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0 'iDsemhoweir Wont LF mm Medford Halted PrM full Ltaitd Wir 47th Year 18 Pages 7 TWO DIE IN CAR-TRUCK CRASH Shown above ia the sedan in which a California couple was killed late yesterday afternoon in a collision with a northbound flat-bed truck and trailer. The dead couple was Mr. and Mrs. Dudley C. Fulling ton of Torrance, Calif., who were en route home after visiting CALIFORNIA COUPLE DIES INSTANTLY IN CAR-TRUCK CRASH ON HIGHWAY 99 A Torrance, Calif., couple died instantly in a traffic accident north of Central Point late yes terday. Dead are Dudley C. Fulling ton, 43, of 3128 West 186th .street, Torrance, and "his wife, t Katherine E. Fuilington, 37. State police said that the accl; dent happened at the first curve on the Pacific highway north of the straightaway out of Central Point, just this side of the Blue Moon ranch. The Fuilington car, a 1948 Packard sedan, was southbound, police said, when it was struck by the left front driv ing wheels of an empty flat-bed truck driven by Roylee Howard Newsom, 603 North Bartlett street, Medford. The impact smashed In the Man Pleads Guilty On Fund Fraud Charge Robert Virgil Neighbors, 20, of 4423 West 163rd street, Lawn dale, Calif., pleaded guilty in circuit court yesterday to a charge of obtaining money un der false pretenses, according to the district attorney's office. The plea was entered before Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna on a district attorney's information. He waived indictment and the 4"ase will be continued for sen tencing pending receipt of FBI records. The 'charge concerned the writing of a $63.21 check and passing it at the J. C. Penney store in Ashland, according to the court record.' " Redmond, Ore. (U.R) A nine-minute hailstorm struck Redmond Thursday evening, de stroying gardens, shrubs and flowers and knocking the leaves off trees. BASEBALL NATIONAL Boston ....2 4 0 Chicago 7 12 0 Bickford, Jones 3, Col 6, Donovan t and Cooperi St. Clair 8, Lown and Atwell, Prameia 8. Horn runs: For Chicago Hermanskl 1 on; for Boston Mathews, non on. 208 High School Seniors Graduate in 59th A total of 208 seniors were graduated from Medford high school last night in the 59th an nual commencement exercises conducted by the school. One hundred and ninety-nine took part in the exercises. Because of inclement weather, the ceremonies were held in the senior high school auditorium for the first time since 1949. For the past two years the cereme nts have been conducted in the school stadium, ncipal speaker of the pro- 8 Dr. Victor P. Morris. dean oi Ine University of Oregon MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1952 Z:W -tvv flnrft .li t r" i J . s. I front of the car, and tore and ripped off the left side of the car. Mrs. Fuilington was thrown from the automobile, and her husband was thrown partly over the back of the front seat. A Collie puppy ' the couple had in the car with them also aiea in uie crusn. Newsom told police that his truck skidded left on the curved part of the highway, which was wet from recent rains. The acci dent occurred at about 5:05 p.m. Mrs. Fuilington was the sister of Don Umble, 830 Day Island road, Eugene, who arrived here this morning. He said the couple had been visiting with him, and were en route home at the time of the accident. Umble reported that his moth er, Mrs. Grace Roberts, Denver, Colo., had driven to Eugene with the Fullingtons, and had decid ed against returning with them on this trip. She was planning to move to Torrance to make her home with them, he said. Sisters Also Survive Mrs. Fuilington is also surviv ed by three other sisters, all liv ing in California. The bodies of the dead Couple are at Conger-Morris funeral home and will be taken to Los Angeles for funeral services, Umble said. Newsom was not being held in connection with the accident this morning. ' State police reported two oth er accidents yesterday and to- Minor Damage Results From Two Accidents Minor damage to vehicles re sulted from two traffic accidents on Medford streets yesterday, ac cording to city police. They said Gerald K. Perkins, 406 South Peach street, and George H. Shreeve, 734 Alder street, were drivers of cars which collided at the intersection of Eighth and King streets at about 5:20 p.m. John W. Lucas, Eagle Point, and Elred R. Shaffer, Ashland, were operators of vehicles in volved in a collision at Main and Bartlett streets at about 6 p.m., officers said. No citations were issued in either accident, records indicated. school of business administra tion, who was also the speaker at the first graduation exercises held in the high school auditor ium in 1932. He spoke on the sub ject "The Measure of a Man." The theme of Dr. Morris' talk was that the graduating students, as their community's most valu able asset, must have high stand ards of honesty, dependability, personality, drive and initiative to be successful