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week M f DtS) 1 on Medford tutted Press Fall Leased Wire 47th Year 12 Pages HIPTI Claim of Marine Radio Officers Viewed as Threat Sailors Voting on Contract Ratification San Francisco !U.R) A threat of continuance of the 62-day-old "West Coast shipping tieup arose Monday as marine radio officers claimed iurisdiction over all shipboard radio equipment. Philip O'Rourke, CIO Ameri can Radio association vice presi dent, warned that "unless a satis factory understanding is reached on the radio-telephone issue the radio officers will not return to their ships." Violation Charged O'Rourke accused the Pacific Maritime association of a con tract violation because the asso ciation. O'Rourke claimed, al lowed masters and mates to han dle radio telephones on some ships. Jurisdiction over radio-telephone equipment is claimed by both the CIO union and the AFL masters, mates and pilots union. O'Rourke said a meeting was scheduled with PMA Monday on this issue. However, Capt. C. F. May, MMP vice president, said that even if the AFL sailors union of the Pacific ratifies a new contract with the PMA as expected late Monday, the more than 100 strikebound ships will remain tied up until after meetings of the deck officers' union Tuesday. Meanwhile, striking seamen of the AFL sailors union of the Pacific met Monday to vote rati fication of a settlement reached by negotiators ending the sailors' walk-out. landmark' Theater Sign To Come Down The Craterian theater sign, a Medford landmark for many years will be taken down tomorrow morning, according to Ralph Ellis, of Medford Neon Sien comDanv. Traffic on Cen tral avenue, between Main and" Eighth streets, is expected to be halted for two hours. The huge over - the - street sign will be removed at about 8 a.m., it was reported. Police Chief Clatous McCredie said traffic would be directed west on Main and south on Front while men from the sign comp any are working. This type of sign is contrary to a new city sign ordinance. However, the ordinance was not retroactive, so removal of the street sign could not be forced. The theater, which has under gone extensive remodeling, will have its official re-opening at 8 p. m. Wednesday. Half the amount paid for each ticket will go to the Medford Elk's sum mer camp for underprviledged youngsters. Tickets are sold at The Tog gery, Barkers' Men's store, Hub bard Brothers hardware store, Weeks and Orr and the Crater ian theater. Weather FORECAST: Afternoon and eve nins thunderheads over high mountains, otherwise contin ued hot and dry through Tuesday, low tonight 60, high Tuesday 96-9S. Temp. Highest Yesterday 101 Lowest this Morning 62 Eugene Girl To Represent Oregon at Atlantic City Seaside (U.R) Mary Lou Teague, 18 doffed the title of Miss Eugene Monday and pre pared to represent her state as Miss Oregon at the Atlantic City Miss America contest in September. . The five-foot-five-inch brun ette beauty, daughter of a Eu gene lumberman, was selected winner of Oregon's top beauty pageant Sunday in the final eliminations at Seaside. Outstanding Student Miss Teague was graduated in June from Eugene High school where she was an outstanding student. Judged on the basis of talent, personality, swim suit ap pearance, and evening gown ap- MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 28, bw coht nuahce seen Jet Planes Fail To Overtake Mysterious Objects Over Capital Washington (U.R) Jet planes capable of speeds of 600 mii?s an hour made a futile attempt to intercept mysterious glowing objects that streaked over the capital for the second consecu tive week-end. The Air Force, which always has maintained a skeptical atti tude about "flying saucers," said Monday it was investigating the unidentified objects, described as "glowing white lights," that were spotted by radar and then visually by Air Force and commercial-pilots Saturday night. No Concrete Evidence "We don't know what they are, but we are investigating," an Air force spokesman said to day. ' We have no concrete evi dence that they are flying saucers. "Conversely, we have no con crete evidence that they are not flying saucers." The spokesman said the re ports had been relayed to intel ligence officers in the Pentagon and to the Air Force technical intelligence center at Wright Medford Airport Construction Fund Approved by CAA A $57,500 improvement " pro ject for the Medford Municipal airport has been approved by the Civil Aeronautics adminis tration, it was reported from Washington, D. C, by United Press. The project includes apron paving, grading and draining the terminal area, surfacing the parking area and entrance road and installing miscellaneous ut ilities. City Superintendent Robert Duff said this morning that the city