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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1952
No. 57
Enemy
Senate
Threatens Retaliation in Korea;
Beats Move To T . Foreign Aid
I SIGN WEST GERMANY PEACE PACT Western big Three foreign ministers and West German
I Chancellor Konrad Adenauer smile in Bonn after signing the separate peace treaty that aligned
J enemies of World War II in a united front against Russian aggression. The treaty returned most
j sovereignty to West Germany and in return she pledged to rearm and raise 12 divisions to serve in the
j western European army. Left to right: British Forsgn Secy. Anthony Eden, French Foreign Minister
1 Robert Schuman, Secy, of State Dean Acbeson and Chancellor Adenauer.
HISTORIC PACT MERGES
WEST EUROPE ARMIES
Paris U.P.) Six Western Eu
ropean nations including Ger
many signed a treaty unprece
dented in peace time Tuesday
to merge their armies into one
to defend democracy against
Communist aggression.
Under the treaty the troops of
Western Germany, France, Italy,
Belgium, The Netherlands and
Luxembourg will combine to
' serve under Gen. Matthew . B.
Ridgway as Allied supreme com
mander, along with separate
American, British and Canadian
armies.
Defense Pledged
As the treaty was signed at
the French Foreign Office, the
United States and Great Britain
pledged themselves in a special
declaration to defend the six na
tions, and the Allied-held sectors
of Berlin, against attack "from
any quarter." . -
In Berlin, the. Russian and
East German Communists, en
raged at the signing of the six
nation Army treaty and the
peace pact with Germany in
Bonn, starting cutting telephone
and telegraph communications to
the outside world. They also
barred Allied military patrols
from the main highway to the
West.
Fearing this might be the first
move toward a new oiocitaae 01
Berlin, Secretary of State Dean
Acheson, British Foreign Secre
tary Anthony Eden and French
Foreign Minister Robert Schu
man summoned an emergency
meeting here Tuesday to discuss
the situation.
Musi Be Ratified
The six-nation Army treaty
till must be ratified by the va
rious Parliaments and by the
U. S. Senate.
Along with the six-nation
treaty, 14 other documents two
of them secret were signed by
various members of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Taken along with the German
peace treaty signed in Bonn Mon
day, the new agreements will ef
fect a vast merger of democratic
forces, one never before attempt
ed in world history except in
actual wartime, to meet any Rus
sian attack on Western Europe.
Secretary of State Acheson
said Tuesday's action is "one of
the most important and most far
reaching events of our lifetime."
Means To End
"I believe we are standing on
the threshold of a new Europe
and a new world," Acheson said
in a prepared statement. The
lix-nation pact, he said, is a
means to the end of "an ancient
dream the unity of free peoples
of Western Europe."
The 131-article 50-ycar treaty
Western Shipping Knotted
By AFL Deckhand Walkout
m
San Francisco (U.P.) AFL
deckhands 'turned their stop
work meeting into a full-fledged
strike against Pacific Coast ship
ping Tuesday , to back demands
for wage increases and overtime
at sea.
Harry Lundeberg, head of the
AFL Sailors Union of the Pac
ific, announced the strike Mon
day night. He said union mem
bers voted for it, 3.300 to 67. "
All SUP Ships Tied Up
The strike tied up ships man
ned by the SUP at all American
ports but its effects were felt
chiefly on the Pacific Coast.
Ships now in Honolulu will be
allowed to Velurn to the main
land. Neither union nor company
sources could estimate the num
ber of ships idled by the strike.
The Pacific Maritime associa
tion, against which the strike
.was called, said two dozen Am-
establishes for the first time a
six-nation peacetime Army wear
ing a single style uniform, re
ceiving the same rates of pay,
and commanded by a mixed
general staff.
Communists Start
Treaty Reprisals
Berlin (U.R) The Russiansi
and their East German Commu
nist henchmen started cutting
telephone-telegraph service be
tween West Berlin and the out
side world Tuesday .and barred
Allied patrols from the lifeline
highway to the West.
I What may be the start' of a
new:. Berlin, blockade followed
by a few hours the East German
decision to seal its borders in
retaliation for the separate peace
signed Monday between West
Germany and the U.S., Britain
and France.
