Ufcliraul
From
Eton Jersey Piresieiiial Primary lae
Eisenhower Free
To Return at Any
Time, Truman Says
Korea Won't Affect
Reelection Plans
Key West, Fla. !U.R) Pres
ident Truman said Thursday
that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
is at liberty to return from
Europe at any time he deems it
safe and proper.
Thus the President left square
ly up to the General when he
leaves his post as European de
fense commander to enter Re
publican politics actively.
Corrects Impression
Mr. Truman at his first meet
ing with reporters in three
weeks bluntly corrected the im
pression left by Democratic
Chairman Frank E. McKinney
that the President would not
.seek reelection if there is peace
in Korea.
Korea enters not into the pol
itics of this country at all, the
President said when asked
about McKinney's statement of
Wednesday.
Mr. Truman also said Korea
has no bearing whatever on what
he, himself, may decide to do.
Mr. Truman said he had told
Eisenhower personally that he
could use his own judgment
about returning to this country;
that the general could come back
whenever it was proper and
safe in his own judgment.
Praises Eisenhower's Job
Mr. Truman praised the job
Eisenhower is doing in Europe,
but said he was not interested
in political fortunes of Eisen
hower, who showed imposing
strength in New Hampshire and
Minnesota Republican presiden
tial preference primaries.
The president's apparent com
plete rejection of McKinney's
thesis that peace in Korea and
Mr. Truman's plans for reelec
tion are hooked together came
as a surprise to newsmen. .
Korea Not in Politics
Wednesday as he wound up
three days of talks -with the
President, the chairman told how
he got the impression from the
President that the chief execu
tive would not run again if a
peace settlement is achieved
fairly soon.
Asked whether McKinney ac
curately reflected his views, the
President without mentioning
the chairman's name said twice
that Korea did not enter into the
politics of the nation and was
without any bearing on his own
plans.
Burns Cause Death
Of Ashland Gir!
Ashland Loretta Mitchell, 8,
died Wednesday afternoon at the
Ashland General hospital from
first degree burns suffered Tues
day evening. She was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mitch
ell, 332 Patterson street, Ash
land. Reports of the accident said
the child's skirt caught fire when
she leaned over a wood stove
while heating water to wash her
play dishes. Her mother was sit
ting in the same room and at
tempted to beat out the blaze,
but the child ran from the
house, causing the flames to en
velop her entire body. Ray
Mitchell, her uncle, arrived
while the mother was attempt
ing to roll the child in a pool
of water. He wrapped her in t
blanket and took her to the hospital.
Radio Hiqhli
Radio station KYJC (1230
kc.) will broadcast the Acad
emy Award dinner from Hol
lywood between 9:30 and
10:30 p. m. today. '
State Crops Suffer Little
Damage During Mild Winter
Corvallis (U.R) Oregon
farmers welcomed the first day
of spring Thursday on a decid
edly optimistic note.
A survey of county extension
agents by Oregon State college
showed that a mild, open win
ter coupled with good to excel
ent irrigation prospects, partic
ularly in Western Oregon re
sulted in bright crop prospects.
Little Crop Damage
"So far there has been little
winter injury to field crops, tree
fruits, nuts and berries," said O.
E. Mitchell, Linn county exten
sion agent "This is far differ
ent from a year ago when sev
eral thousand acres of field
crops on hill soils were frozen
out."
Willamette valley pastures
were reported "far ahead" 4of
a year ago.
Agents reported a different
story near the Idaho line and in
some livestock sections of East
ern Oregon.
"Hay supplies are the lowest
in recent history," said William
Farrell, Grant county.
Farrell said grass was just
United Press Toll Leaied Wire
46th Year 20 Pages -
Minnesota Vote
Will Bring Study
Of Past Decisions
Statement Follows
President's Remarks
Paris (U.R) Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower said Thursday that
his showing in the Minnesota
primary forces him "to re
examine my personal position
and past decisions" on his can
didacy for the Republican nom
ination for president.
