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Newspaper Page TextRecommended Weather MEDFORD Tribute A featura itory on mementos of the Indian Wan peace lim ing, now being ihonn In the Jacksonville museum, li carried on Page 13 of today'i issue of The Mail Tribune. FORECAST Fair today, partly cloudy and cooler, occasional showers Mondaj. Low Mon day 38-42, high today 78-82. Temp. Highest yesterday .... 18 Lowest yesterday 44 United Press Full Leased Wirt United ,11 Leased Wire 47th Year 30 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1952 No. 31 Critical Korean Plenary Session Cancelled by UN Tokyo, Sunday (U.R) The United Nations command can celled the first high-level meet ing on a Korean truce in more . than two months today because ' of "unavoidable circumstances" an hour before senior negotiators were to meet at Panmunjom. "I cannot in any way amplify this move" said Allied spokes man Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols after the Communists agreed to the cancellation 15 minutes after it was proposed. Future Course at Stake Strong indications existed prior to the meeting between senior United Nations Negotiator Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy and North Korean Gen. Nam II, chief Red delegate, that the future course of the 22-month-old Kor ean war would have been at stake within the faded circus tent. The plenary session first scheduled In 67 days was post poned indefinitely, although the U. N. said Allied liaison officers would inform the Communists when they were ready to resume the talks. U. N. Liaison Officer Col. Andrew J. Kinney delivered the note to the Reds with the in formation that unavoidable circumstances" forced the can cellation. Armistice supervision negotia tors at the staff officer level convened at the truce site after the full dress meeting was called off. Staff officers on armistice su pervision are discussing the issues of Russia's "neutrality" and military airfield reconstruc tion in North Korea after a truce settlement. However, there was little hope Search for Child To Continue Today Shady Cove Preparations for n extensive search of the Rogue river near Shady Cove were completed Saturday by sheriff's officers and Steelhead post, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, Shady Cove. They will seek the body of the three-weeks-old son of Russell Graham, Shady Cove storekeeper. The baby has been missing since Tuesday, when the drowned body of its mother was found on a sandbar in the river by search parties. The Shady Cove VFW post Saturday Issued a request for any volunteers wishing to assist in the search, including members of all valley VFW organizations, to meet at the Treasure Trove store at 10 a.m. Sunday. State forest patrol radio cars and handie-talkie radios will be used to assist the search. Cal-Ore Pipeline Company Files for Rights of-Way Four nntinn. were filed Fri day giving the Cal-Ore Pipeline company, of Pier 14, San Fran cisco, Cal., a 15-foot right of-way through a portion of Jackson county, according to t h e county clerk's office. Robert Choate, the company's engineer in charge of options, told The Medford Mail Tribune Friday that the company has about completed operations in the area and now holds "99 per cent" of the right-of-ways needed along the proposed route from Crescent City, Cal., to Medford. Must Await Steel "Our plans for construction depend on the availability of steel," Choate said, "and we applied for it three months ago." The engineer noted that the general reaction of land owners along the proposed pipeline has been one of "approval." He said the company plans a terminal about two miles north of Med ford for distribution to the southern Oregon area. Large storage tanks are planned for the plant, he said. The pipeline will be designed to handle "all types of petroleum products," he noted, "and products of all companies will be handled through the same line." The general plan of entry into the Rogue valley will be at the Old Slage road near Gold Hill, following along this road in a I southeasterly direction toward Medford, Choate explained The company had already filed options on 27 pieces of property in the Illinois valley in that progress would be made at the staff officer level until after the top delegates meet. Today's meeting was the 74th by staff officers on armistice supervision. Meeting Tomorrow It was adjourned for the day at 11:30 a.m. and another meet ing was scheduled for 11 a.m. tomorrow. The Sunday meeting, proposed by the United Nations and ac cepted by the Communists, was prompted by the collapse of staff officer t'a 1 k s on exchange of prisoners. It had appeared to be the beginning of a general show down. When the Communists asked the Allies what they wanted to discuss in plenary session the blunt reply was: "The armistice agreement.1 Settlement Hopes Become Brighter In Rails Dispute Washington (U.R) Govern ment hopes for ending the three- year-old railroad wage and working rules battle rose Saturday as the White House announced that Acting Defense Mobilizer John R. Steelman has reopened intensified mediation efforts. A rail settlement might get the government off the hook in one of the two court struggles it is now engaged in over