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I Weather Recommended DFORD RIBUNE A feature story about the history of the railroads in the Rogue valley appears on Page S of today's issue of The Mail Tribune. FORECAST: Sunny and hot to day and Monday; scattered afternoon and evening thun derstorms over the mountains; high both days 95 to 100, low " tonight C4. Highest Yesterday 98 Lowest; Yesterday 59 United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1952 No. 115 Me Truce Negotiators Agree to Another Seven-Day Recess U.N. Expected To Ask For Still More Time Tokyo. Sunday (U.P.) United Nations truce negotiators met with the Communists at Panmunjom for 32 minutes to day after a seven-day recess and called for another week's ad journment. The Reds agreed and the next meeting was scheduled for 11 a.m. August 11. The new recess extended the "summer vacation'' of the top level delegations to at least two weeks with the prospect that the UN would ask for another exten sion August 11 if the Commun ists offer nothing new which could lead to a break in the pris oner exchange deadlock, the on ly remaining obstacle to peace in Korea. A staff officer meeting on the wording of the nearly-complete armistice agreement lasted for 36 minutes and adjourned until tomorrow at 11 a.m. (10 p.m, EDT Sunday). Senior UN Delegate Maj. Gen William K. Harrison said after today's meeting that "they had nothing new to say and neither did we. "We proposed a seven - day recess and they agreed, he said "They had it all prepared in ad vance. I think they are tired of having us walk out on them.: It was the fifth recess of the plenary session initiated by the UN and the first one to which the Communists agreed. However, the Reds agreed re luctantly, complaining that no progress toward settlement of the prisoner issue could come unless they stayed in session. s John Snider Files For New Term on Medford Council. John Snider, Medford dairy- man and one of four city council men whose terms expire this year, Saturday filed a petition to have his name placed on the ballot as a candidate. He is the first announced candidate from Ward 1. This will be the first time Snider has run for election. He was appointed to the council in 1950 to fill the unexpired term of Neil Davidson. On the coun cil he has been chairman of the airport committee. Snider is the first councilman to file to be retained on the city council. The terms of Harold Frye, Dwight Houghton and El mer Childers also are expiring. Houghton and Childers have an nounced they will not be candi dates for reelection. Frye has not yet decided. Dick Woodcock has filed to replace Houghton as Ward 2 councilman and Jack Fitzgerald has entered a petition making him a candidate to replace Child ers as councilman from Ward 4. The deadline for filing peti tions with the city recorder's office is August 30. Recorder J. Ralph Woodford cautioned, how ever, that they should be filed by August 26 to provide time to have the signatures checked. New York (U.R) Two criminally insane fugitives, who kidnaped and robbed two Brooklyn men within 24 hours, were seized by police Saturday night making a last dash for freedom through crowds of week-end travelers in Manhat tan's busy Greyhound bus terminal. Mysterious Light in Sky Turns Out To Be Balloon Winnemucca, Nev. (U.R) Residents of this small Nevada town watched with fascination whispering "flying saucers," as a round bright light glided slow ly westward and hovered in the sky for more than an hour Sat urday night, but the "glowing light" turned out to be a weather bureau balloon. Hugh Spangler, regional di rector of the U.S. Weather Bur eau at Salt Lake City, who hap pened to be in town, and Jack B. Junkins, head of the local bureau said they traced the ob ject's course through a theodo lite, a special high - powered telescope, and that it was "un doubtedly a radio balloon." But residents dropped every thing to watch the spectacle. Everybody Turned Out Virtually the entire popula tion turned out of doors and tourists and .truckers passing through the busy town on High- way 40 stopped their cars and I. " . --y Jtk ... J WAYWARD WHEEL An alert photographer snapped this picture as a wheel (arrows) flew off a stock car racer in Averill Park, N. Y. bounded over a fence and plunged into a group of picnickers. Several small children (right) were saved from injury when one of the men managed to knock the "flying saucer" off course. The stock car driver was uninjured. BERLIN RIOTS THREATENED Rabble-Rousers Whipping up Hatred For Demonstration U.N. Troops Placed On Semi-Alert Basis Berlin (U.R) Red rabble- rousers Saturday whipped up hate-America and anti-Western sentiments in the Soviet-run sec tor of this divided city in prepar ation for today's threatened in vasion of the U.S., British and French sectors by thousands of Communist hot-heads. Western allied authorities said violence, riots and bloodshed are almost certain to occur if the Reds "make