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MEDFORDJilL United Preu Full Leased Wire 47th Year ' f CHARGING INTO THREE defiant North Korean prisoner compounds, tank-led American "soldiers smash down Communist signs, burn llags and bring out disobedient leaders. (International) Charges Increase As GOP Delegate Battle Nears End Democrats Renew Pleas to Stevenson Washington U.R) Bitter ac cusations of dirty work in Texas tion began a home-stretch scram ble for undecided convention for the GOP presidential nomina tion began a home-street scram ble for undeceded' convention delegates. In the free-for-all Democratic race, symptoms of bandwagon Chicago U.R Supporters of Sen. Robert A. Taft boom ed Gen. Douglas MacArthur Monday for keynote speaker at the . Republican National Convention opening July 7. fever began to appear among Northern Democrats who have been wishfully waiting for Gov. Adlal E.- Stevenson of Illinois to change his mind and become available as a candidate. To Visit Washington Stevenson was expected to visit the capital early this week ostensibly to seek an atomic energy plant for industry-hungry Southern Illinois. He was certain to encounter renewed pressure from administration regulars who are getting nervous about the long lead in delegates piled up by Sen. Estcs Kefauver (D., Tenn). Although Stevenson has said that he "could not" accept the Democratic presidential nomina tion, many politicos are still bet ting that he might accept a con vention "draft." But some of these are beginning to have doubts whether Kefauver can be "stopped" at the convention, unless he is at least slowed down somewhat beforehand. Balance of Power With only 15 GOP convention delegates still to be chosen and three in Puerto Rico, the balance of power in the Republican con test now rests with the 133 dele gates who still are publicly un committed to any candidate, and with the 61 whose credentials are in dispute. Slot Possession Charges Face Two Grants Pass Two more Grants Pass men have been ap prehended here on charges of slot machine ownership. Clifford G. Martin and Vern V. Helblg were arrested Friday and Saturday, and pleaded inno cent in justice court Saturday morning. Complaints against the two, on illegal possession of gambling devices, were signed by State Police Sgt. C. R. Borg man. District Attorney Max Mc Millin said ownership of 18 slot machines has been traced to the two men. They were part of a cache pf 154 such machines found in an old chicken shed last week on the property of W. A. Moore, . McMillin added. Moore pleaded g u i 1 1 y to a similar charge, and was given a suspended fine. Martin and Helbig are at" li berty under $100 bail each. Mar tin's trial is scheduled for Thurs day and Helbig's for Friday. Weather FORE C A T: Thanderthowen thii eventns end atetn In mountain! Tunrtav afternoon. Low Unlht SO. Hlsn Tun diy S-IS. Temp. Htthet Vextirdav 9t Lowest thlt Mornlnc SS 12 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, American Paratroopers Zr"rL IfSS . - - - Koje island, Korea, uj.kj American paratroopers armed with flamethrowers and tear gas grenades staged their final re hearsal Monday for the break up of rebellious Communist pris oner compounds. "Operation Split Up" is ex pected to start Monday. The troops dug emergency trenches outside the compounds Monday but prisoners who were digging similar chest-deep en trenchments Sunday did not turn a shovel Monday. The cap tives watched soberly as men of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team doubled-timed in and out of a practice compound. Paratroopers will be backed by tanks when they start break ing up the compounds which now hold as many as 8,000 pris oners each, into more manage able groups of 500. N.H. Republicans First Delegation To Visit General New York (U.R) New Hamp shire delegates to the Republl viewed Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower on his policies Monday and said they were "tremend ously pleased" that he is their candidate for the GOP presi dential nomination. The 14 votes of New Hamp shire are pledged to the retired general by virtue of his beat ing Sen. Robert A. Taft.