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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1952.
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REDS RIOT IN BERLIN A West German the riot which came on the heels of the peace
policeman grabs one of the 6000 Communist treaty signed between the Allies and the
youths who attempted to invade the American German Federal Republic. '
sector of Berlin. Police used tear gas to quell
EISENHOWER RETURNS
TO JOIN GOP BATTLE
Full Honors Await
General's Arrival
In United States
Makes Brief Stop
In Newfoundland
Stephensville, Newfoundland
(U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eis
enhower, coming home from his
"crusade in Europe" to domest
ic political wars, stopped off at
Harmon Air Base here late Sat
urday. Eisenhower's plane landed at
the base at 7:45 p. m.( EST. He
was-scheduled to"take a Brief
rest and then fly directly to
Washington, D. C, where he was
to receive full military honors
at Washington National airport.
To Doff Uniform
After that the general will
doff his uniform for "civvies"
and get into the thick of the fight
for the Republican presidential
nomination.
A spokesman said he did not
know how long Eisenhower
would remain here, but thought
he would leave in time to arrive
In Washington at 4 p. m., EST,
Sunday.
Eisenhower, who turned over
his supreme European command
to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
Friday, took off from Paris in
his plane, "The Columbine," at
9 a. m,. EST.
Before the Paris take-off, a
brief farewell ceremony was
held at Orly airport with French
and U. S. officails seeing off the
man who has worked 17 months
to build a European defense that
will stave off Communist aggres
aion. Extraordinary security precau
tions were taken to prevent any
Communist demonstrations a
gainst Eisenhower in the midst
of the current French crack
. down on Red leaders, but there
were no Incidents.
French Defense Minister Rene
Pleven, SHAPE chief of staff.
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenhter. and
Ridgway were at the airport to
say goodbye.
Hamilton said the plan
practically bribery." would cost
"about a half-million dollars'
and would be financed by money
"scooped from the deep vaults
of Wall streets international
bankers."
Brooklyn Catholic Church
Victim of $100,000 Theft
New York (U.R) A priest
discovered Saturday that two
diamond and ruby encrusted
gold crowns valued at $100,000
had been stolen from figures of
the Virgin Mary and the Infant
Jesus in a Roman Catholic
church in Brooklyn.
Father James Russo was say
ing mass when he discovered
that the two crowns wore gone
from a mural at Rcgina Pacis
Votive shrine. The crowns were
made from diamond rings, ru
bies, necklaces, and bracelets
and other jewelry some 12.000
parishioners had contributed for
conversion into the sacred altar
piece. There were 500 diamonds
and 200 rubies in the ornaments.
The Jewelry had been donated
by the parishioners in gratitude
' for the safe return of their rela
lives from war.
The crowns which had been
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GENERAL EISENHOWER
Returns to United States
Gl Bill Measure
Expected To Pass
Washington U.R) House
members Saturday gave Rep. Ol
in E. Teague, D-Tex., a good
chance for passage Monday of
his new GI Bill of Rights for
Korean veterans.
Opposition to the measure In
its present form was slow to
take shape. Most observers be
lieved that in the absence of an
organized drive to block it the
bill will clear the House easily.
The bill's backers are in a
rush to get it though the House
and to the Senate, so it can be
made law before adjournment.
The measure would give the
fast-growing new crop of ex-GI's
rehabilitation benefits similar
to those awarded to veterans of
World War II in the original
GI Bill of Rights.
All men discharged, other-than-dishonorably,
after military
service since June 27, 1950, and
with total service of at least
90 days, would be eligible. They
could get free education up to
four school years, government
guarantees on homes, farm and
business loans, and mustering
out pay up to $300.
blessed by Pope Pius the 12th
were bolted to a mural of the
Virgin Mother holding the Infant
Jesus. The painting stood on the
altar behind a bronze grillwork
near a window 15 feet above
the ground.
