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.
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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
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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.
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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.