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Newspaper Page TextWeather Recommended A it a ft program through which blind ptrsoni reeelvt alt In J&rkson county It outlined oa Pali 11 of todayi Mall Trtbuna. Medford Tribune rORBCAl T Moitlj cloudy with thowert today and to night. Partial clearing lata afternoon, partly cloudy Mon day. Expected high Sunday. fiO-65. Highest Saturday . Lowest Satuiday . , TJ United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 26 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1952 No. 19 Ni t Order Expected For Down Payment On Steel Wages Bridges Wants Probe Of Seizure Authority Washington U.P.) A high government official predicted Saturday that Secretary of Com merce Charles Sawyer soon may order the steel industry to give the CIO United Steelworkers a "down payment" on their wage Increase. The official, who asked not to be identifed, said a "reasonable" down payment would be a 12V4 cents an hour boost and all fringe benefits except the union shop and premium pay for Sun day work. The steel companies already have agreed on the record to the fringes, and government officials say they have raised irom nine to 12V4 cents their wage offer, retroactive to March 1. No Wage Seal Chang A spokesman for Sawyer said the secretary does not plan to change the existing steel wage scale until after Acting Defense Mobllizer John R. Steelman for mally notifies President Truman that the steel union-management negotiations have been termin ated. The spokesman did not rule out government action on steel wage if and when the negotia tions collapse. Both the union and the steel companies would "kick" at such an order from Sawyer. The steel workers want the full 17 cents and fringes adding up to a 26 cents total package in three in stallments, and they want it re troactive to January 1, the date their old contract -expired. The industry, which is fighting in federal court to have Mr. Tru man's seizure nullified, would re double its efforts. Meanwhile, Senate Republican leader Styles Bridges served no tice he will ask the Senate to in vestigate Mr. Truman's author ity to seize the industry. The New Hampshire Republi can said he will introduce next week a resolution ordering the I Senate Judiciary committee to "determine whether Mr. Truman had any constitutional or statu tory authority for taking over the nation's biggest industry Sen, Andrew F. Schoeppel (R. Kans.) said he would join Bridges In the resolution. He charged that Mr. Truman "has dealt a serious blow to collective bargaining, for there can be no collective bar gaining where government puts all its Influence and pressure on the one side and then denies management the right to accept a strike." Telephone Systems To Merge May 26 Medford and Jacksonville tele phone systems will be merged on May 26, it was announced Saturday by J. H. Creager, man ager of the Medford exchange of the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company. Customers In either commun ity can then call each other with out the present 10 cent charge, Creager said. He added that there have been requests for this service over a period of years by both Jacksonville and Medford telephone users. The company is now calling all Jacksonville customers about details of the proposed service, he said. Under the proposal, which will be filed with the Ore gon public utilities commission er, Jacksonville rates will be the same as Medford rates. The new Jacksonville dial of fice will be placed in operation and the two-city plan will begin May 26, barring unforeseen contingencies, Creager said. Odd Aerial Objects Seen By Midwestern Engineers Minneapolis, Minn. (U.PJ Strange "aerial objects of unde termined origin" have been sight ed whizzing through the skies over Minnesota and Wisconsin, a group of aerial experts said Sat urday. Pilots and engineers at the General Miils balloon experi mentation project said the ob jects neither balloons, airplanes or stars were sighted in a spec tacular series of aerobatics. Saw Objects in October J. J. Kaliszewski, supervisor of balloon manufacture for the Aeronautical Research Labora tories, said he first saw the ob jects on Oct. 10, 1951, 10 miles east of St. Croix, Wis. . Kaliszewski and Jack Don aghue were in an experimental I balloon when the object, show ing a "peculiar glow," cam to- Sioux City As Missouri Sioux City, la. U.R Sioux City, focal point of mid-western floods which have driven almost 11,000 persons from their homes, braced itself Saturday for