Father Russo said the thieves
apparently stole the crowns by
cutting through the grillwork.
Alarm Failed
A burglar alarm system instal
led last week to protect the
religious treasure did not go off.
The crowns were eliptical
rather than round so that they
could be affixed to the mural.
The one adorning the head of
the Virgin Mary was 14 inches
inches long and seven inches
high and was valued at $60,000.
The one over the Infant Jesus
was 10 inches long and five in
ches high and was valued at
$40,000.
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Taft Gains Seven
Delegates in NM
To General's Three
"Traveling Delegates"
Fight Burns Hotter
Washington (U.R) Sen
Robert A. Taft widened his lead
slightly late Saturday over Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower in their
race for delegates to the Repub
lican national convention.
The Ohio Republican picked
up seven delegates in New Mex-
ioo, to -bring ii toalto-412 of
the 604 votes needed for nomina
tion.
Eisenhower won three New
Mexico delegates he now has
a total of 397 and four were
uncommitted, although both
sides claimed all four.
The New Mexico delegate elec
tions came as the general flew
homeward from the cold war of
Europe to a hot political fight in
which both Republicans and
Democrats accused his organiza
tion of trying to "buy" conven
tion delegates.
John D. M. Hamilton, eastern
manager of the campaign of Sen.
Robert A. Taft, said the Eisen
hower organization's plan to
have delegates make the expen
ses-paid trip to confer with the
general between now and con
vention time smacked of mili
tarism.
The controversy of "traveling
delegates" was building up into
the hottest fight of the campaign
Supporters of Taft Eisenhow
er's principal GOP presidential
opponent doing the most to ex
ploit it.
"No delegate is going to like
the military tactics of the Eisen
hower high command com
manding them to appear before
the general," said Hamilton.
thought it was the custom in
this country for a candidate to
go to the people ... of course.
this is only in line with the
general's announced policy that
if the people want me for presi
dent they will know where to
find me.' All expenses paid, that
is."
SPORTS BULLETINS
Sacramento. Calif (U.R)
Last-place Seattle scored four
runs in the third inning Sat
urday night, then depended
upon southpaw Jim Davis to
pitch his way out of trouble
in the ninth inning and post t
5-3 victory over Sacramento,
Coquilla The M d f o r d
Cheney Studs defeated Co
quille, 7 to 2, In a Southwest
Oregon league gam played
here Saturday night Darrell
Woolen was the winning pitch-
r and Catcher Frank Roe
landt hit a home run with
one on in the first frame for
the victors.
Portland (U.R) J a e k Bre-
phy and Norman Chapman,
both Medford. placed one-two
in the junior division discus
throw in the state AAU track
meet her Saturday night.
Richard Johnson wai second
in the mile for the Medford
juniors. In the high school di
vision Don Spinas, Medford.
was first In 21 flat and Dava
Newland, Medford, was sec
ond lo Ih pole vault.
By Russian Orders
Even Red Officials
Admit Confusion
Berlin, Sunday (U.R) Russia
formally sealed the frontier of
Soviet Germany to western trav
elers at 12.01 a. m. today, but
the effects of the change were
not immediately apparent.
Even Red transit officials ad
mitted they were confused.
The order tightening of Iron
Curtain restrictions became ef
fective a tew hours after Gen.
Thomas T. Handy, U.S. com
mander in Europe, had demand
ed immediate suspension of an
earlier Red order banning Al
lied military police from the
highway linking Berlin with the
West.
Forbidden Zone
The new Red order created a
three-mile "forbidden zone" all
along the 375-mile border be
tween Communist Germany and
the West, policed by guards with
orders to 'shoot to kill unau
thorized travelers.
Forty West Germans living in
vacation cottages in a disputed
border area were ordered yester
day to decide whether they
would get out, go to jail, or
become citizens of Red Germany.
Most of them left at once for
Western, Berlin.
