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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRID
. RIL 25, 1952 No. 30
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HOLDING GUARDS AS HOSTAGES, Ray Young (left) and Russell Jarbo (right) broadcast de
mands for cessation of mutiny at Michigan's Jackson Prison. Deputy Warden Vern Fox (cen
ter) participated in unprecedented microphone appearance of felpns. (International Soundpnotoj
Area VFW Members
" Asked To Assist
In Sunday Search
A call for members of all Vet
erans of Foreign Wars posts in
this area to assist in a Sunday
search for the infant son of the
late Mrs. Russell Graham, Shady
Cove, went out today, according
to County Sheriff Howard Gault.
The body of Mrs. Graham was
found last Tuesday on a sand bar
in the Rogue river, Gault said,
and search parties will follow
the river banks in an effort to
find the three-wceks-old child.
The sheriff said that the fath
er is a member of the Steelhead
post, VFW, Shady Cove, which
is leading the search. All those
who wish to aid are asked to
meet at the Treasure Trove store
In Shady Cove at 10 a.m., he
added.
Besides VFW members, offic
ials from the sheriff's office and
the Souhtern Oregon Tree Farm
association, with radio-equipped
vehicles, will assist, Gault said.
Another search will also be
conducted in the Copper area
for J. M. Burrows, last seen on
Dec. 27, 1951, according to the
sheriff.
Members of the Jackson coun
ty Sheriff's posse and the Jack
son County Police Reserve will
conduct the search this Sunday,
Gault said. The missing man was
In his late 60's or early 70's, and
had a cabin on Sturgis creek,
flight miles northwest ol Copper,
'lear the Jackson - Josephine
county line.
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Fair Begins Sunday
Camp White The third an
nual Hobby Fair, put on by mem
bers of the Camp White veterans
domiciliary under the sponsor
ship of the 21 organizations
which make up the Veterans
Administration Voluntary Ser
vices, will open at the theater
building here at 10 a.m. Sunday.
The show, under the general
chairmanship of Paul Olsen,
Eagle Point is expected to at
tract more than 3,000 visitors. It
will continue to 5 p.m.
Exhibits will be in 10 cate
gories, featuring items made by
veterans, and include leather,
rugs, copper, brass, bronze,
wood, gems, stamps and other
hobby and avocational material
and displays.
Three prizes will be awarded
In each category, with a grand
prize for the most unique ex
hibit, and consolation prize.
, The southern Oregon and
northern California public is in
vited, according to Paul Hatton,
domiciliary manager.
Barbara Payton Loses
First Divorce Round
Hollywood (ll.R) The first
round in the stormy Barbara
Pavton Franchot Tone divorce
squabble backfired Friday as the
honey blondes petition for Si,'
500 temporary alimony was dis
missed on a technicality.
But the voluptuous actress, ac-
cused by her estranged husband
of adultery with he-man actor
Tom Ncal, said through her at
torney she would immediately
refile an amended petition for
the alimony.
'Ultimatum1 Bad Word
Washington (UP) The worst
word a person could use around
the White House Friday was
"ultimatum."
Members of President Tru
man's staff flinched at the mere
thought of the word and hoped
that their boss would not use it
again in discussing international
affairs.
Truman Responsible
Mr. Truman himself was re
sponsible for the allergy. Thurs
day he told his news conference
that he personally sent a stinging
lultimatum to Soviet Marshal
Josef Stalin that ran the Russians
out of Iran.
Two boun later, the White
Prison Mutiny Ends;
Debate Looms Over
andling of Rioters
Jackson, Mich. (U.R South
ern Michigan Prison's four-day,
$2,500,000 mutiny that cost the
life of one inmate was over Fri
day, but the debate over wheth
er it was handled property was
just beginning.
The 172 convicts barricaded
in Cellblock 15 surrendered and
released their eight guard host
ages after Gov. G. Mennens Wil
liams agreed to an 11-point "re
form" program that included
"no reprisals."
Discipline Said Ruined
Auditor General John B. Mar
tin Jr., a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for the U.S.
