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Subscribers To report Improper or non-delivery ol the Mall Tribune phone before 6:45 pm cUlly fcnd 10:30 a.m. Sunday, II regular delivery arrlvei ihnrti after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. Weather MEDFORD Tribune FORECAST: Fair tonight and Saturday. Rising daytime temperatures. Low tonight 33 35. High Saturday 10-73. Temp. Highest Yesterday . SO Lowest this Morning Mw. 39 United Press Full Leased Wire N.ted Press Full Jeased Wire 47th Year 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1952 . No. 36 r 75r -vera STEEL WORKERS RETURN Wfcli UNDER MURRAY'S ORDER mmM&-Jk Anti-Smudge Smoke AMERICAN AUTOS BURNED One overturned American-owned auto burns furiously and two more are about to catch fire during May Day riot of 300,000 Communists in downtown Tokyo. Reds overturned 10 American autos and burned them by hurling gasoline-filled "Molotov cocktail" bottles and torches. Commies Turn Down UN Proposal To Break Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) Communist negotiators have re jected a United Nations "over all" plan for settling the Korean truce deadlock, but they were believed to have submitted a counter-proposal of their own. The Communists turned down the U. N. plan in a one hour and 18 minute meeting, the first since Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy sub mitted the proposal to them last Monday. Details Withheld Details of the meeting were withheld by mutual agreement, but North Korean Gen. Nam II was presumed to have offered the Allies a compromise that might end the Korean war. The 10 negotiators agreed to meet again Saturday at 11 a.m. "I think it is obvious that no greement was reached on the over-all solution introduced by the U.N. command April 28," said Brig. Gen. William P. Nuck ols, official spokesman for the U.N. "But I do not mean to im ply that the discussions were con fined entirely to the United Na tions proposal." Nuckols' statement and the Awards Presented To Top Students Medford and Crater high school students last night re ceived state and Medford dis trict awards from the local Elks lodge for leadership and as win ners of a most valuable student contest. The awards were pre sented at the Medford Elks temple during Youth Day cere monies. Top award went to Bill Mc Allister Jr., Medford, state and district winner in a boys' league contest. The state prize was a $100 sayings bond and he re ceived a $50 bond as district winner. His record has also been forwarded for entry in a nation al contest sponsored by the Elks lodge. Marilyn Bohnert, Crater high school, received a $75 bond as second place winner in a state girls' leadership contest and a $50 bond as winner of the Med ford district competition. In the Medford area most val i'i uable student contest, winners and prizes included Roy Rogers, Medford, first, $50 bond; Neil Richardson, Crater, second, $25 bond; Sue Harris, Medford. third, , $10 check, and Shirley Edison, Crater, fourth, $10 check. Roy Rogers also received a $60 check as winner of Southern Oregon competition. LONGER OPEN HOURS The Medford telegraph office is now open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. instead of closing at 8 p.m., it. was reported today. The hours have been effective since Wednesday. The earlier closing hour was started in the early days of the current strike against the company. State GOP Voters Claimed To Outnumber Democrats Robert A. Elliott, Medford in surance man and chairman of the Oregon State Republican Central committee, said today that the number of Republican registered voters in the state is larger than the Democrats for the first time in more than two years. Elliott, who has been checking final county Voter registration tabulations through the county committees ever since registra tion was halted April 15, said the margin of Republican over Democratic voters is now more than 7.250, and may go higher by the time all counties are in. Before the general election in Korea Truce Deadlock lengthy study given the Allied proposals by the Reds convinced most observers that the Com munists have submitted a plan of their own, possibly based on the U.N. offer. Joy and Nuckols refused to say whether progress was made or whether the Reds had made a counter-proposal. They said any comment would violate the se Strife Threat Alerts Police in WU Strike Portland (U.R) Police Friday were alerted for possible vio lence on the Western Unk-n picket line here after a man told officers he was attacked by four men, a woman said she was squirted in the eye with some liquid and another woman said she received a telephone threat. Police on Duty Police, Chief Donald I. Mc Namara said police would be on duty 24 hours a day at the main Western Union office. ' ' Sam H. Walker, 48, told offic ers he was