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Farouk Involved
In Army Scandals'
High Source Says
Evidence Piles Up,
Spokesman Declares
Naples, Italy (UP.) De
posed King Farouk of Egypt
came to Italy Tuesday and the
Italian government granted
his request to remain in the
country.
Cairo (UP.) A high au
thority said Tuesday that deposed
King Farouk was personally in
volved in army scandals that
were a prime factor in costing
him his throne.
The statement was made by
Mohamed Azmi Bey, former at
torney general who led an inves
tigation into charges that 13
high-ranking army officers, of
ficials and business men were
guilty of graft during the Pales
tine campaign against Israel.
Can't Be Prosecuted
But Azmi said Farouk himself
could not be prosecuted because
under the constitution the King
is above the law.
An army spokesman said docu
mentary evidence of Farouk's
corruption was piling up.
"What we knew about Fa
rouk's corruption before the
coup was only five per cent of
what we know now," the spokes
man said.
Others Linked
He indicated numerous mem
bers of Farouk's royal household
also were involved in corruption,
and that more additional evi
dence of the extent of graft in
high circles was being uncovered.
Graft during the Palestine
war was one of the main rea
sons for Saturday's lightning
"anti-corruption" coup by the
army. It was charged that army
leaders and others supplied the
equipment.
Naples, Italy (UP.) Ousted
King Farouk of Egypt came to
Italy Tuesday with 40 cases of
whiskey, champagne and gin and
more than 200 pieces of luggage,
to begin his exile.
The palatial 4,561-ton royal
yacht Mahroussa. in which play
boy Farouk sailed from Alex
andria Saturday after being
ousted in a lightning "anti-corruption"
army coup, tied up at
a Naples dock.
With Farouk were King
Ahmed Fuad II, his six-months-old
son and successor as ruler
of Egypt's 19,000,000 people, and
18-year-old Queen Mother Narri
man Sadek. ,
Yank Sfubborness
Brings Red Warning
-- Panmunjom, Korea (UP.)
The Communist North Korean
government radio warned Tues
day that American stubborness
may wreck the Korean truce ne
gotiations and expand the war.
The Pyongyang broadcast
came as Communist staff of
ficers showed every evidence of
stalling at an hour and 40-min-ute
meeting of the second -string
truce teams.
UN Spokesman Lt. Col. Jo
seph J. Borchert said the Com
munists took up the time dis
cussing minor matters which
had been thoroughly thrashed
out some months ago. The main
truce talks have been recessed
by the UN until next Sunday.
Salem (U.R) Gov. Douglas
McKay Tuesday announced re
appointment of S. E. Brogotti,,
Helix, to the State Board of Edu
cation. The appointment is for a
seven-year term.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair and continued
warm through Wednesday.
Afternoon thunderheads over
higher mountains. Low to
night 60, high Wednesday 100.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 98
Lowest this Morning 60
nhower Slates Speech
At Los Angeles August 5
Denver (U.R) Dwight D.
Eisenhower's first speech since
the Republican National Conven
tion will be delivered in the huge
Los Angeles Coliseum on Aug.
5, it was announced. Tuesday.
The GOP presidential nominee
will address the 53rd annual en
campment of -the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Non-Political Speech
Arthur H. Vahdenberg, Eisen
hower's executive assistant, said
the speech would be "non-political
in nature." But other mem
bers of Eisenhower's staff con
ceded that any speech made by
EGYPT "STRONGMAN" TOURS CAIRO - Sitting confidently
behind a heavily armed guard, Gen. Mohamed Naguib, self
appointed "strongman", of Egypt, tours the streets of Cairo after
seizing the country in a military coup.
Stevenson Ponders
Governor Successor
Springfield, 111. (U.R) Gov.
Adlai E. Stevenson Tuesday
shoved aside national problems
for the moment and pondered
the question of what to do with
the governorship he is so fond of.
The Democratic nominee for
Dr. R. E.Green
Passes at Home
Dr. R. E. Green, for many
years a member .of the medical
profession in Jackson county
who retired several years ago,
died at his home at 701 Park
street at about noon today.
Dr. Green was well known to
many of the older residents of
the area. He had been unwell
and inactive for some, time.
Perl Funeral home w.il be in
charge of funeral arrangements,
and will announce them tomor
row. A more detailed account of
Dr. Green's life is also being
prepared for publication.
Sleel Production
Gaining Momentum.