He issued a statement on the
situation shortly after President
Truman said at Key West that
Ike is free to go home to cam
paign at any time he deems it
safe and proper.
Minnesota Amain
Pressed by correspondents for
a statement after his supporters
in the Minnesota primary elec
tion gave him more than 107,000
write-in votes Eisenhower said:
"I did not imagine that so
many voters in Minnesota would
make me a write-in candidate
and, according to newspaper ac
counts, some of them had
trouble with my name.
"I count it an additional com
pliment that some refused to be
dismayed by the long Eisen
hower name and simply wrote
in 'Ike.' "
General Astonished
Eisenhower said he was "as
tonished by ; the showing his
supporters gained him in their
write-in ballot campaign, organ
ized almost on the eve of the
election.
"You gentlemen probably
realize how astonished I was by
the result of the Minnesota pri
mary," Eisenhower said.
"The mounting numbers of
my fellow citizens who are vot
ing to make me the Republican
nominee are forcing me to re
examine my personal position
and past decisions."
Gen. Eisenhower said on Jan.
7 that he would not take part in
politics before the Republican
convention July 7.
Greeters Will Accept
Bids for McKay Dinner
The greeters committee of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce this morning receiv
ed the names of 500 members
of the chamber who will be con
tacted regarding reservations for
a dinner meeting Monday at
the Rogue Valley Country club.
Featured speaker at the meeting
will be Gov. Douglas McKay.
Chamber representatives said
today that some requests from
members for reservations have
already been received.
Governor McKay will speak
on "Oregon, Today and To
morrow." Also on the program
will be Chamber President Jor
gen Jorgensen, who will give a
brief report on chamber activ
ities. beginning to show green in the
lower ranges and estimated it
would be another month before
the snow would be gone in the
higher elevations.
- W. T. Frost, Oregon snow sur
vey leader at Medford, told W.
B. Tucker, Jackson county
agent, that the state's 1952 wa
ter supply outlook varies from
"good to excellnet," depending
on location. Frost said record
stream flow with accompanying
high water dangers would likely
occur in many areas as a result
of the heavy snow cover.
Spud Acreage To Increase
C. A. Henderson, Klamath
county, said potato-growers in
his section estimated a $2,000,
000 loss from potato price roll
back, but added that Klamath's
spud acreage would increase 20
per cent or more over 1951'and
may reach 20,000 acres. '
Clifford Cordy, Jackson coun
ty extension horticulture agent,
said fruit trees there wintered
in good shape and Lee R. Fos
ter, Hood River county, report
ed a mild winter from the stand
point of tree injury.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
9
examine PSDftDDii'
CAUGHT CARRYING LOOT-Jail matron Mrs. G. F. Newman
attempts to comfort hysterical Mrs. Marie Jeanne d'Arc Macbaud
(right), reputed "mastermind" of a $1,350,000 burglary at Reno,
Nev. Mrs. Machaud was carrying $500,000 worth of the loot 'when
arrested in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Spring Makes Debut;
Winter Grips: Nation
By UNITED PRESS
It's spring again.
The new season officially ar
rived at 8:15 a.m. PST when the
sun crossed the equator into the
northern hemisphere.
But 71-foot snows, threats of
flood, a ' state of emergency in
the snowbound Far West re
mained to show that winter was
nowhere near ready to let go its
hold on some parts of the nation.
Fishermen on Ice Floe
Three Labrador seal fisher
men rode a runaway ice floe into
the Atlantic ocean and authori-
Record snow depth at head
quarters of Crater Lake Na
tional park reached 221 inches
with the additional fall yester
day, it was reported this morn
ing. The former record was
208 inches set in March. 1938.
Snowfall since the first
snow last autumn has totaled
772 inches. Average snowfall
is 6222 inches.
ties held little hope for their
early rescue. The men were
without food when their floe
broke away.
The Far West caught the worst
of winter's stubborn refusal to
give way to the infant spring.
Gov. John W. Bonner, of Mon
tana, said President Truman has
declared an 8.000,000-acre area
in eastern Montana a "disaster
area" eligible for $25,000 in fed
eral funds. The,, money would
be used to clear snowbound
roads.
