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emxatoo- 'cCSjpgfey fife 1,, United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year Wisconsin Primary Becomes Scramble By 3 Candidates Madison (U.R) The Wiscon sin primary Wednesday devel oped into a scramble by three Republican presidential candi dates to recruit support from partisans of Gens. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas Mac Arthur. Neither of the five-star gen erals is listed on the ballot, and election officials have declared flatly that write-in votes will not be counted. Tail Supporters Active And so supporters of Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio have set out to get the votes of Mac Arthur backers, while the camps of Gov. Earl Warren of Cali fornia and former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota are woo ing the Eisenhower adherents. ! Stassen made the boldest move of all Tuesday night by announcing that he would turn over half of his still-to-be elected Wisconsin delegates to Eisen hower on the first ballot at the GOP convention next .July, i It was widely regarded as an all-out bid for votes from Eisen hower backers in the primary next Tuesday. Greeted With Silence : Eisenhower's campaign man agers in Washington, who have refrained from any endorsement in Wisconsin, greeted the Stas sen announcement with silence, but it drew a scattering of com ment in-'the Midwest, much of it unfavorable. State Sen. Warren Knowles, a Stassen backer in 1948 who helped draft Wisconsin's presi dential primary law, said the move "ran counter to the spirit of the law." Knowles said the statutes never contemplated "one man running for another it con templated bonafide candidates for president." Stassen himself did not ex plain how he planned to release half his slate of 30 delegates to support Eisenhower on the first ballot, but he dodged a direct question on whether it meant he was faltering in his own candi dacy. "What I have to say is in my speech," he said. "Draw your own conclusions from that." Allied Infantrymen Repulse Red Attacks ; Seoul (U.R) Allied infantry men with bayonets fixed drove off two enemy platoons in a hill battle on Korea's eastern front Wednesday. . The dawn raid was west of the Red-infested , Mundugni valley. The infantrymen, in three groups, edged close to Red bunk ers in the shadowy morning light, then charged with hand grenades and rifle fire. : On the western front. Com munists occupied one United Nations-held position for 4V hours before they were driven out by attacking Allied troops. ; Fighter - bombers, meanwhile cut Communist railroad lines in Korea another 94 times. Salem (U.PJ Gov. Douglas McKay confined to bed himself with the ? flue issued a state ment Wednesday designating next Sunday as "shut-in- day" in Oregon. P 16 Pages mm 12, &1 " NEVADA SNOW POSES PROBLEM Nevada's worst winter in 60 years presented major problems throughout most of the state for the past several days. In upper photo a Navy C-54 cargo plane of the Military Air Transport Service drops bales of hay (arrow) over ranch near Elko, Nev., to aid livestock (left) starving in the deep snow. An estimated 600,000 head of livestock face possible starvation, on range land choked under the heavy snow blanket. In lower photo, deer tamed by hunger more intense than their fear of man stare at photographer who took this picture along the highway near Reno. (Acme telephotos) Detectives Explore Chance Bandits Had Key to Armored Car Danvers, Mass. (U.R) Detec tives explored a theory Wednes day that three bold bandits had a key to the cab door of an un attended armored car which they looted- of $681,000 in a daring daylight robbery. The thieves broke - into the parked truck while its. three guards sipped coffee Tuesday in a drug store on busy Danvers square. Bandits at Large The fast-moving bandits, whose cash haul was the largest in the east since the unsloved $1,219, 000 Brink's holdup in Boston January 17, 1950, were still at large. " .. V - Two badly - wounded former convicts were regarded as "defi nite" suspects. They were shot by a state trooper shortly after the robbery when they abandon ed a stolen automobile in a field and attempted to flee to a wood ed sector north of this city. The men Norman Viele, 25, of Boston and Joseph William Kelley, 32, of Wobum, Mass. were in a state of shock at a Dover, N.H. hospital and could not be questioned. Auto Has No Clues . . There was nothing in the aban doned automobile to link Viele and Kelley with the robbery, but New Hampshire state police Su pervisor Ralph H. Caswell said "there's a possibility they were a part of it." The three armored car guards Lawrence K. Johansen and Dennis Walsh, 40, of Boston and Joseph Rahilly of Revere, Mass. told police they had locked the cab door before entering the drug store for their customary cup of coffee. No Marks on Lock ' ' But police doubted that the thieves would have had time to pick the lock during the light ning operation. They said the men apparently entered the cab quickly, pressed a button to open the rear door and fled in a black sedan double-parked beside the armored car. There were no scratch marksin the county courthouse. