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Newspaper Page TextMl mm frfifUl Ml 01 SLA House Medford United Preii Full Leased Wire 47th Year 16 Pages Man's Body Found At Edge of Creek By Four Children Cause of Peath Not Determined i Robert Adam Christy, about 0, believed to have been from Portland, was found dead in Bear creek Tuesday afternoon. City police said the body was found lqdged in brush south of the Main street bridge. Christy had apparently been dead a week or more, they added. "Cause Not Determined Determination of the cause of death can not be made until an autopsy is made, the police said. They said there was a possibility of suicide or murder, or that Christy might have merely fallen in the water after drinking liquor. There was evidence that he had been drinking and there was an empty rum bottle float ing where the body was found. Deputy Coroner Joe Cosset said Christy's right eye was very badly bruised and that it apparently happened before his death. Officer Donald Nixon S3id the man's head looked as if it had been hit with a smooth instrument. Christy's left foot was also broken. Dixon said the body was lodged against the bushes along Bear creek in' such a manner that "it would have been very hard for it fo have drifted to this spot." Only the left leg of the body was exposed, the rest being under the water. The body was discovered by three boys and a girl who police said were unidentified. The chil Iflren notified two city park em ployees, Raymond J. Pitts and Owen Pratt, who called the police. A check of a social security card carried by the man dis closed that he has a wife and child, according to the police. Their names and addresses were not available. Christy has been in the Grants Pass area for the past two years, officers said. When he was picked up by the police there his address was list ed as Portland. Walter G. Miller, 875 Ellen dale drive, was called to identify the body. Miller is a cook at Bud and Lucille's cafe, 1182 Court street, where Christy worked three days as a dish washer. Miller said Christy had room ed with a man working at the Coffee Pot drive-in, 1132 North Riverside avenue, but the police had not yet found' the man this morning. , Medford Marine's Body Returned From Korea Washington (UP) Bodies of two Oregon men killed in Korea were returned to the United States aboard the American Vic tory which docked at San Fran cisco, the Defense Department announced Wednesday. Included was: Marine Sgt. William P. Noud. son of Thomas P. Noud, Rt. 2, Box 251, Medford. L Sgt. William P. Noud, whose 'body was returned to the Unit ed States from Korea aboard the American Victory; Is not listed in available Medford city direc tories. False Dope on May Result in Washington (UP) The gov ernment has decided to seek criminal prosecution of an un identified Seattle tipster who re ported that Far Eastern expert Owen Lattimore was planning an illegal trip behind the Iron Cur tain, it was learned Wednesday. U. S. District Judge John C Bowen, Seattle, late Tuesday or dered the federal grand jury there to meet in special session Friday to investigate the Seattle man's false tip to the State De partment. Justice Department officials re fused to comment on Bowen's ac tion. It was learned from other sources, however, that federal authorities have decided to seek prosecution, possibly on charges of perpetrating a fraud against the government. I Bowen refused to disclose eith er the name of the informant or his motive.- Votes Mr MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE LgmQcapiaini! 11 innl V I Kt S ' J HITTING THEM WHERE IT HURTS-Smoke rises from this hydroelectric plant on the Yalu River in North Korea after hit by a U. S. Navy Skyraider. Forty thousand pounds of bombs were dropped on this dam in a joint Navy-Air Force attack on main power plants in North Korea. A short time later more than 100 Air Force F-84's bombed the switching yards in the foreground. Shoreline to the left is Manchuria. (U. S. Navy photo.) Communist Guerrillas Murder 46, Kidnap 80 In Attack on Train Seoul, Korea (U.P.) Coin-1 war in Korea was also marked munist guerrillas killed 46 per sons, including an American sol dier, and kidnaped 80 others Wednesday, a f : t-e r dynamiting and raiding a passenger train near Sagari behind U.N. lines in southwest Korea. The start of the third year of Ashland Hospital District Approved Ashland A hospital district In southern Jackson county was approved 520 to 212 in a special election Monday. Three voting districts balloted heavily in favor of the hospital district. They were the Ashland city hall and junior high school and the Talent districts. Voters in the other two district the least populous ones voted against the measure. Donald