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Newspaper Page TextMedford Untied Preu Full Leu Wilt 47th Year 12 Pages Defense Director Trying To Set Up County Skywatch Difficulty Noted ' For 24-Hour Workers CoL Charles E. Stafford, Jack son county civilian defense di rector, said this morning that he is trying to organize the air observations posts in the county under the "Operation Sky watch" program for Oregon and 26 other states. :" He said he is having consid erable difficulty manning the posts on a 24-hour basis, be cause of the lack of any press ing emergency. Cooperation is being obtained during the day light hours he said and he hopes that at least a 14-hour watch could be made effective. Col. Stafford was out in the county today doing further organiza tion work for the operation. Cite Attack Possibility United Press reported today from Portland that the opera tion is intended as an exercise in defense of the country against what Air Force officials - have said could be "the most deadly sneak attack in history." Oregon's part in the 27-state program got under way at 8 o'clock this morning, according to United Press, when spotters officially began manning their posts. The civilian watchers have been instructed to report the presence of suspicious aircraft to a filter center located in Port land. From there the reports will be forwarded to air defense command for recording. 150,000 Participate More than 150,000 volunteers are participating in the opera tion . with 9,000 observation posts being manned throughout the area along the Canadian border and down the west and east coasts to San Diego, Calif., and North Carolina. The Air Defense Command said that because of the short age of trained personnel, the spotters will have to work ov ertime. Defense officials have announced that at least 500,000 volunteers are needed. 5tormsXauseJwo Fires in Forests : Two forest fires in the Ap plegate district were started this week-end by storms, Verus Dahlin, fire control officer, re ported. Lightning struck trees at the head of Horse Creek Sunday night and the fire was sighted Morning from Dutchman Peak. Lookouts reported that the fire was plainly visible but small. Fire fighters have been dispatch ed to put out the blaze which Is a short distance from the end of a logging road. About one-fourth acre of tim ber was burned in a fire at Wrangle Gap Saturday. Dahlin said that lightning yas also the cause of the fire, and that mem bers of the forest service had put it out. Lookouts have sighted sever al strikes, but only two fires. Dutchman Peak lookouts said that they expected another storm Monday. Bridge Report Due To Grand Jury Soon The state highway bridge en gineer's report on the structur al condition of the Rogue River bridge has been received and will be considered by. the new grand jury convening on July 21, according to District Attorn ey Paul Haviland. Haviland reported this morn ing that, in general, the report "definitely states the bridge is safe and is built according to state specifications." A large docket , of criminal cases will be presented to the old grand jury at its session this Thursday, according to the dis trict attorney, with the April stabbing of Carl Blair, Shady Cove, among them. BASEBALL American League . St Louis 501 010 000 7 12 2 Boston 000 000 005 5 9 2 Madison, Harrist (9) and Moss; Scarborough, Nixon (1) and White, Wilber. ' ' . , Home runs for St. Louis; Moss (3) none on; for Boston: Gernert (9) 2 on; DiMaggio (9) 1 en. Weather FORECAST: Hot and try throujh Tuesday. Low ' to night SS; hita.Tuday ltfa. Temp. Highest Yesterday . m Lowest this Moraine ' (4 JiSjltlBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON, ji RACERS CROSS FINISH LINE Two en tries flash across the finish line in the Rogue Valley Soap Box derby held here Sunday. The car in the center lane was winner in the heat by almost a length. Front wheels of the second racer are just over the finish stripe. The third TRIUMPHS IN DERBY Richard Reeves, 15-year-old Grants Pass boy, is shown holding the trophy emblematic of the top honors he won;in the Rogue Valley Soap Box d,erby, here. Sunday. Young Reeves'rode his "Blue" 'Blazes'' xactMctp&& a field of 82 .v4nt,!'lown'with"the"champ Anne avenue are, from left to Chevrolet company, one of the derby sponsors;. Harry Dubbs, Grants Pass, who sponsored Reeves, and Jim Dunlevy, general chairman. Soap Box Derby Won By Grants Pass Boy As Thousands Watch Richard Reeves Sunday was probably the happiest boy in the Rogue River valley. He rode his "Blue Blazes" racer to victory in the Rogue Valley Soap Box derby on the Queen Anne ."speedway", here. Triumph earned the 15-year-old Grants Pass youth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Reeves, a trip to the national derby sponsored by the Chevrolet company at Akron, O., on August 10. Reeves won out over a field of 82 youthful drivers as thousands lined the 900-foot downhill course to see about 45 races that culminated in the finale between the Class A and B champions. The Grants Pass lad won from a field of 38 in Class A, while 11-year-old Ralph Dillon, Medford, won out over 44 Class B entries. In the deciding run down the hill, Reeves won out