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, llf:iiiSli 3 on the lock to show that it had been jimmied, police said. Harold V. Klem of New York, vice-president of the United States Trucking Corp., owners of the truck, said the guards were "trusted employees." But he said they "violated a strict rule when they left the armored truck and the cash unattended." ; Bridges To Receive Chance To Tell Story Washington (U.R) House tax scandal investigators disclos ed Wednesday that Senate Re publican leader Styles Bridges will be "invited" to explain his behind-the-scenes efforts to set tle a $7,000,000 tax case. Hyman Harvey Klein, Balti more liquor dealer against whom the case is pending, testified that he doesn't know Bridges and has no idea what prompted the New Hampshire Republican's efforts in his behalf. Chairman Cecil R. King, D. Calif., of the House ways and means subcommittee investigat ing tax scandals said the inyita tion to Bridges to testify will be extended after all other wit nesses in the Klein case Have completed their testimony. That may be Thursday. . Red Cross Campaign Now at 38.6 Per Cent A total of $9,418.11 had been collected in the Red Cross 1952 drive for funds up to this morn ing, it was reported today. The amount represents about 38.6 per cent of the $27,000 goal set for the year. .The amount includes $6,381.22 collected during the current drive, and $3,036.89 in Medford Plan funds. - " Headquarters of the drive was moved today from the Laverette building to the Red Cross office UIOJUETT HIGH WATER REPORTED IN CENTRAL OREGON, EUGENE RIVER REGION Br UNITED PRESS One man was drowned as a "flood" hit central Oregon's nor mally arid plateau region but the weather bureau Wednesday promised relief from strong winds in eastern Washington and high water in the Willamette valley. Goldie Summers, about 60. who operates a ranch two miles north of Burns, Ore., was drowned Tuesday afternoon when he attempted to strengthen a reservoir dam with some boards and fell in His body had not been recovered. Sections of two central Oregon highways crossing the "high desert" were under water. U.S. highway 395 was flooded over a nine-mile section in the Wagontire area where the road dips from highlands into the bed of Alkali lake, normally dry. Heavy runoff in the Gap ranch area resulted in water over the central Oregon : 1 highway in Harney county. Top Mobilization Officials Battle Over Steel Issues Washington (U.R) Top mo bilization officials split into warring factions over steel prices and wages Wednesday as direct union-management con tract talks resumed after a three-month break. The CIO United Steelworkers, who have called a nationwide strike for April 8, demanded that the steel industry accept the Wage Stabilization Board's recommendation for a 171 s cent hourly wage increase, plus 8 Is cents in fringe benefits. . Secret Sessions Sought Union officials planned to press the demand at closed-door sessions with the United States Steel Corp. At Pittsburgh Wed nesday, and in contract talks with other steel companies later this week. But government officials ex pected little real bargaining to develop unless or until the in dustry is assured of substantial price increases to compenate for higher wage costs. Strike Seen on Schedule Some officials predicted gloomily that the strike will come off on schedule, and knock defense production schedules into a cocked hat. They said the government's ability to make peace in the dispute is serious ly impaired by the "family fight" among its own mobiliza tion agencies. The backstage row broke into the open Monday night when Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson denounced the Wage Stabilization Board's settlement recommendations as a "serious threat" to the year-old effort to curb inflation. Board Members Angry Wage board members bristled with anger, and steelworkers President Philip Murray struck back with a bitter statement ac cusing Wilson of trying to re verse the board in favor of an "industry-dictated" settlement. Wilson tried to make peace with the board and