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Newspaper Page TextMedford United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 10 RED raiSOMB. KILLED Concrete Flooring Of Bridge at Rogue River Falls Out 25-Square-Foot Piece Drops From Decking A 25-square-foot section of concrete flooring of the new county bridge over the Rogue river at Rogue River fell from the deck at about 6 o'clock last evening, according to -County Engineer Paul Rynning. - He said the section dropped just after a log truck had gone over the span. Rynning and County Com missioner L.,G. Morthland said they were aware that the part icular spot In the bridge near the highway end was in poor condition, and that it had been patched with asphalt just a few days aRO. They had hoped it would last until fail when it was to have been repaired, they said. "Bad Concrete" Blamed Morthland and Rynning blam ed the bridge failure on "bad concrete," and Morthland said he thinks that oil or gasoline became mixed with the gravel which went into the concrete at the time it was mixed. A county crew was at work repairing the break this morn ing, and Rynning said repairs should be completed by Friday or Saturday. The section of decking which dropped out last night measured approximately five by live teei, Rynning said. Traffic was mov ing across the bridge this mor ning on a one-way-at-a-time bas is, he added. The engineer and commis sioner were to go to Rogue Riv er to Inspect the bridge this af ternoon, and said they would be able to tell the cause of the fail ure better tomorrow. Completed in 1950 The bridge was completed in September, 1950, and was ded icated on October 5 of that year with speeches, ceremonies and a parade. For a time there was a controversy over the name of the bridge, some residents pro posing that it be called "Tail holt" after a legend concerning the manner in which the river was forded In the early days. The bridge was constructed over a Deriod of more than a year by the contracting firm of Lindstrom Brotneis, inc., run land, under county supervision, Foreign Aid Program Heads for Conference Washington (UP.) Presi dent Truman's foreign aid pro gram headed for a Senate-House conference committee Thursday carrying at least $1,200,000,000 less than the $7,900,000,00 he asked to arm the free world against Communist aggression. The senate Wednesday night passed a $670,000,000 mutual security bill afterv defeating three efforts to cut the total still further. The House last week cut Mr. Truman's request to $6,162,600, 000. . Portland (UP.) A small air plane with one person aboard was missing Thursday on a flight from The Dalles, Ore., to Oregon City, the Civil Aero r nautics Administration reported. BULLETIN Nashville. Tenn. (U.P.) Tennessee Democrats pledged their 28 national convention votes to their home state pres idential candidate. Sen. Esies Kefauver, Thursday in a ses sion that lasted just 52 minutes. President Asks Congress For Atomic Expansion Funds Washington (U.P.) Presi dent Truman Thursday asked Congress for $3,341,000,000 with which to "increase our leader ship" in the atomic arms race with Russia. He proposed an Immediate start on an atomic expansion program calling for new plants whose ultimate cost he estimat ed at $4,200,000,000. Must Boost Production In the absence of Soviet will ingness to Join in effective inter national atomic controls, Mr. Truman said this country must step up Its production of atomic weapons to "buttress the sccur- ', lty of this country and of the ' free world." Pages J 30,000-Vof Line Breaks; Tremendous Flash Told by Pilot California Oregon Power company's transmission Una No. 12 between Prospect and Roieburg carrying 130,000 volts, went -out with a trem endous flash at 2 o'clock this morning. Copco officials said a pole fell after a guy-wire broke, parting the line and interrupt ing service to portions of lhe company's servica area brief ly. The flash was first report ed by the pilot of a Western Air Una passenger plane, who radioed to San Francisco that he had sighted three flashes while flying at 11.000 feet ov er the Siskiyous and Medford. In Medford electric clocks in some areas stopped at 2 a. m. Site of the break is this side of Tiller, Copco officials said. They added that service was restored shortly after the break, and that crews art at work repairing the line to day. Bureau of Budget OK's Camp Money, Ellsworth Says The federal Bureau ot the Budget has approved the Depart ment of the Army's request for funds to begin rehabilitating Camp White, according to infor mation received today from Con gressman Harris Ellsworth. The amount requested totals $3,616,000. It will provide for the acquisition of land in the area of the big wartime train ing camp north and northwest of Medford, for inspection and re habilitation of existing utilities, for construction of