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mi C0MC.ES TVLAXT IMS MAY re FUDIATEffi Medford United Preu Full Leased Wire 47th Year 16 Pages U.S. Attorney Quizzed In Steel Mill Seizure Perlman Contends Judge Pine Erred In Court Decision Legal Remedy Claimed Available Washington (U.R) The Supreme Court took under ad visement Tuesday the histor ic question of the legality of President Truman'i seiiure of the steel industry. Washington (U.R) Su preme Court justices fired more searching questions at Acting Attorney General Philip B. Perlman Tuesday as he resumed his defense of President Tru man's steel seizure. Perlman started his final ar gument before the high tribunal by saying that Federal District Judge David A. Pine erred in ordering the steel mills returned to their owners. Perlman con tended the companies had an adequate remedy under other legal procedures of they were harmed by the seizure. Point Brings Questions Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson and Associate Justice William O. Douglas questioned him on that point. Perlman had referred to the Peewee.coal case decided by the Supreme Court last term. The court held in that case that the government had to compensate mine owners for financial losses during a period of government seizure during World War II. "Doesn't that 'case assume the seizure:, waj . legal?" Douglas askcr. "The legality of the seizure was not involved," Perlman ac knowledged. Then he cited other prece dents which he said show that where damage is done, the government is liable in suits for damages. Contending that the compan ies had failed almost completely to show "irreparable injury," Perlman said that only possible reason for alarm the industry can have is the prospect that the government will raise wages. "Frankly it is proposed to change working conditions," he said. "That is the only tangible basis for their fear that it will cause them damage. It may and it may not. If so, the resources of the United States government are back of any damage they may suffer." May Be Price Changes "How can you say that?" Vin son asked. "There may be price increases, too, maybe not enough to satisfy the steel companies. But how are we to determine damages? We had It in the Pee wee case. But I don't think it was decided. Saying that he has no desire 'flo "pass over" anything, Perl man insisted that in each case the courts will determine what damages are suffered by a seized company. It is then up to the government to make good, he implied. When Tuesday's session start ed, Perlman had only 19 min utes of his allotted 2V4 hours left, but Vinson permitted him to continue after he had used up his time. "Your time has been fixed, Mr. Solicitor General," Vinson said. "You have had 2V4 hours. When the red light comes on you may answer any questions that are pending at that time." As the red light showed, Perl man said: "Well, I guess I'm finished." "Oh, no," Vinson put in. "I Petitions for Annual DST lii Oregon Being Circulated Salem (U.R) A move to make daylight saving time statewide in Oregon from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September was launched here Tuesday. Preliminary petitions were filed with the state election bu reau to move the clocks in Ore gon up an hour at 2:01 a.m. the Jast Sunday of each April and 'back to standard time at 2 a.m. the last Sunday in September. The petitioni were signed by MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 13, STEEL LAWYER John W. Davis, constitutional lawyer and one-time Democratic presidential nominee, arrives at the Supreme Court in Washington to lead steel attorneys in their argument on whether or not President Tru man had legal right to seize' the nation's steel mills. (Acme tele- photo). Allies Forced Into Talks, Ridgway Says San Francisco (U.R) Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said Tues day the United Nations had little alternative but to enter into the Korean truce talks although .the Allies had actually completed their primary mission of re pelling aggression in the Far East. "We could either negotiate or refuse to and the choice is clearly obvious," Ridgway said at a news conference at the Pre sidio after his arrival from Hono lulu. Ridgway, en route to Paris to take over the job of supreme commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, said the UN "was assigned to restore peace in that area not to unify Korea Mpv military force." have a question. What do you have to say about Taft-Hartley?" "I have a great deal to say about it, your honor," Perlman said. Has 'Grave