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Weather Recommended A tuny on today retrierer trtali, one of the highlight of dog exhibitors, will he found on - page 4. An article on a study of safety conditions on hardtop playgrounds at city schools will be found oa page 13. FORECAST Partly deafly Sunday with scattered light showers, clearing at night. Fair Monday. Expected high 55, expected low 28-30. Highest Saturday 5 Lowest Saturday 32 Precip. United Press Full Leased Win United Prats full Leased Wire To 9:3a p I. Saturday . .01 46th Year, 32 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1952 No. 310 Russians Called Menace to World In Truman Speech Scholastic Group : Hears President ' - : New York U.R) President Truman told 3,300 future gen eration newspapermen Saturday that the United States is building tip its armed strength to prevent Russia "from marching against us and the free world." The president interrupted a late winter vacation at Key West, Fla., to fly 3,000 miles to deliver his 15-minute, impromp tu address to the 28th annual convention of the Columbia Uni versity Scholastic Press associa tion. In a slip of the tongue, the president called it the "29th" annual meeting. Not Imperialists "We're not imperialists," he told the student editors in the most serious mood of his speech which touched by turn on his boyhood memories, his political philsophies and his foreign aid program. "We do not want any more territory. We do not want to conauer any people or to dom inate them," he said with cn- siderable force. "The Russian propaganda savs that we are imperialists and want to conquer the world. That just isn t true.' We know the Soviet government is a menace to us and to all the free world. "That," he said, "is why we are building up our strength, not so much against them but to dis courage them from marching against us and the free world." Mr. Truman defended the new deal and his subsequent "fair deal" and said his political pm losophy was based upon the gold en rule. "Treat others as you would like to be treated," he said. "More and more people," the President said, "have been able to have better and better living conditions." The President then went into an explanation of his foreign policy. . . - "We can not isolate ourselves from our neighbors in the rest of the world," he said. "When something hurts them it hurts us. When something helps them, it helps us. "The way to keep our country strong and prosperous is to en courage and develop prosperity in the rest of the world," Mr. Mr. Truman said. "We can learn a lot from the rest of the world. There are many things that even the people of undeveloped coun tries in the world can teach us." The President, now engaged in attempting to put his $7,900,000, 000 foreign aid program over in a hostile Congress, reminded his young listeners-that the na tion failed to follow Woodrow Wilson's program of internation al cooperation after the first World War. Key West, Fla. J.R) Presi dent Truman resumed his vaca tion tonight after a flight of near ly five hours from New York where he addressed a group of school paper editors during the afternoon. The President landed at Boca Chica naval air station in a night landing that is unusual for the presidential plane. Normally, the White House prefers the Presi dent to make daytime landings and takeoffs. (See Story on Page 5) Richland, Wash. (U.R) Settle ment yesterday of a teamsters strike was expected to send 4. 500 Hanford atomic workers back to their jobs Saturday fol lowing a 48-hour work-stoppage. Wind-Whipped Storm Hits Southern California Area Los Angeles (U.R) A wind whipped storm came blustering into southern California from the north Saturday, forcing some families to flee their homes, ma rooning others in the mountains and causing at least one death. The storm hit hard at Santa Barbara, 100 miles north of here, and then drove, down the coast, bringing a cloudburst to Ven tura and an estimated .91 inch- s of rain to Los Angeles by 1 p.m. Three and one-half inches fell early Saturday in Santa Barbara, swelling the Santa Maria river nearly to overflowing. Families living along the river bank left their homes. High winds accompanying the downpour ripped down power lines between Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo and between Buttonwillow and Santa Maria, blacking out some areas. The communities of Guada lupe and Casmalia in northern Saota Barbara county were left fW"-S. I lit GUNTHER BARTH German To Work on Newspaper