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Newspaper Page Text. - - - - - r .... - . . ..... eon dod Stieel ospyfte r " - ssKsscBgatfaes, n i 1 1 , isrr,sv; ygag f "13 HIS FITNESS ASSAILED-Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, Wiscon sin Republican, gets out his law books after announcing that he has filed a two-million-dollar libel and slander suit against Senator William Benton, Connecticut Democrat. Senator Benton is the author of a Senate resolution asking investigation of McCarthy's fitness to remain ia the Senate. McCarthy said he intends to serve as his own lawyer in the case. Prineville Families Returning to Homes; More Water Possible '.Prineville, Ore. (U.R) Many of Jhe 500 persons who evacu ated their ' homes when snow swollen Crooked River shot out of its banks here began moving back Friday as the stream re ceded slowly. Completion of a new dike considered capable of holding a crest two feet higher than the stream's high-water mark and a Action Demanded On Building Dam In Crooked River Prineville (U.R) Residents of flood-stricken Prineville Friday bombarded Oregon's congres sional delegation with telegrams demanding action on their troubles with the Crooked river. Residents said they have been trying "for 30 years' to get the government to build a high dam and reservoir on the river for flood control and irrigation. A. B. Bowman, a spokesman for the townspeople, said he had called the Bureau of Reclama tion office at Boise. Ida.. Thurs day to learn the fate of a govern ment report being prepared on the area's flood control prob lems. He said he was told the re-Tim-t is beine rewritten and won't be ready for two months Bureau Budget Funds Feel Economy Axe Washington (U.R) The House Appropriations Committee con tinued its assault on President Truman's budget Friday by vot ing $172,800,000 less than he asked for the State. Commerce and Justice departments. The committee recommended that the three departments be given $1,070,000,000 for their needs in the fiscal year starting July 1. That is about 14 per cent under the budget request. Commerce was voted $589, 569.499. a cut of $117,402,000; State S266.056.510. a cut of $52,351,000; and Justice $187, 600,000 a cut of $2,725,000. Navy Men Marooned On Arctic Ice Pack Point Barrow, Alaska (U.R) An "operation ski jump" Navy plane broke its landing gear on takeoff Friday, marooning its nine-man crew on the desolate arctic ice pack 700 miles north of here. None of the men was injured and the group has food for four days as well as plenty of shelter and gasoline for fuel, Cmdr. E. M. Ward radioed. Social Event of Year Shown in (Shudder) Pictures on Page 12 Pictures of the social event of the season are shown on Page 12 of today's Mail Tribune. The event long - heralded but mostly unexpected, is the wedding of the perennial bachelor and hunk of Ameri can young manhood, Li'l Ab ner, and his luscious gal friend. Daisy Mae. Li'l Abner has been escap ing marriage, mostly by the skin of his teeth, for almost 18 years now. He has avoided the bonds of matrimony with a wide variety of females, in cluding the Wolf GaL Lady Hotfoot, and others. Bui at last it's happened really, really happened. Car toonist AI Capp. who feels that such an important event should not go without expla nation, will tell why he (gulp!) did it in the Sunday Mail Tribune. forecast of cooler temperatures brightened hopes that the worst was over. New Floods Possible However, Ochoco national for est officials said a period of warm weather could bring re newed floods because of heavy snow in the region, and crews continued to strengthen dikes. The Crooked river had fallen nearly two feet. Families living on the southwest edge of town began the job of moving back and cleaning up. But water was still standing on one part of town1 where 70 homes were evacuated and residents feared they might have to pump out the water before they could return. Many ranches were still under water. At the peak of the flood, water stood four feet deep in some residential areas. Rich farmland nearby was inundated. No loss of life was reported. The water did not reach the business section. "You haven't seen high water yet," Ochoco National Forest road supervisor Alvin Grimes said. Grimes said snow in the area - .which drains into -the Crooked river was twice as deep as usual. Rapidly melting snow and heavy rains early in the week sent ' the Crooked river and Ochoco creek . to their highest level in 40 years. Red Cross workers, state and local police and volunteers assisted in evacu ation of 150 families. Homes not endangered were opened to