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SWIRLING WATERS OF MISSOURI RIVER are pouring into Sioux City, Iowa, after inundating
South Sioux City (lower right) which is virtually deserted. Sioux City's new auditorium (white
building at upper left) is surrounded by water which reaches beyond into industrial and stock
yards sections. Interstate bridge (left center) is closed to traffic. (International Soundpholo)
Levee Workers Reinforce Dikes
As Streams
Omaha, Neb. (U.R) More
than 8,000 levee workers pour
ed sand, gravel and lumber into
the dikes holding back the
pounding waters of the Missouri
river.
They swarmed like ants over
the levees, building them ever
higher Wednesday and rushing
to repair the slightest chink
through which the river could
burst in upon the near-deserted
cities of East Omaha and Council
Bluffs, la.
River Rises Hourly
The river swept past at a rec
ord 28.5 feet. It rose hourly to
ward a predicted crest Thursday
of 31.5 feet.
Even as levee workers
struggled ceaselessly to build the
dike protecting Council Bluffs
2 feet higher, the Red Cross at
Omaha announced that 106,480
persons in nine states have been
"affected" by the disastrous
floods.
Figure Broken Down
The Red Cross figure was
broken down into 52,000 in
Iowa, 12,844 in Nebraska, 11,124
in Minnesota, 10,000 in South
Dakota, - 6,000 in Wisconsin,
4,892 in North Dakota, 4,520 in
Missouri, 3,300 in Montana and
1,800 in Kansas.
The figure included homeless,
those who suffered damage and
those who suffered hardship, the
Red Cross said.
In Minnesota, three rivers
rushed south at record heights.
Greatest Mississippi Crest
The Mississippi hurtled to
ward St. Paul, Minn. ,at its
greatest crest. Already 5,000 per
sons were homeless there. The
river also threatened to pour
over one-third of Winona, Minn.
The Red River of the North
and the Minnesota river pound-
School Board Begins
1952-53 Budget Study
The District 49 school board
met last night in a special ses
sion for discussion of the 1952
1953 fiscal year budget for the
Medford city schools. The first
meeting with the budget com
mittee has been scheduled for
Tuesday, April 22, in the city
school office, and committee
members are being notified of
the meeting today.
Fiscal estimates for the city of
Medford are still being prepared
by department heads and no
budget meetings had been sched
uled. City officials indicate that
they expect to complete work on
the budgets well in advance of
the July 15 deadline.
New York (U.R) A joint ne
gotiating session was scheduled
in Washington for Thursday at
the request of federal mediators
in an attempt to end the 14-day-old
strike of 30,000 Western
Union employes.
Television Viewers To See
Next Atomic
Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) The
entire nation may have a chance
to see the atom in action when
the first "public" atomic ex
plosion is held next week.
The television broadcasters of
Southern California have agreed
to pool their facilities to put
the awe inspiring spectacle on
TV screens from Coast to Coast.
Scheduled Next Week
The Atomic Energy Commis
sion has announced that the
"public" blast will be held some
time next week with authorized
representatives of the nation's
press and radio permitted 'o
witness the show at the French
man's Flat proving ground.
Some 7.000 troops, including
a large contingent of Marines
will participate in the test, which
also will be witnessed by scores
of civil and military officials.
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Continue
ed at cities in North Dakota and
Minnesota.
But the Big Muddy was the
meanest river of them all.
Its crest was less than 80
miles north of Omaha. From the
air above the city the river
looked like a huge bottle.
15 Miles Wide
It spread 15 miles at ' some
points then sudden narrowed as
it reached Omaha and Council
Bluffs and swept between them,
Living Cost Increase
Seen if Steel Wage
Demands Are Granted
Washington (U.R) Price
Stabilizer Ellis Arnall said Wed
nesday the steel industry's price
increase demands would drive
up the cost of living at least
5 per cent.
