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reyhouiid lis Keiect Sett emenf Drivers Medford United Preu FuU Leased Wire 47th Year 14 Pages AMERICAN OFFICIAL, BRAZILIAN HELD HOSTAGES IN BRAZIL JUNGLE 'Thrill Seekers' Capture Pair af Air Crash Scene Parachutists Fly In Rescue Attempt Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (U.R) Brazilian Army parachutists flew into Central Brazil to rescue a U. S. government official and a Brazilian Air Force major held captive Monday by thrill seeking "soldiers of fortune" in the jungle where a Pan-American Stratocruiser crashed two weeks ago. Two Others Feared Held Authorities feared that two other Americans who had gone to the crash scene may also be held as hostages. Three Army planes carried 38 parachutists to the crash scene, 930 miles north of Rio. Authorities said- Scott Mag ness, safety advisor to the Ameri can Civil Aeronautics Adminis tration who headed, an official expedition to the scene.,of the crash in which 50 persons in cluding 19 Americans were kill ed, and Brazilian Air Force Major Miranda Correa were seized by armed members of an unofficial expedition. Said 'Thrill Seekers' The captors were described as "thrill seekers" and number ed 30 to 35 men, according to Charles Collar, of the U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board who heads the main operations base for the official expedition. Collar said the captors, who parachuted to the jungle crash scene a few days before the official party reached it, held the two men as hostages in an effort to force the official party to. carry them back to civiliza tion by helicopter. Held in Clearing Collar said two other Ameri cans, Pan American Pilot Rob ert Wisenbaker and a Pratt & W h i t n e y Co. representative, Stanley Brooks, who made an overland trek to the crash scene, may also be held as hostages. Collar said Magness and Cor rea were captured at pistol point and are being held in a clearing about four miles from the site of the plane crash. Female Prison Escapee Picked Up in Seattle Salem (U.R) Mickey O'Brien, female prisonc who escaped from the Oregon state peniten tiary Feb. 27 by calling a taxi, was back in prison Monday aft er she was picked up in Seattle Saturday, according to Warden Virgil O'Malley. He said Mis O'Brien and At- tilio Marastoni, whom he de described as a parole violator, were picked up separately in Seattle. BULLETINS Washington (U.R) Priea Stabilizer Ellis Arnall asked America Monday to stop buy ing potatoes if they can't get them at ceiling print- Washington (U.R) Prica Stabilizer Ellis Arnall today signed a resolution suspending ceiling prices on raw cotton and practically all types of wool, synthetic and cotton tex tiles. Washington (U.R) T h House unexpectedly rejected a bill to increase old age insur ance benefits Monday after op ponents said it would open the door to socialised medicine. Woman Starts Across Atlantic in Sloop Plymouth, England (U.R) Blue-eyed Ann Davison sailed the sea alone in a 23-foot sloop Monday in an attempt to be the first woman to cross the Atlantic by herself. A similar voyage three years ago cost the life of her husband. Cosmetics Included Mrs. Davison loaded her sloop here Sunday night with food, water, and a supply of cosmetics and perfume to keep up her morale. Then she sailed into the English Channel headed for the Florida Coast. The 38-year-old widow stowed MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 19, Whitney Appears Winner in County Democratic Me Loyd Whitney, Jacksonville, edged out C. L. Hockersmith, Phoenix, in a close race for the Democratic nomination for coun ty commisisoner in last Friday's primary election, unofficial re turns showed today. But the margin of Whitney's victory was only 70 votes, 2,454 to 2,384. It was possible though not probable that the official tabulation could change the re sults enough to make Hocker smith the winner. The official canvass of ballots will not be completed for several weeks. Mistakes Possible The unofficial tabulation of votes was conducted by The Mail Tribune, beginning as soon as the polls closed Friday night. It continued throughout Friday night and all day Saturday, as long as returns were available, and began again this morning. It is