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Heavy Frost Sunday
Causes 10 Per Cent
Damage to Anjous
Such Sever Frost
Comes Infrequently
The "heavy frost" yesterday
morning will reduce the Rogue
valley D'Anjou pear crop by 10
per cent, according to a "rough
estimate" by C. B. Cordy, county
horticulturalist, this morning.
Cordy said that a heavy frost
like Sunday's occurs only "once
every five years." The damage
estimate was based on the num
ber of dead and live buds on the
trees, Cordy added. "There will
also be some fruit russet (mark
ing)," he pointed out, "but this
can not be determined as to ex
tent until later."
The minimum temperature in
the coldest spot yesterday was
24-25 degrees with a 27-degree
minimum for today.
Some damage will also result
for peaches and apricots, Cordy
said, but is undetermined. He ex
plained that anjou pears can't
stand as much cold as other va
rieties. Cordy also reported on the
wind machines used in three val
ley locations in connection with
the orchard heating. "Neither of
the two types have been effect
ive," he said, "and in tests to
date satisfaction has not been
forthcoming."
Eden Asking Chinese
Reds About Internees
London (U.P.) Foreign Secre
tary Anthony Eden announced
Monday that he is asking the
Chinese Communist government
for full information about 55
Western citizens, including 42
Americans, reported in jail in
Red China.
Eden said in Commons that he
has instructed the British charge
d'affairs in Peiping to deliver a
note to the Communists asking
details on the charges against
the Westerners, the sentences
imposed on them, if any, and
their whereabouts and welfare.
Eden said the Chinese are re
ported to nave jauea live Cana
dians, five Britons or citizens of
(British colonies and -three Aus
tralians. ' .
In addition to the 42 Ameri
cans jailed, he said 20 Americans
are held under house arrest.
Basic School Funds
Arrive in County
The second of two payments
of state basic school support
money for Jackson county school
districts this year was received
in the office of the county school
superintendent this morning.
The funds received today to
taled $661,171.73. Last October
the first payment of $611,188.37
was received, for a total for the
1951-52 school year of $1,272,
360.10. The money will be divided be
tween the county's 26 regular
school districts and the one non
high school district under terms
of a formula which takes into
consideration such factors of pupil-days
of attendance, number
of teachers, transportation and
other requirements.
Seven MIG Fighters
Downed by UN Planes
Seoul, Korea (U.R) American
F-86 Sabrejcts Monday shot
.down seven Communist jet fight
rers out of formations which
jumped Allied tighter bombers
methodically chopping away at
key rail lines in Northwestern
Korea.
Six more MIGs and one "type
15" Red Jet were damaged in the
day's three air battles.
In one dogfight, Capt. Joseph
J. Love of San Bernardino, Calif.,
shot down his fourth and fifth
MIGs of the Korean War to be
come America's 11th jet ace.
United Nations' plane losses
are not reported daily following
engagements, but are reported
periodically.
Tired Queen Juliana
Leaves Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif. (U.R) A
very tired appearing Queen
Juliana departed for Detroit and
her last U. S. stop of a 21-day
good will tour Mondav aboard a
Transport Service airliner.
The royal party bade farewell
' to Major r leicncr oowron oi
Los Angeles and other civic and
fnrttian ri ianif a ric tirlm U'era
host to the queen during her 46-
" hour stay here.
Before boarding the plane the
42-year-old monarch shook
hands with each of the Los Ange
les motorcycle police who paced
1 fc-.e party in a speedy tour of
Southern California. She also
posed for a picture with the crew
of her plane.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 21,
Telephone Walkout
Ends; Pickets Off
Portland (U.R) A general
walkout against the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company
in Oregon was over Monday, but
a strike against the Western
Electric company was still in
effect.
More Females Than
Males in Medford,
Final Census Says
There were 541 more females
than males in Medford at the
time of the 1950 census, it was
reported today by the federal
census bureau. The report show
ed that of the total population
of 17.305, there were 8,383 males
and 8,923 females.
The report was a final one on
"selected characteristics" of the
population, taken from the de
cennial count.
Median Age 32.8
The city's population included
17,278 whites, 1 Negro and 26
persons of other races. The me
dian age was 32.6 years, and 9.8
percent were 65 years old or
more. There were 1,845 children
under 5, and those 21 or over
totaled 11.759.
Among the 6,250 males 14 and
older, 4,763 were married;
among the 6,915 females of com
parable age, 4,755 were married.
