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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1952
No. 55.
M
Local Pear Crops
20 Per Cent Below
Last Year's Level
Frost Damage Said'
Principal Reason
The Medford area 1952 pear
crop may be as much as 20 per
cent less than last year, accord
ing to an estimate quoted last
week by C. B. Cordy, county
agent for horticulture. He said
the principal reason the crop will
be less is frost damage.
In addition, Cordy stated, "It
would be conservative to say
that an additional 10 per cent
will be of lower grade fruit, and
as a result will bring less mon
ey." Cordy added, "If half of the
crop reduction was due to frost,
this would mean a loss to the
valley (from frost) of more than
$1 ',4 million. This makes it easy
to see why the fruit growers are
actively seeking better and more
effective means of protection
against frost."
Another cause of loss to fruit
men was the hailstorms of two
weeks ago, according to Cordy.
He pointed out that while the
actual damage done was restric
ted to a few orchards and the
percentage of loss was low, there
was a loss of some 550,000 in
income to the valley, or about
one half of one per cent of the
annual income from pears.
"The pear industry represents
uch a large income to the val
ley that frequently, when these
relatively minor losses occur,
they are overlooked," he said.
"Actually, however, it does rep
resent the loss of considerable
new money."
Cordy pointed out that it is
too early to determine definitely
the exact extent of the loss, or
to accurately estimate the crop.
Reports on Experiments
He also reported on the recent
experiments with wind mach
ines as a solution to the problem
of frost damage. His report said:
"There were four machines
tried out in the valley this year.
Two of these worked on the heli
copter principle, and two of
them were propeller type. One
of the propeller types was a
mall machine, while the other
was a larger machine with two
propellors each one blowing in
an opposite direction. These ma
chines were checked very care
fully this spring, and the results
Indicated that none of them
would give satisfactory or eco
nomical frost protection.
"The small helicopter type ma
chines would raise the tempera
ture from IVi to 2 degrees over
a circle of about 300 feet in dia
meter. This would be roughly
Ha acres. Even when 50 heat
ers were lit in a circle 125 feet
from the machine, it had no ef
fect beyond the area of approxi
mately 300 feet in diameter.
A small propcllor type mach
ine was very little more effec
tive, while the large machine
gave a rise of l'i to 2 degrees
over an area 600 feet in diamet
er. This would be about seven
acres. As this large machine cost
over $4,000 and gave a maxi
mum of 2 degrees protection, it
would be an uneconomical high
price and insufficient protection
on severe nights.
"In addition to this Robert W.
(Root arranged to have an air
plane fly over an orchard. This
airplane flight gave results very
similar to the wind machine in
that it raised the temperature
"Orchard heating is extremely
important in protecting the val
ey's fruit crop."
2,000 Persons
Mary Kathryn
Phoenix About 2,000 Rogue
valley citizens witnessed the
crowning of Queen Mary Kath
ryn White of the Fourth Annual
Phoenix May Festival yesterday
morning in Phoenix.
Queen Mary was chosen from
five princesses and her court in
cluded Miss Betty Louise Hen
drickson, Miss Betty Jean Hop
per, Miss Leota May Perry, and
Miss Kay Marie Fisher. The
queen received a $50 cash prize
and members of her court were
given boxed gifts.
A parade IV miles long fol
lowed the coronation and open
ing ceremonies in which Secre
tary of State Earl Newbry, Ash
land, gave the official address.
The grand parade included 30
ofiicial entries with the Phoenix
Garden club taking top honors
for the best float which was
drawn by a large floral swan and
catured some floral scenes with
hildren 8nd a running fountain
of water. The club was awarded
'he new 32-iuch gold trophy
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E. C. (JERRY) JEROME
New Shrine Association Leader
Shriners Choose
Medford lor 1953
Regional Conclave
Fourteen temples of the
Shrine, all members of the Pa
cific Northwest Shrine associa
tion, will participate in the 1953
convention of the association
in Medford. This city was select
ed as the convention site Friday
at closing sessions of the 1952
convention in Billings, Mont.
Between 4,000 and 5.000
Shriners are expected to attend,
making it probably the largest
convention ever held in Medford.
Some 2,000 of the Shriners will
be members of uniformed units
attending.
E. C. (Jerry) Jerome, long
active in Shrine work, was elect
ed president of the association
and, as is frequently the case,
the convention agreed to meet
next at the home city of the
incoming president.
From Large Area
The temples belonging to the
association are located in Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana, Wyoming, British Colum
bia and Alberta.
