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Negotiators Quit
Attempt To Reach
Pact on Exchange
Observers Fear
Resumed Fighting
Panmunjom, Korea (U.R)
United Nations and Communist
negotiators abandoned Friday
their attempts to reach agree
ment in closed sessions in an ex
change of war prisoners, last
obstacle to a Korean armistice.
Maj. Gen. William K. Harri
son, chief U. N. negotiator, dis
closed that the 17 secret meet
ings held since July 4 had prov
ed "completely fruitless." He
said the two truce teams were
no nearer agreement than when
they started the secret sessions.
Renewed Fighting Seen . '
Observers feared the collapse
of the secret meetings gravely
increased the chances of renew
ed and heavier fighting. There
appeared little likelihood future
"open" meetings would bring
the two sides any closer to
gether.
The neeotiators will meet
gain at 11 a.m. Saturday . in
"open" session. Newsmen will
not be permitted to attend, but
will be briefed after by an offic
ial U.N. spokesman.
U.N. Hopes Up
When the Communists asked
for secret talks July 4, the Al
lies had hoped for "realistic"
discussions of the prisoner is
sue. The U.N. disclosed the Reds
instead adamantly insisted on
repatriation of all Chinese pris
oners held bv the United Na
tions.
The U.N. told the Communists
it holds 170,000 Chinese and
North Korean prisoners, of
whom onlv 83.000 wish to re
turn to the Red side after
truce. The U.N. said again it
nositivelv will not force any
prisoner to return to Commu
nism aeainst their will.
Of the orisoners. the U.N.
said, only 6.400 of the 21.000
Chinese held by the Allies wish
to go back behind the Bamboo
Curtain.
North Korean Gen. Nam II in
sisted on the return of all Chin
ese "volunteers.'
Panic Averted in
Fire on Demo Floor
Convention Hall, Chicago-
(U.R) A quick-thinking Massa
chusetts politician headed off a
possible panic among 12,000 del
egates and spectators at the
Democratic convention early
Friday when a small fire broke
out on the floor.
Peter J. Cloherty, Massachu
setts state Democratic commit
teeman and an "honorary" Bos
ton fireman, yanked a micro
phone from the hands of South
Carolina Gov. James F. Byrnes
and began shouting:
"Don't get excited. Don't
panic. It's only a little fire. It's
only a' newspaper burning. Don't
worry about it. It'll soon be put
out..
"Firemen are right there on
the job."
The fire apparently was start
ed by' a cigaret falling in a mass
of discarded campaign material.
. Corvallis (U.R) The 21st an
nual Oregon state convention of
the Loyal Order of Moose open
ed here Friday with more than
1000 delegates attending.
Miss Medford
Seeking Miss
Seaside (U.R) Twelve pretty
girls, all outstanding beauties in
their home towns, vie Friday
and Saturday for the title of
Miss Oregon and the right to
enter the Miss America contest
at Atlantic City, N.J., later this
summer.
The girls, accompanied by
their chaperones, arrived here
Thursday night and were given
an orientation course and a
round of entertainment.
Actual judging in the annual
Miss Oregon beauty and talent
contest will begin Friday night.
All girls will participate in the
competition both nights.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 25,
Thugs Sessions
Convention
And Stevenson Drive
Heat Lengthy Session
By R.
Chicago (Special by wire)
crats. They will put on a good
place down to get it.
They didn't exactly burn the
one did start a fire on the floor,
not much than they were before, until the hall firemen came to
the rescue with fire extinguishers and put it out.
They also put out the determination of the organization forces
to keep in session until the -nomination of Governor Stevenson,
even if they died in the attempt,
When your correspondent staggered that's the correct word
out of the "crazy slaughter house" at 2 this morning, there was the
aluminum dirigible high in the starry sky, with the single word
"Kefauver" on its side brought
lights turned on it.