Doubts' "Well, proceed then," Vinson told him, amid laughter in the courtroom. Perlman said he has "grave doubts" that the government could slop a steel strike now with the Taft-Hartley law. This was in reply to the indus try's suggestion that the Presi dent could have used the Taft- Hartley law instead of seizing or "that he ought to use it now. Since the Wage Stabilization Board already has made recom mendations for a settlement and since the union already has vol untarily postponed a strike for 99 days, Perlman said. "We would be up against the conten tion that essentially Taft-Hartley already had been complied with." three Portland residents, Mar garet A. Davidson, Laurence M. Hague and Albert L. Arting. Portland and some other com munities in Oregon now are oper ating on daylight time, but the state as a whole is on standard time and official offices are oper ating on that time. Gov. Douglas McKay said some weeks ago that he did not have sufficient reason, under Oregon law, for putting the slate officially on fast time this year. Enemy Accused of Making Violent Propaganda Claim Atrocities Charged To United Nations Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) An Allied spokesman accused Communist truce negotiators Tuesday of making violent prop aganda charges in the hope of dictating a Korean armistice on their own terms. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuck ols said the Communist delegates apparently are acting on orders from higher authorities in ac cusing the United Nations of atrocities against prisoners of war. Convoy Said Attacked North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam II spent 31 minutes of the 35-min-ute meeting reiterating these charges and making a "serious protest" against the elleged straf ing of Red truce convoys. He said one soldier had been killed in a U.N. plane attack on a truce con voy Monday. "It's now obvious that their present course of action shows they don't want an armistice ex cept on terms completely dictat ed by them," Nuckols said. The official Chinese radio at Peiping appeared to bear this out. It said the armistice talks had reached a "serious crisis" with no settlement possible un less the U.N. yields to Red de mands on repatriation of prison ers the sole issue blocking a truce. - . ; ,. ""Radib Peiping said' the'U.N. could save the talks from col lapse only by dropping its "vic ious scheme" to return only 70,000 of the 169,000 Communist war prisoners and civilian in ternees in Allied hands. The U.N. contends that the re maining 99,000 prisoners and in ternees would forcibly resist re patriation and it refused to make any go back against their will. Criminal Complaints Filed in Court Today Two criminal complaints were filed this morning in district court against Henry Fong, own er of Kim's restaurant on High way 99 south of Medford. Both complaints were signed by Mrs Grace M. Teeple and charged "threatening commis sion of a felony" and "assault armed with a dangerous weap on," on May 3 and 4. A complaint for assault and battery was filed against Fong on May 8 by Mrs. Teeple with arraignment due to day. No bond or arraignment date was set this morning for the two criminal complaints. Mrs. Teeple is the wife of the business agent of the Culinary Alliance and Bartenders union, AFL, Local 329, which is cur rently picketing Kim's i restau rant. GOP Candidates Appear At Republican Rally Most of the Republican candi dates for local office in the pri mary election Friday appeared at a GOP rally at the West Side school last night. The rally was sponsored by precinct commit tees of the west side. Ed Hanley, Medford attorney and a precinct committeeman, was principal speaker and mas ter of ceremonies. The program featured entertainment, the awarding of prizes and an auc tion of box dinners by John Nie- dermeyer. Candidates were limited to two minutes in which to make statements supporting their can didacies, and were required to hold a large picture frame in front of them while talking. The meeting is one of the last at which candidates will appear before the election this week Weather HIHM AST PirtlT flnndv la. night and Wrdnriday- l,ow to nnht 40, hlh Wtdnodijr 12 i. Temp. Hltnril yittrdir 71 Lowcit thti mornlnf 42 Te 4 ) i m. todiy 2 Tribune United Presi Full Leased Wtie 1952 No. 45 Taft Eyes Primary In West Virginia To Extend Margin Eisenhower Adds Ten Delegates Washington U.R) Sen. Rob ert A. Taft banked on the West Virginia primary Tuesday to lengthen his lead in the Repub lican delegate race and offset a minor loss in Monday's