inevitable that some mis takes were made as every effort was brought to bear to tabulate returns as rapidly as possible, although Mail Tribune tabula- tions have been remarkabaly ac curate In the past. In other contested races, com plete and final though unof ficial results confirmed the outcomes reported Sunday bas ed on incompleted returns. Adds io Majority Walter Nunley added to his majority in the contest for the GOP nomination for Jackson county district attorney. The fin al count was Nunley 6,969; Paul W. Haviland, 4,789. Dr. M. P. Vogel s win over County Coroner Carlos Morris for the Republican nomination was 6,101 to 5,188. County Judge J. B. Coleman piled up a comfortable majority over Robert L. Brantley, in the contest for Republican nomina tion. The count was Coleman 6 ,170; Brantley 4,880. Former County Agent Robert G. Fowler maintained his long lead in the GOP nomination raee for county assessor. . Final results were, Fowler 6,817; W. P. Tucker 2,4.44, and J. H. Tiz ekker 1,561. Complementary votes were given to incumbent Republican County Commissioner L. G, Morthland, 9,125, and Republi can County Surveyor Paul Ryn ning, 8,893. Neither had primary election competition. Follows State Trend In the vote for president on the Republican ticket, the coun ty followed the trend through out the state. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower received 9,171 vot es, Gen. Douglas MacArthur 717; Sen. Wayne Morse 265; Louis Schneider 10; Harold Stas sen 151; and Gov. Earl Warren 1,209. The highest number of Repub lican votes in the county went tc Secretary of State Earl Nelr bry, who was unopposed for re nomination. He polled 10,084 votes. i A complete listing of how Jackson county voters, both Re publican and Democratic, voted will be published tomorrow in The Mail Tribune. The count was one of the slowest here in years, and one precinct did not Lonely Trip her perfume as carefully as she did 20 aluminum water bottles. "I am taking them to boost up my morale if things get too bad and I feel lonely, she said. "But I've got heaps of confidence and I'm sure I will make the trip all right." Spanish Coast Firit Stop Mrs. Davison plans to touch first at Cape Finistcrre on the Spanish Coast, then to stop at Madeira off the northwest coast of Morocco. After taking on fresh stores, she intends to head for Antigua In the West Indies and then for some point along the Florida Coast, make its returns available until the middle of Monday morning. Long Ballot The extreme length of the Re publican ballot was one of the principle reasons. Final tabula tion of all but contested races was still in the process of com pletion at press time today. Results of write-in votes will not be available until they are tabu lated by the staff of the county clerk's office, which may be sev eral weeks. The write-in votes may well put Democratic candi dates in the November ballots in several of the races where there were no Democrats in the pri mary election. Portland (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Monday apparently had won all 18 Re publican national convention delegates from Oregon as com plete and final returns begin to come in from widely scattered precincts. The voting Friday gave the retiring Atlantic pact command er more than twice as many pop ular votes as the total of his five major opponents in the GOP presidential preference contest. Kefauver Winner Sen. Estes Kefauver won the 12 Democratic convention dele gates who go with the popular vote. Unofficial returns from 2,031 of the state's 2,269 precincts gave: Eisenhower, 150,473 votes; Gov. Earl Warren, 36,715; Gen. Douglas MacArthur, 16,116; Sen. Wayne Morse, 6,544; Harold E. Stassen, 5,829, and William R. Schneider, 395. The Democratic vote: Kefauver, 127,307; Su preme Court Justice William O. Douglas, 23.306; and Gov. Adlai Stevenson, 18,333. Ike Supporters Win The 10 GOP delegates-at- large positions went to Eisen hower supporters and eight Ike supporters from the four con gressional districts held com fortable margins over an insur gent slate for Sen. Robert A. Taft. The pro-Taft delegate can didates were entered under a law that does not bind them to support the popular choice. Only undecided state race was between Mrs. Lillian Burton and Margaret Cawood for the post of Democratic national commit- teewoman. Mrs. Cawood led 53,- 815 to 51,758 with 2031 pre cincts reporting. Portland (U.R) Complete but unofficial returns from 2031 of Oregon's 2269 precincts in Friday's primary election vot ing showed Monday: For national committeeman: Republican Gard, 50,912; Jack, 22,581; Paget, 39,869, and Paine, 34,890. Democratic DcCicco, 34.514, and Sweetland, 83,885. For national committcewom an: Democratic Burton, 51,758, and Cawood. 