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. "I .'uVAV J JW.-JIWWM:W, r 'i ' n ..iiim I 1 in i Weather Medford Vnited Press Fnll Leased Wire Tribune FORECAST: Variable cloudi ness through Thursday with widely scattered showers In the mountains. Low tonight SO, high Thursday 85. Temp. Highest Yesterday Lowest this Morning i United Presi Full Leased Wire 47th Year 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1952 No. 106 AID PeUegoD'ODHs Secaftedl; Cnvo hts Com promised fB- log QUAKE AFTER-SHOCKS CONTINUE Two after-shocks of the Monday earthquake that shattered Tehachapi, Calif., rippled across south ern California early Wednesday. There were no reports of new damage although buildings in Los Angeles swayed gently and light fixtures and some equipment moved with the rocking motion. Rough estimates at Tehachapi were placed at $2,800,000 and in nearby Arvin the toll was placed unofficially at 5500,000. In all Shooting Victim Also Another Missing Man A. M. Jones. 56-year-old Con cord, Calif., auto parts firm exe cutive, was beaten before he was shot to death . in Crater Lake National park xtyet :'"the je'eSr end, it was, . revealed Jjy .Jan. - autopsy performed in Klamath Falls yesterday. Dr. George Adler, - Klamath county coroner, said that Jones' skull was fractured,, apparently by a blunt instrument, and his lower abdomen was severely bruised. The other murder victim, C, P. Culhane, 52, Detroit, Mich., apparently had not been beaten. Both were shot to death through the head with a .32 caliber auto matic pistol. The men. top sales executives of United Motors Ser vice, a General Motors parts subsidiary, were found Monday afternoon after having been missing since Saturday after noon. Checking Licences Meanwhile, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents began a check of license numbers of all cars which entered the park Saturday, the day the men were killed The job of tracking the killer or killers of the two men has become a painstaking detective job. It is theorized that the mur der motive may have been rob bery, and police said that the men had been robbed of sev eral hundred dollars. Their wrist watches also had been tak en. Ira J. Kennedy, Detroit, an executive of the firm which em ployed the shooting victims, has arranged to return Culhane's body to his home i& Detroit Jones' widow, Betty Mae, also arrived in Klamath Falls to claim her husband's body. Cul hane is survived by his widow, Irene, and two sons, Charles Jr., 23, and David, 21. Dunkin Theory Discounted Suspicion that the double murder had been committed by George Baker Dunkin, 67, who is wanted for the killing of State Government To Buy Fresh Bartlett Pears Washington (U.R) The Agri culture department Wednesday offered to buy an undisclosed amount of fresh Bartlett pears to help raise producer prices and remove surpluses from the market. It said the quantity to be pur chased will depend on market ing conditions. Initial purchases are expected to begin in about a week in California. Pears purchased will be used in non-profit school lunch pro grams and other eligible outlets. In 1949 the department bought 832,000 boxes at a cost of 1,762,300 from producers in California, Oregon and Wash Policeman Phil Lowd on June 24, has largely been discounted by authorities. It is argued that there is still reason to believe fie As in. the area where.' he was first sought, some 0 air- miles west of the lake; that "the mur der of the two men presumably was committed by more than one man, and that' Dunkin's temperament probably would have led to a different type of crime than the apparently coolly-performed robbery and cold-blooded shooting. Another man was reported Egypt Army Grabs Control of Cairo Beirut, Lebanon (U.R) A Cairo radio broadcast Moni tored here said Wednesday lhat Premier Naguib el Hilaly Pasha of Egypt has resigned and lhat King Farouk asked former Premier Aly Maher Pasha, an independent, to form a new Cabinet. Cairo (U.fc The Army seized control of Cairo Wednes day and reportedly all of Egypt on the ground that "traitors have trifled with the nation's interests." Lt. Gen. Mohamed Naguib Bey, commanding the Cairo gar rison, took command, in the capi tal at 4 a.m. Naguib announced his action in a statement read over the of ficial radio. He said that the Army, with the cooperation of the police, would maintain order, assured foreigners they are "absolutely secure," and announced he . in tends to purge the -Army of traitors." Mexican Nationals Needed In PearHarvest This Year A group of Mexican nationals will be brought to Medford the latter part of this week to sup plement local help in the pear harvest, it was announced today by the Jackson County Fruit Growers league. The exact number . in -,the group will not be known until they arrive. The Mexicans have been harvesting peas in Athena, Ore., since