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Iranian Premier Mossadegh
Resigns as Demands Denied
Mrs. Truman Visits
HST In Hospital;
Recovery Continues
President Expected
On Job Saturday
Washington ' (U.R) Mrs.
Truman arrived here from Mis
souri Thursday and hurried to
the side of the president who is
receiving treatment for a virus
infection at Walter Reed gener
al hospital.
The first lady looked tired
and rumpled as she stepped from
the trajn at nearby Silver
Springs, Md., after the long trip
from Independence, Mo. But
she gave the photographers a
cheerful "good morning."
Spent Good Night
As she arrived the White
House announced Mr. Truman
spent a "very good night" but
that he might run a "little bit"
of fever later today.
Nevertheless, it said, his condi
tion continues good.
Mrs. Truman was accompan
ied by the President's naval
aide, Adm. Robert Dennison.
Secret service men refused to
allow reporters to talk to her
in the interests of hurrying her
on to the hospital.
Exhaustive Tests
Meanwhile, medical special
ists scheduled a series of ex
haustive tests to determine the
physical toll seven years in the
White House have taken on the
President.
Mr. Truman's personal physi
cian, Maj. Gen. Wallace H. Gra
ham, wanted him to have a thor
" ough checkup before he becomes
embroiled in the hot-and-heavy
political campaign coming up.
Mar Return Saturday
White House Press Secretary
Joseph Short said that the Pres
ident expected to be back in the
White House by Saturday, but
in the meantime he would not
have any visitors except Mrs.
Truman and his private secre
tary, Miss Rose Conway.
Washington Blaze
Now Under Control
By UNITED PRESS ;
A 500-acre forest fire which
killed a forester and his son
near Marblemount, Wash., was
under control Thursday, but two
other blazes raged unchecked
in Washington and British Co
lumbia. In British Columbia, the Red
Cross flew .supplies to aid 10
families' left homeless by a fire
that burned across 2,000 acres
25 miles northwest of Prince
George. In addition to the homes,
the fire destroyed three portable
sawmills and a logging camp.
Damage was estimated at
$30,000r
More than 200 men, were
fighting a blaze that already has
destroyed 600 acres of timber
north of White Salmon, Wash.
The fire was out of hand near
Gilmer, and at least six families
in the area were evacuated. A
strong wind hampered fire
fighters. 10th Polio Case Listed
In Eastern Oregon Area
Ontario (U.R) Mrs. W. B.
Wilson of Nyssa was confined
today to the polio ward of the
Malheur memorial hospital, the
Oregon-Idaho border region's
10th victim of the disease.
, Dr. L. A. Maulding, Malheur
county heaith officer said Mrs.
Wilson was, taken to the polio
ward Tuesday night, less than
24 hours after her 9-year-old
son, Kay, was confined by the
same affliction. Mrs. Wilson's at
tending physician said she had
only a mild case without
paralysis.
Collie's Mysterious Vigil
Starts Mine Shaft Search
Joplin, Mo. (U.R) The
mystery of a water-filled mine
shaft and the faithful collie dog
that has guarded it constanly
was still unsolved Thursday
when a big diesel pump broke
down and stalled workers try
ing to drain the shaft.
The dog's mysterious vigil at
the mouth of the hole wore in
to its 18th day.
Awaiting Return
Volunteers and members of
the Joplin ' Humane Society,
who have taken charge of the
draining project, were convinc
ed the patient animal is await
ing the return . of someone
possibly hs master who dis
appeared down the 140-foot
abandoned mine shaft.
A big diesel pump used to
drain the shaft, which is filled
with "hundreds of yards" of
water 70 feet down, broke down
Wednesday night.
Pumping to Resume
A voluntter rushed to Tulsa,
Okla, for repair parts and pump
MURDERED GIRL The
murder of Eileen Fahey, pictur
ed above, was believed solved
today when New York police ar
rested Bayard Peakes, a former
Columbia university student,
! who said he killed her because
the school turned down his the
sis. (International) .
