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SEARCH ABAfJOQwEI for WW COLLI On VCTIRflS Medford United Presi Full Ltistd Wirt 47th Year 14 Pages Japan Now Free; Russia Claims War Preparation Pact Ratification Deposited; Soviet Note Raps Action USSR Asks Withdrawal Of Occupation Forces K. Washington (U.R) Japan re gained independence Monday as a member of the community of free nations. . Russia immediately charged the United States was preparing for "a new war in the Far East." "The Soviet government which insists on the withdrawal from Japan of all the occupation forces . . . cannot bear any re sponsibility whatsoever for the situation created in Japan," the Soviet protest said. Ratification Deposited After nearly seven years of al lied occupation, Japan the enemy state of World War II became a sovereign nation again at 9:30 a.m. when Secretary of State Dean Acheson deposited the U. S.. ratification of the Jap anese peace treaty in the nation al archives. This formality brought the treaty, to which Russia was not a party, into full effect. President Truman cautioned the new, independent Japan to be alert to dangers of Russian imperialism. Mr. Truman said the deposit of the U. S. ratification formally pnripri the state of war with' Jap an. He also formally ended the national emergencies proclaim ed in 1939 and 1941. But this action had no effect on the emer gency proclaimed Dec. 16, 1950, Ojecause of the tiorean conuici. Russian Note Released At nnre. the Russian embassy here released an angry note from Alexander S. FanyushKin, faoviet representative on the Far East ern Commission, to Maxwell M Hamilton, chairman of the com mission denouncine the entire arrangement as illegal and injur ious to peace. The 13-nation commission, set up at a Moscow conference in ia4s tn oversee the democrati zation of Japan, was dissolved. Panyushkin, who is Soviet ambassador to the U. 5., cnargea that the completion of a separ ate peace treaty and an accomp anying security treaty, by which U. S. military forces will be al lowed to remain in Japan, "shows how far the United States government has gone in its policy of converting Japan into the United States military bridgehead in the Far East." Russia Accused of Plot In Tokyo, the Japanese for eign nffire hluntlv accused Rus sia meanwhile, of plotting to make Japan "a second rworea. An inrfnnendence day white paper pledged the new Japan to close collaboration with Ameri ca and gave unqualified endorse ment to the Western democra cies' stand against Communism. Mr. Truman hailed the action as a "great event" that strength Tens "the essential bonds of friendship" between the Ameri can and Japanese people. Acheson's action ended Allied nminatinn controls that were in voked immediately after VJ-Dny in 1945, restored U. b.- Japanese diplomatic relations for the first timo in more than 10 vcars and brought into force a U. S.-Japa- nese Security Treaty to guard the new Japan against aggres sion. Truman To Sign President Truman was sched uled to sign immediately a proc lamation formally ending the state of war with Japan that began the day after the sneak Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, rw 7 1941. The historic ceremony putting the peace treaty into eneci was held in an 11th floor conference room of a State Department building on Pennsylvania ave nue. Present besides Acheson were congressional leaders, Japa npr officials, rpnresrntativt of other countries and John Foster Dulles, who directedVthe treaty negotiations. MacArthur Attended Among the uninvited was Gen. Douglas MacArthur who led the conquest of Japan, accepted its unconditional qiirrpnHer nn Sent. . 1945 and then ruled over the -aaten nation as supreme Allied commander until Mr. Truman fired him a year ago. (St Story on Pag 14) MEDFORD, OREGON, "HE KILLED MY HUSBAND" Mrs. Emil Cohen points a finger of guilt toward William Puidom, 32 (left), as the man who killed her husband. Cohen 'was shot to death by a holdup man in his San Francisco grocery store. A few minutes later police captured Puidom after a gunfight and returned him to the store for identi fication. Police booked Puidom on suspicion of robbery and murder. Anti-Trust Charges Against Doctors in Oregon Thrown Out Washington (U.R) The Jus tice Department announced Mon day it has filed a civil anti-trust suit against eight major movie producers and a New York firm. The suit, filed In New York federal court, charges them with conspiracy to violate anti-trust laws in connection with furnish ing "trailers" and advertising Progress Reported On Dam Fund Fight Grants Pass Victor Bochl, president of the Grants Pass Ir rigation district, today tele phoned from Washington. D. C, and reported that the district's application for funds to rehabili tate Savage Rapids dam will not be tied in with the approval of reclamation work in the Rogue valley. ,-. Boehl had flown to Washing ton to expedite the fund applica tion, and his announcement was made following an interview with Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. He telephoned the information to the Grants Pass Courier. The district has applied for a federal loan of $668,000 to put the dam into shape, and there was some thought that action of the funds would be delayed or rejected. The fact that the ap plication will be handled sepa rately from reclamation projects was "the first round" in the fight to obtain the funds, Boehl said. In addition to the loan, the district is applying for $207,000 in nor .