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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
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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.
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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
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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. . . ,