Ho
use Committee Stashes Expenditures
i BUFFETED BY NATURE St. Jeanne's Catholic Church at Corcoran, Minn., fell victim to heavy
winds during a two-day storm. The roof and steeple (left) were ripped off. Inside the church was
covered with debris, but left a Madonna and Child statue untouched. The storms caused heavy damage
' throughout the state.
Eisenhower Will
Move Headquarters
To Chicago Soon
Denver (U.R) Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower will move his
campaign headquarters to Chi
cago next week, his campaign
manager said here Thursday.
Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.,
R-Mass., who is managing Eisen
hower's campaign to gain the
Republican presidential nomina
tion, made the announcement.
To Meet Delegates
Lodge said the move to Chi
cago would be made because "it
is our plan to have him continue
the process of meeting with dele
gates because it has been impos
sible for him to meet all the
delegates who have wanted to
see him during the short time he
has been home."
Meanwhile, Eisenhower is ex
pected to make his final major
campaign speech here Thursday
night at the Denver Coliseum.
His backers said his speech will
be devoted to domestic affairs.
Victory Predicted
They said arrangements had
been made to seat 11,000 persons
Ai. the Coliseum for a rally and
Eisenhower's speech.
Lodge flew here Wednesday
night to confer with the general.
He told newsmen Eisenhower
would win the presidential
nomination on the "second or
third ballot."
Lodge claimed Eisenhower's
arch opponent. Sen. Robert A.
Taft of Ohio, "knows the Jig is
up," because he had suffered
"great reversals" in the past few
days.
100 ConvTclsliol
At Kentucky Prison
Eddyville, Ky. (U.R) One
hundred prisoners In the gar
ment factory of the Kentucky
State Prison rioted Thursday,
seized a foreman and barricaded
themselves in the factory walls.
Warden Jess Buchanan said
he was "not worried about the
iluation at all."
He .said the prisoners had
made four or five demands for
r changes in prison routine, in
' eluding a demand that one of
the clothing factory foremen be
fired.
"They are In a position where
they can't escape and all we
have to do is wait them out," he
said.
BULLETINS
Washington (UP) The
House Thursday confirmed its
earlier tentative vote io end
practically all price controls
at midnight M6nday.
London (UP) U. S. Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson
told Britain today that Amer
ica would welcome a British
deputy for U. N. Commander
Gen. Mark Clark In Tokyo,
and admitted there had been
a "tnafu" in Washington in not
informing Britain of the Yalu
bombing raids, Informed
sources reported.
Truman's Attempted Killer
To Pay With Life August 1
Washington (U.R) Standing Blair House residence on Nov. 1,
iraiohl and silent. Oscar Col-i
lazo, 38-year-old Puerto Rican
vho took part in the attempted
assassination, of President Tru
man Thursday was sentenced to
die in the electric chair here
Aug. 1.
District Judge F. Dickinson
Letts pronounced sentence on
Collazo who was convicted of
fcrst degree murder In the death
' il a White House guard when
he and a fellow Puerto Rican
tried to storm Mr. Truman's
Taft Charges Dewey
Organization With
Spreading
Washington (U.R) Sen. Rob
ert A. Taft charged Thursday
the Dewey organization is "tak
ing over" Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower's campaign and spreading
"pure propaganda" that Taft
can't win.
The Ohioan also told a news
conference that pollster George
Gallup has become a "straight
propagandist" for the Eisenhow
er forces and that his polls are
being used for. that purpose.
Taft Furious
Taft became furious when
asked to comment on a story in
the Buffalo Evening News that
Sen. Irving M. Ives, R-N.Y.,
would not seek re-election if Taft
Drowning Verdict
In Christy Death
Ralph Adam Christy, whose
body was found in Bear creek
Tuesday afternoon, was deter
mined by an autopsy Wednesday
night to have died from drown
ing, according to Coroner Carlos
Morris.
The autopsy was made neces
sary when evidence indicated
that Christy might have met
death through murder or sui
cide. An accidental death was in
dicated bv the autopsy.