College Employee
Murdered Because
Thesis Turned Down
Boston (U.R) A former
Columbia university student
confessed Thursday he mur
dered pretty Eileen Fraley, 18,
because "I was mad at Colum
bia" and she was "the first per
son I ran into."
I Bayard Peakes. 29. of Dover-
Foxcroft, Me., arrested by New
York detectives shortly after
midnight when he walked into
a police trap, said he wanted re
venge against the school because
it had rejected his "thesis on
electronics."
Acted on Tip
New York detectives James
Corcoran and Louis Behrens and
Boston police, acting on . a tip
supplied by an unidentified pro
fessor at Columbia, surrounded
the building in the back,, bay.
section of Boston wherev Peakes
lived.
A few minutes after midnight
Peakes returned from his work
at a packing house and the de
tectives closed in on him.
"You got me I'm the one
who killed her," Corcoran said
the self-styled electronics expert
told him at the time of his ar
rest. Mad at Columbia
"I was mad at Columbia be
cause I had been refused read
mission to the university and I
just took it out on the first per
son I ran into who I thought was
to blame," Peakes told police.
"He said he had written a
thesis on physics," Detective
Capt. Francis-G. Wilson of Bos
ton said. "He claimed he could
make men live 500 years."
US Warships Carry
War to Communists
Seoul, Korea (U.R) U. S.
warships carried the war to the
Communists while bad weather
bogged down U. N. ground and
air forces.
The 45,000-ton battleship
Iova led the assault from the
sea on Red ground positions
Wednesday, hammering mortar
and gun positions and dug-in
troops at the eastern end of the
battle line.
The Iowa and the. destroyer
Kimberly , destroyed four heavy
guns, damaged four more, burn
ed out four bunkers and wreck
ed coastal installations.
ing was expected to be resumed
Thursday afternoon.
The collie, whose owner has
not been identified, relieved the
tension of the project somewhat
Wednesday when he showed in
terest in a new doghouse furn
ished" by' the " humane society
to protect the animal from dren
ching rain. . .
But nothing, including an esti
mated 1,000 spectators daily,
rain, blasting or poisoning, has
succeeding in discouraging . the
dog's faithful watch.
Receives Kind Treatment
The belligerent collie backed
away from the open mine shaft
when spectators came in too
close, but kind treatment and
good food appeared to' be mel
lowing him. .
The dog was found near death
at the mine shaft Monday night
and humane- society members
feared it had been poisoned. Dr.
R. B. Koger, veterinarian who
revived the collie, said the dog
poisoned itself by eating lime:
Disorders Expected
As Army Garrisons
And Police Alerted
Ultra-Nationalist
Seeks Dictatorship
Tehran, Iran (U.R) Shah Mo
hammed Reza Pahlevi announc
ed Thursday the resignation of
ultra-Nationalist Premier Mo
hammed Mossadegh and at the
same time ordered the Army
and police to keep order in this
restless capital. ,
Army sources said the general
staff ordered all garrisons
throughout the country to be
alerted to deal with possible dis
orders. Stores Close
Stores started closing in-Tehran
in a move to show support
of Mossadegh.
Mossadegh quit because the
Shah would not agree to his tak
ing over the war ministry per
sonally. Had the Shah yielded
and Mossadegh also won his de
mand for unlimited economic
and financial powers for six
months, informed sources said,
the premier would have become
virtual dictator of Iran.
Pledge Support
Twenty-seven of Mossadegh's
National Front supporters in the
Majlis, lower house of Parlia
ment, immediately signed a mo
tion pledging to support the de
posed premier "to the last
breath."
Many said they would take
sanctuary in the Parliament
building until Mossadegh has
been "rehabilitated." Army
troops and police guarded the
building.
The- Tehran army garrison
sent tanks and other military
vehicles into the city.
Mossadegh left Tehran this
morning for his home village of
Ahmedabad, about 30 miles
west of Tehran.
Radio Tehran withheld news
of Mossadegh's resignation for
fear of stirring up demonstra
tions among his followers.
Blood Drive Said.
Success, Despite
Many 'Rejects'
Despite "an unusually high
number" of rejects, 201 pints of
blood were collected during the
Medford blood drive yesterday,
and the project was termed a
"rousing success" by Red Cross
volunteers.
