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Newspaper Page TextCOLORFUL Ambassador Tran Van Kha of Viet Nam arrives at the White House to present his credentials to President Truman. The colorfully dressed ambassa dor is his country's first envoy to tte United States. Controversial Farm Price Support Bill Signed by President Washington (U.R) P r e s i dent Truman Friday signed into law a controversial bill requir ing the government to support basic farm crop prices at rigid, high levels for the next two years. Although some of the nation's major farm organizations bitter ly assailed the measure, Mr. Truman said it would insure "reliable" price supports and promote "high" production for consumers. Falls Short of Demands The president said the law falls short of his demand for out right repeal of the much-criticized "sliding scale" price sup ports. But it does set the system aside for the next two crop years. j In short, the measure: 1. Insists that grower prices for corn, wheat, cotton, peanuts and rice must be supported at 90 per cent of parity through 1955 instead of according to the 75 90 per cent "sliding scale." Extends Dual Parity 2. Extends for two years the so-called "dual parity" program on wheat, corn, cotton, and pea nuts, providing that parity is figured according to which of two formulas will produce the higher price. 3. Establishes price supports for extra long staple cotton on a similar basis as ordinary length, staple, upland cotton. The National Grange and Am erican Farm Bureau Federation charged that rigid supports would lead to more and more government control of farm pro duction. President Expects To Leave Hospital Washington (U.R) President Truman, comforted by the pres ence of his wife, Friday spent what he hoped would be his last day of medical tests at the Army's Walter Reed Hospital. Mr. Truman is scheduled to leave the hospital sometime Sat urday and return to the White House for a quiet week end be fore settling down by his tele phone and television set for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Mr. Truman still plans to go to Chicago next Thursday or Friday to address the convention after the delegates have selected the Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees. White House staff members were optimistic about the Presi dent's physical condition. Appar ently he has thrown off most of the effects of his virus attack. Thursday was the first day since Sunday that he had no fever. New Engine Delivered To Fire Department The Medford fire department added a new fire engine to its equipment yesterday. Fire Chief Gordon Barker said this morn ing. The engine arrived yesterday, but the piping is still being work ed on. The pumper will receive its test run next week, Barker said. The new truck, a Maxim, is believed by Barker to be the only one of its make in this part of the country. Weathe. FORECAST: Fair through Sat urday. Low tonight 49. High Saturday 90. Temp. Highest Yesterday 94 Lowest this Morning SO Limited Steel Seizure Under Consideration As Negotiations Fail Washington (U.R) The White House has instructed the Justice Department to draw up papers to seize the strike-bound steel industry under the Selec tive Service Act, it was report ed Friday. A high government source said seizure under terms of the act was being "seriously consid ered" because the industry and the CIO Steelworkers have fail ed to settle the 47-day strike through collective bargaining. The decision to move ahead with seizure plans was made at a meeting Thursday between Acting Defense Mobilizer John R. Steelman and officials of the Justice and Defense Depart ments and the Munitions Board. Seizure 'Very Limited' It was reported the seizura would be "very limited." Pre sumably, the government would channel defense contracts just to certain producers and then take over those plants if produc tion was not forthcoming. The White House spokesman said every possibility of getting the steel mills back into produc tion was under consideration but that no decision has been leached. This left open the possi bility that the Justice Depart ment had been instructed to draw up seizure papers for use JURY INDICTS DRIVER, STAB CASE SUSPECTS, FREES RESTAURANT MAN Jackson county's grand jury returned five, indictments this morning. Included were charges of negligent homicide, and as sault while armed with a dan gerous weapon. It dismissed two felony complaints against Henry McGranary Orders Jury Investigation Of Big Oil Cartel Washington (U.R) Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. praised Attorney General James P. Mc Granery Friday for ordering a jury investigation into whether a U. S.