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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1952
No. 18
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Registry
Democratic Party
Chairman Assails
'GOP Registrars'
'It's a Dirty Trick,'
Mrs. Mary Kelly Says
Charges that registrars are
using undue influence to per
suade voters to register as Re
publicans were made today by
Mrs. Mary G.. Kelly, chairman of
the Jackson County Democratic
Central committee.
Mrs. Kelly said that County
Clerk George Carter has ap
pointed only Republican regis
trars in Medford most of them
active organization workers in
the Republican party including
Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, head of the
county Republican organization.
Her repeated protests to the
county clerk, a Republican, have
resulted in no change, she said,
and added that she and others in
past years have appealed to the
clerk for appointment of "walk
ing registrars" through some
such group as the League of
Women Voters.
But he has denied the request
as making for inefficiency, Mrs.
Kelly said. She added, however,
that some active Republicans
have been named registrars, and
have gone to individuals' homes
to take their registration.
She named specifically Col.
Ben Stafford, who is manning a
registration booth at Barker's
Men's store this week, and Dick
House, who, she said, has been
taking home registrations.
Her demands that Democratic
"walking registrars" be appoint
ed have been denied, she said.
"I don't feel that Mr, Carter
' Is dishonest," she said, "but I
do feel they have 'put it over on
him' through overwhelming him
by desperate partisan enthusi
asm. I think he is an unwilling
victim of the situation."
She said that Republican block
workers are "steering" those reg
istering to partisan registrars
where they are unduly influ
enced to register Republican.
"I think it's a darned dirty
trick," she said.
Idea Presented for
Money Questionnaires!
Washington (U.R) House cor
ruption hunters Friday consid
ered using financial question
naires like those which figured
in the double-firing of J. How
ard McGrath and Ncwbold Mor
ris. The idea was advanced by
Rep. Patrick J. Hillings, R-Calif..
as a House Judiciary subcommit
tee questioned Morris about his
angry feud with McGrath that
blasted both men out of the gov
ernment. Morris offered a new explana
tion Thursday night as to why he
was fired. Appearing on the
Mutual Broadcasting System's
Reporter's Roundup radio pro
gram, he said he had seen the
axe falling when President Tru
man announced he would not
seek reelection.
Morris said it was "probably
a fair supposition" that Mr. Tru
man wanted to "escape a pos
sible revolt in his own Cabinet"
because of Morris' investigative
methods.
Victoria, B. C. (U.R) Resi
dents reported here Friday that
"sharp" earth tremors had been
frit in areas surrounding the
city. No damage was reported.
The quake, occurred before
6 a. m.
HST's Civil Service Plan
For Postmasters Opposed
Washington (URi Sen. Wal-
Jer F. George said Friday that
President Truman's plan to put
21,000 postmasters, customs of
ficials and federal marshals
under Civil Service would "con
centrate more power" in execu
tive departments.
The Georgia Democrat said he
didn't favor the plan "at all"
and didn't believe Congress
would go along with him.
Led Unsuccessful Fight
George Ird an unsuccessful
fiuht to block the President's re
organization of the Internal
Revenue Bureau last month. He
said tax scandals prompted Con
gress to agree to Civil Service in
stead of political appointment of
revenue collectors.
But, he said, no reason has
been shown to change the meth-j
Influence Charged, Denied
CITIZENS IN PIERRE
STUNNED BYDISASTER
OF SWIRLING WATERS
Pierre, S. D. (U.R) The
tragic stillness of disaster hung
over Pierre.
The muddy waters of the Mis
souri river boiled waist-deep
down its main street and almost
one-third of its population was
homeless. -Traffic
Light Winks
An automobile traffic light
winked its amber warning down
on a street where only boats
could travel. Policemen in fish
ermen's waders directed the
boats shuttling the stunned resi
dents around their ruined city.
Everywhere was the muted
sound of gurgling water. It
New York-Bound
Airliner Crashes;
Ten Persons Dead
San Juan, P.R. (U.R) A four
engined New York-bound Pan
American Airways plane with
69 persons aboard was ditched
in the Atlantic off San Juan har
bor Friday. Coast Guard ships
and planes picked up 23 surviv
ors and counted at least 10 dead.
