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Russian-Type Jets Powo Swedish PHaime r t?onalIoTtv of a,rt5?.G5 t0P uinne" 0f natlonal '"'""ship contest sponsored by Inter ?, ?? rhSSf, p a" "?eavor y Mr- Truman at White House. They are Clarence A. Kopp Jr., 25, Chambersburg, Pa., and Maxine E. Bond, 21. Wichita, Kan. (International Soundph7ti) Harriman's Campaign Washington (U.R) W. Av- ereil narriman reponea 10 pres ident Truman Monday on his quest for the Democratic presi dential nomination and said Mr. Truman praised his campaign as "tops." . "The President said that what I was doing was tops and to keep on fighting, after I told him I was campaigning without compromise in the New Deal and Fair Deal principles," Harri man said. ' Principle! Credited "The President said no cand idate could run on the Demo cratic ticket who did not support those principles that made our country prosperous and improv ed conditions of all the people." The 60-year-old mutual secur ity director said this did not constitute an endorsement of his candidacy by Mr. Truman. But speaking entirely for him self, he said, "I'm the only one who has come out four-square on all of the issues in support of the New Deal and Fair Deal." Endorsement Not Asked He said he did not ask the President for an outright en dorsement. ' "Since the President praised the type of campaign your are running and told you to keep fighting, what is there left to endorse?" a reporter asked. Harriman smiled and said he did not care to comment. . ' While Harriman was talking to the President, Sen. Estes Ke fauver, D-Tenn., walked through the Negro section of the capital, handshaking and seeking votes for himself in the District of Columbia Tuesday. At Atlanta,, Georgia Demo crats chose a 72-member delega tion Monday pledged to give Stale Prison Escape Attempt Thwarted Salem (U.R) Four of Ore gon's most notorious criminals tried to break out of the state prison here Monday but were caught by guards before reach ing freedom. Warden Virgil O'Malley said two of the convicts had sawed their way out of their cells in the detention section and were working on the bars into a tun nel ' connecting the cell blocks when they were detected. The pair was identified as Wayne Long, 28, awaiting exe cution for a murder in Multno mah county, and Albert Doolin, 40, serving a 30-year term as an habitual criminal. The other two, apparently al so in on the escape plot,' were Walter J. Sampson, serving a 10 year term for assault and rob bery, and Dupree Poe, serving a life term for killing a Silver- ton policeman. BOY INJURED " Billy West, 6, suffered shock, abrasions and a cut this morn ing when struck by a car in 4 Jacksonville, the attending phy sician reported. It was said that the parked car, although report edly left in gear, rolled and hit the boy who was playing on the sidewalk. The car came to rest against a pole. The boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn West. 21 Valuable Race Horses Die in Belmont Track Fire Belmont, N.Y. (U.R) Twenty-one screaming race horses burned to death Monday in a flash fire which roared through Belmont Park race track stables. One man died in the flames in an attempt to save the trapped thoroughbred!'. Valued at S200.000 The value of the burned hors es, which included some of the finest kept at the track, was esti mated at S200.000. Those lost in cluded Syracuse Lad, a jumper. and Eperon. a French-born jump er owned by Montelier Stables. Syracuse Lad, owned by Judy Johnson, was valued at $20,000 The dead man was Alfred Mitchell. Laurel. Md., groom for Johnson. He was kicked as he at Presidential-Seeking Draws Truman's Praise Sen. Richard B. Russell the state's 28 convention delegates. The Georgians reserved the right to bolt if unacceptable can didate or platform is chosen at Chicago next month. Mississippi's States Rights Democrats, at three district cau cuses Monday, three more Tues day and one Wednesday, will name 14 delegates to the nation al convention. Eight others from Traffic Mishaps Kill 6 Persons in Oregon By UNITED PRESS Six persons were killed in Oregon traffic mishaps over the week-end. State police listed the dead as Harold Field, 24, of Quina- by. Ore.; Lindy Lewis Church, 24, a sailor stationed at the Tongue Point naval base; Roy Garner, Rogers, Ark.; Mrs. Nor man Andrews, 53, of Portland; Bonnie Winter, 18, of