Nevada in Winter's Grip
A state of emergency was pro
claimed in Nevada by Gov.
Charles Russell as paralyzing
blizzards pounded the state with
what was called "the worst win
ter in 60 years."
So far, the accumulation of
snow reached a record-breaking
71-feet at the Sierra snow labor
atory at Soda Springs, Calif., in
the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Russell said the snows threat
ened 200.000 cattle and 400,000
sheep with starvation.
The Southern Pacific Railroad,
however, expected to send four
westbound and two eastbound
passenger trains across blizzard-
swept Donner Summit Thursday
while highway crews still strug
gled to open the drifted roads.
North Dakota Snowbound -
Southwestern North Dakota
was still snowbound and a fed
eral engineer recommended an
allotment of $100,000 to clear
several hundred miles of roads
to stricken families;
A new threat was posed in
North Dakota when moderately
THURSDAY, MARCH 20,
'
heavy wet snow began falling
late Wednesday.
New Mexico authorities were
alerted to prepare for possible
emergency flood work.
Authorities warned that snows
in the northern New Mexico and
southern Colorado mountains
stood at record depths and the
danger of thawing and possible
rain made for a potentially se
vere flood threat?
Elsewhere across the nation,
more seasonable weather greeted
the new season.
Fair at San Francisco
The vernal equinox brought
with it the first of fair weather
forecast in two weeks at San
Francisco, Calif.
Winter paid its official fare
well with snow, slush and rain
in New York Wednesday and was
to be followed Thursday by fair
skies and mild temperatures.
Wednesday's storm unloaded an
inch of slushy snow in the city's
suburbs and forced cancellation
of 35 flights out of LaGuardia
airport.
From Boston to Atlanta, Ga.,
the forecast was for clear wea
ther and at Washington eager
gardeners were reported already
spading the damp earth for the
early plantings.
Deliberate Wrecker
Of 6. P. Cars Sought
Grants Fftss (U.R) Police
Thursday were looking for a
motorist who apparently delib
erately rammed 24 parked auto
mobiles. Reward totaling S90 has been
posted for information leading
to arrest of the person who
drove down Grants Pass streets
Monday night crashing into cars
parked in front of their owners'
homes.
Police said appearance of the
damaged cars indicated the driv
er had deliberately turned his
vehicle into them.
Chief of Police Carl M. Dallas
posted a $25 reward for appre
hension of the culprit and angry
victims added $65 to the
amount
Weather
FORECAST: Clearing fcyUfht.
becoming fogfjr with low
vereast early Friday. Fair
Friday afternoon. Low to.
night 2S-ZS. High Friday St.
Highest Yesterday 42
Lowest this Morning J
Free to 4:3 a.m. Today M
Tribune
Halted Pi mi full Leased Wire
1952
No. 314
Board Chairman
Collapses During
Steel Negotiations
Temporary Delay
In Strike Foreseen
Washington !U.R) Presi
dent Truman Thursday called
Defense Mobilizer Charles E.
Wilson to an emergency con
ference at Key West as union
leaders deferred decision on
whether to call a national steel
strike after midnight Sunday.
There was a chance that the
Wage Stabilization Board
might issue recommendations
for settling the critical steel
dispute before Wilson takes
off tomorrow for his meeting '
with Mr- Truman in Florida.
Washington (U.R) The
Wage Stabilization Board re
cessed its marathon discussion
of the steel dispute early Thurs
day when Chairman Nathan P.
Feinsinger collapsed from fa
tigue. Feinsinger, who had been
working day and night in an ef
fort to settle the bitter contro
versy, collapsed while confer
ring with labor members of the
board.
Condition Not Serious
A physician said his condition
was not serious.
A member of the board said
he was sure the 49-year-old
chairman would be able to at
tend the next meeting of the
panel scheduled for late Thurs
day afternoon.
Feinsinger had planned to
continue the all-night session
until the board reached a deci
sion on the recommendation of
its public menfbers for a pack
age increase of about 20 cents
an houc including wage boosts
and fringe benefits.
