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Newspaper Page TextMedford Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1952 No. 76 SHEDE-S T DELATIONS AT HEH LOW mm Non-Red Prisoners Flee To UN Guards During Transfer Compounds Broken Into Smaller Groups Koje Island, Korea (U.R) Three hundred and four non Communist prisoners bolted from their Red comrades during the breakup of two more prison compounds Wednesday. U. S. 2nd Division guards with fixed bayonets herded 5,600 war prisoners from once unruly Com pound 83 and 3,400 others from Compound 603 into small, more manageable SOO-man enclosures without resistance. All 04 prisoners who dashed for freedom from Red rule had been in Compound 85. They fled from the Communist ranks and flung their red-starred caps in the dirt to enthusiastic cries of "Attaboy!" and "Come on, Joe!" from the American guards. One of the prisoners displayed wounds apparently received in a recent beating by Communist "goon" squads. The latest movement brought to 61,000 the number of prison ers shifted to smaller enclosures or whose compounds have been searched for tunnels, weapons and Red propaganda. In Washington, acting Defense Secretary William C. Foster said that diplomatic approaches are now being made to certain na tions" to arrange for a team of neutral military observers to in- spect the riot-torn prisoner-of- war camp. Man, Four Boys Face Theft Charge Orvill Ray Boyard, 20, of 1310 Sweet road, Medford, was arrested yesterday and charged with the theft of cable valued at about $100 from the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany storage lot at Summit ave nue and McAndrews road, ac cording to city police. Officers said they had a sign- ed statement from the man ad mitting the theft. He also admitted committals to Wood burn boys school on four pre vious occasions. Boyard was lodged in the county jail and was expected to be arraigned to day or tomorrow, police said, Juveniles Arrested Arrested with Boyard were four youths, three 14 years of age and the fourth 16. One of the 14-year-olds was from Phoenix and the others were from Med ford. All admitted taking part in theft of the cable, according to investigating officers. The teenagers were turned over to juvenile authorities and were also lodged in the county jail, Anti-Hail Pilots Seed Clouds Today Cloud-seeding planes were in the air today, as threatening thunder showers were reported over the valley. The cumulus clouds are the type which fre quently bring hail, and the fliers are under contract to the Rogue Valley Traffic association to seed .clouds in an attempt to prevent hail from forming. They main tain their activities have no ef fect one way or the other on rain. Planes were in the air yester day, also, although the pilots re ported they were for observation only, and that no seeding was performed. The weather forecast for to day was for scattered light showers, with thunderstorms in the mountains. Harriman Beats Kef a live r For Washington Delegates Washington (U.R) W. Av- erell Harriman Wednesday pock eted the District of Columbia's six Democratic National Conven tion votes with a runaway pri-j mary victory over Sen. Estes Ke fauver of Tennessee. ; First for Harriman It was Harriman's first ven ture into primary election comp etition, and Kefauver's second setback in the 16 primaries which U has entered. The Ten nesscan lost to Sen. Richard, B. Russell of Georgia in the Flori da race. L Complete returns except "for write-in votes from the District of Columbia's 45 poll ing places give Harriman 14.075 votes to 3,377 for Kefauver. Har Taft Favors Committee Convention Washington (U.R) The Republican National commit tee announced Wednesday it will seek to settle the fight be tween Sen. Robert A. Taft and Gen. Dwight 0. Eisenhow er over the 38-member Texas Republican convention dele gation. The national committee will open hearings on the Texas wrangle and other contested delegations in Chicago on July 1. Washington U.R) Sen. Robert A. Taft said Wednesday the Republican National Com mittee should settle all contests in his bitter dispute with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower over Tex as' 38 delegates to the GOP con vention. Taft said in a statement that national committee to decide the Astorian Admits Slaying Elderly Woman at Salem Salem (U.R) Albert Wil liams Karnes, 24, will be