Price Increase on Many
BUS
SIANS
New Street Blocks
Erected Between
East, West Zones
No-Alan's Land
Prepared by Reds
Berlin ttJ.R) The Com
munists threw up new street bar
ricades between the Eastern and
Western sectors of Berlin Wed'
nesaay ana began clearing a
375-mile-long no-man's-land be
tween East and West Germany.
The sealing off of both East
Germany and East Berlin was
another step in the Communist
retaliatory campaign against
West Germany and the Western
Big Three for concluding a sep
arate peace and creating a Euro
pean army.
Guards Ruled Off Road
At the same time, Soviet bor
der guards for the second
straight day ruled American and
British military police patrols
off the main super-highway link
ing Berlin and West Germany.
But the Reds did not interfere
with other traffic along the 110
mile autobahn across the Soviet
tone.
It still was too early to tell
whether the Russians and their
East German satellite govern
ment Intend to try to renew
their 1948-49 blockade of West
ern Berlin. West Berlin Mayor
Ernst Reuter called on West Ber
liners to "keep their nerves."
Streets Barricaded
Inside Berlin, East German
Communist "People's Police"
threw up three new street barri
cades of brick, stone and steel
girders to prevent passage be
tween the Soviet sector of the
city and the American, British
and French sectors.
Between the Eastern and
Western sectors 163 of the 190
streets were blocked. The prev
ious 160 barriers had been erect
ed last summer.
All along the 375-mile border
dividing East and West Ger
many, from the Baltic sea to the
Czechoslovak frontier, jackboot
ed German "People's Police,"
Soviet zone workers and even
Russian soldiers were busy dig
ging trenches, setting up road
blocks and felling trees.
Paris (U.R) The Western
Big Three agreed on the outlines
of a new note to Russia on Ger
man Unification Wednesday and
discussed the threat of a new So
viet blockade of Berlin.
At a meeting which lasted
nearly 3Vi hours, with French
Premier Antoine Pinay attend
ing, the three foreign ministers
reviewed the Communist threat
throughout the world, from Ko
rea and French Indo-China to
Berlin.
They decided that the situa
tion in (he Allied sectors of Ber
lin, where the Russians are
clamping down new restrictions,
did not require emergency ac
tion yet.
Aggressive Allies
Jab at Communists
Seoul, Korea (U.R) An Al
lied tank task force and patrols
jabbed aggressively at Commu
njst outposts Wednesday to
learn whether their threats of a
new offensive are real or propa
ganda. An 8th Army spokesman said
there has been no "military evi
dence' 'of an imminent offensive
such as has been threatened by
Red delegates at the Panmunjom
truce talks.
Infantrymen and tanks "clean
ed up" a hill position only a few
miles from Panmunjom where
Communists might assemble a
spearhead for an attack.
Lead in Armaments Race
Necessary, Baruch Claims
Washington iU.R) Bernard
Baruch told a Senate subcom
mittee Wednesday that the
United States must wake up to
the fact that there can be no
"profits as usual, social reforms
as usual and politics as usual"
until we have taken the lead in
the armaments race with Russia.
Importance Emphasised
Testifying before the Pre
paredness Investigating subcom
mittee of the Committee on
Armed Forces, the 81-year-old
elder statesman emphasized
gain and again the supreme im
portance of building up a re
serve of weapons and ammuni
tion. Baruch said such a- program
of stockpiling "would lift our
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GERMANY tfU
SOVIET SQUEEZE PLAY Newsmap shows where Soviet forces
sealed off the 110-mile highway into Berlin against Anglo-American
E! fyJrces in a traffic s1ueeze resembling the blockade of
1948-49. The Soviet guards did not interfere with non-military Allied
and German traffic traveling in both directions along the autobahn
across the Russian zone. Inset shows how Berlin is divided among
the Big Four. , ,
Senate Turns Down
Efforts To Reduce
Foreign Aid Funds
Washington (U.R) The
Senate rejected three efforts
to cut the $6,300,000,000 for
eign aid bill by $400,000,000
and $500,000,000 Wednesday.
Washington (U.R) The
Senate rejected efforts to cut
$400,000,000 and $500,000,000
from the $6,900,000,000 foreign
am Diu Wednesday,
By a roll call vote of 41 to 33
the Senate defeated a proposal
Larceny Charges
Result in Arrest
Grant Everett Morrison, alias
Swede Ulysses Morrison and
other names, whose last address
was listed as 3910 North Sitka
street, Apt. 14, Portland, was
arrested at St. Helen, Ore., yes
terday on a warrant from Jack
son county charging larceny by
bailee, according to state police.