seizure of an industry to avert strike. Talks To Continue Steelman, who has been hand ling the rail dispute fer a year and a half, met with both the carriers and three big operating unions Friday and planned to continue talks throughout the weekend. It was learned he has been in close touch with individual of ficials on both sides of the ca.se for several weeks and apparently feels that full-dress bargaining sessions the first in several months would be productive. Meet Four Hours After four hours of meetings Saturday with both sides, Steel man announced that he was "somewhat encouraged" with the results. Further sessions were called late Saturday, but there was no indication that a break in the dispute was near. Management and union nego tiators may meet jointly soon, with Steelman and Leverett Ed wards, chairman of the National Mediation board. Both sides were hopeful the deadlock, one of the longest in labor relations history, would be broken during the current talks, but agreed that a settlement was not "imminent." Josephine county on April 18. Options Listed Options filed in Jackson coun ty on Friday were through prop erty owned by Jerome R. and Sylvia Ann Smith, which is bounded by the Old Stage road on the west and the Taylor road on the north; Fred R. and Nyla A. Kuest, whose property bord ers Griffin creek and Beall lane; William C. and Bonnie B. Hig in botham, near the Taylor road in the same section; and W. M. and B. M. Tetherow with prop erty lies between Grant road and the Central Point road. All the property is in sections nine or 10 of township 37, west of Cen tral Point. The options filed are to run for two years, according to the county clerk's office, with the notice of election to purchase given in writing before expira tion. Option prices for the right-of-way ranged from none on one to $360 an acre if cultivated to a seed or baled crop, and $120 an acre if used for pasture. The Cal-Ore Pipeline company is affiliated with the Oil Ter minal company of San Francisco which operates oil barges along the coast from San Francisco to Crescent City. Choate described the Terminals company as a "big concern." At the present time a large portion of the gasoline and other petroleum products used in this area is shipped to Crescent City by barge and from there inland by tank trucks, operated by the company. ''VS. f JSr -f f ar .. . m j $4 MILLION FIRE ON VANCOUVER PIER Huge columns of smoke rise over Vancouver, B. C, waterfront in one of the worst fires to strike the city. The fire spread so rapidly the 1200-foot pier was ablaze from end to end within 30 minutes after the first alarm. Flames crumpled a $2,500,000 grain loading terminal. Adjoining warehouses and contents that were destroyed were valued at $1,500,000. Merchants For Stores The Medford Retail Merchants association Saturday morning voted to open Medford stores one hour earlier, and close one hour earlier in the afternoon, effective Monday. The decision was made so that store hours would conform with open hours of wholesale houses, brokerage firms and markets in San Francisco, Seattle and the east, which are going on day light saving time today, accord ing to Otto Ewaldsen, president of the association. Some 75 members of the asso ciation, and a group of automo bile dealers, were present at the meeting. The motion passed with only one dissenting vote. Ask Others to Conform At the same meeting, the group voted unanimously to re quest other businesses and in dustrial firms to go along with the earlier opening and closing hours. They said they felt that the reasons for hours conform ing to daylight time were so im pelling that, they should take the lead and force the issue. Ewaldson said the merchants had authorized him to write to Gov. Douglas McKay to inform him of the action, and to urge him to rescind his decision of last week which will keep Ore gon on standard time through the summer. In general, store hours will Be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., instead of from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Ewaldsen explained t he ation will permit employees to have an extra hour of evening day light during the summer, and that it would also benefit shop pers who prefer to do their shop ping during the earlier hours. Effect Unclear What effect the merchcants' action will have on other time schedules in Medford was not immediately apparent late yes terday. Acting City Superin tendent Vernon Thorpe reported that it would take city council action to change the working hours of city employees. The next regular council meeting is scheduled for a week from Tues day, although Mayor Diamond Portland Attorney Wins Speech Test Bob Myers, Portland attorney won the public speaking contest held here Saturday in connec tion with the 1952 convention of District 3, Active Internation al. Winn Kelly, Coquille teacher, placed second. Myers' speech described why an Active club must serve its community continually if it Is to accomplish the aims of its motto, "Enthusiasm, Goodwill and Prog ress." Kell told why the world needs good speakers and urged Active clubs to help train their membership in public speaking. Judges for the contest were Jimmy Dunlevy, manager of ra dio station KYJC; DeVcre