain the semi-finals. Oakland won the other championship bracket fra cas this morning, downing Lo rane 53 to 28. Talent and Oak land will vie at 9 p. m. today. Jacksonville was to meet Mo hawk and Bandon to face Elkton this afternoon. The winners will contend in a semi-final at 10:30 p. m. today. ... . Viquor Commission To Meet in Medford Salem (U.R) The Oregon State Liquor Control commis sion will hold its next meeting at Medford April 23 at 10 a. m. BULLETIN Butler, Pa. (UJ!) Two swarthy bandits held up the wife of a wealthy coal oper ator in her home' here Fri day and beat her until she opened a wall safe from, which they took. $131,630 in cash. ' Jo Agency Entire Amount Sought Washington (U.R) The House Appropriations Committee Fri day knocked approximately $729,000,000 out of President Tru man's S7,000,000,000 budget request for some two dozen federal agencies. - Rep. Albert Thomas, D.-Tex., chairman of the subcommittee which drafted the bill, said other recommended economies would save up to 33 per cent of the $7,000,000,000 the administration wanted for its "independent office." The total of the appropriation committee's recommendations vas $6,271,138,348, a cut of $728,861,652. Not an agency would get the full amount Mr. Truman asked. Additionally, the committee: Refused every request for approval of funds to hire more workers. Ordered a one-third cut across-the-board in travel, communi cations and printing expenses. Directed the agencies to stop carrying over workers' annual leave time from one year to the next. Thomas said in the rela tive handful of agencies covered this order alone would save $125,000,000. " ; Would Prevent Need Nature, Location Of Nighttime Blast Remains a Mystery The "big explosion" of Wed nesday night remained a mys tery today. Continued efforts to find out what caused it, and where it oc curred, were unavailing. Deputy Sheriff Barney Tennant, who was assigned yesterday to check reports on the blast, found no explanation. Telephone reports to The Mail Tribune indicated that the blast, which occurred at 11 p.m. Wed nesday, was heard as far south as a mile beyond Talent. To the north Sams Valley and Shady Cove seem to have been the lim its where it was heard. Not Heard Above Shady Cove Reports coming through the radio network of the Southern Oregon' Conservation and Tree Farm association from Prospect, Butte Falls and Elk Creek indi cated no one there heard the explosion. - It could not have been a shock wave blast from a jet aircraft passing the sonic barrier, ac cording to Air Force officers who said no such plane was in the area at the time. Persistent reports yesterday afternoon that the explosion orig inated on the property of the Southern Oregon Tallow com pany, on Little Butte road east of Eagle Point, were denied to day by Orvel Shelton, proprietor. Shelton said he was at his home near Dodge bridge when the blast occurred, and that he was awakened by it. Like others, he said it sounded like something striking his house, and that a rumble followed the explosion. Crater Lake National Park of ficials said that the lake is calm and peaceful, putting an end to rumors of volcanic activity such as accompanied reports of puffs of smoke arising from the lake several years ago. Some residents attribute the shock to an earthquake, but its extent, duration and nature ap parently rule out such a theory, in the absence of seismographic evidence. . . Red Warning Letters On $10 Bill Ignored Oklahoma City (U.R) A $10 bill, stamped in red letters "counterfeit" on both sides, fi nally has come to the end of a 14-year career in Oklahoma City. Secret Service Agent Tom Hanson said the bill was made from a plate seized and destroy ed by federal agents in 1938. He said it evidently had been circu lating for 14 j?ears despite the red warning letters. Russell Plans Western Washington j(U.R) Sen. : Rich ard B. RusselL outstanding south ern candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, is pre paring to set up a full-fledged campaign organization to seek support outside of Dixie, it was disclosed Friday. Eyes Western States The Georeia senator hopes to pick up some convention dele gates in the prairie and western states. He can already count on most of the southern delegates, according to most surveys. Sen. Pat Mccarran, u-mev., who. informally endorsed Bus- to Receive For Deficit Spending Thomas said similar reduction in funds the president asked for other departments and agencies would "obviate the need for defi cit spending or more taxes." Besides reducing money, spe cifically asked by Mr. Truman, the appropriations committee al so clamped a 25,000-a-year limit on the number of new public housing units which may be started. The public housing law provides for 135,000. The Hous ing and Home Finance agency asked for only 75.000. Thomas estimated the 25,000 limit would ultimately result in a saving of up to $560,000,000. AEC Request Pared The Atomic Energy Commis sion's request for $1,312,000,000 was chopped back to $1,137, 727,500, - a reduction of more than 10 per cent.The commit tee approved funds for 'all AEC construction work now under way, but deferred action on most of proposed new projects. OLCC Cracks Down On Sale to Minors Salem (U.R) The Oregon Liquor Control commission made it convincingly evident Fri day that it was cracking down on establishments selling liquor to minors. It cancelled the licenses of two establishments, one in Portland, and the other near Sweet Home, and indicated no consideration for restoration of either license would