-reimbursable funds for cons. action of fish screens across turbine intakes. Anti-Trust Action Filed Against Major Washington (U.R) The Su preme Court Monday threw out the government's anti-trust charges against doctors in Ore gon who set up their own medi cal insurance plan. The 7 to 1 ruling, written by Justice Robert H. Jackson, held that the government "has not clearly proved its charges." Jus tice Hugo L. Black dissented. Ju.-ftice Tom C. Clark did not take part. Accused of Boycott The suit was filed in October, 1948. It nancd as defendants the Oregon State Medical Society: eight County affiliates and eight doctors, and the Oregon Physi cians' Service, a health plan es tablished by the doctors to com pete with commercial insurance companies. The government accused the defendants of first boycotting the privately-operated health plans. After 1944, the complaint said, operation of the physicians serv ice led to "new and different restraints," such ai limitations on coverage. MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1 Jet matter for feature films. Trailer Firm Named It named National Service Screen Corp.,. New York, which produces "trailers" or short films commonly titled "coming attractions and advertising ma teriah and the following pro ducers and distributors: Paramount Pictures Corp Warner Brothers Pictures; War ner Brothers Pictures Distribu tors Corp.; Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corp.; RKO Radio Pic tures Inc.; United Artists Corp.; Columbia Pictures Corp.; and Universal Pictures Co., Inc. Bulk of Business Acting Attorney General Phil ip B. Perlman said the complaint charged that National Screen makes and distributes 85 per cent of all trailers and subslan tially all standard and specialty accessories such as posters, signs colored sheets, still pictures and advertising matter for use by theaters. He placed its annual business in excess of $17,000,000. Schcol Board Calls Construction Bonds Central Point The board of school district No. 6 will open bids at 8 p.m. on May 5 for sale of $195,000 in bonds for school construction. The bond issue was approved by voters on April 5 for con struction of a shop building and completion of a classroom wing at Crater high school and for addition of classrooms to the junior high school. Bids will be opened at the school superintendent's office at Crater high school. Film Firms Counsel for the doctors main tained that their unfriendly attitude toward commercial pre paid medical plans stemmed from a desire to retain high ethi cal standards in the profession. It was argued that insurance officials were telling doctors "how and when to treat their patients." The defendants conceded that, prior to 1941, doctors -in Mult nomah county were told cither to stop dealing with commercial hospital associations or get out of the county medical society. But it was argued that this pres sure ceased after 1941. At that time standards in the commer cial companies improved, it was said. Little Left "Striking the events prior to 1941 out of the government's rase, except for purposes of il lustration or background infor mation, little of substance is left," Jackson said. "The case derived its coloration and sup port almost entirely from the abandoned practices." Tribune United Prut run Lied Wire 1952 N6. 32 Docfor, Hospital Report Bee Surplus Community hospital attend ants and Dr. June Byars had a swarm of bees available this morning and were will ing to present them to the first person who would com' and get them. The bees swarmed on a cor ner fence post at Dr. Byers' residence and office at 907 East Main street, causing par ticular excitement at the hos pital next door. R. E. Salter, 1103 West Ninth street, was finally call ed to the rescue. Confusion on Time Reported in City; Clocks Unchanged "What time is It?" was the most popular and unpopular- question around town today. With neighboring states going on daylight saving time over the week-end, with considerable dis cussion of the possibility of "local" DST in Portland, with rumors circulating that Gov. Douglas McKay would recon sider his standard time decision, and with one valley radio sta tion broadcasting what it term ed "Rogue Valley Fast time," residents were confused to put it mildly this morning. On Standard Time The fact is that Medford is on Pacific standard time, 'and will remain so, until further notice either by the governor or by other local and official action. Clocks should remain un changed. Most Medford retail establish ments began opening and clos ing an hour earlier today, fol lowing the recommendation of the Medford Retail Merchants association Saturday. Otto Ewaldsen, president of the asso ciation said that the plan seems to be working, and that in a couple of days, after people get used to it, it should work out to the advantage of everyone. Professional offices are consid ering opening and closing an hour earlier, Ewaldsen reported. He indicated the earlier-opening plan makes for less confusion 