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T Determined Police Continuing Search For LowtTs Killer Determined state police offic ers continued a dogged patrol of a wild, 50-square-mile area in northern Jackson " county today. They are seeking George Baker Dunkin, 67, wanted on a war rant charging him with the mur der of State Police Officer Phil Lowd. The search is now in its sixth day. Lowd was shot through the head last Tuesday afternoon when he and Forest Service Banger Lowell Ash were inves tigating reports of shots being fired at a forest service trail crew. Cabin Destroyed Dunkin, an experienced Convicts Thwarted In Escape Attempt At Oregon Prison Salem (U.R) Convicted mur derer Wayne Leroy Long was to be returned under heavy guard to Oregon City to hear a new death date Monday following his second recent unsuccessful es cape attempt with two other criminals from the state peniten tiary here. Warden Virgil O'Malley per sonally blocked the attempt by Long, Dupree Poe and Albert Doolin to get free. Seen in Yard O'Malley was walking through the prison yard with Lt. Dean Evans of the California state prison Sunday when he saw the three men running toward the west wall. One carried a board, which they intended to use as a ladder, and another carried a hammer. When the Warden called to the convicts to halt they did so with out offering resistance. O'Malley said the convicts had hacksawed through a utility room into the prison tunnel after they had been let out of their cells for exercise. They then crashed a trap door, climbed to the roof of the biulding, lowered themselves to the ground with a rope made of bed sheets and began running. Second Attempt Less than a month ago the three men escaped from their cells but were apprehended be fore getting out of the prison. Long faces the gas chamber for the murder of Walter Lane Rucker, Portland. The State Su preme Court upheld his death sentence last month. Poe, is a convicted murderer from Marion county who has served 20 years of a life sentence and Doolin, 23, is a habitual criminal serving a 30-year sen tence. Acheson Promises Fight for Treaty Vienna, Austria (U.R) Sec retary of State Dean Acheson said Monday Russia's obstruc tion of an Austrian peace treaty "is a matter of serious and con tinuing concern" to the United States. He promised Austrians that the United States will continue to press for a treaty which will restore Austrian independence and sovereignty. Acheson flew here Sunday from Berlin, which like Vienna is an island inside the Soviet occupation zone. Communist attempts to fo ment demonstrations against Acheson flopped. While he was holding his press conference in the American embassy three Red youths tried to lie down in front of the wheels of his limou sine. Police hustled them off and released them. When cheson came out he was cheered by a small crowd outside the embassy. Stevenson Leaves Door Open for Draft As Democratic Presidential Candidate Houston, Tex. -r- (U.R) Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois ex pressed doubt Monday a draft making him the Democratic pres idential candidate "can or will develop," but left the way open for easy acceptance if it should. Will Decide at Time He said in "the unlikely ev ent" a draft should occur, "I will decide what to do at that time in the light of the condi tions then existing." In a news conference held im mediately before the opening of the first business session of the 44th annual national Governor's Conference, Stevenson said he would participate neither "ov woodsman and a crack rifle shot, has not been sighted since the fatal shooting. His cabin has been destroyed, because it was a "natural fortress," according to police officers. Before that, however, he is thought to have returned there for food and ammunition. Deputy Sheriff Earl Fichtner also reported that Dunkin may have taken some sandwiches from a search party's camp last week. The search will continue until Dunkin is found, or it is conclu sively shown that he has escap ed from the area, officers indi cated today. Six. state patrolmen are combing the rough forested section today. . Plane Checks Area A light plane piloted by State Police Officer Austin Murray flew over the area this morning, and was to fly over again this evening, in the hope of spottinv some sign of the wanted man Forest service employees have been removed from the area, ac cording to Rogue River National Forest Superintendent Jack Wood, but the forest service has offered full cooperation in fur nishing equipment, he added. The Jackson county sheriff's office also is cooperating. Dunkin, a prospector and trapper, had lived in his isolated shack for many years, working a gold claim and trapping in the winter. U. S. Steel Opposes Compulsory Union Pittsburgh (U.R) U.S. Steel Corp. stood solidly against any form of compulsory union mem bership Monday Respite a stepped up drive