charged with first degree mur der in connection with the slaying of 82-year-old Mrs. Susan Litchfield when he it returned to Salem from The Dalles, District Attorney E. O. Stadler Jr.. said Wednesday. The Dalles, Ore. (U.R) Po- lice said Wednesday that Albert William Karnes, 23, of Astoria, has admitted the ax-slaying June 7 of Mrs. Susan Litchfield, 82-year-old Salem woman. Mrs. Litchfield's body was found early June 8 in the wood shed of her home. Robbery Said Motive Salem Police Chief Clyde Warren, who came here with other officers to question Karnes, said motive for the crime was robbery. He said be tween $25 and $30 had been taken from Mrs. Litchfield's purse. Karues was being held here in connection with the beating of another woman, Mrs. Ben Callaway, The Dalles. Warren became interested in Karnes be cause of the similarity of the at tacks on the two women. . According to the confession Karnes dictated to Wasco county circuit court reporter Richard Crane and then signed, this is what happened: Looking for Ex-wife Karnes arrived in Salem June 6 from Newport and that night went to Mrs. Litchfield's house to look for his former wife. The Karneses had lived there at one time. After staying a short time, he left. He came back Saturday afternoon, discovered Mrs. Litchfield in the woodshed and killed her with an ax. Karnes then went to a room and cleaned up and went to The Dalles. Sen. Dirksen May Make Speech for Taft Washington (U.R) Sen. Ev erett Dirksen, R-I1I., probably will make the nominating speech for Sen. Robert A. Taft at next month's Republican National Convention, informed sources said Wednesday. The Ohio Republican regards Dirksen as the 'most likely man to place his name in nom ination for the presidency, these GOP Insiders said. riman won 41 of the 45 contests, and lost to Kefauver in one race by only a single vote. Kefauver remained, far in front in the United Press tabu lation of Democratic delegates based on formal pledges and known first-ballot preferences He has 252, followed by Russell with 114 and Harriman with 109' -i. It takes 616 votes to win the Democratic nomination. Supported by Negroes Harriman, who supports the policies of the Roosevelt and Truman administrations "with out compromise," got strong sup port from the capital's Negro voters. He has campaigned down the line for President Truman's civil rights program, National Ruling on Delegates contested district delegates well as delegates-at-large. Ruling Promised The national committee pro he would welcome action by the ' Denver (U.R) A spokes man for Gen. Dwight D. Eis enhower said Wednesday that the reason the general got into the race for the Republi can presidential nomination is that he thinks the election of Sen. Robert ' A. Taft of Ohio would be an "international catastrophe." The spokesman said that Eisenhower looks upon Taft as an "isolationist of the Hoover type" who still thinks that the United States "is sitting be hind a Gibraltar and that nothing will happen to us." mised a ruling Wednesday in the Texas dispute. "I have examined the rules of the Republican National Com mittee as related to the Texas contests," Taft's statement said, and under these rules I believe that the contests on district del egates as well as delegates-at- large should be decided by the national committee and not cer tified to the state committee, be cause these delegates were not elected by district conventions. Would Welcome It T would welcome this treat ment because the issues in that case have been so completely misrepresented by the Eisenhow er press that I hope- they will be examined thoroughly in Chi cago," Taft said. Meanwhile, Taft spoke before the National Conference of Bus iness Papers Editors Wednesday morning. He reiterated his pre vious statements that if elected President he would order a 15 per cent cut In federal taxes and would balance the budget. Sen. Duff Speaks Sen. James H. Duff, R-Pa. leading Eisenhower backer, charged Tuesday night that Taft forces were guilty of a sordid and flagrant steal" when they captured control of the recent Texas state GOP convention aft er barring pro-Elsenhower dele gates on the ground that they were really Democrats-in-dis- guise. A spokesman for Eisenhower said in Denver that the general is "fighting mad" about the Tex as situation, and will sound off when he visits his birthplace at Denison, Tex., Saturday. Vote