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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1952
No. 95
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Ike Sure Winner
Unless Taft Can
Land Lucky Punch
By R. W. RUHL
Chicago Pugilistic terms are even more appropriate today
than yesterday. For in the tumultuous session last night there were
several fist-fights on the floor, and at least one combatant was
carried out cold.
As to the main bout. "Intrepid Ike" surprised even his most
ardent backers. From the first he put on a magnificent defense,
but last night he suddenly changed over to offense, and absolutely
made a monkey out of "Bruiser Bob." The latter's chief second
(Reverend Dirksen of Illinois) was so dismayed that he got down
cn his knees in Tafl's corner and prayed. It was a most eloquent
prayer delivered in fine baritone tremolo, but aside from over
turning the dope bucket, the former evangelist's effort appeared
fruitless.
At present writing, box-fight experts, on both sides, agree unless
Bruiser Bob can some way put over a knockout punch, Intrepid
Ike is the winner. The latter is away out in front on points, and
It is hard to see how, Robert Alphonso can possibly stop him.
Senator Wayne Morse says it will be Eisenhower in the 5th
round. If Oregon's Junior Senator is as right in this prediction as
ke has been in others since this convention started, he will again
have called his shot. It will be too late for The Mail Tribune, but
Jimmy Dunlevy and KYJC might have it around ten, Medford
time. Here's hoping.
Everyone in the Eisenhower camp is proud of the Oregon
delegation, they have been in there pitching all the time, as The
Mail Tribune promised they would before the primary election
not only voting for the General, but fighting for him, night and
day.
A majority of the newspaper men here see a stampede to the
Eisenhower bandwagon tonight, but Battling Bob doesn't. He
"sticks to victory on the' first ballot like a bulldog to a bone.
Whether this should be credited to the Yale bulldog spirit or just
to rather futile bravado the future should disclose.
Some Relief Expected
From Heat in Valley;
Forests Remain Open
Medford experienced a 104
degree temperature Wednesday
for the second consecutive day
but the weather bureau forecast
indicated maximums below 100
this afternoon' and Friday.
The weather bureau office this
morning predicted a high tem
perature of 95 to 98 for this
afternoon and a top reading of
90 to 95 for Friday. A small
burst of maritime air yesterday
evening cooled the temperature
more quickly than the previous
day and was figured to be a
factor in a lower maximum to
' day.
Humidity Down
Humidity dropped to 22 per
cent yesterday and was expected
to fall between 20 to 25 per
cent here today. However, the
forest patrol, which has received
many inquiries, reported that
there have been no closures in
zone No. 16 and that none are
indicated. The zone includes
Jackson and Josephine counties
and southern Douglas county. .
There are two reasons for no
closures here, so far, the patrol
office explained. One is that,
although weather is hot and dry,
there is sufficient moisture left
from recent rains and the fire
index has not reached the ex
$4,500,000 Hollywood Fire
Believed Set by Arsonist
Burbank .Calif. U.P.) De
tectives Thursday search for evi
dence of arson Thursday in the
charred back lot of Warner
Brothers film studio, where
more than $4,500,000 worth of
sets and equipment were de
stroyed Wednesday by flames
that finally burned out in near
by hills.
The fire, described as much
worse than a blaze that razed 25
acres of studio property last
May 16. was brought under con
trol late Wednesday night after
it covered about 75 acres and
swept into hills behind the
studio.
Total damage was estimated
at between $4,500,000 and
$6,000,000. '
Officers of the sheriff's arson
ploding point. The other is that
the area has not been having
any fires and the Salem ' head
quarters is willing, therefore, to
"go along" in keeping the zone
open.
By UNITED PRESS
Eastern Oregon replaced west
ern Oregon as the hottest part
of the state Thursday but al
though it cooled off slightly west
of the Cascades it was still shirt
sleeve weather.
Temperatures up to 95 were
forecast for the interior ef west
ern Oregon with readings up
to 100 expected in the eastern
part of the state. It was" still
relatively cool along the coast
with the highs in the 60's.
The Dalles Hottest
Most of the state sizzled Wed
nesday. The Dalles replaced
Medford as the hottest town with
an official 106, but Fire Chief
Charles Roth, Jr., reported, a
whopping 109 egrees down
town. Medford had 104 the same
as reported Tuesday.
