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THESE SCENE STEALERS are holding forth In "Senator, I'm
Glad You Asked Me That," latest laugh riot by Constance Ban
nister, one of world's foremost baby photographers. Vigorous infant
at left screams "Lies! Vilification! Character Assassination" while
skeptical toddler at right asks "What Safety Deposit Box?" Book
was inspired by public's avid Interest in recent U. S. Senate crime
Investigation, directed by Senator Estes Kefauver. (international)
Eisenhower Carries
Fight Against GOP
'Backroom7 Politics
Aboard The Eisenhower
Train-(U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Ei
senhower carried his fight
against "backroom" politics into
Iowa Friday, confident that he
has found finally a theme which
will bring him the presidential
nomination next week. ' ,
In a full day of campaigning
Thursday, the general struck
out hard at the "little clique"
politicians he maintains are
seeking to dominate the GOP
nominating convention in Chi
cago. Attacks Administration
Speaking from the state Cap
itol steps Thursday night at Lin-
Full Inquiry Asked
In RFC Money Deal
Washington (U.R) Sen. Her
man Welker Friday demanded a
"full and complete senate inves
tigation" of a $600 payment by
former RFC Director Walter E.
Cosgriff to Sen. William Benton,
D.-Conn., in 1950.
The Idaho Republican, a mem
ber of the Senate elections sub
committee, told newsmen he will
consult with Cosgriff, a Utah
banker, about the payment,
which was revealed during the
RFC inquiry last year by a Sen
ate banking subcommittee.
The subject was brought up
Thursday by Sen. Joseph R. Mc
Carthy, R.-Wis., Benton's old foe,
who mentioned the payment in
charging before the subcommit
tee that Benton harbored and
hired pro-Communists while he
was assistant secretary of state.
MacArihur To Sleep
In Five-Star Bed
Chicago U.P.) Gen. Douglas
MacArthur will sleep on a five
star bed here before delivering
the keynote address at the Re
. publican National convention.
A firm supplying beds for the
general's apartment sewed fiv
star emblems on the mattresses.
Washington (U.R) President
Truman planned to stay, home
over the Fourth of July because
of the illness of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. David Wallace, in In
dependence, Mo.
Man Grabs Officer's Revolver;
Bystander Shot During Scuffle
Charles V. Jones, 2198 Buck
shot road, was shot in the leg
with a police revolver here yes
terday while Officer Robert F.
James and bystanders attempted
to disarm the man who fired
the shot, according to city police.
"It's a wonder James and one
or more bystanders weren't
killed," Police Chief Clatous
McCredie said this morning.
Bartender Asks Help
Officer James' report said he
was on a routine patrol in the
Pine Cone inn, 17 South Front
street, at about 5 p.m. yesterday.
The fracas started when Bar
tender Jalmar M. Jager request
ed him to remove Wayne Rus
sell Myers, 54-year-old Camp
White logger, who the bartender
said was intoxicated, James
stated. i
James said that as be took
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1952
III!
coin, Neb., he turned on the
Democratic administration by at
tacking the "irresponsible poli
ticians' in Washington.
It was a double thrust and it
required no crystaj.ball to under
stand that Eisenhower was at
tacking both the entrenched po
litical forces of, his chief GOP
rival, Sen. Robert A. Taft, and
the Democratic leadership.
But the general, in keeping
with his harmony role, named
neither Taft nor the Truman ad
ministration directly.
Friday his special train stop
ped at Denison,- la., for a brief
rear, platform appearance, . and
at Boone, la., where he and his
wife "my Mamie" will picnic
and then visit Mrs. Eisenhower's
birthplace.
Appears On Television
This evening Eisenhower will
appear on a nationwide televi
sion broadcast, the "We The
People" program.
The program originates : at
Ames, la. Immediately thereaft
er, he motors to an Ames foot
ball stadium for another brief
speech.
Eisenhower headquarters ra
diated confidence. They pointed
to the thousands of persons who
gathered at small Colorado and
Nebraska rail towns to cheer
the candidate. .
And they were heartened by a
big 35,000 turnout at Lincoln.