'than attempts to change the clocks around. Deluged With Calls Meanwhile, The Mail Trib une and other agencies were de luged with telephone calls ask ing just what the situation is. Most callers were confused by broadcasts over radio station KMED, which gave the time as one hour later than everyone else's clocks, calling it "Rogue Valley Fast Time." Lsder in the morning, the sta tion began adding standard time to its announcements, and Jen nings Pierce, station manager, said "We'll let the listeners choose their own time." He frankly said that he real ized the broadcasting of the "fast" time was confusing, but added that he hoped to bring the matter to a head in an at tempt to pursuade the governor to reverse his earlier decision. Considers Meeting Mayor Diamond Flynn this morning was. discussing the pos sibility of calling a special meeting of the city council to consider changing the working hours of city employees,' similar to the action taken by the retail merchants, but had arrived at no decision up to press time to day. Schools, county offices and other business firms continued on their regular schedule. PORTLAND CONFUSED Portland (U.R) The time sit uation here was confused Mon day. Most clocks remained on standard time, in compliance with Gov. Douglas McKay's rul ing that Oregon would not go on daylight saving time. But many workers went on their jobs an hour early and radio stations were running programs on fast time. The city council is to meet Tuesday to vole on an ordinance that would set the clocks an hour ahead at 2 a.m. Wednesday. Most of the 400 members of the Retail Trade bureau will go on fast time Wednesday. City employes reported for work at 7 a.m. standard time and were to get off at 4 p.m. BRUSH, TREE FIRE " State forest patrolmen re ported a one-acre fire that burned brush and small trees near Lincoln yesterday. They said the blaze spread from a slash fire. A truck and two pa trolmen were d'-stched to the cent about 3;& p.m. Weather FORECAST: Generally clear to night and Tuesday. Low to night 33-35. Hih Tuesday 63-68. . Temp. Highest YestercUT 71 Lowest this Morning ............ 38 Ridgway Selected To Succeed Ike as NATO Commander Gruenther To Remain As Chief of Staff Paris (U.R) The nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization - unanimously have approved Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway as the new supreme commander of the Allied forces against Communist aggression in Europe. General Dwight D. Eisen hower was on a "farewell" visit to Allied troops in Germany when the announcement was made that Ridgway, 57, battle toughened World War paratroop leader, will succeed him. Takes Over June 1 Ridgway will take over June 1, when Eisenhower goes home to become an active candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Announcement of Ridgway's appointment was made simul taneously here and in Washing ton. Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, chief of staff to Eisenhower, will remain as Ridgway's chief of staff. The permanent council of the NATO met here to discuss, Eisen hower's successor. William H. Draper Jr., United States dele gate, was asked to get President Truman to nominate one. Draper telephoned the White House, getting the President out of bed. The President's nomination of Ridgway followed, also by tele phone. The council met again and in the name of NATO coun tries unanimously accepted Ridg way. Actually all this was a formal ity. Lord Ismay, new British secretary general of the NATO, had communicated the Presi dent's nomination in advance to governments concerned and ob tained their approval. . It was no secret that most NATO countries other than the United Stales preferred Gfuert ther as new supreme command er, because of his organizational ability and the fact that he has been in on the NATO situation from the start. Ridgway, however, has organ izational ability of a high degree also, and he hjas the actual battle experience which Gruenther lacks. He used to jump with his paratroopers in the World War. Gruenther Asked As Aid It was believed here that Ridgway's appointment means that President Truman expects no major war development in the Far East. The President disclosed that at Ridgway's request, General Gruenther will continue as chief of staff in Paris. Gen. Mark W. Clark, who will succeed Ridgway, is now commander of the Army Field Forces, stationed at Fort Mon roe, Va. Mr. Truman said he was con fident Ridgway and Gruenther will make "an outstanding team for our common defense effort." Pipeline Terminal Deeds Filed Today Deeds were filed this morning in the county clerk's office re cording the future site of the Medford terminal for the Oil Terminals company of San Fran cisco, which with its affiliate the Cal-Ore Pipeline company, is planning to construct a petroleum pipeline and distribution center into the Rogue river valley from the coast. The property for the terminal is located on the east side of Highway 99, near the Mc Cullough Chain--Saw company, north of the Valley Drive In theater and beyond Elk Lumber company. The transaction, han dled by the C. C. Chapman Real Estate firm, involves the Lucille Chapman acreage and a portion of the William Foley and Henry Connell