That was a perfect symbol of the incredible evening. Estes
Kefauver was down but he wasn't out, that steel hand beneath that
velvet glove came out and fought a rear-guard action with the aid
of Senator Douglas of Illinois, Senator Humphrey of Minnesota
and the two Roosevelt boys which can hardly defeat Stevenson,
but will probaly leave no doubt he has been in a fight, and may
leave scars he will carry throughout the campaign if he has one.
The odds are still about five to two he will. But after last night
even with the support of President Truman's alternate, there are
not many takers, in the press gallery at least, who care to put up
and money if they have any
Incidently the Oregon boys and
ard up higher than any other in the hall, in spite of the emotional
surf breaking all around them and for fourteen solid hours, held
the fort against all invaders.
It's a 'bleary-eyed and battle-weary bunch of delegates filing
into the "slaughter house" this morning, but that Kefauver dirigi
ble is still high in the sunny sky,
being taken off for anyone.
We predicted it would be a
started; but we never thought it would be the following morning.
P.S. It's a shame Mary Greiner Kelly of the fighting Kellys
isn't here. What a time she would
Egyptian Head Jails
Seven High
Cairo (U.R) Egypt's new
army "strong man," Mohammed
Naguib Bey, arrested seven high
Interior Ministry, police and
Army officials Friday and seized
control of Alexandria, King Fa
rouk's summer capital.
Five of the officials were ac
cused of plotting against Naguib.
Another, Lt. Gen. Hussein Sirry
Amer, former commander of the
Frontier Corps, was arrested on
the Western Desert while trying
to escape into Libya. A high
Coast Guard official also was ar
rested.
Premier Aly Maher Pasha an-
No New Reports
On Crime Cases
No new reports on southern
Oregon's two major and current
unsolved . criminal cases were
made today.
The Federal Bureau of Investi
gation, investigating the murder
of two auto parts firm executives
last week end, had no report to
make on the progress of their
work. The men, A. M. Jones and
C. D. Culhane, were found Mon
day, gagged and shot through the
head near the south entrance to
Crater Lake National park. '
State police in Medford said
today, are intensifying their
search for George Baker Dunkin,
prime suspect in the June 24
murder of State Policeman Phil
Lowd. Dunkin is still thought to
be in the northern Jackson coun
ty area where he has been sought
lor a month.
Among Dozen
Oregon Crown
Those entered included Joan
Davis, 18, Wallowa, Miss Wal
lowa County; Marilyn Ann Lun
dell, 18, Miss The Dalles; Loret
ta Mason, 18, Miss Hermiston;
Marlene Gayle Olson, 20, For
est Grove, Miss Washington
County; Mary Lou Teague, 18.
Miss Eugene; Joyce Farnstrom,
18, Miss Portland; Dolores Cai-y,
18, , Portland, Miss Yamhill
County; Katherine Litchfield,
18, Newport, Miss Lincoln Coun
ty; Betty Jo Buolin, 21, Miss
Hood River; Norma Mae Glaser,
22, Albany. Miss Linn County;
Margaret Green, 20, Miss Gear
hart, and Carol Wikstrom, 18,
iMiss Medford.
Floor Fire
W. RUHL
You can always trust the Demo
show even if they have to burn the
place down last night, but some
and things became a trifle hotter
and some of them nearly did.
into sharp relief by the search
left on this as any sure thing.
girls held their Kefauver stand
and the coonskin caps are not
long, long time before the voting
have.
Officials
nounced in Alexandria that Na
guib had been appointed com
mander-in-chief of armed forces,
increa5d in rank from major
general to full general, and
given the pay of a cabinet min
ister. Economic Adviser Quits
Maher announced the resigna
tion of Elias Andraous Pasha,
the king's economic adviser and
Egypt's delegate in the Suez Ca
nal Co.
Naguib was moving swiftly to
remove all possible opposition to
his three-day-old military coup
and the Maher government he
obliged King Farouk to accept.
The Army occupied the state
broadcasting station in Alexan
dria to "maintain order and se
curity." Naguib flew to Alexandria by
Army plane to confer with
Maher.