In his first speech outlining
why he insists that the govern
ment cannot yield to the "Indus-
East Main Street
Widening Started
Contractor Everett Den Herd
er yesterday started work on
widening of East Main street
from Willamette avenue to
r-cne?ee street, city officials re
ported today. Completion date
lor the $11,105.35 project is Sep
tember 30, but the project will
probably be completed well in
advance of that time, they said.
DenHerder also has the con
tract for widening of Dakota
avenue from Oakdale avenue to
King street. This $3,386.80 proj
ect, which is also scheduled for
completion before September 30,
will probably be started in the
near future.
Work on three Medford street
paving projects has been started
recently, according to City En
gineer Ed McKinstry. They are
on Beekman street from the end
of the present paving to the end
of the street, on 13th street from
Peach to Newtown streets and
on Madison place from Reddy
avenue to East Jackson street,
he said.
236 Blood Donors
Processed Wednesday
A total of 236 donors were
processed yesterday by the Jack
son county bloodmobile unit sta
tioned at the Elks temple, ac
cording to Red Cross officials.
"Walk-in" donors were only
"normal' 'this morning, accord
ing to officials, and it will not
be known until late this after
noon whether the two-day goal
of 500 will be reached.
Explosion Test
The AEC warmed up for the
big show by firing a device Tues
day that sent the brightest fire
ball yet seen in the tests here
soaring upward from the deso
late desert firing range.
The device a term the AEC
prefers in place of "weapon" or
"bomb" in describing atomic im
plements ;was dropped from an
Air Force bomber flying in from
Kirtland Air Force Base in New
Mexico.
Fireball Splits
The detonation appeared to
observers 45 miles away like a
huge, red fireball. It stood for
an instant on the horizon and
then split in two.
A brownish cloud obscured
the fireball in a few seconds,
but the mushroom-shaped cloud
that usually accompanies atomic
blasts failed to appear.
Flooding
held within its banks only by
the man-made dikes.
The critical point at Council
Bluffs was a levee to the north.
The scene was lighted through
out the night by flood lights
powered by portable generators.
One main levee absorbed the
brunt of the rushing waters. Be
hind it a secondary levee stood
in waiting should the primary
dike break before the force of
the water.
try plan, Arnall said that when
the effects spread through the
economy, it would add $300 a
year to the average family's ex
penses.
Arnall addressed a National
Press club -luncheon as Secre
tary of Commerce Charles Saw
yer; gowrnment manager of the
federally-seized industry, studied
plans to give the CIO Steelwork
ers union a wage increase.
Senate Republican Leader
Styles Bridges introduced legis
lation authorizing the Senate
Judiciary Committee to investi
gate President Truman s seizure
of the industry eight days ago.
Bridges said the seizure posed
"the gravest constitutional cri
sis since the Civil War."
Unrest among the steel work
ers closed Republic Steel Corp.'s
bolt and nut division plant at
Cleveland, O., where 900 em
ployees staged a wildcat strike.
Their spokesmen said they were
"fed up with vicious, false, anti
union propaganda" from the
steel companies.
Republic countered that the
workers were defying the gov
ernment and were protesting
federal "failure to force a wage
settlement."
The steel companies have ask
ed a $12-a-ton price increase to
offset the cost of pay increases
recommended by the Wage Sta
bilization Board.
"The effect of a $12 a ton in
crease in the price of steel, in
my opinion, would be an In
crease of at least 5 per cent in
the cost living," Arnall said in
his luncheon address.
Serious Head Injury
Received in Accident
John E. Bohan, 71, route 2,
box 138, Winlock, Wash., receiv
ed a serious head injury In a
head-on automobile collision at
Four Corners on the Table Rock
road at about 11:30 a.m. today,
according to state police.
His wife Julia, 68, was also
injured, but first reports Indi
cated she was not as seriously
hurt as her husband. Both were
taken to Community hospital by
Perl ambulance.
Keith T. Alsup, Ideal Court,
House A, Medford, driver of the
other car was not injured. State
police said the Bohans were
thrown out of their car by the
accident, with the car continuing
on.-
The couple Is visiting relatives
in the Rogue valley, Including
Mary Watkin.i, Central Point, it
was reported.
