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Recommended A feature story on state pro tection liven about 1,500,000 acres of forest land In southern Oregon appears on Page of today's Issue of The Mall Tribune. Weather BF0RB FORECAST Fair through Monday, except afternoon cloudiness and scattered thunderstorms over SiskWou mountains. Hirh both dars, 92-95; low tonight, 0. Temp. Highest yesterday 92 Lowest yesterday 57 United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 26 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1952 No. 109 MAN MAM Me Tumult, Shouting Die; Country Is Assured Worthy Candidates BY R. W. RUHL ' Chicago, July 26 (Special by Wire) "The captains and kings depart"-. also the shattered delegate from Jackrabbit-Station, Texas, and the Kefauver balloon from Nashville, Tennessee. The show is over, the play is played out, and Chicago, including the stockyards pavilion, and its penetrating and revolting odor, returns to normalcy and we hope normal prices for patrons of the Saddle and Sirloin Club. But with the nomination of Adlai Stevenson that familiar verse from Kipling's recessional should be quoted in full as follows: "The tumult and the shouting dies The captains and the kings depart, Still stands thy ancient sacrifice An humble and a contrite heart." Never before, as far as your correspondent's memory goes, has a man been nominated for the presidency of, either major party so distinguished by his "humble and We are sure those who heard speech early this morning will agree that there was and is something new under the political sun a man accepting a presi dential nomination, with a deep sense of personal humility but a firm determination to do everything in his power to prove him self worthy of the trust placed in him, and to advance the security and welfare of his country and all the people in it. It was, we feel, one of the finest acceptance speeches delivered to the people of the country in many years, and reached a high point morally and intellectually not attained since the days of Woodrow Wilson. So win, lose or draw, the Democratic party has a new candidate and a very different as well as capable one. So has the Republican party, for that matter. As your correspondent prepares to leave after attending the two conventions, he would like to state that the two major parties have never chosen two presidential candidates of higher character "and calibre than those nominated this year.' They are very different in training and temperament, but they are both completely honest, marked by a deep sincerity, a. devout devotion to their country and the welfare of its people. So which ever party is successful the undersigned has no more worries as to the country's fate or future worries that he certainly did have before the two conventions met. "Hail and farewell!" Eisenhower Expects Win Over Democrats in Fall Denver U.R) Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican presi dential nominee, predicted Sat urday that he will defeat Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson for the presidency in November. But Eisenhower's vice presi dential running mate, Sen. Richard M. Nixon, conceded that the Democrats have selected a ticket that will be "tough" to beat. One of Best Candidates Nixon told newsmen on his arrival here for a conference with Eisenhower that he consid ers Stevenson "one of the best candidates" the Democrats could have chosen for their presiden tial nominee. But he said Stevenson's chan ces of election were "hurt con siderably" by the support he got from big city political machines. "What we have is some new faces but the same old deal," Nixon said. Eisenhower, in a formal state ment issued through his cam paign headquarters here, FBI Agents Capture Most Wanted Criminal New York U.R) FBI agents shot and captured one of the nation's 10 most wanted criminals Saturday after he fa tally wounded a G-Man and raced through a gauntlet of pis tol fire in a Manhattan hotel lobby in a desperate escape at tempt. Gerhardt Arthur Puff, 37, shot Agent Joseph Brock as he and 11 other FBI men sprang a trap on the fugitive bank robber in the narrow lobby of the Hotel Congress off Central Park West. G-Man Winged Gunman But before the 44-year-old G-Man and father of three fell mortally wounded, he winged the desperado as Puff, his two guns blazing, fled through the hotel entrance. Puff fell scream ing on the sidewalk. Brock was dead on arrival at Roosevelt hospital. Puff was confined in the orison ward of Bellevue hospital after receiv ing emergency first aid for his contrite heart." nominee Stevenson's acceptance expressed confidence that he and