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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1952
No. 97
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Three Reported
Dead in California
Blaze, Explosions
Damages May Rearh
$5,000,000 Total
Oleum, Calif. (U.R) A
raging oil-fed fire spread by two
explosions swept the Union Oil
company pier here Saturday,
enveloping two oil tankers in
flames as they were handling
their volatile cargoes.
Three deaths were attributed
to the tragedy. Capt. Eugene
Fulton of the tanker Victor H.
Kelly died of an apparent heart
attack as he rushed through his
flame-swept vessel warning his
men to abandon ship, and a
ship's wiper, identified only by
the name of Yorter, aboard the
Kelly, was missing and pre
sumed drowned after diving
over the side to escape the blaze.
Radioman Misting
The ship's radio operator, W.
A. Liggins, was missing and pre
sumed dead after crew members
said he was last seen aboard the
Kelly in the vicinity of one of
the explosions.
A company spokesman said
the fire may have caused as
much as $5 million damage, de
pending on the extent of loss to
the tankers.
Thirty others were reported
injured, most of whom were re
leased from the company infirm
ary or nearby hospitals after
treatment for shock and burns.
None was reported seriously in
jured. The blaze was controlled
three hours after it broke out at
a connection point in a pipeline
on the pier, apparently caused
by a tremendous pressure back
lash in the pipe which produced
sparks and ignited the oil.
Kelly Submerged
The Kelly, first to catch afire
and rocked by two explosions
forward and aft, was reduced to
a partially submerged hulk. The
tanker Lompoc was pulled clear
of the burning pier and marine
firefighters managed to tow her
to safe anchorage where her fire
finally was controlled, leaving
her scorched and listing but ap
parently not too extensively
damaged.
Quick action by firefighters
called in from surrounding com
munities kept the fire confined
to the end of the pier. The near
est buildings, some half-mile
away, were never threatened
nor were several refinery instal
lations even farther away.
North Park Entrance
Opened Late Saturday
One-way traffic was opened
Saturday afternoon on the north
entrance road to Crater Lake
National park, according to
James G. Bromley, district main
tenance superintendent forthe
state highway department.
Traffic is flowing over the
road from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., the
superintendent said, behind a
pilot car with one hour inter
vals between north and south
runs. He expected the one - way
traffic to last for five or six
days when normal traffic could
begin.
Uneasy Peace Settles Ove
Scene of Eviction Battles
Lapeer, Mich. U.R) An
uneasy peace settled over the
embattled Spencer farm home
stead Saturday night after a
60-year-old widowed mother,
ejected from her home during
a bloody eviction fight yester
day, was informed she may soon
be permitted to move in again.
As Sheriff Clark Gregory re
vealed a move by "friends" to
return the ousted Mrs. Eliza
beth Stevens to her home, a 26-year-old
fireman, who moved in
to the Spencer home as soon as
the woman was ousted yester
day, packed up his .belongings
and left.
At first Richard Newman, a
member of the Flint, Mich., fire
department, was belligerent
"Ive got possession of this place
now and I intend to keep it," he
declared.
But when Sheriff Gregory
withdrew the deputies he had
stationed at the house to protect
Newman and the property, the
new tennant accepted the advice
of angry neighbors to "get out
and stay out." - - '
Valley Soap
Slated This
The 1952 Rogue Valley Soap
Box Derby first to be held in
this area in many years will
get under way at 12:30 p.m. to
day. Nearly 100 youngsters will
pilot their racers built entirely
by themselves down Queen
Anne avenue. The winner will
represent this area at the Ail
American Soap Box Derby to
be held in Akron, O., on August
10.
Earl 'Newbry, Ashland, Ore
gon's secretary of State, will be
marshal of the parade of con
testants and officials which will
precede the actual running of
the long-awaited race. The pa
rade will be down the course of
the race, which starts on Queen
Anne avenue at Academy place.
Mayors To Compete
Another event to precede the
actual race will be an "Oil Can
Derby," in which the mayors
of Medford, Ashland and Grants
Pass will compete in what have
been described as "very unique"
cars.
