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American- General! Seized, Held- IHlostage by Pirisoimeirs 1'IV'I ff"""' T 2 -i-l:T"- --""""I : Brig. Gen. Dodd, Koje Camp Chief, Claimed Unharmed Demand for Release Ignored by Enemy Washington '(U.R) Commun ist prisoners have seized Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, command er of the prisoner camp on Koje island off Korea, and are hold ing him hostage. Army head quarters announced Thursday. Dodd and another officer were seized by Communist war pris oners at the gate of one of the compounds at about 3:15 p.m. (Korean time) Wednesday, the Army said. Release Demand Ignored "A demand for his immediate release unharmed has been ig nored by the Communists," the Army said. The officer seized with" Dodd managed to escape later. His name was not given. The Army reported that the Communist prisoners had sent out a note in Dodd's handwrit ing "indicating he is unharmed." "The Eighth Army said efforts are being made to effect the re lease of Gen. Dodd," Army head quarters here said. No Warning Given . Dodd and the accompanying officer were seized "without warning" and forced within an inclosure by the prisoners, the Army said. The accompanying officer managed to escape but Dodd was. "overpowered" and is still being held. A spokesman said no other de tails were available here. Dodd was born Oct. 3, 1899, at Angola, Ind. He was gradu ated from West Point in 1923 and now lists Tallahassee, Fla., as his permanent residence. He served with both infantry and 'artillery during World War II, participating in the North Afri can and European theaters until the end of hostilities. Rain Total 1 1nch; Fliers Seed Clouds One inch of rain has fallen during the storm which began here Monday, it was reported today by the Medford weather bureau. Rain started to fall at 5:43 o'clock Monday afternoon and .3 inches fell that day; .09 inches Tuesday, .61 inches yesterday and .02 inches fell up to 4:30 a. m. today. , A short flight to seed clouds to prevent hail from forming was made yesterday by the Harvey Brandau-Eugene Kooser firm, working under contract with the Rogue Valley Traffic association. ' Kooser reported that two ob servation flights, of 23 and 16 minutes each, were made by the P-40 and T-6 aircraft operated by the fliers, both between 1 and 2:30 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon. The actual seeding was per formed by a BT plane over Mt. Ashland and was for a total of three minutes. The flight was 21 minutes long, starting at 1:59 o'clock. No hail fell, but rain contin ued after the flights, he said. Radio Highlights Another in a series of talks by Walter Nunley. candidate for the Republican nomina tion as Jackson county district attorney, will be broadcast . ever radio station KMED at 10:15 o'clock, standard time, tonight. Washington (U.R) The Senate Finace committee delayed action again Thursday on a bill to -impose a three-cent a pound duty on imports of fresh or froz en tuna. Britain Will Sell Trucking Industry Back London !U.R) Prime Minis ter Winston Churchill's Conser vative government began put ting words into action Thursday on its promise to lead Britain away from socialism. A government white paper an nounced that ' the government will sell the nationalized truck ing industry back to private owners in the first of a series of moves which also are to see the nationalized railways decentral ized and steel returned to pri vate owners. Reply To Supporters The white paper coincided with the first major shakeup of Churchill's cabinet, and appar ently was a reply to Churchill's 1 own supporters who have been demanding a speed-up in the last denationalization program since Medford tnllfd Preu Full Liaiea W 47th Year 22 Pages ENEMY Suan Bombarded In Biggest Single Hit of Korea War Town Becomes Flaming Shambles Seoul, Korea' (U.R) Allied planes in the biggest- single at tack of the Korean, War Thurs day smashed two square miles in the ancient walled town of Suan, a major Communist supply base 35 miles southeast of the North Korean capital at Pyongyang. Four flights of 5th Air Force and Marine fighter-bombers struck at dawn with 12,000 gal lons of flaming napalm. Other planes swooped across the blaz ing target area all day and drop ped hundreds of tons of bombs and napalm. By nightfall the town was such a flaming shambles pilots could not find another upright major building. The 5th Air Force reported 165 supply build ings destroyed and 18 damaged A huge concentration of Red supplies including trucks, fuel and ammunition went up in flames. Communist' MEG-15 jet fight ers swarmed southward from their Manchurian bases in a vain effort to halt the attacks. Ameri can Sabrejets downed two of them and damaged a third. Allied reconnaissance planes had watched Suan for more than a month while the Reds hauled in supplies. On Thursday 5th Air Force chiefs decided the "rich plum" was ready for a flaming harvest. The attack coincided with ar rival in Korea of Gen. Mark .Clark, who will succeed Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway- as U. N supreme