had not yet been notified of the CAA allocation. He ex pects official clarification soon. He was not sure if the $57,500 figure is the CAA allocation or if it is the total amount to be spent on the project. (Fourty four per cent of the expense of the project must be financed by local funds.) New Aprons The new terminal building at the airport will necessitate pav ing of many new aprons, Duff said. Several roads must also be relocated. The project will also include removal of the old hang er and the moving of the con trol tower to the new terminal, he added. Three other airport projects in uregon were wiiiuumcu. They were for the Pendleton, The Dalles and Portland air ports. The Medford project was the second largest of the four Portland (U.R) The Federal Mediation Service said Monday ihat an agreement has Deen reached between the striking CIO United Automobile Work ers and the International Har vester company in a contract dis pute at the firm's Milwaukie, Ore., plant. Corvallis iU.R) Milo Gubrud, Eugene, Monday was tne new state president of the L.oyai Order of Moose. nearance. Miss league won a trophy in the swim suit compe tition Friday and impressed the judges Sunday with her lyric coloratura voice in the talent contest. The new Miss Oregon, suc ceeding Audrey Mistretta of As toria, weighs 115 pounds. Other winning statistics are: bust 34, waist 23, and hips, 37. Runners Up Named Runners up in the three-day competition were Loretta Ma son, Miss Hermiston, and Mari lyn Lundell, Miss The Dalles. Besides the chance to win the Miss America contest. Miss Ore gon also receives a $500 scholar ship offered by residents of Sea- side. Patterson Air Force Base, Day ton, O. center of the investi gation of "flying saucer" re ports. The CAA control center, lo cated at the National Airport across the Potomac river from Washington, first picked up the mysterious objects on its radar screens at 7:08 p.m. (CST) Sat urday. In the next four hours before the objects disappeared, the CAA reported as many as 12 of the unidentified "blips" ap peared on the radar-scope at the same time. Air Force Alerted CAA officials immediately alerted the Air Force and com mercial pilots to be on the look out for the objects, and the Air Force ordered up F-94 jet planes in an attempt to intercept the mysterious lights tracing an eerie pattern over Washington. Two jets from the Newcastle. Del., Air Force Base gave chase from about 9:25 p.m. (CST) until 10:15 a.m. Sundav. One of the Dilot? reported spotting the ob jects twice but said he was un able to overtake them. Two oth er jets went aloft at 1:30 a.m. and remained in the air tracking down the objects without suc cess until 2:20 a.m. Portland (U.R) Portland had a flying saucer report of its own Monday to compare with that from Washington, D.C. Richard Kopp said he and his nine-year-old daughter saw five round objects passing south over the city about 4:45 p.m.. Sunday. They were in a V formation, he said. Farouk Portraits Ordered Removed Cairo, Egypt (U.R) Portraits of abdicated King Farouk were taken from all government of fices Monday and court circulars and other official documents were issued in the name of his infant son King Ahmed Faud. Official sources said that the question of confiscation of the vast farmlands, estates and oth er properties owned by Farouk he is the biggest landowner m Egypt would be studied. The Wafd party, which has a top heavy majority in parlia ment, and the powerful Moslem brotherhood threw their sup port behind Gen. Mohammed Naguib Bey, Egypt's new "man of destiny," who threw Farouk off the throne Saturday in favor of his six-months-old son. Three Men Rescued From Boat Wreckage Santa Monica, Calif. U.R) Three men were found clinging to wreckage 14 miles off the coast of Santa Monica shortly after searchers spotted the charred wreckage of their ex plosion wracked chartered fish ing boat. Nine other members of the fishing party were officially listed as missing but coast guard officers, in charge of the quickly organized search crew, feared they had drowned. Rescued by Santa Monica lif guard Lt. Preston Petersen was Jack Haley, Glendale; Buzz Sachse, Los Angeles; and James Knight, Culver City, Calif. Court Advisory Group Sets Meeting Tonight The advisory committee to the Jackson county juvenile court will meet in the circuit court room of the county courthouse at 8 o'clock tonight. Matters un der consideration will be the report of the nominating com mittee, and further discussion of dentention home needs. Participating org anizations throughout the county are ask ed to have representatives pres ent. The meeting is open to the public. Radio Highlights A re-creation of the Mar iano - Matthews fight will be broadcast at 6:30 o'clock to night by KWIN, 1400 kc. Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire 1952 No. 110 Plane Passengers Rescued From Sea After Four Hours Loss of Engine Causes Ditching . Westover Air Force Base. Mass. (U.R) A dramatic air-sea rescue of 32 persons from downed Tropic Airlines plane in the Mediterranean sea Sunday, was announced here Monday. Word of the rescue was ra dioed here from Wheelus field at Tripoli center of the rescue effort in which both Air Force and a British airline assisted. The half-drowned survivors were hauled to safety after cling ing to two partly deflated life rafts in white-capped seas more than four hours. Engine Drops Off All 32 survivors 28 passen gers and four crew members were aboard the Tropic Airlines plane on a 500-mile run from Malta to Bengasi, Libya, when one of the engines dropped off Unable to maintain altitude, the craft was ditched after the two partly inflated life rafts actually rubber dingys built for six rjassengers were tossed overside. First word of the plane's plight came to Malta when the radio man aboard the stricken craft reported that one of the engines had been lost. Equipment Tossed Out All loose and personal equip ment was tossed out in a vain ef fort to maintain altitude and reach the plane's destination 100 miles away. Within minutes after notifica tion of the trouble it was evident that the plane could not remain aloft and it was ditched in the rough sea. All ships, planes and rescue agencies in the North African area were alerted and sent speeding to the scene. County Grand Jury Reconvenes Tuesday Jackson county's grand jury will reconvene tomorrow for final consideration of pending criminal matters presented last week, according to District At torney Paul Haviland. Consideration of the safety of the county bridge at Rogue Riv er was postponed until Tuesday to allow any further testimony and information to be presented to the district attorney's office. Haviland reported today that the case of Marshall Craven, 46, Shadv . Cove, charged with threatening the commission of a felonv July 1, will also be re ferred to the grand jury for action. Other matters to be studied include the shooting of Officer Phil Lowd and two cases involv ing contributing to the delin quency of a minor. f Ashland Loop Road and Crater Trail To Open The Ashland Loop road will be open sometime this week, for est service officials said this morning. The road has been blocked by a heavy drift between Dutchman Peak lookout and Mt. Ashland. A road crew is now working on the road and they expect to com plete the job before the week end. The trail down to Crater lake is also expected to be open this week, according to John B. Wos- ky, superintendent of Crater Lake National park. Walt Disney Hears Of Ernie's Worry; To Send New Sweater When five-year-old Ernie Leffler was found a week ago Sunday after being lost 29V4 hours in the woods near Four mile lake, one of . the first things he said was "Mummy. I didn't want to do it, but I lost my Micky Mouse , sweater." Ernie's worries were over today. His mother, Mrs. 'Ray mond Clark, 1985 Orchard Home drive , has received word that Walt Disney, crea tor of Micky Mouse and other 'famous cartoon characters, has heard of Ernie's concern over the loss of his sweater and is sending him another. Eisenhower Holds Series of Talks With Party Heads Denver, Colo. (U.R) Dwight D. Eisenhower, refreshed by 10 days of loafing and trout fishing, plunged into a series of confer ences with Republican Party leaders Monday with new vigor. THE GOP presidential nomi nee, who returned to his head quarters here Sunday night from a picturesque mountain re treat near Fraser, Colo., arrang ed to spend most of Monday talking with members of his ad visory staff, including Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hamp shire. To Direct Campaign Adams has taken a three month leave of absence from his governor's duties to help direct the Eisenhower campaign against Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, Democratic nominee for president. Later this week Eisenhower will confer with Arthur E. Sum merfield. Flint. Mich., Republi can national cnairman wno is also the general's ; campaign manager; Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, R-Mass., chairman-of the campaign advisory committee, and Sen. Hugh Butler, R-Neb., who was an enthusiastic support- er of sen. KODeri a. iaii oi Ohio for the GOP presidential nomination. Nixon Confers Sen. Richard M. Nixon of Cal ifornia. Republican vice-presi dential nominee, spent Sunday at Fraser conferring with Eisen hower about campaign plans. Nixon said afterward that he and Eisenhower agreed that they would wage "just as inten sive a campaign as we can make it." Elliott Reelected State GOP Chairman Portland Robert