be considered for the re mainder of this year. Under law, the license losers may apply for a new license at the start of next year. Robert L. Elfstrom of Salem, chairman of the commission, said 99 per cent of the trouble the commission meets involves, sale of beer to minors. U. S. National's Vault Locks; Bank Forced to 'Borrow1 Embarrassed officials of the United States National bank were forced to obtain money from the First National bank this morning to carry on business with their patrons. Employees of the U.S. bank, preparing to open - for business this morning, found they could not get into the vault. It was discovered that the time lock was set too far ahead on the vault, and there was no way of opening it before the hour designated by the timing device. An employee had gotten his days mixed and set the timer for a Saturday hour. ' The bank expects to operate with its own cash again to morrow. sell last week-end, told a re porter that he expects Russell to win the support of -delegates from Nevada and several other western states. . - . . Russell believes he.has his best chance to muster non-southern support in the midwestern and western farm states because of bis record on farm legislation. Issue Less Important - These are the states where the civil rights issue is less import ant than it is in such states as New York and Illinois. Hence, Russell would be less handi capped in the farm areas by his leadership of the fight against wit I 'l 'if IMP IWM I 52 HEATEDLY defendine self. Al fred Lawson, founder of Des Moines, la. school, appears be fore Senate probers to explain alleged irregular $115,000 profit on war tools. (International) $195,000 in Bonds Asked in School District 6C Vote Central Point A $195,000 bond issue election will be held April 5 for voters of consolidated school district No. 6, it was an nounced today by members of the school board. The board decided to call the election .after a study of the school census and enrollments as they are at present, compared to indicated enrollments in the fu ture. Adequate classroom space was reported in all of the dis trict except at the new Crater high school and the Central Point elementary school. - Enrollment Up The annual school census. in October showed an increase in pupils in the area of 112, and en rollment at both schools has in creased steadily during the pres ent school year, the board re ported. "In face of rising building costs, building as soon as pos sible seems advisable," the board's statement said. The proposed bond issue will provide for completion of the classroom wing and the shop building, originally planned at the high school, and for a four room addition to the junior high school building. The election polls will be lo cated in the Gold Hill school and at the junior high school in Cen tral Point. They will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. on April 5. Gusty Winds Reach 60 MPH Here Today Gusts of Wind 50 to 60 miles per hour between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. today were reported by the Medford office of the weather bu reau. Gusts generally were above 40 miles per hour throughout the morning with the regular wind velocity running between 28 and 45 miles per hour. One gust of 58 miles per hour was recorded about 8 a. m. There was one report of a house roof being blown off but details were not learned. , By United Press : .. The weatherman said a blus1 tery rainstorm that struck coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest Thursday night, would, simmer down to a few showers by Sat urday! - More than a half-inch of rain was dumped on Newport on Ore gon's central coast during a 24 hour period ending at 8 a.m. Friday. Portland had .43 of an inch, North Bend .22 and Salem .13. - . . President Truman's civil rights program. . In the Midwest, however, Rus sell faces ' competition from or ganization Democrats who will support Sen. Robert S. Kerr, D-Okla., . if President Truman does not seek reelection. ' Sees HST Out of Race Russell said Thursday night on a radio program that he is convinced Mr. Truman will not run again. It would be "incon ceivable," he said, "that the President would let the Demo cratic party become as "con fused" as it is if he planned to seek another term. - . - ----- Campaign 'New Low' Reached In Negotiations For Korea Truce Supervision Meeting Fruitless Panmunjom (U.R) Armistice talks between United Nations and Communist negotiators hit a "dismal new low" Friday. ; "We touched, I think, a dizzy new height in Communist intran sigeance and ill-logic and a dis mal new low in progress,"" UN Col. Andrew J. Kinney reported after a fruitless meeting of more than four hours on means of su pervising a truce. Willingness Indicated However, both sides indicated at the meeting they might' be willing to re-examine their views on disputed items if the other would make concessions. The Communists hinted they may be willing to limit a block ade clause to apply strictly to Korea if the-Americans agree to delete a paragraph calling for reports on the location of all ma jor units and another barring concentrations of forces in a "threatening", manner. Three Issues Noted A North Korean officer, Chang Chun San, said he wanted to re volve three issues ports of en try, concentration of forces and unit location reports. Kinney tried to add the naval blockade and inspection of secret inspec tion to' the three. Chang did not agree. "We certainly did thresh out all the points that remained," Kinney said. "We have a clear circle around the things