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Funds foir Commp White Expected do Week FREE WORLD FORCING REDS ON DEFENSIVE, GEN. RIDGWAY SAYS Washington (U.R) Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said Friday thai Communist forces in Korea are able to wage germ and gai warfare, but that it U anybody'! guess whether the Reds would resort to such weapons. The former Far East commander told a luncheon meeting of 300 Washington reporters his statement that the Communists are "capable of waging germ and gas warfare is based on the best mili tary intelligence the United Nations command could gather. Washington (U.R) Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway asserted Friday that the Communists have ben forced on the defensive by "the growing strength and determination of the free world." The former Far Eastern com mander who on May 30 will be come chief of Western European defense forces said that Com munist propaganda has hit "a new pitch of hysteria and vul garity" because the free world is frustrating their designs. No Ammunition Lack Ridgway made those state ments in an address to newspa permen and women. Earlier he ' told House members there is no shortage of ammunition in Ko rea. He said the only major lack In Korea is jet planes. The gen eral's meeting with the House Armed Services and Foreign Af fairs Committees was closed and his testimony was not officially made public. However, commit tee sources said the general as sured members that reports of ammunition shortages In Korea are based on "erroneous infor mation." Troops Well Supplied "He said United Nations troops in Korea are as well supplied, both from the stand point of quality and quantity, as any troops anywhere," one source reported. "He said re ports of a shortage of ammuni tion are based on erroneous in formation." Ridgway addressed a luncheon meeting of the National Press Club, the Women's National Press Club, and the Overseas Writers Club. He said that even before his arrival at his new headquarters, European Communists are vili fying him "as a war criminal, a microbe-killer, and Fascist mur derer, ad nauseam." He attributed this in part to the fact that the Unied Naions forces under his command blocked the Reds in the Far East. Now that he has been as signed to the supreme command of Atlantic Pact forces in Europe the Communists "know, I hope, that I will give this vital mis sion everything that I have got," Ridgway said. Ridgway said he understands that the Communists of Western Europe are "planning quite a reception' for me." He recalled that they planned the same thing for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom he is succeeding, and "failed miserably." Medford Offici To Attend Meeting Mayor D. L. Flynn, City Su perintendent Robert Duff and City Attorney Frank Farrell are scheduled to attend a League of Oregon Cities meeting tomorrow p and Sunday in Portland, they re ported today. Expected to be a leading topic of discussion at the Portland meeting will be daylight saving time, according to an agenda for warded here. Mayor Flynn has urged that a measure settling the DST confusion which has been apparent throughout the state this year. Other items on the agenda in clude a clarification of annexa tion laws, allocation of addition al revenue of Oregon liquor con trol commission funds to incor porated cities, uniform traffic citations, plans for an airport management conference, and a discussion of LOC convention plans. Cateroillar Horde Stalls Minnesota Highway Traffic . ... . mm a..... . MAt elontr In fhtt mminrlc Brainerd. Minn. (U.R) Auto mobiles slipped and skidded, railroad locomotives stalled and residents wore high boots as cat erpillars three inches deep in places crawled over a million acre area east of here Friday. It was the worst invasion by the yellow and black tent cater pillar in the history of Minne sota, Trees Stripped Clean The moving carpet of cater pillars crept over forests, bushes, bare fields and highways. Million of trees stood naked, stripped of their new spring leaves by the relentless nibbling of millions of tiny mouths. Motorists said it was almost as pj? i&T GENERAL RIDGWAY Reds on Defensive Big New Plywood Plant Construction Begun in Valley Work has started on a big new plywood fabrication plant at While City, it was announced today by the recently-incorporated Medford Veneer and Ply wood corporation;. Plans call for completion of the plant before the end of the year. The company will employ ap proximately 150 