Rhee Score Victory
In Korean Struggle
Pusari, Korea (U.R) Presi
dent Syngman Rhee won a com
plete victory Friday night over
his political opponents in the
long drawn out struggle for
power in South Korea.
By a vote of 163 to 0, with
three abstentions, the National
Assembly passed a bill that
would allow the Korean people
to vote directly -for president.
That power previously resided
in the national assembly.
Opponents of the bill said its
passage meant the reelection of
77-year-old Rhee.
Omaha (U.R) A new outbreak'
of vesicular exanthema, a rare
disease, halted all hog shipments
in and out of the Omaha live
stock market Friday.
hold of Myers' arm the man
grabbed the officer's revolver
from its holster. James attempt
ed to take the revolver away
from Myers by grabbing the
barrel, but the officer's hand
slipped "and Myers fired . the
revolver in an attempt to shoot"
him, James said. The bullet
traveled the full length of the
crowded bar without striking
anyone. - -
Grab at Gun Wielder '
. James went around an amuse
ment machine "in an effort to
get at Myers from the other
side," he said, and Myers went
around Jhe machine in the op
posite direction. Leonard N.
Grayson, 27Mr Newtown, street,
grabbed Myers and two or three
unidentified customers came to
bis 'assistance. - i
lets
Money Included
For Plane Buying;
Carrier Permitted
House Provision
For Limit Junked
Washington (U) Senate-
House conferees Friday approv
ed a $46,610,938,912 military
spending bill, including money
for a 143-wing air force by mid
1955.
The compromise version of
the defense appropriation bill
would give the Air-Force just
what it asked for to buy planes
next year $12,685,300,000.
Super-Carrier Permitted
It also would permit the Navy
to build another 60,000 ton
"super-carrier" of the Forrestal
class, but . would require the
Navy to juggle its budget and
find money for the carrier.
Junked by the conferees was
a House provision, sharply at
tacked by defense spokesmen,
for a $46,000,000,000 limit on
military- spending in the fiscal
year which began Sunday.
Conferees Fail To Agree
The conferees failed to agree
on a Senate provision for a $45
monthly combat bonus for mem
bers of the armed services in
actual fighting in Korea. The
House will be asked to vote on
the proposal. If it is rejected,
the conferees will have to meet
on the matter again.
The conferees went along with
the Senate in eliminating a
House provision which would
have taken away military staffs
serving Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower and Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur. The House had directed
that aides for such five-star offi
cers and retired Marine generals
should be. eliminate!.
Shooting for Adjournment
Congress was shooting for
final adjournment. Saturday, but
the Republican reader; Sen.
Styles Bridges, planned to try
to keep the lawmakers oa call
in case of a break in the ' steel
strike.
Bridges told a reporter he
would move to recess the Senate
subject to call of the leaders, in
stead pf adjourning sine die
quitting for keeps until the next
Congress convenes in January.
East German Police
Jail French Airman
Berlin t- (U.R) East German
Communist police arrested a
French airman on the West Ber
lin .border Friday.
At the same time, Communist
police ordered East Germans liv
ing in t h e border district of
South Stolpe to barricade doors
on their homes facing West Ber
lin.-Some houses are only a few
feet from the French sector of
the city.
Anti - Communist sources re
ported that the Communists had
started laying land mines along
the border between eastern and
western Germany to aid them in.
sealing it off. .
Rat Poison Fatal
To Grants Pass Youth
Grants Pass (U.R) Charles
Reams, "J 9, of Grants Pass, died
Thursday night after eating rat
poison. -Josephine
County. Coroner Vir
gil P. Hull listed the youth's
death as suicide but said no fur
ther information about the case
would be released until after
further investigation.
Myers struggled with them,
James says, and kept edging to
ward the rear of the building.
While the struggle was going
on, Myers fired another shot,
according to the officer's report,
and Jones, who was seated in a
rear "booth, was struck in the
calf of his left leg. At that point,
James gained possession of the
revolver and Myers was hand
cuffed and removed to city jaiL
Condition Good - 1
Jones was taken to Commu
nity hospital by Perl ambulance.