The Coast Guard reported that
it had picked up five bodies and
counted five others in the water.
Some Critically Injured
Some of the rescued were
injured critically and were
flown here in amphibian planes.
Other Injured persons were
brought in by Coast Guard
vessels.
The plane was ditched in the
open sea about five miles north
west of the entrance to San
Juan harbor. High seas made
rescue work difficult.
The pilot of the plane was
identified by Pan American as
Capt. John C. Burns, husband
of singer Jane Froman whom he
rescued from the ocean after a
plane crash off Portugal in 1943.
Aidad Singer's Rescue
Burns was co-pilot of a plane
carrying a USO troupe to Eur
ope in 1943. The plane ditched
in the water off Lisbon while
coming in for a landing. Burns
supported the beautiful singer
for hours in the water until they
were rescued, despite his own
severe injuries.
Miss Froman was confined to
a hospital and a wheel chair for
seven years recovering from her
multiple injuries and married
Burns March 12, 1948.
Federal Action Seen
In Thefts of Gravel
Federal action will be taken
against persons who are beliaved
to have stolen gravel fiw- gov
ernment - owned pits near 'he
Military bridge over the Rogue
river, it was reported today by
Henry Gault of the special serv
ices administration.
The Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation has been called in on
the case, Gault said, and while
he stated that he could not di
vulge further details at this time,
he added that prosecution
through the federal courts is ex
pected soon.
od of appointing customs offic
ials, postmasters and marshals
"except to concentrate power in
the executive branch."
"Congress should be more re
sponsible, rather than less, for
appointments," he said.
Plans Sent to Congress
Mr. Truman sent thiee reor
ganization plans to Congress
Thursday to eliminate gradually
political appointment of first,
second and third class postmas
ters, U. S. marshals and customs
collectors, comptrollers, survey
ors and appraisers. All now are
named by the President and con
firmed by the Senate.
Under the President's plan,
present officials would serve
until their terms expire. Replace
ments then would be chosen
through civil service.
poured through broken win
dows, through smashed doors,
soaked into furniture, ruined
merchandise.
The air was loaded with the
smell of rotting sandbags, spoil
ed food and spilled gasoline.
River Rushes Southward
Along the west border of the
city, the raging river itself
rushed southward, carrying de
struction with it into Iowa and
Nebraska.
On the opposite side, the city
of Ft. Pierre was "wiped out."
Some houses were chimney-
deep in water. Only three city
blocks remained dry.
Refugees were living as many
as 20 to a house in those few
homes that remained dry.
The two cities counted more
than 2.400 persons whose homes
were uqliveable.
"The people are dazed," said
Dr. Carmen H. Sutley, a Ft
Pierre dentist.
Great Courage Shown
"They have shown great cour
age, but they are now so tired
and nervous that it will be sev
eral weeks before they are ad
justed to their great loss."
Residents looked at the river
gauge which showed the level to
be 24.8 feet about 9 feet
inches above flood stage.
Mrs. Clarence Paulsen, who
ordinarily lives on a ranch 30
mile west of Ft. Pierre, came to
town to get away from the bliz
zards which pounded the area
only a few weeks ago. She was
caught in the flood.
Ed Mullally, a Pierre mer
chant, said, "it's one of those
things; it's like a bad dream. It
couldn't happen here but it did
v"We were set for 7V4 feet
above flood stage, but when it
came up another 2Vi feet we
were swamped, just swamped
The crest of the worst flood in
71 years passed at just under 25
feet.
Sioux City, la., braced for a
24-foot river level 5 feet above
flood stage and 18 inches above
the tragic height of 22.5 feet set
in 1881. The crest was due next
Monday or Tuesday.
(See Story on Page 4)
20 Kansas Delegates
Handed to Eisenhower
Topeka, Kan. (U.R) Kan
sas Republicans have handed
home-state boy Gen. Dwight D,
Eisenhower proof of their sup
port 20 of the state's 22 dele
gates to the GOP national con
vention. Jubilant Ike-for-President di
rectors in Kansas even predict
ed they would win over the two
delegates who went -to Sen.