Nixon would defeat the Demo cratic team of Stevenson and Sen. John J. Sparkman of Ala bama. Eisenhower said the Demo crats offered the country a "One plank platform: Defense of the entire adminstration record." Ike Confident "I am confident the American people will support the program that Sen. Nixon and I will out line during the campaign," Eisenhower said. Nixon predicted that Republi cans will carry some southern states in November despite the fact Sparkman is from Alabama. The GOP vice-presidential nominee contended the Demo crats hurt themselves with the south because of what he called "a studied affront" to the present vice president, Alben W. Bark ley, and because Sen. Richard B Russell of Georgia was not chosen as the Democratic vice- presidential candidate. wound at Roosevelt. The FBI also seized two wo men along with Puff. One iden tified herself as the gunman's wife. The other claimed she is the wife of 22-year-old George Arthur Heroux, Puff's bank rob bing buddy was was captured in Miami, Fla.. Friday. Will. Arraign Women An FBI spokesman said the two women would be arraigned immediately on charges of aid ing a federal fugitive. Puff will be arraigned for murder and bank robbery as soon as his con dition permits, he said. The cocky gunman's capture came on FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's 35th anniversary with the Justice Department. Puff, considered one of the most dangerous public enemies since John Dillinger died in a gun-battle with the FBI, ap parently knew he was trapped and decided to shoot his way to freedom. Steelworkers Start Returning to Mills As Long Strike Ends Firing of Furnaces To Start at Once Washington (U.R) CIO President Philip Murray ordered his 600,000 striking steelworkers back to the mills Saturday after knocking out the last snag in a related iron ore workers dispute Murray wired all union locals across the nation to pull down their picket lines and send their members back to their jobs as soon as orderly resumption of steel production permits. Longest In U. S. History Thus the great 1952 steel strike, longest and costliest in American history, came to a be lated, official close. It was just two davs after the dramatic White House agreement and 24 hours after union ratification. Workmen were scheduled to begin firing the blast furnaces immediately. Within four days to a week, most of the giant mills will begin rolling full speed again to make up for the loss of millions of tons of steel and vital arms production. The 55-day walkout was sup posed to end officially yester day but at the last minute back-to-work orders were held up while negotiators tackled a snag in the related iron ore workers wage talks. They knocked out the final hitch in a series of hard-hitting conferences Saturday. Union and "Big Six" industry leaders agreed on new wage scales for the 23,000 ore workers who have" been getting small differ entials than the steel workers. The iron ore workers also are members of the CIO United Steelworkers union. Complete Agreement After the iron ore talks, Mur ray announced that there finally was "complete agreement" on the strike settlement. He said the strikers should return to work "in orderly fashion as they are called." Final settlement not only meant work again for the steel and ore workers but for the more than 1,500,000 workers in dozens of affiliated industries who were idled by the steel pro duction cut-off. The strike took a heavy toll as it ground deep into the na tion's economy and security More than 17,000,000 tons of steel were lost and it will take months to make it up. The steel workers lost more than $480, 000,000 in wages. California Woman Killed Instantly In One-Car Wreck A California woman was kil led instantly and her husband was admitted to Community hospital for treatment of a back injury Saturday afternoon fol lowing a one-car accident 18 miles north of Medford on the Crater Lake highway, according to state police. Dead was Mrs. Audrey B. Crizer, 56, Los Angeles, Calif., wife of Thomas Jackson Crizer, operator of the vehicle. Hospital attendants said that Crizer had a back injury, which was not believed to be severe. There were no other occupants in the car and no other vehicle involv ed, police added. A son, Robin Crizer, of San Francisco, was notified of the accident and was expected to arrive in Medford early this morning. Police said that the right rear tire blew out on the 1947 ve hicle driven by Crizer and that the car stayed on the road for 100 yards before crossing to the other side and overturning in the ditch. Mrs. Crizer was thrown from the car and instant ly killed. Their vehicle was travelling