OKs Ashland School '52 Budget' i Ashland Voters of Ashland school district No. 5 approved a levy for the 1952-53 fiscal year of $208,687.60 outside the 6 per cent increase limitation by a vote of 91 to 12 on Monday. The total tax levy for the school year will be $425,085. One director's post was up for election and Marshall E. Wood ell. 119 Seventh street, was re elected to a five year term by 92 votes. No other person filed for the position. Mrs. Mem Pro vost received three write-in votes and Lloyd Selby, Roy Frazier, Bill Sampson, Homer Billings and Robert Wilcox, each receiv ed one. Results of elections in the ru ral districts of the county have not been officially compiled yet by the county superintend ent s office. Twin Daughters Bom To Ingrid Bergman Rome (U.R) Twin girls were born Wednesday night to Actress Ingrid Bergman at Rome International hospital and her husband, "Italian Director Rob erto Rossellini, announced after a peeo at his daughters that "they're both beautiful." The first girl was born at 6:30 p. m. (9:30 a. m. PST) and the second one 30 minutes later. Miss Bergman, 35, and both daughters were reported in "ex cellent condition." The first baby, Isabelle, weigh ed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and the second, Ingrid, weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. Portland 'U.R) Donald John Arnst, 4, drowned in the Wil lamette river Tuesday night, Russian Charge Of Plane Attack Brings Rejection Swedish Cabinet in Emergency Meeting Stockholm, Sweden (U.R) The Swedish Air force rejected Wednesday a Russian charge that one of its planes fired on Soviet jet fighters. Relations between Sweden and Russia plunged to a new post war low. Cabinet in Meeting The cabinet held its . third emergency meeting in three days to consider the shooting down of Swedish air force plane by boviet et fighters and the Rus sian charge that the Swedish plane .fired when challenged after violating Soviet territory. ine Swedish air lorce said the plane could not have fired be cause it was completely un armed. Minesweepers Armed Swedish armed minesweepers stood by the spot in the Baltic where wreckage of a second air force plane, which disappeared last iriday, has been spotted 60 feet under the surface. The government partly reacti vated the World War II air ob server corps and issued live am munition to jet fighters and war ships in the Baltic with orders to shoot back if attacked. It was disclosed in CoDen- hagen that Danish planes and warships also have orders to shoot back if attacked in inter national or territorial waters. This was the chain of events in an Increasingly complicated situation: Bullet Holes Found 1 A Swedish air force "flying classroom" plane disappeared on training flight over the Baltic last Friday. Swedes believe it was shot down by Russian fight ers. This belief was hardened when bullet holes were found in one of the plane's liferafts. 2 A Swedish air force plane seeking the "flying classroom" was shot down Monday by MIG- 15 jet fighter planes. A German freighter picked up its crew. 3 The Swedish government sent Russia a stern protest over this attack, demanding punish ment of the attackers. 4 Russia alleged in a note Tuesday night that the Swedish plane had violated Soviet-held territory and fired on Soviet fighters which challenged it. Reply Anticipated 5 Sweden's reply was ex pected to be that the search plane was shot down without warning over the open Baltic and that it had no guns with which to return the fire. 6 The Swedish government made it known a Swedish plane accidentally flew over Russian held territory last Friday and that a formal apology was given Russia for this violation. Thl plane returned safely. Civil Service for " Postmasters Killed Washington (U.R) The senate Wednesday killed Presi dent Truman's plan to take 21, 000 postmasters out of the politi cal patronage system and put them under civil service. The vote was 56 to 29 in favor of killing the plan. Mr. Truman's reorganization plan, originaly a bi-partisan rec ommendation of -the Hoover commission, would have abolish ed the present system of having first, second, and third class postmasters appointed by the president on recommendation of a majority party member of congress or leader and confirm ed by the senate. BASEBALL NATIONAL Chicago 5 11 2 Brooklyn 8 7 0 Rush, Leonard 9, and Pram tsa, Atwell 9; Van Cuyk, 4, and Campanella. For Chicago Home runt: Jeffcoat, none om Sauer, none on) Addis, two on; for Brook lynMorgan, none om Snid er, one oa. Pittsburgh ...... 