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Newspaper Page TextME BF0RB RIBOTE United Press Full teased Wire United Press full Leased Wire 46th Year 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREfcON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1952 No. 313 1 I mm I like in 2nd IPIae By Record Number if Write-in Votes General Runs Close to Stassen in Minnesota Minneapolis UR) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose name was not on the ballot, swept to an amazing second-place position Wednesday in the Minnesota presidential primary on a record wave of write-in-votes. He ran close on the heels of favorite son Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota governor whose name was on the Republican ballot, and polled nearly half as many write-in votes in the Demo cratic primary as President Truman di d. Washington observers said Eisenhower won a great moral victory. Returns from 2,519 of the state's 3,769 precincts gave Stassen 109,627 and Eisenhower 96,647. In the Democratic primary, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, D. Minn., a stand-in for President Truman, rolled to an easy victory. Returns from 2,422 precincts gave Humphrey 88,314 votes. Sen. Estes Kefauver, D.-Tenn., drew 17,831 write-in-votes. Presi dent Truman received 2,796 write-in- votes and Eisenhower 1,314 writeins on the Democratic side. Edward C: Slettedahl, a St. Paul school teacher running as a stand-in for Gen.. Douglas MacArthflr, conceded defeat. He polled fewer votes than Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, whose name was General Declines Comment on Result On Minnesota Vote Paris (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower declined immediate comment Wednesday on his strong write-in showing in the Minnesota primary, but he was believed to be keeping a close watch on the returns. A general on Eisenhower's staff at supreme Atlantic pact headquarters here sent out these instructions: Comment Requests Ignored "Keep shoving those bulletins down to me as fast as they come." Eisenhower left his suburban home at 8:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. EST) and drove through a driz zling rain to his headquarters, where he waved aside all re quests for comment on the Min nesota primary. His schedule Wednesday call ed for a full round of confer ences on "strictly military af fairs," an aide said. Surprise Confessed Despite Eisenhower's political aloofness, some of his staff offi cers freely confessed their sur prise at the general's showing in Minnesota.- - - - -'" There was considerable more Interest in this primary than in the New Hampshire Republican race, where delegates pledged to Eisenhower won handily over those of U. S. Sen. Robert A. Taft. - "This is amazing and incred ible," a source very close to Eisenhower said. Peace Seen as Key To HST's Decision Key West, Fla. (U.R) Na tional Democratic Chairman Frank E. McKinney said Wed nesday after lengthy talks with President Truman that peace in Korea would materially reduce the chances of the chief execu tive seeking reelection. McKinney did not profess to know what Mr. Truman's final decision would be, but he hoped for definite word from the Presi dent by May 5. when the Demo cratic National executive com mittee meets in Washington. McKinney told reporters he did not believe the President would be ready to make his an nouncement by March 29, date of the national Democratic Jefferson-Jackson day dinner in Washington. Seattle (U.R) The Navy transport Gen. M. M. Patrick is Hiia htr at Q a m Thtirsriav with 601 passengers from the Far East, the Navy reported. 1 State Goes Into Safecracking Business; Peels Wav Into Big Land Office Vault Salem (U.R) The state of Ore gon went into the safecracking business Wednesday and was so successful that not a paper in its land office vault was scorched by the torch. It all started Tuesday noon when a land office employee inadvertently closed the 16-ton door to the large vault which occupies the northeast corner of the office, on the first floor of the capitol. Checker Takes Off Robert Spain of Portland, with the Yale Lock people in the Northwest, was making his an nual inspection of the time locks in he vault. Come lunch time, he took off, with all four of the time locks removed. The vault was closed and no one could open it. The vaults such as the one in the land office here are so fixed that when all the time locks are removed, it automatically locks and not even the company or the most skillful yegg in the country could open It not on the ballot. Senator Taft Wins 19.128 Write-in Votes Returns from 2,422 precincts gave Taft 19,128 write-ins. Slettedahl polled 18,128. Other write-ins on the Repub lican side: Gov. Earl Warren of California, 4,713; MacArthur, 1,329; Kefauver, 37; Mr. Tru man 19; Humphrey 4; and Fed eral Judge Luther Youngdahl, former Minnesota governor, 179. Other write-ins in the Demo cratic primary: Gov. Adlai Stev enson of Illinois, 18; Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois, 53; Sen. Rob ert Kerr of Oklahoma, 4; Mac Arthur, 29; Taft, 32; Warren, 95; Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, 7; Eisen hower, 1,314; Sen. John Bricker, R-O., 1; and Chief Justice Fred Vinson, 8. Stassen Gets 28 Delegates Stassen apparently won the state's 28 