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Newspaper Page TextLIEVED 'CZAR OF KOJF IW. CUSTODY 24-Hour Sky Watch for Enemy Bombers Ordered Washington (U.R) More than 150,000 ciyilian volunteers in 27 states will mount an around - the - clock watch for enemy bombers next month. The Air Force said "Opera tion Skywatch" will be placed on a 24 - hour basis, effective July 14, to plug some of the holes in the nation's radar de fense system. Not Training Maneuver Emphasizing that the program is not merely a training maneu ver, acting- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Nathan F. Twirling said that intelligence reports show that Russia now has the capability of sending a large fleet of atomic bombers over the United States at any time. 1- Officials said the nrosram will be extended to other states as Ewaldsen Gets School Post; Anthorn Named Otto A. Ewaldsen, 20 Ross court, the only candidate on the ballot, yesterday was elected to a five year term on the Medford city school board. Directors vere elected in each of the county's 26 districts. Ewaldsen received a total of 106 "votes. The only write in vote was for J. Donald Mon teithi 25 Keeneway drive. Ewaldsen's term of office will start July 1. He replaces E. Ron ald Rice, 302 Vancouver avenue, who was not a candidate for re election. Members of the board will meet around July 1 to se lect a chairman and vice-chairman for the coming year. Mrs. Stephen G. Nye, 816 West 10th street, is present chairman of the present board. Anhorn Elected C. W. Anhorn was elected to the District 6C board by Central Point and Gold Hill voters. The only person whose name ap peared on the ballot, Anhorn received 10 votes in Gold Hill and 34 votes in Central Point i .The only write in vote was cast for A. W. Setness. Anhorn re places Otto Bohnert, who served two teims on tne Doara. Approximately 70 persons cast their ballots unanimously for Floyd Wyatt, 408 South Fourth street, Jacksonville, to serve three-year term on the Jackson- Russia Accused of Gyp in Ship Deal Washington (U.R) American officials Tuesday accused Rus sia of short-changing the United States by agreeing to return only 186 of 670 lend-lease ships. They said the United Stales wants to recover every one of the vessels that is still afloat and that this country will refuse to sell any of them as the Russians have suggested. The surprise Soviet offer to return the 186 ships came Mon- day when Charge D'affaires Boris I. Karavaev suddenly re opened the long-deadlocked ne gotiations for a settlement of Russia's World War II lend- lease debt. Valley War Veterans Returning From Korea San Francisco (U.R) Twelve Oregon Army veterans who ar rived here Sunday aboard the USNS Gen. W. F. Hase from the Far East were en route to their homes on rotation furlough Tues day. They include: Sgt. Donald H King, Grants Pass; Pfs. Elbert L. Pierce, Ashland; and Pvt. James A. Wilson, Grants Pass. CENTER of custody battle be tween Ingrid Bergman and father, Dr. Peter Llndstrom, Pia Llndstrom, 12, is dressed in white as she graduates from Beverly Hills grammar school while law yers wrangle. (Jnttrnatienal) & - iinmiiu wmmi r v soon as possible. The civilian observation corps now numbers less than a third of the 550,000 volunteers needed to man the 19,000 lookout posts which are planned for the country as a whole. To Watch for Aircraft The ground observers will watch for unidentified aircraft flying at low levels in areas not covered by the radar detection network. Maj. Gen. Frederick H. Smith, vice commander of Air Defense Command, told reporters the decision for 24-hour duty was reached at meeting of top de fense officials at the Pentagon Monday. Washington (U.R) Oregon's civilian volunteer ground obser ver corps will begin 'round - the - clock aerial surveilance on ville board. There were no other candidates. He replaces Mrs. Otto Heckert, who has served as chairmen of the board. In Phoenix Elected to a three-year term on the Phoenix board was Ar thur H. MacKinlosh. He defeated Mrs. Jeanette Grove. MacKin- tosh replaces Melvin Lattie on the board. Between 35 and 40 persons voted in the Phoenix election. . Results of elections held by the 26 schol districts in the county were not immediately available at the county school superintendent's office. Ridgway Denies Germ Warfare in Korea Rome (U.R) Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway vowed Tuesday that s God is my witness the United Nations forces he com manded in Korea never had used garm warfare. " The new Allied supreme com mander in Europe made his statement as he ended a two-day visit here. The Communists had alleged that while he was commander in Korea, U. N. planes dropped dis ease germs over Red territory. In New York, Russia's Jacob Malik Monday called a meeting of the U. N. Security Council for Wednesday to discuss the charges. Ridgway made it clear that he realized the Reds had intended, had not the government