Sandy, Ore., and Sharon Baylink, 19, of Troutdale. Police said Field was killed National Forest . Fire Training Set Forest fire fighters who will work in the Rogue River Nation al forest this summer will attend a training school in the Butte Falls district Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday of this week. Verus Dahlin, fire control offi cer, said that 50 men' will be in cluded in the program. Lookouts, guards and sup pression crews will all receive instruction. They will begin work in the fores immediately following their training course. Seventy summer workers have been employed this year, but twenty of them have had previ ous experience in this field, and will not be required to attend the school. Dahlin said that recent rain fall indicates that the fire sea son may be shorter this year. Last year less than 500 acres burned in 58 fires in the Rogue River forest. Residential Fire Inspections Start City firemen began their res idential inspection program this morning with two crews work ing, one in the vicinity of the west side fire station and the other in the north section of Medford. Fire Chief Gordon Barker said that the crews are taking a street at a time and calling at each house to see if inspection is de sired. The inspections are made on the spot, if wished. Purpose of the inspections, which are on a voluntary basis on the part of home owners, is to help residents eliminate hazards which cause needless fires. Chief Barker has reported scattered requests for inspect ions. tempted to lead Syracuse Lad from the flames. "I tried to save nim." said an other groom, Marvin Weinstein, 19, of Baltimore. "When Mitch ell got knocked down, I grabbed him bv the leg. but I couldn't get him out. He was too big for me. Won't Forget "I'll never forget the way those horses screamed. It's some thing you can't forget. We lost Mitch.' we lost the horses, I even lost my clothes." One-half of the stable, build ins 100 at the track, was burned out, firemen said. A brick wall in the middle of the long, one-story huildin kept flames from spreading to the other half. (- the state at large will round out the 22-dclegate slate which will be instructed to "stay in there and fight" for Russell. ' Mr. Truman hai so far re mained carefully neutral in the free-for-all party fight to choose his successor. But he has hinted strongly that he will put in his oar before the convention gets around to actual balloting on a nominee. early Sunday when the car In which he was a passenger fail ed to make a curve on the Wood-burn-St. Louis highway in nor thern Marion county. The sailor was killed early Sunday when a car plunged ov er a 1200-foot bank on the Sun set highway east of Elsie. The accident that claimed the life of Mrs. Andrews also hap pened early Sunday. She was thrown from a car driven by her husband in an accident in Portland. It was Portland's 24th traffic fatality of 1952. Two Trucks Collide A two-truck collision 60 miles east of Bend, Ore., Saturday killed Garner. The bodies of Miss Winter and Baylink were found in a car submerged in the Little De schutes river eight miles north of Chemult, Ore., along highway 58.. 225 Pupils Register For Summer School A total of 225 students, in grades 1 through 12, enrolled in summer session here this morn ing, according to Glenn Linn, principal of the Medford junior high school and head of the summer school program. Of the total 195 are in reg ular summer school, and 30 are in leisure arts shop. Linn said. Some of those attending the school sessions are taking rem edial work, while others are attending school to improve themselves in subject where they feel they need added in struction. Classes are being held at the Junior high school. Big Newark Airport Reopened to Planes Newark, N. J. (U.R) New ark's multi-million, dollar air port, closed four months ago fol lowing three crashes in nearby Elizabeth, reopened Monday over protests of fearful residents. The sprawling $54,390,000 air port was "open fort business" again, but a spokesman said he did not believe commercial air lines would start using the run ways until the latter part of the week. "It's just like a hot dog stand. airport superintendent Archi bald Armstrong said. "It's' open for business, come what may. Seaside, Ore. (U.R) Con struction of the Portland Gen eral Electric company's proposed Pelton dam on the Deschutes river was