Details of the new regulations.
however, were a mystery. Up to
1 a.m. today the new restrictions
had no notable effect.
Everything Normal"
West Berlin police said "every
thing is normal" along the boun
dary separating Western districts
from the Soviet sector of the
divided city.
Jn one respect, the situation
in Berlin was brighter than be
fore. Telephone communications
between the Eastern and West
ern sectors, abruptly severed by
the Reds several days ago, were
partially restored late last night,
There was no explanation for
the relaxation -of tht""wlre
blockade.'!: Officials lifere- recal
led, however, that the Reds had
offered two days ago to restore
service on 70 of the 2,000 block
ed trunks and it appeared that
they had done so despite a West
ern rejection of the proposal as
inadequate.
Medford Boy Gets
National Mention
Bill McAllister, a graduating
senior at the Medford high
school and son of Mr. and Mrs,
William McAllister, 2615 Hill-
crest road, has received honor
able mention in the nationwide
Elks Grand Lodge "Youth Lead
ership contest.
Ernest Scott, secretary of the
lodge, reported that McAllister
was among the first 10 of the
state winners, who in turn
were chosen from thousands of
candidates throughout the na
tion in the Elk-sponsored con
test.
In addition to a certificate,
young McAllister will receive a
$50 U. S. savings bond.
Won State, Local Contest
He was entered in the na
tional contest after being sel
ected as top student leader
among boys in the Jackson coun
ty phase of the contest, and
then going on to win the state
wide valuable student contest
Other recent honors young Mc
Allister has received include hi
selection as one of two Medford
youths to receive Navy Reserve
Officers Training Corps college
instruction, and his election as
student mayor in the recent
Student Government day held
here.
Communist Tirade
Softer than Usual
Tokyo, Sunday (U.R) The
Communists repeated charges
the Allies were "slaughtering
war prisoners today but softened
their habitual propaganda ti
rades in a manner surprising to
United Nations armistice nego
tiators.
"It was noticeably milder tha
any statement they have made in
recent weeks." said A 11 1 e d
spokesman Brig. Gen. William P.
Nuckols after the 30-minute
meeting at Panmunjom.
"I don't know whether they
have run out of ammunition or
whether this is merely a tactical
maneuever in their plan and
change of pace." -
North Korean Gen. Nam II
told the U. N. truce delegates
"the only thing that blocks an
armistice in Korea is your at
tempt to retain our captured
personnel.''
304 Die Violently
In First Two Days
Of Long Week-End
By United Prast
The highway death toll soared
Saturday midway through the
big weekend holiday, and a
safety expert said it appeared
that a record would be set for
mechanized slaughter.
By late Saturday the nation
counted 304 violent deaths since
the start of the Memorial day
holiday at 6 a.m. Thursday. Traf
fic accidents killed 202 of the
victims. Fifty-five drowned, 11
died in airplane crashes and 36
died in miscellaneous mishaps
New High Expected
Ned H. Dearborn, president
of the National Safety Council,
said it appeared that "the nation
is headed for a new all-time high
for any three-day Memorial day
holiday trafic toll."
He said the final figure by
midnight Sunday might even sur
pass the four-day toll for the
1950 Memorial day holiday, in
which 334 were killed on the
highways.
"So we are honoring the dead
by slaughtering the living,"
Local Man's
For Columbia
A Rogue River valley resident
was among the first 32 whose
names were drawn .in the U. S.
bureau of reclamation's lottery
offering farms for purchase at
pre-irngation prices from the
giant Columbia Basin Irrigation
project' in eastern Washington;
according to united tress.
He is Robert A Metzger, route
3, box 174-A, Medford, who is
married and has three sons, age
3, 9 and 10 years. Metzger, after
receiving a telephone call from
The Mail Tribune notifying him
of the drawing, stated late yes
terday "it was all a little bit
sudden, but we plan to go up
there jventually."