2 7 0 New York 5 10 0 Friend, Muir 6, Kline 8, and McCulloughi Hearn and West rum. Home runt! For New York Thompson, (2) none on; for Pittsburgh Metkovich, one on. BULLETINS One man was killed and an other received head injuries today when a tree fell across a California Oregon Power com pany "power wagon" operat ing near Toketea Falls, ac cording to word received here at about 1:30 p.m. Roy Wells, Glide, driver of the wagon, was killed, accord ing to ambulance men. Jack Roach, Idlewild Park, a pas senger, received head injuries and was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Conger Morris am bulance, which met a Toketee Falls ambulance bringing him here. Roach was undergoing ex aminations at the hospital at press time and the extent of his injuries had not yet been determined. Full details of the accident were not available. Washington (U.R) The Na tional Authority Wednesday dropped direct controls over allocation of copper and alum inum for all but the biggest users. High Temperatures Bring Out Damage In Frost-Hit Pears . High temperatures yesterday brought out some frost injuries in pears and peaches, according to C. B. Cordy, county agent in horticulture. The extent of the damage is unknown, the agent explained, due to its spottiness and the fact "that none of us have ever seen injuries such as this so late in the season." " ' The injury to the pears is more evident if they were ex posed by being on the outside or lop of tne trees. Damage was highest in the Cornice, followed by Bartlett, Anjou and Bosc varieties, Cordy said. Can Detect Injuries Anyone thinning should make a close examination of the pears. Severe injury can be detected by cutting the pear, and looking for browning of the flash. Slight injury can be found by peeling the pear where it was exposed and looking for a thin brown layer. Where this has occurred it is likely the pear will be deform ed and show a blemish on the skin later. Where the near is brown in cross section, it may fall after a deformed stage. Peach damage can be detected in the same manner, Cordy said Heating Prevents Damage He pointed out that where heating was done there was no frost damage. In truck gardens, Cordv said that injury now is quite evident nd the grower can determine if the crop is worth keeping. He added that most tomatoes were the warmer elevations and less subject to the frost. Frost injury to common vetch was reported by Earle Jossy, county agent, who said that in at least two cases the crop was made unprofitable for seed. If 30 per cent of the pods have turned dark, it "will probably pay them to cut it for hay." He also noted the possibility of grain injury, and said it should be watched. Blood Donation Visit Under Way Here Today ine Diood donation program was under way at the Medford fclks temple today, and volun teers who are running the oper ation hoped to fill the quota of Blood for armed forces and civi lian use by the 8 p.m. closing time. One 10-year-old youngsters anxious to help the program called the appointment office mis morning, and was disap pointed to learn that the mini mum donation age is 19. He agreed to wait for eight more years, but only reluct antly. JAIL PRISONER8 ESCAPE Portland U.R) Police search ed Wednesday for four Multno mah county jail prisoners who escaped from the Rocky Butte jail during the past three days. Two trusties were the latest prisoners to join in the exodus from the jail. Weather t'ORKt'AXT: Thunderstorms In mounuiitfl, tradered showers In valley, fonlfht and Thurs day. Low Cnnlihl St. HIth Thursday S0-SS. Temp. tlllhrit Yesterday 91 Lowell this Morntnl t4 City Councilmen Set Hearing Date For Annexations Card Table License Action Postponed The Medford city council last night set hearing dates on the annexation to two areas at oppo site ends of the city. Both an nexations will come up for hear ing August 5. The areas proposed for inclu sion in the city limits are West- side Heights addition, west of the Washington school area, and tract southeast of the present city limits adjoining Verde Hills No. 1, which was recently brought into the city. Both areas would be annexed through petition, signed by 100 per cent of the property owners, and