the evacuees. Furni ture was stored in a school gym nasium. Mayor Stuart Sheik said it was not posisble to estimate damage but that he did not be lieve it too extensive. Prineville is a town of 3.200 located in central Oregon's nor mally arid plateau country. Weather continued warm and the possibility of rain and more melting snow caused anxiety over possible new crests. How ever, Mayor Sheik said he be lieved they could be handled without additional damage. Large Timber Area Sold, Records Show The sale of several hundred acres of Jackson county timber land at a price believed to be in excess of $350,000 was revealed today by records on file in the county clerk's office. The land was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Ross, of Ross Lum ber company. Camp White, from Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Edmonds and Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Bauer, all of Medford. Land involved in the sale is southeast of Butte Falls in the Fish Lake road area, and in the Wasson canyon area on the north fork of Little Butte creek West Power Project Funds Survive Cut in House Vote Washington (U.R) The House sent a $488,248,253 Interior De partment, appropriation bill to the Senate Friday, with the ad ministration's request for west ern water and power projects Arirtually intact. The House sliced $6,186,510 from the department's budget for the next fiscal year before ap proving the bill late Thursday. The House Appropriations Com mittee earlier had lopped off an other $137,567,037 from the ad ministration's requests. West Funds Left Intact Western water and power ap propriations were left unchang ed from the committee, version of the bill. The Bureau of Recla mation construction budget re mained at $153,353,000 and the Bonneville Power Administra tion fund at $66,523,400. The committee bad cut about Medford United Pri Full Leased Wire 47th Year 16 Pages Communists Accuse United Nations of Breaking Secrecy Peiping Broadcast Alleges Violation Panmunjom (U.R) The Chi nese Communists accused the United Nations today of break ing the secrecy agreement in truce negotiations but an Allied officer said the UN is "sincerely striving" to keep the agreement. The Communist accusation was made in a Peiping radio broadcast. It said American of ficers gave out information of secret sessions on exchanging prisoners of war to a Reuters correspondent on March 25, the day after the news blackout be came effective. Broadcast Ignored The UN did not take the trouble to deny the broadcast. Lt. Col. Joseph J. Borchert, act ing spokesman for the UN com mand read a statement that said: "The UN policy concerning executive sessions has been an nounced. The UN does not in tend indulging in any contro versy with radio Peiping as to our actions. We are seriously striving to maintain inviolate the agreement we made with the Communists concerning closed session discussions on the pris oner of war matter." Information Denied United Nations correspond ents at the Munsan press train unanimously denied that any of their number had received infor mation from Allied officials on. the progress of the secret nego tiations. The newsmen, who are ac credited to the United Nations command for press coverage of the Panmunjom armistice talks, said no correpsondent had re ceived any initimation from of ficial or unofficial sources re lating to the prisoner of war discussions. Said Inspired by Ridgway Peiping charged the alleged Reuters dispatch was inspired by Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme Allied commander. The broadcast said American offic ers had put forth an "extra ordinary rumor to the effect that the Korean and Chinese side had made indirect approach es against the executive sessions." Both sides agreed to secret sessions on prisoners of war in the hope of breaking a deadlock. Prisoners Hidden In Sawdust Located v Salem (U.R) One of the lat est attempts to migrate from Oregon state penitentiary here was thwarted Thursday night when two convicts were found hiding in a sawdust pile in the prison yard. The two were missed at 5 p.m. count of prisoners and a search begun. Prison guards found the two about an hour later. Warden Virgil J. O'Malley identified the convicts as Alvis Odell Davis, 34, doing time for burglary from Lane county, and David C. Johnson, 36, up from Klamath county . for obtaining money under false pretenses. Mechanic Arrested on Charges of Molesting Portland (U.R) Herbert L. Morrison, 45, Longview, Wash., garage mechanic, was jail ed here Friday as a suspect in a series of molesting cases involv ing children and young