Most of the 4,383 married cou
ples, 4,285 of them, lived in their
own households, while 100
shared the homes of others.
There were 5,884 households
with an average of 2.98 persons
in each.
Labor Fore
Of those over 14, the labor
force included 7,020, or 79.7 per
cent of the males and 29.4 of .the
females. Of employed workers,
16.1 per cent were angaged In
manufacturing. '
Of those between 14 and 17
years, 95.1 per cent were in
school, and in the 7 to 13 age
group, 98.5 were in school. The
median number of years . of
school completed by those 25
years old or more was 12.
Median income of families and
unrelated individuals In 1949
was $3,271.
The information on education
and income was based on in
quiries made of a sample of one
in five of the whole population,
while the other data were based
on complete enumeration.
Grants Pass Officers
Investigating Death
Grants Pass, Ore. (U.R)
State police Monday were inves
tigating the circumstances of the
death of William Bernard Bar
ton Jr., 22, grandson of W. B.
Barton, retired Josephine county
lumber baron, whose body was
found Sunday afternoon on an
embankment off the Mt. Sexton
highway.
Young Barton was dead along
side the embankment, apparent
ly thrown clear of his late model
convertible which plunged 100
feet into a ravine about 12 miles
north of Grants Pass.
Car Leaves Highway
Tire marks indicated the car
had left the four-lane highway
for about 300 feet after taking
out a guard rail, but officers
said they could not determine
the cause of the mishap.
Coroner Virgil Hull estimated
Barton had been dead 24 hours
when the body was discovered
at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The youth had resided here
with his grandfather. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Ber
nard Barton Sr., live at Moun
tainberg, Ark.
A-Bomb Blast Tuesday
Bigger Than Nagasaki
Las Vegas. Nev. (U.R) The
atomic bomb to be used Tuesday
in "Operation Big Shot" will be
more powerful than the bombs
which ruined Hiroshima and
Nagasaki and ended the Pacific
war, Chairman Gordon Dean of
the Atomic Energy commission
said today.
'Liquor Commission
Slates Meeting Here
The 'Oregon Liquor Control
commission will hold an official
meeting here next Wednesday at
10 a.m., in the Jackson county
court house. According to W. A.
Bingham, commission adminis
trator, the meeting, which will
be open to the public, will be the
first ever held in Medford.
Salem lU.Ri Gov. Douglas
McKay said Monday he will de
cide early this week whether to
proclaim daylight saving time in
Oregon this leason.
F. A. Dressier, general mana
ger of PT&T in Oregon, and of
ficials of the Communications
Workers of America (CIO) said
picket lines were removed by 6
a.m. Monday.' The general tele
phone strike did not result from
a contract dispute, but came aft
er Western Electric employees
picketed telephone company lo
cations and fellow CWA mem
bers refused to cross the lines.
Men Slay Out
Although Western Electric in
stallers reached an agreement in
New York over the week-end,
union officials here said the men
would stay off the Job until all
segments of the union had reach
ed an agreement. On strike were
installers, salesmen, warehouse
men and some other employees.
Local strike director Arne
Gravem said the Western Elec
tric warehouse here would be
picketed and added that if sales
men and warehousemen did not
reach agreement soon that hit
and run picketing of telephone
exchanges might resume.
"Don't Understand"
Dressier, in a statement issued
after the CWA union agreed to
remove its pickets, said "I still
don't understand why the strike
was called in Oregon." The union
had charges that employees who
respected picket lines were plac
ed on a temporary employment
basis and otherwise discriminat
ed against.
Pickets at the Medford office
of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company were remov
ed late yesterday afternoon, ac
cording to J. H. Creager, mana
ger.
The company will reschedule
ail employees who havp nnt
been working regularly as soon
as possible, Creager said.
Morris Dismissal
Probe Demanded
Washington (U.R) Rep,
Kenneth B. Keating demanded
Monday that House investiga
tors get to the bottom of the
"peculiar maneuvers" which led
to Newbold Morris' short-lived
appointment as the administra
tion's corruption-hunter.
The New York Republican
said former Attorney General J.
Howard McGrath should be re
called "at once" by the House
Judiciary subcommittee inves
tigating the Justice Department.