He related that he had also
applied in two other drawings
to the bureau of reclamation but
had not been placed in the lot
tery. Metzger came to the valtey
four years ago from southern
California where he was a farm
er. He is employed at the Ralph
Cook cattle ranch.
To qualify for the drawing,
applicants had to prove they
could pay for the land and sup
port themselves for at least a
year while they tried to make
the land pay, according to UP.
There were more than 10,000
applicants, but the drawing Sat
urday was from the 3,000 names
of veterans of World War II or
Korea.
The drawing winners earn the
right to purchase farms rang
ing in size from 10 to 160 acres,
UP said, with the ultimate sale
pending each drawer's ability
to qualify on examination.
Othello. Wash. (U.R) Lady
Luck gave 32 20th Century pio
neer families Saturday a chance
to subdue a desert which ha s
swallowed hopes and fortunes
for more than half a century.
The 32 lucky names were
picked from a fishbowl in a fed
eral land lottery at 3 p. m. They
will be the first new settlers
on the giant Columbia basin ir
rigation project of Eastern
Washington the first wave of
the West's greatest land rush
since the days of the Oklahoma
territory.
In a hot crowded room here
In the heart of the basin, offic
ials of the U. S. Bureau of Rec
lamation pulled capsules at ran
CARS COLLIDE
Considerable damage resulted
from a two-car collision on the
Coleman Creek road near the
Voorhies crossing yesterday aft
ernoon, according to state police.
Drivers were Clifford R. Castor,
route 1, box 429-C, Medford,
and Morton E. Price, route 1,
box 480, Medford. Price re
ceived a minor cut on his hand
when his fist was shoved
through the windshield. Castor
was cited for not having an
operator's license.
Salt lake City (U.R) Dr.
Hugh Elmer Brown, for many
years one of the top leaden of
the Congregational church in
America, died here Saturday
after a long illness. A native of
Dayton, Wash., Brown was 70
yean old last Christmas day,
Dearborn said. "This seems to
us to be stupid and criminal."
He implored motorists to un
ite "in a last-ditch effort to hold
down this holiday toll" by pled
ging to start home early from
vacation spots and take their
time.
California "Leads"
California led all other states
in traffic deaths with a total of
23. Ohio had 20, New York 13,
Illinois 10, Michigan 9 and In
diana 8.
The National Safety Council
estimated in advance that auto
mobile accidents would kill 310
persons by the end of the holi
day period ' midnight Sunday.
Safety experts said the death
rate would hit a peak late Sun
day when millions of tired va
cationers jam the highways for
the trip home.
During last year's single-day
Memorial day holiday, only 82
persons were killed in traffic for
the lowest postwar holiday to
tal. The worst Memorial day
week-end toll on record was in
1950, when 334 persons died on
the highways.
Name Drawn
Basin Farm
dom from a giant fishbowl. In
each capsule was the name of
a land-hungry American who
believed he could tame the arid
region.
Two Jfear Series;
Of Crimes Solved
By Medford Police
A series of burglaries during
the past two years in the Med
ford area and elsewhere were
solved yesterday by Medford
city police when Ronald Lewis
Ansted, 23, box 1087, Eagle
Point, admitted committing the
crimes, according to police.
Police verified Ansted'a con
fession to eight burglaries with
in the city and three major lar
ceny cases. Also admitted, but
not verified, were a series com
mitted in eastern Oregon and
elsewhere, they said.
Included in the list of burg
laries admitted were the Modern
Plumbing, North Riverside av
enue, June 26, 1950, $110 stolen,
and same establishment on Aug
ust 28, nothing stolen; Runtz
Paint store, $290 stolen, July
20, 1950; Surplus store. North
Pacific highway, three pairs bin
oculars and .22 rifle stolen, July
20, 1950.