good'their threat Troops on Semi-Alert . American, British and French troops in Western Berlin were placed on a "semi-alert," ready to move in to aid West Berlin's fully alerted 12,000-man police force if the latter are unable to cope with the situation. The Communists set 1:30 p.m (4:30 a.m. PST) as the hour for their massed demonstration and invasion" march. West Berlin and Western Allied authorities warned blunt ly that any attempt by the Reds to move across the city's sector borders in mass formation will be blocked by force if necessary. Pretext for the Communist in vasion is an illegal demonstra tion, scheduled to be held by members of the fanatical "Free German Youth" movement in Jungfernheide Park, in the Brit ish sector. Will Defy Ban The young Reds said they will defy a Western police ban and hold their meeting. The Russian-sector Commun ists announced they will support the British sector demonstration by massing in thousands at four strategic points along the bor ders of the U.S., British and French sectors. Red leaders reminded" their followers that Communist dem onstrators invaded West Berlin on Whitsuntide, 1951 and fought street battles with West Berlin police. The Communist leaders said that incident should serve as a model and inspiration for tomorrow's disorders. lined the streets to stare fascin ated at the glowing disc. A licensed pilot of ten year's experience estimated . the . alti tude of the light at between 10 and .20,000 feet. He said he had "never seen anything like- it in all my flying experience." Residents first spotted ' the light about 7:30 p.m. (PDT). They said it moved steadily to the southern western' skies and re mained fixed there, steadily dim inishing in intensity. By 9 a.m. it had considerably dimmed but was still faintly visible. Many New Reports Washington (U.R) New flying saucer reports kept pour ing in from across the nation today, even from the Air Force which has been' trying mightily to kill the "fad" off. An Air Force, spokesman said the latest "mystery object" was sighted zipping over the sands near the atomic bomb lab- oratories in Los Alamos, N.M.- United States First To Ratify German Treaties of Peace Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) The United States became Saturday the first of the three Allied powers to ratify peace contracts with the West German republic which will permit it to join the defense of Western Europe. President Truman signed "peace contract'' convention be tween Britain, France and the United States and the German republic, and a North Atlantic treaty protocol covering the raising of West German troops for integration into Western Europe's anti-Communism de fense forces. The Senate approved U. ratification in the session ad journed- last month. 1 Ceremonies Start Jacksonville's '52 Gold Rush Jubilee Jacksonville The major problem of Americans today and in the future will be the adjust ments to the scientific advances of our age, according to Dr. El mo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, at the Gold Rush Jubilee afternoon ceremonies yesterday in histor ic Jacksonville. - Dr. Stevenson, principle speaker at short ceremonies ad jacent to the Jacksonville mu seum, addressed large audience scattered about the adjoining grounds on the topic, "T h e March of Science since the Gold Rush." He outlined the progress and effect of science in the fields of astronomy, agriculture and human biology. The SOC president concluded with the optimistic note that scientific advancements have "provided us with a lot of hap iness and comfort and have giv en us the leisure time to enjoy many pastimes such as our own Gold Rush Jubilee." Other Speakers Frank Van Dyke, Medford at torney, acted as master of cere monies and brief addresses were given by Miss Claire Hanley, president of the Southern Ore gon Historical society, and May or Albert' Hackert of Jackson ville. County Judge J. B." Cole man and County Commissioner L. G. Morthland were introduced to the audience. The invocation was delivered by the Rev. John W. Runyan Central Point, and Cub Scout Eddie Graham led the group in the pledge of allegiance Sever al numbers were rendered by Eve Prentices accordian band. Organ music is being played during the two - day Jubilee from the museum by E. Cozad Howard on an instrument donat ed by Pruitt's Music store in Medford. Howard has' been the official organist for the Jubilee for-the last , three years.. He has lived in Medford for the last 32-years and was the first or ganist at the old Page theater in- Medford. . : , . A full program of events is scheduled for this afternoon and winners jot yesterdays contest are included elsewhere in the Mail Tribune. (See Story Page 4) ... sportTbulIetin Portland. Ore. (U.R) Portland's Don Eggert. for the second night in a row, made the decisive hit to defeat the Seattle Rainier, 3 to 2 Secretary of State Leaves Coast Today For Honolulu Meet Foreign Ministers To Discuss Treaty San Francisco (U.R) Secre tary of State Dean Acheson and his 21-member party arrived in San Francisco by air Saturday night for their final stop before continuing to Hawaii, where Acheson will attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Anzus nations. In a change of plans, Ache son's, P arty, remained, at .the Mark Hopkins hote 1" in San Franeisco-jLasr-nigiif arid wasto depart for Honolulu today. The plane is scheduled to arrive in Honolulu at 4 p.m. (HST) There was some speculation that the change in original plans which called for only a refueling stop in San Francisco, was made to give security officers an op portunity to recheck Acheson's plane the third used by the party after engine trouble grounded two at Denver. Acheson told the press at the airport that this first meeting of U. S., New Zealand and Aus tralian representatives in Hono lulu will be devoted largely to organizing the procedure for enacting the terms of the agree ment, signed during the Japan ese peace treaty here last Sep tember. "The treaty was born of the same overwhelming desire tor peace that prompted the inter national gathering that founded the United Nations in this city in 1945." Acheson said. "The treaty recognizes that armed attack on anv one of these three countries would be dangerous to the peace and se curity of all. Each country is pledged to take action in ac cordance with its constitutional processes should such an attack take place." UN Jets Go Afler 1,000th Mig Victim Tokyo, Sunday ' (U.R! Allied warplanes shuttled over North Korea yesterday in search of their 1.000th MIG victim, but the Red jet fighters kept to their sanctuary north of the Yalu river. United Nation? airmen in downing three MIG's and dam aging two Friday brought their total claims, for the war to 999 with 381 destroyed, 90 probably destroyed and 528 damaged. U. S. Sabrejets ranged MIG Alley looking for No. 1,000 but the quarry was playing it safe. Thunderjets hit a supply cen ter south of Kowwon. B-26 Sight bombers flew close support mis- sionsin the areas of Old Baldy on the Western Front, the Iron Triangle a little to the east, and the Punchbowl on' the East-Central Front. - Action on Old Baldy, key mountain west of Chorwon, dropped -off sharply. The Chi nese made an early morning re connaissance probe. Seven of them were killed by Allied ma chine gunners. Allied troops who took the crest of Old Baldy Friday drove off two' determined counter-attacks that night. The Reds were unable to bull through- heavy mortar, machine gun and artil leryfire - - - STATES Gov. Stevenson Queries General's 'Crusade' Program Pledge of Support To All Questioned Springfield, 111. (U.R) Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson asked Satur day if DwightiD. Eisenhower is conducting a "crusade" just to elect Republicans to office or to carry out principles. The Illinois governor and Democratic presidential nom inee released a statement com menting on Eisenhower's news conference remarks at Denver Friday and asking if the retired general can really unite with some of the GOP senatorial can didates seeking reelection this year. "My distinguished opponent says that he will support 'to the limit' Republican party winners whoever they may be, and attach them firmly to r his 'crusade , Stevenson said. Unity Questioned "I wonder if he is well-advised What kind of crusade can unite Eisenhower and McCarthy? Eis enhower and Jenner? Eisenhow er and Kem? Eisenhower and Bricker? I could go on and on.1 Stevenson was referring to Sens. Joseph McCarthy of Wis consin. Wiliam E. Jenner of Indiana, James P. Kem of Mis souri. and John W. Bricker of Ohio, all candidates for reelec tion this year. All four have been identified with that wine of the GOP which was on the losing side at the national convention which nom inated Eisenhower for president last month. -McCarthy favored Gen. Douglas MacArthur for the nomination: Jenner and Bricker both sunnorted Sen. Robert A -Taf af-Obiacr' , Critics of Administration The four all have been per si.-;?nt critics of the adminisra tion's foreign policy, although by different methods and degrees "Can the general be serious when he implies that it makes no difference to him and his 'crusade' whether the Pepubli cans in Coneress are for or against international coopera tion. for or against the United Nations, for or against - streng thening ourselves and our friends of the free w o r 1 d?' Stevenson asked. Guilt of Crater Slaying Suspect Doubted by Police Portland (U.R) The Port land office of the FBI said Saturday that William K. Rus sell, gunman held for question mg Jn connection with the slayings of two business execu tives in Crater Lake National park, "appears to have been in Sacramento, Calif., at the time of the murders. Russell, who was apprehended in Duchesne, Utah, for kidnap ping and robbing two men, is supposed to have bragged to one of his victims that he had com mitted the murders. Threatened Driver John Lovelace, Sparks, Nev.. a truck driver, told officers Rus sell had threatened him by aying. "I don't want to do to you what I did to those two men at Crater Lake." Russell later denied connec tion with the crime - when questioned by FBI agents. The two executives of United Motor Service corporation killed at Crater Lake National . park were A. M. Jones, 56. Concord Calif., and C. P. Cuphane. 