Christy, 53. formerly of Grants
Pass and Portland, had apparent
ly been dead a week or more be
fore his body was found by four
children.
The police report that he has
been living at the Crater hotel
with a man named Gerry Abbott.
since arriving in Medford June
8. Abbott had worked with
Christy at a Grants Pass restau
rant for three months.
Police records show that
Christy was accompanied by Gor
don Carol Stocking, an employee
at the Greyhound Post house,
when he came to Medford. Stock
ing was able to help the police
find where Christy had lived.
Graveside services for Christy
will be held in IOOF Cemetery
Friday at 9 a. m., with the Rev.
W. A. Dawes officiating. Conger
Morris Funeral home is in
charge of funeral arrangements.
Search Begun for
Air Force Transport
Los Angeles (U.R) A giant
air-ground search was begun at
dawn Thursday for an Air Force
C-47 transport that vanished
mysteriously with seven men
aboard Wednesday night on a
70-mile hop from San Bernar
dino to Van Niiys.
The plane disappeared on a
flight in almost perfect weather.
H left Norton Air Force Base
near San Bernardino at 5:47
p.m. PST and should have ar
rived at the San Fernando Val
ley Airport 35 minutes later.
The names of those aboard
were 'vithheld.
a3u,
The Suprome Court has turn
ed down Collazo's appeal from
the death sentence and only
commutation by Mr. Truman
can save him now.
Collazo's attorneys said
"There is nothing further we can
conscientiously do in the court."
Attorney Leo A. Rover said
the little Puerto Rican has re
fused to let his attorneys take
the only possible step that is left,
an appeal to the President him
self lor clemency.
Propaganda
wins the Republican presidential
nomination because Ives did not
think Taft could win.
"That is pure propaganda,"
Taft said. "Senator Ives is not
sincere in his statement. I could
carry New York more easily
than Eisenhower.
"It is part of the general
propaganda of the Dewey orga
nization now running Eisenhow
er's campaign and it is utterly
unsound."
Taft declared that Eisenhower
backers would urge the general
to carry on "the kind of cam
paign Dewey conducted in 1948
. . . in which case we might
lose."
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of
New York lost the election to
President Truman in 1948.
Tafi flushed beet red and
waved off other questions to
continue his response.
He said that the present pre
convention battling is "more bit
ter" and , more extensive than
any previous nomination cam
paign in which he has partici
pated. Then Taft said that the meth
od of campaigning for the presi
dency is "far more important
than the candidate; Dewey and
Wendell L. Willkie lost because
they waged the kind of cam
paign I am afraid Eisenhower
would wage.
County '53 Goal Set
By Community Chest
Jackson county's 1953 Commu
nity Chest goal to be raised this
fall is $20,000 of the $774,477
budget set for the state at the
Oregon Chest board of directors
in Portland this week.
Tony Manno, Medford, vice
president of the Oregon Chest,
reported that last year chari'.
able aid received by Jackson
county residents from the com
munity chest totaled about $25.
000, while this county contribut
ed only $10,000.
Multnomah county assumes 50
per cent of the state budget, Man
no said. The balance of $387,238
is to be raised by the other Ore
gon counties.
Numerous requests for funds
were denied by the board be
cause it was felt they did not
serve the state at large, Manno
said. The money raised will in
clude funds for the maintenance
and operation of U. S. O.'s as
well as orphanages and similar
charitable institutions.
Maple Park District
Slates Bond Election
Residents of the recently
formed Maple Park water dis
trict, northwest of the Medford
city limits, will vote on a $26,
000 bond issue Monday, June 30,
district officials reported today.
The election will be held at Med
ford Spring Service, 917 West
McAndrews road.
If the bond measure passes
bids will be let and installation
of water pipe lines will be start
ed late this summer, they stated.
Preliminary engineering work is
now being done. A census of the
people in the area is also being
taken at the request of the bond
ing attorneys.
The polls will be open from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.
DOW JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow Jones
closing stock averages; 30 indus
trials 271.24 up 0.79; 20 rail
roads 102.02 up 0.64; 15 utilities
49.63 off 0.02; and 65 stocks
105.30 up 0.35.