May Bring Postponement
Observers said the delay
caused .by Feinsinger's collapre
may result in at least a tempor
ary postponement of the CIO
United Steelworkers strike,
scheduled, to begin at midnight
Sunday.
The union's executive board
was scheduled to meet Thursday
morning and its 170-man wage
policy committee in the after
noon to consider the public mem
bers' recommendations and Fein
singer's earlier plea for a new
strike postponement.
Board Vice Chairman Fred
crick H. Bullen told newsmen
i the public members had "some
hope of getting together' with
labor and industry, but that "no
conclusions' were ready to be
made.
Astoria, The Dalles
Tournament Winners
Eugene (U.R) Salem
knocked Klamath Falls out of
the Oregon state high school
class "A" basketball tourna
ment Thursday with a 45-39
victory over the Pelicans. ,
Eugene (U.R) ' Center Ron
Smart's short shot from the side
28 seconds into the second over
time period gave Astoria a sudden-death
48-46 victory over Mc
Minnville Thursday in the first
consolation game of the 1952
Oregon state high school class
"A" basketball tournament.
The Dalles surged from behind
in the second half Thursday to
eliminate Scappoose with a 66
52 victory in a consolation round
game.
iaht Plane Pi
Missing on Flight
McChord Air Force Base.
Wash. (U.R) Search started
Thursday for a light plane with
at least one man aboard missing
on a flight from Seattle to Walla
Walla, Wash., in "ceiling zero"
weather.
Pilot Stanley Page left Se
attle's Boeing field Wednesday
after filing a flight plan which
would get him into Walla Walla
at 5:50 p. m. He had -enough
fuel to stay aloft until about
9 p. m.
Two planes from the Fourth
Rescue squadron here left to
search for the maroon and yel
low Bellanca.
UM BE OUSTED
Merlin, Ore. (U.R) Eighth grade students from Merlin school
were home again Thursday after an air trip to San Francisco
which may cost their principal his job. - ,
Principal Royal A. Ivory, with some 16 pupils and two mothers,
left Sunday for San Francisco in what Ivory regards as a visual
education program.
The trip was made during spring vacation because the Merlin
school board warned the principal
for any more air flights on school time. Last year Ivory took
his class to Salem for. the state legislature. The San Francisco
trip was financed by the parents
Will Not Be Rehired Next Year
Shortly after the trip was announced, the Josephine county
school board directed the superintendent to notify Ivory he would
not be rehired next year. Citizens immediately protested the
move and petitions bearing 140 names asking that Ivory be rehired
were presented. The school board planned to consider the peti
tions in April, or possibly sooner if a special meeting is called.
Mrs. C. A. Axtell, chairman of the board, said that the trip
had nothing to do with Ivory s
was concerned. But she added that
that broke the camel's back.
"The board came to the time
rehiring.' she said. "We decided there had not been enough
cooperation on the part of Mr. Ivory to justify rehiring."
Has No Comment Here Last Night
Ivory had no comment to make last night concerning the de
cision of the Josephine county school unit board not to rehire
him for next year.
Queried by a reporter when he and the students deplaned from
the United Air lines mainliner at the Medford airport, ending the
trip, he pointed out that the board announced the decision while
he was on the trip. He said that he had been too busy to consider
uie matter and to determine whether he would fight the dismissal
action. '
But, judging by the attitude
tor their youngsters, Ivory will
patrons ot the district it he decides to fight.
They were upset and irritated by the action and by other
dealings with the board and suggested there may be an investi
gation by the state board. They were strong for their principal.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Anderson remarked that Ivory is very good
with the children and that children at the school are well taken
care of. ,
9on Transferred to Ivory's School
Mrs. M. H. Halstead said that
like to nave Ivory back. She transferred her son this year from
Hugo to Merlin because of Ivory's reputation as a teacher and
said she had not regretted the move. Ivory has brought the school
from "bedrock to a very superior school in every detail," Mrs.
