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PRESIDENT ENDORSES
ANTI-KEFAUVER MEN
IN CALIFORNIA RACE
Washington (U.R) A Cali
fornia Democratic leader said at
the White House that President
Truman ha endorsed in the
California Democratic primary
a slate of convention delegates
opposed to Sen. Estes Kefauver's
candidacy for the presidential
nomination.
Edmund G. Brown, California
attorney general who heads a
"favorite son" 68-vote slate of
delegates running against a Ke
fauver slate in the June 3 Cali
fornia primary, made the state
ment. '
Permission Given
"I hope that your slate of del
egates is elected," Brown quoted
the President as saying.
Brown said Mr. Truman gave
him specific permission to make
this statement public.
Brown said the President's ac
tion and his slate of delegates
did not constitute a "stop Kefau
ver movement."
"Actually, the President spoke
in high terms of Kefauver and
the senator is very high on our
Death of Sterling
Creek Man Termed
'Apparent Suicide'
Frank Wanek, 62, whose mail
address was route 2, box 12,
Jacksonville, died of an appar
ently self-inflicted bullet wound
last night after being taken to a
local hospital from his cabin in
the Sterling creek area, accord
ing to sheriff's deputies.
They reported that Wanek had
lived alone on a mining claim
since his partner, Raymond Tu
rek, died May 7. They noted he
"had been despondent since the
death of Turek, who died of a
heart attack."
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Tu
rek and two friends, William
Wisheart and June Wilson, all
of Klamath Falls, journeyed to
Wanek's cabin with some grocer
ies for him and found the cabin
door barred from the inside, the
deputies related. Upon hearing
moaning from within, they call
ed a neighbor who broke in and
discovered the man bleeding
from a .22 caliber wound in the
forehead.
The sheriff's office was noti
fied and the wounded man was
taken to the Community hospital
by Perl ambulance. Funeral ar
rangements are in charge of Conger-Morris
funeral home. Wanek
was a veteran of World War I.
Fir Beetle Control
Subject of Meeting
Plans to combat douglas fir
beetle infestations in western
Oregon will be discussed Thurs
day, May 22, in Douglas county
courthouse. Roseburg, at 10 a.m.,
it was announced today. All in
terested land owners have been
invited to attend.
W. D. Hagenstein, chief for
ester of Industrial Forestry asso
ciation, and a five-man subcom
mittee appointed by the North
west Forest Pest Action commit
tee, will lead the discussion.
Because of bad winter storms
during the past two years which
caused excessive vindthrow, and
the large amount of timber kill
ed by fires in 1951, the beetle
population has built up to the
point where it has become the
primary menace to forest land,
Hagenstein states.
His group will discuss how to
salvage beetle-killed timber and
will also outline plans for aerial
and ground survey work to de
termine extend of damage and
coordinate timber salvage, Ha
genstein said.
New Atom Smasher May Open Way for
Scientists To
Upton, N. Y. (U.R) A new
atom smasher, capable of firing
"bullets" almost as fast as the
speed of light, opened a new
era in science Wednesday that
may enable man to create mat
ter from energy.
The doughnut-shaped mach
ine, known as a cosmotron, pro
duced atomic particles of 1.300,
000.000 volt of energy Tuesday
in an historic test at Brookhavcn
National Laboratory.
Greatest Voltage
Atomic Energy Commission
scientists achieved the greatest
voltage ever produced by man
by shooting the bullets, or hyd
rogen protons, through the cos
motron at 167.000 miles a sec
ond. The speed of light is 186,
000 miles a second.
The speed and voltage exceed
ed that loosened by detonation
of our mightiest atomic bomb.
Scientists said the protons,
list of people who will be con
sidered by our delegation,"
Brown said.
Vote Record Cited
Brown noted, however, that
the Tennessee Democrat had
voted against cloture in the Sen
ate, for segregation in the arm
ed forces, against the tidelands
bill and for the Central Arizona
project, all of which, according
to Brown, was "not popular in
California."