east on Highway 62, police explained. The automobile was "exten sively damaged," police conclud ed, and was towed into Medford. Perl ambulance took the acci dent victims to the hospital and Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments. I Military Forces E King To Dick Woodcock First Candidate For City Council Dick Woodcock, 34, of 649 J street, Saturday was the first Medford resident to become a formal candidate for election to the city council for the 1953-57 term. Petitions bearing the nec essary number of signatures were filed on Woodcock's behalf with the city recorder Satur day, He is seeking election to the council from Ward 2, the post now held by Dwight Hough ton, who is not a candidate for reelection. Woodcock is proprietor of the Toggery, a men's clothing store in Medford. He has been active in civil affairs, including the Medford civil service board. He is vice chairman of the Jackson county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Para lysis, and was one of the lead ers in this year's successful March of Dimes. He also is an officer in the Elk lodge, and is a past president of the Medford actiye club.; " j " -. .. ..' :, Alt Corps Veteran Woodcock, who is a native of the Rogue valley, is a World War II veteran of the Air Corps in which he rose from private to major. The petition was circulated in his behalf by friends residing in his ward. John Snider, councilman from Ward 1, is the only other can didate who has announced his intention of running. Neither Houghton and Elmer Childers, of Ward 4, are candidates. Har old Frye, councilman from Ward 3, has not yet announced his in tention. The other four councilmen's terms do not expire this year They are Paul Selby, Ward 1; Earl Miller, Ward 2; Stanley Jones, Ward 3; and Frank Runtz, Ward 4. A petition to nominate Selby for the office of mayor is being circulated. Mayor Flynn, whose term expires this year, has in dicated he will not be a candi date for reelection. Ashland Ralph E. Koozer, secretary-mananger of the Bag ley Canning company, will be a candidate for election to the Ashland city council this fall, he said Friday. Petitions are now being circulated in his be half. Evita Peron Dies In Argentina After 11 Months Illness Buenos Aires. Agentina (U.R) Eva Peron, 30, wife of Presi dent Juan D. Peron, died at 8:25 p.m. Saturday. Illness had been slowly sapping her life for 11 months. The official radio announced the passing of the "spiritual chief of the nation" a title awarded Mrs. Peron in May in a special broadcast at S:40 p.m. Women Knew Earlier Hundreds of weeping women in the street outside the Presi dential residence knew of the first lady's death more than an hour eadier, when Peron switch- ed off the small electric light at his wife s bedside at the moment I A foment' after the second- j floor sickroom went dark, Peron stepped into the corridor outside with tears in his eyes and told a group of anxiously - waiting cabinet ministers: "Evita (Little Eva) is dead." All Argentine radio stations cancelled programs as soon as Mrs. Peron's death was announc ed and substituted Chopin's "Funeral March" or other mour ning music. egime gyptian Abdicate Cairo, Egypt (U.R) King Farouk was forced off the throne Saturday by Egypt's new mili tary regime and .driven into ex ile with his 18-year-old commoner-Queen, .Narriman, and their six-month-old son. Troops under the command of Gen. Mohammed Naguib, the "Strong Man" who seized power in Egypt five days ago, smashed their way into Farouk s luxur ious palace in Alexandria and forced the king to abdicate in favor of his son. The cabinet promptly declar ed the infant ruler "King Ahm ed Fuad II of Egypt and the Su dan" a title indicating that Egypt will continue to press its claim for annexation of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan despite Far ouk's abdication. A four - man regency coun cil was appointed immediately to reign in the name of the infant king. After his troops defeated the King's bodyguard, Naguib gave Farouk eight hours to get out of the country, and the ex-king left his waterside palace on the way to his yacht just 15 min utes before the deadline at 6 p.m. (10 a.m. EDT). Queen Narriman and a gov erness carrying the infant king in her arms were the first to board the royal yacht Marouso. The king, calm - faced, but with tears in his eyes followed a few minutes later. A 21-gun salute was fired as a parting courtesy as the Mar- ousa sailed out of the harbor. The King and Queen took 204 pieces of luggage with them on their journey into exile. The Marousa was expected to carry them to Italy and then return here. Unofficial reports that