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Newspaper Page TextREPORTED AT PITTSBHGH STEEL MILL IOLENCE rr.,v" Iv'V bill McAllister Win Top Posts in Statwide Elks Leadership Contest Valley Boy and Girl Win Top State Posts 4ln Leaders Contest Two Rogue valley young peo-l pie Bill McAllister of Medford and Marilyn Bohnert of Central Point have been chosen as top winners of the statewide Youth Leadership Contest, sponsored by the Elks' lodge. V. Aubrey Norris, exalted ruler of the Medford lodge, was Informed by Dr. Andrew Lloyd, Toledo, Ore., chairman of the Elks' state youth activities, that McAllister is first place winner of the state competition among boys, and Miss Bohnert won sec ond place among girls. Many Applicants The two made the high ratings among several hundred applica tions submitted from throughout the state. It is the fourth time Medford lodge applicants have placed in state contests. Two have placed in national contests. McAllister is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William McAllister Sr., 2615 Hillcrest road. It was an nounced recently that he was one of few boys throughout the na tion to be chosen for the Navy's college training program. He has been prominent in student activi ties at Medford high school, and has consistently maintained a high academic record. Miss Bohnert is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bohnert, Boute t, Central Point, and is a fludent at Crater high school. She has been an outstanding member of the 4-H program for lome eight years, leaders report ed this morning. She was alter nate winner of a Standard Oil scholarship in competition at the Cow Palace In San Francisco re cently; has been a consistent top winner in many phases of 4-H work, particularly in the produc tion of beef cattle, and won the state phase of the national meat production contest last year. She is leader of a cooking club, has served as a camp counsellor, and has won 4-H honors in clothing and style work. To National Contest The record of young McAllis ter, as state boys' winner, will be forwarded to the Elks' National Youth Leadership Contest com mission, to be judged on a na tional basis. The program is designed to leacn young people self-control, self-reliance and independence, and to encourage them to reach lor nign ideals, and to make wemselvos better Americans. In another phase of the same Elks' program, the local lodge wlll conduct a "Make May Day American" observance at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the temple here, and will present McAllister and Miss Bohnert with their local and state awards. The Youth Day observance jMay 1 is part of a nationwide program of opposition to Com munist demonstrations through out the world on this day. In proclaiming Youth day in Medford tomorrow, Mayor D. L. Flynn urged all veteran, fra ternal and service clubs, schools, libraries and churches to join in paying tribute to American youth with appropriate pro grams. "To build character into County School Board Sets Meeting Tonight A non-high school board meet ing will be held in the Jackson county court house at 8 p.m. today, according to the county school superintendent's office. Among the matters to be con sidered are the second payment for non-high school transporta tion of high school students in non-high districts, truancies of non-high school students, and nominating petitions for candi dates to be elected to the board at the June 18 annual election. Board members include A. E. Brockway, Medford; E. A. ' Taylor. Central Point; H. D. Bar ber. Trail; L. J. Cooper, Jack sonville and Carl Quackenbush, Vedford. Mrs. Jonas Cox. Talent, ill act as secretary pro tern in the absence of the regular secretary, AH B. Mekvold, coun ty school superintendent. MARILYN BOHNERT our citizens of tomorrow is noble service to our way of life the mayor stated. 