S and W Lumber company, $5
cash stolen, and R. O. Stevenson
Lumber company, $26 cash sto
len, Aug 18, 1950; Holland hotel,
about $80 stolen, Aug. 29, 1950;
Shell Oil company's plant, $2
cash stolen, Oct. 30, 1950; Trac
tor Sales and Service, 111 North
Fir street, one large bolt cutter
Nov. 20, 1950; Shell Oil com
pany's plant, nothing stolen, Feb.
17, 1951; General Petroleum
Products company, South Cen
tral, 23 batteries stolen and sold
for $46 cash, March 5, 1951.
Cliff's Sport shop, .30-.30 cal
iber rifle stolen with aid of com
panion, Oct. 13, 1951; Sam's
Sporting goods, .32 caliber auto
matic pistol stolen, summer 19-
46; doctor's office In Leverette
building, $5 cash stolen and
stethoscope; Olympic Truck
stop, two new tires stolen, about
1V4 years ago; J. C. Penny's,
one pair men's shoes, about one
year ago; East Side market, at
tempted burglary, abandoned
when police car neared.
Clark Robbed
Purucker's Piano house, wal
let and $10 stolen from clerk,
one year ago; Medford Bargain
house, two boxes .22 rifle shells,
no date; Star-Lite D r i v e-In
Theater, one case milk stolen
six weeks ago; Half Moon pro
duce, one-half case of eggs stol
en, Halloween, 1946.
In Grants Pass, Lloyd's groc
ery, $200 stolen, about two years
ago; Prospect, four tires stolen
from service station, about IVi
years ago; Eugene, Eugene Coun
try club, attempted burglary of
pro house, about six months ago;
Klamath Falls, $20 stolen from
theater cashier, no date; Hood
River, spare tire stolen, 1946.
FRENCH RED Jacques Duclos
(above), acting head of French
Communist Party, was arrested
after Red rioters, armed with
hatchets and guns, attacked po
lice in a violent "anti-Ridgway"
demonstration at Paris. One
rioter was killed and 50 police
men were injured.
Missing Airplane
Found Shattered
On Lassen Slopes
Redding, Calif. (U.R) The
U. S. Forest Service reported
Saturday a tourist has found the
wreckage of an Air Force C-47
which disappeared last Decem
ber 26 on a flight from Spokane.
Wash., to Fairfield, Calif., with
eight men aboard.
The Forest Service and an
Englishmen named W. Chapman
spotted the airplane wreck on
the lower east aide of 10,453-foot
Mount Lassen.
Chapman notified .the Forest
Service off Ice in JLassen National
Park arid'an unidentified ranger
went to the scene and found
wrecked airplane bearing the
number "438142." The ranger
said the wreck was so deeply em
bedded in snow it was impossible
to tell how many men were
aboard.
At Red Bluff, Calif., airport
officials said the registration
number on the wreckage was the
same as that of the missing trans
port.
The Forest Service said a
search'and rescue team had been
sent out from Hamilton Field,
Calif., to check the wreckage.
Army Troops Readied
For 19th Atomic Blast
Las Vegas, Ncv. U.R) Brig.
Gen. Harry P. Storke said Sat
urday that his tank-supported
"housekeeping" troops were
ready for today's dawn blast of
a nuclear device above Yucca
flat, the atomic energy commis
sion's dt-sert site near here.
Some 1,000 army foot soldiers
completed a realistic preview to
the tower "shot" Saturday and
Storke said they would climb
out of their foxholes and maneu
ver behind five rumbling 46
ton tanks as soon after the blast
as safety permitted.
In addition to combat engi
neers, the troops Included cooks,
typists and clerks. -They were
set to crouch in machine-made
foxholes somt 7,000 yards from
the ,300-feot steel tower atop
wnicn the 19th nuclear explo
sion In the southern Nevada
desert was to be detonated.
Prison Camp
Jails Leader
Koje Island, Korea, Sunday
(U.R) Brig. Gen, Haydon L.