a railroat' spur from White -City to t h e camp ute, for repair of roads in the' area, and for construction of a telephone and ' telegraph building. $11,000,000 Appropriated Congress originally appropria ted more than $11,000,000 for Job of placing Camp White in "stand-by" readiness, to be used as a training camp in event of national mobilization'. The Army requested approval of the ex penditure of $3,777,700 of this amount a few weeks ago, later cutting the request by $161,700 because less money was needed for the railroad spur. A previous army announce ment indicated that bids would be called for the Camp White work within 30 days of the time that the money was made avail able by the Budget Bureau. Parole Violator Gels Three-Year Pen Term Robert Lee Smith, 33, of 308 Chestnut street, yesterday was sentenced in circuit court to three years in Oregon state pris- son for parole violation, District Attorney Paul Haviland report ed today. Smith was arrested Febru ary 20 by city police on a charge involving three worthless checks and had passed bad checks on two previous occasions, Havi land said. Smith received a bench parole from the court at that time, according to sheriff's deputies. John Furzler Patterson, 41, Seattle, was returned here yes terday from Eureka, Calif., to face charges of larceny by bai lee, deputies stated. The charge involves a car taken from Barnes Chevrolet company here they said. Patterson is being held in the county jail under $1,500 bail. Not to do so Invites disast er," he said. The sum asked by the Presi dent would be spent not only for new atomic facilities but for additional electrical plants to power them. The power plants would be built by the Tennessee Valley Authority. To Obligate Full Amount Of the total requested, only about $650,000,000 would actu ally be spent by the Atomic En ergy Commission and TVA In the fiscal year starting July 1. But Mr. Truman said the full $3,341,000,000 will be obligated by the two agencies in fiscal 1958, if Congress approves, for construction and equipment. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1952 Tear Gas Used By UN To Quell Demonstration Investigation Started By General Boatner By RICHARD APPLEGATE Koje Island, Korea (U.P.) One Communist prisoner of war was killed and one was wounded Thursday night in Compound 66 where Allied troops earlier used tear gas to break up a demon stration by North Korean offi cers. First reports indicated the shooting was accidental. It was reported a Browning automatic rifle Was fired about 7 p.m., ap parently by accident. Investigation Starts Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boat ner, commandant of all Koje camps holding 80,000 Chinese and North Korean prisoners, im mediately began an investiga tion, . Boatner's new "get tough" policy went into effect Thursday when U. S. and British troops broke up a Communist demon stration with tear gas, then swarmed into the compound with fixed bayonets and - tore down two Communist buildings. Prisoners Throw Rocks Thev fired rifles in the air while the prisoners threw rocks at the troops, sang Communist songs and moved back and forth in see-sawing masses. Camp officials clamped a tight news ban on early stages of the outburst and it was believed at first they had begun to split the sprawling compounds, holding as many as 6,000 men each, into smaller, more manageable groups. It was the first time U.N. troops have entered the com Dounds or used real force since Col. Francis. X, JJodcJ ,waa .kid naped on May 7 and held hos-, tage for 78 hours. Communists Cut Hoi ' Officers said no one was hurt during Thursday afternoon s demonstration. They said pris oners were milling aound inside the compound when the Brown ing automatic went off. At 1 p.m. the Communists had been seen cutting a hole in the fence of the "Sally port" at the main gate of Compound 66. The port is a barbed wire alley way jutting into the compound proper and joining the double wire gateway. Soldiers Advance About 50 soldiers of the 38th Regiment of the U. S. 2nd In fantry Division and 65 from the King s Shropshire Light Infan try of the British Common- weath Division moved into the compound about 2:30 p.m. They advanced behind burst ing tear gas grenades hurled in to the Sally port area. The Communists had refused an order to repair the damaged fence, and ignored an order to disperse. The troops moved In swiftly and began knocking down huts which the Communists appar ently had used as an inside "headquarters." Other U. N. troops were rushed up in sup port. Prisoners defiantly raised two flags when the troops en tered but they were hauled down within five minutes. Air Force General Visits in Medford Brig. Gen. .Clarence P. Talbot, recently named commanding general of the Sacramento Air Materiel area, with headquarters at McClelland Air Force base Sacramento, Calif., arrived