Exchanges Cut Off
The Reds cut off 12 East Ber-
Closures Planned
Memorial Day Here
Most stores, both banks and
virtually all public offices ex
cept police and sheriff's depart
ments will be closed in observ
ance of Memorial day, a check
here showed today. The schools
also will be closed.
Principal local observance of
the day will be a street parade
at 10 a m. from the Old City
park eastward on Main street to
the Bear Creek bridge and Haw
thorne park, where there will be
brief ceremonies.
Phoenix Budget Vote
Scheduled on June 6
Phoenix A special election
to approve a budget $10-370.91 in
excess of the 6 per cent increase
budget limitation will be held at
Phoenix on June 6, from noon
to 8 p.m., according to Mrs. Curt
Fisher, city recorder.
The total budget for the fiscal
year 1952-53 includes $28,672.20
with the tax levy being $10,656.
20, of which only $285.29 is
within the 6 per cent limitation.
The next regular Phoenix
council meeting will take place
on June 2 in the city hall.
erican shipping firms and 350
ships would be involved. Some
of these ships were exempted
from - the strike since the
union promised to sail ships car
rying military cargo to the Far
East.
Portland (U.R) At least
three ships lied up here Tuesday
were expected to be affected by
a strike called Monday night
by the AFL Sailors Union of the
Pacific against the Pacific Mari
time association.
Six Ships in Harbor
William Benz. local business
agent for the SUP, said about
six PMA ships were In the har
bor. However, he said he could
not say definitely all six ships
would be picketed because the
union planned to clear ships
carrying military cargo certi
fied as essential by the Military
Sea Transportation Service, -
The treaty also sets up a ruling
council, an advisory chamber, a
court of arbitration and an oper
ative commission for what is to
be known as the European De
fense Community.
lin telephone exchanges which
have 69 underground cables into
West Berlin. They then cut 17
of the 180 long distance lines,
eight teletype circuits and all
but. one of the interzonal tele-
graphic connections between
West Berlin and the main East
German telegraph office, the
central relay for all normal com
munications between West Ber
lin and the West.
Radio Service Used '
West Berlin postal authorities
rushed their emergency short
wave radio service into opera
tion Tuesday and set up their
now telephone information serv
ice. ,
With the heightening of ten
sion. East German propagandists
seized upon a shooting incident
on the Bavarian-East German
frontier for a new propaganda
attack on the West. German bor
der police said that U.S. constab
ulary troopers on the border
fired a series of shots "for the
fun of it" and no casualties oc
curred West Berlin Mayor Ernst Reu
ter called on Berliners "to keep
our nerves" and warned his sec
tor of the city to expect more
Communist harassment.
McKesson & Robbins
Face Price Charges
New York (U.R) McKes
son and Robbins, Inc., one of the
nation's largest drug wholesal
ers, was charged with illegal
price fixing in a complaint filed
by the government in Federal
Court Tuesday.
Numerous competing whole
salers were named as co-conspirators
in the complaint. They
were not listed.
The government charged that
McKesson and Robbins conspir
ed through written contracts to
fix minimum wholesale and re
tail selling prices for its branded
lines of drugs pharmaceuticals,
cosmetics and toilet .prepar
ations. Ridgway Sees Russia
Attack As Possible
Paris (U.R) Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, arriving to assume the
Allied Supreme Command, said
Tuesday that a Russian attack on
Western Europe was possible.
He also denied reports that he
had outlined in Washington a
plan for ending the Korean war.
At a carefully screened press
conference at Orly Airport
where he landed from New York,
Rodgway was asked if there was
a chance of a Soviet attack on
Western GVrmany.
"Anything which has capa
bilities is a possibility and there
is great capability there," he
said.
PAVING JOB FINISHED
Contractor T. R. Florey has
completed paving of 13th street
from Peach to Newtown streets,
city officials said today. Paving
of Third street from Fir to
Grape streets is expected to be
completed today, they stated.
Connally Leads
Battle Against
Further Reduction
'Disastrous' Result
Outlined by Texan
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate defeated a move Tuesday" to
trim an additional $1,000,000,000
from the $6,900,000,000 foreign
aid bill.