Today's race climaxes months
of preparation for the derby
racers, during which they have
constructed their own. cars.
It also climaxes months of
work on the part of the derby's
sponsors, and by many individ
uals, organizations and business
firms, .which contributed time,
labor, "equipment and merchan
dise needed to round out ' the
many related activities associ
ated with a youth program of
the size of the derby.
Many Committeemen
More than 50 volunteer com
mitteemen will be on duty at
the derby track today," to "assist
the boys in getting their cars
Stevenson Headquarters
Open Democratic Battle
Chicago (U.R) Stevenson
for president headquarters, an
independent group booming Gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for
the Democratic presidential nom
ination, said Saturday "we have
no doubt he will respond to the
call of higher duty."
The prediction was made in
letters sent to every delegate
to the forthcoming Democratic
convention. They were mailed
as workmen here were clearing
away the signs of the Republi
can conclave and replacing them
with the symbol of the donkey.
A trash truck carted away
the Taft signs including a crum
pled cardboard elephant, and
new posters went up demanding:
"Nominate Russell."
Letters Sent Out -
The draft - Stevenson letters
were sent out despite the gov
ernor's statement, issued through
his press secretary, that he "is
a candidate only for re-election
as governor of Illinois" and that
he wants no other office.
They termed Stevenson "best
suited to meet the challenge
of our times" and said a Steven
son - for - president headquarters
will be set up at the Conrad
Hilton hotel on Saturday just
The sheriff said the white
haired Mrs. Stevens may be back
"by Monday" in the ramshackle
frame house where she has lived
for 25 years.
"The owner of the place has
gone to Detroit to make a deal
with a man who is buying the
house and the Ziegenhardt bro
thers' farm '(another scene of
violence in recent eviction bat
ties, the sheriff stated. .
May Give House Back '
"I understand this person is
paying Mrs. Grace White $50,000
for the farms and plans to give
them back to Mrs. Stevens and
the Ziegenhardts," be said.
Newman signed a . 15- year
lease on the property with Mrs.
Grace White, Lapeer attorney,
who bought the farm five years
ago at public auction when Mrs.
Stevens refused to pay a court
ordered judgment of $151. The
money represented her share of
the indebtedness of the Lapeer
County Farmers Mutual Fire
Protective association which fail
ed in 1935.
Box Derby
Afternoon
down the track v on schedule.
Jimmy Dunlevy, manager of
KYJC, is general chairman and
will be in charge of the event,
assisted by Larry Barnes, Lloyd
Selby, Ted Kelt, Herb Grey,
Dick Phain, Clyde Fichtner,
Johnny Pojetenic, Russ Peebles
and Doug Talbot.
Judges will be Mayors Morris
Milbank, Grants Pass, chairman,
Diamond L. Flynn, Medford, and
Phil Stansbury, Ashland, and
Mrs. Viola Turner, Medford.
Paul Selby is director of the
track committee, assisted by
Marshall Bessonette, Les Stam
per, Paul Rynning, Wally Graff,
George Potucek and Vern
Thorpe.
Other Officials
s
Other derby officials will be
Col. H. J. Meiring, hilltop di
rector; Shelby Tuttle, heat di
rector; Sam Brown, director of
pits; Sam Taylor, communica
tions; Bert Roberts, chief regis
trar; Dick Sch ad, chief an
nouncer; Jack .Walker, finish
line director; Jerry Jerome,
chairman of the prize awards;
Dr. Charles Lemery, first aid di
rector; Betty Brugman, chief
clerk, and C. Lyall Fidler, pa
rade director.
Major prizes of which there
are a number will be awarded
by Fred Thompson, Portland
zone manager for the Chevrolet
company, who will be assisted
by Frank Swanson, manager of
the Eugene district.
Sponsors of the derby are
Barnes Chevrolet and the
Chevrolet division of General
Motors, Chapter 16 of the Inter
national Footprint "association,
and The Mail Tribune.
two days before the Democratic
convention opens.