Pittsburgh (U.R) , The
back-to-work drive in the steel
industry gained momentum
Tuesday but workers in allied
occupations idled by the 53-day
strike faced new layoffs from
their jobs.
Even though there were ar
guments over contract settle
ments through the industry, the
nation's largest steel producers
drove for full production.
U.S. Steel, No. 1 corporation
in the famed "Big Six," had
almost half of its 55,000 Pitts
burgh district employees on the
job Monday and - expected to
reach 80 or 90 per cent of nor
mal within the next few days.
Oregon 'Tres Bel Etat
French Visitor Writes
Salem (U.R) Oregon is a
"tres bel etat." And you have
that on the enthusiastic assur
ance of visitors from Cannes,
France. G. Coumain-Cornille,
Cannes, wrote the sentiment for
his companions "tres bel etat,"
in the register at the tourist in
formation booth in the Capitol.
It means, of course, "very beauti
ful state." And Gilles Gagnon of
Montreal, Can., who was with
the Coumaine-Cornille party
wrote: "Magnifigue region!'
Magnificent region."
Portland (U.R) Funeral ser
vices for Mary Elizabeth Curry,
86, daughter-in-law of the pio
neer governor of the Oregon ter
ritory, George L. Curry, will be
held here Wednesday. -
election day, Nov. 4, would have
political overtones.
Vandenberg said that "of
course" Eisenhower would re
turn to California for campaign
speeches after the whistle-stop
tour begins in the early fall.
To Receive Award . -. -
The VFW will award .Eisen
hower its first annual Bernard
M. Baruch medal. This medal is
to be given each year to the per
son who "has made the greatest
contribution to the cause of
American unity and world
peace."
The Eisenhower party will
travel to and from Los Angeles
via chartered airliner.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
president also had several hours
to spend at his desk working on
state business.
Resignation Pondered
One problem confronting Ste
venson was the question of
whether he should resign the
governorship to prepare for his
campaign against Dwight D.
Eisenhower, the Republican
standard-bearer.
It appeared to be the pre
vailing view in informed quar
ters that he would give up the
state job at some future date
when the time comes for inten
sive campaigning to begin.
There has been talk that Ste
venson would resign his posi
and turn it over to, Democratic
Lt. Gov. Sherwood Dixon or let
his administrative aides carry
the burden of work while he
stumped the country.
Success Discussed ',
" However, Illinois Democrats
are presently jockeying with
each other over who should suc
ceed Stevenson as head of the
state party organization and it
is possible that some leaders
might resent an action that auto
matically would push Dixon to
the top of Illinois government.
Stevenson returned to the Il
linois executive mansion Monday
after spending 10 days in Chi
cago during the Democratic Na
tional Convention, which "draft
ed'' him for the presidential
nomination.
Churchill Announces
New Economy Cuts
London (U.R) Prime Minis
ter Winston Churchill's govern
ment announced a drastic new
economy program Tuesday to
head off threatened national
bankruptcy.
R. A. Butler, chancellor of the
exchequer, presented the pro
gram in Commons.
He announced that there
would be sweeping reductions in
imports, including a 25 per cent
slash in imports of unrationed
foods.
The cuts were worked out at
a series ot caDinei meetings.
Churchill had warned in ad
vance that they would be "grave
and far-reaching."
Kidnaping Warrant
Issued for Woman
Portland UR) Deputy
District Attorney James Collins
Tuesday issued a state kidnap
ing warrant for the arrest of
Mrs. Hattie Mabel Loftus, 47,
with whom a nine-year-old Port
land girl allegedly disappeared
Monday night.
The missing girl is Diana Qui
potla, daughter of Mrs. Rachael
Quipotla. who told police she
dressed -the child in her pajamas :
and permitted her to go to the
apartment of Mrs. Loftus, where
the latter read comic books to
the Quipotla girl.
Continued Hot, Dry
Weather Forecast
Continued hot, dry weather
for the next five days was fore
cast today by the Medford wea
ther bureau.
A high of 100 degrees was
predicted for tomorrow. Possible
isolated thunderstorms over the
mountains were also predicted.
The forecast for the entire state
was similar, except along the
coast where fog and occasional
"drizzle" was predicted for to
morrow. - - -
TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1952
West Coast Docks
Resume Activity
As Strike Ended
Threat of Radio
Walkout Diminishes
San Francisco (U.R) Docks
all along the West coast bustled
with activity Tuesday as the
maritime industry hurried to get
its ships to sea following settle
ment of a 62-day-old sailors'
strike.