The vote was 35 to 27 against
the cut.
Chairman Tom Connally, D.
Tex., of the Senate Foreign Re
lations committee led the fight
against the reduction. He said
the cut would have a "disas
trous" result and would "prob
ably force a reconsideration of
the whole defense setup in
Europe." s
Sen,. Herman Welker, R.-Ida.,
and 10 other Republicans spon
sored the drive to trim the
measure.
Final Vote Awaited
A final vote on the foreign aid
bill is expected by late Wednes
day or Thursday. The Senate
agreed Tuesday to limit debate
on the bill and all pending
amendments.
The vote on Welker's amend
ment was the first showdown on
the Senate floor about how much
money this country would give
to its Allies during the next fis
cal year for the battle against
Communism.
Connally's committee had al
ready trimmed $1,000,000,000
from the $7,900,000,000 mutual
security budget recommended
by President Truman.
Sen. Henry C. Dworshak, R.
Ida., had charged in debate that
W. Averell Harriman, adminis
trator of the foreign aid pro
gram, was using it to promote
his presidential candidacy. "
The Idaho Republican told the
Senate that Harriman "is spend
ing all this time, and probably
the taxpayers' money, in travel
ing all over the country building
himself up as a candidate.
HST Continues
Vote Campaign
Washington (U.R) Pii
dent Truman's "whistle stop"
campaign rolled right along
Tuesday right here in Wash
ington. True, the train smoke is
missing. But Mr. Truman's sul
phurous speeches are increasing
ly plentiful as he ranges from
the White House rose garden to
various banquet halls about the
city, giving his enemies particu
lar hell.
For a man who says he is not
running for anything, the Presi
dent is demonstrating several
times a week how to attack po
litical opponents.
Monday morning, he said
"there is no such thing" as cor
ruption in the government, and
belabored the private power
"monopoly" for "deliberately
and in cold blood setting out to
poison the minds of the people."
Pro-Westerns Gain
Control of Rome
Rome (U.R) Pro Western
Democratic parties beat the Com
munists in the bitter municipal
election fight for control of
Rome Tuesday but lost key
Southern Italian cities to the re
surgent Neo-Fascists.
The Democratic coalition held
a comfortable 72,000 vote mar
gin over the leftist bloc in the
Rome City Council struggle. But
the Democratic parties failed to
form a single bloc for the Rome
province contest and lost to the
Reds by 79,000 votes
Medford Woman Passes
In Portland Hospital
Portland (U.R) Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Evelyn Ruth Smith,
68, Medford, who died in a Port
land hospital May 24, will be
held here at 11:30 a.m. Wednes
day.
The services will be under
auspices of the Hillsboro Rebe-
kah lodge of which Mrs. Smith
wis a past noble grand.
Mrs, Smith was born in Baltl
more Aug. 25, 1884, but lived in
Portland for 23 years before
moving to Medford.
Survivors Include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Aletha Mead and Mrs
Ruth Braden, both Portland, and
two sons, Cecil Gabie, Gold Hill
and Clifford Gabie, 127 East
Jacksou street, Medford.-
BULLETINS
Tucson, Aris. (U.R) An
Army smoke bomb set off by
men students In a women's
dormitory Tuesday sickened
29 freshmen coeds, one of
whom was revived after her
breath stopped momentarily,
and drove ISO others from
their rooms.
Port Angeles, Wash (U.R)
A Coast Guard PBM "Fly-,
ing Boat" crashed shortly af
ter the take-off from the naval
air station here Tuesday and
four of 12 persons aboard are
misting and presumed dead,
the Coast Guard reported.
School Vacations
Start Next Week;
Office Moves Soon
The summer-long school vaca
tion in Medford will begin on
June 7, it was reported today by
the city school office. However,
classes will end on June 3 and
students will only report back
on June 6 to pick up their final
report cards.
About 210 seniors at the Med
ford highschool will graduate
this year. Baccalaureate service
will be Sunday, June 1 at 8 p.m.
in the high school auditorium,
and the graduation ceremony
will be Thursday, June 5, at 8
p.m. in the football stadium.