' Other readings Wednesday in
cluded: Pendleton 100, Ontario
99, Roseburg 98, Salem 97, Port
land and Eugene 96, Klamath
Falls 93, North Bend 61, and
Newport 60.
squad investigated the possibil
ity that the fire was stasted
Wednesday by an arsonist and
pointed out that it apparently
began simultaneously in two
different locations.
Arsonists Blamed
Blaney Matthews, head of
Warners security police force,
said the studio believed Wednes
day's fire and the May 16 blaze
both were started by arsonists.
Studio officials first saw the
blaze at about 3 p.m. on a boat
dock at the south end of the lot.
The dock and an ocean liner
movie set were destroyed quick
ly, and brisk winds swept the
flames on to other sets, a prop
erty storage shed, a generator
shed and a train shed.
Attorney Charges
MacArthur Speech
Violated Hatch Act
Requests Enforcement
Of Civil Service Rule
Washington (U.R) Attorney
Harrison Mann Thursday for
mally .charged Gen. Douglas
MacArthur with violating the
Hatch Act in delivering the key
note speech at the Republican
National Convention Monday.
Mann, former Arlington, Va.,
Democratic committee chair
man, called on the U. S. Civil
Service Commission to enforce
the law which bars federal em
ployes from taking part in any
political activity.
"Equality before the law is a
fundamental American princi
ple," he told the commission in
a letter dated Wednesday, "and
General MacArthur should not
be permitted to address political
gatherings in contempt of the
law because he is a five star gen
eral while the little fellow is
denied the same right."
Mann said MacArthur was
"fully advised" that he would
be violating the act in making
the .speech.
"I therefore formally com
plain of a violation of the Hatch
Act and request the commission
to proceed in enforcement of its
rules," he said.
Steel Industry Men
To Contact Murray
On Shipment of Ore
Pittsburgh (U.R) Steel in
dustry officials Thursday were
expected to contact CIO Pres
ident Philip Murray in regard
to an industry plea to permit
the shipment of iron ore from
the mines to the idle steel mills.
U.S. Steel Corp. shrouded its
maneuvering for partial open
ing of negotiations with the Un
ited Steelworkers in secrecy.
Queries concerning the meeting
brought "no comment."
Refuses Comment
The company refused to dis
cuss the whereabouts of Presi
ident Benjamin F. Fairless. How
ever, Vice President John L.
Stephens, who heads the indust
ry negotiators, was in Pitts
burgh. Chairman Ben Morell and
President C. L. Austin of Jones
and Laughlin, another of the
"Big Six" producers, were re
ported in their ' offices ' here,
awaiting developments. Charles
White president of Republica
Steel at Cleveland, was report
ed out of the city.
A United Steelworkers spokes
man said that as of 9:45 a.m.,
the union had had no contact
with the " companies regarding
a meeting on the iron ore situa
tion. Industry officials were con
cerned over a possible iron ore
shortage next winter, unless ore
shipments are permitted to re
sume. Since the Great Lakes
are ice - bound during winter
months, the industry normally
builds up a stockpile during the
warmer months to' compensate
for the slack period.
The steel deadlock continued
to be felt in allied industries,
with resulting idleness approach
ing the 500,000 mark.
President Signs Bill
For Military Money
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Truman Thursday signed
the giant $46,610,938,912 milit
ary appropriations bill to , con
tinue expansion of the armed
services and provide the nation
with a 143-wing Air Force by
mid-1955.
The measure, a 9 per cent cut
from President Truman's orig
inal request of $50,207,117,554.
also carries funds for construc
tion of a second super aircraft
carrier and a $45-a-month bonus
for Korean combat duty.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
Brooklyn ; 10 2
Chicago ; : 7 92
Erskine, Black 1, Can Cuyk
6, and Campanella; Rush,
Klippslein 1. and Atwell.
Horn runs: For Brooklyn.
Robinson and Snider.
13 CHEERS FOR IKE Louisiana delegates cheer as John M.
Wisdom (left), head of the state's Eisenhower faction, and John E.
Jackson, Louisiana Taft leader, shake hands after 13" Louisiana
Eisenhower delegates were seated by the convention credentials
committee at Chicago in a party harmony move.
Republican Platform
Takes Stand on Issues
Of Western Interest
Convention Hall. Chicago
(U.R) The Republican Nation
al convention Thursday adopt
ed 4 1 9 52, platf orcpmmit
lingj thajarty'; to.cu!jaxei'.
curtail controls, . boost air
power and put fresh heat on
Communists at home a n d
abroad. 4 ".' ' "! '
Chicago (U.R) The "eventual
local ownership" of reclamation
projects in the west was advo
cated Thursday in the platform
presented for the approval of
the Republican National con
vention. -
The local control plank for
water projects was one of a half
dozen applying to western is
sues. Others included:
1. A statement of opposition to
asserted federal efforts to "ac
quire paramount water rights
without just compensation."