I he complaint upon which the
warrant was issued was signed
by Fred L. Walker, 907 West
10th street, and charges theft of
two saddles owned by Walker.
Morrison is wanted on similar
charges in Bassett, Neb.. Van
couver, Wash., Huntersville, Cal.,
ana oiner places, according to
police records. They said he had
married a 16-year-old girl in
Yuma. Ariz., and abandoned her
in Portland, after leaving Meri.
ford. He was already legally
married to a Portland woman
before the Yuma marriage, they
added.
Prior to leaving the Rocue
valley, the defendant allegedly
had been involved in several
"confidence" deals Involving
substntial real estate transac
tions which led to an investiga
tion by police, they reported.
6-36 Bomber Crashes
At Carswell Air Base
Fort Worth, Tex (U.R) A
B-36 global superbomber crash
ed and burst into flames
Wednesday ns it came in for a
landing at Carswell Air Force
Base.
Seven men were believed
burned to death.
Salem (U.R) Harold Otto
Roesler is the new manager of
the Salem employment office of
the State Unemployment Com
pensation commission.
foreign policy from the mire of
military weakness and give it a
new mobility which would help
stabilize the whole world." He
said he was sure that the Ameri
can economy could bear the vast
cost of increased munitions pro
vided our resources are chan
neled from "less essential to
more essential activities."
Survival at Stake
"Tragically unpleasant as it
is. we have been forced into an
armaments race with our very
survival at stake," the financier
said. "To forestall persistent So
viet aggression, we must be ca
pable of opening other fronts
where we can choose the condi
tions of struggle, where w can
take the initiative." . . '
EXTEND
by Sen. Herman Welker, R-Ida.,
and 10 other Republicans for a
$500,000,000 cut.
Then, by 40 to 37, it rejected
a move by Sen. Russell Long,
D-La., to trim $400,000,000 from
the bill.
Follows Other Rejection
The votes followed Tuesday's
'Senate action in defeating anoth
er proposal by Welker for a
$1,000,000,000 from the amount
requested by President Truman
for the 1953 fiscal year starting
uiy i. ,
Wednesday's " administration
victories came after the Demo
c r a 1 1 c leadership succeeded
Tuesday in delaying the crucial
votes until it could round up ab
sentee senators.
Demos Join Republicans
Ten Republicans joined 31
Democrats in voting against Wei
ker's proposed $500,000,000 cut.
The Long proposal was defeat
ed by a combination of 30 Dem
ocrats and 10 Republicans. Vot
ing in favor of the proposed
$400,000,000 reduction were 27
Republicans and 10 Democrats.
Communists Renew
Korean War Threat
Panmunjom, Korea (U.R)
The Communists threatened
again Wednesday to hurl their
1,000,000-man army against
United Nations forces in retalia
tion, for what they called the
"wanton murder" of prisoners
of war.
The promised revenge specifi
cally against units of the six na
tions forming the Koje Island
guard the United States, Great
Britain, Canada, Greece, The
Netherlands and the Republic of
Korea.
North Korean Gen. Nam Il's
repetition of the charges during
a one-hour truce meeting indi
cated he expected the U. N. to
take the threat seriously.
Seamen Prepared for
Indefinite Strike
San Francisco (U.R) Harrv
Lundeberg, powerful chief of the
AFL Sailors Union of the Paci
fic, warned West Coast shipown
ers Wednesday that his men are
prepared to stay on strike in
definitely.
"The union is in a strong posi
tion," Lundeberg said. "It will
have ships chartered by the mili
tary sea transport service as a
cushion to maintain employ
ment. The shipowners can't
win."
BULLETINS
Portland (U.R) Threat
of a statewide strike by 2.500
truck drivers against the
Truck Operators League of
Oregon at midnight Friday
apparently ended Wednesday
when a union spokesman said
thai negotiations would con
tinue. Paris (U.R) Tough, steel
helmeted riot police smashed
into Communists with clubs
swinging Wednesday night to
break up attempted Red dem
onstrations against Gen, Mat
thew B. Ridgwsy.
Food Items Receives Approval From OPS
Frozen Foods,
Canned Goods To
Be Marked Higher
'Scare Tactics'
Charged to Board
Washington (U.R) The Office
of Price Stabilization has com
pleted a regulation permitting
retail price boosts on frozen
foods and many canned goods,
including meats and vegetables.
The increases will be an
nounced Thursday and probably
will go into effect next week.
They are expected to add several
cents to the retail prices of some
average-size packages of food.