St. Mary's Schedule
Classes at St. Mary's school
will close on the same schedule
as those in the city's public
schools. There are 12 members
of the graduating class.
The city schools office will
move from the city hall into the
new $30,000 school administration--building
-near the high
school about June 20. Work re
maining to be done on the build
ing includes painting,' laying of
asphalt tile floors and putting
up window shades. Landscaping
has been planned, and lawns will
be sown soon, and walks are
already in.
Several Schools Out
Several of the county's 28
school districts have already
closed for the summer. Browns
boro closed May 21; Pinehurst
and Applegate closed May 23;
Butte Falls closed yesterday, and
today is the last day for the Elk
Trail school.
Others among the 18 districts
reporting their closing dates are
Griffin Creek, Phoenix, Lone
Pine, Rogue River and Evans
Valley, all May 29; Prospect,
May 30; Ruch, Oak Grove, Shady
Cove and West Side, all June 2;
Jacksonville, June 4, and Eagle
Point and Howard, June 3.
Ashland schools will end
classes May 29, with report cards
issued June 3.
Job Injury Fatal
To Jacksonville Ma..
Fremont Russell Sanford, 43,
died In a Medford hospital yes
terday afternoon. He was injured
earlier in the day when hit on
the head by a timber while work
ing on a bridge construction job
near Butte Falls.
Mr. Sanford's mother, Mrs.
Annal Louise Sanford, died Just
a week ago. Survivors include
his wife- Mrs. Helen Sanford, and
two daughters, Lois and Kath
leen, all of Jacksonville; two
brothers, Bryan, Jacksonville,
and Mark, Warrcnton, Ore.,
three sisters- Mrs. Ellen Smith,
Baker; Mrs. Mary Thompson,
Durkee; and Mrs. Addied Bank
head, Riverton, and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the Perl funeral
home at 2 p.m. Thursday, with
the Rev. Meredith Groves, pastor
of the First Methodist church of
Medford, officiating. Interment
will follow in the Jacksonville
cemetery.
McGranery Becomes
Attorney .General
Washington (U.R) James P.
McGranery became attorney
general Tuesday with a promise
of vigorous, but fair prosecution
of all law violators.
"This will be done without the
terror-harvest of the witchhunt
and without the tumult and
chaos that follow in the wake of
reckless charges and baseless ac
cusations," McGranery said In a
speech after Chief Justice Fred
M. Vinson of the Supreme Court
administered the oath. .
Communists Woulu
Unleash Forces
Against 8th Army
Prisoner 'Massacre'
On Koje Said Reason
Panmunjom, Korea (U.R)
The Communists threatened
Tuesday to unleash their 1,000,
000-man Army in North Korea
against the 8th Army of the
United Nations in retaliation for
the "massacre" of Red prisoners
on Koje Island.
North Korean Gen. Nam II, se
nior Red delegates, delivered the
gravest threat of renewed full
scale bloody warfare in Korea
since the truce negotiations be
gan last July 10.
Varied Reactions
He told the UN that'the masses
of North Korean and Chinese
soldiers massed in front of the
135-mile Allied defense line
could not "sit by" while Com
munist prisoners of war were
being "slaughtered' 'on Koje.
The warning brought varied
reactions from UN officials. The
chief UN spokesman, Brig Gen
William P. Nuckols, described it
as a military threat. Maj. Gen
William K. Harrison, new Allied
senior delegate, said It was
"propaganda."
Allied Troops Alerted
Nam's threat came as Allied
troops on the western front were
alerted for a possible Red attack
down the classic Uijongbu corri
dor of invasion leading to Seoul,
"I strongly warn your side,"
Nam told Harrison at a 43-min
ute meeting, "that our bare
handed captured personnel is in
the custody of your side.
"Your side must bear full and
absolute responsibility for any
new .atrocities and acts of mas
sacre. ,
237 Prisoners Die
"The Korean People's Army
and the Chinese People s Volun
teers decidedly can not sit by
while seeing their captured fel
low combatants being slaughter
ed by your side at will."
It was disclosed Monday that
237 prisoners have died violent
ly in the camps 122 killed by
UN guns and 115 executed by
their fellow captives.