Tay lor, Medford senior high school speech instructor; and Dan Hull, governor of the southern Oregon and northern California area of Toastmasters International. Paul Selby, president of the Medford city council and acting mayor cf Medford, welcomed the delegates to the city at the noon luncheon held at the Medford hotel. Judge George Rossman, asso ciate justice of the Oregon supreme court, spoke at the ban quet for Activians and wives held at the Medford hotel on Saturday evening. Vote Early Effective Here Monday Flynn could call a special meet ing on 24 hours notice. The city and county schools will remain on ' their present schedules at least for the time being. City School Superintend ent E. H. Hedrick said they would "have to wait and see" how the situation developed be fore deciding what the schools could do. Banks Change Temporarily The Medford branches of the U.S. National and First National banks will both open and close an hour earlier on a temporary basis, their officers reported, at least until the situation has crys- Defense Secretary Asks Restoration Of Military Funds Washington (U.R) Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett ask the Senate Appropriations Com mitlee Saturday to resore $3, 619, 797, 858 of the $4,713,845, 216 cut by the house from mili tary funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Lovett also asked that certain "language" in the House bill be eliminated on grounds it will interfere with Defense Depart ment operations. Language Not Specified The defense chief did not spe cify the langauge, but it was learned at the Defense Depart ment that he did not refer to the House-imposed $46,000,000,- 000 spending limit. Congressional military experts attacked that spending limit Sat urday, saying that funds for wag ing the Korean war would be endangered and that it would result in cutbacks In Navy ex pansion, procurement of war- planes, and building of air bases Lovetl's reference to the lan guage in the House-passed ap propriations bill, it was explain ed, applied to restrictions on funds carried over from year to year and on hiring of Civil Service employees. Want Ceiling Eliminated However, it was disclosed that when military leaders go before the Senate Military Appropria tions Subcommittee they will make a strong efort to have the spending ceiling eliminated. Lovett's request was made In a letter to Chairman Joseph C O'Mahoney (D.-Wyo.), of the Military Appropriations Subcom mittee. It acompanled a secret report on the Defense Depart ment's analysis of the effects of the House cuts. The Defense Department had asked for appropriations of $50, 921,022.770 for the 1953 fiscal year. The House, cut that to $46, 207.177.554 and, in addition, spe cified that only $46,000,000,000 could be spent in the year. The department had intended to spend more than that because it had money left over from pre vious years. SPORTS BULLETINS Portland (U.R) Th Portland Beavers revived in their half of the eighth Inning of a Pacific Coast league base ball gam her tonight to de feat th Lot Angtlii Angelt 5 to L Seattle, Wih. (U.R) Cagy 8tv Nagy, Seattle southpaw, pitched and batttd hit Rainier teammates to 3 to 1 victory over ih Oakland Acorni hr tonight before 2,701 fans. ... i M- - J," , . 1 Opening talized. Their new and tempor ary hours will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the U.S. National and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the First Na tional County office open hours are governed by state law, and will remain unchanged. The post of fice, which must meet transpor tation schedules, will have the same opening hours, according to Postmaster Moore Hamilton. Ralph Mathews, of Evergreen Bus lines, reported that the bus schedules afe largely governed by the demands of the schools, and that he is unsure what, if any, changes will be made. There is a possibility that they will remain the same with one added schedule in the morning, he said, but no decision can be made, until he finds out what his passengers' requirements are New Schedule Added : ". Trallways bus, lines, said .that new-schedules, Including a new northbound trip at 3:35 p.m will go into effect Monday. The northbound schedules are large ly unchanged, it was reported, but several changes huve been made in southbound runs. The changes are partly due to day light time going into effect in California and parts of Washing ton, and partly due to other fac tors, New schedules w e r e an nounced Saturday by United Air lines. They are, northbound: 7:10 a.m., 10:45 p.m. and 4:40 p.m. (instead of 7:30 a.m., 12:55 and 6:05 p.m.), and southbound: 10:05 a.m. and 5:25 p.m. (instead of 11:15 a.m. and 6:35 p.m.). All three valley radio stations, KYJC and KMED. Medford. and KWIN, Ashland, have an nounced they will reschedule programs to conform with day light time being observed by na tional networks. As a result, most programs will be heard an hour earlier than usual. Portland to Challenge Portland (U.R) The city of foruana will challenge Gov. Douglas McKay's proclamation keeping Oregon on standard time. The city council Friday adopt ed a program that calls for a proclamation by Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee calling on all businesses