the union Tuesday by issuing a placatory statement in which he ack nowledged that the board's .recommendations should serve as a "basis" for the forthcoming wage negotiations. While he denied that he was eating his earlier words, union officials regarded his statement as a "retraction." April 15 $ Deadline For Registration Of New County Voters Residents of Jackson county who will have their 21st birth day between April IS and the primary election on May 16 can register to vote up to the registration deadline on April 15, they were reminded today. Those whose birthdays fall after the election will not be eligible to Tote in it. All other residents who are of voting age, and who meet other qualifications, also here until April 15 to register. Those who voted in the pri mary or general elections in 1930. and who nave noi mo out of their precincts since, are still registered. Voters who have changed precincts, however, must re register. . . A list of local registrars ap pears on Page, 5 of today's Mail Tribune, and voters in aay section of the county can register at the county clerk's office. RIBUIE 1952 Conditions Blamed On Melitng Snow Highway maintenance of ficials blamed "flooding condi tions" to rapid melting of heavy snow in the plateau, which is nearly a mile high. Gusts of wind up to 60 miles an hour uprooted trees in El lensburg. Wash., Thursday and scooped loose soil from Colum bia Basin land- near Ephrata into a swirling dust storm that shrouded highways and caused at least three accidents. In Oregon, at least nine farm families on the west bank of the Willamette river north of Eu gene were isolated Tuesday by flood waters which reached 1.1 feet over flood stage. The farms were cut off by water five feet deep over a country road north of the junction of the Willam ette and McKenzie rivers south of Harrisburg. River forecasters in Portland said, however, that the middle and lower Willamette would crest below flood stage Wednes day. The crest at Corvallis was expected to be 15.3 feet and a 12.7 crest was forecast at Salem late Wednesday. With diminish ing rain, the bureau expected all rivers in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington to be falling slowly by Thursday. Two log-rafts broke loose above the Willamette river falls at Oregon City Wednesday morning. Two towboat compan ies played hide and seek to re raft the hundreds qf logs which floated into Portland harbor. Vandals Ransack Ashland Theater; Do Wanton Damage Ashland Unidentified van dals last night ransacked the Shakespearean Festival box of fice and theater here and did wanton damage estimated at more than $200, according to Bill Dawkins, of the festival and Vining repertory companies. Much of the damage, to rec ords and disc and wire record ings, cannot be replaced, Daw kins stated. A portion of the re placeable damage was covered by insurance, he said. Vandals gained entrance to the theater "shell" by smashing in the doors of the box office, which was completely ransack ed. Records, including ticket stubs required by law to be sav ed for three years, were thrown around, an album of recordings was smashed and several reels of wire recordings were un wound and the reels were smashed. Enter Costume Room Entrance to the costume room, where all costumes used in the festival are stored, was gained by ripping boards from the walls. Damage in this room was believed to be minor, although a complete check of the cos tumes is still to be made. A large amount of damage was reported in the makeup room, where vandals dumped makeup and smeared the walls with it. Dawkins, an insurance com pany representative and Ash land city police went over the .theater this morning, and the police investigation is continu ' ing. Dawkins stated that the i "shell" has been entered several times in recent weeks by boys who climbed over the walls. This is the first time that dam age has been caused, he said. SWALLOWS ARRIVE The first swallows of the 1952 season were reported to have ar rived in Medford today. United Press full Leased Wire W IV FBJIQI i : : ' . ' " C. E. (POP) GATES Civic Leader Passes Russia Rejects Red Cross Offer To Probe Germ Use United Nations (U.R) Russia Wednesday rejected an offer of the International Red Cross to investigate Communist charges that American forces are waging germ warfare against North Ko rea and China. Soviet delegate Jacob A. Ma lik repeated before the United Nations Disarmament Commis sion the propaganda charge that epidemics had been started by germ weapons used by United States forces fighting for the UN. Said Swiss Organisation . At the end of an hour-long speech, the burly