'America s youth will guard our heritage of freedom and defend and preserve the demo cratic way of life which has made the United States the land of opportunity and hope for all mankind," Mayor Flynn s proc lamation continued. "We, as Americans, should support a program to deliberately counter act all subversive propaganda by rallying America s youth to pay tribute to the free institutions which have made this nation powerful, progressive and happy. Both Norris and Mayor Flynn pointed to the connotation which Communists throughout the world have placed on May day. The day is used by "subversives for noisy demonstrations for Communism's philosphy of regi mentation, dictatorship and the destruction of human rights," they said. They stated that the American people must inspire and encourage American youth to continue and increase our liberties. Awards will also be given to winners in a Most Valuable Stu dent contest. They are Roy Rog ers, Medford, first; Neil Richard son, Crater, second; Sue Harris, Medford, third, and Shirley Edi son, Crater, fourth. Music for the program will be provided by the Medford high school orchestra. Parents of stu dents and the public are invited to attend. Wind Gusts Reach Velocity of 46 MPH Winds that reached an avtr age velocity of 30 to 33 miles per hour with gusts in the high 30's and low 40's before midnight last night quieted by about 2:30 a.m. today. Rainfall that followed amounted to .03 of an inch up to noon today. It was the first measurable precipitation at the weather bureau office at the air port since Sunday, April 13. The weather bureau reported one gust of 46 miles per hour at 8:04 p.m. Tuesday. Winds began to blow appreci ably about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday. By 6 p.m. they had blown 15 to 25 miles per hour with gusts up to 40. Enemy Negotiators Study Allied Plan Munsan, Korea (U.R) Com munist truce negotiators studied an Allied plan for ending the Korean war for the third straight day Wednesday and gave no hint of when they would reply. The United Nations command proposed an "over-all" solution to the three issues blocking an armistice Monday. The Reds asked for an indefinite recess to study the plan. Reliable reports from Wash ington said the Allies offered to return three out of five of the prisoners they hold. Jerusalem (U.R) Israel cele brated its fourth independence day Wednesday. BASEBALL NATIONAL Boston Sit Pittsburgh 11 8 1 Cole, Johnson 3, Burdette 5, Thiel 6. Conely 8 and St. Claire: Dickson, Wilks 8 and Garagiola. Horn Runs: Matthews Sth, none on: MttkoTich 7th, 2 oni Torgeson Sth, none oni St. Clairt Sth, nona on. AMERICAN St. Louis 8 13 0 New York 4 1 Cain, Paiga 7. and Courtney: Raichi. McDonald 3. Schallock S, and Berra. Horns tunsi Manila 8th. 1 on. Medford United Press Fall Leased Wtrt 47th .Year 18 Pages No Clock Change; Earlier Work IKIouir Recommended! Businesses, Mayor Approve 'Summer Working Hour' Plan Residents Asked For Cooperation Clocks will stay the same in Medford, but most working hours will begin earlier, it was generally agreed by representa tive businessmen and the city administration today. Mayor Diamond L. Flynn, sup- j ported Dy a committee repre senting most business interests, recommended that "Summer Working Hours" be generally adopted throughout the city and county. Under this plan, clocks will remain on Pacific standard time, and stores and businesses will open one hour earlier in the morning and will close one hour earlier in the evening. Plan Now Working It is the plan which most re tail stores in the city are now following, and at this morning's meeting, businessmen, utility Salem (U.R) Lester Wll sox, assistant superintendent public instruction for Oregon, said Wednesday his office was advising school districts throughout the state to remain on standard time. "However," he said, "we are pointing out that school boards have the authority to fix time for opening and clos ing of the schools. spokesmen, radio station repre sentatives, labor leaders and oth ers voted to support the mayor in his recommendation of the 'Summer Working Hours." After the meeting, Mayor Flynn said he is asking the resi dents to cooperate in the plan, which he feels is the best possi ble compromise between the business necessity of conforming to daylight saving time areas, the desire of the majority of res idents to leave the clocks alone, and conformity with state law. Majority Vote Cited He reminded those attending the meeting this morning that a majority of county residents two years ago voted against daylight saving time, and stated the city feels an obligation to the rest of the county to observe that deci sion. However, business require ments, involving coordination with markets for businessmen and timing of radio network broadcasts, makes it desirable that working hours conform, he said. He added that he feels the city should assume leadership in the matter. The mayor will broadcast a statement regarding his recom mendation over