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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1952
No. 103
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4 Rescued From
Raging Ship Fire
New York U.R) A Coast
Guard cutter docked here late
Saturday with 44 persons who
were rescued from a Norwegian
freighter that a roaring fire fed
by castor oil and napthalene
had turned into a floating torch
in the Atlantic ocean off Long
Island.
Two ambulances and a group
of physicians and corpsmen
were waiting at the dock to rush
the injured to the hospitals. The
survivors lined the cutter's rail
Troops and Police
Battle Nationalist
Rioters in Tehran
Tehran. Iran (U.R) Iranian
police and troops manning tanks
and Bren-gun carriers and using
tear gas, bayonets, rifle butts
and clubs Saturday fought fan
atical Nationalists rioting in pro-
test against the appointment of
moderate Premier Ahmed Ghav
am replacing the fiery National
ist Mossadegh.
The worst riots occurred in
the the refinery town of Abadan
where unofficial reports said
"large numbers" of rioters were
killed as they attacked tanks
and attempted to disarm truck
loads of soldiers.
Reports reaching here said
the military commander had
called for military reinforce
ments and for warplanes to help
-drive off warlike tribesmen said
to be converging on the city to
demand the restoration of Mos
sadegh to power.
One Reported Dead
At least one civilian was re
ported killed in the Tehran riot
ing and scores were wounded.
Twelve were hospitalized with
bayonet wounds after troops ran
them through as they attempted
to attack Sherman tanks sent
into the Tehran bazaar.
Unofficial reports said some
of Mossadegh's fanatical support
ers had signed pledges in their
own blood to kill Ghavam "at
the first opportunity."
Ghavam answered the rioters
with orders to military com
manders and provincial gover
nors through out Iran to assume
"full powers" to suppress dis
orders. He appointed an army
general as chief of Tehran's of
fice with instructions to take
drastic measures to restore
order in the capital.
The new premier proceeded,
meanwhile, to line up a pro
Dosed cabinet which probably
will be presented to the Shah
today.
30-Man Crew Fights
Fire in Area of GP
Grants Pass About 30 men
were battling a large fire 3Vi
miles northwest of Grants Pass
along the Southern Pacific rail
road tracks late last night, ac
cording to John Worth, assistant
dispatcher -for the state forest
patrol at Grants Pass.
The blaze was visible for about
6 or 7 miles, Worth said, and
the smoke could be smelled at
the Grants Pass guard station.
Due to the inaccessibility of the
fire, contact with the fighters
was not direct, the dispatcher
said, so its size was not known.
At last contact, the fire had
burned about five acres of brush
and was heading for some tim
ber and a California-Oregon
Power company right-of-way. A
total of 16 men (three crews)
were on the fire from the state
patrol,, two crews from South
ern Pacific (10 men) and one
from COPCO (five men).
Residents of the Merlin area
were getting "worried" over the
size and location of the fire,
Worth reported." He said that
crews would be kept on the fire
until it was under control.
The fire was first spotted by
the Sexton mountain luokout at
7:30 p.m.
Saigon, Indo-China U.R)
Five children were killed and
33 injured when a terrorist
threw a grenade into a crowd
of youngsters attending a play
at Vung Liem, 75 miles south
of Saigon, it was reported Saturday.
and shouted to relatives and
friends clustered on the pier.
The survivors, including six
women, were plucked from the
bow of the Black Gull and from
the freighter's only undamaged
life boat by the Swedish liner
Gripsholm, whose crew braved
blinding orange flames in the
dramatic pre-dawn rescue.
Another survivor of the Black
Gull was burned so seriously
he could not be transferred from
the Europe-bound Gripsholm to
the cutter Mackinac.
Four of the freighter's crew
men were missing and presumed
dead.
One passenger and seven of
the crew members brought to
Staten Island on the cutter suf
fered second degree burns.
The survivors of the burned
ship waved bandaged arms and
hands and called to friends and
relatives waiting on the pier as
the cutter tied up to the dock.
An elderly couple aboard the
cutter said they were alive only
because a heroic stewardess
fought through flames to get to
their cabin and wake them up.
Thomas Leason, 66, Antwerp,
Belgium, said the stewardess
handed them life jackets and
led them to a lifeboat that was
lowered over the side of the boat
so close to flames that the couple
suffered second degree burns
from the searing heat.
''The crew played hoses on us
as we went over the side," Lea
son said.