Boatncr ordered a North Kor
ean Lieutenant Colonel, who di
rected Communist prisoners in
Thursday's rebellious demonstra
tions, thrown into a Special jail
today after the surly, high-ranking
Red insulted the camp com
mandant. The stern action was the first
taken by any of the 17 Allied
commanders who have directed
prison administration on turbu
lent Koje Island against inmates
for not showing them deference.
Talk Not Disclosed
Camp authorities did not dis
close the nature of the heated
conversation that passed be
tween Bnatner and the Com
munist colonel after the prison
er was called into the general's
office to be given "hell" for
the incident which aroused tough
inmates of Compound 68.
The North Korean, who was
not named, was termed respon
sible for the agitation which
brought more than 100 U. S.
Government Seizes
Secret Documents
n Surprise Raid
Communists Stunned
By Swift Tactics
Paris U.R) French police
smashed the barricaded en
trance of the fortress-like Com
munist national headquarters
Saturday and seized tons of se
cret documents which may re
veal Kremlin plans for seizing
power in France.
With coordinated raids in the
early morning hours police here
and at other key points through
out France carried out the stern
est action yet taken against Com
munism by any western Euro
pean government.
Examine Documents
Government specialists began
examining the documents Satur
day night for names of party
members, Communists secretely
inside the government, and for '
evidenco that the Communists
are conspiring to overthrow the
right-wing government of Pre
mier Antoine Plnay.
The Communists appeared ,
stunned and thrown off balance
by the swift government tactics.
and it may take several dayi
before they can receive new or
ders from Moscow.
The first clue aa to whether
the Communists intend to launch
new disorders may come today,
traditional day for the biggest
Communist turnouts. The coun
try was calm despite Red Dleai
for strikes and Red demonstra
tors calling for workers to arise
in protest.
Only one small-scale demon-.
stration was reported. One dem
onstrator was injured in the vil
lage of Trelaze, 180 miles South
west of Paris, when 200 quarry
workers, demanding the release
of Duclos, clashed with police.
. v. Eooal point of the search was
the massive, seven-story "storm
proof" edifice In the heart of
Paris near the Place de L'Opera
where Communist headquarters
are located. Police squads also
broke into at least five other
party buildings in Paris. ,
Crater High School
Addition Bid OK'd
Central Point School board
members of consolidated district
No. 6 have accepted the $85,
819.50 offer of Bessonetta end
Graff, Medford contractors, to
construct a four-room addition
to Central Point Junior nigh
school.
Construction will start Imme
diately and will be completed by
the opening of achool next fall,
board members said.
Other bidders were Settergren
and Wiley, Ashland; H. Bern
hardt, Medford, and R. E. Meade
and company, Grants Pass.
All bids on construction of
a shop building and classroom
addition at Crater high school
were rejected as too high. A
new call for bids was issued.
The offers will be opened on
June 18.
TREE SLOWS TRAFFIC
Traffic was forced to one-way
travel on Highway 234 near
Gold Hill Saturday afternoon
when a wind-felled tree was on
the road, according to state po
lice. Telephone lines were also
knocked down and the highway
was cleared by evening, police
said.
Commander
of Red Rioters
and British soldiers into the
compound to quell the distur
bance with tear gas bombs and
blazing rifles.
One prisoner was killed and
another was wouHfied as an
aftermath of the incident and
prison camp riots over the en
suing 48 hours brought the toll
to nine dead and 16 wounded.
Ordered Into Office
Boatner ordered the lieuten
ant colonel and another prisoner,
a spokesman-interpreter, into
his office this morning tor an
account of the Incident.
1st Lt. William Hall, Koje
public Information officer, told
newsmen: ,
"Some time yesterday after
noon Gen. Boatner ordered the
spokesman (the lieutenant colo
nel who speaks tor compound
Inmates) to come to his office
this morning to give him hell
for ordering the demonstration
after the fence-cutting Incident .
Thursday which led to our hav
ing to use tear gas to break it
up."
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