Hospital attendants this morn
ing said his condition was good.
Myers was charged with as
sault with a dangerous weapon,
police records indicated. Myers
told police this morning that he
bad.no recollection of the scuf-
fie ox the sEootins. they 'said,
Tribune
United Press FuU Leased Win
No. 90
Conference
BULLETINS
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Robert A. Taft disclosed Fri
day that he has been told Gen.
Douglas MacArihur "would
not reject" the vice presiden
tial nomination of a Taft-Mac-.
Arthur ticket.
Taft said he had had no
direct contact wiih MacArthur
on the matter. And he refused
to identify the source of his
information.
Aboard The Cruiser La
Helle, Off San Pedro, Calif.
(U.R) A spunky Florence
Chadwick, game to the last,
finally admitted defeat Fri
day and was pulled from icy
Pacific waters less than a mile
from the goal of her 21-mile
Catalina island channel swim.
"I can't go on," she gasped to
her mother, Mary Chadwick.
and her faithful coach, Bert
Rovere, who were riding along
beside her in the wildly toss
ing guide rowboat.
Employment Active
In June; Shortage
Of Vorkers Seen
The month of June was an ac
tive one from the employment
standpoint, according to the Med
ford office of the State Unem
ployment Compensation commis
sion. Shortages of skilled and
semi-skilled workers are expect
ed during the next 60 days.
Large numbers of high school
and college students seeking em
ployment for the summer now
comprise the largest available
source of local abor. The 'local
commission office' 'urges that
these young people Ve hired par
tially to offset the on-coming la
bor shortage season. The local
office will issue temporary work
permits for minors.
A heavy pear crop despite
frost and hail will result in a
shortage of picking and field
help, Manager John J. Patton
said. Recent estimates place the
crop above the five-year aver
age, so an all-out recruitment
effort will be required to find
sufficient harvest labor. ' All
sources of labor, including min
ors, must be utilized, he added.
An early frost reduced the
amount, of fruit thinning req
uired, but it did little ,if any
commercial damage, according
to Patton.
Youth Kills Mother
With Christmas Gun
Milwaukee (U.R) A freckle
faced lad who killed his mother
with a deer rifle she gave him
as a Christmas present sobbed to
police Friday: "She hollered at
me all the time."
Thirteen-year-old Herbert Ha-
bersetzer broke into tears and
ran to the arms of his father,
Lucian, 38, when he saw him at
the sheriff's office following the
shooting.
The boy told police his moth
er, Sylvia, 36, scolded him when
he came home late from fishing
in a nearby creek Wednesday
night.
He said she gave him , the
weapon as a Christmas' present
"because I always wanted a
gun.
Stuntman Attempting
To Break Chute Mark
Grand Prairie, Tex. (U.TO
Stuntman Neal L. Steward wear
ily parachuted from an airplane
Friday and thudded to a landing
in a 100-fo.ot plot of plowed
ground.
.The Birmingham, Ala., stunt
man was landing in the corner
of the-field with precision as he
carried out his Fourth of July-
ordeal in an attempt to snap the
record of 123 parachute jumps
made in one defy. . - .
MOTORIST . INJURED
Three people were treated at
Community hospital early today
for minor injuries suffered - in
an auto accident, according to
a hospital report. They were
Mrs. M. R. Wiley and Sgt. Don
ald Wiley, 601 West Jackson
street, and Max Wimmer, 1115
West - Second street. Details of
the mishap were not learned. '
Mexico City (U.R) The gov
ernment called out 60,000 troops
Friday, with Mexico's -national
election only 48 hours away, to
prevent recurrence of violence
that already as cost 22 lives.
Weather
FORECAST: Continued fJr and
warm through Saturday with
high Saturday ' near normal.
Low tonight 55-5S.
Highest Yesterday ' 97
Lowest This Morning 60
Early Holiday
Toll Reaches 90
As Roads Crowded
Motorists Cleg
Nation's Highways
By UNITED PRESS
A long week-end holiday and
pleasant weather over most of
the nation lured motorists by the
millions to the highways today
as Americans celebrated then-
Independence Day.