He said McGrath should be
asked to "clear up" his testi
mony that he knew nothing
about Morris' connection with
profitable surplus tanker deals
when he appointed the New
Yorker as his special assistant
to ferret out wrongdoers in gov
ernment. Keating's demand was sparked
by Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer's casual dis
closure over a television pro
gram Sunday that he asked
McGrath last June to investigate
surplus tanker transactions
handled by Morris' law firm to
see if any laws were violated.
Young British Prince
Steals Mother's Show
Windsor... England, (U.R)
The three-year-old boy who li
destined to b king one day
tola the show Monday when
his mother. Queen Elisabeth
11, celebrated her 26th birth
day by reviewing the Grena
dier Guards.
The queen was impeding
the guardsmen In a courtyard
of the ancient gray eaillo.
Prince Charles was watching
from a window, beating time
with hit little litis when the
band played.
There was hush as the
queen inspected the guards.
The silence was broken when
Charles piped up:
"Hallo, Mummy!"
The queen looked up and
miled. The iroien faces of
the guardsmen, standing at at
tention, broke a little and the
review proceeded.
Surging Missouri Gathers Fresh
Rains; New Areas Under Threat
St. Joseph, Mo. (U.PJ The
surging Missouri river gathered
in fresh rains Monday in a flood
that already spread from bluff
to bluff In many places, and new
areas were threatened with in
undation. Express Concern
The U.S. Corps of Engineers
expressed concern for agricultur
al levees below St. Joseph as the
flood level rose above predicted
crests.
"If it rains any more, we're In
for it," said Col. L. J. Lincoln,
Kansas City district engineer, as
more men and truckj were di
rected to new key danger points.
Tribune
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1952
No. 26
State Police Fire
On Rioting Convicts
During Escape Try
Prisoners Attempt
To Smash Way Out
Jackson, Mich. (U.R) State
troopers and guards pushed riot
ing prisoners back into their cell
blocks at Southern Michigan
prison Monday, wounding three
of the convicts who fought back.
But 104 rioters holed up in the
disciplinary barracks continued
their siege, holding 11 guards as
hostages.
Jackson, Mich. (U.R) State
police fired Monday on rioting
inmates at Southern Michigan
prison trying to smash their way
into the administration building.
The prisoners retreated but took
six more hostages.
The 2.600 rioters had carved a
path of destruction toward the
building, easiest avenue of es
cape from the world's largest
walled prison.
Held at Bay
State troopers already on the
scene and all available prison
guards manned machine guns on
the roofs and in the administra
tion building. They held the con
victs at bay while more troopers
streaked toward the prison from
all sections of the state.
One unit of the National
Guard was put on sandby alert.
Three guards and one trooper
were injured, all either beaten
or hit with flying bottles or
buckets.
Brooks issued "shoot to kill"
orders to the badly out-number
ed guards and state police al
ready on the scene.
"Stack in Rows"
"We'll stack them up in rows
If they come past there," said
Brooks, pointing to doors about
150 feet away.
The convicts, armed with meal
cleavers, huge carving knives
and. other weapons taken from
the main kitchen, would have
had the easiest avenue of escape
if they had reached the adminis
tration building.
Hallway, N. j! (U.R) R. Wil
liam Lagay,. superintendent of
the riot-torn New Jersey State
Prison Farm, was "very hope
ful" Monday that a gang of
mutinous convicts were about to
surrender a barricaded dormi
tory and return to their cells.
Arkansas Editor
Named Point 4 Head
Washington (U.R) Stanley
Andrews, Arkansas editor and
State Department consultant,
was nominated by President Tru
man Monday to be chief of the
Point Four program.
Andrews will replace Dr. Har
ry Bennett, who was killed re
cently in an air crash in the
Middle East.
Andrews, a native of High
Point, Mo., was associate editor
of the Arkansas Democrat at
Little Rock until July, 1949,
when he joined the Agriculture
Department as director of for
eign agricultural relations.
Since January 2 of this year,
he has served as a special con
sultant to Secretary of State
Dean Acheson, assisting in the
planning of the Point Four pro
gram to assist underdeveloped
friendly nations.
Big Blast Set Off
At Columbia Damsite
The Dalles, Ore. (U.R) An
other In a series of underwater
explosions designed to clear the
Columbia river bed for con
struction of The Dalles dam was
set off here Sunday.
The blast charged with be
tween 40 and 50 tons of dyna
mite sent three columns of
water, one almost 1,000 feet in
height, into the air along the
Washington side of the river at
the damsite.
Thousands of spectators lined
the cliffs overlooking the river
to view the spectacle set off by
army engineers.