Senate, said the state s capitula
tion "ruined prison discipline in
Medford-Klamath
Air Service Talked
Twenty-five Medford men at
tended a joint meeting of the av
iation committees of the Jack
son County and Klamath Coun
ty Chambers of Commerce at
Klamath Falls last night. The
discussion centered on the need
for airline service between the
two communities.
The groups agreed that joint
ly they will seek to expedite a
hearing on the matter which the
Civil Aeronautics Board has in
dicated it will hold. The Medford-Klamath
service proposal
was originally a part of another
case, but it was indicated last
night that it would be made a
separate cause for hearing in
itself.
At the meeting Medford City
Councilman Dwight Houghton
pointed out the need for service,
and for an ultimate air route di
rectly to the east. He added that
the groups are not backing any
particular airline, but will con
centrate their activiitcs on pro
moting the service, no matter
which airline handles it.
Most of the Medford group
made the trip in a chartered
bus.
Kansas City Levees
Hold Flood Waters
Kansas City (U.R) The on
rushing flood waters of the Mis
sour river crumbled additional
farm levees Friday but much of
their fury was spent.
After churning harmlessly
between Kansas City's reinforc
ed levees, the crest which had
boiled to record levels upstream
moved into a widening channel,
and officials said the "worst has
come and passed."
Kansas City's 47-foot levees
held fast against the full weight
of the flood-tide, which reached
a height of 30.66 late Thursday
and then began a gradual drop.
By 6 a.m. Friday the level had
receded to 29.2.
The jittery metropolis, scene
of last year's billion dollar flood
by the tributary Kansas river,
began to relax.
(See Slory on Pag 6)
Seattle (U.R) Sixteen civil
defense officials from four
northwest states met with three
Sixth Army officers Thursday to
discuss plans for emergency use
of highways.
House ruefully admitted that no
such an ultimatum ever was
sent.
White House aides said Mr.
Truman was speaking in non
technical terms and did not mean
the word ultimatum in the usi'il
diplomatic sense. They argued
that he was speaking generally
of this country ! opposition to
Russian post war occupation of
Iran.
Note Said Sent
They pointed out. too, that this
government did send the Soviet
government a note on March 6.
1946. outlining the American
position.
Mr. Truman said bit ultimatum
Michigan for years to come.
Gov. Williams is a Democrat.
"Prisoners throughout .the
country now know," Martin
said, "that all they have to do is
seize a few guards and barricade
themselves in a cellblock to get
anything they want."
Williams replied, "It is easy
to indulge in Monday-morning
quarter-backing after it is all
over."
Should Have Asked Penalty
Martin said that within hours
after the outbreak of the mutiny,
Williams should have called the
State Legislature into emergency
session and asked the death pen
alty for any convict who killed
or injured a guard. Michigan
does not have a capital punish
ment law.
Williams pointed out that the
legislature is still in session, al
though not currently holding
meetings, and that he thought
legislative leaders were wise in
allowing the hysteria concerning
the mutiny to blow over before
taking action.
Will Keep Promise
Williams said stale officials
would live up to the promise of
no reprisals "to the last word."
But he agreed with Republican
Attorney General Frank G. Mil
lard that all crimes committed
during the uprising must be pun
ished "according to law."
(See Story on Page 2)
Seed Company Theft
Reported to Police
City police today reported the
theft of some $115 Wednesday
night or Thursday morning from
Medford Feed and Seed com
pany, 224 North Fir street. The
money, in small denomination
bills and rolled pennies, was tak
en from a drawer in the firm's
sales office, they said.
Entry to the building was gain
ed by climbing a wire fence to
a loading dock and breaking a
window to the main office, ac
cording to investigating officers.
They said an unsuccessful at
tempt was made to break into
a cash register in the office.
The window through which
the thief or thieves entered the
building was 20 inches by 13 in
ches, police stated. They be
lieve the building was entered
by a small man or a boy.
Finding of U.S. Jet
In Manchuria Possible
Seoul, Korea (UR) The Far
Eastern Air Force said Friday
that Communist reports an
American F-86 Sabrejet pilot
and his crashed plane were
found inside Manchuria may be
true.
