Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 16, 1952, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmm M Ml Medford tolled Press Full Leased Wirt 47th Year 20 Pages RECORD BALLOTING Ideal Weather Aids Voters; Noon-Time 'Totals Double '50 Republicans Outnumber Democrats in Voting Ideal weather clear skies and a warm sun today aided in bringing out what may prove to be a record vote in a primary election in Jackson county. Up to noon today, an approxi mate 20 per cent of the regis tered voters had turned out to cast their ballots well - over twice as many as had voted by the same time o day in the pri mary election of 1950. Republican voters, with a long er ballot and contests which have drawn more interest than those in the Democratic races, were showing up at the polls in num bers far exceeding Democrats in one instance a 1 to 4 up to noon, and in most instances about 4 to 1. Precincti Checked A noon-hour check of nine se-J lected precincts showed turnouts of 16, 14, 20, 23, 24. 21, 15, 17 and 23 per cent of the registered voters. This compares to an esti mated 6V2 per cent of all voters two years ago, an election which drew les than 50 per cent of the vote throughout the day. Each precinct checked showed conclusively that Republicans were far outnumbering Demo crats in voting. In one, 62 Repub licans had voted compared to 24 Democrats; in another they had a margin of 5 to 3, but in two others the margin was 4 to 1; in another it was i'A to 1, and in another 2 to 1. Many voters will not cast their ballots until this evening. Polls will remain open until 8 o'clock. Vote Count Prepared Elaborate preparations have been completed to make a fast and accurate tabulation of votes and bring them to radio listeners of Jackson county tonight. The Mail Tribune and radio station KYJC have combined facilities to obtain returns rapidly and the station will put the first results on the air as soon after the polls close as they are available. Broadcasts will continue through the night as long as new totals are available, in both state wide and local election races. Radio station KMED also has announced plans for an "election party" starting at 9:30 p.m., with United Press election wire serv ice and telephoned reports from throughout the county. Portland iU.R) Oregon vot ers Friday voiced Far Western presidential sentiment in the state's preferential primary in which 18 Republican and 12 Democratic national convention ielegates were at stake. Main battle on the GOP bal lot was between Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Gov. Earl War ren of California with the gen eral the odds-on favorite to win the popular vote and the 18 dele gates. I Kefauver Seen Winner On the Democratic side, Sen. Estes Kefauver was considered likely to pick up the 12 Demo cratic delegates who go with the popular vote. The polls opened at 8 a.m. (PST) and voting in the first four hours was relatively light. Dave O'Hara, state elections registrar, predicted 56 per cent of a record registration of 778,000 voters would cast ballots before the polls close at 8 p.m. (PST). Blamed on Time Mix-up The light early vote was blam ed on the standard time-daylight time mix-up in Oregon. The state officially is on standard time and most of the larger cities are on daylight time. Many voters who normally cast ballots before they go to work were unable to do so today. The weather was warm and sunny with temperatures in the 70s throughout the state. Man;' Names, Issues Confronting the voters of both parties was a staggering list of more than 400 names of candi dates down through county and municipal levels. In addition, voters also had to decide on many local issues. y The bulky ballots were expect ed to make counting slow, espec ially in some of the upstate pre cincts. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1952 pr Mm BORN in Santa Monica, son of Princess Fatemeh, sister of Iran's Shah and husband, Vincent Hill yer, Los Banos, Cal., is presented to the press. (International) Union Spokesman Denies Early End To Oil Dispute Denver (U.R) A government forecast that the 17-day-old strike of 90,000 CIO. AFL and independent union oil workers would be over "within the next 48 hours" was disputed by union spokesmen. O. A. Knight, Denver, presi dent of the CIO Oil Workers Union, the largest involved in the nationwide walkout, repudi ated a statement attributed to him Thursday in Washington. Want Full Amount He was reported to have said: "We are calling off the strike and we expect the men back at work soon." Knight said the striking work ers "are not expected to return to work until they have agree ments giving them the full amount of wage increases ap proved by the Wage Stabiliza tion Board." He then added that "any other statements upon whidh I have been quoted are inaccurate if they vary from this." Hinge On Retroactivity Another union spokesman in Denver, pointing to the threat ened breakdown in negotiations between 31 CIO union employees and the Wyco Pipeline Co., Cas per, Wyo., said "most of the