Sales Thursday approximated
1.190.000 shares compared with
1,230,000 traded Wednesday.
Medford
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Warrant Expected
To Charge Dunkin
With Lowd's Murder
Police Maintain
Patrol Activity
A warrant charging George
Baker Dunkin, eccentric 67-year-old
Elk creek miner, with the
murder of Oregon State Police
Officer Phil B. Lowd will be is
sued in district court sometime
today, Capt. Paul Parson in
charge of the Medford OSP of
fice, said this morning.
A post mortum conducted here
last night by Dr. Homer Harris,
of the state 'crime laboratory,
showed Lowd apparently was
killed by a soft-nosed bullet, be
lieved to have been fired from a
30-30 rifle. Only parts of the
bullet were found, according to
Dr. Harris' report.
Authorities have blocked off a
50-square mile area around Dun
kin's cabin,, near Buzzard Mine
road, where the shooting oc
curred T u e s day afternoon.
Tracks found this morning led
police to believe that Dunkin is
hiding in the area and they hope
he will eventually be starved
out.
Officers Sent to Area
Four stale police officers and
four Jackson county sheriff's
deputies were dispatched to the
area this morning, according to
state police and the sheriff's of
fice. Police said they were exer
cising caution in patrolling on
the theory that TXinkin may
shout the first man he se-s.
The search plan is to keep a
"tight control on the area for
the present," Captain Parson
stated. If Dunkin isn't caught in
the near future, police will
"eventually have to begin a thor
ough search of every trail and
hiding place," he added.
Terrain Rugged
Police pointed out today that
they are operating at a terrific
disadvantage in the extremely
rugged terrain. The area is cov
ered with thick underbrush and
big timber, according to loggers
and other persons well acquaint
ed with the region. Located on
the site of an ancient lava flow,
the search area has many bluffs,
some dropping as much as 200 to
300 feet.
First of a series of steps to
keep Dunkin out in the open was
sta ted today when police began
b .lining all lean-to's, shanties and
shacks in the Elk creek region
to prevent him from "hole-ing
up" in some protected area. Par
sons has stated that, if Dunkin
is able to kill a deer, or obtain
food in some other way, he can
remain at large indefinitely.
However, he is not believed to
have much ammunition for his
rifle with him. The iirst police
to enter his cabin, which they
described as "the worst kind of
hovel," reported finding a large
amount of ammunition. It is be
lieved that he could not have
had more than five shells for the
gun when he fled from the cabin
late Tuesday afternoon.
May Contact Residents
Police expect Dunkin to make
contact with residents of the
area in an effort to obtain food
and ammunition. They will pa
trol all places where it woula be
possible for him to obtain addi
tional provision, as well as all
roads, paths and other routes
which he could use for escape.
In addition to officers search
ing the Jackson county side of
the ridge between the Rogue and
South Umpqua rivers, another
group left Roseburg for the vi
cinity of Tiller on the theory
that Dunkin may have headed in
that direction.
Had No Coat
Dunkin was bareheaded and
had no coat when he left his
cabin, police reported, and it is
doubted that he has any food
cached in the area. Despite these
facts, and his age. however, of
ficers are not discounting Dun
kin's ability to cover a large
amount of terrilor. They pointed
out that he has previously walk
ed from his cabin into Tiller
overnight, a distance estimated
to be about 30 miles by trails
"which only he knows."
Police do not believe that
Dunkin will be able to obtain aid
from residents of the vicinity of
his cabin. "Everybody in the
area is afraid of him," they said.
It was added that it was com
mon practice for anyone ap-
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Dunkin Will Give Up
When "Spell" Over,
Friends, Kin Believe
By HARRY NORDWICK
Mail Tribune Staf Writer
"I never spent a better eve
ning in my life than the lime
when George and I visited one
evening many years ago and dis
cussed everything from his own
personal religion to world poli
tics," related Mrs. Adolph Lar
son, Shady Cove, this morning.
The George she was referring
to was George Baker Dunkin,
67, wanted for the murder of
State Police Officer Phil Lowd.