demanded Sunday by the Oregon Building and Con struction Trades council at its meeting here. BULLETINS Berlin (U.R) . Refugees fought Communist police with scythes and clubs to crash through the East-West border Monday. Thty reported bat tles in many frontier Tillages as East Gtrmant resitted eva cuation. United Nations, N.Y. Rus sia's Jacob A, Malik Monday summoned a session of the United Nations' Security Council for Wednesday to dis cuss Communist germ warfare charges. Medford United Preti Full Leased Wire 47th Year 14 Pages ENGINEERS STRIKE 11 ion Threatens To Carry Dispute To 63 Companies Worst Traffic Snarl In History Results New York (U.R) The Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers shut down the nation's largest commuter railroad Mon day and threatened to carry the strike to 63 other lines not cov ered by the recent national con tract agreement. Engineers went on strike on the Long Island railroad at 4 a. m. Monday and all service was suspended immediately. Commuters Stranded The flash strike stranded 300,- 000 daily commuters and thou sands of returning week-enders and touched off one of the big gest highway, bus and subway traffic jams in history. The Long Island is the only railroad serv ing the 120-mile island and the sole link with New York City for many of its suburban com munities. In a statement issued at Cleveland, James P. Shields, grand chief engineer of the brotherhood, said he had author ized the Long Island strike and would "turn the full weight of our organization" toward settle ment of disputed contracts with it and 63 other roads "on terms at least as favorable as those we got at the White House." Request Planned At Washington, the National Mediation Board prepared to ask Shields to call off the Long Island strike and set in motion the provisions of the Railway Labor-Act which could bar a strike for a 60-day fact-finding period. The railroad announced that it would meet with representa tives of the striking Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers under the auspices of the National Me diation Board. The City Board of Transporta tion put all available subway trains into service and ran extra busses for the feeder lines in Queens and Brooklyn. Local bus lines switched their routes to shuttle travelers. Taxi drivers loaded up at fixed prices per head and thousands of private automobiles poured into the parkways in a colossal traffic snarl. Copco Announces Manager Change Frank A. Bcnesh, an electrical engineer with the California Oregon Power company for the past six years, has been named Medford district manager for the firm, it was announced today. He succeeds Scth Bullis in the post. Bullis, who has held the job for 16 years, has also been in charge of insurance matters for the company, and will continue in the latter capacity. Benesh has been in charge of electrical installations on the company's new North Umpqua river project. He is a resident of Medford. Bullis -is leaving tonight for Cleveland, O., to attend the na tional convention of the Ameri can Red Cross. He is a member of the resolutions committee, and is a life member of the board of directors of the Jackson county chapter. He will return In about three weeks by way of Columbus, Ga. where he will visit his son, Lee Bullis. Sen. Morse Threatens Republican Party Washington (U.R) Sen Wayne Morse, R-Ore., threatened the Republican party with his official silence Monday if it nominates Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio as its presidential candi date. "I'm going to support the party if it has both a candidate and a platform that In my judg ment is for the welfare of the country " Sen. Morse said. "If it doesn't, I'll at least take a walk in the sense that I'll be silent during the campaign." Salem (U.R) W. C. Williams, acting state highway engineer, aid Monday that Oregon's share of federal highway funds recent ly approved by Congress will be $8,820,000. MEDFORD, OREGON, Eisenhower Would Ask Help Of Best Brains In Nation Denver, Colo. (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said Mon day he may lack answers to a lot of the nation's specific prob lems but he does possess "a de termination to approach these problems with the help of the finest brains in the country." Asked Numerous Questions Speaking to a convention of farm and agricultural editors, Eisenhower remarked that he