the exiled King planned eventually to go to the United States were discounted by U.S. officials here and in Washington. "Premier Aly Maher, appoint ed to head a new government three days ago on Naguib's de mand, was at the quayside to bid the deposed monarch fare well. United States Ambassador Jefferson Caffery, who confer red with both Farouk and Mah er during the tense hours preced ing the abdication, also was on hand. Maher and his cabinet, con firmed in office only yesterday, were scheduled to resign Satur day night. SPORTS BULLETIN Medford's Cheney Studs breezed by Coquille last night in the first of a two-game ser ies, 7 to 2, behind the pitch ing of Paul Gehrmann who had a shut out until the ninth inning. The Studs leaped to an early lead with four runs in the first inning and steadily hit the offerings of Coquille chucker Aldon Wilkie. Chicago (U.R) Gov. Adlai Stevenson asked Frank E. Mc Kinney to continue temporarily as Democratic national chairman Saturday and McKinney immed iately accepted. Delegates Give Great Response To Stevenson's Acceptance Talk Convention Hall, Chicago emn little guy in the blue suit looked out at the thousands of men and women before him, and in Saturday's small hours told them "I accept your nomination and your program." - '. With those seven words Gov. Adlai E. Steven son of Illinois told the 1,652 delegates to the wanin? 31st Dprnnrratin National riftnvpntmn what th had been wanting to hear. Response Tremendous They responded with a tremendous wave of chee4rs iaukin to h?J he w? wanted the honor they had given still doubted they had given it to the right man. When finally he said that "in the staggering task you have assigned me, I shall always try 'to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with my God'," the delegates who had just nominated him for the presidency let loose and gave him their devotion without stint. Stevenson told those thousands of men and women out front that there is nothing but work -"hard, implacable work" ahead for "all of us." This is the 20th century, he said, "the bloodiest, ? DEMOCRAT NOMINEE Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois looks jifbilant after rqceiving the Democratic party's nomination for the presidency of the United States. Stevenson was nominated by acclamation following the third ballot, on which he received 613 votes, only 2Vi less than the number needed for nomination. Stevenson Plans Rest Before Campaign Starts Chicago' -(U.R) Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the new Democratic presidential nomineer said Sat urday he has no immediate cam paign plans except to rest up for Fire District Gets Approval of Voters By Margin of 246 Voters 'of the proposed Med ford rural fire district sanctioned its formation by a majority of 246 votes at a Friday election according to Mrs. Floyd Fogel- quist, temporary committeee chairman. The vote was 269 for and 23 against. Voting by polling place was: 145 for and 14 against at the Lone Pine school, and 124 yes and 9 no at the Oak Grove school. One ballot was disqualified. The five directors el e c t e d from the nine candidates and the individual votes cast were Carl Norris, 202 votes; Leigh Campbell, 165; David Holmes Jr., 165; Eugene Shelton, 163: and Floyd Fogelquist, 159. The rest of the candidates and their votes included J. R. Chen ault, 137; Allen Harris, 120; Glenn Harrison, 120; and Oscar Chinn, 103. An official canvass of the vote will be made this week by the Jackson county court. Fol lowing this, the board of direc tors will meet to elect its chair man and draw up a budget for the district to be turned " into the county assessor's office by August 1. (U.R) The sol most turbulent age of the Christian era." No Gains Without Pains "Let's face it," he said. "Let's talk sense to the American people. Let's tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains, that' this is the eve of great decisions." If he was nervous, the nervousness soon wore off, and in a moment- he was telling the leaders and rank and file members of his party that "just winning this election" is not the im portant thing. The delegates sat on their hands when they heard that. But he went on to say that what concerned him is not the victory "but how it is won." He told the delegates, "now that you have made your decision I will fight to win that office with all my heart and soul." And "with your help," he said, "I have no doubt that we will win." Those Democrats loved that, and they loved it when he said they haj given him the highest office a people can give and "I could not be more proud." " J him and who his approaching political battle with