L. Lewis, Ashland, re ceived the most votes (or direc tor. Four other directors were elected: Harry R. Morris, Ash land; Lyndcl Newbry, Valley View'; Abe Neslin, Ashland, and Ralph D. McCulloch, Valley View. Ralph Mickel, Bellview; Dee M. Newton. Ashland, and Harold J. Straus, Talent, were the other candidates for directorships. Rodney Keating, Ashland, re ceived one write-in vote. Voters balloting at the junior high school voted 216 to 99 in favor of the hospital district. At the city hall the vote was 244 for, 55 against; at Talent 51 for, 24 against; at Klamath Junction 7 for, 21 against; at Pinehurst 2 for, 13 against. Lattimore Prosecution Lattimore's attorney, Abe For tas, said he may ask the govern ment to identify the man who made the "fantastic'' charge againstthe Johns Hopkins Uni versity professor. ''It may have been someone with a malicious or diseased mind," Fortas said. "We don't know but we are determined to get to the bottom of the whole thing." TRAVEL BARRED The State Department revealed Friday that it barred Lattimore from- leaving the country be cause of an "official allegation" that he might violate the ban against travel to Russia or its satellites. It was learned Tuesday, how ever, that the FBI has turned up evidence that the (Original tip was false. This may lead the de partment to cancel the Lattimore stop order. To End 4iT t.y r ew by sharp ground fighting along the 155-mile front Planes in Battle - In two air battles just south of the Yalu river Manchurian bor der in northern Korea, Allied pilots causod one Communist MIG-15 jet fighter to crash, probably destroyed another and damaged a third. Allied Mustangs, Shooting Stars and Thunderjels dumped tons of high explosives on a key Communist railway intersection at Sandongni, reducing it to a heap of rubble in the face of heavy anti-aircraft fire. Entrenchments Bombed Tuesday night B-2S) Super fortresses dropped 250 tons of bombs on frontline Communist entrenchments In one of the biggest close-support missions of the war. Allied warplanes flew 1,274 missions Tuesday. Two American soldiers were wounded in the attack on the train, which was carried out by 150 to 300 guerrillas. The raiders burned eight pas senger coaches and ripped up a section of track. Besides the American soldier; they killed 21 South Korean soldiers, seven Korean policemen, 13 Korean civilians, the engineer, conduc tor, baggageman and fireman. Attempt on Life Of Rhee Failure Pusan, Korea U.R) A 62 yearold man elbowed hia way within five feet of President Syngman Rhee at Korean War anniversary ceremonies Wednes day, aimed a Mauser automatic at the president's back, and pulled the trigger. The gun failed to go off. National Police Director Yoon Woo Kyung grabbed the would be assailant, Ryu Shi Tai, and hustled him away to a military police station. Rhee, making a speech and ob viously ignorant of the apparent attempt on his life, turned and admonished the scufflers behind him to "be quiet." BULLETINS New York (U.R) Light heavyweight champion Joey Maxim easily made the 175 pound 'limit for Wednesday night's title bout with Ray Robinson. He weighed in at 173 despite the two-day post ponement. Robinson weighed 157' j. Bonn, Germany (UP) West Germany Wednesday re quested Allied military pro tection of her tonal boundary with Soviet-occupied Germany to prevent further Communist provoked border Incidents. Price Tribune United Press Full Leased Wtt 25, 1952 No. 82 Small Audience Attends Hearing On County Budget The 1952-53 Jackson county budget totalling $2,270,572, with $598,621.82 to be raised by pro perty taxes,, was accepted today at a public hearing In the county court chambers attended by six citizens, three county officers, and the citizen's budget .com mittee and county court. During the course of the hear ing on each budget item, Chet McCoy, Ashland, voiced objec tions to the juvenile department budget which was lowered $450 from 1951-52 to $14,475 for the next fiscal year. He told the budget group and oilier persons attending the meeting "you can't economize on crime protection." He told the group that the Juvenile Ad visory committee was "going to have to beat the bush again to find another competent Juvenile i officer (t rank Sawacki is re signing ciieclive July l). He described the position as including a "motherly tone of a cement mixer in the form of a juvenile officer needed to keep the youths in order. He cited the fact of no budget provision included for any extraneous ac tivity connected with the office. Budget Chairman Tom Wray, in reply to McCoy's question of "Why the. cut?" stated that the committee's policy for the com' ing budget year was "no in crease in salaries." Roger Rath, Talent, budget committeeman, pointed out to McCoy that, "in