Halstead declared.
mis. ivuiy, wnu was at me
letter from the board permitting
trip.
Truce News Blackout
On Prisoner Issues
Would Be Welcomed
Panmunjom. Korea (U.R)
The United Nations welcomed
Thursday a possible Communist
hint to impose .a new blackout
on at least one phase of the. Kor
ean truce talks in the hope of
breaking a deadlock and reach
ing an armistice.
Big Butte Springs
Pipeline No. 1
Now All Paid For
Medford's Big Butte springs
pipeline No. 1 was all paid for
today, five years ahead of sched
ule. A water commission check for
S33.000 completed payment on
the $970,000 bond issue, which
was approved by local voters in
1926. Payments were originally
scheduled for completion in 1957.
The city was able to complete
payments five years early be
cause of two factors, according
to Robert L. Lee. asistant water
superintendent. These were a
large increase in water users
here, and a recall or the bonds
early in the 1940s, when they
were reissued at a lower rate of
interest, Lee said.
The final payment on pipeline
No. 1 cleared the decks for the
city's first payment on pipeline
No. 2, which was completed just
last year. The first payment on
the new line is scheduled to be
made in July of this year. The
final payment under the present
schedule Will be made in 1981.
" The new pipeline is included
in a $2,800,000 bond issue ap
proved by Medford voters in
1950.
Baize Still in Jail
Pending Sentencing
A date still has not been set
for sentencing Richard Baize,
former Medford policeman who
admitted embezzling some
SI, 600 in pennies and nickels
from city parking meter funds
recently, the district attorney's
office said today. "
, Baize is still confined to the
county jail.
Ashland The Ashland city
council Tuesday voted a $750-a-year
city tax to be levied on
operators of all juke boxes with
in the city limits.
Road Conditions
State police said today that
motorists are advised to use
chains in driving over the
Greensprings and Siskiyou
mountain passes, and over
Oregon mountain on the Red
wood highway. Sexton moun
tain, to the north of Grants
Pass, Is clear, they reported.
that it would not be responsible
of the children.
present status as far as the board
possibly the trip was the straw
of the year when we consider
of parents waiting at the airport
have plenty of support from the
she was "grieved" and would
airport, said ner nusDand had a
him to make the San Francisco
Brig. Gen. -William P. Nuck
ols, official spokesman for the
UN, said such a blackout might
nave the effect of speeding up
the stalemated prisoner of war
discussions.
"I don't think any possibility
should be overlooked," he said.
Nuckols' commented on a
news blackout in response to
questions from Allied newsmen.
Their questions followed per
sistent hinting by Communist
correspondents at Panmunjom
that such a course might speed
the talks. '
The Communists have used
their correspondents previously
to put out "feelers" to the Allied
negotfators.
No Doubt Left
Nuckols did not say whether
the Allies would suggest a news
blackout themselves at their
next meeting. But the tenor-of
his remarks left no doubt but
that such a blackout, if proposed
by the Communists, would be
looked on favorably.
The three outstanding issues
on which both sides are dead
locked are forcible versus vol
untary repatriation of prisoners,
naming Russia as a "neutral"
truce inspector and a ban on
construction of airfields during
an armistice.
2,000,000 Poles Said
Ready for Soviet Army
Paris (U.R) Gen. Wladyslaw
Anders, World War II com
mander of Free Polish forces,
said Wednesday night that the
Soviets could mobilize 2,000,000
Poles in case of war.
Anders said Soviet Marshal
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky was
reorganizing the Polish army on
the Red army model.
American Saber jets Down
Five Enemy MIG-15 Planes
Seoul, Korea (U.R) American
F-86 Sabrejets' shot down five
Communist MIG-15 jets and dam
aged five others Thursday in two
fierce air battles over northwest
ern Korea.
None of the pilots made any
mention of seeing a new type of
enemy jet fighter in actidn Thurs
day. One of them was hit by an
American pilot Wednesday for
the first time.
Three Planes Destroyed v
Twenty-eight Sabres of the
Fourth Fighter-Interceptor Wing
destroyed three enemy jets and
damaged two in a half-hour ffght
against 40 "very aggressive"
MIGs east of the Yalu river near
Sinuiju.