German Student On Mail Tribune Staff for Week Gunther Barth, a German journalist show studying at the school of journalism of the Uni versity of Oregon, will arrive in Medford next Sunday to spend a week on the staff of The Mail Tribune. The arrangement for his visit here was made cooperatively between The Mail Tribune and the journalism school, and is in tended to provide a mutually beneficial arrangement, and to provide him with intimate ex perience in the operation of a small-city newspaper. One of Ten He is one of 10 foreign news papermen, now in this country for a year's study in their own field, and for firsthand know ledge of the United States, who will spend the week on news papers of the state. He will work with regular staff members of The Mail Tribune in several de partments, and also hopes to participate , in the life of the community to the fullest pos sible extent during the week. Barth comes from Dusseldorf, a city of half a millon population on the Rhine in Northrhine Westphalia, where he was born in 1925. Since 1947 he has worked on the staff of the Rheinische Post, a Dusseldorf newspaper of 250, 000 circulation. Starting as a reporter, he became a "redactor" in 1949. (There is no exact sync nym for this term in American journalism, the closest being "departmental editor.") His work is largely in the field of art and literature, and on a com parable newspaper in this coun try Barth would be called a com bination are and theatre critic and book reviewer. He has a wide background of reading and study in these fields. Since 1949 he has been attending the Uni versity of Cologne, which is nearby to Dusseldorf, in his non-working hours. In applying for his year's study in the United States, Barth wrote: "Contribute to Understanding" "I believe that such a visit is not only to the full advantage of one's professional and education al training, but will also certain ly give one an opportunity to contribute to the understanding between the people of both countries. By meeting American people personally one will be able to learn more about their problems, their country and their democratic government, as well as their attitude toward life in general." without water when power fail ures rendered water pumps use less. ' The wind felled trees through-' out the region, and heaving seas knocked off 150 feet of a 1200 foot pier at Pismo Beach. A snow slide at Pine Creek, 15 miles northwest of Bishop, ma rooned 31 persons at a mine. The slide, coming during a 24-hour blizzard, hit a mill and homes at the U. S. Vanadium Mine and Mill Co., destroying several houses. . - The slide buried Tom Holmes, the mill superintendent, and his 15-month-old son, Mike, but both were rescued. The little boy was found after two-hour search but was reported uninjured. Authorities at Bishop, where the blizzard dumped six and a half feet of snow,- attempted to reach the mine with a rotary snowplow, . but the machine broke down. They said they would attempt to send a helicop ter to the mine with a doctor. Senators Oppose Invitation to Ike To Testify in US Foreign Relations Committee Polled Washington (U.R) A major ity of members of the Senate Foreign Relations committee said Saturday they oppose invit ing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to testify personally in support of the president's $7,900,000,000 mutual security program.' A United Press survey dis closed that of the 13 committee members, at least seven and pos sibly more are lined up against asking the general,, a draft can didate for the Republican presidential nomination, to come home now to testify. The committee is scheduled to vote Monday, . on Sen. Brien McMahon's motion to invite Eisenhower to appear. McMahon has denied his move is politi cally motivated. Outcome Could Change Absentees a n d 1 a s t-minute switches could change the out come, but today only the Con necticut Democrat and Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wis.) ap peared to be in favor of the move. Four other senators would not disclose their stand but some of these were understood to oppose the idea. ' . Most of the opponents ob jected that an appearance might "embarrass" Eisenhower. Mc Mahon stressed that his motion was for an invitation, not a com mand. That left a possibility of some sort of resolution saying the committee would be glad to hear Eisenhower if he cared to ap pear. Eisenhower has indicated he would send his deputy, Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, to present the views of