radio stations KYJC (1230 kc) and KMED (1400 kc) at 5:15 p.m. today. City employees will begin ob serving earlier working hours tomorrow, although the open hours of the city hall will stay unchanged, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. They had Voted about 80 per cent in favor of the change. City coun cilmen last night indicated they had no objection to the changed working hours, and City Super intendent Robert A. Duff said today that the new "Summer Working Hours" will be observ ed by city employees beginning tomorrow. Hopes No Mora Confusion The mayor concluded by say ing he hopes his recommenda tions will be followed, and that with the clocks staying the same, the confusion will be eliminated. Among those which have indi cated they will, or probably will observe "Summer Working Hours" will be virtually all Medford retail stores, including chain stores, lumber retail mcr hants, ctiy employees, California Oregon Power company, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany, Bear Creek orchards (by a virtually unanimous vote of em ployees and management person nel this morning) and others. Schools at least for the pres ent, will not change their hours. Clement of Confusion (One element of confusion re mained today, as the Pacific Tel ephone and Telegraph company's time signal, which originates in Portland, began broadcasting daylight saving time. J. H. Crea ger, PTT manager here, said the company has to follow the MEDFORD, OREGON, Self-Designated Bank Make Full Confession Topeka, Kan. An unidentified man who says he robbed the Hoyt, Kan., State Bank four years ago wants to "get right with God" and will make a public confession at a Topeka church Sunday. A sheriff with a wire recorder will be in the congregation. The mystery man faces almost cer tain arrest and prosecution. Authorities Won't Stop Confession But the minister, through whom the self-designated bank robber has arrange to "make full restitution," said Wednesday the expected pres ence of Jackson Lounty bhentf truest white and County Attorney Donald Sands of Holton, Kan., in the church Sunday will make no dif ference. The public confession will go off as planned. The youthful bank robber apparently already has begun monetary restitution of his share of nearly $1,000 which three men scooped up at the Hoyt bank May 17, 1948. Flights Resumed Over Russia Zone Following Incident Berlin (U.R) The Western resumed flights over the Soviet zone of Germany between Berlin and the west Wednesday despite a Soviet fighter plane attack on an Air France airliner. Air France. Pan American Airways, British European Air ways and the Allied armies flew all . regularljv scheduled -trips along the three prescribed air corridors over the Soviet zone. The commercial flights were suspended temporarily Tuesday after two Soviet MIG jet fighters riddled a Berlin - bound Air France DC-4 with bullets and shell fragments, wounding two German passengers seriously and a crew member slightly. Each side blamed the other for the attack, which Western officials said occurred some 75 miles southwest of Berlin in the four power - approved Berlin- Frankfurt air corridor. Loyal Citizens Slated To Take Bows Thursday Salem (U.R) While Russia and associated countries are celebrating the Red uprising Thursday May Day Amer ica will be having a little cele bration of its own in theform of loyalty day." Gov. Douglas McKay Wednes day designated May 1 as loyalty day in Oregon and noted that "it provides a time for our loyal citizens to stand up and be counted. wishes -of the majority in the state, and with Portland and sev eral other towns on DST, the telephone time signal will have to go along. The equipment will not broadcast both times. He pointed out, however, that if the situation is thoroughly under stood here, simple subtraction of one hour from the time given by the signal will give the correct time here.) Portland (U.R) Thousands of Portlanders went to work an hour earlier than usual Wednes day as the city went on day light time at 2:01 a.m. despite the declaration of Gov. Douglas McKay that Oregon as a whole will remain on standard time. Thousands of Portlanders who went to work on fast time had to wait impatiently for buses because the traction company still was observing standard time. . The Portland City Council Tuesday approved a proclama tion establishing fast time and other Oregon and Southwestern Washington cities began steps to keep in swing with the Ore gon metropolis. Opponents Consult But no sooner had the council approved the proclamation than opponents of fast time started consulting their attorneys. Elmer McClure, master of the Oregon State Grange, called a meeting of the executive com mittee to determine what action the Grange will take. He said he had asked the lawyers of the farmers' group to determine whether the action of the city has the force of law or is merely an expression of opinion. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, The anonymous stallment of his loot. Oil Strike Shortage Denver (U.R) About 90.000 of the nation's union oil work ers the men who help to pro cess the oil and send it flowing through pipelines to wholesalers went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. The strike posed a threat of Red Blatot Woods Strike Settled; Others Still Out . CIO Woodworkers emplo. d by the Red Blanket Lumber company at Prospect and Eagle Point returned to work today, after being off briefly yesterday as a northwest-wide strike of woods workers started. The Red Blanket strike was settled at a negotiation meeting yesterday afternoon, after a pro posed contract had been re worded to the satisfaction of both company and union. ISO Still Out About 150 employes of Med ford corporation remained on strike here, however, and pickets still were on duty at the ap proaches to the Medford plant. The CIO striking workers are woods and railroad employees. AFL employees at the sawmill reported for work as usual, ac cording to B. L. Nutting, Medco manager. A threatened strike at Fir Milling and Planing company, Ashland, was averted when union and company agreed on a contract two hours before the strike deadline at midnight Monday. At issue-ln the strike at Medco are health and welfare benefit deductions, which the union wants the company to pay. The strike at Medco Is one phase of an industry-wide strike which has idled some 40,000 workers throughout the northwest. SOME BACK TCTWORK Portland, Ore. (U.R) A union approved back-to-work move ment at a few small operations was reported Wednesday as a strike of 40,000 CIO woodwork ers went Into Its second day in five Pacific Northwest states. The walkout affected more than 700 operations, union offic ials said, although the huge Weyerhaeuser Timber Com pany's 8.000 employes who sign ed an agreement with the union earlier, were out on strike. Starts Tuesday The strike started Tuesday when negotiations broke down over the union's demand for an increased employer contribution to a health and welfare program. The union .sked for nine cents an hour contribution instead ol seven and one-half cents. Although about 700 opera tions were shut down by the strike, picketing was not exten sive. The walkout did not tie up the Northwest's lumber indus try because many mill and log ging operations have employes who belong to other unions. jt rtlBUNE United Preit Full Leased Wirt 1952 No. 34 Robber To in Church None of the money was ever recovered. But recently the bank received $20 through the mail. sender said it was the first in $335 share in the 1948 robbery The three robbers forced Orin Williams, a cashier who now is president of the bank, to flee with them following the holdup. Williams later was released unharmed. Public Confession To Be Broadcast A few days after the robbery, two men iden tified as two of the suspects were killed when the automobile they occupied was involved in a collision near Topeka. The public confession was scheduled 'or 9 a.m. Sunday at Seward Avenue Baptist church at Topeka. It will be broadcast. The Rev. Howard L. Brume, pastor of the church, said-the mystery man "came to me last Saturday and suggested this himself." Poses Threat shortages for motorists, transpor tation lines and those who heat homes and office buildings with oil. ' Runs on service stations by motorists were reported at scat tered points when the word went out that civilian supplies would be exhausted within a week if the -strike continues, - Line of Cars Waiting At Cushing, Okla., for exam ple, where the Deep Rock refin ery was closing down, every filling station had a line of cars waiting to fill up the gas tanks and many of the motorists were carrying away extra gallons In cans. Just how great an effect, and how soon, the strike will have on the nation's 8.000,000 users of natural gas could not definitely be determined in the