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Newspaper Page Textf afff 'fcar'gM il Louisiana Delegates srr f 1 lb- . X - 1 'f.kk ml M ... iJT T 'JShZm WHlrPIflG THINGS INTO SHAPE Russell Sprague of New YorK, Mason uwiett of Pennsylvania ana ) Harry Darby of Kansas (left to right), committee on arrangements for the Republican convention, ' 1 confer on convention plans during a meeting at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. Southern Attacks on Stevenson Seen Clear Warning to Truman Washington (UP) Some of the capital's shrewdest Demo crats Thursday interpreted new Southern attacks on Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson as a clear warning to President Truman to "keep hands off" in trying to name his successor. The Illinois governor had been regarded as "potentially accept able" to anti-civil rights South erners until a blast by South Carolina Gov. James F. Byrnes which' was applauded by three other Southern governors. Warning To Truman Some key Democrats includ ing one prominent figure in the campaign of Sen. Richard B. Russell, 'D-Ga., said privately that Byrnes was laying down a warning to Mr. Truman not to try to name his successor, but to let a wide open convention pick the nominee. More ardent Russell backers are convinced the Georgia Democrat has a good chance for the presidential nomination in a deadlocked convention. But one veteran senator who occupies a strategic spot among Russell's advisers felt ' that Byrnes' open' attack may have knocked out any chance of a Stevenson-Russell ticket. Russell has said he is not in- Reds OK Repatriation For ROK Prisoners Panmunjom, Korea (U.P.) Red truce teams offered Thurs day for the first time to accept voluntary repatriation of war prisoners, but only for South Koreans. The first vague sign of a Com munist backdown on the sole issue blocking a Korean armistice came in a Red proposal that all prisoners be reclassified accord ing to nationality. The Commu nists also suggested secret meet ings for "realistic discussions" of their offer. Chief United Nations negotia tor Maj. Gen. William K. Harri son at once asked for a recess until 11 a.m. Friday (6 p.m. Thursday PST) to study the pro posals. BULLETINS Berlin (U.R) Three young American Roman Cath olic priests who were released by the Russians Thursday aft er being held prisoner for 30 hours said they were seized on the United States side of the borderline between West and East Berlin. Washington (U.R) Presi dent Truman, charging that some steel companies are en gaged in "a conspiracy against the public interest." said Thursday he sees no reason to use the Taft-Hartley Law to end the steel strike. Chicago (U.R) Republi can National Chairman Guy George Gabrielson Thursday disagreed with the suggestion of 23 Republican governors that no contested delegation to the GOP National conven tion be permitted to vote upon seating of itself or any other disputed group. He said Athe adoption of such a rule would be contrary to all custom and former rulings." Texas Youngsters Serve as Guinea Pigs in Polio Test Houston, Tex. (UP) Thou sands of youngsters between the ages of one and six crowded into clinics Thursday to act as guinea pigs in an experiment which could curb polio of its killing and crippling nature. Some 3,000 children got either injections of the serum gamma globulin, or of important gela tin nobody knows who got which as the mass experiment began Wednesday. They were unwilling and frightened by the sterile need les, but worried parents of Hous terested in the second spot. But his backers feel he can be in a position to name the vice-presidential nominee if he does not want the nomination himself. If Mr. Truman was concerned by Byrnes' attack on Stevenson, it did not show in his straight forward speech to an Ozark audi 8 Killed 20 Injured In Bus-Truck Smashup Winnipeg, Man. (U.R) A Greyhound bus ripped into the side of a parked trailer truck near here Thursday and eight persons were killed and 20 in jured. At least seve.n of the injured were Americans. The death list will not be made available until next of kin have been informed. Several Bodies Mangled Officials said it might be sev eral hours before they positively identify all the dead. They said several bodies were badly man gled and the victims' baggage was strewn over a wide area. Royal Canadian mounted po lice said some of the injured were in critical condition. The crash tore out the side of the bus and Greyhound officials