reality, the lowering of the budget by $450 was not a cut in salaries, but $150 of which was instituted by the office themselves and the rest because the 1951-52 budget allotment wasn't used by the de partment." McCoy said that it would be almost impossible for the juve nile advisory committee to hire a competent man- at less than $4,700 a year. BASEBALL NATIONAL St. Louis 1 Brooklyn 3 Slaley, Yuhas 8. and Rice; Erikine and Campanella. Home run: For Brooklyn Campanella. Cincinnati 2 11 0 New York 3 7 2 Church, Smith 8, and Semi nick; Gregg, Koilo 6, Lanier 9, and Yvars. Home runti For Cincinnati Abraml. For New York Elliot, Mueller. Pittsburgh 2 S 1 Boslon . S 11 1 Pollelt, Wilkt 8, and Cera giolai Surkont and Burrit. Home rum For BostonGordon. Curbs JiV 31 Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy night and Thursday. Low tonight 4S. High Thuuday 14-80. 'Omprraiiirr: lit sliest Yesterday 9 I.nwpst this Morning S3 Precipitation: To 4:30 a. m. Today Tract Taft Says His Aid For Europe Would Be Less Than Ike's Campaign Would Attack Demo Sins Washington (U.R) Sen. Rob ert A. Taft said Wednesday one foreign policy difference be tween himself and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is that he would spend less money for aiding Eu rope than the general. Taft also told a news confer ence that if he wins the Repub lican presidential nomination his campaign would feature ill-out attacks on "past sins and dis astrous results" of the Demo cratic administration's foreign policies. Difference on Emphasis Although Taft said his differ ences with Eisenhower over foreign policies appeared more on emphasis than on general principles, it seemed that the breach between the two leading contenders for the GOP nomina tion was steadily widening. Taft said Tuesday that Eisen hower was setting up a "straw man" in terms of an isolationist Republican, rather than launch ing an outright attack on ad ministration policies abroad. "Our differences seem to be differences in emphasis," Taft said. ' I don't put European aid so high. 1 wouldnt spend as much money in Europe as he does." Reference to Position This apparently was a refer ence to the position Eisenhower took while supreme commander ot the NATO army In Europe. At that time the general 'said he could go along with a $1,000, 000,000 cut in President Tru man's $7,900,000,000 foreign aid request, while Taft said the re duction could be twice that. The Ohloan said he is "opti mistic about his chances of receiving more than 20 voles from the Pennsylvania conven tion delegation with which he met Tuesday. He said the 20- vote figure held regardless of the position eventually taken by uov. jonn a. rine. Tokyo Scene of Communist Riots Tokyo (U.R) Thirty police men were seriously burned by acid and an unknown number of Communists injured when a mob of 3,000 screaming Reds rioted on the second anniversary of the start of the Korean war Wednes day night. Police thought they had restor ed control after breaking up five charges by the fanatic mob at Shinjuku railway station. The number of demonstrators Injur ed could not be learned imme diately as they were hauled away as soon as the Injury oc curred. The rioters, screaming fanatic slogans against "American im perialism" and South Korean President Syngman Rhee, tried time and time again to storm one police box at the center of the riot. Phoenix Yoters Okay 1952-53 City Budget Phoenix Voters here on the city budget ejection calling for $10,370 over the six per cent in crease limitation reversed a June 6 budget election which turned down the same amount and pass ed the money asked for by 80 to 42 votes yesterday, according to Mrs. Curt Fisher, city recorder. The sanction followed a pub lic hearing Monday ' night at which opposition to the proposed budget centered around the $300 annual increase to the police chief's salary. Before the hear ing was closed, the council and citizens In opposition agreed to meet together and appoint a new police chief for the $3,600 sal ary now in existence rather than the $3,000 asked for in the budg et. This was with the provision that the opposition support the rest of the budget. Exactly the same budget that was passed was defeated previ ously by vote of 85 to 33. .alive Action May Be Subject To Roll Call Ballot Work on Bill To Be Resumed Thursday Washington (U.R) The House voted tentatively Wed nesday to end all price-wage curbs on July 31. By a 118 to 87 teller vole it adopted that provision as an amendment to a bill to extend some of the economic controls which expire at midnight Mon day. The action is subject to a pos sible roll call vote later. The action came on the heels of a House vote to abolish all government controls on credit, such as for housing and install