Brown said that he could an
alyze the assets and liabilities
of other candidates, but had
spoken of Kefauver specifically
"because he is in there and thus
becomes the focal point of attack."
School Election
Petitions Filed
By Otto Ewaldson
Otto F.waldsen, 20 Ross Court,
has filed for election to the Dis
trict 49 school board, serving the
Medford public schools, the of
fice of E. H. Hendrick, superin
tendent of schools, reported
today.
Ewaldsen is the first to file pe
titions for the position on the
board left vacant by the comple
tion of E. Ronald Rice's term in
office. Rice, 302 Vancouver ave
nue, indicated today he will not
be a candidate for reelection.
Former Army Man
Ewaldsen has been a Medford
resident for the past seven years
and was previously stationed at
Camp White during World War
II as a major in the corps of en
gineers. He is a partner in
Swem'j Gift shop, 217 East Main
street.
The candidate is active in
many civic affairs, including po
sitions on the board of directors
of Medford Plan and chairman
of the Medford Retail Merchants
association. He also takes part
in activities of the Zion Luther
an church, of which he is a
member. .
Ewaldsen is married and the
father of three children.
' Deadline for filing of petitions
is June 9. The election will be
held Monday, June 16.
Prisoner Death Used
By Red Propagandists
Pannmnjom, Korea (U.R)
The Rpd truce delegation seized
upon the Pusan prisoner of war
riot to attack Wednesday what it
called the United Nations "great
hoax" of voluntary repatriation.
North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam
II, senior Communist delegate,
lodged a "serious protest"
against the killing of a Red pris
oner during the uprising in the
Allied prison camp at Pusan
Tuesday. Eighty-five other pris
oners and one Allied guard were
injured
Nam said the United Nations
was guilty of bloody murder
among the "barehanded" prison
ers. He demanded that the affair
be dealt with "unequivocably
and responsibly."
Price Controls Cased
On Copper Products
Washington (U.R) The
government Wednesday relaxed
price controls on- copper pro
ducts to overcome a shortage
of copper imports.
The step was taken to let
manufacturers of copper pro
ducts buy imports at higher
world prices.
Portland (U.R) Fire destroy
ed a small lumber and planing
mill in north Portland early
Wednesday with damage esti
mated at $35,000.
Create Matter
each about 1-200.000. 000th of an
inch, weighed four times as much
at the height of their speed as
they did when they began hurt
ling through the 204-foot race
track of the cosmotron.
Since protons travel in
straight lines until they are di
verted, it was necessary to build
a circular tube in the cosmotron.
Waves Sent Into Tube
The scientists said the protons
were kicked around the "track"
by a radio station that sent
waves into the tube.
A Brookhaven spokesman said
the protons, which had been
split off from the hydrogen el
ectrons, moved so fast that they
would have encircled the earth
at the equator five times in
710ths of a second.
None of the record-breaking
amount of energy produced was
released, because the scientists
Weather
rutttXAST: Fair tonlRht. In
creasing cloudiness Thursday
with possible showers in aft
ernoon or evening. Low to
night 40. High Thursday 70-12.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 66
Lowest this Morning 41
Ued Captives Stage
Demonstrations ai
Gen. Ridgway Gives
Solons Pessimistic
View of Peace Talk
Commander Testifies
On Prisoner Turmoil
Washington (U.R) Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway gave senators
a report on the Korean truce
talks which one of his hearers
described Wednesday as "cer
tainly not optimistic."
The former supreme com
mander in the Far East testified
at a closed hearing of the Senate
Armer Services committee. He
is on his way to Paris where he
will succeed Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower May 30 as supreme
commander of Western Euro
pean defense forces.
Thursday Ridgeway will ad
dress a joint meeting of Con
gress. Reports on Violence
Ridgway was called before
the committee to report on
Communist violence at the Koje
Island war prisoner camp. But
Senate Republican Leader
Styles Bridges, N. H.. senior
GOP member of the committee,
said he also was questioned
about the Korean war situation
and the truce talks.