properties north of Med ford. Negotiations for their prop erty have been going on since early March, according to Chap man. BULLETINS Washington (U.R) Rep. Paul W. Shafer. R-Mich., Mon day introduced a resolution calling for President Truman's impeachment for what he call ed "high crimes and mis demeaners." WashingtonHiaR) Th Su preme court ruled Monday that public school children may be dismissed eer'.y : at tend religious defies outsid th school. f ft G I J GEN. MATTHEW RIDGWAY Will Succeed Eisenhower Search on Sunday Fails in Attempt To Locate Infant An all-day search yesterday failed to locate the body of the infant son of Russell Graham, Shady Cove storekeeper, who has been missing since last Tues day when the child's mother was found drowned on a Rogue River sand bar, according to the Shady Cove Steelhead post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. About 40 men participated in the search, which covered 12 or 15 miles of river bank from the Shady Cove bridge to Jackson falls, the post reported. Search members included Grangers, state police, the state forest pa trol, other unaffiliated I volun teers, and members of the Shady Cove, Central Point and Med ford VFW posts. Besides the bank patrols, four boats were operated and one air plane was used. Sheriff Howard Gault report ed today that there would be no further organized search but that all fishermen are urged to keep a "sharp lookout" for any signs of the baby. The Shady Cove VFW post also asked fish ermen to be on the lookout, and that "any clue in an inaccessible spot wolild be followed up by the post." The sheriff's office directed the organization of the search but was unable to be represented Sunday because of other mat ters, Sheriff Gault added. Musicians' Confab Delegates Register Nearly 100 delegates and guests had registered by noon to day for the annual convention of northwest musicians, being held at the Jackson hotel here. Delegates to the convention have come from Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and parts of Brit ish Columbia, reports from con vention headquarters showed. The sesions began at 10 a.m. today with the conduct of busi ness" and a banquet and dante will be held at the hotel tonight. Tomorrow's activities will in clude business sessions In the morning, and a concluding dance at the Rogue Valley ballroom to morrow evening. The Medford Musicians' union is host organization for the con ference. detain Runaways Two runaway girls from the Corvallis Children's Farm Home were apprehended by Medford city police Sunday. Both girls are from Corvallis and will be picked up today by a represen tative from the Farm Home, ac cording to local police. American Heritage, World Leadership Now In Our Hands, Judge Tells Active Members "Mankind's leadership now rests in our hands," Judge George Rossman, associate Jus tice of the Oregon Supreme Court, told Acllvians and wives attending the District 3 conven tion of Active International Sat urday evening. Judge Rossman spoke at a ban quet at the Medford hotel. The title of his talk was "Our Ameri can Heritage." Looks for Leadership The world now looks to Amer ica for leadership, Rossman stat ed. Tracing the origin, of our democracy through our tiistory and the history of western Eu rope, he pointed out that in our government system alone can the courts of the nation declare an act by the legislative and executive branches unconstitu tional, and that is one of the rea sons why we have been able to become the world's most power ful nation operating under the world's oldest written constitu tion. It has preserved our system of 176 MEN iVsiSSiNG IN OCEAN AFTER NAVAL DISASTER Washington (UP) The search has been aban doned for the 176 missing crewmen of the destroyer minesweeper Hobson, which sank in the storm churned Atlantic. It was the worst peacetime Naval disaster of mod ern times, the Navy said Monday. The search was called off at sunset Sunday, 24 hours after the 1,600-ton ship plunged to the bottom after colliding with the 32,000-ton aircraft carrier Wasp during high-speed maneuvers. Only 61 survivors of the Hobson's crew of 237 were picked out of the rough seas in the darkness fol lowing the collision Saturday night. A wavy spokesman said the search had been abandoned on the assumption that the men could not survive in the cold water more than 24 hours. He estimated the temperature of the water at the scene of the disaster at 60 degrees. At that temperature, he said, the men could probably stay conscious for three to four hours, and if held up by life jackets would not die for 24 hours. The spokesman said all the missing crewmen were not offi cially "presumed dead" as yet, on the chance that some ship may have picked some" of them up and not yet reportod to Atlantic Fleet Headquarters at Norfolk, Va. "If they weren't found right away, chances are they aren't still alive," the spokesman said. Many Feared Trapped When Ship Went Down Veteran sea officers said that many of the Hobson's 14 officers and 223 enlisted men "undoubt edly were trapped below decks and had no chance to go over board before the ship sank. The Wasp, with a 75-foot gash in her bow, and the escorting de stroyer Rodman were making their way toward New York with the 61 known survivors. The carrier is due to make port Friday or Saturday. No casualties were reported aboard the Wasp. En Route to Europe The Wasp, the Hobson and the Rodman were part of a 25-ship task force en route to Europe to relieve units of the U.S. Sixth fleet in the Mediterranean. The skipper of the Hobson, Lt Cmdr. W. J. Tierney, 32, of Philadelphia, was among the missing. But his father, Thomas A. Tierney, told repqrters that he had not abandoned hope be cause "I've been through these things before." Young- Tierney had served In the Navy throughout World War II. , At Charleston, S.C., home port of the Hobson, Tierney s wife was prostrate with grief and un der medical carfc.