Before he left for Billings,
Jerome said that it had been
hoped Medford would be select
ed for the '53 convention, and
that a great deal of preliminary
work has already been done to
line up accomodations for the
visiting Shriners.-
The convention will be of
considerable economic impor
tance to McdCord, also, it was
pointed out, and estimates are
that some $300,000 of new
money, at a minimum, will be
brought into the city by the
Shriners.
Medco Labor Dispute
Settlement Reached
The dispute between the Med
ford corporation and Local 6-221.
International Woodworkers of
America, CIO, was finally settled
yesterday.
B. L. Nutting, Medco manager,
reported that a signed contract
was delivered to him Saturday,
ending the dispute which started
several weeks ago. Some 150
woods and railroad workers
were on strike until a tentative
agreement was reached May 16.
They returned to work last
Tuesday. I
The union approved the terms
of the agreement at a meeting
Wednesday night, Nutting was
informed.
The terms of the agreement
are generally similar to those of
other contracts throughout the
industry.
Witness Festival Events;
White Crowned Queen
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MARY KATHRYN WHITE
Named Festival Queen
which will be rotated until any
group or person wim it three
AFL Sailors Strike
Throttles Shipping
On Pacific Coast
Owners Claim Korea
Cargoes Are Delayed
San Francisco (U.R) A
weekend walkout by American
Federation of Labor sailors
throttled private shipping i n
Pacific coast ports Saturday and
shipowners claimed that even
"priority" military cargoes for
Korea were being delayed.
Hardest hit by the wage dis
pute were 400 passengers aboard
the liner President Wilson in
San Francisco whose departure
for Hawaii and Orient points
already had been several hours
delayed by the walkout. At Los
Angeles, another 400 passengers
waited with fading hope for the
ship's arrival.
Sailing Postponed
Shortly after 4 p. m. Ameri
can President Lines officials
"postponed" the President Wil
son's sailing for the day and re
scheduled it tentatively for noon
today.
"It is patent that the union
will not provide a crew today,"
an APL spokesman said. "There
is no assurance we will have a
crew Sunday."
The AFL sailors union of the
pacific headed by fiery Harry
Lundeberg, staged the walkout
to back up demands for "true
collective bargaining" by own
ers in re-negotiating the wage
provisions of their working
agreement.
The sailors quit work at 4 p.
m. PDT Friday and voted at
stop-work meetings In principal
West coast ports to stay off the
job at least until 5 p. m. Monday.
Catholic Pastor
Issues Statement
On Rev. Caliandro
Further information o n t h e
activities and background of the
Rev. Anthony Caliandro, who
spoke in Medford last week, was
given in a prepared statement
issued Saturday by the Very
Rev. John M. Berger, pastor of
the Sacred Heart Roman Catho
lic church of Medford.
Mr. Caliandro was described
as an "Italian-born ex-priest of
the Roman Catholic church," in
information given out prior to
his appearance in Medford. He is
at present traveling through the
United States under the auspices
of the National Association of
Evangelicals, and addressed a
group at the Medford Friends
church Friday evening.
Deny Former Priesthood
Father Berger's statement said.
"We deny categorically that
Anthony Caliandro was ever a
priest of the Roman Catholic
church; no authentic credentials
of any kind Jiave been presented
locally. Information from Italy,
received through news services
in the United States, affirms that
this man, if he was at any time
a Catholic, severed his relation
ship with the church at about the
age of 15."
The pastor concluded by say
ing, "May we suggest that those
who may be interested in the
Catholic church and her doc
trines, manifest that interest by
contacting the local Catholic
clergy, rather than by inviting
into this community foreigners
of extremely doubtful antece
dents." limes for permanent possession.
The Lady Liom of Phoenix
won second prize in the float
division and the Phoenix Com
munity club took third honors.
C. Lyall Fidler, well-known
valley master of ceremonies, an
nounced the program and Fes
tival Coordinator Curt Fisher
awarded the prizes for the float
winners.
Many booths and displays
were set up on the Community
club grounds and several thou
sand patrons were on the
grounds during the day and eve
ning. Modern and square danc
ing was held in the evening as
well as other types of amuse
ments. Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) The
Atomic Energy Commission an
nounced Saturday that weather
conditions had improved and
that It hoped to fire a nuclear
device, the 18th to be tested in
the southern Nevada desert- at
dawn Sunday,
FRENCH
Eisenhower Gains Additional Ground
In Battle for Republican Delegates
General Receives
Strong Majority
From Washington
Maryland Delegation
Favors Eisenhower
Washington (U.R) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen.
Robert A. Taft late Saturday
continued in a neck-and-neck
race- for the Republican presi
dential nomination with "Ike"
picking up ground in Washing
ton and Maryland.