The threat of another coast
wide tieup after the head of a
radio officer's union reported he
was "very satisfied" with pro
gress in discussions with ship
owners. Settlement Hoped
Philip O'Rourke, vice presi
dent of the CIO American Ra
dio association, had threatened
to pull his men off the ships
unless owners corrected alleged
contract violations. But after a
meeting with the Pacific Mari
time association, representing
shipowners, O'Rourke said he
hoped for settlement of the dis
pute at another parley today.
Meanwhile, 6,000 members of
the Sailors' Unidn of the Pac
ific (AFL) off the job since May
26, swarmed back to ships from
Seattle to San Pedro.
Wage Increase Granted
The shipowners granted the
sailors, in the agreement reach
ed over the week-end, a five per
cent wage increase, overtime pay
for( Saturday work' at sea, and
increased welfare benefits.
Portland U.R) Portland
members of the AFL Sailors Un
ion of the Pacific were set to
return to their jobs Tuesday aft
er voting unanimously to end a
two-month-old shipping strike.
The sailors voted Monday
noon to accept the tentative
agreement reached in San Fran
cisco Saturday between repre
sentatives of the SUP and the
shipowners.
Operators of 10 ships tied up
in Portland because of the two
months strike of the SUP were
preparing to get the vessels back
to duty.
Sign Comes Down;
Benefit Tomorrow
Traffic on South Central av
enue between Main and Eighth
streets was rerouted this morn
ing, as the big Craterian theater
sign, long a Medford landmark,
was removed.
The sign job was last step in
a remodeling of the theater. It
will reopen tomorrow night
when a benefit performance for
the Elks club fund for the Sal
vation Army's summer camp
will be given with a showing of
a new film, "Lydia Bailey."
Fifty per cent of the proceeds
will go to the fund.
The Ashland Kiltie band and
an Eve Prentice accordion group
will play in front of the
theater before the ceremony of
presenting the benefit check, in
which Bob Sherwood of the Elks
club and Mayor Diamond Flynn
with Jimmy Dunlevy as master
of ceremonies. The street again
will be closed off for the event.
The Craterian box office will
be open at 10 a.m. tomorrow for
sale of tickets for the perfor
mance. Doors will open at 7:45
p.m., with the show following
the ceremony on the stage.'
FUNERAL GROUP NAMED -
Washington (U.R- Vice
President Alben W. Barkley
named a 24-man committee
Tuesday to represent the Senate
at the funeral of Sen. Brien Mc-
Mahon.
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HONORS WITHOUT PRECEDENT-Women of one of Mrs. Eva
Peron's political committees weep in Buenos Aires after learning
of the death of the Argentine First Lady. Mrs. Peron, wife of
President Juan D. Peron, will receive an unprecedented funeral,
including military honors granted only twice previously in Argen
tine history. -
STEEL INDUSTRY REKINDLES Worker removes cold coke and
slag from "twyere" at the American Steel & Wire Co. plant in
Cleveland as the steel industry moves toward full production
following settlement of the 55-day nationwide steel strike.
Southern California
Feels New Temblors
Los Angeles (U.R) Three
jolting earth tremors rattled
through Southern California
Tuesday and one had a magni
tude of 6.50 the strongest after
shock of last- week's "killer"
quake yet registered.
The heavy temblor hit at
11:04 p.m. (PST) Monday. It was
followed 56 minutes later by an
other jolt which tilted seismo
graphs with a magnitude of 5.75.
A third shock struck at 4:49 a.m.
(PST).
Temblor Strongest
The 6.50 temblor was the
strongest since a week ago, Mon
day and surpassed in strength
the 6.25 strength 1933 Long
Beach quake which killed more
than 100.
Dr. Beno Gutenberg, director
of the California Institute of
Technology seismological labora
tory, said the magnitude of the
third temblor had not yet been
compiled but he described it as
"quite large."
Short Choppy Wave
The first shock felt like a
series of short choppy waves. No
damage was reported in the Los
Progress Reported
In Park Murders
Klamath Falls (U.R) Chief
Agent James B. Poster of the
Portland office of the FBI said
Tuesday that "progress is being
made by elimination" in the in
vestigation of the murders of two
salesmen in Crater Lake Na
tional park.
Poster, who has taken direct
charge of the case here, declined
to say what had been eliminated.
Bodies of C. P. Culhane, Detroit,
Mich., and A. M. Jones, Concord,
Calif., sales executive of a Gen
eral Motors subsidiary, were
found near the highway inside
the park's south entrance July
21. They had been dead two days
after leaving Klamath Falls on a
fishing trip.
