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WE'RE A BARGAIN," says Mrs. Agnes Roche, Long Beach, Cal., with twinkle In eye as she an
nounces she is looking for husband and father for her eight children. "Look at all the income
tax exemptions," she pointed out. From left (on floor) : Tommy, Eddie and David. On the sofa:
James, Barbara, Mrs. Roche, Lawrence, Mary and Judith Roche. (international Soundphoto)
Woman Arrested With
Of Loot From Redf ield Robbery
Flagstaff, Ariz. (U.R) An
attractive 36-year-old French
Canadian brunet who may
have engineered the fantastic
$1,500,000 Redfield burglary
at Reno attempted unsuccess
fully to commit suicide Mon
day. FBI agents have dis
closed. Mrs. Marie Jeanne D'Arc
Machaud, arrested aboard a
train here Sunday while en
route from Los Angeles to
Chicago with "a large part of
the Redfield loot," took a
large overdose of sleeping
pills early Monday, and later
told a matron she planned to
kill herself with a razor blade.
Reno (U.R) An attractive
French-Canadian , brunette was
suspected Monday of being the
woman who "cased" the mansion
of a Reno millionaire for a band
of thieves who got away witn
$1,500,000 in cash, securities and
jewels.
The FBI held Mrs. Marie
Jeanne D'Arc Machaud in Flag
staff, Ariz., on charges of trans
porting stolen property across
state lines.
En Route to Chicago
She was arrested Sunday on
a train en route to Chicago with
a "large part" of the loot stolen
from the home of La Vere Red
field February 29.
'About $50,000 in cash, a large
quantity ' of expensive jewelry
and a large number of securities
-were found," said FBI agent
Gerald Norris in Flagstaff. '"It
is all part of the loot."
Mrs. Machaud, a self-styled
songwriter and authoress, was a
personal friend of Mr. and Mrs
Redfield.
Her arrest, the sixth in the
case, caught Redfield by sui
prise. He said he had asked her
to his home on numerous occa
sions, but he refused to say how
or when he had met her.
Had Been Houseguest
"She has been out to our house
as a guest several times," Red-
Minnesota Primary
Election Tuesday
Minneapolis (U.R) Cam
paigning in Minnesota's presi
dential primary closed Monday
with a last-minute flurry of ac
tivity to get write-in-votes for
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and
Sen. Estes Kefauver.
The polls open at 7 a.m. (CST)
Tuesday for 13 hours. The ex
pected turnout was about 200,
000 less than one-sixth of those
who voted in Minnesota in the
1948 general election.
The Republican ballot will list
only the names of former Minne
sota Gov. Harold E. Stassen and
Edward C. Slettedahl, a St. Paul
school teacher entered as a
stand-in for Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur. Their delegates also will
appear.
Sen Hubert H. Humphrey. D
Minn., and his delegates were
all alone on the Democratic bal
lot. He will turn over his dele
gates to President Truman if
the chief executive decides , to
run again.
Backers of Eisenhower and
Kefauver were hopeful although
not highly optimistic that their
12th-hour drive for write-ins
would swing the contest.
Defense Department Issues
Call for 19,000 Men in May
Washington (U.R) The De
fense Department Monday an
nounced a draft call of 19,000
for May 15.000 for the Army
and 4,000 for the Marine Corps.
Same for April
The total is the same as the
number scheduled for induction
in April.
It brings to 913,430 the num
ber of men who will have been
inducted since the beginning of
the Korean war. Of the total
called, 832,000 have been for the
Army and 81,430 for the Marine
field said. "She's the one person
I would not have suspicioned Li
the slightest. It's simply .unbe
lievable. "She is the first one of all
these suspects whom I know, i
know who she is but I don't
know a great - deal about her.
That's all I can tell you right
now.
Mrs. Machaud had lived in
Reno two or three years, but
she apparently was not wall
known in the city., Recently, she
had tried to interest a bandlead
er in one of her songs. The band
leader said she was "very at
tractive." Bone for Dog
The burglary was committed
while Redfield and his wife were
playing roulette at a downtown
casino. The thieves tossed a
Farley Seen Unlikely
As Russell's Manager
Washington (U.R) Supporters
of Sen. Richard B. Russell ar
trying to recruit James A. Far
ley, the "old pro" of Democratic
politics, to help push the Georg
ian s bid for the presidential
nomination.