The boosts will result from an
increase in the amount grocers
are permitted to mark up their
prices over wholesale costs.
Arnall Has Regrets
Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall
told the House Banking Com
mittee Tuesday that ,"I regret
to have to report on Thursday
the public will learn that food
prices are going up again."
Four food distribution groups
accused the OPS Wednesday of
using "scare tactics" in an ef
fort to make the public believe
that the new food regulation
will mean "sharply higher
prices."
A joint statement by the Na
tional Association of Retail Gro
cers, the Cooperative Food Dis
tributors of America, the Nation
al Association of Food Chains
and the Super Market Institute
said "the truth is the the ad
justments being made by OPS
. . . will have little effect on the
prices the consumer pays for
food." ' .
Close Vote Predicted
A leading Democratic senator
forecast a "very close" vote on
a Republican proposal to let
wage and price controls die next
month.
The senator, who declined to
be quoted by name, said it was
impossible to predict whether
the Senate would approve or re
ject the proposal.
The Senate is scheduled to
start debate Thursday on exten
sion of wage, price, rent and pro
duction controls.
The government announced a
boost in metals allocations for
civilian manufacturers during
the July-September period. Man-
ufacturtrs will, get 10 pc,'- :ttni
more steel, 15 per cent more
copper and 50 per cent more
aluminum than is now available.
Fourth Koje Officer
Relieved of Command
Koje Island, Korea (U.R) A
fourth iiigh-ranking U.S. officer
connected with the Koje Island
prison riots was fired Wednes
day and Maj. Gen. Blackshear
M. Bryan said the prison situa
tion is "in hand."
Lt. Col. Wilbur Raven, New
ton, Tex., was relieved of his
command of tough prison Com
pound 76 and the job given to
Lt. Col. Walter M. Redden, An
niston, Ala.
Both Raven and Brig. Gen.
Francis T. Dodd, then Koje com
mandant, were seized by Com
pound 76 prisoners May 7. Ra
ven squirmed free, but the Reds
held Dodd hostage for 78 hours.
Prowler Feasting
On Fasting Money
Sweet Home, Ore. (U.R)
Somewhere a prowler is feast
ing Wednesday on money he
stole from a- church fund that
was raised by fasting.
Police said Wednesday that
the funds were stolen from the
home of Sylvian Bergevin Sun
day night probably while the
family was at church.
The $55 belonged to- the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, money raised by
church members by going with
out meals twice a week to fi
nance care of the needy in
churches throughout the coun
try. Medford Man Suffers
Gunshot Wound in Arm
Kenneth Melvin Fykerude,
1509 Wilson place, was treated
at Sacred Heart hospital yester
day for a gunshot wound in his
arm, according to city police,
who said the wound was self
inflicted. The wound, from a .38 caliber
pistol, was suffered at his home
at about 7:15 last night, officers
stated. Hospital reports indicated
the wound was not serious.
Fykerude's wife was using
the phone when she heard the
shot, police stated. They said
first aid was administered at
Fykerude's home before he was
taken to the hospital.
Portland (uiT-The first
degree murder trial of Jada Z.
Kader, 21-year-old mother ac
cused of slaying her daughter,
Wednesday was scheduled to get
underway during the June term
of the Multnomah county circuit
court.
United Prtie fuU Luted Wire
47th Year
20 Pages
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RURL FYR DEPT. Busily engaged in wetting down the
lot, each other and everything but the fire are members of the
Ko Keel Rurl Fyr Dept., who provided comedy relief for the
joint annual convention of the Oregon State Fire Chiefs asso-'
Sen. Russell Gains
Southern Support
With Florida Win
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Richard B. Russell won impor
tant Southern support with a
victory in the Florida primary
as Texas Republican and Demo
crats, split by bitter intra-party
feuds, each named two delega
tions to the national conventions
Wednesday,
In Connecticut, Republicans
boosted Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower back into a neck-and-neck
race with Sen. Robert ' A. Taft
in their contest for national con
vention delegates. The general
picked up 20 of Connecticut's
22 delegates in that state's con
vention. Taft In Slim Lead
The United Press tabulation
of delegates based on formal
pledges and known first-ballot
preferences gave Taft 398, Eis
enhower 390, Harold E. Stassen
25, Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin
of Maryland 24, Gov. Earl War
ren of California 8 and Gen.
Douglas MacArthur 2. There are
65 contested delegates, 129 who
are uncommitted or whose pre
ference is unknown, and 19 still
to be chosen. It takes 604 votes
for nomination.
Russell Margin Wide
Russell beat Sen. Estes Kefau
ver of Tennessee by an apparent
three-to-one margin in Florida.