Russian said . "The so-called international committee of the Red Cross, to whom Secretary of State Dean Acheson has appealed for help, is not an international organiza tion, but is a Swiss organization which has assumed the name of the international organization of the Red Cross. Naturally, such an organization cannot act ob jectively and impartially as a truly international organization should. , "By insisting on referring this matter to the international com mittee of the Red Cross under the pretext of the necessity to institute some kind of additional investigation of the facts of the use of bacteriological war by American troops against the Ko rean and Chinese peoples, the U.S. government at the same time is trying to prevent the con sideration of this question by a competent organ of the UN, such as the disarmament commis sion." - Both the U. S. Defense Depart ment and Gen. Matthew Ridg way, supreme UN commander in Korea, scoffed recently at Com munist China's persistent charges Americans had resorted to germ warfare. They argued, instead, the charges were made to cover up widespread epidemics raging out of control north of the 38th parallel. Veterans' Bonus OK Brings Phone Calls Salem (U.R) The green light for state bonuses to veterans of World War II resulted Wednes day in a flood of phone calls to the Oregon bonus division here, Director Hub Saalfeld said. The bonus division of the State Department of Veterans Affairs already has acknowledg ed some vu.uuu Donus applica tions and has approved and aud ited 46,400 claims. The advisory committee to the State Department of Veterans affairs will meet here Friday and formally request Depart ment Director William Gaaren stroom to advertise the bond is sue of $40,000,000. Investment houses " are expected to give quick response now that the ban has been lifted. Controls Act Favored For Year's Extension Washington (U.R) The Sen ate banking committee voted Wednesday in favor of pontinu ing the controls act for one year. President Truman had asked for two years. The present Defense Produc tion act; . which provides for wage,- price, rent and materials controls, expires June 30. Weather FORECAST: Increasing B I ( h cloudiness tonight. Thicken ing cloudiness Thursday with rain Thursday night. Low to night 42-45. High Thursday near 62. Highest Yesterday 62 Lowest this Morning it Prec to 4:30 am. Today, Trace No. 4 C.E. (Pop) Gate, Civic Leader Here, Taken by Death Served as Highway Commissioner, Mayor Charles E. (Pop) Gates, 80, longtime automobile dealer here and former mayor of Medford, died last night at Salem. He had been in poor health for some time. Mr. Gates, who had resided here for about 41 years, operated the Gates Auto company, a Ford dealership, retiring from the business at the outset, of World War II. From 1919 through 1922 he served as mayor, taking the lead in straightening out city finances during his term. His public life included serv ice as a member of the State Highway Commission. Mr. Gates also had Held the office of vice president of the Oregon State Motor association. He was a past exalted ruler of the Elks lodge here, a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner. Born in Indiana He was born in 1871 at Burnetsville, Ind., and came to Medford from Noblesville, Ind., where he had been vice-presi dent of the standard Manufac turing company, maker of plumbing appliances. The family home here is at 513 West Second street. Survivors are his widow, Leah; a son George, Medford; two daughters, Mrs. Laura Dean, Medford, and Mrs. Marie Judy, Bend; a brother, William A. Gates, Medford; five grandchil dren and several great grand children. Perl funeral home has charge of funeral arrangements. Large Narcotics Haul Reported in Portland Portland (U.R) What police described as possibly the larg est single narcotics haul in Portland's history four pounds of opium was seized on a busy downtown street in broad day light Tuesday. City and federal narcotics agents arrested John David O'Keefe, 53, San Francisco. He was charged with violation of the Harrison act which pro hibits illegal narcotics sale. Police said narcotics opera tives had been working on the case for two months. When O'Keefe got off a plane in Port land he was followed until he met another man on a street corner and attempted to hand him a package, wrapped like a gift. Agents then arrested O'Keefe. Secretary's Secretary Must Be Befuddled Portland (U.R) Mrs. Mary Kay Fall of Portland figured Wednesday that a secretary in the secretary of state's of fice in Salem had a male in stead of mail on her mind. Mrs. Fall had mailed her automobile title