"We have no doubt that Gov
ernor Stevenson, devoted as he
is to public service, will re
spond, to the call of higher duty
and will accept the Democratic
nomination for president," the
letter said.
Despite the new appeal for
a' draft movement, Stevenson's
statement seemed to have all
but slammed the door on the
possibility. There had been
speculation that he might have
been willing to oppose Sen.
Robert A. Taft because of their
deep foreign policy differences.
But that incentive largely dis
appeared when the Republicans
nominated Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower as their presidential
candidate.
Some Democrats were trick
ling into town already with the
rush scheduled to start later
this week. Sen Richard B. Rus
sell of Georgia was expected
Wednesday. In addition to the
former Taft headquarters in the
Conrad Hilton, he has reserved
a theater across the street for
rallies.
Three Salem Boys
Here on Bike Trip
Three Salem youths, on a
bicycle jaunt that included stops
at Diamond and Crater lakes,
arrived here late Friday night.
The boys, Kenneth Doughton
and Harold Melby, both 15, and
Jim Searcy, 14, started from
Salem Monday on bicycles they
had purchased new for the trip.
They pedaled the first day to
Oakridge and . their next stop
was Diamond lake.
On Friday they started to
ward Crater lake, hoping to
reach it by the north entrance.
They found that route still
blocked by' snow ' and were
forced to cycle to the Union
Creek junction and travel from
there to their destination. After
a couple of hours at the lake.
they headed toward Medford.
The three were on the road 16
hours Friday and. covered 132
miles with their bikes.
The boys are - spending the
week-end at the home of Dough
ton's sister, Mrs. Richard Jewett,
921 Winchester street. They will
head back to Salem on Monday.
All three will be sophomores at
Salem high next falL ' " "
Steel Strike Believed
Hearing End; Leaders
Continue Conferences
Pittsburgh (U.R) The most
promising peace talks in the
41-day steel strike recessed late
Saturday as government stabil
izers pondered an industry ap
peal for higher prices.
CIO President Philip Murray
and his top aides waited in a
hotel conference room for an
expected meeting with U. S.
Steel officials, when the session
was called off.
Murray announced that "there
will be no further meeting to
night" and that whether talks
Stafford to Report
On County's Part
In Skywatch Plans
Col. Charles E. Stafford, Jack
son county civil defense director,
said Saturday that he may re
port early this week on plans for
the "Operation Skywatch" pro
gram in Jackson county.
Institution by the Department
of. Defense of an around-the-clock
civilian air warning ser
vice along both coasts of the
country is scheduled for Mon
day, July 14.
Work Yet To Do
Colonel Stafford indicated
that he has some field work to
accomplish before outlining the
program here. He said that the
watch in Jackson county may
not be on a 24-hour basis but
that he did expect partial cover
age. He expressed the opinion
that "Operation Skywatch" will
start on a modified basis;
State civil defense agencies
are selecting the air watch post
personnel and the Air Force is
conducting the training.
Three Attend Meetings :; , ;
ColeiieTt Staff ord and: 'three
other Jackson - county men at
tended air watch orientation ses
sions last week at McChord field,
Tacoma, Wash. The others were
Ralph E. Pierce, Medford air
port manager, representing the
city; Fred M. Bruegger, Eagle
Point, Columbia Utilities comp
any manager, and Howard Mil
lar, civil defense director in the
Rogue River area. Bruegger was
particularly interested in tele
phone communication procedure.
About 100 persons from Oregon
and Washington attended the
meeting.
. The Department of Defense
has pointed out that the coun
try's radar network can be evad
ed by low flying planes but that
these planes can be detected by
ground watchers.
No Water Rationing
Slated for Medford
There will be no water ration
ing in Medford this year, Water
Superintendent Robert Duff
said Saturday while noting that
the amount of water brought in
to the city reservoirs is nearly
twice the amount brought in last
summer.
Duff said 34 cubic feet of
water per second are carried in
to the reservoirs. The winter
was a good one for water sup
plies, he said.
