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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)
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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.
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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.
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