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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,
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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.