Salem (U.R) Gom. and Mrs.
Douglas McKay left Tuesday for
a two-weeks vacation at Nes
kowin on the Oregon coast.
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Angeles area, but the Bakersfield
fire department said the shock
touched off fires there.
Bakersfield, 11 miles north of
here in the San Joaquin valley,
felt the shock more severely than
Los Angeles, apparently because
it is neared the Bear mountain
fault that caused the July 21
quake, which claimed 13 live.
Three Burglaries
Reported to Police
. 'Three "burglaries in ono-resi-dences
were reported to the city
police Monday. Two cases involv
ed safes being cracked open,
and more than $100 was missing
from each safe.
The safe at Modern Furniture
company, 1222 South Riverside
avenue, was broken into early
Monday. Owner Kenmet C.
Kerr reported that between $150
and $200 in cash and currency
was stolen. The burglar ignor
ed cash smaller than quarters,
he said. - -
At Lilenquist Motors comp
any, 1016 North Riverside av
enue, $110.30 was stolen from
the safe and $25.86 from the
cash register, the police said.
The thieves opened the safe by
peeling the metal door off.
Another burglary took place
at Morton Milling company, 10
West Jackson, during the week
end. E. Ben Music reported at
11:20. a.m. Monday that someone
entered the building by breaking
in a basement window. A $35
set of tools belonging to Music
was reported stolen.
Bellview Electric
Power SaleOK'd
Salem (U.R) . State Public
Utilities Commissioner Charles
H. Heltzel Tuesday authorized
the sale by the California Ore
gon Power Co. of its electric dis
tribution system serving the
Bellview district of Ashland to
the city of Ashland.
The company and the city of
Ashland have . for many years
had an agreement for the pur
chase of power by the city from
the company. The Bellview dis
trict has been annexed to the
city of Ashland. The company
sold the property to Ashland for
the net original cost of $43,-760.32.
Wage Stabilization Board Will Bow Out
With Decision on Controversial Steel Case
Washington (U.R) The con
troversial Wage Stabilization
Board bows out Tuesday with a
decision on the steel case the
dispute that brought about its
downfall. '
The board met today in its
last session to put its stamp of
approval on the agreement
reached in the long steel dispute
and then hands over the reins
to a new board.
Powers Cut Sharply
The incoming board was set
up by the new Defense Pro
duction Act. Its powers were cut
sharply" as a result of the old
board's handling of the steel
case.
Scheduled to take over Wed
nesday, the revised wage group
Scientists Called '
To Study Objects
Over Washington
Capital Radar Screen
'Saucers' Again Located
Washington U.R) Those "mystery objects" swooped In over
the capital again Tuesday as an aroused Air Force called in top
scientists to find out what flying saucers really are.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration traffic control center
reported that its radar picked up the objects for about six straight
hours early this morning.
The objects, a CAA official said, were traveling about 100 to
120 miles an hour in a 10-mile arc around the capital, between
Herndon, Va., and Andrews Air Force Base in nearby Maryland.
It was in this same area that radar screens recorded the strange
"targets" the past two Saturday nights, setting off a new rash of
"flying saucer" rumors in the capital.
Top Air Force brass has decided to get to the bottom of the
mystery. Forsaking an earlier attitude that "there ain't no such
animal," they are enlisting top scientists in a major new saucer
study, it was learned today.
RADAR PICKS UP 1
MYSTERIOUS OBJECTS
A CAA official said the con
trol center radar first started
picking up the strange "blips"
about 1:30 a.m. and that they
continued showing up on the
radarscope until 6 a.m. this mor
ning. At some times, he said,
there were as many as eight to
12 of the objects on the scope at
the same time.
A pilot aboard an Eastern Air
lines Constellation was directed
to check on the objects at about
3 a.m.. but he reported he saw
no lights despite a 15-mile visi
bility. The CAA official said the
objects disappeared from the ra
dar screen when the plane was
in the area where they had been
tracked and "then came in be
hind him."
No Jets In Chase
No jets from the air defense
command were sent up to chase
the new objects as on Saturday.
Then a jet pilot reported sight
ing "steady white lights," but
said his 600-mile-an-hour jet was
unable to "close in."
Asked why the air defense
command had not been alerted,
the CAA official said "we were
too busy with other things and
besides those objects aren't hurt
ing anybody."