men, and will produce 3,000,000 feet or more of three-eighths inch Douglas fir interior plywood each month. the announcement said. Plans for future expansion call for in stallation of machinery to manu facture exterior Douglas fir ply wood, and to slice vertical grain fir, pine, . redwood and other types of wood for manufacture into plywood. Plan Other Types Other plans are being made for future manufacture of hard wood veneer plywood, and ply wood utilizing impregnated plas tic faces, hardboard faces and other newly developed methods of using lower grades of veneer John Dingley is president of the new firm; Loren Haugen is vice-president, and Kenneth Pry or is secretary-treasurer. All are Medford residents, and have had years of experience in the ply wood industry in all phases of plant operations including build ing, management and cost pro duction control, the announce ment said. To Cost $400,000 The announcement indicated the new manufacturing plant would cost about $400,000, with out any additions. The firm is incorporated to sell 7,500 shares of stock at $100 each, much of which has already been purchas ed by Medford residents. Offi cers of the corporation said that Medford investors are being giv en first consideration in an ef fort to keep the firm locally owned. Temporary general offices have been established at 1103 North Riverside avenue. HELD FOR INVESTIGATION Lawrence William Brownell 19, of Hilt, Calif., and a 16-year-old youth, also of Hilt, are being held for investigation of a theft from an automobile which oc curred about a week ago, city police said today. Officers said the case involves a briefcase and other items which were taken from a car at the Y club, High way 99 north." mct In set stuck in the mounds of caterpillars as It was in a snowdrift. Cars traveling through the area proceeded at reduced speeds over the treacherous blan ket. It was .dangerous to stop for fear that it would be impossible to get the car moving again. Locomotive Stalled Caterpillars crossing a rail road track stalled a locomotive. The engine gradually lost trac tion going up an incline until its wheels spun on the tracks. It finally had to back down the grade some distance then rare ahead to sain enough mo mentum to carry it through the bunker of caterpillar. Three-Day Recess Decided in Heated Truce Ngotiation Enemy Angrily Agrees To Break Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) Deadlocked Korean armistice ne gotiators decided at a heated ses sion Friday , to take a three-day recess. The United Nations proposed the recess to eive the Commun ists a chance to "consider our po sition. The Reds angrily agreed to the break. Despite the recess, Vice Ad miral C. Turner Joy, retiring head of the U.N. delegation, pre dicted the talks eventually would result in an "equitable and hon orable armistice." No Nonsense Joy's successor, Maj. Gen. Wil liam K. Harrison, set a firm "no nonsense" tone in his first full day as senior delegate. He suggested the recess after the Reds again accused the Al lies of mistreating prisoners of war, of "massacres" in the prison camps, and of using force during their screening to determine which prisoners want to return to Communism. 'Admissions' Repeated North Korean Gen. Nam II re peated the repudiated "admis sions" to Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson, who negotiated release of Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd after Dodd was seized by Com munist prisoners of war on Koje island. Nam charged once more that the U. N. intends to use the pris oners as "cannon fodder" for the Republic of Korea and National ist China. He demanded that Har rison reply at once to these charges. Recess Suggested "Unless you want to talk some more, I suggest that we recess," Harrison retorted. Nam: "You mean you refuse to give an answer to my state ment?'