In the modern world. These are qualities which others find difficult to measure in an individual, Dr. Morris said, and person must measure them brother in Eugene. Roylee Howard Newsom, Medford, driver of the truck blamed wet pavement for the accident. The left driving wheels of the truck smashed and ripped the car. Ha told police his truck skidded on the curve which is a little more than a mile north of Central Point. (Photo by Bob Gilstrap.) day. Bill Bostwick, 30, of 503 Haven street, was taken to Com munity hospital by Conger-Morris ambulance early today, after the car he was driving missed a curve on the Jacksonville high way, toward Medford from By- bee ; Corner, and overturned,' coming to rest on its top on a bridge across an irrigation ditch, police said. , Treated for Cuts Bostwick was treated for mul tiple cuts around .the head,' and Oregon Auto Mishaps Claim Lives of Seven Death ' from the highways claimed seven persons in Oregon Thursday. Ronald King, 21, Walter G. Nevitt, 35; his wife, Evelyn, 32, and their small daughter, Linda, 4, all of Astoria, died when their Truman To Reunite With War I Buddies Washington U.R President Truman took off from National Airport Friday for Springfield, Mo., where he will have his last reunion, as commander in chief of the armed forces, with his World War I comrades of the 35th Division. The President's plane, the In dependence, took off in clear, hot weather. The President was scheduled to land at the Springfield Munic ipal Airport shortly after 2 p.m. PST,- after a five-hour flight frorrt Washington. Mr. Truman's journey was one of his favorites. Over the inter vening years, he has lost none of his affection for the men with whom he served in France in 1918. ... LAKES STILL FROZEN The office of the Rogue River National forest has received nu merous calls concerning the lakes on the skyline trail at the Cascade summit and reported this morning that the lakes are still frozen over with several feet of snow on the trails1. Lakes in the Blue Canyon region are included in this report. in himself and make every effort to improve on his shortcomings. Thirty-one scholarships were awarded to members of the grad uating class. The Active club $250 went to Roy Rogers: Oscella Caldwell received the $500 Con solidated Freighways award; the College Women's club presented a $100 scholarship to Marie Laird, and Carole Robertson receive- a $120 award from Delta Kappa Gamma. - Sharron Callahan was named as the winner of ths $100 District Nurses association award, Ruth Taylor received the Girls' Ath Tribune Isiud Prtn Full Leased Wbe No.66 released from the hospital this morning. The accident happened about 1:050 a.m. A lumber truck and a panel truck collided on the south slope of the Siskiyou mountain, pass about 4:30 p.m. yesterday,' police Said. No One was ' injured, but the panel was considerably dam' aged. Drivers, were George Leo nard jjoone, uoima, unlit., and Marion Anthony Huddleston, Klamath Falls, according to po lice records. car broke a 14-foot gap in the guardrail of a bridge over the Lewis and Clark river an Fort Clatsop road. Dudley C. Fuilington 43, and Katherine Fuilington, Torrance Calif., were instantly killed near Medford when their car was struck . by an empty flatbed truck and trailer driven by Roy lee Howard Newsom, Medford. Robert A. Reed, 36, Illinois Valley lumberman, died a few hours after a gas tank fell from a log truck and enveloped his automobile in flames. The truck', operated by Harold Lawrence Edmonds, Ashland, was Just ahead of Reed's car on the Red wood highway when the acci dent occurred. The tank fell off and exploded as Reed's car pass ed over it. State police said the explosion threw Reed from the car with his clothing in flames. Reed is survived by his widow and three children. Morse Not Jo Attend Geneva Labor Parley Washington (U.R) Sen. Wayne L. Morse, R. Ore., said Friday he has cancelled plans to attend the international labor organization conference at Ge neva, Switzerland. Morse had been appointed as a delegate, but he said senate duties made the cancellation necessary. SEEKS 15TH WIFE ' Seattle (U.R) James E.' Dan iels, 39. just divorced from his 14th wife, said Friday he would try again to find "that one girl for me who must be somewhere in the world." letic association award, the Girls' league presented a $100 scholar ship to Marilyn Russell, and two $250 awards were presented to Sue Harris and Duane Sherwood by the Kinship Merchants' foun dation. The KMED Radio award of $320 was presented to Richard Dickenson, Maureen Rice re ceived the $100 Medford Music society scholarship, and South ern Oregon college tuition schol arships were presented to Carole Robertson and Robcne Starchcr by Parent-Teachers association and Zonta club respectively. Sen. Tall Derrj V Ike Take r j On Major fsiues General's Backers Praise Attitude Washington (U.R) Sen. Rob ert A. Taft led Republican op ponents