contests. Supporters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Taft's chief rival for the GOP presidential nomina tion, hoped to salvage some of the 16 national convention dele gates to be named in West Vir ginia. But Taft was assured of five before the polls opened be cause the Eisenhower organiza tion failed to enter a- complete slate of delegates. Taft vs. Stassen While the West Virginia dele gate contest was between Taft and Eisenhower, Taft was match ed in the presidential preference primary against former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota. Eisenhower was not entered for this "popularity contest" votev which does not bind the dele gates, and "write-in-" votes were not counted. Eisenhower won 10 delegates and Taft won from six to eight in state Republican conventions Monday in Rhode Island and Wyoming, Harmony' Slate Beaten The Eisenhower forces smoth ered an attempt to elect a "har mony slate divided between Taft and Eisenhower. They suc ceeded in naming' Eisenhower backers to all eight of the slate's delegale posts. For Taft, this defeat was off set in part in Wyoming where six of the 12 delegates elected openly favored Taft. Two were listed for Eisenhower ajid four were uncommitted. The Taft camp claimed at least two and "probably, a U four of --the - un committed delegates, without challenge from the Eisenhower backers. Popularity Said Proven David S. Ingalls, Taft cam paign manager, said Taft's "over whelming victory" in Wyoming "furnishes further proof of his great popularity in Mountain states which were lost by Dewey in 1948." 'Add this great cattle produc ing country to the important farm states carried by Taft so far this year such as Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Ohio and there can be no' question but that the farmers of America want Bob Taft in the While House," he said. Including the two Monday con ventions, the United Press tabu lation of delegates gave: Taft 348: Eisenhower 319, Stassen 22, Gov. Earl Warren of Cali fornia 7, Gen. Douglas MacAr thur 2 and 132 uncommitted. The next Republican contests come Friday in the Oregon pri mary, where the Eisenhower or ganization expects to win all or nearly all of 18 delegates, and in North Dakota, where Taft ex pects to get a substantial, major ity of the 14 named at a state convention. Although Taft was not entered in the Oregon presidential prefer ence primary, Eisenhower man agers were nervous about the pos sibility that he might win three or four delegates. Eight delegale candidates, regarded as pro-Taft, were entered under a 1905 law which does not bind them to the results of the presidential prefer ence vote. Kefauver Due In Stale Among the Democratic presi dential candidates, Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee was scheduled to return to Oregon Tuesday In his bid for the state's Democratic delegates. He is pitted against Gov. Adlai E. Steve.ison of Illinois and Su preme Court Justice William O. Douglas, both entered without their consent. BULLETINS Parchman, Mill (U.R) One prlioner wai killed, an other wounded and third escaped Tuesday when group of convicts working In the cotton fields at sprawling Parchman Penitentiary made a break for freedom. Superin tendent Marvin Wiggins re ported. Riverside. Calif. (U.R) An Air Force B-29 bomber and Navy fighter pltne collided In the ilr Tuesday off Cata line Island, March Air Force Bui announced. Rain, Some Storm; Lightning Hits A howling storm roared high over the Rogue valley last night. It dumped a quarter-Inch of rain as it went over, and some hail fell during the storm, which was described by the weather bureau as a typical hail-bearing disturb ance. Eugene Kooser, one of the cloud-seeding pilots hired by the Rogue Valley Traffic association to prevent hail, flew during the storm, which he described as "the wildest I've ever seen." Hit By Lightning Kooser, flying a P-40 military type fighter plane, was struck by lightning (which "scared the liv ing daylights out of me,, but didn't hurt me or the plane"), and was bounced and thrown around by the storm. He seeded continuously for 1 hour 25 minutes, he said, and added that he "thinks" the seed ing was the reason only a small amount of hail fell during the storm. The rain fell during the period he was seeding and there after, the weather bureau said. Kooser said that his plane, fly ing at 200 miles per hour, "couldn't even begin to keep up with the storm." As -he was in the air, the cui.iulus clouds built up Russian Troops Bar U.S., British Military Police Berlin (U.R) Russian troops barred United