Seventy-nine of the 280 indi
viduals who arrived to donate
blood yesterday at the Elks tem
ple were rejected by the nurses
on duty. This was offset by the
high percentage of citizens who
kept their appointments. "No
shows" were almost non-existant,
it was said.
Appointments to fill only
about 50 per cent of the 225
pint quota had been made by
Tuesday morning, but great num
bers made appointments Tues
day afternoon and there were
many who dropped in without
appointments.
Smaller Units
A smaller than usual bloodmo
bile unit was sent this month be
cause of the expense and because
of the usual lessening in blood
donations during the vacation
months. This made the lines of
donors move more slowly than
usual.
Drive officials expressed
thanks to the American Legion
auxiliary, the staff aides and
nurses', aides,' the Gray Ladies,
the Junior Service ladies, the
nurses' association and the Jun
ior Red Cross, who helped con
duct the drive. They also thank
ed the local press and radio
stations for the. publicity re
ceived. Gl Bill for Korean
Vets Signed by HST
Washington (U.R) Korean
veterans Thursday became eli
gible for the same government
paid readjustment privileges en
joyed by World War II veterans.
A new GI Bill of Rights, esti
mated to cost the government
SI, 000.000,000 annually, was
signed into law Wednesday by
President Truman.
Like its World War II coun
terpart, the new bill provides
free schooling and- job-training,
government guaranteed home
and business loans, mustering
out pay and unemployment com
pensation. Generally - eligible are veter
ans who served at .least 90 days
any place in the world since the
start of the Korean War, and
who were not dishonorably dis
charged ,
Schooling allowances may be
drawn starting Aug. 21.
Medford
Cr.iUo Cress iull Leased Hru
47th Year 22 Pages
Four Oregon People
Killed in Flaming
California Crash
Private Plane Smashes
Into El Segundo Homes
El Segundo, Calif. UjR) A
crippled private plane dove into
a crowded residential area in the
early morning fog Thursday
killing all four persons aboard
and setting two homes afire.
The sleek blue plane was
piloted by Dale Baker, Grass
Valley, Ore., whose twisted
body was found wedged at the
controls.
Others aboard the plane and
nsiea Dy sneriii s deputies as
killed were Baker's wife, Mur
iel Joan Baker, 21, and an old
er woman, possibly her mother
Florence Joyce Jones, of
Gresham, Ore. The fourth body
that of a man, was tentatively
identified from papers and bag
gage as T. F. Jones, also of
Gresham.
Others Get Minor Burns
Several persons, neighbors of
the owners of the damaged
homes, received minor burns as
they pitched' in and set up an
amateur hose brigade to fight
the roaring flames.
One home was leveled and the
other, the home ' of Sam Cald
well 21, was badly seared by the
gasoline-fed flames. Only the
quick thinking action of -the
neighbors in bringing their gar
den hoses into play saved bor
dering homes.
Hits Unoccupied Home
The four-place Stinson sput
tered low over the neighborhood
shortly after taking off from the
Hawthorne Municipal airport at
7:23 a.m., PDT, then dove into
the unoccupied home of the va
cationing C. B. Corley family.
It ripped through the roof of
the Corley home and slammed
into the side of the bedroom of
the Caldweirh6me- next door
and ironically failed to awaken
the Caldwell's two-year-old son,
Sammy, Jr., Sleeping in a near
by crib.
Escape was Miracle
"It is a miracle we escaped, '
said the breathless Caldwell
minutes after the rumbling
crash. "We were asleep and
were awakened when it. hit the
house next door. We grabbed
Sammy and raced out the back
to find our house on fire."
Blood spattered on adjoining
homes from two of the bodies,
two of which were thrown clear
of the small craft.
Motormen Blamed
For Subway Wreck
New York--(U.R) Authorities
blamed two motormen Thursday
for a collision of subway trains
in a steaming tunnel deep under
Manhattan's financial district in
which more than 100 screaming
rush-hour passengers were in
jured.