Reckoning Finally Comes
On Parking Violations
John B. Hamacher, 724 King
street, let his violations against
city parking ordinances accu
mulate over a three-month pe
riod. Yesterday the reckoning
came. He was fined S45 for 12
.parking violations between
April and July 24, police said.
. Police records showed Ham
acher with seven citations for
violation of the all-night park
ing ordinance and five tickets
for meter violations. None of
the tickets were paid for. ac
cording to the police.
Early Thursday morning
Hamaeher's' car was again
found parked in the street and
was lowed into the police ga
rage. His fine and towing
charge totaled $45.
POLLS OPEN TO 8 P.M.
Polls for the election to form
a rural fire district adjacent to
Medford will be open today un
til 8 o'clock this evening. Bal
lots can be cast at the Lone Pine
school for precincts 29, 30, 31,
57 and 59, and at the Oak Grove
school for precincts 28, 58, 60,
64, 67 and 68.
Radio Highlights
A nation - wide National
Broadcasting company radio
network program on the Jack
sonville Gold Rush Jubilee
will be carried by radio sta
tion KMED (1440 kc) Satur
day at 7:30 p.m. The program
will be rebroadcast Sunday
at 2:30 p.m. by KMED.
Tribune
United Presi Full Leased Wire
1952
No. 108
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Union Committee
Meets To Approve
Steel Settlement
Fairies; Sits in
With Policy Group
Washington (U.R) The
CIO United Steelworkers,
wage-policy committee rati
fied the White House sieel
agreement late Friday, for
mally ending the longest and
most costly steel strike in the
nation's history.
Washington (U.R) The long
est and most costly steel strike
in the nation s history neared an
end Friday, as the CIO Steel
workers met to approve a White
House-prompted settlement.
The union's 170-man wage-
policy committee met to put its
formal stamp of approval on the
agreement reached at the White
House late Thursday between
CIO President Philip Murray
and U. S. Steel President Ben
jamin Fairless to end the 54-day
om strike. Fairless had repre
sented the "Big Six steel firms.
Invitation Accepted
A reliable source said Fairless
accepted Murray's invitation to
attend the committee meeting
and answer any questions the
members might have about the
new contract.
As soon as the committee act
ed, Murray was expected to is
sue an immediate return-to-work
call to 600,000 workers in
the .basic steel industry. The
workers have been on strike
since June 2, when they walked
out minutes after the Supreme
Court ruled President Trumans
seizure of the industry was un
constitutional. -
Last Offer Matched Closely
Settlement terms matched
closely the industry's last offer
to the union during negotiations
last week in Pittsburgh. -
The agreement provides for
an average 16-cent hourly wage
increase retroactive to March 1.
The industry had proposed the
boost be paid back only to
March 16. Prior to the strike,
the Steelworkers averaged $1.88
an hour.
The pact calls for a modified
union shop, the main issue in the
drawn-out dispute. The union
security clause requires new
workers to sign a union mem
bership card to take effect with
in 30 days, unless a worker
chooses to leave the union dur
ing the last 15 days of the first
month.
Other contract improvements
include six paid holidays and in
creases in differentials and oth
er "fringe" benefits amounting
to about five cents an hour. The
total package settlement was
about five cents below the 26.1
cents recommended by the Wage
Stabilization Board.
Immediately after the agree
ment Acting Defense Mobilizer
John R. Steelman announced
that the steel industry will get
price increase averaging
slightly more than $5.20 a ton
The industry was entitled to
only S2.84 under the Capehart
amendment to the economic con
trols '"V.
Park Concession
Controls Removed
Portland (U.R) Price con
trols were removed Friday from
sales by concessionaries at Crat
er Lake National Park.
Carl C. Donaugh, Portland
district director of the Office of
Price Stabilization, said the
OPS had removed controls from
all national parks at the same
time.