early hours of the strike. A union official said "the possibility is there," but he added that consumers In only a few areas would be affected. South Hardest Hit About 30.000 of the striking oil workers were In Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas, where 19 refineries were shut down. Only the Utah Oil Refin ing Company plant was Involved in Utah, so far. Union officials, who exempted California locals from the strike because of the importance of the Pacific Coast refineries to the UN campaign in Korea, predict ed that about half of the nation's daily output of gasoline and oil would be cut off by the strike. Farm Bureau Meeting Under Way Here Today A regional meeting of the Ore gon Farm Bureau federation members of Jackson, Josephine and Douglas counties opened this morning in the Jackson county courthouse with 20 mem bers present. A noon luncheon was held, followed by an afternoon ses sion ending at 3 p.m. Search Planes Fan Out For Airliner Lost Over Bclem, Brazil (U.R) More than 30 airplanes fanned out over the uncharted jungles and hilly wastelands of central and northern Brazil Wednesday In a round-the-clock search for a Buenos Aires-New York Pan American Airways Stratocrulsr-r which disappeared Tuesday with 50 persons aboard. More Planes Authorised The U. S. Air Force base at Ramey, at San Juan, Puerto Rico, announced that headquar ters in Washington had author ized the use in the search of even more planes both from Ramey and the United States. The Air Force said it was "going all out" in the hope the plane may be found with survivors, i The luxury two-decked air liner disappeared Tuesday morn ing after ppsing Barir-iras, In Bahia State 779 miles north of Weather FORECAST: VarUM cloudi ness with decreasing showers tonight and Thursday. Low ton (t hi 38. Hl(h Friday 65. Temp. Highest Yesterday 70 Lowest this Morning 31 Free, to 4:30 a.m. Today .. .02 Elsenhower Scores Smashing Victory In Massachusetts General Captures 29 of 38 Delegates Boston (U.R) The vote count gave Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower a smashing victory in the Massa chusetts primary Wednesday. He topped Sen. Robert A. Taft by better than two to one in the write-in popularity poll and cap tured 29 of the state s 38 dele gates. His delegate victory threw him into a 271-271 tie with Taft in the number of delegates to the party's nominating conven tion committed so far. It takes 604 votes to nominate the GOP presidential candidate. Massa chusetts' 38 delegates each has one full vote. Eisenhower not only defeated Taft in the GOP preferential poll. He finished second to Sen. Estes Kefauver in the Demo cratic popularity voting. Eisenhower won 27 of the 28 district delegates plus two at large delegates. Taft captured one district delegates and two at-large delegates for a total of three. However, the at-large dele gates were unopposed and com prised a "harmony" slate of 10 which included two pro-Taft, two pro - Eisenhower and six "neutrals." - i ,(-'.,. Record Number 'of Voles""" " Returns from all but 12 of the slate's 1,739 precincts gave: Republican: Eisenhower 248, 201; Taft 108,038; MacArthur 2.214; Warren 1,491; Stassen 1,105. Democrats: Kefauver 27,481; Eisenhower 15,674; President Truman 6,889; Taft 4,453; Dever 2.059; Stevenson 1,317. A record high of more than 400,- 000 voters braved Intermittent drizzles and chilly weather to cast their ballots Tuesday. The Republican vote alone was well over an unprecendented 340,000. The Democratic vote totaled nearly 60,000. The Massachusetts primary was the nation's last clear-cut popular primary contest between Taft and Eisenhower directly (See Story on Page 12) Tuesday Said Example Of Heating Necessity "Tuesday morning was a per fect cxamplc of the necessity of orchard heating," according to County Horticulturalist C, B. Cordy. "If we hadn't heated, there wouldn't have been any pears left in the colder spots," Cordy explained. "During the night there was only a two degree temperature raise, with the earliest heating at 10:30 pm Cordy didn't believe that there was "loo great a damage, and said the extent could not be told until the sun had turned the damaged buds brown. The pres ent bud stage was described as "precarious" as to frost effect and will increase as the stage develops. Plo d? Janeiro. It had been scheduled to land at Port of Spain, Trinidad, at 9:21 a.m. (EDT) Its last slop before New York. All nice