American fliers have received
specific orders not to cress the
Yalu river into Manchuria.
However, Air Force authorities
said the Allied Jet might have
glided north of the river boun
dary and crashed after the pilot
was killed.
The Reds announced the dis
covery of a crashed Sabre and
the body of Maj. George V.
Wendling in an attempt to prove
their propaganda charge that
U. S. planes have been bombing
Manchuria.
Around White House
was disclosed Thursday for the
first time. A White House spokes
man said later that the only note
he knew anything about was the
March message which was re
leased to the entire world at the
i time.
I Quick Clarification
Mr. Truman's off-hand descrip
tion of the way he told Stalin to
clear out of Iran gave the State
Dennrtmcnl Its worst start since
the fail of 1950 when the Presi -
dent told reporters that use of
the atom bomb in Korea was un -
der active consideration. This
broueht a auick "clarification"
from the Whitt House just as his
statement Thridy tiid.
The State department oflic -
Daylight Saving
Attitude in State
One of 'Wait-See'
Major Cities Lack
Furor, Survey Shows
By UNITED PDESS
Official attitude throughout
most of Oregon to Gov. Douglas
McKay's standard time procla
mation Friday was one of "wait
and see."
A survey by United Press of
major cities in the state showed
none of the furor raised in Port
land over the governor's decis
ion to keep the state on standard
time this summer. Some city of
ficials said they contemplated no
action whatever until it was de
termined what the city and busi
ness firms in Portland decide to
do about advancing working
hours. Others said they would go
along with the governor.
Resolution Adopted
In Portland the city council
adopted a resolution calling on
all businesses and industries to
adopt daylight saving time on
a voluntary basis.
At Bend there was an over
whelming sentiment among busi
nessmen to follow whatever
course Portland takes. But of
ficially the city plans to do
nothing.
Letters of Protest
Mayor Peter Cosovlch of As
toria had no comment on what,
if any. action the city cnuncil
might take. He said he had re
ceived numerous letters protest
ing the governor s action in keep
ing the state on standard time.
The Warrenton chamber of com
merce sent a protest message to
Gov. McKay but no official stand
was announced.
" The La Grande city commis
sion plans to do mothing to ad
vance the time unless city em
ployees petition for a change in
working hours. So far there has
been no move on the part of city
workers to ask for daylight sav
ing time.
Favored at The Dalles
A poll taken by The Dalles
merchants' mureau showed 73
per cent of those polled favored
daylight saving time but the
merchants did not say whether
they planned to open their busi
nesses at 7 a.m. instead of the
standard 8 a.m. Mayor Marshall
Nelson said the city probably
would wait and see what Port
land does before taking any of
ficial action.
Petition Circulated
At Eugene, Salem and Corval
lis the situation was the same.
Some city employees at Cor
vallis were circulating a petition
to advance working hours but
the chamber of commerce said
it planned no action.
At Medford, Mayor Diamond
L. Flynn denied rumors that the
southern Oregon city was con
sidering an ordinance adopting
daylight saving time. He said
that while all "main street"
favored fast time Jackson coun
ty had a law favoring standard
time.
Drunk Driving Guilty
Verdict Given by Jury
A unanimous verdict of guilty
was returned yesterday in dis
trict court against George Jo
seph Supernant, Medford, for
drunk driving, according to De
puty District Attorney Bob
Dickey.
The trial, which lasted for
three days, involved a car col
lision between the defendant and
Harold Martin 2'4 miles north
of Eagle Point on the Crater
Lake highway, March 30, accord
ing to Dickey.
Supernant was represented by
Attorney Ed Hanley and Bruce
Manley, Medford.
He will be sentenced next
Wednesday, according to Dickey.
ially had "no comment" on the
latest Incident.
Some diplomatic experts said
privately that the error was
caught and corrected so rapidly
that it probably would have "lit
tle, if any" adverse effect abroad.