Robert A. Taft before presiden
tial nominating time.
The addition of 20 Kansas
delegates to the Eisenhower
camp brought to 80 the num
ber of presidential convention
votes pledged to the NATO su
preme commander.
The Kansas delegation which
was completed at state Repub
lican convention Thursday tech
nically is uninstructed. But mem
bers' sympathies were well
known and 20 of them were sol
idly for Ike.
Light Patrol Clashes
Mark Action in Korea
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Light pa
trol clashes in rain and fog
marked Good Friday's ground
action on the Korean battlefront.
A UN patrol early Friday
charged up a Communist-held
hill west of Yonchon,' killing
four of the enemy and wound
ing five others. Then the patrol
withdrew under a furious mor
tar attack by the Communists.
BULLETIN
Washington (U.R) Sleel
wage negotiations recessed
Friday until Monday with the
wage-price deadlock apparent
ly still unbroken. Representa
tives of the CIO Steelworkers'
union and management re
fused to comment on the talks
which have been under way
since President Truman seis
ed the steel industry Wednesday.
Favoritism Denied
By County Clerk;
Reports Said False
No Affiliation
Questions Asked
County Clerk George Carter
today heatedly denied charges
by the head of the county's Dem
ocratic party, Mrs. Mary G.
Kelly, that he had shown favor
itism in appointing registrars.
He .also said he had checked
on reports that individuals were
being registered in their homes,
and found that the charges w re
untrue; except in one or two
isolated cases where shut-ins
were registered as permitted by
law.
No Influence Used
Carter stated that he had
checked with both Col. Ben Staf
ford and with Dick House re
garding Mrs. Kelly's charges,
and both had assured him they
were not using undue influence
to persuade voters to register
Republican in fact they had
made no efforts at all to suggest
with which party the voter
should register.
Carter, in appointing regis
trars, has in all cases told them
that it is a violation of law "even
to suggest" what party to regis
ter with, he said. As a matter of
fact, he added, he has never
asked anyone his political affil
iation when appointing him a
registrar.
"Had Little Joke"
"Two years ago," he said,
appointed a woman as registrar
at the request of Mary Kelly. I
did not ask to which party she
belonged. But afterwards,, the.
womaribld me she had a little
joke on Mary Kelly, because she
was a registered Republican
Carter said.
"I like Mary Kelly," Carter
stated, "but I haven't done one
single thing for the Republicans
that I wouldn't have done for the
Democrats. Now she comes in at
the tail end of things with a list
of proposed registrars, when we
have more registrars than we've
ever had before.
"There's not a word of truth
in her charges," he concluded.
Easter Egg Hunt
Prizes Increased '
Chairman E. K. Peterson; to
day announced an increase in
the number of major prizes that
will be offered in the ..annual
Medford Kiwanis Easter egg
hunt which Is scheduled for 9
a.m. at Hawthorne park tomor
row, "rain or shine."
He said that there will be 24
major prizes, including a grand
prize and first, second and third
prizes, for a boy and a girl in
each age group, in addition to
270 minor prizes. Youngsters of
Medford and vicinity, ages 1 to
3, 4 to 6. and 7 to 9, will hunt
in three roped-off areas. Special
help is planned for toddlers un
able to find eggs.
Concerning the mystery "su
per grand prize, Peterson said
that the object involved may
prove difficult to find and may
take days to locate, but all boys
and girls in Jackson county 15
years of age or under are eligible
to participate for this special
prize.
Legal Eagle Doubts
Legality of Wedding
Of Abner, Daisy Mae
Olympia 'U.R) Leave it
is the legal mind to think of
things like thin
Lyle Werson, bachelor as
sistant attorney general, lays
he seriously doubts the legal
ity of the comic strip marriage
of Lil' Abner and Daily Mae.