Bridges said the general was
not hopeful that the truce talks
would lead to peace. Asked if
that meant full scale fighting
might break out, the senator re
plied: ,'"I don't know, but he certain
ly was not optimistic as to the
results."
Firm Control Asked
As Ridgway began his testi
mony, promising to tell the sen
ators "all I know" about the dis
orders on Koje Island, Commit
tee Chairman Richard B. Rus
sell, D-Ga., issued .a statement
calling for firm control of Com
munist war prisoners.
Russell called the kidnaping
of an American general by the
Reds and his subsequent "ran
soming" a national "humilia
tion." High Court Reverses
Murder Conviction
Salem (U.R) The Oregon Su
preme Court Wednesday re
versed the first degree murder
conviction of Mrs. Margrethe
Hansen, Corvallis, under life
sentence for the death of her
husband, and sent the case back
to Benton county for new trial.
It was a four to three ruling.
The dissenting judges held that
the case should be dismissed out
right for lack of substantial evi
dence. Mrs. Hansen was convicted of
murdering her husband, Sigrud
Hansen, Sept. 10, 1950, and was
sentenced to life imprisonment
in Oregon state penitentiary on
recommendation of the jury.
Radio Highlights
Radio station KYJC (1230
ke.) will broadcast the Med-ford-The
Dalles baseball game,
in the state tourney at Albany,
t 2:30 p.m. (standard time) on
Thursday,
From Energy
want to learn how much each
proton can absorb before fall
ing apart. A proton never has
been split.
If the cosmotron enables man
to convert energy into matter,
it will function in an exactly
opposit manner as the atom
bomb, which turns matter into
energy.
Experiment Witnessed
About 500 persons, among
them laboratory scientists and
their wives, witnessed the exper
iment. They were so jubilant
over the results ihat they broke
out bottles of champagne to cel
ebrate.
They had another reason for
uncorking champagne bottles.
two other atomic laboratories
at the University of California
and at Birmingham, England
had been attempting to attain
the energy production reached
Here Tuesday,
Medford
United Praii-mU Leaiad Wlr
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RUNNING AGAIN Only five passengers were aboard the first
Greyhound bus when it arrived at San Francisco's Ferry Building
terminal from Marin County. Greyhound expects to have normal
service throughout the seven Western states involved in the strike
within two or three days.
City School Budget
Approved by Voters;
County Budget Leads
Medford school district voters!
yesterday appUiyed a b.Hdfiet, in
excess of the six per cent limita
tion for the coming fiscal year
by a margin of 477 to 55, city
school officials reported today.
Xhe total amount of the budget
for 1952-1953 is $1,265,196.09. It
is $321,237.45 in excess of the
six per cent limitation. Of the
total budget, $557,607.58 will be
derived from state, county and
Local Man Missing
In Navy Air Crash
Ens. Leslie G. Monroe, 22, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Levi G. Monroe,
913 Alta street, has been listed
as missing following a plane
crash Monday north of San Di
ego, Calif., according to word
received by his parents.
In announcing his identifica
tion, Pacific Fleet Air Headquar
ters said Ensign Monroe was
missing and presumed dead. The
crash occurred while he was en
gaged on a routine training
flight from Miramar air station
in an F4U Corsair navy fighter
plane.
The crew of a fishing boat wit
nessed the crash, the navy said,
but found only an oil slick on
the surface of the water at the
scene of the accident.
Ensign Monroe attended Cen
tral Point high school. He enlist
ed in the regular navy four
years ago and in 1950 was ap
pointed to the navy flight train
ing program and was assigned to
Pensacola, Fla., "naval air sta
tion for training.
Newbry To Be Speaker
At Phoenix Festival
Phoenix Earl T. Newbry sec
retary of state, has accepted the
invitation of Phoenix Mayor E.
R. Claflin to attend the fourth
annual Phoenix May festival
May 2nd and will make the op
ening address for the one day
festivities.