at the Medford airport this morn ing. The general came here In a C-47 transport plane, and was accompanied by several mem bers of his staff. He was con ducting a routine inspection of the Medford Air Force refuel ling detachment, which is a part of his command. lie recently succeeded Maj. Gen. Junius W. Jones in com mand of the Air Force com mand. ' CAVES FACILITIES TO OPEN The chateau and coffee shop at the Oregon Caves National monument will open for the summer on May 30, it was an nounced today by the National Park service. Full service will be provided until September 15 San Francisco U.P.) Seth B Thompson, 67, former Oregon state Insurance comm ioner. died of cancer her Wednesday night. Veterans' Cemetery Dedication At Eagle Point Memorial Day Dedication of the new veter ans administration cemetery one mile east of Eagle Point will be held Memorial day starting at 2 p.m., it was announced to day by Paul A. Hatton, manager of the Camp White domiciliary center. The cemetery was approved by the veterans administration r'TTS I? " ' 'i , list K DEDICATION TOMORROW The new veterans ceme tery near Eagle Point, a portion of which is shown above, will be dedicated tomorrow with public ceremonies. The cemetery was approved by the veterans administration last year and landscaping and other work has been underway since that time. . NEW VETERANS' CEMETERY Pictured , above is a section of the new veterans' cem etery, one mile east of Eagle Point, which is already in use. Dedication of the cemetery will Albany Fire Chief Elected President Of State Group Don Hayne, chief of the Al bany fire department, was elect ed president of the Oregon Fire Chiefs association at concluding sessions of the 32nd annual con vention here yesterday. He suc ceeds Chief LeRoy Fox of the Bend department. Other officers include Charles Roth, chief at The Dalles, first vice president; James Boynton, chief at North Bend, second vice president; William P. Roble, chief at Salem, secretary, and Ivan Pearson, chief at McMinn- ville, treasurer. Registration figures showed that 291 fire chiefs attended the convention, and that 52 women attended the women's activities held in connection with the con vention. The convention of the Oregon Rural Fire Protection Districts association closed Wednesday morning. It was held in connec tion with the Chiefs' association convention for the first time. Fair, Mild Weather Seen Memorial Day Residents of the Medford vi cinity will experience fair and mild weather for Memorial day ceremonies and outings,- the weather bureau office here has predicted. A cool day, similar to today, was forecast with an anticipat ed maximum temperature of 75 degrees. Motorists Warned To Drive Carefully Portland U.P.) Officials of the Oregon State Motor rsso ciation warned motorists Thurs day to drive carefully over the Memorial Day holiday and point ed out the holiday will have unusally heavy traffic this year because it starts a long weekend. Tribune KOJE last year and has been under construction, with landscaping and lawns put in, since that time. Six veterans are now in terred In the new cemetery. The dedication program will open with call to the colors by Bugler Garth Fricke, Eagle Point, and the national anthem by the Eagle Point high school - rr ,..- I'i- I 9 5100,000 Paving Job Awarded by Council; OK Mosquito Spraying A $100,588.75 contract for construction of concrete curbs and gutters and asphaltic paving on 10 Medford streets was awarded Contractor E. C. Con rad by the Medford city council last night. Councilmen, meeting in an ad journed session in the city hall, OK'd Conrad's bid as the lowest of three submitted. The engi neer's estimate for the work was $97,938.77. The council also qualified five contractors as bidders for con struction of a new terminal building at the Medford airport. Bids will be called on the pro ject soon. DDT Spraying OK'd Aerial spraying of DDT along Bear creek between the Cottage Street bridge and the Jackson street bridge, and Hawthorne park, as an anti-mosquito meas ure, also was approved by the council. Medford Air service will perform the work at a cost of some $45. Date on which the work will be done will be an nounced later. In other action, the council ac cepted the resignation from the citizens' budget committee, of Charles Crary, who has moved outside the city limits. Mayor Diamond L. Flynn's nomination of Ralph E. Pierce, 9 South Groveland avenue, to succeed Crary, was affirmed by the coun cil. Budgettrs Mi The budget committee held its first meeting of the year with councilmen after the council ad journed. A. R. Manno, last year's chairman c.f the committee, was reelected, and Jim Roots was elected secretary. Other mem bers of the group are Floyd Wat- kins, Archie Fries, Robert Rec tor, A. A. Lausmann and Lew Bates. Th preliminary budget, as United Press