'Although water use probably
will not be restricted this sum
mer, Duff reminded that there
still is a city regulation outlaw
ing use "of an open hose for
lawn sprinkling. Ari open hose,
he said wastes water and reduces
the pressure.
Because new trunklines are not
yet operating, the water distri
bution system is inadequate and
pressure is low in the west and
southwest sections of town, Duff
added.
New 'Tip' Reported
In Search for Dunkin
State police investigated an
other "tip" yesterday in a cease
less effort to track down George
Baker Dunkin, wanted for . the
murder of Officer Phil Lowd.
This was the second "tip", in
the past few days, police said,
and though nothing developed,
it was in line with the procedure
of following through on every
possible lead to the whereabouts
of the' 67-year-old miner-trapper
who is still believed to be in the
Upper Elk creek area of northern
Jackspn county.
The search was continuing to
day, police added, in the tireless
efforts of the party seeking
Dunkin. -
will be resumed Sunday "is con
tingent upon developments."
Hear Report
As Murray waited, U. S. Steel
officials heard a report on a
White House conference between
top executives of the company
and Acting Defense Mobilizer
John R. Steelman. The govern
ment was reported considering
granting the steel industry price
increases averaging $5 a ton
$2 over the permitted ceiling.
The temporary break in the
talks did not dim the high hopes
for settlement which have pre
vailed since the talks were
opened at the industry's request
here Thursday.
Murray refused comment on
the Washington developments.
He said he had "heard nothing"
concerning them.
A U. S. Steel delegation met
for four and a half hours with
Steelman and Economic Stabil
izer Roger L. Putnam. Following
the conference, a White House
spokesman refused to comment
on the discussions.
Murray Meets Steel Men
Murray had held a two hour
and 15 minute meeting with
Bethlehem Steel officials Satur
day afternoon and had announc
ed he would "probably" meet
with U. S. Steel last evening.
Murray stayed at the confer
ence hotel for his dinner and
was reported ready for an all
night session with U. S. Steel,
if necessary.
A settlement was believed at
hand. A formula for resolving
both the wage and union shops
demands of the union was on the
conference table, according to
reports. The price question ap
peared to be the only hurdle in
the way of settlement.
Democrats Prepare
To
On GOP Policies
Washington ' (U.R) The
Democrats wound up Saturday
for a major attack on the for
eign policy plank in the new
Republican platform.
Informed sources said the
Democratic National committee
already is hard at work bringing
the Republican party's four
year foreign policy record "up-to-date."
"We are preparing to point
out at our convention exactly
where the GOP votes in Con
gress don't jibe with that plat
form plank on foreign policy,
one key Democrat said.
Issue "Plenty Lively"
Party officials admitted the
issue may not be as heated with
the Republicans campaigning
under Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower rather than Sen. Robert
A. Taft. But they predicted it
still will be plenty lively.
They said they are ready to
go "right down the line" in re
plying to GOP platform charges
dealing with administration pol
icy on Eastern Europe, China,
the Atlantic Charter, Yalta,
Korea, European defense and
half a dozen other questions.
Expect Red Charges
Administration officials were
convinced Sen. Richard M. Nix
on's presencw on the GOP ticket
would mean emphasis on the old
charges of "Communists" in the
government, especially the state
department. The vice-presidential
candidate played a key role
in putting former department
official Alger Hiss behind bars
for perjury.
Administration strategy is
said to call for launching a for
eign policy counterattack at the
Democratic National convention
opening in Chicago July 21.
. Secretary of State Dean Ach
eson, favorite whipping boy for
the Republicans, will be urged
to stay away from the political
arena letting seasoned political
warriors do the fighting.
LATE SPORTS
San Francisco (U.R)
Carl (Bo bo) Olson, rugged
Honolulu and San Francisco
middleweight, pounded out a
10-round split decision over
France's Robert Villemain at
the Cow Palace Saturday
night. .