acted firmly, to picture him as favor ing germ warfare. A British cor respondent asked him about the Red charges. Army Won't Interfere With MacArthur Role Washington (U.R) The Army announced Tuesday it will not crack down on Gen. Douglas MacArthur for delivering the keynote speech at next month's Republican National convention. The Army said MacArthur is not subject to its regulation 600 10, which prohibits military men from participating in poli tical campaigns and conventions. The Army's finding was based on the technicality that MacAr thur, a five-star general, is now on specific assignment, although he is on active duty and has been drawing full pay since President Truman relieved him of his Far Eastern command more than a year ago. Chrysler Forced To Cof Dodge Truck Building ' Detroit (U.R) Chrysler Corporation said Tuesday the national steel strike will force it to halt output of Army three- quarter ton Dodge trucks next Wednesday, idling 4,300 woi le ers. The announcement followed warnings by Ford Motor comp any and the Oldsmobile division of General Motors that steel shortages will stop production of 3.5 inch bazooka rockets next week. Union, Management Discuss Pacific Strike San Francisco (U.R) Union and management negotiators Tuesday met in their first Joint session, seeking to end the thrce-week-old AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific strike which has tied up 73 ships on the West Coast. Salem (U.R Jasen Lee, Salem, resigned Tuesday as ii rector of the personnel division of the state tax commission, ef fective July 1. He will return to private law practice. July 14, it was announced Tues day. Jack A. Hayes, Salem, Ore., civil defense director, made the announcement following a con ference with top civil defense officials in the government and from all other states and territ ories. Some Local Objections The Defense Department earl ier had sent out its orders de spite some local objections that the manpower strain would be too much for hundreds of thousands of civilian defense workers to start the alert for possible enemy planes. Hayes said Air Secretary Thomas K. Finletter had asked for the 24-hour "sky-watch" and that it would be started by vol unteers in 27 states, including Oregon, in cooperation with the I Air Force. Owen Brewster Beaten in Maine Primary Election Portland, Me. (U.R) Gen Owen Brewster, a supporter of Sen. Robert A. Taft for the Re publican presidential nomina tion, was squeezed out of his Senate seat Tuesday by Gov, Frederick G. Payne in a bitterly fought primary contest. Payne, top man in the stale for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, was leading the contest for GOP nomination as U. S. senator from Maine, 69,355. to 66,312, with only six of 625 precincts still to be counted. Tantamount io Election The Republican nomination is regarded as tantamount to elec tion in this state where no Dem ocrat has been elected to a ma jor office in 18 years. In the Sept. 8 election, first in the nation, Payne will face former State Sen. Roerg P. Dube who defeated Earl S. Grant, president of a Portland busin ess college, for the Democratic nomination in Monday's pri mary. 1 ' Brewster, veteran of more than 30 years in political office, refused to comment immediately when informed of Payne's then apparent victory. Bonus Checks To Be Mailed on Schedule Salem (U.R) William F. Gaarenstroom, director of veter ans affairs, said Tuesday that mailing of bonus checks to Ore gon veterans of World War II will begin on schedule Wednes day. Gaarenstroom said he expect ed checks will be mailed to all 75,000 of the veterans whose applications already are on file by the end of July. Dallard L. Whitmore, 42, Bea vcrton, will receive the first check on the basis of a drawing conducted by the state veterans bureau. First check to go out to each county included: Jackson George C. Miller, Ashland; Jose phine Reginald E. Maynard, Merlin. Higher Ceiling Prices for Some Consumer Goods Washington (U.R) Higher price ceilings will take effect Monday on clothing, furniture, television and many other con sumer goods. But government officials said Tuesday there won't be much change in actual selling prices. The Office of Price Stabiliza tion said the higher ceilings are being authorized because the law requires It to enable retailers to meet the cost of increased freight rates. How To Attract, Hold Competent Juvenile Workers Debated by Advisory Committee How adequate professional services in the county juvenile department can be maintained on present salary scales was dis eased at a meeting of the Juve nile Court Advisory committee last night. The group, which is composed of repicsentatives of more than 30 county organizations, con sidered the fact that the salaries of the chief juvenile officer is $4,200 and of his deputy $3,300 both of them far below stand ards for trained and experienced workers in the field. Frank Sawacki, juvenile offi cer here, has