certificate with a request for a new one. Back came an official enve lope. Mrs. Fall opened it All that was inside was a lock of black hair. UN Seeking Compromise on Prisoner of War Deadlock Panmunjom (U.R) The Unit ed Nations command said for the first time Wednesday night that it is seeking compromise in the deadlock over exchange of war prisoners. Secret meetings appear to have opened the way to pro gress, it was announced. Term Substituted Brig. Gen. William P. Nuck ols, official UN spokesman at the truce talks, said negotiators dropped the term "voluntary repatriation" -and substituted "no forced repatriation" 'about four or five weeks ago. He said this was in an effort to say approximately the same thing but in terms more palat able to the enemy. Nuckols said 'the Allies had adopted a "reasonable attitude" toward a Communist proposal to drop their demand for return o' 44,000 "missing" former Nor.i-v Connecticut Demo Target of Action In Federal Court Lawsuit Outgrowth In Ouster Attempt t Washington (U.R) Sen. Jo se p h R. . McCarthy, R-Wis., Wednesday filed a $2,000,000 libel and slander suit against Sen. William Benton, D-Conn. Benton is author of a Senate resolution asking an investiga tion of McCarthy's 'fitness to re main in the senate. To Be Own Lawyer McCarthy charged that he was libeled and slandered by Ben ton in the Connecticut Demo crat's efforts to oust him from the Senate. McCarthy's suit was filed, in federal district court here. Mc Carthy later told a news con- ference that he intends to serve as his own lawyer in the case so that he can cross examine Ben ton under oath during the trial and in pre-trial examinations. Fraud Campaign Alleged Benton accused McCarthy last year of 'waging -"a campaign of fraud and deceit" and of com mitting perjury during McCar thy's campaign to prove that the State Department is infested with Communists. Benton last week told the c- l : : n : . : - u: otrudie lie is willing iu waive ills congressional immunity and ac cept full legal responisbility for the charges he made against McCarthy. It was on the basis of this offer to waive immunity that McCarthy filed his libel-slander suit against the Connecticut, democrat. Defense Claimed In his complaint, McCarthy charged that Benton as a former Assistant Secretary of State has "defended various persons in the State Department against charg es of the Plaintiff, McCarthy, that they are Communist and or pro-Communist and that their : 41 pieseui: ill me omlc ucoi i.- ment is dangerous and detrimen tal to the interests of the United States." ' Baize Sentencing Slated Tomorrow Sentencing of Richard . H. Baize, 36, of 45 Hawthorns street, has ben. set : for 1:30 P; m. Thursday in circuit court, District Attorney Paul Haviland reported today. . Baize pleaded guilty March 3 to a charge of larceny by em-; bezzelment. The charge involv ed theft of some $1,600 in small change from Medford parking -meters during a. 25-month pe riod between Dec. 1, 1949 and Jan. 1, 1952, when he was a po- -lice sergeant in charge of park ing meter collection and repair. At the time of his arrest, Baize waived indictment in the ' circuit court and Judge H. K. Hanna postponed sentencing in order to allow time for prepara tion of a pre-sentencing report and to allow him to obtain an attorney. - ! Baize is represented by Med ford Attorney Edward C. Kelly. Tunisia Declared In Stale of Siege Tunis, Tunisia (U.R)- France Wednesday declared a , state of siege in , Tunisia and arrested Premier Mohammed Chenik, three ministers and his anti French government and a num ber of extremist leaders. The 20,000-man French army was given police powers under the state of siege and full news censorship was invoked. The French resident general, Count Jean de Hauteclocque told the populace in a radio broadcast that Chenik and the others had been arrested to halt their "disastrous political activi ties." , Korean troops if the UN would forget about 53,000 South Kor eans believed captured by the Reds. The Communists also insisted on forced return of all prison ers, but Nuckols indicated there was no change in the UN stand that return . should be by free choice. Statement Repeated He said the UN' command again told the Communists that "there is every ' indication the great majority of their captured personnel would decide to re turn.. We have made the state ment on numerous occasions." - The UN says the 44,000 ex North Korean troops actually were South Koreans impressed by the Reds, and that most have been reclassified as civilians. The Communists say the 53,000 South Koreans they are. sup posed to hold actually were re leased at the front