women. Police nabbed Morrison as he started to get into his parked car. They said they had been looking for him. for nearly two years. S51.000.000 from the reclama tion bureau's request, but said the bureau had. unspent funds that would allow it to carry out its proposed program. The Bon neville agency lost about $3, 500,000 by committee action, most of it for an electric power connection between Oregon and California. The major cut by the House was $3,692,315 from a proposed $29,055,000 geological survey budget Others included: Bureau of Mines, cut $816,000 to $18,000, 000, and Bureau of Reclamation administration, cut $500,000 to $5,000,000 A $74,201,426 item for the Bureau of Indian Affairs was left unchanged after attempts to increase it by about $7,000,000 and to cut it by approximately the same amount were defeated. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, Navy Reveals Expanded Plane Goal; Seven Models Superior to MIS-IS Washington (U.R) The Navy plans to produce 300 planes monthly by the end of fiscal year 1953, including seven models superior to Russia's MIG-15 jet fighter, it was re vealed Friday. Navy Secretary Dan A. Kim ball and Adm. William M. Fech teler, chief of naval operations, reported these goals in recent testimony on the record-breaking $52,100,000,000 dfense bud hget released by the House Ap propriations committee. On Two-Year Basis Naval aircraft procurement has ben scheduled on a two-year basis, under which "aircraft de liveries will rise evenly to about 300 per month by the end of fis cal 1953 and will be held at that level," Fechteler said. Civil Suit Seeks $50,000; Alleges Assault Damages A total of $50,000 in damages is sought from Harry G. Dowson, 47 Berkely way, in a civil suit filed yesterday in circuit court by attorneys for Aubrey . Cripps, Box 759, Central Point According to records filed m the county clerk's office, Cripps asks $25,000 compensory dam ages for injuries alleged to have been received February 14 in Central Point. Cripps charges that Dowson struck him with a blackjack, causing "great pain and suffering." The complaint also asks $25,000 punitive dam' ages. Portland Attorney Paul Bailey, who recently obtained a crim inal asault and battery charge against Dowson on the same al legations," " presented the com plaint. Bailey is a member of a firm of ' attorneys currently representing two unions in labor disputes in the Medford area. Statements Open Injunction Hearing Attorneys presented opening statements in . circuit court here this morning in a hearing involv ing a requested temporary court order restraining picketing and other practices at the Southern Oregon Planing Mill company, Central Point. The complaint requesting such a court order was filed March 21 by attorneys for the firm. Named as defendants were Local 3030, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, AFL; the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America; A. E. Jun gans, Ralph M. Davis, Gene Ted rick and William E. Kuhlwein, officials of the lumber union, and Joe Kulas, representatives of the carpenters union. Court reconvened at 1 p.m. to day after attorneys for the plaintiffs had been requested to have Harry G. Dowson, 47 Ber keley way, official of the plan ing mill, present during the trial. Attorneys expressed the be lief that the hearing will prob ably be continued tomorrow. Legislation Urged For Serviceman Vote Washington UR) President Truman urged Congess Friday to pass emergency legislation to assure men and women in the armed forces an opportunity to vote in the 1952 elections. The President asked Congress to authorize a special federal bal lot to be used in states where soldier voting is blocked by spe cial requirements. He also asked the states themselves to take im mediate steps to remove all ob stacles to absentee voting by service men and women. Mr. Truman's recommenda tions were made in a 1.800-word special message to both houses of Congress. Seattle (U.R) Boeing Air plane company's 1951 net earn ings were $7,140,751. equal to $6.60 per share, on total sales and other income of $337,957, 026, the company's annual re port showed Friday. Portland (U.R) Hillman Lueddemann was re-elected president of the West Coast Lumbermen's association at the conclusion of the 41st annual stockholders' meeting here. ' Vice Adm. John H. Cassady, deputy chief of naval operations for air, said that at the time of the Korean outbreak, the Navy "was getting about 60 to 70 air planes a month. Cassady said last January was the month of highest deliveries since Korea, but did not say for the record how many planes were