convention delegates, which must vote for him on the first ballot in the national con vention. But Eisenhower's sup porters, who had hoped for only 50,000 votes after a bustling four-day campaign for write-ins, were elated. Stassen, in Milwaukee where he is campaigning for the Wis consin primary April 1, said he was "very pleased with the re sults" of the Minnesota primary. Stassen Gratified He said he was gratified by his lead over Eisenhower and said there were "indications" he would pick up some Eisenhower support in Wisconsin. Taft, also campaigning in Wisconsin, said at Menomonie that the results of the primary were a "definite rebuff to Stas sen. He said he felt that Eisen hower's large write-in was the result of an "all-out campaign" waged by the general's backers. He said his supporters made no effort for a large write-in. . Record Write-ins Never before had such a rec ord of write-in ballots swept the state. ... The 26 Democratic delegates will go to Humphrey, who has promised to turn them over to President Truman if the Chief Executive seeks reelection. Otherwise he will swing them to another candidate. He ias in dicated that candidate might be Kefauver. McAllister Appointed Eisenhower Chairman Attorney William McAllister was named chairman of the Med ford Eisenhower for president committee today by William L. Phillips, Salem, state chairman of the pro-Eisenhower organiza tion. Lloyd Selby, Ashland, has been named to head the general's committee there, Phillips sa'id. McAllister, a candidate for election as a delegate to the na tional Republican convention, is a former legislator and speaker of the state house of representa tives The state of Oregon could not. Neither could Spain. . Shortly after the state house closed at five o'clock the state's safe crackers went to work. They used a jack hammer to rip through the first layer of con crete, then applied torches to cut through the steel in the rein forced concrete. Once they got through the more than a foot of reinforced concrete they were faced with an inch of solid bes semer steel. -.'.' Drilling Didn't Work Drilling was started at first, because of fear that a torch might set fire to the valuable and irreplaceable records inside. But drilling couldn't cut it, and the crew, guided by a plan showing where contents were in side the vault, started the slow and delicate process of cutting through the steel. They made it, shoved a filing cabinet out of the way with a rod, and completed the job, making a hole roughly 11 by 14 inches. Through this Spain crawled and after a few srv? . . . . .-jawk'w rM RIVERS OF WATER flow In Los Angeles streets during heavy rain storm which caused storm sewers to back up. This view of downtown area was at Olympic boulevard looking southward down Hope street. Thousands of automobiles were marooned by floods. (International Soundphoto) Snow Halts Highway, Rail Travel Br UNITED PRESS One of the worst blizzards of the winter halted rail and high day travel over the Sierra Ne vada range Wednesday while rains lashed the Midwest in the wake of a series of tornadoes as winter made its last official cur tain call. The Southern Pacific railroad said it was forced to suspend temporarily freight and passen ger service over Donner Sum mit in the Sierra Nevada moun tains and highway crews strug gled against the mounting snows to reach an isolated resort area. The storms caused four deaths in the Far West. Tornadoes in Mississippi A storm center gathering strength in the Midwest Tues day night unleased tornadoes in the Mississippi valley. A twister ripped a quarter mile wide path through Farm ington, Mo., injuring one wom an and tearing the roofs off several houses. Schools' Budgets Set at $M Million Tentative budgets totalling $1,595,990.83 have been sub mitted to the county rural school board by 23 second and third class districts, the county school superintendent's office re ported today. The budgets, which must be approved by the .rural board, call for $925,658.17 to be raised by taxes. . The list of districts include all those in the county with the ex ceptions of Medford, Central Point and Ashland, which are first class districts. The districts estimate they will have cash incomes totalling $670,332.66, most of which would come from state and county funds. The rural board will hold the first in a series of meetings on the budgets tomorrow in the county school superintendent's office. April 10 is the deadline for notifying local school dis tricts of budget changes contem plated by the rural board and hearings will be scheduled be tween April 10 and 20. Marshfield, Central Win Tourney Games Eugene (U.R) Marshfield whipped Scappoose 71-61 Wed nesday to open the second day of action in the 1952 Oregon state high school class "A" bas ketball tournament here. Central Catholic of Portland, a pre-tournament favorite, de feated The Dalles 75-64. minutes of expert manipulation, opened the vault door from the inside. If you don't think that vault door is impregnable to any as sault this side of the little men from Mars, look at this The 16 ton door is 17 inches thick. On the outside is bessemer steel. Then a . layer of . much tougher tool steel. Then a nine inch slab of copper alloy . which simply cannot be burned. And after that comes carbon steel. ....... Used Side Door It was no