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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.
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$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. ...
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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.