in the cily tcf go on daylight time in the public in terest. The council also agreed, In a formal conference with repre sentatives of the Portland Retail Trade bureau, to pass an ordi nance establishing daylight time in Portland, effective next Wed nesday morning. The two-point program would be implemented at next Tuesday's council meet ing. Mrs. Berefh Hopkins Campaigns in North Mrs. Bercth (Curtis L.) Hop- Kins, Medford, Republican can didate for delegate to the na tional convention from h fourth congressional district, maae two campaign trips north last week. Mrs. Hopkins spoke -Monday night at a "Darade nf rnnHiHuina" in Albany under the auspices of the Linn Cmintv npnnHiiran Central committee, and later contacted party leaders in Sweet Home, Lebanon, Cottage Grove and Eugene. Wednesday Mrs. Hopkins was honored at a luncheon given at the Umpqua hotel In Roseburg by Mrs. Roy Young, vice-chairman of the Douglas County Re publican Central committee. She returned home friefly and Ihen left again Friday for Eu gene to speak at a candidates' luncheon. Taft Gain; Slight Edge As GOP Delegates Named Strike Predicted If Steel Operators Win Court Contest Judge's Decision Expected This Week Washington (U.R) Steel opera tors faced the prospect Satur day of winning a court fight against President Truman's seiz ure of the industry and invit ing a strike by 650,000 CIO Unit ed steelworkers. Nathan P. Feinsinger, chair man of the wage stabilization board, predicted "there defi nitely will be a strike" if Fed eral Judge David A. Pine nulli fies the seizure. Decision Expected Soon Pine is expected to decide ear ly next week whether to grant the industry's request for an in junction against the seizure, or at least on its accompanying mo tion for an order prohibiting a wage increase the government is ready to impose. Industry officials were opti mistic over their chances for a favorable ruling on the basis of Pine's apparent astonishment at the governments contention that the courts cannot interfere with the President's Inherent powers in an emergency. Feinsinger said he felt a set tlement between the union and the industry could be "worked out at the bargaining table" If the seizure is upheld. Two Courses Open But he added that Mr. Truman would have only two courses open if nominal government op eration of the steel mills were voided. He said the president could Invoke the Taft-Hartley act or ask congress for special legislation authorizing the seiz ure. But government officials doubted that Mr. Truman would use the Taft-Hartley act for a no-strike injunction Inasmuch as the union voluntarily has post poned Its strike five times at the government's request for a total of well over the 80-days cooling off period the law pro vides. ' Some sources raised the pos sibility, Mr. Truman might re fuse on the basis of one court's decision to return the steel mills to the owners and thus al most certainly precipitate a strike. Highway Hearing Slated Saturday A public hearing on highway matters will be held here next Saturday, it was announced yes terday by State Rep. Robert W. Root, Medford, a member of the state loglslative highway interim committee. The hearing will be held at 10 a.m. in the circuit courtroom of the Jackson county court house, and will continue at 1 p.m. after a noon recess. State Sen. Elmo E. Smith, chairman, will preside, Root said. Anyone who has any type of problem regarding the highways, or who has Information which would be helpful to the com mittee In its studies will be wel come to attend, Root emphasized. He added that he hopes southern Oregon will be well represented. Loggers Invitad Loggers and representatives of the lumber Industry are ex pressly invited, according to Root, and notices of the meeting have been mailed them. They are expected to tell their re action to the weight -defining legislation passed by the 1951 legislature, and Root said that committee members, all of whom served on highway committees during the 1951 session, are anx ious -to learn the effect of the laws on the over-all economy of logging operation and the effect they have had on highway usage. In addition to Root and Sena tor Smith, the committee in eludes Slate Senators Angus Gib son, Junction City, and Warren Gill, Lebanon, and Represents lives E. A. Geary, Klamath Falls, Pat Lonergan, Portland, and B. A. Stover, Bend. A similar hearing will be held In Lebanon the following Mon day. Seattle (U.R) An expectant mother suddenly collapsed to the floor of a Superior court room Friday as she was sentcii'."d to 89 days in jail for narcotici vio la lion. ACCUSES STEEL OWNERS C. I. O. President Philip Murray, testifying before the Senate labor committee, accused the steel in dustry of deliberately creating a wage crisis to "blackmail" the Government into approving over-the-cciling price increases. Musicians Slate First Conclave Session Tomorrow The Northwest Conference of Musicians will open In Medford at 10 a.m. tomorrow, It was re ported Saturday by J. Vernon Marshall, secretary and business agent of Medford Local -597, Musicians union, AFL, the host organization. Registration will begin at noon today at the Jackson hotel, where all convention sessions will be held. The first business meeting will be held tomorrow. 