But any hopes , that Farley
might become Russell's ' cam
paign manager apparently are
doomed to disappointment.'
That picture emerged Monday
Ike Said Free
To Return Home
Paris (U.R) Gen. Dwight D
Eisenhower is now a "very ac
tive" participant in the presi
dential campaign whether he
likes it or not and is free to re
turn home and campaign if he
wants to, a leading "I Like Ike'
booster said Monday.
Paul G. Hoffman, co-chairman
of the "Citizens for Eisenhower'
organization, sid after a talk
with Eisenhower that the su
preme allied commander, in his
opinion, could probably return
home and speak in his uniform
"as a soldier' 'on international
issues.
The pledge that Eisenhower
made in a statement on Janu
ary 7 not to take part in politics
before the Republican conven
tion July 7 -would not be a bar
to such speeches, Hoffman said
"No, I do not think so at all.
because conditions have very
radically changed since that
date," Hoffman said in reply to
a question at a press conference
Freighter Drifting
Off Washington Coast
Seattle U.R) A Coast Guard
cutter and a large ocean-going
tug Monday plowed through the
choppy North Pacific toward a
British freighter driftng help
lessly 420 miles off the Washing
ton coast.
The Liberty ship Darton radi
oed she had lost her propeller
but was not in danger, the Coast
Guard reported.
However, the cutter Winona
was proceeding to the scene to
stand by until the tug Salvage
rung from Victoria, B. C, can
reach the scene to take the dis
abled freighter in tow.
Corps.
The Defense Department said
the May call will provide the
armed services with' the number
of men needed to meet approved
program goals for June 30.
June Goal 3.500,000
The overall goal by June 30 is
slightly more than 3,500,000 ior
all of the services. The Navy and
Air Force have been' reaching
their manpower goals through
voluntary enlistment. They have
not resorted to the draft during
the Korean war.
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Large Part
watchdog a hambone from the
ice box, then carted off a green
safe containing cash and valu
ables. Mrs. Machaud said she thought
the valuables she was carrying
when she was arrested wre
worm souu.uuu, out orris saiu
he thought her guess was too
high.
Value Up to Expert
"We recovered more jewelry
than was reported stolen, Nor
ris said. "We still don't know
it's value. That's a question for
expert jewelers."
Others held .in the case were
Mrs-, Leona Mae Giordano, 37,
former Reno cocktail waitress, in
Los Angeles; Louis Gizzigli, 44,
in Reno; and John Triliegi, 37,
Frank Sorrenti, 36, and Andrew
Young, 46, in Milwaukee.
from a welter of conflicting
statements on backstage negoti
ations for an alliance between
the Russell camp and the astute
New Yorker who was Democrat
ic national chairman during the
late President Roosevelt's first
two campaigns. -Farley
Approached
Senate sources, who are in a
position to have accurate infor
mation, told reporters Sunday
night that Farley had been "ap
proached" by "certain senators"
who are supporting Russell fcr
(he Democratic nomination.
These sources said Farley was
asked to become Russell's cam
paign manager, and that he
promised to come to Washington
this week to talk it over.
Farley immediately denied
that he had discussed such a
proposition with Russell support
ers. He added:
"I am through managing cam
paigns. I feel that I have served
my time managing. But this is no
reflection on Russell or any oth
er presidential candidate."
Russell himself said he does
not know anything about parley
becoming his campaign mana
ger. But he said he has a high
regard for Farley and would
"welcome" his "support." ,
Parents Told Missing
Pilot Killed in Action
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Langs
ton, 114 Tripp street, were noti
fied this week-end by the war
department that their son, Capt.
Jack C. Langston, an F-84 fight
er-bomber pilot, was killed in
action in Korea on March 10. He
previously was reported to be
missing m action.
