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Newspaper Page Textnn-rr -rr-rr -rr-r-rvr-H- DF0RB United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1952 No. 99 Me ' sir r fey 53r QUEEN OF THE SEAS Pictured above is the superliner United States, which arrived in New York Monday afternoon after shattering all records for an east to west crossing of the Atlantic. Earlier in the week the United States snapped the New York to England record. Both marks were previously held by the English liner Queen Mary. ' LINER UNITED STATES RECEIVES GALA WELCOME AT END OF RECORD RUN New York (U.R) The new queen of the seas the superlin er United States docked Tues day completing a round trip speed run of the Atlantic. The Hudson river became a canyon of heroes with bunting, brass bands, buzzing helicopters and tooting ships as the United States steamed in for a victor ious welcome. Flies Blue Ribbon The superliner steamed up the harbor through a drifting fog Truman Emphasizes He Will Not Run Chicago (U.R) President Tru man passed the word to the Democratic high command Tues day to "discourage" any attempt to renominate him at next week's national convention be cause he does not want to '"be carried out of the White House in a pine box." Mr. Truman's instructions were relayed through Democrat ic National Chairman Frank E. McKinney who told a news con ference the President "reiter ated" to him Sunday 'for per haps the 15th time" that he does not want to run. Man Killing Job McKinney quoted Mr. Truman as saying: "I meant what I said ... I have servedmy time. This is a man killing' job. I don't want to and you wouldn't want to see me be carried out of the White House in a pine box." Asked what .would happen if a move developed' within the convention to draft Mr. Truman, McKinney said: "In view of what he has told me, I feel it is my duty to dis courage such a move." Youth Charged With First Degree Murder Astoria (U.R) Ward Wenger, 20, object of a two-state search in connection with the hammer slaying of his foster mother, Mrs. Marie Wenger, 47, today was charged with first degree mur der. The information was filed in Justice court here by Clatsop County Sheriff Paul Kearney. Meantime, the search for the youth, missing since Mrs. Wen ger's blood-spattered body was found wrapped in a rug in her home last Friday, spread through Oregon and Washington.Police believed Wenger was driving his mother's car.' - "... Deputies made a close search of all motels along the.coast and were hunting along little used forest trails and other isolated spots for signs of Wenger or the automobile. . . An Astoria physician said Mrs. Wenger was killed by eight ham mer blows on the head. ' Berlin Barriers Set Up To Prevent Kidnapings. Berlin (U.R) West Berlin police completed Tuesday erec tion of steel road barriers along the city's east - west border to prevent further kidnaping raids by Communist Eastern agents. Barriers were put up at 119 crossing points. The construc tion was speeded after the Com munists said nothing could stop them if they wanted to get any -Western agent.", ; ; v from her maiden round trip voy age, flying from her mast a 20 by 40 foot "blue ribbon" for breaking both eastbound and westbound Atlantic speed rec ords. The liner returned the speed records to this country for the first time in 100 years. Thousands gathered along the waterfront before the dock and traffic on the West Side high way, running at deck height along the waterfront, was snarl ed as drivers slowed to look at the triumphant ship. Ticker Tape Welcome New York City's traditional welcome for heroes a - ticker tape parade awaited the com-, modoreand his crew Friday. The official time for the re turn voyage was three days, 12 hours and 12 minutes, knocking nine hours and 36 minutes off the previous record set by Brit ain's Queen Mary in 1938. The time was one hour and 32 min utes slower than the record breaking passage to Europe last week. Cost Wrangle The maiden voyage ended with a wrangle still going on at Washington over her cost, how ever. The new queen of the seas probably will sail from New York several more times before the Justice Department decides whether the public paid too much and United States Lines Inc.. too little for the superliner. The total cost was more than $70,000,000, of which the gov ernmen paid three-fifths in the form of subsidies. Three Valley Inductees Leave for Armed Forces Two Medford men and one from Phoenix left for induction into the armed forces on July 15 at Portland, according to the Medford selective service office. They were Larry Arthur Coates and Charles Daniel Cox, both of Medford; and Richard B. Harrison of Phoenix. $562,500 Asked in Damage Suit by House Los Angeles Hearings be gan in superior court here to day on a suit brought by "The House of Mystery" in Jackson county, Oregon, against "Con fusion Hill," in Mendocino county, California. The suit, which charges plagiarism and pirating of ideas and methods, seeks damages totaling $562,500, and