Donaugh said the National
Park Service itself exercises
control over such concession op
erations and has developed a
system of approval, review and
policing of rates. Price ceilings,
therefore, were deemed un
necessary, he said.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair and warm
through Saturday. Scattered
afternoon thundershowers over
the mountains. Low tonight 60,
high Saturday 95-98. f
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 92
Lowest this Morning SS
DELEGATES CHEER BARKLEY Banners of all the states gather before the rostrum as Vice Presi
dent Alben Barkley, his wife beside him, receives the biggest ovation of the Democratic rational
convention in Chicago. He gave the same kind of a fighting speech, and received the same kind of
a demonstration, as he did in 1948 before becoming Vice President.
French Soldiers Hold
Off Commie Assault
Seoul, Korea (U.R) French
troops holding "T-Bone Hill" on
Korea's explosive Western Front
beat off an assault by screaming
Chinese Communists Friday in a
savage, close-in battle that
choked French bunkers with
enemy dead.
The hard-fighting French bat-
California Woman
Picked To Assume
juvenile Court Job
Mrs. Kay Kunkel, formerly
chief probation officer of San
Joaquin county, California, will
be the new head of the Juvenile
department of the Jackson coun
ty circuit court, it was announced
today by Circuit Judge H. K.
Hanna.
Mrs. Kunkel, comes highly
recommended. Judge Hanna said.
She has worked with the four
snnprior rourt itidees in Stock
ton for lOVi ye&rs, and was chief
administrative officer for her
department at the time she re
signed, for adult and juvenile
probation work, and for the San
Joaquin county detention facili
ty. The area which she served
had a population of 200,000.
Headed Association
Mrs. Kunkel is the only wom
an who has been elected presi
dent of the California Probation
and Parole association, and she
has served five years, on its board
of directors. Judge Hanna said
she will report here to assume
her new duties on August 12.
Mrs. Kunkel will succeed
Frank Sawacki. Sawacki resign
ed recently, and will leave this
week end to accept a new posi
tion in Fresno, Calif. His resigna
tion closely followed the adop
tion of the 1952-53 budget for
the juvenile department, which
was cut from last year's figure.
Sawacki said today his new
post will be as field supervisor
for social work for the Univer
sity of California at Los Angeles.
Working with social agencies in
the Fresno area, Sawacki will
be responsible for the advanced
training of UCLA graduate stu
dents who have had social work
experience, who have returned
to obtain advanced degrees, and
are doing field work in this con
nection.
Since 1950
He has been head of the de
partment here since September,
1950. when he arrived . irom
Madison, Wis.
The other probation officer in
the countv department, Miss
Alice Grace, also is leaving. She
has accepted a post as probation
officer on the staff of the King
countv. Washington, juvenile
court in Seattle. Her work will
be in connection with the Youth
Service center in Seattle.
Miss Grace came here from
British Columbia in July of last
year. She will leave for her new
post in time to arrive there Au
gust 18. . ,
School Janitor Held :
On Morals Charge
- William Henry Engelbert, 38,
of 1116 Reddy avenue, Medford,
has been arraigned in district
court on a charge of contribut
ing to the delinquency, of a
minor, , bat has not yet entered a
plea, according to District At
torney Paul Haviland.
- District Judge Rawles Moore
set bail at $2,500. Engelbert has
been janitor at the Eagle Point
school for the last seven years,
according to records in the
sheriff's office.
talion, which has won more U. S.
heroism awards than any other
UN unit of its size in Korea
counted more than zuu enemy
casualties from a force of 600
ordered to seize their hill posi
tion.
Of the casualties, 64 were kill
ed and 150 wounded.
Chinese Army Assigned
The Chinese have assigned an
army of about 30,000 men to
pummel UN positions blocking
the Chorwon "gateway" on the
classic invasion route to South
Korea.
From this army, the Chinese
hurled a battalion at the French
unit. The attack, which began
about 2 a.m. was preceded by
2,000 rounds of artillery and
mortar explosives.