Similar language had been rec
ommended by California dele
gates who have opposed a gov
erment suit against water
users along the Santa Margarita
river near San Diego.
2. A demand that "special
nrpm inms to foreian producers
of minerals available in the
United States" be stopped. The
nlank said reasonable depletion
allowances on minerals should
be maintained.
3. A call for "safeguards
aeainst unfair foreign competi
tion" for the American fishing
industry. Pacific coast represen
tatives said the plank referred
narticularly to a tariff on tuna.
The senate defeated a bill for a
three-cent a pound duty on tuna
recently. V "
4. A- DroDosal for. "an impar
tial study of tax-free federal
lands and their uses." Western
groups complained to a platform
subcommittee that more tnan
half of the land in several west-
Air Conditioning Unit
Stolen; Two Jailed
On Petty Theft Charge
Two Eagle Point youths were
lodged in jail this morning and
booked for petty theft for their
attempts to beat the heat.
Monty Louis Riddell, 19, and
his 18-year-old companion were
caught by the Medford police at
12: 01 this morning for their
attempted theft of an air condi
tioning unit, according to police
records. The unit, valued at $67,
was taken' from a loading dock
at Montgomery Ward and com--pany,
117 " South Central ave
nue. Lugging It Away
' Mrs. Henry E. Renfrow, Camp
White, had bought the air con
ditioner and left it on the load
ing dock while she went to get
her car. When she returned the
two boys were lugging it around
the corner on- foot, the police
say.- They set: the unit down to
rest and. walked off and left it
when passers-by accused them of
stealing it, according to the po
lice. They were arrested several
tours later. -. -:
ern states ' is federally-owned
and so escapes local taxation
and control.
5. A pledge -for the -"elimin
ation..)!, arbitrary .bureaucratic
practices" in the management
of western grazing lands. The
plank said that legislation
should be approved to define
the "rights and privileges" of
persons holding grazing permits
and that the permit holders
should be protected by "inde
pendent judicial review against
administrative invasions."
The water plank said there
should be greater local partici
pation in the operation and con
trol of federal projects, and de
clared that reclamation projects
on which the Federal govern
ment gets repayment should re
vert to local control.
(See Platform Summary Page 5)
Short Circuit Cause
Of Jacksonville Fire
Jacksonville A short circuit
in an irrigation pump was re
sponsible for a fire in a grain
field here owned by Peter Eick.
The Jacksonville fire truck was
called to put it out.
E. A. Fleming, of Fleming
Brothers' ranch was working on
the pump when it shorted and
blew out a California Oregon
Power ' company transformer.
The electricity went to the
ground and into some grass
which burned and spread the
flames into Fick's grain field,
near the Jacksonville school.
Fireman Marshall Stanfield
accompanied the truck to the
fire.
OPS Expects Higher
Prices for Meats
Washington (U.R) Authori
zation of higher price ceilings
for some wholesale meat dealers
may mean slight retail price
boosts for pork, lamb, mutton
and veal in some butcher shops.
The" Office of Price Stabiliza
tion Tuesday hiked the ceilings
of dealers affiliated with pack
ing firms. The action affected
only about 20 companies and
will bring their ceilings in line
with those now in effect for
independent dealers.
Convention Bulletins
Chicay (U.R) Rumors
swept through the Republi
can National Convention
Thursday that many of Sen.
Robert A. Taft's supporters
" are deserting him and joining
in a rejuvenated MacArthur
f or-President drive to slop
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Chicago (U.R) Clare
Boothe Luce will place the
-name of Sen. Margaret Chase
Smith (R-Maine) before the
Republican National Conven
tion as nominee for vice-president,
it was announced . to
day. .
Van Fleet Ordered
To Concentrate on
Battling Commies
General To Give Up
All Routine Duties
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Gen.
James A. Van Fleet was ordered
Thursday to give up all his rou
tine duties and concentrate on
his most important job fight
ing the Korean war.
In a major streamlining of his
United Nations command, Gen.
Mark W. Clark announced crea
tion of a "Communications
Zone" command in Korea to
take over a multitude of jobs
formerly held by Van Fleet.