.' Harrison: "Your statement is not worthy of a reply." Nam: "Your attitude is no at titude for negotiations. Do you mean you refuse to negotiate?" Harrison: "I propose a recess." Nam angrily threw his pencil on the table. i - "You -dare -not answer my statements," he said, "because they are the full facts. I agree to a recess." Turman, Utah Wilson Don't Expect To Hang for Murder Walla Walla (U.R) Turman and Utah Wilson said Friday they did not believe they would hang, although, for the third time, a date has been set for their execution. The brothers, convicted of the 1950 kidnap-slaying of JoAnn Dewey, were told Thursday In Clark county Superior Court they would die June 23. They previously have been given two stays of execution. Questions Answered Though the brothers were not allowed to speak to reporters Thursday, Turman Wilson an swered six written questions submitted to him by the Oregon Journal. Asked if they were prepared to die, Turman wrote on the Journal's questionnaire: "If I die, and if Utah dies, then the state is taking the lives of two innocent persons." Turman told the Journal: Neither Utah or I feel that we will hang. We believe the gov ernor, who is a Christian, will let us live and that the governor Paralysis Patient Taken To Eugene An 18-year-old Glendale, Calif., boy was taken to Eugene by Mercy Flights ambulance plane this afternoon. He was suffering from infantile paralysis, accord ing to his attending physicians. According to the story the youth told, he was hitchhiking north from California following the recent death of his mother, and was robbed of his money near Crescent City. He hitch hiked to Medford to look for a Job, and began suffering from stiffness in his neck. On the following day, Thurs day, the stiffness was worse and he was hospitalized, and his ail ment was diagnosed as polio myelitis. The physician said to day that he is slightly improved this morning, but that rigidity persists in his neck, and that there are muscle spasms on the left side. The polio has not af fected his respiratory system. He will be taken to Sacred Heart hospital in Eugene, which has extensive facilities for the treatment of infantile paralysis. He is the 60th patient carried by the non-profit ambulance service. Medford United Prs full Leased Wire 47th Year 20 Pages DODD Additional Forces Ordered to Koje To Regain Control Further Disregard Not To Be Tolerated BY RICHARD APPLEGATE Koje Island, Korea (U.R) Australian infantrymen were ordered to Koje Island Friday to join American paratroopers in getting "uncontested control" of prisoners of war who still taunt their guards with flags and signs of defiance. The Army did not disclose how many of the British com monwealth soldiers were mov ing to Koje. Control Ordered Re-enforcements o f Allied units on Koje was announced shortly after Gen. Mark Clark in Tokyo said he ordered prison officials "to obtain uncontested control" of the seething com pounds. Clark, supreme United Na tions commander in the Far East, said that "the prisoners' flagrant disregard of our in structions will not be tolerated any longer." A headquarters spokesman in Tokyo said the order was passed down through 8th Army channels to Koje and Pusan, scenes of prison rioting.' Situation 'Intolerable' The spokesman said Clark de scribed the situation on Koje, where prisoners have been run ning the compounds to suit themselves, as "intolerable." Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boat- ner put his American guards here through riot drills with bayonets and gas masks. He In formed' the prisoners-"you- can see for yourself he (Boatner) has the power to enforce his com mand." will insist that the guilty person will be found. The Journal also asked if the brothers would prefer to prolong their fight "months or years, if possible" or if they would rath er get their sentence over with. Turman answered: "We want to live. We are absolutely inno cent of this crime, and the prose cuting attorney has suppressed the truth.' The questions were answered by Turman because Utah was be lieved to be suffering from an appendicitis attack. Authorities said later, however, that his ill ness appeared to be nervous In digestion. Enemy Industrial Center Bombarded Seoul, Korea (U.R) Allied fighter-bombers from land and sea smashed a huge war indus trial suburb southwest of the North Korean capital of Pyong- ang Friday In the climax of a two-day attack that was the big gest aerial blow of the Korean war. American and Australian war planes, including aircraft carrier dive bombers, flew night and day from the opening strike dawn Thursday. They leveled 305 buildings, among them a hand grenade factory and power plant, and damaged 151 more. BULLETINS Hillah temple of the Shrine has been given the 1953 North west Shrine council meeting, according to a telegram re ceived ai about 1:30 p.m. to day from Jerry Jerome, who is attending the 1952 council meeting at Billings, Mont. Jerome, who has served as vice-president of the council, was elected president of the organisation for the coming year. Washington (U.R) The House by a teller vole of 122 to 91, Friday tentatively ap proved a 1111,200.000 cut in economic aid to Asia. Pusaa, Korea (U.R) One woman was killed and 144 ether persons were injured Thursday when 300 shouting rioters clashed with a bat talion of police and troops in front of the Korean eapitol building. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 23, GOLSOfJ DFiOTED Oregon Demos Aivr Over Leadership to National Convention Portland (U.R) Oregon Democrats were engaged in post-election arguments over delegate leadership to their na tional convention Friday as Re publicans prepared for a com paratively harmonious caucus of their delegates to Chicago. Despite a pledge of unanimity in behalf of Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, the Oregon Demo cratic presidential election win ner, two factions appeared to be ready for a battle over naming of a chairman for the party's 12 delegates. Morgan Action Protested Howard Morgan, Monmouth, chairman of the Democratic state central committee, called a meeting of the delegation for next Wednesday in Portland, but his action was protested by members usually opposed to Morgan and to Monroe Sweet land, national committeeman. Thomas R. Mahoney, Port land , a delegate-at-large, de manded to know why Morgan had called the meeting inasmuch as Morgan isn't a delegate. Nich olas Granet, 3rd district dele gate and former chairman of the Multnomah county Demo cratic central committee, said Morgan had no authority to call a delegate meeting. Schrunk Candidate A leading candidate for dele gation chairman is Multnomah County Sheriff Terry. D. Schrunk, who ran far in front in the "at-large" balloting and is backed by the' Sweetland fac tion." Another candidate is Jos eph K. Carson Jr., former mayor of Portland. Morgan said he had called the delegation meeting for Wednes day so that the delegates would be able to talk to Sen. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma, who is scheduled to be in Portland that day. Elliott Calls Meting Robert A. Elliott, Medford, Republican state chairman, called the GOP delegate meeting 1952-53 Budgets Near Completion Jackson county's budget for the fiscal year 1952-53 will be completed and ready for signing next Monday, County Judge J. B. Coleman said this morning. Judg? Coleman explained that total figures are now being com pleted by the county clerk a of fice and that the budget com mittee will pass on the complet ed form next Monday. The judge said the budget was completed "without any mate rial cnanges from the depart mental forms which were filed with the committee at Its first meeting this year." . Work ' on the Medford city budget for the coming fiscal year is also hearing completion, ac cording to city officials. The city council finance committee and the citizens' budget committee will meet jointly Tuesday, May 27, on fiscal plans and one or two additional meetings should finish the job, they said. The city budget will be inside the six per cent limitation and no election will be necessary, City Recorder Ralph Woodford said. The city expects to have work on the budget completed well in advance of the July 15 deadline, he stated. Rural Budget Given Approval of Voters Voters of 21 of the county's 23 rural school districts authoriz ed $819,377.12 over the six per cent limitation for the fiscal year 1952-53 by an official final vote of 441 to 62, according to figures released this morning by County School Supt. Alf. B. Mekvold. Two districts did not report. The total budget figure for the next fiscal year is $1,081,642.21 which Is $140,646.10 over last year's budget. The Increase from 1951-52 was caused by salary Increases for teachers and various school building projects, Superintend ent Mekvold pointed out. for noon on June 7 in Salem's Senator hotel. Elliott is a dclegate-at-large and Gov. Douglas McKay, who led the vote getting, is expected to be named chairman of the delegation. Fourth Annual May Phoenix Festival Opening Tomorrow Phoenix The fourth annual Phoenix May festival, principal event of the year in this small community, will open tomorrow. A full day of events and enter tainment has been planned for the enjoyment of residents of the entire valley, spokesmen said today. i The festival will open at 10 a.m., with a ceremony featuring the officials of a number of val ley towns. To Crown Queen At 10:30, the queen of the fes tival will be crowned. The ruler will be chosen from five prin cesses, Miss Betty Louise Hend- rickson. sponsored by the Phoe nix Parent-Teacher association; Miss Betty Jean Hopper, spon sored by the Phoenix Youth club; Miss