attacked by four men Thursday afternoon as he left the building. He said his glasses and dentures were broken. An unidentified -woman was squirted in the eye with some liquid Friday morning as she started through the picket line, police said. Officers said the Dallas Hotel Swept By Fire, 30 Flee Dalas, Ore. (U.R) Fire swept through the only hotel in this town Friday and 30 persons were evacuated from the frame building and an adjoining struc ture. Dan Friesen, hotel operator said he believed everyone got out safely. The fire broke out in the attic shortly after 6:30 a.m. PST. Seven trucks from the Dallas fire department were pouring water on the blaze two hours later. Most of the occupants of the hotel were permanent residents. Olympia (U.R) The 1952 traffic death toll in Washington state Friday stood at 150, six more than the 1951 death count on this date a year ago,' the State Patrol reported. BULLETIN Washington (U.R) The government prepared today to order curtailment of "flying in general" early next week In order to ensure mainten ance of "essential" military and civilian services. Bruke K. Brown, deputy chief of the petroleum admin istration for defense, said the curb It necessary io conserve aviation gasoline supplies while the oil strike is on. 1950, registered Democrats in the state outnumbered Republi cans by a margin of 17,199. On the basis -of his figure so far, Elliott said this means the GOP has gained and the Democrats have lost a combined total of more than 24.300 voters. Ellott added that his figures are complete for 30 of Oregon's 36 counties, arid that the figures from the other six are recent, though not complete and final. Final registration figures in Jackson county were totaled last week, and showed that the Re publicans here had Increased their margin from around 1,200 to more than 4,100 crecy agreement between both sides. Red Correspondent Alan Win nington of the London Daily Worker said the Reds "might" charge a violation of the secrecy agreement. The violation, he said, would be a hard fact re port from Washington purport ing to outline the U.N. s over all solution" proposal. woman turned and scratched a woman picket. Given Police Protection Another woman, not employ ed by Western Union but who works in the building occupied by the company, said a caller warned her not to go through the picket line. She asked for and received police protection. Bend, Eugene Added To Daylight Time List ' By UNITED PRESS Bend and Eugene were added Friday to the list of Oregon cities going on Daylight Saving lime. Both were to go on fast time Sunday morning. The Eugene city council, at a special meeting mursaay, proclaimed fast time. In Bend, the council passed a resolution putting city employes on fast time and urging others to follow suit. Several other state cities were expected to follow suit after the state Supreme Court refused to take jurisdiction in a case against Portland's fast time shift. Northwest Bakers In Contract Dispute Seattle (U.R) At least 3,000 bakers were on strike in major Washington cities Friday, and 1,500 more ' in Portland may leave their jobs by Saturday night. In all, 10,000 members of the International Bakery and Con fectionery Workers' union (AFL) were expected to be idled by the contract dispute. Strike notirpq were posted in wholesale baker ies in bpokane, Tacoma, Seattle, Yakima, Everett, Bremerton and other cities in Washington. HE'S GONE! -Mrs. Nora Smith weeps for her 3 -year -old son, Terry, in her Cincinnati home. The boy darted between parked cars, chasing his baseball. He was killed by in auto. Ad Draws Dale Newton, who operates a printing establishment on Pacific highway south and resides at 807 Grant avenue, today identified himself as the one who sponsor ed the "How Do You Like the Smudge?" advertisement which apeared in The Mail Tribune last week. Response to his ad has been tremendous, Newton said, and he has received more thtan 820 ad coupons, letters and cards In dicating opposition to the smoke resulting from orchard heating operations, which fruitgrowers use to protect tender pear buds in spring months. Checking Laws He reported today that on the basis of this response, he is checking with Attorney Bruce Manley to see if any Oregon law covers the situation, and also has sent for copies of California laws governing air pollution. When the possibility of an anti-smoke law has been determ ined, he will take steps to see if such regulation can be invoked in the Rogue valley, he stated. It may be necessary to place an initiative "measure on the No vember general election ballot he pointed out, and if so, peti tions will be sent out to those who have indicated their inter est so that signatures may be ob tained and filed well in advance of the July 1 deadline., Meeting Planned . A mass meeting of those In terested will, be called to .explain the situation as soon as.it has been clarified, he said. 