a ma jor disaster. Dog-tired crews climbed down from the dikes as engineers gave up the fight to sandbag this city of 85,000 inhabitants against the highest Missouri river crest in its history. Water Nearing Town Floodwater already was creep ing into town and the weather bureau said a record crest of 24 Vi feet would hit the city Monday. Across the river in South Sioux City, Neb., nearly 2,000 persons already were homeless and a new blow struck Saturday when the river poured into a TAX RETURNS OPENED Income Tax Returns Made Available by President's Order Washington U.P.) President Truman Saturday opened to House Justice Department inves tigators income tax returns of all government officials against whom they have specific com plaints, but Rep. Kenneth F. Keating (R.-N.Y.) was "afraid there may be a joker." Keating, a member of a house judiciary subcommittee investi gating the department, said a presidential order making the re turns available to the committee was the "first tangible assist ance" the committee has re ceived. Suspects "Joker" But he added that he fuspect ed possible "joker." Mr. Truman's order also said the tax returns would be made available if the committee had "credible evidence" which would be stated by the committee in its request for an official's tax re turns. The committee had asked Mr. Truman for the tax returns of ousted Attorney General J. Howard McGrath and 19 other present or former Justice depart ment employes. Mr. Truman issued an execu tive order directing the treasury to provide the returns requested by the subcommittee headed by Rep. Frank L. Chelf (D-Ky.), with these "appropriate limita tions." Limitations Listed That the requests be accom panied by a written statement "stating the specific allegations and complaints" again st the individual. That "the nature of the cred ible evidence upon which the complaints are based" be set out. The president set no limit on the government employes for whom tax returns could be re quested. Neither did Acting Secretary of the Treasury John S. Graham in directing treasury employes to supply the informa tion when the request is accom panied by the complaints and evidence as outlined by Mr: Truman. Chelf and Keating a member of Chelf'i subcommittee, "com mended" the president for his action. Las Vegas, Nev. (U.P.) The vanguard of more than 7,000 army, navy and marine force per sonnel to participate in the forth coming "public" atomic weapon test will begin arriving today, it was disclosed late Saturday. ward them in a shallow dive, then leveled off and slowed down. They watched it for a time. Kaliszewski said. Then the object finally went into a sharp left turn, climbed "with terrific ac celeration" and disappeared. Spotted Two More The next day, Kaliszewski said, he and Richard Reilly were aloft in a balloon near Minneapolis. They sighted two more of the objects. The first one, he said, had a "halo around it with a dark undersurface." It "crossed rapidly then slow ed down and started to climb in lazy circles slowly " Kaliszewski said. "From past experience I know they are not balloon?, jets, con ventional aircraft or tun," be Mid. Braced for Disaster Hears Record Crest residential area and flooded S00 more homes. Water surged to the edge of South Sioux City's business dis trict and flood control Chairman Marion Lockwood said "it now appears the entire town will be under water when the crest comes." Mayor Wilbur Allen said, "This is sad news at this time. We ask all citizens not to get panicky." Emergency crews of the Bur lington railroad set up special shuttle trains to take refugees across the river to Sioux City. Elsewhere, the Missouri, Mis issippi and Red rivers and their numerous tributaries, swollen by the record snowfalls of the re cent winter, sent floods surging across hundreds of thousands of acres in the Dakotas, Minnesota, FLASHING big smiles, General Dwight D. Elsenhower and Sen ator Lodge (R), Mass., grtet pho tographers after conference in Paris, France. (International) Balloon Bears Top Prize in Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt Somewhere in a generally northerly direction from Med ford is a certificate entitling the Jackson county boy or girl 15 years of age or under who finds it to a prize of $15. The amount is the "super" grand prize for the 1952 Med ford Kiwanis Easter egg hunt. Kiwanians attached the certifi cate to a gas-filled balloon which was released at Hawthorne park yesterday morning. When last seen the balloon was high in the