Sacramento, Calif. . (U.R)
A rookie righthander from
Stanford held Hollywood in
check for six 'innings Satur
day night but the Stars blast
ed him during a four run
serenth and went on lo an
easy 8-1 victory over Sacra
mento. Dick Cole's two homers
were the farthest of 14 Holly
wood nits.
mf PARTY -HEADS
SEEKIHC-HABEaOHY
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THE WINNERS Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and California
Sen. Richard Nixon are shown above after being named the Re
publican party's candidates for president and vice-president, . re
spectively, Friday at Chicago. (International).
Republicans Threaten
To Get Vote of South
Chicago (U.R) The mild
Republican stand on Civil Rights
plus Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow
er's popularity challenged the
Democrats Saturday to settle
their . sectional scrapping or in
vite trouble in the Solid South.
Democrats,, who already have
begun to replace Republicans
in this convention city, face two
problems' at their convention be
ginning July 21 .which could af
fect party fortunes in Dixie.
1. The possibility that large
numbers of rank and file south
ern voters will desert to the
Republican, party attracted y
Eisenhower's sex appeal and the
softness cf the GOP Civil Rights
plank.
2. The open threat of some top
southern political leaders to bolt
Summerfield New
National Chairman
For Republicans
Chicago (U.R) Arthur E.
Summerfield, a champion Re
publican fund raiser in Michi
gan, was elected chairman of
the GOP national committee Sat
urday and said he would take
personal direction of the Novem
ber election campaign.
Summerfield, a sparkplug in
the drive which won Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower the Republican-
presidential nomina
tion, received the new post with
the general's heartiest approval.
A short time later Eisenhower
had his first conference with the
committee and promised to work
hand in hand with them to
achieve "complete success" in
the November election.
Summerfield told a press con
ference he would consider ap
pointing a campaign chairman
and other aides but made it
plain that he intends to be the
actual directing head.
"As long as I have the respon
sibility I am not going to relin
quish it," he said. "In my con
ference with General Eisen
hower he indicated he would
leave that (appointment of a sep
arate campaign chairman) pretty
much up to me."
He said he would be happy
to have the help and suggestions
of others who led the pre-con-vention
efforts, such as Sen.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., of Mas
sachusetts and Gov.. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York, and those
who backed Sen. Robert A. Taft
for the nomination.
But, he added, it would all
have to be coordinated with the
efforts of the national commit
tee he now heads.
FIRE DANGER
Vacationers in the timbered
areas of southern Oregon we're
warned today to be careful of
fires as the continued low hum
idities of 25-30 degrees, plus the
near - 90 temperatures, would
make the fire situation "ex
tremely dangerous," according
to the weather bureau. Fair
weather is forecasted for today
with afternoon thunderstorms in
the mountains to the south
and east, r
! the Democratic party if the can
didates and platform are ''un
acceptable." Southern Republican leaders
have promised an intense cam
paign to carry some of the
South for Eisenhower. They
think their chances are brightest
since 1928 when five southern
states supported Former Presi
dent Herbert Hoo.vr.- -r
As proof of Eisenhower's popu
larity in the South, these lead
ers point to public opinion polls
which rank the General higher
than any other Republican in
the South and to the interest
in his candidacy.
Southern Republicans, who
fought bitterly over the party's
nominee, say they have closed
-ranks and .that all hands will
pitch in and attempt . to break
the Democratic held on the solid
south.
Platform Bid
The GOP platform appears to
be a bid for southern support.
It does not call for a compulsory
FEPC and makes recognition of
state's rights two stands which
should meet with approval in
Dixie.
Gov. James F. Byrnes of South
Carolina, a leader of southern
anti- "Fair Deal" forces, has hint
ed at the possibility of support
ing the Republican party. He has
said that if the south does not
receive "sympathetic considera
tion" from either the Republi
can or Democratic party, the
south may turn to a third party.
At least four southern states
South Carolina, Georgia, Mis
sissippi, and Texas have sched"
uled meetings of their Democrat
ic conventions or executive com
mittees after the national con
vention to decide what course
they will take in November elec
tions. A fifth state, Louisiana, auth
orized its national convention
delegation to bolt the conven
tion if the nominees or platform
are unacceptable.