The dramatic fight was at
Sherman Air Force base on the
Ft. Leavenworth reservation,
where some 1,600 airmen and
soldiers labored to protect the
multi-million-dollar installation.
The river stood nine feet above
the level of the air base.
Men, Boys Fight Flood
At the same time the Missis
sippi river brought men and
boys, some of the latter 10 years
old, to fight floodwaters at La
Crosse, Wis.
Officers at Sherman field were
optimistic despite the odds.
"We're ahead of the river and
w expect to stay that way,"
STAB VICTIM'S CONDITION POOR
Weather
FORECAST: Partly clondy to
night and Tuesday. Low 35
J, high Tuecday IS-7i.
Tamp.
HI r hut Yetterday ww Tl
Lowest thli Morninf 13
Maxwell Peirce Sr.
Passes Suddenly
From Heart Attack
Maxwell Peirce Sr., 49, died
suddenly from a heart attack at
his home at 37 Valley View
drive early Sunday afternoon
while working in his yard.
Mr. Peirce, a resident of Med
ford 20 years, was owner of the
Medford Investment, company
and had been active in a number
of organizations of the commu
nity. He was born March 25, 1903, at
Portland, attended schools there
and was graduated from Lincoln
high school. In 1925, Mr. Peirce
was graduated from Oregon Agri
cultural college where he was a
member of the track team and
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon frater
nity. Son Due Home
In 1928 he was married to
Dorothy Myers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. V. Myers, Medford.
His wife and a son. Maxwell Jr.,
are the only immediate sur
vivors. The son was expected to
arrive in Medford today from
San Diego where he is in the
Navy service school command as
a teleman.
Mr. Peirce served in the Navy
from December, 1942, until the
spring of 1946 and was a lieuten
ant commander in air transport.
He was active In the naval re
serve here.
A member of Albert Pike
lodge No. 162, AF and AM, Mr.
Peirce was also a member of the
Medford consistory of the Scot
tish Rite and of Hillah temple
of the Shrine. He was a past pres
ident of the Medford Kiwanis
club, the University club and the
Jackson county insurance agents'
organization.
Perl Funeral home has charge
of funeral arrangements.
Arch M. Masterson
Djes in Hollywood
Arch M. Masterson, 55, of 1300
Queen Anne avenue, a Medford
realtor and until recently a part
ner with Carl R. Beebe in the
Medford Realty company, died
in a North Hollywood hospital
yesterday, where he had been
taken a little over two weeks ago
for surgery.
With him at the time of his
death were his wife, Edith, his
two daughters, Pamela and Gail
and his brother and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Masterson,
1001 Lozier lane.
Arrangements for funeral serv
ices were not given in the word
received by friends here.
Man KilisWife, Self
After Family Quarrel
Port Orchard, Wash. (U.R)
A 39-year-old truck driver shot
and killed his wife, wounded his
father-in-law, and then killed
himself after a family quarrel at
their farm house south of here
Saturday night.
The bodies of Carol Higgin
botham and his wife were found
by Kitsap county sheriff's offic
ers in the yard in front of their
home. The father-in-law, identi
fied only as- Murphy, was in
serious condition in a Bremer
ton hospital.
Higginbotham shot his wife in
the chest with a double-barreled
shotgun, wounded Murphy in
the shoulder, then placed the
gun to his own head and blew
of fthe side of his face.
Murphy staggered to a neigh
bor's house, where he asked
assistance, and was taken to the
hospital.
Paris (U.R) A severe cold
and sore throat kept Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower from his North
Atlantic Supreme headquarters
Monday for the first working
day since he took over the post
a year ago.
they said.
St. Josephs 78,588 persons
live, mostly .high on the bluffs
The damage expected here large
ly has been done to low-lying
South St. Joseph and the bot
toms across the river on the Kan
sas side.
Skies Threaten Rain
But downstream at Atchison
and Ft. Leavenworth on the
Kansas side of the great river,
the skies frowned and threat
ened to pour more water Into
the greatest expanse of flood
ever to drive families to the hills
in Northwest Missouri and
Northeast Kansas.
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QUEEN COMES WEST Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and
her husband. Prince Bcrnhard (center) are greeted by San Fran
cisco's Mayor Elmer Robinson (right) upon their arrival at Inter
national Airport. After a 36-hour visit, the royal couple enplaned
for Los Angeles.