(R-O) in the state's primary last March. Fint in Series The meeting of the New Hampshire group was the first of a series Eisenhower will hold this week. It was held at Eisenhower's home, the resi dence of Columbia University's presidents. Gov. Sherman Adams, spokes man for the New Hampshire del egation, said they questioned the general on such things as military expenditures and econ omy, civil rights, labor-management relations, and government aid to education. Adams would not say what the general told them except that it was along the lines of what the candidate "has said in two news conferences since he launched his campaign in Abi lene, Kan., last week. - In his two press conferences Eisenhower promised econonmy in military spending and federal leadership on the civil rights questions, although he said fair employment practices should be handled principally at the state level. - 429 Swimmers Use Pool On Season's First Day Opening day for the summer season at Hawthorne swimming pool last Saturday had 429 swimmers use the pool, and 598 used the facilities on Sunday, ac cording to Park Director Darcll Huson. Pool hours are from 1 to 9 p.m., the director added. He also announced that Mrs. Lillian Kendall would be playgrounds supervisor starting today. Play ground hours are 1-8 p.m., ex cept Sunday, under Mrs. Ken dall's supervision. Planes To Spray Creek Early Tomorrow Morning Spraying of Bear Creek and and Hawthorne park to control insects will be done by plane early tomorrow, city officials re ported today. The work is ex pected to be completed around five or six a. m. they said. Planes are scheduled to con duct spraying operations on the creek between the Jackon street and Cottage street bridges. MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1952 Van Fleet Issues Virtual Challenge To Commie Forces General Believes UN Would Trounce Foes Seoul, Korea (U.R) Gen. James A. Van Fleet virtually challenged the Communist arm ies Monday to attack United Na tions forces in Korea and said if they did they would be "sound ly defeated." While his troops were knock ing back strong probing attacks along the 155-mile front, the 8th Army commander reiterated his faith in his Army's ability to re peal any major offensive mount ed by the 1,000,000-man Red force. Allies Outnumbered Van Fleet has conceded that the Reds outnumber the Allies 2 to 1 but he said the United Nations forces morale continues high, almost to the point of wish ing the enemy would attack. , . "The 8th Army is, as ever, ready, alert and fit to meet any offensive which the enemy may foolishly decide to launch, and the effort of the enemy would be soundly defeated," -Van Fleet said. His remarks followed a press conference here, consisting most ly of off-the-record background information for correspondents. Van Fleet declined to com ment on reports published in London that a new 100,000-man Chinese army has been moved into Korea, and that enemy bombers are being assembled at Manchurian bases. Reds Driven Back On the Western front 125 Chi nese infantrymen, backed by a heavy artillery barrage, were driven back from a newly-won U.N. hill west of Chorwon. U.N. infantrymen moved into no-man's land west of the Puk han river on the central front and killed 32 Reds in a running battle. Night raiding B-26 bombers destroyed a locomotive and a number of box cars south Wonsan on the east coast. of School District 6C Holding Budget Vote Central Point The school budget election for district No. 6C is being held today with polls open from 2 to 8 p.m. (standard time) at Central Point junior high and Gold Hill school gym nasiums. The amount to be voted upon in excess of the six per cent levy limitation is $247,410.23. School officials said the vote is neces sary since the base set up under the limitation 20 years ago . is "very small." Elderly Salem Police Investigating Two Shootings Salem (U.R) An elderly woman was brutally slain in Sa lem, a constable was shot to death in Silverton and a woman was hospitalized with a gunshot wound in McMinnville in separ ate week end tragedies. The body of Mrs. Susan A. Litchfield, 82, was found in her woodshed. Police said she had been hacked to death by a heavy, blunt instrument, possi bly an ax. Emory J. Jackson, 48, Silver ton peace officer, was shot and killed while he and another offi cer were investigating a disturb ance at a grocery store. In McMinnville, Mrs. Casper Smith, 35, was hospitalized with a shotgun wound in the left arm and her husband was taken to the county jail. Mrs. Litchfield's body - was Tribune United Pteu-raU Leued WUe No. 68 Russians Withdraw Troops From Areas In Berlin Dispute First Red Retreat Follows U.S. Demands Berlin (U.R) The British have lifted their week -long siege of Russian-operated Ra dio Berlin. Maj. Gen. C. F. C. Coleman. British commandant, an nounced that Russian guards and civilians holed up in the building inside the British sec tor since June 3 will be per mitted to leave, and relieving personnel allowed , to enter. Berlin (U.R) The Russians withdrew their troops from two disputed areas on the border of Western and Eastern Berlin Mon day in an apparent capitulation to American and British de mands. Soviet troops left the Stein stuecken sector, an American administered island inside the eastern part of the city, and pulled away from a disputed road bordering the British sec tor. Want