North Atlantic Treaty headquarters on the se curity program, which is largely concerned with arms and other aid for Europe. , -f--y"- Some senators said the move had obvious political implica tions. As NATO commander, Eisenhower probably would feel obliged to press for the whole $7,900,000,000 program despite widespread congressional senti ment to trim it by $1 billion or more. That would .put the general on the spot in the campaign to win him the presidential nomination, and would likewise embarrass any of his congressional support ers who wanted to cut the pro gram. Police Widen Search In $141,630 Robbery Butler, Pa. (U.R) Three swarthy bandits who brutally beat a coal mine operators' wife with a pistol and. then looted his safe of $131,630 in cash were the object of a widespread police hunt Saturday. The bandits invaded the man sion home of Craig Saul, 45, Friday and when Mrs. Saul at tempted to telephone police they beat her in the face with a pistol until the blood streamed down on her three crying children. Police, who set up a three state road block, said that in addition to the cash the bandits took an unestimated amount of securities. Ex-Cofecfor Defendant . In $141,000 Civil Suit San Francisco (U.R) James G. Smvth. fired internal revenue collector for the San Francisco area, Saturday was named de fendant in a $141,000 civil suit tiled in federal district court. The suit, filed by Pacific Homes, Inc., San Mateo, Calif., said that sum was paid as an excess profits tax imposed for homes built in San Mateo and Vallejo during 1945-46-47. The company said it paid the tax under protest. However, the suit charged, the internal Kev enue Bureau, then headed by Smyth, over-ruled the protest. Harvester Firm Strike Threatened Saturday Milwaukee (U.R) A strike touched off in the Milwaukee plant of the International Har vester Company when the firm suspended forge shop worker threatened Saturday to idle 8,800 workers by Wednesday. ' Harvester officials said that negotiations were deadlocked and no further union-management talks were scheduled in the nine-day work stoppage. Harvester already has laid off 600 workers at Melrose Park, HI., and said 2,400 of the plant's 4,000 employes would be idle by Monday because of a lack of parts from Milwaukee. TAX REBEL Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Pennington of Lincoln Par!:, Mich, hold a newspaper in their New York hotel room which carries story of Pennington's refusal U. pay 581 Social Security tax as a self-employed Businessman. He sent the money to a needy pensioner instead, who was refused Social Security because ne made a "few cents' over the allowed amount. Site of Wednesday's Blast Believed Found Sheriff Howard Gault, no tified late Saturday by Carl Bergman of East Evans Creek that a "big hole with fresh dirt thrown over a wide area" had been found north of the old A n t i o c h cemetery and might have been the site of an explosion which startled alley residents Wednesday night, told The Mail Tribune that he and Chief Deputy De Armond Leigh had checked the site Saturday night but would return for further inspection in daylight. Gault said the crater was about five feet across and about four feet deep with fresh earth scattered all around. "It was a small hole for such a big bang." Gault said. The first break in what may have been the cause of the Wednesday night blast which shook valley homes was reported Saturday afternoon when Mrs. Carl Bergman of East Evans creek called The Mail Tribune. Mrs. Bergman receives the Trib une about three days after publi cation. When she saw the story yesterday concerning the blast she believed she had already seen its site. Thursday morning while look ing for the Bergmans' stock in the Beagle area on an old Camp White rifle range, the Bergmans saw a fresh crater in the ground which she describes as about 10 St. Louis Collector Guilty of Misconduct St. Louis (U.R) James P. Fin negan, whose activities as St Louis tax collector touched off the Internal Revenue and Re construction Finance Corp. in vestigations, early Saturday was found guilty of misconduct in office. A jury of 11 men and one businesswoman returned the ver dict, finding ; the 51-year-old Democratic leader guilty of peddling his influence to the American Lithofold Corp. and the Warwick Hotel Company He was acquitted on one other charge of misconduct and two charges of bribery. CHAINS NEEDED- State police said Saturday night that chains were being used by motorists crossing the Siskiyou mountains and would be necesary Sunday unless snow turned to rain. It was snowing heavily on the mountain about 3 p.m. Saturday, police said.' Late Sports - Ashland Jacksonville high school won the Southern Ore gon college- invitational basketball tournament here Saturday night by defeating Talent, 39 to 27. Jacksonville enjoyed quarter leads of 11-8. 