dis cussions arc hung up on the ques tion of retroactivity." Wyco re portedly has offered the union a flat $50 per man in lieu of retro active pay on the agreed 15 cent increase. Federal mediators reported field representatives were "standing by," ready to push for settlements in hundreds of con tract talks across the country. Many of the 75 companies in volved in the dispute were op timistic about chances for a set tlement. New Meeting Slated In Newspaper Row Portland (U.R) Representa tives of the Portland Newspaper Guild (CIO) set another meeting with management of the Oregon Journal and Oregonian Friday after Guild membership Thurs day night rejected a manage ment contract offer. The management offer includ ed pay raises ranging from 3.6 per cent or SI 50 a week mini mum up to S3. 50 a week for top newsmen. Top Portland scale under the offer would be $102.50 minimum. BULLETINS Washington (U.R) The House voted late Friday to make the Marine commandant a member of the joint chiefs of staff end to forbid a reduc tion in the Marine Corps be low its present strength. Philadelphia (U.R) The CIO United Steelworkers rais ed dues and initiation feet Fri day after their president. Philip Murray, told opponents of the move to quit "belly aching" about it. Kansas City. Kan. 0JR) A county grand jury Friday recommended the ouster of Mayor Clark E. Tucker and four other Kansas City, Kan., officials for a!!:;ed official misconduct. Tornado-Like Hits Northern Utah; Ten Persons Hurt Ogden, Utah (U.R) Winds, of tornado velocity hit northern Utah early Friday injuring 10 persons, disrupting transporta tion and communications, and causing thousands of dollars in damage. , The worst trouble was at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden, where the winds were measured at velocities up to 100 miles an hour. Planes Damaged Ten men were injured by fly ing debris at the base. One, Richard Thornley, was taken to an Ogden hospital where his con dition was reported serious. Base officials declined to estimate damage to planes and the field but observers estimated it would exceed 50,000. Box Elder county sheriff War ren Hyde said damage in his county alone to property and fruit trees would exceed $1, 000.000. Ogden's municipal airport was hit hard by the wind. Six planes there were demolished and many others damaged. The loss was at least $30,000. Electricity Out Half of Ogden was without electricity for about four hours after three high voltage Utah Power and Light Company lines were blown down between Og den and Cutler, Ida. The wind bent six heavy steel power towers near Willard until their tops touched the ground. Power service to all of the Salt Lake City-Ogden metropolitan area was on an emergency basis. All three of Ogden's radio sta tions were off the air for a time because of the power failure and the Ogden transmitter of the Utah Highway Patrol was also without power. Barn Breaks Wires Just north of Ogden, between Hot Springs and Willard, a large barn was blown across an open span of Mountain States Tele phone and Telegraph Company circuits, breaking all the wires. The break cut off all but emer gency telephone service from northern Utah communities to border cities such as Brigham City and Logan and to all points in Idaho, Oregon and Washing ton. Press association leased wires from Utah to the North west were cut for more than an hour and a half by the Willard break. Trees Blown Down Brigham City reported hun dreds of trees were blown down including a pair of stately pines that long had decorated the Box Elder county courthouse grounds. Many trees around Brigham City's Tabernacle square were uprooted and sev eral roofs were blown off. Scores of sign boards were knocked down. The winds hit northern Utah cherry orchards at a critical UN Will Stand Firm On Prisoner Issue Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) Allied truce negotiators told the Communists they will stand firm "indefinitely" against the Red demand for forced return of prisoners. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, sen ior United Nations delegate, im patiently sat through another Communist propaganda filibus ter at a 30-minute session in the truce tent Friday. He dismissed the Red biases as "unworthy of notice." North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam II. spoke for 28 minutes. He said the "resolute persistence" of cap tured Communist soldiers has "bankrupted'' the U. N. policy of voluntary repatriation. Tacoma U.R Mayor John H. Anderson Friday proclaimed that T,acoma will adopt daylight saving time effective at 2 a.m. Monday, May 19. Seattle (U.R) Northwest Airlines announced Friday the cancellation of 13 weekly flights to Alaska because of the strike induced oil shortage. Tribune United Preu t'ull Leud WU No. 48 SEEN Wind 'time just as a bountiful crop of fruit was forming. One Brigham City orchardists said at least nan ot nis cherry crop was knocked off the trees and onto the ground. The weather bureau predicted that winds of gale velocity would continue into the