Mayor Claflin states that Med
ford, Ashland, Jacksonville,
Gold Hill. Central Point, Rogue
River and Klamath Falls will be
represented by their respective
mayors.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
St. Louis 3 5 1
New York 0 4 0
Chambers and D. Rice: Jan
sen, Lanier 6, Wilhelm 9, end
Yvars.
Home runs, for Si. Louis: D.
Rice.
AMERICAN
New York S 12 1
Chicago ISO
Reynolds end Berrai Pierce.
Judson 8 and Lollar,
MEDFORD, Ofc. .ON, WEDNESDAY, MAY
other recipts and $707,588.51
will be raised by taxes,
Unofficial and incomplete re
turns from 13 of the 23 rural
school districts on the special
election held Monday for a bud
get $819,377.12 over the six per
cent limitation showed 366 fa
voring the increase and 60 op
posing it, according to Alf Mck
void, county school superintend
ent. The returns 'so far include all
districts operating high schools
and six of the elementary dis
tricts and show a "favorable ma
jority in all reporting districts,
according to Superintendent
Mekvoid. The budget totalled
$1,081,642.21.
The superintendent said that
the rural school board will make
the official count of ballots
Thursday and a complete offi
cial tabulation will be available
by Friday,
Greyhound Resumes
Normal Schedules
Portland (U.R) Pacific and
Northwest Greyhound lines re
sumed normal service Wednes
day in the Pacific Northwest,
Late Tuesday, the AFL bus
employes union completed bal
loting on a proposed settlement
of their strike against Northwest
Greyhound and the company
said members had accepted
new agreement.
William Phipps, Portland su
perintendent for Northwest, said
service would be resumed from
the local depot at 8:15 a.m.
Pacific Greyhound has re
sumed normal bus service to all
points on its west coast lines,
according to the Medford office
this morning. Northwest Grey
hound in Washington has also re
sumed service, the office added,
but Oregon Motor stages (from
Portland to Astoria and Eugene
to Newport) and the Overland
lines (Portland to Ogdcn) are
still without normal service.
Pearson Pledges
Vote for Kefauver
Salem (U.R) State Treas
urer Waller J. Pearson Wednes
day pledged himself to vote for
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes
see for Democratic nominee for
president at the Democratic na
tional convention in Chicago.
Pearson, who spent not a pen
ny for campaigning, was chonert
as one of Oregon's 12 delegates
to the Democratic convention.
PLEADS INNOCENT
Cecil N. Cannon, 2827 Buck
shot road, pleaded not guilty to
a charge of petty larceny from
the Big Y market at a district
court arraignment Monday, ac
cording to the district attorney's
office. A Jury trial date was set
by District Judge Kawlei Moore
fur May 27.
iTRIBUNE i
Death of Enemy
Prisoner Related
In Latest Uprising
Commander Meets
Red Representative
By RICHARD APPLEGATE
Koje Island, Korea (U.R)
Communist prisoners defiantly
staged a new demonstration
against the United Nations at no
torious Compound 78 Wednes
day. Authorities disclosed belatedly
that a guard killed a Red cap
tive last Saturday.
These developments followed
by less than 24 hours the death
of another prisoner and the in
juring of 85 more in rioting at
a mainland prison camp near
Pusan Tuesday; Steel-helmeted
U.S. troops removed Communist
agitators from the Pusan camp
Wednesday and enforced an
armed peace there.
Threatening Gesture
The slaying of a Chinese war
prisoner at a Koje island com
pound was disclosed by Brig
Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, new
commandant of the Koje camp
Boatner said the prisoner was
killed when he made what ap
peared to be a threatening ges
ture toward a UN guard at the
gate of Compound 602, which
holds approximately 5,000 pris
oners.
Boatner met with prisoner
representative of the compound,
Maj. Wei Lin, and discussed the
incident He also permitted 12
Chinese prisoners to put flowers
on the dead man's grave.