Mrs. Larson and her husband
have known Dunkin since 1929
and lived In the vicinity of his
cabin in Upper Elk creek' for
about 15 years. At one time they
lived within' a half mile of
Dunkin.
"We never had any trouble
with him. He stayed several
Industrial Crisis
Looms as Steel
Strike Continues
Pittsburgh (U.R) A nation'
wide industrial crisis shaped
up Thursday with mounting
losses in production resulting
-rnm the 24-day strike of the
CIO United Sleehvorkers.
The American Iron and Steel
Institute predicted that by the
end of Ihe week approximately
9,100,000 tons of steel will have
been lost because of steel strikes
in late April, early May and
June.
War Production Lags
As the Korean War headed
into its third year, there were
evident lags in defense produc
tion. V
Before the week is out, nearly
56,000 workers in automotive
and allied plants will be idle.
Industry sources fear even great
er lay-ofs next week.
The steel strike had nearly
immediate repercussions In oth
er industries. Soon after 650,000
CIO United Sleclworkcrs walk
ed off their jobs June 2, mass
lay-offs followed in mining and
railroad Industries. More than
45,000 miners were idled along
with 25,000 railroaders, 6,000
lake boat employees and 600
river workers.
General Motors workers are
on the drastic list in the new
layoffs. A total of 10,000 Chevro
let workers at Flint, Mich., will
be laid off before the day k is
over. "Several hundred" were
furloughed at Buick's Flint plant
Wednesday.
Approximately 5,500 workers
at Chevrolet s Buffalo plant will
finish their Jobs today. Lay-offs
are scheduled Friday for 5.000
foundry workers and 1,200 oth
er Chevrolet workers i.n Sagi'
naw, Mich.
Defense production will be hit
in Ohio with Willys-Overland
laying off 12.000 at its Toledo
plant. Jet engine parts will be
choked off at Cleveland where
the Steel Improvement & Forge
Co. laid off 300 and eliminated
the third shift.
proachlng his cabin, to yell or
sound their automobile horns to
keep from being shot at.
Several residents of the area
had been threatened by Dunkin,
according to police. Another
prospector was moved from the
area by police, who feared Dun
kin might attack him because the
latter expressed intense dislike
for him in the past.
Funeral services for Lowd will
be held in Conger-Morris Chapel
Friday at 1 p. m. with the Elks
Lodge of which he was a mem
ber officiating. Committal will
be in Siskiyou Memorial park
Active pall bearers will bo fel
low officers of the Oregon Stte
police. Honorary pall bearers
will be Harry Stokes, Harold
Bellows, Hale Wheeler, Everett
Body, Ed Hall. Orval Snavlcy,
Clinton Kendall, Tom E. Parks
Lee Skaass. Mr, Tien N. Harris.
Orville Millard, and Clifford
Wheelock.
THURSP vv ,NE 26,
nights at our place and used to
tell us not to get bothered if
we heard him up in the middle
of the night as it was his custom
to get up at odd hours."
Larson said that "all the time
I knew him, there was only one
time when he acted strange. This
was once when I was going to
take him into town to buy some
groceries and he wouldn't go be
cause he said he wasn't feeling
well."
James Miller, a nephew of
Dunkin who resides in Medford,
said this morning that "he used
to play with Dunkin when
they were children in Gold
Hill from 1899 to 1902. "I didn't
see a lot of him until he came
to see me in the veterans
hospital in 1927 in Port
land. George has never been
the same since he returned from
Alaska in 1926. I don't know
what happened to him, but when
he first returned to Riverside,
Calif., he began having spells,
which he would snap out of.
We could always talk him out
of them, though. We thought
several times about sending him
to a psychologist but he seemed
to always snap out of it.
Surrender Expactad
Both Mrs. Larson and Mrs,
Miller stated that they believed
Dunkin 'would come out of the
woods, after he snapped out of
this spell, with his hands up.