had been asked numerous ques tions requiring specific answers. "I have freely confessed that I do not have that kind of an swer," he said. "The most that I have is a de termination to approach these problems with the help of the finest brains in the 'country." His appearance before the farm editors was Eisenhower's first Denver speech since his ar rival here Sunday to establish his preconvention campaign headquarters. No Close Relationship He told the editors he was not going to "try to claim a close relationship with you." Gov. Dan Thornton, a Colorado cattle rais er, who introduced the general to the editors at a breakfast, had referred to Eisenhower's "Here ford herd." "I have an interest in one heifer in Pennsylvania," the general confessed. "We're ex pecting this year's increase to- day." The general said that because of his upbringing, he had a "bas ic" interest in agriculture and natural resources. , "I want to ask this fine group School Districts' Annual Elections Being Held Today Each of the county's 26 school districts will hold annual el ections or meetings today. In most of the smaller districts the meetings will be at the school houses at 8 p. m., and in most one member of the respective school board will be elected. "Medford District 49 will el ect a new director. Polls will remain open until 8 p. m. to day in the Girl's gymnasium at the senior high school. Otto Ewaldsen is the only candidate for the vacancy created by the expiration of the term of Ron Rice. Consolidated District, Cen tral Point and Gold Hill, will elect a member to its board. C. W. (Bill) Anthorn is the only candidate. Polls will be open until 8 p. m. at both Central Point and Gold Hill schools. Oregon Republicans To Visit Eisenhower Portland (U.R) Thirteen Oregon Republicans leave here Wednesday by plane for Denver for a 90-minute talk with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Repub lican presidential nomination candidate. The group includes seven del egates to the GOP national con vention and four alternates. Del egates include Gov. Douglas Mc Kay; Mark Hatfield, secretary of the state Eisenhower com mittee; Slate Sen. William E. Walsh; Gordon Orput, Multno mah county Ike leader; Howard Dent, The Dalles; Howard C Belton, Canby, and Mrs. James W, Molt. Salem. Alternates scheduled to make the trip Include William L. Phil lips, Salem; William C. Roblson Salem: Wendell Wyatt, Astoria and Marlon Lowrey Fisher of aaicm. Ralph H. Cake, national com mitteeman, and Jesse Gard. na tional committeeman-elect, also are going. HEARING" SCHEDULED " A public hearing on the pro posed Central Point Rural Fire district will be held in the jack son county court chambers Tues day at 10 a.m., at which time the boundaries will be heard, in cluding any petitions for inrlu- ion, according to members of the rural fire department. Tr MONDAY, JUNE, 16, 1952 to help me learn more about agriculture, water conservation and the general farm problems of our country," he said. Golf Game Planned After his appearance before the farm editors, Eisenhower planned to take the rest of the day off. He cancelled a sched uled news conference and plan ned a golf game with Thornton. On Tuesday afternoon, Eisen hower will start meeting with various state Republican delega tions. New York (U.R) The Scripps - Howard newspapers Monday endorsed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republi can nomination for President. "The World - Telegram and Sun and the other 18 independ ent Scripps - Howard newspa pers, by vote of their editors, today indorse the presidential candidacy of Dwight D. Eisen hower and urge the Republican Party to nominate him," the New York World - Telegram and Sun said in its lead editorial. Week-End Rainfall 'Made To Order' For Valley Crops The week-end rain was "made to ord.'r" for maintaining the surface moisture for many of the Rogue valleys crops, W. B. Tucker, county agent in agricul ture, said this morning. 