-British cartel controls the world oil market. The Missouri Democrat, who has been waging a running fight with the administration for an inquiry into the alleged cartel told a reporter the Justice De partment's action was "a con structive step toward a solution of a problem which has been all too long overlooked and ne glected in this country." Seven Firms Accused McGranery announced Thurs day night that he had ordered Justice Department lawyers to seek both criminal and civil ac tion against seven of the world's largest oil companies accused of splitting up world markets and fixing prices under a cartel agreement. McGranery's action followed closely Hennings' charges Thurs day that the seven companies operate as an "independent world government" controlling the oil industry outside the Unit ed States and "dominating" the oil industry within this country. The seven firms listed in the anti-trust action by McGranery were the same as cited by Hen nings: Standard Oil Co. of New Jer sey; Standard Oil Co. of Cali fornia; Texas Co.; Socony Vacuum Co.; Gulf Oil Co. all U. S. firms and Royal Dutch Shell and Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. British-controlled firms. G. E. Gerrell Named To Draft Board Here G. E. Gerrell, route 3, box 54, has been appointed to Selective Service Board 17 July 8 to re place R. K. Rians who resigned, ti was reported today. Rians, 820 East Ninth street, was an associate member of the board. He resigned July 1 be cause of ill health. Ashland Barbers Raise Haircut Price to $1.25 Ashland Barbers of this city, who have held the price line for a haircut to $1 longer than those in any other southern Oregon city, will raise the price to a standard S1.25 effective Monday, it was annou-ced this week. GOLD HILL ELECTION Gold Hill A city budget elec tion to approve $14,085 over the 6 per cent increase limita tion is being held today at the Gold Hill city hall from 1 to 7 p. m. The budget was previously passed by the voters but due to a legal, technicality that election was declared invalid. on an if-and-when basis. Section 18 of the Selective Service Act permits the Presi dent to take over any steel plants that "fail or refuse" to deliver on defense orders. The administration did not use the seizure powers when it first took over the steel indus try, claiming it was "too in volved" a process to determine what plants were holding direct defense contracts. President Truman then seized the industry under his so-called "inherent" powers but this was struck down in a momentous de cision by the Supreme Court. Efforts Collapse The move was reported as the latest efforts of Steelman to bring about an agreement through collective bargaining collapsed. Steelman instructed Union President Philip Murray and the Bethlehem Steel Corp. speak ing for the "Big Six" steel com panies to make a final stab at an agreement last Monday. The parties failed to bridge the final issue in the dispute, the union shop. This indicated Mr. Truman was standing pat on his refusal to use the Taft-Hartley Labor Management Act in an attempt to halt the nationwide walkout. Fpng, 450 Charlotte Anne road, Medford, according to Bob Dick ey, deputy district attorney. A true bill indictment was re turned against Roylee Howard Newsom, 603 North Bartlett, Medford, charging negligent homicide. Newsom was involved in the June 5 accident north of Central Point in which two oc cupants of the other vehicle, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley C. Fullerton, were killed. For Armed Assault An indictment for assault while armed with a dangerous weapon was entered against Monte Stockton, 26, of 118 East McAndrews road; Dee Stockton, a brother, Shady Cove; and Don ald Earl Yule, 22, Shady Cove. Yule is now in the state penitem tiary serving a term not to ex ceed two years and eight months, for parole violation. The three men were involved in the April 19 stabbing of Carl Blair, Shady Cove, during an early morning brawl. Blair has since recovered from the wound. Two felony complaints, threat ening commission of a felony and assault while armed with a dangerous weapon,-which were filed against Fong by Mrs. Grace M. Teeple during a recent labor dispute at Kim's restaurant, were dismissed . by the grand jury in a non-true bill. Beating Involved An indictment against Vernon Clifford Smith. Sacramento, Calif., and Jack Pete Roulette, also California, for assault and robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon, was return- j ed. The indictment concerned the beating and robbing of a Camp White man on the Airport road earlier this year. Other indictments returned were against James G. MacCol lister, route 1, box 93, Talent, on a non-support charge and Ed ward Cooper? Eugene, for at tempting to obtain money under false pretenses. The charge against Cooper involved a bad check passed on a Myrtle Creek bank. ' All those indicted will be ar raigned on the charges in the near future, according to Dickey, and if they enter pleas of guilty will be sentenced. If they plead innocent they will be given time to obtain counsel and a trial will be held, he added. This was the last meeting of the April grand jury. The term of the new grand jury will begin next Monday. 