'Newton cited an article con cerning' improved and virtually smokeless - heaters,' now being used in California, which ap peared in the October 1950, edi tion of the Country Gentlemen. Fruitgrowers, meanwhile, have explained that they are aware of the nuisance that orchard heating smoke causes residents, but pointed out that the new Admitted Burglars Given Sentences Ray Floyd Harpham and Rob ert Leland Taylor, both of Ash land, who pleaded guilty of burg lary not in a dwelling on April 28, were sentenced in circuit court to three years In the Ore gon penitentiary yesterday, ac cording to District Attorney Paul Haviland. Both men had prior prison records. Taylor served three years for rape in 1949, and Harpham served one year in the state penitentiary for contribut ing to the delinquency of a minor. They admitted the burglaries of Eberhardt's Sporting Goods store and Gates Furniture store in Ashland. Edwin Raymond Phillips, 330 North Front street, pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, and was arraigned in circuit court with sentencing continued until complete records are available, Haviland staled. Sabrejets in Brief Skirmish With Enemy Seoul, Korea (U.R) Ameri can Sabrejets clashed briefly with Communist MIGs Friday and probably destroyed one. Fighter-bombers followed up their biggest punch of the war with new attacks on Red armor, transport, supplies and front line troops BASEBALL NATIONAL ' Brooklyn 3 3 0 Chicago 16 1 Labine, Loes 9, and Campa nula; Lown and Atwell. AMERICAN St. Louis 6 8 1 Boston .13 16 2 Carver, Bearden 6, Fannin 6, and Moss; Henry and White. Home runs: Dropo, 6th, Detroit 1 ' 2 1 New York 4 6 2 Gray and Balls; Lopat and Berra, Response heaters cost far more than the ones presently being used. Cost of converting would amount to several thousand dollars per acre, they said. Responses Vary Newton said thai the responses to his advertisement have rang ed from mild support to violent partisanship. One coupon had written across it: "Let's go, Med ford. Was planning on moving because of it." Others offered help in the campaign, and sev eral cited the need for a general anti-air pollution law, which would control smoke from saw mill burners as well as from orchard heating pots. Some of those responding charged that orchardists this year were burning old tires and sawdust, and crankcase oil, in addition to regular heating oil. A few others cited the current petitions against cloud-seeding as another measure which they favored. Gov. Stevenson Visits in City En Route South Gov. Adlal Stevenson of Illi nois was scheduled to be a Med ford visitor briefly today. He had reservations on the south bound United Airlines plane leaving here at 5:25 p.m. A The noted Democrat, who In sists he is not a candidate for nomination as president, break fasted In Salem this morning with Gov. Dougles McKay, Sec retary of State Earl Newbry and State Treasurer Walter Pearson. Later he paid his respects at Governor McKay's office, and then left by car for Medford. He will fly from here to Sac ramento. A group of local Democratic leaders were planning to greet the governor at the airport be fore he takes off. ' Portland (U.R) Gov. Adlal E. Stevenson of Illinois, who said lhat he himself will not be a Democratic candidate for pres ident, called the GOP a "divided and lcaderless" party. Stevenson told Democrats as sembled al a Jefferson-Jackson day rally Thursday night that such West Coast Republican lu minaries as Gov. Earl Warren of California and Sen, Wayne Morse, R-Orc., are "kissing cousins" of the Democrats. Republicans are "bereft of common purpose, policy, princi ples or program," the Illinois executive said. "They have only a common name Republican and behind it lies deep and bitter conflict and confusion," he told the gathered politicians and party faithful. 'Copter Will Attempt To Reach Plane Wreck Belcm, Brazil U.R) A hell copter was to try to land a ground search parly Friday on a desolate jungle hillside where a Pan American Airways Strato cruiser crashed and burned three days ago. ' All 50 passengers and crew men Including 19 Americans on the double-deck luxury air liner apparently were killed. No sign of life was visible from the air among the fire-blackened wreckage scattered over a quar-ter-milo area on the 1,500-foot ridge. Woodworkers Committee And Medco Officials Meet A committee from the local CIO Woodworkers union met with the management of the Medford corporation yesterday In an attempt to arrive at a set tlement of the strike which has idled some 150 woods and rail road employees of the firm sinct Tuesday. Discussion centered around health and welfare demands made by the union. B. L. Nut ting, Medco manager, said that no agreement was reached dur ing the