said it was the worst in the company's history in Western Canada: Both drivers were seriously injured. Soldiers in Bus The crash occurred shortly be fore 2 a.m. on Route 75 near Norbert. Man. The bus was on a trip from Minneapolis, Min., to Winnipeg. Its passengers in cluded at least 10 Canadian sol diers on leave, some from the Valcartier, Que., army camp. The Junior High Band Concert Set Tonight The 50-piece summer session junior high school band will play in concert at 8 p.m. this evening in the old city park, according to' I. A. Mirick, director of in strumental music for the city schools. The concert marks the close of the junior high and grade school summer music school. The senior high school concert band will present a concert at the park at 8 p.m. next Wednesday. The junior high band program will include "Success," "Head way," "Wheel of Fortune," "Serv ice "Bolero Non," "Morning Song," "Progress," "Bright Star," "Havana," "Maybell," and "At Sight." A trombone trio com posed of Dick Brown, Fredina Swift and Lyle Daun will play "Slippery Gentlemen." Jacksonville Budget Approved by Voters Jacksonville A city budget S6.103 over the six per cent in crease limitation was accepted yesterday in a general election held at city hall. City Recorder Mrs. Lois Fretwell said today. The budget proposal received 123 votes for, 28 against. The amount will necessitate a 15-mill levy in property taxa tion, but only 9.3 mills will be new taxes. ton, where the nation's worst polio epidemic is raging, volun teered more youngsters for the injections than the clinics could handle during the first day. By the time the test is com pleted, 35,000 children will have been inoculated. Half of the 35,000 children will get injections of G.G., while the other half get injections of ordinary gelatin. If a high proportion of the G. G.-injected group escapes polio and a normal percentage of the others get it, gamma globulin will 'be considered a success. ence at Bull Shoals Dam, Ark., Wednesday. With no reference to Byrnes, the President warned the South not to stray from the Democratic fold. He told it frankly to count its blessings since Franklin D. Roosevelt brought the Demo crats into power in 1932. bus driver was Robert Stavos of Crookston, Minn. Witnesses said the truck was parked at the side of the high way when the Big bus hit it from behind. The truck driver ' said he set out flares while he fixed a flat tire. - Spontaneous Fires Da mage 3 Buildings City firemen listed spontane ous combustion as the cause of fires yesterday at three North Riverside avenue addresses. They said that a garage on the 806 North Riverside property of Mrs. Anna' Lindley was badly dajnagedwJofin. gieasyrags--ignited. The roof was burned and the walls were charred and a car. was scorched before being removed by neighbors and a city survey crew. Sparks from the blaze ignited the roof of a garage at the home of Mrs. Sadie McVay, 722 North Riverside, and the roof of the Harry Ward residence, 716 North Riverside. Holes eight inches in diameter were burned.' Firemen reported that Mrs. Lindley and a neighbor boy dis covered the garage fire. Children noticed the fires on the two roofs and promptly notified firemen at the original blaze. Fire Chief Gordon credited their vigilance with preventing considerable damage He said that the roof blazes were further examples of how fires can start during periods of low humidity on old wood shin gle roofs covered with tinder dry moss. Wilson Brothers Get Indefinite Stay San Francisco (U.R) Tur man and Utah Wilson, convicted slayers of JoAnn Dewey, 18, of Vancouver, Wash., had an in definite stay of execution Thurs day. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals here granted the in definite stay late Wednesday for further study of the convict's appeal. The Wilson brothers were twice refused an appeal by the U. S. Supreme Court. They were scheduled to be executed at Washington state penitentiary June 23. A last minute two weeks postponement was grant ed and Wednesday's court action makes the stay indefinite. 