night particularly around Salt Lake City ,but should diminish by Saturday. Election on Budget Excess Scheduled In County Schools An election on exceeding the six per cent limitation on the county rural school budget will be held in the county's 23 rural schol districts Monday from 7 to 9 p.m., County School Superin tendent Alf B. Mekvold said today. Polling places all of which are posted with three or more elec tion notices, are located in grade and high school buildings in the various districts. The proposed budget for the 1952-1953 fiscal year amounts to $1,081,852.21. It exceeds..the. six per cent limitation by $819,- 377.12 and last year's budget by $140,646.10. The increase from the 1951-1952 budget is caused by an increase in salaries for teachers and by various school building projects. Low Base Figure Mekvold explained that it is impossible to operate the county schools within the six per cent limitation because of the ex tremely low base figure which was set several years ago. He said that the depression and World War II halted all school improvement work and were im mediately followed by a tremen dous increase in school popula tion. These facts have combined to bring a great increase in costs, he said. If the county-wide budge is defeated in the Monday elec tions, fiscal plans for the coming year will go back to the individ ual districts, Mekvold said. Weather MiKKCAST: Pair and warm through Saturday. Low to night 45. High Saturday M-M. Temp. Highest Yesterday 76 Lowest thlf Morning 42 County's 84 Polls Remain Following is a complete list of Jackson county's 84 polling places, where voters may cast their ballots up to 8 o'clock. Pa cific Standard Time, this eve ning: No. 32. Holland hotel; No. 33, 201 South Holly street; No. 34. city hall; No. 35, 305 East eighth; No. 36, 610 South Central ave nue; No. 37, Lincoln school; No. 38, 422 Bcatty street; No. 39, Latter Day Saint church (Ivy and Monroe streets.) No. 40, courthouse: No. 41, 519 King street; No. 42. Crater Lake Lumber company; No. 43. Boy Scout headquarters; No. 44, 1112 East Main street; No. 45. Roosevelt school; No. 46, 1914 Westerlund avenue: No. 47, Washington school; No. 48. new fire hall (Eighth and Lincoln streets): No. 49. 23 Rose avenue. No. 50, 137 Kenwood: No. 51. Jackson school; No. 52, 520 Western (corner Western and Humphrey): No. 53, Zion Luth eran church (fourth and Oak dale); No. 54, 908 West 11th street; No. 55, senior high school girls' gym; No. 58, 45 Glen Oak court. Ashland's Precincts No. 1, public library; No. 2, city hall; No. 3. 139 Granite treet: No. 4, armory: No. 5. First Presbyterian church; No. 6, Calls City Council Meeting Tomorr To Hear Messages Flynn Thinks Decision Will Be Sustained Mayor Diamond L. Flynn to day vetoed the city council's ac tion of last week which would have placed Medford on daylight saving time next Monday. As a result unless the coun cil overrides the mayor's veto by a two-thirds majority Med ford will remain on Pacific standard time. Technically, the mayor's ac tion consisted of two veto mes sages, one on a resolution pro viding for daylight time in the city, and the other on an ordin ance changing the city's offic ial business hours. Calls Council Meeting He has filed the two veto messages with the city record er, and has called a special meet ing of the city council for 12:30 p. m. Saturday, at which time it will have the opportunity to sustain his veto, or to override it. The mayor said he is confi dent the council will support his decision. Flynn said three main reasons impelled him to arrive at what he termed "a difficult decision." They were: 1. T h e people of Jackson county voted by a substantial majority in 1950 to prohibit the observance of daylight time in the county. 2. The people of Oregon at the same election voted to give the governor authority to make a study of the state's welfare, and to set the time as a result of his study. 3. Medford'g action in going on TJST would have a consider able effect on nearby communi ties which might remain on standard time Ashland, Tal ent, Phoenix, Grants Pass and others as well as on the coun ty government, which is requir ed to remain on standard time. Would be "Island" "Medford would have been an island of daylight time in a sea of standard time If the meas ures had gone Into effect," May or Flynn said.. He' added that sentient cems pretty evenly divided within the city of Med ford, and that rural sentiment strongly favors standard time, The mayor returned yesterday from a trip to the Willamette valley, where he consulted with officials of Eugene and Spring field, and with city officials of Roseburg on his way back. They have found that when DST has been proclaimed this year there has been uncertainty and confu sion, the mayor reported, and that considerable pressure and bickering has also resulted. Will Stick To Decision Mayor Flynn said he feels that city councils should not have to shoulder the responsib ility of deciding such a contro versial isfue, but that since the issue has come up in this man ner, he