"I know doggoned well he
didn't have a marriage li
cense." SOLDIER RETURNS
The United Press said today
that Sgt. Phil H. Blood. Med
ford, Ore., was one of 1.432 oth
er passengers aboard the Navy
transport USS Antolak which
landed In Seattle today from
Korea. No one by that name is
listed in city directories in Med
ford, and the sergeant is not re
lated to the only fan'ily named
Blood In the Mediord telephone
directory.
Pattern Provided
For Settlement of
Telephone Dispute
Michigan Company,
Union in Agreement
Detroit (U.R) Michigan
Bell Telephone company and the
CIO Communications Workers
announced "basic agreement"
on a 12.7 cent hourly pay in
crease Friday to end a five-day
strike, providing the pattern for
settlement of the nation-wide
telephone dispute.
Official announcement of the
strike's end in Michigan was de
layed until the new contract,
covering 18,000 workers, was
formally written and signed.
Key to Dispute
The Michigan Bell negotiations
are believed to hold the key to
the nationwide telephone dis
pute, involving 15,000 Western
Electric employees and Bell
workers in Michigan, Ohio,
Northern California, New Jer
sey and Nevada.
It was the first break in the
communications tie-up that came
at a time when telephone serv
ice already was overburdened
by the nation-wide walkout of
Western Union telegraphers.
Cyrus Ching, chief of the Fed
eral Mediation service, consid
ered the Michigan talks so im
portant that he sent his ace me
diator, E. Marvin Sconyers, here
to try to effect a settlement.
The CWA's top negotiator, Vice
President A. T. Jones, directed
the union s bargaining.
Strike Will Be Over
Walter Schaar, district CWA
director for Michigan and Ohio,
said "the strike will be over as
soon as we get the word out
after official agreement is reach
ed." Sources at the negotiations
believed picketing in Michigan
would end at midnight.
Western Electric strike lead
ers refused comment on the De
troit developments. But negoti
ators for the two CIO Commu
nication Workers districts repre
senting the telephone installers
and distributors were understood
to consider the 12.7 cent for
mula unacceptable.
Officials of Ohio Bell and
CWA there dneied that the De
troit talks provided the key to
settlement there. However,
Schaar directs union affairs for
both Michigan and Ohio.
Washington (U.R) Federal
Mediator J. R. Mandelbaum met
with President Adolph Brungs
of the AFL Commrecial Teleg
raphers' union again Friday
but there was no sign of a break
in the strike of 30,000 Western
Union employees.
Allies Prepared To
Prolong Truce Talks
Panmunjom, Korea (U.R)
The United Nations said that it
is prepared to prolong armistice I
negotiations through another
summer and winter rather than
accept Russia as a "neutral"
truce inspector.
A UN spokesman told news
men after a 90-second meeting
between Allied and Communist
negotiators that the UN stand
against the Reds isirrevocable."
"It's going to be a hot summer
and a cold winter if they're go
ing to try to outwait us, the
spokesman said.
Friday's meeting was the
shortest on record. The Reds
read a statement of only 60
words. It reiterated that Russia
must be on the neutral six-nation
inspection team and reserved the
right to reconstruct military air
fields during an armistice.
Blood Donors Sought
For Next Visit Here
An appeal for blood donors for
the visit of the mobile collection
unit here next week was issued
today by those in charge of the
American Red Cross collection
program in Jackson county. .
They said that the response to
the request for donors has been
slow. A goal of 250 has been set.
The blood collection unit will
be at the Elks temple from 1 to
5 p. m. Tuesday and 10 a. m. to
2 p. m. Wednesday. Appoint
ments may be made by telephon
ing 3-3813.
Members of the Osteopathic
association reportedly will go in
a group to give blood. '
Dishman. Wash. (U.R)
Mrs. Sarah R. Freeli, 66, died
from burns Thursday night af
ter she fainted snd i M into a
bonfire it her Spokane valley
home.
GEN. DWlGHT
Resignation as
Sen. Kefauver Visits
Portland in
Portland (U.R) Sen. Estes
Kefauver, D-Tenn., hit the cam
paign trail again Friday, flying
on to Boise, Ida., for more con
ferences with his western sup
porters. Before leaving Portland at
10:30 a.m., PST, the presidential
hopeful announced he was leav
ing behind Judge Weldon White
of Nashville, Tenn., to set up
Oregon campaign headquarters.