They were warned, Ly state
police forces, by safety officials
and by motor clubs, that death
awaited the careless and the un
wary on crowded roadways or at
the beaches where many fled to
escape the heat of the midsum
mer holiday.
SO Accidental Deaths
By 11 a.m. (PST) accidental
deaths totaled 90. Of these 75
were in traffic, 10 by "drown
ing, one in a plane crash, the
others from miscellaneous
causes. The count was started at
6 p.m. Thursday.
The National Safety Council
estimated that 430 persons would
die in highway accident before
the week-end was over at 12
-midnight Sunday.
St. Paul, Ore. (U.R) Three
persons were killed and two oth
ers injured about 1:30 a.m. Fri
day when the automobile in
which Ihey were riding failed to
make a curve and overturned on
the Hubbard -St. Paul highway
about three miles east of here.
State police identified the
dead as Herman Joseph Schuetz,
Woodburn, the driver; Rahno
Louise Becken, Newberg; and
Fred Neuman, Woodburn.
Independence Day
Quiet in Medford
The Fourth of July, once the
nation's loudest and most gala
holiday, reached the halfway
point in Medford today without
so much as a single firecracker
or a word of patriotic oratory,
at least in the downtown area.
In contrast to past years,
when fireworks, speeches, and
parades were the order of the
day, no organized Independence
day observance was planned
here. All stores and offices were
closed and most local residents
apparently planned to spend the
day quietly at home or in trips
to the mountains and beaches.
Drunk Reports Up
Other than the deserted down
town streets, the only indication
that today is a holiday came
from city police, whose officers
reported the number of drunk
in public and drunken driving
charges was slightly above nor
mal for a Friday. Only one traf
fic accident had been reported
by noon today.
All city, county, state and na
tional offices will remain closed
tomorrow. Most retail business
firms have indicated they will
be open July 5.
The temperature, which has
reached maximums over the 90
mark for the past two days, is
expected to be at or near that
level again today and Saturday",
the weather bureau said. The
maximum Thursday was 97 for
the second straight day and a
high of between 92 and 95 was
the forecast for today.
SS United States
Appears Near Record
Aboard the S.S. United States
at Sea (U.R) The United States
Line flagship made an average
speed of 34.11 knots in the first
day out of New York and ap
peared to be on the way to a
record breaking Atlantic cross
ing. In the first 696 miles on her
crossing," the United States made
the 34.11 knot average speed
during 20 hours, 24 minutes. The
Cunard liner Queen Mary, pres
ent holder of the Atlantic speed
record,, made an average of 31.13
knots in the first 685 nautical
miles when she set the record in
1938.
Democratic Donkey
Used To Aid GOP Cause
. Los Angeles (U.R) Republi
cans flew a donkey, traditional
Democratic party symbol, to
Chicago Thursday night to help
the GOP cause.
The donkey, an eight-year-old
critter named Diogenes, will be
diapered at the convention and
saddled with large signs pro-
mi
claiming: "Time For a Change.",
RATED "MIRACLE MAN" of medicine, John Hoffer, who survived
110 degree fever, undergoes treatment at Bethlehem, Pa., hospital
by Nurse Theresa Barath. When other methods failed Hoffer was
Immersed lh ice which brought down temperature. (International) .
Truman Confirms No
Intention To Use T-H
Law in Steel Strike
Washington (U.R) The bitter
steel .dispute headed into a new
court fieht Fridav as President
Truman confirmed he has no in
tention of using the Taft-Hart
ley law to end the nationwide
strike.
Ironically, the striking CIO
Steelworkers had turned to the
act just 30 minutes after Mr.
Truman told his news conference
Thursday that ho purpose would
be served by an 80-day anti
strike injunction.
Union Charges Violation
The union filed charges witn
the National Labor Relations
Board asserting that the Big Six
steel companies had violated the
law by forming a "conspiracy"
to block bargaining by individ
ual jfirms.
Mr. Truman who also ac
cused unnamed producers of
conspiracy and tne union
said many steel companies are
ready to settle with tne union
hut can't because of "pressure"
from others in hte industry.