June, and that crop is now in. They will-come here to await the pear harvest, ex pected to begin about August 11. Depend on Local Help . Local people are being depend ed upon primarily . for the pear harvest, the league's statement said, and thus only enough Mex icans are being brought here to supplement local labor, which is in short supply this year. Lat er in August, when the number of harvest workers usually de creases rapidly, others' will be brought here. The use of Mexicans has work of Kern county damage may run as high as $50,000,, 000, plus less spectacular damage in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara coun ties. Eleven persons were reported dead at Tehachapi. The above photo shows fires raging through a butane refinery near Buena Vista Lake after the jolting temblor hit the area. The lower picture shows the main business street of Tehachapi as it lies in ruins in the wake of the devastating quake. Beaten; Reported missing yesterday in an unre lated case. Sheriff's deputies were sent to Butte Falls today to investigate , : the report that James Marion" Hurst, 32, a trac tor driver employed on construe tion of the Willow Creek dam nine miles above Butte Falls, was lost. Quit Work ' Mrs. Hurst told U. S. Forest Ranger Bob Beeman of the Butte Falls district that her hus band had not returned from work yesterday, and Beeman as signed two men to look for him last night. He reportedly report ed for work at 5 a.m. yesterday, then quit at 8:30 a.m.. telling his foreman to mail his check to his wife. Beeman learned this morning that he was seen twice on the road between the dam and Butte Falls, and that he had hitched two. rides to that community. There is speculation, he said, that he may have left for a trip without informing his wife. Hurst, who with his wife moved to Butte Falls about three weeks ago, is described as being 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 220 pounds, having blue eyes, blond hair and a limp in his left leg Astoria (U.R) Astoria city employes, including police and firemen, have been granted an 8 per cent pay increase, retro active to July 1. BASEBALL NATIONAL Cincinnati 6 10 1 Brooklyn 4 10 0 - Perkowski and Seminick; Erskine, King, 6, Schmitz 8, and Walker Home runs: For Cincinnati Seminick, Borkows-ki. For Brooklyn Hodges. ed out satisfactorily in past years when employment generally is high, as it is this year, the state ment added. The use of Mexicans is expen sive, and is . resorted to only when local workers are unavail able, it was explained. In addi tion to the "going rate" of pay, employers must finance the re cruiting of Mexicans in Mexico, and must pay for transportation between harvest areas. Meals are supplied for any work day a worker is idle, and a camp must be maintained and staffed. Spend S30.000 on Camp Last year fruit growers here spent - S20.000 to improve the camp at the airport, and have spent $10,000 more this year to prepare the camp. As a result, Mexican labor costs about 20 per cent more than local labor, which fruit men definitely prefer and will use to the utmost, the state ment concluded. . . J Steps Taken To Avert Baffle On Convention Floor Agreement Follows 10-Hour Session Chicago (U.R) ' New Deal Democrats compromised their civil rights platform dispute with the South Wednesday in an 11th hour move to avert a fight on the convention floor. The compromise came after al most 10 hours of shouting, table thumping argument among 19 members of a subcommittee chosen to draft the platform on which the Democrats will try to beat Dwight D. Eisenhower's Re publican ticket in November. Sen. Herbert H. Lehman of New York, his face gray and drawn with fatigue, told news men he had given up his fight to write into the civil rights plank a clause binding the Demo crats to end the Senate filibus ter, which the South tradition ally has used to kill FEPC legis lation. The subcommittee accepted a proposal by Sen. John J. Spark- man of Alabama to write a gen eralized anti-filibuster pledge into a separate section of the platform dealing with congres sional reorganization. Both Lehman and Sparkman believed the compromise would prevent the convention floor fight which all hands had re garded as inevitable before the final platform writing session be gan. "It doesn't look to me as if there will be a fight on the floor," Lehman said, ''because thjs platform represents a great step forward on civil rights." JSone. --of ..the--, subcommittee members would give any details of the civil rights plank, but Lehman said it was an improve ment over the 1948 platform, which fell just short of com mitting the Democrats to a com pulsory fair employment prac tices law. Lehman acknowledged, how ever, that he did not know whether other New Deal Demo crats, such as the Americans for Democratic Action group led by Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Min nesota, might try to revive the civil rights fight. The compromise apparently had the blessing of Democratic National Committee Chairman Frank McKinney. Seven City Paving Contracts Awarded To E. C. Conrad E. C. Conrad was awarded the contract for seven city paving projects during an adjourned city council meeting last night at city hall. The total bid was $58,809.90. Conrad's bids were accepted for the paving of Keene Way drive, Main street to Woodlawn drive; Haven street, Oak to Woodstock and Woodstock to Grape streets; Welch street, Jackson street to the railroad tracks; Crown avenue, Oregon terrace to Berkeley way; Ben nett street, Crater Lake avenue to the end, and South Peach street, 13th street to Dakota av enue. Bids submitted for paving of Taylor street from Myrtle street to the end and an alley in New town addition were far above the engineer's estimate. Bids and estimates on the two pro jects were referred back to the superintendent's office and will be brought up at. the next meet ing. Conrad's bids were the lowest for these jobs, but they were more than 26 per cent above the engineer's estimates. The only other official busin ess was the removal of the lic ense for a card table at The Tavern, 43 South Front street. Youngster Injured In Accident Today Daniel Mamwaring, 5, route 2, box 502, Central Point, was struck by an automobile at 12:05 p.m. today at the Willow Springs service station north of Central Point, . and is believed "pretty seriously injured," ac cording to Conger-Morris am bulance attendants. Attendants at Community hos pital said he had a broken teg. hip and ribs. . MRS. FDR GETS BIG HAND Ki CONVENTION ADDRESS Convention Hall, Chicago U.R) Mrs. Elea nor Roosevelt walked down to the speakers' plat form and into the heart of the 31st Democratic National Convention. She had come to talk about the United Na tions. She carried a prepared speech in which she said this country, but for the U. N., "would walk alone, ruled by fear instead of confidence and hope." But the delegates, the alternates and the galleries firs.t wanted to get something in the record about Mrs. Roosevelt. They loved her, and said so for 17 straight minutes with whistles, shouts, applause and stamping feet. Gallery Yells Approval Temporary Convention Chairman Paul A. Dever introduced Mrs. Roosevelt. She took her place on the podium and the tumult began. It looked for a time that she never would get to speak. The delegates waggled their state standards in Mrs. Roosevelt's face. The alternates tried to crowd their way through the delegates, packed elbow to elbow in front of the platform. The gal Defense Program Geis First Jolt By Steel Strike Washington (U.R) The 52 day strike hit at the heart of the defense program Wednesday as worried White House officials exerted new pressure on indus try and union leaders to negoti ate an agreement. Act ing Defense Mobilizer John R. Steelman was in almost constant communication by tele phone with both sides in further attempts to find some break, in the completely deadlocked dis pute. First Drastic Effects As Steelman struggled for re sumption of collective bargain ing, the prolonged nationwide walkout of 600,000 CIO Steel- workers had its first drastic ef fects on defense production. The Army announced the shutdown of the nation's largest artillery shell plant the Chev rolet shell plant at St. Louis. Defense officials predicted the list of defense facilities forced to close down for lack of steel would grow rapidly. Large Stockpile Credited Until now they said, the strike has primarily hurt the civilian economy, orcing a halt in pro duction of automobiles and oth er consumer goods and causing layoffs of workers not directly in the steel industry. The strike's effect on defense pro duction was delayed due to the large stockpile of steel when the walkout started June 2. Malpractice Suit Filed in Court A pivil complaint asking $50, 000 general damages and $15. 000 special damages was filed yesterday in Jackson county cir cuit court against two Ashland doctors by Guy E. Clarke. The complaint alleges that Charles A. Haines and Robert M. Turner, both medical doctors practicing in Ashland, were "negligent, careless and unskill ful" in treating Clarke for a dis located and broken left hip and other injuries received in an automobile accident occurring July 27. 