commander. Supplies in Shreds An Air Force spokesman said the attack "turned piles of sup plies into billowing smoke and flame. Tons of demolition and high explosive bombs tore the Communist supplies to shreds." Exact number of planes in volved was not announced in keeping with a new 5th Air Force policy. The former record at tack of the war was made a year ago when 312 planes pounded the city of Sinuiju to rubble dur ing a dawn-to-dusk effort. Morgan, Utah, Faces Flood Water Threat Salt Lake City, Utah (U.R) - The brunt of the worst flood cycle in Utah's history Thurs day was concentrated In the state's northern section where the swollen Weber river threat ened to burst into the city of Morgan about 30 miles north of here. The river already had flooded part of Ogden routing residents in Ogden Canyon homes. Meanwhile, the Utah High way patrol said that intrastate road traffic conditions were "good" if travelers use detours which have been designated from the flooded major high ways. In Salt Lake City workmen were pressed into service last night to dike the Surplus canal and ease the threat on U. S. highway 40. to Owners last month's county elections showed the Conservatives slip ping badly. Churchill said last week he believed transport reform offer ed "the most fertile hope of a genuine economic and social im provement." Alan Lcnnox-Boyd. newly ap pointed transport minister, will introduce legislation in Com mons to denationalize trucking and decentralize the railroads. One of Six Changes Lennox - Boyd's appointment, announced Thursday, wan one of six changes, in a cabinet shake-up touched off Tuesday by the resignation of John S. McClay as transport minister. Labor Party sources said Mc Clay was fired because he dif fered with Churchill on trans port policy. , - MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 8, SUPPLY Bulletin The Medford city council unanimously approved a change to daylight saving time today. The vote was taken at a special meeting of the council, and provides that fast time shall go into effect at 2 o'clock the morn ing of May 19. The vote was taken after City Attorney Frank Farrell told councilmen that despite the fact he is doubtful on some phases of the matter, he is of the opinion that the city has full authority to make the change. The decision was made in three steps. The first was a vote to authorize the preparation of an ordinance for DST, at which time Councilmen Stanley Jones and Elmer Childeri voted no and Councilman John Snider abstained. . The second step was a resolution which does not have the effect of law, but which declares daylight time to be in effect in Medford after the starting date. The third step was an ordinace changing the legal hours of the city to conform with daylight time. The vote on the latter two steps was unanimous, except for Councilman Earl Miller who was absent. The councilmen discussed what effect the county's 1950 vole banning daylight time in the county and the county's communi ties might have, but also mentioned the desirability of having' a time uniform with other cities for business reasons. Immediately after the meeting. City School Superintendent E. HHedrick said that the schools will not change over, at least far the time being. Political Activity In High Gear Here With Oregon's primary elec tion only a week from tomorrow, political activity in Jackson county approached high gear during the past few days. Two men on the Republican ballot for the state's Republican presidential nomination have spoken here Gov. Earl Warren of California and Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon. The latter is a. reluctant presidential candi date, although he is seeking elec tion as a convention delegate-at-large. One of the nation's top Eisen hower supporters will speak in Medford at 8:15 o'clock Friday evening. He is Kansas Sen. Frank Carlson, former governor of that state, and a member of the ex ecutive committee of the Eisen hower for President group. His talk will be at a public rally at the Medford high school audi torium, following a 6:15 dinner for Eisenhower workers. Tonight at 8 o'clock, a public Republican candidates' rally for contested offices will be held in the Medford YMCA under the sponsorship of the Jackson County Young Republicans. Can didates for contested offices on the GOP ballot will be given a chance to make statements supporting their candidacies. Two political events, both un der GOP auspices, will be held Monday. The first will be at noon at the Jackson hotel, when Jackson County Republican women meet for luncheon. Re publican candidates for local BASEBALL AMERICAN Chicago 4 S 1 Boston 2 S 1 Rogovin and Mail: Scarbor ough, Delock 8, Atkins 9 and White. Home runs Stewart, 7th. one on. Grants Pass Postpones ' Daylight Time Decision Grants Pass The city council last night tabled a proposal made by the chamber of com merce for the city to go on day light saving time. The council's,! next regular meeting is June 4. Opposition to the proposal was voiced, by spokesmen for dairying, logging. Grange and Farm Bureau interests. POLLS