53,815, Ellsworth Wins For congressman in the 4th district (418 of 483 precincts): Republican Draper, 9,266, and Ellsworth 35,887. Democratic Swanson, 17,988, and Wood, 12 202. For state treasurer (2055 pre cincts): Republican Lynch, 64,- 524; Robinson, 58,747, and Un- ander, 96006. Democratic Blakeslee, 70,138, and Lambert, 92. 713. For attorney general (2046 precincts): Republican Barry, 32.555; Lindas, 49.137; McCourt, 84.692, and Stadter, 43.480. Delegates to the GOP national presidential convention appear to be decided. The leaders in all races were supporters of Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower and his two chief adherents in the state. Gov. Douglas McKay and Sen. Wayne L. Morse, ran 1-2 among the delegates to Chicago. McAllister. Elliott Listed Others slated to be delegates- at-large included Lamar Tooze, Portland; Robert A. Elliott, Med- ford; Mork O. Hatfield, Salem; Gordon Orput, Portland: How ard C. Bellon, Canby; William Tribune United Preu Full Leased Wue 1952 No. 50 Admitted 'Brains' Of Brink's Robbery Refused by Police Officials Fail To Act on Offer West Warwick, R.I. (U.R) Rhode Island authorities took dim view of the failure of the Massachusetts police to investi gate further a witness who said he helped mastermind the $1, 219,000 Brink's robbery. The witness was Alfred Gag non, an ex-convict being held on a robbery charge at Rhode Island state prison. He was reported to have told Rhode Island authori ties that he , Boston cafe owner Joseph F. McGuinness and Carle ton M. O'Brien, who was slain from ambush here Saturday, planned the Brink's holdup. Not Interested Attorney General William E. Powers offered Sunday to turn Gagnon over to Attorney Gen eral Francis E. Kelly of Massa chusetts to give testimony before a grand Jury. However, Powers said, "thus far they do not seem to be interested in what we have to offer." Powers spoke out after Boston police questioned and released McGuinness, also an ex-convict who said he didn't know Gagnon but had been acquainted with O'Brien for 30 years. McGuin ness apparently had been picked up on the strength of Gagnon's testimony to Rhode Island au thoritles .1. '...,.;. r,-v. .. .).. O'Brien, a nightclub operator here with a long police record was killed with two shotgun blasts early Saturday, two days after his name had been linked with the Brink's robbery. "We have no alternative but to believe that the murder of O'Brien is linked to the Brink's affair," Powers said. Drownings Claim Four Over Week-End ' By United Press At least four persons were re ported drowning victims Mon day in Oregon as warm summer weather drew residents to streams and lakes for week-end recreation. Three of those feared drowned were Portlanders and the fourth was from Eugene. Arthur Charles Todd, 33, of Eugene, disappeared in Fern Ridge lake near Eugene Sunday afternoon while Frank Hay- hurst, 10; Warren Legler, who was in his 20's, and Wayne Glazebrook, 18, all Portlanders, were missing in separate acci dents. Soil Conservation Subsidies Approved Washington (U.R) The House Monday passed and sent to the White House a bill to extend through 1954 the basic authority for government subsidy pay ments to farmers for soil conser vation. Although the House previous ly has approved a $250,000,000 outlay for the purpose next year, the basic authority for the whole program is scheduled to expire Dec. 31, 1952. McAllister, Medford; Leslie M. Scott, Portland; and Zylpha Burns, Portland. In the 4th district, William E. Walsh, Coos Bay, and Lars P. Peterson, Coos Bay, were the winners. The 12 Democrat delegates included four delcgates-at-large. Jack Bain, Portland; Walter J. Pearson, Portland; Terry D. Schrunk, Portland, and Monroe Sweetland, Milwaukie. Dodd, Eppi