A Brooklyn-bound express
train rolled backward into an
other train at the Fulton street
station of the Brooklyn-Man
hattan Transit Co. at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday. Brief panic broke
out in the stuffy subway tun
nel when the impact knocked
crowded straphangers off bal
ance.
Police reported that most in
juries were slight. Only a few of
the victims were forced to re
main in the six hospitals where
they were taken for emergency
treatment after the crash.
The. New York board of trans
portation ordered suspension of
the two motormen operating the
trains pending completion of an
investigation.
Weather Cooler; Fire
Danger Still High
Weather considerably cooler
than that last week has eased
fire danger somewhat in north
western Oregon's forests, al
though the hazard is still high in
the-southwestern area. The wea
ther bureau forecast maximum
temperatures in the neighbor
hood of 95 degrees for today and
tomorrow in Medford.
No rain is in prospect, the
weather bureau said.
PARK ENTRANCES OPEN
. James Bromley, district main
tenance superintendent for the
state highway department in
formed state -police today that
the north -and east entrances to
Crater Lake National park have
been opened to two-way traffic.
The north entrance had been
opened to one-way traffic since
Saturday.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
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THEY'LL BUILD A PLATFORM Chairman John McCormack of Massachusetts (arrow) opens the
first meeting of the preliminary drafting committee for the Democratic national convention platform
committee at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago.
$515,864 Low Bid
For Highway 99
Project Accepted
A S515.864 .bid by T. W.
Thomas, Portland, for work on
the Medford-Phoenix section of
Highway . 99 was accepted last
week by the State Highway
commission, it was reported to
day by Ralph Watson, the com
mission's public relations con
sultant. The bid was accepted the
same day as the bid for the Rock
Point-Blackwell Hill section was
announced, but had not previ
ously been-reported here. s .
The project involves 5.36
miles of gradnigand "paving be
tween Medford and the Jackson
county farm home. The high
way will be converted into four
lanes, and the bid includes fur
nishing 2,000 cubic yards of
crushed material in stockpile,
Watson's report said.
Long Advocated
The project has long been ad
vocated by southern Oregon in
terests, and is a portion of the
high-priority construction pro
ject of four lane highway from
Ashland to Central Point. Other
sections will be completed later.
The Rock Point-Blackwell
Hill project, to cost $704,706,
will by-pass Gold Hill by mov
ing the highway to the south
side of the Rogue river, elimi
nating two bridges across the
river on either side of Gold Hill.
The job was awarded to the Cen
tral Heating Co. Ore.g. Ltd. and
F. L. Somers, Eugene, on a low
bid.
Both jobs are federal aid pro
jects, with the' state and federal
government sharing the cost.
Irrigation Ditch
Fixed; Water Flows
The Wreak in the Medford ir
rigation ditch has been prepared
and water should reach the val
ley by tomorrow morning, ac
cording to J. A. Hoffbuhr, man
ager of the irrigation district.
It had been reported earlier
that the area served by the dis
trict might be without water un
til Saturday, but the break was
repaired much more rapidly than
was expected. This was Decause
the Medford district borrowed a
crew from the Rogue River dis
trict and because the two crews
worked 34 hours straight, Hoff
buhr said.
Water was turned into the
ditch again at 11 a.m: Wednes
day, Hoffbuhr said. The water
has now reached Antelope creek,
he added. The break occurred at
the Eagle Gulch flume Tuesday
afternoon.
TWO AMBULANCE RUNS
Conger - Morris - ambulances
took two accident victims to
Community hospital today, the
hospital reported. Mrs. Cloe Fra
zier, 70, of 2781 Howard avenue,
suffered arm and leg fractures
in a fall from a porch, and Don
Jackman, 909V North Riverside
avenue, was hit on' the jaw by
a plank at Southern Oregon
Planing mill on Beall lane, it
was said.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 7-1
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and McCullough.
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1952
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Tough Civil Rights
Plank Demanded by
New Deal Democrats
Chicago (U.R) New deal
Democrats Thursday spurned
compromise offers of Southern
ers, and demanded party plat
103-Mile Pipeline
Project to Medford
Announced by Firm
L.-San Francisco" (U.R) The
southern Oregon area will be
served by a new 103-mile oil
pipeline from Crescent City,
Calif., to Medford, Ore.