Communist Soldiers
Capture Hill From UN
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Commun
ist soldiers, backed by mortar
and artillery fire, captured a hill
from the Allie? Wednesday In
one of four engagements on the
Western Front.
Some 75 Communists drove
back an Allied advance position
west of Korangpori after a 25
minute clash. However, the Al
lies later repulsed an enemy
probe in this. area.
PRESIDENT TOURS FLOOD AREA
New Campaign (or
National Disaster
Program Promised
Deeply Impressed
By Destruction
Omaha (U.R) President Tru
man, landing here after a 14
state aerial inspection trip of the
devastating Middle West floods,
'promised to start a new drive in
Congress for enactment of his
national disaster insurance pro
gram. "I will push it and I will give
it a kick when I get back tonight
(Wednesday)," Mr. Truman said,
jTcferring to his request last year
for a $400,000,000 program com
bining flood relief and a form of
federal flood insurance.
Deeply Impressed
Flying low over the flood
area, starting at Rock Island,
111., on the Mississippi and end
ing with low-level tour of the
swollen Missouri from Sioux
City, la., to .Omaha, Mr. Truman
was deeply impressed by the de
structive force of the floods.
"This is just as bad as it can
possibly be," he told reporters
as he landed at the Offutt Air
Force Base south of Omaha.
The Chief Executive said what
he saw Wednesday morning con
firmed more than ever his belief
that the nation needed an "over
all" flood control program "from
Pittsburgh to Denver, from Min
nesota to the gulf of Mexico."
In flight, he asked congres
sional members of the Missouri
Basin Survey Commission "to
make a complete survey and give
us a long-term program which
will help meet this situation."
The President, a long-standing
witness' of Middle Western flood,
said he thought the present in
undation in the Upper Middle
West had put more land under
water than ever before in the
nation.
"It's worse than I thought it
would be," he said. "It is cer
tainly worse here than it was in
the lower reaches of the Missouri
and the Mississippi last year.
And it is just as bad as It can
be."
Maple Park Water
District Approved
Residents of the Maple Park
area west and northwest of Med
ford overwhelmingly approved
formation of a water district in
an election yesterday.
The vote was 132 favoring the
district, 2 against, and 2 invalid
ballots, according to Miss Jcan
ette Thatcher, attorney for the
district.
An official canvass of votes
will be conducted by the county
court on April 22, and when the
results are proclaimed, the dis
trict will be in official existence.
It will then be in a position to
work out a bonding plan to fi
nance a pipeline to serve the
area from the Medford water
system.
Voters also elected the five
nominees for positions on the
district's board of directors. They
are Carol W. Corcoran, B. T.
Green, Ray N. Gresham, Hugh
O. Hile and Harry S. Walker.
At their organizational meeting
the directors will assign each
member to five, four, three, two
or one-year term.
A bond election in the district
may be called later, it was re
ported. Fair Weather Forecast;
Medford State's Hottest
By UNITED PRESS
A storm headed toward Ore
gon and Washington veered
northward late Tuesday and as
a result the two states can ex
pect mostly fair weather through
Thursday, the weather bureau
reported.
Temperatures ranging as high
as 70 degrees are expected for
the area.
Medford was Oregon's hottest
spot Tuesday with 73.
TO ENFORCE ORDINANCE
Police Judge Warren Lesslg
warned today that city police
have been instructed to enforce
ordinances forbidding all-night
parking on paved streets within
the city limits. Violator! will be
fined $5 for each offense In most
cases, Judge Lessig stated. The
ordinance forbids street parking
between 1 and 6 a.m. for auto
mobiles and from 8 p.m. to 7
a.m. for trucks of all types.
Stevenson Not To
Become Candidate
Springfield, 111. (U.R) Gov.
Adlai E. Stevenson said Wednes
day he "could not accept the
nomination for any other office"
than that of Illinois governor,
closing the door on his possible
draft as Democratic presidential
nominee.