'All in all, it was a very beneficial rain," the agent point ed out. He explained that many farmers had just seeded pasture crops which are planted near the surface and need water for germination, (and before) they couldn't keep the soil wet enough for good germination. The rain will bring about almost 100 per cent germination, he added. Tucker noted that the largest percentage of the first hay crop had already been harvested with some damage resulting where the hay was still down, "but still not enough to keep the hay from being used for feeding." The second crop, which is yet to come, will compensate for any loss, he related, and has been given a growing boost by the rain. Pasture Crops Increased All oasture crops have been increased enormously," Tucker said, and the grain crops will be larger than any In the past two years. "Much of the grain was in the bloom and milk stage," he continued, "and the moisture was sufficient to com plete the filling of the kernels into plump grains. There was also a fairly large acreage of spring seeded grain which had not reached the heading stage and had started to burn because of lack of moisture, and the rain stopped this." Tucker pointed out to truck garden farmers who lost some of their crops by the recent freeze that beans can still be grown n re-planted immediately, and It also isn't too late to re-plant to matoes and cucumbers, which under normal temperatures would be stimulated at this date into rapid growth. HOTEL OPENED Crater Lake's hotel and cafe teria opened officially yesterday, according to John B. Wosky, superintendent of Crater Lake National park. He said that many of the cabins near the lake are still under snow due to a much heavier snowfall than normal this year. He said it may be two weeks before some of the rim roads are open, but it is hoped to have them all open by July 4. Weather roBfAST: rlr nd wrm to night nd TiiMdiv. Low to night 45. High Tueioijr 13. Temp. HlghMt YMterdlv IS Lowest tilts Morning 42 ;SUNE Unltad Pri full Luuad win No. 74 Y. LINE Stilling Air Mass Brings Suffering To Midwest, East 48 Known Dead As Temperatures Soar By UNITED PRESS A thick, humid blanket of stirless air hung over the east ern two-thirds of the nation, Monday and death cut ever deeper into the ranks of the mil lions seeking relief. At least 48 persons died over the week end, most of them drowning victims who died try ing to escape the heat. Temperatures High From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic seaboard and south to the Gulf of Mexico the giant mass of humidity-laden air lay in stifling inactivity. Temperatures in the high 90's were the rule with readings over 100 commonplace Sunday. The record temperature for the day was shared by two Nebraska towns Imperial and Lexington where the mercury climbed to 109. There was not a single weath er observation station in all of Nebraska that reported a read ing under 100. Several locations reported temperatures of 107 degrees in cluding Goodland and Hill City. Kan., La Junta, Colo., and Bur well and North Platte, Neb. But relief was on its way from two directions, the forecas ters said. A large cold mass of air marched steadily eastward across the Great Plains and Canadian-spawned mass of cool er air crept down into New Eng land. . Forecasters said relief would be widespread within 48 hours. Upper Rogue Civil Defense Meeting Set A community meeting for all citizens from Shady Cove to Prospect, when the importance of operation of ground observa tion posts in the civilian defense program will be discussed, is scheduled Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in the Upper Rogue Grange hall, 10 miles above Trail, according to Jackson County CD Director Col. Charles E. Stafford. The meeting is being sponsor ed by the Upper Rogue, Shady Cove Granges and other Upper Rogue organizations, Col, Staf ford said, and motion pictures will be shown, one especially for children. Other CD personnel will be on hand, the director said, including County Commis sioner L. G. Morthland and a lieutenant In the Civil Air patrol, James Winkler. Posse Wins Dick Kay Award; Estimated 5,700 See Rodeo The Jackson County Mounted Sheriff's posse won permanent possession of the Dick Kay tro phy yesterday, as the posse drill team defeated the Josephine county posse and earned the tro phy for the second time In com petition. The local drill team earned 92 out of a possible 100 points, while the Josephine team won 90 points. By winning the tro phy twice, the Jarkson posse will keep it permanently. Neither the Siskiyou nor Klamath falls posses were able taj participate in the competition this year. 5.700 Persons Attend An '.itimatcd 5,700 persons saw the two showings of the rodeo feature of the 11th annu al Rogue River roundup some 2,300 of them Saturday