a vote of the council. An election would not be necessary in either case. The vote on setting the hear ing date was unanimous for Westside Heights addition. Councilman Paul Selby voted "no" on setting a date for hea' ing on the east Medford tract. Defer License Action In other business, the council deferred action, at least tempor arily, on renewing card table 11 censes in six Medford taverns and clubs. Councilman Stanley Jones called for a recess after a motion for renewal had been made by Selby and had been sec- ondedt After more than half an hour the council reconvened and the motion . and second were withdrawn. Card table licenses call for fee of $50 for the first table, $25 for the second table and are fur ther graduated for additional tables. Income from card table licenses last year amounted to about $1,700. (See tiory on Page 5. Election Set July 14 On CP Fire District The election to approve the proposed Central Point rural fire district has been set by the Jackson county court for July 14, with polling places at the Howard, West Side and Table Rock schools, according to Coun ty Judge J. B. Coleman. The county court approved the proposed boundaries at a public hearing held Tuesday morning. The county clerk's office re ported this morning that five names have been submitted , to be placed on the ballot for the five director positions. They are Claude W. Hoover, Albert C. Thompson, John Wheeler, Dr. Alvin Roberts and A. W. Lin gaas. GUNSHOT KILLS BOY Portland (U.R) Nine-year-old William Pence of Portland was accidentally killed Tuesday by a .22-caliber rifle in the hands of a playmRte. Police said John Arthur Richardson, 12, was showing the rifle to Pence and thinking the safety device was locked, pulled the trigger. 1952 Shakespearean Festival Play Casts Announced This Morning; Veterans Back Ashland Following two days of tryouts and an all-night ses sion by the men who will direct plays for the 1952 Oregon Shake spearean festival, casts for the four plays were announced this morning. Leading roles for men have been assigned to newcomers, as well as to players with previous festival experience. Bill Ball, young actor from New Rochelle, N.Y., and student at Carnegie Technical institute who was con sidered outstanding in the festi val last year, was cast In three major roles. He will play An tony In "Caesar," Ariel in "The Tempest" and Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing." Kilts Cast Paul Kliss, actor from Buhl, Ida., who was also a favorite with festival audiences last year, was cast as Caesar in "Julius Caesar" and as Prospero in "The Tempest." Dick Graham, New York, veteran actor-director of several seasons, will play Bene dict In "Much Ado About Noth ing" and Producing Director An gus Bowmer was cast as Casca in "Caesar" and Charles VI In "Henry V." The roles of Cassius In "Cae sar" and Dogberry in "Much Ado" were assigned to Phil Han r. CLOSE CALL Well-digger Ralph Seekamp, Onalaska, Wis., is offered his first nourishment after his rescue from a 20-foot sand hole in which he was buried for four hours. The first cavein covered him to his armpits, after which he was equipped with an oxygen musk and telephone. A second cavein covered bis head and with the phone he pleaded with his rescuers to "hurry." He , was taken to hospital suffering from shock and a bruised leg. ., Price Consideration Assured Steel Makers If Strike Concluded Washington (U.R) Econ omic Stabilizer Roger L. Put nam said Wednesday the steel industry has been promised "friendly and sympathetic" con sideration of a price increase be yond $3 a ton if it negotiates a wage contract with striking steelworkers. Higher Prices Discussed Putnam told a new conference that he and acting Defense Mo bilizer John R. Steelman dis cussed a $4.50 per ton price hike "among other things" during the latest steel wage negotiations but that no figure was decided on. Putnam said Steelman has "let them (the steel industry) know it will get a friendly and sympathetic hearing" on prices if they settle the wage dispute. Putnam's statement was made as House members got a chance to tell President Truman how to handle the strike of 650,000 steel workers. The senate has voted to request Mr. Truman to use the Taft-Hartley act. Assurance Given Putnam Indicated that the as surance was given the Industry Medford Jaycees Plan Applegate Boys