Full Leased Wire No. 59 o band. The invocation will be glv- by Camp White Chaplain John Cummisky. After a brief talk by Hatton, the principal address will be giv en by DeVere Taylor, Medford senior high school instructor. The ceremony will close with presentation of a memorial wreath by Hatton, firing of a sa lute, taps and the benediction by Camp White Chaplain Henry W. Anderson. A total of 19 civic, fraternal and veterans organizations will be represented at the dedication Th patriotic parad in ob servance of Memorial day in Medford will start at 10 a.m. Friday from th Old City park. It will go east on Main street to Bear creek, whin brief car monies will be held, and then on to Hawthorne park, whits a patriotic program in mem ory of tha nation's veteran dead will b held. services. Color bearers for the groups will mass their flags and standards during the ceremon ies.. A guide at the bridge in Ea gle Point will direct persons de siring to attend the dedication. Candlelight memorial - cere monies are planned at the Camp White domiciliary theater at 8:30 a.m. Friday. The program will include an organ prelude by Fred Divesek, the invocation by Chaplain Cummisky, a duet by the Rev. and Mrs. D. E. Millard, reading of a poem by Helen Ol son, taps by Gene Crowder and the benediction by the Rev. Mr. Millard. A "roll call of the dead" will be conductod during the, ceremony. be held tomorrow starting Bt 2 p.m. with some 19 local civic, fraternal and veterans organi zations scheduled to take part. Crosses on the six new graves are shown. prepared by city departments and compiled by City Recorder Ralph Woodford, was presented to the committee, which assigned various members to check with Individual departments regard ing their budget needs. Projects Listed The paving projects approved by tha council are on Dakota street between Plum and Hamil ton streets; Wilson place between Eastwood and Keeneway drives; Washington street between Main and 10th streets; Third street between Ivy and Grape streets; Grant street between Dakota street and Stewart avenue; Fifth street between Oakdale avenue and Grape street; Haven street between Summit street and Oak dale avenue and between Colum bus avenue and Summit street; Jasper street between Melrose street and Stewart avenue, and Peach street between Dakota street and Stewart avenue. Completion date on the pro jects is September 30. Two GOP Senators See Victory Chance Damaged by Feud at Texas Convention Washington (U.R) Two Republican senators said Thurs day the party's chance for vic tory In November nsay be hurt by "bitterness" resulting from the Taft-Eisenhower fight i n Texas. Factional Spill Dplord Sens, Karl E. Mundt, R-S.D., an avowed neutral in the GOP presidential race, and Milton R. Young, R-N.D., a Taft support er, deplored the (actional split which led Texas Republicans to name two rival 38-man delega tions o the party nominating convention. Mundt told a reporter, howev er, that no matter how big a family row the Republicans may Top French Red rested ? Jemonstration Cabinet Discusses Case; De Gaullists Hint Demand for Supreme Penalty Paris U.P.) Jacques Duclos, No. 1 French Communist ar rested at gunpoint at the height of Wednesday night's violent Red demonstrations against Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, was charged lormally Thursday with illegally stand trial. The squat, bald leader of the on this side of the Iron Curtain making it illegal to carry arms Conviction carries a penalty of three months to two years impris onment and a fine ranging from 12,000 francs ($35) to 120,000 francs ($350). The cabinet met in emergency session to decide the prosecu tion of Duclos while angry. De Gaullist deputies stated they would demand in the National Assembly that the Red leader be put on trial for his life on a charge of conspiring to overthrow the government. Lesstr Chang Will Avoid Final Showdown Prosecution of Duclos on the lesser charge of illegally car rying arms will avoid provoking a final showdown with the Com munists in parliament. The gov ernment would have to ask a waiver of Duclos' parliamentary immunity to try him on a ma jor charge. Joe Nordmann, a well-known Communist lawyer, called on the attorney-general and de manded Duclos' immediate re lease. . : . Protest Strikes Asked The Communist politburo, ov er which Duclos normally pre sides,, called for mass protest strikes and demonstrations and urged Reds to "wrest . Duclos from the fangs of the Fascists." Police seized all copies of Com munist newspapers carrying the appeal. ' Police said they caught Duc los, 56-year-old secretary-general of the French Communist par ty, and his wife in the act of di recting Communist antl-Ridg- way demonstrations. One demonstrator was killed 200 police were Injured and 718 of the 2,000 Communist shock troop rioters were arrested in the