of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower in demanding Friday that the general take a definite stand on major campaign issues. Eisenhower's supporters coun tered by praising the "positive" attitude shown by the general in his first political news confer ence at Abilene, Kan., Thursday. Generalities Chargid Taft, Eisenhower's principal opponent for the GOP presiden tial nomination, said Thursday night that Eisenhower is cam paigning on "generalities." The Ohioan said his chances of winning the presidential nom ination have improved since Eisenhower's homecoming. He predicted he would defeat the general and would be nominated on a "very early ballot" at the Republican National convention. "There is no flat, statement of his position on specific legisla tion," Taft said "His statements have dealt largely in generali ties." . Sen. James H. Duff, R-Pa., one of Eisenhower's principal cam paign directors, said the general "accentuated the positive and the constructive, rather than the critical and the negative." - Duff said Eisenhower's "posi tive" attitude "will create unity, instead of disunity, in the coun try." He said Eisenhower showed complete willingness to meet everything head on without equivocation."' "I am sure that everyone who heard him must have been pro foundly impressed by these quali ties," Duff said. "Certainly they are qualities that ,the country needs in this crisis." Sen. Hugh Butler, R-Neb., who supports Taft, scoffed at Eisen hower's remarks and suggested that he should be called "Gener alized Eisenhower." Butler said Eisenhower's homecoming speech in Abilene was the "biggest flop" since the late Wendell Klllkie's speech accepting the GOP nomination in 1940. ,. . ,. 'Sky-High' Potato Prices Expected Washington (U.r.) Govern ment officials said Friday house wives should find "plenty of po tatoes" in the grocery stores when they go shopping next week. But the prices may be discour aging. Experts in the Agriculture Department and the Office of Price Stabilization predicted that potato prices will be "sky high" in some places in the first week or two following decon trol. They said prices probably will come down, although not neces sarily to the old ceiling levels. Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall removed all controls over the prices of white potatoes from the farmer to the consumer Thursday. Gov. McKay Sold on Ike's Possibilities Portland (U.R) Gov rimiolnt McKay said Friday he is "sold" more man ever on Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as the Republican party's presidential aspirant. McKay returned from a "self financed" flying trip to Kansas City and Abilen to visit with Gen. Eisenhower and said h wn more excited than ever about the general's possibilities as GOP nominee. "I have seen all the other can didates, and now more than ever I'm sold on Eisenhower." McKay said. Weather FORECAST; ritarltif tonltht. Fair Saturday. Low tonlcht hltti Saturday near ?. Temp. Hlti't VtrtfaT . U Lowest this Morning II Free, to 4:3d a.m. Today m 14 Annual Ceremony College and university scholar ship winners included Bill Mc Allister Jr., naval ROTC to Har vard university; Sue Harris and Roy Rogers, Oregon State col lege; Holly Black, Richard Dick enson, Patricia Hampson, Robert Hillyer, Johneva Pond, Maureen Rice and Robene Starcher, South ern Oregon college; Richard Bar nard, University of Oregon; Os cella Caldwell, Whltworth col lege; Margaret Huson, Carta Mc Keen, Marilyn Russell, Renae Se ger, Carolyn Shangle and Evelyn Stafford. Willamette university. i The Willamette awardi wer pre UNSEASONABLE RAIN HITS; FIRES CAUSED More than an eighth of an inch of rain fell at the Medford weather bureau late yesterday and last night. Meteorologists there said the unseasonable rain was general throughout the valley. The rain, which measured .14 of an inch, started about 3:55 p.m. yesterday. It came from moist air which blew in from the Pacific early yesterday, and which formed into thundershow ers. The storm caused- several fires in the forests. The state forest patrol reported that one fire was reported near Pilot Rock, but since all their lookouts were fogged in this morning, they could not locate it exactly. There may have been several other strikes, they. said. The Rogue River National for est reported several small lightning-set fires in the Applcgate district. Storm Not Expected The weather bureau said that the storm was "more general" and somewhat heavier than it had expected. Yesterday morn ing's forecast did not predict the storm, and precipitation was considerably more general in lower areas than foreseen. The moist-air clouds came in at heights of about 20,000 feet, and rapidly built up into thun derheads to a maximum of 25,000 feet, according to Eugene Kooser, who flew during the storm yesterday afternoon. The freezing level was at 14,000 feet, the weather bureau' said. His flight was In connection with his hail-prevention