crew members and at least 10 of the 41 passengers were Americans. Search Area Unexplored The area In which the plane was believed to have gone down is largely unexplored. Wild animals, unfriendly natives, snakes and insects increased the hazards which any survivors of a crah-landing would have to face. Belem, key Atlantic coast port on the Amazon River delta 800 miles north of Barreiras, was made search headquarters since it is the only airfield north of Rio capable of handling big planes. MaJ. Richard Olnye, com Most of Nation's Production Halted By Strike Order Automobiles Stoned; Workers Jostled Washington flJ.R) The Housa Armed Services Com mittee Wednesday scheduled "Immediate" hearings on a bill to let the federal courts enjoin the steel strike and, if neces sary, operate the mills indef initely under a receivership. Pittsburgh (OR) Angry CIO United Steelworkers walked out across the nation Wednesday, cutting off 95 per cent of the country's steel production. Violence was reported in the Pittsburgh area as union pickets closed the plans following CIO President Philip Murray's "cease work order. Automobiles Stoned Automobiles leaving plants in the mill -studded Monongahela river valley were stoned. Work ers on foot were jostled. The union sent sound trucks into the streets to help police restore order. At U. S. Steel's Clalrton plant, 500 men gathered at the gates to hurl epithets and stones. Several cars were damaged. A union sec tion leader, accused of failing to spread the walkout order, had to be rescued from the mob by plant police. Supervisor Held Out At Duqucsne, Pa., even top ranking supervisors were denied entrance to the U.S. Steel plant there. At McKeesport, pickets blocked the entrance of the Na tional Tube Co., refusing to per mit cars to drive through. The machines finally edged through the crowd with the men pound ing on their sides with their fists. However, industry officials said the process of closing the mills was proceeding in an or derly fashion. The union fol lowed its custom of permitting some men to aid In the cooling and banking of furnaces to pre vent damage. Confusion Results An exception was at Steuben ville, O., plant of Wheeling Steel Corp. "Confusion" resulting from the suddenness of the walkout order interfered with the shut down procedure. Officials said they . had not ' determined- the "extent of the damage," to coke ovens, open hearths and blast furnaces. The walkout, which followed a Federal Court order holding the government's seizure of. the mills unconstitutional, will cost the nation 300,000 ingot tons of steel a day. Washington (U.R) The gov ernment said Wednesday It would take legal action against striking steelworkers who do not return to work if the courts would reinstate federal posses sion of the steel Industry. Attorney General Holes Bald ridge made the statement as the government argued before the U. S. Court of Appeals for an order to keep steel mills in gov ernment possession until the Supreme Court can rule on the legality of President Truman'a seizure. Federal Judge David A. Pine signed an order formally re turning the strike-idled mills to private ownership. He refused the government's request to hold up his order. (Sea story on page 6) Flying Saucers Seen In Western Washington Seattle (I, 0 Fh ing snuren apparently t;l! .ire rot obsolete. Seattle lonv-iluneinan Charlts Johnson saicl ho. saw "10 or 12" of them flying over Lake Tan wax In Pierce county Monday evening. He said they "hummed" as they moved at terrific speed from west to east, then turned north and disappeared in about' three seconds. They were about a foot in diameter and were about a mile above the earth, he said. in Hunt Brazil mander of the U. S. Rir Force rescue mission at Belem, report ed Wednesday that 't.v searching through the nj' without a halt failed to spot anv signals from the ground. American passengers aboard the Ill-fated Stratocruiser Includ ed Marcclle De Muller, To'edo, Ohio.- president of the Will.v -Overland Export Corp; Locke'ft Coleman, Brookline, Mass., pur chasing agent for the Waltrr Baker Chocolate Co., and James Clcvengcr, of the Hershey Choc olate Co., Hershey, Pa. Florida Girl Stewardess The only woman crew mem ber was pretty stewardess Pa tricia Monaghan of Miami Springs, Fla Pilot of the big blue and silver four-motored plane was Capt. Albert Grossarth. 37, of La Grange, III., a veteran of 11 years with Pan-American.