The Georgian had handed Ke
fauver his first defeat as a pres
idential candidate in Florida's
"popularity contest" May 6.
The credentials committee at
each national convention will
have to decide which Texas del
egations will.be recognized.
Texas Republicans supporting
Taft seized control of the GOP
state convention. Eisenhower
backers bolted the meeting and
immediately organized a second
convention a half a block away.
After the Eisenhower follow
ers had left, the regular GOP
organization elected 38 national
convention delegates, at least 30
of whom support Taft. Eisen
hower may get the votes of two
to five of the others.
Other Delegates Elected
The general's supporters el
ected 38 other delegates, 33 of
whom were instructed to vote
for Eisenhower and five for the
Ohio senator.
Texas Democrats elected two
52-vote delegations, one pledged
to support President Truman's
stand on state's rights and tide
lands oil, and the other opposed
to these policies.
Kentucky Democrats gave
Vice President Alben W. Bark
ley his first votes at (he national
convention. Although the
"Veep" has not said whether
he is a presidential candidate,
Democrats in his home 3tate
pledged their 26 votes to him.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
New York 6 8 3
Brooklyn ... 2 4 1
Hearn and Westrumi Loss,
Labine 9, and Walker.
Home runs, for New York
Williams, 1 on; Mueller. 1 on.
St Louis 2 9 2
Chicago 7 II 0
Brecheen, Bok.lmen 7, and
D. Bice, Fusielmaiu Hairln
and Edward.
MF" RD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY
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Rural Fire Districts
Association Elects;
Convention Near End
Harold Jacobson, Portland,
representing Multnomah rural
fire district No. 13, this morning
was elected president of the Ore
gon Rural Fire Protection Dist
ricts association at a meeting in
the Jackson hotel.
Jackson succeeds Glenn E.
Leininger, Parkrose, In the pres
idency. Other officers elected by the
group include Leon Judd, Sub
urban fire . district, Klamath
Falls, first vice-president; Mrs.
Norma Pfeiffer, Eugene District
no. l, second vice-president, and
Harold A. Rosebaugh, Salem,
Salem-Liberty Heights district,
secretary-treasurer. '
Named to the board of direc
tors were Leininger. W. Keith
Lage, Pine Grove district, Hood
River; Al E. LaBranch, Four Cor
ners district, Salem; Clyde Wil
liams, Suburban district, Kla
math Falls, and Charles Gilles
pie, District No. 12, Portland.
Chiefs To Elect
The Oregon State Fire Chief's
association, which is convening
jointly with the rural districts
association here, was scheduled
to elect officers this afternoon at
the closing session of its conven
tion. Business of the fire chiefs as
sociation this morning included
a discussion of "Insurance Spec-
Germ Warfare Use
Said Russian Lie
Washington (U.R) President
Thuman has rejected as Kremlin
lies tho charge that the United
States had used germ warfare
in Korea.
"There Isn't a word of truth
in that," the President said. "We
have never broken the Geneva
Convention in our operations in
Korea."
Mr. Truman made the state
ment in an informal talk Wed
nesday in the While House rose
garden to a delegation from the
American Action Committee
Against Mass Deportations in
Romania.
Consumer Prices
Near Record High
New York (U.R) Consum
er's prices In April reached al
most to the all-time high of Jan
uary, 1952, the National Indus
trial Conference board, reported
Wednesday.
Prices rose 1 per cent from
March to April to a figure of
179.9, only 0.2 per cent below
the record high of January.
It also was reported that the
purchasing power of the dollar
was 55.6 cents in April, a de
crease of 0.9 per cent from
March and a slump of 3 per cent
from April, 1951.
Staff Control Slated
For Air National Guard
Portlr.nd (U.R) Maj. Gen
Thomas E. Rilea, state adjutant
general, said Wednesday the
Oregon Air National Guard will
fly under state control before
the end of 1952.
The air guard was called into
federal service on Feb. 1, 1951.
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elation and the Oregon Rural Fire Protection Districti associa-
. tion, which was to end here this afternoon. The baggy-uniform-
ed "fyrmen" are members of the Coquille Fire department,
which also built the "fyrtruck." (Brainerd photo)
ial Agent and the Fire Chief" by
A. Gordon Eraser, special agent
of the First Association group,
Portland; "Cooperation Between
Water and Fire Departments,"
by Robert A. Duff, Medford city
superintendent; "Precent Fires
and save lives," by Chief Jav W.