delivered. Superior To MIG-15 Kimball told the committee the Navy has "in production this year about seven models of air planes that are superior to the MIG-15." "Certain of these planes will be operating in the fleet during the present calendar year," Cassady said. Cassady said all new long range fighter planes requested Baize Said 'Habitual, Confirmed1 Criminal By Sentencing Judge Richard Hewitt Baize, 36, of 45 Hawthorne street, Thursday afternoon was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term not to exceed three - years on a charge of larceny by embezzle ment. The sentence was imposed in circuit court by Judge H. K Hanna. Baize pleaded guilty March 1 to cnaiges that he stole some $1,600 from Medford parking meters while serving as a police Riots in Tehran Protest Germ Use ' Tehran, Iran U.R) Ten per sons were reported killed and an estimated 100 injured Friday when police and militia battled 10,000 Communist youths dem onstrating against alleged use of ''germ warfare" by U. S. forces in Korea. General street fighting with sticks and stones turned into gun battles when rioters wrest ed rifles and pistols from police and militia. Police said 50 Com munists were arrested. ' The mob turned their captur ed weapons on the government forces in pointblank fire, sup ported by a barrage of paving stones hurled by other youths. Two policemen were killed and one injured in the first fusillade from the rioters. Japanese Communists Arrested in Big Raid Tokyo (U.R) Police arrested 162 Communists Friday in what was described as Japan's biggest post-war raid on some 2,000 Red hideouts and clandestine print ing plants. The raids were directed chief ly against the Japanese Com munist party's extensive under ground network of printing presses and propaganda distribu tion centers. Main target ' was the Com munist publication "Peace and Independence," which was sus pended officially Friday. It was the latest in a series of news papers that succeeded the origi nal Communist official organ, Akahata Red Flag. The Communist party is a legal political group in Japan but the subversive publications are not. Rescuers Fight To Reach 5 Men Trapped in Mine Pottsviiie, Pa. 0J.PJ Weary rescue workers fought hopeless ly Friday to reach five miners trapped and presumed drowned more than 400 feet below the surface of an independent coal mine in -nearby Forestville. The miners were caught by tons of cascading water which poured into the mine Thursday night following a dynamite blast Two other miners escaped by running more than 400 feet to safety in the main slope. Hongkong (U.R) It is now a crime to help American flyers shot down in China, the Catholic weekly Sunday examiner said Friday. Portland (U.R) Multnomah county's 10th traffic fatality of 1952 outside of Portland was recorded Friday with the death of Mrs. Roy . Tomlinsoo, 28. Tribune United Pre -Full Leased Wire 1952 No. 6 by the Navy "will be able to deliver the small atomic bombs." "Moreover," he said, "we have modified a sizeable number of our fighter and attack planes al ready built and building to achieve the same capability. "We now have on our carriers an attack plane capable of de livering the big bomb. A great ly improved carrier-based attack plane is in production." Four More Years Needed . Meanwhile,. Air Undersecre tary Roswell L. Gilpatric said it will take nearly four more years for the Air Force to have 126 modern combat wings under the "stretched-out" arms program. When "budgetary limitations" forced the latest reduction in plane production schedules early this year, a peak goal of 900 planes monthly was fixed for sergeant ' in charge of parking meter collections. He was arrest ed February 29 by city police. "Confirmed. Habitual" In imposing the sentence. Judge Hanna said Baize stole every day for two years and be came a "confirmed and habitual criminal." The judge pointed out that Baize's crime was a viola tion of public trust by a police officer to whom the public looks for protection. In answer to pleas for leniency by four character witnesses who appeared before the court prior to sentencing, Judge Hanna stat ed thai when rectitude comes only after guilt has been estab lished, it appears to be only an effort to escape being sentenced to the pentitentiary. Wants "To Get Started." When asked by the court if he hand anything to say, Baize stat ed in a firm voice that he had known the judge since he (Baize) was a small boy and realized that tht sentence imposed would be just and fairly arrived at. He added that he "wanted to get started on the sentence in order to start fresh as soon as pos sible." The