3,000 Gallons of Cyanide Accidentally Dumped Into Wabash River in Indiana Lafayette, Ind. (U.R) More than 3,000 gallons of deadly cyanide flowed down the Wa bash . today, and authorities warned Hoosiers to stay away from the river. A crew of state health and conservation employees launch ed a row-boat and floated along with the poison to watch its ef fects and shoo swimmers, fish ermen and animals away from the river. - v Health and conservation au thorities conferred hastily in In dianapolis Thursday when they learned that ; workmen at a Lafayette industrial firm had ac cidentally dumped the cyanide into the Wabash. They sent an emergency pa SOME CHANGES MADE-Lennie Dennis removes a portrait of D wight Eisenhower as Estes Kefauver picture takes its place in Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago. Two Forest Areas To Be Closed To Non-Permit Entry Two forested areas of Jackson county will be closed Monday to all entry, except by permit, it was announced today by Dis trict State Forest Warden Ted Maul. . The two areas affected by the order, issued by Gov. Douglas McKay upon advice of the state forester, are generally similar to the territory similarly closed last year. The areas are closed to "menace to life and property due to excessive amounts of dry grass and inflammable debris left on the ground by logging operations, and fires in past years." The northernmost area lies be tween Prospect and Butte Falls. Permits for .entry may be ob tained at state forest patrol head quarters on Table Rock Road, and at the Butte Falls, Prospect, McLeod and Trail guard stations. The other is the Jenny Creek Dead Indian Creek area, lying north and south of the Green springs highway. Permits to en ter there are obtainable at patrol headquarters, and at the Ash land, Lincoln' andJVIoon Prairie guard stations. Red warning signs telling of the closure, which have maps showing the area involved, will be posted at all forest road en trances to the areas by Monday, Maul said. Violation of the per mit order subjects the violator to a fine of $25 to $250, and a jail term of 10 to 60 days, or both. Dirt Slide Blocks SP Railroad Track A dirt slide in the vicinity of Savage Rapids dam this morn ing covered the Southern Pa cific railroad tracks, delaying the southbound train from Port land by about 4V& hours, it was reported today by SP officials. Robert Holmes, district freight and passenger agent here, said that bulldozers were put to work clearing the tracks, and that the train was expected to arrive here early this afternoon. Passengers on board were brought to Med ford by bus from Grants Pass, where the train was held until the tracks were cleared. - Holmes added that due to com munications difficulties, he did not have details about the slide, but he said he understood it to be about 30 feet in length, and varying from a few inches to eight feet in depth. The railroad runs along the north side of the river in that section. BASEBALL AMERICAN Chicago 3110 New York 6 61 Slobbs and Sheely; Gor man, Sain 8 and Silvera, Ber ra. Home runs for New York: Bauer and Woodling. . trol to watch the banks of the fabled river and to take samples of the water all along the way. The samples ' will probably be tested in Indianapolis today, said Dr. L. E. Burney, state health commissioner. The poison had already killed hundreds of fish as it drifted lazily southward, but no human beings were reported dead or ill. The cyanide is drifting at a rate of about one mile per hour and is expected to reach the city of Terre Haute, Ind., sometime Saturday. , Drinking Water Endangered Terre Haute takes its drink ing water from the Wabash, and a state health expert has al ready been sent there to test the Lnlted Pr 47th Year 16 Pages eu Full Leased Wire tflfthem devoid iireDimg Disputed Democrat Delegations Go To Credentials Group Texas, Mississippi Ballots Contended Chicago tU.R) Rival "loyal ist" and "regular" delegations from Texas and Mississippi ap pealed Friday to a credentials subcommittee for formal recog nition at next week's Democratic National Convention. Seventy convention votes were involved in the two contests 52 for Texas and 18 for Missis sippi. Time Allotted The subcommittee allotted one hour to each side for arguing the Texas case and 30 minutes to each side in the Mississippi dis pute. The subcommittee will make its decisions in closed session, Chairman Calvin Rawlings of Salt Lake City said, and these will not be announced publicly until they are handed to its par ent body, the Democratic Na tional Committee, on Saturday. No matter what the subcom mittee decides or the National Committee recommends, the contests will be fought out and settled finally on the convention floor. Important To Russell The cases are important to the presidential candidacy of Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia. If the anti-administration ."regu lars" from Mississippi and Texas finally are seated in the conven tion, Russell will get all 70 of the votes. Neither pro-adminis tration "loyalist" group is com mitted, but probably would go for any candidate who finally gets the Truman administration's nod. Gov. Allen Shiver of Texas is chairman of his state's "regular" delegation. In Mississippi, Gov, Hugh White has a similar role, Separate Mishaps Claim Four Lives By UNITED PRESS Highway accidents, a fire and a drowning claimed the lives of four persons in Oregon Thurs day. Mrs. Elsie K. Keeney, 57, Eu gene, suflocated when lire de stroyed her house about 12:30 a.m. Mrs. Barbara Moody, 30, of Portland, an expectant mother, died of injuries