dice going in the front door. So the highway de partment safe crackers went in the side, just around the corner of the vault from the vault door and a couple of feet from the floor. The only incident to the big; blow was that the sensitive tive burglar alarm wires were: set off by the operation and for ! half an hour the bells chimed in staccato around the capitol like a 10-decimel version of the Bella of St Mary a. . Sierra Another tornado damaged 25 to 30 buildings in Kane, 111., 85 miles to the north. Flood Preparations Made The Southwest, meanwhile, made preparations for possible emergency flood conditions as record snows piled up in the New Mexico and southern Col orado mountains. The late winter snows, com ing on winter's last official day, dumped 300 inches or about 25 feet of snow in the Donner Sum mit region of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Highway crews fought through the mounting drifts to reach 115 persons trapped in the June lake resort region. Fuel Supply Low The victims were said to be running "dangerously" low on fuel and a veteran highway crewman said clearing the roads was like "dipping water out of a lake." The deaths were caused by the blizzard and accompanying snowslides. Two men were kill ed when a 20-foot deep slide rumbled down a mountain and buried a power company proT ject in the Owens river gorge. Couple Asphyxiated And a man and his wife ap parently were asphyxiated when they left the motor running in their car after it stalled in a snowdrift. Authorities in Utah and Idaho said fresh snows were adding to near record snow falls and in creasing the danger of spring floods. Some canyons near Salt Lake City already contained five times as much snow as usual. High Court Kicks Lobbyist Ruling Washington (U.R) Congress figured Wednesday a federal court may have knocked the props from under a 1946 law re quiring lobbyists to register. But there was no immediate rush to repair the damage. Members generally felt that a special three-man district court here had destroyed the effective ness of the lobbyist control act with a decision Tuesday which held that the penalties provided for violators are unconstitutonal. However, they noted that the Justice Department has said it will appeal the adverse ruling to the Supreme Court. They felt Congress should wait and see how this comes out, before doing too much worrying. UN Battles Russia's Germ Warfare Charge United Nations, N.Y5 (U.R) The United States squared off against Russia Wednesday in the United Nations on the Com munist charge that American troops have been waging germ warfare in. Korea and China. U. S. Representative Benja min V. Cohen was expected, to make a full-dress reply to the charge of Soviet delegate Jacob A. Malik when the UN's 12 nation disarmament commission meets. . - Malik, parroting the propa ganda of the Chinese Commu nist and North Korean radio out lets, made his charge last week at the first working session of the new commission set up to in vestigate ways and means of ending the world's armament race. Weather FORECAST: Decrniinf mew showers and continued cool through Thursday. Low to night 2. High Thursday a J. Temp. Hichest Yesterday 4 Lowest this Morning 31 Free to 4:3 a.m. Today .IS Winter Keeps Grip On Rogue Valley; Snow Records Fall Despite the fact that the World Almanac says spring is due in Medford at 8:14 a.m. to morrow, winter was still stick ing around today. Heavy snows continued to fall in the mountains, piling up new record-breaking depths at Crater Jake, Diamond lake and Lake O' Woods, and covering moun tain highways with enough snow to make all motorists use chains. In Medford, more than an inch fell at the weather bureau at the airport, with more at sur rounding elevations. Several inches fell in Ashland. Chains Required State police said that chains are required for travel over the Siskiyous, the Greensprings, Sexton mountain (10 inches of new snow) and Oregon moun tain passes. Twelve inches of new snow were measured at Cave Junction. Crater Lake National park headquarters reported that an all-time record depth of 210 inches (17'4 feet) of snow won the . ground at park . headquar ters, and presumably the depth is greater at the lake's rim. Snow survey radio reports from Diamond lake said that the current storm has piled up 18 inches of new snow, containing 1.4 inches of water, bringing the total snowpack to -108 inches at the resort, a ; new record. The temperature there this morning was 19 degrees above zero. New Records Told At Lake O' Woods, the total depth is now 65 inches of snow on the ground, 10 inches of it from the new storm, also an all time record depth. On the Siskiyou summit, the 51.4 inches of snow measured there last Saturday contained 19.9 inches of water, compared to an average for past years of 3.4 inches. The Diamond lake snow water-content of 38.5 inches com pares to an average of 19 inches, and the Lake O' Woods water of 22.5 inches compares to the aver age of 9.3 inches. UN Speeds Inoculation Of Korean Civilians Washington (U.R) The Unit ed Nations has adopted stern measures to prevent the deadly epidemics sweeping the Commu nist forces from hitting South Korea, it was revealed Wednes day. UN medical teams are work ing a top speed to inoculate South Korean civilians and thousands of refugees against cholera, typhus, smallpox and other diseases. So far, officials said, they have prevented serious outbreaks. The Situation is far grimmer behind the Communist lines. Secret reports reaching the Al lies indicate the Chinese and North Korean Reds have been hit hard by cholera, typhus, and even the dreaded bubonc plague which' killed millions during the middle ages. Grants Pass Man Dies In Car-Truck Collision Selma, Calfi. 