has made his decision on the basis of the best informa tion available to him, and will stick to it. He added that he hopes the decision will be accepted, and that all concerned will now "get together" on the time without further agitation. In his veto message the mayor said, "I realize that this action will cause inconvenience to some of the people within the city, but I believe the matter should be settled once and for all by a vote of the people at a later date." Precinct Polling Open Until 8 Free Methodist church basement No. 7, junior high school; No. 8 521 North Main; No. 9, Lincoln school; No. 10. Briscoe school. No. 11, 130 Fourth street; No. 12, 368 Bridge street; No. 13, Southern Oregon college gym; No. 14, (Ashland West), Valley View school. Other Precincts Barron precinct, No. 15, Klam ath Junction cafe; Bellvlew No. 16, Bellview Grange: Pinchurst No. 17, Lincoln school; Colcstine No. 18, Siskiyou maintenance station. Lake Creek No. 19. Lake Creek store; Butte Falls No. 20, town hall; Eagle Point No. 21, north. Brown's store: Eagle Point No. 22, south, high school gym; Flounce Rock No. 23, Pros pect gym; Trail No. 24, Rogue River lodge; Shady Cove No. 25, Veterans of Foreign wars hall: Reese Creek No. 26, Dinner Bell cafe; Derby No. 27, Derby school. Howard No. 28, Howard school gym; Howard east No. 29, Building 401. airport Roxy Ann No. 30, 538 Mary street Hillcrest No. 31, Hillcrest orchard house. Orchard Home east No. 57, 798 Marshall avenue; Orchard Home west No. 58, 1840 Stewart. Phoenix, Talent, JacVsonvllle , Phoenix east No. 59, Oakwood r 7 jf-: I CANAL COLLISION DESTROYS SHIP-This coastwise tanker, loaded with 700,000 gallons of high. octane gasoline, burns furiously after colliding with a freighter in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal near Wilmington, Del. The fire started from exploding gasoline and is believed to have claimed the lives of four of the 10 crew members. The freighter moved on into Delaware Bay with a damaged bow. ' Quick Action Saves Man From Death In Suicide Attempt Quick action by two Medford youths and a tennant of the Crater hotel yesterday saved Norman Delbert Magnus, 26, from possible death by hang ing in what police officers term ed a suicide attempt. The teenage youths, Harold Ashton, 624 Benson street, and Angelo Mathews, 635 Palm street, called bystanders who helped hold Magnus up while Dale Albert Puddy, a resident of the hotel, cut the ropes, po lice said. Climbs Out of Window Officers reports said the two boys were walking In front of the Crater hotel, 30 South Cen tral avenue, at about 8:20 p. m., when they saw Magnus climb out a window of the hotel with a rope.;. The boys said they thought., he--wasjjoing to work on a neon sign until he placed the rope around his neck and lowered hlmrelf hand-over-hand until he was hanging by his neck. The boys held up Magnus' feel, hanging about six feet from the sidewalk and called other bystanders who helped until Puddy, aroused by the noise, cut the rope. The man was unin jured, attending physicians said Magnus- is being held in the county jail for investigation, city police slated. Delbert C. Goddard, Fruit Inspector, Dies Ashlmd Delbert C. God dard, 66, of Route 1, Talent, a federal fruit inspector in Jack son county for 19 years, died here this morning. He was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Goddard was born July 1, 1885 and was educated in the Wagner Creek schools. Survivors include his wife. Donna: two children, Delbert L. Goddard, Talent, and Mrs. Gla dys Casly, Salem; a grandson, Larry Allen Goddard Talent, and a brother, Ormy, Talent. Litwillcr funeral home, Ash land, is in charge of funeral ar rangements. Places Given; O'Clock, PST motel; Phoenix west No. 60 new school gym; Phoenix south west No. 61, Grange hall. Talent west No. 62, high school music room: Talent east No. 63, city hall; Griffin Creek No. 64. Griffin Creek school. Jacksonville north No. 65, U. S. hotel; Jacksonville south, No 66, city hall; Perrydale north, No. 67, Oakgrove school - gym Perrydale south, No. 68, 38 Ren ault avenue. Central Point. Rogue River Central Point west, No. 69, Townsend hall; Central Point northeast. No. 70. Crater high school gym Central Point south, No. 71, east Legion hall: Willow Springs, No. 72, Willow Springs school; Mound No. 73, 105 ad ministration building, Camp White: Sams Valley, No, 74, Sams Valley school; Wimcr, No. 75, Grange hall. Rogue River east. No. 76 Grange hull; Rngue River west, No. 77, VFW hall. Gold Hill north, No. 78, city hall; Gold Hill south, No. 79 Brownell motel residence. Foots Creek, No, 80, commun ity hall; Applegate, No. 81, com munity hall; Union. No. 82. Ruch school; Walkins, No. 83, Upper Applegate Grange: and Sterling No. 84, Old West place, route 2, box 27. Congressmen Figure Ways To Whack Own I ncome Tax Payments Washington (U.R) Feder al income taxes have been going up and up for most Americans. Congressmen have figured a way to whack theirs. The tax-reduction plan for congressmen was approved un animously by