Siege Ended The troops were pulled out after strong protests from the American and British command ants. It was believed the Rus. sians took their action in hope that the British might end the "siege" of Russian-operated Ra dio Berlin, which is inside the British sector. There were reports the Rus sian guards and civilian person nel in the besieged radio station were running short of food and after a week without fresh sup plies. But Radio Berlin's chief commentator, Karl-Eduard Von Schnitzler, said by telephone from the building that the re ports were "nonsense." A stock of food had been stored in the station in advance. Withdrawal from the disputed Berlin borderline areas was the first Red retreat in the new "creeping blockade." " The Russians continued their harassing tactics and again barred American and British military police patrols from the superhighway leading to West ern Germany, : Two Frenchmen Confess Spying Paris (U.R) Police said Mon day that two militant Commu nists have confessed betraying top-secret information on French Naval and Army activities. The two Communists were ar rested in Saturday's raids at the great Naval base of Toulon. Police said they had confes sed gvlng the French Commu nist party secret reports on Na val radar research and descrip tions of French troop and arma ment movements tt Indo-China. The confessions were made, police said, by Emlle Deyrls, 34, a radio worker at the Naval Re search Center at Bruch and Rene Mayen, 34, secretary of the Toulon Railroad Workers union. Councilmen To Study New Airport Building An adjourned meeting of the Medford city council will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall, with the main business concerning the new airport building, according to Robert Duff, city superintendent. To be considered are the lease with United Air lines and pur chase of their building which will be incorporated into the proposed terminal, the federal government grant on CAA par ticipation in the building costs, and the awarding of the contract bid for building the proposed terminal building, Duff noted. Woman Brutally Slain; found by Harold Shell, a Salem taxi driver who rented a room at her home. Police said they had found no motive for the crime. They were looking for a stran ger, thought to be a former roomer, who neighbors said was inquiring about Mrs. Litchfield Saturday. Brutus Ashcroft, 73-year-old owner of the Northslde grocery on the outskirts of Silverton. was charged with the first de gree murder in connection with the slaying of Jackson. Called by Daughter Marion county deputies said Jackson and officer Elden Mo bley had been called to the store shortly after midnight by Mrs. Gordon Altman, Ashcroft' daughter, who reportedly claim ed she was being threatened with a gun. SETTLE raw; El IF SET E I m STEF1 iimT OD AV -mmtmmmmm mr i- kkk kkk. rMW :iw,WWWWWW WO AGREEMENT REACHED Representatives of the United Steel Workers Union (CIO) and rep resentatives " managVmentrf the steel mills meet with John R. Steelman, presidential assistant, in his Washington office. The meeting ended for the night with the steel strike still unsettled. Left to right: John Stephens, vice president of U. S. Steel; Charles White, president of Republic Steel; Mr. Steelman; David J. McDonald, secretary treasurer ot the CIO. and Philip Murray, president r of the CIO. - COMMUNIST COMMANDERS ASK UN RETURN TO PRISONER TALKS Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) The Communist High Command Monday asked the United Na tions to come back to the truce table and go "all out" to settle the prisoner of war issue and achieve peace in Korea. ' The Reds, jolted by the U. N. declared three-day recess in the truce negotiations, sent the note to Gen. Mark W. Clark, supreme U. N. commander. It was signed by North Korean Premier and Supreme Command er Gen. Kim II Sung and Gen. Peng Teh Hua, commander of the Chinese "volunteers" fight ing with the North. Koreans. Radio Reports Text Peiping Radio ;gave the first word of Us contents, a few hours after Communist liaison officers handed it to the Allies, at Pan munjom and before its receipt was ' acknowledged by Clark's headquarters. ' i The note recognized that "the only deterrent to smooth delib erations ... . is the. problem con cerning repatriation of prisoners of war." The prisoner talks are snagged on the issues of forced repatria tion. Only 70,000 prisoners held by the Allies have said they want. Midwest Heat Wave Causes 12 Deaths By UNITED PRESS A vast heat wave followed by a violent wind and rain storm Monday accounted for more than a dozen deaths. Most of the victims died in drownings as the unseasonably warm weather drove thousands to seek the cooling relief of an early dip in lakes, rivers and ponds. At least