4U.R) Alvin Al fred Brown, 39, of 907 Western street, Grants Pass, Ore., was killed Tuesday when his car' and an oil truck collided at an inter section about 10 miles south west of here. ... Highway patrolmen reported the driver of the truck, James Thacher, about 50, of Caruthers, suffered head injuries when his truck overturned after the col lision. ; Portland (U.R) Fremond W. Merewether of Portland Wed nesday was named manager of the Bureau of Land Manage ment's office at Spokane, Wash., by Regional Administrator Ros- coe E. Belt White House Said Determined To Hold Price Line Stabilization Board Remains in Session Washington (U.R) A high government official said Wed nesday he is "very much afraid" there will be a nationwide steel strike. The official, who asked that he not be named, said the gov ernment's top mobilization eche lons, including the While House, are "determined" to hold the price line at all costs. That means the steel industry cannot get the price boosts it says it must have to grant a wage in crease. WSB in Session The disclosure came as the Wage Stabilization Board prom ised to remain in session through the night if necessary to draft recommendations for settling the contract battle between the pow erful CIO United Steclworkers and the industry. The recommendations will not be binding on either side. Steel company officials have hinted strongly they will reject the pro posals if they fail to pry from the government a much bigger price boost than the $2, or so a ton permitted by the so-called Capehart formula. At the same time, the union has warned that it will strike unless a "satisfactory" agree ment it reached by midnight Sunday. However, it meets Thursday to consider the gov ernment s request for a third postponement of the deadline, this tune until April 8. The union wants an 18i cents hourly wage increase and fringe benefits costing as much again for its 650,000 members in basic steel, as well as a union shop ana other non-economic con tract improvements. It stands to win board support tor at least a good part of these demands. It was disclosed Tues day that industry members of the board have set nine cents for wages and 4.7 cents for fringe benefits as the departure point for bargaining with the public and labor delegations. Russell Starts National Campaign Washington (U.R) Sen. Rich ard B. Russell opened his cam paign headquarters Wednesday and said he thinks he has a bet ter chance to win the Democratic presidential nomination than any Democrat now in the field. The Georgia Democrat reiter ated his belief that President Truman will not be a candidate for renomination. He said the chief executive's wthdrawai from the Californian primary Tuesday supported that belief. Russell opened his campaign headquarters in two suites of the Mayflower hotel with a news campaign in every sense." The Georgian, leader of the Southern bloc in the Senate, said, however, that his accept ance of speaking engagements would be limited by his responsi bilities in the Senate. American Casualties In Korea Total 106,671 Washington (U.R) The De fense Department reported Wednesday that American bat tle casualties in Korea through March 14 now total 106,671, an increase of 213 over last week's report. The total represents casualties whose next of kin have been no tified through March 14. Since it requires one to three weeks to notify next of kin, it does not represent all casualties through that date. Portland (U.R) Dr. Earl W. Anderson of Ohio State Univer sity Wednesday was named executive secretary and research director of the Oregon teacher education survey, sponsored by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. Portland (U.R) The Oregon Motor association opened its! 47th annual meeting here Wed-' nesday by electing directors. BULLETINS Washington (U.R) The Ag riculture department reported Wednesday that farmers in tend to plant an estimated 83, 928,000 acres of corn this year. This is one per cent above last year's planted acreage, but is below the department goal of 89,000,000 acres. Jacksonville, Fla. TJ.R) Two women golfers were kill ed Wednesday before they knew what struck them when a flaming Navy plane glided silently out of the skies and crashed on the seventh fair way of a swanky country club course. The victims were identified as Mrs. Brady S. Johnston, wife of a prominent Florida dairy company executive, and Mrs. William E. Dempsey, wife of a construction com pany vice president. County Plans Work On Six Bridges; To Cost $150,000 Six major bridge construction jobs, with an estimated total cost of about $150,000, will be started in Jackson county as soon as weather permits, County Engineer Paul Rynning said to day. In the largest job, a disman tled 200-foot span of the old Bybee bridge will be set up across Big Butte creek on Cob leigh road about four miles from Butte Falls. The bridge will re place a wooden bridge