Crewmen Praised
Another passenger, George
Fulger of Switzerland, said all
of the survivors owe their lives
to "the bravery of the crew-1
men" of the Black Gull.
The first survivor taken from
the cutter by ambulances was
Olaf Karson, a seaman who was
the most seriously injured per
son transferred from the Grips
holm to the Mackinac. Karson's
feet and hands were htavily
bandaged . and his' burned face
was slick with grease.
The uninjured persons were
taken to the Norwegian Sea
man's home in New York by
two buses that had been waiting
at the Staten Island pier.
The 440-foot-long Black Gull
was nearing the end of her voy
age from Bremen, Germany, to
Brooklyn when the fire broke
out about 65 miles east of Mon
tauk Point, a haven for fisher
men on the tip of Long Island,
about 100 miles from New York
City.
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Grand Jury Dismissed;
New One Called Monday
The April county grand jury
was dismissed Friday afternoon,
after hearing a series of criminal
cases, all of which were reported
earlier Friday.
The July grand jury term will
open Monday, and seven jury
men will be selected and impan
elled. Among cases the new jury
will consider will be that con
cerning the river bridge at
Rogue River, a part of which fell
from the deck earlier this year
The jury has been asked to affix
blame for the bridge's failure,
and to consider its present and
future safety.
Members' of the retiring jury
were John A. Graff Jr., foreman,
and Don Elliott, E. L. Frederick,
Monta Davis, John Foster, Wil
liam J. Albert and Harris
Flowers.
Mail Contributions Flood
National Ike Headquarters
Denver (U.R) Seven-year-old
Ada Long sent her favorite
presidential candidate Dwight
D. Eisenhower a $1 bill Sat
urday to help him along in his
campaign.
"I know you will be the next
President," Ada said in her hand
printed letter. "I have Ike but
tons all over my room.
'I saved this dollar for you."
Typical of Thousands . .
This letter from Ada, who
lives in St. Louis, was in its way
typical of thousands of letters
and telegrams pouring into
Eisenhower's headquarters from
well-wishers all over the world.
"I've never seen anything like
it," said Abbott Washburn, who
is in charge of handling the Re
publican presidential candidate's
mail. ,
"We've doubled and almost
tripled our old staff and still we
ALTERNATE for Presidsnt Tru
man at Democratic national
convention, Thomas J. Gavin
flies to Washington from Kansas
City for Instructions on how to
vote. (International Soundphoto)
President Truman
Leaves Hospital;
Says Health Good
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Truman returned to the
White House Saturday feeling
"fine" after anexhaustive three
day hospital checkup, and aides
said he's ready to address the
Democratic convention this
week.
Mr. Tifuman looking as chip
per, as before, stopped to joke
and talk with reporters and
photographers as he left the
Army's Walter Reed medical
center and returned to the White
House.
He answered questions about
his health by exclaiming: "Fine,
fine. I feel all right."
Will Address Convention
Press Secretary Joseph Short
said the president's illness
would "certainly not" prevent
him from addressing the Chica
go convention next week nor
would it prevent him from cam
paigning for the Democratic
ticket this fall.
Mr. Truman, normally the
picture of health, was hit by a
mild virus infection last Sun
day. He ran a slight fever for
three or four days.
When he was about recovered
Sunday, White House physician
Wallace H. Graham ordered him
to the hospital for a series of
"annoying" medical tests.
Dressed in a light blue double
breasted summer suit, Mr. Tru
man stopped outside the White
House entrance on his return
Saturday to pose for photo
graphers. "Are you fellows trying to
take the limelight off the Dem
ocratic convention?" he quip
ped. He said that during the past
week he had "nothing to do but
loaf." But he acted on 233 pieces
of legislation since he was
stricken with the virus bug.
Reporters thought that Mr.
Truman looked as if he might
have lost a pound or two, but
he didn't think so.
Waving a cheery , "glad to be
back," the President went im
mediately to his second-floor
living quarters in the White
House.
don't seem to be able to handle
all the mail. The General wants
all these letters answered. And
that's quite a job, let me tell
you." .
In addition to trying to keep
the flood of mail straight, mem
bers of Eisenhower's staff here
also were busily engaged in
formulating campaign plans.
It was understood that Eisen
hower has definitely decided to
become the first Republican
presidential nominee to make a
campaign swing through the
Southern states in an attempt
to put the South' in the Republi
can column in November. '
Under present plans the re
tired General will visit Texas,
Louisiana, Florida. Georgia,
North Carolina and Virginia, as
well, as such border states as
Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma.