Laading Leading for the eight other Democratic seats included: 4th district Walter H. Dodd, Eu gene; Dave Epps, Sweet Home. Margaret Cawood, Portland, drew slowly but not decisively ahead of Mrs. Lillian M. Burton, also a Portlandcr, today in their race for Oregon's democratic national committeewoman. With slightly more than 200 out of 2269 precincts to be tabu lated, results from Friday'a pri mary election showed: Cawood 60,740, Burton 58,997. TEXAS PORT SAVED IN BIG OIL FIRE-Firefighters attempt to move in close as more than 1000 firemen and volunteers battle this multi-million-dollar refinery tank farm fire which threatened the port of Corpus Christi, Tex. The blaze raged out of control for 17 hours. The fire was so hot it blistered firemen's faces if they approached within 100 feet. Extension of Rural Electrification Planned by Firms An agreement for extension of electrical service to rural areas of Jackson and Josephine coun ties was announced today in a joint statement issued by the recently-organized Twin Counties Electric Cooperative, Inc., and the California Oregon Power company. The service extension was "de veloped at a conference between the two organizations, the an nouncement said, and "will serve most, and possibly all, of the applicants for membership in the cooperative without any charge for bringing in the lines except for some sparsely settled areas, in which a nominal charge may be necessary. Making Survey Copco engineers are now mak ing a preliminary survey, and work will proceed as rapidly as facilities will -permit, the state ment added; Officers and directors of the cooperative said that the exten sion of service to the rural areas "will fulfill the aims and goals of the cooperative getting elec tricity to as many people as pos sible, as quickly and economic ally as possible." The siatement added that ap plicants for membership in the cooperative may apply to the power company for service, and their applications for service do not prevent them from granting Copco rights of way for power lines. Assistance Asked For Fire-Hit Family A call went out this morning from the Jackson County Red Cross office for contributions to replace furniture of a burned out Evans Creek World War II dis abled veteran and his family whose home was completely de stroyed by fire May 15. The family is that of Clarence Kaparoff, 32, who spent five years in the army and has a wife and three children. Of the chil dren, Jimmy, 10 years, is now in the Portland Shrine hospital for his fourth operation and another daughter, Pam, 4, is also not well. Mr. and Mrs. Kaparoff also have another daughter 20 months old. Kaparoff is presently em ployed in Glendale. The com munity of Rogue River is having a utensil shower, according to Mrs. Enid Rankin of the county Red Cross, and the community is also going to rebuild the house from donated lumber. Mrs. Rankin pointed out that the national Red Cross does not pay for one-family disasters, but tnat some emergency help Is available. Anyone desiring to contribute any items of furni ture such as a baby crib, double bed, and the like may call Med ford 2-4405. A pickup from Rogue River will be in Medford on Wednesday to take the rlnna. I tions to the kaparoff home site. Nationwide Oil Strike Seen Rapidly Ending Denver (U.R) The 10.000 striking employes of the Sin clair Oil Company voted to re turn to work Monday and It ap peared that the nationwide oil strike was fast coming to an end. At the same time it was an nounced that about 4.000 other workers also cither had returned to work or would do so shortly. The Sinclair negotiations were considered the crucial test which would determine the end or con tinuation of the strike. Joy Brands Negotiators Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, in his final week as head of the United Nations truce delegation, called Communist negotiators "out and out" liars Monday. Lashes at Red Stand ' Joy lashed out at the Commu nists for their ambiguous stand on the screening of war prison ers while Supreme UN Comman der Gen. Mark W. Clark was an nouncing in Tokyo that the ad miral would be relieved next School District Election Tomorrow On Budget Excess An election to give school dis trict No. 49 auhtority to exceed the six per