10 Traffic Fatalities Predicted for Oregon Salem (U.R) Gloomy pre dictions for a heavy holiday traf fic toll this long Fourth of July week-end came Thursday from Capt. Walter Lansing, head of the State Traffic. Safety Divis ion. ' Lansing said 10 persons prob ably would be killed in Oregon highway smash-ups. The toll would be lower, ' he noted, "if discourtesy, impatience and plain stupidity behind the wheel could be eliminated.". Weather FORECAST: Continued- fair to night and Friday except thunderstorm activity over . mountain areas. Continued ' warm. Low tonight '55. High Friday 92-95. Temp. Highest Yesterday 97 Lowest this Morning 56 Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 10 Pages Police Find Tracks Thought Dunkin's; Believed in Area Detachment Hiking To Suspected Cabin State police have 'discovered tracks that they believe were made by George Baker Dunkin, Police Capt. Paul Parson said today. It is believed Dunkin is still in the rugged hills of northern Jackson county, where officers have searched for the murder suspect for more than a week. Captain Parson said this mor ning that the six-man search detachment today- is moving to an area that they believe may be "hot," and plan to search a cabin in which Dunkin, who is armed,- may be hiding. Five-Mile Hike The tracks were located four or five miles from the spot where State Officer Phil Lowd met death from a rifle bullet June 24. Police have a five-mile hike in to today's search area, Captain Parson reported. Dunkin, a wiry little 67-year-old prospector, who police have characterized as perhaps having "cabin fever" a mental aberra tion resulting from 23 lonely years in the wilderness has virtually vanished into the forest and brushland which cov ers the 50-square-mile area on the Jackson-Douglas county bor der where he is being sought. He knows every cabin and trail in the area, and the needle-in-a-haystack search is complicated by his woods-wisdom and abil ity to move around unhindered. See Hunger as Ally Police hope that hunger may force Dunkin to show his hand soon, although it is possible that he has been able to get food. Their belief that the tracks they found indicate he is still in the area is strengthened by the fact that a "check-out" of the Umqua river drainage, north of the divide vhjch borders the "search' area, failed to show any tracks or othersign of the fugi tive. Captain Parson said that re sults of today's foray into the suspected area will not be known until tonight, when officers re turn to their base camp and ra dio the Medford police. Foreign Aid Bill Goes Before Senate Washington (U.R) A $6,031, 947,750 foreign aid bill went to the Senate Thursday, carrying almost $2,000,000,000 less than President Truman had re quested. The Senate ArjDroririations Committee worked until shortly before midnight before approv ing the measure. Members said the group approved the exact figure voted by the House for all military, economic and Point Four aid to Europe, Asia. Afri ca, the Near East and the Pacific for fiscal 1953, which began Tuesday. . The Senate Thursday was ex pected to nass on scores of minor non-controversial or pri vate bills." McKay Joins Request For 'Clean' Candidate Houston (U.R) Gov. Douglas McKay of Oregon Thursday was among Republican governors at their 44th annual conference to unite in demanding a GOP presi dential candidate "with clean hands." Gov. McKay, who planned to leave with others for the Chi cago national convention, signed the telegram to the GOP nation al committee along with 23 other governors, three of them sup porters of Sen. Robert A. Taft. McKay has pledged his support to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The governors demanded that the national committee refuse to allow any contested delegation at the convention to vote upon seating of itself or any other contested delegation. Another Pigeon Found Here, Held for Owner Another banded pigeon was found by a Medford resident to day and has been placed with the one found at Merricks Mo tor inn Tuesday. Emerson Mer rick is caring for the birds while trying to learn of the owner or owners. The pigeon found this morn ing by Rex Malson, 708 West Sixth street, was said to be bloody and ruffled as it had been shot Its metal band bore the inscriptions vNR50 and 496. MEDFOUD, OREGON, Truman Scolds Those Wanting To Quit UN Washington (UP) Presi dent Truman said Thursday Americans who want to pull out of the United Nations and "go it alone" are advocating a course "that can only lead to the holocaust of world-wide war." In what he termed his "fi nal report" as President on U. S. participation in the Unit ed Nations, Mr. Truman told Congress that certain "blind" leaders have undermined con fidence in the U. N. through "partisan attacks." No Names Called He did not call any names, but in the past he has directed similar criticism at such Re publicans as Sen. Robert