Immm
if
Loyalty from All Factions
Anti-Filibuster
Convention Floor
Fight Shapes Up
Lehman-Humphrey Bloc
Wants Strong Plank
Chicago (U.R) Unity Demo
crats worked against overwhel
ming odds late Saturday trying
to head off a threatened conven-
Medford radio stations
KYJC (1230) and KMED (14
40) will bring lo the citizens
of the Rogue river valley com
plete coverage of the Demo
cratic National convention in
Chicago beginning Monday at
8:30 a.m.
tion floor fight over a proposed
anti-filibuster plank in the Dem
ocratic platform.
The harmony bloc was con
centrating on influencing Sens.
Herbert H. Lehman (D-N.Y.) and
Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.)
not to take their fight to the
floor if the platform committee
refuses their request for a strong
plank against the Senate's rule
of unlimited debate.
Members of this bloc have
contended that a fight over such
a plank -won Id -open 'Up-the
whole civil rights controversy
and perhaps lead to another bolt
of the southern Democrats, as in
1948. :
Walkout Unlikely
There was little tendency on
the part of the southerners to
walk out this year, however.
Many influential Dixie leaders
were said to feel that the candi
date not the mere statement of
party principles is the import
ant thing.
The utility group was led by
Sen. John J. Sparkman (D-Ala.)
and Rep. Brooks Hays (D-Ark.).
But it was known to include
such civil rights advocates as
Sen. Warren C. Magnuson (D
Wash.) and former Sen. Francis
J. Myers (D-Pa.).
A series of informal confer
ences have been sought, gener
ally for today, in an effort to
find some way of resolving the
dispute.
But they conceded they are
working against time, and that
their chances of success are not
too bright.
Bloc Adamant
So far, the Lehman-Humphrey
bloc has been adamant about an
anti-filibuster plank, contending
that this issue is the pivot of the
whole civil rights fight.
There was some talk of mol
ifying the Lehman-Humphrey
forces by calling for a change
in Senate rules, but not connect
ing this recommendation with
the civil rights program. But
even "harmony" southerners are
opposed to this maneuver.
A platform-writing committee
has been hearing testimony since
last Wednesday on suggested
planks for the platform. More
than 100 witnesses have testified
on subjects ranging from foreign
affairs, inflation, and the de
tense effort to the partition of
Ireland, women's rights, and var
ious "peace" proposals.
US Plana Blast
Repairs at Chosen
Seoul, Sunday (U.R) Car
rier based U. S. Navy planes
swept down on repair crews at
the Chosen power plant in North
Korea Saturday and tore up in
stallations being rebuilt. atter
the giant June 23 bombing. .
Corsair and Skyraider. pilots
from the Princeton and Bon
Homme Richard reported the
Reds had a tight ring of anti
aircraft guns around the repair
work. But the Navy planes
pushed through the heavy fire
and an overhanging fog to scat
ter workmen and blast the
plant's huge transformers.
The heavy fog kept most other
United Nations aircraft on the
ground.
Democrats Seek
, .1 It sS&miB
THE LULL BEFORE Democratic Senator Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee relaxes on the rooftop of his hotel in Chicago. He will
soon plunge into the fight for the presidential nomination.
Steel Negotiations
To Resume Tomorrow
-Kashingtoa (UJi) Ind.ust
ry and union leaders agreed un
der government pressure Satur
day to get together for a' new
effort to settle the crippling,
48-day steel strike.
Acting Defense Mobilizer
John R. Steelman announced at
the White House that both sides
have complied with his request
to resume direct negotiations in
Pittsburgh tomorrow. .
Follows Government .Threat
The decision to reopen the
marathon wage talks came as
the government threatened par-
Civic Auditorium
Campaign Funds
Start Rolling In
Money to support a campaign
for a civic auditorium is coming
in rapidly,' according to A.A.
Lausmann, who ' was named
temporary chairman of the Civ
ic Auditorium association which
was formed recently to back
the project.
Lausmann reported Saturday
that S600 has already been re
ceived and around S300 addit
ional has been pledged by tele
phone from business and profes
sional men of the community. .
All Urged to Help
The association sent letters to
a large number of business and
other people suggesting that fi
nancial help be given in getting
the auditorium drive started
apd Lausmann explained Sat
urday that contributions will be
gratefully received from any
one wishing to help,; whether
they receive solicitation letters
or not. . ,
Checks may be made payable
to "Civic Auditorium Associa
tion," and mailed to P.O. Box
1268, Medford, Ore.