City Budgeters
To Meet Tomorrow
The Medford city council and
the eight-man budget committee
will hold a joint meeting at 7:30
tomorrow night in the council
chambers of the city hall to dis
cuss fiscal plans for the year
1952-53, city officials said to
day. The meeting was originally
scheduled for tonight, but was
postponed because of a conflict
with the state fire chiefs conven
tion behing held here.
Officials compiling the bud
get have Indicated that "It will
take two or- three more meet
ings" to complete the fiscal pro
gram. The budget must be ready
for advertising on July 1 and
must be In the hands of the coun
ty assessor on July 15.
The city budget will be within
the six per cent limitation and
no election will be required, ac
cording to City Recorder Ralph
Woodford.
Roundup Coronation
Ceremonies Sunday
The public is Invited to attend
coronation ceremonies Saturday
evening, May 31 for Miss Judy
Briggs, Ashland, at the Jackson
County Mounted Sheriff's posse
grounds. Miss Briggs will be the
queen of the posse s 10th annual
roundup June 14 and 15. At the
same time Mary Lou Larson and
Shirley Nelson will be declared
princesses for the event. .
A buckaroo supper at 8:30 p.m.
also Is qnen to the public. A nom
inal charge wil be made for the
supper ' served by the Ladles
Mounted troop with Mrs. Leon
ard Anderson, Ashland, the
troop's general chairman. In
charge of arrangements.
Those attending also are in
vited to attend a square dance
session at the clubhouse that eve
ning.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
St. Leuls 116 1
Chicago 5 7 1
Staley and Ricei Kllppittln,
Schulti , Lonard I, and At-well.
CANDIDATES OF BOTH
PARTIES IN 4 -STATE
VOTE-GETTING CLASH
Washington (U.R) Presi
dential candidates of both par
ties clashed in four states in crit
ical contests Tuesday involving
national convention delegates.
On the Democratic side, 102
delegate votes were at stake in
the Texas and Kentucky state
conventions and the Florida pri
mary. Republicans elected 60
delegates in Texas and Connec
ticut conventions.
Ike. Taft Backers Involved
The major contests involved
supporters of Sen. Robert A.
Taft and Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower in the Texas GOP con
vention, and Sens. Richard B.
Russell and Estes Kefauver in
the Florida Democratic pri
mary. Kentucky Democrats were ex
pected to give Vice President Al-
ben W. Barkley 26 delegate
votes for the Democratic presi
dential nomination. The Eisen
hower campaign organization.
figured on winning almost all
School Flags Flown
At Half-Staff To
Honor John Mann
Flags of the Medford schools
were brought to half-staff yesterday-
and will remain so until
Wednesday noon, in honor of the
memory of John Ci Mann, who
died at his home Sunday, He
served six years oh the school
board a number of years ago.
The flags were ordered lowered
by City Schol Superintendent E,
H. Hedrick acting on behalf of
the present school board.
Public services for Mr. Mann
will be held from St. Mark's
Episcopal church at 11 o'clock
Wednesday morning. The Right
Rev. Benjamin Dagwell, Port
land, bishop of the Episcopal dio
cese of Oregon, and the Rev
George R. V. Bolster, rector of
the church, will officiate jointly.
Pallbearers Named
Active pallbearers will be
John Pletsch, Henry Prlngle-
Harvey Fields, Chris Barker,
Lewis Walburn and John Graff.
Honorary pallbearers will in
clude Glenn Taylor, Fred Sned
icor, J. A. McDougall, Burdette
Dodge, Porter J. Neff, Eugene
Thorndike. Ed Carlcton, AV. J.
Warner, Royal Bebb, M. N. Ho-
gan, Ralph Billings and Dr
James C. Hayes.
Mann's Department store, of
which Mr. Mann was the head
since he opened the store in 1910,
will close during the ceremonies,
and a number of other downtown
stores will also close out of re
spect for his memory.
Interment services, which will
be private, will be held at Siski
you Memorial park following the
tuneral.