session. Eisenhower Leads Sen. Taft in Race For GOP Delegates Latest Figures Show 286 for Ike Washington (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has forged ahead of Sen. Robert A. Taft in their neck-and-neck race for Republican National Con vention delegates, a United Press tabulation showed today. Latest figures, based on the selection of six more Eisenhow er delegates in Missouri and later information on previous chosen delegates elsewhere, showed Eisenhower leading Taft 286 to 273 in delegate votes. The tabulation is based on a compilation of legally-committed or publicly-announced delegates who have ben formally selected up to this time. Taft Claims 344 Taft headquarters, in its latest compilation made public Friday, claimed 344 delegate votes for the Ohio senatpr and gave Eisen hower 268. The Taft tally sheet listed 50 uncommitted delegates. The United Press tabulation showed 125 uncommitted dele gates. It takes 604 delegate votes to win the Republican presidential nomination. Increase Predicted David S. Ingalls, Taft cam paign manager, predicted that Taft's delegate count "will be increased substantially" during the next two weeks "by victories in the Ohio and West Virginia primaries and by conventions in other states."-' " " Meanwhile, Sen. Bilen Mc Mahon's entry into the presi dential campaign gave the Demo crats five avowed candidates with none yet showing the strength to Indicate a command ing lead by convention time, Three Hospitalized In Thursday Accident Three persons were hospital ized in a two-car accident near Camp While last night, accord ing to state police. Thomas J. Fuson, 2005 East Main street, and his passenger, Mrs. A. F. Stennett, 325 South Riverside avenue, were taken to Community hospital with cuts and bruises, after their car was involved In a rear-end collision with one driven by James Mar tin Burt, 821 Nianllc street, po lice said. Burt, an employee at the Camp White domiciliary, was taken to the station hospital where he was undergoing x-rays this morning. He is not thought to be seriously hurt. First Break Told In Oil Dispute Denver U.R) The first con tract between a refinery and striking oil workers since begin ning of the nationwide walkout two davs ago was signed Friday with a small Independent Mon tana refinery, union headquar ters here announced. The Oil Workers International union, CIO, which made the new agreement with the Farmers Un ion Central Exchange, Inc., re finery at Laurel, Mont., said the contract provided for an Imme diate wage increase of 18 cents an hour, and an Increase of night shift differentials to six cents an hour on the evening shift and 12 cents on the graveyard shift. No Sign Indicated To Washington (U.R) American officials said Friday that Czecho slovakia still shows no signs of freeing William N -Oatis even though It has finally let U. S. authorities see him. Wave of Optimism But their warning failed to quell the wave of optimism that followed an announcement Thursday that Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs had visited the im prisoned American reporter Wednesday. It was the first time that any American had been allowed to see Oatis since he was Jailed on trumped-up spy charges a little more than a year ago, He was CIO PRESIDENT BOWS TO TRUMAN'S APPEAL Washington (U.R) Philip Murray has ordered his 650,000 striking stoelworkers to return to work for the government. The CIO president bowed to President Truman's appeal as the industry and the government both appealed the legality of Mr. Truman's steel seizure to the Supreme Court. In a brief filed with the court clerk, the industry asked for return of its mills, and said the high court must decide whether the President has "unlimited power" to seize the industry. Federal District Judge David A. Pine has ruled he has not. ; A few hours later the government filed Its brief, contending that Pine's decision, if allowed to stand, would halt steel production and thwart any future action necessary to meet "other and unpre dictable emergencies" the nation might face. Primary Election Sample Ballots Are Now Available County Clerk George Carter reminded voters who will be ab sent from their homes on pri mary election day, May 16, that Monday, May 5, is the last day on which absentee ballots can be mailed out, ' Applications for such absentee ballots must be in on time for them to be mailed out Monday, he pointed out. The ballots, to be counted, should be returned to his office not later than Friday, May 9, Carter explained. He has to turn over the sealed jouches of ab sentee ballots to the sheriff on Saturday, May 10. Republican and Democratic sample ballots for the May, 16 primary election May now be obtained at the county clerk's office in the Jackson county courthouse, It was reported to day, The Republican ballot is the longest In many