ment buying. To Resume Thursday After tentatively approving the new wage-price termination date, the House quit work for the day on the controls measure. It planned to resume work on the bill Thursday. The test vote on credit curbs came as the house worked on a bill to extend the Defense Pro duction Act, basic controls law, which expires at midnight Mon day. The House also approved, 05 to 77, a proposal to abolish the present Wage Stabilization Board and to transfer its func tions to the Internal Revenue Bureau. Pre-Korea Profit Allowed The House also voted to allow individual dealers to have their customary pre-Korean profit, exempt newspaper, radio and television workers from wage controls and to strengthen price supports for farmers. These proposals were adopted as tiie House raced to complete action on a new economic con trols bill, already tentatively stripped of virtually all price controls. -.. - ' : . - The Defense Production Con trols Act expires at midnight Monday. Britain Ignorant Of Bombing Plans, Laborites Charge London (U.R) The Labor parly charged Wednesday, and the Conservative government virtually admitted, that the Unit ed Stales deliberately kept Brit ain in ignorance of set plans to bombs the Yalu river power plants in Korea. Labor leader Clement R. Att lee, opening a full-dress debate on Korea in the House of Com mons, said bitterly that the Yalu attacks will lessen the chances of an armistice and may touch off a third world war. Long-Ranga Plant Seen Attlee said it was "quite obvl ous that the attacks were planned long in advance. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, replying for the govern ment, admitted bluntly that Brit ain was neither informed rior consulted about the Yalu raids. "I regret this," Eden laid." . . I think it is to be regretted that we were not consulted. "I think that these plans had probably been made in some form or other for a considerable period. I am pretty certain they must have been." Full Support Pledged But Eden said that, now the decision to attack the plants had been made, "We give our Allies full support in it." Truckers Study Overload Ruling Issued Coquillc (U.R) Oregon truck ers Wednesday studied a Circuit Court ruling in Coos county de claring that the 2000-pound load tolerance given to log truckers in Oregon's highway weight re striction laws does not apply to a fine when the trucker is guilty of exceeding the weight limit. Judge Gives Ruling The ruling was handed down Monday by Judge William G. East of Eugene in Coos county circuit court on appeals by Ver non L. Estollo, Myrtle Point, from two Coos Bay Justice court overweight cases.' State law allow! load of 32, 000 pounds on a tandem axle, but log truckers are granted a J. ' f t if $ I V' ' ii VI OFFICER PHIL LOWD Gunman's Victim House Votes To Request T-H Use In Steel Strike Washington (U.R) -i.ie House Wednesday joined the Senate and "requested" Presi dent Truman to get a Taft-Hart ley injunction to stop the 24-day old strike of 650,000 steelwork- s. The 190 to 133 teller vote was subject to a possible rollcall vote later, but it appeared unlikely to be overturned. The House acted after shout- ng down an alternative proposal that Congress "direct" Mr. Tru man to use the Taft-Hartley Law. Administration supporters argued that this would be un constitutional and would invade the powers of the executive. What effect the action will have on Mr. Truman Is uncer tain. He has said Congress can request him to seek "an anti- strike injunction, but cannot force him to do so. However, he has said that he is considering using the Taft- Hartley law. The House action followed shortly after Rep. Charles A. Hallcck, R-Ind predicted in a House speech that the 24-day-old steel strike will be settled within a week. Halleck did not disclose the source of his infor mation. His prediction was made as more Industrial layoffs were an nounced. More than 100,000 CIO United Auto Workers will be furlough ed by nckt Monday unless the steel mills get back in operation at once. Giant General Motors report ed the shortage of steel is forc ing it to halt many operations, with nearly 20,000 Chevrolet and Fisher Body workers ex pected to be sent home after Fri day. Chevrolet Forge in Detroit laid off 2.400 Tuesday night and 10,000 other Chevrolet workers will be furloughod tonight and Thursday at Flint. By the end of the week, 6,200 workers in the same CM division will be idle at Saginaw. Harriman Claims Support by Truman Portland (U.R) Avcrill Har riman opened his campaign in this area Wednesday with speech from the Clark county courthouse steps in, Vancouver, Wash. Hr.rrlman told reporters that President Truman has approved of everything he has been doing in his campaign but he did not claim that