already submitted his resignation, and Miss Alice Grace, the deputy, has indicated she is considering resigning soon. If both leave, the department would hive no trained workers.1 Boafner Confident Captives Include Red Ringleader Trial Expected For Seven Prisoners Koje Island, Korea (U.R) Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner said Tuesday he is convinced he has in custody the long-sought Czar of Koje," the Communist leader who ruled the 30,000 un ruly prisoners of war on the is-. land. Boatner said the "czar" is one of seven Communist leaders be lieved responsible for muidei ing 15 non-Communist prisoners in Compound 77. No Further Comment The prison camp commandei refused to comment further un til he is absolutely sure which of the seven is the man whose orders precipitated much, if not all, of the violence on Koje. Although Boatner dealt with North Korean Lee Hak Koo as though he were the ranking pris oner, Boatner felt all along he was just a "stooge" for the real Communist commisars on the island. Trial Expected Camp officials said all of the seven probably will be brought to trial before the U. S. 8th Army or U. N. officials. Since the murders most of them committed after impromp tu kangaroo courts came un der the jurisdiction of the 8th Army, they probably 111 be tried accordingly, officials said. To Evaluate Evidence However, camp headquarter', said all evidence would have to be collected and evaluated be fore any action would be taken. Boatner, meanwhile, moved to break up two more compounds holding POWs in his last big ef fort to gain "uncontested con trol" over 80,000 Communists on the island. Sweden To Study Airplane Wreckage Stockholm, Sweden (U.R) Angry Sweden sought to deter mine Tuesday whether Soviet fighter planes shot down a sec ond Swedish air force plane ov er the Baltic sea. Swedish divers were standing by on a patrol boat to descend 60 feet to the wreckage of a DC-3 some 75 miles southeast of Stockholm. The plane, carrying three crewmen and five student radio operators, crashed last Friday. Swedish newspapers already were charging that the DC-3, like a PBY Catalina flying boat shot down Monday, was a victim of Soviet fighter planes taking part in Baltic air-sea maneuvers. Man Hurt as Truck Goes Over Road Bank Irsel Chapman, 37, Eagle Point, received a severe scalp laceration early today when the log truck he was driving failed to negotiate a corner on the Butte Falls road, according to state .police. The accident oc curred about five miles east of the Highway 62 junction at about 5:30 a.m., they said. Chapman was found at about 6:30 a.m. and was taken to Com munity hospital by private car. Attending physicians said he will remain in the hospital today. Chapman's wife told state police her husband believed the acci dent was caused by a mechanical failure in the truck. Weather FORECAST: Continued fair and Harm through Wednesday. High today nfar 9f. low to night 4548. High Wednesday 85-88. Temp. HI then Yesterday 81 Lowest this Morning 49 The county budget this ycarper-year level would be neces. was prepared on the basis of no pay increases for any county employees, it was pointed out at the meeting. There was no quarrel with this policy, but memberr also said that the juve nile officers have had no pay in creases for two years, although the county last year did assume payment of a portion of the sal ary formerly paid by private or ganizations. John Schapps, director of the western office of the National Probation and Parole associa tion, who was present at the meeting, was asked what salary he wouid suggest as being ade quate to attract and hold trained and competent personnel for Juvenile work. He indicated that somewhere around the $5,000- Medford Unlttd Preu full leaied Wirt 47th Year 16 Pages Germans Refugees Perish, Hundreds Wounded By Soviet Police Fighting Flares Along Border Berlin (U.R) At least three East Germans have been killed and hundreds wounded resisting Communist police efforts to oust them from their homes along the Soviet zone's border with West Germany, refugees said Tuesday. They said border villagers were fighting the Communist people's police with axes, hoes, scythes and clubs in a futile at tempt to prevent establishment of a three-mile-wide no-man's-land along the 600-mile-long frontier. Clergymen Active In many cases, refugees said, Roman Catholic priests and Pro testant clergymen joined in the fighting. But the villagers makeshift weapons were no match for the guns of the police. Refugees said the police were methodically and rut hlcssly quelling opposition and truck ing away inhabitants who failed either to escape to the West or go into hiding. An undetermined number have been kliled or wounded trying to cross the East-West frontier. Fighting Widespread Fighting has broken out in at least 15 different villages along a 300-mile stretch of the border in the past week, refugees re ported. The East German government