suffered in a collision on Sunset highway at the intersection with North Plains road. Hugh Glenn, 55, veteran Bay- Ocean rural mail carrier, was killed when his automobile swerved under a loaded log truck three miles west of Tilla mook. Sue Ann Byers, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Byers of Independence drowned in the Willamette river when a speedboat operated by her father capsized. Savage Rapids Dam Work Bids Due Oct. I Bids for rehabilitation of Sav age Rapids dam across the Rogue river on the Jackson- Jo sephine county line have been called for October 1 by the Bu reau of Reclamation, it was re ported by United Press from Washington. D. C, today. The portion of the project planned for this fiscal year will cost an estimated $700,000, and a bill including an appropriation in that amount was signed by President Truman July 9. water for contamination. Sanitation workers doubted, however, that the cyanide would seriously poison the Terre Haute drinking water. The poison spurted into the river Tuesday when workmen at the Peerless Wire Goods Co. here attempted(to transfer it by hose from one tank to another. Burney said the concentration of poison at the point where it entered the stream was 480 times more powerful than that necessary to kill fish. Robert W. Heider, assistant chief engineer for the State Health Board, said: "It was one of the biggest fish killings we have ever had in Indiana." MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1952 A ' ' STAND TOGETHER Governor Allen Shivers of Texas (left) and Governor James F. Byrnes of South Carolina smile as they listen to congratulations after Governor Byrnes threatened to bolt the Democratic convention if Governor Shivers' delegation is not seated at Chicago. " " OREGON DELEGATES MAY LEAVE KEFAUVER AFTER EARLY DEMOCRAT VOTES Chicago (U.R) Monroe Sweet- land, Democratic national com mitteeman from Oregon, said Friday that there were indica tions some of the Kefauver pledged Oregon delegation may bolt from the Tennessee senator Reward Offered For Information On Killer Suspect A reward for information lead ing to the apprehension of George Baker Dunkin, wanted for the murder of State Police Officer Phil Lowd, was offered today. The money has been put up by a group of Medford busi ness and professional people who feel that it is important that the 67-year-old miner and trapper be brought to justice. So far, S250 has been collected. Those wishing to add to the amount may make checks pay able to "Reward," and mail them to P.O. Box 100, Medford. Seth Bullis, of the California Oregon Power company, has been designated to hold the money, and to select the indi vidual or individuals who win the reward. Authorized peace of ficers are not eligible, and if Dunkin is caught by a policeman, or if he is not caught within a year, the money will go to the widow of Officer Lowd. Search Continues The search for Dunkin is con tinuing in the rugged northern part of the county, State Police Capt. Paul Parson reported to day, with three officers assigned to the search. They are still fol lowing rumors and leads, me thodically checking each one of them. Lowd was shot through the head when he was approaching Dunkin's cabin, to question him, on June 24. The mountain recluse has been sought since that time in the area around his cabin, and police say they have reason to believe he is still in the general area. Central Point Fire District Vote Monday Central Point An election on whether or not a rural fire dis trict surrounding Central Point shall be formed, and election of five directors for the proposed district, will take place next Monday, July 21, according to of ficials of the present rural fire department. Voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m: in tnree polling places situated at Howard, West Side and Table Rock schools. Candidates for director positions are A. W. (Bill) Lingaas, Claude Hoover, John Wheeler, Dr. Al- vin Roberts, A. C. Thompson and David DeArmond. Washington (U.R) Presi dent Truman Friday named Walter J. Donnelly, present am bassador to Austria, to succeed John J. McCloy as U. S. High Commissioner for Germany. I unless he. wins on an early bal- lot. Two other Oregon delegates, however, insisted the 12-member delegation would stay with Ke fauver to the end. They pointed out Oregon law requires the delegates to stay with their pledged candidate as long as he has a chance. Great Variation in Loyalty Sweetland said there was a "very great variation in the in tensity", of the loyalty of the 12 delegates to Kefauver. Three of the group attended e confer ence of delegates backing Sen ator Robert S. Kerr of Okla homa, he said. Two of the delegates are known to favor Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia, he said, and added that his own prefer ence is Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. To Stay With Kefauver Delegates Walter Dodd of Eu gene and Gene Conklin of Pen dleton said they expected the delegation to stick with Kefau ver. The remainder of the dele gation is to arrive here Sunday. Sweetland said he was work ing for a strong plank in the party platform for public de