which now crosses the creek. New ap proaches will be built and three quarters of a mile of road will be changed. This work is ex pected to be completed this fall. Others Planned County workmen will also erect treated timber bridges across the middle fork of the Rogue river between Prospect and Butte Falls; across Big Butte creek above Butte Falls; across Pleasant creek three miles above Wimer, and across Antelope creek on Meridian road. Materials are already on the sites of the Pleasant creek and Antelope creek bridges, Rynning stated. Work on a reinforced concrete bridge across Bear creek on Oak street in Ashland will be started about April 1, the county en gineer stated. The bridge is to be constructed by R. E. Meade company, Grants Pass con tractors, and is the only one of the six not being erected by county workers. Numerous smaller bridge proj ects are also scheduled for com pletion during the summer, Ryn ning stated. Road Conditions Chains are required on all mountain passes in southern Oregon, state police warned motorists today. New snow ranging in depth up to more than a foot covered highways in mountainous areas. Planners Recommend Street Opening Jobs The Medford city council last night accepted a recommenda tion from the planning commis sion that Eighth street be opened for traffic between Fir and Front streets across the Southern Pa cific railroad tracks. No imme diate action on the matter was taken by the council. Petitions favoring opening the street, reported to contain the names of some 200 persons, were submitted to the- council at a meeting earlier this month. At that time Mayor D. L. Flynn and various council members in dicated that there was no oppo sition to opening the street. They stated, however, that the project would be delayed until a method of financing It could be found. May Open Others The planning commission rec ommendation also included the opening of Beekman street to Stewart avenue and the exten sion of Winchester street from Peach to Newtown streets. In other business brought be fore the council, City Superin-1 Negotiators Near Final Agreement On Ports Issue Role of Russia as Inspector Debated Panmunjom (U.R) United Nations and Communist nego tiators on Korean truce ground rules were in virtual agreement Wednesday on the last of their secondary problems ports of entry. They were fast weeding out side issues that would leave them with only the major deadlocked question of Russia's nomination as a "neutral nation" inspector. Proposal Brings Progress A modified UN proposal cover ing the ports of entry question brought progress today in the 53 minute truce rules session. Col. Andrew J. Kinney walk ed out of the tent to report "it appears that we are in agree ment on the better part of the ports question." Next door, the session on pris oners of war broke up for the day after 2 minutes. Staff offi cers reported "no progress" in their efforts to Jnrther clarify the opposing views. Both sides have asked questions neither have received answers. Compromise Made Brig. Gen. William P. Nuck ols, spokesman for the UN truce delegation, said the Allies had compromised in the ports of en try debate by dropping their de mand for inclusion of Pyong yang, the Red capital, and Seoul, the Allied-held South Korean capital. Faced with a Communist re fusal to permit neutral truce in spection teams to enter Pyong yang, the UN suggested instead that the airfields and seaport outside each capital be classed a port of entry open to inspec tion. Would Give Reds Ports This would give the Commun ists as approved entry . ports Chinnampo, the west coast port for Pyongyang, and Pyongyang's airports; Sinuiju, on the Man churian frontier at the- mouth of the Yalu river; Manpojin,- far ther up the Yalu near the nor thern tip of Korea; Hamhung and its adjacent east coast port of Hungnam, and Chongjin, on the northeast coast. The allies would get Inchon, west coast port of Seoul, and the Seoul airfields; Kunsan, farther south on the west coast; Pusan, at the southeast corner of Ko rea; Kangnung, farther up the east coast, and Taegu, an inland airport center. RELEASED Ernest Emery LaDuke, 27, Talent, was released on his own recognizance Tuesday pending sentencing on a charge of burg lary not in a dwelling, according to the office of District Attorney Paul Haviland. LaDuke earlier this week pleaded guilty to the charge, which involved entry of Bryant's Key shop, 114 North Front street, on March 12. to Councilmen tendent Robert Duff reported that, because of limited city money available for use for street paving projects, the city must restrict future petitions which require participation of city funds. Duff suggested that the city notify petitioners that the most recently received petitions, as well as those received in the fu ture, may have to be carried over into the 1953-54 budget period. This would mean that the streets could be paved in the summer of 1953, the city superintendent stated. Deadline Extended The council approved an ex tension of a deadline for negoti ating with property owners in country club park addition for right of ways needed for instal- Councilmen also voted to au thorize the city superintendent's office to proceed with prepara- , tion of plans and specifications for the municipal airport build ing. (Sea story on Pag' S, Sec. 2.)