Might Take Exception
Had it not been quickly cor
rected, they said some foreign
countries might have been con-
siderablv irked at the idea of the
! President claiming credit for
(ousting the Russians from Iran.
1 They pointed out that this teat
long ago has been attributed to
the United Nations, and was. In
! fact, the first b'g accor. - ipl'fh -
.r.itnt to wi'ch U. :i. f.atesmen
1 could point with pride. .
Third Drink Blamed
For Domestic Quarrel
Butte (U.R) It's always
the third drink that causes
domestic squabbles between a
man and his divorced wife.
Police Judge John Selon was
told by the estranged hus
band. The defendant was accused
of hitting his former wife on
the leg with a hammer as she
tried to call police. "She hit
me with a bottle," the man
said and displayed a discolored
left elbow.
Judge Selon said, "they'd
probably get along fine if
they could skip the third drink
and take up with the fourth."
District 3 Active
Club Convention
Starts Saturday
The 1952 convention of
trict 3, Active International,
start here tomorrow at 10
Dis
will a.m.
at the Medford hotel. The district
includes all Active clubs in Ore
gon and the Vancouver, Wash.,
club.
The convention is expected to
attract between 150 and 200 Ac
tivians and wives, according to
Al Bradford, convention chair
man. James Shclton, Grants
Pass, governor of the district,
will preside.
There will be a pre-convention
party tonight at the Medford
hotel.
At the Saturday noon lunch
eon for Activians, the Rev. Don
ald H. Byers of the Central
Church of Christ will give the
invocation, and the acting mayor
of Medford will welcome the
delegates to the city. Presiding
at the luncheon will be .George
Schuler, Medford club president.
and Dick Woodcock will serve
as toastmaster. The district pub
lic speaking contest will follow
with Jimmy Dunlevy, Dan
Hull and Devere Taylor acting
as judges.
Judge To Speak
The afternoon will be devoted
to business. A banquet for Activ
ians and wives is scheduled at
7:30 p.m. with Robert Duncan
as toastmaster. George Rossman,
associate judge of the Oregon
Supreme court, will speak on
"Our American Heritage."
Dancing will follow with mu
sic by Satch Beonke and his
band.
Sunday morning's breakfast,
honoring International officers
present, will start at 9 a.m., fol
lowed by resolutions and the
election of officers
Ladies attending the conven
tion will be guests of Medford
Active club wives Saturday noon
at a luncheon at the Rogue Val
ley Country club, and at a
breakfast Sunday morning in the
Rogue room of the Medford
hotel.
WSB Investigation
May Curtail Power
Washington, (U.R) The Wage
Stabilization board may have Its
power curtailed as the result of
a sweeping congressional inves
tigation starting next Tuesday.
The House, by a 255-88 vole
Thursday, ordered its Labor
Committee to Investigate the
board which has recommended
a 28-cent hourly package wage
increase and union shop as a
settlement in the steel dispute.
The committee last summer
recommended that the board be
stripped of its power to handle
labor disputes and be limited to
setting over-all wage control pol
icy. The House at the lime re
jected the commitce s advice by
a fairly close vote.
City Officers Plan
To Attend Ceremony
Mayor D. L. Flynn and City
Councilman John Snider will
leave Medford Saturday for Sac
ramento, Calif., where they will
attend retirement ceremonies
for Gen. Junius Jones at Mc
Clollan air force base. The Med
ford officials were invited to
attend the ceremonies by the
air force.
General Jones, commanding
I officer of the Sacramento air
materiel command, is retiring
after 40 years service In the air
force. He has frequently been In
1 contact with Medford officials
, rrMrding the Medford munici
j pal airport.
Courts May Not
Interfere, Lawyer
Tells U.S. Judge
Congress Limited,
Attorney Believes
Washington (U.R) The
eminent asserted Friday
gov
that President Truman has unlimited
emergency powers and that the
courts may not Interfere with his
exercise of them.
The doctrine was voiced be
fore Federal Judge David A.
Pine by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Holmes Baldridge in argu
ing against an industry request
for return of government-seized
steel mills to their owners.