60 Prisoners Active
The compound was In the next
valley to Compound 76, where
a new anti-UN demonstration
erupted Wednesday. . About 60
prisoners took part In the dem
onstration at Compound 76 gate
only a few feet from the spot
where Red captives kidnaped
Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, then
camp cemmandant, May 7, and
held him hostage for four days.
Two representatives from each
compound on Koje had gathered
at the gate under Allied guard
with Boatner's permission to
talk with prisoners Inside.
Prisoners Set Up Clamor
Boatner wanted the prisoner
delegates to see for themselves
that their leaders, who went into
Compound 76 during negotia
tions for Dodd's release, were
unharmed.
When the prisoners Inside
saw newsmen arrive in a weap
ons carrier, they set up a clamor
to be allawed to talk to them.
One in Army fatigue trousers,
a spotless white polo shirt and a
red-starred military hat shouted
in English:
"Let us talk to these war cor
respondents!" Authorities refused.
Package Intercepted
The polo-shlrted soldier then
tried to shove a folded pack of
notes through the barbed wire
to newsmen. An American ser
geant carrying a rifle snatched
it from his hands.
A few moments later a nar
row manlla envelope was pass
ed from one of the prisoners to
a prisoner-delegate outside. The
delegate tried to stuff the en
velope Inside his shirt, but it
was confiscated by an alert
guard.
Richard Applegate, author of
the above article on the Koje
prison camp demonstrations, is
a former Medford newspaper
man, where he was on the staff
of The Mail Tribune. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Applegate, 615 South Oakdale
avenue.
Salem (U.R) Gov, Douglas
McKay Wednesday appointed
Edward E. Grant, Enterprise,
as Justice of the peace for the
enterprise district, Wallowa
cpunty.
BULLETIN
Washington flJ R) The Sen
ale Banking eommitlee Wed
nesday approved e bill to ex
tend wage-price controls only
eight months Is next March
I but Is continue the rest of
the Defense Production Act
for another year beyond the
June 30 expiration date.
(Jolted Preu Full Leased WUe
21, 1952
No. 52
New
CCoje
JAMES McGRANERY
New Attorney General
Senate Confirms
James McGranery
Attorney General
Washington (U.R) James
P.P. McGranery, confirmed as
attorney general by a 52 to 18
Senate vote, waited for a strat
egy talk with President Truman
before announcing his plans to
combat corruption in the gov
ernment.
The 56-year-old Philadelphia
federal judge, who was nomin
ated seven weeks ago to succeed
J. Howard McGrath as head of
the justice department, told re
porters he would have "abso
lutely nothing to say" about re
viving the long-stalled cleanup
drive until he checks signals
with Mr. Truman.
Not to Rehire Morris
McGrath was fired by Mr.
Truman for ousting Newbold
Morris as the government's head
corruption hunter. McGranery
said previously that he had no
Intention of rehiring Morris but
will lean primarily on FBI Chief
J. Edgar Hoover to ferret out
"wrongdoers" on the federal
payrool.
McGranery Is expected to
take his oath of office later this
week, perhaps at a White House
ceremony. He gave up a life
time job on the bench to accept
the cabinet post, although Presi
dent Truman's administration
now has less than seven months
to go.
John Garfield, Film
Actor, Dies in N. Y.
New York (U.R) Screen act
or John Garfield was found dead
in a Manhattan apartment
Wednesday.
The 39-yenr-old actor died of
a "cardiac condition," according
to Dr. Charles W. Nammock,
who pronounced Garfield dead.
Garfield, a native New Yorker
who was graduated from a
school for problem children, was
In New York preparing for sum
mer stock roles.
An outstanding performer on
the Broadway stage in addition
to his movie roles, he was fre
quently cast In the role of a
"tough guy."
Garfield was born Jules Gar
finkel on March 4, 1913, the son
of a tailor in New York's lower
East Side.
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Boys Forced To Surrender
Treasure Found in Old Pond
Portland (U.R) Three Port
land boys Wednesday had to
give up a treasure of more than
$2,000 In cash they found float
ing in a stagnant pool yesterday
afternoon.