over Dillon by a car length in a stirring fin ish and, after a big hug from his mother, he was transported with derby and city officials and a siren-blasting motorcycle police man to the starting ramp to re ceive his trophy. Dillon was the only Medford youth to gain the semi-finals. Chuck Mansfield, Grants Pass, was runner-up in Class A and Roland Van Datta, also of Grants Pass, runner-up in Class B. Special Awards - Two Medfordites received special awards, however; Ronnie Meyer received a tool set for the best constructed car and Ken neth Dunlava a drill set for the best upholstered auto. Calir Jones, Ashland, will get a week's stay at Boy Scout camp for the poorest constructed racer. Reeves 'was sponsored in the Rogue Valley derby by . Harry Dubbs, Grants . Pass paint con tractor. He will be sponsored in the Akron competition by The Medford Mail Tribune. The derby, first held here in many years, was sponsored by Barnes Chevrolet, General Mo tors corporation Chevrolet di vision and The Mail Tribune. It marked the climax of several months of. preparation during which the participants construct ed their own cars-. Many volunteer groups and in dividuals assisted at the derby and Jim Dunlevy was general MONDAY, JULY 14, 1952 on the starting ramp on Queen right, Larry Barnes of Barnes (Brainerd photo) chairman. Dunlevy, a native of Akron, will accompany Reeves to the national event. Ashland Mayor Phil Stans bury won an easy victory, over representatives from Medford and Grants Pass in the pre-race "Oil Can derby." Stansbury, aboard a roller-skated rocking chair won by probably 60 or 70 lengths over Medford Mayor Diamond Flynn and a Grants Pass citizen who stood in for Mayor Morris Milbank. Mayor Flynn, sporting a bright red shirt and an outhouse on rollerskates, pulled his entry across the line just ahead of the third-placer from Grants Pass. The Grants Pass entry was aboard a wooden contraption that vaguely resembled a horse. Salem U.R) Whichever way the Salem Soap Box Derby went, the Adams family was sure to win. In the first Soap Box" Derby run-off in Salem, the Adams brothers, Douglas and Danny, won the race in each of their divisions. Douglas, 13, won the Class A division for boys 13-15 years of age and Danny,. 12, won the Class B for boys 11-12 years of age. In the runoff Douglas finished a few scant feet ahead of Danny and thus qualified to go to Ak ron, Ohio, for the National Soap Box Derby to compete - for a $5,000 scholarship. LOGGING ACCIDENT Robert Wesley Jacks, 26, route 1, box '144", Gold Hill, was injured in a logging accident north' of Rogue river this mor ning, according to Conger-Morris ambulance attendents who transported him to " Community hospital here from a doctor's of fice at Rogue River., . He was struck by a log which went out of control as it was being pulled downhill by a tread tractor, ambulance men said. Jacks was knocked downhill. He was said to be an employee of the Charles Hilkey logging crew. Astoria (U.R) E. L. Mike sell, Grants Pass, Saturday was the new Oregon Department commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. United Preu Full Leased Wlie No. 98 entry in the race is far behind, in the far lane. Victor in the heat won the chance to participate in further eliminations of the derby. Crowds in similar numbers to the one shown at the finish lined the length of the race course. (Brainerd photo) 150 Union Men, Families, Recover From Food Poison Portland (U.R) Some 150 members of the Portland Boiler makers union and their families Monday were beginning to par take, somewhat gingerly, of food as the after effects of a mass food poisoning outbreak here Satur day wore off. The poisoning, characterized by physicians as staphylococcus infection, taxed the hospital and ambulance facilities of the Port land area Saturday afternoon as scores of picnickers were strick en almost simultaneously . in Viking park on the .city's. .west side."., vyy 7" .'' '"' - They had been"eaiing refresh ments furnished by a caterer and consisting of hamburgers, hot dogs, ham, potato chips and corn chips. A laboratory report pin ning down the source of the poison was ' expected sometime Monday. AH" Ambulances Called Every available ambulance in Portland and some from Van couver and other points were called to the scene on the banks' of the Sandy river. Streets lead ing to the park were cleared by police to make way for the streams of emergency vehicles. Doctors and nurses were sum moned from their homes to six eastside hospitals as patients seized with violent cramps and nausea were carried in until every bed. was filled and others had to be stretched out. on the floors. Emetics and stomach pumps were used to relieve the more serious cases and most of the victims had been released from the hospitals by late yesterday. There 'were no deaths and few of the cases were critical. Calais, France (U.R) A 14-year-old boy was injured ser iously qn a beach near here Sunday night when a German rocket hidden beneath the sand since World War II exploded ac cidently. Koje" Island, Korea (U.R) Two North Korean Communists were wounded Sunday in sep erate shootings in a prisoner of war compound, the 8th Army announced today. Democrats Seek