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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. '
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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
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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