Captain Langstan's wife, the
former Miss Jacqueline Thur-
man, lives with their two chil
dren, Jolinda, 7, and Johnnie,
2b, at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Clara Thurman. Trail. He
was a graduate of Medford high
school and has been in the ser
vice since joining -the national
guar.d- here in 1939. During
World War II he was a radar in
structor. Good Irishmen, and
Irishmen Pro Jem,
Wear Green Today
E. C. (Jerry) Jerome, form
er Big Eruption of the now
defunct Crater club, and a man
of note in the Shrine, and
other activities, was among
many who sported green ties
today in honor of good St. Pat
rick, patron saint of all Irish
men and Irishmen-pr4em.
Jerome arrived in Medford
as a mere broth of a lad 40
years ago today, and he was
wearing the same violently
green tie thai he bad en to
day. He's worn it. gossip says,
each March 17th for the past
40 years.
Tokyo UJ0 Prime Minister
Shigeru Yoshida was reelected
Monday for another four-year
term as president of the ruling
Liberal party.
MEDFORD
lalud fin rOI IwH wm
46th Year 14 Pages
3n invitation to
Allies Demand
Capitals Be Open
For Inspection
Four Other Points
Of Entry Named
Panmunjom (U.R) Allied
truce negotiators told the Com
munists Monday they want the
battle-torn cities of Seoul and
Pyongyang, capitals of North and
South Korea, open to inspection
by neutral truce teams during
the armistice.
The United Nations also
named four- other points of en
try on each side it wants open
to observe traffic of troops and
military supplies.
No Direct Reply
The Communists, who had ex
cluded the capital cities from
their slate, made no direct re
ply when Col. Andrew J. Kin
ney asked whether the Reds ob
jected to opening Pyongyang to
neutral inspection.
Meanwhile, the Communists
charged that an Allied plane at
tacked a prisoner of war camp
in North Korea Sunday, wound
ing an unnamed British soldier.
Col. Tsai Cheng Wen, Chinese
staff officer in prisoner discus
sions, said in a formal protest
that such "continual murder by
your side of captured personnel
of both sides makes people
doubt whether your side has
the sincerity to settle actively
the question of prisoners."
Tsai was referring also to two
riots at Koje island in South
Korea where Communist inter
nees and solgiers have been
killed.
The UN command said the
Communists improperly marked
prisoner camps, but the Reds
contended the strafed camp at
Changsong bore "conspicuous"
markings.
On the question of ports of
entry for neutral truce teams,
the Allies submitted the narrfes of
10 Korean cities.
The Allies suggested the Com
munist ports of entry include
Pyongyang, with its port 'city
of Chinnampo; Sinuiju, Chong
jin and Hamhung, with its port
city of Hungnam.
For the five Allied ports of
entry in South Korea, the UN
named Seoul, Kangnung, Kun-
san, Taegu and Pusan.
Emmanuel Seeks
To Erase Conviction
Olympia .U.R) Samuel Em
manuel, resigned state land
board secretary. Monday was to
try to erase his March 7 convic
tion in Thurston county Super
ior Court on one count of asking
a bribe.
Emmanuel's attorneys, Lee Ol-
well and Tracy Griffin, were
scheduled to argue their motion
for new trial before Judge
Charles Wright. If denied a new
trial. Griffin said the case would
be appealed to the state supreme
court.
Philippine Senate Gets
Jap Treaty; Defense Pact
Manila (U.R) President EI
pidio Quirino Monday submitted
to the senate the Japanese peace
treaty and the Philippines
United States mutual defense
pact.
He asked their ratification as
"steps of utmost importance to
ward liquidating the old war
and preventing a new one."
Quirino said the two treaties
"will restore peace and stability
to the Pacific."
Airline Hostess Freed
On Homicide Charge
St. Louis. Mo. (U.R) A pretty
airline. hostess was freed Mon
day by a coroner's jury which
returned a verdict of justifiable
homicide in the slaying of her
married lover.
The jury found that Miss
Betty Lou Tracy, 21, shot Law
rence E. Keil, 43-year-old super
intendent of stations for Ozark
Airlines, in self-defense after he
threatened to torture her for
associating with other men.