velopment of water and power projects. He is a member of the platform drafting committee. Eastern Power Interests The platform, he said, should include a denunciation of what he called attacks by "eastern power interests" on western pub lic power projects. He said he expected the plat form to call for an end to freight rates that are "discriminatory" to the West Coast. Cooler Weather Trend Continuing in Valley The cooler trend in tempera ture continued today with a maximum reading of about 90 degrees forecast by the Medford office of the weather bureau. Maximum Thursday was 94. a slight drop from 95 recorded the previous day. A high of 90 de grees is predicted here for Sat urday. The five-day forecast for ths western part of Oregon includes occasional rain Sunday and again Wednesday, but the bur eau reported that the rain was not anticipated in southern Oregon. United Nations Throws Back Red Tanks in 5-Hour Battle Seoul, Korea UR) United Nations soldiers and tanks hurl ed back a Communist tank-led assault on a hill northwest of Chorwon in a bitter, five-hour battle Friday and pushed on north to take new positions. It was the first tank-vs.-tank engagement in months. The U. N. tanks claimed victory after destroying a Russian-built T-34 with a direct hit. Starts With Barrage The Red attack began about 10 o'clock Thursday night with an enemy artillery barrage. Shortly after, several T-34s and a reinforced enemy battalion be- i gan slogging through the rain toward Allied positions. Enemy tanks also supported a Tribune Doited Press Full Leased Wire No. 102 Seek Compromise By Middle-of-Road Democratic Leaders Left-Wing Elements Want 1948 Repeated Chicago (U.R) Events were building Friday toward a South ern bolt from next week's Demo cratic National Convention. The trend was unmistakable, but middle-of-the-road politicians were moving in to keep the party together with a compromise plat form and presidential ticket. With 72 hours to go before the convention opens, it was still any body's guess whether the peace makers could prevail over the left-wing elements who seemed determined to repeat the 1948 pattern of sacrificing the "Solid South" in order to woo votes in Northern industrial states. Battle Joined in Earnest The North-South battle was joined in earnest today before the convention credentials com mittee and the platform writing subcommittee. The former faced a decision on seating "states' rights' or "loyalist"' delegations from two Southern states. The latter was enmeshed in the old familiar row over a civil rights plank. Backstage, the candidates and king-makers jockeyed for posi tion in the biggest fight of all over the presidential nomination. Confusion still reigned in that free-for-all race, with all of the front-running candidates a coun try mile short of the 616 conven tion votes necessary to nominate. Robert Kerr, Alben Barkley and Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina were due in to day, the governor to lead the Southern rebellion against left wing and administration domina tion of this convention. Sen. Richard B. Russell, Georgia, knows a trend when he sees one and has grabbed for the tailgate of the administra tion bandwagon by calling for repeal of the Taft-Hartley law, which he voted for twice in 1947. His about-face on Taft-Hartley produced the first firm evidence the South may bolt this conven tion if it is pushed too far. That evidence came from Roanoke, Va., where a convention of Demo crats refused at the last minute to pledge their 28-vote delega tion to Russell as expected. Reserve Battalion To Leave for Camp Thirty members of the 382nd quartermaster battalion of the army reserve will leave here Sunday for a two-week summer training camp at Ft. Lewis, Wash., it was announced today by Lt. Col. W. H. Prentice, com manding officer of the unit. They will travel by chartered bus. Two quartermaster sales com panies, one from Portland and the other from Seattle, have been attached to the local bat talion for training and adminis tration. The Medford unit will be one of 22 attached to the 313th logistical command. Which will control the operation. Inspection trips will.be made to the Auburn general depot and the Seattle port of embarkation ' The 382nd battalion will re turn to Medfort August 3. DR. DIERDORFF NAMED Atlantic City. N. J. Dr. G. A. Dierdorff, Medford, Ore., has been elected to the house of delegates of the American Osteo pathic association, now conclud ing its 56th annual convention here. Dr. Dierdorff will repre sent the Oregon Osteopathic as sociation in the national group. light jab at another hill in the Chorwon area, but it was easily repulsed. Red Casualties High The Allies claimed they killed or wounded near 250 Communist soldiers in hot and frequent pa trol actions in the Central Sector. The weather restricted U. N. naval operations, but the 45,000 ton battleship Iowa pounded shore installations Thursday on the east coast, knocking out at least two gun positions, and pos sibly a third, and destroying two bunkers. Radio Peiping claimed Chinese Communist troops beat off a South Korean raiding party which tried to land on Korea's West Coast July 13.