States and British military police patrols from both ends of the 110-mile "lifeline" highway between Berlin and Western Germany Tuesday. Soviet troops have been turn ing back Allied patrols at the Berlin end of. the road since last Thursday night. Tuesday, in an other move reminiscent of the beginning of their great Berlin blockade, they began turning back patrols from the western end of the highway at Holmstedt. on the border between the Soviet and Allied occupation zones. Russia's new move followed a threat Monday by Walter Ul bricht, "strong man" of the East German Communist party, that thS Reds will take immediate re prisals against West Berlin when the Allies sign their proposed peace contract with the West German government late this month. Slayer of 4 on Bus Charged With Murder Cleveland, Ohio (U.R) Husky Lawrence Goldsby, his face still swollen by the beat ing he took from fellow bus passengers after he shot and killed four persons, was charged formally with murder in ti e first degree Tuesday. He admitted the killings be fore Police Judge Louis Petrash. Goldsby went berserk on a crowded city rush-hour bus late Monday and killed a policeman, whose gun he wrestled from his holster, and three passengers. The victims were traffic pol Iceman Eugene Stinchcomb Miss Annabelle Frankie, 57; 23; Mrs. Helen Garrison, 50 William J. Powers, 55. and Radio Talks Slated In DA Election Race Interest in the most hotly contested of the local primary election races that for the Re publican nomination for district attorney continued to mount In Medford this week. The candidates, or a spokes man, have scheduled radio talks today and tomorrow to continue their campaign. A talk by Dick Woodcock on behalf of Incum bent Paul Haviland will be broadcast at 9 o'clock tonight over KYJC, and at 9:15 over KMED. The olher candidate, Walter Nunley, will speak on his own behalf at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday over both stations. HOSPITAL VOTE DELAYED Ashland A delay in re quired procedures prior to an election has delayed vote on the formation of a proposed Southern Jackson County Hos pital district, according to Don Lewis, chairman of the Valley View hospital committee. He said Indications are that a spec ial election will be called the latter part of June. It was orig inally planned to hold the elec tion at the same time as the state primary election. PLEADS INNOCENT James Henry Mulhollen, 62, 925 North Central avenue, was arraigned in district court this morning and pleaded innocent to a charge of Indecent exposure Judge Rawlcs Moore set a trial date for May 22 at 10 a.m. A $500 bond wai posted by the defendant. Hail, Fall Duri from around 20,000 feet to more jd out. He added that rain than 35,000 feet in just a fe' ar during May is .78 of an moments, and he had to limit ' .h more than average, and that efforts to seeding the surging le seasonal total since Scptem flow of moist air which was be", oer is 4.71 inches above average. ing sucked up into the towering clouds. Gets Low on Fuel After an hour and a half of "working my head off." Koser suddenly noticed the time, dis covered he was low on fuel, and that the worst of the storm was between him and the Medford airport. He turned around and flew to the Klamath Falls air port, where he refuelled and re turned home after the worst of the storm had passed. C. A. Cordy, county agent for horticulture, said this morning that he had received only one re port of commercial damage to the valley's pear crop, southwest of Medford along the foothills. He said that some damage may also have occurred north of Med ford, and added that rain and fine hail, which did no reported damage, fell in the Ashland area and generally north through the valley. The storm was typical of those which have produced damaging hailstorms in the past, Cordy Collective Bargaining Urged In Oil Strike Washington (U.R) Chair man Nathan P. Feinsinger said Tuesday that the Wage Stabliza tion Board is of the "unanimous Equalization Board Hears Complaints Jackson county's board of equalization held its first meet ing of the year yesterday and heard two complaints on assess m e n ts, according to County Judge J. B. Coleman, member of the three-man board. The board was to hear anoth er complaint this morning, and will call further meetings until May 19 if any other tomplaints are filed. The judge described the board's duty as hearing any assessment complaints and then making an investigation of the matter and making on order from their findings. After a n investigation is made an order is sent to the