the House Thurs day without a word of debate or explanation. Costs Charged Off Rep. John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, Democratic floor leader, sponsored the congress ional tax cut as an amendment to the $63,390,000 legislative ap propriations bill, which the House approved by voice vote and sent to the Senate. The amendment would allow congressmen to charge off their Washington living costs as "bus- Fire Destroys 2 Talent Homes Talent Two homes were destroyed and a third was dam aged by fire Wednesday evening near the Valley Auto Wreckers south of Talent, according to Andrew Hawver, chairman of the Talent Rural Fire associa tion. Destroyed were homes be longing to George Walker, route 1, box 225, and Mrs. Evelyn Hildcbrand, route 1, box 222. The home of Ray Walker was partially burned. Hawver re ported the estimated loss at the George Walker place at a bout $9,500, Including the furni ture. No damage figures were available for the other property involved, Hawver said. Cause of the fire was thought to be a butane water heater in the George Walker home. The distance between the three dwellings was about eight feet, Hawver reported. The rural fire association's chairman said that the assoeia tion does not as yet own enough hose to handle more than one blaze. "It might have been pos sible to save the Hildcbrand home if the firemen had the hose, he said. Commander Backs Tough Koje Policy Koje Island, Korea (U.R) The new commander of the Koje Island prisoner of war camps backed his tough but fair" pol Icy Friday with sandbag pill boxes and re-located firepower But the Communists, who seiz cd the former commander and held him for ransom, still flaunt ed propaganda' banners Inside their compounds. The present commander, Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner,- said he did not think there would be any more unruly emdonstrations. Oregon Man Awarded Silver Star by Army With 3rd Infantry Division, Korea (U.R) First Lt. Lee R. Stickler, Enterprise-, Ore., has been awarded the Silver Star the nation's third highest dec oration, for gallantry In action in the Korean war. ... The Army officer was cited for two hazardous flights over the enemy at low altitude to ad- Just friendly artillery fire. Olvmpia (U.R) An initiative which would permit the sale of oleomargarine in any color ex cept "butter yellow" in Washing ton was on file In the secretary of state a office Friday, mess expenses" which are de ductible on income tax returns. Experts said the "McCormack plan" would mean a consider able tax saving for all lawmak ers, and a fat tax cut indeed for those members who live in swank Washington hotels, dine in expensive restaurants, and otherwise run up heavy "ex penses" in the capital. Office Rental Voted In the same bill House mem bers also voted themselves up to ' $900 a year each for renting of- lice space in their home dist ricts unless such space Is avail able in Postoffice or other fed eral buildings. Senators already have a similar allowance. The Idea of cutting congress ional taxes won immediate sup port in the Senate. Chairman Allen J. Ellender, D-La., of the Senate subcommittee on legis lations, said he is "sure" hia group will approve the House measure. Endorsed by Bridges Senate Republican Leader Styles Bridges, N.H., also en dorsed the House move as "rea sonable." McCormack told reporters the sole purpose of his amendment was to eliminate "discrimina tion against members of Con gress by the Internal Revenue bureau." The bureau has ruled that, for tax purposes, they reside both In their home districts and in Washington. As a result, congressmen can not now charge off as business expenses the costs of remaining in Washington while Congress is in session. Gold Hill Voters Pass City Budget Gold Hill The proposed city budget increase over the 6 per cent increase limitation, and all charter amendments, were passed at a special election here Thursday, according to Fred Lester, councilman. The budget was approved by a vote of 52 to 29. Charter am endments approved two which would combine the recorder's with the treasurer's jobs, and one for electing three council men every two years with three holding office for four years and three for two years beginning Jan. 1, 1953. The time for holding the reg ular general election was chang ed to coincide with the same date as the state blcnniel election, the first Tuesday after the first Monday, and compensation for Judges and clerks will now be determined by the council. It has been a set fee of $2.50 in the past. Portland (U.R) The burned Danish motorship Erria left here Friday, in tow of the 4,200-horse-power Dutch tug Zwarte Aee. The Erria will be taken to Rot terdam to be converted Into a freighter. BASEBALL NATIONAL i Chicago 3 12 1 New York J It Rush and Edwards, Aiwell). Koslo. Wilhelm 6. Spencer 8, and Westrum, Noble.' Home run: Mueller. Pittsburgh 4(0 Brooklyn 8 13 1 Friend, Main t. Wilks 7. and Garagiola, McCullough, Fits gerald; Ersklne, Black 2. La. bine 3, and Campanella. Home turn Duke Snider. .