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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."
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1952
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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.
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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.
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