by the striking CIO United Steelworkers to force a modified union shop. C. F. Hood, U. S. Steel vice president, in a letter . to em ployees, wrote: "We have refused to'eliminate your freedom of choice to decide for yourself whether or not you will join the union." The letter underscored U. S. Steel's refusal to ratify a tenta tive agrcz-ment reached between Bethlehem Steel and CIO Presi dnt Philip Murray under which new employees would be re quired to join the union, but would be permitted to withdraw within 30 days of employment. New Traffic Lights At Sixth and Front Traffic lights are being hung today at the intersection of Sixth and Front street, City Superin tendent Robert A. Duff said this morning. He expects the lights to be in operation "some time this week. Pedestrians' wait-walk signals already have been installed on all four corners. The new traf fic lights will be syrchronized with signals on Main street and on Central avenue, Duff said. Previously Front was a through street and Sixth a stop street. Government in Red By $2,500,000,000 Washington (U.R) 'The government wound up its 1952 fiscal year deep in "the red Mon day, but better off by about $2,500,000,000 than President Truman anticipated. Complete returns on the fis cal year won't be in until mid week. But on the basis of the latest Treasury figures, it seems certain that the federal deficit will be a lot closer to $5,700, 000,000 than to the $8,200,000, 000 predicted by Mr. Truman in his final budget estimate last January. ertly or covertly in any move ment to draft me." He said that without his parti cipation, "I do not believe that any such draft can or will dev elop." Hopes Rift Can Be Healed As a potential candidate, Stev enson expressed hope the rift cleaving North and South could be healed within the Democratic party: "most emphatically", en dorsed a bi-partisan foreign pol icy; held out hope for a compro mise on the issue of civil rights, and plugged for federal control in the controversial issue of tidelands ownership. " The 52-year-old governor in DIDN'T ME James P. Long worth, 69, of Middlesboro, Ky., who envisioned his death in a dream three years ago, made final arrangements for his funeral even though he is in the test of health. Democratic Central Organization May Name Candidates The Jackson County Demo cratic Central committee may nominate candidates for state and county office tonight. The meeting, at 8 o'clock in Room B of the Medford YMCA, will also be to elect new committee of ficers, according to Mrs. Ed ward C. Kelly, chairman. Mrs. Kelly said she is not a candidate to succeed herself. She has served two years as chair man. Two men, Guy Corliss, Medford, and L. Peers, Wilmeth, Ashland; have indicated they will seek election. The central committee, which consists of newly elected pre cinct committeemen and women from each of the county's 84 precincts, may also nominate a candidate for the state legisla ture, Mrs. Kelly pointed out. One Vacancy "There were no democratic candidates for nomination in the primary election, and the dem ocratic nomination went, by write-in votes, to Republicans Robert Root and G. A. Dierdorff. However, since Dierdorff did not receive the Republican nomina tion, there is still one vacancy on the Democratic slate which can be filled by the committee. Much the same situation ap plies to the post of county judge, and if a willing candidate can be found, the committee could also designate him as the Dem ocratic nominee. Nominating committeemen for the meeting tonight are George A. Watson, Medford, chairman, and Mrs. Elsie Werner and Clair Gilberson. The county Republican Cen tral committee met and organ ized week before last. Air Force Spending Approved by Senate Washington (U.R) The Sen ate vcted Monday to give the Air FoVce spending power to as sure a build-up to 143 wings by mid-1955. ' By 79 to 0, it approved an amendment by Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, D.-Wyo., to the $45, 734,750,912 military appropria tions bill giving the Air Force an extra $600,000,000 specifical ly for making contracts with plane builders. The Senate leadership was aiming for final approval of both the big money bill and'the West German peace agreements dur ing the day. Salem (U.R) Jason Lee, who was named first junior citizen of Salem this year for his civic activities, resigned from the State Tax Commission Monday to open his own law office in Salem. ' dicated readiness to compromise on the issue of civil rights, in an effort to placate rebellious Southern states.; " V Stevenson read a brief state ment relating to his availability as a presidential candidate. Views Not Altered He said that his views were "not an alteration" from his statements in the past. . "I 'could not be a candidate for any other office than' gover nor of Illinois," he said. "I have not been nor am I now. I hope to stay in Illinois as governor. My work there