court pointed out that it will be possible for Baize to be paroled in one year. Judge Hanna also expressed sympathy for Baize's family, but stated that such sympathy could not be allowed to influence the court's decision Cite Good Record The four witnesses who ap peared before the court prior to sentencing all pointed to Baize's good record before theft of the parking meter funds. District Attorney Paul Haviland stated that a pre-sentencing report on Baize showed that he had no previous criminal record. The four witnesses all asked for leniency for Baize and for a "second chance" for the man to make good. The witnesses were Dr. D. Kirkland West, pastor of the Medford First Presbyterian church; Oliver Gustafson, who succeeded Baize as commander of the Medford American Legion post; Ray Sloneker, who served with Baize on the Meaford po lice force and who is now a lead' er in the local Youth for Christ movement, and Carlos Morris, county coroner, who has employ ed Baize on a part-time basis in recent years. Free on Bail Baize was confined in the Jackson county jail from the time of his arrest until Wednes day when he was released on bail. He is still free on bail pend ing his transportation to the Ore gon Stste penitentiary in Salem, probablv next week, according to Sheriff Howard Gault He was represented by Med ford Attorney Edward C. Kelly. BULLETIN ' Bangor (U.R) Supporters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow er were nominated for nine of Maine's 16 delegates to the Republican national conven tion Friday. The selections were made by district cau cuses for submission to the GOP station convention. Five delegates favoring the nomination of Sen. Robert A. Taft were named at the cau cuses, along with two dele gates who were not commit, ted to any candidate. The list was taken to the convention hall for confirmation or rejec tion by the entire convention. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy throuf h Saturday with a few light showers of rain or snow pellets in valleys and snow in mountains. Colder. Low to night 28-10. Highs Saturday 52-SS. Temp. Highest Yesterday Jf Lowest this Morning 46 sometime in 1953. Gilpatric said in "Planes," publication of the Aircraft Industries association. The Air Force's F-86 Sabrejet is now the only U.S. fighter ranked on a par with the MIG. Models Listed Kimball did not identify all the seven naval aircraft to which he referred, but Navy sources listed five of them as the Grum man F9F-6 Cougar and the Chance-Vought F7U-3 advanced version of the Cutlass, both now in production; the North Ameri can FJ-2 Fury, scheduled to go into production next, and the Douglas F4D Skyray and Mc Donnel F3H Demon, both to go into production later. The Navy said all have speeds of more than 650 miles an hour and maximum altitudes of more than 45,000 feet. New Atomic Tests At Frenchman Flat Expected Soon Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) A new series of atomic blasts may be set off soon at the Frenchman's Flat testing grounds near here. The Atomic Energy commis sion indicated as much Thursday night when it issued a warning to southern Nevada residents to keep celar of the Frenchman's Flat area. Meaning 'Fairly Clear' An AEC spokesman here would not elaborate, but in the past such warnings have meant new experimental explosions were imminent. In Washington, an AEC official would say only that the meaning of the order should be fairly clear." Various. AEC staff members from Lcs Alamos, N.M.. and oth er parts of the country have been arriving here in recent days. There have been to date 12 atomic detonations at French man's Flat, including five last spring and seven in the fall. The final fall explosion-. was the world's first underground explo sion as fas as U.S. knowledge of previous tests in Russia and else where is known. Type Not Indicated The AEC has not indicated what further types of tests might be forthcoming, but there has been widespread speculation that the United States is now ready to try out new designs of various kinds of aerial bombs, atomic artillery shells and atom ic warheads for guided missiles. Allied Soldiers Kill 60 Communists Seoul, Korea (U.R) Allied soldiers killed 60 Communists Friday in a thrust at heavily de fended enemy positions in the Mudung-Ni valley of the "Heartbreak Ridge" sector of Korea. The United Nations troops knifed into the stronghold and withdrew before massing Chin ese troops could counterattack. Another patrol killed three Communist soldiers in hand-to-hand combat southeast of Pyong yang. In the air, American F-80 Shooting Stars destroyed 13 sup ply