air and headed north. Release of the balloon was the climax to the annual egg hunt. First attempt to send the certifi cate skyward failed. The balloon broke. Finder of the balloon is In structed to contact President Jennings Pierce or any other Kiwanian. An estimated 1,000 to 1,500 youngsters turned out for the hunt and Kiwanians reported bedlam for about 15 minutes after the scramble for eggs began. Twenty-four major prizes were presented and many more other prizes. Danny Moore and Sarah Jane Heubner were grand prize winners in the 1 to 3 age group. Mickey Rawlcy and Janet Gliddcn took top awards in the 4 to 6 division, and Gerry Van Dorn won the boys' grand prize in the 7 to 9 group. Name of the girl winner was not obtained. Weathermen Predict Showers for Today Rogue valley residents can look forward to showers for Easter Sunday, according to local weath ermen. The forecast was for mostly cloudy today with partial clearing late this afternoon. BY UNITED PRESS A good portion of the nation's Easter paraders won't be able to show off anything but new rain coats, the weatherman said Sat urday. Rain was expected to cover most of the country east of the Mississippi river except for Flor ida and .possibly New England. Showers were also forecast for the Pacific Northwest and north ern California. High winds would pose an other threat to Easter bonnets in the midwest. Fair skies were forecast for most of the western portion of the country. 4 Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska. U.S. Army engineers warned that the worst is yet to come. Downstream on the Missouri at Omaha, Neb., a flood crest of 30 feet was forecast for Wednes day or Thursday, and the river already stood a foot above the level of the disastrous flood of 1943. Across the river from Omaha at Council Bluffs, la., Mayor James1 Mulqueen urged residents within 12 blocks of the river to "evacuate as soon as possible." The order affected residents on both sides of the town's main street, and was issued on the rec ommendation of Army engineers. Gov. Val Peterson of Nebraska proclaimed a state of emergency "in Omaha arfd environs and along the flood course of the Missouri river in Nebraska. TO PROBE First Forest Fire Of Season Under Control Saturday The first forest fire of the out 1952 season was virtually Saturday, according to reports from the state forest patrol and the Bureau of Land Manage ment. The fire covered some 85 acres of O and C and public do- main land administered by the BLM, but burned mostly dry twigs and needles and a few small trees and seedlings. It was located in a steep, re mote area above Bybee springs in the Evans creek area. One man was patrolling the fire area Saturday. The fire was first re ported Thursday afternoon by the Southern Oregon Conserva tion and Tree Farm r-ssoeiatlr.i radio, but it was 3:30 a. m. Fri day before three state firefight ers were able to reach the scene. Five BLM men reached the blaze later Friday. Two Trash Fires The state patrol reported Sat-, urday that they have had two other . reports of smoke, which they said were caused by con trolled trash burning. This may still be done in this area with out permits, they added, as long as the fires are attended. Forest patrolmen pointed out, however, that the forests are rapidly drying' out. Last year, all burning was stopped by proc lamation on April 10 and this year the same order, applying only to the area west of the Cascades north of Douglas coun ty, was issued last Wednesday. The drying out process this year and last has started much earlier than usual, and it is usu ally a full month later. Kefauver Claims Arizona Victory ' Phoenix, Ariz. (U.P.) A slate of 20 delegates to the democratic presidential convention in Chi cago next July was elected at the Arizona state convention here Saturday, and the Kefauver forces claimed at least iialf the members. However, the convention di rected the delegates to vote as a unit, according to the wishes of the majority, and it was in dicated they might not make any decision until they went to Chi cago. Frank Minarik, head of the Kefauver for President club at Tucson, Ariz., claimed at least 10 of the 20 delegates favored the Tennessee senator for the presidential nomination The Kefauver group was the only active one at the cqnven tion. The 20 delegates will have only 12 votes, with 16 having a half vote, and four having one full vote. Minarik said he felt the delegates would go for Ke fauver if his group could land enough of the full votes for