; Suggestions and proffers of
jielp in the campaign will also
be welcomed, Lausmann stated.
Gold Hill Voters
Again Approve Budget
Gold Hill Gold Hill resi
dents, voting for the second time
on the proposal, approved a city
budget levy $14,085 in excess of
the six per cent statutory limit.
The election was Friday and the
vote was 44 yes and 15 no.
Total budget is .S26,985.
Residents earlier- - approved
the levy by a vote of 51 yes and
30 no but the balloting had to
be conducted again because - a
legal technicality, in posting
election notices made the vote
invalid.
r tial seizure of the industry and
ruled out any pre-contract
"above-ceiling" price hikes. "
The twin government moves
were certain to figure in the
new talks. But officials said an
even bigger factor will be the
CIO United Steelworkers' wage
policy committee meeting Mon
day. Industry leaders fear the com
mittee may force CIO President
Philip Murray to take a tougher
stand on the union shop issue,
the major remaining block to an
overall settlement.
May Compromise -
Observers here said this just
possibly may prompt the indust
ry to settle for Murray's com
promise union shop offer to pre
vent an even more serious dead
lock. The ' government announced
firmly yesterday that it won't
talk about "over-ceiling" price
increases until there is. a con
tract. But there still is said to be
an "understanding" that the
companies can expect between
$5.15 and $5.20 more a ton
sharply above the $2.84 allow
ed by the Capehart Amendment
when they come to terms with
the union.
The union shop issue literally
is the only hurdle barring agree
ment. If they get that, the steel
workers are expected to accept
the companies' offer of a 16
cent hourly wage boost plus
some fringe benefits.
Gun Toting Delegate
Will Defend Rights
Jackson. Miss. (U.R) An
alternate delegate to the
Democratic National Conven
tion clutched a rifle in his
hand as he boarded a train for
Chicago here. "I'm going
straight to the credentials com
mittee." Fred Anderson is a member
of the states' rights Mississippi
delegation whose seals are be
ing contested before the cre
dentials committee by a rival
"Loyalist" group.
National Rotana Convention
Here Elects Montana Woman
Mrs. Mary Booth, Helena.
Mont., was elected national . pres
ident of Rotana club at the an
nual convention here yesterday.
She succeeds Miss . Helen Mac
Quarrie, Bozeman, Mont.
Other officers are Mrs. Marie
Barr, Salem, Ore., first vice
president; Miss Grace Stadal
man, Laurel, Mont., second vice
president; and Mrs. Agnes Sher
idan, Butte, Mont., re-elected
treasurer. The national secre
tary is a board appointee.
(Pledge
Harriman, Kefauver
Spearheading Drive
For Unity of Party
Southern Regulars
Win Opening Round
Chicago (U.R) Southern
anti-Truman forces won a first
round victory in Democratic
convention delegate contests Sat
urday, and administration back
ers launched an immediate counter-attack
after conferring with
the White House.
Democrats opposed to Presi
dent Truman's policies scored
an initial triumph when the
Democratic National Committee
temporarily seated "regular"
Texas and Mississippi delega
tions at the party's convention
this week. The final decision
will be made on the convention
floor.
Asks Loyalty Pledge
Administration backers were
given some salve for their
wounds, however, when the com
mittee also recommended that
leaders of the Texas and Missis
sippi delegations be asked to
declare formally their loyalty
to the party.
But, with the knowledge of
the White House, Averell Harri
man's campaign managers
planned to go farther. They de
cided to ask the convention to
adopt a "loyalty pledge" which
would bind all of the delegates
to support the party's presiden
tial nominee, whoever he may
be.
Harriman was joined in his
campaign for the loyalty pledge
by Sen. Estes Kefauver, who
called on all other major Dem
ocratic presidential candidates
to get behind the drive. Ke
fauver said in identical letters
lo the others that the heart of
the problem was the "issue of
civil rights."
As the delegate and civil
rights fight grew hotter, party
veteran James A. Farley advised
the warring factions on his ar
rival here that they can beat the
Republicans in November if
they stop fighting over FEPC
and other issues and unite be
hind a "good strong ticket."
But there was little immed
iate indication that his words
were heeded. Americans for
Democratic action, a "left-wing"
segment of the party, served
notice that it will wage a floor
fight in the convention to assure
"no compromise platform
planks on civil rights.