he Is an administra tion candidate. "I am the only Fair Deal or New Deal candidate in the sense that I have spoken out on all the issues as a supporter of the Democratic platform. . . ." Har riman said. by Court tolerance of 2,000 pounds for which thoy are not fined even though loads may go as high as 34,000 pounds.' Judge East said "this condi tional prctcrcncc, by the very words of the act granting same is removed apd taken away if the gross weight of any tandem axle exceeds 34,000 pwinds " Estelle was cited for a 31)00 pound overload when his axle load was 35,000 pounds and 2700-pound overload when his axlp load was 34,700 pounds. The trucker and the Southern OroRon Truckers league contend ed he should be cited only for the Hmounts by which his loads exceeded 34,000 pounds. Posse Searching Upper Elk Area for Suspected Killer Veteran Policeman Well-Known in State An armed posse of approxi mately 20 men, including state police, sheriff's officers and for est service men was searching the rugged, mountainous country on the Jackson-Douglas county line today for the killer of Phil B. Lowd, Oregon state police man. , Lowd, a stale officer for years, was shot and killed yes terday afternoon while conduct' ing an investigation in the Per sist area near the head of Elk creek, according to state police. The shooting occurred at about 5 p. m. just off Buzzard Mine road, about 17 miles from Crater Lake highway, they said. Lowd, who had the reputation of being a "fearless" law en forcement officer, was sent into the area at about 3 p. m. yes terday to investigate reports that shots had been fired at a na tional forest trail crew. He was accompanied by Lowell Ash, dis trict assistant ranger at Union Creek, who had reported the first shots. As the pair approached a cab In owned by George Baker Dun kin, 67, n miner, one or more shots were fired, according to Ash, who said they took cover behind a log, an act which is believed to have saved Ash's life. Lowd then radioed in for more help. State police officer Charlet Offenbacher was ordered to the scene to give assistance and he and Lowd again approached the cabin. They saw Dunkin slip out of the cabin door and disappear in the woods, according to re ports given County Coroner Car los Morris. Minutes later, shots were again fired and Lowd fell dead, wounded through the tem ple, about 30 yards from the cab in. State police from the Medford. Roseburg and Klamath Falls dis tricts and Jackson county sher iff's deputies, under the direc tion of Sheriff Howard Gault, were dispatched to the scene of the shooting last night. Additional Jackson county sheriff's deputies and number of Medford city police were be ing held in reserve today to re place men now on duty if the killer is not found by this aft ernoon, i ' State police said this morning We know that Dunkin fired the '- " The man was arrested by Lowd a year ago on a charge of illegal possession of deer meat. Dunkin Is described as being about B feet, 8 inches tall, weight about 140 pounds, slender build, blue eyes and mostly gray hair. Lewis L. Simpson, secretary manager of the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm at sociation, reported this morning that SOCTFA's radio network Is being used to keep In touch with the investigation. SOCTFA ha warned all logging operations to keep clear of the search area, Simpson said. Lowd's body was brought down from the Elk creek area this morning by Conger Morrii vehicle. Representatives of Cor oner Morris said that an autopsy will be conducted tonight to re cover the bullet for possible use as evidence. Well Known Lowd was well-known throughout the state as an able police officer and one that would walk up to an armed man and arrest him If need be. Lowd had been a resident of southern Oregon most of his life, according to friends. He was em ployed as a state forest patrol warden here about 25 years ago and had also been a service sta tion operator here. He was candidate for the Republican nomination for Jackson county sheriff In 1032 and later served as chief deputy for Sheriff Gor don Schcrmcrhorn. After Joining the state police in 1032, Lowd was stationed in Klamath Falls and Lakevlew, as well as in Medford. Lowd was born Oct. 27, 1898 In North Adams, Mass. He served aboard the USS Arkan sas In the navy during World War I and in March, 1033. was married to Claulia Klum. In ad dition to his wife, who lives at 703 Sherman street, survivor! include a brother, Howard, Grants Pass, and his father, George, Ashland. . ( Radio ItilignTs - Mrs. India Edwards, vice chairman of the democratic national committee, will be the guett facing queitiont of panel of well-known ABC commentators on "Crottflre," tonight at 8 o'clock over KYJC ' end the ABC network. . . ,