a majority. How those votes would be divided was to be settled sometime later. Paris (U.R) T h e assembly and senate approved Japanese peace treaty became law In France Saturday upon its formal publication in the official jour nal. Seoul-JU.R) Fifth Air Force headquarters announced Satur day that Capt. Ivan C. Kincheloe of Cassopolis, Mich., became the 10th jet ace in U.S. history Sun day when he shot down his fifth Communist MIG-15 fighter plana. Threatened Strike Of Communications Workers Deferred Pickets Ordered To Stay on Job Washington (U.R) The CIO Communications Workers union Saturday deferred indefinitely a threatened nationwide Bell Sys tem telephone strike because of progress in negotiations in Ohio and elsewhere. Union President Joseph A. Beirne said, however, that picket lines in 43 states will remain up. He ordered all union members to continue respecting them. Beirne had met with other top union officials to draft plans for calling out all union members to back up contract demands on the Bell System. Progress In Cleveland But progress at Cleveland, where the union was meeting with the Ohio Bell Telephone company, and various negotia tions with Western Electric lo cals, caused the all-out strike threat Jo be deferred. ' Beirne issued a statement say ing "some movement In negotia tions since Michigan Bell signed up yesterday for a 12.7 cents an hour wage hike made the union "defer action declaring the Bell System strike-bound." Beirne said a 1 1 picket lines would remain, except for those against which companies have obtained Injunctions. "We will respect those injunc tions," Beirne said, "until we are able to have them lifted." A union spokesman said Ohio Bell Saturday increased its wage offer by 50 cents a week but that it was still 50 cents under the amount agreed to by Michi gan Bell. Offers Rejected San Francisco (U.R) Striking northern California telephone plant workers rejected Saturday as "unrealistic" a company offer of an 11-cent hourly wage hike and broke off negotiations aimed at ending the week-old walkout. Both company and union spokesmen said that the next meeting of the two sides would be subject to the call of Federal Conciliator Omar Hosklns who has been sitting in on the dis cussions. Local Woman Gets Word of Husband In Mail Tribune Reading The Mail Tribune each evening is a part of the day's ritual for most Medford residents, but it turned out to be one of life's more exciting moments Friday for Mrs. Phil H. Blood, 345 North Bartlctt street. A short one-paragraph story on page one of The Mail Tri bune gave Mrs. Blood the first information that her husband, Sgt. Phil H. Blood, was return ing to the United States after about a year on the fighting front in Korea. Mrs. Blood ex citedly told reporters that she "knew he was coming home soon but didn't know exactly when." Sergeant Blood is one of 1,432 Korean veterans sched uled to arrive In Seattle today aboard the USS Antolak. The ship was originally scheduled to arrive- Monday but The Mail Tribune was informed Saturday by United Press that the time of arrival had been set ahead to today. Mrs. Blood moved to Medford about two months ago from Redding, Calif. The Mall Tribune was unable to get In touch witM her Friday because she is not yet listed in local directories. After going through proces sing at Ft. Lewis, Wash., Ser geant Blood will be given a 30 day. furlough. He will become eligible for discharge In Novem ber. Sergeant Blood will have some "getting acquainted" to do when he arrives In Medford Here to greet him along with Mrs. Blood is an eight-months old daughter he has never seen RED CROSS FUND UP The local Red Cross drive Saturday had reached 60.02 per cent of IU goal of $27,500, it was announced by John Duffy, pub lie information chairman. Duffy said a total of 116. 506.65 has been collected to date. Washington U.R The weath er Bureau said Saturday that thunderstorms accompanied by heavy winds ripped across 'he lower Mississippi river area Sat urday and warned a tornado may strike in the deep South lata Sat urday or Sunday, TAFT CHALLENGES IKE O . . lesveeeeemLUtt, JLiji MEDFORD MAN HAS DIFFICULTIES Pictured above are Pvt. Royal F. Crandall, 28, of Medford, and Miss Lee Kum Suk, 19, Korean girl who Crandall wants to marry. The Medford soldier surrendered to California military authorities last Tuesday, admit ting he had been AWOL since last January because his command ing officer in Korea refused him Army Private Crandall Awaits Further Action Santa