Leaves No Question
The President left no question
where he stands in the steel
fieht. Permitting direct quota
tion of -his remarks, he told re
porters:
"I understand that a good
manv of the steel companies are
ready to settle with the union
on all the issues. '
"I also understand that these
companies are being prevented
from settling because pressure
is being put on tnem Dy ouier
steel companies.
"This appears to me to oe a
conspiracy against the public in
terest and not a labor dispute.
In my opinion, it does not call
for use of the national emergency
provisions of the Taft-Hartley
Act.
"It calls for honest collective
Truce Negotiators
In Secret Session
Panmunjtfm, Korea (U.R)
Truce negotiators went into se
cret session Friday in an effort
to break the deadlock on ex
changing war prisoners.
An Allied spokesman said both
sides presented opinions with
"consideration and caution."
The subject under discussion was
not disclosed, but it obviously
was a Communist proposal to
reclassify" all war prisoners.
In agreeing to the Communist
request for secret meetings. Maj.
Gen. William K. Harrison, chief
Allied negotiator, said:
"The United Nations Command
has never been adverse at any
time throughout these prolong
ed negotiations to any step of
any nature that might contrib
ute . toward the achievement of
just and mutually honorable
and equitable armistice."
:.-
Harvest Starts;
Berry
7952 Crop Seen Short
Bovsenberries. nectarberries
and raspberries are now being
picked and the harvest will con
tinue for about two weeks, Wal
ter Kasworm, secretary of the
Rogue Valley Berry Growers as
sociation, has reported.
. He said the boysenberry and
nectarberry crops will be short
this . year with the June frost
having taken about half the
crops. Frost and rain also hit
the. raspberries and the crop
is fair, Kasworm stated.
Portland (U.R) Orders, ship
ments and production of pine
lumber in the west show, de
creases so far in 1952 compared
to the same period last year, the
Western Pine Association report
ed Friday, '
'
bargaining between the individ
ual companies and the union."
Portland (U.R) Thousands of
unemployed within the next two
or three months was foreseen for
Portland Friday unless the na
tional steel strike is settled soon.
Spokesmen for the city's large
metal working industry reported
steel shortages are already seri
ously curtailing some operations
and will grow worse if the strike
continues. Temporary layoffs are
starting in several plants. .
Manhunt Shifts
North of Divide
The manhunt for George Bale-
er Dunkin "looked good" today,
according to state police, with a
cabin, "checkout" being made
north of Ihe divide in the Ump
qua drainage area.
A six-man detachment left
early this morning for the Ump
qua area from a base . camp in
northern Jackson county and
was expected to be in the locale
by noon today. No (jontact can
be made with the searchers,
however, until this evehing'when
they return to their camp.
This area is often used by
Dunkin, police said, and he stays
at one cr two cabins in the area
when he is there. In the past, he
frequently stopped off at a cabin
on his way to Tiller where he
went for provisions, they point
ed out. The murder suspect's
woods ability is unquestioned
and attested to by ranchers in
the area who report that he
would go over the divide to Til
ler "for an evening" a trek tak
ing a good eight hours, accord
ing to the forest service.
State police reported this
mornnig that nothing resulted
from the search yesterday in an
area about five miles from the
spot where State Officer Phil
Lowd was killed by a rifle bullet
on June 24. Police were investi
gating some tracks believed to
be Dun kin's.
Horse, Trailer Collide,
Rider Hospitalized
Hoyle Jordan, Eagle Point,
was taken to Sacred Heart hos
pital lor treatment last night
fol)owing a collision between a
horse and a trailer on Crater
Lake highway, according to Conger-Morris
ambulancemen.
They said the horse "which
Jordan was riding shied as the
trailer went by, jumped against
the trailer and then fell, injur
ing Jordan. Hospital attendants
this morning reported his condi
tion as good.
Police were not called to the
scene of the accident and the
name of the driver of the vehicle
which was pulling the trailer
was not learned. i
Yankee Planes
Year's Worst
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Ameri
can F-86 Sabrejets shot down 12
Communist MIG-15 jet fighters,
probably shot down another and
damaged six more " Friday to
hand the Red Air Force its worst
defeat in a single day this year.