night, despite the rain, and' about 3,200 in the bright sunshine Sunday afternoon. Gene Pruett, Tieton, Wash., won the prize money as best all around cowboy during the two day event. He placed second in bull-dogging and won the bronc riding competition, giving him the most number of points of any of the cowhands entered. Two casualties were reported Sunday afternoon. Floyd A. Gas- kill, Roreburg, broke a rib dur ing the bulldogglng competition. and Martin L. Davis, Willows, Calif., vas kicked by a bull. Both were taken to Communi ty hospital by Conger-Morris am bulance, where Gaskill was Attack Occurs Over Baltic Sea; Nation Angered Government Note Accuses Russians Stockholm, Sweden (U.R) Two Russian-type Jet fighter planes shot down an unarmed Swedish air force flying boat ov er the open Baltic sea Monday. Its seven crewmen two suf fering from bullet wounds were rescued by a German freighter. The attack shocked and an gered the entire nation. Soviet Attack Charged The government, in an unus ually stern note, charged flatly that Soviet planes made the at tack on the unarmed plane. It demanded punishment of the at tackers and measures to prevent recurrence, and asked a prompt reply. Two hundred persons massed outside the Soviet embassy, hooting and jeering everyone who passed in or out, and police reinforcements were called. King Gustav Adolf was kept informed of every development by telephone to northern Swed en, where he is visiting. Newspapers called the attack ers "Russian pirates." The offi cial Swedish State Radio empha sized that, before the crewmen were rescued, armed Swedish fighter planes equipped with live ammunition had been sent to search for them. Crewmen Hospitalised But the air force announced that the German freighter Muen sterland had rescued the crew men and put them ashore at Hangoe in Southewestern Fin land. Ali were taken to hospital. Advices from Finland said that six of the crewmen were sent later to Aabo, en route to Sweden, aqd that the seventh was kept under treatment. The foreign office said that in addition to protesting the attack the government Instructed the Swedish embassy in Moscow to tell Soviet authorities that n search for wreckage of the plane was continuing. The embassy was Instructed to define the search area and ask that Russian forces refrain from interfering with Swedish search operations. On Mercy Flight The Swedish plane, a Catallna, was on a mercy flight when it was attacked by two MIG-15 jet fighters of the type the Com munists are using in Korea. It was seeking trace . of a Swedish air force "flying class room" plane that disappeared over the Baltic Friday with three crewmen and five radio students. Swedes believe that the "fly ing classroom" was attacked by Russian planes.. , Sen. Russeff 'Schedules Portland Appearance Portland lUifi) Sen. Rich ard B. Russell, D-Ga., candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, will be in Portland Friduy, June 20, for meetings with party officials, State Treas urer Walter J. Pearson said Mon day. Russell will meet with the Ore gon delegation to the Democratic convention in the afternoon and have dinner with Democrats Fri day night. treated and released. Davis, who suffered a dislocated hip, may leave the hospital today or to- " morrow. Medford Praised Posse members reported this morning that the cowboys who competed during the rodeo were high in praise of Medford, both for Its hospitality and friendli ness, and for Its arena facilities. They said the show here, though, not one of the larger ones, is out standing, and they will be pleased to come back. Here are the winners in the rodeo events: Bulldogging Claude Morris, Chandler. Ariz., first: Pruett, second: Rudy Duce Doucette, Phoenix. Ariz., third: and Floy Casklll, Rosoburg, Ore., fourth. Calf loping Lcm Boughner, Cal Polv, Calif., first: Leo Thorn, Grants Pass, second: Dave Stout, Tuscon, Ariz., third: and Phil Rawlina, Cal-Poly, fourth. Bareback riding Sonny Ture man, John Day, Ore., first; Walt Sullins. San Diego. Calif., sec ond: Don Boag, Portland, third: and Jim O'Hara, Porterville, Calif., fourth. Bronc riding Pruett, first; George Menkemicr, Burns, Ore., second: Bill Kunkle, Portland, third: and Claude Morris, Chand ler. Ariz., fourth. Bull riding Bill Boag, Port land, first; Jack Halter, Red mond, second; Glen Tyler, Mo desto, third; and Don Boag, Port land, fourth, a