However, Miller cautioned that
he "may not snap out of this
one "
Mrs. Miller stated that she had
"always been a little uneasy in
his presence." At one time, she
said they had gone up to his
cabin to give him some money
and he acted queer in making
them lower their voices to
whisper because the "law might
hear." His particular aversions
to "the law" was always wilh
him, she said. He seemed to grow
to hate their intrusion, they re
lated. On the other hand, she
told of a brawl when another
man hit him and he was very
rational in overpowering his as
sailant and making him promise
to "be good" and that he would
still be friends if his attacker
would behave. She hoped that
he would soon be captured and
given medical care.
In reply to a question on
whether Dunkin could have sell
the fires in that area of more
than a year ago, Mrs. Larson
said he only could have done it
in "one of his spells." She said
he often told her of his person
al religion which "saw God In
the trees, flowers and streams
of nature. He loved nature and
would never do anything to
harm it, unless he wasn't right
in his mind."
Short Of Ammunition
She spoke of his learning and
the fact that he knew atronomy
thoroughly from his reading of
the stars and nature.
Miller and Larson also said
that theylhoug'ht he was with
out much ammunition as they
never knew him to have more
than "one box of shells in his
posession at one lime." They ex
pressed the fear, however, that
he might go to a neighboring
rancher. Wcs Miller, a brother of
James Miller, to seek more am
munition. The rancher keeps a
large supply of ammunition
which Is a generally known fact
in the area.
Don't Monkey With
Monkey, Cops Worn
If you're walking down Haw
thorne avenue and see a mon
key in a tree, Just leave him
alone. He has a bad disposi
tion. Thai's the warning from
Frenchy's pet shop, Jackson
slrce and Riverside avenue, of
which the monk Is an escapee.
The police were called
Thursday morning and in
formed the monkey had
escaped. But they were ad
vised not to go up the tree
after him, but to wait till he
comes down and try then to
trap him. The police agreed.
At the last repoit Officer Don
ald Dixon was "waiting."
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No. S3
Harriman Credits
Marshall Plan in
Coos Bay Speech
Russia Doesn't Want
War, Democrat Says
Pendleton (UP) Averill
Harriman, mutual security ad
ministrator and Democratic pres
idential nomination aspirant
wound up a fast political tour of
Oregon Thursday with an ap
pearance here.
Harriman and his parly were
to leave here by plane for Boise,
Ida., later, in the day.
Credits Marshall Plan
In a foreign policy speech at
Coos Bay Wednesday night, the
mutual security administrator
said the Marshall plan has kept
the enemies of the United States
out of western Europe.
He said Russia's Marshal Stal
in does not want a third world
war. However, he wants to ex
pand his power by infiltrating,
dividing and then taking over
the smaller countries of Europe
and Asia one by one, Harriman
said.
On the Korean situation, Har
rlman said:
"Stalin does not know how to
get out of Korea with any sav
ing of face."
Situation Serious
The Democratic presidential
hopeful said the situation In Ko
rea and Berlin were Serious but
that if the western powers could
hold out for another two years
they could talk to Stalin on their
own terms.
Earlier at Portland, Harriman
called for. an "uncompromising
stand on the program of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and Harry Tru
man." He said he emphasized
his determined civil rights stand
in a speech in Arkansas, one of
the southern states with strong
feelings concerning its Negro
problem.
HST Not Influenced
To Oust MacArthur
Washington (U.R) The White
House said Thursday President
Truman was not influenced in
any way by Britain to dismiss
Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Emanuel Shinwcll, defense
minister in the former British
labor government, indicated in
London Wednesday night that
the British were responsible for
Mr. Truman s decision to remove
MacArthur from his Far Eastern
Command on April 11, 1951.
"No foreign government was
responsible for or ever influ
enced the decision of the Presi
dent to recall Gen. MacArlhur,"
said White House Press Secre
tary Joseph Short.
L. J. Cooper Reelected
To County School Group
Lorcn J. Cooper, Star Ranger
station was re-elected Wednesday
to the non-high school board to
represent the southwest part of
the county, according to officials
in the county schools office.
Cooper was named during an
organizational board meeting at
the courthouse. At the same time
A. E. Brockway, Medford, was
re-elected chairman of the board.