1951. It further alleges that the pa tient was under their care from July 27 until November, 1951; that the "hip joint was not prop erly set or reduced by the de fendants," and that Clarke was forced to spend 60 additional days in a hospital undergoing further operations which left him "permanently injured and crippled." Truck-Trailer Damaged By Flames Early Today Central Point A large truck- trailer en route to Medford from Yakima, Wash., bust into flames here this morning, according to the Central Pomt fire depart ment. The truck was carrying box lumber from Yakima. There were considerable flames, but the fire was put out before much damage was done to the truck or its load. The truck was stopped at Laurel and Front streets and the fireput out with fire exting uishers by the fire department. County X-Ray Survey Showed 180 TB Cases A total of 180 cases of tuber culosis in Jackson county was aiscoverea tnrough the mass x-ray program conducted here last January, Dr. A. Erin Mar ket has reported. In addition, there were 81 persons whose x rays showed some doubt as to whether or not they had the disease. These results were given fol lowing readings of the "follow- up" x-rays of suspected TB vie tims, Dr. Merkel said. Of those-having the disease, 150 cases were "very early' 28 were moderately advanced, and only, two were advanced.. Dr. Merkel said "due to the fact that many chest conditions are similar to TB, it takes consid erable time for a differential diagnosis." Six Steps He explained that there are six definite steps in determining the disease. First, the small film x-ray is taken by the mobile unit. This is followed by the large "confirmatory" film x-ray (14 by 17 inches) and interview by a nurse, for questionable cases. This information is then sent to the State Board of Helath, where specialized x-ray readers make their diagnosis. The latter step was the basis of the statistics given by Dr. Merkel. After the reports are returned to the county office, a laboratory analysis is made of the patient's sputum, and an observation pe riod, which takes several months if needed, is made. "So far," Dr. Merkel . said, "the tests have been pretty accurate in substan tiating the reading of the x rays." If the case is declared TB after this final examination, the patient is refered to his private physician or handled by the county health department. Ap propriate action is then taken to clear the disease up as soon as possible, the doctor explain ed. 185 Other Cases Besides TB cases, the x-rays Grand Jury Adjourns Until Next Tuesday Jackson county's grand jury adjourned on its own motion yesterday, according to District Attorney Paul Haviland. It will reconvene next Tuesday. Haviland said the reason for adjournment was to complete the investigation of a number of pending matters, including the Rogue River bridge safety matter. He also said that the jury had voted on several matters and would return all indictments at next Tuesday's meeting. Pend ing cases include the investiga tion of the shooting of Police Of ficer Phil Lowd and two delin quency cases. One of the delinquency cases involves Arthur Emil Hansen, 35 Riviera court, Grants Pass, and .Mrs.-Rosie Leland Peebler, 30, general delivery, Rogue Riv er. The other concerns Everett Stephen Baker, 60, route 1, box 181, Gold Hill, according to the district attorney. lery whistled and yelled its approval. Mrs. India Edwards, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, sought to quiet the uproar. She retreated when her efforts in tensified it. Dever gaveled nine futile times, then gave up grinning when no one paid attention. Mrs. Roosevelt stood smiling, her glasses in her hand, waving. She tried again and again to shush the uproar, extending her hands palm downward in a gesture that proved wholly futile. Band Recalls Old Times The band struck up "Happy Days Are Here Again," the theme song that set earlier conven tions wild during the tenure of Mrs. Roosevelt's late husband. The result was like old times. It was the biggest demonstration so far at a convention that so far had seemed calm by com parison to the Republican meeting here two weeks ago. Finally Mrs. Roosevelt had her say. She spoke of the United Nations with sincerity and emo tion. She said that to weaken or hamstring the U. N. now, through lack of faith or lack of vision, would be "to condemn ourselves to endless strug gle for survival in a jungle world." showed 185 cases of non-tuberculosis disease. Most numerous were 34 cases of inflammatory diseases, consisting of 18 cases of localized pneumonia, 14 cases of bronchiectasis (lung dilitation due to inflamation), and one case each of interstitial pnumon ia and osteomyelitis (bone infec tion); and 75 tumor 'cases, both mild and malignant. In the mass survey, 65.5 per cent of the estimated number eligible for the survey were x- rayed, a total of 29,518 out of 45,038. Of this number there were 1,099 recalls issued and 1,021 responded. The latter fig ure was the basis for the sec ond group of x-rays. Four Forest Areas To Be Closed Today Four portions of Jackson county forests will be closed to the public at midnight tonight, according rto Rogue River Na tional forest officials. The areas will be closed be cause of the extreme fire haz ard created by-the logging slash present. The closures are not