Stevens, chairman of the Inter
national Fire Prevention com
mittee, San Francisco, and "City
Manager Form of Government,"
by Oren- L, King, -Eugene- city
manager. .
Copco Tax Writeoff
OK'd for Tokefee Job
The California Oregon Power
company has been granted a spe
cial tax allowance for construc
tion in Douglas county, related
to the defense effort, it was re
ported here today.
Part of the $30,036,540 cost of
a proposed construction program
was approved for a tax writeofl
within five years. This compares
with normal depreciation over a
period up to 25 years. The pur
pose of the fast tax writeoff is to
encourage expansion or produc
tion of new plants.
It Includes construction of new
power-generating facilities at
the Toketee project on the North
Umpqua river.
The Copco writeoff was among
470 approved Monday. Total
value of the propects Is $479
121,881.
310 Deaths Predicted
Over Memorial Day
Chicago (U.R) The Nation
al Safety Council estimated that
310 persons will be killed in
traffic accidents during the Me
morial day week-end.
Last year only 82 persons per
ished on the highways In the saf
est and sanest holiday in recent
years.
If the weather Is good this
week-end the council said it ex
pects "very heavy travel.
"The end of the gasoline short
age, the first summer holiday of
tne year and the start of the
vacation season are expected to
Jam the highways with more
than 35,000.000 vehicles," the
council said.
'Don't Sell Me Short
Kerr Tells Oregon Demos
Portland (U.R) Sen. Rob
ert S. Kerr of Oklahoma Wed
nesday told voters not to sell
his candidacy for the Democrat
ic preidentlal nomination short.
He said he is "hopeful" Pres
ident Truman will steer admin
istration delegates his way at the
Democratic national convention
and that he also is attempting
to win Missouri's uninstructed
delegates. The wealthy Okla
homan reminded interviewers
that political favorites don't al
ways win at the conventions.
Draft Seen Unlikely
Asked about Gov. Adlai Ste
venson of Illinois, reported to
be President Truman's choice
for the nomination, Kerr re
plied: "There are so many well
qualified applicants for the nom
Tribune
U-JUtJ PrH FuU Leuad WU
28, 1952
No. 58
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Patriotic Program
For Memorial Day
Listed by Chairman
The program for the patriotic
observances to be held here the
morning of Friday, Memorial
day, were announced today by
Col. W. H. Paine, who is in
charge of the program. Veterans
and other patriotic groups are
sponsoring the observance.
The traditional parade will
form at the Old City park, and
at .19 a.nv..wlUmoveait ,m .
Main street to the Bear Creek
bridge. A brief ceremony there
will include an invocation and
strewing of flowers on the water
in memory of those who have
given their lives in service to the
nation on the oceans, lakes and
rivers of the world. A salute will
be fired and taps sounded.
The parade will then move on
to Hawthorne park, where it
will disband. A public program
will be held, and will be called
to order by President Ruby Mai
lory of the Daughters of Union
Veterans of the Civil War.
The program will Include!
Program Listed
Pledge of allegiance to tho
flag; reading of General Logan's
first Memorial day general or
der; Lincoln's Gettysburg ad
dress deviisred by Stephen Nye
Jr., of Medford high school, a
recitation of "Flanders Field" by
Richard Dickenson of Medford
high school; placing of a wreath
in honor of the memory of de
parted veterans of all wars, and
members of patriotic soclties; an
address by Dan Hull, quartet
singing and group singing of
America, and a benediction.
All social, fraternal and civls
b e 1 1 e rment organizations of
Medford and other valley com
munities have been invited to
take part in the parade, accord
ing to Colonel Paine. They and
the general public are also invit
ed and urgea to attend the .
park program, he said.
Weather
FORECAST: V.rUbl. hlh
rloudtnrsi tonlsht and Tburi
day. Mild temperature!. Low
tonliht 10. Iliih Thuradar
near 80.
Tama.
Httheit Yeitrrday
Loweit thla Mornini 19
ination that I cannot believe the
Democrats will draft someone
unwilling to take the Job."
Kerr addressed a Young Dem-.
acrats group here Tuesday night
and was scheduled to speak
at a luncheon sponsored by the
Democratic Party of Oregon
Wednesday at the Columbia Ath
lntlc club.
Reporter May Win Prlsa
In an aside on Gen. Dwight
D. Elsenhower, whom he has
called "the greatest living Am
erican Un-Known Soldier," Kerr
said the first reporter who gets
him to answer a question on his
return to the United States will
win the Pulitzer Prize.
And of Sen. Robert A. Taft,
he said "he has been on every
side of every public issue In the
past 15 years. "