Supporters of Vice President
Alben W. Barkley claimed the
civil rights row enhanced his
chances of grabbing the presi
dential nomination as a possible
"compromise" candidate. Bark
ley huddled with delegates from
several states throughout the
day.
A poll of the 27-vote Indiana
delegation showed that it lean
ed toward Barkley and Kefauv
er as-second ballot ' choices. In
addition, Sen. J. Allen Frear
of Delaware predicted his state's
six convention votes will go to
Barkley on the first ballot.
Backers of Gov. Adlai Stev
enson of Illinois held a secret
strategy meeting on their plans
to accomplish a draft of "the
Illinois governor for the nomin
ation. Illinois leaders said they
were convinced Stevenson
would accept a "genuine draft.
New members of the board of
directors named were Mrs. Leon
el Heater, Grants Pass: Mrs
Anne Amick, Bend, Ore., and
Mrs. Berniece Zeiler, Billings,
Mont.
The club, classified service
club for women in business and
the professions, will close the
convention today with a lunch
eon and lawn party at Rogue
Valley Country club. Organized
in Montana, the club's member
ship is confined to western
states.
Fourmile Lake Area
Combed for Local
Four-Year-Old Boy
Child Reported Lost
Saturday Afternoon
An intensive search was under
way late Saturday in the rough
country around Four mile lake,
about 30 airline miles east of
Medford. for four-year-old Ern
ie Lefler, son of Mrs. Marie
Clark, 1985 Orchard Home
drive, Medford.
The child was reported miss
ing at about 1 p.m. yesterday
when he wandered away from
two small playrnates at the lake
while his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Jones, also of the
Orchard Home address, were
waiting to take the children
boating.
50 Men Searching
A search was organized al
most immediately. When no trace
of the four-year-old was found
the search was expanded and by
8 o'clock last night approxi
mately 50 men were scouring
the vicinity of the lake. Search
ers planned to stay at the job
all night and if the child is not
found by this morning, they plan
to call for additional help.
The searching party was und
er the direction of Ranger Bob
Cooper of the Lake O'Woods
district. He was assisted by
Sam Taylor, Medford. of Elk
Lumber company, who sounded
the first call fot additional help
by means of the Southern Ore
gon Conservation and Tree
Farm association's county - wide
radio network.
Groups taking part in the
hunt included Medford National
Guard units, employees of Med
ford Corporation. Kogap Lum-:
ber company, Magnolia Lumber
company, the torest service.
state police and Jackson and
Klamath county sheriff's depu
ties. Numerous private citizens,
including the boy's father, Her
man Lefler, Klamath Falls, were
also among the searchers.
Hot meals for searching part
ies were being provided by the
Jackson County Chapter of the
American Red Cross and by the
Medford Veterans of IVjreign
Wars club. Edward Branchfield,
local Red Cross chairman, and
other Red Cross officials left for
the scene at about 9 o'clock last
night.
Pleas for additional help were
broadcast by Medford radio sta
tions KYJC and KMED yester
day afternoon and evening. The
SOCTFA radio network was co
ordinating the search in the
vicinity of the lake and between
the lake and Medford.
National Guard walkie-talkie
units are also being used in the
vicinity of the lake.
The lake lies in lava country
just across the county line in
Klamath county.
The Medford weather bureau
reported that, while no rain is
expected in the Four Mile lake
area, it was expected to be
"chilly" last night, with temper
atures in the middle or high 40s.
The child is the second to be
come lost in timbered country
in this area recently. Nineteen-months-old
William Glaspie Jr.
was found alive and well after
being lost overnight in the
Thompson creek area just a
month ago.
California Woman
Hurt in Accident
A critically-injured California
woman was taken to the Joseph
ine county hospital Saturday
afternoon following a car-truck
collision at Savage Rapids dam
on Highway 99, according to
state police.
The accident occurred at 3:15
o'clock about 100 feet from the
dam when a car heading south
driven by Robert Davis, 51,
North Hollywood. Calif., stop
ped to turn around to view the
dam and fishway and was struck
by a Pierce Freight Lines truck
operated by Jack Stallsworth,
24. route 3. box 349V2, Medford,
police explained.
Police reported that Isabell
Davis, 46, wife of the driver.
was critically injured, while
Davis and their son. Robert Jr.,
13, received cuts and bruises.
Stallsworth was not injured.
The Davis car was a "total
wreck," police added.