complainant. The complainant may appeal the board's decision to" the state tax commission with further appeals through the regular court sys tem, Judge Coleman concluded The county court and budget committee will meet after the election, and after the equaliza tion board's business is complet ed, Judge Coleman said, to draw up the final county budget. He said a public hearing on the proposed budget will probably not be held until the middle of June. Another Month Seen In Potato Shortage Seattle (U.R) The exist ing potato shortage in the Pac ific Northwest may last until the middle of June because ex pected shipments from southern states have been held up by a weather-hampered harvest. Frank Bruhn, of the Seattle price stabilization office, said the southern crop normally is on the market before the pre ceding crop is consumed. OPS intends to keep spuds under price ceilings until sup plies are back to normal, Bruhn MISSING WOMAN FOUND Annm Florence Dorman, 80, of 115 North Amy street, Central Point, was located In Medford at about 6:30 p.m. yesterday, city police said today. State police had requested local residents to be on the lookout for the elderly woman after she had been re ported missing shortly after 3:30 p.m. Kefauver To Receive Valley Coonskin Cap During Thursday Visit A "genuine, bona fide, cer tified Rogue valley coomkln cap" will be preiented to Sen. Eitei Kefauver, Democratic candidate for preiident, when he viiiti here Thuriday, it wai reported today by Democrat ic parly official!. The senator will ipeak from the itepi of the Jackion coun ty courthouie at 10:30 o'clock Thuriday morning. The cap, which wai made by Fred Been, Phoenix, will be given to the Tenneuean by Mn. Lu la Walion, Medford, a native oi Tennenee. ' P'ie Some hail fell in Medford, and those who observed it said that it was composed of huge stones, some of them almost half-inch In diameter. Cause of Controversy The cloud-seeding operations by Kooser and his partner, Har vey Brandau, have- created con siderable controversy in the val ley this year, particularly from dry-land farmers who claim that the anti-hail work has prevented natural rainfall from falling. Brandau and Kooser have main tained all along that their work does not affect rain. In assessing the results of the flight yesterday evening, Kooser pointed out that of the .26 of an inch of rain which fell during the last 24-hour period, all but .01 of an inch fell while he was seeding the clouds. "It's my honest opinion that If I hadn't seeded last night, many of the fruit growers of the val ley would have been ruined by a continuous hailstorm of several hours duration," he said. opinion" that disputes in the nationwide oil strike "should and can be settled through col lective bargaining." Feinsinger abruptly halted a formal hearing on the strike to give the board a chance to rule on wage settlements already reached in the industry. Principle Obstacle The issue of what wage boosts may be granted under board rules "appears to be the princi pal obstacle" left to be cleared away, he said. , Feinsinger said the board will rule on agreements already pro posed and is of the "unanimous opinion' that disputes -which are still unresolved should and can be settled through collective bargaining." Meeting Closed - The chairman opened a ti d closed the session with a five minute statement In which he said there was "nothing to be gained by continuing this large meeting." He told representa tives of 75 companies and 22 CIO, AFL, and independent oil unions to meet informally with board members during the day on the status of negotiations in the Industry,' Allied Fighter Pilots Down 13 Red Planes Seoul, Korea U.R) Allied fighter pilots destroyed or dam aged 13 Communist jet planes Tuesday in air battles ranging from the Yalu river to Pyong yang, North Korean capital. The 5th Air Force reported five MIG-15 jets were shot down, two probably destroyed, five damaged and one of the new type-15 Jet planes damaged. On the ground, U. S. Marines wiped out a 30-man Communist probing unit near Koranpo and beat off the enemy In two other places on the Korean Western Front. ADMITS FORGERY A. O. Thompson pleaded guilty -Monday In circuit court to a grand Jury Indictment charging three counts of forg ery, , according to District At torney Paul Haviland. The case was continued for sentencing pending receipt of the defend ant's FBI record. Thompson was recently extradited from Cedar Rapids, la., on the grand jury bench warrant. Secrecy of Eight-Jet B-52 Bomber Partially Lifted Washington (U.R) The Air Force partially