29-15. and 34-20. Joe Nolan paced the winners with 11 points while Zumwalt canned for the losers. Rollie Hartley, winner of the most valuable player ward in 1950. won the honor again this year. Salem (U.R) Rogue River won the state class B high high school basketball cham pionship here Saturday night by trouncing Knappa. 81 to 50. feet wide, and 8 feet deep with fresh dirt which has been thrown in a 50 or 60 foot radius around the crater. Location of the crater is about Wz miles north of the old Antioch cemetery on the Beagle road on the right side, traveling from Medford, accord ing to Mrs. Bergman. It is her belief that a "dud" shell from camp days had been detonated. WSB Asks Delay In Strike Action : By Washington .- ; (U.R) The Wage Stabilization board ap pealed to the CIO Steelworkers union Saturday to delay any strike action until April 8 and negotiate with the basic steel industry on its recommendation for settlement of their wage dis puate. WSB Chairman. Nathan Fein- singer told the union and the steel companies the board "will make every effort" to have its recommendations ready by next Thursday. Feinsinger gave no indication workers and the ocmpanies to what the recommendations would be, but urged the steel- workers and the companies to begin negotiating on them "not later than, three days" after receiving them. Present Deadline That would be March 23, the present deadline set by the union for a strike if the wage dispute is not settled. ' U. S. Steel Corp. agreed to meet with the steelworkers "not later than three days after we receive" the board's recommend ations. Philip Murray, CIO and USW president, declined to. give the board an immediate answer. He told newsmen he would reply either late Saturday or today. Murray earlier had called his steelworkers executive . board and the union's wage policy committee to meet here Thurs day, as the nation's wage and price stabilization policies head ed into a critical week. Feinsinger sent identical tele grams to Murray and heads of six steel firms. . - Specifically, he asked the in dustry and union to "maintain production and work" until April 4 and then give 96 hours or four days written notice in advance if a strike is coming. Bulletins after leading 35 to 27 at the halfway mark. Jim Boulter picked up 23 points for the champions and ' Max Kelly gathered 20 for Knappa. Sublimity gained third place by dumping Mapleton 43 to 41. The all-state first team fol lows: Boulter. Kelly. Ron RueL Sublimity: Jim Wehren, Rogue River, and Dwayne Brady, Powers. Second team: Byron Kile, Rogue River; John Toft. Ma pleton: Ward Collingsworth. Echo: Art Wealherford. Wallo wa: and Rickey -Perkins. Knappa. Echo won the sportsmanship ward. Ms Say RIOTS PROTESTED Red Negotiators Demand Guarantee Against Outbreaks Further Propaganda Expected on Matter Tokyo, Sunday (U.R) Com munist truce delegates, in a "serious protest" lodged with the United Nations, demanded to day that the Allies "guarantee" against further such "barbarous massacres" as occurred Thursday at Koje island prison. The Reds warned that out breaks will not be "future toler ated." The Communists learned Saturday of the death at Koje-do of 12 Red prisoners, and branded the prison riot, "illegal killing," indicating they would use it as grist from their propaganda mill. .Today's Red outburst came at an hour and 18-minute item four prisoner exchange meeting. Demand 'Explanation . . The Communist message said the Reds regarded the U. N. re port of the Koje incident a "self contradictory account full of loopholes." The Reds called it "completely unacceptable" and demanded a full explanation of the incident. Negotiators working on item three truce supervision met for more than an hour, recessed and then resumed' their talks. Similar lengthy meetings in the past indicated a proposal had been made, needing independent consideration before further ex ploration. Yesterday Col. Andrew J. Kin ney opened the way for solving five junior-grade deadlocks on policing the armistice by pre senting the Reds a "package deal offer.' The Communists appar ently replied today to the offer with a counter-proposal of then own or had asked