work for the Rogue Valley Traffic association, and Kooser said that he and another pilot flew for a total of 7 hours and 43 minutes. They seeded the clouds during a por tion of this time, he said. Hit Br Hall Kooser reported that the thunderheads were potential hail-bearing clouds, and that, his plane was hit by hail and ice at higher altitudes. His conten tion was borne out this morning by- reports . from the Wagner Creek . district that hail, fell there, .although that was the only hall reported. Mrs.. Gllenn Saltmarsh, a weather observer. near Buncom in the Applegate, said that there was no hail there, although rain was heavy and general in the afternoon. Hay Damaged Principal damage c&...wj by the storm was to hay which had been cut but not gathered. Coun ty Agent Earle Jossy said that Massachusetts Man New Reed President Portland (U.R) Portland's Reed college had a new presi dent Friday. Dr. Duncan S. Bal lantine, 39-year-old associate professor of history at Massa chusetts Institute of Technology, wired his acceptance of the post Thursday to Henry Cabell, pres ident of the board of trustees. Dr. Ballantine will assume his new duties In August, replacing E. B. McNaughton, president of the Oregonian Publishing Co. and chairman of the board of the First National bank, who has been president of Reed since 1948. Russia Yields To American Demands Berlin (U.R) Russia yielded Friday to two American de mands to lift the blockade of an American enclave in East Berlin and to get her armed sentries out of a U. S. sector border district. The Soviets pulled their sen tries out of Ihe Lake Griebnl'r area on the border of the U. S. sector of Berlin and East Gerl many Just 24 hours before the deadline set for their ouster by Maj. Gen. Lemuel A. Mnthew son. Mathewson had told the Rue sians that the sentries at Lake Griebnitz, there since 1945,, would not be permitted to re main after noon Saturday. Thj guards left Friday. 1 sented by Elk Lumber compmy. Co-valedictorians of the class were Janet Coyle and Roy Rogers. Nineteen senior award win ners were named during the cere monies. They were Carolyn Cole man, outstanding senior girl; Terry Maddox, outstanding sen ior boy; Roy Rogers, American Chemical Society award; Dennis Conner, $50 Bill Gates football award; Don Spinas, Lorry Schade athletic award of a gold wrist watch; Ann Hart,' Daughters of American RcvoHit'i-in, good ciM zenshlp award, and Tanya Trow- any hay which was down during the rain was "definitely dam aged." He added that the storm will delay hay-making for two or three days if the weather breaks (as predicted), and longer if damp weather continues. "So far no hay is completely lost," he said, "but its value is reduced." He explained that discoloration and loss of part of the nutrient value Is often caused by rain. Graveliament Situation Feared By Steel Strike Washington (U.R) Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett Fri day said the national rearma ment program faces "a very grave situation" as a result of the five-day-old steel strike. Lovett said at a news confer ence the strike was "just about as serious a blow as you could get" and said he hoped some thing is done quickly to get pro duction resumed. Settlement Sought Heads of major steel compan ies and the striking CIO Steel workers Union were in session here for a new try at settlement of th strike. The. second industry-union steel bargaining session in two days began in the office of Pres idential Assistant John R, Steel man, with both sides mum on the prospect of settlement chances. Originally, Steelman had call ed for a 10 a.m.- meeting, but it was postponed four hours at the request of the steel executives who said they needed more time to talk over the program made when bargaining resumed Thurs day. ' Detroit U.R) Ward's reports said Friday that the major auto mobile makers have only enough steel on hand to maintain pro duction for the next two weeks. T h automotive , statistical service warned that unless the nation-wide steel strike is set tied "In a hurry," the walkout will throw out of work thous ands of Industry workers. Roundup Caravan Will Tour Valley A caravan will visit valley towns tomorrow on a booster trip to advertise the 10th annual Rogue River roundup June 14 and 15, Jackson County Mount ed Sheriff's possemen said to day. The caravan will form at 11:30 a.m. at the posse grounds. The group first will drive through Medford main streets and then leave for Phoenix, Tal ent and Ashland. At Ashland they will have lunch and then return to Medford, continuing to Central Point, Gold Hill, Rogue River and Grants Pass. Judy Briggs, queen of the roundup, and her princesses, Mary Lou Larson and Shirley Nelson, with posse and Ladies Mounted troop members, Includ ing Frank Christian, general roundup chairman, and John Moris, special events and chil dren's show chairman, and Mrs. Christian and Mrs. Morris, will make the trip. Methodists Studying