Artillery of the U. S. 2nd In
fantry Division, to which the
French battalion is attached
caught the Chinese attackers on
their way into the French posi
tions. Medford CAP Cadet
Off for Scotland
Washington (U.R) The Civ
il Air Patrol's "good will" Euro
pean aerial tour took off Friday
aboard Air Force planes carry
ing members of the 1952 inter
national cadet exchange pro
gram.
Cadets Rodger K. Mcnzies of
Portland, Ore., and Albert R.
Eaton Jr., Medford, Ore., were
among the group of 50 youths
flying the Atlantic.
The 17-year-old Menzies will
be assigned to the Netherlands
while Eaton, 18, is to be in a
group assigned to England and
Scotland.
Menzies and Eaton were
chosen by the Oregon CAP wing
for the exchange program and
arrived here early this week in
an Air Force C-47.
Eaton is the son of Mrs. Mil
dred C. Eaton, 626 Park Place 5,
and completed his junior year
last spring at the Medford high
school. He is the second Med
ford boy to be chosen for the
CAP exchange program. Last
year James Merritt, then a Med
ford high school student, was
selected and visited Denmark
where he studied airplanes and
aviation.
Astoria (U.R) The U. S. Pub
lic Health Service has ordered
its Astoria office closed August
1, despite protests from civic
and other organizations.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
Cincinnati 1
New York 3
4
7
Raffensberger, Podbielan 6,
Hiller 8, and Seminick; Hearn
and Yvars.
- Home runs: For New York
Hearn.
Public Debate
Gets Under Way in Meeting
Astoria U.R) The first
public debate in Oregon on the
controversial truck issues, which
will go before the voters in the
November election, was held be
fore the Astoria Chamber of
Commerce Friday noon.
. In attendance were several of
ficials of the Oregon Highway
Council and of the state of Ore
gon. George H. Flagg, former
state public utilities commission
er, who is secretary of the Ore
gon Highway Council, spoke in
Zoning Petitions
Circulation; Time
Of Filing Unclear
Initiative petitions for county
zoning are still being circulated
in Jackson county, according to
County Judge J. B. Coleman.
He said that at his last con
tact with the group backing the
measure, there were not enough
signatures to make the initiative
valid. A meeting is being held
this afternoon in the county
court chambers between the
court and petition backers, Cole
man added.
Another initiative measure for
Jackson county only, the anti
cloud seeding initiative, has al
ready been submitted with the
required number of signatures.
Before State Deadline
The cloud seeding measure was
submitted before the deadline for
state-wide initiatives which was
July 3, but the law is somewhat
"hazy" regarding the date for
filing local measures after this
date.
Judge Coleman said he be
lieves the date is 90 days be
fore the general election, which
would make the filing August 4,
but wasn't definitely sure. Depu
tv county clerks and a district
attorney's office spokesman were
likewise not clear on the matter,
due to the indecisiveness of Ore
gon law.
A check on the exact date is
now under way.
Camas Valley Blaze
Fatal to Firefighter
Roseburg (U.R) Fire crews
Friday attempted to halt the
spread of a 50-acre fire in the
Camas Valley section of the Old
Tioga burn after one firefighter
was killed and another injured
in battling the blaze Thursday
night. ,
Dead was Joe Johnson, 65,
Camas Valley, recruited from the
Coos County Forest Patrol, who
was crushed while falling a snag
in the fire area.
The injured man was John
Stanley, 62, also of Camas Val
ley. BIG GRASS FIRE
A grass lire burned over
about 10 acres on Kirkland road,
north of Central Point, shortly
after noon today, according to
the state forest patrol. A forest
patrol crew handled the blaze
until a Central Point rural fire
district crew arrived on the
scene, they said. No property
damage was reported.
ABANDON SEARCH
The sheriff's office reported
this morning that it is not con
tinuing the esarch for James
Marion Hurst, Butte Falls, miss
ing since he quit his job at the
Willow Creek dam last Tuesday.
It was learned yesterday that
Hurst had been given a ride to
Medford and was not lost in the
woods as originally suspected.
on Oregon Truck Issue
favor of the so-called state truck
referral which would increase
truck taxes in Oregon.