LISTED A listing oi the 94 polls in Jackson county was made by wouruy iierK vteorgv warier this week. They are printed in lull on page 3, section 2, of to day's Mail Tribune. - The list gives the precinct number, name if any, and ad dress of the places where vot ers will cast their ballots in the state primary election on May It, one week from Friday. BASE SMASHED office, and those running for delegates to the convention from the fourth congressional district, have been invited. In addition three local candidates for dele-gate-at-large, William McAllister, Robert Elliott and Lt. Catherine Holtz, have been asked to attend Plan Box Dinners In the evening, at 6:30 o'clock, a Republican rally will be held at the West Side school under the sponsorship of precinct com mittees in that area. Admission will be by "box dinners," which will be auctioned off with pro ceeds soing to the party's cam paign fund. Music, prizes and entertainment will be on the program, as well as ' talks by several candidates. In th local races, hottest com petition has b'een in the cam paigns for the Republican nomination for district attorney and for coroner. In the DA race, Walter Nunley has given a series of radio talks in which he has charged that his opponent, incumbent Paul Haviland, has failed to enforce the state's criminal laws includ ing those against gambling. Haviland is expected to reply to the charges in radio talks next week. In the race for coroner, Dr. M. P. Vogel has centered his campaign around his assertion that a physician should hold the post, while Coroner Carlos.Mor ris asserts that the present set-up is operating satisfactorily, and lie has cited various authorities in support of his position. In both these races, nomina tion would virtually assure elec tion, since there are no demo cratic candidates. Campaigns for nomination to other offices have not created as much interest as- these two, but all candidates have been active in speaking to various groups, including a number of Granges throughout the valley. Absentee Ballots Due Tomorrow is the last day for absentee ballots to be received by the county clerk's office and stilly be counted. On Saturday, the clerk has to turn the scaled pouches of absentee ballots over to the sheriff, who will keep them to be counted with regular ballots after the election next week. County Clerg George Carter said today that 353 absentee ballots have been mailed out by his office. Of these 278 were Republican and 75 were Democratic. WEATHER "OUTCAST: Conilatnfclc rloiidtnett tonight in Frlriav; ronler tonight nd warmer rnnir. Low tonight JS; high rrimjr st. ' Temp. HlghMt TttrdT ss Loweit trill Mnrnlns 45 Pree. to I II .m. Todajr si Tribune United ITMl full Leiied Wlr. 1952 No. 41 Sen. Russell Says Kefauver Stopped; Eyes Western Vote Georgian Points to Victory in Florida Washington (U.R) Sen. Richard B. Russell's campaign organization claimed Thursday that his Florida primary victory "stops Kefauver completely." The claim was mRde by Sen. Walter F. George, D-Ga., chair man of Russell's campaign strategy board, as Russell an nounced plans for a cross-country trip to bid for Western dele gates to the Democratic presi dential nominating convention. Can't Carry South George said the. Florida re turns show that Sen. Estcs Ke fauver, D-Tenn., "can't carry a Southern state, although he has been' doing very well in some states where the Democratic pri maries don't mean anything." Sen. Paul H. Douglas, D-Ill., a Kefauver backer, retorted that the Tennessee c r i m e-hunter made a "remarkably good" showing in Florida against the "organized political machine" which was backing Russell. ' Taft Claimed Choice In the Republican arena, Sen. Robert A. Taft's campaign man ager, said his sweeping home state victory in Ohio "makes it more apparent than ever that he Is the choice of Republican voters of the nation." Campaign"1 manager David S. Ingalls said the 56 delegates Taft picked up In Ohio ran his total up to 404, exactly 200 short of the total required to win the Republican nomination. Ingalls credited Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower With 286 delegates. A United Press tabulation, based on the legal pledges or public commitments of delegates already chosen, gave Taft 330 to 297 for Eisenhower. New York Included The Eisenhower total Includes six which the general gained Wednesday in New York. Rus sell defeated Kefauver by about 60,000 votes in Florida's "pop ularity contest" presidential pri mary. But Kefauver said he still hopes to win a majority of the state's 1 24 convention delegates who will be elected in separate balloting on May 27. Kefauver now has 119V4 convention votes legally pledged or publicly com mitted to him, including the 27 he picked up in Ohio TJuesday. Dog Control Measure Remains in Effect Medford's dog control ordin ance is still in effect. City coun cilmen voted 5 to 4 against re pealing it, at a meeting Tuesday evening. The deciding vote was cast by Mayor D. L. Flynn after councilmen split four to four in regular voting. Councilman John Snider mov ed that the