( Chaplains of tne minesweeper base made a sorrowul round of calls on many other Navy families who had re ceived the news that a husband or a father was on the missing list. The city's churches an nounced plans for a week of me morial services beginning Mon day. Due East of Boston The tragedy occurred at 8:38 p.m. (EST) Saturday, The task force was proceeding at a speed of between 20 and 25 knots, about 1,200 miles due east of Boston, and some 700 miles from the Azores. The Wasp had launched its planes for a simulated air strike. The night training exercise was almost completed, and the big carrier began turning into the stiff wind to let the planes land. . The Hobson and the Rodman were trailing the Wasp to pick up any fliers who might crash into the sea during the landing operation a standard Navy pre caution. Sank Quickly Suddenly, the Hobson, racing along the starboard side, rammed into the Wasp with a grinding crash. In the terse words of Navy radio messages, the Hob son "sank quickly." Atlantic Fleet Headquarters said that an Immediate investi- separation of powers, whereby branches of the government must always be answerable to the courts and to the people, Ross man added. Citing examples or a drift away from the principles laid down by the founders of our na tion, Justice Rossman said that Americans are trading freedom for security, and compared the number of federal employees to day with those when Woodrow Wilson was president. Employees Increase The nation has increased 50 per cent in population, yet fed eral employees have increased three and one-half times, he pointed out. He told the group that they were living in the gold en age of America and that they should do everything possible to preserve the freedom thut is theirs. George Schuler, president of Medford Active club, presided at the banquet, and Robert Dun can was toastmaster. Don Montcith, assistant mana gation "place lision. would be ordered to the blame for the col- The Wasp was under the com mand of Capt. B. C. McCaffree, Canova, S. D. Republican Voters Exceed Democrats By 4,189 Total There are now 32,822 register ed voters in Jackson county the largest total in history and the Republicans have increased their lead over the Democrats to 4,189. This was revealed this morn ing when deputies at the county clerk's office completed the monumental Job of counting all the new registrations, which clos ed on April 15. Here are the new totals; Re publicans, -18,174; - Democrats, 13,985; miscellaneous, 663, Above 1950 These new totals are far high er than the number of voters registered before the general election of 1950, with the Repub licans accounting for practically all the gain. The GOP had 14,667 then the Democrats 13,164, and there were 669 miscellaneous voters for a total of 28,500. The new figure is 4,422 more than the 1950 totals. With the Re. publicans gaining 3,507; th Democrats increasing by 821, and the miscellaneous registrations decreasing by 6. Truman 'Backs Down' GOP Whip Declares Washington (U.R) House Republican Whip Leslie C. Arcnds asserted Monday that mounting protests over seizure of the steel industry have forced President Truman to "back down" from the administration's claim that he has unlimited pow ers In an emergency. The Illinois Republican said he was "greatly encouraged" by Mr. Truman's admission in a letter made public Sunday night that "the powers of the Presi dent . , . are limited, of course, by the provisions of the Consti tution." But Arends said House GOP leaders would go ahead with their plans for a strategy conference on possible congres sional action to meet the "grave constitutional Issues" raised by the seizure controversy. ger of Ihc Medford branch of the United Slates National bank, was elected lieutenant governor for District 3, Active International, at the concluding session of the conveniion Sunday morning. Montcith will be in charge of Active clubs in the southern sec tion of the slate. He is a past president of the Medford Active club here, and attended grade and high school here and South ern Oregon college. He is a mem ber of ll-.e Elks and the Southern Oregon Reserve Officers asso ciation. Other officers chosen were Don Wnnamaker, Portland, dis trict governor; George Fisher, Hillsboro, lieutenant governor of the northern section of the stale, and Dick Magcart, Co quillc, lieutenant Rovemor for the newly created coastal area. Montcith succeeds Al Bradford as lieutenant governor. Delegates to the convention from Medford club were Dewey Wilson, Galen Knox and Her- . man Coppedge. V