an injuction against the con tinued operation of "Confusion Hill." Alleges Ideas Stolen The suit was brought by Mr. and Mrs. John Litster, ' prop rietors of "The House of Mys tery," against the partnership operating "Confusion Hill." It charges that the ideas, lectures, physical construction of the premises and methods of dem onstration for "Confusion Hill" are virtually identical to those used at "The House of Mystery" and which were originated there. They are used without permisson of Mr. and Mrs. Lit ster, who have a common law right to them, the suit main tains. The .court is asked for a judgement against the defend ants of $62,500 for loss of rev Kef auver Manager Charges Attempted Delegate Bribery . Chicago (U.R) The wide open battle for the Democratic presidential nomination boiled up Tuesday with charges of at tempted bribery of some dele gates to next week's national convention. As the big field of candidates jockeyed for pre - convention strength, Sen. Estes Kefauvers campaign manager accused an unidentified supporter of Sen. Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma, of attempting to bribe some South ern California delegates to switch from Kefauver after the first ballot in return for free transportation to Chicago. Not Linking Kerr Gael Sullivan, who made the charge at a news conference, em phasized that he was in no way linking Kerr himself with the alleged delegate . bribe attempt. California's 68 delegate votes are pledged to Kefauver. Sullivan also said that Ke fauver supporters want the con vention which opens here next Monday to be free of what he called "fixers and masters of the double-cross." He said it "could be" that the "fixers" .do not have the authori zation of the various candidates Stop Kefauver Drive Sullivan also claimed there is a drive under way to "stop" Ke fauver. Kefauver at the moment has more convention delegate votes than any of the other 16 who have been mentioned as candidates. Sullivan, former executive di rector of the Democratic Nation al Committee, said a Kefauver leader in California told him that a Kerr backer contacted eight delegates "and was saying ar rangements could be made for transportation" pf the delegates to Chicago.' The' transportation would be -paid, he charged, if the delegates switched their sup port from Kefauver after the first ballot. Sullivan said the Kerr backer was not identifed to him. Says Tickets Purchased In Los Angeles, John Anson Ford, head of the Southern Cali fornia convention delegation, said that "a certain party" was trying ; to bribe delegates. He Medford Hottest In State Monday Medford, with 102 degrees, was again the hottest spot in the state yesterday. The Dalles had 100, and Portland had 95 But along the coast it was cool Newport's maximum was 60. The weather bureau today forecast "slightly cooler" tem peratures in the Rogue valley. Wednesday's maximum was pre dicted to be 92 to 95. Fire danger continued in most Oregon forests. A drop in tem peratures in the northern part of the state brought little relief and forecasters said no rain was in sight. Afternoon 'humidities were expected to drop to near 35 per cent in interior northwest Oregon and to 20-25 per cent in interior southwest and south central Oregon. of Mystery enue; $250,000 for depreciation in the value of the business, which is placed at $500,000, and $250,000 for unfair competition. It also asks a permanent injunc tion, and "such other and fur ther relief as to this court may seem just and proper." Say Revenue Cut The amended complant which is the basis of the hearing sets forth that prifJr to 1950, when "Confusion Hill" began busin ess, the annual income of "The House of Mystery" was about $100,000, and that since that time the income has been less than $75,000. The decrease in revenue was attributed to con fusion in th minds of the pub lic, for whose patronage the two are competing. The imitaton, copying, plag arism and pirating of "The House of Mystery's" building, place of business, concrete form and combination ideas and the identical manner of presenta tion of. lectures, demonstrations, exhibitions and method of op eration, constitute, the com plaint alleges, infringment of the "common law copyright'1 of the plaintiffs. charged that the unidentified person purchased eight round trip tickets to Chicago on the Kefauver Special for use by dele gates. The tickets cost more than $1,700, he said. The presidential contest got new impetus from the vigorous insistence of Gov. Adlai E. Ste venson of Illinois that he won't be drafted. He has not con vinced- everyone, but the other candidates feel they have a chance so long as he balks. Appointments Only 50 Per Cent of Blood Gift Needs With the July blood collection drive tomorrow, the Red Cross has only-50 per cent of the don ors 'needed to reach its quota, drive officials said this morning. Usually appointments for 70 to 80 per cent of the people re quired to reach the quota have been made by this time, it was said. The bloodmobile