52. Detroit, Mich. They were found shot through the head early in July. Jacksonville Highway Water Use Curtailed The board of commissioners of the Jacksonville Highway Water district have ordered re striction on times of lawr and garden irrigation, effective Mon day, it was announced Saturday. The announcement said that residents on the north and east side? of roads and highways may water Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and on Sunday from midnight" to noon. Resi- dents on the south and west sides may water M.; i'ays, Wed-1 bus from Medford and contin-ne.-days and Fridays from noon j ued it when they' got to the to midnight. ' I camp. mm s WASHED OUT Muddy, rain-soaked infantrymen rebuild their collapsed bunker, washed out by 12Vi inches of rain in one week. Elsewhere in Korea, clearing weather enabled United Nations soldiers to recapture crest of "Old Baldy" against bitter resistance. Gen. Clark Orders Tight Security Regulations in UN Supreme Headquarters Tokyo (U.R) Gen. Mark Clark has ordered security regu lations at supreme headquarters tightened up to forestall any leakage of secret information by accident " or espionage to the Communists, reliable sources re ported Saturday. The new regulations were de scribed as much more strict than Second Riot Rocks Canadian Prison; Convicts Surrender Montreal (U.R) The sec ond riot in. less than 12 hours swept Bordeaux prison Saturday and mutinous prisoners finally were tear - gassed into surrender after they had turned fire hoses on policemen and 'pelted them with stones and rotten eggs. The ' sprawling, star - shaped prison was reported to be litter ed with debris. Reports from in side the high walls said the riots Friday night and Saturday had made the building almost unin habitable. Cooking and eating facilities were destroyed and plumbing fixtures were smashed. Cell door locks were broken. The library was almost wrecked. After battling 500 prisoners many of them criminally insane, for six hours Friday night police and firemen had to rush back shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday to battle a new uprising. About 200 prisoners took part in the new violence, which broke out after many of the earlier mutineers were taken to provincial police headquarters cells. The new riot started when prisoners set several small fires. When firemen rolled hoses into the prison mutineers slashed them. They also managed to grab several hose lines and turn the streams of water on policemen. At one. point, . prisoners threw rotten eggs and stones at pol icemen. They also seized some tear gas bombs which they threw at their attackers. Prisoners broke into the com missary and helped themselves to new shoes and cigarettes. No serious injuries were re ported but one prisoner was ov ercome by gas and taken to a Montreal hospital. j Disorderly Conduct Charged to Taylor Robert Taylor, Camp White, was arraigned in Judge Rawles Moore's district court yesterday for disorderly conduct, accord ing to clerks in the court office Taylor is accused of stabbing Earl Armitage during " a fight Friday: Judge Moore, set bail at S500 and scheduled sentencing for next Wednesday. Taylor entered guilty plea. Armitage, also a Camp White eteran, is in the Camp White infirmary and is" thought to have been badly injured. His leg was reported to have been seriously cut: The two started a fight on a MEN VI those under Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Clark's predecessor as supreme commander. Informants said Clark was highly dissatisfied with security conditions he found here when he took over from Ridgway. Clark ordered his command to be more careful in handling highly confidential papers, the sources reported. To test the measures put into effect, he had a group of his own secret agents try out "enemy tactics," they auuea. Some officers in the United Nations command have been concerned gravely about careless handling of secret documents. A confidential document recently was found blowing about on the ground outside a window at headquarters, informants report ed. An investigation was ordered to determine how it got there. Supreme headquarters is a war command, and much of the secret information in it would be of great value to the North Koreans and Chinese Commun ists. Reliable sources said the new measures were intended to pre vent the accidental disclosures of this information, and to guard against any deliberate attempts that might be made by enemy agents get it for the Communist high command. " ' HURT IN ACCIDENT .Mrs. Earl Tumy, 705 Park avenue,, was taken to the Com munity