Sen. Elmo E. Simth, John Day,
chairman of the Legislative High
way Interim Committee, spoke
in favor of the 1951 legislation
as being "reasonable."
Other members of the High
way Interim Committee were
Sen. Angus Gibson, Junction
City, and Warren Gill, Lebanon,
and State Rep. Jack Geary,
Klamath Falls, and Pat Loner
gan, Portland.
Kefauver Holds
67-Vote Margin
On Initial Count
Delegates Hope
To Finish Tonight
Convention Hall. Chicago
(U.R) The first presidential bal
lot of the Democratic national
convention ended Friday with
no candidate getting nearly
enough votes for the nomina
tion. The official vote for the four
front runners: Kefauver 340.
Stevenson 273. Russell 268 and
Harriman 1231'.
Chicago (U.R) Thomas J.
Gavin, President Truman's
alternate delegate in the Mis
souri delegation, today dis
closed the President's choice
for the successor to the While
House when he cast his one
half vote for Gov. Adlai Ste
venson of Illinois.
The entire convention had
been in suspense since Monday
with Gavin steadfastly refus
ing to disclose the President's
choice until voting time.
The winning candidate needs
616 votes.
Remaining Votes Scattered
The remaining votes are scat
tered as follows:
Sen. Robert S. Kerr of Okla
homa 65, Gov. Paul Dever of
Massachusetts 371 2, Sen. Hubert
H. Humphrey of Minnesota
Sen. J. William Fulbright of Ar
kansas 22, Vice President Alben
W. Barkley 48ls, President Tru
man 6, Sen. Paul H. Douglas of
Illinois 3, Federal Security Ad
ministrator Oscar R. Swing of
New York 4, Sen. James E. Mur
ray of Montana 12 .and Supreme
Court Justice William O. Doug
las Vi.
Absent 1.
Individual Polls Asked
But numerous demands for in
dividual polls of state delega
tions dragged out the proceed-'
ings. Pennsylvania was the
ninth state to be polled, delegate
by delegate.
Even before the roll call drag
ged past the half-way mark state
delegations were caucusing on
their second ballot intentions
and campaign managers were
trying to swing deals all over
town.
Among the caucusing delega
tions was Michigan which decid
ed to shift its 40 votes, cast for
favorite son Gov. G. Mennen
Williams on the first roll to Sen.
Estes Kefauver of Tennessee.
Ready for Second Count
The delegates, punchy from
Thursday's marathon session and
Friday's dragged out balloting,
dug in for the second roll call.
The first roll call started at
12:21 p.m. CDT shortly after the
31st Democratic national conven
tion went into its fifth day. At
3 p.m. the roll call had pro
gressed no further than Pennsyl
vania. Tired delegates hoped to wind
up the whole business late Fri
day night with a speech by Presi
dent Truman and an acceptance
address by the nominee. Mr.
Truman was flying here even as
the ballot was taken.
Highway Construction
Bids Due in August
Ashland Bids for construc
tion of a four lane highway from
the Jackson county farm south
to Billings hill, totaling 4.65
miles, will be opened by the
State Highway Commission at
its August meeting, according
to word received here.
The project, estimated to cost
a half-million dollars, will com
plete the four-laning of the high
way from Medford to the north
boundary of Ashland. The bid
on the Medford-county farm sec
tion was accepted at the June
meeting of the commission.
On both sections, the new
highway is planned to follow
the present right-of-way.
Prineville (U.R) Francis J.
Fox, 57, of Prineville, died
Thursday when a load of logs
slipped off a truck and pinned
him to the ground.
at Astoria
Among the group that accom
panied Flagg to Astoria were Ed
Mills, Western Highways Insti
tute engineer, who is cooperating
with the Oregon Highway Coun
cil in compiling data on Oregon
truck problems and taxes.
The Oregon Highway Council,
which was organized after the
1951 legislation increasing truck
taxes, also has initiated a con
stitutional amendment to elimi
nate the weight -mile tax on
trucks.