Lynn Edwin Hill, 7: Myron
Ward Whltcomb, 9, and Melvin
Weaver, 11, fished an odd-looking
packet containing $2180 in
currency from a pond. They split
their find three ways but one of
the boys' mother spotted some
of the cash. It wan turned over
to the sheriff's office.
Believed Part of Hoard
Authorities believed the mon
ey was part of a hoard saved up
for a trip to Russia by an aged
hermit, 71-year-old James Ste
vens, who died in his shack
near the pond last February.
The money, in $5, $10 and $20
Ike Supporters
Eye Washington
To Boost Tally
Uninstructed
Slate Elected
Washington (U.R) A Mon-'
tana victory lengthened the lead
of Sen. Robert A. Taft in the
contest for Republican National
convention delegates.
But supporters of Gen. Dwight '
D. Eisenhower were counting on
the Washington state Republi
can convention later this week
to bring up their delegate score.
Slate Uninstructed
Montana's state GOP conven
tion Tuesday night elected an
uninstructed eight-man dele
gation to the party's July 7 pres
idential nominating convention
in Chicago. Seven of the dele
gates were avowed Taft sup
porters, while one said he favors
Eisenhower.
That brought the United Press
tabulation of delegates commit
ted or publicly announced to 386
for Taft and 360 for Eisenhow
er.
Delegation Hat 12 Voiei
Montana Democrats chose a
20-man delegation having 12
votes. It will follow the admini
stration's lead at the national
convention. There was insuffi
cient support for any individual
Democratic candidate to indi
cate the delegation's possible
sentiments.
Washington Republicans elect
24 delegates Friday and Satur
day. A few months ago, Taft was
favored to win a substantial ma
jority of the state's delegates.
Since Eisenhower's victory in
the primary In neighboring Ore
gon last week, however, the Eis
enhower forces have become op
timistic about their chances of
winning most of the Washington
delegates. At the same time, the
Taft camp has become pessimis
tic.
Hearing Date Set
On Annexations .
The Medford city council last
night set Tuesday, July 1, as the
date for a public hearing on the
annexation of Verde Hills sub
divisions Nos. 2 and 3 southeast
of the present city limits. The
two tracts involve 67 lots and
ajoint Verde Hills Subdivision
No. 1, .which was annexed to the
city last fall.
All three tracts are owned by
John S. Day, Groveland avenue.
If no opposition to the annex
ation of the tracts develops at
the public hearing, they will be
brought Into the city without an
election through 100 per cent
ownership petitions.
Councilmen stated that peti
tions are also being circulated in
an aria adjoining the Day tracts
asking for annexation to the
city. They stated that some op
position is developing in that
area and an election will be ne
cessary after petitions are filed.
The council also approved a
change in setback from 30 to 20
feet for a lot owned by Hugh
Erickson at Highland drive and
Barneburg road.
(See Story on Page 5)
Eisenhower To Head
Home On May 31
Paris (U.R) Gen. Dwight
D. Elsenhower will turn over his
command to Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway May 30 and take off
for Washington May 31.
The Allied supreme command
er, who retires June 1 to become
an active candidate for the Re
publican presidential nomina
tion, will relinquish his post to
Ridgway at a special ceremony
at headquarters.
Ridgway, now in Washington
on his way from Tokyo, is to ar
rive here Tuesday.
bills, will be turned over to the
Stevens estate.
The currency recovered by the
three boys was wrapped In tis
sue paper, Inside a cardboard
carton in a glass jar wrapped in
a watertight jacket made of an
old inner tube. The money was
in good condition but slightly
damp. Sheriff's deputies had no
Idea how long the money may
have been floating in the pond.
Favorite Fishing Hole
The pool was in an old brick
kiln excavation and neighbors
said it was a favorite catfishing
hole of the old hermit. He had
been receiving welfare assist
ance up until the time of his
death but told neighbors he had
saved enough money to make
trip to his native Russia wrnre
his sole surviving relatives live.
About $327 was found around
hit shack after he died.
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