is hot finished and it is very important to me." President To Make Move. Reluctantly, Democrats Claim 10-Month Extension Contained in Bill Washington (U.R) Presi dent Truman indicated to Dem ocratic , Congressional leaders Monday he will sign reluctant ly the bill extending wage - price controls for 10 months, they re ported. Speaker. Sam Rayburn told re porters after the regular Mon day conference at the White House: "He indicated that he is going to sign the controls bill, but he didn't seem very enthu siastic about it. He's not too well pleased, but it's the only thing he can do." Rent Controls Extended The bill also extends rent con trols for either three or 10 months depending on certain conditions. The compromise measure was passed by the House and Senate Saturday, in order to prevent all controls from lapsing when the present law expires at mid night tonight. One of the least palatable sec tions of the bill, from Mr. Tru man's viewpoint, was a rider for mally "requesting" him to in voke the Taft-Hartley law in the steel strike. The president has said in the past that it would be "grossly unfair" to seek an 80-day Taft-Hartley injunction against the. steel strikers, and that Congress could not force him to do so. Asked Extension Mr. Truman originally asked Congress to extend Controls for two full years, and "strength en" them by eliminating several "loopholes" in price ceiling pro visions. What he got was an extension until next April 30, with price ceilings relaxed rather than tightened. Among the principal ways in which the new controls law will differ from the old one are: 1. Fruits and vegetables, which represent about 11, per cent of the average family's food- budget, will be removed from price controls immediately. 2. Wage controls will end at once for all farm workers, en gineers, architects, certified pub lic accountants and persons earning less than $1 an hour. . 3. The government loses its authority to impose controls on installment buying and bank credit. Even though the adminis tration had lifted "regulation W" curbs on consumer credit sev eral weeks ago, Mr. Truman wanted standby powers to clamp it on again if necessary. 4. Federal rent ceilings for most big cities will be removed Sept. 30 unless their governing bodies request that they remain in force until April 30. The automatic 10-month extension of rent controls applies only to "critical defense housing areas" and that covers only about "1, 500,000 of the 7,000,000 dwell ing units now under rent ceil ings. Regulation X Applies 5. Restrictions on real estate credit Regulation X must be suspended whenever a survey, computed on a three-months' bas is, shows the annual rate of new starts has fallen below 1,200, 000. The present annual rate of new housing starts is estimated at 1,200,000. 6. The present Wage Stabil ization Board will be abolished at the close of business July 29. In its place a new board will be created on which labor, manage ment and the public will contin ue to have equal representation, but appointments of all members will be subject to Senate con firmation and the board won't be permitted to intervene in ne gotiations for settlement of any labor disputes. Deputy Warden Quits At State Penitentiary Salem (U.R) Eugene Halley retired Monday as deputy war den at Oregon State penitenti ary, a post he had held for more than 30 years. He and Mrs. Halley, who was a matron at the prison for sev eral years, plan to live at their home on the Oregon coast. BASEBALL NATIONAL Pittsburgh 4 6 2 Chicago .. 5 - 7 1 Friend and Garagiola; Kel-; ly, Klippstein 8, and AlwelL Home runs: Chicago Smal Ity. , . AMERICAN Boston ; New York -71 -43 Brodowski and White; Kuj ara and Berra. - Home runs: - For New York Collins, Brown. For Boston, Stephens. Medford United Prct Full Leased Wtoe 47th Year 10 Pages". Tenement m Brooklyn rf P- Jw MAKING PERSONAL INSPECTION of Koje Island prisoner compounds, Gen. James A. Van Fleet (center) watches questioning of prisoner in 'screening program to determine whether he wants to return to Communist rule. Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, commandant, is at right. (International) Taft Believes Delegate Fight Can Be Settled Chicago U.R) Sen. Robert A. Taft said Monday he believes that a bitter-end fight over con tested delegates to the Republi can nomination can be settled without a "knock-down, drag out affair." "Both sides will have to be reasonable," the senator said. . Taft expressed the optimistic view . that ..the battle,,c.an be.etr tied amicably as he took person al command in the rules and del egate arguments with General Dwight D. Eisenhower's sup porters in the pre-convention maneuvering. Wounds Can Be Healed Confidently predicting that he will win -the nomination, Taft also said the ... pre-convention wounds can be healed if both sides are willing to get together. "I would have a very forgiv ing nature," he said. "I