Eisenhower won 20 of Wash
ington's 24 delegates.
Ike May Get 18
Maryland's d e 1 e g a tion was
pledged to Gov. Theodore R. Mc
Keldin on the first ballot at the
national convention to be held
at Chicago in July, but unin
structed after that. McKeldin is
reported to favor Eisenhower,
however.
There were reports that Mc
Keldin may take as many as IB
of Maryland's 24 votes for '"Ike"
to the convention.
Taft has four of Washington's
delegates. That brings the total
of formally chosen delegates for
Taft to 392 to Eisenhower's 380.
On the other side of the polit
ical fence, Delaware Democrats
chose a six-vote delegation un
pledged to any of the wide field
of candidates for the presidential
nomination.
Opposition Expected
The Maryland situation is
touchy in that McKeldin who al
so waserected national commit
teeman and a delegate to the con
vention, will have opposition
from Sen. Marshall Butler who
is an avowed Taft supporter.
The Taft-Eisenhower fight in
Washington was for a majority
of the state's 24 votes at the na
tional convention.
Former Gov. Harold E. Stas
sen claimed the three at-large
delegates being named in the
Minnesota state convention on
the strength of winning the pri
mary there last March.
Stassen got 21 delegates in the
primary and four others went to
Eisenhower because the Gener
al's write-in votes in two districts
exceeded those cast for the for
mer governor.
Two Small Boys
Have Close Call
A policy of "living dangerous
ly" almost paid off in tragedy
yesterday for two small Central
Point boys, according to sheriff's
deputies and Central Point po
lice. One of the boys, eight years
old, came home with what ap
peared to be a bullet hole in his
thumb, they said. He told his
parents he and a nine-year-old
friend had been riding their bicy
cles when they heard a gun shot
and he was hit in the thumb.
Police were notified and start
ed to check the stories the pair
told. When the tales didn't quite
Jibe with each other, officers be
gan to check more closely.
They found the boys had been
taking high caliber rifle ammu
nition from a Central Point ware
house. They had pounded the
lead slugs from the shells by
placing them on a metal manhole
cover and hammering them with
rocks. When the slugs came out
they used matches to touch off
the powder in the shells.
The eight-year-old was wound
ed when the powder exploded
and a piece of the shell hit him
In the thumb, officers said.
School District No. 6
Schedules Budget Vote
Central Point A meeting of
school district No. 6 will be held
at 8 p.m. June 9 at Central Point
junior high school gymnasium
for discussing the 1952 1953
school budget and voting on a
levy in excess of the six per cent
limitation.
The total budget proposed Is
$548,925 with a levy of $320,450
of which $247,410.23 Is outside
the six per cent limit. Of the
overall budget, $493,525 is the
general fund estimate and $55.
400 ia the bond interest and
inking fund total.
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DISPUTE ENDS Shown
tion by employees of Kims restaurant, Highway 99 south, is a
waitress (right), walking with two union pickets. The union called
off its pickets Saturday afternoon and ended the dispute with the
employes. The union set up pickets on May 2 and was joined
last Sunday by the employees. The employees marched shouldcr
to shoulder with the union pickets throughout the week until the
picketing was discontinued yesterday.
Union Withdraws Pickets
From Medford Restaurant
Pickets of AFL Local 329, Cul
inary Alliance and Bartenders
union were withdrawn at 3:30
p. m. Saturday from Kim's res
taurant and the dispute between
the employees and the union
was terminated, according to
Fred Morlan, spokesman of the
Industry Council of "Southern
Oregon.
The action was made follow
ing an open discussion held at
Kim's restaurant earlier in the
afternoon which was attended
by Morlan, representing the In
dustry council, Mrs. Gertrude
Sweet, Portland, international
representative of the eighth dis
trict of the union; Harold Tee
pie, business agent of Local 329;
and 12 waitresses from the res
taurant. Pickets had been placed in
front of the restaurant on May
2 by the union and these were
joined in a counter-picket on
May 18 by representatives of
the restaurant's employees in
protest to the picketing. The un
ion pickets were against the
employees and not the employ
er. During the discussion, Agent
Tecple pointed out that the em
ployer, Henry Fong, had been
notified by the central labor
council to appear before it by
letter and had not done so. This
placed the business on "the un
fair status." Teeple had also writ
ten a letter last December to
the employees requesting a
Idaho State Prison
Riot Lasts 5 Hours
Boise, Ida. (U.R) Rioting
convicts at tne i a a n o state
Prison here surrendered and re
turned to their cells late Satur
day in the face of a tear gas
barrage and a flying squad of
club-swinging guards and police
men. The riot by 250 belligerent
prisoners lasted slightly more
than five hours.