expected to inconvenience the public, be cause the main traveled roads will be left open. Permits to en-; ter the closed area can be ob tained at the Medford office of the national forest or at any ranger headquarters. Jackson county'areas affected by the closures are the Ashland canyon watershed ,the Rustler creek and Bessie creek areas, the Deer-Whiskey creek area, the Abbott-McCall creek area near Huckleberry Gap, and the Section One timber area near Union creek. Mercury and Tempers Cool At Democratic Convention By R. W. RUHL Chicago, July 23 (Special Wire From Convention Hall) The big news as the third day opens, is the climate. Not only the wea ther but the political climate. Very likely the latter is the direct result of the former at least like the former it is cooler. Yesterday at this time not only was the mercury (aided and abetted by the humidity) boiling skyward but so were the dele gates tempers. It looked like a political civil war, with the south taking a beating again but taking a large section of solid south with them. After an all-night session in which Oregon's member of the National Committee, Monroe Sweetland, played a leading part, tempers gradually went down with the mercury and now a spirit of peace and tranquility prevails. This may end before this dispatch reaches Medford. The only certain thing about this convention or most any national con vention is its UNcertainty. . But that is the way it looks now and from here. The truth is the south, unlike its ancestry, does not want to secede. It can't forget the Civil War, but it doesn't want to fight another one. The Democrats of the north, realizing they have the fight of their lives on their hands coming November, don't want pny war either, they want party peace at any price or almost any party harmony and unity at least, on the surface. - Where there is such a strong common desire, there is seldom failure to achieve a common end. So-o-o- , . As Stevenson is the candidate best fitted to restore this har mony, as well as the candidate best equipped to beat Eisenhower, it still looks like the governor of Illinois won't be able to resist the pressure much longer, because it is imperative also to placate the solid south, the best guess is Russell of Georgia to run with him. Finally it should be borne in mind reporting on this conven tionor any convention is like reporting on a 6-day bicycle race, the picture changes constantly and the couple leading, for example, at the third day may take a spill and be out .before that day is over. Voting Privilege Of Two Groups Left in Jeopardy Virginia, S. Carolina Turn Down Pledge Convention Hall, Chicago (U.R) The Democrats seated all contested delegations at their national convention today, but the voting rights of Virginia and South Carolina were left in jeopardy because they refused to sign a "loyalty" pledge. In a confused and noisy third day session the convention shouted down impassioned pro tests against the anti-Truman "regulars" of Texas, and also seated the "regulars" from Mis sissippi. In Parliamentary Tangle But then it got into a parlia mentary tangle over the Vir ginia and South Carolina voting rights. While all this commanded delegates' attention, the band wagon carrying Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson toward the presiden tial nomination appeared to have picked up irresistible mo mentum. While the confusion over rules and votes was at its height. Sen. Estes Kefauver created a diversion by appearing in the mezzanine, accompanied by his 81-year-old father. His appear ance set off a demonstration punctuated with chants of "We want Kefauver" which lasted 12 minutes until the Tennessean left the hall. Nomination Thursday Stevenson, Kefauver, and oth er candidates for the presiden tial bid will be put in nomina tion Thursday. Before that hur dle is reached, however, the con vention must adopt a campaign platform at a session tonight in which another North-South bat tle is expected over civil rights. The voting privilege issue erupted when the convention was told that the Louisiana, South Carolina, and Virginia delegations had refused to take the watered down "loyalty" pledge pushed through the con vention early Tuesday. Louisiana Signs Louisiana signed up shortly after that. There was less hope of peace Wednesday night when the reso lution committee presents a platform carrying a strong civil rights plank. The men of Dixie are likely to fight for a watered- down version. (See story on Page 7) Portland (U.R) Leon E. Carey, 26, a transient logger was killed Tuesday in a logging accident on the outskirts of Portland. Corvallis OJ.R) The Earl Gillespie livestock barns and outbuildings' one mile south of Corvallis were destroyed by fire shortly after midnight Wednes day killing 33 head of livestock and doing an estimated $75,000 to $100,000 damage. i
