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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.
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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
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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)