would invite those from the other side to come in and participate in the judgments to be made." He said that he didn't think Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York did that after winning the 1948 GOP nomination, and it contribuated to his defeat in the November election. To Meet Delegates Taft told a press conference he intended to stay in Chicago at least until Thursday, meeting with delegates, members of the national committee and confer ring with his campaign leaders on "strategy questions.'' Taft said he can count about 604 delegates, enough to win the nomination, for him at this mo ment. He wasn't sure he would get all those votes on the first ballot, however, because some of them might want to cast a vote for someone else on the first roll call. ' " (See Story on Page 10) National Guard Units ' Return Here Saturday Two National Guard compan ies from the Medford area re turned from their Rummer en campment with the 41st infan try division at Ft.. Lewis. Wash.. Saturday, according to National Guard officers. The two companies of guards men arrived on the 6 p.m. train after leaving Ft. Xewis at mid night the night before. North Park Entrance Snow Clearing Starts Plowing to clear the north en trance of . Crater Lake was be gun today, Park Superintendent John B. Woskey announced. Woskey said that the snow plowing crews expect to en counter drifts 25 to 30 feet in depth. Woskey hopes to have the north entrance cleared in time for the July 4 holiday. Weather FORECAST: Fair and -warmer tonight and Tuesday. Low to night S; high Tuesday 83. Temp. Highest Yesterday 67 Lowest this Morning 51 Prec. to 4:30 ajn. Today.. 01 L Y e MEDFORD, OREGON, Rain Damages Cherry Crop; Pear Estimate Said Above Rains which up to today had brought June precipitation to nearly a full inch above normal, have done considerable damage to cherries not already picked, according to County Agent C. B. Cordy. , The damage, mostly splitting of ripe cherries, was caused to a large. 'percentage of the cher ries, remaing on. the trees, -Cordy said. The rainstorm which began here Friday brought .58 of an inch up to this morning, accord ing to the weather bureau. Most of this, .53 of an inch, fell Fri day, with .05 falling Saturday Most Offices Plan Long July 4 Week-End A long Fourth of July week end will be observed by most governmental offices, but most merchants will open for busi ness Saturday, after closing July 4, Friday, it was reported today. Federal, state, county and city offices will be closed both Fri day and Saturday, but Otto Ewaldson, president of the Re tail Merchants association, said that a majority of store owners have agreed to reopen on Satur day. The Mail Tribune will publish on Friday. No public observances have been announced in Medford for Friday, but Ashland plans to hold its traditional July 4th cele bration, which will include a rodeo, and, according to present plans, a parade. Communist Claims Of Violation Backfire Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) Communist claims that the United Nations is deliberately vi olating the neutrality of the truce zone backfired Monday. - Embarrassed Reds admitted one of their own shells missed the main conference tent by only 20 feet. The. Reds, in a note to U. N. liaison officer Col. Charles W. McCarthy, said a 37-millimeter anti-aircraft shell, fired "against the attack of your aircraft," landed beside the green confer ence tent early Friday. "Our side regrets the occur rence of this inadverent incident and has taken the necessary and proper measures," the note said. The shell caused no damage or injuries. Rogue River Couple Killed in Michigan Manistique, Mich. (U.R) An elderly couple from Rogue Riv er, Ore., died in a local hospital Monday from injuries suffered in a two-car accident during a rainstorm Saturday near New berry, Mich, The victims were Ward F. Mills, 72 and his wife, Min nie, 68. Killed outright in the accident were Mrs. Juliana Werner, 55, and her 16-year-old daughter, Bernice, of Springfield, Sas katchewan. MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1952 Average and Sunday. It brought the am ount of June rainfall above nor mal to .99 of an inch. The forecast for today and Tuesday was fair and warmer. No Hail Here Hail which fell in consider able amounts in the Grants Pass area and on Sexton summit was not reported .in the Medford -area Saturday.