More than 70 Shooting Star
and Thundefjet American jet
fighters-were pounding targets
along the Yalu river as a Fourth
of July gesture to the Reds when
115 MIGs came up off their
sanctuary north of the river at
Antung.
They were jumped by 95
American Sabrejets which had
been watching from 40,000 feet.
The attacks started at. noon
when two wings of Thunderjets
Plan Would Give
Ohio Candidate
22 of 38 Seats
Lodge Turns Down
Compromise Plan
Chicago (U.R) Sen. Robert A.
Taft offered to compromise the
party-splitting row over Texas
delegates Friday with a plan giv
ing him 22 of the 38 seats and
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower tak
ing 16.
Eisenhower's campaign mana
ger. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge
Jr., rejected the offer. He said
Eisenhower in his recent speech
at Dallas "courageously stated
the position we have always tak
en when he said he was a 'no
deal' man." '
Letter to Gabrielson
Taft made his proposal in a
letter to Chairman Guy Gabriel-
son of the Republican National
committee as the committee
started hearings on the conflict
ing Texas claims of the two ri
val candidates for the GOP pres
idential nomination.
National committeemen favor
ing Eisenhower m$ and reject
ed Taft's proposal. Sinclair
Weeks, national committeeman
from Massachusetts, who acted
as chairman, said that about 30
to 35 committeemen attended
the meeting. He said no formal
vote was taken.
In earlier contests this week,
the Taft steamroller has rolled
over the Eisenhower forces and
the national committee has al
lotted all but a handful of the
disputed delegates to Taft. The
Eisenhower managers have
promised to fight these contests
in the "convention credentials
commitiee and onto the conven
tion floor.
The climactic Texas row is
threatening to jeopardize Repub
lican prospects for victory in No
vember before the presidential
nominee is even chosen. Concern
over this possibility was report
ed to be one factor in Tafts
offer to compromise.
Hoover Intervenes
Taft's proposal came after for
mer President Hoover had Inter
vened in the pre-convention bat
tle over disputed delegates by
urging the national committee
to seek "an amicable and equit
able settlement" of the Texas
argument.
In a telegram to Gabrielson,
he disclosed . that he had sug
gested to Lodge and Taft that "a
small group of eminent men"
review the contests. He said
Lodge refused but Taft "indi
cated he would have gone
along."
"Despite my partial failure, it
seems to be the crux of all this
is the Texas delegation and that
the Republican national commit
tee could well review that situ
ation in the thought of arriving
at an amicable and equitable
settlement," . Hoover said.
Tail's Claims Don't
Worry Oregonians
Chicago (U.R) Two Oregon
delegates to the Republican na
tional convention in Chicago say
they are not worried about Sen.
Robert A. Taft's claim to victory
on the first ballot.
William E. Walsh, Coos Bay,
Oregon credentials committee
member, and Ralph H. Cake;
national committeeman, say they
are convinced "no matter what
happens" that the final "say-so"
will come in the credentials
committee and in the conven
tion itself but not before the
national committee.
3ASEBALL
National
Philadelphia 1....7 1
Boston 2 5 3
Drews and Burgess; Surk
ont, Burdelte 9. and St. Claire.
American
Boston - 10 11 0
Philadelphia 5 9 3
Parnel, Newsome 8, and
White; Hooper, Kucan 9, and
Astroth.
Homers for Boston Step
hens, Hooper, Zernial.
Deal Enemy
Single Loss
roared in to drop 1,000-pound
bombs, napalm and spray the
area southeast of the Suiho pow
er plant south of the Yalu with
50-caliber machine gun bullets.
Pilots returning from the raid
could not tell how much damage
had been done because Etnoke
from the first bombs obscured
the target.
Friday's battle marked the
first time the Reds have sent
more than 100 MIGs into the
air since April 1. x
The 5th Air Force reported
Thursday that the Communists
are increasingly reluctant to tan
gle with- United Nations pilots
in the air despite the fact they
have 1.800 to 1,900 planes in
Manchuria.