Maria, Calif. A r m y marry Miss Lee Kum Suk, 19 Pvt. Royal F. Crandall, 28, Med-1 ford GI who went AWOL last January when the army refused him permission to marry a Ko rean girl, has been placed in the Camp Cooke, Calif., labor pool pending further action, army of ficials stated Saturday. Camp Cooke authorities indi cated that Crandall will face a board of review on the case sometime during the coming week. The Medford soldier turn ed himself in at Fort MacArthur last week stating that he had "decided to settle this thing and clear the way for me and Lee to be married." He is engaged to Two Medford Boys Chosen for NROTC College Training Two Medford boys, one a sen ior at Medford high school, the other a high school graduate now attending Oregon State col lege, have been chosen by the Naval Reserve Officers Training corps for their college program, the Navy announced Saturday The young men are William M. (Bill) McAllister, son of Mr, and Mrs. William McAllister, 2615 Hiilcrcst road, now In high school here, and Frederick H. (Hal) Faulkner, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Faulkner, 908 Whit man avenue, now at OSC, The boys are two of 1,800 of ficer candidates selected from civilian life by the bureau of naval personnel In Washington, D. C. A group of 450 alternates also were picked. From Wide Field Selection was from a field of 32,000 applicants, and was made through Naval college aptitude tests and personal interviews with a board composed of an educator, a business man and a Navy or Marine officer. Both boys will be given col lege educations at the expense of the Navy, Bnd after gradua tion will be commissioned as en signs In the Naval reserve or sec ond lieutenants In the Marine Corps reserve. ' In addition to the 1,800 civil Ian officer candidates, 200 can didates are selected for the pro gram from eligible men on ac tive duly with the Navy or Mar ines. Truce Negotiators Told To Stand Firm Washington (U.R) Allied truce negotiators at Panmunjom have been ordered to stand firm against granting major conces sions to the Communists to win a quick armistice, administra tion officials revealed Saturday. There have been reports the Allies were ready to grant big concessions. But officials fam iliar with Washington and Allied policy said the Allied negotia tors have been instructed to play the Red waiting game and not give on fundamental principles. There Is no doubt here that the Red; are stalling in hopes of winning out on basic issues blocking an armistice. "The Reds may think the Americans finally will say 'the hell with it' aiid quit the war on their terms," an official told a reporter. "But we can wait Just as long as they can." permission to marry Miss Lee. (International photo) year-old Korean girl whom he met while a patient in an army hospital at Taegu, Korea, Crandall told army officers he 'had all necessary papers for the marriage signed by his com manding officer in Korea" late last year, but a new commanding officer refused to give permis sion for the wedding. He stated that he obtained two extensions of service in order to stay in Korea, but was ordered home on rotation He requested return to Korea on arriving in the United States, but was ordered transferred to Arizona. At that time he went AWOL to his sister's home in San Francisco, where fhe had worked at odd Jobs until turning himself in, Private Crandall's mother Is a Medford resident, friends stated Saturday. Her name is Mrs Jones, but her address and fur ther details could not be obtain ed. Taff Delegates Win in Kentucky Louisville, Ky. (U.R) Sen. Robert A. Taft wrapped up 19 of Kentucky's 20 delegates to the Republican National convention Saturday when the GOP state convention elected four Taft men as delegates-at-large. In earlier district conventions, the Ohio senator had picked up 15 delegates to one for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. The state convention Saturday afternoon made short work of approving the delegatcs-at-Iarge backed by Taft men who control the GOP's state organization. The only change came when Stephen Watkins of Lexington withdrew his name In favor of S. L. Barker, a Negro from Owens boro who thus will become the first member of his race to go to a National Republican conven tion from Kentucky as a regular delegate. Judge Dawson delivered the keynote speech of the conven tion, and met with a chorus of boos from Eisenhower support ers when he said, "we want a man who Is a registered Republi can, and has never tried to conceal