"Is" that your concept of our
government?'' Pine asked.
Baldridge said it was. There
followed this question and ans
wer: Executive Unlimited
"Then the Constitution limits
Congress and it limits the judic
iary but does not limit the
executive?"
"That's the way we read the
Constitution."
Pine commented that he "nev
er heard that expressed in any
authoritative case' before.
The industry asked Pine
Thursday to do one of two
things: Grant an Injunction in
validing the seizure or, if that
calls for further study, Issue an
immediate order forbidding a
government-imposed wage boevt.
Mr. Truman seized the steel
mills April 8 to prevent a pro
duction slopping strike by the
CIO United Steelworkers union.
No Injunction Relief
Baldridge argued that the
steel companies can file damage
actions against the government
under the federal tort claims act
but cannot get injunctive relief.
He also said that if the gov
ernment imposes a wage In
crease on the Industry, it is not
traveling on "a one-way street"
because it is ready to grant
price adjustments under tne
Economics Controls Act.
In arguing that the courts may
not interfere with presidential
acts, Baldridge said:
'My concept is that this Is a
government of separation of
powers. Except for an occasional
lapse there are no instances
where one branch of the gov
ernment has tended to encroach
on the power and authority of
another.
Ultimate Arbitrator
Clarence B. Randall, presi
dent of the Inland Steel Co., de
clared that in seizing the steel
mills President Truman had
"made himself the ullmate arbi
trator of every labor dispute In
the country."
Randall spoke at a National
Press Club luncheon. He said the
steel seizure means that wages
and working conditions through
out all Industry "will hereafter
be determined In the last an
aylysis by executive order."
Baldridge also argued that the
courts may not make any rulings
against Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer In his role of
operator of the steel mills.
Sawyer, he said, Is merely the
president's ' alter ego.
The government attorney re
minded Pine that the seizure
"has also taken away from the
unions the only weapon they
have the right to strike." He
added that the damage to the
steel companies is not so great as
their lawyers have tried to
make out.
30 Sailors Killed in Explosion Aboard
Cruiser in Action Off Coast of Korea
Tokyo, Saturday (U.R) An
explosion In the forward turret
of the United States heavy
cruiser Saint Paul killed 30 men
Monday while the ship was fir
ing on Communist targets In Ko
rea, the Navy announced Friday.
. The explosion was not caused
by enemy action, the Navy said.
Heaviest Caiually
It was the heaviest casualty
suffered by an U. S. ship in the
Korean war. The previous high
casualty list was 26, suffered
when the destroyer Walke hit
a mine near Wonsan June 12,
1951.
Details were lacking. A Navy
spokesman In Tokyo said pow
der bag may have caught fire,
leading to a heavy explosion in
side the turret. The explosion
may have flashed down inside
the turret'i armor to kill the men
Warren Planning
2-lVeeks
For Oregon Votes
Portland U.R) Gov. Earl
Warren of California, on a fly
ing trip to Portland to meet his
followers and set up a campaign
organization for the May 16 pri
mary, was scheduled to fly home
at noon Friday.
It is his idea to return next
week and visit some of the other
cities in the state, but he em
phasized this is not the main
campaign he intends to wage for
Oregon's 18 delegates to the Re
publican national convention.
That campaign will include vis
its to all parts of the state and
last about two weeks.
Faces Five Opponents
He faces five opponents In the
GOP primary: Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Gen, Douglas Mac
Arthur, Harold Stassen, Sen.
Wayne Morse and W. R. Schnei
der, a St. Louis attorney.
The California governor verb
ally blasted the size and spend
ing activities of the federal gov
ernment in talks with newsmen
Wednesday.
Warren said the federal gov
ernment in the past 20 years has
gone far afield in adding to its
powers. He said "it creates an
agency and if that does not
work, it creates another one and
then another and they all do the
same thing and overlap."
Many Employees
He said he read in a California
newspaper that the federal gov
ernment has 300,000 people on
the payroll In his state.