cent limitation on budget increases will be held to morrow, voters of the district were reminded today by School Superintendent E. H. Hedrick. The poll will be in the Girls' gymnasium of the Medford high school, and will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. The election is necessary, it was explained, because the dis trict's tax base, set many years ago, is no longer adequate to support the schools, which have expanded greatly due to the rapid increase in population. When the constitutional limita tion, which provides that a bud get may be increased no more than six per cent, must be ex ceeded, it requires a vote of the people to authorize the excess. Total $1,26$, 196 The total amount of the bud get for 1952-53, including operat ing expenses, payments on bonds and interest, and all other costs, is $1,265,196.09. Against this sum are state, county and other receipts, amounting to $557,607. 58, leaving $707,588.51 to be raised by lax. The amount in ex cess of the 6 per cent limitation is $321,237.45. Members of the citizens' com mittee, who are acting with the school board In the preparation of the budget are Eugene Thorn dike, James F. Campbell, Wil liam A. Barker, Mark Golcly and John P. Moffat. Members of the school board are Evelyn Nye, Frank C. Bash, Eva Hamilton, E. Ronald Rice and C. Edward Branchfield. Any registered voter who has resided within the school dis trict six months is eligible to vote. Koje Investigation Ended; Kept Secret Tokyo (U.R) Secret findings of a U. S. Army board which made an on-the-spot investiga tlon of the Koje Island prisoner of war revolt were handed up to Gen. Mark W, Clark's Supreme Headquarters Monday. At stake in the investigation were the future Army careers of two American generals Brig Gen. Francis T. Dodd, the camp commandant who was kidnaped and held hostage for four days by Communist prisoners, and Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson who obtained Dodd's release by granting embarrassing Commu nist demands. Clark already has repudiated Colson 8 concessions Weather KOKKCA8T: Parti? cloudy to cloudy throurh Tnenriav with nowrri moitly In mount. ni In afternoons. Tmp HiffiMt YeitfrtUv il l.o w eit this Morning 49 Commie as Liars Friday as chief truce delegate The announcement had been expected ever since the Navy De partment disclosed that Joy would leave his concurrent post of commander in chief of Naval forces in the Far East to become superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis June 9 The admiral will turn his truce assignment over to Maj. Gen William K. Harrison Jr., and his Naval command over to Vice Adm. C. Robert Biscoe, comman der of the U.S. 7th fleet. Relief Requested A UN spokesman said "Joy re quested that he be relieved when the Communists refused the fi nal" Allied offer for ending the war. Joy told newsmen after Mon day's truce session in Panmun jom that the Communists have switched their line on screening prisoners only because it did not turn out the way they hoped Portland Mayoralty Runoff in November Portland (U.R) City Com missioner Fred L. Peterson edged incumbent Dorothy Mc Cullough Lee by 3,269 votes in their race for Portland's may orship, but their contest will have to be decided in a runoff In iNovember because Peterson lacked a majority in the seven candidate field. Complete returns from all 628 precincts in Friday's municipal election showed Monday that Peterson polled 80,474 votes to 57,205 for Mrs. Lee, only woman mayor of a major American city. Other final counts In the may oralty race showed Lew Wallace 29,837, J. E. Jake Bennett 8,389, Maurice Wlllinger 1,252, Rue V. Kerley 1,097 and Arnold Lillie 942. Bloodmobile Visits Ashland Wednesday Ashland The Red Cross bloodmobile will be in Ashland May 21, from 1 to 6 p.m., at the Elks club, according to the Jack son County Red Cross office. Mrs. Lesion Huntley, blood chairman, said that the Elks are planning for 40 or more donors in an effort to secure the 1,300 pints they have pledged by July 1. So far, the club has secured 600 pints, Mrs. Huntley pointed out. The bloodmobile unit will be in Medford June 18 with a tenta tive goal set for 300 pints, Mrs. Huntley added. Rescuers Attempt To Reach Chasm Holding Student Kelso, Wash. U.R) Rescue