Leota May Perry, by the Phoenix Grange; Miss Kay Marie Fisher, by the Phoenix Thursday club, and Miss Mary Kathryn White, by the Phoenix Lions club. The grand parade will begin at 11 a.m., with awards for the best parade entries to be present ed Immediately following. At noon a full afternoon and eve ning of entertainment will begin, according to Curt Fisher, festi val coordinator. Many Booths All kinds of food, games and concession booths will be scat tered throughout the Commu nity club grounds, as will vari ous displays. Special events for children will be available on the grade school grounds. Two dances will be held, a square dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the grade school gym with Allen Howard of Keno as caller, and a modern dance in the Commu nity club house with music by Belle Van Dyke's orchestra, also starting at 9 p.m. A kangaroo court will be In session to provide fun for every one, according to Fisher. The co ordinator noted that the pro ceeds from the day-long fostivi ties will go to building additions and maintaining the Community hall and Youth center. Medford's official representa tive at the festival will , be Councilman John Snider. Lynn Cram Heads State Odd Fellows Salem (U.R) Lynn Cram, Medford, Friday headed the Ore gon Grand Lodge of the Odd Fel lows as grand master. Sessions of the grand lodge and affiliated groups closed here Thursday after running since Sunday with a peak attendance of 1500 members of the lOOF. Other grand lodge officers in cluded Harold P. Patterson, Can yon City, deputy grand master; Harold Looney, Portland, grand warden; Earl H. Shank, Port land, grand secretary; Roy H. Gibbs, Oceanlake, grand treas urer; and A. C. Holmes, Pendle ton, and George E. Lyons, Port land, grand representatives. Southern Pacific Ends North-South Run Again North and south train service between Grants Pass and Duns muir, Calif., was "discontinued permanently" for the second time this week, according to Southern Pacific railroad offi cials. ' The service was discontinued around the first of the year be cause of lack of customers, but a few weeks later the trains were rescheduled for the runs because of the strike of Grey hound bus line personnel. With the sett'ement of the bus strike this week, the trains were again withdrawn. Tribune United Pru full Lul Wu No. 54 Ranks Reduced To Colonel (or Part In Koje Incident Third Officer Rep rimanded Washington (U.R) Army Sec retary Frank Pace Jr. said Fri day Brig. Gens. Francis T. Dodd and Charles F Colson are being reduced to colonel for their parts in the Koje Island prison case, A third officer, Brig. Gen Paul F. Yount, will be repri manded. He was commander of the Second Logistics Command at Pusan, Korea, and his com mand included the prison camp. Action Ordered Pace told Sen. Richard B. Rus sell, D-Ga., chairman of the Sen ate Armed Services committee, that Gen. Mark Clarke, Far Eastern commander, also had been directed to take actions "within the principles of the Geneva Convention ... to en sure against lawlessness and dis order on Koje Island." Western Union, AFL Telegraphers Reach Agreement Washington 4U.R The West ern Union Telegraph Co. and striking AFL Commercial Teleg raphers union reached agree ment Friday on a new contract to end the walkout now Jn Its eighth week. . The agreement Is subject to ratification of the CTU's 30,000 members in Western Union, The strikers will return to work Monday If the ratification Is reached by them. Agreement Provisions The agreement provides: Ten cent an hour wage In crease for all employees on the 40 hour work-week; All 45 13 hour employees will be placed on a 40-hour week week with a 20 per cent increase in straight time hourly rates of pay. In other words, this is 48 hours pay for 40 hours of work: All 35 hour employees will continue on the present work week and will receive an across-the-board increase of $22 per month. No Union Shop There will be no union shop, one of the union's original de mands. Instead an "agency shop" was agreed to, a device by which employees will pay union dues but will not be required to join the union. Central Point Man Dies in Wyoming George David Cormle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave T, Cormle, Central Point, died yesterday at Cheyenne, Wyo air force base, where he was stationed, accord ing to word received by his par ents. Details of his death were not learned here. Cormle had been in the army for six years. He is survived by his parents, his wife, Dixie, and a sister. Donna