Sixth Win; As 17 Candidates Slug It Out in Wide-Open Field Chicago (U.R) Democrats shooting for their sixth consecu tive presidential election vic tory began moving Monday into the National Convention battle grounds where the Republican Party just named its 1952 Eisenhower-Nixon ticket. They convene here one week from Monday to nominate their presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Field Wide Open The field is wide open for the first time since .1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt won a bitterly contested nomination and launched his . party on a course of conduct which vastly altered the world picture at home and . abroad. . His political heirs and his op ponents are coming here 20 years later to slug it out for control of the Democratic Party. . There are 17 more or less avowed preidential candi- Steelworkers Seeking Further Concessions As Strike End Price' Washington (U.R) Acting Defense Mobilizer John R. Steelman announced Monday negotiations between the striking CIO Steelworkers un ion and the steel companies will resume at Pittsburgh at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Pittsburgh (U.R) The CIO United Steelworkers drove Gov. Dewey's Camp Providing Workers For Eisenhower Chicago (U.R) Dwight D. Eisenhower dipped into the pol itical organization of New York's Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Monday to recruit some top advisers for his presidential campaign. The decision is not likely to set well with many followers of McKAY INVITES IKE Salem (U.R) Gov. Douglas McKay telegraphed an invita tion to Dwight D. Eisenhower Monday to spend a vacation in Oregon before taking on the terrific task of campaign for president as the nominee of the Republican party in the November election. Sen. Robert A. Taft and it could be a factor in how hard some lieutenants of the defeated GOP candidate work for Eisenhower's election. It was one of Eisenhower's last official acts before his de parture for Denver late today. In Colorado Eisenhower plans to rest for the "crusade" he and Sen. Richard M. Nixon of Cal ifornia, his youthful running mate, will make in their effort to restore Republican control in Washington. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty, .Dewey's public relations man for sever al years, was named Eisenhow er's press secretary. Thomas E. Stephens, secretary of the New York Republican committee, was picked as his 'appointments secretary.- It was understood that all members of Dewey's political team will play important roles in the campaign. Dewey and his men have been credited with a big part in engineering Eisen hower's first ballot victory over Taft in last week's showdown fight at the Republican Nation al convention. The Ohio senator, who left town Sunday for a vacation re treat at Murray Bay, Quebec, Canada, has promised to do all he can to help elect Eisenhow er. But he has no plans to take an active part in the campaign unless invited to do so by the general. Don't Want Dewey His lieutenants made it clear on several occasions during the convention last week that they wanted no part of Dewey. Arthur H. Wndenburg, son of the late Michigan senator, was named by Eisenhower to be his executive assistant and Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas and Fred A. Seaton of Nebraska, were picked as advisers. Robert Matthews was named Eisenhower's business manager while Lou S. Kelly was named transportation representative. Abott Washburn was chosen as an assistant to Vandenburg. NEED BURnTncTpERMITS Jacksonville Permits must be obtained before Jacksonville residents may have trash fires and burning will be permitted only between 5 and 9 p. m., Fire Chief J. M. Minnis said to day. Permits may be obtained by telephoning his residence. - dates in the field, including some horses darker than black. A lot of wise money already is down on Gov. Adlai E. Steven son of Illinois who has said that he did not want the nomination. The governor joked Sunday that if he were nominated, "I would shoot myself." As the clans gather, it appears that Stevenson can have the nomination if he wants it. Pres ident Truman has promised hands off, but he didn't say posi tively, either. He wants a can didate who will run on the Tru man administration record and support Truman administration objectives. Harriman New Dealer Averell Harriman is the only man in the field with any sub stantial backing who has gone all out for what the president calls his Fair Deal program. Some others are close and Stev enson is close enough. He was Mr.