readied a potent new weapon against rebellious inhabitants of the Sovie zone by confirming that it plans to form an army on the Soviet pattern and open to former Nazis and professional German soldiers. Council To Consider Annexation Proposal The Medford city council will consider a planning commission recommendation for annexa tion of property southeast of the present city limits at a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the city hall. Property owners in the area have all signed petitions request ing the annexation and the prop erty could be brought into the city by council action alone. No election would be necessary. The property is east of Barneburg road near Verde Hills Subdivis ion No. 1, which was recently anrfexed to the city. Other matters to come before the council are expected to be of a routine nature, according to city officials. Anti-Hail Flights Made Here Saturday Anti-hall cloud-seeding flights of 1 hour 43 minutes and 1 hour 39 minutes were made on Satur day, it was reported this morn ing by Eugene Kooser, pilot in charge of the local operations. The flights were made in the south and southwest area of the valley over clouds which built up to about 18,000 feet, he said. Some soft hail was reported In the Jacksonville area, Koser said, and added that he believes the flights prevented worse hail storms. The flights were followed by a drenching rain Saturday eve ning. sary. The committee also voted to go on record as protesting the county budget committee's cut in various departmental budget re quests, particularly for institu tional care for children, and for mileage, which they said is be low the amount allowed for other departments. Schaops, at the request of the committee, will keep an eye out for possible replacements for Sawacki and Miss Grace. Sa wacki will be leaving probably about the middle of July. Schapps also reported on a preliminary survey of detention home needs he recently com pleted at the request of the com mittee. (St story oa Page 13) o- - MEDFORD, OREG JN, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1952 Killed While Resisting Reds r--: ' ' w.'vi,. . . ' ' ....'iHi r . ....... v. .... k'feffel Ji 11 I w1 4n FAMED STABLES DESTROYED Spectators view scene where one man was killed and 21 horses were burned to death in a fire which swept through a stable at Belmont Park race track in New York. UN Truce Breaks Off Panmunjom, Korea (U.R! The United Nations delegation abruptly broke off the stalled Korean truce talks Tuesday for the second time in 10 days and walked out on guffawing Red negotiators. Recess Declared Fed up with Communist abuse and refusal to compromise, the U. N.'s Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison unilaterally declared a. three-day recess and stalked out of the conference tent. He was followed by the rest of the Al lied delegation. Harrison offered to meet the Reds again next Saturday, "or later if you so desire." As of June 7, when, he declared a sim ilar recess, he said the three days would give the Cpmmun isls.tlme "to think the matter over. Harrison acted after North Korean Gen. Nam II had de nounced the U. N. in the mrst vitriolic terms he has used since the previous recess ended June 11. Walkout Anticipated The Reds apparently had an ticipated the Allied walkout. When Harrison proposed a re cess, Nam began reading a ore- pared statement accusing the U. 65 More Blood Donors Needed by Tomorrow Sixty-five donors are still needed to complete the quota set for Wednesday's visit of the bloodmobile unit to Medford, ac cording to officials of the Jack son County Red Cross blood do nation program. An urgent appeal for any citi zen who can donate to can 3-3813 for an appointment was made this morning in view of the fact that blood giving is fall ing off nationally and that the blood is vitally needed In Korea and locally. The bloodmobile unit will be stationed at tne Elks temple to morrow from 1 to 6 p.m. Those who plan to "drop In" to give blood were asked to do so durin ; the latter part of the after --on, as ordinarily there will be more time to take care of them then. City Budget Hearing Scheduled July 8th A. R. Manno, chairman of the Medford city citizens' budget committee, pointed out. today that a public hearing on the pro posed city budget will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, at the city hall. Those wishing to make repre sentations concerning the bud get will be welcome to attend the hearing, which is the proper time to .make any suggestions, he said. The budget was published In full for the first time in The Mail Tribune yesterday. Portland (U.R) Elcaror Baird, superintendent since 194W of the Shriners'. hospital for crippled children in Portland, has been appointed director-general of the 17 hospitals In th Shrine system, it was announced Tuesday, Delegation Meetings N, of trying to "dictate an arm istice." "You must be aware that in this conference, just