A. Elliott, Medford insurance man, was re elected chairman of the state ReDublican Central committee at a meeting here Saturday. El liott was first elected to the post in February, replacing Sig Unander, Portland, who re signed to campaign for the Re publican nomination for state treasurer. Other officers elected unop posed were Mrs. James Mott, Salem, vice-president, succeed ing Mrs. H. D. Peterson, Dallas; William Thelin, Milwaukie, sec retarv. succeeding Newell Ell iott, Portland, and Lawrence Neault, Baker, treasurer, re elected. Elliott has been in training with the Army reserves, in which he is a major, since re turning from the Republican Na tional convention, to which he was a delegate, and where he made one of four seconding speeches for General Eisenhow er. Eagle Point Fire Bond Election Set Eagle Point A bond election to raise $15,000 for new tire equipment for Eagle Point will be held tomorrow from 12 noon to 7 p.m. in the city fire hall, according to Sam Coy,city re corder. This is the second election on the ' question. It is necessary to have another election due to the disqualification of the first elec tion by the county assessor's of fice for legal reasons. The meas ure passed the first time by a considerable majority. Weather Change Hoped Coos Bay (U.R) More than 125 weary fire fighters hoped for a change in the weather Monday as they fought desperately to confine a stubborn forest fire still raging out of control in Camas valley between Coos Bay and Roseburg. I Jk 1 1 in imumii tr" DEMOCRATS ADJOURN of the Democratic National convention in Chicago Saturday, Gov. Adlai Stevenson and Sen. John Sparkman, presidential and vice presidential nominees, give the double V for Victory sign to set the Democrats' pace for the fall campaign. In the lower photo, Sen. Richard B. Russell waves to the crowd to concede his nomination after the Stevenson choice was certain. Standing beside the Georgia senator is Chairman Sam Rayburn. Stevenson Departs For Springfield and Warm Civic Welcome Chicago (U.R) Gov. Ad lai E. Stevenson left Chicago, where he had won the Demo cratic presidential nomination, Monday for his first visit since nomination to Springfield, the state capital where a civic wel come awaited him. He left on a train for the state capital, refusing to answer most questions from reporters as he climbed aboard the train with two of his sons, John Fell, 16, and Bordan, 19. Not Boss Any More "If I start speaking on the is sues now it means the opening of the campaign. They tell me I'm not boss any more," he said. Before leaving the home of William McCormick Blair III, administrative assistant who was Roseburg Man Held On Murder Suspicion Roseburg (U.R) A 32-year-old Roseburg man was held in Douglas county jail Monday on suspicion of the fatal shooting early Sunday morning of Mrs. Alice Craven, 52, Tenmile, Ore. First degree murder charges were to be filed against the un unemployed logger. Carl James Corder was ar rested early Sunday after he notified the sheriffs office through an unidentified friend that the woman had been shot. Deputies were led to Mrs. Cra ven's body on a lonely mountain road 18 miles southwest of Rose burg. They said Corder was found sitting in his car. several miles away with a .22 calibre rifle in his possession. Democratic Committee Sets Meeting Tonight Democratic precinct commit teemen and women will meet at 8 o'clock tonight for the. first meeting of the Jackson County Democratic Central committee under its recently-elected offic- s. The meeting will be in Room B of the Medford YMCA, and Dr. Arthur Kreisman, of South ern Oregon college, will be the principle speaker. He will dis cuss party responsibility.. All Democrats', and any oth ers interested, are welcome, ac cording to Chairman Guy Cor liss. Plans for an August pic nic honoring Judge Frank L. TouVelle will be discussed. Moments before final adjournment his host during convention week end afterwards, the governor shook hands with and thanked the policemen who were sta tioned there. He was escorted to the station by a city squad car and a state squad car. Strong details of police had been as signed to the station, but the crowd when he left was not large. The governor will stop brief ly at Bloomington, 111., on his way to Springfield. Blooming ton was his boyhood home. To Get Truman's Aid Before leaving, Stevenson was informed that President Truman and Vice-President Al ben W. Barkley will stump the nation for him. A "non-partisan" celebration and homecom ing awaited Stevenson in the capital city. The streets of Springfield were festooned with bunting and welcoming signs a few hours after the radio blared the news of his nomination. The Illinois governer spent a hectic week-end in his fashion able "hideout" on