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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.'