bitter fighting between the Reds "and police. . The Communists fought with hatchets, nail-studded clubs, bot tles and knives, and there was even one exchange of gunfire." Iowa Demo Meet Ends in Disorder r Des Moines, la. (U.P.) The Iowa Democratic convention end ed in wild disorder Wednesday night after electing an unin structed 24-vote delegation to the national convention. Unofficially, most of the elected . national delegates ap peared to favor Sen. Estes Ke fauver. At least 10 of the dele gates, with half a vote each, ex pressed support for the Tennes see senator. Delegates pressed for a con vention "sentiment" vote on presidential candidates, but Chairman Lester Gillette enter tained a motion to adjourn, which was passed, before they could get their demands across. Irate conventioneers stormed the platform and surrounded Gillette. Marshall County Democratic Chairman Robert Kilbride of Marshalltown lambasted the con vention chairman's action in en tertaining the adjournment mo tion as "a damned poor job of presiding." BASEBALL NATIONAL Cincinnati 2 4 I Pittsburgh 4 9 1 Pcrkowskl and H o w 1 li Dickson and McCullough. Horn runsi McMillin, non on; Klnsr, en on. Boston , 3 7 2 Brooklyn 7 11 0 Surkon, Johnson, S. Bur dtt 7. and Coopari Van Cuyk, Black S. and Walker. Horn runsi Palko, non en) Thorn, non oni Robinson, ene oni Hodges, non oni Rs, non en. get into oeiore tney choose a presidential nominee, "I am sure the Democrats will have a great er cleavage" between their Northern and Southern wings. A survey indicated meanwhile that "contested" delegates, such as those from Texas, and dele gates who still have not com mitted themselves to any cand idate, will hold the balance of power at the GOP nominating convention. Taft Leads Pledges The latest United Press tab ulation, based on formal pledges and known first-ballot prefer ences, gave Sen. Robert A. Taft 402 delegates. Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower 392, with 56 con During carrying arms and ordered to second largest Communist party was charged under a 1935 law during political demonstrations. ke Will Arrive In United States Sunday Afternoon Paris (U.P) Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower will arrive by plane in Washington Sunday aft ernoon, his staff officers said Thursday. The resigning supreme com mander of the North Atlantic Treaty organization forces will leave Paris at 2 o clock (7 a.m. CST) Saturday afternoon accom panied by his wife, his aides, said. The flight plan of Eisenhow er s private plane will be ar ranged to put him in Washing ton Sunday afternoon. To Be Active Candidal Eisenhower has resigned hit NATO command and is return ing to the United States to be come an active candidate for th Republican presidential nomin ation. ... He turns over the NATO com mand to his successor, Gen. Mat thew B. Ridgway, in - a brief ceremony Friday morning. Rep resentatives of the 14-nations united In the North - Atlantic pact will attend the ceremony at , supreme headquarter y. ' Plans Press Confrnc Eisenhower also will hold a final informal press conference for correspondents who hav covered his activities and head quarters here. . Eisenhower will be greeted by a 17-gun salute and high mili tary officials when he arrives at Washington's National airport about 4 p.m. (EDT) Sunday. President Truman will not greet the general at the airport, but the White House said tha two will confer Sunday or Mon day. General Alarm Sounded For Fire at Hotel Firemen sounded a general alarm about 4:20 p.m. yester day when a fire was reported in a room at the Grand hotel. A mattress and bed covering were burned. The blaze resulted from a hotel patron smoking in bed, firemen stated. , ; Two trucks were sent to the scene. YOUNGSTER ARRESTED An 11-year-old Medford boy was arrested and turned over to Juvenile authorities yester day for the theft of $5 and a wrist watch from the home of Pierce M. Walser, Biddle road, May 24, according to city po lice. They said the boy admit ted entering Walser's home and taking the articles during the owner's absence. The youth has a previous juvenile record, ac cording to police reports. Weather FORECAST: Fair Mid mild through Friday. Low tonight 45. High Friday 79. . Tim p. Hi f he it Ytitorday 71 Loweit this Morning .,. 48 tested, and 132 uncommitted or unknown. Since only 189 delegates re mained to be chosen, neither Taft or Elsenhower could pick up enough from future contests to run his score up to the 604 required for nomination. In the Democratic presidential race, Sen. Estes Kefauver coun ted on his home state of Tenn essee to come through with a 28 vote delegation for him at its state convention Thursday. Kefauver already led In the United Press tabulation with 147 delegates to 95V4 for Foreign Aid Administrator W. Averlll Harriman and 84 for Sen. Rich ard B. Russell, D-Ga.