his Republicanism, or apologize for It." Twelve Air Force Pilots Refuse To Leave Ground San Antonio, Tex. (U.R) The Air Force disclosed Saturday that six reserve officers at Math er Air Force Base, Calif., In ad dition to six at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, have refused to fly. Lt. Gen. Robert W. Harper, commander of Air Force Train ing Command headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, 111., said all the officers face disciplinary action for "direct disobedience to orders." Recalled for Combat He said the unwilling reserv ists "for the most part were re called specifically In support of our combat forces In Korea and to support our other strategic requirements. And while he conceded that "considerable hardship has been placed on many of these Individ uals," he said "it Is a hardship which could not be avoided un der any circumstances." One of the six who refused to fly at Randolph said he did ao because of hit wife "flying Senator Expresses Hope General Will Campaign Actively Eisenhower Boosters Expect Plain Talk Washington (U.R) Sen. Rob ert A. Taft late Saturday chal lenged Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower when he comes home June 1 to "campaign actively. as I have been doing," for the Republican presidential nomin ation. Eisenhower announced earlier Saturday he will wage an active campaign for the presidency only if he is nominated by the Republican national convention. If nominated, he told 70 cor respondents at a Paris press con ference, he will resign his Army commission, roll-up his sleeves and wage an all-out battle against the standard-bearer of the Democratic party. Until then he will not make an active cam paign, he said. Eisenhower's political boost ers said the general will speak out plainly on public issues when he gets back into civilian clothes but will not make a barnstorm" campaign for votei as Taft has done. The attitude In the Eisen hower camp was that their can didate can make a few speeches which will let the votera know where he stands without engag ing in an outright political stumping tour. Taft, in a statement Saturday night, expressed "pleasure" at the news that Eisenhower plans to return to the United States June 1 "and present his can didacy In person to tha voters of this country." "I extend a cordial invitation to him to campaign actively, as I have been doing, so that we may both present to the Republl cans our definite views on tha issues before the people, on the position which the Republican party should take on these is sues, and on the kind of cam paign that should be conducted," Taft said. Taft backers took the attituda that Eisenhower doesn't deserve a chance at the nomination un less he tells where ha stands. For example. Rep. George H. Bender (R-O.) predicted that "tha Republican party Is not going to be misled into nominating a candidate about whose views there is doubt." Elsenhower backers expressed confidence there will be no doubt about his views by the time the GOP national conven tion meets at Chicago in July. Western Union Says Service Restored Portland Western Union an nounced Saturday that .lt is keeping up a rapid pace of nationwide service restoration as employees continue to abandon a strike called against the com pany and to return to their jobs. Saturday telegraph, money order and cable service was re stored to 137 more cities to bring to 687 the number of places in the United States where service is now available. The company reports that it has had no contact with the Com mercial Telegraphers' Union or with the federal mediator re garding any new developments in the situation. nerves and not because he is afraid of planes. He is First Lt. James G. Bris tol, 35, a veteran of the Berlin alrlife and father of five chil dren. He Is the only one of tha six officers at Randolph the Air Force has identified. Others Not Identified Bristol Is the only one so far against whom a charge of dis obeying a superior officer has been filed. The Air Force will identify the others if and when they are formally charged. One of the others, bomb ardier who went AWOL when he wat overheard trying to tele phone his troubles to President Truman, voluntarily returned Saturday. He was not arrested, but was ordered restricted to his base. Bristol refused to go Into tha details of his case on the advice of an Air Force legal officer, but he said his wife's fears were part ly grounded In the fact that her first husband was killed in an Air Force crash, -"