Full Attention to Fight
Clark announced from his
Tokyo headquarters the reor
ganization "will permit General
Van Fleet to give his full time
and attention to the vigorous
prosecution of the United Na
tions military effort against
Communist aggression in Ko
rea." At the front, a savage North
Korean counterattack drove
U.N. forces from a newly-won
hill on the Eastern Front early
Thursday.
Second U.N. Defeat
It was the second defeat in
two days for Allied foot sol
diers. In the West, tank-supported
UN infantrymen attacked "Dag
mar" Hill northwest of Chor
won for two hours, then retired.
Eighth Army Headquarters
announced the 1st Marine Divis
ion is in action on the western
anchor' of the Korean front, in
cluding the truce site at Pan
munjon. The leathernecks for
merly were on the Eastern
Front, around the Punchbowl
area.
'Lead' Gets Study
In Dunkin Search
State police, continuing their
hunt in the wilds of northern
Jackson county for George Bak
er Dunkin, elderly miner, were
investigating a possible lead to
day, Captain Paul Parson report
ed. He declined to disclose the
nature of the lead but said of
ficers were attempting to de
termine whether it was fact or
rumor.
Dunkin is wanted for the
slaying of State Policeman Phil
B. Lowd on June 24 near the
miner's cabin off Buzzard mine
road in the upper Elk creek
area. The miner has eluded sear
chers since that time. Captain
Parson reported no sign of the
fugitive in recent days. Dunkin
is an experienced woodsman.
The captain said that a po
lice department, patrolling the
area, is persisting in the search.
"It will hang on until it gets
something definite one way or
the other," Parson declared.
Members of the detachment have
been down only twice since de
tailed to the hunt, he reported.
Bend Man Requests
Tax Money Return
Portland (U.R) A suit asking
the return of $20,305 in taxes
and interest which John Wetle
of Bend claims was illegally as
sessed on his 1946 income was
on file in Federal, District Court
Thursday.
Wetle asserts in his complaint,
which was directed at Hugh H.
Earle, . internal revenue collect
or for Oregon, that his wife,
Maude, and his daughter, Helen
L. Faddis, are bona fide partners
for tax purposes of the John
Wetle company.
The Internal Revenue Bureau
said the relatives were not part
ners and in 1950 assessed an ad
ditional tax, plus interest, which
Wetle paid. .
Liner United States
Starts New York Run
Southampton, Eng. (U.R)
The super-liner United States
steamed out of Southampton
Thursday for New York on what
may be an attempt to set a new
speed record for the east ot west
crossing of the Atlantic.
Delegate Strength
Chicago (U.R) The Unit
ed Press tabulation of delegate
strength of Republican presi
dential candidates:
(ten. Dwight D. Eisen
hower ., 532
Sen. Robert A. Taft 497
Gov. Earl Warren 77
Harold E. : Stassen 25
Gen. Douglas MacArthur 8
Gen. Albert C. Wede-
meyer 1
Uncommitted 66
Total 1.206
Needed to nominate 604
Measures Include
Estimates of Cost
For Fall Election
Salem (U.R) Assistant Sec
retary of State William E. Healy
said Thursday that the initia
tive and referendum measures
appearing on the November gen
eral election ballot will have
"price tags" in accordance with
the direction of the 1951 legisla
ture. The 1951 legislature directed
that in the future all initiative
or referendum measures be
identified with an estimate of
what they will cost if carried,
Measures Carry Estimate
Healy said 12 measures to ap
pear on the November ballot
must carry this estimate of cost.
The estimate must .show what
expenditure of public funds or
what ; amount from new . taxes
would be required by the pro
visions of the measures. The oth
er ..six., measures-, appearing -on
the ballot have no cost features.
Go To Newbry
Once Healy has laced his
"price tags" on the measures,
the data will be turned over to
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry, who will confer with State
Treasurer Walter J. Pearson be
fore filing the official estimate.
In seeking "price tags" for
such measures as the truck ref
erendum, liquor by the drink.
new domiciliary hospital and
school reorganization, Healy
said:
"Of one thing. I am sure. Gov
ernment is no bargain.
Marshall Convicted
By British Court
London (U.R) William Mar
tin Marshall, a pale, young Brit
ish Foreign office radio operator,
was convicted Thursday of be
traying ofiicial secrets to a Rus
sian diplomat and sentenced to
five years imprisonment.