Civilian Defense Director
Tells Fire Training Plans
Plans for an Oregon fire
training institute, to provide an
swers to command problems in
the face of a catastrophic fire
such as would result from an at
omic blast, were outlined here
this morning by Jack Hayes,
Salem, state director of civil de
fense. Hayes spoke before a session
of the Oregon State Fire Chiefs
association convention at the
Holly theater,
According to Hayes, the In
stitute, to be held this summer,
will offer training which will
make fire chiefs competent to
fight fires "such as we have nev
er seen before."
Outlines Status
Hayes also outlined the pres
sent status of civil defense In
Oregon, the vital part of local
police and fire agencies In civil
defense and an emergency traf
fic control plan, which will gov
ern movement of traffic In a dis
aster area.
Other speakers this morning
were Max M. Manchester, exec
utive secretary of the state pub
lic employees retirement board;
Battalion Chief Leo Weldncr of
Portland fire department, form
er atfting chief of the Medford
department, and Chief William
J. Taylor, president of the Pac
ific Coast Inter-Mountain Asso
the 22 Connectltcut GOP dele
gates.
Battle in Texas
A heated battle was under
way among Texas Republicans
who will have 38 votes at the
GOP National Convention.
Taft won a bitterly-contested
first round victory Monday night
in the fight for control of the
Texas delegation. However, Eis
enhower supporters said they
may take the fight all the way
to Chicago.
Taft's backers were firmly In
control of the state Republican
organization as Eisenhower
hopefuls were beaten in bid af
ter bid to win seats in Texas'
convention which met Tuesday
to choose the state's 38-man del
egation to the national conven
tion. Pro-Trumanites Ousted .
There was a battle In the
Democratic ranks in Texas as
pro-Truman delegations from 27
counties were frozen out of the
party's state convention. This
assured a pro-Truman bolt from
the convention Tuesday and two
Texas delegations at the nation
al convention. The State Cred
entials Committee ruled that the
anti-Truman delegates should be
seated.
Rematch in Florida
The Florida primary provided
a rematch between Russell of
Georgia and Kefauver of Ten
nessee, the South's two candl-'
dates for the Democratic presi
dential nomination.
Russell, who defeated Kefauv
er in an earlier popularity con
test primary In Florida on May
7, said he expected to win 20
of the 24 Florida delegates el
ected in Tuesday's balloting.
Cherry Fruit Fly
Now Dangerous
Cherry fruit fly are now suf
ficiently numerous to constitute
a danger, according to County
Horticulturist C. B. Cordy, and
spray should be applied by June '
4.
Recommended poison applica
tion is three pounds of methox
yclor to 100 gallons, Cordy said.
He explained that the flies "will
flit around for about eight dayi
before laying eggs, and after the
eggs are laid there is no means
of control." However, If the tree
is thoroughly sprayed, the poi
son will keep the flies from lay
ing their eggs, he added.
"Good control" will be gained
with two sprays three weeks
apart, the agent pointed out, and
as the fly Is widespread through
out the county failure to spray
will result in wormy cherries.
Black Leaf 40 or TEPP can al
so be added to the application
for control of aphis.
The fly appeared here for the
first time last year and as a re
sult shipment Into California is
prohibited, Cordy noted.
ciation of Fire Chiefs.
Speakers yesterday afternoon
were Association President Le
Roy Fox, chief of the Bend fire
department; Chief Ivan Pearson,
McMinnville; Loren Bush, chief
engineer of the Board of Fire
Underwriters of the Pacific;
Portland Fire Marshal Miles
Woodworth; Elmer H. Halstcad,
state supervisor of public in
slruction, and Attorney Frank S.
Sever, Portland.
A social program was held
last night at the Medford Elks
club.
LBanquet Tonight
competitive drills were to be
held at 1:30 this afternoon at
Melrose and Grape streets. A
banquet Is scheduled for 7
o'clock tonight at the Elks club
i-ith Robert B. Taylor, state in
surance commissioner, as master
of ceremonies, and Dr. Elmo N.
Stevenson, president of South
ern Oregon college, as featured
speaker.
The convention, held for the
first time this year in conjunc
tion with the state meeting of
the Oregon Rural Fire Protec
tion Districts' association, will
conclude tomorrow afternoon,
following morning educational
rcssions, and a business session
and election and Installation of
new officers in the afternoon.
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