Oregon-Idaho Merger La Grande, Ore. (U.R) A survey committee was set up Friday to study possible merger of the Idaho and Oregon confer ences of the Methodist church. Members of the Idaho confer ence are holding their 60th an nual cession here and represent all of southern Idaho and a part of eastern Oregon east of the Blue mountains. The meeting continues through Sunday. Proponents of the merger said combining of the two would in- frcjse the strength of the con ferences and efficiency of their administration. at School bridge, DAR outstanding home economics award. Roy Rogers and Sue Harris. Elks Lodge outstanding senior students award; Bill McAllister, Elks lodge outstanding senior student in leadership award; Roy Rogers, honorary science award; Marie Laird, Kiwanis club band service award; Patricia Lydiard, Kiwanis club choir service award;. Maureen Rice, Kiwanis club orchestra service award. Oregon Scholastic Press awards for newspaper service went to Patricia Hampson and Gary Newton and for yearbook service Campaign Keyed To Beating Democrats In Coming Election General Will Meet Dewey in New York Abilene, Kan. (il.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ruled out a fight with Sen. Robert A. Taft for the Republican presidential nomination and keyed his cam paign Friday on defeating Dem ocrats and Socialism. The retired five-star general, now fully in the political swim, wound up a two-day visit to his home town and headed for New York. Ideas Set Forth Eisenhower set forth his Ideas . and the basis for his campaign dirring his first political speech, his first news conference and subsequent talks with Republi can delegates to the July con vention. He took a stand on at least a half-dozen major issues, allied himself solidly on the side of the Republicans and solidly against the Democrats. .Fundamentally, he said, he was in "general accord" with the Republican stand in the mid term elections of 1950 which stated that the basic difference between the parties was the fight of "liberty versus Socialism." By so doing, he implied agree ment of a sort with his arch-rival because Taft had a big hand in shaping that policy. Would Support Taft Eisenhower went on to dis avow even more flatly any fight with the Ohio senator by saying he could support him should Taft win the 1952 GOP nomination. Taft, speaking in Cincinnati, however, said that Eisenhower seemed for the most part to have "dealt in generalities" with "some implications as to a posi tion on various important issues but not very definite commit ments in these implications." Eisenhower was firm in hii attitude toward the Democrats and said he would bend every effort to defeat them if he wori the GOP nomination. . Naeds Cleaning Out He said the federal govern ment needs a thorough cleaning out by a party not committed to the system developed over the past 20 years the period the Democrats have been in power. "Mister" Eisenhower, the name he said he would be "delighted" to be known as, faced a fairly heavy schedule of politicking be fore the national convention in Chicago, now just a month away. Will Mt Dwr He will arrive In New York at 8 p.m. Friday where he will be met bv Gov. Thomas Dewey of New York, the 1944 and 1948 GOP presidential nominee and one of the original Eisenhower-for-President boosters in 1952. At 11 a.m. Saturday he will hold another r.ews conference at New York's- Commodore' Hotel. His second and final speech be fore the convention will be June . 14 in Detroit. After that he will go to Denver, Colo., Mrs. Elsen hower's home town, for some in termittent politicking and re laxatlbn before the July 7 con vention. ' Eugene Airman Bags Fourth Enemy Plane Seoul U.R) Ma). Felix A. Asia Jr., Eugene, shot down his fourth Communist MIG-15 and damaged another Friday as step-ped-up aerial warfare blazed over northwest Korea. Maj. Asia how lacks only one more kill to become an ace. He has damaged three MIGS. Sixty-four F-88's tangled with 28 MIGS that were trying to in tercept United Nations fighter bombers In rail-cutting and sup ply attacks. The American Sa brejets downed seven and dam aged two more for the biggest one-day bag In weeks and as many as were downed all last week. DOUBTS COLLECTION Detroit U.R Charles Wren, 21, service station attendant, doubts if he'll ever collect on a $10 IOU. Wren told police he was held up Thursday night by a bandit who gave him an IOU for the money. The note was signed "X." Auditorium to Norma Jeanne Snell. Clela Hunt received the PEO outstand ing girl award, and Richard Dickenson was named winner of , the Rotary club forensic award. For the first time in the his tory of Medford high school, di plomas were pr jsented by a ; womnn, Mrs. Stephen Nye, chair man of the board of education. The high school band, under the direction of I. A. Mirick. played several numbers, includ ing the traditional "Pomp and Circumstance." The Senior En semble sang. (Sa story en peg 4)