A. Taft, Gen Douglas MacArthur and former President Herbert' Hoover. Expressing confidence that Americans would reject these "voices of despair," Mr. Tru man also said the United States and its U. N. partners were "right" to take up arms in Korea to repel Communist aggression. But he admitted concern about the fact that the United Hot Weather Forecast For July 4th Holiday Clear and hot weather was forecast for the Fourth of July in the Rogue valley today by the Medford weather bureau. The temperature was expected to reach between 92 and 95 degrees here tomorrow after a predict ed 100, the hottest of the year. for today. Medford tempera tures have been the highest in the state for the past three days- Some thunderstorms over the mountains were .forecast for Fri day afternoon and increasing cloudiness today and tomorrow was the prediction for southern Oregon and. northern California beaches. No rain is expected on the coast, although there is the possibility of some showers Sat urday morning, weathermen said. Extremely low humidities over the next two days , are ex pected to create hazardous for est fire conditions in southern Oregon. A very low humidity was reported here early today and conditions will not improve greatly before Saturday, the weather bureau reported. The only organized obser vances of the Independence day holiday in this area will be the annual program in Ashland and an all-day observance in Rogue Fraternity Regulation In Portland Schools OK'd by High Court Salem (U.R) The Oregon Supreme Court Thursday up held Multnomah county school district in regulating fraternities and societies in Portland high schools. Proponents of the fraternity system in high schools of Port land were unsuccessful in their appeal for an injunction to pre vent regulation and restrictions to drive fraternities and societ ies out of the high schools. BASEBALL AMERICAN (Completion of A p r i 1 27 game suspended in 5th.) St. Louis 3 7 1 Chicago 6 7 0 Byrne and Moss; Slobbs, Dorish 7 and Lollar. For Chicago Home runs: Lollar. New York 9 14 0 Washington (11 2 Morgan, Hogue 6, McDon ald 8, and Berra; Masterson, Johnson 8, H a y n e s 9, and Grasso. Boston 3 6 0 Philadelphia ..... 4 13 1 DeLock, Brickner 4, a n d White; Scheib and Astroth. Home runs: For Boston Gerhert. For Philadelphia Joost. NATIONAL New York ...4 4 2 Brooklyn 3 8 0 Hearn, Wilhelm 9, Yrars; Lees, Black 8, and Camp an -ella. Philadelphia .-...2 7 0 Boston J ..0 4 0 Simmoni and Burgess; Wil son and Cooper. Home runs for Philadelphia Ennii. THURSDAY, JULY 3, States is still shouldering most of the Korean War burden. This country, he said, is pro viding 50 per cent of the ground forces in Korea, 86 per cent of the naval forces and 93 per cent of the total air forces fighting the war. He said this country is con tinuing to press its allies for larger troop contributions. Peace Main Aim Summing up his interest in the U.N. over seven years in office, Mr. Truman said his "paramount aim" has been to work for peace and that the U. N. was the best route to it. He recalled the high hopes for the U. N. when it was or ganized in 1945. "But these hopes have been dimmed by the conflicts of the succeeding years and by the hostile attitude of the Soviet Union," Mr. Truman said. "As a result, voices have been raised, questioning the value of the United Nations and the need for maintaining it. "Some of these attacks are made in a spirit of impatience that can only lead to the holo . caust of world-wide war," he said. River. In Ashland, a parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday anl a street dance, at the Plaza, will start at 8 p.m. A rodeo will get underway at 2 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday and races have been scheduled for the Ashland rodeo grounds at 2 p.m. Sunday. Lake Road Open The Crater Lake National park office has reported that Diamond lake may now be reached by Route 230 by way of Highway 62. The east en trance to the park and the rim road to park headquarters will probably be open by Saturday, they said. The north' entrance will not be open -before July 11. All camp grounds in the park are still covered with snow and are not yet open. All city, county, state and fed eral offices will be closed both Friday and Saturday. Local re tail lumber firms and planing mills have reported that their employees will receive a three day holiday. Most of the other retail business firms have an nounced they will be open for business Saturday. The