buildings northeast of Sun chon, and another eight near Haeju. Eisenhower's Seen Only Question of Time Washington (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's early departure from Europe is . re garded as inevitable by the 14 North Atlantic Treaty nations, informed sources reported Fri day. "It now appears to everyone that the general's resignation as supreme commander is only a question of when and it prob ably won't be long," one in formant said. Expected About April 2 In Paris, the semi-official French news agency, Agence France Presse, reported that Eisenhower would ask release from his European command on or a little after April 2" and would return home about May 15. Sources close to the general agreed. Authorities here said formal Atlantic pact talks on picking Wilson Expects Settlement Before April 8 Deadline Mobilizer Meets Truman's Cabinet ' Washington (U.R) Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson said Friday after meeting with Presi dent Truman he thought . the steel wage-price dispute would be settled before the April 8 strike deadline. Wilson's remark was made to reporters after he met with Mr. Truman and the President's cab inet at the White House. Sees Solution , However, Wilson said the steel situation was not discussed at the cabinet meeting. "Do you think a solution to the steel situation can be worked out?" a reporter asked. "Yes," Wilson replied, "before the strike deadline set for April 6." Wilson declined further com ment on what he based bis op timism. After leaving the White House Wilson went to meet Chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger of the Wage Stabilization Board in Feinsinger's office. The two apparently will con tinue talks on the situation which began Thursday but reach ed no conclusion then. As Washington officials grap pled with the steel crisis, nego tiating teams of the United Steel workers Union CIO and Beth lehem Steel company met for 30 minutes at New York City. After half an hour the meet ing was recessed at the com pany's request because "of the confusion" in the steel dispute. Although Wilson said the steel situation was not discussed at the White House cabinet meet ing, a spokesman for him earlier had said Wilson would put the "whole steel situation" before Mr. Truman at the meeting. News Secrecy Ordered Wilson's office clamped a lid on all official news on the steel dispute after a three-hour meet ing Thursday with price con troller Ellis Arnall and Fein singer. Informed sources said Arnall and Feinsinger refused point-. blank to go along with a state ment Wilson had planned to issue, laying down a wage-price formula for settlement of the steel fight. ; . Pay Raises Recommended ' Feinsinger's wage board has recommended pay raises and fringe benefits totaling 26 cents an hour in three installments over the next 18 -months for Philip Murray's 650,000 CIO United Steelworkers. The steel industry contends it cannot pay that much without a compensating price increase of $12 a ton for steel. Research Scientists At U of 0 Recognized Portland (U.R) Two Univer sity of Oregon medical school re search scientists have won inter national recognition for their work in the use of anti-histamine drugs with patients suffering from a particular type of heart disease. An editorial in the February issue of The Lancet, a British publication similar to the Jour nal of the American Medical as sociation, said Dr. Elton L. McCawley, associate professor pharmacology, and Dr. Lenox Dick, clinical instructor in medicine, have discovered a new use of the drug, benadryl. Syria Bomb Destroys United States Office Damascus, Syria (U.R) A bomb explosion destroyed the of fices of the United States in-, formation service here early Fri day and killed a native radio operator. The bomb was planted in the USIS garden and the explosion was described as "most severe." Resignation Eisenhower's successor will hot' begin until he notifies President Truman officially that he is quitting. But they . said the treaty powers already are "thinking" about the problem on an informal basis. ' -" ,v Mr. Truman, on his return Thursday night from Key West, Fla., said Eisenhower had not in dicated to him when he wants to resign. j, Gruenlher May Be Choice ''" But 'administration insiders an ticipate that the general will give his word next month and return home between- May 15 and June. 1. . This schedule would give him time to wind up his work and allow his successor to be chosen before he leaves Europe. - All signs point to selection of Gen: . Alfred M. Gruenther, Eisenhower's deputy, to be the next supreme commander.