Portland (UJ9 Mrs. Susan
P. Emery, 90, eldest daughter
of H. L. Pittock, founder of
The Oregonian, died at Jier Mil-
waukie. Ore., home Sunday
night after an illness of several
months following a stroke.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH
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URGING approval of $7J billion
foreign aid program. Mutual
Security Administrator W. Av
erell Harriman tells senators
$1 billion Is planned for France
and Britain. (International)
Gault Doubts Blast
Crater Source of
Mystery Explosion
Sheriff Howard Gault said to
day that he believes the explo
sion crater reported late Satur
day in the Antioch district was
not the source of the blast felt
and heard in many parts of the
county last Wednesday night.
The sheriff inspected the blast
hole, just north of the old Anti
och cemetery on the Beagle
road, over the week-end. He said
it measured about five feci wide
and about 344 feet deep. Dirt
was scattered for 150 to 170
Lfeet around it. and it apparently
was caused by a shell buried
there during the days that Camp
White was an Army training
site.
But Gault pointed out that
the blast was heard from Shady
Cove to south of Medford, and
appeared to be of largely simi
lar intensity in all areas. He said
he doubted that a blast the ap
parent size of the one which
caused the crater would have
rattled windows in Medford and
Jacksonville.
The sheriff was at a loss to
explain the blast, but speculated
that it might "have come from
the sky," because of the area
over which it was heard.
Shock waves started by jet
aircraft when they go through
the sonic barrier at approxim
ately the speed of sound have
been known to be the cause of
similar "mysterious" explosions
in the past, and although Air
Force sources here knew of no
fast aircraft in the area at the
time, speculation continued that
there was one passing over, and
that it was the cause of the
widely-felt "explosion." "
Wage Cut Proposed
In Klamath Mills
Portland (U.R) CIO wood
workers said Monday they were
taking a strike vote after the
Pine Industrial Relations com
mittee proposed in negotiations
a wage cut of 10 cents an hour
for employees In lumber and ply
wood mills of the Klamath Falls
area.
Union research director Virfcil
Burtz announced the strike vote
and said the federal conciliation
service had been called into the
dispute. The union is asking a
substantial wage boost, three ad
ditional paid holidays, rest pe
riods in mills and other benefits.
Inome Tax Deadline
At Midnight Tonight
Washington (U.R) You
have until midnight Monday
to get your 1951 federal in
come tax return in the maiL
If you miss the deadline,
you are liable to a penalty
charge of six per cent of the
total tax due.
Those who have to file quar
terly declarations of estimat
ed Income also must get their
first quarter 1952 forms in by
midnight.
The Internal Revenue bu
reau will be buried under an
avalanche of more, than 53.
000.000 returns by the rime
the last ones are filed. More
than half an estimated 30,
000.000 will get returns.
Eisenhower
Decision Date Undecided
On Foreign Aid Measure
Washington (U.R) The Senate Foreign Relations committee
Monday postponed indefinitely a vote on the politically-delicate
question of inviting Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower home to testify on
President Truman's $7,900,000,000 foreign aid program.
Chairman Tom Connally, D.-Tex., said no date was set for a
decision.
After a scheduled 15-minute closed session on the question
stretched to nearly an hour, Connally told newsmen that a vote
was postponed.
Sen. Brien McMahon, D.-Conn., made the proposal that the
supreme Allied commander in western Europe be invited home
for his testimony.
Connally said the postponement was decided in view of the fact
that the committee wants to hear several other witnesses includ
ing Eisenhower's deputy, Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther.
Lodge, Brewster
Reported Absent
Two committee members
Sens. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., R
Mass., and Owen Brewster, R
Me., were absent and Connally
said that was another reason for
not voting on the Eisenhower
invitation.
Connally said he did not
know riow the absentees felt
about it. However, Lodge has
told newsmen he is strongly op
posed to the idea. Brewster is
believed to oppose it also.
An informal poll in advance
on the meeting indicated that at
least seven of the 13 committee
members opposed McMahon's
idea. Several said it might be
"embarrassing" to the general
to plead for approval of the full
program, in his role as North At
lantic Treaty commander. Some
congressmen backing him for
the Republican presidential
nomination want to trim the
funds.