Mail Tribune will pub lish tomorrow. Idle Workers Total Nearly 1,000,000 Cleveland, O. (UP) Lay-offs idling nearly 1,000,000 workers crippled industrial America Thursday as the deadlocked steel strike entered its 32nd day. , The number of workmen either taking part in the strike or laid off as a result of steel shortages passed 900,000 with new plant shutdowns in the automotive in dustry. More lay-offs probably will be ordered during the holi day week end. The Nash Automobile Com pany sent 10,000 workers home from its Kenosha, Wis., plant, and Studebaker laid off 17,000. General Motors announced that "thousands" of its employees at a bazooka shell plant would be idle by the end of the week. e Two Auto Accidents Reported to Police Two accidents were reported to city police Wednesday aft ernoon, There were no injuries and damage was minor in both cases. CI ude Alva Burkhart, Grants Pass, and William Claude Den son, Reno, Nev., were in one ac cident on North Central avenue near Court street. Budkhart was cited for failure to yield the right of way and paid $5 bail in police court. Denson was cited for oper ting with an expired operator's license. An accident at the intersec tion of East Fifth and North Bartlett streets involved cars driven by J. D. Lubbers, 241 Lozier Lane, and Dallas L. Grove, 28 Iowa street. Washington (U.R) The De fense Housing Authority Thurs: day designated as critical for housing the Coos Bay-Coquille, Ore., area. ; The designation makes the' area eligible for gov ernment aids on private housing construction. Tribune United Press Full Leased Wut 1952 No. 89 Russia Turns Down American Proposal For Investigation 50th Veto Used On Germ Warfare United Nations, N. Y. (UP) Russia Thursday vetoed an American proposal for a Red Cross investigation of Commu nist germ warfare charges and the United States immediately demanded that the United Na tions dismiss the allegations as "without substance and false." U.S. Ambassador Ernest A. Gross called upon the Security Council to condemn "the prac tice of fabricating and dissemin ating such false charges, which increased tension among nations and which is designed to under mine the efforts of the U.. N. to combat aggression in Korea and the support of the people of the world for these efforts." Russia's 50th Veto Soviet delegate Jacob A. Mal ik cast Russia's 50th veto to block adoption of the American proposal for an on-the-spot in vestigation. All other council members favored the proposal. Gross gained the floor imedi ately after the vote and recalled that North Korea and Red China had refused, with Russian back ing, to let either the Red Cross or the U. N.'s World Health or ganization enter their territory to look into the charges that U. S. troops had used germ weap ons against the Communist forces. Impartial Probe Blocked "The negative vote of the So viet Union," he said, "has pre vented the Security Council from arranging for an impartial investigation. From these facts, there is only one conclusion that can be' drawn that the charges of germ warfare made against the U. N. forces must be pre sumed to be utterly false." Selby-for-Mayor Petition Circulated A petition to place the name of City Councilman Paul Selby on the November ballot as a candidate for mayor began cir culation Wednesday, it was learned today from a city hall source. Selby, who lives at 2427 Ly man avenue, is president of the city council. The petition urging his candidacy is being carried by Lynn E. Brown, city license collector. Mayor Diamond L. Flynn to day said that he has not yet de cided if he will run for reelec tion He said he expects to make his decision in 10 or 12 days. Petitions must be filed by the first week of September 60 days before the election. Twenty five signatures are needed on a petition to place the name on the ballot. Tfiree-Year Sentence Given on Bad Check Louis Gale Hopson, 38, Med ford, received' a three-year sus pended sentence in circuit court yesterday on a charge of obtain ing money under false pretenses, according to records in the dis trict attorney's office. The charge involved a worthless $30 check passed June 11 at Barker's Men's store, records indicated. Cecil Ray Willis, 23, of Mem phis, Tenn., was arraigned in district court this morning on a grand larceny charge involving the thett of an automobile own ed by Miss Lottye Noblin, rec ords showed. Willis waived hear ing and was bound over to the grand jury under $2,000 bail. He is being held in the county