for clarifica tion of some points which would account for the recess and re sumption of discussions. Exchange Discussed Another group of Allied and Red staff officers discussed the problem of exchange of prison ers under the armistice for an hour and 18 minutes before they recessed for the day and agreed to meet again at 11 a.m. Tokyo time tomorrow. UN officers had gone to the prisoner exchange meeting ex pecting the Communists to cut loose with a new barrage of charges for propaganda purposes based on the killing of 12 Com munist war prisoners in rioting at Koje Island prison camp TheVe was no immediate indica tion of vhat the two sides dis cussed at that meeting. Exiled Cuban Leader Escapes Murder Plot Mexico City (U.R) Mexi can secret service agents dis closed Saturday that they had prevented an "apparent attempt" to assassinate exiled Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras. They said a "small group" of gunmen tried to force their way into Prio's hotel room early Saturday, but was frightened away by armed guards. Police prevented another group of gunmen from entering the Cuban embassy at dawn and said that may have been a mili tary effort to seize the building." According to secret police, two embassy officials, both auxiliary naval attaches, were seized and questioned about the attempt to break into the embassy, but were released. Overthrow of Thailand Government 'Unfounded' Bangkok, Thailand (U.R) Reports that the Thailand gov ernment has been overthrown were denied Saturday as abso lutely unfounded. It already has been announced that Premier Field Marshal Pi bul Songgram is to resign auto matically next Tuesday when the National Assembly meets in ex traordinary session. ' DISTRICT TO ELECT The board of supervisors of the Sams Valley-Beagle Soil Con servation district will convene on Monday, March 17,' at 8 p.m. at the county agent's office in the courthouse to elect new of ficers. George Loftin, who has been chairman, was reelected to the board at the recent annual meeting of the district. - Mm Presidential Hopeful Heckled by Black Cat Sheboygan, Wis. (U.R) Gov. Earl Warren of Califor nia encountered a black cat Saturday and a few minutes later he slipped on ice and fell. It was his second such mis hap during his current cam paign tour in Wisconsin for the Republican presidential nomination. He fell at Neenah. Wis., Friday night, but apparently he was not hurt in either falL Enroute here Saturday Warren's bus broke down. Warren finished the trip in a sheriff's car. but the rest of his party had to hitchhike. Investigators Charge McGrath Owns Race Tracks Washington (U.R) A House investigator charged Saturday there is "some evidence" At torney General J. Howard Mc Grath may have an interest in two race tracks, and demanded an examination of McGrath's in come tax returns for the years 1940 through 1950. Rep. Patrick J. Hillings, a member of the House Judiciary subcommittee investigating the Justice Department, made the request for the sweeping inquiry into what he called McGrath s "substantial income." Subcommittee Chairman Frank D. Chelf (D-Ky.) promptly back ed the California Republican's request that the group ask Presi dent Truman for the tax returns. "Too Much Money" Chelf said he thought the sub committee is "entitled to the in formation" because of repeated allegations that McGrath has made "too much money" in pub lic ofice. Harold E. Stassen, Republican presidential candidate, has charged McGrath became a -"millionaire" in his years of public service. "I intend to support Hillings' request," Chelf said. "If that's not a fair approach to get in formation, then I don't know what is." It is doubtful whether Mr. Truman would turn over the re turns, should the full subcom mittee approve the request. Al ready he has instructed govern ment agencies not to give blank et information to the subcom mittee on cases turned over to the Justice Department in the past six years which have not been prosecuted. Chelf said he "naturally ex pects Hillings to give the sub committee whatever informa tion he has "when the subcom mittee considers the request at its next meeting, either Monday or Tuesday. . Five Arrested In Reno Safe Washington (U.R) Federal Bureau of Investigation agents tonight arrested John Triliegi, 37, and Frank Scorrenti, 36, in Milwaukee, Wis., in connection with the $1,500,000 burglary at the residence of Lavere V. Red- field, Reno, Nev., February 28. Earlier, the FBI announced the arrest of a man in Reno and a woman in