Judge White is assistant national
campaign director for Kefauver,
Opens New Theater
Kefauver completed his visit
here with an official part In
opening of a new newsreel thea
ter and said he would return
about May 10 to "cover the state
of Oregon" in his quest for the
'state's 12 delegates to the Demo
cratic national convention.
In ah address last night before
about 800 persons, Kefauver said
he favored federal programs for
the development of the country's
natural resources.
Heritage of People
"Our natural resources are a
heritage of all our people," the
democratic presidential nomina
tion aspirant said.
"We hear much these days
from the spokesmen of 'big
interests' of the dangers from
'creeping socialism'," he said.
Tentative Date Set
For Budget Session
First meeting of the Jackson
county budget committee has
been tentatively scheduled for
Tuesday, April 15, County Judge
J. B. Coleman said today. The
committee, which includes Tom
Wray, Medford; Roger Rath,
Ashland, and Arnold Bohnert,
Central Point, will meet with the
county court to discuss some 40
departmental estimates of funds
needed for the next fiscal year.
Budgets will also receive the
attention it residents of rural
school districts on Tuesday and
Wednesday, April 15 and 16.
Public hearings have been slat
ed on those days on final budgets
for all county school districts
except those in the Medford,
Central Point and Ashland dis
tricts, which are first class dis
tricts and not under rural school
board Jurisdiction.
Rain Showers Seen
For. Easier Week-End
Widely scattered showers
are foreseen for Medford and
vicinity on Easier Sunday, the
weather bvreau office here re
ported today. Mild tempera
tures are forecast.
By UNITED PRESS
A forecast of showers damp
ened hopes r.f a sunny Easter
weekend for Pacific Northwest
residents Friday.
The weathen bureau said the
Gulf of Alaska was "filled up"
with another storm system, with
the "front" expected to move
into the region Saturday.
General showery conditions
were forecast west of the Cas
cades for Saturday with a few
mountain showers in eastern
portions.
The Easter Sunday outlook
was for cooler air, clouds and a
few showers.
Salem (U.R) The legisla
tive tax interim and fiscal re
vision commi'.teo will meet here
Monday at 10 a.m., Sen'. Eu
gene E. M -r.sh , f McMinnville,
chairman, said Friday.
D. EiSENriOWER
NATO Head Told
Campaign
"But I say to you unequivocally
that if by 'creeping socialism'
our opponents mean the Bonne
ville project, full development
of the Columbia river, TV A,
rural electrification and other
Democratic programs along this
line, then the danger we must
watch out for is not 'creeping
socialism' but' 'insidious reac
tion' cloaked in soft words and
high-paid advertising."
Part of Social Gains
He declared his party's natural
resources program was just part
of the social gains the nation
can realize, adding that the
gains already made must be ex
tended. "We' must find some way to
improve the national health. We,
must enlarge federal aid to edu
cation so that every citizen has
an equal opportunity to equip
himself for a useful and profit
able life."
Registration Pace
Continues Rapid
Registration of voters contin
ues at a near-record pace with
only four days remaining before
the April 15 deadline, the coun
ty clerk's office reported today.
In addition, they stated that
large numbers of persons are
changing registrations this week
is about the same as last week
when there were 499 new regis
trations and about an equal num
ber of changes. The next exact
computation of total registration
by parties will not be made un
til after the Tuesday deadline,
they stated.
A deputy clerk will be on
duty at the main Medford fire
station, Front and Third streets,
between noon and 5 p. m. Satur
day to accept registrations from
any persons outside Medford
wishing to register. The clerk's
office will be closed Saturday
afternoon and other registrars
In the city are able to accept
registrations from Medford pre
cincts only.
TAX DEADLINE NEAR
State income tax officials to
day reminded that Tuesday,
April 15, is the deadline for fil
ing state income tax returns.
Representatives of the Oregon
tax commission will be' in the
first floor of the county court
house on April 14 and 15 to aid
in preparation of returns.