California - Oregon Pipeline
announced Thursday it has been
granted a government permit
for a tax write-off and will lay
the line as soon as surveys can
be made.
A spokesman said the firm
hoped to have the project under
way before next year..
At present, oil for southern
Oregon is hauled by tank barge
from San Francisco to Crescent
City, then by truck inland.
The new pipeline will utilize
one pumping station and have a
capacity of about 7,000 barrels
a day.
Reports Confirmed
The San Francisco announce
ment confirmed reports previ
ously published' in The Mail Tri
bune. Four options were reported
filed April 25 by the Cal-Ore
Pipeline company for a 15-foot
right of way through a portion
of Jackson county. The pipeline
.was planned then to enter the
valley at the Old Stage road
near Gold Hill and to follow
along the road in a southeastern
direction toward Medford.
Property for a terminal north
of Medford was bought from Lu
cille Chapman, William Foley
and Henry Connell. The termi
nal, to be used for ' distribution
of the petroleum throughout
southern Oregon, will be near
the McCullough Chain Saw com
pany, short distance north of
the Valley Drive-In theater.
Robert Choate, engineer for
the Cal-Ore company, said that
all types of petroleum products
would be carried by the pipe
line. He added that the products
of all petroleum companies
would be conveyed.
Grand Jury Begins
Criminal Docket
The Jackson county grand jury
today began consideration of a
large criminal docket, according
to District Attorney Paul Havi
land. The April stabbing of Carl
Blair, Shady Cove, is among the
cases to be considered.
Robert Dickey, assistant dis
trict attorney, said the grand
jury will consider negligent
homicide charges against Roylee
Howard Newsom, Friday.
. Newsom, 603 North Bartlett
street, was charged with man
slaughter when an auto-truck
accident in which he was in
volved June 5 resulted in the
death of a Torrance, Calif., cou
ple, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley C. Ful
lington. The accident occurred a
mile north of Central Point on
Highway 99.
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form, planks calling for tough
civil rights legislation, an end to
Senate filibusters, and a denun
ciation of "McCarthyism."
Rep. Emanuel Celler D-N.Y.,
proposed the plank condemning
"McCarthysim" the methods
used by Sen. Joseph R. McCar
thy (R-Wis.). to try to prove the
administration is infested with
Communists and fellow travel
lers. Particularly Concerned
: Celler said he was particular
ly concerned about this issue be
cause McCarthy addressed the
Republican National convention
"We will serve our country ill
if we keep silent on this issue,"
he said. "This is a damnable
evil."
Celler was one of a rjumber of
witnesses to testify before' the
Democratic platform writing
subcommittee, which will make
recommendations for a plat
form to the full resolutions
committee.
Middle-of-the-road Democrats
and pro-administration South
erners on the group hoped to
work out a compromise on the
civil rights plank in order to
prevent a recurrence of the
1948 Southern bolt. j
Reject Compromise
But Celler and Northern and
left-wing Democrats vehemently
rejected any talk of compromise
on the issue.
"We dare not descend from
the mountain peak of 1948 as to
civil rights," Cellar said. "Let
not the dead hand of reaction
and intolerance guide our
action."
He called particularly for a
compulsory fair employment
practices commission to prevent
discrimination in employment.
He accused the Republicans, in
adopting a plank opposing dis-
crimination in principle, of
merely uttering "palaver and in
nocuous phrases."
"Let us make one plank, plain,
simple, unequivocal so that even
Dwight D. Eisenhower, with all
his naivete and gullibility, can
understand," he said.
Oregon Delegation to GOP
Conclave Termed Congenial
Bob Dickey, Jackson county's
assistant district attorney who
was an alternate delegate to
the Republican National conven
tion, returned home from Chica
go this week. Long an Eisenhow
er supporter, . he was pleased
at the outcome of the GOP con
clave. Bill McAllister, Medford at
torney and delegate- whose al
ternate Dickey was, has not yet
returned. He is taking a vacation
en route home. Robert A. El
liott, insurance man here who
was a delegate, is now taking
summer training with the Army
reserves, in which he is a ma
jor. Delegation Congenial
Dickey said the Oregon dele
gation, which included Gov.