years. A total of 50 persons are candidates for 10 positions as delegates at large to the national convention. Twelve candidates are seeking to be elected to two positions as delegates to the national con vention from the fourth con gressional district, Eleven Republicans appear on the ballot as candidates for electors of president and vice president of the United States. Six will be elected. Six For President Six candidates appear on the Republican ballot as candidates for nomination for president of the United Slates. They are Har old E. Stassen, Earl Warren, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Wayne L. Morse and William R. Schneider. Sixteen Democrats appear on the primary ballot as candidates for four positions as delegates at large to the national convention. Eight Democrats are contending for two positions as delegates from the fourth congressional district. Seven Democrats are candidates for six positions as electors of president and vice president. Three men appear on the Democratic ballot as candidates for president. They are William O. Douglas, Estes Kefauvcr and Adlal E, Stevenson. Charles S. Newhall, Orchardisl, Passes Charles S. Newhall, long-time orchard owner on the Old Stage road, died Thursday afternoon in a local hospital. Obituary and funeral arrangement details will be published Sunday, The Perl funeral home is in charge. Associated Press correspondent in Prague. Diplomatic observers said the concession the first the Com munists have granted in the angry U, S.-Czech controversy may have been designed to set the stage for Oatis' release. Experts Skeptical But American expeVts follow ing the case were skeptical.- In spite of the surprise Czech action, they said all the evidence indicates Oatis' release is not Im minent. The Stale Department an nounced that Briggs reported Oatis in-good health but anxious to get copy of Shakespeare's Murray Agrees To Meet With Truman) Officials In the normal course the Su preme Cour,t justices would con sider the petitions at their usual Saturday conference. It was pos sible they , might get together later Friday. The Supreme Court's first action would be a decision simply whether or not to consider the case. Murray agreed to meet with Mr. Truman and officials of the Big Six steel companies in the White House Saturday. Mr. Tru man was taking over the per sonal role of mediator in a labor dispute for the first time since the 1946 railroad crisis. ; Murray called the Steelwork ers out on strike Tuesday im-" mediately after Federal Judge David A. Pine ruled Mr. Tru man's seizure of the industry illegal. Murray told them Friday to return to work "as soon as possible" since Pine's ruling has been stayed and the mills remain in government possession. Full Production Slow There, was-little prospect of much resumption of work until next week. Full production was not expected for two weeks even if the return to work is speedy. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, who is nominal boss of the steel industry, was "pleased and happy" by Mur ray's decision. Sawyer said he still was opti mistic about getting a union-Industry settlement. He thinks there Is enough "leeway" on both wage and price issues to permit an agreement. The Wage Stabilization Board has recommended a 26-cent an hour "package" increase for the Steelworkers. The "official" government offer on prices is $3 a ton. Sawyer's comments indi cated the government would go beyond this. Legal Struggle Shunted Murray's action shunted to the background somewhat the great legal struggle between the steel industry, and the govern ment over the legality of Mr. Truman's seizure. The steel industry attorneys jumped the gun on the govern ment by appearing at the Su preme Court at 9 o'clock Friday morning. The government did not have to file Its papers be- fore 2:30 p.m. CST. Hearing on Highways ' Slated Here Saturday A public hearing on highway matters will begin at 10 a.m. to morrow in the circuit courtroom of the Jackson county court house, according to State Rep. Robort W. Root, Medford, mem ber of the state legislative high way interim committee. Any one who has any type of problem concerning highways or other highway Information, is urged to attend the hearing, Root added. Following a noon recess, the hearing will continue at 1 p.m., he added. Free Oatis plays and a book on harmony and composition. St. Paul, Minn. (U.R) "This, is Just about the best news that could be," Mrs. William N. Oatis said when she heard that U. S. Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs had visited her reporter husband In a Communist prison in Czecho slovakia. Statement Qualified ' "Next to hearing that he was released," she said, qualifying the statement. "Hearing that he is well and well taken care of is encouraging and very good news," Mrs. Oatis caid,