three persons died as a result of the storm which rout ed the mass of hot air stretching over most of the Midwest. The full fury of the storm struck the three-city area of Mo line,' East 'Mollne and Rock Is land, 111., late Sunday. Winds up to 70 miles an hour uprooted trees and snipped power lines. ' The downed wires fell into the rain-swept streets where more than 2V4 inches of water fell within a short time. Washington (U.R) T h e CIO Monday "strongly urged" Con' gress to uphold President Tru man's veto of the tidelands oil bill and approve instead an "oil for education" proposal. When , the officers arrived, Ashcroft denied there had been any, ' trouble. Jackson replied there must have been trouble or they would not have been called. Then authorities said, Ashcroft pulled a small gun from his belt and shot the officer through the heart. Mobley then arrested Ash croft. Girl Saved Mother In McMinnville, authorities credited courage of the Smith's daughter, Shirley, 14 with pos sibly saving her mother's life. Police said the girl snatched the weapon from her father's hands as he was about to fire a second shot. Officers said the Smiths had been separated since May 19 when, according to puinu itics. Smith had threatened to shoot hit -wife, . - - - to go back to Communism. The remainder of the 169,000 former soldiers and civilian internees have declared they will resist re turn, and the U. N. has declared it will not force them to go. "If the United Nations has sin cerity toward the truce talks," the note said, "the United Na Government Eases Payment Requirements More Changes - Washington U.R) The gov ernment lowered down payment requirements Monday for pur chase of all new housing! effec tive Wednesday. -' Veterans then will not be re quired to make any down pay ment on homes costing $7,000 or less, and the initial payment for non-veterans will be slashed from 10 to 5 per cent In that price range. The changes apply to all types of residential housing from one-family homes to apart ment units. Credit Terms Unchanged The housing and Home Fi nance Administration and Fed eral Reserve board made . no change in credit terms affecting non-residential buildinsVhut in dicated some modification is under consideration in that field, too. The down payment require ments are set under .the so-called Regulation X, which is ad ministered by the Federal Re serve board. At the top end of the home price scale, the down payment Death of Mrs. Nelson Reported From Salem ' Mrs. Mamie Louise Nelson 80, long-time Jackson county resident, died this morning in Salem, according to word re ceived here. She was the moth er of Mrs. Myrtle P. Lee, curator of the Jacksonville museum. Mrs. Nelson was born Feb, 20, 1872 in Jacksonville, the daugh ter of Silas J. and Mary Eliza beth Day, early pioneers ot this area. In addition to Mrs. Lee, she is survived by a granddaughter, Mrs. Audrey Mitcheltrce, Albu querque, N. M., and three great grandchildren. i Perl Funeral home Is In charge of arrangements. Chicken House Roof No Hazard to Plane Salem (U.R) An airplane ,used In dusting crops In the Lake Labish area north of Salem skimmed too low and took the root off a chicken house, county authorities said Monday, " But the plane quickly re gained lis balance and went merrily on Its dusting way, apparently no worse for the mishap. i BULLETIN Washington (U.R) The Senate Monday passed by a roll call vote of 59 to 11 a Compromise $6,431,249,750 foreign aid bill for military, economic and technical aid to the- free world. - tions delegation should come to Panmunjom and resume the talks." . They were broken off tempor arily by the U. N. on Saturday after the senior Allied delegate, Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison, said he wanted to listen to" no more propaganda drivel. on Housing; Are Forecast requirements Were out from 50 to 40 per cent for non-veterans and from 49 to 35 per cent for veterans on homes costing $25, 000 or more. No change was made in the time limit set on payment of mortgages. Aids Vets' Housing National Association of Home Builders spokesmen, who had been clamoring for months for relaxation of the down payment requirments, said the change would boom business in low priced veterans' housing. They protested bitterly that the changes in credit terms for non-veterans and for all higher priced housing were "a vast dis appointment." They said the new requirements still are "far too large. . ." One School Board Candidate in 6C Central Point Petitions for C. W. (Bill) Anhorn as candidate for school board director in dis trict 6C have been filed with the school office here. He will be the only candidate on ; the ballot so far as was known this morning. Today was trst final day for filing for the pest. The election is