- The- pilots fly ing for the Rogue Valley Traf fic association flew for several hours Saturday and seeded clouds which threatened hail. Total flight time was lightly ov er three hours, of which only a part was devoted to seeding. Cordy reported today that the July 1 crop estimate for the Rogue River valley indicates that the pear crop will be near ly 200,000 boxes above the 10 year average here. The estimate is that 2,625,000 boxes will be packed. Cordy said the fruit trees are in "very vigorous condition, and the fruit size promises to be much better than last year." Frosts Kill Blossoms "Early frosts killed a large number of blossoms, so that the initial set of fruit was rather light," Cordy's statement con tinued. "This turned out to be a favorable condition as it gave the fruits on the trees a better chance to grow. This, together with a little heavier pruning, especially of the Bartletts, will be reflected in larger sized fruit at harvest time. These frost con ditions did result in a crop loss and some fruit is marked. "Had it not been for the frost, this would have been a very, heavy crop year," Cordy added, "but in spite of that the crop is still well above the 10-year average." Cordy also reported that the University of California has de veloped a new technique for pre dicting the harvest date by using the date of full bloom and the weather in the following six weeks. Dr. E. S. Degman, of the Medford experiment station, has adapted this formula for the val ley, and Cordy said his predic tion indicates that Bartlett pears will be ready for harvest on August 11. (See Story on Page 4) Miss Universe Hollywood Picture Offers Long Beach, Calif. (U.R; Shy blue-eyed Armi Kunsela, crowned the "most beautiful woman in the world" at the Miss Universe contest here, was torn Monday between, the urge to become a film star and her mother's pleas to come home. She's Homesick "Right now I'm homesick. But I think I would like to stay." the 19-year-old blonde from Helsin ki, Finland, said. "Just now my heart is so full it is hard to say how I feel." - - - One of many gifts the pink cheeked beauty received Sunday night along with her crown as Miss Universe was a $250 a week contract at Universal Interna tional studios. Tribune United Preu Full Leued Wti No. 86 Soared Eight-Alarm Fire Chases Estimated 500 From Homes Greenpoint Section Scene of Blaze New York (U.R) An eieht- alarm fire raced through 11 ten ement and factory buildings in the crowded Greenpoint section of Brooklyn Monday, threaten ing to "take the entire town with it" before it was brought under control. More than 500 persons were driven from their homes. Dam age was estimated at $500,000 to $1,000,000. Flames Leap Streets Flames belched through th roof of an oil-soaked old trollev barn and leaped two streets. Nine workmen escaped from the car barn but the watchman, Wal ter Roble, 66, was missing. Roble's wife and daughter pounded and clawed futilely at a metal street door as he cried "Please help me." The cries be-, came weaker and weaker and finally were drowned out in the roar of flames. Four unidentified men had been digging a well inside the building, but fire officials be lieve they escaped and went to their homes. 'Borough Alarm' Sounded , It was the first eight-alarm or "borough alarm" in the city since a Manhattan pier fire in 1947. Fire officials said that the equipment responding to today's blaze exceeded that at either the 1947 blaze or a. 1946 nine-alarm fire on Staten Island. Six women were treated f6r shock and hysteria. One was hos pitalized after fainting three times in the street. Ten firemen were treated for smoke inhala tion and minor injuries. Hundreds of women, and chil dren, many still in night dress and all clutching bundles or dragging suitcases, filled the street. Four tenement buildings were swept into the spreading flames. Police evacuated others in a three-block radius of the blaze. UN Planes Bomb Communist Lines Seoul, Korea (U.R) United Nations planes bombed Commu nist front lines in Korea Monday despite heavy clouds and rain that restricted air and ground action. The attacks were carried out by B-26s, which have made more than 170 strikes in round- the-clock activity during the past 48 hours. "Results of the early strikes could not be observed. Sunday night American Super fortresses bombed the Commu nists' main railway line in north west Korea for the second time in 24 hours. B-29s from Okinawa attacked by radar through dense clouds. No Communist jets challenged the bombers, indicating that last weeK's raids on Communist hydro-electric plants may have crippled the Reds' electronic warning system. The Air Force disclosed Com munist anti-aircraft guns inside Manchuria fired on the UN air armada during the bombing of the Suiho dam power plants along the Korean side of the Yalu river last Monday. Considers But along with the worldwide fame came the voice of Ami s mother in Finland, saying her daughter will become a gymnas tics teacher, not a movie star. "I know her well enough to rest assured that she'll be just as good a gymnastics teacher with her Miss Universe crown on her head as if she had stayed home as an unknown school girl," her mother said. Fans May Be Deprived So movie fans may never see Armi's 5 foot, 5 inch figure 34 inch bust, 23 inch waist and 34 inch hips. The beauty also received a $2,500 diamond wrist watch and a $3,000 Sunbeam Talbot convertible.