"This mpre than the payroll
in Washington, DC ," he said,
He emphasized that no re-
Gift of Ike's Photo
To Travelers Rapped
Washington (U.R) Thou
sands of Americans traveling
abroad have been given a pam
phlet bearing Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower's picture as a gift
from the State department.
The small brochure, enclosed
with passports Isued for Europe,
tells of Eisenhower's contribu
tion to victory in World War II
and his efforts on behalf of West
ern defense since then.
Former Republican National
Chairman B. Carroll Reece
charges that the pamphlets are
part of an administration drive
to promote Eisenhower for the
GOP presidential nomination.
The State Department vigor
ously denied playing politics In
the pamphlets and revealed it
halted distribution several days
ago in face of the criticism.
First Siskiyou Forest
Fire of Season Reported
Grants Pass, Ore. (U.R) Sis
kiyou National forest officials
Friday reported the first fire of
the season in national forest
areas.
The fire, which burned over
about one-eighth of an acre of
slash timber, started from a
spark In a controlled debris fire
near Takllma, according to J. R.
Phllbrick, forester.
Grand Rapids, Mich, (U.R)
Max Barnes, local restaurant
proprietor, featured "Cellblock
15, riotous steaks, convict qua!
I Hy," on his menu Friday.
in the upper ammunition handl
ing room.
Every man within the vicinity
of the explosion was killed, the
Navy said. There were no
wounded.
Notification Delayed
In Washington the Navy said
notification of next of kin would
be delayed slightly because of
the Western Union strike. A
Navy spokesman said the noti
fications would be sent by spec
ial delivery air mail instead of
the customary telegram.
The Saint Paul retired from
the action only long enough to
put the dead aboard the Ameri
can hospital ship Haven, which
steamed north from Pusan to
the scene of the accident, just
off Komo, a North Korean coastal
town about halfway between the
front battle lines and Woman on
Campaign
GOV. EARL WARREN
Plans Oregon Campaign
sponsible agency or official In
California has proposed or is
proposing to divert Columbia
river water into California.
"That scheme was started by
the reclamation service," he
said, "and not from any of our
people."
Tentative County
Budget Prepared
Jackson county's budget for
the next fiscal year was tenta
tively agreed to last night by
members of the committee and
county court, but will be held up
pending further Information on
the status of the 1943 Oregon
statute involving excess money,
according to County Judge J.
B. Coleman this morning.
Judge Coleman explained the
statute provides for the placing
of excess money received into
the sinking fund for use In build
ing projects, mainly roads and
bridges, throughout the county.
"The statute wa3 to be In force
during the war," he said," and
for three years following the
signing of a peace treaty or pro
clamation of the emergency end
ing by the president."
The judge pointed out that the
court Isn't sure right now what
the status of the law is, and has
asked for clarification by the
district attorney. Increased rev
enues, If allowed, from O and C
lands would be affected by the
law, Judge Coleman noted.
A meeting by the budget
groups would have to be called
If the law Is not In effect, the
Judge concluded.
Grants Pass Man Dies
When Struck by Auto
Grants Pass, Ore. (U.R)
Stanton Rowcll, 86, a leading
figure In Grants Pass civic af
fairs for many years, was killed
Thursday night when he was
struck by a newspaper delivery
car.
Rowell was hit by a Daily
Courier ear making an emer
gency delivery in Grants Pass.
Driver of the car, Robert Rowen
Molne, 10, was not held.
the sea of Japan.
Rear Adm. Earl E. Stone, com
mander of Cruiser Division 1,
who uses the Saint Paul as his
flagship, ordered an Immediate
investigation of the accident.
Ship Continues Action
The Saint Paul's commander,
Capt. Roy A. Gano, Falls Church,
Va., kept his ship In position and
continued action against the
Communists.
The Navy withheld all Infor
mation of the explosion until the
families of the dead had been
notified.
The nephew of a Medford cou
ple Is aboard the USS Saint Paul,
they reported today. Mr. and
Mrs. La Verne Johnson, 120
Washington street, said that Rob
ert Nelson, Henry, S.D., is mak
ing his first tea voyage aboard
the cruiser.