Camp Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce has acquired five acres of landin the Applegate district near Squaw creek for construction of a camp for un derprivileged boys, members an nounced today. They said the camp, when completed, will have a large mess hall, a swimming pool baseball diamond and tennis courts. Jaycees and their wives plan to do all the labor they possibly can. It is hoped to get materials for the project by donation. Any one wishing to provide materials may contact any junior chamber member. A contest to select a name for the camp is planned later with prizes for those submitting the winning name. son, Ashland, another actor-rii-rector and veteran of many festi val plHys. William Oyler, Stan ford university graduate who will he remembered for his work Inst season as Pistol In "Henry IV,'1 was again assigned that role and will also play Brutus in "Caesar." Paul Relnliart, student actor from Oklahoma in his second season, was cast as Bedford in "Henry" and Sebastian In "The Tempest." Douglas Russell, Cal ifornlan who both acta and di rects the costuming department, will play Clnna, the port, in "Caesar" and Jack Taylor, an other Californian who was with the festival company for the 1050 season, will play Stephano in "The Tempest. Barry Returns Paul Barry, actor from De troit, Mich., who returned for his second season will play Verges in "Much Ado" and Director- Actor Allen Fletcher was given the roles of Burgundy in "Henry" and Don Pedro in "Much Ado. Miss Clara Daniels, Medford actress and favorite of past sea son, will play Juno in "The Tempest" and Margaret in "Much Ado." Suzanne LaMarre Hnnson, who has played many of "another day In court" on the price issue by Steelman during the last negotiations session that broke down. Putnam reiterated the govern ment's position that $3 per ton is all the price Increase the in dustry is entitled to under sta bilization rules. Increased Production Aim But, he said, one of the pur poses of the Defense Production act is to get "increased produc tion." He pointed out that the government had granted price increases on East Coast fuel oil and to the machine tool industry In order to get greater produc tion. ' Those increases were not warranted by price rules, he added. He said the steel industry,' If it settles the wage dispute, may be able to give the government some "compelling reasons" for a further price increase. Washington (U.R) President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers set up a $10, 000,000 fund Wednesday to sup port the CIO united Steelwork ers strike against what he called the "rapacious and predatory steel industry." Lewis announced his action in a telegram to Philip Murray, president of the CIO and of the Steelworkers union. The telegram pledged the UMW's full support to the Steel workers, who went on strike June 2, after the Supreme Court voided President Truman's April 8 seizure of the steel mills. Lewis told Murray the steel strikers may draw on all or any part of the $10,000,000 strike fund and repay it "when you have achieved victory and con venience permits." DOW JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow Jones closing stock averages: 30 industrials 289.09 up 1.06; 20 railroads 100.14 up 0.20; 15 util ities 49.77 up 0.14, and 65 stocks 104.33 up 0.33. Sales Wednesday approximat ed 1,270.000 shares compared with 920,000 shares traded Tues day. festival roles, was cast as Ursula in ' Much Ado." Among the newcomers given outstanding roles Is Richard Ris so, San Jose State college, who will play "Henry V", Douglas Meeker, Portland, Instructor at Washington State college, cast as CalRban In "The Tempest," and Thomas Brcnnan, Cleveland, O., who was assigned Trinculo Si "The Tempest.'' Others Cast Other newcomers receiving parts were Dion Chessc, San Francisco, Fluollcn In "Henry," Pat Hines, Corpus Christl, Tex., Leonato in "Much Ado"; Mike Onofrio, Yale university student, Don John in "Much Ado"; Rutin Pcderson, Richmond, Wash., Montjoy in "Henry" and John Bettencourt, Rio de Janeiro, Harfleur in "Henry." Three feminine players new to the festival were cast in lead ing roles. Virginia Chesse w!i play "Miranda In "The Temp est", Margery Lovberg, Missoula, Mont., the role of Hero in "Much Ado," and Eleanor Pros ser, San Marino, Calif., Beatrice In "Much Ado" and Portio in "Caesar." Rehearsals began this afternoon.