lifted the secrecy surrounding its eight-jet B-52 "Global" bomber Tuesday. Boeing Airplane Co. was per mitted to reveal the swept-wing ship's outside dimensions, show ing it to be half again as large as the six-Jet B-47 atomic bomb er and somewhat smaller than the B-36. . Teit Caie for Security The Air Force conceded it no longer is "practical" to try hid ing certain details about the B-52 Stratnforlresa, which Secretary Thomas K. Finletlcr has made a test case for his security views. He contends aircraft technical Information helps the enemy but does not Interest the public, and that "nothing will be revealed as a practical matter." Now that the ship Is being flight tested at Seattle, Wash., Boeing can distribute pictures Prisoner Camp Command Shaken; Colson Replaced Dodd Reassigned. To Headquarters Seoul, Korea-(U.R) The U.S. 8th Army fired Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson Tuesday from his job as commander of Koje island and Indicated it will repu diate all orpart of the conces sions he made to free Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd from the prison ers who held him hostage. Colson was returned to his former post as chief of Itaff of the U.S. 1st Corps in Korea. Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, Assistant commander of the 2nd Infantry division, was appointed to succeed him on Koje, Dodd Reassigned At the same time, the Army reassigned Dodd, former 8th Army deputy chief of staff, to 8th Army Headquarters. His new assignment was not disclosed. - Colson's transfer obviously came about as a result of the agreement he negotiated to free Dodd. Gen. Mark Clark, new UN commander, hinted that he would repudiate it 'on grounds it was obtained under "duress" 1 and "blackmail." The Army in Washington said it has asked Clark for a full re port on Dodd's capture and the concessions made by Colson to free him. Clark in turn has ad vised the Pentagon he has al read asked 8th Army Headquar ters in Seoul for such a report, a spokesman in the capital said.' The Defense Department in Washington was forced to issue a statement "clarifying" the agreement Colson signed. Erroneous Impression! Clayton Fritchey, director of the department's office of public Information, issued the state ment after the U.S. joint chiefs of staff rushed a call to Korea asking for an explanation. Fritchey said Colson's state ment "gave several erroneous impressions." ' Colson said there will be "no more forcible screening of pris oners of war" at Koje, when, the Defense -Department said, "There never hns been any 'forcible screening' of prisoners of war." Wasp's Radar Failed, Board of Inquiry Told Bayonne, N. J. (U.R) The commander of the Wasp testified Tuesday that the aircraft car rier's radar failed shortly before it knifed into the destroyer-, minesweeper Hobson which sank with a loss of 176 lives. Capl. Burnham C. McCaffree told a three-man board of Inquiry that the Wasp's radar konked out immediately after a watch of ficer reported the Hobson 3,100 yards away during a simulated night attack in mid-ocean. A legal advisor for McCaffree said later that the ship's surface search radar failed when a "re lay, went out." The failure oc curred at 10:23 p.m. exactly three minutes before the collis ion. City Finance Group Sets Study of Budget The Medford city council f i-: nance committee will meet at , 7:30 o'clock tonight in the coun cil chambers of the city hall for . 1 discussion of the 1052-1953 fis cal budget, according to city of ficials. Work on the budget if expected to be complete some time during the first week In ' June, they said. BASEBALL St. Louli 8 13 1 Brooklyn 14 14 1 Presko, Schmidt, 3. Werle S, Boyer 6. Bokelman 8 and D. Rice; Roe, Wade 4, and Cam panella. Home rums Musial 2, Hodgtii, Wade and Miggim. that have not been doctored to conceal certain features, as was the case with the first pictures five months ago. The newly-announced dimen sions show the plane to be 153 feet long, 48 feet high at the tail and 185 feet in wing span. It was also revealed that the plane has a double-tandem landing gear eight main wheels, four In a row. This unusual arrangement gives better weight distribution. Boeing 'Tooling Up' Boeing said it is "tooling up for production" of Stratofort resscs, which were ordered into production before the experi mental models besan flight tests. Two have been built. The XB-52, the first one, was rolled out under camouflage last November and hns been undergoing ground tests. It will fly soon. The second, the YR-52, first flew on April 15 (or 2 hours and 51 minutes. I 6