jail. Medford-KF Hearing Set September 16 The Civil Aeronautics board has set September 16 as the date for a hearing on proposed air service between Medford and Klamath Falls, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce was advised today. Regularly - scheduled air car rier service between the two southern Oregon communities has hong been sought by groups in both cities. It has been propos ed repeatedly, but until now the CAB has never indicated a will ingness to hear formal argu ments. All three air lines serving this area United, West Coast and Southwest have submitted ap plications to furnish the service. Eisenhower Asked To Shift His Fire To Administration Ike En Route to Chicago Convention Chicago (U.R) The Repub lican National Committee Thursday approved 11 Taft delegates and two Eisenhower delegates in the Louisiana contest. Chicago (U.R) Robert A. Taft's tightly organized Nation al Committee task force was within minutes Thursday of giv ing the senator another covey of convention delegates as he called on Gen. Dwieht D. Eisen hower to shift his fire from fel low Republicans to the Truman administration. Immediately at stake were 13 Louisiana seats in the Republi- Chicago (U.R) Got. Thomas E. Dewey of New York predicted-Thursday that Sen. Robert A. Taft will re ceive "fewer than 500" nom inating votes on the first bal lot of next week's GOP Na tional convention. He predicted that' Eisenhow er will win the GOP presi dential nomination on "an early ballot." can National Conventio n claimed alike by Taft and Eisen hower. Next up will be Missis sippi,' Missouri and Texas con tests involving 43 seats. Ike Heading East General Ike was taking off from Denver for a whistle stop sortie through Nebraska and Iowa en route to Chicago with a promise to "roar out" as lead er of a fight to keep the Repub lican Party clean. Denver re ported a fighting mad Eisenhow er was determined to take the five-star high command in the bitter pre-convention battle with Taft over contested delegates in Louisiana and elsewhere. Let Eisenhower roar out against President Truman and the Democratic administration on his whistle stop swing, Taft said in his regular news confer ence here. "I hope he roars out against Truman, Acheson and Brannan in the farm districts," Taft saif, "as well as against the Republi cans." Taft All Smiles Eisenhower was all fight, Taft all smiles Thursday with the convention's presidential baljt ting just one week distant. "Now that I'm in the fight, I'm irt.il with all I've got," said the general in Denver. "After all, I've been a fighting man all my life." "I'm picking up some dele gates, losing a few," said Taft at the news conference. "About half of the 1,206 convention dele gates are ready to vote for me." One delegate vote more than half-604 would put Taft over and he believes he has them. Fine Still Uncommitted Tall came to the news confer ence fresh from talks with Penn sylvania's Gov. John S. Fine who controls about 25 votes in his delegation but isn't saying where he is steering them. Taft said Fine had made no promises. The senator was smilingly un impressed by the telegraphed ap peal of 23 Republican governors from the annual conference in Houston for compromise on the delegate contest and procedural candidate's camps. The rules change sought by Ikemen and supported by the governors would bring chaos to a political convention, Taft believes. The governors indirectly rebuked Taft in their call for a candidate "witii clean hands." Taftiies Further Enthused Reports of defections from Eisenhower to Taft in New Jer sey. North Dakota and Connecti cut whomped up further enthusi asm among Taft's followers. Ikemen also claimed a couple more delegates whom they said previously were uncommitted. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge identi fied them as Mrs. Selma Wagg, Lisbon, Me., and Daniel Tyler Jr., Brookline, Mass. Plane Service Their representatives will part icipate in the hearing, as well as representatives of the two cities. Don Lane, secretary and man ager of the chamber, said it may be possible to obtain a pre-hear-ing on the Pacific coast. -The September hearing presumably will be in Washington, D. C, he said. The examiner who conducts the hearing will take all evi dence presented, will study it, and then will write his recom mendations to the CAB,' which will include whether or not air service should be established, and, if so, .which carrier nuts up the best case for furnishing it.