- Truman's first choice- for Children for further concession from the steel companies Monday as the price for ending the longest and costliest strike in the industry's history. The steel companies issued a joint . announcement Sunday that they had made "suggest ions for settling the important issues still in dispute" and that the union was considering them. "We are still in disagreement with the industry," a union spokesman said at noon today. It was reported the union was seeking clarification of the language and tightening of the industry's union security pro posal. May Call Meeting CIO President Philip Murray was considering calling a meet ing of the union's .170-man wage policy committee, probably late this week. However, Murray hoped to have a better proposition to lay before the committee before is suing the call. The companies' version of the union security clause was reported based on the "cooperation" shop previously worked between the union and Bethlehem Steel. Under the Bethlehem pro posal, new employes would have to join the union, but would be permitted to resign within 30 days. The industry's new "suggest ion" was reported to provide that new employes would have 30 days to signify whether they wished to join the union, but their decision would have no ef fect on their employment. July Blood Program Is Behind Schedule Appointments for the July blood collection of the American Red Cross are lagging from the pace of previous months, the county Red Cross office said Saturday. With the visit of the bloodmo bile units only two days away, only 30 appointments had been made, according to the report. The unit will be here on Wed nesday, July 16.- It will be in operation.J r o ra -12:30 . to 5:30 p.m. at the Elks temple. Gener ally, a Red Cross official said. 150 to 175 appointments have been listed this near to the date for visits of the unit. Residents of the vicinity shpuld not be deterred by the hot weather in this collection program, it was said. The Committee for Industrial Organization has, urged its mem bers and their families to partici pate in the blood for . defense program. Price Lids Off Most Fruit, Vegetables Washington (U.R) Price Chief Ellis Arnall removed price controls Monday from 90 per cent of all canned and frozen fruits and vegetables and warn ed that "some prices might rise." The action is effective as of July 1. The Office of Price Stabiliza tion said the move is being tak en only because tne ueiense Production Act, as amended by Congress last month, requires it. Arnall issued an order formal ly removing ceilings at the pro cessing, wholesale and retail levels on nearly all canned and frozen fruits and vegetables, in cluding baby or junior foods, fruit and vegetable Juices, potato chips and dried fruits. Washington (U.R) The White House announced Monday that President Truman is confined to his private quarters suffering from' a "mild virus infection." Convention Time Nearing the nomination at one time but his coy behavior may have cool ed the President's enthusiasm. This Democratic Convention may become as angry as the Re publican ruckus which ended last week. Powerful Southern party leaders are insisting that the 1952 platform backtrack on civil rights, especialy from the 1948 pledge to enact federal fan employment practices legisla tion. President Stands Pat Mr. Truman is determined that the party shall stand pat, or even go further in committing itself. The left-of-center Americans for Democratic Action and the powerful CIO, partners in Mr. Truman's political program, are as strongly committed to all-out civil rights as the 'South is against it. Sen. Estes Kefauver, the Ten nessee television crime buster, was front runner as the Demo crats began to gather. He has k 100-Degree Readings Return to Rogue Area One hundred degree temp erature in Medford have re turned. The high Sunday was 102. according to the Med ford office of the weather bur eau, and an even 100 degrees is expected Tuesday. With a forecast of "hot and dry" through Tuesday and a continued low humidity, the weather bureau said that fire danger remains great. Fighter-Bombers Rake Battlefield; UN Troops Take Hill Seoul, Korea (U.R) Fighter bombers of the 5th Air Force raked the 155-mile Korean bat tlefront Monday in one of the closest heavy support attacks of the year. F-86 Saberjets probably de stroyed one Communist MIG-15 jet and damaged another in two brief air battles in "MIG Alley." Capture Hill On the ground. U. N. infantry men captured a. Communist-held hill on the Eastern Front after three days of heavy fighting. North Korean soldiers counter-attacked, but were driven off an hour and a half later. Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) The Communists called a two day recess in Korean truce ne gotiations Monday, possibly to study a new United Nations pro posal to break the deadlock over exchanging war prisoners. The Reds gave no explanation in asking for the recess. Neither would the U. N. disclose what occurred during the 10 daily secret sessions which preceded the request. New Proposal Seen It was likely the U. N. had submitted a new proposal or statement Sunday which the Communists wished to study or refer to a higher authority for decision. The United Nations Command officially denied Communist charges that Allied war planes bombed a prisoner of war camp near Pyongyang in last Friday's record raid on the North Ko-J rean capital. The Reds ' claimed 13 Allied prisoners .were killed and 72-wounded -. - Pedestrian Safely Award Due to Ashland The city of Ashland has been awarded a special citation from the Automotive Safety founda tion for its cooperation in the protection and convenience of pedestrians, . it was announced today. The award is part of the Na tional Pedestrian protection con test, sponsored by the American Automobile association. Ashland won the emblem for its fine ac cident record among cities un der 10,000 population. Mayor Diamond Flynn, Med ford, will present the emblem to Mayor Phil Stansbury of Ash land, during the chamber of commerce luncheon Tuesday, July 22, in the Ashland Elks lounge. BULLETINS Aboard United Slates (U.R) The American super-1 i n e r United States captured her second Atlantic blue ribbon within a week Monday with the fastest east to west cross ing in history. Fairbanks, Alaska (U.R) Fire leveled the Pioneer hotel here early Monday and offic ials believed at least four per sons perished. Some third floor roomers said they be lieved as many as 50 were, trapped. 