as on the battlefield you have not attain ed the position of dictating any thing," Nam said. He proposed another meeting Wednesday. Harrison listened a while longer and then interrupted "We agree to meet on June 21 or later if you so desire, but not sooner."' Central Point Fire District Approved The proposed boundaries of the Central Point Rural Fire district were approved by the Jackson county court following a public hearing held this mor ning in the courthouse. An elec tion will be held to organize the district and elect its directors within 30 days. A petition had been .circula ted to include some of the area south of the Ross lane bound ary of the district. Its circula tor, William Lingas, said he did not have signatures of the re quired 50 per cent of the pro perty owners, nor a map of the proposed area. The court noti fied him that he could submit his petition to the court after the election on the proposed boundaries and directors, and a hearing would then be held on any further inclusion. No oral objection was made by the nine people attending the hearing although one written ob jection was read from John Nealon, route 2, box 279, Cen tral Point, on the grounds that the distance was too great to his farm and the phone lines were "crowded and overwork ed:" Lingas, Dick Krupp and oth ers, however, cited examples of fires at equal distances or great er from Central. Point, which had been fought successfully Sears Roebuck Reduces Prices in Fall Catalog Chicago (U.R) Sears Roc buck p and Co. " Tuesday an nounced that prices in its 1052 fall catalog averaged five per cent below those of a year ago. Fifty-five per cent of the items in the catalog were listed at the same price as last year, said Ed ward Gudcman, merchandising vice-president, and 14 per cent showed increases. However, 31 per cent of the items were at prices less than those of the 1951 catalog. Greenville, Tcnn. (U.R) Clyde Mitchell was recovering from "fowl play" Tuesday. A rooster spurred him In both arms "all the way to the bone" Mon day as ho lay under his tractor making repairs. , Portland (U.R) E. Har vey Miller announced Tuesday he Is resigning, effective July I, as chairman of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture's pro duction and marketing commit tee for Oregon. Salem (U.R) Ivan Esau's crop dusting plane crashed Mon day on a farm near Pcrrydale in Polk county. He was uninjured. Tribune (JnlMd Preu Full Leuid WUl No. 75 Dulles Given Key Role in Drafting Of GOP Platform Washington (U.R) Repub lican leaders, seeking' to avoid a party split over foreign pol icy, have agreed to give John Foster Dulles a key role in draft ing the 1952 GOP platform,4n- formed sources said Tuesday. T h e Republican National Committee is expected to an nounce soon that Dulles will serve as a special adviser on foreign affairs to Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, R-Colo., chairman of the GOP platform commit tee. . Appointment Cleared Informants said the appoint ment already has been cleared with backers of both leading contenders for the GOP nomin ation, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow er and Sen. Robert A. Taft. Dulles, who was Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's foreign affairs ad viser during the 1948 GOP cam paign and later served a brief term as a senator from New York, conferred with Taft Mon day. Neutrality Maintained ' Despite his past association with Dewey, who 1 s backing Elsenhower, Dulles has main talncd strict personal neutrality In the Taft - Eisenhower race and has concentrated his efforts on building party harmony on foreign policy. Dulles selection coincided with reports that Senate Repub lican Leader Styles Bridges and other GOP "neutrals" are work ing behind the scenes to smooth over some of the bitterness re sulting from the neck-and-neck race for the party's presidential nomination. BULLETINS New York (U.R) The Long Island rail road strike hat been settled and opera lions will be resumed "im mediately," the company an nounced at S p. m. Tuesday. Berlin (U.R) The Soviet Zone Communist government proclaimed Tuesday that it Is "compelled" to form an East German army, and informed sources laid the first battalion of 600 men it already under arms. The sources laid the Communists planned to have 12 divisions of 120,000 men under arms by the ejid of the year, Waihington (U.Ri The Na tional Production Authority Tueidey approved a 43 per cent boost in copper allot mentt for production of refrig erators, stoves, washers, radio and television sett and other civilian goods. Washington (U.R) -A House Administration subcommittee voted Tuesday to put up 125, 000 for - en investigation of dirty books and magailnes. Waihington. (U.R) The House Tuesday reverted its action of a month ago and patted a bill to increate old age lnturance benefits about $5 a month. By a roll call vote of 360 to 22, the House tent the meati ure on to the Senate. ! i 1