Leaf, Medford. Perl funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Annual Utility Accountants Conference Ends Today The annual conference of the accounting and business practice section of the Northwest Elec tric Light and Power association ended here early this afternoon with a luncheon meeting at Rogue Valley Country club. Featured speaker of the final meeting was Elrion Johnsmeyer. Pocatello, Ida., who represented the Idaho Power company. Johnsmeyer spoke in opposition to construction of Hell's Canyon dam on the Snake river as pro posed by the federal govern ment. Advocates Private Capital "Construction of the dam would be wasteful because pri vate enterprise stands ready, willing and able to develop the power resources In the Hell's Canyon area, end would do so with taxpaying venture capital unless prevented by federal pre emption of the site," Johnsmeyer asserted. "It Is further wasteful because the cost per Installed kilowatt at Army Asks Budget Bureau for Money or Rehabilitation May Let Contracts Soon After Approval A Department of the Army request for $3,777,700 with which to begin construction work to rehabilitate Camp While as a stand-by Army train ing center is expected to be acted upon next week, accord ing to word received today from the office of Sen. Guy Cordon. The senator said he has been informed that the Army has re quested the Bureau of the Bud get to advance that amount from the more than $11,000,000 orig inally appropriated by Congress for the project. Contracts in 30 Days He added that the Army ex pects that contracts for work at the camp will be let within 30 days after the Bureau of the Budget acts to make the funds available. Of the total amount requested, the largest portion will be used for the rehabilitation of utilities, such as sewers, water mains and telephone and telegraph lines. A total of $2,850,900 has been budgeted for these purposes. Acquisition of land has been budgetedfor $478,600; rehabil itation of roads has been set at $5,000; extension of the rail road spur from where it now ends at White City to the pro posed camp site across the Cra ter Lake highway has been set at $415,900, and construction of a telephone and telegraph build ing will total $27,500, according to . Senator Cordon's informa tion. Doesn't Specify Area ' The senator's report did not specify just what land will be acquired, although previous an nouncements have Indicated that most of the area to be used will lie southeast of the highway. across from White City indus trial area and the Camp White Veterans Administration domi ciliary. The proposed rehabilitation will presumably cover only a small portion of the huge area used by the big war-time Instal lation, where two infantry di visions were trained.' The campsite is about eight miles northeast of Medford. McAllister Names Dickey Alternate William McAllister, Medford attorney who was elected one of the state's 10 delegates-at-large to the Republican national con vention in Chicago in July at last week's primary election, ha named Bob Dickey as his alter nate to the convention. Dickey, assistant district at torney of Jackson county, is also president of the Jackson County Young Republican organization, and was state chairman of the Youth for Eisenhower com mittee. Medford's other delegate-at-large, Robert A. Elliott, an insur ance man and state GOP com mittee chairman, previously had announced he would name his brother, Douglas Elliott, Port land, as his alternate. Both El liotts have been active in Re public politics for many years. Weather FOrtKCAST: Fair and warm through Saturday. Low to night 46. High Saturday M-AS. Temp. Highest YMtTlav 5 Loweit this Morning .., 4ft the proposed high dam Is more than double the cost per install ed kilowatt of the five low-head dams which the power company would build." he stated. Officers Named Two new officers were elect ed for two-year terms today by the section. They are T. C. Wood side, Salt Lake City, chairman; and Allan F. Elder, Spokane, vice-chairman. Woodside suc ceeds Frank B. Bash, Medford, of the California Oregon Power company. During the two-day conference delegates conducted panel dis cussions and heard speakers dis cuss methods of Improving serv ice to customers, lowering costs of operation and more efficient office practices. Trips to points of interest around the Rogue valley, Includ ing Jacksonville. House of Mys tery, Crater lake and the North Umpqua hydroelectric project, have been scheduled for dele gates tomorrow morning.
