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47th Year 18 Pages
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1952
No. 99
Me
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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.