Willing To Return
At Eisenhower's headquar
ters in Paris, an informed source
said the general would be will
ing to return if he felt that his
testimony was necessary for the
success of the foreign aid meas
ure. But the informant said
Eisenhower probably would stay
in Paris if he felt that the invi
tation was a political maneuver
designed to embarrass him.
Waiting to testify after the
Eisenhower vote was mutual se
curity Director W. Averell Har
riman, who previously warned
against any cuts.
Harriman faced stern ques
tioning by senators who were
frankly, skeptical of his claim
that the entire pYogram is "es
sential" to the free world's de
fense. Minnesolan Selected
President at U of W
Seattle (U.R) Dr. Henry
Schmitz, 59, dean of the School
of Agriculture and Forestry at
the University of Minnesota,
will take over as president of
the University of Washington
"sometime this summer," the
board of regents said Monday.
Schmitz, a 1915 graduate of
Washington, was named to suc
ceed Dr. Raymond B. Allen, who
resigned January 1 to become
director of the Psychological
Strategy board.
At the same time, the regents
named Acting President H. P.
Everest to the newly created
post of vice-president.
Canby,- Ore. (U.R) State po
lice said Monday that Mrs. L.
E. Parsons, wife of the manager
or radio station KVAS, Astoria,
suffered leg injuries, possible
internal injuries and shock in
an automobile collision , near
here early Sunday.
33 Persons Taken From Basement Refuge
After Being Trapped by Big
Bishop. Calif. (U.R) Thirty-
three cold but thankful persons
who were marooned in a little
hillside mining camp near here
when a huge wall of snow cas
caded atop them, were removed
from their basement refuge early
Monday in face of possible new
slides. -Mill
Crumpled
The giant avalanche crumpled
the tungsten mining mill Satur
day, temporarily burying many
residents and sweeping portions
of their homes into the steep
walled canyon. Miraculously
there were no injuries from the
thundering; snowslide.
Three persons were in the hos
pital, however, suffering frost
bite after dragging themselves
through three miles of deep snow
drifts to escape another thunder
ing wall of snow. '
United Proia Full Leased Wire
17, 1952
No. 311
Voter Registration
Deadline Near;
GOP Keeps Margin
With less than a month re
maining during which residents
may register to vote in Oregon's
primary election on May 16, the
county clerk's office today re
ported that Republican regis
tered voters still outnumber
Democrats. The margin is 1,661.
Deadline for registration is
April 15.
Total number of voters reg
istered is 27,574, or slightly
less than the 28,500 on the books
at the close of registration in
November, 1950, just before the
last general election. Deputy
clerks pointed out that the pres
ent total is unusually high for
before a primary election, and
apparently indicates consider
able interest in the coming cam
paign. Republicans - registered total
14,300; Democrats, 12,639, and
miscellaneous registrations, 635.
Places where residents may
register to vote are scattered in
all sections of the county, and
anyone may register at .the
county clerk's office in the court
house. Big Truck Tax Group
Files Incorporation
Salem (U.R) A vigorous ef
fort to gather information to
support an increase in big truck
rates passed by the 1951 legis
lature was launched here Mon
day when Transport Informa
tion, Inc., with headquarters in
Eugene, filed articles of incor
poration. J. H. Gilbert, retired dean of
liberal arts who was head of the
university's' economics depart
ment, told the United Press in
Salem by phone from Eugene
that the objective of the new or
ganization is to support the leg
islature and combat big truck
interests who succeeded last
summer in getting enough signa
tures for referendum petitions to
stay the 1951 act automatically
until the people pass upon it at
the general election next
November.
Weather
FORECAST: Rain this evening
and showers Tuesday. Low
tonlgbt- 3. High Tuesday
near SO.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 54
Lowest this Morning 30
Mining camp residents, in
cluding four children, were res
cued from the big mill's cement
basement, where they had taken
refuge after the snow roared
down the mountainside, were
rescued by snowshoed deputy
sheriffs and mountain climbers.