Elderly Bike Repair Man
Leaves $1,000,000 Estate
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) The
folks, white and b 1 a c k, who
populate the dingy lofts, the dil
apidated shacks and the dreary
tenements on the east fringe of
Kansas City's business district
learned two things Saturday
about the wizened and bent old
man who was their neighbor in
termittently for years.
They learned he died July 4
and that he left more than
$1,000,000.
Few, probably, had noticed
his absence. For 80-year-old
Ralph George Baldwin had little
to say to anybody, even the rela
tives, bankers and the few
friends who will share in his
estate.
Will Reveals Wealth '
His will, filed for probate Fri
day, revealed he had $75,000 in
cash in a Kansas City bank and
huge holdings in industrial
stocks.
Hjg attorney, Charles Whitak
er, said he parlayed that for
tune from $12,000 obtained from
sale of a Nebraska farm he in
herited about 40 years ago from
Nixon, Taft Meet
Following Session
With Eisenhower
Party Heads Express
Confidence of Victory
Chicago (U.R) Sen. Rich
ard M. Nixon, Republican vice
presidential nominee, announced
Chicago (U.R) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower re
signed from the Army Satur
day to "crusade" for the pres
idency and weld clashing Re
publican factions' into a
smooth-running team that can
score a "quick and complete
victory over the Democrats
in November. He surrendered
his five-star rank and gave up
all Army ties so that be will
be free to campaign in the
coming election without em
harassment to himself or the
armed services. He had prom
ised previously to take the
action if nominated on the 1
GOP ticket.
Saturday after a meeting with
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and
other party leaders that he
would meet with Sen. Robert A.
Taft.
Nixon did not disclose the
nature of the conference with
the Ohio senator, whom Eisen
hower defeated Friday for the
GOP presidential nomination, it
was believed to involve party
hcrmony.
He announced the meeting
following a huddle with Eisen
hower, Arthur E. Summerfield
of Michigan, new chairman of
the Republican National com-,
mittee, and Gov. John S. Fine
of Pennsylvania.
Meantime, Nixon was trying
to nail down" his exact role in
the forthcoming campaign.
Nixon told the national com
mittee that "there is no question
we have a winner on our hands
provided we do the job." He
asked the committee to "con
sider me one of the team" which
will work for a Republican vic
tory to "give America the kind
of dynamic new leadership it
needs, and which all Republi
cans and most Democrats want."
The GOP vice presidential
nominee stood with Eisenhower
on the platform and shook hands
with the committee members as
they filed by. Once he slipped
from the 30-inch high platform
but was unhurt. Nixon said he
had been in politics only a little
longer than Eisenhower but he
said after listening to the gen
eral he realized "there isn't
much he needs to learn about
politics that he doesn't already
know."
His aides said he was fitting
his schedule to Eisenhower's and
didn't know where he would be
from inute to minute. Whether
he returns to Washington Sun
day as he had planned was still
up in the air.
The campaign, Nixon said in
his first press conference as the
vice presidential candidate, will
be a "fighting crusade." The two
big issues, as far as he is con
cerned, will be "The Truman
record" and "communism at
home and abroad," he said.
his mother, who had got it from
her father.
To that money Baldwin, a
semi-invalid most of his life,
added little sums earned in the
bicycle repair shop he used to
operate in Kansas City's disre
putable north end. He put it all
in stocks and when the crash
came in 1929 he held on to what
he had and. bought more at
prices lower than rock bottom.
Rich Even Then
"Even then, he was rich,"
Whitaker said, "but he never
changed his way of living."
"He had a peculiar considera
tion for money. He just didn't
believe in spending any of it."
Like his poverty-stricken
neighbors, Baldwin lived in a
single room, frying hamburger
for himself and making coffee
on a two-burner gas plate. His
worn clothes he patched and re
patched, doing the sewing him
self, and his own laundry.
In late years he indulged in
one extravagance. He spent the
winters in the south. He drove to
Florida, or California, or south
Texas, in a wheezy old car.