Russ War Threat Warning
Doesn't Inspire Big Three
Washington (U.R) Officials
said Friday Russia's warning
that 'ncorporation of German
troops in the Atlantic Pact Army
could "engulf Europe in a third
world war" failed to inspire any
enthusiasm for a Big Four con
ference .on German peace
treaty
The Kremlin, in a note given
to American, British and French
envoys in Moscow on Wednes
day, said Germany should be
allowed to build its own army
rather than "create in West Ger
many hireling troops . . . headed
bv Fascist-Hitlerite generals . . ."
Note Calls for Talks
Aiming directly at inclusion
of West German troops in the
Allied European Army, Russia
called for prohibition of Ger
man participation in any "group
of powers directed against any
kind of peace-loving state."
The 1.000-word Russian note
was made public by the State
Department Thursday night It
General Requests
Relief From Duty
On First of June
Early Return to
States Expected
Washington (U.R) The White
House has announced that Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower had asked
to be relieved June 1 as supreme
commander of the Allied power
in Europe.
Eisenhower sent a request
dated April 2 to Secretary of
Defense Robert A. Lovett, ask
ing that he be relieved by June
1 and placed on inactive status
upon his return to the United
States.
Return Date Not Told
The general, however, did not
give the date when he expects to
return to this country and take
an active hand in his campaign
for the Republican presidential
nomination.
Presumably he would return
in earty June,
The White House announce
ment at noon Friday was made
on the day and hour selected by
Eisenhower.
Successor Not Made
White House Press Secretary
Joseph Short said President Tru
man is not yet ready to announce
the selection of a successor.
"I don't know how long that
will take," Short said.
The White House disclosed
that on April 10 Lovett, acting
with the approval of the Presi
dent, sent this brief reply to
Eisenhower:
"Dear General Eisenhower: '
"In accordance with your re
quest contained in your letter of
2 April and with the approval of
the President, I am taking ap
propriate action to secure your
release from assignment as su
preme commander. Allied pow
ers Europe, effective 1 June, and
have you placed on inactive
status upon your return to the
United States."
Ample Time Left
Eisenhower in his letter to
Lovett. said his request for re
lief conformed with an under
standing he had when he ac
cepted the original appointment
in Europe, in December, 1950.
He said the June 1 relief date
would leave "ample time for
the appointment of a successor
and , for any preparation and
counsel that he may desire from
me."
Eisenhower stated that he felt
the specific purposes for which
he was recalled to duty in 1950
and sent to Europe had been
"largely accomplished."
Paris (U.R) Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower will announce Satur
day his plans to return to the
United States, his headquarters
said Friday after the White
House announced his resigna
tion. Eisenhower knew the an
nouncement would be made but
declined to make any comment
before Saturday's press conference.
Indian Land Office
Employees Suspended
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of Interior Oscar L. Chapman
Friday suspended two employees
of the Portland office of the Bu
reau of Indian affairs on charges
involving the sale last August of
800 acres of Indian timber lands
in Oregon.
The suspended employees are
Clyde W. Flynn, area land offi
cer at the Portland office, and
Francis L. La France, assistant
area land officer there.
Chapman would not specify
the charges. He said the investi
gation has not been completed.
Salem (U.R) The State
Board of Control has formally
accepted the new tuberculosis
building at Oregon State hos
pital hft
again called for Big Four talkl
on Germany, but did not mention
the Allies' demand for free Ger
man elections as a condition tor
a German peace conference.
The Kremlin accused the West
ern powers of stalling a decision
on the treaty. It said now is the
time to decide whether Germany
shall be "reestablished as a
united. Independent, peace-loving
state" or whether the occupation
will continue "and with it the
threat of war."
Commission Suggested
The only new thing Russia
came up with was a suggestion
that the United States, Britain,
France and Russia set up a com
mission to study the chances of
holding free, all-German elec
tions. U. S. officials said this was the
tip-off that Russia still apparent
ly Is unwilling to lift the Iron
Curtain In Eastern Germany to
permit creation of a free, unified
German government.
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