Los Angeles in con nection with the Redfield case. The woman, attractive 37-year- old Leona Mae Gioradano, who is a four times wed Reno wait ress and gaming house shill, pro vided the first break in the case. She was arrested in a Los An geles hotel, and Louis Gazzigli, 44-year-old underworld figure and exboxer, was arrested in Reno. Three Suspects Held Saturday's arrests bring to five the number of suspects held in the February 29 burglary of a green safe containing at least $1,500,000 in jewelry, cash and securities from the stone mansion of La Vere Redfield. Ex-convict Andrew R. Young, 46, was arrested March 11 in Milwaukee, Wis., by FBI agents, after Mrs. Giordano attempted to pass a $1,000 and $100 bill, known to be part of the Redfield loot, in a Reno casino and told police she got it from "a guy named Andy from Milwaukee Uiiiess Claim American Gives Testimony In Czech Trial .12 Said Convicted By Communist Court Vienna, Austria (U.R) Asso ciated Press Correspondent Wil liam N. Oatis has appeared as a witness at the trial of 12 of his "accomplices," one of whom was sentenced to death for murder, the official Communist radio in Prague said Saturday night.. His appearance came only 10 days after reports from Wash ington said the Czech Commu nist regime had indicated a wil lingness to negotiate his release. Oatis, sentenced to 10 years for "espionage," has been held in communicado for 10 months. Release Considered Last week State Department officials acknowledged that Czechoslovakia had hinted it might consider Oatis' release in' return for a $17 million steel mill, ordered before the Commu nist coup in Prague but never delivered by the United States. They denied that an actual of fer had been made and said that disposition on the steel mill is not and will not be connect ed" with the case. The United States has contended since Oatis' arrest last April 23 that the American newsman was inno cent. Oatis has been held in Pan- krac prison since his arrest, and efforts by U.S. officials to see him have met with no result. Saturday night's broadcast said he testified as a witness Friday at a three-day trial of "spies and murderers," all of whom were found guilty. , Most of the 12 were witnesses at his own trial which led to his sentencing last July 4 to 10 years imprisonment, half of which might be suspended for good be havior. The broadcast said he "again admitted his guilt" at the new' trial. Prague radio said Oatis also "admitted that he has been fullv aware of the murder of a Czech oslovak security officer bv one of his accomplices" and that associ ates of the murderer had been ."frequent visitors at the A.P. of- nce in .Prague." The broadcast listed Josef Pa- velka as the murderer of an un named security officer and said he was sentenced to death. Terms Given A second defendant. Karel Ha- jek, was sentenced to life im prisonment, and 10 other de fendants were sentenced to nris. on terms ranging from 12 to 25 years, Prague said. Some of the defendants were said to have been members of an espionage ring led from abroad by Vladimir Komarek, described by Prague radio as a "U. S. counter intelligence agent." It said Oatis "warned Komarek" when the group was discovered by Czech security police usine A. P. wires. It repeated charees that Oatis was a "CIC agent operating un der the guise of a newspaper man." By FBI Men Robbery Case who wanted me to go away with him." The FBI in Los Angeles charg ed Mrs. Giordano with transport ing more than $5,000 of the loot from Nevada to California and said she had "more of the loot" with her when she was arrested. Gazzigli was "known to have conspired" with Young "to trans port part of the loot to points outside the state of Nevada," ac cording to Police Chief L. R. Greeson and D. K. Brown, spe cial agent in charge of G-men working on the case, who an nounced the arrests. When notified of the arrests, Redfield, who estimates the amount of loot as closer to $2, 500,000, said: "It sounds pretty good, doesn't it they haven't found the safe yet, have they? Or the money?" Neither Greeson nor Brown would comment on whether the safe or the bulk of its contents has been located. Mrs. Giordano, the FBI said, will be arraigned before a U. S. commissioner iri Los Angeles on Monday. Young is being held in j a i 1 " in Milwaukee in lieu of $50 000. Gazzigli was booked at the Washoe county jail by the FBI and held in lieu of $25,000 bail fixed by U. S., Commissioner J. T. McLaughlin at the request , of the U. S. attorney's office. .