that might be solved." No Prisoner Progress There was no progress in a 23- mmute debate on exchanging prisoners of war. - Rear Admiral Ruthven E. Lib by asked the Reds to clarify their previous proposal to con tinue discussions on exchanging prisoners on the basis of lists al ready drawn up. The Allies have claimed the Communists' list is incomplete. Government Bans Mixing Horsemeat Washington U.R) The gov ernment cracked its price whip over the "horseburger" racket Friday. The office of Price Stabiliza tion banned the sale of ground meat or sausage made with mix tures of horsemeat and other meats, such as beef and pork. It also ordered that no prod ucts containing horsemeat can be sold unless they are clearly labelled tq indicate they con tain horsemeat. . The prohibitions, part of a new OPS regulation setting new dollars-and-cents ceilings on the price of horsemeat, are designed to prevent "deception" of con sumers by the "adulteration of more expensive meats with horsemeat," OPS said. Most Schools Slate Vacations Next Week " Fourteen of the 22 school dis tricts in Jackson county will close their schools next week for spring vacation, the . county school superintendent's office re ported this morning. . Schools will be closed all week in Medford, Jacksonville, Ash land, Central Point, Eagle Point, Talent, Rogue River, Prospect, Evans Valley, Oak Grove and Howard. Griffin Creek will be closed March 20 and 21, Phoe nix will be closed March 19 through 21, and West Side March 20 and 21, Phoenix will be closed March 19 through 21, and West Side March 17 and 18. - No vacations will be given at Ruch, Shady Cove and Butte Falls. Lone Pine and Applegate will close on Good Friday, April 11, and Elk-Trail students will have vacation the week before Easter. No report has been re ceived from the county's two one-room schools at Pinehurst and Brownsboro. Kettle v Falls, Wash. (U.R) Six-year-old Constance, Heidel man, daughter of Mrs. Pat Heid elman, was killed here Thursday night when her bicycle collided with an oncoming truck. - New York, Chicago Offices First To Undergo Change Non-Political Commissioners Due Washington (U.R) Secretary of Treasury John W. Snyder an nounced Friday that the Inter nal Revenue collector's offices in New York and .Chicago will be replaced next month as the first step in the reorganization of the tax service. A non-political district com missioner will take charge of all federal tax operations in each of those two cities. In New York, where three politically-appointed collectors now are in com mand, three deputy district com missioners will be named. The Chicago commissioner will have one deputy. Dunlap Will Remain Sjiyder made the announce ment at a joint news conference with Internal Revenue Commis sioner John B. Dunlap, who will be the only political appointee in the federal tax service after the reform becomes fully effec tive. Snyder said the Civil Service commission is now setting up the standards that will have to be met by top officials of the re organized tax service. ' None of the 64 collectors now directing tax operations throughout the country will be fired outright or removed from their jobs until the new district commissioners and deputies are ready to take over. Some of the present collectors may be mov ed into the new posts if they qualify. Delayed Until Next Month Snyder and Dunlap said they are holding off the cleanup until next month to make sure there is no disruption of the big job of collecting 1951 income taxes and mailing out refunds to some 30,000,000 taxpayers who over paid last year. The Senate handed Snyder and Dunlap a big new broom to clean house in the scandal-ridden tax service late Thursday when it approved a Presidential plan for reorganizing the; Inter nal Revenue Bureau and ridding it of political patronage. The two officials were jubi lant over the Senate vote. Aiccs with President Truman, they had feared for a time that patronage minded senators might kill the plan. Dunlap Gratified Dunlap said he was "deeply gratified" by the Senate action in approving the reorganization, and predicted that the reforms now planned "will guarantee a sound and efficient administra tion of our tax laws." Under the reorganization plan, only the commissioner's job will be a presidential appointment. Dunlap, who now holds the top job, is himself a career bureau official. The offices of the 64 collectors and the 14 district supervisors will be abolished as soon as the plan becomes effective. The col lectors now get $9,600 to $11,800 a year, with all but 10 of them in the top bracket. Typographical Group Meets Here Saturday Delegates from Albany, As toria, Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Portland, Coos Bay, Roseburg, Salem and the Portland Mailers are expected to be in Medford Saturday and Sunday to attend the Oregon Typographicl con ference, it . was announced to day by Clark Anderson of The Mail Tribune, president of the Medford local, and J. C. Murray, secretary. A - banquet has been sched uled Saturday evening at the Jackson 'hotel, conference head quarters.. Walt Marvick, Seattle," International representative, will attend as will Dale W. Salminen, Astoria, nresident of the Oreeon conference, and Lyle G. Swet- land, Eugene, conference secretary-treasurer. The conference meets every four months in different cities throughout the state. Weather FORECAST: Decreuiaf etoaOI Mn with widely Mattered showers tonicht and Saturday. Continued cooL Low tonicht High Saturday 4S-M. Temp. Hifhest Testerday St Lowest this Moraine 41
