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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."
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.