The Illinois chief executive,
reported to be President Tru
man's choice as a successor in
the White House, said emphati
cally that all he wants is a sec
ond term in Springfield.
Repeats Statement
"I have repeatedly said that
I was a candidate for governor
of Illinois and had no other am
bition," he said. "To this 1 must
now add that ... I could not
accept the nomination for any
other office this summer."
The 52-year-old governor said
he was aware his decision would
not be "universally understood
or my conclusions universally
approved."
"I can hope that friends with
larger ambitions for me will not
think ill of me," he said. "They
have paid me the greatest com-
Medford Planners
Favor Annexation
Of New SW Section
The Medford city council last
night received a planning com
mission recommendation favor
ing annexation to the city of
Westside Heights-addition, which
is bei s developed by D. A. Par-
Ker. The matter was referred to
the council land appraisal com
mittee for investigation and re
port May 6.
The addition is located on the
southwest Medford city limits
north of Stewart avenue and
West of Plum street. Plans for
development of the addition in
clude extension of Winchester
and Mt. Pitt streets into the area
and construction of a section of
Columbus avenue which would
eventually connect with the pres
ent street.
The council also heard discus
sion of a location for the pro
posed east side fire department
substation. Councilman urged
use of city owned property' at
the intersection of Keencway
drive and Eastwood drive for
construction of the station, and
pointed out that the location has
been approved by insurance un
derwriters. The council safety
committee was instructed to
bring in a recommendation on
the matter at the May 6 meeting.
(See Story, Page 12)
Pilot Given Term
For Refusal To Fly
El Paso, Tex. (U.R) First LI.
Verne Goodwin of Peabody,
Mass., has been sentenced to two
years in prison and dismissed
from the Air Force for refus
ing to fly.
Goodwin was the first of 22
reserve officers charged with dis
obedience to be court-martialed
for their part in a "stay-down'
strike which has hit three Air
Force bases.
Goodwin's father-in-law, Par
ker Cullom, an auto dealer at
Las Cruccs, N.M., disclosed that
the 30-year-old veteran had been
sentenced. Col. James Y. Parker,
commandant of Briggs Air Force
Base here, earlier had announc
ed that Goodwin's case was
heard by a court martial Tues
day nipht but he refused to re
veal tha court's verdict.
SERGEANT HOME
Sgt, Phil H. Blood, 345 Bart
lett street, Medford, arrived
home Monday after serving
about a year with the army In
Korea, friends said today. Ser
geant Blood's wife and eight-months-old
daughter moved to
Medford about two months ago
from Redding, Calif. Mrs. Blood
received the first word of her
husband's return in a story car
ried by The Mail Tribune.
Weather
FORECAST: Cloudy ind mild
through ThttrRday. Low to
nljhlJH, Hlrh Thundey 72-73.
Temp.
Hleheit Veitrdy ... 71
l.o est Uill Morning . ......... 3S
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ADLAI STEVENSON
Not After Presidency
pliment within their gift and
they have my utmost gratitude."
Responds to Pressure
The governor issued a 300
word statement in response to
pressure upon, him to say flatly
whether he would accept the
presidential nomination.
"I have been urged to an
nounce my candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for presi
dent," Stevenson said, "but I
am a candidate for governor
of Illinois and I cannot run for
two offices at the same time.
"Moreover my duties as gov
ernor do not presently afford
the time to campaign for the
nomination even if I wanted It."
The governor said he is "proud
andtontont to stand on my corrf-
mitment to ask the people of
Illinois to allow me to continue
for another four years In my
present post.
SP Freight Rates
To Go Up May 2
Increased railroad freight
rates, approved Monday by the
Interstate Commerce commis
sion, will go into effect here on
May 2, it was reported today by
Robert H. Holmes, Southern Pa
cific district freight and passen
gcr agent.
Rate increases here will be
more than In some sections of
the country, where no prior in
creases have been in effect, and
less than in other sections, which
have had larger prior increases,
Holmes said.