Two other MIGs were de
stroyed and three damaged in a
fight between 26 Sabres of the
51st wing and 65 MIGs in a 20
minute battle north of Sinanju.
First Lt. James D. Carey of
Governor Driscoll
'Broke His Word'
Aspirant Charges
Executive Pledget
Eisenhower Support - -
- '
Trenton. N. J. (U.R) Got..
Alfred E. Driscoll said Thurs
day that Sen. Robert A. Tail
withdrew from the New Jer
sey presidential preference
primary because his campaign
has collapsed" as result of
setbacks in New Hampshire
and Minnesota.
Accused by Taft of having
"broken his word" by endors
ing Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower, Driscoll fired back,
charging Taft with being a
"poor loser."
"The unmistable fact is that
the Taft drive has collapsed as
a result of successive setbacks
in "New Hampshire and Minne
sota and because of the ire- t
m e n d o u s groundswell of
Eisenhower support among
the independent thinking peo
ple of New Jersey," he said.
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Robert A. Taft Thursday pulled
out of the New Jersey presiden
tial primary contest because, he
said, Gov. Alfred Driscoll "has
broken his word" and endorsed
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
April 15 offered the only re
maining primary contest be
tween two of the chief rivals
for the GOP presidential nom
ination after last week's New
Hampshire vote in which Eisen
hower defeated Taft.
To Seek Name Removal
The Ohio Republican an
nounced his decision to pull out
of New Jersey just two days
after Eisenhower's astonishing
write-in vote in the Minnesota
primary, where Taft was not
entered.
Although Taft said he would
close his state organization in
New Jersey, it was uncertain
whether Taft's name could be
removed from the ballot. The
Taft organization planned to try.
. The office of the New Jersey
secretary of state promptly an
nounced at Trenton that Taft
cannot withdraw his name. It
said that, under state law, the
deadline for withdrawal was
March 12 and that only court
action can remove Taft's name. '
Position Said Reversed
"Because Gov. Driscoll has
broken his word and has obvi
ously taken steps to corrupt the
intent of the present primary
of New Jersey, I have decided
not to contend for the prefer
ence vote in the New Jersey
primary on April 15," Taft said
in a statement issued through
his headquarters here.
"Reversing his previous posi
tion, Gov. Driscoll announced
his open support of Gen. Eisen
hower on March 17 and one of
his leading political associates,
Lloyd B. Marsh, secretary of
state, said at the same time that
the state Republican organiza
tion will actively campaign for
Gen. Eisenhower."
Taft said these statements
could mean only that New Jer
sey GOP .workers would feel
"the pressure and power of
both the governor and the state
organization.
"It is an atmosphere in which
there cannot be a fair contest
in the New Jersey preference
primary," he said.
BULLETIN
Washington .'U.R) Sen.
Owen Brewster, R-Me., testi
fied Thursday he originally
met "mystery man" Henry W.
Grunewald through Vice Pres
ident Alben W. Berkley.
Brewster appeared before
the House Ways and Means
subcommittee investigat
ing tax scandals after Grune
wald's accountant, Joseph
Stearns, testified there was an
"exchange of funds" totaling
$12,500 between Grunewald
and Brewster in 1950.
Las Vegas, Nev., said he engaged
what he thought was a conven
tional MIG-15 jet in a dogfight
over "Mig Alley" in northwest
Korea Wednesday. He noticed,
however, that the plane had
wings sweeping back from high
on the fuselage, while the con
ventional MIG-15 has a relatively
low wing mounting.
Carey gave the new plane a few
bursts, then had to flee when
a group of enemy jets came for
him.
The new enemy plane has
been called "type 15" by the
Allied air force. It has been seen
before, but this is the first time
an allied airman has hit one.
On the ground, there were only,
two light enemy probes and scat
tered minor patrol clashes Thurs
day. The probes were both south
of Kosong and east of the Nam
river near the east coast Both
were repulsed.