Marshall, 24, could have been
sentenced to 14 years but the
12-man jury recommended the
"utmost leniency" on grounds
he had been "led astray" dur
ing the time he coded and un
coded Foreign office messages
to British diplomats abroad.
The jury found him guilty
of three charges of passing in
formation to a Soviet embassy
official in a series of "cloak
and dagger" rendezvous in Lon
don and of a fourth charge of
recording information which
might be useful to an enemy.
Convention Decorum Upset-
By Puerto Rican Delegate
Convention Hall, Chicag
(U.R) The little Puerto Rican
delegate got the laughs while
Ike got the votes.
The laughs probably will be
remembered by the delegates to
this Republican National con
vention long after the bitter
Eisenhower-Taft fight is for
gotten. Marcelino Romani rolled the
delegates in the aisles, quite un
intentially. Roll Call Vote
The stage was set for Romahi's
unwitting comedy act by a roll
call vote of the state and terri
torial delegations on 'whether
to vote "yes" or "no" for the
pro-Eisenhower slate. !
When Puerto Rico's turn came
up, its entire three votes were
cast against Eisenhower. Ro
mani asked for an individual
poll and the hall rocked with
guffaws. .
Hector Gonzales Blanes voted
for the Taft slate, but the sec
ond delegate wasn't there.
Eisenhower Margin
Grows as Disputed
Contests Decided
Nominating Speeches .
Slated for Tonight
Convention Hall, Chicago
(U.R) Dwight D. Eisenhower's
campaign manager said Thurs
day it is "quite likely" that
the fast-charging general will
win the Republican presi
dential nomination on the
first ballot Thursday night if .
possible.
Chicago U.R) Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower galloped toward
the GOP nomination Thursday
with a commanding delegate
lead.
His lead was slated for hefly
boosts before balloting starts
from pivotal Michigan and oth
er states.
A stop - Taft coalition loaded
fot Ike was in control of the
Republican National conven
tion. Nominating speeches will
be cleared out of the way Thurs
day night.
Balloting is expected to start
Friday but might get underway
after Thursday night's speech
es. For the first time Eisenhower
was leading Sen. Robert A. Taft
in sure first ballot votes and
the lead was growing. Gov.
Theodore F. McKeldin, who will
put the general in nomination,
said his state's 24 votes will go
"almost unanimously" to Ike on
the first ballot. The best he had
claimed for the general up to
now was 18, with Taft getting
6.
- Also apparently in the bag for '
Eisenhower were 32 votes from
Michigan where Ike previously
had been scored for only 11
sure ones on the first ballot.
Near Nomination
Shortly before noon Thurs
day the Eisenhower high com
mand was talking in terms of
being within 26 votes of a first
ballot nomination without count
ing the big 70-vote California
delegation.
Sen. William F. Knowland,
chairman of the California del
egation, has been insisting that
the votes are legally bound by
Gov. Earl Warren, on the basis
of the state's June primary.
Taft men were far from count
ing their man out, however, and
favorite son candidates were
hoping the two big fellows
would kill each other off and
clear the tracks for a dark
horse.
Ike Riding Crest
As delegates headed toward
the stockyard Amphitheater for
the fourth day of the angriest
GOP convention in 40 years, Eis
enhower was riding the crest
of a smashing victory in the
"battle for stolen delegates.
The latest United Press tabu
lation showed Ike leading Taft
in firmly sewed-up first ballot
votes 532 to 497. The extra
votes forecast from Maryland
and Michigan would boost the
general even farther toward the
604 nominating majority.
lhe Taft camp, however.
claimed the senator will get 520
to 530 first ballot votes despite
his loss of 32 Georgia and Tex
as delegates in Wednesday
nights brawling contest on the
convention floor.
I ask that the name of the
alternate be polled,' Romani
told Temporary Chairman Wal
ter S. Hallanan and again the
crowd howled.
When the name of Mrs. Pro
videncia Ramos de Villamil was
called out rather uncertainly by
Reading Clark Lyle Slater, Ro
mani asked:
"What's the name, please?"
The name was read out again.
"Is all right," Romani said.
"She's not here."
Brought Down House
That really brought down
the house.
Slater called out the name of
another alternate.
"He's a delegate," Romani
said. "But he's not here."
Another alternate, Jose G.
Salgado, voted for Taft forces.
Then Romani voted for the
Eisenhower slate.
It was Romanis last vote. An
other delegate was permanently
seated Thursday morning short
ly before the end of the conven
tion's sixth session.
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