Restriction of Funds
For Steel Operation
Gets Truman Warning
Washington (U.R) President
Truman warned Congress Mon
day against restricting the use
of federal funds ior operation of
the steel mills lest it paralyze
government operations in an
emergency.
Mr. Truman wrote Vice-Presi
dent Albcn W. Barkley, express
ing fear that negative legislation
might lead to a steel shutdown
which, in turn, would "reduce
the ability, of our troops in Korea
to defr-nd themselves against
attack."
Mr; Truman directed his criti
cism against an amendment be
fore the Senate to deny the use
of appropriated funds for the
operation of steel mills seized by
the government April 8.
GOP-Sponsored
The amendment is Republican
sponsored. Sen. Homer Ferguson
(R.-Mich.) author of the measure,
predicted Senate approval.
But Mr. Truman said he
thought that if Congress wanted
to act on the steel case, it should
Indicate a positive course of ac
tion rather than telling him what
not to do.
Morse Hits Reactionaries
Meanwhile, Sen. Wayne L
Morse (R.-Ore.) said that some
"reactionary" Republicans are
trying to throw the party s
weight behind the "unreasonable
demands of the steel companies'
for a price increase.
He warned his colleagues that
they may alienate the "independ
ent" voters if they Identify the
GOP with the "big business
point of view in the current
steel wage-price dispute.
Morse spoke out as the Senate
took up a Republican-sponsored
measure designed to censure
President Truman for seizing the
steel industry April 8 to head
off a threatened strike.
Defends Seiiura
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Truman Monday defended
Sir Stafford Cripps
Said Nearing Death
Zurich, Switzerland (U.R)
Sir Stafford Cripps, gravely 111
former British chancellor of the
exchequer, lapsed into uncon
sciousness Monday.
"Sir Stafford is slowly sink
ing," Dr. Dagmar Licchti, his
physician, sald'in a mid-morning
bulletin He has now drifted
into a stale of deep and painless
unconsciousness."
Cripps, who will be 63 Thurs
day, has been under treatment
here intermittently since Novem
ber, 1950, for spinal tuberculosis
and another "rare and dangerous
disease which never has been
identified publicly.
Cripps probably was the most
brilliant member of the post-war
Labor government of Prime
Minister Clement R. Atlce, who
gave him complete charge of
Britain's economic and financial
affairs at a time when the coun
try seemed headed for bank
ruptcy. Illness forced Cripps to resign
from the cabinet in October,
1950.
Paris (U.Ri The permanent
council of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization will meet
next Monday to discuss the ap
pointment of a successor to Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, It Was
announced Monday,
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his seizure of the steel Industry
against congressional attacks and
the administration went ahead
with plans to give 650,000 work
ers in the mills a pay raise.
Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer, nominal mana
ger of the government-held in
dustry, delegated to Economic
Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam the
chori of drawing up recommen
dation: on the size of the pay
hike for the workers.
A spokesman for Sawyer said
Sawyer and Mr. Truman might
receive Putnams recommenda
tions Tuesday.
Pipe Line Company
Files Right of Way
Property Options
The Cal.-Ore. Pipe Line com
pany, which is reported to be
planning a pipe line from Cres
cent City, Calif., to Medford for
transportation of gasoline nnd
other petroleum products, filed
options last Friday for purchase
of rights of way across 27 pieces
of property in the Illinois valley
in Josephine county.
According to the Grants Pass
Courier, no public announce
ment has been made there of
the company's plans but the
newspaper quotes a recent story
in .the Del Norte Triplicate of
Crescent City to the effect that
the company will seek options
for a 15-foot right of way for a
six-inch pipe line.
Property Owners Approached
The Mail Tribune learned
some timo ago that property
owners north of Medford had
been approached by men repre
senting the Cal.-Ore. Pipe Line
company. Actual options have
been obtnined in some instances,
It was also learned, but no fil
ings of such options have been
made in the Jackson county
clerk's office.
An attempt by The Mail Trib
une to learn something of the
pipe line plans proved fruitless
when a call to Crescent City fail
ed to locale officials of the con
cern, the long distance operator
reporting no such company was
listed there.
Officials of the Cal.-Ore. Pipe
Line company when contacted
later by the United Press in San
Frnnclsco refused any Informa
tion and would neither confirm
nor deny that easements were
being sought for a pipe line.