Carl Quackenbush, Lone Pine,
was elected vice-chairman.
SEARCH
CULLER
Allies' Questions Stymie
Commie Truce Delegation
Panmunjom, Korea (UP)
Chief Allied truce negotiator
MaJ. Gen. William K. Harrison
had Communist delegates sty
mied Thursday for the first time
since the long hassle over repa
triation of prisoners of war be
gan. Harrison hammered at the em
harassed Reds without lcttup at
today's 35-mlnute armistice
meeting demanding a satisfac
tory explanation of how they
could oppose voluntary repatri
ation In Korea after Russia had
Introduced the principle during
World War II.
Top Communist representative
North Korean Gen, Nam II stam
ilifary, Atomic
Programs Affected
In Spending Cut
Foreign Aid, Other
Items Feel Knife
Washington U.R The House
Appropriations Committee
Thursday slashed 25 per cent
from administration requests to
talling $13,750,688,280 for for
eign aid, military construction,
atomic expansion and other
items.
The $10,282,532,030 which the
committee okayed will be spent
or in large part obligated during
the 1953 fiscal year which starts
next Tuesday.
Military Program Cut
The committee, serving notice
in its report that it is determined
to save money wherever possi
ble, cut military construction
program by $805,968,600, the
Atomic Energy Commission's re
quest by $1,706,000,000, the
emergency-born agencies such as
Civil Defense Administration by
$579,920,00, and the foreign aid
program by $150,120,000.
Here, In brief, are the requests
made by various government
agencies and the amounts al
lowed by the committee:
Defense Department, $2,993,
868,440 asked and $2,187,899,840
allowed; Atomic Energy Com
mission, $3,191,000,000 asked
and $1,485,000,000 allowed;
emergency agencies, $661,610,
000 asked and $81,690,000 al
lowed; Mutual Security Admin
istration, $6,526,060,750 asked
and $6,275,940,750 allowed; labor-federal
security, $110,710,
400 asked including $80,000,000
for school construction in de
fense areas and $10,537,750 al
lowed. Another Request Invited
In cutting by more than half
the funds requested by the AEC
for a big expansion program
trie biggest ever planned by the
agency the committee invited
the commission to come back
later if it needs more money.
But the committee insisted
that the AEC be prepared to pre
sent detailed specifications and
plans for its building program if
it expects to get the full amount.
Washington U.R) Democra
tic leaders, with an eye on the
November elections, ordered the
rebellious House to stand up and
be counted Thursday on its ten
tative votes to- kill price con
trols. The final outcome was In
doubt. Republican and Democra
tic leaders agreed the roll call
voles on which each member's
vote Is recorded would be
"close."
As the House's amendment
battered bill moved toward final
passage, It was stripped of vir
tually all economic controls ex
cept those over strategic materi
als and rents.
High-Flying Balloon
Causes Comment
A clear plastic balloon travel
ing eastward at great heights
over the valley was an object of
considerable curiosity this aft
ernoon. The Medford offices of the U.
S. weather bureau received
"about a half-dozen" phone calls
from various parts of the valley
concerning the balloon and ex
amined it with a telescope.
According to the weather bu
reau report, the balloon appeared
to be of the type manufactured
by GencrHl Mills for government
use such as sending propaganda
into Iron Curtain countries.
Wind data Indicated the strato
spheric traveler was 35.000 to
40,000 feet above the earth. It
was moving at a rapid rate and
was Just west of Medford ab-.Hit
1 p. m.
Weather
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mered under the heat of Har
rison's pointed remarks and the
American general Indicated he
intended to make the beat of the
Reds' precarious position.
For the first time in recent
months, Hnrrison refrained from
asking for a recess of the long
stalemated truce tilks. He re
peatedly had said that further
meetings were useless until the
Reds were ready to come up wilh
new proposals on the POW prob
lem. . Harrison told newsmen after
the meeting that he had the Im
pression Nam II "doesn't like the
present situation" and that the
communists' truce drfensce were
"a little bit confused."