257 convention votes. Sen. Richard B. Russell, Geor gia, has 134; Harriman, 113; Sen. Robert S. Kerr, Okla., 33. Another 255 votes are scattered among 13 other candidates, few of whom have any chance' what ever of being nominated for any thing. The rest are uncom itted There will be 1,230 votes in the Democratic National Conven tion. Necessary to nominate, a bare majority of 616. ' . Others Named Speaker Sam Rayburn, Vice President Alben W. Barkley, Stevenson and Mr. Truman, him self, are among the 13 others, each of whom has from Ray burn to 42 votes Stevenson. If Stevenson refused to ac cept a draft nomination the con vention easily " could become deadlocked. In that event a very serious effort would be made to renominate Mr. Truman, al though he has said he ..will not tun again. , ion Fir Birthday Party Has Flaming End; Rescue Try Fails Children Die In Bed; Cause Not Determined Ashland (U.R) Mrs. Don Mc Bride's birthday party had a flaming aftermath Sunday when the McBride home, was destroy ed and three children were kill ed by fire after the guests de parted. Flames starting in the living room raced through the house after the McBrides and two young friends had gone to bed. Mrs. McBride's 11-year-old son, Donald Vernon Marston, Sid ney Marcus Decker, 9, and Shar on Lee Decker, 10, apparently suffocated as they slept in an upstairs bedroom. The Decker children were the son and daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Decker, Ashland. McBride, young Marston's stepfather tried to reach the children but was forced back by the heat and smoke. He said he and his wife had barely been able to reach safety when the flames woke them in their down stairs bedroom. Cause of the fire was unde termined. Four Others Killed Automobile accidents and a drowning claimed four more lives in Oregon Sunday. An 18-year old Walla-Walla. Wash., boy was drowned in Wal lowa lake when the boat in which he was riding capsized,. Two other youths were with him but they managed to hang on to the side of the boat until rescuers arrived. A tow-month-old baby girl died when her parents' car crashed into a power pole near Newburg, The parents were hospitalized but not seriously injured. Delmer J. Combs, Eugene, was killed when he was thrown clear of a crashing car and then crush ed when it rolled over him. Joseph L. Linkenhoger, Port land, died when his car went out of control on the Dallas-Valsez highway and . plunged over a bank. Cool Air Eases Hot Spel in Midwest ; By UNITED PRESS Cool air drifted between the Mississippi river and the Rocky mountains Monday but was in no hurry to spread to the swel tering Eastern sections. The cool air mass reached as far as the Texas Panhandle. It shook out the high humidity in a series of thunderstorms during the night in portions of the Midwest. A flash flood poured knee- deep water through the streets of Wilber, Neb., after an esti mated four and one-half inches of rain fell in less than an hour. Extensive property damage was reported but there were no casualties. The progress of the cool air was lazy. The Chicago weather bureau said its effects would not hit the South and the East ern seaboard before Tuesday. Keel of Mightiest Aircraft Carrier Laid Newport News, Va. (U.R) The United States laid the keel of the world's mightiest aircraft carrier Monday with a warning to Russia that American air pow er soon will be able to strike back at aggressors anywhere. Deputy Defense Secretary Wil liam C. Foster said the USS For restal will "carry the naval air power of the United States to any part of the world to pro mote security and peace for our selves and our families." High Navy and military brass, congressmen and civilian digni taries watched as the keel plate was lifted onto the center of a 1.000-foot submerged shipway, marking the start of construc tion. Total cost of the ship, the world's largest vessel of any type, will be more than $220,- 000,000. Eva Peron Said Holding Own in Illness Battle Buenos Aires (U.R) Grave ly ill Mrs. Eva Peron, wife of President Juan D. Peron and a political power in her own right was reported holding her own Monday .in a battle against death. Mrs. Peron never recovered completely from an unspecified major operation last November. Unofficial reports said she was near death from general, ill ness, malnutrition and physical waste resulting from a chronic constitutional affliction. Salem 0J.PJ Albert K. Gille, Salem city councilman and head of the tax roll division of the State Forestry Department, died Sunday night in a Salem hospit al. He was 65 years old.