American- General! Seized,
Held- IHlostage by Pirisoimeirs
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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
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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. ,
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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
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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. ,
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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.
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