'Blipi' Described
The official said the objects
appeared much the same as on
last Saturday night except that
there was not "quite as much
definition" to the "blips." He
described the "blips" as the
same kind as made by an air
plane but with 'lighter inten
sity."
The Air Force will rely pri
marily on physicists for its
"flying saucer" investigation
This is in line with a tentative
opinion already reached in some
Air Force circles that the var
ious described mystery objects
in the sky actually are physical
phenomena, however imperfect
ly understood up to now, rather
than actual flying discs.
East Germans Pour
Into Western Sector
Berlin (U.R) East Ger
mans poured into West Berlin in
unprecedented numbers Tues
day, seeking to escape the Red
rule that grips East Germany.
Emergency quarters were
rushed to completion to accom
modate the stream of refugees
youths who fear drafting for the
new compulsory labor service,
men who do not want to be con
scripted for army duty, police
men who can no longer stomach
the work of repression, others
who just want freedom.
New York (U.R) A switch
ing subway train crashed into a
standing empty train at an
above-ground Bronx terminus
Tuesday, injuring 10 persons,
one of them critically.
BULLETIN
Ft. Meade. Md (U.R) Maj.
Gen. Robert W. Grow was con
victed by a court martial board
Tuesday of allowing his "war
now" diary io fall into Com
munist hands while he was
military attache in Moscow.
will be unable to intervene in
labor disputes or make recom
mendations on non-economic is
sues. Congress took away these
powers in retaliation for the out
going board's recommendations
for settling the steel dispute
a 26.1 cent-an-hour "package"
wage increase and adoption of
the union shop.
Proposal Too High
Congress felt the board's pro
posal was too high, and that it
shouldn't have made any recom
mendation on the non-economic
issue of a union shop a clause
requiring union membership.
The steel dispute was finally
settled at about 21-cents-an-hour
and a "modified" union security
clause.
In its 14-month existence, the
board was under frequent sharp
Gene R. Brantley
To Seek Election
As County Judge
Gene R. Brantley. 339 Mae
street, Medford, today announc
ed his candidacy for Jackson
county judge in the November
election. He will run on an in
dependent ticket.
The candidate is a brother of
Bob Brantley, who was defeated
by incumbent Judge J. B. Cole
man in the Republican primary
this year. He is being backed, he
said, "by a coalition of Republi
cans and Democrats as well as
independents." Petitions to
place his name on the ballot are
now being circulated, with 2,000
signatures being sought.
Urged By Committees
"I have been urged to be a
candidate by several committees
representing the two major poli
tical parties." Brantley's state
ment said. "Because I believe
that all people should be treated
alike who have business with
our county government. I con
sented to be a candidate." He
added that a full statement of
plans and a platform would be
announced later.
Gene Brantley was born in Ft.
Morgan, Colo., in 1924, and
moved to Ashland in 1932. He
graduated from secondary'
schools there, and from South
ern Oregon college, with a
bachelor of science degree. Lat
er he attended the University of
Oregon as a political science
major and has, he said, "conti
nued to be a student of govern
ment, including Jackson coun
ty's setup."
He was a candidate for dele
gate to the Republican National
convention, running high on the
list of candidates from the -4th
congressional district.
City Police Detain
2 Suspected of Fire
Thomas G. Rcames, 27 Geneva
street, and Thomas Glendyn
Staley, Jr., 1114 South Oakdale
street, were apprehended by the
city police last night. They were
suspected of taking a city flare
warning signal and starting a
grass fire near the Ninety and
Nine cafe, 1258 South Riverside
avenue.
Reames was cited for viola
tion of the basic rule. They were
released with a warning that
charges might be filed later,
according to police records.
A police officer said he saw
the pair take one of the flares
from South Central and River
side avenues. The officer added
that he followed them until they
threw the flare out the window,
starting a grass fire. Then he
stopped the youths and they ex
tinguished the fire.
The state police reported that
the pair is also suspected of caus
ing two earlier fires near the
Red Barn, Pacific Highway
South.
attack from Congress, industry
and labor. It was charged time
and time again with granting
excessive wage increases. Board
members countered that their
job was to preserve labor peace
and adjust "inequities" not
to freeze wages.
President Truman praised the
out-going board Monday for do
ing a "grand job" under "the
most trying circumstances."
Truman Writes Letter
"After the smoke has cleared
away from the now settled bitter
steel dispute," Mr. Truman said
in a letter to retiring board
Chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger,
"everyone will be able to see
that the basic recommendations
of the wage board were finally
adopted by the parties in this
case."
the . general between now and