hospital late Saturday evening by Conger-Morris am 'bulance for treatment of slight head lacerations and bruises fol lowing an accident which oc curred at 11th and Holly streets, according to ambulance attend ants. Hospital attendants report ed that Mrs. Tumy would be released ' after treatment last night. No accident details were available from the police Shakespearean Plays Open Before Capacity Audience The 12th annual Shakespear ean Festival opened to a capacity audience in the Elizabethan theater in Ashland Friday nightt Curtain-time ceremonies, in keeping with tradition, were short, and were preceded by an innovation in the festival this year, a program of Elizabethan music, both instrumental and vocal, under the direction of Hans Lampl. music instructor at the University of Southern Cali fornia. The audience, somewhat more than the 670-seat capacity, ap- oeared to enjoy- the Elizabethan airs, played by a small orchestra and sung by a group of Madrigal singers. Officials Introduced Ed Singmaster. vice president of - the Oregon Shakespearean Festival association, was master of . ceremonies, and introduced Ashland's Mayor Phil Stansbury. who welcomed the festival-goer? on behalf of the city. Rod Keat ing, president of the association, added his welcome, as 'did Angus Bowmer. professor of English at Southern Oregon college who is founder, producing director and guiding genius" of the festival. Bowmer was given tremendous SIT IKE Mississippi Group Seeking to Reach Accord With GOP Press Secretary Says No Deals Suggested Denver (U.R) A group of States Righters from Mississippi visited Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters Saturday in hopes- oi making a deal which they be lieved would enable the GOP presidential nominee to carry their state. But James C. Hagerty, Eisen hower's press secretary, told re porters later there had been "no deal." He said that "no proposal or deal was ever suggested t. the General (Fispnhnwur at anA . . . , uv v time." Sought Committment . The States Righters headed by former Lt. Gov. Sam Lump kin of Mississippi, came here seeking a double-edged committ ment from- Eisenhower: (1) A promise to endorse states rights principles and not press for pass age of a Civil Rights program, and (2) removal of Perry How ard, as Republican National committeeman for Mississip pi. - The States Righters visited the Eisenhower headquarters as Arthur E. Summerf ield, Republi can National chairman described the appointment of Wilson W. Wyatt as Gov. Adlai E. Steven son's campaign manager as dem onstrating that "ultra left wing--ers" have taken over Stevenson's campaign. Stevenson, Democratic nom inee for president, will oppose Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Re publican candidate, in the elec tion Nov, 4. Summerfield is Eis enhower's campaign manager as well as National GOP chairman. Summerf iHfi jsaiH in a- state ment that the appointment of Wyatt, announced at the Stev enson headquarters in Spring field, 111., showed that a Stev enson administration "would out-Truman the Truman regime in leading the nation down the road to complete socialism of America." "It is significant that Mr. Wy att was formerly the head of Americans for Democratic Ac tion, an organization dedicated to the promotion of socialistic schemes in America," Summer- field said. Higher Education Board Meet Monday at Ashland The state board of higher ed ucation will hold a regular post poned meeting tomorrow and Tuesday at Susanne Homes hall on the Southern Oregon college campus, according to Frank Van Dyke, Medford, member of the board . Dr. R. E. Kleinsorge, Silver- ton, vice - president of the board, will preside in the absence of President Edgar W. Smith, Port land, Van Dyke pointed out. Other members who are attend ing include Mrs. E. B. Mac Naughton, Portland; Henry F. Cabell, Portland; and G. F. Chambers. Salem. Three others cannot attend. The first session will convene at 9 a.m. on Monday. apolause after his appearance. On hand to open the festival was Judge James Brand, chief iustice of the Oregon Supreme Court, a long-time festival fan, who sooke briefly on what the festival means to Ashland and to Oregon, and who praised the four principal groups or individ uals who have made the festi val a success Ashland, the col lege, the players and Bowmer. Four Plays The festival's Queen Eliza beth" off iciallv opened the season. "The Temoest." a fantasy-comedy, was the first offer ing of the four plays which are being presented in repertory rotation each night until August 3". Others are "Henrv V." "Much Ado About Nothing," and "-Tulius Caesar." Earlier, city and state officials. representatives of Oregon's col leges fnd universities and mem bers of the press were guests at buffet dinner at Susanne Homes hall on the SOC campus. Newspapermen and radiomen from Ashland, Medford. Grants Pass. Klamath Falls, Eugene and Portland attended. For a review of "The Tem pest" see Page 11, section 1.