unit will be open from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Elks temple. "Drop-in" donors will be wel come. Blood donations usually de crease during the summer months, volunteers said, but the need for blood increases for both military and civilian usage. Harold Campbell, a service man returned from two years in the Philippine islands, visited the local Red Cross offices this morning, declaring that Red Cross blood is "the only thing that's keeping my father alive." Campbell is in, Medford on an emergency leave from Travis Air Force base, California.. He is giving blood transfusions to his father. Earl Campbell, Apple gate, who is in Community hos pital. Both Harold' and his brdther, Francis, have donated blood for their father and they are urging their other relatives to do the same. Sees Importance Young Campbell said he has seen in the Philippines how im portant Red Cross blood is to military life, and that he is now learning it is equally important to civilians. The blood officials encouraged relatives of people who have re ceived Red Cross blood in trans fusions to help replace the blood. They said this was not manda tory, but it would be greatly ap preciated. A very small percent age of the blood taken from the blood bank is paid back, it was said. Criminally Insane Escapees Captured Tacoma (U.R) Two escapees from Western State hospital, both listed as dangerous, were captured early Tuesday after two Pierce county sheriff's offi cers on a routine mission spotted them in the Spanaway area. The prisoners were Clifton George Randolph, committed in connection with the 1951 mur der of Harry Standard of Car bonado, and Fred Stacy, com mitted for kidnaping. They es caped Monday afternoon. Deputies chased them into some brush and, after the offi cers fired several shots, Stacy surrendered. Randolph escaped, but was found hiding in- some brush two blocks away. He sur rendered meekly. x Their escape had touched off a widespread search by state and local officers. Randolph, after being charged with the murder of Standard, had been declared criminally insane by psychia trists and sent to the" Steilacoom institution. Randolph was arrested 'April 12, 1951, by Oregon State Police at Medford, after he was brought to the police office by relatives. Loaded Log Truck Rolls, Driver Hurt Alvin A. Alexander, 27, of 383 O'Gara street, suffered head injuries Monday afternoon when the load shifted on his logging truck and the truck rolled over an embankment in the Ragsdale Springs area. - He was taken .by Conger-Morris ambulance to Community hospital where he was treated and released. Damage by Frost To Valley Grains Is Now Appearing Cold Snap Prevented Bumper Crop in Area Frost damage to the Jackson county spring grain crops is be ginning to show up, it was re ported in a meeting of the coun ty agriculture committee last night at the courthouse. The June 12 freeze has re sulted in blighted heads in much of the grain, according to Agri cultural Agent W. B. Tucker, but the fall crops have not been affected. Despite the frost Tuck er predicted "probably the larg est cerial grain crop in three years." It would have been a bumper crop if it hadn't been for the frost, he added. ' Some grass seeds also have been seriously affected by the June freeze, Tucker said. The agriculture committee an nounced the range area is ex ceptionally good for this time of year. Heavy rains in June will make the grass to produce espe cially fat Jackeson county 'cattle this year, Tucker predicted. Grain Sales Good Sales in grains are very good, according to Tucker. Oats and barley are going at $60 to $65 a ton in the field and wheat at S70 to $72 a ton. Good alfalfa hay also is high in demand and as brought prices from $27 to $32 a ton. Some even went for as high 'as $35, Tucker said. The second alfalfa crop is now being harvested. The earlier crop sold for around $25 a ton. The agriculture committee was pessimistic about the out look, for sale of forage crop seeds. There is very little activity in the seed trade, Tucker said. State Finance Dept. Under Attack for r..- ing Salem (U.R) A heated at tack on the new State Depart ment of Finance and Adminis tration was launched by State Treasurer Walter J. Pearson and Secretary of State Earl T. New bry Tuesday, and Pearson said he would ask the 1953 legisla ture to abolish the department. The Department of Finance and Administration, headed by Harry Dorman as director, comes directly under the appointive authority of Gov. Douglas Mc Kay. Gov. McKay sat back with a smile at the Board of Control meeting in the Capitol Tuesday and remained-nearly silent while Newbry and Pearson pitched into the Department of Finance and administration. Both Pearson and Newbry said that if the 1951 legislature had given, the Board of Control enough money to hire one more man it could have accomplished considerably more than the De partment of Finance. Salaries Said Wasteful In fact, Pearson and Newbry said the Finance Department with its several "fancy" salaries had been wasteful and expensive. McKay interrupted only long enough to remind that the de partment was proposed by the "Little Hoover Commission" as one means of saving the state money. Pearson said his deputy treas urer, Fred Paulus, "thinks the Department of Finance is waste ful." Routine Business Due At Council Meeting The city council meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the city hall is expected to cover "just rou tine business," City Superin tendent Robert Duff said this morning. The only major items scheduled are two hearings one on a rezoning petition, the other for a water main. . The rezoning petition calls for rezoning of the north side of West Jackson street, from Wood stock to Grape. The other hear ing will be on a trunk water main on Jeanette avenue be tween Main street and the south city limits. Weather FORECAST: Generally clear with little change in tempera- ' tore tonight. Partly cloudy and slightly cooler Wednes day. Low tonight . 60; high Wednesday 92-95. Temperature: Highest Yesterday 102 Lowest this Morning 60 Fancy Spend STOP PMPAiAlTO, U.S. TELLS RUSSIA Steel Negotiators Unable to Agree in Morning Session Steelman Asks Group To Keep Standing By Washington (U.R) The government permitted manu facturers of civilian goods Tuesday io resume buying steel from warehouses but only types not needed by the military. Pittsburgh (U.R) Repre sentatives of the steel industry and the CIO United Steelwork ers met today at the request of the government but were unable to reach a settlement of th 44 day walkout of 590,000 basic steel workers. , After a two-hour conference with industry negotiators CIO President Philip Murray an nounced: Still Disagree "We have continued our dis cussion this morning and are still in disagreement." He said that he and Joseph Larkin, Bethlehem Steel vice president representing the ma jor steel companies, had re ported to Acting Defense Mob ilizer JohnR. Steelman by tele phone. "He has requested us to stand by for further word from him," Murray said. The union head said he expected Steelman to communicate wth him "within a few hours." Larkin Non-Commiilal . Larkin was non-committal when asked-if there would be another negotiating session. - "We're standing by," he said. "We expect to hear within, a few hours." Today's meeting was arranged by Steelman after a series of week-end talks broke up with Murray rejecting a new indust ry "suggestion" for ending the walkout, most costly in the na tion's history. Truman's Condition Reported Improved Washington (U.R)-r-The White House reported Tuesday that President Truman's condition was "improved" but he must fol low a restricted schedule for sev eral days because of a "mild virus infection." "The President's condition is improved, today," said Press Sec retary Joseph Short. "He will have to remain in his quarters on the advice of his physician, for Tuesday. Became 111 Sunday "If the doctor has his way, the President will take it easy for a couple of days more." Mr. Truman became ill Sun day. On orders of his physician, Maj. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, all engagements Monday were cancelled. Two engagements ten tatively set for Tuesday also were cancelled. According to Short, the Presi dent still has "a slight tempera rute," but is able to be out of "bed part of the time." State Prison In Futile Escape Attempt Salem (U.R) Oregon State prison officials wondered Tues day what prompted Harold Hayes, 21, to crawl into a 15 inch sewer pipe where he died in his bid for- freedom. Hayes- was found dead Mon day in the sewer pipe after pris son guards and trusties tore up much of the penitentiary yard in a futile attempt to save him. Another prisoner in the escape plot, Franklin Clingenpeel, 19, was rescued from the sewer aft er he became frightened and yelled for help. Had Short Sentence "Hayes had such a short sen tence to serve," said Warden Virgil J. O'Malley. "He had not been in serious trouble here be fore and would have been elig ible for parole as early as the law allows." O'Malley said the two men entered the sewer pipe near the prison machine shop. The pipe, L END OF THE LINE - Enemy locomotive' stands alone amid debris and wrecked rail beds in North Korea after being put out of business by Navy pilots flying interdiction .missions from car rier Task Force 77. Fighter-Bombers Hit North Korean Locomotive Shop Seoul, Korea (U.R) Allied fighter-bombers hit a locomotive repair shop and cement factory near Pyongyang Tuesday in an other aerial assualt against vital targets "in " the ; North Korean capital zone. The attack was carried out by Shooting Stars and Marine Cor sairs. Pilots reported a huge fire and numerous secondary explo sions broke out after they dropped bombs and peppered the target area with machine gun bullets. Near Battered Pyongyang The shop and factory were lo cated about 15 miles east of Pyongyang. Other fighter-bombers con tinued close support strikes against Communist front line positions, destroying 24 bunk ers, four gun positions and three supply buildings. In Tokyo, U. S. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. J. Lawton Collins warned the 'Communists they can expect "some tough bomb ings" unless they agree to an armistice. Can Turn Back Reds He said also that U. N. forces could turn back any Communist offensive unless an "outside pow er" should enter the war. In that case, he said, the U. N. would "employ anything to save our forces" except germ warfare. On the ground. Allied soldiers hurled back another savage Red counterattack on the East Coast hill south of Kosong irt a bitter hand-to-hand-battle. The toll of enemy dead and wounded on the height rose to nearly 600 for the last four days. Tokyo (U.R) The Com munist party of Japan celebrat ed its 30th anniversary Tuesday with police throughout the coun try alerted against possible riots. Inmate Dies one of three used to carry the prison's sewage, was purpose ly small in diameter to prevent its use in a prison break. Hayes went first and Cling enpeel followed him. After go ing a few feet, Clingenpeel be came frightened and yelled for help. Guards came to his aid and freed him from a manhole. Used Power Equipment Guards and trustees used pow er equipment to dig down to the level of the pipe. They punc tured a hole in the sewer pipe about 10 feet from the prison wall. A purse mirror, borrowed from Janet. Tugman, the only girl reporter on the scene, was used by guards like a dentist's mirror to spot Hayes' red and white clad body in the pipe. In one of the hottest days of the summer, sweating convicts tore up the sewer sect: n by section until Hayes' body was finally recovered. Stale Department Edict Termed Major Blow in Cold War Publication Freedom In Russia Demanded Washington (U.R) The Unit ed States Tuesday curtly order ed Russia to stop publication of all propaganda in this country in a new major blow in the cold war. In a 300-word note to -the Kremlin, it also said t has or dered an immediate bait to pub lication of Amerika, the Russian language magazine this country publishes in Russia. Replies To Bulletin The State Department edict applies to the Soviet Information Bulletin, a slick-paper magazine giving Americans a rosy view of life in the Soviet Union. It also cracks down on all other Red propaganda flowing from Mos cow. The action leaves the depart ment's Voice of America as the only information link between the American and Russian peo ple. The Kremlin has never been able to silence its broadcasts, despite widespread jamming ef forts which have been stepped up in the past few months Obstructionist Measures The State Department said it took the action because the Kremlin used "obstructionist" measures to slash the circula tion of Amerika to a few thou sand copies to keep Soviet read ers from getting a "true picture of American life . . ." The note said Russia could re sume publication of its bulletin if it would grant Amerika the "same freedom of publication distribution and sales which has been accorded Soviet publica tions in the United States." Want Circulation Checked One condition, it said, would be permission for American dip lomats to check Ameri'-'s cir culation. . The department action got an immediate approving nod from Sen. Earl E. Mundt (R-S. D.) who said "complete 100 per cent re ciprocity" is the only "rule of thumb" to apply to Russia. . "If Russia is going to bar . . . Russians from reading and hear- ing the truth about our free way of life," he. said, "we Americans should put a stop to all Russian efforts to use American media of information." Wilson Brothers To Hear Sentence .Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) Utah and Turman Wilson, con victed of the kidnap-slaying of JoAnn Dewey, prepared Tues day to hear their fourth death sentence. They were scheduled to ar rive from the Washington state penitentiary at Walla Walla late Tuesday. Soon after Clark County Su perior Judge Eugene G. Cush ing convenes his court Wednes day, the brothers will learn the date of their execution. Officials said they will be re turned to Walla Walla immed iately after resentencing. 30 Day Lapse The brothers were certain to have at least 30 days of life after the day of their sentencing since state law requires a minimum lapse of that length of time be tween sentencing and execu tion. The maximum period be tween the day of sentencing and hanging is 90 days. The brothers' three other dates with the gallows were called off pending legal appeals of the conviction. Police 'Satisfied' Dunkin Still in Area State police are still ''definite ly satisfied" that George Baker Dunkin is still in the mountains of northern Jsckson county, where he has been sought since June 24, Police Capt. Paul Par son said today. Dunkin, wanted on a warrant charging the murder of State Po lice Officer Phillip B. Lowd, has not been apprehended, but three officers, detached from, regular duty to seek him, are "still run ning down rumors," Captain Parson said.