Warden L. E. Clapp ordered
a complete lockup after the riot
ers' were back in their cells.
He said they would stay there
"until this thing is straightened
out."
He said there would be no
more grievance committees and
the prison would be run from
the front office from now on.
Rooms in Shambles
The recreation room and the
laundry were a shambles. Every
movable piece of furniture and
equipment was broken up. The
commissary in the recreation
room was looted of candy and
tobacco. All of the windows were
shattered in the building the
convicts held during the riot.
Before it was over, the con
victs set file to two buildings
and boasted that they had
wrecked the laundry and auto
license shop.
The prison houses about 470
convicts. About 170 were not
Involved in any way. The other
SO were members of work
TO P'JiY SI
n iuteT wow, 1
above in a counter- picketing ac
meeting with them, and told the
group he had received no ans
wer from the letter.
A spokesman for the waitres
ses told the union representa.
tives that their present condi
tions "were okay with them"
and they wore now getting 75
cents an hour and working a 40
hour week. Their main objec
tions were (1) they hadn't been
contacted personally, and (2) the
conditions were such in Local
329 that the union "would hnve
to clean its own house before
it brought in any new employ
ees." Mrs. Sweet summed up the
meeting with "we will call the
whole thing off and go to work
in bringing about better work
ing conditions in the local union.
She pointed out to the group
that two things were determined
by the meeting: the first was the
employees weren't given a
chance to sit down with the un
ion representative over the mat
ter she attributed the lack of
personal contact to the "current
tension of these days" and that
a letter was deemed better in
not disrupting the working
hours at the restaurant by ask
ing for some other meeting
place and, second, that the lo
cal union conditions under con
tract "are not lived up to in
many houses."
She expressed her apprecia
tion at the "frankness with
which the employees had given
their views at the meeting."
detail who were caught outside
the yard when the riot broke
and who huddled outside the
strife-torn compound until order
was restored.
SPORTS BULLETINS
Portland (U.R) Tha
Portland all-star track team
defeated the Southern Oregon
high school stars. 87 to 37, In
their annual track meet here
Saturday night. Don Spinas,
Medford won the high hurdles
and Bob Newland and Jack
Moad took second In the pole
vault and shot put respec
tively. The Medford Cheney Studs
scored two runs each in the
third, fourth and fifth innings
Saturday night to defeat
Roieburg 6 to 1 in a South
western Oregon Baseball
tussle at the fairgrounds here.
Paul Gehrman, pitching for
Medford gave up only five
hits, no more than one an
Inning and rapped a double
that drovt In the first Stud run
of the game. Roieburg got its
run In the fourth on a walk,
a hit, two fielder's choices and
two errors. The Studs got six
hits off Pitcher Dave Mann
and two off Bust Spirer.
Rebellious POWs
inq Under
To Tough Policy
Illegal Banners
Are Hauled Down
Koje Island, Korea, Sunday
(U.R) Rebellious Communist
war prisoners knuckled under
to the Allies new get tough
policy yesterday and hauled
down their illegal flags and
taunting propaganda banners,
A North Korean spokesman
for the prisoners assured Brig
Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, the is
land s tough new commandant,
the prisoners are now "willing
to obey orders. Gen. Mark W
Clark had ordered Boatner to
regain "uncontested control" of
the prisoners.
The first flags to come down
were in notorious Compound 76
where former Brig. Gen. Fran
cis T. Dodd was kidnaped. La
ter, captives in nine of the 17
compounds on this island pulled
down their Communist flags
and banners and the remainder
were expected to do so shortly.
Washington dispatches dis
closed Gen. Matthew B. Ridg-
way advised congress the Com
munist truce team had threaten
ed reprisals against Allied pris
oners if harsh action was taken
against the rebellious prisoners,
However, no "harsh action"
was responsible for the Com
munists knuckling under to
Boatner.
The Communist action appear
ed voluntary in the face of a
Show of force by American para
troopers and newly arrived
British Commonwealth troops.
North Korean prison leader Col.
Lee Hak Koo wrote Boatner re
questing a meeting and said the
prisoners were now "willing to
obey orders."
Boatner received Lee In a
headquarters room where he
told him the Geneva convention
"requires that prisoners of war
act in a disciplined, respectful
manner" and that "flying flags
and displaying signs is con
trary to discipline and respect."
Pear Committee
Elects Members
Members of the Winter Pear
Committee representing the
Medford growing area were elec
ted at two meetings here last
week.
The committee Is set up under
the Department of Agriculture,
and is composed of grower and
shipper members from the six
major fruit producing areas of
the west coast. The committee
establishes the minimum grades
and sizes for all winter pears.