Data Given
According to a prospectus fur
nisherl one Jackson county prop
erty owner contacted by the com
pany representatives, the pipe
line will be more than 535.000
feet in length, or approximately
101 miles. It will be buried
throughout most of the distance.
A right of way 15 feet In width
is necessary along the route.
The prospectus states that time
of starting construction is not
known.
The Grants Pass Courier said
the pipe line in designed to re
duce costs of transporting gaso
line from Crescent City to dis
tribution centers in southern
Oregon.
At present a large portion of
the gasoline and other petroleum
products used in this area is
shipped to Crescent City from
California refineries by sea
barge and from Crescent City
inland by tank trucks, by the
Oil Terminals company.
Man Hospitalized
In Early-Morning
Brawl on Sunday
Four Suspects Nabbec
Near Prison in Salem
The condition of Carl Blair,
36, a resident of Cabin one.
Rogue Dale camp, Shady Cove,
remained "poor' 'today, accord
ing to Community hospital at
tendants, following a severe
stabbing in a brawl involving
four others early Sunday morn
ing. The others, who according to
Blair's wife, were involved in
the case were arrested in Salem
at the state penitentiary yester
day about noon and are being
returned today by officers of the
Jackson county sheriff's office,
according to Sheriff Howard
Gault. The men are charged with
"assault with a dangerous wea
pon," District Attorney Paul
Haviland said, and will be ar
raigned tomorrow morning.
Two Have Records
They are Monte Stockton, 26,
Dee Stockton, Donald E. Yule,
22, and Tex Burnett. Both Yule
and Monte Stockton have prior
records. The latter was fined $20
for disorderly conduct on Jan.
21, 1951, and Yule was given a
three-year's suspended sentence
for grand larceny on April 15,
1950, according to the sheriff's
office.
An account of the stabbing
was given to the sheriff's office
by Mrs. Ruby Blair, the victim's
wife. She said the men had ap
peared at the Blair home earlier
Saturday, accusing Blair of
stealing beer. They returned
about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, accord
ing to Mrs. Blair, and asked
Blair to step outside "for a beer"
and to settle the quarrel peace
ably. Fight Start!
He went outside, Mrs. Blair
continued, and a fight started
immediately. She went to the aid
of her husband who broke from
the encounter and rushed Inside.
His wife found him on the bed
and saw he had been stabbed. A
friend took Blair to the hospital.
Medford city police listed the
residences of all the men except
Monte Stockton as the same
camp In Shady Cove. The latter
resides at 118 East McAndrewi
road. 1 -
Visit Brother
When the men were apprehend
ed in Salem they had gone to
see Arlon Stockton at the state
penitentiary who was sentenced
to 4V4 years on Feb. 29, 1952 for
parole violation. He is a brother
of the Stocktons.
Blair is unemployed at the
present and had worked recently
for the Flounce Rock ranch near
Trail. He has several children
with an infant son born last
January.
The sheriff's office Is investi
gating the matter "thoroughly."
Penalty for the assault charge is
a maximum aenience or iu
years, according to District At
torney Haviland.
way Sees Korean
Truce Still 'Uncertain'
Tokvn (U.R) Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway said Monday that
the outlook tor a Korean armis
tice is still "uncertain."
The supreme United Nations
commander took a dim view of
ti.o nrncnprt for an earlv peace
as Allied and Communist truce
negotiators went through anotn
er "no progress" session in Pan
munjom. Ridgway surveyed the Korean
war situation fro mTokyo, in a
two-way conversation with Pres
Idental Assistant John R. Steel
man on a National Broadcasting
company television program.
Council To Consider
More Paving Projects
Pnhiin hearings on two street
paving projects will be held at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, in a council
meeting continued from last
week, according to Mayor diam
ond L. Flynn.
Projects' to be opened will be
the paving of Haven street from
cnmmii in Oak streets and on
Peach street from Thirteenth to
Dakota avenue.
Tha hfnrintfs will he held lit
the council chambers and other
business will also be consiaerca.
Stevenson Rejects
Oregon Primary Vote
Portland (U.R) Gov. Adlal
Stevenson of Illlnoli Monday
asked Oregon voleri to disre
gard hn name on Oregon'! May
16 primary election ballot.
Stevenson has been entered as
a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for president.
In a letter to Tom Humphrey,
editor of the editorial page of the
Oregon Journal, Stevenson said
he would have withdrawn his
name If the law allowed it. He
1 1 ka llrai rtnt
i annnuncea las
candidal for president.