Rate increases here will be
more than in some sections of
the country, 'where no prior in
creases have been in effect, and
less than in other sections, which
have had larger prior increases,
Holmes said.
On the two main products ship
ped from the Rogue valley, in
creases of 4 cents per 100 pounds
have already been granted on
lumber, and 6 cents on fruit. The
rates will rise 8 cents on lum
ber, and 6 cents on fruit to the
maximum allowable increase of
12 cents under the new plan, he
added.
Rates for building woodwork
and millwork, subject to a maxi
mum increase of 14 cents per
100 pounds, have already been
increased in this area by 6 per
cent, and the new Increase will
amount to the difference be
tween 8 per cent and the maxi
mum increase, Holmes reported.
Cave Junction Mi
Destroyed by Flames
Cave Junction, 0,re. (U.R) A
$150,000 fire Tuesday night
wiped out the Salvage Brothers
Lumber company near here.
Owners Howard and Herbert
Salvafcc said the loss was partial
ly insured but that the fire
would put the firm out of busi
ness. The flames were discovered
between 10 and 10:30 p.m. by
night watchman Archie Masoner
who said they seemed to have
started from a small "explosion"
near the edger. The fire spread
so rapidly that the mill's own
pumping equipment was inade
quate.
The state forest patrol sent
equipment from Its Cave Junc
tion station and a pumper and
crew from the Oregon Caves
Lumber company also assisted
in fighting the blaze.
Portland Phone
Property Picketed
By CIO Workers
Other Upstate
Picketing Expected
Portland (U.R) All Portland
properties of the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company
were picketed by striking CIO
communications workers Wed
nesday and union officials said
pickets were expected at most
upstate exchanges during the
day.
The Oregon division of the
union and the independent union
of repeatermen joined the strike
yesterday after the company said
it would give regular jobs to
those 'who showed up regularly
to work.
No Contract Dispute
Pickets from striking Western
Electric employees have appear
ed at various exchanges.
No contract dispute was in
volved in the new walkout. The
union's contract does not expire
until July 29.
Arne Gravem, CWA strike di
rector, said upstate locals had
assured support but did not act
immediately. The strike will not
affect areas served by the West
Coast Telephone company whose
employees belong to an AFL
union.
Telephone company officials
said the atrika would probably
have Its most serious effect In
communities having manual
phones. A slow-up of long dis
tance service also was predicted.
Gravem also said the union
planned to file unfair labor prac
tices charges against the com
pany. The union charged it was
required to sign "yellow- dog'
contracts that forced members to
cross picket lines. ,
New Ybrk U.R) Joint nego
tiation sessions between Western
Electric officials and represent
atives of the Communications
Workers of America (CIO) broke
up Wednesday with "no prog
ress" reported in settling the 10
day old telephone strike.
Union leaders of the striking
18,000 Western Electric em
ployees stalked out of the joint
meetings at 5:30 a.m. and refused
to comment.
They were followed by com
pany officials and federal media
tors who both reported no prog
ress had been made.
Police Consultant
Here on Short Visit
Sgt. William Beall, Berkeley,
Calif., police department consul
tant, arrived in Medford yester
day by plane for final discus
sion and consultation on changes
which he recommended In the
local department last year, ac
cording to city officials.- ,
Sergeant Beall conducted a
survey on modernization of the
Medford police department last
summer. During his brief stay
here he will discuss the changes
with Police Chief Clatous Mc
Credle and other city officials.
The final checkup on suggested
changes is a routine part of the
survey, according to Mayor D.
L. Flynn.
Scattered Heating
Needed for Orchards
"Light scattered orchard heat
ing was needed for the valley
orchards early this morning,"
according to C. B. Cordy, county
agent, horticulture.
Heating was started In most
orchards at about 4:30 a.m., Cor
dy said, with the minimum tem
perature in the coldest spots at
29 degrees.
Last-Minute
Flurry Crowds
County citizens wishing to
register for the primary elec
tion filled the courthouse corri
dors up until the 8 p.m. dead
line last night, according to offic
ials In the county clerk's office.