teams of expert mounlainccrs struggled up snow-clad Mount St. Helens to reach an Icy chasm Monday into which a 23-year-old student plunged after a snowy ridge gave way beneath him. Art Jessett, the son of a Seat tle minister and a student at the, University of Washington was believed seriously injured, perhaps dead. Falls Through Snow Bridge . Jessett fell through a "snow bridge" at the 8,000-fot level while he was descending the snowy southwest Washington peak with three companions Sunday afternoon. "We were coming down In single file and Art was about 300 feet behind," said Bruce Raby, one of the party. "Sud denly we realized he was gone, we retraced our steps and found a hole in the snow bridge over the crevasse. "Jessett called 'I'm slipping' Operators Called o Union Meeting o Determine Caus No Other Course Told by President San Francisco (U.R) Offic ials of the AFL Motor Coach Employees union caled a meet- ng of local drivers Monday to ind out why they rejected a pro posed contract that would have ended an 11-week strike against Pacific Greyhound Lines. The settlement lost out be cause the unions three main divisions voted 104 to 85 against it. Meeting Scheduled The over-all vote was 1,300 to 450 in favor of settlement. A few ballots had yet to be count ed, but they will not affect the general result, a union official said. Al Baker, president of the union, scheduled a meeting for 8 p.m. with the local drivers, who handle the San Francisco commuter runs. He said the union had no other course but to reject the settlement. Musi Stick to Policy "We have to stick to this pol icy so that the company will not be able to play off one part of the union against another and make concessions to the major ity at the expense of the minor ity." He said he hopes to hear from the local drivers "what it is they don't like about the settlement and what action they want me to take in the negotiations." "It's my guess that Grey hounds attempt to sell the Marin county commuter franchise while the strike was gong on precipitated this vote by the lo cal drivers." Demo Convention Deadlock Expected Washington U.R) Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney said Monday that a convention deadlock over the Democratic presidential nomination' "now ' lokr inevit able." The Oklahoma Democrat, who has been quietly pushing House Speaker Sam Rayburn for the nomination since last fall, told a reporter he thinks Rayburn has a good and growing chance to emerge from the expected dead lock as a compromise nominee. Other friends of Rayburn are convinced that the 70-year-old Texan is available for the nom ination in case of a stalemate but that he will not consent to be an active candidate. SCHOOL ENTERED Jackson grade school was broken into some time over the week-end, according to Medford city police, with "nothing known to be missing," but a complete check was not being made until today. The building was entered through the boiler room, police said, and all rooms were "ran sacked " In the kitchen nine cartons of Ice cream were brok en and scattered over the floor leaving the melted ice cream, police noted. The police are checking several suspects. BASEBALL NATIONAL! Pittsburgh 0 7 1 New York 4 8 0 Pollet, Friend 3, and Gara giolai Maglia and Westrum. americanI Boston 3 7 1 Detroit 2 10 0 Henry, Kinder 7, Parnall 9. and Wilber; Houtteman, Whits 9, and Batta, Ginsberg, 8. and fell out of sight. He landed on a ledge about 35 feet down. He called to us that he thought his arm was broken, but he said he couldn't tell for sure because he was pinned down. We couldn't go after him because he had the only rope." Raby, most experienced climb er of the group, skiied down the slope to telephone for help. Ford Oliphant, Chehalls, another member of the party, contacted six other mountain climbers. Body Heat Melts lea "They dug their axes into the ice and attached their rope," Oliphane said. "I climbed down quite a way and found a ledge. It must have been the place where Jessett first landed and called to us. But the heat from his body must have melted the ice so he couldn't hold on, then he fell to the bottom. "I heart a couple of groans which sounded like they cam from about 30 feet below me, but then it was quiet."