Dwight D. Eisenhower. The 52-year-old Illinois execu tive" made clear in his acceptance speech to the convention early Saturday morning that it will be a fighting campaign although he insisted to the end that he never sought the honor that came to him. Wants To Rest Asked about his immediate plans, Stevenson told a reporter that "I'm tired" and that he wanted to rest up from the stren uous pace of the last couple days. An aide said the governor plans to return to the state cap ital of Springfield, 111., within "two or three days." Afer that, the aide said, his plans are high ly uncertain. . Stevenson went to his tempo rary quarters on Chicago's Gold Coast at 4 a.m. (CDT) but was back at convention hall Saturday afternoon to introduce his newly selected vice-presidential run ning mate, Sen. John J. Spark man of Alabama, to the weary delegates. Intensified7 Search For Dunkin Continues . State police reported late Sat urday they are continuing an "intensified" search for George Baker Dunkin, 67-year-old re cluse, who has been charged with the June 24 slaying of state police officer Phil Lowd. Capt Paul Parson said that the general search program is the same as that which has been conducted during the past four days. Democrats Select 'Harmony' Ticket For Fall Election Middle-of-Roader And Southern Liberal Convention Hall. Chicago (U.R) The Democratic party wound up its 31st National con vention Saturday nominating Sen. John J. Sparkman of Ala bama as vice presidential run ning mate for Illinois Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson on a "harmony" ticket for the November elec tions. Sparkman was nominated by acclamation some 13a hours after the cheering delegates picked Stevenson to head the team they will throw against Republican Dwight D. Eisenhow er and Sen. Richard M. Nixon in the fall. Unity Climax It was a smashing "unity" cli max to the six-day convention which witnessed a runing fight between southern Democrats and northern liberals over the civil rights question and the seating of three Dixie states which re fused to take the "loyalty pledge." But party leaders hoped that the nomination of Sparkman, considered a southern "liberal," and Stevenson generally regard ed as middle-of-t h e-r o a d e r, would weld the party into a uni fied fighting unit. Stevenson made a farewell appearance at the convention shortly before it adjourned for another four years to introduce Sparkman to the delegates. Both men promised a hard fight and predicted it would lead to vic tory. Week of Maneuvers The convention ended on a harmonious note after a week of maneuvering between the Stev enson forces and the backers of Sen. Estes Kefauver, Sen. Rich ard B. Russell and Averell Har- himan for the presidential nomination. In the end, the men seeking the prize for the "reluctant" Illinois governor crushed the Kefauver-Harriman combine, brought the northern "liberals" into line and ran away with the nomination on a third ballot early this morning. About midway during the con vention, the Stevenson backers had lined up with the Russell forces to seat the Virginia, South Carolina, and Louisiana delega tions and give them voting priv ileges despite their flat refusal to sign the loyalty pledge. The Kefauver-Harriman for ces even watered-down their pro posal until it required the dele gates to do all they could to get the convention's nominees on the ballot and that insofar as state rules and state party regu lations permitted. But the three states refused to sign and the convention seated' them anyway. Sudden Switch Friday night and early Satur day, in a suden switch, Harri man threw the big New York delegation to Stevenson and it was all over. By that time, Presi dent Truman was in town and in an inn right next door to the convention hall. But with the fighting all be hind them, Democratic leaders hoped they finally had a united party. They noted that Sparkman was the first Southerner to be named on a national ticket since 1936 when former Vice Presi dent John N. Garner was the late President Roosevelt's run ning mate. In 1940, Garner was tossed aside for Henry A. Wal lace. BULLETIN San Francisco (U.R) A tentative settlement of the West coast shipping strike was reached late Saturday at a meeting of Pacific Maritime Association officials and rep resentatives of the striking Sailors' Union of the Pacific ( AFL), Federal Conciliator Omar Ho&kins announced. ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED Tom Edding, 34, Butte Falls, was treated and released from Community hospital Saturday after he accidentally shot him self in the finger while hunting for hawks, according to hospital attendants.