A clerk slated this morning
that "I could hardly get out in
the hall to close the door, the
people were crowded in so
tight." Ten clerks were on duty
during the evening to handle the
late-comeri.
Although no final figures will
be available until the first of
next week, officials said this
morning that the six or seven
clerki on duty during yesterday
Stassen Comes In
As Weak Third
Newark, N. J. (U.R) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower received
approximately 132,000 more
votes than Sen. Robert A. Taft
in the New Jersey presidential
preferential primary, almost
complete returns demonstrated
Wednesday.
Eisenhower, in Brussels, Bel
gium on a farewell tour as su
preme commander of NATO
forces, grinned at the news and
said: "That's fine."
Second Taft Defeat
The general had defeated the
Ohio Senator in New Hampshire
last month the only other elec
tion in which both their names
appeared on the same ballot.
He was virtually assured of at
least 32 of New Jersey's Repub
lican Convention delegates.
Eisenhower collected approxi
mately 60 per cent of the Re
publican vote while Taft got
about 37 per cent.
But Taft forces claimed a
"moral victory" because Taft
was a reluctant candidate in
the New Jersey election,
Campaign Disbanded
Angered when New Jersey
Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll threw
support of his regular state GOP
organization behind Eisenhower
March 10, Taft disbanded his
state campaign groups, refused
to campaign in person, and
fought unsuccessfully in court
to have his name taken off the
ballot.
Harold E. Stassen, the former
Minnesota governor, ran a weak
third in the rainy day election
Tuesday which drew approxim
ately 750,000 GOP and Demo
cratic voters to the polls.
Kefauver Ran Alone
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten
nessee ran "alone on the Demo
cratic side of the primary which
elected 38 delegates to the Demo
cratic Chicago convention July
21.
With 3,525 of the 3,840 elec
tion districts counted, the Re
publican vote atood:
Eisenhower 337,494
Taft 203,002
Stassen 19,801
- With 3,419 districts counted
on the Democratic side, Kefau
ver had 153,991 votes.
The missing precincts were
mainly rural ones in south Jer
sey and could not appreciably
change the results.
Taft leaders in the state said
the senator would be lucky to
win the support of six delegates.
The primary popularity contest
results are not binding, and
delegates are technically "un
Instructed" but the bulk of those
elected are Eisenhower men.
Wins 20 Counties
Eisenhower won 20 of 21 coun
ties, losing only Hudson in the
strongly pro-Taft northern met
ropolitan area near New York
city. Taft's worst showing, how
ever, was Essex county, which
includes Newark, largest city in
the state, where he lost by 50,
000 votes.
Eisenhower's victory slowed
down the Taft machine which
gained Impetus In the recent
Wisconsin, Nebraska and Illi
nois elections where Eisenhower
was not on the ballot.
State Highway Fund
Distributions Made
Salem (U.R) Distribution of
more than two million dollars to
Oregon's 36 counties from first
quarter collections in the state
highway fund was announced
Wednesday by Secretary of State
Earl T. Newbry.
The amount, $2,034,188.13,
represents 19 per cent of the
Lhighway fund for the first three
months of lS2.
This is the way the money
came In: Motor vehicle registra
tions, $3,567,440.07; motor ve
hicle fuels tax, $5,626,941.36; mo
tor carrier fees, $1,426,980.07,
and fines, $84,882.83.
Distribution by counties in
cluded: Jackson $89,126.23;
Josephine, $41,158.90; Klamath,
$61,293.01.
Registration
Courthouse
"averaged 100 registrations."
The last available figure on
April 1 was 29,090 with a "very
heavy" registration since.
A trend noted by the clerks
was the above average number
of older people registering for
the first time.
The hustle of the larger than
average registration was appro
priately concluded this morning
when a fellow county employee
from another department arriv
ed early with the statement, "I
would like to register, please."
The prompt reply was an equal
ly bland, "Do ou want to get
hot?"
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