Douglas McKay and Sen. Wayne
Morse, was "an extremely con
genial" one, working with the
one purpose in mind of nomin
ating General Eisenhower.
"It was a harmonious and
hard-working delegation, and
was effective both on the floor
Weather
FORECAST: Continufd fair
through Fridav. Low tonight
51; hifh Friday 93-95.
Temt.
Highest Yesterdav 95
Lowest this Morning 51
!ival Candidates
Making Pitch for
Big City Support
Georgian Repudiates
Taft-Hartley Act
Chicago (U.R) Sens. Rich
ard B. Russell and Estes Ke
fauver made rival pitches Thurs
day for big city support in next
week's Democratic National con
vention. The two men are currently the
leading candidates, in delegate
totals, for the Democratic presi
dential nomination.
Wants Arvey's Support
Russell told reporters at a
news conference that he is frank
ly "very much interested" in
getting the support of Chicago
Democratic leader Jacob Arv
ey. He talked politics with Ar
vey, Russell said, but failed to
get a commitment. Arvey's
choice is Gov. Adlai E. Steven
son of Illinois.
The Georgian bid for union
labor . support Wednesday night
by repudiating the Taft-Hartley
Act. for which he twice has vot
ed. He said that he would fol
low this up by conferring with
CIO President Philip Murray
when Murray comes here later.
Backs Anti-Filibuster
Kefauver, who has directed
his appeal so far to the "little
people" of the party, said at a
news conference Thursday he is
backing a proposal by Sen. Her
bert H. Lehman, N.Y., for an anti-filibuster
rules change in the
Senate.
Since the filibuster is South
ern Democracy's strongest wea
pon against civil rights and oth
er legislation it doesn't like, Ke
fauver's statement was an open
bid for support by big city Nor
therners who consider a strong
civil rights plank a powerful
campaign talking point.
Harriman Gets Plug'
The third-ranking candidate
in unofficial delegate counts
Averell Harriman of New York
got a stout plug today from
New York's Democratic state
chairman, Paul E. Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick said Harriman will
win the nomination "on an early
ballot." But Harriman, as he
left for Chicago from Washing
ton, said he was making no ad
vance victory claims.
Fitzpatrick is building up the
New York millionaire as the
candidate of "the man in the
street." He based his claim of
an early ballot victory, Fitzpat
rick said, on talks he has had
"with party leaders from all ov
er the country."
Jacksonville Man
Wounded by Bear
Homer Meed, 21, Jacksonville,
is confined to a hospital at Cor
vallis as the result of an en
counter with a huge black bear
last Friday in Lobster valley
near Corvallis. He is expected
to recover from the mauling.
Meed and his brother, Norm,
who are employed by a logging
company of .the Alsea area, re
portedly were hunting and
wounded the animal. They were
searching for it in the brush and
it jumped dn Homer Meed. His
right leg was said "ripped" and
he was bitten three times.
Norm Meed killed the bear
with three shots of a high-powered
rifle and is credited with
saving his brothers life.
and in committee," said Dickey.
"It was a key delegation, being
already committed to Eisenhow
er, and was 'solid' for the gen
eral." he added.
Elliott, who is chairman of
the Oregon GOP central com
mittee, was made a member of
the national committee by a vote
of the convention, and in other
ways was an outstanding dele
gate, Dickey reported. Elliott
was one of four who' made
speeches seconding the nomina
tion of General Eisenhower, and
as such . appeared on the nation-wide
broadcasts of all ma
jor radio and television net
works. His speech generally was
considered one of the better ones .
made at the convention, Dickey
said.-
Dickey Casts Votes
Dickey was given a chance '
to vote as McAllister's alternate
twice during the convention
once on the rules change which
made GOP chairmen of Republi
can states members of the na
tional committee a vote on whi-h
the Oregon delegation was split.