on Monday, June16. Anhorn seeks the post being vacated by Otto Bohnert whose term expires. Bohnert has serv ed two full terms on the board. Anhorn hag resided at Cen tral point since 1939. He Is a farmer tap business manager for Faber's Farmers' supply. He has five children and three sons will be In school next fall. His wife is a former Central Point school teacher. The candidate has been active in sports activ ities here. He got his schooling In South Dakota and came to Oregon in 1936, living first at Grants Pass, Battered Lumber Schooner Reaches Safety at Coquille Bandon, Ore. (U.R) The Coast Guard officers and Insur- a n c e underwriters swarmed through the battered Cynthia Olson Monday to determine ex tent of damage caused the 300 foot lumber schooner w,hen she went aground early Sunday on a sandbar at entrance to the Co quille river. The Coast Guard Cutter Bon ham out of Coos Bay and the tug Port of Bandon put lines aboard the Olson and skidded her about 800 feet into the riv er. The ship still was on the sand Monday but the Coast Guard said she was In no danger. - Coast Gusrd lr.:? actors from President Wants No Legislation ; At Present Time Both Sides Believed Agreeing to Terms Washington (U.R) T o p gov ernment officials predicted the steel strike would be settled Monday, apparently on terms close to those recommended by the Wage Stabilization Board. Optimism for quick settlement was dramatized when President Truman asked the Senate to withhold any legislative action on the steel dispute. Mr. Truman wrote Vice-President Alben W. Barkley that any Senate inter vention in the dispute "might be very harmful" at this stage. Reasonable Hope The President said there is a "reasonable hope" contract ne gotiations will be successful. Informed sources said negotia tors for the major steel com panies would present a wrap-up offer when they met representa tives of the CIO Steelworkers un ion at 3 p.m. (PST) for the fifth straight day. Both sides reportedly had agreed on a two-year contract term, as compared with 18 months recommended by the Wage Stabilization Boara. Sunday Pay Discussed , By comparison with the WSB'a wage recommendations of a 26.1 cent hourly package raise it ap peared the final "package" would be closer to 21 or 22 cents. Sources close to the negotia tions said the wage issue was still open on the question of Sunday "premium pay." As Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman called the negotia tors back into session, the bitterly-fought union shop issue shaped up as a major block, but there was official confidence it would be resolved. Morse Shrugs Off ( Omission ot Name On GOP Listings ' Salem (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, one of Oregon's Eisenhower-pledged delegates to the Republican national convention, was passed by Saturday when the delegation met to elect its officers and name Oregon rep resentatives on convention com mittees But in a prepared statement released in Washington Sunday, Morse shrugged off the omission of his name from committee and officer rosters. He said "I do not propose to let any differences of opinion which have developed within the Oregon delegation to cause me to lose sight of the im portance of having the delega tion work In complete unity in the Interests of nominating Eisenhower, thereby assuring a much-needed Republican victory In November." Hatfield Named Oregon Republicans had ex pected that Morse . would be named to the platform commit tee of the convention as one of Oregon's representatives. But Mark Hatfield, a state represen tative from Salem, was named Instead by a vote of 13 to 6. Morse declared "Mark Hat field Is a very able young man and a very good friend of mine. I shall be glad to assist him in any way I can at the Chicago convention." He added: "The Oregon dele gation as well as every other Re publican in Oregon must not lose sight of the all-Important job the delegation has to do in Chicago, namely help nominate Elsenhower." GROUP TO ELECT Southern Oregon Historical society officers will be elected during an annual meeting of the society Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the' county courthouse.. Annual re ports also will be given, offi cers of the group stated today. ; Seattle were eu route by plane to inspect the damaged ship. The Coast Guard said the Ol son's propellor was damaged and she had taken on some water but none of the 28-member crew had been removed. The 391-foot vessel was pulled from the bar at high tide short ly before midnight Sunday night by the Coast Guard cutter and the tug. The- successful effort came after part of the Olson's cargo of 3,000.000 feet of lumber had been thrown over the side and the 28-man crew prepared to abandon ship by means of breeches buoy. ' 3