ordinance be repeal ed. The motion was seconded by Paul Selby, council president. Snider explained the motion by stating that "it is foolish to have an ordinance on the books which cannot be enforced." He said that costs of full enforce ment would be prohibitive for the approximately 450 dogs within the city limits. The ordinance in question makes it Illegal for owners to allow dogs to run at large on public streets during the months of May, June and July, and pro vides a $5 penalty for dog own ers who violate it. Two Springfield Men Hurt in Truck Mishap Two Springfield men were taken to Community hospital by Conger-Morris ambulance yes terday afternoon after the truck In which they were riding left the highway and went down a bank on Crater Lake highway between Shady Cove and Trail, ambulance attendants reported. The men are Earl D. Sadcr, 56, and Joe M. Long, 37, the re ports said. Sader suffered a frac tured rib, and Long suffered a concussion and multiple cuts. De tails of the accident wert not reported. , II lililir. i ill T-tnmillilill'irit- gti 1l filWw mm M wi- iarmiiBiuitoliii PRE DAWN BLAST LIGHTS NEVADA SKY-Early morning sightseers explosion, 75 miles away, light up the Nevada sky. Observers on ML test site, were momentarily blinded by the brilliant flash. Oil Dispute May Be Given to President Denver (U.R) The Wage i stabilization Board was ex pected to toss the nine-day-old oil strike into President Tru man's lap Thursday after 90,000 oil workers refused to go back to work as requested by the government. The first settlement to be an nounced by a striking local was reported Thursday by the Rock Island Refining Corp. and Local 535 of the CIO Oil Workers In ternational Union in Zionsville, Ind. Pattern Hoped "We hope this will set a pat tern for the industry," said Kim's Restaurant Picketed in Union Dispute This Week "Peaceful picketing" has been in effect at Kim's restaurant, 2321' South Pacific highway, since last Friday, according to Ralph Teeple, business agent for AFL Local 329, Culinary Alli ance nnd Bartenders union. The picketing is against the proprietor "for not running a union shop," according to Jess Rose, secretary of the central la bor council, Wednesday evening "The proprietor is willing to go union if his employees will, but they don't want to cooperate. The employer is now paying lower wages than the union scale which is detrimental to others in the same line of work. If he were willing to-' sign a con tract and cooperate the matter could be settled quickly." "Free to Organise" Henry Fong, owner of the res taurant told The Mail Tribune that "my employees are free to organize any time they want. I have offered the union agents the run of my place to talk it over wilh the employees. The union has not bargained with the employees personally and the employees are now so mad that they have made up signs they want to carry to picket the pickets.' He stated that he didnt favor such a practice at the present time, but would wait further de velopments. He added he ran a respectable restaurant and that such practices might endanger his reputation. A complaint was Issued In district court this morning charging Fong with assault and battery May 3 by driving a car against Mrs. Grace M. Teeple, wife of the union business agent. The complaint was signed by Mrs. Teeple. Bail was set at $50. Russian Submarines in Pacific Could Be Threat Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) Adm. Arthur W. Radford, com mander of the U. S. Pacific Fleet, said Thursday Russia has an estimated 80 submarines In the Pacific and that they could be a "considerable threat" in a general war. It has been known for some time that the Soviets operate submarines in the Pacific from such bases as Vladivostok. Switch Pulled on Old Easter Bunny Legend A switch on the traditional Easter bunny story cam to light hire Wednesday. Mrs. Maxine Houser, Medford, has noticed for several days that she wasn't firtding as many egg in the hen house as utual, Wednesday she got up early in an effort to catch a thief at work. Just as she reached the hen house Mrs. Houser saw the ' culprit crawling under the fence with en egg in its mouth. However, she was so surprised by what she sew that the thief escaped un scathed, egg and all. It was a large, gray jackrnbblt. Bernard Smith, president of the local. The settlement, which was to be signed into contract form Thursday, provided for an 18 cent hourly pay hike and in creased shift differentials. Mr. Truman has given no in dication what steps, if any, he will take to prevent the strike from interfering with the de fense program and civilian transportation. Request Rejected O. A. Knight, president of the Oil Workers International Union speaking in Denver for the striking coalition of 22 CIO, AFL and independent unions, rejected the board's back-to-work request. Knight accused the WSB of causing a break down in negotiations with its order. "Things that looked promising before the WSB order now do not look so good," he said. Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman sounded an optimistic note in the oil strike picture when he predicted after a White House visit that the strike would be settled "within the next few day." President Marks 68fh Anniversary Washington (U.R) Presi dent Truman marked his 68th birthday anniversary Thursday by announcing that he plans to speijd the next 10 years as he damn pleases. Raring to go Into retirement next Jan. 20 when he leaves the White House, Mr. Truman told a news conference that after 30 years in public 'office he intends to spend the next 10 years having a good time and doing just as he damn pleases. He got bushels of presents, as he put It, this morning before starting his birthday working .schedule by holding his 303rd news conference. In peppery spirits, Mr. Tru man said he was as happy as any man could possibly be on his 68th birthday. Hotel Burglarized Manager Loses Pants A burglary about 7:45 this morning at the Holland hotel was reported by Ken Hamner, hotel manager. About $40 was taken from the room of Floyd Shotwell, a cab driver and per manent tenant at the hotel, Hamner reported. The hotel manager was awakened' In his second floor apartment as the burglar reached for Hamner's trousers which were on a chair near the bed, he said. In escaping ,the burglar left by way of the second floor back door to the hotel, crossed a court and lrft by way of the Mail Trib une apartment hall, Hamner added. The trousers later were found in the Tribune apartments hallway. Nothing was taken from them ,the manager said. He gave police a good description of the burglar. Malik Silenced in Attempt1 To Air Charge United Nations, N. Y. iU.R) Russia's Jacob A. Malik sought to parjde the Communist germ warfare charges before the United Nations again Thursday and wns ruled out of order by a Chinese Nationalist chairman who gavelled the shouting Rus sian into silence. Sought To Air Charge The Russian sought to bring before iiie U. N. Disarmament Commission the Communists al legation that two American fliers had "confessed" dropping germ b o m D s on Red Chinese and North Korean troops. Nationalist Chinese delegate Tlngfu F. Tsiang, chairman of In Las Vegas watch an atomle Charleston, 45 miles from the Scientists Study A-Blast Details; New Test Planned Las Vegas, Nev. U.R) Aatomic scientists studied tha details of their newest experi ment with nuclear fission Thurs day and prepared to give mili tary observers another look at America's most powerful wea pon. Military To Watch The Atomic Energy commis sion was expected to hold an other in its current series of A bomb tests on the Nevada desert . next week, with 500 military ob servers from the four branches of the service watching from foxholes. The observers will occupy the same foxholes used by Marines in a test last week, but they were not expected to stage any atomic combat maneuver such as the marines did. The AEC Indicated, however. that there may be another all- Army troop maneuver in con nection with an atomic test with in a few weeks and that there may be two more atomic blasts after that before the current se ries of tests is concluded. About 1,500 troops were ex pected to participate in the ma neuver, but the units that will take part have not been lelected yet. Scientists flired the 17th atomic device at the Nevada desert test site 75 miles north west of here Wednesday with a flash more brilliant than any seen here previously. HST SeoNew War Possibility Slim Washington (U.R) Presi dent Truman said Thursday con ditions are very grave but there will be- no third World War if the United States supports its foreign aid program and keeps its economy on an even keel. As examples of grave condi tions, he cited the steel and oil crises and what he described as an attitude In Congress against spending for national defense and the Mutual Security Pro gram. On this seventh anniversary of the victory in Europe, Mr. Truman- told his news confer ence there is a good chance of avoiding another major conflict. But he said this chance depends to a large extent on what Con gress does about defense and foreign aid legislation and on maintaining a stable economy. Annuo USWV Carnation Sale Begins Tomorrow Colonel Sargent auxiliary, United Spanish War Veterans, will conduct the annual carna tion sale Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10, to raise funds for relief and hospital work for veterans and their families. Permission for the sale was granted by Mayor Diamond L. Flynn. Mrs. Winifred Vail, chair man, states that sale headquar ters will be in the Jackson hotel and members wishing to help are asked to call Mrs. Vail. of Germ Use the 12-nation commission for May, rapped his gavel to inter rupt: "This commission has adhered to the proposition that any dis cussion of germ warfare is out of its competence." Attempting To Reply Malik, his color rising with his voice, si id he was only at tempting to reply to United States delegate Benjamin C. Cohen who needled earlier in the meeting by renewed Russian charges that this country is wag ing bacteriological warfare had asked for a clarification of the Soviet Union's position on the issue. 1