200 Expected More than 200 representatives of musicians unions in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and western Canada and their wives are ex pected to attend the two-day session, Marshall said. Two representatives of the American Federation of Musi cians' International headquarters In New York will attend. They are Herman Kennln, president of the Portland local and a mem ber of the international execu tive board, and Elmer Hubbard, San Francisco, northwest repre sentative of the AFM. Mayor Will Glv Welcome Mayor Diamond Flynn will welcome delegates at the first session tomorrow morning, and Robert Padgett, president of the Medford local, also will make an address of welcome. Marshall, who Is In charge nf convention arrangements, said that the group's election of offi cers will be held Tuesday be tween 1 and 3 p.m., wilh Harry Reed, Seattle, presidenl of the conference In the chair, A banquet and dance will be held at the hotel Monday even ing, and the convention will con clude Tuesday evening with a party at the Rogue Valley ball room for delegates, their wives and guests, under the sponsor ship of the Medford local. Ike Appears in Good Health For Luxembourg Farewell Luxembourg (U.R) Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower paid a farewell visit Saturday to this tiny Duchy whose population lined the streets and shouted, "Hurrah General Eek" and "Vive Eisenhower." The general appeared in ex cellent health after his five-day bout with a cold as he resumed his final tour before leaving Eu rope June 1 to enter the Amer ican political battle. , Glad To Lav Sickbed "I've never been so glad to get out of bed in my life," he told newsmen before leaving Paris. "I really was sick. I had a temperature sickest I've been in 20 years." Police estimated that 150,000 persons, half this country's popu lation, lined the 10-mle route from the airport to the capital where he and Mrs. Elsenhower were the guests of Mrs. Pcrle Five States Pick 63 GOP Delegates To National Meet Taft Picks Up 31; 28 for Eisenhower Washington (U.R) Sen. Robert A. Taft won a slight edge over Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Sat urday in a five-state selection of 63 delegates to the Republican presidential nominating conven tion. Taft forces were credited with' picking up 31 delegates, to 28 for Eisenhower. Harold E. Stassen got one in Colorado, Gov. Earl Warren one In Georgia and two in Arizona expressed no preference for any candidate. Saturday's selections brought up to 652 the number of dele gates chosen so far to the GOP convention at Chicago In July. There will be 1,205 delegates in all and if takes 603 to win the nomination. Total Tabulated A United Press tabulation of those pledged or publicly com mitted showed these standings: Taft 268; Eisenhower 238; Stassen 22; Warren 7; Gen. Douglas MacArthur 2 and 110 uncommitted. The Ohio senator was credited with picking up 4 delegates at large in Arkansas, one in Geor gia, 10 In Arizona, two in Color ado and all of Utah's 14. Eisenhower gains were listed as 11 in Georgia, two In Arizona and 15 in Colorado. Colorado for Iks The Colorado outcome was triumph for Gov. Dan Thornton, an Eisenhower booster, over Sen, D. Millikin, a Taft man. Milll kln had expected a 50-50 split on the state's 18 delegates. The four delegates at large in Arkansas completed the state's 11-vote delegation. Seven dis trict delegates had been chosen earlier. Eisenhower backers con tended that the Arkansas break down actually is three for the general, five for Taft, one for Stassen and two uncommitted. In the day's only selection of delegates for the democratic na tional convntion, Kansas named an uncommitted 16-vote delega tion. It underscored the expec tation among democratic lead ers that their July convention will be their biggest free-for-all in years. Georgia la expected to swell the Eisenhower total when it picks four delegates-at-large, to complete a 17-vote delegation, in a state convention later. Russell Attacks Opponent Kefauver Gainesville, Fla. (U.R) S n. Richard Russell of Georgia, in a fighting presidential campaign speech, accused Sen. Estes Ke fauver Saturday of being a lead er of a "super-state" movement that would "swallow" our con stitution and subordinate t h rights nnd liberties of Americans. The drawling Georgian, intro duced by Sen. George Smathers (D.-FlaJ. spoke to about 1,000 persons in opening his crucial Florida campaign for the May 6 presidential "popularity" pri mary against the tall Tennessean. Mesta, U. S. minister. Vititi Pation't Grav Eisenhower was In a playful mood when he left Paris Satur day morning with a new comer he described as a "camera for spies." He was still in high spirits as he stepped off his plane, The Columbine, after 40-minute flight and called "Hello, Perlie" to the grey-suited, mlnk-stoled Madame Minis ter. He became somber when he visited the nearby U. S. military cemetery where thousands of white crosses are a monument to the Allied cause he led in World War II. He slipped inside the grounds alone for a few moments and stood silent and bareheaded be fore the grave of Gen. George C. Patton, whose tanks saved Luxembourg from the Germans ( during the Battle of the Bulge.