David B. Lowry was elected
as grower-member of the com
mittee for this area; Stephen G.
Nye was named first alternate
and Paul Culbcrtson second al
ternate. They were elected at a
meeting of the Jackson County
Fruit Growers league Friday.
The shipper-member, elected
at a meeting of the Rogue Valley
Traffic association, is Shelby M.
Tuttle. Alternates are Joe Nau
mes and Harold A. Holmes.
Spokesmen said that the work
of the committee will be of par
ticular Importance this year,
since there will be an unusual
amount of frost-marked fruit to
be considered.
Medford Guard Units
Set Annual Training ,
Medford's two national guard
units, Headquarters company
and Company A, 1st battalion,
186th Infantry, are scheduled to
leave here for summer training
at Ft. Lewis, Wash., June 14
guard officers said Saturday.
They will travel by train for the
annual encampment.
About 70 men from the Med
ford area will take part In the
exercises and a national guard
anti-aircraft unit is scheduled to
train at Yakima, Witah., at about
the same time, they said.
The 382nd quartermaster bat
talion, organized reserve corps,
is scheduled for training at Ft
Lewis from July 20 to August 3.
and the 304th logistical Company
A- ORC, will train from August
3 to 18 at Ft. Lewis.
Late Hour Attempt
To Stall Two Pacts
Ends With Failure
Schuman Had Agreed
To Signing Earlier
Bonn. Germanv. Sunriav
(U.R) France tried again early
today to stall the German Peace
contract and the European Army
London. Sunday (U.R)
Russia charged in a new note
to the western Allies today
that the West German peace
contract it "actually an open
military alliance" between the
Big Three western powers and
the Bonn republic.
The Soviets denounced the
contract as a "flagrant viola
tion of the Potsdam agree
ment" and said it would in
volve West Germany in
preparations for a new war.
trpntv hilt infnrmfH mirAi
said the eleventh-hour attempt
ended in failure.
French Fnreipn Minister RnR.
ert Schuman. whn arliaf
agreed "reluctantly" to sign tha
iwo agreements, reopened tne
subject In a conference with Sec
retary of State Dean G. Acheson
and Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden tnat lasted trom 10:40 p.m.
to 12:50 a.m. '
Urge Further Delays ,
There was little rinnht that
the French, who have delayed
effective preparations for the de
fense of Europe for nearly two
years, were urging still further
delays.
French sources hern arlmittert
quite frankly that their govern
ment, taiten aback by the quick
progress of Allied-German nego
tiations in the past few weeks, '
was stalling for time. ,
They said that officials In
Paris, -frJBrmrrthat National As
sembly debate on the the treaties
would bring about a Cnvprnmunt
crisis, wanted to delay it as long
as possible.
Fear Loss of Aid
Informed sources said, how
ever, that the threat of losing
U. S. aid had persuaded Schuman
that he should sign the pacts on
schedule the German contract
on Monday and the Army Treaty
on Tuesday.
Earlier today, France had de
clared that Schuman could not
sign the treaty until the United
States and Britain promised to
prevent any future German "se
cession" from the six - nation
force. Later, however, the Paris
government backed down.
The French cabinet watered
down its original stiff demand
for formal guarantees to a de
mand that the United States and
British to join France in a strong
declaration of solidarity against
a future German betrayal.
French fears of a walk-out
from the European defense com
munity by Germany once she
is rearmed had prompted the
sudden cabinet threat to with
hold Schuman's signature from
the German treaty.
Forestry Department
To Man Guard Posts
The State Department of For
estry will begin to man its look
outs and guard stations in this
area on Monday, it was reported
yesterday by District Warden
Ted Maul.
It will be some two weeks be
fore all of them are manned, he
said.
Maul added that "quite a few
smokes" have already been re
ported to the district headquar
ters on Table Rock road. Most
of them have turned out to be
debris burning fires which were
started without permits. But he
said that department personnel
must chock on each one on the
chance that It is an uncontrolled
fire. Each such "false alarm"
costs the state about $25, he
pointed out.
When fires are burned with
out permits, warnings are Issued,
he said, and arrests are made up
on a second violation.
Grants Pass Merchants
Continue Fight for DST
Grants Pass Merchants be
longing to the Grants Pass and
Josephine county Chamber of
Commerce haven't given up
their fight to get the city on day
light saving time, the Grant!
Pasi Courier reports.
The merchants voted Thurs
day to ask Mayor Morris Mil
bank to call another special city
council meeting to reconsider
previous action when the coun
cil turned down daylight time.