Prayed for Hours
"It was terrible we just
huddled together in the mill of
fice's basement and prayed hour
after hour," said mine -superintendent
Thomas Holmes.- "We
knew all the time that another
avalanche might hit us before
rescue crews could arrive.
"I was outside the mill when
the avalanche struck," he con
tinued. "I looked ' around and
saw a wall of snow roaring down
from the canyon walls. It hit the
mill and the houses. J :
"The bouses seemed to ex
Vote
Conservatives
Believed Target
In New Offensive
Obstructionists
To Fair Deal Eyed
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Truman may shortly em
bark on a congressional polit
ical purge aimed during the 1952
campaign year at ultra-conservatives
of both parties.
Whether the president runs
again, his associates at the win
ter White House say he is deter
mined to launch a new offen
sive against the people he blames
for obstructing the Fair DeaL
George Seen Target
Whether Mr. Tuman's "purge"
will resemble the 1938 attempt
by the late President Roosevelt,
remains to be seen. But Mr. Tru
man is expected to shoot at one
of FDR's 1938 targets Sen. Wal
ter F. George (D., Ga.), chair
man of the Senate Finance com
mittee. The president long has felt
that some ranking Democrats,
among them, George and Sen.
Harry F. Byrd (D., Va.), are ideo
logically inclined to the Re
publican, rather than the Demo
cratic party.
Plans Opposed
George recently said some
things in Congress that firmed
up the president's opinion of him
and that opinion cannot be
safely stated without the im
munity attending Mr. Truman's
public remarks.
George, Byrd and Sen. Tom
Connally (D., Tex.), chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations
committee, recently voiced
strong words of opposition to
Truman plans. . Consequently,
the president, however a strong
advocate of the two-party sys
tem in the past, is represented
authoritatively as wanting to
publicly denounce the positions
taken by these senators.
Book Shows Opinions
Whatever Mr. Truman's plans
for the future, his "purge" will
flare Tuesday when "Mr. Presi
dent," a book by William Hill
man, is published. The book
consists largely of the president's
intimate opinions of people and
situations since 1945.
There are sections of "Mr.
President" which will have the
effect of enraging such vener
able senators as George, Byrd
and Connally. And the president
is expected to 'hear from them
shortly.
Winter Hanging On;
Spring 4 Days Away
BY UNITED PRESS
Winter showed all signs Mon
day of bowing out reluctantly in
the Pacific Northwest this year.
With spring only four days
away, a gusty windstorm, laden
with precipitation, moved in off
the Pacific. Storm warnings were
up from Tatoosh Island, Wash
ington, to Astria, Ore., and small
craft warnings were flying south
of Astoria and in Washington's
inland waters.
The weather man forecast
winds up to 40 miles an hour
for western Oregon and Wash
ington with strong gusty winds
in east portions.
' Rain was forecast west of the
Cascades Monday with showers,
sometimes mixed with snow, east
of the mountains. Both the wind
and rain were expected to abate
Tuesday.
6aof Certification
Mailed to Counties
Salem (U.R) A ballot certifi
cation was mailed over tne
week-end to every one of Ore
gon's 36 counties for the May IS
primary election. Dave O'Hara,
head pi the state election bureau,
said Monday.
The certification contains the
names of all candidates for of
fice for each party.
Ephrata, Wash. (U.R) Rep.
Hugh B. Mitchell (D., Wash.)
predicted Monday Congress will
authorize Hells Canyon dam in
this session.
Avalanche
plode. I started running toward
my home, almost crazy because
I was sure my wife and baby
were killed," he said, and then
told how he found his wife in
the crushed home; dazed but un
injured. "She pointed to a 15-foot wall
of snow and said, 'our baby is
under that'," he related.
"We thought it was hopeless
but we heard our dogs whimper
ing somewhere at the bottom
of the pile, and we knew then
there was a chance the baby
might be alive, too."
Two hours later, with the help
of miners, the frantic parents
found their youngster buried at
the bottom of the pile of snow
and debris.
"Michael was wedged between
the dogs. All were alive and un
injured," he said.