Chicago's Near North Side. A steady stream of Democrat ic party dignitaries called on him to chat and lay plans before grabbing trains out of town. The politicians, and the governor, were genuinely weary after the marathon sessions of the Dem ocratic National convention that nominated the reluctant Stevenson. Sweltering Legionnaires Open Klamath Convention Klamath Falls (U.R) Wea ther plagued the Oregon con vention of the American Leg ion which went into its second day at Klamath Falls Monday. Only about a fourth of the 2-000 registered delegates at tended Sunday's opening session as soaring temperatures made the - Klamath Falls armory 1 al most unbearable. The delegates who braved the heat to attend heard an address by John Thomas Taylor, a con sultant of the Legion's national committee who spoke for Na tional Commander Donald R. Wilson. Calls For Fight Taylor called on Legionnaires to fight what he called "citi zen groups" attempting to cut veterans benefits. He said the battle against curtailment of GI assistance must continue until the opposition is "annihilated." Drownings Account For Seven Deaths Throughout State Tot Falls Into Ditch Near Cave Junction By UNITED PRESS At least 12 persons died In ac cidents throughout Oregon dur ing the1 week-end, seven of them by drowning. A 13th death Monday was re sult of a traffic mishap which occurred in Portland Friday. Albert B. Melvin, 85, Canby. died Sunday at Oregon City of injuries suffered Saturday in a two-car collision on U. S. High way 99-E near Canby. Fall From Barn Fatal A fall from his barn at Beaver creek Saturday proved fatal to William Frederick Bluhn, 69. Darrell E. Smith. 32. Portland, injured Friday when his gaso line tank truck crashed into the Morrison street bridge under pass, overturned and burned. died Monday at Good Samaritan hospital. John M. Reynolds of Wood Vil lage, east of Portland, drowned in the Sandy river near Trout dale while swimming. His body was not recovered immediately. Little Linda Sue Jerome. 18- month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Jorome, drowned Sunday when she wandered out to her backyard and tumbled into a four-foot deen irrieation canal between Cave Junction and Grants Pass. John Reed Harbison. 39. and his wife, Mildred. 35. Roseburg, died in another Sunday niishap. iney were caUi?hmg in North Tenmile lake near Lakeside. when their boat capsized some time after midnight. Another Roseburg couple. Georee Can- trell, 18, an Empire sailor, drowned in the Coos Bav Lum ber Co. reservoir Saturdav while swimming with three friends. Fishing Boat Capsizes Two Vancouver. Wash., men drowned in the Columbia river at St. Helens when their small fishing boat swamped in 'wind- roughened water. Orville Thomp son, 40, and Donald Acheson, 22, . lost their hold on the boat and drowned. The seventh week-end fatality was a Los Angeles woman who was killed instantly in a one car accident on the Crater Lake highway 18 miles north of Med ford. Mrs. Audrey B. Crizer, 56, wife of Thomas Jackson Crizer, operator of the car. was thrown from the vehicle when the right rear tire blew out. Mrs. Kathleen Curryer, 30, and her six-year-old son David, both of Spokane, Wash., were killed in a head-on auto collision 12 miles west of Umatilla Sat urday night. Senator McMahon Taken by Death Washington (U.R) Sen. Bricn McMahon, noted Connecti cut Democrat and chairman of the joint congressional Atomic Energy Committee, died Mon day after being bed-ridden for several weeks by a spinal ail ment. He was 48. Georgetown hospital, where he has been confined, said he died at 11:10 a.m. (EDT). His doctor. Dr. Philip A. Caul- field, said the cause was cancer of the lung which spread to the senator's back and pelvis. Besides his wife, members of the family at the senator's bed side included his mother, Mrs. William H. McMahon, two sis ters, Mrs. Eugenie Burr and Ei leen McMahon and two broth ers, Drs. William H. McMahon and John McMahon. Rep. Carl T. Durham (D-N.C.) automatically became acting chairman of the Atomic Energy committee. Gov. Douglas McKay also spoke to the perspiring dele gates urging benefits for veter ans of the Korean war. He said Oregon has already initiated such aid. Clorin J. Layton, Astoria, was named grand chef de gare of the Grand Voiture du Oregon in 40 and 8 elections, replacing Harry F. Bahlam, Portland. Medford Man Named Other 40 and 8 officers were Herman J. Meiring, Medford, chef de train; F. F. Gerber, Til lamook, commissaire intendant; Sam W. Elmore, Portland, con ducteur; Claud Martin, Salem, garde de la porte; Felix C. Duke, Coos Bay, commis voyageur; George Viaene, Portland, drap eau; Bahlman, Portland, chem inot nat'le; John Cerny, Dallas, alter cheminot; and James R. Forsyth, Portland, correspondent.'
